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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-07-20
LAWS SET AT NAUGHT,

The Political Influence and Power of the
Saloon Interest--A City Councils Total
Disregard of Existing Statutes. 80
In a recent sermon DR.. Lorimer had
these words concerning Temperance
matter in Chicago, but they would ap-
ply also to other localities besides this
city. They are as trus as they are
eloquent:
1.-The saloons have decreased in de-
cency and grown in political influence
and power. A respectful remonstrance
was addressed to mayor and Council
against locating saloons in the prox-
unity of churches and schools. The
request was both moderate and reason
able, as was the petition ON behalf of
Sunday closing. His Honor. was in
favor of these recommendations, but
the majority of the aldermen refused
their consent. 1t was then proposed
to end discussion by simply enforcing
the State law regulating dram-shops,
but these same gentlemen interposed
their objection. The saloon interest
would not have it so, and it's support
ers in the Council put themselves on
record as favoring a total disregard of
existing statutes. Thus the represen-
tatives of good government undermine
the very foundations of government.
They who sent their policemen to dis
perse Anarchists have themselves in
their turn become Anarchists; for what
is anarchy? Is it not defiance of law?
Is the name only applicable to a
class and not to an actP Is anarchy
only possible among the poor and I'M
employed, and not ON the part of bar
tenders and the gentle manly tendons of
bartenders? Common sense declares
against such discrimination and when
it is realized that the fluid dynamite
vended by the saloon-keeper is more
destructive of life, than the dry ex-
plosive used by the excited and mis-
guided men in the Haymarket. the re-
sponsibilfty for not checking and re-
straining in every way the former is as
great as is involved in the criminal
abuse of the latter. - Chicago, Stand
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-07-20
NOT AN EXCUSE,
A Drunken Man Responsible for Crime
Committed While in an Intoxicated
Condition.

A Drunken Man Responsible for Crime
Committed While in an Intoxicated
Condition.
The Supreme Court of Kansas has
recently affirmed the decision of the
lower court, to the effect that drunken
ness is no excuse for crime Chief
Justice Horton, in summing up the
case, said, among other things of
mighty consideration:
Lord Bacon said that if mailman
commit a felony he shall not lose his
life for it, because his infirmity came
by act of God; but if drunken man
commits felony he shall not DE ex-
cused, because his imperfection came
by his own default. For this reason
the courts almost unanimously hold
that if man kills another while in a
fit OF voluntary intoxication it is MUIR
der, and he must suffer the penalty.
Of course, drunkenness may be consid-
cred by the jury in determining
whether there was that elaboration,
generalization and intent to kill neces-
sary to constitute the offense charged.
In this case it is not claimed that the
drinking had created delirium tremens,
or that the defendant was insensible.
We think he was not so drunk as to
have lost his understanding or reason.
Counsel asserts that when the defend
ant was only little drunk he became
wild and ungovernable. 1t seems that
while he INDUCED in drinking intoxi-
eating liquor even to slight degree
he became second Mr.. Hyde. Upon
this account it is urged that he should
be dealt with more leniently.
Marlborough is not to be relieved
from responsibility because he did not
get drunk with the thought of diff
Guilty with Collier. DR.. Jekyl did not
drink the drug, changing his character
to one wholly evil, for the purpose Of
injuring the child he cruelty trampled
upon, nor to take the life of Sir Dan
vers, but in that case as in this,
wicked and depressed disposition was
developed or produced by the voluntary
act of the party. If the indulgence in
a slight degree awoke in the defendant
the spirit OF hell, he should have re-
Trained from touching the Intoxicating
draught; he should have chosen the
better part and not been found wanting
in strength to keep it.
''In the tragedy of 'Othello' Montana,
to quiet Cassie, who has taken few
cups, but who was unfortunate in the
infirmity, said: Come, come, you're
drunk Cassie in return at once thrust
his sword through Montana. Soon
after, in his grief and remorse over the
act, he said: oh, thou invisible spirit
of wine, if thou hast no name to be
known by, let us call thee devil
what Cassie uttered Marlborough
may well repeat He voluntarily
stripped himself of all those balancing
instincts by which even the worst of us
continue to walk with some degree
of. steadiness among temptations, and,
in his case, to be tempted, however
slightly, was to fall. Upon the whole
record the judgment of the district
court will be affirmed"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-07-20

