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The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
PERSONAL.

Wilbur Wright, the aeroplanist, won
the Michelin cup by fight that COW
cred 70 miles and lasted two hours
and nine minutes.
E. A. s. Blake, the San Francisco
contractor convicted of attempting TO
bride ]. M. Kelly, prospective juror
in the Ruef bribery trial, to vote for
acQuittal, was sentenced to four years
Imprisonment in the penitentiary at
San Quentin.
The Paris court ruled against Count
Boni de Castellane In his suit for the
removal of his three children from the
custody of their mother, Princess de
Sagan.
Abraham Ruef, former political boss
OF San Francisco, was sentenced to IA
years in the state penitentiary at San
Quentin.
Wanted in Chicago on a charge of
embezzlement of moneys intrusted to
his care for deposit in bank three
months ago, Herman Paley, theat-
rical agent, was arrested in Seattle,
and admitted his guilt.
w. M. Williams, bishop of the Apos-
tolic African Methodist Episcopal
church, was arrested in Omaha, Neb.,
charged with fraud.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
Standard OIL Escapes.

The supreme court Of the United
States has denied the petition of the
government for a writ of certiorari in
the s29 100000 fine case of the Stan
dard Oil Co.
The case came to the court on a pc
tition filed by the government asking
the court to review the decision Of the
United States circuit court of appeals
for the seventh circuit by which Judge
Lands original decision, imposing a
fine of s29,000.000 for accepting re-
bates from the railroad companies was
reversed.
In the supreme court the case turned
largely on the right of the court to
interfere in view of the fact that the
case had been passed upon by the
court of appeals, the government con-
tending for such privilege as a right,
while 1t was urged in behalf OF the oil
company that the precedents were all
against such proceeding. The action
of the court simply consisted in the
announcement that the governments
petition would not be granted.
The effect of the decision is to leave
standing the decision of the court of
appeals, which throws out the famous
fine
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
BRIEF REVIEW OF
A Weeks EVENTS
MOST IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS
OF THE PAST WEEK TOLD
IN CONDENSED FORM.
ROUND ABOUT WORLD
Information Gathered from All Guar.
tiers of the Civilized World and
Prepared for the Perusal of
the Busy Man.
EARTHQUAKE NOTES.

Reports from the earthquake-strick
en- district of southern Italy and Sicily
indicate that about 100000 persons
persisted in the appalling disaster. In
Messina and Reggie alone the dead
number 10000. Another severe shock
completed the destruction OF Messina
and II was feared killed more persons.
The survivors were reported to be sur
fering terribly for food, clothing and
surgical attendance. The king and
queen personally aided the victims. II
was feared many Americans perished'
as there were 80 in one Messina hotel
The report of the death OF Consul
Cheney and his wife was confirmed.
The American Red Cross society voted
$50,0 to the relief fund, j. Pierpont
Morgan sent $4,000 and the king OF
Italy gave $4,000.
Good progress was made with relief
work in southern Italy and Sicily,
many soldiers and sailors being util-
lied, and hundreds of refugees being
taken to Naples and other cities. The
report of the destruction of the LII
DdIl lSldIluS Mdo
more earthquake shocks were felt at
Messina. The king and queen were
tireless in the work Of aiding the sur
fering. American contributions were
steadily and rapidly growing. Taor-
nina, where there were many Ameri-
cans, was uninjured.
A violent earthshock, lasting three
seconds, and during which the Strom-
boil volcano began eruption, occurred
on Stromboli island The houses on
the island were badly damaged and
the populace fed to the streets in
panic, but no one was hurt. Relief
measures for the quake sufferers
progressed well, Ambassador Griscom
taking a prominent part. The Atlantic
battleship feet arrived at Suez and
began passing through the canal In or
der to reach Messina speedily IL need
ed. Two vessels were sent ahead with
supplies. The king and queen OF
Italy returned to Rome.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
BOY Shot Hls uaIy Father.

