Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 March 1901 — MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK

Items of General Interest Told in Paragraphs. COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. RMOrd of Happenings of Much er Little Importance from AU Part* of the Civilized World —Incidents, Enterprises, Accidents, Verdicta. Crimes and War. -« , ' The Japanese squadron sailed for Corean coast. Commanders of Japanese forts called to Tokio for council of war. Karpovich, assassin of Bogolepoff, Russian minister of instruction, sentenced to hard labor for life. Czar called council of ministers to consider repression of riots in St Petersburg. Two bodies of Filipino insurgents surrendered in Cavite province. Vesselmen looking for largely increased passenger business on great lakes next summer, stimulated in part by Buffalo exposition. W. J. Gilbert, attorney of defunct First National bank, Niles, Mich., shot and killed himself. Funds for which he was trustee supposed to be involved in failure of bank wrecked by C. A. Johnson. Mrs. Kate Xenia Morris, former state president of South Carolina W. C. T. U.. charged with passing worthless checks. Enlarged and remodeled Presbyterian church dedicated at Lexington, 111. North Carolina judges on impeachment Jrlal expect senate to acquit them.

F. B. Wright, publisher of (jlnclnnatl, 0., and his wife both died Sunday. Union Pacific train stalled in snow bank near Ogallala. Lord Salisbury believed to be seriously ill. Practically all remaining Insurgents in Panay surrendered and gave up arms. Japan notified powers that it will oppose aggression in Corea at any cost. Mikado’s government waiting to see secret treaty with Russia concerning Manchuria. •... Kaiser says too much latitude has been permitted in criticism of crown. Italian chamber voted down proposal for free trade in breadstuffs. French chamber Instructed ministry to prosecute trusts. Omaha police say confession of man in Dallas, Tex., to Cudahy’s kidnaping is trick to get the reward. Prominent horsemen at Louisville joined fight against Western Jockey club. Jeffries and Ruhlin may fight on Pacific coast. , Dun’s weekly review of tre.de says position of general business is satisfactory and marked by increased retail activity in the west. Illinois Steel company bought sev- • eral thousand acres of coal land near Herrin. 111. - Woman found dead in a New York boarding house believed to be daughter of Thomas Lowry, the Minneapolis millionaire, and wife of H. P. Robinson, editor of Chicago Rafiway Age. Kenyon B. Conger, promoter, nephew of Minister Conger, filed petition in •bankruptcy at New York. Liabilities, $553,695; assets, $1,507. Troley car left track and rolled down hill at Anderson, Ind., Injuring several persons. \ " Steamboat City of Poughkeepsie ran on rocks and sunk at Stony Point. All on board saved. Brooklyn man introduced system of enjdless chain meal tickets. Sailor arrived at Southampton from Cape Town suffering from bubonic plague. Petition of 600 Filipino women for release of all prisoners denied. Philip Botha, brother of Boer general, killed at Doornberg. Unusual precautions taken to prevent attack on the czar. May pork advanced 60 cents a barrel. Pennsylvanlt company to expend SB,000,000 in improvements in New York harbor. Central Passenger association grantI ed one-cent rate to G. A. R. encampment at Cleveland. 0. W. S. Eden, manager of Great Northern hotel, Chicago, filed petition in bankruptcy, scheduling liabilities of $1,327,368 and assets $640,111. The Rev. Arthur Edwards, editor ot Northwestern Advocate, is dead at Chicago. M. A. Peterson forced to climb a tree at Chicago after being robbed by footpads. Administration urged to hasten establishment of civil government in Philippines. Fat Jack” Flaherty, Chicago saloonkeeper who lost SSOO on Sharkey hit Champion Jeffries in the jaw at Project on foot to unite all coal operators of Illinois under one management, with capitalization of $75 - 000,000. General Botha, commander-in-chlef of Boer forces, rejected peace terms offered by General Kitchener, adding that his government agreed with his views. Eight hundred Boer prisoners deported to Portuguese from Durban to Lisbon.