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The Yale expositor., 1910-08-05
WANTS FARMERS
TO RAISE ALFALFA
Gov. Warner Believes It Would Be
Money In Their Pockets.
IT YIELDS BoUNTIFULLY
Will Urge State Board of Agriculture
to Encourage This Crop-Experi-
ments Would Cost About
$1,000 or 5000.

Lansing-Governor Warner wants
the farmers of Michigan to raise al
falfa. He believes it would put money
in their pockets. 1T is my purpose"
said the governor while in Marquette
to attend meeting of the joint prison
boards of the state, ito urge on the
state board of agriculture steps to
popularize among the farmers alfalfa
as a fodder crop. Though the great
value and utility of alfalfa have been
clearly demonstrated in other states,
Michigan has been slow to realize its
Importance, and the farmers still give
up their acreage largely to the less
valuable fodder crops.
Alfalfa is the pre-eminent fodder
crop. 1t yields beautifully compared
with hay and as its roots run deep
in the ground, it flourishes in periods
of drought in which hay is practically
burned out II alfalfa was generally
planted in the upper peninsula, for
instance, you would not hear appre-
tensions about the shortage of fod-
der expressed on every hand as you
do now. The experiments | have in
mind would cost maybe $4,000 or So
600, but would be of incalculable value
to the state"
The drought, Governor Warner said,
has hit the Newberry insane asylum
hard. The farm there is a large one
and the produce obtained from it usu-
ally plays an important part in the
maintenance of the institution. But
the crops will all be short this year,
owing to the unfavorable season, with
the result that the cost of mainte-
nance at the Newberry institution was
fixed at the meeting of the joint asy-
lum boards at Newberry at "a cents
patient day, exclusive of clothing, an
increase of two cents over the cost for
the past year. The Pontiac asylum
allowance for. maintenance was In
creased one cent patient a day to 81
cents, the cost at the Kalamazoo and
Traverse City asylums being left a.
80 cents, the same as for the past
year.
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-05
Blind Pilgrims Made To See.

A procession of 1000 pilgrims,
whose homes are scattered from
ocean to ocean. among them some
who came on crutches, in wheel-chairs
and by train, marked the close Tues.
day night of the feast OF Ste. Anne,
which has been in progress for nine
days at Ste. Annes church. Chicago.
simultaneously occurred the process.
sion of lighted candles and the end of
the Novena at st. Anne, III. Five
thousand marched in the procession.
Many wonderful cures are repoIte
The lame and the halt say they were
made to walk; the paralyzed claim
they wore restored and the blind as
sert they were made to see.
Eighteen cures were announced at
Ste. Annes. Chicago.
Relics of Ste. Anne in the two Am
erican shrines were secured from the
shrine of Ste. Anne De Beaupre. Can
ada. The pilgrimages are held an
nually and attract afflicted persons
from nearly every state in the union.
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-05
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Forest Fires Stopped by Rain.

Every portion Of the state with
the exception Of Ingham and g
few counties in the upper peninsula,
seems to have been blessed by rain
within the last week, but the drought
in the vicinity of Lansing continues
and the weather foreeasters predict
fair weather for the next week.
State Game Warden Pierce received
numerous kilograms from his depu-
ties in the northern portion of the
state informing him that hard rains
had drowned out the forest fires which
have been raging for the last ten days.
Delta. Dickinson aud Menominee coun-
ties have not been heard from, and
Mr.. Pierce is Of the opinion that there
has been no change In the condition
of those districts.
Several times within the last two
weeks conditions in Dickinson county
were favorable for hard rain. but no
water fell. In several places fires are
doing considerable damage in that
county, the fire fighters being unable
TO cope with the flames on account Of
the scarcity of water.
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-05
IMPORTANT NEWS
NOTES OF A WEEK
LATEST HAPPENINGS THE WORLD
OVER TOLD IN ITEMIzED
FORM.
EVENTS HERE AND THERE
Condensed Into a Few Lines for the
Perusal Of the Busy Man
Latest Personal lnfor-
nation.
PERSONAL.

