davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-06

G. G. SLOAN co, Al C'TIONEERS. 14O7 q ST
(Suecessors to Latimer & Sloan.l
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-02
IN DEADLY PERIL
We're Many Feeble-Mlnded Children In a
New Jersey Institute.

Two lives were lost and a score
placed in imminent peril by fire
which consumed a portion of the state
home for Predetermined children at
Vineland, n. j. The victims were j.
II. Sage, the engineer of the institu-
tion, and his wife. who acted as laun-
dress. The fire was discovered in the
basement of the handsome three-story
brick structure known as THE Robin
son Memorial Cottage" Sixteen help
less and well-nigh idiotic children slept
on the lower floors. On the upper
floors was about the same number of
adults all of whom were unaware of
the terrible fate which threatened
them.
just at that critical moment help
came and a dozen brave men, headed
by Augustus Speer, a stage driver,
broke down the doors and rushed into
the burning building, rescuing the
children at the imminent risk of their
own lives, and carrying to a place CT
safety, through the bitter cold winds,
the women who had slept in the upper
floors. 1t was thought that all had
been saved when the white and terror
stricken faces of Sage ard his wife APP
peared at "a window in the third floor,
and their voices were heard crying
piteously for help.
Just as help was about to come, and
at time when it seemed as if they
would surely he saved, both disap-
peared from the window and were
seen no more. The flames swept on,
completely quitting the building, the
bodies of the unfortunates were found
at the foot of the stairway, burned to
"a crisp, indicating that they had tried
means of escape. only to rush to GER
tain death. Loss on building and con-
tents, $4,000 The cause of the fire is
a mystery.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-02
Astonished the Republicans.

The election held in Pennsylvania to
choose a successor to Congressman-at'
Large Lilly resulted in victory for
the Republican ticket greater than any
in the history of the party in the state.
When the returns are all in the plural
ity of Galusha A. Grow will reach
nearly 100000. Before election Re-
publican leaders said they would be
satisfied if they could show up 100000
votes to the good, while the Democratic
leaders, who made an active campaign,
were confident that the publican
plurality could be kept below 10000
All returns indicate that a very heavy
vote was cast considering the fact that
spring elections in this state are usually
light. The Democratic gains were all
in rural districts. The larger cities
and manufacturing and mining con
munities show Republican gains.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-02
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

Crows plurality in Pennsylvania is
now estimated at $4,000.
DIR. A. T. Person Is again being
doomed as successor to Surgeons
pulpit, the Metropolitan tabernacle of
London.
Jacob l. Nave, a Louisville tough,
was shot and MORALLY wounded by
John Lemon in his saloon Sunday
morning.
A number of anarchists were ar
rested by the police of Paris. A guam
tity of chlorate of potash and some
documents were seized.
The Masonic temple at the corner of
f and Ninth streets in Washington,
opposite the Interior Department, was
partially destroyed by fire.
The Indiana executive board of the
United Mine Workers has issued cir
cular urging the miners to accept a
reduction in the present price of min
ing.
Unofficial reports from the Illinois
wheat belt are to the effect that the
plant from last falls sowing has so far
escaped injury from the freezing wea-
Their.
Secretary Rippey, of the Missouri
board of agriculture, predicts a fair
crop of wheat as well as of apples and
berries. The peach crop is a failure in
that state.
A disastrous fire occurred at Kaslo,
Il. c., and burned nearly everything on
Front street, between Third and
Fourth The total loss will reach
$50, 900 or more.
At French cabinet meeting it was
decided to recall Col. Dodds from ID a
honey, as il was considered that the
country mentioned was now in a fairly
tranquil condition.
Gen. Booth. the salvationist, to-
gether with syndicate of capitalists,
ias resolved to buy 2O0,000 acres OF
and in Mexico and transport TO it 5, 0OC
antilles from England and the United
,tates.
The heaviest snow storm of the sea.
on, accompanied by strong wind,
as been raging in Indiana. Southern
ndiana is covered to the depth of four
nches, and there are no indications OF
cessation.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-02

The Dramatist Expires Aboard Santa
Fe Train.

