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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-22
DETROIT HIGHWAYMAN SHOT.
A PoIicemnn's Pistol Puts an End to
Hold Robbt ry.

DrrEorr, Mich, Aug. l7.-About IL
O'Clock last night man and wom-
an were promenading on the
boulevard near the Mack Road,
when suddenly two armed men sprang
ont from among the trees and cried to
them t. throw up their hands and de
liver ~ their money. The young man
grabbed the revolver of one Of the men,
and with a quick jerk wrcnched it from
the robbers hand but in an
instant was fc}!ed to the ground by II
stunning blow from wagon spoke in
the hands Of the second robber, who
then proceeded 10 choke the young
woman. who screamed loudly. Officers
were close y and came running np,
the highwayHan with the revolver.
preninc fire on them as they did
80. Tie officers returned the
fire. aid one of the robbers
dropped in bIs tracks. The wounded
roi1rr. who gave his name as Edwin
Granger. Wa- taken to the hospital and
will I,r1hIiiv die
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-22
SWISS RAILWAY HORROR.
Many Persons Killed i'll u Collision Near
Berne.

Many Persons Killed III u Collision Near
Berne.
BERyE, Aug. lS.-The people Of this
Republic have hardly recovered from
the railroad scare caused by the terri
bic accident at Mrnchcnstein in June
last, by winch over $50 persons on an
excursion train lost their lives and
about 500 were injured, when they were
again, yesterday, startled by another
wholesale loss of life by reason of a rail-
road accident This last disaster oc-
CURED on the Jura-Simplon Railroad,
near the village of Zollikoien, not far
from this city.
y special train carrying a large num-
Der OF e\Curslomsts from the country
olStrlcts to tins Cltv was on Its way here,
the passengers intending 10 take part il,
the centenary fetes which are now in
progress here and elsewhere through
ont Switzerland. This excursion train
was stopped at Zollikoien in order 10
enable Il to be shunted into siding To
permit the Paris express to pass. BY
some gross negligence, apl arentlv, upon
the part of the railroad officials. the
larIs train, loaded with foreign travel
crs, MS not warned to look out for
the excursion train while passing Iolli-
ko.en, and the result was that the ex-
press dashed into the special train.
Luckily the engineer of the express had
caught sight OF the excursion train in
time 10 put down the brakes, and So the
damage done and the loss ot life was
not 80 great as il might have been. Az
1t WAS, the engine OF the express cut in
to and almost entirely demolished tho
guard : van al the rear Of the excursion
train which WAS empty, and then
crashed into the rrarmost of the pas
sen"er cars, completely wrecking ii and
causing considerable loss of life.
1t this hour the exact number of
dead and wounded is not known, but
twelve corpses have already been re-
covered from the ruins, and it is known
that many people have been seriously
injured by the collision. No loss Of life
has been reported in connection with
the passengers on the Paris express,
and therefore il * hrilc,ed hero that
they have all escaped.
\ special train carving wrccking ap-
p!ianecs, doctors and nurses from the
hospital, together with a detachment of
engineers. has been dispatched to the
scene OF the accident, and crowds of
people have started in the same dIrcr-
ton. The majority Of the passengers
on board the excursion tram belong TO
towns in the vicinity of this citv. 1t is
thought that no foreign visitors were
among the cXCursionistS. and no deaths
of American travellers have been re-
ported.
Thirteen people were killed and
eighteen were seriously injured, and
thirty others slightly.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-22
Drouth III Mexico,

Advircs from many points III the
states of Coahtla and Durango, Mex,
are condensed into water scarce. poor
crops and no money. In all of that
portion of the republic Il good cotton
crop has been made in but one settle
ment. and this is the colony of Tia
hualIlo, in which President piaz
and one of his ,x-ministerS are
personally interested. These people
have obtained water from the River
NalaS. thereby depriving the planters
OF the Ia@uua district and their hun
dreds Of dependents. \ riot has been
narrowly aHerte,l. Corn in Durango i
selling al $50 per venega of l6>
pounds. \ deputatjon of citizens re-
Gently visited the city Of Mexico To il
duce the government 10 remove the
duty on American corn. hut met with
no success. Many Of the poorer classes
OF Durango are destitute and their
needs have converted them into very
dangerous characters.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-22
Mortgages Taken Up.

