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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
Can Such Thinus Re2

That the Standard Oil system" en-
ploys marvellous secret service in
many Of the leading cities of the Unit
ed States, whereby it defies the nation
and hunts down and destroys it's com
petitors, is the gist of a special dis
patch TO the Chicago Tribune from
Philadelphia. The dispatch says in
part:
1--WE are bigger ttr~~yf government.
Standard Oil is ST Than the Unit
ed States. We } senate ana
house. If you Sour investiga-
tons beyond We point necessary to
fool the pubic we will have you re-
moved. We can secure the instant de.
position o3 the secretary Of commerce
and labor, MIR Metcalf, and the COM
missioner Interpretations, Mr.. Garfield.
If you persecute us in the slightest de-
gree you will be out of your job, and
il you keep at the business you will
find out that what we say is absolutely
true"
Agents of the government were con-
fronted at the outset by evidence OF
the existence Of extraordinary secret
machinery Of the Standard Oil Co.
They discovered that it covers the
United States and probably extends in
to foreign countries. 1t was organized
and operated in the first place to pre-
vent jobbers and retailers from cut.
ting prices.
Government agents have shown and
have so reported to the secretary OF
commerce and labor that whoever sells
a shade off the market price is invar.
iably caught and punished according to
the code of the System"
This secret service is said to be more
complete. more INSCRIPTIONS, and more
far-reaching than anything which has
ever been known before in this coun.
| try.
Rockefeller is a bigger man than
Roosevelt" was the constant cry OF
the Standard Oil people not only in
New York but in Illinois, Missouri and
Kansas as well.
Bogus independent corporations, the
creatures of Standard Oil, have been
| established in Chicago, Milwaukee
| Cincinnati, st. Louis, New York, Phila
| delphia, New Orleans, Indianapolis
San Francisco, and half dozen other
cities. Again and again 1t has been de-
veloped, when competition sprung up
and when a new oil company seemed
| likely to threaten the existence of the
Standard in any particular locality, an
independent" concern was speedily
organized. This began to compete for
antitrust business. 1t cut prices again
and again. In each case the Standard
Oil has refused to mix in the fight
1t has been secure in the possession
of not less than 20 per cent Of all the
business in the United States. 1t has
been a good business proposition for
the Standard Oil Co. to organize bogus
independent companies to contest for
the other 80 per cent.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
"PIay Sall."

The football question was para
mount in the high school section of the
State Teachers association in Lans-
ing. One of the teachers denounced the
game as it is played today as both
degrading and demoralizing, while
others were inclined to believe with
President Roosevelt, that it should be
modified and continued as a recog-
nized college and high school sport
on account Of its value in the physical
development of young men.
One set of resolutions, providing for
the suspension of the game for two
years, was discussed and laid on the
table. Afterward another resolution
was offered putting the association on
record in favor of the game on Satur-
days and holidays only, discouraging
the practice of employing professional
coaches and in favor of ending the
football schedule by the middle of No
Yember.
This resolution was adopted.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
Burninu Homes.

w. e. Smith, an American resident
of st. Petersburg, reports that 5000
armed insurgents from the Baltic prov
inces have crossed the railroad be.
tween RadjitZa and Pskoff and that the
whole country is lighted up by fires
from burning residences. He says that
the insurgents, who are we'll armed
and who have a battery of machine
guns, announce that they are annex
ing" the region to the Lithuanian re-
public" Rich landed proprietors and
their families boarded the train at
Pskoff with nothing but hand satchels.
They told Mr.. Smith that they were
glad to escape alive.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
Prepare For Trouble.

Although Gen. Chaffee, chief OF staff,
and Gen. Ainsworth, military secre-
tary, both assert there is no special
significance in the removal of consid-
cradle bodies of troops to the PnIlip-
pines at this time, it is known that
the president. from inside advices,
fears an international rupture In Chi
ma that may possibly reach the magni-
tude of revolution in the provinces OF
Canton, Shanghai and other sections.
The war department says that troops
are constantly moving to the Philip
pines to replace those coming home
after the regular three years service
there, but none are coming away now
to make room for the First regiment,
two regiments of battery brigade, and
others, to move in January.
1t is simply claimed that these are
being sent this time because transport
facilities and other conditions make it
easier now than during hot weather.
Thus, whatever explanation the gov
eminent offers, 1t is apparent that an
increase Of troops has been ordered in
the Philippines for the time being, at
least, and this, with expectation of
Chinese troubles, makes ground on
which are based rumors In the army
OF possible active service in the far
east.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
Detroit Crimes,

