The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-11-30
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Just before he gave up his life at
Richmond, Va, in expiation OF the
murder OF his wife, Henry Clay Beat
tie, Jr., confessed that he was guilty.
The confession was made public by
Beattie's spiritual advisers after MS
death. He maintained to the end the
remarkable nerve he had exhlplted
since first he was accused OF killing
his wife last July.
Judge Grover at Lincoln Center,
Kan, sentenced Z. G. Clark, Jay f1tz-
water, Watson Scranton and ED"
Ricord, all of whom had confessed
that they were implicated in the tar
ring of Mary Chamberlain, the school
teacher, to one year each in jail. A
jury found John Schmidt and Sherrell
Clark, two other members OF the tar
party" guilty of assault and battery,
and acquitted A. N. Simms.
William j. Cummins, convicted OF
stealing $4,000 from the Carnegie
Trust company of New York, OF which
he was formerly president, was SEN
fenced to Sing Sing prison for not less
than four years and eight months, and
not more than eight years and eight
months.
Three persons were killed and two
seriously injured when an inbound
train wrecked an automobile at
grade crossing in San Berardino, Cal.
An express package containing S1O,-
900 was stolen from the Office OF the
Canadian Northern Express company
at Regina, Manitoba, during the alb
sence of the clerk.
Heads Of all railroads operating In
Missouri have agreed to abolish COM
mon drinking cups on trains II the
state board of health makes the re-
quest.
New canals have appeared on Mars.
the Sabaeus, Sinus and Mareicarum,
according to an announcement from
Lowell observatory at Flagstaff, Ariz.
They were seen and photographed No
vember 81.
Charges of collecting vice tribute
and permitting gambling and prize
fights have been filed against Mayor
A. r. Turnbull of Canton, Ohio, who
won his place by lot from Harry
Schilling, Socialist
Mrs. Gertrude Gibson Patterson
went on the witness stand at Denver
as the first witness in her own behalf
and told the jury of her life with
Charles A. Patterson. She testified
that she shot him after he had knock
ed her down and kicked her. She also
told of the trip she made to Paris with
Emil Strouss, the millionaire Chicago
clothier. Her testimony followed
closely the stories she has related Of
that incident in her life with Patter-
son.
Neither Edward Hines, lumberman,
nor Edward Tilden, packer, was the
SuoNOuioh VI a piVV,VVV iuhu hoi ohy
other fund which was to be used to
pay the expenses of William Lori
mer to the United States senate" &C.
cording to experts reports submitted
to the senatorial investigating commit
tee at Chicago.
Every paid official of labor union
in the United States and Canada was
asked by the American Federation of
Labor convention in session at Allan
ia, Ga, to contribute one weeks
wages to the fund for the defense of
the Mcnamara brothers.
The epidemic of hog cholera over
Kansas and Missouri Is declared by
men who have observed the disease to
be the worst in many years.
New York bankers who have been
comforting with representatives of the
governors conference and the South
crn Cotton congress announce that
they had raised fund of 100000
to be placed Immediately in the cotton
belt states for the purpose of handling
the cotton crop of 1911 and enabling
growers to participate in any rise in
the market.
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