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The Yale expositor., 1899-10-13
BRIEF NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

1t is reported that so persons persisted
in a typhoon on the Japanese coast on
the 9TH.
An attempt will shortly be made to
connect Havana and Key West by the
Marconi system of wireless telegraphy.
The two oldest sons of the late Cor
nelius Vanderbilt vii receive over
$50, 900, 600 apiece as their share in the
estate.
A train on the Pittsburg & Western
railroad collided with street car at
Niles, o., on the evening of the sth
killing one person and injuring FIVE
more.
1t is said that Thos w. Lawton won
500, 900 at the horse races in Lexington,
Ky, recently. 1t is the largest amount
ever won by single person in harness
racing.
Torrential rains are reported to have
occurred in the Salerno district of
Italy. The railways are interrupted
and much damage has been done to
property. Many lives are also said to
have been lost.
The mills of the Rodman Manufac-
turing Co., of North and South King
ston, r. l., resumed operations on the
9th after shat down of IS months
The plant manufactures doe skin jeans
and employs about 500 men.
News has been received of the recent
fall of nine columns of the great hall
of the temple of FL Karnak, built by
Setee l., dynasty Mn. one of the
most magnificent and celebrated relies
of the architecture of ancient Egypt.
Lord Curzon of Kedleston, viceroy
of India, telegraphs that no further
rains have fallen in India and that the
weather is prejudicial to the standing
crops and the cold season sowing. Ac-
cording to the viceroy's dispatch the
agricultural outlook shows no i'm
provement.
Prairie fires have destroyed hundreds
of acres of meadow and corn, thou
sand tons of hay and several buildings
in the vicinity of Pana, Ill. The loss
will reach many thousands of dollars.
1t is said that Germany is about TO
hand over documents which will lead
to the quashing of the Dreyfus verdict.
The Yale expositor., 1899-10-13
McFadden Won in the 10Th Round.

Geo McFadden, Of New York, and
Geo. kid Lavigne, of Saginaw, ex-
lightweight champion of the world,
met for the first time before the New
Broadway Athletic club, Of New York,
on the evening of the Oh. Lavigne
was the favorite from the start, but
after the 18th round odds of 100 to so
were freely offered on McFadden.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
kid" nearly knocked his opponent
out in the 18th round with a left swing
to the pit of the stomach, he after
wards received heavy punishment and
was knocked out in the 10Th round.
The Yale expositor., 1899-10-13
Rarpe. Responsible for Deficiency.

In the opinions filed by the supreme
court on the Sd was one of great inn
portance TO persons interested in the
o. M. Barnes failure in 1898. Mr.
Barnes was largely interested in the
Lansing Lumber company, and, in the
litigation which followed his failure
and the appointment of the Michigan
Trust company as receiver for the
lumber company. Mr.. Barnes, in the
Ingham county circuit, was released
from any personal liability on the So
called "a" bonds, issued by the lum-
Der company. The supreme court re-
verses this decision and holds Mr..
Barnes responsible for any deficiency.
Something like 100000 is involved.
The trust company, in this opinion, is
granted the compensation sued for,
(which was a very large sum.
The Yale expositor., 1899-10-13
NEWS FOR MICHIGANDERS.
A Whole Regiment of News Items
From Michigan Towns
CAPTURED FOR BRIEF READING.
.aR Important Case to Determine the
Rights of Bishop is Occupying the
Attention of the Supreme Court
Supervisors Must Make Reports.
Rights of "a RIshon.

An important case involving the ten
s1re of Catholic church property was
argued in the supreme court at Lam
sing on the 5th. The complainant in
Che case is Bishop Foley and the de-
PENDANTS are members of the Catholic
church at Dorr, Allegan county. Some
Of the members of the church did not
agree with the remainder and proposed
Co build a new church in opposition TO
che bishops wishes, claiming that they
were the owners of the church prop
srty and had a right to build church
wherever they pleased. Bishop Foley
obtained an injunction restraining
such action on the part of the parish
toners, but upon trial of the case in
Che circuit court the injunction was
dissolved and an appeal was taken by
the bishop. The decision of the SUI
nreme court will determine whether
che bishop is the real owner in fee of
Catholic church property or whether
ne holds il in trust for the benefit of
che church. The land upon which it
Svas proposed to build the church was
owned by the bishop as all church
property is owned by him, and it was
argued pretty plainly that the bishops
title is absolute. In case he should
make an assignment for the benefit of
his cveditors all church property held
by him could be sold for his debts and
che only reliance which the Catholic
people have i'm the matter of church
property is upon the integrity of their
bishops. The outcome of the case will
be watched with interest by all
Catholics
The Yale expositor., 1899-10-13
Outraged and Then Murdered.

