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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-04-24
MAXWELL MAKES HIS ESCAPE.
The Supposed Murderer Believed to Have
Set Sail for New Zealand.

The Supposed Murderer Believed to Have
Set Sail for New Zealand.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, April 16.-The Coroner
was to have held an inquest yesterday on
the body of G. Arthur Preller, the victim Of
the mysterious murder at the Southern Ho-
tel, but it has been decided to wait for adj
vices from the dead mans relatives and
for further clews of x Maxwell, the
supposed murderer. 1t was learned yester-
day that the latter, Two OF three days before
the murder, was in great need of money,
and had attempted to pawn his watch and
some other articles. Just before he left
town he displayed considerable cash, aud
purchased several things, including pair
of spectacles and a field-glass.
AS Maxwell had purchased through
ticket for San Francisco, the police of that
city were notified and at once began a
search for the supposed murderer. A dis
patch received from San Francisco last
night says Maxwell sailed from there Sun
day in the steamer City of Sydney for
Auckland, New Zealand. He registered on
board the steamer as George Deaquire.
Conductor Riley, of the San Francisco
train on which Maxwell is supposed to have
travelled April 6, and Conductor Stanton, of
Pullman sleeper on the same train, dis
tinctly remember and describe the sup
posed murderer. The latter, ON being
shown newspaper cut of the missing
man, at once recognized it. According
to the railroad men the fugitive said he had
been British army surgeon, and that a
wrap which he wore had been presented to
him while he was surgeon in the Turkish
army. He continued with them to the end
of their division, and then went on to San
Francisco.
Following is a description of Maxwell:
He was about five feet nine and
half inches in height weighed
something like one hundred and forty
pounds, we'll proportional and rather good
figure. His face was of the English type
and cleanly shaven, eyes light blue, or at
least not dark in color. His hair is of
light sandy color. He were it cut very
short behind and rather bushy in 'front.'
ithout any part and banged like girls.
He generally dressed in brown tweed suit
of clothes of English cut Newmarket
overcoat and high Derby hat. In his man
ners he was very effeminate, which he even
carried so far as to walk with she.L mincias
cforoa lita a vuan1ar
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LATER.

CoURIERs from Fort Pitt reported on the
2lst that Riel's forces captured the place
and burned the houses, killing two police
men. The troopers and settlers, number
ing nearly one hundred, left five days ago
for Battleford, but no trace of them had
been found, and it was feared that they
had been massaered. Middleton's men
were suffering for want of provisions and
forage, and the bad condition of the roads
impeded their progress.
FOREST fires We're raging on the DIST in
Camden. Atlantic and Gloucester Coan-
ties, New Jersey, to degree which called
out all able bodied inhabitants for their
suppression.
The family of James Hamilton, living at
Northrop, o., ate canned whortleberries at
supper the other evening, and all became
suddenly i'll, three persons dying before
morning, and the recovery of the others
was still in doubt.
AT noon on the 21st General Grant went
for a ride. He seemed to be gaining in
strength aud showed many signs of i'm
provement.
OVER sixteen thousand acres. in South
Mountain, near Renmar, Nd, were on fire
on the 2lst. Timber, barns, fencing and
small dwellings were burned, and num-
Der of families were homeless.
Mr.. FRELNGHUYsEN. ex-Secretary of
State, was on the 21st still lying in an un.
conscious condition at Newark, N. j.
INDICTMENTS were found in Chicago on
the 2lst against five men charged with
stealing Third Ward ballot-boxes at the
recent municipal election. Their names
are Keife, Filio, Goldberg, Connors and
Condor.
A wATER-sPoBT ON the DIST caused a
sudden and unprecedented rise in the river
at Kingman, Kan, several houses, with
their screaming occupants, being torn from
their foundations and sweptaway. Four
women and one man were known to have
persisted, but it was feared that many chill
dren had been drowned.
NEAR Greenwich, Conn, on the 21stEBar-
clay johnson, son of a prominen6 lawyer,
while walking with his mother and sister,
killed them both and then blew out his
brains. He was insane.
No VOTE was cast Cor United States Sem
ator in the joint convention of the Illinois
Legislature on the 21st.
THE warlike rumors which for weeks
have been coming over the cable received
full Justification on the 21st in a request by
the British Ministry fer a credit of $751;
100000 for the army and navy. Gladstone
stated that the report of Sir Peter Lums-
den as to the battle on the Afghan border
differed widely from that of General
Komaroff, and the British Government
felt the necessity of holding all the re-
sources of the Empire available for in
slant use wherever required.
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WEST AND SOUTH.

