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The Yale expositor., 1899-04-07
Municipal Ownership in Detroit.

Notwithstanding the fact that sew
eral mass meetings have been held in
Detroit in opposition to municipal
ownership, the council, after several
days consideration of the project, de-
cided by vote of 81 TO IL to appoint n
commission to negotiate for the pur-
chase of the street car system. The
committee so appointed is composed of
Hazen S. Pingree, Elliott G. Steven
son and Carl L. Schmidt, who are APP
pointed to serve for six, four and two
wears in the order named. The prin-
.cipal objection to the municipal bill,
as passed by the legislature, was the
omission of the referendum clause.
But the fact that the commission is
bound to report the price for which
the system can be purchased to the
council before an agreement is reached,
should prevent the street car company
from unloading any great amount OF
watered stock upon the city of Detroit
by the boodling scheme.
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FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE
BY Telegraph Giving a Brief Re-
sumo of the Weeks Events.
RELIABLE AND INTERESTING.
Villages Shelled In the Samoan Islands
by U. s. and English Cruisers - A
had Disaster Near Southampton -
$4,000 Wanted for "a Squeeze.
War In the Samoan Islands.

The news from Samoa that the u. S.
cruiser Philadelphia and the British
cruisers Porpoise and Royalist had
bombarded the towns held by Mataafa,
who has thus far had the official sup
port of the German government, came
with startling suddenness to officials
at Washington, and displaced for the
time being the attention given TO the
fighting around Manila. The Smelling
of Mataafa was looked upon as of sec
ondary importance but the deepest in
terest attached TO the attitude of the
German government. That some overt
act would take place has been appre-
hended for many days but there was
little idea it would take such broad
sweep and lead to such heavy loss of
life. In this aspect OF the case the
actual results were regarded as far
more serious than those which had
been expected and provided for during
the recent diplomatic exchanges be-
tween the three governments. More
over, new elements of international
danger had unexpectedly arisen. These
included the proclamation of the Ger
man consul, Rose, which, it is believed,
tended to incite the Mataafa party To
an open revolt Also the wounding
and killing of British sailors and ma
rines, the shooting of an American
sentry and the attacks on the several
consulates
The Yale expositor., 1899-04-07

Farmers in the vicinity of Munith
will experiment in the raising of pea
nuts this summer.
C. George Lauzun. OF Lansing. com.
z.1itted suicide by the carbolic acid
route. lie had been drinking heavily
of late.
Hiram Sutton, the founder of Mu-
NTH, was arrested and taken to the
Kalamazoo asylum because he was
violently insane
There is not vacant house in
Homer and several families are ready
10 move in as soon as accommodations
can be provided.
Navigation between Detroit and
Cleveland was opened Mar. %, when
the City of Detroit made the run in a
little over six hours.
There is deposited in the banks OF
Ehis state at present sl35.2O2, 1906 So.
The increase in deposits for January
and February was 7,o05. O7Os4.
The Ann Arbor Railroad company is
preparing to erect steel bridge over
the Raisin river at Dundee, to take the
place OF the wooden one now in use.
The Yale expositor., 1899-04-07

Spain is having much difficulty in
finding minister who is willing TO
come TO the y S.
Count de Vil,agonzalo. former Span.
ish ambassador TO Russia. has been APP
pointed Spanish ambassador to Great
Britain.
The British government is about to
send an engineering corps of ,4Oc men
to fortify Port Stanley and other points
on the Falkland islands. The gun
boat Beagle, which is now there, will
return to England and be replaced by
the Pegasus.
1t is said VIM. X. Vanderbilt has
duplicated his wedding present TO his
daughter Consuelo, duchess of MARI
borough, for his son, VIM X. Wander
bilt, Jr. Securities amounting in value
TO $40, 900, 900, have been turned over to
the young man. Miss Virginia Fair,
the bride-to- be, is said to have IS, oo0,-
900 in her own right.
The Yale expositor., 1899-04-07
Lost His Head but not HI. Life.

A farmer was driving across the rail
road track at Saranac when the hind
hobs of his sleigh became fast in a
switch point. A train was heard APP
preaching in the distance and desper-
ate efforts were made to pull or lift
the outfit off the track. Just as the
train drew near the efforts were finally
successful, but as soon as the rig was
ont of danger the farmer lost his head
and turned the horses back upon the
track right in front of the train with
the result that the sleigh was demol-
fshed and the horses and man badly
shaken up
The Yale expositor., 1899-04-07
BuIgarians and Turks mt War.