George Westinghouse, inventor and
capitalist, for many years prominent
IN the world of electrical invention
and of finance, was deposed from the
presidency of the great corporation
which bears his name. Edwin F. At
kins of Boston was elected to succeed
Mr.. Westinghouse.
May Yohe, formerly Lady Francis
Hope and later wife of Captain Put
nam Bradlee Strong, is going on the
stage again.
Ex-Secretary of the Treasury John
q. Carlisle, who for several years has
been practising law in New York
city, is seriously i'll at the Hotel VOL
colt.
Theodore Douglas Robinson, nephew
of former President Roosevelt, who
two weeks ago announced his candi-
dacy for the Republican congressional
nomination in the Oneida-Herkimer
IN. " district, was beaten by the
regular Republican organization.
Dr. Frederick L. Graves, eminent
physician of Bridgeport, Conn, COM
LhlllSu SulCluS ny uIluhlhS a VII
pound of every poison contained in his
medicine case.
George Westinghouse, president OF
the Westinghouse Electric and Manu-
featuring company, resigned his posi-
ton because, he claims, he was being
frozen out" of the firms business.
Suffering from loss of memory.
Richard Sprague, Wyandotte, Mich.
lawyer. walked into central police sta
ton in Cincinnati, o., and asked aid
in identifying himself. He was cared
for and will be sent home.
DR.. Frederick L. Graves, one of the
foremost medical practitioners of west
crn Connecticut, died at Bridgeport.
Conn. IS hours after taking a deadly
draft compounded from many poisons'
with suicidal intent. Doctor Graves
has been melancholy because he be
iieved himself incurably Ill.
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-05
Try to Blow Up New York Police.

The New York police are searching
for band of Italians who are credi-
ted with having made an attempt
Tuesday night to blow up the Mercer
street police station. Four heavy
cartridges or bombs containing enough
powder 70 blow up the building and
kill the GO men who were within at
the time. were discovered before any
damage was done. One was on the
step in front of the door, and the
others in an adjacent hallway. Three
men under arrest on suspicion deny
knowledge of the affair.
search of the hallway where they
had been concealed revealed three
more of the bomb-like contrivances,
but the fuses had not been lighted.
An examination of the bombs
showed that they contained powder.
According to the experts of the bu-
reau Of combustibles they were crude
ly made.
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-05
State Is Out Of Debt.

When the Office Of state treasurer
was opened for business the vaults
contained $2,110,994.19, of which ST..
26S,0s9.95 was credited to the general
fund, and the state Is absolutely out
of debt.
According to Auditor General Full
Ter, the cost of maintaining the state
government for the year which ended
June 30, was only 100000 more than
in 1909, and at the same time s250,000
of the money borrowed when the
treasury was empty year ago. has
been refunded.
"The state Is absolutely out Of debt
ana II is probable that we will be able
To- transact business until the state
trxes begin TO come in next year with
out negotiating another loan,' said
Auditor General Fuller.
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-05
A MODEL PRISON.
Marquette cIscsed Among Five Best
Prisons in World.

Marquette cIscsed Among Five Best
Prisons in World.
Capt. Alanson Hines, who has been
in Marquette for several days In the
interests of the Grolier society OF
London. visited the Marquette prison.
Capt Hines served in the British
army during the Boer war and was
attached to the secret service. Later
he was made provost marshal of Cape
Town. He has travelled all over the
world and has made a special study
Of criminology, having made 1t prac.
tice to visit prisons wherever posi-
Bile in the course of his travels. He
is well versed in all phases of this
subject, which he considers the fun
damental problem of society.
cIasscd Among Five Best.
"The Marquette prison is one OF
the best conducted and most progress
sive penitentiaries | have ever visi-
ted" SAID Capt. Hines at the cOnclu-
sion of his inspection of the institu-
ton. "The warden has recognized
the finding of modern thought and
science that criminality is a disease
and that the function of a prison
should be to cure rather than to
punish. From this humanitarian view
point, the Marquette prison should be
classed with four others in the world
the prison at Elmira, n Y, the
prison at Milan, Italy, the prison at
La Plata, Argentina, and the prison
at Milbank, England. | know OF no
other penal institutions that are be.
ing conducted as fully along the lines
of modern science as these five"
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-05
Bogus Michigan License Plates.

