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The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30
T|CK|NGS OF THE TELEGRAPH
News of the Day as Told Over the
Slender Wires.
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN NEWS
Odd Fellows Convention at Boston
10000 More Troops to be Sent Home
The Stage Loses Another Star.
War Investigation Commission at Work.

War Investigation Commission at Work.
The commission appointed by Presi-
dent Mckinley to investigate the adj
ministration of the war department in
relation to its conduct of the recent
war effected an organization by elect
ing Gen. Granville NJ. Dodge, presi-
dent; Richard Weightman, secretary,
and Maj Stephen c. Mills, of the reg
ular army, recorder. The other MEM
bers of the commission are: Col. j. A.
Sexton, of Illinois, commander-in-chief
of the &. A. r.; Capt. f. p. Howell, of
Georgia; Maj. Gen. j. NJ. Wilson, chief
of engineers U. S. A; Hon. Charles
DENLY, of Indiana, late minister to
China; eX-Gov. Urban A. Woodbury., of
Vermont; ex-Gov. James A. Beaver, of
Pennsylvania, Maj. Gen. II. Med. Me-
Cook, (retired), and DIR. Phineas S. Con-
nor, of Cincinnati.
The President addressed the com
mission which held its first meeting at
the White House. In outlining their
labors he said that its was his desire
that the entire military organization
should, if it appeared necessary, be
made the subject of inquiry, saying that
he wished the committee to go TO the
bottom of the subject in all cases and
proceed with its work without fear or
favor.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30
STATE GOSSIP.

MAJ. -Gen. Shafter attended the re-
union of his old regiment at Constan-
tine.
Maud c. Wayne has been appointed
postmaster at Bradford, Midland
comfy.
The surgeon of the 35th Michigan at
Middletown, Pa, reports that sickness
is decreasing.
Five horses were cremated in the
burning of Mrs. Edward Gauges barn
at st. Joseph.
f. G.. Clergyman has been appointed
postmaster at North Manitou island,
Leelanaw county.
Henry d. Root, Co. X, 35th Michi-
gan, died at Vaudeville from typhoid
fever and heart disease.
Mgr. Martinelli, the papal delegate
to the U. S., dedicated the new Naza-
reth academy at Kalamazoo.
The 3-year-old child of A. Branch,
who lives about three miles north of
Williamson, died from drinking car
bolic acid.
The contract for putting in 500, 900
electric lighting plant at Grand Rapids
has been awarded the Chase Construc-
tion Co., of Detroit.
The governor is being flooded with
petitions from the parents of soldiers
in the 31st Michigan regiment to have
the boys mustered out
Typhoid fever has broken out at
Battle Creek. 1t is claimed by the
physicians that all cases are confined
to those who drink well water.
Chas Ramsey, aged 60, employed by
the Delta Lumber company, of Manis-
tique, fell down stairs at the company's
boarding house and broke his neck.
Lieut.. James ii. Noel, Co. d, 32d
Michigan arrived at Island Lake with
20 men who had been left in the hos
pitfalls and as camp guard when the 32d
| came home.
President James b. Angel, of the
U. of NJ, and Mrs. Angel, arrived
home at Ann Arbor, after a years alb
scnce at the court of the sultan. They
were warmly greeted.
A fruit train ran into local freight
at Benton Harbor, demolishing the en-
| CINE and several cars including an
Armour refrigerator car standing on n
switch. The loss is $780, 900.
The Michigan Methodist Episcopal
conference was held at Lansing,
Bishop Merrill, presiding. 1t was one
of the largest ever held. The next
conference will be held at Ionia.
1t was happy reunion that occurred
when Maurice Lang, of Reading, Co.
L, 33d Michigan, was found by his
mother in New York hospital, after
it had been officially reported that he
had died on n transport and was buried
at sea while being brought north from
Santiago
OF the % sick soldiers in the 32d
regiment that arrived in Detroit in the
hospital cars only five had to be sent
to the hospitals. They were Charles
Masserang, Co. 1; Thomas Nolan, Co.
X, and James Casey, Co. M, all of De-
trpit; II. Yeager, Co. +, Grand Haven,
end Sela Bottsford, Co. +, Williamson.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30
December Taxes se,15s,77O.

for the current year, which has just
been completed by the auditor-gcneral
shows the total equalized value of the
real and personal property of Michigan,
as fixed by the state board of equaliza-
ton, is Sl,105, 100000. The aggregate
of state tax to be collected in Decem-
Der is 81, l5s, 77O.67, or S221, 1867 Sc less
than last year. The rate is nine and
five-tenths mills per dollar of the val
nation.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30
Odd Eellnws Mt Rnston.

