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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-11-28
FARM PRODUCTS.

Their Value Reaches Far Into the Billions,
According to Commissioner Loring's Re-
port--A Plea for the Forests.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.-In the report of
the Commissioner of Agriculture submitted
yesterday it is shown that the value Of
meats has increased from $300,0O0,O00 to
$500, OO0, 600; corn, from $500, 6SO,87S to
1904, SIS, 3O4; wheat from 1924, 635, 545 to
$436, 9O8, 1853; hay, from 1852, 671, 1853 to
S409, 1905, 1888; dairy products from 1852, $780,
600 to 1852, 900; cotton from S211,-
516,625 to $271, $50, 121, and other products
in proportion, more than doubling the ag-
gregate value and increasing it from ST.
10000, 900 to $1,000, OOOCOO in round num-
bers. With good prices the current pro-
duction of the agriculture Of the United
States can be little short of 81, 900, 100000,
and the values are those Of the home mar
kets, and not of Eastern commercial cities
or ports of expectation. The Commissioner
said:
"The wheat area is so much beyond the re.
quirements of consumption in this and other
countries as to depress the price to point
unprecedented in recent years, favoring at
pork production. The cause of this supera-
bundance is two-fold. First, the extensive
settlement in the Northwestern praries and
the dry plains Of the Pacific coast; and, SEQ
ond, the extraordinary period of comparative
failure of European wheat for several consec-
utive years. The progress of settlement must
be less rapid hereafter; and already has been
followed by comparative plenty. These facts
OF products and prices point to the sharp ne
cessity of adapting the production to the con-
sumption, to supply the food products now
imported, to give remunerative employment
cheapness to consumers"
The commissioner says that the destruc-
ton of forests is alarming, but he finds
cause for qualification in the extensive
planting of young trees in the Western
States. He says that the destruction of
forests for lumber is greater than the legiti-
mate demand, and has resulted in burden
ing the market Further discussing the
subject, the commissioner says:
1.-THE great pine forests of the Northwest
are nowdepleted to such an extent that South.
ern pine is brought into competition with it in
the Chicago market, and a perceptible inroad
has been made upon those vast forests which
cover so large proportion of the Gulf States.
The same reckless and waSteful methods of
numbering are pursued there which have so
rapidly consumed the Northern and Western
forests. This condition of things makes it
more important every year to endeavor to
preserve the forests which form a part of the
public domain, and to SO guard and control
them by law as to make them of the greatest
and most lasting benefit to the country"
The bureau is now investigating the
culture of silk in accordance with the act of
Congress which madA an appropriation OF
SIS, 900 for that purposa
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-11-28
THE NEWS.
Compiled from Late Dispatches,
FROM WASHINGTON.

COMMISSIONER LoRING, of the Depart
ment Of Agriculture, in his annual report
shows that during the past year the value
of Efarm products has in the aggregate
more than doubled, increasing from
%,6OO, 100000 to $4,000, OOO,OOO in round num-
bers.
THE Garfield statue at Washington is to
be erected in the circle at the foot of the
grounds at the west front of the Capitol at
the intersection of First street and Mary
land avenue
THERE were 2S3 business failures in the
United States and Canada during the seven
days ended on the 21st, against 2O9 the
previous seven days. The distribution
was as follows Middle States, GO; New
England States, 30; Western, rs; Southern,
81; Pacific States and Territories, %; Cam
ada, 80.
The First Assistant Postmaster GEN.
eral, in his annual report issued on the
22d, shows that there were 3,414 post
offices established during the year and
1890 discontinued The whole number Of
offices is 5O,O17, an increase of 2,154. There
were 2,166,19O,396 postage stamps, stamped
envelopes and postal cards issued.
The annual report Of the Third Assistant
Postmaster General, issued on the 22d,
shows that the total value of postage
stamps, stamped envelopes, postal cards,
etc, issued during the past year was $41,-
515,S77-a decrease of 81, 394, 442 as compared
with the year previous.
The exchanges at twenty-six leading
clearing houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 22d aggregated
$500, 1853 800, .Eagainst $757, 862,3O4 the pre-
vious week. AS compared with the CORE
spending period of 1888, the clearings indi-
Gated a decrease of 1915 per cent.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-11-28
Counterfeit Money.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-The United
States and Hayden International Commits
sion met yesterday for the purpose of hear
ing the claims of two citizens of the United
States, Antonio Pelletier and A. FL. Lazare,
against the Government of Hayti. The
United States was represented by Solicitor
General Phillips and the Government OF
Hayti by Ex-Governor Boutwell, and the
Marquis de Chambrun. The case first taken
up was that of Pelletier. The claimant,
as master Of the bark William, was it is al
legged, Illegally arrested at Liberte, in
Hayti, in March, 1861, tried upon charge
of piracy and slave-trading, and sentenced
to be shot. His sentence was afterward
committed to Imprisonment for five years,
but his vessel and cargo were condemned
and confscated. For this loss, with accrued
interest, and for the sufferings and injury
which he experienced at the hands of the
Haytien officials, heclaims 50, 466, 900. After
hearing statement of the case the Com
mission adjourned
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-11-28
BLOWN UP ON THE RIVER.

