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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21
FoRMRs. MAVERICKS RELEASE.
A Dying Man Confesses the Crime for
which She Is Prison.

London cable: Editor Stead, of the Re-
view of Reviews, has written an article
entitled sought Mrs. Maybrick to be
tortured to death?" for his publication.
The chief feature of the article Is Mr..
Stead's assurance that he has copy of
the death-bed confession of Henry
Wilson, who says that he and woman
other than Mrs. May brick administered
the arsenic that caused Mrs. May
bricks death. Wilson died recently
in South Africa.
A copy of the confession is also in
the hands of Sir Charles Russell, at
torney-general. Mr.. Stead believes in
the confession and thinks the punish
ment of Mrs. Mayb is about to be
considered by the United States gov
eminent. In view of the prospective
circumstances from diplomatic sources
and the great probability that Mrs.
NJ ybrick is innocently punished, Mr..
Stead urges that she be released before
Christmas lest she die in prison. Home
Secretary Asquith or the Earl of Rose.
berry or Mr.. Gladstone, he says, should
act at once TO save her from death in
prison.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21
Weary of Old Age.

Isaac Haven attempted to end his life
at Albion by taking a large dose of
strychnlne. He was found in the south
part of the city near the cemetery
bridge, where he had wandered. BY
prompt medical attention his chances
for life arc now nearly even. He is a
man &c years of age and brother OF
Martin Haven, an estimable citizen and
supervisor of the third ward, with
whom he had been living for the past
four years. The only theory that at
present can be given for hrs strange
behavior is the childishness attendant
upon old age,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21
wiFE-REATER BEATEN.
A Brute Taken From his Bed and Pun
ished by White Caps.

A Brute Taken from Ibis BED and Pun
ished by White Caps.
For some time past John Palmer. of
Owosso, has been whipped his wife.
The citizen in his neighborhood or
dered him to leave town and he refused
to got. At last Is masked men went To
his home at o'clock at night and
called Palmer to come out but he re-
fused to appear. The men tried in
every way to get hold of him, but in
vain, until O'clock in the morning,
when an entrance was effected and he
was covered by three revolvers. Three
shots were fired to intimidate him.
He was taken from the house, strip
ped and tied to a telegraph pole and
given 10 terrible blows with horse
whip in the hands of the now infur-
lated men. His wife then appeared
and begged for mercy for her husband
and after making Palmer apologize to
his wife he was released and doctor
sent for. When the men got fairly
at work they tore off their masks.
Palmer recognized many of them and
says he will prosecute them. Palmer
was again ordered to leave town, but
again refused to go. His chastisers
then told him that if he did not get
out of the community he would receive
another dose of the same medicine
The affair has created much excite
ment.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21
WOLVERINE WHISPERS.
INTERESTING INCIDENTS IN THE
TWO PENiNSULAS.
The state Board of Health Gets Upon Its
Mettle on the Subject of Quaran-
tiDe.xAJichig2n Items.
Health and Quarantine.


At the regular quarterly meeting of
the state board of health Secretary
Baker presented letters and kilograms
from the president of the provincial
board of health of Quebec, the sec
retaries of the state boards of Ohio,
Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Min
nesota, and the health commissioners
of Chicago and Milwaukee, all of whom
favored the continuance of thorough
inspection and disinfection of immi-
grants and their baggage. The con-
viction was also expressed that n line
from Sault. Ste. Marie to Kentucky on
which these regulations should be en-
forced was none too long. The board
decided TO adhere to its present regula-
tions. The board has been notified
that the steamship Muenchen from
Bremen, which was permitted to enter
Baltimore without detention or inspec-
ton, brought passengers bound for
Owosso, Detroit, Bay City, Manistee,
Petoslxey, Cheboygan, Bessemer, Pent-
water, Vulcan, Ypsilanti, Fowlerville
and Traverse City. Passengers bound
for Detroit, Marquette, Owosso and
Saginaw were released from
the infected Bohemia after %
days detention. The board is thor
oughly satisfied of its authority under
the existing Statute to enforce al
orders thus far issued.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21
The Paper Market Agitated.

