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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-10-30
PLOTTING A wiFE,5 MURDER.

The DsabolicaI Scheme of a Baltimore
Father-iu-Law Disclosed by One of His
Paid Assassins.
BCsToN, Oct. 27.-A morning paper tells
a sensational story in connection with the
arrest of woman here Saturday night.
The prisoner is said to be the principal III a
conspiracy to murder prominent married
lady of the West End. Some time ago the
conspirators started to put their plans into
operation by attempting to poison her.
Although the lady suffered considerably she
finally recovered. Her wOuld-be murderers
decided to adopt other means of taking her
life. Their plan was to have the lady
enticed to Baltimore, where tho next
attempt to kill her was to be made They
then hired fellow of this city to per
form the work, advancing him money
to carry out their schemes. This mans
heart failed him, however, and he ac-
quainted the police with the story, still pre-
tending to his employers that he was will
ing to do their bidding. For two weeks the
detectives have been watching every move
made by the conspirators, and on Saturday
afternoon they had such strong case
against the woman that they decided to ar
rest her. The police are hard at work col
lecting evidence, and very startling deyel-
opments are expected.
During the day it TRANSFERRED that the in
tended victim is young and beautiful
Irish girl, who, year ago, was engaged as
domestic in wealthy Baltimore family.
The only son of the family made love to
her, and they were clandestinely married.
The father stormed, but the young
man stuck to his bride. A child
was born, and the happiness
OF the couple seemed complete. Two
month ago the father expressed his feelings
at the disgrace his family had suffered by
the marriage of his son to slow Irish
girl,' and intimated his desire that she
might die. Three weeks ago he told the
young woman who is now under arrest here,
that she might go ahead with any scheme
she could devise to break the bond. She told
him she thought she could find people in
Boston who could make satisfactory ar
engagements. She was well supplied with
money and came to this city. At a house
onNorman street she found man to whom
she concluded to disclose her mission, and
told him that money would be no object il
the Objectionable woman could be removed.
This man, James Donahue after listening to
the entire story, agreed to do the work for
$1,000. All the details were fixed, and
then DOnahue revealed the plot to the po-
lice, The woman was Immediately az
rested. Officers have gone to Baltimore to
arrest the heartless father-in-law and other
parties implicated.
The police have given out the names of
the pIotters. The woman under arrest is
Mrs. Emma Coolidge, wife of Officer James
E. Coolidge, of this city. She is South
ern woman, aged thirty three, and Coolidge
is her second husband. The intended vic
tim is Mrs. G.. j. Mellen,
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MAXWELL MEETS HIS FATHER
The English Schoolmaster Says the Prison.
er Is His Son, Hugh NJ. Brool1s-A Sug-
gestfon of the Defense.


The English Schoolmaster Says the Prison.
er Is His Son, Hugh NJ. Brools-A Sug-
gestion of the Defense.
ST. LOUIS, No., Oct. 26.-The meeting
between Samuel w. Brooks, the HYDE
Schoolmaster, and Maxwell, alias Brooks,
took place Saturday morning at the Office
of Circuit AttoSney Glover, and was very
affecting. They embraced each other and
both wept Several byStanderS were also
moved to tears. They conversed private
~ for over an hour and then the
elder Brooks left the building. He was
! subsequently seen by a reporter, to whom
he said that he was now more than ever
convinced Of his sons innocence. He has
cabled the family in England that the man
Maxwell is no other than his son Hugh.
Mr.. Brooks says that the object of his visit
is now at an end and that he will return
home in few days. He said:
hISt thought my son was connected with
this case last May when / read an
article in Manchester paper, in which
my sons name appeared. Then came little
corroborative circumstances, articles that
L knew my son had, and finally the letter
from my sons counsel, telling me that the
prisoner was my son. He never studied
medicine and knew nothing about it, nor do
know anybody named Maxwell / never
knew any Of PreIler's family, but L have
private and reliable information that his
life was insured for $4,000 Whether this
money was paid or not l will find out
when I return but I heard that
the insurance company was contest
ing the claim I have not spoken to my
son about his defense. He is lawyer and
he and his counsel know best what to do
1 am and have been from the first satisfied
of his innocence, and if he has gotten into
scrape through bad association, an ex-
PLANTATION will clear it all up. L will advise
him that if he has entered into a conspira-
cy to defraud an insurance company, to
tell the truth, no matter who suffers Re-
member, however, that have not spoken
to him about the case"
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DYNAMITE ON THE TRACK.
a st. Louis Street Car Demolished by ar
ExnIosiOn-A PASSENGER SariousIY Hurt.