Mrs. James Lashbrook, wife of a
well-to-dO farmer. and a member of
one of the oldest families in Mason
county, Ky, was ravished and MUIR
dered on the 5th at her home at Clark S
Station, six miles from Maysv,lle.
While alone at home she went to an
clubhouse and while there it is supposed
that one or more tramps who have
been in the neighborhood for several
days attacked her After the outrage
her assailants secured a club and beat
out the womans brains.
The Yale expositor., 1899-10-13
The President LAYS the Cornerstone.

Surrounded by men who guide the
diplomatic relations of three govern
ments and in the presence of thousands
of spectators, President William Nc
Kinley on the 9th formally laid the
cornerstone of the magnificent new
federal building of Chicago The
event was the browning feature of the
weeks celebration marking the annual
observance of Chicago day. Vice-Pres-
ident Mariscal and party of Mexico;
Premier Laurier, of Canada, and Pres
ident McKinley's cabinet witnessed
the ceremony
The Yale expositor., 1899-10-13
MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.

The best hand-pcked apples are sell
ing for 81 80 per bushel at Grand Ledge
The celery beds south of Ann Arbor
were damaged 81, 500 worth by frost on
Sept. 30.
Plainwell boasts that she is known
throughout the state as the town of
pretty girls"
The poor orders drawn in Genesee
county for the past nine months
amount to s13,2sG.s9
In spite of big deficit, the Mar
quette county fair directors will pay
all premiums in full.
The gate receipts of Washtenaw
county fair this year were 81, 345.50, or
S23 less than last year.
Track laying on the new Battle
Creek Kalamazoo electric road was
commenced on the 5th.
Muskegon milk dealers are forming
a combine for the purpose of raising
the price of their wares.
Armada is to have new hotel,
which will cost $4,000 and will be
modern in every respect.
For the nine months ending Oct. .,
the Genesee county treasurer paid out
81, l22. Sc in sparrow bounty.
The question of putting in a system
of water works is being agitated by
the residents of Marine City.
Frost and drouth in the vicinity of
Bay City have caused the sugar beet
crop to fall below expectations.
The directors of the Marquette street
railway will raise the necessary cash
and extend the lines in three directions.
The proposition to bond the village
for system of water works was de-
feated at a special election at Shepherd.
Frank Gordon, convicted of shoot
ing Policeman Belyea, of Port Huron,
may be sentenced to life imprisonment
The attendance at the State Normal
school at Ypsilanti is now 935, which
is 200 more than at a corresponding
time last year.
Ontonagon's boom is to be still fur
Their extended by the erection in the
village of a new planning mill and sash
and door factory.
The construction of the new grain
elevator at New Baltimore has begun,
and it is expected the same will be
ready for business within 80 days.
1t is little late for strawberry news,
but, nevertheless, wild Strawberries
are said TO be in blossom around East
Mullett lake, in Cheboygan county.
VIM. Wood of Port Huron, wanted
some meat, SO he stole a heifer. He
will dine on sowbelly at the Detroit
house of correction for the next 0C
days
Chicago capitalists are talking of es.
tablishing one of the largest canning
factories in the state at Berrien
Springs. The village will donate q
sight.
Fenton claims TO be the banner WOO
market of central Michigan. Nearly
half a million pounds of wool was
shipped from there to eastern points
recently.
A farmer near Grand Haven ha:
been experimenting in the raising o.
peanuts this season, with such success:
that he may go into the business on 9
large scale next year, as he has demon
strated that the soil Whereabouts i.
we'll adapted for the growing of the
COOLERS
When apples began to drop so badly
some time ago a Tekonsha man solo
the product Of his orchard for $3.50
and thought he had made good thing
out of it. The fruit has now beer
picked, and measures over 700 barrels
and the seller figures that he los
about $3.50 ON the deal.
The Yale expositor., 1899-10-13
George and Helen Have Consented.

