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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1888-11-01
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1888-11-01

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Courier.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-10

The rails were Shiny and slippery,
and yet the slyteen-foot cars, crowded
with passengers, ran up the heaviest
grades and on twenty-seyen-foot curves
without the use Of sand OF extra help.
Other tests under unfav0rable circum-
stances were made. The cars were
often required 10 cnt their way through
clay, snow and ice, the tracks being
buried out of sight, and yet they never
failed to go through.
In view Of the fact that the building
OF an electrical line in st. Paul has been
proposed, il may be of interest to the
GLOBE readers to know something of
the construction of the Richmond road.
The power house, which is practically
central station, is located in the heart
of the city. The property includes
three brick buildings, the main
one being occupied by the en-
gines and dynamos. The battery con-
sistS of three cylindrical return boilers,
mounted Oh a patent furnace, with a
capacity of l25-hOrse power each. The
electric circuit consists of two parts
the overhead and the grand circuits,
each being of compound character.
Along the curbStoneS at distances of
125 feet are S0-fOot poles inserted five
feet in the ground. These poles carry
the main circuit along copper wire
three-sixteenths of an inch i'm diameter,
throughout the entire length of the
road. This is called the main eonduc-
tor, for on it depends the operation of
the road in case of accident or repairs
to the contact wire. The contact wire
is termed the working conductor,
and is carried over the center
of the track at distance of
1875 feet from the ground on
inSuiatOrs supported by span wires run
ming across from pole to pole, and pro-
yided with additional insulators at their
ends. The structure is very light look
ing, but it is made the medium for the
transmission of sufficient electrical
power to propel thirty cars over twelve
miles of track, and the main conductor
can be reinforced as additional cars are
used without interfering with the oper-
alton of the road. The current is taken
from the working conductor by an orna-
mental structure on top of the car. This
consists of a low skeleton framework,
which carries an adjustable swiYeling
trunion, having at its upper end jaw
i'll which is hinged counterbalanced
trolley pole, having at its extension a
grooved wheel, making running flexible
contact Oh the under side of the work.
ing conductor. Every car is filled with
a duplicate compact and powerful motor
tor equipment, which is carried entirely
beneath the car body. The cars can be
run at rate of speed varying from a
mere crawl to twelve miles an hour, and
can be started and stopped within the
space of a few inches without the use of
brakes. 1t is estimated the cost of oper-
ating an electrical line is about one-half
of that of horse railway, under similar
conditions of traffic.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-10
The RAILROAD SITUATION.
The Officials Do Not Like the Looks
of II.
THEY DON'T SEE THE END.
At Chicago There Was Nothing of an
Exciting Nature---Lumber
Rates Reduced.

The railroad situation in st. Paul was
unchanged yesterday. No new rates
were put in, nor were those established
the day before extended to other points.
1t seems to be the general impression
among railroad men that the roads that
have been handling cut rates with so
much freedom for the past few days
have dropped pretty near to the point
where loss is incurred in doing bust
ness, and yet railroad man who had
just come through from Chicago, where
he had an opportunity to talk with rail
road men, and to ascertain something
OF their views, stated yesterday that he
did not believe there was a single road
running out of Chicago to the Northwest,
the West, or to the Southwest that was
making money enough to pay running
expenses, and yet he further said that
nowhere did he hear single word in
dicating that any steps would be taken
to put stop to the cutting and SlaShing
that is now going on. The railroad men
In the city look upon the present Situa-
ton with unusual interest and antici-
pate the outcome with feeling akin TO
fear. They seem to be of the opinion
that the general managers ought to
know their business and that possibly
they do, but however that may be they
do not like the present appearance of
matters, nor do they consider the out
look at all promising. Most of them
cannot see clearly how the trouble came
about or who first commenced it. They
do not like the disturbance at all.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-10
THE wABAsHA BRIDGE.

