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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-03-20

BEN HILL says of Malone, in the
language of Patrick, e" He's little,
but he's ould."
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1881-03-20
THE LEGISLATURE
Col. Morgan's Remains to be Re-
moved to the Capitol.
Four Speeches on the State Dabt
Settlement Bill Yesterday.
The Charters of Washington, Rhea
County, and Blountville
Repealed.

Special dispatch to the Sh-onicle.
NAe-ZZ-,rlENN..
The Worthington advance., 1881-11-10
A WISCONSIN TRAGEDY.
A Well-Kn0wn Citizen o! Black River Falls
Shot Dead In His Door Yard-A Woman
Thought to be in the Case.


Thought to be in the Case.
about three mi es from Black River Falls, was
shot and almost instantly killed. last Sunday
night at his own door. Ths facts Of the killing
are - follows: Kenyon, his wife, her sister,
Kenyon's mother and his only daught+r, Dora,
! girl Of eleven years, were in the sitting room,
Mrs. Constantine, Kenyon's sister -in-lsw, Wa
reading to them from q paper. Mrs. Kenyon,
remainder Of the company stayed a few minutes
later until the story Was finished, when Kenyon
said, 'Itis getting late now. Let's all 80 to bed
and finish the paper TO- m )rrow." He drew OF
his boots and went to the back door aul on: to
the we'll. which is situated alb III six
feet from the honso aai helr way
between th, c,rlav Of thu building an the
door throus5i. the wllov l'o' ing out olto the
porch Mrs Constantine saw Kenyon 60 to the
pump and draw bucket OF water, after which
he went towards the corner OF the house and
stood directly in front Of the window, with his
back towards it, She heard him say to some
one: ''Come in. Why don't you como IMP"
The only answer heard was the sharp crack Of
a revolver, followed by the sound of strug-
and Kenyon's mother, ran qni;k..
~ to the door and looked out, but
40 signs Of any person were to bs
seen, but horse was e.ri running at full
speed down the road, and tho murderer es-
capped There is no clue to the murderer, nor
can any reason be assigned fori it. Kenyon
lived in Black River Falls for msny years, aot-
ing in the capacity Of landlord Of the Merohante
hotel, livery stable an1 farmer He haa owned
the fastest horses in Jackson county, and while
his life was not the most exemplary, still he
was not known to have had deadly enemies. II
is rumored that woman 10 at the bottom Of the
Sffair
The Worthington advance., 1881-11-10
An Aggravating Criticism on Garfleld's
Treatment.

The doctors war in reference to Garfield
wound has broken out afresh. The pro-
positions of DIR. Gum, at the meeting of
the New York Electric society, have attracted
attention. The propositions advanced by
DR.. Gum are as follows: The wound was
not necessarily fatal. Every time it Was
dressed the patient was twisted to one side
and the greatest possible motion of the in
jured spine was produced. The increased
inflammation and formation of pus and d.
minshed the chances for the patients re.
covery. The administration of morphine
from the first disordered the stomach and
rendered digestion and assimilation of nu-
triment impossible and thus complicated
tho case, depressing the vital energies and
favoring the poisoning of the system by the
absorption Of pus liquor. The administra-
ton Of food by enemata is one of the great
est fallacies the profession has ever advocat-
cd. Dozens Of patients have been killed
by this method of feeding. and President
Garfeld's death was hastened by it. The
treatment of President Garfield was the
most outrageous piece of malpractice ever
perpetrated. and the whole case from be-
ginning to the end was disgrace to mod
ern surgery.
The Worthington advance., 1881-11-10
Cane Cod E0lkS in Sfaw.

Miss Sally Pratt Mclean, author of Cape
Cod Folks, a novel published by A. Will
liams l. Co., of Boston. has raised real
gale by her book. She was formerly q
teacher in Cape Cod. and her story was very
faithfully, too faithfully, indeed, sets forth
the peculiarities of the inhabitants of that
locality. Moreover, the characters of the
romance have the names of living people.
The supposed victims of SANDER are very
angry, and have issued four suits against
the publishers, two for $40, 900 each and.
two for $4,000. Since that time the book
has been in great demand, as much as S.
being offered for copy of tho first edition,
which has been suppressed. The latter edi-
tions, in which so many changes have been
made, a1e not SO popular. The property Of
the firm was attached until due security
was given: and the prospective trial is
awaited with good deal of interest, o many
new questions bearing on libel are likely to
arise. The aggrieved parties do not com
plain that any lies have been told, but they
feel that they have been held up to rid
ieule. The trouble With the book is that it
Is too true
The Worthington advance., 1881-11-10
A NONsTROUs EMBEZzLEnENT

