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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-07-31
CALIFORNIA PRUNE ORCHARDS.
Rare Beauty aud Almost Perfect Guilt
walton of tho Fruit Trees.

hare Beauty auu Aimost ferfect Cuiti-
walton of tho Fruit Trees.
A ride through one of the vast prune
orchards when the trees are in full
bloom is an experience never to be for
gotten, says Harper's Weekly. Some
of these orchards. consisting of 500
acres, contain $4,000 trees, their ages
varying from to 10 years and planted
in regular rows from ten to twenty feet
apart. No pebble nor clod nor blade
OF grass car be found among the friable
soil OF the Il,ies-long aisles which in
tervene. tassella;ed by the Pickering
shadows Of the swaying snowy petals
which project on either side from
hower-laden branches. Bird and bee
and butterfly are alive to the situation
and puncture the perfumed air Of
cloudless May morning with song, buzz
and voiceless wing. Among the en-
barrassment of beauty walks the alert
intelligent orchardist, watching with
the trained eye of an artist the de-
velopment of the tiny bud of the en-
bryO prune upon the tree until picked
at the prime of it's perfection with the
deft hand of an expert. In order to pro-
duce the desired uniformity of size and
shape each fruit-bearing bough is sub
jected to such thinning and pruning
that there lie scattered aobut the base
Of tree often more rejected prunes
than are left hanging upon its
branches. AS the eastern plum pest,
the carculio, is unknown in California,
as scarcely drop of rain falls upon the
trees from May until November, and as
there is no scorching sun to shrivel the
delicate skin of the prune nor rough
wind to mar its contour, bough OF
full ripened clusters represents one Of
perfect prunes. In an area from six
to ten miles square planted with fruit
trees $4,000 acres are in prunes alone.
They cover the billowy surface of the
majestic foothills, as well as the plain,
with beautiful !rregularity impossible
to describe. At plucking time thou
sands Of busy hands are at work
chiefly those of boys and girls-pre-
pairing the luscious fruit for curing I'M
der the rays OF the midsummer sun.
The average yield from the crop is
about eight tons per acre. The aver
age cost of caring for the orchards,
harvesting and curing the crop, is $50
per acre, leaving a net income per acre
of $40.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-07-31
Gold Democrats Want Another Ticket

A meeting of some representative
Democrats opposed to the Chicago plat
form was held in secret session at Chi
cago. Gen. e. 5. Bragg, of Wisconsin,
was elected chairman, and G. A. Ewing,
of Illinois, secretary. The conference
definitely decided that convention
should be called, the only question
being whether the meeting should
issue the call, and on this a lively de-
bate ensued. Finally resolution was
adopted to the effect that it was the
sense of the meeting that Democratic
convention should be held, a Demo
cratic platform enunciated and candi-
dates for President and president
chosen, and that the said convention
should be held not later than Sept. ..
A committee of one from each state
represented was appointed to draft
call for the convention, and report the
following day.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-07-31
Strikers Big Victory at Cleveland.

The long strike of the employees of
the Brown Hosting Co., at Cleveland,
which was inaugurated nine weeks ago
and has resulted in serious of bloody
riots, is at an end, a satisfactory set
Element having been reached. The
company comedies all the main points
contested for. They agreed to re-
ceive grievance committees from en-
ployes, grant half-holiday on Satur-
day and time and half for all over
time. All old employees are to be
reinstated regardless of any part they
took in the strike. The men returned
to work at once. The announcement
of the termination of the struggle
caused wild scenes of enthusiasm at
the hall of the locked out men.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-07-31
$4,000 Armenlans Massacred.

London papers publish details of the
massacre in the vicinity of Van, Ar
menia, of thousands of Armenians. 1t
is stated that over 40 villages were
DESTROYED and that every male person
more than eight years of age has been
killed. On account of this last massacre
of the Armenians societies interested in
relief work in Asia Minor have appealc |
once more to- the public for additional
funds. The news of the destruction of
40 prosperous villages in the vicinity
of Van and the massacre of at least
1000 Armenians was contained in a
dispatch from Constantinople.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-07-31
TWEEN THE LAKES.
MICHIGAN NEWS RECoRPEbsfN
BRIEF ITEMS.
Another ffvrv'y storm "fsnyscs Over the
State Ca,TiY47 capei,isrsbie Damage
Cheboygan Suffers from "a 100000
Lumber and Elill Fire.
.'iRS = =,
Young Cycr0nrs- Broke Loose.

