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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-07-30
MANY FATALITIES
Loss Of Life and Property by
Sti'rms

Loss of Life and property by a
St,rm.
FtilEEf fXG; y ;, e., July 2a,-fha se-
we're storm which passed over ;H:5 tut
ton of the country last night was more
disa trors in its results than was at
first dreamed 1t is now known that
there was considerable loss of life be-
sides some destruction of prop
crty by lightning on Long Run,
in Marshall County, few miles
south of Wheeling. En sntte
f,Irril. Ff ring rersCns is reported TO
dave been swept 10 Gesth ~ Il sudden
flood following a clOudblrst. The taml-
ly consisted OF William Doty and Wife
their three children, Doty's father and
mother, Mrs. Doty's mother and q
servant girl. The house was situated in
= ra,ihe, and was swept away by tor
rent. not ona of the stcettts occupants
being left to tell the tale. the itst
known Of the disaster was the finding
of the body of the servant girl this
morning in the ward of nelghbor some
distance below where the fated house
stood. II is also reported that the
body of Doty and that of the children
had been found at the mouth Of the
creek, which empties into the OHIO Rlv-
et. another holtse Has swept away by
the same torrent, but all the Occt;uauts
are believed to have escaped. At Proc
tor, on the Ohio River Railroad. Il long
trestle was washed out and freight
train was wrecked. Twentv-eIght ears
were piled up and Engineer Will BeaS-
ley, Of Parkersburg, was injured so that
bis leg l.;.d 20 lie alnputated to-day. At
HarkersDurg the state militia Is /: an
nual encampment, and this afternoon a
severe storm wrecked the camp. The
tents were blown down. None OF the
troops were hurt, but several ladies who
were visiting the camp narrowly escap-
ed serious injury. Near the encamp-
n5!2t th5 statle Of G.. II. Shattucks was
struck by lightning and seSer.l blooded
horses killed.
CLEVELAND, o., July 25.-News of last
nights storm has been coming in all
day. At barberton, near Akron, part
of the National Sewer Pipe Company 5
great plant was blown down. James
Peterson, fireman, was caught IN the
ruins and killed, and VI. Rohman, ii
workman, was seriously hurt. The loss
i- $4,000. At Salineville lightning
struck the hGttsc Of John George, in
stantly killing Mrs. George. =. hent
the rainfall was heavy, streets and cell
ars being flooded. Considerable dam
age was done by the wind. In this city
the damage by bursting sewers and
WaShouts i'll the streets Will amount to
thousands of dollars.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-07-30
THIRTY BLOCKS BURNED.
Over 300 Dwellings LeveIed by Flames a
Bay City, Mich.

BAY CITY, Mich. July 25.-The great
est confagration which ever visited Bay
CITY broke out at . o'clock this alter
noon in the manufacturing establish
ment of Miller x Turner, situated on
the west side of Water Street at The
foot of Twenty-ninth Street. bilsk
southwest wind was blowing AT the
time, which famed the flames into a
roaring eonilagratiou and swept them
across Water Street into the settled
district The east side of Water
Street, Ehere the fire crossed,
was built up with stores, hotels
and restaurants. Neatlt all the hClid-
inrs were constructed Of wood ana
burned like tinder The wind Increased
as the flames progressed and in an hour
the fire had consumed Miller X Turn
er's entire plant, comprising a saw
mill. salt blocks, drv kiins and !drge
quantity OF lumber. The flares had
also travelled three blocks to eastward
cutting swath two blocks wide. AZ
this point the path of the contiagralion
broadened and block after block was
swept over with astonishing rapidly.
Thousands Of men, women and chit-
dren rushed about, all engaged III re,
moving furniture and other houHehoio
effects from before the advancing
| flames. Every vehicle III the city
adapted to the purpose was on the
| gro1nd. and az is always the case a
such times. the owners charged fabu
| Ions rrires for services. Vt D O cloch
about thirty blocks had been burnec
| over while twenty more were supply
| ing fresh fuel to the devouring element
Miller q Turner, on whose premise'
the fire started, lost $50, 400, mostly IN
sured. The entire loss will reach mp
| wards of 81 ,0nO, 900.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-07-30
AN ARMY TO ARREST HIM.
Ono Hundred Officers summoned to Take
Tennessee Desper ado.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, july 2b.-Putnam
County has the most desperate outlaw
known in Tennessee for many years.
His name is John Sloan, and he Is an
ex-postmaster. He was indicted Tor
robbing the mails, and last Friday
killed one Of the deputy mar5hals who
went to arrest him. After the killing
he rode into Cookvile, the county seat
of Putnam, and terrorized the
whole town Stores were closed
and business suspended until he
left. He ran the postmaster out
of town and made the sheriff follow
suit. Since then Sloan has been at
his home with six Winchester rites de-
fying arrest. United states Marshal
c. b. Harrison, brother OF President
Harrison, is on the ground and has got
ten the sheriff to organize posse OF 100
men, of which he and q deputy marshal
are leaders, and they expect to make al
attack this morning. No one doubts
bu; that number of men will be killed.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-07-30
CRACKER FACTORY BURNED.
The Biscuit Trust Loses its Big New
York Fstablis hment.

