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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
On the Brink of Starvation.

4 dispatch from Quebec, on the Sd,
says news from Mclsic, POP miles east Of
he Saguenay. Is of the most appalling
description. The whole population of
that district is on the brink of starvation.
The fisheries this season have slgnally
failed, the crops, of no great account at
any time, have also turned out badly,
and the few provisions in the place are
high in price, and the unfortunate in
habitants do not know which way TO
turn Tor food and clothing
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
RtJRNED IN A STABLE.
Two Bows and Twenty-ssven Horses Per-
ish in a New York Fire.

Ish In "A New fOrh flre.
New YORK, Oct. "a livery stable,
extending from 404 to 4lo East Thirty
fourth Street, was burned about 2 o'clock
this morning, and in it were burned to
death Thomas Carr, newsboy Is years
old, and twenty-seven horses John
Roach. a newsboy q years old, who was
sleeping in the stable with Carr, was SO
severely burned that it is not expected
he can recover. Roach and Carr
worked for neighborlng news dealer
and slept IN the. stable so as 10 oe up
Early in the morning to get the papers.
a. s,ahIe was owned by the we'll
known horseman, D. D. Withers, who
snb,et NIig il to a number of cab and truck
men. The burned horses belonged to
them and in addition they lost about
thirty cabs and trucks stored there.
Their total loss is about 10000.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
EMPLOYEES HELD RESPONSIBLE.
Railway Men Arrested for Causing a
Fatal Collision.

PITTsBURG, Pa, Oct. 9.-Snpt. A. B.
Starr, of the Fort Wayne Railroad, Was
arrested last night, charged with being
criminally liable for the death of Miss
Harriet Weyman, killed in collision at
the Federal Street crossing, one year
ago. The suit was brought by the COM
monwealth under state law making
manager or employer criminally
responsible for death where proper pre-
cautions to prevent accident have not
been taken. Supt. Starr waived hear
ing and furnished 5000 bail. Engi-
neer A. B. Martin, who had charge Of
the locomotive at the time of the acci-
dent, was also arrested and gave bail in
the same sum for court.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
A Wisconsin Veterans Suicide

LEAvENwoRTH, kas., Oct. S.-W. Dole,
an ex-Union veteran of the Third Wis
consin Volunteers, rushed into O'Kane's
fruit store on Fifth Street, and called
for glass of soda When he had drank
the liquid he scrawled on piece of pa
per that it was his last glass Of soda. as
he was going 10 quit the word. II was
a terward found that he had taken
large dose of morphine, and at i
o'clock he was 'ound de
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
KILLED TtIREE MEN.

Section Foreman Defends Hims sell
Against Bioodtairsty Negroes.
NaEralR, Va, Oct. 6.-Ihe killing OF
,aIee negro men on the Chowan South
t-n Ea.road, by a section master named
y Villains, is reported here today.
N...ams told the gang to &c certain
Nerar which they l.d not 30, and he
ss4Ae TO them roughly. Three of the
EaIS became eXaSpeFated and made for
A.-4 with pickaXes. He Drew his pistol
sLt tired several shots, killing all three
:. DIE assaliaEts. Alter emptving his
..sio. ne made 'or tile woods with the
fes. ~ the gang ter him, but he man
aLe3 TO pScspt,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
MARIA STOREY'S ALIMONY.
The Alimony for the Divorced Wife of
the Daceased EDITOR to Continue.

SPRINGFIELD, H., Oct. 4.-The supreme
court has rendered a decision reversing
the decree of the lower court of Chica-
20, in which it was held that Mrs. Maria
2. Storey, the divorced wife OF Wilbur
T. Story, was not entitled to - Geo per
wear from the Storey estate as alimonv
after the death OF Mr.. Storey Mrs.
storey was divorced from the editor in
1868. and her alimonv was paid until
Judge Tuley ordered the receiver to
stop the payments, holding that they
ceased when Mr.. Storey died. Mrs.
Storey appealed and the appellate
court upheld Judge Iuley. She then
took the case To the supreme court
which reyerses the order
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
THE WORLD NSHIP.
Series of Ball Games Between st. Louis
and New York Teams.