Preparations are being made at
Three Oaks to give Admiral Geo. Dewey
n reception that will be remembered
Us tue greatest thing of its kind that
ever occurred in southwestern Michi-
gzu- Nothing is known as yet when
it will be, as the admiral will set his
own time. Miss Helen Gould has also
consented to be present, providing she
has no engagement at that time.
The Yale expositor., 1899-10-13
waiting for Kruger to strike First Blow.

A London dispatch says: The stu
alton is unchanged. The British re-
serves are likely to be called out be-
fore the end of the week and the Beers
are already under arms, and are not
likely to dsband without fighting.
Sir Redvera Buffers departure is not
yet settled, in spite of numerous con-
Trajectory rumors According to dis
patches received at midnight on the I'd
the burghers and the British regulars
were at least 30 miles distant at the
nearest point and hostilities which
President Kruger apparently cannot
now avert if he really desires to do so,
are not likely to be brought on before
the middle of the week
The Yale expositor., 1899-10-13
.TICKINGS OF THE TELEGRAPH
News of the Day as Told Over the
Slender Wires.
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN NEWS
Attorney-General GriGgs Approves the
Findings and Sentence by Courtmar-
tiaI of Capt. Carter Kentucky
Woman Kavished and Murdered.
Atty, Gen. GrIggs Scores Capt. Carter.


The opinion of Atty Gen. Griggs in
the case of Capt. Oberlin M. Carter of
the army, upon which the President APP
proved the finding of the courtmartial,
was made public on the 5th. After
dismissing certain of the minor charges
as unproven the Encouragement takes
up the more serious questions involved,
first considering the objection that the
charges upon which Capt. Carter was
found guilty were homogeneous. He
says that unlike the ordinary criminal
procedure the military usage and pro-
cedure permit of an indefinite number
of offenses being charged and adjudi-
Gated together in one and the same
proceeding. The statement concludes
as follows: Il am, therefore, led to the
conclusion that the courtmartial was
justified in its finding of guilty upon
the charges and specifications relating
to contracts made by Carter in 1896,
and that the finding and sentence of
the court with respect thereto, should
be approved"
The Yale expositor., 1899-10-13
Tramp Burned to Death.

The charred remains of n man were
found at Traverse City in the ruins of
the house of Charles Felt, which
burned recently. Near the skull lay a
clay pipe, and kerosene can was close
by. Without doubt the body is that
of n tramp who broke in the house
while the family was away from home,
and accidentally set fire to the kero-
seue while getting some supper, as a
half-eut beef bone lay by his hand.
The Yale expositor., 1899-10-13
Groom Del.yed-Bride in a swoon.

Moses Smith of st. Paul, Mimi, and
Miss Dora Thurman, of Evansville, Ind,
were married on the 9Th under peculiar
circumstances. The wedding was to
have taken place the night before and
the bride was overcome when the
groom failed to appear. Smith was
delayed at Terre Haute. The bride
regained consciousness when smith
entered her room and touched her hand
and they were Immediately married.
The Yale expositor., 1899-10-13
Great Britain Equipping Her Soldiers.

Great BRITAIN EquiPPihS nv S"'
Whatever may be the result of Grea'
Britain's controversy with the South
African republic, every department OF
the government is now as busy as
though hostilities had begun. The
electric flash that announced the mo-
bilization of the army reserves and the
summoning of parliament set every
wheel of the government machinery in
motion. An hour after the Gazette
appeared on the sth executive orders
were being dispatched from the war
Office to every section OF the kingdom,
and 10000 bulletins which appeared
posted throughout the country are said
to have been identical with the procla-
nation prepared for use had the Fas-
hoda incident required such step.
The Yale expositor., 1899-10-13

Admiral Dewey in accepting the gift
of home from the American people
says he would prefer to have the COM
mittee purchase house of moderate
proportions already built, which would
leave a balance of money sufficient to
furnish it, and thus afford him an i'm
mediate place to hang his hat.
The Yale expositor., 1899-10-13
20 Drowned in the FIonds.

Forty persons are reported drowned,
according to a special dispatch from
Naples, by floods following severe
rains in the province of Salerno. A
number of small villages and factories
have been destroyed. Troops have
been sent TO the relief of the in.
habitants.
The Yale expositor., 1899-10-13
niaenaea In Michigan.

