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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-07-21
TELEGRAPHIC BITS.

From carefully revised reports it is
found that l41 persons lost their lives
during the last Fourth of July cele-
bration.
Col. Charles II. Brown, assistant
chief of the division of loans and cur
rency of the treasury department, is
dead at Pittsfield, Mass
A dispatch from KEEL says the Ger
man cruiser Geier has left Corinto,
Nicaragua, for Guatemala, to join
Great Britain in a demonstration in
behalf of the foreign creditors OF that
republic
The American delegates at The
Hague have been empowered TO sign
the protocols in the name of the United
States. The treaties, will, of course,
require to be submitted to the senate
for approval.
An explosion of gases in Muskegon
lake. caus ed an upheaval of about two
acres of the lakes bottom. NJ. and H.
Iversou were in boat over the spot at
the time and their craft was tossed
about like feather. The lake was 25
feet deep at the spot.
A special from London, KY, tells of
report reaching there of the out
break of another feud in Clay county,
by which five men lost their lives
These fatalities resulted from pitched
battle fought near Little Goose creek,
three miles from Manchester. The
feud dates back nearly two years.
Meager details have been received of
a pitched battle between sheriff's
posse and the gang of outlaws who
held up Colorado & Southern passen-
ger train at Folsom, N. NJ, n few days
ago. The affair occurred near Omar
ron. The sheriff and member of the
posse was killed, and it is feared sew
eral others were fatally wounded.
A family feud is responsible for a
shooting ARRAY at Milesville, near
Monogahela City, Pa, the result OF
which is one woman probably fatally
wounded, another in n serious condi-
ton, and a man with two bullets in
his side.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-07-21
a Very Clever Game.

Here is the very latest game gotten
mp by promissory note swindlers and
worked in southwestern Michigan. A
well dressed man of clerical appear
ance drives up to farmhouse and asks
permission to stay for the night. Be-
fore the family and their guest retire
for the night a man and woman stop
at the house and inquire the way to
the nearest minister, saying they wish
TO get married. The guest says he is
a clergyman and offers his services.
A marriage certificate" is filled out
after the ceremony has been gone
through with, and the farmer and his
wife are asked to sign it as witnesses.
They do so, and lew weeks after
ward the certificate turns up as n
.promissory note for several hundred
dollars which has been sold TO some
bank which proceeds to collect.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-07-21
STATE GOSSIP.


Sanilac county poor house shelters
26 inmates.
A new electric line from Adrian to
Toledo is practically assured.
Waldron, in Hillsdale county, is go
ing to have a new hotel this season.
Grand Rapids now has a population
Of 100, 900 according to the new city
directory.
The celery crop around Kalamazoo
this year promises to exceed any of
previous years.
An empty mail bag which had been
cut open was found near Niles on the
18th. No clue.
A fine gypsum mine is said to have
been struck by Joe Clotckey one mile
east of Turner
1t cost Jackson county S77O9 90 for
the care of its INDECENT insane at Kala-
mazoo during the last three months.
The inmates of Oakland county's
poor house averaged 4S during the past
year. The county's poor people cost
SIS, 1S3.7O.
The annual reunion of the soldiers
and sailors of Allegan county will be
held at Otsego, Aug. $40. Hon. Wash
ington Gardner will be the orator.
While the wheat crop now being
harvested in llillsdale county is the
lightest in years, the yield of oats will
be enormous, with corn close second
Twice every six months burglars
visit brighton. This time M. Ryan's
general store was raided and large
amount of merchandise taken. No
clue.
The McVoy Mining Co. has been or
ganized at Carney with capital stock
of $50, 600. The company will conduct
explorations for copper near that viii
lage.
A cat at Otsego recently gave birth
to two kittens that have six legs each
In walking they do not use their extra
legs, although they are as long as the
others.
The owner of the big peach orchard
on the island in Coldwater lake will
reap no harvest this year, as $50 trees
have been killed and the rest will not
bear fruit.
The demand for iron ore is very
heavy and during the past 90 days, 80
idle mines have been started up near
Ishpeming, giving employment to
| 1000 men.
The firm OF Clayton & Lambert, OF
Ypsilanti, manufacturers of plumbers
supplies, are moving their plant to De-
troit. With them eight families and
20 men will go.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-07-21
A Bad Case of nydrophis.