Competent engineering authority,
again reinforced by the direct declara-
ton of the city engineer. has asserted
more than once that the Wahasha street
bridge is unsafe. There does not seem
to be any reasonable doubt III the mat
ter. The bridge might stand any Ordi-
nary strain for years, and should any
thing occur to disturb its precariouS
balance, it might fall tomorrow.
a highway trayersed daily by hun
dredS of people should have abeutit alb
Solutely no elements of danger. If the
bridge is liable to be thrown down by
an extraordinary strain no risk should
be taken. 1t should be closed TO travel
at once. AS the city engineer points
out, it is much better to subject the peo-
pie on the other side of the river 10 the
temporary inconvenience of going down
TO the Robert street bridge, than to per
nit the daily use of a bridge which is
liable to fall at any time and precipitate
a score of people TO sure death in the
depths below.
In the meantime, work on the new
structure which is to take the place OF
the present bridge. should be begun as
soon as possible and pushed vigorously
to completion, and pending the closing
of the bridge to public travel, extra pre-
cautions should be taken to prevent any
undue Straining of the already time
worn and weakened framework.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-10
A SPRING OPENING.

That is cheering news which comes
to WesternerS and those intending to
become WeSternerS, to the effect that
the senate committee, to which the mat
ter has been referred, will report unan-
im0usly in favor of opening the great
and fertile Sioux reservation. That
will be spring opening worth while.
1t will be worth more than the spring
openings in all the millinery shops in
the country, for it will make about
5000, 900 acres of good farming land inn
mediately available for settlement.
Congress should lose no time in adopt
ing the recommendation of the commit
tee. The time is near at hand when the
spring immigration will set in, in a
mighty tide. There is remaining in
Dakota, outside of the Indian reserva-
tions, but little land with which it can
be accommodated. Any delay now will
occasion annoying delay for another
year. The West cannot afford to wait
and the settlers cannot afford to wait.
The Northwest is especially interested
in the matter.
The immigration which would nat
urally come this way is OF character
that the Northwest wants. But if az
rangements are not speedily perfected
for making the reservation available.
much of it will drift south to the Okla
homa country, which is soon to be given
territorial organization. That should
be prevented, and the representatives
in'cOngreSS from the Northwest should
see to it that the proper preventive
measures are applied with as little de-
lay as possible.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-10
ELECTRIC ROADS.

The application of electricity as a
motor power is no longer ali expert
ment. Its success has been abundantly
demonstrated, the latest illustration of
its success under very trying conditions
being the completion and successful
operation of the electrical street car
line in Richmond, Va. which is the
longest railway anywhere operated by
electricity. The length of the trackage
is about twelve miles over an irregular
course, Which reaches the principal
parts of the city. In many places the
grades are steep and the curves sharp.
The central system is d0uble-tracked
for over two miles. partly on
paved and partly Oh unpaveil
streets, some of them in clay soil
where it has been found impossible to
run horse ears. Near the capitol
grounds, within radius Of about Loco
feet, there are four curves ill the road in
which grades are encountered as high
as per cent above the standard gauge,
while the lay of the street has required
some of the outer rails 10 be some
inches belois the inner ones. Notwith-
standing the narrow streets, their hi,ly
character, the lack of paving, the deep
clay soil peculiar to that section, and
the additional! fact that the road has
been opened in midwinter, it has
proved magnificent success. They
had terrible sleet i'm Richmond the
other day which furnished a severe
test 10 the power and tractive
force 0f the Few electrical line.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-10
TO MAKE A SCALE.
Coal Miners and Operators Ap.
point Committee to Form a

Coal Miners and Operators Ap.
point a Committee to Form a
Scale.
PITTSBURG, Pa, Feb. 9.-It was after
O'Clock this afternoon when the inter-
state convention of coal miners and op7
orators got down to business. Chair
man Dempsey announced that as the
question under consideration at the pre-
vious adjournment had been the scale,
that would be the order of business!
The original motion by Col. YOeman, an,
Indiana operator, was that the base
scale adopted by the convention be
made the paying scale for the ensuing
year and amended by John Mcbride, OF
the Ohio mines, to read that 10 cents
per ton be added to the rates now paid.
The amendment and motion were both
voted down. After a good humOred,
but lengthy discussion, Miners Secre-
tary Evans moved that committee of
two miners and two operators from each
state be appointed as new scale COM
mittee, and that the matter be referred
to them with instructions to report as
soon as possible. This was carried, and
after the following committee was ap-
pointed the convention took a recess
until 7:30 o'clock this evening: Indi-
ana-miners, p. III. Penn, M. d. Gray {;
operators, S. l.. Yeoman. A. j. Craw-
ford; Ohio-miners, Chris Evans, w. L..
Lewis; operators. H. l.. Chapman, II.
ID. Turrey; PennSylyania-mine Jo-
seph P. Shaming, W. p. Wilson; ope-
rators, 0. d. Robbins, w. p. De Armitt.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-10
BE FAIR. GENTLEMEN.

