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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29
WILL HELP THE INDIANS.
one Probable Result of the Invasion Of
the strip.


ST. Lor!s, Mo, March 2l.-Ihe Iatest
Information from the Cherokee Nation
il that Chief Mayes, who is now IN
Washington in the interest of hIs peo,,
pie. has sent back home dispatches and
letters which ssv that the recent ln-
vasion Of the Cherokee strip by the
boomers, and their destruction OF
the grass and ether property
thereon by fire, is having, with
congressman and other United
States oftic.alsi in Washington, the effect
to strengthen the cause Of the Chero-
kees as regards the sales Of these lands.
lie expresses the opinion that c2mini5-
sioners will be authorized to max" the
Cherokees an offer 0! sum much In
advance Of sl.25 an acre, and nearer
the approximate value, in which event
he does not say what his own acton VIII
lie. but implies that the who.e question
will be laid before the Cherokee people
IL fhlfF
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29
ASSAULTED BY A MANIAC.
DIR. Dorsett, Superintendent of an Asy-
lum, Nearly Killed.

DIR. Dorset, Superintendent of an Asy-
lum, Nearly Killed.
AUSTIN, Tex, March 25.-Dr. }. 5.
Dursett, superintendent of the State
Lunaic Asylum, was assaulted and
DANCE ,ously injured, yesterday, by a
lunati, named McDermott. He was
making his usual rounds in the wards
when McDermott, seizlng an iron rod,
crept behind him and struck him blow
on the head. Three other blows were
struck before the attendants could re-
strain the maniac. Ever since the des-
perado Mccoy WAS hanged at San Anto-
MO, McDermott has been threatening to
kill DR.. Dorsett, because, he said, he
was able to have prevented the execu-
ton
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29
A Queer Statute.

4 bill passed by the last Legislature
Of Virginia, which has slept without
knowledge on the part of the public;
incorporates the Virginia Sporting and
Athletic Club and gives the president
the right to demand the appointment
from county judges oil officials for the
preservation OF order, which is con-
strued to permit an evasion of the
law on the statute books against prize
fighting. inasmuch as it says that any
law which conflicts with the privileges
it gives are repealed, SO far as they ap-
ply to this act. Under its provisions
the company can own 5000 acres Of
land in every county of the state. 1t
can have entertainments for man or
beast on enclosed grounds which can
be posted and on which all persons ''are
prohibited and forbidden for
any purpose or in any capacity wbatso-
ever, wit lout the consent of the presi-
dent or anager of such company" to
trespasS.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29
TEST OF THE DYNAMITE GUNS.
1t Shows that the Nesuvius is Danger
ous AntaYOuist.

WASHINGTON, d. c., March 25.-The
secretary Of the navy has approved the
rCport of the board Of officers appoint
ed to witness the test of the pneumatic
dynamite guns OF the cruiser Nesuvius.
The report shows that three shots were
fred from each of the three guns,
the charge being about 2oi pounds
of gun cotton, which together with
the structure of the shell and fuses and
packing mede the total weights vary
from Sc 20 5lc, pounds. The guns
we're elevated at an angle Of IS degrees.
Each flight WAS steady, the dis anee
varying from ,, l6 10 1885 yards. The
record shows that shell containing
200 pounds OF dynamite, or other high
explosive, was thrown al least one
mile by each Of the dynamite guns con-
stituting the vessels armament.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29
CAUGHT ONA CROSSING.

A Man and Two Children Killed by
Train.
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March 25.-A
wagon, in which there were teamster
named John Brown and the three
small children of neighbor, while at
tempting to cross II railroad track
at University Avenue, West Berkely.
this morning, WAS struck by passenger
train from Stockton. Brown and two of
the children were killed. and the other
child was seriously injured. The wagon
was completely wrecked, and the horses
attached to it were so badly hurt that
they had to be killed.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29
MortgaSed TO Pay Debts.

