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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-02
A STRANGE EXPLOSION.
Several Tanks Of Cnrb0nic Acid Ex-
plodc at Detroit with Probably
Fatal Results.
The Force 40 Terrific That it Tore n
Hole Ten Feet square I'm a Dock
Built of FOur-Inch Plank.
a Huron County Farmer Meets a New
York t'Green Goods, Sharper
and In Neatly Teken I'm.


About noon last Friday loud explosion
was heard ut the Star line dock in Detroit.
Quite a crowd was attracted and il was u
strange sight which met the gaze. Ten
tanks, or soda founts, filed with cdrbonic
acid. had been placed in an exposed posi-
lion on the dock, and the hot sun beating
down upon them had caused u greater pres
sure of gas 10 accumulate than the tanks
could withstand. Several of them ex-
ploded with great force. tearing an i'm
mense hole in the side of the shed which
covers portion OF the dock. Despite the
efforts of the police the crowd which had
been attracted to the spot kept pushing
nearer the scene, when suddenly another
explosion occurred, throwing several per-
sens down. The crowd scattered and 1T
was then seen that one man had been bad
ly injured Examination showed that his
skull was fractured and his brains were
oozing out. An ambulance was called and
the man was taken TO hospital. His
name is Charles. w. McCOrkle and his re-
covery is doubtful The wreokage caused
by the explosions was remarkable. The
sheet iron was torn in long strips from the
sheds of the Star line. The docks where
the tanks lay was torn up, four-inch oak
planks and iron grders were broken like
reeds and hole ten feet square was left
N the dock.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-02
THE COUNTRY ABLAZE.
Great Fires i'm the Prairies, Forests
and Fields of The Dakotas and
Minnesota Causing Big Loss.
Several Towns Reported Destroyed
or In Imminent Danger.-SehOOl
Teachers Bravery.
The Grant Monument Association OF
Chicago Invites Everybody TO
Attend the Unwilling.

The continued dry and hot weather
throughout the west and north west have
parched the earth and dried the grass and
under brush until a small blaze soon
spreads over miles of territory when once
started. The following dispatches from
Minnesota and The Dakotas give the partic-
ulars of the beginning of what may prove
extremely serious contagratlons IL rain
does not intervene. a Hinckley, Mimi,
dispatch says: Forest fires are raging all
around here, and the village would have
certainly been sent out OF existence Tues
day but for the heroic and untiring efforts
of the fire company, which has been on
duty continually for the last SO hours. The
dense smoke and heat drove many of the
citizens from their homes on the outskirts.
Finlayson is reported destroyed, and all
the women and children of that place were
sent down here on the ST. Paul ~ Duluth
limited for protection. Sandstone is in
imminent danger. A great quantity of
hay has been destroyed and number of
cattle belonging to lumbermen lost.
PINE CITY, MINI. TER tic fires are now
raging in northwestern Minnesota, over
sl5, 600 worth of timber land having been
destroyed. The loss 10 farmers will be
large. Several homes and farm buildings
have been burned and the owners obliged
to leave the devastated district Two
schoolhouses were destroyed, the pupils
barely escaping with their lives. The
teachers bravelY led their little bands to
places OF safety. The loss will amount TO
400 an hour at the rate the flames are
now raging, and it is useless TO attempt TO
extingush them. The lire is approaching
Pine City and $500 men are fighting il.
A St. Paul special says: Heavy timber
fires are raging on the Red Lake reserva-
ton and near Milada and Esterbrooks. A
Great Northern crew has been sent out on
special train to fight the flames. Matters
have been made worse by "a cyclonic storm
near Alexandra. Northwest of the town
gigantic trees were broken like twigs and
hurled into the lake and roads.
CAKES, 5. D.-A disastrous prairie fire
started east of this place Monday. The
damage to shocked and stacked wheat is
very heavy. The area covered by the fire
amounts TO thousands of acres. The fire is
still burning. One man has been burned
fatally
From Minneapolis, Mimi, comes the
news that the whole OF the business portion
of Bradley, 5. D.. is in ashes. Nine stores,
one church, one hotel and one residence
burned. Loss, s400,00O.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-02
A srATE.s DISGRACE.
Indiana White Caps Brutality Beat
DefenseIess woman.

