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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-12
IT'S A BIG SUCCESS.
The Sugar Beet Growing Experiments
In the United States.

In the United States.
The report of the secretary of agri-
culture is unusually important this
year because of the efforts Secretary
Wilson has been making to increase
the exports of agricultural products
and still further stimulate the cultiva-
ton of sugar beets. He has firm con-
viction that the people of the United
States can provide their own sugar,
without being dependent upon Cuba or
any foreign country for their supplies.
The production of cane sugar must al
ways be limited. but the capacity of
the United States for the production
of beet sugar is practically unlimited;
and with the object of ascertaining the
most favorable localities for its growth
Secre tary Wilson distributed seven tons
of imported sugar-beet seeds among
%, 900 farmers in 81 states. The re-
turns have been far beyond his most
sanguine expectations, and to his graf
ification the most favorable results
have been obtained from those sections
of the United States where new indus
tries were demanded for the farmer
and where the manufacture of beets
into sugar can be accomplished with
the greatest economy as to labor and
transportation.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-12
Three Men and Horses Blown to, Atoms

At Pine Fork, Wetzel county, w.
Va, William Conn, of Cuba, n. Y,
drove to the nitroglycerine magazine
with a two-horse wagon to get II gal
Ions of nitroglycerine to shoot some
oil wells over which he had supervision.
While he was inside another two-horse
wagon with two men in it, who have
not been identified, drove up. Be-
fore these strangers alighted, the
magazine blew up with report heard
10 miles away. The only thing found
that ever was human was piece of
mans foot. All else, three human be-
ings, four horses and two wagons, were
as if they had never existed Where
the magazine stood was n deep cavern.
Windows were broken in every dwell
ing within a radius of half mile.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-12

Alonzo Warren, of Ludington, was
fobbed OF $50 by unknown persons at
St Joseph, making the sixth hold-up
within few weeks.
Louis Vandermolen and IIendrick
De Vries were given 10 days in the
county Jail, at Muskegon, for not send
ing their children to school.
Comstock's single mill, in the heart
of Alpena, was destroyed by fire and
for time general conllagration was
threatened. The loss is $4,000
Col. w. Hendry, a prominent lawyer,
was knocked down and robbed near
his home at Dowagiac at . p. M, ana
sos in cash and valuables were taken.
Miss Lottie Daniels, student at the
Kalamazoo seminary, fell from fourth
story window. Tut was not rendered
unconscious and no bones were broken.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-12
Canadians to Talk Seals with Uncle Sam.

Sir Wilfred Laurier, premier of Can
ada, and Sir Louis Davies Canadian
minister of marine and fisheries, will
go to Washington at once to take part
in the Boring Sea negotiations. They
will be prepared to discuss the ques-
ton from a much broader standpoint
than any thus far conceded in London.
The state department at Washington
is much pleased over the proposed
visit, as it is felt to offer the first pros
pcct of considering the sealing ques-
ton on broader lines than heretofore.
Ottawa: Sir Louis Davies, said that
it is quite possible that Sir Wilfred
Laurier and himself may discuss the
question of reciprocity when they are
at Washington. The alien labor law
may also come up for consideration.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-12

Mrs. Nellie Brooks, en- route from her
home in southeast Missouri to her pa
rents home, about Is miles from Birds
eye, Ind, which she hoped to rescs
opportnnely, surprised the stage driver
by telling him she would not go one
bit further" and requested him and
her in the stage. The requests were
complied with and an hour later pair
of bouncing twin boys were added to
the list of passengers The party made
themselves comfortable until morning,
when the happy mother insisted upon
continuing her journey.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-12
Three to Expiate Dastardly Murder.

Three to Expiate Dastardly Murder.
The murderers of Curtis Wright, who
was shot down at his own home near
Gladwin, have finally been brought to
justice. Roy Num-, aged II, and his
father, Benjamin Num-, were sem
fenced to life Imprisonment at Jackson.
George Martell, accessory after the
fact, received two years. When sem
fenced was pronounced, Benjamin
Num- broke down and wept, but Roy
maintained his usual indifference.
The murder was committed on the
night of July 10. But feeling had eX-
listed between the Num- and Wright
families for some time, and Roy, who
made two different confessions, charged
that his father concocted the crime.
but he fred the fatal shot. After
ward he alleged that his father did the
firing. The old man strenuously de-
MED his guilt and there are many who
think he has received a severe dose
Martell confessed that he tried to
shield the boy after the crime, but de-
MED being directly concerned in it.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-12
Town of Pinconning Burned.

