The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-04-29

Wednesday arrested charged with embezzlng
$28, 600 from the sinking fund.
A shocking disaster, resulting in large loss
of life, is reported from New Orleans. The
steamer John Kyle, one of the largest Mssis-
sippi steamers, while lying at the levee, was
discovered to be on fire. AS soon as the alarm
was sounded people rushed to the scene, and
some $50 went on board the steamer Exporter
to view the fire. The Kyle was soon cut loose
and the eddy foated her up stream. About
the same time B. T. Burch mate Of the Lizzie
Taylor, fearing that his vessel would be burned
cut the Exporters cable, which was the most
unfortunate thing that could have been done.
The Exporter, crowded with people, most of
them citizens, drifted after the burning Kyle,
and the moment she touched was in blaze,
quite distance from the shore. A terrible
scene ensued. In an instant those on board
the Exporter became aware of their position,
and had choice of two alternatives either to
take the chances of the water or remain and
be burned. AS far as is known, all jumped
into the r1ver, having thrown the stages and
such things overheard. Many were so badly
frightened that they did not know what to do,
and acted without elaboration. There were
several women on board, and it was difficult to
induce them to go into the water, even when it
was plain to all of them that the boat would so
certainly be destroyed On the Kyle the dis
aster was not so great as there were not
many people ON board. However, the scenes
. and incidents were terrible. All on board were
compelled to jump overheard. The steamer
Charles Bodman was also burned The loss of
life is variously estimated at from thirty to
fifty, and may even reach higher than the latter
figure.
Col E.. M. Yerger, well-known in connection
with the killing of Col. Crane at Jackson,
Miss, but for some time editor and proprietor
of the Baltimore Gazette, died in the latter city
last week.
An interesting test of anthracite coal found
in Johnson county, Ark, has been made at ST.
Louis. Competent judges pronounced one ton
of it to be equal to two tons of the best Pitts
burgh coal.
All the Southern cities are taking sanitary
preventive measures against the yellow fever.
The postofice at Carizoo, Texas, was recently
robbed and plundered by Mexican murauders,
and DR.. Lowell, the Postmaster, killed.
DR.. John Bull proprietor and maker of we'll
known patent medicines, by which he had
amassed very large fortune, died suddenly at
his residence in Louisville, of congestion of the
brain, few days ago.
Memorial services over the graves of the
Confederate dead were held throughout the
South on April &c.
Washington.
Ex-Marshal Kinds, accused of completely in
the mail contract Frauds has been held in
$4,000 bail to await the action of the District
grand jury.
The Secretary of the Treasury has issued
call for SIS, 000 900 in $40 coupon bonds, upon
which interest will cease on the goth of July.
They are included within the following num-
bers: Fifties from No. 15 401 to II, 100 one
hundreds. from No. 4O,0O1 to 44,2OO five hun
dreds, from No. 20,001 to 22,4OO one thous-
ands, from No. 66,OO1 to 10, $50.
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resignation to the President, to take effect Nav
Is. 1t is believed that Secretary Bristow will
be his successor.
President Grant authorizes a positive denial
of the report that Minister Washburne had
been instructed by his government to request
the French government to resume diplomatic
relations with Mexico.
The Secretary of the Treasury has made an
entirely new classification of the Collectors
Districts. They are arranged in seven divi-
sions. Alton, Quincy and st. Louis, of West
ern cities, are in the third division; Omaha.
Burlington, Keokuk, Dubuque, Chicago, Mil
waukee, and the eastern lake ports are in the
sixth division.
The Washington people think that the visit
of the Papal ENJOYS here may have some con-
nection with the selection of suitable location
for the Holy See, and that if the Pope should
ever leave Italy he will locate in that city.
The TiIton-Beecher Trial.
SEvENTY-FIRsT DAY.-The passages between
defendant and his cross-examner were nm
usually sharp and the latter was rewarded
with some measure of success in his attempts
to worm out damaging admissions. 1t trans
pred that Mr.. Beecher adopted the theory of
blackmail at the instigation of his lawyers,
who he says, drilled him up to the point of
making an allegation which he did not then,
and does not now, believe to be true.
SEVENTY SECOND DAY-An interesting part
of the cross-examination was in reference to