The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-02-04

The old man Sawyer has confessed to having
killed Mrs. Emerson, at Haverhill, n. H., but
claims that he did it through accident that he
was sitting on the lounge near by her, and
that, while he was examining the lock of the
gun, it was discharged through pure accident.
The State of Maine declines to admit women
to electoral privileges.
The West.
The ice gorge at Cincinnati gave way last
week, and played havoc with the barge feet.
Total loss about $780, 900.
Three Indians froze to death at the Red Cloud
Agency, during the late cold weather also
number of ponies. They had nineteen days
of intensely coldw weather.
Wintermute, who was tried at Yankton, D. T.,
last spring, for the murder of Gov. McCook,
and sentenced to ten years Imprisonment has
been granted new trial, and released on bail
bonds of $4,000.
The cash receipts of the Kansas Relief Com
mittee to this date aggregate $21, 767.42, and
the disbursements 800, 712.67.
The South.
An attempt was made few nights ago to
capture the notorious James boys at their home,
three miles from Kearney, Mo-, small station
on the Hannibal and st. Joseph railroad. Their
house was set on fire and hand grenade thrown
in through the window, the explosion of which
killed child eight years of age and wounded
two others. The James boys, who are supposed
to have been in the barn, came out, and regu-
lar engagement followed. 1t is not known how
many were killed or wounded. Bloody tracks
were found leading in the direction of the
woods. 1t is supposed that the attack was made
the citizens, led by Pinkerton's detectives.
A fight recently took place on the Rio Grande
between Texas Rangers and Comanche Indians,
in which fifteen of the latter, including two
big Chiefs were sent to the happy hunting
grounds.
most daring express robbery was committed
in Memphis, Tenn, on the list inst. A party of
desperadoes rented few days previous, the
basement of building on Madison street. one
of the principal thoroughfares of the city, and
hung out a sign wv. r. Parker & Co., Insur-
ance Agents" On the morning of the 1st'inst.,
John Brady, a messenger of the Southern Ex-
press Company, entered the place for the pur-
pose of delivering a package said to contain
$40. There were two white men and
three negroes standing behind the counter,
and Brady presented his receipt book, and
at the same time threw his pouch, containing a
large number of money packages, on the coun-
ter. At this moment a rope was thrown around
his neck, and bag thrown over his head, and
he was beaten almost insensible. His cries
soon attracted the crowd, as the street was full
of people, but the robbers had secured the
pouch and fled by the back door The amount
secured by the robbers is not definitely known,
but it is thought will reach several thousands
of dollars.
Washington.
The recent fire in the Navy Department
building was the work of incendiaries. Trains
of rope and waste paper were laid about the
floor connecting with piles of chips, shavings,
and broken-up ldndling wood.
The Senate Election Committee has decided
to report in favor of recognizing Kellogg as the
legal Governor of Louisiana and of admitting
Pinchback to his seat in the Senate.
The Navy Department had another narrow
the trouble, as heretofore. Evidently desire
to destroy the records is at the bottom of these
persistent attempts.
About 500 pages of the Alabama investigation
have already been printed. The testimony
taken is very contradictory some witnesses al
leging that intimidation was practice dbefore
and at the election, and others that there was
no intimidation.
The House Committee on Appropriations in
their report on the Postofice bill recommend an
appropriation of ST, 548, 900 for inland mail
service next year; reduction of 1914, 796 from
the estimate.
The Secretary of the Treasury has issued a
call for the redemption of $15000,000 of 500
bonds Of 1862 to be paid on the LIST of May, at
the United States Treasury, at which date in
terest will cease. Of the amount thus called in,
$4,000, 900 are coupon bonds and $4,000, 600
registered bonds.
The national debt was increased in the amount
of 81, 397, $40 during the month of January.
The following is the official statement:
Six per cent. bonds. .....$1, 157, 085, 100
Five per cent. bonds. ..... 562,025,2O0
Total coin bonds ...............$ 81, 719, ITO 800
Lawful money debt. ......$ 14,678000
Matured debt............ IL $50
Legal tenders. ........... 382,072,1E
Certificates of deposit... 45,405000
Fractional currency ...... 45,037,074
Coin certificates. ......... M,655, 300
Total without interest 4s7169522
Total debt 49, 242, 3O1 ,O82
Total interest ...................... 26,908 225
Cash in Treasury:
COln. $o5, 4o0,Uo4
Currency ............... 10,343050
Special deposits held for re-
demption of certificates
of deposits. ............. 45,405O0o