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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-08-20
Van wyck's New Departure.

OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 16.-In 1875 there
was inserted in the Nebraska State consti-
tuition provision that at the general
election Immediately preceding the expira-
ton of the term of United States
Senator from this State, the electors
shall by ballot express their preference
for some person for the office OF
United States Senator. No &C.
ton has been taken on this process
up to the present time. Senator Van
Wyck, who is candidate for reelection,
has determined to appeal to the people for
their expression OF preference under the
proviso, and he has accordingly issued a
manifesto. This will be the first instance
of direct vote OF the people for United
States Senator, and it is supposed that the
choice thus made will be binding as mat
ter of honor on the Legislature.
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Garland's Defense.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.-Messrs. Morris,
Earle and PuGh, as solicitors for Attorney
General Garland, yesterday filed his an.
swer to the bill OF ]. Harris Rogers against
Attorney General Garland, Senator Harris
and others for settlement of the affairs
of the Pan-Electric Telephone Company.
Mr.. Garland, in his answer de.
MES in detail every material state
ment in the bill and calls at.
tention to the ''scandalous and imperti-
nent matter IN the BILL, and says he must
decline 60 answer such portions unless the
court directs to do SO. He asks that such
steps may be taken as will bring about a
anal settlement of his relations with the
Pan-Electric Company to the end that he
may be absolutely rid of all stock and in
terest therein.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-08-20

were blown away. At Yankeetown, near
Newburg barns and houses were wrecked.
THE school census, completed or the 14th,
gives Chicago a population of 703, ST, an
increase during the last two years of al
most IS COO.
UP to the 18th the standing of the Ma
tional League baseball clubs was as fol-
lows: Detroit, games won, 50; lost, q. Chi
eago, won, Sc; lost, q. New York, won,
Sc; lost, "A. Philadelphia, won, 46; lost, IS
Boston, won, 35; lost, AZ. st. Louis, won,
26; lost 81. Kansas City, won IS; lost,
81 Washington, won, 10; lost, 60.
UNKNOWN miscreants made an attemp t
at Atchison, Kan, on the night of the 18th
to blow up the house of ]. W Tufts who
was appointed recently Assistant Attor-
ney General to enforce the Prohibition
law. A twenty -fve-pound can of powder
was used. The floor, doors and windows
were shattered and portions of the roof
were lifted.
TAYLoR's livery stable and nine horses
at Valparaiso, Ind, were burned on the
18th.
The mining mill of Geddes & Bertrand
at Secret Canyon, New, caught fire and
was burned on the 18th. Loss, 5000 900.
AN officer arrived in Sioux City, Ia,
on the 10th with John King and Charles
Watering, arrested upon the charge of
being accomplices in the murder of Rev.
G.. c. Haddock, who was assassinated
there two weeks ago. They were captured
in Casselton. D. I.
BY the caving OF a bank near Papilfion,
Neb., Carl Jensen, Joseph Martin and II.
Kelly, laborers were killed on the 10Th.
THE bursting of boiler in the carpen-
ter-shop of Ressnier Il Webster at Ash
land, Wis, caused the death of five persons
on the 10th. Two other persons were
| wounded.
IT was reported on the 10th that the
storm of the previous night caused great
damage throughout the Northwest. In
Dakota five persons were killed at Newark,
and the Presbyterian Church at Larimore
was blown down. In Minnesota several
lives were lost at Breckenridge and much
property was destroyed. In Wisconsin,
Illinois, Michigan and Indiana buildings
were destroyed by lightning, trees and
crops were leveled and numerous persons
were injured. In Chicago houses were
wrecked, trees uprooted and several per-
sons wounded, one lady dying from fright.
In other parts of the country the damage
done by the wind, rain and lightning
showed that the storm was general.
In the First Indiana district the work
ing-men have nominated ]. G. Nisbeth
tor Congressman.
THE Wisconsin forest fires were ex-
tinguished on the 18th by heavy rains.
THE mercury in the thermometer at ST.
Louis on the 10th registered 1o7 degrees in
the shade. Nine persons were sun-struck,
and four of them died. In Chicago 80 de-
greeS in the shade was recorded.
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WEST AND SOUTH.

