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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-12-18
A Terrific Blast,

A giant blast of dynamite, prepared
for firing, was prematurely exploded
in the workings on the Panama canal
in Bias Obispo Saturday. Ten men
were killed and so injured.
1t may be that others have been
killed, for the debris is piled in all di-
rections. Bias Obispo cut is about 30
miles from Colon and the shock of
the explosion was distinctly felt.
Numerous reports are current as to
the accident. but the official version
from Culebra states that during the
loading Of the last hole of the blast
the dynamite was discharged and the
remaining Fl tons were exploded by
conclusion. The holes had not been
connected electrically, as the dis
charge of the blast was set for 5
o'clock in the afternoon. The last
hole was being loaded under the
supervision of one of the most effici-
ent powder men in the employ of the
commission.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-12-18
SLUGGERS MADE
CLEAN GET AWAY
THE PosToFFIcE AT sAULT STE
MARIE ROBBED BY THREE
THUGS.
D E Putty SANDBAGGED
Was Making Up Pay Envelopes When
The Thieves Entered Inquirlns for
Mail.

Twenty-Five hundred dollars was
taken from the Sault Ste. Marie post
office Sunday night by three unknown
men, who committed one of the most
daring crimes in the history of the
upper peninsula
Frank Higgins, deputy postmaster,
was placing money in the pay enve.
lopes about $50 when the three men
entered, knocked him unconscious and
escaped with the money.
Higgins Is now in the hospital and
the country Is being secured by of.
ficers. The Canadian officers are work.
ing on the case with those of the
American 500.
Higgins was alone in the postoffice
when the two men knocked at his Of
fee door.
"My name is Robinson" said the
taller of the two, land I would like to
get my mail now. IL you don't mind,
because | am to leave town early in
the morning, before the postofice will
be open"
Higgins turned toward his desk and
one of the men struck him heavily
over the head with a sandbag
Rushing to the desk, the men swept
on all the money and walked out
quietly.
Higgins lay several hours in a pool
Of blood and finally gained strength
enough to crawl from the building. He
told the authorities at first he had
been stabbed in the back
The robbery was not discovered till
nearly midnight. Patrolman Charles
Roberts saw the men leave the door
on the Portage avenue side of the
building. but thought they were from
the Sault club, which is located on the
third floor. The burglars turned the
corner at Portage avenue and went
east, toward the ferry, probably going
over into Canada.
Higgins was seen by Roberts To
collapse on the sidewalk. When he
went to his assistance Higgins said
They hit me-" He was then taken TO
hospital. Later he revived enough
TO tell the story of the robbery.
Postmaster Scott was Immediately
notified OF the robbery. He thinks II
strange the men knew Higgins was
making out his pay roll at that hour
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-12-18
PERSONAL.

Mrs. Gertrude Gates was granted an
absolute divorce from James l.. Gates,
the reputed millionaire of Milwaukee.
United States Senator Hansbrough
of North Dakota was attacked by seri'
Gus illness in Minneapolis.
Abraham Ruef, former political boss
of San Francisco, was convicted of
bribery. He is liable to maximum
penalty of IA years in the peniten-
tiary.
President Castro was allowed to
land at Bordeaux and was assured by
the government that he would be well
coined as a private citizen and pro-
tected.
Charles E. Davis was found not
guilty of the murder of DR.. Frederick
T. Rustin in Omaha.
President Castro of Venezuela, in
terviewed at Santander, Spain, said he
would land at Bordeaux and that his
trip was taken for the purpose OF set
Ting all the international quarrels OF
his country. His general health was
good.
John L. Sullivan, former champion
heavyweight pugilist, was granted
divorce in Chicago.
Once reputed to be worth several
million dollars, Samuel E. Gross, for
merly of Chicago, was discharged II
bankruptcy proceedings in the United
States court In Detroit, Mich.
Gov. Deneen will take the Univer
sity of Illinois short course" In agrl
culture in 1910.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-12-18
THE MARKETS.

