davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-16

AN extensive system of fraud upon
liie-insurance companies has been dis
covered in South Carolina. The plan
was to procure fresh corpses from the
cemeteries, insure them as live per-
sons, issue certificate of death, per-
feet the proofs and collect the insurance
policies. A number of arrests have
been made.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-16

AN Eastern physician announces
that he has solved the mystery of ice
cream poisoning, and that electricity
is at the bottom of it all. He has
found that the rapid revolutions of the
zinc paddles used in the ordinary ice
cream froezers generate electricity,
and that the zinc is dissolved and dis
seminated through the cream.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-16
THE DEAD KAISER.
The First Emperor Of the New
Germany.
Sketch of the Most Remarkable Man in
European History-A Wise and
Humane Ruler-A Long and
Splendid Reign.

Wilhelm Frederick Ludwig, King of
Prussia and the first Emperor of the new
Germany, was born March %, 1877, and his
death closes the career of one of the most
prominent characters of European history.
He was the son OF William the Third, his
mother being the celebrated Queen Louisa.
In January, 1897, and before he was yet ten
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-16

SOME genius with fancy for
handling babies has figured out that
piece of wood the size of month-old
baby would be worn down one-half in
six months if handled as much as the
average baby is. The dear little things
like it, however and grow fat on being
tumbled around and mussed up.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-16

OF six hundred tornadoes of which
record has been made in the United
States not more than seventy-fve were
east of the Allegheny mountains. The
warm air tempestuously driven from
the Gulf of Mexico up the Mississippi
valley is caught by the polar winds
and driven in gyratory tornadoes
across the prairies. The Appalachian
range serves those on the Atlantic
slope as a barrier against the storms
of that sort
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-16

A CoURTsHP lasting twenty-five
years has just ended at Toulon, Tenn,
by the marriage of the parties, In 1866
Evander Cameron, aged thirty, fell in
love with and proposed marriage to
Miss Mary Baynes, twenty years old.
He was accepted, but the young lady's
father objected. The daughter refused
to marry without the old gentleman's
consent, which he refused. For twenty
two years Cameron called to see his
sweetheart twice week, until at last
the barrier to the union was removed
in the death of the father, and the
faithful lovers were welded.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-16

THERE were organized in Nebraska
last year thirty-two new railroad cor
iporations representing SIC. 600, 900
capital stock, and 225 miscellaneous
corporations, representing a capital
stock of $54, 000,0 900. This is double the
number of new corporations for the
year previous.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-16
BOWED In SORROW.
The Fatherland Mourns the Loss
of It's Ruler.
Scenes at the Death-Bed of the Late EN-
peror-Bismarck's Announcement to
the Reichstag--The Crown Prince
Is Now Emperor Frederick Ill.
GERMaNY's GRIEF.

BERLIN, March Emperor William
passed away at $50 yesterday morning.
The death of the Emperor was announced
to the populace yesterday morning by the
lowering to halfmast the standard over
the palace Flags at half-mast are displayed
on all the public buildings An immense
concourse of people is gathered outside
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-16

CoLFAx LADDEN, gray-haired Phil
adelphian, who had been given up for
dead by his relatives over twenty years
ago, surprised them by returning safe
and sound the other day. He left for
the army in 1864, and that was the
last they heard from him until his un-
expected appearance.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-16

A RELIGIOUS revival, which started
in 1865 among the freedmen at Talbot
ton, Ga, is still in progress 1t is
probably the longest 'protracted meet
ing" on record.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-16

AN old log-cabin that was built by
George Washington and occupied by
him while surveying a part of the
Shenandoah Valley, is still standing in
fair state of preservation few
miles from Winchester, Va.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-16
Twenty-Eight Lives Lost.

LONDON, March - The British bark
TASMANIA, which sailed from London
March 5 for San francisco, has returned
with her bowsprit gone and her stem DAM
aged by collision with the British ship City
Of Corinth from Iquique for Hamburg. The
Tasmania is anchored off Folkestone. The
City oil Corinth sunk It is believed twenty
eight lives were los5
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-16

father to an office in
the army, and in 1914
. distinguished himself
in the two campaigns
of the war of liberia
ton. In the battle of
! Bar-Sur- Aube. he won,
<by his gallant con-
duct, his first mill
tary decorations, the
Russian Order of st.
George. In 1917, hay
ing first undergone
the mostcareful prep
ovation he xrrac friunn
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-16
A ventriIoquist's Joke.

