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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-07-13
Asleep While on Duty.

The most horrible calamity that
Parkersburg, w. Va, ever witnessed
occurred there on the morning of the
4th, in which six men were blown to
atoms, one other so badly injured that
he soon died, two more probably fatally
injured, and moro than so persons
more or less seriously hurt. The yards
of the Ohio River railroad are spotted
with pieces of torn flesh and sprayed
with blood. The car which is one of
the big box-like affairs, was crowded
to the doors and every inch of space on
the platforms was taken and men hung
on TO the ratings. Conflicting stories
are told as to how the accident hap
pened, the one most probable being
that the motorman fell asleep and ne
elected turning off the current when
rounding a curve.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-07-13
Deputy U. $. Marshal Killed.

At Mariba, Menafee county, Ky, on
the sth, Deputy U. S. Marshal Howard
Wilson was killed and Tip Day and
Joseph Bush fatally wounded. Wilson,
accompanied by William Stamper, had
gone in search of Day, who was
wanted in Virginia. Near Mariba
they came up with Day and Bush, and
when the officers made known their
business, shooting began. Wilson
shot Bush through the body and Day
shot Wilson through the heart, killing
him instantly. Stamper shot Day
through the head.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-07-13
Sic prowned On Lake ErIe.

The schooner yacht Idler was lost in
n terrific storm 16 miles off Cleveland
on the 18th with six persons, all mem
bers of the family of James Corrigan,
a wealthy vessel owner of Cleveland,
aboard. Mrs. John Corrigan was the
only passenger aboard who was saved.
Q. Ii. Homes, the captain; Samuel Big
gam, the mate; four sailors, two cooks
and the shipcarpenter were also saved.
The yacht left Port Huron on the 9th
and when opposite Bar Point, Lake
Erie, was struck by a squall, and sunk
in three minutes. All the women ex-
cepting Mrs. John Corrigan and Miss
Elite Corrigan, were in the cabin
when the gale came up. They became
panic stricken and refused to leave the
place. Mrs John Corrigan chung to
cork sofa and was saved. The rest of
the passengers were: Mrs. james Cor
rigan, wife of the owner of the yacht;
Mrs. Charles Reilly, Miss Jane Corri-
gan, Miss Ida May Corrigan, Miss Eta
Corrigan. All daughters of Mrs.
James Corrigan, and the infant
daughter of Mrs Reilly, all sank with
the yacht.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-07-13
Unclaimed Lands in the U. p.

The report of the U. S. land Office at
Marquette, made public on the 5th,
shows that there are still 25l ,557 acres
an che public domain in upper Michi-
gan A year ago, there was 2ss, 45s
acres. Nearly $1,000 acres have been
sziSen up during the past year. The
most land has been pre-empted in Mar
quette, Houghton and Ontonagon
counties, in the two last by reason of
che copper boom, every piece that
promised TO obtain copper being home
stcaded. Chippewa has the largest
acreage of unclaimed lands, 69,2Os;
Marquette comes second with 5O,2s4.
Gogebic county has the least, 944 acres.
The total for the lower peninsula which
Is also handled through the Marquette
land office is ESQ, 900 acres but spread
through more counties than in the up
per part of the state.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-07-13
CHINA WAR NEWS.

