The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-08-28
HISTORY OF A WEEK.
THE NEWS OF SEVEN DAYS UP
TO DATE.
Political, Religious, Social and Criminal
Doings of the Whole World Carefully
Condensed for Our Readers-The Ac-
cident Record.

The total assessed value of South Da-
kota for 1896 is Sis, 391, 156, falling
off of $3.50, 995. Most of this loss has
been on real estate, there being prac-
tically no reduction on corporation
property and a very small falling off
on personal. The loss is distributed
in most of the counties Of the state,
very few of them showing gains.
The Anchor Line steamer City OF
Hickman from st. Louis to New Or
leans struck an obstruction at Island
Forty, about twelve miles north of
Memphis, Tenn, and was badly dis
abled. She Is valued at $4,000. In
surance $4,000.
James Forbes, IL years old, attempt
ed to ride across the bridge of the
New England Railroad over the
Charles River at Newton Upper Falls,
Mass, on a bicycle. The only path
for the wheel was a narrow plank be-
side the rail. When half way across
he fell forty feet to a pile Of jagged
rocks and his collar bone was broken.
The National League of Musicians
Of Illinois held it's first annual con-
cert at Central Park, Peoria, ILL.,, Sun
day In the morning there was pa
rade and in the afternoon a grand con-
cert at Central Park, which was crowd
ed with people, several excursions be-
ing run from all parts Of the state.
Postmaster George Muegge died at
~ CO.. lou Of r1na!Ve6
in a runaway Friday. A bicyclist
frightened his team, which jumped
over an embankment. Deceased was
postmaster and turn teacher at Com
munia, Clayton County, and was
known to the German turning and
singing societies of the northwest.
A convention of the political equality
clubs in the Eleventh Iowa Congress
sional district will be held at lie Mars
the first week in October.
A Mckinley and Hobart Club has
been organized in Pocahontas, H.,
with seventy-five members. T. e. Saw
age is president and Robert GILLESPIE
vice-presdent.
Professor Nicolls F. Crouch, the au-
thor of Kathleen Mavourneen," was
buried Sunday at Baltimore by the
Confederate Society at Loudin Park
Cemetery. After the body was low
cred the choir sang Kathleen Ma
,vourneen."
! A fast running excursion train re-
turning from Chautauqua to Cleveland
struck buggy on crossing and kill
ed Austin Wormley, aged 10, Bertha
Cropp, aged 10, and badly hurt Blanche
Cole, aged Is. They were returning
home from campmeeting and young
Wormsley recklessly tried to cross
ahead of the train.
While Michael Conley an old resi-
dent of Sandusky, Ohio, was attempt
ing to put a halter on one of his
horses tonight, the animal kicked him
to death.
Sunday afternoon John Railsback, a
prosperous young farmer living near
.ralo. Iowa, committed suicide by fir
ing a bullet though his head. Des-
pondency over business and love affairs
is supposed to have been the cause.
1t is reported that DR.. Nansen in
tends to conduct an expedition to the
Antartic ocean in search of the south
pole before returning to the Arctic re-
gions.
Thomas Curtain, a saloon-keeper at
Lake Elmo. Mimi, was shot to death
early Sunday morning by burglar
who had secreted himself in the place
in the evening. After committing the
deed, he having secured only $40, the
murderer made his escape.
Charles Potter, guide at Minot,
Maine. was shot and instantly killed
Saturday at Deer Island by c. T. Rus
sell of Boston, a boy of Is years. Rus
sell was a nephew of the la.e ex-Gover-
nor Russell. IoJter was mistaken for
a bear. He was guiding the party OF
which young Russell was a member.
A rear-end collision, caused by the
breaking in two of Great Northern
freight train, took place just outside
st. Cloud, Mimi, Saturday night.
Twelve box cars were derailed and
smashed into kindling wood. Two
tramps were killed.
At a negro dance about four miles
from Lebanon, Ky, Charles Warner
accidentally stepped on the dress OF
George Mays partner. Warner apollo
gized, but Mays became enraged and
opened fire, and fatally wounding Bud
Hardin. Mays escaped.
John Chamberlain Of Washington
died Sunday night at Grand Union ho-
tel. He had been in comatose condi-
ton for the last thirty hours.
Charles Fox, horse trainer, % years
old, and married, committed suicide in
Noblesville, Ind, by taking ten grains
OF morphine. He was respondent over
his inability tn secure work.
While Eddie, the 12-year-old son of
William South Of Lebanon, Ind, was
playing with revolver, the weapon
was accidentally discharged, the shot
taking effect in the breast of Eddie
Mccoy, lad about the same age, who
was fatally injured.
Frank Jacobs, an aeronaut, with the
Andrews e Showers circus, was killed
at Quincy, H., Sunday while making
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