Awakened by hearing his fathei
fearfully abusing his mother, Reggie
Clifford, a Lansing high school student
and football player, seized revolver
and fired five shots, each one taking
effect in the elder Clifford's body and
inflicting possibly fatal wounds. The
lad then ran to the police station,
where he told what occurred. He was
locked up and the wounded man taken
to the city hospital. Before being
taken from the house, Clifford, who
is So years old, asked to see his son. A
strange and pathetic incident then
took place.
"You did what was Just right" said
Clifford, now thoroughly sobered. ex-
tending his hand to the boy. But you
are sorry for ii, Reggie, are you not?"
mo, father, half sobbed the son,
"you didn't get enough"
The sons defense of his mother was
the climax OF long siege of brutality
on the part of old Clifford. Several
nights ago he returned home drunk
and tried to force his wife to swallow
carbolic acid to die with him." 50 he
said
Reggie Clifford is known as an ex-
ceptionally bright lad and a good stu.
dent.
His father has a reputation for being
bad man in his cups.
The elder Clifford does not deny
abusing his wife.
The five shots took effect In Cliff
ford's scalp, chest (Which IT passed
through; groin (passing through
left leg and left arm.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
Women to Wear Trousers.

American women are to wear trou-
sers this year, according to the some
What startling announcement of Dame
Fashion herself. The garment, which
Paris is delicately referred to as
he robe Androgyne," but which the
frankly practical American husband
Is likely to refer 10 as pants" is now
On exhibition in this city and has been
given the official stamp of the mod
istes, whose word is accepted by the
select. 1t is bifurcated garment that
suggests the pictures of the peg-top
trousers which were popular among
men in the early '70s. The modistes,
however, declare that since woman
has accepted the sheath gown it is
only a step farther to the robe An
drogyne."
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
penosltor In Doubtful.

A depositor in the closed Spring
port State Savings bank. who is well
acquainted with the condition Of az
fairs OF that institution, declares that
there is practically no chance OF the
banks being re-opened. This story
about Fogelsang's rich uncle coming
to his aid is fairy tale" he declared.
"Mr. Bryan has some money but moth
ing like the amount that he has been
said to have. Furthermore, he is not
a man who would lightly part with
100000 and nothing less than that
sum will help Mr.. Fogelsang very
much. Although 1t is announced that
the bank shortage is $4,000, l have
authentic information that II Is nearer
$4,000.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
GENERAL NEWS.

Rumors from Central America said
a Nicaraguan army was marching on
Honduras to overthrow President
Davila's government. The gunboat
Dubuque was sent to Bluefields.
The prohibition by the police, in
Difference to Hindu feelings, of Moham-
medan sacrifices of cows, led to seri-
Gus riots at Titteghun. just outside
Calcutta. Troops fired upon the riot
ers, several of whom were killed and
60 seriously injured.
William Sorsby, who killed Post
Office Inspector Charles Fitzgerald at
Clinton, Miss, September 20 last, was
captured near the scene of the trag-
edy.
The funeral of Father John of Cron-
stadt was attended By thousands of
grief-stricken Russians.
Chinese in the Puget Bay region
charge that United States soldiers
have been making brutal and unpro-
voked attacks on them.
Prof. j. p. Gordy Of New York uni
versity and his wife committed sui
eide a few hours after the death of
their daughter.
Passenger travel across the Atlantic
in the year of 1908 shows a shrinkage
of nearly 100000 persons as com
pared with the preceding year.
Because he swore around the house
Lee Marshbanks, living Ave miles east
of Catoosa, Okla, shot and instantly
killed his brother. John.
Forty-eight bodies were taken from
the colliery at Lick Branch, W. Va,
and Il was certain that the explosion
killed about so men.
Five robbers dynamited the bank al
wellston, OKLA. and after exchanging
many shots with the citizens escaped
with $1,000. No one was hurt.
Arthur Trotter, 33 years old, sup
posedly insane. killed his aged mother
Mrs. Ann Trotter. by beheading her
with an ak and knife in New York.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
WASHINGTON NOTES.

Congressman Theodore Burton OF
Cleveland was given the Republican
joint caucus nomination of the Ohio
general assembly for United States
senator to succeed Joseph B. Foraker
in March next,
A million dollars in round numbers
was spent in the United States last
year in the campaign against tuber-
culosis, according to the annual report
of the National Association for the
Prevention and Study of tuberculosis.
Mary Evelyn Moore Davis, a popu-
lar southern authoress and wife OF
Maj. Edward Davis, editor of the New
Orleans Picayune. died.
More than six thousand persons at
tended President Roosevelt's New
Year reception.
The court of claims has announced
its findings in the case of the state
of Oregon against the United States.
and awards 100000 to the state for
moneys expended by 1t during the
civil war in protecting the adjoining
territories of Washington and Idaho.
In the Ohio senatorial contest c. p.
Taft withdrew for the sake of party
harmony and his example was fol-
lowed by Foraker and the minor candi-
dates, leaving a clear field for Theo-
dore e. Burton.
The first detachment of homeward
bound troops of the American army OF
pacification sailed from Cuba for Phil
adelphia.
Count Won Bernstorff, the new Ger
man ambassador, was formally pre-
sented to President Roosevelt.
Beekman Winthrop of Massachusetts
has accepted the place of first assist
ant secretary of state under the Taft
administration.
Twenty thousand union workmen In
the Wilkesbarre (Pa) region petit
toned the president in favor Of Messrs.
Gompers, Mitchell and Morrison.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
Fifty Miners Killed.

