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The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-03-19
PERSONAL.

Former President Roosevelt was
served with a subpoena to appear in
a case growing out of the old "Fads
and Fancies" scandal.
p. J. Kieran, former president of the
Fidelity Fund.- Company of New,
York, whose financial operations
brought him into wide repute recently,
was indicted in PittsburP On charges
of embezzlement and larceny by
bailee. D;
Robert o. Bailey, a Washington.
newspaper man, has been chosen as.
private secretary to franklin Mac
Bailey, who is a native o. Leena, ILL.,,
has been in newspaper work in the
national capital for the last IL years.
Mayor Arthur G. Harper, who re-
signed from Office at Los Angeles. Cal,
rather than have facts about his pri1
vate life published, is the first victim
in the country of the recall" system.
President Taft was made a member
of the Optimist Club of America.
William Childs, who has been wan
dering over the country for two years,
his mind a blank, was cured in Mil
waukee by the click of camera.
Harry Selfridge, formerly of Chi
cago, opened a department store on
the American plan in London.
Mrs. T. p. O'Connor, wife OF the
Irish parliamentary leader, who has
arrived from London, says her visit,
here is in the hope of establishing a
depot for the Irish Industries society,".
an organization that has been in exist.
ence on the other side for some years!
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-03-19
Forestry Reserves.

The forestry bill Just introduced by
Rep. Morrice provides that the state
forestry commission shall select any
tract OF state tax homestead lands It
considers suitable for demonstration
purposes, and have II set aside for
this purpose, providing the amount in
any county does not exceed 20 per
cent Of the acreage. A tax OF five
cents an acre is to be spread against
the state at large TO provide funds
for the protection OF the forestry re.
serves. An appropriation OF $4,000 is
provided for starting the project and
In case the commission deems some
tracts suitable for growing young
trees. IT is directed to report to the
legislature the plan and estimate of
the cost of planting. Provisions are
also made for private forest reserves.
the tracts not to exceed 100 acres.
and owned by residents of the county
In which the tract is situated. Future
sales OF state tax lands must be at n
rate not less than s. an acre. with
the state reserving all mineral rights
in the lands sold.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-03-19
MATTERS THAT
TOUCH TAX PAYERS
THE WATER POWER COMPANIES
SAW THE HANDWRITING
ON THE WALL.
UNIT SCHOOL SYSTEM.
A Graphic View of Matters with
Which the Legislature Is Busy Just
Now Shows the Reader What's
Doing.
Especial Correspondence

Lansing, Mich, March Is, 1909
The past week has been quite an
eventful one in the state legislature
and has advanced the general calen-
dar noticeably. The friends OF civil
service who have dreamed of the time
when state employees should stand
upon their merits only were obliged
to see the Mapes bill slaughtered IN
the senate by the administration
forces and an abortive measure pro-
viding for grading state employees put
through the house by the same power.
1t is a sort of civil service bill without
the examination feature or any pro-
lection whatever against political pull.
1t does, however, permit payment OF
$1,000 per annum to certain grade en-
ployes and $500 to others and it is
claimed that the ones with the pull
will have no trouble In getting into
the $1,000 grade.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-03-19
NEWS OF A WEEK IN
CONDENSED FORM
RECORD OF MOST IMPORTANT
EVENTS TOLD IN BRIEFEsT
MANNER POSSIBLE.
At HOME AND ABROAD
Happenings That Are Making History
information Gathered from All
Quarters of the Globe and
Given in a Few Lines.
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The Democrats in the congress have
determined to fight any attempt to
place duty on coffee.
A bust of former D-s-President
Fairbanks has been placed in the SEN
ate chamber. 1t was given place In
the reserve gallery on the Democratic
side alongside of the bust of the late
Vice-President Hobart.
Representative Henry Of re. IS has
asked permission of Sre.ke~ Cannon
to introduce the first measure in the
SiXty-first congress, joint resolution
proposing to amend the constitution or
the United States so as TO change
the date of inauguration from March
4 to April 80.
Minister Espinoza of Nicaragua
called on Secretary Knox and pre-
.sented important information concern
ing affairs in his country.
In statement issued by the treas
ury department 1t is shown that the
assassination of President Mckinley
cost the government $42,517, in sur
geons' bills and other expenses.
President Taft has been drawn into
the fight being waged by the insur-
gents against the rules of the house
He held conferences with both sides
but declined to announce how he
stands.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-03-19
GENERAL NEWS.