Whether from Ignorance, malice or
simply desire to present to their read
ers news of the most sensational nature
possible, it is impossible to fathom the
motives. The newspapers of the East and
the South have gone to great trouble to
print in most exaggerated form re-
ports of the destruction to life and prop
erty wrought in the Northwest by last
months So-called blizzard.
As more definite reports begin to
come in it appears that while the fatal
ity was bad enough, it was by no means
so great as represented. In fact, from
numerous places where our contcmpora-
rieS assured their readers that the great
est suffering and destitution existed,
there come denlals of any actual suffer-
ing at all. Therefore, be fair, gentle
men. Inasmuch as you have spread
abroad one story, which investigation
shows to be lacking in the essential fea-
ture of veracity, be equally frank about
circulating the refutation which comes
with the weight of authority.
You surely do not want to be placed
in the position of willfully and mali
ciously maligning the Northwest, than
which there is no more prosperous
section OF the country. Be fair and your
sins may yet be forgiven you.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-10
Chips From the Ties.

The st. Paul & Kansas City road has issued
a circular, or notice. to shippers announcing
that it has completed its line in Illinois, be-
tween Dubuque and Freeport, and in position
to guarantee uniformly as good time as can
be made by any other line on freight between
Chicago and St. Paul. Minneapolis, Des
Moines, Dubuque etc.
The Minnesota Transfer association had a
meeting yesterday afternoon at the headquar-
ters of the Omaha road. All the companies
were present but two. No business was
transacted, but a general and informal talk
was indulged in in regard to where the new
tracks shall be laid and the general business
of the company.
The meeting of the Western and North
western associations called for yesterday
was postponed till Tuesday, the 14th.
T. b. Clarke and MessrS. Teasdale and Nc
Donald, of the Omaha road, have returned
from Chicago.
w. s. Mellen. general manager OF the Wis
consin Central, is in st. Paul.
All the trains were behind time yesterday
owing TO the extreme cold.
F. N. Finney, formerly Of the Wisconsin
Central, is Ill town.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-10
An Odd Libel Snit.

AT Harlan, Ia, one of the oldest libel
suits on record was recently instituted.
Several years ago young man from
the country attended the Southern Iowa
Normal at Bloomfield for term. He
was an ambitious and also excessively
polite youth. and as he walked along
the streets frequently eommuned with
himself. adding gesticulation to his
thoughts. This habit caused story to
be set atioat that one day, when ne was
rambling along in the suburbs, he had
dotfed his hat to COW grazing in a
vacant lot and saluted her with: Good
afternoon, Mrs. Cow" The story cluHg
to him, aud when few years later he
began practicing law at Harlan and be
came candidate for Office 4 local news
paper published d column, done up in
verse, describing the alleged episode
OF course the young lawyer became the
laughing-stock of the community for the
time, and he promptly instituted libel
suit against the newspaper.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-10
CORBIN'S ANSWER.
He Will Not Consider the Strike
of the RailrOadePs.

nc w III <OC SOifSfucP tnC SIrIEG
of the Railroaders.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. a.--At to-day's
session of the general executive board,
Knights of Labor. the strike of the
sh0emakerS of Cincinnati formed a
subject of discussion for a portion
of the sitting. Hugh Cavanaugh,
master workman of District Assem-
bly, As, appeared before the
board as the representative of his dis
trict SO far as it is concerned in the mat
ter. The conflict of authority between
District Assembly 4S and National Dis
trict 26 has resulted in wholesale lock-
out, and the general executive board is
asked to decide various points in the
law Of the order relating TO the
transfer of local assemblies from
mixed district assemblies to national
trades districts. The board took all the
papers and reserved its decision until
it has had time to become fully ac-
quainted with the circumstances. It is
learned tonight from trustworthy
source that the note sent by the general
executive board to President COrbin
to-day, asking if there was any way by
which the existing troubles between the
company and its men could be salts
factory settled. had been received and
answered by that official. 1t is said
that the reply while courteous in its
nature, contained an absolute refusal
to consider the strike of the railroaders,
but said that if the miners were willing
TO return to their work. any grievances
they had would receive fair and impair
tial consideration at the companY's
hands, and if there was anything TO
arbitrate such a course would be
adopted after the resumption Of work.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-10