The delegates of the sovereign grand
lodge l. o. o. f. and the Daughters of
Rebekah were warmly welcomed by
Mayor Quincy and other prominent
Bostonians. At the first session of the
grand lodge the reports showed: Grand
lodges, SIS; subordinate lodges, II, 300;
Rebeka lodges, 4,046; grand encamp-
ments, 81; subordinate encampments,
2,633; subordinate lodge members, s14,-
$50; encampment members, 127, COL;
Rebekah members, 297, Col; total relief,
So 364 ,O20; total revenue, SIS, $40, $50;
total invested funds, $50, 3ss, 695.
The election of officers resulted
Grand sire, Alfred 5. Pinkerton, of
Massachusetts,; deputy grand sire, A.
c. Cable, of Ohio; grand secretary, j.
Frank Grant, of Baltimore; grand
treasurer, Richard Muckle, of Phiiadel-
phia. The sovereign grand lodge voted
unanimously TO meet in Detroit in 1892
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30
To Muster out 10000 More Volunteer.

Another reduction of the volunteer
believed that by Oct. Is about $4,000
more of the volunteers will be ordered
mustered out. The army now consists
of about $50, 600 men, including regu-
lars and volunteers, and after the
armies of occupation leave for Cuba,
Porto Rico and the Philippines 5000
will be left to garrison the forts of the
United States. This is far in excess of
the number required
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30
TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE.
Eight Men Killed, Eight Fatally Burned
and Others Seriously Injured.

Eight Men Killed, Eight Fatally Burned
and Others Seriously Injured.
Spontaneous combustion of dust
caused a fire in the big grain elevator
owned by Paddock, Hughes & Co., at
Toledo, which completely destroyed
the structure, which was seven stories
high, and of the 20 persons employed
in the building eight were cremated,
eight were fatally burned and the
others were all seriously injured. Be-
sides the men at work the three chill
dren of Supt. Parks were visiting him
at the time. One of these may recover
from his burns, but Grace, 17-year-
old girl, was burned almost beyond
recognition, and Harold, the third
child, was either blown to atoms or
cremated.
There was about 6OO 900 tons of grain
in storage in the elevator which was
an entire loss and will make the total
loss about S45O,0OO. The insurance
amounts TO S25S, 900
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30
10 Miners Entombed by an Explosion

BY an explosion of gas in the Umpire
mine os Snowden, Gould & Co., near
Brownsville, Pa, 20 miners were en-
tombed in the passages. Rescuers at
once began work and within an hour
eight dead bodies were taken out.
After five hours 43 of the entombed
miners returned to town, having cs-
capped by traversing two miles of un-
foreground passages. All were badly
burned. Nineteen miners are still I'M
accounted for. 1t is feared that none
of them will be taken out alive. There
were 40 men in the mine at the time
of the explosion. Later.-The 10 men
who were missing have been rescued.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30
Aguinaldo Wants to be Bought on.

Aguinaldo is reported to have told
Gen. Merritt that if the United States
would hold the Philippines perma-
nently or declare a protectorate over
them, his followers would lay down
arms, but otherwise it would not be
safe for them to do so. The opinion is
general among English-speahing peo-
pie at Manila that the rebels, especially
Aguinaldo, are only holding out in or
der to be bought.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30
michigan NEWS SUMMARY.
,Doings of the Week Recorded in a
y Brief Style.
CONCISE AND INTERESTING.
An IncorrigibIe Convict Murderously At
tacks n Marquette Prison Guard
Big Decrease In the State Tax Levy
PottawatOmie Indians In Luck.
Attempt 60 Murder Prison Guards.

AS the Marquette state prison guards
were watching the prisoners at break
fast, Convict Dick Huntley arose from
Ihis seat, ran the length of the hall and
Iunged at Guard Il. ID. Mosher with a
lxnifc. Mosher clinched with Huntley,
but the latter succeeded in stabbing
the deputy in the abdomen, back and
arm. The alarm was Immediately
sounded, and the entire prison force
was soon in the mess room. The war
den gave a command to the prisoners
to march to their cell corridors. They
obeyed sullenly, and when the order
was given to get inside the cells, six or
eight refused to move. Warden Free
man ordered the nearest guard to
shoot. Huntley jumped for his cell
door, but the bullet took off his thumb.
The rest were cowed.
Huntley is incorrigible and was
transferred from jackson prison. He
is serving 30 years, 10 of which is for
the attempted murder of Deputy
Northrop, of jackson prison. Mosher,
who was then guard at Jackson, shot
him. 1t is believed this latest outbreak
was part of plot which included the
murder of Warden Freeman.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30
Disastrous Bank Failure.

