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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-09-25
Kansas TWenty-fifth Anniversary.

The recurrence OF the twenty fifth anniver-
sary Of the settlement of the State of Kansas
was the occasion of an immense gathering of
people at Lawrence Sept Is and 16, among
whom were great many participants in the
stirring events from 1854 to 1868. The first
days exercises were begun by an address by
ex-Gov. Robinson, the President of the day,
followed by addresses Of welcome by G. K.
Halliday on behalf of the old set
tiers, and by Gov. St John for the
State Then came an address by John W. For
ney, of Philadelphia. In the evening an old
settlers love-feast was held at which brief re-
marks were made by Senators Ingalls, and
Plumb, ex-Senators Pomeroy, Ross, Harvey
and other distinguished persons The second
days exercises, atwhich over 80, 600 people we're
in attendance, embraced q love-feast by the old
settlers and addresses by Edward Everett
Hale, OF Boston; George W. Julian, of Indiana;
Gov. St John, of Kansas, and Gen. John Pope.
The press of the State was largely represented,
at least fifty editors being present
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-09-25
The State Convention of the Butler

The State Convention of the Butler
wing of the Massachusetts, Democracy washeld
at Worcester. last week. Gen. B. F. Butler WAS
nominated for Governor by reclamation The
remainder of the ticket is as follows: For
Lieutenant Governor, a G. Woodworth; Secfe-
tary of State, Michael r. Donohue; Treasurer,
D. N. stallings; Auditor, D. J. King; Attorney
General, William D. Northend
The convention of the Independent
voters of Massachusetts, held at Worcester
Sept Is, nominated Gen B. F. Butler for
The Colorado Republican Convention,
in session at Denver last week, nominated
William E. Beck for Supreme Judge. Con
gresham Belford offered resolution, which
was carried with great enthusiasm and cheer
ing, that, on Grants return, should he decide
to become a candidate for the Presidency, Col
orado will pledge him her votes. The con-
.vention was addressed by Carl Schurz
a The Wisconsin Democratic State
Central Committee has substituted the name OF
James G. Jenkins, of Milwaukee, for Governor,
in the place of Alexander Mitchell, who de-
elined the nomination rendered him by the Dem
ocratic State Convention.
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Gen. Sherman and the South.

A dispatch from Salisbury, N. c., says: A
grand relnion of the survivors of the Confed-
crate and Federal armies has been arranged to
take place here on the Sd of October. Invita-
tons were sent to both armies. Lieut. Gen.
Sheridan politely refused on account of pressing
business engagements. He expressed his hope
of the success of the movement. Gen. w. L.
Sherman wrote a letter which has created no
little excitement The letter is as follows:
The time is too remote for me to make q
promise. but assure you That it would be most
agreeable to me personally and socially to meet
you on any suitable occasion-there is no use in
my mincing uerms--whenever and wherever
the honest men of North Carolina seek to allay
sectional and party anlmosltles. aud to cultivate
feelings of fraternal respect for their fellow
citizens of the United States. 1t Will be to me
most tempting to come to Salisbury would
far prefer to come alone than, as be-
fore, with a vast army, leaving desola-
ton behind, but / must not be con-
strued as asserting to the proposition that
the Confederates and Union men were alike
worthy of celebration for the terrible history Of
1S61-65. would much prefer to come on some
civic occasion, when all are absolutely equal
all alike interested in the present and future
glory of our common country. There were
few Union soldiers from North Carolina during
the war, though we believe the people generally
were opposed to secession, and Will say that
your meeting, if confined to the surviving sol
diers of North Carolina, will be, in fact, Con-
federate reunion, where would certainly be
out Of place. All soldiers, in their social re-
unions, glorify their deeds of heroism, and this
reunion will hardly be an exception, and it
would be strange sight for Gen. Sherman to
cheer the victories of his enemies and respond
to the claim that, because the soldiers of North
Carolina were brave and true to their State and
section, their cause was as sacred as ours, which
finally triumphed and made our Union more
glorious and more respondent than before.
We're I present, and you should sup
press this natural feeling, I would feel
myself an intruder, marring the natural hap
piness of the festive occasion. | know that
the soldier element was the first to lay aside
the angry partisan feelings of the war, and are
now leaders in the new epoch which is soon to
add wealth and prosperity to our whole coun-
try; and when some occasion arises when we
may all meet on common ground In North Car
DINA to celebrate some Revolutionary event, Or
to encourage some modem enterprise. it will
| give me great pleasure to come to Salisbury, to
Raleigh, to Guilford Court House. or to any
, other place in the old North State.
.f5 :. cars" - lN ". T. SHERMAN
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-09-25
A Troopers Story Of the Cabul Mas
S4CrH.