The village of Homer experienced a
storm whicRNfn}ost assumed the char
acter of atcyclone. Roofs were lifted,
houses partly blown away, barns tipped
over and, over one-half of the fine,
large maple trees scattered over the
town were uprooted or blown over.
The big double grandstand at the base
oall park is complete work, one-half
Of it being carried about so feet from
ats original position and piled in heap
Of broken timbers. Several houses
were badly damaged. The plate glass
windows in o. l.. Linn & Co. store
were blown in and the stock of dry
goods considerably damaged by
the water, which fell in sheets.
In the surrounding county like dam
age was done, but no one is reported
billed.
AT Utica the storm did considerable
damage. The barn of Daniel Foley
was destroyed with 500 bushels of grain
and one horse.
Mill dams were washed away, lum-
Der yards flooded and other damage re-
suited at Worthwhile.
Detroit experienced one of the heav-
lest rainfalls of the year and many
other points report lots of rain but not
much damage
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-07-31
Lucky Thirteen.

Il believe that the number thirteen
brings me good luck" said p. T. Thorn
ton, Of Louisville, at the Metropolitan.
Il don't knew whether or not it was be-
cause l was born on the thirteenth of
The month, but have watched it for
years and whenever there is combina-
ton in which thirteen appears it is n
lucky one for me. I am as much of q
crank in favor of the number thirteen
as anyone can possibly be against 1t.
If 1 am having a dull business on tho
road / ask the hotel clerks to give me
room No. 13. 1t is remarkable how
many hotels have no room with that
number, and l am told that am tho
only man who ever asks for a room
with that number. Most men object
to be given such a room.-Washingto
Star.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-07-31
NEWS ITEMS IN BRIEF.

Cornelius Vanderbilt is improving in
health.
Indiana operators refuse to grant
the advance demanded by the miners
and the strike will continue and will
probably spread.
Princess Maud, third daughter of the
Prince and Princess of Wales, was mar
ried at London to Prince Charles, sec
ond son of Crown Prince Frederick of
Denmark.
The grist mill, elevator and stores
belonging to the Barney mills were de-
stroyed by fire at Prescott. There
were no appliances handy with which
to fight the fire, and the loss in esti-
mated at from $50, 900 to 100000.
The Direct Legislative league, which
seeks to engraft the initiative and re-
ferendum system upon the body polite,
met in st. Louis during the progress
of the Populist and silver conventions.
The big steel steamer Queen City
which broke the lake ore cargo record
has broken the record for corn, taking
on 202, 900 bushels ut Chicago, which
is 81, 900 more than the previous record.
Ex-Controller ii. A. Waite, of Port
Huron, who skipped leaving heavy
shortage in his accounts with the city,
has returned after lengthy wander
ing and will face the charge against
him.
New York bankers have agreed to
maintain the L. 5. gold reserve by sup
plying gold. Philadelphia bankers
raised 81 800, 900 and other cities came
to the front, SO that S25, 100000 was
soon raised.
John Anderson, an ex-convict, was
attempting to steal n horse from the
barn of Farmer Slack, near GAINESVILLE,
o., when horse kicked him. He was
found by Slack badly injured and was
sent to GAINESVILLE prison.
limo Schoficld, daughter of farmer
living near Marion, o., was criminally
assaulted and badly injured by Philan-
der Seach, a farm hand, in the absence
of her father and elder sister. Seach
is being searched for now.
Arthur C. Coke, aged rs, bishop of
the Episcopal diocese of western New
York and wcll-known throughout the
country, succumbled TO nervous pros
tration at the Clifton Springs santa
rum, Rochester, n. y, where he was
taking treatment.
Twelve thousand coat tailors were
ordered on strike at New York, to en-
force higher prices from the wholesale
manufacturers and to stop renewal
of the task and piece work system.
The large wholesale manufacturers
were taken by surprise.
Gen. Geo. w. Jones, the oldest sur
viving eX-United States senator, died
at Dubuque, Ia, aged 81. He repre-
scented as delegate to congress that
territory now included in Wisconsin,
Michigan, Iowa and the west except
the Pacific coast. lie was Iowas first
senator.
A Washington dispatch says: Secre-
tary Lamont had a conference VITA Sec
rotary Carlisle and it can be stated posi-
lively that the administration has not
now and has not had recently any in
tention of resorting to another bond
issue for the purpose of replenishing
the gold reserve. 1t is not regarded
as necessary.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-07-31
100000 Fire at Cheboygnn.