The Cashier OF the Merchants National Bank
Of Newark. N. j., . Detaulter for Two NIL
lions OF Dollars-The Embe xzler, PrOmin-
ent Society Man and Pillar OF the Church.
Arrested and Hello to Bail.
The most gigantic embezzlement Of the
times IL reported from Newark, New Jersey.
Cashier Baldwin, Of the Merchants National, sd-
vised the directory to suspeDdon Monday morn
ing, cody telling them he was short two mil
hon dollars in his accounts. The confession
paralysed the directors, but they went
into executive session ~ soon - they
could recover their breath. They realized
fully upon their worst fears, and Mi: Baldwia,
.'the loading banker In the state," Will 20 to
Join Cashiers Berry Of Hackensack, aud He'd,
den OF Newark, In the retirement Of the New
Jersey penitentiary. A telegram tersely tells
the story when it says that Baldwin got away
With evervthing but the safe. which was
colossal Of its clasa The old Mutual Life In
surance company loses = million, sll OF the
available assets of the company, and several
suspensions are inevitible The cashiers name
is Hens!er Baldwin. The main fact il the old
and painful stOry-stock, gambling, robbery
and ruin: The affidavit on which 10 was A.
rested alleges = confession Of tho crime, and
that distractions Wero covered up by false on
tries; hat tho amount taken excseds So, nOO,-
OOO, aud that the bank il in solvent and ruined
What this implies may be imagined from tho
IA + that the Mechanics bank has hitherto
stood in the very front rank among Newark
banks, having been most prosperous during
the half century since it's charter. It has been
paying dividends Of ii per cent, per cent
semi annually. In fact the mechanics was
considered the strongest and safest bank in
Newark, though almost too prudent and con-
servative. Ito board OF directors includes some
Of the wealthiest and foremost citizens The
surprise is simply bouudless As one prom
inent citizen remarked, ''he would a. soon
have thought Of ono Of the churches turn
ing over and standing on the tip Of tho spira"
While Baldwin was making his statement to
the directors Sunday, confessing his own guilt,
The bells On Trinity Episcopal church, OF which
he was member aud to which he had sub
scribed iberally, we're calling the faithful to
worship. Little indeed did Bsltwin's old
church friends think as they sat in church that
one Of their leading lights was at that moment
confess;ng himselfa thief.
Christopher N,gent, q wealthy morocco
manufacturer Of the firm of c. Nugent l. Co..
was arrested Monday evening at his house by
deputy United States marshal ona charge Of
aiding and abett:ug Cashier Baldwin in embex-
cling funds from the Mechanics National bank.
He gave bail in S25, 900 to answer to the
charpo
The Worthington advance., 1881-11-10
POSTOFFICE CHANGES
During the Week Ending October 80, 1s

During the Week Ending October 20, 1881.
MINNESOTA.
stablished-Gaylord, Sibley county, Henry A.
Boettcher, postmaster.
Postmasters Appointed--H -Hersey, Mobiles county,
Peter Geyermann: Red Lake, Beltrami county,
Clement H. Beaulieu
Observation-Disclosures, Chippewa county:
Goodland, Langlade county: Hemock, Wood coun-
~; Henry, Barron county: Jenneton, Iowa county;
Neshonoc, La Crosse county: Staudfold. Barron
county.
pnstmasters Appointed Edwards, Sheboygan
lounty, Peter Martin: Greenfield. Milwaukee coun-
ty, Frank C. Danville; Herseyville Monroe county,
Mary E., Palmer; Kiibourn City, Columbia county,
Jacob V. Hughes: Meadow Valley, Juneau county,
e c. Treat; 6toddard, Vernon county, Herman
Kalish
Discontinued-Byron, Humboldt county; E aston,
Adair county: Jerome, Appanoose county.
Names changed Conrad, Grundy county, to
Conrad Grove: Union Grove, Page county, to
Northborongh
Poslnasters appointed-Hosper, Sioux county,
Henry Frantzen: La GRANGE, Lucas county. Henry
{. Cook; Northborough. Page county, Calvin P.
Greene: Windsor, Fayette county, Phineas r.
Ketchnm; Wolfdale, Woodbury. county. Mrs G. G.
Bruce.
Established-Bue Lake. Day county, Manson
ooxford, postmaster: Lee, Grand Forks COUNTY.
Die C. Oleson postmaster: Westview, Pembina
county, Thomas West. postmaster.
Postmasters Appointed Geneva, Grant county,
John Little: Stickney, Grant Forks county, James
" B, Hunter
The Worthington advance., 1881-11-10
TY, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER TO- 1881
ot before the holder Of such bonds shall file then

