The Yale expositor., 1906-08-10


ICY" Seymour, the center fielder
whose release the New York National
League club paid $4,000, refused to
don a uniform in the game against
st. Louis, claiming he is entitled to
share of the money paid Cincinnati
for his release.
Attorney General Moody, in accord
ance with the policy heretofore deter
mined on, has directed further prose
cutions of a number of railroads for
violations of the federal safety APP
pliance acts.
f. A. Gage, son of Lyman. ]. Gage,
former secretary OF the treasury, COM
mitted suicide in a tourist hotel at
Seattle by shooting himself through
the body with a 3S-caliber revolver.
Endorsement of William j. Bryan for
president in 1908, the defeat OF res
olution calling upon the national DEM
ocratic committee to investigate the
charges made against National Chair
mon Thomas K. Taggart and demand
his resignation If they are proven,
and the nomination of Charles H. KIM
merle, of Cassopolis, for governor,
were the features OF tho Michigan
Democratic state convention.
The Missouri state board Of railway
and warehouse commissioners refusei
to grant an increased freight rate on
furniture and agricultural imple-
ments.
The Goldfield A.hlstlc club guaran-
tees a purse Of $40 GOO for a contest
between Cans and Nelson and $4,000
for Britt and McGovern on Labor day.
At a meeting If the executive conf
mittee of the William j. Bryan recep-
ton committee Ii was decided to is
sue reserved seat tickets to Madison
Square garden, New York. where Mr..
Bryan is to deliver his address.
A disastrous fire broke ont in the
grounds of the international exposi-
ton at Milan and two &c the finest
buildings were destroyed.
Miss BERTHE Schneider, of Mllwau.
kee, rescued Miss Claire l.. Corwin
from drowning in the Chippewa river
at Chippewa Falls.
J. G. Wellington, a saloon keeper,
was killed. w. J. Cooke, a Judge OF
election is fatally wounded. and a
third man less seriously injured in
fight at Memphis polling place.
James b. Postlethwait employed In
the clerical department ~ ,hs Mich
igan Central company III Detroit, died
after having tasted az days for the
| benefit o fhis health.
The Mckinley syndicate secured a
license from the secretary of ctatc of
| Illinois to incorporate the Danvills a.
Eastern Illinois Railroad company, to
construct an electric cGilrcad from
Danville through vurriilion county.
Clifford S. Hixton, 4 bookEaeper for
the Union Trust company. is in jail
at Pittsburg charged with embeLyle.
ment. HiNtCn is said TO Lave made 3
confession in when re says his pscu
lations viii. amrunt 10 aLcUt $12b, 00o.
The state of Illinois secured judg.
ment against former State Treasurer
Henry Wulff aud Floyd X. White.
more, his boGdsnicn, fer 5G.S32.40. TIE
SUIT MRS fled by ne state of Illinois
to recover fees held by former Stale
1TcuSlIeT w slH.
The final ac'ount of the trustee of
the bankrupt e=tat- o: ffaHk G.. Bige-
low, the desaulting Milwaukee bonk
president, who is row serving a SEN
tence in Fort LeavenwUrth, has been
filed. The trustee says that there is
sufficient money on hand 20 iay 4 final
dividend of 11.22 per cent on ap-
proved claims, aggregst;ng s3,242.255
John b. Caldwell, who vas charged
with having stolen upward of $4,000
from the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke
company, has been sentenced at Wise,
Va, to seven yeas in the peaiten-
tiary
William r.. Hearst has decided to
run for governor of New York as an in.
dependent candidate The state COR
mittee of the Independent league, q
Hearst organization, decided tao
league shall hold a state convention n
September IL to nominate Hearst fer
governor and put a full state a2d j.-
dietary ticket in the field.
In accordance vita an order :ssGei
by the emperor of Russia t!.@ Amer:-
can syndicate represented 10y !;aron
Loicq de Lobel Of Paris is authorized
to begin work on the Trans Siberian.
Alaska railroad protest.
A stick of wood containing dyna.
mite caused an explosion in the horie
of Mrs. Carl Ostman at Toledo. o..
and pieces of the wrecked stove struck
Mrs. Ostman and her daughter. ser!.
ously injuring them.
Gov. Davidson. If WISCONSIN, will
appoint commission TO investigate
the DietZ ;uation at Cameron dam.
For the p--s-nt, at least, there is no
intention on the part of the executive
TO send troops to capture Dietz.
At Louisville, Ky, United States
Commissioner Cassin held J. NJ. Scott
chief train dispatcher OF the Louis.
vile & Nashville Railroad company
in $500 bond for alleged violation of
the Erdman arbi.. alton law.
Henry Porter. the last OF the famous
ring of aldermen which fieeced con.
tractors desiring jobs in Green Bay,