What proved to be the worst fire in
the history of Pinconning, and one
which practically kills the town,
started Tuesday a. IN. in a building
on Second street near the Michigan
Central railroad and occupied by DIR.
Porter as drug store and residence.
A gale was blowing from the northeast
and before the inhabitants realized it
the town was in great danger from fly
ing firebrands which were blown from
building to building. The structures
were all frames and they burned like
finder and one after another was re-
duced to smoldering ruins, despite the
efforts of the local fire department and
a company from Bay City. The fire
continued to increase in its destructive
ness until it had reached Fourth street
Here the Bay City company made a
determined fight, and kept the houses
on the south side of the street from
burning. At 1880 lull in the gale
occurred and this is what saved the
south portion OF the town, Jennings
mill and long row of Michigan Cen
trail freight cars.
Starting with the DIR. Potter store,
the fire leaped across Second street to
the Phoenix block, a two-story frame
building. Then in the order named
were consumed the Commercial House,
a row of buildings owned by NJ Nc
Cormick, occupied by the Pinconning
bank. VIM. Mcdonald, grocer, and
Bedford & McGuire, saloon; building
occupied by poStoffice, with Foresters
hall on upper floor; Alexander Lenhoff,
clothing store; George Dereaner, bar
Der shop; George Butler, grocery;
Porter Chortie's restaurant; Michigan
House; Klumph's grocery store; An
drew p. Symmetrical e. Sons grocery
store; VIM. Jennings fancy goods store;
VIM. Anderson's residence, Edward
Welch's house, Michigan Central
freight house, Michigan Central pass
eDger depot, Samuel S. Morris, dry
goods and drug store; L. Pelkey's law
office, Pinconning Press office, Alex
ander st. Johns saloon and ID. w.
Morrison's dwelling. On Second Street
the fire worked west to the Stanton
block, and the store of the Shook
Hard ware Co., the Presbyterian church
was worth 81 800 and was not insured.
Owing TO the confusion it is impossi-
BILE to obtain n correct list of losses
and insurance, but it is estimated that
the entire loss will run up to from $780,
600 to SEQ, 900, with about $4,000 or
$40, 900 insurance.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-12
A Fatal TaiI-End Collision.

! The Houghton passenger train ran
nto an eastbound fret light on the
South Shore line, at Brown siding,
lone mile west of Champion. VIM IL.
Greene, the oldest engineer on the
line, was fatally injured. his fireman
escaping by jumping. No passengers
were injured.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-12
GRAM, ETC.

@Detroit-Hay No timothy 800 per ton.
Potatoes, 45c per hu. Live Poultry, spring
chickens. &c per lb; fowl, &c; ducks. &c;
turkeys, &c. Eggs. strictly fresh, i6c per d0z.
Butter. dairy. l9c per 10. creamery, 23c.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-12
Attempt to XIII the President of Brazil

Rio Janeiro: A soldier of the Tenth
battalion, which constitutes part of
the local garrison, attempted To shoot
President Moraes with a pistol. The
president was just landing at the ma
rine arsenal after visiting the steamer
on which Gen. Barbosa, minister of
marine, had returned from Bahia. By
ISLANDERS frustrated the attempt, but
in disarming the soldier Gen. Betan-
court, minister of war, was fatally
stabbed, while Col. Moraes the presi-
dents nephew, was slightly wounded.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-12

Miss Frances Il. Willard was again
reelected president of the National
w. c. T. U. at the Buffalo conven ton.
The yellow fever situation in New
Orleans has not improved after the
cold wave as was expected and the
board of health is much disappointed.
The daily average of new cases is 40
and of deaths, seven.
Senator Edward o. Wolcott, of Col
orado, and Gen. Chas. j. Paine, two of
the monetary commissioners appointed
by President Mckinley TO confer with
European governments concerning the
feasibility of international bimetallism
have returned, but decline to discuss
the failure of their mission. Ex-Vice-
President Stevenson, the other com
missioner. will return late-,
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1897-11-12
PENINSULA MATTERS
RELATED IN A BRIEF. CONCISE
MANNER.

tIre Destroys all the Leading business
Places In the Town of PInconning
Famous Crook Gets Out of Jack
son Prlson-Briefs.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-02