The Topeka Daily Capitol of the 18th
shows from reports Of registers Of deeds
remarkable record Of farm mortgage
releases in sixty counties Of Kansas for
the month of July. This compilation,
which does not include any pro-
ceeds from this years bCuntiful
crop. shows that. while July was
not a debt-paylng month. there was a
net reduction in sixty counties of S3SI, :
f1S. The total excess Of farm mort
cages released in torty-cight counties
for the period averaging three and a
third months prior 70 august !, 1891,
WAS II, ~ ,0i7. or ~! per cent. tits be
licvcd that there viii he Il release of
$4,000. 0DO Of farm mortgage indebted
ness in Kansas before the end of the
present wear
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-22
BANKER GOES TO PRISON.
ta3!iiet Lawrence, Of tho keystone, Cots
Eish:-ycar Sentence.

Ssaiiier Lawrence, Of tho keystone, Cots
Eish:-ycar Sentence.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Aug. 16.-Cha-les
Lawrence, eX-cashier of the Keystone
National Bank, Who yesterday pleaded
guilty III the United States district court
!" two indictments charging him with
making false entries in the banks
books. and with conspiracy with
Gldeon ". Marsh, president of the
bank, 10 make false entries, was
this morning sentenced by Judge Bidd!e
g eight years Imprisonment in the
Eastern pententiary at hard labor and
70 pay 2 tine of 800 and costs. Fran
Sis y, hennedy, president, and Henry
A. Kennedy, cashier OF the
suspended Spring Garden National
tank. We're also brought before
Judge Butler this morning. The two
hennedys also pleaded guilty vester-
daE 10 making false returns to the
comptroller OF the currency, misapply-
ing the funds of the bank and making
iaiso entries III the books. After the
',Wo men had pleaded guilty Judge But
icr was pctitloned by their
counsel TO suspend sentence TO
allow them to get their affairs
into order and also on the
ground that they could be of great as
slstanee t. the receiver of the bank in
dlsc ntanglng Is affairs JUDGE BntIrr
reserved iI< decision on the matter mn
I'll to-day This morning he decided to
@rai't the petition and postponed sem
1ehCe until September S
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-22
A PRISONER THIRTEEN YEARS.
n Old Man Found Starving in Shanty
Near Duluth.


\ Duluth, Mimi, dispatch of the 18th
says: The police made a ghastly dis
covery this afternoon in little shantv
III Merchants Park addition, about four
miles from this city. Detective Tom
Hayden was notified that there was
an old man locked i'll room and
Upon arrival at the spot he found the
report but too true. The windows of
the room, little shed attached to
house, were boarded up, and inside,
living upon a small cot was an old man, a
Norwegian by birth, named Andrew
Stangberg. He had nothing on except
a short Jacket and nothing under him
but hard boards. His body bore the
marks of terrible abuse, and the room
was So foul that the detective could not
stay there. He reported the case 10
headquarters and the man was taken TO
the hospital. In the front part of the
house lives John Lindberg with wife
and two children. Neighbors say
that they have often heard
blows and piteous cries coming from
the room as though they had been beat
ing him. The cause of this abuse is said
70 be desire on the part of l.Indherg
and wife to have him die. Stangberg is
worth about so, 900 and years ago he
made a will leaving SO, 900 to Lindberg,
whose first wife was Stangberg's daugh-
ter. and 5000 apiece to each of his
children. Stangberg IS about so years
old and has lived in America twenty
years. For the last three years he has
been kept Il prisoner In the little room
where he was found tonight.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-22
FRENCH TROOPS CALLED OUT.
Serious Labor Acit3st on in the Depart
meut al Sssr.l.

PARIS, Aug IA most serious labor
agitation has broken out at Formies,
near Ayesnes, in the Department Of
Nord. Troops, consequently. have
been dispatched from Lille to
FoImies in order 10 put an end
to the disturbances which have
resulted from the labor disputes.
Serious riotng is looked forward TO-
Fourmcs, it VIII br remembered, was
the scene of the recent bloody May Day
riots, which resulted III much loss of
life, considerable Ill-tcellng against the
troups and authorities, the govern
ment being blamed for the trou-
bics, and in II Wordv warfare
between Henri Rochciort and NJ.
Isaacs, the suh-pfetcCt, who ordered
the troops to fire upon the rioters,
which neccssitates making the arrange
ments for Il duel between the Two gem
tlemen named. The hostile meeting de-
cidcd upon, however. was postponed oW-
ingto the vigilance Of Belgian police and
also by reason of the publicity gwen To
the affair by the French friends of the
two principals.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-22
FAILURE IN NEW YORK.


