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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
oUrwITrED BY THE MESSENGER.

Train Robbers Fooled Near New Salem,
N. D.-Mail Stolen.
Northern Pacific east bound passengev
train was robbed by masked mon near New
Salem. N. D., the other night. Two miles
east of New Salem and twenty five miles
west of Mandan the engineer and fremen
we're surprised by two masked men who
climbed over the tender and ordered the
train stopped. The summons was obeyed.
Express Messenger Angevine. hearing shots
fred forward and suspecting that some
thing was wrong. hid 5000 in money.
locked the small safe. put out the
lights and ran back to New Salem.
A number OF registered letters were
riaed and then the two robbers turned
their attention to the express car. This
they found deserted, much to their chagrin,
and. mistaking the fireman for the express
messenger, they ordered him at the point
of pistols to open the safe. He protested
that he knew,nothing about it, and finally
satisfied the robbers. Then the train
backed to New Salem and finally came on
east. The passengers were not molested.
Only four masked men were seen at the
time of the robbery. The district around
New Salem is peopled by quiet, law abiding
settlers. The robbery is supposed to have
been the work of people unknown in that
part of the country. A Sheriff's posse has
started in pursuit.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
DEATH In A FIRETRAP.
AWFUL STRUGGLE WITH FLAMES IN
A TENEMENT.

An Early Morning Blaze in st. Louis Puts
Several Lives in Danger and Results in
at Least One Death-Effective Work OF
Brave Firemen.
St. Louis dispatch: The building
1858 Franklin avenue, the second floor
of which is occupied as tenement by
several families and the lower floor as a
pawnshop, was discovered to be on fire
at about o'clock in the morning. The
fire started on the second floor and burn
ed for about half an hour before it was
discovered. When the alarm was turn
ed in the fire was we'll under way. As
soon as the ffremen arrived stream of
water was turned on the burning build
ing, but no effort was made
TO rescue the occupants I'm.
til loud screams from the second
floor indicated that there were help
less people inside.
The tiremen entered and found the
family of George Wolf struggling in the
smoke and flames in the two front
rooms. Mr.. Wolf was frightfully burn
ed and waslying helpless on the floor.
His wife and two children were also
burned, and his father, an old man
nearly 70 years of age, had been Smoth-
cred to death in his bead.
Charles Hauss, who occupied the rear
apartment with his wife and child, had
just left to go to work and his wife and
little son were caught in the flames.
Mrs. Hauss could have escaped, but her
little boy was so frightened that he ran
under the bed, and in the frantic moth
er's efforts to save her child she was dam
gerouslY burned. The child was found
in an unconscious condition but the
mother is able to speak. The injured
were all taken to the dispensary.
Wolf is not expected to live. The re-
cOvery Of his two children is also doubt
full, though Mrs. Wolf may pull
through.
Following is a list of casualties:
GEORGE WOLF, 30 years. badly burned.
ANNIE WOLF. his wife, burned about the
head, neck, shoulders and arms, probably
fatally.
HARRY WOLF, years.
WALTER WOLF, years.
MRS. MARY HAUSS. burned about head and
arms; serious.
Little son of Mary Hauss badly burned.
After rescuing the inmates the fire.
men turned their attention to extin-
gushing the flames, which succumbed
in a short time. The damage will
amount to $4,000; insured.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
COSTLY RAILROAD WRECK.
Eight Men Killed in a Collision on the
Wabash.

