The Yale expositor., 1909-12-31
A gas explosion IA mine A Of the
Chicago & Carteryille Coal Company

| Chicago & Carterville Coal Company
at Herrin, ILL.,, killed eight men,
among them the civil engineer and his
helpers. 1t is supposed that the explo-
sion was caused by the surveyor and
his party walking into an old worked
out room which has gas and which
was set off by the lamps they carried.
Three hundred men escaped unin-
jured.
The state department at Washing
ton received a cablegram from Con-
sui Moffat, at Bluefields, that horri-
BILE condition is presented at Blue
fields as the result of the battle be-
tween the Nicaraguan army and the
revolutionists and that disease and
death by starvation is threatening the
1000 incapacitated men of both arm
les. The department started immedi-
ate steps for relief in the shape Of
food, clothing and other supplies, the
Red Cross assisting.
Declared to have no equal afloat as
first-class fighting machine, the bat
tleship Utah, the greatest warship
ever built in the United States, was
| launched from the yard of the New
York Shipbuilding Company at Cam
| den, N. j.
Secretary MacVeagh and Senator
Aldrich, chairman of the senate
| finance committee have clashed over
the manner of replen$nshing the treas
ury, which is rapidly being depleted
of its surplus. Aldrich is of the opin-
ion that nothing but an out-and-out
bond issue will suffice to strengthen
the treasury. Mr.. MacVeagh believes
that any new bond issue should be de-
layed as long as possible and that in
the meantime the Panama canal
bonds already authorized should be is
sued as a protector for the gold re-
serve. President Taft has aligned him.
self with Secretary MacVeagh.
Edward II. Hartman was worth
S200,000,000 at the time of his death,
although a recent appraisal of his es-
tate placed its value at $4,000, 900.
Since Mr.. Harriman's death his estate
has profited by rise in market
values and it is stated that the wealth
of Mrs. Hartman may be conserva-
lively estimated at $220,OO0,0OO.
A $4,000 monument to firemen of
New York city who died at their posts
of duty will be built in Union square
next year.
An exposition will be held in New
Orleans to celebrate the opening of
the Panama canal and incidentally the
two hundredth anniversary of the
founding of the city.
A codicil to the will of George
Rhodius, filed for probate, leaves the
residue of his estate, or about $780,
600, to be applied for improvement of
parks in Indianapolis. The original
will gives only $4,000 to Elma Date,
who has appealed to the Indiana SUI
preme court for the annulment of her
marriage to him.
Robbers blew open the safe of the
State bank of Centerville, Kan, and
escaped with $500. One of the rob-
bers was fired upon by c. H. Brown,
president of the bank. The robber re-
turned the fire, drove Brown to cover
and escaped. Neither was wounded.
Robert E. Entriken, a fireman, was
killed and several other persons were
injured in fighting fire at Downing
ton, Pa, which badly damaged the
large mill plant of S. A. Bicking &
Son.
Estrada forces at Tatumbla and
Recreo, near Rama, routed and de-
feated the forces Of Zelaya after des-
perate fighting of several hours. A
great many were killed. One hundred
were wounded and $50 prisoners were
taken by the revolutionists.
Charles L. Warmer, the defaulting
treasurer of the Big Four Railroad
Company, when sentenced at Cincin-
natl to six months at hard labor in
the state penitentiary, exclaimed:
I'm free for the first time in ten
years"
Reafflrming his complete confidence
in DR.. Cook, Rear Admiral w. S.
Schley, retired, called publicly upon
Commander Peary to submit his proofs
that he reached the north pole to
some scientific body other than the
ANdIiOhoi pCO6I dpliC ooClCty
The heaviest snowstorms known in
the history of Arizona have tied up
freight traffic on the Santa Fe lines in
the northern part of the territory and
have seriously interfered with the
movement of trains on the Southern
Pacific farther south. Passenger
trains are being operated with diff
Guilty.
During 1909 Columbia university
has received gifts reaching nearly
$4,000 an amount believed to be a
record for educational institutions in
the east. These include the Crocker
gift of $1,500.000 and the Kennedy
bequest of S2,500,000.
A hundred or more scantily clad lu.
natics roamed about the country after
being liberated from Imprisonment by
fire which destroyed the north wing
OF the Northern Hospital for the In.
sane at Jacksonville, Ill. Several fire.
men were injured by falling walls in