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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-02
KONaROFF rs. IVMSDEy,
An Extremely Lucid Explanation by {
IAtIar of Ihe EnrnlaI..s

An Extremely Lucid Explanation by the
Latter of the Formers Explanation.
Sir Peter Lumsden's 5 dispatch in re-
ply to the governments inquiry as to
the correctness OF Gen. komaroff's re-
port OF the encounter between the Rus
slams and the Afghans on the Kushk
River, which was submitted to Parla-
ment on the 2lst, Is dated Tirpul,
April II, and is addressed to Earl
Granville. The dispatch reads: "Gen.
kOmarOtf's account of the attack on
Penjdeh is considered incorrect. Gen.
KOmaroff says: On the 25th OF
March one detachment approached
Tash-Kepri, on our bank of the Kushk
River Reply: Tash-Kepri is Kurt
or PuI-IKiiisti. Gen. Komaroff's
claim to either bank Of the Kushk is
untenable. The left bank has al
ways been held by the Afghans, and
was never subject to Russian occupa-
ton. On the Goth of February the
russians located an outpost of twen-
ty-tive Turcomans at Kizil-Tepe, one
mile north OF Pul-I-Khisti, and about
a mile from the nearest point on the
hushk River and the Kushk's junc-
tlon with the Murghab River. This
had always remained the extreme limit
OF the Russian advance within their
line OF vedettes. The Russian cavalry
detachment alluded to, did advance
against Pul-I-Khisti March 25, but
they retired before reaching there,
when warned by the Afghan com
mander as they had been on February
20" There are nine direct contradic-
tlons OF Komarotfs story, the whole
going to show the gravity of the situa-
ton. The government has asked a
vote OF credit of S55, 100000 for the
support OF the army and navy.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-02
FOUR PERSONS CREHATED.
burned To Death in Their Beds by "a Fir
Due o CaraIassnass

"a
Due to Carelessness.
The two-story frame summer house
on the truck farm of Augustus l..
Vented, two miles below Reading, Pa,
was burned on the morning of the
18TH. In the second story slept two
OF Mr.. Wentzel's sons, Charles aged -,
and Harry aged IL, and two OF Mr..
Wentzel's gardeners, Frederick Hettin-
ger, aged 26, and Charles Hettinger,
aged l6. All four were burned to
death. At IL O'Clock, when all the
farm people We're asleep, Daniel Noll,
aged AZ, son OF the owner OF the ad-
Joining farm, who when he comes
home late Is obliged to seek shelter
elsewhere, went to the Wentzel farm
an0 crowded into the wash kitchen on
the first floor of the summer house
Noll made bed of old clothes, and
SLEPT until three O'Clock, when he
aWoke cold, and found the fire low.
de then went out, brought in wood,
tllled the stove and piled wood near by
1t. AT 3:40 he went to visit a man a
mile and half away, leaving thestove
door closed and the tireroaring. This
soonset the wood ablaze, and in "a
short time the house was on fire. The
elder Hettinger awoke and ran down
stairs to give the alarm, but forgot to
arouse his companions. Mr. Wentzel
responded, and in trying to get in a
window with a ladder was badly
burned. Hettinger rushed in to save
his brother and the boys, but he was
soon envelOped in flames and was
buried to death alODU wit h biC brot h.
er ard the Wentzel boys Ten min
utesla Noll arrived, and related the
part he had taken in the tragedy. The
coroner ordered him under arrest.
Theiury found him responsible for the
fire, and he was held to await the ac-
tiOnof the court.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-02
HOUND TO BE HEaRD FRou.
Taibert, the Internal Machine Man, Turn,
ID Again.

The ianitor OF the Chicago Univer-
sity, on the DIST, made the discovery
that strangers We're digging up the col
lege grounds without instructions from
the faculty. 1t was found that a
trench had been dug from the observa-
tory running southwest for distance
OF about forty feet. This led out of a
hole some three feet in depth by two in
width, which was close to the observa-
tory, and which was covered by a trap
made OF wood and thickly cemented in
order to deaden the hollow sound.
This led to the supposition that plot
had been cOncOcted to blowuD theuni-
versity; but if there was such a plot. as
is quite probable, it was secondary to
another design. 1t is thought that
Talbert's object was revenge on one of
the young lady studentsfo for her refusal
to receive his attentions.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-02
WIND AND WATER.
Much Damage to Property and MANY
Lives Lost in Texas and Kansas

