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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-30

Bismarck" the Prisoner in tue Had
dock Case, Confesses.


dock Case, Confesses.
The mystery attending the Haddock
murder at Sioux Ctyis slowly clearing
up. One OF the most important
witnesses, who may prove very closely
connected with the murder himself,
was a man named Kosmitski, COM
monty called Bismarck" He was
arrested in San Francisco and brought
back last week. He was taken to Des
Noines before Gov. Larabee and the
attorney-general, and he made a con-
fession which corroborated the con-
fessioE Of Leavitt, already fixing the
crime upon the brewer Arensdorf.
The confession was made soon after
his return, but the prosecution
kept it secret until the goth, when,
by permission Of the attorney-general,
IL was given to the public. Bismarck is
now in jail in Sioux City. Heconfesses
that he assisted a seloonkeeper to
hire g. man TO assault Haddock, but
he claims that another man fired the
fatal shot. His testimony shows the
murder was the result OF saloon
plot, and no one but the saloons were
concerned in it. The confession is re-
garded as the most important evidence
yet produced and is startling in its
development. Kosmitski says that he
saw Haddock come out Of the barn
and across the sidewalk and that
John Arensdorf and the other brewer
Harry Petersl met and shot him,
and then ran across the bridge towards
the brewery. He says that a saloon
keeper named George Treiber came to
him the next day and told him that
he must get away from there, at the
same time giving him 1925.
He says that afterwards he received
500 from Arensdorf to leave the city
Otto Greiber, another eyewitness OF
the Haddock murder, has also made
a statement duplicating Gauder, who
Is variously known as Charley" and
Steamboat Charley" for whom the
detectives are now searching. In his
statement he says: "When / came to
Water Street Gauder went to the
Columbia House and came back short
ly afterward and called Bismarck, who
was on the other side OF the street.
Bismarck did not want to cross. He
said: 4 do not want to co. After
a while Gauder came out Of the saloon
and crossed over with Henry Peters,
the beer wagon driver, whom he had
met, and tie three, Henry Peters, Bis
marck and Gauder went up the
street as far as the livery stable and
then returned. | crossed over 10 the
other side Of the street and after q
while man came across Fourth
Street, and when he was about in the
middle, two men followed him and one
OF theu-the one behind-was Henry
Peters and the one IN the middle
looked ike Bismarck. The first man
raised his hand and as ne lowered it,
the shot was fred" Greiber is a
nephew OF Gauder and lived with him.
That night when Gauder came home
he says he said to him that If he was
as well of as Arensdorf he would have
shot shat man.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-30

the ground, and then passing over the
wreck. The mother and child We're
struck down and trampled under the
horses feet The child Is badly hurt
and the mother Is not expected TO re-
cover.
On the night OF the 18th, William r.
Smith, OF Milwaukee, committed sui
eide by placing MS neck on the track
IN front OF q moving freight train. He
was p 5re6sman by trade. and owned
sore property. He was 35 years old,
aid leaves a wife and FIVE children.
For number Of months he had
shown signs OF insanity, and prepara-
tlons were IN progress 10 have him
committed TO an asylum.
MARTIN COHHOR, who was convicted
OF abducting 81 the point OF rev Oliver
a 14-year-old girl; Nellie Goldsmith,
into a house OF ll-fame at Eau Claire,
has been sentenced 10 one year al
hard labor IN state prison.
REPORTS are IN circulation al Eau
Claire OF a heavy pineland steal on the
Lake Court de Orellle reservation.
which il is said viii implicate several
prominent government officials IN the
transaction and create great poliri-
cal scandal.
The Black Earth Knitting Company
has filed articles OF association with
the secretary Of state, the incorpora-
tors being twenty-eight business men
OF that village. The capital stock Is
SIS 900, and the object Is 10 manu-
tacture knit goods.
TIE moneyed men OF Ashland have
arranged for the establishment OF e
blast furnace at that point.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-30
No Luck in Money Won on Bets.

