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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-29
SHOT DOWN.
VIRGINIA MILITIA FIRES ON A
BIG MOB.
Nine OF the Blood Thirsty Mobbers Killed
Victim.-Other Lynching Affairs.
Sine Lynchers shot Down.

The blood of % members of a mob
that was bent on lyncning "a Negro
thief was split at Roanoke, Va, in an
encounter with the local militia com
pany. The entire affair was of the
most sensational character.
Mrs. Henry Bishop, aged so years,
from Cloverdale, eight miles from
Roanoke, was enticed by Nego named
Thos. Smith from the market, where
she had come to sell produce, into an
empty saloon basement, beaten into
insensibility and robbed of her pocket
book, containing less than 81. The
tiend was captured and lodged in Jail.
A crowd gathered around the Jail and
kept increasing as night approached.
The Roanake Light Guards were
posted and the streets in the immedi-
ate vicinity cleared at dark.
About o clocll over 100 men from
Mrs. Bishops home, led by her son,
started to batter down a side door to
get at the prisoner. When the mayor
ordered them to desist the mob began
firing and the mayor was wounded in
the leg. He ordered the militia to fire
and volley from about % rifles was
poured into the mob.
The volley killed nine men and at
least II We're badly wounded, three of
them fatally. During the excitement
caused by the volley the Negro was
taken from the Jail by and officer and
sec.eted. The militia then dispersed
and left the scene as quietly as posi-
bic. Several of the mob went through
the Jail and becoming satisfied tina
the Negro had escaped them they dis
persed.
1t was thought the mayors action had
had the desired effect but portions OF
the mob traced the officers with the
prisoner and came upon them about
; o'clock in the morning. They took
him away from the three policemen
and hanged him TO a hickory limb in
the residence section of the city. They
riddled his body with bullets and left
a pacard on his body. This is Mayor
Trout's friend" Hundreds of people
viewed the body and later it was taken
about a mile from town, placed on a
pife of lumber, saturated with oil and
burned, the scene being witnessed by
several thousands Of people.
Capt. Bird, commanding the militia,
has left town. Mayor Trout has also
disappeared.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-29
Regulators Awful Vengeance.

A Negro named Julian shot and
killed Justice Estopinal, of Jefferson
parish in the outskirts of New Ore
leans. The crime was a cold bloOded
one and the sheriff, judges, state sena-
tors, and all other white officials and
prominent citizens of the parish or
ganized for dire vengeance. They
shot Julian's mother, sister and brother
and then secured bloodhounds to track
the murderer Meantime the Negroes
were furious and frightened the whites
SO that women and children were con-
veyed &c New Orleans and the parish
declared under martial law. No one
was allowed to be out at night unless
they were regulators or had urgent
business. Preparations were made for
Julian's reception and death on the
spot where his victim fell. An iron
stake has been driven into the ground,
TO which he will be tied. Fat, pine
and resinous materials surround this.
Long irons like branding irons are in
readiness, and when redhot the man
will be tortured with them while the
fire underneath him burns A rude
gallows tree above the pyre has been
built, from which the murderer will
be suspended over the fire by the arms.
Prominent Negroes have called the
governors attention to these matters
and are urging him TO call out the
troops TO prevent further bloodshed.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-29
A Suicide and Death From Fright.

Nelson Kinney, an Adrian youth
aged 22 years, called upon his be-
trothed, Maud Brainard, and urged
her to take buggy ride. When they
had reached the outskirts of the city
Kinney told her he loved her desper-
ately and asked her TO hasten their
wedding day, to set 1t for the follow
ing week. She replied that she was
in no hurry to get married. At this he
drew a revolver and said me would give
her 10 minutes to say yes or mo"
Maud gave scream and jumped from
the buggy, Kinney stopped the horse,
leaped out, caught the girl in his arms
and was forcing her back to the vehicle
when a man driving by caused him to
release her. She ran toward house
and Kinney called for her TO come back.
fired shot at her and then sent
bullet crashing through his brain, fall
ing dead. The girl tainted and was
cared for by people attracted to the
scene. She was taken home and was
very i'll all night from the result of the
fright and at daylight she died from
neart failure and nervous exhaustion.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-29
jackson Life Convict Suicides.

