Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1901 — MINOR EVENTS Of THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

MINOR EVENTS Of THE WEEK

Items of General Interest Told in Paragraphs. COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. Record of of Much or Little Importance from All Parts of the Civilized World —Incident*. Enterprises, Accidents, Verdicts. Crimes and Wars. Hidah Indian tribes of Alaska declared war on whites for shooting their chief. Battleship Wisconsin, in trial at San Francisco, made 18.6 knots an hour. Henry La Frantz, aged 10, stole a horse at West Branch, la. Harriman combination of Western lines include 55,592 miles of railroad. Mr. Harriman left for the east accompanied by J. J. Mitchell. Latter’s trip sfiid to be for perfecting transfer of St. Paul. J. A. O’Donaghue of San Francisco informed Irish patriots in New York he has been offered four islands in South Pacific on which to re-establish the ancient Irish kingdoms. John E. Gibbons, a discharged soldier of Twenty-ninth infantry, committed suicide at Kankakee, 111. Farewell mass-meeting held Sunday at the Y. M. C. A. jubilee at Boston, resulting in many conversions. Twen-ty-two foreign delegates spoke in native tongue. Representatives of Gen. Cailles agreed upon terms of surrender. His force of 500 soldiers to lay down arms. Eleven of the seventeen Philippine courts given to Americans. Mrs. Ida Thiele murdered by her husband on a street at Villisca. He narrowly escaped lynching. Martin Anderson suffocated while working in a diving suit in East River, New York. Five negroes hanged at Sylvania, Ga., for the murder of two white men. United States transport tipped over in a dry dock in Erie basin, Brooklyn, killing one man and injuring twentyfive others. Caused by careless placing of bilge blocks. Engineering students from Michigan University employed in place of striking machinists at Detroit. In discussing the work for boys before the Y. M. C. A. convention at Boston, Dr. Canfield of New York scored the business methods of the association. Mineral Springs Hotel of West Baden, Ind., burned, but all of the 268 guests escaped, many losing jewelry and clothing. C. W. Raymond of Watseka, 111., appointed federal judge for the Indian Territory. Exports for May showed large increase over preceding year. Jubilee of the Y. M. C. A. celebrated at Boston. Delegate from all parts of the world gave greeting. Mrs. J. J. Redpath, a society leader of Montreal, killed her son and herself Farmer at Hastings, Neb., swindled out of >2,500 by confidence men. M. J. Tighe murdered his wife and child in New York and then, covered with blood, boarded a street car, where he was arrested. Three of chew of steamship Border Knight 'arrived at Halifax, N. S„ after fourteen days at sea in open boat trying to get help for ship, which was disabled. Sultan of Turkey again promised to pay American claims. Edgar Van Etten, lately elected second vice-president of New York Central, is to manage the Boston and Albany road. Chicago Edison Company spend IL--000,000 for improvements. American won shooting match with British at Hendon, England. County Commissioner Otto Huisman of Chicago died suddenly of heart trouble. Plan for a coup d’etat in France foiled by the death of Col. VillebolsMareuil in the Transvaal, who was to have been the leader in the uprising to restore Royalists. Reported in Wall street that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company has secured control of the Pennsylvania Steel Company and will In the future manufacture its own steel rails. Wife of R. C. Sibley, promoter of whisky trust, sectired divorce from him at New York and |350 a month alimony. Cuban constitutional convention finally accepted Piatt amendment in term required by the United States. Fear of annexation acted as a spur. Dr. Runge, In address at Milwaukee Medico-Psychological convention, declared state Insane asylums slaughterhouses. Y. M. C. A. reception In Boston held in Museum of Fine Arts, despite protests against nude art there. Out of sixty-two applications for pardon Gov. Yates of Illinois Wednesday granted only one. W. A. Northcott of Illinois re-elect-ed head consul by the Modern Woodmen. Warship Oregon arrived at San Francisco from Philippines. British troops in south Africa captured brother of Acting President Schalk-Burger. Jubilee convention of Y. M. C. A. began in Boston,Tuesday, Protest made against bolding reception in Boston Art Museum, because of nude statues there. Swift company at Chicago conceded demands of butchers and averted