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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-07
Trials Physicians Have in Spain.

from tne London Times.
The following extract from a letter
which has Just been published in a
Swiss paper, written by the wife OF
Swiss merchant settled in Spain, be-
sides giving vivid idea of the condi-
tiOn OF that unfortunate country,
shows how much medical men and
government officers have to contend
with in their efforts to combat the
plague that is working such terrible
havoc throughout the peninsula:
"The other day there died in a house
not far from ours a widow, the moth
er of two daughters. She had been
suffering a long time from an affection
OF the chest, and shortly before her
death a doctor was called in, who pre-
sCrIbed medicine and gave such dIrec-
tons Tor her treatment as he thought
necessary. This was on a Saturday
night, and on the following morning
the poor woman breathed her last.
No sooner was this known than a ru-
NOR went about that the medicine
prescribed by the doctor contained
poison, and was given to the widow in
order that she might appear to have
died OF cholera. The elder daughter
ran into the street like a maniac,
shrleking Scoundrel, scoundrel where
Is the wretch who has poisoned my
mother? p That was a terrible day for
me, especially as Karl the writer's
husband was not here. \ great
crowd gathered before the house OF the
dead and ours. calling for ne Judge,
and threatening the doctor h death.
Then the body was taken into the
churchyard in order that it might be
opened. Just think; some of the peo-
pie las was afterward proved) killed a
rabbit and said it bad died after be-
ing given some of the physiC prescribed
for the widow After the body was
removed there came the Judge, and al
so the druggist who had mixed the
medicine; to show how harmless it
was the druggist took at a draught
all the physic left in the bottle. The
doctor also testified that it contained
nothing whatever of a hurtful nature,
and was really no more than a re-
treshing drink When the widows
body was opened, moreover, 1t pre-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-07
TOOK a TUMBLE.

Large Number of People Dropped
Through "a Bridge.
Early in the evening OF the 2Sth fire
broke out on the tug Mcdonald, lying
at the dock about 100 feet south OF
the Genessee Avenue bridge, East Sag
NAV, Mich. 4 large number OF people
were congregated on the bridge, when
piece OF the sidewalk on the structure,
five feet wide and fOrty-fve feet long,
containing about sixty people, gave
way with a crash, and precipitated
them into the river, fifteen to eighteen
feet deep, with a strong current The
night was cloudy and dark. AIiracu-
lousy, the greater number were saved,
many badly bruised. The river was
dragged and the body of one boy,
named Sidney Falion, aged s years,
brought up. 1t Is sthought several per-
ished, as twelve or thirteen arereport-
ed missing James Twaits was res
cued, but is badly hurt; John Rothen-
burg Is injured about the legs; Geo. \.
Irwin, slightly injured.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-07
Why RoumcIia ReVolted.

A correspondent OF the New York
Times says that the revolution in
ROumelia was in consequence of the
oppression and misrule of the Turks.
Before the treaty of Berlin, Roumelia
mad a fsurishing trade and agricult-
ure. THAT treaty." says the CORE
spOndent, "ruined them. When the
powers had turned their backs, when
the philanthrOpists and distributors
of relief funds had withdrawn, then the
swarm OF tithe farmers descended up
on the district. All the iniquities OF
the old system were revived. Crops
were reserved to the government,
farmers were harried and prosecuted.
Our own agents, sent to buy tobacco
in the most favored regions, have seen
the agriculturists scamper from their
fields, bar themselves in their houses,
conceal their bales of finer quality in
the cellar, and Only y consent to make
terms after a prolonged parley from
the window.
ga year ago, in the Pall-Mall Ga
zette, an account was given OF the ter
rOrism prevailing among the Roumel-
ian farmers; but, though it attracted
aJJ6nJlOn III England, no ACTIVE
measures were taken for their relief.
Is it surprising, then, that these men
should be anxious to free themselves
from the oppression OF their masters ?
In the saddiak OF Philippopolis the
Christians are twice as numerous as
the Mussulmans. By race, as by re-
ligiOn, they have no sympathy with
the Turks. They were bitterly indig-
nant when the powers urCeremonious-
ly delivered them into the hands of
their hereditary foes. In all the coffee
houses Of the city, in every circle that
gathered round the 'hubble-bubble,
were uttered curses of the Osmanlis.
Every merchant who has traded with
them has heard the complaint OF the
Roumeians. Prince Alexander, OF
Bulgaria, heard it, too, and perhaps it
is well he needed it. The 'rosewater
revolution which came to pass, may
possibly have prevented a rising and a
massacre which would have appalled,
the world"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-07
How Hustled Used the GayeI.

