The Yale expositor., 1907-01-25

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round before the Pacific Athletic club
at Los Angeles. retaining the feather
weight championship.
Speaking for the $4,000 negroes
which comprise its membership, the
grand council of the National Indus
trial Association of America adopted a
resolution indorsing President Roose-
velt's action in dismissing the negro
soldiers at Brownsville.
A bill was introduced in the Ne
braska senate to prevent the practice
of tipping and making persons or cor
porations employing walters or serv-
ants who may demand or accept a tip
guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable
by a fine.
The Southern Cotton association in
convention adopted resolution unan-
imously indorsing President Roose-
welt in dismissing the negro troops at
Brownsville.
F. +. j. Lloyd. of Chicago, for 25
years an Episcopal minister. and his
wife renowned their faith and joined
the Catholic church.
A box containing $1,000 in gold bull
lion was stolen at Barstow. Cal.
Alec Balance, a Bulgarian miner,
killed his wife and daughter Pearl,
aged 10 years, and then committed
suicide at Barton, o.
Harvie Jordan was reelected presi-
dent of the Southern Cotton associa-
ton.
The plant of the Southern Atlantic
Car and Manufacturing company at
Savannah, Ga. was destroyed by fire,
the total loss being about 100000,
partly covered by insurance.
The Philippines government de-
manded payment of the Standard Oil
company of S19,514 in gold, duty upon
oil brought into the Philippine islands
prior to 1901 upon which the proper
tax was not paid.
The MacAndrews & Forbes COM
pany of New York was fined 10000
and the j. s. Young company of Bal
timore $4,000 by Judge Hough in the
United States circuit court for COM
bining to monopolize the trade in lie
orice paste.
A Great Northern passenger train
reached st. Paul. Mimi. after being
stuck in snowdrifts for ten days.
The Illinois board of charities took
steps to annul the charter of the in
dustrial school for girls at Peoria on
the ground that it was badly misman-
aged.
Albert b. Cummins was inaugurated
governor of Iowa for the third time.
The Pacific Mail Steamship COM
panys liner COptic sailed for the ORR
ent carrying among her freight 25,-
900 sacks of flour for the famine strick-
en- people of China.
Ex-Congressman John Winans died
at GAINESVILLE, Wis. aged 76.
William Fowler Thompson, presi-
dent of the Standard Glass company
of Pottsville, Pa, was arrested in Phil
adelphia on warrants charging him
with having obtained money by false
pretenses on stock subscriptions.
Mayor Mcclellan of New York gave
notice that he would ask that Attor-
ney General Jackson be punished for
contempt of court in permitting the
quo warranto proceedings in behalf
of Hearst
The convention of United Mine
Workers adopted a resolution de-
handing the separation of the depart
ment of commerce and labor and es-
adjustment of department of labor.
and attacking Oscar Straus. the new
secretary of the department of COM
MERGE and labor.
The hotel at Stafford, Ariz. was des-
troyed by fire and William Williams.
one of the guests, was burned TO
death.
George Poole, a leading merchant
of Taunton, Mass, and head of the
Taunton Silver company was shot and
killed by his son, Howard NJ. Poole.
Secretary of Agriculture James
Wilson resigned the presidency of the
First National bank of Traer, Ia,
which he has held for ten years
All public schools in Cooksville,
Wis, have been closed owing to an
epidemic of diphtheria.
Gov. Deneen OF Illinois appointed
Van L. Hampton, editor of the Ma
comb Journal, commissioner of the
penitentiary at Joliet, to succeed
James NJ. Phelps. of Freeport. re-
signed
Senator Reuben r. Adams was ex-
PEELED from the Arkansas senate and
in his stead Col William Lambert
was appointed by the governor. Ad-
ans. during the trial of Senator Fes-
tus o. Butt. who was convicted of
bribery. admitted accepting a bribe.
President Roosevelt, Speaker Can
non and others addressed the conven-
ton of the association for the extern
sion of foreign commerce.
The electric plant OF the Laclede
Gas Light company of st. Louis. was
totally destroyed by fire entailing a
loss of 100000
Secretary Hitchcock has issued an
order Withdrawing from all forms OF
disposal under the public land laws,