The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-06-11

Anatole De La Forge, a French jour
nalist. author and member of the Cham
Der of Deputies, is dead. He was born
April |, 1921.
A pleasure boat capsized in Bourget
Lake, seven miles from Chambrey,
France, causing the death by drowning
of seven students, priest and boat
man.
The eruption of Mount Nesuvius,
which has been noticeable for some
time past, is increased in violence.
Large quantities of lava are issuing
from the crater and flowing down
through the Artio Cavallo ravine.
The Gar and the Kaiser had per
sonal conference, on the 9Th, in the cas-
tie at kiel.
ArroRNEY-GENERAL RoSENDALE has
written an opinion, which, if sustained
by the New York courts, will increase
the taxes upon gross earnings annually
paid into the state treasury by rail
roads, telegraph, telephone, express
and similar corporations doing business
in that state from $500, 900 to $500, 600.
The opinion was in answer to an in
quiry of State Comptroller Campbell as
to his right to impose, as tax upon the
corporate franchise and business in that
state, a tax of tive-tenths of ! per cent.
on the earnings derived by such cor
poratlons.
IHE outfit OF the Negaunee (NIlch.l
independent, a weekly newspaper es-
tablished several months ago, has been
shipped to Even, a new town some six
ty miles west of that city. The pro-
prietors, Stewart Bros. say they were
offered a bonus of 500 to move to the
new town.
JUDGE GARY. of the appellate court at
Chicago, has handed down al opinion
confirming the decision of Judge Tuey
in the Crerar's will case. The latter
denied the petition of some twenty dis
tant relatives residing in Canada who
tried to break the will of the late John
Crerar, by the provisions of which the
bulk of his great wealth was donated
to the city for the erection of library,
to be known as the Crerar Library.
TIE President has approved the act
granting pension to ex-senator George
w. Jones, of Iowa.
SAMUEL b. DURYEA, the great corn
starch millionaire, of Brooklyn, is
dead.
| TIE Russian government grain COM
mittee has decided to permit the gen
eral expectation of oats, barley and
wheat.
ht bOi.il IN kEk, ii cigar UldIluIac-
| turer at 227 West Division Street, Chi
cago, and Mrs. Louise Plum. wife of
Jacob II. Plum, who kecws bakery at
| il2 West Twelfth Street, were found
dead IN bed in the woman's house at
! III North lIalsted Street. The gas was
| turned on full from two Jets, and the
circumstances pointed to a double sui.
eide Subsequent developments went
| to show, however, that during the past
| few weeks strange relations had existed
| between the pair, and the officers now
advance the theory that Hacker found
the woman asleep in the house and to
prevent her from leaving him, which
she was contemplating doing, he turned
on the gas and killed her and himself.
NEAR South Carroll, Ky, the north
| bound passenger train on the Nashville
x Owensboro road collided with an ex-
cursion train filled with negroes going
south -Four were killed outright and
| twenty were injured, seven dangerously.
j. NJ. DoMINGUEZ was shot down in a
side street of San Francisco by un-
known persons. Frank Borrego, an
| old enemy, has been arrested on sus-
| plclon.
Bon JACKSON, a negro, assaulted the
! daughter of John McMahon at Port
Jeryis, y. y. Tie crime was witnessed
| by a number of Young girls and also by
two young negroes, who were prevent
ed from interfering by Jackson's revoi-
yer. The brute was captured later, and
| the same night he was taken from the
Jail by mob and hanged.
IL London SIavin defeated Riorden
in nineteen rounds.
WHILE out driving in the vicinity ofthe
Niagara whirlpool, a coachman, named
Messner, with the horses and carriage
belonging to Mr.. Slater, of Niagara Falls,
backed over the bank, a distance of 20t
feet, into the rapids. All were lost.
Mrs. HENRY THoMAs, of Cadiz, O..
sent her 9-year-old son, Willie, to 8
store TO buy snuff. Later the boy was
found dead near his home with ms
mouth full of snuff. 1t is supposed thai
he had undertaken TO use 1t and was
strangled to death.
DAVID kIsTLER, a farmer of Adam:
Township, O., and his 1S-year- oic
daughter were run down 10y west
bound passenger train on the Nicke
Plate road near Green Springs. hist
Ter was killed and the daughter fatally
injured.
REV. THOMAS DIXON. JE., pastor of the
Twenty-third street Baptist Church
New York, was held in S. 600 bonds, OF
the charge of criminal libel, preferred
by Excise Commissioner Joseph Koch
who claims that the reverend gentle
man libeled him criminally in one o
his recent sensational sermons.
The bank of Pueblo. Col, assigned tc
A. J. Quaid, formerly cashier. The
amount Of the liabilities are unknown.
Fred. Ronner is the owner OF the bank
The cause is due TO extreme dull times
and inability 10 make collections OF
! overdue accounts.
The Board Of Supervisors OF Hough
ton County, Mich. have authorized Jai
A. Hubbell and T. L. Chadbourne Z
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