Reports to the state board of health
show chat rheumatism, diarrhea, neu-
ralgia, bronchitis and tonsilitis is the
order named caused the most sickness
an Michigan during the week ending
September 80. Consumption was re-
ported at POS places; typhoid fever, 1O6
scarlet fever, 81; diphtheria, 10; whoop-
ing cough, IS; measles, o; cerebro-
spinal meningitis, 3; smallpox 1.
The Yale expositor., 1899-10-13
Port HURON claims Che lowest mt

Port Huron claims the lowest NOR
tality rate of any city in the state.
Whitefish are being caught at Mon
roe this fail-something unusual
Dogs are killing sheep at a great
rate la Fabuir township, ST. Joseph
county.
At Royal Oak is cider mill which
Is owned and operated by a woman,
without assistance of any kind from
che other sea
Burglars stole Harry Jewetts trous-
.ers at Port Huron, but what he mourns
the most is the 500 which one of the
.2ocleLs contained.
The Yale expositor., 1899-10-13
BASE BALL.

The following table shows the number OF
games played. won lost and the percentage OF
each club in the National League up to and in
Guiding Monday. oct 9th:
NATIONAL. LEAGUE STANDING
The Yale expositor., 1899-10-13

President and Mrs. Mckinley and
party left Washington on the evening
Of Oct. 4th for half months trip TO
Chicago and the northwest.
A destructive fire visited the town of
Endeavor, situated 25 miles from Oil
City, Pa, on the I'd and entailed loss
of about $500, 900. An immense amount
of lumber was consumed.
Kid Mccoy and Joe Choynski fought
six rounds to draw before the Dear
born Athletic club, Chicago. on the
9th. 1t is said that Kid out
pointed the Californian, although Joe
made it quite interesting for him.
The Yale expositor., 1899-10-13
GRAIN, ETC.

'Detroit-Hay, No timothy, 81 90 per ton
spring chickens, nc per 10: fowls sac; tur-
KEYS. DC; ducks &C. Eggs, strictly fresh.
l7c per doz. Butter, best dairy. 2Oc per Id;
creamery. 25c.
The age-herald., 1899-05-28

be built over the Harlem. The bridge to Jersey City is, as yet, unawarded. The motion to build it was denied by former governor and has only recently been taken up again; but that it will be ultimately passed in the legislature there is no doubt.
 New York's object in thus building bridges is obvious. Manhattan Island is very small, and long ago outgrew its lim- it's It cannot accommodate the business of it's residents and can scarcely afford sleeping places for them. They must go to New Jersey to sleep and to Brooklyn and to Harlem. The getting back and forth is such tiresome matter business men ob- ject, and unless New York can afford the proper facility for getting back and forth, it will find itself becoming unpopular. Bus mess men prefer to settle on Lond Island and do not c are to take the long jour ney across the river. Or more dreadful still to Father Knickerbocker, they will move to Chicago where the water bill Is pending The lumber trade in Chicago, the box business, the paper factories and wood manufacturing offer a splendid in- ducement, and Father Knickerbocker real
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New York has an ambition to become a second Amsterdam. For the reason, and that it alone, it is said to have adopted Brooklyn; to have fathered Harlem, be- yond the Harlem river, and to be now con- templating taking Jersey City and Govern or's Island within the city limits. If it takes in Jersey City it will have to reckon with New Jersey, but when a great city like New York wants anything it generally gets it, "by either fair means or political means" as one of the Mazet witnesses re- marked out of court
 Amsterdam, you may know, is composed of ninety isands which are connected with each other by several hundred bridges. Wilhelmina's subjects think no more of crossing a bridge than you do of crossing a street.
 In Venice, there are 240 water streets or canals, but, alas, there are few bridges and Venice has become famous as the water city of the world, The Venetians are too backward to build bridges to span their
The age-herald., 1899-05-28

