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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-07-31
THE FORCE BILL.

Senator ingalls, Significant Remarks in
the Senate.
THE Senate, on the 28th, passed the SEN
ate bill to pension all surviving officers and
men of Powe1ls battalion of Missouri
mounted volunteers raised during the war
with Mexico. Mr.. Aldrich offered a resolu-
tion fixing the hour of meeting of the SEN
ate at IL a. M, which was finally agreed to,
with the understanding that the Senate
should adjourn at o'clock. During the
discussion Mr.. Ingalls, said that the morn
ing hour should last two hours daily for
the consideration of business on the cal
endar. He said that as soon as the
tariff bill, the appropriation bills and the
election bill were passed Congress would I'M
dOubtedly adjourn promptly. Mr.. Coleman,
of Louisiana, introduced in the House bill
to create Bureau of Health and to prevent
the introduction and extension of contagious
and infectious diseases in the United States.
The bill authorizes the President to appoint
q Chief Commissioner Of Health at a salary
of SIS, 900 per annum, who shall be under the
Secretary of the Interior, and who shall
hold his office until seventy years of age,
unless removed by the President. The
President is also authorized to appoint
Health Commission of twenty members, di-
yided as follows: Five Commissioners for
the yellow fever section and three each for
the following sections: Cholera, smallpox,
diphtheria, typhoid fever and scarlet fever,
each Commissioner to receive q salary of
$4,000 per annum The commission is to
designate five of their number to be known
as the Quarantine Commission" The bill
appropriates $1,000 to pay the first years
salaries and the expenses of the Commits
sion. The bill was referred to the Commit
tee on Commerce.
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COMMISSIONERS RAUM.
His Management of the Pension Bureau
to Be Inquired Into.

His Management of the Pension Bureau
to Be Inquired Into.
The House Committee on Rules has
agreed to report in modified form, with
a favorable recommendation. the resolu-
ton introduced by Representative Cooper,
of Indiana, providing for an Investigation
of charges made against Commissioner
Raum, of the Pension Office. The reso-
luton provides that the investigation
shall be conducted by a select committee
of five. Mr.. Cooper's resolution is as fol-
lows:
WHEREAS, Reports are being widely circulated
through the newspapers, rejecting upon the
MANAGEMENT of the bureau of pensions, in
which it is charged
1. That the present. commissioner of pensions
has been engaged in Selling to certain employees
of the pension Office shares of stock in corpo-
ration or company of which he is president,
which was organized for the purpose of intro
ducing patent refrigerator which it is claimed
is impracticable and worthless, and that in con-
sidexation of such purposes said employees are
promoted in Office and
2. That said Commissioner of Pensions has
recently, by an unjust and partial ruling adj
vanced and caused to be taken out Of their or
der many thousands Of the claims of a certain
attorney residing in the city of Washington,
and that in consideration thereof said attorney
has become surety on the note of said Commits
sioner in bank in the city of Washington for
the sum Of SOS, 900; therefore
Be 1T resolved, That the Committee on Pen
gions be and they are hereby directed to inquire
concerning said charges and report to the
E0uge And for the purpose of making said in
yegtigation thorough and complete the said
persons and papers, to administer oaths and
take testimony.
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STEAMERS CRASH TOGETHER.
An Excursion Boat Badly Damaged by q
ChesapeaISe Bay Liner.

An Excursion Boat Badly Damaged by a
Chesapeake Bay Liner.
Baltimore (Md.) telegram: The steamer
Virginia, for Norfolk, Va, on her regular
trip, was in collision with the steamer
Louise, on her way to Baltimore from Toll
chester Beach, on the Chesapeake Bay, with
fifteen hundred excursionists. The Virginia
struck the Louise on the starboard side, aft
of the wheel, cutting away the outer wood
work and crashing into the saloon. The Vir-
ginia's stem was badly twisted and her bow
stove. The deaths among the excursionists
number as many as five, with number of
persons injured. There were no fatalities
on the Virginia. The names of four of the
dead are known. They are: Mrs. Mahalia
Marshall Charles Grenzer, Daniel Kopp,
Howard Keller, and William Biegel. A
number OF person are still reported missing
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HOW THE BUILDING WILL LOOK.