Secretary of State Martindale of
Michigan has been on vigilant watch
lately for automobile owners in this
state who carry license tag on their
machine other than the one sold by
the state department. 1t has been as
certained that a number of owners
are purchasing plates from other
sources than the department. The
state charges So for a set of two
plates, which bear the seal Of Michi-
gan, while the bogus ones do not carry
the seal, the makers evidently taking
no chances in using it illegally 1t
was owing to the absence of the seal
that the fake tags came to be discov-
cred.
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-05
To Probe Lighting Companies.

The proposed investigation of the
merger of the Bartlett Illumination
company, the Saginaw Power COM
pany and the Eastern Michigan Power
company, asked for in a petition from
citizens, will be taken before the state
railway commission at once. At spe-
clal meeting of committee. appointed
TO consider the lighting problem, a
resolution was passed recommending
a probe by state officers in accordance
with letter received here from Chair
man Glasgow CT the commission.
Mayor Stewards plan of starting suit
here to block sale will also be car
ried out.
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-05
To Expand phone Business.

Desiring to incorporate for s250,000,
the Lenawee County Telephone com
pany has filed formal petition with
the state railroad commission, accom-
panied by a complete inventory of the
property and proposed plan of the con-
Germ to purchase the Adrian Tele-
phone company and the property OF
the Michigan State Telephone com.
pany in Lenawee county In the pc
tition it is stated that 100000 in
stock has already been paid in. OF
this amount $4,000 will be used for
improving the property in Adrian and
the balance will be devoted to i'm
proving the property in the future.
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-05

Marriage, Birth and Divorce Records.
That births In the state are not on
the decrease is shown by the stats.
tics for the year 1908 from the secre-
tary of states Office For the year
there were returned a total of 64,772
births, which corresponds to an an.
nual rate of 24.5 per 1000 estimated
population. This number is 6,173 more
than was reported for 1906, and ac-
cording to figures being compiled for
1909 that year will show several thou.
sand more than any previous years.
The total number of deaths In the
state for zoos was 36,761, which corre-
spends to an annual death rate of 1879
per cent. per 1000 estimated popula-
ton. For the year 1908 statistics
show that Iron county, with rate of
209 per 1000 estimated population,
had the highest death rate of any
county, while Gladwin county, with a
rate of rs per 1000 estimated popu-
lation, had the lowest death rate.
Figures are now out showing the
number of marriages for the year 1908,
which was 25,765, corresponding to All
annual marriage rate of 1875 per 1000
estimated population. 1t should be
noted. however. that a large number
of these marriages were people from
other states, ST. Joseph county. with
the hundreds of marriages from Chi
cago and other places, coming in for
a good share.
There were 1920 divorces granted
in the state of Michigan in 1908. This
number corresponds to a rate of 30
per 1000 estimated population.
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-05

William r. Harr, OF the District of
Columbia. one of the younger assist.
ants Encouragement. Is now acting
head of the department of justice. AS.
sistant Acknowledgement Fowler hav.
ing left for his home in Tennessee.
Mr.. Harr probably will be acting at.
torney-general until September.
After subduing a fire in her after.
hold. off the coast Of Florida only ia
run into a mud-bank at the mouth of
the Mississippi, the Southern Pacific
steamer Menus has arrived at New
Orleans. The Menus exhibited no evi.
ienee Of any damage. She brought 60
passengers.
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-05
GENERAL NEWS.

