The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-12
NEWSY CONVERSATIONS.

Spain has secured options on several
warships nearly completed by British
shipbuilders for another government.
Hotel San Marco, at st. Augustine,
Fla, one of the finest resort hotels in
the south, was burned by incendiaries.
Loss $500 insurance $50, 900.
The large floating drydock built in
England for the use of Spanish war
ships in Cuban waters has been safely
towed across the Atlantic to Havana.
The President has ordered a court
martial to try Capt. Lowering, who
brutally punished Private Hammond
for disobedience at Fort Sheridan, Chi
cago. The court will meet Nov. %, at
Fort Sheridan.
While celebrating over the election
at Cincinnati John Shafer, shoe
maker, waved aloft huge tin horn he
had been blowing. 1t came in contact
with a live electric light wire and
Shafer fell dead.
Because their victim had no money
two Chicago footpads placed pistol
against VIM. Kastner's throat and
fired. The bullet cut through the vo-
cal cords and completely destroyed
Kastner's power of speech.
Major Benjamin Butterworth, U. 5.
ously i'll mt the Hollenden hotel, Cleve-
land. His physician announced that
he is suffering from pneumonia. He
was taken suddenly i'll in the office of
Senator Hanna.
A c. & o. express train, from Cincin-
natl to Washington, was wrecked near
Old Shadwell, Va. Four persons were
killed and II injured The accident
was caused by the rails spreading.
The engine left the track on sharp
curve and was hurled against rocky
hill. Two cars plunged down steep
embankment and one of them went
into Rivanna river
A Washington dispatch says that
there are indications OF an attempt be-
ing made soon after congress assemblies
to take the government printing office
from under the civil service law, claim
ing that it is an adjunct of congress
and not really part of the executive
branch of the government. There will
also be AL attack made on the civil
service system in the congressional
library.
The British expedition to the head of
the Afridis country, so far as actual
fighting is concerned, is about to end.
This war has already cost $50, 100000
and has left the Indian treasury alb
solutely depleted. Something must be
done quickly to assist in saving India
from utter bankruptcy. This costly
war was concurrent with the enor-
nous additional expenditure of fight
ing famine and pestilence.
Stewart Young, an aeronaut, was
drowned in Lake Michigan at the foot
of Monroe street, Chicago, while at
tempting to descend from his balloon
in parachute. Thousands of persons
witnessed the accident. Young as
cended from the Winter circus at Hub
bard court and Wabash avenue. His
home was in Chicago and he was "A
nephew of President Nick Young, of
the National Base Ball league.
A quadruple murder is reported from
Rawdon. Quebec. The victims are the
three daughters and one son of Mr.
Nulty, a farmer who, upon his return
from a visit, found the children muir
dered. The girls were IS, 10 and H.
and the boy 10 years old. Thos. Nulty,
an older brother of the murdered chill
dren, was arrested charged with the
murders, and he confessed the awful
deed. He said his two oldest sisters
provoked him to uncomfortable anger.
Commiss Toner of Pensions III. Clay
Evans, in his annual report shows that
there were added to the pension rolls
during the year "a, 072 names and for
the same period the losses by death
were 81 900, by remarriage of widows
and mothers ,074, and for other causes
s0s6, an aggregate of 41,122. The
whole number of pensions on the rolls
June 30, 1897, was 076,0l4. The total
amount disbursed was S130. DO III
This exceeds the previous years pay
ments by the sum of $t5s4, $50.
When the old u. $. cruiser Yantic
ran down a Canadian steamer near
Montreal, while on her way TO Detroit,
the Michigan Naval Reserves were
charry about accepting the boat until
Uncle Sam had assumed all response
bility and had repaired the damage to
the Yantic Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Roosevelt promptly notified Gov.
Pingree that unless Michigan accepted
the boat as she was she would be
turned over TO another state which
wanted her. The governor at once
replied that Michigan would accept
the Yantic as soon as the navy depart
ment was ready TO turn her over,