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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-31
Couldn't Keep His Promise.

From the Pittsburg Commercial Gazette.1
Joseph Cannon, the loud-talking M.
{. from Illinois, cannot speak min
ute without striking out vigorously
with his left arm. The faster he talks
the swifter his left fist flies through
the air at the Democratic side of the
House. His compliments in that di-
rection are always left-handed. One
day, two or three sessions back, "Sun-
set" Cox had the floor IN the midst OF
an important debate. Cannon jumped
up to ask him question, and, as usu-
al, set his left arm in motion, with the
long, bony fore-fipger violently vibrat,
ing toward the head OF the New York
humorist.
II will grant thegentleman's request
upon one condition." said Cox.
"What is it" asked Cannon.
'"That you put your left hand in
your pocket and keep it there until
you get through with your question, .
replied Cox.
Cannon was not little nonplussed
at the novelty OF the contract, but
proceeded to comply with the terms
He did not get through with his ques
tlos, however, before out flew his fist
on a level with Sunset"
'Stop," said Cox 'fnot another
word. | knew you couldn't keep youl
promise. am not going to have thai
left-handed lick at me forever" And
so he shut off the member from Iii
nois.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-31

Household Art Company, H. c. Cav.
lord, druggist, and Kettmer & Kush
man, fresco artists
The buildings occupied by the Union
Machine and Foundry Company. at
Allegheny City, Pa, We're entirely de.
stroyed by fire on the goth. Loss,
$4,000.
The business portion OF Madras,
Cal, has been destroyed by fire. Loss,
10000; insurance, $45, 900.
The Ohio Valley Glass Works, at
Bridgeport, o., closed on the goth, on
account OF financial troubles.
Jere 4. McCretes, an illicit distiller,
and Bud Higgins, 81 stage robber, have
been pardoned out OF the Chester (nl.1
prison by the President.
Matte, tie 13-year-old daughter of
j. A. Brlckwell, OF Bangor, Me-, was
instantly killed on the 18th by gun
IN the hands OF her brother, who
"didn't know it was loaded"
A cotton warehouse in Bootle Cum
Llnaere, Eng, was destroyed by fire
on the 10Th. Loss $30O,0OO.
Miss Edith Bend and Miss Nellie Nc
Key, two young ladies of st. Paul,
were drowned while bathing in Lake
Pepin, near Pontiac, Mich, on the
10th.
A severe rain and wind storm at
Lakln, Kas., demolished twenty
houses and injured twelve persons.
The rain was Of great benefit to the
CrOp5.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-31
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION.
Two Chicago Boys Terribly Mangled b
One of the A. r1rchists' stray Eombs.

Two Chicago Boys Terribly Mangled by
One of tho snirchists' stray Eombs.
Two little 10, $, Herman Jacobs and
Ed. Croncke, wniie playing in yankee
alley between Bissell Street and Shef-
field Avenue, Chicago, on the 22d,
found q round tin box about two
inches in diameter and shaped like a
blacking box. 1t was tightly closed
and something within ratified like
money. The boys took it in the back
yard where young Jacobs lived. He
put the box upon block and struck
it with an axe. OnstIiking the second
time the explosion occurred which was
heard blocks away The boys were
thro%n on their backs. The mother
of Croncke rushed to the spot
ana carried her son home. His wound
was in the left arm. A piece Of the
bomb had torn through his shirt
sleeve into his arm, and horribly man
gled the limb. The elder boy, Her
man, was bending over the can as he
was striking it with the axe. One
piece OF the metal or substance in the
bomb struck his face above the Jaw
near the chin, and passing through his
mouth, went out through mis- cheek,
leaving two large blackened holes. The
other pieces struck his left arm, MAX
ing very ugly wounds. The box was
evidently filled with dynamite, and is
supposed to have been thrown into
the alley by Anarchists.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-31
A LIVELY GHOST,
Young Man, Supposed TO Have Been
hiiied, Stsrtles His NeIghbors by Re-
turning Alive,
From Boston Dispateh.I