dispatch from Canton, dated Tues
day, July 3, gives the gist of two edicts
of the dowager empress dealing with
the Boxers. " the attack of the foreign
powers on China and the latter's posi-
ton. The edicts declare that recon
Citation with Christians, against
whom the whole nation, including the
princes, military officials, literati and
mobiles were united and are now stamp
ing out, is quite impossible. 1t is as
serted that the powers began the fight
ing by the attack on TalIu, thereby en-
HANGING the bitter feeling against all
foreigners, saying that any attempt to
suppress the people would be danger
Gus, and adding: Therefore, it seems
expedient at present to utilize the anti
foreign movement" The edict AYERS
that the dowager empress is ready to
protect the threatened legations at
Pekin. But it remains to be SEEM"
says the dowager, whether the for
eigners or Chinese are the stronger. In
any case all the governors should i'm
mediately enroll troops for the defense
of their districts as they will be held
responsible for loss of territory"
To consistent reports of the massacre
of the whites at Pekin are now added
the additional horrors that savage sol
diery butchered at the capital 1000 ma
tives, Roman Catholic converts. This
comes in a Shanghai dispatch of July
5, which only adds to the reports given
by respectable Chinese who have ar
.;,,a1 fro,, CHAN H., opd vyhO 1aoor;ba
PelIin as an inferno, the streets liter
ally running with blood. They con-
firm numerous stories of executions
and untold tortures of the isolated for
eigners. Some European soldiers were
captured by mob. Yung LII, who adj o.
vocated moderation, was killed by
Tuan Tang vi and Tung Fuh Sian,
who issued fresh edicts ordering the
merciless determination of all foreign
ers in the empire.
1t is semi-oificially declared that Ger
many has declined to agree to the pro-
posal whereby Japan should undertake
the work of pacifcation in China, as
sorting that the good relations between
Germany and Russia might be impaired,
inasmuch as Russia and Japan have OPP
posing interests in North China. Ger
many, therefore, will continue in an
attitude of neutrality in the concert of
the other powers.
A cablegram received at the state de-
partment at Washington on the 5th
from Cousul-Gen. Goodnow at Shang-
hal, declares that there is imminent
danger of an extension of the Boxer
rebellion to the southern Chinese prov
inces unless the international forces
are maintained and increased.
Emperor Kwang-Su, committed sui
eide by taking opium under compul-
sion of Prince Tuan June 10. The en-
press dowager also took poison, but is
still alive, though reported to be insane
from the effects of the drug.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-07-13
Ticket Completed.

The Democratic national ticket was
completed on the 9th by the nomina-
ton of Adlai E. Stevenson, of Illinois,
for ce-president. The nomination
was made on the first ballot, state
after state joining in the wild scram-
bic to record their support of the win
ming candidate. 1t was not accom-
panied by any such frantic demonstra-
ton of approval as had marked the
proceedings at previous stages, al
though the result followed a spirited,
and at times highly dramatic contest
between the advocates of Stevenson,
Towne, Hill and the lesser candidates.
The distinct triumph of the day in the
way of popular ovation was that &C
corded to Senator Hill and in its spon-
taneity and enthusiasm was one of the
most notable features the convention
has produced. 1t was accompanied too
by remarkable scene when Hill earn
estly protested TO his friends against
being placed in nomination and then,
finding his protest in vain, when he
strobe to the platform, and in tones
which left no doubt of their sincerity
earnestly besought the convention
not to make him the nominee.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-07-13
KsoG at Montague on the Fourth.

The Fourth of July celebration at
Montague, village Ia miles north of
Auslxegon, was precipitated into a
=SoG on the Fourth. A big crowd from
AuSiSegon attended the blowout, but
before Che celebration had progressed
very far trouble resulted over the mar
<hars attempt to arrest several Muske-
god youths. The row soon assumed
the proportions of riot, several hun
dred men participating in it, MuslSe-
gUu being one of the warning factions
and Montague the other Several
MasiScgon boys were arrested, but it is
reported that the door of the Jail was
battered down and the prisoners re-
leased. A large number of the rioters
sNeUc badly injured, several from Mus
kegon receiving painful cuts and
bruises
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-07-13
BRYAN CHOSEN AS LEADER
Of the Democratic Ticket at Kan
sas City on the 9Th.
HIS NOMINATION UNANIMOUS.
A Platform Containing a 16 to 1 Dec
IaratiOn was Adopted by Acclama-
tIon-The Contest on the Platform
Lasted SO Hours.

