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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-12-14
DOM PEDRO'S CLOSE CALL.
Students Seek the Life of the Emperor at

LISBON, Dec. 9.-It is stated that the
greater portion of the higher officers of
the Brazilian army were Monarchists
and joined the Republican minority in
the recent outbreak in Brazil under the
belief that the demonstration was to
be merely against the ministers and
not against the empire. They only be-
came aware Of the true facts when they
had gone too far to retrace their steps.
When the revolution started thousands
OF Students armed themselves with re-
volvers, rifles and swords and threat
ened to kill the Emperor and his family.
A boat manned by students patroled
the hsrbor, ii being their intention to
intercept the Emperor while he was
embarking and do him an injury.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-12-14
Man, Money and Jewels Gone

GEAND RAPIDS, Mich, Dec. THE
authorities have given up hopes of
finding Clarence ]. Toot,s body in the
sewers. loot purchased a pair OF
colored speCtscles Sunday morning and
al o purchased suit of clothes
late Saturday night, and pair of SHOES
OF dealer. The books now show abou.
$50 N cash and two packages of dis.
Iuopds missing,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-12-14
Union OF Cotton spinners.

FALL RIVER, Mass, Dec. 1O-The cot
ton spinners are making another at
tempt 10 form 4 federation of cotton
operatives and have sent invitations to
operatives III cotton centers in New En-
gland and the Atlantic states. Delegates
viii be present at convention TO be
held in this city, sunday, December Is,
from Biddeford, Dover, Newark, New
Bedford and ether citiss,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-12-14
MRS. SCOTT LORD DEAD.
President Harrison's Sister-in-Law f.
nires at Nashinptnn.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 10.-Mrs
Scott Lord, the sister of Mrs. Har-
rison, died this morning at
$50. Nobody outside of the
family in the house where she
was stopping was present when Mrs.
Lord died. 1t was known that the case
was we'll nigh hopeless, but still her
death was sndden and WAS not expect
ed so soon. Mrs. Harrison and DR..
Scott are now at the house with the re-
mains. No arrangements for the funer-
Ill have vet been made.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-12-14
InIiet MannfactorY Burned.

JoLIEr, H., Dec. iO.-The Joliet Man
ufacturing Company's extensive works
were destroyed by fire this morning at
O'Clock. Loss about $4,000, well in
sured. The company WAS engaged IN
the manu- acture of corn shelters, culti-
v2tors. corn planters end barbed wire.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-12-14
BANK BOLDLY ROBBED,
Thirty Thousand Dollars Stolen at Will
mington, Del, in Daylight.


WILMINGTON. Del, Dec. While
John Z. Patterson was standing
at the Delaware Bank counter,
this morning, clipping coupons from
bonds which he kept on deposit
there, an unknown man seized Mr.. Pat
terson's deposit box, containing some
$50, eco dollars in securities, and ran out
and away. The police are trying to find
the trail of the thief
The box stolen at the Delaware Bank
this morning contained about $4,000 in
securities, mostly negotiable. No one
IN the bank saw the theft committed.
Mr.. Patterson had just cut off two cou-
pons and presented them at the
cashiers derk leaving his box on an
other desk. While he was thus en-
gagged the box was spirited away and
nothing more is known than that it WAS
there one minute and gone the next,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-12-14
FIRE IN A DETROIT HOTEL.
Guests Driven Out by the Fiames-On,
Man Fatally Hurt.

Man Fatally Hunt.
DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 9.-Thi5 morn
ing at O'Clock fire broke out on the
second floor of the Finney House, which
spread rapidly to the upper floors. b.
r. Johnson, clerk in Traub Bros.
jewelrv store, clung 10 the window
sill OF his room on the fourth floor
until overcome by the smoke, when he
dropped. He sustained a compound
fracture of the thigh and internal in
iuries. Johnson now lies at the point of
death in Harper Hospital. Other guests
had narrow escape. The damage to
contents is $4,000; $500 insurance.
The building is damaged $1,000; in
sn1rp6
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-12-14
Famine in North Dakota

BISMARCK, \. D., Dec 10.-Gov. Miller
has sent message to the Legislature on
he question of destitution among far
mers, recommending that all matters
pertaining to the subject in North Da-
kota be referred 10 the committees OF
agriculture. Accompanying his mes
sage were communications from Nelson,
Ramsey and Roulette Counties, in which
the most serious cases of destitution in
-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-12-14

PHLADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. 6.-Fire broke
out shortly after midnight in the large
fve-story carpet mill Oh Howard Street,
above York, oNned by Jacob .. Lee
dom. The loss is estimated at 900.
The mill has been idle ior some time,
Wm. N. Montague, the last OCCUPANT,
having tailed seveTal months ago. Two
fremen fell from ladder and were
badly hurt They we're taken to the
Episcopal Hospital,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-12-14
KILLED IN A PANIC.

