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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-09-12
A TALK WITH HAYES.
The Only Time His Excellency Was Eve
Interviewed.

Interviewed
from the Chicago Times.l
Very few tarried long enoug
to exchange more than the commo
courtesies, and, in few minutes, til
representative of the Times was alon
with the President. An expression @
great relief settled upon his ES
cellency's countenance, and he imme
diately surrendered himself.
"You wish to interview me, sup
pose?" he remarked.
eff yor. will allow yourself to be in
terviewed," replied the reporter.
Well, he continued, smiling pleas
antly, and speaking in a frank and some
what confidential tone, "I have neve
allowed myself to be interviewed bu
once, and then I didn't know it unit
after 1t was over. That was at Gettys
burg, when George Alfred Townsen,
stole march on me and actually got
fair interview without my suspectin
what he was after"
Did he report it correctly 2"
must say that he did. in the main
He made me pass some censure on Con
gross. however, that have no recollec
ton of having done. In fact. I don
believe that could have made the re
mark he attributed to me, because [ ar
always very careful. But in all othe
respects the report was fair one. and
have never denied it, although [ an
aware that various parties have attempt
ed to do it for me. None OF those de
malls ever came from me-"
The reporter suggested that Town
sends reputation in the West for veraci
| ty was not such as to make a denial O
anything he might say necessary.
$50 [ have heard" continued Mr.
Hayes, "but in this instance he seems
to have made an exception. He told the
truth"
"Did be slip up on you unawares ?''
"No; I was holding an informal re.
ception, very similar to the one you have
just seen here, and was busily engaged
in conversation with gentleman on my
right, about as I am with you now,
stopping every few moments to shake
hands with some new arrival. Present
ly Mr.. Townsend came up and shook
hands with me, and I continued the con.
versation with the friend on my right.
He joined in the conversation, and we
talked quite freely for some little time. u
"Did you not know who and what he
VASE" -.
Certainly I did I had known him
for some time. But, strange as it may
seem, during our conversation it never
occurred to me that he was newspaper
man. Ii it had, [ should not have said
as much as [ did but still I said moth
ing that [ have ever had occasion to re-
greet, although undoubtedly said many
things which I should not have deemed
it advisable to say had I known that the
conversation was to appear in print. ]
have never been interviewed in Wash.
ington. And yet every few days I see
in the papers what purports to be an in.
terview with me. You can always rely
upon it that these reports are manufact-
ured. I always treat newspaper men
kindly, but invariably decline. to express
my opinions on political questions in
their presence. And I do this, not be-
cause I have anything to conceal-for
do not believe in having secrets, except
in exceptional cases-but for the reason
that it is not generally polite"
The President has received a call
from tho vO11nnoct FRO MN IN, tho wood
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-09-12
Comparative Treasury Statement.

Following is comparison Of the con-
dition of the United States treasury
Sept 1. 1877 and 1878:
Balances. 1877. 1878. i
Currency ..............$ II, 828,537 $2,1221 Ill
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-09-12
They Met ON the Street.

Ira Harris and J. W. Calder, the
former the receiver of the Dallas and
Wichita railroad, the latter it's manager,
were met on the street by Messrs
Painter, Ohenchair and Rosser, -ex,
directors Of that road. Some words
passed between 6arris and Rosser,
when Harris struck Rosser with his fist,
and was knocked down I, by that person
with cane. Rosser then drew pistol
and began shooting at Calder, who was
standing a little aloof. Ohenchair and
a osser also drew weapons and opened
fire upon Calder, who fell mortally
wounded. His last act was to draw his
pistol and fire Intellectually at his assail-
ants. The three ex-directors surren-
adered themselves to Sheriff Harris I'M
hurt. Cause, railroad complications. =
Dallas (2eras) Herald.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-09-12
Leather.

Leather has a long history. If it is
too exclusive motto that ''there is
nothing like leather" few manufactured
things are older. Tt was probably the
very first bit of manufacture-rude, yet
suited to it's purpose, the use of bark for
hardening and preserving skins having,
no doubt been practiced in historic
times. Even your progenitor-the an
cient Briton-used strong hide thong
to throw his stones with, and was scant-
lily clad in leather anticipating the odd
desire of George Fox, the founder of
Quakerism. Within the period of au-
thentic history leather has been legis-
lated for and protected, and has often
been included in sumptuary regulations.
Tt is very odd to read that in England in
the sixteenth century complaints were
made that skins were tanned in three
weeks (thus unc onscionably shortening
the period Of use and wont, which had
been about one Year,, and that in conse-
quence an act was passed in 1913 pro-
hibiting tanners from selling hides that
were not attested to have been nine
months in the tan pit. And the jealousy
of rival guilds, which did something in
old days to secure the division Of labor,
if nothing more, is also seen in the his
tory of leather. In 1889 tanners were
prohibited from being shoemakers, while
in 1862 butchers were precluded from
becoming tanners undera penalty. Some
of the restrictions which surrounded the
leather manufacture actually remained
until 1880, when they were completely
removed by an act of George w. Free
trade in tanning, then introduced, gave
an immense impetus to the application
and extension Of the chemical discov-
cries which had been made by Seguin in
1896, and by Sir Humphry Davy in 1903. ]
Good Words. +. ~.@'. -..i b. !. y
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A BALTIMORE lady, VINO had been ex-
ceedingly annoyed by boys who rang
her door-bel and then ran away, set a
trap for them by which pail of water
was to be spilled upon the next person
who rang the bell. In a few minutes
her pastor called and was deluged.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-05-04