plain that the committee would not give
them patient and attentive hearing.
The only wonder is that they were given
any hearing at all. With clothing of
all kinds paying manufacturers and
merchants in this country more then 90
per cent, even allowing for the tariff.
than clothing of no better quality pays
the dealers on the other side of the
water, the impudence that made possl-
bic the request that the government
should aid in still further increasing
these eXorbitant prices reaches the
sublime.
The snubbing which, under the cir
cumstanees, this particular branch OF
tariff-fostered monOpOliSts complain of
receiving is one which that portion of
the country believing in fair trade and
fair dealing would be glad TO repeat.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-10
PLUMMEK POSTS SCANDAL.
Nothing Definite Done at the
Meeting Last Night

Tbs Plummer post row in Minneap-
OILS dld not come TO any definite con-
cluslon last evening. The meeting was
both protracted and animated. In fact,
the animation went so far that
Commander Hawkins ordered the guard
to place one OF the speakers
under arrest The order was not car
ried out, however. The report of the
investigating committee did not reveal
any new developments. The committee
had found that the receipts from the
sham battle amounted to SI2, ,0S9, and
the expenses to Sl1 ,94S, leaving a bal
ance due the post Of about $l45. and
81 600 worth ammunition on hand which
can be disposed or. The investigating
committee also reported that there were
no visible receipts from the hotel or
restaurant to which large donations
had been made by the business men of
Minneapolis, although the man in
charge said he had turned over $500 for
which no account had been made.
The tickets distributed among
the posts throughout the state
were also not accounted for, although
some OF the posts had made sales to con-
siderable amounts. The members OF
the sham battle committee had also put
III bill for services for 10S days at 81 a
day, which seemed absurd, considering
that none OF them could command such
pay ordinarily, especially 50 in the case
of one member OF the cOmmitte who was
city employe during a portion Of the
time and could hardly have given more
than thirty days Of service. The Haw-
kinS men, in their defense. alleged that
the reason for not making a report
was that settlement of all bills had
not been made, although something
like three months have elapsed since
the battle. There was also an
intimatiOn that the state fair
management had not made fair settle
ment. A motion was made to incOrpor-
ate the post, so it could bring an action
to recover the money believed to be
due, and this was opposed Gy the Haw-
klnS gang, of course, and was laid
over for a week. Several bers
expressed their disgust at the situation
and asked for withdrawal cards. Among
these was Col. NJ. III. Sessions, a post
commander. At the close C. Ii. Curtiss
began a labOred Oratorical effort in de-
tense OF the sham battle committee,
which seemed to have the effect of an
Opiate, for the members of the post either
fell asleep or went to their homes.
TO sum up the situation nothing has
been accomplished further than that
the post as body is more firmly COLI
vinced than ever that it has been dis
hOnestlp and dishonorably dealt with,
and the Intention to probe the matter to
the bottom has been strengthened A
movement to demand the court-martial
of all members of the committee is
under foot. Commander HaY-
kinS rendered his resignation, but
it was not acted upon, and
probably will not be until some sort of
definite settlement has been made. A
general regret has been expressed that
the difficulty has arisen, but the post
now intends to see the matter through
to finish. The investigating commit
tee will continue its work during the
coming week and next Thursday night
there will probably be a elimination of
the varionS events that have raised such
q scandal
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-10
TOLD By A SURVIVOR.
Additional Particulars Regarding
the Loss of the AbercOrn. S


