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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-03-12
THE EAST.

A JURY on the 5th acquitted James Hol-
land, the Texan who killed Tom Davis in
New York, last year, during quarrel
over the purchase of some counterfeit
money.
THE other night Charles Marple an ex-
tensive florist at Gloucester, N. j., mistook
his daughter, aged twentythree, for a
burglar and fatally shot her
Thomas CHRISTIE and Horatio King. First
National Bank clerks at Bradford, Pa,
were arrested on the 5th for embezzling
100000.
In New York and Brooklyn the strike Of
street-car employees was amicably arranged
on the 9Th and travel was resumed
THE sudden death of Rev. j. r. W. Sloane,
d. d., Professor. of Theology at the Re-
formed eSbyterian Theological Seminary,
Allegheny City, Pa, and we'll known
throughout the country, occurred ON the 9th.
On the pier of the Monarch Steamship
line in Jersey City, N. j., fire on the 9TH
destroyed property valued at s5o0,0O
Four THOUSAND New York City carpen~
ters struck on the Sth for an advance in
wages.
Ten THOUSAND miners in the coal regions
near Pittsburgh, Pa, struck on the Sth for
higher wages.
The death of Mary BECKER Seymour,
relict of Ex-Governor Horatio Seymour, oc-
CURED on the Sth at the residence of Mrs.
Roscoe Conkling, in Utica n. "
c. B. MEEKER, general passenger agent
of the New York Central road for many
years, expired at Schenectady, n. Y, on
the Sth, of paralysis.
THE schooner Royal Arch, Abbie C..
Stubs and E. Harris Weaver, owned at
New Haven, Conn, were reported lost on
the Sth with their crews.
IN the Uniondale mine at Dunbar, Pa,
three explosions occurred on the Sth kill
ing two men and wounding twelve others,
four of whom were not expected to re
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