you have expended in these directions.
Add it all up. Add up what your
neighbors have expended, and realize
that instead of answering the beck of
other people you might have been your
own capitalist. When you deplete
working-man's physical energy you
deplete his capital.
Inc stimulated workman gives out be-
fore the unstimulated workman. Nv
father said: Il became a Temperance
man In early life. because l noticed in
the harvest field that, though I was
physically weaker than other work.
men, could hold out longer than
they. They took stimulants, l took
none. A brickmaker in England gives
his experience in regard to this matter
among men in his employ. He says,
after investigation: 1.-The beer-drinker
who made the fewest bricks made 659,-
600; the abstainer who made the fewest
bricks, 10000. The difference, in be-
half of the abstainer over the indulger,
$1,000" There came a very exhaust
ing time in the British Parliament.
Ihe session was prolonged until nearly
all the members got sick eor worn out.
Out OF 652 members only two went
through unchanged; they were tee
totallers.
When an army goes out to the battle
the soldier who has water or coffee in
his canteen marches easier and fights
better than the soldier who has whisky
in his canteen. Rum helps man to
fight when he has only one contestant.
and that at the street-corner. But
when he goes forth to maintain some
great battle for God and his country, he
wants no rum about him. When the
Russians go to war corporal passes
along the line and smells the breath of
every soldier. If there be in his breath
a faint of Intoxicating liquor, the man
is sent back to the barracks. Why?
He can not endure fatigue. All our
young men know this. When they are
preparing for regatta, or for ball
club, or for an athletic wrestling, they
abstain. Our working people will be
wiser after awhile, and the money they
fling away on hurtful indulgences they
will put into cooperative associa-
lions, and so become capitalists.
Have Saturday afternoons free, but
by all means have it sober.-T De Wit
Tdtf1lG9e, in PHILADELPHIA Press.
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Short but NewsY Items.

Port Huron was all stirred up recently by
statement by a boy that he saw muir
dered woman in the woods last fall. An
investigation proved the story unfounded.
Mrs. Margaret Lenfester, aged six ty
years, was killed by locomotive the other
day at Eau Claire.
VIM. Wright (colored) was found guilty
of murder in the first degree at Milwaukee
the other night and received life SEM
stenee. He killed Charles Dorsey in cold
blsod while coming out of disreputable
house :.
August Menk was found dead on the
farm of Lars Salesman near independence,
the other morning. He had pistol in his
hand, and verdict of accidental shooting
was rendered by the coronerss jury. Soon
after Thomas Murphy confessed to having
shot Menk and was locked up to await SEN
tence.
The effort made by the Ashland BARRIERS
to close their places of business on Sunday
has failed. A barber was arrested who
refused to sign the agreement, charged
with violating the Sunday law, but the
case was thrown out of court. The Sun
day-cloSing scheme has therefore been
abandoned.
John and Martin Ness, lumbermen, were
drowned near Eau Claire recently while
breaking log jam.
% Fred Wedercamp has been elected SUPER
intendent of the Milwaukee County farm
The Marquette Iron Syndicate, at Mil
.waukee, recently declared dividend of
twoicents per share.
Agnes Jones and Frank Carson, of James,
vile, were married in the Salvation Army
Barracks at Beloit recently. Several hun
dred persons paid ten cents apiece to wit
ness the ceremony
While running ahead of moving ma
chine few days ago the little son of John
Kelly, OF JohnstoWn, fell under the sickle
bar and had one foot torn off and the other
badly mangled.
j. Fernelzes & Bro, confectioners at
Milwaukee assigned recently, with liabili-
ties of 700 and assets $780, 900.
Ben T. Kavanaugh, famous Methodist
preacher, who at one time was Grand Mas
ter of Masons of. Wisconsin, and later of
Texas, died the other. night at Manchester,
Ky.
A farmer named Michael Scheppert, liv-
ing near Manitowoc, commit ed suicide the
other morning by cutting his throat. In
sanity was the cause.
Prof. G. R. Won Hise, of the State Uni
versity,. has been appointed to the vacancy
on the United States Geological survey
caused by the death of Prof r. B. Irving.
The State Historical Society has secured
possession of vellum manuscript of 800
pages, written the latter part of the four
teenth century. The society paid $50 for
the treasure,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-07-20
THE SII-O SIMPLIFIED.
Preserving Fodder by Packing 1t SO a
to Exclude All Air.

