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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-07
DOOMED TO DIE.

Louis Riel Found Guilty of Treason, and
Sentenced to Be Hanged September 10.
REGINA, n. w. T., Aug. 3.-At the open
ing of court Saturday morning Judge Rich
ardson resumed his charge to the jury, and
occupied four hours in going over the evil
dence and eXpounding the law of treason.
He pointed out to the jury that,
unless thoroughly convinced by the
evidence that the prisoner was ire
sponsible during the commission of
his acts because OF insanity, it was
its duty to find him guilty of high treason.
Judge Richardson finished his charge at
quarter past two and the jury at once re-
tired. While the jury was out Riel knelt
in the box and prayed long and feryently,
casting his eyes Heavenward and speaking
In tone that was audible through the entire
courtroom. At three o'clock there was
murmur of anticipation among the speeta-
tors, and in a few minutes the jury entered
the courtroom. As f. Cosgrove, the fore
man, stood up at the courts command to
render the verdict he shook with emotion
and cried like child while he pronounced
the prisoner guilty. In view of certain eX-
tenuating circumstances the jury recon-
mended the condemned man to the mercy
OF the court. The Judge said he would
consider the recommendation of mercy, but
could hold out no prospect of reprieve or
interference of her Majesty. He thea SEN
fenced the prisoner to be hanged on the
18th of September at Regina.
After tire verdict had been rendered Riel
was asked if he had anything to say against
the passing of the sentence, and for two
hours he harangued the court, reviewing
the half-breeds' grievances since 1869 and
asking that a commission of doctors be APP
pointed to examine him and that legal
commission be appointed to try him. While
sentence was being passed he remained on his
knees in prayer, but at its conclusion sprang
to his feet, looking pale but calm. He APP
pears to take the result coolly. He is in
very emaciated condition, having eaten
nothing for three days. During the recess
he visited the jury-roOm and sat on every
one of the jurors chairs, praying fervently
as he did so. AT the conclusion of each
prayer he sprinkled the seats with holy
water
1t has not yetsbeen settled how the half
breed prisoners will be charged. 1t will
probably be for treason-felony in order to
Obviate the necessity of covering the indict-
ment ten days before trial. A majority of
the Indian prisoners will be charged with
murder, although some may be indicted for
treason-felony or levying war. TIE latter
charge is not necessarily capital.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-07
THE EAST.

A FORMAL invitation to attend the OBJ
sequies was sent to the surviving members
of President Grants Cabinets on the 31st
ult.
In the accounts of Henry Conover, late
Assistant Cashier of the Manufacturers
and Traders Bank of Buffalo, N. Y, who
died suddenly the previous week, a de.
ficiency of $4,000 was discovered on the
3Oth ult The officers of the bank claimed
that its soundness was unaffected.
The State Insurance Commissioner OF
Massachusetts has declared the "Ameri-
can Benefit Association" and the s'Ameri-
can Benefit Society,"" of Boston, to be
fraudulent concerns.
DURING the night of the 3Oth ult. Stan
ley Huntley, author of the "Spoopendyke
Papers," died at his residence in New
York.
No INDICATION of an improvement in
the business situation was given by re-
ports from the financial centers East and
West up to the 31st ult., and there was nc
material change for the better in the
movement of merchandise.
On the evening of the 31st ult the ar
were practically concluded. 1t was es-
timated that probably 100000 people
would fall into line on the day of the
funeral procession at New York. Rumors
of the rapid decomposition of the Gen.
erals body were denied.
A SACRED service of prayer was held on
they'd by the Grant family, together with
Rev. DR.. and Mrs. Newman, in the parlor
of the cottage at Mount MacGregor where
rest the remains of General Grant.
In conformity with an act of the Penn
sylvania Legislature defining the age at
which boys may be employed in and about
coal-mines, five hundred boys were on the
LIST discharged from the collieries in the
vicinity of Shamokin. E#
IT was proposed ON the 3D. by the Jewish
citizens of New York to erect monument
to Sir Moses Montefore in Central Park.
In some of the Eastern States severe
wind and rain storms prevailed on the Sd.
At Camden, N. j., number of persons
were killed and much property destroyed.
OFF Greenwich Point the steamer Major
Reybold was struck by a cyclone, which
washed the Captain and pilot overheard,
while flying timber struck and injured
some of the passengers. At Baltimore,
Philadelphia, Reading and other Eastern
points the rainfall was heavy and the dam
age extensive.
THE suit of Colonel William King against
Philo Remington, of New York, involving
T,5OO,0OO worth of property, was decided
on the Sd at Minneapolis in favor of the
PLAINTIFF.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-07
FOREIGN INTEtIIcFMcE

