The Yale expositor., 1897-10-29
NEWSY CONVERSATIONS.

and seven more were severely injured
in the fire that destroyed the Hotel
Brooklyn, at Kellettville, Pa.
The cabinet of Servia resigned be-
cause ex-King Milan, who abdicated in
1889, had been allowed to return to
Belgrade, the capital of Servia.
The secretary of war has issued an
order creating military reservation
in that part of Alaska lying within n
radius of 100 miles of st. Michaels.
julius Kruse, butcher, was shot and
instantly killed by highwaymen when
within a quarter of mile of his home
on Beavertown pike, near Dayton, o.
The London Daily Chronicle an
nounces that the premier, Lord Sails
bury, is about to retire owing to i'll
ness. Lord Salisbury denies the report.
4Rogers, Brown & Co., of Cincinnati,
have leased the entire plant, furnace
and ore mines of the Valentine Iron Co.,
at Bellefonte, Pa, and will resume
work on Nov /.
The widow and four children of Bill
Nye are almost penniless in Nye's big
S25, 900 house at Asheville, N. c. Mrs.
Nye lost all of her money in the failure
of the bank there.
The 800 employees of the Dobson cloth
mills, at Bradford, Pa, who have been
on strike for several weeks, have re-
turned to work upon promise of 10
per cent increase in wages.
BY the burning of the Central hotel
at Iowa Hill, CAL, VIM. Golden and
VIM. Owens, two of the dodgers, were
burned to death. The fire spread and
practically destroyed the oldest and
most prosperous mining town in Placer
county. Loss $4,000.
Information has been received from
Honolulu TO the effect that it has been
de fnitely decided among the Hawaiians
opposing annexation that a commission
of five men should be sent TO Washing
ton to make a determined fight against
the ratification of the annexation
treaty.
A reunion of the Seventh Michigan
cavalry and Companies /. and NJ. of
the First Michigan cavalry, all of
which belonged to the famous Custer
brigade, was held in Kalamazoo, about
200 survivors being present. The local
Womens Relief Corps furnished Il
banquet.
1t is reported that Gen. w. w. Duff
field, of Detroit, superintendent of the
United States coast and geodetic sur
vey, will soon be asked to resign and
that it is probable that Edward $.
Holden, of the Lick observatory, Cali
fornia, or Prof. II. S. Pritchatt, of the
Western university, at st. Louis, will
be appointed to the vacancy.
Warden f. 5. Wright, of the River
side penitentiary, at Pittsburg, has dis
covered that number of the convicts
have been manufacturing counterfeit
5O-cent pieces which are magnificent
specimens of the coiner's art. The
die from which they were made is al
most perfect and the milling of the
coins almost equalled government
work.
FL impartial, leading Madrid paper.
says that the negotiations between the
government and the chiefs OF the Gu
ban autonomist party have not pro-
duced the expected results. The min
isterial organs urge the necessity of
energetic action 20 crush the REBEL
ion by force of arms" The increase
in the issue of bank notes by the bank
of Spain has created bad impression
The belief is strong in London polit-
ical circles that the retirement of the
Marquis of Salisbury from the premier
ship is inevitable, Notwithstanding the
official denial of the report. The duke
of Dcvonshire and Mr.. Balfour are
candidates for the place when the va
cancy occurs. Chamberlain also has
an ambition in that direction.
Robbers broke into the home of
Adam Huffman, very wealthy and
eccentric old man, near Kendalville,
Ind After torturing him for two
hours by slowly strangling him to
make him tell where his money was
hidden the villains choled Huffman to
death and beat his hired mantle
only other occupant of the house-into
insensibility. They will be lynched if
caught.
The international fur seal confer
ence has begun at the state depart
ment at Washington. John w. Fos-
ter was chosen as chairman and G. A.
Clark as secretary. Mr.. Clark acted as
assistant to Dr. Jordan in his investi-
cations in Boring sea, The delegates
are: Russia, Hon. Pierre Botzine, NJ
De Boutkowsky, NJ. De Wollant, charge
d'affaires Russian legation; Japan,
Hon. Shire Fujita, Prof. Kallichi Nit
sukuri; United States, Hon. John W.
Foster, Hon. Chas. Hamlin, President
David Starr Jordan.
Miss Cossio Cisneros, the Cuban
girl who escaped from prison in Ha-
vana, and her rescuert Karl Decker,
were rendered n reception at Washing
ton almost equal TO the one they re-
ceived in New York. Conventlon hall,
where it took place, was crowded, 49,
600 persons being present Corporal
James Tanner, ex-commissloner of
pensions, presided and presented Miss
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