The Yale expositor., 1901-11-29
News Ia Bricf.

Army officers dlscredlt tho story ~
conspiracy 10 secure the independence
OF Alaska.
Licut. Illdelrand gets two years
In Jail In Berlin for killing Lieut..
BlackOwitZ In duel.
Floods have caused n three weeks
urmisticc between rebels and govern.
ment troops in Colombia.
Twenty-thrcc senators aud thirty.
TpVen congressman have arrived In
Washington FOR the approaching SECS.
sion.
\ large shipment OF Mauscrs and
cartridges has Just lcft Ia Guayara
on a Venezuelan gunboat for the Co.
lombian insurgents.
German Ambassador Won Holleben
SAYS the kaiser feels the utmost
frlcndlincss for the United states and
has no intention OF doing anything un.
pleasant.
Another letter from Miss Stone. the
American missionary held by the bri.
gands. has been received 40 Sofia. Bul
garia. She aud her companion, Nine
Tsllka. are well.
The pay rolls 81 the board OF clec
tions OF Greater New York show thai
the recent city election cost the mamie
lpality SGTO.0O. or 81 OS for each voter
that was registered.
Salisbury says: England Is. De-.
Hove. the only country in which dur
ing a great war eminent men write
aud speak. publicly. as II they he.
logged Ia the enemy
Two fleets of Is steel constructed
canal boats which have been plying
the Erie canal for the last two years
have been sold 60 the United States
government for service In the Philip
pines.
The Louisville & Nashville railroad
has advanced the wages 10 per cent
of all the shopmcn la Louisville who
formerly drew Sl.75 day or over
About LEGO men viii hc benefited The
increase was unsolicited.
x.Prcs.dcnt Clcvcland's cold /,
broken up aud II Is only matter OF
two or three days when be will be
fully recovered. Only n part OF his
right lung was attacked Ivy pneumonls
and that readily yielded to treatment
Another letter has been received In
Sofa. Bulgaria. from Miss Ellen VI
Stone. Her health has been somewhat
affected 10y her continual confinement
AMI hard fare. hut she expresses her
self as still confident OF ultimate re-.
lease.
The residence OF II. 4. Garrett. oi
Akron. O.. was wrecked Thursday by
an explosion of natural gas. Mr.. Gar
rett was terribly burned. aud his wife
who was sick In bed was thrown
against n wall with such force thai
she will probably die.
Mayor Tom l.. Johnson. az Cieyc
land. has asked for n mandamus Il
compel the state board OF equalization
To reasscss the railroads OF tho stat,
for the purpose OF taxation. their val
uatIon 20 bc determined by the marse
value OF their securities.
George Galloway. OF Cleveland. ~.
charged with drunkenness. was sen
fenced TO be trOunccd 10y his wife. VIII,
pleaded for his release. 'lf you'll
promise To take hroomstick.7 SAID
the Judge. "and give him what he de-
discharge him" Mrs. Galloway
agreed"
NJ. Baudin. French minister OF pub
lie works. has obtained sanction Co
scheme To reduce gradually the hour
Of labor In the coal mines. The plat
provides for nine hours labor. begin
ming next July. eight aud onc-bal
hours in 1904. aud eight In 1000.
Tho cabinet meeting Tuesday LASTED
about two and half hours. Th,
whole time was spent In the rcadins
OF the presidents message and W
commenting upon its various features
The message IL long and II said 90 b,
vigorous IN tone. IN that rcxlncrf n
least quite characteristic OF prcsidcn
Roosevelt. No other business wai
transacted.