Cholera is raging in AZ provinces
and districts of European Russia.
Summer guests made hurried exits
when the Merrill hotel at South Harps-
well, Me-. was destroyed by fire.
Thousands of dead fish floating In
from the scene Of the practise meet
of the north Atlantic batleship fleet
of Staten island are threatening to
put a temporary stop to bathing at
neighboring beaches.
To shield girl friend seven years
old who, playmates say, accidentally
shot him while all were playing SOL
der" George Pelham, six years old, OF
Yonkers, n. Y, told hospital physi-
slams that he wounded himself. He Is
dying.
Theodore Douglas Robinson,
nephew of former President Roose-
welt, who announced his candidacy for
the Republican congressional nomina-
ton in the Oneida-Herkimer district
of New York against Congressman
Charles s. Millington, has been de-
feated in Herkimer county primaries.
New York's Chinatown is on the
verge of war again.
The Niederdeutsche bank failed In
Germany owing $12,500,000.
Chicago butchers plan to start indie
pendent abattoirs and promise to cut
meat prices in half.
Fire destroyed the business district
OF Herreid, seat of Campbell county,
I-co Of
Census figures indicate that Rock
Island, ILL.,, has added 1902 in popu-
iatlon and Columbus. Ohio. 55,9ss.
Otto Bernson, believed to be from
Chicago, killed himself today In a cell
in the Jail at Geneva. III. The man
had been arrested on a charge Of for
gerry.
The Washington correspondent OF
the Indianapolis News writes that the
new postal bank law is full of flaws
and may have to be made over before
It is practicable.
An anarchist plot to murder Dow
ager Queen Margherita was discovered
on the tenth anniversary of the as
sassination of her husband, King
humDeFI. ne man WHO Was CHOsSH
to execute the decision of the revolu-
tionary group after confessing his part
in the plot, killed himself in prison.
Headed by ex-Gov. John Lind for
governor. who was named against his
wishes, the Minnesota Democratic
state convention nominated a state
ticket and adopted a platform which
included q plank declaring against
county local option. Lind refuses to
accept.
Mob attacks on a freight train, end.
ing with the ditching OF the entire
train of six cars, and an unsuccessful
effort to kidnap the non-union men,
bers of a passenger crew were the
chief happenings at South Bend, Ind.
IN the strike on the Grand Trunk rail.
road.
August Ropke. assistant secretary
and bookkeeper OF the Fidelity Trust
company of Louisville. Ky. is believed
In ten years to have embezzled 81.
10000. the entire surplus OF the con.
Germ, according to a statement made
by John w. Barr. president OF the
trust company.
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-05
THE MARKETS.

DETROIT-Cattle- dull and
loo TO 15c lower than last week. Best
steers and heifers Sc; steers and heif-
ers. 1000 to 1900. s5Q5.5O: steers and
heifers. 500 to 1000. $4.50@4.8O; grass
steers and heifers that are fat. 500 to
1000. s4.50@ 4SO: grass steers and heif-
ers. that are fat. 500 to zoo. s75@4;
choice fat cows. s4.h0@46S; good fat
cows. $3.50@4: common cows $363.25;
Gamers. s2d275: choice heavy bulls
s4@4.l5; fair to good bolognas. bulls
s3.75; stock bulls. $S.25m35O: choice
feeding steers. 500 to 1000. S425M $50;
fair feeding steers, 500 to 1000 s49
4.15: choice stockers 500 to Io0 Sim
4.25: fair stockers. 500 to 200, s95Om
S.S5; stock heifers. 1925 M3.50: mixers
large. young medium age. $40 a so: COM
mon mixers. $25@35.
Veal calves--Market CSC lower than
the close last week. Best. $9GG9.2j;
others $46S50
Mich cows and springers steady.
Sheep and lambs-Market Csc hicher
than last week. Best lambs. S6.T5; fair
lambs Sc 6.25: light TO common lambs
s4.5O65.25; fair to good sheen, ss.5o q
4.50: culls and common. 2.T563.25.
Hogs-Not enough hogs on salo 10
make q market.
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-05
Elect Officers.