A serious collision has taken place
between Bulgarian and Turkish from
tier guards at Kozyl-Agob, between
Jamboli, eastern Roumelia, and Ad-
rianople, on the banks of the Toonja,
$50 miles south of Jamboli Accord
ing to dispatch from Sofia. capital of
Bulgaria, the Turks attacked a weak
Bulgarian outpost, but the Bulgarians,
aided by armed inhabitants. rcpulsed
their assailants.after four hours tight.
Both sides suffered losses Of killed and
wounded The Turks were seeking TO
secure u position hitherto held by the
Bulgarians.
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Carlisle. waiting for the Word.

The Marquis de Corralbo, the chief
agent Of Don Carlos, has gone to Venice
TO report to the pretender and to re-
ceive his final instructions. A CORE
spondence says that The Carlists claim
to have abundant funds and amnuni
ton and to be con ident of success the
moment Don Carlos gives the signal
for the overthrow of the Alphonsist
DYNASTY
The Yale expositor., 1899-04-07
Fnundercd In a Fog.

The passenger steamer Stella, ply
ing between Southampton and the
channel islands, crashed upon the
dreaded Casquet rocks, near the island
Of Alderney in dense fog and foun-
6ered in 10 minutes, her boilers ex-
ploding with tremendous report as
she went down. Seventy persons are
supposed to be lost In spite of this,
it is said, there was no panic on board.
The coasting steamer Lynx, which
brought the news OF the disaster,
picked up four boats and 40 people be-
longing to the Stella Another
boat picked up IS, including 20
women According to the latest
estimates OF the officials of the London
& Southwestern Railway Co, not more
than 30 persons were drowned, out of
the go on board the Stella when she
struck on the rocks. Other reports,
however, placed the number of
drowned much higher
The Yale expositor., 1899-04-07
NEWSY BREVITIES.

John d. Rocllefeller's railroad from
Everett, Wash. TO the Monte Cristo
mines is being built as rapidly as pos
siblc.
The supreme court of Indiana holds
that if a man marries woman who is
indebted to him, the marriage dis
charges the debt
1t is estimated that foreign business
houses lost over 81, 900, 900 by the de-
structiou of Iloilo by the Filipinos be-
fore Gen. Miller captured that city
Baptists, Presbyterians, Methodists
and Congregationalists have arranged
for INSTRUMENTATION missionary
work in Porto Rico and other island
territories.
Kentuckians are suffering much
from floods. The town of Pineville is
inundated and the inhabitants barely
escaped TO the surrounding hills with
their lives.
The Ontario legislature has passed a
bill providing for retaliatory tax
against insurance companies having
their head offices in the states where
discrimination against Canadian com
panies exists.
During January, 1899, 397 vessels of
all kinds entered the port of Havana,
the month totaled S743.53s OF this,
1854, 44G was import duties and Sos, 3O5
tax on imports.
News has been received OF the terri
BILE fate Of Lieut. Bell. British officer
with the Belgian troops in the Congo
Free State. He was captured by the
natives in a fierce fight and was after
wards killed and eaten
A mass of rock estimated TO weigh
100, 900 tons fell from the cliff onto the
buildings of the Bultery whirlpool
rapids elevator and the tracks of the
Gorge railway at Niagara Falls, N Y,
but fortunately no one was hurt.
Traffic has been abandoned for the
present.
John Blumenrother, of st. Joe, Fond
du Lac county. Wis. who lived alone
and was estimated to be worth any
where from SIS, 900 to $4,000, was re-
Gently found murdered The chests
where the money was supposed to have
been kept had been broken open and
rihed. No clue.
For the month of March the U. s.
treasury customs receipts amounted TO
about sci 600, 900, from internal rev.
enue over S22, 600, 600, and from miscel-
laneous sources over sl3, 400, 900, maxi
irg total of over S57 200, 900. Dis
bursements s42, 00s, 571, leaving a sur.
plus of Sl4, 03l ,653.
IL is learned on good authority that
the American Steel e. Wire Co. has Sc
cured control of the five steamers of
the Zenith Transit Co. The vessels
sold are the steamers Queen City, EN-
pire City, Zenith City, Superior City
and Crescent City. They are all of
the largest class, and the deal is the
largest ever made on the great lakes
The FIVE steamers are valued at up
wards of 81 900, 900.
Newton Russell, of Grand Ledge,
shook the ashes out of his pipe when he
got ready TO go to bed the other other
and and put IT in his pocket. Then he
took off his coat and hung IL up, and
had no more than turned his back
when there was a subdued explosion,
and he whirled around to find his coat
in flames. After he put out the blaze
he Investigated and found that the hot
pipe had come in contact with some
chlorate of potash tablets in the pocket
and caused an explosion.
The total number of victims OF the
Windsor hotel fire, in New York City,
according to the latest report, is as.
The Yale expositor., 1899-04-07

