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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-26
mOrtuary.

Lanson G.. Curtis, of Columbus, O., CORE
spondent Of the Chicago Times, the New York
Herald and agent of the Western Associated
Press, died on the 18th, aged SO, OF Bright's
disease.
George Law, the well-known New York
capitalist, is dead. He started in life with $40
and leaves an estate worth several millions.
John Simpson, of the old firm Of Simpson
Bros, pawnbrokers doing business in New
York city, died ON the 18th inst, aged II. BE
leaves an estate valued at $500, 900. He was a
native of England, and arrived III New York with
single pound sterling in his pocket
II. V. Redfeld, Washington correspondent of
the Cincinnati Commercial, died at Washington
on the 18th inst, of hemoThage Of the lungs.
Redield had been seriously troubled IN this way
for some time, and since last spring had been
unable to attend to his duties.
Capt William Henderson, one of the celebrl-
ties of the upper Mississippi River, died at his
home in Rock Island, of Brights disease, aged
6S. He leaves property estimated at from
S125,000 TO SI50,000 to his two children who
are minors.
James L. Ridgely died at Baltimore on the
16thinst., aged 80 years. He was corresponding
aud recording secretary of the grand lodge OF
Odd Fellows from 1912 to the time of his
death.
A dispatch from Princeton, ILL.,, announces
the death of Charles s. Boyd who settled in
Bureau County in 1880, and of Ed R. Bryant,
a nephew of the poet.
Mrs. Edwin Booth died at New York on the
18th inst
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The Power of the Press.

One of the old-time editors of Michi-
gan (says the Detroit Free Press was
Boosting the other day that he had never
been su ed for libel or attacked in his
sanctum, but he could recall many mar
row escapes. Twenty-Five years ago he
was running a red-hot paper on the line
of the Michigan Central Railroad. A
man named Carson, who was running
for some county Office, was given bad
racket; and the editor received a note
that, if he had anything more to say, he
might expect to receive a good pounding
He had still more bitter attack the next
week, and the paper was hardly mailed
before IN walked Carson, the candidate,
accompanied by brother and two cou-
sins. The four were strapping big fell
lows, and each was armed with a horse
whip. The two compositors and the
"devil y got out with all speed, leaving
the editor with no support. He realized
the situation at once, and began:
Walk in, gentlemen. presume you
have come to horsewhip me"
I'VE have" they answered.
Very well. Have you thoroughly
considered this matter ?"
cit does not need any consideration,
replied Carson. "You have lied about
me, and I'm going to whip you within
an inch of your life p
'Just SO, my friend. but first hear
what | have to say. Did you ever hear
of the press being stopped because the
editor was cowhided ?"
81 dunno"
Well, you never did. Lick me all
you choose, and my paper comes out
week after week all the same. The pow-
er of the press is next to the lever which
moves the universe. 1t makes or breaks
parties, builds up or tears down, plants
or destroys. Aggravate the eoitor, and
the press becomes a sword to wound and
XII. Wollop me if you will, but next
week III come out more bitter than
ever"
There waa an embarrassing silence
right here, ana the face of each horse
whlpper had an anxious look.
9 1t will go out TO the world-to Eng
land, America, Canada, France-aye.
clear to Jerusalem-thatth the Carson fam,
lily Of this county 1--we on roots and
Johnny-cake; that they stole dog from
a blind man; that they murdered ped
dler; that the women are club-footed
that the men work their ears when they
sing; that
What Is the regular subscription
price to the Herald ?" interrupted Car
son.
"Only twelve shillings year.
Put us four down."
Very well-six dollars that's cor
rect. Run in and see me, all of you,
and, if any of you want to see any of my
Detroit exchanges, shall be only too
glad to serve you"
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rH0S. BARD0N, Editor and Publisher.
CONCERNING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.

