Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1901 — CONDENSED TELEGRAPHIC NEWS [ARTICLE]

CONDENSED TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

Train waited eight minutes at St. Joseph, Mich., while two passengers were united in marriage. Admiral Schley placed his case in Attorney Isidor Raynor’s hands and will do as he advises. A dispatch received at London from Pekin announces that the imperial court left Kai-Feng-Fu bound for Peking last baturday. Emperor William has decorated Marquis Ito, the Japanese statesman, with the Order of the Red Eagle. Sir James Lainge a famous Sunderland shipbuilder, is dead. Among the minor English coast casualties during the recent gale is the loss of the Scandinavian schooner Ebenezer, which was blown on the rocks at Flamborough Head and went to pieces. All hands were lost. There is a general strike of the iron workers of Barcelona, Spain. Nine thousand men are affected. It has been proved that the recent bakers’ riots at Cadiz were fomented by anarchists. , Fires Sunday morning in Chicago, caused indirectly by the intense cold, caused a loss of $220,000 and drove nearly 100 persons half dressed into the the streets. Lincoln avenue car barns and contents destroyed. George Grant of Chicago clubbed, robbed, and left to freeze by robbers. Found alongside the railway tracks at Kenosha, Wis. Chicago Federation of Labor adopted memorial to Congress asking curtailment of the injunction power of Judges.

C. T. Yerkes arrived from England lor a short visit in Chicago. Praised business ways of the English. Weekly review of trade reported factories busy, wages high, and a big holiday business. Outlook promising despite disturbance of speculative market. Illinois Railroad and Warehouse commission increased grain inspection fees 40 per cent Firm of Wainwright Bros. & Co. of Boston assigned as result of drop in copper. A. G. Spaulding elected president of the National League after twenty-six ballots. Spaulding declared Freedman caused all the trouble io the league and should be kicked out. California University to send a track team to compete with Princeton and other eastern colleges. Michigan University will probably arrange football games with Harvard and Pennsylvania. Four favorites won at New Orleans and plungers made a killing. 1 Harvard and Princeton agreed to play series of ball games. Tossettl bowlers rolled 1,035 in game with the Oaklands at Chicago. Litigation at New York over the will of Cornelius Van Shaick Roosevelt ended. He left a $2,000,000 estate, of which the President, a nephew, will receive $150,000. Depositors of the bank of S. JarmuJowsky at New York continued their run on the place, many waiting hours to draw their money. Ferryboat running between East Ninety-ninth street, New York, and College Point, L. 1., sank, but passengers escaped in boats. New York Central officials denied story that tney would oppose Pennsylvania road tunneling Hudson River. Philanthropist at New York paid fine of young woman only to learn that she is a professional beggaf with a bank account.

Personal property of the late Pierre Lorillard of New York appraised at sl,797,925. Jhe carried $106,837 life Insurance. United Metals Selling company cut price of raw copper one and one-quar-ter cents a pound in New York market Friday. Raid on policy shop disclosed evidence that It has enjoyed police protection in New York. German musicians oppose extension of copyright on “Parsifal” petitioned for by Wagner family. Bret Harte, the American novelist, author of three celebrated books, is lying dangerously ill with pneumonia at his London home. His condition is such that he could not attend his son’s funeral. Miss Emma King of Brooklyn, who permitted herself to be inoculated with bovine tuberculosis germs, developed the disease. President J. J. Hill of the Great Northern resigned from directorate of the Northern Pacific. Kid Lavigne defeated Tim Heggarty of Australia in four round j in Oakland, Col. British Relegates to the Brussels sugar conference believe the meeting will vote to abolish or greatly reduce the bounties paid by Germany, France and Russia, p University of Pennsylvania won annual debate with Columbia. nearly hills and robs his mother and Dowager Empress <jf China conferred

