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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-27
PURSUING HOSTILE REDS.
Government Troops Start Out to \ ring IL
the Turbulent Sioux.


RAPID CITY, S. D., Dec. 20.-Gen.
Miles has received advices from Gen.
Brooke that 500 friendly Indians left
Pine Ridge yesterday TO attempt
TO bring in the hostlles. Dis
patches from Lieut-Col. Drum, at Fort
Yates, announce that the Indians
there are quiet. Thirty-nine of Sitting
Bulls Indians, who left the agency on
Monday, have sent in word that they
will return. Gen. Carr has thrown out
calvary force to intercept the band
now reported moving across the reser-
vation 10 the Bad Lands. If the force
fails to intercept them they will
be pursued and arrested. Gen.
Miles says that no advance would he
made until the result of the Pine Ridge
embassy is known. Big foot and Hump
have surrendered and returned to the
agency. No Indians except the band
mentioned are now going to the hos
tiles and the Gordon is constantly light
ening. No further engagements are
reported from the lower ranches.
Two companies of the Thirteenth
Infantry from Fort Russell are ex-
pected here this afternoon and will at
once follow furty-tive Cheyenne scouts
from Pine Ridge, who started for the
Cheyenne this morning. The available
force along the Cheyenne under Gen.
Carr is about 500
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-27
hnIlllal
SICK rom the effects of

the grip.
Bart B. ScoIT. treasurer of Ashland
County, and we'll known in Wisconsin
political circles. died at Hot Springs,
Ark, on the Eth.
OK the night of the 10th seven chattel
mortgages were filed on the dry goods
stock of NJ Gutman, of La Crosse, in
favo- Of different members of the fam
ily, and next day they were foreclosed
and the stock removed to other stores.
They aggregate $3.50, and GutmGn's
debts are as much more 10 unsecured
creditors. who have been telegraphing
in to have claims protected. 1T is GER
tain that efforts will be made 10 break
the mortgages.
Ok the 18th the great 443-foot span of
the La Crosse wagon bridge was swung
INTO place safely, everything being in
complete order. The draw span is the
longest on the Mississippi, and the
longest but three in the world. The
bridge consists of the draw. one 300-foot
span, two l30-font spans. l29 feet of iron
trestle, 120 feet of wooden trestle; total.
I,265 feet. 1t vas erected by the Gin
ton Bridge Company at cost Of SS3, 900,
and is owned entirely by the city of La
Crosse.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-27
EXPLOSION IN A COACH.
A Car Heater Blows Up and Several
Persons are Injured.

Persons are Injured.
BATTLE CREEK, Mich, Dec. 2O.-As
tram No. 6, bound, on the Chicago
x Grand Trunk pulled into Nichols at
3 A. NJ. to-day, the Baker heater in the
first class coach exploded, filling the
car with gas and burning coal. Two
men jumped out of the windows
and were severely cut The
windows were quickly broken out. This
saved the passengers from suffocaton.
The woodwork and seats in several
parts of the coach caught fire, and be-
fore they We're extinguished bad
ly damaged the car and burned
several passengers. Nicholas Fritz and
family. Germans, of Jersey CITY, en-
route to San Francisco, lost considerable
clothing. Their 4-months-old babe was
burned about the face and neck, and an
lo-months- old boy had his hands
burned. The mother was burned
about the arms and breast. VIM.
d. lsaacs and family, Demorest,
Eng, ell route 10 Iowa, had
clothing destroyed. Two children were
badly burned. A. G.. Fowler, on his
way to Chicago, had an arm seriously
cut. \ man and wife, names not learned.
had limbs burned. No cause is given
for the explosion.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-27
Big MILL FAILURE.
A Rhode Island Company Goes To the Wall
with Heavy Debts.

PROVIDENCE, r. L., Dec. lS.-Owen
Bros, agents of the Atlantic Mills, have
made an assignment to Charles II. Mer-
rimam. Liabilities are large, but the
mills will continue running as usual
under the management of Stephen Q.
Metcalf.
The assignee of the Owen Brothers
refuses to give any figures. The amount
is no doubt half a million, but is con
fined to a few creditors well able to
bear the loss.
The cause of the failure is the strin-
gencv in the money market. The sus
pension does not include the Atlantic
Mills, as that concern is more than sol
vent Trouble for the Owen Bros. was
anticipated several days ago.
BosroN, Mass, Dec. 1S.-The mana
gers of the Atlantic Mills say that the
mills are not affected by Owen Bros
failure. and that the latter's liabilities
are ST 100000. Originally Owen Bros.
controlled the common stock Of the At
lantic Mills. but during the past nine
months 81 100000 addition capital has
been invested, 5000, coo of which was
in the nature of nreterrnd stock.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-27
SCRAMBLE FOR LAND.
Conflict Between Police and People at
Wausau.