A dispatch from Simla, in India, says: 'FOne
of the troopers of Maj. Cavagnari's escort has
arrived at Lundi Khotal. He says that the
roof of the British Residency at Cabul was
commanded by other houses, and was con-
sequently untenablo by the besieged, who
made trench outside. At about o'clock
in the afternoon on. the day of the massa-
ere Maj. Cavagnari received wound from
a ricocbeting bullet in his forehead. Mr.. Jen-
kyns, Maj. Cavagnari's assistant, who arrived
at the residency during the attack, wrote TO the
Ameer for help; the Ameer's reply was, "Good
will. [ am making arrangements" A previ-
GUS request for aid from Maj. Cavagnari had
met with the same reply. MIR. Jenkyns wrote
again when Maj. Cavagnari was wounded, but
the bearer Of the letter was cut to pieces by the
mutineers.
The trooper then started, but was disarmed
and imprisoned He succeeded in escaping at
daybreak on the 4th of September, and visited
the residency, where he saw the corpse of
Lieut.. Hapilton, commanding the escort Of the
British mission, lying across mountain gun
He says that Mr.. Jenkyns was with q
person called Yahyah Kahn, and WAS,
therefore, presumably alive, The escaped
trooper saw no troops on the road
from Cabul to Jelallabad and Dakka, anj, so far
as he knew, none were coming comrade
who was confined in Cabul informed him that
Lieut. Hamilton shot three Of the mutineers
with his revolver, and killed two with his saber
DR.. Kelley, who was connected with the mis-
sion, was lying dead inside the RESIDENCE Mai
Cavagnar was in a room which wassburnt and
which had fallen in. His body had not been
found. Three native officers of the guides
we're burned to death near the residency."
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-09-25
THE MARK LANE ExpREss' REV

s III THE MARK LANE EXPRESS REVIEW.
. Tine Mark Lasse Express, of London, in its
last review Sept l7D of the British grain trade,
says.
! Wse few samples of new wheat exhibited in
Mark Lane have been wretchedly poor. both in
quality and condition. A great deal of barley
is also so stained as to be unavailable for malt
ing, From two and one-half to three quarters
per acre seems to be the average yield of wheat,
with, perhaps, some reservation i'm favor of
oats. AL spring crops are, to a great extent
failures, and peas most especially, while the
root-crops are but little better
Trade has been quiet Sellers have shown
little desire to press sales, being encouraged by
the certainty that the home crop is lamentably
deficient, while the visible supply in America is
diminished. Though a rise is hoped for by
sellers before long, it is impossible to ignore
the fact that America must control the prices
for the, present cereal year, although it is more
than probable that the continental requirements
will absorb large proportion of the available
surplus which at present threatens to glut the
United Kingdom markets
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Secretary ssherman's Coin Disbursement
Order.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT..
A

TREAsURY DEPARTMENT.,
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 10. {
Gold corn beyond the needs of the Govern
ment having accumulated in the treasury of
the United States by deposit in the several pub
lie assay offices of fine bars and foreign coin,
for which .depositors have been paid at their
option, in United States notes, the Treasurer
of the United States and the several Assistant
Treasurers at Boston, New York, PHILADELPHIA,
Baltimore, Cincinnati, Chicago. st. Louis. New
Orleans and Sam Francisco are hereby au-
thorized to pay out gold coin as well as sill
yer COIN 'and notes upon current obliga-
tlons of the Government and upon advances
to dlsbursilg officers as may be convenient and
practicable. Transfers of coin for this pur-
pose will be made to any Assistant Treasurer,
when necessary, by the treasurer of the United
States by application to bim. The Treasurer
OF the United States in this city, on receipt by
hlm OF a certificate of deposit issued by the AS
slstant Treasurer at New Work, stating that
there has been deposited with him legal-tender
notes in the sum of 800, or multiples thereof,
will also carse to be shipped from the mint at
Philadelphia TO the depositor, at his risk and
expense, a llae aamount of gold coin.
Standard solver dollars may also be obtained
as heretofore. The exchange,of gold for Uni
ted States notes at the several sub-treasurr
offices, except iat New York, appears to be pro-
hlbited by section 1861, Revised Statutes of the
United States, but it is believed that payments
of coin, as above authorized, will enable per-
sans to secure all that may be desired
JoKN SHERMAN,
Secretary of the Treasury.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-09-25
Shocking Disaster.

