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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-06-14

The officials of the Russian foreign
Office state that contrary TO certain re-
ports Russia has never favored the
notion of all the constitutional powers
guaranteeing the Chinese loan. She
replied in terms similar to the o. s.
that the executive could not guarantee
without the consent of the Legislative
branches. Russia prefers a speedy set
Element to a guarantee. The officials
also say it is not true that Russia is
bitter against Britain for offering the
plan now discussed. Her relations
with Great Britain are nearer than
for long time.
The Chinese express great satisfac-
ton at the announcement of the in
tention of the court to return to Pekin
in September. All the foreign troops,
with the exception of the legation
guards, are expected to withdraw ere
the middle of that month, the only
troops not already under orders of
withdrawal being the Japanese, whose
government is sending reliefs. 1t is
said, however, at the japanese legation
that when japan is absolutely certain
the other powers are evacuating, her
own troops can be withdrawn on two
days notice.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-06-14
BRIEF NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

The headless and decomposcd body
of young woman was found under
heap of brush in patch of woodland
in Chelmsford, Mass, on the 9th. MUIR
der had been committed in horrible
fashion, for the head had been separ-
ated from the trunk by series of
slashes with n dull weapon The mea-
ger clothing affords no clew to the
identity of the unfortunate.
Thirteen thousand dollars more of
the gold coin stolen from the First
National bank, of Mineral Point,
Mass. May "a. has been recovered. IL
was found in the vault of an clubhouse
of local hotel, about n block from
the looted bank. at which the prisoner,
Steward Jellef boarded.
From many districts in Germany
came reports of great damage caused
during the last few days by hail.
lightning and cloudbursts. The dis
tricts of Wurtemburg Hesse, Waldeck
and Thuringla have been specially
affected, and in Thuringia railroad
communication has been interrupted.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-06-14
CUBA AND PHILIPPINE NEWS.

THE report that Gen Cables had sur
rendered is unfounded.
Aguinaldo, through Guevarra, has
advised Gen. Callies to surrender i'm.
mediately.
The transport Hancock arrived at
San Francisco, Cal. from Manila on
the 9th with 81 officers and 1,042 en-
listed men of the 31st u. S. V. |.
About the first of next month full
civic government will be set up in the
Philippine islands, exactly as pro-
jected by the Philippine commission.
AS soon after that date as an admins
trative machinery can be made ready
for il the new Philippine tariff will be
proclaimed, also following out the or
iginal plan formed before the an
nouncement of the decision of the SUI
preme court recently 1t also has been
decided that there is no reason for an
extra session of congress.
The Philippine commission returned
to Manila on the 9th from the province
of Nueva Ecija, Luzon, having organ
lied provincial government at San
Isidro, capital of the province, with
Capt Jacob f. Kreps, of the 22d in
fantry as treasurer, and Lieut.. Dewitt
C. Lyles, of the same regiment, as SUI
pervisor. Judge Taft told the people
that, if no power were given to levy
customs the expenses of the central
government would be provided by adj
ditional internal taxes. He pointed
out also that, if the decision of the au-
thorities at Washington should result
in free trade with the U. S., opened
up such a market, the increase in land
values would enable the people to re-
spond to the increased internal taxes.
The northern tour of the commission
has been postponed.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-06-14
TRANSvAAL WAR ITEMS.