The Democrats In National Convention.
Amid scenes of tumultuous enthus-
iasm BETTING such an event and such
a day the Democratic national conven-
ton began it's sessions on the 4th. But
after sitting until late hour the ex-
pected climax of the day-the nomina-
tion of VIM. j. Bryan as the Democra-
tic candidate for President-failed of
realization, and all of the larger bust
ness of the convention awaits the COM
plexion of the platform. AS spectac-
ular event, however, the convention
has fulfilled the hopes of the most fer
vid party man, for the vast assemblage
of delegates and spectators has been
twice swept with whirlwind demon
STATIONS, first for the leader who is
about to be placed in nomination and
then for that other champion of Democ-
racy, David b. Hill. But in actual ac-
complishment the days work
was confined to organization, several
speeches and the appointment of the
various committees and the detailed
preparations of the more serious work
yet TO follow.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-07-13
BRIEF NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

The official estimate of Kruger's
present force is placed at less than TO-
900 men.
The mercury registered o1.9 degrees
in the shade at Detroit on the 5th-the
hottest day of the season to date.
According to dispatch from Cape
Town, President Kruger is reported to
have moved TO Nelspruit, the transport
station for Lydenburg
2The box factory of Thomas y. Rice
& Son, at Miffiin street wharf, Phila-
delphia, was almost destroyed by fire
on the sth. Loss $50, 900.
Deputy Marshal John Macarthur shot
and killed VIM. Welch at Amigo, Wis.
on the sth. Welch, with others, was
charged with burglary and the shoot
ing occurred during an attempt to cap
ture the thieves.
George Seasoning and VIM. Grab
were killed and Fred Frige was prob
ably fatally injured at Columbus, Ill. q,
on the Sth. The three men were in a
buggy that was demolished by train
at Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
railway crossing.
1t has been decided to quarter re-
turning volunteers from Cuba, Puerto
Rico and the Philippine islands at
ChiclIamauga Park, in event the volun-
teers are not retained in the servicS TO
be sent to China. Chickamauga Park
is to be made the main camp for the
accommodation of the returning troops
this fall.
Frank Stewart suicided in the room
at the Sloane house in Sandusky on the
9th by shooting himself in the mouth
with a dueling pistol Stewart was a
contractor for railroad ties, and had
had some reverses lately, which preyed
upon his mind He was son of the
road man.
Emil Markenberg, an aeronaut Of
long experience, fell from a hight of
500 feet, while making balloon ascen-
sion ut Santa Ana, Cal, on the Fourth
of July, and was crushed TO death in
the presence of thousands of spectators
The accident was caused by the break
Jug VI ~ Sbidp W WHICH ht was bdhS
ing by his teeth.
The suicide of Charles III. Leroy, of
Fullerton, Cal, on Santa Fe train
near Joliet is said by his brother, DR.
L. W. Leroy, of Chicago, to be directly
attributed to the intense hot wave that
swept over the western states last
week. lie was a successful business
man and had no private troubles to in
duce him TO kill himself.
Gen. Aquino, prominent leader of
the insurgent forces, surrendered un-
conditionally TO First Lieut.. John j.
O'Connell. with Macabebe scouts on
June 90, with g. rifles and ammunition.
Gen Ricarte, leader of the threatened
uprising in Manila during this year,
recently very active, was captured July
by native police between Pace and
Stanta The event is important in re-
lation to conditions in Manila
Indian lake, near Vicksburg. is fast
becoming n model summer home. Halt
dozen new cottages are being built
there, which in addition to those al
ready there make quite a colony.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-07-13
CYCLONE At KALAMAZOO.
Blew the Roof Off a Big Dry
Goods Store.
loss ESTIMATED AT 100000.
Two storms Met Over the Business Dis
GrIct OF the City-EIevator and Other
Property Destroyed by Fire at Birch
fun-Gsme Warden's June Report.
Cyclone and clondburst.

The climax of one of the most terri
bic wind and rain storms which ever
oocurred in Kalamazoo came at 3
O'Clock on the afternoon of the 9TH,
xheu ia the midst of a pouring del
uge che wind lifted the roof off the
store of Joseph Speyer, corner of Main
and Hose streets, and carried it away
as If iG had been so much paper. The
damage 60 the building and contents,
which was one of the most valuable
stocks of dry goods in the city, will
amount to many thousands of dollars.
The loss in other parts of the city will
also be great. The damage to wires
of every description throughout the
city was severe in the extreme. Many
telephones were put out of use on
aooOunt of it. The destruction of trees
was widespread, four or five great oaks
in Bronson park being among them.
The asylum car track was blocked
with streams of running water and
drifting sand which completely blocked
traffic. The local Office of the Postal
Telegraph Co. was entirely cut off from
the west, and it was supposed the
wires leading to the towns in that di-
rcction are all down. 1t is estimated
that the damage will DC between $780,
reality two storms, one coming from
the northwest, meeting directly over
Che business part of the city. Rain
fell iu torrents and the city was as
dark as night.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-07-13
TRANSvAAL WAR ITEMS.