The actor and play wright, Steele
Mackaye, died aboard train near La
junta, Col. Mr.. Mackaye was supposed
to be suffering from nervous exhaus-
ton, caused by overwork and was on
his way to San Deigo, Cal. He was
feeling quite badly when he arrived at
Lajunta and the car was detached and
left until the next morning, when the
party started south as MIR. Mackaye
seemed TO be resting easier. He rap
idly grew worse and died before the
train reached the next station. He
was conscious to the last, babe all
those around him goodbye and said
they had done all they could for him.
DIR. Parker and DR.. Finney the Santa
Fe surgeons, held an autopsy and found
the cause of death to be a cancer in the
stomach. Some of the best physicians
in Chicago had examined him and all
decided his ailment was nervous ex-
haustion, except one who declared it
to be cancer. The deceased leaves a
widow and six children, five boys and
one girl, all grown.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-02
Michigan A. T.. A.

The Michigan A. p. A. state conven-
ton was held at Grand Rapids, with
about 300 delegates in attendance. c.
Il. Beatty, of Saginaw, president. and
j. A. Glasford, of Detroit, vice-presi-
dent. Among the delegates were 45
from Detroit and large contingents
from Saginaw and Bay City. The ses-
sions were secret. 1t is claimed the
order has rs, 600 members in Michigan.
The election of officers was the occa-
sion of sharp contest and resulted as
follows: President, Charles f.. Beatty,
Saginaw; vice-president, John A..
Glasspcrd, Detroit; secretary of state.
Joseph Mclean, Detroit; chaplain, DR..
Houghton, Lansing; secretary, w. D..
Gage, Kalamazoo; treasurer, George
ii. Thomas, Detroit; sergeantat-arms,
j. w. Wilson, Caribaro; guard, IL. b.
Mclaughlin, Vernon; sentinel, w. N.
Tufts
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-02
Men OF National termination.

The ninth annual banquet of the
Michigan club at the Auditorium at
Detroit was the most brilliant of any
yet held. The Michigan club is Re-
publican organization of power in the
state, aud the large number of men of
national reputation in the party who
participated in the event shows that
ats power is recognized beyond the con-
fines of the Wolverine commonwealth.
Hon. Thomas w. Palmer was toast
master and was introduced by the
president pro. .em., Gen. X. A. Alger.
Then followed toasts and speeches by
Gov. John Il. Rich; Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts; Ex-
Hawaiian Minister John l.. Stevens, of
Maine; Hou. Stewart l.. Woodford, of
New YORK; Senator VIM. Il. Allison, of
Iowa; Congressman J. p. Dolliver, of
Iowa, and William w. Tracy, of Illi-
nois, president of the National Repub-
licau league.
In theAfternoon, preceding the ba n
quet, Gen. Alger gave reception to
the distinguished guests of the club.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-02
To Wed n Prince.

The rumor is revived that Prince
Isenberg Won Berstein is to marry the
daughter of George M. Pullman, of
Chicago. When Mr.. Pullman heard
that it was a question whether his
daughter, in the event of her becoming
Princess Isenberg Won Berstein, would
be welcomed at the royal table, he
very naturally rebelled at the proposed
union, and in this case the paternal
consent was absolutely necessary.
This objection has been overcome
now and the prince is understood to
have entirely won the heart of George
Pullman.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-02
A FERocIous FARMER.
Fatally Stabbed His wife. Set the House
on Fire and then Suicided.

The most horrible tragedy Berrien
county, has known for ten years was
committed in Hagar township, five
miles from Benton Harbor. Frederick
Westfall, u farmer about AS years old.
quarreled at breakfast with his wife
about some bread, and she threw a
plate at him, striking him on the head
and terribly engaging him. He then
attacked her with caselSnife, stab.
bing her about the face and head in a
most brutal manner. She shielded her
head with her hands, which were
hacked almost TO pieces. He then
grabbed her by the throat to choke
her TO death, but she managed to get
out of doors and fell, he supposed
dead, in the snow. His son ran for a
pitchforll to defend the mother, but he
was driven away at pistol point.
While he was gone TO call help West
fall kicked over the cookstove, poured
kerosene oil all over the floor and set
fire to it. He also cut his own throat
and wrists with razor and started for
the barn, falling on the way, but sum
moned strength enough to get to the
shed, where he hung himself. The
house and contents were burned TO the
ground. Mrs. Westfall, though terri
bly, mutilated, may live. This woman
was his second wife, and newly mar
ried last October. He had a divorced
wife and child living at St Joseph.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-02
sniclde I'm a Hosnital.

