The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-06-13
STATE NEWS


EUGENE SHURBURNE, was found
dead in his bed at Appleton, on the
5th, having died during the night, An
inquest was held and a verdict ren-
dered that he had fit and was smoth-
cred to death while in the same.
ALBERT HoKE, of the town of Will
low, Richland County, was terribly
injured by a falling tree, while chOpping
wood recently. His right leg was bad
ly crushed in two places, the thigh
bone projecting through the flesh. His
right arm was also broken and his
scalp badly lacerated. He will prOba-
bly, die.
THE deComposed remains of a man
was found on the bank of Black River
near Neillsville. The remains are sup
posed to be those of a Frenchman
who disappeared mysteriously about
two years ago.
AT meeting in Milwaukee on the
5th the State Board OF Normal Re
gents selected Prof J. J. Mapel, prin-
cipal of the Milwaukee high school,
for the position OF president OF the
new normal school at that place.
WHILE a party OF men were placing
in position a house which had been
moved, in Milwaukee, on the after
noon of the 5th, the supports gave
way, and one corner of the structure
settled to the ground, crushing in its
descent Charles Frieberg, one OF the
men engaged in the work. The victim
was instantly killed and his body
frightfully mangled.
THE Appleton Mining and Exploring
Company has resumed operations in
its mine, near GOgebic Station, and
the prospects are said to be tiattering.
A large force of men is now engaged in
the mine, which is superintended by
Webb Flock.
AUGUST MILLER, aged 10, an emplOye
of TrOw's mill La Crosse, fell from
slide eighteen feet to the surface of the
water, on the 4th. He was taken out
in five minutes, dead. 1t Is thought
he struck log, but no serious cOntu-
siOns were found and no bones were
broken.
ALBERT c. BEAN, cook onthe steam
er Massachusetts, committed suicide
at Milwaukee, on the 4th inst, by tax
ing laudanum. He was 35 years old.
A BLACKSMITH named Peter Bast,
employed on Prairie Street, Milwau-
kee, had accumulated a fortune
amounting to something like $4,000.
This he invested in mortgages on
country real estate, only paying taxes
in the city on about $500. A few
weeks ago the tax assessor discovered
the mans wealth and upbraide1 him
for making false returns. The neces-
sity Of paying taxes on all his proper
ty worked on Bast's mind until he be-
came insane, and on the 4th, in the
absence OF his employer, committed
suicide by knocking his brains out with
a sledge hammer.
AT Madison on the 3dinst., thestate
supreme court decided in the case of
the state against the Pullman Palace
Car Company that the statute which
obliged the company to pay to the
state a license fee OF 2 per cent. on
gross earnings "between points within
the state of Wisconsin" cannot be con-
strued to apply to business from
points without the states to points
within, or in crossing the state between
points without the state The court
not only holds that the statute in
question was not to be so construed,
but that the power of a legislature to
enact laws in relation to taxing COM
panies on their earnings IN transport
ing passengers into, out OF, or across
the state is in grave doubt. Justice
Cassoday files a dissenting opinion.
Hoe cholera has appeared in Col
umbia County. One farmer lost twen-
ty-five head on the I'd inst. The car
cases were burned to prevent a spread
of the disease.
On the night of the 1st, young
woman was found in an unconscious
condition in a Milwaukee suburb. She
was taken to the county hospital,
where she died the same night. Her
name was found to be Lima Schmidt,
but beyond this nothing is known of
her. The presence in her satchel of a
powder claimed by druggists to be
poison gave rise to a suspicion of sui
eide.
The annual session of the Grand
Lodge of Wisconsin, |. Q. o. F., began
at Appleton on the I'd inst.
WHEN the up passenger train was
about one mile north of Cumberland,
Barron County, on the 1st., the engi-
neer discovered a man sitting lust out
side the left rail of the track and par
italy leaning over the track. The
brakes We're applied and the speed
slaCkened so that the man was barely
pushed aside. When found he was dy-
ing and soon expired. Several severe
bruises from a slungshOt were found
on the head and two knife-stabs IN the
left side. The body was taken to
Cumberland and an inquest held, the
Jury finding that deceased came to his
death from injuries inflicted by par
ties unknown. From hospital tick
ct in his pocket his name appeared to
be William Mackey, and his age was
about 35 years. He was known to
have recently come off the drive, 5"
and to have shown considerable mon
ey the day before, and when found no
money was on his person. There Is
no clue to the assassin.
Gov. RUsK has appointed A. A.
Helms Judge of Lincoln County, vice
A. c. Norway, resigned.
ISAAC MARVIN, aged 73, a carpenter,
fell from a scaffolding at La Crosse,
and was fatally injured.
DURING a heavy storm on the I'd
inst, seven head of cattle, owned by a
| farmer named Evan Jones, three miles
north of Cambria, were killed by light
ming. John W Jones had a horse
killed In the same manner.
DAN BRADY, leader of the recent la
Dor strike in Eau Claire, was found
guilty of riot on the 1st, and fined
1925 or six months in prison.
THE Madison directory publishers
estimate the population OF the place
at 600