Detroit-Cattle: Extra dryfed steers
and heifers, So; steers and heifers, 900
to 200, s42b64 steers and heifers.
500 to 1000, s3.75@4.50: grass steers and
heifers that are fat, 500 to 700, $3@350;
choice fat cows. $3.50; good fat cows,
s30325; common cows, s2@2.50; can
ners, $3.50; choice heavy bulls SAYS;
fair to good bolognas. bulls, SO: stock
bulls, $2.5062.75.
Veal calves: Market steady with
Tuesday, 25c lower than last week
Sheep and lambs: Market good lambs,
Csc higher than on Tuesday: others
dull; prospects lower: best lambs, 1925
M550; fair to good lambs. $45O6525;
light to common lambs, S350M4: fair
to good butcher sheep, S3635O; culls
and common. $1@250
Hogs: Ten cents lower than on Tues
day. Range OF prices: Light to good
butchers. $5.25@5.30; pigs, no sales
light workers., IS.
Grain, Etc.
Detroit-Wheat: On Thursday the
wheat receipts were cars. both in
Withdrawals. Stocks are 753929 blu.
against 353,9S0 bu year ago.
Prices a year ago in the Detroit mar
ket included CSC for No red wheat
64kc for No corn and 54hc for No
white oats.
The cloverseed market was active
and easy. The close was at a loss of
1Oc.
oats made a small loss on Thursday.
Receipts OF flour were 1920 and Ship
ments 400 bbls.
No trading in rye and no change in
price.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-12-18

Speaking to Chicago clergymen OF
the ordinance looking to a safe and
sane" Fourth Of July. Mrs. La Verne
Noyes said you can't make a boy
give up fireworks and fire crackers UNI
less you have something to offer him
In their place" said Mrs. Noyes. "He
needs something to give rein to his
spirits, and to this end we are going
to ask the National Outdoor Games as.
ISOLATION, which holds convention
and field day every summer, TO have
their great celebration in Chicago
next year on the Fourth of July"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-12-18
GENERAL NEWS.

At least IA men were killed and 90
injured by the premature explosion OF
21 tons OF dynamite on the Panama
canal at Bias Obispo.
The United States battleship fleet
arrived at Colombo Ceylon, and was
greeted by vast throngs of Europeans
and natives. The health of the men
on the ships was excellent, with the
exception of one case of smallpox on
the Georgia.
The Dutch cruiser Gelderland seized
the Venezuelan coast guardship Alix
off Puerto Cabello and towed 1t to
Curacao.
A panic in an overcrowded Yiddish
theater in New York resulted in the
death of a boy and the injury Of scores
of persons.
Frank Cassinl Of st. Louis fatally
shot his wife and himself.
The various copper properties OF
Phelps, Dodge & Co., the output OF
which has been as high as 10O,OOO,OOC
pounds a year, are to be merged into
a new corporation, capitalized al
$50, 900, 900.
Eleven buildings In the village o.
Patton, Ia, were destroyed by fire.
More than a score OF persons were
injured, Ave OF them seriously, ant
100 more were thrown into a panic
when a bomb was hurled into the al
shaft OF a tenement house at 800 Eas
sixty-third street, New York.
DIR. A. s. Pitts, a prominent physi
clan OF Hazlehurst, MICS, was sho
and killed by Dr. Thomas Birdsong,
dentist.
DIR. @. K. Barnes, a veterinary sur
geon, was burned to death in a fr'
that destroyed his house at Wood
vile, o.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-12-18
Beet Sugar and the Tariff.

1--WE don't care a whoop." said NJ. j.
Bialy. manager of the West Bay City
Sugar Co., when asked what he thinks
about the agreement between Taft and
the ways and means committee at
Washington, providing for the admis-
sion of 100000 tons of sugar from the
Philippines annually free of duty, and
that all sugar over that amount will
pay the present rate of duty, which is
% per cent less than the duty imposed
by the Dingley tariff on sugar from
other countries.
Well make sugar Just the same, -
added Bialy. It'll hurt some"
Lesser of two evils; better than
free sugar." is what w. f. Cressey. of
the German-American company, says.
That company will continue to pro-
duce as before.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-12-18
Mr.. Loud and the Filiplnos.

Rep. Loud, of Michigan, wants to be
tee on education to the committee on
insular affairs. 1t is probable that il
Mr.. Cannon can see his way clear the
Au Sable man will get what he wants,
Mr.. Loud believes that this govern
ment is not doing all 1t should for the
little brown brother. The Filipino is
now taxed for the support OF his
schools, but Mr. Loud points out that
a great many children under certain
age have been compelled to stop going
to school because there is not money
enough to go around. The Michigan
man thinks this government can afford
to spend some money of it's own in
order to give all the children chance
to learn
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-12-18
HERE'S A ROW.
Congress and President Have sharp
"Scrap" Started.

