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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1903-12-18
l:ATIoNAL CAPITAL NOTES.

Representative Young wants f20O q
600 appropriation FOR public building.
at lshpeming and EscanDa, $lOO.oO
for each place, AID ne has Introduces
the bills.
The session OF congress Immediately
preceding presidential election 10 q
bad time for any kind OF gOvcrnmon'
employees TO look for raise OF salary
Prospects. however. are that an OK
ceptlon will be made this year ahn
that the rural route mai carriers WI.
be- the hcncfclarics.
Rep. Hit, Of Illinois. defended Pres
dent Rooscyelt's recognition OF III"
Panama republic The president. he
said, had not been precipltatc, but has
waited reasonable time But hr
added. "hc dld not waste time-h'
never does. The whole world. he sato
had been in favor 81 "A canal and.
added Mr.. llitt, I'VE have got mau
90 work on it who will soon cut g.
through"
capt Lansing II. Beach has rcpoFi
rd against an appropriation for har
hur OF refuge az rolnie Aux iIuruues
which WAS requested 10y the Poiutr
Aux Baqucs summer Resort assocl
ton Capt Beach says there il no g.
mand on the part Of navigation h
forests FOR a harbor Of refuge there
because the shore u dangerous anc
rocky. and because the mrhOr OF SAM
Beach Is only - miles away.
During the recent extraordinary So
sion OF congress the Michigan mem
hers OF the house altogether Introduces
80 bills and resolutions. Hamilton a.
troduced l3l and l3O were Tor pct
sions. sam Smith was a good scconl
with III. Washington Gardner intro
duccd 81. Townsend IS. Darrlgh aIEl
Lacking each l3. McMorran :. Lou
Is. Bishop 4. Fordncy =. William N
den Smith and Young dd not intrs
ducc any. Senator Algcr introduces.
-; senator Burrows u.
The pension bureau has prepared
FOR congress a statement showing tia!
the following amounts have been pas
tO soldiers. their widows. minor chr
dren aud dependent relatives on ~
count of military and naval scrvle,
during the wars Ia which the Jnitcg
states has been engaged: Revolutions
any war fcstimatcdI $4,000; war o.
1912 ION account uf service. withoul
regard 10 disability. Sl5. lSi. 100. -: 10
dian wars ion account OF service wifi
0ui regard 10 disability. S.2:ii. ~ ~ 4.
war with Mexico ION account of ser
vice. without regard 10 disability
Si3 iS}.3n90: war u the rchclllOh
S2S7S 24O iOO.lT: war with Spain
S5.i15.2CS3l. The actual total ds
hurscmcnts In pensions has been So
OaS G23.EgOiG.
The nomination Of Gen. Wood 90 b.
"a major general. accompanied 10y Ia
nomination Of l61 other officers. who's
advancement would follow his promo
,.0n and two or three ciyil nppoin
mcnts. were sent 10 the senate MOI
day
representative William Alden Smii
introduced bills creating two ncv
legal holidays One sets aside thr IN
niyorsaTy ~ the birth of prcsidcp
Lincoln, February -. and ihc othe
the anniversary Of the birth % 'rrs
dent Mckinley. January 80, both 10 b
observed ON the same basis as Wash
iugton's birthday.
Representative Dwight. OF New
York. introduced n bill establishing =
postal currency prOvidin. for notes 10
the denominations of .. 40. - aud Is
cents 10 De- issued By the postmaster
general. and kept on sale by all pcs
masters
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1903-12-18
Dowir'- ASSETS.

In statement submitted 10 his cred.
ltors. Dowic declares his assets Co be-
S1S.SiJ.2lO and bis liabilities only 81
O5S .34D or the Fatalities Sl52.2G7 "
merchandise indebtedness Notes hear
ing per cent interest were offered by
Dowle IN settlement and he agreed to
take up 10 per cent OF his indebted.
mess In three months. - per cent in
six months - per cent in nine months
ana the remaining 80 pee cent in one
year
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1903-12-18
Mr.. nsl<niEh, IN JACKSON.