a st. Louis Street-Car Demolished by an
ExpIosion-A Passenger Seriously Hurt.
ST.. Louis, Mo-, Oct. 24.-Last night
about 1890 o'clock a street-car on the
Washington avenue line struck an obstruc-
ton on the track at the corner of Eighteenth
street and Washington avenue. An expIo-
sion instantly followed, and the car was
badly wrecked. The floor and one side
We're torn out. There were several passen-
gers in the car. Mrs. Shea was severely
injured. 1t is supposed the explosive was
placed on the track by some of the strikers,
but no clue has yet been obtained and nO
arrests have been made.
Investigation has proceeded only far
enough to find out that the whole affair is a
mystery. Experts in handling explosives
visited the scene, and agree thai nitro
glycerine was used in the shape of a pre-
pared cartridge, but the odOr of gun-pOw-
der was very perceptble. Both the driver
and the conductor on the car were new
men. The affair will, when it becomes
known through the newspapers, curtail
street-car travel, and risks on StreeU-car pas
sengers will be classed as extra hazardous
by life insurance companies.
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affecting. The elder Brooks declared his

affecting. The elder Brooks declared his
belief in bis sons Innocence
CHARLES SUNDsFRoM, a Swede living at
Saltwater, Mimi, is said to be afflicted
with leprosy.
An extensive and highly destructive
prairie frs in the Panhandle of Texas had
on the oath burned over half million
acres bordering on the Canadian River.
AS A result of the prolonged strike,
there was said to be famine in nails at
Pittsburgh on the oath, for the first time
In twenty years, and the only supply
available at Wheeling was in small lots.
Ell PAso (Tex.) advices of the oath say
that many Apaches had recently crossed
into Mexico, and that in an attack upon
ranch two Americans and four Indians
were killed.
ANOTHER ST. Louis street. car was blown
up by dynamite on the oath, but no one
was injured.
AT Cleveland, o., the orderiof the Chief
Of Police, closing all saloons on Sunday,
was generally observed on the 18th.
THIRTEEN persons were seriously in
jured on the 18th near Laporte, Ind, by
the rear car of a Wabash passenger train
jumping the track and rolling into ditch.
A CINCINNATI man Frederick Weig-
mann) on the 26Sh celebrated his 106th
birthday at the residence of his step-son,
Charles Schroeder in Indianapolis. Weig-
mann was born in Westphalia, Germany,
October 26, 1779. He enjoys good health
and has the full use of his faculties.
THE name of U. S. Grant was on the
26th engraved on the soldiers and sailors
monument at Galena, Ill.
CONSIDERABLE snow fell at Grand Forks,
D. T., On the Goth.
A VALUABLE discovery was made re-
Gently in rich vein Of gold and silver at
Atlanta, Tex.
A DUEL was fought by Walter Orr and
Phil Givan on the Goth at Birmingham,
Ala, over a girl, both receiving fatal
wounds.
DYNAMITE wrecked another street-car at
st. Louis on the 26th The people were
refusing to ride in the cars for fear of be-
ing blown up. A reward of 500 had been
offered for the capture of the persons who
placed the explosives on the tracks.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-10-30
THE FREE-TRADERS.
Preparations for the Coming National
Convention at Chicago-Objects of the
Meeting.

Preparations for the Coming National
Convention at ChicagO-Obiects of the
Meeting.
CHICAGO Oct 24.-The National Con-
ference of Free Traders and Revenue Re-
formers will be held at Chicago pursuant
TO call of the American Free Trade League,
Wednesday and Thursday, November II
and -. The design is to unite those, of
whatever political faith or party, who de-
sire to cooperate in promoting the relief of
the American people from the burdens
of the preSen tariff, whether they believe in
immediate and moderate reduction of taxes,
in more thorough change in our system of
taxation. The league is endeayoring to
raise fund of $40, 900 to push the cause of
revenue reform, and to make ready for the
Congressional elections of 1886. Among
the topics that have been announced are
the following: "'rhe Tariff in Its ReIa-
lions to Farmers" by j. @. Smith, an
Ohio farmer and wool grower;
Thomas S. Shearman, who sends
from Europe, where he is investigating the
subject, an article on 'Pauper Labor"
Among other speakers expected are Henry
Watterson, NJ. NJ TrumbulI, Prof Can
field, Of Kansas, and Josiah Quincy, of
Massachusetts. The convention winds up
with grand mass meeting at Central
Music Hail. at which Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher and David A. Wells will speak.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-10-30
The Grant Trophies.

