The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1896-01-11
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Robert Montague. alias Watt Jones.
alias StctSon. alias ComStock. one OF the
most expert bank thieves known. Is I'M
der arrest ut New York. Montague has
Il long and interesting record and has
served time in several prisons. Ills most
daring piece of work was done Ill Den
yer. Col. III 1890. when he got $1,000.
The British steamship MasSasoit,
which arrived ut New ork from Swan
sea. reported that vessel in distress
was sighted. -Four men were seen On
her deck, which had evidently hceA
wave swept. Owing to the storm the
MaSSaSoit was unable t. send ASSIST
aucc During the night the vessel dis
appeared Her name was apparently
the Eagle of Chester.
CASPER T. Wagner, the st. Joseph
tNfoD priest who abducted Maud Stcidl
a few months ago and aftcrward mar
ricd h"r to escape punishment, Will issue
his book. Both Sides of the Latest and
Greatest Sensation i'll st. Joseph. III
about two weeks. The book Will tell
all about the priests intatuation for the
15-ycar-ola girl for whom he aftcrWard
left the priesthood.
Sir Julian Paunccfotc. the British
ambassador. and Lord Cough. first see
rotary Of the legation, had Il conference"
with Postmaster General WILSON, 1t
which the establishment of parcels
post convention between the tnItcd
States and Great Britain was urged.
The ambassador was assured by Nj.
Wilson that the matter would tee CON
sidcrcd as soon as possible.
The investigation of the alleged beef
combine at Chicago has come to Il stand
still. KcnneSaw NJ. Lands, the special
attorney assisting District Attorney Cen
rral Black I"ing called to Washington
10y the state department. AS Mr.. Lands
was the private secretary To Secretary
Gresham. ii is supposed his summons L"
Washington is to confer with Secretary
Olncy on matters, affecting state qu"N-
tions that passed through the dead sccrc-
tary's hands.
Public school building No. Q. at In
diauapoliS caught fire an hour before
noon from m Ovrr-hcatcd furnace pipe
under the floor. The principal notified
the teachers in the several rooms to am
s,ycr the bell for drill. and as the bell
tapped the children fell into line and
were marched out of the building in per
feet order. The fire department cXtin-
! guiShcd the blaze with little loss. John
| Robinson. captain at headquarters. was
| badly injured while going to the fire, the
| engine striking the curb and oyerturn-
! ing.
| The Burlington. Cedar Rapids &
| Northern road has agreed not to trans
, port unlawful beverages i'll Washington
! county. la. Unlawful beverages means
! plain beer.
! United States Senator f. O. VOL
| colt of Colorado and Mrs. Wolcott were
! passengers on board the steamship La
| Gascogne which arrived in New York
| from 1aYrc.
| The sixty suits against the Rocky
+ Mountain Coal company on account of
! the killiD of sixty men at Red Canyon,
/ Wyo., were compromised 10y the com
Eany agreeing to pay in each case $1,000.
/ Nearly 1000 chests of tea of the
/ cargo of the big freight steamer Afrida
were damaged on the voyage from loko-
/ hama TO San Francisco. She had OH
/ board over 10000 chests of tea, most of
! which is consigned TO Eastern houses.
broken FROM their lashings and the steve
/ dores have to work kncc-deep i'll loose
! tea. The damage has not yet been accu-
| rately estimated. bur it will amount TO
! thousands of dollars.
! w. Lewis Frazer. head of the art
! department of the Century Magazine,
! New York, is il Il precaliouS condition
! as result of an assault made upon
! him by footpads rs he was going to his
apartments from the Players club. He
was beaten into insensihility and after
| wards taken to police station.
The British steamer Ardle arrived at
! New York from Uaytian ports with her
/ colors at halfmast III memory of her
| late commander, Capt. Bachelor, who
was washed overheard and lost at sen
! during Il hurricane. The accident oc-
! CURED while the captain and three of
| the crew We're cndCayOring to secure the
! deck load of the steamer.
The Wayne (Mich.) circuit court
rendered unanimously an important de-
/ ciSion in suit against tho Ben TcIv-
! phone company. i he court held that the
/ company had no right to compel sub
/ SCrihcrS TO sign its contract; also that thr
/ courts may upon application of sub
! scrihCrS determine as To what rcaSonahI"
! rates for telephones are. The case will
/ lie appealed.
A meeting of the shareholders Of the
/ BanQuc de Peuplc, Montreal, to receive
! the report Of the committee appointed
! to investigate the affairs of IL" bank.
! was very stormy. The report revealed
( Il state OF affairs even worse than had
! been anticipated. The entire capital
stock Of the bank, S1.2O0,00O, has been
! wiped out. The statement presented
! shows as follows: Liabilities. S3.GS1,-
! 1850; assets (apparenU, $3,299, 3OO.37;
/ deficit. S3SS, 1888.
! There is great excitement at Duluth
/ over 4 paying gold mine that is in full
! operation almost inside the city limits.
/ Ever since last September a large force
! Of men has been digging tor gold on a
! claim located on the county road a few
/ miles from the heart of the city. 1t Is
| known that large quantities of the yel
| low metal have hecn taken from III"
mine. but the owners have preserved tn"
! utmost secrecy regarding il.
George Lyon. purchasing agent for
/ =. ID. Armour in Nebraska. says Mr..
| Armour is buying corn in that state and
| in Iowa and storing it to wait for a bet
| ter price rs Il speculation. Mr. Lyon
| corn as he can Of that which is shipped
to Lincoln and forwarding it 10 Chicago.
! where it is stored i'll one Of Armour :
elevators.
Operators in the Ohio oil field have
lost thousands of dollars worth of on
ginc brass and other we'll equipment at
the hands of thieves, who have been
! bringing their Diundcr to Lima and dis
posing of it. Plumber was being hauled
there by Frank Crawford and William
Padding. when the sled broke down.
They stole another from n farmer. The
Lima police found them as they were
disposing of their stuff.
An important order for the cxpcdi-
ton of the mails across the Mexican
border has been issued by Assistant
Postmaster-General Nelson, providing
for the first exchange of the mails of
railway postofficps of the United States
and Mexico. This does away with the
stopping of the mails at the postoffices
of both countries along the line and eff
| fccts Il saving of twcnty-four hours and
more in some instances. The mail al
lowed to pass without interference is re-
strictcd to unregistered letters, postal
cards and periodical publications.
Two baby boys We're burned to death
. at Palmyra, O.. and the mother lost her
reason In consequence.
-Ioseph Mcndonsa. aged 20. was
drowned in 4 lake in Reservoir park.
/ Springfield, III. while endeavoring to
rescue companion who went through
the ice while skating
Two policemen mistook Waterman
Le&yitt. in the building at 10 Blrpckcr
/ street, New York, for burglar. and he
in turn, thinking that they were thieves.
/ jumped from third-Story window to cS-
cape them and broke both legs.
FREDERICK Written shot and instant
. ly killed Harry Bloomington at Sioux
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