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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-03-06
ENTHUSIASTIC KANSANS
RIVALRY BETWEEN TOWNS LEADS
TO FEUD.

Citizens ~ Cimarron and Ingalls, Engage
I'm Riotous Demonstrations Further
BlOodshed Feared Before the Matter Is
Finally Settled Excitement in tho
NeighbOrhOOd.
Wichita (Kan.) dispatch: The old
feud between Cimarron and ingalls,, two
rival towns in Gray county. has broken
out afresh and the bloody scenes of a
year ago are being repeated. Seven
men were wounded by bullets during
the skirmish at ingalls,, and further
bloodshed is expected. Some DAYS ago
proposition to issue 1925, 900 bonds for
sugar plant carried in Gray County, and
when it became known that the plant
would be located at ingalls, the people of
Cimarron caused an injunction to be is
sued. The leader was Charles @. Greg
DRY, who fearing to appear in ingalls,,
sent by mail bonds for costs to the clerk
OF the District Court.
The postmaster at ingalls, received the
letter, but would not deliver it. Charles
Gregory went over to ingalls, to look
after some business when he was set upon
by mob led by Billy Allinsworth, Peter
Harding and George Bold. who demand
Gu UutU D0 N1OLOIdW Uuc SulO uuOc1
penalty of death. He did SO, and was
forced to go to the postoffice, where the
clerk of the court was given the letter.
and reaching it to the crowd it was torn
up.
Gregory was then turned loose, and
next day he went over to Ingalls, with
fifty armed men. The desperadoes who
led the mob the previous day, finding that
they were wanted by the ingalls, crowd,
tried to get out of town, when Allins-
worth vas shot twice in the
legs and once, in the neck
and is supposed to be fatally in
iured. The other two got away on fast
horses, but it is thought Bold was
wounded. There was some shooting
around town, and it was feared a gen.
eral battle would ensue. Three other
ingalls,, men were marked with bullets,
while four horses and two men of the
Cimarron crowd were wounded before
they left town.
The postmaster will be called upon to
answer for holding the letter containing
the bond for costs of suit, and the cOun
ty authorities, who are ingalls, men, will
be asked to look after the matter Of
forcing Cimarron parties to withdraw
the suit. Great excitement prevails and
there will doubtless be more conflicts be-
fore the matter is ended res
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he had, several days before, heard Sim
White and Al Miller swear that they
would kill Peters. The two men were
arrested and taken before Justice of
the Peace. They avowad their inno-
cence, and their lawyer declared that
they could not be held for murder un-
til it was proved that murder had
been committed. This proof was not
long wanting, for fisherman soon ar
rived with the information that he had
found the body of Peters. The body
was identified, and the preliminary
trial proceeded, resulting not only in
establishing the fact that White and
Miller swore that they would kill Pc
tiers but that they were overheard to
declare that they would drown him
They were held over and were indicted
by the Grand Jury.
When the case came up before Judge
Quirk of the Circuit Court some of the
ablest lawyers in the State were in at
tendance, for White and Miller were
not friendless, and moreover they were
not without means.
After more than week of "skirmish-
ing" a jury was impaneled, and then
the great trial was begun. The major
ity of the people, including the press.
a four column folio set in small plea
and printed in the back room of P. B.
Whitson's crossroads store, believed
that verdict of guilty would be rem
dered, and bets were made with persons
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Opie P. Read, in the Chicago Tunes.
The circumstances, told with the neces-
sary dryness of detail. are as follows:
One John Peters, sober and indus
trious man, failed to come home one
night. This occurrence was so unusual
that his wife, becoming alarmed,
aroused the neighborhood, and men,
women, and children turned out in a
general search. The next day John
Peters coat was found near the river
bank Marks of struggle were also
discover ed. Immediately there arose
a CRY that the man had been murdered /:
and, al out this time, there came along
q reputable citizen who declared that
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Thirsty Travellers Tree.