The failure of the Parsons bank at
Burr Oak has completely paralyzed the
business of the place. There is due
depositors Ss1, 900. The last week the
bank did business about $751; was
deposited. President Parsons has con-
Quoted bank at Burr Oak for 35 years
and was said to be one of the wealth
TEST men in southwest Michigan. His
downfall is due to poor investments in
property and speculation.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30
Spanish Must Leave Cuba Quickly.

The administration has sent per-
emptory message of instruction to the
Cuban military commission to the eff
feet that the United States will not be
satisfied with any further delay in the
evacuation of Cuba and that Spanish
sovereignty must be relinquished. The
American commissioners have informed
the Spanish commissioners that the
evacuation of Cuba cannot be delayed.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30
Porto Rico No Place for Fortune Hunters

Everything regarding the evacuation
of Porto Rico is proceeding satisfac-
torily. The SpanIards are acting in
perfect good faith. Preparations are
being made for an elaborate ceremony
when the American flag is raised over
San Juan. U. S. Consul Hanna is
flooded with letters from fortune hunt
ers. He strongly advises them TO re-
main at home until the Americans are
in complete control.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30
Oklahoma Strong for Statehood.

The report of Hon. Chas. Barnes,
governor of Oklahoma territory, shows
that the feeling of desire for admis-
sion into the Union is growing
stronger. ''All political parties have
this year declared in favor of state
hood upon such terms and with such
boundaries as may seem best to con-
greSs."
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30
Yellow MIL Pond Tragedy Clearing Up.

The police of Bridgeport, Conn.,, an
nounce the complete unraveling of the
Yellow mill pond murder mystery.
They claim that DIR. Nancy Guilford
caused the death of Emma GILL by a
criminal operations; that the body was
dislnembered in the Guilford house,;
name Harry OXley as an accomplish to
the extent of being responsible for the
condition of the girl and consenting
to n criminal operation, and also impli-
cate DR.. Guilford's son and daughter
as accomplices in helping to dispose of
the body.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30
Spanish Must Begin to Leave Cuba Oct. Il

In reply to representations of the
Spanish authorities in Havana that
the evacuation of Cuba could not be-
gin until November, and that it could
not be completed before the 2sth of
February next, the President has in
structed the American commissioners
to demand that the evacuation by the
Spaniards begin not later than October
Is and that it be completed by Decem-
Der 81.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30
Another Dreyfus Case Tragedy.

AS a result of an attack by the Paris
newspaper La Lanterne upon Deputy
Charles Ernest Paulmier and his wife
in relation to certain phases of the
Dreyfus case Madame Paulmier twice
shot and MORALLY wounded NJ. Oliver,
one of the editors of La Lanterne.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30
Esterhazy Confesses His Guilt.

Count de Esterhazy has confessed
that he forged the celebrated bor-
dereau, upon which Dreyfus was con-
victed. He says he committed the
crime upon the order of Col. Sandherr,
who l. now dead.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30

Gen. Gomez emphatically denies the
reports that he has resigned the COM
mand of the Cuban army.
Aguinaldo and his chiefs have made
plea to the powers of Europe for rec
ognition of belligerency and independ-
ence.
Gen. Garcia, formerly second in COM
mand in the Cuban insurgent army, is
to visit the United States early in
October.
The Cuban insurgent army is to be
disbanded on indefinite furloughs, but
will be subject TO the call of the Cuban
provisional government
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30
Shot Her Husband Five Times.

Patrick Cassidy was shot five times
at Gould City, near Manistique, by his
She was arrested and taken to Jail at
st. lgnace. Five bullets entered the
mans body and he will die. No cause
is yet assigned for the deed, although
it is supposed that the woman was
Jealous
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30
Train Robbers who Meant Business.

Seven masked men held up a Mis-
souri, Pacific passenger train about
seven miles from Kansas City. The
baggage car was absolutely blown to
pieces with dynamite and the money
boxes completely demolished.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30
Zig Cheboyran Mill burned.

The Duncan mill at Cheboygan was
entirely destroyed by fire. The mill
was the largest in the city, and cost
originally S2O0,O Insured in 20 com
panies for $780, 900.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30

England and Germany Swap Territory.
In return for German concessions re-
garding Delagoa bay, South Africa,
England may cede Zanzibar to Ger
manV
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30
Babe Drowned In a Well.