DETnor7, Mich, Match 2l.-The De-
troit steel AID Spring Company this
morning executed chattei mortgage
On its plant in favor Of the Preston
National Bank tor 81, ,GO3, and the com
mercial National Bank for S25, 900, to
secure the paper Of die company dis
counted at the tark2 in question. over
stock OF raw na;eria! Is said 10 have
rnade the action ntcessarY.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29
TALKS WITH CHEROkEES.
The Commission Receives Proposition
for Land Purchases.


for Land Par releases.
WASHINGTON, u. c.. March 25.-ihe
members of the Cherokee Commission
met to-day, at the Indian Bureau, and
heard statements from the represent
stiyes of the Cherokee and other
Indian tribes in the Indian Territory.
Among those who appeared e
fore the commission were thIet
sIsyes and ex-Chief Bush' mead, of
the Cherokee Nation. Several PROPOSE
tons were submitted to the commission,
and il was stated hy them If their prop
ositjons could be made the basis OF the
agreement the Cherokees would con-
sent 10 cession Of their lands: The COM
mission will probably leave Washington
for the Indian Territory within the
next few Gays.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29
Searching for Flood Relics.

JoH>-qowN, Pa, March 2i.-The river
banks are lined with hundreds Of peo.
pie, thu morning, stirring in the sand
and mud. looking for valuable food
relics which were thrown m ty the
high water. Among the things found
were so eolt pisce by one Young
man, and a little girl picked pp 50 In
geld and si!Yer.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29
SHE REJECTED THE COACHM AN.
A Girl Narrowly Escapes Being Killed
by An Angry Lover.


ROCKFORD, ILL.,, March PA sensa-
tional episode occurred here last night.
Leo Martinette was arrested at Q O'clock
for attempting to shoot Miss Minnie
Mcdowell, the 15-year-old daughter of
DIR. w. A. Mcdowell. Martinette is o
Frenchman, and had been employed as
coachman by the physician. He fell
in love with the Doctors daughter,
but she repelled his advances. Last
night he made his way into the house,
Minnie's parents being away, and
pressed his suit The girl refused to
listen to him, and Martinette produced
a revolver and fired at her. The bull
let went wide of its mark, and Minnie
made her escape from the house and
gave the alarm
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29
Fire at SeaIfie

SEATTLE, WASH, March 22.-At 9
o'clock last night ire consumed the
Stetson & Post block. two-story frame
building The losers were Stetson d
Post, building and Office fixtures; Davis
4 Harvey, SAIGON; Charles Williams,
lodging house. Aggregate loss, s25, 600.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29
TRIAL OF MINNIE DRATH.
The Jury Fails to Convict Her of Shoot
ing Her Lover.

lhB HeT IOFtT.
Troy, \. V, March 22.-The trial OF
Minnie Drsth. alias Warnecke, of Chi
cago, who shot Edwin Firth January 29,
in this city, was concluded this morn
ing. The jury did not agree, standing
eight for acquittal and four for convic-
ton. The defense wss insanity. The
woman claims that Firth betrayed her,
and she followed him to Troy to secure
reparation. Firth turned her away, and
in moment of despair she shot bin.
He recovered after a months illness.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29
DOUBLE TRAGEDY.
Farmer Carl, of Minnesota. Kills His
Wife and Himself.

AUSTIN, MIMI, March PA few days
since the house of Gus Carl, near Lam
sing, was burned, and the remains of
Carl and his wife were found in the
ruins. 1t WAS then thought that the
couple had lost their lives by accident,
but it has since been discovered that
Carl had written a letter 10 daughter,
who lived at distance. that if anything
happened to her parents she would find
considerable money concealed in GER
tam place. Search has been made, and
the cash found. 1t is now thought the
old man sc. fire to the house, and then
killed himself and his wife
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29
Nebraska Hotel Fire.

The Midway Hotel burned on the
24th, at kearney, Neb., and one of the
guests, Henry Deming, a Theatrical
man, lost his lie by jumping from the
iourth-stoIy window. The hotel origi-
nally cost 69O0O. Recently an anne X
WAS built at cost Of $4,000, and this
had been occupied about thirty daya
The hotel was one of the handsome st
and best equipped IN the state. The
total loss is estimated at $3.50 900; fully
insured
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29
Charged With Extortion.

