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The Yale expositor., 1900-12-07
ESSIONAL NOTES.

The national law makers convened
in regular session at II clock noon on
the Sd Beyond the reading of the
Presidents message no business OF i'm
portance was transacted, as the an
nouncement of the death during the
recess, Of Senators Davis and Gear and
Representatives Day, of New Jersey.
and Huffecker. of Delaware, when the
message had been read, brought the
sitting 10 close.
The leaders of the house are prcpar-
ing to press with great vigor the i'm.
portant business OF the present short
session OF congress. Already consId-
cradle preliminary committee work
has been done on the important meas.
urcs-the bill for the reduction of the
war revenue taxes, the army rcorgan-
Ration bill, the river and harbo bill
and several OF the appropriation bills
and the legislative mill will start under
a full head OF steam.
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IN ELABORATE AFFAIR.
That's What the Scottish Rite Ma.
sons are Planning for Dec,
TWENTIETH CENTURY CLASS.
Saddened by n Sad Accident Which
Befel a Young Woman Of That Place
at Detroit on Thanksgiving Eve.
n Great Event.

The Scottish Rite Masons Of Detroit
have arranged to 'work through n
class Of 100 members to- be known as
the Twentieth Century class, aud will
begin promptly at the stroke Of IL on
the night Of Dec. 81. Already many
petitions for admission have been re-
ceivcd In order to be sure us to the
be connected with the observatory at
the university The evening will be
occupied with n social program on u
scale never before attempted by the
Consistory and lunch will be served be-
fore the work is begun. When ~
strikes the comforting Of degree will
begin.
The subsequent work will DC taken
up on New Years day and the days
following until the 32d degree has been
conferred. The completion Of the work
will be followed by a great banquet in
the temple. Some of the degrees will
be worked by corps of young men who
have lately entered the order and who
have never heretofore worked them.
They will be most elaborate in their
nature. The members of the class
will be the first OF the Goth century TO
receive the Scottish Rite degrees in
Michigan, where it is said they are
more elaborate than at any other place
in this country. Petitions for the re-
markablc class arc coming i'll from all
parts of the state.
The Yale expositor., 1900-12-07
CHINA WAR NEW 5.

3Russia, it is understood at Tien Tsin,
will transfer the Shan Hal Kwan rail-
road to the Germans Dec. Is.
The 18th U. S. infantry left Tion
Tsin for Tong Ku on the 2Sth, from
which place they will embark for Ma
Mia.
A French column of marines. with
artillery, on Nov. 81 attacked tho viii
lage of Ia Iii Kio Tchu, southwest of
Pao Ting Flu. The boxers abandoned
the position after stout resistance
and heavy losses. The French had 10
wounded, seriously.
1t is reported from Nankin that all
the viceroys and governors have been
ordered to prepare to defend the coasts
and rivers whose security is important.
1t is asserted in Chinese quarters usu-
ally well informed that a body of palace
guards has started from Sian Flu for
the purpose of arrcsting Prince Tuan.
who is raising a bodyguard among the
Mongol princes.
Protests and requests have been for
wardcd to Field Marshal Count Won
Waldersec by the representatives OF
the powers. urging the prevention OF
the removal of astronomical instru-
ments from the observatory at Pekin.
Most of the principal instruments have
been prepared for shipment and labeled
for Berlin or for Paris. The Chinese
do not protest because, as a member of
Ii Hung Changes staff put it, their OBJ
jections would be useless, as whatever
they say or do in the way of protests,
only elicits uncivil treatment.
Administration officials continue SAN
guine that the ministers OF the powers
at Pekin will soon reach n common
ground of agreement in the demands
to be made upon the Chinese imperial
government in satisfaction for tho
boxer outrages The state department
is IN communication with the ministers
and ambassadors of the y. ;. to the
European courts and advices which
have come from them from time to
time lead tho officials at Washington
to hope that the powers will be brought
10 the position maintained by the u. S.
IN dealing with the Chinese, viz, that
there should not bc demands made
upon the imperial government which
it is not able to fulfill.
The Yale expositor., 1900-12-07