On Friday Mrs Mcknight. who was
convicted OF murder IN Cadillac and
received n life sentence. was taken to
the Jackson pcnitenr1ary. II was evil
dent from her appearance that she had
not rested much as she looked haggard
and sad. There was large crowd at
the depot. Including her sister. Mrs
Chalker. who has been her constant
companion through her trouble. The
general impression u that Mrs Me.
knight viii not live long. as she pines
and starves herself. She Is the first
person 10 be sentenced for life from
Wexford circuit court. and hers was
the first murder trial ever held n
Cadillac.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1903-12-18
rLr stnic Grnnar sprnke.

At the concluding session or the
State Grange. held In Lansing, by a
unanimous vote and practically with
out debate several reforms advocated
by standing committees were adopted.
The matter OF primary elections was
stated clearly aud uneQulvOcaly ana
the vote ON the resolution shows that
the Grange demand u. Briefly stated
the desired reforms are:
Complete ratification 81 last years
demand for primary election reform.
The drafting OF a primary bill 10y the
State Grange.
The enactment OF the Torrens sys-
TEN OF land titles.
Prohibition OF the sale Of cigarettes.
Regulation OF the speed OF automo-
blles on country roads.
Election OF drain commissioners nj
the polls
Election Of United States senators
by direct vote.
4 Information 81 the present plans
rcgR riding grange deputies.
4 bureau or In. Ormation for mem
bers desiring 10 make sales or ex-
changes.
A suitable grange headquarters II
the state fair.
Good roads by virtue OF national,
state and township expenditures
More power 10 the arm OF the state
forestry commission.
Standing committees 81 women Ia
each grange TO cooperate win thc
state committee
A grange cyclone insurance society.
Optional biennial elections IN subor-
dinate oranges
Public ownership Of public utilities.
Election uf state tax commissioners
10y popular vote.
Appointment ~ n government official
10 guard against cruelty In the Chicago
stock yards.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1903-12-18

The legislative committee OF the
State Grange I'm session. In Lansing.
made a report for consideration which
contained these paragraphs regarding
primary elections:
We recommend. therefore. that the
grange, through its legislative com
mittee and proper officers. urge the
next legislature 20 pass state primary
election law providing Tor the nomina
ton OF all officers. state. county and
township. 10y direct vote Of the mem
bors OF their respective political par.
ties. That nominations hc made 10y pc.
tltion. and not by Zee. That the prim-
aries OF all parties be held at tho same
time ana under the supervision and
charge Of the state. and NJ public tx.
pcrsc.
We further recommend that the leg
islative committee prepare "A bill for
primary reform and present Il tu The
next state grange to De approved by
that body before going before our
state legislature.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1903-12-18

The first case of smallpox this season
was reported to the Muskegon author
tiles Monday. John Ioondquist. q boy
OF 10 years. had the disease n week
hut no physician was called. The boy
father and older brother have been
working In factories and have cxpoSed
hundreds Of work'ngmcn. Energetic
measures viii be employed 10 check
the spread Of The disease The house
has heen quarantincd and an officer
stationed on guard. Last year smallpox
cases aggregated aver 200 cases and
cost the county thousands az dollars
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1903-12-18

se1ilncnt OF SCI
,ling indicates an
unhealthy condi-
non Of the kid
neys: n q stains
your linen q Is
evidence Of lid
ney trouble too
frequent desire 20
pass q or pair N
the back 81 -Iso
and IIrf-
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1903-12-18
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble
and Don't Know r..
Now To Find Out

Fiil a boi,le or common glass with your
'atef and ei 4 stand twen,ylour hours; \
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1903-12-18

NnkttO DO.
TltCra Is comfort IN the knowledge so
OfieHespfeassd, tia, Dr.. Kimer'I Swamp
Root. the great kidney remedy fulillls every
Wish. IN curing rheumatism, pain IN the
back, kidneys liver bladder and ever paF;
Of The urinary passage. u c1uects inability
10 hold water and scsltag pain In yaSsing
II. or bad effects following Use o.. ii4uor
wine or bee. and ovsfcomes that uap.eSssai
necessity = being compelled % % ofien
during The day and 20 get Up many tines
during the night. The mid ard the extra
ordinary eGec, q Swamp-Root Is soon
realized. u stands the h.ghss, for g. Won
derful cures q The reTl distressing csse..
hyou need a medicine YOU should have the
best Sold by druggists On SOC. andSl. sizes.
You may have a sample bottle q TIL:
wonderful discovery
and a book that tells FEf ~ = "a ...!..:is
mere abouti; both sent ~. .,. 8. ~
absolutely free b. mail. -zassi, s.ssss ~ -
addIess Or. K.,mer g. uorn, q ssamp-roos
Co., Slnghamton. N. Y. When writing mem
ton reading this generous offer IN this paper.
Dont make any mistake but remember thu
aaino, Swappk Root. Or klliner's scamp Root,
nd TIE address, Blnghainptoo, y. Y, on every
bstlse.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1903-12-18
What 30 DO.

