Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 October 1901 — MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK [ARTICLE]

MINOR EVENTS OF THE WEEK

Items of General Interest Told in Paragraphs. COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. Record of Happening, of Mnoh or Little Importance from All Part* of the Clvl>ized World —Incident*. Enterprise*, Accidents, Verdicts. Crimes and Wars Seth Low’s resignation as president of Columbia university is accepted and Nicholas Butler is named as temporary successor. Edward M. Shepard formally accepts Tammany nomination for mayor of New York. Body of boy concealed In a bag Is found in an alley In New York. Police think it a cass of murder and have made several arrests. “Billy” West, the minstrel, undergoes operation at San Francisco for cancer in the mouth. Morgan and Chadw;ll families meet again at Big Springs, Tenn. Two of each faction are killed and two mortally wounded. So far the feud has cost seventy lives. Mrs. A. J. Whitwer is arrested at Dayton, Ohio, suspected of poisoning four hutbands, five children, a sister and four other persons. Episcopal house of deputies adopts amendment allowing temporary forms of worship by affiliated congregations. Bishops vote to elect presiding bishop to serve for three years. Illinois day at the Pan-American exposition drew togsther an immense throng, and the visitors were accorded lavish hospitality. The First regiment was admitted to be the be3t body of soldiery yet seen at the fair. The programme included a parade, speeches, numerous receptions and closed with fireworks and a military ball. George Freese, 9-year-old boy, escaped from a burning building at Chicago by sliaing do*n the ropes of a burning elevator, but is almost suffocated by smoke before squeezing out of the shaft. Washington gratified at new treaty for American water way at the isthmus. Bail has been refused for the four Philadelphia newspaper men charged with kidnaping the proprietress of a disorderly house, robbing her of $2,500 worth of jewelry and forcing her to sign checks for SSOO. Visiting bishops of the Episcopal church preached in all the churches in San Francisco and suburban towns. Phil Mellory of Dubuque, lowa, ate fifty-seven raw eggs in fifteen minutes on a wager. William J. Stone, former governor of Missouri, claims he gave up his St. Louis residence because the landlord raised the rent, and denies that he moved out of the city to avoid being classed as a St. Louisan in the senatorial fight. Spectacular fire at the foot of Michigan street, Chicago, attracted a great crowd. Tramps blamed for the destruction of property worth SBO,OOO. General Chaffee and supreme court of Manila clashed over their respective powers. Trouble caused by deportation of a military messenger who disobeyed orders of the commanding general. Portugese official in a work on south Africa revealed secrets of intrigue at the Transvaal capital of which England was fully warned. German scientists believed to have discovered the palace of Nebuchadnezzar in excavating on the site of the ancient city of Babylon. Emperor and Dowager left SinganFu on their return to Pekin. Fire destroyed the plant of the American Crayon company at Sandusky, O. A panic resulted among the fifty girls on the second floor and two of them are thought to have perished. Vandals caused an explosion in front of Trinity church, Paris, damaging the structure. Expert engineers officially declared the Brooklyn bridge has been allowed to deteriorate because of improper supervision and inspection. Structure in urgent need of repairs.