Fire at Cheboygan burned up the en-
tire dock and 1000, 900 feet of lumber
ut the Whitehall mill. The loss will
coach 100000. Monroe Boyc & Co. and
Ward Bros, of Grand Haven, lost $75,
300; Theodore Hine, of Bay City, S., 900;
Swift Brothers, of Cheboygan, $1,000;
Whitehall Co., dock and lath, $500.
The lumber was fully insured, but the
Whitehall loss will be total. The
tug Major Dana, which was playing on
the fire, Became cut off, and she had
TO run on~thc beach to save herself.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-07-31
NEWS FOR MICHIGANDERS.

Milford coopers struck for higher
wages.
The army worm is visiting at Big
Lake, OsceolA county.
Forestr fires about Clare have done
considerable damage.
Andrew Desham's stave mill burned
at Saginaw; loss $4,000.
AT Menominee Floyd Wilson, aged 10,
was drowned by boat capsizing.
Kent county had 900 candidates for
certificates at the teachers institute.
A new three-story brick hotel is being
built at Gaylord by ,Hartncll brothers.
James GSna yette, aged 90, was in
stantly killed. by the fast train at
Rockford.
William Durstin, aged o, fell from
the roof of barn at Dryden, breaking
both arms.
Frank Green, Of Fife Lake, fell 1s
feet from his house roof and received
fatal injuries.
Railroads in the fruit belt are put
ting on fast freight trains to hurry the
fruit TO market.
Mrs. Sophia Miller, aged 81, was
killed while crossing the s., II. g. III.
tracks, near Pigeon.
Oliver Miller died at Saginaw, from
the effects of kick he received while
attending sick horse.
Mr.. and Mrs. j.. w. Cleveland, aged
and respected citizens of Utica, cele-
brated their golden wedding. Both
are aged rs.
Mrs John Thomas, who for some
time has not been in good health, left
home and was found in the Lord bayou
at Spring Lake.
Mrs Il. Clark Wilcox, aged 81, was
thrown from carriage by runaway
team, near ParmA al so badly in.
DR.. f. + Ixot ,%sSartzvcfeels, was
victim of runaway while returning
from night call. His collar bone ano
three ribs were broken.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-07-31
Sad End of a Fishing Excursion.

VIM. M. Cline, prominent lawyer
Df Port Huron, was drowned at Stag
island in st. Clair river, by the capsiz-
ing of a small boat in the swells from
o passing steambargc. Mr.. Cline was
a member of the st. Clair County An
glcrs' association, who were having
their annual fishing contest Three
others in the boat saved themselves by
swimming or clinging to the boat. The
Port Huron II years, and served as
state senator in 1888. A widow and
three children survive him.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-07-31
Drunken, Serena ders' Dastardly Deed.

Sheriff Kerns, of Saginaw, was noti-
fed by Mr. Russell, of Thomas town
ship, that at wedding near his
home crowd called to serenade
the couple. Beer was frequently
passed and they became very noisy.
Mr.. Russell knew that he had some
enemies in the crowd and about q. IN.
when he saw three men coming toward
his home he fired his revolver into the
air to brighten them. The men then
threw "a bomb against the house, blow
ing the door in and smashing the side
of the house and windows
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-07-31

Mrs. j. H. Tolfree, who was Grover
Clevelands secretary while he was
mayor of Buffalo. committed suicide at
Mojave, Cal, by drinking carbolic acid.
-Four cars loaded with iron orc went
through Baltimore Il Ohio shutes at
Sanduslly. o. There were dozen or
more men in the cars and six were in
jurcd. A man named Strauss was bur-
led under load Of ore and smothcred
todeath. Two more are expected to die.
Miss May f. Demuth. of Jasper
county. Ind, will sail for Cuba to join
her lover, who is fighting for Cuban
independence. Miss Demuth, who is
but 90 years of age. will take service
with the Cuban army rs n nurse and
before returning to the United States
the couple will be married. Miss De-
muth belongs TO a prominent family.
Lawrence Murphy, aged 81 years. u
pugilist, of Saginaw, boarded freight
car on tho Lake Shore road at Toledo
and was struck by the Fassett street
bridge and knocked under the wheels.
Ills head was completely severed from
his body,
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-07-31
Michigan Gold Democrats Organizing.