WASHINGTON, Oct 27.-Inquiry at the
War Department develops that the Grant
trophies for which last winter Mrs Julia
Dent Grant and William Il. Vanderbilt ex-
ecuted deed of trust to the United States
are not yet accepted as the property of the
Nation. 1t has been generally supposed that
ali the formalties required by law had been
complied with and that the collection was
already, OF soon would he, suitably placed
in Washington where it could be seen by
all who desired to do so. Even United
States Senator lately said he presumed, of
course, such was the case, and when the
writer, who alse took this for granted,
went to the War Department to ask
where the relics could be viewed,
the officials there said they also had
supposed the collection to be actually
the property of the Government, but on
Looking into the matter found that the joint
resolutions accepting the gift which passed
the Senate on February had never passed
the House, so were null and void The
boxes containing the articles are unopened
and will remain in the custody Of the War
Department until the next Congress shall
pass the necessary resolution.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-10-30
Big Reyenne COLLECTIONS.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. 27.-Yesterday
was an exceedingly busy Gay in Collector
Cox's Office, and the receipts of revenue
reached the enormous sum of S161, 169.
This is not only the largest collection in
Louisville for one day but the largest in
any revenue district in tLs country
since the revenue laws were put in
force. The reason of the rush is that all the
January, 1882, whisky came out OF bond
this date. The collections represent /, 1885,
$50 gallons of whisky, or 4, 472 barrels.
The next largest day previously was in May
last, when the collections were S136, 900.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-10-30
CHINESE MoBBED IN WYOMING.
Thirty Mongolians Driven to the Hills
Near Rock Springs by the Whites.

OMAHA, Neb., Oct ga dispatch re-
ceved at the Union Pacific headquarters
says that Wednesday night at eleven
o'clock a mob of white men attacked a
section house occupied by thirty Chinese
section hands, at the old town Of
Rock Springs, Wy. t., three miles from
the coal mining town Of the same name.
The mob yelled and shouted fired yoIley
of revolver shots into the air, bombarded
the house with clubs and stones and
smashed every window.
The Cinnamon were frightened nearly to
death, supposing that another massacre was
about to be perpetrated, and fed from the
house, half clad, to the neghboring hills,
where they remained all night, suffering in
tensely from cold. Yesterday morning
they returned and resumed work.
The authorities and military remaining
at Rock Springs were informed of what had
occurred, but as yet have been unable to
discover who the rioters were. Efforts will
be made to apprehend them. The coal
mines at Rock Springs and other points
where order has been restored are now be-
ing worked without interruption.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-10-30
Distressing Tragedy.

: FRANKFORT, Mich, Oct. 26.--While a
wholesale merchant, named Hall and a
woodman named Krause, were hunting a
bear in the Platte swamp, Saturday night,
they saw a black object in the cranberry
bushes, and thinking it was bruin, Krause
fired with his Winchester rife. A heartrend-
ing shrek followed. On running to the spot
it was found that Mrs. Briggs, who was
picking berries, was mortaiiJ wounded.
The hunters carried her to farmhouse
near by, where she died yesterday morning.
Mrs. Briggs was about fifty years old. leay-
ing three daughters. Her husband COM
mitted suicide about four years ago.
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IMPRISONED as LYNCHERs.
Prominent Southern Planters Thrown
Into Prison on Suspicion.

