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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-29
DON'T MISS
The Minnesota State
This Year.

From August. 3lst TO September 9th
LEADER am ng State Fairs IN this
country. The Management have add.
ed new Buildings and there will be
new attractions this year, among
them the Burning Of Rome" a grand
fireworks display
On the first day DAN PATCH. the
great PAGER, y i'll try to beat his record
The Live Stock, Agricultural Fruit
aud Machinery exhibits are alone
worth coming to see.
The rate via THE NORTHERN PA
CIFIC RAILWAY viii be, one tare
for the round TIP, plus 30 cents for
admission coupon 10 the Far, aud
don't forget hat their train service is
always THE BEST Examine TIA"
time card aud note the cOnvruicul ar
riying hours at the Twin Cities Sleep
ing cars on all night trains Use the
~ +. r - aud have plea-ar, ride
to start with. and be sure and make
your sleeping car reservations few
days in advance.
CHAs. 8. FEE,
G.. +. q IT A.
ST Paul
FRANK G. JACKSON,
Asst Genl Agt
81 fower Ave
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-29
MORNING LEADER SUSPENDS.
Superior's Only Morning Paper has been
Consolidated with the Clarion and
will appear Thrice-aWeek.

"To support a morning daily, and
support it right, every lawyer, every
doctor and every dentist would have
TO run their professional cards at fifty
cents week. Every meat store in
this town would have to run small
ad. at least once a week. Every
grocery store would have to do the
same, and every business interest in
the town would have to follow suit.
This applies only to those who have
not heretofore done any advertising
at all, and in addition TO that each
regular advertiser would have to in
crease his appropriation at least %
per cent"
The Leader has been consolidated
under the name of the Leader Clar-
ion and will be issued thrice-a- week
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-29
ONE OF THE BEST
Superior Militia Rapidly Forging to Head
of Wisconsin's 40 Companies,

that Company / has in the last two
wears Jumped from perilously near the
bottom of the list of the 40 companies
TO the ninth in point of excellence in
The state. proves that there must he
ii'ei'' " N''s ,''S" 49,
'i'i' ""' ''''' '''''''
According to the recent report OF
the United States army officer VINO
lately inspected the guards OF the dii-
ferent states, in point of ability, dis
cipline and IN TACT every lhiie '""'
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-29
MR.. BRAY RESIGNS
Former Manual Tratntng instructor
Leaves tor Scene oI New Duties.

George T., Bray, instructor in man
ual training in the Superior public
schools, has gone to an Illinois city,
where he will serve in the same ca
pacity IA in Superior.
Two weeks ago Mr.. Bray rendered
his resignation to the school board,
but that body refused To accept il,
claiming that the instructor had Vir-
tually agreed TO remain hele another
year. Mr. Bray denied the right of
the board TO hold him and ~ he had
received the Illinois Offer, with high
or salary, ho accepted and has gone
there.
II in said that year ago the school
board made an agreement with Mr.
Bray to pay him 500 more than he
received for the previous year and
500 more for this years work, This
would have made the agreement read
for two years. Mr.. Bray did not 80
consider the matter and maintained
that he had right to leave when he
saw fit.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-29

.ITCuE GUMME rklnF no. Improved
prdr, Of Red Men Meets evrry Wednvs-
AN evening ~ Ktd Mems Hall No. 29l v
MIN street. Visiting chiefs HiMayN We
come. J.. - u = ~, I..,.,rI
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-29

srpERIuE TENT No. - Meet, cyrfy, q, Ihnrs, .,,
ao, rrrnlrIg in Lodge ruom MnS'c HAN al
$40 r. III PETER NELSON Com nand T
IONS suEPAkD Record keere.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-29

NEMApU LOpGE No. "A meets eNGtE str...i tIrai
nErninp "Nuric iIan', cor. West t'h street
and he' ke' InIFEihnERT ". MENTION G. c
u. NJ GILL. X, of K, X =
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-29
Modern " ooumcn