New York, Oct. Manager Won der
Abe, of the St. Louis Base Ball Club,
and John B. Day, of the New
York Club, met this morning to
make arrangements for the Sc
ries of games for the champion
ship of the world to be played between
the st. Louis and New York clubs. 1t
is said that games will be PLAYED in
New York, Brooklyn, Boston, Pbiladel-
phia and st. Louis. The contracts viii
be signed tonight.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
Gets So, 800 at Last.

Edward Schlag, who was crippled for
life by n Chicago, Milwaukee d St Paul
Railway train at kinzie Street, Chicago,
IN 1888, and whose suit las been in the
courts fCr over four years, recovered a
court against the company for 5000.
At former trial ne was given verdict
Of $4,000, bat new trial was allowed
the defendant on the ground that the
verdict was excessive.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
IMPRISONED IN A BARREL.
A New Jersey Mans Peculiar and Dis
tresstDg Accident.

tresstDg Accident.
LYNDHURsT, n. j., Oct. 4.-There WAS
headless barrel in Charles Geiger's
stable, and while talking politics to q
neighbor Geiger converted the bar
rel into seat by laying q
shingle across it. During heated
argument which followed, the
down into the barrel with his knees
doubled up. Neighbors tried to pull
him out, but there was double row of
nails protruding from the top hoops,
inclined downward, which were
sharp, and eager friends forced the
nails into his flesh in dozen
places. He was too big to 60 down
through the barrel so they went to
work with their knives and after inflict-
ing untold agony sue ceeded in peeling
the hoops and slaves away. He was
bleeding from dozen wounds.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
An Entire Family Burned to Death.

A dispatch of the 7th says a family
named Richter, farmers, living between
Geneva and Ohiowa, Neb.. consisting Of
the husband and wife and FIVE children,
were all burned 10 death with the ex-
ception of the husband, who was so Sc
ri1uslv burned that he will probably
die. A tramp who was spending the
night with them was also burned to
death. Richter and the tramp had been
drinking and smoking.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
MAX BENDIX,S FLIGHT.
The Musician Leaves Cincinnati Under
EInmd-Thraats of Shooting.

The Musician Leaves Cincinnati Under
Cioud-Threats of Shooting.
CINCINNATI. O., Oct. "a great sensa-
tlon is caused here to-day by
an announcement that Max Ben
dix, late concert master of Thomas
Orchestra. and more recently
hired for SIX years as principal
of Tie violin department of the Col
eye Of Music, left the city sudden
" last night The trustees request
bis resignation because of charges
made against him uy young lady
pupil et whom Bendix became sudden
" enamored Bendix resigned and
departed on the first train. His destina
ton is unknown. The young lady's
relatives declare they viii kill him on
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
\ $4,000 Loss.

At an early hour or the morning Of
the 9th, fire broke out IN the grocery
store of A. /. Johnson, at Lakeside, a
suburb to Muskegon, Mich, and in an
incredibly short space of time had
spread TO the buildings adjoining.
Before the fire was cotton under
control SIX stores, together with several
other buildings. were destroyed. There
were families living over these stores,
and most of them were barely able to
get out of the burning buildings. None
of them saved anything. The total less
viii closely approximate $4,000. The
insurance is very light, perhaps not COW
ering one-fourth this amount.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13

TOLEDO.

BLACK and Howells finish their Harr
per's stones IN the November number.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13

r. G. Dunn & Co, of New York, in
their weekly review of trade, say: The
demand for iron increases, and at Phil
adelphia the demand in pig iron is
deemed equal to about 81 per ton,
while remarkable improvement is seen
in the market for bar iron, so long de-
pressed. Steel rails do not advance,
but sales of Is, 900 tons by Eastern and
10000 tons by Western mills are report
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13

"PRINCE FREDERICK OF Saxe-Melnln-
gen, who has Just arrived in England, IS
the intended husband Of one Of the
Queens granddaughters," says the
London Truth. "Prince Frederick, who
was born in 1861, is the son Of the Duke
of Sake MeininCen by his second mar
rage with the Princess Feodore of
Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and he is also
connected with our royal family through
bis half-bl other, the hereditary Prince.
having marie. the eldest sister OF the
Emperor William"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
ROBBED ON A TRAIN.
A Man Bound and his Pockets Rifled in
Passenger Coach.