According to a Chicago manufac-
turer the stock of paper is running
short and prices have advanced 10 per
cent, and the end is not yet. This is
not due to any corner" but to the
stoppage of the supply of rags from
abroad. When the rag supply was cut
off the mills were found with light
stocks on hand. The lack of rags and
the increased demand caused by the
campaign were two causes in bringing
about the present advance. Another
is found in the fact that bleaching
powders have risen greatly. These
are made in England and were dis
covered to be powerful disinfectant,
and tons have been sent to Hamburg
and the cholera infected points OF
Europe. Local dealers say the mills
are working double time and cannot
fill the present orders.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21
Slavery still Exists.

The steamer Montserral from the
Gilbert Islands via Ocas, Guatemala,
via San Francisco, put into the port OF
San Pedro, Cal, for coal. She left
San Francisco five months ago for the
Gilbert Islands where she took aboard
500 natives, male and female, under
contract to work in the plantations of
Central America for three years. She
left the island on the first of Septem-
Der for Central America, delivering her
cargo of human freight safely. While
at the Gilbert Islands the officers OF
the steamer witnessed the annexation
of the islands by the British. They
describe the condition of the islanders
as pitiable, they being entirely desti'
tutp
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21
Praises Gen. Ayers Generosity.

Edmund Hudson in the Washington
Post says: 81 do not think General
Russell A. Alger has had full credit for
a very generous and kindly act at the
time of the grand army encampment
in Washington in September. General
Alger at that time instructed the pro-
prietors of some of the leading hotels
of the city that if they found any of
the old veterans in actual need of food
and shelter they were to furnish it to
them and send him the bill. The fact
was not advertised in advance, because
it might probably have led some men
to take advantage of such provision
who were not really entitled to 1T.
The result proved that very few veter-
ans needed to be taken care of in this
way and General Alger's hotel bill was
not very heavy one. But it was a
very handsome thing on General
Ayers part, and the old veterans
everywhere will doubtless so regard
IL -
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21
Prefer Americans to BrItishers.

News from Butaria, the chief city of
the Gilbert Islands, gives a gloomy out
look for American traders on the is
lands unless the United States does
something to protect their rights.
Since the British flag was hoisted in
July the Americans have been subjected
to many insults, and the native chiefs
have been plainly told not to pay any
attention to the orders of the United
States Consular Agent Peck, who had
heretofore settled ali disputes and had
been the real power on the islands.
Commander Davis, of the British man
of-war Royalist, went out of his way to
insult both the king and the leading
Americans. Meanwhile the king is
waiting to hear from the United States
government in regard to his application
for protectorate, as he holds the Brit
ish protectorate as invalid because II
was established without his consent.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21
100000 ACRES
or Montana Reservation Lands Opened
for settlement.


President Harrison has ISSUED proc
lamation opening TO immediate settle
ment the surplus lands of the Crow In
dian reservation in southern Montana
aggregating about ], 800, 900 acres ceded
to the government under the agreement
of Dec. 2s, 1890 as modified by the
agreement of Aug. 81, 1892. Under the
terms of these agreements the coded
lands, except mineral lands, must be
disposed of only to actual settlers I'M
der the provisions of the homestead
laws, except section 2,30l of the re-
vised statutes, which gives TO ex-sol-
diers and sailors the benefit OF the
time they served in the army or navy
of the United States. 1t is provided,
however, that each settler shall, be-
fore receiving patent for his home
stead, pay to the United States for the
land taken by him, in addition to the
fees provided by law, and within five
years from the date of the first original
entry, the sum of 81 so per acre, one
half of which shall be paid within two
years.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21
GENERAL NEWS TOPICS.
NEWS OF GENERAL IMPORTANCE
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
Interesting Census Figures on the Textile
Manufacturing ndustries---1S,O 100000
Acres for Homesteads.