ROSEWOOD CAMP No. i0l5, Modern Woo'met 81
America Meets every Tuesday IN MUST
hn,, builiing at : 2. M. Our camp ir
Is niways burning and neighh"rS from othe'
'"i"f' ""' ". +. AL RIGHT V {.
T. WEBB, CLERK.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-29

On Sunday only am authorized to
sell tickets to local points between
and Ashland al one fare for
the round trip Minimum charge Doe.
Tickets limited to date Of sac.
&. W. MckallOr,
Agen
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-29
SOCIETIES..
odd Fellow :.

independent order of odd ie''o"s'
>oRTuFE& LODGE SO. 239, Meets IN onu on
Fellows Hall every Monday evening AZ vol,
I'M Visiting brothers given 'or"'"'
'"'''e GEORGE DING ALL, \. g.
FRANK LEAMON, Secly
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-29

strength ana viRor come of good
food, duly digestod. Force" ready
to- serve wheat and barley food, adds
no burden but sustains, nourishes, in
vigorates y
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-29
GREA| NORTHERN R'Y.

Excellent Dining Service on day trains
All trains from Union Depot.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1903-08-29

FRANK G JACKSON,
a Asst Genl Agt
81 fower Ave
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18
CUBAN BILL
IS PROLIFIC
Of TROUBLE.
Other Nations Seek
to Profit by the
Treaty.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.-THE Presi-
dent this afternoon issued a proclama-
tion reciting the passage of the Cuban
reciprocity bill and declaring the Cuban
reciprocity treaty to be effective ten
days from to-day.
The bill was taken to the White
House by the chairman of the House
Committee on Enrolled Bills. With the
same gold pen with which the measure
had been signed by Speaker Cannon
and Senator Frye. president pro tenn
of the Senate. the President affixed his
signature to the bill. thus making it
law. The pen belongs to Minister
Quesada.
Now that the bill has become law
q question of great interest has arisen
namely. the effect of. thesreduction of
the duty on Cuban sugar upon i'm
portations of sugar from other -coun-
tries. The British Government has
served formal notice upon the State
Department that under the favored ma
tion clause 1t expects that British sugar
from the British West Indies shall be
admitted into the United States on
equal terms with Cuban sugar, and 1t
is not doubted that Germany, France,
Austria and the other great beet-sugar
producing countries will do likewise
An old holding of Attorney General
Olney under President Clevelsnd's ad-
ministration was adverse to such de-
mands. but the question promises TO be
reopened with vigor
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18

FLIGHT IS
A SUCCESS
Graft Sails SkyWard
Without Aid Of
q Balloon.
Special Dispatch to The Can.

NORFOLK. Va, Dec. 1.-THE prob
lem Of aerial flight without the aid Of
a balloon has been solved by WILDER
and Orville Wright Of Dayton. Ohio
To-day at Kitty Hawk, on the coast OF
North Carolina, they successfully navi-
gated a flying machine OF their own in
vention-for three miles in the teeth OF
a twenty-One mile gale. and. picking
their point OF descent, easily landed the
machine there.
During the trial WILDER Wright Occu-
pied the operators seat and steered the
apparatus.
The fight began from platform con-
structed upon a high sandhin near
Kitty Hawk The machine was pro-
pel1ed' by a gasoline engine in the floor
OF the car.
The first mile was covered and then
OrviIIe Wright declared the invention
was a success; but it was not until the
third mile had been accomplished that
the inventor cast his eyes about for
suitable landing place, found 1t, and,
with his invention under perfect con-
troll. slowly, let his machine alight as
easily and gracefully as a bird.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18
Of Navy
May Be Sent to
Panama.
Gathering Of the Fleets an
Affair Of Vast Sig
lifiCanCe.
Mare Island Officer Declares That the
Situation at the IsthmuS Is
Most Serious.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