Nate Holmes, of bronson, began to
cultivate cucumbers three years ago
and has demonstrated that ii is bet
ter business than raising wheat at 65
| cents a bushel. During the last sea-
son, he shipped 20, 900 bushels.
The Cleveland mill plant ut Alpena,
which has been idle for a long time,
has changed hands and will soon DC in
operation again, giving employment to
| about 30 men. A general wood manu-
| featuring business will be carried on.
The rumor is revived that an electric
railroad will be built from Standish to
Au Ores the coming spring. This will
open up a large tract of farming lands,
and the road will also connect the ia
nous summer resort at Point Lookout
with these points.
Bids were opened at Port Huron on
the LIST for the construction of the canal
from Lake Huron to black river. Tai
bot q Co., of Detroit, are said to be the
lowest bidders on the construction of
the canal. The bids come within the
appropriation of Sl0O.000.
During the last four years Gov. Pin
gree has paroled about 300 convicts,
and if the supreme court should declare
the parole law invalid in the Mann
case, some hustling would be neces-
sary 10 bring in the 80 convicts whose
sentences have not yet expired and
who are out on parole.
A Michigammc man took out q hun
ter's license the other day and went
into the woods there bouts, and an
hour and quarter later returned for a
dray to bring back the five deer his
license had permitted him to kill He
had fred just five shots in the Is min
utes he was ont. and each shot had
brought down ii big buck.
On December "a special election
Will DC held at Lapccr to vote on
proposition to bond the city for ST.. 900
for bonus to secure II factory. As it is
illegal to bond for such n purpose. the
proposition will read, ITO issue bonds
for SIS, 600 for city park and public
market buildings" but the money will
DC used for the bonus just the same.
III case the proposition is carried.
A game warden in Kalkaska county
found a man who had shot a deer with.
out n license. and confiscated the deer
and n dog with which the unlicensed
hunter had run down his game. Tic
locked up the dog and the dead deer IN
the depot at kaltaslla and started out
10 hunt for further evidence against
the man. While he was gone the mans
friends broke into the depot and re-
moved the deer and the dog. 1t is now
the warden's move
The Yale expositor., 1900-12-07

TRANS VAkL WAR ITEMS.

Seventy Boer women and children,
whose husbands and fathers are still
fighting, have been dcportcd to Pietcr.
maritzburg, Natal.
Lord Roberts left johannesburg for
Durham on Nov. 80. lie is expected to
arrive at Cape Town about Dec. =,
where he will remain for few days.
On his departure Lord Kitchener as
sumed command of the British forces.
Samuel Pearson, formerly commits
sary general Of the Transvaal army,
who recently arrived in the l. S. with
q mum Der of other Bocr refugees, is re-
sponsiblc for the statement that Presi--
dent Kruger will probably soon seek
refuge and a permanent home in
America.
The London Daily Express of the.
2Gth had the following: I'VE under
stand that Lord Roberts recently re-
qnes'ed the government to send 10000
regulars to South Africa to relieve the
same number still in the field, but that
his request was declined on the score
of expense"
ony is assuming dangerous proportions,
owing to false stories spread of British
bar barity in Orange River colony and
the Trausvaal. Loyalists fear that the
Dutch congress will be the signal for
rising and they demand that martial
law be proclaimed throughout the
COLONY.
PnJ, Artc hn al
from Johannesburg as follows: The
De Wetsdorp garrison Of two guns of
the 9th field battery, with detachment
of the Worcestershire regiment, the
Highland Light infantry and Irish
Rifles, 400 in all, surrendered on Nov.
%. Our losses were Is men killed and
AZ wounded, including jor and II
captain. The enemy is said to be $500
strong.
The Hcrzog commando. 500 strong,
holding a splendid position on n range
of PERCEPTIONS kopjes near the village
of Lnchoff, completely barring the
British advance. attacked Col. Henry
Hamilton Settles column on the eth.
After five hours hard fighting the
Beers were expelled from the position,
losing heavily. The British losses were
small. owing to the fact that they
adopted Bocr methods of taking cover.
Mr.. Kruger has abandoned his pro-
posed visit to Berlin owing to the re-
ceipt of an official intimation that En-
peror William regrets that in conse-
quencc Of previous arrangements, he
will be unable to receive him. The
Rocr statesman will therefore proceed
direct from Cologne for Holland. All
the London papers comment with un-
bounded enthusiasm upon the abrupt
snub administered by Emperor William
to Mr. Kruger, which is all the more
noticeable when contrasted with the
Boer statcsnan's conccdedly successful
visit 10 France.
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Gen. win white Gets 10 Years.