ON the 31st ult. Louis Riel, the North
west Territory rebel, delivered a long
speech in his own defense to the jury try
ing his case at Regina, N. w. T. The
prisoner claimed to have been directed by
Providence.
ACCORDING to the Provost of Glasgow
a system of vice similar in it's character to
that recently exposed in London prevailed
in that city.
THE Registrar Generals quarterly re-.
turn estimates the present population of
Ireland at 4,094,342.
On the 1st the jury in the case of Riel,
leader of the Northwest Territory rebel
lion, returned verdict finding him guilty
of treason, and the death sentence was
thereupon pronounced by the Judge.
THERE have been 33,937 cases since the
outbreak of cholera in Spain. The number
reported on the 1st was 3,466, and deaths
1892. United States Consul Mason re-
ported on the I'd that several deaths from
cholera had occurred in Marseilles during
the past week.
ACCORDING to advices from Kuehan, via
Teheran, dated July %, conflict had oc-
near Maruchak, and great excitement was
said to prevail throughout Afghanistan.
AT Victoria, B. c., Justice Crease on the
1st gave Judgment surrendering Hibbs,
the post-office swindler, to the custody of
the United States authorities Hibbs has
retained counsel, and will appeal the case
to the Supreme Court at Ottawa.
A FIRE broke out in the works of the
Toronto Cam Sugar Refinery Company
on the morning of the Sd. The flames
spread rapidly ON the Esplanade and the
loss at four a. m. was estimated at ST. ,000,.
000
THE German Princes had on the LIST con-
cluded to depose King Louis of Bavaria,
on account of his extravaganza and eccen-
tricities, and decided upon the appoints
ment of the Kings cousin as Regent.
THE Esplanade fire at Toronto, Can,
early. on the morning of the Sd caused
losses estimated ct about 81 900, 000 Among
the property and vessels destroyed was
the famous blockade-runner Chicora.
VIOLENT storms swept over the northern
and central parts of Spain on the ID.
Many persons were said to have been
killed.
BRUSSELS advices of the Sd stated that
England had consented to let the Zulficar
question be settled by the Anglo Russian
Boundary Commission.
PRIOR to his death the Mehdi designated
four chiefs to continue the war in the Sou
dan, and set aside 100000 piastres to-
ward defraying the expenses.
In Belvoodsk, Suluk and Bisheerzek, in
Asiatic Russia, terrible earthquakes pre-
vailed on the Sd. Fifty-four persons were
reported to have been killed and sixty
four injured by the sinking of a church at
Belvoodsk.
IT was estimated ON the Sd that the av-
erage daily mortality from cholera in
Spain was about fifteen hundred. During
the forty eight hours ended at six D. M,
nearly seven thousand new cases were re.
ported.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-07
killed and Manned at a Crossing.

SUMMIT, n. j., Aug. 5.-Mrs. Edward J..
Brown, Mrs. Louise Brown and Howard S.
Brown, an infant, were instantly killed yes
terday at the Lackawanna Railroad crossing.
Mrs. ]. FL. Brown and her two-year-old
child and servant, Annie Crawford, were
fatally injured The party were driving in
a one-horse carry-all, and attempted to
cross the track Immediately in front of the
Dover express. The two Mrs. Browns were
the wives of well-known New York stock
brokers. Both families were spending the
summer in cottages at Summit
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-07
Can Not Lease the Land.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-Secretary lanai
recently asked Attorney General Garland
for an opinion as to whether any law en-
powered the Interior Department to
authorize Indians to enter into con-
tract with any parties for the lease
of Indian lands for grazing purposes; also
whether the President or the Interior De-
partment had any authority to make lease
for grazing purposes Of any part of an In
dian reservations, or:whether approved by
the President or the Secretary of the Inter
ior would render such lease lawful and
valid. Mr.. Garland in reply says each of
the questions must be answered in the neg
alive, no such power existing under the law.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-07
So Bank Thieves Can Not Escape.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug. 3.-Bankers here
say that the meeting of the American Bank
ers' Association in Saratoga September %
will plan modification of existing extradi-
ton treaties in relation to persons guilty of
bank defalcations. Efforts are in progress to
have the whole matter thoroughly discussed,
with a view 10 such treaty changes as
will prevent the scandals which have re-
Gently attracted so much attention. 1t is
stated that similar defects exist in the ex-
tradition treaties between the great Euro
pean nations, and the reforms which have
been proposed abroad will, so far as posi-
bic, be incorporated into the plans submit
ted at the Bankers Convention at Chicago.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-07
Applicants for the Illinois soldiers Home.