WABASH
Eight persons were killed, twenty-five
injured and fifteen valuable horses killed
or crippled by wreck of two freight
trains which occurred on the Wabash
Railway, one mile west of Warrenton, Mo.
The west bound train contained five cars.
race horses on the way from Cincinnati
and st. Louis to the Kansas City meetings.
The wreck was caused by a mistake of the
telegraph operator in sending out the rum
ming time of the race train fifty minutes
instead of five minutes Both engines and
seven palace horse cars were com pletely
wrecked. The loss to the company will
reach 100000. Both crews were running
under orders received. The following
were killed:
James Kelley of Chicago; Frank Kelley, of
Chicago; William II. Thomas, colored boy, Of
Cynthiana, KY; Henry Stone, trainer, of Har-
rodsburg, Ky; Ed Simons, trainer, of LeXing-
ton, KY. Morris Green, co1Ored, of Frankfort,
Ky; Sam Davis, jockey, of Lexington, Ky.
Frank Martin of New York. The injured
Thomas MuIligan, trainer of Chicago; William
Campbell, of Chicago; William Teller, co1ored,
of Covington trainer for Kelley; Lewis
George Woods, a colored jockey Of New
Orleans; Lee Parsons, Wabash fireman; Z. ii.
Shevelle Wabash engineer; j. h. Norton,
brakeman; William Thomas colored, of La
Arthur Allen, of Tobia Neb. William Adams,
of Memphis Louis Augustus, colored, of Har-
rodsburg, Ky. Lloyd Baxter, of Frankfort, KY
Frank Givinson, of COvington, KY; j. H.
Washington, of Spring Station, KY; NJ. Smith,
colored, of Cynthiana, Ky; George Hurley, OF
Cynthiana, KY. Mike Jenkins, of Harrodsburg,
Ky. r. c. Collision, colored, of Cincinnati; L.
A. Brown, of Louisville, Ky; Merritt Johnson,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
TERRIBLE WRECK NEAR ROCKFORD
A Northwestern Train DeraiIed by a
Broken Wheel and Five Men Killed.

Northwestern Train DeraiIed by a
Broken Wheel and Five Men Killed.
A Rockford QlL) dispatch says: By the
breaking of fiange on the truck-wheel of
the engine of the Northwestern passenger
train from Freeport. the train was thrown
from the track just west of here. Five per-
sons were killed. several seriously injured,
and the coaches badly wrecked. The per-
sons killed were: E. w. Blaisdell, engineer;
August Johnson. section hand: John Gus
tafson. section hand Emil Anderson. sec
ton hand; Nils Anderson. section hand.
VIII Secor. the fireman. who lives at Free
port, was so seriously injured that it is
feared he may die. Many Of the passen-
gers were badly bruised and scratched. but
all escaped serious injuries.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
SEVEN DROWNED.
Eight Young Men Go Fishing and Only One
Returns.

Eight Young Men Go Fishing and Only One
Returns.
A Boston (Mass) dispatch says: When
party of eight young men. who had start
ed for fishing excursion in a sail boat
were about one mile from Thompson's ISL
and. in Dorchester bay, the boat was struck
by a squat and capsized. All but one were
swimmers, but instead of trying to swim
ashore, they tried to climb on the boat
which was so heavily baIasted that their
weight would force her beneath the surface,
leaving them struggling in the water. In
this manner the strength of the men was
exhausted and they sunk, one by one, until
but one was left. The survivor, Walter
Quinlan, had sunk for the last time,
when the boat in rising came up under
him. lifting him above the surface. He
floated in an unconscious condition for
some time. when the boat was seen from
the shore by employees Of the gas works
at Cow Pasture Point, who vent out.
brought him to shore. and resuscitated
him. The drowned are: Lawrence McTier-
nan. aged "a years; John Sullivan. "a, lv-
ing in Charlestown; Albert Lombard, 20,
of Boston; James Husband, II; Thomas
Troy, IS; Jose oh Tufts, 10; Edgar Maloney.
is, Of Dorchester. McTiernan left wife
and child. The others were unmarried.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
Topeka ..CapitaI'' Changes Hands.

The Topeka Daily Capital, the leading
paper Of Kansas. will pass to the control of
the Capital Company July 1. This COM
pany has been Incorporated to publish the
Morning Capital, the Weekly Capital and
an evening paper. The capital stock of the
company is S25O.O00. divided into 500 shares
of $500 each. The directors for the pres
ent year are Maj. Hudson. Dell Keiser, II.
Chase, Arthur Capper, James L. King. and
z. W. Harrison. Major Hudson will be
editor in chief and have the management
of the paper as heretofore.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
Appointments for Oklahoma.