From The Louisville Courisr-J ournaIl
! met a gentleman recently who told
me that he never made but one bet in
MS lie, and although he won II YET the
money brought him so much .ad luck
that he never repeated the ofenee. 1t
was made on q presidential election
and ne won $500. H gTzs away from
home 81 the time and L. invested the
money IN g handsome set Of furniture
for MS wife. Their home was being
imnroved and this set OF furniture
would be 2 pleasant surprise to her.
The furniture was packed and shipped,
but an accident happened 70 the boat
and L was tied up SIX weeks n a not
port. When delivered II was so much
damaged that after removing the
handsome marble tops the furniture
was sent 10 a cabinet shop forrepairs.
Shortly afterwards The shop took FIRE
and the furniture was burned. On his
return home, after hearing OF the loss
Of MS furniture, he found that one OF
the wOrxnen had let somsthing fall
on one OF the marble slabs and broken
It. He thought that he would finish
the business, SO be got a sledge-h8m-
mer and smashed the whole lot OF
marble. His only son, boy 3 years
of age, stood by 70 see the fun, but
stumbled and fell down on a sharp
piece OF marble, receiving a dangerous
wound on his temple. He has grown
to manhood, but viii carry to his grave
al ugly scar.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-30

The twenty-third annual convention
OF the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers began its session al New
York On the goth.
Fire at Cincinnati, on the 18th, par
italy destroyed the building Of the
Nottingham Manufacturing Company.
The loss was 100000, divided among
q number OF firms.
Prairie fires In the vicinity OF Dun
reith, ID. T., have destroyed large
quantities OF hay and timber and
many houses. The loss on timber
alone is estimated at 81 ,000,0
Frank Seebold, Phillip Lube, Phil
lip Deffoa and William kaufman were
drowned at ST. Louis on the 18th by
the upsettlng OF a boat.
Edward T. Hall, a wealthy Wall
Street broker, committed suicide at mis-
home IN New York on the 18th. He
was As years old.
King Bros. 4 Co., wholesale cotton
dealers, Cincinnati, failed for $50, 1000
on the 18th.
Almost the entire village OF Oakland,
H., was destroyed by fire on the 18th.
The village had no fire apparatus, and
The flames spread rapidly. Twenty
business places were wiped out The
losses will aggregate over $500, 600,
with 100000 insurance.
At Salisbury, Nd, On the 18th, fire
destroyed fourteen business houses,
including the opera house. The losses
aggregate 81 ,000, 600.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-30
FICTORY FOR THOnAs.
The Famous Leader Triumphs over tn,
New York Musical Union.

The Famous Leader Triumphs over the
New York Musical Union.
An important decision has Just been
rendered by Justice Potter, OF New
York, which is OF especial interest to
all musical persons. twill be remem-
bered that the Musical Union objected
TO the performance Of any OF their
members with an imported oboe play
er engaged by Theodore Thomas, and
enforced their objection by fines and
threatened expulsion. 1t was in vain
that Mr.. Thomas urged the fact that
there was no oboe player IN the union
capable OF playing the music re-
quired OF him. The union insisted
upon enforcing their rules. The
oboe player in question was per-
teCtly willing to Join the union,
but was prevented from doing so by a
bylaw OF the organization which made
II necessary for him to be SIX months
in the country before he could gain ad-
mission 10 the order. In this emer-
gency Mr.. Thomas applied for and OBJ
tanned an Injunction restraining the
union from interfering with its mem
bers or Furnishing them for playing in
company with his performers who were
not union men. Justice Potter has
given MS decision in favor OF Mr..
Thomas, the plaintiff, holding that the
bylaws OF the defendant forbidding
members to play with non-union men
are IN restraint OF trade and against
public policy and void. He also issued
e perpetual Injunction forbidding these
laws being put into operation against
the vi EIurif-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-30

Quaint Old ments.

