Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1901 — MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK

Items of General Interest Told in Paragraphs. COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. Kecord of Happening, of Mnoh or Llttl* Importance from All Parte of the Civilized World —Incident.. Knterprleee, Accidents, Verdicts. Crimes and Wars Johann Most is arrested at Corona, L. 1., -while addressing an anarchist meeting of 500 persons in a saloon. Pet elk in Brooklyn park attacks and fatally gores its keeper. French Benevolent Society of New York will build $500,000 hospital. Mrs. McKinley, upon the advice of Dr. Rixey, takes a drive, paying a visit to West Lawn Cemetery, where the President is buried. The expense incurred by tlje death of President McKinley, including medical services and the funeral, will be met by Congress through a special provision. Aid will also be given Mrs. McKinley. Helen A. Bloodgood, young daughter of New York people, started on a shopping trip four days ago and has dropped completely out of sight, the case baffling the best detectives of the city. General Frederick Funston has undergone a successful operation for appendicitis at Manila and it is believed he will recover. General Kitchener reports heavy losses in a party of-Lovett's scouts, who were surprised by the Boer general, Kritzinger, near Herschell, Friday morning. United States transport Buford is stranded on a sand bar off the island of Mindanao and it is feared she will be wrecked if a typhoon should sweep the coast. Czar says Turkish atrocities in Armenia must stop; that the people must accept Russian protection or be exterminated. Candidacy of Tomas Estrada Palma for presidency of Cuba with support of all political parties will be annunced this week and his election seems assured. Colombian agent sent to the United States to buy two gunboats. Thirty-two persons killed in a train wreck at Palola, Roumania. Woman’s building at the State Fair grounds, Springfield, 111., destroyed by fire, which started while a cooking school was in progress. Panic caused among young women students. Government officials seized $200,000 at Huntington, W. Va., which it as asserted was part of the money embezzled by Captain O. M. Carter. It was in possession of his brother. Four men killed in a railroad wreck at Wayne. Mich. Drunken soldier at Fort Meade killed a comrade. Daniel C. Brown of Carlinville, 111., shoots wife, father-in-law and himself.

Insurance managers in annual convention at Frontenac, N. Y., suspended operations during the hour of the President’s funeral and adopted appropriate resolutions. Duke of York given degree of LL. D. by McGill University at Montreal. British torpedo boat destroyer Cobra, the latest vessel in the world, strikes a rock in the North Sea, explodes and sinks with the loss of sixtyfive lives. Explosion of gas at the department store of A. M. Rothschild & Co. at Chicago wrecks a huge wall, causing a loss of $250,000. Several persons receive slight injuries. Fire in the five-story building at 280-288 Madison street, Chicago, occupied by Florsheim & Co. and other tenants, caused a loss of SIOO,OOO. Czar and Czarina of Russia arrived at Dunkirk, where they were received by President Loubet. Czar reviewed French war fleet. British cruiser Indefatigable went ashore in St. Lawrence river near Quebec. Ship injured on the rocks. Colombian rebels and Venezuelans occupied La Hacha after government troops withdrew. Buffalo Exposition was closed Thursday during the McKinley funeral. Work in factories of many cities and the operation of railways stopped for'a few minutes during the McKinley funeral Thursday. Hugh Flynn, aged 24 years, of Grand Rapids, Mich., fell from a train at Roberts, 111., and was instantly killed. Western Society of the Army of the Potomac passed resolutions advising the banishment of anarchists. Isaac Stephenson has offered $30,000 to Marinette, Wis., for a library building on condition that tho city bond Itself to appropriate $3,000 a year for maintenance. The council has unanimously accepted the offer. The bodies of three men were found In the debris of an ore train that was wrecked on the Escanaba and T-nira Superior railroad some days ago. Virginia constitutional convention rejected provision for free speech in the bill of rights, because of the President’s murder. Deputy Police Commissioner W. S. Devery of New York was arrested charged with oppression and neglect of duty. Accused by a policeman whom he had fined. Dr. Hill, city chemist of Buffalo, hinted that the bullets found in CzolSoaz’s revolver were poisoned.