NEW YORK. March 1G.-Charles F.
Hebbard, special deputy sheriff, con-
nected with tie order OF arrest depart
ment in the sheriff office. was arrested
his morning, on an indictment charging
hin, uith ex,ortien. The prisoner Was
placed under s2,QQo BAH
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29
ALICE TOWNSEND DEAD,
+ inancisl Troubles Worry tho Rurlesqu
Actress to tho Grave

PITTsBURG, Pa, March .. - Alice
Townsend, the well-known burlesque
actress, and wife of Sam T. Jack, the
manager, died at the Hamilton Hotel,
in this city, last evening, of nervous
prostration. Mrs. Jacks private car
was attached by the sheriff of Iouugs-
town, O., ten days ago, for breach Of
contract, and she worried SO much over
the loss Of the car that nervous prostra-
ton was produced.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29
He Took Him In.

J. l.. Sterrett OF Sterrettania, Pa, left
St. Louis on the night of the 18th, on
the Big Four Road, with $1,000 in his
pocket. On the train was an honest ap-
pearing man VINO said he lived near Mr.
Sterrett's home. When the train ar
rived al Cleveland the strange man
Enatched Sterrett's pocke.-book and es-
capped with 1t. Sterrett is an old man,
and is left penniless by the theft.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29
Dock Hands Again StTIk e.

LlyERrooI, March 2+.-ihe dock Ia
Jorers here have again struck work
The eLplol ers decline to enter into
aDv negotiations with the men, and =
deadlock has resulted, Ihs position Il
se,ieass
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29
SHERMAN is GUILTY.
The Buffalo Elevator Man Convicted .
Stealing Wheat.

BUFFALO. n. Y, March 25.-Ths jury
in the case Of stephen F. Sherman,
former manager OF the Associated Ele-
rators, charged with grand larceny in
stealing $3.50 bushels Of wheat, this
morning brought in a verdict OF guilty.
A motion for new trial will be made,
and pending the decision OF uhi9h
ehsym4n viii net es 9snssneea,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Railroad Presidents Death,

BosTos, Mass, March 24-John S.
Farlow, president of the Cincinnati,
Sandusky 4 Cleveland Railroad, died
suddenly at his residence in Merton
this morning
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29
Seed Wheat for the Needy.

OrrAwA. Ont, M5,ca p. + hr eoteih
m.nt has decided tc exGend s'e.tp9
more, or $3o,Cel IN eli, II puTcf ssirs
seed wheat fer Northwest farmers.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29
The Strike is Over.

The strike Of the English coal miners
has ended. A conference of delegates,
representing the coal mine owners and
the miners was held in Westminster, at
which it was agreed to make an imme-
date advance IF ) per cent. On the
wages of the miners and further ad-
vance OF per cent. July |. The men
will resume work immedi .tely. Ar
raneements fer dealing with questions
of wages IN the future We're agreed upon
in principle
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29
\ New Transportation Company.

The Wilson Transportation Company,
with capital stock of Sl,GO0,OO0, has
been incorporated at Cleveland. The
principal incorporation is Capt. Thos. H.
Wilson. The incorporators own eighteen
vessels engaged in the lake trade. and
the object of the corporation is 10 con-
solidste interests and insure larger re-
turr rom the business.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29
He Left 500.

The will of the late j. Young Scam
mon was admitted to probate at Chi
cage, the 25th. Mr.. Scammon LETT an
estate worth $3.50. This was not sur
prise to those who were familiar with
the financial history of the dead pio-
neer. Mr.. Scammon was considered
one of the richest men in Chicago be-
fore the great fire. Much of his estate
went up in smoke. and what was left
WAS engulfed IN the panic of 1873. Ever
since his loss OF property, which Charles
/. " hite, for seventeen wears Mr.. Scam
mons lawyer, places at $l,0000oo III
value, Mr. Scammon devoted himself
10 retrieving his fortunes. AS the de-
velopments in the probate court show
he was lust on the point of getting even
" hen he i led
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29
Toxic Took Fire.

The steamship City of Peking arrived
at San Francisco, on the 25th, from
China and Japan, bringing advices that
on February p, some 300 japanese
houses We're destroyed by fire in Toxic.
Two persons we're killed. and about
twenty five fremen injured. One hun
drei and eignty-seven houses were
burned in the city on the preceding
day, and on March ; about $50 we're
destroyed and several tremen injured.
The fires originated accidentally
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29
Desperate FirebugS.

