Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1902 — MINOR EVENTS BY TELEGRAPH [ARTICLE]

MINOR EVENTS BY TELEGRAPH

Domestic and Foreign Items of General Interest Told in Paragraphs. COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY. Record of Happening* of Much or Little Importance from Ail Part* of the Clvllixed World —Incidents, Enterprises, Accidents, Verdicts, Crimes and Wars. Robert Fitzsimmons entered suit for $50,000 damages for injuries received in falling down the steps of the Orpheum Theater, Brooklyn. The Irish party gets its usual rebuff in the effort to amend reply to King's address to Parliament. Army and navy officers are busy arranging for the joint maneuvers to be held in the vicinity ot' New York next August. The St. franchise of the American league has been acquired by a syndicate of St. Louis and Cincinnati men. John Alonzo Pearsons of Evanston, brother of Dr. D. K. Pearsons, died of Pneumonia, aged 83. Charles M. Schwab, president of the steel trust," says that all foreign trade will eventually turn toward the United States. Elmer O Brien, a merchant, was fatally stabbed by William Tomlin in a gambling-room at Gas City, Ind. Tomlin is under arrest. James Cain accidentally shot himself at Montpelier, O. He was handling a revolver when the hammer struck a loaded shell that lie thought wa empty. Rev. Frank L. Goodspeed, for seven “ears pastor of the First Congregational church at Springfield. Mass., resigned to accept a call to the Calvary Presbyterian church of Cleveland, O.' George Rea, a noted guide and pathfinder, is dying in a lone cabin on Snake river, Wyoming. Rea was one of the first men to explore Yellowstone Park and is often referred to as the Daniel Boone of Wyoming. At Huntington, W. Va., George Pakes, a turfman fatally assaulted his ■wife with an ax, carving her head and face to an unrecognizable mass. He escaped on a freight train. There is a strong feeling against the murderer and there is talk of mob violence.

When Jacob Bronstein, 14 years old, ■was committed to the John Worthy school by Judge Tuthill at Chicago he made a vicious assault with his fist upon Mrs. Bertha Armbruster, principal of the Foster school, who testified against him. The Santa Eulalia Development Company of Chicago, capital $700,000, to acquire mines and mining rights, filed articles of incorporation in Delaware. United States Senator William E. Mason has proclaimed as a falsehood the statement that he is opposed to rural free delivery. A furious gale has swept the Japanese coasts and the fishing fleet has met with disaster. Two hundred fishermen are missing. Fire at Winona, Miss., destroyed six brick buildings, causing a loss of $50,000. The whole business part of the town was threatened, but was saved after a hard fight. It is reported that the Japanese crown prince is planning an extended pleasure trip through the United States and Europe in the near future. Arrangements for the approaching pontifical jubilee, which begins in March and will continue for a year, indicate that at least 150,000 non-ltalian -pilgrims will visit the Pope. Rich gold finds in the west end of the Norwegian district, about twentyfive miles from Pony, Mont., have started a stampede to the scene of the discovery. John D. Rockefeller has given SIOO,000 to the endowment fund of Syracuse (N. Y.) University. Alfred Taylor Was hanged at Friar’s Point, Mass., for the murder of Deputy Sheriff James Lucas last spring. The case of Robert Hadfield, charged with killing James Jordan on a train conveying Samuel Alschuler to a Democratic rally at Herron, has been continued at Carbondale, 111., till the next term of court. Representative Brownlow of the First Tennessee district has been renominated for Congress by the Republican executive committee, subject to the approval of the Republicans of the several counties. Abraham Slimmer of Waverly, la., has offered $25,000 to build a Jewish hospital in Milwaukee. Philip Veidelburg, aged 58. of Madison County, Ind., has been married twelve times. He says he hopes to live long enough to marry his thirteenth wife. Joe Choynski may meec the winner of the Root-Gardner fight. E. A. Goodchild, a millman and merchant of Tnompson Falls. Mont., is Jost in the mountains. A searching party of 300 faUed to find any trate of him.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company may tunnel the East River to reach Long Island. John Reilly, a Chicago grocer, was compelled tc remain quiet while rob; bers emptied his cash register and pockets. H. H. Fuller, former supervisor of ’.he South Town, Chicago, is accused of buying family supplies at the town's expense/ Gen. Viljoen of the Boer army was captured by the British .tear burg. Improvements of the Canadian Pacific road costing $20,000,000 have been approved by the Dominion government. A cold wave strupk Chicago which the weather man predicted will last several days. Temperature reached zero. A Colombian launch, carrying dispatches to General Castro, was forced to return to Panama by a rebel gunboat. Governor Taft of the Philippines expresses confidence in the ultimate pacification of the Filipinos. Republican leaders of Congress are planning to give Cuba tariff concessions. St. Paul monastery near Athens was burned. The prior and nine monks were killed and twenty hurt. Postoffice clerks in first and second class offices met at Joliet and formed a state association. Force of 125 physicians raids East Boston and vaccinates entire population, innoculating 15.000 persons. Nelson B. Williams and other Chicagoans sold much of their holdings in the Isabella gold mine at Cripple Creek. The future of the Philippines continues to cause concern among party leaders. There will be an alignment of the parties on the question of independence. The death of Xavier Kraus removed one of the most powerful opponents of the policy of Pope Leo. Felix Wilkowski of Chicago escaped unhurt the discharge of a revolver fired by Teofis Betta, a real estate dealer. The two men quarreled and Betta fired, the bullet striking Wilkowski below the heart. Wilkowski pressed his hand to his heart and was amazed when the bullet dropped from his overcoat into his hand. Judge Jenkins of the United States Court of Appeals at Milwaukee has decided that life insurance policies issued under the semi-tontine plan become a portion of the estate of a bankrupt.

