The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-11-02
GENERAL NEWS.
Mayor Harrison's successor is a repub-

Mayor Harrisons successor is repub-
lican.
Football is the only athletic sport
which is receiving attention those days.
Well. the fight between Mitchell and
Corbett is off. The real fact of the mat
ter is 1t was never on.
Crankg are coming to the surface. One
of them named Andrews presented him
self before Edwin Gould and demanded
$1,000, threatening to shoot him if he
failed to comply. He was arrested be-
fore he could carry out his threat.
4 Montana negro, @. P. Grove, ls said
to be the wealthiest colored man in the
world. He estimates his wealth at 81 ,0OO,-
600. He is a mine owner and only 81
years of age. He was born in Quincy,
ILL.,, and went west when quite young.
He WAS married recently in lexington
Ky.
The work Of laying tracks on the
Worlds Fair grounds for the removal OF
exhibits was begun on Tuesday morning.
By the close of the week the Fair grounds
will be a wreck, as exhibitors will be busy
ID getting their goods away. The fair Is
over in every particular and it is right it
should be.
The marriage of Actor Coghlan to a
granddaughter of Ex-Gov. Beveridge OF
Illinois is causing quite rumpus, as 1t
was generally supposed that Coghlan
was married. He always had a woman
with him who passed as his wife and a
young lady Of q who passed as his
daughter. The whereabouts Of the
couple are unknown. Gov. Beveridge
says he Will have Coghlan prosecuted
for blgamy.
Cranks are becoming more and more
active. One Of them lately walked into
the Office of Supt. Byrnes of New York
and made demand for $4,000. He soon
found himself in an iron cell. Another
called on Sergeant Pagan and made a
demand for $4,000. He kept fumbling
something in his oyercoat pocket which
the sergeant feared was revolver. He
also was lodged in jail, though not until
after a desperate fight.
Prendergast has an 1mitator in New
York. A fellow named Bradley shot dowr
a man named Matthews on Monday. Mat
thews was contractor and had in nc
way injured the crank who shot him
| When Bradley had fired two bullets into
| Matthews abdomen, he sought refuge II
| basement and 1t took a long time tC
capture HIM as he was armed and was en-
sconced behind a pile of stone. He Tough
like a devil when captured and the Pc
lice had to club him numerically.
Three men made an attempt to rob {
bank at London, n. d., on Monday
| They covered the cashier with their re-
volvers and one of them grabbed TO
some money which was on the counter
Two men entered the bank and the rob
bers made for the door after firing a few
shots which failed to take effect. Th,
cashier opened fire on the robbers and On,
of them was killed. Before dying he sait
the three were farm hands out of work
His name was Chris Hanson.
/ Mayor HARRISON was shot and killed
on Saturday evening last by man named
Patrick Equine Prendergast. The murder
er rang the door bell and requested OF til,
servant who answered the bell, an inter
view with Mayor Harrison. She told hin
he would have to wait q while as thu
mayor was asleep. When the mayor ap
peared, Prendergast drew a revolver ant
shot, him through the abdomen, a seconC
shot took effect near the heart and {
third shattered the right arm. He dice
a short while after. Harrison's coach
man, attracted by the firing, came into the
| house and realizing the situation opened
fire on the murderer but failed to hat him
He was at once pursued but reached {
police station before he was overtaken by
his pursuers and surrendered himself,
He is a paper carrier and says he shot
the mayor because he promised to make
him, PrendergasD corporation counsel
and failed to do SO. Prendergast is "a
years old and came to this country from
Ireland when five years of age. He is
one OF these hair Drained fellows who
with little learning have theories oil
government whose introduction would
bring about the millennium in their
opinion.
The excitement in the city was quite
intense and if the murderer could be cap.
tured by the crowds, he certainly would
be lynched. He evidently enjoyed the
notoriety he had challenged and was very
anxious to see the newspaper accounts OF
the affair. He claims he did his duty
and that the people will be with him in
time and that he will go unpumshed.
He is a dangerous crank.
NOTES FROM MISHICOTT.