New YORK, July 26.-The New York
Biscuit Company's cracker baking es-
Enlistment on Tenth Avenue, between
Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets, burned
TODAY. The loss is estimated at S2O0,C00;
The works contained the largest plant
of the concern, which has branches al
Chicago, Grand Rapids, Mich; New Ha-
ven and Hartford, Conn, and Cam
bridgeport, Mass. The building was
only completed three months ago. The
three upper stories of the building were
gutted There was great quantity OF
-four stored in the basement; which
was ruined by water. The firm forming
the combinationt are Holmes 4 Couetts,
Nanderyier & Holmes, Gilmore 4 CO.,
Angler Bros. and Edward Field d
Ducker. The cause of the fire, which
broke out at twenty minutes past
Is O'Clock, is unknown. Chief Bon
ner, Of the fire department, had 6
narrow escape. While he was dl
recting the movements of his men
the iron pipes of water tower No. ) tel
close TO him with crash. No one wa:
pI,1ra6
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-07-30
HIRED TO USE a BOMB.
Plot to BLOW tr the Captured M"nsan"
Caitl. lnrH.

Brrr.Lo, Wyo., July 2G-Startling dis
coverles haye been made at iori Nc
Kinney. kei-er, soldier under ar
rest, has confessed that ne was hlred 10
blow up the building in .yhich the stock
men we're confined when brought Ia
from the I. y. ranch. On hIs Ihlofiila-
ton, bomb OF two-lnch EaS pipe' loui
feet long. was found under the door.
II contained two sticks OF giant powder,
and the vacant space was hileh
With gun cotton. keiser says he was
najd So in advance and was PromlTed
$50 Ipon completion OF the Iob. 1T WAS
70 be fired by an electric friction tube,
but he pulled the ni-e too sharply anu
it came away without lGhiuhS tio
charge. \ man called Blaser, formerly
anIdier was arrested to-day IN con
nection with this affair. several arrests
boy.. be.n made.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-07-30
PHILADELPHIA STORM MED3
Buildings Unroofed and Property 1pjure
- Ono OON Wnrtl

Buildings lnrOofed Hnt Property injured
1000, 900 Worth,
PHILADELrIIIA, Pa, July 25.-At 80
this morning the thermometer in the
United States aignal Office registered 81.
Just before noon ,io,ert thunder storm
broke over the city, and in fifteen min.
ntes the ;;nercury had been driYep. haGk
storm was not above forty minutes. nut
in that time it did nearly 5000, ,00o
SHrth Of darnaga. \ wide swath
of demolished and fUttieos honses
marked the path of the storm n the
northern section. There the rain and
lightning were accompanied by "A fierce
wind which created great havoc. At
Twenty ninth ana York streets a row of
TWENTY-FIVE three-story hotisCs l. the
course of construction were leyeled to
the ground 4 storm advanced east
ward over the city, leaving trail OF un-
rooted houses in It's wake until 1t struck
the great misunderstanding districts OF
X kensington and Richmond. Here the
tall mill buildings furnished good
I,;ark ana score Of them were Stripped
IF their roofa. This tOOf OF the North
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad station ut Anieii-
can and BerkS streets, was blown OF
and with it vent over 100 wires of the
Philadel phia < Reading Telegraph Com
pany and the Western Mon. The
state service of the two companies was
badly crippled. At the time the storm
broke the l20 men employed on 1t
were eating their dinner. The fright
ened men had barely time to escape
Wien With a crash the whole mass OF
brick and wood that formeI the hnisd--
ing fell in. With the exception of 81 :;
who were somewhat cut and bruised
10y flying bricks all escaped. The cars
beneath which they took refuge were
| reduced almost to klndling wood.
| There were seventy cars in the build
| ing being repaired, and the loss upon
them and the structure itself Is esu-
| mated at $4,000. Nearly fifty dwell
ing-houses in the two districts were un'
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-07-30
WAR ON PlNkERTON MEN.
Appeal to Gov. Flower to Abolish sp c'A'
Detect We service.

