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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-03-08
SIDE LIGHTS
ON MICHIGAN
IF coNVlcTs ARE NOT KEPT AT
WORK WHAT WILL THEY DO!
WARDEN FULLER'S VIEWS
Says the Anti-Prlson Labor Clause
Will Turn Twenty-Five Hundred
Prisoners to Complete idlers.
Increase Expense Heavily.

Warden Otis Fuller, OF the Ionia
prison, told the legislative committee
that unless the people are allowed to
vote out of the constitution this
spring the provision relative to prison
labor. $500 convicts will become idle.
They cannot even bake their own
bread, make their own clothes. or
wait on the table at meal times" he
said.
Mr. Fuller talked at joint meeting
of the house and senate committees
on constitutional revision. The hear
ing was on the senate resolution sub
hitting to the people the proposition
to take out of the constitution that
section which prohibits teaching a
trade in prison.
"UnCer that section. and its con-
struction by the courts" said Fuller.
the only thing we can do with the
convicts is to turn our prison yard in-
to an athletic field and develop sprint
tiers, baseball and football players.
The great point is that it would in
crease by a large sum the expense OF
conducting the prison, and we could
not instill habits of industry in the
convicts for the purpose of reforma-
ton"
Rep. ]. J. Mccarthy, s. II. Kelley
and j. r. Monroe, of the house COM
mittee, argued that the matter might
better be left to the constitutional
convention. That argument is in line
with the announced intention not to
allow any constitutional amendments
to go to the people this spring. Other
members of the community. however.
have changed their minds, believing
that, in this case at least, an emerg-
ency exists requiring immediate ac-
ton. An attempt will be made TO
push the resolution through within
day or two.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-03-08
Involves Change in Taxation.

One of the two important bills Of
the session was introduced by Sena-
tor Ely. IL aims TO do away with the
statute labor system and substitutes
cash road taxes therefor. 1t provides
for two taxes. A cash road repair
tax to be spread only on the property
outside incorporated villages, on which
none can vote but those who live out
side. and which must be expended for
repairs on the roads beneftting the
property taxed. The other is highway
improvement tax which is TO be
spread on all property in the town
ships, and can be used for repairing
roads or bridges anywhere in the
township. 1t provides for one town
ship highway commissioner and one
overseer of highways, who serves as
deputy township highway commission
er, these officers replacing from ten
to so officers in each township, who
are known as pathmasters under the
present law.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-03-08
Lumbar Camn Burned.

William Standen's lumber camp, %
miles north OF Alpena, and far from
railroad, burned Wednesday night.
Seventeen men of the crew nearly lost
their lives. All were burned TO some
extent, and Ted French probably fatal
ly.
Richard Hulk, Albert Standen, Fred.
Parr and Francis Hamilton were ser
iously burned.
The men slept in the second story
of a boarding house. The smoke and
flames awoke them. They rushed for
the windows and jumped. The only
woman in camp, Mrs. Albert Standen.
the cook. was pulled from the window.
her nightgown on fire. The nearest
house is about half mile away. With
out clothing and only two or three
with shoes. all walked to this house
wrapped in blankets. The badly burned
were carried by the others.
Fred Parr and Albert Standen
walked to Posen. the nearest town, for
doctor. and then came to Alpena.
Nearly all the crew live in Alpena.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-03-08
Amendment May Not Pass.

Backers OF the proposed amendment
Initiative, referendum and recall, are
TO have no easy shedding in getting
their bill before he constitutional con-
vention committee of the house. Rep
resentative S. II. Kelley, chairman of
that committee, does not consider 1t
with principles. Some time ago he
said he considered the matter some
thing to be taken up and thrashed out
by the constitutional convention itself
So, in spite of the 100000 voters in
the various organizations backing the
proposed amendment, it is unlikely
that they will get very far with their
measure for the present. The hackers
of the measure have adopted Now tao
tics, however, which may bear fruit
1t is a settled thing that another bill
will be introduced in the legislature
within few days providing that the
constitutional amendment be submit
ted to the voters of the state at the
spring election. In this way they
expect to battle the legislators, many
of whom are rather inclined to advo-
cate a constitutional amendment by
which they will delegate more power
to the voters themselves and limit
their own legislative functions. If the
amendment is submitted to the voters
the constitutional convention will be
bound in a measure to grant the clear
ly expressed wishes OF the majority.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-03-08
MISCELLANEOUS.