According to a dispatch from Lord
Kitcl' ener, jamestown was surrendered
to Kritzinger's commando on the morn
ing of the I'd, after four hours fighting.
The governor of Bermuda has re.
ceived notification that the transport
Armenian will arrive at Hamilton
July 3 with 900 Boer prisoners and that
two companies'of the Royal Warwick
shire regiment will act as their guards.
After long and somewhat embit-
tered discussion of the policy of the
British war office in buying horses for
use in South Africa the house of com
mons by "A vote of 159 to g. on the 9th
voted the sum of els, 779, 900 for trans
ports and re-mounts.
Col. Wilson, with 24O of Kitchener's
scouts, surprised and routed 400 Beers
belonging to the Beyers command, "a
miles west of Warm Baths. On the 5th.
The Beers resisted stubbornly, but
finally broke and fed. leaving 81 dead,
100 prisoners and all their wagons and
supplies, including 5000 cattle, in the
hands of the British. The loss of the
ANe"NA "s'o - Nh hiAiSu oib IL NOhuuNo.
The Rev. H. d. Won Broecl1huizen,
of Pretoria, South Africa, the minister
who closed the Vollisraad with prayer
after President Kruger's ultimatum,
had been read to that body, is in New
York. His brother, DIR. II. j. Won
Broeckhuizen, of the Orange Free
State, who served in the Boer armies.
accompanies him. Their mission in
this country is to raise money for the
Boer women and children now in
refuge camps.
Details regarding the fighting at
Vlakifontein, show that il was one of
the most desperated engagements of
the war. Gen. Dixon's column was trav-
ersing the district and establishing
posts, when it was attacked by 1000
Beers under Commandant Kemp. The
Beers were so close that so British fell
at the first volley. The Yeomanry held
the position, protecting the guns until
they were nearly decimated; and then,
finding it impossible to save the guns,
the artilerymen shot the gun horses
to prevent the Beers moving the guns.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-06-14
brutal Murder at Flint.

One of the most cold blooded muir
ders that has ever happened in Flint
was committed on the evening of the
5th, when Mrs. Jennie Parish was shot
through the lower part of the heart
twice by Louis Weeks, an employee of
w. A. Patterson's carriage factory.
The murder was the result of Weeks
maddened jealousy, he having threat
ened before that he would kill her.
During the forepart Of the evening
VIM. Ferguson, who is employed by
the Grand Trunk road as freight hand
Ter, aod who has kept company with
the Parish woman for some time past,
called at her home and was in her com
pany about two hours. During that
time he saw nothing of Weeks, though
Mrs. Parish demanded that Ferguson
leave early to avoid clash between
the two men, between whom bad
blood had existed for some time past
lie did as she requested, and left by
the side door, while Weeks entered at
the front Without any undue cere-
mony he pulled a revolver and shot the
woman, killing her instantly.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-06-14
Five pead-seven Injured.

Five men were killed and seven in
jured in a wreck at Vestal n. ", on
sth. Seven others. all but two of
them train men, were injured. Several
of those who were thought to be fat
ally hurt recovered from the concus-
sion and figure in the list of the
slightly hurt. On the 9th the rescuers
toiled about and among the burning
freight cars at the scene of the explo-
sion, but it was not until late in the
afternoon that portions of the last dis
rendered body accounted for were
discovered quarter of a mile from
where the explosion occurred, while
the tracks of the Delaware, LaclSa-
wanna & Western railroad were com
pletely blocked.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-06-14
Mrs. Onimby,s Confesslon.

Prosecuting Attorney Kirby, of ST.
Louis, reports that Mrs. Quimby con-
fessed on the sth that her husband,
Elmer Quimby, helped her to murder
her two children some three weeks
ago, and who is DOW lingering in the
county Jail for trial, She stated that
Quimby gave the poison to the children,
gave them water to drink, ordered her
to write the letter, waiting until she
had partly written it, then left the
house. After he was gone she lost her
nerve and sent for the ueighbors.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-06-14
should Heed the Warning.

The state communicable disease in
spector reports peculiar case of
smallpox. The child sick with the dis
ease slept for few nights on a feather
member of a family in which smallpox
existed, laid in Missouri about two
years ago. There was no other known
source from which the disease could
have been contracted by the child.
The feather bed was recently sent TO
the family in Michigan by the Mis-
souri, relatives. This, the state board
says, should be a warning to persons
having dangerous communicable dis
eases in their families, to make sure
that all articles used are thoroughly
disinfected before being used again.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-06-14
Twas "a bold IIoId-Up.

One of the most d ring holdups ever
perpetrated in Pennsylvania took place
in Ellwood City on the 3D.. Three un-
masked men met CoStep Burns, an
aged and wealthy resident of that
place, who was on the way to his quar-
ries with So. 100 to pay his hands. The
hold-up men seized him by the throat,
and made off with the cash. A posse
was hastily organized and came upon
the highwaymen about two miles from
the scene of the robbery. a heavy ex
change of shots took place between
pursuers and pursued One of the
robbers was crippled by shot and
was an easy victim. while the leader
was captured after his ammunition ex-
hausted. Over S401 was found on the
second robbers person. but the third
man escaped, and is yet at large with
81, 700 of the stolen money.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-06-14
city of Erle-rashmoo Race.

