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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13
STILL WORRYING THE 80"
This Time the Yard-Masters Go Out-Sig-
nificance of the Move-A Fruitless Con-
farence

1hls Time the faFd-MaSrers Go Out-Sig-
nificance of the Move-A Fruitless Con-
ference.
CHICAGO. April AT 10 ocl ock last
night a report was received at the rooms
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers, at the Grand Pacific, that all the
yardmasters of the Burlington, except
three, had left the service of the
company, because they would not
work with scabs There are in all about
twenty yardmasters, in the night and
day crews and it is their knowledge of the
local geography of the yards which makes
them valuable, and upon that knowledge
depends the proper disposition of the
freights as they arrive. Hence it
will be seen that they occupy peculiar
ly important positions just at this time,
as the rush of freight ON the SO"
which the raising Of the boycott has caused
renders it imperative that all consignments
be handled with expedition. This blow,
following the switchmen's strike, just at
the moment when it would produce the
most harm, loClA9 as if the fight was not yet
over
The Burlington strikers played their last
card yesterday. The forecast in yester-
days dispatches that an attempt was
dpOuO W b6 uldIlS W UIiIlS INC DuI4lAS-
ton officials and the strikers together
proved correct, and yesterday morn
ing the conference was held General
Manager Jeffrey, of the Illinois Central
railroad; Chief Sargent, of the Firemen's
Brotherhood; President Monaghan, of the
Switchmen's Union, and Chairman Hoge
and Murphy, of the %" strikers, went to-
gether to the Burlington offices. They
were received by General Manager
Stone, Writ Dexter, chief coun'
sci of the Burlington, Vice President
j. c. Peasley and Superintendent Besler.
A long and animated conference was held,
during which Mr.. Sargent acted as the
spokesman for the strikers, in the absence
of Chief Arthur. He again urged arbitra
ton, but the Burlington officials de-
clared such a proposition could not
be entertained, as the road had substan-
TALLY a full compliment of engineers ana
tiremen, and under no circumstances would
a new and competent man be discharged to
make room for an old employee Mr. Stone
then urged upon Mr. Sargent the propriety
of calling the strike off, and promised that
the company would consider applications
from the old men, and would give as many
of them work as places could be found for
The conference ended without any declara-
ton from the strikers as to the course they
would puTsue
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13
CELEBRATION AT MARIETTA.
Opening Exercises Held Thurstlay-Dis
tinguished Persons Present.

Opening Exercises Held Thursday-Dis-
tinguished Persons Present.
MARIETTA, O., April 6.-The centennial
exercises OF the settlement of Marietta be-
gan yesterday with the annual meeting
of the State Historical and Archaolo-
gical societies. The exercises opened
with the annual address of the
president, F. c. Sessions, of Columbus, and
was followed by the principal address by
Judge Cox, of Cincinnati, who spoke
at considerable length on "The Build
ing of the State" T his centennial
celebration is purely historical in it's nat
ure, the only exposition feature being a
full collection of rare and interesting rel
les and antiquities here and at Blenner-
hassett Island, q few miles down the
river The city is in holiday attire
and is filled with distinguished guests The
States of Connecticut. Massachusetts, In
diana, Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin are
represented by commissioners. Ex-Presi-
dent Hayes arrived last night
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13
IN THE CAUSE OF ART.

The PrinceIy Gift of Mr.. Fred Layton to
the City of Milwaukee.
MILWAUKEE, April 6-The Layton Art
Gallery, presented to the city of Milwaukee
by Fred Layton, an old and wealthy resi-
dent, was thrown open to the public yester-
day The building and grounds repre-
sent an investment of about 800, 600
To this Mr. Layton added dona-
tions of pictures valued al about 500, 600,
and yesterday he drew a check for 500,
900 IS an endowment fund for the temple
Other prominent citizens have conTibu-
ted literally in the shape of valuable
pictures, and altogether the gallery will
compare favorably with any other instltu-
ton of its kind in the country.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13
FOREIGN INTELLICENcE.

On the 9TH four Thousand Irish emigrants
sailed from Queenstown for America.
On the 9th Sir John A. Macdonald ex-
pressed himself as being in favor of COM
mercial reciprocity between Canada and
the United States
FIGHTING recent broke out between the
Spanish garrison and Zoolos natives, and
ten Spaniards and one hundred natives
were killed and many wounded
SERIOUS rioting occurred at Kilrush, En-
mis-, Kanturk and other places in Ireland
on the Sth between the police and the peo-
pie over the attempt of the latter to hold
National League meetings, and many per,
sons were Injured, some fatally.
ADvICEs of the 9TH from Montevideo re-.
port the loss of the steamship Rio Janeiro.
She had one hundred and twenty passen-
gers on board, all of whom were supposed
to be lost
In Pesth and other parts of Hungary,
floods and water-spout on the 18th caused
a loss of 1000, 900 forms.
On the 18th tornado did great damage to
property in the native quarter of Dacca,
India, a nd nineteen persons were killed.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13
THE EAST.

