The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-07-02
NEWS PARAGRAPHS.

Thomas BATES, who murdered his wife
i'll Bedford County, Tenn, was taken
from jail at Shelbvville and lynched
Within fifty feet of the prison. Two
hundred men dragged him from his
cell. Mrs. Bates was found in her gar
den with her throat cut. Her husband
was arrested and there was such strong
proof of his guilt that the people CON
cludcd to lynch him.
A CoLoREn character about town
named Brooks front rushed into a res
taurant at Rock Island. H., where his
vi was eating supper with man, and
shot her twice. Escaping through the
back way, he hurried to the steps of the
y. Nj. t. 4. building. where he ended
his own existence. The woman will re-
cover.
Or. ARTHUR B. ROSE. president of the
South Carolina Agricultural Society, and
president of the Phosphate Miners En-
change, of Charleston, :. c., sulcided
by shooting himself. No cause is as
signed for the deed.
PACI. LAVuI, a brakeman, was instant
ly killed i'll collision at Norway,
Mich. The yard crew were taking an
engine to the coal dock on the side
track for coal, the crew being ordered
to take a special to Iron Mountain.
When near the main track 1T cn.hded
with two freight cars. Lavoi was on
the footboard of the ward engine, and
the bumpers caught HIM, cutting him
III two.
ENoLlND has obtained from Spain the
minimum tariff ON British goods I'M
ported INTO Spain and her colonies with
out granting any concessions IN return.
Ir is reported at Berlin that the
Queen of Spain has signed a decree
granting minimum tariffs To Germany.
\ NoLLE has been entered at Chicago
III the last case against George |. Gib-
son, eX-sccretary of the W hSkv Trust.
The charge was attempting To blow up
with dynamite the Schu'eidt distlllcry,
and the cause of the nolle was lack Of
sufficient evidence to convict.
Two prominent business men Of Bos-
| ton, Frederlck f.. Small, president OF
| the Boylston Riverside Land and I'M
| proveinent Company, and John \. Al
len, New England agent of the World 5
der arrest on charge of forgery. They
are accused of selling forged certlti-
Gates of membership in endowment
and other fratcrnal orders. The amount
involved is not known.
A LoNG-STNNUINt fcud, having its orr
gin in local politics, between the Welch
| and McManus families, IN san Francis
co, eliminated in that city on the 2otil
| in an encounter in which Jack Welch
shot and seriously wounded Cornelius
McManus and was himself fatally stab
bed i'll the abdomen by his victim. he
two men were rival hotel keepers.
TIE boiler of tine Consumers Ice
Companv's works, on Magazine Street,
| New Orleans, exploded, wreCking the
engine house and ad dioning buildings.
| Two negroes who were passing at the
moment were killed. The damage TO
| property was $4,000.
| TIE First National Bank nj Erie, kas.
| has been closed bv the | nlted States
national bank examiner. The failure OF
| one of the heavy stockholders Is alleged
as the cause The heaviest loser is the
| county OF Neosho, which had on de.
| post between c20.0l0 and so 900.
ARTHUR J. IEo, Il New York eIectri-
| clan, died of nervous apopleXy, brought
| OH by testing currents by applying the
wires to his tongue.
| W. :. CrLEERSoN, q millionaire of New
| Albany, Ind. died at Louisville, Ky,
| from the effects of grippe contracted
last winter. liz was IS years Old.
TIE !. Wilson Sons Co.., wholesale
| dealers in saddIerv hardware at Cincin-
netl, have assigned. Liabilities and as
sets about $4,000.
AN Old gentleman named Baker, liv-
| ing near Paw Paw, Mich, while hiving
a swarm of bees in some manner
reused their ire, and was so badly
stung by them that he died in a few
minutes.
! HERR FRANzIrs, Berlin distlller, and
! his bookkeeper, named Bauer, have
been arrested on a charge of defraudin ne
the Imperial German Bank ont OF -, U0l
marks by means of forged bills of ex-
change.
AT Joplin, Mo, Elijah Lord. a rich
mine owner and bank director, commit
ted suicide. He placed a giant cartridge
to his head, lighted the fuse and blew
the top of his head off. Temporary IN
sanity is alleged as the cause.
| HENRY NoRDBER,;, real estate dealer
at Portland, Ore, shot his sweethear
dead and then took the same medicine
himself. lnsan. Temp.
THE North Dakota Peoples party con
yention has chosen William Lardner, o
| Deadwood, and James +. Kelly, o
| Flandea, for congressman, and ). r.
| klnSer, OF Meade; II. W. SHitN, Y
Minnehaha: J. -. ~nvdam, Of Wal
worth, and W. {. Waldron, of Clark, tol
presidential electors; governor, A. l..
Van Osdel, of Yankton; lieutenant
governor, Col. NJ NJ. Price. Of Sanborn
auditor. G. W. Evarts, of Sully; secre
tary of state, S. G. Morgan, of Duell
treasurer, p. g. Paterson, of Brookings
attorney general, ". II. Court, o
Brule superintendent of public instruc
ton, Mrs. K. E. Haskell, of Spink; com
| missioner on labor and statistics, Ott'
Anderson, of Pennington.
TIE Commercial Hotel A. Sanger, Cal.
was destroyed bv fire. Six persons arr
SAID to have perlshed in the flames.
Mss MAGGIE ADCoCE, a beautiful
| young woman of Is, was instantly killed
by lightning at her summer home a
! Kingston Springs, Tenn. The light