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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-01-28

the chair on the agricultural expert
ment station bill. The bill appropriates
sos 1000 to carry into effect the provis
IONS OF the act of March,
1887, to establish agricultural ex-
pertinent stations Is rUnneStioh
with the colleges, established in the sew
eral states under the provisions of an
act approved July =, 1862. After brief
debate the committee rose and the bill
was passed. Mr.. Belmont, chairman Of
the committee on foreign afftirs, called
up the joint resolution accepting the in
vitation of the British, gofetnhient t0
the gueefnmeht Of the United States to
participate IN the international ex-
hibltion at Melbourne to cele-
brate the founding of New South
Wales, and appropriating $4,000 To en-
able the United States to be represented.
The resolution went over as unfinished
business. Mr.. Crisp, chairman of the
committee on elections, called up the re-
port of that committee in the case of Mr..
Redstone, claiming to have been elected
from the Fifth California District The
report which asks that the committee be
discharged from further consideration
OF the matter, was agreed to.
THURSDAY, Jan: l9.-In the morning
hour the HOUSE tesnined consideration
III tcmmittGe of the whole of the Joint
resolution accepting the invitation TO
participate in the Melbourne exposition,
the pending amendment being on the
amendment offered by Mr. McAdoo. of
New Jersey, reducing the appropriation
from $4,000 to 5000. After a long de-
bate this amendment was rejected, the
committee rose, and the joint resolution
was passed, l57 to SO. Another unsuc-
cess nj attempt was made TO pass the
wilkins banking bill. In tie afternoon
the ceremony of the presentation by
the state of Mass lchusetts TO the House
of portraits OF Theodore Sedswick, DO
seph b. Narntim and Nathaniel P.
Banks, distinguished citizens Of that
state who have occupied the chair of
Speaker OF the House, took place.
FRIDAY, Jan. 20.-The report of the
committee on elections in the Carlisle
Ihoebe case, recommending that the
case be not re-opened, was brought up
and debated at some length, the ques-
ton being on the adoption of substi-
tute for the resolution reported by the
committee. The substitute was lost, but
when vote WAS taken oh the resolu.
tion to seat Carlisle without further in.
vestigati6n a Sufficient number of mem.
hers refused to vote to make no quorum
and the House adjourned.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-01-28
ANNEXATION OF CANADA.
me Disastrous Attempt to Aceompt;.h II
by Force-A Famous Refreat

The present agitation concerning the rf-ls~
tlons between Canada and the United States
recalls the time when the annexation of thar
country was proposed to be brought sbonG
by iorce OF arms. The project was entrttst-
ed to the brave General Montgomery. as
sisted by the famous patriots Colonies Ethan
Alien and Seth Warner While engaged III
this invasion Ethan Allen was taken priS-
oner by the British and sent to England.
where he experienced very harsh treatment.
1t was Col. Warner who twice conducted
ms men safely home, though the march was
constantly surrounded by dafigers. Once
Montgomery sent them home because tIciF
time was out, and though they were willing
10 continue in service they were without
sufficient clothing, and none could be had
III that country,
Colonel Warner had hardly arrived home
before he heard that Montgomery had been
killed, and the cause, as well as the lives of
the mef, were put in great jeopardy. He
Collected his men again and at once started
for Canada TO assist his countrynen i'll their
extremity. But his efforts were of TO avail,
and il was soon found necessary to take up
the line OF retreat
1t was the dead of winter, and only neees-
sity sanctioned moving the troops. The
terror of Pursuit and the rigor of the season
furnished sufficient cause for alarm and
haste. Colonel Warner remained with the
ways most effectuaEy, a. he was man
well posted in caring for the sick and this
knowledge now came into excellent use.
He must keep the army in notion not
day must he lost, and yet he was without
any chest of medicines. But he understood
the medicinal tiSe of roots and herbs and ot
proper care at critical times and with these
allies he made an efiectual hight against dis
ease among his men.
When Ticonderoga was reached and the
foil called thanks 10 Seth Warner bot few
vacancies in the ranks appeared.
Col. Warner saved the lives of hundreds
of men in this way, and ne did noble
work. but it remained for his namcsake, II.
II. Warner, head of Warmers safe Cure es-
tablishment To give the same kind of RENE
dies then used TO the people OF to-day, III
Warmers Log Cabin Remedies These
remedies have been adopted after thorough
trial and investigation, and they are RENE
dies OF establishedreputation. Being wholly
vegetable, they can be used without any
fear as to the results.
Among the new remedies is a SarSaparifa
for the blood, Hops and Buchu for tha
stomach and digestion. Cough and Con
sumption Remedy, Scalpine for the head
and hair, Rose Cream for that terrible dis
ease caarrh, Log Cabin Liver PHI, u Log
Cabin Plaster and All Extract for internal
and external use. Our readers may rest as
sured that there is merit in every article
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-01-28
DISCOCR4G STRIh ERS.
Their Plans Thwarted by Coal Shipment
From Western Pennsylvania.