About 10000 copies of Haw.
thorne's "Scarlet Letter" have been
issued. The House of Seven Cables
did not reach more than half that num-
ber.
"A draped shaft of Italian marble
twenty-five feet high is to be placed
over the graves of General Toombs
and his wife at Washington, Ga. 1t
will be made in Italy.
-Horatio Seymour died on Abraham
Lincoln's seventy-eighth birthday, and
General Hancock died on the seventy
second anniversary of Samuel j. Til
denis birth.-N. 7. San.
Mrs. NJ. E. De Geer, of Scott City.
Kan, has pre-empted land, founded
several towns, built several hotels and
established several paying newspapers
in Kansas. Chicago Sun.
TALBOT Williams, managing editor
of the Philadelphia Press, has collec-
ton of biographies of noted persons
ready to be used as obituaries on their
demise. which is insured for So, 400.-
~ Y. Tribune.
w AeiA own CNEct III
Theodore l.. Cuyler to some Yale stu
dents, the other day, II have seen Mr..
Gladstone kneel by the side of COM
mon street-sweeper and pray for the
salvation of his SOUL"
The st. Louis Globe Democrat saws:
"The recent death of B. Gratz Brown
carried off the last of the National cam
didateS of 1872-Grant, Greedy and
Wilson having gone before. And the
death of HOratio Seymour carried off
the last of the candidates of 1868, the
others being Grant, Colfax and Blair. "
General Hancock was married in
st. Louis in 1850 to Miss Almira Rus
sell, of that city, who survives him.
Probably it was her full name the dy-
ing man was trying to pronounce when
his utterance Sroke into Allie"
"Myra," as given in some of the re-
ports Of his last moments.-St. Louis
Post
Elder Thomas Parker Dudley, of
Lexington, KY, is said to be the old
est Baptist minister in America. He
is ninety-fOur years old, blind and very
feeble. He began preaching in 1920,
and has preach ed in Kentucky. Ten
nessee, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michi-
gan, Missouri, Kansas, Virginia, Della
ware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
New York.-N. 7. Times.
The richest woman in the world
has lately been discovered. Donna
Isidora Cousino, of Chill, is the lucky
individual. No one, not even herself,
knows the exact amount of her wealth,
which is derived from land, cattle,
mines, house and ship property to any
extent. In addition TO these sources
of income she owns the only coal mines
in South America, from which she draws
about G16,000 a month. 1t is stated
that Donna Cousino is a remarkable
business woman"
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A BILL for the repeal of the law forbid
ding any State officeror legislator from ac-
cepting railroad pass has been rejected
by both branches of the Mississippi Legis-
lature.
CHARLES BURGESS on the 9th shot and
killed Mrs. Emma Simons because she re-
fused to marry him and then killed himself
at the Depot Hotel in East Portland, Ore.
MORMON women held large meeting at
Salt Lake City, U. T., on the 9th, al which
speeches were made upholding the right of
women to go into polygamy and protest
adopted against Government interference.
FERDINAND ScHUMAcHER's extensive mills
at Akron, O., and the railway station ad-
joining were destroyed by fire on the 9th.
The loss was estimated at 81 900 600.
THE murder and outrage of two young
ladies, Miss Ella Humphreys and Miss Car
RE Haines, nine miles from Milledgeville,
Ga, was reported on the 9th. Frank Hum
phrey, brother-in-law of one of the vic
Tins, had been arrested for the crime
SAM JONES and Sam Small, revivalists,
ON opening their second week in Chicago
on the 18th drew audiences which could not
enter the doorways.
OVER one hundred animals were killed in
a recent wolf-hunt in Douglas County,
Kan.
THE drive of cattle for 1886 has been esti-
mated by Texans at 100000 head
UNKNOWN persons on the 9th assassinat-
ed NJ. Coleman and Wilson Patten, we'll
known citizens of Seattle, w. T. Mr.. Cole
man was foreman of the grand jury that
indicted number of persons for rioting
and numbering Cinnamon.
THE militia was ordered by the Governor
of Kentucky on the 9th to Greenwood, Pull
ask County, to suppress outrages by two
hundred miners.
KNIGHTS OF LABOR to the number of
about nine thousand employed on the
Gould roads in the Southwest struck ON the
9th because of the discharge of the foreman
of the shops at Marshall Tex
In the mines at Cumberland, Md, i've
thousand men stopped work on the Sth I'M
til their wages were increased.
THE oath of Office was taken on the Sth
by Thomas r. Hudd, Congressman-elect
from the Fifth District of Wisconsin.
AT Usage Mission, Kan, j. w Sells and
his wife and two children were found muir
dered at their home on the Sth. Willie
Sells, young son, was arrested on sus-
picion of being the murderer, and there
was hardly doubt but that the boy COM
mitted the dreadful crime, though no mo-
tive was known.
OK the Sth the annual mard-gras car
nival commenced at New Orleans.
On Il recent voyage from Baltimore to
Queenstown the steamer Acton had two
men washed overheard aud another killed
at the wheel For hours she was at the
mercy or The waves, which were at last
quickly Modified by casks of oil.
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DEADLY FlRE-DAMP.
A Terrific Explosion in Pennsylvania Col
Hery-TwO Men Instantly Killed, and
Twelve Others Badly Wounded.