THE explosion of a kerosene can at Me-
ridian, Miss, ignited the clothing of Mrs
Jennie Walker on the 18th, and she was
burned to death
In Wyandot County, O., field and for
est fires were destroying much property
on the 18th.
In Alaska on the 18th two boats were
loaded with Chinese and forced by the cit
liens to leave the Territory.
A SUDDEN wind-storm at Edna, Mo-,
overthrow a circus tent while a perform
ance was being given on the 18TH The
canvas and poles fell upon the audience
and many persons were injured fatally and
seriously.
AT Folsom, Cal, on the 18th flames con-
sumed twenty-six of the principal houses,
causing loss of $4,000.
Two MORE men lost their lives on the
18th in tearing down the main building of
the exposition at New Orleans, which cost
over 100000, making the victims num-
Der nearly dozen.
GOVERNOR HUBBARD, of Minnesota, re-
ceived report on the 18th that 102 families
in the vicinity Of Marshall were homeless
from the effects of the July storms.
LARGE ice-house in Mitchell, Ill., was
blown down on the 18th, and four tramps
who had taken refuge in the building were
killed.
KNIGHTS OF LABOR in the Seventh Iowa
district on the 18th nominated w. L. Car
penter for Congressman.
In portions of Illinois severe wind aad
rain-storm caused great havoc on the 18th.
Two men and many horses and cows were
killed by the lightning, houses were I'M
rooted, stores flooded, trees stripped and
grain damaged ten bushels per acre. 1t
was said to have been the worst storm
this year
THE discovery of extensive ceal-fields
has been made in Alabama.
A MOB near Telville, Ark, lynched John
Shorts, a wife-murderer, on the 14th.
IT was reported on the 14th that the for
est fires in Wisconsin had left seven hun
dred families, representing thirty five hun
dred persons, homeless. The damage to
lumber and standing pine was estimated at
several million dollars. Fifty saw-mills
were burned. Hundreds of cattle and
horses persisted for want of water.
GREAT destruction to crop and property
was caused by cyclone which struck
Newburg, Ind, on the 14th. The roofs OF
q number Of dwellings and business houses
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-08-20
A BATTLE IN THE STREETS.
More Bloody Work in Belfast-Orange-
men and Catholics Use the Rifle with
Deadly Effect.

More Bloody Work in Belfast-Orange-
men and Catholics Use the Rifle with
Deadly Effect.
BELFAST, Aug. 16.-The sectarian strife
which has ebbed and flowed in Belfast for
many weeks required Saturday night, and
was conducted in the most deplorably cold
blooded fashion. From midnight until
four o'clock yesterday morning 81 fierce
rifle fight prevailed on Che Shankhill and
Old Falls road. One Catholic was killed
and large number wounded. Expert
marksmen conducted the rifle fighting
from roof tops, chimney stacks and street
corners, and. immense crowds of their par
tisans, who were carefully stationed out OF
range of the firing, supplied the rifemen
with ammunition, removed the wounded
and held themselves in readiness
to assist their respective sides
in whatever manner might be
necessary. The Orangemen and Catholics
contending were about equally divided in
numbers, and the moon, which shone
brightly throughout the fight, assisted the
aim OF the marksmen. The Orangemen
admit that one of their number, man
named Macfarlane, was killed, and that
two Smith and Johnson, were mortally
wounded.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-08-20
THE WISCONSIN FIRES.
A Brief Summary of the Losses by the Re-
cent Confiagration in the Forests-Seven
Hundred Families Rendered Homeless.

A Brief Summary of the Losses by the Re-
cent Confla grafton in the Foresss-Seven
Hundred Families Rendered Homeless.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Aug. 1870 wide is
the territory traversed by the forest fires
in Northern and Middle Wisconsin and so
meager the information as to the actual
extent of the damage that the losses can
only be roughly approximated. The grea-
est damage was to standing timber, whichis
the source OF wealth OF this district. Port
age. Marathon, Clark, Chippewa, Door and
Calumet counties suffered most severely.
President Hiles, OF the Dexterville q
Lake Superior road who has returned
from the devastated region, places the
lumber and standing pine DANA ge at sew
eral millions. He says unless heavy rains
intervene within fourteen days half the
timber resources OF the counties named
will be destroyed. The drought
has been so long sustained
that leaves have withered and fallen weeks
before their time, swamps and marshes
have dried up, creeks have disappeared,
and streams have dwindled to insignificant
rlvulets. Every thing, therefore, burned
like finder, with no barrier to impede prog-
ress. Hundreds of thousands of acres of
openings where the second growth of
pine was growing have been burned over.
From the best informal ton obtainable 1T is
estimated that fifty saw-mills were con-
sumed along the line of the Wisconsin
Central railroad; hundreds of cords OF
piled wood, ties, ETC., are in ashes. The
number of homeless families is esti-
mated at 700, representing $500
people. The individual losses are
comparatively light, but in the aggre-
gate will reach over 81 100000 mostly
uninsured. The cranberry marshes de-
stroyed were among the largest in the
country. AS several years will be required
to replace the bushes the loss is
severe. 1t is estimated at 100000,
Cattle and horses persisted by the hun
dreds. Many were suffocated or died
from inability to obtain water. Hundreds
of acres of grain and thousands of tons of
hay were consumed. Summarized, the
loss to actual settlers is about as follows,
according to estimates OF people who have
visited the regions devasted AT Spen-
Ger, S250,0 600; Depere, $60,000; near
Colby, Unity, ,Miladore and elsewhere along
the Wisconsin Central, $3.50, 900; in the
vicinity of Green Bay and along the Door
County peninsula. 100000; Calumet,
Chippewa and other counties, 100000
This. of course, is exclusive OF damage to
lumber interests.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-08-20
SHOT BY A RUFF.AN.
General C. G. Augur Receives Four Bull
let Wounds from Pistol in the Hands
of a Burly Negro.