From a Boston DispatehI
John Herald, well known young
mechanic, living with his mother on
Filth Street, managed. Wednesday
evening, without any generalization,
to create considerable excitement in
the neighborhood of his home by unin-
tentionally fguringas a ghost. In the
afternoon, while Mr.. Herald was at
work, rumor spread abroad that he
had been killed by locomotive while
crossing the tracks of the Boston &
Lowell Railroad, and that his mang-
led remains had been taken in charge
by well known undertaken on Bridge
Street. Mr.. Herald has many
friends, and the sad news spread from
mouth to mouth until the town knew
1t. In the meantime some oVer-ac-
commodating person had rushed into
Mr.. Herald's house, and, shouting out
the terrible tldlngs, caused the latter's
old mother deep fright and grief. She
was so overwhelmed that she became
nearly crazy, and the kind-hearted
nelghbors had to 90 in and try to
comfort and soothe her. When Mrs.
Herald heard that her son was sup
posed to be laid out in the establish
ment OF the Bridge Street undertaken,
she insisted on going there, and was in
consequence escorted by a large num-
Der OF friends to view the remains.
On entering the shop the first thing
she observed was pile OF old clothing,
which she thought was her sons. She
would 60 no further, and was 30 over
come that she fell fainting in the arms
OF some friends. She was taken back
home. 1t was getting late by this
time, and Just as his mother reached
home Herald, who had been hard at
work all day and who knew moth
ing about his sad death was
returning from the shop. AS he
neared the house he met a number OF
sympathizers returning home after
leaving his mother, and his surprise
was great when he saw them stare at
him with look OF CONSERVATION, and
then with cry take to their heels.
Feeling uneasy, he hurried to his house
and went directly to his mother, who
was bitterly bewailing her supposed
loss. His entrance created a sensa-
ton. All present except his mother
hurriedly left, and she tainted. She
recovered shortly and overwhelmed
the young man with her Joy at seeing
him alive. The news that his ghost
had been seen got abroad and large
number Of people came to view the
house, so that the ghost had to come
out and explain himself.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-31

EVANSVILLE, Wis, July 19.-Mr
Henry Search and his aged wife resided
two and oDe-half miles southwest OF
this city, on farm. Mr.. Search was 70
years old, his wife about 65. They
lived alone, and had in their employ a
boy about Is years old. Saturday
night the boy, who resides in this CITY,
went home. This morning he went to
work as usual, and on going out to
the barn found the body OF Mr.
Search lying under one of the
cows, as il he had been in the act OF
kicking when he fell. The boy sup
posed he had fallen in fit, as he was
subject to them. He went immediate
ly TO the house, some forty rods dis
tant, TO inform Mrs. Search. He
called, bat received no reply. Hethen
looked IN the dining room and saw her
dead body lying on the floor.
lie informed one OF the neigh
hors, and DR.. Henry Palmer aud
Marshal Hogan were soon at the scene
of tie tragedy. On examination OF
the body Of Mr.. Search it was found
he had be n shot in the back OF the
neck. A 32-calibre ball was found at
the base OF the brain. Mrs. Search
was saot evidently with the same re-
volEer, the ball enteringiust under the
right eye and passing through her
head. Both shots must have pro-
dEce | almost instant death.
Mr.. Search was quite well to do. and
1T Vas generally known that he kept
his money IN the house. The object OF
the murderer was evidently money.
The bureau drawers were ransacked
and money taken, but how much can
not he determined The murderer or
murderers failed to find S475 in gold,
which was discovered this morning.
suspicion rests upon farm hand, Ed
ward W. Moore, a student of tele-
graphy, who has been employed
by a farmer in the same neighborhood,
who suddenly disappeared at mid
night, going to Chicago this morning
at Z o'clock. Moore was paid of Fri
day. He bought q revolver two weeks
ago OF the same callbre as bullets
found in Mr. and Mrs. Search. The
murdered y,eople have one daughter
Mrs. Il. B. Stevens, the wife of a De.
Jroit druggist.
Edward w. Moore, the suspected
man, vas arrested at Chicago on the
= lst. Hearing that he was suspected
nf the crime he notified the police OF
liis whereabouts. Circumstances point
strongly to his guilt, but he stoutly
asserts his innocence. A young man
named Arthur Hall, who at one time
worked on the farm, and who spent
an afternoon there a day or two be-
fore tue murder, has also been ar
rested on suspicion.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-31
Deserved Promotions.