THE losses to farmers in West Virginia,
by reason of the starvation of cattle and
the depreciation in prices were estimated
on the 10th at one hundred thousand dol
lars.
EXECUTIoNs took plsce on the 18th as
follows William Phillips, at Fort Smith,
Ark, for the murder of his father-in- /;
Keaton aud Peter johnson, both colored,
at Camilla, Ca, for triple murder; Gus
Finley, at Prestonburg, KY, for the muir
der of James Hunt.
THE wheat crop of Indiana" says the
Lafay cite Courier, "will this year be 49,
0Oo,OO0 bushels less than last years crop.
This cuts down the yield to less than half a
crop"
AT Anaconda, NJ. T., Chinese wash
house was blown up by giant powder re-
Gently, and four of tbs six Cinnamon who
were in the building were killed, and one
fatally wounded. TIE outrage was COM
mitted by hoodlums.
A FRENcHMAN named Charles Bieler,
who was placed in jail at Dayton, o., for
! safe keeping, committed suicide the other
day. He was the third member of his
family in direct line to hang himself in
prison.
AFTER being murdeaed by persons I'M
known, J. P. Joyce, Margaret Joyce,
Charles Joyce and Mary Rice were burned
up in their house few days ago in Bun.
combe County, N. c.
MASKED highwaymen stopped the stage
from Vnlture, A. T., the other night and
sAeaa the express box containing S5,40G
A vIRR destroyed sixteen buildings,
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THE East

AT an early hour on the evening of the
10Th fire entirely destroyed the new Buff
falo IN. W Norniag Express block, with
all its contents, causing a loss or $685., 900,
with an insurance Of 1924, 900. A printer
named James Ross was fatally injured.
CAPoNE and Santore, two Italians, were
hanged on the 18th at Thomaston, Me-, for
numbering fellow workman, and Thomas
Samon was executed at Laconia, N. H., for
killing Mrs. Ford and John Ruddy and his
child.
In burning building on the farm of
Augustus Vented, near Reading, Pa,
four persons lost their lives on the 10th.
It was thought the fire was of incehdary
origin, and man suspected of the crime
had been locked up.
THE death of Dan Mace, the famous
driver of trotting horses, occurred on the
10Th at his residence in New York.
THE other day Rev. DR.. David Stern, of
New York, Jewish rabbi of considerable
prominence, committed suicide at Wilkes
barre, Pa, by taking laudanum.
On the 10Th Rev. DR.. G. III. Hall, of
Brooklyn, declared his belief that the
corpse of A. 7. Stewart was not stolen, but
that publication of the story was designed
to defeat the attempts of resurrectionists,
who had sent threatening letters.
AT four large ooal-pits on the Pan.
Handle Road, near Pittsburgh, Pa, the
striking miners have returned to work at
the price offered by the operators.
THE death of Rev. Dr. Taylor, who grad
uated from Dartmouth College in 1909, oc-
Cured q few days ago at Auburn, N. Y,
at the age of one hundred years and four
months.
On the afternoon of the Goth General
Grant took drive of thirty-five minutes
in Central Park. He walked from the
house TO the carriage with firm step,
bowling and smiling as people in the street
lifted their hats.
1T is said that Miss Mary Moorhead, of
Pittsburgh, Pa, sufferer from a painful
disease of thirty years. standing, has
been restored to health by faith and
prayer. Nine perscRS at Midway, Pa,
are also reported to have been cured by
faith, causing mild sensation in the dis
trict.
NEAR Salem, N. j., forest fires had on
the 20th burned hundreds of acres of val
liable timber, and mcnaced the town Of
Quinton. Fires in Suffolk County, Long
island, had also swept over acres of wood
land, entailing heavy damage.
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THE NEWS.
Compiled from Late Dispatches
FROM WASHINGTON.