and rye straw, grasses, ETC., will be used
in trimming to give the c terror pleas
ing contrast of color and shading. Corn
in various forms, sheaf wheat and oats,
and other farm products will enter large
ly in the interior decorations. The eX-
hibit is designed primarily to show the
resources and products of Will, Iroquois,
Kankakee, Vermillion, Livingston, Grun-
DIV and Ford counties in Illinois, and Of
Lake, Newton, Benton, Warren and
Fountain counties in Indiana. These
counties are being organized by town
ships to secure a proper representation
of the products of their farms, factories,
forests, mines, ETC., together with the
requirements of their people in the way
Of music, art, athletics, and manual
training.
Among some of the novel features will
be an immense aquarium containing, as
far as possible, every species OF fish ma
tive to the Kankakee, Iroquois and
Wabash Rivers; collections of the geo
logical. botanical, pathological and 20
illogical features of the district; a cOllec-
ton of Indian and prehistoric relics,
owned and mostly collected within the
district. The latter feature promises to
be unusually interesting, as several large
collections have already been secured,
including the noted mOund-builders' col
lection, belonging to Ell. M. Keyser of
this city, embracing the relics obtained
from over 600 mounds in the Upper Kan
kakee Valley.
The reunion of the survivors of the
Seventy-sixth Regiment, Illinois Infantry,
will take place Oct. 2 and 3, the second
and third days of the exposition. This
will be followed by band tournament,
a fremen's tournament and bicycle
tournament. There will also be con-
test of the church choirs of the district,
for which the association offers liberal
prizes: also of male quartettes, solo sing
ers, etc.
One room in the palace will be set
apart for drawings and models lllustrat-
ing the methods of constructing and
operating manufacturing plants OF the
class that seek locations in the smaller
cities and towns. Lectures and such
other information as can be procured Will
be given in this room, on methods OF Sc
curing manufacturing establishments,
and the experience of various cities and
towns will be detailed in the hope OF in
citing the people of the district to
stronger efforts in the way of building
up and increasing their manufacturing
industries.
The hay palace will be the first palace
exposition east of the Mississippi River,
and the fact that small city like Mo-
mence has raised the money and carried
the work of organization to point
where success seems certain speaks well
for the enterprise and public spirit of he1
people. The project of the exposition
was conceived by Charles S. McNichols,
Secretary of the Association, after a
visit to Creston, Iowa, where the success
of the Blue Grass Palace has almost
turned the heads of the Crestonites.
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FAMILY BURNED ALIVE.
Deadly Flames in Cincinnati Tenement
Consume Four Persons.

Deadly Flames in a Cincinnati Tenement
Consume Four Persons.
Cincinnati had a tenement house horror
which will result in the loss of five lives.
The dead: Solomon Minces, aged 40; Mary
Minces, aged %; Aaron Minces. aged g..
The fatally injured are: Eva Minces. aged
IA; George Shipwell. aged 81. Injured:
Mary Kacimeyer, aged CO. The scene
of the catastrophe was rickety
three STORY brick building on the public
landing next to the old Spencer House.
The building fairly swarms with humanity.
there being more than thirty people who
abide in the place, which is veritable
death trap. Onthe ground floor is Junk
shop, which was conducted by Solomon
Minces. a Polish Jew. who lived on the
second floor with ais family. who were
asleep in their rooms and were caught
without any chance of escape.
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ON THE FIRST BALLOT.

Minnesota Republicans Choose Gov. Mer-
riam Their Standard-Bearer.
The Minnesota Republican State Con-
vention met at st. Paul and placed the fol-
lowing ticket in the field: Governor, Will
lam r. Merriam: Lieutenant Governor.
Gideon S. Ives; Treasurer. Joseph Bob
Letter; Secretary of State. F. P. Brown;
Auditor, P. j. MCGUIRE; Attorney General,
Moses E. Clapp; Clerk of Supreme Court,
c. B. Holcomb. The platform favors re-
ciprocity with South American, denounces
all monopolies and trusts. approves the
Australian ballot system for the whole
State. rec ognizes the services of the sol
der. and indorses the disability pension
law introduced and championed by Senator
Davis
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OSCAR wILDE's cYNICIsM.
the thief of time.

Punctuality is the thief of time.
Religion consoles some. It's mysteries
have all the charms of a Irritation.
Nowadays people know the price OF
everything, and the value Of nothing.
Laughter is not bad beginning for
a friendship and is the best ending Tor
one
Young men want to be faithful and
are not; old men want to be faithless
and cannot.
The one charm of marriage is that 1t
makes life of deception necessary for
both parties.
Men marry because they are tired,
women because they are curious. Both
are disappointed.
The only difference between a caprice
and lifelong passion is that the caprice
lasts little longer.
Nothing can cure the soul but the
senses. just as nothing can cure tns
senses but the soul.
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BUILT OF BALED HAY.
A GRAND AND UNIQUE PALACE
AT MOMENCE, ILL.