President R. r. Cable, of the Chica-
20, Rock Island & Pacific Railway, an
nounces the appointment OF h. ST.
John as assistant general manager OF
that company. Some months ago
Mr.. st. John received the appointment
of assistant to the general manager,
and then assumed the duties which
fall to the position which he now takes.
There will be but one comment on the
gentleman's promotion, and that,
that in qualification, ability and past
devotion to the interests Of the cor
poration he has served so long and
we'll he fully deserves the place he has
been chosen to fill. In whatever
capacity he has been tested, from the
lowest round OF the ladder up through
the various grades, he has demon
strated his entire fitness for the duties
and interests intrusted to his charge,
and discharged them so well that ad-
vancement on merit was also q cer-
tainty OF the future. His record is one
that he may well be proud of, and
those officials and opponents who
have crossed swords with him in nu-
merous tits that have enlivened
Western railway history in the past
will be the first to concede his eminent
fitness for any position embraced in
the railway world. A close student of
railway problems, an acute observer
OF passing events, forcible, and with a
touch OF Combativeness, when the ag-
gressive is the right method, he has
made his influence felt at tEeright time
and place. That he will be universal
ly congratulated is assured, and, bet
ter still, there will be no touch OF envy
or jealousy in the chorus.
Mr.. st. John entered the railway
service in 1862, as clerk in the general
ticket Office of the Quincy and Toledo
road. On July 4, 1868, he became
attached to the Rock Island general
ticket department, progressing through
various grades until on June /, 1879,
he was appointed general passenger
and ticket agent, position he has
continued to bold to date.
The vacancy made by Mr.. st. Johns
advancement promotes +. A. Hol-
brook to the position OF general, and
George H. Smith to that of assistant
general passenger agent. Both gentle
men deserve Interrogation thus given,
and will doubtless make equally good
records in the future as in the past
Chicago Times.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-31
ON A sOCIALIsTIC BASIS.
Mexico Makes Concessions to q Rather
Singular Colonial Enterprise.

singular Colonial Enterprise.
The Diario Official, published at the
City OF Mexico, government
concession for colony on the
shores OF Tapalotampo Bay, Gulf OF
Lower California, state of Sinaloa, an
enterprise in which several thousand
citizens OF the United States have a
large pecuniary interest, and at the
head OF which is Civil Engineer A. K.
Owen. The document is OF great
length. 1t authorizes the survey and
taking possession Of government lands
at Tapalotampo Bay. The colony
will be agricultural and industrial, and
will be composed OF at least fifty fami-
lies. 1t is provided that the Spanish
language must be taught in the ele-
mentary schools OF the colony. Ex-
emptlon OF duties on machinery and
agricultural implements is granted for
ten years. The government will pay
annually, for two years, $150 for each
family settled, and for each single per-
son not connected with any family the
sum OF $40, annually for two years.
1t Is also provided that the company
must run a steamer between Tapalo-
tampo Bay and the Gulf OF California
and Pacific coast ports. 1t is the in
tentlon OF the projectors OF the enter
prise to begin the settlement OF the
colony in October, and to establish
the colony on Socialistic principles.
Plans for laying out city are already
prepared.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-31
'TIS RACHT, IS'r NACAT
PROMINENT OPEE.

Dr.. HOLMES said the other day: II
thought had only four friends III En-
gland, but I find l have 1000"
ELIHU b. WAsHBURN has received
the degree OF doctor OF laws from Bow
doin College.
JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY will make his
headquarters on Plum Island while
canoeing up and down the Merrimac.
CARDINAL MANNING has written a let
ter to deny the statement circulated
that he was an opponent OF HONE
Rule.
A FOUNTAIN in memory of Lord
Frederick A. Cavendish has been
erected at Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire,
England.
WHlT their signatures fetched at
New York sale: Thomas jefferson, s,
S3S; Abraham Lincoln's. $3.50;
Thomas Carlyle's, IS; Henry Clsy's,
81.
LADY WATERLow, the wife of Sir
Sydney Waterlow, ex-mayor Of Lon
don, who is now in Washington, is the
daughter OF George Hamilton, of Cali
orn Ia.
Mrs. NELLIE GRANT SARToRIs, who
is now at her home in the Isle of
Wight, intends to visit her mother
during the summer, after taking q
short trip on the Continent.
T. w. PEARCE, OF Brooklyn, claimsto
be soleh OF j. H. Blythe, who died
in California in 1888, leaving an es-
tate valued at $S,O0O,OOO. Pearce
will sail for England next month to
obtain proof his relationship to Sa-
rah Savage, the mother of Blythe,
QUEEN VICTORIA. who has just COM
pleted the forty-ninth year of her reign,
has been exceeded in length of time
upon the throne by but three mon
archs in the history OF England.
These were Henry Ill, who reigned
tifty-six years; Edward Ill, fifty
years, and George Ill, sixty years.
ROCKED in his ivory cradle, inlaid
with gold and silver, presented to him
by his grandmother, the ex-Queen Isa-
bella, and nourished by the omnipres-
cent wet-nurse, the infant King OF
Spain continues to thrive. Queen
Christina is gradually resuming her
usual duties. She distributes more
than 100000 lire month in charity.
CONSUL BEE, the American member
OF the San Francisco Chinese Con-
sulate, who has been active for several
years in securing the Chinese all their
rights in the courts, has been reward
ed by the Chinese emperor with a
medal and document which makes
him a Knight of the Red Dragon, or
der OF the third rank, an order be-
slowed for the first time on an Ameri-
can citizen.
AN American lady who attended En-
nest Remains last lecture of this sea-
son at the College de France describes
him as ga little man, very stout, who
looked when he walked in as if he
rolled in. His head is large andrather
fine, but his whole aspect is not pleas
ant, neither is his delivery pleasing.
His audience numbered about twenty.
The subject of his lecture was Psalm
cXiX"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-31
A TERRIFIC HAILSTORH.
Thousands of Acres of Grain In Dakota
and Minnesota Destroyed.

