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The Yale expositor., 1907-03-29
STATE NEWS BRIEFS.

Gerald Dolson, of Charlotte. who
was injured in an automobile accident
three weeks ago. has recovered from
his internal injuries, but is still con-
fined to the hospital with a broken
leg.
Assistant Secretary OF the Navy
Newberry, in a letter to Postmaster
Linton. indorses the plan to have the
great lakes naval squadron, which is
to cruise in August. attend the Sagi-
nav semi-centennial celebration.
A special election to vote on raising
money for a new Ionia poor house, to
replace the one recently burned. will
probably be held The supervisors
have met and considered plans. 1t is
proposed to build the next one nearer
the city.
Justice II. ]. Richardson. of Augusta.
held an inquest on the body of John
Murray, well known character, who
died suddenly after alighting from an
interurban car, and found death caused
by uremic poison and tuberculosis.
The body is unclaimed and will be
shipped TO the university at Ann Ar
Dor.
At the Mother House of the Sisters
of st. Joseph, at Nazareth, Kalamazoo
county, on the occasion OF its patronal
feast, Sister Anastasia made her vows.
Miss Eva Twomey was clothed with
the religious habit and will hereafter
be known as Sister M. Rita.
A unknown man was found in Far
we'll bleeding and unconscious from
wounds about his head, where he had
been beaten by thugs, who robbed him
of his watch. horse and buggy. His
name is Foster and he is a resident OF
Houghton county. He was driving to
Mt. Pleasant when set upon.
who put It out?" is the question
Indignantly asked by citizens of VOL
VERNE regarding a fire originating
from an exploded kerosene lamp, at
the NJ. @. depot there Thursday night.
The depot is grossly inadequate to the
demands OF the traffic and has long
been an eyesore to the travelling pub
lic-hence the question
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-29
SIDE LIGHTS
ON MICHIGAN
JOHN BUTCHER ALLEGED TO BE
INNOCENT OF LAMPMAN
MURDER.
SILENT FOURTEEN YEARS
Says His Confession Was False TO
Shield His Brothers and silas Comp
ton is Guilty Man.
Compton Found.

John Butcher, aged 40. serving
life sentence in Jackson prison for
the murder on November IA, 1892, OF
VIM. Lampman, an aged miser who
lived near Grand Ledge, and TO which
crime Butcher confessed, has made
new statement, in which he says that
the murder was committed by Silas
Compton. who was blacksmith at
Eagle, near the scene of the murder,
and who disappeared soon after the
tragedy. Butcher says he has been
silent during these IA years because
he feared that the story which he now
tells would involve his two brothers,
Morris. now dead, and Frank, now be-
!ieved to reside in Detroit. He says
that Compton killed the old man while
he stood watch outside.
Compton was arrested in Athens,
Pa. Friday and refuses 10 return 10
Michigan without extradition papers.
Prosecuting Attorney Peters and Of
ficer ToaZ, OF Eaton county, Michigan,
are in Athens to see the governor rel
alive to securing eXtradition papers.
Silas Compton came 10 Athens, a few
days after the murder of Lampman,
and has given the impression of be-
ing a hunted man. He knew he was
under surveillance and it seemed TO
prey upon his mind.
For the past ten years Compton has
conducted a blacksmith shop in
small hamlet ten miles from Athens,
where he was respected by all who
knew him. He came to town frequent
~ generally supplied with $50 to 500.
10 visit the saloons. When he became
intoxicated he would talk about the
Michigan murder He has repeatedly
said that he knew John Butcher was
not guilty of the murder.
Compton avoided persons when he
came. He spent his time in the house
OF his brother or in boat on the
river for several months. Then his
brother became i'll and Silas took his
place in the bridge works. The first
day he worked his leg was broken. AT
ter Compton recovered from this acct
dent he was seen more frequently on
the streets.
Except TO deny that he knows alb
solutely anything about the murder.
Compton has refused TO talk since his
arrest
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-29
Modern Boston.