FROM the syracuse IN !. } standard.
81 make no secret of acknowledging
Just where | learned to use the gavel,"
Gen. Hustled went on to say. at was
in the Masonic lodge. | divulge no
unrevealed mystery of the order when
| say that the gayel is nowhere so
supreme as in the grand lodge. 1t is
supremacy itself. To it the delegates
bend as quickly as privates in great
army, as the members of every parlia-
mentary or deliberative body should.
| remember an incident in my career
at Albany which is timely here. 1t is
customary when the exigencies of busi-
ness-as in the case of the election of
regents of the university of the state
of New York or United States senator
call the senate and assembly into
Joint session, for the lower to receive
the upper house in its chamber. The
cOurteSleS and customs OF these ses-
sions demand that on the entrance of
the senate the assembly shall rise.
On several occasions before | first5 be-
| came speaker of the assembly, / had
witnessed those ceremonies. Irecalled
the fact that in each case the speaker,
when the senate was at the door, re-
quested the assembly to rise. To my
notion this was exceedingly undignifed
and reflected on the department ofthe
assembly, who ought to know its duty
as well as its presiding officer. Think
how a gentleman would feel walking
into drawing-rOom to be told that
hemust not spit on hefOOr. lreSOlved
that il | ever became speaker, and |
am free to confess | had no doubt of
it, things would be differently done.
During my first term a Joint session
became necessary. The loOked-for OPP
portunity was at hand. On the day
fixed and at the hour the sergeant-at-
arms announced the arrival of the
senate in the usual form. During the
pause which followed | raised my
gavel, and looking calmly at the house
brought it down three times in success
sion. The next moment seventy-five
men were on their feet, and naturally
those who did not respond at once
arose by inspiration. A single blow
later on, when the senate was received,
brought the whole assembly to a sit
ting posture After adjournment an
ex-speaker came to me to find out how
it happened that the assembly arose
without the usual request. 4 asked
the members to rise, said. No, my
inquisitive predecessor said, you
didn t, for not a word was said But
| added, 4 made the usual request
with my gavel. You heard the three
blows?' Is that a Masonic sign?' he
asked curiously. i did not say So
was my response. The gavel at any
rate had done the talking"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-07
A Prophet Without Honor.

w. J. Florence in the Philadelphia Timesl
SOthern and | made tour OF Scot
land once. We were not playing and
one night we stopped at a place called
Preston. i proposed that we go to
the theater, and when we got to the
box office | wanted to buy the seats.
They We're only two or three shillings,
but SOthern said: 'No, We'll 90 in
free At that time he was known all
over Great Britain. Walking up to
the bOx-Ofiice window the following
scene took place between Sotbern and
the man inside:
''Im Mr.. Sothern."
who's Mr.. SOthern ?"
'Don't you know Mr. Sothern?"
"NO, | don't.
Good heavens, Billy, here's a man
doesn't know me-"
''What OF Mr.. Sothern ?" inquired
the man at the box Office.
"He's Lord Dundreary," replied
SOthern.
OH Well, that don't make any
difference. Lords pay here Just the
same as common folks What kind
OF tickets do you want ?"
Go to the devil" said Sothern,
whipping out a half crown. "Give us
two seats"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-07
The Worthy Prison Chaplain.