Novel Features of the Coming Industrial
Exposition at That PIace-nIinois and
Indiana Will Contribute Their Prod
ucts and Resources.
[Momence (Ill.) dispatch to Chicago Tribune. u
Preparations for the Interstate Hay
Palace Exposition, which is to be held at
Momence Oct. Ill, are now well adj
Vsnced, and work on the building is in
progress.
The building, as its name indicates,
viii be constructed principally of baled
hay, but, as a matter of course, lumber,
iron and glass will be necessary in a
building of such proportions. The pal
ace will be 204 feet in length, with a
width of 10 feet in the center. The
accompanying engraving, taken from
the architects plans, gives a good idea
Of it's appearance, but does not show the
auditorium in the rear of the central or
main hall. This main hall is a perfect
circle 103 feet in diameter, surmounted
by central glass dome 81 feet in cir
conference, the top Of which will be
81 feet from the ground.
A gallery, sixteen feet wide, sweeps
entirely around this main hall, from the
inner circle Of which there is an unol-
Structed view to the center and to the
top of the dome. Three wings lead
from the main hall, the larger or rear
wing being designed for an auditorium,
seating 1900 people.
The Kankakee marshes east of Mo-
mence annually produce thousands of
tons of a species of wild hay that is baled
and shipped principally for packing pur-
poses. This hay, pressed in bales 16 by
90 by SO inches, will furnish the princi-
pal visible material used in building the
walls and towers, but enough baled oat
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-07-31
ORDERED A BOYCOTT.

Building Operations in New York, Brook
Iyn, and Jersey City at Standstill.
A bitter fight is going on in the various
building trades in Brooklyn, N. Y. and
what tue outcome will be it is difficult to
foretell. A boycott has been placed on the
large brickyards at Haverstraw and YER
qIanck's Point, the owners of which are
members of the Brick Manufacturers As
sociation, This move is the outcome of the
memorable battle three years ago between
the association and the employers union.
in which the association was victorious.
Several of the boss builders said that if the
boycott was allowed to continue building
operations this season would be certainly
ruined in New York. Brooklyn. and Jersey
CITY.
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Minor Mention.

CHARLES GRANT, employed in the
Waugh Steel Works at Belleville, ILL.,,
was instantly killed by an elevator.
THE United States of Colombia has
welcomed the proposals of Lieut.. Wyse
of Paris looking to a renewal OF the
Panama canal concessions.
WILLIE HARDIN, son of Il. V. Har-
din, farmer of Barreton, KY, was
kicked to death by mules when he went
out to feed and care for them.
PETER THEoBALD. aged 10, was
stabbed and killed at a birthday party
in Hamilton, o., by John Haacke, an
unlimited guest.
THIRTY carloads of fat cattle are to
be shipped direct from Springf cid, Ill,
to Europe by Messrs. Maxwell and
Montgomery. The order is special
one and is encouraging to cattle-raisers
of this section.
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MINERS WANT EIGHT HOURS.

They Are Preparing to Strike April 30,
1891, Unless 1t Is Granted.
The National Executive Board Of the
United Mine Workers at Pitts burg, Pa,
has fixed April 80. 1891, as the date when
the present system of mining shall cease.
and an eight-hour movement be inaugu-
rated. The eight-hour declar says
that this agitation has become necessary
in the mining craft, as long deprivation of
sunlight and good air is tending to the
weakening and decay of thousands and
their children.
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nominees We're chosen for officers. the
Democrats raised objections to three
members and also to the election Of the
Speaker by d quorum majority. but their
objections were overruled. and protest
was ordered spread upon the minutes. A
message from the Governor was read. set
ting forth the necessity of the session, and
urging speedy completion of the work
projected. No bills being ready for pre-
sentation both houses adjourned for the
dow
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-07-31
Railway Earnings.

The gross earnings of the principal rail-
roads in the United States continue to show
handsome gains as compared with the cor
responding time last year in spite of alleged
cut-throat practices in the matter of rates.
For the second week in July eighty-six roads
averaged an increase of 0.36 per cens., and
for the third week twenty-three roads av-
eraged gain of 1850 per cent.
A Counterreiter's Time Shortened.
The President Gas committed to two years
and four months actual imprisonment the
fve-year sentence of S. t. Martin, convicted
in Kansas of counterfeiting.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-07-31
MANY CRUSHED TO DEATH.
A Disastrous Tornado Sweeps Through
South Lawrence, Mass.