Alleging that Mrs. Mary Baker Glo-
yer Eddy, head of the Christian Sci
ence church, is too feeble in mind and
body to attend to her vast affairs and
that her property and prerogatives
have been usurped by others, George
w. Glover of Deadwood, S. D., her
son, filed suit in the superior court of
Nerrimac county, New Hampshire,
asking that an accounting Of her prop
erty and that of the First Church of
Christ, Scientist, of Boston be made
and that a receiver be appointed.
The steamer Corona, of the Pacific
Coast line, went ashore near Eureka,
Cal The 140 persons aboard were
rescued with difficulty by life savers
and the steamer Roanoke. One sailor
was drowned.
Forces of the Nicaraguan govern
ment captured without resistance the
Honduran towns of Conception and
Maria. They took possession OF the
town of Corpus Christi after hard
sighting.
A special bearing Gov. Woodruff
and company of the Connecticut
National Guard collided with another
passenger train near Waterbury, Conn.
Three or more persons were killed.
The governor was not hurt.
Strike sympathizers at Portsmouth.
o., stoned street cars and nearly killed
one man.
A passenger train on the Seaboard
Air line collided with a freight near
Powder Springs. Ca, and was burned.
One trainman was KILLED.
President Newman and other off,
GERS of the New York Central ap-
peared at the coroner's inquiry into
the fatA! Harlem wreck. They had
made safely a fast test trip over the
track where the accident occurred.
Leroy, ILL.,, town of 5000 inhabi.
tants, was partly destroyed by fire.
An engineer and six railway labor.
ers were killed in a collision at Pedro,
Wyo.
T. M. Taylor. professor OF chemis-
try In the Carnegie schools OF Pitts
burg, committed suicide while under
nervous collapse.
The body of Deputy Game Warden
Earl Eldridge of McHenry county,
Illinois. was found in the woods with
a bullet wound through the heart.
Mrs. Alexander Henderson Of Paw.
tucket, r. l.. was killed in her candy
store by a robber.
The senate of Kansas passed a bill
providing for two-cent fares, carrying
the proviso that railroads must sell
5o0-mile books. The house passed a
two-cent fat rate bill.
Out of 215 American candidates for
the Rhodes scholarships at the Uni
versity Of Oxford 1873 passed.
J. Henley Smith. a veteran newspa.
per man. died at his home In Atlanta,
Ca. aged rs. In 1869. with Alexander
II. Stephens. he established the A.
lanta Sun.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-03-08
Railroads VIII Fight Bill.

The railroads NIL put the stiffest
campaign they know how against the
proposed two-cent fare bill. Instead
of relying upon the usual plan of lob
bying against the proposed legisla-
ton and doing business whenever 1t
became absolutely necessary, it is
said the railroads this time have hit
upon a new nlan. This plan is to
force the army of employees through
out the state to fight this bill on the
threat of having their WAGES reduced
If the measures pass. OF course the
railroads do not put the matter in the
shape of a threat, but the substance is
there.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-03-08
RESUME OF rHAw TRIAL.

The insanity of adolescence, para
loia and the characteristics OF brain
storms" occupied another day OF the
Thaw trial and when adjournment
was ordered DR.. Britton ID. Evans, one
Of the alienists for the defense was
still under cross-eXamination. MT.
Jerome was still laying the basis tor
asking for a commission in lunacy.
Harry r. Thaw enlivened an ex-
tremely dull session of his trial in the
supreme court by giving out to news
paper men a brief statement in which
he accused District Attorney Jerome
OF having made unprofessional re-
marks in court, asserted that his
wife's testimony was absolute truth,
and in conclusion declared that Mrs.
Thaw's natural real goodness" was
above the comprehension of the prose
cutting officer.
District Attorney Jerome cross-ex'
aminsd DR.. b. ID. Evans in the Thaw
trial. his questions indicating that he
would ask for commission in lunacy
to pass on Thaw's present mental
state. 1t was believed Howard Mes
bit would be called to prove his Sis
ter a liar.
Mrs. Evelyn Nesbit Thaw was hnai-
ly excused as a witness in the trial OF
her husband. Mr. Jerome ended MS
long cross-examination and her re-dl-
rect and re-cross-examination were
bnef. Attempts to have Abraham
Hummel tell of the affidavit Mrs.
Thaw is said to have signed accusing
her husband of abusing her were
blocked by Attorney Delmas.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-03-08
To Take Up Rescue Work.