Passenger Coach.
READING, Pa, oct. "a daring rob-
berry was perpetrated on a pas enger
train of the Philadelphia & Reading
Road last night / he train had Just left
kdtzt0Wn this county, when four mel
seized Daniel Geist, a wealthy farmer
who was seated in car in
which there we're a number OF
other passengers, bound him with
rope H-d his pockets, then jumped
from the train and escaped. The work
was over So quickly that the passengers
were uot aware OF the crime until the
men had escaped. The thieves evident
Iy expected to tiad a larg- amount
money on Geist, but they secured only
SIS
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
WARSHlPS GO INTO SERVICE.
-Four German Naval Vessels Ordered to
Zanzibar.

BERLIN. Oct. 9.-The German frigates
Moltke, Stosch, Gneisnau and Charlotte,
which were lying in the bay of Naples
for the purpose of firing salute in hon
or of Emperor William upon his ar
rival there, have received orders to pro-
ceed instantly to Zanzibar so as to pro-
tect the German residents whose lives
and property are endangered by the
rising among the natives. The four
warships carry a complement of $50
men and mount 66 guns.
The German training squadron in the
Mediterranean has also been ordered to
Zanzibar.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
yro,Ien Mil. Wmed Ont

SKowHEGAN, Me, Oct. 9.-The soner-
set wooden mill, operated by vi. Bren-
nan, at East Madison, was burned this
morning. The fire WAS first discovered
"a the carding room on the second
4 or The mill was built three years
az Loss, $50 ,0o1; insurance On build
in aud stock, $4,000,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
Roast Beef,

Schuneman's packing house, at Arch
er Avenue and Hough Street, Chicago,
wa completely destroyed by fire on the
9th, causing a loss o. Sl25,000. Fifty
cattle were roasted alive and forty 9th
err We're turned loose in the street
The building was bought rt Gently by
the Equitable Insurance Company
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
Tobacco Damaged by Frost.

1t is learned from reliable sources
that the damage done to the tobacco
crop IN Southern Virginia by the frost is
far more serious than at first supposed.
Most of the tobacco crop was planted
late and consequently but little had
been housed before the frost came. At
least one-lOurth of that not housed was
damaged, some so much that it will be
worthless,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
Too Much Water in France

The Rhone has overhowed its banks.
Trains on the Geneva q Lyons Rail-
road have been stopped. Several per-
sons have been drowned at Sevssel.
Payerne is flooded. The dykes of the
iver have broken and the wafer has
burst over the adjacent plains, forming
4 vast lake
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
WRITTEN BY THE WIDOW,
A Biography of Emperor Frederick of
Germany to be Published in London.

A biography of the late Emperor
Frederick of Germany will be published
in London shortly. It will relate solely
Her name is appended to the preface.
The profits derived from the sale of the
book will be devoted to a hospital for
the treatment of diseases of the throat.
The Pail Mall Gazette SAYS the work is
being revised by Lord Salisbury.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
Fire at Little Rock.

The j. p. Quinn Dry Goods Company's
store at Little Rock, Ark, and the en-
ire stock burned on he 4th. The stock
was valued at $3.50, 600; insured for S75,-
tO. Ike Wolf was president and Joe B.
Quinn secretary of the firm. The build
ing, valued at $1,000, was fully insured.
The fire was incendiary.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
Theodore TiIton's Son Married.

Carroll Tilton, the eldest son of Theo-
dore Tilton, was married on the night
If the 9th to Miss Miriam Alice Blau-
welt, at the Brooklyn residence of the
brides father, 2. S. Blauvelt, by the
Rev. DR.. h. :. Storrs. None but near
elatives of the parties We're present,
including Mrs. Theodore Tilton and
her mother. Mrs. Morse
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
NEW WORKERS SWINDLED.
The Speculative brokerage Business
Wins MANY Victims

Wins Many Victims
New YoRK, Oct. 5.-The Mail and Ex-
press this afternoon says one of the
biggest swindling schemes that have
been worked in this city for many wears
has been brought to Iignt by the disap-
pearancc of one William II. Ing
ham and the closing of the
brokerage office Of w. II. Ingham
d o." at 3S Broadway. As yet no ac-
cur.te estimate of the swindler's profits
can be made, hut the losses NAV aggre-
gate more than $1,000 1t is simply
another case o the Speculative svndi-
cste" swindle. 1t Is said that Ingham
came to this city from Chicago.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
COmmiIteu Suicide.

