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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-04
The Imperial can Get Its Surplus.

The Michigan supreme court granted
an order permitting the Imperial Life
Insurance company, which ceased TO
do business last year, to withdraw its
surplus from the state treasury, as it
may be necessary 10 pay claims, in the
following manner: The legality of
each claim has to be first certified to
by the state insurance commissioner,
and when certified to shall be paid by
the state treasurer directly to the
claimant or his authorized attorney or
representative upon the surrender of
the policy duly receipted.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-04
Maud 5. Against Nancy Hanks Record.

Maud s., 2:Os9i, the queen of the old
fashioned sullly, will start against the
worlds record for the bike sulky this
season. This has been asserted and
then contradicted by Mr.. Bonner, but
an agreement made between the mil
lionaIre owner OF Maud 5. and Secre-
tary I'D. II Upton proves conclusively
that the daughter of Harold will be
sent against Nancy Hanks record of
2:O4. The grand effort will be made
ut Lexington, Ky, and over the same
track Maud ). trotted for 2:O9l4 three
years ago. Everything will be done to
favor the mares chances for success
full attempt, and Mr. Bonner expresses
himself as confident the mile will be
made better than 2:O4.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-04
Mail Clerk Killed.

The New York mail train of the
New York, New Haven e. Hartford
railroad was wrecked at Dodgeville,
Mass, by running into freight car
which was left on the main track. The
engine and forward mail car were
badly demolished. A mail clerk named
c. j. Miller, of New York, was in
stantly killed and another clerk seri-
ously hurt. Several passengers were
slightly injured.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-04
A Blaze Mt the WORLDS Fair.

A fire started in the north end of the
Transportation building at the World $
Fair. 1t was extinguished before much
damage was done, but for few min
utes the crowds in the building were
almost panic stricken. They made a
great rush for the doors, evidently hav-
Ing yet in mind the horror of the cold
storage warehouse fire. The rush of
engines and patrol wagons and the
changing of their goags greatly alarmed
the people on the grounds.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-04
Two OHIO LadIcs .Eataly Injured.

Mrs. w. II. Clement, widow of Presi-
dent Clement, of the Southern road,
and Mrs Julia S. Frazer were struck by
a Miami train while driving across the
tracks at Morrow, o. Mrs. Fraer's
skull was fractured and her spine in
jured. Mrs. Clements thigh was
broken and her face badly cut. She is
over 50 years old and her injuries will
probably result fatally Mrs. Frazer is
her daughter and is alsJ fatally in
jured.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-04
-Four Held for Trial by the Grand Jury.

The grand jury at Washington, d.
c., found a true bill against Col. Fred
erick {. Ainsworth, chief of the record
and pension division of the war depart
ment. George w. DJnt, the contractor
employed to make the excavation for
the electric plant, William +. Covert,
superintendent and Francis Sasse,
engineer of the building, holding them
responsible for the old Ford's theater
disaster of June 8 last, in which %
persons lost their lives and large
ntmber of others were injured.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-04
Three Trainmen Turned In a Wreck.

A terrible wreck occurred on the
Ohio Valley railroad two miles from
Morganfie d, Ky. Freight train No.
90, consisting of an engine and six
freight cars, loaded with through
freight, were ditched and afterwards
burned. Three lives were lost: Robert
Vandorn, engineer; Frank Threlkeg,
fireman, and Marion Davis, head brake
man. Their bodies were bsrned.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-04
Monument to Ind an Fighters.

Fort Riley, Kas-, was in gala attire
and from early morning till sunset the
city was presented with the appear
ance that would be expected of fort
during war times The occasion was
the dedication of the monument re-
Gently erected to the memory of the
Seventh Cavalry who fell at the
Wounded Knee and Drexel Mission
fight during the last Sioux outbreak
Dec. 20, 1870.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-04
West Bay C,ty,s FINANCES.

Mayor Crump, of West Bay City, was
sent by the council to Cleveland to con-
fer with the holders of the bonds which
fell due about two weeks ago and has
succeeded in getting a three-months'
extension on them. This it is thought
will enable the city to get out of it's
present financial difficulties without
any more trouble.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-04
Farmers Son Suicides.

Peter Althoefes, the son of wealthy
farmer living about three miles west
of Monroe, committed suicide by hang
ing with chain. The lifeless body
was found by his father about noon
hanging to large oak tree. Althoefes
was single and about 30 years old.
The act, it is thought, was caused by
fit of dependency.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-04
Thought the Town WAS Doomed.

