The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-12-10
MEMS TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
Minor Happenings of the Past
Week.
EVENTS OF LAST SEVEN DAYS.
Political, Religious, Social and Criminal
Doings of the Whole World Carefully
Condensed for Oar Readers-The Ac-
cident Record.

Mexico, Mo.--Joe Jess, 25 years old,
hanged himself.
Carthage, Ill.-Capt. John L. Foutch
is dead, aged 70 years.
Auburn, Ind.-Obe jenkins, of An
COLA, was attacked by vicious dog
and horribly lacerated.
Youngstown, Ohio - Thomas Ed
monds, murderer, was sentenced to
prison for life. He did not say a
word.
Niles, Mich.-Ceorge Spencer, of
cheshire township, pulled a gun out
of a wagon by the muzzle. He is
dead.
Lacrosse, Wis.-Fire destroyed the
Mcmillan opera house and Pomeroy
blocks. Loss about $4,000
Shelbyville, Ind.-Joseph Bean, of
Joliet, ILL.,, aged 16, was killed by a
Big Four train here while stealing a
ride.
an aged farmer, disappeared, and his
dead body was found in his orchard.
Heart disease.
Cripple Creek, Col.-William Tehan,
aged 80, was killed by falling fifty feet
to the bottom of shaft on the Mary
Mckinney property.
ST. Joseph, Mo.-John Lucas, a
wealthy stockman, was fatally gOred
by mad bull. Lucas wore a red ban
danna handkerchief about his neck.
Platteville, Wis. - The cylinder
house Of the Latin & Rand Powder
Company blew up without leaving any
trace of the structure Loss $25, 900.
North Yakima, Wash.-The resi-
dence of State Senator Leesh few
miles from this city, was totally de-
stroyed by fire. Mr.. Leesh's infant
daughter persisted in the flames
Virginia, Minn.-An Italian whose
name could not be learned attempted
to murder DR.. Cory and DR.. Miller
while delirious. He was confined in
the hospital with pneumonia.
Sturgis, Mich.-Dr. s.. B. Follett,
who practiced here over forty years,
while assisting in unloading hay fell
through hole in the floor, fracturing
his jaw, injuring the spine and receiv-
ing internal injuries.
Lima, Ohio.-A Chicago &c Erie en-
CINE exploded near Westminster, a
small station six miles east of this
city. Engineer Joseph Doolittle Fire
man j. c. Bieber and Head Brakeman
S. B. Planck were in the cab at The
time. All were seriously injured: two
may die.
New York.-Six men were severely
scalded by the explosion of a copper
sugar boiler in the candy factory of
d. Auerbach G. Sons. The injured are
Joseph Auerbach, son of the proprie-
tor; John Cheroghino, John Zenolsky.
Caesar Donidero, Leon Sehaushaues
and Erazil Avignon.
Wabash, Ind.-The suit OF Clinton
Whistler to break the will OF John
Whistler is on trial. Mr.. Whistler left
an estate of 100000 to Ais widow and
children, but so bound up in trust that
they could not secure their portion for
nearly generation. 1t is to have the
trust broken that the action is prose-
cuted
Paris-According to the official re-
turns, the last vintage amounts to 49,
100000 hectoliters. This is q falling
off of 100000 hectoliters from the
vintage of 1896 and about 10000 hec-
toliters under the average of the pre-
vious ten years.
Brussels-The government has de-
cided that Americans residing in Bel
GUM will hereafter be exempt from
service in the civil guard.
San Francisco-Peter Jackson and
Jim" Jeffries have agreed to fight
twenty rounds before the Occidental
Club at the Mechanics Pavilion early
in February for rs per cent of the re-
ceipts.
New York-A conference of citizens
from various parts of the United
States is to be held in this city this
week in the interest of uniform pri-
mary elections. The conference is to
advocate the enactment of laws bring
ing primaries under state supervision.
Richmond, Va.-The democratic leg
islative caucus nominated John Y.
Daniel to succeed himself in the Unit
ed States senate.
Neutrality-suspicious. Moses p Han
dy, who has been seriously i'll here,
is better. AS soon as he is stronger
he will be taken to some place in the
south, where the climate is more "a
vorable.
Boston-The republican convention
unanimously nominated Edwin M.
Curtis for mayor.
Sandusky, O.-President John Gardi-
ner of Norwalk and Vice-President j.
o. Moss were appointed receivers by
Judge Wildman for the Sandusky,
Mansfield e. Norwalk railway.
Arcola, Ill-Mark and Will Cum
mings were attacked by a bull and
severely gored and trampled.
Moweaqua, Ill.-A vein of coal,
nearly six feet thick, has been discov-
cred east of this city, near Bethany,
at depth of only lis feet from the
surface.