The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-10-08

Prussia.
JUSTICE INGRAM, in the court of over
and terminer, New York, sentence d
burton I. Webster, the murderer of
Charles Goodwin, TO state prison for
nineteen wears.
DR.. NAULTEUS shot and killed Glenn
Squirting, fireman. at Deadwood
Hank LANGuofF, wealthy stockman
OF Cheyenne, Wyo., hung himself be-
cause his brother is under arrest for
horse-stealing.
II is possible that Alice Mitchell will
yet be tried for the murder of Freda
Ward. She is at present confined in an
asylum at Memphis, Tenn. but is re-
ported TO be recovering her reason, IN
which case she will be ordered into
court by Judge Duboise.
GEORGE kLENrZ, a despondent Wich-
Ita, Nam, cigarmaker, aged 80, hanged
himself IN the parlor to a lamp hook,
before his two daughters, who were
present, could prevent him.
T.. Is. SroKEs, a wealthy landowner of
tavette County, H., was robbed of
$1,000 10y unknown men. He was in
duCed 10 take the money from The bank
for an alleged land deal and was then
waylaid.
THOMAS DAVIS died from the effects OF
a pistol shot at Du Quoin, H. James
Hoban, Mike Hoban and +. Rice have
been arrested for the crime.
THREE masked men bound and gagged
the night operator at Springfield, Mo-,
ana robbed the money drawer Of 500.
Four passengers sleeping in the depot
were also robbed.
Lucy BENNER, aged l., committed sui
eide, because of a love affair at Council
Bluffs. Ia.
MAT~ LYON, a guest at the Western
Hotel, Council Bluffs, Ia, took NOR
phlne and was found dead.
NEWMAN SHEFFIELD was shot through
the breast by Pink Allen, brother-iu-
law, at Bands Chapel, Ark.
JosEpH ERNEST RENAN, the distin-
guished phllologist and author. died in
Paris on the % after enduring intense
suffering from congestion of the lungs.
AT Evansville, Ind, at Miller's club
house. Charles Johnson, young attor-
ney, and son OF the wealthiest man in
the city, shot and INSTANTLY killed Jacob
App, an Air Line engineer. johnson
was drunk and attacked App with a
cane. When the latter tried to defend
himself Johnson poked revolver to his
clear through App.
WILLIAM :. HURLEY, of Brooklyn, y.
y, has sued William Miles, his uncle,
formerly the head of the Six-Penny
Savings Bank, for S350,00O for the al
legged forgery of his fathers name
LORD WALTER 5. BEREsFoRD, alias SD
ney Lascelles, the noted English forger,
was sentenced To six years hard labor II
The no nj pptIarv at RnpDp 20
WABD FARNHAM. living near Traer,
Ia, while temporarily insane picked up
a shotgun, fired at Alice Campbell, his
cousin, and fatally wounded her.
THE London Chronicle SAYS that Sir
William Harcourt and LORD Rosebery
were divided on the Uganda question,
the latter being in favor of backing the
company
SEvENTY-SEvEN per cent. of the master
cotton spinners of England have de-
clded to enforce n reduction of 5 per
cent. in the wages of their employees.
The men stubbornly refuse to accept
the proposed reduction, and intend to
strike. The decision to reduce wages
affects Il ,0O0,0 600 spindles using cotton.
TIE twenty-five prisoners implicated
In the BukoVlna customs frauGs at
ltIid were ali ltuUu DllltN. rive ol
the ringleaders were sentenced TO four
years each, and eleven others to one
year. The balance were discharged.
TIE London Economist says that
crisis exists in the Scotch mineral oil
trade, owing to the disagreement with
the American scale producers and can
dle-makers' committee in the matter Of
the proposed pooling of accumulated
stocks of solid parathne.
IL an election to fill vacancy for
South Bedfordshire in the British Par
lament the Liberal candidate was
elected, but by largely reduced ma.
iority on account of the temperance
question and pledges OF the Liberal.
A Jury in the district court of WAN
dotte County, kas., returned verdict
awarding $4,000 damages to Lille +.
Wyatt, an llyear old girl who brought
suit for so, 900 against the Kansas City
Consolidated x Chelsea Park Railway
for personal injuries. Lille Wyatt WAS
run over by ali electric car and had leg
cut off. The jury found that the acci-
dent was caused by gross carelessness of
the cOinpany's s employees.
WHILE workmen were operating a
derrick near Anderson, Ind, it caught
IL
some laborers. Charles Cunningham
was instantly killed, James Isham fatal
" hurt and four other Workmen serI-
ously injured.
lnREE valuable trotting horses and
Twenty-Five hogs of good breed were
killed by freight wreck near Wal
than, Mass.
EMIL HABEEKORN, leader of the Du-
quesne Theater orchestra, Pittsburg,
and recently divorced husband of Mar
garet Mather, the actress, was married
on the lst inst. to Miss Emma Smith
Foster. of that city. Miss Foster WAS
formerly engaged in missionary work in
the Southern states.
MANN'S large axe factory at Altoona,
Pa, has been shut down, throwing a
large number OF men out of employ
ment.
TIE Webb family, who number about
1000, and who descended from Lozam
and Eli Webb, who settled at Webbs
Prairie, H., in 1872, had reunion
at that place. Fully 800 were present.
John Webb, as the eldest living de-
headed cane, and Mamie Page. Of Ham
ilton County with a rocking chair. Their
ages are respectively - and IS years.
TIE record of Maud s. was tied by
Belle Nara also by Vatican at Terre
Haute, Ind, on the 3Oth.
TIE official figures Of the Maine guber-
material vote of the last election, every
city, town and plantation included, give
Ceaves, 81 I535; Johnson, 35,0733; Massey
CPro.), 3,73l; knowlton (Lab.), 1860;
Bateman (Peo.), 3,0O5; scattering, II.
Total, l29, ,G29; CIeayes' plurality, l2,5l2.
A FIRE which at one time threatened
the entire dry goods district Of
New York, broke ont in the
five-story building, % and u
White Street. Paul Gurnblnner, laces,
silks and embrDideries, occupied the
third, fourth and fifth floors and
the mansard roof. The first and sec
ond floors were occupied by Otherman,
Dyer 4 SouthWick, WOODEN goods. Dam
age, 100000, mostly to Paul Gurnbin-
ner.
THE New York Chamber of Com
merce cholera emergency fund was
probably the largest fund ever collected
in that city in SO short time. The