The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-06-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


Electric cars loaded with excursion
lists, racing for a switch. collide at Green
bush. near Albany. N " killing five
and wounding forty passengers.
United States supreme court hands
down decision in the insular possessions
cases UNFOLDING the policy Of the ad-
ministration. Government defeated in
the Porto Rico customs case
1t Gov. Allen and Representative
Ketchum of Vermont arrested, charged
with completely in wrecking a bank at
Vergennes, Vt, Of which they were Off
GERS
Presbyterian general assembly at Phil
adelphia adopts report OF special COM
mitt, which recommended revision of
Prof Geo D. Heron and Miss Carrie
Rand were married in New York by
common law ceremony.
The trial of DR. Unger and others
charged with conspiracy to 1efraud,
opens in Chicago Indictment for the
alleged murder of Marie Defenbach may
follow
September 1 is fixed upon as date Of
international yacht race.
Confederate Veterans association met
in annual convention at Memphis. with
Generals Wheeler and Lee in attend
ance.
Sir Alfred Miner is created a peer
by King Edward He will return to his
post in South Africa. government rely
ing much upon his ability to reconcile
Britons and Dutch after war is ended.
Jack the Ripper" atrocities are re-
sumed in Whitechappel district of Lon
don. a woman being found terribly
mutilated and unable to make a state
ment before death.
United Presbyterian general assembly
at Des MoineS votes to bar AIasOns and
odd Fellows from membership in the
church
European representatives of the Boer
republic reported to have made formal
application to The Hague arbitration
court to decide the issues involved in
the Transvaal war.
German troops began evacuation OF
Pekin. Chinese officials preparing for
return OF dowager and emperor to the
capital
tally exploded at Pretoria, killing Gem
eral SchOeman and his daughter and
injuring several others.
Cuban constitutional convention votes
to conditionally accept Platt amend
ment, but United States rejects any
thing but entire compliance
Mulah, in northern Somaliland, has
an army of $4,000 to lead against the
British
Robert Hisop. Is years old, of San
Francisco. is murdered in his bed by a
burglar supposed to be a former
rOomer.
The suit Of Mrs. woodbury. for 1000
damages from Mrs Mary Baker Eddy,
founder of the Christian Scientist sect,
for libel, is begun in Boston.
Miss Susan E. Anthony attends the
Woman's Suffrage association.
An explosion of dust in a coal mine
at Dayton. Tenn. kills II miners.
President Mckinley and his party
reach Washington Mrs Mckinley
stands journey well, and is slowly i'm
proving.
Explosives on board the freighter
Laurine. at Bonneville, No, explode.
blowing the boat TO atoms. killing two
persons and damaging property within
a radius of 600 yards
Memorial day is observed throughout
the country with elaborate exercises.
A roWboat containing eight young
people goes over the dam in the Schuyl-
kill near Philadelphia and seven are
drowned.
Associate Justice Brewer announces
mis- n arriage next week to Miss Mott
a Washington school teacher.
Fred Rochelle, a negro, who attacked
and murdered Mrs. Rena Taggert,
white woman, at Barlow, Fla, is cap
tured and burned at the stake.
Machinists in Chicago to number of
Z 900 walk out
AS a elimination of bitter debate
Sena tors McLaurin and Tillman of
tons. but Governor insolvency refuses
to accept either.
The grand jury at Honolulu is investi-
eating charges Of bribery in the legisla-
ture- Governor Dole made the COM
plant and high officials are witnesses
The Boer and British forces renew
their fighting at Vladfontein and a Sc
we're battle puts ia British out of ac-
ton, killing four officers, while tie
Beers leave So dead on the field.
Three trolley cars at Wilmington, Del |
run away down a steep incline Two
deaths result and % are injured
Action has been begun to set aside the |
sale Of Skibo castle to Andrew Carnegie |
D. B. Robinson, ex-vice president of
Santa Fe, dies in Chicago, after a long
illness.