Prince frederick Chsries. % Prussia.
will take plsee a, Darmsiadt, on the sth
OF May.
TORONTO, Ont. April S9.-While the
Orange Young BrtEins aud friends
were coming from "a cnncert 81 Point
st Charles, last night, they were a.
sailed by mob OF several huu.lrsd
nnionist=. Mrs Heoban received four
bullet wounds 10 her leg. Corporal
Tang. Of Prince Of Wales ride, ziss
received bullet wounds. Two union
men We're reported SHOT. one danger
ously wounded In the head.
LONDON, April s0.-At the EPSON
spring meeting to-day, the city and
suburban. handicap was won by Mr..
w. ;. Crswfori's bay colt Seton
Captain Nichols bay geldlrg Advsnc,
second, and Lord BrAdf0rd's -orrel colt
MAneuSTe third.
NEW YORK, April 3O-Benjamiu
Wood failed; liabilities quartsr - 4
million. Dau-il J. Kennedy failed
liabilities half a million. Throtu7,
Reed, -, D0O. Michasl Norton, S1..uu
BOsTON, April 3a.-Ihe southern -sn
aiors and congressman yesterday "a.
i'e'i the various piltilr institutions "a.
diued with Msyor Pierce 70 usy Thsy
Will visit LasTsure nnd Lyuu .-.s rr
turn t. Washington Ia tUs evening".
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CUBNNrNrrsIs.

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POLITICAL PARIlES

Colonel Wash Jones. Of Bastrop, is an
independent candidate foe congress.
and opens the campaign with a speech
which may be accepted as his platform
OF principles. Ii is entitled to whatever
respect and consideration its merits
command, and that can in no sense rise
above lis author. Colonel Jones has
been constant to no political idea OF
policy, and while his views to-day may
be correct upon certain questions ye.
We fail 10 find them accompanied by
sufficient guarantees that Colonel Jones
viii abide by them until the voting
commences even, to say nothing of
what is TO come to pass after he takes
his seat upon the congressional benches,
We do not object to or cavil at his inde-
pendent position. We have here in
Texas practically but one party, and
that condition is attended by many be,
sediments. We would see another party
based upon respectful opposition to the
democracy, established without the
least dispieasure or apprehension This
is what Colonel Jones is striving to do
in reality, and his twaddle about cast,
ing party trammels aside is all moon.
shine Whenever he has enough of
tadePcadm following to elect him he has
a party, and il will stand or fall upon
the merits OF its policies. just as any
other party does.
Colonel Jones recognizes in the finan>
cial question only what every thought,
ful man does. the grand issue before
the country. and before which all other
questions sink into insignlfeance. Bot
does he enunciate new principle
Does he mark out a new path, give
startling theories, or announce any pols
icy which is not held alike by demo~
crat or republican. Does hot the Ins
diana platform cover every part of
the ground upon which Colonel Jones
has planted himself for the race, so far
as finance is concerned. III so, then his
position as to financial reform is de,
eeit and falls back purely upon the
only other principal m sight--opposi-
ton TO party organization. and for the
very competent reason that party or
carnations have persistently manifested
total blindness as to the merits of
Colonel Washington Jones himself.
We are irresistably led 10 the conclus.
lou that had il not been FOR this blind
ness Of parties, there would have been
nothing independent about the colonel
to-day.
Great reforms in our government are
necessary, both in its i-olicies and ad.
ministrstion. but we have always con-
tended that The work belongs 10, and
can be better done by the democracy
than by any other influence within the
government. No third party is necessary.
and u one were forced II must get IL
spirit and force both from the timbers
Of the old organizations. 1t is mid@
summer madness 70 dream OF . arAst
poprlar party built upon the political
doctkines Of the republican and dame
cratic parties, and which WIN csntasu
within it, body Ill The usossl and poa<
isisal virtues which The othsrs laek.
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DENTON

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a-s-s 500 AZ atuz T-rafr--H.
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ALLEN, T-Aa-. k4rl
mau IS ;he ua-ls HfT D
iuau, arrived here trH
from DratnH WE. ...
III aud q pose q a.sH..
Jacket SAN Rs--. iu..-s
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yesterday evening a.-... l.--. ...
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cli gag. ras.r.
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WHAT MEANS III ?


