Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-10-31
CHINA VS.. ENGLISH.
Probability of an Animated Discuss
ion Between Them.

Great Britain has brought pressure TO
bear upon the & nadi.n government for
the purpose of inducing the abandonment
OF the policy OF taxing Chinese on entering
the country. The resent law is that every
Chinamap, on entering Canada, must pay a
tax OF so. This regulation is irritating to
the Chinese government and it is well
known that they threatened Great Britain
for the act Great Britain has vast inter
ests in China, and, to avoid suffering
vigorously foT the sins OF Canada, she is
endeavorlng 10 get the $50 tax abrogated
Capt. Clyson, commander of the coast
guard OF the Chinese navy, says there is no
doubt that the Oh nese government feels
very sore ag inst both Canada aud the
| United States for their treatment of China
men Whether China will take active
measures To retaliate against these coun.
tries he is not at liberty to say There is
no doubt about her power The army and
navy are better drilled and equipped than
the outside world has ny idea Of and are
becoming more perfect all the time. For
eign officers are 10 be found in all branches
OF the service. Her resources in money
and men are seemingly unlimited, and any
power with whom she quarrelied would
have TO put up with whatever treatment
she melted out TO them England had be
come aware of this and was mixing siren
uous endeavOrs TO remove the only cause
for trouble that ever existed.
A Young Hero.
Van Dyke Heyser, IN IS year old boy
who was injured in the wreck at Holm
station, SO mi es below Louisville, XIV, on
the Louisville ~ Ndshvine railroad the
other morning, died in the afternoon.
Heyser was a farmers boy and was go
ing TO Louisville to get employment. When
the mail train m de its appearance and all
beg TO fee, Heyser rose and ran toward
the coach door. He was almost out on
the pl torn and in a second more would
have been safe, when frightened woman
reached his side nearly faiutiug with ter
ror. She would have fallen had not Hey
ser seen her condition and came TO her res
cue. Supporting her with one arm he step
ped to one side and assisted her TO pass
him, gently forcing her out 10 the platform.
Before he could follow her the mail train
crashed into the accommodation, the
heroic boy was caught in the shattered
ruins and fatally injured.
The Standard Raising Rates.
On the Gth of this month circulars were
sent out by the general freight departments
OF all OF the lines leading into Lima from
the west notifying their agents that at the
close OF business on the goth all tariff on oil
from Linn, O., will expire, and a new tariff
will be issued, TO take effect or the 2lst inst.
The Standard company has succeeded in
getting all OF the western lines to agree 10
raise in tariff on oil to all points west of
Chicago.
The Standard company, with its pipe
line TO Chicago can pour coo barrels of oil
per day into that city at Il cost of less than
three cents barrel while the independents
shippers must pay the railroads 2@l4 cents
per b ire, and accOr ing to the new tariff,
the price will be advanced over one half.
Ohio producers have signed a protest To the
advance, which has been forwarded TO the
chairman of the central tariff committee