The Yale expositor., 1910-05-27

/. IL is estimated that the company
will add from $6,000,000 to $10,000,000
to it's annual pay roll expense. The
new scale affects employees engaged
in the company's works and factories,
but the ONCE men will not be bene-
fitted by this increase. Most Of the
employees who will get the increase
are laborers, and the advance applies
TO all the subsidiary companies In the
United States. The company has ap-
proximately 10000 employees. The
Standard is one Of the very few big
concerns of this country which has
never had strike among its employ
ees.
After standing unclaimed for seven
years embalmed as a mummy, arrayed
in full evening dress, with hat and
cane, the body of Sidney Lascelles,
better known as Lord Douglas" has
been shipped from Macon, Ca, to
Washington.
Three packages, containing $32.024.'
"a, were stolen from the Pennsylvania
depot at Oil City, Pa, while John j.
TRULY, the station agent, was loading
baggage on to a train.
Assistant Attorney General Oscar
Lawler admitted under cross-examina-
tia by Attorney Brandeis in the Bal
linger-Pinchot investigation that three
years ago L. r. CLAWS cast reflections
on his competency to conduct the
prosecution of certain land fraud
cases while he was United States at
torney for the southern district of Cal
ifornia. He said it had been DEM
onstrated then that CLAWS was un-
truthful.
The sessions OF the thirty-sixth an
ual meeting of the National Conference
of Charities and Correction attracted
hundreds OF philanthropists, social
economists and social workers to st.
Louis.
Thousands of persons marching in
double file or either side of the cata-
falque on which rests the coffin of Ed
ward VII. passed through Westminster
hall, and when the doors were closed
at night there were seemingly miles of
them still in line.
Two almost simultaneous explosions
of dynamite, supposed to consist OF
5000 pounds, completely demolished
the rural guard barracks in the city of
Pinar del Rio, Cuba. Fully a hundred
persons were killed and nearly as
many were wounded.
The steamer Faustin foundered In
the Detroit river, one mile east of Bar
oh tel of
men took to small boats and were
picked up and taken to Amherstburg,
Ont.
A jury which tried DR.. Guessing Ha-
tired Chase Jordan, who administered
YARDS" to the Swope family, on a
charge of practising medicine without
a license. disagreed at Kansas City,
Kan.
Bart Mae, special officer, and David
Allison fought out an old feud in the
midst of the centennial celebration
throng at San Bernardino, Cal. Allison
fell dead with four bullets through the
body.
The coroner's jury which has been
investigating the Cherry (Ill.) mine
disaster since last November has re-
turned verdict declaring that the
mining laws of Illinois in relation to
means Of escape were violated.
In resolution made public the
chambre de commerce at Montreal,
Que, strongly opposes reciprocity with
the United States on the ground that
1t would endanger British preference.
Eight persons, including George z.
Wyckoff Of Chicago, express messen-
ger, were injured at st. Louis when
the Diamond Special passenger train
on the Illinois Central railroad
crashed into wrecking train.
An American born citizen, a resi-
dent of North Dakota for seven years,
admitted at Minot, N. D., when called
for jury service, that he did not know
the name Of the president of the Uni
ted States or of any county or state
officials.
Detectives are searching for a bur-
glar who entered the cloak room of a
Los Angeles hotel and stole the con.
tents of the purses of so women, who
were guests at dance.
The federal income tax resolution
was killed in the senate by a vote of
% to l and is now dead as far as the
Massachusetts, legislature is con-
cerned.
The sixth worlds Sunday school con-
vention, the largest gathering of its
kind ever held, opened In Washington
under the presidency of Rev. DR.. F. B.
| Meyer of London, with delegates pres
ent from every civilized land and every
missionary field.
One ballot and less than 1ve min
utes' consideration was all required by
a jury to clear Frank f. Nicola, the
rich Pittsburg business man, who for
the past three days has been on trial
charged with completely in the bribing
OF Pittsburg councilmen.
Traitors, for whom shooting was
too honorable death, men whose con-
duct If they were soldiers in an army
OF war instead Of an army of peace
would earn for them the moose, were
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