MARE ISLAND, Dec. 17.-"This rush
ing of powerful fleets of warships to
the isthmus," remarked The Call cor
respondent TO a naval officer this even
ing, seems much ado about nothing.
does it not?"
by no means" replied this veteran
of long service. There is much under
the surface of Central and South Amer
ican politics that is not seen at
glance. Almost every South American
country is opposed to the cutting of
a canal through the. isthmus of Pana-
ma because each understands and
knows that as soon as the canal is
cut most of the many vessels that now
pass up and down the coast of South
America and stop at various ports will
use the canal when it is finished and
South America will get the go by.
Hence those countries are now back
ing Colombia to as great an extent as
they dare in its opposition to the new
republic of Panama and the proposed
canal
THE administration at Washington
is fully alive to the situation and is
concentrating the naval force of this
country on both sides of the isthmus
and will crush any opposition that may
appear expect to see four-fifths of
our navy in Panama waters before the
middle of January. .
The United States gunbeat Petrol
cleared from the navy yard this morn
ing with the understanding hat with
as little delay as possible she is going
right through to Panama. For work
along the coast the Petrol is one of the
most serviceable and formidable gun
boats in Uncle Sans navy and will
prove a valuable acquisition to Admiral
Glass feet on the west side of the
isthmus.
The torpedo-b boat destroyers Preble
and Paul Jones, (which have been on
the dock in San Francisco for several
days, are expected here tomorrow.
During their absence preparations have
been going forward to get them started
for Panama as soon as possible. Hos
pital Steward Saxon has been assigned
to the Paul Jones and Hospital Stew
ard Shaw to the Preble. Provisions
and ammunition are in waiting TO be
hoisted on board the destroyers. which
are 10 go down the coast under con-
voy of the armored cruiser New York,
which will arrive within a day or two
from Bremerton.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18

CONSPIRACY
UNEARTHED
Texas AgitatOr Plots
Against Nations
Noted Men.
Special Dispatch to The call.

GALVESTON, Tex, Dec. IA man
claiming to be Charles Pierzon, an or
ganizer for the Socialist Labor party,
was arrested by the police tonight for
attempting to deliver an anarchist
speech in the street. He had gathered
a crowd of more than 300 persons and
was denouncing the President and the
Government and melting a rising of the
laboring classes when the police placed
him under arrest. Judging from the
men who came to his assistance at the
police station the department believes
it has unearthed a plot of anarchists.
Several SiciIians. known to the police
as anarchists, avowed friendship for
the man, and the police have recovered
records and information which they
will not give out in detail. Rough plans
Of several buildings have been found
and it is said they are the plans of
homes OF men prominent in the affairs
Of the national Government, and the
executive mansion in Washington is in
cluded.
Communications were received from
Paterson, y. J., Chicago and New
York City. BIZ the Galveston anarchists
and an Interpretation of one of them
appears to reveal a plot of anarchists
scattered throughout the United States,
with headquarters at Chicago. All of
the local anarchists are being shad-
owed and the department has commu-
niCated with the police departments of
Washington and New York.
Two lists of names, with addresses of
prominent personages. have been
found. Pierzon refused to give any
explanation of his acts and defies the
police TO prosecute him. He is a
swarthy young man, about 30 years of
age, apparently well educated and
speaks English huently.
Galveston labor leaders have de-
nounced him as an enemy to the la
boring classes and will have nothing
TO do with him. His sanity is not
questioned and he declares he is sim
ply following his life's work.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18
W. A. McK0WEN. DISGRACED
SECRETARY OF THE UNI
VERSITY OF CALIFORNIA.
Engages Attorney
and Becomes
Reticent.

William McKowen, the defaulting sec
retary Of the University of California,
remains a prisoner in the Alameda
County JAIL, while Norman McLaren
and another expert bookkeeper are ex-
amining. his accounts with view to
ascertafning just how much money he
embezzled since his peculations began.
about half a dozen years ago. The man
himself apparently cannot state with
any degree of exactness the total
amount of his defalcation. and until
the ex3ertss have finished their task.
which is estimated will consume about
ten days. Regent Brittons opinion that
the. stealings foot up to not less than
SAC. 900 must be accepted as the, closest
possible, caIculation. McKowen in his
confessions to president, Wheeler de-
clared, that he had not appropriated to
his own use more than $4,000 of the
university's funds, but a brief. scanning
of his books by Mr.. Britton satisfied
that very thorough business man that
the total could be doubled without
overshooting the. mark.
Another thlng tnaI only the experts
can disclose is the method of McKow-
ems embezzling. operations. On this
point. too, the self-confessed thief
seems to be at sea- He acknowledged
having turned to his personal use. mon
eys paid into his hands for scholarships
and as donations to the medical school.
but since his attorneys have talked
over the situation with him he has de-
clined to .concede even that much. al
though he does not attempt to take
back, one word Of the confession which
he sobbingly rendered to. President
Wheeler before he. had consulted an at
torney.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18
WOMAN USES AN AK
SAVING HER HUSBAND
Wife of Washington Man Quickly
Sewers Live Wire Which Would
Have Cnused Death

