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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-04-16

Henry /. OXnard, who ls largely in
terested in the manufacture of beet
sugar at Grand Island, Neb.. and in
California, thinks the sugar beet culture
can be extended in this country until
We produce all our own sugar. The
sugar bounty will make this result
probable III very few years, but remove
the bounty, and success can never be
accomplished. Germany ana France
have extended and continue to extend
direct governmental assistance to their
sugar producers and exporters, and
with no sugar tariff 10 protect it, Ameri-
can sugar beet culture would be an i'm
possibility without the bounty
Great advances have been made in
improving the quality Of the beet,
and there remain great possibilities Of
further advance. But even under
present conditions, sugar beets are
about the most profitable crop farmers
can raise. Col Cotton, OF Norfolk.
Neb., made $50 net profit from five
acres Of sugar beets in 1891, whereas
the same ground under corn the wear
before netted him only 500. Yankee
energy has set itself, not only TO i'm
proving the Leet, but also to improving
the machinery used in the Industry.
\ harvester was tested last year which
topped the beetS and dug them, and
did 50 per cent. perfect work. A little
further improvement in this direction
concurrentiy with improved quality of
the root, and the days of cane sugar
are numbered. Up to date the
beet sugar experiment in this country
has proved Il success under the present
bounty system, and it is strange that
free traders adopt the unbuslness-!ikc
policy OF demanding the removal of
the sugar bounty.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-04-16
CHIEF WEIR POISONED.
The Head of the Pittsburg Police Force
Was Murdered.

Was Murdered.
PITTsBuRG, Pa, April Fit has Just
leaked out that Gamble Weir, superin-
tendent of police of this city, who died
suddenly three months ago, was
poisoned. At the time of his death his
friends had suspicious of foul play, but
they kept the matter secret in the hope
that some clue might be discovered that
would lead to the discovery of
the murderer. Supt. Weir was all
ing for weeks before his death.
One day he would seem better and the
next he would be seized with terrible
paroxvsms that batiled his physicians
skill. After his burial several friends
quietly went to Greenwood Cemetery,
exhumed the body and removed the
stomach and spleen, after which the
corpse was returned to the grave. The
intestines were submitted TO an analyt-
ical chemist for examination. his work
is not finished, but it has been found
that enough poison had been taken to
kill several men. The stomach had been
literally eaten up with a violent poison
of one kind and there are evidences
that another kind had been used. One
poison was corrosive sublimate and the
other is thought to be arsenic. The
chemist was not even informed whose
stomach it was that had been submitted
to him, and every effort was made to
keep the circumstances secret until
some day the author of the crime might
be discovered, but lately the matter has
become pretty freely circulated, and it
looks now as it the guilty person may
90 unpuniShed.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-04-16
WHEAT AT BOTTOM PRICES,
Unexpected Decline in Prices on the
SptCulAtiyp

Unexpected Decline in Prices on the
Speculative Market.
CHICAGO, H., April ll.-Wheat was
excited and higher to-day with trading
on large scale, and prices tiuctua,ing
sharply. The littleishmeiite short seller,
Edward Pardrldge, made a pretense of
selling against the world, tut il was no.
hced that only two of hisavowed brokers
were IN the pit and their actions, while
ostensibly bearish to distraction, were
really decidedly circumspect. The Sn-
lniavorabIe condition of winter wheat
IS shown in Washington sats-
tics was the chief factor in the
rise. The report would probably
have had far greater influence
and gone great way to helping the
bulls hulnlllate pardridge in earnest,
but Tor news from across the wat er.
The trade was good deal amazed at
the cables. Half the brokers in
cilned to the opinion that the Liver
pool price had been "riggcd' bv
some interested operator on this side.
Saturday night the trade about unani-
mously conceded that the United States
government winter wheat report WAS
bulllsh. Cables were expected up as
matter of course, They came almost
panicky. Liverpool prices were down
ID. Later arrived news that Corriman,
Philips 4 Co., a prominent grain house
Of London, had failed and that other
failures We're said to be imminent
This was taken as largely explaining
the weak cables, though it was stoutly
asserted that the English trade were
playing the American government
report as more or less bear
lsh card and suspicious of man
IpulatlOn III the figures were
not wholly removed. The market for
May wheat here opened at 81 cents,
Just ! cents up, compared with closing
figures Saturday. The price touched
S45 cents, reacted to So, and about
1918 suddenly ascended TO So. 1t WAS
currently reported that the visible sup
ply statement would show decrease
of possibly 10000 bus. From S5s
cents. however, there was q remarkable
reaction to S33, the quotation at ll:l5
A. NJ Corn bobbed up and down with
wheat, opening ! to ! cent higher at
II cents May, and advancing TO 4I$
cents, reacting later to 40} 10
the estimate. The total was l42
ions were neglected and weak Not
withstanding DC advance in quotations
for hogs. pork was on the down grade.
May opened pc higher at :l0.223 but
sooa descended 10 1915, rcacting to
Sl0.l74.
After II O'Clock there WAS a marked
decline in wheat, May finally closing at
50! cents.
Pardridge, the bear operator, cleaned
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-04-16
MORE TARIFF QUESTIONS,
AND SOME STRAiGRTFORWA
ANSWERS.
The Progress of Beet Suga--Farm. In
'F"asihg IN Naluc-StoppinS with Hall
the >tory-An Interesting Letter fran,
Mckinley Democrat
Tariff Questions Answered.