Gen. Will L. White appeared in court
at Lansing, Dec. 3, plead guilty, and
was sentenced by Judge West to 10
years Imprisonment at hard labor in
the Jackson prison. Notwithstand-
ing the fact that defendants attorney
had petition bearing 400 signatures
asking for clemency, on which APP
pearcd the names of all the Kent
county officers, an eX-suprcmc court
Judge, manufacturers, merchants and
bankers, it mattered not to Judge
West, who. after being closetcd with
the prisoner for ! ; minutes, pronounced
the above sente nee.
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Root Asks for 96.7GG Men.

Secretary OF War Root on the 2Sth
transmitted IL draft Of a bill prepared
10y the war department for the reor-
ganization Of the army. The bill pro.
vldcs Tor 4 minimum aud maximum or
Cani1ation rs follows: Fifteen rcgi.
ments cavalry. s03 each. minimum IL.
ol5. maximum lS,5:j. artillery corps.
80 Geld, i2G coast. minimum 1890.
maximum Is, 9?0: 30 regiments infau-
try, sos each. minimum 2NtsO. maxi
mum SIS. $50; three battalions engineers
and band, minimum i.234, maximum
1854 miscellaneous organizations, To-
Guiding guards for arsepals. West
Point detach mcnt, SSoDcd
staff officers, etc, minimum ?,24j. max.
imum 2,"l5; grand total, minimum 5s,-
024, maximum 20, TOO
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Three Dead and IA Iniurcd.

At Leazcrvillc, W. Va. 20 miles
above Wheeling, on tho Ohio river. :,
crowd of 20 boys had buiIt a fire on the
river bank f. ON driftwood on the eth,
and were watching the rising waters.
Ia a lot OF drifiwood one of the boys
threw on the fire was q can partially
filled with ntroglyccrin. Immediately
there was terrific explosion, and
three boys were lillcd and IA wounded,
OF whom three may die.
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Rebels Again Active.

Advices brought from Colon by the
royal mail steamer Don. Capt. New tou,
on the I'd, indicate the continuance of
considerable rebel activity in all quar-.
tcrs OF Colombia. Recently a strong
force OF insurgents captured the town
of Chagres, Is mile, from Colon Eight
hundred government troops were sent
Immediately to relieve the town and
sharp lighting followed. The govern
ment forces lost heavily, but the rebels
were compelled To retire
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Mast They Starvsy

accepted with philosophy the recon-
mcndaton Of Commissioned Jones that
their rations be stopped That hun
drcds will starvc slowly to death is a
forcgonc conclusion. Their condition is
pitiablc; their crops were a total fail
ure and thcir ratons were just enough
TO keep thcm alive. Their reservation
is totally unfit for anything but graz
ing and the Indians eau never support
themselves 10y farming.
The Yale expositor., 1900-12-07
NJ. c. R'y. to Have Watering Troushs

All the locomotives on the main line
of the Michigan Central are beng
equipped with water scoops and III the
spring the main line and the air line
between Detroit and Chicago will be
provided with water troughs between
the rails. When this has been done
trains will be able to take water to fill
their boilers while going at full speed,
instead of having to stop at tanks, AS
at present A material reduction of
the running time will be the result.
The Yale expositor., 1900-12-07
Long Lost Notes Recovered.

