The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1890-08-09

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VOL. XX.---NO. 4g
IN BRIEF,
Too Much Wet.
The SalZach River, in Austria. has
overtiowed its banks and inundated the
country. The railway sta
ton at Bischofshofen is flooded MANY
persons along the line Of the river have
been drowned and their houses de.
Took a Tumble.
While number of heavily loaded
teams were crossing the yiaduct at Kan
sas City on the 30th, the Missouri enc
gave way, precipitating men, horses and
wagons to the ground, twenty feet be
low. Michael Miller was killed anC
VIM. Arthur badly injured.
Big Gold or Big Lie.
An Ishpeming, Mich, dispatch of the
3lst says: A very rich strike of gold
bearing quartz was made this afternoon
at the Peninsula mine, seven mile:
northwest of here. The quartz carried
nuggets of free gold, some of which are
as large as a pea. The Michigan golo
mine has also struck a pocket of very
rich rock within the past few days.
Illinois Village Burned.
The business portion Of the village o.
Walnut, ILL.,, was swept by fire early OF
the morning of the 31st, fifty-six build
ings being destroyed. Sixteen families
are homeless. The losses aggregate
1928 600, with insurance $4,000. The
fire started in a building occupied as s
pOol-room, and as all the buildings OF
the street were frame and a high gale
blowing the fire was soon beyond -uo,
troll
Greek MOnasteries Burned.
\ special from Athens announces {
most disastrous fire upon the celebrated
Mount AthOs, the holy mountain of the
Greek Church. The fire has destroyed
the largest part of lis wonderful forests
OF the twenty Greek monasteries whicI
have been located upon the mountain
pletely destroyed. The damage is est
mated at 5,O0O,0oO francs Twenty
monks and hermits persisted in the
flames.
The Embankment Was There.
\ dispatch of the 18th from Innspruck
saws: News has been received of a rail
way horror which has just happened "a
Brels station, near here. An express
train suddenly left the rails and rolleo
down an cmbankment, three Of the ears
falling in Il heap. There were l2O peo
pie III the ears at the time, and then
struggles were terrible They were
simply riyeted in, and il is believed tha
the loss of life was very high. Some
place it as high as 100.
The Color Line Again.
All the employees of the Carbon Iron
Company, at Pittsburg, struck on tn,
fttl- t'ftttiSt dii WIS Illd'tt u
start the pudding department Will
negroes. The puddlers struck IA montl
ago for 81 per ton for pudding, but the
firm refused to grant the demands an,
the men quit work On Monday forty
eight negroes were put to work, and al
the other employees, numbering 800
came ont. causing a suspension of worl
III the entire mill. Threats of bodily
harm are made against the newcomers
Railway Building at Night.
At Springfield, H., an extension o
the electric railway was laid during the
night of the Sd, without franchise
the police not knowing it, but Stoppin:
a smaller gang from working on !
second extension. There are two
street car companies here. The othe1
is Il mule line. and il recently got fran
rhises on most suburban streets. L
showed no inclination to build a road
and extension by force of the electri,
road is the result. Litigation will be
begun IN Springfield.
The Turbanned Turk.
Since martial law has been proclaimed
i'll the Turkish town of Alassona the
{ Chrlstian inhabitants have been brutal
ly treated. Twenty notables a
Siatisla were seized and beaten on the
pretcxt of compelling them to revea
the names of harborers of brigands. \
gendarme thrust redhot bavonet int
one Nicholas DOukao. who is now re
ported to be diving from the effects %
the brutal treatment he received. Two
hundred inhabitants of Anas@iitza have
been seized and tortured for the pur
pose OF eNtortlng money.
Miners Get There.
1t is officially announced in Berlir
that Baron Won Bcrlapsch. the frussiar
minister of commerce, has conceded
most of the demands which the miners
delegates recently submitted To the gov.
ernment. The principal demands
granted are the adoption of an eight
hour shift. the reinstatement of all re,
cent strikers who were dismissed; the
in the labor bill before the
Reichstag of clause providing for ar.
hitration courts To- which mining Off
cials shall be amenable, and the aboli.
ton Of farming jobs.
The Main Line Free.
The PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Company
on the :}lst, paid the last ilistalment oil
account of the purchase of the main
line of It's road from the state of Penn
svlvania. The cheek was filled out for
S,i55 .65i9i. which includes the interest
The main line of the road was pur
chased from the state in 1851 for some