The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-11-15

Nj. LeLas, with hydroplane, COW
cred two hlometers in one minute
and Sc seconds on the Seine. which is
at the rate of "a knots an hour. This
constitutes a worlds record for this
sort of a machine.
A hurricane swept over Marseilles,
france, causing immense damage to
locks and other water front property.
The gas works were flooded and the
.ity was plunged into darkness. A
number of people were killed by col
apsing houses.
Charles A. Perkins, formerly presi-
lent of the Chicago, Burlington &
quincy railroad, and one of the lead
ng railroad authorities, died at his
home in West Wood, suburb Of Bos-
on.
H. 8. Duncan, a prominent person
age in the iron and steel industry in
western Pennsylvania. died suddenly
N Pittsburg from heart disease. He
was vice president of the Cannons-
ourg Steel company.
Eight thousand Croatians in con-
gress at Zagrab resolved to support
the policy of parliamentary obstruc-
ton and to seek the separation of
Croatia from Hungary.
The orphans court of Philadelphia
decided that DR.. Thomas w. Evans,
the famous dentist, who died in Paris
several years ago and over whose es-
tate there has been much litigation,
was a Partisan and that the state of
Pennsylvania has no right to collect
the collateral inheritance tax on up
ward of 100000 of the 100000
estate.
Charles ]. Glidden, the famous auto
mobilist, has decided to try balloon
ing and hopes to make ascents from
as many different points on the globe
as possible.
Two new wireless telegraph sta
lions have been opened at Fairbanks
and Circle City, Alaska, to be part of
a chain extending from Behring strait
to Puget sound.
A sensational petition in behalf of
three victims of the Charleston CID
disaster on the Central Illinois Trac-
ton line has been prepared at Mat
toon, alleging that the mortgages on
the company's property held by two
| Chicago banks were made for the pur-
pose of defrauding the claimants.
Secretary Root has designated w. /.
/ Buchanan as the American delegate
! to the Central American peace con-
! ference.
The magnet of high premium rates
! for currency is attracting the money
boarded by depositors in steel vaults
and strong boxes, and within two days
over SO 1000, 900 was enticed from its
hiding places and sold for a premium
to money brokers in New York.
The Bank of England advanced its
rate of discount from six to seven per
cent, the Bank of France advanced
its regular discount rate from 31a per
cent. to 4 per cent. and fixed the rate
for loans on securities at Az per
cent, and the National Bank of Bel
! GUM advanced its rate of discount
from 51S to 6 per cent.
Seven bandits held up the town OF
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vault and escaped with $4,000.
Presidents Zelaya of Nicaragua
Davila of Honduras and Figueroa OF
Salvador in conference at Amapala
agreed to forget past differences and
declared that fraternal relations ex
listed mutually and that previous
treaties of friendship were in force.
One man was killed and 81 persons
were injured in a wreck on the In.
diana Union Traction line in Indianap
oils.
Cracksmen blew open the safe in
the vault at the University OF
Minnesota at st. Paul, thinking
the $4,000 taken in at the Minnesota
Chicago football game was still in the
safe. 1t had been removed.
seat on the New York stock ex
change was sold for $50 1000, the lowest
price recorded since 1904, when a seat
was disposed of for $50 900. The high
record price was $4,000.
Warrants were issued for the arrest
of 1877 saloon men of Spokane, charged
with keeping open on Sunday in viola
ton of the local Sunday closing ordi
nance.
The Guthrie hotel, ten stores and 6
livery stable at Oneonta, Ala, were
destroyed by fire.
The Cunard turbiner Lusitania, car
rying s1O,O0O,0O0 in gold, reached New
York, having made the trip in days
10 hours, 10 minutes, a new record.
Illinois plans for deep waterway
were dealt severe blow by Attorney
General Stead, who held that the
Economy Light & Power company's
lease was valid and it might complete
its dam at Dresdent Heights.
The absolute necessity for a reor
ganization and an increase of botf
officers and men in the marine corp!
is set out in the annual report of Brig
Gen. G.. f. Elliott, commanding.
Judge Olin Wellborn, in the United
States district court at Los Angeles
fined the Atchison, Topeka & SAINT;
re company $4,000 for rebating.
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