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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-18
THE CURRENCY FAMINE.

Nine Million Dollars in Small Bills With
drawn from Circulation i'm Two Weeks
Bank Presidents in Cabs Hunting for
Legal-Tenders.
NEW YORK, Sept. 14.-Another impor
tant phase OF Treasurer Jordan's efforts to
Circulate standard silver dollars and sub
sidiary coin has been developed. 1t has
been learned that the supply of legal-ten-
der notes held by banks in this city has
been decreased in the last two weeks
nearly nine million dollars. This ex-
traordinaTy decrease has occasioned
much comment among presidents
of banks represented in the Clear
ing-H0use Association. The comment
is not favorable to Treasurer Jordan's con-
struction of the clause in the Silver Bill
providing for the issue of silver certificates
deposited in lieu of standard silver dollars.
A bank president said that Mr.. Jordan's
construction of the clause, while undoubt-
eddy within the law, was nevertheless de-
cidedly too rigid at this season of the year,
when the cotton and other crops have to
be moved by money supplied by New York
banks
''The big banks in this city," continued
the bank President "are now sending
South every week anywhere from $780, 900
to $500. 1000 piece in S., $40, $40 and $50
bills. We are compelled to do it because
we haven't the silver dollars to deposit
with the Sub-treasury in order to get SilFer
certificates. We will not handle the silver
dollars. We viii not even take advantage
of the law which gives us the right 20
make them part of our own reserve. Last
year General Spinner's construction of the
clause gave us S23, 100000 in silver certifi-
Gates in lieu of deposits of gold. Of course
that was an evasion of the law, but it tided
us over and assisted Southern merchants,
and everything was serene. Now we haven't
any silver certificates, our supply of small
bills is daily growing less and if something
isn't done will have to fall back on our
gold supply. OF course, we could send them
silver dollars, but the Southern merchants
will not stand the expense of handling the
silver. Why, [ know of bank Presidents
chasing around in cabs securing the city for
small bills for Southern customers. The
Sub-treasury can not supply us and we are
in a pretty fix, all because of Treasurer
J0rdanS Interpretation of the clause relat-
ing to the issue of silver certificates"
1t is declared that movement is on foot
by which the effect of Mr.. Jordan's order
will be annuled. Certain bank Presidents
suggest that it would be possible to deposit
gold with the Sub-treasury, receive in turn
standard silver dollars, and the next day
return the silver dollars and get silver GER
tifcates. The gold would remain here, the
silver certificates would return in time, and
the force of Mr.. Jordan's construction
would be broken ~ IT'S "al
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-18
SLAIN WITHOUT MERCY.
The Garrison of Canta Attacked by Peru
Wan Rebels, and Soldiers and Citizens
Massacred-Peace Said to Have Been
Restored.

The Garrison of Canta Attacked by Peru
Wan Rebels. and Soldiers and Citizens
Massacred-Peace Said to Have Been
Restored. g
PANAMA, Sept. 15.-Late advices from
Lima, Peru, say that Canta, garrisoned by
Government force consisting of $50 infan
try and 100 mounted soldiers, with one Cat
ling gun, under the command Of Colonel
Torres, was surrounded August Is by from
1900 or 1000 men of Caceres' army, in
Guiding cavalry force of 200, under the
command of Colonel Morales Bermudas.
On the advice of Colonel Busta-
mente, Colonel Torres decided to defend
the town. The insurgents opened fire on
the place from hill at 1850 a. m. with
four small field pieces, and i'll few mo-
ments the firing became general. The
enemy descended the hills and attempted
to enter the town, but were repeatedly
driven back. For two hours the fire was
very heavy. At midday the defenders of
the place began to run out of ammuni-
ton and the insurgents gained footing in
the place.
At two p. m. desperate attempt was
made to drive the rebels from the town, and
No quarter was given and the most dreadful
scenes of carnage occurred. Houses where
some of the defeated soldiers had taken
refuge were broken open, and all found
within murdered, without distinction of age,
sex OF character, and then burned. A few
OF the most determined of the Government
cavalrymen, headed by Colonel Pachas, cut
their way through their opponents and
made good their escape. Colonel Busta-
mente, to whose counsel the defeat was
due, seeing that all was lost blew his
brains out on the field of action. Colonel
Torres escaped early in the fight. Of the
five hundred or six hundred men engaged
on the Government side, probably two hum
dred escaped by fleeing to the mountains OF
following Pachas. Very few prisoners
were taken.
The 5000 soldiers in garrison at Lime
are not at all affected by the reverses, and
their officers are confident of their loyalty
in case OF an attack on the city. Energetic
precautionary measures are being taken.
The church towers are occupied at night by
strong attachments of riflemen, and the
Project has issued notice Offering re,
ward to any one who may denounce the
existence of conspiratorS. The Govern.
ment force has been Withdrawn from
Chosica and is now stationed at Santa
Clara, fifteen miles nearer to Lima. Nothing
positive is known regarding the where
abouts of Caceres
PANAMA, Sept 15.-Benjamin Ruiz,
Charles Abrahams and another of Prestan's
lieutenants have been captured and placed
in prison here. An extra number Of the
Official Gazette has been published by order
OF General Montoya announcing the com.
plete subjugation of the rebels and the
restoration of peace throughout the repub-
lie =.
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THE EAST.