General &. &. Augur Receives Four Bull
let Wounds from Il Pistol in the Hands
of a Burly Negro.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-General Christie
pher Augur U. S. A., retired, was shot four
times about one O'Clock yesterday morn
ing, at his residence, by negro named
William Pope. His wounds will not prove
serious, although he may be confined to
his house for some time. Pope and
anoeher coIored man were standing in front
of the Generals residence using profane
and obscene language, when he opened the
door and ordered them to move away. The
only response he received was vollev of
profane abuse and coarse epithets. This
was more than he could stand, and, armed
with light cane he rushed upon the two
men and struck Pope sharp blow
over the head. AS he did so the negro
drew pistol and fired. The ball struck
General Augur in the right leg above the
knee, and with cry he staggered
back. Before he could recover himself,
Pope fired again, and the ball took effect
in the right leg. Two more shots followed,
one of which struck the General in the left
leg and the other in the side. The negro
who fired the shots is notorious charac-
ter, who has already served term in the
penitentiary for murder. He has been ar
rested
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LATER.

THE Democrats of Delaware met at Do
yer on the 18th and nominated Benjamin
I. Biggs for Governor. A platform was
| adopted which indorses the platform of the
| National convention of 1884, favors re-
duction of the tariff and indorses the Presi-
| dents Administration.
A TERRIFIC storm prevailed on the 18th
| in Marion County, W. Va, sweeping away
| bridges, fences, barns and houses. At Bar
| racksville several buildings were destroyed.
THE fiftieth day of the Anarchist trial in
Chicago was consumed on the 18th by
Captain Black in the last argument for
| the defense.
The cholera returns from Italy on the
| 18th were: Barletta, 81 new cases, %
deaths; Venice, 8 new cases, l death; We
roma, 6 new cases, 6 deaths; Bologna, 10
new cases, deaths; Ravenna, IA new
| gases, 9 deaths; Padua, new cases, 2
| deaths; and "a new cases and deaths
| elsewhere.
| AT Huron Station, Ind, tramp on the
| 18th killed j. T. Davis, the agent of the
Ohio & Mississippi road. The tramp was
| speedily lynched.
AT Mill Run, w. Va, Mrs. Snoderly and
| four children were drowned on the 18th
| by the sweeping away of their house by a
| flood.
THE Lake Shore officials in Chicago re-
| ported on the nth that three attempts had
| been made to wreck trains in the Root
| street yards, and a gas-pipe bomb was
found on the tracks near South Chicago.
THE Baltimore & Ohio road was on the
| 18th selling tickets from New York to Chi
| cago for thirteen dollars, cut of seven
| dollars from the pool rates.
ADvICEs of the 18th say that the recent
storm in Dakota entirely destroyed the
| town of Newark, five persons being killed.
! South of Lamoure William Rowan was
| killed in his house, which was blown down.
| AN incendiary fire on the 18th destroyed
the business portion of Tulare, CAL, the
! losses aggregating $3.50, 00o
An avalanche of peat swept down on
Port Stanley, in the Falkland Islands, on
the nth, and almost completely wiped out
| the town.
| THE Methodist ministers of Iowa on the
| 18th offered reward of $1,000 for tho ar
rest of the assassin of Rev. George G. Had
| dock, of Sioux City. This is independent
of the other rewards offered.
Dr.. R. r. LEwEs, of New York City,
| cornered mad dog in a restaurant filed
with people on the 18th, and choked the
| animal to death.
THE Republicans of the Eighth Ohio dis
| trict on the nth nominated Lieutenant
| Governor r. P. Kennedy for Congress-
man. In the Seventh Iowa district the
/ Democrats and Greenbackers nominated
w. L. Carpenter, and in the Eighth Ala
bama district the Democrats renominated
| Joseph Wheeler,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-08-20
THE NEWS.
Compiled from Late Dispatches
FROM WASHINGTON.

