The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1911-08-03
NEWS IN BRIEF.

FIRE entlrely destroyed a mill and
several elevators Of the Bay State
Milling Company at Winona, MINI.
Loss, 100000.
Sixty-eight Chicago boys between
the ages of and II have disappeared
from their homes in the last two
weeks. In a majority of cases, the
parents say, the boys left home be-
cause they wanted to become cow
boys.
Samuel Gompers, Frank Morrison
and John Mitchell, the labor leaders,
were allowed 20 days by Justice
Wright in which to answer the
charges of contempt against them as
contained in second report of the
committee of prosecutors in the
Bucks Stove & Range case.
Written demands are being made
upon Gov. Colquitt of Texas by min
listers of the Methodist church that
he withdraw his church membership
because of his leadership of anti-proh
bition in the recent state election. 1t
is reported that official action will be
taken if he does not withdraw volun-
| tarily.
The Connecticut legislature will be
asked to change the usual date of
election in the state this year be-
cause it falls on the same date as
Yom Ripper, one of the most import
ant holidays in the Jewish calendar
The legislature will be asked to trans
fer the fall elections from Oct. to
date a few days earlier or later
It is reported unofficially that Prem
Ter Katsura of Japan has resigned,
recommending Marquis Solonki as
his successor, and that the change
will be announced officially on Aug.
| %. Various changes in the cabinet
will follow, but there are only con-
| lectures thus far as to them. Kat
sura, it is believed, will remain "the
power behind the throne"
Ground for the new Broadway-LeX-
| ington avenue Observation-Disclosures
second underground artery of trans
portation-has been broken. The city
will srend s3000O0.000 to relieve traf-
| fic congestion in all boroughs. Eight
thous and men will soon be engaged
on the task Part of the line will be
double decked. Four years will be re-
quired to complete the four-track
line.
Saturday was the one hundredth
anniversary Of the laying of the cor
nerstone OF Bellevue hospital New
York. The land, then known as
Kips farm, was acquired April Il,
| 1911, and on July 20 the cornerstone
was laid. The first hospital accommo-
dated only a dozen patients, but 1t
has been rebuilt and extended every
| few years, until now 1t now accom-
modates thousand.
Secretary Meyer is contemplating
the adoption of a policy regarding the
procurement of many articles requir-
ed in the equipment of ship which
will further curtail the work done in
government navy yards. Many arti-
cles, such as ship fittings, dead
lights, hammocks, flags, paints small
boats, anchor chains, rope and furni-
| ture, can be advantageously purchas-
| ed from private manufacturers. A ma
val board is now looking into the mat
ter. Navy yard workers will protest.
| Preparations for magnificent
memorial fountain to- Christopher Co
lumbus on the plaza of the new union
station. Washington ID. c., have re-
ceived impetus with the opening of
| bids for its construction. Arthur l..
Smith & Co.. of Washington, d. c.,
was the lowest of IL bidders, offering
to erect the memorial in granite,
complete, except the plumbing, for
S60939, or in marble for S4S,491. The
lowest bidder for the plumbing was
| Norcross Brothers e. Co., Worcester
| Mass. at $4,000. The memorial will
consist Of life-size statue of the
| discoverer against background
| formed by an enormous fountain and
several allegorical figures.
The revenue cutter Bear. cruising
in Boring sea, has been ordered to
send landing parties ashore in Alas
ka and capture "a male reindeer. The
bucks will be taken up to St Law
renee island. where the interior de.
partment already has large herd.
The Massachusetts supreme court
has advised the legislature that the
workingmen's compensation bill is
constitutional and it undoubtedly will
be made law at once. The bill pro
| vides that If an employee is injured
| and sues for damages the employer
cannot set up as a defense that the
| victim suffered from his own negli