The Briss.h ssoarui Has the cambria
Unoer sar~-sitsa~---g Eighteen
Knot hseaEasrs Beiog Ft.i.d ont at
IkssEsn's Peinf a. Fftxes-rF.nsss-
Arms and Ammunition ca Hoasd.
SOUTHWEST HARBoR, Ms, April "a.
About seven O'Clock Sunday moIu-
ing the steamer Cambria, NJ Ham burg,
one Of the Ham burg and American
steamers, arrived Vt this place. Ae-
eordiDg to Captain Bodenhuser,s state
mept she Il chartered by an agent OF
the Russian government She pro-
eseded 10 Baltic port in Russia and
there took on board six hundred men,
mostly steerage passengers and sixty
three men as cabin passengers. She
sailed from the Baltic port on April
the nth, aud passed around the north
OF Scotland. Captain Boden huser re-
ceiyes orders of one ofthe cabin passen-
gees. When oil Cape Sable, lac WAS
directed TO lay his course for the South
west Harbor. He has DO cargo, only
ship stores. He is not lying here wait
ing orders. He Processes utter iguor-
suce OF the destination Of the vessel or
men. No person has been ashore ex-
cept Captsin Bo,. enhnser and the gen.
! t!eman In charge. The latter has the
/ bearing of naval officer, and Is :.
Russian. The collector OF the port has
not yet boarded the ship aud ne other
! person has been allowed Oh board.
TIE ship is full of men and keeps
steam up constantly.
ELLSWORTH, Me-. April 3O.-The
| passengers on the steamer CambriA. al
the southwest hsrbor, prove to Toe a
regularly organized sh pc company, oi
sixty officers and six hundred seameu
of the Russian imperial navy, under
com mand of Count GriIien bury. Gu
her arrival u long dispatch ia cipher,
was sent Ia Admiral Lessa %asky, 81
ST. Petersburg, and the officers seen
to be waiting reply. The ship has 4
large amount of stores on board, in
GLIDING coal for ten days ste4ming. y,
| arms or munitions are visible, and tn,
officers OF the steamer deny that ther,
are any such on board. The officer
and crew Of the steamer, number on,
hundred and ten, and are slI Germans
PoRTLALD, May > The British con
sui has gone to Southwest HArbor t,
watch the movement of the RussiAI
steamship Cambria.
| NEW YORK, May 2.-The Eveninl
Telegram has the following from Cam
den, New Jersey: Me=srs. Dialogue 4
Co, shiphuildrrs at Ksighn's Point
New Jersey, have Tor some days PISS
been working on two steamers, tn,
Brazil and Juno. The former IL "a nes
iron steamer and the latter a fa-tsailer
formerly known a. the Nesta. TIL
steamers are both being built for speed
and the builders state they can run ~
to eighteen knots. IL was said thai
the vessels were 20 be used In th.
South American trade. Lately sup
plies of arms and ammunition nav,
been placed on board the vessels, aud
yesterday the revenue cutter Con
placed the yard under surveillance.
is believed that the vessels ale beinI
lifted up a. Russian pIivsteer-tuen
although this j. denied by lhe uu!iG
ers. The vessels have Tot We. takeI
out clearance.
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ETEi;HEAi,T-CEsRiN.

EL~ Former stanaa g-.ss e. t-ra.a
What IA 1-aa asas.Er.H H-H.H. Il.
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WARNER DISASTER.



MEMPHIS. May The towbost,
Warner, from New Orleans to st Lou.
IL, with fine model barges. and the
trading boat Krligore in tow, exploded
her boilers when opposite the elevator.
The pilot house was blown TO a great
height aud fell back upon the wreck.
The air Was filled with splinters and
Fragments. The wreck took fire in
it from the view of crowds which soon
Lined the bluffs 1t is thought all per-
isbed. The tug DeSota and three skill.
were soon at the wreck and succeeded
in saving the following: John Poe,
clerk, slightly bruised, and jacob Cox,
pilot, badly bruised. Both were blown
into the air and tell back on the
wreck Capt Geo. Dawson was slight
ly scaided; Napoleon Deinuley, pant
rymsn, was cut in the head and arm,
not dangerously; John Sullivan, sec,
ond cook was badly cut in the arm aud
scalded; Clara Blsrk, cham bermaid,
was badly bruised; Barney Casseday,
mate, was blown through the roof and
badly hurt; Chais Ansehutz, first en-
gioeer. was slightly injured; Nicolas
Gabbies, stewart, was slightly scalded;
VIM. jerks, carpenter, Peter Donnely,
and Pat Thompson, firemen, unhurt;
Dixon kennets, pilot, aud VIM. Rod
clifte, engineers, who were asleep at
the time OF the explosion. were lost
and one fireman was entirely blown
to fragments.
The boat had total crew of twenty
five, but owing TO the confession and
hurrying of to the hospital OF the
wounded, it 10 impossible to learn ex-
acily how many were lost In Eve
minutes after the explosion. all the
wreck, except the roof, had sur X
out OF sight and the tow of
barges were GA fire, but the tug, Desc.
II, extiDguished the fire aud lande d
the bsrges on the Arkansas shores.
All the officers and crew We're resi-
dents OF st. Louis. The explosion
shook every building in the city. Al.
though two of the crew stated that
they noticed Captain Dawson alter
the explosion. II is nov certain he was
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HERE AND THERE.
Dangerous iIiness sI SECRETARY Evart.'
a--aurdcrcd over - Gauie es C.ra-
-foretaste of kesumpfion--Th The Lon
don rrrf-RassI BsssethaI


