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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-02-10
BURNED At THE STAKE.
A NEGRO RAvISHES A THREE
YEAR OLD CHILD.
After Long Chase He Is Caught
and Burned Alive at the Stake.

Dispatches from Paris, Texas. tell
the story of an awful crime by Negro
and the terrible punishment melted out
by enraged citizens.
Henry Smity, big and burly Negro,
picked up little Myrtle Vance, aged 81
years, near her fathers residence and
giving her andy to allay her fears
carried her through the central portion
of the city 70 a pasture, just within the
corporation limits. En- route through
the city he was asked by several per-
sons what he was doing with the child.
He replied that she was Mr.. Williams
little girl and he was carrying her to
the doctor. Arriving at the pasture,
he, with inhumanity too terrible TO re-
late, first viciously assaulted the babe,
and, satisfying his fendish passion,
took one limb in each hand and liter
ally tore her in twain. Then covering
the body with leaves and brush he lay
down and slept through the night by
the side of his victim. The next morn
ing Smith went to the house of his
wife and forced her to cook him some
breakfast. She asked him what had
become of that white child, but he
denied seeing the child and soon
after left the house and fed the city.
Thousands of people joined in the
search for the brute who was finally
captured in Hampstead county, Arkan-
sas. He was placed on train and
started for Paris. At every station
large throngs gathered TO see the fiend
and before the train had reached it's
destination il was crowded with people
who wanted to see his punishment.
At Paris over 10000 citizens of the sur
rounding country had gathered.
Smith was placed on wagon and con-
veyed out upon the prairie.
Words cannot be found TO describe
the torture which followed. Smith
was bound to a post upon platform
and his clothes were torn off piecemeal
and scattered in the crowd, people
catching the shreds and putting them
away as mementoes. The child's
father, her brother and two uncles
then gathered about the Negro as he
| lay fastened TO the torture platform
and thurst hot irons into his quivering
flesh. 1t was horrible-this man dying
by slow torture in the midst of smoke
from his own burning flesh. Every
groan from the fiend, every contortion
of his body was cheered by the thickly
packed crowd of 10000 people.
After burning the feet and legs, hot
irons were rolled up and down Smiths
stomach, back and arms. Then the
eyes were burned out and irons were
thrust down his throat. The men of
the Vance family having wreaked ven
geance, the crowd piled all kinds of
combustible stuff around the scaffold,
poured oil on it and set it afire. The
Negro rolled and wriggled and jerlSed
away from the mass only to be pushed
back by the people nearest him. He
tossed out again and was roped and
pulled back. Hundreds of people turned
away, but the vast crowd still looked
calmly on until the completion of the
| terrible torture.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-02-10
Winter wheat all O. X.

Although the weather was unusually
cold over the principal agricultural dis
tricts east of the Missouri river and
lower Mississippi valley, the special re-
ports to the government bureau indi
cate that winter wheat has so far es-
capped without material injury, al
though some damage may have resulted
to the crop in sections where the crop
has not been protected by snow. At
the close of January the greater por-
ton of the winter wheat region was
unprotected by snow and severe cold
wave is now passing over this section.
The states in which the winter wheat
has not suffered materially are: Ark
ansas, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Kan
sas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska,
Ohio, Pennsylvania. Tennessee, Texas
and Wisconsin. The reports from Illi-
nois, Missouri and West Virginia are
not so favorable, but no very serious
damage is recorded.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-02-10
MICHIGAN STATE ITEMS.