Congress and President Have sharp
"serap" Started.
The breach between the president
and the house is a fact, no longer
possibility. The def flung down by the
executive in his message has been
taken up, and unless the frantic eff
forts of the close Roosevelt coterie in
I congress prevail with the angry states
men, the present session is going to
make a place for itself in history by
the open and defiant enmity displayed
tisanship, and a retiring executive.
This is the cause of the excitement:
"The chief argument in favor of the
provision was that the congressman
did not themselves wish to be investi-
gated by secret service men,"
Immediately after the opening OF
the house Friday, Rep. Perkins, OF
New York, introduced resolution d.
rected at the president. 1t provided
for the appointment of a special COM
mittee of five to consider the proper
means of dealing with that portion
OF the presidents message criticising
congress for passing the present law
which restricts the activity Of secret
service agents. The resolution Is pre-
ceded by a preamble which recites
some expressions of the message.
The resolution was adopted, and the
following special committee named:
Messrs. Perkins, New York; DENLY.
of Michigan; Weeks, of Massachu-
sets; Williams, of Mississippi, and
Lloyd, Of Missouri.
Republican senators today consid-
cred what action should be taken by
the senate concerning the message OF
the president and 1t was practically
decided to permit the resolution to be
brought in by some Democratic SEN
| ator. The resolution will provide for
an investigation of the whole subject
by the senate committee on appropri-
atoms.
Two presidents in the history of
this country have actually been re-
buked by congress. One was John
| Tyler, who sent a message to the
house strongly criticising 1t. The
house refused to receive the message
and passed resolutions of blunt cen
sure. The other was Gen. "Old Hick-
] ory"' Jackson, fire-eater and original
big stick wielder. He clashed with
senate made up Of fearless men, and
when they passed a resolution CRITICS
ing him. and he sent in a hot mes
sage of protest, the senate fatty re.
| fused to receive IL.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-12-18
THOSE RELIEF SUPPLIES.
AIpena Merchants Protest That Their
Business Suffers.

Business suffers.
AS result OF protests raised by
merchants of Alpena, the executive
committee OF the fire relief commits
sion has decided TO cut of immedi-
ately the distribution of clothing, and
laid plans whereby a supply OF pro-
visions will be discontinued gradually
until Jan. Is. Then the distribution
OF these articles will also close.
Business in Alpena since the fire In
October has been paralyzed by the
overflow of relief which poured In
from all sides of the state; many OF
the families are better supplied now
than they ever were before, but some
still make demands on the relief sta
ton. Merchants could see no let up to
the supply, and asked the state COM
mittee to discontinue the work.
The relief committee now has on
hand about fifteen carloads OF cloth
ing, which will be shipped TO cities in
proportion to the contribution made
by them, to be used among their own
poor.
The matter Of harvesting machinery
and seed is now up to the state. Many
contributions already collected are
sufficient to supply provisions for a
time, but when this is exhausted the
people. homeless by reason of forest
fires, will be left to shift for them
selves. This many are now able to do.
Lumber for building is now, the only
real necessity.
The action of the committee will no
doubt cause protest from the fire suf-
ferers, but the merchants have suf-
fered equally and think their kick
legitimate.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-12-18
BRIEF REVIEW OF
A Weeks EVENTS
MOST IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS
OF THE PAST WEEK TOLD
IN CONDENSED FORM.
ROUND ABOUT WORLD
information Gathered from All Quar-
tiers of the Civilized World and
Prepared for the Perusal of
the Busy Man.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Secretary of Agriculture Wilson re
ported that farm products for 1905
eclipsed all records, being valued al
7,77S,000000, with corn in the lead.
The National Rivers and Harbors
Congress at its concluding session, by
a resolution, which was one OF series
adopted, declared for an authorized is
sue by congress at its present session
of $500, 900 900 worth of bonds, the
proceeds to be used in the payment
exclusively for such river and harbor
work as may be authorized by con-
gress. provision for the issue to be
similar to the Panama canal bonds.
The house adopted resolution pro-
viding for the naming of committee
to consider the proper means of deal
ing with the part Of the president
message relating to the secret serv'
ice and rejecting on members OF con-
gress.
President Roosevelt declared that IL
the authors OF the Panama canal graft
charges could be reached for criminal
libel he would try to reach them
William Nelson Cromwell branded the
stories as absolute falsehoods.
Members of congress who resent
President Roosevelt's language In the
part of his message concerning the
secret service planned to rebuke him.
Senior Arosemana, minister from
Panama, presented his credentials 10
President Roosevelt.
That the outbreak of the foot and
mouth disease now prevalent in sew
eral states was due to the importation
into this country of either biological
products or such material as straw or
merchandise, or in the clothes or eli
fects of immigrants, is the opinion OF
Secretary Wilson.
Andrew Carnegie was subpoenaed 10
appear before the house ways ana
means committee to testify in the tar
if revision hearings being conducted
by the committee.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-12-18
When the Governor viii Talk.