A Boston paper OF 1919 describes
the execution OF sentence pronounced
by the Russian courts against an e,u.
thor who had published some book on
the liberties OF the people. A scaffold
Was erected IN the public square; the
Gar and great magistrates attended.
The leaves OF the condemned book
were then rolled up in separate pieces
and the prisoner forced to swallow
them, or literally to eat his own words.
The attending physicians agreeing when
he had enough for one meal, he was
led back to prison. Three unpleasant
meals finished the last remnant OF the
book.
In Salem the wearing OF long hair
was sometimes criminal ofense, but
always an abomination for men.
When Endicott was magistrate there
he caused this order to be passed:
John Gatshel Is fyened ten snillings
for building upon the towns ground
without leave, in case he shall cut of
his long hair OF his head into sevill
frame Jewell frame) in the meantime.
shall have abated FIVE shillings his fine,
TO be paid into the town meeting with
in two months from this time, and
have leave 10 60 into his building IN
the meantime"
In Boston 16S6-For kissing q wo-
man In the street, though but In the
way OF civil salute, whipping or q fine.
Scolds they gag and set them at their
own door for certain hours together,
for all corners and goers TO gaze at.
When an unfortunate woman was SC
Cused o. witchCraft she was tied neck
and heels and thrown into pond OF
water; II she drowned, il was agreed
that she was no witch; if she swan,
she was Immediately tied TO a stake
and burned alive"
An Elizabeth town paper Of 1876
gives the following: The Dutch have a
mode ofexecution which is well calcu-
lated 10 inspire terror, without put
tlngthe sufferer TO extraordinary pain.
The criminal Is placed on a scafold,
opposite to the gigantic figure OF a
woman, with arms extended. filed
with spikes or long sharpened nails,
snd q dagger pointing from her breast.
She is gradually moved toward hIm
by machinery for the purpose till be
gets IN her embrace, when her arms
encircle him, and the dagger is pressed
through MS heart. This Is vulgarly
called among them kissing the yffrow,
or woman, and excites more terror IN
the breasts OF the populaoe than any
other mode OF punishment.
RECENTLY a Newburgh, Canada,
woman invited salvation army
captain TO her house for dinner, but
her husband refused TO permit him 70
enter the house, ard thereupon the
vile promptly returned TO her father :
roof, and refuses 10 60 back 10 her
husband until be agrees TO give her
full authority 10 invite whom shehkes
TO their home.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-30
WANTS TO CONE IN.
The Turkish Government Wants 8 Ffnge1
in the Bulgarian Pie.

The Vienna Neue Freie Presse OF the
20th has a dispatch from Sofia saying:
Gadban Efendi has presented note
to the regency demanding that the
meeting Of the sobranje be postponed
sine die, on the ground that Russia
does not approve the recent elections
and the powers have not vet decided
upon q candidate for the vacant
throne. The whole tenor OF the note
is pro-Russian. There Is much excite
ment IN Austrian official circles.
It is reported in Zankoff (pro-
Russian) circles that Gadban Efendi
has confidently stated that the Gar
has made an arrangement with the
Porte, the Gar guaranteeing the in
tegrity OF the Sultan's dominions, re-
ducing the Turkish war indemnity and
obtaining permission TO garrison and
fortify the Dardanelles and to occupy
Bulgaria with Russian and RoumeIia
with Turkish troops. Alarm is felt IN
Sofia over the massing OF Turkish
troops along the Bulgarian frontier.
The great sobrsnje will convene 0cto-
Der 2T. The government is arranging
for g loan OF e400, 900 in London.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-30
DOTBLE TIA GEDF Nv IOWA.
Two Bohemian Women Fatally Assaulted
by Rum-Crazed Farm Hand.

by Rum-Crszed Farm Hand.
One OF the most terrible double
tragedies ever committed in Iowa oc-
CURED on the evening of the 21st, near
the village OF Shueyyille. During the
absence OF Farmer Verba and his
family. his barn was discovered to be
on fire by Mrs. Joseph Novotny and
Mrs. John Louvar, neighbors. They
arrived on the scene to find the barn
and granary consumed. Fastening TO
the house they were met by a farm
hand named Martin Soukup, and,
when they attempted to enter, he
struck them both down with an az,
crushing in their heads. By this time
other nelghbors arrived, and an ef-
tort was made to capture Soukup,
who fed upstairs, az In hand,
and threatened to kill any one
who approached. Three young men,
after q severe struggle, mastered the
murderer and he was taken to a
schoolhouse, bound, and guarded IN
I'll next day, when fear OF lynching in
duced the officers TO remove the pris-
oner to Iowa City. Soukup is about
so years OF age, and was a former
resident OF Shueyville. About four
years ago he was struck by LIGHTNING
and has never fully recovered from the
effects. He was not considered dan
gerous, except when under the inhu-
ence OF liquor. He was drunk when
the crime was committed. There was
not the slightest causefor incendiarism
or murder. The two women are still
alive, but cannot recover. Mrs. No
votny Is about 20 years OF age and
the mother OF a large family. Mrs
Louvar Is 25 and has two small chill
drau
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-30
WANTED TO XIII STANFORD.
Excitement Caused by the Actions of an
Insane Man At Washington.

Something of an excitement was Gre
ated on the night of the 18th, in Far
ragut Square, Washington, where Sen
ator Stanford's houseis situated. Sew
eral times during the evening the neigh
bors IN that vicinity noticed a we'll
dressed gentleman, who showed a dis
position to enter the senator's house
surreptitiously. an officer was finally
summoned who told the man to move
on. This the latter refused TO do and
became very abusive. He final
ly drew revolver and said
1t was mis- intention to enter the
house and kill the entire Stanford fami-
ly. He said, IN explanation, that he
was a professor at Princeton College
and had applied for the presidency of
the new Leland Stanford University in
California. Senator Stanford, ne con-
tinued, had not deigned to answer his
application, and this insult be pro-
posed TO wipe out in blood The
prisoner, on being further examined,
was recognized as having escap ped from
st. Elizabeoh's insane asylum. He Is
halter by trade, but labors under
the delusion that he is a great scholar
and statesman
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-30
CANNOT BECOME CITIZENS.
Judge Prep6ergsst, In Chicago, Refusel
20 NstursIize a Chfnaman.