A European traveller, on his way from
the coast of Madagascar to the capital,
Tananarivo, in the interior, had emptied
his water flask and was suffering from
thirst. He asked one of the natives of
his party when he should be able to
obtain water"
"Any time you like it, said the ma
tive, laughing.
The European saw no signs of springs
or water; but the native conducted
him to a group of tall, palm-like trees,
standing in cluster on the edge of a
forest, with straight trunks and bright
green broad leaves growing from the
opposite sides of the stalk, and making
the tree appear like a great fan. The
white man gazed admiringly at the
tree.
"You think it is fine tree" said the
native, "but / will show you what it is
good for"
He pierced the root of one of the
leaf stems, at the point where it joined
the tree with his spear, whereupon
a stream of clear water spurted out,
which the European caught in his
water can, and found cool, fresh, and
excellent to drink
The party having satisfied their
thirst and taken supper, the native
who had spoken went on.
"This tree, which is good for us in
more ways than one, we call the trav-
elers' tree"
"But where does the water come
from that the tree contains ?" asked
the white man. us it taken up from
the soil 2"
"Oh, no." said the native. "The
leaves drink in the rain that falls on
them. and when it has passed all
through them it becomes very pure
and sweet. MissiOnarU Herald,
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RUN DOWN AT LAST.
Arrest in South Dakota of an Alleged
Thief and EIOper.

Blunt Is. d. dispatch: Frank B
Triebe, who, it is alleged, eloped from
Tioga Center, n. Y, in June, 1888, with
neighbours wife. taking with him $10.
600 of his wife's personal fortune, has
been arrested here with his paramount
by an officer. who has been following
them for year.
Last October Triebe and the woman
came here from Maple Park, Ill, and in
troduced themselves as Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Harris, of Chicago. They made
many friends, and Triebe, alias Harris,
secured a number of remnnerative con-
tracts. When the Sioux reservation
was opened to settlement Triebe pur-
chased some shares in the new town of
Midland, and was on the eve of remOy
ing there. After being arrested they de-
cided to return with the officer to Tioga
Center and face the consequences Of
their miSdeeds.
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WHO'S GUILTY?
The Senate Trying to Find Out Who Lets
the Cat Out of the Bag.

Washington dispatch: The Dolph
committee appointed to investigate the
method by which news of the Senates
executive sessions become public has
resumed it's sittings. Frank Hatton,
editor of the Washington Post, and
Messrs. Hannum and McGill, reporters
on the same paper appeared before the
committee. The committee is beginning
TO discover that the newspaper CORES
pOndents are not the only ones who are
aware of what takes place in executive
sessions and that there are persons in
nowisc connected with the Senate or the
press who are pretty well informed OF
what transpireS respecting them.
One of the witnesses who
testified said that it was frequent
custom for prominent men whose nOmi.
nations were being contested to estab.
liSh themselves i'll cOmmttee-roomS near
at hand in order to receive information
from time to time of how the fight was
progressing behind the closed doors.
The day the Morgan nomination was up
he had seen the present commissioner of
Indian affairs around the Senate, and he
had no doubt Morgan knew of what was
going on. The query now is, how do
these men receive their information. and
if they should he kept posted why not
the public also?
The reporters who testified did not
give much information as to how execu-
tive business news leaked out, stating
that what they published they got from
newspaper sources. Frank Hatton, was
asked what his instructions to his re-
porters were, and he replied, s''To get
everything that was going on, and if
they are very successful they get their
salaries raised -
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STATE OF TRADE.
No General Improvement Noted During
the Past Week.


New York dispatch: BradstreeJ's
estate of Trade" says: Special kilograms
do not report any material or widespread
improvement in the state of trade. The
slight gain in wheat prices is more than
Offset by dizziness in iron. while unfavOr-
able weather, heavy wagon roads and
floods in the Ohio valley, all tend to fur
Their restrict the distribution of general
merchandise, already less than reported
one year ago. Coal is dull and the out
put restricted.
Reports of grain stocks east of the
Rocky mountains continue to show d
decrease in the total of December Dur
ing January and February, promising to
equal 9,5OO;OOO bushels, against 8, 900, 900
bushels decrease last year. which will
reduce wheat stocks March to about
what they were year ago. The aver
age decrease during three weeks Of
February has been nearly 1,250,000 bu-
shells per week, against 100000 bushels
during the like weeks Of 1889. Elk
ports of wheat (aDd -four as
wheat) from both coasts have increased
again and are now noticeably fulkpartic-
ularly from San Francisco.
The weeks reported shipments equal
$780, 25 bushels, against Z, 1872, $40 BUSH
els last week and 1884, 594 Bushels in
the last week OF February, 1889. The
total foreign shipments from July | to
date is 20, 1874 O46 bushels, against g.
755,O9 bushels in the like portion of
188s-S9. Pig. iron has not revived yet.
Makers look for an active demand for
shaped iron soon. The gross output of
iron and steel on old orders is heavy,
but new business thus far has not met
expectations.
Dry goods jobbers at New York and
Boston report trade fairly active. Cot
ton and WOODEN domestics and foreign
dress goods are the most active, Agents
report leading styles OF cotton well sold
up and fair business in spring special
ties. Prices are generally firm, with
bleached cottons showing the
greatest strength. Raw wool is dull
with large stocks at Boston. Carpet
woods are active and prices are weak,
but not quotably lower. Raw cotton is
dull in al markets. The crop move
ment continues light but firm.
The business failures reported num-
Der 100 in the United States for the
week, against 253 the previous week and
243 the corresponding week last year
The total number of failures in the
United States since Jan. / is 2, 543,
against 2,727 in 1889.
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The Benign Witchery of Candle Light.

