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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-23
VARIOUS NEWS ITEMS
OF VARIOUS SORTS AND KINDS
FROM VARIOUS PLACES.
Ex-Grand Master Workman Powderly and
for the knights OF Labor.
Trouble I'm the TX. OIL.

II a bombshell had been exploded in
the midst of their camp Knights of
Labor could not have been more sur
prised than they were when John w.
Hayes, general OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of
the order, issued the following notice.:
10 the order wherever found, greet
ing: Brothers. IT. V. Powderly, past
general master workman; A. w.
Wright and John Devlin, of the late
general executive board, have entered
suit against the order of the Knights
of Labor for balances of salary which
they claim are due them. This notice
is published to prevent any credence
being given to unreliable statement is
that may be made in the public press.
II by decree of court il is learned that
the order is indebted in any way to
these claimants, the order is, and will
be fully able to meet any just claims
The notice was the first intimation
that the rank and file of the order had
that Powderly, Devlin. and Wright
would in any way openly attack the
order. 1t was an open secret that the
defeated trio were covertly endeavor-
ing to create dissension in the ranks
of the knights. Within the last month
Powderly has presented bills To the
order for salary and expenses amount
ing TO $4,000. 1t is stated that he will
make bold claim for an enormous
sum for the purpose of creating con-
sternation. The bill. presented by
Wright and Devlin amount to about
5000 each.
In reference TO the suits Secretary
Hayes said: "The claim of two of the
members is so small that they very
well knew that they could get their
money whenever they wanted it.
Powderly did not present his bills
until a short time ago and then six
months in n lump. He should have
presented them monthly and knew it.
There was nothing left for us but to
refer them to the general executive
board for audit. 1t looks like scheme,
and very futile one, to disrupt the
order"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-23
TO AVENoE VALIANT.
Bomb Thrown Into Paris Cafe and the
Anarchist shoots Several People.


Paris cable: The Terminus hotel cafe,
opposite st. Lazare railway station,
was full of people. Suddenly man
who had dined in the cafe was seen TO
raise his arm and throw something
into the middle of the room. A terrific
explosion followed. The man ran out
of the cafe and down the street. The
occupants after time investigated
into the damage done and found that
the explosion had done dreadful work.
The cafe was filled with smoke, and
lying on the floor were numb ers OF
persons wounded and bleeding. The
bomb had landed upon table, around
which party had been sitting. The
injured numbered Is.
The bomb thrower, on leaving the
cafe, rushed toward the Rue de Rome
and was chased by a policeman. The
bomb thrower turned on the police
man, revolver in hand, and fred shot
at him. The policeman grabbed him,
and both fell. While on the ground
the bomb thrower fired another shot
at the policeman, and struck a woman
who was passing. The woman fell N
the ground mortally wounded. The
policeman who had grabbed the mis-
creant had been badly wounded by his
first shot, and was unable to hold his
prisoner, and the latter, still brandish-
ing his revolver, regained his feet and
again attempted to fire when another
policeman cut him over the face with
h saber. He was then arrested. The
mob demanded that he be lynched, and
they would have carried out their in
tentions had not strong force OF
police arrived. The prisoner proved 70
be an understood, pale-faced and beard
less man of 80 years His name is Leon
Breton. He said he wanted TO avenge
the death of Valiant, executed week
before.
LATER.-The police announces that
it is definitely established that the
bomb-thrower's name is Emil Henry;
that he was born at Barcelona, Spain,
on Sept. 26, 1872, of French parents.
The police add that he lived in London
for few weeks previous TO coming to
Paris.
The Petit journal publishes a dis
patch from Algiers saying that copies
of an anarchist manifesto were found
scattered in the streets of that city.
The manifesto is dated London and is
headed: "Carnot the Murderer. The
manifesto contained threats to assassin
ate the president of the French rcpub-
lie and was signed by n group of an
archistS.
London police assert that they have
information which leads them to be-
lieve that Henry and his accomplices,
previous to leaving England, had
planned among other outrages out
lined, TO cause terrible explosion in
the Paris opera house and other public
places.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-23
THE OFFENDERS OUSTED
AT LEAST GOV. RICH ORDERS
THE OFFICES VACATED.
E0ohIn, Hambitzer and Berry Appeal to
the Supreme Court.-Poies and Itai-
ians Riot Mt Bessemer.