The changed character of Boston's
population could not be more typi-
cally illustrated than in the reading
of the names of the committees of
the Boston common council AS the
Patriots day committee. for example.
President Barrett selects Councilmen
Rachkowsky, SantosuossO and Pur-
cell. When the descendants of the
tribe of Israel. a race that for 1000
years. without country or a flag, has
maintained its racial identity; OF
those brave peoples of Italy that dur
Ing the varied vicissitudes of the
houses of Savoy. Lombard and Guelph.
and the neverceasing conflict between
church and state. have grown racially
stronger century after century, and
the hardy Celts. whose ancestors dur
ing the middle ages kept alive learn
ing and wisdom in the world. and
through subsequent centuries of CD
preston maintained burning the
spark OF race and religion. join togeth-
er in making plans for Boston's Pa
triots' day. who will deny that they
are qualified for the work. and that
in them is incarnated the spirit OF
modern American institutions.
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-29
GREAT SEA BATTLE
RUSSIAN CAPTAINS REcoLLEc.
TON OF DISASTER.
Commander of Warship Tells in
Graphic Fashion Of Experiences
During the Fighting al Tsu-
shinna in Late War.

Capt. Vladimir Semenoff OF the Rus
sian navy one OF the survivors OF the
great naval battle, of Tsushima in the
war with Japan, writes OF his eXpe-
riences recently in a published VOi-
ume. He was on board the SuvovOh,
the Russian flagship. Capt. Semen
off tells OF the stupor which seems TO
come over men who have never been
in action before when the first shells.
begin to fall A stupor which turus
easily and instantaneously at the
most insignificant external shot into
either uncomfortable panic or into
unusually high spirits, depending on
the mans character" After the Su-
voroff was fairly alight and complete
ly riddled Capt. Semenof found him
self enveloped in an impenetrable
smoke. Burning air parched my face
and hands, while caustic smell of
burning almost blinded me. Breath
ing was impossible. How did | get
out OF this hell? Perhaps some OF
the crew who had seen me on the
bridge dragged me out. How | arrived
on the upper battery on a well-knOwn
spot near the ships image cant re
member and | can't imagine Find
ing few signal men, Capt SemeRoh
set to work with an unchanged piece
OF hose on the fire. Then Lieut..
Danchich came up. Haven't we any
stretchers?" he said. For whom"
asked Semenoff. Why, for you. You
are bleeding Looking down he saw
that his right leg was standing ir a
pool of blood.
Danchich seemed to be making an
unnecessary fuss He wanted some
one to go with Semenoff. Who wants
to be accompanied" said SemepOT.
angrily. and started to go down the
ladder. not realizing what had hap
pened. When a small splinter had
woupded him in the waist at the be-
ginning of the fight it had hurt him
but at this time | had felt nothing"
he writes. Later, in the hospital,
when carried there on a stretcher. |
understood why it was that during a
fight one hears neither groans nor
shouts. All that comes afterward
Apparently our feelings have strict
limits for receiving external impress
sions. being even deeply impressed by
an absurd sentence. A thing can be.
so painful that you feel nothing so
terrible that you fear nothing"
Rojestvensky behaved well. Capt
Semenoff says that. although wounded
in the head, back and right leg, be
sides several small splinter wounds.
the Russian admiral bore himself most
cheerfully, going off 10 look for
place from which he could watch the.
fight Proceeding to the starboard
turret he received another wound.
which caused him much pain. 4
splinter struck his left leg. severinG
the main nerve and paralyZing the.
ball of the foot lie was carried into
turret and seated on a box, but still
had sufficient strength az once TO .
ask why the turrent was not firing.
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-29
Blinded by Acid.

