The Yale expositor., 1907-04-19
BRIEF REVIEW OF
A Weeks EVENTS
RECORD OF THE MOST lMPOR'
TANT HAPPENINGS IN ITEM
lied FORM.
HOME AND FOREIGN NEWS
Information Gathered from All Quar-
tiers Of the Civilized World and
Prepared for the Perusal OF the
Busy Man.

Hopelessly divided-seven for YER
dict of guilty of murder in the first de
gree and FIVE for acquittal on the
ground of insanity-the jury wnicn
since the 23d of last January nad
been trying Harry X. Thaw, reported
after AZ hours and eight minutes OF
deiiberation, that il could not possi
bly, agree upon a verdict ana were
discharged. Thaw was remanded 10
jaii to await his second trial, which is
not likely TO begin before autumn.
Twelve jurors in the United States
district court at Chicago found the
Standard Oil company of Indiana
guilty of accepting illegal rates from
the Chicago &c Alton railroad, as
charged in 1,462 counts of the indlct-
ment. Should the verdict stand Judge
Lands can impose aggregate fines Oh
t.s,s40,OO0, or $4,000 on each count
II only the minimum penalty $l,Ooo on
each count be assessed, the total
would reach 81, 462 900, the largest fine
ever entered against person or cor
poration in the history OF federaI
courts.
James H. Eckels. president OF the
Commercial National bank of Chicago
and one of Chicagos leading citizens,
was found dead in bed. Death was
due to heart disease. Mr.. Eckels was
COMPTROLLER of the currency during
Grover Cleveland's second admins
tration.
An earthquake lasting Az minutes
terrified the people of the City OF
Mexico. There were no fatalities, but
many walls and pavements were
cracked.
A lone bandit held up a stage in
Montana and escaped with about S2S,
600.
The Ripley building. one OF the
largest and most important structures
Mt Baker University, Kan, was de
stroyed by fire. The loss is est
mated at 100000; insurance, $4,000.
The police of Paris issued an ex
puIsion order under the prevention o
gambling law against George Sutton
the American billiar player, who re
Gently ran a billiard school there.
Robert II. Grove, of Pittsburg, WHIT
shot himself while in a theater, die
OF his wound.
Train wreckers derailed a train a
Cheneyville, La, anC 'hree men wer
killed.
The town of Westwego. La, wa
practically destroyed by fire.
Mrs. William Norris, of Denver
Col. committed suicide in Berea, o
because of domestic trouble and ii
ness.
Policemen George M. Sechler an
Alfred Sellech and Charles Vincenz
were shot and MORALLY wounded /
New York by Salvatore Gavornale !
a running fight.
George Shambacher, wealthy rel
estate dealer of New York, was sh'
and MORALLY wounded while in til
dining-room of his home, presumab
by a burglar.
James Addison Quarles, d. ID. l.
D., for the past 81 years professor
moral philosophy at Washington ar
Lee university, died at Lexington, V
He was 20 years old.
David Ellington, profession
swimmer, at Sydney, n. S. W., swa
three-quarters of a mile in II mi
utes SO 2-5 seconds. thereby creatil
new worlds record.
After being out for Sc hours, &
fury in the case OF former State Ser
tor Covington, Of Arkansas, charg
with accepting bribe, reported d
agreement and was discharged.
The new cathedral of st. John I
Baptist and st. Finbar at CharlestC
a. c.. was consecrated by Cardir
Gibbons.
Clay Thomas is locked up at BE
tyviIle, KY, for the murder of Jes
Abner. the killing being a result OF
Hargis-C ockrell feud.
Secretary OF War Taft landed
San Juan, Porto Rico, and was
ceived by the ofncials and leading C
Eens.
Police of Winnipeg. Manitoba, "a
ed the ofices OF the Canadian Str
Grain company and arrested ev'
one I'm them on charges Of runnl
and frequenting a bucket shop.
william II. Buesking, farm
near Fort Wayne. Ind, was blown
pieces by dynamite.
The Chicago, st. Paul, Minneap'
and Omaha railroad and ii. M. Pear
acting freight agent, were found
ty of granting rebates by jury
Minneapolis.
Four trainmen were killed on
Southern Pacific In California by
explosion of two locomotives.
The crew OF naval barge No
which went adrift In a storm, W
rescued by the steamer PROBES
Woermann.
Directors of the Provident Sec
ties and Banking company OF Bos
are accused by the receivers OF J
ing squandered 100000 OF It's moi
Annie Adair Of Triumph, Ill.
dead from swallowing muriatic Q
which she mistook for a sieeI
medicine.
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