ANts Losi III 1eNas ana Kansas.
Later developments show the floods
IN Southern Kansas to have been much
worse than at first reported. A special
from Medicine Lodge says that the
water rolled down over the lowlands,
east OF Medicine Lodge City, five to
twelve feet perpendicular carrying
death in its wake. Whole families are
known to be drowned. In the Elm
Creek bottoms east of town a dozen
houses were entirely destroyed, and
many OF the occupants drowned or
saved only by clinging to branches of
trees. In camps on the bottoms were
ten to fifteen emigrant families, and
not half OF these persons haveyet been
found. North of there entire families
were drowned; others made emiraculous
escapes. The number of lives lost at
klngman is now placed at ten. A hur-
rlcane struck the vicinity of Dallas,
Tex, on the 22d, doing a great deal of
damage -Four houses were leveled,
and the spire of a church was blown
down. The same wind visited Prairie
Grove, Tex, carrying away everything
in its path. \ school-house was torn
to pieces, one child was killed and sew
eral injured. One man was fatally
hurt at Denison.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-02

tured on Forest Mountain, Pa, on
the 22d, among them being colored
preacher. All were jailed.
At Sharpsburg, Pa. on the 23d, an
entire block of buildings was de
stroyed by fire. Twenty families have
been rendered homeless. The loss is
SIS, 900.
Perryville, a Tennessee river town.
in Decatur County, was annihilated
on the night of the 21st, by an In
cendiary fire started by q person seek
ing revenge on the inhabitants. The
property lost embraced a large hotel.
the river warehouse full of valuable
freight and many fine residences.
Nothing remains of the thriving little
town.
A disastrous flood, caused by a wa
terspOut, is reported from Kingman,
Kas., on the DIST. The Ninnescah
River rose five feet in half an hour.
Many houses, with their inmates, We're
carried away, and a large number OF
people are thought to be drowned.
4 terrific explosion OF gas occurred
IN the Phoenix Colliery, at Pittston,
Pa, on the morning OF the 21st
ABOUT IOO men We're III the mlne at
the time, and many OF them We're
severely burned, though none We're ia
tally hurt.
W. b. Fenton. switchman, was
caught in a frog at the Michigan Cen
trail yards at Grand Rapids, Mich, on
the goth, and killed by an engine.
4 terrific gas explosion occurred in
South London, Eng, on the Goth.
Several persons We're injured and two
houses shattered. The leakage OF gas
is burning in the streets. Themen are
digging to cut off the main pipe to pre-
vent further damage.
During a hOrse-race at Ferd, Indian
Territory, two cattlemen, Frank Wat
son and Francis Copeland, became IN
vOlved in quarrel They fired at
each other with Winchester rifles and
hot n yvapa L-iIIaJ
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-02

without manufacturing it in the nurs-
cry and the school-room. At the time
of the great Jumbo" craze. | remem-
Der there was a lady who sent a wild
ow's cap to the female elephant at the
geological gardens to console the
creature for the loss of its lord. /
should fancy that the little sons OF
that lady, if she has any, would be the
sort of boys who would subscribe
their pocket money to public testimo-
malls
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-02
FORT PITT FALLEN.
Confirmation of the Report that the Place
Had Been Captured.


A Winnipeg dispatch of the 1st
says: The belief, which has prevailed
here for the past two weeks that Fort
Pitt had fallen, was confirmed to-day
by the following telegram from Battle
ford: "The two cOuriers who were
sent from here two days ago to learn
the fate OF Fort Pitt, returned last
night. They report that after a haz-
ardOus ride through a country filled
with hostile Indians they reached the
fort and found it in ruins A friendly
Indian whom they met informed them
that the Indians had raided the fort
and killed two policemen. Theremain-
der OF the garrison with the settlers,
who had taken refuge in the fort, es-
capped down the river-the men on a
raft and the women on a boat of the
kind which is kept at every fort "
This report was confirmed by the IN
dian chief Little Poplar, who said that
he had stopped a general massacre,
and said that all the whites had es-
capped by the river. 1t is coniectured
that the garrison was attacked, as it
was preparing to leave the fort in the
boat. Its fate is a mystery, though it
IS not unlikely that the Indians fol
lowed the members OF hegarrison and
killed them all. This belief is intensi-
fed by the fact that the refugees left
Fort Pitt a week ago and have not vet
reached BattlpfOrd
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-02
Telegraph Operators in Europe

