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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
BOUGHT BACK HIS BONDS.
4 Farmer Fleeced Out of $40, 600 Saves 8
Part of IL by Sacrificing sd 900.


In the latter part of July, 1883, Jacob
r. Reiff, retired wealthy farmer, at
Center Square, Montgomery County,
Pa, was tleeced out of $4,000 worth of
bonds by pair of bunCo sharpers who
had been negotiating with him a week
before, ostensibly with a view to pur-
chasing a farm in the neighborhood. The
securities were principally certificates
of the Cincinnati southern Railroad, and
were worth something less than their
face value. Every effort was made to
gain clue to the swindiers, but with
out success. About eight weeks ago
Farmer Reitf received a call from a
well-tressed stranger, who, after exact
ing every promise OF secrecy, represent
ed to Reltf that he was a New York de-
tectve, and could restore the bonds.
He said a broker of his acquaintance had
bought them of the sharpers, and was
afraid to sell them lest he be
arrested for the swindle. The
price asked for the return of
the stolen bonds was 5000. Mr..
Reitf declined to pay any such sum as
this. Several consultations were held
in the next few weeks, and finally it was
decided that if the farmer would pay
$4,000, ask no questions and promise to
make no effort to secure the arrest of
the persons who had swindled him, the
bonds would be restored. MIR. Reilf's
counsel, 1t has been ascertained, went
to New York recently with 81 900 of
Farmer Reltfs money in his pocket, met
the self-stvled detectives, signed the
agreement of secrecy referred TO and
returned with the bonds, which are now
safe IN Reitf's possession.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13

plosions served alike to intimidate the
tiremenand cause the rapid spread of the
flames. Standing on the tracks within
the structure were from thirty to forty
freight cars, many of them loaded, and
all were destroyed. A portion of the
larger building was used as grain ele-
va'or and here were stored from $4,000
TO 10000 bushels of grain, besides a
large quantity OF flour. Part of the
books of the company were destroyed.
Many were saved, while a large quanti-
ty of way ybils and other papers were
saved IN damaged condition. The
loss will at least aggregate so, 900 with
considerable insurance
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
Killed While PulIipg Tooth

CLINTON, Wis, April S.-A colored
man named James Coleton, who resid-
ed few miles south, met his death in a
most remarkable manner. He was in
the habit of extracting his own teeth.
which usually came so hard as TO re-
quire his utmost strength to draw them.
But he tackeled one yesterday that
came so much easier than anticipated,
that the reaction caused his head 10 fly
back so violently as TO partially dislo-
cate his brain, causing his death a few
minutes afterward
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
SPECIAL PLEA OF INSANITY,
A Last Effort to Save the Life of Mrs.
WhIteIinp

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April S.--The in
sanity dodge has been sprung in the
hope of saving the neck of Sarah Whit
ing, who poisoned her husband and two
children for the purpose of securing a
small amount of insurance money,
and who is to be hanged the week
alter next. George w. Arundel,
of counsel for the condemned woman,
processes to be thoroughly convinced
that she is out of her mind, and accord
ingly he will apply to the courts to-day
or tomorrow for a commission in lunacy
to examine her condition. Meanwhile
the unfortunate woman herself re-
pudiates the special pea, and in
an interview with her coun-
sci. which took place to-day
in the presence of a warden, said that it
was useless to spend any more time or
money in the effort to save her lie, and
that they might as well give it up as
bad job. Even this is quoted in the
legal papers as an indication that she is
surely insane
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
FIGHT WITH BURGLARS.
A Policeman is Shot Down But MortalIy
Wounds His Man

CAIRO, ILL.,, April 9.-While patrolling
his beat at o'clock this morning, Off
Ger Woodville saw man come out of a
store at Evergreen Avenue and Leavitt
Street, and chased him through an alley
TO the rear of the building. Here the
officer was confronted by two men, who
opened fire on him, bringing him down
with bullet IN his thigh. Woodville
managed TO draw his revolver, and fred
shot which struck one of the burglars
in the head, inflicting fatal wound.
His companion escaped after firing
again at the PROSTATE officer without re-
suit. Both policeman and burglar are
at the county hospital. The officers
wound is not dangerous.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
DESERVING THE PROPHET.
Young Mormons leaving Utah for New
Homes