Three years ago 900 notes, with a
face value of $4,000, were stolen be-
fore they were couutersigned by the
Dominion Bank, of Toronto. Two
burglars, Perry aud IIolton, were ar.
rested. convicted and are now serving
time for the oifeusc. All the notes
except 80 were recovered. On the eth,
the Detroit police arrested two men
with the supposed 30 notes in their
possession The men arrested gave
their names as James Simpson. cigar.
maker, and Louis Mcthcis. street car
conductor The 30 notes found on tho
pcrso OF the two suspects correspond
to the plumbers on the stolen ones. A
reward Of s., 900 is offered for the re-
covcry OF the notes. which are value.
less to the holder, without being
couutersigncd.
The Yale expositor., 1900-12-07
Rosrs Want tn Emigrate to u. y.

Official inquiry has been made by
Consul Hollis, at Lorenzo Marquee, re-
garding the possibility of $50 Beers,
who wish TO cmigrate to the u. S. OBJ
tanning public lands on which to settle.
Repro,e tative Lacey, Of Iowa, chair
man Of the committee on public lands,
said ia an interview regarding the
coming to America of Boer families:
"If the Beers want to come to America
they will DO able 10 find plenty of land
While a greater part of the most desir-
able land has already been pre-empted
there remains enough to furnish home
Stcads for all the families who come.
! believe the state of Texas would Of
fer greater inducements to the Beers
than any other place. it is true there
are no public lands in Texas. When
that state entered the union it reserved
all its lands, and they arc now known
Is school lands They can be bought
for from Sl.25 to So an acre, with five
years TO pay 1T in. There will also be
several million acres of good land in
Oklahoma opened for settlement in the
SPRING"
The Yale expositor., 1900-12-07
NEWSY BREVITIES.

The initial Sc ssion of tho 18th plrlia-
nent of Queen Victoria opened 10 Lon
don on the 3D..
Porto Rico's first delegate TO con-
gress. Frederick Deletau, arrived in
New York on the I'd.
1t is reported that the residents of
Danish West Indies are in favor OF be.
irg annexed to the y. S.
Eleven armored ships, to cost about
sec. 900. 900 when finished, are attract
ing shipbuilding experts to the navy
department just now.
Now that the electric road mas been
assured for Ortonville, citizens are af-
ter cement factory and sanitarium.
The boomers are sanguine.
According to adviccs from Manila on
the 3d 1000 more bolomen have sur
rendered to Capt. Green of the SD u. ).
infantry at Vigan, islatia of Luzon.
A bad wreck occurred on the Cleve-
land & Pittsburg railroad near Beaver,
Pa, on the morning of the 2Sth.
Meager reports give one killed and four
injured.
Several lives were lost in the recent
floods in the vicinity of Memphis,
Tenn. In Kentucky, West Virginia
and Pennsylvania much damage was
also caused by floods.
The entire plant of the Chattahoochce
Brick Co., near Atlanta, Ga, was
burned on the I'd, except the stock AIDE
where several hundred convicts are
kept. The loss is 100000, partly
covered by insurance.
Edward Holden, of Tifin, o., charged
with having been married IL times,
and who, it is alleged, has nine wives
living, was sentenced to the peniten-
tiary on the 10th for one year for
bigamy on one of the counts.
A detachment of the Sd u. S. infantry
was ambushed near Malolos on the
oath. The ladrones fred a vollcy at
the Americans, killing two privates OF
Co. Il. and wounding three. The in
surgcnts escaped into a swamp.
AS result of an awful typhoon
which swept the island OF Guam on
Nov. u it is believed that hundreds of
lives were lost. The auxiliary cruiser
Yosemite was wrecked by the storm
and five of her crew went down 10 a
watery grave.
Turkey has let the contract for the
construction Of Il cruiser TO cost 81, $780,
900 (which also includes Sis 900 as
indemnity to the u. s. for losses sus-
tanned by Americans during the Am
crican massacrcs) to the Cramp Ship
building Co., OF Philadelphia
In the chamber of deputies on the 2d
Signor Rubini mi lister of the treasury
and ad interim minister OF finance, an
nounced his budget, stating that the
budget of l9O0.0l at present showed a
deficit of 1900, 900 lire, Of which 3D.
600, 900 lire must be charged to the ex-
penses of the China expedition.
1t rs estimated that with the devel-
opment of Cuba under the trade rela-
tons which will probably be sought
by that island with this country, Cuba
will in a short time be producing SUI.
fcicnt cane sugar TO completely shut
out the beet sugars of Europe. Cuba's
last crop was about 200, 900 tons. This
years crop will run about 100000 tons,
and the next crop will probably be
$50, 900 to |, 900, 900 tons.
u. S. Senator Cushman X. Davis,
chairman Of the committee on foreign
relations. died at his home in ST. Paul,
Mimi, on the evening OF the .7th, after
an illness Of two months
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Emperor William has conferred up

