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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-07
House.

| MONDAY, March pa numbero of bills
| were introduced, among them one for
the organization Of the territory Of Alas
ka District of Columbia business occu-
pied the balance of the sess' on.
| TUESDAY, March 27.-In the consider
| alton morning hour the House took up
| the Union Pacific Railroad funding bill.
Mr.. Cultivate (O), chairman of the
| committee on Pacific railroads, opened
| the discussion of the measure, which
went over pending further debate.
The military academy appropriation
bill was taken up and passed. The
Speaker laid before the House the fol.
lowing communication from the mar
shal of the United States supreme court:
Il am directed by the justices OF the SUI
preme court of the United States to in
form you that in accordance with ,he
resolution of the House of Representa-
tives, adopted March %, 1888, the fuuer-
| al ceremonies Of the late Chief Justice
Waite will be held in the hall of the
House of Representatives March 2S, al
noon. The members Of the House and
Senate are respectfully invited to attend
on that occasion" The House adopted
the resolution of the committee on cleo
tions in the contested election case of
Worthington vs.. Post from the Tenth
Illinois District. The resolution con-
firms the right of Post, the sitting mem
ber.
THURSDAY, March 29.-The house went
into committee of the whole today on
the Indian appropriation H. The COM
mittee was addressed bv Mr.. Nelson. Of
Minnesota. Mr.. Enloe Tenn re-
ported adversely a resolution cali 2
upon the postmaster general for in
formation. The resolution was after
debate tabled. The bill to prohibit
aliens from acquiring title To lands in
the United States was reported and
placed on the calendar.
FRIDAY, March 30.-The House took
up the bills granting q pension Of = go a
year to Mary :. Logan and increasing
the pension of Mrs. Blair 10 g, 900 a
year, and passed them both. The vote
on the former was l54 TO % and on the
latter las 10 81. There was no session of
the Senate.
SATURDAY, March 21.-The Uniou
Pacific funding bill was taken up in
committee Of the whole. ard Mr.. An
derson, of Iowa. addressed the commit
tee. Mr.. Dalzell, of PENNSYLVANIA, also
had something to say. Tending discus
sion the committee rose. 4 bill was re-
ported and placed on the caieudar for
the erection Of public budding at Sag
inaw, Mich. Mr. Blanchard reported
the River and harbor appropriation b.ll
and 1t was re erred 10 the committee Of
the whole
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-07
PROFIT OF BELLS PATENT.
interesting Facts From the Telephone
Company's Report

BosroN, Mass, March 27.-The report
OF the directors of the American Bell
Telephone Company, made public to-
day, shows that the business of the COM
pany for the year 1887, was on the whole
satisfactory; that the receipts for royal
ties snow a reasonable increase and that
the ncensed companies, with but few
exceptions have improved and extend
ed their plant. The numb,r of ex-
changes Is 743, Total miles of wire, l45,-
~, OF which 5000 are under ground.
Inc total number of subscribers
was l5S.7J2., The number of
instruments the bands of licensees un-
der rental is 3S0,277, an increase of %
I59 over last year. The number of ex-
change connections daily in the United
States Is estimated at 1,0Il,5 The
average number of calls per sub
scrlper shows an increase of 8 per cent.
The freasureI's statement shows that
earnings from all sources were S., ,453,-
027.7O and expenses 81 ,242, 430.S9. The
dividends paid during the year were Is
per cent. on the capital stock. The sur
plus December 3~ 1887, was 50 t.29, ,035.
Concerning the supreme court decis-
on the report says: "All the cases on
all points are determined In favor of
the company, The scope of the patent
for which We have contended was sus-
tanned by the court. Justice Bradley in
behalf of himself and Justices Field
and Harlan expressed an oral dissent
on the question of the fact concerning
Drawbauph's priority of invention.
Otherwise the opinion expresses the
unanimous opinion of all The members
of it."
1t appears that bills for the regulation
of telephone rates have again been in
ttroduced but the result of The Indiana
legislation bad been so unsatisfactory to
subscribers that the directors hope that
no such measures will be adopted.
The long line service which has al
ready been extended from New York
to Albany and 70 Boston, total of $50
miles of pole lines and 10000 miles of
wire is TO be still further increased by
the construction of lines westward from
Albany towards Buffalo and from Chi
cago to Milwaukee at an estimated cost
of 81 O0O coo
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-07
THE UDRH OF FIEyBS.
Timely Discovery OF Plot to Blow Up a
Powder MagaIine.