In the Delamater iron work. in New York
| City six men were fatally burned on the
| 9th by molten iron which was accidentally
poured over them
| On the 9th full returns from the recent
Rhode Island election gave Royal c. Taft
Rep.) for Governor majority of 1854.
The suffrage amendment has 573 over the
| necessary three-fifths vote The Senate
stands: Republicans %; Democrats g. no
election, 5. House: Republicans, sd; DEM
| ocrats, 10; Prohibition, 1 no election, T.
FIRE in the village of Amesbury, Mass
on the 9TH nearly wiped out the place
Loss, $1,000,O00.
New YORK Democrats will meet in New
York City May 10 to elect delegates to the
National convention.
The death of Jacob Sharp, notorious for
his connection with New York street rail-
way schemes who was under sentence of
live years imprisonment for bribing alder
men, occurred at his home in that city on
the 9TH. at the age of seventy one years
MRS MARY SMITH, of Wanemac, Pa, was
| making whisky on the 9th when her cloth
ing caught fire and she was burned to DEATH
| and her three children who tried to save
her, We're fatally burned
The manager of the Italian bank Avel-
linese, in New York City, decamped on the
9th with $50, 600 All the depositors were
poor and ignorant Italians
The death of General @. A. Gilmore. the
hero of Fort Pulaski during the late war,
occurred in Brooklyn, N. Y on the 18th, at
the age of sixty three years.
AT Craigville, N. Y, the boiler of an en-
CINE on the Erie railroad exploded on the
9TH, killing Engineer John Bodine, Con-
n Tn1,,
In New York on the 18th Hans Stackried
and his wife, living in great poverty, COM
mitted suicide by taking poison, and died
within an hour of each other. Dread of
| starvation was the cause
THE Elba Iron & Bolt Company and the
| Continental Tube Company, at Pittsbu
Pa, suspended payment on the 9TH, with
total liabilities of 1927, 600
LETTERS received at Augusta, Me-, on the
9TH stated that James G. Blaine and fam
lily would arrive in this country about the
end of June
ADvICEs received on the 9th were to the
effect that the Russian government had for
hidden the American Bible Society and the
British and Foreign Bible Society to dis
tribute Bibles in Russia
SEVERAL Government employees in the
Boston Custom House struck on the 9th
because of the many hours they were re-
quired TO work and unjust treatment
AT a session of the New England Meth
odist Conference, on the 9th at Milford
Mass, resolutions expressing indignation at
the pending action by Congress forbidding
the landing in America of any Chinese ex-
cept officials and public men were passed
| unanimously.
A FREsHET occurred ON the 9th in Massa-
chusetts, doing much damage along the
Housatonic liver
In the New York Legislature the Assem-
bly, killed the Woman Suffrage bill on the
9th.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13
WEST AND S0UTI

PRoHBITIoNIsTs of California met in San
Francisco on the 9th and elected delegates
to their National convention.
AN order was issued by Mayor Roche. of
Chicago, on the 9th that after May / no
licenses will be issued to saloons within
two hundred feet of churches and schools.
and that all saloons must be closed at mid
night
REPUBLICANS of Wisconsin will meet at
Madison on the 9th of May to elect dele
gates to the National convention
AT Mankato, Mimi, many houses on the
flats We're on 9th flooded up to the middle
OF the windows and the river was still ris-
ing. West Mankato was submerged.
LIGHTNING struck the new $4,000
soldiers monument on the 9th in Mount
Hope Cemetery at Logansport, Ind, and
badly shattered it
EIGHT miles of farming country near Con-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13
To Pay the Mexican Debt.

City OF MEXICO, April 9-General Diaz
yesterday issued an important financial de-
cree providing that 20 per cent of all Gus
toms duties after May shall be payable in
special certificates, to be issued by the
national treasury and sold by the bank of
Mexico and its agents Any merchant or
importer failing to pay the required proper
ton of customs duties in such certificates
will be punished by fine in twice the
amount he failed to pay This decree is
issued in compliance with the terms of the
loan recently effected in Europe, by which
interest on the new debt is guaranteed by
one-fifth of the custom-hous receipts
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13

IT is said that some of the San Fran
cisco custom-house inspectors have
been making money fast by conspir-
acy to evade the anti-Chinesc regula-
tions, Cinnamon were hired to obtain
certificates that would entitle them to
go back to China and then return.
These certificates they never used, but
the inspectors sent them to China and
sold them in large numbers to parties
shipping fresh loads of the interdictcd
Celestials
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13
Gave a 500, 900, 900 Mortgage.