Advices from Nicaragua say the peo-
pie are weary of continual fighting and
that the sentiment for annexation to
the United States is daily growing
stronger.
State Inspector Urine has reported
the result of his investigation of the
orchards and nurseries of the state
Out of the 240 inspected but 90 were
affected by the San Jose scale and in
Is of these the pest is thought to have
been cXterminated.
Gov.-Gen. Brooke has almost made
up his mind to send the SO, 600, 900 back
to the United States which was sent
there to pay off the Cuban soldiers if
the Cuban military assembly does not
give up the army rolls, which it has
thus far refused to do.
Baroness Hirsch, widow of the late
Baron Hirsch, the Hebrew philanthro-
pist, is dead The husband left an es-
tate of s25, 900, 900, much of which
was bequeathed to charity. After his
death the baroness spent millions in
colonizing large bodies of Russian ref
ugees in the y. s. and the Argentine
Republic
The Yale expositor., 1899-04-07
Squeezed Her Hand too Hard.

Miss Edith Boone, pretty ls-year-
old young lady of Philadelphia, Pa,
has brought sui, against Frederick A.
Farrow. druggist, for SIS, 600 for squeez-
ing her and too hard. They had been
sweethearts. Physicians say necrosis
may develop and in that case it is ex.
tremely probable that amputation
would be necessary
The Yale expositor., 1899-04-07
GRANT Wins IN THE STATE.
Eli r. Sutton and H. S. Dean Were
Elected Regents ofthe u. of M.
GRANTS PLURALITY is 27,478
According to First Returns-The Repub-
kIesns Also Elected Majority of
the Circuit Judges - Constitutional
Amendments Said to Have Carried.

Fair weather in the state did not
bring out as large vote as might have
been expected. The returns thus far
received indicate that Judge G. B.
Grant was reelected by an estimated
plurality of 27, AIS, and that Col. Eli
II Sutton and Col. Henry $. Dean were
elected regents of the university by
plurality of perhaps $4,000, running
ahead of their ticket in many locali-
ties The Republicans also elected n
big majority of the circuit judges in
the &c judicial circuits of the state al
though the result is in doubt in one or
swo districts. Returns from 4s cities
an the state show that the Democrats
elected IS mayors, while the Republic
captured %. The others were elected
on Union or Citizens tickets and the
issues were purely of n local nature.
Many cities and villages voted favor
ably on the question of bonding for
improvements. Returns on the con-
stitutioual amendments are meagre,
but results at hand warrant the state
ment that they have carried. In some
cases the majoritics were heavy in
favor Of them.
CIRCUIT JUDGES
The following were elected circuit
judges according to first returns:
I-Guy Nj. Chester, Rs
2-Orvillc w. Coolidge, R.*
3-Georgc 5. llosmer, d.; William
Il. Carpenter, Rs j. w Dono-
van, r.; Robert f. Frazer, r.;
James ii. Pound, ID. or Morse
Rohucrt, r.
EEraStus Peck. D*
5-Clcment Smith, RN
6-Georgc w Smith, RH
Charles III. Wisncr, Il
S-Franlt d. NJ. Davis. Rs
9-John w. Adams, ID.
IO-Byron A. Snow, D.;* Ernest l..
Beach, ID.
1i-Joscph II. Steere, R.
I2-Albert T. Streeter, Il.
I3-Fred w. Wayne. Il.
14-Fred J. Russell, Rs
IS-Russcll Il. Pealer, Rs
I6-James G. Tucker, ID.
I7-Alfred Wolcott, r.; Willis L.
Perkins, Il.
Is-T. r. Shepherd, X.
I9-James i. Mcmahon, R.*
20-Phil Padgham, Rs
2l-Peter L. Dodd, R.*
edward ID. Kline, R.*
23-Maine j. Connine. L.
24-Watson Beach, Rs
35-John w. Stone, Rs
2o-Judge limerick, II.
27-Lewis G. Palmer, Rs
2s-Judge Chittenden, Il.
29-Gcorgc =. Stone, ID.
30-Howard West, X.
3l-Samuel w Vance, Rs
32-NOrman w Hare, R.
33-Frank Shepherd, r.
-34-Nelson Sharpe, r. =
35-W. i. Van Wrinkle, Il y
36-John Carr, ID.
n" stands for Republican and "D"
for Democrat, and the asterisk ~ de-
notes that the candidate was reelected.
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Cuban Soldiers said to be Murderers.