eonarcing proof ,hrt the kidneys and :.
der an cut q order.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1903-12-18

wonderful discovery
and a book that tells
mere aboutit. both sent
absolutely free b. mail.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-29

tubs Instead of ten and each one will be
twelve feet deep instead or nine feet.
Immense Capacity.
The plant will have a fltering capacity
of 15,0OOOOO gallons per day. The clear
water basin will be twenty-five feet deep,
$50 feet long and seventy feet wide, and
will hold 100000 gallons. Instead OF
pumping the water into the tubs with
centrifugal pumps as at North Birming-
ham, 1t will flow into them by gravita-
ton from the reservoir.
The reservoir into which water is
pumped from the Cahaba river three
miles away win be cemented throughout
Will have a capacity of 150,0O00OO gallons
and will be equipped with an unique
aerating device.
The main pipe from the pumping sta
ton will lie alongside the entire length
of the reservoir and will have openings
In 1t every sixty feet allowing the water
to flow down a cement incline by which
thorough aeration will be accomplished.
There are a present only about seventy
five men at work on this plant, but as
soon as the weather Will permit at least
200 will be put to work 1t Is not expect
ed that filtered water can be supplied
from the point within less than year.
The building of it is a gigantic under
taking and its magnitude is not fully
appreciated perhaps by water consum-
ers in Birmingham. For when 1t is com
pleted there will be, as already stated,
only one other larger plant in the United
States
A very sldllful piece of engineering has
made 1t possible to construct and equip
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-29
FATAL WINTER FOR BIG GAME.
Thousands of Elk Have Died Because
of Deep Shows in the West.

Denver. Colo.-A dispatch to the Re-
publican from Evanston, Wyo., says that
II President Roosevelt were IN the Jack
sons Hole country at the present time
he would be as thoroughly disguised as
he must have been on his southern hunt'
when he failed to secure a shot at a bear
But the cause of the disgust would be
different. No true sportsman would ac-
cept conditions as they are at the pres
ent time Elk are lying down and dying
in canons and on the hills by the thous-
ands. starved because the remarkably
heavy SHOWS of the present winter have
prevented them from getting at the tough
grass upon which they feed
Great droves of elk are to be seen--a
still more remarkable eondition-in sight
of the small hamlets which may be met
every fifty or seventy miles in this wild
country. The animals have, from neces-
sity, become predatory in nature. Hay
stacks, carefully put up and wire fenced
to prevent the cattle from reaching them,
and which are depended upon for pre-
venting the starvation of the domestic
animals, are the prey of the elk The wire
fences, which form an insuperable bar
rier to cattle are as nothing to the
high jumping elk, which go over the
fences like a flock of sheep. and leave as
little of nutritious substance behind
them.
A mountaineer who came into Evan
ston while your correspondent was in
that place asserts with deepest earnest
ness that he saw one drove Of 5000 elk
and that they were so tanned by hunger
that he could approach within fifty feet
of them.
Herds of fifteen hundred have been
common the present winter, but the herd
this mountaineer claims to have seen
exceeds in numbers any herd seen in re-
cent years
In consequence of the many elk car
cases upon the mountains bear are in
high feather. The mountains are said
to be full of them and the President in
his coming hunt will, without doubt, find
a sufficiency of this class of game.
Wolves and coyotes are thick and may
even be seen from the train securing
over the snow clad hills yelping with
the painful wall of starvation.
The President will have much to en-
counter in passing over the snow clad
hills For years the snowfall has not
equaled that of the present winter and
the canons are deep with the white bed
fell in the mountains, although the foot
hills were favored by it's absence. Shows
shoes from present appearances, will be
necessary far into April and then mud
Will reign.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-29

