The Yale expositor., 1908-03-06

tors and miners at Indianapolis. Ind.
adjourned sine die, without reaching
an agreement upon the wage scale.
Because he would not take a drink
'Blacky" Collins. said to be member
OF prominent family, was shot and
killed at Erie, Pa.
Resolutions favoring the candidacy
OF William ii. Taft for president were
adopted by the Missouri Republican
state convention at st. Louis.
Telegraph operators on the North
made by the road in regard to the
new schedule of hours and wages.
Senator Robert l.. owen of Okla
homa engaged in a tilt with Senator
Charles Curtis. declaring the Chero-
kee Indians are not under the control
OF the secretary of the interior.
Lord Kitcheners frontier war in the
Bazaar Valley against the Zakkakhels
tribesmen is making rapid and sue
cessful progress in India.
The Ormsby New county grand
jury returned an indictment against
L. b. Rickey, president of the State
bank on six counts for embezzlement
Edward r. Thomas and Orlando F.
Thomas, financiers of extensive inter
ests, were indicted in New York on
charges growing out OF management
of funds of the Provident Savings Life
Assurance society.
Twenty-Five specific charges are
made in petition praying for the re-
moval of William T. Jerome as dis
trict attorney of the county of New
York, which was sent to Gov. Hughes
at Albany, N. Y.
Seven Russian terrorists, including
two women, were sentenced to death
for plot to kill Grand Duke Nicholas
and the minister of Justice in st. Pc
tersburg.
The American Trust and Savings
bank and the Hibernian Banking asso-
citation may be consolidated in Chi.
cago.
The Wisconsin Republican state
central committee indorsed Senator
La Toilette for the presidency.
Lima, Peru. shopkeepers, fruit
venders and curio dealers reaped
rich harvest from American sailors.
The body of John Jones, famous as
the Jim Bludso" of the upper Missis.
sippi river, was buried at Dakota.
Mimi.
An opinion handed down by the
supreme court of Missouri held that
the law creating the court of general
sessions in st. Louis is unconstitu.
tional and the court is invalid.
Owing to the refusal of the gov.
ernor of Mazagan to deliver the gar.
rison into the hands of Mulai Hafid.
the sultan of the south, Hafid says he
intends to attack the garrison.
George Dawkins, policeman.
charged with being a confederate OF
thieves, has been found guilty of bur.
glary and grand larceny, in the su.
preme court Of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. Paul ID. Elliser, an aged white
woman, who resides at Cayce, S. c.,
was killed by an unknown negro.
Operating officials of railways were
in attendance upon the hearing given
by the interstate commerce commits
sion at Washington and 81 applica-
tions for an extension of the time of
the going into effect of the nine-hour
law were made.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw moved out of
her New York apartments and il is
said she will go to Europe soon.
DR.. George Frederick Kunz has re-
ceived from Norway the cross of the
first class OF the Royal Order of ST.
Olav in recognition of his distin.
guished services in the department
of mineralogy.
The Missouri supreme court decided
the law passed by the last legislature
prohibiting the sale of intoxicating
liquors within five miles of any state
educational institution having 1000
students enrolled is unconstitutional
Night riders set fire to the house of
Broussais Gregory, one mile west OF
Hopkinsville, KY, and fired shots into
the bedroom in which Mr.. Gregory.
his wife and his daughter were sleep.
ing.
The German car in the New York.to.
Paris automobile race broke the uni |
versal Joint seven miles west of Elk
hart, Ind, and was towed back by
horses.
After making gifts OF nearly 81 900, |
600 to relatives and for educational |
purposes, Mrs. Anna M. Walker |
Weightman was married in New York |
to F. c. Penfield.
The supreme court OF Texas rem
dered judgment for s1,600,00O dam.
ages and custer from the state against
the Waters-Pierce Oil company for
violating the Texas antitrust laws.
Fire in Sioux City, Ia, wrecked the
building and the stock of the Sioux
City Iron Company, wholesale con.
cern. The loss was $4,000.
In New York plans have been drawn
for what will be the largest restau.
rant in the world and on which work
Will begin in the spring.
Emperor Nicholas received 800 dele.
gates in st. Petersburg from duma
and addressed them on the agrarian