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The Yale expositor., 1900-09-07
A Prosperous Village.

Four years ago Aug. 25 the village
of Ontonagon was destroyed by fire,
344 building being consumed by the
hungry flames and over 1000 people
being left homeless in less than two
hours. Now at the end of four years
the village has population of close to
1,50O, water works, electric lights, "a
telephone exchange, three industries
giving employment to many hands, and
nearly as many buildings and business
houses as before the fire. Thirty new
dwellings and residences, besides 10
new business houses, have gone up
within the past year. In addition to
this, two new saw mills are already
built, while a new high school build
ing and new county inirmary are
now in course of construction.
The Yale expositor., 1900-09-07
FRON ALL CVER MICHIGAN
Happenings of a Week Stewed
Down for Ready Reading.
A WHOLE REGIMENT OF ITEMS.
The Michigan Sugar Company has Com
menced Proceedings to Recover the
Bounty on Sugar Manufactured by
Them-Other Items.
recumseh visited by burglars.

The gang of safe blowers that has
been working in Michigan for the past
six months paid Tecumsch village a
visit on the night Of the @7th. They
forced an entrance into the office of
the Hayden mill and blew open the
safe. The charge of dynamite used
was heavy one, aud the big safe was
torn into thousand pieces. One end
of the office was blown out There
were $50 in the inside money chest aud
this was not reached by the burglars.
The currency was badly charred from
the heat of the exploding dynamite.
The gang also blew open the safe in
Thomas Elliott's blacksmith shop, but
secured nothing but a bank book. The
cracksmen then visited the farm of
John ID. Shull, located one mile east
of the Hayden mill and stole a horse
and buggy They also stole hand
car from the Lima Northern railroad
station, and made good their escape.
The Yale expositor., 1900-09-07
C0RBETT-M COY SCRAP.
1t Took the Ex Champion Five
Rounds to Whip the Kid.
TWAS A SCIENTIFIC BATTLE.
Rube Ferns Got n Decision Over Mat
thews In the Fifteenth Round and
sim Holds the Championship Wei
terwgight T.onors
Corbett whIped MCCOY.

The long promised and long looked
for meeting between Jas. j. Corbett
and Chas. C'Kid'O Mccoy under the au-
spices of the Twentieth Century club
Madison Square Garden, New York, is
over and in less than five rounds Cor
bett proved himself to be the better
man. That Corbett and Mccoy are the
cleverest opponents of the art of self
defense among the present generation
of the heavyweights goes without say
ing. And keen judges of the game
who saw the fight on the 3Oth declare
that it was the clevereSL exhibition
ever witnessed in the ring. Up to the
moment the men stepped into the
squared circle opinions as to their re-
spcctive ability were widely divergent.
When Corbett dropped science and be-
gan TO slug he landed hard rights and
lefts which simply took McCoy's guard
away, and when he found a vulnerable
spot in the region of McCoy's heart.
two lefts divided by a right ended the
battle.
The Yale expositor., 1900-09-07
Mrohlx Urnn nnile,in.

The weekly crop bulletin issued on
the 2sth says: The mean daily tenn
perature for the week ending August
20, was 72.0 degrees, or 60 degrees
above normal; average total precipita-
ton, l.33 inches, or O.S3 of inch above
normal; sunshine averaged 43 per cent
of the possible amount. High tenn
peratures, heavy rainfall, considerable
cloudiucss and much high wind have
characterized the weather of the past
week. The warm, moist weather has
been very beneficial to corn, potatoes,
buclSwheat, sugar beets and pastures.
Heavy rains have greatly delayed the
harvesting Of oats, peas and spring
wheat in the upper peninsula and in
many cases have sprouted grain in the
shock, thus doing considerable dam
age. In the lower peninsula high
winds have blown down much fruit
and fattened considerable corn. On
the whole, the week has been gcner-
ally favorable in central and southern
counties for the progress of field work
and maturity of outstanding crops
Corn has made wonderful progress and
is generally very promising. Some
blight to late potatoes is reported, but
generally they are in fine condition.
Beans have improved slightly and arc
about ready to pull in southern and
central counties, but indicate light
crop Buclwheat has improved, but
on the whole is not we'll filed.
Sugar beets continue to make fine
growth and good crop seems assured
Pasturage is much better than is usual
in August. Reports regarding apples
vary greatly. They have dropped more
than usual and high winds have blown
down considerable fruit. Some CORES
pondents report prospects fair, other
very poor. A conccnsus of opinion in
dicates a very fair yield of fall apples,
especially in some of the western coun-
ties and a poor to rather light yield of
winter apples.
The ample rain fall has put the
ground in fine condition for blowing.
which is well advanced in the central
and southern counties and generally
begun in the other sections of the
state. In the southern counties much
ground has been fitted for seeding, and
in a few cases some rye has been sown.
The Yale expositor., 1900-09-07
Gaiesburgers are Puzzled.