The duchess of Marlborough, former
ly Consuelo Vanderbilt, is to appear
in new role, according to which a
dispatch asserts that the duchess.
whose matrimonial troubles have re-
ceived great attention lately, is plan
ming to devote the remainder of her
life to active social work in the church
and to advancing the interests of the
army. She will foreswear her former
gaities and devote herself exclusively
to the new work she has decided on.
Her purpose has been cOnfided to sew
eral intimate friends. AS a part of her
plan for assisting social reforms gen.
orally it is stated the duchess will con-
vert the magnificent Blenheim palace
into a rescue home.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-03-08
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

The ship subsidy bill was passed by
the house after the most exciting
struggle between the two great parties
that has been seen for years. Once
the measure even was defeated, the
vote being 154 TO 161. The final vote
was 155 to IA, Al Republicans voting
with the Democrats.
The senate agreed to the confer
ence report on the river and harbor
bill, in which the appropriation for
the Improvement of the Mississippi be-
low Cairo was cut from s650,000 to
$260,000
The senate passed the expatriation
bill establishing the status of Amer
lean women who marry foreigners.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-03-08
May No. Increase Committee.

Some think that, after all, no at
tempt will be made to increase the
house railroad committee from nine
to 13. To effect this change will take
81 votes in the house and II will be
hard to get 81 votes, some say, for
such an extraordinary action. The
committee has not yet been tested on
any railroad issue. and the change
may not improve IL. as It will mare
feeling within the committee. More
over, II the committee tries TO hold
up any bill, the same 81 votes can
draw the bill out on the hoor
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-03-08
WonQ Ham.

u. s. immigration Commissioner
Chaplin has under consideration the
case of Quong On Chung, alias Wong
Ham. alias Lem Wing. laundryman at
Battle Creek, who has been arrested
on a charge of unlawful residence in
this country. He presents Chinese
merchant papers in the name of Wong
Ham, but has testified that he did
business in Chicago as Quong On
Chung. In Battle Greek his laundry
sign read Lem Wing" He claims
the privilege of staying here under
the Wong Ham papers. but Lee Poy.
of Detroit, testified he wasn't Wong
Ham. 1t is a real Chinese puzzle for
the commissioner.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-03-08
Explains Public Health oil.

Representative Abrams. M. D., chair
man Of the house committee on pub
lie health, says his bill to require pat
emf medicine manufacturers to priut
their formulate on their labels is not
redundant to the new national pure
food law. THE national law applies
only to medicines sold between
states" said DIR. Abrams; lit does not
cover articles sold only in the state
wherein they are manufactured, as my
bill does"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-03-08
Gov. Warner Gets a Bid.

Gov. Warner has received an invi.
tation to become member of the
House of Governors" the organiza-
ton of which is proposed by a New
York man. 1t is suggested that the
governors of the several states meet
together annually for the discussion
of public questions, with view to Sc
curing uniform legislation among the
states. Gov. Warner has not passed
an opinion on the proposed plan.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-03-08
A Great Count.

The treasury department has dis
patched four experts to Chicago to
take charge of the recount of the
money in the sub-treasury there. 1t
has been decided to count every dollar
in the sub-trasury to ascertain wheth-
er there is more than $4,000 missing
from the institution. Deputy Treasurer
Bantz is already on the scene and will
have charge of the recount. with the
four treasury experts next in charge.
The work of recounting will take sew.
eral weeks.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-03-08
Lightning Caused Many losses.

Insurance Commissioner Barry says
that the losses by lightning have be-
come a very serious matter for the
farmers mutual fire insurance COM
panies of the state. In one county 10
out of % losses last year were caused
by lightning. Many OF the losses re-
ported to the insurance commissioner
were live stock. killed in proximity to
wire fences, which are strong conduo
tors of electricity.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-03-08
Many Appointments Made.

Gov. Warner sent to the senate the
appointment of DR.. Dayton Parker Of
Detroit as member of the state
board Of corrections and charities. w.
A. Dohany, well known Detroit drug
gist. becomes a member of the state
board OF pharmacy. The following
other appointments were made:
James v. Barry. commissioners of in
surance; Mary c. Spencer, state IL
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-03-08
Express Killed Him.

Charles Duigan, aged II. a farmer
boy, was struck by a Grand Trunk
train while he was walking on the
tracks He stepped from one track
to avoid a train coming toward him
and evidently did not hear the train
on the other track coming behind
him. His skull was fractured in two
places and his recovery is scarcely
possible The boy had just secured a
position in a Port Huron business
house and was to leave the farm.
The same express train struck a
team of horses few minutes before
arriving here, killing them.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-03-08
superintenden,s Power.