The various kilograms received from
Pretoria and elsewhere in South Africa,
while not giving an account of fight
ing, represent the converging columns
as making DeWet's rowing ground more
and more contracted and the POSSIBLE
ity of his defeat and capture near.
State Secretary Reitz has gone to
Hamburg with part of the Transvaal
treasure.
The Beers are massing in great num-
beers in the Lindley district.
Heavy artillery firing was heard near
Ficksburg on the Sd.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-07-13
90 People Slain.

Nearly hundred people, passengers
On a car bound for Tacoma, Wash,
were plunged down gulch within the
city limits on the 4th. Those who
were standing on the platform dropped
off only to be bruised and wounded by
the heavy body of the coach, while
others inside were killed and MANNED
before they knew what had happened.
The car jumped the track and was
smashed to kindling wood in the bot
tom of the chasm over 100 feet below.
The dead will number nearly three
score, for there are many of the injured
who will never recover, and who are
expected TO die at any moment, and
and there are at least 60 passengers of
the cars now in the various hospitals
and under the care of their own physi
clans.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-07-13
Three More Bodies Found.

Three more bodies were found on the
Saale on the sth. This makes 20 bodies
that have thus far been taken from the
wreck of the Saale since the big IIo-
bol1en fire and l4G bodies in all recov-
cred Those recovered on the sth
were all found in the after part of the
ship and they were horrible sights to
look upon. They had very little cloth
ing on and were all fire victims. They
could not be identified.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-07-13

The cornerstone of the new Presby.
rferiaB church at Mason was laid on
the 6ck.
VIM. Dondero, OF Ludington. had his
neck broken while attempting TO
slight from a rapidly moving passen.
ger tsain.
Traverse City was visited by severe
.eicctrical storm on the Fourth, which
destroyed thousands of dollars worth
of property.
A Lcnawce young man not long ago
proposed marriage TO a young woman,
Fbuf bearing Chat her hair was false he
dfecaiaed TO fulfill his engagement. She
'Srpnglit suit against him for breach of
prosnise, but was non-suited on the
ground that she had won the young
saasn's affections under false prctenses.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-07-13

Quartermaster-Gene Atkinson, on
uhe 9th, said that in view of the opin-
Eoa of the attorney general deciding
Chat the state military fund is entitled
10 n greater portion of the money re-
afnraed 10 the state by the Henderson
Asscs company, he had no doubt a
state encampment of the national
guard would be held. Gen. Atkinson
stated further that the military board
would doubtless soon hold a meeting
and make arrangements for the en-
~campment which will probably be held
mt Island Lake about the middle of
August
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-07-13

Thirty persons killed and 1,3s5 in
jured was Chicago's share of the indie
pendence day celebration accidents.
Pittsburg's, Pa, downtown business
section was visited by a disastrous fire
on the 9TH, the second within a week.
As result four men are dead and
six others are in hospitals suffering
from injuries which may prove fatal
All of the victims were firemen. The
killed are: John Griffin, st. Clair Craw.
ford, Max Batterbaugh and John
Lewis.
Seven children were killed and %
other children and one woman were
more or less seriously injured by ter.
rife explosion of fireworks on a street
merchants stand at Philadelphia on
the Fourth.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-07-13
Shock Killed Him.

Postofice Inspector Bass has COM
pleted an inspection of the postofiice
at Gainesville, Fla. and found the
postmaster, James Bell, short in his
accounts to the amount of 81 400. The
shock of the discovery caused the
death of the postmaster.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-07-13
Eicht Injured.

