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The Yale expositor., 1899-06-30
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1T is estimated that there are 30, 600
pupils in the agricultural schools of
the United States.
The Chinese government contem-
plates the construction of the ancient
Chinese wall that separates China
proper from Chinese Tartary. Several
foreign and two American syndicates
are after the contract.
Hawaii will celebrate independence
day at Honolulu with salutes in the
morning, at noon and at night n grand
parade, field sports, addresses and
other literary exercises and fireworks,
and ball in the evening.
The trial of Gen. Giletta di San
Giuseppe, the Italian charged with es
p onage, who was arrested at Nice,
June 10, resulted in verdict sentence
ing him to five years imprisonment
and to pay fine of 1000 francs
Eighty-three thousand acres of pine
timber lands near Pine Bluff. Ark,
have been sold for numbering purposes
at an aggregate price of over $4,000
This is said TO be the largest business
deal of the kind in the history of that
section.
The Yale expositor., 1899-06-30
NEWS FOR MICH|GANDERS.
A Whole Regiment of News Items
From Michigan Towns
CAPTURED FOR BRIEF READING.
HudEo Pcaler, OF Three Rivers, was
Elected Senior Vice Commander at
the District G.. A. II. Convention at
BAY View-Otber Items.
q. A. r.. Encampment Ended.

The auditorium at Bay View, where
the great camp fire of the G. A. r. was
6eld on the ed, was packed, standing
room being at n premium. The ad-
dresses by Generals Wheeler, Alger
and Duffield were listened to with
kreat interest. The q. A. r. were
unanimous in considering this one of
the most enjoyable camp fires they
have attended in years. The follow
ing officers were elected Department
commander, Judge Il. r. Pealer, of
Three Rivers; senior vice-commander,
j. G. Bontecou, of Petoskey; junior
kice-commander, S. II. Mallory, of
Take Odessa; medical director, Oscar
Palmer, of Grayling; chaplain, ID.
Burnham Tracy, of Detroit; assistant
&djutant-general, c. V. II. Pond, of
Lansing; assistant quartermaster-gen-
eral, A. A. Udell, of Three Rivers; Off
cers of the council of administration,
9. Il. Curtis, of Detroit, S. NJ. Kent, of
Grand Rapids, Fay Wyckoff, of Sagi-
nav, +. Schneider, of Lansing, o. p.
Carver, of Traverse City. Seventeen
delegates to the national encampment
were elected. Very strong resolutions
we're passed thanking the citizens and
members of Lombard post for the
handsome manner in which they had
been entertained.
The Yale expositor., 1899-06-30
War CIoud Not as Dark.

The firm attitude of Great Britain
appears to be having the desired effect
the Transvaal complications. The
latest cablegrams from South Africa
talk of various semi-ofiicial missions
for negotiations between Cape Town,
Bloemfontein and Pretoria, aiming to
arrange a franchise compromise on a
basis of FIVE or six years past residence.
President Kruger is represented as
agreeable to some such arrangement,
but is finding difficulty in handling
his own conservative elements. In a
reported interview he is alleged to
have said regarding the war rumors
that mountains were being made out
of mole hills and that he was firmly
convinced that Queen Victoria would
never allow letting loose the dogs of
war" over South Africa.
The Yale expositor., 1899-06-30
FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE
By Telegraph Giving a Brief Re-
sumo of the Weeks Events.
RELIABLE AND INTERESTING.
umbia Made n Most Satisfactory
Trial Trip-The TransvaaI Compli
cations may be Settled by Arbitration.
Boston Thief Arrested at New York.

A sneak thief entered the Metropol-
itan National bank at Boston on the
22d and stole $40, 900 while the paying
teller's attention was drawn away for
a moment. At the teller's window he
asked for some directions about send
ing money order. The teller gave
the information desired and the
stranger stood at the counter, appar-
emily making notes. Just then the
teller was called to another part of
the Office and the visitor quick ly
thrust his arm through the grating of
the window and took so 500 notes and
five 81, 900 notes. A young lady stem
ographer in the bank saw the mans
action, but he escaped. He immed-
lately took his departure from that
city, but New York detectives nailed
him as he alighted from train at the
grand central station on the same
day that the burglary was committed.
The stolen money was found on his
person. He gave his name as George
Shea, and said he was 81 years old.
His real name was is Philip Zambele,
and he lives in Chicago and is a we'll
known crook.
The Yale expositor., 1899-06-30
Riots I'm the Leeward Islands.