New YORK, July Pa crusade
against Pinkerton men, the Initiative IN
which has been taken by the nemhers
of the New York Waters Union, has
lust been started in this city. The wait
ers claim that Pinkerton men are en-
resorts. notably at Manhattan Beach
and Glen Island; that it is clear
violation of the antiPlnkerton law
recently passed by the legislature OF
this state, and that, therefore, 1t be-
hoOves ali organized worklEgmen to
insist upon a rigid enforcement OF TINS
law. As a remedy Tor thiss. state OF
things, an appea! 70 Gov. tio"cr to
enfo:ca the anu P.nkeTtGn "a" and 9
con,sten. boyGntt o' all sumner resorts
Al which pinkeytaa men ars employed,
ara arsnaaea, ---
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u,cycie Record Broken.

LoSpos, July 25.-The twenty-four
b;cvcling contest opened at sos last
night. At the concluslon OF the four"
tespth hour Of the c0utostt ". +. ehor
bad ridden PAS miles and 100 yard
beasias the record by ! aou1'
H,sgtsa,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-07-30
How Protection Has Built Up the Glass
InluAtrN

On November Is, 1873, the Iron Age
quoted French window glass, size l0Nl4,
known rs the "B" grade, at $. 10 box.
Now mark the facts: Since then pro-
tectiop tariff has built up scores of
factories in Anefita, giving e1tlplot--
ment tC thousands of men. and Ameri-
can push and energy has SO cheapened
the process of making that the same
grade of glass can be bought to-day al
s. y box, less than half Query: If
it can be made SO cheap, what is the use
of continuing the protection? 1t is
right here. Other countries, following
America, have alsu theapsned tiIhir
process of making, and having cheaper
labor to work on they can undersell the
Americans by the difference in Ameri-
can and foreign wages. Remove the
tariff and our labor will have to be re-
duced to their level or they will come
in here and, by undersellins. close eur
factories, gain control of markets, and,
as in the past, again raise prices. Is it
not better to continue the protection
and insure employment at advanced
consumes and makes Il market for the
beef, pork and flour of the American
farmer"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-07-30
sentence eff sixteen Anarchists.

BRUSSELS, July 2t.-Ihe trial OF the
sixteeu Anarchists at Liege was con-
cln1ed to-day in a verdict of guilty on
oil tbn counts of indictment. Molneati'
the head Of the conspiracy, was sen
fenced to twenty-five years penai sefVl-
tude. Wolff and Beaujean, two ni me
leaders. to twenty wears each; four "th-
ers to fifteen wears each, and two 10 teh
and three wears RESPECTIVELY
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-07-30

Mr.. V. Powderlv, who stands at
tho head OF the knights Of Labor IN
this country, has written an article for
the Journal of the Knights OF Labor on
the Homestead matter. The state
ments ne makes should be read by ey-
erv workman in the United States. lie
| says:
Partisan papers are endeayofIns To mSh5
pollricaI capital out Of the terll0it scenes
which took place AZ Homestead Iht other
| 3ay. The Democratic papers Are fehemen'
| in their derunciasioa Ut me hsplniiif,a.. i., !.
| pafty for ensetiHs 4 tafi1 Jaw aas'es ""s''
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-07-30

peBtarrutEc ifttdHJr,
we ,irnuuuc, tlns Nc
KirIev tatit law en-
acted 10y the Fifty frs
Congress. rs the cUl
millating atrocity o
class legislation ans
we promise its rePea
as one OF the heniticen
results that VIII follow
the action of the peo
pie in int7listiag pow
or to the Democratic
party.
Since the Mckinley
tarlff went into opera
tion there have beel
ten reductions of tn
wages of laboring r1,el
10 one increase. w
DENY that there ha
been any increase o
prosperity to the Couu
Try since that ta-If
went into operation.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-07-30
An Illustration of Falling Prices.

Careful investigation shows that
nearly all articles commonly sold IN a
hardware store are cheaper to-day than
they were before the passage OF the Nc
kInlev bill. The subioined table shows
this. for it gives the retail price before
the passage of the Mckinley bill IN
1890 and the retail prices in 1892, year
and more after the passage of the bill:
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'thment Gets Judgment.