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Aug. 5.-The Sol
diers' Home Commission concluded the ex-
animation of applications for the location
of the Home yesterday afternoon, and de
cided to visit the following places: Wau-
kegan, Belvidere, Geneva, Freeport, Rock
ford, Savanna. Dixon, Sterling Oregon, Os-
wego, Lemont, Abingdon, Kirkwood Joliet,
Pontiac, Rock Island, Geneseo, Elmwood,
Ottawa, Wilmington. Peoria, Eureka, Del
AVIAN, Pekin, Havana, Salem, Warsaw,
Bloomington, Quincy, Springfield, Decatur,
Danvilie Greenup, Vandalia, Marshall,
Aurora and Cordova. The applications
from ten places were thrown out because
they did not show that the sites they offered
came within the requirements of the law.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-07
Baseball.

National League games yesterday resulted
as follows: At Philadelphia Chicago, 13:
Philadelphia, 8. At New York-Nes
York, z; Buffalo, 1. At Boston Boston,
A.. Detroit. 2. At Providence Providence,
5; st. Louis, 4.
Yesterdays American Association games
resulted as follows: At Cincinnati-Cin-
cinnati, 4; Pittsburgh, l. At Baltimore
Baltimore, 5; Athletic, 1. At st. Louis
st. Louis, s.; Louisville, 8.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-07

The Whipping-Post bill, introduced
in the New Hampshire Legislature, pro-
vides that any person who shall brutally
beat his wife shall receive not more than
forty nor less than ten lashes, or be
imprisoned in the county Jail not ex-
ceeding six months, or both, at the dis
erection of the court. The punishment
shall be publicly inflicted in or near the
jail yard by the Sheriff of the county in
which the crime was committed, or by
some deputy or officer designated by
him, the blows to be well laid on. The
fee is placed at one dollar.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-07
Dashed Sixty Feet to Death While As
cending Shaft.

NEW YORK, Aug. Mime men got into
bucket yesterday to be hauled to the top
of shaft connecting with the new Croton
aqueduct. When sixty feet up the bucket
caught on projection and tipped. Four
men were thrown out. Two clung to the
bucket. The other two. William Cunning
ham and Timothy Harrington, were thrown
to the ground and killed. OF the men who
clasped the bucket John Carr had his left
thigh broken and his scllp injured in sew
eraI places, and William Ryan suffered in
juries shout the head.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-07

OF the several commanders of the
heroic Army of the Potomac only Cen
eral Mcclellan now remains. Scott,
Mcdowell, Burnside, Hooker, Meade
and Grant, who in turn commanded
that army, have all gone to join the
great majority, and Longstreet is the
only one of Lees Lieutenants who lin
gers with the living.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-07
A Terrible Fate.

LAREDO, Tex, Aug. 1.-The seven-year-
old son of a wellto-do Mexican is dying a
horrible death from very unusual cause.
A few days ago the little fellow had a
slight attack of bleeding at the nose,
and lay down to sleep without re-
moving the blood While asleep a large
green fly deposited its eggs in the bloody
nostril. Physicians have extracted over
fifty screw-worms about half an inch long,
and have detected evidences of many others
eating toward the brain. They say the
child will die. Many cases are known
where animals have died from the effect Of
these worms, but the oldest physicians
have no recollection of fatal results to
human beings.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-07
BUSINESS AFFAIRS.

