Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1901 — MINOR EVENTS OF WEEK [ARTICLE]

MINOR EVENTS OF WEEK

Items of General Interest Told in Paragraphs. COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. Record of Happenings of Much or Little Importance from AU Parts of the Civilised World—lncidents, Enterprises, Accidents, Verdicts. Crimes and War Person who threw acid In face of Miss Lillian Hawkins at Ashtabula, and made other attempts on her life, was a woman disguised as a man. Miss F. B* Taylor of Chicago and H. H. Weatherspoon of Portland, Ore., married on a passenger train. Gang of horse thieves captured by posse In the Montana Bad Lands after one of them was killed. Michigan university student has symptoms of disease which may be bubonic plague. St. John’s Military academy at Delafield, Wis„ gave its first dress parade drill (of the season. Buggy containing three persons fell into the river at Milwaukee and two of them perished. Plant of St. Louis Elevator and Storage company burned, causing loss of 165,000. Two schooners wrecked on the New England coast and several lives lost Filipino insurgent officers and soldiers surrendering by hundreds in various parts of the island. Emperor William in speech at Potsdam declared serious times are coming, but he reiterated his trust in the army. Foreign commanders in Pekin decided on fortifications to be destroyed by the powers. Solomon Holema and Sam Frye, Choctaw Indians, placed on trial at Paris, Tex., for the murder of three alleged witches. Emotional insanity is the defense. Booker T. Washington and others told how to solve the lynching problem. Think evil may be checked by inculcating more respect for the law. General Corbin opposed Funston’s promotion to brigadier-general. Told Congressman Long he was merely a boss scout. Philadelphia merchant with an artificial arm was caused much embarrassment on his arrival from Europe by the immigration authorities, who required assurances he would not become a public charge. Organization of the steel trust, it is estimated, will necessitate the payment of a $700,000 revenue tax. General Chaffee ordered by the president to take no part in razing the Chinese forts and establishing a chain of fortified posts from Pekin to the coast as planned by the powers. Twenty-eight victims of the Boxers hitherto unaccounted for were burned to death in a church at Houpec, in which they had sought refuge. Illness of Premier Waldeck-Rous-seau exciting apprehension in French government circles.'' Russian officers fought duel at Nice, one of them being wounded in the arm. Another confession by Valet Jones made public in-the Rice case at New York, in which Lawyer Patrick is charged with giving chloroform to the millionaire. Scheme to bring all the great railway systems under one management said to be seriously contemplated. Passenger train on the Jersey Central wrecked, killing one person and injuring four others. Charles W. Meyer of the Schorr stable won the Gaston Hotel Stake at Memphis. Miss Rose P. Duffey, aged 19, deputy postmaster at Parnell, lowa, charged with embezzling SI,OOO. Joshua Levering, Prohibition candidate for President in 1896, married Helen Woods at Baltimore. Leech Lake Indians complained lumber men are cutting green timber on their reservation. Mrs. F. H, Ames offered to give University of Cincinnati SIOO,OOO for a music hall. Aguinaldo preparing a manifesto asking the insurgents now in the field to lay down their arms and accept the sovereignty of the United States. Peace to be proclaimed when this is issued. Rumored insurgent leader has been invited by President McKinley to visit United States. Shipload of emigrants left Porto Rico for Hawaiian Islands. Boers brought suit in United States court at New Orleans to stop shipment of mules to British in South Africa. Governor Leslie M. Shaw of lowa, according to A. B. Cummins of that state, will be a Republican presidential candidate in 1904. Hotel Chicago at Oconomowoc, Wis., destroyed by fire. Loss is $40,000 to $50,000. partly covered by insurance. Mexican congress opened by President Diaz. Colonel Gonzalez, former insurgent governor of Manila, surrendered to Americans. \ Retiring Moderator E. H. Curtis at annual meeting of Chicago Presbytery characterized the. Presbyterian creed as out of date. Government crop report for March Indicated unsatisfactory weather conditions in the Missouri valley states and the upper lake region.