The sound money Democrats of Mich
igan effected an informal organization
ut Grand Rapids with John S. Law
.ence as secretary, and have issued a
'nanifestQ boiling the Chicago ticket
and platform. 1t is proposed to have
similar organizations effected in all
parts of the state, and, if national
sound money Democratic ticket shall
be put into the field, to nominate a full
zine of sound money electors in the
state. The manifesto was signed by
about 90 well-known Democrats.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-07-31
Thomas Dunn. charged with bur-

Thomas Dunn, charged with bur-
glary. and Frank Moore, under two
years sentence to the peuitentiary for
burglary, escaped from the county jail
at 5anduslxy. Both men are considered
dangerous criminals.
While preparing breakfast at Monroe,
Mrs. NJ. A. Kimberly, aged So, was ia
tally burned by n gasoline stove. She
lived alone and would have burned to
death ut once, had it not been for a
tramp who heard her screams and ran
to her assistance, but before the flames
were extinguished Mrs. Kimberly was
burned so badly that she will die.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-07-31
s,oOo Chinese Soldiers Killed by Rebels

Advices from China by the steamer.
Empress of India say: Chinese troops
were recently sent to Lanchou to sup
risen against the authorities. The
rebels routed the imperial troops and
seem to have totally annihilated them.
There were 5000 troops and all are
either killed or missing. The rebels
are now mad for blood, massacreing all
in authority, killing and pillaging on
the triumphant marches through the
country.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-07-31
N""'-N' rhS'

sDetroit-Hay. No Timothy, $500 per ton.
Potatoes, new southerns. loc per Du' 1--we
Poultry chickens. sc per 10: turGeys, NC,
ducks Sc Eggs fresh. lie per doL Butter,
fresh dairy, &c per lb creamery, loo
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-07-31

On the charge of sending an obscene
letter to young lady Geo. Drennon,
ex-mayor of Plymouth, o., was ruthless
ly arrested at the bedside of n sick
wife by government official. The ar
rest is highly sensational, Us Drennon
is well known and universally re,
spected. He says it is n case of mis-
taken identity.
The extremely heavy shipments OF
ore from upper peninsula mines pre-
vious to July 1 are being followed by
reductions in the working forces at the
mines which almost amount to closing
the mines. At the Norrie and Pabst
mines at Ironwood 1000 men are out OF
work, and other mines closing. The
miners arc greatly alarmed.
The announcement that local assem-
bly, No. 800, of Pittsburg, had with
drawn from the Knights of Labor, talk
ing upwards of 5000 members from
that organization, causes discussion
i'm labor circles. This assembly, COM
posed of glassworkers, has for years
numerically and financially been the
strongest trades union connected with
the X. of l.. Their withdrawal will, 1t
is believed. prove a death blow to the
old organization. The decision was
reached by the glassworkers conven'
ton in session in Pittsburg.
Charles Dickens, the son OF the great
novelist, died suddenly at st. Louis.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-07-14

Our correspondents We've on the
cultivation of coffee in Hawaii will be
read with profit by all interested in
the numerous coffee plantations that
are now well under way. At the pres
emit, the majority of the planters are
principally interested in how to make
the coffee trees grow. But that the
trees can be grown and that they will
bear paying crops seems to be settled
beyond a question. The point then
arising is the best method of car
ing for the crop once it is harvested.
Too much attention cannot be given
this phase of the coffee production
since upon the success of the pioneer
planters, the first to put their product
ON the market will depend in large
degree the success of the industry.
Should the leaders meet with temper
airy set backs, the small planter and
the prospective planter will, ten
chances to one, become more or less
disheartened.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-07-14