SALT LAKE, Utah, April 9.-At the
closing session of the Mormon confer
ence, last evening, George Q. Cannon
read statistics of the church as follows:
Twelve apostles, 20 patriarchs, 3, ,7l9 high
priests, IL ,S05 elders, 2,C69 priests, >, ,292
teachers. IL ,6l0 deacons, 81 800 families,
1875 officers and members, and 49, ,302
children under years of age, a total
Mormon population of l53,9ll. The
number of marriages for six months
ending April 6, 1889, was $50; births,
3,154; new members, 4SS; excommuni-
cations, ll3. Cannon said that many
Young men were leaving the territory
to take up land elsewhere. The saints,
he said, had been called together to
build up Zion, and this scattering must
he StopnaI
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
Mrs. Theodore Thomas Dead

New YORK, April 8.-Mrs. Theodore
Thomas, wife OF the musician, died in
this CITY this morning after linge ring
and painful illness. She had been con-
fined to her bed since last au-
tumn with form of nervous
prostration which from the first puzzled
medical skill, though it was not till
within a few weeks of the end that
hope of successful coping with it was
abandoned. Mrs. Thomas was wo-
man of fine intellectual attainments, and
unusual force of character.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
GARRETT GOING ABROAD.
The Baltimore Millionaire Fully Recoy-
eFs His Hes'th.

BALTIMORE, Md, April 9.-Since Rob-
ert Garrett returned to 'Uplands," mis-
country residence, he has steadily inn
proved in both health and spirits. His
improvement is so marked that Dr.
Jacobs, who has been constantly at his
eide since last fall, will leave bis patient
Monday, and return to his home in
Boston. Mr.. Garrett has received an
invitation to join Mr.. Winans in hunting
over that genteman's game preserves
in Scotland, and is contemplating ac-
cepting the 1nvitat, on in June, and viii
probably prolong his stay in Europe TO
several months. He is AZ years old to-
Gay
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
In the Assem- bly,.

MADISON. April 3.-The Assembly to-
dav concurred in the Senate bill increas-
ing the maximum number of com panies
of infantry of the Wisconsin National
Guard to forty-two, the additional COM
panies being one at Marinette, one at
Fort Atkinson, one at Oconto, one
at Eau Claire and two at Mil-
waukee. Other bills concurred
in: Relating to the replacing Of assess
ment aud tax rolls either lost or de-
stroyed by fire; relating to the fence
laws, so that owners of swine shall not
be exempt from damages committed
upon inclosed premises of adjoining
owners; providing for additional school
districts in Madison; to provide for the
raising of an additional one-ffth of
q mill tax for. the relief Of in
digeps soldiers Ia Counties of the
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
WILL BE A NUNNERY.
me building in Which Prince Rudolf
Died to be GhRnrel.

Emperor Francis Joseph has pur-
chased the Meyerling estate. which
was owned by the late Crown Prince
Rudolf. The main building will be
converted into a Carmelite nunnery.
The room in which the crown prince
committed suicide Will be turned into
chapel. Other parts will be fitted up as
an asylum for aged and infirm residents
of the district. The Austrian colony at
Buenos Ayres has sent golden wreath
ya.ded at 10000 francs to be placed on
Rudolfs tomb
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
SUIT OVER A LAND SALE.
Title of Valuable Hallway Property in
Dispute at Winnipeg.

WINNIPEG, Man, April GA big law
suit is likely to arise between the Hud
son Bay and the Northern Pacific and
Manitoba Railroad Companies. Bridges,
late the land commissioner of the
former company, sold the latter
companies twenty acres of land along
the river front, and almost in the heart
of the city, for the nominal sum OF Sl0,-
000. The former company now repudi-
ates the sale on the ground that Bridges
was not authorized to make the deal.
The purchasers have already built quite
extensively on the tract
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
ENDED IN A ROW,
lhree Men Shot at "a Prize Fight in
Seattle.