HOQUAIM. Wash, Dec. 17.-In-
stead of fainting when her husband
fell insensible with live wire
clenched in his fist Mrs. Mat Cramer
seized an ak. chopped the wire in two
and saved her husbands life.
Cramer was moving heavy light
ing wire which carried the current to
his house. A heavy storm was raging
and when Craner grasped the wire a
stream of water triekled down it from
the converter and he received shock
which burned his hand to a crisp and
knocked him unconscious. His wife
rushed for an ak and severed the wire
none too soon. Cramer is under a
physicians care and will recover.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18
GIVEN wARLIKE RECEPTION.
Naval OHicer's Visit to Colombian Mil
itary Camp Near the Frontier.


COLON. Dec. 17.-The United States
cruiser Atlanta, Commander William
H. Turner, returned here last night
from the Gulf of Darien. She discov
cred. on December Is, a detachment of
Colombian troops numbering about 1900
men at Titumc',. on the western side
of the gulf, just north of the mouth of
the Atratc River. The commander of
the Atlanta sent ashore an officer, who
conversed with the Colombian COM
mander. The latter protested energet-
ically against the presence of Ameri-
can warships in Colombian waters, as
war between Colombia and the United
States had not been declared, and po-
litely requested the Atlanta to leave
the gulf. because it belonged to CO.
lombia. Commander Turner ignored
the request and the Atlanta returned
10 Colon to report to Rear Admiral
Coghlan.
The Colombians are clearly busy with
protective and strengthening measures.
Although they treated the Americans
courteously, they decidedly resented the
presence of the At1anta's landing party.
The Colombian force was composed
partly Of the men landed recently at
the Atrato River by the Colombian
cruisers Cartagena and General Pin
zon.
Early in the morning of December
Is the Atlanta sighted small schooner
in the center of the Gulf of Darien and
followed her to the western shore,
where the schooner attempted to hide
behind an islet. Lieutenant Harlan P.
Perrill of the Atlanta was ordered to
board her and a whaleboat was low
cred and pulled toward the schooner.
Lieutenant Perrills boats crew con-
sisted of twelve men. They were un-
armed. excepting four revolvers. When
the whaIeboat approached the schooner
fca,r soldiers were seen seated on the
side nearest the direction from which
the Americans came. with rifles lying
handily across their knees and point
ing toward the whaleboat. General
Novo. who is a Venezuelan by birth
and second in command of the Colom-
bian forces. stood upon the deck of the
schooner and insolently called out in
broken English:
What way is this to make war;"
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18
Rnssian son in America.

ST. LOUIS. Dec. 17.-According 20
adyices received at the worlds fair
headquarters. Russia viii have the
most extensive exhibit which that
country has ever made at a foreign
exposition. The exhibit space viii
cover more than 1890 square feet.
which viii be occupied by more than
$500 individual exhibits Russia
national pavilion Will be constructed
on native soil and brought 70 -.
Louis in sections and erected by Rus
sian carpenters.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18
OFFICERS
KILL SON
And SIRE
Duel Is Fought in
q Room in Los
Angeles.