ADvICEs of the 10th from Shamokin,
Pa, state that Mollie Maguireism is
again rampant in the upper and lower
Luzerne districts. Nine murders had re-
Gently occurred in the northern coal fields,
and mines were frequently fired. A gen.
eral outbreak was confidently looked for
before November. The familiar I" coffin
notices" had been received by number of
members of the Law and Order Society.
AT Livingston, Columbia County, N. Y,
Christian Cooper died on the 10th, aged Ill
years 10 months and Is days.
QUARANTINE was ordered on the 10th
by the Boston Board of Health against all
vessels from Canada and Newfoundland.
KILOGRAMS on the 10th from important
oil wells in Washington and Butler Coun-
ties, Pa, indicated the opening up of a
new territory of indefinite extent
AN ex-banker of Union, N. Y, M. G..
Rockwell, was on the 18th charged with
misappropriating $4,000, by Mrs. Livinia
Stone, depositor. &6E
ACCORDING to advices' of the 18th to
BrddStreet'S the general trade throughout
the country was still improving, and the
outlook was considered encouraging.
AT a meeting recently held at Dams
vile, N. Y, Miss Clara Barton, President
of the International Red Cross Society,
announced her intention to vote this fall
and take the voters oath if challenged.
AT New York three men were fatally
burned during fire on the 10Th which de-
stroyed the oil factory and warehouse of
Swan & Finch.
AT Concord, Mass, the 250th anniver-
sary of the incorporation Of the town was
celebrated on the 18th with appropriate
exercises.
By the upsetting of their sailboat
Charles Young, E. S. Curtis and Arthur
Wheeler, of Rockland, Mass, were
drowned on the 18th, All were married
men. @AbA&a4
AT Pittsburgh, Pa, William N. Riddle
ex-President of the defunct Penn Bank,
was discharged from custody on the 18th
under the Insolvency act. He was once
rated at 100000, and is now $25O,OOO in
debt Es|
On the 18th Rev. Henry Ward Beecher
announced himself in favor of high license
in New York, because, he said, absolute
prohibition was an impossibility, and high
license was feasible and equitable. 81.
HARRISBURG, Pa, celebrated the centeu-
nial anniversary of its incorporation on
the 14th, the venerable Simon Cameron
presiding over the exercises. se%s&
WILLIAM H. TAYLOR, of Worcester,
Mass, while temporarily insane, on the
14th shot his wife and then himself Both
were fatally injured. @#Eaa
RECENTLY twenty-fi National banks
in New York began suits against the city
to resist taxation on the ground that their
stock is not legally liable for taxes.
AT Lancaster and Reading, Pa, extern
sive IRON works which had been idle a long
time, resumed operations on the 18th.
THE Yankee sloop Puritan on the 14th
defeated the English sloop Genesta by
sixteen minutes and nineteen seconds in
the race over the New York Yacht Club
course (thirty EIGHT miles). Time, six
hours, four minutes and thirty seconds.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-18

Compiled from Late Dispatches.
FROM WASHINGTON.