Time will tell" said former Presi-
dent Roosevelt to a young man who
declared he had carried a Roosevelt
banner in two campaigns and hoped TO
have the honor again.
The miners and operators confer
ence at Philadelphia adjourned with
out any agreement being reached and
1t is believed strike will result.
John w. Wallace and ID. w. LazelIe.
who have been engaged in a card play
ing contest for 20 years at Mancelona.
Mich, have played their last game,
Wallace finally winning ten times in
succession, which was the condition
under which they played.
Mrs. John Davers, 26 years old. and
her husband, 20, are the parents OF
five children, twins and triplets.
Gov. and Mrs. Wilson of Kentucky
and Robert M. Lyman of New York
were hurt in runaway in Frankfort.
The Japanese naval training SQUAD
ron, consisting of the armored cruiser
Aso and the protected cruiser Soya.
has sailed for Honolulu under com
mand Of Capt Isoji. The ships carry
$50 cadets of the Japan navy. They
will visit San Francisco and Seattle.
President Zelaya OF Nicaragua, Il is
reported. has called another confer
ence between his own country, Hon
duras, Guatemala, Salvador and Costa
Rica, with the view of arranging per-
manent peace for Central America.
More than thirty persons, fourteen
Of whom we're white. we're killed and
sixty we're injured by tornado which
destroyed Brinkley, Ark
Kingdom Gould, son of George Gould.
was elected a director OF the Missouri
Pacific Railway Company, which IA
controlled by his father.
A bill to enact the initiative and ref
erendum was defeated in the Nebraska
senate by a vote of II to 16.
Officers we're elected by delegates
to the convention Of the United Mine
Workers of America. district No. II.
convention at Terre Haute, Ind. w. p.
Rollins of Linton is president
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-03-19
FLASHES FROM THE WIRES

Mrs. Charles w. Morse, of New
York, whose husband, the former ice
king, is now in prison awaiting the
outcome of his appeal against his Is
years sentence, has sold her furs and
jewels 10 pay attorney fees and her
own expenses. She confirms the re-
port that his fortune is entirely gone.
81 only did what any other woman
who loved her husband would" she
said.
East Liverpool, O.. experienced the
nearest thing to a blue Sunday the
police were able TO supply. The lid
was ordered clamped down hard. and
the old Puritan laws enforced to the
letter. No arrests were made but the
names of all those working, including
street car men, chauffeurs, telephone
operators and the like, were taken,
and they will be prosecuted.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-03-19
Agricultural Schools.

The agricultural districts will be en-
terested in the bill introduced by Sen
ator Fowle which provides for a sys-
tenn Of agricultural schools similar to
the one already at Menominee. and
after the plan in vogue in Wisconsin.
The bill provides for four schools to
school is located is required to build
and equip It, and to provide for its
maintenance, except that the state
shall give each year a sum not to ex-
coed $4,000. The Menominee school
has proved a great success on &C
count of the practical methods en-
ployed in teaching how to make farm
life attractive.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-03-19
THE BURDEN WAS
A HEAVY ONE
THE QUARANTINE OF MICHIGAN
CATTLE HAS BEEN
REMOVED.
COST FARMERS HEAVILY.
Now Long Deferred Sales Of Live
Stock Can Be Made and Expense Of
Feeding Saved Farmers.

Monday morning the quarantine
placed on Michigan, November 20,
1908, by the United States department
OF agriculture was relaxed. This
quarantine went into effect after the
discovery of the outbreak of the hoof
and mouth disease among herds Of
cattle in Livonia township and at
first covered the entire state, even
preventing the interstate or foreign
transportation of cattle, sheep and
swine from the upper peninsula. BY
successive notifications the quaran-
tined area was reduced to a few town
ships in the southern portion of the
state, in Oakland, Wayne and Ma
comb counties.
The removal Of the federal quaran-
tine probably will be Immediately fol-
lowed by the lifting Of the quarantine
imposed by the state live stock sani-
tary board, which covers practically
the same area, although II is likely
the state officials for a time will main
tain a close surveillance on Livonia
township and on Avon township, in
Oakland county. The latter contains
the biological farm of Parke, Davis
& Co., on which a number OF cattle
were found affected by the hoof and
mouth disease.
What the cost of the quarantine has
been to Michigan shippers of live
stock, hay and hides in the way OF
curtailment of business, 1t would be
difficult to estimate. Some have set
the figure as exceeding $1,OOO.0O0.
The more direct expense to the fed.
eral government necessitates in main
tanning extra inspectors and in disin-
fection work runs up into thousands
OF dollars, while the farmers whose
stock was slaughtered are also out
considerable amounts because of the
Interruption of their dairy business
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-03-19
"The Little Red School House."

