The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-03-27
EEEOR VIEWS VOTES.


Mrs PnllO Lander and her 12-year-old
daughter were instantly killed by the
Syracuse IL BinghamptOn passenger
train. They were riding in a carriage
W4ea the horses became frightened at
the WhistliDg OF the locomotive and
ran into the approaching train.
The noted case Of the Supreme Lodge
OF the Knights of Honor against Re
becca Morgan to recover S2, 900 insur-
ance paid her on the life Of her hus-
band, Robert Morgan, was decided in
the United States court at Louisville,
Ky, on the Goth, IN favor OF the lodge
The money will now be paid to Mrs.
Robert Morgan, OF Philadelphia, whom
Morgan had married previously, and
from whom he hadno divorce when he
married defendant,
At Omaha, Neb.. the jury in the case
OF John w. Lauer, who shot his wife
last October, claiming he had mistak-
en- herfOr a burglar, returned a verdict
on the goth, convicting Lauer OF man
slaughter, which, under Nebraska's
statutes, is a penitentiary offense,
punishable by Imprisonment from one
to ten years.
The Illinois Penitentiary Commits
sion have notified the department of
justice ut Washington that owing to
he existing labor troubles and the
prospective legislation by Congress
against convict labor, the Joliet peni-
tertiary will decline to receive any
more general prisoners unless the
United States government agrees to
provide for the cost OF their main
tenance.
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Helena, Ark, on the 21st. Three
valuable blocks, including the opera
house, were destroyed, involving a
loss OF $3.50, 900.
The shops of the Cincinnati, Wash
ington & Baltimore Railroad at
Xtleski, O., were partially burned on
the 2lst. Loss, $4,000; fully in
surad.
Fire in the Morgan Brothers shoe
factory, at Newburyport, Mass, on
the 2lst, caused loss OF $75, 900: in
sured for 500 900.
A passenger train on the Erie & Wy
Oming Valley Road was thrown from
the track near Hoadly, Pa, on the
goth, killing one man and iniuring
several others.
A fire at Poplar Bluffs, Mo, on the
S23, 900; inuranCe, S13, 900.
McIlvain & Spiegels boiler factory,
together with number of adjoining
buildings, at Cincinnati was de-
stroyed by fire, or the goth. The to-
tai loss IS about $4,000.
William H. Carter, proprietor of the
Nelson Pharm aCeutical Works, New
York, committed suicide, on the goth,
by shooting himself through the head
No cause Is known.
The city hall at Fall River, Mass,
was completely Quilted by fire on the
night Of the 10Th. The city records
are destroyed, the safe not being fire
proof. The loss is estimated at $780,
900; no insurance.
Seven persons were injured, three
fatally, by an explosion OF natural gas
at Murraysville, Pa, on the 10Th
Fire followed the explosion, destroy
ing seven dwelling houses.
In Clay County, Tenn, Joseph Tay-
lOr was shot and killed my the dis
charge of pistol IN the hands of his
6-year-old son.
John Gillespie, the negro VINO muir
dered Mrs. Thomas Gray, near Lon
don, Tenn, was hanged by a mob of
200 men on the night of the 18th, near
the scene of the crime.
Several small mObs OF unemployed
workmen at Manchester, Eng, made
demonstrations on the 18th, and
threatened to breakintO iewelry stores.
Considerable excitement was caused,
but only a small amount of damage
was done.
Becoming insane over the financial
troubles OF her husband, Mrs BOhr-
man, living at Avondale. a suburb OF
Cincinnati, on the morniugof he17th,
cut the thrOats OF her two sons and
then committed suicide with the same
weapon. One OF the boys viii proba-
bly, recover.
s Watrous, a wealthy cattle raiser,
OF New Mexico, committed suicide at
the town named after him on the 1 18th.
Watrous was originally from New
Hampshire.
The remains OF Milton Fisher, OF Co
iumbus, O., were cremated at Pitts
burg on the nth.
Chambers has appeared among the
horses in Chicago. 4 horse belonging
to Dyer & Clark, coal dealers, was shot
on the nth.
The body OF Aid. Smith, OF Joliet,
ILL.,, who disappeared on New Years
eve in a mysterious manner, vast found
on the 18th, floating in a pond near
the town. His death is now thought
to have been accidental.
Mai-Gep. Pope was placed on the
army retired list by an order on the
10th.
The big Memphis cotton dealers, y.
B Galbreath & Co., failed on the 10th.
Liabilities S73, 800.
In the German Reichstag the anti
Socialist bill and also Bismarck 5
spirit monopoly bill have been defeat
ed
George Miller, aged %, committed
suicide at Saudusky, O., on the 10th.
with a shotgun. No causeis assigned
The mail train on the Louisville &
Nashville short line ran into a rock
near Verona, Ky, on the 10th, and
was wrecked.
Joseph Elsenor and William Bones
were fatally hurt on the 18th, by the
explosion OF a boiler at Hicks coal
shaft, near Clarion. Pa.
At Lewistown, Pa, on the 18th, the
boiler OF the pumping boat at the
Hillsdale coal works exploded, fatally
sCalding William Fare, the engineer.
Deimet Bros. furniture factory, Chi
cago, was destroyed by fire on the
18th. Loss on building and stock,
$4,000.
In January, 1881, Anthony DAILY
disappeared mysteriously from his
home in Morristown, Pa. Murder
was suspected, but there was no clue
to the murderer until last September,
when John NJ. Wilson gave himself mn
TO the authorities, stating that he
killed DAILY, atterward cutting up his
body and throwing the pieces into the
river. 4 jury was impaneled and the
trial has lust ended in a verdict OF
murder in the first degree.
Ex-Gov. Irwin, OF California, died at