EnSfu yt@9bItbN0 OtHs
ACCORDING to the September Postal
Guide the post offices in the United States
numbers51, 456, of which II are first-class.
IT is stated by the Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue that during the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1885, there were 66, LOG, 902
gallons of distilled liquors consumed in
this country and 20,50S, 345 gallons of wine.
RETURNS received on the 10th by the
Department of Agriculture indicate that
the wheat crop this year will be below,
and the corn crop above, the average.
The harvest in Great Britain will not vary
materially in yield from that of last year.
On the 18th Rev. Moses A. Hopkins,
colored man of North Carolina, and an ex-
slave, was appointed United States Min
lister to Liberia.
The Sub Treasury silver clerk last
month counted 100000 of silver dollars,
and found thirty two counterfeits; $780,
600 in halves, finding eleven counterfeits,
and $4,000 in quarters, in which there
were four counterfeits. E% E
THERE were 204 business failures in the
United States and Canada during the seven
days ended on the 18th, against 1856 the
previous seven days. The distribution
was as follows: Middle States, 4S; New
England States, Is; Western, SO; South
ern, %; Pacific States and Territories, 35;
Canada, 81.
IT was said on the 18th that within the
past two weeks one hundred post offices
have been burned or robbed with an aver
age loss at each office of one hundred
dollars.
THE formal resignation of Minister
Kelley, whom the Austrian Government
refused torecognizs, was received and ac-
cepted by Secretary Bayard on the 18th.
AT twenty-six leading clearing houses
in the United States the exchanges during
the week ended on the 18th aggregated
$40, 1927, 1856 against $780, JAG, 745 the pre-
vious week. AS compared with the CORE
spending period of 1884, tine increase
amounts to 12.2per cent.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-18
WEST AND SOUTH.

The Society of the Army of the Tennes-
see, in session at Chicago, on the 10th
adopted resolutions of respect to the MEM
Org of General Grant. General Sherman
was reelected President, and it was de-
termined to hold the next annual meeting
at Rock Island, Ill.,, September 10 and Is,
1856.
On the 18th the United States steamer
Swatara left New Orleans with SIC, 400, 900
in silver on board, doubtless the most val
liable cargo ever taken from that port.
THE Michigan crop report, issued on the
18th, places the wheat yield in that State
at 81, 29l, 345 bushels, an increase of 4,S42,-
$40 bushels over the highest previous Of
fetal estimate.
AT st. Louis Maxwell, the alleged MUIR
derer of Preller, was re- arraigned on the
18th, and the case was continued until Oc-
tober 10.
The Government counsel on the 18th
dismissed the cases of treason against
Captain Couch and other Oklahoma boom
ers on trial before the United States Court
at Wichita, Kan.
AT Louisville colored woman named
johnson, 1l2 years old, arrived on the 18th
from New Orleans, to see daughter from
whom she had been separated fifty years.
IT was estimated on the 18th that the in
dividual losses from the recent cyclone at
Washington Courthouse, O., would be
over S250,000. About one hundred families
were reported by the local relief commit
tee to be in need of assistance.
IT was estimated on the 18th that the
amount of fraudulent orders issued by
township trustees in various parts of In
diana would reach $250,000.
In the vicinity of Canton, Miss, a heavy
wind and rain-stor on the 18th did great
damage to crops. On one plantation two
negroes were killed by lightning.
A LARGE building near Seattle, w. T.,
occupied by fifty Chinese laborers, was
attacked on the 18th by mob of masked
men. The Chinese fed to the woods.
For his participation in the recent
rebellion in the Northwest Territory
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-18
Death of a Noted Navigator.

CHICAGO, Sept 15.-Captain A. E. Good
rich, one of the pioneers of steam naviga,
ton on the lakes, died at his residenc
1,474 Michigan avenue, at 9:15 yesterda
morning, in the fifty.ninth year of his aga
he leaves widow and one son. the latter
being now in Europe.
ICaptain Goodrich was born in the State OF
New York, and when very young he made
several voyages around the lakes with his
uncle, Captain Whitaker. He was in Chicago
several times on the Patchin and the United
States. In 1854 Captain Goodrich started out
with the steamer Huron and ran her in va
riouS trades, mostly to Green Bay, Muskegor
and Grand Haven. This was the initiation
of the Goodrich Transportation Company,
which now owns seven magnificent steam.
ers, tug and spacious dock accommodations
in Chicago, Grand Haven and Milwaukee.
The Captain, prospecting in his ventures
added more facilities, until his line became
too unwieldy for individual management
and it was made a stock concern, under the
name of the Goodrich Transportation Com.
pany. Captain Goodrich retained $500,00G
OF. the stock and continued its active Presi.
dent until the day of his DEATH In addition
to his steamboat interests Captain Goodrich
was large owner of real estate in Chicago,
and he also owned lands in Wisconsin, Michi.
gam Iowa ard Indiana. He formerly owned
the Garden House, now known as the Leland
Hotel His property is estimated to be of the
value of over 81, 000,0 001
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-18