The formal hearing before Gov. Rich
OF Secretary of State Jochim, State
Treasurer Hambitzer and Land Com
missioner Berry, comprising the state
board of canvassers, resulted in the
officials pamed. being removed for
''gross Neglect of duty"
There were present in the governor
room Gov Rich and his counsel, ex-
Judge Cahill and Harrison Geer; +. A.
Baker, Col. Atkinson, ex-senator Wes-
selius' and j. p. Lee, representing the
canyassers; and several local lawyers
and politicians, all anxious &c her the
arguments il was expected the learned
counsel would submit but they were
disappointed for as soon as Gov. Rish
raped for order Col. John Atkinson
arose and said that it had been agreed
between the attorneys that should the
governor declare the offices vacant the
question should be taken to- the SUI
preme court for deciGion within few
days. In view of this fact the attor-
neys for the defense had agreed to
submit the case without further argu-
nuent. Attorney Geer for the governor
acquiesced.
"Upon this understanding. said the
governor, sit being agreed to submit
the case without further argument and
having considered the arguments that
we're presented the other day, l have
decided that these gentlemen are
guilty of the negligence charged.
shall therefore remove them" There
upon the hearing was adjourned and
the board that canvassed the fraudu-
lent returns was, in theory at least,
out of office.
The governors order of removal re-
cites the various charges made against
the three officials in connection with
the '93 canvass, their appearance in
answer to the charges, the hearing and
The governors decision that the three
men named had been proved guilty of
the charges preferred.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-23
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW.

New YoRK, February 19-R. G. Dun &
Cos weekly review says: The past week
has been one of record breaking In wheat,
in silyec, in some forms OF iron and steel, in
onnel sville coke and in well known cotton
and wooden goods the lowest prices
ever known have teen made, and IL Is
gratifying that failures of Importance have
not resulted Wnile no action especially
affecting business prospects wSs taken at
Wa hiugton. the continued discussion OF
revenue and monetary measures and the
uncertainty regarding then have n con-
slant unfaVOrable inliuence, and In dtner-
ent markets have caused sudden huctua-
tions in prices. Wheat at BJSc Is not only
lower by 4Ac than IL was for single day
last year, but lower by 5l1c than Ii had ever
been in the previous Jeventy-seven years.
tie. though receipts Of corn were rye Cot
ton declined sc, with increasing distrust OF
snort crop estimates. Textile industries do
not seem to nave gained within the past
week. for as many works have closed as
have resumed work and in wooden aud
cotton Manufacture rather more: There
has been sharp break in print cloths; some
the lowest prices ever made, and there Is
more talk OF a general closing OF mills The
demand for wooden goods does not improve.
and sales OF wool decreased sharply after
the brisk activity two weeks ago. Exports
of merchandise were about $4,000 smaller
for the weex than last year, aud for six
weeks the increase has been only So 10000.
little moro than half as large as last year,
and for the year thus far the decrease is
about ~ Ter cent. Failures for the week
have been 3S3 In the United states, against
l97 last year, and 55 In Canada, against %
last year.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-23
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