The Battlsship Brooklyn Meets win
an Accident

PHILADELPHIA. Feb The United
States cruiser Brooklyn, the latest pride
OF a peerless navy, calculated 70 with.
stand the iiercest onslaught Of shot and
shell, lies almost utterly helpless be.
cause Of a narrow ledge Of sunken rock
In the Delaware river above Marcus
Hook, Pa, on which she struck heavily
Saturday afternoon Her heavy double
compartments forward were completely
stove In, and II was only BY the nearest
good fortune that the big vessel did not
sink. This would undoubtedly have
been the result had not her inner com.
partments successfully withstood the
shock
A it was she pulled clear Of the rocks
and is now tied to the big stone ice
breakers at Marcus Hook. protected
from the heavy ice gorgcs In mid river.
The big vessel is seriously damaged. and
Il is impossible to say when sho viii b
able to 20 into active service. AZ pres.
ent she Is In no danger Of further dam.
age. being fully protected in the safe
anchorage afforded by the ice breakers
How the accident occurred can only b
established by court Of inquiry. and
this, Captain Cook Of the Brooklyn ha.
already asked for.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-02

has found an abnormal use They are
the most psrpleKing feature In the much
involved problem Of our national O.
nances.
There is no reason why the govern
ment should act A. warehouseman for
either gold or silver, such a function is
outside its proper limit Of action.
"Bui we are faced By q condition
which the enormous amount Of $500. .
100000 Of silver represented BY $50 o
0oo. 900 In silver certificates added 20 the
ei50.o 900 purchased by the govern.
ment under the sherman act. consti.
tuies q menace 10 every basiness In.
tercst To sum up the defects Of our
present currency system are
"a. Confusing hetrogenity, which
needs dmplihcation.
- The grcenback controverts the
principle Of paper money, viz That
every note injected into the commercial
system should represent an existing
commercial value
"3 Tho treasury note Il a standing
evidence Of foolish operation. the crea.
tion OF a debt for the purchase Of .
feeling market Of a commodity foi
which the purchaser has no use. Il lies
open to the just charge Of being both
idi0tic and immoral
"a The national bank note nearly
conforms 10 the true principle Of paper
money. but the unreasonable require
monts for security paralyze iis efficiency
and operate TO destroy its elasticity.
IS. The silver certificates encouragS
the use Of silver 10 a larger extent thar
Il consistent with she safe preservation
q tha, metal on parity with gold. !"
Would a national commission help q
promote reformsg
There is reason 30 hope 10 believe u
would be Of great use IN that direction
Such conference would fhrow a food ol
light on these questions, the informa
tion it might gather would be Of i'm
monso value to an people, and wouls
guide rs 90 wise legislation. Emotioi
and sentiment are not safe guides IA
matters Of science A clear apprehen
sion Of true principles win lead 60 cor
rect action. Reaction win be slow, bu
Il IL coming, and Il viii hooi long dura
tion."
An Associated Press roprosentaiiv
saw Nc. Gage this morning. He wa
very busy. having before him about /,
90 letters. but ne took time 10 sayi
Those are my views. subject .
90 such modification a. further though
may seem to require. must decline
60 into = delinoaiion Of my views nov
a. have not time 20 formulate thea
and l do not think IL would Be proper 4
an advance 20 the interests Of the coul
try"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-02

CHICAGO. Feb. i.-Twonty.hvc fami.
lies. occupants ofthe Newton apartment
building. Thirty.ninth and Calumet
avenue. were driven from their beds by
hre At Saturday morning, When the
fIemcn reached the building Il was full
Of smoke, and men. women and children
were running out into the snow covered
streets scantily clad. Many Of the
women were 20 excited that they had 70
b. assisted from the bailding by the
hrcmon. Daring the oxcitsment Ella
Mcbride, u years old, was forgotten.
She was found on the third floor by
Policeman Cloghorn, overcome by thJ
smoke. and was carried TO the house Of
q neighbor. She will recover by
quick work the hromen subdued whaI
threatened 20 BE- a serious ire An Of
the occupants will suffer a loss 10 house.
hold goods by water. The damage &,
the building wil b. small. Tho fr,
was caused by an ovcrheaisd sioampipe
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-02
THE VIEWS OF GAGE.
McKiniey's Secretary Of the
Treasury interviewed.
BELIEVES IN NUMEROUS CHANGES