Mrs. Gerritt Alcock, of Grand Rap
ids, was badly burned and perhaps
blinded by carbolic acid, which was
thrown into her face when she opened
the front door Of her home Late in the
evening Mrs. Alcock heard suspicious
noises about the house. and it was
during her investigation that she
opened the door Her screams of pain
brought the neighbors, and a physician
was called. There is danger of her
left eye being blinded. The acid throw
er made his escape without being
seen. Early in the evening Mrs. Al
cocks husband was released from Jail,
where he had served a term for non
support.
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-29
RESUME OF THAw TRIAL.

The Thaw case jurors were excused
until Wednesday while Justice Fitz-
gerald decides whether or not to name
a commission in lunacy to determine
Thaw's mental condition.
District Attorney Jerome presented
10 Justice Fitzgerald eight affidavits
in support of the suggestion he made
in the case OF Harry X. Thaw, that
the defendant Is now in such state
of mnacy or insanity as to be IN
capable of understanding the proceed
ings against him or making his de-
Tense. Justice
Harry Thaw issued statement de-
nying that there was any dissessiop
among his counsel.
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-29
CONTROL TRUSTS.
-rhe Sugar Trust Stands for Murder,
Nothing Else" Says Burrows.

"The sugar trust stands for murder.
nothing else" said Senator Burrows,
of Michigan. That combination is not
satisfied with fair business competi-
ton; IL is for the starvation and
sitting of its competitors. And that Is
what makes the attitude of the presi-
dent relative TO the scope OF control
congress ought to exercise relative TO
commerce so interesting.
There is no doubt that II all the ter
ritory in the state of Michigan suitable
and adapted TO the cultivation of the
sugar beet were to be put TO that use
we could produce sugar to feed the
world. Secretary Wilson has told me
so. Yet IL rebates can be continued,
under the guise of state control OF
purely state commerce, il must re-
main a fact that the trust can domin-
ate the situation in Michigan as long
as the railroads are in harmony with
IT, And for that matter in all other
sugar states.
Il am not clear that the presidents
so-called position is tenable That is.
] am not absolutely certain that the
federal government can control all
NhtNiAtl oldAt VI lHbl a
state. but | must confess that many OF
the decisions of the United States SUI
preme court look strongly in that d.
rection. The first speech made in the
house 80 years ago, was on this sub
Ject, the first interstate commerce act
being then under consideration, and
| remember then looked up the prec-
edents and authorities thoroughly.
They were entirely agreed that al
interstate commerce must be under
the single and undivided control ano
supervision of congress. but on the
question OF control of such business as
originated within a state and did not
leave the state they seemed to hold
that the state had the sole right TO
legislate. At the same time some OF
the greatest decisions, while apparent
" sustaining this idea, were worded
in such terms as to possibly sustain
the president in the position / under.
stand he would like to hold"
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-29
Not an Ordinary Memory.

The driver of the furniture moving
can admitted that he had a very bad
memory. In fact he could hardly re-
member what work he had performed
the day before.
No, | can't recall just where il
was that Mr.. Suddenmove had me
take his household goods. My mem.
DRY is very poor, SIR" he replied to
the bill collector.
But you moved him only q week
ago"
Yes. sir. but you see we moves so
many people that it's a hard matter
to recollect"
The bill collector slipped a hair
dollar in the mans palm. That
ought to do your memory good he
remarked.
1T ought to" the man replied. "but
you see this amt no common. every
day memory of mine. and IL has to he
logged considerable. Why. IL cost MFR
Suddenmove a dollar to make me for.
get. Sentinel.
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-29
Corporation Cure.

Federal license as a means of con-
trolling railroads and trusts, it is said,
will be the corporation cure advocated
by President Roosevelt. He will give
his views in a speech at the opening
of the jamestown exposition in May.
To squeeze the water out of corpor-
atoms he will advocate general APP
praisement of real values. He plans to
make investors sure that their money
will not be squandered.
Isaac n. Seligman, the banker, had
a talk with the president Wednesday.
He said afterwards: The president
will do any thing he can to allay want
of confidence. He does not see. how
ever, what he can do. He is not respon-
sible for the action OF the state legis-
latures. He is willing to meet the
railroads half way"
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-29
Not in Contempt.

