The Topeka state journal., 1900-12-08
NEWS OF TIE WEEK.
Items of Interest Condensed For the
Busy Reader
TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY.

The second session Of the Fifty-sixth
congress opens Among the bills intro
duced on the first day are Roots army
bill and the pportionment bill The
presidents message was read. It dealt
largely with the foreign relations Of the
United States
Gen White. OF the Michigan militia.
pleads guilty to charge of compIicIty in
military clothing frauds and is sentenced
to ten years in prison He is almost inn
nediataly pardoned by Governor Pin
gree There were extenuating circum-
Stances
In vigan. p. L, 1900 ex-rebels take the
oath Of allegiance to the United States
before the parish priest OF this num-
bers /. TOO were b0lomen-
Queen Victoria is to beStow duke
don on Lord Roberts, and S50G, coo is to
be asked for him from parliament
The Refn brothers, jockeys clear sI25.-
600 in England this season
The White Earth" reservation tracts
IN Minnesota are opened for settlement
Men stand in line SO hours before the
land Office to enter first filings
The national convention Of the w G
Il. u opens in Washington with the
largest representation in a decade.
President Kruger visits Berlin but is
not received by Emperor William
The opening Of the fifteenth parIia-
ment Of Queen Victoria.s reign. takes
place.
The sixth Inauguration of President
sDiaz of Mexico takes place amid great
festivities
The duke OF Manchester. who recently
married Miss Zimmerman Of Cincinnati.
has been adjudicated a bankrupt aud
his seat in the house of lords has been
declared vacant
Oscar Booz. a West Point cadet. was
forced to drink a cOuc0ctfon e0rnraoSat7 0f
tomato catsup. Worcestershire sauce and
cayenne pepper, beside receiving bodily
INJURIES while being hazed, and death
resulted There win be an investiga-
ton
The isthmfan canal commission sub
mits its report distinctly favoring the
/ adoption of the Nicaragua route at a
cost of $500, 100000 While the Panama
route would be much cheaper there ara
objections that Offset the difference in
cost.
The boiler in the power house Of the
ShIcago & Northwestern railway in Chi
cagos explodes and six persons are killed
while five are SO severely injured thev
may die The building was wrecked
Two pieces of the boiler went through
two Pullman cars Of train pulling ont
seriously injuring several passengers.
Ihe longest direct cable in the world
IS to be laid by the British Cable com
pany, connecting Canada, Australia and
British colonies with England
Constable Bain was drugged in a sa-
loon N DaliaS BY two men who then sat
uraIed ms clothes with turpentine and
set IRE to thenns literally roasting him to
The Sells divorce case at Columbus
2. IS stiH occupying the attention Of
the public.
The largest starch factory in the world
IS proposed to be erected at Bonner
Springs. utilizing the immense potato
crops Of the Kaw valley.
George Won Z. Myer of Boston has
been named as United States ambassa-
dor to Italy.
Wicker Sons & Maxim. OF England,
are negotiating for the purchase Of the
Cramps ship building works. The deal
Will involve millions
Five men in Ontario are killed by an
engine crashing into the handcar they
are on
Charles A. Towne has been appointed
senator TO succeed the late Cushnan K
Davis of Minnesota
Nine cases Of dynamite exploded at a
Mexican mine and instantly killed Is
miners The injured number Is.
Governor Plngree calls Michigan leg
lslarure to meet IN special session for the
along the line ef the constitutional
amendment adopted at the November
election.
Mrs. Abby Sage Richardson. poet.
literary critic and translator, dies in
Rome. Mrs Richardson was the au-
thor Of many well known books, and
OF late years had figured as a dramatist-
The plan of settlement of the Chinese
trouble as outlined by Secretary Hay
has been approved by the powers, and
their represen Iatives have been author
lied to sign the agreement, which has
been accepted by Ii Hung Chang and
Prince Ching in behalf OF the emperor
The state has closed its side of the
case in the Morrison murder trial at FL
Dorado and the defense begins Miss
Morrison testifes in her own behalf.
Gen Chas- P. Egan has been restored
to duty and then placed on the retired
list by President Mckinley.
The telegraphers on the Texas division
OF the Santa Ee left their keys and a
tie-up resulted Trains were operated
on running orders from functions dur
ing the strike. The Santa Fe shops at
Cleburne were closed until differences
were settled.
Gen. Funston, with cavalry and scouts
routs party of insurgents The Fill
pinos are active in many localities and
reforcements have been asked for the is
land Of Bchul.
Arizona and New Mexico are institut-
ing a campaign for admission as states
and Governor Murphy of Arizona has
gone to Washington to place the matter
before congress.
The minister Of the Netherlands to
Portugal and the Portuguese minister at
The Hague have left their respective
posts and relations between the two
countries are strained owing to COM
plicaEons at Delagoa Bay King Charles
LOCAL SUMMARY
Governor Stanley writes a letter to the
representa- atives-eIect urging economy at
the next session Of the legislature.
Santa F'e decides to spend $500, 900 in
grade reductions on the California lines
H G. Stafford, ex-cOunty attorney and
epresentative-elect of the Thirty eighth
district. dies at his home in North To-
peka. of heart disease.
W. A Seller, vice president of Crane
& Co.. dies Of heart failure, caused by
typhoid fever
F. w Blackmar. and other officers of
the Kansas Association Of Charities and
Corrections are reelected.
Governor Stanley gives out an inter-
view in which he says that salaries Of
the employees OF state institutions should
not be raised.
Henry b Lautz Of Topeka is appoint
ed assistant chief clerk to President
E2ir,Ia1- of The Saata E-a