The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1893-12-28
GENERAL NEWS.

A Chicago business man was lately at
tackled by two hIghwaymen. He drew
his revolver and shot both, fatally wound
ing one.
GeCge Patterson, lumber iobber, was
shot and killed in a saloon at Bagley,
Mich, by man named Mckinney with
whom be was quarre'ing.
Charley Mitchell will give 5000 to the
poor of the United States if he should
win in his fight with Corbett. He ID
quite safe in making the offer,
Mitchell the prize fighter, has left for
the south to go into training. He will
exhaust every means during the next few
weeks to have himself arrested.
All the logging camps along the Me-
nominee river are busy. 1t is estimated
that there are 5000 men at work in the
several camps on the Menominee.
The Walter A. Wood Co. recently gave
mortgage of S2,OOO,OOO on all its prop
erty. With the previous mortgages the
Indebtedness of the company is now S.
100000.
TIE thieving policemen OF Ironwood,
Mich i, were fined $50 each. The fact that
they had stolen from the stores sent for
the relief OF the poor aggravated their
offense.
hn ri OF
resumed operations this week and thus
gave employment to $50 laborers who
have been out of work for more than four
months.
The Wisconsin State building at the
Worlds Fair cost $4,000 and was sold
for 1850. The cost of the building was
as excessive as the purchase price was in
sufficient.
The Sante Fe Railway system after a
noble struggle, has been forced to sue
cumb and has passed into the hands of
receivers. The bonded Indebtedness is
1922 100000.
A fire in convent in Providence,
Rhode Island. on Wednesday evening
destroyed S250.000 worth of property.
1t is thought that several lives were
also lost.
George Gould has filed his answer
to the complaint of Mrs. leila Nicalaus,
who demands the payment to her of
$4,000. The answer is a general de-
NAL
The New England Railroad has
passed into the hands of receiver.
Elk Senator Plat of New York who
was one of the directors has been ap
pointed receiver
There was report in circulation last
week tina: Rio had been captured by the
rebel feet. This turns out to be untrue.
The insurgents seem to be having the
best of the contest in Brazil, however.
Gibson the man who swindled the
BlackiRivers Falls miller out OF his proper
He swnd f MWanEasse fm o Sftm 81
$4,000 last year, for which he was ar
rested but not prosecuted.
A Young man walked into the Burling-
ton depot at St. Joseph, Mo-, on Tuesday,
cody destroyed some papers which he
had IN his pocket and then drank the
contents of a small vial he carried, and
was dead in few minutes.
Gov. Mitchell says he will stop the Cor
bect-Mitchell fight which is to take
place IN jacksonville about the middle of
next January. 1t is said the statutes
give him no power to do so aud so prepa-
rations for the fight are in progress.
Mrs. Foy will hang Coughlin, if the
laws allow severer punishment than
was melted to him on his first trial. Her
testimony is direct and unequivocaI and
ls by all odds the most sensational yet
adduced, 1t incrimlnates her husband.
A man named Clements proposed to
and was rejected by Miss Muehlbacb,
OF Cotopoxie, Colorado. The fellow be.
came violent and shot and killed the
young lady's father. He then attempted
TO kill the girl. He was captured but
made his escape.
A robber entered bank at Greenbridpe
Mo. on Saturday last. He covered the
cashier with revolver and demanded
that he shell out. The cashier made his
escape and gave the alarm. When the
robber got through ransacking the bank
he walked out cody with revolver in
hand through the crowd, mounted his
horse and rode away. He was captured
about two hours later.
A train robbery of a very systematic |
and thorough kind took place near Par
sons, Kansas, on Sunday last. Eight
men were engaged in the enterprise. The
train was tagged in the usual way and
the robbers proceeded with their work,
They first went through the mail train,
then the express and finally paid their
attention to the passengers. They were
evidently old hands at the business.
A young man named Rudy is now a
Joke ployed upon him. A stranger wa.
induced to personate sheriff and Rudy
raving maniac as the result of practical
was arrested for stealing horse. He
was SO badly frightened that he ran home.
distance of four miles and fell on the
doorstep unconscious. When he re-
covered he was Eighty and has grown
worse. He lmagines that band of In
tlans are chasing him.
The loss of 5000 said to have been
placed IN package by C. c. Condie Of
hapld River and sent by express to the
First National Bank of Escanaba. is nm.
iergoing investigation. The PACKAGE
vas delivered all right, but when opened