InAustria telegraph operators are
OYerworked and underpaid to a great
er extent than in any other country.
The statement is made that within
thirteen months no less than nine of
SO0operators have become lunatics.
Thissad fact is attributed to the con
stan strain on the mind, the small
pay and slender chancellor promotion.
FIFTEEN years ago telegraphers IL Aus
tria, after service of twenty years,
were advanced to be officials of the
ninth class, while to-day there Is a
largenumber who, although they have
serv1 as long as seventeen years, are
still n the eleventh class and have ], =
800 to 1000 colleagues ahead of them
for promotion. In other countries
operators are treated better, and even
in Rlssia they are paid an additional
annual sum OF 100 roubles for every
Language they acquire, and also receive
extra compensation when working in
tricae instruments. This extra pay
stimulates them to improve their ed
ucaton and at the same time they
derive a rest from their monotOnOus
drItles
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-02
TERRIBLE OUTRAGE.
Police Ofiicers Compelled to Eat the FIesI
of Wild Beasts Burned in Menagerie.

Police Officers Compelled to Eat the Flesh
of Wild Beasts Burned in "a Menagerie.
y menagerie was recently burned at
RoubOix, department OF Nord, France,
and many OF the wild animals were
roasted to death. There was great
danger at one time Of the beasts es-
Gaping into the town, and the citizens
became furious over the neglect of the
police to prevent or eXtinguish the
Hre \ mob seized the policemen on
duty and compelled them TO eat por-
tions OF the burned animals. The
officers soon after became terribly i'll,
with symptoms somewhat resembling
those OF cholera. The mysterious
disease quickly spread to other vic
tIms and has now hecome epidemic
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-02

not the same man in this struggle that
he was IN 1870, His courage is ofthat
ieVerlsh kind which seeks always for
excitement until its pOssessor is final
~ spent with its force. The people
whose cause he fights have suffered at
the hands OF the provincial govern
ment, and inch by inch their land is
slipping from them. In the struggle
for supremacy it may not be difficult
to foretell who will be the victor, but
bloodthlrsty, half insane, as he now
stands at bay, Louis Riel will not be
forgotten IN the Northwest as lead
er OF his people, the French metis.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-02

From the New York TimeS1
OF 10000 half-breeds he is the
idol; ne has chained them to him by
his gift OF fiery eloquence and by his
undaunted courage. Since 1872 he
has dweit among his people, making
only two eastern visitS-one to Ottwa
as a repreSentative-elect from his dis
trict in the parliament house: the
other as a temporary inmate OF an IN
sane retreat near Montreal He Is
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-02
yENE POINTS of THE Law.
in Order to Preserve Peace at Panama
Uncle Sam Takes Possession.

Uncle Sam Takes Possession.
At Panama, on the afternoon of the
24th, while a strong barricade was
being erected, entirely enclosing the
Central and South American Cable
Company's office and great prepara-
tions We're being made for a fight, the
Americans arrived, knocked down the
barricades and took charge OF. the
town. The insurgents were recalled to
their barracks by bugle Gen. Aiz-
pura and his ministers were captured.
When Aizpura was arrested he tainted
several times and fell in the street. and
acted Historically when taken to the
consulate 1t Is believed that the ac-
tion viii prevent a repetition of the
scenes at Colon
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-02
DEATH RE ELECTKICyTY,
A HorrifyinG Accident on the Streets G
Chicago.

Chicago.
People who were in the vicinity of
Madison and Clark Streets, Chicago,
on the evening of the 22d, We're horri-
fed by an accident of a peculiar and
painful character. Charles B. Shultz,
an electrician, stood on the top round
OF ladder fourteen feet from the side
walk, adjusting dimly burning cleo
tric light. Losing his balance, ne
grasped both rods which support the
lamp and through which a current was
passing. He was unable to let go and
hung writhing to the swinging lamp
until some Cne had stopped the en-
gine which supplied the current when
he fell to the sidewalk dead.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-02
IN hESTTChI.
RaftsmaB's Quarrel Settled in the
Usual WaN. With ReXolNers.


