The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-12-07
SUMMARY OF A
WEEKS EVENTS
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.

Two big tobacco stemmeries at
Princeton, KY, were destroyed by
fires set by an armed and masked
mob of 300 men. Il is believed that
opposition to the tobacco trust caused
the deed.
Three persons were killed and sew
eral injured in a wreck on the Rut-
land railroad, near Vergennes, VT,
Queen Alexandra's sixty-second
birthday was celebrated at Sandring-
ham palace and greetings were re-
ceiyed from all parts of the world.
Mark Hassler, widely known
throughout the country as a musical
director and composer, died at his
home in Philadelphia.
The bank of Kiowa, at Kiowa, I. T.,
closed its doors on account of slow
collections and inability to realize on
its assets.
Chief of Police Chopote OF Kazan,
Russia. was shot and killed while leav-
ing a theater. The assassin was ar
rested.
James NJ Wright. founder of the
Ray County (Mo) Republican, and
pioneer newspaper man and publish
er in that state, died of heart failure
at Lawton, Okla
The second sea-going turbine
steamship TO be built in this country,
was launched at Chester, Pa. The
usfo hull he
tan Steamsip company and will ply
between New York and Boston.
James Joyner was killed and sew
eral persons were injured in a wreck
on the Coal Belt electric railway at
Donahue, III.
A magnificent monument to Count
julius Andrassy was unveiled in Bud
apest in the presence of Emperor
Francis Joseph.
The two hundred and sixtieth ami
versary Of the independence of Portu.
gal from Spanish domination has been
celebrated by the signature of treaty
between the two countries eliminating
their respective frontiers.
Chairman Shonts, on his return from
Panama, announced that President
Roosevelt won the people of the 18th.
mus entirely; contradicted reports of
labor troubles and denied daughters
engagement.
Statistics showed that Illinois pays
more than one-fifth of the internal
revenue received by the government;
the largest amount of any state in the
union.
More than one-third of the nations
wealth was represented at the funeral
of Samuel Spencer, railroad president,
who was killed in a wreck.
Gov. Magoon notified Cuban con-
gressmen elected year ago that their
seats are vacant and a new election
is to be held. The moderates are dis
pleased and predict a new revolt.
The late John Hay, secretary of
state, was honored by Philadelphia
Jews by the unwilling of a memorial
window In the Temple Keneseth
Israel.
The car shortage throughout the
United States will be investigated by
the interstate commerce commission.
Carloads of coal were seized at Gin.
maron, Kan, and North Yakima,
Wash.
Frank e. Hyde. formerly Of Hart.
ford, Conn, died at Paris Sunday. Mr..
Hyde was one of the most prominent
American lawyers in Paris. He was
q member of the firm of Hyde &
Harper.
Charles Wightman became lost in
the woods while hunting near Flor
ence, Mich, last Thursday, and Sun
day his dead body was found. He is
believed to have persisted from fear
and exposure.
The war department has called on
Maj. Penrose, of the Twenty-fifth reg
iment at Fort Reno, for an explanation
of the statement alleged to have been
made by him in a newspaper inter
view to the effect that the dismissed
battalion Of that regiment was the
best battalion in the United States.
Mrs. Rose Handfeld entered the Of
fee of John ID. Rockefeller's secre.
tary In New York and threatened to
kill Mr.. Rockefeller unless she were
paid s1,00o.000. A check was given
her on which payment was stopped
and she was then arrested and held
for examination as to her sanity.
Sylvester Bautsch. the 12-year-old
son of A. ]. Bautsch, of Whitehall.
Wis, prominent in state politics, gave
his life Wednesday TO save two boy
companions from drowning.
The Victoria, Australia, legislative
council has again rejected the won.
ans suffrage bill.