The fatalities in the Lick Branch
Co.'S mine as a result of Tuesdays ex.
olosion will probably reach so. AT
doon Wednesday mine ofscials admit
ed that there are more than 80 men
now buried under the debris, all OF
whom, IT is thought, are dead. The
nine foreman, however, insists that 40
men are still entombed in an old work.
ing near the Tug river side of the
nine where the explosion occurred.
The bodies of IL men were removed
tuesday night. Eleven bodies were re.
moved Wednesday. Eighteen escaped
rom the mine without injury.
The cause OF the explosion is un-
;nown. Practically all the women and
children of the victims are bearing
heir grief in silence at their homes
on the mountain side.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
PROHIBITION.
Mr.. Fannlns's Survey Of the Situation
as TO Local OptIon


as to Local Option.
In a New Years study of the party
outlook the Prohibitionists have
locked horns with the Anti-Saloon
league by declaring that local option
laws ARE a farce" that they are
nothing but Temporary expedients,
while little or no real gain to the tenn
perance cause" and that wherever
they have been passed they have cut
down the vote on the Prohibition
ticket.
The survey of the situation issued
from national headquarters was writ
ten by Michael j. Tanning, of Phila-
delphia. II analyses the results of
the November election in a manner
that gives point to the paradoxical
assertions recently made by Eugene
w. Chain, that the smaller the vote
the party polled in 1908, the greater
would be its vote in 1912.
The writer points out that in states
that passed local option laws the
Chain vote fell off, while In those
that turned down the bills of the
Anti-Saloon league Chain got more
votes than Swallow did in 1904 In
part 1t reads:
County option, wherever passed,
has proven harmful TO the Prohibition
party and will do so until the honest
men who support II learn what a
farce 1t really is in its operations. If
the whole country showed a proper
tionate loss in the Prohibition party
vote TO that shown in Ohio, Indiana,
illinois, Kentucky and Oregon, the
states in which county option laws
have been passed since the campaign
of 1904, Mr.. Chain would have polled
but 20,16S notes.-the smallest vote
out one polled by any of our candi-
dates for president since 1884.
ION the other hand If the whole
country showed a proportionate gain
in the Prohibition party vote as shown
by the states where county option was
turned down, Mr.. Chain would have
polled 316,956 votes, or 53,476 more
votes than the highest vote ever re-
ported for Prohibitionist."
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
snrlnunort Burned.

Fire which broke out in Spring
port saloon Tuesday at midnight
burned a large portion Of the bust
ness section on the north side OF Main
street and put the telephones and
newspaper out OF commission. entail
ing loss of about $4,000. The vii
lage has gas engine used to pump
water, it's only fire protection. The
pump failed while the flames were
making most Roadway.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08

Two more miles of track and the
electric line between Flint and Sagi-
nav will be completed, with ID. u. r.
;ouuections.
Timothy Reilly and Frank Nelson,
on the way to prison from Grand
Rapids, tried to escape from train
near Petoskey They were handcuffed
together and rushed out on the plat.
form. Reilly jumped, but Nelson hung
back and, Reilly was dragged by the
arm for some distance before he was
pulled back on the steps by deputy.
Coldwater stock buyers are com
planning that they are greatly incon-
venienced by the orders OF the agri-
cultural department allowing Michigan
cattle to be shipped only to Buffalo.
They say that with Chicago under a
ban, IL Is impossible TO get their stock
on the market fast enough.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
AN UNFORTUNATE
AND A TRAGEDY
COUPLE FOUND DEAD IN GRAND
RAPIDS HOTEL HAVE BEEN
IDENTIFIED.
SUICIDE OR MURDER?
A School Teacher, Then Shop Girl,
and by Misfortune Derelict, Meets
Death With a Paramour.

