The Yale expositor., 1906-10-26

south, Mrs. jefferson Davis was laid
to rest in Hollywood cemetery, Rich
mond, Va, where rests the body or
her distinguished husband.
A memorial gateway of granite to
commemorate the movements of the
continental army was formally dedi-
Gated at Cambridge, Mass, by mem
bers of the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution.
Ebert Hargis, John Smith and John
Abner, charged with the assassination
of Dr. B. N. Cox during the Brearhitt
county, Kentucky, feud troubles, were
admitted to bail in the sum of $4,000
each.
Secretary Taft, by direction of the
president, has instructed Maj. Gen.
Greedy to dispatch a troop of cavalry
to Wyoming to round up the Ute In
dams.
In a fire at Birmingham, Ala, sup
posed to have been set by burglars
ten men were burned to death, two
seriously and perhaps fatally injured
and a third slightly hurt.
Paris BARLEY, cashier, and F. G.
Stokes, assistant cashier, surprised
two robbers at work in the Auxvasse,
Mo-, State bank, and opened fire on
them with shotguns. The robbers es-
capped.
Voting in the election which is to
decide who shall control the Mutual
and New York Insurance companies
and their $90O,OO0.O00 of assets has
begun and will continue until Deem
Der Is, when the polls will close.
The annual meeting of the Presby-
terrain synod of Iowa met at Vinton.
Rev. John McAllister, of Missouri
Valley, was chosen moderator. There
were over 200 delegates in attend
ance.
Ex-United States Senator ]. d.
Walker, one of the prominent lawyers
of Arkansas. fell down a stairway
leading to his office at Fayetteville,
and was killed, his skull being frac-
tured. He was &c years of age.
Fire which broke out in the six
story building of the Prowell Hard
ware company, on First avenue, near
Nineteenth street, Birmingham, Ala,
burned for six hours, causing a loss
of about 100000.
Much business was cleared up at
the first days formal sessions of the
triennial convention of the Worlds
Christian Temperance Union in Bos-
ton. The delegates met in fremont
Temple, which was crowded through
out the day
Japanese Consul Uyeno intimates
that the possibility of international
complications between the United
States and Japan unless Japanese chill
dren are allowed to attend all the San
Francisco public schools instead of
being relegated to the oriental schools
with Chinese, Indians and negroes.
A simple and brief funeral service
was held at New York for the late
Mrs. Jefferson Davis. Rev. N. A. Sea-
gle, of st. Stephens Episcopal church,
officiated. He was assisted by Rev.
George S. Baker, chaplain of the
Southern society. and Rev. Henry Luz
beck, rector of st. Timothy's church.
Theodore Roosevelt will again be
candidate for the presidency, If Hearst
is elected governor of New York." de-
clared a Republican leader close to
that If the Democrats win in New
York the next Democratic candidate
for the presidency may be William
X. Hearst, and that the Hearst peril
Is the only thing that can induce
Roosevelt to change his decision not
to run aagin.
Attorney General Herbert s. Hadley
of Missouri has decided to institute
proceedings in the United States SUI
preme court to establish title to Island
park in the Missouri river, between
Clay county, Missouri, and Wyandotte
county, Kansas.
The tropical hurricane which swept
over Cuba, cutting off communication
south of Jacksonville and flooding var
ious places in its course, is apparently
safely away from land and heading
toward the Bermuda islands and the
ocean beyond.
orders will be ISSUED for the with
drawal of all but 500 of the marines in
Cuba. They will be replaced until the
total force in Cuba numbers about T.
900.
Secretary Taft announced that he
expects to make several political
speeches In the west before the close
Of the campaign.
President Roosevelt will take up the
question of selection to fill the va
cancy on the supreme court of the
United States caused by the retire
ment of Associate Justice Brown.
Three Apache Indians, representing
the $50 members of the Geronimo
band, held prisoners at Fort Sill,
Okla. called on Secretary Taft and
urged that they be allowed to take
up lands in New Mexico and Arizona,
where they formerly lived.
Thieves entered the house OF Paul
Nash, the American consul at Vienna
and carried away large cabinet in
which Mr.. Nash is in the habit of
keeping collection of jewels.