The steamer Montserrat has left Ha-
vana for Spain. having on board 200
Spanish passengers, formerly residents
Of Cuba. and mostly small merchants.
There have recently been at least three
authenticated murders of Spaniards in
the country and in some cases men of
property have been killed If it is
known who the murderers are the fact
has not developed, though there are
men in Havana who say there is evil
dence pointing to Cuban soldiers being
the guilty parties and that since Gen.
Gomez was deposed from the post OF
commander.in-chief of the Cuban forces
the Cubans have not had head &c rig
idly enforce discipline and punish
crime
The Yale expositor., 1899-04-07
GRAIN, ETC.

fDetroit-Hay. No timothy. 81 80 per ton.
Pota toes, sc per bu. Live Poultry spring
chickens Toe per Id fowls &c. turkeys, Tic;
ducks Tic Eggs, strictly fresh i3c per doz
Butter. best dairy, i7c per Id. creamery, PIC.
The Yale expositor., 1899-04-07

DR. Samuel j. Kennedy, the Staten
island dentist, charged with the MUIR
der of "Dollie" Reynolds. at the Grand
hotel in New York City. on the night
of Aug Is, has been adjudged guilty
of murder in the first degree.
Accompanied by her cousin, Howard,
Miss Ruth Hanna, daughter of Senator
Hanna, run down a wildcat and shot
it on her fathers preserve near Thorn
asville, Ga. 1t was by the aid of
hounds and horses that Miss Hanna
was enabled to kill the largest animal
of the kind ever seen in that part of
the state.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-27
UNCLE SAN OBJECTS
Declines to Accept Agreement Of
Germany and Briton Relating
to Samoan Islands.
State Department Submits a Form
Of Treaty Which the Powers
May Accept.
The Difference Said to Be More a
Matter of Form Than
Principle.

Washington, Nov. 27.-The United
States has declined to accept the agree
ment as to the disposition Of the Samo-
an islands reached by Great Britain and
Germany. There is no serious hitch,
however, in the matter. The reasons
which influenced the state department
here in rejecting the British German
arrangement, when it was submitted,
related entirely to minor matter and
touched rather upon the form than sub
stance of the arrangement. Having re-
jected the tentative treaty submitted by
the other two powers, our government
has in turn and at the instance of the
other parties, prepared and submitted a
draft of a treaty which it is hoped will
be acceptable to all three powers. This
is now before the foreign offices at Lon
don and Berlin for consideration, and it
is confidently believed here it will re-
ceive unanimous approval, not differing
in principle, as already stated, from the
original project.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-27
Before n Battle.

received my baptism of fire at Pont.
a-Mousson. 1t was not much. but now
knew what it felt like to be fred at
With truth had prophesied we should
have no dinner that day. On our return
to camp we found the fires extinguished
the cooking vessels upset and little
chance of food. Next day we Were NOV.
ing about from dawn to sunset under q
burning sun, and the following morning
we engaged in our first great battle, tina,
of Mars-iaTour.
First OF all, our colonel addressed us
in solemn but encouraging words. We
should probably meet the enemy he said
in great force, an army of strong vel
equipped men. 1t would require all GU,
courage to resist them. Let us fgh,
shoulder to shoulder. Obey your com
manders. Above ALL show the enemy thai
you are soldiers who have learned TO use
your weapons in defense of your coun
try"
The answer was resounding "Hur
rahN and we formed up for the march
The band played an inyigorating tune.
felt proud to be urged on by such music
but we were not there solely for I'll,
pleasure of enjoying concert The har
mony was soon disturbed by the roar o.
cannon. which so alarmed the bandsmer
that they scattered in all directions. They
were not fighting men, so they wisely re
treated to less perilous position. Ii
spite of the seriousness of the situation
we enjoyed the fun of seeing the musi
clans running for shelter.-Cornhill.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-27
A Nan of Many Places.