In fit of righteous indignation over
the bungling work made by the official
who superintended the hanging of a
prisoner named King, at Plattsburg, n.
Y, recently, the Troy Times advocates
the appointment in states where capital
punishment is in vogue, of a regular ex-
ecutioner, as is the custom in England,
whose duty it will be to put to death all
criminals convicted of capital offense.
The writer holds that so long as such
terrible duties are left for inexperienced
sherltfs to perform, so long will the gal
lows remain means of needless torture
instead of an instrument of speedy death
for condemned criminals. The Roches-
ter Union pronounces the gallows relic
of barbarism and suggests that the vic
tim be put to death by being locked up
IN close room away from morbid sight
seers and asphyxiated with carbonc
oxide gas, III the same manner superfluous
CANNES are disposed of in large cities.
Death under these circumstances would
be almost painless and instantaneous.
Any suggestion looking toward the pre-
ventlon of needless torture to criminals
condemned to death will meet with favor
from all humanitarians.
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of them. That we have none to report
is no proof that they may not have made
their way across in another direction.
Surprising that the Jeanette had made
her way north along the Hypothetical
coast line OF Wrangell Land and that
when the ship became useless for further
progress the party continued the same
course on sledges, and having arrived at
the pole continued on due southerly
course on the same great circle, they
would have reached Spitzbergen some
where about the fifteenth degree of east
longitude and we would have met them.
This supposition as to the course of the
party is valid one in many respects, as
can be shown by glance at the circum-
polar charts. If the party reached the
pole il would be about five hundred miles
shorter for the party to make south to
Spitzbergen, where they were sure OF
finding whalers and walrus hunters,
than to return to WrangeIl Land,
where the chances of getting back to
civilization are very slim. From the
pole to the north coast of Spitzbergen is
about 600 miles, while from the
same point to Herald Island,
near which the Jeanette was
last seen, the distance is about 1000
miles. Surprising, however, that the
party deviated to the eastward of the
great circle that runs across the pole and
through Herald Island and tzbergen,
they would have reached Franz Josef
Land, whose northern extremity has not
yet been located, and if making their
their way southwark over this ultima
Mute they may have fallen in with Mr..
Leigh Smith, who promised last sum-
mer, before he left Peterhead in the
Ezra, to keep a bright lookout for the
gallant De Long, for allowing that he
got to the pole, from which all points
are south, he may have made for the
northwestern extremity of the American
continent, which has been explored as
high as 80 degrees. With Mr.. Leigh
Smith at Franz Josef Land, Commander
Wadleigh at Spitzbergen, Lieutenant
Greedy at Lady Franklin Bay, Lieuten-
ant Ray at Point Barrow and Captain
Berry IN the Rodgers rover to the
north of Siberia, all possible points
about the Arctic basin were well covered
this summer. 1t is only to be hoped
that some of these expeditions will have
better luck than the Alliance, whose
commander was not less anxious than
they to recover the gallant commander of
the Jeanette and his companions.
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Strictly Temperate, Except
From the Fairplay tCol.l Flume.

lfioii sLCI NSOisl IiulHO.J
On the sleeper of an L., F. & W. train
recently, a traveller noticed an old, white
bearded gentleman trying to get into a
linen buster. The young traveller
rushed to his assistance, and in helping
him with the garment, noticed a good
sized whiskyhask protruding from one
OF the inside pockets of his coat. Be-
ing of a waggish nature, he appropriated
the bottle, got the coat on the stranger,
and then pulling out flask, said:
VIII you take a drink +"
The old man did not recognize the
bottle, and, drawing himself up, re-
marked, rather severely:
No, sir; l never drink"
1t won't hurt you," insisted the
wag. It's the best"
Young man, !" said the old gentleman,
intended for all in the car to hear, q" if
you persist IN drinking whisky you will
be ruined man at forty. It is the
curse of the land When 1 was boy
my mother died, and the last thing she
did was to call me to her bedside and
say: John, swear to me that you will
never touch a drop of liquor. -
Here the old man clapped his hand on
his side pocket, found it empty, and
recognizing the bottle in the hands of
the other, he continued:
Except my dear boy, an occasional
snifter while travelling"
And reaching for the flask, he pressed
1t to his lips, amid howl of laughter
which shook the whole car
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Tragical aales.