The census Office at Washington has
made public a bulletin giving statistics
of the textile industries for the United
States as "a whole. 1t appears from the
tables presented in this bulletin that
the increase of silk manufacture since
1880 has been the most striking, being
1l2. rs per cent in the value of its pro-
ducts, that of the cotton manufacture
ranking second, being 1851 per cent,
and that of wool manufacture being
26. 80 per cent. The average increase
in the entire textile industry is 1851
per cent. The relative rank in i'm
portance of these industries, however,
is reversed, wool manufacture in all its
branches, including all descriptions of
hosiery and knit goods, standing first,
with gross products valued at $780,
76s, 524.
The increase of the amount of wages
paid for the combined textile industries
saws the bulletin, has been even more
marked then the increase in the value
of products, being 64.71 per cent, in
the combined industries; GIFT per cent
in the wool manufacture; 57.05 per
cent in the cotton and ISL 6 per cent
| in the silk. The total sum of Sl62, $685.
sos was paid in the combined industries
as wages to 1921 employees, being
average annual earnings for men, wo-
men and children of S340.S4 in the
wool manufacture, as compared with
S293. 80 in 1880, an increase of 1926 pei
cent; S301.65 in the cotton manufac-
ture, as compared with S243.65 in 1880
an increase of $3.50 per cent, and
$685. in the silk manufacture, as com
pared with S291.ss in 1880, an increase
of 32.43 per cent.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21
bergman Tries to Escape.

Anarchist Bergman, who is serving
term of 81 years in the Western Penn
sylvania penitentiary for assaulting ii.
G. Fricl, made an unsuccessful attempt
to escape from the prison. Bergman is
employed in :he mat department and
was on his way from the factory to his
cell. When opposite low platform
leading to the steps used by the guards
on duty on the top of the walls sur
rounding the prison, Bergman made a
rush for liberty at the imminent risk
of being shot by a guard who was
close by. Gaining the wall he lost no
time in jumping over. The drop was
40 feet and he landed in n heap on the
cobblestones. by the time Bergman
got upon his feet and tried TO hobble
away Guard Young had reached the
place where the anarchist went over.
Taking aim with his rifle he fired,
striking the fugitive in the leg and
bringing him down. Bergman was re-
turned to prison and now lies in the
hospital with a fractured leg. The
prison authorities deny the matter, but
the report was received from appar-
emily reliable authority.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21
A Steer I'm Prison.

A mad steer while being driven
through the prison yard at Columbus,
o. To the prison slaughter house be-
came unmanageable and charged upon
all unfortunate enough to come in its
way. There was wild scramble OF
guards and prisoners for places of
safety. James Albright, crippled
prisoner from Wayne county unable to
escape, was run over by the bull and
badly hurt, and James Turney, a con-
Wet teamster, was tossed upon a pile
of scrap iron. The bruises received IN
falling were, however, his worst in
iuries. The animal had everything its
own way for several minutes, but was
finally corralled.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21
Iron Hall onlcers and Trustees indicted.

Another sensational chapter in Iron
Hall affairs was begun when the
Marion county, Ind, grand jury re-
turned indictments for embezzlement
against Supreme Justice f. ID.
Somerby, of Indianapolis, Supreme
Cashier Mark c. Davis, of Indianapolis,
and Supreme Trustees John L. Young
husband of Detroit, j. Henry Hayes, of
Camden, c. L. Thompson, of Bingham
ton, n. V, George G. Fountain, of
Jersey City and +. w. Rouse, of Balti-
more. They are indicted severally and
Jointly, and each indictment contains
two counts. The first count charges
that they embezzled 100000 of the
orders funds, which the converted it
TO their own use by depositing it in
Somerby's Philadelphia bank.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21

