The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-04-10

got lots of help outside, SO none of you
had better interfere. Besides, the vigi-
lantes are after him and saw EN- buyin'
a rope up town few minutes ago"
With this significant shot he led his,
man outside and into his blackboard
which he had brought from Helena, and
after putting irons on his feet started for
home. All went we'll until about daylight,
thirty-five miles from Helena, when, just
as he crossed a bridge over one of the
streams. gang of mounted and masked
men sprang up and surrounded the Mar
shall and his prisoner In another minute
the officer was tumbled unceremoniously
out of the vehicle and the prisoner was
being dragged to the fridge upon which
they proposed to hang him. Sanders
struggled to his feet, although still in the
grasp of couple of stalwart vigilantes.
and yelled:
Hold on, boy; you know me; I'm San
ders, of Helena; I've been with ye many
time. Say, you chaps are making mis-
take. That fellow you've got is no COM
mon horsethief. He's a bank cashier
from st. Paul, and got away with hun
dred thousand good old dollars, and he's
got EN- hid down here at Helena. There's
a reward for him, and I'm broke and need
the money darn hard, SO let up on him and
I'll make it all right. Of course you
gentlemen know I wouldn't kick if he
was hoss-thief."
"All right, Colonel" returned one of
the masked men; take the skunk along;
but it's darn good thing he amt boss
thief or we'd a roped him, you bet
So they 4yanked" him back into the
blackboard, and with a 1so-long
Colonel" rode away, and Sanders took
him into Helena. Some of the very
men who put Sanders up to going after
the thief were the ones who gave in
formation to the vlgilantes, but none
of them happened to be III the gang to
dispute the bluff made by Sanders. and
their establishment was intense when he
rode in about noon with this prisoner.
~
Gen. Spinola, representing one of the
most pOpulous OF the New York City
Congressional districts, is hard man to
tackle in a debate. Habitues of the
House galleries take keen delight in
listening to his sharp sarcastic and witty
FIVE minute speeches. Congressman Kerr.
of Iowa, ran against him the other day
in the debate over the "canteen system in
the army" and he is now trying to dis
cover which the General most resembles,
q buzz saw or a cyclOne-and Kerr is
no infant in an off-hand debate himself.
While Kerr has faculty of propounding
troublesome questions. Spinola has a
faculty of answering them in the most
caustic and aggravating way.
~
There is a growing suspicion that the
largest number of members of the pres
ent Congress look upon the civll-service
law in anything but a favorable light.
Be this as it may, test of its popularity
among the members will be made when
ho foc ODD no1 IN
carry the law into effect come up for con-
sideration. The commits sion wants an
extra appropriation of $37, 900, and the
enemies Of civil-service leform intend to
make fight on it. There will unques-
tionably be fight also on the regular
appropriation.
A belief prevails in legislative circles
that the recommendation of Secretary
Proctor in favor OF tran sferring the pen
sion Office f1om the Interior to the War
Department should pre- 5ail. The propo-
sition has been discussed in somewhat
different form several times during the
past few years. 1t is well known that the
proofs relating to the records of soldiers
and pension claimants are furnished by
the War Department. 1t is pro-
posed by combining the Pension
Bureau and War Department to curtail
the expense of double force, and draw
upon the large force of army officers now
in the employ of tlae War Department,
and subject to the call of the Secretary
War, for aid in carrying on the pension
business. The young lieutenants who
heretofore have hSd nothing to do but
cultivate their social qualities of course
will object to t'eing put to work. If this
project is carried out the pension force
ho Ind az M ovfr 10 ho
govern ment and operate to the advantage
of the younger branch of the army,
which at present occupies much the same
position to the government as piece of
statuary in our lady's parlor.
The discussion over the bill for the ad-
mission of Wyoming, which passed the
| House last week, revealed an astonish-
ingly large number of Congressman who
have leaning toward woman suffrage.
An amendment to the bill striking out
the suffrage clause in the Constitution
adopted by Wyoming last summer was
defeated by a handsome majority. and
number forty three will come into the
Union with a provision In her organic
act giving equal rights to male and fe-
male.
The resolution of Senator VOORHEES,, of
Indiana, relating to the financial depres-
sion among the farmers, is destined to
become the bugbear of the Senate before
the close of the session. The Senator
has taken up the cause of the granger, as
we'll as a number of other Senators, and
they propose to follow up the question to
the bitter end Indeed, the farming ele-
meat is receiving much attention at the
hands of Congress this year, but whether
beneficial Legislation is to take place re-
mains to be seen. All factions unite in
the opinion that something must be
done. but the split occurs on the ways and
means.
And now howl may be expected from
the Dudes Union, if there is such an
organization. The passage of the Nc
Kinley tariff bill will result in raising the
price of cigarettes and imported cigars.
The duty on leaf tobacco is increased
from 81 per pound to 1915 per pound,
stemmed quality; the unstemmed quality
is increased from rs cents to So. Cigars
and cigarettes and cheroots are also in