Detroit energies from the twelve
months of crime with a record of four
murders and one homicide. In all the
criminal history of the city it is
doubtful if the counterpart of the MUIR
der of Joseph Meyer, the pawnbroker
who was struck down in his shop at
az Monroe avenue, can be found. Com
mitted in broad daylight, in the heart
of the business section, by two young
men who were enigmas for days after
their capture at Cleveland, o., it en-
crossed the attention of the public
until the day, five weeks later, when
the murderers were convicted and
sent to Marquette for life.
Particularly atrocious was the muir
der of Mrs. Mary North by her hus-
band, Harry North, a sewer inspector
in the employ of the city. The woman
and her daughter, Lottie, spent the
evening at the theater, and when
North returned to the house, in fit
of drunken rage, he accused the
woman of unfaithfulness and shot her
In the presence of their children.
Louis Calcaterra was shot at a
dance by Fernando Falconi. Calca-
terra jostled Falconi and paid for it
with his life.
Charles Martin and Ernest Bloom
returned to their rooms in the home
of William Harrington, $50 Michigan
avenue, early in the morning of Sep
TENDER %. Martin made an attack on
Harrington's 16-year-old daughter, and
both men were struck on the head by
Harrington, Martin dying in the hos
pital two hours later. Harrington was
exonerated by the police.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
Our Gentle Middies.

Mids hipman Geo. w. Hewitt, the
first witness against Midshipman COT
fin, who is being court martialed for
haZing Jerdone p. Kimbrough, a broth
er mldshipman, did not know which
way to turn when he faced the glitter
ing uniforms of the judges yesterday.
You need not testify to what would
tend to incriminate you" was the adj
vice of the judge advocate to the wit
ness.
Then followed a query by the latter:
did you visit the room OF accused
December - and there see Mr.. Kim
brough being hazed by Mr.. Cofiin?"
II merely looked in the room and
saw Kimbrough standing on his head,
admitted Hewitt. II passed along and
five minutes later | looked in again
and he was in the same position"
So that there might be no mistake
about what standing on the head is
like, the court asked Kimbrough, who
was sworn, to demonstrate it, and with
head and hands on the floor of the
court he kicked his heels in the air.
Because of the rule that no cadet is
permitted to look at another during
the hazing process, Kimbrough assert
ed to the court that he was unable TO
identify Coffin as one of his torment
ors.
From the testimony of aoveral mid.
shipmen called in defense 1t was made
to appear that Kimbrough was hazed
because his associates considered him
not altogether truthful.
The charge against Midshipman De-
catur who Is next on the list for trial
for hazing Midshipman McCrary, is
that he compelled him to stand on his
head about $50 times in succession,
and to perform other exercises to the
point of exhaustion.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
Swept Overheard.

A great wave, reaching almost tidal
proportions. rolled up Vineyard Sound
Friday night and, overtaking the big
five-master schooner Henry o. Bar
rett, tumbled over the stern and
swept overheard to their death Capt.
Joshua Norton, of Rockland, Maine,
the commander, and his mate, James
Conley, of st. John, N. B.
The wave damned the helmsman
against the wheel, after smashing the
yawl and davits, and then ranging
forward, tore through the spinnaker
and jigger sails and carried away the
deck house. Capt. Norton and Mate
Conley were standing together near
the stern.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05

Nine men are dead at Torreon, Mex,
It Is said as the result of poison put
in punch by political enemies.
William McNeir, Of Michigan, has
been appointed chief Of the bureau of
rolls and libraries of the state depart
ment at Washington.
Rabbit hunting Is one OF President
Roosevelt's recreations at Pine Knob,
Va, where he has gone to forget public
cares. A drizzling rain, which later
became a downpour, spoiled yester-
days sports. Theodore Roosevelt. Jr..
and Surgeon-General Ripley have
Joined the party with three beagle
hounds and two white settlers.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
Bennett Pardoned.

After one year of freedom under
parole Edwin T. Bennett has been
granted a pardon, the first issued by
Gov. Warner during his first year in
office. Bennett was convicted in June,
1902, Of manslaughter in the death OF
Agnes Eberstein, of Battle Creek, who
died in Bay City hotel after a GRIM
inal operation, she having been Ben
nett's mistress. He was sentenced to
seven years imprisonment, but was
paroled by Gov. Bliss just before
Christmas in 1904.
Mr.. Bennett was formerly owner of
the Bay City Tribune and has many
friends who worked for his parole and
his pardon. Both of Benefits wives
one Of whom is divorced, also aided
in the matter. Bennett is now in Bay
City on a visit to his aged blind
mother, who never knew of his being
sent to prison.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
THE MARKETS..