An agent of the Pail Mall Gazette,
with view of testing the true inward
ness OF prison life, caused himself to be
committed to a London prison. He
relates as follows the beneticent Offices
Of the prison chaplain: II had a visit
from the chaplain after | had been in
prison day or two, and the inter-
esting and edifying interview consisted
OF these questions, as nearly as can
remember: "What is your name2
What are you? What are you here
for? Can you read and write? Brill
liant questions to ask man who said
he was a jOrnalist.) What church
have you been in the habit of attend
ing? What was yourfather? In how
many days did God make the world?
What did he do on the seventh day?
How many commandments are there?
On what mount We're they given to
Moses? What did our Savior come
into the world for2 After receiving
my answer to the last the reverend
gentleman remarked: Then how care
full We ought to be to avoid sin, took
up his hat, said good morning, and
the interview was at an end -
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-07
Anecdotes of Architects

Letter to the Providence Journal
From time to time one hears a good
many drOll stories about the Boston
architects, who are for the most part
men OF rather marked individuality.
and a couple OF these stories will bear
repeating. The first relates that a
Boston architect furnished designs for
a building Of which the Importance
may be estimated by the tact that it
cost something like a million dollars.
He did not draw his commission until
the work was finished, when the
amount OF his bill frightened the com
mIttee having the matter in charge.
One OF them, a millionaire thrice over,
said emphatically at the committee
meeting where the bills came up: 1.-The
bin is simply absurd; 81, 500 is fully
all that the architects services are
worth. Why, 1t was mere brain labor;
no capital required whatever; 81, 500
is ample; it is generousl' In the end.
however, the "mere brain labor" man
aged to get something like thirty times
the sum which seemed to the million
aire so generously ample.
The second tale is to the effect that
when Mr., Richardson, who built the
capitol at Albany, presented his de-
signs for that editice the committee
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-07
PestiIential Marseilles.

Sir Henry Thompson and English
physicians who understand the thing,
ray that all enteric fevers, such as
typhus, cholera and Oriental plague
itself, are due to positive pollution in
the air and water. Historiographers
OF disease tell us that the cholera
comes from the mouth Of the Ganges,
the yellow fever from the mouth OF the
Mississippi and the plague from the
mouth ofthe Nile. Now the Mediter-
ranean is an obvious focus and hotbed
of enteric poison, and has been so ever
since the days OF the Athenian plague,
which Thucydides chronicled. It's
tideless waters accumulate unspeak-
able filth and garbage. The present
cholera commenced and found its chief
seat at Marseilles, which is, perhaps,
the most pestilential port in the
world
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-07

sented no cholelic symptoms whatev-
er, but the lungs were very much dis
eased, and the cause OF death was
proved beyond dispute to beconsump-
ton. Theexcitement and uproar how
ever, were something terrible, particu-
larly among the lower classes. They
persisted in believing that the woman
had been poisoned, and paraded the
streets, declaring that they would
force all the doctors to drink their
own physic, and most OF the patients
of DR.. Antonio EspinOsa, who pre-
scribed for the widow, have thrown
his medicine away, and he is bringing
an action against the daughters for
defamation OF character In the
meanwhile the authorities haverecom-
mended the doctors to prescribe only
pills, the popular belief being that pills
cannot be poisoned. This will give
you some idea OF what the people here
are like
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-07
LOOKING FOR A LAMP POsT
A Mob in Chicago Propose to Hang Muir
derer ON the Spot