TJrltish detectives are in New York looking for men suspected of having destroyed the Exchange buildings at Liverpool with an infernal machine. They charge a plot by Fenians. John Swinton, a well-known labor leader and writer on political economy, ‘.B dead at New York. Liners Etruria and Bretagne have difficulty in reaching their berths at New York because of high winds and swift running tide. Official announcement comes from Mexico that the Pan-American congress will break up without accomplishing results. The question of compulsory arbitration, insisted upon by several South American states., caused the split. Marconi talks of his feat of wjreless communication Saturday across the Atlantic, answering with confidence suggestions of doubt made by incredulous electrical experts. He is preparing to make another test In sending wireless telegraph messages between Newfoundland and Cornwall. Secret service men are said to have discovered plans for a general uprising by the natives of the Island of Luzon and Americans are taking active steps to frustrate it. Annual session of the Illinois State Teachers’ association will be- held at Springfield, beginning on Thursday of next week. German cruiser Vinlla, now at Norfolk, Va., ordered to join German squadron in Venezuelan waters. Report on progress in Chicago, made by John W. Ela, is the feature of the convention of the National Civil Service Reform League. Daniel Colt Gilman is elected president. United States Steel Corporation adopts merit system for its 2,000 employes on the Great Lakes, officers of steamers to be made small stockholders. American Federation of Labor in convention at Scranton votes to increase per capita tax to establish big defense fund for use in case of strikes. Inventory of personal estate of Pierre Lorillard is filed at Trenton, N. J., showing holdings of the value of $1,797,925.

Chilean minister for foreign affairs submitted new proposition to Argentina for a settlement of the dispute between the two countries. If it is rejected it will be taken as an indication that Argentina desires war. Storm of Thursday in England was one of the worst in years. Birmingham and other cities suffered great damage. French naval officer, dismissed from the service, announced willingness to fight duels with former comrades. Professor Behring, who was awarded one of the Nobel prizes, will use the money to combat bovine tuberculosis. Venezuelan papers scored United States for its attitude in the quarrel of Germany and the South American republic. Italy to arrange new commercial treaties with Germany and Austria. Adolph Oppenheimer, who testified against the murderer Durant in San Francisco, killed by a robber. Federation of Labor convention voted down proposition to increase number of vice presidents. Laura Bullion sentenced to five years' imprisonment for Montana train robbery. Captain Hobson delivered lecture on the navy at Indiana university. Seven hunters killed during the Maine season, which ended Saturday. Big lake steamer ashore in Lake Huron. Canadian railway official Is at Chicago to study American system of pensioning railroad employes with view to adopting it on government lines. Dowieties prayed and Bang in Judge Tuley*s court at Chicago during the recess between the two sessions in the Stevenson-Dowie litigation. Four men connected with the Pickwick club, Chicago, indicted for gambling. i Fred Underwood, now with the Erie Railroad system, said to be slated for presidency of the Northern Pacific. Giuseppe Ciancabilla, editor of the anarchist publication L’Aurore at Chicago, fined for sending lottery tickets througn the mails.

United States Steel Corporation adopts a civil service reform system for its .2.000 employes on lake boats. Captains and chief engineers are to become stockholders and extra money will be paid for faithful service. It is thought the plan will do away with labor troubles. British coast swept by storms. Fourteen persons perished in North Sea by foundering of a Belgian ship. Miss Stone trying to convert her captors. New methods of construction to be used in digging the Pennsylvania tunnel under the Hudson river. Tubes to be run through soft mud. American Federation of Catholic Societies organized at Cincinnati by adopting a constitution and electing officers. Next convention to be held in Chicago. Dr. Joseph Zeemp of Lucerne elected president of the Swiss federation for 1902. Ewald Eichorn, a farmer near Duquoin, la., blindfolded, bound hand and foot, and beaten to death by robbers. National Convention of the Federation of Labor decided to attempt organization of teachers into a union. Seven men arrested at Toledo, charged with robbing Ohio postofflees. Henry Demond, a student of Washington State University, starved to death while seeking an education. Big Newfoundland dog, playfully seeking stick of candy In hands of 4-year-old New York boy, frightens the child to death.