The question of abolishing "the lit
tie red school houses" which dot the
country was discussed before the
Farmers club of the legislature last
week, with Superintendent of Public
instruction L. l.. Wright appearing in
favor of the township unit school
system, and B. A. Holden in defense
OF the district schools. There is a bill
now before the legislature to allow
townships to establish the unit sys-
TEN, and the discussion was for the
purpose of enlightening the legisla-
ture on the subject. Mr. Wright point
ed out. that in his opinion. the unit
system would provide for better and
more economical business administra-
ton, high school privileges near at
home, better teachers because there
would be fewer and therefore better
paid, expert supervision, elimination
of small, weak schools, bringing the
children together in centers with edu-
cation in music, drawing, manual
training. domestic science and agricul-
ture. AS against Mr. Wright's argu-
ment, Mr.. Holden referred to previous
attempts to pass similar measures,
and the reiterated opposition of the
people in rural communities TO the
plan. He presented a table showing
that the township unit system would
increase the cost of maintaining all the
rural schools OF the state S1.352.324
annually, reach 1854 fewer pupils and
give an average of eight DAYS more
OF school.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-03-19

The liquor committee reported out
the Ormsbee bill, and asked for con-
sideration Of the same March II. but
Rep. Cramton secured a further delay
of week before the friends OF the
bill knew what had happened. II is
believed that the Anti-Saloon forces
are seeking delay in order to carry
the bill past election and the other
side say they will not tolerate any
further obstruction TO the passage OF
the bill for which they claim to have
~ votes.
n T. CrRTIas
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-03-19
The Water Power Bill Important.


The investigation of the water
powers of the state by a joint COM
mittee of the house and senate is
rapidly drawing to a close. When the
Investigation was ordered there was
absolutely no record of what the big
power companies were doing except
the reports that the streams were be-
Ing gobbled up and would soon all be
in the hands of few men who would
absolutely control the rates and sup
ply of power when the coal became
scarce After the committee was APP
pointed it was freely claimed that
nothing could be accomplished, that
the state had waited too long and that
the companies were in full control of
the situation. The committee went
vigorously to work to get at the real
situation, calling on the general gov
eminent for help, which was prompt
ly furnished by President Roosevelt.
Finally when II was thought that the
committee was fully fortified the evil
dence and conclusions were laid be-
fore the attorney general and the big
power companies were summoned in
conference. They were prepared with
briefs and arguments but after a con-
sultation gracefully acknowledged the
right of the state to control the rates
and law for this purpose is now be-
ing framed.
The result is complete victory for
the committee, which consisted of
Representatives. Curtiss, Yaple and
Davis and Senators Ward Weter and
Anhut, who have all the time contend
ed that 1t did not matter so much
who owned the water powers If the
state could make the rates TO be
charged. The advantage to the state
arising from the work of the com
mittee will be greater as the years go
by and our dependence for power
heat and light must be placed on this
last of the states great resources
With a law to prevent over-charging
the very ages may roll by without any
man or set of men depriving the peo
pie of the benefits Of this great in
heritance.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-03-19
The "pavid Harums" viii Kick.

Rep. Austin. chairman of the agri-
cultural committee. has introduced a
bill aimed at horse Jockeys. because
II makes II felony with a heavy
penalty for any person to dispose Of
a wind-broken horse or one having
the heaves without voluntarily in
forming the purchaser OF the fact.
Speaker Campbell evidently took the
bin as a joke and referred IL to the
committee on geological survey. but
the farmers say they are going to put
the bill through and make II a law.
II is expected that large delegation
OF David Harums" will be on hand to
fight the measure when II comes up
for passage.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-03-19
opInlon That Counts.

Public opinion is a weak tyrant
compared with our own private opin-
ion. What a man thinks OF himself.
that II is which determines or rather
indicates his fate.-Thoreau.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-03-19
Died Of Hydrophobla.