John A. Benson. aged %, received at
jackson prison from Iosco county last
December on n life sentence, killed
himself 10y cutting his juglar vein with
a small knife. Whea discovered the
body was cold. He went to bed as
usual and covered his head with his
blanket. A CHASTITY sight was pre-
scented when the covering was re-
moved. The knife was clutched in
both hands and embedded in the neck.
Benson was a shop mate of Justice,
the young man who hung himself to
the cell door a few days before. The
frequent attempts of the convicts TO
take their own lives is causing the
officers of the prison to be on the
watch every minute The moment a
prisoner begins TO be sullen or act
strangely he is looked after very care
ully. 1t is known that the prisoners
organized a suicide club.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-29
Nine Killed In n Wreck.

While the first section of Big Four
train on the Illinois Central railroad
was taking water near Kankakee, H.,
the second section dashed into the rear
coaches. Two ears were telescoped
and nine people were killed outright
and horribly mutilated, while five
others were fatally injured and at
least 90 seriously cut and bruised. The
cause of the disaster was that the en-
gineer of the second train was sleep
ing and the fireman was throwing coal
in the furnace; thus the signal of the
brakeman sent back to stop them was
not noticed until too late.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-29
FRlGHTFUL MINE EXPLOSION.
Five Miners Dead as Result of Careless
ness.


BY the carelessness of a mine fore
man an explosion of gas was caused i'll
a Plymouth mine near WilkeSbarre,
Pa, in which five men were killed and
six injured.
The accident was one of the most
peculiar ever known in the anthracite
regions. Two masonS were building IA
high stone wall at one end of the
1000 foot gangway in order To reverse
an air current. Two rock contractors
were experimenting the timbering of
an air shaft 60 feet deep, which was
being sunk from the gangway TO the
workings below. While these men
were at work Assistant Mine Forem man
Lightly descended the main shaft to
inspect the works. lie had naked
lamp in his cap and passed along the
gangways and down an inner slope to
his way TO the main, or cooper gang
way He had not entered this more than
20 yards when his naked lamp ignited
the gas and terrific explosion oc-
Cured. The force of the explosion
swept everything before it and was so
great that the rush of air, passing
along the gangway, tore down the
high wall the masons were building,
crushing them to death. At the same
time the workmen in the shaft were
struck down by mass of rock and
timbers, shaken from the sides by the
force of the blast. Lightly's careless
ness was unaccountable as he had been
foreman - years and knew the shaft
was filled with gas.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-29
TWELVE CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Awful Slaughter In Wreck on the Wa
bash Hallway.

bash Hallway.
Twelve persons lost their lives in a
collision between a freight train and
the Toronto and Montreal express on
the Wabash railroad at Kingsbury,
Ind. A score of others are injured,
many fatally.
The freight was on siding west of
the depot and was bound east. The
first section of the express train
passed by on the main track. 1t is
said that the brakeman, supposing
that the freight train would now move,
ran TO open the switch. Before the
cars had begun to move, the second
section of the fast express came west
at the rate of So miles an hour, and
before the brakeman could turn the
switch, dashed into the side track and
collided with the freight train. The
force of the collision drove the freight
engine back against the box cars, com
pletely demolished the first three.
The passenger engine was partially
stopped by the collision and the bag
gage car, smoker, day coach and
one sleeper were telescoped The rest
of the coaches piled upon top each
other in tangled mass of wood and
iron and the passengers, who were
hcdtly All dSicCp, dNOhe 10 ulecJ dh
awful death, serious injuries, or wit
ness the understandable agony of others.
1t was the worst wreck the Wabash
road has ever had. TO add to the
horrors of the terrible collision the
boiler of the passenger engine blew up,
scattering human beings and car
wrecl1age in all directions. The steam
escaped scalding the injured, who were
unable TO crawl TO place of safety.
Among the killed were Joseph f.
Coulter, conductor and Ernest e.. Lyon,
brakeman, both of Detroit. Coulter
was IS years of age and was married
only two months. Lyon was 33 years
old and leaves a widow and one child.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-29
Mrs. Catherine Hyde, of Lexington
will be 100 years of age on Nov. 6.