A dispatch Of the 9th from
Duluth, Mimi, says: A dastardly
attempt to blow up the powder
house Of Contractor Fitzpatrick was dis
covered to-day. Had it succeeded many
lives must have been lost and many peo-
pie injured. Fitzpatrick has been used to
explosives for twenty years and until the
last few weeks Duluth never had an ac-
cIdent. 4 mysterious explosion occurred
atthese works on Fourth Streetin Febru-
arv, by which four people were killed and
over thirty injured. This was followed a
few weeks later by the demolition of a
powder house with considerable dvna-
mite bv which three people were hurt
and nearly POO houses suffered consider
able damage; and since then small guam
titles of dynamite have been missing
from time to time.
On Saturday new powder house was
stored and locked.
The severe storm of Monday stopped
work until Tuesday afternoon, when the
men resumed operations. The man who
takes care OF the dynamite went to the
building to yet sufficient material for a
blast and on reaching the place saw a
number OF foot marks in the snow about
the door and the hinges wrenched
Ntt- 4 LIS Lldlt MIN extremely
careful and the door was re-
moved. Upon entering the floor
was found to be thicklv strewn with
broken pieces of dynamite, and several
boxes IF cartridges and powder had
been broken open. A stove used in the
building for thawing and drying the
stuff was found 10 have dynamite in the
ashes and the stove-pipe had been taken
apart and sticks of dynamite arranged
IN such a manner that a slight poking
Of the fire would have jolted the pipe
down and caused an explosion. Every
thing pointed to a pot to destroy the
house and imperil the lives of the
seventy workmen and people living in
the vicinity. Suspicion is directed to
some DISCHARGED workmen.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-07
GONE WIN THE CASH.
The President and Cashier of a Nation,
Bank Steal $40 600

The chairman of the board of direc-
tors Of the State National Bank. of
Raleigh, \. c.. published the following
on the 2T h.
/ he directors of the State National
hank, having reason TO believe that the
president and cashier of the bank have
aoseondtd with a large amount of the
assets, have determined to close M the
doors and turn over ali affairs t. the
proper officers of the United States
eayernment. We are glad TO be
doLe 70 assure the public that the
other banks of the city are
not affected by this defalcation. - There
has been nothing whatever in the ma
lure ~ a run on the banks Of the city
other than on the plundered State Ma
Homl bank. Confidence in their sonnd-
ness seems to be absolute. The broken
banN has remained closed await
m the coming Of the bank exami-
ner. The amount OF the dedication is
Eauou>ly estimated at from S25a.O0O to
f5+l 200. The cash carried Off is sup
posed to lie about So. COZ. including S2i.-
tssS IN gold, To bear which the abscon-
gers took along the co.ored porter OF the
tank. The UrIo are beIieve-l To lie now
II canada, having left the city Saturday
42r the North VIA tfreepsbaFn
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-07

CGfn btnation That Causes Destruction
to Down-Fast Town

UNION CITY, Pa, March 27.-At Q
O'Clock this morning fire was discovered
In \. Waters boot and shoe store,
which spread to the adjoining building
occupied by Woods Bros grocery store
and I. \. McLean's drug store. SO rapid
was the progress of the ire
that no goods were saved from any
OF the buildings. At the height OF the
confiagration terrific explosion of ben
zine occurred and several promia ent
citizens were severely injured, but with
the exception OF Dr. ". Z. Biles none
were dangerously hurt. The doctor
was inside the building and was thrown
a distance Of thirty feet. and severely
burned. He ls II precarious condition.
The city building, ireproef Structure
we badly damaged by tns sxp!psjnr
sFs sss en HF. nun,trs ~ ttgn.. rts
lsss ~! ss4sgHs ga failts tzlesxs,, ssriisT
ssssssd ~ .ssns.ass
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-07
THE FLOODS Nv GEB NIyY.
Seventy seven Villages Subnlerged-Th,
Total Damages $50. 900, 900.

Reports from the flooded district
along the VistuIa say that within an
area of ten miles square seventy-seven
villages are submerged. The damage is
estimated at $50, 100000. The towns of
Domitz and Damenperg are still food
ed. Twenty-nine lives hayes have been
lost and 10000 head OF ca tile perished.
Heavy storms are reported IN Spain.
homeless by the floods in the valley of
the Vistua. The inunda,5ion in the
vicinity of Cassel is increasing. The
floods along the Weser ext end over a
vast territory. The Fulda, Elder,
Schwalm and Lain Rivers have also
Overti0Med their banks.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-07

The Features of His Profit-SharinC
scheme Explained to the Employees.

