Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1901 — MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK

Items of General Interest Told in Paragraphs. COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. R.cord of Happenlnc* of Mach or Little Importance from All Parts of the Clvtllsed World —Incidents. Rnterprlees. Accidents. Verdicts. Crimes and IVan Dr. Mcßurney inclines to the belief that President McKinley was shot with poisoned bullets, as the action of the wounds was most suspicious, strongly supporting this theory. Steel workers at Pittsburg in confusion as to order to return to work. Shaffer disappears, leaving them in uncertainty. A few will continue the strike. Wall street looks for no serious results from the death of the President. Czar and Kaiser confer honors ou officers in each other's suites. Mgr. Joseph A. Stephen, director of Catholic Indian mission bureau, dies at Washington. President Felton of the Chicago & Alton said his road had not absorbed the Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis. John Cudahy secures renewal on loan of 1100,000 from Northwestern iMutual Life Company. Capt. Miles E. Barry, who defied Canadian officials, reached bedside of dying brother in Chicago, having left his boat Hartford at Erie, Pa. Bishop Whipple of Minnesota seriously ill at St. Paul. The mother of the late Baron von Ketteler refuses to receive Prince Chun to express condolence for the death of her son. Widow of Banker Stern gives Frank-fort-on-the-Main 5,000,000 marks to promote medical objects. Returning Americans report that 25,000 persons have been killed during present outbreak in Columbia. Son of Paul Kruger surrendered to Lord Kitchener in South Africa. 1 British authorities perplexed over iquestlon of Boer prisoners, i Johann Most, the anarchist, arrested in New York for expressing his views too freely. King and Queen of England. Czar and Czarina of Russia, King of Denmark. King of Greece, and twentyeight princesses went by same train from Fredensborg to Copenhagen. London press severely condemns Lyceum theater audience for its rude reception of William Gillette in “Sherlock Holmes.” Net earnings of American Smelting and Refining company, including Guggenheim plants, for year ending on April 31, were 36,585,103. Republic Iron and Steel company's annual report showed shrinkage of 34,600,000 In gross earnings and net profits of only 3309,099. Western Union Telegraph company’s quarterly report showed increase of *3144,244 in net revenues and 31,005 - 320 in total surplus. Property of Chicago, Burlington and Quincy road listed as trackage transferred to real estate and assessed at 31,000,000. Formal transfer of Mexican International railway to Speyer & Co. made in New York. New Russian battleship Retvizan started on builders’ trial at Philadelphia. R. Hall McCormick’s yacht Rapidan wrecked off Cape Henlopen. Joliet steel strikers defied decision regarding ending of strike. President Shaffer denied being ordered to end steel strike. Hungarians asked benefits and threatened to return to work. Bishop H. C. Fowler of Buffalo doubts Value of Y. M. C. A. as religious agency. Mayor Harrison of Chicago orders removal of all boilers under sidewalks Census bureau bulletin shows percentage of negro population is not decreasing. 7 Governor Schroeder of Guam said natives of island make splendid citi- . zens. Sultan of Turkey agreed to pay claim of M. Turbini, but France insists on additional settlement in favor >of M. Lorando. Amalgamated Association board, having failed In peace efforts, adjourns, leaving matters In hands of Shaffer. Bay Vievr mill at Milwaukee is started, and work may be resumed at Joliet this week. Spanish government threatened Morocco for holding two Spaniards prisoners. Report that Kaiser had asked for international congress to deal with anarchy denied in Berlin. Eighteenth and Twenty-third Infantry ordered back from Philippines.. ' St. Louis youth shot and killed 16-year-old girl who refused to marry him and probably fatally wounded himself. Harvey B. Hurd of Chicago delivered the address at the quarter-cen-tennial reunion of the old settlers of Dekalb county, at Dekalb, 111. Mrs. Albert &. Peters of New York killed herself with carbolic acid because her husband rebuked her in front of family guests., Harry Kearney, after two attempts at suicide in County Jail of Chicago confessed to murder of William Kearns .n Delaware. 0., in 1887. Burghers charged with violation of oath of neutrality by harboring Boer ■pies tried in Pretoria, liminaries. 1 ,