There is hustling handle factory at
Ferry.
Rabbits about Evart are girdling the
fruit trees.
Berrien county is 10000 inhabitants
and 81 paupers.
Howell is TO have a soldiers monu-
ment to cost 81, 900.
Peter Striber, a Saginaw butcher,
has been left 1886, 900 in Germany.
c. Crysler, of Fenton, tried to com
init suicide with poison and failed.
The Eastern Michigan Spiritualists'
association was organized at Flint.
Charles White, of Senaca, has dove
farm. He has 700 birds as a starter.
Mrs. ID. G. Durham, of Wixom, is 9s
years old and has "a descendants living.
A Grand Haven plant expects to
freeze 100000 pounds of fish this sea-
son.
A chamber of commerce building
will probably be erected at Grand
Rapids.
Frank Terry's 2-year-old son, of Will
mot, choked to death while eating
popcorn.
Capt. Ray has been elected major of
the Fifth regiment, M. S. T., Mar
quette, to succeed Charles ii. Russell,
resigned.
Deb Parker. of East Handy, took
poison by mistake but physician
saved him.
The city fathers of hudson are talk
ing steps to incorporate that thriving
town as city.
An effort is making to induce the
0swego, N. Y, Bridge company TO
locate at Flint.
The Grand Army post at Marion has
surrendered its charter on account of
lack of interest.
Albion expects TO get the Barton Me-
tallic Thrasher company, with paid
up capital of 100000.
The Whitehall Luuber company's
mill in Cheboygan will have a yearly
capacity of 22,0Oo,OOo feet
Primary schools of Addison closed on
account of the measles. About so out
of GO pupils are sick with it.
William Roman, of Monroe, is sued
by Mrs. Mary Il. Beaubien to recover
$4,000 for breach of promise.
The village jailer puts hot pepper on
They do not call second time.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-02-10

WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW.

NEW YORK, Feb. 6-R. G. Dun & 90 =
weekly review OF trade says: Actual busi-
ness Is surprisingly large for the season and
vet fears about the future are also large.
There are many uncertainties and fears
but the prosperity and the needs OF the
people make business what IL Is, and never
Consumer been larger than IL has been thus
far this year. Yet IL Is probably safe to say
that rarely, II ever, except I'm a time OF
and coDservatively regulated. Monetary
uncertai pties are excused by the continued
outgo of gold. The uncertainty about the
monetary future retards business engage
ments, but in other respects trade Is most
satisfactory and perhaps all the more safe
and healthy for the feeling of caution that
prevails. The business failures occurring
throughout the country during the past
seven days number 301. For the correspond
ing week OF last year the figures were 307.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-02-10
PLEASED HAWAIIANS.
United States OnicIaIs Give the Commits
sioners a Good Reception.

cIhIeS OUlClalS Give the COmmlS-
sioners Good Reception.
The first interview between Secre-
tary Foster and the Hawaii annexation
commissioners was held in the diplo-
matte parlor of the state department
and lasted half an hour. There was
present Secretary Foster and Solicitor
Partridge, representing the United
States, and Messrs. Thurston, Wilder,
Castle, Marsden and Carter, the Ha-
waiian commissioners; Mr.. Kinney, of
Salt Lake City, who is present with
them as unofficial adviser, and DIR.
Mott Smith, the Hawaiian minister,
the latter of whom made the introduce
tons.
Mr.. Thurston, on behalf of his asso-
ciates, presented their credentials from
President Dole of the provisional gov
eminent and supplemented them with
brief statements of the events of the
islands which were the cause of their
visit. Secretary Foster responded in a
few words of welcome, stating that
the reason for the errand was well
known to the people of the United
States. After social greetings the in
terview closed. A second meeting was
held in the state department the
same afternoon, but there
was only an informal talk over
the annexation proposition. Neither
party would give the details, but Mr.
Thurston and the other commissioners
expressed themselves as thoroughly sat
isfied with the results attained and the
manner of their reception.
The reply made by Secretary Foster
TO the announcement by Minister
7 - - r
and the latter's recognition of the pro-
visional government has been made
public. AS 1t undoubtedly shows the
feelings of the state department toward
these islands and their future the reply
is given in full:
"Your course in recognizing an I'M
opposed de facto government appears
to have been discreet and in accordance
with the facts. The rule of this gov
vernment has uniformly been to recog-
nize and enter into relation with any
actual government in full possession of
effective power with the assent of the
people. You will continue to recognize
the new government under such con-
ditions. 1t is trusted that the change,
besides conducting to the tranquility
and welfare of the Hawaiian Islands
will tend to draw closer the intimate
ties of amity and common interests,
which SO conspicuously and necessarily
link them to the United States. You
will keep in constant communication
with the commander of the United
! States naval forces at Honolulu with a
view to acting, IL need be, for the pro-
lection of the interests and property of
American citizens and aiding in the
preservation of good order under the
changed condition reported"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-02-10
100 MEN KILLED
In Riot in the Capital Of the United
States of Colombia.