Iulv -. The case OF
s'ts against the Home Ma
z. tins city, for alleged
..t1. atF the government by
.t2rta-es of eX-Postmas
5.4 hFtaaf, has been disposed
lam after over twelve
a''.a The case has been
- ne and the government
s,Pendei thousands OF
'.Se itIoa. Judge Crash
ls tie soVE-nq.ent
sun Of Sri. Tha
'i-ss ra fl!lai into t0a sub.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-07-30
TARIFF PICTURES.

The works illustrated above in Boss
Gold f'lled ease could be bought two
years ago for s32. They can De uought
today and the retailer will make just as
much profit as before, for SIS. The
Mckinley bill doesn't seem to send up
the price of watches
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-07-30
'1l PERMIT NO RACING.
i9,i'" Declare War on til
'aritelI Park Track.

'artttit Park Track
i. lily ~. There VIII be
Y ~ ~ Haos making at Garfield
- ..sta tire police eau prevent
H.. ~. atei Ct Police Met Claughrey,
Question. lie immediately
statement. however, by
soH.rsc, if they get out an
restraining the city from in
a..a taela the police will
rT tue law ("
akltis likely. Major. that,
aaen Horton's 5 decision, that
1ise will grant an injunc-
ar. taat lard 10 say. They OBJ
tr, ~ INJUNCTION from Judge Bur
.2 IVES somewhere down in
.4r. There may be some
-.r s..s sort on foot now. can
1.. z.r Lat the men who are at the
IL. =" arheld Park track will
sas.s t1ahee OF riding in patrol
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-07-30
How Free Traders Differ.

The Democratic platform speaks for
free trade and declares that the tariff
law has reduced wages. Edward At
kinson, free trader and one of the
best wrlters on economies III this coun~
try, has expressed an opinion on The
wage question since the ne~ tariff law
| went into effect
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-07-30
Leaves the Army for the Pulpit.

BEAVER DAN, Wis, July 23.-Capt.
Johnson of this city, has resigned az
chspigiI OF the see0Qd Regime nt. He
viii lesvs for Camp Douglas tomorrow,
where he accepts q position asA Prsshys
.sf.sa n.aisteT,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-07-30
The Cautata Prize.

CLEVELAND, O.. July 25.-The music
committee of the North American Sen
eerbund, Prof. XaVieF SchwsrHenka. OF
Neg YORK, Arthur Chassen, Of h:ook-
lyn, and Emil Ring. Of Cleveland. Rss
igst awarded the psise Of sl0,Hn "a
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-07-30
Arors tnan twice as large as

ours.
Dn we need further proof of prosper
itv in the United States? Ii we are
ahla Ia heat the world in reducing ouI
national Indebtedness, and, at the same
time. outrun all other nations IN pros
narity and growth, surely the time Is
coming when the calamity howiers VIII
need some other occupation.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-07-30
=. A4t{uSon in VI !,

=. E7fiuSoB in " }
7 grL sly.
There never has been
n period III the history
OF this or any other
{ country W hen the gen,
eral rate of wages was
rs high as it is now, uI
I the prices of goods re-
latively to the wages as
low as they are to- day
nor a period when thu
. workman. in the STRIFE
sense of the word, ha'
so fully secured 10 his
own use aud enioymen
/ such Il steadily anC
, progressively inCreas
/ ing proportion OF !
constantly increasing
product.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-07-30
SAT AY.JI~I IN 80 1S!2

ha,gitig bank of earth and slate col
iapaed, alh ter Iier were buried be-
meath the debris. Hlre IF therr are
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-07-30

Judgment Of ninets-tive Democrats. the
how be concealed, because it would he
condemned by the people. But 127
Democrats refused, even for the sake of
party, to resist the fanaticism in their
districts or to curb the prejudices in
their own minds, and, SO persisted in
their attempt to debasac the Currency
Foes that ta,t feBot. Il end! tha 1Seno-
cratic party to public confidence Nee
York TrjIq1,p
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-07-30