M. Alexandra, the French ventriloquist,
passing one day near the now defunct
Temple Bar, observed a large load Of hay
struggling through the gateway He in
stantly initiated the cries Of suffering
man, and drew the attention of passers-by
to the muffied sounds. The cart was
stopped in most inconvenient position,
and a crowd of persons assisted to unload
the hay, the CRIES of the supposed man
within growing fast and furious, as the
mob worked with redeHbled energy. Just
as they were getting to the bottom of the
cart, the moaning ceased, and the workers
gave the man up as dead, though still pro
ceeding to throw the hay into the roadway,
to the stoppage of all traffic The cause of
the silence, however, was not the sudden
decease of the supposed entombed man.
but the discreet exit of the ventrilequia.
joker, who had retired before the denoue-
ment.-L0adon Standard.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-16

The sum and substance of all that
has thus far been found out about win
ter cholera is that you get it when you
get it, and when you get over it you get
II orafn
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-16
Lehich Strike Declared OF.

HAzLEToN, Pa. March 12-Hugh Nc
darvey, master workman and John J.
Meighan, secretary of district assembly 81,
Knsgnts of Labor, have declared the miners
strike in the Lehiga region of, and in a
few days every oolllery will be at work
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-16

! A SECOND time within few days
one brother in Chicago accidentally
shot another, and the revolver that
was not loaded did the damage in both
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-16

J A YOUNG lady in Morristown. Tenn,
has created a sensation by the singular
power she exercises upon tables, chairs
and other inanimate objects
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-16

A CONNECTICUT man who has traded
horses two thousand one hundred and
twenty times, now has an animal worth
fifty dollars for his cuteness.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-16

THE man who doesn't happen to
blow into the muzzle of his gun gem
orally lives to file the end of a dyna-
mite cartridge.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-16

A CLUB-RooM in Portland, Me-, fur
nishes valuable object lesson. 1t is
papered with lottery tickets, not one
of which drew a cent.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-16
The Princess of Wales is compelled
to use an ear trumpet.

Two cRANKs at Buffalo are getting
ready to shoot Niagara Falls in bar
rel of peculiar construction.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-16

ONE does not need thermometer in tbs
autumn to find that it grove colder by Dc
grees.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-03-16

FISH is good brain food, but it does seem
pity, in some cases, to waste 50 much
fsh.-,St. Adams Messenger.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-13
MORNING, JUNE 13, 1888.

IV.; all his decorations for military merit, together with the presents received on his military jubilees, and his gold and silver laurel wreath; and finally, the sword carried by his father in the unlucky days of 1906 and during the Napoleonic wars, which during the Emperor's lifetime always stood by his writing desk in the historic corner room of the Royal Palace. AS souvenir the Lichter- felde corps of cadets received the sword pre- sented to the Emperor at St. Petersburg in 1884 and carried by him until the morning of the day of Koeniggraetz. Finally the Emperor ordered the uniforms of all the reg iments of which he was the honorary com mander to be distributed to the respective regiments.
 A very important lawsuit has come up for trial in Paris, involving the immense for tune, estimated at eighty million francs, left by the late Roumanians Princess Sturdza. She died in 1885 in Baden-B Baden, and her daughter, Princess Gortchakof, who alone of her children was present at her death-bed, is accused by her brother, Prince Gregory Sturdza, of having conjointly with her other
 
 heritance The old princess is said to have been in the habit of carrying her papers in belt, which the woman who prepared the corpse for burial is asserted to have placed in the hands of Princess Gortehakoff, as the of the family, after which it disappeared. Some servants testify that the princess secretly called a locksmith from Paris to force open the iron safe belonging to the deceased. The locksmith, Landry, con- fesses to have been the person employed. It appears that the accused Prince Demetrius Stu1dza had without the knowledge of his brother deposited in the Bank of England a very large sum of money which had been given to him by his sister to assure his silence, he having arrived in Baden Baden before she had been able to secure her treas ure. The counsel of both the accused ad- mitted that their clients had deposited con- siderable sums of money in England, which they claim to have received as voluntary gifts from their mot her.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-13
CONCLUSIONS.