dition of the state treasury and the
causes for its depletion | shall say in
my message to the legislature. Jan
l." said Gov. Warner.
The governor is back from his out
ing trip to Florida, looking fine, and
he says he feels as fine as he looks.
81 am looking up the facts in con
nection with the treasury" he added
81 shall go to Lansi-g this week, and
be there during the two weeks before
the legislature meets. / will not talk
about any state matters till my mes
sage is delivered"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-12-18
WIRELETS.

wall street expects every lion to
do his duty when l go to Africa"
Roosevelt told delegation of Geor-
gians who called at the White House.
While the French government is de-
liberating on the question of allowing
President Castro. of Venezuela, to land
in France at all, Venezuelans and
Spanish officials are preparing to meet
him in Santander. Spain, where he
will disembark. He expects to go to
Berlin for his operation without touch.
ing French soil.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-12-18
Mr.. Rich Approved.

President Roosevelt gave his APP
prevail Wednesday to the name Of
former Gov. John T. Rich, of Michigan,
as collector in Port Huron. Senator
Smith saw the president at an early
hour and was told to go to the neces-
sary department and have Mr.. Rich's
commission made out at once. The
name was sent to the senate at noon
and confirmation is assured in ad-
vance.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-12-18
Kaiser wilhelm, in court language,

Kaiser Wilhelm. in court language,
is deeply grieved" because even his
Oldest councillors Joined in the effort
to have his freedom of speech cur.
tailed, especially while talking to
foreigners OF after dinners. In the
language OF the street, he is sore"
The shah of Persia has introduced
modern politics into Persia. He prom
Used. his people council and has made
good, except that he does all the ap
pointing to that council and his
choices are men who will do Just what
he says. The council has considerable
authority on paper and remains In
power two years.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-12-18
Keep the Lid On.

Old FOUNDERS have had the time Of
their lives in Battle Creek watching
saloonists remove screens, keep out
the fair sex and circulate petitions to
ask the council TO make the liquor
laws more stringent.
All but five retailers have signed a
petition circulated by wholesalers in
which the saloonists, themselves, will
ask the city to keep the cid" down
tight. It is admitted that prohibition
rumors have scared the whisky sellers
One saloonist, whose place has been
raided. posted a notice absolutely pro
hibiting women in the saloon.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-12-18

TEMPLE THEATER - VaudeviIl.
Afternoons. 2:15, loo to Csc. Evenings
8:15, loo to SOC. The Naked Truth. -
with Harry Davenport q Phyllis Ran
kin, supported by company OF 20
players.
l5-25c. Messenger Boy, No. az"
LYCEUM-Every night, matinee SAT-
urday. Geo. Cohan's Fifty Miles from
Boston" 'S''
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-12-18

Willie Blodgett, the 17-year-old Jack.
son boy who has been missing from
his home since last Tuesday, is APP
parently travelling about the state. II
is reported that he told people in Bat.
tie Creek Saturday that his home was
In Allegan. A collection was taken
up for him and the last seen OF him
he was boarding train for Kalama-
ZOO
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-12-18
No Experiments on Cattle.