An application for naturalization
as a citizen OF the United States, made
to Judge Prendergast in the county
court at Chicago on the 18th by Moy
All Kee, a Chinese laundryman, was
refused on account of the applicants
nationality. Moy presented his first
papers, issued by the supreme court OF
New York City five years ago. In re-
fusing the application, Judge Prender-
CAST said be was in great doubt
as to the eligibility of Chinese
to become citizens, and told
Moy to employ a lawyer whose argu-
ment could be heard at future day.
Moy has been IN the United States fl
teen years, has his family with him,
and Is desirous OF becoming a citizen.
1t would seem, nevertheless, Judge
Prendergast said, that the law is
against him, and Is well settled by the
decisions OF Judge Sawyer, OF the cir
cult court OF California; OF Judge
Choate, of the United States court OF
New York, and OF Judge Moran, in
the criminal court OF Cook County, in
1881. They all held that the natural
ization law OF February IS, 1875, is
decisive on the negative side OF the
question.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-30
PR0HIBTTIOS TARIFF.
Bogus Labels or German Goods Made I,
the French Trade.

The press throughout France has
warmly criticised the project of the
French government to suppress the
sales Of foreign goods marked as
French fabrics. The contention OF NJ
Lockroy, the minister of commerce,
that the sale OF goods with forged
trade marks ought to be suppressed,
is admitted to be excellent in princi-
pie; but 1t is predicted that the law in
question viii result in the absolute
prohibition OF the sale OF German
merchandise because no French house
viii dare TO sell German goods which
are known to be German. The manu-.
facturers Of Germany, say the papers,
II banisbed from France, may borrow
Italian, Belgian and Russian trade
marks IN order to obtain entry into
the French market; further, under the
treaty OF Frankfort, France is forbid
den to levy prohibitiye tariffs against
Germany, and Prince Bismarck must
act as ifthat treaty becomes practical
ly abrOgated
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-30
BOODLERs TAKEN IN.
Jake Sharp and His Colleagues Und:
Arrest.

Jake Sharp and His Colleagues Under
Arrest.
Not since the wholesale arrests Of
aldermanic bribe-takers IN New York,
last spring, has there been so much ex-
Citement IN the district attorneys
Office as there was on the 18th IN the
great haul Of bribe-givers. Jacob
Sharp, the leader OF them all, his
satellite, James A. Richmond, ex-presi-
dent OF the Broadway Surface Rail
way, and James ". Foshay, ex-
president Of the Broadway & Sew
enth Avenue Railroad Company, and
Thomas B. Kerr, were all arrested
early in the day. They we're appre-
hended on magistrate warrants, is-
sued by Judge Cowing late the previous
night, IN order that they might not
leave the city before the contemplated
indictments could be presented by
the grand Jury. The arrest Of
Sharp was made by Inspector Byrnes
himself, who found Sharp at break
fast. The entire party were released
on $4,000 bail each during the day.
The date for the trial OF the cases has
not been fixed.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-30

charge d'affaires, Pendleton King, iE
regarded as fully competent 10 dis
charge the duties Of the ministerial
office until a successor 10 Mr.. Cox can
be appointed. The formal resignation
OF the minister has not yet been pre-
senued to the department OF state, but
Is expected promptly upon the accept
anee or the congressional nomination,
which, II view of his action, is now be-
heved TO be beyond doubt.
In the Vermont legislature, on the
18th, the Senate gave George T. Ed
munds % votes for United States SEN
ator and ". II. H. Bingham /. The
vote OF the House stood: Edmunds
199, Bingham 27 and w G. Veasy 8.
5. 5. Cox was nominated for Con
gress in the Tenth New York District
on the 18th, by the County Demoe4aa-
cy, Tammanyites and German Inde-
pendents. The Republicans nominated
Gen. W T. Spinola.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-30
Political Notes.