Adolph Landry, patient in st.
Mary's hospital, Detroit committed
suicide. He went TO the hospital to
have an operation performed to remove
atumor from the stomach. The oper-
alton was dangerous one, and the
chances of recovery did not outnumber
those in favor of fatal termination.
He had been in hospitals in Minnea-
polls and Ann Arbor to have the oper-
alton performed, but in both cases had
weakened at the last moment The
dread of the knife so worked on his
mind that he secured revolver and
ended his sufferings by shooting him
self in the chest.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-02
FIENDISH FUN"
College Sophs FIJI the Freshies' banquet
Hall with Gas with Fatal Results.

The freshmen of Cornell College at
Ithaca, n. Y, held their banquet and
the sophomores had their ''fun," as
they call it, with the result that Mrs.
jackson, colored cook, is dead, and
several students are not expected to
live. Previous to the banquet the
freshmen had "A parade to the banquet
hall and as they were nearing their
destination the sohps made a rush.
Faces were punched, hats smashed and
a general melee ensued, in which the
police were tossed about like chaff.
The fight was only ended when the
freshmen were safely in the hall. The
banquet went along until IL o'clock
when the room filled with a suffocating
gas. Mrs. jackson, the colored cook,
was found in the kitchen dying and
several students tainted before fresh
air could be reached. The woman died
soon after. Investigation showed that
holes had been bored through the kit
chen floor and by means of tubes, a
fatal gas from jug filled with chlOr-
inc, mixture of salt and sulphuric
acid, was let into the room. There
was no clue TO the party who did it,
but it is. naturally attributed to the
sophomores. Thomas Mcneil, of Pitts
burg, and w. L. Mccullough, of Gil
bertsville, n. Y, students, may not
recover.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-02
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW.

NEW YORK, February 26-R. G. Dun IS
Co IS weekly review of trade: a wa ting
condition of business is one In which
weekly fluctuations mean nothing. BUSH
ne S OF all kinds Is he~itating until more
can lie determined a. out the future, and
meanwhile orders which will keep hands at
work for time are given and accepted.
during the week increaS ng, as. In some
others decreasing, without anording rea-
sonable indications OF the future. Prices
are again greatly depressed rs lor or lower
than ever having been made In wheat, silver
and some manufactured products, and
neither cotton, wool nor raw iron have ad-
vanced- The glujted money markets con-
tinue TO show that the volume OF business
is still inadequate To employ the circula-
s6OJOO,OJO from the New York market by the
sale of government bonds does not cause
the expected Strengthening of rates. With
gradually decreasing shipments of mer-
chandise to other countries, foreign ex-
change rises and some exports OF gold are
does not seem TO increase. In all clearing
house payments the decrease Is 44.6 per
cent for the week, against 31.s for the previ-
Gus week and about $40 per cent for the
month thus far, Industrial cha nges have
been few. but little better demand for
some textile goods has started more mills
than have stopped. larger demand gives
announcement In the iron aud steel manu-
facture and increases the output Of Taills,
though IL Is yet only 80 TO Upper cent OF
continues to depress prices. Prices ofSon-
mobiles now average about IL per cent
higher than month ago buG IN per cent
lower than year ago. and, excepttng this
year. have never been as low on the who ..
as they are now. The failures during the
2Ss. against ly3 last year, and In Canada 81.
against "a last year.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-02

Queen Victoria has returned e
Windsor Castle from Osborne, Isle OF
Wight. Her majesty appeared to b,
more feeble than usual. and was sup
ported by an Indian attendant.
At Shelby, o., buggy containing
Walter Backman, aged 10, and Mis-
Minta Rogers, nged 81, was struck b,
n westbound Baltimore 81 Ohio passen
ger train and both were instantly
killed.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-02
Erastus wiman Arrested for Forgery.