Hs says the whole Monetary system
IL Of naksshln Legislation aud sell
entinc Compromises-Bsliev oreea-
backs should ne Retired and Asserts
silver Certificates Are Dangerous.
NEw YoRK, Feb. Ia special b The
World from Chicago says lyman J.
Gage. the new secretary Of the treasury.
with great candor and courtesy. makes
his position quieter on financial Affairs.
He says.
"Our whole monetary system is the
result Of makeshift legislation and sci
entiac compromises Il is time that re-
form began.
I'm my opinion the greenbacks should
b permanently retired. The silver
purchased under the sherman act
should b gradually sold and the treas
ury notes redeemed and cancelled. Some
well guarded system Of banknote circu.
lation, broader and more elastic than
the present national bank ACT provides,
should BE- inauguraied
"Suoh banknotos should b. redeema-
bic AZ central place, aud be redeoma-
bic In gold only.
"Silvcr certificates which form nearly
one-hfth Of the circulating medium n
the United States are dangerous BY
their use a volume Of inferior money
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-02

MusKo0EE, / T.. Feb. IA bar
meeting was held here and a strone
memorial adopted, urging congress 70
pass a. early a. possible the bill now
before the house providing for an ad.
diiional judge IN the Territory. Over
1900 cases were continued BY Judge
Springer Of the district court for want
Of time 20 hear them. Nocivil case can
be heard unless another judge can b. ap-
pointed, the criminal business being
even greater than one judge can dispose
Of, and the situation Is growing worse
daily.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-02

GREESvnLE. Tex, Feb. Louis
Luttren aud Joe English are under ar.
rest again on action the grand jury,
charged with the killing Of Daggell
some four years ago. The case Is some.
what celebrated DAggett was shot one
night on South Stonewan street. These
two men and three others were arrested,
The others were discharged after time.
Luttrell and English got = change Of
venue 70 Collin county. and after thre,
postponements by the state. were die.
charged. Now they aro under arrest
for the same thing.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-02
FATAL HOBOKEN FIRES.
Two Holec=asss In the New
Jersey City.
SEVEN PERSONS LOSE THERLIvEs

A Mother aud Five Children Perish In
One Burning Bullding. while a Lit.
tie Girl Meets the same Fate In An.
other-The Firemen Rendered Prompt
Assistance.
New YoRK. Feb l.-During the
early hours yesterday two fires occurred
In Hoboken, n. j.. which resulted IN
the loss Of seven lives. Many poor poo.
pie were made homless. and even had
narrow escapes for their lives
The fires occurred In different parts Of
the city and one Of them AZ leas, Il be-
lieved 10 have been ofincendiary origin.
The first fire started In the 3.ssory frame
building At 40 Newark street. There
n mother and five children lost ther
lives. AZ the other Ere a little girl wa
burned 70 death.
The dead arei
Mrs. Nellie Schroeder. 40 years old.
wife Of Charles Schroeder. and her
Ave children Henry. II years old !;
Kate. . years; Maggie years; John,
3 years. and Willie. 3 months old Ma.
BEL Mangles.
The second fre was AZ 1888 70 i5g
Fourteenth street Il was there little
Mabel Mangles pershed- Her sister,
Florence. was seriously burned. bat l.
expected 10 recover
IL was yesterday moping when the
hre was discovered IN The ramshacklo
building on Newark street. Several
families lived IN the building. the lower
floors OF which were occupied BY q
blacksmith shop and carpenter shop.
The schroeders lived on the top floor.
Charles Schroeder, who is bartender
out Of work. was not Al home when the
FIRE started His wife and children were
asleep In their rooms II took but q
moment for the flames 10 set complete
control Of the building. All but the
Schroeder family. however. managed 10
make their escape. number Of them
getting 10 the ground from the windows
After the hrcmen ia got 10 work Il
was discovered that the Schroeder family
was missing. and every effort was made
10 reach the top Of the blazing struct.
ure. PLANES and smoke drove the men
back and Il was not until the building
was almost consumed that the fircmen
were able 20 set 70 the Schroeder apart.
mcnts. This was about an hour after
the blaze began. Mr.. Schroeder wa.
found lying on the bed. which wa.
partly burned, with her infant on hoi
breast Two of the other children lay
on the bed and one on the floor. There
was flicker Of life In the woman and
abe was quickly borne down the stair.
way and through the still burning hall
She died few minutes later.
Tho four children. all dead, were alsi
brought down. but the body Of the hiih
could not b. rescued then, but later wa.
discovered under the bed.
Meanwhile Schroeder. who had been
playing cards In a nearby saloon. ap-
peared on the scene, but the calamity
did not seem 10 affect him a. much a.
had been anticipated
Hardly had this Gre been put out
when the hromen were compelled q
hasten 10 iS7 Fourteenth street. whcr,
Ere was consuming that building. Men,
women and children appeared At th'
windows screaming for help All werl
rescued except little girl named Ma
bel Mangles, who perishcd in the con
nagration.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-02