HARRISBURG, Pa, April 9-Recorder
schwab has received and filed the largest
mortgage ever recorded in Dauphin Coun-
ty 1t was for the sum of 100000 900
from the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Company and the Reading Coal & Iron
Company, to the Company for Insurance
on Lives and Granting Annuities," of the
city of Philadelphia 1t is dated January
8, 1888. 1t is printed in pamphlet form,
making a book of 500 closely printed
pages. The interest on it is to be per
paot
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13

The American hog, which is found
to be wholesome to American stomachs,
does not stand we'll in the estimation
of the effete civilizations of the Old
World. Denmark has joined in the
crusade against him, the Government
having issued. q decree prohibiting the
importation of our pork produces in
any form.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, April 9.-The Wabash
valley is having frightful epidemic of the
measles In this city the number of new
cases reported has averaged twenty-five a
day for two weeks In many of the small
towns near here in Illinois and in this State
the schools have been more or less closed
since the first of the year. and in the little
town of Vermillion. in Edgar County, Ill.
there have been fifteen deaths In Craw-
louisville, Ind, there were over 500 cases
in the month of March.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13

TWENTY years ago women could not
vote anywhere. To-day they have
full suffrage in Washington and Wy
oming Territories; municipal suffrage
in Kansas; municipal suffrage Single
women and widows) in England, Scot
land, Ontario and Nova Scotia; and
school suffrage in these fourteen of the
United States; New Hampshire, Yer
mont Massachusetts, New York, New
Jersey Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska,
Minnesota Kentucky, Indiana, Mich
igan, Oregon and Wisconsin. These
facts must be gratifying to female suf-
fragists.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13

Some two thousand married people
residing in Camden, N. j., and vicinity
are not little disturbed to find that
they are no more married than if they
had never heard of such thing rs a
minister. The cause of the trouble is
one DIR, j. j. Sleeper, who two years
ago was deposed from his priesthood
IN the Episcopal church. Since that
time Mr. Sleeper has been solemniz-
ing marriage services, but the law of
the State provides that only regularly
officiating ministers shall perform this
ceremony. The people feel shaky as
to the legality OF their relations.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13

EDITOR SHEPARD, the purchaser of
the New York Mail and Express, has
ordained that verse of the Scriptures
shall head the editorial column of his
paper every day. He commenced with
the first chapter of Genesis, the suppo-
sition being that he intends to 90
through the Bible in this way. Mr.
Shepard says that the reason for his
plan is that he may spread the Gospel
among the heather, which is very in
telligent reply to those persons who
have been persistently guying him
since the appearance in his journal of
the first text
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13

Tue craze now is the discovery of
prodigies. AS a result we have reports
from Kansas of six-year-old orator,
from Newark, N. j., of ten-year-old
essayist, and from Nebraska of fif-
teen-year-old editor. Musicians range
all tho way from three to dozen
years of age, and preachers are deliver
ing sermons from cradles.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13

JAY GOULD claims that the under
ground railways of London make no
better time than do the elevated trains
of New York, and says they are dark
and sitting with smoke.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13

The paper doors now coming into
use are claimed to possess the advan-
tage over wood of neither shrinking,
swelling, cracking nor warping. They
are formed of two thick paper boards,
stamped and moulded into panels
and glazed together with glue and
potash, and then rolled through heavy
rollers. After being covered with a
waterproof coating, and then one that
is fireproof, they are painted, vanished
and hung in the usual way.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13

A COLoRED boy less than six years
old, whose people live near Cincinnati,
has developed a phenomenal degree of
juvenile tiendishness. Left alone in
the house with twin babies ten months
of age he broke both thighs of one and
the thigh and arm of the other.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13

THERE is still in force in Rhode
Island law forbidding the smoking
OF cigar on the main street of any
city in the State and in Vermont the
smoking of a cigar ON the street on
Sunday is made misdemeanor.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13

PALMYRA, Mo-, April Fifteen school
children while playing around an old well,
were precipitated to the bottom by the
breaking of several rotten planks. Two.
Arthur Little and Mary Loran, were
drowned Seven were badly injured and
not expected TO live. The scene in the res
cue was very exciting The well was thirty
feet deem
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13
A Cardinals Death.

NEW YORK, April IA special cablegram
from Rome to the Catholic Reyiew an
nounces the death, at the age of 81, of
Cardinal Thomas Martinelli, one of the
six Cardinal Bishops. member
of the Augustinian order, and one
of the most learned theologians
of the church. He was devoted friend
of Pope Leo XIII, who described him as
lone of the brightest intellec5s of the
church" He was created a Cardinal in
1873, and at the first ballot for successor
to Plus X he headed the list, receiving
thirteen votes
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13

THERE is some virtue in the hind-legs
of mule after all. A South Carolina
man who had shot and killed negro
without provocation was acquitted on
the ground of insanity, it being in
proof that the defendant had some
years before been kicked in the head
by mule.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13
NORTHWEST ITEMS.
Interesting News Compiled from
Many Sources.
ILLINOIS.

