The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-08-23

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Plainfield, N. j.
viii Clifford, colored, who had con-
fessed to assaulting and killing two
white women, was lynched at Maple,
Ky.
King Edward arrived at Ischl, Aus
tria, on his visit to Emperor Francis
Joseph. The exchanges between the
two monarchs were cordial and GER
tain political matters were discussed
and cleared up satisfactorily.
George Wasser 81 years of age,
murdered his wife and was in turn
slain by his daughter at the home OF
the women in New York. Wasser fired
upon his wife and then exchanged
shots with the daughter. The latter
was not wounded.
Vice Admiral Philibert reported iso-
lated attacks on Casablanca which the
troops easily repulsed, being assisted
| by the shell fire of the French cruiser
Gloire.
A work train on the Long Island
railroad backed into a crowded street
car at a crossing in Brooklyn, hurting
the trolley from it's tracks and causing
the death of three passengers and the
injury of 16 others.
Seventeen summer hotels, 16 sum-
mer cottages and score of buildings
occupied by stores were burned in
fire which swept the eastern section
! of Old Orchard, Me-, causing loss es-
timated at half a million dollars. An
unknown man was killed and two
others were injured severely by soda
water tank which exploded in burn
ing drug store.
The fast Burlington train from Den
yer to Chicago was wrecked a mile
east of Russell, Ia. injuring IL per-
sons, two of whom may die.
Burlington passenger train No. 20,
south-bound. was wrecked near Wes-
ton, Mo-, resulting in the death of one
man and serious injury to four other
persons.
Miss Kate c. Knight, of Pittsburg.
Pa, prominent as a club woman and
philanthropist and president of 20
women's clubs about the country, died
at a sanatorium at Danville, Pa, Of
| paralysis.
Eight persons were killed, IA were
severely and 81 slightly injured as a
result of an explosion in a dynamite
factory in DoemitZ, Germany.
With an attendance. surprising all
other notable day celebrations and
estimated at 10000 North Carolina
day was observed at the jamestown
exposition.
Justice Warren G.. Foster of New
York settled the bigamy case of Her
mann Keuhn by decreeing that he
should live with one of HIS wives and
support them both.
H. A. Crow of Connellsville, Pa,
former captain of the Tenth Pennsyl-
vania Volunteer infantry, was elected
commander-in-chief of the Society
Army of the Philippines at Kansas
City, Mo. The meeting next year
will be at Galesburg, III.
The American government will es-
tablish a great training school for the
coast artillery at Fort Monroe.
The strike of the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen members employed
by the Colorado & Southern railroad
was settled by the granting Of one
cent an hour increase to yardmen and
switchmen. 1t was agreed to arbitrate
the demand for another cent.
City Food Inspector w. p. Cutler of
Kansas City, Mo-, has notified the
national government that his test of
California and Arkansas dried fruit,
cured with sulphine, shows that the
| fruit when cooked is entirely whole
some.
Distrust of the governments atti-
tude toward the corporations, threat
ened monetary stringency in all the
| leading markets of the world and the
| financial embarrassment of the Pope
Manufacturing company combined to
| demoralize the stock market in New
York Prices melted in sensational
fashion and the average level of de-
| clnes was below that reached in the
memorable Northern Pacific panic of
May, 1901. Stocks were sold lower
than ever before in their history.
The Maryland Republican conven-
ton made the following nominations:
For governor, George r. Gather; for
attorney general, Hammond Urner;
for comptroller, James p. Baker; for
clerk of court of appeals, Thomas Par
ran.
The primary election in San Fran
cisco resulted in a sweeping victory
for the Republican league or Ryan
ticket, which stood for earnest support
of the bribery graft prosecution and
the present mayor and board of SUI
pervisors.
Receivers for the Pope Manufactur-
ing company and it's subsidiary com
p1ny, the Pope Motor Car company,
which are engaged in the manufacture
| of automobiles and bicycles, with
main Offices and plant at Hartford,
Conn, were appointed in New York,
| New Jersey, Connecticut and Massa-
chusetts. The failure was ascribed to
the stringency of the money market.
Lord Ashtown, one of the Irish land
lords whose activity in the cattle
| grazing war has aroused bitter ami