A Terrific Explosion in Pennsylvania Col
liery-TwO Men Instantly Killed, and
Twelve Others Badly Wounded.
CoNNELLsvILLE, Pa, March 9.-Shortly
after noon yesterday a series of explosions
took place IN the Uniondale mine at Dun
bar, four miles from here, by which two
men were killed and twelve others re-
ceived injuries which will prove fatal in
at least four cases. The cause of
the explosion was fire-damp. There
were twenty three men in the pit.
The first explosion occurred about 1890
yesterday afternoon, and was a terrific
shock, followed by two others in
quick succession. The first explosion
caused the death of two men and injured
three. The rest ran toward the mouth of
the pit, but before they reached it the other
explosion occurred. The lights were blown
out, the dust blinded the men, and the pas
sageways were blocked up, cutting off all
escape. The pit was on fire and horrible
death awaited the imprisoned miners.
Columbus Shay, of the Mahoning works,
and James Henderson, of the Calvin mines,
headed a rescuing party and went to work
with picks and shovels to force an entrance.
In a few moments an opening was made
and several rushed forward to enter the
mine, but were repealed by a volume OF
flame.
1t took several minutes for the smoke
and fire to clear away. The cries of pain
and means of the injured were pitiful.
They were lying in every direction, buried
under masses of debris. Several of them
were horribly burned. Twelve of them
were found in dying condition; two
Others were dead, mangled almost into an
uurecopniZable mass
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PASSED AWAY.
Death of United States Sena tor Miller, Of
California, and of the Widow of the Late
Governor Seymour.

Death of United States Sena tor Miller, OF
California, and of the Widow of the Late
Governor Seymour.
WASHINGTON, March 9.--Senator John f.
Miller, OF California, died yesterday after
noon.
[Mr. Miller was born in Indiana in 1881, and
received an academcal education at South
Bend. He went to California in 1853 return
ing to Indiana after the Lapse of three years.
In 1860 he was member of the State Senate,
but resigned to accept the Colonelcy
of the Twenty-ninth Indiana Volunteers.
He served in several battles, being wound
ed at Stone River and Liberty Gap, and was
breveted Major General for conspicuous
bravery at the battle of Nashville. He Was
aTterward appointed collector of the port of
San Francisco. to VIII ch place he had re.
moved, and was member of the California
constitutional convention of 1879. He was
elected to the United States Senate as a Re-
publ can, and took his seat March 4. 1851
UTICA, n. Y, March 9.-Mrs. Horatio
Seymour died at $50 a. m. yesterday at
the residence OF Mrs. Roscoe Conkling In
January the Governor brought Mrs. Sey-
mour over from thief farm to Mrs. Conkling's
hoping to improveher health by the change
Her affection was simply failing health. Gov
ernor Seymour was very anxious regarding
her condition, and this Frustrated him and
resulted fatally. She was very low at
the time of his death, but babe him faro
well few minutes before his decease. Since
then she has been failing rapidly, and was
unconscious the greater part OF the time
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iATEN.

THE National House Committee on In
valid Pensions decided on the 9th to report
bill to give twenty-four dollars per month
to veterans of the rebellion who have been
totally disabled since their discharge
JOHN, Martin and Thomas Archer, three
brothers, accused of murder, were taken
from Jail on the 9th at Shoals, Ind, by
mob and lynched.
A DECISION in favor of the Prohibition
lists appeal, in the matter of the Atlanta
election, was made by the Georgia Supreme
Court on the 9th
THE committee of the New York Senate
which investigated the Broadway railroad
charter unanimously reported on the 9th
that it was procured by bribery, and
recommended that swift justice be dealt
the guilty parties.
The strike on the Gould Southwestern
railways remained unchanged on the 9th.
Virtually traffic in Missouri, Arkansas,
Kansas and Texas was paralyzed, while
the strike was growing in extent.
Mrs. JOHN I. EvERHART and her aged
mother, living near Lickingvaie, Pa, were
murdered ON the 9th by having their Threats
cut, the assassins then robbing the house of
three hundred dollars.
SIX HUNDRED miners in the Huntingdon
(Pa.) district struck on the 9th for ten cents
per ton advance in wages
ANoTHE> five-day billiard match for the
worlds championship, between Schaefer
and Vignaux, was commenced in New York
City on the 9th.
JEROME B. CHAFFEE, the first United
States Senator from Colorado, and the
father-in-law of Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. died
on the 9th at Purdy's Station, near New
York City, of acute meningitis. Air. Chat
fee was born in Cambria Niagara County,
N. Y, April II, 1926
Mrs BENJAMIN HARRIS BREWSTER, the
| wife of ex-Attorney- General Brewster, died
at her residence in Philadelphia on the 9th.
EX-SENATOR SIMON CAMERON celebrated
his eighty eighth birthday on the Sth at Har-
risburg, Pa.
THE Grant Monument Association of New
York had up to the 9th received sl15, SS1.
Ex-President Arthur has been elected per-
mGnent chairman.
THE United States Senate on the 9th took
up the resolutions reported by Senator Ed
munds from the Judiciary Committee
which, among other things, condemn the
Acknowledgement for refusing to transmit
to the Senate papers called for, and con-
denim the discharge from the Government
service of ex-Union soldiers. Senator Ed
munds spoke at great length upon the sub
Ject but the Senate adjourned without
any action being taken. In the House
bill was passed by a vote of 249 to forbid
ding the hiring out of the labor of Federal
prisoners. Mr.. Eldridge reported a bill
granting pensions to the soldiers and sail
ors of the Mexican war; The Indian Ap-
preparation bill 1886. 562) was considered.
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~o~-
HUMOROUS.