New YORK, Aug. lS.-Ihc firm of
Johnston, Tallman Il Co, importers and
dealers ia fire works, notions and tuvs,
on Barclay street, made an assignment
to-day to John NJ. Young without
preferences.
Tallman member of the firm. stated
this afternoon that the cause of as
sgnmcnt was Il shortage in cash The
members of the firm had an agreeable
arrangement as to disseminating bust
ness. The liabilities Of the firm were
100000, aud the nominal assets about
81 II 600
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-22
\ DISioCatea knec-Cap.

The Cologne Gazette gives the follow
ing rs an authentic account of the Em-
pcror's recent accident: The Emper-
or Was leaning on the door Of the
Imperial Yacht. talking animatedly with
members of his suite. when he suddenly
turned. and ut the same time slipped on
the linoleum-coycred deck. DR.. Lcut-
hold, on examination, found the Em-
peror's right knee-cap dislocated. The
Emperor bore the painful operation OF
the replacing of the knce-cap without
flnching DR. LeuthOld banuaged the
knee and advised the Emperor to stay
in bed. The Emperor can now stand
and even walk without difficulty The
knee is still kept handaged as a matter
of precautiun"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-22
IN 4 FRENCH ASYLUM.
4 Brother of civil service Commissioner
kooseNelt i insane.

NV INK, Aug. lS.-Elliott Roose-
" {, brother Of CivifSeryice Commits
ss.nrr Theodore Roosevelt, an inmate
III an asylum for the insane the Cha
teau ~ufesneS. near Paris. France-un-
der the care of Dr. ~aury. pon the
petition Of Theodore Roosevelt. with
tie desire and approval OF Elliott Wl:e.
Mrs. Anna Hall Roosevelt Judge
aBuen has appointed Peter s. Giuey,
lr Cyrus Edison and Edward y ioew
commissioners, who. With the ait ot
sherIr's jury, are authorized 10 take
testimony and inquire into Elliott san
lty The Object tH9> proceeding i 10
have a committee OF AIs person and cs-
tate appointed,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-22
All Plead GIiIity.

Charles Lawrence, cashier of the sus-
pended Philadeirhia Keystone Nation
al Bank, who was indicted with the
bank 5 fugitive president, Gideon w
Marsh, for conspiracy in the misappli
cation of the bank funds, pleaded guilty
in the United States supreme court
Francis Kennedy, president Of the sus-
pended Spring Garden National Bank.
and his brother, Henry IL. Kennedy,
the cashier, were also arraigned d on the
charge of misapplication of the funds Of
that institution, and both entered pleas
of guilty. Application for postpone
ntent of sentence was made hv counsel
for both the priSonrrS
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-22
CLOUDBURST CARRIES Ruin.
The Austrian Town of KoIIman Nearly
Swept Away-Many Lives Lost.

vienna, Aug. lS.-A dispatch from
Botzen, an Austrian town at tie con
tlucnce of the Taller and the Eisach,
announces the partial destruction of
the village of holman through a
cloudburst. The cloud, it APP
pears, burst over the mountains
near Botzen, which is projected
from foundations bv strong dyke two
miles in length The fall Of water flood
Cd the low lands and converted a
mountain stream into n torrent, which
swept through the village Of holman.
CARRYING away men and cattle and de-
stroEing half the houses OF that place
Many persons were drowned. The
Bremen Railroad track was flooded.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-22
CAUCUS ENDS In RIOT.
Hni and Cleveland Forces Battle for ga
pIemacy in pSwe.o County.

Hill and Cleveland Forces Battle for S;i
premacy in o>weso County.
0ouE,a, y. Nj, Aue. IS. The Demo-
cratic caucus last u.gllt ended in IA free
fight between Cleveland ami Hill forces.
\ desperate hand-to-hand fight oc-
Cured between the factions, in which
four policemen took part. When order
was restored Chairman Holleran got
unon the table and declared the Hill
delegates elected by acclamation, and
then adjourned the caucus. Another
caucus VAS Immediately held by the
cleveland Democrats. and Cleveland
delegates were elected by an over
Whclmng vote Nayor kehoe and
three others were arrested on charge
Dt riot
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-22
WILL EXHIBIT AT THE FAIR,
The Swiss Government Favorable to the
Columbian Expo>itinn.

Columbian Exposition.
BEFNE, Aug. IS.-Ch harles H. Grosve-
nor, one of the foreign committee of
the Chicago Columbian Exposition, has
arrived at Zurich, where he is to hold
an important conference with the man
utacturers and merchants of that city in
regard to their representation at the
Chicago Worlds Fair. The minister of
foreign affairs assured the commissioner
that the SWISS government would do its
utmost to bring about Il representation
at Chicago in 1898 of Swiss manufactures
which will be credit to all concerned.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-22
An Unpopular Mayor.

