The Yale expositor., 1898-02-11
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 Readsrs--The Ac-
cident Record.


$4,000
Kewanee, Ill.-Benjamin Hokum, Of
Galva, H., was struck by an engine
and killed.
Moweaqua, Ill.-The tabernacle of
the Christian church was dedicated by
Elder ]. V. Coombs, of indianapolis.
Paris, Ky.-John Shea, Waterman,
was assassinated by an unknown negro
near the negro senttlement of Clays-
Vile.
ST. Louis, Mo.-A COW derailed the
Texas special at Hematite. Engineer
Franey and Fireman Childs, both of St.
Louis, were killed.
Fort Madison, Iowa-The new First
Baptist church was dedicated by the
Rev. DR.. M. w. Haynes, of Chicago,
and the Rev. f. b. Moody. of Detroit.
Washington, Ind.-Six non-union
coal miners pulled revolvers upon the
police and citizens and defed arrest
One negro was beaten into insensibility
by strikers.
Oshkosh, Wis.,. Earle Morgan, Of
Morgan & Co., was granted a divorce
from Ida Morgan and given the GUS
tody of their children. The complaint
alleged desertion.
Dallas, Tex. c. Arnold, who had
been chief of police for nineteen years
and a member of the Dallas police
force twenty-three years, is dead as the
result of hunting accident.
Princeton, Mo.-At Mercer, ten miles
north of here, Andrew Alley was shot
dead and Joe Alley, his cousin and part
ner in a general store, was mortally
wounded by Peter Kindred.
Thorp, Wis.-The examination Of
Mrs. Mary Miles, on charge of plac-
ing ties on the tracks of the Wisconsin
Central railway, resulted in her being
bound over to the next term of court
Carson City, Nev.-Sheriff Brockliss.
of Douglass county, where the lynching
of Adam Uber recently occurred, has
been indicted for willful neglect of duty
in not taking steps to prevent the IL
legal execution.
Topeka, Kas.-The state supreme
court, affirmed the decision of the lower
court awarding Miss Lillian Wolfers-
berger $3,191 damages in her suit
against DR.. George A. McElree, of New
ton, Kas.. for breach of promise.
Baltimore, Md.-Mgr. Edward McCol-
gan, honorary member of the pontifcal
household, vicar-general of the arch
diocese Of Baltimore, and for more than
half a century pastor of s.. Peters
Catholic church, is dead aged sc years.
Houston, Textile mystery sur
rounding the murder of Mrs. Mary
Benchley more than week ago has
been cleared up by the arrest Of IN
drew Atkins, her son-in-law, and Cal
win Tolson, a negro, at Richmond, Tex.
Tolson has made a confession impl.-
eating Atkins.
Akron. O.-Spreading rails wrecked
a fast freight on the Pittsburg & Wesi
ern road at Monroe Falls. Engineer
George Huffman Of Chicago Junction
was crushed to death under the loco
motive. Fireman W. Gildow of Chica
go Junction was badly injured.
Winamac, Ind.-Joseph Smith OF Co
lumbus, Ohio, stole several hundrey
dollars worth of dry goods from tn
store of william Sabel and has com
menced a fourteen-year sentence in thu
reformatory at Jacksonville.
Kansas City-Charles d. Etue has
been arrested on suspicion Of being i'm
rlicated in the murder of Miss Emma
Schumacher last December.
Minneapolis, Minn.-Judge Elliott O!
the district court declined to grant a
new trial to Alderman George A. Dur
nam, convicted of soliciting a bride
Unless the supreme court overrules
this decision Durham will have to serve
a term in the penitentiary.
ST. Joseph, Mo.-Henry Lobe, a well
known resident of Taylorville, ILL.,, was
arrested at Cover, Mo-, to-day on
charges of horse stealing.
Sioux City, Ia.-Burglars cracked the
safe in the postofiice and secured 500
in cash and $500 in stamps. The safe
was completely shattered and the Office
furniture badly damaged.
Marseilles-Baron Carlingford (Chi-
chester Samuel Parkinson-F ortesquel,
formerly president of the British Board
of Trade, and lord president of the
council is dead.
st. Joseph, MCMILLAN Higgins OF
Des Moines, Iowa, YVES arrested here.
1t is said stolen property was found
in his possession.
Milwaukee, Wis.-Emilia Raegner Is
suing ]. F. Holl for $4,000 damages
by reason OF having been bitten by a
bulldog owned by the defendant.
White Pigeon, Mich.-The boiler OF
the traction engine used to furnish
power for wood-sawlng blew up, Sc
verely scalding eight farmers.
Almonte, Ont.-Three hundred oper-
atives in the Rosamond wooden mills
are on strike against proposed re-
duction of wages.
London-In fistic bout OF twenty
rounds at Birmingham between Joe
Elms of Boston and Johnny Simpson.
the Englishman, Simpson knocked
Elms out in the fourteenth round.
Detroit, Mich.-O. w. Shipman, one
Of Detroit's oldest business men, is
dead. He was 60 years of age.
Nanticoke, Ua.--By an explosion OF