The Secretary OF the Interior has APP
pointed the members of four OF the seven
boards provided for under the Oklahoma
town site act approved May IA, 1899. The
boards are as follows:
Board No. david h. McDaid, of Sac City,
Iowa VIM II. Merriwether, of Girard, Kan. /;
John Fl. ShankIin, of Trenton, Mo. Board No
Edgar N. Sweet of West Point, Neb. Levi
of Bentonville, Ark. Board No. 3--Joseph r.
Moore of MarshfeId Mo-. Winfield S. Silver
of Button, Ind. Michael G. Connolly of Pc
tersburg, III. Board No. 4-Robert Joyce, of
Ross, Ohio; Daniel Hay of Guthrie, Oklahoma
Territory; Samuel L. Leavy, of Midway, Ky.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
LIGHTNING IN A sCHooL-HoUsE.

Seven Pupils Killed by an Electric Bolt.
A Flandreau IS. Dak.) dispatch says A
messenger has arrived here from Bliss
man Township with intelligence that dur
ing a thunderstorm the Blissman School
was struck by lightning and almost COM
pletely wrecked. There were forty odd
scholars in the school at the time. OF
these thirteen were Frustrated by the
shock. When the messenger left the scene
of the disaster to come here for medical as
sistance seven OF the pupils were dead and
it was thought that several others would
die Of their injuries.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
A Big Tree for the Worlds Fair.

Preparations are being made in Cali
fornia TO take out section of big red
wood tree for the purpose of exhibition at
the Worlds Fair. This will be the largest
section of any big tree ever taken from
California. The tree measures ninety-nine
feet in circumference and thirty three feet
in diameter. The section to be taken will
be nine feet in height and sixty feet in cir
conference. The big tree is in the mann
moth forest in Tulare County. The work
of telling the tree has already begun.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
Chipamen Coming by Scores.

L. W. Myers, United States Consul at
Victoria, B. c.. reports that twenty-five
Chinese were landed in the United States
from Victoria on the night of May II by the
propeller North Star, British craft The
charge was $50 per head passage money.
Mr. Myers believes opium is being snug
gled across in large quantities from Vic
toria. Consul Willard writes from Quay
mas that the Mexican steamer Korrigan
landed eleven Cinnamon at Mazatlan from
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
Wisdom in Quaint Form.

The dollar you take in is a dwarf; the
one you pay out giant.
How many men begin on cake and
have to finally come down to bread.
When mans temper gets the best of
him it reveals the worst OF him.
Love is as old as the first moment of
eternity and as new as the last moment
of time.
A writer says: ''There are some
things a woman doesn't know" There
ma be, but no man can tell her what
they are.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
Died in a Hotel Fire.

The Trembath Hotel at Wilkesbarre, Pa,
has been destroyed by fire. One gnest, W.
P. Bombaugh, was burned to death. and
Mrs. Trenbath. the landlady, and her step
daughter. Miss Annie Wilson, were injured
fatally. The loss on building and furniture
is about S15 600
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
Vienna Bakers Threatening.

The journeymen bakers Of Vienna have
served notice on their employers that un-
less the price of bread is increased they
will organize general strike. The bakers
claim til at the low price of bread is used by
the masters as a reason for continuing the
present scale of wages.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
Fighting the Whisky Trust.

report comes from Kansas City that
distillers not in the whisky trust are form
ing plans to erect two immense distilleries
with a combined capacity as great as all
the distilleries in the trust, one of which
will be located in Kansas City. The two
distilleries will cost about S2,000000 each.
and have d capacity Of 10000 bushels of
Grain daily
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
Iron Mills Sold to EngIishmen.

The Etna and Standard Iron Mills at
Martins Ferry. ". VA, has been sold to an
English syndicate for S750,O00 and 100000
respectively, and a large forfeit deposit has
been made. These mills employ 1000 hands,
and have always paid large dividends.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
Found a bonanza Mine.

John Carpenter and James Gillespie are
said to, have discovered by accident the
long-lost Mexican silver mines in, Franklin
County, Arkansas. The deposits in the
mines are series of very rich veins and
large pockets of almost pure silver.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
Gen. Raum,s Denial.