While workingmen were digging for
building sand by the roadside, mile
north of Galesburg recently, they came
upon a mass of some substance of an
oily consistency and estimated to weigh
600 or 700 pounds. IL was at first
thought that the formation was the re-
suit of some chemical freak in the s,il,
but on close examination il was ascer-
tanned that the substance closely re-
sembled butter, both in appearance
and taste, and now Mr.. Sayers, the
owner of the adjoining property. recol-
lects burying Jersey COW, which died
from milk fever, on the spot some 10
years ago. The matter is local puzzle.
The Yale expositor., 1900-09-07
IS Killed and 80 Injured.

Thirteen persons killed and over 30
others injured is the appalling record
of rear-end collision between an ex-
cursion train and milk train on the
Bethlehem branch Of the Philadelphia
e. Reading railway at Hatfield, Pa, p
miles north of Philadelphia, on the
morning. of the 2d. The wrecked train
consisted of 10 day coaches and was
the first section of large excursion
made up of people from Bethlehem,
Allentown and surrounding towns to
Atlantic CITY.
The Yale expositor., 1900-09-07

The following were elected officers
of the Supreme Lodge, X. of p. for the
ensuing year:
Chancellor-Ogden IL. Fethers, James
Vile, Wis
Vice-Chancellor - Tracy r. Bangs,
North Dakota.
Prelate-C. +. Easley, New Mexico.
Keeper of Records and Seals-R. l..
c. White, Tennessee.
Master of EXchequer- Thomas G.
Meares. Win ington, Del.
Master at Arms-Wm. Simmons, Del
aware.
Inner Guard-Frcd L. Beanc, Maine.
Outer Guard John w. Thompson,
Washington, ID. c.
The Yale expositor., 1900-09-07
A Heroic Deed.

While adjusting some brushes to a
dynamo in the Muskegon Electric Co. S
plant, at Muskcgon, on the night of the
2sth, Walter Krcbbs, an electrician,
received the benefit of 5000 volts, pass
ing through the machine and although
he was not killed, he had narrow es-
cape. VIM. Frazcc, tho night engineer,
realizing what was about to happen,
threw himself upon Krebbs, although
he knew he would receive the benefit
of the shock, and might be killed, and
dragged him TO the floor clear of the
dynamo. Both were rendered uncon-
scious, but recovered and are all right,
with the exception of n few burns.
The Yale expositor., 1900-09-07
The Prohibi,ionists Name n Ticket.

The attendance at the Prohibition
state convention, held at Lansing on
the Goth, was not up TO expectations
However, the following ticket was
nominated: Governor, Prof. f. l..
Goodrich, Albion; lieutenant governor,
Trowbridgc Johns, Marquette; secre-
tary of state Il. Clark Reed, Howell;
treasurer, John f. Eassley, Plainwcll;
auditor general, w. ID. Farley, Battle
Creek; attorney general, Walter S.
Westerman, Adrian; superintendent of
public instruction, David 5. Warner,
Spring Arbor.
The Yale expositor., 1900-09-07

The surgeon. general Of the marine
hospital service on the 2sth received u
telegram from the chief quarantine
officer of Cuba at Havana. stating that
during the month Of August, up TO the
Goth there have been 204 cases OF yellow
fever reported at Havana and %
deaths. Many of the cases were very
mild. There were also II new cases
on the eth. On account of the mild
ness of the eases and their short dura-
ton the surgeon. general has wired the
various quarantine stations on the At
lantic and gulf coasts 10 use particular
care TO detect such cases.
The Yale expositor., 1900-09-07
q. A. II. Omcsrs for 1901.

With the selection of the following
officers and the choice of Denver for
the national cncampmcnt of 1901, the
oath national encampment of the Grand
Army of the Republic practically came
to close on Aug. 80:
Commander-in-Chi - Leo Rassieur
St. Louis.
Senior Vice Commandcr-E c. Mill
ken, Portland, Me-
Junior Vice Commandcr-FranlI Sea-
mon, Knoxville Tenn.
experimentation A. Wilkins,
Delta, o.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. A. brahms,
San Quentin, Cal.
The Yale expositor., 1900-09-07
A gas war is on at Chicago.