Incited by the demonstrations of the
10th, crowd Of taxpayers, late on the
night of the llth, hanged an ehigy to q
telegraph pole on Minnesota Avenue,
Kansas City, kas,, amid cries of Here
goes Navor Hannah, He ought to be
hanged" and the like \ policeman
cut the effgy down next morning and
took it 10 the police station. 1t con
sisted of pair of trousers and IL cut
away coat stuffed with hay. \ false
face made the Countenance of the body,
and the whole was surmourted by Il
hat
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-22
100000 loss.

Fire almost completely DESTROYED the
machinery Of the mine OF the new Pitts
burg Coal and Coke Company, at Al
um Cave, Sullivan County, Ind. There
had been strike at the mine for a
week previous, and II is thought the
mine was set on fire. The mine was
worked by machinery, which was oi
the costljcst kind ard the most complete
OF any III the state for handling coal and
burning coke. The Company estimates
the loss at SlOo,o0o, with two-thirds in
surance. II will be impossible to re-
sumo work inside of several months
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-22
MAKING QUEBEC a TERMINUS.
Important Changes Planned by the Cana
dian Pacific.

QUEBEC, Que, Aug. lS.-presidcnt
Van Horne, of the Canadian Pacific
Railway, has arrived home He states
that Quebec is to be used by the Cana
dian Pacific as a port of shipment for
Canadian grain to England since the
enormous increase in the wheat crop Of
the Canadian Northwest will much
more than exhaust Montreal's terminal
facilities. Elevators will be built at
once. Financial arrangements have
been made in Brussels that insure the
early completion of the Great North
western Hallway of Manitoba and Mon
treal and Ottawa, the new short line
hetWeen those two cities
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-22
TURNER DIES BY THE ROPE.
The Leeds Murderer Protests His limo
To the Last.

LEEDS, Aug. 1S.-William Turner. the
murderer Of little Barbara Waterhouse,
was hanged here this morning. Turner
protested his innocence To the last. on
June 5, of the present year,
Barbara Waterhouse, a child }
later a policeman found little Barbara 8
body wrapped in a bundle and lying in
a street q 80 TO the town hall. The
child had been murdered. Turner. the
man hanged to-day, was subsequently
arrested and convicted Of the crime.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-22
Plenty Of W heat.

The monthly crop bulletin issued by
he Manitoba government says the pros
poets for heavy crop of wheat were
never better. The cool weather of July
Will delay harvesting some hat, but cut
ting will be general in ten days, many
farmers having already started the
binders. The quantity of land broken
for the first time this season is largely in
advance of last year, showing an excess
OF LIS .,nl ncTnS
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-22
TRAGEDY IN CHICAGO.
\ Polish Butcher Tries to Murder His
Family and KILLS Himself.

CHICA4o, H., Aug. lS.-Charles ious-
ka, polish butcher, made a desperate
attempt to kill his wife at ! O'Clock last
night. in the rear room of his butcher
shop at the northeast corner of MON
and Maxwell streets, aud after intiict
ing six terrible gashes on her head and
throat he cut his throat and bled to
death almost instantly. lie would have
killed his G-year-old son had il not been
for Joseph Wondreseck, employed i'll
the shop. He received a cut under the
right eye in saving the life of the boy.
Drink and jealousy were the causes
leading M To the tra.pIN.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-22
a NEW RESOLUTION.


to Power.
y Chicago dispatch of the 18th saws:
The chiefs of the different departments
Of the Worlds Fair are to refrain from
Interfering with the work in jackson
Park; to have nothing to do with the
construction OF the exposition buildings
or the installation of the propeling
machinery until the whole has been
accepted by the national commission
That Is the substance of a resolution
passed to-day by the Board of Control.
1t terminates the little sIuabble that
WAS brought up about the installation OF
engines IL the grounds and leaves the
directors to construct and equip the
fair buildings for the national commits
sion to accept or reject. Chief of Con
struCtIon Burnham can no 70 ahead and
place tn" power he has arranged for,
and the directory saves 81 600, 600.
which would be required TO buy
the necessary Propelling ma
chinery. Mr. Burnham'S plan
is, instead Of tying up this
large sum of money, to have exhibitors
furnish the necessary machinery for
hight, heat. and power: this machinery
10 be part of the owners competitive
exhibit, Notwithstanding its use. Mr.
Burnham has already made satisfactory
arrangements in this line, and the
Board Of Control to-day approved the
plan. The director-general and the
department chiefs have heretofore
claimed that Mr.. Burnham was
oyeTstepping his authority and
getting into their departments
The members of the Board of
Control have discovered that. if the de-
partment chiefs. appointed by their
recognized agent. the director general
Were TO 90 To jackson Park and dictate
about matters of construction, the com
mission would not be in position to
reject these buildings even if they were
inadequate. For that reason they have
told the department chiefs TO keep
hands off The chiefs are to continue
to get up their exhibits. but are to have
nothing to do with the installation of
machinery TO supply the propellIng
power for the fair
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-22
ORDERED BACK TO CHINA.
Ten Moncolians Fail TO Enter the Couu.
try at San Irauci.cn.