twentieth century love-makng is pref
tv much the same as it was in all the
centuries which preceded it, for, however,
all things else may change, the human
nature of young men and young women
has not been altered by the discoveries
of scientists or the genius OF inventors.
Religion, education and culture have re-
fined and elevated it TO purer and loftier
standards and ideals but otherwise the
primal instinct is still the same. Mar
rage and giving In marriage is now, as
II was in the beginning, one of the three
most Important events in human exist
ence. qhe other two it is needless to
name.
Modern progress, while tending to the
greater comfort and convenience - the
millions of the human race, has, in mary
respects, swept away many things that,
however old-fashioned and antiquated
they may have been, contributed in no
slight degree to the enjoyment of life by
young men and women during that &C.
static period of their existence, when as
some poet whose name | have forgotten,
SAYS. "eyes look love to other eyes" or
words to that effect. This Is especially
true of the great crowded centers of pop
ulation, and of many of the smaller ones
where what we call civilization is on Its
all conquering march. The young people
are in blissfu Ignorance of all they have
lost by being born so late into the world,
but not so the sedate fathers and moth
ers who, a quarter of a century or so
ago, were the actors in the drama where
their children are now the performers.
They cannot fail to see and realize the
difference between the old and the new
environment, the advantages of the one
and the disadvantages of the other the
.poetry in that which is no more, and the
hard realism in that which has succeeded
it,
AS an illustration. take one Of the great
APARTMENT houses in the big cities which
shelters a population equal to that of a
small hamlet The rentals of one of them
represent in the aggregate those Of scores
and scores of the old-time residence
with its hospitable porch, spacious halls,
dim-lighted parlors, and uncovered
verandahs But as compared with the
gaudy pretentious structure which has
supplanted 1t, what an ideal place that
rambling old residence was wherein to
indulge in loves young dream. What
condolences its cosy corners invited. what
opportunities It generously held out at
every turn to battle eyes that were too
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-29

this entire plant by shutting off the water
supply from Cahaba only one time and
then for only about four hours. This oc-
CURED a few Sundays ago and is the
only time the Highland consumers will be
deprived of water during the almost com
plete reconstruction of the Shades noun
tain supply plant.
1t is credtable to Birmingham that all
the supplies for these two filtration plants
were procured from local dealers Ten
thousand barrels of cement for the basins
have been contracted for from a Birmins-
ham firm. All the piping will be manu-
featured here and the immense iron tubs
are the products of the local boiler
works.
Birmingham is fortunate over other
cities in having two sources of water sup
ply. In case of emergency either plant
can protect the city and it is never prob
able that both plants will be incapaci-
tated at the same time. This is all the
more improbable when it is considered
that each plant is built in duplicate in all
its parts.
At the present time the mains of the
city are supplied from both directions
the North Birmingham pumps pumping
against the pressure from Shades noun
tain.
Distribution of Water.
The local piping system is very extern
sIve as the Birmingham Water Works
company supplies not only the city prop
er. but also Woodlawn, AVondale and
Eusley. 1t is roughly situated that the
system comprises about 200 miles OF iron
piping.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-29
Civilization and COurtShip
BY ALFRED CECIL.

keen In scrutiny, and ears too acute In
catching soft, siken words not intended
for them. Courtship in such surround
ings was the supreme of felicity, but civ
ilization in its ruthless rush and onset
has destroyed 1t all, and produced con-
ditions that are most discouraging to the
growth and development of the grand
passion of all humanity. To be sure. the
passion Is taking care Of itself. 1t has,
as ever, its seed time, its summer and its
harvest crowned with the orange bios
SONS, but small thanks therefor are due
to civilization, that is to the improve
ments" of one kind or another which fol-
low in Its train.
Again, take the modern summer hotel,
whether in the mountains or on the sea-
shore. Love making In one of these man.
moth establishments Is next to the Inn
possible, that is the old-fashioned love-
making which we read about in the nov
els, but nowadays hardly ever see in real
life. How much better the pleasant farm
houses of thirty or forty years ago to
which the generation that is now near
ing the end, fed from the burning city
! pavements during the scorching July and
August weeks. How many millions OF
young hearts began to beat as one in the
love-inspirng surroundings of those rest
compelling old structures with their tow
ering shade trees, winding lanes per-
wild flowers, sheltering hedges, sun-ex-
Guiding woods and respondent orchards
dropping their benediction of white, pink
and purple blossoms, while the old tale
that is ever new was again whispered be-
meath them. The utilitarianism of civil
4 ization has swept nearly all of them
| away, cut them into lots for generally
! hideous suburban cottages decked out
| in garish white or yellow potent paint
raiment that is a blot and even a defile-
ment on a landscape, that, left to Itself
| as 1t came from the great artist nature
would be vision of loviness and beauty.
Everywhere is progress, civilization or
| whatever it may be called the remorse-
J less enemy of the lovers. or would-be low
! ers. To skip from the land to the water
! there is the ancient slow-going steamer
of a decade or so ago. A trip to the old
world, requiring twelve to fourteen days
| gave ample time to susceptible hearts for
acquaintance to warm into friendship
and friendship into that warmer feeling
which is sealed and consecrated by the
white-robed minister in the UNCOVERED
little house of prayer. But civilization
had to come along with Its expansion en-
| gines, twin-screws, and other fiendish
devices that go to make up the mechan-
| ism of the ocean greyhound. As result
| the romances of the sea have all, or near
| ly all, come to an end. The young people
have barely time to get introduced BE-
| tween the disappearing shorelne on one
side and the looming up of the opposite
one, when the hurried goodbys have to
| be uttered, and pathways that might. I'M
| der more favoring circumstances have
blended into one diverge forever Rough
! indeed is the road for the lovers of the
| twentieth century, but they manage to
| get over II.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-29
From a Literary Point of View.
the Washington Tribune.