In Greenup County, Ky. on the night of the
18th inst, Allen Richards married Mrs. BurI e.
and large party gathered to celebrate the
nuptials. During the evening Samuel Burke
son of the bride, and his new stepfather got into
an alteration, when Burke was shot by Rich
ards, and is in very critical condition. The
bride refused to accept her sons SLAYER as her
husband, and after the lively wedding the par
ties separated.
A negro barber named Jones fatally shot his
wife during domestic quarrel, at Grand Rap
ids, Mich, on the night of the 18th inst Jones
was arrested.
Patrick Hurley, trucker in Armour & Co. =
packing house, Chicago, was murdered on the
18th inst, by James O'Shaughnessy, q fellow
workman, who struck him on the head with o
bung-starter.
The body of Miss Ellen Kessner, a pupil of
Engelwood Ga Chicago suburb) normal school
was found near the Wabash railroad on the
10th in horribly mangled condition. The
theories of suicide while temporarily insane or
accidental death are generally accepted by Miss
Kessner's friends
At Scandal, Kan. DR.. W. H. Woodward was
MORALLY shot by J. G. Humphrey, editor of the
Telescope. The affray grew out of a local
political contest, and there are threats OF
1ynching.
George Park shot, at Charleston, W. Va. on
the 18th inst, his half urother, Henry Rev
mods, from the effects of which lie died. The
shooting took place at their home.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-26
OUR PROPOSED NEW NAVY.

The naval advisory board, on reor-
ganlzlng the navy, has submitted its re-
port to the secretary OF the navy. The
board found that We have only twenty
one ships of war which are neither now
efficient or worth repairing. In regard
to the need of new ships, the board
takes the position that in order to put
the navy upon a proper footing it is nee
cessary to build at once forty-one ships
OF various classes, as follows: Two yes
sells OF $500 tons displacement, able to
steam fifteen knots at sea; six vessels of
4,2O0 tons displacement able to steam
fourteen knots; thirteen vessels of $500
tons, capable Of thilteen knots, and
twenty gua-boats, capable of making ten
knots, each of no tons. The material
recommended for the gunboats is wood;
tor all the rest the board decides upon
steel shells covered with wood and
sheathed with copper. The idea is to
have navy of swift iron cruisers, it be-
ing thought best to defer, for the pres
ent, the building of ironclads. The con-
struction of this latter class has been SO
rapidly changing of late that decision
may well be delayed until the navy is
provided with ships of a class more
needed for ordinary service. All of the
ships the construction Of which the
board recommends are of little heavier
tonnage and are stronger than the CORE
spending class of vessels in any other
navy. Their rate is also little faster,
and they viii carry guns little heavier
than those nov used on ships of CORE
spending grades in the best foreign
navies. These ships are to be fitted for
full sailing power, and all are TO carry
six days coal for full steaming. 1t is
estimated by the board that the time of
constructing this new navy, including
the repair and reftting of such as are
worth it of those now on hand, will be
eight years. The cost is estimated at
S3l, 900, 600, and the navy would then con-
sist OF sixty-two vessels of all kinds.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-26
What Thew Eat In Africa.

An African correspondent of Food and
Health, speaking of the habits of the
people says:
OF course hunters food, such as ele-
plant foot, buffalo hump, sea COW, gil
ratfe, and the hundreds of different kinds
of deer that abound in various parts of
the country, are all more or less good
eating, especially when you have a good
supply of Dame Natures sauce, hun
ger, on hand. | also found the coney
or rock rabbit fair dish, although too
much like large rat to look pleasant on
the table. The natives of the country
are not, rs a rule, great meat-eaters,
living generally on corn called there
mealiesl, milk, pumpkins, and a sort
of sugar-cane, now and then going in
for feast of meat. / have often con-
sidered whether to this way of living may
be ascribed the really wonderful manner
in which they recoverfrom their wounds.
In the Zulu war | saw four persons
wounded in the legs with bullets, one of
them especially having received bullet
just below the knee, smashing all the
bones, and leaving a hole that you could
see through. The doctors said the only
hope for any of them was amputation.
This they refused to allow, and they
would do nothing but pour cold water
from time to time. When I last saw
them all but the worst could walk alone,
and his wound looked healthy, the bone
having grown together, and knitted
quite strongly. No white man could
have lived without on operation. On
the other hand, these men soon succumb
to illness or disease.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-26
PRIMARY ELECTIONS.