Probable Loss of Twelve Lives by an Ex-
plosion on Board Southern Steamer.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Nov 2O.-The river
steamer Captain Sam, plying between this
place and Selma, ran on a sand-bar Tues
day evening about mile below Wash
ington ferry. While the crew was try.
ing to get her off it is supposed the
boilers were neglected and exploded,
blowing the boat to pieces. All
latest accounts four persons, including
the Captains little girl, were missing, the
others being three deck hands. Eight otheI
members of the crew are reported to have
been so badly injured that their recovery is
impossible. TimbeES of the boat were
blown one hundred yards from the bank of
the river, and the crew and passengers scat
tered in all directions, many being seriously
hurt. Captain English was blown thirty
feet from the boat but was rescued by the
engineer, who was himself badly
scalded. There were no houses neal
the scene Of the disaster, and the wounded
were left lying on the bank of the river I'm.
til nine o'clock yesterday morning. when as
sistance arrived and they were brought to
this place. There were twenty-five people
on board, and of those now alive every one
was more or less injured but the pilot. The
boiler was almost new and was supposed to
be in good condition. The steamer was
an old vessel. Her cargo of fifty bales OF
cotton and five hundred sacks of cotton seed
was scattered broadcast. The boat is total
wreck
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-11-28
INDIAN OUTRAGES.
A Band of Murderous Apaches Said to b
Devastating Western Texas.

A Band of NIurderous Apaches Said to Be
Devastating Western Texas.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Nov. 2O.-RumorS
are rife here of terrible outrages by Indians
at Camp Pera, Preside County. A telegram
received from that point Tuesday night says
that an American named Petty and his wife
were brutality murdered and their three chill
dren carried off and slaughtered also. 1t is
said that many other murders have been
committed, but no means exist for the cor
roboration or denial Of the stories that are
S1oat A detachment of cavalry, under the
lead OF General Stanley has started for Fort
Davis to intercept the marauders.
The murderous redskins are believed to be
portion of the band of Apaches that were
driven over the Mexican border by General
Crook. Since the expiration Of the treaty
between the United States and Mexico, by
which the troops of both Republics could
cross the Rio Grande in pursuit of Indians
or cattle-thieves, the Indians have become
cognizant of the inability of the United
States troops to pursue them, and are COM
ing from the mountains, crossing the Rio
Grande in small bands. General Stanley
viii promptly overhaul them. This partic-
ular party Of Indians Is believed to number
about fifty. A mining engineer named Co
bard is missing, and it is not thought posi-.
bic that he can have escaped.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-11-28
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE,