At Chicago, ON the 3rd, Mrs. Sid
nev Smith, wife of the assist
ant ticket agent for the PENNSYLVANIA
Railway, was found dead in her bed by
her husband. She had been suffering
rom dependency and had committed
suicide by placing the tube from an
pen gas Jet in her mouth.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
JAEHNE TAKES AN APPEAL.
The Convicted New York Boodler Carries
His Case 10 a Higher Court.

IIs tttsF 10 q III = IItI tOUIt
New YORK, Oct. 5.-An appeal to the
United States supreme court on
behalf of Henry Jaehne, the con-
vlcted Doodle alderman, was filed
in the United States circuit
court to-day. In July last Jaehne's
counsel appealed to the United States
circuit courJ to set aside his conviction
upon cons itutional grounds but the ap-
peal was 4 MED. hence the appeal.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
Bond Robbery.

\ dispatch of the 81 from St. Louis.
says j. W. Coates, attorney of Platt
County, took S240, 900 in new bonds of
that county to jefferson City, Monday,
to have them registered. The bonds
we're duly recorded and Mr. Coates
placed them in his valise which was in
his room at the hotel ar Jefferson
City while he WAS at dinner, but
not out of his sight at any other
time. Upon his arrival in $. Louis
where he intended to dispose of the
bonds, Mr.. Coates discovered that
twenty of 5 per cent. funding bonds of
the denomination Of 81 600 each were
missing, their numbers being from % to
50 inclusive. and dated October ]. lHSS.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
Three Slave Dhows Captured.

LONDON, Oct 9.-The British man-of-
war Osprey has captured off Mochs
three dhows having on board 2O4 slaves,
TIE cantaius of the dhows and four OF
the slaves were killed before the slayers
,~,nplara1
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
A COLLISION AT SEA.
Portions of a Wrecked Steamboat Float
Ashore On Long Island.

STAPLEToN, l.. l., Oct. 6.-Considera-
BILE wreckage consisting of steamboats,
guard and rails, was picked up here
this morning along shore. The tide had
washed it in. This would indicate that
there had been a collision somewhere,
but there is no information here OF such
an event
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
A Terrible Death.

Samuel C. Pratt met with a terrible
ieath OH the 5th in the hot springs at
Nevada, Col. He went down to take
bath, and was found few hours later
wing parboiled upon the bank. He
died in a short time. 1t is believed
that he was unaware of the intense heat
long.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
STARVED BY THE SHERIFF.
Prisoners III the Buffalo County Jail Snf-
fer AT the "a horities, Hands.

Ter at The a hOrities' Hands.
BUFFALO, n. y, Oc,. 5.-The grand
jury in the United States district court
has reported to Judge Cox that the Erie
County jail is in filthy condition and
its prisoners half starved. They de-
clare that the jail has been run tor the
private gain OF politicians and that its
management is dis race to Erie Conn
ty, the state and civilization of the
nineteenth century.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Banker Cox Goes Free.

TORONTO. Ont, Oct. 5.-The charge
against ex-Banker f S. Cox, of appro-
priating to his own use $4,000 of the
funds of the Central bank was dismissed
this morning. The failure of the case Is
ascribed to the refusal OF Cashier Allan
to return from Minneapolis and testify.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13

New YORK. OcI. 5,-Capt r u. Glea-
cell, of the White Star steamship Ger
manic. which arrived this morning, was
found dead in the chart room during the
voyage. His demise was caused by
apoplexy and occurred September %.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
nicd al, Prayer Meeting.

N1x1A. O.. Oct 9.-While Lydia
Washington, aged 81 years, was at the
colored Wesleyan Church last night
-psakinc and shouting in en unuSually
hsppv Wav, she sans iuto ttsr sssI ana
died
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
THE LATEST NEWS
+ allure in St. Paul

The dry goods firm of f. Allen & Co.,
I. Paul, as signed to Henry T. Sattler, of
>attler Bros, on the Sd. The assets and
liabilities are not yet known, but he
stock is estimated to be worth about
$4,000, and the liabilities are about as
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
End of a New York Strike.