A PROCLAMATION was issued by the Pres
ident on the 18th declaring President
Arthur's order opening the Winnebago
Reservation in Dakota to settlement mop
erative and void, and notifying all persons
on such lands to remove their effects with
in sixty days, settlers failing to do so to
be removed by force.
THERE were 215 business failures in the
United States and Canada during the seven
days ended on the 18th, against 200 the
previous seven days. The distribution
was as follows: Middle States, Is; New
England States, 81; Western, So; South
ern, 40; Pacific States and Territories, 49,;
Canada, 10.
The following appointm ents were made
by the President on the 18th: Consuls-
General of the United States-James NJ.
Morgan, Of South Carolina, at Melbourne,
Australia; Jacob Muller, of Ohio, at
Frankfort on the Main, Germany. Con-
suls of the United States-Charles w.
Wagner, of Missouri, at Toronto; Thomas
X. Welsh, of Arkansas, at Hamilton, Can /;
Francis H. Wigfall, of Maryland, at Leeds,
Eng; Charles Jonas, of Wisconsin, at
Prague; Richard Stockton, of New Jersey,
at Rotterdam; William Slade, of Ohio, at
Brussels; j. Harvey Farnham, OF Louisi-
ana, at Paso del Norte, Mex; William +.
Black, of Delaware, at Nuremberg, Ger
many.
ON the 18th General w. B. Hazen was
reprimanded by the President, ia accord
ance with the sentence of the court mar
tial, for captious criticism of his superior
officer, and was then restored to duty as
chief signal officer.
THE following appointments were made
by the President on the 18th: To be Amer
lean Ministers Resident and Consuls Gem
eral-William D. Bloxham, of Florida, to
Bolivia; Bayliss w. Hanna, of Indiana, to
Persia; Walker Fearn, of Louisiana, to
Roumania, Servia and Greece. To be Con-
suls Of the United States-James Murray,
of New York, at st. John, N. B.; Boyd
Winchester, of Kentucky, at Nice, France
Charles p. Kimball, OF Illinois, at Stuff
CART, Germany.
In his recent report ON the production of
gold and silver in the United States for
1884, Mr.. Burchard, Director of the Mint,
makes an estimate as follows: Gold, $780,.
100000; silver, $48,sOO,OOO; total, $4,000
OOO This shows an increase over the pre-
vious year of 100000 in gold and $2,4OO, 900
in silver.
DURING the last nina months for which
the reports of immigration were collected,
as compared with the corresponding period
last year, the total number of immigrants
decreased $4,000. There was falling off
of $4,000 from Germany, while the only
increase was from Ireland-300.
GENERAL LAwToN, of Georgia, has de-
clined the appointment of Minister to ST.
Petersburg, Russia, and Boyd Winchester,
of Kentucky, has declined the appointment
as Consul to Nice, Italy.
The exchanges at twenty-six leading
clearing houses in the United States dur
ing the week ended on the 18th aggregated
1875, 1863, S52, against $639, 371 1853 the previ-
GUS week. AS compared with the corre-
spending period of 1884, the falling off
amounts to 1915 per cent.
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What Pluck Will Do.

CHICAGO, April 17.--Twenty carloads Of
cattle from Walla Walla, w. T., arrived 1T
the Stock-Yar6s last night Ten carloads
OF the shipment belonged to Miss Mary
Markher, who accompanied the drove. She
is trying the experiment of shipping cattle
$500 miles, and says that if it is a success,
financially, she will ship 400 head more to
this market.
How did you stand the trip" was asked.
"Oh, first rate" was the reply. There
are several gentlemen along with me to
help take care of the stock. never
failed to get good nights rest in the
hunks of the way car, though often had
to crawl out several times in the night
to get cattle up. raised the stock myself,
with the assistance Of a number Of farm
hands in my employ. The stock I have
brought with me is worth $4,000 or $4,000.
Miss Marlllier is d bright intelligent lady
of about thirty-five years. She says the
men are all frauds, and she wouldn't mar
ry the best one living"
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FOREIGN iNTE,,,cENcE

