The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-04-04
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port of the Associated press.
-Four steamers arrived ct New York
having on board 34S4 immigrants. The
Massilia from Marseilles and Naples
brought 1883: the Patria. from Ham
burg SOL: La EretagnC. from Havre.
500 and the Bonn, from Bremen, G5o.
Lillian, better known as Indian
Lii" the common law wife of Frank Re
gan. was arrested with Regain NJ New
York They are wanted for rohbinG Sic
gel Cooper X Cos Chicago store Of
$4,000 worth Of SealskinS AMI other fUrS
during the holidays.
Hamilton Crusen, a wealthy farmer
near Oskaloosa, Ia. hanged himself in
the absence of his family after putting
hiding his pocketbook and cutting his
clothing, so as To leave suspicion OF ROBE
berry and murder. He was thought 10
have been demented on religion.
At Kansas City, Mo, Harry Hill,
aged %, hotel porter, shot and killed
his wife. aged p, and then committed
suicide. Hill had warned his wife
against keeping company with a certain
woman who he said was disreputablc
He met the two together and the crime
followed,
Warren 3. Sexton. general manager
of the dcfunct Sexton Security company
ut Kansas City, has departed He left
letter addressed 10 his brother, Edward
l.. Sexton, vice-prcsident OF the company
stating that he had lost several thousand
dollars of the company 5 funds III wheat
gambling.
The treasury department. has evi-
dpnCn tendin. tn show that the steamship
Commodore which recently cleared from
the port Of Charleston, :. C., with arms
and ammunition, did not lose her cargo
in storm at sea, as reported by her
! captain, but landed il on the coast Of
Cuba.
In a balf-rIad condition. Miss Ger
trudp Force, q pretty society belle Of
St Joseph, Mo, escaped from her room
and ran through the principal streets for
half an hour before she was captured.
/. She became dcmrnted over the death
of her parents, which occurred the same
day. She is i'll Il serious condition,
caused by exposure.
The Illinois Supreme court handed
/ down an opinion III the case OF Harding
against the people involving tn" legality
Of the law enacted il 1891 regarding
weighing coal at the mines and proyid-
Ing for a check weiEhman Tn" court
holds the statute unconstitutional as II
removes the right Of parties 10 con
tract and discriminateS between mines
The jury in the case OF Mrs. Todd.
on trial at New London, Mo, for muir
. dering her daughter. was unable L.
agree.
j. T, Dinwiddio, aged so, has been
arrested at Elgin. ILL., He is wanted in
rupagc county on q charge of crimina!
assault preferred ly Lydia Kent, aged
Is. The chiId's mother is III the insane
asylum and her father was njnwiddies
associate.
Coal miners in convention n Phia-
deiphla IA. representing tho central
and northern fields. decided to accept
! the advance Of > cents 4 ton offered by
operators.
The French Chamber of Deputies,
by a vote Of 2SG 10 30. has voted for
the government proposal OF the prin-
ciplr of an income tax, but has referred
. the details of the scheme TO 4 committee.
The Big Four express train which
+ passes Delaware, O., shortly after mid
night narrowly escaped being wrecked
a few miles out of town. Train wreck
ers heaped distractions on the track
near a curve and long iron rail was
placed in front Of the UreCking ma
tcrial.
1t has been learned that tho British
Chambers Of Commerce are bringing
strong pressure on the government for
some action to protect British interests
E in Madagascar. in view Of the decision
: of France to terminate existing treaties
made by Madagascar with other powers
without leave Of the powers concerned.
Arthur J. Goodwin. who has record
az Il defaulter and II higamist has been
arrested il New. York upon specific
: charge of dcfaultiuS on March j. 1895,
with $3.50, which be had collected for
the Continental Oil company Of Cripple
! Creek, whose agent he was.
Sir Donald \. Smith. Mr. Dicl>cy
and AR losiardirs mGmbsrs % tn the DO, DO,
appointed to confer with the Manitoba
government with q view 81 reaching
! settlement of tho existing Manitoba
school question: have arrived IT Wmui-
peg
The postponed race for the ogden
Goelct-James Gordon Bennett cup VAS
,Ie,.i,lrd ut Cannes Light ans prevailed
WAS blowing, with the AilSa second.
Both these yachts, however, were soon
bccalmnd and the Britannia driftcd
around the course and won.
The {. \. Nelson Lumber company
has sold all it's interests at Cloquet,
I Mimi. and in the adjoining county for
E. SIUUD,opb. the buyers being the Frcdcr
lex WeyerhauScr interests The sale
includes saw mill capacity Of 12J,O0u,-
I 600 feet annually. vast tracts OF timber
and iron lands and 81 railroad.
The two physicians appointed bg the
probate court to inquire into the sanity
of Miss Henrietta Sparrow, who is the sis
ter OF wealthy citizen of Lansing, Mich.
found. after nearly two months Of IN
coasing investigation. that Miss Sparrow
is afflicted with paranoja. and upon their
recommendation the court promptly adj
Judged her insane
4 majority of the newspapers in
Madrid print pessimstic comment upon
the Cuban discussion at Washington and
point to the fact that three senators upon
the joint committee have distinguished
themselves by showing i'll will for Spain
These newspapers claim that this is not
4 rraSsurinG symptom and urge the gov
eminent to prepare for every evcntuaity
At Macon, Ga, Warren CrisweIl con
fcssed to having removed the rail that
caused the wrecking of the two trains
on the Southern railroad. Three people
were killed. Criswell duplicates Tom
Shaw The detectives at work on the
case say they have positive proof that the
men entered into the plot 10 get rid of
their wives and at the same time collect
damages from the railroad company
At a masquerade ball at Muucie.
Ind. n Sneakthicf in the guiso Of n
woman entered the ladies Cioakroom and
stole over twenty-five pocketbooks. CON
tanning an aggregate sum of nearly 500
p. " Bi-cncy has been appointed
auditor of disbursements of The Erie
Railroad company, wee \. :. RUtt"r. 70
signed. M. Big0ury j. well known in
Cleveland and other Western points.
Tho schedule ct assets and iiabiii-
tics of Patrick II. Kelly. the prominent
politician who failed At 81 Paul recently
wcrc flied in court. Liabilities foot "
STuS. S31 and the assets arr about half.
The Midway Deposit bank at LeNioc
ton. Ky. one "t the best business inStl
buttons in Central Kentucky, j. in tr"Ub
Ir. ami VI. N ship cashier and W. {.
Stone. bcuE-hcrper, have been discharged
pending an Investigation 0t tn" troubles