The Yale expositor., 1906-07-13
MOST IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS
At HOME TOLD IN CON-
DENSED FORM.
LATE FOREIGN DISPATCHES
Interesting Items Of News Gathered
from All Parts of the Globe and
Outlined in the Briefest Manner
Possible.

ton. He said dryly that it looked TO
him as if they wanted another fight"
and then he let it be known that the
government was ready to give them
one rather than accept any halfway
measures in the amelioration of con-
ditions surrounding the meat indus
try.
The navy department was advised
that the United States army transport
Thomas which went ashore at Guam
was floated.
Natal troops have completely sur
rounded and defeated a rebel body in
the Umvoti district. Five hundred and
forty-seven rebels were killed and few
escaped. There were no white cas-
ualties.
In addition to closing her frontier to
all Servian cattle, Austria-Hungary
has prohibited the bringing in of
timed meats from Servia.
Waldorf Astor, son of William Wal,
dorf Astor, of London, arrived at New
York on the steamer Celtic, accompa.
MED by his bride who was formerly
Mrs. Mamie Langhorne Shaw, of Vir'
ginia.
The cruiser Charleston, with Secre.
tary Root and party on board, arrived
at San Juan, p. II.
The Russian commissioners have
locked horns over the mode of eXpro-
priation and the method of disposal OF
private estates.
The steamer Langdale, Capt. Kelly
from Savannah, for Bremen collided
In the English channel in fog with
the steamer Fishren, of Newcastle
The Langdale took the Fishren in tow
but the steamer Maryland, Capt,
Clarke, from Philadelphia, fouled the
Fishren, which sank.
Five Yosemite valley stages were
held up by a lone highwayman who
obtained a considerable amount of
money and jewelry. The conveyances
were halted in rapid succession at a
curve in the road near Advance, Cal.
The output of asbestos in the United
States for 1905 was 3,109 short tons,
valued at $42,975. This exceeds the
production of any previous year, and
represents an increase of more than
100 per cent. in quantity and of almost
67 per cent.
The biennial convention of the
North American Gymnastic union, bet
ter known as the Turner'S, was called
to order at Newark, N. J., with about
100 delegates present.
Emperor William arrived at Tondh-
jem on the Hamburg. King Haakon
Immediately went on board and the
two monarchs embraced cordially, kiss
ing each other several times.
The small wooden steamer Henry
Houghten, owned in Detroit, was
beached in a sinking condition just
above Windmill Point, in Lake St.
Clair, after colliding with the steamer
Frank Peavey.
1t has been decided to hold the ju-
nior and senior track and field cham
pionships of the Amateur Athletic
union of the United States at Travers
island, the seniors to be held on Sep
TENDER and the juniors on the Thurs
or Friday preceding.
Passenger train No. f. on the Atch-
ison, Topeka G. Santa Fe railway, was
partially derailed four miles west of
Flagstaff, Ariz. Ed. Pillsbury, the
fireman. was scalded to death.
A meeting between Emperor William
and Emperor Nicholas is expected next
month
Henry H. Glauste, secretary of the
% {v,n ia
to congress its conclusions concern
ing the laws relative to second class
mail matter, has issued an announce
ment that the first session will be held
at'New York at noon, October 1, 1906.
William Carter, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church, Kansas City, has
accepted a call from the Madison Ave
nue. Reformed church of New York
city.
G.. Meade Emory, lawyer OF Seattle
was shot and probably fatally wounded
by Chester Thompson, student at the
University of Washington, who was in
fatuated with Miss Charlotte white
tlesey had requested her uncle TO pre-
vent Thompson from entering the
house.
Percy A. Leonard. a pioneer news
paper publisher of Colorado, died sud
denly of heart failure at Denver, aged
80 years.
John Lockwood died at Kansas City
from the effects of dose of lauddnum
Lockwood was lawyer and an inven-
tor.
Mrs. Fred Sloat, keeper of a board
ing house at Cleveland, Ohio, shot and
instantly killed George Clark The
woman maintains that she killed Clark
while aiming at a target.
Crown Princess Frederick William
of Germany was safely accouched of a
son.
The senate Of Hamburg has deter
mined to rebuild the church of st
Michael, destroyed by fire. The first
subscription, $3.50, was cabled from
New York by Hemann Stachow.
Prof. Henry A. Ward. of Chicago
well-known naturalist, was struck by