Dangerous fIIness Of Secretary EyArs.
soe- murdered over n Game az Care.
-foretasse nj Eesum pfiou The Ion
dom rrrf-RossI BsrseshsI.
WINDSOR, VT, April 30.-The funeral
of william Evsrts took place this fore,
noon. The secretary and Mrs. Evart.
were absent in New York by the dan.
gerous Illness Of their other son.
URBASA, o., April 3d. Mat wesver
cashier Of the Citizens national bank
Is short four thousand six hundred
dollars. The stockbol,isrs mace th.
anouoi good ana the bank gnss ON.
KEY WEST, Fla, Apri! 3o-The sur.
yey Of the ship George Peabody, befors
reported at this port a. lexky, recon-
mends that the ship proceed TO Nex
Orleans for repairs.
newark. n. j., April S0.-The civil
snits against the late stockholders OF
the New Jersey Mutual Life Insurance
company.t 10 recover t~o hundred thou.
sand dollars was settled To-day and tn,
prosecution withdrawn. II Is under.
stood that they are 10 pay one hundred
and twenty thousand dollars In full OF
all demands.
NEW ORLEANS, April s0.-A Difficult.
" over game Of cards occurred In a
saloon on Commerce street. between
VIM. A. Gibson and J. r. Lawless, In
which Gibson vas sta bbed by Lawless,
from the effects Of which he died in
half an hour. Lawiess Wa Imprisoned
charged With murder. They were both
pilots ON the steamer Fanchou.
BERLIN, April s0.-ls h undsss,ood
that The ceremony Of the bstroshai OF
the Duke Of Coaiaughs 6sbrrth,
child and third con os Queen vissoria,
70 Princes Ileulss. third danehtsr q
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This Utopia may exist for Colonel Jones,
but few Others in Texas can see il.
strain their faith never so hard. Davis
on the one hand aud Coke on the other
may have failed 10 realize all that their
respective parties hoped for from them
But what guarantees has Colonel
jones TO offer against the common
lot Of fallibility. II he can offer
them, Is IT not singular that his virtues
should have remained 90 long, so com.
pletely hidden from the people There
may be enough IN this grave financial
question to found party, but does
Wash Jones go any further into the So
luton of the questions underlying il.
than does the Indiana platform Then
what have the people Of the Fifth die
irict to gain by abandoning the party
organization OF democracy, and by put,
ting him into congress simply because
he wants TO 90 there.
There is no reform necessary or pos
stole IN our government finance, or civil
service, which cannot be better worked
inside OF the democratic party than
anywhere else, or by any other human
agency. and either the patriotism or
honesty OF the democrat who proposes
TO work it out by any other means. is
fairly open to objection The Ns,es finds
even its own mild aud doubtful type of
democracy irksome, and halls any de-
lection as a godsend. but it does not
look on Colonel Jones independent po>
sitlon with much favor because it is
clear that it viii iujure the republican
| party IN the coast country more than
1t will the democracy. Our extracts
frsm Colonel Jones speech will give
the reader AN insight into the positions
assumed 10y him, and TO that We refer
them.
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lGrattfying Accounts Of 1hroek NOR
tons Candidacy.
Au,tin corrrspon dence Galye.

Austin correspondence Galveston
News, of May I'd: l have Interviewed
fhrockmorton's friends here and find
they are very confident. Some weeks
ago this WAS not the case. There was
Hubbard swell, reaction in his IA
vor occasioned by the sympsthies OF
the people aroused by The Galveston
Posts attacks, which was apparent,
and which gives the governor strength
in places where he did not expect It..
Throekmorton has declared 10 his
friends here he Will not be candidate
for congress under any circumstances,
and they tell me that they are now re
celving letters from all parts of the
state giving gratifying accounts, aud
expect him to get the nomination, the
two-tbirds rule to the contrary, not.
withstandipg.