The 2-year-old step-son of Joseph
Barber at Port Huron lost ball under
the house and crawled after it. He
fell through the canvas cover of an old
well and was drowned in two feet of
water.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30
Michigan Indians Own Fart of ChIcag,

Chief Simon Pokagon, of the Potta-
watomie Indians of Western Michigan
has been informed that the secretary of
the interior has decided that the In
dams have title to 100 acres of Chi
cago land, the only point against the
reds being that they have not had pos
session for many years. Pokagon is in
hopes of effecting a compromise with
present occupants of the property.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30
Fanny Davenport Dead.

Fanny Davenport Mrs. Melbourne
McDowelD died at her summer home,
Melbourne hall, Duxbury, Mass, of
enlargement of the heart. She had
been i'll for some time.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30
Young Banker Fatally Shot by burglars

Young Banker Fatally Shot by Burglars.
Samuel Rothfuss, aged IS, clerk in
the Blissfeld State bank, was shot
down in the street in front of the post
office at Blissfcld by one Of a gang, of
six engaged in an attempt TO crack the
postotfice safe, and his condition is
critical. Rothfuss was returning home
from a call on his best girl when he
caught the burglars at their work.
Although Rothfuss was armed, one of
the fellows, who appeared to be on
guard, shot him in the abdomen before
he could defend himself. The robber
fired three shots and Rothfuss fired
two, but without effect The fusilade
aroused the neighborhood, but the viii
lains escaped with horse and surrey
stolen from the barn of Gus Barnholtz,
west of town. Rothfuss will probably
die.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30
Chile and Argentina VIII Arbitrate.

An agreement between Chile and
Argentine to submit the boundary dis
putes between the two countries to
arbitration has been signed.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30
Dreyfus Gets n New Trial.

At meeting of the French cabinet all
the ministers being present, decision
was taken in favor of revision of the
trial of former Capt. Dreyfus.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30
40 Fishermen Drowned.

During heavy storms on the Baltic
sea 100 fishermen were drowned be-
tween Polangen and Libau, seaport
towns of Russia.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30

The Detroit ann nal NJ. Il. conference
was-held at Mt. Clemens. Bishop A.
q. Andrews in the chair.
DR.. J. Il. Angel, of the U. of NJ,
former y. S. minister to Turkey, has
returned and will resume his college
duties.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30

80 Frenchmen In watery Graves.
The steamer Vile de Fecamp found
cred off Fecamp, France. The crew of
SO was drowned.
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30
Detroit Soldier Boys Welcomed Homo.

Detroit Soldier Boys Welcomed Homo.
A right royal welcome didDetroit give
soldiers of the first battalion of the
32d Michigan Volunteer infantry, who
returned to their home after five
months in the service of their country.
If the soldiers boys had any idea that,
while they were encamped in the fever
holes of the south, their friends had
forgotten them, that idea must have
been dispelled, for the streets were
filled with cheering thousands. After
a parade through the principal streets
n formal welcome was given in the
auditorium where Brighten. Henry
M. Duffield who commanded the SD
and oath Michigan regiments at San
tiago, and Mayor May bury made rous-
ing addresses. The various companies
then marched TO their own armories
where their relatives and friends had
tables loaded with good things waiting
for them
The Yale expositor., 1898-09-30

tDetroit-Hay, No timothy, $500 per ton
Potatoes, new Michigan. 4ac per bu. live
Poultry, spring chicken &c per Id: fowl, &c;
turkeys, &c; ducks, Sc. Eggs, strictly fresh,
lic per doz. Butter, best dairy, l7c per 10;
creamery, 2ic.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-11-25
ESQUIMALT AND HALIFAX.
both Are feing Filled with Arms
Stores and Am munition.

Ottawa Ontario, Nov. 22.-At the rate
heavy ship guns, quick firers, small arms
ammunition, munitions OF war and stores
for active service are arriving at Halifax
and Esquimalt it will soon be possible to
convert ocean liners into armed cruisers
and transports equivalent to the embarka
sion of 10000 men simultaneously for any
points in the far eastern seas to which the
ships might be ordered.
There is apparently no intention to pro,
vide for a movement of troops to any
large extent from Europe across Canada
10y the Imperial highway" to Asia. On
the contrary every indication points to
Esquimalt being utilized chiefly for fit
King out cruisers and transports on sud
den emergency, and Halifax as supply
depot for the dispatch of supplies and
drafts of achievements overland to Es-
guiinalt.
Facilities for the transport of troops in
large numbers across the continent under
the conditions the imperial government
would propose are not unlimited, though
means may be supplied at sharp mo-
ment to move as many as 10000 men,
baggage and supplies without much no
tice.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-11-25
WASHINGTON.