Mrs. John Edgett, living three miles
east of Lakevile, began TO develop
symptoms of hydrophobia on the 18th
and the following morning she was
raging mad. Mrs. Edgett is but 16
years old and has been married less
than year Some time after her
marriage she was bitten by a little
"whiffet" dog, but experienced no
pain or evil effects from the bite. The
first noticed of this terrible malady
was the queer action of Mrs. Edgett
on the above date She had harnessed
herself to rig, taken the bits in her
mouth and had drawn the buggy about
n quarter of a mile. Several neighbors
took her home and locked her in the
barn, where she began to eat hay in II
ravenous manner. Doctors pronounce
it clear case of hydrophobia. The
patient banks, spits and foams at the
mouth, and her suffering is terrible to
witness. The physicians have strapped
her on a bed, in which position she
will probably remain until death
comes to relieve her of her terrible
agony.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-07-21
NEWS FOR. M|CH|GANDERS.
A Whole Regiment Of News Items
From Michigan Towns
CAPTURED FOR BRIEF READING.
The Bay City Manufacturers of Beet
Sugar VIII Doubtless Apply to the
Courts to obtain Bounty - A Lost
Watch Stolen by "a Burglar.
Will Have to be Settled in the Courts.

The Michigan Sugar Co., of Bay City,
maintains that the bounty law of 1897
is constitutional, but Atty.-Gen. Oren
says it is not. Two weeks ago, Land
Commissioner French issued certifi-
cate showing that $94, 200 was due for
sugar manufactured in January and
February of this year. Dix referred
the matter to the Encouragement for
an opinion as to his right to draw a
warrant for the payment of the amount
from the general fund. The attorney
general has concluded that the eX-
pense is not general expense of the
state government on which the legisla-
ture can predicate tax under section
i, article IA, of the constitution, which
says that 1.-The Legislature shall pro-
vide for an annual tax, sufficient with
other resources, to pay the estimated
expenses of the state government, the
interest of the state debt, and such de-
ficiency as may occur in the resources. )"
This squarely raises the question as to
the constitutionality of the law.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-07-21
T|CKINGS OF THE TELEGRAPH
News of the Day as Told Over the
Slender Wires.
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN NEWS
A Texas Town the Scene OF One OF the
Worst street Battles Ever witnessed
There-The Samoan Commission Is
sues "A Proclamation.

Samoan High Commissions Proclamation.
The high commission at Samoa has
issued the following proclamation;
1.-The high commission appointed by
the three great powers to talk over the
government of the Samoan islands,
having, by virtue of the supreme pow
ers in them invested, and in order to
maintain peace and to establish firm
and staple government, required ma
tive Samoans to surrender their arms
and ammunition, and such require
ments having been in part complied
with, notices is hereby given that all
arms and ammunition still remaining
in the hands of the native Samoans
must be delivered to the commission
ers at their rooms in the international
hotel, in Apia before June 90, 1899.
That receipts will be given for all arms
and ammunition so received and the
same will me returned to the owners
after the restoration of peace, or full
compensation made therefor, but all
arms and ammunition remaining in
the possession of native Samoaus after
June 20, 1899, will be confscated and
persons in whose possessions they may
be found will be punished by fine not
exceeding 500, or by imprisonment not
exceeding 80 days, or by such fine and
Imprisonment. (Signed.)
BARTLETT TRIP,
"H. STERNBERG,
&C. n. ELIOT.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-07-21
A Destructive smudge.

Richard Foote, a farmer near Stand
ish, started fire to keep away mos
quitoes, and the blaze spread to his
barn, which was totally destroyed, to-
gether with the horses inside it. An
other occurrence of a similar nature
last week was at Mason, where man
started a smudge in his chicken house
TO drive out the chicken lice, The
barn caught fire, and while the man
was hustling around to put out the fire
he fell down flight of stairs and broke
his wrist. The fire department put
out the fire before the barn was
burned, but they also put out the
smudge, so that the chicken lice are
still doing business at the old stand.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-07-21
4 Big Iron Ore Bed Found.