Seattle.
4 prize fight occurred on the 9TH at
Seattle, w. T., between William Scott
and Frank Britton, which ended in a
row that will probably result fatally to
one or more men. In the fourth round
Brltton claimed a foul. This the
referee refused to allow and ordered the
tight to proceed. Britton refused to 90
on, and The referee gave the fight to
Scott, Hot words followed, pistols
were drawn and number of shots
were fired. The row finally was queIled
and 1t WAS found that Tom and Charley
Clancy, well-known saloon keepers,
and James MeCann, Britton's second,
bad been wounded, McCann
dangerously. The fight occurred in the
dining-room OF the race track hotel
and VAS witnessed by nearly 200 Seattle
sports. The Clancy brothers each re-
ceived a wound in the thigh, and Nc
Cann was shot in the groin. A num-
Der of persons have been arrested, in
Guiding Teddy Guthrie, the referee, and
warrants are out for others.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
DEATH OF DR.. KiDDEE.
The Director of Smithsonian Institute
Dies of Pneumonia

WASHINGTON, D. c., April S.-Dr. J. Fl.
Kidder, of the Smithsonian Institution,
died this morning, at his residence in
this city, from an attack of pneumonia.
DR.. kidder served as a surgeon in the
navy until he resigned, about twelve
years ago, since which time he has
been connected with the scientific
branch of the government service. Un-
der Prof. Baird he was connected with
the Fish Commission, and latterly was
director of the international Exchanges
in the Smithsonian Institution. He
leaves q wife and three children
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
Fatal Fall from a Cab.

CHICAGO, H., April 6-Little Effie
Filler, aged 10 years. daughter of Mrs.
w. A. Filler, of Kansas City, Kas., was
thrown from a cab at the corner of
Dearborn and Van Buren Streets, this
morning, and fatally hurt. Mrs. Filler
and her two daughters were ell route to
Colum bus, 0.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
Boston Freight Depot Burned.

The freight-houses of the Boston x
Lowell Division of the Boston & Maine
Railroad were destroyed on the 9th,
only portion of the walls re-
naming. The structures consisted
OF a three and one-half story brick
building, $50 feet long by 80 wide,
and another of the same length. two
and one-half stories high on Lowell
Street, the two being connected by q
wooden building $50 feet long. Be-
tween the two main buildings we're five
tracks and the whole was covered by
one large roof The fire was discovered
about 5 O'Clock among some cotton.
The buildings were filed with an al
most indescrIbable variety of general
merchandise, including large quantity
of oil, vitriol, ETC., and the frequent ex-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
SmOIHEKED SY GAS.
Two Men Meet Strange Death at Port
Huron.

PoRT HURoN, Mich, April 9.-James
Clemmo, ship canlker employed in
caniking vat at the mineral bath
house, was overcome with gas, this
morning and, in trying to rescue him,
Stephen Porter, colofed attendant
was also overcome. DR.. Stephenson,
the proprietor, ID cended ladder aad
looked in the vat He became uncon'
sclous almost instantly. but fell out
ward, sustaining painful injuries
Ciemmo and Porter died soon after be-
ing AIKEN out.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
BIG BLAZE IN SOMERSET.
A Dozen Buildings Destroyed, Including
Three Hotels

SOMERSET, KY, April 6.-The depot,
dispatcher's office, water tank, etc, of
the Cincinnati Southern road burned
after midnight last night. The fire
crossed the street and destroyed J. +.
Barker's store, Rosseau's billiard
ball, Thornton & keiser's res
taurant, Mrs. McCabe's hotel,
Mrs, O Bannon's hotel, Mrs. 0'Connor's
hotel and number of other buildings.
About 800 railroad men are driven from
their boarding houses, and the railroad
company has given them cabooses for
shelter. The total loss is from S75 .OOO TO
10000. 1t is supposed the fire caught
from q locomotive snark
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
A CHINESE ELOPEMENT.
tee Sing Runs Away with Wong Toy,
OHM Hnnls Mife

CnICAGo. H., April 9.-Yee Sing, a
wealthy Chinese merchant of Denver,
was arrested here on Saturday, and lett
Tor Denver to-day with the officers.
The charge ag inst him is
that he eloped with Wong Toy, the
wife of Chin Poo, another prominent
Chinaman of Denver, and that he took
with him $500 of Chin Poo's cash. ike
wise. zee Sing denies the theft Of the
money, but admits that Wong Toy loves
him better than she does her husband.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
Killed Two Men With an Axe.

