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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-02-18
Minor News Notes.

The jury in the suit OF 4. Howard
Henkel. Of Cincinnati, against Mrs.
jeanette NJ. Thurber for 81, 900, money
advanced to Manager Locke, of the
American Opera Company, disagreed.
Patrick J. Hart was hanged at Hele-
na. Mont. for the murder of John Pitts.
The Rev. J. Haven. Of Lake Forest,
H., who has been missing since January
10. is in Berlin, Germany.
Cfrave-robbing causes a commotion IN
Washington. \ man with corpse on
his wagon was arrested on the 10th
VIM. NJ Donaldson x Co, Cincinnati,
dealers in pictures and frames, assigned
Friday; liabilities, $4,000; assets, Sio,-
coo.
John Weiser. wealthy farmer, COM
mltted suicide near Pittsburg, Pa.
]. A. Humphrey & Son, New York
dealers in neckwear, have failed
Mrs. Nesbitt and her youngest child
were burned to death in Stinson's hotel
ST Bellewart, Ont
An epidemic of typhoid lever Is pre-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-02-18
House of Representatives,

MONDAY, Feb. 6-The House by a
vote of lS1 to lG5. decided the Lowry
White contested election case in favor
OF MIR. White, the sitting member. Aft
er full discussion, Mr.. Crisp. chairman
of the election committee. moved the
previous question upon the resolutions
submitted by the majority of the
committee. Mr.. Rowell Ill.l moved
as a substitute the resolutions pre-
sented by the minority declar-
ing the sitting member iWhite}
agreed tO-yeas lS7, nays l05. Among
the bills introduced were the following:
TO divide the surplus money in the
treasury on July !, 1883, among
the several states and territories
70 he used in aid of common
schools; also To repeal the tax on notes
et state banks used as circulation: to
sNtend the trade and commerce of the
United states and to provide a full ree-
Iprocltv treaty between the United
states and Dominion Of Canada: calling
oR Jhe secretary of state for information
II IS what has been done By
'sle State Department 10 assert
llle authority and dominion bv
me nltcd States over Behring's sea
au8 to protect our seal fisheries Attha
'afAls.c entered the chamber and as
slmed the Elyel, amid loud applause
on oJth sides ofthe House. 4 resolution
lhanHJng Mr. Cox for the able and inn
Haftal manner IN which he had pei
ioFmtd the duties of speaker pro TEN.
was unanimously adopted. and Mr.. Cox
acknowledged tie compliment with an
appropriate speech.
EUESDAN, Feb Mr.. Adams I'm i
called up and the House passed the hiiI
io amend section 300. Revised stat
Ntes. The amendment provides for the
punishment of bank examiners for maxi
lnE is.se entry in any report made bv
theln 20 The comptroller of the currency.
or Tor sgppresslng or c0nceaiing anv
mlterlal fact with intent 10 deceive that
othcet. Mr.. Henderson n. Cl call
gu the ulH 10 amend the in
.eiL'ai revenue laws by aboIisbing
tHe minimum punishment in
internal revenue cases TN Yr,biI;ti,,r.
the issuing Of warrants upon informasinT1
ana Deliei, except upon afiiiavits made
uy collector, or deputy collector. Or
agent, and authorizing the commissions
oi internal revenue TO compromise any
.aSe under the internal revenue laws.
Passed Mr.. Rogers Ark called I'D
and the House passed the bill relative
- the emolument returns of civil Of
hee'S: Mr., Collins Mass called up
ahd the House passed bill amending
sections 3.a55 and $50, Revised Stat
-..s. IneSe sections prescribe a death
gshaity iot the unlawful casting away
vessel on the high seas.
rs 9a- amends them bv adding the
.-'l"i ii52 pToFlsn. Provided. that when
.Hr -afy shall find as special facts
..'.- 1 ...e, injury % the person
os suffering TO any person on
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-02-18
TOROyTO'S BROKEN RiNK.
Startling Revelations Made by the Gen
trails Liquidator.

The Central Bank investigation has
revealed the fact that Allen. the cashier
owes the bank 1000. Liquidator
Campbell testified that Director Nc
Donald's Indebtedness to the bank is
about $4,000 and that he is jointly la
ble with another for about So, coo.
From June Is to November 15, 1856 the
amount due was over $3.50, 900. From
January l TO November Is, 1887, McDon-
aid drew out about S750,0 The bank
carried McDonald's checks for over SSS,-
600 as cash from May 81 to October and
check for 100000 was carried during
part of that time. On September 80
there was Sl20,000 of McDonald's checks
being carried as cash. This would indi-
cate a system of bogus deposits and
fraudulent checks.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-02-18
R4rD oN THE BUCKET SHOPS.
New York Offices of Spectators Closed
by the Police.