Emperor William has con fcrred upon
King Albert Of Saxony the rank of field
marshal on the general stan of the
German army.
The largest combination in the lime
manufacturing business is the formA
ton Of the Buckeye Lime companr ~
Bowling Green, with capital stock OF
$3.50. 900.
Sportsmcu en- oyed wild turkey shoot
ing on the principal thoroughfarcs of
Bcllcfontiane just before Thanksgiving.
A bali dozen Of the birds escaped from
show window Of n grocery. The con
sent OF the mayor Was obtained. and
citizens armed with rifles and shotguns
sailed forth, each determined to secure
a wild turkey for Thanksgiving dinner.
The gobblcrs didn't last eng in the
melee,
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g,2OO Eiiipinos Take the Oath

Dec. 2, in the Vigan church, was a
great day Tor the American cause in
Cuba. Twenty-Five hundred natives of
the region, nearly all fighting rebels,
crowded the church and took the oatl,
of allegiance To the United States.
The oath was administered by the
priest. All but 500 of those sworn
were bolomen. The number included
the 1, 200 bolomcn who had pre- viously
surrendered
The Yale expositor., 1900-12-07
Bad Wreck on the Mexican Central.

Details of terrible wreck of two
trains on the Mexican central railway
on Nov. 90 was received at San Antonio,
Tex. on the ID. According to the &c.
port more than n score Of persons were
killed and 60 were injured, many Of
them fatally, Both trains were run
ming at 30 miles an hour when they
met IN IA valley between two great hills
50 miles south Of .Jumilco. midway be-
tween tho towns Of Tamauacha and
Symou. One train carried coua,ruc-
ton crew Of 80 mcu and the other WAS
n freight made up of ~ empty cars
Three engines and 40 ears were piled
up in a mass of debris 30 feet high, in
which the dead aud wounded were
buried
The Yale expositor., 1900-12-07
High License fer Maaila LiausI

The division of iusular affairs OF the
war department has published n state
ment relative to the liquor traffic of
Manila. Ii shows that the American
authorities have increased tho license
saloons OF the first class; $3.50 for those
of the second class; 500 for the third
class and $50 for the last class, selling
only beer and light wine and located
outside OF the business district The
sale of the native drink vino has
been forbidden to soldiers as il is most
harmful in its effects upon them.
There were only l53 licenses outstand-
ing on June 80 last, a decrease Of 60
since the American license began,
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Commissioners of Internal Revenue
Wilson died a. his home in Washing
ton on the eth. aged 81.
AS a result Of a boiler explosion al
Davenport la, On the 29th in the plant
OF the Glucose Sugar Refining Co., two
men were killed outright and iive others
were seriously injured.
dispatch from ST. Johns. N. T.,
dated the 2sth, says: A fierce blizzard
is sweeping the country. Spowdrifts
block all the trains and the storm
keeps all shipping i'm the harbors.
Spencer Williams, Negro gambler;
was shot to pieces sear Lake city.
Fla, on the eth by mob Fully 700
bullet holes were found in his body,
which was on exhibition during the
remainder Of the day.
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About 500 delegates arc in Washing.
ton to attend the 18th convention of
the Women's Christian Temperance
union, whose regular business sessions
opened in that city on the sd. The
indications are that The convention
hall will be one OF the most profitable
in the history OF the organization.
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The state departing at Washing.
ton. received a cablegram on the 27tl,
from u. = Minister Hunter at Guatc.
mala City, announcing that he had
just received from the Honduras gov
cIuip.nt a draft for $4,000 American
gold as indemnity for the killing OF
Frank Pears. The killing occurred Al
San Pedro Sulu in May. 1899
The Yale expositor., 1900-12-07
Disease In Michigan.