Italy has protested against Ger
many's new meat law, on the ground
that it contravenes the ltalian-German
treaty.
The Nicaraguan congress on Aug. 81
approved the commercial reciprocity
treaty between Nicaragua and the
United States.
Census reports show that the great
est increase in population was at To-
ledo, Gl. IS per cent, and the least, Gin
cinnati, or per cent.
The importation of railway iron and
steel from England into Mexico has
increased this year, owing TO the
higher prices of material in the U. s.
Two large iron mills at Pottstown,
Pa, will resume operations shortly
after long idleness The resumption
will give employment to 800 men.
The Yale expositor., 1900-09-07
MICHIGAN NEWS ITEMS.

Two bears were killed at Prescott on
the 27th.
Clare is to have an independent telc-
phone service.
A "jack~the-p pepper" is operating at
Eaton Rapids.
Pinconning is to have grain ele-
vator and feed mill.
The tax commission has added nearly
s., 900, 600 to Manistecs valuation.
Pontiac has a new brewery. The
formal opening will occur Sept IA.
The official census of Detroit for 1900
is 9s5, 7Oi, gain of 20, S?S in 10 years.
The chicory factory at Ann Arbor
will begin its winter operations about
Oct. 20.
Burglars secured $3.50 10y cracking a
safe at New berry on the morning OF
Aug. 81.
A civil service examination for clerks
and carrier service Will be held at
Adris n, Sept. &c.
JAS Rankin, a machiliSt Of Bay City,
committed suicide 10y drowning at New
York on the 29th.
Labor Day, Sept. 3, was appropri-
ately celebrated in most of the larger
cities in this state.
There is again talk of the Michigan
Central railroad trying TO Obtain en-
trance TO Port Huron.
Rochester merchants will close their
stores hereafter at p M. except Mon
days and Wednesdays.
Menominec county now has two
creameries in operation, the new one
at ingalls, having started up on the 1st.
The Seventh Day Adventists, in
camp at lonia, predict that the end of
the world is so near that some people
now living will see it.
The opening of school at Vicksburg
has been postponed till Sept. II on ac-
count of the building of a primary adj
dition to the school house.
The corn crop in the vicinity Of Flat
Rock will be the finest in number of
years. Early potatoes are good crop,
but are being badly eaten by worms.
Daniel S. Coons. Of near Midland, on
the Goth was found guilty of assauting
his own step.daughter, and was SEN
fenced to o years at Jackson prison.
The village of ST. Charles, Saginaw
county, will vote sept 10 on the prop
osiuon to bond the town for $40, 900
for the construction of a water works
system.
Old.fashioned fever and ague is said
TO be prevalent in Benton lIarbor this
summer, the first time in many years
that any cases Of 1t have been known
there.
Burglars secured between So, 500 and
So 600 by cracking the safe in the ST.
Joseph postofiicc on the night of the
9sth. Abont ST., 500 of the amount was
in cash
An effort is being made TO raise a
sufficient sum among jackson capital
lists TO purchase the local street rail-
way, w hich is in the hands of re-
ceiver
The entire oat crop in Altoona county
is practically failure. owing TO the
heavy rains which fell after the grain
was cut In some instances sprouts
tive inches long were found in the
bundles.
The Yale expositor., 1900-09-07
That Sugar Bounty Law.

Ia a supplemental brief filed in the
supreme court on Aug. 80 Ii. II. Hatch,
of Detroit, attorney for the Michigan
Sugar company in its suit to collect
beet sugar bounty claimed to be due
from the state, takes the ground that
the state is morally bound to pay the
bounty under the promise contained in
the bounty law of 1897. He holds that
for the state to go back on its implied
promise to pay bounty for seven
years would be TO disgrace and be-
smirch its reputation, and that moth
ing short of absolute bankruptcy would
release a private individual from his
obligations under the same circum-
stances.
The Yale expositor., 1900-09-07
IIu, ed 'Il,..n-haD, wbr.d Q.

Two locomotives and three refriger-
ator cars attached to fast eastern
freight on the Wabash railroad took u
plunge into the River Rouge, near the
drawbridge in Delray, on the morning
of the 3lst. The engines are COM
plctcly submerged in the soft, sticky
mud for which the Rouge is noted. 1t
was very foggy as the train bowled
along toward Detroit aud the engi-
necrs were running their engines UNI
der check, looking for accidents The
drawbrdge had been swung open TO
allow the passage of boat. Under
the rules of the railroad company TIE
engineers arc supposed to bring their
trains to n fun stop 100 yards from
the bridge and wait there until they
get the signal from the bridge tenders
to proceed.
The Yale expositor., 1900-09-07
Rube Ferns SIN Champion.