The largest iron ore find reported
this year has been made by Piclands,
Mather 81 Co., the Cleveland, o., iron
ore men, upon the land of John Grin
ninger in Stambaugh township, in
Iron county. The property is located
about two miles south of the village of
Stambaugh and adjoins the Dober
mine and Oliver mining property on
the south. The discovery was made
with diamond drill, a hole having
penetrated over 200 feet of the forma-
ton; 60 feet of clean ore was found
that gives 60 per cent in metallic iron,
and an average of the whole length of
the hole gives nearly so per cent iron.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-07-21
The Pope Approves Decisions of Bishops

The Pope Approves Decisions of Bishops.
The pope is reported as much pleased
at the success of the council of the
bishops of the Latin-American church,
which has just concluded its delibera-
tions at Rome. Subjects which were
expected TO show differences of opin-
ion almost impossible TO reconcile were
disposed of with minimum of friction.
Perhaps the most important was the
scheme for serving the Latin-Ameri-
can episcopate from the jurisdiction
and control of the Spanish primate.
This was finally imposed. despite We
hement protests from the Spanish
church. Henceforth the church OF
South America will have an American
born primate chosen by the pope him
self. In the future, also, there will be
an identical liturgy, ecclesiastical CODE
etc. for the South American churches,
irrespective of the states wherein they
are located. The councils report was
submitted to the pope and was form
ally approved. The new primate will
be nominated at the next consistory,
and will be Immediately raised to the
dignity of cardinal.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-07-21
Statement of Exports.

The monthly statement of the ex-
ports for June, 1899, of domestic bread
stuffs, provisions, cotton and mineral
oils, issued by the bureau of statistics,
shows as follows: Breadstuffs, SOL, ISL
057, decrease as compared with June,
1898, about S9.321 900; cotton, Ss,073,-
FOG, increase S547 900; cattle and hogs,
So. GA, 446, decrease, S156, 600; provisions,
SIS, ,62s. increase 81. 205, 900; mineral
oils, S5.4s1, 991, increase $500, 900; total,
S51, 037,74s net decrease, Sc, 215, 900.
For the last month the statement is as
follows: Breadstuffs, SEGA, 655, los,
against s324, 7O6, 900 last year; cattle
and hogs, s2s. .O79, last year $780,
90, 4s2; provisions, S162, 61s,773 last
year S15s, O90.5 SOL; cotton, S20s, 743 900,
last year S229 $40 Az; mineral oils,
S55, 317, 26o, last year $50. III 900. Total,
Sis, $40, 2o1, last year SsO4 SIS, 5s1.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-07-21
For a National Filter.

The fact that in the near future a
fltering plant TO cost $780, coo will be a
necessity at Lake Goguac, the source
of Battle Creeks water supply, has
caused n novel suggestion. In the
lake, near pumping station, is Wards
island, composed of sand and gravel.
The suggested experiment is that a
reservoir be dug in the center of this
island, and the water be allowed to
filter naturally through the sand from
the lake, which process, it is claimed,
would purify it, and save the expense
of the proposed plant.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-07-21
Fatal Family Row.

Following family quarrel on the
10th Mrs George Treider shot and
killed her mother, wounded her hus-
band and killed herself. The shoot
ing occurred at the home of the Treid-
ers, a mile and half northwest OF
Long Grove, a village near Liberty
Vile, Ill. Treider was shot three
times, but IL is thought will recover.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-07-21
Cass County's Sea Serpent.

The Indian lake sea serpent has been
seen several times this summer. 1t
appears to be about ~ feet long and
can propel itself through the water
like an arrow. Thus far very few
have been able to get a close view of
it, owing to its shyness. The only
danger to be felt is that it might sud
denly rise some time under boat
capslze the occupants and possibly kill
some of them with its tail in its effort
to get away.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-07-21
A Rich Gold Find.

News of the discovery of rich beach
diggings at Wreck bay, five miles from
Ucluclet on the west coast of Van
couver island has been received. With
the crudest appliances so a day is be-
ing washed out One prospector took
pan to the beach and washed out So so.
Great excitement prevails and farmers
are abandoning their farms to en-
gage in gold washing.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-07-21
100000 Libel Suit.

The limit of endurance was reached
when the Detroit Evening News pub
lished an article abiding that it was
Gov Ii. S. Pingree's intention to fasten
a 4s.year street railway franchise on
the city of Detroit, get n million dol
lars for it, and then retire from poll
ties. Accordingly the governor has
commenced a libel suit against that
paper for 500, 900.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-07-21
Fall of the Bastile Celebrated in France.