Chief of Police Reed of Seattle has is
sued an order that the city ordinance re-
quiring street car companies to keep two
men on their cars over the full length OF
the line be rigidly enforced.
A ton of young eastern oysters has been
placed in Chuckanut bay. This attempt
to propagate them in these waters will be
prosecuted with the utmost vigilance, and
every phase of the experiment will be
watched with the closest interest.
1t is not generally known that not only
black walnut but English walnut grows
and thrives along the western coast in
Oregon and Washington. Trees that have
been set out show a rapid and healthy
growth.
A procession of Occur d'Alene Indians.
consisting of II teams, with from two to
four Indians with team, passed through
Wilbur the other day for San Poll, where
they were going for their winter supply
of salmon.
Andrew Peterson. the man who killed
an Indian woman and seriously wounded
another at Port Townsend some time ago
has been sentenced by Judge McClinton to
20 years in the penitentiary. The pris-
oner pleaded guilty to murder in the Sec
ond degree.
The contract has been signed by Hoqui
am parties with dredging company to
dredge out two long slips on the mud flat
in front of Hoquiam, extending up to the
railroad grade. This will be supplement-
ed by wharves built out.
The Walla Walla Electric Light Com.
pany has refused to accept the proposal
OF the council to furnish the city with 60
arc lights for $4,000 year, giving as a
reason the season of prosperity, and in
case such were done the prices to consum-
ers would have to be increased to make
up the deficiency.
Yakima sheep men have adopted the
Montana method of getting rid of the
coyotes, usually so troublesome in the
winter season. They are buying up all
the old plug cayuses they can find These
are killed on the prairie and the flesh
poisoned with strychnine. The coyotes
take the bait and die
The Uniontown section, the northeast
, ern corner of what is popularity called the
Palouse country, claims this year to be
the banner wheat region of the world.
within radius of six miles from Union
town has been 100000 bushels, besides
large crops of barley, oats, hay and fruits.
With fall sown wheat the average yield
was between ~ and so bushels an acre,
while spring sown grain averaged from %
to 30 bushels. An average wheat yield
for the whole of that country exceeded 30
bushels an acre.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-11-25
IDAHO.

The railroad surveyors who have been
running lines up the Clearwater have
been recalled, having reached a point
near Kamiah.
Considerable interest is being centered
in the development of the country in and
about the mouth of the Orc r'ino on the
Clearwater, where C. C. Fuller and otners
are building town and a teamway from
the prairie to the river.
Work is progressing on the Salem canal
and it is expected that water will be
turned in next spring. This canal will
water a large scope of good land as far
south as Salem and will greatly enhance
the value of the land.
The Moscow public schools are steadily
increasing in the number of pupils and
there are now a larger number enrolled
than at any former period. The enroll
ment has reached $50, and it has been
found necessary to open two new rooms
in the top story of the high school build
ing. This arrangement gives better &C.
commodations and makes the other rooms
less crowded.
There have been so many holdups and
robberies in the vicinity of Lewiston re-
Gently that the business men talk of or
ganizing for mutual protection and Wig
lance committee may be formed. The
town and surrounding country is infested
with all kinds of criminals, who seem Sc
cure from apprehension. On the reserva-
ton the reign of terror is at its height,
with no prospect of immediate relief.
1t is claimed that the report from Lew
iston, which stated that j. NJ Edwards
of that city had recently discovered that
he was one of the heirs of large tract OF
land in the heart of New York city, is
the revival of an exploded claim which
has been in circulation for the past 60
years That the Edwards family did own
the tract in question is admitted. but it is
stated that it long ago passed from their
possession and that there is now abso-
lutely no chance of their ever securing it
again.
Two more crews of Northern Pacific
surveyors left Tacoma last week to work
on new work in Idaho near Lewiston
and Washington. 1t is not known exact
ly what work the men are supposed to do
and their mission is being kept as quiet
as possible. Each crew comprises eight
men and some of them expect to be gene
several weeks. Just what line of the sys-
tenn the men are to work on is not known
publicly, but it is thought they are to en-.
ter in the big race that is reported to be
on in the Nez Perez country between the
Oregon Railroad & Navigation and the
Northern Pacific in endeavoring to be
first to tap rich and untouched fields.