Advices from Antigua, British West
Indies, say there has been recurrence
at Montserrat, Leeward islands, of
serious riots in the northern district,
extending to the capital, Plymouth,
over the old excise duty collections
trouble, which occasioned the riots of
last year. The people have been openly
rebelling against the police abuse of
the search law, the police were over
come and the island was for time in
the hands of the mob. The chief gov
eminent officials were confined in their
houses until the arrival of the British
cruiser Talbot changed the conditions
After a sharp conflict between a de-
tachment of marines and the rioters
the ringleaders were arrested.
The Yale expositor., 1899-06-30
Divorced Couple Have Re-Married.

John ID. Proctor and his wife, of
Flint, were last January separated by
decree of the circuit court. The hus-
band was the instigator of the proceed
ings for a divorce, but the wife was
the one who secured the decree, on n
cross bill, together with 81 900 alimony
and most of the household goods. The
couple had lived together for eight
years, and their separation was caused
by domestic differences over her hus-
bands minor children by a former
marriage. Recently correspondence
tickle cupid once more asserted his do
minion in their case, and they were re-
united in marriage at the home of the
brides father in that city on the 10th.
The Yale expositor., 1899-06-30
WAR NOTES,

Inc lnSurgent army mas taken TO the
swamps and hills beyond linus. The
largest force is supposed TO be in the
neighborhood of San Francisco de
Mala bon, holding a position more to-
ward the lake or toward the coast ac-
cording as eXigencies demand. Gen.
Wheaton returned TO linus on the 2lst,
bringing three men who were wounded
in the battle the day before. The
heavy rains that fall nightly make
campaigning uncomfortable The
roads are still good, but the rice fields
adjoining them are pools of water.
The Filipinos will not fight unless
they can meet our troops in positions
most advantageous to themselves or
take our accommodating bodies in am
bush.
Surgeon. General Wvman, of the ma
rine hospital service, has received word
from DIR. Park, the quarantine officer
at Santiago, reporting the existence at
that port of ii cases of yellow fever,
and four deaths from that cause. The
fact that the season had advanced thus
far with the appearance of only few
sporadic cases of yellow fever led to
the general hope that the improved
sanitary condition of Santiago, Havana
and other Cuban cities since the Amer
can occupation might result in prevent
ing an outbreak. But now that hope
is blasted. Every precaution is being
taken to prevent the spread of the di-
sease.
Two new cases of yellow fever and
four deaths from the disease have been
officially reported at Santiago, making
total of 35 cases and IL deaths. The
army surgeons now think they have
the fever under control. The sanitary
department is working day and night,
the city has been literally flooded with
disinfectants, and the entire garrison
in camp is under rigorous quarantine.
Considerable disorder has been caused
in the city by the American teamsters
and packers who have been discharged
for incompetency. They wander about
the city, provoking disturbances.
According to Col. Thos. Ward, of the
adjutant-generals staff, the regular
army is now practically full, but men
week. These men, he says, are not
for provisional army, but will be
used TO complete the strength of COM
panies, to replace sick and disabled
men and those whose terms of service
have expired. Col. Ward says none OF
the men now being enlisted will be
used to fill up volunteer regiments
now in the Philippines.
Owing to the murders, robberies and
depredations in the vicinity of Guam
aiay, the peasants are sending their
families into Havana. The mayor,
having decided il would be impossible
to reach the culprits through the or
binary processes of law, issued an or
der for the arrest on suspicion of all
disreputable characters
The war department is preparing to
accommodate the troops who are to be
returned TO the United States from
Cuba and Porto Rico during the sum-
mer at the military posts of Fort
Ethan Allen and Plattsburg, on the
shore of Lake Champlain. Fort Meade
will be abandoned.
Advices received from Gen. Otis on
the Goth says it is now too wet to do
much fighting and that ~ per cent of
the army is laid up. He says the rebels
are scattered and that their largest
force only number 600.
The Yale expositor., 1899-06-30
samoans Have Turned In Their Arms.

Mataafa has surrendered l, $50 rifles,
and the loyalists have given up 1000.
A heavy penalty will now be enforced
upon natives found with rifles in
their possession. Mataafa promises TO
turn in more weapons. The natives
have returned TO their homes. Malie-
toa Tanu was recognized as king by
the commissioners of the three powers,
and the decision of Chief Justice Cham
bers in the matter of the kingship was
proclaimed valid and binding. Malie-
toa Tanu then addicted in favor of the
commissioners. who appointed pro-
visional government consisting of the
consuls of the three powers, empower
ing a majority to act in all cases where
unanimity is not required by the Der
lin treaty.
The Yale expositor., 1899-06-30
Bills Signed by the Governor.