For the first time in the history of
boxing in Detroit, a genuine champion
ship contest was decided on the night
of the 3Oth, and a big crowd witnessed
the important sporting event in the
Light Guard armory 1t was the piece
de resistance of the Cadillac Athletic
club, and disappointments of the past
vanished from mind as the splendid
show progressed, it being a most salts
factory exhibition from the time the
first preliminary was put on until the
gong announced the end of the weltcr-
weight battle that wound mp the pro-
gramme of fistic events. Thirty-fivc
rounds of fighting is what the card
produced, and the opening event was
as replete with hard fighting as was
the struggle for honors in the wclter
division, while there was not a mo-
ment of idlencss in the semi-wind up
in which Detroit boy demonstrated
that the lis Founders from other cities
are not so many. The scrap lasted IS
rounds, and while RUDE Ferns had
Matthew going in the last round, both
men were on their feet when the gong
sounded. Referee Hogan Immediately
declared Ferns the winner, but tho de-
cision was vigorously protested by
Matthews seconds
The Yale expositor., 1900-09-07
King Humberrs Assassin Convicted.

Brcsci, the anarchist, who, July 90.
shot and killed King Iumbcrt, of
Italy, at Monza, while his majesty was
returning from gymnastic exhibition,
was found guilty at Milan, Italy, on
the Goth and sentenced TO imprison-
mrnt for life. There was a large
crowd present at the trial The muir
derer said he killed the king to avenge
the misery of the people and himself
without advice or accomplices.
The Yale expositor., 1900-09-07
CHINA WAR NEWS.

The Chinese in the Pei llovalley aro
paying dear for the folly of their gov
crnmcnt The retribution they are
suffering exceeds the ordinary penal
ties of war Along the river and roads
Travelled by the foreign troops between
Ticn Tsin and PelSin an orgic Of loot
ing and destruction continues with
muci useless slaughter of unoffending
inhabitants While the international
forces were advancing the command
ers, notably the japanese, American
and British, enforced a certain degree
of protection for property not needed
for military purposes. At that time
most OF the population except the
fighting men had fed. But now tho
people are returning to their homes,
only to find no shelter or rice or occu-
patton. In the oveTcrowdcd, famine
threatened districts away from the
river their lives and small possessions
are at the mercy of bands of soldiers
travelling about without officers.
The state department has dispatched
its instructions To the United States
diplomatic representatives abroad in
conformity with the decision reached
on the Goth by the cabinet upon the
Russian proposal to Withdraw the
troops in Pellin in order to allow the
empress dowager and Emperor Kwang
to return TO the capital, TO institute
negotiations for a settlement with the
powers. All of these steps are matters
of common agreement. SO il was not
Ct Af hp
cerncd, Russia and the United States,
to make agreements between them
selves at this stage, at least, as it is
necessary to advise each of the govern
ments represented in China of the var
ious propositions as they arc preached.
Hence the u. :. has declined to quit
Pcliin on Russia's terms.
Fifty Americans, including the Misses
Condit-Smith, Woodward and Paine,
have arrived at Ticn Tsn from Pclin,
which city they left on the 22d by boat.
The commssary department is pre-
pairing to establish an extensive win
ter base at Tongiu.
Three Russian, two Japanese, one
British and one American battalion
Pellin one day recently for "BoXers.
No armed force was found, only sim
gle Chinese scout. and he was shot.
Officers who have arrived at Tien
Tsin from Pckin report that Gen. Chat
fec Commanding the American forces
in China) is making all the necessary
preparations to maintain 5000 men
through the winter.
Fifteen of the American wounded,
including the marines wounded dur
ing the siege of the legations, have ar
| rived at Tien Tsin by boat from Pekin.
1t is announced at Shanghai that the
United States battlcship Oregon and
four German battleships have been or
dercd to WI Sung.
The American signal service corps,
cooperating with that OF the British,
has completed the telegraph line from
Tallu TO pclSin.
IA dispatch from Pretoria, dated the
3D., says that Gen. Baden Powell
started for Cape Town on the LIST.
In the recent engagement at Tien
Tsin il is estimated that there were
5000 Chinese killed
The Russians, Germans and Japan.
csc are constantly pushing troops on
to Pcliin.
The Americans have 100 men sick at
the front and 200 at Ticn Tsin.
BASE BALL
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Claims Were Rejected.

