Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-07-11
GENERAL.

FORMALLY dedicated July 4.
-Four men were killed at Kansas City on
the Fourth during the celebration there.
Col. John G. Parker of the engineer
corps, the present superintendent of the
military academy, has been placed on the
retired list, having served 40 years.
MonOngahela coal miners to the number
of 1900 are on a strike for more wages.
Striking coal miners of Brazil, Ind, have
decided by vote not 10 return TO work at
the old prices.
For the first six months of 1889 there
were 5,9lS business failures in the United
States.
The New York World says that Gen.
Alger and Senator Plat have gone to
Alaska TO look over the Sc fisheries with a
Il view 10 securing the contract which has
been enjoined by Alaska commercial COM
pany for the past 20 years.
Three prominent oarsmen of st. Louis
were drowned Sunday, June 20 They
were witnessing the launch OF new boat
! by the North End boat club Of st. Louis,
and a four-oared crew attempted TO land
above some barges The current carried
them against the barges and their shell
broke in two and the men were drawn un-
der the barges by the current Three out
Of the four men were drowned, the fourth,
A. &. Trebus, being rescued by Lucas
! Edell, the champion oarsman OF ST. Louis.
! The names of the drowned men are: Hen
%; William Karnatze, aged "A. This sad
occurrence put an end to the festivities and
the christening was indefinitely postponed.
The liquor dealers of South Dakotl have
perfected an active organization to operate
against the adoption of the prohibition
clause of the Sioux Falls constitution at
the October election.
English capitalists are trying to buy
up several shoe factories in the east.
The coinage of the United States mint at
! San Francisco for the fiscal year ending
Saturday, June %, is as follows Double
eagles $l7, Az, 000 eagles, S5,S07, 900; half
eagles, $4,000; total silver coinage, $685.
ass.
a sensational land title suit is about TO
be instituted in Minneapolis which in
wolves 81 900, 900 worth OF property in the
! heart of the city. The property in question
is block 81, Minneapolis, and is bounded by
| Third and Fourth streets and Fourth and
Fifth avenues south. Upon it is situated
the Minneapolis chamber OF commences
magnificent stone building.
The Academy of Music, the oldest place
of amusement in Cleveland, was destroyed
! by fire on the LIST lust.
Spreading rails on the Boston & Albany
railroad, caused an accident near Boston in
which three persons were killed aud sever
al severely injured.
The National educational association
Eleets in Nashville july IL.
One hundred square miles of country
| have been burned over by forest hre in
! Cascade county, Montana.
A section of Minnesota two miles wide
and 30 miles long was destroyed Dy a wind
and htil storm the other day.
Four women and two men were found
dead in house OF i'll fame in Patterson, n.
j. Death was caused by asphyXiation.
II is reported that the Canadian govern
ment has proposed TO the United States TO
abolish all export and import duties on lum-
Der, provided the United States will do the
same.
The last sad rites over the remains Of
Mrs. Hayes took place in Fremont, o.,
June Is. The services were simple but
impressive. Rev L. d. McCabe, LII. d.
delivered the funeral address.
The President h S appointed Frederick
Douglass TO be minister resident and consul
general OF the United States at Hayti.
With reference to the estimated def
cheney In the appropriation tor the payment
of pensions during the current fiscal year,
and alleged insuffcency Of the appropria-
tion for that object for the next fiscal year,
an examination of the oilcidl estimates
submitted shows that the last congress
originally appropriated s., 40, 800 more than
was asked for by the departing nt
supplied at the last session all of the def
cieucy of $S,0OO,0O0 then said 10 be neces-
sary, and that for the next fiscal year all
the money was appropriated that was
asked for.
The demands upon the British treasury
for the support Of the royal family are be.
coming so enormous that Gladstone has
been appe led to to raise his voice IN OPP
position. The nine children OF Queen Vic
toria have so far cost the country in cold
cash the sum Of t50O,O00.
The British bark Ecuador, Capt. Hughes,
fra0 Ayr a nr Rayha-
does, has been lost with all her crew.
Ii is announced that Prince Albert Vic
tor, oldest son OF the prince of Wales, has
been aflianced TO Princess Victoria Of Prus-
STA, "a sister of the Emperor of Germany.
| With the announcement the information
is given that the prince will give the prince
"A marriage settlement, and that parlia-
ment will not be asked to make provision
for him.
Carlotta Patti, the well-known singer,
and sister of Adelinu Patti, d led in Paris on
the 18th ult.
A committee has been appointed to in
quire into the dealings between London
guilds and Irish tenants.
Some time ago the solicitor of the treas
ury gave an opinion that there was nothing
in the law to prohibit the landing OF Chi
nese for the mere purpose of passing
through the country. Secretary Window,
however, has directed rejection of the APP
plication until the question could be eon-
sidered more thoroughly
Johnstown, Pa, is no longer under mill
tary control
The lies saving service is taking steps for
the establishment of two life saving stations
on the great lakes, provided for by the last
congress--one at Marquette, on Lake SUI
perior, and the other at kewaunee, Wis,
on Lake Michigan
Typhoid fever has broken out in Johns
town, Pa, principally among the men en-
gagged in the WORK of removing the debr s.
George B. Ormsby, who was lately dis
missed from the navy, has entered suit in
the supreme court OF the District of Column
bia against Secretary Tracy for sl00,O0o
damages for trespass incident to his i'm
prisonment at Mare Island, Cal, his trial
and dismissal
passenger train on the Chesapeake IL
Nashville road jumped the track near Bed
soc, Tenn, the other morning, and the pas
senger and baggage coaches went down the
embankment about GO feet. Eight persons
were seriously in ured and a number of
children were more or less hurt. Tho
wrecked cars were badly smashGt
William Walter Phelps has been APP
pointed American minister to Germany,
receiving the appointment from the Presi-
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