ADvICEs of the 10Th from London state
that several days must elapse before the
Government would be able to make def
mite statement of the result of her treatings
with Russia. Aehopeful feeling continued
to prevail, the belief being that the Gear
would beinfuenced by urgent ad vices from
the Emperor of Germany to maintain
peace. At the same time politicians agreed
that peace could only be temporary. Rus
STA would push forward the railway to the
Afghan frontier.
A TENEMENT house was burned at
Quebec few days ago and three children
persisted in the flames.
ADyIcEs of the 18th from General Kom-
aroff, at st. Petersburg, state that the
Afghans had evacuated all the frontier
posts, and that the Russian outposts now
occupy their former positions. General
Komaroff said that he would proceed
shortly to inspect the advanced posts.
SEVEN frame structures and the Terminus
Hotel at Victoria, D. c., were DESTROYED by
fire on the morning of the 18th, two per-
sons perishing in the flames, the others es-
Gaping in their night clothes
WINNIPEG advices of the 18th state that
Riel had eight hundred men under him, all
well armed and ready to fight, and that
Riel would die rather IAN be taken alive.
Big Bear, with fifteen hundred men, had
promised to join Giel hemoment the Gov
ernment struck the first blow.
In Spain the panic over the spread Of the
cholera was increasing on the 10Th, as re-
ports continued to arrive showing that new
points were being constantly attacked.
The Government was taking energetic
measures to isolate infected towns.
The recent battle of Chalchuapa, in
which General Barrios lost his life, re-
suited in loss to the Guatemalan army of
1900 men. The Salvadorians had less than
one hundred killed.
ON the Nile the British troops were on
the 18th suffering fortunes from the crest
heat prevalent in the Soudan.
BATTLEFRONT advices of the Goth state
that Fort Pitt, the extreme outpost in the
Northwest, had been capturgd by the Cree
Indians, and it was feared the little garri-
son had been massacred. The commander
eff the fort was son of Charles Dickens,
the novelist
THE relations between Russia and En-.
gland were reported on the Goth to be
strained to an alarming point. 1t was said
that the Russian fleet at Cronstadt had
been ordered to prepare for war instantly,
and that thirty-two men-of-war had
hoisted their flags and put to sea.
A FEW days ago summonses were issued
at Hamilton, Can, against all boys who
sold newspapers on the street Sunday.
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comprising a large part of the business
portion of Bristol, Ind, on the night of the
17th
In the Rio Grande River near Laredo,
Tex, waterspout caused great destruc-
ton of property on the 10Th.
FRANK and Tubal Taylor, brothers, were
lynched near Forsythe, Mo-, a few days
ago, for murderous assault upon j. T.
Dickinson.
PLEURo-PNEUaoNIA was spreading
among cattle in Galloway and other coun-
ties in Missouri on the 18th, over one thou
sand having become diseased.
A CYCLONE wrecked four houses the
other night in Burns City, Tex.
AT Wilmington, n. c., the cotton mills
have shut down for sixty days, owing to
the depression in trade.
Two LITTLE sons Of Mr.. Kempt, farmer,
living a few miles from Fullerton, Neb.,
set fire TO a straw-stack a few days ago
and were burned to death.
In the rollingmill at Brazil, Ind, Pat
rick Craddock, boss roller, was drawn
through the rolls the other day and
mashed to pulp.
In q duel at Terd, |. T., the other day,
Frank Watson and Francis Copeland
killed each other
In a saloon row at Oakdale Junction,
Tenn, few days ago Pat Cain and Jim
First fatally shot each other.
THE firm of r. r. Foster & Co., tea
merchants of st. Louis, has failed for
100000.
AT Salt Lake City the Grand Jury which
was discharged few days ago found
twenty seven indictments against eminent
polygamists.
CATTLEMEN shot dead four men in the
Chickasaw Nation few days ago for
horse stealing.
The other evening M. R. Wells, aged
sixteen, postal clerk between New Orleans
and Port Eads, disappeared, taking with
him the contents Of mail-pouch contain
ing several thousand dollars.
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Mrs. Rylander Defends Her Husband.

New YORK, April 2O.-Three drunken
men, William Smith, John Madden and
Patrick O'Malley forced an entrance into
John Rylanders apartments in Brooklyn
yesterday afternoon. Rylander was knocked
from his chair before he knew what the row
was, but his wife, Mary, aged twenty-six.
very muscular woman, grasped huge
bread-knife and commenced an assault on
the intruders. The sight of the knife
caused the men to run away, Mrs. Ryland-
er following. The men staggered upstairs
toward .Smith's apartment, with
the determined woman at their
heels. She overlook Smith and
plunged the knife into his back. Smith
rolled down the stairs and shouted
that he was killed. Mrs. RyLander caught
O'Malley at the head of the stairs and
stabbed him in the head She then made a
thrust at Madden, who caught the blow upon
his wrist. The three wounded men were
taken to the hospital, where their wounds
were dressed. Mrs. RylandeI was arrested.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-04-24
silk-cuiturists in Annual Session.

PHILADELPHIA, April 1.-THE fifth an
nnal meeting of the Women's Silk-Culture
Association of the United States was
held here yesterday. Last year 1,13o
pounds of coeoons, for which 1888 was
paid. were received. Dress material,
uroeades, gros grains, ribbons. kerchiefs,
knitting silk and flag silk were made fol
the association. The association has heIe-
tofore had one reel, but it now aims to Ell
courage agriculturists in the growing of silk
to establish a filature or reclng department.
to open school for silk culture in Fair
mount Park, AMI to circulate information
concerning the industry.
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raking rhine by the ForeIock.