In the grandest steamboat race in
the history of American navigation,
the Buffalo steamer City of Erie on the
4th established her right to the title of
Queen of the inland seas" For four
hours and 10 minutes she struggled
with Detroit's splendid steamship
TashmOo, and when it was all over the
two magnificent craft had raced for
nearly "A hundred miles and were but
few seconds apart at the finish. No
other such struggle is known in his
tory. As the City of Erie started first
and finished first, no one seemed to
know which had won, but it soon de-
veloped that she won by a margin Of
but 45 seconds. How much money was
lost and won on the race will never be
exact known. 1t amounted to many
thousands, some say 500, 900.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-06-14
Pension EIpures.

The commissioner of pensions states
results of the efforts of the bureau for
the IL months of the fiscal year ending
May 81, as follows: Original pensions
have been granted: On account of war
of 1912, widows, .: on account of In
dian wars, widows liz, survivors :; on
account of Mexican war, widows 325,
survivors ID; for account of service
prior TO 1861, 6, making total of AGO
pensioned for account of service prior
to the civil war. On account of the
civil war there have been pensioned
for disabilities incurred in service: In
valids, 1,O5l; for disability as provided
by act of 1890, invalids TO- So; for wild
dows under old law, 2,901; for widows
under act of 1890 and amendments, A.
479; for nurses %, making total orig
inal issues account of the civil war of
IS, 30S.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-06-14
Bad Wreck ON D., |. Z VI.
Five Persons Were Killed and
Seven Were Injured.
WRECK OCCURRED IN NEW YORK
Dismembered Bodies Were Found About
"a Quarter of "A Mile From the Scene
of the Accident - Many Freight Cars
Were Burned.
Trolley Line Fro m Ohio Coal Fields.

Transportation of coal by electric
lines is one of the possibilities of the
near future. The Everett Moore syn
dictate has decided to build line con-
Meeting Akron with Canton and Mas
sillon. The right of way has almost
entirely been bought up and work on
construction will soon begin. The cleo
trio line will penetrate the Massillon
coal fields. One of the objects which
the magnates have in mind is the sup
plying of coal to the many power
houses of the electric lines which the
Everett-M Moore syndicate controls. The
syndicate in the making of the power
to run its lines, consumes enough coal
TO make it an object to figure on cheap
means for the transportation of its fuel.
A rate war between the Pomeroy and
Everett Moore syndicates may be in
augurated as soon as the respective
Norwalk lines of the two syndicates
are in operation.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-06-14
Indians Have a Pow Wow.

Under the leadership of Chief Isaac
Quigno. the Pottawatomies will sail
from st. Joseph on the evening of June
% to fulfill their threat of squatting on
the most picturesque piece of land in
the city of Chicago. Because he was
lukewarm to the proposed invasion,
Chief Pokagon, the direct descendant
of the first known ruler of the Potta-
watomies, was on the 18th deposed by
the tribe. and the younger and more
enthusiastic buck elected to his place on
the Indian throne Pokagon's council
of seven, which is the ruling legisla-
tive body of the Pottawatomies, was
also deposed, the following leaders in
the invasion movement being elected
to succeed them: Frank Williams,
Frank Sawalll, j. II. Cushway, Stephen
Topash. Joseph Motay, Charles Motay
and Andrew Rapp. Immediately after
their election, Chief Quigno and the
new council of seven went into secret
session at Hartford. The session lasted
messengers were dispatched to the va
rious Indian settlements to notify the
warriors of the proposed advance on
Chicago. June %. The pow-wow at
which Pokagon was ousted from the
seat of his fathers was held ia the viii
lage of Hartford on the 9TH. 1t was
called to hear the report of the scouts
sent to Chicago recently to confer with
Capt. Streeter and the police.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-06-14
Society Woman Terrorized HubbIcs.

