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The Yale expositor., 1909-04-09
CREAM OF THE NEWS.

A single steam shovel at work on
the Panama canal recently removed
3,941 cubic yards of rock and earth
in a working day of eight hours. This
breaks all records. The shovel was
actually at work six hours and so
minutes.
The Utah Fuel Co. pleaded guilty
In the United States court to the
fraudulent acquisition of 1000 acres
of coal land, paid a fine of $4,000, and
$4,000 for the coal extracted and re-
linquished the land. The land was
acquired through dummy" entrymen
as agricultural land.
Representative Kinkaid, of New
Jersey, one of the new Democratic
members of the house, proposes in a
bill introduced that the next state ad-
mitted TO the union shall be named
Lincoln" His resolution declares the
nation owes to Lincoln, next to
Washington, its very existence
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WIFE WILL NOT
Be PERSUADED
HE BECAME DESPERATE, FIRED
BUILDINGS, AND ATTEMPT
ED SUICIDE.
JACKSON JURY RESTING
Notes Gathered Here and There About
the State Of Incidents Worth Brief
Telling.

Because his wife refused to live
with him, George Englerth, aged "a,
former ice cream manufacturer, after
setting fire to two greenhouses and
barn belonging to Charles Chad
wick, his father-in-law's employer,
three miles east of Grand Rapids,
gashed his right wrist in an attempt
at suicide. He was taken to Jail,
weak from the loss of blood, but will
recover.
Four horses were consumed In the
fire, which caused 1920 damage, part
ly insured.
Englerth and his wife have been
married five years. He has had bust
hess reverses and two weeks ago went
to Jackson and secured a job in an
automobile factory.
At midnight Saturday Englerth re-
turned and went to his father-in-law' s
home on the Chadwick farm. For two
hours he talked things over with his
wife. She declined to live with him
again, and after asking for paper and
matches he left the place, saying he
was going to tramp about the country.
They thought that he expected to
build campfire.
Shortly afterward he returned to the
house and made one more demand on
his wife. She refused and he rushed
out again. A moment afterward flames
burst from the barn and the green
houses.
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-09
WIRELETS.

Lieut.-Gov. M. e. Hay was sworn
in as governor of Washington to sue
coed Gov. Cosgrove. who died Sunday.
The New York Central & Hudson
River r. r. company, through its at
torneys. pleaded guilty to the charges
of rebating in connection with tran
sportation of cooperage supplies in the
United States circuit court.
The prospective establishment of
complete commercial freedom in dis
tricts OF Congo heretofore exploited by
certain companies is indicated in ad-
vices to the state department. This ex-
elusive exploitation is regarded at
Brussels as one of the worst abuses
In the Congo region.
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Injuries Fatal.

Martin u. Farmer and James
Hagan, both of Adrian, who were
struck by a Toledo e. Western car
shortly after noon Thursday and who
were rendered unconscious, are dead
as the result of the accident The
men were driving in a single buggy
and at the intersection of Maple ave-
nue. and Maumee street were hit by
car No. Z, which, it is said, was run
ming at a high rate of speed. The
buggy was shattered and the two men
were thrown violently to the ground.
They were Immediately conveyed to
Smith hospital and surgical examina-
tion showed that Farmer sustained in
ternal injuries, while Hagan's skull
was fractured.
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Some Important Bills.

The death of Rep. Agens, of Luding-
ton, which occurred on Tuesday and
the usual excitement of approaching
election greatly reduced the volume
of work laid out for last week The
senate adjourned on Thursday and
the house might as well have done
so for when the roll was called on
Friday there was a lack of quorum
for the first time this session. How
ever, quite a grist of bills were dis
posed OF in both houses and the gen.
eral order shows that some of the
most important ones that have been
lingering in the committees, will be
up for consideration this week.
Among these Will be the primary bills,
the search and seizure bill and sew
eral bills asked for by labor organi-
cations. 1t does not now appear that
there will be much of a fight on the
ad valorem tax law. There was a
sort of test on Thursday when Rep.
G.. A. Miller tried to have the state
pay the expense of having a noted
tax expert from New York come and
address the legislature. 1t was taken
to mean that the expert leaned to
specific taxation and the proposition
was killed. There is talk of adjourn
ing May 9Th, but in the face of the
fact that the big question of home
rule for cities has not yet been touch
ed on by either house the outlook
for adjournment Is not very bright
and the farmer members are getting
FESTIVE as the warmth of the spring
sun makes them think of blowing
that is waiting to be done at home.
The bill being drawn by Corporation
Counsel Hally, of Detroit, for which
all have been anxiously waiting is
expected by Wednesday and the mem
bers learn with relief that 1t will be
a brief enabling act and leave nearly
everything to the cities themselves.
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GENERAL NEWS.

