The Yale expositor., 1908-01-31


All the missing passengers and crew
of the steamer Amsterdam were taken
into port at Hook of Holland by the
Norwegian steamer Songa.
District Judge George NJ. Bourquin
at Butte, Mont, approved loan OF
100000 by Edward Creighton Largey
to the State Savings bank, suspend
ed Heinze institution, to resume bust
ness.
The will of Mrs. Lydia Bradley, who
died at Peoria, H.. leaves $4,OOO,OOO
to the Bradley Polytechnic institute,
affiliated with the University OF Chi
cago, and only $1,000 to heirs and
others.
Three valuable miniatures of the
duchess of Fife, the queen of Norway
and Princess Victoria, all belonging
to Queen Alexandra, were stolen by
burglars from the studio of an en-
graver in London.
Turtle Nordstrom, wanted in Chica-
go for passing forged check amount
ing to $4,000, was arrested at May
port, Fla. on board a yacht which he
had purchased at Brunswick. Ga.
Several hundred men were dubbed
by the Chicago police and a number
were more or less seriously hurt In
the loop district when 200 uniformed
patrolmen and detectives charged an
army of the unemployed" in efforts
to dispense them. The army" was
marching toward the city hall to de-
mand work 1t was finally disrupted.
Frank j. Constantine, who killed
Mrs. Louise Gentry in Chicago and
who attempted suicide in the Joliet
penitentiary by throwing himself from
gallery, died.
Several severe earthquake shocks
terrified the inhabitants of towns in
Calabria, Italy, and did great damage
to buildings.
An attempt to overthrow the mon
archy and proclaim Portugal a repub-
lie was nipped in the bud by the
prompt action of the government. The
plot was organized by a small group of
advanced republicans, the leaders OF
whom were arrested. The plan was to
assassinate Premier Franco and then
depend for success upon street risings,
supported by secret, republican and
labor organizations, armed with bombs
and revolver.
Believing that his illness would re-
suit fatally, John Fetter. aged 7S years,
of South Bethlehem, Pa, confessed
that he murdered his daughter, Ella
Fetter, aged 80 years, in November,
1894.
Fire at Deer River, Mimi, destroyed
block and a half of the business
portion of the town, causing loss es-
timated at 100000.
Mrs. Henry A. Alexander, daughter
of the late Gen. Joseph T. Terrence
of Chicago eloped from Hyeres.
France, with William Graham Blakes-
ton. an Englishman.
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad cut
all salaries of officers and employees
receiving $3.50 a month and over.
Three firemen were killed and Is
injured in the worst fire Baltimore
has had since the big confiagration
of 1904. The loss is estimated at
$500, 900.
Charles Mitchell, aged 20 years, a
retired wholesale dealer, died at st.
Joseph, Mo. He was wounded on the
Merrimac in it's first days fight with
the Monitor during the civil war
Rev. ]. w. oBryant, who has been
pastor of the Hyde Park Methodist
church of st. Joseph, Mo-, has re-
signed to become a street car con-
ductor on a suburban line.
King Alfonso of Spain while hunt
ing had a narrow escape from being
killed by a wild boar.
The supreme court of the United
States denied the petition for an ap.
peal in the Chicago Street Railroad re-
organization case.
In order TO prevent the spread OF
scarlet fever, the board of education
of Minneapolis decided to burn a large
number of text books.
At Dowagiac. Mich, an audience of
about $50, mostly women and children,
moving picture theater. No one was
seriously injured.
Three men were arrested in Mes
sina, Sicily, charged with completely
in the murder of a paymaster at
Portage, Pa, several years ago.
DIR. w. E. Carter veterinary sur.
geon of Meadville, Mo-, was tortured
by whitecaps.
Bonnie A. Walker of Canton, o., is
thought to be lost in the mountains
near Los Angeles, Cal. He has been
missing since January Is.
II is announced in New York that
w. ID. Haywood, who was acquitted
on the charge of numbering ex-Gov
Steunenberg of Idaho, will be the can.
didate of the Socialists for president
Nils Nelson, tender of the light
house on the New Haven breakwater
committed suicide by cutting his
throat. He had saved many lives.
Gov. Warner of Michigan announced
that former Gov. John II. Rich had &C
cepted an appointment as state treas.
urer to succeed Frank p. Glazier, who
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