Question No. y. How long should a rr,rcc-
i've duty On an article be retained?
Forever. 1t finally abolishes itself
and as II then harms no one. il shouli
be retained to guard against future exi-
gencies and future dangers. Is anyone
injured by the duty of , cents per
pound on wire nails, now selling at =
cents per pound, or bv the duty Of )
cents yard on calico, which can be
bought Tor cents yard ? No. Why
then abolish them? They secure our
markets 50 that they cannot tie over
whelmed by the possible overproduc-
ton OF foreign countries, and therefore
serve good purpose.
Question No. 81 Under free trade would n
WorElngman lie able to buy i'll the cheapest
market an at the same time sell i'll he dearest
market
No Dur own market would be de-
stroyed and he would have no tlace to
sell the products OF his labor, and by
the time he wouiC want TO start buving
IN the so-call"d cheapest" market. he
would find himself without the money
with which to buy. Practically and in
the honest sense of the word, that mar
ket IS the cheapest in which q given
amount OF labor will purchase the most
commodities.
Question No. 23 Will restricted import ations
result III restricted expectations?
No. Experience has shown that the
volume OF imports has nothing at all to
do with the volume of exports. Wit
ness he fpIfoUiDp ia hln.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-04-16

sequences cf silver agitatio n at the East.
lhey are telling the truth when they say
that neither Rhode Island, Connecticut,
New Hampshire, nor Massachusetts
could possibly be carried by the Demo
cratic party if tainted with the silver
heTesy. They make it clear also that
the state of New York could not be
brought to vote for any candidate be-
lieVed to lean toward free coinage. Now
the legitimate conclusion from all this
information and these predictions is that
the Democrats cannot win in any way
lie tariff retOrmer5 calculate upon
throwing the election into the House.
True, they reason. Alliance tickets may
carry some Southern states, and thus
prevent any election of President by
the people, but the choice would then
have TO be made by the present Demo-
cratic House, which would elect the
present Democratic candidate. Would
1t: Did the Democratic caucus nomi-
nate Mr.. Cleveland's candidate for
Speaker? Did the majority Of Demo
Gratis IN the House vote as Mr.. Cleye-
land desired on the silver bill? What
would happen if the Democrats from
silver states should vote for the Ali-
ance candidate for President? And
what would happen if the Alliance
tickets III half a dozen states ordinarily
Democratic should give the electoral
votes of those states 70 the Republican
candidate ?-N,W York Tfib,tRe
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-04-16
FIRE ON SOUND STEAMER
fhe City OF Fitch5urE BADLY Damaged "a!

NEW BEproRD, Mass, April 1.-THE
steamer City OF Fits hburE, ofthe Old Col
ony >seamship Company, which arrived
rom New York Yesterday morning with
d miscellaneous cargo of freight,
was seriously damaged at her
lock this morning. When the matches
aere o. ened the decks hands encoun-
tered I. mass of flames and smoke
Ihe toward hold, loaded with cotton
and grain, was ii flames, which spread
aft, around both sides of the engine
room aud into the after hold. where the
miscellaneous merchandise was loaded.
Working It's way 10 the upper deck,
1t gutted the forward saloon and officers
rooms. The officers lost n arIy all their
personal effects. The crew ; quarters III
the after part Of the deck were also
damaged and the men lost most
of their properly. Assistant En-
gneer Thomas Emerson stuck at
the pumps of the Fitchburg, surround.
ed 10y burning freight ana shoWered
with burning embcrs. The steamer is
insured. and 1t is thought her cargo is
also. The damage has not yet been es-
tlmatcd, but it will be heavy.
The loss on cargo will reach from 3d.,
600 to 500 900, and on the steamer SI0,-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-04-16
STILL HUSBANO AND WIFE.
A Decree of Divorce obtained hy irauo
al AnnLillnA Il | as NErnlss.

