The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1905-01-05
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.
vstnble Events of the Week Briefly
ChronicJed.


N the Northern Central railway at
Mount Wolf, six miles north of York,
"a.
A fifty ton flywheel In the National
rube Works company's plant at Nc
yeesport, Pa, burst and completely
wrecked the continuous mill. One man
vas killed outright, and four were seri-
,usly injured.
The southbound Missouri Kansas
md Texas flier was ditched near
franklin Junction. Mo. The engine
umped the track and ran into bluff,
be other cars jamming into the engine
)ne man was fatally hurt.
A visit to the scene of the murder of
dabel Page was made by the jurors in
he trial of Charles l.. Tucker, charged
With the murder of Mabel Page. In
pecial electric car the members of the
ary, accompanied by Sheriff Fairbarn
nd six deputy sheriffs, went to Au-
mrndale, where they inspected Tuck
RS home and the surrounding country.
Tuesday. Jan. 3.
Fire destroyed the department store
4 Jacob Steinback at Long Branch, n.
i, causing loss of 100000 Many
ydjoining buildings were damaged.
Joseph II. Monroe of Binghamton,
Z. Y, has undergone an operation in a
ocal hospital for the removal of his
light foot, which recently was literally
looked without his knowledge ON a
edhot stove.
Governor Higgins has appointed Ma
haniel Foote of Rochester as judge
4 the supreme court in place of Judge
William Il. Werner, who has resigned
o accept the office of associate judge
4 the court of appeals.
Official and resident Washington ex-
ended New Years greetings to the
resident and Mrs. Roosevelt at the
White House. This event, brilliant and
spectacular, marked the formal open
ng of the social season of 1905.
Worcester academy has raised the
100000 necessary to receive the S1O,-
100 conditionally endowed by Hon.
Chester w. Kingsley, and there was a
general jollification. This nearly dou-
oles the permanent endowment fund
II the academy.
Lille Huckans, aged fifteen, is dead at
3loversville, n. Y, from injuries sus-
aimed from the accidental discharge
4 a gun in the hands Of playmate, B.
Ralph Oaksford, also aged fifteen,
While shooting Mt a target. The bullet
ntered young Huckans' intestines.
With deep cash on the right side of
his head, evidently inflicted with a
>lunt weapon, the body of Leonard NJ
Vaudeville, a young man living in
Noodside, a fashionable section of
Newark, n. j.. has been found in a
itch Of muddy water near the jackson
'treet crossing of the Central Railroad
u New Jersey. Seven men and a wo
nan, all Polaks, who are suspected
ire under arrest.
Monday, Jan. 2.
The president and Mrs. Roosevelt
ounded out New Years eve by enter
aiming large party of children.
Mrs. Mary Conkey was fatally in
iured and her two young children Sc
'erely burned by the explosion of {
:as generator at Albany, n. Y.
Hurricane-lille storms have been pre-
'ailing in the greater part of Germany
accompanied by rain and snow. Th
torn was the worst on the Balti
,oast.
A freight wreck on the West Shor,
abroad at Catskill, n. Y, caused by
lroken axle, blocked traffic for SOM
ime Fourteen southbound freigh
,ars were derailed.
Wealthy New York men have incor
)orated an association for the purpos
If equipping an expedition to reach tn
iorth pole. 1t will be known as tn
,eary Arctic club, after the explorer
rho will lead the expedition.
A party of armed men went to tn
all and forced Sheriff Simmons t
ield his prisoner, Louis Allwhite, nc
..used by his son of assaulting an
nurdering two aged women near New
,ort, Ark, on Christmas day. TIL
lob took the prisoner to the scene O
he crime and lynched him.
That complete anarchy reigns in tn
2langier district and in Morocco ger
orally is conclusively shown by the rt
,,orts from different points. The Bri
ish consul has requested that all Bri
issh subjects living in the outskirts G
Dangier move into the town, as til
government is unable to be responsible
sor the safety of life or property.
saturday, Dec. 81.
Rabies has been more prevalent
New York state during the past yea
than ever before, according to the II
port of the state superintendent of a;
Siculture.
Senor Ojeda, the Spanish ministe
has signed. with Secretary Hay, an Il
bitration treaty between Spain and I'll
United States similar to those alread
NEGOTIATED with other nations
United States Senator John II. Mitcl
ell, Congressman Binger Hermann IN
George Sorcnsen, formerly deput
sheriff OF Alutnomah county, hay