The following bills have been signed
by the governor
A bill TO punish persons found guilty OF mob
violence. and the damages for lynching that
fnay be recovered from the county wherein the
tynching takes place range from 500 To $500;
giving certain police powers to the commission
IN the MacInac Island state park; appropriat-
ing S., 500 for the state library from Jan. to
June 80 TO make its fiscal year end on the latter
Gate. and amending the regular state library
Appropriation act of March - by the insertion
Of a clause to authorize the spreading OF tax
Tor the amount ii appropriateS; appropriating
f.Ot. las for the state home for the feeble
minded, at Lapecr; for the relief of lakewood
cemetery, At Fcnton; extending the jurisdiction
Of probate courts to tcStamentary trusts and
trustees; for the incorporation OF Ursuine acad-
emieS and limiting 10 $4,000 the amount Of
property the UrSullne nuns may hold under the
act; Goodrich act amending the blanket char
Lers for fourth-claSs cities in respect TO remov-
ais Of minor officials from oflcc by the mayor;
the taking Of private property for public pur-
poses and board of works: levying tax OF 10
OF mill, or about SlS0000 in all, for the relief
OF needy ex-soldierS of the late Spanish war
and making the probate judge. prosecuting at
tOrney and county treasurer in eQch county n
commission to expend the fund; appropriating
BI 900 for institutes and courses OF reading TO be
conducted under the direction OF the state board
Of agriculture
The Yale expositor., 1899-06-30
Non-Union Men Fired Upon.

The coal miners strike assumed n
serious aspect at Evansville, Ind, on
the 21st. Operators of the Sunny Side
mine had imported 80 Negro miners
from Kentucky and were delivering
them at the mine, when unknown par
ties concealed in bushes near the mines
opened fire on the Negroes. It. was
very dark and a stampede followed.
Some of the non-union men responded
with revolvers and many shots were
fred. Six men were badly wounded.
The Yale expositor., 1899-06-30
"Not all Gold That GIittersn

A number of Klondikers who re-
Gently arrived at Port Townsend,
Wash. present the dark side of Klon-
dixie life. They say that Dawson is
crowded with idle men who are will
ing TO work for most any wages.
Thirty-fve cents an hour and board
yourself is the prevailing wages for
common labor. They say there are
hundreds of men who have nothing
but beans and bacon TO eat, with no
prospects of securing work, and that
the only way they will be able to get
out of the country will be through
government assistance.
The Yale expositor., 1899-06-30

A tornado passed over portions of
Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin on the
Goth, doing the most damage in the
former state.
Over so small villages shave been
looted and burned in the Timmevelly
district in India. At one time more
than 100 murders were committed.
The victims in many cases were liter
ally hacked to pieces and then thrown
into the flames of their burning homes
Mrs. T. J. Lloyd, living seven miles
northwest OF Lampasas, Tex, with
her five daughters and friend went
in bathing in a creek. The youngest
three girls went beyond their depth,
when the eldest sister and the friend
went to their rescue aud all five were
drowned. Mrs. Lloyd saved her other
daughter only by heroic efforts.
The Yale expositor., 1899-06-30
Trial Trip Very Satisfactory.

The first trial trip of the new Amer
lean cup defender, Columbia, which
took place in Narragansett Bay, was
more successful than either her build
ers or her owners had reason to hope.
Not only did the new boat show her.
self to be able in every particular, but
she met the old racer Defender in a
friendly brush of a mile TO windward
and vanquishea her with the greatest
ease. The race between the flyers,
which was over in five minutes, was
sailed in an eight-knot breeze under
the same conditions, each boat carry
ing three lower sails with sheet well
flattened. 1t took the Columbia about
three minutes, sailing from the De-
tenders weather quarter, to blanket
her, and in five minutes she was 100
yards ahead, going past the old cup
defender as if the latter was anchored.
Under these conditions it would seem
as if the Columbia were from Is to 20
seconds a mile faster than the De-
fender, and If she can make the same
gain in hard blow anxiety as to the
safety of the American cup will be
considerably allaved.
The Yale expositor., 1899-06-30