There are no new developments to-
day, says Colorado Springs dispatch
of the 2lst, but the excitement is run
ming high, and the discovery Of the fire.
bugs Will result in an execution without
due process of the law. Late last night,
and after the burning of Mayer
Stotkhridge's residence and the Ameri-
can Hotel, the residence of K. j.
Reese. the Grand Avenue Hotel and
Palace Variety Theater were burned.
The total loss is about $4,000. Two sus-
picious characters. Peter Reed and a
man named Meyers, have been ar
rested, charged with being incendiaries.
The street Is patrolled tonight with 100
policemen, and any person caught at
tempting to repeat last nights outrages
will be summarily dealt with.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29
Too Much Water.

The water from Otiutts crevssse
reached the protection levee at New
Orleans on the 2lst. nroyes of live
stock came in town from the numerous
plantations in the flooded district. No
serious losses have so far been reported.
II Is said that on the leyees in
the vicinity of huntington are hun
dreds OF cattle, horses and hogs with
very little feed A large number of
colored people are gathered on the
levees. Men, women and children IL
small groups are nearly destitute. They
look upon the ruin wrought upon arm s
laid waste and their homes almost CON-
pletely under water. Many of them
are utterly destitute, having neither
sufficient clothing nor shelter and suffer
ing for food despite the bravery of more
fortunate neighbors who are making
every exertion TO relieve their i'm
mediate wants. steps have been taken
10 aid them.
Fires on the Prairies.
4 Burlington (Col.l dispatch of the
I'D SAYS: Nearly 200,O00 acres OF the
eastern portion OF the state has been
burned over by prairie fires, which
have not yet been extlnsulshed. A
number OF houses and large guam
tf4N IL IldN are EeEfoTteu puIueu. sew
efal lives are believed TO have
been lost, though the lat
Ter report is not yet confirmed. The
re WIS started 10y hunters The fire
started about noon to-day The wind
Vas blowing almost 81 gale from the
southeast, and It was i'm poss ble 10 stay
ne hames. the stock on the farms
vas dr.Een before the fire. some of 1t
.,a,fannng the flames, while others fell
r.oI exhaustion and the heat and
We're consumed. TIE flames were
ariven by the wind III a uorthwesterIy
direction as far as tie Santa Fe Railway
mere, having no fuel to feed unon, IL
,4a'd "1f. hour taImhluses with theiu
'fhs and sneds were DESTROYED hrt M
Imam ilves We're laet TIE ios- n
otopsf'y, including sioex. is es,ius,ed
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29
Abandoned the Prosecution

ST. PETERSBURG, March 22-The gov
ernment has abandoned the prosecu-
ton OF the woman Tchebrikova, who
WAS charged with writing and sending
to the Gar letter threatening that un-
less he modified his reactionarry policy
he would meet the fate of Peter Ill.
Paul / and Alexander III.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29
End of the Snow blockade

DENVER, Col, March 2o-The snow
blockade on the Southern branch of the
Rio Grande road, over Cumber's Range,
800 miles south o. Denver, has been
raised. and all trains South are on time.
1t is thought no further trouble will be
experienced from snow this season.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29
Will Make q Test Case.

1t is thought by many, among whom
are some OF the best lawyers of the
state, that the South Dakota Prohibi-
ton law is defective. Fritz Brockhoff,
wealthy salookkeeper OF Sioux Falls,
has made the following offer to the rest
OF the saloon men of South DakOt,: If
each of them will contribute $3.50 TO a
defense fund he will put in S coo, and
will keep on running after May | and
II arrested will make test case, which
will be fought to the bitter end. II any
of the fund remains after the case is de-
cided, it is TO be returned to the con-
trlbntors pro rata.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29

SAYS Washington dispatch: The an
nuai rumor Of Or. Ruth's engagement
has been followed by the much more
certain one of GOV. Toole, OF
Montana, and Miss Lily Rose
Grams, the daughter OF Gen. w.
s Rosecrans. Miss Rosecrans is be-
tween 50 and - wears of age, blonde,
and very slight in figure. Her mother
died here few years ago, and her sis
ter is nun In a convent here. The
wedding will occur in April, and Gov.
Toele will take his bride at once to
Montana. Gen Rosecrans, who is much
devoted to and dependent upon this
daughter, will 60 to Montana for the
summer
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-03-29

MoSDAY. March -4.-Nr. Hoar,, f!?m
tbs esuuitses On privileges saa slass
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-11-01