No Material Change During the Week in
the Movement of General Merchandise
The Failures.
New YORK, Aug. Especial kilograms
to Bradstreet's, while indicating no ma
terial change in the general movement of
merchandise, continue to report greater
steadiness in Eastern and other leading dry
goods, wool, and boot and shoe markets.
There are no changes in prices of these
commodities, but sales are a little
more frequent and dealers inclined to
be cOrrespondingly cheerful. The cotton
goods market has been slightly stiffened,
particularly that for mourning goods, due
to the special demand at this time. A num-
Der of special makes of the latter are re-
ported to have been exhausted Iron and
steel are as dull as ever The decreased
production and increased stocks dur
ing the past half year are especially signifi-
cant. Coal is in no better demand. The
price of wheat has continued depressed and
downward. Yesterday there was reaction
based on the reported damage to the spring
wheat crop in Minnesota and Dakota The
measure Of the injury has not been de-
termined. This has been particularly true
in the north. In the southern portion
OF 3ne region nulcaUeu some damage has
been done by chinch-bugs, but there has
been little or no ram. The hog products
market has been weak in sympathy with
wheat. The demand for grocery staples
has been moderate and without any special
improvement Dairy products are lower,
with restricted demand both for the home
trade and for export. Cotton has been
higher. The reports from financial centers
east and west bring no sings of improve
mont
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-07

A STATEMENT for the boys to ponder
over: "An officer of the marine corps
who has the duty of examining boys
that want to become sailors in the navy
says that one-ffth of the applicants, of
which there are hundreds, are rejected
on account of heart-disease. The large
majority of these cases are caused by
cigarette smoking"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-07

The Western Society for Psychical
Research has been organized in Chi
cagc, with A. Reeves Jackson, A. NJ,
M. D., as President, and j. E. Wood
head, Ill Washington street. as Secre-
tary and Treasurer The object of the
organization, as announced, is to pro-
mote the systematic study of the laws
of mental action and the investigation
OF certain obscure phenomena COM
monty known as psychical, with a view
to publishing the results.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-07

ACCORDING to Mr. Bell, Supervising
Architect of the Treasury, the coming
building material is the oolitic stone of
Indiana 1t is imperwious to heat and
cold, elastic, durable and as suscepti-
BILE to polish as marble. The public
buildings at Indianapolis will be built
with it, and it is also to be used in the
State houses of Texas and Colorado.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-07

IT is said that no drug ever came so
rapidly into conspicuous favor as the
hydrochlorate of cocaine, which was
used for several months to allay Gener-
al Grants suherings Its anasthetic
properties were discovered last Octo-
Der, and now it is known and used the
world over
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-07

THIS verse, written by N. P. Willis
on the death of President Harrison,
has been quoted lately as even more
applicable now to General Grant:
e" The stars on our banner grow suddenly
dim,
Let us weep in our darkness, but weep not
for him;
Not for him, who departing left millions in
tears;
Not for him who has died full of honors and
years;
Not for him, who assembled fame's ladder so
high
From the round at the top he has stepped
70 the SkY!"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-07

A BURGLAR tried in a Chicago court
recently has record as wonderful
escapist which will compare with that
OF the famous Baron Trenck. Some
times he has left his place of confine-
Ment by way of the chimney, again he
has sawed his way out with red-hot
poker, and lastly he escaped by placing
pan of Goals upon the stone floor of
his cell and reduced the stone to lime.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-07

ANUMBER of telegraph operators at
ST. Paul have Incorporated the Oper-
ators' Telegraph Company, with cap
ital stock OF S10,00o,000 1t is intend
ed by those who have the project in
hand to extend the wires of the new
company all over the country, and to
compete with the Western Union Tele-
graph Company. The design is to
make the company cooperative, and it
is intended TO enlist all the operators in
the United States in the enterprise.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-07

EXCEPTING President Lincoln and
General Grant himself, Colonel Mark
land, of Washington, is believed to be
the only person in the United States
who ever held authority to pass to all
points within the lines of the Union
armies without hindrance or question.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-07

ANOTHER insect pest has appeared in
Canada in the nature of small worm,
which seeretes itself in the heads of
clover, entirely destroying the stalk.
The spread of the pest is so rapid that
the clover crop throughout the country
will be almost a total failure.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-07

THERE are some thirty post-offices
mentioned by a Washington letter-writ-
er as paying their incumbcnts less than
one dollar a year! The postmaster at
Redalia, N. c., drew nine cents last
year, but under the two-cent rate it is
probable he will not receive more than
six cents.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-07