Preserving Fodder by Packing 1t SO as
to Exclude All Air.
Several years ago, and at different
times, the theory was advanced that
clover, cut green and packed in the
barn, after being simply wilted, would
keep sweet and come out bright in the
winter. Many farmers tried it and
most Of them lost their hay. The mat
ter was discussed in the papers and at
meetings of farmers, and many causes
assigned for failure and as many direc-
tions given to be followed, but the plan
was soon given up as wild theory,
and people concluded that it was best
to follow the old injunction: "Make
hay while the sun Shines"
Next came the announcement that a
Frenchman had discovered that green
corn fodder could be packed in tight
pits in the earth and kept sound and
sweet This was contrary to all former.
ideas and to the experience of farmers
who had studied and labored in vain to
keep corn fodder from rotting with
all the drying they could give it; and
the name given to the new process was
enough to give an air of mystery
and incredulity to the whole af-
fair. But there were few men
who knew no better than to believe
every thing they read, and others who:
could see that the experiment was
worth trying and were not afraid to be
laughed at, and these two classes made
the attempt, and with occasional fail
ures and much raillery the problem has
been worked out. From expensive pits
of masonry it came to wooden struct-
ures above ground or smooth excava-
tions: in dry soil without walls; and
from the costly process of cutting by
machinery, which kept the benefits of
the silo out of the reach of small farm
ers, to putting the fodder in whole, in
which condition it keeps as well or bet
ter. And now that the fact is under
stood that the exclusion of air by tight
packing and close covering is all there
is to the mysterious process which has
caused SO much discussion, we can see
why farmers failed to keep their clover
that was put in green. They lacked
faith and knowledge of the principle
involved. They let their clover dry SO
much that it would not pack SO as to
keep out the air, and they were afraid
to tread it down because they knew it
was not dry enough to keep. They left
air-holes at the bottom and cracks at
the sides and covered the NOW with
loose straw to catch the steam. All
these were wrong, while the main idea,
as we can now see, was right
But the process has been still fur
Their simplifed Green fodder has
been stacked in the open air and pre-
served in good condition, with the loss
of only about foot in depth on the sur
face. But for this treatment the fod-
der should be very green, as. it will
pack more densely.
Dairymen have practiced growing
fodder corn to feed cows in summer,
and have sometimes allowed their
minds to wander into seeming impossi
bilities, by thinking what they might
do if they could have such fodder all
winter; and now such thing is posi-.
BILE, and the required labor is much
less than has often been expended In
vain attempts to dry corn-foddur.-
Mirror and Farmer.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-07-20

[The first section provides that whoever, as
laborer, workman or mechanic has been en-
ployed by or on behalf of the Government tot the
United States since the 25th day of June,
1868 Cthe date of the act constituting eight
hours a days work., whether engaged at
price prs day or on piece-work or task-work.
shall be paid for each eight hours he has been
employed as for full days work, without any
reduction on account of reduction of the hours
of labor.
The second section provides that all claims
for labor SO performed in excess of eight hours
day are hereby referred to the Court of
Claims, to be adjudtcated upon the basis that
eight hours constitutes days work, and are
to be paid for at the price day as provided
for in the first section of this act and judg-
ment given against the United States
in favor of each claimant for the amount
found due, to be paid as other judg-
ments of the Court of Claims against
the United States; and no statute of
limitation, or payment made, or receipt given
for less sum per day than the full price OF a
days work, as provided in the first section of
this act, shall bar the right of recovery, pro-
v:ded that all suits under this act shall be COM
menced within two years from and after it's
PASSAGE and any number of said claimants
may join in the same suit; and provided
further that any amount allowed under this
act shall only be paid to such claimant in per-
son or to his personal representative
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-07-20