New YORK bHIces OF Spectators tlOsea
by the Police.
New YORK, Feb. IA general raid
was made this morning on all the bucket
shops in New Street, Broad Street and
Lower Broadway. Among the offices
raided by tie police were those OF
Lumpkin q Co., 81 New Street; Stockton
& Co, 81 New Street; Hart & Co., 81
New Street; Manhattan Stock Company,
81 New Street. and the Standard Stock
Company, So New Street. The pro
prietors or men conducting he business
were taken oil under arrest. Itisg gener-
ally believed that all the bucket shops
raided by the police to-day will resume
business on Monday as usual. The
Standard Stock Company and Hart u
Co., have an old Indictment hanging
over them for keeping gambling houses
and their trials are set down for next
week and will be regarded as test cases.
In the event of conviction 1t Is under
stood that all the bucket shops viii
change their present mode and do busi-
ness under the system in operation by
Todd x Co, styled Open board Of
brokers'"
Fourteen men in all were arrested IN
the raid and were taken by seven de
tectives to police headquarters. No
business was transacted in any of the
places after the raid was made
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A.uYSTEREGES LETTER.
sensational Developments in the i
Crosse IrncenN.


Crosse Tragedy,
La Crosse, Wis. Feb. 9.-The court
room was densely packed tins forenoon,
at the opening OF the preliminary exam
lnatlon of Albert kennett, for the al
legged murder of Annie Daniels. Twen-
ty. minutes after 10 the prisoner entered
with the sheriff and took seat next his
counsel with the utmost indifference.
The whole forenoon was taken up by
the state with Witness \. J. Allen, the
railway man who discovered the body
Thursday morning, February ? The
witness described everything with
minuteness as to details but
offered nothing not known 10
which he had received from the deceased
on Monday, February !, two pages OF
which were written by her and the last
two pages by kennett. Her part of the
letter closes suddenly and his part
concludes as follows:
Dock has come up to take me out
riding, so will close and finish later
Well, baby, this is Monday and | am
very blue and so lonesome for you
Dock left us and said he was going to
leave for Cincinnati this morning
and | am alone. | feel like |
should ike II die. l must tell
you, | got full last night
and if l could have got some chlorolorm
you bet | would have taken it. l ex-
pected letter from my baby, but did
not get it this morning; will 90 wild if |
don't get one this noon. | must close,
SO bye-bye and lots OF kisses from our
"ANNIE."
The first part of the letter was a mess
Of love nonsense and was not read.
Allen identified kennett's handwriting,
and the reading of the letter caused a
sensation IN the court. The Dock"
mentioned is kennett himself and the
question is whether she dictated the
last two pages OF the letter, or whether
he added them after her death.
Allen identified great many things
found in kennett's baggage as belong
ing to the deceased-her cloak, two
dresses, pictures, handkerchie s, per-
fume set, embroidered pin cushion, and
other articles, some of which he had Civ
en- her himself.
The cross examination failed to call
out anything OF particular interest. The
examination will be continued this af-
ternoon.
The prisoner submitted to- brief in
terview in his cell at the jail. He would
not say that he did not Kill Annie Dan
iels, but maintained that he did not
murder her. He refused to say any,
thing about the preparations to burn the
building, or when he last saw the de-
ceased. He intimated 1nat he was not
alone to blame in the matter, and further
stated that ali the personal effects belong
ing to the dead girl found in his posses
sion she gave to him, and that he made
no effort to escape or he could have
done so, as he had four days the start of
Detective ByIne, and even after bis ar
rest could have broken out of the Gala
boose at Petersburg. No order of ques-
tionlng could induce him to talk about
leading points in the case, every APP
proach TO them causing him to evade the
biapt
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-02-18
suUGGEED OP8tH SEIZED.
Extensive Custom Frauds Jnearthed ia
Watertown, y. y.