In this midsummer weather the cleo
trio light, says the Chicago Times, is
destroying moths, bugs and insects of
all kinds by the million. In some
places a single globe yields up every
morning from pint to quart of dead
insects.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-07

A REFORMED burglar delivered a
lecture recently to large and sympa-
thetic audience in Oregon, and con-
federate picked up eleven wallets while
the crowd was filing in and out.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-07

THE prize pointer dog Meteor, owned
by Colonel w. E. Hughes, of Dallas,
Tex, and valued at $4,000, died recent
ly of abscess of the liver. The best
medical skill was exhausted in treating
Mntnnr
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-07

AN act passed by the last Legislature
of Pennsylvania, and now in effect,
prohibits the employment of female
labor in and about coal mines and coke
manufactures.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-07

THE recent Methodist Conference in
the Augusta (Ga) District passed a
resolution condemning baseball play
ing as a vice.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-08-07

No Material Change During the Week in
the Movement of General Merchandise
The Failures.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-07-25
Flirting with a Princess.

/ caught the duke a Cambridge the other
day in funny position. l had business wifi
an aide-de-camp and by mistake went int
tine dukes room. He had his easy togrerv
ou AMI was at the window looking upon tLs
park end grounds of Marlborough house,
and Oh! shocking making signals apparently
OF n most afectjonate character to a young
lady at an opposite window. In the ardor
Of nus signalling business the duke had not
heard my footsteps on the carpet, and I
thought the best thing l could do was to dis
creeuy and silently back out
As did so the lady leaned forward and
the sun shone on her face and / recovniz,J
the princess Of Wales who. with soma ri
the youngsters, was sitting in a sort of ax.
posture enjoying bit of gossip by signal
with the old warrior, on whose evarv move.
lnent at this moment the eyes of ali Fur7ne
sure tlguratively, supposed to be rsstin,
instead o. signing warrants creating armies
20 march forth to destruction. the oId ~
was dlverting himself in his peculiar and
unique manner with the young foII,s If tbs
royal family. Iafterwards learned a rar,
ular code Of signals had been established bs
the field marshal by which he corId com.
1unicate with the prince or princess.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-07-25
4 WOMAN'S FLYING MACHINE.
Lady Aeronaut Making Aerial Navi.
CATION Easy and safe.

TROY Telegram
! Mrs. Carl Myers, Of Mohawk. better
. known as "Car!otta,7 the lady agrouautist
has lately obtained letters patent on several
+ devices pertaining to aerial navigation. She
says that sLe believes tac1 the day i not far
/ Gla-ant when people viii navigate the air a.
readily as they now plough the seas. 4 re-
+ Gently patented fixture IS attached to
q hydrOzcl-gas balloon, and consists
OF ccI'apzical car. COMPRISING
the rubber platform which has
carried Ter or oTer 40 voyages in space.
This platform, surrounded by an expansion
+ hoop connected to the balcony by cords is
/ described n somewhat like light boat on
water, ami Ups Or changes its plano or level
WITH every different position Of the a,ronaut
standing upon It either through alteration
q tA5 center Of gravity Of the entire air
snip or through the shortening or lenysle9-
ing OF the netting Inashes
Alterations in tho level Of this platform
convert u into q rudder like that in the
stern ri 2 boat while the balloon asce1ds.
ana when descending tie lower or advanc-
ING edge Of tie platform guides the baIoon
ID any direction, just as would q paddle or
car extended from q rosy boat-thus the
balloon d9sconds towards any side Of the
Platform which the aeroaaut may depress
by stepping upon it. Tht5slmp,e and effect
I've apparatus Is covered by enc claim Of the
patent
Testing upon the expansion hlon # the
car IS the crank shaft of =croE pr.raiIer.
composed u cloth ea:. which twists into
@SIe" form as soon the shaft is turned
and create powerful currents of air flowing
TearHar3, AMI by alterations Of anal, Or
level serves to elevate, G8prcss or deviate
Ia9 course # any ATTACHED aerial body or
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-07-25
New system Of Gas I.,rbtinr.

A man has exhibited in Lonloa n new
system Of gas lighting FIR private houses bv
means Of reeuperatjva lamp. BY venti-
iating arrangement the lamps consume their
own smoke, and the burners are 50 formed
that the requisite air Is heated to a birb
temperature and admitted into the lamps ut
the point Of ignition.