There are so many women who have
passed their first youth who appear at
the balls in New York and receive the
devoted attention of men for whom
they must entertain most grandmoth-
erly interest, that the question of light
has become most important one, so
these foxy caterers to the female COM
plexion had taken leaf out of French
books and lighted their rooms with cam
dies, the silver being set in
the walls SO that the Light falls from
the side, not above, while pretty little
futed pettieoatssof rose silk shade the
colored candles. A side light, espe-
cially if it is rose-tinted, takes ten years
from womans age. No wonder we
are In favor of abolishing the deadly
electric lamps, and. the flaming gas, II
wax candles are such thieves of time
Hartford COaGTd7lt.
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The case against these prisoners is
perfectly clear. They swore that they
would drown you, and your coat was
found near the river. Is not that
strong evidence?"
"Yes, but"
"Hold on. The body of man was
taken from the river and identified as
your remains.
"But 1 am here to refute the identi-
fication."
"Ah, you are here to throw an OBJ
struction in the way of justice, are
you? / have heard on several occa-
sions that you are man who has very
little respect for the decision of a
court. And you have, come around
hereto bully me, and that, too, in the
face of the strongest evidence that was
ever brought before court of justice.
Mr.. Sheriff, issue bench warrant of
arrest for this man on the ground of
contempt of court, and then proceed
with the hanging. This. court, blind
as it is to everything but Justice and
the true form of law, is getting tired
of being browbeaten"
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THE LITTLE FOLKS.
A Query.

What would you do if you had wee tease,
Asking you daily such questions these:
Mamma does God simply turn down the light
Just when he guesses it time to be night?"
Are flowers made out of q butterfv's wing?"
why DO the trees put their clothes on IN
spring,
And then when cold winter comes get all I'M
dressed?"
@How does the robin get blood on his breast?"
Will Santa Claus answer that letter of Zeb =
Are bicycles made out of big spider webs?"
Does the man in the moon smoke while looking
about?
And are the blue clouds just the smoke he puns
out?
And the stars, are they just the wee sparks he
lets drop?"
aDo cat-tails grow up from" But here 1 will
stop
And ask you again will you tell, if you please,
How you would answer such questions as
fheSe2
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Honorlng a German poet.

Munich cable: The festival in
honor of the roth birthday of the
celebrated poet, Hermann Won Lingg,
took place at the Colosseum Muenchen
and was an immense success. High
honors were paid to the poet, who
was present with his family. The lead
ers of German literature and art were in
attendance, and the Prince Regent OF
Bavaria conferred upon the author of
"Die Volkerwanderung" the Order of
the Crown OF Bavaria thereby elevating
he poet TO the rank Of a nObeman.
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Rover and the Baby.