Dubois county, Ind, is once more dis
graced by mob work. which is doubly dis
graceful in that IL is perpetrated upon a
defenseless woman. Mrs. Harmon, a
woman of rather loose character, lived at
Mentor. one mile west of Birdseye. Last
week she was visited by body of thirty
men, who tied her to post near her house
and applied nifty lashes to her bare body.
After performing their work they called
upon another woman named Mrs. Freeman,
of like character aud warning her to leave
the place wtain twenty-four hours or they
would treat her TO the same dose. She
Immediately departed. Then the white
caps called upon Jacob Sapenield and Or
dered him TO visit Mrs. Harmon, unite her
and published to the neighbors, on penalty
of twenty-five lashes, what they had DONE
and they had whipped the Harmon woman
because of her bad name. When Sapen-
field reached the helpless woman he Sound
her tied 10 post, naked with the except
ion of one undergarment, which was turned
over her head; her body was torn from
head TO foot as if by knife; while across
her abdomen was deep cash twelve inches
long and so deep as to leave the bowels ex-
posed, and scattered around were tho : reat
hickory switches with which the woman
nad been fayed. No one knows who COM
posed the mob, nor whence they came,
though nearly every citizen in the town
saw them by the light of the moon. The
community is enraged that such an awful
thing should have happened in their midst.
Mrs. Harmon and her daughter were whip
ped in Birdseye two years ago just before
they moved to Mentor.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-02
AN EARTHQUAKE SHOCK.
The Mississippi valley Region Visited
by am Earthquake which Does
Very Little Damage.
The Inhabitants. However, Were
Much Frightened and Rushed
From Their Houses.
A Schooner Crashes Into a Passenger
Steamer with $50 People On
ROard.--NO One Lost.
And the Earth uocked.

Dispatches from St Louis, Mo-, give
the following regarding an earthquake
which visited the Mississippi valley sat
urday night: Three almost continuous
vibrations oscillating from east TO west
were distinctly felt here. Buildings fac
ing the north and south were vislbly af-
fected by the shock. Watchmen in sever.
al OF the tall buildings say they became
alarmed and made all haste TO reach the
ground. AT the Star Sayings Office the
compositors, who occupied the fifth floor.
rushed panic-stricken down the stairways
into the streets. AT the opera houses tho
audiences arose as il to rush from the
house. but only "A few left Throughout
the whole city the people rushed from
their homes in scant attire. 1t was the
most severe shock that has every beer ex-
perienced in that vicinity, and is ascribed
to the terrible heated term that is prevail
ing all through the valley. There has
never been so long and severe drought
as this before, with the thermometer at
100 on several days. and scarcely ever
lower than 80. Things are getting des-
perate. Rivers are drying and stock is
suffering for water. and have TO be fed as
the pastures are barren waste. and driven
wells are being sunk TO get water for the
stock. Rain has not fallen in many places
for six weeks. Dispatches from various
Indiana and Illinois cities tell of the shock,
but no great damage was done at any
point.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-02
After Foreign Liouor Agents.

Prosecuting Attorney Prosser OF Ian
sing has caused the arrest of Emil Arndt
the Lansing agent of the Finlay brewing
company of Toledo, Ohio. for selling malt
liquor without state license. This Will
be "a test case to determine the right of
foreign brewers to sell their products in
Michigan without securing a regular whole
sale license for each of their agencies. and
inasmuch as all the large brewing COM
panies of the country have agencies in na-
mefous sections of the state, and as the
cost of the wholesale license is $500. it
will be seen that the issue involved in this
suit is an important one. The statute
under which this action is brought pro-
vides that no person paying a manurac-
turers tax on brewed or malt liquors shall
be liable to pay wholesale dealers tax on
the same, and as the Toledo company pays
a manufacturers tax of SOS il claims ex-
empton under this provso. On the other
hand the prosecuting attorney urges that
the proviso applies only TO Michigan
brewers who distribute their beer from
the breweries.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-02
mucb Too Freouent crime.

Little Zwantae Dealos, aged 10 years,
was the victim of horrible crime perpe-
trated at Grand Rapids Sunday by viii
lain for whom hanging would be too good.
She was playing in the street when big.
well-dressed man came along and enquired
aoout lost horse. She had not seen
it, she said, aud be offered her dollar if
she would help him find it. She consented
and they crossed field 10 a patch of
woods some distance from any house.
Here he made disgusting propositions to
her, and when she attempted to get away
he forcibly threw her TO the ground and
accomplished his purpose. and then fed.
She was found by small boys in an I'M
conscious condition. Medical assistance
was summoned, but she is still in acritical
condition. The child could give only a
meager description of her assailant, and
there is little chance of his capture.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-02
Accident to a Passenger steamer.

