The Yale expositor., 1907-12-13
MIScELLAN EOUS.

Oscar H., king of Sweden, died In
the palace of Stockholm. surrounded
by his family, while weeping thou
sands stood outside. The entire coun-
try mourned the death of the beloved
sovereign. The crown prince sue
ceeded to the throne as Gustave ",
took the oath of allegiance and issued
a proclamation.
Three persons were burned to death
and another injured during fire in
Boston. The dead are: Mrs. Mary
Joubert, aged So: Charles Joubert,
aged nine, and Emile Joubert, aged
five.
William Stewart, proprietor of
restaurant in East lola, Kan, was
brutally murdered by his partner, W..
II. Creviston, who said he was in love
with Mrs. Stewart.
Frank Click, of Nashville. Tenn,
killed his wife and fatally wounded
himself.
After shooting his wife in the head
Harry Weber, 81 years old, a harness
maker of Lisbon, o., sent a bullet
into his own brain and died instantly
One of Van Dykes great master
pieces. The Erection of the Cross,
has been stolen from the church of
Notre Dame, at Courtrai, Belgium.
New Berlin, town IS miles east of
Jacksonville, H., was visited by fire
early Sunday morning. The loss is
$4,000.
Marshal Brinson was killed at Mid
vile, Ga, by a negro who had done
something for which the officer re-
proved him and summoned him to APP
pear in court. The murderer es-
scaped.
The law against Sunday amusement
was strictly enforced in New York.
The federal grand jury investigating
land frauds in New Mexico. returned
indictments against r. b. Hobart, n.
S. Doorway, Edward w. T. Stewart, and
Robert b. Riell for alleged perjury.
Joseph II. Cultivate, former cob-
gresham from Ohio, died at his home
in Columbus, o.
The steamer President Grant, with
Secretary Taft and the members Of
his party on board left Cuxhaven for
New York. The party will visit Bou-
logne and Plymouth on the way
home.
j. Dalzell Brown. a prominent finan-
cier of San Francisco and general
manager of the California Safe De
post & Trust company, which closed
it's doors early in November, was ar
rested on a charge of felonious en-
bezzlement. A warrant also was is
sued for the arrest of w. J. BARNETT,
a leading lawyer and director of the
banking company.
A Dutch steamer and an English
bark collided near Folkestone and sew
en- of the formers crew were drowned.
Lillian Wulff, eight years old, was
kidnapped from in front of her home
in Chicago by a well-dressed woman,
whose motive is not known.
A daughter was born to Mrs. f.
ID. Rockefeller.
Elihu Root, Jr.. son of the secretary
of state, married Miss Aida Stryker
daughter of President Stryker, OF
Hamilton college, Clinton, n. Y.
Marcellus Hopkins, president OF the
Chicago South Side Elevated road
died of pneumonia.
Mrs. Louisa NJ. Taft, mother of the
secretary of war, died at her home in
Milbury, Mass.
Road graders near Helena, Mont,
unearthed the bones of a large mas.
todon.
Minister Hayashi told a committee
from emigration agencies in Toxic
that the government intended to limit
closely all emigration to the United
States and Canada.
Theodore p. Shonts, president OF the
Toledo, ST. Louis & Western Railroad
company, was elected president of the
Chicago & Alton.
Prof. Jeffrey o. Hrbeck, professor
of Germanic and Slavonic languages
at the University of Nebraska, died
of peritonitis
Judge T.. w. Harvey, OF Butte
Mont, who was badly involved I'm the
Northumberland litigation, died
of cerebral hemorrhage.
Edward w. Fowler has been ap-
pointed collector of the port OF New
York, vice Nevada N. Stranahan, re
signed