WAUsAu, Wis, Dec. l9-The city po-
lice force had hand-to-h hand fight to-
night with great crowd of several hun
dred landseekers in the courthouse
square. The mob resisted iuriously all
efforts of the police to dislodge them
from their places in front of the
United States land Office. Alter
nately bowling and cheering, the
crowd pressed forward against the two
large lows of men who had been stand
ing along the southern wall since last
night. waiting for the office to open.
Several of these men were thrown down
and trampled under foot in the rush,
and for a few minutes the pO-
lice used their clubs freely
upon the heads of those in
the officers had the best of the fight,
the mob was too unwieldly and obst-
nate for them and they withdrew, il
appearing a wiser course to take the
chances of letting the crowd remain in
the square till tomorrow than to pre-
cipitate general riot and bloodshed
tonight. If there is any further
disturbances tonight or tomorrow,
however, and there is likely to
be, the disorder will be put down by
the military. Capt. Bells, of the mill
tia company, received telegram this
evening from Gov. Hoard, instructing
him to preserve ordera1 any cost. At
6 o'clock the company had been ordered
to 90 TO the armorv, with loaded guns
and fixed bayOnetg, to stand ready for
orders
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-27
HEIR TO GERMANY'S THI
A Son Born 10 Emperor Willial
JOY in Berlin.
BERLIN. Dec. lS.-Empress

BERLIN, Dec lS.-Empress Vdsdl(l
Victoria has given birth to son. En-
peror William attended performance
Of "Tannhauser' at the Opera House
last night. During the opera His Ma
iestv was handed a note. The Emperor
glanced hastily over the note and then
arose and hurriedlv took his departure
for the palace. The reason for his
abrupt exit was communicated To the
manager of the Opera House, and he at
once went upon the stage and an
nounced t. the audience that the En-
press had given birth TO a son. The an
nouncement was received with the
greatest enthusiasm, the audience rising
Ia thelr feet, hurrahing and shouting
Long live the Emperor and Empress"
The band played the national anthem,
the audience singing the words OF the
bvp1yi
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-27
PILED UP IN A DITCH.
Intercolonial Express Train Over an En-
hank kment-

QUEBEC, Que, Dec. IS.-Ine express
train from Halifax on the lntercolonial
Railroad, due at Lewis at / 40 4. NJ. to-
three miles from lis destination.
The scene of the wreck is an embank-
ment at St Joscphs. The train was
made up of baggage and mail car, one
second-class, one tirstclass car,
and one sleeper. 1t was running at
high rate of speed and
after passing st. Joseph Station, the
second class car appears to have jumped
the track at the end of the station siding,
on a curve, and TO have dragged the first
class car and sleeper with it, and also to
have derailed the mail car and baggage
car ahead of it.
The three passenger cars ran diagonal
ly along the embankment for 200 yards,
the second-class car striking the west
ern abutment of the bridge, which car
ries the track over the public highway
st this point.
1t was in this car that the sacrifice of
life occurred. The front Of the car was
smashed TO atoms against the solid stone
abutment.
The three ears turned over, the first
class car being badly shattered. For
tunatcly the curve, on which they were
running, threw the cars away from
each other, and though the heavy
sleerer was carried half the length
of the frst-cass ear, 4 ran alongside of
il ins tead of crushing through it, as it
would have done on straight line.
The sleeper was not so badly smashed
as the other cars.
The engine, still drawing the baggage
and MIL cars, passed over the bridge,
the timbers of which were badly broken
up by the two cars dcrailed by the
plunge of those in the rear.
After passing the bridge the mail car
went down the embankment, having ap-
parently turned completely over in its
descent.
The engine and derailed baggage car
continued on, passing over second
road bridge safely, and came to a
standstill few few hundred yards
AS soon as the news of the disaster
reached the city number of medical
men crossed the river and went down
on ii special train to the scene of the dis
aster, and rendered efficient aid to the
wounded passengers.
The dead are five in number. Their
names are: Dionne, Gauvin, Eais,
Leclalr and Winner. The latter was
the news agent on board of the train.
Conductor Walker was badly hurt,
and very few of the passengers escaped
without more or less injury. One
has both legs broken; another a frac-
ture of the skull and all are cut and
bruised, but it is impossible at this mo-
ment 10 get reliable list of names.
Mr.. Gauvin was resident of st.
Charles, and had boarded the train a
few minutes before the crash came
which deprived him of life. Leclar
was a young resident of Lewis, who
had met the incoming train at Norlake
the last stopping place.
As the accident happened in the cen-
ter of st. Josephs village, alarm was i'm
mediately given by the residents, and
their houses were thrown open for the
reception of the wounded.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-27
GRANTED INCREASED PAY.
S'he Railway Employees Successful in
Their Demand for Concessions.