The woman whose body was found
in a room at the Clarendon hotel,
Grand Rapids, was Alice McQuillan,
30, formerly school teacher and de-
partment store clerk. She is said t.
have become engulfed in the city's
maelstrom of unfortunates. After los
ing her position as clerk, say the
officers, she was buffeted about and
met Prendergast by chance. Her
shoes were made in Cincinnati and
her jacket in Cleveland. A finger bore
a plain gold signet ring with the mi
tial "a. Her purse contained three
cents and a false tooth. The body
was identified at the morgue by a
manager of the department store In
which she had worked after losing
her position as teacher.
Prendergast, who was well-to-do
farmer from near Berlin, registered
with the woman as 81. b. Johnson and
wife"
Whether the case was that of acct
dental death, suicide, or murder and
suicide has not been fully determined.
1t looks like deliberate double suicide,
say the police. The bodies were not
cold and it was 2:15 in the afternoon
that Madge Munton, an employe,
smelling gas, entered the room and
found the corpses. The gas jet was
turned on full force. There was no
occasion for light in the room, as it
has an outside window.
The mans body was stiff, but the
womans flesh was pliable, showing
she died few hours later. A bottle
of whisky on the table and the fact
that Prendergast, who was 46 years
old, was not of a temperament in
clined to suicide, are pointed to as
evidence by the few persons who be-
lieve the case was not one of self
murder.
In Prendergast's pockets were $27
in money gold watch and papers.
Prendergast was bachelor and had
lived in Berlin, Ottawa county, for
many years.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
The Cues, Of maeeo.

-Four Cubans. Jose Gomez. son of
the famous Gen. Maxine Gomez; Jose
Garcia del Rio. son of another revolu-
tionary commander; Ramon Morales
and Francisco Villa, are searching for
Daniel Maceo, the youngest son of
Gen. Antonio Maceo. 21-year-old
youth, whom the Liberal party want
to make president Of the island re-
public.
Maceo only recently left Los An.
geies.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
State Must Pay.

Atty.-Gen. Bird has called attention
to a statute of 1861 which provides
in effect that the state shall pay the
expenses of the prosecution of state
officers accused of malfeasance, and
1t is held that this insures payment,
by the state. OF the expenses of the
curren- Glacier trial. The state hith-
erto has paid all or a large part of
such expenses, but by joint resolution
of the legislature. as in the grand
jury cases of 1893 and 1901.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
MAY Rush Bills rhrounh.

That the constitutional convention
has not accomplished anything that
will prevent the legislature from CIV
ing bills immediate effect is the opin-
ion of Atty.-Gen. Bird, who declares
the loop-hole is as wide as ever. The
legislature may give immediate effect
to acts making appropriations and
those affecting the public peace, and
1t is the sole judge of what comes un-
der the latter head.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
burton succeed. Eorak,r.

BY reclamation, Congressman The
odore Burton was nominated Satur-
day to succeed Joseph 3. Foraker, of
Cincinnati, in March next IN the Unit
ed States senate. The nomination
was conferred upon him by the Re-
publican joint legislative caucus and
the election will follow. January IL.
There was an outburst of applause
when Burton was escorted TO the
senate chamber to accept the sena-
torial nomination.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
Formed Checks.

Admitting check forgeries amount
ing to 800 that he committed to keep
his young bride of IS years in com
fort and Injuries, 19-year-old Charles
Bovee, was arrested Thursday.
charged with victimizing six Muske-
gon clothing merchants. Most OF the
money and clothing that Bovee Sc
cured in exchange for the bogus paper
was found
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
GrnIn. Etc.


Detroit.-Wheat-Ca No. 2 red and
December, s1.05: Nav opened with a de-
cline of u c at $1.09M dropped TO S1.O9
advanced TO S1O9h and closed al
s1.0s%; July. opened at s1.02 lost y G
advanced to 81 .02 and closed at s1.01h
No. red s1.02: No l white, 1 car at
s1.O41z, closing at s104 bid.
Corn-Cash No. 3, 60hc; No. 3 yellow
oats-cash No. white. 1 car at 5sc;
Nav 53c.
Rye-Cash No. 2. TING.
Beans-Cash. January and February
s2.15 asked May. 1920 asked.
Cloverseed-Prime spot 25 bags al
s555: March. 800 bags at 1855: sample
% bags at s5.S5, 16 at 1928 rs at 1910
y at So: ~ at s4.75; sample alsike. Z
bags at $3.50.
Feed-In loO-lb sacks, jobbing lots:
Bran, $24; coarse middlings. s25: fine
middlings. Csc: cracked corn and coarse
cornmeal. s2S.5o: corn and oat chop
S25.5C per ton.
Flour-Michigan patent best. 1915,
ordinary patent. S525: straight S515.
clear, IS per Dbl. in wood
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
Radical Change Is Too Late.