Reports to the state board of health
show that rheumatism. neuralgia,
bronchitis, tonsilitis and influenza, in
the order pamed. caused most sickness
In Michigan during the past week.
Cerebro spinal meningitis was reported
at place, whooping cough at |, meas
les at II, smallpox at -. diphthcria at
IS, scarlet fever at 81. consumption at
149 and typhoid fever at 1879
The Yale expositor., 1900-12-07

Signor Marconi, according to the
London Daily Express, has practically
solved the question of ocean trans
mission by wireless telegraphy, and
will soon DC able to use his system
across the Atlantic
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Rural free mail delivery will he es-
tablished al Litchield. lIillsdale Co..
Dec. Is.
An effort is being made at Lake
Odessa TO raise enough money TO buy
the necessary land and build race
track.
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The Russian naval estimates FOR 1901
amount TO 1000, OOU roublcs, being
81 900, 900 roublcs beyond the normal
estimate.
The Turko- German difficulty regard
ing a coaliuy station in the Red sca
has been settled, Germany intimating
that she only wants station during
the Chinese crisis.
The Minnesota. Chandler. Fayal,
GsnoS and Elba mines aro shipping their
final caraoes The total shipments OF
the state Of Minnesota will he about
y, s95. 200 gross tous. which is nearly
|, 900, 900 tons more than IN 1890
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GRAIN. ETC.

'Detroit-IIay. No Timothy. Si2 90 per ton
Potatoes. xG por bu Live Poultry, spring
chickens sac per ID; fowls. u. turkeys. Zoe;
ducks W Eggs strictly frush. :.o pcr dozen
Butter. best dairy, Isv per ID, creamery. BIC
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-08-22
A Minister'S Good Work.

Il had severe attack OF bilious collc. got 4
bottle Of Chamberlain 5 Collie. Cholera ana DlaF-
rhoea Remedy. took two doses and was entIEe.E
cured says Rev. \. A. Power OF Emporla; ;htti. u
over 4 week had TWO Or three bottles OF meal
cine from the doctor He used them for three
or four days without relief, then cal!ea IN an; an,
other doctor who treated him for some days anu
gave him no relief. so DISCHARGED MN. Mt2S s;'
over 70 see him the next morning. He SAID his
bowels were il u terrible fix. that they hao
been running off so long that 1t was a!MoSI amos
bloody Aux. l asked him If he had trled ChaHl-
berlain'S Colic Cholera and Dlarrhoea . ftei.!eEI
and ne said No l went home and oTouSnt
him my bottle and gaye him one dose: to!o MIN
10 take another dose in fifteen or twenty MN,
utcS j! he did not lind relief. but he took no .
more and was entirely cured. For sale Uy tile
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-08-22

Through the months OF June and July our
baby was teething and took Z running OF OF the
bowels and sickness of the stomach says y. T.
NJ. Holiday OF Deuing Ind His bowels
would move from five 10 eight times j day.
had bottle Of Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy in the house and gave
him four drops in a ttaSpoonful OF water ana ne
GOT better at once Sold by the +. B. Loryea
Drug Store Isaac VI. Loryea. Prop