From the Boston papers we CLEAN the follow
ing particulars of o heartrending accident, by
which five people lost their lives The occu-
pants of the tenement 100 Gold street, which
was burned last night. were: On the first
floor, an aged couple whom no one in
the vicinity seems to have known, and
one Gillespie and wife, On the second
floor, a German family, consisting of
father, mother, and three children, named
Pfeiffer. On the third floor, Ferdinand Meroth,
wife and two children, and George Holdreid,
wife and two children, making fiftesn persons
asleep in the house when the inceIdiary kim
died the fire. When the fire was discovered by
policeman it was quarter to 20, and the
DANES We're breaking out on the first floor,
having burned away the stairs, making them
impossible. The smoke was rolling up the
marrow staircases, and the awakened inmates,
before the firemen could arrive with their lad
ders, had either leaped from the windows, gone
to the root in hope of safety, or dropped suffo-
Gated in tlae hall. .s.s. s .t...-
cold couple on the first floor made their
escape, and were not heard of duriag the night.
The Gillespie family escaped, with the excep-
tion of the wife and mother. The latter, 80
years old, might have escaped 10y walking six
feet, but became bewildered and swooned in
her room. She was found by the fire.
men IN an apparently dying condition, and
was taken to the station with the other
victims of the fire. Her injuries are terri
BILE, the burns being both external and internal
Rosa Pfeiffer, aged %, was found in the hall of
the second floor. Mrs. Pfeiffer and two child
nen jumped from a window and were but
slightly hurt, but Pfeiffer's father was lost
Meroth, on the third floor, lifted his son, Charles,
agedl4, out of the window and allowed him to
drop to the ground, distance Of forty feet, and
then instructed his wife and daughter, Rosie, to
jump, which they did Last of ALL he himself
jumped to the ground, and in falling met in
slant death. Mrs. Meroth is at the City Hospital,
with fractures of both legs and one arm, and
her face is bruised beyond all recognition The
daughter Rosie sustained no sefious injuries,
but Charles is badly hurt. Holdreid took his
wife to the roof, and then went down stairs,
where he was caught by the fiames and burned,
probably fatally Mrs. Holdreid's body, charred
beyond recognition, was found on the roof
Charles Holdreid the son, is at the hospital, in
ternally injured from jumping to the ground,
and with an arm broken. .Ij
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-09-25
MISCELLANEOUS aLKANINas.

Visible supply Of grain in the States
and Canada. Wheat, 17046,000 bushels; corn,
100000 bushels; oats, 2,7040 ZOO bushels; rye,
sol, 600 bushels; barley, 927, 900 bushels.
The new instruction in Cuba has re-
ceived an impetus which thousands of Spanish
troops can not overcome, and from quarter,
too which may always be depended on to fur
nish assistance at the proper time and place.
Seventeen officers who served against the Gov
eminent in the long and bloody wars which
were, to all appearances, brought to an end a
few months ago, and who had not again taken
up arms, were recently butchered in their
homes by Spanish soldiers, acting, it is claimed,
without orders. The dispatch which an-
nounces this massacre also mentions the rising
of the slaves in Cienfuegos and their union with
the patriot forces.
Havana advices state that Capt. Gen.
Blanco has issued general order to the army
announcing that the insurgents have attacked
the village of Mayari in the province of Santia-
go de Cuba. A considerable number of Mayari
volunteers reasonably went over to the
enemy, enabling the insurgents to en-
ter the village and surprise the
small garrison of loyal volunteers. The garri-
son defended the village for three days, sus-
tanning considerable losses, when Gen. Velera
arrived with reinforcements, routed the insur-
gents, and pursued them into the hills which
surround the village
The influx of gold into this country
is indicated by the figures showing that the ag-
gregate receipts at New York since the LIST of
August amount to about $50, 100000 The rate
at which gold mas begun to pour into the coun-
try since the crop movement began is shown
by the fact that up to the first day of August
the total gold receipts for the year were but a
little over pa, 100000. .
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-09-25
Wealth Of the NaD0leOns.