Admiral Perez, chief of the naval
station at Talcahuano, has been COM
missioned by the government to visit
the United States on an important
mission, the nature of which has not
been disclosed.
At the request of the king of Greece
the cabinet, of which M. Theolokis is
premier, has withdrawn its resigna,
ton.
The fifth annual conference of the
council on medical education of the
American Medical association began
at the Auditorium hotel in Chicago.
New York officials believe they have
unearthed new system of smuggling
by means of sleeper" trunks which
are left unclaimed for indefinite peri
DDS on piers of ocean liners.
1t is announced th.t Jacob III. Schiff
has given the famous Tissot collec-
ton of water colors of Old Testament
paintings. which cost him $4,000, to.
the public library.
Because of Misunderstanding as
to dates. the proposed conference be-
tween Secretary Knox and Senator
Root and various Canadian officials
touching the senate amendment to the
waterways treaty, negotiated about 81
month ago. has been postponed.
Rather than pay $1,000 alimony to-
his wife as ordered by the court, Ro-
land Hinton Perry. New York sculp4
tor and painter, declared that he would
surrender himself to the sheriff and
pass six months in Ludlow street Jail.
Fire partially destroyed the military
prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan,
troops preventing the escape of any OF
the 500 convicts. who were panic
stricken.
Rev. William Mcmahon. pastor OF
st. Bridget's church, Cleveland. o..
and editor OF the Catholic Universe.
filed a petition in bankruptcy. sched-
uling assets at s75,2070S and liabilii
ties at $3.50 41.64 He was caught
by the failure of the Fidelity Funding
Company.
Francis e. Leupp, commissioner of
Indian affairs, told President Taft that
he would remain in his present posi-
ton II his health permitted
Attorney Cochran, representing
James p. Whitla. denied the report
that the woman kidnaper is to be set
free.
The marlborough Rapid Transit
Company of New York has signiffed,
its willingness to try the experiment.
of cars for women on the subway
trains.
An order for $500 tons OF steel rails
was given in Kansas City by the
Mexico & Orient Railroad Company.
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Mother Reforestration Bill.

Rep. Voc, who led the opposition to
the Morrice demonstration bill. has in
troduced a demonstration bill of his
own which is designed to meet the
demand for demonstration. but in a
restricted degree and under provisions
which the introducer claims will pro-
tect the actual settler and keep the
state from being involved in so great
an expense as was contemplated by
the Morrice bill
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Various Matters.

Senator Bates has introduced a bill
permitting the raising of more money
for township expenses. At present
the limit is $1,000, which Mr. Bates
says Is hardship on townships. con-
tanning villages. A similar bill has
passed the house.
The house has killed the Baldwin
dog tax law, which provided for a
tax of 81 on male and SO on female
dogs. 1t also made the tax a lien
on the property on which the dog
was kept whether the title was in
the owner of the property or not.
II. c. Bourdingno, of Bay City, and
for the last three wears janitOr at
the capitol, is drafting a bill which
will affect the fruit dealers of the
state, If it becomes a law. The bill
requires the dealers to use a dry quart
measure, plainly Marked instead of
the liquid measure now generally used
in disposing of their goods. The dry
quart, he says, contains 62.2 cubic
inches, while the liquid quart has but
5775 cubic inches, making a differ
ence of 230 cubic inches in bushel.
The bill will probably be introduced
by Senator Anhut, of Detroit.
Messrs. Stewart and Van Raalte are
at loggerheads over Senator Shields's
bill providing that the state and fed
eral uniforms must be respected and
the wearers not Disseminated against
by theaters. hotels. etc. The bill went
to the military affairs committee Of
the senate, but Speaker Campbell re-
ferred 1t to private corporations, of
which Van Raalte is chairman. in
stead of military affairs, which Stew
art heads. Stewart tried to get Van
Raalte TO turn It over TO his commit
tee, but the latter objected.
Senator Watkins has put I'm a bill
authorizing school districts with less
than 5000 people 10 give special
courses in agriculture. domestic
science and manual training. The bill
was drawn in the Office Of the super
intendent OF public instruction.
ID. z. CURTISS
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PERSONAL.

