The Yale expositor., 1896-08-07
HISTORY OF A WEEK.
THE NEWS OF SEVEN DAYS UP
TO DATE.
Political, Religious, Social and Criminal
Dolngs of the Whole World Carefully
Condensed for Our Readers Ac-
cident Record.

Clark City, Ill.
Galena, ILL.,. republicans have organ
lied a campaign marching club.
The Chicago platform campaign was
opened at Palmer, H., with a picnic
Gen. Orendorff, B. +. Caldwell and M.
f. Youngblood made speeches.
Sam Kimball, of Manhattan, Kan,
has been appointed provisional nation
al committeeman by the sound money
democrats to represent the state at In
.dianapolis Aug. 7.
S. l.. Bignall, of Fowlerville, Mich, is
the first to announce himself a candi-
date for the democratic gubernatorial
nomination. He is strongly in favor OF
the Chicago platform.
Albert II. Harley, independent can
didate for congress on the republican
ticket in the Second district, is circu-
lating cards giving a description of an
S,000-mile military wheel path which
he stands pledged to favor in the house
The free silver wing of the Nebraska
democracy will hold It's state conven-
, ton in Omaha in the latter part Of
August, at date to be decided upon by
the officers of the state central commit
tee, of which J. c. Smyth is chairman
Eugene Wright of Sturgis, Mich, fell
from his bicycle and struck on his head,
receiving serious injuries.
Fire at Garden Prairie, Ill.,, destroyed
a number of buildings, including the
Congregational church. The loss is
heavy, with but little insurance.
Herbert Spencer, who was discovered
in q hospital in Philadelphia about a
week ago, having completely lost his
memory, has been taken home to Law
renee, Kan.
The British steamer Barnwell, of the
Earn line, from Baltimore July 20. has
arrived at Colon. Captain Carter has
smallpox and the ship was quaran
tined.
A dispatch received at Berlin from
Chefoo says that the commander and
crew of the German third-class cruiser
Iltis, which was lost in a typhoon On
July %, about ten miles northwest Of
the Shan-Tung promontory, sank with
hurrahs for Emperor William on their
lips.
gracshoppers have been passing over
Nebraska eastward bound. In some
places they are reported to have been
so numerous as to have perceptibly ar
rested the suns rays. They have
crossed the Missouri River in swarms,
but show no tendency TO settle. They
have done damage to crops in the state,
and are believed to have come from
Colorado.
The Montreal Street Railway has an
nounced that it will not accept United
States silver or nickels in payment of
fares.
George T. Gadens, Jr., who forged the
name of V. l.. Rice on check for S45
on the Colonial Bank, pleaded guilty at
New York. Gadens' counsel said the
prisoner was the son of a wealthy San
Francisco broker. Recorder Golf SEN
fenced Gadens to five years imprison-
ment in Sing Sing.
In the racing board bulletin issued
Friday the Canadian board condemns
female racing and announces that the
| board will hereafter blacklist any track
upon which female bicycle riders are
allowed to race before the public.
A 2-year-old girl fell out Of Michigan
Central car window at Oshtemo, Mich,
while the train was running fifty miles
an hour. The train stopped, backed up
and found the child uninjured. except
two scratches on her face. The mother
was tired and had fallen asleep. The
child was found playing in the sand
Clarence Giltner went bathing at
Shelbyville, Ind, and it Is claimed by
his companions that he was attacked
with cramps and was drowned before
they could reach him. When taken
from the water, several hours later,
Giltners head was found to be badly
bruised and his nose broken. The
coroner will make a thorough in
vestigation.
1t was learned at the Philadelphia
offices Of the International Navigation
Company that LII Hung Chang had en-
gagged apartments for himself and suite
on the st. Louis, which sails from
Southampton Aug. %.
A dispatch received at London from
Vienna says the explosion of a fire.
works factory magazine at Fuenfsir
chen resulted in the death of five per-
sons, the injuring of 100 others and
the wrecking of the town hail and
other houses. The factory was be-
meath the town hall. The whole town
was shaken. Among the injured is the
burgomaster. The victims were most
ly market people.
Owing to the fall in the price of
coffee exports from Brazil to the
United States and Europe have been
suspended.
The United States has again been
CON PEELED to call on the government
of Colombia to apologize for the schoon-
err Whitford incident.
Lightning set fire to the barn on the
dairy farm of William McGregor. west
of Findlay, Ohio, and the structure
was destroyed. 1t contained twenty
five fine Jersey cows, and all efforts
to save the animals were unavailing
and they were cremated.