Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-10-31
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
HAPPENINGS OF THE PAST FEW
DAYS FROM ALL QUARTERS.
Tragedy In Chleago-Commande Tiliey
TO BE Tried by Court MHrtial-MRrk
Twain Enters Politics--Hawail and tho
Labor Problem.

hundrodth anniversary Of the founding
of Yale College.
The annual convention of the Ameri
can Bankers association was held at
Milwaukee. The members Of the asso-
citation represent a combined capital Of
about SS,0O0000,0 900.
The court of appeals has granted a
new trial to Roland b. Molinoux who
was convicted Of the murder of Gather
ino j. Adams in New York city and
sentenced to death.
A new hotel to cost s2,5OO.OOO, is to
be built at the corner of Forty-lhird
street and Broadway, New York. Tho
building is to DO Il stories high, with a
frontage of 1926 feet and depth OF
1866 feet. 1t is stated that the owner
Of the new hotel is the International
Realty and Construction company.
The Duke of Alba, one of tho highest
grandees OF Spain, died from heart fail
uro at his apartments in the Holland
House, New York. He came to New
York In September to see the inter-
national yacht races as the guest Of Sir
Thomas Upton. The duke was SO years
Of age.
The commercial apple crop Of 1901,
according to the final report of tho
Amerit an Agriculturist, is placed at
$4,000, 900 barrels, againss 100000
barrels one year ago, and nearly 10000
barrels in the bumper crop year Of 1896.
The physicians and surgeons who at.
tended President Mckinley through the
closing days Of his life presented to the
State Medical society, gathered in New
York, n report covering the medical and
surgical history Of the case. DR.. Mann
said: "lf you ask mo what caused tho
presidents death, could not tell you.
l doubt if that will ever be discovered.
Among conuibutory causes, however,
were the presidents age his lack Of OK
orciso and his naturally weak heart,
which made his pulse high
Two prominent Chicago people, Mrs.
Charlotte Nicho and DIR. Orylle Bur-
nett, u South Side dentist, deliberately
planned to die together and took quar-
tors for the night in the Marlborough
hotel. Morphine was secured and the
gas turned ON. Whom discovered the
woman was dead, but the man still !
lived, with II hatpin piercing his neck
from side to side, u bottle Of morphine |
clutchod in ono hand, aud his nostrils |
inhaling the gas lumos. Mrs Nichol |
was the mother Of two children, aud !
the wife of w. j. Nlchol, commercial
agent for the Nashville, Chattanooga
and st, Louis Railway company. DIR.
Burnett was held to the criminal court
by the coroner's jury that heard tho
evidence concerning the death of Mrs.
Nichol
Samuel l. Clemens MARK Twain en-.
tered the NV York political campaign
by addressing an uhtucc of invited
guests at tine Waldorf Astoria hotel, he
having lOtoy joined an anti ramminy
organization known as the "Ordcr of
Acorns" Clmtlss address was u
comparison ot Richard Croker to War.
rem Hastings an the city OF Now York
to India under Hlsuug, rulo. Ho used
the words Of Edmund Burke at the trial
of Warren Hastings, substituting Crob.
er's namo whore the namo OF Hastings
occurred and New York clty where
India occurred.
y mass meeting of ComoN university
studouls was hc.J Tor the purpose Of
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