A recent issue of the Penn Monthly
contained an article suggesting reform
in the system of nominating delegates
to political conventions. The writer
holds that when, through the machina-
tons OF ingenius and unpIincipled men,
the majority of any political party are
prevented from placing in nomination
the candidates of their choice, the liberty
OF the people is invaded by those per-
sons who have accomplished perver-
sion of the elective franchise. Eithe +
the primaries are carried by the "pack-
ing" process or the delegates chosen are
subsequently manipulated by self con-
stituted political "bosses." The Penn
writer argues that the primary Is the
cornerstone of all that is corrupt in
politics, for the wrongfully- chosen minor
officer elects those who hold more re-
sponslble POSITIONS. The legislature
elects the senator, and city councils
make up the roster of municipal officials.
Thus politics degenerate into trade,
and the study OF the office holder is to
please the gang that elected him and not
the people whose servant he is. The
remedy suggested by the writer is a di-
rect vote for the candidates, leaving the
people unfettered Ia their choice and re-
sponsible for the nominees on their
ticket. To the objection that there
would be large scattering vote and that
no candidate would receive q majority
on the first ballot, and that a second one
could not be taken, the writer argues
that 10y placing the candidates who re-
ceived the largest number of votes in
nomination the will of the people wou..
be as well expressed as at present
where delegates are compelled to make
a second choice in convention. The
proposed plan is not devoid of merit; 1t
certainly would decrease the army of
+" kickers who play such havoc with
calculations on election results
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-26

crew of men digging rock in T. B.
SCOTS mill yard, found the body of
male infant dead and somewhat decom-
posed, In pool of foul water. An in
quest was held by Justice Mcleod, but
no facts were brought to light concern
ing Its parentage or cause of its being
left. The jury adjourned to meet Satur-
urday, but no further facts being
ELECTED, rendered verdict in accordance
with the above circumstances.
THE following is from Whitefsh BAY.
Door County: A ten-year-old daughter
of man named Ben Belanger was
crossing a creek on a plank near its
mouth, which empties into Lake Michi-
gan. When in the middle of the stream
she was blown off into the waters by
heavy gust of wind. Such ftrong
current prevailed at the time that she
was rapidly carried out into the lake.
She cried for help but no one went to
her rescue, ard nothing has since been
seen of the unfortunate child.
LA CROSSE Chronicle: The Leadville
Democrat says there is big steal in
Brick" Pomeroy's Standard Mining
Company, the stock of which has been
worked of on unsophisticateI a lmirers
of "Brick in various parts of the coun-
try. The above statement happens to fit
well with a letter received in tie city re-
Gently from Mr.. Pomerov notifying bis
attorney to discontinue his suit for S25,-
600 damages against James Vincent, as
he was making 80 much money now that
he had no time to attend TO such trifes.
THE state board of charities has filed
the following with the secretary of state:
"The state board of charitias and re-
form, having ascertained and determined
that insufficient provision has been
made for the care and support of the in
sane III the state hospitals and county
asylums now established according to
law, we hereby file In accordaI e with
the provisions of chapter 233 of the la VS.
of 1881, with the secretary of state, the
list of the following counties in which
no county asylums exist, and which, in
our opinion, possess accommodations for
the proper care of the chronic insane,
viz: Walworth, Rock, Jefferson, Fond
du Lac and Winnebago." The secretary
of the board was directed to notify the
authorities of the counties named that
proper care for their insane was condi-
ton to receiving payment for the same
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-26

A plot to extort valuable information from
Jay Gould by threatening him With assassina-
ton eliminated in the arreat of Colonel J..
Howard Welles, residing at No. 365 Fifth
Avenue, New York, who is now under guard in
the police headquarters, to prevent him from
committing suicide. The first letter was sent a
month ago, and announced that by the will of
God the life of Gould would be taken within
SIX days. Gould offered to pay the salaries Of
fifty letter-carriers for one day. to keep an eye
on the letterboxes in certain district, and
Postmaster General James consented. With
this force and ffty-six detectives, Inspector
Byrnes put two men at each letter box on the
13th,-a carrier familiar with Welles' hand
writing, to open each box as letters were de-
posted, and an officer to seize the culprit. All
3 P. NJ. tall gentleman with cane posted a
letter a the corner of Seventh Avenne and
Thirty fourth Street. A carrier opened the box
soon afterward, raised his hat as a signal and
the chase was over. The missive was the
twenty fourth Welles had written.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-26
ST LOUIS.
Ancient and Modern Luxury,
lFrom the Pail Mall Gazette