2The Havana customs receipts from
Jar. to June %, inclusive, amounted
to 81, 93s, 015.43.
NJ Waldeck- Rousseau has succeeded
in forming a French cabinet, but IL
can hardly be expected to have long
career.
Cleveland's street railway strike is
ended and the men are again at work.
1t was victory for the company, the
non union men employed during the
strike being retained.
Senator Waldock- Rousseau has de.
clined the task of forming a new
French cabinet, due, it is said, to the
refusal of Camille Krantz to accept the
portfolio of public works, which he
considers inferior to the portfolio OF
war, held by him in the retiring
cabinet.
Water was six feet deep in the streets
of Mansfield, o., on the Goth, as the
result of n heavy storm. Two hun
dred persons at the casino were inn
prisoned for several hours by the water,
which was too deep for cabs or other
conveyances to rescue them. No deaths
are reported.
The Yale expositor., 1899-06-30
Shielded In Two Feet of Water.

Mrs James Smith, aged 81, of Allie
gan, committed suicide by drowning
ned. She took clothesline, fastened
one end to stake used for hitching
boats TO on the bank of the mill pond,
tied the other end around her neck,
walked into the pond, and threw her
self on her face in less than two feet
of water. She had left her sun
bonnet on top of the stake, evidently
to mark the spot. She had laid out
her best clothes on her bed and written
on an envelope a message to her hus-
band, Jim, goodbye. l am tired of
living in poverty"
The Yale expositor., 1899-06-30
Bad Storm In Nebraska.

The worst storm ever experienced in
the vicinity of Omaha, Neb., swept
over the town on the 25th. In two
hours five inches of water fell, streets
were flooded, all telegraph and tele-
phone wires and poles Frustrated and
communication cut off. Several rail-
road bridges were carried away and a
number of buildings damaged, but
fortunately no lives were lost.
The Yale expositor., 1899-06-30
100000 Fire at Toledo.

Fire entirely destroyed the Michigan
Central freight house, partially de-
stroyed the Cincinnati, Hamilton e.
Dayton freight warehouse and burned
100 loaded cars, at Toledo on the Goth.
The aggregate loss amounted to over
$500, 900 and is only partially covered
by insurance.
The Yale expositor., 1899-06-30

Bert Newman, of Detroit, died from a
bullet wound received on the 25th.'
A Bronson man has hoe which he
purchased just so years ago, and which
has been in constant use every summer
since.
Rainbow trout have been put in
nearly all Of the streams in Ogemaw
and other counties during the past
week.
The gold production of the United
States for 1898, was S64, 4G3, 900 against
s57 1903, 600 in 1897. Michigan produced
500 in gold.
: a stone quarry has been opened just
north of Omcr, which is supplying
Hay City and other places with good
quality Of stone.
The Yale expositor., 1899-06-30
BASE BALL.

Below VIC publish the number OF games OF
ball played by the Western AMI National
Leagues, giving the number of games won ami
lost, together with the PERCENTAGE OF each club
to date Monday. June 10Th:
WESTERN LEAGUE STANDING.
The Yale expositor., 1899-06-30
Charged with the Murder of Her Husband

Charged with the Murder of Her Husband
On June Lyman Putnam, a pros
porous farmer of Cambria township,
H;llsdale county, was found in his barn
in an unconscious condition, and died
shortly afterwards. 1t was intimated
that IL was a case of suicide, but ru-
tnors of foul play caused an investiga-
ton. A coroner's jury on the cath
brought in verdict that Mr.. Putnam
met his death from injuries inflicted
by a blunt instrument in the hands of
his wife.
The Yale expositor., 1899-06-30

For the first time in a decade every
board of the Presbyterian church be-
gins the fiscal year without debt. 2
The United States has about 49,
900. 900 acres OF forest, but this is being
rapidly depleted by the AK and by de-
structive fires. The government is
now investigating means to prevent or
control the latter.
President Mckinley has been break
ing the handshaking record again. No
less than 4,sl0 shakes in one hour and
As minutes is his achievement at the
latest White House reception. This is
at the rate Of &c shakes per minute.
The Yale expositor., 1899-06-30
Dogs Again Getting in Their Work.