Chief Morton, of ST Joseph, on the
4th ran down the writer of the anony-
nous letters which have been terror
izing St Joseph husbands. The writer
is a prominent society woman, who
wrote the letters to rival society lead
ers, exposing the alleged immortality
of their husbands. She. confessed in
full, and on promise to stop anonymous
correspondence the officers agreed to
keep her name secret The letters
almost ruined the happiness of num-
Der of the best homes in the city.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-06-14

Living representatives of four gen
erations of one family are not uncom-
mon in the United States, but living
representatives of four generations
who all have the same birthday ami
versary are surely not frequently met
with. This is said to be true of the
family of Mrs. Edith Ford, who live
near Grensburg, Ind. She is the great
grandmother, was born in Scott coun-
ty, KY, and is Sc years old. Her
daughter is Sc years old; the next rep
resentative of the family is 36 years
old, and the fourth member is three
years old. Their birthdays all fall on
July 8.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-06-14
Aged Lover Disappointed.

Jas. ii. Townsend, aged about GO,
short aud thick set, with a dark mus
tache and dark hair, slightly tinged
with gray, went to Sparta a few
weeks ago and stopped at the Sawyer
residence. He represented Pennsyl-
vania dry goods house. Soon the gos-
sips whispered it around that the aged
stranger was papiny marked attent on
to Nellie Sawyer, aged about 10. Her
teacher investigated and laid the mat
ter before Deputy Sheriff Smith, who
advised Townsend to leave town. He
accepted the advice.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-06-14

Mrs. Hanna Omeger of New York
city, according to Law Notes, recently
recovered $3.50 damages for injuries
sustained by an icicle falling from a
tank on top of the defendants building
through the skylight of her house and
striking the good dame on the crown
of her head. She was not only knocked
senseless, but was interrupted in the
midst of her dinner, which, when she
recovered, had grown cold. For all of
these things she asked $4,000 dam
ages.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-06-14

A citizen of Owosco, Mich, raised a
howl to the city assessor, claiming
that his property was assessed at an
extravagantly high figure. He wound
up by declaring that if Mr.. Laverock
could sell the property at the valua-
ton named the city official named
could have a commission of 2 per cent.
in less than two hours Mr.. Laverock
had sold a fine residence and two bust
ness blocks The taxpayer backed
water, but the assessor declares he will
have his commission, which amounts
to $400 if he has to sue for it.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-06-14
Game warden's Report for May.

State Game Warden Morse, in his
monthly report to the secretary of
state, says that during May the de-
partment investigated more COM
plants for violations of the game and
fish laws than in any previous month
in its history. A large majority of the
complaints were for violations of the
fish laws, both in inland and CONNER
cial waters There were 269 COM
plants investigated, resulting in 1926
arrests, 40 being for violations of the
fish laws and 16 for violations of the
game laws. One hundred and two con-
victions were secured, with one ac-
quittal, two dismissals and 10 cases
pending. Twenty-seven seizures of
immature and illegally-caught fish
and fishing apparatus were made.
Quail and partridge are reported in
good condition. and with good weather
in June, the warden says, there will be
a plentiful field of game birds for the
season.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-06-14

Eight Italian miners were killed in
the Ludington shaft of the Chaplin mine
on the 4th. Damp powder ignited and
burned, and the men were suffocated
by the fumes In attempting to es-
cape one fell down Ladder TO the
eighth level, and was run over by an
ore car. Two others died in cross
cut, and the other five were found to-
gether in slope No. >. How the pow
der caught fire is not known Thirty
one children are left fatherless.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-06-14
n. II. RnsIness Shows Improvement.

Railroad Commissioner Osborn has
issued statement showing the Michi-
gan earnings of the railroads of the
state for the month of April The to-
tai earnings for the month were So,
Ala, 1854 30, as against S3,1s3, 1876 for
the same month in 1900, the increase
being s231, 25O.54. For the four months
of 1901. ending April 80, the total earn
ings of Michigan roads were S12, 533,-
500. 03, an increase of S433, sss. 80 over
the corresponding period last year.
The per cent of increase was 1901.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-06-14

A departure from old methods of log
transportation has been recently made
on the Columbia river. This consists
in building huge RATS SO substantially
that they can be towed to San Fran
cisco. 1t is no small undertaking to
put to sea with stupendous, unwield-
ly raft and successfully tow 1t almost
a thousand miles; but the trip has been
accomplished a number OF times and
promises to become regular business.
The logs are principally for piling and
posts and one raft will contain as much
ms 500 900 lineal feet. The RATS are
built somewhat in the shape Of colos-
sal cigar. and each log is fitted care
fully into its place. The whole is fast
ened together with tons of chains, till
the danger of going to pieces at sea
is reduced to a minimum.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-06-14