The transsMississippi congress at San
Francisco passed resolutions against
the Wilson bill and for the remonetiza-
ton of silver at the ratio of 16 to /.
Mrs. Myra Bradwell died in Chicago,
after a long illness Mrs. Bradwell
was the proprietor of the Chicago Legal
News, and the first woman in the
United States to be admitted to the
bar.
A Grecnsburg, Ind, business man,
while coming down stairs from his
residence to his store, fell and struck
his head on a stone step, causing in
Simultaneous death.
The union molders of Cleveland, in
mass meeting, have voted almost unan-
imously not to accept the latest reduc-
ton of 10 per cent in their wages or
dered by the foundrymen.
The Farm line steamship Oxford,
Capt. James, from Matanzas for Phil
adelphia, with $4,000 bags of sugar
valued at $230,00O, went ashore at
Couch reef, off the Florida coast.
The Colorado senate passed the eight
hour bill. This is the first measure
that has gone through both branches
of the legislature at the extra session,
which has already lasted over month.
Fire at the oil warehouse of p. III.
Preston 81 Co., in Newark, N. j., caused
loss of $500, 900 worth of linseed oil.
The elevators and mills of the firm
were also totally destroyed. No insur-
ance.
One of the dormitories at the Rose
bud Indian agency in South Dakota
burned, causing loss of $50, 900. The
building accommodated 200 children,
some of whom narrowly escaped with
their lives.
Capt Lloyd Francis, who was en-
gagged in the Mata belle campaign, ad-
mitted that wounded Matabeles, many
of them naked and helpless, were shot
by British volunteers, their orders be-
ing to take no prisoners, but to shoot
every native they came across.
Tawas is going TO have one of the
biggest establishments in Michigan.
The plant is to include two large saw
mills, with combined capacity of 300,
900 feet of lumber day, to say moth
ing of shingles, salt blocks and a gen.
eral store. There will be six enormous
docks and 100 acres of land on which
to pile lumber. The company will
employ $50 men.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-23
seventeen Men Buried alive.

An extensive cavern occurred at the
Gaylord slope of the Kingston Coal
company, Plymouth, Pa. Seventee n
men were entombed. Rescuers went
promptly to work, but there is little
hope of getting the men out alive.
The Gaylord mine or slope has been
considered an Inflated colliery for more
than year past. Only a month ago
there was an extensive cavern of the
surface, which weakened the roof of
the whole mine. So far as can be
learned the accident was caused by a
further depression of the surface.
Nearly all are married men with large
families. 1t is now believed all the
men were caught in the fall and are
dead. John Cuddy, who was at work
with the entombed men, escaped with
his life by hairs breadth. The fall
cut him off from the other workers by
about two feet, making a sort of divid-
ing wall between him and his COM
panions. Immediately after the roof
had fallen in he could hear the men
who were entombed grooming, then all
was silent
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-23
ROBBERS AND DYNAMITE.
Bombs Used to Wreck a Train-Two Men
kHed-Large Booty Secured.


knied-Large Booty Secured.
The boldest train robbery ever car
ried out in California occurred at Ros-
coe, 10 miles from Los Angeles. The
train was the Southern Pacific over
land No. 90, bound north. AS the
train approached block switch near
Roscoe Engineer Thomas saw torch
suddenly flare up and by its light saw
n man standing beside the track. The
next instant he realized that the
switch was open and the train
was sure TO be thrown into
the ditch. He reversed his en-
CINE and whlstled for brakes.
Several revolvers were fired at the en-
gineer's cab and almost Instantly the
engine crashed into the ditch. Engin-
eer Thomas jumped and ran, miracu-
lousy escaping injury. Fireman Mast
ers, however, was pinned between the
cab and tender and was horribly mutt
lated and crushed At the moment of
overturning the train two men wear
ing slouch hats and black masks leaped
from the heavy bushes alongside the
track, and commenced q furious fusil-
ade from revolvers. One robber went
to the express car demanding that it
be opened. Upon the refusal of the
messenger to comply, the fobber placed
three or four dynamite bombs on the
sill and terrible explosion followed.
nearly the whole side of the car being
torn into splinters.
Under the command of the robbers
the extra fireman carried the contents
of the local boxes, which contained
many sacks of gold, outside the car,
where other robbers were waiting.
After gathering into portable shape
the supposed valuables the highway
men turned their attention to the
overland safe, but had to give it up,
and rode away toward the mountains.
1t is not known how much treasure of
the Wells Fargo 81 Co. the robbers
made off with, but it is supposed to be
very large amount.
Two tramps were stealinga ride when
the locomotive jumped the track ana
one was instantly killed.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-23
Yellow Fever on a U. S. warship.