Because counsel employed by the
broom-makers' union to inquire to in
quire into the broom-making contract
at Jackson prison decided that no
technical violation of the law exists,
the contemplated contempt proceed
ings against Warden Armstrong and
the board of control will not be pushed.
Deputy Attorney General McGill, on
behalf of the state. and f. S. Greece,
for the union, conducted the inquiry.
They and Samuel T. Penna, secretary
of the Michigan Federation Of Labor,
are satisfied that there has been no
violation of the supreme courts man
date that no more new men shall be
employed on the contract.
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-29
Lonu Lost Son.

Patrick Sullivan has written to Po-
lice Captain Davis, OF Bay City, from
Harrisburg. Pa. asking him to hunt
up his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John l..
Sullivan.
Young Sullivan. who is now about
80 years old, ran away from home
Is years ago and the only news his
people ever got from him was a re-
port received several years ago that
he was dead. When Mr.. Davis took the
letter to the Sullivan home the mother
wept with JOY.
Arrangements for a reunion OF the
parents and their once Grant son are
joyfully made.
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-29
Schoolboy Feud.

Clarence Rohr. aged IS, of Pomona,
Sunday night stabbed Arthur Club,
the same age, behind the left ear with
a jack-knife, the blade sinking over
3 inches into his neck. A feud started
some months ago in a schoolboy quar-
rel and had been gradually growing
more bitter. Last night both attend
ed church, Rohr leaving early and
going to the Ann Arbor depot Club
and several friends followed TO pick
a fight. Rohr pulled the knife from
his pocket Club started to run, and
was slashed as he turned.
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-29
Died on the Car.

Mrs. Libbie Hellman, aged 50 years,
ran faster than her father, j. A. Saun-
ders, i'm race for a street car i'm Mus
kegon, but the effort cost her her
life She easily out-stripped her aged
father and stopped the car which wait
ed for him
After the car had proceeded one
block Mrs. Hellman toppled over in
the car aisle and cried: I'm dying"
The street car raced for half a mile
to the nearest drug store into which
the woman was carried i'm the hope
that restoratives might save her.
She died as the physician arrived.
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-29
~. Great Mistake.

Churchley-I hear the Rev.Mr. Big.
ley was a failure at that church.
Newitt--Yes. he tried to bring the
congregation into harmony with his
ideas instead OF trying to get himself
into harmony with their ideas.
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-29
SUMMARY OF A
WEEKS EVENTS
MOST IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS
AT HOME TOLD IN CON-
DENSED FORM.
LATE FOREIGN DISPATCHES

Interesting Items of News Gathered
from All Parts of the Globe and
Outlined in the Briefest Manner
Possible,
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-29

Battle Creek temperance people are
commenting on the fact that out OF 81
men arrested In January and Febru-
airy. SO were drunk and the other four
were saloon men who had broken the
liquor law.
IL is claimed In Munising that Prose-
cutting Attorney Feed and Sheriff
Loucks have succeeded In securing a
confession from John Ruthledge. one
OF the prisoners in the county Jail
for completely In the mysterious Nc.
MILAN fires. Ruthledge admits firing
four buildings and duplicates VIM.
Michaels, also IN Jail. Michasls. how
ever, denies the whole thing.
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-29
Car Thieves and EGGS.

After wading through SO dozen brok-
en- eggs i'm Pere Marquette car, the
Grand Rapids police discovered that
5000 eggs and 800 pounds of butter
had been stolen. The thieves were
discovered by night Waterman, and
i'm their hurry to escape the. robbers
dropped three cases of eggs, and IL
was through this monster omelet the
police had to pass in order to get into
the car. Freight car raids have been
frequent. three kegs of whisky being
among the stuff stolen recently.
There will be a sale of state lands
at the office of the land commissioner
on March %.
Ed. Van Horn, aged %. was run
down and killed by switch engine
at a lumber camp on the Wolverine
branch OF the Michigan Central.
The owners OF valuable pet dog
discovered the animal in laboratory
in the u. of NJ. just in time TO save
its life. Frank Hessions and Thomas
Ryan had stolen the dog and sold IL.
They got 65 days in the works"
Lake Michigan as a water supply
for Grand Rapids is again on the
boards. A straw vote will be taken in
the April election to get a popular
opinion on the proposed project. The
board OF trade has voted in favor Of
IN
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-29
Grain, Etc.


