The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1910-04-01
GENERAL NEWS.

Twelve lives were lost in a IRE In
the building Of the l.. Fish Furniture
Company, at 1906-190S Wabash ave
nue., which in its occurrence and aft
ermath duplicated on a minor scale
the Iroquois theater disaster Hardly
had the flames which caught a num-
Der of young women trapped In the
sixth floor of the building been
quenched than investigation revealed
that the building in which the disas-
ter occurred had never. so far as the
records of the building department
show, been inspected. and that the
structure was erected and maintained
in direct violation of the city ordi-
nances.
Laying bare the appalling details OF
Pittsburg's civic unrighteousness. or
dering indictments against 81 present
and past councilmen and making a
demand upon the directors Of the city
repositories to investigate their own
boards and ascertain the bribe-givers
in connection with the ordinance des-
ignating their institutions as city de-
positories, formed the meat OF two
presentments made by the grand jury.
The eruption of Mount Etna is In
creasing in violence hourly. Fifteen
new craters, opening laterally. are
sending forth blue and gold flames,
burning cinders and melted lava, &C.
companied by terrific earthquake
shocks and violent explosions. Panic
and despair have seized upon the
peasants. who plant images Of favor
ite saints and then fee. Cardinal
Francisco Nava visited Nicolosi bear
ing the veil of Saint Agatha. in order
to stop the eruption Of lava.
That the British government
actually fears for the safety
of Col. Theodore Roosevelt, ow.
ing to Cairo being the hotbed
OF the Egyptian national movement
was demonstrated by the throngs OF
policemen that guarded the ex-presi-
dent from the moment his train ar.
rived in that city until the khedive's
royal carriage had deposited him at
the doors of Sheppard's hotel. Col.
Roosevelt's speeches at Khartum
and Assouan, In which he pleaded for
native cooperation with the British
authorities, has aroused the resent.
ment OF the Nationalists and IN view
of their recent assassination OF Bou.
tros Pasha. the premier. the govern.
ment decided that every precaution
should be taken to guard the expires
ident The colonel. himself. laughed
at the idea OF danger and requested
that no special police guard be fur
nished.
By. a unanimous vote the house
adopted resolution naming a com
mittee on rules composed of six Re
publicans and four Democrats. under
the provisions of the Norris resolu-
ton. Dalzell was named as chair.
man.
Towels have been tabooed at the
Michigan college of mines at Hough-
ton as being relics OF barbarism. In.
sanitary and expensive. Students now
use big sheets OF paper instead for
drying.
Congressman Norris welded the
gavel over the house for ten minutes
during the temporary absence OF
Speaker Cannon.
According to jury's verdict before
Justice of the Peace James II. Belethe
at Morristown, N. j.. the word damn
is not an oath or a swear word"
Inchan Angan. the Korean who as
sassinated Prince Ito of Japan at Har
bin, Manchuria. October 26 last. was
executed at Port Arthur.
J. p. Cudahy. who attacked Jere r
Lillis in Kansas City. Mo-. two weeks
ago. will pass the next year on his
fathers ranch in Pasadena. Cal
In a collision between a trolley car
and an automobile Mrs. Slocum. wife
of Maj. Herbert J. Slocum OF the Sew
enth cavalry. United States army. was
almost instantly killed. while Mai
Gen J. Franklin Bell. chief OF stan.
United States army. was painfully In.
fured IN Washington.