There was a serious riot at Bogota,
the capital of the United States of Col
ombia which lasted for two days. It
is said that 100 men were killed and
500 were wounded. The riots are in
no sense political. The trouble grew
out of publication in La Cristina of
an article by j. Ignacio Gutierrez. pro-
lessor in local Jesuit college, alleging
widespread ignorance among the labor
ing classes. The artisans rose EN- masse
and mob of about 400 gathered about
the house of Gutierrez, stoned the
building and broke the windows and
doors. The police demonstrated with
the rioters, but they were driven away.
They returned with reinforcements
and collision occurred in which shots
were exchanged. The police were vic
torious. Another fight occurred later
in the day, but the rioters were dis
persed. Everything was quiet the next
morning, but at o'clock III the even
ing the working men gathered by
thousands. They overpowered the
police and for awhile were in full pos
session of the city. Newspaper offices
were sacked and general assault was
commenced on the police barracks.
The government called out the military
and after sharp fight the mob was
dispersed.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-02-10
Republican Editors.

The Republican editors of the state
had pleasant time at their meeting at
Lansing. A banquet was given them
at the Downey housewife Gov. Rich as
postmaster and large number of leg
islators present.
At the business session the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year: President, Perry r. Powers, Cad
lilac; vice-president, E. N. Dingley,
Kalamazoo; secretary, Thomas T..
Bates, Traverse City; treasurer, L. o..
Dewey, Owosso.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-02-10
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.
READABLE RESUME OF MANY
MICHIGAN MATTERS.
Col. sumner, of Kalamazoo, Presents n
New Apportionment to the House.
fsoiler Explosion at Pontiac.

Representative Sumner, of Kalama-
mazoo, has introduced in the House q
bill providing for the reappointment of
Michigan into congregational districts,
as follows:
First district-First, second, third,
fourth, sixth, eighth, tenth, twelfth,
fourteenth and sixteenth wards of the
city of Detroit and townships of
Springwells, Greenfield, BEDFORD, 1.-Two
MIA, NanlSin, Ecorse, Sumpter, Van
Buren,, Taylor, Romulus, Canton, Ply
mouth, Monguagon, Dearborn Browns
town and Huron in Wayne county, the
first, second and third wards of the city
of Wyandotte.
Second-The fifth. seventh, ninth,
eleventh, thirteenth, and fifteenth
wards of the city of Detroit, the town
ships of Crosse Point and Hamtramck,
in Wayne county, and the counties of
Macomb and Oakland.
Third-Branch, Hillsdale, Lenawee,
Monroe and Washtenaw counties.
Fourth-Calhoun, jackson, Eaton,
Ingham and Livingston counties.
Eifth-Kalamazoo, Barry and Kent
counties.
Sixth-St. Joseph, Cass, Berrien,
Van Buren,, Allegan and Ottawa coun-
ties.
seventh-Lapeer, st. Clair, Sanilac
Huron and Tuscola counties.
Eighth-Clinton, Shiawassee, Gen
esee and Saginaw counties
Ninth-Ionia, Montcalm, Gratiot,
Isabella, Midland and Bay counties.
Tenth-Muslegon Newaygo, Oceana,
Mason, Manistee, Lake, Mecosta,
Osceola and Clare counties.
Observation-Disclosures, Missaukee, Ros-
common, Ogemaw, Iosco, Altoona, Os-
coda, Crawford, Kalkaska, Grand
Traverse, Benzie, Leelanaw, Antrim,
CharlevoiX, 0tsego, Montmorency, AL
pena, Pressure Isle, Cheboygan, Emmett,
Manitou, Arenac and Gladwin counties.
Twelfth-Delta, Schoolcraft, Chip
pewa, Mackinac, Ontonagon, Mar
quette, Menominee, Dickinson, Baraga,
Houghton, Keweenaw, Isle Royal, AL
ger, Luce, Iron and Gogebic counties
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-02-10
Electric Railway in the U. =.

A railroad official at Ishpeming is
quoted as authority for the statement
that the Chicago & Northwestern will
take the survey and right of way for
an electric railway between Ishpeming
A Marquette real estate agent has
within the past Is months bought
more than $4,000 acres of land for
unknown parties, most of which is
suited for dock and yard purposes,
which gives the appearance of plausi-
bility to the rumor.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-02-10
Ills Head Crushed by Log Train.