A Decree of Divorce obtaine% hy fraud
arA Annuilrd ~ Los trgeiss.
Los A>GEI -, Cal, April ll.-ln the
ease of living ys. Ewing, divorce suit
in which the wife sought to reopen g
decree of divorce against her by the
husband through fraud, and TO secure
the Clt-toiy OF t"o cIlidren which also
had been taken from hcr. Judge Shaw
unnuipd the divorce proceedings here
toforc granted and lett the parties man
and aiic The Judge delivered a Sc
vere 1eprlmand t. the husband, touch
In. his conduct toward his wife. The
wife is deaf, though she can read the
lips ofthote W no ta k /" her. she is a
pretty little woman, dclira;cIv formed,
and her children are uri-iat and pretty.
From the conduct oI the two in the
courtroom tie feeling between them
appears io be bitter The Ew!ngs were
married in Milwaukee,. Wis, in 1885.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-04-16

Mr.. Peel (Ark.) Senate amendments to
the Indian appropriation bill were non
concurred in. On motion of MIR. Hayes
la. bill was passed authorizing the H.
linois * Ohio Railway and Terminal Com
pany to construct a bridge across the Miss
lssippi River, al Moline. III. MesS.s Peel,
Allen and Wilson Wash were al,poln;rd
confcrees on the indian appropriation bill
TIE House then went lnto committee
of the whole Mr O'l>ccrali, uf Virginia.
in the chair on the urgent deficiency an
preparation bill. u hen the committee
rose tie urgent deficiency appropriation
bill was passed. 1t appropriatcS sl,0l2, h56.
The House again went INTO committee of
the whole Mr.. Shiyelv, OF Indiana. III the
chair on the naval Appropriation bill.
Without action 3n the bill, the committee
rose and the House adjourned.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-04-16
largest III Ih" World.

CmcAG5. ILL.,. April little mammoth
central arch of the Manufacturers
Building ct the Worii's Falr grounds
was completed late last evening. This
immense structure has height Of 2l2
feet, width at its base Of 80 feet,
and l. the largest arch ever constructed
for any building in the world. II
can be plainly seen from the center OF
the city, over seven miles away. 10
form some idea OF its sizc," saId the
chief engineer Of the Worlds Fair to-
night, If YOU could put the Rookcry
building, which is one OF the largest of
Chicago'a buildings, on whceI5arrow
and wheel il through tie arch i would
not touch the sides hN several teet.'
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-04-16
ONE HUNDRED DROWNED.
Terrible Loss of Life From Floods In
the South.

Terrible Loss OF Life From Floods In
the South.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, April 1.-THE ap-
palling character of the floods in
Northern Mississippi is just be-
ginning to be realized. Hundreds
of lives have been lost. Last
night one man rowed several miles in
the dark on raft with twentysix
bodies that he had picked up. The
flood came SO suddenly that none were
prepared. Sixteen small streams in
Northern Mississippi became rag
ing torrents within few hours
and swelled the already full
banks of the Coosa and Tombigbee
rivers into inland seas. All sorts Of
.raft are being improvised to go to
the rescue of the survivors, who are
perched on the highest ground without
food or shelter. The loss of property is
incalculable at present. There is no ex-
aggeration, however, in the statement
that it will be over 81 100000.
MOBILE, Ala, April 12.-The Tombig-
bee River has not since 1S47 had SO
sudden flood as at present, and many
negroes have been drowned, some think
as many as 100. The farmers on the
river were wholly unprepared, and from
Columbus, Miss, to Fulton, the loss Of
hogs, cattle, mules, and cottonseed has
been unprecedented. Farming imple-
ments have been swept away and many
people rendered entirely destitute. A
great deal of land planted in corn and
cotton is under water. Mules, horses
and cattle are seen daily floating down
the river. About eighteen feet addi-
tional rise is expected. Report of heavy
loss Of life comes from Columbus, Miss,
ON the Riuhan
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-04-16
OIL PRICES TO ADVANCE.
Producers Combine TO Cut Off the Output
fnr. iiLrlt L.