"The First Napoleon" remarks the
Continental and Se0iss Times, Cen
dowed all his family splendidly, as the
master of Europe might have been ex-
peoted to do. The records of st. Hell
ems show that sum variously estimated
at from $2O,00O,000 to $1OO,00OOOO of
money was at the command of the ex-
lied Emperor in Amsterdam, Frankfort
and London. Notwithstanding the idle
stories which have been current for
years as to the pecuniary embarrass-
ments of Napoleon III before he be-
came ruler of France it is absolutely
certain that at the deaoh of his father,
the ex-King of Holland, at Leghorn, in
1916, he inherited very handsome
property" a..-.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-09-25
Cure for Snal1e-Bite.

Mr.. S. S. Bowmer says that the fol-
lowing is certain cure for snake-bite,
VIZ: Take the leaves from the cotton
wood tree, make a strong tea of the
same, use freely internally, and battle
the wounded part we'll. His dog was
bitten by very large copperhead, and,
after running fifty yards, fell, and to
all appearances was in a dying condi-
ton. He took the dog up in his arms
and carried it home, made a tea of the
cottonwood leaves, bathed the part bit
ten, and poured about quart of the
liquid down the dogs throat. In abou
fifteen minutes the dog was up, run
ming about, and in half al hour he was
out in the woods hunting up another
snake.-BatT73et CTeG. } Bulletin.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-09-25
The Shoe PeeSneSS Prefer,

A man near 70 years of age ST.
small confectionery store a few
since, and sent word to bis thre,
tors up town and desired to comp
The trio went down to the store
they found in full blast, and t.
sat down for a talk.
You see, shentlemen, I do Il
ness, and my family eats up
profits, "he said by way of an exc,
You owe me twelve dollars,".
one of the creditors, "and each o
others fifteen apiece. That maxi
ty-two dollars"
"Shust forty-two," sighed Il
man.
+ Now, then, how much none,
you on hand?"
Shust sixty dollar and no MOI
Very well, as you have had be
we will settle with you for one hu
and twenty cents Oh the dollar, al
can go on as before"
Yaw, I will do dot, shentlt
and / am much obliged for sucI
treatment"
He got out his money, the z
cent. was added to the claims anc
aud before the creditors retired
sisted on treating them to ice-C
They had not been gone an no
fore the old man rushed out, ha
policeman and said:
IF [ fails in peesness und ba,
dollar und twenty cents on the
What does it mean?"
1T means that you don't unde
how to fail, was the reply.
"Ish dot possible?" whispert
old man.
I should say So"
Well, [ go back to the shoe
ness again. When [ fails in dot.
ness I makes everythings. Y.
fails in dis peesness I pays NOR
owes"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-09-25
Advance i'm Railway Freisa1ts.

Railroads running west from Chicago and
st. Louis, and all the roads running to Mis-
souri, river points, have made an agreement
to maintain freights. This is the result of an
armistice in the war beSween the rival corpora
tons. The following circular gives the rates
which went into effect under the new arrange
ment s -
Notice is given that the through rates from
New York city to points on the Missouri, in
Guiding Kansas City, Leavenworth, Atchison,
st. Joseph, St. Louis, Chicago and Hannibal
shall be as follows First class, $159, as
az against sll9; second class, $780, as against
cents; fourth class. 10 cents, as against 60
cents. - E.-N = L-.L-.r. .LLa = ------
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-09-25
The Haman Voice a Cornerstone Me-
mentO.

A great many novel articles have
been placed under corner-stones of
public buildings and other structures
about being erected. But the most
novel article we have known to be thus
deposited was in laying the corner
stone of an academy in Massachusetts,
the other day. It was nothing less than
a strip of the human voice imprinted
on tin-foil by the photographic process.
There is no comprehending the curios-
ity this bit of tin-foil will be to the
people of a couple. of hundred years
hence, when the cornerstone shall be
opened and the voice taken out and
found to articulate the words and senti-
ments of one long since dead and for
gotten. :r .f+.... .. ..+,...a
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-09-25
September Crop Report.