not before the holder Of such bonds shall file them
and receive new bonds therefor
6ec. 5. The governor. auditor of state and attor-
ney general shall be, and they hereby constitute
ca board of commissioners under this act, whose
duty shall be to set apart annually from the sum re-
celved BY the State from the various railroad COM
panies in this State in payment of taxes upon their
gross earnings, o sufficient sum to meet the semi
annual payments Of interest said bonds to be is
sued under the provisions of this act.
Sec. g. 1t shall be tho duty of the treasurer OF
state to pay tho semi annual maturing interest cou-
pons attached to said bonds Is they mature at the
place ih the city Of New York which shall be desig-
mated in said bonds. upon the warrant of the audit
OF OF state out OF the funds set apart for said
purpose aforesaid.
Sec 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with
this act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect and bo In force
from and after its passage
The Worthington advance., 1881-11-10
CURRENT NEWS.
RAILROADS.

Assistant Attorney General McCammon Of the
interior department has been appointed COM
missioner Of railroads, vice Theopkllus French,
resigned.
Gen. Bishop, formerly of the Sioux City line,
is among those mentioned - likely to succeed
A. b. stickney ~ general superintendent of
the western division Of the Csnadian Pacific.
The construction Of the Missouri division of
the Northern Pacific cost the company $2,-
0OO, 600. This division extends from Bismark
to Glendive on the Yellowstone, = distance of
221 miles. There are on the division $50
bridges.
The Northwestern railroad has issued the
following notice: To agents, shippers aud con-
Meeting lines: We will discontinue receiving
wheat for shipment via the Diamond 10 line for
Mississippi river points above Dubuque No.
vember 3, and for Dubuque and Fulton Novem-
Der III, 1881. Agents will please notify all
General Manager J. J. Hill, of the Manitoba
Falls, have purchased one ef. the lower w.ter
powers in that city Of Tenkee, White l. Cutler,
paying therefore 1921, 900. This includes
about two hundred acres of land adjoining the
power The expectation is to put in large
mill In this power and improve and build
dwellings on the land the ensuing season
The Worthington advance., 1881-11-10

So the bond bill: may be considered law, as
tho senate will no doubt concur in the amend
ments, and the governors approval may be
considered matter of course.
THURSDAY, NOV: =.
sENArE-The bond bill came up in the sen
ate, and tue house amendments to
the bill were concurred in, after which the
amended bill was passed by vote Of 20 yeas
to nays-the same vote as that given to the
who has been unable for several days on &C.
count Of sickness to be in attendance The
congressional apportionment bill was debated
at length, but no decision was reached. Many
bills were passed but none Of them were Of
general interest
House The bill creating the Office Of dis
trlct attorney in Twelfth district VS. repealed
after some opposition, and q resolution against
sine die adjournment until all business is fin
ished adopted The house went into secret
session at 1870 4. M, and remained 80 the
rest Of the day, the Cox affair being on the
tapis.
sENATE-The senate in executive session
yesterday confirmed the following appointments
made by Gov Pillsbury. Considerable oppo-
sition was developed against Mr. Kiehle az gu
the ground Of the improperly OF placing at tho
head Of public institutions and in important
educational Offices gentlemen who are known
a. pronounced sectarians or denomlnational-
lists. Several speeches were made, but they
had no material effect on the general result, for
all the appointments were confirmed, ~ fol-
lows:
Superintendent Of Public Instruction-D. L.
Kiehle Of Stearns county.
Inspector OF State Prison.. +. Norrish Of
Dakota county.
Regent OF Sate University-J. B. Gl6llan Of
Hennepin county.
Trustee of Minnesota Hospital for Insane
n. ]. Daniels of Olmstel.
Boiler Inspectors-M. W. Glenn Of Henne-
pin, Chas F. Yeager of Ramsey and Charles
Bison Of aibley.
The Worthington advance., 1881-11-10

The city of Bangor is the headquarters
of the lumber business of Maine. This
year there have been 200, ,000,0O0 feet Of
legs in it's booms and the localities above,
14O, ,OOO, 900 feet have been manufactured
and shipped to market. 1t has been an
unusually good year for hauling and cut
ting. wages of men and teams have been
reasonable, and supplies were cheap. The
only drawback has been the scarcity of
ships to cArry stock to market.
The Worthington advance., 1881-11-10
TIE WAR EAGLE WREDKfD:
Tie Steamer War Eagle Runs Against the
Bridge at Kcokuk, Is Badly Shattered and
Sfnks-RepOrted Loss of Lite.