S'he Railway Employees Successful in
Their Demand for Concessions.
CHICAGO, H.. Dec. l9-For some
months past the railroad switehmen in
all of the larger cities of the Northwest,
outside of Chicago, have Decn agitating
for an advance in wages TO rarity with
those paid III this city. As result of
II the grievance committees of the Chi
oago x North-Western, the Chicago,
Milwaukee 4 st. Paul, the Chicago,
Rock Island Il Pacific and the Illinois
Central roads were called to this city
some days ago since which time they
have been in conference with the Of
fcials. The result is that geperal ad-
vance in wages has been agreed on. In
the larger cities this amounts to s. per
month. In tine smaller towns the ad
vance has not been fixed, but it Will be
sOmeN hat less
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-27
STRIKERS BLOCK BUSINESS
The Scotch Railways Tied Up by tn,
WaIk- Our of EmnInres

The Scotch Railways Tied Up by the
Waik-Out of Employees
GLASGOW, Dec. 22.-The railway strik-
ers have so far succeeded in paralyzine
traffic throughout the district. Very
few trains are running.
Plckets OF strikers are stationed at
many points, and they are tr.ing to in
duce the few engine drivers remaining
at work to join the ranks of the stri kers
The Lanarkshire strikers are conduct
ing their operations with much yigor.
The pickets are doing good work.
Ali the mineral and most of the pas
senger traffic has already been stopped,
and there does not seem to beany pros
pect OF an early settlement of the mat
ters III DISPUTE.
The strike is spreading rapidly. About
5000 men have already left their work
and II Is expected that an additional
thousand men will quit work to-right.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-27
MET DEATH IN THE DRIFTS.
Several Children Perish in the Blizzard d in
West VIRGINIA.

PORT PLEASANT, W. Va, Dec. 10
Thrilling tales are told of the great
snowfall all along the upper Big
kanawha and in Elk and Coal
River Valleys. Tie West Virginia
Branch of the Ohio Central Railroad
has abandoned all trains, and the
Chesapeake d Ohio nearly as bad. Ey-
erv telephone wire in the entire valley
is down. Not telegraph wire is work
ing. At st. Albans the roofs of three
houses were crushed in and four people
badly hurt. At Buffalo a child perished
in the snow on the way from school.
Five children are reported lost, and are
undoubtedly drowned in Thirteen Mile
Craary
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-27
TASTED FORTY-FIVE DAYS.
Succi. the Italian, Completes His Self
Imposed Task.


New YoRK, Dec. 2O-Sig. Succi viii
end his forty-fve day fast at $40 O'Clock
this evening. He SAID this morning h,
could fast at least fifteen days longer,
but the physicians who have been
watching him say lie could not live five
days longer without food.
Succi looks like a corpse to-day. He
lay in bed this morning, half dressed,
with bed clothes on his "maciated, shiv-
ering form, his eyes half closed and his
voice weak and Qucrulous in sound. He
said he would never fast again for such a
length of time. To-day he will drink
tepid water, and lie will break his fast
CT cup of cocoa. The .shysicians are
rather anxious as TO tho ytect his first
meal will have on hi,n.
At 80 O'Clock this tnorning Succi
weighed 1uli pounds. a loss of 424
pounds since he began fasting.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-27
BIG BLAZE IN CHICAGO.
The Illinois Centrars Car Works De.
stroyed with 500. 900 Loss

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Dec. 2222-Both the con-
struction and paint shops of the Illinois
Central car shops, located on South
Park Avenue, between Twenty fifth and
fwenty-slXth streets. were entirely de-
stroyed hy fire last evening. In addi-
ton u the buildings. " hch were nearly
iortN years "ld, seventeen passenger
coaches, int'udIng the private ears OF
Nuperlntendent~ Russell and Gillic.
Werc hHrrcd >WrtiYg the total loss To
is# - -
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-27
STRIKE MAY BE GENERAL.
Threat to Shut Down All the Iron Works
in Alabama