The bite of a poodle four weeks
ago has proven fatal to Mrs. Henry
Ostrander, of Detroit. She noticed no
i'll effect until Sunday evening. At 4
o'clock Tuesday morning, after being
seized with successive commissions
she died at Grace hospital of hydro
phobia.
A month ago Mrs. Ostrander's
brother gave her a small poodle dog
because his father objected to the ami
NAL at home. Mrs. Ostrander. who
took a great liking to the dog, imme-
diately noticed that 1t was sick. While
the husband and brother held the ami
NAL, Mrs. Ostrander proceeded to ad-
minister medicine. The dog struggled
loose and fastened his jaws for an
instant on Mrs. Ostranders thumb.
She thought nothing of the wound
and did not attempt to have 1t cauter-
lied. Her husband. however, asked
the patrolman on the beat to shoot
the animal. The officer told Mr.. Os-
trander to kill the dog himself and
the following day the animal was de.
stroyed before an examination had
been made to discover whether hydro
phobia existed.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-03-19

Walter Bessey, aged % years, Of
Wyandotte. was shot and fatally
wounded by the accidental discharge
of his shotgun while duck hunting be-
tween Crosse lie and Hickory island
Tuesday noon.
The new board of control Of the
Michigan reformatory, appointed by
Gov. Warner, elected Amos Mussel-
man president of the board. The other
members are Leonard Freeman and
Alfred r. Locke.
You can't kill a Kent county farm
er this way" said 61-year-old Peter
Mcpherson as he was picked up from
the fender OF a Grand Rapids street
car. where he had been carried for 30
feet after being struck by the car. He
sustained severe scalp wounds, but
will recover.
Two ex-judges and a firm OF promi-
nent lawyers in Colorado Springs have
been retained by Miss Maybelle De
Boer. daughter of John DeBoer, mer-
chant of Holland, Mich, in her ser ga
tIonal libel suit against Mrs. Dorcas
Pease. The girl says that she has a
long list of witnesses who have read
a letter from her father to Mrs Pease,
and which is said to attack her charac-
ter.
Two 14-year-old boys who applied for
shelter at the Genessee county jail
have been returned to their parents.
They said that they had run away
from home because they didn't like
their school teacher
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1909-03-19
THE MARKETS.

-Cattle-Market 1Oc to $50
higher than last week. We quote dry
e oe Steers sna and heers
500 to 1000 $4.50@5: steers and hefers
that are fat, 500 to 200. $425 @4e5;
cows cows. sS.75; common cows oiS, sS@825;
Gamers. $150@2; choice heavy bulls,
$4.25 G4.50; fair to good bolognas, bulls,
$3.75@4; light, $3@3.25: mixers. large.
young. medium age. $4oQ5O; common
mixers. s20@30.
Veal calves-Market soc lower than
last week; best. $SGS25; others SAC
$50; milch cows and springers. good
steady. common dull.
Sheep and lambs-Market strong at
last weeks prices; best lambs. $1,000
$50: fair to good lambs $625@725;
light TO common lambs, $5.50@6; year.
Inns $5.50m6.25: fair 10 good butcher
ss iSc. ''~0' Guns ana 'V'' N''OV
Hogs-Market quality common loo
to 15c higher than last week. Range Of
e.75: pigs. ss@6.1S: light yorkers. ,s25
G6.50; stays, 1-3 of.
East Buffalo-Cattle-Mark 1o@15c
higher; best steers. So 25@6 IS: best
] 200 to 1,300-lb shipping steers. IS $50
best ST. f Stse lg "a fair to pP eooS osg
S%efiiers. IS 2565 rs; butcher heifers.
So 5 % best bulls. 81 5oa5; bologna
s. sSS7 SiS. go! ~ IS y ssasS:
sheep-The market was active and
about e 1 hsneF So than Ss SO oaSy
a., 20; Gull lambs. Sc 1907 50; skin
sSses 50 gS ~ s ewe ssss sSg5
9 2s; medium to good. sos IS; heavy.
Grain Etc
Detroit. -Wheat-Prices in the De-
troit market year ago were 97hc for
No. red wheat, e5c sor No. corn and
55hc for No. white oats.
No receipts and no shipments of
wheat on THURSDAY. Stocks are 324.S24
bu against 299.443 bu year ago.
closed with a loss of &c. REGENTS have
been large for several days.
Beans are lifeless and unchanged In
price There has been no business in
this line for several days.
oats closed with drop of &c and
not much business doing,
Receipts of -four yesterday were 200
bills. No shipments.
Rye is quiet and in fair demand. No
change In price: a.
Barley is firm and in good demand.
China is about to take census OF
the uncounted millions within her
borders. The returns for the census
for families must be completed by
1912 All Chinese living in foreign
lands must be enumerated.
Jacob NJ. Dickinson, secretary Of war
and Democrat. explains Taft's reason
for selecting him for his cabinet. He
says Taft has always been friendly
with the south and wanted to show his
friendship. Selecting q southern Re-
publican wouldn't do this and taking
a Democrat who had voted for him
would cause comment. Therefore he
chose an out-and-out Democrat.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-12-13
Medical Men Scarce.