Two blocks of business houses on
Rose street, Kalamazoo, were destroyed
by fire entailing loss of between $4,-
600 and $1,000. The fire was close to
the business heart of the city, and the
stiff breeze threatened for a short time
u big conhagration. The insurance
was light.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-04
Forty-eicht Hours without Food.

S. II. Manner, the Lansing business
man who left home in a deranged con-
dition, was found on the floor of the
chapel at Mt Hope cemetery, near the
city. He was in an unconscious con-
dition and was badly deranged. lie
was IS hours without food and died
soon after being found.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-04
Two Girls Kni,d bx Lightning.

Lightning struck the house of j. b.
Landry, in Clarence Creek, Russell
County, Ont. Mrs. Landry was sitting
in the kitchen with her two daughters,
aged Is and 10. The girls were killed,
but the mother was not seriously in
jured.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-04
Another Chance to- Their Liberty.

Christopher OlBrien, convicted in
Detroit of numbering Fred Lutz, and
William Palmer, convicted at Saginaw
of the murder of his brother, both Of
whom are now in Jackson prison, have
been granted new trials by the SUI
preme court because of errors on trial
in court below.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-04

While lying at the dock at Port
Huron the steambarge White Star was
discovered to be on fire. Her entire
upper works were burned. The boat
had been lying idle for three weeks,
and how the fire started Is mystery.
Loss, $1,000, with insurance.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-04
MICHIGAN MAN LYNCHED.
He was n Dentist and Outraged a Lady
While she was Under Chioroform.


Dr. L. w. Humphrey, dentist form
erly of lonia, was hanged by mob at
Neihart, Mont, for outraging u lady
who had placed herself in his power
as a patient. The patient was in the
operating chair and under the influence
of chloroforin when he accomplished
his design upon her. He has been
arrested and his trial set for the next
term of the Meagher county circuit
court. The citizens of the town were
too much aroused to await the action
the law, and he was taken from the
Jail and lynched by a mob which in
cluded many of the most prominent
men in Neihart.
Humphreys record in Michigan is
not an enviable one. The young man S
parents are highly respected residents
of Ionia.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-04

Mrs. Moses Akels, of Ithaca, while
returning from picnic was thrown
from carriage In a runaway into a
barbed wire fence and broke two ribs
beside being injured internally.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-04

Samuel II. Spinks, was found dead
in his shoe shop at Marine City. He
had been greatly dissipated of late,
which is believed to have fastened his
death.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-04

Commencement at the Agricultural
college will be August 4 to 0.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-08-04

The Frazer hoop mill Of St. Louis.
employing 40 hands, has shut down.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-06
FOURTEEN KILLED.
a Passenger Train on the noston
Albany Road Goes Through "A Hrtd,-

Passenger Train on the Hoston aud
Albany Road Goes Through a bridge.
SrHtN0FlELn, Mass, Sept The
Chicago limited express for Boston
broke through frail iron bridge on
the Boston and Albany railroad, one
half mile east OF Chester. about noon
Thursday, and four Wagner cars were
crushed. killing ut least fourteen per
sons, fatally injuring several others.
while at least a score arc badly hurt.
The wreck Is the worst ever known
ON the railroad. The bridge was being
strengthened for the big locomotives
and the worldngmcn who were putting
on the plates were nt dinner when tho
crash came. The locomotive passed
over the structure out was smashed.
the water tank being thrown n long
distance.
The buffet, two slccpcrs and n dining
ear were smashed to lSindlmg when
they struck the stream, twenty feet be-
low, but two day coaches and smoker
in the rear did not leave the track.
There had been thirteen dead bodies
taken ont at q o'clock and twelve OF
them had been identified. IL Is be-
heved that there are two more bodies
in the ruins
Miss Emma pclarty, OF Columbus, q,
Is among the dead.
The train was seven minutes late at
Chester, and the railroad hands say il
was going ut the rate OF twenty miles
an hour when IL struck the first 81 tho
two spans across the Wcsthcld river.
The locomotive seemed 70 leap across
the bridge rs the truSSes collapsed and
fell over 10 the south The conductor
was taking tickets in a day coach. and.
although thrown violently down, cs-
capped serious injury.
The dead were many Of them horri-
bly, muulatcd, heads crushed in. limbs
torn. and often only recognizable from
the clothing. Mr.. Scul. OF Philndcl-
phia, was with his sister, Mrs Bish-
pam, in "a Wagner car She was in
stautly killed, and ne was pinned down,
but finally cNtricatcd
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-06
VETERANS WIN.
Wholesale Suspension of Pensions
Under Act OF 1890 20 Coaso.
suspension Hereafter Limited TO Cases 4.
which Proof rhst tho Pension Has
tccn Improperly Granted-
Former Decision Reversed.

