The Yale expositor., 1909-06-18

woman and two children from drown
ing, but could not rescue two other
women who lost their lives.
Burglars chloroformed the family OF
A. Crowder at Rutledge Springs, Ala.
and stole 5000.
Irving Harness, IA years old, twice
circled the Thirteenth street schools
grounds in Los Angles, Cal, in an
aeroplane of his own invention. The
boy reached height of % feet.
A handsome rug made of Georgia
cotton by the textile students OF the
Georgia School of Technology was
sent to President Taft.
Every school child in New York
city will receive an official number
next October, so that all may be iden-
titled quickly by the police, who, un-
der new law, are truant officers of
the city.
Opening a Bible which had been un-
touched since it was given by spin
ster sister at her death 25 years ago,
Stephen Marsh of New York found
$4,S67.30 in currency as he was pre-
pairing to start for Denver.
Through the scent of dog the New
York police discovered the dismem-
bered body of Samuel Bersin who was
mysteriously slain.
Justice Bowling. who is hearing her
divorce suit, rebuked Mrs. Howard
Gould for her haZy memory which, he
said, gave her husbands counsel un'
necessary trouble.
A train was blown from the track
and one person killed and several per.
sons lost their lives in tornadoes
which swept Texas.
]. F. Harms charges of filthy con
ditions in East st. Louis packing
houses are to be probed by govern
ment inspectors.
Fifty persons were rescued by
special train from Hillman, Mo-, when
forest fires destroyed the town.
Herbert Todd, a merchant OF Des
Moines, Ia, was shot and seriously
wounded by Moses Rice. fruit ven-
dor, who committed suicide.
Two earthquake shocks were felt
in France and 1t was reported that
several persons had been killed.
r. M. Smith & Co, lumber dealers,
with large holdings in Indiana, Louis
lana and West Virginia, were declared
bankrupt by Judge Dayton at Parkers-
burg, w. Va.
John Hunt, millionaire of Califor
MIA says he was deserted in Europe
by his wife. formerly Miss Henrietta
Babcock of Detroit.
Otis d. Smith was hanged at Jack
sonville, Fla. for Staying his sister.
Rear Admiral John J. Hunker, re.
tired, is seriously i'll at his home in
Pasadena, Cal. He was for many
years in command of the naval col
lege at Newport, r. /.
A. H. Todd, a wholesale fruit dealer
of Des Moines, la, was shot and Sc
verely wounded by a peddler in
quarrel over an account. Moses Ras
chic, who shot him, killed himself by
taking poison.
Nine mallard ducks have been
Matched in New York city and in
few days the birds will be ready tC
swim. The eggs were brought from
England in an attempt to prove that
wild ducks may be propagated by far.
mers.
Joaquin Sorollay Bastiday, Spanish
artist, sailed for France with 100000
of American money. Just five months
ago he arrived in New York with BAG
of his own paintings and European
reputation.
The Carnegie Foundation has
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Prof. Charles Edwin Loss of Transyl-
vania university, who retires at the
age of IS.
Announcement was made that vii.
liam ]. Bryan will be a candidate for
United States senator from Nebraska.
Mrs Howard Gould began her testi-
mony at the trial of her suit for sep
aration from her husband.
The Chicago police found that the
revolver with which Dr. John T. Blink.
ley was killed was purchased in New
York and have dropped the theory OF
suicide.
William Z. Corey, president OF the
steel trust. and Mrs. Corey were
bruised and companion fatally in.
JuIcu WHCn lnCy WCIC lAOhu oh
automobile in France.
The Iowa State Manufacturers as
sociation adopted resolutions indoors.
ing the course of Senators Dolliver
and Cummins in the tariff fight.
William Benker killed himself by
jumping from a hospital window at
Mason City, Ia, after he had cut his
throat.
Chicago trade expansionists who
visited Tacoma, Wash, learned in that
city that Mount Rainier has another
name. In that city 1t Is Mount Ia
| coma.
Youngstown, o., with $4,000 inhab-
itants, and the rest of Mahoning coun-
| ty, voted to retain saloons. The vote
was wet" 1892: dry" 9.263.
The Chinese foreign office has for
hidden missionaries to proceed among
the people in frontier provinces, be-
cause Of their crude civilization and
| the fear of trouble.