The Yale expositor., 1897-10-29
NEWS 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 Resders-The Acc
oident Record.

gratuity fund OF the New York Pro-
duce Exchange and fed to Europe, has
been arrested in Paris, France, and
will be brought back to this country
for trial on the charge of forgery.
Springfield, Ill.-Milton S. Kimball,
a wellknown business man, died here,
aged Sc years. He raised a company
and served as captain during the war.
New York-Tom Hawkins, the prize
fighter who did not regain conscious
ness after a bout in the Green Point
Athletic club and was thought to be
dying, came to his senses and will re-
cover.
Pittsburg, Pa.-Preliminary steps
have been taken to form a combine of
sewer pipe and terra Gotta ware man
ufacturers of the United States with
capital of 81, 100000 The proposed
combine will be controlled by eastern
capitalists.
London-Francis Turner Palgrave,
the poet and essayist, is dead, aged 73
years.
Trempealeau, Wis.-For some time
there has been trouble between DR.. Ed
son Rhodes and his tenant as to the
division of the products of the farm.
Sunday pitched battle was fought by
the friends of the two. DR.. Rhodes
was severely wounded and several of
the attacking party badly hurt.
Carlyle, Ill.-A son of Joseph Nc
Donald, living four miles north Of
Trenton, was hit by falling limb Of
a tree and was instantly killed.
Rome-The River Tronto, in central
Italy, which enters the Adriatic east
of Ascoli, has overlooked, flooding the
Plain of Ascoli. At Chiaravalle a
bridge has been swept away, several
persons have been drowned at Forlin,
and near MENDOZA a house collapsed,
burying nine persons in the ruins.
London-The Hon. Sir Richard Hem
Collins, judge OF the queens bench di-
vision of the high court of judicature
since 1891, has been appointed lord JUS
tice Of appeal
Greenfield, Mo.-Jacob NJ Masters
shot and killed John G. Huston on The
public road at Huston. Alleged Grim
inal intimacy between Huston and
Masters wife, upon which a damage
suit for $4,000 now pending is based,
led to the killing.
Los Angeles, Cal-Searchlight, the
3-year-old son of Dark Knight, has
beaten the worlds pacing record of
2:09A for 3-year-olds. going the mile
in 2:07 fiat. The first quarter was in
0:341s, the half being reached in
1:02R. At the three-quarters the
watch showed 1854, and the mile was
reached at 2:07.
San Francisco-Reports from the in
terror show that the heavy rains which
fell this week all over the northern
part of the state have caused immense
loss to farmers and vineyards, and will
in all probability put an end to the
shipment of grapes to the east. The
total loss exceeds S1,000,000.
Oaklandon, Ind.-At a dangerous
blind crossing between this town and
Lawrence three men were instantly
killed by a Big Four train. They were
Joseph futile, aged 25; Washington
Kirby, aged %, and J. NJ. Butler, an
uncle of the others, aged As.
Kansas City, Mo.-John Schlegel,
who shot and killed DR.. A. L. Berger,
was acquitted. John Schlegels wife
and two children had been attended by
Dr. Berger as their physician for years.
Last November Mrs. Schlegel told her
husband that Berger had assaulted her.
Schlegel met Berger and killed him.
Duluth, Minn.-Customs Collector
Willcutts refused to allow twenty-eighs
Italians to land from the steamer Mon
arch, because of violation of the alton
contract labor law. The men will be
compelled to return.
Kokomo, Ind.-George Doyle and
James Tyler got three-year sentence
here on the charge of stealing 40 cents
worth of beer.
Burlington, Iowa.-Fred X. Bosler,
an old resident, was found dead and
badly bruised under a wagon bridge
north of town.
Mitchell, S. D.-J. B. Thunnison and
wife were overcome by the fumes of
gas from hard coal stove. Mr. Thun-
nison was dead when found, and his
wife died without regaining conscious
ness.
Sturgis, Mich.--Lightning struck the
barn on the Morris farm, occupied by
Frank Klein, instantly killing his son
Frank, seriously injuring George Klein
and Fred Hagadorn and slightly in
juring several others.
Prairie du Chen, Wis.-Robert Ora
ham OF Liverpool, England, while at
tempting to board a moving train was
thrown under the wheels and both legs
were cut off below the knees.
Saginaw, Mich.-Martin Salvner, IS
years old. while riding bicycle ran
into a team and his skull was fractured.
Aurora, Ill.-Mrs. Joseph Spirch was
fatally burned while attempting to
light fire with kerosene. The can ex-
ploded.
Louisville, KY, X. p. Sheedy leaped
from the Louisville &c Jacksonville
bridge into the Ohio river, distance
of 10S feet. He was not injured.
Harrisburg Pa.--Deputy Attorney
General Beeder applied to the court for
a, raoaivar for fba Trox, Cft,, Irt~o IL