The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-12-18

circuit court in the northern part of
South Carolina.
Miss Ncttie Cromwell died n Iowa
Falls. Ia. Her death was caused by the
excessive Use Of headache cure tablets
which acted as slow poison.
BY the death of bachelor brother.
Col. II. W. IL. Iuhbitt of Terry. Mass.
the families Of Marion Trabuc and VI.
Simpson of kokomo and Louisa Iandon
of Anna. H.. became heirs to 5000 ebn.
His will provides that the estate he held
IN trust for fifty wears. the interest go
ing to educate all the children of school
age during the fifty years period.
At Philadelphia. Pa. Anna Niggl,
young married woman, last night mur-
drrcd her two younger children with IL
I Eliminating gas and at the some time at
tempted suicide 10y the same means.
Cen. Nelson &. Williams died at his
home III Brooklyn. He was Il cISsmatc
of /. :. Grant at West Point. At the
battle of Shiloh he had a horse shot un-
der him and the explosion Of 4 shell rem
drrcd him totally deaf. For thirty years
n" had been in charg" of the public
stores i'll New Work city.
Mrs Matilda ncIilah Shields.
rrand-daughtcr cf Richari IIv,ry Poto-
max. an Indian chief. died at Washing
ton, II. G.. aged l13 years She leaves
one son ami tW" daughters. thirty grand
children and thirty-hvc great gIaudchil-
drrn. Mrs. Shields had lived in that lo-
caity nearly all her lifr.
The Mcacham Arms company of 81.
Louis. one of the largest sporting goods
c0uce-:s in the West. ,vlpitaliZpd ut
>3ooooo, with L. y Beach as prc<i-
dent, Edward Weber secretary. and Mrs.
+. {. Mcacham, widow of the late
founder of the firm. has been sold out
to the Simmons Hardware company.
-Supt. Krctz Of the Philadelphia mint
has notified torty-two employees that their
services will not be required after De
cemhcr II. The men dismissed were en-
Pioyed III tn" coming, refining and melt
lng departments. The di>miSSa,s were
-Rev Francis A. Smith was instantly
Killed at Boston while riding Il hicyclc
III front of the city hospital Father
Smith was Jesuit priest and went To-
Boston from Furdham. y. Y. last week
with two associates 10 conduct mis-
sion in ST. Peters ,hurch He was re-
turning from long ride when he WAS
struck 10y heavy coal wagon and run
over.
Charles IanoH. alias Charles Braun.
alias Charles Suhmcr. is under arrest at
New York police headquarters ACCUSED ol
having swiudlcd the METROPOLITAN luSur-
ancc company out Of $500 ON policy is
sued by that company I" Willie Schmidt.
who died on July IL, 1896.
the result of Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury Nand"rlipS recent INVESTIGATION
here and the desire of the treasury de-
partment tn save about Si0.OuN annually
i'll the expenses of the PHILADELPHIA mint.
joe Reid. 4 prominent lawyer Of
Tangipoh0a. Fla. and widely kuuNn as
a figure in the feudS in the Florida par
lShcS. was aSSaSSinated last night He
was shot on the stairway of the court
house at Franklin town.
Representative Beldcn of New York.
one of the veteran members of the
House, was seriously injured by falling
down the marble stairs leading from rhr.
floor of the House To the basement of ;ha
capitol.
Mrs. j. \. wilkins. - years old.
committed suicide III the Oriental hotel
1T New York city. she was dcSpoudcut
because of the inability of her husband
to secure work. The latter attempted to
commit SUjcid" when he learned of his
Wifc'S death. but was unsuccessful
The committee of the Chamber of
Deputies. finding that the governments
project to simply register the marriage
of foreigners is unacceptable, viii sub
Stirutc other and broader principles for IT,
-Scrgt. John Coghlan of Co. 4. FIRST
regiment. United States infantry. shot
himself through the head in his quarters
ut the Preside in California in the pres
cncc of his captain. l.. +. Braut. Coguiau
died instantly. lie had been drinking
heavily, though until recently he was a
model soldier