The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-02-21
gentle majority was 4a9. F. &. kiesel. an
old resident of Ogden, was elected Mayor.
POLITICAL POINTERS.

Interesting Happenings of More or Less I'm
portance in the World of Politics.
1t has been decided in the Circuit Court
at Louisville, KY. that the Wallace election
law, as applied to the city of Louisville, is
constitutional.
1t is reported from st. Louis that Mr.. Jehu
Baker. who was contesting the seat from
the Eighteenth Illinois Congressional Dis
trict with the Hon. w. S. Forman. has con-
ceded Forman's election and has withdrawn
from the contest.
President Cleveland has nominated Adlai
e. Stevenson, of Illinois, now Assistant
Postmaster General, to be Associate JUS
tice of the Supreme Court Of the District of
Columbia, and Norman J. Colman. Of Mis-
souri, to be Secretary of Agriculture.
The Republicans of the Fourth Missouri
District have nominated Capt. Francis M.
Posegate, Of st. Joseph, to fill the vacancy
in the Fiftieth and Fifty-fi Congresses
caused by the death OF the Hon. James M.
Burnes.
Col Julian Allen says that Mr.. Blaine told
him that few days after the election Presi-
dent elect Harrison had offered him (Blaine)
the position of Secretary Of State. and that
he at once accepted it.
Tax payers of Rhode Island have present.
they feel that the proposed prohibition
amendment will be injurious to business in
terests and asking that it be killed.
1t is reported that in the local option cleo
ton held at Jackson, Miss, the Prohibit
tionists were defeated.
The National Prohibition Conference in
dorsed the indianapolis platform, including
the tariff and woman suffrage sections, at
Louisville, Ky.
The Civil Service Reform Association of
Maryland has issued a call to reformers to
attend a conference in Baltimore for a dis
cussion with reference to the past and the
future administrations.
Chief Justice Reed, of the Supreme Court
of Iowa, has rendered his resignation to the
Governor, to take effect February %. He
was elected Representative from the Ninth
Congressional District.
The constitutional amendment for State
lottery was defeated in Nevada by 500 votes.
THE EARTHQUAKES IN COSTA RIGA.
A Fearful Cataclysm, Similar to That of
1S41.
4 Panama special says: "Advices from
Costa Rica give details Of the terrible
earthquake of Dec. 20 and 80. The first
shock was felt at San Jose at o'clock in
the evening, and this was followed at II
o'clock by much stronger shock. At 4:20
d. m. a movement occurred which was
more than a simple earthquake. The edi-
fees which suffered most in San Jose were
the Cathedral. the Carmen and MERGED
churches, Presidential Palace, Artillery Bar
racks, National Palace, Central Barracks, the
National Printing Offices, and the Union
Bank. Not single house escaped injury,
while many are not safe to live in and 9TH
ers are completely wrecked. Whole streets
are blocked with ruins. Losses in San
Jose amount to more than S2,00J.000, while
all the principal edifces in Alajucla are
damaged. At La Laguna the earth has
assumed the appearance of a rough sea.
The father of a family and four of his
children were buried together, while the
mother and her young child were thrown
by the motion of the earth a distance
of 1000 meters, although she declares she
believes the earth swallowed her and then
elected her where she was found. Here the
hills have changed their position and the
ground is full of cracks. Since the first
shocks a number Of smaller ones have been
experienced, but they have done no further
damage. On Dee. 16 the Irazu volcano
was in eruption, and the people in Carriage
werc still in a state of alarm
DIN a. On Sc WEEKIY RENIExH