Across the street from my study
window is a dog. His name is Rover.
He is spaniel, with curly, auburn
hair, and with ears long and shaggy.
His eyes are large and hazel. He often
sits on his launches when looking
down the street, holding up his fore
feet like hands bending at the wrist.
This is owing to lame shoulder, for
he gets tired when standing as dogs
usually do, and sits up like a man for
change now and then. But Rover
has attracted my attention in another
way more particularly. Once or twice
week he sets UP a cry or howl which
is most piteous to hear. He lifts up
his head in his cries, and they tell me
the tears fall from his eyes on some of
these occasions. What is the cause {?
Before long Rover sees something COM
ing on the sidewalk. in the distance.
He pricks up his ears and trots off to-
ward it. He is more and more excited.
The wag of his tail and the change of
voice show this. The wall has become
bark of JOY. It is the baby carriage
he sees, inside OF which is baby Clara,
a year old. And now they meet-the
precious little passenger and Rover,
who greets her with many kiss. He
accompanies her to the house with
many demonstrations of Joy. There is
no more wailing that day. The cup of
happiness for the dog is full, and this
remarkable affection is reciprocated.
for the baby, in her own way, greets
and talks to the dog. She looks for
him, and delights in his coming It is
certainly very interesting to see this
attachment, and it might we'll be a
lesson to some of us of the biped race.
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been heard Il don't think that il is

been hoafO, don't UnlnK UnHG III Is
necessary to go into an argument con-
corning this case. The guilt of these
men is SO clear that it would be a
criminal act to waste the county's mon
ely in prolonging this trial. Now, pris-
oners, the best thing you can do is to
confess your guilt and throw your
selves upon the mercy of this court.
Have you any confession to make, Mr..
White?"
mo, your Honor, except that I am
innocent"
"Have you any confession, Mr.. Mil
ler?"
"None, except to. say that I had
nothing to do with the killing of our
friend Peters"
"All right" said the Judge. Il see
that you do not desire any mercy, but
if you expect to escape punishment by
making prolonged fight, let mestell
you you will meet with nothing but
disappointment. I am here as the
fearless agent of justice. I have made
up my mind. have determined that
you are guilty, and nothing on earth
can change me. Gentlemen of the jury,
you may retire and agree upon YER
dict"
The jury, without leaving the box,
rendered verdict of guilty.
Gentlemen" said the Judge, ITO
expedite matters, and thereby save ex-
pense to the county, | will sentence
these men now. The law may be in
favor of delay, but justice is not. The
law might permit the Sheriff to take
these men to jail and feed them at the
county's expense until some distant
day of execution should arrive, but
Justice, the one bright flower in our
judiciary garden of weeds, looks up
and says: No, Mr.. Sheriff, these
men must be hanged forthwith. So
take them out when the death sentence
has been passed and hang them to the
most convenient tree. Prisoners at
the bar, stand up and receive your SEN
tence"
The prisoners stood up, and just as
the Judge had pronounced the last
words of the sentence the wife of Mr..
toward the door threw her arms around
a man who had just entered the court
room. A wild commotion followed.
Whats the matter?" the Judge de-
manded. "Who is the man that the
bereaved window is hugging!"
"I ant no berieved widow, jedge."
the woman answered, 'fur this is my
husband, safe and WE'LL"
Silence, woman" the Judge de-
manded. "You ought to have better
sense than to interrupt this court"
Your honor" said lawyer, II sup
pose my clients can now go free?"
"And why so, sir?"
"Can your honor ask such question
when Mr.. Peters stands here before
you?"
"Who is Mr.. Peters?"
"Your honor, cannot understand
you"
"But you will pretty soon. The Mr..
Peters that this court has taken into
consideration is dead"
mo, I'm mott" exclaimed Peters,
stepping forward.
you may think you are not, Mr..
Peters, but you are. Never in all my
professional career" theJ Judge con-
tinued, shave ever seen facts that so
clearly and strongly establish the guilt
Of two men,"
"But, Judge" Peters pleaded, "that
can not be, for no murder has been
committed"
"Mr. Peters, you have not examined
the evidence as closely as I have"
"But here stand in REPUTATION of all
evidence"
"Mr. Peters, you have not read as
many textbooks on evidence asI have.
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Christmas Tree in the Graveyard.