This Neuereit." = festival cahtata. to
bh rendered 1T The 81 nger!est hef6 nest
year. The composer is Heinrich Zoil-
ner, of New York, conductor OF the
Liederkranz OF that city.
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protection was afforded to manufacturers

protection was afforded TO manufacturers
There is no love toi wnrkinen i'll the hart
at these editors: q desire TO serve party
Interests slehe 35friatcs them. Let us re
Eiao the situation IN brief. Tariff laws
could not be passed without discussion.
and IN all of the debates which ever took
place III Congress over the Mills and Nc
kinley bills | cannot find that single
amendment was oiSered by d Democrat to
give the ~nrhlfeh d certain portion, If
bin, qpa the NJ Kinney bill differ
TsTE little III the duty on steel rails,
plates. etc. One was a Democratic bill the
other. 4 Republican. The Mckinley bill
reduced the duty on the articles manutact-
urcd at homestead, and Democratic pa
NOS in asserting that the trouble at that
point is due to the Mckinley bill are but
condemninG the very thing that they them
selves advocate. and on which they base
their claim to paWpt--8 redn"Hinh If thh
tariff Iht i'inLeft0uS existed before the
Mis- bill was introduced in Congress, and
that institution continues to flourish now
that the Mckinley bill is in force. Wheth-
er the tariff went up or down, disputes be
tween employer and employed would con
tinue. " Norkingrlen are not the fools that
politicians believe them to be. for we not
feel that the coming of the millennium de.
pends upon the way Congress legislatss m
the tariff.
~ OF D.mOcratS who are so eager TO
make political capital out OF this difficulty
VIII lend me their ears l VIII whisper to
them that Representative Watson, of
Georgia. has had measure before Con-
greSs tor the last four or five months
when almS At the abolition If the PiDRer-
ton as a tacter IN tFt iiidiirtrial lite OF the
ln'tr1 States. The Democratic party has
il sN eeping majority in Congress; it has a
f6Sns fSnIs knn dn previous occasions. Sion faVe pfG
Scntcd evidence enough to Congress to
prove that the Pinkerton is an enemy to
American liberty. That Democratic Wa-
| iority has knowledge of the "x'stes.cc oi
| Watson hill sin1 It has up to the present
| iinc dtlIitd and dallied with 1T and has no
! idea of passing it. I'VE have petitioned
| tor redress. have enGeayOrcd to get The
| ear of Congress, but 'our repeated peil
| tions have been answered only hy 'rprtt
| ed injury" and citii taI at Homestead.
| Democratic editors who now rave about
/ the Plnkcrt0nS and condemn the Repub
| Hcan party for their actions at Homestead
| would lend an air of sincerity to then
writings if they would but demand OF The
majority. held by their own party III Con
| grcss, to pass the laN which w Ill wipe tht
| PinkertonS from the soil of America.
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A Prominent New York Democrat Makes
q Prediction.

The Hon. Clinton Beckwlth, OF Her
kimer. member of the New York State
Democratic Committee, who WAS like
wise a delegate to the Chicago conven-
ton, makes this prediction:
do not believe Mr.. Cleveland can carry
this state. ana base my belief upon the
fact that in 1855, without any opposition
from within the party. with 4 unanimous
nomination. supported heartily and en-
Enthusiastically by the party. with united
and thorough OF o1ganlZatl0n. thoroughly
equipped with all the elements ot success,
IN possession of both state and national
government. and opposed by weak
candidate. we were badly beaten. Mr..
Cleveland has not gained any strength
in this district: on the contrary, he Is
VT aker The people who always want 10
be on the winning side are now against
him. and there Is an element In the party
that opposed him then that Will do SO now.
| refer to the soldiers and Democratic
manufacturers. 1t was the loss OF this vote
that beat us IN 1855. Ii is against us yet.
! There is another element that was angered
by the retention in office and appointment
OF Republicans 10 places when Democrats
desired them. How many VIII refuse IL
support Mr. Cleveland on this account is
que sswork. but there are good many
/ other than the classes mentioned the party
and organization would support Mt. CleEe
/ land zealousIv. but now we could not VIII
! with him. and We could not do as well a'
i we did IN lSSS.
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SOME CAMPAIGN ISSUES.
WORkMEN ASK FORATiN PLATE
TARIFF.

free Traders pihes-IbWderly Tells Some
'"P"r'set ffuths-The Party of FideI
rs and Couragc-Frotection and tho
Glass Industry.
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some Proof of Our National Prosperity
In 1850 the national debt of the
United states waS...-....- -.--.eS> % per cifita
The average for all foreign
countries Was ..-................'- a. =
Less than ours ...-..----..s.'e -
In Isap our debt only ell "a per Calita
That of the rest OF the world