-Society's favorite flower - the
dandy-lion.-N. Y. Morning Journal.
"A young Lady Reader" wishes 10
know what will remove grease spots
from a silk dress. A pair of scissors.
N. Y. Herald.
-"Mr. Jones, you said you were
connected with the fine arts; do you
mean that you are sculptor?'' mo,
sir, don't sculp myself, but furnish
the stone to the man what Does. -
Brooklyn Eagle.
Little Beggar-"Please give me
penny to buy loaf of bread" Old
Party -''But you can't buy loaf of
bread with one cent" Little Beggar-
"No, but I'm buying on the installment
plan. THE Judge.
An old man-of-war sailor, who had
lost a leg in the service of his country,
became a retailer of peanuts He said
he was obliged to be a retailer, because
having lost leg, he could not be
whole sailor.-The Judge.
Sick husband-'Did the doctor say
that / am to take all that incidence
Wife-"Yes, dear" Sick husband
"Why, there is enough in that bottle to
kill mule" Wife (anxiously)-"Tben
you had better be very careful, John"
N 7. World.
-"My son." said stern father to a
seven-year-old hopeful II must dis
cipline you. Your teacher said you
were the worst boy in the school"
"Wel, papa" was the reply, "Only
yesterday she said l was just like my
father. "-NOntre0L Witness.
"A farmer demanded free admission
to show on the strength of being in
the same business. 81 fail to see,"
said the manager, show you make that
out" ''Well, I'll tell you, responded
the farmer. 81 make my money by
selling specked apples, and you make
yours by selling spectators. He was
admitted.-LOWeU Citizen.
An album containing the photo
graphs of twenty million stars is being
| prepared by a French astronomer. We
believe that is about the number man
sees when he sits down in an inverted
position on the icy sidewalk, but how
the astronomer managed to get instan-
LduCOuS pHOIOSIdpho VI lhCui WuCh III
such an awkward position is difficult to
understand. -Norristo1Cn Herald.
-Wife-"I think, mother, we had
better be starting for our shopping.
BY the way, John, what are the wealth
er probabilities" John (reading from
the paper)-"H Heavy rains, followed by
snow, hail, sleet, billiards. cyclones,
tornadoes, simoons, hurricanes and
earthquakes. Wife-"H'm, how pro-
voking! Shall we venture out, moth
er?'' Mother-''C Certainly. We are not
made of sugar. Life.
"A certain divine, who had wan
dered, in the course of his travels, be-
yond the conveniences of the railroad,
was obliged to take to horse. Being
unaccustomed to riding he said to his
host: 81 hope you are not so unregen-
crate in these parts that you would give
me horse who would throw a good
Presbyterian minister" "Wall, I
dunno" was the reply. 1--WE believe
in spreadin' the Gospelr'-N. 7. hide
Dendent.
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FROM WASHINGTON.


