The Yale expositor., 1908-02-28
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-
ters of the Civilized World and
Prepared for the Perusal OF the
Busy Man.

express train MT "a5oh iS
merry-makers at a crossing near
Spring Valley, n. Y.
In a letter signed "Black Hand the
threat has been made that the enor
NOUS stores of smokeless powder OF
Ionia island will be blown up
Stuyvesant Fish announced that the
contest in the Chicago courts to pre-
vent the voting of Illinois CentraI
Railroad company stock held by the
Union Pacific Railroad company was
closed
While administering communion
during mass at Denver, Father Lee
Heinrichs, Roman Catholic priest, was
shot by an Italian anarchist The as
sassin was overpowered after des
perate struggle in the church.
The murder of wealthy wine I'M
porter was the latest activity OF the
"Black Hand" which is terrorizing
New York.
Former Gov. Yates formally an
nounced his candidacy for governor OF
Illinois. declaring there is an oppor-
tunity for an effectual appeal to the
people"
Australia wants the American fleet
of battleships, now on its way to Sa=
Francisco, to come TO that country.
Chief of Police Benton of Fayette-
vile. n. c., was shot dead by negro,
Sam Murchison, craZed with drink.
This man also shot two negroes few
minutes before he shot the chief.
After being out 40 hours and taking
6Sballots. the jury at Pawnee City, Neb.,
brought in a verdict of manslaughter,
Oscar Frank, a wealthy farmer, was
indicted two months ago charged with
killing his young wife.
Walter Holbrook, well-kuown
farmer. was fatally shot by Fred Nor
man near Shawneetown, III,
Ten persons were killed and score
or more wounded, including several
ecclesiastics, as a result OF riot IN
Teheran during the passing of a relig
ious procession.
A winter carnival for which unpre
cedented preparations have been goins
on for several weeks was inaugu-atet
at Havana.
The British steamer Beta, Capt Pye
from Halifax for Bermuda, Turks
Island and Kingston, was total!
wrecked off Turks Island.
Count and Countess Szechenyi, ac
companied by William X. Vanderbilt
landed from the steamship Kaiseril
Auguste Victoria at Plymouth, Eng
land and at once proceeded to London
Hundreds of persons were drive
from their homes and property value
at 100000 was destroyed in Brooklyn
n. Y, by fire.
The Oklahoma Democratic stat
convention, held in Muskogee, was
Bryan one and all pledged and IL
structed to vote for the nomination
the Nebraskan.
George Mauck and his wife were IL
stantly killed at Urbana, o., whe
their carriage was struck by trail
Their ten-year-old daughter was fata
ly injured.
The State Bank of st. Paul, MINI
which closed it's doors on January l
has resumed business. The old OF
GERS remain in charge.
William H. Taft, secretary of wa
clubs thirteenth anniversary celebI
ton of Washington's birthday in Bl
falo, n. Y.
BY a leap Of 1872 feet John Evenst
OF Duluth established a new Americi
record for ski jumping at the annu
meet of the Ishpeming (Mich) S
club.
Following a heated quarrel Mrs.
Frazier denounced her husband as
murderer and surrendered him In
the hands of the Los Angeles (Ca
police.
Mrs. Natica Rives Burden,
young New York society matron W
was accidentally killed by gas, v
disinherited, it was learned, by
grandfather, the late August Belmo
Mai. Gen. Frederick ID. Grant, U.
A.. in a speech in New York declai
that "in case of a war with a gr
nation-Japan, for instance-5OO,
troops would not be sufficient to pr
erly garrison the Pacific coast, no
and south"
The New York senate passed b
vote of 80 to the Page bill provid
for a commission of Is TO investig
the government of New York city
Reports that the marriage of Hs
X. Thaw and Evelyn Thaw is to
annulled, or that they are to be
yorced, are denied.
The memorandum Of the Japar
government in reply to that of
limited States on the subject OF
grafton was handed to Ambasss
O'Brien in Tokyo.
owen wister, the novelist, was
feated for alderman in the munic
election in Philadelphia.
Senator Knox introduced in the
ate a bill to establish a system
postal savings banks.
william j. Bryan's visit to Co
bus. o., was signalized by the ID
cratic state central committee NJ
mousely indorsing his candidacy
the presidency.