BIRMlNGHAM, Ala, Dee. 1s.-The coal
miners strike assumed a serious turn
yesterday, and one that threatens to
close every industry III this district
The members of the Amalgamated As
socaton of Iron and Steel Workers held
meeting and passed resolutions of
sympathy and pledged support to the
strikers. They agree To refuse TO work
with coal mined by convict or scab
miners if the strikers ask them to do so.
Pat Mcbride, Of the Executive Board Of
United Mine Workers of America, is
here. He says il lie cannot settle it he
will call out all the iron and steel work
ers. This means the losing down of
all the rolling mills, foundries and ma
chine shops and 5000 more men will
Join the ranks OF the strikers.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-27
Electric Motor rocked.

OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 22.-An electric
motor car jumped the track at Twenty
fifth and Capitol Avenue, Sunday, and
turned bottom up. Several passengers
were injured and burned by Goals from
the stove. MIS-. Dennis O'HaIloran
bad her face and neck severely cut, and
received internal injuries. Miss Aggie
McNaughton was cut about the head,
end her hodv wa severely bruised.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-27
FIRED ON BY THE STRIKERS,
Alabama Miners Who Return to Work
Threatened with Death.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 2O.-At the
CoaIburg mines, near Birmingham, Ala,
Yesterday, a number of the striking
miners signed All agreement to quit the
mine workers union and return to
work. Last night party of them were
engaged in cleaning out the opening OF
a slope when they were fred on by
parties in ambush. Later Jim
Calvin, a striker, was arrested and
jailed, charged with the shooting.
Written notices were found posted all
about the Coalburg mines warning all
striking miners not to return to work
under penalty Of death. The notices
were ornamented with skull and cross
hnnes
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-27
Chicapn's Fair Bond Griefs.

learned on the highest authority
tnat there is no truth in the
report that the President before
ne will issue the Columbian Worlds
Fair proclamation viii require tnat
y OOO. .t0J OF the S5g0.000 subscription
be paid III cash to the treasurer, SeebeI ger.
II is learned also from the same
source that the proclamation will be ready
for issuance claims as near together ~
uDSSiblr
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-27

The official canvass of the vote of Min
nesota very unexpectedly shows that
the amendment to the constitution al
lowing tive-siXths of a jury to render a
verdict in all civil cases has carried.
The press Of the state fought the amend
ment throughout the canvass as in the
interest of corporations, and It's adop-
ton is a genuine surprise.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-27
They Talk in Canada.

The Presbyterian churches of Canada,
other churches, and the general confer
ference Of the Methodist church of Can
ada, have taken action in the line of
petitioning the House of Commons and
Senate for law prohibiting the manu-
acture, il portation and sale of all alco-
holic liquors tor beverage purposes in
Canada. Over so 600 petitions to This
end will be sent out to the different de-
nominations
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-27
FALL OF A MALT WAREHOUSE.
A Large Building i'll New York Collapses
with Heavy Loss.

New York, Dec. 1S.-The front wall
of Schefer's malt house, running on
Park Avenue from Fiftieth to Fifty-frst
Street, collapsed this morning and
dumped about 100000 bushels of bar
ley on the street and blocked travel.
The cause is due both to the high wind
OF Yesterday and weight of the barley
which strained the wall The loss to
the firm is estimated at $4,000.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-27

ruined his health by overstudv, and his
parents have been notified to take him
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-27
Drowned While Unloading Coal.

At Halifax, \. S, on the 10Th, large
rang of men were engaged in unloading
coal and were placing it in a large shed
on a wharf. Eight men were in one
part of the shed working on top of
heap of coal, when suddenly 2
large section of the wharf beneath the
coal caved in. So far as known three
Of them succeeded in getting out, but
the other five are believed to have gone
with the coal which disappeared under
water,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-27
GIVEN A LIFE TERM.
Irish MOonlighters Receive Rough Hand
ling at Justices Hands.

