The Yale expositor., 1907-09-13

who gained entrance to his room. The
assailant escaped. The count is eX-
pected to recover.
Frank A. Perret, an American who
is assistant in the observatory on
Vesuvius. says the clouds of dust re-
Gently seen from the volcano were not
due to an eruption, but to the
crumbling of the crater.
The failure of Watson e. Co, mem-
bers of the New York Stock and Pro
duce exchanges, and of the Chicago
Board of Trade, was announced in
those exchanges. No cause was as
signed for the failure nor was any es-
innate OF the liabilities and assets
made public.
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Lane began investigating the trafi1c
conditions in the northwest and
found farmers could do much to pre-
vent the threatened fuel shortage by
stocking up with coal now.
The Mckinley monument in Bur
falo--a white marble obelisk-was I'M
yelled in the presence OF men ana
women of national prominence and an
immense concourse Of citizens, Gov.
Hughes, Mayor Adam and others max
ing speeches.
Creditors of the Mcneil Pressed
Brick company, of Jerseyville, ILL.,,
with a plant valued at about $5O,OOO'
filed a petition in the United States
circuit court alleging that the cor
poration is insolvent and asking that
it be adjudged bankrupt.
BY direction OF President Roosevelt.
the public health and marine hospital
service assumed charge of the meas
ures to stamp out the plague In San
Francisco.
Ten persons are known to have lost
their lives in the burning of the webb
hotel at Shelton, 20 miles from Ia
coma, Wash.
Acting Secretary Newberry ordered
the tug Lebanon to tow the convert
ed yacht Huntress from League Island
Pa, to Pensacola, Fla. There the
Huntress will be formally turned over
to the naval militia of Missouri. a
sci to ST. Louis.
Bodies of young man and a girl
clasped in each others arms were
found in the Mississippi river at Mus
catine, la. There was nothing on the
bodies to establish their identity.
Fifty persons are said to have been
buried alive by vast avalanche OF
snow that obliterated the Gillian Gus
tom house at Juncal.
Following the wreck that resulted
in the loss of II lives, the Mattoon
City Railway company and the Cen
trail Illinois Traction company went
into the hands of a receiver.
Contracts aggrcgating 100000
have recently been awarded American
firms for rolling stock to be used by
foreign railroads. The American Lo-
connective works, the Baldwin Locomo'
tive works and the st. Louis Car com.
pany will supply nearly 100 locomo-
tives and 800 cars, including a number
of motor cars. to Japan, China, South
America, Mexico and the West In.
dies.
Ferdinand Penney Earle was at
tackled by a crowd at his home in
Monroe, n. Y. his buggy overturned
and a whip welded on his person
after he had sent his wife away to
Europe on a steamer, so that he could
marry another woman.
John Roach. leader of the conserva
tive element in the miners union
was elected president of local 220 al
Goldfield, New, by about 300 majority
over c. II. McKinnon.
The directors OF the Aero club OF
America learn that the international
Aeronautic federation, the arbiter OF
international ballooning. has barred
the Spanish Aero club from partici
patton in the forthcoming cup race al
st. Louis in October for failing to for
ward the required fees.
Kermit Roosevelt, son of the presi
dent, abandoned his ride with the
Thirteenth cavalry from Fort Leaven
worth to Fort Sheridan because of the
annoying attentions of women.
Senator La Toilette has decided To
announce his candidacy for the Re
publican nomination for the presi
delcy and will address a statement tC
the voters.
The factory .of the Wemple Grave
ly Tobacco company at Danville, Va.
was destroyed by fire. Loss about $50,
600.
William III. Abercrombie, formerly
United States consul at Nagasaki
Japan. committed suicide by asphyxi
alton in Washington.
The navy department virtually. has
decided to name the 20,000-ton battle
ship, No. 20, sister ship of the Della
ware, the New York.
1t is reported in London from Ath
abasca landing. in the Canadian
northwest. that the steamer Duches.
OF Bedford, on which the Mikkelser
Arctic expedition was working its way
into the polar regions, has been lost
Attorney General Bonaparte said he
had instructed District Attorney Sim.
to fulfill the pledge of immunity to the
Alton road and officials and that he die
not know the newly learned facts tha