The Greenbackers OF New Jersey on
the 21st renominated Erastus Pot
ter, schoolmasrer at Dram, for gov
ernor.
Minister Cox had a second interview
with Secretary Bayard, at Washing
ton, on the Goth, and indicated de-
sire to be relieved of his duties as
United States minister 70 Turkey. He
was informed that he would not be re-
quired TO return TO Turkey, as the
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-30
fUlDOrTHRr

When you visit or leave New York Citv
save baggage, expressags and s. oarriaze
hire. and stop at the GRAND UNION HO
TEL, opposite G-and Central Depot.
SIX hundred and thirteen rooms, fitted
I'D at a cost Of one million dollars, 81 ana
upwards per day. European plan. Ele-
vator Restaurant supplied with the best.
Horse cars. stages and elevated raiiroa )
to all 6epots. Families can live better Tor
less money at the Grand Union Hotel than
st sny other tirst-cIsss hotel IN the city
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-30
EMPEROR WILLIAM.
His Condition Very CriticsI-False BulIe.


Reliable private advices from Bade1
affirm that the bulletins reporting EN-
peror William as being in good health
are positively untrue. According tc
these advices the Emperor is subject
to daily attacks of syneope and pro
longed drowsiness, and recently was II
a semi-comatose condition for twenty
hours, from which the doctors wert
unable to rouse him. His condition il
aggravated, it is said, by chronic dis
ease OF the bladder. 1t is feared that
it will be impossible with the utmost
care to preserve his life for more than
q few months Longer.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-30
FIGHTING FOR HIS RfGRrs.
A COlored Clergyman Sues a Chicago Res
rRurAuf keenar.

The Rev. Simon P. Smith, colored
Congregational preacher OF Knoxville,
who attended the Congregational Ma
tional Conference in Chicago. began
suit, on the 22d, for s., 1000 against
Robert J. Mossap, restaurant keep
er, and his head waiter, James Hughes.
The charge against the defendants Is
that they refused TO allow Smith to
take a meal in the restaurant. He
walked IN and ordered supper, and
was informed that he could not be
served on account OF MS color,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-30
BIG PROCESSION OF ksrGHzs.
Largest Procession ST the Kind Ever
Seen in Ph{ladelphia.

The parade OF the Knights OF Labor
at Philadelphia, IN honor OF the dele
gates from that city TO the Richmond
convention, who returned on the enight
OF the 23d, was without exception the
greatest demonstration OF the kind
ever seen in Philadelphia. Every local
assembly OF the Knights OF Labor IN
the city was represented, and it Is es-
timated that 10000 men were in line.
In addition TO the street parade a
mass meeting was held in the Academy
OF Music. Addresses were delivered by
several local Knights OF Labor leaders.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-30
FIVE MEN KILLED,
President Fitzgerald, of the Irish Ma
tional League, Has q Narrow Eecspe.

tional League, Has q Narrow Eecspe.
A construction train on the Nebras-
ka d Colorado division OF the Burling-
ton d Missouri River Railroad was
thrown from the track nine miles
southwest OF Fairfield, Neb., on the
18th, and precipitated down an en-
bankment twenty-five feet. Five men
were killed outright and nine more or
less seriously injured. The killed are:
Robert H. Marvin, Devices, Neb.;
George Burke, st. Louis; Daniel 0'Con-
nor, Weston, Mo; Robert Collins,
England. John Fitzgerald, president
OF the Irish National League, the con-
tractor In charge OF the work, was
slightly injured.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-30
A NOVEL BOTCOTT.
Cincinnati Gamblers Revenge Them
selves on a Police Commissioner.

HSINVt U4 y It V1IOt 0Ut IAIkttIuutIs
Police Commissioner Robert Nor
gan, OF Cincinnati, is q member OF the
firm OF Russell, Morgan & Co., manu-
facturers OF playing cards, etc. He
has been very active in suppressing
gambling in the city, and now the gam
blers have adopted a novel mode Cfre-
venge. They have declared a boycott
against the firms cards, and have sent
out circulars to every gambling house
in the country. They claim to have
already reduced the business OF the
firm IN this line over one-half, and pre-
dict still further injury.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-30

j RECENT wedding which attracted
considerable attention in London was
that OF Miss Amy Victorine Putnam,
q daughter OF the late G. P. Patman,
the New York publisher, 10 Robert
Spottiswoode Pinney, OF Kuwachee,
India.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-30

PAPA, WHIST is a model" inquired
little Johnny. "a model Is a small
likeness CT anything" tAnd Is a
model man a small likeness OF a man ? .
"A great many OF them are, Johnny, -
replied his pa, musingly "a great
many OF them are Merchant Trav-
eler