From the Washington Tribune.
"Waldemar," said the young wife,
meeting him at the door you are two
hours later than usual. What detained
your
Waldemar had been in attendance at a
political caucus in the rear of a saloon,
but to tell the bald truth would shock
her.
He decided to embelish it slightly.
What do women know of politics, any
way?
Necessary business. my dear" he re-
piled. II was detained by necessary bust
ness.
what kind of business?'
Well, 1t was what you might call pub
lie business. Something in the nature of
reform. you know"
What kind of reform?'
municipal reform. lot of us got
together to talk up certain matters that
in our Judgment need Strengthening"
Where did you get togetner?"
Where do you suppose II not in my
Officer
II didn't know Did you get the things
Strengthened out?''
Not altogether. We were merely de-
liberating"
well. of course, some of the other fell
lows drank beer"
In your Officer
II mean, of course. they had been
drinking beer
Your clothes smell of old tobacco"
II came home In the smoking car. The
other cars were all crowded"
$50 long after the rush hour?"
She shook her head.
"Waldemar," she said, Judged solely
on its literary merits. your first attempt
at sustained fiction is sorry failure.
Take my advice and don't try 1t again."
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-29
GIANT ELEPHANT DIES.
Largest Elephant In Captivity Dies
After Frightful Agonies.


New York, March 2S.-The elephant
lingo. said to have been larger than
Jumbo died at sea on the steamer Geor-
gic, which arrived yesterday from Liver
pool. The animals death occurred March
u and the huge body was buried at sea-
An animal show bought lingo in London.
The elephant had not Travelled since in
fancy, and from the time of sailing ct
Liverpool 1t fretted and pinned away.
lingo was % years old, u feet high,
weighed six tons and was valued at $50 :
900.
For sixty hours preceding its death,
the mammoth beast trumpeted without
ceasng and twice knocked down it's keep
er, Thomas Lawrence, who attempted to
pacify it.
The cries Of the elepasnt aroused the
leopards and tigers, which were on the
ship. and they. too, Joined in the cry,
which for three days kept the crew OF
the Georgia on its guard. Each day pass
ed lingo seemed to grow weaker and he
squirmed in his narrow cage in an eff
fort to get out. He was securely chained
In such a position in the aft hatchway
that escape was impossible
On the fifth day out the animals condi-
tion was such that Lawrence gave him
whisky and kept him under the influence
of whisky for almost three days. 1t was
then that lingo became more savage than
ever and began trumpeting The entire
crew went to Lawrence's assistance on
the eleventh day and Joined him In an
effort to pacify lingo. They all failed
however, and twice the beast got its
trunk through the bars of the cage and
struck the keeper with such force that
he was thrown to the deck.
The other animals Joined in the great
noise until about o'clock Of the morn
ing of the 18th, when suddenly Jingo's
cries ceased. Lawrence ran to the cage
to find the animal dead. His carcass was
examined, and after it was decided that
1t could not be stuffed, it was ordered
thrown overheard.