Hiram KING, a well-known Flint &
Pere Marquette brakemaa, aged 20
years, met terrible death at Saginaw.
While coupling two cars on a log train,
he in some manner managed TO get his
head between two projecting logs so
that it was crushed in an awful manner.
The company is in no way to blame for
the accident, as the unfortunate man
had plenty of room to move around
without getting within the danger
line. A young widow and child mourn
his loss.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-02-10
pemocratlc srate Convention.

The next Democrat state convention
will meet in Detroit, Tuesday, Febru-
airy 2S at 12 o'clock noon, in the Audi
forum building to nominate a candi-
date for associate justice of the supreme
court and two candidates for regents
of the state university. Each county
in the state will be entitled To one
delegate for each 500 votes cast for
governor at the last election and one
additional delegate for fraction of
not less than $50 votes, but no county
is to have less than two delegates in
in the convention. This will increase
the total number of delegates from $40
to 045.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-02-10
ENGLISH PRISON METHODS.
Said to Drive Prisoners Insane-Not Al
lowed to Talk at Any Time.

Thomas Callan, of Lowell, Mass,
who was sentenced in London five years
ago to Is years confinement in prison
as an alleged dynamiter, has reached
Lowell having been released on ticket
of-leave. He says that the prison meth
DDS are depriving the alleged dynamic
ers of their reason. They are not al
lowed to speak and solitary confine-
ment is imposed if the men are even
suspected of whispering. Callan says
that DIR. Gallagher, of Brooklyn, is in
sane, but the officials say he is sham
ming. Gallagher, according to Callan,
is in the infrmary most of the time and
cannot last long. One of the other dy-
namiters, Callau says, has become a
driveling idiot. Sometimes he breaks
out in wild laughter, and for this is
punished by solitary confinement in a
dark, cold cell in chains from two to
five days.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-02-10

The President has sent to the Senate
new extradition treaty with Sweden.
The strike at the Brooks locomotive
works at Dunkirk, n. Y, is ended.
The men lost.
Il. Il. Moore, of Saginaw, has been
appointed mechanical engineer by
Raiload Commissioner Billings.
The American ship, Robert L. Belk-
nap, which left Hiogo December 10 for
New York, was wrecked near the Ma
tunas group of islands, off the north
west cost of Borneo. The vessel and
cargo were totally lost, but all the per-
sons on board are supposed to have been
saved.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-02-10
Renowned the world.

Bishop Foley officiated at the special
services at st. Augustin church at Kali
amazoo and delivered an address to
three Sisters of st. Joseph who took
the veil. Those who took vows were
Mary Kealy, who took the name of
Sister Benedict, her vows being final;
Mary Shanahan, who assumed the
name of Mary John the Evangelist and
Mary Deturmale, who becomes Sister
Mary Dorothea.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-02-10
Tried TO XIII a Sick Man.

JOS. Lucas, laborer of Newberry
went TO the house of Joe Pool, where
Pool was sick and alone, and assaulted
him in horrible manner, leaving him
for dead. Lucas then went TO the
house of his wife who had left him a
few days ago, and attempted to kill her,
but being alarmed by the cries of the
children he fed. l'ool was alone and
was not found ~ some hours. 1t will
be miracle If he RECEIVERS. Lucas is
in jail
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-02-10
An Illinois bowl factory will locate

An Illinois bowl factory will locate
at Charlevoix next spring.
Mrs. Charles Elliott fell and broke a
leg on an icy sidewalk at Lansing.
Typhus has again broken out in the
Bellevue hospital, New York City.
The largest cantilever bridge in the
world is TO be constructed across the
Mississippi at New Orleans. 1t will be
a few feet less than one mile in length
and will cost S5,000,000
The Alabama House of Representa-.
tives has passed a bin prohibiting the
sale or giving away or otherwise dis
posing of cigarettes, cigarette tobacco
and cigarette paper In Alabama. The
bill also prohibits the smoking Of Q
cigarette in any public place.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-02-10