Usual Way, With Reyolvers.
Harry Cockrill and his brother
bud" Cockrill, of Devine, Estill Coun-
ty, with several assistants, were tax
ing RATS down the Kentucky River, on
the 22d, when they observed that
Bud" Parker and a brother, of Claws
Ferry, with several assistants, were
behind them withrafts. The Cockriils
shouted to the Parkers to guide their
RATS so as to avoid a collision. The
Parkers could not guide their RATS,
owing to the swiftness OF the current
and a collision was the result. The
RATS belonging to the Cockrills We're
broken up. Hot words followed
pistols were drawn and both factions
began shooting. The two Parkers
were killed instantly, and four other
contestants were mortally wounded.
The Cockrills are relatives of the late
Harrison Cockrill, of Estill County,
who committed suicide after being de-
feated for Congress in the Ninth Dis
trict by John ID. White
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-02

they sort the letters into handy pack
ages On marble shelves attached tc
the pillars right beside the garden
Nobody needs to enter the building e1
cept the clerks. kh business is trans
acted on the curb, as oar board OF.
trade friends say. In the arcade that
surrounds the garden you can post or
receive letters, buy stamps, or send
kilograms, and there is special win
dow for GROWERS who want to know
why on earth that letter that they
know was posted week before last
hasn't come vet.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-02
Hunnbu0S.

/ sincerely hope. writes Labouchere,
that the proposed boys memorial to
Gordon viii come to nothing. When
a boz writes to the local mayor or
othe' public character, and says,
Please, lord mayor, I am only little
boy, put l would ike to give II pence
3 farthings" for this, that, or the 9th
er, that boy ought to be taken away
fromhis parents, who are corrupting
his young mind with humbug, and,
having been first severely spanked,
sent 10 reformatory. Heaven knows,
there's humbug enough IN the world
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-02
Birds Know a Thing or Two.

4 writer on birds says there arerules
of the road which the feathered tribes
obey. Some travel by night, some by
day, and the latter, as a rule. seek
safety in their numbers and therapidi-
" Of +heir fight. Rocks and iackdaws
have a curious habit OF varying the
height at which they fly. They gener-
ally press foreward on their Journey
at a great elevation, till. suddenly.
some among their number drop down
several hundred feet with closed wings.
when others follow suit, till presently
the whole company has changed its
level and Is pressing on at only 100
feet from the ground Migrating birds
usually inirregular floeks with open
spaces between. Apilot bird generally
precedes swallows. Among all the
migrants the flight OF storks afford the
most beautiful spectacle. owing to
their extraordinary powers OF wing,
and to the gambOls and aerial ballets
which they practice while still advanc-
ing rapidly with each successive sweep
OF their strong wings.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-02
His a" String"
LFrnm the New York Mail l

From the New York MALL
Michael j. Quinn, OF Erie, Pa, is an
old printer OF over fifty years stand
ing and a great deal of setting"
He now holds cases on the Erie Daily
Herald, and although almost 70, uses
his eyes without the aid of the optician
or glasses.
"Father" Quinn's years OF toll and
wearing labor represent startling
features in the way of figures. For in
stance, assuming a fair average rate of
speed, taken from his best of 10, 600
ems, and his rate OF ) 900 at the present
day, giving 1900 for an average, it
will be found that the enormous
amount of 119 $40, 900 ems Of matter
have been set up by this compositor
during the past two or three years
more than half a century. In setting
this it was necessary to handle over
35S, ,02O, 900 pieces OF metal twice over,
including the distribution
1t would further interest the reader
to know that the type so set would
weigh 1S7, 200 pounds, or 81 tons,
which this old man has lifted piece by
piece in the specified time. In setting
type the average distance the hand
travels is a foot and half, or there
abOuts. Consequently his hand has
Travelled over 1000, 600 feet, or
matter of 97,727 miles, or within
few hundred feet of being four times
the circumference of the earth. This
does not include the distribution, which
would increase the distance to about
five and half times around the globe
"Father" Quinn's string" would fill
about 16,O15 columns Of space. If
stretched out in a continuous line it
would form a belt over two miles wide
byover seven miles in solid readingmat-
ter. Put these lines in onecontinuous
line and it void extend l28 miles.
"PA, " said little boy who had been
reading the newspaper, what Is n
minority report" g" a minority re
port, my SOM" inquiringly repeated
the father. Yes, sir" "Well, my
son, " he eanswered, scratching his head,
"a minority report is-is-is-well, my
son, where | say | won't and your
mother says | had better, that's a
minority report" (Which one, pa,
YOURS or mOther's?" "Run out and
play, my son; you are too young to
understand such matters. When you
are older you won't have to ask SO
many questions. "-Uerchant Travel
er.
Bison cloths are eintroducedin spring
weights They have the same rough
effects as the winter cloths OF that
name, but are loosely woven and OF
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-02
4 FLOOD OF FIRE.
Terrible Volcanic Eruption on the Island
of Java,