In a recent speech at Warrington,
Eng, Joseph Chamberlain said that
the Radical programme contemplated,
among other things, moderate
scheme of domestic government for
Ireland, land reform, and revision of
the taxation and game laws. The
Radicals, he declared, comprised a
large majority of the Liberal party,
and We're opposed to Mr.. Parnel's
home-rule policy, which, if adopted,
would mean the destruction Of the
British Empire. N
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-18
Race Prejudice in Canada.

OTTAWA, Canada, Sept. 14.--Justice
Richardson, who sentenced Riel to death,
has received number Of letters threaten
ing his life if Riel is hanged. The impress
sion, however, strengthens daily that the
rebel leader viii not be hanged. Several
prominent French Canadian journals are en-
deavoring to stir up race prejudice between
that nationality and the English speaking
population. One journal calls upon the
French Canadians to ignore the English, to
purchase nothing at their stores and only
to peak the English language when it will
bring British silver into their pockets.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-18
Gold Excitement on the Coast.

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Sept. 1.-THE
alleged discovery of process by which
ninety-fve per cent. of the gold shown to
exist in the black sand OF the Oregon coast
can be saved has caused great excitement
in the vicinity of Croquille City Agents
r presenting various companies are scour
ing that part of the coast, and have pur
chased several claims at cost of $40, 900.
The poorest sand is said to average sixty
cents per cubic foot. Hundreds of prospect
ors are at work between Cape BIanco and
Coos Bay. Deposits of black sand are
found in the strata at various distances
from the surface. and scores Of claims have
been located
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-18
KILLED HIS AGED WIFE.
The Brutal Crime Committed by a White
Haired Farmer Near Carmi, Ill.

The Brutal Crime Committed by White.
Haired Farmer Near Carmi, Ill.
CARNn, ILL.,, Sept. 15.-About nine O'Clock
yesterday morning William Finley, farm
er, sixty-one years Of age, who lives FIVE
and a half miles southeast of this city,
brutally murdered his wife, aged sixty
years. There were no witnesses of the
tragedy, except two grandchildren, a boy
and girl,age respectively four and six years
The wife and husband had been on un
friendly terms for several days, and yester
day morning he became violent and struck
her twice, Telling her to the earth Their
in frenzy he grasped butcher-knife, anG
as the poor woman regained her feet ane
fled from him he repeatedly thrust the
blade into her head and body. Run
ming few steps she fell dead
The little girl ran to neighbours, anc
messenger sped to the city. Officers
were sent after the criminal, but he has moi
yet been found, ami it is thought that hi
may commit suicide in the dense woodl
that adjoin his premises. The body of The
dead woman bears twelve CHASTITY wound
one in the chin, three in the top and bach
of the head, six in the tight side and twt
in the back. Finley has family of five
sons and two daughters, all grown.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-18
The Anti-Polygamy Movement.

WASHINGTON, Sept 15.-Judge Powers,
of Michigan, the new Chief Justice Of Utah,
is in the city, having been called by the
President to talk over Mormon matters.
Mr.. Powers says that Mr.. Cleveland is de-
termined to wage as fierce war as possible
against the Mormons, and has instructed
the judicial officers to carry out the law to
the fullest and most rigorous extent. He
was pleased to hear from Judge Powers
that the war was working well, and that
polygamists greatly fear it. A large NUM-
Der OF leading Mormons are now under in
dictment among them being John Taylor
and George @. Cannon the latter being at
the present time fugitiyes from Justice.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-18

BOB HAYLoR, the train-engineer who
stuck to his post in the recent accident
on the Indiana, Bloomington & West
crn Railroad, to save the lives of the
passengers, died at Springfield. o., a
few nights ago from his injuries. His
act was one of the most heroic on rec
ord, as he braved certain death TO
save the lives Of one hundred and fifty
passengers, many of whom would have
been killed had he deserted his post.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-18
Have No Use for American Fueit,ve..