the Loss Of the Abercorn. s
CHICAGO, Feb. "a dispatch from
Olympia, w. T., gives additional par
ticulars in regard to the wreck of the
Aberc0rn, which occurred near the
mouth of the Columbia river Sunday
night. The weather was foggy, not
stormy, as previously stated. Imme-
diately after striking all hands went
into the cabin, as the sea was breaking
badly forward, and while they were
there the foremaSt and mainmaSt broke
and the deck split. In the afternoon
heavy sea broke into the cabin, drown
ing several inmates. The three sur
vivOrs escaped from the cabin and as
cended the rigging of the miZZenmaSt.
There they saw Pilot Johnson as he
came out of the cabin, which was filled
with water. Just as he appeared wave
struck him. He tried to grasp the bar
of the compani0nway, but missed it.
just at that moment second wave
struck him and carried him into the
ocean. He kept atl0at for some time,
but kept looking back at the vessel and
swimming parallel with her. He
SANK TO RISE NO MORE.
One of the survivors says: "a little
latter the miZZenmaSt gave way and
the ship opened and let US all into the
sea. As the mast was going l jumped
to clear the side of the ship, and was
under water for some time. AS came
up the second time / saw near me a
plank about thirteen feet long. which l
seized and Steered for Shore" The next
survivor, a man about twenty-five years
OF age, came ashore with piece of
plank under each arm. Both men were
in the wafer ahout half an hOur
boy who was saved is an orphan, and is
one of the first boys from the training
ship, all of whom were making their
first voyage. He came ashore with two
pieces of plank, and was the last to
reach the shore, having been about an
hour in the water, and having drifted
two miles up the coast from where the
others landed. He was unconscious
when found by white men and Indians.
The boy says he
SAW SEVERAL PERSONS
in the water after he left the wreck, and
he was the last to see the captain alive.
AT one time the captain was within fif-
teen feet Of him, and told him to hang
to his plankS and not be scared, and he
would reach the shore all right. Then
heavy wave struck them and that was
the last he saw of the captain or any of
reached shore a body was seen floating
ashore short distance from land. but
it sank Immediately after being sighted.
Sixteen bodies are reported found, in
Guiding those of the pilot, Johnson, and
the captain, the former having been
recognized by note book found in his
pocket. All the bodies were found from
sixteen to nineteen miles up the coast.
There are still six bodies unheard from.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-10
AT THE PLAY.

The sale of seats for HanlOn'S "Fan
tasma' opens to-day at the Grand. This
fairy spectacle ought to do large busi-
ness. The management announce that
to the school children attending the
Saturday matinee and the one making
the most successful acroStic out of the
word ''FantaSma' will be given q prize
of so. The answers must be handed III
at the door at the matinee.
Manager COnklin is expected home
tomorrow.
Ben Stern, manager of Hanlon's
''FantaSma," has been sick. He prom
ises to be on hand Monday to give his
attraction a good Send-off.
Notwithstanding the exceedingly cold
weather, MARY Warner. or Wife's
Devotion" was presented to another
good audience last evening at the PeO-
ple's. The play continues the balance
of the week with a special matinee to-
morrow, when the prices will be 10, ~
and 80 cents.
The Golden Giant" with Mrs. Nc
Kee Rankin in the title role, will be
seen at the Grand opera soon.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-02-10
\ SNuRBING DESERVED

The clothing manufacturers who re-
Gently appeared before the committee
or ways and means at Washington are
complaining that they were snubbed.
il appears that even if their complaint
is well founded the snubbing was de-
served one, fer it was a remarkably i'm
-padent proposition which tie :nanufac-
turerS submitted 10 the committee.
1t seems that while ready-made CLOTH
Ing pays al import duty of So per cent,
manufactured cloth pays duty of So
per cent. with majority of the people
cIauoring for radical reduction OF the
existing duties OH all aeccssaries, these
manufacturers had the audacity TO ask
:liat the duty on their own particular
product &c raised. They not only wished
10 have the dirty OH ready-made cloth
ing, = dass....y that most directly affects the
poor man, capitalized with the duty on inl-
ported cloth. bu. they wanted the duty,
after the squai...aticE. raised aboC: eco
pc: asss a,c."
Ia..c :: ,i.r-e manufacturers CON-