In that soft midland where the breezes bear
The north and the south on the genial air,
Through the County of Kent, on affairs OF
state,
Rode Caesar Rodney, the delegate.
Burly and big, and bold and bluff,
In his three-cornered hat and his suit Of
snuff,
A foe to King George and the English state
Was Caesar Rodney, the delegate.
Into Dover village he rode apace,
And his kinsfolk knew, from his anxious face,
1t was matter grave that had brought him
there,
To the counties three upon Delaware
money and men we must have,' he said,
EOr the Congress fails and our cause is dead.
Give us both and the King shall not work his
will
We are men, since the blood OF Bunker Hill -
Comes rider swift on a painting bay:
Holo. Rodney, hol you must save the day.
For the Congress halts at deed so great,
And your vote alone may decide it's fatei"
Answered Rodney then: II will ride with
speed
It's Liberty's stress; it is freedoms need.
When stands it?' Tonight. Not mo
ment spare,
But ride like the nd, f.om the Delaware n
HH0, saddle the blackl I've but half day.
And the Congress sits eighty miles away
But I'll be in time, if God grants me grace
TO shake my fist in King Georges face.''
He is up; he is off and the black horse lie S
Ga the northward road ere the +" God-speear
dies
1t is gallop and spur, as the leagues they
clear,
And the clustering mile-stones move a-lear
1t is two of the clock; and the feet hoofs
The Fieldsboro' dust with clang and cling.
1t is three; and he gallops with slack rein
where
The road winds down to the Delaware.
-Four; and he spurs into Newcastle town,
From his painting steed he gets him down.
I" A fresh one, quick; not moments waltz
And of speeds Rodney, the delegate,
1t is five; and the beams of the western sun
Tlnge the spires OF Wilmington, gold and
dun;
Six; and the dustof the Chester street
Flies back in a cloud from his courser's feet.
It is seven; the horse-boat broad OF beam,
At the Schuylkill ferry crawls over the
stream
And at seven-hfteen by the Rittenhouse
clock
He filings his rein to the tavern jock
The Congress is met the debates begun,
And Liberty lags for the vote of one
When into the hall, not moment late,
Walks Caesar Rodney the delegate.
Not moment late! and that half-day's ride
Forwards the world with mighty stride
For the Act was passed, ere the midnight
stroke
Der the Quaker City it's echo woke.
At Tyranny's feet was the gauntlet flung;
"We are free!" all the bells through the col
ones rung.
And the sons of the free may recall with
pride
The day of Delegate Rodney's ride.
-Et6Tidge s. Brooks, IN 50. N,chol1s
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-07-20
A LiberaI-Minded Merchant.

"Mr. Jarvis, this is. my nephew, the
young gentleman whom you were kind
enough to promise to take into your
employ on my recommendation. You
will pardon me for asking that you
give him as good position as you can.
He comes of distinguished parentage,
sir. His father was an English Duke. =
1.-The boy can't help his ancestry
said the merchant, kindly. ssWe shall
not permit any of our respectfully born
employees to look down upon him on ac-
count OF his pedigree. You.may begin.
your duty, young man, by sweeping out
the office.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-07-20
GARFlELD'S MEMORIAL.
Expected to BE Ready for Dedication in
October.

CLEVELAND, O., July 1S.-Since April the
number of visitors at the Garfield memorial
tower has averaged 100 per day. 1t is ex-
pected that the monument will be ready for
dedication some time in October. The con-
tractors say they will be done by October1
All the material for the interior decora-
tions was shipped from London several
weeks ago, and the artisans left England
week ago last Wednesday, and will proba-
bly, be here to begin setting up the ma
terial this week. The imported material
consists largely of African marble for the
wainscoting, which will. be used in the
monument chamber under the windows;
also the material for the dome and the win
dows. The dome above the monument will
represent the American flag; the outside
windows the original thirteen States and
Ohio; the windows above the arches will
picture a funeral procession in honor of
Garfield, while the spaces above the en-
trance will contain symbolical figures of
war and peace. The. statue itself will
come from the studio Of Alexander Doyle,
of New York. The carvings on the ex-
terror will be completed in three weeks
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-07-20
WISCONSIN CAVALRY.
A Csll for q General Reunion at MiIwau-
kee in September.

a CkII for a General Reunion at MiIwau-
kee in September.
A call for Wisconsin cavalry reunion,
to be held at Milwaukee September 10 and
20, the week of the State fair, has been
issued by General 0. Fl. La Grange as
president, and James A. Norris, as secre-
tary of the First Wisconsin Cavalry Soci-
ETY., and by Colonel E. A. Calkins, as presi-
dent, and j. H. Dopple, as secretary of
the Third Wisconsin Cavalry Society. 1t
is expected that the Second Wisconsin
Cavalry Society will join in the call, and
many members of the Fourth Cavalry
have written that they will be present
All the Wisconsin Cavalry regiments will
thus participate in the affair. It is ex-
pected that the first day will be devoted to
regimental meetings, and the second day
to a general reunion.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-07-20
Brice Chosen Chairman.

