The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-03-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
TELEGRAPHIC sr7AFN5ARY

Chlh Stu and Hsu Cheng YO. guilty
Chinese officials. are publicly beheaded
in Pekin.
Frank A vanderlip. assistant secre-
tary Of treasury. has resigned. Milton
E. Allies Of Ohio viii De his successor.
A fire in a coal mine at KemmeTer,
Wyo-, entombs fifty men and fifty horses
Rescue was impossible.
George Ward. a negro, was hung and
his body afterwards burned in oil by a
mob at Terre Haute, for the murder Of
Miss Ida Finkelstein. a school teacher
John H. Mitchell Of O.egon. was
elected United States senator on the 53d
ballot.
Gen. Plumer engages Gen De Wet in
Cape Colony near Disselfentein and de-
featS the Beers, capturing guns and tax
ing 90 prisoners Gen French has sharp
lighting with the Beers in eastern Trans
vaal, taking a large number Of prisoners
and capturing war material and 1--we
stock
Minister Conger is coming home from
Pelzin On sixty days leave Of absence
w. w. Rockhill viii act as L. 5. min
lister at PeSin-
Capt. William Crozier succeeds the
late Prof. Niche at West Point Military
academy.
The total loss az life BY the sinking Of
the City Of Rio de Janeiro s 12S
Mrs. Nation accepts bail and goes to
Peoria where she edits the Journal for
one day.
Fast train at wabash wrecked near
Benton. Ind Thirty-eight passengers
were injured
Admiral Sampson opposes advance
ment of men from the ranks in navy on
social grounds. bis objection may block
a law making new place for himself
Lizzie Kelly. winner Of steeplechase at
New Orleans, with turf owner. trainer
and tnree jockeys, IS ruled off the turf.
VIM W. Evarts, secretary Of state un-
der President Hayes. dies Of pneumonia
in New York, at the age Of g.
The r1ay-RaunceroTe treaty negOtia-
tons are to be transferred from London
to washington
Cudahy kidnaperz offer to return $780,
600 IL search IS given up and case
dropped.
Sheriff F1nney ard deputies of Man
haitian capture bank robber at Riley,
after desperate struggle.
Edmond Palmer. OF Chicago, with
banks at Des PLANES and Ashley. III,
and Elettsville. Ind. fails for $50. OO0
having risked deposits in liquefied air
G.. II Lamb, Of Yates Center. is elect
ed grand master workman at the
twenty third annual grand lodge meet
ing Of rhe Kansas A o. u ". at Leav-
enwOrtA.
johnson Miller. a Creek Indian. muir
derer Of three Inen. IS shot TO death by
a masked mob at Holdenville. T. T.
An agreement is reached on the war
tax reduction bill. The revenue decrease
Will b. Sal. 000 900.
The administration policies in regard
to Cuba and the Philippines are includ-
ed IN tie army appropriation bill, which
passes both houses
Rosselyn Terrell. who murdered Ex-
press Messenger Lane last August. is
electrocuted at the Ohio penitentiary-
The main building Ct the Nebraska
peniter tlary IS destroyed hy IRE The
convicts are removed to stOckade undef
extra guard
The belief is gaining ground that Gem
eral Botha is treating with General
Kitchener for the surrender OF the Boer
forces
A fvc-story building In Rochester. n.
r., burns. and TIN &c lives are lost and
many are injured
LOCAL SUMMARY.
Band OF Home Defenders raid Curtis
wholesale liquor house on Vest Curtis
street Sunday at midnight. Two Of the
leaders Rev F. W. Emerson and DR..
NJ R. Mitchell. are arrested. J. ". Ad-
ans. one Of the raiders, was shot but
win recover
Mrs. Nation il released from the coun-
ty jail and leaves for Peoria early Mon
day morning
J. B. Tomlinson resigns as warden of
the penitentiary and the governor has
trouble TO find a successor.
Clyde Miller OF Usage City is appoint
ed as Governor Stanley's ew private
secretary in place Of H J. Allen who re-
signed.
The woman's Suffrage bin passes the
senate Wednesday night and the follow
ing morning is rescinded-
Work on the new Santa F'e blacksmith
shop which was to have been started this
week has been postponed
a. nj. Baird. foreman of the Santa Fe
boiler shops. and Foreman John Price
resign.
Frank H Wall a naaehinist at the
santa Fe shops, was seriously Injured
by the bursting OF an emery wheel
"A bill making IL a crime TO steal a
ride on a railroad train passes the SEN
ate.
James Colilnson. master mechanic of
the Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe OF Gle
burne. Texas. is appointed to ASSIST Mr.
Sanderson as assistant superintendent Of
machinery Of the Santa Fe.
Rev F. W. Emerson and DR. NJ R
Mitchell were arrested ON state war |
rants charging them with malicious tres
pass on the property OF Cash Curtis
The senate strikes out the item in the /
OsawaIonie asylum E-si allowing $4,000 /