The following is the last monthly report of
the Department of Agriculture at Washington,
showing the condition of the cotton, corn, and
tobacco crops: Cotton returns to the depart
ment, Sept 1, show q heavy decline during
August. The general average is s., against 81
dition for the whole country, Sept. 1, was 95,
against 90 in August. Tobacco-The average
condition of this crop for the whole country,
Sept 9, was 81, an advance of 10 per cent
from the condition Aug. l; an advance of per
cent. over the condition at the same time last
year.. 49, E4>s 49, A~~@,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-09-25
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE

vs @ea as sss a@ Hast. a.&
A Boston dispatch reports the burn
ing Of three story tenement house in Gold
street. by which some five or ak people, mostly
Germans, lost tIaalr lives.
a A Fall River (Mass.) dispatch reports
q serious riot in that city. 4 number OF
Canadian operatives went to wonkl in the mills,
which 50 incensad the striking Eorkmen that
g they attacked and stoned them Several of the
newcomers were painfully injurad before the
police came to theE rescue. 81
Seven seamen belonging to ahe Amer
lean ship Sea King, Of Richmond, Me-, are in
Jail at Philadelphia for the murder Of the Sec
ond mate, Charles E. Brooks, whon they be-
labored to death with Eoelaying pins. The deed
was committed at sea, on the 18th Of August
last The prisoners claim that they ware JUS
&ifed in taking Brooks life, in that they had
been subjected to most cruel and insauman
treatment at his hands. e
James Redpath, the well-known pro-
prietor of Redpath's Lyceam Bureau, is naiss-
ing from New York. not having been heard
from for several weeks. 46s 4 sSs@cgeI
New York papers chronicle the death
of Daniel Drew, the we'll known fnancier and
stock operator. He was 50 years old.
South.
: There were eighteen deaths from yell
low fever, in Memphis, and forty-two new
cases, for the twoEdays, Sept 1916. Contribu-
tons to the Howard fund were coming in free
ly. The Medical Inspector at Helena, Ark,
reports number of cases Of yellow fever at
Carson's Landing. Miss, sixty miles below
Helena. The fever has also broken out badly
at Concofdis, La, and all the surrounding
country has quarantined against the afflicted
town. . ~. rs VA
Advices from fancy county, in the
southwestern part Of Missouri, say that two
brothers named Burr and James Manus. living
near Kirbyville, got into quarrel about a COW,
and James shot and killed Burr. A younger
brother then went home, procured rifle, and
shot his brother James Through the heart
There were fifteen deaths from vel
low fever at Memphis and thirty new cases for
the three days ending on the evening of Sept.
49, dispatch from that city says review of
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-09-25
POLITICAL POINTS.

I The Massachusetts, Republican State
Convention was held at Worcester on the
10th inst. i "A. II. Bullock presided,
and the convention was addressed by
Senator Hoar. John D. Long, the
present Lieutenant Governor, was nominated
for Governor on the first ballot. The remain
der of the ticket is as follows: For Lieutenant
Governor, Byron Weston; Attorney General
George Marston; Auditor, Charles r. Laid;
Secretary of State, Henry B. Pierce; Treasurer
and Receiver. Charles Endicott
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-09-25
WASHINGTON NOTES.

From 1873 to 1879, inclusive, the
United States minis coined BIG, 624 $40 pieces of
money, aggregating in value $419,01, 1913.
A Washington dispatch announces
the arrival of Mrs. sprague and her three
daughters at Edgewood, the former homestead
of her father
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-09-25

- A RARE and enormous orang -outang,
widower, is the most interesting re-
arrival at Paris. His wife died soon
after they were caught in Borneo, and
all his affection is now concentrated on
their son. The father is described as
the personifcation of melancholy.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-09-25

KANSAS has $50 churches, SO of viii
are Baptist, SO Congregationalist,
Lutheran, % Episcopal, 125 Method
So Presbyterian and Is United Presb
terrain.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1879-09-25

THEitwo persons who pay the largest
taxes in Providence, R. l., are both la
dies. Mrs. Elizabeth Gainwell pays
taxes on property there worth 1897 200,
and Caroline Goddard on property