Their Plans Thwarted by Coal Shipments
From Western Pennsylvania.
A dispatch Of the Goth from Reading
says: 1t is now nearlya week since all the
Reading and individual collieries prac-
tically closed down, and a careful esti-
mate places the number of coal cars,
which have left the Schuylkill regions in
this time ut $50, with no prospects OF
future shipments until some of the
mines resume. 1t is admitted that
the shipment of bituminous coal and
coke from the western part of the
state into the Schuylkill valley seriously
interleres with the plans of the strikers.
Before National Master Workman Lewis
left Reading 'or tie ConnellsvIlie region
he said no effort would be made to per-
suadn the men there 10 strike until
every other means had failed. 1t is
now believed that before he returns the
ConnellsviIle miners Will be asked to 90
out if the operators there persist in ship
in9 bituminous coal and coke here.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-01-28
DEATH BY ELECTRlCfyT.
The New York Commission Favor t..
Abolishmtf,t of Hanging.

New Y DIRK, Jan. 1.-THE report o til e
eommission appointed by the Legislature
in 1886 to report the most humane
and practical method known TO
modern science of carrying into
effect the sentence of death in capital
cases has teen transmitted to the Legis-
lature. 1t recommends killing the cul-
prits by electricity. The committee OBJ
jects to the guillotine, because of its use
IN the French revolutions the CARROT
does not do the work in a successful than-
her; shooting is too bloody and
too dem0ralizing, while hanging is too
cfiiel. The use Of stimulants and driigs
is considered demoralizing and tnsat is
factory. In conclusion, the commission
reports in favor of electricity and
recommends that a chair, with a
Iced and foot rest, be used
in which the condemned man shall
be seated. One wire is to be connected
with the head-rest and the other with
the foot-rest which would be a metal
plate. The electric current could be sup
piled by electric light wires. The commits
sion recommends that the date of the
execution be made uncertain so that the
criminal may not know what day he is
to die; and that the corpse gb to the doe
tors or to naineless grave without re-
ligiods rites, and that the newspapers be
forbidden to describe the execution.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-01-28
(.iNNOT STOP II.
The Immigration of Paupers and Help
less Persens Almost Unrestricted.


less Persons Almost Unrestricted.
A Western congtessm ii has writthn n
Fmigtfition Commissioner Stephen
son, OF NeW York, stating that all incur
ably insane Swedish girl had arrived at
Boone, Ia, direct from the old country.
The Swedish authorities had paid
her passage The letter deprc-
Gated the admission of such i'm
migrants, and expressed the hope
TINT the present Coii5ress would
amend the immigration laws Com
missioner 81 phenson has replied that
the existing laws are adequate If strictly
enforced; but that by a decision of the
secretary of the treasury in August last
the power to return people of that class
to Their native country, was taken from
the Immigration commissioners and
vested In the collector of tie port. The
commissioner presents the following
statist cs showing the result of this
change in method:
From July /, 1887 to December 81 :,
1887, ,2So persons, representing mostly
heads of families (which in gross nrm-
bers would amohnt to 1900 PERSONS,
counting men, women and children)
have been reported to the collector of
this port as persons liable to becon-a a
public charge upon the people of the
United States, and the opinion of the
superintendent OF this department, who
made the examinations and forwarded
TO the collector the sworn statements OF
the Immigrants, have in l,l4S out OF the
| ,2S5 reported, been overruled by the
collie ctOr y
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-01-28
4 FIKEW1N'S PLOT.
Attehi ut of "A Discharged Fireman
Chicago to RloW up "A Store.

ATTEMPT of Discharged Fireman in
Chicago to Rlow up IL Store.
AleNantiet Niei1an. singlb titan
about q years cd, WAS arrested on a
very serious charge at Chicago on the
2lth The charge is that Nieman at
tempted to blow up the fourstory build
ing at the southeast corner Of
Adams and State Streets, occupied
by Singel, Cooper & Co. Me
man was, until "Wednesday last,
in the employ OF the firm as fireman,
having held that position for three
months. Recently his work las not
been satisfactory to the engineer, and
Nieman was told that unless there was
an improvement his services would
be dispensed with. He Is alleged to
have replied: "lfthey ever fire me with
out giving me ten days notice I'll fix
'em.' Wednesday night Nieman was dis
charged. He went off, grumbling to
himself, but nothing was thought of it.
That night the watchman caught him in
the engine-room, where it seems he
had shut of the water valves III the
boiler and built a roaring fire. A few
moments later the boiler would probably
have exploded and caused immense
damage to the store
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-01-28
BICHlN.fN'S LOUE.
4 Farmers Wife Who Might Have Be
Mistress of the White House.