WATEETowS, \. Y, Feb. 11.-Near
Philadelphia, this county, to-day, sew
enty eight packages containing 73o
pounds OF prepared opium II the nigh
est quality were found in the barn of
Eph rain Gardner, who was arrested At
Redwood Tuesday night and from whom
about 200 pounds ofopium were taken by
custom officials at that time. 1t l. be-
lieved that Gardner was one OF
the chiefs in the ring Of smugg.ers
engaged in the opium trade. The
goods were concealed IN Gardner's
barn by the novel means of room built
OF baled hay, the entrance being at the
top, in the center Of which loose hay
was stuffed. Upon the removal of this
hay the room was discovered. 1t Is be
lieved that the smuggling has been ear
ried on for some time. i number Of
persons were noticed around Phiiadei-
phia last summer who appeared TO have
no business and Travelled in wagons at
night time. They all appeared acqualnt-
ed with Gardner
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-02-18
NEITHER SIDE FIELDING.
ihe Reading and the Miners still Hold
Ont

In the Reading coal miners strike the
SITUATION Is practically unchanged The
Scnuyl lhll coal miners appear not to be
in the humor Vet Of returning to work.
excepting al advanced wages. and the
Reading Company, which continues
dong Gesustory mining In a general
way, Is evidently not much dissatisfied
with the present comparative idleDess
which. If much longer protracted. j
calculated TO So lessen the coal outnut
for the year from the Schuylkil region
that when work does begin, some time
in the spring. il viii be continuous.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-02-18
DECLINES TO Run.
Letter From Blaine Refusing to be "a
Candidate.


The Pittsburg Commercial Gazette of
the 18th published the following: Mr..
3. +. Jones, chairman of the National
Republican Committee, has received
letter from Mr.. Blaine declining toalLow
bis name to be presented TO the Nation
al Republican convention as a candidate
for the presidency. Mr.. Jones, when
asked whether Mr. Blaine's decination
would prevent his friends from nomi-
mating him anyhow said: "As | am
chairman of the National Committee, I
do not think it would be proper for me
10 have anything to say on that subject"
"Do you think Mr.. Blaine would accept
the nomination if rendered HIM ?" Il
have no authority to speak for Mr..
Blaine and have no coniectures 10 offer
on that subject The letter speaks for
itself and | must decline to be inter
viewed on the question"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-02-18
SUED HIS BROKERS.
Monmouth, H., Man Makes Serious
Charges Against Chicago Firm.

: eh
Gregg, Son 4 Co., well-known firm on
the Chicago Board of Trade, are defend
ants TO a suit begun in the superior court
by Jacob Miller, of Monmouth, Ill.
Miller demands an accounting by the
firm of certain transactions which he
had with them from March !, 1888, to
January /, 1888. They acted as his
agents in the purchase and sale of grain
and provisions to the extent of $50, 900,
and he paid them in margins as much as
$4,000. He claims that they have
never rendered him a full and truthful
account of the transactions but on the
contrary have given him false and
fictitious reports. They concealed from
him the fact that they did not buy as he
ordered them, and claims that they re-
ported deals which they never actually
made. He asserts that on full account
ing they will be found to owe him
large sum of money
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-02-18
TWENTY MEN DROWNED.
Shipwreck of the Bark Abercorn on the
Coast of Washington Territory.

Shipwreck of the Bark Abercorn on the
Coast of Washington Territory.
Advices were received on the 9Th to
the effect that vessel, supposed to be
the British bark Abercorn bound FOR
Portland, Ore, was wrecked on the
Washington Territory coast on the night
of February J. The vessel arrived of
Columbia River bar that day, but being
unable to get over the breakers, put to
sea again. She was caught in the
gale, driven northward, and during the
night was wrecked on the coast near
Gray's harbor. The sea was so high
that the officers and crew could not
leave the vessel. They tried to do so,
but failed, and all perished except two
seamen and an apprentice. 1t is thought
that fully twenty lives were lost. The
Abercorn's captain was named Me
Cullom. The vessel had a cargo of iron
ore, and ship and cargo were valued at
Sl20 600
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-02-18
Caused A SENSATION.
a Michigan Trial Throws Light on
Mysterious Shooting Affray.

n Niicnigan trial Throws Light on u
Mysterious Shooting Affray.
The tis-Wentwurth case was tried
IN the circuit court at Houghton, Mich,
or the 7th. In December j. b. Curtis,
village attorney at Red Jacket, entered
the photograph gallery of c. w. Went
worth, and after few minutes converse
ton shot him. Wentworth was badly
wounded. The affair created a great SEN
sation as the motive could not be learned
Alter recovering from his wound
Wentworth refused to prosecute and at
tempted to sell out his property ard
leave, his course adding deeper mys-
terry to the affair. The authorities took
the matter up and placed both parties
under arrest. In the trial great sensa-
ton was caused when Mrs. Curtis took
the stand and confessed criminal rela-
tions with Wentworth, thus supplying
the motive of her husbands attempt at
homicide. Curtis will be acquitted.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-02-18
FIRE IN 4Bo4RDENG HOUSE.
Some of the Inmates Rescued While
others .Iump for Their Lives.