In the village of Sloco, Can, twenty
seven cases of small pox occurred on the
Goth, and business was entirely suspended.
The Alert-a Boston ship-bound from
New York for Shanghai, and carrying
100000 gallons of kerosene oil, was struck
by lightning recently near Pernambuco
and burned. The officers and crew were
saved.
BETWEEN France and China peace
negotiations were suspended on the Dist,
and couple of Chinese iron-clads would
be sent to force the French blockade at
Formosa.
CANADA has decided that it will not be
represented at the New Orleans Exposi.
tion.
ADvICEs of the 22d from Foo Chow
chronicle the sudden death of Bishop j.
W. Wiley, of Cincinnati, while on an
official visit to the Methodist missions in
China.
THE Paris Sanitary Commission on the
23d ceased to hold daily sittings and the
cholera epidemic was considered ended.
A FEW days ago two men started in q
sloop from Victoria, British Columbia, with
cargo of nineteen Chinese, who were to
be struggled into Washington Territory,
but all were drowned while on the way by
the sinking of the boat.
THE rapid spread of smallpox among
the English and Egyptians at DongolA was
on the 22d interfering with General Wolse-
ley's expedition.
A VICIOUS demonstration was made by
the Socialists and unemployed workingmen
of Paris few days ago. Speakers who
advocated moderation were assaulted,
while those who urged the massacre and
robbery of the rich were loudly cheered. The
police were unable to control the crowd,
and the troops were called out to clear the
streets.
THERE were fourteen deaths from chol-
era in Paris during the twenty -four hours
ended at nine p. m. on the oath. A mill
tary Gordon had been established at Tole.
do, Spain, where seven deaths occurred
GEORGE E. WINGATE, of Toronto, assist
ant commissioner of the Scottish, Ontario
and Manitoba Land Company, has alb.
seconded with $4,000.
In it's weekly review of the British grain
trade, the Mark Lane Express says: "For-
eign wheat is gradually sinking toward an
unfathomable bottom, and how far it will
go before bottom is reached is matter Of
pure speculation"
IS AT Pekin National Bank, known as the
Government Bank OF China, has been
established, its capital being half Chinese
and half foreign, and the Board of Nam
agement is half Chinese and half foreign.
ers.
AT Montreal recently wind storm
caused considerable damage to property.
The velocity Of the wind was sixty -aight
miles an hour.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-11-28

AT Carl Junction, Mo-, on the st. Louis
& San Francisco Railway, recent fire
destroyed twelve buildings, including half
dozen stores. Several buildings were
torn down to prevent the sprea1 of the
flames.
AT the recent election in Virginia, the
vote was as follows: Cleveland, I46, 1S9;
Blaine, 13S,474; Cleveland's majority, ms.
JAMES CoTTRELL, substantial farmer
residing near Elkville, n. c., while his
wife and four children were at dinner the
other day stepped in the doorway and in
their presence blew out his brains. Domes.
tic infelicity caused the act.
A PARTY of citizens invaded the only
saloon in Bladensburg, o., few nights
ago, and one of them threw a stone which
fractured the skull of Mr.. Chaplin, the pro-
prietor, and caused his speedy death. Ali
liquors found were poured into the street
and burned.
THE death of David L. Wells, of Mil
waukee, one Of the most prominent rail-
read builders in the Northwest, occurred
on the oath.
A FIRE destroyed the store of the Chi
SoSo oP0A OOuP1AJ' Oh MOAIOe SreeG,
near La Sale, on the evening of the oath.
The loss was estimated at 100000.
AT Lloydsville, o., five boys were firing
off an anvil few nights ago, when it ex-
ploded, fatally injuring Orville Bewley,
William Barnes and Joseph Topper, and
seriously burning two boys named Daniels
| and Bonner.
A PASSENGER and freight train were in
collision near Perdido, Ala, the other
night, one man being burned to death,
another losing both legs, and a third re-
ceiving serious injuries. Fire consumed
the express and mail cars.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-11-28
Want Their Women to Vote.