PITTsBURG. Pa, April IA number
of the leading oil producers in the
Southwest are taking action looking
TO a general suspension of drill
ing operations for period of six
months from atCut Nav l. Many of the
largest operating individuals, firms and
companies, with headquarters in this
city, have already signed the agree
ment, which is 30 drawn that it must be
signed 10y all producing companies or it
is to be null and void. The idea meets
with general favor amongthe operators,
who bind themselves to build no rigs
nor start any wells TO drilling before the
18th of October, except under specified
circumstances. OF course this Is to cur
tail production and, III the natural
course of thIngs, to raise prices.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-04-16
DROWNED IN THE FLOOD.


BIRMINGHAM, Ala, April 1O.-The stu
alton at Columbus, Miss, is SO bad that
the people there have already decided
to ask the government for aid. The town
is now feeding over 500 refugees from
the floods, and the subsiding Of the
waters will leave many people destitute
up and down the river. Its impossible
here TO ascertain the names of any of
the drowned, who are reported TO num-
Der twenty. as far as ascertained.
CoLUMBUS. Miss, April ln.-The river
rose over two feet higher than ever in
his history, and up to tonight has
faiien only SIX inches The town is full
of people who have come from the sur
rounding plantations and are being fed
by the citizens. The loss Of life is great.
Fourteen persons are known to have
been drowned. What the loss of life is
in the wide territory covered by the
flood cannot be told.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-04-16
His Carelessness Results in Disastrous
EaiIUa Coliision

MT. VERNON, O., April S.-A wreck
occurred near here on the Cleveland,
Akron x Columbus rosd, yesterday aft
efnoon-a collision between q freight
ani an east-bound passenger train, ow-
in. TO failure of tiagman TO hold one
train until the other had passed. A
dozen passengers were hurt, those be-
ing seriously injured are:
Mrs. JONATHAN Upton, Black Creek,
lett arm: y riSt. back anu internally.
Mrs. ". II. IoTTA. Columbus. O., back.
". l.. Koch, Miliersburg, o.. hand and
arm hurt.
II. IRWIN WestcryiIle. head.
\ /. NEARING. Danville, left leg.
ENGINEER /. Z. REED, ankle hurt by
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-04-16
Band of Fifty Cattle Thieves Cornered by
a Posse of 100 Men.

GILLETTE, Wyo., April 12.-Nate
Champion and fifty men are surround
ed br 100 men under Fred Hesse
and Charles Ford at the It. A." ranch.
Two hundred shots have been ex-
changed, but the damage done or
either side cannot be ascer-
tanned. The fighting was done with
Winchesters, Indian fashion, at long
range. Sheriff Angus and posse, who
left Yesterday to maintain order, are
cut oil from town. A number of men
ore known 10 have been wounded and
some killed. About forty rustsers have
PASSED through town en- route 10 the
scene Of the battle TO help Champion
and his men.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-04-16
SAVED BY HIS ARMLESS CHILD.
william smith Acquitted "f Eurning His
G,ri', Arms on.

CmcAGo, ILL.,. April William
Smith, accused Of holding his ll.tIe
daughter, kittie, against a hot stove and
burning both her arms so that amputa-
ton was necessary, was acquitted to-
dav. Smith was alleged to have
committed the fendish crime while
drunk. Tie armIees child was put on
the stand, but resolutely re used to in
criminate the father. Iils defense WAS
that she was subject to fits. and that the
horrible affair was an accident.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-04-16
FIRE BUGS TERRORIZe VIENNA.
incendiary Blazes Alarm the Public
Work 0t nrc.,ists.


VIENNA, April ll.-Slnce the fire in the
Ring Strasse on Saturday night. the fifth
of the series of fincendiary fires that had
occurred in Vienna within week, the
tiremen have been kept busy respond
ing TO alarms in yarious parts of
the city. Extraordinary vigilance has
been observed and resulted III the fires
being discovered in their incipency
and conquered before any material
damage had been done. These fires
gave evidence of being of incendIarv
origin. and no doubt is entertained
that they were the work of Anarchists
or extreme Socialists, between whom 1t
would be hard to distinguish differ
ence. The general feeling of uneasiness
and insecurity continues To grow, and
q great number of the residents of the
cit, have employed private watchmen
TO guard their property AGAINST attempts
tn fire IT,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-04-16
EARTHQUAKE IN THE EAST.
Two Severe Shocks at Utica, n. v, and in
the Vicinity.

UTICA, n. Y, April 1.-Two dis
tinct and quite severe earthquake
shocks were felt in this city
to-day. The shocks were about four
minutes apart, and the first one
was felt at i a. NJ. They were accom-
panied by rumbing noise as of distant
thunder. Reports from Holland Patent,
Westernville, Alder Creek and number
of places in this county say that both
shocks We're felt in the country, and
we're. In the city in several instances
pendulum clocks were stopped and ar
ticles on shelves and in cupboards were
shaken
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-04-16
POPE LEO DEFENDS IRELAND,
Prompt Condemnation of an Attack on
the Archbishop.