WAsuiNGroN, sept An order will
probably hc issued i'm the pension Office
Friday, 10y authority OF Secretary Hol1e
Smith, which will bc a complete re-
vcrsal of the policy OF this administra-
ton as 10 pensions. The order viii
direct the cessation of Wholesale sus-
pensions Of pensions granted under the
act of June 80, 1890, aud limit suspon-
sions hereafter to eases in which proof
Is offered that the pension has been in-
properly granted.
This will bc decided retreat on tho
part of HolSc Smith from his previous
conduct in suspending dependent pen
sionors by thousands and throwing
upon them the burden 90 proof to re.
main ON the rolls. This retreat is
probably FASTENED 10y the meeting Of
the q. A. Il, in indianapolis next week.
and 10y the announcement that Col c.
+. Lincoln, formerly deputy com
missioner of pensions would bring a
suit 10 test the legality OF Secretary
smiths policy.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-06
Ex-eANK MEN SUED.

Tho National Exchange Bank at Weston.
w. Va. ttas a Scnsntiou-ItsF Former CASH
Ter and Ills Assistant Sued ON Their Bond
fcr 100000.
PAHNE8sHURG, W, Va. Sept Eff.
teen months ago difficulties among the
management OF the National Exchange
bank at Weston rcsulted ia the reSigna-
uons Of ID. NJ Bailey, the cashier, and
y. t. Newton, his assistant At the
time ugly rumors were in circulation
regarding the condition Of tine institu.
ton, and also concerning a deficiency m
its assets. Thursday the bank brought
suit against Bailey, Newton and their
Surctics for 500, 00o which, il Is claimed.
they allowed dcpositors to ovcrdrayv.
senator Camden Is one OF Newlon's
SurctcS, and Mrs Flodc Camden one OF
BailcyS
IL is stated Thursday that Bailey Is
having papers drawn in "a counter suit
against the directors for $50. 600 dainare
10 his reputation rs business man.
As an example Of the way the bank
conducted business 10 was stated az tho
time Of the first difficulty that drover
deposited $1,000 for the purchase OF
cattle. Being unsuccessful he returned
IN "a few months and demanded his bal.
ance, when he was rendered -. 100 lie
protested that he had only deposited
$1,000. hut he claims tho teller insisted
that their accounts were correct. and
that lac take the fun amount
II is probable that many other suits
will oo started. now the bali is open.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-06
nisastrous rir.-

BEARpsrowN, IN. sept IA disas-
trous fire swept over large portion II
this city. The Commercial hotel.
Springs livery stable. Krohc's axricui-
tural store and Frohmcu's dry goo6s
-torc were the chief sufferers The
guests nt the hotel had 20 run FOR their
lives kcE OF powder i'm Krohe's
store caused general havoc 4 man
named Butler was burned o. death in
the livery stable and another IS miss
ing The loss win be about So. o1o.
partially ccverci by insurance. The
FIRE j. supposed 90 De inceudiarv.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-06
Palmetto wh,.sv.

WASHINGTON. Aug SI.-ratcut Com.
missioner Seymour late "Wednesday
afternoon denied the application Al
1ov til.man Tor % palmetto trade marS
ioT Che whisky and liquors solid at tha
state diSpcp~trioS The reasons given
Tor che refusal are that tho state is not
enrarcd in "a general Liquor business
outside thc state ~ south Carolina. and
that thc act providing tor che issuance
ot marks ~ this nature specifics chat
thc pcr~on> making thc application
"n>t bc engaged iu general business
As Sire state can not fr1u she nature,
90 tac things cnrsCc iu business o.
mTtrr and sale vith other states. it S.
rNrlrl.f
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-06
Avfai Fate % rfsru. srfn

NAtrkEtr>o. Chili. sept. &. 20 The gum
boat >uaucf patrols the brazilian
crast O. prevent she cholera-stricken
ship Carlos from entering auy port.
War ships have been ordered o. cruise
oi Che crast 90 Argentina to prevent
thc cholera ship Carlos which was
driven away from Eio entering any
az beer ports The Carlos must bc iu an
awful crnd.ticu ty this time Several
days ago -ae arrived in Brasil. report
tnr I'- dra-a- from cholera on Che v1y-
age She un. turned af~ift
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-06
FROM CHINA.