Gen. Raum. Commissioner of Pensions,
in an interview stated in regard to the reso-
luton introduced in the House by Repre-
sentative Cooper, of Indiana, for an in
vestigation of the administration of the
Pension Bureau that there has not been a
share of the stock of the Refrigerating
Company sold by any one connected with
the Pension Office OF any one connected
with the prosecution OF pension claims.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
SHOT HIS FATHER.

A Prominent Politician of South Dakota
Killed by His Son.
At Huron Is. Dak.) Zach T. Handley.
editor of the Huron Herald and Chairman
of the Democratic State Central Committee,
and his son Fred quarreled over the laying
of a carpet. when the latter pulled re-
volver and shot his father. killing him
instantly. The parricide is in Jail.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
Freed the Duke of Orleans.

President Carnot has granted a pardon to
the Duke of Orleans, who was sent TO a
French prison in February last for violat-
ing the decree of exile issueds against the
members of his family. The Duke has
been conducted to the Swiss frontier.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
TOOK $50, 900 WITH HIM TO CANADA.
A Lawyer Makes Away with the Savings
of Brother. Sister. and PASTOR.

of Brother, Sister, and Pastor.
case of embezzlement by which sew
eral prominent residents Of Trumbull
Comm and surrounding towns lost $780,.
600 has just come to light. Rollin Beers, a
young lawyer, secured large amount of
money from his brother and sister, two
wealthy neighbors-Miles and Elliott
Beardsley-Rev. c. G. Adams, proprietor
OF the Church Record in Southport. and
others. representing that he would invest
it in mortgages in Brooklyn, paying large
dividends. The investments have proved
imaginary, and Beers has left for Canada.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12

SEVERAL of the heirs of the late
Stephen Green, of Morgan County, Hi
nois have begun suit to break decedent's
will for the reason that he left the
major part of his estate to the younger
children
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
Again fine KemI@Ier Case.

The order combining murderer Kemmler
at Auburn pending action in his case has
been confirmed by the New York Supreme
Court. The only question now at issue is
whether Kemmler can be legally executed
by the Warden of Auburn Prison.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
Czechs to Honor the Martyr Huss.

All over Bohemia organizations are
forming to do honor to the memory of John
Huss, who was burned at the stake at Con-
stance on July 16, 1415. for heresy. 1t is
the intention to make the demonstration
the greatest gathering of Czechs ever as
sembled, and 700 Czechs will be chosen
from all parts of Bohemia as delegates to
go to Constance and perform solemn re-
ligious duty before the statue of the martyr.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
Oregon Election Returns.

A Portland (Oregon) dispatch says: In
complete returns from all counties in the
State give Hermann Rep.1, for Congress,
8,977 majority, and Pennoyer Dem.), for
Governor. 3.466 majority. 1t is thought
these majorities will be increased by the
official count
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
all questions of difference between the sew
eral governments of America

Bloody Affair ON the Servian Frontier.
bloody encounter has taken place be-
tween Arnauts and Servians on the Ser
Wan frontier. The Ottoman and Servian
Governments have sent Geographic orders
for prompt inquiry into the affair. The
Arnauts killed fifteen Christians. wounded
thirty five others. and robbed the dead.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
Marquis de Mores Convicted.

At Paris the trial of Marquis de Mores
and others arrested with him in connection
with the May Day disorders ended with
their conviction. The Marquis was SEN
fenced to three months imprisonment and
the Anarchist ValIie to one month in prison.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
Brazil Anproves of Arbitration.

Secretary Blaine has received dispatch
announcing that the cabinet OF Brazil has
approved the action of the PAM American
conference in recommending arbitration in
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
Curious Marriage of an Old Chinaman and
n Young Girl

Kansas City (Mo.) dispatch: Chung
Sing. wealthy Chinese physician, 60
years old, has just been married to All
Gin, a pretty Chinese girl II years Of
age Chung Sing became widower
eighteen months ago and sent to San
Francisco for a wife, paying $500 for
her to her deputy father, or guardian,
her parents residing in China. The
ceremony performed was according to
The Chinese custom.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
Omaha win Be the Place.