Some startling incidents of extrava-
gance and prodigality are given by the
writer of an article on Ancient and
Modern Luxury which appears IN the
new Quarterly. From the days when
Lucullus spent 81 400 on supper, and
Caligula swallowed jewels, to modern
times, when a certain Chinese lady is
said to have rented an island for the
special supply of birds nests for her
soup, the story is the same. Alcibiades
gave ESQ for dog; and Augustus states
as title to gratitude, that he had exhib-
tied 5000 sladiators and given $500
beasts to be killed. Lolita Paulina
wore Set of jewels valued at .e4OO 600
and Nero's diadem cost half a million
The Duo de Bourbon sold his coat for
5000 gold crowns. A chateau for Mime.
de Montespan was only erected for
2, o61, 728 livres. The Due de la Torres
gave $4,000 crowns for a horse. The
household expenses of Louis XVI. were
enormous; his sisters were said to have
burned candles costing 215, O68 livres In
a year. The outfit for an eight days'
visit to the Compeigne Court of Napo-
leon LII. was IL, 000f. In England the
writer thinks there is growing sense of
moderation. It is true that f3, 900 may
be spent on flowers for q dinner; but
still there exhibition gratifes taste.
Phe conclusion at which the writer ar
rives Is that if the fancy and sense of
beauty are never to be advanced the
higher faculties will become torpid.
" Race without wants, race without
ideas. Who thinks of Sparta when we
speak OF Greece? "a thing of beauty
Is JOY forever, and the creations of the
age of Pericles are a las ting boon to
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WHERE rs THE JEANETTE Z

Of the many problems engaging the
attention of scientists and explorers, that
of the frozen north seems to the Law
mind to have received more attention
than the most promising results warrant;
but the lives and property already sacri-
feed seems to have no deterrent influence
upon doughty nayigators, else the many
9 search parties now In the ice packs
of the Arctic sea would be at home
amid civilized surroundings. OF the
latest missing" explorers on the jean
nette correspondent with the United
States ship Alliance, writes: Ii the
Jeanette party made their way across
the pole from Wrangell Land and came
out anywhere between the longitude of
Greenwich and % degrees east we would
have been able to bring back some news
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-11-26

escape without shedding more blood. At the
time of their capture the brothers were making
their way to some point In Nebraska where
their parents reside.
The story of the capture of Ed. Maxwell Is
highly exciting. 1t seems the brothers OBJ
tanned shelter at the house of farmer named
Niedfeldt, Lear Grand Island, on the 9Th of No
vember, they claiming to be goose hunters from
Hastings. Their heavy armament and strange
demeanor created su,picion, however, and word
was sent to sheriff Kilian, who with posse
appeared at Niedfeldt's house next morning
also under the gulse of hunters. After satisfy
ing themselves of the character of the Hast
ing's goose hunters, Kilian grabbed Ed. Max
well and floCred him. Lon ESCAPED by rear
door, but not before firing futile shot at the
plucky sheriff. Nitsch. one of the sheriff's
posse covered Lon With bis gun, but the car
tridges failed to explode and the desperate es-
caDed
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Work of the Flames.

The asylum f 'r predetermined at Columbus,
o., was destroyed by fire on the 18th. The
pupils, numbering GA, were safely removed
from the burning structure. Loss over $780,
Quo.
Fire at Picton Ont. on the 18th inst, de
stroyed the st. Lawrence Hotel, Masonic Hall
and smaller buildings. Loss $4,000; insured
for $13, 900.
KlmbalPs mill in Pascoag, r. l.. burned on
the 18th, with some adjoining buildings. Loss
about $4,000; insurance, $780, 200.
A fire at Capetown, South Africa. destroyed
property to the amount Of $780, 900.
The Clark House, Duluth, Min. was DESTROY
ed by fire GU the 18th inst. Loss about S25, 600:
insurance $4,000.
The cotton mills at Merton, Ont, burned on
the 18th inst Loss S45 900.
The dwelling of James Laguirc. at North
terrlsburg, VT, burned on the 10th inst, and
two children perished