4 Farmers Wife Who Might Have Been
Mistress of the White House.
MINNEAPoLIs. Mimi, Jan. IA few
weeks ago Letitia Bovee died a few
miles from Lake City, Mimi, aged 81.
Letters and trinkets of hers have Just
come to light which tell strangely
romantic story. She WAS born, at Erie,
Pa, In 1899 and spent her childhood and
young Womanhood there, her maiden
name being Duncan. President Bu-
cbanan, while printers apprentice at
Erie, fell in love with her. His love
WAS not returned. When his offer oi
marriage was declined he wrote the
following letter:
"MY DEAR LETITIA: shall never link
my fortunes with any one, my dearest
girl, Unless they are with you. Your
fathers cruelty is measured by the depth
of my pockets. | shall never marry,
Lefty, dearest, so fare thee well until
death. JAMES BUCHANAN"
Buchanan wrote other letters and gave
Miss DUNCAN small open faced gold
watch. These relics are In the pos es-
sion of Mrs. Bovee's executors. Miss
Duncan loved a young naval officer
named Dan Turner, but her father
would not permit a marriage. She re-
mained single until her old age, when
she was married TO Minnesota farmer
named Bovee.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-01-28
DEK.iND lore PAY.
Engineers and Yard Men Ask an Increase
In satatiee.

PlrfsBURG. Pa, Jan. lS.-The com
mitree Representing the Locomotive En-
gineers of the Pennsylvania CompaEy's
railway system west of littsburg, left
for their homes this morning
perfectly satisfied with their in
terview Yesterday with Mana
ger Baldwin and General Manager
McCrea in regard to an advance of 10
per cent. in wag and the abolition of
he double header sys,em." The COM
niittee was cUurteotisi iy treated and the
conference was harmonious. An answer
is expected in a few days. The request
for an advance originated at the head
quarters OF the Brotherhood.
1t is runored to-day about tile Allie
gheny Yards of the Pittsbufg, Fort
Wayne x Chicago Railroad that the re-
quest of the yardmen and train hands
for an increase in wages had i'll part
been granted. No official notice
has been given to this effect, but the
committee claim to have an intimation
from inside quarters. The Chicago scale
will be conceded without the time and
half time feature
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-01-28
IEdNTED NEYICO.
Extradition Proceedings Begun Again st
Charles Benson, the Ticket SwindIer.

The extradition proceedings against
Charles Benson, the rowing swindler who
victimiZed the Mexicans to the amount of
S25 600, selling bogus Patti opera tickets,
were begun in New Iork on the Goth be-
fore | nlted States Commissioner Lyman.
Benson's LAWYERS had three Mexican
witnesses who happened in town at the
time of Benson's arrest and also mar
shaled Manager Abbey and Sub Mana
ger Mayer. The old complaint of forg-
cry was withdrawn by the prosecution
and instead Benson was charged with
having forged the name of Henry F..
Abbey to letter and that of Marcus r.
Maver 10 theatrical tickets, both of
which acts we're committed in the City
OF Mexico. A number of witnesses were
examined. after which, at request OF Mr..
Abbey's counsel, the case was continued
for one week
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-01-28

MISUNDERSTANDING. .,nes open.