Yellow fever has made its appearance
in the United States fleet at Rio Jam
GIRO, on the Newark. A cablegram re-
ceived from Admiral Benham at Rio
reads: zone man of the Newark i'll
with yellow fever. l have transferred
him TO the hospital. / shall send the
Newark to Rio de la Plata" In con-
Torrance with this the Newark was
sent south for disinfection.
Brazilian Minister Mendonca at
Washington does not fear that the pres
ent outbreak of fever at Rio will be
very serious in its results and certainly
not so far as the naval vessels are con-
cerned, for in their case it is entirely
feasible by rigid sanitary regulations
and keeping the men closely aboard
ship to prevent the appearance or
spread of the fever on shipboard.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-23
Grand Canton 1. o. o. +. Organized.

The work of organizing a grand can
ton for Michigan, Patriarchs Militant,
Independent Order of Oddfellows, was
completed at Flint and the following
civil officers were elected President,
r. A. Willett, Flint vice-president, j.
w. Adalr, Battle Creek; secretary, L.
c. Burnham, Flint; treasurer, o. IL.
Perry, Flushing; guard, Frank Chase,
Ludington; sentinel, George Everson,
Detroit; picket, w. NJ. De Witt, st.
Johns.
The report of Brigadier-General L.
A. Willett showed 80 cantons with a
membership of 500 in Michigan, all in
a prosperous condition, with bright
prospects for the future. 1t was de-
cided TO hold state environment on
Aug. 20 at Charlotte.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-23
The worlds Gold.

Washington special: Returns re-
ceived at the treasury department indi-
cate that the gold output for 1893 will
reach the almost unprecedented
amount of S37, 900, 900, an increase over
1892 of $4.000,000. in Colorado the
output has Increased from So, 900, 900 in
1892 to $5,000,00O in 1898, while the
gains in the other gold-producing sec
tions are unusually large.
The Australian production will
carry the production of the world, it is
thought, to Sl5O,000, 900, which is a
gain of S12, O00, 900, for the year. With
one or two exceptions this is the largest
output ever known. The gold fields
of South Africa seem to be rapidly TAX
ing the place of the California and
Australian fields as the bonanza finds
of the present decade.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-23

ID. IT, Effinger, agent of the Adams
Express Co. al Lancaster, o., commit
ted suicide in his Office by shooting,
the ball going through the heart. He
had been great sufferer from rheu-
matism.
About 20 foreign insurance compa-
MES doing business in Ohio have united
in test case enjoining the collection
of the "a per cent of gross receipts
Incense fee charged by the insurance
department in pursuance of the law
enacted April 12 last.
Five highwaymen attacked Peter
Major, a butcher of Duquesne, Pa,
and after beating him into insensibility
placed his body across the railroad
track. lie was discovered few min
utes before a westbound freight train
was due. Five men were arrested.
DR.. Daniel G.. Gleason died at his
residence in Richmond of paralysis,
and his daughter Alice three hours
later of heart disease. Her heart had
been affected for some time, but not TO
an alarming extent, but the shock of
her fathers death brought on n failure
of that organ and death resulted. She
was 30 years of age and single. DR..
Gleason was 20 years of age.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-23
BEARING SEA QUARREL.
Uncle Sam, Great Britain and Canada
Dissatisfied with the Agreement.