Los ANGELES, Dec. T-Trailed TO
their lodging place and brought TO bay
within the walls Of small room, Jo-
seph Choisser. aged 50. and Louis
Choisser. aged .. father and son, were
shot 10 death in battle with Detec-
tives Hawley, Murphy and Cowen at
1870 o'clock tonight. The three Off
GERS escaped from the close range but
short lived duel without injury Both
Of the Choissers were killed instantly.
Two telegrams were received by Chief
Of Police EUon- to-day from Equality,
Hardin County. Illinois. requesting the
arrest Of Joe Choisser. one was from
W-eidenan Bros. x Co. offering a re-
ward Of $50 for ChOisser's arrest, and
the other was from Sheriff ". T. La
mar Of Hardin County, asking Chief
Fuon 70 look out for and arrest Chois-
- on the charge OF obtaining money
by false Dreteuses. There was no
charge against young Chcisser. so far
as known.
detectives Hawley. Murphy and
~owen were detailed on the case and
srnmediately began search for Chois-
,oon Al the Broxboro lodging house.
80 west Fifth street, where he and
his son had taken a room. The de-
.sc+ives watched the place for several
hours for. Choisser 70 appear, but II
seems he had become aware OF the
.earrb for him and both he and his
son kept close 10 their room.
shortly after 10 o'clock tonight the
70
frq house for the fugitives and were
directed 70 his room. Without the Ger
enony OF knocking for admittance the
detectives opened the door and walked
in The elder Choisser was lying on
+be bed and as the officers came in he
cached for his pistol Before he could
,,se the weapon Detective Hawley
.efzed II and wrested IL from his hand
81 the same moment Louis Cholsser
onened fire upon the officers, which
+Fev promptly returned Joe Chois-
ser was struck by a bullet from the Of
ecers' pistols and killed instantly The
ere from Louis Choisser's revolver be-
came 50 hot that the officers retreateo
into the hallway
A moment later the young man threw
or.en the door and walked into the hall
with Z TeNDLNtL All NeA~A- --e----i -----c -
he came. Aiming one OF his reVolvers
di~ectlv at Defective Murphy's breast,
be fred. but missed the officer. Be
ro-e he could take aim for second shot
botb Murphy and Cowen fired. the two
bullets passing through the young
mans breast. He died instantly.
After the battle was over the officers
vent into the room again and found
the elder Choisser lying dead upon the
bed. one bullet had passed through his
head and another had lodged in the
body.
when The clothing Of the dead men
was searched $500 was found on Louis
Choisser. Very little is known OF the
men beyond the information conveyed
in the two teIegrams from Equality II
is thought they were horse traders or
dealers in livestock
The officers were taken by surprise
when young Choisser opened fire upon
.shem. as they were not seeking his ar
kest They declare that they were
forced 70 shoot TO kill in self-defense.
The bodies were removed late tonight
70 the Morgue 10 await instructions
from Equality. III
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18
DEFECTIVE SYSTEM.

1t is suspected. however. that when
it became necessary for him 10 disDurse
the amounts called for by the scholar
ships and embezzled by him he took
the money from the general fund of the
university and then charged the money
thus taken TO expenditures. As al
feady stated, a complete revision Of his
books win be required to ascertain
whether he did that or not. But what
ever the result OF the revision may be,
il cannot relieve the financial system
pursued by the university management
from the faint of most extre ordinary
negligence.
II the money stolen by McKowen
consisted Of checks made payable to
him personally by donors OF scholar
ships 1t is dificult to see how he can
be prosecuted for embezzling State
funds. as scholarship donations are
individual gifts to students and entire
Continued son Page 8, Column 1.
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18
AMERICANS ARE SWINDLED
BY PARTISAN ART DEALER

PARIS, Dec. 17.-Many Americans
who visited Paris last year purchased
water cOlors bearing the names OF
prominent artists, but which were not
original. according 70 testimony
brought out at a trial to-day of a pic
ture. dealer. NJ. Bureau, merchant,
explained thatrthe pictures were pur-
chased from an artist named Ranold
and were sold principally TO Ameri-
cans
The San Francisco call., 1903-12-18

churian questions on the same footing.
Russia desires to cover only the former
with the treaty, leaving the latter on
a sort of understanding, the exact
character Of which is not determined
upon. Further negotiations will be
necessary If Japan insists, with the al
tentative of their entire suspension.