The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-11-30
BRIEF NEWS PARAGRAPHS.


The spread OF smallpox in Alaska is
causing much alarm.
Secretary OF War Root, his son and
Gen. Wood left Cuba for the u. S. on
the 23d.
Russia is negotiating for the build
ing of number OF fast cruisers in this
country.
Col. Gardener is still in the Manila
army hospital, suffering from an attack
dyscntery
The British government has ordered
n warshlp to Panama TO protect her
interest there.
One man was killed at Ellsworth,
Pa, on the goth, by the explosion of
gas IN a NINE.
The first blizzard of the season in
South Dakota WAS reported on the
Goth, when seven inches Of snow fell.
Peter Mahcr has challenged Tom
SharlSey for a fight. 1T is to he desig-
mated for tho championship of Ireland.
Chas. H. Hoyt, the wcll-known play
wright, died 1T his home in Charles
town, n. H., on the night of the Goth,
of parcsis
Brooks Story, the celebrated express
robbcr, escaped from the Mississippi
penltentary on the 10Th. This is his
fourth escape.
The collections Of internal revenue
for the month of October aggregated
ST, 464, 4o5, against $40, l47, 44d for the
same month lasyear
lTca merchants Of Boston have begun
movement looking to Il removal Of
the war tax imposed on imported tea
since the Spanish war.
Minister to Austria Harris, who viii
retire March 4. VIII return to bis post
before that date. After retiring nc Will
resume his business in Indiana.
National Chairman 10 a Parker OF
the national committee Of the PopnlIst
party, has issued "A call for a convention
at 81. Louis, Saturday, Dec. %.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee arrived in New
York from Cuba on the 2Oth After
reporting at Washington be viii 60 TO
Omaha and take command Of the &c.
partmcnt Of Missouri.
Newspapers from Manila, dated
Oct. IS, contain accounts of Gen Trias
assuming the title and singing ms
name aY commapder-in-chi Of the in.
surgent forces, and that Aguinaldo
may be- dead
John Lionel Fegan, secretary for
mines and agriculture at Sydney N $
w asserts that the recent downpour
of rain has largely improved the pros
poets of the wheat crop.
Miss Theresa Heating, n highly re-
Specialize young WOMAN, OF Rochester
N Y, was found murdered in IA vacant
lot, near the New York Central rail
road tracks on the 2lSt She had been
robbed of her money and outraged
"A dispatch from San Diego, Cal,
says: hundreds Of Indians on the
Mesa Grandc reservation arc reported
to bc on the verge of starvation be
cause of the failure of their supplies
of manzanta berries aud acorns, due
to drou tn last juno
Secretary Hay, for the United states,
and Ambassador hSpiroL, for the gov.
cInmcnt of Mexico, on the 2lst signed
a treaty further extending the time al
lowed for the survey and definition of
the water boundary between Mexico
and the United States.
Tests of mari from tho Dowagl ac
mari beds show percentage of so to
- per cent of carbonate of lime. AT
Sol - FOL
,zcd at Si00,O00 has been organized,
the mari shows but 90. The company
has secured 800 acres there.
Ambassador Choate has made repre-
scntations TO the British foreign Office
on tho subject Of the Filipino junta at
Hong Kong. The foreign office is in.
yestgatng the matter and will reply
so soon rs the reports of the authori-
ties ut Hong Kong arc received.
An international congress attended
by 900 delegates assembled IN Rome
on the 25th To discuss the use of can.
non to prevent hail, which is 81
destructive 10 crops. The theory is
that firing cannon into the air would
have the effect of breaking up rain
clouds.
Particulars were received on the 25th
| from lloilo of the battle Oct. 30, nj
Bugason, Island of Panay, when zoe
bolomcn and 80 rillcmcn attacked the
Americans. who lost three killed. When
the garrison in force attaclIcd0 the
rebels. l03 Insurgents were killed.
The Republican members OF the
| WAYS and means committee on the
! 2lst decided to make reduction oi
$50, 90, 900 in the revenues. the amount
suggested by Secretary Gage. The
day was spent almost entirely in going
over the war revenue bill. The schcd
ules on which the reduction shall be
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