An open switch at the intersection
of Robey street and Milwaukee avenue,
Chicago, caused the derailing of a
crowded southbound Milwaukee ave-
nue. grip car on the sth. Eight passen-
gers were injured seriously and many
were bruised or shaken up.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-07-13


William Jennings Bryan, of Ne
braslSa, was unanimously placed in
nomination on the 5th as the Demo
cratic candidate for President of the
United States on platform opposing
imperialism, militarism and trusts, and
specifically declaring for the free coin
age of silver at the ratio of 1G to /.
The nomination came as the culmina-
ton of frenzied demonstration in
honor of the party leader, lasting -
minutes and giving utterance to all the
pent-up emotions of the vast multitude.
1t followed also fierce struggle
throughout the last SO hours concern
ing the platform declaration on silver
and on the relative position which the
silver question is to maintain to the
other great issues of the day.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-07-13
BASE BALL.

Below we submit the o:ficial standing OF the
clubs OF the National and American leagues up
TO and including Monday July 9th:
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-07-13

A northbound passenger train on tho
Chicago 4 Northwestern road, loaded
with cxcursionists bound for the saen-
gerfest at Green Bay, Wis, collided on
the cath with freight train at Depere,
FIVE miles south of Green Bay. Eight
persons were killed, one is missing and
SO were injured.
Bowscr, the Chicago man, who pur-
poses TO run the whirlpool rapids in
his lifeboat, did not succeed in launch
ing his craft on the sth. Preparations
were made to put the boat in tho
water, but the Canadian police interN
fered, under the Sunday law.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-07-13
GRAIN. ETC.

'Detroit-Hay No. Timothy, si2 o. per ton
Potatoes Orc per bu Live Poultry, spring
chick ems, sKc per 10; fowls, &c: turkeys, 100;
ducks gTc. Eggs, strictly fresh. l2c per dozon.
Butter. best dairy. i0c per b; creamery, lSc-
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-31
WHITES HOPE IS TO CUT OUT
Continued from first Page.

Colenso, there is reason to fear that
the Boer report of the Brftishers'
losses will prove to be nearly accur-
ate.
Several special dispatches from Lon
don state that, owing to some blunder,
the British soldiers were short OF am
munition in Wednesdays battle on
Spion Kop. and that they were forced
to meet a rain of shot and shell from
the Beers with bayonets. The authori-
tics at the war Office strongly deny
those stories, averring that If bayonets
were used, it was because the com
manders considered that weapon
would, under the circumstances, be
more effective.
Accounts from Pretoria and from
Spearman's Camp, while in conflict on
many points, agree in rendering a
hearty tribute to the gallantry and
stubborn courage displayed on both
sides. Both the British and the Dutch
had foemen worthy of their steel.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-01-31
A LUCKY FARO PLAYER

WASHINGTON, January 30.-When
the Senate Committee on Privileges
and Elections adjourned its hearing
to-day of the charges made against
Senator Clark, of Montana, in connec-
ton with his election to the United
States Senate. it was understood that
the defense would be prepared to pro-
coed with it's witnesses not later than
Monday next. Mr.. Campbell said he
would have only one or we wit
nesses, and without stating how many
men he would call. Mr.. Faulkner said
his witnesses would follow each other
in rapid succession, and there would
be no delays. There was but one wit
ness on the stand to-day. j. II. Geiger.
who on a contest was given the seat
of State senator in the Montana Legis-
lature from Flathead county, at first
occupied by Mr.. Whiteside, who 10
one of the principal movers in the
fight against Mr.. Clark.
Geiger voted for Clark but he insist
ed that he did SO only because the Re-
publican caucus had declared for him.
He confessed TO taking $4,000 in money
home after the adjournment of the
Legislature. OF this sum he claimed
to have won from $500 to 81 800 play
ing faro and to have found LOO OF
It in one hundred dollar bills in his
room. This latter amount he thought
had been left for him to influence him
to vote against bills 1872 and 1874 relat-
ing to corporations. but he did not
know who had left 1t there. Gelger
said he had received no money to vote
for Mr.. Clark.