\ rarty OF Chinese Mutlny ON a Dutch
Steamer aud Kim the Captain and r,yca-
~ sailors.
SAN FRANCISCO, sept. The steam
China, from Hong Kong and Nolaho-
ma, brought the following adviccs:
Terrible foods and famine are reported
in north China, and the distress is
terrible. In Hokchanr, men. women.
children and cattle are dying of starva-
ton by hundreds and as many as
thirty fatal eases OF cholera are report
ed in the city daily.
While the Dutch steamer. Raiah
AJcS, trading between Penang and
the east coast Of Achecn. was making
q trip recently, the Chinese Messengers
rose and attacked the crew. killing the
English captain, mate and twenty ot
their associates They also wounded
httcen ~ the passengers and crew.
After this slaughter the Chinese left
the steamer in boats. taking with them
several captivcs
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-06
MONEY ORDERS
singular rhasr 10 the Hard Vitnr. shown
Ia tho rost Onice department

singular fhasr 10 the Hard rirocs shown
la tho f"st onice Department
NNsulN0roN, Aug SO -OuC OF tho
most remarkable results of the prcSsu;
condition 80 thr moucy market is r,.
ported cy Tho pcSt o1icc department.
anal search of Che r,carl~ of thar
branch of thc government shows ,hst
thc Same &rraicut has been rc>artca
to iu prcvious pauic> The number and
amount ~ money order, issued by tho
department during The past low
months has bccu LARGELY IN excess
ot chat for any equal rcriod f,r
many years. auJ is explained ON
ihc hypothesis which has tsen
proved o. l,c corrc,t 300 She past chat
tAc order, arc purchased without any
intention ot Transmitting che money.
ent merely tor ,hc purpose 81 mai sing
thc government thc custodian ~ th,
FUNDS during Che ncr.oj of striurrrr,.
since She establishment of tb, money
order system over f>o1o 1o1. which hs4
BEEN set aside py she various l,.sl
ir',i nhce' Coy thc payment ~ cr.lrrs
Has recn turari .uta the treasury r,
fr-'ant 90 thc uon pr-~cutaii,u of tho
r.cr-. death of holder. and other
.aHs,~ The greater rart of th.e sum
Thought tu represent Funds Invested
'-fr. "rI--- CIV .r.a-- So .-r..-s
aaf.ae r7evrus paccsy r,r.ols
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-06
CLOSED GATES
ny the Decision OF Judges Dunno sind
nrentano.


CulCAeo, sept 1.-The injunction
restraining the directors from closing
the Worlds fair gates TO the public ON
sunday has been dissolved. judge.
Dunno and Brentauo united in "A de-
cisiou % ;his effect Thursday morning.
Judge GoECiu dis>cntcd and uu-
held the decision of Judge St,in
on the superior court bui filed
against Che Columbian exposition bv
Charles " ClinFmau a motion was
made before Judges Dunno. Hrentnuo
and 6orgin % dissolve the restrainipr
order. and that motion has been sus.
tanned by Judges Dunno and Urentano.
With the injunction dissolved the ai.
rccirrs arc at liberty t1 u.e thc.~, sore.
ton iu opening tine gates on ~anIry
and Che rule adopted bv them AGAINST 4
fair ora the first day of Che week. viii
therefore he ln force
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-06
THE PRESIDENTS CONDITION
It, seriousness Now Fuuy Acknowledged
Several Senators knew 81 tho SFcrct
90 the Surgical Operation.

It, seriousness Now Tuuy Acknowledged
Several Senators Know 81 tho secret
90 the Surgical Operation.
WASHINGTON, Aug. S.-Thc nc.
know ltcEmcut by Or. Hashraok that
an operation had been performed upon
President Cleveland has caused almost
q sensation here, and little else save
the condition 81 President Clcvelaud's
health was talked about "Wednesday.
Now. that the veil ~ secrecy has been
removed several % the presidents
most intimate friends in the senate ac-
hnowlcdEcd Wednesday morning that
when thC president was here when
congress- assembled hc told thsu that
au operation had been performed. hut
that i had been successful and The l,f,-
tors had given him every cncours re-
mcnt as to the final result. But when
thcy an state that Mr. Cleveland tried
90 appear satisfied and hopeful he was
really Gar from feeling so
tc continually referred 90 his condi.
ton, and spoke ~ his Illness i'm d fnsr.
nor that plainly showed 30. and q, alone
was Che aI-at~crbinr subject ON his
mint Coupled with this was Che, snx.
icty sui worry caused ty the inability
or reluctance 20 thc physicians 90 abb. Is.
nose o- explain 90 his satisfaction hss
,A~c lic seemed 90 feel shat Che DOS.
i'r, were keeping something groom h.ru.
hnt f1- TERRIBLE svercvee ~ rr.er-
i3-rtf was bis chief mental Trouble.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1893-09-06

