The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-01-08
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
Notable Events of the Week Briefly
and Tersely Told.

and Tersely Told.
-Four were killed and several hurt in
a Chicago hotel fire.
Estate of Charles l.. Fair has been
valued by California appraisers at S3,-
o40,1S7.
Great Northern railroad succeeded in
raising blockade in Washington caused
by floods.
Troops of the sultan of Morocco were
reported to have been again defeated
by those of the pretender.
Christmas decorations in Chapel
Royal ST. James palace, London. took
fire and caused alarm. Slight damage
was done.
In his annual message Gov Stone of
Pennsylvania, in view of anthracite
strike, recommended compulsory ar
bitration law.
Tuesday, Jan. q.
Mrs. Mary Morgan, 105 years old,
died in Dubuque, la.
One was killed and ten injured in q
burning lodging house in Denver.
Prince Pao Lun, the emperor's neph-
ew, has been appointed Chinese dele
gate to the st. Louis fair.
Deputy sheriffs surrounded Indian
ola, Miss, the town where the postof-
flee was closed because of the boycott
of the colored postmistress.
J. II. Williams, a stable boy, and
twenty-three horses have been burned
to death at Dallas, Tex, in the plant
of Hughes Bros Extract company.
One hundred thousand fishermen and
women in Finstere, France. engaged
in the sardine industry are out of work,
lacking food and suffering dire hard
ships
Monday, Jan. 3.
The disturbances in the interior of
China were reported to be spreading.
Senatorial elections in thirty-fve de-
partments in France resulted in gains
for the ministerial party.
-Four miners were fatally hurt and
many Others badly burned and cut by
an explosion in a coal mine at Auburn,
Ill.
Five masked men robbed the First
National bank of Abingdon, ILL.,, of
$1,SOO after having bound and gagged
the watchman.
Thirteen children in and around Nor
folk, Va, have died and seven others
have been injured by the premature
explosion of toy pistols.
Great Britain and Germany decided
to enforce the blockade of Venezuelan
ports precisely as though there were no
negotiations for arbitration.
Saturday, Jan. 3.
English bankers cleared $50, 143, no.
900 in 1902, breaking the record.
The Pressed Steel Car company an
nounced profit sharing plan to its en-
ployees.
Brown, Shipley & Co., American
bankers in London, have been robbed
of $4,000 by an employee.
Three were killed and dozen in
jured by explosion of dynamite in Oak
Hill colliery, near Minersville. Pa.
Sharp fighting was reported between
Bulgarians and Turkish troops at vii
lage Drenovo. Both sides suffered Sc
verely.
Edgern r. Hogle, general superin-
tendent of the United States Express
company, died on surgeons operating
table at Cleveland.
Friday, Jan. 2.
Lord CuTZon proclaimed Edward VII.
emperor of India at the great durbar in
Delhi.
The governments monthly debt state
ment showed a decrease for the month
of $40 ,932,60
General Francis V. Greene assumed
command of the New York police force
Several important changes were made.
Fl. NJ. Pope, the crack rifle shot of
Springfield, Mass, broke the 80 and 100
shot worlds records on the standard
American target 200 yards offhand
Thursday, Jan. 1.
The courthouse at Marshall, Clarke
county, ILL.,, was burned. The loss is
$4,000.
Columbia won the eleventh college
chess tournament with Yale, Harvard
and Princeton.
Andrew Carnegie gave New Orleans
New Years gift of $250,00O for IL
brary purposes.
The carriage and wagon workers at
Amesbury, Mass, struck for a nine
hour day and II per cent advance in
wages.
Fortune For "a schOolteacher.
UTICA, N. Y, Jan. 6.-Miss Loyina