On Friday evening the steamer War Esele.
which left st. Paul for St Louis on Monday
night, met with terrible accident Ut Keokuk.
The boat was about to attempt to make land
lug at the levee, but became unmanagablo lust
owe the bridge and swung around, striking
the bridge sldeways, tearing away the Wheel
mouse and crushing in the stern of the boat
The steamer was crowded with psssenge
Almost perfect panic instantly ensued, des-
pte the efforts Of the officers to perserve order.
Nearly 100 passengers jumped from the boat
20 the bridge, while several, the number
not being known, leaped into the river, and it
is thought eight were drowned. But very for
,unately the bridge is wagon and foot bridge,
&ffording ample room for those who sought
safetyo n it; otherwise the loss of life would
probably have been terrible 1t was z o'clock
when the accident occurred, ana up to
Il late hour many porsons were miss.
ing but all except the eight drowned are sup
posed to be safe. The War Eagle floated help
!essly down stream to point few hundred
yards below the elevator, where she wa
beached, and the passengers who remained on
board were taken to the shore in skids. The
>'ficers and crew were cool, and thus saved
many lives.
It would be impossible to estimate anything
like accurately the amount of damage done or
the insurance. There ia an insurance Of about
S5, 1000 on the boat, which is valued at $4O,-
100. Tue cargo consisted Of l;ttle of every
thing She carried IN immense trip and there
was large amount Of potatoes and grain
sb5ard
The Worthington advance., 1881-11-10

The very high degree Of excellence to
which the instruction of deaf-mutes has
been brought is evidenced by the condition
OF Mr. Thomas Driscoll, deaf. mute Of
New York city. Mr.. Driscoll has been
taught by the oral method of of instruction
and though deaf mute he is able to hear
with his eyes and can readily speak both
German and French. OF course, his mas
terry of language was q purely mechanical
effort. This young man has now passed
his final examination for college and is now
freshman in Columbia college. where he
ntends fitting himself as civil engineer.
The Worthington advance., 1881-11-10
The Cars Amiable Action.
From the T OnClon Echo

An occasional correspondent in st. Pc
tersburg records an amiable action lately
performed by the czar. During the last few
days the chief military procurator, Filosof-
off, and his wife have returned 10 Russia,
and reappearedat at court. Tho story of their
absence is q curious one. Under the re-
g'me of Gnrko it was an easy thing for any
one, man or woman, to DO ticketed as *polit-
zeal suspected" and dealt with accordingly.
Madame Filosofoff Was cultivated and
generous lady, enl she employed her spare
money in frequent gifts to poor and prom
lsing students. to aid them in their career.
A student of science or literature was re-
garded ipso facto by the Gurko
school Of politicians us a doubtful
character; If not already Nihilist there
was no saying how soon he might become
one. Madam Filosofoff's gifts to youths
of this class brought her into bad iepute.
and although no proof seems to have been
found that she really aided any profeesed
revolutionists. under the plea of aiding
scientific or literary aspirants, she was sud-
denly informed that she must leave Russia
and reside abroad. Her husband, the
chief military procurator, was IN despair,
but his influence and Office could not pro-
cure remission of the hard sentence
which reduced him to the condition of
what the Germans call straw wlGower.'
At court ball, shortly after the exile Of
his wife, the late Emperor Alexander II.
went up to Filosofof and kindly asked him
why he looked SO wretched. "Your ma
gesty knows" he replied, that am a
lonely man. am no longer young. am
constantly ill, and need hardly say that l
miss the society of my wife" Il can
feel for you," said the czar, "and
wish that your wife could return
to you; but, added he. after a pause, II
find that it is quite impracticable. Early
the next morning, while the :procurator was
at work in his study, = courier arrived from
the car, with note in the imperial hand.
writing. ''As yonr wife cannot return to
you" said the document: "you had better
go to her. grant You an extra leave of
absence and 1000 rubles for travelling ex-
psnses. The present czar
struck line across Madame Filosofoff's
name in the list Of political suspects, I"
ard she and her husband, the compulsory
and the voluntary exile, were thus enabled
to return home, and, as our police reports
often conclude, "withouta stain upon their
character"
The Worthington advance., 1881-11-10
FIRES AND OTHER CAS- ALTIEs,

At Cincinnati fire destroyed McGurie l.
Co. Ohio and Mississippi elevator, with 1885,
600 bushels Of grain, with loss Of 5000, 600
A sail boat capsized off Adams point,
Presque Iale county, on Lake Huron, Septem-
Der -. and two persons drowned. It is now
alleged that a party OF hunters found the bodies
OF those nnfortunates in the woods near the
shore with everything on hem stripped. One
man was said to have $500 on his person when
he started out
The Worthington advance., 1881-11-10
HOMES IN THE WEST.