CADILLAC, Mich, April s.-Four
scandinavians, named Storhousky, Ja-
cobson, Anderson and Rouse, became
involved in quarrel yesterday, and in
the fight which ensued the two
former were struck by an axe in the
hands of Anderson and terribly Injured
about the head and back. Both men
Will probably die. Anderson and Rouse
have been arrested.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
Evictions Resisted.

The posse of Iowa marshals who went
into the country to make evictions from
the river lands were met at Homer by
All armed mob Of settlers and driven
unceremoniously from the field. The
posse fled to Webster City, where they
took train for Dubuque without &C
complishing a single eviction 1t is
supposed that they went to Dubuque,
which is the federal headquarters of
that part OF Iowa, TO receive additional
helm and that theY will return.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
Suicide of n Pythian knight

EAsroS, Pa, April s.-Jacob Sandt,
eminent commander of the Hugh De
Payen Commandery, Knights Templar,
committed suicide at hls home here
this morning by hanging. The act is b.
lieved to have been due to melancholy
over the return of an old sickness. He
was in the grocery business, and one Of
Easton's most respected citizens.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
TWO APPEALS DECIDE.
Irish Members of Parliament Ask for
Il ed LII uctian of Sentancas

Reduction of Sentences.
LIMERICK, April 9.-The court to-day
announced its decision in the case OF
John Finucane, member of Parliament
for East Limerick, who had ap-
pealed from his sentence of four
months imprisonment for offenses
under the crimes act. The court
decided against Mr.. Finucane,
and confirmed his sentence. A decision
was also rendered on the appeal of Davi
Sheehy, member of Parliament foI
South Galway, who was convicted of Of
fenses under the crimes act, and SEN
fenced to ten months imprisonment.
In this case the court reduces the SEN
tence to five months imprisonment.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
Favored in the Rcichstag

In the debate on the Workmen's In
snrince bill, now pending in the Reichs-
tag, the government commands large
majorities. The Socialists oppose some
of the clauses on the ground that
they transfer the poor tax to
the shoulders of workmen, but they
generally vote with the government.
Minister Won Boetticher taunts the So
cialists with fear OF their constituents on
the one hand and loss of fuel for agita-
ton on tine other. The Freisinnige
patty and the Centrists, led by DR..
Windthorst, oppose the bill.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
Decree in the Church Divorce Case

COLUMBUS, O., April 8.-The decision
in the Church divorce case gives plain
tiff, Mrs. Church, a decree, the custody
of children, and defendant, Church, to
pay s4O0 year for support of children.
He is allowed to see the children four
hours one day each week. The divorce
was granted on grounds of extreme
cruelty.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
AGREED ON A TRUCE.
No More Troops OK War Ships to Go to
Samoa at Present


WASHINGTON, D. C., April 9.-Your
correspondent has the very highest
authority for the statement that an
agreement has been reached by the
State Department and the German
foreign office that there shall
be no reinforcement of vessels
or troops belonging to the two govern
ments now on duty at Samoa. This
agreement will be in force until after
the Samoan commissioners have finished
their labors. 1t is understood that the
proposition for agreement came direct
from Prince Bismarck to Secretary
Blaine.n
CHICAGO, ILL. April Capt. R. P.
leary, Y, s, n, arrived here this motna
ing from San Francisco, where he left
bis ship, the Adams, in dry dock. The
Captain, speaking Of the difficulties at
Samoa, said he thought everything
would be aaaicablv settled.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
ALL CONDUCTORS DISCHARGED.
An Eastern Road That VIII Hereafter
Employ Train Agents.

An Eastern Road That VIII Hereafter
Employ Train Agents.
BRADFoRD, Pa, April 6.-The senea-
ton of the week has been the discharge
OF all passenger conductors in the ser
vice of the Buffalo, Rochester and Pitts
burg Railroad Company. The men were
recently notified by letter that their
resignation would be accepted on April
10. The conductors Immediately gave
notice that they were ready to comply
with this order from Supt. Bartlett and
did so. Their discharge is the result of
the train agent system adopted some
mont ha epo
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
Committing 5wift's seatenc,

HARTFORD, Conn.,, April 5.-The Con-
necticut Senate to-day passed, by
vote of - TO S, over Gov. Bulkeley's
10, resolution committing the death
sentence against John II. Swift. The
House will act on the question next
Tuas1 "
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
OFF the Rock {

The British man-of-war Cailiope,
which escaped possible destruction in
Apia bay during the ravages OF the
cyclone there on March l5 and is. by
being able to put 10 sea, has arrived at
Sydney, n. S. w. She reports leaving
Samoa on the 2ist of March, and that
the United States man-of-war Nipsc
had been floated off OF the beach, the
natives lending material assistance.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
A New Jersey Wind.