Former President Roosevelt arrived
at Naples and was greeted by large
crowd, including the German consul
who delivered special welcome from
the kaiser.
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Coolidge has approved plan for sys'
tematizing designs for United States
notes and coin certificates.
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation Of Labor, in an
address to the Civic Federation de-
Tended the use of the boycott.
Count Gen. Kuroki, commander of
the first Japanese army In the field
against the Russians. has retired,
owing to the expiration of his mill
tary term, according to advices re-
ceived from Yokohama.
F. w. De Wolf succeeded DR.. H. F.
Balm as state geologist at Champaign,
III.
Isaac Foster Mack, after 40 years
as editor of the Sandusky Daily Reg.
lister, retired and was succeeded by
his brother. John T. Mack.
Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia
will retire next fall from the position
of ommander-in-chief of the navy, to
become grand admiral and general in
spector. He will be succeeded either
by Admiral Won Fischel or Vice-Ad-
miral Won Holtzendorf
President Taft, in a speech at a
Harvard dinner, confirmed the report
that President Eliot of Harvard is to
succeed Whitelaw Reid as ambassa
cor to England.
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-09
Military Prison Burned.

The military prison at Fort Leaven-
worth, 100000 building, was de-
stroyed by fire late Wednesday night.
Eight hundred prisoners, most of
them desperate men, shrieked and
tore at the steel bars of their cells as
the glare of the flames lighted the in
terror. All were gotten out safely and
not one escaped. The fire started in
some rubbish carelessly, left lying In
the carpenter shop. The blaze was
spectacular and the fort fire depart
ment was unable TO check II because
of lack of water. The city department
was rushed to the scene, but for the
same reason was powerless.
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-09
bar. KIIne,s eanklnq ann.

Those claiming to be on the inside
say that Senator Klines banking bill
is doomed, in so far as the salary of
the bank commissioner is concerned
at least. When the matter came up
for discussion Thursday, Senator An
hut and Shields led the opposition to
raising the salary from $500 to S.
600 per year. They also offered an
amendment that the office be made
elective instead of appointive. The
bill was laid on the table. II is now
asserted that IL of the staunch and
true have been lined up, leaving only
Al in favor of the measure. even If
every one of the remaining senators
voted for II, which 1t is believed they
will not On all banking questions %
votes are required to carry. This Is
not understood to mean the utter an
Inhalation of the measure, for 1t is
considered probable that a comprom-
Use will be made on the salary. and
that the body of the bill will be al
lowed TO stand.
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AGED Woman lncInerated.

Miss Harriet Young, aged &c, was
burned to death in bed at her home
in Grand Rapids Thursday. Only three
days ago, Mrs. Miller, with whom Miss
Young lived, says that the latter told
her she had a premonition that she
was going to die. She had even asked
her nieces to cease sending her help,
as she would not need 1t. Miss Young's
body, charred almost beyond recogni-
ton, was found on feather mattress
which lay on a pair of springs. Only
the head of the mattress was burned
when the firemen arrived. It is be-
lieved the fire was caused by a lamp
explosion.
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-09

law which, the roads invoked in one
or two cases, so it is said 1t has
been held that it might allow the
roads to charge the rate named for
every bit OF switching done, though
they never tried to do it. Hoeft's bill
aimed to repeal the law altogether.
Representatives Jensen and Field
wanted it left in the law as at pres
ent, but they wanted the upper pen
insula exemption from the old law
cut out and the railroad commission
given power to make other rates if
it wished. Failing this, they wanted
the entire bill killed, but didn't sue
coed in either proposition. Represen-
tative Harris was the only upper pen
insula man who supported them.
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Here's Another Call For Money.