Dispatches from Warren, Mimi,
state that Marshall County was Wis
tied, on the night of the 24th,iby a
terrific hailstorm, which extended for
a distance OF six miles. The storm
commenced about two miles west of
Argyle, and stretched across the towns
OF Middle River, Alma, Toldol, Com
stock and perhaps further. Hail as
large or larger than hens eggs fell for
about twenty minutes, smashing win
dow-panes and killing stock and de-
stroying grain. The storm at Mayville,
OAK, extended along the Goose River,
striking the very best grain sections in
Dakota. Not fewer than $4,000 acres
OF grain are reported to have been de-
stroyed. The hailstones were as large
as turkey eggs. Several persons were
caught in the open fields and severely
injured by the hail. At st. Thomas, a
few miles from Grafton, violent rain
and windstorm began late at night,
and destroyed everything in its path
from st. Thomas to Red River, Mimi,
the country devastated being six
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-31
Native Houses of Alaska.

IRON tltTnDSrS' journal
The houses OF the natives are much
the same in all divisions OF Alaska.
The dwellings are thus described: 4
circular mound OF earth, grass-grown
and Uttered with all sorts OF house
hold utensils, a small spiral coil OF
smoke rising from the apex, dogs
crouching, children climbing up or roll
ing down, stray morsels OF food left
from one meal to the other, and soft
mixture OF mud and offal surrounding
it all. The entrance to this house is q
low, irregular, square aperture,
through which the inmate stoops, and
passes down a foot or two through a
short low passage on to the earthen
floor within. The interior generally
consists OF an irregularly-shaped
square circle, twelve or fifteen in diam
eter, receiving its only light from with
out through the small smoke-opening
at the apex of the roof, which rises,
tent-like, from the floor. The fire
place Is directly under this opening.
Rude beds or couches OF skin and grass
mats are laid, slightly raised upon the
floor, upon clumsy frames made of
sticks and saplings or rough hewn
planks, and sometimes on little eleva-
tions built up OF peat or sod. Some
times q small hallway with bulgiDg
sides Is erected over the entrance,
where by this expansion room is az
forded for the keeping OF utensils and
water vessels, and as shelter for
dogs. Immediately adjoining most OF
these houses viii be found small
summer kitchen, arude wooden frame,
walled in and covered over with sods,
with an opening at the top to give vent
TO the smoke. These are entirely
above ground, rarely over five or six
feet in diameter, and are Uttered with
filth and offal OF all kinds; serving al
so as a refuge for the dogs from the in
clement weather. In the interior re-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-31
FEAR A M.4SSACRE,
SETTLERS Pantc-Strtcken by Threats of
vengeance on the Part of Indians.

sett!ers Tanfc-Strtcken by Threats of
vengeance on the Part of Indians.
A dispatch from Spokane Falls, w.
t., OF the 10Th, says: Great excite
ment prevailed here to-day over
rumor that the Calispel Indians had
threatened to massacre the settlers in
kooten County. Some time ago these
Indians showed signs of discomfort,
and Gen. Wheaton sent troop OF
cavalry into Calispel Valley to pro-
tect the settlers. The Indians now
claim that the troops drove them out
OF the valley, and they threaten ven
geanee. The farmers Of Wild Rose
Prairie, about seventeen miles north
OF here, became panic-stricken, and q
large number arrived here to-day with
their families. Gen. Carlin, at Fort
Coeur d 'Alene, has been notified of the
threatened trouble, but as it takes
time to move troops and the rumors
were so startling, Judge Turner, OF
this district, organized a volunteer
company OF twenty men, who left here
this afternoon, and will aid in protect
ing the settlers until the troops arrive.
As the Calispels are known to be most
treacherous and troublesome Indians
IN their section, many entertain fears
OF an outbreak.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-31
STORM IN NEBRASKA,
Several Persons Killed by Lightning
Buildings Blown Down.

