The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-11-29
NEWS IN BRIEF.

France has sent four warships to-
ward Constantinople.
Venezuela now has a revolution on
her hands, but is downing it.
Gov. Altgeld, of Illinois, announces
that he does not want a denomination.
Rustem Pasha, Turkish ambassador
TO Great Britain, died at London after
short illness.
Louis Mericl5el II Toledo saloonist
was beaten to death when he tried TO
stop fight between n lot of toughs in
his saloon.
A movement to abolish spring muni-
cipal elections in Ohio and have them
occur with the county, state and
national elections in the fall has been
set on foot.
VIM. A. Shoemaker, attorney for II.
ii. Holmes at Philadelphia, was ar
rested in court for bribing a woman to
testify in behalf of the multi-murderer
when she knew nothing of the case.
The President has appointed John
Il. Peek, of Kansas City, Mo-, L. 5.
minister to Switzerland to succeed
Minister Broadhead. resigned, and
otto Munchmeyer "a L. =. consul at
San Salvador.
Wilbur +. Davidson. of Port Huron,
has secured a verdict of $50, 600 against
the Illinois Central railway for injuries
received at Hyde Park, Chicago, where,
in alighting from n train at the time
tracks were being elevated, he was
struck by freight train.
IT., E-o,oh H..
ated that eX-Consul Waller, if re-
quested by the United States govern
ment. would be released, as an act of
comfy, provided Waller surrendes all
claim for indemnity for false imprison-
ment.
A dust explosion in Emmerichs
feather works at Chicago started a fire
that destroyed IL valuable manufact-
uring plants. There was panic
among 400 girls employed in a shirt
waist factory Several were injured.
Loss 1925, 900.
Over S., 900, 600 in gold being shipped
abroad created quite stir last week
in financial circles and with the fact
that the governments gold reserve
had been reduced to little over $751;
600. 600. caused considerable talk of
another issue of bonds.
The treasury department in order to
recoup in part its falling gold reserve
has taken the extremely unusual
course of agreeing to pay express
charges both ways to persons and COR
porations forwarding gold in exchange
for other currency. This is the second
time in the history of the government
that this has had to he done.
An official dispatch from Jamaica
| announces that the attorney general
of the colony has decided that the
steamer Horsa, charged with carrying
| filibusters from New York to Cuba
cannot be held as she sails under the
Danish flag, whereas the alleged of
| Tense was against the laws of the
United States. The steamer was ac-
cordingly released and sailed for Phil
adelphia.
The New York Central fast mail,
eastbound, was wrecked near Rome,
! n. Y. The fishplates of rail had been
removed. The engine was burned and
Engineer Nate Hager. and Billy Bond,
a tramp, were killed. Jimmie Wag-
uer fireman. and two postal clerks
were injured. All of the train, con-
sisting of four mail and three sleeping
cars were uerdlleu ana the mail cars
| piled over the engine. Four boys were
arrested and confessed the deed
Charles Sackett, fisherman of
Grand Marias. Mimi. who had been
missing for nearly week, was found
by passing boat many miles out in
the lake. He was almost dead from
starvation and exhaustion, but may
recover. lie was blown out in the
lake by the recent storm and in some
way lost his oars. For the last four
days he had lived on raw fish which
! he caught Both hands are frozen,
and he was but little more than a
skeleton
A new comet has been discovered by
G. d. Perr,ne at Lick observatory and
it will bs visible 60 the naked eye by
| the middle of December.