The Anchor line steamer Crcassia re-
turned to port at New York Sunday with
a large hole in her starboard bow. She
had collided on Saturday night with the
schooner Daylight, bound from Boston to
Philadelphia. The Circassia was in charge
of Chief Officer Ralston at the time. Raj
ston says that the steamer was going along
slowly. The night was dark and Navy
Suddenly he and the men on the lookout
saw a white light directly ahead. He was
in a quandary as to what action should be
taken, when a green light appeared on the
unknown vessel. The bow of the Circas-
STA was set to port. In a few moments
the unknown showed red light and was
directly under the steamers bow. The
engines were reversed, but before they
had any effect tho crash came A hole
four feet square was smashed into the
Circassia's starboard bow The iibboom
and bowsprt of the schooner were carried
away. The Daylight proceeded on her
way. The Circassia returned for repairs
There was no little commotiOn among the
steamers $50 passengers when the crash
came. They will remain on the vessel
while size is being repaired. This will
take but shore time for the steamer will
not go on the dry dock.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-02
You are AlIInvited.

To avoid any friction or seeming Impair
TALLY regarding the invitations to take
part in the unwilling of Grants monument
the trustees have issued the following:
1.-The trustees of the Grant monument as
ISOLATION respectfully invite nll military
societies, grand army posts, veteran and
sons of veteran organizations and all uni
form military and civic societies or organi-
cations throughout the United States TO be
present at the unwilling of the statue TO
Gen. U. S. Grant at Lincoln park, in the
city of Chicago, on the afternoon OF Octo-
Der Z, 1891. All organizations desiring to
take part in the procession will address
Gen. Joseph Stock ton, chief of staff of the
marshal-in-chief, Mai. Gen. Nelson A.
Miles, U. S. A., 622 Opera House Build.
ing, Ohicago." The procession from the
lake front to Lincoln park. moves at
u. In.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-02
MICHIGAN STATE ITEMS.

Escanaba is to have branch of the Sal
walton army.
Owosso schools will probably be closed
on account of diphtheria.
Boise Blanc settlers want that island
attached to Cheboygan county.
A firm has been organized at Grand
Rapids to make paper matches.
Hastings was lighted by electricity for
the first time Wednesday night
The Shiwassec county bank will begin
business at Durand October LIST.
Grand Rapids capitalists are figuring to
establish sewing machine factory there.
Bay Cityans have subscribed enough
funds to erect and equip a mission building.
John Jacobs. of Hudson, has been ar
rested for assulting his wife with jack
knife.
Avery Chapman, who was in Jail at Gay
lord for felonious assault ON his daughter,
has escaped.
Frank Leonard, well-known young
man of Fenton. died on Monday after a
brief illness.
Willie Morrison, of Bay City, l6 years
old. has saved three persons from drown
ting this summer.
Col. A. It. Bliss scheme to build a street
railway from Saginaw to Carrolltown is
received favorably.
A bachelor as years old received first
premium upon jar of butter at the
Wayland far last week.
s. +. Plumsted has been awarded 81.
900 damages for injuries received from a
holly Bay City sidewalk.
Ida Conrad, of Decatur, who was so
badly injured by her father several days
ago, is slowly recovering.
The Rev. f. Bradley has been returned
90 the M. Il. church at Worthwhile. 10 the
great delight of his congregation.
Cow prisoners have been at work near
Marlette. Joseph Knight lost one COW and
barely saved another the other day.
Peter Fisher, a Grand Haven fisherman,
was nearly pounded TO death by four men
on Sunday. No clue 10 his assailants.
John Gibson. OF Milford. has become
dangerously insane and has been taken 70
the Eastern Michigan asylum at Pontiac
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-02
strange Death in a bath Room.

Europa Warner, single woman, %
years of age, dropped dead at the Occiden-
tai bath rooms, Ypsilanti, last Thursday.
She went into Supt. Elliotts Office and
ordered a bath. AS she had formerly been
employed about the bath rooms DIR. Elliott
requested that she go out and make her
own arrangements. This she accordingly
proceeded to do. A few moments after
Molle Snyder, an attendant. in passing by
the room noticed water running out from
under the door. On opening it a sad sight
met her gaze Miss Warner naked and
lifeless body, weighing nearly 200 pounds,
lay upon the floor Of the very warm room,
with water, which was still running from
the open faucet, flowing in every direction.
The spectacle caused Miss Snyder TO faint
away, and the falling OF her body to the
floor brought other attaches of the room to
the spot. AS soon as Miss Snyder could
be removed coroner's jury was summoned.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-02
Esls leg. cut or by n Train.