Some of the Inmates Rescued While
Others Jump for Their Lives.
Fire occurred early on the morning of
the 10Th in a fashionable boarding
house. los Clark Street. Brooklyn
Heights. Thirty-nine persons were
asleep in the house at the time. The
structure was OF wood. aud the flames
spread rapidly. VI. c. Joombs, a Wall
Street broker, jumped from an upper
window, and was fatally injured. John
Gordon, a salesman, and Minnie Rey-
nolds and Mary Wyatt, servants, were
also badly hurt by jumping, having legs
or arms broken. No fewer than fifteen
persons were saved through one window
by means OF ladder. There was much
excitement in the neighborhood, which
i very aristocratic one. The pecuni-
arv loss Is $4,000
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-02-18
HTEEEIE KELLY DEAD.
The Inventor of the Bessemer Steel Pro
Passes AWAY.


VIM. Kelly, inventor Of the pneumatic
steel process known as the Bessemer,
died at Louisville, Ky, on the llth,
aged IS. Bessemer applied for letters
patent on the process here and in Great
Britain at the same time, but Kelly was
granted the patent on the ground ofpriOr-
Ity. Mr.. Kelly. who was a native of Pitts
burg, was also the first importer Of Chi
nese labor into America. He discovered
the air-bolling process in 1917 before Bes-
semer was heard OF and he always claimed
that Bessemer got his first hint rom
workmen who had been employed at
his small furnace in Kentucky. In 1871
the United States government refused to
renew the Bessemer and Mershet pat
ents, but granted a renewal of seven
years to Mr.. Kelly on his process. In
1854, Mr.. Kelly imported the first Chi
nese laborers to this country to replace
the slaves in his fOundries.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-02-18
LOVE LEADS TO TRAGEDY.
The Daughter of Missouri Stockman
Killed by n Suitor.

A frightlul tragedy was committed on
the stock farm Of j. c. Everett, six
miles south OF Stewartsville, Mo, on the
9TH. William Bull, an employe, shot
and killed Miss Ella Everett, daugh-
ter of the proprietor of the farm,
and then shot himself. Bull
asked Miss Everett to IN irry him
and she refused to do so. He then re-
quested a private interview with her,
which was refused. Bull then drew a
pistol and shot her in the head, killing
her instantly, and then went in an adj
joining room and shot himself in the
temple, dying in few minutes. Miss
Everett was 20 years old and the belle
of the neighbOrhood Bull was about %
years of age and had been persistent
suitOr for some time.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-02-18
SUENDIED 4 LANSING BISk.
Mrs. Whitacre Has n Confederate With
Whom She Has Eloped.

Mrs. Gertrude Whitacre, of Belding,
who swindled the Lansing National
Bank out of $1,000 by means of forged
check, was not the only person con-
cerned in the affair. Frank A. Allen,
cashier of the bank of NJ. Deviue & Co,
at Belding, cousin of Mrs. Whitacre's
father, left Belding February /, after
forging check for 1915 in his favor,
signing Devine & Co.'s name to it, and
inducing an employe of the bank to
have it cashed at Ionia. He then fed
10 Windsor, where be was ioiued by
Mrs. Whitacre. The couple left the
next day for the interior Allen was
formerly member OF banking firm at
Leslie. A fast lie, however, led to
financial disaster and caused the bank
to quit business. He leaves a wife and
grown son. Mrs. Whitacre was daugh-
ter Of Capt. Allen, banker at Portland,
and her husband is a grocer. All are
highly connected.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-02-18
White Rearer is All Right.

The umor set atioat by the Milwaukee
Sentinel that White Beaver, Of La
Crosse, is bankrupt, IS false.
The Doctors bank account is large, ais
credit excellent and his business I'M
mense.
We are credibly in forsned t1at his av-
ersge yearly inc5He exceeds thirty
thousand dollars.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-02-18
BEARS MTLH4TTON's MARX.
Story of "A Mammoth Skeleton Inearthed
in Texas.

in Texas.
CISCO, Tex, Feb. 1.-THE largest
skeleton ever heard OF has been discOv-
cred in Eastland County, and Is being
exhumed. Archie Brown was travelling
through the woods near creek, when
he discovered horn sticking ont Of the
side of the bank. He tried topull it out,
but couldn't, and commenced digging,
and finally reached the head
Of the animal and found the
horn to be s feet long and Y inches IN
diameter, two feet from the head. He
got assistance and exhumed the other
horn, the head, some ofthe ribs and the
left foreleg Of the animal. Its under
iawbone measures y feet across and
feet long. The head from top to tip OF
nose, is ) feet and is feet between the
eyes. Its left foreleg bone from the
knee Joint to the shoulder blade joint is
5 feet and measures inches in diameter
at the knee Joint. The remaining part
of the skeleton has not been unearthed.
The horns and head resemble a goats.
The whole skeleton viii be exh umed.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-02-18
I,aKora : tsaIIways.