BY virtue Of his Office the lord mayor
of London is admiral of the port of Lon
don, gauger of wine and oil and of other
articles, measurer of Goals, grain, salt
and fruit and inspector of butter, hops,
soap, cheese. etc. BE is governor of four
hospitals trustee Of st. Paul's cathe.
dral and magistrate "in several Places
lie is also coroner.
The distribution of livery cloth is GU.
rious survival. The court of aldermen
send every year to the lord chancellor, the
lord chief justice and some ten other Off
Gals. national and municipal, AZ yards
each of the best black cloth. The town
clerk has six yards of green and six OF
black cloth and the principal clerk at the
Guildhall four yards of each.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-27
Mclean Makes Statement.

Washington. Nov. 25.-Mr John r.
Mclean, speaking for his sister, Mrs.
Dewey, said:
II have advised my sister, Mrs.
Dewey to observe absolute silence
with the public and know She will ac-
quiesce in my wishes. She has been
much overcome by all the Unnecessary
publicity, and today she and the admit
raj have been overwhelmed with not
hundreds but thousands of teiegra ms
Of sympathy for the affection which has
befallen them in this furious and
lthoughtless attack made upon their do
nestle life.
admiral Dewey's statement has had
a great effect TO accomplish this revul-
sion of sentiment. Among the tele-
grams which have been received was
one from Mr. Emory Mcmillan. of New
y ork. to the effect that If any persons
desired the return of their subscrip-
tions to the home fund of the admiral
would forward the list of contributors
to him, together with any letters or
dispatches requesting refunding Of
the money, he, Mr.. Mcmillan, would
Immediately reimburse all applicants in
full. L am authorized to say most posi-
lively that all such requests will re-
ceive the promptest attention. All that
is necessary for these people to do is to
forward their requests to the admiral
in person, and not rush to the news
paper offices with them. All that come
in proper style viii receive attention.
II also desire to say that nothing
that has happened to us throughout our
| lives has been such source of grief as
this public Juror. Mrs. Dewey has al
ways been the favorite in our family
and has been almost idolized. We feel
her grief keenly. and propose to de-
fend her. AT present she is in no con-
dition to say anything for publication
or to receive representatives Of the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-27
MONEY IN SUGAR BETS.
Experiments in Michigan Prove the
Crop Profita bic.

experiments IN Michigan proye the
crop frofita bic.
Buchanan. Men, Nov 25.-The pre-
valling topic now in Berrien county
Michigan, is Docs the sugar beet, as a
crop, pay More than loo farmers
hereabouts have sown. cultivated and
are nov harvesting ii for the first time.
More thon 1000 acres in this county
have been devoted TO the experiment
and it is estimated that the money ex-
pended on that acreage during the past
seYen months viii aggregate si2ooOO.
Ii appears that the extraordinary in
terest eyinced sim ultaneous!y in the
new farming venture is due 10 the e.
forts OF nes beet root factory at Ben
ton Harbor, which not only offered the
seeds at cost. but contracted with the
farmers 10 buy all the sugar beets
they might produce, provided the vege-
tables were sound and salable at the
time Of delivery.
The basis al valuation fixed by the
factory is 81 ton for beets which yield
y per cent of sugar, crops which give
more or less commanding prices high
er or lower in proportion. These prices
are ION the cars" in Benton Harbor, so
that the farmer must add to the cost of
production the freight on his beets to
the factory. Seed for an acre costs 81. 25.
and the added expense per acre, where
land, help, teams and implements are
rented, will amount TO s25 more maxi
ing the total cost of farming this year S
sugar beet crop $50 an acre. This fig
ure may be applied also to crops pro-
duced by freeholders, most of whom
have bought the necessary implements,
and thus expended sums approximate
~ equal to the rental saved.
The crops thus far tested are said to
prove conclusively that the soil and eli
matte conditions of Berrien county are
most favorable to the saccharine rich
ness of the beet, the percentage OF sug-
ar running as high as 16 per cent and
not below II even in yields of only six
tons an acre Thus, while the quality
of the crop is high, the quantity on
many farms is so low that the farmers
will lose money. In order to realize the
cost Of production 1T is necessary to get
seven and one-half tons of ~ per cent
beets from each acre. AS most of the
beet raisers have done much better