Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1903 — NEWS OF THE WORLD [ARTICLE]

NEWS OF THE WORLD

Industrial, Political, Domestic and Forotyi Happenings of Minor Importance Told in Paragraphs. Extensive maneuvers for the torpedo fleet as well as several of the new submarine craft of the navy will take place oft Newport, R. 1., in the spring. Mrs. Kate Ginder, aged 65, of Webster City, la., Jias committed suicide by hanging. Despondency brought on the deed. She used a flynet fastened to a corn shelter. A deal has been consummated whereby a syndicate of eastern capitalists, headed by W. F. Sheehan of New York, has acquired control of the Louisville Electric Light Company and the Citizens’ General Electric Company, controlling nearly all the elec-tric-lighting contracts in Louisville, Ky. Nearly $1,009,000 is involved. Col. W. C. Hartridge, a lawyer of Savannah, Gul, has left for Hong Kong and the Caroline islands to look after the estate of Captain David O’Keefe, known as “King O’Keefe of Yap.” Twenty-five years ago O’Keefe was wrecked on Yap, an island of the Caroline group, and became chief of the natives. He is supposed to have left an estate of $2,000,000. After thirty years of litigation W. A. Brown and his daughter, Miss Marion Estey Brown of Boston, have Won their suit against the estate of George N. Fletcher and have been awarded $394,000 in cash und title to timber lands at Thunder Bay, Mich., now partly occupied by the city of Alpena. The defendants were Frank Fletcher, regent of Ann Arbor university; Allan M. Fletcher, mayor of Alpena, and Mrs. Grace Fletcher King. According to a telegram from Kieff a widespread and well-organized seditious movement against the government and against capitalism has been discovered in south Russian labor circles, and it is rumored that three industrial ares will be placed under martial law. Miles Johnson, colored, was hanged at Augusta, Ga., for assaulting a white woman. Former Secretary of the Navy John D. Long is reported to show continued improvement at Boston, and hopes are now expressed of his complete recovery.

The Missouri Supreme court at St Louis has ordered the bondsmen of the fugitive boodler, Charles Kratz, to pay into the school fund $200,000, the amount of the bond. - Steve Clark, white, and Will Gatlin, colored, were hanged at Poplar Bluff, Mo., Clark for murder of his betrothed in June, 1901, while Gatlin had killed a negro. Officers of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad have granted the demands of the conductors and trainmen for an advance of 15 per cent in wages for freight and 12 per cent for passenger men. Similar action is expected by other Gould roads. At Liberty, N. Y., the H. J. Series & Co.’s general store burned. The loss was $50,000. An entire business block at Scottsburg, Ind., was destroyed. The loss is about $40,000. Coh G. R. Stormont has been appointed commandant of the Indiana Soldiers’ home at Lafayette. At the coal Investigation at Topeka it developed that the average Kansas miner earns only $350 per year. Dr. J. L. M. Curry, former ambassador to Spain and head of the Peabody fund, is critically ill at Asheville, N. C. Former Senator Frank J. Cannon lies critically ill at Salt Lake, where he underwent an operation for acute appendicitis. Charles F. Tenney, for many years connected with the postoffice service at Sioux City, lowa, was arrested, charged with robbing the mails. Street car service was suspended in Montreal and employes say they will not return to work until their demands for more wages, shorter hours and reinstatement of men are granted. Fireman Winderwall, the conductor, whose name is unknown; G. Davis and two unknown men were killed in a head-on collision between two Rock Island freight trains near Tecolate, N. M.

A bill was introduced in the Colorado house to exclude all trusts from operating in the state. The measure Is modeled after the Texas and Kan •as laws. The Navy league of the United States has been incorporated at New York, with Benjamin F. Tracy, former secretary of the navy, president, and William McAdoc, former assistant secretary of the navy, vice president. The master builders, masons, carpenters, painters and plumbers of Schenectady, N. Y., have decided to organize a builders’ exchange. The motive is to cope with the trades unions.

The wholesale grocery and liquor store of L. C. Younger at Richmond, Va., was destroyed by fire, resulting in damage of SIOO,OOO. ■ The California assembly has passed a bill appropriating $25,000 for the national G. A. R. encampment to be held In San Francisco ,4n August next. The conference between the representatives of the locomotive engineers and firemen of the Erie railroad and Prsldent Underwood and other representatives of the company in relation to an Increase in wages has been postnoned one mohth.