ToRoNTo, Can, Sept. 15.-The Motl
editorially says: Lawrence Brainerd's case
emphasizes once more the necessity for a
more comprehensive extradition treaty be-
tween Great Britain and the United States.
Canadians do not yearn for the company of
fugitives from the United States. These
men are byno means desirable immigrants
IF any complaints should arise at their
presence here they should come from Cana
dians, who have such society forced upon
them, rather than from our American neigh
bors, at whose doors lies the responsibility
for the narrowness of the present extradi-
ton arrangements
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-18

DURING the services at Mortified,
Mass, the other Sunday, Mr.. Moody
said that the people were not making
effort enough to get their neighbors to
come to church, "Why don't you bring
somebody in your big wagonP" said he,
addressing one well-to-do farmer by
name. Because my wagon is always
filled from my own house." was the re-
ply. Mr.. Moody at once said that he
must have wagon, one way or another,
adding that he wanted to invest $50 in
one himself, calling for other contribu-
tons. People in the audience added
500 more, and at an afternoon service
in Recitation Hall on the seminary
grounds $50 was subscribed toward
another wagon. Each one will be. in
charge every Sunday of driver who
will fill it with people living long dis
lance from church, and carry them to
and from the services.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-18

TROUBLE of a serious nature is feared
between the Cherokees and about eight
thousand freedmen who claim citizen
ship in the Indian Nation. The latter
demand their pro rata of 100000 re-
Gently paid the Cherokecs by the
United States Government for land, and
Congress will be asked to settle the
matte at its next session.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-18

In one year six hundred colored
women in Alabama applied for widows
war pensions, although their husbands
were living and had never been in the
army. 1t was the work of pension
agent who got his two dollars from
each one.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-18

A FORMER resident of Lancaster
County, Pa, and now of Utah Peniten-
tiary, says in letter to friend:
Il am serving out six months sentence
for loving, cherishing and caring for my dear
families, consisting of three of the best,
noblest and lovel.est wives in the Union, and
twenty-three just as good and pretty children
as ever came from Heaven to soiourn for a
season on this mundane sphere"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-18

A FREIGHT train stopped at a five-acre
melon field on the Bergen County short
cut of the Erie Road near Garfield, N.
j., the other day, and the men helped
themselves to the fruit The grower
took the number of the engine and re-
ported it, and the next day every en-
ploye on that train was dismissed.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-18

SAMPSON Low, the English publisher
of General Grants Memoirs and the
agent OF the Continental editions, has
the first volume in type. 1t will be issued
simultaneously in London and Newly ork.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-18

GENERAL CHARLES P. STONE, engi-
neer-in-chief of the pedestal of the Bar
tholdi statue at New York, has submit
ted his report to the Executive Commit
tee of the progress of his work since its
beginning, and accounts for the ex-
penditures of 1891, 455.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-18

In the Revised Bible, published at
Oxford, only three printers errors have
yet been discovered in all the editions.
In the pearl l6mo edition there is an
error in Ezekiel, xviii, &c, where an
sc" is left out of righteous, and the
word is printed ''rightous" In the
parallel Svo edition there are two mis-
takes. In Psalms, vii, IS, shafts" APP
pear instead of shafts" and in Amos,
v, "a. in the margin, "overfowing"
should be ''everhowing" The usual
guinea will be paid to any person dis
covering printers error in the book
and pointing it out to the Controller of
the Press before any other discoverer.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-18

IT IS announced that this season has
been the worst for the circuses that they
have known in ten years. 1t is said
that not one has cleared any money,
and many have lost heavily.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-18

THE Deadwood Cd. IT, Pioneer notes
that inside of four weeks nine suicides,
two murders and one lynching had
taken place in the Black Hills, with all
the large towns yet to be heard from.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-18

A BOSTON bank which daily receives
large amount of money from Mon
treal, whore the smallpox is raging,
has each bill dipped into carbolic acid
and then dried
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-18
WISCONSIN STATE NEWS.
The State Census.

The following table shows the complete
official census returns from the various
counties of Wisconsin, as completed and
filed with the Secretary of State. The
figures show remarkable gain in popula-
ton during the past five wears:
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-18

CHARLES STEWART PARNELL, the
Irish leader, says he believes Ireland
will be free in one year from now.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-09-18

WITHIN the past three weeks over
twenty thousand persons have been vac
cinated in Montreal, where the small
pOx is raging.