1t Is a radical departure that has
been made by the government with
reference to the disposal of public
lands under the terms OF the timber
and stone act. Heretofore under the
provisions of the statute, claims have
been disposed of at the uniform price
of $3.50 per acre. In the future, &C
cording to the new regulations that
have been received at the Marquette
land Office and that are effective the
country over lands will be sold at
their value as appraised by quail
fed government agent. The action of
the government is in large measure an
instance of locking the stable after
the horse is gone, this at least being
the case in this part of the country
where there remains but little land
covered by the timber and stone act
that is worth taking up, but it will
doubtless be effective in conserving
the public domain in the west, where
1t is alleged that the former procedure
has paved the way for many and
glazing frauds. The policy that the
government has now adopted appears
to be one that should have been
adopted in the beginning.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08

East Buralo-Cattle-Best steers,
ss50@7; best I,2o9 TO 1;30o,lb. ship
RnS o s'ssIs Best sef rat cows 20
5; fair to good. sS.5OQ4; trimmers.
s2@2.25; best fat heifers. s5.75@6:
butcher heifers weighing from 500 to
900 lbs, S4@4.50; light fat heifers,
s3.50@3.75; best bulls. s4.25@A75: bo-
iognas. $3.5O@3.75.
Hogs-Ma rket 15@ zoe higher. heavy,
1855 @5.s5; roughs. s5.5O85'sO; closed
steady.
Sheep-Market active: best lambs
80; yearlings, S6@6.35: wethers, $4,000
40: ewes. S44450; closed weak.
Calves, $5G9.75.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08
THE MARKETS.

Detroit.-Cattle-Ma holds up
well: choice steers, $5@5.4O; good TO
choice butcher steers 1000 to i,200 lbs,
S45oq5i light to good butcher steers
mixed butchers fat cows, $32593.5O;
Gamers. t1q1.75; common bulls 500
26b; good shippers bulls, $S.50@3.f5
Veal calves-Market csc higher; best
a. $50.
Sheep and lambs-Market 25c lower.
Best lambs. s5.50@5.75 fair to good
lambs, $50 5.25: light to common lambs.
81 @4.50; fair to good butcher sheep, So
Q3.50; culls and common, S202.75
Hogs-Market 20@25c lower Range
of prices: Light to good butchers. SIS Is
$3.50; pigs. s3.75@4.25: light workers.
IS; stays, one-third off.
The Yale expositor., 1909-01-08

Indian Dave" of Standish. los
years old, Chippewa, is dead
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-07
LOCAL FINANCIAL NEWS.

With the attendance of brokers larger
than it has been at any time since the
opening OF the early fall season, trading
on the Washington Stock Exchange today
was of considerable volume. WASHINGTON
Railway, preferred, was easily the leader
of the session, and Washington Gas and
IIanston were we'll represented on the
active list. The market also absorbed
several offerings of bank and trust COM
pany stocks and a few bonds.
Evidence has been plentiful for some
days past that banking interests are TAX
ing renewed interest in Washington
Railway and Electric, particularly in tile
preferred stock, and of the 1,344 shares
of the latter which were sold at the ex-
change today practically all were taken
by the bankers. w. B. Hibbs was the
largest seller of the preferred stock and
c. c. Glover. president of Riggs Bank
the largest buyer. Mr.. Glover took one
block of LOCO shares from Mr.. Hibbs and
he also secured several smaller lots.
The selling of Washington Gas seemed
dicative of profit taking. An even SOC
shares were sold in twenty five share lots
the price ranging from 49, at the open
ing to 721s at the close.
LanStOn was strong, and the price of
IFS prevailed throughout the exchange
session Six hundred and fifty shares
were sold.
Small blocks of Capital Traction were
sold at 1861 and 1871.