The Features of His Profit-SharinE
scheme Explained to the Employees.
The proposition of Andrew Carnegie
to the striking employees of the Edgar
Thompson Steel Works, Pittsburg, was
read at a meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Knights Of Labor on the
2Sth. Mr. Carnegie proposes a sliding
scale to regulate wages on the English
plan. He suggests that the workmen
and firm each select an accountant to
examine the sales and see what the
selling price of the firm has been for
the past month. If it is found that the
price has increased, wages are to be adj
yanced correspondingly and vice versa.
The accountants are to make sworn
statements and the scale is to be adopt
ed from wear fn wear.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-07
1T VAS 4 FAILURE.
Ihicago's Cooperative Packing Concern
Goes Into a KaceIYer,s Hands.

Goes Into "A Receivers Hands.
IHICAGo, H., March 29.-On Decem-
her I, 1886, representatives of the labor
unions of Cook County met and organ
lzed the Chicago cooperative Packing
and Provision Company, the intention
being to prove TO the big packing
houses that their men were entitled to
more money for their work by
showing that it was labor and
not capital that earned the
profits. To-day the directors
II the company went into the superior
court and asked for a receiver, an ac-
counting and an injunction. They say
that after the company was organized,
IT. Jacobson secured control of the busi-
ness by virtue of his offices as president
and manager. He continued to control
the business, they claim, until recently,
when the directors smet and re-
solved to oust him, selecting
Henry Larson in his stead. They
claim that jacobson mismanaged the
business, squsndered the funds and WAS
about TO involve all of the stockholders
IN law suit Jacobson viii therefore
he required to show what he has done
with the funds and a receiver VIII take
charge Of the company's affairs.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-07
PRINTERS.
The Louisville Comp ositors Give Up ;
Hopeless Contest.

The printers strike at Louisville, XIV.
both against the job and newspaper
offices, has been declared off Many of
them will secure permits and go back
to their old places in what are now nom
union offices. The let down was caused
by letter from President Amiss, of the
International Union He enclosed 500
which, he said, was the last contribution
the Louisville strikers would get He
said the executive committee considered
the strike unwise and unless the local
union stopped it he would do so him
self The Courier-Journal and Times
with job office have long since been
fully manned. The type-setting ma
chimes run regularly. Other job Offices
are we'll supplied.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-07
FLOODS IN NJ.
Many Railway Bridges Washed Ava
and All Trains Suspended.

MONTGOMERY, Ala, March 2S.-The
train which left here for New Orleans
last night returned this morning and
was abandoned The tresGles over
Rocky and Panther Creeks are badly
damaged and impossible. The only
road open out of Montgomery is the
Louisville & \ lshville. Specials to the
Advertiser to-day from all over Alabama
report a tremendous rain fall and over
flow. The Co0sa and Narri )r River are
both booming. Tie Tennessee is MP
and the overflow has damaged Mussef-
shoals Canal near Florence to the ex-
tent of 500 600
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-07
SILVER IN kESTTChY
A Rich Deposit OF Ore Discovered in SEQ
County.


A party of Louisville gentlemen have
for some time been working to develop
lead mines in Scott County, about
Georgetown. AT the same time silver
prospecting was INDUCED in, and after
six months of patient work silver has
been struck on the Brown farm, about
ten miles from Georgetown. James
Lewis, of Louisville, an expert in min
ing matters, while working at the lead
veins six months ago, struck a light
deposit of silver ore which Ee has been
closely following up. Five weeks ago
the company brought from Australia, A
II. Sherman, an expert of recognized
standing In the Australian gold mines,
and he at once went to work with Mr..
Lewis. After the quartz formation had
been followed from Pavne's depot,
distance of ten miles, rich silver vein
was struck last Thursday. An assay
made by Mr.. Sherman showed, so he
says, the silver deposit to be over 80 per
cent. of the ore. About $50 pounds of
the silver ore have been brought to
Louisville for exhibition.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-07

Three Vessels and Fort J-five Men Lost
he al

GLOUCESTER, Mass, March 28.-Com-
mercial circles are exercised here over
the disaster 10 the salt fleet. To-day
the following vessels overdue were form
ally given up: The Norwegian
bark Emigrant and the Amer
lean barks Nesuvius Of Richmond,
Me, and the Mabel Stoddard, all from
Trapan, with salt for this port. The
Emigrant was large vessel, with fifteen
hands. The Mabel Stoddard had a crew
were caught at the time Of the great gale
and lost through carving sail too long.
FoIty-five lives are given up as lost.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-07
CHOLERA AT NANTTCKEF.
The Wrecked Steamer Canonbury Bring
the Disease Massachusetts.