Fall OF the Bastile Celebrated in France.
July 18th was the national fete day
at Paris. All public and many private
buildings were decorated. Deroulede
and Marcel Habert and several hun
dred members OF the Patriotic league
marched to the Place de la Concorde
and deposited wreath at the foot of
the Strasburg statue, amid cries of
"Vive Parmee." "Vive Dcroulede!"
Deroulede, in turn, shouted, "Vive la
republique Franchise, "Vive la nation
Franchise" ''Viye rAlsace- Lorraine. A"
He then requested the leaguers to dis
perse Some of them attempted to
continue the demonstration, but the
police scattered them.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-07-21
Swelling Our Population.

Almost complete returns to the
bureau of immigration of the treasury
department of immigrants arriving in
the United States for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1899, show an increase
of S2,570 over the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1898. The returns yet to be
received will not change the figures
materially. The number of immigrants
arriving in 1899 was 81, SIS, as against
229, 299 for the previous year, immigra-
ton for 1898 was the smallest for 10
years.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-07-21
500, ooo, 900 Worth of untaxed Property

One of the duties of the state tax
commission is to reach the vast amount
of personal property which now es-
capes taxation. In order to do this ex-
perts must be employed. The COM
mission predicts that with an expen-
diture of from $25, 900 to $40, 900, in
GLIDING the salaries of the commits
sioners, not less than 500, 900, 900 of
property will be added to the assess
ment rolls of the state for the year
1900. If this shall be the result, and
the average rate of taxation paid by
the other property of the state is col
lected thereon, the returns for the ex-
penditure noted will be pot less than
81, 600, 900, and the other property now
being assessed therefor will be re-
lieved to a like extent.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-07-21
Three Rnled and Several Wounded.

At New Boston, Tex, on the 18th
there occurred one of the widest and
most desperate street battles that has
yet been recorded in the fighting his
tory of that town. The trouble eman-
ated from a fuss over a barbed wire
fence which separated the farms of Ira
Smith and w. ID. Hays. The difficulty
was brought before the peace officers
and the men were arrested. At their
trial while recess was on, the diff
Guilty was reopened. Smith went into
a saloon. w. ID. Hays and his broth
ers, Hall and S. j. Hays followed him.
Shooting began at once. Smith, who
is said to have been unarmed, was
killed outright His friends came
upon the scene and took part in the
conflict. They were Jack, John and
Bill Tricks. A general battle then en-
sued When their revolvers were emp
tied, the participants used the butt
ends of their weapons with deadly eff
feet. The two Mr.. Hays were killed
and several by-standers, not partici-
pants, were wounded.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-07-21

| 1t is so dry in Cass county farmers
have been obliged to stop cultivating
corn.
4 The OVERLOOKING of the MuslSegon
river has caused great damage to cell
cry beds. One man estimates his loss
at 50, 900.
: Farmers in the vicinity of Three
Oaks say that few of their wheat fields
will pay for harvesting. Other crops
are all right.
1 The city fathers at Albion believe in
good roads. and have purchased a
gravel pit TO supply the material for
Improving the streets.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-07-21
Found After 2S Years.

+. c. Getchell, an insurance agent,
living at Cleveland, who was kidnapped
when an infant, 25 years ago, and his
mother were reunited on the 18th.
The mother, Mrs Emma Smith, came
from Birmingham, Ala, where she was
met at the train by her son. The
meeting was an affecting one, the
mother, who is go years of age, being
accepted by the son without question.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-07-21
Indians Looking After Their Cash.

A band of 20 Pottawatomie Indians
went to Kalamazoo recently from
southwestern Michigan to make affida-
Wits to establish claims for money
(which had once been granted them by
the courts but was either mislaid or
misappropriated The lands for which
they were to receive pay were 40 Sec
tions near Niles, 16 near Mendon and
OF around Schoolcraft. The money,
$3.50, 900, il is claimed was paid accord
ing to an old census roll, consequently
362 members of the tribe received no
pay and 272 received the money.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-07-21

Mrs. Lester Lyke, of Worthwhile, was
knocked down by a tramp on the 10th
because she refused the fellow admit
lance to her house while she went to
get him something to eat. Mrs. Lyke
was felled to the floor from the effects
of the blow, but her little daughter
came TO her rescue with a revolver,
which the mother used and was sue
cessful in frightening the tramp away.
Mrs. Lyke thinks the bullets must
have taken some effect as the tramp
fell at each shot, but he finally sue
ceeded in reaching the woods and dis
appeared from view.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-07-21

Every newspaper in the country
will be given an opportunity to partic-
ipate in New York's reception to Ad-
miral Dewey.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-07-21

Work on the new electric road be-
tween Royal Oak and Orion, by way
OF Rochester, is being rapidly pursued,
The track is laid nearly TO Clawson.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-07-21
BASE BALL.