Mrs. Catherine Hyde, of Lexington
will be 100 years of age on Nov. 6.
Jacob Strange, an old man and deaf
was killed by a train near Mason.
Big Rapids soldiers and sailors
monument will be dedicated Oct 4.
Gov. Rich will speak.
The body of an unknown man was
found between Saginaw and White
feather, over the right of way fence,
on the Michigan Central line. Two
bottles of whisky and $50 in money
were found on the body. which was
badly decomposed.
Sault canal employees have taken
legal steps, to obtain the back pay
which they claim is due them because
Uncle Sans men didn't live up to the
6-hour law of 1868. There are $50
claimants, who want all the way from
a few hundred TO $4,000. The total
amount is estimated at Sl50,OOO
About two-thirds of the physicians
of Grand Rapids, irrespective of school,
have united in the formation of the
Grand Rapids Physicians protective
association. The object of the asso-
citation is to protect its members
against people who rcver pay their
doctors bills. '
At the examination of Wellington
Scrimshaw who shot and killed James
Heller at Alpena nothing new was
brought out except that Mrs. Collum
admitted that Heller was not trying TO
injure her before .-shot--xxas fired.
6crimshaw was bound oE1E-L3 trial on
the charge OF murdsg zdzs hsA-a5st de-
gree.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-29
INTERESTING ITEMS.

Ladies of Pctersburgh have organized
a hive of Maccabees.
About an inch of snow fell at Devils
Lake n. d., but melted away before
noon.
A boat containing six persons was
capsized in the bay at Collingwood,
Ont, by a squall striking it and all
were drowned.
Tramrs butchered and horribly mu-
tilated the family of Denison Wrattan
six people-at Harrison, Ind, in or
der to rob the aged mother of pension
money she had hidden In the house.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-29
Boiler Makers strike Ended.

The boiler makers of Bay City who
struck two months ago for nine-hour
day at ten hours pay, have decided to
declare the strike off and go to work
at the old terms. All the men have
been idle during the strike. AS their
action threatened TO drive large
amount of work from the city during
the winter they concluded to GO back
to work, A number of steam barges
which are owned there would have
gone To other ports to lay up for win
ter and to make repairs if the strike
had continued.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-29
Chicago.
New York
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW.

NEW YoRK. Sept 2j.-R. G.. Dun & Co $
weekly review of trade says: There Is no
longer only u microscope or sentimental
Improvement thHt cannot be measured.
some incrca g l. seen 10th Ia production.
and distribution of products True, IL Is,
small rs vet bat after tho worst financial
biz ard for - years it Is not to be expected
that all roads eau be cleared In day
Money has become abundant and easy AT
per cent here on call. aud stdgnaut specu-
latiOn fortunately fat ors greater freedom
in commercial loans. stocks and products
are dull without serious fail in prices, tho
industries are rapidly ranying 10 make
good the scarcity OF supplies caused by tho
weeks of inactlOn. OnetaFy conditions
favor revival of trade and industry. While
renewals are as large ~ ever, commercial
loans are no longer un >nown. aturlty or
large western obligations has brought blther
unusual sums OF money. wheat declined
li~c; corn lC; pork went up ana cotton is
slightly STRONGER. the volume of domestic
trade Is still much below that or last year
The number of works resuming the past
against Is concerns mentioned as having
closed and reducing force. The gain has
been greatest in cotton where some goods
touch the lowest prices ever known But 10
has been far in wooden manufacture. The
industry which shows least actual gain l.
the manufacture of iron and steel, wnere
the only changes In price are downward
and I'm spite OF the great decrease In pro-
ductIon the consumption seems TO Increase,
as seen In the demand for a few products.
failures for the week number BlJ i'm the
United states against lSS last year, aud I'm
Canada Al, against . last year
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-29

The alarming news is received from
Brunswick, Ga, that yellow Ever is
dangerously epidemic there. Passed
Assistant Surgeon Geddings, who is in
charge at Brunswick, has established
Il plague camp consisting of six build
ings and 20 tents on the outskirts of
the city, and steam disinfecting car
has been put mp by Surgeon Carter.
Surgeol-General Wyman has taken
prompt measures to have competent
medical aid from the Marine Hospital
service at the scene of the epidemic.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-29
Reckless Adrian Youths suic de.