The foot and mouth disease in Mich
igan will form the basis of no expert
menting for the sake of science. No
one knows this quite so well as Henry
H. Kinds, of Stanton, senior member
of the Michigan live stock commission.
II has come to light that Mr. Kinds
proposed to Secretary Wilson that two
or three of the diseased animals be
kept for scientific purposes. His idea
was that those animals should be care
fully observed. and that an effort be
made to secure more exact informa-
ton about the scourge.
1t is related that the grizzled sec
ret9ry of agriculture did not say a
word for a~minute or two after that
proposition had been made. He just
sat still and eyed Mr.. Kinds with the
businesslike CLEAN of the Scotchman
who knows his own mind. At length
he said:
mo. sir Those critters will be
slaughtered Just as quick as we can
kill them legally. We know too much
about the disease already"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1908-12-18

No criminal cases appear on the
docket for this term of the Washte-
nav circuit court.
While sweeping snow of the curb
ing over the cistern back of her resi-
dence Miss Mary Kennedy. of Bay
City, evidently slipped and fell in.
Answering a knock at the door, Mrs.
Frank Brown, of Lapeer, found an old
man leaning against the porch rail-
ing. He asked for a drink Of water
and she invited him in. When she re-
turned with the water and some cam
phor to revive him, she found him
dead. He proved 10 be Edward Col.
lard, aged Sc, an old soldier.
w. n. Failing. of Kalamazoo who
has been searching for members of
his family, after long absence from
home, has learned that his sister,
Evelyn Tibbals, for a time worked in
the Michigan Insane asylum. where
her half sister Miss Della A. Jones,
unknown to her. was a Datient.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-06
RiSAop Missed His Calling.

This story was told to the late Bishop
Potter by Bishop Dudley of Kentucky of
his personal experience:
He was on q hunting expedition near
Louisville and happened to fall in with a
local sportsman, whose uncOncealed adj
miration for the city mans marksman-
ship paved the way for further converse
ton.
Whats Your name?" the countryman
finally inquired.
dudley" was the reply.
After some exchange of incident and
experience the bishops interlocutor haZ-
ardad:
Say, Dudley, what business do you
followT'
Pm a preacher"
20, get out. What are you giving
But am. I preach every Sunday"
'Where|
''In Louisville"
well, ! never! l never would ha
thought it! You amt stuck up a bit
like most of the preachers down this
way"
An invitation to hear his new-made ac-
quaintance preach was accompanied by
n scrubbed card. and the next Lord )
day saw the rustic in his Sunday best,
ushered into the bishops own pew,
where he listened intently to both service
and sermon.
He was manifestly amazed afterward
to have the orator of the morning come
down to greet him as cordially and IA
miiarly as in the woods. He managed
to stammer his thanks, and added:
4 amt much of a judge of this kind
of thing, parson, but I riz with you and
sot with you, and saw the thing through
the best | knew how. All the same, if
my opinion is worth any to you, the
Lord meant you for a hunter."-Louis-
Vile Courier journal.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-06
An Eight-Pound Melon.

Robert Longbotham, q farmer near
Shafter Lake, raised the melon. Il is Of
the Georgia sweet variety from Texas
grown seed. The seed was planted July
=, the vine blossOmed August and the
melon matured September IS, making an
average growth Of pounds per day
from the time the blossom dropped off
the vine until the melon ripened. and
during its growth the melon registered
maximum gain of six pounds during a
single twenty-four hours.
Mr.. Longbotham has demonstrated
that the Shafter Lake country will pro-
duce, without fertilization or special at
tention, $3.50 melons of this size per
acre, which will make 774,0OO pounds
or 1887 tons of melons on a single acre
The melon has the appearance of being
very nearly round; it is 10 inches in di-
ameter, 10 in length and 90 inches in
circumference, and contains 1896 cubic
inches of fruit. One acre of these mel
ons will yield 9,649 $50 cubic inches of
fruit. The land on which this melon
was grown had already produced a crop
of vegetables this season. = Galveston
News.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-06

balanced diet that would prove IN
wholesome to most people As fndi-
Gated in the illustration the edible por-
ton, is made up of 1873 per cent water,
1874 per cent carbohydrates principal
ly starch), % per cent protein, Oh per
cent fat, and 1 per cent ash or mineral
matter. These figures represent gen
eral averages from which there are
wide variations in individual speci-
mems. When potatoes are eaten with
meat, eggs, or fish, which are essenti-
ally heterogeneous foods, a well-balanced
diet is obtained.