Below we publish the number OF games OF
ball played by the Western ami National
Leagues, giving the number OF games won and
lost, together with the percentage OF each club
to date. Monday July l1th
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1899-07-21
GRAIN, ETC.

*Detroit-Hav. No. timothy, $40 20 per ton.
New Pototoes, C per bu. Live Poultry,
spring chickens, &c per lb fowls. 8 &C: tur-
keys, lOc ducks. sc. Eggs, strictly fresh.
l5c per doz. Butter, best dairy, loo per Id;
creamery, 1Sc.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-28
NO OUTBREAK
IN CUBA YET
sensational RumOrS Are
Denied.
MAlC0NTENTS ARE ACTIVE
POSSIBILITY THAT TROUBLE
MAY SHORTLY OCCUR.
General Opinion Is That In Order to
Keep the Populace Quiet Def
mite Action Must Be
Taken.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

HAVANA, Nov. N-Nothing is known
at neadquarters in this division or in GEN
era! Lees to justify the report, published
III the United States and cabled back here
that 4VVO armed insurgents have taken to
Inc Inc WOODS on the province of Pinar del
ulo' anu lhat general uprising against
Inc americans mas been planned for
thanksgiving day. Indeed. the story Is
absolutely discredited by the American
authorities, who say II is impossible that
anything OF the kind should have hap
pened or should be in prospect without
post.
Rumors Of a more or less alarrnist char
dcter nave Tor some time been plentiful
around Havana II is said, for instance
thdt inns general or that is about to take
70 the woods. and ii is apparently true
tudt certain men are nursing programmes
nosuIe 10 the American administration.
put inc spread of the campaign OF educa-
ION ION is doing great deal TO Offset the in
nuehce Oh sCch people, and in any event
10 uouDle Whatever is likely to occur I'M
III AFTER congress meets.
II IS fact, however. that many Amer-
ems mere believe that II nothing is done
toWdru giving the Cubans some definite
assurances, II not a precise date, regard
my the independence OF the island, there
VIII De rising of some sort, although
opinions differ widely with regard TO what
II VIII amount TO. Some believe that the
maicontents will be practically bandits
easily controlled by few troops Others
hold that the rising would be formidable
force.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-11-28
SUCCESS ASSURED
GOLDEN JUBILEE
The Anniversary of Our
Statehood.
Special Dispatch to Tho Call.

SAN JOSE, Nov. 27.-Extensive prepara-
tions are now under way in this city for
celebrating the golden jubilee Of the es-
tabushment OF Statehood on December 20.
The general committee having charge or
the affair Is meeting with much en-
couragement. The Pioneer societies all
over the State have accepted invitations
20 attend and take part In the parade.
Several thousand '49ers are expected 10
be IN line.
A representation OF the first State Capt.
toll building is now in process of erection
IN City Hall Park, and will be completed
Ia about a week. IL IS 6oN40 feet and two
stories high, with a porch running along
one side 81 Il. The building has been
erected over a large palm tree. The tree
stood in the way, and rather than remove
IL the house was erected over It II grows
up through the second floor and VIII be
an attractive decoration.
The city Will be decorated with hun
dreds OF vari-colored electric lights swung
across the principal streets, while along
The Jubilee Will open on December 70
and continue until Christmas. A parade
Will inauEurate the celebration. The af-
ternoon OF the first day a representative
legislative session will be held.
No one will have chance TO complain
OF lack of entertainment. for there VIII
be plenty Of sport. Games OF the early
Spanish settlers Will receive their share OF
attention. Musical entertainments, socials
and balls have also been planned. The
San Jose Pioneers will keep open house
OF other pioneer societies will be looked