Uncle Sam, Great Britain and Canada
Dissatisfied With the Agreement.
Washington special: Sober second
judgement of both parties to the Beh-
ring Sea arbitration shows that the
agreement reached by the arbitrafors
is not entirely satisfactory to either the
United States or Great Britain. 1t APP
pears, however, that the dissatisfac-
ton is based rather upon matters of
detail than upon any objection TO the
broad principles upon which the arbi-
tation was based.
One of the flaws which Secretary
Gresham is said to have found in the
agreement is failure to provide penal
ties for infraction of its provisions and
as it would be of little avail 20 capture
pelagic scaling vessels only to have
them turned loose again upon the seal
herds as soon as the cases could be
brought before the courts, the secre-
tary is trying TO have this defect cured.
The United States is able TO punish
sealers brought before its courts, but
the Canadian law is defective and thus
an international agreement is desir-
able.
The Canadians also have q cause of
complaint. They appear to have dis
covered at this late date that rigid en-
forceEent of the articles of agreement
would destroy their seal fishing indus
try. Necessarily some time is repaired
to complete the negotiations, and pend
ing their conclusion the British govern
ment is making an effort TO secure a
recall of the modus viyendi under
which operations in the seal waters
were governed last wear. But this suO-
gestion has further complicated the
subject, as it touches the rights under
their lease of the North American Com
mercial company.
That there is need for a speedy
agreement of some kind is evidenced
by the frequency of Sir Julian Paunce-
Totes visit to the State Department
and the fact that already a number of
sealing vessels are reported to have
cleared for the sealing waters and are
consequently almost beyond the reach
of proper notice in the change of regu-
lations.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-23

Daniel Boone, duslxy Negro, kicked
in the door of Benjamin Lyons shanty
at Toledo, o., and attacked him with
a buggy spoke. Lyons, who is 65 years
old, retaliated with a flatiron, killing
Boone. The trouble arose over a
dusky widow named Emma James.
Some of the prominent Populists at
the state house at Denver, Col, have
conceived the idea of establishing a
cooperative colony on the Ute reserva-
ton, in the southwestern part of the
state; it is opened for settlement. For
this purpose they have Incorporated
the Colorado Cooperative Co., with n
capital of 100000.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-23
Railway men report that in Kansas

Railway men report that in Kansas
there were after the recent storm snow
drifts 20 feet deep One Rio Grande
conductor reported that his entire train
was blown from the track near Palmer
lake by gale blowing 80 miles an
hour. Another train was blown from
the Rio Grande Western track near
Pennington, Utah, and number of
people injured.
A severe cyclone was reported near
Red Bird creek, in Harlem county, KY,
with great loss of life. Mrs. Skidmore
and her 9-year-old son and another
woman are reported TO have persisted,
while live stock and property suffered
severely.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-23
81 Men killed nv an Exnlos,on.

A terrible accident occurred OH board
the German ironclad Randen burg, near
Stollergrund, three miles from the en-
trance to Kiel Bay. The big vessel for
some time had been in KiePs Foherd,
one of the best Ravens in Germany,
undergoing various experiments.
To get the ironclad in first-class con-
dition for test, forty artifcers were
sent aboard from the imperial dock
yard. While eleven of these artifcers
were in the engine-room a tremendous
explosion took place. The main steam
pipe of the starboard engine had burst
Far above the noise of the escaping
steam were heard the heart-rending
cries of the injured and dying. Panic
temporarily spread among the crew.
but after a moments hesitation every
effort was put forth to rescue the un-
fortunate men in the engine room. 1t
was then found that of the eleven
artifcers ali but one had been killed.
When the steam had cleared away and
the panic had subsidized further search
was made among the crew for the dead
and injured. 1t was then discovered
that 80 men in all had been killed and
nine injured. The list includes the
ten dead artificers. Thirty-seven of
the men were killed instantly. Two
of the wounded died short while
after receiving their injuries.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1894-02-23
Republican s,nator. 30 Fight Tariff Bill.

Washington special The Repub-
lican leaders in the senate have de-
cided to prevent the passage of the
Wilson bill if possible. They will first
move to recommit the bill to the COM
mittee on finance, with instructions to
give hearings for ninety days TO inter
ested parties. This will produce gen.
eral debate. which will last probably
for two or three weeks. 1t is claimed
that there are several Democratic SEN
ators who will vote for rccommitment
of the bill, and that the motion will
ultimately be carried. The hearing1
will extend the consideration of tn }
bill into May or June. Then there is
TO be general de bate on the bill. After
that there will be amendments offered,
each of them being debated at length.
In fact, every method of parliamentary
obstruction which is possible under the
rules of the senate will be resorted to
in order to prevent the passage of the
Wilson bill until after the people have
spoken at the polls in November next.