PoRT TOWNSEND, Wash, Aug. 17.-Ten
Cinnamon were arrested on " Whithy ISL
and on Saturday and taken to a United
States commissioner, who ordered them
returned to China. The raid was
planned several weeks ago. number Of
Cinnamon appearing on the island re-
Gently, which caused the residents TO
complain. Inspector Mum, who was
stationed on the island, called Special
Agent Nuke, of the Treasury Depart
ment, TO his assistance, and the raid
was made on Saturday The Chinamen
were found scattered about the island
working on farms leased by Chinese
farmers
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-22
Labor Congress IN Politics.

BRUSSELS, Aug. ls.-At the meeting
today Of the international Socialist
Workmer's Congress in the Halle st
Michael, = committee reported in favor
Of pledging worknen Of ali countries
not TO support candidate for a
public position unless tue candidate an
n0unces himself as being prepared to
advocate reforms for the benefit OF labor
and the protective legislation demand
ed by vorklngmeu.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-22
BLESSED BY THE POPE.
Ills Holiness Sends Greeting to the Ge
man Catholic SocietN.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Aug. IS The Ger
man Catholic Central Society met to-
day with 80 delegates in attendance.
The society now has y, fol members.
\ letter from Pope Leo was read. in
which he thanked the society for 500
lie blessed the society and praised the
c4n5 work
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-22
GEN. PALMER'S ADJUTANT.
Col. Frederick Phisterer, of New York
a.afS

ALBANY, \. y, Aug. I4-Command-
er-in-Chief Palmer to-day announced
tie appointment of Col. Frederick
Phisterer. the present assistant adiu-
tant-general of the state, as adjutant-
general Of the g. 4. K.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-22
rHoUSAN WITHOUT WORK.
Great Suffering in England Through De.
pres>i" the Iron Trade.

pres>i" IN the Iron Trade.
LoNp"H, 4 :. .3.-Owing to the de-
preston in III, ron trade, operations At
many Of the principal iron works in the
Cumberland district lave been sus-
pended for some time past. and
the inability o. the workmen to
procure employment Is causing the
most acute distress. SlN thousand men
have been thrown ont of employment
~ the stoppage VI the works, anl a
large number Of them have earned
nothing for year. Many families have
struggled along, hoping for better times,
out hope Of the work. again starting M
has been abandoned now ana the out
look for the coming winter is OF the
gloomiest nature.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-22
Too Much Wheat.

Thompson's feed mill at Minneapolis
was crushed on the 18th by the bursting
out OF the adjoining wall Of the Star
elevator under the enormous pressure
OF wheat. The loss to the mill is 81.
600, and that of the elevator company
S23, 900. There were 6O.0C0 bushels Of
heat let out. Thompson's building is
fully insured. No one was hurt.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-22
MAILS THROuGH SUBWAYS.

nIcal,"'s scheme for Transportation he
fu.,-, lost-orfice and Trains.
FussGn, Ill.,, Aug. lI.-Posimaster
sexton has forwarded TO Postmaster
General Wanamaker proposition OF a
nicago company to introduce the
rucuuatic system in the Chicago post
,,rcs. fpr carrying mails to the depots
and -uitstatjous The company propose
10 construct twelye-inch Pneunatlc
tubes for the Transmission Of mails, and
claim the scheme is entirely feasible.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1891-08-22
AWARDED TO CHICAGO MEN.
The Contract Let for Erecting the Duluth
tetierai EmilhInG.

W,-HI>GToN, d. e., Aug. ls.-The
contract for the construction Of the SUI
perstructure OF the public bnilding Al
Duluth, Mimi, has been awarded t. J..