Johnstown, Pa, Visited by Another
Calamity = thirteen Persons
Crushed on the Stairs ofa Theater
Between Fifty and Sixty Injured
An Alarm of Fire Causes the
Stampede Of 600 People Witness
ing Uncle Toms Cabin-Names OF
the Dead.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-12-14
MANY PERSONS POISONED.
Attempt to Kill Forty Students of
Pennsylvania School.

PITTsBURG, Pa, Dec. 5.-Intelligence
reaches this city that an apparently ma
hcious attempt was made several days
ago to poison the faculty and pupils of
Indiana, Pa. In some man
ner, as yet undetermined, poison
was introduced in the food, and the
principal, Prot. u. y. Snyder, his fam
lily, the entire faculty, and forty of the
students became i'll. Fortunately none
were dangeInusIY affecled.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-12-14
The Doctrine of Predestination.

The New York Presbytery met on the
9Th and received the report Of the com
mittee on revision of the Westminster
confession Of faith The first change
recommended was that the third chap
ter of the general assembly's
overture be 50 recast as to
include only sovereignty of
God in election, the general love of all
mankind, the salvation of Christ Jesus
provided for all and preached to every
creature. The second change was that the
tenth chapter be so revised as not to ap-
pear to discriminate against infants dy-
ing, and to preclude the explanation IN
section 4, which teaches the damnation
of the heather or makes the confession
deny that there are eject heather. These
We're the only positive changes the COM
mittee would recommend.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-12-14
FEMALE CONVICTS MUTINY.
They Assault and Seriously Wound o

LEAvENwoRTH, kss., Dec. 10.-Benja-
min P. Hanks, an inside guard AT the
Kansas penitentisry, was cut in the
head with Ratchet and fatally wound
ed, to-day, by one of the female con-
victs confined III the prison. The fe-
male convicts became mulinous vester-
day. Hanks was called in 10 quell the
outbreak and was assaulted and danger
ously wounded. The mutinous women
were finally overpowered.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-12-14
SLAIN BY a BURGLAR.
\ Scotia, y. Y. Shoe Dealers Fatal En-
Cnnufrr Viii, Enhhera

counter with Robbers
SCHENECTADY, y. y, Dec. l0.-This
morning about o'clock, Frederick &.
Bechtel, proprietor Of a shoe store in
Scotia, across the river from this city.
discovered lour burglars entering his
place. He rushed out oa the road snd
tired al one of the burglars ana they
fired back. y bullet entered Bechtel's
face just above the mouth and took a
downward course, lodging at the tase
al the brain, and it will probably result
tqrqIlr
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-12-14
RIVERS BOTTOM DROPS OUT.
a Michigan Mine Flooded by a Peculiar


CRYSTAL FAILS, Mich, Dec. 10.-The
Caledonia mine was drowned ont, Mon
day, under peculiar circumstances. The
miners ran shaft under the river. and
when blast was exploded the river
burst through and hlled the mine. The
men barely escaped with their lives.
The loss on the property destroyed vii.
lie .rTeSt
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-12-14
RUINED BY THEE.
\ Commission slam Tases Hes1iiy by
Dishonest Hoot, Keeper.

Dishonest Boos Keeper.
BAuNoEE, Md, Dee It.-ruomss l..
sIy.u, nnokkeeper for J. +. Dali < Co.
dry goods ,omm. .ssion merchants. left
this city sst Tuesday. and has not been
beard rom since 4. T. Dali declares
to >avIn has ruined him; that he
has forged checks. DESTROYED the stubs
and otH, rWlse obtained mouey belong
in TO Toe hrm. Pan coud rot give any
statement ut his losses D I'll he had
made 3 thorough examination.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-12-14
Randall Again Ill.

IT is stated that Congressman Ran
dall's condition is much more serious
than was generally supposed. Persons
yerv near him frankly admit that he is
yery dangerously i'll, and it is feared
that he may never occupy his seat in
.ba IIouza AGAIN
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-12-14
President of switzerIand.

BERHE, Dec. I0.-The Federal Assem-
bly, has elected NJ. Louis Ruchonnet,
Of the Canton of Wand, president, and
DR.. F. Welt, OF the Canton Of Aarssu,
ce-president OF tbs republe for the
wear 1890,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-12-14
Back to Old PRINCIPLES.