Ncrthwest-Railroe .4Ines open.
Scattering reports OF the loss of life
and limb n the recent great sto1m con-
1inue arriving hourly. IN addition to
the list Of 40 dead already published,
the following reports have been re-
ceiyed: Tyndsll, Oak, says six per-
sons are known to have perlshed
near there. Appleton. Mimi, re-
ports that Ole Wig sat frozen
stiff IN his sleigh as his team turned up
10 his house In Cerro Gordo. Mrs
Iosepl kcG, north of 1ankton, OAK,
started Il short distance to get child
home freaZ the school house and got be-
wildefeJ and iroZe near her home. The
dead body of a man was found at Utica,
seven miles north of Gankton, A man
named Bruce deserted his team and
wandered some twenty miles When
found and brought TO Yankton he was
badly frozen. His condition is critical.
J. Robinson, OF Gankton, and A. J Win
tiers. of Lacrosse, sewing machine men
who left Yankton Thursday morning by
seam, were rouId dead between the vii
5agc OF Tyndall and Springfield. Their
bodies we're seLt to Tvndall for ship
gncnt. Other parties in this county are
missing
i BerTe, OAK, special Of the 18th
saws ISle first tain for one week viii
rcac, Pierre tonight. 1t is last Tues
Days Grain The road east of Huron is
sp'l bl0csaded and no through trains
re expected for week At Huron,
Oak, tile wind has been south all dav
anil Is Increasing tonight, causing APP
D7eheusIons of another blockatie. The
NorlheTr Pacific has raised the blockade
west of Mandan and now has It's entire
rsIsin line clear
At Gary. Oak, Chris. St0ltzenberg, re-
ported lrss, is safe. Hugo Sheafe was
sound aead there to-day and there are
lia rdings from the Hutchinson lads.
William Morrill, was frozen to death
lIcar Aberdeen and Mr., Stout, school
@cacher was probably lost near Tyndall.
One man was frozen to death near Ar
mour Another dead body was found
near Springfield The Rev. II. Hurd
left Yeakion for Bon Homme and has
uut Teen heard from since.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-01-28
THE POPE TAKES A HAND.
Report That He VIII Settle the Iris
TrOubleS IN FAVOR of ENGLAND.

Report That He VIII Settle the Irish
Troubles in Favor of England.
ROME, Jan 19.-The Opinione saws it
is not probab that the Pope seriously
intends to intervene in the settlement
of the Irish question in the interest of
the present British government Ii the
Duke of Norfolk really has an Off
cial mission there is nothing TO
justify the hope that it will be success
fnl. The Pope, it says, cannot go beyond
advising the Irish bishops to follow pol
icy of prudence and moderation, the
Irish question being an economic and
national one and not of n religious nat
ure. The Opinione extUls Mr. Glad
stones policy as the most likely to pacify
Ireland
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-01-28
ORDER IN INTESTIG 1TION.
The Interstate Commission to Inquir
into Emigrant Rates.


into Emigrant Rates.
WASHINGTON, y. C., Jan. lS.-The in
ter-state commerce commission has is
sued the following notice in the matter
of the inland transportation of imm;-
grants from the port of New York !;
There being now pending before this
commission complaint that the meth
DDS empIoved and the rates charged by
railroad companis sin the transportation
of emigraiits from the city of New York
tointerior Western points arc unjust, Cp-
pressiva and illegal, and ii appearing to
Tie commissio chat tie same should be
made the subject Of an Investigation
which can most useiuiy be had in the
said city, it is ordered that su inquiry
be ;Hstltuted in respect 10 the subject
a'oress.;d al a public session Of said com
mission TO be held III New York on Feb
ruarv !, ISSS, at II \. "
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-01-28
DEEILC.ITION IN DETROTT.
Arrest of Chas. A. Young, of the Nichiga,
carbon Works, for Embezzlement.

Arrest of Chas. A. Young, of the Michigan
carbon Works, for EmbezzIement.
4 sensation III Detroit business circles
was caused on the l7th, when it be-
came known that Charles A. Young. for
many wears the confidential book
keeper of the Michigan Carbon
Works, but more. recently the
secretary and treasurer of the con-
cern, had been arrested, charged with
embezzlement. Young has for years
past reveled in the possession of a
blOoded horse, a nobby turnout and a
colored coachman-on a salary of 81 800
but as his father was known to
be wealthy, it excited no especial at
tention. Last September Young was
promoted to the position of secretary
and treasurer, and not long afterward
the decrease in dividends to the stock
holders caused complaints. This dissat-
istaction led 10 Investigation, and a
shortage of $50 900 was discovered.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-01-28
.4LLEGED EnBEZZLEHENT.
\ Suit Against u Dixon, ILL.,, Capitalist
fnr $40 600


John w. Hutchinson, with his brother
and sister has brought suit against Jason
c. Ayers, capitalist o. Dixon, H., tor
$4,000, alleged to have been embezzled
under very peculiar circumstances.
Ayers was trustee Of the will of John
Hutchinson's father and was busi-
ness agent for the widowed Mrs.
hutchinson, now dead. John Hutchin
son said: The bills of the es
tate, which have been approved by the
court and are on file, show that it was
Air Ayers custom to charge The estate
with all the money he gave my mother
Then when she desired to make any
purchases or to pay bills she gave him
the money TO do so with and wien he
expended this money he charged
it up to the estate again. My mother,
like n great many ladies, knew absolute
" nothing about business, and thought
it was all right. Mr.. Ayers" added Mr..
Hutchinson, denies tie charge entire
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-01-28
MOTHER ALpHoNsE REBELS.
An Ursuline Sister Refuses to be Con
tro1Ied by the Church.