Dispatches received at London on
the 22d state that a terrible volcanic
eruption has occurred at Passervean.
a province in the east end of the island
of Java. A number OF plantations
have been devastated, and it is feared
that fully hundred persons have
been killed
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-02
Something Wrong.

From the New Ork Tribune
That is most extraordinary re-
quest OF Mills the murderer of his wife,
to have his brain examined to settle
the question of his insanity, which, he
asserts, has not been sufficiently in
vestigated. II know there is some
thing wrong in my head, 5" he is quoted
as saving. at the same time processing
his willingness to undergo any opera
ton. even to the taking off Of the top
OF his skull. Mills entreaty recalls to
mind the case of the notorious Gus.
johnson. one of the most cold-blOoded
murderers that ever existed. Johnson
began his career at II. his first victim
being negro whom he met riding a
mule in a country road, and whom he
shot because he refused to get off when
ordered. Cutting off his right ear,
Johnson put it in his pocket and car
ried it for several years as a trophy.
| Wishing to cross a river one day he
had to wait some time for the ferry
man to bring the boat from the OppO-
site side. He shot the man for being
slow, and after cutting off the victim 5
! great toe threw the body into the river
johnson killed because he liked it, but
/ his mother stood by him to the last.
/ declaring that he was not responsible
/ for his acts. She testified at his trial
that when a young boy Johnson was
struck on the head with an AK; the
/ blow opened his skull and a small
portion of the brain oozed out. 1t
/ could not be put back and the loss of
I it. she asserted, changed him from a
/ tender-hearted boy to the cold
( hlooded murderer that he was.
/ A FEW days ago a jury trial occurred
i in one OF our courts OF justice, in
i CLYDE. and after the jury had been
discharged the following ballots were
picked up in thejury room: ''No caws
/ OF acshun;" no caus action ''No
/ Couse OF Action" mo cause for ac-
ton, "No COWS action. Lyons ".
y Press.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-02

SOME rather pretty and novel ok
ing bridesmaids dresses, deserted in
Town Topics n. y, were made OF
white nuns yelling, with plain fun
skirts trimmed with three rows OF
broad ruby velvet. Broad ruby vel
vet scarves. were brought from the
left shoulder fixed on the hip and car
ried across the front to the right side.
where they were finished of with long
loops OF narrow velvet. The beef
eater hats TO be worn with the dress
OF coarse white straw were faced with
ruby velvet, and turned up on one
side with a Curlel white ostrich feath-
er. Great punches OF Jacks are to be
carried with these gowns when the
wedding atwhich they are to be worn
comes Oft next month.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-02

Bison cloths areintroducedi in spring
weights They have the same rough
effects as the winter cloths OF that
name, but are loosely woven and OF
light weight These sell from 81 to
81 u and are donhle width.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-02
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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-05-02

CHAUNCEY NJ. DEPEW pays the bills of
one student at Yale every year, select
lng the young man in his own way.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-01-30
ALIEN LAND OWNERSHIP.

Representative Oates, from the Com.
mittee on Public Lands, has prepared a
report on the bill to prohibit aliens and
foreigners from acquiring or owning
lands within the United States, which
the Committee has reported to the
House with the recommendation that
it pass. The Committee ascertained
with reasonable certainty that certain
noblemen of Europe, principally Eng
lishmen, have acquired, and now own,
in the aggregate, about 81, 900, 900 acres
of land in the United States. We have
not sufficient information to state the
quantity owned by untitled aliens, nor
is it so important, as it is generally held
in smaller bodies. This alien non.res-
ident ownership, will in course of time
lead to system flandlordism incompat-
ible with the best interests and free in.
stitutions of the United States. The
foundation for such system is being
laid broadly in the Western States and
Territories. A considerable number OF
immigrants annually arriving in this
country are to become tenants and
herdsmen on the vast possessions Of
those foreign lords, under contracts
made and entered into before they sail
for our shores.