The Brazilian government has finally
reafopted the old flag. This action has
given rise to some irritation. France
hss recognized the republic. Senor
Barbosa, tie minister of finance. has
called q meeting Of bankers and brok-
qrs. with a view of considering plans
f0r rendering assistance in commercial
transactions when necessary.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-12-14
Sick ROYaItY.

Prof Leyden hastily left Berlin on
me sth for st. Petersburg. having been
summoned to attend the Gar. DR..
Rergmann was summoned, but was un-
able to 90, as he is sick with inhamma
4;1, II the lunpG
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-12-14
House Committees,

The speaker of the National House of
representatives on the 9th announced
the .OlloWing committees:
W#r~ and NeanS-MesSrs. Mckinley, Burrows
B vga B5ugley Mckenna, Payne, La Toilette,
s-.r. carlisle, NILS, McMillen, Breckenridge, of
Arkansas. nu8 Flower.
gn AugrapTiutiou-McsSrs. Cannon. Butter
r.rrh Natuma-. Henderson Ia.l, Peters, Coggs-
NAN Bal8eu Morrow, Brewer fMich.l, Randall,
tarueg -ayre-, breckenridge tKy.), and Dock
6n Nanuacture-Nessrs Kelly, Burrows, Z.
IL Taylor tp.J. Arnold, Morse, sanford, Wilson
ST Naa, Byuum Williams Qll.l, Grimes and
Fowler.
0u EIections-Massrs Rowell, Houk, Cooper,
fuugeu Lacey, Dalzell, Bergen, Greenhalge,
.snstock Crisp, O'FerreIl, Cultivate, Maish,
Eaore Tex AMI Wikc lIll.).
ou Mfeage-Me>srs. Lind, Town>end Pal,
Wallace Ma~Sg, Clunie Pennington
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1889-12-14
NEWS IN BRIEF.
The First Payment Made.

The first payment of the purchase
money for the Pillsbury and other mill
ing interests in Minneapolis was made
IN the 7th. One cneck was for 100000
and others brought the total up to over
a. ora 0D0
The Press., 1889-10-03

N. Y. Tribune: The world moves. Not long ago a man was actually haled before a police court and punished for stealing an umbrella-the incident demonstrating by due process of law that an umbrella is property, and recognized as such by the courts. Last week one of the police courts had to deal with a case of felonious assault, growing out of the circumstance that one citizen accidentally struck anoth- or with an umbrella "which he was carry ing under his right arm." It is not so stated, but undoubtedly it is true, that the ample justification for moderately feloni- ous assault. It is to be hoped that the police justice who has to act in the case will make clear the enormity of the of fence of carrying an umbrella in the man. nef described.
The Press., 1889-10-03

Persons who have items or articles fo The Press will greatly oblige if they vii send or hand them into the office as early in the week as possible, and not wait until Thursday, when the mass of matter be- comes so great as to necessitate abridg- ment or the leaving out of some of it in order to get it into type. We are always glad to have our friends favor us, but to do each ones contribution justice must ir- sist on an early presentation of sscopy'' each week. Before the printing of each edition of The Press is finished the setting of type for the next is under way.
The Press., 1889-10-03

THE article on page first exposes one who comes from benighted Kansas to do mission ary work against prohibition in Connecticut Tomlinson is type of 8 class who tell us that prohibition is failure because rum is sold in spite of 1t. They ignore the benefits of it's partial suppression, where it is but partial, and see only the fact that interruptions deal CTS sneakingly evade the law here and there, perhaps in the worst communities openly defy 1t. Admitting Mir. Tomlinson's claim, and prohibition may not be complete success, but that is not failure. There is gain in being on the ground between failure and suc- cess, if the course is toward the latter. But it seems that MT. Tomlinson is not to be be- heved. He appears to be one whose princi- ples are in the market. He has found it easy ''to run the gamut," as Gov. Humphrey puts 1t, and is now as radical in one view as he has recently been in the opposite. The inference is plain. MT. T. is working under pay, it is supposed, of the Distiller's Associa- tion.
 There is to-day no cause which has money behind 1t that cannot secure champions. This is disgraceful fact. Start an agitation oi the labor question, the temperance question or any ism, and you find at hand lot of mer with principles for sale. They are ready t. start paper or to go upon the platform, i there is money to fee them. It matters ittl which side of the question they are retaine' upon; their "convictions" are made t suit the exigenoies of the case, and these mel are always ultra and radical. We will warran that MT. Tomlinson was fervent and zealou as 8 republican prohibitionist.
 Who does not know of some man who ha an itching to print 8 newspaper, and desire to be set up in the ''organ" business? He willing to be anything, to support any party Past declarations and acts do not bind him Occasionally one such makes 8 sale of hin self, but the buyer is always cheated.
 We have too many men who have bee failures as business men or preachers, or a teachers, who then conceive the idea ths their life mission is to be reformers. Tn temperance cause would be better off if fewe broken-dow ministers did not try to live b declaiming platitudes under the guise of ten perance lecturers, whose droning and reiters tions of hackneyed truths, and not unfr' quently of palpable fallacies, have long sine palled upon the public ear.
The Press., 1889-10-03