Growing wheat in Central Illinois has
been seriouely damaged by the recent heavy
frosts, and it is reported that half the acre
age viii be piowed up for oats
James Davis, farmer near Todd's Point,
Shelby County, died suddenly in his barn.
yard of heart disease the other day, and his
body was partially eaten by hogs before
found
1t is stated that in thirty counties in
Illinois the winter wheat crop will fall off
about thirty per cent.
Preston B. Knight, of Lincoln, ex-Deputy
United States Marshal and Internal Rev
enue Assessor, died at Lincoln few days
ago.
R. Il Anderson, aged forty-five years, a
wel-known citizen of Moline, was found
dead in bed the other morning The COR
oner's jury ascribed his death to excessive
drink"
Rev. Charles W. Morse, who had been
active in the ministry of the Methodist
church for over fifty years, died the other
afternoon at his sons residence in Evanston
of paralysis, aged eighty three years.
Governor Oglesby has ordered an cleo
ton for June in the Thirteenth Judicial
Circuit to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Judge Eustace
Messrs Gross, Hawks Drew have opened
a new bank at Atwood with a cash capital
of $50, 1000
At Camden the other day, while pros
pectors were boring a well, the drill, at a
depth of 600 feet struck a pocket of gas
and was thrown out of the hole and far up
in the air
At Champaign recently Mrs. Onia An
drews, a widow, was convicted of poisoning
some cattle belonging to neighbor, Will
lam Black, and fined $500 and costs
Henry G. Childs, aged seventy-seven
years, and Jared FL Hitchcock, aged sew
enty-nine years, early settlers of Freeport,
died the other day.
Joseph Barns, sixty years lold, of Logan
County, was found dead in the road few
days ago. Alcoholism and exposure were
the cause of death.
A E. Smith, who had been conducting
bad-debt collection agency at Decatur for
several months, left suddenly the other
day, after borrowing money and contract
ing debts for some other agency to collect
The Chicago & Western Illinois Railway
Company, capital S3, 900, 900, to construct
road from Sycamore to Keithsburg and
from Byron to Streator, was Incorporated
at Springfield recently.
Financial troubles caused Isaac Smith. a
well-known banker of Lovington to COM
init suicide the other day by hanging He
leaves family.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13

FOLLOWING the example set by the
Illinois General Assembly last year the
Ohio Legislature has passed a bill pro-
hibiting the sale of cigarettes or of to-
bacco in any of its forms to boys under
sixteen years of ace.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13

The richest child in America is said
to be May Sharpless, little miss of
nine years, who is worth SO, ZOO, 900 in
her own right. Ex-Governor Albeit,
of New Jersey, is her guardian, her
father being dead.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13

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tions to the Senate:
Brigadier G e n er al
George Crook, to
be Major G e n er al,
vice Terry. retired;
Colonel John r.
Brooks, of the Third
Infantry, to be Briga-
der Gen eraI. T b e
nomination of Gen
eral Crook gives gen.
eral satisfaction, and
nothing hI1t words of
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13

The wart on the face of General
Grant, which is faithfully reproduced
in his portraits on the genuine five
dollar silver certificates. is lacking in
the counterfeit, and its omission fur
nlshes ready method of detection.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13
SHOT FOR DEFIANT MooRs.
4 Report That Uncle Sam VIII Bolnbar'
Tanpiar

LONDON, April Ga dispatch to the tide
,,endance Brtge from Madrid says: "The
United States Government refuses to ac-
cept the proposed meditation of Germany
in the dispute with Morocco, and demands
suitable indemnity and apo.ogies 1t is
feared the United States steamer Enter
prise will lombard Tangier"
WASHINGTON, April 6-The Secretary OF
State received a cable message from United
States Consul Lewis at Tangier, from the
tenor of which it is inferred that salts.
factory settlement of the troubles with the
Moorish Government will soon be reached.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13
.Sora, ,1stI,od of Execution.

ST PETERSBURG, April 7.--Adyices from
Bokhara say that the Grand Yizier of that
state hes been murdered by native. The
Ameer ordered the murderer and his ac-
complice to be executed and they we're
hurled from tower $50 feet high.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13

GENERAL CROOK commentator can he
heard in regard to the course OF the Presi-
dent, who was guided solely by the record
of this distinguished soldier. He will hold
his new position for six or seven years, re-
firing in 1894 His headquarters will, in
all probability, be Chicago.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13

OUR word blizzard is said in En-
gland to be a corruption of the phrase
blazing hard, applied to a severe
pale.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-04-13

GENERAL SHERIDAN has for several
years been at work upon his war
memoirs, and with the past few days
he completed the last chapter.