streams and upon their neglect their fame has been built. Amsterdam is more Vene- tian than Venice itself. Take away it's bridges and it would be the water city of the universe.
 Father Knickerbocker is a jealous old fellow and he longs to connect himself with suspenders which will keep him united. The bridge which he threw across the East river from City Hall park to Brooklyn has been such success that he longs to build other bridges. The Thirty fourth street bridge is now an assured fact, and the city is buying ID property preparatory to beginning the construction
 With the Thirty fourth street bridge built New York wants another; this one to connect with the south end of Brooklyn where 1t terminates into the country parts of Long Island. Long Island and Manhat- tan Island curve at the southern extremity and 1t would be impossible to build a bridge which would connect the Battery and South Brooklyn. To obvate this diff f1culty the projectors of the bridge have a giant plan by which they can throw span south as far as Governors Island and from
The age-herald., 1899-05-28

for preachers" At a later period he would have given not a trifing amount for the solid support of the ministers whom he did not like. pr. Fitzsmmons and the clergy of Alabama entered the field of politics and had the pool room statutes of the state radically reformed If political fighting for the next year or two will be very bitter at best, possibly the bitterest experienced in this state since before the civil war, then the preacher in the lines of his sacred oc- cupaton will be very badly needed to keep the bitter fighters from being elected to po- sitions of trust; have them kept at home and men of peace elected to the high offices of this Christian commonwealth. So it would seem to a good, peaceful citizen.
 L. F. WRITTEN. Oak Bowery, Ala, May 26.
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there almost due east to Long Island. It is all very simple on paper, and the pro- jectors say is still more simple in construc- tion, for neither span will be as long, nor consequently as difficult, as the Brooklyn bridge.
 The same plan of architecture will be employed. The terminals of the bridge will be of solid masonry built up from the street. Huge arches will then support the framework as far as the waters edge. From there the great steel girders will be suspended, for the Brooklyn bridge and all great bridges are, after all, Suspension" bridges To give the cables greater sweep, huge towers will be erected at each end of the bridge and the cables will hang from tower to tower. Upon this great wire framework the entire bridge rests, and the parting of the steel girder, while it means very little if only one is parted, would, if increased ultimately cause the fall of the bridge.
 The new bridge over the Harlem river Is another effort that Is being made by New York to connect itself with its new possessions Another bridge will shortly
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Is This Best ?
To the Editor O

To the Editor of The Age-fIerald:
 The above clipping is from your columns of Wednesday last I am not political meddler or much in favor of preachers holding office-think we have too many ministers outside their pulpits doing work for which laymen are better qualified. l never ran for any office. Many better men have. But this "Alabamian of distinction sees trouble ahead if brave and brainy preachers follow the example of those whom he saw in Montgomery last win ter;" and he proceeds to read the clergy lesson in ethics and politics. l guess he is not in sympathy with dispensaries l know he stands for the licensed saloon system, which preachers know to be the deadliest foe of the church. the home and the state. All statisticians, sheriffs, judges and juries agree that at least 70 per cent. of criminals were sent to prison by reason of the drink traffic.
 This is considerable inducement and provocation to enlist the hostilities of the preacher. If the American public want the preacher to hold himself aloof and above the filth and scandal and scramble of lobby ing and politics. let that public in her poli- ticians and office seekers eliminate all filth and scandal from political campaigns. Then the scramble will be purer and more statesmanlike. It was not any fall for Dr. B. M. Palmer, of New Orleans, and other clergymen of Louisiana to enter the poli- l1CS or CnaI state anu uIIVe out IHS famous Louisiana Lottery which had ruined so many homes and lives and char acters and fortunes I deny that Bishop Galloway, of Mississippi has fallen or lost prestige for his part in practical politics in making Mississippi largely a prohibition state. If the Alabama politician wants the preachers of this state to keep out of poli- tics let him and his sort stand for the truth, for more purity, for right and sobriety and things that good citizens and preachers like. One of his sort may not like to be opposed by preachers, but this is the solution of the queston-let him act so that the ministers will have no reason to condemn or oppose him. It is rumored that certain distinguished gentleman in America once opposed preachers lobbying, and it is said stated to them that their places were at home in their pulpits. At the next election it is charged, that though he was an eager and anxious aspirant for office, he was not elected because of that effort to interfere with the duty of the preachers as they understood it. Their in- fluence defeated him. know distin- guished Alabamian who was opposed by preachers in desperate fight he was mak- ing for a thing which the preachers op- posed. He remarked "I never did have, I do not now, never expect to have any use