Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-03-28
NEWS SUMMARY.
GENERAL.

Inc supreme court OF Illinois has denied
the motion 10 correct the judgment in the
case OF Fielder and others against the peo-
pc and at last the anarchist case has been
disposed OF SO far as the supreme court is
concerned.
William Merriam, who did in Long Island
city, N. Y, the other day, left his entire es-
tate, valued at $50, 900, TO the United States
government as an expression of his salts
faction that James @. Blaine had been
made secretary of state.
The bark Pettengill was wrecked in
Chesapeake Bay few days ago and the -
seamen on board are missing. There is
little doubt that the men were drowned.
There has been general row among the
United States troops stationed at Youngs-
town, n. Y. II is reported that during the
winter there has been bitter and uncom
promising feeling among the men and the
officers. The men complain that they were
treated worse than dogs, and that their
complaints were treated with contempt.
AS result assertions are Of daily occur
renee, the deserters taking refuge in
Canada.
The acting solicitor general of New Mexi-
co declares that the law requiring meat in
spectiOn on the hOOf is unconstitutional in
New Mexico, inasmuch as it interferes
with the inter state act which permits the
carrying of dressed meats into the terri
tory.
There is great Indignation throughout
Arizona over the appointment of Gen.
Lewis Valley of Tucson as governor of the
territory.
Two men were killed by an explosion Of
natural gas near Greensburg, Pa, the other
day The accident was caused by too high
! pressure on the pipes. James Irving,
I superintendent of the Carnegie gas line,
has been arrested and is held upon charge
of murder. 1t is alleged that the accident
is attributable to his carelessness.
There is an exodus of Canadians TO Mani.
toba, hundreds going daily.
Ex-President Cleveland and ex Score
| taries Bayard, Fairchild and Villas left
New York for trip to Cuba March 18th.
Over $4,000 damage was done to prop
erty Ia Asbury Park, n. D., by storm the
other night.
Mr.. Mitchell of New Britain, Conn, has
been nominated as commissioner of pen
sions.
Samuel II. Thayer of Minnesota has been
named as minister to the Netherlands.
The senate has confirmed the nominations
/ OF John "A. hassOn, William Walter Phelps
and George ii. Bates as commissioners TO
the Samoan conference at Berlin, and
/ cyrus Bussey to be assistant secretary of
the interior.
James NJ. Tyner of Indiana has been APP
! pointed assistant attorney general for the
postotfice department. Gen. Tyner has been
postmaster general, first assistant post
master general and member Of congress
from Indiana.
II. E. Byrens of St Paul, Mimi. has
been appointed chief Of the appointment
division of the treasury department.
w. w. Thomas Jr. of Maine has been
nominated United States minister to
Sweden.
The inaugural committee has turned over
$4,000, the surplus Inauguration fund, the
annual interest Of which is to be expended
in the purchase of fuel and clothing for the
poor of the District.
j. Lowrie Bell has been appointed gener-
al superintendent of the railway mail
, service.
News from Paris is TO the effect that the
great French copper syndicate has failed.
The bar of tie United States supreme
court will meet in Washington, April Il, 70
take appropriate action on the death OF
Hon. John a. Campbell, formerly associate
justice Of the supreme court.
Natural gas in great quantity has been
struck near Columbus, Ohio. The flow is
at the rate OF l4,OOJ,O0O cubic feet daily.
Mr.. Leoncio Julia, Dominican consul al
New GOr.., has been dismissed for aiding
the Haytian rebels in violating the neutral
ity laws of the United States.
Andrew G.. Bradley has been nominated
associate justice of the supreme court q
the District of Columbia.
The United States supreme court has
dismissed the complaints in three of the
cases Of Ben amin Richardson, Thomas Nj
! Nelson, ID. r. Sickles ct al against Ashbe
Green, which were appealed from Michigan
in lSsJ.
The President has nominated WhiteaW
Reid of New York 10 be minister TO France
and Julius Goldschmidt of Wisconsin 10 bC
consul general at Vienna.
The nomination of Eugene Scheuyler o.
New York to be assistant secretary OF
state has been withdrawn, as he decline.
the appointment.
Collections of internal revenue for the
first eight months of the fsc al year ending
Jnne 30, 1889, were SS3,3j4, 81, an increas,
of s., GO3, ga ever the collection for the cor
responding period of the last fiscal year.
The weavers of Fall River, Mass, whc
struck some time ago, are still out.
The Illinois legislature has passed bill
appropriating $4,000 for a monument t
the late John A. Logan
Fred ID. Grant, a son Of Gen. L. s
Grant, has been nominated United States
minister 10 Austria Hungary.
John g. New Of Indiana has been nomin
ated as consul general TO London.
Pauline Fuller, the fifth daughter o
Chief Justice Fuller Of the United State
supreme court, was married in Milwaukee
the other hight to j. Matt Aubery, Jr, o
Chicago. 1t was a runaway match.
Two men were killed by an explosion il
the dynamite works at Lakewood, n. j.
the other night.
Secretary Window has selected James II
Windrim of Philadelphia, architect of tn
great Masonic temple, for supervisin
architect OF the treasury department., il
the place of Col. Freret Mr.. Windrim il
, graduate of Girard college.
FOREIGN.
BY an explosion of fire damp in collier
near Mines, France, 10 persons were kille
I and six injured.