The DIsease TO Massachusetts.
NANTUCKET, Mass, March 30.-Robert
Williams, of North Wales, 81 years old.
one of the crew of the British steamer
Canonbury, which went ashore on this
island and sunk Wednesday afternoon,
died to-day He was i'll when
the wreck occurred. DR.. Kite, OF
Nantucket, and DR.. Sharp, the latter a
professor in the University of Pennsyl-
vania, ex mined the case and found the
symptoms of the mans disease were
those of cholera 1t was decided to
quarantine the entire crew of twenty
three men for time. and the old rail-
road station at Sur,side has been assigned
as quarantine station.
Boston, Mass, March 30.-Tne steam
er Csnonbury, wrecked It Nantucket,
was valued Mt s. $500 and is a total loss.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-07
OPENING POLITICAL PRISONS
Emperor Frederick Declares Amnesty to
State Offenders.

BERLIN, March 2S-Emperor Freder-
lex appeared at a window of the
Charlottenburg Palace in undress uni
form Yesterday and was heartily
cheered. The Emperor will present TO
DR.. Mackenzie a gracious autograph
letter with the Imperial decoration
which he intends to bestow upon
him. The formal declaration of amnesty
is delayed, but the persons who are to
be pardoned are being liberated in or
der that they may be with their families
at Easter The address of the women
of Berlin to Empress Victoria is being
so numerously signed that it affords con-
vincing proof that the majority oppose
the unworthy gossip that has been cir
culated concerning her.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-07
THE HANITOB4 MIDDLE.
Failure of Negotiations for the Sale
the Pembina Line

WINNIPEG, Man, March 27.-Negotia-
tons for the sale of the Canadian Pacif-
les Pe2nbina branch to the province,
have fallen through, and the Red River
Valley road will be built. 1t is said on
authority that the arrangement be-
tween the Canadian Pacific and the
Northern Pacific is not of a
permanent character. The Grand
Trunk has been interviewed in Mon
treal and will probably enter the
province at an early date. The terms
of the governments agreement with the
Canadian Pacific are that it takes back
land to he value of 100000 O. This
sum is to be expended in improving the
roads North Shore Lake Superior Line
and making improvements at other
points
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-07
DRITEN OFT By FLOODS.
Dakota Farmers Forced to Abandt
Their Homes,

Sioux CITY, la March 30.-The water
in the Missouri River has fallen about
y inches, due to the complete closing Of
the gorge at the mouth OF the Sioux
River. An officer of the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paui Company reports
that the water is rushing over the low
lands several miles above the gorge, and
the channels is jammed with ice for four
or five miles Five miles below Elk
Point there is another big gorge which
is rapidly augmenting, and the water is
running over the bottom lands. From
this exposed locality the farmers have
gone TO higher ground and moved their
stuck tliT her
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-07
BOULANGER's TURN WOW.
The Government Crisis Affords the On
portunity he Desires,

PARIS, March 3l.-The Opportunist
journals say the defeat of the ministry
gives Gen. Boulanger what he wants, a
coalition Of irreconciiables and Cesar
ians having defeated the Republican
majority. NJ. Floquet does not desire
the. premiership, and it is likely that
either NJ. Ribot or NJ. Deves will be
called upon to form a ministry. The
Radicals threaten TO put Gen. Boulan-
ger as a candidate for the presidency
against President Carnot If the latter re-
fuses to aecede to their programme.
President Carnot will probably sum-
mon NJ. Floquet to form ministry. A
protracted crisis is expectpd
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-07
THE BIG MUDDY BOOMING.
Sntinued Rise in the Waters of the Mi,
souri, River,

hNeT.
DEs MONIES, Ia, March 2S.-Advices
from above Sioux City state that people
living opposite the month of the Big
Sioux are leaving their homes because
of the encroachment of the waters of the
Missouri. A BIZ gorge at Cottonwood
Hill, thirty miles above this city,
still holds, and is growing larg-
er and stronger every day. The
big fiat near Jackson, d. T., is over
flowed to a depth of several feet, and
some stock has been lost. Or. Commit
returned from Elk Point and brings
news of an overflow near Jefferson, ID,
T., that has driven the settlers back
from the lowlands. The gorge there
still holds. Advices from Yankton say
that a big gorge is forming near thai
:ity. The river is running full ate-o
yankton
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-07
BACK INTO SOUND SLEEP.
Herman Harms, the Utica Wonde
Takes Another Nap.