At the closing session of the Mich.
gan Association of Stationary Engi
neers, the following officers were
elected II. NJ. Buigan. Jackson, presi'
dent; w. Z. Fuller, Kalamazoo, vice
president; George b. Richardson, Pom
tiac, secretary; A. II. Hayton. Detroit
treasurer; George A. Trumbull, Flint
conductor; F. J. Bush, Lansing, door
keeper; William M. Moon, DETROIT
and f. w. Turner. Owosso, trustees
A. b. La Fanier, Bay City, deputy.
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-05
Food Expense Of state.

Reports from the various state in
stitutions filed at the executive Office
for June gives a fair idea of the
amount of food stuff consumed by
those maintained at the states ex-
pense. Last month the state bought
S0.7o6 pounds of fresh beef. 423 bar
rels of flour, 26,S55 pounds Of butter,
1890 bushels of potatoes and 1885
dozen fresh eggs.
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-05
$4,000 for Sham Battle.

The state military department drew
on the state treasury for $4,000 tn
pay the expenses of the coming field
maneuvers of the Michigan National
guard. Members Of the state military
department state at the end of this
year the deficit of $4,000 existing six
years ago, will have been all wiped
out and all the financial affairs OF the
state troops will be in good condl-
ton.
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-05
interpretations.

The following companies have filed
articles of incorporation with the Sec
Rotary OF state; Sheldon Meat COM
pany, Lakeport, $500; Lanol Chem
ical company, Detroit, $4,000, prin-
cjrai Detroit stockholders, E. J. Bur
click: Frederic w. Plumer and Fred H.
Mears.
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-05
CR|PPEN CAPTURED,
LENEVE GIRL ALSO
OFFICERS, CARRIED AS PILOTS,
BOARD SHIP AND TAKE
THEM BY SURPRISE.
cRIPPEN, PACING DECK UTTERLY
UNAWARE OF DANGER, UNTIL
HE SEES INSPECTOR DEW.
AS ~. Robinson and Son" They Had
$40 and Tickets for Detroit
Won't Fight Requisition.

After one OF the most dramatic pur.
suits in criminal annals DR.. Hawley
Harvey Crippen, formerly of Detroit,
Coldwater and Ann Arbor, Mich. Is
in custody at Quebec with Ethel Lee
neve, his typist, who fled with him
from London disguised as a boy, fol-
lowing the disappearance of Belle Ell
more, his actress wife.
The arrest of the pair on the steam.
ship Montrose at Father Point Sun
day, charged with guilty knowledge
OF an abominable crime" closes a
chase in which the most wonderful
invention OF modern days, the wireless
telegraph, played the chief part.
The capture hammers home with
vigor the fact that the wireless has
become a deadly thing to the criminal
who seeks an oversee refuge, and
that he is much safer ashore.
The steamer Montrose, upon which
the fugitives were arrested while the
vessel was still 100 miles from Que
bee, arrived at her pier there at 1885
o'clock Monday morning.
The prisoners were FASTENED through
an enormous crowd to the provincial
jail where they were placed in sepa
rate cells for the night Here they
got a few hours sleep. the best rest
which either had had since they fled
from London on July 9. shortly be
fore detectives found in the cellar of
the Crippen home the bits of human
flesh which the authorities have tried
to establish, once went to make up
the body of Belle Elmore, Crippens
lawful wife.
DR.. Hawley H. Crippen announced
In the provincial court Monday that
he will not resist his return to Eng.
land to stand trial for the killing of
woman believed by the police 10 be
his missing wife. Belle Elmore, the
American actress.
Crippen's companion in fight, Miss
Ethel Clare Leneve, was to have been
arraigned. but her custodians reported
her too i'll to appear.
The authorities are confident that
the woman will give no more trouble
than Crippen promises to and that as
soon as the 10 days of grace provided
by the extradition laws of Canada
have expired, both prisoners can be
returned to London without any hitch.
When Crippen and Miss Leneve
were arrested on board the incoming
steamship Montrose they were
charged with identical crimes, the
Staying and mutilation OF an unknown
woman. 1t had been expected that
both would be arraigned at 1890 Mon.
day morning and deported upon the
steamship Royal George which will
call for England Thursday. But In
spector Dew received instructions
which changed the program.
The English officials do not wish
anything done that would give the APP
pearance Of "railroading" the prison
ers. They wish the .formalities of
eXtradition followed to the letter.
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-05
rurn out Earmlna rutors.