Senator Collins has a bill creating
a department of public accounting
with head at $4,000, first assistant
at $4,000 and a second assistant at
$500. The board may employ not
to exceed three clerks at $1,000 each.
Collins comes from Bay City, the
home of f. S. Pratt, who fathered this
proposition in the new constitution.
It is to be the duty of the board to
formulate a uniform system of ac-
counts, and audit for all state institu-
tions, offices, counties, municipal in
corporations, school districts and
townships. After the system has been
established, as many examiners as are
needed to operate it are to be appoint
ed who are to be paid IS per diem
and expenses. The governor, secre-
tary of state and chief accountant are
to constitute a board to determine
how many examiners are necessary.
The expense of the department is to
be charged in the first instance to the
state treasury. The state treasurer
will in turn charge the expense of
county audits to the respective coun-
ties, and the counties will apportion
the expense among the cities and
townships. Rural school districts
that have not adopted the unit system
are to pay the state $40 year to
cover the expense of the annual audit.
This bill is to supersede one on the
same order introduced by Senator Col
Inns early in the session.
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-09
Hard Worked OFFICIAL.

The house passed two of Represen-
tative Sanders bills Tuesday after
noon. One of them was the bill which
cuts off the salary of the secretary
OF the state court of arbitration, who
has. practically nothing to do except
make out the necessary vouchers to
draw his $1,000 year. The other re-
quires each member of a board of con-
troll OF any state institution to sign
his name to every voucher approved
at a meeting which he attends.
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Want an EXPLANATION.

Good Roads Commissioner Earle
has by a resolution of the house been
cited to appear before that body next
Tuesday night and explain why his
biennial report, due in February, is
not yet received. Earle has been ex-
planning it's the fault of the printers.
but the legislators want to see the re-
port before they appropriate the half
million dollars asked for good roads.
or any part of it, for the next two
fiscal years.
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PROHIBITION
FORCES WIN
SALOONS TO THE NUMBER OF
$50 WILL HAVE TO GO OUT
OF BUSINESS.
20 OF 81 COUNTIES GO DRY
Washtenaw, Monroe, Ottawa, BerrIen,
Huron and other Important caun-
ties Remain Wet-Recount Will BE
Asked In jackson.
Local Option Election In a Nutshell

Local Option Election In a Nutshell.
Twenty counties voted to abolish
the licensed saloon.
Seven counties voted to retain 1t.
This will make 81 dry counties in
Michigan, there having been IL al
ready.
AS result of the election SOS sa-
looms will have to go out of business.
The loss to the people of these 20
counties in license money will be
$4,000.
Washtenaw county, where great
efforts were made on behalf of the
drys, on account OF the location OF
the university therein, remains wet.
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Took Cyanide.

At his desk in the office Of a Flint
lumber company, Harry Campbell
aged "a, an employee, was suddenly
observed to collapse and fall. He had
taken a concoction containing potas-
SUM cyanide. The people in the office
began working the telephones to get
a doctor. They kept at it for two
hours, unsuccessfully, and by that
time the patient was dead. Campbell
was cashier for the lumber company.
He had no known troubles and a short
time before he took the deadly dose
was chatting pleasantly with acquain-
tances down town.
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George B. Cortelyou. former secre-
tarv OF the treasury, took up his new
duties as president of the Consolidated
Gas company. of New York
As a result of two days conven-
ton at Washington a union label de-
partment Of the American Federation
of Labor was formed to promote union
labels.
President Frost, of Berea college.
Lexington, KY. has invited President
Taft to be at the Lincoln farm May
30 to take part in the memorial ser.
vices and plant tree in honor OF
Lincoln. President Taft has the mat
ter under consideration.
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Prison contract sxstem.