Detroit-Good mich cows were a
trile lower and nothing brought over
$45 to s47, and they had to be extra
grades were dull. Extra dry steers and
heifers, 81 so; steers and heifers, 1000
to 1900. $4@4 so: steers and heifers,
500 to 1000, SO 50@4; steers and heifers
choice fat cows, So 25@S 70; good fat
cows, So 1903 %; common cows, 81 20
heavy bulls, sSG3 so; fair to good boz
lognas, bulls, 50 5003; stock bulls,
So 25@2 Is; choice feeding steers, 500
to 1000 So 5e@4 fair feeding steers.
500 to zoo, 1903 so; fair stockers, 500
to 700, So 50@3; stock heifers, So 25Q
. IS; mixers, large, young. medium
The supply of veal calves was very
light and prices paid were about ESQ
higher than they were a week ago.
start to finish at prices 10 cents higher
than last week, nearly everything
bringing IS 10 per hundred. Range OF
prices: Light to good butchers, s. 10;
roughs, "a 25@4 so; stays one-third off:
Sheep-Sold about 15c higher; demand
good. Prices: Best lambs; g 80; fair
mon s0o iam r30 seas 5O o. fair to good
butcher sheep, s4@5; culls and common
50 95Q3.
SO .2O@6; yearlings, s4@5 So; cows, 81 so
ga; bulls, So 4O@3 20; calves, s5@7.
Hogs-Light, IS @5 10; prime butch
eTfi 50 h eS%S sG G Pa 75 - iO~0 W.
Sheep-Market steady to 10@15c
lower sheep. SO 50G6; yearlings, SO %
OF; lambs, s. 25@7 as.
Grain, Etc.
Observation-Disclosures i white, cars
at SAC; No. 2 red spot, 1 car at sc &c.
af naCamhpr ri 600 hll
SsHc, 5000 bu at S61sc. 1000 blu at
S6Hc' s, 900 bu at sec: May, 10000 bu at
9O%c, 10000 Blu at 90esc, 5000 blu at
9Ohc; July, 1000 bu at S5Ac, 5000 blu
at S5Bc, 5000 blu at Soc; No. red. $40
Corn-No. mixed, 2 cars at 44xc;
No do, / car at 43hc; No. 3 yellow.
Q cars at acc, s cars at 40 &c; No; yell
s9M' i car at 45Nc; No. 3 white, /
car at 45c; No. 4 white, car. at 44c bu.
Oats--No.. white, spot 3 cars at
S SS| SAMPLE pT; at w saHc per raj bu a. % car
RyemSo. 2 spot. nominal at e7hc bu.
Glover seed-Prime spot. 80 bags at
IS 10; January, IS 10; March, 100 bags
Is at 81 SIS, 2 at 81 90, is at 81 25, and
IL at Sc 10 per bu. Prime alsike, 81 10:
by sample, bags at So rs per bu.
gsansPscf pa s. . 3 asRea Ma Saa
81 IS bid. 81 CT asked; May. 81 65 bid.
81 20 asked.
spring wheat. s2M Ss5c; No. 8, soSs4c:
No. 2 red, S61k @S7hc; No. 2 corn.
47kc; No. yellow 47ikc; No 2 oats.
sde Ne White s 2ys si No white edoa
feeding barley, s7K@s7Nc; fair to
choice mailing. Al "a 49c; No. fiaxseed.
81 OS; No. northwestern. 81 10; prime
timothy seed. SO s7h; clover. contract
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
I Prayer.


Fair little head tf sun brown hair
Sweet as the autumn glow
Dear little hand4 oh, child of mine,
Lost to me loAlg ago!
Down In the orchard. white with bloom,
Long wondrouf hours we spent,
Watching the crH mson sun sink low
And dreaming Iwhere he went.
Thrilled with q 81 joy of life and love-
The deep peaTe over all,
Fragrance of blossoms newly blown,
The robins p}laintive call.
Prayer of the ldvelorn nightingale,
And laughter ysweet and shrill;
Ghosts of the j Nine dusk looming up
Beyond the distant hill.
Well did we kf ow the red clouds trailed
The far Oft mystic sea;
Dear little heart, the wide. wide world
Seemed just for you and me.
Fair little head of sun brown hair
Sweet as TIL autumn glow
Dear little haikds, oh. child OF mine
Lost to me long ago!
New York Sun.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
Townsend's Bill.