Hartford Times Some halcyon and vo- ciferous voices are actually lifted up, in Boston's fourth congress district (Patrick Oollins's old districtA ip favor of the Hon. orable John l.. Sullivan, he of the big fist, as candidate for congress There is but one position for which John l.. is better qualified. That is the office of minister to England. But that place, it so hap pens, is not open, just now and, after all, congress may be necessary stepping stone. Shades of our Fathers what are these Boston ward brawlers thinking about?
The Press., 1889-10-03

(Notces of births, marriages and deaths inserted or verse beyond mere notices of death at half od. vertising rates.)
 Wilmington, daughter to Charles H. Hobby.
 Union, Sept 30th, daughter to Gilbert E.. Willis.
 Orcuttville, Sept. 29th, daughter to Perry P. Davis
The Press., 1889-10-03
WAFPfR6.

Gur'eyville, Sept. 18th, at the residence of the brides parents, by Rev. s. V. R. Cross, Harry G. Pratt and Rosie G. Clark, both of Gurleyville.
 New..London, 1st., at the residence of the bride, by Rev. J. P. Brown, Fred 0. Saun- ders and Minnie M., youngest daughter of L.. B. Everts, formerly of West Stafford.
 Wilmington, 1st., in the Baptist church, by Rev. W. R. Terry, J. Clarence Reed of Fall River, Mass. ,and Henrietta T. Holt of Willing ton.
The Press., 1889-10-03

It is proposed to have formal opening of the great railway bridge at New Lon don on the tenth of this month, and the government has been asked for three or four war ships to do honor to thepccasion. It is request that might we'll be granted The bridge is 8 triumph of mechanical skill Its draw-5O2 feet long-is the largest in the world, and it was so well de- signed and executed that when first swung into place it fitted at all points, to hair It is work that deserves to be honored. -COa1, nnt.
The Press., 1889-10-03

The high cost of beef is explained by Senator Farwell of Illinois as due to the fact that the people will only eat the best outs. There is something in this. People of limited means are quite as particular in securing the choicest quality of steak as any other class, and where the whole pop ulation is crowding for the best outs the price of all varieties is enhanced. We are living very extravagantly, and too rarely in accord with the means.
The Press., 1889-10-03

E'OR SALE-A young Cow, equivalent to 8 A farrow COW for winter. D. KNOWLTON. St QR HORSES FOR SALE! Weight cc 1000 to 1,2OO. Some good pairs. Must be sold off quickly. Rare opportunities for early buyers. A. NEEDHAM, Stafford Springs, Conn.
 DEPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE \ lO FIRST NATIONAL BANK of Stafford Springs, in the state of Connecticut at the close of business Copt
The Press., 1889-10-03

TIE Dakotas, Washington and Montana be- came states on Tuesday, holding the first election. In the three first named states the republicans swept everything Montana had a close election, but probably the democrats elect state officers, congressman and legisla-
The Press., 1889-10-03

THIS Is the closing week of the League games and the New Yorks and Bostons are playing see.saw for the lead. Nothing so close and interesting was ever known in the history of the league. Yesterday the Bostons lead, but today the New Yorks hold precarious advantage.
 "A NATIONAL LEAGUE (B. B.) STANDING.
The Press., 1889-10-03

TIE Willimantic fair was postponed one day because of Tuesdays rain. Thus the days of the fair proper are made Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and the programs of the days moved along accordingly.
The Press., 1889-10-03
Died |.