An English exchange referring to
the terrible Moscow disaster that oc-
CURED at the coronation of the Car
remarks that the slaughter there was
as nothing when compared to the hor-
rors now hing contenanced by aris-
tocratic c. and capitalistic cos
sacks Women rotting out their lives
in match-factories and weavingrsheds,
men deliberately sweated to death in
iron foundries, stoke-holes, and bak-
cries. Who cares? Children, too,
brought up scrofulOus, rickety, and
useless from their want of food and
air? What does it matter? There are
plenty more where they came from. !"
This is a socialistic view of social con-
ditions in a country far above the
standard of Russia, yet it is not far
from the truth. The great corpora
lions of England and the United States
do not hold a human life among the
lower classes at a much higher figure
than were those stamped out on the
plains of Khodiusky.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-07-14

attempt will be made TO annex the
island, and each nation has its war
ships on hand TO see that the other
makes no move in that direction. In
this respect the situation is not unlike
that in Armenia. Each is anxious to
gain possession OF the territory, and a
careful watch is kept over the move
ments OF the warships. Meanwhile
the inhabitants go on fighting.
AS is usual when an uprising takes
place Greece is in hopes the island will
fall under her protection. The people
of Greece hold about the same position
toward the insurgents that Americans
do to the fighting Cubans. The people
and the press urge that Greece send
warships, but the Powers have noti-
fed Greece that her warships are not
wanted. Thus the little fellow is forced
away by the big one. Notwithstanding
this, however, the Grecians have open
ed subscriptions to supply arms and
ammunition to the insurgents of Crete.
The immediate result will probably
be that the insurgents will be Gained
down, reforms promised and the |
promise never carried out. The ulti-
mate result will be that the Powers |
will soon get tired of the mismanage- |
ment of the Turks and will divide up |
the Turkish territory. Whether they |
can agree among themselves upon the
division is the question. The nations
fear war, but if war is ever excusable,
a war that would wipe out Turkish
rule could be placed in that category.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-07-14

Nood'S Pills cure nausea, sick headache
Indigestion. biliousness Sold by all druRQista
HOBRON DRUG COMPANY,
Wholesale Agents
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-07-14
THE TROUBLE IN CRETE.

Now that the troubles in Armenia
mind of the Sultan and the Powers,
the inhabitants of the island of Crete
are indulging III a rumpus that is
keeping the Sultan busy and the Pow
ers as we'll. Although the rebellion is
the result of troubles between the
Christians and the Mohammedans, the
Christians in this instance are in a far
better position to protect themselves
and resent prosecution than the poor
Armenians who have time and again
been ground down under the ruthless
heel of their ruler. The conditions in
Crete are reviewed by German paper
as follows:
In Crete nearly the whole pOpula
ton, the 10000 Christians as well as
the 10000 Mohammedans, are of Greek
descent. The Mohammedans are the
descendants of Greek renegades, and
therefore perhaps all the more fanatic.
The people of Crete, unlike those of
other Turkish provinces, have some
constitutional rights, and since the in
PRODUCTION of suffrage they are very
ardent politicians. To be governor of
Crete is no sinecure. If the Sultans
representative endeavors to be on good
terms with the Christians, he makes
enemies of Moslems and of the gen
eral commanding the Turkish troops.
and is accused of treason at the Yildiz
Kiosk. If he favors the Moslems, the
Christians oppose him continually in
the assemblies. The Cretensian colo |
ony at Athens is always ready to foster |
a rebellion, and guerilla warfare rare |
ly ceases altogether on the island"
The prompt despatch of war vessels
to the scene of the troubles has been
due not so much to the desire to re-
store peace in the island as it is to the
fact that the foreign powers are sus-
picious of each other. England, France
and Russia are each fearful that an
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-07-14

The opium mystery of Lahaina bay
proves not to be much of mystery
after all. The occasional quota of
Hong Kong tins that are being wash
ed ashore also prove that the Custom
House officials were far from working
in the dark in directing their efforts
to gain possession of the Norma's con-
traband freight. The Lehua's mission
was quite as successful as it would
have been had the opium been found.
The drug was kept out of the country.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-07-14

1t is said that John D. Rockefeller
paid his first visit TO the Chicago Uni
Versity this summer. The occasion was
a base ball match between the Univer-
University Of Providence, r. /. Rookie
feIIers son is the manager of the team
from Brown 1t is not stated whether
the northumberland took more inter
est in the ball game than the institu-
ton raised by his illgotten gains.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-07-14

A steel plate, said to be the longest
ever made, has just been turned out by
a Stockton, England, iron company. 1t
measures, after shearing, 76 feet and 3
inches by feet by Clio of an inch in
thickness, weighs five and half tons
and is without a fiaw.-New York Sun.