. SOuhAhOEh l. AeSu6ofS AAlEoHD
Into Prison on Suspicion.
COLUMBIA, s. c., Oct. 26.-Four more
residents of EdgeGeld County were arrest
ed Thursday night and lodged in jail fol
completely in the lynching of Gull
breath, and warrants are out fol
the arrest of two others. There are
now in the Edgefield Jail thirty-six persons
who are accused of participation in
the lynching. The accused men form the
bulk of the respectable white adult male
populace Of two or more townships in
Edgefeld County. They are taken away
from their plantations at a busy season OF
the year, and in their absence it is hard tc
control the colored laborers, who are pulling
the cotton from the fields right and left.
1t is asserted that many families will
be deprived of food by the arrest of
these men. On Thursday the Sheriff was
arrested by the Coroner on warrant taken
out by a brother CT Culbreath, charging
him with official misconduct in permitting
two Of the accused lynchers to escape from
jail last week. The excitement over the
affair is still at fever heat The two pris-
oners who escaped have been recaptured in
Georgia.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-10-30
Disastrous Prairie Fires-50O, 900 Acres
Burned Over.

FoRT WORTH. Tex, Oct. 26.-Reports
reached here Saturday night from Claren-
don, Donley County, and other points up in
the Panhandle of the most devastating
prairie fires ever known in this State. It's
believed that the number of acres burned
over will approach 100000. The country
in which the fires are raging extends from
the Canadian River one hundred miles
south. 1t is impossible as yet to give any
idea of the Individual losses. In some
places the cowboys were obliged to ride
INTO the lakes to save themselves.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-10-30

THERE is patient in Scotch in
Urinary suffering from painful disease
in which every person who uses cane
is interested. 1t is sore of the hand,
brought on by the pressure of round
knobbed stick against the palm; in this
case it has affected the muscles from
tho fingers to above the wrist. A
speedy cure is not probable. The sur
gcons say that stick with handle,
instead of knob on which the palm
must press, is the thing to carry.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-10-30
A Village DESTROYED.

PARIS, Oct. 27.-Dispatches from Peri
gueux, the capital of the Department of
Cordogne, state that frightful accident
has occurred at the Chanceiade quarries,
near that town. While a large body
of workmen were engaged in taxing
cut stone the quarries suddenly caved in,
destroying village situated on the ground
above the stone pits and killing a large
number OF persons. Many are buried in
the ruins, and it is doubtful if any can be
rescued in time to save their lives. Troops
have been sent to the scene Of disaster to
engage in the work of relief.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-10-30
Opposed to the Indian Policy.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-It is reported
that the President disapproves of almost
every feature Of the present system of In
dian management, and will recommend
to Congress radical changes in the
methods of buying and issuing pro-
visions and other supplies. The President
believes it is said. that if the army is to
be expected to prevent Indian depredations
the military authorities should be given the
power to assist in removing the causes of
dissatisfaction by providing for an honest
distribution of supplies. This is the policy
which has long been recommended by Gen
erals Sheridan and Sherman and other high
military officers.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-10-30

THERE will be no more State cleo
tons in the United States in October
The October States are thing of
the past. The last one to adhere to the
October system was Ohio, and at the
late election in that State it was deter
mined that all elections shall hereafter
be held in November.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-10-30
HanIaD Defeated,

ALBANY, NY, Oct. 26.-Edward Hanlaf
was beaten on the Pleasure Island course
Saturday afternoon by reemer in sculling
race for $1,000 and the championship OF
America. Both men were in fine shape AT
the start Teemer caught the water first, row
ing thirty-four strokes to the minute, while
Hanlan was pulling thlrty-eight. At the
half-mile Teemer showed a length of clear
water between his boat and Hanlan's. Al
the mile Teemer was two lengths ahead
and at the turn four Coming down he
lessened his speed and won easily in TWEEN
ty-one minutes and fifteen seconds. While
Hanlan was making the turn his left oar
caught in the anchor rope, upsetting the
oarSman into the water
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-10-30

The Bangor (Me,) Commercial saws:
"a Bangor man just returned IRON tho
Chaudfefs River district tells how the
people look at smallpox. rs stopped
over night at French Canadians
whose son was foolish. The native said
he was made thus by smallpox. Said
he: You see, we have all got to have
it sooner or later, and so last fall, hav-
ing our work done up early, 1 said to
my wife: 4 guess this a good time to
have it So / hitched up, went down
TO the village and got it. 1t killed three
of my children and made that boy
foolish. -"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-10-30