 There are two things that woman will always jump at-a conclusion and 8 mouse. Burlington Free Press.
 She (at a reviva)-''Is it possible that the little fellow sitting the platform is the boy preachera" He-tOh, no; he's the boy preachers little grandson. Life.
 "And so the ice cream season is again up- on us, George" she said shyly "Yes," he responded, fT never pick up paper now that do not expect to find some awful case of poisoning. Epoch.
 Fine newspaper ability.-Citizen (to editor of new paper)-"Is your partner in the new venture good newspaper man, MT. Shears?' Rditor-"One ofsthe best ever met. He has $20,0 900 in cash. ."-The Epoch.
 That remark of MT. Walsh's to the effect that he had Severed his connection with the Tombs" reminds one in some respects zof the old gentleman who, after heroic surgical operation, moaned feebly that he felt as if he had been removed from an arm.-Tid-Bits.
 MT. Bascom-I see that the University of Bologna celebrates its 800th anniversary on the 18th. ,uesg
 Mrs. Bascom-Oh. hn- ke to be there and see .1~ss. .s-Bur= linqtaent-.sDoctor, doctor, cant T! ;ssr aS !" nfghtaeenlsrtu, tu,able and toss until morning" Doctor-'' Hnn, thaJ's bad. Let me see your are all right Perhaps you worry over that bill you've owed me for the past two years" -Tid Bits.
 Fixing the Blame.-Judge-"Yo say that your father died from sudden shock to his system. Was he an electricianN Pr1soner- tsNo; he fell from scafold." Judge-'tOh, a bricklayer, was hea Was it his own fault?' Prisoner-'sI think it was the sherif's fault, yer honor "-Tid Bits.
 Nature appears in a very similar garb to the youngsters, no matter in what depart ment she shines Little three year old was out in the fields the other day and came rum ming in with, 1T saw pansy and l was going to pick it, and it was butterfly and it fled away. ."-Hartford Post.
 Fond papa (to daughter}-And so you think you must learn French, Clara'
 Daughter-Yes, papa; in fashionable socle- ty there aye so many things one can say in French that wouldn't sound well in English, you know.
 Fond papa-H-m,-New York Sun.
 No Use Wasting Barrels.-Billy-"Wh yer goin' to do with that yer barrel, JimmyF' Jimmy-"Goin' to make bonfire of it.. Wat yer s'posea" 'I can tell you somethin' that beats that.n "What is itl'' 'tSell it to the New York aoueduct contractors to back up masonry with. They make rubble of old bar rels. "-Texas Siftings.
 Featherly (making eall)-I suppose you will soon be going into the country, Mrs. Hendricks!
 Mrs. Hendricks-Yes; we leave for the Catskills next week. Mir. Hendricks Will come up once a month for day or so.
 Featherly-Yes; heard him say that he was looking forward to pleasant summer.- New York Sun.
 Gen. Black has got funny little daughter. Not long ago she said to her mother:
 "Mamma, papa is your master, isn't he?
 eI suppose so," answered Mrs. Black. "And MT. Villas is papa's masteIf' "Yes"
 eAnd Mr President is Mir. Villas master and God is the Presidents master. I'd rathel be God than any of youl"-New York Sun
Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-13
Paris Fashtons.

From the London Telegraph
 s The number of actual empire dresses is extremely limited, but the result of the ] movement is decided nevertheless After flirting with extremes la mode has settled upon medium course.
 One of the principal results of all these gleanings in the past is the adoption of the redingote tunic or poIonaise, with it's long, flat basques, futed back breadths (the one or the other undrspeD, and bodice cut in one with the skirt, if not entirely at least in part, and above all of the addition thereunto of a scarf loosely knotted round the waist, or of wide ribbon sash tied on one side Being essentially dressy garment, the red- ingote is seldom made in other than silken material. At the many grand weddings that have taken place lately it has blossomed forth in sll sorts of rich fabrics, in brocaded silk and satin, in damask and lampas-that
 softest and most refined of figured silks the
 designs of which are often woven on back
 ground shot with live colors-and also in
 plain tissues, faille and velontine, sicilienne
 and bengaline.
 Flounces are also among the things just
 now patronized by ia mode, for the reason
 donhtIass.theas itcfdrIeu 10 s1ae panels cold
 it was, though neither are by any means lens
 aside.
 Undraped, knife-blade pleated skirts are
 still fashionable for evening. Among the
 most novel of this description of toilet Is
 that in black or white spri2ged net-an es-
 sentially economical material, almost as light
 as tul1e and much more durable. Mounted
 on a second skirt of surah or other thin silk,
 also pleated in the knife-blade fashion, and
 worn with very wide sash twisted round
 the figure little below tke waist, 1t makes
 a charmingly simple yet effective evening
 dress, either all black or white, in black with
 colored ribbons or white over color, with
 sash to correspond. Some dressmakers sew
 the skirts to a band wide enough to allow it
 10 be fastened rather low down over a cuirass
 bodice, twisting the sash over the band, so
 that this may not have to be readjusted eve
 ry time it is put on--a signal advantage It
 the services of an experienced maid have to
 be dispensed with. I wss shown skirt ot
 black net mounted on black mousseline de
 soie so arranged with broad watered sash
 of dead rose-petal pink. A few carefully concealed stitches kept the long ends of this same sash in their place at the side. For dancing this is important. Full plastIons of net, closely gathered into the centers ot the front and back of the cuirass bodice, opened out fanwise from shoulder to shoulder, and drawn up by means of a running of narrow ribbons, with bouillonne sleeves, completed the toilet In white net and pink this style of dress is very pretty, and linden green rib- bons may be substituted for the pink ones when a spice of eccentricity is demanded. Ribbons were never in greater request than | they are at present. They serve to transs | form tine bodice of average length of waist into one o-empire in style.
Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-13
A NAVAJO TRADITION.
The Locust, the Badger and the km
 prfsvned Creatures.