WASHINGTON, Nov 25.-In his annual
report Governor Watson Squier, of Wash
ington Territory, says the industries of the
Territory, especially that of lumber
have attained to a high degree of
improvement. Many Indians are profta-
bly, engaged in agriculture, and the system
of allotting land to them in severalty ought
to be encouraged. If they could be in
duced to abandon reservations much land
now unproductive would be open to settle
ment July /, 1884, the Territory had a
balance in the treasury of S47, 901: value of
assessed property, $5O,513, $50. The popu-
lation is estimSted at 100000 Touching
the Territorial law allowing women to vote
the Governor says:
Although many of our citizens are dis
posed to question the wisdom of this law. es-
peciaIy when attended with the requirement.
that women should serve as jurors, it meets
with the approval of large majority of the
people, and the women of the Territory are
for the most part strongly DESTROYS that the
enactment should be retained upon our stat
ute books. Thus far it seems attended with
no important results unfavorable to the vel
fare OF the people of theTerritory'
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-11-28
WIT AND WISDOM.

1t is better to give than to receive.
This applies particularly to advice.-M.
7. Graphic.
Employment il the CRATE boon ov
life; a man with nothing to do is not
half SO interesting a sight as ripening
turnip.-JOsb Billings.
We are apt to wonder at other peo-
pies memory, but we forget that per-
haps the truth of the matter is that they
only happen to remember the things we
do not.
-"No, indeedp' exclaimed Mrs.
Podsnap theoretically. 81 don't be-
lieve in the extension of woman's SUI
frage at all-she suffers enough now"
oil City Derrick.
For the discovery of truth there is
nothing so useful as the study of errors,
and we know that in alchemy there lay
the seed of chemistry, and that astrol-
ogy was more or less yearning and
cropping after the true science of
astronomy.-M y. Ledger.
pa" asked the small boy, ''why
do they call the first piece the organ
plays in church the 'Voluntary?'"
because, my son. replied the old gen
tleman, ''the Organist runs his hands
over the keys, and the organ goes
wherever it pleases. y Chicago Tribune.
Bridget, if Mr.. Wilkins comes adj
NIT him. Mr.. johnson may come. It's
not his night, but he has been very af-
.fectionate lately, and he's just in the
state of mind to make mistake" Mr..
Tnl,.eO,, hi SsNTS-~5-, =
sorry, sir, but she says as how it amt
your night Wheeling Register.
Eyes, my dear daughter. I wish
you would do your best to captivate the
heart of our coachman.' sAnd elope
with him, papa?" eyes, my dear.
You see the papers will all say you are
the daughter of a millionaire"
"Well?" "Well, that will enlarge my
credit. See? Now run out to the sta
BILE; that's good girl. Exchange.
They were talking about the suffer-
ings Of the Greedy party. "it's a terri
bile thing, isn't it, Clara" said Charles,
,"to live off the flesh of human beings?"
go, don't know" replied Clara,
bride of six months. "You are canni-
bal, too, Charley. You live off father,
you know!" Charles tainted dead
.aSay-at the ancient flavor of the cut.
ting remark. -TraveIer'8 Magazine.
While returning from school one
muddy day Tommy fell into the gutter,
with the result that it was rather diff
cult to decide which was mud and
which was Tommy. When he arrived
home the following dialogue occurred:
Tommy - 100000! I've fallen
down!' Ma-"You bad boy! In those
new knickerbockers, too!'' Tommy
(never at a loss for an excuse) =
100000! Ihadn't time to take them
off when felt myself going. IN T.
Sun.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-11-28
DELICIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