Persons looking westward for homes
can procure full information concern.
ing the GARDEN SPoT of Iowa and
Minnesota, by subscribing for the
Worthington ADVANCE, published at
Worthington, Minnesota. Send q for
one year. 81 for six months, and so
cents for three months, to ADVANCE.
Worthington. Mobiles Co., Minnesota.
The Worthington advance., 1881-11-10
RECORD OF CRIME.

While Miss Mamie Barton was alone in tho
house Of her uncle, Isaac Darst, four miles
west Of Bloomington, ILL.,, recently, two men
entered the house, tied her in chair, chloro-
formed her and robbed tbs house; obtaining
however, only few dollars.
The Worthington advance., 1881-11-10
Greater Banking security Required.

Tie ruin Of the Mechanics National bank at
Newark very naturally attracts attention to the
oft mooted qnestion whether the national bank
ing laws should not be amended to give gre ter
secnritv to the depositors and stockholders in
such institutions. fthe laws are sufficiently
comprehensive, then it would seem that there
is isnccessity for . more rigid enforcement OF
those laws by the subordinates Of the COMP
troller of the currency. The security of share
holders ard depositors alike depends upon tho
rigidity with which the banks are examined by
the tank examiner,
The Worthington advance., 1881-11-10
PENSIONS.
The Enormous Amount OF Money Required to
Paw Them.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4-The commissioner
of pensions recommends that congress be asked
to appropriate 800, ,OOO,OOO for disbursement
by his Office during the official year ending
June 80. 1888, in payment of annual and ac-
crued pensions, and also that an immediate de-
fciency appropriation OF 500, 600, 600 be re-
quested for the purpose Of paying oil arrears
Of pensions to claimants whose cases have been
or msy be favorably adjudicated the current
fiscal year. Ihe commissioner estimates that
10000 pension claims will be
further increase in the current bureau as
many as 50, 900 may be disposed Of next year.
Fully two-thirds of the pending claims carry
arrears Of pensions amounting to nearly 81 500
for each claimant, and the commissioner be-
iieves the interests of the country will be pro-
noted by paying of arrears - rapidly a. pos
sible. bring up the total pension dispulsements
to $40, ,OOO, 900 this year, and 500, OOU, 600
the next, in order to reduce the annual charge
upon the treasury more speedily hereafter
The estimated aggregate annual value Of
United States pensions at the close Of the our
renN year will be about $33, 600, 900, and
that the total pension roll, excluding first pay
ment= or arrears, viii never exceed $4O, ,OUO,-
600.
The Worthington advance., 1881-11-10
CURRENT EVENTS.

Richard Scott, prominent citizen of Dubu-
que is dead.
Alexander Mitchell, John Plankington, o.
den, Atkins 4 Co., and other heavy capitalists
Of Milwaukee have formed joint-stock com
pany, with capital of 81 200, 900, to estab-
lish an extensive Wholesale dry goods house in
that city.
an Arkansas minister, who tells OF Robert Mel
con, who was para]yzed while cursing about the
draught, and John Freeman, who was struck
dead by lightning while blaspheming il regard
to the dry weather, the dirt being thrown from
his grave by subsequent burst of divine
wrath.
A New York telegram says: The cry of a
the importation o: tho genui ne Irish potato to
this port While the American potatoes are
sold at Fl ON So 5:' to So BARREL the product
Of Ireland can be shipped to this country and
all agreeable profit be realized by the dealers
who sell them st from Sp2.25 to S. 80 bar
rel.
Some of the stlinge1s and other material for
the big iron bridge at Bismarck have arrived
The piers on tho east side Of the river will be
completed this winter and early in the spring
two of the spans will be put up. TIE work in
general is getting along finely; the job of pick
ing up boulders for the rip-rapping has al
ready cost $4,000. Twenty thousand tons
have been dropped in the river and on the bank
Twenty seven teams and forty mon have been
hauling all summer. Twenty-thousand more
tons of these boulders will be required.
Those Americans who went to Yorktown on
the Catskil cannot too highly praise Secretary
Blaine's tact in preventing any open rupture
between his French and German guests He
and his assistants had to be constantly watch
ing lest some breach Of etiquet in regard to
questions of precedence shoula cause open
hostilites. The Couer des Etsts Unis, in conf
menting upon the disagreeablc feeling aroused
among the French by the display Of the Ger
man flags with their own on our vessels at
Yorktown, indicated tho state of feeling in
Paris with regard to Germany by statiIg that
burg has been kept drapcd in mourning since
tie Germans entered Paris, and is to remain
go. Now that the Germans are travelling in the
west aud the French in the east, let us hope all
are happy.