Two boys named Plummer and
Hanker were burned to death in a
barn at Waucoma, Iowa.
Several new cases of diptheria have
broken out at Tawas City and the citi-
zens are greatly alarmed over the con-
dition of affairs.
Stripping has been commenced at the
Portage redstone quarry. About
so, 900 yards of earth will be removed
during the winter.
An offer has been received and ac-
cepted by Owosso for the erection of a
$50, 900 oatmeal mill which will en-
ploy so men and girls.
A syndicate of Chicago capitalists
paid $50, 900 for about so acres of land
near L'Anse, supposed to contain
valuable tracts of brownstone.
President Angeles report to the
Ann Arbor University regents shows
the number of students at the univer-
sity has more than doubled since 1884
A Vassar hen, encouraged by the
record by'SS*ing Of Nancy Hanks, ha'
turned out an egg measuring 14X1Si
inches. It was a regulation hen al
that.
A Mrs. Holt, sister-in-law of Davit
ID. Burgoyne, of Halt6n township
MusSegon county, wanted the probate
Judge TO send her dead sisters hus
band TO an insane esylun. .. When = ~
declared BurgoynS sane the woman
created sensation in the court room
by announcing that she would hold thu
Judge and the jurors responsible If any
.s thing ggo ssU1 ~ S$ss.asst
Burgoyne took the stand in his owl
behalf and made a brilliant defense
telling a logical and connected story
He claimed that the proceedings to dc
clare him insane were instituted as tn
result of conspiracy against him.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21
Trouble Between France and Germany.

The Chronicles Paris correspondent
says that the French government sup
pressed portion of recent dispatch
from Col. Dodds, the French com
mander in Dahomey, in which the
colonel accused Germans of supplying
King Behanzin with ammunition and
helping the Dahomeyans to raise earth
works of an European style. The al
legged interference of Germans In
Dahomey will, it is said, form the sub
iect of serious diplomatic controv-
erSV.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21
nInhIheria Endemic.

Jerome township, Madison county,
O., is one big hospital. Every school in
the township is closed, and it is esti-
mated that within radius of four
miles there are 300 cases of diphtheria.
Scarcely family has escaped. All the
surrounding country has quarantined
against the township and patrols guard
all the roads Not particle of busl-
ness is being done, and all farm work
is suspended.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21
Canadians Want Consul Removed.

The Canadian secretary of state has
received a memorial from the city
council of Three Rivers, Que, request
ing the Dominion government to de-
mand the recall of Nicholas Smith,
United States consular agent at that
place, for reporting, as they allege,
false statements respecting the sanitary
condition of the city. The matter will
be brought to the attention of the
United States state department by the
imnerial authorities.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21
ronrteen Men Injured Mt a Rally.

just after the close of the Speaking
at political rally at st. Louis, Mo-,
fourteen persons were hurt, two fat
ally, by the exposition of a sky rocket
during fireworks display. The injured
are: Michael Ratchford, candidate
for the legislature, struck in the right
eye by n flying missile, fatally hurt.
Fritz Marquart, hit in the right temple,
will die. Henry Koenig, severely in
iured III head and neck. Theodore
Engleman, injured in breast and inter
nally. Ten others were more or less
severely hurt.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21
EnfnlIY Rnrnen.

Mrs. George Egeler, of Lansing, was
engaged in cleaning feathers in the
yard. In some unknown way the
woman's clothes caught fire and were
burned off her body, She was so badly
blistered that her injuries may prove
fatal. Her husband saw the flames
and attempted to extinguished them,
but was also badly burned about the
hands
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW.

NEW York, October 17.-R. G. Dun CO.,
in their weekly review of trade, say: Once
more IL must be said that trade lndlcailons
in EXPORTS has ceased an increase oil
$4,000 appearing here last week while I'M
toreion exchange declines. Wheat Is &c
stronger than a week ago, but corn lie lower,
oats fXc, hogs 2Oc and lard l5c per 100 ~, IDS 6
cotton &c lower with sales of over 1.lOO.OOO
hales for the week, and oil NC lower I'm
proved crop reports and heavy moyement OF
produce push prices downward. The bust
ness failures occurring Throughout tho
con ntrv during the last seven days number
2i5 For the corresponding week OF last
wear the figures wfrc 2o9.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21
Troops Leave Homestead.

The espionage that has been kept
over Homestead, Pa, for so long has
come to an end. The last company OF
the militia have marched TO Munhall
station and boarded special train.
Gen. Wiley said to reporter that
while no further trouble was antici-
pated, the troops would be held in
readiness to return to Homestead.
Sheriff Cleary has 80 special deputies
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21
rlxe MON and ronr uorses KilIed.