PRESIDENT CLEVELAND on the 4th sent to
the Senate the name of James c. Matthews
colored lawyer of Albany, N. Y to be
Register of Deeds in the District of Column
bia, vice Fred Douglass.
SECRETARY MANNING informed the Senate
on the 4th that National banks held SIS, 1885,
$50 of the bonds called for repayment April L.
DURING February last the fire losses in
the United States and Canada were Sc, 500, :
GOO, about the average February loss for
the past eleven years.
THE Secretary of the Treasury during the
month of February purchased l,450000
ounces of silver for coinage into standard
dollars, being about 100000 less than the
usual monthly purchase.
INTERNAL revenue receipts for the first
seven months of the fiscal year were $685.
S1S III, an increase of 81, 5}5, 157 over the
corresponding period of last year
THE Commissioner of Internal Revenue
says that the present year will show very
large increase of receipts in his department
over last year.
THE exchanges at twenty-six leading
clearinghouse in the United States during
the week ended on the 9th aggregated
5000, 96,5il, against $50, 5S0,3lS the pre-
vious week. As compared with the CORE
spending week of 1885, the increase amounts
to 29.5 per cent.
IN the United States there were 297 bust
ness failures reported during the week
ended on the 9th, against POS in the pre-
ceding week.
DURING the week ended on the 9th the is
sue of the standard silver dollars from the
minis was $3.50, $40, against 1924 ,49S during
the corresponding period of last year.
The House Committee on Indian Affairs
heard three Southern Ute chiefs on the Sth
in favor of Senator Bowen's bill to author
iZe the transfer of these Indians from Col
orado To Utah.
AT Washington Senator John r. Miller
of California died on the Sth little after
noon. He was born in Indiana in 1881 and
had been a member of the Senate for five
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Not a Hopeless Case.

Nose Sckaumburg had loaned Sam
Bingtom seven hundred dollars As
Nose had not seen Sam ON the
streets of Austin for several days it oc-
Cured to him to call at Sans house
and find out how he was coming on.
He did not see Sam, but Mrs. Bingtom
was at home. She looked very sad,
and had black rings around her eyes.
Il am in great distress, Dir. Schaum-
berg"
''Vat wash de matter?''
'.Mr. Bingtom has lost his mind and
has heen taken out into the country"
"Did he leave dot money nit you to
pay dot note what comes due next
week."
''Oh, no, Mr.. Schaumburg. he is not
crazy enough to do that. He has not
lost his reasoning faculties entirely. -
Teas Siftt1sgs.
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Compiled from Late Dispatches.
xLlxth CONGRESS.

