Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-03-22
NEWS SUMMARY.


taneous combustion OF oiled rags in the
art room. One student was killed in try
ing to escape from the third story. Sew
eral other students and teachers were in
jured.
Thomas J. Potter, vice president and
general manager of the Union Pacific
railroad company, died in Washington a
few days ago.
1t is rumored that Mr.. Blaine is to run
for the governor of Maine this summer
and that the legislature will, after his
election, choose him for senator when Mr..
Frye's term expires in March, 1889.
Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood of En-
gineers, says he is confident of the ult-
mate success of the men in the strike on
the Burlington.
Postmaster-G General Dickinson has di-
rected General Supt. Nash of the railway
mail service to proceed at once to Chicago
there to remain during the present rail!
road troubles. Prior to hisleavinS Wash
ington Mr.. Nash received Instructions
which will govern any action he may take.
These instructions ha re not been made
public.
at Scio, n. ", the other day. One passen.
ger was killed and II Others sersously in
iured.
William Putnam Endicott father of the
Secretary OF War, died in Salem, Mass,
recently, aged SIS years.
Mrs. Ellen Topper, known as "the bee
woman" and one of the foremost enro-
mologists of the world, died suddenly at
II Paso, Texas, recently. she was widely
known in the east and throughout Europe.
Henry Bergh, the founder and president
of the society for the prevention of cruel
ty to animals, died in New York on the
18th inst.
L. F. Thomas, postage due clerk in the
Washington posto.iice, has been arrested
for theft
Suits are TO be brought TO secure the
cancellation of patents issued on lumber
culture entries in ths Humboldt, Cal,
land district.
The senate committee on territories has
reported favorably an enabling act for the
admission of North Dakota.
Three mon were killed and several Sc
verely injured in collision near Hunting
ton, Pa, tho other morning.
The Detour plow works at Dixon, ILL.,,
were burned the other day. Loss s15O,OOO.
Several tenement houses in New York
were burned the other day. The inmates
barely escaped with their lives.
The house committee on Indian affairs
has completed the annual Indian appro-
priation bill. 1t appropriates So lg2, 25},
being 1926, 444 less than the estimates.
The fierce gale along the Atlantic coast
on the 18th inst, drove % vessels ashore
at Loves, Del. Twenty-Five lives were
lost.
A meeting of the resident members of
the Chi Psi fraternity, whose chapters are
located in many of the prominent colleges
of the country, was held in Washington
recently and organized a Washington
alumni association. electing Senator
Palmer of Michig gan president, and Gen.
+. ID. Sewall vco-president. Hon. Don
NJ. Dickinson, postmaster-general, mem
Der of the Chi Psi chapter at the univer-
sity Of Michigan was pre- ,ent at the meet
ing. The annual convention Of the fra
ternity is TO be held in Washington April
4, 3 and 6.
Cyril p. Benedict an old employee of the
Adams express company in Washington,
has been sentenced to the pcnitentiary
for three years and half for embezzle-
ment.
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware. New
Jersey and the District of Columbia were
practically snowbound for several days,
as a result of the great storm of the 18th
inst.
An Indian outbreak in the far nor tn
west is impending.
A premature blast of dynamite, three
miles from Bremen, Ga, buried four con
victs beneath huge pile of dirt. and when
exhumed three were found to be dead.
The fourth is not expec tel TO recover.
Chairman Jones of the republican ma
tional committee decides that delegates to
the national convention should be chosen
in the same way that delegates for con
gress are chosen.
Five hundred American engineers, fire
men and brakemen are wanted to go to
China aud John Jones who has been there
three years, is now at Albany drumming
up recruits. Engineers are to get $3.50 per
month, fremen Sl15 aud brakemsn Sl?5, if
they guarantee to remain five years.
Miss Ella Keats Peay, a niece Of the
English poet John Keats, died in Louis
vile, KY, recently.
Contributions to the Irish national
league are larger this spring than at any
time before in many years.
Crop reports from Ohio promise but 75
per cent of wheat crop.
The boiler in a saw mill at Burlington,
Ill. exploded the other morning, and
three men were XII led.
A passenger train jumped the track at
Newkir<, Pa, and one man was killed.
North American railroad superintend-
ents will meet in New York, April g.
Memorial services in honor of the late
Emperor William were held in Washing
ton on the 10th inst.
Two hundred pounds of powder explod-
cd in a warehouse at Grass Valley, CAL,
the other morning. Several persons were
killed
Construction trains near Camden, s. c.,
collided the other morning, killing an en-
gineer and injuring several train hands.
The Chesroun brothers, five in number,
have been indicted at Ashland, o., for
killing a constable.