The Bible has been translated into
Zulu.
There are one hundred and fifty
Anglican churches on the continent OF
Europe.
The Faculty at Yale have unani-
mously voted to have semi-annual in
stead of annual examinations.
Eight hundred thousand pupils have
been taught in the different Methodist
schools for the freedmen during the last
year.
The Cornell University Trustees
have resolved to order statue of Ezra
Cornell for his monument from the
American sculptor, Story, at Rome
Syracuse Journal.
The Texas AdUocate reports in its re-
vival column twelve hundred and
eighty-three conversions and eight hum
dred and fifty-one accessions in the
bounds of the Texas conferences.
The French Government is about
to institute number of high schools
for girls. They are to be called 'ly-
Gees" like those for boys, and will be
managed in exactly the same manner
-Sankey recently said that the choirs
of churches should be composed Of
Christians. He did not think that
= God would bless a song of praise
from unconverted Ups. Boston Post.
An American visitor says that st.
Paul's Cathedral, London, is in as dirty
state as it can possibly be, and that
the smallest village church in Italy is
kept better than this second grandest
cathedral of Christendom.'
Let it be understood that the right
of the people can be and is enforced in
side of all colleges. Let it be under
stood on all hands that a scOundreI
who happens to have sneaked into col
lege can not commit crime with impu-
nity.-NorthaOeSterB Christian AdU0cate,
on Haztsg.
"A novelty in the way of attraction
to church was tried one evening re-
Gently at Richmond, one of the dis
tricts in London. After service at st.
John the Divine, in accordance with
previous announcement, "Prof. Miller
performed new fantasia on the from
bone with organ accompaniment, writ
ten specially for the occasion by Rev.
II. w. Miller"
-Left-handed penmanship is now
taught in a number of American
schools. The method of instruction is
to make the pupil write his name in
pencil and then go over it with a pen
held in his left hand. After doing this
for some time, the writer is able to
write his signature without the aid of
the penciled copy. This is kept up I'M
til sufficient degree of proficiency is
obtained. Chicago Herald.
The students of the Female Col
lege at Greenville, S. c., wear charao-
teristic uniforms. Their winter dress,
in which they have just appeared, is Of
| blue-black cashmere. It has a vest
front of velvet and plated skirt, with
overskirt and basque. High-crOwned
hats trimmed with velvet, and tan
colored gloves, complete the costume
of these fair devotees of the higher
education in the Palmetto State.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-11-28
TWIxT HEAVEN AND EARTH.

The Marvellous Escape from Death Eek.
perienced by Telephone-Line Re-
pairer.
New YORK, Nov. 25.-Frank Allen and
Thomas Fitzpatrick, linemen in the employ
of the Long Island Telephone Company, SET
out yesterday morning to readjust the wires
at the top of an eighty-foot pole at Wash
ington and York streets, Brooklyn. The
wires had been disturbed by the
big blow on Sunday night. Allen,
who is thirty-two years old,
and has been several years in the business,
clapped on his spurs and assembled to the
top. Many persons gathered around and
watched his bold and rapid ascent. His
companion, also an experienced climber,
watched him from the foot of the pole.
Allen had hardly more than got to the top
when those gathered below raised a cry of
alarm. He had laid himself suddenly along
one of the crOSs-arms and was clutching il
conVulSlvely. 1t was plain that something
had gone wrong with him. Even before the
cry OF alarm arose Fitzpatrick, who was al
ready spurred for climbing, was shining UP
the pole like a raccoon. The spectators
broke into half-suppressed cheer. 1t was
only when FitzpahNk's stout hand was laid
upon his comrade that there seemed to be
any assurance against a shocking accident.
Allen was limp, and Fitzpatrick found him
unconscious and in fit Balancing him
self and Allen with his left hand,
Fitzpatrick released a rope from his
waist with his right, and having placed
it around Allen dashed him tightly
to the pole. He then quickly descended
amid the cheers of the crowd now increased
to over one thousand, for the purpose of
procuring means to lower him. Search was
made in all directions in the neghborhood
for ladders, but none of sufficient length
could be procured A policeman hurried to
the York Street Station and notified truck
8 of the Fire Department by telephone,
and in few minutes Foreman
Peter Campbell came rafting up to
the spot on his apparatus. The patent-ex-
tension ladder, over eighty feet long, was
placed in position. Firemen assembled it
and soon were at the side of the unconscious
man, who was unlashed and brought safely
to the ground. The rescue being completed,
Fitzpatrick was again and again cheered
by the spectators. Allen was
removed in an ambulance to
his home. He soon regained consciousness.
The physicians thought no serious conse-
quences would follow. He said he became
dizzy as soon as he reached the top of the
pole, and realizing his danger he grasped
the croSs-arm. He remembered nothing
more until he was at his home.