The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-02-01
MINOR NEWS NOTES.

AT Grimlinghausen, on the Rhine, a
/ ferryboat was capsized, and seven per
! sons were drowned.
! 1t is stated that the Duke of Aosta
! bequeathed to his three sons 81 SOC, ,eoo.
Capt. Schuettler, of the Chicago po-
! lice force, fatally wounded William Glib
| bons, Cronin witness, in row IN sa-
! loon.
Archbishop Fabre, of Montreal, has
! instructed the priests of his diocese TO
/ add PRAYER Tor the removal OF the IN
! nuenza to every mass.
! Ex-Gov. Bross, of Chicago, and Gen.
! Lester b. Faulkner, OF New York, are
! dead.
! c. E. Trump was killed and two other
| men were wounded IN an atiray at Trap
! Hill, w. Va.
/ St. Paul men have subscribed $4,000
! for library and art institute.
! A tornado in Colorado blew an ex-
| press train from the track and unrooied
many houses IN Monument.
| At the coroner,s inquest on the quad
! ruDle killing at the railway crossing IN
| Chicago, the engineer was eXOnerated.
Warm rains have melted the huge
| snowbanks in California, causing Sc
rious floods.
| There has been a prolonged snow
! storm in Hungary and syria. Houses
are demolished, and many lives have
| been lost. st. Mary's Cathedral at
| Pressburg WAS damaged by the storm.
An eight-story building in Cincinnati,
| o., occupied by printing firms, burned.
Loss, 100000.
! The post office, the Crested Butte
Bank and eleven business houses we're
burned at Crested Butte, Gel. Loss,
| $4,000; insurance light.
CivilService Commissioner Roosevelt,
IN his annual report, says that political
| assessments are under present laws al
| most impossible.
Severe gales are reported in Southern
England and Wales. Steamers continue
to report unusually turbulent seas and
| many disasters.
The Lake Superior IrCn mines pr
duced I ,292,7 tons of iron In 1889, an
increase of 2.207, ;SSi3 tons over 1888
George Lounsbury, cashier of the
New York postotfice, committed sui
eide. His accounts were short s2O,OUo.
Three persons were killed and TWEEN
ty injured by an explosion Of natural
gas at Columbus. Q.
Six thousand people gathered IN the
Chicago Auditorium to celebrate the an
niversary of the biith of Robert Burns.
LOUIS l.. Bromwell, president OF the
shot by q. {. Pratt, general agent, who
charges Bromwell with running his
vile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Payne, with
friend and driver, were killed by
train as they were entering Chicago
cemetery to bury their child.
London papers approve the Samoan
treaty; German papers denounce 1t.
The Merchant Taiors' National Ex-
change binds its members not to alter
or make over clothing made outside OF
the | nited States.
Southwestern France has been visited
and devastated by fearful hurricane.
Teiegraphic communication in that dl-
rection is interrupted.
A special cable rom Para states that
the provisional government has can
celied the concession OF twenty refs per
pound on rubber granted recently to the
mercantile company.
4 million dollars has been invested in
property at Kansas City, kas., for a
Methodist college.
Three persons died in a Union Pacific
train during the snow blockade in Ore
gon.
The great glass blowers lockout in
New Jersey Is at an end.
The operatives of the Bourne Mill
fall tINer, Mass, on the I'D, received
a dividend under the profit sharing
scheme. 1t ranges from less than 81 to
SlS. % for six months. Tee scheme has
created general satisfaction among the
employees, who state that it has caused
closer personal interest IN the welfare
OF the mill, and has resulted in better
work.
John y. Beider. famous Montana
character, renowned as leader of the
committee during the road agent pc
riod, and who, for many years since.
has been a deputy United States mar
shsl and sheriff. officer, died at his
home, in Helena, on the 22d, OF pneu-
mona.