WASHINGTON, April 16.-Although no
official information has been received by the
Marine Hospital Bureau of the existence Of
cholera in any part of Europe, the authori-
ties are taking every possible precaution to
prevent its introduction into this country. The
sanitary Inspectors, attached to the foreign
Consulates have all been reappointed by
the Secretary of State The quarantine
stations at Ship Island and Sapelo
Sound are already in operation, and those
at Delaware Breakwater and Cape Charles
will be put in operation by the LIST of May.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-04-24

Toe Chicago Journal says that bright
little boy OF ten. the son of Mr., Haase,
Principal of the Burr School, was re-
Gently seen lettering about the Union
Depot in suspicious manner, when q
policeman undertook to investigate him.
He discovered that the lad had run
away from home, and was going to
light Iniuns." He had stolen a re-
volver and five dollars from home to do
it with. Mr.. Haase took the boy home
and will probably keep him away from
dime novels if he ran.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-04-24

The police and firemen in Boston
are now regularly instructed and ex-
amined On emergency subjects, and the
instances recorded of splints carefully
adjusted before the sufferers were con-
veyed to the hospital, OF hemorrhages
arrested, and of resuscitation from
drowning, afforded evidence of the
good that is being accomplished. Off
cal records of such cases are kept at
the police stations.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-04-24

Mn. MooDY, the evangelist is VIC
tim OF 'tbe fellow that looks like me-
The Chicago Inter Ocean says he has
not lad Il picture taken since the Chi.
cago Gre, when the only negative of his
face Was destroyed, yet the photograph
pedders who follow him about the
couatry dc good business selling the
cthc.' mans picture.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-04-24

TIE result of the financial year 1884
was very favorable to the Swiss Con-
federation After elfecting a consider
able reduction of the debt, there still
rcm@aea surplus of 100000 francs.
OF this sum the Federal Council has
destined 100000 francs for the relief
of persons and families suffering from
the exigcncies Of the military service.
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The In@ian tribes of the Northwest
British Territories number about 81, 600.
Tier, ave Chippewas and Crees, Ia, 129;
Crees OF the plains and woods, s, 157;
Biacktoct, 6,67S; Sioux. 1000. There
are also about 10000 in the remainder
of the Hudson Bay Company's territory.
The Crees are q troublesome lot and
gave our frontier posts in Montana some
trouble last summer.
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TIE Canadian Government, in view
of the large quantity of arms and ammu-
milton the Indians have been found to
possess, has decided to bring down q
measure Immediately prohibiting the
sale of arms and ammunition to Indians
under penalty of q heavy fine and i'm
prisonmeNt.
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OYEE twenty thousand people, many
of them in very poor circumstances,
contributed to the erection of the Burns
bust in Westminster Abbey. There
should be & valuable hint in this to the
committee having in charge the raising
of fuads for the pedestal of the Barthol-
di statue in New York.
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More Room Needed for the Veterans

WASHINGTON, April 16.-The report of
the House Military Affairs Committee on
the management of the National Home
for Disabled Soldiers was published
yesterday. 1t commends the work
ings of the institution. The commit
tee says the homes are crowded beyond
their capacity, and according to the policy
of the existing law additional branches
must be provided The maximum number
of beneficiar;es of the homes will not be
reached earlier than 1895. The committee
observes that the complaints of inmates,
particularly of those at Dayton, o., are
largely due to rigid application of the arti-
Giles of Wal III the ordinary discipline.
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In the National Museum at New Or
leans there are exhibits of the stuffed
and mounted skin of every beast, bird
and fish that contributes in any way to
the life, comfort and pleasure of man
lind
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REV. DAVID LATHRoP HUM, the old
est graduate of Yale now living (class
of 1879, resides in Buffalo, N. Y, and
at the age of ninety-six enjoys the use
OF all his senses, though his eyes and
ears are not as serviceable az they were.
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ARBoR DAY, says an exchange, would
be q good thing for country towns pro-
vided other days were given every year
to the care of the trees set out. In
many Of cur suburbs is presented the
dismal spectacle of lines of dead, be-
cause neglp cted, trees.
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THE States of Alabama, Arkansas,
Maryland, Delaware, Georgia, Maine,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon
and West Virginia have no such officer
as q Lieutenant-GoY