The house in committee of the
whole has passed the Clarken general
prison board bill which put control
of the state prisons under one board
to be known as the Board of prison
industries" which will supersede all
existing boards. The ultimate pur-
pose of the law is to do away with
the contract system in prisons but
will not disturb existing contracts I'M
til they expire by limitation.
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Monday was a pretty successful
day for the "drys" of Michigan.
They put the saloons out of BUSH
ness In twenty more counties of the
state, making thirty-one in all in
which it win be impossible to get
a drink-openly-aft May /. The
number of saloons which will have
TO close up for good and all on that
date is 56S.
Seven counties decided to stick to
the licensed saloon for another two
years.
Some of the counties where the
drys were most confident of victory
went against them, and by big ma
jorities at that. But they more
than made 1t up elsewhere.
Lose Out I'm washtenaw.
Perhaps the most striking in
stances in which the drys lost
where they had been most confident
of victory were In Washtenaw and
Monroe counties. In Washtenaw,
where the university is located,
they made special effort to drive
the saloons out, but the strong
German vote In the country dis
tricts saved the day for the vets,
who won out by s26 majority.
In Monroe the dry forces had
made a most strenuous campaign,
importing speakers from outside the
state. Two weeks ago II looked all
dry. but since then the other side
has been gaining ground-so much
So in fact, that IL was by a ma
jority OF 1000 that the drys were
showed under.
Berrien and Ottawa were two
other counties in which the vets
had II all their own way. notwith-
standing the strong efforts OF the
anti-saloonists.
Many Big Counties Dry.
On the dry side the list of vic
tories is a long one. Many OF the
most populous counties have en-
rolled themselves under the dry
banner, Genesee, Livingston, CAL
houn, Eaton. Sanilac Tuscola. Ionia,
Hillsdale and Allegan all rolling up
good majorities against the saloon.
In Sanilac the vets practically
gave up some time ago and concen-
trated their efforts on Huron and
Tuscola, the adjoining counties.
Their plan worked successfully only
in part. They won in Huron. but
In Tuscola were showed under by
400.
The closest contest of all was In
Jackson, the county most thickly
populated with saloons of any i'm
which the issue was Joined. The re-
turns are all In and show victory
for the drys by Al votes. but the
narrowness OF their margin un-
doubtedly means contest on the
part of the vets.
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The Hoeft Bill Passed.

The Hoeft rail-
way bill passed by
a vote of "A to %.
The bill strikes out
the clause, made
law in 1873, by
which railroads are
allowed to charge
So for a 10-mile
haul. Within the
last year or two,
shippers have been
making much COM
|plaint about the
The Yale expositor., 1909-04-09
Those Signal LIGHTS.

The house has
passed Rep. Bald
wins bill to regu-
late the use of
water craft on in
land waters. Here
after all small
boats must display
signal lights at
hight and must
larry a full COM
element of life
ireservers of stan
|dard make. Vio-
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Duck Hunter Shot.

Lawrence ID. Snyder, aged II. one
of the best known high school stu
dents and fraternity boys, was found
shot dead on his fathers farm, east
of the city, Friday morning.
The youth started out duck hunting
about daybreak and at 1880 his body
was found in the field with his Spring
field rife at his side. Young Snyder
was president of the high school class
of 1910 and was enjoying his vacation.
Only recently his father, Jay r. d.
Snyder, lost his hand in an accident,
thereupon removing to the country.
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lation of the law constitutes a mis-
demeanor punishable by a fine of not
less than $25 nor more than 800 or
Imprisonment not less than 80 days
or both in discretion of the court.
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The fight over the location of the
new courthouse in Newaygo county is
getting serious. IL is said that the
publisher of a newspaper, who has
been a strong advocate of the plan
to prevent the removal OF the county
seat from Newaygo to White Cloud.
has received letters threatening him
with hanging II he persists in his
activity along these lines.
The body of Charles Ecklund. the
man who for several days had been
wandering. sick and mentally unbal-
anced, about the woods near Menom-
nee. was found on a brush-pile. He
had been dead many hours.
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HOW THEY VOTED
ON LOCAL OPTION

DRY.
Altoona (e), 500.
AIIegan (82D, 100.
BenEie 07), 700.
Branch (2s), $50.
Calhoun G6), 125.
Chsrlevoix (3O), 1,1O0.
Clare t14), 45O.
Eaton CID, 800.
Emmett CID, 700.
Genesee (4e), $50.
Hillsdsle u4), LOO.
Ionia (32), 1,475.
IOscO us), 500.
Isabella 06D, 1000.
Jackson (SO), Al.
Kalkasl<a 90, 100.
Livingston (I6), 1,50O.
Newayge 1D, 45O.
sanilac (80), 1.500.
Tuscola (3S), 1,4OO.
Figures In parentheses indicate
the number of saloons which win be
put out of business.
WET.
Berrien. 1000.
Huron, 500.
MecOsta, $50. q.
Monroe. 1000.
MOntcaim, $50.
Ottawa, 1,033.
Washtenaw, S26.
THESE COUNTIES
WERE ALREADY DRY
Barry. Oceana.
Clinton. OsceOln.
Grutiot. ST. Joseph.
Midland. Van Buren,.
Missaukee. Wexford.
Oakland.