Erastus Wiman, formerly manager
for X. G.. Dun & Co.'S mercantile
agency of New York City, and builder
of the Staten Island rapid transit rail-
road, was arrested charged with forg-
cries amounting to S220,000. lie was
arraIgned before Judge Martin in
cham bers in the general sessions. and
committed TO the Tombs in default of
bail. The complaint charges that "by
various acts of embezzlement, through
m4sreprcsen ations, breaches of agree
ment, concealments, misuse of the
powers contided to him and gross
usurpation of powers with which he
was not trusted, he succeeded during
the years 1889, 1890, 1891, 1892, and W
to February, 1898, in stealing from r.
&. Dun the enormous sum of S229,
0lS90"
Erastus Wiman has long been known
as one of New York's prominent citi-
zens. He was an advocate of CONNER
cial reciprocity with Canada, an au-
thority on economic questions, a pro-
moter of numerous projects of great
financial Importance, and a prominent
member of the New York chamber of
commerce and the board of trade. He
was, until his assignment in April,
1898, considered to be a millionaire.
He did much to further the interests of
Staten Island, and lived in magnif-
cent home at Erastina. His name has
hitherto been synonymous with all
that was upright and honest. Mr..
Wiman was born near Toronto So
years ago, and rose from poor farm
er's boy to wealth and Importance by
his own exertiohs. His latest enter
prise was the plan to tunnel between
Brooklyn AID Staten Island, and
thereby carry the New Jersey trunk
lines into Brooklyn.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-02
Prison for One Year.

Sidney Coppernan, Grass Lake far.
mer, convicted of criminal intimacy
with has niece, Mabel Coppernail, a
weak minded girl under the age of
consent, was sentenced TO one year at
hard labor in the state prison. The
extreme penalty of the crime is life
imprisonment
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-02

A special from Vancouver, b. c.,
says: A. NJ. Beattie, the Hawaiian
consul appointed by President Dole,
has at last received his cxequateur.
This apparently shows that Lord Rose
berry has concluded TO look upon the
provisional government as a fixture.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-02
An Insane Farmer suicides.

David Simmons, well-to-do farmer
tiving in jefferson township, Hillsdale
county, committed suicide by hanging
himself in his barn. lie had been
considered harmless and was not closely
watched. He was 90 years of age.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-02

Toronto special: The Huron-Ontario
canal scheme, which is to connect
Georgian Bay with Lake Ontario, has
passed through committee stages 1t
has now to go to the council TOR rati-
fication. If the promoters succeed in
their application to the dominion par
lament for charter they promise to-
spend S60, 100000 on 1t. Traffic going
by way of Lake Erie will be diverted
to Lake Ontario and thence through
the st. Lawrence river to Europe. The
route is 500 miles shorter than by Lake
Erie and avoids the delays in Lake st.
Clair, the Detroit river and the Well
land canal The promoters expect to
get all Chicago and western traffic.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-02
Col. Dresser Dead.

Col. Jasper M. Dresser, Sr., died sud-
denly at st. Augustine, Fla. He was
born at Litchfield, Mich, in 1928, and
was q member. of the first company
that responded to Lincoln's call for
troops.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-02
Twenty-Five Killed.

A st. Petersburg dispatch says: A
terrible boiler explosion has taken
place at the big iron works at Alex.
androwsk. Twenty-Five men were
killed and 10 were seriously injured.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-02
An overdo.e ,e.s,audnnum.

w. IL. Bentley, 0s years of age, and
for fortyFesfNresident of Ionia, died
from an overdose of laudanum. He
was prominent in business for many
years and leaves widow and three
grown-up sons.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-02

The West Penn, one of the principal
hospitals in Pittsburg, is quarantined
because of case OF smallpox, which
developed there.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-02
Grand Lodge A. O. U. w.