BIsMARCK, D. r. Feb 1.-The third
annual report of the Dakota Railroad
commission declares the roads IN ex-
cellent condition, with bright prospect
for extensions the coming season.
Twenty-elght persons have been killed
and ls6 injured n accidents during the
wear. The principal complaint has been
in regard to the grain blockade, tor
which the system OF marketing gram Is
Z ,.-..t.- r1-cr.l.r.s /.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-02-18

pupil may be able to play something
alter he has been practicing years and
years. 1t should also be taught out
in the woods or among the rock
ribbed hills; or in the middle of the
desert might do. We are fonl o
music, but dislike TO see Il pulled be-
fore II ia rjpe
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-02-18
STOLE Trust FUNDS,
John c. Crowley, of Boston. Said to Be "A
Defaulter for $4,000,

It is reported that John G. Crowley,
of Boston, who has hitherto occupied a
prominent place, is defaulter to the
amount of 5000, mostly in trust es-
tates. In November Crowley went to
Europe, ostensibly to seek rest. He
kept his departure quiet He was
member of the school board, president
Of the Catholic union and attorney for
the unions institution for savings. The
officials of the bank say the institution
cannot lose over 10000 through his
operations. Mrs. Crowley says she viii
make all the losses good. So far as
learned he was trustee for six estates.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-02-18
rTyER4L OF AMOS SMELL.
-rho Services Attended by the Wisconsin
Relatives of the Deceased.

Tbe Services Attended by the Wisconsin
Relatives of the Deceased.
Cugr,.o ILL.,, Feb 1.-THE funeral OF
Amos Smell. who vas murdered by burg
Ar ar, Monday night, was held at II O'Clock
this morning at the residence, TO Nlllch
only friends of the family were Il, invited i
Dr. Thomas, of the Peoples oulsrI, lt,,I
where Mr. Smell was a seat-hoidef '.on;
Quoted the brief and simple services aha tt,,t
made a short address. The ntermen1 rem
vas was at Rose Hill by carriages; d,s. s-;itF The
pail-bearers we're Judge a,n sldney yHsT9aIf' sWll4'
9gg.- 3iberf n. Billings, gen. |. n. Stiles,
9arIos 4,ge. 4. Cook, W :. Salisbury and
Frank p,i ]. Crawford. Hiram ?. Smell,
brother Of the murdered man, came
rom Lake Geneva, Wis. to attend the
f,reraI. He was accompanied by Silas
InlaIis. M whose ate wife was Mr.. SMELLS
sister. ]. S. Bullock. sheriffof Jefferson
county. is also present. Other relatives
al Little Falls, \. y, are expected here
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-02-18
CIyCINNATI B4yk TROTBIEs.
Still Another Bank Found to Have Made
Loans on Insufficient Securities

An assignment Of 25 per cent. of the
capital stock Of the Queen City National
Bank, Of Cincinnati, was made on the
9Th by order OF the comptroller of tie
treasury This was 10 make good losses
and deficiencies on account of INSULT
cient security on loans given. The
capital of the bank is $4,000.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-02-18
TO RIVAL THE ST1yD4RII.
Formation of New Oil Company With
an Immense Capital.

u "If''IoI' Ut d -NtFN VII tVfI FfIy " TIT
an Immense Capital.
The Toledo Blade publishes a state
ment that a syndicate of New York. To-
ledo, Chicago and Detroit capitalists,
representing $25, ,00O, 600. held a meeting
on the 9Th at Detroit, and organized to
build pipe line from the Northwestern
Ohio oil fields to Toledo and to erect re
hnerles so as to compete with the Stand
ard Oil Company. They claim to own
patents on new process of refining and
can place the product on the market at
cheaper rate. The capital stock of the
new companv Is SO 600 600
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-02-18
UNITING THE TWIN CITIES.

SoHlfhiItees from the Cham bers OF Com
merce to Confer.
The S.. Paul chamber of commerce
on tie 9th passed resolution
for committee Of twenty to
confer with similar commit
tee from the MINNEAPOLIS chamber of
commerce respecting the proposed un-
ION OF the two cities The committee
was appointed at once.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-02-18

vailing at the State Industrial Seheol for
Girls, az Adrain, Mich.
The O'Neal 4 Price Betting Company,
Cincinnati, have failed. Liabilities, $40
009; assets, $25 600
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-02-18
Give il Time TO Ripen

The question is "Hov should
music bs taught 2" Well, in general
way it should be taught so that the