The commission of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church having in charge the loea-
ton of the next General Conference have
decided that it should be held in Omaha
some time in 1892.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
Ten Peonle Rurned to Death.

Warsaw cable says: Four hundred
houses were destroyed by fire in the Town
of Doksyle. near Warsaw. Ten persons
were burned to death. The damage to
property is immense.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
The MBlue Maui Dead,

Henry Melick, a rich farmer OF Harmony.
N. j.. and known as the blue man." died
suddenly at his home. aged TO- When a
young man he was practically drowned by
falling IN the Delaware River while fishing,
but was resuscitated after hours of hard
work, His skin ever afterward had blue
cast, his entire body suddenly undergoing
this Transformation. Physicians were IN
able to account for the phenomenon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
PASSED the silver Bill.

At the close of the debate on the silver
bill the House of Representatives passed
the caucus measure by fair majority.
party lines being broken in the vote.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
Internal Revenue Collections.

Commissioner Mason says that the col
lections of internal revenue for the month
of May last were greater than the collec-
tons for any one month since 1870.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
Formed a Big Beef COMPANY,

Articles of incorporation Of the Western
Union Beef Company, with capital of
ST., 900 900, were filed with the Secretary of
State of Colorado at Denver.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
Senator Brice's Tax Case.

At Lima, Ohio. the case in which Sena-
tor Calvin S. Brice is accredited with not
paying taxes on 100000 of property was
dismissed
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
Plotting Against the Gar.

A fresh conspiracy against the life of the
Gar by Nihilists in France is in process
of incubation. The French police, having
been advised of this fact by the Russian
officials, are now engaged in hunting down
the conspirators.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
Coneratnlating President Harrison.

The italian Peace Arbitration Associa-
ton is about to send to President Harrison
an address congratulating him upon the
debates in the Peace Congress and ex-
pressing hope that other countries will
initiate the example set by the United
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
Asks Uncle SANS Aid.

It is reported that the Mexican Govern
ment has requested the Government of the
United States to send regiment of SOL
diers to San Diego to prevent any probable
or possible conspiracy 10 capture Lower
California from being carried out.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12

MALIGNANT diphtheria is raging in
Waynesfied, O., and vicinity, and all
the public schools there are closed. No
deaths have been reported as yet.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
bismarck Nav scribbIe.

The Vienna Neue F1'eie Presse says that
the Emperor William has given up the
idea of interfering with the activities of
Prince Bismarck, because it is evident that
the ex- Chancellor's insinuations cannot
affect German politics. as they are confined
to journals known to be hostile to Ger
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
Tndiins Ready for an Outbreak.

Cheyenne Indians in Montana are on the
verge of an outbreak 1t is reported that
they have killed five whites. and settlers
are taking precautions for their safety.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
Held Up by a Highwayman.

A Ukiah, Cal, dispatch says: The north
bound stage from Ukiah was robbed three
miles out Of town by lone highwayman.
It is reported that the robber secured
$1,000 from Wells. Fargo & Co.'S box.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
Disastrous Fire in Washington.

The Zatco Manufacturing Company's
sash and door plant at Bucoda, Wash,
has been destroyed by fire, the loss being
$135, OOO
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
Outlets for British Capital.

A syndicate has been formed in London
with 81, 100000 to purchase the breweries of
Minneapolis and La Crosse A trust with
S15,O0OOO0 capital has been organized to
operate in Mexico and South America. The
city of Montreal is Offering in London an
issue Of 8 per cent. bonds to the amount of
GO 900 OO0
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
Broker Pell.s Severe Sentence.

Broker George H. Pell. who was con-
cerned in the wrecking Of the Sixth Ma
tionaI Bank of New York, has been SEN
fenced to seven years and six months at
hard labor in the State prison.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12
Illinois Dat Fields Ravaged.

Reports from nearly all parts of Illinois
to the Department of Agriculture at Spring
field show that green bugs are playing
havoc with the oat fields.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-06-12

AN assignment has been filed by Bou-
den & jenkins, stockholders, of No. 48
Wall street, New York. They gave
preference for $41, 200.