Rep. Charles E. Townsend is still
confident that his railroad rate reg
ulation bill has not been shelved, as
has been intimated from Washington.
He says he expects that when the in
terstate and foreign commerce commit
tee meets January 5 the Esch-Town-
send bill will be taken up. Mr.. Town
send is sanguine that no bill can pass
both houses of congress unless 1t en-
bodies the principle of the Esch-Town-
send bill. The president, according to
Townsend, has said it. and so 1t will
ha
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
BaY CitX's Great Fire.

The American Shipbuilding Co.'s en-
tire plant in Bay City, excepting one
warehouse and the Office, was de
stroyed by fire, causing a loss of $3.50,
900 and throwing 1000 men out of EN-
ployment. The fire was one of the
most rapid ever seen, the flames
spreading throughout the plant in ten
minutes. A boat being built for the
Gilchrist Transportation Co. was bad
ly damaged. There is considerable
anxiety to know whether the plant
will be rebuilt.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
Tramp Had Not Suffered.

Il is relat ed that one day william
Lloyd CARR son was called from his
dinner table by a man who begged
for a pair dbf trousers. Thinking he
would give \ his the pair he had on, and
don a new pair he had lately pur-
chased, he went upstairs to make the
change. Hd was somewhat dasned' ON
coming down to the table and explain
ing matterIs, by Mrs. Garrisons ex-
clamation: eff you give him the pair
you had Oh h you gave him your new
trousers," Garrison laughed, and
said: wei /, he has a good pair any
how"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05

-. Culp, of Sumner, has lost his
I fifth horse from poisoning. How the
animals got the poison is unknown.
Stung by an insect while passing
through swamp, William H. John
son, formerly of Saginaw, has met
death by poisoning at Jacksonville,
Fla. An attempt was made to save
his life by amputating his arm at the
shoulder.
Albert Neal, aged 10, was found gull
~ OF non-support. His wife was form
erly Miss Frances Conger, and both
resided at Akron, Tuscola county. A
family row broke out and estranged
the young couple.
The girls were so pretty that he
couldn't help hugging them in the
streets was the confession OF Allie
Ward to Justice Erb, of Muskegon.
There were several of the pretty girls
In court at the time and they blushed
becomingly and felt sorry they had
complained against him. Allie was
fined 500 and costs. He had the
$1,000 with him, paid his fine and was
free.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
AMUsEMENTs IN DETROIT.
Week Ending Jan, 8.

TEMPLE THEATER AND WONDERLAND After.
moons 215, l0c. to 25c; Evenings s:l5 100. to SOC
Nella Bergen.
LYcEUM--P sices i5-c5-3y-5D-75c. Mats, Wed.
and Sat. Primrose's Minstrels.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 1920 30c.; Mats. 10-15-s5o
McFadden's Flats.
LArAysrrE rHEATER--Prices si.5o, sf.oo, 1s
and Oc. Mats. Wed. and Saturday.
out Of the Fold"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
Oh! Rats! Rats!

The third annual muskrat carnival
of the Monroe Yacht club is over and
1t goes down in the history of musk
rats and muskrateers as the greatest
event on record. Three thousand hun
Try men sat down, 500 at a time, to
kuskrats parboiled, salad, pickles, Gel
u and coffee. There was also a gush-
fountain Of muskrat cocktail.
bly, the size of the armory limited
umbers at the tables. Flags, bunt-
white-coated walters, blue-uni-
d commodores, yachtsmen by
eds, rat eaters by thousands,
ed the hall, packed the auditor
d surged in and out from the
where the muskrat geyser bub-
IRE were ten bands all playing
Time in the Old Town To-
The hungry men ate. Wheth-
IS escaped after the dinner is
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
A woman knows how to use every

A woman knows how to use every.
thing that comes within her reach.
VIM. Heeren, Plainfield, N. j., dia.
mond merchant, was given knockout
drops and sandbagged at Philadelphia
The thugs got away with $500 worth OF
diamonds and some money.
Wedding presents for Alice Roose
Welt. daughter of the president, arc
beginning to assume unique forms. The
members of local Union No. 3, United
Mine Workers of America, will give
Miss Roosevelt, as a wedding gift, O
carload of the best anthracite coal, in
appreciation of her fathers services
in ending the strike of 1902.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
MANY WEAR AMUXTS
ALL SORTS OF CHARMS IN 9tvoR
WITH MEN.
Generally a Story Connected With
Odd Tokens Which Are NeXr Laid
Aside During Either ownerf Sleep
ing or Waking Hours.