A school board bill was introduced
by Senator Cady. the purport OF
which is to increase the powers u
superintendent of schools and also
provide for the appointment of bust
ness managers by board of educa-
ton. The measure allows superin-
tendents to be employed for terms of
FIVE years, gives them power to nom
mate all teachers. determine the
course of study and select the text
books subject to the confirmation Of
the board.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-03-08
Ask More Pay.

All the state officers are clamoring
for increased salaries. The latest in
clude the deputy attorney general.
deputy state treasurer and deputy Sec
rotary of state. who want $4,000 each.
The deputy superintendent Of public
instructions will be content with &c..
500. The deputy railroad commission
CT and deputy land commissioners,
who are more modest, ask but $4,000
each.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-03-08
Education Of Deaf.

Senator Allen introduced a bill In
the interests of the school for the
deaf at Flint, which compels the edu.
cation OF deaf children either at day
schools or at the state institution. II
is said tina: the attendance at Flint
II cropping OF.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-03-08
THE MARKETS.

Detroit-Extra dry fed steers and
heifers, IS 25@5 so; steers and heifers
1000 to 1900, 81 5O@5; steers and heif-
ers, 500 to 1000. 500 so; steers and
o.; choice fat cows, SO 1904: good
Gamers, 81 az; choice heavy bulls, So rs
"a 25; fair to good bolognas, bulls,
81 25qS so; stock bulls, So 5000; choice
feeding steers 500 TO 1000, SO 75G415;
fair feeding steers, 500 to 1000, SO ESQ
80; choice stockers 500 to 700, $40
stock heifers, 81 5OGS %; mixers,
large. young, medium age, $4Q5; COM
mon mixers. slS@25.
weeks prices; quality common; best,
SQ7 IS; others. soc so; milCh cows
and springers steady.
Sheep and lambs-Market strong at
last weeks prices. best lambs, 81 ESQ
40; fair to good lambs. Sc 1901; light
to common lambs, 50 50@6 20: fair to
good butcher sheep. 81 50@5; culls and
common, 81 5O@3 so.
Hogs-Light to good butchers. $40
roughs, Sc s56s IS; stays. is OF m ~
East Buffalo.-The cattle market was
active and from Toe to 15c higher on
all desirable kinds. OF which there are
but few on the market; the common
and medium kind sold about steady at
$5.50m6; best shipping steers, S5d5.50;
best 1000 to LOO steers. S4.25M5; best
fat COWS, 1926 a $50; fair to good, 1925
heifers, ti.25Gi.SO: medium 20 good
s3.25@4; best feeding steers. $46425:
best yearlings. $3@3.25 common stock
as; bologna bulls, ss.25@s.5O: stock
bulls. $250m3: fresh cows dull, SO
lower; good to extra. sSS@4S; medium
to good, .s25mSS; common. s1s623.
med G and heavy ssG9RaSaz4so rp pfgs,
s7.15,@725; roughs. s6.7oQs.75; closed
steady.
lambs, $3.50 a 1855; culls, s7@7 25; best
westerns, $T.60@7.S5: wethers. $3.50
5.75; culls. s2:5o@4 yearlings, sea
6:65; ewes, s5@5.25; closed weak, 10
Calves-Lower; best. ssQs.5O; heavy.
81 a. 5.25.
Detroit-Sales and prices of wheat:
Cash No. red. 77%c; May, 5000 bu at
sOEc. 10000 10000 bu at soHc. 1000 1000 S Su az
sos, 5000 blu at S0%c; July. $4,000 bu
at SOhc. 10000 bu at soMc, 5000 bu at
SOS. rs $1,000 rI 6p AZ a. SOLE. 1900 bn at
car at 76hc. 1 at 76hc; No. 1 white.
Corn-cash No. 8. l car at 4shc; No.
47hc; No. yellow, cars at 46c; re-
jected. car at 44hc. l at 44hc
oats-cash No. white. l car at
-
Rye-Cash No. 2. Tic
Beans-Cash, March and April. 81 sc
nominal: May and June 81 81 bid.
Cloverseed-Prime spot. 1870 bags at
IS: March, So April, so bags at 81 IS:
sample, 40 bags at 81 rs rs at 81 2s:
prime alsike. 10 bags at 81 so; sample,
3 bags at IS so.
Timothy seed-Prime spot. 40 bags at
81 10
Barley--sold by sample. 1 car at
81 IL per cwt.
The family of Dudley e. Dow, a
farmer near Benton Harbor, can't as
sign any reason why he should have
drank wood alcohol. Dow is dead.
In the mail which came to Kalama-
900 Tuesday was a wreath addressed
10 a man in Mountain cemetery. Man
Carrier Kerr delivered the wreath and
saw that II was properly placed on the
grave
Louis ID. Horn, who attacked a 10
year-old girl. was given 10 years at
hard labor in Ionia. In passing SEN
tence Judge Adams expressed regret
that he could not make the sentence
more severe.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-03-08
A WEEKS NEWSlN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF MOST INTERESTING
EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS

Information Gathered from All Quar-
tiers of the Civilized World and Pre-
pared for the Perusal of the Busy
Man.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-03-08

The loss Of her aged husband caused
Mrs. Mary Thayer to grieve to death.
Two sons, Clifford, of Battle Creek:
Glen, of Homer. and one daughter,
Mrs. Chapman, OF Morenci, survive.
The state railroad crossing board
met for the firsC time with the new
commissioner Deputy Commissioner
Cranton was elected secretary Of the
board.
The Michigan National Guards will
camp In the state this year but the
location of the camp has not been de-
cided upon. Ludington and South
Haven are after It.
Burt Wright's 5-year-old climbed
into his buggy. which had been left
unattended In Ithaca, and the horse
ran away. Wright followed on horse
back, but the runaway was too fast
for him. When he reached home he
found the boy in the buggy unhurt.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-03-08
Cole Goes Free.

Fred Cole. aged 81, who was sent to
the Detroit house Of correction for 90
days, is now free. Cole is one of the
young men who fred four shots at O..
T. r. brakeman when he was put OF a
train. He pleaded guilty to carrying
concealed weapons.
When the prisoner reached Detroit
IN charge of Sheriff Conley, that
officer was informed that a prisoner
could not be confined in the house OF
correction for carrying concealed
weapons unless sent from Wayne
county. Upon returning to Lapeez
Cole was liberated.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-10-30
An Aiken Ginnery Burned.

Aiken, Spccial.-Fire destroyed the
ginnery, hay Sheds and their eon-
tents at Mr.. H. C. Hahan's "High-
land farm" Thursday morning about
l O'Clock. The origin Of the fire is
unknown. The ginnery had not been
in operation for several days because
Of the scarcity Of water in the we'll
which supplied the boilers. A great
deal Of cotton was stored i'll and
about tic ginnery awaiting the start
ing up Of the work which was 70 have
begun OIL Eext Monday. In the sheds
were stored almost the entire hay
crop-of the plantation. Nearly all Of
tLis had been recently baled. In al-
dition to the buildings the property
destroyed included II bales Of seed
cotton, all the seed from about so
bales, 500 bushels Of homegrown seed
cayr, about 100 tons CT fac hay, one
carload OF fertilizers, cotton gin en-
gi:les and machinery. The property
destroyed was worth about $4,000. 1t
is said Mr.. Hahan had insurance
amounting to 81 600. Mr.. Hahan is
in Pittsburg, Pa. but his manager,
Mr.. Plunkett, was at the farm and
worked hard together with his neigh
bors and farm hands to save what
they could.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1907-10-30
Daughters of confederacy.

Columbia, Special.-Wade Hamp-
ton chapter, Daughters of the Con-
federacy, held meeting i'll Mayor
Gibbs Office in the city hall, the
meeting having ben called by the pres
ident out Of the regular time on oc-
count of the date for the regular ses-
,ion, occurring during fair week. Dele
gates were elected to the general coli
gention of the Daughters of the Con-
federacy, to be held in Norfolk, Va,
oycmber IA. Those WHO will attend
from the Wade Hampton chapter are
Mrs. S. Reed Stoney, Mrs. Francis B.
Kendall, Mrs. NJ. H. Mobley, Mrs.
Berwick Legare; alternates: Mrs. j.
Y. Bunch, Mrs. C. M. Galloway, Mrs.
McDuAie Hampton, Mrs. Richard
o'Neal. The State convention of the
Daughters of the Confederacy will be
aeld in Chester December !, and the
local chapter also elected delegates TO
this convention. The following will
represent tie chapter: Mrs. Ella Ell
more, Mrs. C. II. Girardeau, Miss May
Meetzc, Mrs. NJ. II. Mobley: alter
mates: Mrs. Yates Snowden, Mrs. F.
Il. McMaster; Miss Mary Perry, Miss
Agnes McMaster