VII 0I VTTt sFOC =
Shortly before 8 P. H.. on the 28th,
when the employees Of the offices and
printing establishments Of the neigh
borhooa are released from their day
labors,# young, well dre-sedman enter
ed the hallway ot the building on Mon
roe Street, Chicago, m which he Offices
of r q. DHn & 60. are located, and
leaned against the vail as though
waiting 10" some one. A few min
utes later, ne clerks and printers EN-
pioyed in the building began to stream
aoNn he stars The young man
Watched them closely, and, catching
sl2al o. t"o young women walking
arm-ln-arg. SDrsug forward drew a
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-07

asked that he make certain moditica-
tions OF his plans. But he answered:
'No, gentlemen, illmake you new
design, but | cannot alter that. That
Is a conception"
An architect who has the most dis
tractingly ugly hands imaginable, all
knotted and gnarled, has recently
built block OF houses at the South
End all over excrescences and points
He was dining at Frenoh restaurant
the other evening when friend asked:
"Where in the world did you pick up
the idea OF those crazy houses you are
building on Blank Street ?" ooh, |
don't know" was the answer. Its
a design Eve had in hand for some
time" "Ah," thequestioner respond
ed, glancing pojntedly at the grotesque
hand OF the architect, which rested
idly on the table; yes, | see; the idea
is all therel"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-07

The Oil Scout

From the Petroleum Age.
The oil scout Is not too good to be
comprehended, but he seems to be inn
perfectly understood by the outside
public. He IS sneither an Indian-fighter
nor detective, nor is ne a cross be-
tween the two, as some OF the story
papers and even the metropolitan
dailies have pictured him. He is sim
ply an expert in all matters that per-
tam to drilling and handling oil wells,
and Is employed to get information
usually under difficulties for speCu-
latlye or OtherpurpOses. A knowledge
OF wOOdcraft helps him on bis way
through the wild woodland where
many test-Wells are drilled. and to
succeed he must be a good Judge OF
human nature and have the sleek ways
OF the polished city interviewer. If
the detective instinct Is strong in him
and his mind Is inventive and he can
be patient and pay close attention to
what may seem unimportant details,
he has many OF the elements which 90
TO make up the successful scout. The
oil scout who renders valuable SER
vices Is often forced to arrive at con
ClusIOns from slender indicators. and
IN sending a message from a wildcat
We'll one mistake might cost his en-
plOyer more money than scout could
expect to earn during a lifetime.
Though life of hardship, it Is strange
ly attractive to most OF the men who
follow it, and the portion OF mans
career spent scoutingis likely to bebet-
ter remembered than what mas gone be-
fore or may come after. 1t was not
an uncommon thing for a field man
during the busy years of 1882 and
1888 to keep his boots on four DAYS
at & stretch, and find refreshing slum-
Der on a pile of casing or on the damn
ground under the hemlOcks. MANY
nights have the scouts watched the
stars twinkle as they reclined near
and sometimes inside the guard lines.
listening for the faintest sound from
the mystitied wells The professional
oil scout first became q factor in oil
operations in 1877. He was ushered
in with the great Bradford field. be-
came prominent during the Cherry
Grove excitement, and has since been
inseparably connected with all devel-
opments that have exerted an IN
huence on speculative values.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-07

a fireman, was also severely hurt by
falling from the building.
John Thompson, who murdered J.
C. White for his money, near Glen
Alice, Tenn, was taken from the iail
at Kingston, Tenn, by mob, on the
night OF the Goth, and hanged.
\ rumor was current in the old
world on the 27th to the effect that a
revolution had taken place in Mande-
lay and that King Thebdw had been
murdered
In a quarrel between William NJ and
John Buford, father and son, near
Shelbyville, Mo, on the 26th, the
former was fatally shot hy the bitter.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-07
iTEPT OFF A CrR.
One Man Killed and Eight Seriously In
jured in IA Railroad Accident.