A new course has been added to
the many specinl courses a; the Mich
igan Agricultural college. The new
course extends over one year, fitting
college graduates for the positions of
agricultural instructors.
The new course prepares the in
structor in all branches of agriculture
as well as animal husbandry, giving
the fundamentals without going into
details that are not absolutely neces-
sary. The demand for agricultural in
,tructors in high schools is so great
hat II has far exceeded the supply.
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-05
Next Republican state Convention.

Lansing is making an effort TO Sc
cure the next Republican state con
vention, and its only contenders are
Detroit, Grand Rapids and Saginaw
meeting of the Republican state
central committee has been called by
State Chairman Gerrit J. Diekema and
Il will be held in the Morton house
at Grand Rapids.
At that time the matter Of the date
and place for the Republican state
convention viii be taken up, and there
may be some discussion of the propo
fition for a platform.
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-05
Two Companies Increase Capital.

The following companies have filed
articles of Incorporation with the sec
rotary of state: Aetna Investment COM
pany, Detroit, increase from $4,000 TO
$4,000; ]. ID. DcLaren company, Ply
mouth. increase from $4,000 to
500 900.
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Fire which destroyed the plants OF
the Durand Steel Lacquer Co. and the
Thomas Brass G. Iron Co., at Wauke-
gan, ILL.,, caused a loss estimated at
$3.50. 900,
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-05

John B. Mitchell. the collector Of
customs at historical Old Yorktown,
Va. since 1909. is dead. He was a
negro ard was appointed TO Office
by President Grant
The steamer Mackinaw, with $780,.
600 in gold bullion. picked up at Kot.
zebue sound norts, arrived at Seattle
from Nome. Officers of the Mackinaw
report worse fee conditions in Berina
Straits thar encountered In II years.
Capt. Frank Mills said IL took l2 dayo
TO make the passage from Nome 10
Kotzebue sound, when ordinarily II
can be made in 80 hours. In some
places the ice was piled 80 feet high.
The Yale expositor., 1910-08-05
Grain. Etc.

IT-Wheat-Cash No red
04 1-2 July opened steady at 81 05
1-2. lost l-2c. advanced to 81 O5 IL and
closed at 81 % 1-2 September opened
at 81 06. declined to 81 05 1-2. advance
ed to 81 06 and closed at 81 05: Decem
Der opened at 81 0S. lost 1-2c advanced
TO 81 0S and dropped TO 81 06 "a: Nay
opened at 81 IL. dropped to 81 II 1-s
moved up TO 81 IL and closed 1T 81 20
1-2: No 1 white 81 o. l-2.
CORN-Cash No 9, &c asked: No 2
yellow car at soc; No yellow 1 cur
at 69c at 6S 1-2c.
OATS-Standard. 45c new standard
oats. 42c asked: August. 3S l-2c asked.
September. SS lac asked; No 3 white.
a 1-2c asked
RYE-Cash No l. 76e; August and
September 75c.
BEANs-Cash. 81 90; October, $40;
November 81 O5.
CLOVERSEED-Prim spot 81 90:
October. so bags at 81 90 March 81 90:
sample alsike, IL bags at Sc as, 5 at
81. S ~ 81 so, 4 at 81 rs.
TIMOTHY SEED-Prime spot. 60
BAGS at 81 so.
FEED-in 100-lb sacks. jobbinR lots;
Bran spa; Coarse middlings S24, fine
middlings, S2I; cracked corn and coarse
cornineal. $27; corn and oat chop. S24
FLOUR-Best Michigan patent. so:
ordinary patent. 81 90; straight, 81 so:
lear, 81 go; pure rye. 81 so; spring pa :
tent, 50 90 per Dbl IN wood. jobbing lots.