The Locust, the Badger and the km-
 prfsuned Creatures.
 tDagmsr Mariager in the Overlant Monthly.1
 The Navajo Indians of Arizona have tra- dition to the effect that, while the earth was young and destitute of animal life, the great spirit created twelve people, six men and SIX women, together with many species of ami mals, and confined them in cavern ot the San Francisco mountain, where they lived as great, happy family for many years But in course of time restlessness possessed the prisoners; though they had known nothing of freedom, all felt the oppression of their narrow limits, and vaguely yearned for greater fulfllment of the dream or reality of living. But what could they dot All specu- lated on the situation to no purpose.
 Daily they iostled each other, little and big. clumsy and nimble. bipeds and quadru- peds, feathered and furred, winged and wing less, timid and bold. Every successive peri cd of time was but 8 repetition of the past. means of breaking the monotony till happy thought struck one of the most insig- nificant of the living mass. For want of other occupation living locust bored hole in the wall and thereby opened the way for the enthusiasm and progress of the host of its comr906S tnTOuSAOuC Cu0 teuS6u anu breadth of their underground world. The great spirit had 50 decreed it. They were there only for time of incubation. At the destined hour, as the eaglet bursts the shell that imprisons it, so the locust's tiny burrow should lead to the escape of all into the open world. where each could follow his inclina- tions nnhampered.
 The laboring locust had but solitary wit- ness. A badger watched with growing amusement the diminutive tunnel making. His eyes sparkled with interest as. the locust | labored energetically. He lay with his head resting between his fore paws in 8 most lazy attitude, but his face expressed animation 1 and eagerness not much longer to be re- strained As the tail of the locust disap- peared the time for exertion had come. To l follow the locust's movements further neces- sitated like energy. The locust's hole was | too small for the badgers access, so he start | ed tunnel making of his own. By the time | he reached the locust he was in no mood to | give up the chase, so he passed on, scratching l his way through the solid earth until he l broke through the outer crust of the moun-
 tains, and in the joy and excitement of the moment sprang into the ample space before him. The mountain side was steep and he
 Handed" in the shallow edge of the lake ir
 Montezuma valley. As he fell his forefeel
 struck deep into the black miro, and his pro-
 geny even unto to-day have inherited blael
 forepaws because of this incident of ths
 worlds first peopling.
 departure of the badger. began a prospect
Morning journal and courier., 1888-06-13
SINGLE COPIES THREE CENTS.
Wednesday, June 13, lsss.
COLONEL FELLOWS, FAILURE. When Colonal Ealloms 1uaa aIactaa disfrit

COLONEL FELLOWS, FAILURE. When Colonel Fellows was elected district attorney in New York city his election was looked upon by many as a great misfortune. Serious charges had been made against him, and although Mayor Hewitt vouched for him as man of t.simple Christian life" others looked upon him ss man whom it was not safe to trust with the very important duties of his office.
 Colonel Fellows has lately been away from his work, attending the St. Louis perform ance, etc. Gases which ought to have been ready for the grand jury were not prepared, and Judge Barrett made sharp complaint about the condition of things in the district attorneys office. Judge Barrett's action has made decided stir. A well-known lawyer says: "It is simply scandalous the way in which Colonel Fellows has evaded his work. If he wanted rest after the Kerr trial, St. Louis during the Democratic convention was strange place to seek it. The truth is that the district attorneys office seems to be now 8 circumloeution office, and, the problem seems to be how not to accomplish anything, The attention of Judge Barrett was called to | sAAS Ao8A VI PuO1AS Ou1y OJ tAS k1nAO Ju1yt who wished to know why they were called upon to spend their time Investigating petty excise cases against bartenders, and when tile matter of the allasAI eiecrion frauds and oharae~ attempts at bribery would be brought to their attention" And the New York Evening Post says: He has, in fact, from the outset conducted himself as if he were put into the office to haxA lesead~ti.aa>ss nnrnitmiinals. nnt If the number of hours daily which he has spent in attending to his duties could be ascertained, we venture to say the record would cause great astonishment Three of our judges have now complained either of his methods or the lack of organiza- tion, ability and even honesty among his sub ordinates. Case after case has come up in court with little or no preparation on the part of the district attorneys office, and the list of cases which have been lost during the few months of his term is already formidable.
 It was openly charged during the campaign which elected Colonel Fellows that "the boo dle aldermen" were contributing money and effort for his election. Whether this is true or not, it has long been evident that he is not the man to have control of the machinery for the prosecution of criminals in great city.