Died. North Woodstock, Sept 22d, John E. Buck man, 73.
 Thompson, Sept. 23d, Joseph Taplin, 73. Holland, Sept 27th, Jerusha A. Smith, of New London, 65. ,. Hamden, Delaware Co.,, N. Y., Sept. 22, Mrs. Assnath Field, 84 years and 10 months, mother of Mrs. E. K. Taft of Stafford Springs
The Press., 1889-10-03

TIE fairs next week are those of Stafford Springs, Danbury, East Granby, Simsbury, and Clinton.
The Press., 1889-10-03

One of the men summoned as jurors in the Cronin case gave practicle illustra- tion on Wednesday of the oatholicity of Americans. While being examined as to his qualifications he made known that he. as we'll as his parents, were born in this country. Then he was asked :sttHave you any prejudice against Irishmen or Dutch. men ?" His reply was: 'sWell, no l think not. I have sons-in-law of all na. tions. :" We are a hospitable people. Not only do we welcome foreigners to these shores, but we elect them to office, teach their language in our public schools and marry them to our daughters. That they make good husbands is apparent from the artless reply of the worthy citizen quoted above. Though having sons- law of all nations, he is not preiudiced against foreigners. s.-Rousto,a (Iecas) Tribune.
The Press., 1889-10-03

The national debt of England is now smaller than at any time since 1911, and though it is not paid off so fast as ours it is getting reduced considerably. After the battle of Waterloo in 1915, the debt was more than $4, 500, ,00O,0 ,0O0, and the annual interest charge was more than $163, ,225, 900. As the population of the United Kingdom then numbered but little over 19, ,O0O, ,0O0, the amount of the debt per head exceeded $236, and the annual charge to each in dividual was about $8 60. The total amount of the debt in 1884 was 3,732, 119, ,S2O ]; the next year 8, 701 ,653, ,270; in 1886 it in- creased between nine and ten millions of dollars; in 1887, however, decrease had been resumed, and the sum was $3, 1884, s93, ,440; in 1888, the figures were $3, ,467,- 787 ,06O. The decrease in 1887-8 is mainly due to the transference of the local loans stock, amounting to $132, ,794, 795, which really formed no part of the national debt, but was capital expended for reproductive purposes. But, meanwhile, the local debt of the municipalities and other local au- thorities has noticeably increased, amount ing in 1887 (the latest statistics) to very nearly $1,0G0,0O0, ,000. The vital differ ence between the two debt totals is that the national debt was due to wasteful wars, but the later burdens represent expendi- ture for useful purposes, large propor- tion of the borrowed money having been invested in public undertakings which make money. Nevertheless the local debt gives some concern, for it is increasing at a greater ratio than the population, while the ratable value of property, which is the ultimate security for this debt, has of late considerably diminished. This is due principally to the reduction in agricultural lands, but there are signs to show that property even in. towns is diminishing in value.
The Press., 1889-10-03

Some time ago William Gomez (colored) was appointed postmaster at Luverne, Crenshaw county, Alabama, salary $2OO to $500 year. Some of the white citi- zens held an indignation meeting and an- nounced that they wouldn't have negro handing out their letters, newspapers and postage stamps to them. Gomez filed his bond, however, after some delay, and re-
 ceived his commission. Then he began search for quarters, "a search under diff culties, since the owners of eligible prem ises declined to rent them to him for post office purposes. When he finally succeed ed in securing an unoccupied building, some one set fire to 1t the same night. stTt went up in smoke, says the account in democratic newspaper, ''not one of the white citizens offering to assist Gomez to save it." The postmaster reported the facts to the department at Washington :; the department promptly ordered the dis continuance of the Luverne post office :; and now the Luverners have to go to the nearest post village-a matter of three miles or more-for their letters and papers.
The Press., 1889-10-03

PUBLIC debt decrease in September, $13, 600. GOO.
The Press., 1889-10-03


 County of Holland, ] ss' .... ..s. I, W. M. Cerbin, Cashier of the above-named bank, do soemny swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
 VIM. M. CORBIN, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this Sd day of October, 1SS9 CHAS.F.HARWOOD, Notary Public. CoRREoT-Attest: W. Fl. COOLEY,:l D;-ao+ s-+-t-- s' VIM. H. SMITH, Dtreo'- m
 E. c. DENNIS. oie nISTRICT OF STAFFORD, ss. Probate D Court, October Sd, 1ss9 Estate of Carl T.. Hanson late of Stafford in said district deceased. The administrator having exhibited his administra- on account with said estate to this court for allow ance, it IS Ordered, that the 9th day of October, A. D. 1889, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon at the probate office in the allowance of said administration account with said esate and this court directs the administrator to cite all persons interested therein to appear at said time and place by publishing this order in newspaper having circulation in said district, and by posting copy the public sign post in the town of Stafford where the deceased last dwelt
 h fs@ JAMES F. CHAMBERLAIN, Judge.