The 18th annual session of Michigan
Grand Lodge Ancient Order of United
Workmen was held at Bay City. Large
attendance. According to reports sub
mitted, the order now has %, 2sS mem
bers in Michigan, the number of lodges
being 1873.
A past grand master workman S
Jewel was ordered made for Grand
Master Workman Parish, of Grand
Rapids. An amendment TO the laws
was agreed to whereby members of the
order who enter into the business of
selling by retail Intoxicating liquors
as a beverage forfeit all rights, benefits
and privileges of the order The rein
statement fee for suspended members
was changed from 81 to not less than
81, the cost being the same as for the
admission of n new member. Repre-
sentatives to the supreme lodge were
instructed TO introduce an amendment
providing for the admission of persons
of Is years of age to membership. The
following standing committees were
appointed: Finance, Edward ID. Fos-
ter, George S. Tompkins and Constan-
tine Hannah, all of Detroit; jurispru-
dence, William III. Baxter, of Detroit;
David Il. Purinton, of Coldwater, and
William B. Seymour. of Ypsilauti.
Officers were elected as follows:
Past grand master worknan, w. +.
Parish, Grand Rapids; grand master
workman, Lewis Ii. Beck, Detroit;
grand foreman, Henry A. Fox, Muslle-
gon; grand overseer, Il. +. Rissell,
West Bay City; grand recorder, w. w.
Wilson, Detroit; grand receiver, James
w. Wood, Marshall; grand guide, Mat
thew L. Gleason, Republics; grand
Waterman, John c. Ellsworth, Fowler.
The next meeting of the grand lodge
will be held at Kalamazoo.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-02
Prenderra.t 70 Hang.

Judge Bretano overruled the motion
for new trial for Prendergast, an,
sentenced the assassin of Mayor Har.
rison &c be hanged March %.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-03-02
MAY DESERT UNCLE SAM.
Petition Circulating Among silver States
to Join Mexico.

A petition Is being circulated at
Georgetown, Col, which calls upon the
silver producing states to secede from
the general government and join the
Republic of Mexico, Mayor Parker,
whose name heads the petition, says it
will be circulated in every mining
camp in the West.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-28

A carcass OF beef is cut in 10 pieces. All
the pieces and the names are in the diction-
ary. Look at the list, and you will find the
names 'tenderloin" and ''porterhouse''-
two names that the inexperienced buyer
has always on his lips. The porterhouse is
delusion and snare in 80 cases out of 100.
The tenderloin is the thick part Of the sir
loin after few round bone steaks have
been cut off and is called the filet de bueuf.
1t makes a choice piece for roasting, but If
not sold In a lump is cut into sirloin steaks
of three grades. The first and second grades
are technically "hip sirloin steak" and
fiat bone sirlon steak" These are the
tenderloin steaks that the young housewife
pays extra for. There are not over six of
each kind In one carcass, so the chances are
that she pays her good money for a third
cut, or "round bone" sirloin, which is itself
capital steak.
Porterhouse steaks are cut from the
small end sirlOin steak, and one carcass
contains but few of them. Ingenious
butchers understand the knack of cutting
the small end sirloin so as to include other
portions of the beef, thus enabling them Ia
sell both at porterhouse prices.
Good beef has juicy or sappy appear
ance, with a fine, smooth grain, which is
easily noticed. The fat, both outside and
through the muscles, presents clear,
straw colored appearance. The flesh should
be cherry red When meat rises quickly
after being pressed, it may be considered
prime. When the dent made by pressing
rises slowly or not at all, depend upon IL
the beef is poor.-Washington Post.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-11-28
PRACTICAL POLITICS.
1T is ExeMPLlFlED IN ENGLAND BY
THE PARLIAMENTARY WHIP.

He Is the Disciplinarian of Hi. Party and
Is Responsible For the Votes and Conduct
of Its MEMBERSHIPS Arduous and Impor-
tant Duties.
The average Englishman who visits the
congress of the United States is usually--if
he knows enough of the governmental pro-
cedure of his own country and is sufficient
ly interested to make omparisons-curious
20 know how our Legislators get on without
whips" The average American to whom
he expresses his curiosity is usually puzzled
to know what he means. Whips are inn
portant functionaries in the house of com
mons, and under existing conditions parlia-
mentary procedure would he almost impos-
sible without them, so the Englishmans
wonder at our having no use for them is
understandable.
Whips, or whippers in, as they would be
called but for the modern tendency to terse-
ness, are aids or lieutenants appointed by
the chief leaders of the different parties to
look after the rank and file of their parties
In the commons, drum up absentees, keep
members informed as to the wishes of their
leaders and in general to preserve as much
party discipline as is possible in an assem-
blage of free and pugnacious Englishmen.
Whenever any group of members of the
house, coalescing about some newly pro-
claimed principle or In antagonsm to it,
decide to form new party, their first act is
to select whip to act as guide, counselor
and friend to their adherents.
The chief whip of the party in power is
always appointed patronage secretary OF
the treasury. Up to a century ago his prin-