William Seery. single man aged %
years, a son of Michael Seery. OF Ann Ar
Dor, register of deeds of Washtenaw coun-
ty, went TO Ypsilanti last Saturday night
on the Ann Arbor 81 Ypsilanti motor line
expecting to take the last train home,
which leaves at il o'clock. He missed the
car and then went to the depot th mixing
he might catch the 1918 train ON the Mich
igan Central, but it had gone At about
- o'clock freight train came in, bound
west, and he jumped on that He got on
all right, but in passing the gates his body
hit the gate post and threw him OF and in
under the wheels. His body was seriously
bruised and his left foot smashed. He was
taken 10 hotel where his leg was ampu-
tated about half way between the ankle
and knee. Although he was very weak
from loss of blood, he win probably re-
cover.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-02
Sensational VIII Case.

The will of the late J. A. Brown, OF
Grand Rapids, has been ordered admitted
to probate by the probate judge of Kent
county, after hearing evidence for contest
ing it. The case was at once appealed.
The principal witness was Mrs. Haines,
who receives the bulk OF the fortune, val
ued at $3.50. 900. The contest is made by
younger sister, Mrs. Hayden, of Denver,
who was cut of with very small amount
Mrs. Haines' testimony was sensational
She swore that her father told her that
Mrs. Hayden was not his legitimate child,
but the result of undue intimacy between
his wife and DIR. Hoyt, of Adrian. then
their family physician, but now dead.
Witness said that when ten years old she
came home from school one day and caught
her mother and DIR. Hoyt in a compromis-
ing position. The child was born year
later.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-02
Interested in Mrs. nIaybrick,s Case.

A Bar Harbor special says that the case
OF Mrs May brick, accused of poisoning her
husband in England, and sentenced 70 penal
servitude for life. was some time since
brought to the attention of Mrs. Blaine,
and she together with Secretary Blaine
has been deeply interested in IL. Mrs.
Blaine has been for many months con-
stantly in receipt of letters urging her TO
use her influence with the secretary OF
state and induce him to communicate with
Lord Salisbury in the matter Mrs. Blaine
has done and is doing all in her power to
DO so, while Secretary Blaine has given
much time and thought to the case.
About two weeks ago petition for Mrs.
Maybrick's pardon, signed by Mrs. Harri-
son and the wives of the members of tho
cabinet, was sent to Minister Lincoln for
presentation to the queen.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-02

Thomas Carr, a farmer near Quincy,
KY, was jealous. Gu the gath he killed
his wife, sister-in-law aud himself.
BY the wreck of ore dock No. at Escan.
aba. last week. John Bovee, trapper,
lost his life, and Perry Van Valzenburg,
dock foreman, a leg.
The first meeting OF the Alma driving
park association will he held Oct 1915.
The association has good track and offers
purses aggregating 5000, of which $3.50 is
for the free-for-all. J. ii. Arnold is the
secretary.
The pope has sent letter 10 the Ger
man and Austrian Catholic clergy, urging
them 10 make the strongest endeavor to
eradicate dueling. After invoking the
penalties pronounced by his predecessors,
the pope recalls the fact that the penalties
are directed as much against seconds and
witnesses as against principals. He do
plores the fact that the civil laws against
dueling are ignored. while soldiers ar,
compelled TO fight duels.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-02
BRIEFLY TOLD.