New YORK, July 1S.-The Democratic
National Campaign Committee met at its
headquarters, with Chairman Barnum,
of the Democratic National COMMITTEE,
presiding, and Messrs. German; Scott,
SeWall, Brice and Ross of the committee,
and Colonel Lamont present. After two
hours conference the committee adjourned
until evening. when Calvin S. Brice, of
Ohio, was chosen chairman of the commit
tee. He accepted the osition.
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Illinois Knights of Labor.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill, July 18.-The State
Assembly, Knights of Labor, is holding its
fourth annual session in this city. The
reports of the officers show that forty two
local assemblies were added during the
year, making total of 220. The member
ship is placed at II, 200. The receipts for
the year were $1,000 and the expenditures
81 600
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-07-20
To starve Out the Chinch Bug.

SPRINGFIELD, I'LL, July 6-The farmers
of Crawford County have notified the
State Agricultural Department that they
have agreed to raise no more wheat, bar
ley or rye for the next three years to
achieve, if possible, the determination Of
the chinch bug, and will try to prevail up
on the farmers of adjoining counties to do
likewise
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-07-20
Stune to Death by Bees.

Henry Blodgett, living near Ettrick,
Trempealeau County, when out hunting
recently saw swarm of bees passing and
thoughtlessly he fired shot into them.
Instantly they turned and, lighting on his
face and shoulders, stung him SO that he
died from the effects
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Tried to Poison His Wife.

Louis A. Findley is locked in Milwau-
kee jail on the charge of attempting to
poison his wife. According to her story he
has made three attempts on her life He
tried to make her drink laudanum and
chloroform. A letter written by him to
his parents is held as proof against him.
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Tired of Life.

The other night William Murray, a prom
inent young farmer residing just east of
Waukesha, endeavored to commit suicide
by taking laudanum, but prompt medical
aid. saved his life. Murray owns fine farm,
on which is located a valuable quarry 1t
was thought the attempt on his life was
owing to financial troubles
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-07-20
A Famous Tobacco Pouch.

John Wyatt, of Eau Claire, is the pos
SCISSOR of tobacco pouch once owned by
the famous Indian warrior Scar Fa ,ed
Charley. He was the right hand man of
Captain Jack during the famous Modoc
war The pouch is made of buckskin and
elegantly ornamented with bead work.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-07-20
Severe Storm at Janesyille.

The most severe storm for years visited
GAINESVILLE the other morning. Much dam
age was done to growing crops, especially
small grain. w. B. Barnes large tobacco
barn was struck by lightning and burned
to the ground. Loss, $500; insurance,
$1,000. Lightning also struck the residence
Of Clinton Childs, doing 5000 damage.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-07-20
A Suggestive Poster

A poster assailing the Chicago, Burling-
ton & Quincy management was posted on
the dead walls and decaying fences at Mil
waukee few days ago and excited uni
versal comment. The most startling line
read: prepare to meet thy God.n
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-07-20
THE EIGHT-HOUR LAW.
The Senate Passes the Bill-A Synopsis OF
Its Provisions.

WASHINGTON, July II. - The Senate
on Tuesday resumed the consideration
of the bill providing for the adjustment of
accounts of laborers, workmen and me-
chanics employed by the Government
under the eight-hour law.
Senator Dawes (Mass.) moved to amend
the bill by inserting the words whether
engaged alta price per day or on piece-work
or on taskwork." Agreed to.
The bill was then passed-25 to %. The
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-07-20
Many Houses Blown Down.

BENKLEMAN, Neb.. July 1S.-A fearful
wind-storm passed over this place Sunday
night, destroying the resbyterian church
and twenty frame dwellings. No lives
were lost, though several persons were in
iured.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1888-07-20
Killed His Brother and Himself.

New YORK, July 1S.-Michael Dumphy,
while drunk, shot dead his brother John
in Brooklyn and then killed himself.