THURSDAY, March An tho Senate a
bill was passed accepting for the United
States the Grant memorial collection pre-
sented to the Government by Mrs. Grant
and W. H. Vanderbilt Mr. Sewell re-
ported fayorably the House bill for the re-
lief of General Fitz John Porter Mr. Teller
presented memorial of the Colorado Leg
islature urging legislation to protect the
rights of settlers on the public lands Thede-
bate of the Blair Education bill was cor
tinued, and an amendment providing for
an appropriation of 81, 600. 900 to be used in
erecting school-houses in sparsely inhabit-
ed districts was adopted. After the debate,
on motion of Senator Platt, the Senate adj
journed, in expression of their sympathy
with Senator Hawley in his bereavement.
In the House the Pension Appropriation
bill, after spirited debate, was passed by
vote of 24l yeas, only Mr., Bennett IN CO
voting against it. Several bills for public
buildings at various places were also
passed.
FRIDAY, March 5.-The Senate passed
the Blair Educational bill by a vote of
81 to H. The bill arpropriates $4,000,
900, and section of the measure declares
that it is only intended to aid the State
Governments, and not to establish an indie
pendent school system A resolution of
fered by Senator Hale calling on the Secre-
tary of the Navy for all the pa
pers and information in his possession
relating to the Dolphin affair was adopted.
The Urgent Deficiency Appropriation bill
and the Invalid Pension Appropriation bill
were received from the House and referred
to the Committee on Appropriations Ad-
iourned to the 6th. In the House the Urgent
Deficiency bill, appropriating 1854, ASP to
meet the emergencies in various depart
ments, was passed-yeas, 229; nays, 20. At
the evening session several pension bills
were considered and fifty were passed.
SATURDAY, March 6.-The Senate was not
session. In the House the session was DC
cupied in debate ON the silver question.
MONDAY, March Sin the Senate O.
large number of petitions were presented
from the Knights of Labor for the excava-
ton of the Hennepin canal. Senator Vance
presented resolution directing the Com
mittee on Civil Service to report to the
Senate his bill repeating the Ciyl-Service
law. Mr.. Bowen spoke at length on his bill
ito provide new basis for the
circulation of National banks" The
death of Senator Miller was an
nounced, and the Senate adjourned out
of respect to his memory. In the House
bills were introduced BY Mr.. Symes, to
provide for an equitable exchange of bust
ness of railroads engaged in Interstate
commerce; by Mr.. Clardy, to regulate the
transportation of live stock; by Mr.. Ben
nett, repeating the Civil-Servicc law. Mr..
Reagan reported the bill on Interstate
commerce. Mr. Morrow announced the
death of Senator Miller, and the House
adopted resolutions of respect and ad-
journed
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The Amalgamated Association of
Iron and Stecl-Workcrs proposes to es-
tablish at Pittsburgh, Pa, an extensive
depot or store from which supplies of
provisions, clothing, tobacco, etc, will
be distributed to subordinate shops
throughout the country, either at min
imm wholesale prices or on commits
sion, to be resold at cheap rates for
the benefit of organized labor.
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A Peri1ous Passa ge.

LONDON. March 9.-The steamer Acton,
from Baltimore, has arrived at Queens
town. Fearful storms occurred during the
voyage. in which the boat lost two sailors,
named Green and Manager. washed over
board, and another named Brown, killed
doing his duty at the wheel. For. a
number OF hours the steamer was at the
mercy of the waves. The captain and
mate narrowly escaped with their lives.
At this iuncture a quantity OF oil was
poured on the water The effect was most
gratifying, the sea being quieted SO the
crew were able to make repairs and save
the vessel
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Queer Cause of Death.

TROY, N. Y, March 9.-Mrs. John T.
Green died here Friday of what. was
thought at the time to be tumor in the
stomach. A post-mortem held by several
prominent physicians to-day revealed one
OF the most singular cases known to med
zeal science. Death was caused by large
roll OF silk fibers which had stopped up the
intestinal passage. Several years ago Mrs.
Green worked in a silk factory and was in
the habit of biting off the ends of the silk
threads and chewing them. These threads
her death,
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The Women's Educational and In
duStrial Union, "a Boylston street, Bos-
ton, Mass, cautions all women to be
wary of advertisements and circulars
promising, on receipt of stated sum.
work at home, with large earnings.
As means for protecting the public
against any fraudulent advertisements
OF this kind the Union announces that
it will gladly investigate. free of
charge, advertisements offering to
women work at home"
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The editors in attendance on the re-
cent International Editorial Associa-
ton at Cincinnati organized the Ma
tional Editorial Association. with c. IL.
Jones, of Florida, as president; w. Z.
Pabor, of Colorado, and c. L. Gilbert,
OF Texas, as corresponding and re-
cording secretaries, and j. r. Belts.
of Arkansas, as treasurer. The asso-
citation will meet at Denver in June,
1897
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A HANDSOME young widow of St.
Louis caused the arrest few days ago
of n female fortune-tcller named
Schadt, whom she charges with de-
frauding her of 81, $50 for love-powders
to blow through the key-holc of a room
occupied by blonde gentleman she
desired to marry.