Nelson Kinney. aged Fl, the son of
n well-known farmer, James Kinney,
living near Adrian, met Maud Brain
ard and asked her TO take a ride and
they drove TO the western outskirts of
the city. He begged her to grant a
wish of his, but she refused, and
jumped from the buggy. He followed
and caught and carried her back with
his hand over her mouth A carriage
going by caused him to release his
grasp and she fed to a nearby house.
lie warned her to return or he would
shoot. Drawing a revolver from his
pocket he loaded it and fred one shot
in the air. She screamed and he then
sent bullet through his brain. lie
lived about an hour. lie was a recIx-
less daredevil of high temper and has
been Il source of great trouble to his
highly respected parents.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-29

The Worlds Fair executive commit
tee has decided that the fair shall close
for good on October 80.
President Cleveland has appointed
VIM. Il. Hornblower, of New York, as
sociate justice of the u. S. supreme
court to succeed the late Judge Samuel
Blatchford.
Five years ago burglars stole 1926
from John Chisholm, at Alpena. Mich
ael Grant and Paul Worth, young men
of good parentage, were arrested, and
Grants brother compromised the case
by paying s175. A few days ago word
came from Detroit priest that the
real thief on his deathbed had confes
sed TO the robbery. The priest sent
back for the penitent $40. The s175
has been restored to Grant and his repu-
tation cleared.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-29
Race War In Genrrii.

The Negroes, friends of Ned Gully,
who was lynched Il few days ago at
Pineapple, Ga, made an attack upon
the whites and there was a regular
battle. Two Negroes were killed and
several badly wounded. Many of the
whites were seriously hurt. 1t is
outbreak and race war. The Negroes
are procuring all the arms they can.
There are but u few whites in that
section, three-fourtns of the popula-
ton being colored.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-29
schooner Michigan Goes Down.

The schooner Michigan foundered in
80 fathoms of water 30 miles above
Point Sable, Lake Superior. The crew
was saved by the steamer City of
Naples, which had the lost boat in tow.
The Naples and the Michigan left Mar
quette with iron ore for Ashtabula
Heavy weather was encountered soon
after leaving port and the Michigan
began leaking.
The Michigan was formerly car
ferry in Detroit. While being un-
loaded at Chicago three years ago she
broke IN two, and although repairs
were made she has been structurally
weak ever since. She was owned by
j. c. Gilcbrist, of Cleveland, and was
valued at $4,000. She was insured for
$4,000.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-29
Accident or Murder?

David Sullivan, 25 years of age, a
plumber and stranger in the city,
was found dead in the cellar of the
Hotel Ruhl at jackson with his head
crushed. Whether he was murdered
or killed by an accident is not known.
1t is thought he attempted to lower
himself from the third floor in the ele-
vator shaft while under the influence
of liquor. The attaches of the hotel
are reticent. Foul play is suspected
by some people.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-29

The Highland land league demands
home rule for Scotland.
Pennsylvania Democrats nominated
Frank c. Osborne for state treasurer,
and Samuel G.. Thompson for justice of
the supreme court.
The 500 employees of the Hartford
City, Ind, glass workers have agreed
to accept reduction in wages if the
tariff on glass is reduced. Ihe works
will resume at once.
The London Daily News concluded
an article from Brazil by remarlSing
that the United States win have 10 be
rsckoned with in any attempt TO inter
fere with the manifest destiny of
of America by restoring the monarchy
in Brazil,
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-29
Two Russian vessels ana e2o Lives Lost

Following closely upon the founder
ing of the iaytian warship Alexandra
Potion, comes news that the Russian
warship Pousalkd, with 10 officers and
$50 seamen, had foundered in the Gulf
of Finland and that all hands were
lest. The body of a sailor, fragments
of wreckage, woodwork and coats,
have washed ashore. The admiralty
at st. Petersburg are agreed that the
vessel is at the bottom of the gulf.
Severe gales prevailed soon after she
left port.
The Northern Pacific steamer brought
word TO Victoria, Ii. c., of the burning
of the Russian steamer Alphonse See
veke. with the loss of 60 lives.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-29
rwo nrowned whne puck shootlnc.