UTICA, Mimi, March 31.-Herman
Harms, the noted sleeper who has at
tracted much attention by his prolonged
maps, has taken to his bed again. He
went to the fields to work on the after
noon of March %, and went to sleep at
bis work. Not returning, his friends
searched for and found him sleeping
soundly. He was taken to his home and
has not made any movements since. tits
generally supposed that he is in swoon
from which he will not awaken soon.
He now sleeps more soundiy than in
his former maps. One of his children
very mysteriously died on the 18th inst,
which is supposed to have caused the
second and more Yinlent attack
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-07
III COST 4 MILLION.
What it Cost the Reading Railroad to
Overcome the Recent Strike.

The statement Of the Philadelphia q
Reading Railroad and Iron Companies
for February, as compared with the
same month in 1887, shows a decrease
in gross earnings OF sl,246,4 ,476: a de-
crease in expenses of s73S, ,726, a de-
crease in net earnings of s5H7, SO. The
statement of the three months ending
February %, 1881, as compared with the
same period in 1887, shows decrease
in gross earnings Of E. %, 40; a de-
crease in expenses % $3.50, ,727; de-
crease in net earnings Of 81 .229, ,4I3.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-07

i dispatch of the 10Th from Rich Hll,
Mo-. SAYS: The most horrible mine dis
aster that has ever occurred in the West
happened at noon to-day in kieth &
Terrys ; No. mine, and. as a result, u
large number Of men are entOmbed and
thousands OF dollars worth of property
DESTROYED. Just at the dinner hour, when
the men were ascending eight ut time
ON the cage, terrific gas explosion oc-
cure !. filling every entry with a flame
uf fire which shot out OF the shaft dis
-tancc of l,0n0 feet. 1t cannot be ascer-
tanned tonight just how many men are
in the mine At IL o'clock tonight one
man had been taken ont dead. The
work of removing the debris and clean
ing ont the shaft has been going on al.
the afternoon, but it will he several
hours before much can be done toward
tnteIlng tie mine proper.
a .ater dispatch SAYS: There were
about hundred men employed in the
mine but at the time of the explosion
only about thirty or forty men were in
the shaft. Attempts We're at once made
t0 rescue the unfortunates and eight
miners had been brought to the top
alive when second explosion occurred
~upt. George Sweeney and five miners
were IN the shaft ut work, all of whom
were more or less injured. Many OF
the miners were negroes. who came
from Springfield, H., when the mine
was opened less than year ago.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-07

Crooked Election Officers Of Annapolis
EeIra-e ed fraln ! ri,on.

ANNAPULIS, Id.. March 3 Gov. JACK
son last ri.ht rardoned ne seven Dem
3ctatic judE.s and clrI Ia Of election who
Ee: 9 f. uni gg'lry of 2virg perrttrated
- au e at th+ rrti- t-r1 years ego. They
s,sTs s-a'ssfc, = n7 June y last 70 tvc
s.a' i;.t,fF:r4ri.rfs, t-a. ,tsrksfss, j-
as t,ifk +. 30 nl. u irpsi .is:f.ty sp,,:s;
80 Il t. ssGrtszs
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-07
DRT.ES Y1 RERIIx.

Evidences Of improvement in Empcrbr
ireiericN Condition.
iERLrx, March 3D. Emperor Freder-
ick and In p;ess Victor d'oyr IN a
h2if-Ooen carriage itum Crario-t-n tufg
TO berl 81 to-day mi J. If q visit 70 the
dorarer hw1Tcs- ! ~ :. Jiey re-
cei,ed gt.isr-.shsic ic z t-tIuEs sscng the
toaft. The tuitsHr - f4luil% 5.tr rtisfl
utorntg,. -r.g.te = q; s'.ss g>ri-' rHaH-i ri
t,sfis.tt.HE1Fx-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-07
HOPKINS GETS SEVEN YEARS.
Sentence Pronounced the Cincinnati
Bank WreCker.

CINCISNATI, O., March 3l.-Beniamin
L. Hopkins, late assislant-cashier Of the
Fidelity National Bank, who has been
in jail for two months awaiting sentence
under convection for violation OF the ma
tional banking law, was brought into the
United States court this morning, and
was sentenced to the peniientiary for
seven wears and two months He ap-
peared broken down from illness but
did not manifest deep emotion upon re-
ceiying his sentence.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-04-07
WHERE WILL 1T END?

The Burlington Strike Involving All the
Great Trunk Lines Centerine at Chica.
go-The Strike Spreads to the Lake
Shore, Alton, Ft. Wayne, Pan Handle
and Santa Fe Switchmen-Complete
Tie Up of Suburban Passenger Traffic
Through Business Also Delayed.