New YORK, Oct. 8.-The employees OF
Cohnfeld & Co.. feather merchants of
Green Street, all returned to work to-
day the firm having agreed TO pay the
old rate Of wages until a uniform scale is
fixed by tie trade.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
ELOPED WITH A SCHOOLGIRL.
Alex. Johns, Spaniard, Runs Away
With a Michigan Miss.


CHICAGO, H.. Oct. 4.-Alexander
Johns and Ida Labolt, an eloping couple
from Ionia, Mich, were arrested upon
their arrival here this morning. Johns
is a Spaniard and the girl is only Is
years old They claim that the girls
parents desired to force a distasteful
marriage upon her, the ceremony to be
performed Sunday next, to avoid which
she fled with Johns, whom she says she
dearly loves
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
Severe storm in the North Sea.

LoHpox, oct. 5.--Niolent storms have
prevailed on the North Sea. Several
fishing smacks which have arrived at
English ports report the loss al portions
II fTsir trsNs. VIC were washed over
L.aId.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13

THE following tables show the stand
ing OF the clubs constituting the West.
ern Association, Nationa League and
American Association. up to and includ
ing October Z:
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-10-13
CONGRESS-.
Senate.


WEDNESDAY, Oct. 3.-Mr Allison, from
the finance committee, ported to the
Senate the Mills tariff bill with the sub
stitute prepared by the committee.
The Senate then resumed considera-
ton of Mr.. Hales resolution of Mon
day. Mr.. Hale moved to amend the
resolution by adding to it instructions
to the secretary of war TO transmit
copies ofany further orders or circulars
relating to the employment OF persons
IN his department since March 4, 1885,
ana copies o. any correspondence with
any subordinate or other person relat-
ing to the politics of any employe.
Without action on the amendment or
the resolution the matter went over till
tomorrow. Adjourned.
THURSDAY, Oct. 4.-1he Senate re-
sumed consideration day of Mr..
Hale's resolution on Gen. Benet's cir
cular as TO disch rges from arsenals and
armories and Mr.. T. Her opened the DIS
cussion upon it. The resolution was
adopted without division. The Senate
bill relating to the classification OF post
offices and amendatory of the act of
March 3, 1888, "to adjust the salaries of
postmasters," amended so as to take
effect on July |, 1889, was passed. Mr.
Chambers 8 resolution for an inquiry into
the recent Louisiana election was then
taken up, and Mr.. Blair spoke upon it
and, in connection with it, argued in
favor of his educational bill. The reso-
luton went over till Monday; and the
majority and minority reports on the
tariff bill, as well as Mr. Beck's VS.,
were presented and ordered printed.
A further conference was ordered on
the deficiency bill. The Senate ad-
journed till Monday.
MONDAY, Oct. S.-The Senate this
afternoon took up the tariff bill, it's
reading in full being dispensed with
and the finance committees substitute
being first considered. The House
Joint resolution for an inquiry by COM
mittee of three senators and three rep
resentatives into the contracts and the
work on the Washington aqueduct tun-
mel was taken up and passed. Also the
House bill to restore certain money to
the fund for the erection of public
building in Detroit.
TUESDAY, Oct. 9.-The tariff debate was
resumed, and occupied most Of the ses-
sion. The conference report on the de-
ticiency bill was read in full and agreed
to. The resolution offered Yesterday
by Mr.. Blair calling on the President
for information in matter of the trial,
conviction and execution Of Riel for
high treason in Canada in 1885 was TAX
en- UP and long statement in reference
to it was made by Mr.. Blair,
who based the resolution on the
ground that Riel WIS a naturalized.
American citizen. AT the conclusion of
Mr.. Blair's remarks the resolution was
referred to the committee on foreign
relations. On motion of Mr.. Spooner
the House bill TO authorize the building
of bridge across the Mississippi River
at La Crosse, Wis, was taken from the
calendar and passed. with amendments.