The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-12-06
BRIEF REVIEW OF
A WEEKS EVENTS
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TANT HAPPENINGS IN ITEM
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congress assembled WIN the mem
bers and even the party leaders at
sea as to the prospects for legislation,
The financial situation engaged the
attention of all to the exclusion OF
other topics.
DR.. Artemis o. Wotring, aged 40
years. was instantly killed and several
others were injured by the explosion
of a gas plant at his home in Ogden
Center, Mich.
Charles l.. Ferguson, Jr.,. was
drowned in bath tub at his home in
Ossining, N Y. The coroner decided
that Ferguson had tainted and his
head slipped below the water.
Congressman George w. Smith died
suddenly of typho-malaria at his home
in Murphysboro, III. He was serving
his twentieth year in congress.
Secretary Taft visited the kremlin
In Moscow and was given a banquet
by the American colony in that city.
Capt Frank f. Bent, company J..
Twentieth Wisconsin National Guard,
of Marinette, was instantly killed in
an automobile accident near Escanaba,
Mich, and four others were injured
Between so and 60 miners were en-
tombed in the Naomi mine of the
United Mine Coal company at Fayette
City. Pa, as the result of an explosion
of black damp 1t was thought many
were killed.
Melvin Powell, aged L, shot and in
stantly killed his sweetheart, Lillian
Humphreys, aged 16, near Hopkins
vile, Ky.
George Bea, of Brownsville. Pa.
was waylaid and murdered on his we'd
ding night. presumably by rejected
suitors of the bride.
With 100000 pounds of ammunl-
ton slowed away in her magazine
rooms and with nearly 1000 men and
officers aboard, the 10000 ton battle
ship Louisiana sailed from the Brook
Ign navy yard for Hampton roads the
rendezvous of the Battle-Ground At
lantic fleet.
Judge Joseph /. Lands. one of the
best known attorneys in western Ken
lucky, died at his home in Hopkins
vile at the age of II years.
If the amount lost by fire, burglary,
etc, is added to the ordinary excess
of expenditures over receipts the
gross deficit in the postal service dur
ing 1907 will aggregate S6,692 ,031.47,
according to Third Assistant Post
master General A. l.. Lawshe.
Secretary Metcalf recommends that
congress appropriate 500 10000 for
new warships.
1t was reported that H. Gassaway
Davis. multimillionaire and Demo
cratic candidate for vice president in
the last campaign. would wed Miss
Mabel Ashford, a poor girl.
The Royal Swedish Yacht club de
cided to drop the challenge for the
Americas cup.
George Edalji, wrongfully convicted
in England OF manning cattle, has
been restored to all his rights through
the efforts of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Mrs. Lucy Hagenow, midwife, OF
Chicago, was given 20 years in the
penitentiary for causing the death OF
Mrs Anna Horavitch.
Two persons were killed and eight
badly hurt by the falling of an ele-
vator in a clothing house in Chicago
Discouraged by long illness, Mrs
Sadie Anderson of Chicago burned her
self to death. Her husband made
heroic but unsuccessful efforts to save
her life, putting out the fire with his
hands and burning them to the bone
AS the result of a suicide pact five
young women of Bristol, Va, made
unsuccessful attempts to kill them
selves with bichloride of mercury
David Ranken, Jr capitalist and
philanthropist, decided to the David
Ranken, Jr, School of Mechnica
Trades in st. Louis titles to real es
tate and railroad stock valued at more
than $4,000
A woman on horseback held up -four
New Workers in an automobile near
Torrington, Conn, and took away their
money.
Charles s. Harpel. aged 73 years. a
pioneer resident of Chicago, died
while planning to celebrate his golden
wedding.
DIR. George F. Shrady of New York
a noted physician and surgeon, is
dead.
State Senator J. A. Henson of De
catur and Representative David +
Sanahan of Chicago had a fist fight or
the floor of the Illinois senate.
The New York school board adopted
a resolution placing itself on record as
not opposed to the traditional celebra
ton of Christmas in the schools.
Being hampered by lack of ready
funds with which to continue its busi
ness. the American Silk company
which has a capital stock of $1,000,
900 and operates mills in severa
cities, was placed in the hands of re
ceivers by Judge Ward of the United
States circuit court at New York.
During the open season in north
ern Wisconsin and Michigan 81 hunt
ers were killed and at least g,
wounded.
Cornelia 3. Loveridge OF Buffalo