tro1Ied by the Church.
P1rfsBURG. Pa, Jan. 17.-Rt. Rev.
Bishop Phelan, of the Pitisburg diocese
of the Roman Catholic Church, says
there is no foundation for the statement
that the Catholic Church is trying to Sc
cure the property of the Ursuline Sisters
in this city. He felt constrained to
depose Mother Superior Alphonse as
she was only entitled to hold office for
term of two years. Ever since the es-
tablishment of the institution there has
been continual controversy between
Sister Aiphonse and the bishop of the
diocese in regard to the position in
which the academy stands to the
church. Mother Alphonse now desires
to sell the property, which is valued at
$250,G00, and return to France. The
Bishop will oppose the sale and if nee
essary will carry the matter to the courts,
Madame Alphonse says she Will bow to
the church in religious matters, but de-
hies its rights to interfere with temporal
affni re
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-01-28
MAY SELL THE MINES.
The Reading Company's Plan to Sett
ha NtriE


the Great Strike.
New YORK, Jan. IS. The Herald this
morning says various rumors are anoat
concerning the probable move on the
part of the Philadelphia & Reading Com
pany to effect, directly or indirectly,
some sort OF a settlement OF the min
ing troubles. One report, which
comes from a prominent mem
ber CT the Coal Exchange, is to
the effect that President Corbin,
unwilling. in view of the recent bitter
declarations, to be party to make con-
cessions TO the men, has conceived the
idea of leasing the collieries to powerful
syndicate, which could better arrange a
settlement. Said the Herald's inform
ant: 'He would have two objects in thus
evading the issue-one in shifting the
responsibilities upon other shoulders,
the other in dealing the striking railway
hands powerful blow by conciliating
their faithful allies the miners"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-01-28
THE sULTASs REQtEsT.
He Asks Vanderbilt to Build a System of
Asiatic Railways.

During w. X. Vanderbilt's recent visit
at Const'ntinople the sultan strongly
urged him to construct system of
Asiatic railways. Mr.. Vanderbilt plead
cd that his visit WAS merely for pleasure
and that he had no chance to study the
suggested scheme. The sultan has now
forwarded to Mr.. Vanderbilt, who is in
Egypt, all the papers bearing on the
question and he expresses the hope that
if Mr.. Vanderbilt is not disposed to ac-
cept the task, jay Gould will undertake
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-01-28
A SECOND MRS. E0WE,
clover swindie Ferpetrated by Penn
syiVania Ladies' Bank"


NoRBIsTowN, Pa, Jan l9.-Miss Mary
A. Brown, maiden lady residing in
NorristoNn and pos essed of consider
able property, has been swindled on, of
SO 100 by a Philadelphia woman who
II Idde investments for women, She con-
duced ladies' Bank" and promised
large returns from every dol
lar invested. Miss Brown says
she has known the woman since
rhildho0d On Monday she was to re-
teiyea large sum of money from the
4hilIladelphia woman as q return on
sier investment The woman didn't
come aud Miss Brown wrote to her. She
replied that all business between them
was at an end and that no more letters
would l'c answered. This was start
3lng Information TO Miss Brown. So
rn5stuated was she with what she sup
1>sed to be a sure and speedy method
ut obtaining fortune that she borrowed
moneyfrou all her friends in order TO
invest II with the Philadelphia woman.
She has employed counsel to prosecute
the Philadeiphian, but her lawyer SAYS
1t would he impossible for Miss Brown
~
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-01-28
MORE G.fS FOND.
Chicago's Commissioner of Public Works
Strikes IA Vein of it

During the past two weeks Commits
sioner of Public Works Swift, of Chica 20,
has been engaged in sinking a well on
the lake shore, in a direct line with
those of the Leland hotel and
the Cooke brewery, in the hope that
gas might be struck A pocket Of the
tickle illuminator was found at a depth
of ninety feet. An assistant, wishing to
add a joint to to the protruding end of
the six inch pipe, gave orders to have
some live Goals placed on it for the puf-
pose of thawing the ice from the
threads. \ bright flame was instantly
started which blazed two feet high for
several hours and was burning brightly
when it was turned off. The gas
Is supposed to come from quantity of
quicksand some distance above the
Trenton strata, where it is believed to
exist in great quantities, a natural gas
expert says 1t confirms d theory Of his
own that the gas struck SO ar is but a
leak from, big deposit living some place
beneath the city.