Medical Men Scarce.
According to report by the Sur
geon General the recent examinations
tor the Medical Corps have not secur'
ed half enough qualified surgeons to
I'll the existing vacancies.
1t is pointed out that formerly the
difiiculty In obtaining satisfactory can.
didateo was attributed to the lack of
high grade positions to which. promo
lions could be made. II was believed
that with the Increase Of service pay
and the. improved chances OF advance
ment there would be more candidates
and the vacancies would be filled. The
initial pay Of new appOintee amounts
to more than $4,000 year. The known
| advantages In the way OF promotion
and certainty of income and final re.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-12-13
: What Army and Navy
Folk Are Doing

tirement at the age Of "a years or be-
fore that time for disability would, 1t
was thought. prove attractive. II has
not done 30.
The explanation is probably to be
found In the same fact which mill.
tates against enlistment In regular
Army service by the average young
man. This Is not military nation;
and individuals look for something
more than an assured Livingstone
thing more, not merely In money, but
in life, broadly speaking. Service al
an Army surgeon may not be strict,
military life, with all It's restrictions
but II Is near enough to that to repe
the average young man with physi
clans degree, who sees career before
him and who regards service In the
Army medical corps as unduly bound
Ing to his horizon. This may not be
a fair point OF view, but 1t is safe te
say that II Is the common one. Ever
the glittering example OF that mos
successful of Army surgeons. Genera
Leonard Wood, cannot suffice to offse
the average young doctors unwilling
ness to tie himself down to a restrict
ed practice.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-12-13
JAPANESE FISHER
LOST FROM BOAT

Oshima. n Japanese fisherman, was
lost overheard from fishing sam,
pan Saturday night while the boat
was about half way between this Is.
land and Kauai. There were mum
Der OF other fishermen on the boat at
the time and when the accident hap
pened every search possible was made
for the man but he could not be found
The Japanese boat left on Saturday
morning for an extended trip but after
staying IN the vicinity OF the accident
all night they returned to Honolulu
Ind reported the occurrence at police
Headquarters.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-12-13
What meyer SAYS
Of PEARL HARBOR

y :
q Secretary Of the Navy Meyer =
= In his annual report says OF IN !.
= sular Naval Stations: !:
= Owing to the changed eohui'
y tons. the past differences Oh opih' 1.
= ion In regard to the establishment :
= OF u naval base In the Phiippihe
= Islands have been entirely over. :
= come. The Joint board has re. !.
. Gently considered this important
u matter, including the whoie stra'
= tegic field. OF the PACING. ana mas
= made report recommending that
Il We maintain small docking anu
y repair station at oiohSapo. IN the
= Philippine Islands. but mat our
u main naval base In the racine
q Ocean should be established ~
q Pearl Harbor, HAWAII.
"s"'"s
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-12-13
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THE MESSENGER.

There Is to be something at the Park
tonight that will be so full OF dramatic
situations that Il will create a mild
sensation. And It will be free from
suggestions. Manager Congdon calls
the film ".The Messenger" and he
said yesterday that It Is thrilling from
beginning to end. Congdon has rep.
utation for telling the truth and refus.
Ing to exaggerate, The little girls will
40 their part with their usual clever
ness, aided by Miss Kenney-that Is.
they are taught dramatic expression.
etc, by her. and they are apt pupils.
The Vierra orchestra will furnish the
music.