DUBLIN, Dec. l9.-At Sligo to-day the
trial Of a number of persons who were
charged with committing moonlight"
oaenses in County Clare ended in
q verdict of guilty. Lalor, the lead
er of the band. was sentenced
to penal servitude for life. The
other prisoners were sentenced
TO various terms of inprison-
ment ranging from one year 10 twenty
years. In sentencing the prisoners the
Judge said he regretted that the persons
who instigated the band 10 commi. the
crimes of which they had been convict
cd had not been held Tor trial.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-27

LONDON, Dec. lin the divorce
court to-day, the usual time for the in.
terreniion of the Queens Proctor hav-
ing expired without any action b,
that functlonary, Justice Sir James Han,
men formally entered OF record decree
OF divorce in favor of Lady Connemara
and against Lord Connemara This il
the celebrated case which during the
past two weeks has been repeatedly
cited by Mr.. Parneil and his supporters,
to prove that English society condoned,
when member of the arlstocracy was
concerned, much more fragrant offence
than those with which he (Mr. Parnell)
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-27
CoIored Murderer ConIesses.

LAKE CHARLES, La, Dec. 1.-THE
negro Bill Dial has made a confession
of the horrible murder in freight train
of Peter Fretu, but says the other
negro under arrest, Charley Long,
struck the fatal blow. Each negro saws
the other boarded the train at Orange,
Tex, with the iron bar with which
Eretu WAS killed
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-27
RUINED BY SPECULATION.
Flight OF the Cashier of a Coal Company
at Chicago.

CHICAGO, H., Dec. l9.-Speculation in
stocks during the recent furry is ac-
countable for the flight of Nelson c.
Jennings, local cashier of the Sunday
Creek Coal Company, with nearly s. ,00
of the cash OF that concern. Just before
Jennings left the company's office Sat
urday night he cashed check for
81 500. and wrote letter TO the general
auditor in which he confessed his defal-
cation and asked for forgiveness. The
company is>protected against loss by
bond of $4,000, upon the makers OF
which the apprehension of Jennings will
naturally devolve. Jennings is 49 years
old, and has charming wife and grown
dauphfar
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-27
RELIGIOUS ASTS.
A Son Studying for the Priesthood,
Daughter in Convent.

4 dispatch from Baltimore announces
the discovery in the Convent Of the Ben
edictine Sisters, in Chicago. of Miss
Wittaner, the daughter of Platt Street
merchant. The girl, il is said, disap-
peared from her home in Baltimore
three years ago. AT the academy
conducted under the supervision
of the Benedictine Order. a
sister acknowledged that Miss Wit
taner was an inmate of the convent, but
claimed that she left home with the full
knowledge and consent of her parents.
Shortly after Miss Wittaner's departure
her brother Benjamin, then q years Of
age. lef, home in mysterious manner,
and simultaneously with the daughters
discovery Mr.. Wittaner has heard that
his son has been studying for the priest
hood IN ST. Vincent's Seminary, West
moreland County, Pa. The son has
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-27
Enforcing the Lottery Inv

KNoXvLLE, Tenn. Dee. 20.-The news
papers of this city lave been publishing
ads for merchants, which spoke OF
tickets TO be given to each purchaser OF
goods, and each holder of a ticket woulu
have chance III drawing for certain artI
cIrs. A communication has been received
from the postmaster general which says
papers carrying sucn lads" cannot 20 iu
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-27
AVENGING MOORE'S DEATH.
Ford, One of the Murderers of the Wis
consin Man, Sentenced to Die.

consin Man, Sentenced to Die.
OTTAWA, H., Dec. lS.-The jury in the
case of Charles Ford, who for the last
twenty-three days has been on trial in
the circuit court here for the murder OF
David Moore, the travelling salesman
from Merrill, Wis, who was killed in
Allen Park the night of June % last,
returned verdict in the case at $50
o'clock last night, finding Ford guilty OF
the murder and sentencing him to be
hung. The case was given to the jury at
800 clock in the afternoon. Ford was
one of a gang of four-two men and two
women-who were implicated in the af
fair and was convicted purely on cir
cumstantial evidence. His wife, Kate
Ford, was also an accomplice in the
murder. During the entire trial and
even at the reading of the ve1 diet Ford
manifested no uneasiness. O'Brien, one
OF the mCrdererS, was convicted and
sentenced To life imnrisonment
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-12-27
WILL THE VERDICT HOLD2

Doubt About the Legality Of the Con-
viction OF Eyraud.
PARIS, bee. - La I.anterne to-day
publishes statement TO the effect that
one of the iurymen who tried Eyraud
and Gabrielle Bompard was u bank
rupt. which, says that newspaper, ipso
facto annuls the verdict.
Evraud was sentenced to death, and
the Bompard woman 10 twenty years
imprisonment.
La Presse announces to-day that
Gabrielle Bompard will serve her tern
Of twenty years imprisonment il tn,
central prison NJ Rennes