II saw an act of remembrance in
Spring Grove on Christmas Eve that
was as beautiful as it was novel, said
a gentleman Sunday. Il was walking
on one of the avenues in the northwest
section of the cemetery when / no
ticed two little girls planting small
evergreen tree close by the side of a
tiny grave. This seemed to me to be
AN unusual thing, SO / paused ana
watched their movements After sue
ceeding in making the tree stand, the
children next proceeded to trim it with
strings of popcorn, glass balls, can
dies, and other things used in the dec
grafton of Christmas trees. This was
followed by the production of large
assortment of toys, little bags of can
dies, etc., which were also fastened on
the tree, and the candles lighted, pre-
senting strange sight indeed, in such
place as Spring Grove. It was the
children's idea of remembering their
little brother, who lay in the grave be-
meath the Christmas tree, and who,
perhaps, was one of the group of
merry-makers gathered around sim
liar tree the year before. as the heap
of earth looked as though it had been
freshly dug. An officer of the ceme-
terry stood at a respectful distance
watching the children at work, but oid
not disturb them until the hour for
closing the gate arrived, when he told
the little ones in tender voice that he
must take them away After long,
farewell look the children reluctantly
left the spot and were soon lost to view
among the thousands of monuments
and trees. Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Social Amenities i'm Boston.

SWhy, Lizzie, where have you kept
yourself so long?"
"We haven't seen each other for a
long while"
= "No. I was inquiring about you the
other day and was told you were mar
RED, but of course, that's nlsasense."
Its the truth. my dear"
Gracious mel"
/. Yes, dear, and my husband is very
rich"
"Very rich Then he must be very
old. "-BoSto7l Courier.
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who believed that the prisoners were
guilty, but who thought that the jury
might be Culvered."
The trial had not proceeded far when
it could be clearly seen that the Judge
was convinced that White and Miller
were guilty. This iurist was something
more than peculiar old fellow. He
was decided character, and SO set
were his opinions when once formed
that no argument and no proof could
change them.
Gentlemen of the jury said the
Judge. when all the testimony had
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PROF. DRURY DEAD.


The Well-Known Weather Prophet of
Ohio Passes Away at the Age of 80.
Springfield (Ohio) dispatch: Prof.
James Drury, go years of age, and widely
known throughout central Ohio as a
weather prophet, has just died of la
grippe. Ever since Prof. Drury pre-
dicted to the exact day destructive
tornado which swept over central Ohio
a few years ago his predictions have
been regularly reported by prominent
papers in Ohio and neighboring States.
Prof. Drurv kept records of weather for
twenty-five years, and invented several
queer instruments for ascertaining the
state of atmosphere, etc.
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HE WAS SOT In HIS WAYS
B Southwestern Judge Who Gould Not
Be Trihed With.

HE most sensa-
tional legal com
plication that ever
aroused the inter
est of a law-abid-
ing neighborhood
was the outgrowth
of a trial held be-
fore Judge B. w.
Quirk, of the Hick-
DRY Flat circuit in
Arkansas, writes
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THE Kalamazoo (Mich.) Telegraph
prints the result of its worlds fair guess
ing. 1t shows that Chicago received 3t2
votes, New York ia, Washington 46,
st. Louis IA. The prize viii be awarded
to Mrs. Otis Goss Of Kalamazoo.
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HENRY HoosA. Of Salem. H.. who
escaped from an officer who was taking
him to Joliet last July to serve out his
sentence for homicide, has been arrested
at Gentryville, Ind.
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CHARLES WERLICH, brakeman OF
Monroe, Wis, fell off his train at Ga
lena, ILL.,, and was instantly killed
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AMEL1E RIvEs.
BIZ FRANKLIN W. LEE.

40 SHE seized pen, and
YWItSA the steam which
MI/X,XIIMDNH9 From the diamond
AWWBlEzz/Y pointed gold
AViMDzzSY ~ Had the glow OF wine
MWlN@ and the pow'r be-
NSAN~A BY the tabled fount OF
AAN\NM old;
A3NkXN quaffed draught, :.
W&<ISS& E@lk-=SS Wore the crown OF
SSse ~ draLght was quaffed,
~SSS9 Felt q flame at heart
and BRAIN
She seized brush, as a Raphael would,
In a half-inspired way.
The colors spread till Venus stood
Where a sleeping Cupid lay,
Her rosy tints like they were that morn
In the misty long ago,
When Loves queen sprang from the sea- new
For the human races VICE.
She cIutched star, but it slipped and fell
To the pool her pen had made,
And Quenched it's fires Il the impure well
Where so many feet had strayed;
She held bud, but it's beauty fed
From the smile her Venus wore
The petals dropped till the rose was dead
And the hand reached forth no more.