One Man Killed and Eight Seriously In
jured in "a Railroad Accident.
On the morning OF the Goth gang
OF twenty traCkmen on the Massachu-
setts Central Railroad were being con-
veyed to their work by an engine and
a flat car. The men were sitting on
the sides OF the car, ten on each side.
When near Oakdale, a suburb of Bos-
ton, without a seconds warning,
all the men on one side were
swept off by box-car which
had carelessly been left on a
siding very close to the main track.
One man was so badly injured that he
died, and eight others were seriously
hurt. The men were warned by the
engineer, who shouted to them to
look out for themselves. All the men
were Italians, and could not under
stand a word OF English. They were
unable to comprehend the engineers
meaning, and were mangled a moment
later
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-07
A FIERCE sW08D-CONrEsT.
Duncan Ross Disabled by Capt. Jennings
at San Erancihco.

Duncan Ross Disabled by Capt. Jennings,
at San Francisco.
An interesting mounted sword-COn-
test took place on the 1st inst. in
Woodward 5 Gardens, San Francisco,
between Duncan Ross, the well-known
athlete, and Capt. f. n. Jennings, late
OF the Eighth Royal Irish Hussars, at
present instructor in workmanship
at the San Francisco Olympic Club.
In a previous contest last April Ross
was so seriously wounded that the
contest was stopped. The match was
bitterly contested, both men being
closely matched. On the twentieth
attack, Jennings dealt a tremendous
blow that dislocated Ross elbow.
The latter gnashed his teeth, and
clutching his sword in the left hand
advanced on Jennings with such vigor
and address as for lew moments
nonplussed the hussar. The contest
continued during three more assaults
when Jennings was declared the victor
by one point.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-07
Dickens Earning gs.

From London Truth
In an article on thegains of authors,
which has recently been reprinted in a
number of newspapers, surprise is ex-
pressed that Dickens should not have
left larger fortune than 100000. |
have an impression that Dickens total
property amounted to e1OO, 900, but
OF that a considerable proportion
must have come from the profits Of
his readings. There is no doubt that
Dickens made some very bad bargains
with publishers in his early days, and
| know that his friend Talfourd once
calculated that during a period OF five
years he ought to have been receiving
10000 year from his works; but
one cannot form any estimate OF his
total gains from literature by the
amount OF his possessions when he
died. It must be remembered that
Dickens himself made every shilling
which he ever possessed, and he not
only lived in a very liberal style for
thirty years, keeping up a considerable
establishment, and often travelling
without much regard TO cost, but he
also brought up a large and expensive
family.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-07
SnALL-POX IN NEW YORK.
The Disease Rapidly Spreading in tn
Tenement House District.

The Disease Rapidly Spreading in the
TeIement-House District.
\ New York dispatch of the Goth
says: "Thesmall-pOx rapidly spread
ing in the tenement-house districts of
this city, and the local health board
has renewed the old plan of suppress
ing details. To-day the health board
equipped and sent out through the
infected districts the first corps of ten
vaccinating inspectors, who will visit
from house to house and vaccinate all
applicants free of charge. Leading
physicians on the east side of the city
are very much alarmed because of the
number OF cases found in their daily
rounds. The opinion is general in
medical circles that this city will nave
many thousands OF smallpox cases
before the winter is over"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-11-07
4 BOILER GOES Up.
Four Men Killed on a Tug Opposite Ma
rina GiiN- Mich.


At 2 O'Clock on the morning OF the
1st, the tug Frank MofYat, bound
down with four barges, rounded, be
cause OF thick weather, at the wharf
at Sombra, opposite Marine City,
Mich. a line was taken ashore, made
fast, but the current was so strong
that the captain thought to ease up a
tritle on the hauser, and so rang the
bell to 90 ahead. As he did so, the
boiler OF the tug exploded without q
sign OF warning and with terrific re
port. The cause Is not yet known,
but it is supposed to be a lack OF water
in it. The boiler exploded with terrific
force, carrying away the upper works
and large portion of the deck plank
ing, besides shattering the hull from
stem to stern. At the time John
Ward, first engineer, OF Detroit; VIM.
Miller, second engineer, OF Port Huron;
Jas. Wylie, home unknown, and Wal
ter Fisher, of Port Huron, firemen,
were at their posts, and all were killed