Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1901 — MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK

Items of General Interest Told in Paragraphs. COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. Record of H»pp«ilip of Math or Llttl* Importance from All Parte of the Clvlllsed World —Incident*. Enterprise*, Accidents, Verdict*. Crime* and Ware. The city of New York has building boom involving expenditure of $130,000,000. New project* coating $80,000,000 already under way. Fire on steamer Fannie C* Hart on trip from Escanaba to Menominee caused panic among 200 excursionist*. The Rev. Louis Hahn dropped dead while laying church corner-stone at Quincy, 111. Presbyterian General Assembly will resujne debate on creed revision Monday. President’s train reached Ogden Sunday night Mrs. McKinley standing the trip well. Burglar at San Francisco killed a 13-year-old boy who recognized him. Colonel = Olcofct, the Theosophical leader, mistaken at Chicago for Dowie and jeered by a crowd. Broomcorn valued at $200,000 burned at Chicago Sunday. Wreckage of lumber schooner believed to be the C. H. Hackley sighted off Sheboygan. The schooner, with seven men on board, was out in the recent gale and is the only one not accounted for.

One hundred Filipinos from various islands of the archipelago to be a feature of the Buffalo Exposition. Police believe another woman implicated in murder of J. S. Ayres at Washington, D. C. Three British officers and nearly 100 men in Portland prison for treason to the flag of south Africa Sir Alfred Milner, governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, elevated to the peerage. Mrs. Mary L. McWilliams of Quincy, 111., arrested on charge of being implicated in murder of Dr. Barnes in Jacksonville asylum, her son-in-law. Steamer Empire State, with 600 excursionists on board, beached near Ogdensburg to save it from going down with all on board. Presbyterian General Assembly Friday by decisive vote decided to continue consideration of the question of creed revision. President McKinley and his party left San Francisco for the east Saturday. Debate on revision of creed began at the Presbyterian General Assembly in Philadelphia, Thursday. Herrick Johnson and Dr. Niccolls argued for change. ' President McKinley, in address at San francisco Thursday to volunteers returned from the Philippines, thanked them in the name of the nation. Richard Mansfield knocked down by a “super” while playing at St. Paul. Karl Enkelsjon, a spy of the Filipion Hongkong Junta, arrested at Manila with incriminating documents in his possession. Professor Star of Chicago University characterized tatooed and shirt waist men as degenerates. M. W. Pretorius, first President of the Transvaal, died at Johannesburg. Senator Hanna joined G. A. R. Phillips of Chicago board of trade disposed of nearly 4,000,000 bushels of corn Thursday, closing out his deal in the May option. Bresci, the assassin of KiDg Humbert, committed suicide by hanging iu Santo Stefano prison. Four persons hurt in Rock Island passenger wreck at West Wyanet, 111. Three children killed by a bear near Job, W. Va. Eight or more lives lost and millions of dollars’ damage caused by floods in Tennessee and West Virginia. Shamrock 11. practically wrecked by a squall while racing in the Solent. It may prevent the match this year for the America cup. King Edward, who was on board, had narrow escape from injury. Registereo letter containing SB,OOO sent from. Kansas City mysteriously disappeared.

Creed revision question touched upon at Presbyterian General Assembly by several speakers Wednesday. General Cailles, the Filipino commander, willing to surrender if his men are freed after taking oath of allegiance. Presbyterian General Assembly delegates displayed remarkable outburst of patriotism during Tuesday’s session at Philadelphia. Two killed and three fatally injured in accident at steel works in Youngstown, O. J. B. Ricks, democrat, elected to succeed Judge Phillips in second Illinois district. President McKinley reviewed 50,000 school children at San Francisco Tuesday, making a brief address to them. Mrs. McKinley better. Men involved in Grand Rapids water contract scandal attempting to influence the grand jurors not to return Indictments. F. C. Foster committed suicide when arrested on suspicion of exploding the dynamite at the Cambridgeport national Bank. Hoped to destroy evidence of a fraud. Papal order of knighthood conferred on Alexander McDonald, who founded hospital at Dawson.