A cyclone. moving from the south
east, struck the southern portion of
Bridgeton, n. j., on the Sd doing con-
siderable damage. new house Just
finished at Riverside, was leyeled to
the ground. The roof of the Eastlake
Woolen mills was blown off, packing
house at Fairton was completely de
stroyed, and several large windmills on
farms III the vicinity were blown down.
Meager reports from Long Reach, on
the Morris River, state that considerable
damage was done TO oyster beds lying in
the harbor, and that chimnevs and
fences were blown down and other dam
age done.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
Slain by a Jack the Ripper"

HAMBURG, April 8.-The body of boy
named Steiniatt was found at an early
hour this morning on road near this
city. The boys throat had been cut
and his abdomen ripped open and his
entraiIs removed. The body was other
wise shocking!y mutiIsted. 1t had evil
IDENTITY laid on the road throughout the
l.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
A DistilIerY Syndicate.

DUBLIN, April A distillery syndi-
cate has been formed in this city, wltE
capital OF 81 ,000,000 sterling. Messrs.
John Jameson & son, the well-known
distillers, have refused to join the syn
dieate.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
MAJ. ARMS TO BE TRIED.
a Court Martial for His Assault on GOV.
Beayer.

WASHINGTON, d. c., April 5.-The
major general commanding the army
has decided to recommend to the secre-
tary of war that Maj. George A. Arms,
retired, be tried by court-martial on
charges based on his conduct on inau-
guration day and his assault on GOV.
Beaver. Mai. Arms is the officer VINO
pulled Gov Beavers nose.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
Made a Lord,

The st. James Gazette announces that
the Rt Hon. William Henry Smith,
first lord OF the treasury, is about to
be raised To the peerage, and that
he will accordingly resign the govern
ment leadership in the House Of Com
mons and take bis seat in the House OF
Lords. The Gazette insists that of tt e
possible candidates lor the leadership,
in succession to Mr.. Smith, namely
Lord Randolph Churchill, Sir Michael
Hicks Beach, Mr.. Goschen and Mr. Bal
four, the last named is the best choice !;
and it declares that the Conservatives
will not tolerate any leader other than
Mr.. Balfour.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
Ireland Will Come Next.

In the British House of Commons, on
the Sth, the lord advocate introduced a
bill providing for local government in
Scotland. The bill creates county
councils, the members of which
are to be elected by house
holders. All boroughs with a
population Of less than 1000 will
be merged into counties; the others
will be selfgoverned. The powers of
the councils extend to private bill legi:-
lation. The right of legislating on pri-
vate bills has heretofore been vested in
parliament. The measure, is therefore,
a step in the direction of home rule.
The functions of the councils are other
wise similar to those of the English
councils
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
IN GEN. LOGAN'S HONOR.
The Denver Military Post to Bear the
Dead Generals Name.

Dead Generais Name.
WASHINGTON, d. c., April o.-By d.
rection of the President, the secretary
of war ordered that the new military
post near Denver shall be known as
Fort Logan, to honor the memory of the
late Gen. John a. Logan.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
THE LATEST NEWS
A North Carolina Village Burned.

Almost the entire town of SmithfeId
Johnston County, n. c., was consumed
by fire on the 9TH. The tot Il loss is up
ward of $40 900.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-04-13
BoucicauIt Must PuncIe Up.

Agnes Boucicault, the divorced wife
of Dion Boucicault, made apple ton TO
the London divorce court tor an order
to enforce payment of the alimony of
600 year awarded her in 1888. She
asked that payment be made from the
proceeds of her former husbands British
copyrights. Mr.. Boucicault, in answer,
ayerred that all proceeds from these
copyrights were assigned in 1886 to a
Mr., C4dogan, of New York, for the ben
eft of Boucicaplt's present wife. The
presiding Judge expressed doubt as to
Cadogan's existence, and said that in
any case the assignment was fraudulent
and void. He ordered that all such
copyright moneys in possession of the
court be paid to the plaintiff.