RoNE, April 1.-THE Jesuit organ,
Civilta Cattolica, having adversely criti-
cised Archbishop Ireland's initiative in
the Saltwater, Mimi, affair, the Pope
has sent to Archbishop Ireland q spe-
ciaI note intimating his disapproyal
of the Civilta Cattolica's articles, and
urging the Archbishop to at
tach no Importance 10 them.
This action OF the Pope has caused
much comment here, as he rarely mixes
in such disputes. The Pope has just re-
ceived from Cardinal Gibbons an i'm
portant study on the school question in
the United States, in which His HolI-
ness is much interested.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-04-16
A GIRLS HEADLESS BODY,
Evidence of u Crime in q Stream Near
Fittsburg.

PlTTsBURG, Pa, April 12.-The head
less body of Mary Chertlnsky, at Polish
girl IS years old, was found a > o'clock
this morning, lying between the tracks
of the junction road, in Schenley Park.
The head was found at the side of the
track fifteen feet away. 1t is not known
whether it was suicide or murder.
From the position of the body, the po-
lice are inclined to the murder theory.
A young man named klinsky has been
arrested, and will be held for an inyes-
tinaf ion
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-04-16
Poisoned by Wild ParSnipS

STorx FALLS. ;. D., April 7.-George
and Frank Eastman, aged 10 and y,
went fishing with companion named
Bechtel, yesterday. During the day
thew ate Wild psrsDips. George is dead
and Frank is in very precarlous con-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-04-16
5000 HOUSES BURNED.
Terrible Destructiveness of a Fire a
Toxic, Japan.

LONDON, April ia dispatch from
Toxic says that the confagraton that
broke out there on Sunday last did
enormous damage. The dispatch is
vague as to which portion of the city
was burned over, but states that
5000 houses were destroyed. The loss
Of life was heavy. Up to the present it
is known that fifty of the natives lost
their lives and number are still MISC
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-04-16
Peach Buds Not Injured.

JrrFEEsoNvILLE, Ind, April l2.-In
formation received this morning from
the Knobs, in Clark and Floyd counties,
and from the extensive peach growing
districts in Bethlehem Township, is to
the effect that the peach buds have not
been injured by the recent froats and
that the prospects for large yield are
sill good.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-04-16
BATTLE BETWEEN MINERS.
Italians and Trishm-n ijght at Hancock
One Man X oiled.

HAScocK, Mich, April IA row be-
tween Italians and Ifishm"n at the
Franklin mine, last ni-ht, resulted in
several men Ociug seriously stabbed,
and one ,aan named Kelly was killed
Another viii probably die. The ltal-
ians have not vet been aprrehcnded.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-04-16
4 Wise Warning.

The New York Staats-Zeitung Dem. J.,
the leading German American organ in
the country. tells the Democrats that "a
century OF Mckinley could not hurt the
country So badly as one year of Bland, !"
and that, while 1.-The Bland bill will lev
er become law, it will, nevertheless,
ruin the Democratic party it further
admonishes the Democracy that if it
passes the Bland bill cit must elect its
candidate for the presidency without
tue German vote
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-04-16
Some Important Truths About Prices

When the Democratic representative
in Congress from Tennessee, Mr.. Nc
Millin, madea speech last month on the
tariff question, he saw fit to make this
statement:
The laborer has been forced to pay more
for the root that shelters him, for the nat
that covers MS head and the woolenS that
cover his back. He has had to pay more
for the linen he wears. the hammer and
the hoe with which he works. Yet his
wages have not gone up one cent. What
benefit has increased protection been 10
him?
This is the dcmagogic way Of discuss
ing tn question of the tariff. To show
how near Mr.. McMiiIin tells tue truth,
let Us take some reliable figures from
the Dry Goods Economist, which is not
Il partisan paper, but is rather Of free
trade tendencies. IN quoting prices Of
standard cotton fabrics in April, 1890,
and IN February, 1892, it gives the fol-
lowing:
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-04-16
wreck OF an Atlantic Yacht

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, April IA
special from New Smyrna says the side
wheel yacht Twilight, bound to Jack
sonyille, was wrecked at Mosquito In
let, The Twilight was built ut Cleve-
lamp, O., ID 1850, and had Just been
bought by New York parties ut TAMPA.
The crew had narrow escape.