SOUTH BEND, Ind, Oct. 23.-While men
were at work building sewer at the bot
tom Of an excavation twenty feet deep at
eleven o'clock yesterday morning the sides
suddenly caved in, filling the trench with
earth. The men endeavored to get out,
and all succeeded but two who were buried
alive. The work of digging them out was
commenced at once, and at 2:30 p. m. the
Iifeless bodies were removed. Both were
young unmarried men, and named Thomas
OBrien and Matthew Williams. Their
faces were perfectly black when taken out,
showing Sutfocation to have caused death.
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Oct. 27.-Frederiek
Weigmann, of Cincinnati, yesterday cele-
brated his Tooth birthday at the residence 0
his stepson, Charles Schroeder, in this city.
Weigmann was born in Westphalia, Ger
many, October 20, 1879. He fought under
the Emperor Frederick William, is vet
eran OF Waterloo, and was ninety years of
age when he emigrated to America. lie
enjoys good health and has the full use Of
his fapultiaS
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-10-30

NEW YORK, Oct 23.-Mrs. Mary Ann
Booth, widow Of the celebrated actor,
Junius Brutus Booth, and mother of Ed
win, John Wilkes, Joseph A., Asia and
Rose Booth. died in this city yesterday,
aged eighty-three years. Mrs. Booth had
been living with her youngest son, Joseph,
for many years. About year ago she
fell On the sidewalk and broke one Of her
legs, and was never able to walk again.
Ten days ago she was Frustrated with Sc
we're cold, which developed into pneumonia
on Tuesday last, when she began to sink
rapidly. For more than twenty years Mrs.
Booth had been bIoken-hearted over the
fate of her f. YOrite son. John Wilkes.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-10-30

Ten THOUSAND barrels of apples sent
from this side were sold in Liverpool
recently at from twelve to sixteen shill-
ingS barrel, prices that are so profta-
bic as compared with those ruling in
this country that heavy shipments will
now probably be made regularly. 1t
costs from four to six shillings a barrel
to place the fruit in Liverpool.
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A National League Address.

NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-Mr. Patrick Egan,
President of the Irish League OF America,
and The Executive Committee has issued
this address to the League:
1.-The Executive Committee has been il
communication with Mr.. ParnelI with 9
view to fixing date for our National
Convention that would suit Mr.. Parnelrs
convenience and that of such other delegates
as may be sent over to represent the home or
ganization. We have now the pleasure to in
form you that the third annual convention OF
held in Central Music Hall. Chicago, Wednes
day and Thursday, January 20 and 81 1856
and will be attended by Mr.. Parnen and g
strong delegation of his colleagues.
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New Map of the Arctic REGIONS.

WASHINGTON, Oct 24.-The hydro
graphic Office has issued new map Of the
Arctic region. which embodies the results
of the latest explorations. The arrange
ment is such that the names and relative
positions of all places around the polar
basin can be seen without turning the mar
around, as is usually necessary, and the
eye is not bewiIdered by multitude OF
meridian lines conyerging at the pole. a
very simple method of determining the. lat
itude and longitude of any point is afford
ed by two lines interesting, at right angles
at the pole, along which the degrees dc
marked.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-10-30
Heavy Reef Contract.

GALVESTON, Tex, Oct "a. ga special
from Fort Worth to the Nclos says: Isaac
Dahman of this city has closed a
contract with an English Syndicate to de-
liver on the wharf at Galveston fornightly,
for the next five years, three thousand
frozen carcasses of beef cattle The price
stipulated is six cents per pound for the
beef and nine cents for the hides. 1t is said
the shipments will begin next week.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-10-30

The powers that would probably be
involved in the event of hostilities in the
East could put the following forces in
the field at once: Turkey, $4,000;
Roumania, 100000; Servia, $4,000; Bull
garia 72,0G0; Greece, $1,000; Eastern
Roumelia, $4,000; Montenegro, $4,000.
The maximum available strength OF
the great powers for warlike operations
in European Turkey within three
months of the outbreak of hostilities
would be: Russia, $4,000; Germany,
100000; France, $4,000; Austria-Hun-
gary, $4,000; Italy, 100000. and Great
Britain, $4,000.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-10-30

THIS is the heavy season for piano
tuners The heating of house un-
tunes in short time its piano This is
not due, however, it is said, to the ex-
panding or contracting of the strings
under the variations of temperature,
but to the variations produced in the
sounding board under the influence of
the increased dryness OF the air when
furnaces and stoves are burning The
sounding board is always made of
spruce because of the superior resonance
of the timber; but spruce is the wood
most affected by changes in moisture.