orfUNwA, Ia, Feb, l.-Aman named
Lee Beasley Of Hayosville. a small town
about % miles north Of this place elopad
with the wife of William Ulin. The
angry husband heard Of tho affair In
some way 'nd started after Beaaley and
his rccrcant wife with a gun. lie over.
took them " they were leaving town IN
buggy, and frsd, putting three holes
IN tho buggy top, bot the occupant.
escapcd uniniurcd.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-02

YOUNGSTOWN. o.. Feb. i.-Jamss T.
Cheney, colored politician Of this city.
will Do doorkeepor Of che White House
under President Mckinley. Cheney
and the president elect served In the
same regiment during the war and On,
mai,r one day iokinrly promised him 4
position when he became president,
Major Mckinley is now keeping hi,
promise.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-02
canrlss.a % R.ma,lnr . n.Ii.

BmmNm,N, Ala. Feb. l.-Andrsw
Fearing has been convicted Of removing
the rail on the McComb tresilo on Dec.
% which, BY mere accident. was dis.
covered In time 20 prevent train so.
ing on. The wreck Of birmingham
Mineral train al Cahaba river bridge, In
which 20 lives were lost. occurred on,
week after the narrow escape AZ y .
Combs trcstle, and both were believed
to Be the work Of the same gang oI
minCrs
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-02

BosroS, Feb IA letter received
here from London announces Charley
Mitchell has completed arrangements
TO return 10 this country within the
next three weeks The letter states it
Il Miiehells intention 10 challenge the
winner Of the Corbctt. Fiizsimmons
hght Failing Ia this. Mitchell win 10.
sue a challenge 10 hghi any heavv.
weight man In the world. especially
Peter Maher. Pony" Moore, Miich.
els fsthor.in-law. viii come with him.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-02

WEBSTER CuY, Ia. Feb John
warburton. a wealthy citisen Of this
county. drove across the tracks Of the
Northwestern railway near Jewell Juno.
tion In = closed carriage. The carriage
was struck BY an engine and he was 'n'
slantly killed.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-02

GUTHRIE. o. T.. Feh la sthool
meeting a. Elm Grove broke up IN .
frco-for.all fight. In which Jesse Rains
was fatally stabbed. Joseph ArmAlag.
l. charged with he slabliag
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-02

CIncAoo, Fob. i.-olhc sullivan. Il
years old, was fatally shot At her home
IN Irving avenue BY Frank J. IAucr,
Tho murder was the result Of lovers
quarrel
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-02

SourH McAIksrER. l. T.. Feb L.
Bin Colbert and Cash Kills. coiorcd,
were bound over before United States
Commissioner HALEY without bail,
charged with the murlkr Of Tom Lewis
near Anderson, on Jan. 81
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-02

PmADEtrmA, Feb i.-Gcorgo b.
Roberts, president Of the Pennsylvania
railroad, died at his homs In Bala. q
suburb Of 'his city, from heart failure,
which was superinduced by acute indi.
ssast,nn
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-02

METROPOLIS. Ills. Feb. l.-Philhg
Lynn, city marshal Of brooklyn. llls
was sentenced TO 10 years In the pcai
tentiary for killing MilAs bradshaw
alias lightning Bug" July Q. 1895.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-02

Harry oorbeti Going 10 Look For suit
able ouirtorL

San fRAScisc0. Eco. HAIRY Cor.
bets, brother Of the man who Is 10 do
battle with Fiizsimmons. expects "a
leave this city at once for Nevada for
the purpose Of selecting suitable train.
ing ground for james J. The pro-
gramme az present mapped out by biz
brother, says Harry. Is 70 come direct "a
tins city from Kansas City with hi.
trainers. he viii remain here several
days. meanwhile taking light exercise
viii then 80 to Nevada foF four week.
heavy work.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-02

MLucAV. Tex. Feb I'D Allen,
who was fAot here in street duel On
Jan. q, dlel o. secondary homogfAago