The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-06-04
WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW
THE EAST.

took fire from an explosion OF gas The flames
soon communicated with some large oil-tanks,
and laid hold Of steamboat lying close by. A
lumber-vard in the vicinity also took fire and
large portion thereof was destroyed. The entire
damage is estimated at $4,000.
THE public proceedings in the Whit
taker case ended on May %, and the matter
was taken under advisement by the Court OF
Inquiry Recorder Sears summed up the case
against Whitaker, charging that he was NOR
bidly sensitive on account of disappointment in
a love affair, and that knowing hecould not pass
the examination he made up his mind to play
the role of martyr. The Recorder was rather
severe on the colored cadet, accusing him OF
cowardice, stupidity, deceit, perjury, and fraud,
and ended by demanding that Whitaker be
tried by court-martial for conduct unbecomlng
a cadet and gentleman, and for perjury.
Lieut.. Knight defended Whitaker, and in mas
terIy address ridiculed the evidence OF the ex-
perts, pointing out various contradictions In
their testimony, and went on to show
that the manner in which scraps OF the
Young mans writing were obtained surrep-
titiously from his trunk, the general anxiety
evinced by the authorities at West Point to OBJ
tain his conviction, and the rather dishonorable
way in which they sought to .intrap him into
falsehood, was by no means creditable to them.
He also argued on the unreasonableness of
young man in the prime of life being so despond-
ent as to blast his every hope and bis chances
for an honorable career.
A SHOCKING accident is reported from
Philadelphia. While the second mate, two sea-
men and two apprentices of the British ship
Sophia we're amusing themselves in the oil-room
of the vessel, one of the party thrust red-hot
poker into barrel of kerosene, causing all lmme-
Il y<Nf4I
ship were demolished, and the cook, one of the
seamen and the two apprentices were covered
with burning oil. They attempted to swim
ashore, but all were drowned except the sea-
man. The second mate was also injured, and
neither himself nor the seaman are expected to
recover A fre-engine boiler exploded in
Reading, Pa. seriously injuring seven persons,
some of whom cannot recover.
A SHOCKING tragedy is reported from
Connecticut. Two aged widow ladies named
Avent and Chidsey, living in the town of Avon,
were murdered by some persons unknown. A
neighbor entering the kitchen found Mrs.
Chidsey lying on the floor weltering in blood,
she having been killed by blow on the
head with an AK Mrs. Avent was found in
the attic on bed Bible and spectaces by
her side, and CHASTITY wound in her
forehead, inflicted by tailor's goose which
was lying on chest close by. The motive of
the murderer is not known "A bruising
match came off at McKeesport, Pa, between an
old English prize-fghter named Jack Fleet, and
young 18-year-old pugilist named Turnbul.
Fleet, who is nearly 60 years OF age, was terri
bly, punished by the young rough. They fought
for $500 side.
A BRUTAL prize-fght came off the
other day at Collier Station, W. Va, Goss and
Ryan, two noted bruisers, being the principals
in the affair. Eighty-seven rounds were fought,
and both of the brutes were frightfully pun
ished. Ryan was declared the victor. "A
great lockout began at the Pittsburgh iron-fur-
naces on the 1st inst, throwing not less than
$4,000 men and boys out of employment.
THE WEST.
T. G. THURsToN, who some timesago
killed his business partner at Leavenworth,
Kan, met Col. Anthony on the street, in that
city, the other day, and fired two shots at him.
Both bullets missed Anthony, but one hit and
fatally wounded an attorney, and the other
lodged in an advertising solicitors head.
Thurston gave himself up at once, and was re-
moved to Fort Leavenworth for safe-keeping.
IA recent telegram from Los Pinos, New
Mexico, says 1.-THE latest Indian news is that
six herders were killed on the ranch of Patrio-
cino Lunay, eight miles from Tularosa. In
Socorro county and in the Magullaus about
fifty men were killed, two women and three
Americans, names unknown. In the vicinity of
Tularosa, Socorro county, every ranch has been
cleaned out by Apaches, and the number of
those murdered since May is seventy-eight.
Gen. Hatch's command has marched more than
1000 miles in pursuit OF the Indians"
A FIERCE tornado swept over portions
of Carroll, Ida, Sac Calhoun, and Hamilton
counties, Iowa, doing great damage to farm
property, demolishing many houses, and Sc
Verely injuring several persons-two fatally.
Col. HATCH telegraphs to Gen. Sheri-
dan that the redskins were attacked by him at
the PoIomas river, N. M. He reports that fifty
five of the hostiles were killed. Col. Hatch also
reports that Capt. Kerwin had a skirmish with
the Indians, killing many of them. The hos
tiles are in retreat, but are closely pushed by
the troops. A dispatch from Laramie City
says the Ute Indians in North Park are on the
war-path. A band of sixty, it is reported, at
tackled settlement fifty miles south Of Lara
mie, and killed two men.
CAPT. BRTTToN, of the United States
army, has returned to Fort Buford from Poplar
Creek Agency, whittier he was sent by Gen.
Hazen to present the terms on which the Gov
eminent would receive the surrender Of the hos
tile Sioux now stationed at that place. AS the
Captain had no food or tobacco to distribute
among the savages, he could not prevail on
them to talk. They are hungry, poorly clad,
and tired of war, and will, in due time accept
the demand of Gen. Hazen for an unconditional
surrender.
GEN. POPE has ordered large detach-
ment of troops to New Mexico to cooperate
with Gen. Hatch's command in the campaign
against the Apaches. +. The boiler of saw
mill at Winnipeg exploded, completely wrecking
the structure, killing three men outright, mort
ally wounding two, and seriously injuring five
other persons. Denis Kearney has been re-
leased from the San Francisco House of Cor
rection in obedience to a decision of the Cali
fOrnia Supreme Court
BURGLARS entered the Atlantic mine
at Houghton, Mich, carried the safe about
mile from the Office, blew it open, and relieved
the drawers of 81, 900 in currency and valuable
papers. Five miners have been arrested for
the crime. The Kansas Pacific railroad depot
at Beloit, Kan, was broken into and a safe
therein robbed of $1,000.
NEWS comes from Southern New
Mexico that the Indians attacked party of
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