Unexpected Verdict.
ierfha. has. Aug l-The verdict
of She court-ma-fial which tried COL
Hughes isl now iu The hands of go,
lcweI'.ur.und itis "Guutvas charrrd. ,
Punishment wa, fVed at thirty DAYS iu
jail and $50 fine. Gov LcwcIlinr 4. iu
southern Kansas aud win NOE make
pnh.ir The Ending until next week
Tie belief that Hughes win be ordered
to lail hos greatly excited tbr rrpub
Hcans cd over tac state. and they de-
ciare there is not - bastile in Kansn.
strong enough CD hold him.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-10

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING THE
PLAN FOR FUNDING THE FLOATING DEBT.
4 boom" In the stock and bonds OF the Northern
Tacfc Ilnload WIS Of tn" feature, Of the stock
market Yesterday. II was explained 10y tn" Official
announ that tJe entire 900 sui sciiptons
10 the collateral trl, note, % the company have been
made up by the underwriting syndicate. The sub
scrptons were made In large blocks. one being for
o. 200 900 one for ~ 100000. for ~ 900 .OO0
six for 100000 each. for 200 O00 for 800
OoJ and for 800 900. the remainder being for
600 600 each Henry Willard and his German and
American friends have taken more than onr-han the
notes. John ID. Rockefeller l. understood 10 BE- II
large subscriber. {. Is. Wright. Of Philadelphia. sub
scribcd nothing.
Tie collateral trust loan Is 10 run Tor five years ana
bear Interest AZ the rate Of per cent II + secured
y the deposit OF collateral held 10 secure the
floating debt, the 81. Paul and Northern Pacific stock
ow ned by the company the Northern Pdcihc Express
stock and other securities I'm the Of he North
crn Pacific.
With the completion OF the Willard plan for the
funding OF the floating debt II Is expected that Mr..
Willard will retire from the craftsmanship Of the Bonrd
of directors lie placed his resignation In the hands
OF President Thomas /. Oakcs some time ago, but
was urged to remain until the debt was funded. lie
consented 10 do 50, but Insisted that under no cir
climsrances wOnd he give the company his services
after next october.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-10
2?7 cLAss-rGoTrIYG PURSE $500.
. IS CLAss-pACING-prRsE $500.
YALE's CREW GETTING IN SHAPE.

Ncw.Iis,cn. June o iSIcciai.-Tho four racing shells
Yale shipped aboard the steamer lVerna
tonight and will BE- taken the crews quarters at
New. London. Tomorrow evening Captain Ives and his
men viii go by rail- To New.LondoI, where the Yale
launch will De In waiting To carry them mp the river
D. the wharf q, Captain Latham Biowa's Before the
oar.ncn the campus they will got ouHing fare
wel-s godsp,eG, IL were-from hundreds OF Yale men,
The substituting Of Rogers FOR hoetchigs AZ No has
tended MP the Loat, les, until Rogers
could get in with other The presence 81 good
co,rhea week has been Yale, sal'aton Josh"
Hattwei been here constantly; Pred" Stevenson
wa, here Monday and Tuesday. and since then Percy
Bcon s3 the man who had coached the record breaking
IS crew. been the launch every afternoon. Az
New. London al" Cowcs. the 80 captain. will Join the
coaching faculty and soon after Mr. Cook VIII arri'e
Yale will send crew to New. London backed by the
or Ate.t confidence that II will win. Tie makeup and
w,lghts 81 the elght follows: strokes Howl,nd
iGs; ,allpudct 1874; No. Ives captain, ia; No. o.
Paine 1876: No. ., Rogers 100; No 4, Longacre, III ;
No 8 Vanhuyck 100; No. . Messer. 173; bow.
johnson, 49, ooAswan. Olnstead. ITO.