Detroit--Cash No. 2 red. Tskc; May,
10 600 bu at 7Sc, 5000 bu at 7SMc. 5000
bu at 7SAc, 10000 bu at 1870. 5000 bu
az 7s%c. 10000 bu at zoe. 1000 bu at
79Ihc; July. 5000 bu at 1914 &c 10000 blu
at 79hc, $4,000 bu at 79hc. 5000 bu at
79,tc, 10000 bu at 79e, 10000 bu at
79kc, 10000 bu at T9kc 10 600 bu at
791ac. $4,000 bu at 79&c; September,
10000 bu at sOhc. 10000 bu at s09s G.
10000 bu at S0hc. 25. 900 bu at SO% c.
$4,000 bu at S0hc 5000 bu at s0%c. TO-
900 bu at s0Ikc, 5000 bu at 7s%c. 90
600 bu at sic; No. red. 73hc; No. /
white. 75kc. "A
Corn--Cash No. 3. cars at acc. No.
yellow, cars at 47kc; on track, /
car at 47c.
Oats-Cash No. ; white, 45c asked.
Rye-Cash No. ., 72c.
Beans-Cash and April 81 &c: Nav
81 80; June, 81 Al bid
Cloverseed--Prime spot. so bags at
So so; April. IS 25; October, So as: sam.
PIE. Is bags at IS SO. so at IS 20, so at
So, 20 at 81 so, IS at 81 25: prime al
sike, 20 bags at 81 30: sample alsiks. 4
bags at s6 so, at IS. 10 at IS as
TiInothy seed-Prime spot. 7S bags at
The Yale expositor., 1907-03-29
THE MARKETS.

Detroit = Choice steers averaging
from 100 TO 1900 lbs, 81 6OQ5 O5;
good buto hers steers and heifers, 81 rs
as IS; common killers and fat cows,
81 1904: tanners cows, 81 25@2 80;
common to prime shipping bulls, $50
%; light butchers and heavy sausage
bulls, 81 50Q3 so; stockers and feed
ers, 81 15G4 % per cwt.
Mich cows-Active at S25 a 30 each
Veal calves-Steady at $46p7 so per cwt
sheep and lambs--Active and higher;
quality fair; choice lambs. s. 65a7 75;
light to fair S6d7; common TO prime
sheep, So 5S@5 SO; MIXED sheep and q
3 25: culls $2d2 so per cwt.
Hogs-Dull and 900 Oc lower; quail
ity fair: prime mediums and fat york
ers. SIS 60M6 60: light workers. and pigs.
Sc 60Q6 65; roughs. s. 75q6 25 per cwt
Chicago-Beeves. s4G6 20; cows. 81 IS
a. so; heifers, 81 6OG5 % calves. $50
poor 10 medium S4@5 80; stockers and
feeders, SO 1904 so.
HOgs-Market Sc lower light. Sc 40
G6 go; mixed, Sc 4O@6 72h; heavy.
SIS 25@6 57A rough. SO 2566 50; pigs
81 S5m6 so; good to choice heavy. Sc As
as 57iz.
20; western, $4@6 90; yearlings, SEA
6 90; lambs. s6g6 so; westerns, SEQ
East Bunalo-Best export steers.
steers, 81 9O@s5 40: best 900 to 100
III do. 81 1904 IS; best fat cows, 81 IS
"a So fair to good. $3Gs3 so: trim
mers. S262 25: best fat heifers. 81 500
4 rs; extra. SIS: medium to good SO so
"a; best feeding steers. 81 25d4 so;
best yearling steers, So 25G3 so; COM
bulls. $4@4 so: bologna bulls, So 500
4: stock bulls, 81 5093. The COW mar
ket today on the good to extra kind
was about steady; others We're duh and
slow: good TO extra, $40m5O; medium
to good. s25@33; common. s1S@23.
Hogs-MiXed, medium and heavy. 81
az 10; pigs and workers. 81 1907 1b:
some choice light pigs selling as high
as 81 20; roughs. IS 25@6 So: stays,
81 1908
sheep and Lambs--Top natives. IS 40
as so: culls 37d7 So: top westerns
So 40mS so; wethers, SO 25m6 so; culls.
81 SOFAS; yearlings, s. ESQ so; ewes
IS 1905
Best calves. s50@S75: medium to
good. S5QS; heavy, $4@5 so.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-05-23
DECLARES COMPETITION SUP.
PRESSED IN oNE.THIRD OF
THE COUNTRY.
CONTRACTS DECLARED ILLEGAL
PROSECUTIONS ARE URGED AND
NEW AND EFFECTIVE LAWS
RECOMMENDED.

