The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1902-02-18
THE NEWS In BRIEF.
For the Week Ending Feb. 10.


| For the Week Ending Feb. 10.
Emperor Williams yacht Hoherzollern
arrived at New York.
Christian Science is spreading in Ger
many. despite the kaiser's opposition.
| Henry Fork, Mexican war veteran, died
at his home near Evansville, Ind, aged 100
| years.
A new electric headlight tested on the
| st. Paul road makes the track visible mile
| ahead.
| A New York firm has obtained judg-
ment for $50, 0GO against the son of the king
| of Corea.
Garfield Todd, rough rider, has become
an evangelist to fulfill the vow made in a
San Juan fight.
John Rosel, Jr., IS years old. and Kittie.
| his wife, aged %, killed themselves in New
York with poison
Great Britain will begin work on April
| on IL new battleships, - armored cruisers
and IS other warships.
The thirty-fourth annual convention of
the National Woman Suffrage association
began in Washington.
| Polygamy, according To an investigation.
made by Salt Lake ministers, is still prac-
ticed by the Mormons
| A dispatch from Lahore says that the
| plague is ravagng the Punjab and LOCO
| deaths are occurring daily.
Philemon Crelin, special officer at Mil
| burn, N. j., fatally shot his wife and
/ daughter and killed himself.
Lord Rosebery in speech in London said
no sane person would think of granting a
separate parliament to Ireland.
New York police in a report to the Ital-
! ian ambassador declared King Humbert's
| assassination was planned there.
Mrs. Julia Elma Brewster Brick, who
| died at her home in Brooklyn, N. Y, be-
| queathed nearly Sl,00o,000 to charities.
Smallpox at Des Moines Ia, caused the
! city council to prohibit all public meetings
in order to guard against possible epi-
demc.
Woman suffragists at Washington de-
cided on permanent International confer
! ence and elected Susan B. Anthony as its
chairman.
For the seven months ending January 81
the balance of trade in favor of the United
/ States as against the rest of the world was
! S345, go, 300
/ branches of the French school are to be
established in Pittsburg and New York re-
| spectively.
Frank James has been compelled to drop
his suit 10 enjon a bandit play in Kansas
City because he is unable to furnish an
| $1,000 bond.
Alien teachers in the public schools in
| Chicago have been ordered to become
naturalized on penalty of dismissal. They
number 15S.
In railway collision between Baltimore
& Ohio trains at Indian Harbor, Ind, Con-
ductor Huntley and Brakeman Brlce, both
! of Garrett, were killed
Fitzsimmons has accepted Jeffries terms
for a fight and they will meet at once and
sign articles of agreement for a battle in
May at San Francisco.
An icequake was distinctly felt in Me-
nominee, Mich Chairs and desks in a
number of offices were shaken and bric-a-
brac tumbled off walls.
Robert B. Lindsay, aged rs years, died at
Sheffield, Ala, after short illness. He
was the first governor of Alabama after
the reconstruction period.
The army board has reported its award
of medals and certificates to officers and
men for distinguished bravery in Cuba,
China and the Philippines.
Prof. c. W. Pearson resigned from the
faculty of Northwestern university and
obtained his dismissal from the First Meth
odist church of Evanston.
The new Syms-E Eaton academy at Hamp-
ton, Va, has been dedicated, the occasion
being commemorative of the founding of
the first free school in America.
Trade reviews report satisfactory bust
ness during the last week in spite of heavy
losses through the elements. The labor
situation shows distinct Improvement.
NJ. Santos-Dumont suffered an accident
Que to an entangling guide rope and his
airship sank to the bottom of Monoco bay,
while the aeronaut narrowly escaped
drowning.
DR.. Roberts, secretary of the Presby-
terrain revision committee, declares the
Presbyterian church repudiates the charge
that it teaches either fatalism or infant
damnation.
Representatives of various professions
told the nationalist suffragists in Wash
ington that the new woman" is rapidly
advancing and that her enemies are be-
coming fewer
A big combine of transatlantic lines has
been formed, which includes the Dominion,
LeylaGd American White Star and Allan
tic Transportation companies, with total
of 120 steamers.