A number of claims were presented
to the state military board on the Goth
Tor damaged done to property at Island
Lake during the recent state eucamp-
ment by members of the national
guard. There are always more or less
claims of this charter after every en-
campmcnt, but the last claimants re-
ceived but little satisfaction from the
board, as none Of the claims were al
fovpd
The Yale expositor., 1900-09-07
BRIEF NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

Germany is experiencing coal IA
mine.
The duke of Manchester, Eng, has
been adjudged bankrupt
Eoumania is expelling Bulgariahs,
and war is said TO be inevitable
Obligatory military service has been
approved by the Chilean congress.
Native Samoans are being enlisted
in Uncle Sans service in Tutuila.
A cyclone in MafelSing did more dam
age than the seven months lombard
ment; one person was killed.
The Yale expositor., 1900-09-07
Ex-Presidents Named as Arbltrators.

The United States is one of the first
good faith in carrying ont the provis-
ions OF the treaty of The Hague look
ing to tho universal arbitration of in
ternatioual differences. Under this
treaty each Of the nations TO it was
authorized to appoint four members OF
an international board of arbitration.
Under this authority, President Me
Kinlcy has requested former PrcSi
dents Harrison aud Cleveland TO ac
ccpt appointments on this board Re
sponscs are expected very soon, when
the remaining mcnbcrs may be Sc
looted.
The Yale expositor., 1900-09-07
100000 Fire In "a Colorado Mine.

The Weldon mine, located just east
of the Leadvillc, Colo, was totally de-
stroycd by fire on the 2Sth. The fire
started in tho engine room but the en-
gincer remained at his post until nearly
all the men were hoistcd from below.
He was probably fatally burned. The
rest made their way out through other
mines in the vicinity. A large quantity
of giant powder was removed safely
from the building by tho miners. The
Weldon mine is one Of the richest pro-
duccrs of silver in the camp, and has
been in almost constant operation
since 1895. The fire burned several
other houses in the vicinity. The loss
is about $4,000 including 4 valuable
plant of machinery.
The Yale expositor., 1900-09-07
niseasa I'm Michigan.

Reports TO the state board of health
indicate that diarrhea, rheumatism
neuralgia. cholera infantum and chol-
era morbus, in the order named, caused
the most sickness in Michigan during
the past week. Smallpox was reported
at Eve places. cerebro-spinal meningitis
at s, diphtheria at IS whooping cough
at 20. measles at "a. scarlet fever at so.
typhoid fever at 90, and consumption
at l7g.
The Yale expositor., 1900-09-07
A Wreck on the NJ. c. Narrowly Averted.

A terribly wreck was narrowly
averted on the Mich gan Central bridge
over the Rasin river at Monroe on the
night of the @sth. A passenger train
was pulling into that place from the
north, when the engine struck the
rear end of an extra freight train
which was on the bridge. The pas
senger train was heavily loaded, many
passengers being compelled to ride
standing. When the collision occurred
pandemonium reigned. The engineer
set the air brakes so suddenly that the
passengers were scattered all over the
cars, and considerable baggage was
lost into the river out of the baggage
car door. No fatalities occurred.
The Yale expositor., 1900-09-07

Gaylord will soon vote on the propo-
eition TO bond the village for s.. 500 TO
pay the floating Indebtedness.
2Construction work on the buildings
of the big cement plant at Grass Lake
will. It is expected, begin in about q
month.
Jas. Crandell. of near Fad Axe,
tbreshed $40 bushels of wheat from
eight acres, yield of 42& bushels to
the acre.
The 31st annual reunion OF the 5th
Michigan Veteran Volunteer associa-
tion will be held at Pennington, Sep
tcmbcr 10.
The Yale expositor., 1900-09-07

1t is reported that the emperor, the
dowagcr empress and Prince Tuau arc
in the ncighborhood of Tai-Yuan-Fu,
which is situated 240 mikes southwest
OF PclSin.
According 20 late advices the country
around TalSu and Pelm is devastated,
and the Boxers who were moving
north from Shan Tung are now hastily
returning To their homes
The acting viceroy of Canton has
suppressed all the native newspapers
ON the ground that they have been
publishing false news detrimental to
the maintenance OF peace.
The Yale expositor., 1900-09-07
BIAS BALL.

Below we submit the o icial standing OF tho
clubs OF the Natolli AMI A ncri al .c.tsucs up
70 and including Monday. September I'd:
NATIONAL LEAGrE
The Yale expositor., 1900-09-07
GRAIN. ETC.

"Detroit-iiay. No Timothy 81 % per ton.
Potatoes, nc per Du Live Poultry. sprin 2
chickens. anc per ID; fowls &c: turkeys IOc.
ducks. gHc Eggs strictly fresh. BE per lozsa
Butter. best dairy. Isc per lb crcamcTy &c.