New York, May ia portion Of
the recommendations of Attorneys
Frank B. Kellogg and c. A. Severance
of st. Paul to the interstate commerce
commission concerning the Hartman
railroad Investigation has been pub
lished here. 1t reviews the testimony
and holds that railroad competition
has been suppressed in an area equal
to one-third of the United States; that
the contracts between the Union Pa
cific and Rock Island for the control
of the Alton railway, as we'll as the
contracts between the Union and
Southern Pacific, and the control of
the Illinois Central and the San Pedro
road, are all in VIOLATION Of the Sher-
man antitrust act.
Urge Prosecutions.
It recommends that the attorney
general institute proceedings to annul
these agreements. 1t also decommends
that there should be new and effective
laws to prevent imitation of securities,
and declares that the profits of the
great railroads of the Far West are
being used to buy stocks and control
systems in the East instead of build
ing more roads for the development of
the West, as they should be.
Report 10 Awaited.
Washington. May II. -. The recon.
mendations of Messrs. Kellogg and
Severance in regard to the Hartman
railroads are not yet accepted and
confirmed by the interstate commerce
commission, so that they stand at
present merely as recommendations to
the committee and not the report of
the committee itself. Commissioners
Harlan and Knapp. of the interstate
commerce commission say that the
commission has not yet made its re-
port.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-05-23
PLOT TO WRECK JAIL fO|lfD.
CAN OF INTERCOLLEGIATE FOUND.
IN THE CELL OF A MUIR
DERER.

Chicago, May 21.-Decisive action.
on the part of the authorities frus-
trated jail delivery plot that might
have resulted in many deaths by the
blowing up the wall of the Cook
county Jail.
Jailer Whitman recently became
aware that a plot was being perfected
and close watch was kept. Develop
ments showed that the ringleader in
the scheme was Charles Hansen, un-
der sentence for life for the murder Of
Luke Fitzpatrick, policeman.
Several notes referring guardedly to
the scheme had been intercepted and
yesterday when Jailer Whitman was.
certain that certain prisoners contem-
plated blowing hole in the wall of
the jail Hansen was brought into,
court without warning and ordered
sent Immediately to the penitentiary
at Joliet. He was not allowed to re-
turn to his. cell.
Finding he could not return to his
cage, Hansen said to the guard de-
spondently: "Well, you'd better look
in there and be mighty careful.
There's a can of nitroglycerin in
there"
An investigation was made and the
explosive discovered. The nitroglyc.
erin was concealed in a fruit can, a
number Of which, to lull suspicion, had
been delivered to Hansen.
The plot, according to confession
made by Hansen later, contemplated
blowing out the wall of the old part
Of the Jail. According to Jailer Whit
man there were about sixteen men in
the plot.