A Boston express freight colIided
with the Brattleboro freight bound
north at Harrison's Landing, Conn.
Five horsemen were killed. The
engines came together head and head
and frightful wreck was the result.
The first car of the southbound train
contained four horses, bound for the
races at Groton. Four of the five men
in charge of the horses were killed out
right and one was so fearfully injured
that he died few minutes after.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21
inspection of Troops.

Acknowledgement Farrar has issued
general orders No. Is announcing that
Inspector-General Lothrop will pro-
coed with the semi-annual inspection
of the state troops at home stations at
as early a date as practicable. General
Lothrop will issue the necessary in
structions to commanding officers as to
dates when he may be expected.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21
Prof. Briggs and the Union Seminary.

The differences between Professor
Briggs of the Union Theological sem
mary, of New York, and those who are
opposed to his theological views and
teachings have caused fresh trouble at
the seminary. Professor Briggs, who
is charged with heresy, was transferred
from one chair to another without the
sanction or approval of the general
assembly of the Presbyterian church
and this action of the seminary was
taken in violation of the compact of
1870 by which the general assembly
and the Union Theological seminary
signed formal contract of agreement
defining the relations that should exist
between them from that time on, and
providing for an exchange of valuable
considerations in the form of advan-
tages The board of directors of the
seminary held a meeting at which 1T
was voted that the relations which had
existed between it and the general
assembly had been dissolved. The
vote to dissolve the relations and break
the compact stood 10 for to l against.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21
Two nrotbcrs right Furiousiy.

Sam and Hunter Jones, colored, OF
jackson, engaged in a quarrel over a
horse. Hunter flashed razor and
carved his brother in horrible man
ner, his face is cut open in several
places. The father separated them or
they would have fought until one or
the other died.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21
po,,oa Of His Seasons Earnings.

henry Klug, German farmer of
White Rock; Huron county, took his
seasons crops to Detroit. He received
81, 900 for the produce and started home
on the steamer Idlewild. When he
arrived in Port Huron he reported to
the police that he had been robbed of
81 900
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21
Two Men killed. Thirty Cars wrecked.

A disastrous head-end collision oc-
cured near Auburn, Ind, on the Balti-
more & Ohio road. Thirty cars were
wrecked and brakeman named
Chares Henthorn of Obisco, Ind, and
Jack Lanning, a fireman of Garrett,
Ind, died from their injuries. Both
engines were badly damaged.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21
University Professors Salaries Raised.

At meeting of the university re-
gents at Ann Arbor, President Angeles
suggestion that the salaries of profess
sors be raised to prevent other colleges
from constantly robbing him of his
best assistants, was adopted. The
raise is from $500 to $500 annually in
each case, in accordance with the
length of the term of service. The eX-
ecutive committee was instructed to
appoint an additional instructor in
mathematics. This is in addition to
the one full professor, two assistants,
and three tutors in that department.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21
TWO Naughty Girls.

Misses Mary Luschland Emma Grace,
prominent young ladies, of Odin, Ill,
quarreled over the authorship of some
scandalous gossip and Miss Grace a
severe horsewhipping on the public
street, creating quite sensation.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21
The Crescent Steel Works, of Pitts
burg will reduce wages 10 per cent.

burg VIII reduce wages 10 per cent.
The production of coffee in Mexico
last year exceeded 43,750,000 pounds,
a figure which it is thought will soon
be tripled, owing to the introduction
of improved machinery and the in
crease in the number Of coffee planta-
tons.
The American delegates TO the In
ternational monetary congress are re-
quested to assemble at Washington.
November 10, for the purpose of con-
sulting with president, secretary of
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21
Caught Between the Cars.

Martin Klein, aged II years, was
caught between two moving box cars
at Cass City, and received injuries from
which he died in about half an hour.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21
Grand Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star

Two hundred delegates and visitors
attended the grand chapter of the Or
der of the Eastern Star, which was
held in Ionia. They were royalty en-
tertained by resident members of the
order and interested citizens, and many
of the business blocks were decorated
In bonor of the notables present.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21

DIR. Allen, a prominent physician of
Negaunee, dropped dead In the street
from heart disease. He leaves widow.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1892-10-21

Two boys named Plummer and
Hanker were burned to death in a
barn at Waucoma, Iowa.