Farmers throughout Eaton county
are complaining of the loss of sheep
being killed by dogs. The heaviest
loss thus reported falls on ex-Super-
visor Warren Davis, of Carmel town
ship Two dogs attacked a flock con-
tanning 100 sheep in the daytime, kill
ing 9s outright and wounding Is more
that had to be killed, besides five are
missing, causing a loss of 5000. Pre-
parations have been made to protect
floclxs from another such attack.
The Yale expositor., 1899-06-30
GRAIN, ETC.

|Detroit-Hay, Mol timothy. 81 90 per ton
Potatoes, a'c per bu. Live Poultry, spring
chickens &c per lb fowls. NC; turkeys, %
ducks. &c. Eggs, strictly fresh, l9c per doz
Butter, best dairy, lSc per Id; creamery, lie
The Yale expositor., 1899-06-30

Grass Lake.
Mrs. Julia Willard, an old woman
who in dream located the body of
Richard Miller, the Battle Creek boy,
who mysteriously disappeared, and
then found it in sand bank, has re-
ceived $500 reward.
A military company has been organ
lied by the young men of Hubbards-
ton and the governor will be petitioned
to secure the admission of the COM
pany to the national guard upon the
reorganization of the latter.
Secretary Hitchcock has apportioned
the Appropriation made by the last
congress to aid the state agricultural
colleges. Michigan college gets $685.
900, an increase of 1000 over the al
lotment for the current year.
Despite the fact that the sugar
bounty has been knocked out, the peo-
pie of Sebewaing are still hustling to
secure the location of a factory in
their village for the campaign of 1000,
and local capitalists offer to take $780,
900 of the stock il a company can be
| formed
Roral Park, farm hand near Way
land, took drink out of jug stand
! ing in the orchard where he was work
ing. 1t turned out instead of contain
ing water, as Park supposed, the jug
held solution of arsenic which had
been used in spraying trees. He died
shortly afterwards in great agony.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-09-28

on ard, the puffs from its guns could
be seen. although 1t was too tar for the
sound TO be heard. The merchant vessels
in the narbor said farewell with whistlea
and flags and bands and tho OLYMPIA
moved off to the music of Home, Swee.
Home. As the flagship passed The great
l5.Vo0-ton cruiser Powerful the British
ship, saluted aud the Clymnia's band
excitement the sailors threw No their
hats so high that the wake of the cruiser
Was covered with bobbing spccks. re
music Of Aud Lang syne" was the last
from the retreating flagship,
Three days later the Olympia cast
anchor NJ Hong Kong, where she went
into dry dock and was thoroughly cleaned
The admiral spent these two weeks of
waiting in Il mountain hotel. recuperat-
ing. June he sailed southwest heading
for the straits. After II run of six days
the Olympia reached Singapore, where
She stopped till June lG. when she sailed
for Colombo Ceylon. off the south pont
of India. The British merchants of Cey-
Ion had a welcome ready for me sailor
on his arrival June %. He was well en-
tertancd for a week and a loving cup
was given him.
Leaving Colombo June 2S the olympia
mad a long run Of TWO weeks 10 Port
Said. in the Suez canal, where Dewey
arrived July Is. Two days; later he passed
through the canal and reached Trieste.
Austria. July .. Ten DAYS OF driving
about the country followed, and August
l he sailed for Naples. where he spent
u week, leaving tho night Of August II
another week was passed From Leg
horn Ii Was s.ior run to Nice. Ten
days in the Rivera, and then the olympia
s'tiied Tor Gibraltar where she arrived
tanned for a week by British officers an,
sailed for home September 10.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-09-28
URGED Io Molo CORN.
secretary Coburn, OF Kansas, {
Advlaen Earmera.

secretary COburn, or Kansas, 90
Advises Farmers.
Topeka, Kan, Sept. 2s.-Secretary
coburn, Of the state board of agricul-
turc, is urging the farmers to hold
their surplus corn. He has sent out
this appeal:
There has never been season Of
unusual production and low prices for
corn which was not in the near flu
ture followed by one of comparative
scarcity, with prices correspondingly
high, and there is no sufficient reason
for believing this SO far unvarying
rule is likely to be changed for the
present occasion.
The moral of this is that Kansas
farmers should market as grain no
more of their present crop than is ne
cessary. They would rightly have con-
sidered themselves favored and might
lily prosperous with yield less by 10O,-
100000 bushels than they have now.
IF they were to hold, as they could
do very comfortably, this extra 1OO,-
100000 bushels in substantial, rat
proof cribs on the farm for a year or
more, it would not only relieve to that
extent the downward pressure of a
glut on the market and help to steady
and firm prices on the remainder, but
would make the growers instead of the
spectators masters of the situation
when prices advance or there is anoth.
er shortage"