The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1895-11-08
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Eugene V. Debs denies that he is
formulating n new movement as sub
stitute for trades unionism.
The king of Ashantee has rejected
the ultimatum of Great Britain 10
place Ashantee under protection of
the British. The king said he would
fight before accepting.
Christopher Miller. living near Mt.
Gilead, o., shot his wife fatally, then
suicided by hanging. He had been
adiudged insane, but relatives kept
him from going to an asylum.
Geo. II. Smith, who killed an old
man at Albany, and Chas. n. Davis,
who outraged and killed 6-year-old
girl at Cohoes, were electrocuted in
in one day at Dennemora, n. y.
Escaping gas caused an explosion in
house on New Church court, Strand,
London, by which the house was COM
pletely demolished and six persons
killed. As many more were very seri-
ously injured.
Commander Heyerman, L. S. N,
who was in command of the famous
kearsarge when she was wrecked on
Roncador reef, died on an Atlantic
steamer while on his way to Dresden,
to visit his aged mother.
The report of the Canadian depart
ment of finance shows that real estate
in the dominion is mortgaged to the
amount OF Sll5,S00, 600, and that never
in the history of Canada has the land
been so heavily mortgaged.
Great Britain is about to get INTO
trouble with Brazil because Of her at
tempt TO maintain her flimsy claims To
to the ownership of the Island of Trim
dad, off the coast of Brazil, which was
seized by the British recently.
John d. Rockefeller, the Standard
oil magnate, his presented the Chicago
University So, 900, 900, making his total
gifts TO that institution amount 10
~, 600, 600 Mr.. Rockefeller conditions
the payment of $1,000, O0O-requiring
the raising of its equivalent by the year
1900
Three persons were fatally burned
at Philadelphia in one day, by their
clothing catching fire. Mamie South
wick, aged years, was playing with
matchess, Mrs. Caroline Snyder, aged
So. burned by the explosion of a coal
oil lamp, and Mrs. Rebecca Cohen.
aged "a, burned by the explosion of an
oil stove.
w. w. Windle broke three worlds
bicycle records at Chillicothe, Ohio,
which were held by Champion John
son. He made half mile in As haN
Johnson's record being 81. The quar-
ter was made in 90 4-5, against john
sons :23, and the third in 80 3-5,
against Johnson's :32 2-5. Windle was
paced by quad
A formal invitation has been sent by
Brazil to the United States to join in
conference looking to an agreement
between all the American repu blics
for an alliance to resist European ag-
gresssion on this continent The adj
ministration is heartily in accord with
the proposition and that the United
States will designate representatives
at once.
The Lincoln monument at Spring
field, ILL.,, which has been admired by
thousands during the past 20 years, is
in state of dilapidatioh What has
been supposed to bc solid pile of
granite proves TO be merely rickety
structure of brick, veneered over with
slabs of granite. The monument cost
S206, 500, the money being raised by
popular subscription, and was erected
in 1874.
Owing to the refusal of Sir Cameron
Lees, governor of British Guiana, to
fortify the Venezuelan border and
build a military road through the ter
ritory in dispute between Great Britain
and Venezuela, as ordered by British
secretary of colonies. Joseph Chamber
lain. Gov. Lees has been recalled. 1t
is said that Prime Minister Salisbury
90 axNlvv 90 Ia 90 ht~f In
United States urging arbitration of
the Venezuelan dispute until Gov.
Lees reports to Sails bury.
In view of the refusal of Secretary
of the Navy Herbert to award con-
tract for building gunboats to the
Detroit Drydock Co., there is a strong
probability of the abrogation of the
treaty of 1914 with England. which
stood in the way. Hon. Don NJ. Dick
inson will lead a movement in this
direction. With this treaty removed
there will be vigorous competition from
ship builders in every city from Buffalo
to Duluth for ship building contracts
with the navy department.
The Standard Oil CO., recently stole
march on the Michigan Central rail
road at Bay City by running n pipe
under the tracks so as to fill their
tanks from their oil boats and save
shipping the oil by freight. The rail
road people thought to get even and
started TO take up the pipe under their
tracks. IL happened that as they went
to work oil was being pumped from
boat and when an opening was made
the oil gushed forth in "A stream and
before it could be stopped over 500
barrels of oil were wasted and David
sons shipyard was soaked.
Gov. Rich has appointed the follow
ing delegates TO represent Michigan
at the commercial travellers congress
TO be held at Atlanta, Ga. commence
ing Nov. 10: Maj. X. w. Jacklin and
Thomas 5. McGraw, Detroit; George L.
Owen and l.. NJ. Mills, Grand Rapids;
Samuel Simons and Frederick Fox,
Saginaw; Ezra l.. Smith and +. i.
Waldron, ST. Johns; A. +. Peake, Jack
son; w. Richards, Union City; James
! r. Hammel, Lansing; J. L. Root. Vas
sar; Il. X. Str6at, Flint.
There is strong effort on foot
among the Latin American countries