A dispatch of the Goth from Minden,
Kearney County, Neb., says: Yes
terday's storm in this county was
very severe. There was a heavy rain
fall. The wind blew down the Danish
Church, three miles south of Fred.
ericksburg, and killed an old lady,
Mrs. Nels Monks. Nine miles south OF
Minden the lightning struck house,
killing Rasmus Dilletson, a German
farmer, his son AL, II years old, and
a daughter IA years old, and instant
ly and severely injured another child.
No damage to crops is reported. In
Western Nebraska and Eastern
Wyoming the rain, wind and hail
storm OF about one hours duration,
which began at 5:15 last evening, near
Pine Bluffs, Wyo., extending six
miles east and two miles west OF
that place, blew down thirty telegraph
poles, and caused g. washout OF the
Union Pacific track, unroofed several
houses, but hurt no persons. Both
the wires and the road are in working
order to day.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-31
DIXIE IN E4ELE.
The Crawford Divorce Case Again De-
cidei.

The Crawford Divorce Case Again De-
cided.
The case of Crawford against Craw-
ford and Dixie was given to the jury
on the 23d. They returned verdict
finding Mrs. Crawford guilty of adul-
terry with Sir Charles Dixie, and grant
ing Mr.. Crawford a divorce. The Jury
were absent twenty minutes only. The
decision arrived at by the jury is that
Mr.. Crawford is entitled to divorce
from his wife on the ground OF adul-
terry with Sir Charles Dixie as decided
nisi by Justice Sir Charles Butt,
on February II last, the present
case being simply a rehearing at the
intervention OF the Queens proctor
for the purpose of ascertaining wheth-
er the decree nisi should not be set
aside on the ground of collusion be-
tween Mr.. and Mrs Crawford or on
new evidence invalidating the wife's
confession. The jury finding in favor
OF Mr.. Crawford, the proceeding con.
firms the previous decree, and makes
1t absolute at the expiration of thesix
months attaching to it. This six
months will expire on August II. The
Queens proctor has been condemned
to pay the costs OF the present pro-
ceeding. Sir Charles has published a
letter to his constituents in which he
announces his permanent retirement
from public lie.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-31
Gold Coined in Lodging-Hous

New York Cor. Rochester Democrat.I
The Buckley estate, which Is now
under contest before the surrogate, is
estimated at $50,00O-all made out OF
cheap lodgings. For every man that
owns Fifth Avenue palace there are
hundred that hardly know where to
lay their heads, and if they are unable
to pay for q lodging, the station house
is their only resort. Such an I'M
mense floating population gives busi-
ness to a large number OF cheap lodg-
ings, whose prices vary from FIVE cents
up to dime, and in some instances
even a quarter. The business even at
the lowest figure is profitable and a
man who can have a basement at SIS
per month can sell 10Olodgings night
at five cents. His furniture is araised
platform running the whole length OF
the room and covered with coarse
pallets stuffed with straw. A piece of
carpet serves for both sheet and COW
erlid, and as the guests sleep in their
clothes, but little covering is required.
They pay on entering and 90 out when
they please, having the privilege OF
washing at sink and afterwards dry
ing their faces in the air. Dime lodg-
ers have iron bedsteads arranged in
large rooms and closets in which to
lock up their clothes, also roller
towel which is changed every day. a
quarter OF dollar gives two beds in a
room and fifty cents would command
the exclusive use OF the latter, but
such customers are never expected
few indeed going above the dime ac-
commodations. Some OF these houses
will hold $50 dodgers, and at this rate
no wonder that Buckley after keeping
such a place for many years LETT $50,-
/ 600
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-07-31
GLADSTONE RESIGNS.
The Entire Cabinet Retires on Account
OF the Electoral Result.

The British cabinet on the goth de-
cided to place their designations in the
hands OF the Queen at once and in the
evening q messenger was sent for that
purpose to Osborne. After the cabi-
net meeting Mr.. Gladstone gave a re-
ception in the council hall to a num-
Der OF his friends, including Baron
Wolverton, Lord Granville, Lord
Rosebery, Baron Monson and Arnold
Morley. Mr.. Gladstone referred in
respondent terms to his staying pow
ers, saying that he would be unable to
fight in the face OF an embittered Par.
lament; he would do his best, but he
urged his followers to prepare to rely
upon other leaders.