The story that the French cruiser Charlemagne had been ordered to .Tangier to make a demonstration against Morocco on account of the murder of two French officers is officially denied. Nathan Woodring, a pioneer wealthy citizen of Beatrice, Neb., shot and killed himself while his doctors were arranging to perform a surgical operation for a chronic ailment. Judge Arthur H. Noyes of Alaska is ill at San Francisco from hemorrhage of the lungs, caused by tuberculosis. The transport Thomas, Capt. Buford, to sail for Manila, Feb. 1, will carry 1,509 unassigned recruits, now at the Presidio.

Gov. Mcßride, Washington, has issued a proclamation opposing the railroad merger under the name of the Northern Securities company. The bill aimed at anarchists is practically completed by the House judiciary committee.

Senator Hanna says the creation of the proposed department of commerce will help both capital and labor. The House committee has recommended a bill putting stringent restrictions upon oleomargarine. The House voted to increase the pay of rural free delivery carriers from SSOO to S6OO per annum. McClean and Stires of Chicago won the two-man bowling championship at Buffalo. Plunger H. Lewis of New York took $20,000 out of the Oakland betting ring, winning heavily on Nilgar’s and Muresca’s victories. Harry Forbes knocked out Danny Dougherty in the fourth round at St. Louis. King Victor Emmanuel has conferred tne Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus upon Marconi. Chancellor von Buelow says Germany earnestly desires to maintain good relations with the United States. The Superior Court at Scranton, Pa., has decided that Alexander Bergman, who attempted to assassinate H. C. Frick In 1892, must serve his full term of twenty-one years, less good behavior allowance. Lewis Johnson, assassin of City Marshal Richardson of Gulf Port, and Victor Johnson, who brutally murdered a little girl at Pass Christian, were hanged from the same scaffold at Mississippi City. Miss. «

Frank McCormick, 5 years old, was awarded SIO,OOO damages against the city of Chicago. A hole in the street caused the boy to stumble and fall in front of a street ear. Archduchess Elizabeth of Austria renounced her rights to the throne to marry the man of her choice. Peter Ropp, a farmer, near Pekin, 111., is giving his fortune to Dowie. Besides holding meetings and seeking converts he has contributed thus far to Zion $22,500. The Illinois Society of Engineers and Surveyors meet in Aurora next year. Richard Croker was given a farewell dinner at the New York Democratic club before his departure for England. Many Tammany leaders were present. George F. Jasper, cashier of the Quincy National bank, is suffering from a stroke pf apoplexy. /