About one-third of the MN who
come into this place wear al amulet
or q luck charm, or something that
they never take off when tho strip"
said an attendant of a turkth bath.
-Four or five regular patrols wear
little lockets strung on co1s round
their necks. Pictures of tleir best
girls, l suppose. The lockt of one
oldish fellow. who has beenIa patron
for years, Is studded with diamonds
and must be very valuable
There are all kinds of luck
charms. I've noticed two or three
rabbits feet, little bronze Japanese
god, and a piece of green 4one, jade
guess, with a Chinese Ascription.
Zone drunk, who always comes in
here when he is tapering off, has
lead bullet hammered out fbt. 1t was
easy for me to figure out the COM
hination, because on his 9eft breast,
just over the heart, theI e is an ir-
regular, whitish scar.
"One night he told me dbout it. He
got it in a gambling quarrel down in
Arizona. A Mexican }hot at him
point blank with a bulldog revolver.
A check book in his pocit turned the
bullet, so that it just plqlghed up the
flesh and lodged in his 5oat.
you'd have though hi d have worn
the check book, but otehow he fig
ured it out that the buQ et was lucky.
He had it hammered OF fiat, hung it
around his neck and Id never taken
it off to this day.
college boys who 4long to some
fraternity or other whifh makes them
wear their pins always come in here
now and then. They vlways call for
string. before they Jndress and go
into the hot room vii the pin tied
to their necks.
"The queerest casd in my exper-
fence was an old felloY, a mining man,
| believe. He was Nm and out for
eight or ten years. lie always wore
fat disk of tin Of string about
his neck.
81 got curious abb ut that thing;
used to look it over when l was rub
bling him down. | 1ade it out to be
kind of box. 1t d bned with clasp
on the under side. never asked any
questions, but l mi ghty well wanted
to know.
"Well, sir, one M kht he showed up
very drunk and talk tive, and told me
about that little b TX.
"It seems that iway back some
time, when he wa5 young man, he
stumbled against 4 dying Mexican
who had notion (bout hidden treas
ure. Before he klied the Mexican
handed over littlf old diagram on a
piece Of parchment.
There was som ething wrong with
the diagram. Tho miner had found
the place where The treasure ought
to be, dug there, and drawn blank.
Then he figured On places where the
direction was hajy, went back, and
tried again in ANOTHER direction.
He'd been doitg that for years on
every trip he'd taken to Arizona. Safe
deposit vaults we're no use to him for
keeping his little Imap. He'd had that
water tight tin box made and dashed
about his neck ny stout thong, so
that sleeping, Waking or swimming
| it was always with him.
81 haven't seeh him for more than
a year. It's getting about time for
him to turn u1 again."-New York
, Sun.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05

II you would pose as an intellectual
person let people know how early ond
often that you admire them.
The home of Charles Delley, aged so
years, at Rothbury, burned 20 the
ground Friday morning, loss $1,000.
Delley was alone and had no warning.
He dragged himself out. but will die
of burns. He has no family.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05

will remember that he is or
large diameter.
One hot Sunday. as he wa
buckle his shoes, his wife
Calling her, he said: my d.
buckle my Shoes"
His wife did so, but said,
iignantly: "You should havI
my DEAR" said the prof
had a valley where I have 4
| I could buckle my own shi
ton Herald.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05
Prof. BIowman Needed a Valley.

Prof. SVpwman. the organist has
summerdG >at, npirnAl Island, Me-, for
many years. Those Syho know him
..,,, ...s.o,,,,,ou ,h.. ho ,s ~ unusually
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05

In a dispute during card game in
Wise county, Va, Geo. Meads was in
stantly killed and VIII Ferguson, a
bystander, and Mary Rainey, a servant,
were fatally wounded.
Defective children should be exter-
minated is the opinion expressed by
Prof. Alexander Johnson, secretary of
the National Charities conference, at
the state school teachers meeting at
Atlantic City, N. j., Thursday. How.
ever, as the law prohibits chloroform-
Ing them, he advised segregation. His
idea Is that lunacy breeds lunacy, and
three generations of segregation would
probably eliminate the defective.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-01-05

A wireless message received at the
navy department from the drydock
Dewey reported that the structure
was thirty-three miles south of Cape
Henry; weather fine and making good
progress.
The prophecy that Mormonism some
day is to encircle the world as the
ruling religion of the universe was
made at Chicago by Joseph f. Smith
and other Mormon leaders, who spoke
to an audience of 400 people at the
Latter Day Saints church.