A pension for wounds or other disa-
bilities acquired in tire military service
of the country, was always a badge OF
honor until the pension department got
into the hands of such robbers as Tan
ner, Raum and the like. The pension
business, under such control, has be-
come IL mere system of iobbery. through
which 50 many unworthy persons have
been admitted to favor, that because II
man is IL Government penSlOner, lhat
fact gives 10 assurance that he is the
possessor Of an honorable military
record.
Nobody is surprised now ut the sort
of people to whom are given pensions,
because the service is carried on as 4
party electinneering business; but some
of the eases are so remarkable that they
are worth attention, simply because
they are strange examples of the per
version that now eh~aractcrizcS the ser
vice. One of these is the ease Of Russell
s. Cole, late of Company L, First Regi-
ment of New York Cavalry. This ease
was examined by Commissioner Black
and rejected in 1885, but his decision
has lately been overrnled by Assistant
Secretary of War Bassy ana a pen-ion
granted.
1t appears that the party above
named was on one occasion captured
by the CInfelcratcs. lie alleged his
sympathy with the Confederate cause
and expressed Il desire to enlist in the
Confederate service AMI did SO enlist.
There is no record OF his conduct while
in the Southern ailnN but after tlr
war he applied for Il pension fnr some
disability incurred. for anything we
know. in the Confederate service. The
man obviously was Il dcSertcr. When
Commissioner Black ruled on his ease
he held that, regardless of circumstan-
ccS and of motives. prisoner at war
50 cnliSting in the Confederate service,
ven us Il device of escape from >tarva-
ton i'll imprisonment, should he held
rs having voluntarily aided the rebel
lion, and, there fore barred from prEisi Ii
by section 47l6. Revised Statutes,
which prohibits pensions t. persons
''who in amy nta3iItcr voluntarily en-
@agcd in. OF aided, or abcttcd the Late
rebellion"
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-11-01
That ruling was made by IL Demo-

That ruling was made by IA Demo-
cratic commissioner. President Harri-
son was elected on a pension platform,
on a virtual promise to give pensions
to everybody. Under his administra-
ton a deserter, it appears, is as coed
as the tia,est and bravest veteran that
eve stood to the flag through four
years Of storm and battle. No wonder
the pension list has grown to be the
o enormous military expenditure OF
any nation in the world. But we do
not object. AS long rs the American
people choose to support the party
and tase men who have in~angurated
such Il policy, why let it go on. 1t is
simply Il matter of paying taxes for u
lot of plunderers to hand ont for party
purses and their own enrichment
PtcuyaAe.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1890-11-01
Triumph Of High Taxation.

The passage of the Mckinley tariff
bill ON Saturday by the house of repre-
sentatives is 50 far from being Il sur
prise that its effect has already been
discounted by a sharp advance all
along the line in the burden of taxa
ton which the American consumer
must bear.
That the senate will concur in and
that the president will sign the Mckin-
ley bill are %foregone conclusions. The
laborer is worthy of his hire, and the
%monopolists whose long purses pnr-
chased the wand of political power for
the high-taXcrs in 1888 are o tardi-
~ gathering in the harvest which was
then sown. 1t is one of the features of
a high protection policy that evcn in
telligent men can be won I'VE by poll
teal casuistry to a tacit consent in an
outrage that affects the material pros
perity of the entire nation. 1t must
not be inferred, however, that the Nc
kinley bill represents the sentiment of
even Il majority of the citizens of this
nation. 1t is notorious that, within
the republican ranks, the protests
against this latest burden of taxation
have been loud and deep, and that to
carry their measure through both
houses of congressit was necessary for
the hi%gh-taxers to employ coercive
methods that have gone far to make
representative government a mockery
and a byw"rd.
There is Il homeiy adage to the effect
that given sufficient tetller too much
eagerness in the use of power general
ly accomplishes its own destruction.
There is II consolation which the
American people can lay to heart.
The era of high taxation in the inter
ests of monopoly and capital cannot
last beyond an enforced s%utferance for
a limited number of years. The awak-
ening force of economic justice will
shorten the lease of power which
the present high-taxers enjoy.
The Reed-McKinley-Qua triumvi-
rate has fulfilled its pledges to the
monopOlists. In the same hour it has
also signed its own political death
warrant.-Chicago News.