The rector of st. Georges, fashion
able church in Brooklyn, has deemed
1T necessary to issue a circular in which
he announces that in future audible
courtship" will not be permitted in
his church while service is in prog
ress. He does not particularly object
TO such mild forms of expressing af-
lection as the holding Of hands, but
the more strenuous manifestations
must be reserved for less public places.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-06-14
MINOR MICHIGAN MATTERS.

Alma was visited by ST., 900 fire on
the 5th.
Horsethieves have been operating to
a small extent in Washtenaw county
of late.
The Seventh Day Adventists OF BAD
Axe have dedicated a new house of
worship.
The carly straw berry crop in the vi
cinity of st. Joseph is now considered
failure.
Both houses of the legislature adj
journed sine die, without incident, at
noon on the 9th.
The annual state encampment of the
Michigan National Guard will be held
at Manistee, Aug. to IL.
Lansing will celebrate Independence
Day on July in order to secure greater
liberty for the saloonists
The business section of Fennville
was swept by fire on the 9th. Loss,
S35, 600; insurance, SIS, 900.
One of the biggest carnivals ever held
in southern Michigan is scheduled TO
occur at Marshall, July 2-5.
The voters of Adrian will decide by
ballot on June 30 whether TO bond the
city for $4,000 for public improve
ments or not
Gov. Bliss sawmill and Thompson &c
Lambs planning mill and lumber yards
at Carrollton was damaged TO the ex-
tent of $50, 0O1 by fire on the night of
the 4th
Supt. +. =. Church, of the state school
for the blind, who has been suffering
from an abscess of the ear, died on the
4th after painful illness of several
weeks, aged &C.
All the blaclSsmiths and boilermak-
ers and their helpers in the Pere Mar
quette shops at Saginaw have joined
the machinists who are out They
number about 20.
A man giving his name as Harry f.
Moore, and who is supposed to have
lived in Detroit, dropped dead in a
hotel at Birmingham on the 9th. Death
was due to n blood clot.
Capitalists are in vestigating the ex-
tensive mari beds near Lake Odessa,
with view TO utilizing them. 1t is
reported that the largest mari deposits
to be found anywhere in the state is to
be found there.
The new medical regulation law was
sustained by the supreme court on the
4th in the case against Aug. c. Reetz,
who was prosecuted for his failure to
comply with the medical registration
law, and convicted.
Coal prospectors who have been
working the Saginaw valley fields the
past few years say that there is a vein
of coal between 400 and 500 feet below
the surface which il would pay the
operators TO go after.
Speaker j. J. Carton has issued in
vitations TO prominent members of the
Michigan bar and the Genesee county
bar association to attend a gala day on
his large farm in Clayton township,
near Flint, on June 90.
The languages to be taught at the
! u. of NJ. are: Greek. Latin, French,
German. Italian, Spanish. Sans krit,
Hellenistic Greek, Hebrew, Assyrian,
Arabic, Gothic, Scandinavian, Old
English, Aramaic, Syria and Ethiopic,
making II in all.
The annual commencement exercises
of the Central state normal school, Mt.
Pleasant, will be held June to 10.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-06-14
Murdered His wires Mother and sulcIded

Murdered Ills Wlfe's Mother and Shielded
Robert Fulford. prosperous Chicago
contractor, murdered his motherin-
law, Mrs. Robert McCord, and blew
his own brains out at the McCord farm
in London township, near London.
Ont, on the night of the sth. Fulford
went to London searching for his
young wife who, it is alleged, deserted
him three weeks ago, and not finding
her at the home of her parents, up
braided his mother-in-law for secret
ing his wife. and killed her. Before
any one could reach him, the desper-
ate man had placed the muzzle of n
second revolver in his mouth and
blew his own brains out.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1901-06-14
YALE,

Turkey. ordering a new warship
without paying what is due on past
contracts, recalls the optimism Of the
slater, who, falling from tower, re-
marked as he passed each story,
"All's we'll so far"