Measles are raging at Benton Har-
Dor, there having been 10 to 10 new
cases daily for the past few days.
Miss Isabella Urquhart, the Ameri-
can actress, was married to Guy Stand
ing, son of the well-known English
actor, Herbert Standing, in London.
Fred Schuman, a Memphis cigar
dealer, poisoned his two children, aged
respectively ~ and IA years, and then
took poison himself. Reverses in bus
mess and melancholia were the causes.
Enormous quantities of snow have
fallen in the valley of the Dneiper in
the Crimea and in other parts of south
ern Russia. The snow is ON n level
with the housetops. In one province
loo, 900 sheep have been killed.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-02-10
WAYNE COuntY's Clerk.

The supreme court has granted
mandamus ordering the Wayne county
board of canvassers to count the regis
tered ballots for William May. This
will give him the election certificate
over Reynolds, Republican, as clerk of
Wayne county.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-02-10
Perlshed In a blizzard at His Own Door

While searching in blizzard for his
missing daughter, Henry Graham, of
Harrisville, persisted almost within
reach of his own door. His little IL
year old girl left the house just before
dusk. Failing to return the father
went in search of her. An hour later
doorstep.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-02-10
I'm STATE LEGISLATURE.
IMPORTANT MEASURES TO BE
ENACTED.
The Bill to Repeal the Miner Election
Law Passed by Both Houses.--AIany
Bills Introduced.

SENATE.-Sixteenth day.-Bills introduced:
Amending the election laws; amending
charter OF Detroit; TO authorize four as
sistant prosecuting attorneys for wayne
county; regulating the contracts of married
women; I'm regard to acknowledgements: for
a revision OF the constitution; for the sale
of a portion of the Soldiers Home grounds;
amending laws relating TO cruelty to ami
mails; authorizing water supply companies
to furnish electric light for cities; relative
10 taxable transfers of property; amending
laws relative TO dissolution of corporations;
for a chaplain at the Soldiers Home; re-
garding insane soldiers at the Soldiers
Homer. amending the. Soldiers Home act;
amending laws relative TO pre-emptory
challenges of jurors. Bills passed.: In
creasng the salary OF the judge of probate
of Wayne county to $1,000 year; amending
OF electors: amending the constitution
so as TO pay members Of the leg
islature salary of $500 House =
Among the numerous bills introduced
the following were OF the most general
Importance: To preserve the purity of
elections; regulating the sale OF fruits, veg
etables. etc, in tin or metal packages; pro-
viding for an asylum for the feeble-minded
at Port Huron; requiring the inspection OF
all cattle slaughtered for food; TO repeal the
law requiring franchise fee from corpora
lions; "A free school book law; amending the
general election law; in relation to the
breeding of horses; relative to catching
fish in inclosed lakes; requiring township
boards TO publish annually financial state
ment of township or ward affairs. Bills
passed: The Miner law, for the election OF
electors for president and vice-president OF
the United States, has been repealed, the
bill which was already passed by the
Senate being also passed by the House
by partisan vote of "a yeas 10 % nays; pro-
viding for the continuance of the copying
general concerning enlstments, etc, OF sol
diers and sailors credited TO this state dur
ing the war of the rebellion, and appropriate
ing $1,000 to meet the expense thereof
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-02-10
saved From Freezing but Burned to ID,

Two weeks ago Lois Bender, con-
Wet in the southern Indiana penitenti-
airy at Jacksonville, escaped, and dur
ing his brief liberty became insane
from exposure to the cold. He was
locked in his cell and became violent
and imagined that he was an Indian at
n camp fire, and, to carry out the delu-
sion, heaped his bed clothing on the
floor and set to IL. He then danced
naked in the flames, and was burned
to death.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-02-10
Hickman the victor.

Charles e. Belhnap, the Republican
candidate for congressman in the Fifth
district, comes out on top In the cleo
ton case which went to the supreme
court. The court granted a mandamus
ordering the Ionia board of canvassers
to count the ballots thrown out. This
gives Belknap clear plurality of 10 in
the district over Richardson.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-02-10

The Harris rolling mills at Irondale
Mimi, were burned Loss, Sle5,0o
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-02-10

Michigan will have four vancancies
at the naval academy at the May ex-
aminations.