Henry lIoflinbeclSer and John Me-
Mahon, engineer and fireman of a
South Shore switch engine at Mar
quette were drowned 10y the sinking
of skifr in which they had gone out
on the bay to shoot ducks.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-29

The Chicago Evening Journal has
been bought by DIR. S. +. Farrar for
S163, 900.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-05-04
Notice Of Letters.

Notice Is hereby given, that Letters
of Surviving Partner upon the co-part-
nership estate OF Foley d O'Brien, late
of Iron county, have been granted to
the undersigned, Michael Foley. Jr.s
surviving partner, by the Judge Of Pro-
bate Court of the County of Iron. bear
ing date the 18th day OF January, 1898.
All persons having claims against said estate are
required to exhibit them to me for allowances with
In one year after the date of said letters or they
may be precludedl from any benent Of such estate;
and II such ciaimb be not exhibited within two
years from etime Of the publication Of this not
Ice, they will he FOREVER barred.
MICHAEL FOLEY, JR.,
Surviving Partner Admir-.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-05-04
STRANGE SQUIRREL. coo.

Bred dy I. B. Sandusky Fink d Ky:
1901 May, 1880; dark brown, 15 "a
Sende Sired by Strange Boy, 80, prem.
SsomhIned Saddle and Harness Horse;
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-05-04
Bucklen's Arnica Salve. ,

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum Fever
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chill
blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions.
and positively cures Piles, or no pay
required. It is guaranteed to give per-
feet satisfaction, or money refunded
Rrice rs cents per qox. For sale by 2.
p. Crisp.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-05-04

Relatives of Timothy Mahoney,
shoemaker by trade, who about 2o
years ago resided at New Orleans La,
5 will find it to their interests to cores
pond with Thomas Lannon, No. 32S,
Tchoupitulas St., New Orleans, La.
Mr.. T. Mahoney visited relatives at
Pilot Knob about % years ago. At
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1893-05-04
. Protection.

We have been told time and oft that
ssself- representation is the first law Of
nature. yet how many are there who
seemingly obey this law. We will not
speak OF the well known fact Of trans
gression OF sanitary laws by those who
know better. but we desire to allude to
the perverse trait exhibited by the
majority of adults who will not only
countenance quackery and incompe-
tence but even go SO far as to frown
down any attempts to regulate the
practice of medicine so that it shall
only lie in the hands of the competent.
The boast of the American citizen is
thathis country Is the most progressive.
the most enlightened. and the most
solicitous for the welfare of its citizens.
We are forced to admit the general de-
NAL which is entered by our European
friends when they simply point out to
us our crude and defective methods in
regard to the regulation of the practice
of medicine.
This is q condition in which all
should certainly be agreed upon, the
question of protection. It is the duty
of every one to protect himself and his
family against the inroads Of ignorance
and their direful consequences. No
one should be permitted to undertake
the grave responsibility of the position,
wherein he is entrusted with the lives
Of others. unless fully equipped and
prepared to fill the trust in a proper
manner. A man is not entrusted with
responsible position in financial
enterprise unless he furnishes good
and sufficient bond which is required as
q protection to that enterprise. The
bond physician should give, and
which we hope to see carried out. is
proven capability and approved knowl-
edge. The attainment of higher
standard of medical education lies in
the hands of legislators as it is only
the enactment of stringent laws that
will prove competent to force graduates
In medicine to be fully equipped, ii
that condition be made sine qua non
to enable such to practice medicine
legally.-St. Louis Medical RecieU.