THE number of silver dollars coined at
the close of June since reconciliation
was 233. 723, 2S6. The National Bankers
Association at its session in Boston on the
18th adopted resolutions urging all civil
and political bodies to make urgent efforts
for suspension of the coinage of silver
dollars Logan G. Murray of New York,
was elected president for the ensuing year.
The total value of the exports of domes-
tic breadstuffs from the United States for
July, 1886, was Sl1,57o,649 July, 1885, S.
I'll, Sill; seven months ended July 81, 1886,
SSl, 432, 215; same period in 1885, $S5, Alb, 1885,
A CALL for $40 900, 900 in three per cent.
bonds, interest to cease September 15 was
made on the 18th by the acting Secretary
of the Treasury.
BUSINESS failures occurring in the Unit
ed States during the seven days ended on
the 18th aggregated 1872, against 124 the
previous seven days. The total number
this year to date is G, $50, against 1857 last
year.
THE United States exports of beef and
pork products for the month of July, 1885,
we're Sc, rs, G99; July, 1885, Sc, 1874 637; nine
months ended July 81, 1886, S56, 9S5, 537;
ditto 1885, SCI, 5S4, 2S9; dairy products for
the month of July, 1885, 81, sci, $50; ditto
1885, 81, 2S6, S45; three months onded July
81, 1885, 1921 800; ditto, 1885, S., 6S9,3S0
THE United States army officer, sent by
General Mackenzie to investigate the
army of Mexico reported on the 18th a
standing force of forty thousand men, di-
vided between four great military dis
frsak Ca1c of
had been requested by Secretary Bayard
to visit Mexico in search of the facts in the
Cutting case.
The exchanges at twenty-six leading
clearing houses in the United States dur
ing the week ended on the 9TH aggregated
1884, ,65i against 1856, 1928, 81, the pre-
vlous week. As compared with the CORES
ponding week of 1885, the increase amounts
to 81. per cent.
UPoN October the law extending the
special delivery system to all post offices
in the United States and to all mailable
matter goes into effect after which date
every postmaster will be held responsible
for the immediate delivery of matter bear
ing special delivery stamp received at
his office between the hours of seven a. m.
and seven p. M, except on Sunday.
THERE were $50, 457 silver dollars coined
during the week ended on the 18th, against
800, AL during the corresponding period in
1885.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND and wife left
Washington ON the 10th for the Adiron-
dackS.
To MEET deficiencies in the postal reve-
nues in the last three years the Treasury
Department on the 10th issued warrant
for nearly $1,0000C0
IT was reported on the 10th that the new
silver certificates authorized at the last
session of Congress would not be ready for
issue before November
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-08-20

GEORGE w. CHILDS and A. j. Drexel
have completed arrangements for the
erection of tablet to General Grants
memory in the Episcopal Church at
Elberon. The memorial will be of
brass, similar in design to the one
erected in the same church to the
memory of President Garfield. Ii win
be placed above the pew occupied by
General Grant when at Elberon.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-08-20

ATTENTION has often been called by
the papers to the fact that terrible dis
aSters of a similar nature are apt to
follow each other closely. This coin
cidence is once more illustrated within
the past few days. Seven persons
were drowned off Sandy Hook; seven
near Portland (Me.) harbor; seven
near Sarnia, Can, and ten in Boston
harbor, and all met their fate by the
upSc ting of yachts.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-08-20

WASHINGTON, Aug. Notwithstanding
the emphatic denial by the State Depart
ment Friday night OF the rumored dis
patching of a special envoy to Mexico to
examine into and report on the Cutting
irnbrogiio, it was reluctantly admitted by
Assistant Secretary of State Porter, on
Saturday, that there was some truth in
the story. General A. G. Sedgwick, Of
New York, has been Entrusted with the
mission, and is now on his way to Pasu
del Norte and chihuahua.
Mr. Sedgwick has not been given diplo-
matte powers,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-08-20

J ADDITIONAL information has been
received concerning the volcanic erup-
tons in New Zealand No further loss
of life is reported, but no human being
approaches the volcanoes Some of
the cauldrons have boiled themselves
out, others are still steaming, A vol
canic cone thrown up in Lake Ro-
tomahana has attained height of six
hundred feet.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-08-20
Politics in Indian Territory.