VIM. II. Kemble, ex-state treasurer OF
Pennsylvania, died suddenly Sunday morn
ing of heart failure.
r. M. King, the Seventh Day Adventist.
OF Memphis, Tenn, convicted of Sabbath
breaking, has appealed his case TO the
United States supreme court
Balmaceda's $3.50, 600, sent to England
Just before the collapse is in the bank of
England and will remain there, at least,
until the rghtful owners prove the proper
~ and take it away.
Kentucky democrats want the president
to appoint Gen. Charles w. Buck to the
vacancy on the interstate commerce COM
mission. Buck was minister to Peru dur
ing the Cleveland administration.
Division superintendents OF the railway
mail service have passed a resolution call
ing upon the civil service commission to
adopt a physical examination for appli-
cants in addition to the mental one now in
force.
A misplaced switch caused the complete
wreck of 10 freight cars on the ST. Paul
road near Columbus, Wis, Saturday night.
Brakeman Spletstoeser was instantly killed,
and Brakeman Albert Gray fatally in
iured.
Reports from northern Minnesota says
that the havoc recently wrought by wind
storms among the forests of that section
could not be appreciated. 1t is estimated
that about so, 600, 900 feet of timber had
been blown down. In some districts the
forests presented a scene of terrible de-
vastation.
A collision OF freight trains occurred
miles west of Cumberland, Md, Sunday
morning, completely wreckiug twenty five
cars ard killing Engineer Charles Earnest.
of Brunswick. w. Va, and William
Thrope. of Keysers, w. Va. Brakeman
Lewis and three other trainmen were in
iured but will recover.
The wharf laborers of the Central rail
road and the Savannah, Florida g. West
ern railroad at Savannah. Ga, struck
Monday for an advance of five cents an
hour in wages. The strikers number 1, SOC
and are all colored. They have been paid
Is cents an hour for time work. Satur
day demand for an increase TO 90 cent,
was made and refused. Trouble is an
ticipated.
Mary Critic poisoned her alleged hus
band. Eric Critic, at St Louis, about I
month ago because after living with hel
10 years he refused to marry her. Crit
died and Mary became conscience-strichel
and confessed. She is in jail.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-02
worried for Her Row. welfare.

Mrs. James e. Whitney, of Bay City,
has suddenly become insane. The lady
was noticed acting queer several days ago.
but nothing was apprehended. Instead of
improving, however. she became much
worse and her case adjudged hopeless. She
has been taken TO Pontiac. Mrs. Whitney
was wrapped up in her youngest son. a
boy of IL. He took an examination for
the naval academy last spring, and though
he passed very satisfactorily. one Of his
friends did better and received the APP
pointment Mrs. Whitney was greatly
disappointed. and it is believed the subject
30 preyed upon her mind as to cause in
sanity. Her domestic relations have been
happy
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-02
Strange Case of IncendIarism.

About noon on tho 25th two or three
men were noticed slSulking about block
Of wooden buildings in the vicitity of the
tub and pail factory in the east part of
Ithaca, and short time later Mr.. VIM.
Heron, while doing chores at his barn in
the vicin ty. saw a man carrying "a large
Rrmful of hoop shavings towards the build
ines in question, and upon asking him
what he was doing received an evasive Ie-
ply. He went to investigate. and upon
going around corner of the building
found large quantity Of shayings tucked
under the building which had been lighted.
as they were then smoking. The man had
gone Tor more shavings and had a large
pail of kerosene oil handy TO assist him in
relighting the fire. He was in IA partially
drunken condition, and when arrested and
lodged in Jail refused TO answer any ques-
tons. but gave his name as ID. j. Mallory
and claims to hail from Virginia No mo-
tive is given for the act.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-02
Caught After Long Chase.

Geo. b. Howard, alias Geo. B. Williams.
recently u government pension agent at
Mound City, ILL.,, was arrested in the post
office at Adr an on the Zach. He .hao been
in custody for heavy defalcation at Mound
City and jumped his bail, leaving there
Sept. 8, last, going to Pennsylvania. The
government put Mayor ID. 5. Altman, of
Punxsutawney, Pa. an old detective, up
on his track. Altman followed his man
from Salamanca, n. Y, TO Cleveland,
from Cleveland to Toledo, and from Toledo
to that CITY, locating him on farm two
miles distant. The fugitive had been at
Adrian three days with his wife aud one
child. Local detectives aided materially
the clever capture.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1891-10-02
Ronsted. by burning OIL.

Sunday evening an oil car standing on
a siding at Fargo, N. D., was set in mo-
ton by shunt.ng train and started on a
down grade. 1t dashed on and collided
with the engine of an incoming stock
train with terrific force. In an instant
the oil was in blaze, and the engine
plowed through flaming mass. En-
gineer Curtis, Fireman Dodge and Brake
man Benton were in the cab OF the engine
and were instantly enveloped IN the flames
They all jumped and tried to smother the
flames in the grass. Dodge was literally
roasted to death on the spot. While Curtis
died shortly afterwards. Benton lost both
eyes and was otherwise badly burned.