The Yale expositor., 1914-08-06
Personal

Bart and Jim Cantrell. brothers,
were hanged at Gainesville, Ca, for
the murder of Arthur Hawkins.
Henry Spencer was hanged at
Wheaton. Ill.,. for the murder of Mrs.
Mildred Rexroat.
Jean Leon Jaures. noted Socialist
leader and deputy of France. was as
sassinated in Paris restaurant.
Miss Bessie Wakefield was convicted
at New Haven. Conn. of numbering
her husband. and given a life SEN
tence.
The Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne
Lauraguais was killed in an automo-
bile accident while returning to Paris
from Lourdes.
Former Speaker Cannon announced
his candidacy for congress,
Prof Paul Reclus, noted French sur
geon and member OF the Academy OF
Medicine. died at the age of sixty
seven years.
Nine. Caillaux was found not guilty
of murder in killing CASTOR Calmette,
editor of lie Figaro, Paris. on the
ground OF temporary insanity.
Giovanni Caviggia and a passenger
were killed at Novara, Italy, when
their aeroplane fell from height of
500 feet
Lieut.. Harry Hammerstein. U. S.
A, eldest son OF Oscar Hammerstein.
the impresario. died in New London,
Conn.
Augustus N. Smith, ninety nine
years old, the oldest graduate of Yale
university, died in Washington.
James j. Glennon was killed at
GAINESVILLE, Wis, while fishing when
his steel rod touched live" electric
wire
Miss Helen M. Angle of Stamford.
Conn, was held criminally responsible
by the coroner for the death of Waldo
II. Ballou. who was found dying out
side her apartment
Rev. G. w. LutZ. superintendent OF
the Winona (Minn.) district of the
Methodist church, took her life by
drowning in Lake Wlnona.
Domestic
Germany's tennis team was eliminat-
ed from the Davis cup contest by the
Australasians.
Enginemen on 9S western railroads
announced that strike would be
called August unless the railroads
agree to arbitrate on the questions
submitted by the employees.
Three indictments charging con-
spiracy to violate the interstate COM
MERGE laws were returned by the fed
eral grand jury at Chicago against Of
hNAclAS VI TIC lNGM 10TH AeulTdl llIeS,
officers of the O'Gara Coal company,
the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Railroad company, Cleveland, Cincin-
natl, Chicago & st. Louis Railroad COM
pany and the Chicago, Indiana G.
Southern Railroad company.
Andrew Carnegie has promised to
contribute to the annuity fund the
friends Of Mrs. Belva Lockwood, the
octogenarian woman lawyer, are rails
ing.
David Tod Of Youngstown, a candi-
date for the Republican nomination
for governor Of Ohio, was arrested at
Columbus on a charge of violating the
newspaper falsehood law.
Charles Tolanen, Finnish farmer
living near Ironwood, Mich, shot and
killed his wife and Nestor Kinnenen,
a railroader, of whom be was jealous.
He then killed himself.
Arnold v. Stubenrauch OF Washing
ton, who has been In charge of pomo-
logical investigations for the United
States department of agriculture. will
head the newly created department of
pomology at the University OF Cali
fornia-
The army worm, which has been de-
stroying Michigan crops, has been
routed, say Or. @. ID. Shafer and G.. c.
Woodin, Michigan Agricultural college
experts, who have been helping farm
ers wage war on the pest. They report
the total loss 100000.
Owing to the spread OF local option
ia Illinois the governments special tar
on spirits. collected in Chicago, will be
$4,000 less than last year.
Fire in Seattle did more than $1,000.