LITTLE Rock. Ark. Aug. lib. F.
Smallwood has been elected principal Chief
of the Choctaw Indian Nation. Reports
from the Cherokees say that the Downing
party has nominated Hon. Joel B. Mayes
for Chief and Samuel Smith for second
place.
Hon. Rabbit Burch has been nomi-
mated for principal chief of the Cherokees
by the National party, to succeed Chief
BusAyhead. Burch is a man of ability
and very popular. However, there is much
dissatisfaction, and bolt is threatened
by the friends of the defeated candidate.
The nominee of the Downing party for the
same office is Joel Mays, formerly Chief
Justice of the Cherokee Supreme Court.
He is finely educated and liberal and pro-
gressive in his views. The election will
not occur until August, 1887, nominations
being made year in advance.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-08-20
SHORT IN HIS ACCOUNTS
A Prominent Massachusetts, Man Charged
with Embedding 100000.

BosroN, Aug. I'LL is alleged that
William Gray, Jr., treasurer of the Indian
Orchard and Atlantic cotton mills, is a
defaulter. Those who are in position to
know the nature and extent of the irregu-
larities refuse to give any facts in regard
to the case. 1t is claimed that the
defalcation will amount to over $500, 600.
Mr.. Gray was elected treasurer of the COM
panies about five years ago, and the ut
most confidence was placed in him. He
has been prominent for years in social and
business circles, and was one of the syndi-
cate that bought the Puritan. He is forty
five years old, and lives In Dorchester. 1t
10 reported that he has run away, but his
friends say that he is on cruise in the
yacht Huron, which he owns.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-08-20

COLONEL FRED GRANT denies the
story ahoat that his father desired to
be buried on Mount McGregor In
stead, he mentioned New York, Ca
lena and St. Louis, but made no obiec-
ton when Washington was mentioned,
simply requesting that his wife be laid
beside him.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-08-20

AT the recent encampT of the
Grand Army of the Republic in San
Francisco the following officers were
elected: Commander-in-C Chief, General
Lucius Fairchild, of Wisconsin; Senior
Vice-Commander, General S. w. Back
us, of San Francisco; Junior Vice
Commander, Colonel Edgar Allen, of
Richmond, Va; Surgeon-General, DR..
A. I. Evarts, of Colorado; Chaplain,
Rev. Thomas c. Warner, of Chatta-
nooga, Tenn. Mrs. Elizabeth Kinney.
of San Francisco, was elected national
president of the Woman Relief Corps,
and Mrs. Sarah Nichols, of New York,
senior vice-president,
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KILLED by a Tough Citizen.

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich, Aug. 16.-A cold
blooded murder was perpe trated at Rock
ford, in This KENT county, Saturday
morning, which mas thrown the town into
great excitement and lynching is freely
talked of. The murderer, John Boyd,
being on a heavy drunk all night,
stole breech-loading revolver from
a harness-shop, vent TO the residence
of William B. Johnston, a DISAPPOINTMENT
citizen, called him to the door and dciib-
erately shot him through the heart killing
him instantly. Boyd bears a bad name,
but is OF good family. After the shooting
Boyd coolly walkeddown thestreet, threat
ening all he met and Dragging of what he
had done, and attempting to shoot Others.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-08-20

ANOTHER girl killed by her lover
and another pleasure-yacht upset,
drowning its occupants, 1t seems to
be a drawn game as to whether yacht
ing or love-making shall be adjudged
the more dangerous recreation.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-08-20

COLORADO still retains the foremost
rank as the producer of precious met
ais, with California second. The total
value of bullion and coin imported into
the United States during 1884 was Sal, :
AIS, 1919; exports, $44, 1857, 749. The
total stock of coin in the United States,
January l. 1886, is put at 1926, 779, 325.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-08-20

WASHINGTON. Aug. 1.-THE United States
Consul at Victuria, B. c., sends report OF
a remarkable case OF spontaneous COM
Queen, OF the Pacific line, at Man
airlo on July 81. The steamer was
coaling when terrible explosion
took place, resulting in the serious injury
of twenty-five persons. Immediately after
the explosion all of those exposed strug
eled out Of the ship without aid, yet two
of them died almost Immediately. Three
have since died and oSaers are in a critical
state. A liberal contribution was made
for the families OF the deceased.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1886-08-20

GIVE Minnie Hauk credit for being q
genuine American girl. She has this
year rented out her Swiss castle with
the distinct proviso that 'the stars and
stripes are to be kept flying above the
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