Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1902 — THE NEWS IN BRIEF [ARTICLE]

THE NEWS IN BRIEF

Charles Allen shot and killed Raj Cornell in a quarrel at Romeo, Mich. In the Finkelstein murder case at Des Moines the jury returned a verdict declaring Harris Levich. not guilty. William A. Chase of Galesburg, 111., died from the effects of a bite administered by Frank Nelson, his brother-in-law, in a quarrel. After killing Dr. Miller and fatally wounding Joseph Bishop, cattlemen of western Oklahoma, 4n a quarrel over a mortgage foreclosure, John Dillard committed suicide by shooting. Unknown persons fired upon a Northwestern passenger train near Onalaska, Wis. Professor Packman of La Crosse narrowely escaped being hit. C. J. Horton, county commissioner of Runnells county, Texas, shot and Instantly killed Earl Moore and Mrs. Horton and then committed suicide. No cause has been assigned for the tragedy. B. B. Newcomb, a Christian Scientist advocate, has been arrested and convicted in court at Arapahoe, Ok., on the charge of refusing medical aid for his daughter, who died of typhoid fever. The judge fined Newcomb >IOO and costs. Senor Rodriguez of Havana, father of a girl who eloped recently with Senor Infanzon, shot and killed the latter as he was being taken into court. Rodriguez was arrested. Infanzon is alleged to have previously induced other girls to elope. Judge Moore of the superior court at Elizabeth City, N. C., has ordered the retrial of James Wilcox for the murder of Nellie Cropsey, carried to Hertford, Perquimans county. This carries out the action of the court, which a few days before granted Wilcox a change of venue. Dr. Phillip Howe, a prominent physician of San Bernardino, Cal., was found dead in bed, having chloroformed himself after retiring. The coroner’s jury returned a verdict of accidental death. For several months he had been in declining health. He had amassed a fortune. Rev. Robert Ritchie, aged 50 years, formerly of Baraboo, Wis., and one of the best-known Episcopal ministers in the Northwest, died in Orkland, Cal., of pneumonia. Fred Munger, proprietor of the Hotel Albion, died at Albion, Mich., from heart failure. He had managed the Madison and Clifton hotels in Chicago, and was at one time proprietor of the Arcade hotel at Springfield, Ohio. John H. Meech of Buffalo, widely known as a theatrical manager, died of bronchial trouble. He was GO years 01 age.

One million feet of lumber and much machinery of the Tunis Lumber company burned at Norfolk, Va., causing $50,000 loss. Colonial Secretary Chamberlain and Mrs. Chamberlain went to Windsor on a farewell visit to King Edward prior to their departure for South Africa. Augustin Chacon was hanged at Solomonville, Arizona, for the murder of Pablo Salcido on Christmas day, 1895. Mayor Nowrey of Camden, N. J., ordered the closing of all saloons until new licenses can be issued. The Depew knitting mill at Lancaster, N. Y., burned, causing a loss of $50,000, with $30,000 insurance. Mrs. Amelia Oesterlin, who died at Springfield, 0., left $75,000 to found an orphans’ home in Springfield. Judge J. E. Corwin is dead at his home at Seneca, Kan. He was a prominent Grand Army man and an active Republican. The chief business block in Monongahela City, Pa., was destroyed by fire, the town being without water protection because the water was turned off to repair a break in the main. The loss is estimated at SIOO,OOO. The heir of the late George Stephens, founder and president of the Moline (Ill.) plow company, have decided to erect on the family lot in Riverside cemetery a granite and marble mausoleum. It will be an exact reproduction of the Neke Apothos temple of ancient Greece, will contain for-ty-two catacombs and will cost $25,000. Because the El Paso Tex., street car company discharged the secretary of the newly organized union all the employes are out on ctrlke and traffic has been absolutely suspended. During a fighc among Indians on the Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota, Inapsha, a Yankton Indian, was burned to death and Mrs. Carbonnet was fatally injured. Ralph Hirsch of Luling, Tex., has filed a petition in bankruptcy, with liabilities of $45,000. ' Arthur S. Dudley has been appointed tax commissioner of the Milwaukee railroad to succeed the late W. S. Milligan. His headquarters will be in Milwaukee. The business section of Oglesby, 111., was destroyed by fire, causing a loss of $20,000. Willie Dowpa, aged 8 years, of Gaylord, Mich., confessed to setting numerous fires in order to see the fire department come oK