A Disastrous Tornado Sweeps Through
South Lawrence, Mass.
Nearly one hundred houses were wrecked.
scores of people injured, and eight lives
suddenly ended by cyclone that swept
over Lawrence. Mass. a few days ago. The
tornado struck the city from the west. 1t
cut a swath over a mile in length and 500
feet in width. The hospital is filed with
injured. while houses spared from the
wreck are sheltering the homeless. The
destruction was confined wholly to South
Lawrence. Fully Ave hundred people were
rendered homeless. The windows of st.
Patrick's Church were blown in; trees.
chimneys. signs. fences and roofs are torn
away outside of the path OF the storm.
while in its direct route everything was
laid flat
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-07-31
world,s Fair Omces rendered.

= Washington special: The commits
sioners of the worlds fair during their
recent visit to this city rendered to
Rotert P. Porter, now superintendent
of the census, the posi- ton of chief OF
the bureau of awards, and to Prof. q.
Brown Goode. now assistant secretary
of the Smithsonian Institute and in
charge of the national museum, the po-
sition of chief of the bureau of classifi-
cation and catalogues for the forthcom-
ing exposition.
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To Be Buried in Sweden.

Says Washington telegram: The Sec
rotary of the Navy got his ire up this morn
ing over the naval intrigues that have at
tended the sending home of Ericsson's
body, and peremptorily ordered the Balti-
more to proceed at once to New York and
take or board the remains. The Pensacola.
whose officers are credited with kicking up
the fuss about the Essex. in the hope that
their ship might be sent to Sweden. was
just as peremptoriIy ordered to Brazil"
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DIDN'T LIKE THE woRKHoUsE.

An Indianapolis Dictionary Thief Prefers
to Go to the Penitentiary.
Cornelius Nc Carly. a man OF fine attain
ments, but given to drink. was sent to the
Indiana Penitentiary under peculiar cir
cumstances. He stole dictionary at In
dianapolis, and the court was about to send
him to the workhouse on q plea of guilty
when McCarty said: Your Honor. rise
to protest against being sent to the work.
house. have been there seventeen times
and am tired of it, The fare is simply
villainous and the associations are baA
Please send me to the Penitontiary for a
year for a change" Judge Irwin granted
the request and sentenced him for one year.
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The Route to India.

The latest grab by England is in the
neighbour God of Persia. An English COM.
pany. with royal protection, has been given
control of the Straits of hormuz by the
Shah. AS England now controls the Straits
OF Gibraltar, the Suez Canal, Alden. and
the Straits of Hormuz. it will be seen that
it has the undisputed right of way from
the English Channel through the Mediter-
ranean. Red. and Arabian Seas up into the
Persian Gulf, and is thus in a position to
dispute more effectively the onward move
ments of Russia toward India.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-07-31
No Money for the Wedding Trip.

George T. Carr, of Ocala, Fla. shot himself
at Romeo on the eve OF his marriage to
Miss Rubin Weston. OF the latter town.
and the affair has produced profound sem
sation. Carr had been dealing extensively
in phosphate lands. and was reported to
have made $4,000 by recent transactions.
It is learned, however. that the cash did
not materialize, and failure to raise money
by loan for the expense of the wedding
trip is supposed to have induced the sui
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1890-07-31
SENSATION IN A ST. LOUIS HOTEL.
A Wealthy Widow successfully Resists
Confinement in an ASYLUM.

"A WeaILnY WIDOW ouCCbSeIUIAy ANOSAStS
Confinement in an Asylum.
There was intense excitement at the
Hotel Beers when an effort was made by the
relatives of Mrs. Hulda Bienenstock to take
her to the asylum. Several lady friends of
hers were present, and as they thoroughly
believe in her sanity they screamed and cried
shame while her lawyer, Mr.. Jonas, plant
ed himself fairly in front of the party, and
declared that if they took his client it would
be over his body. The Hotel Beers is the
most aristocratic house in the city. Mrs.
Bienenstock is the widow of IsidOr Bienen-
stock and claims that her relatives want
her money. The attempt to conine her was
abandoned.
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ORDERED A RECOUNT.

superintendent Porter Says He Will Take
an Honest Census in the Twin Cities.
Minneapolis and st. Paul remind me of
two thieves who, falling out. become very
virtuous and disclaim all knowledge of the
thievery," said Superintendent Porter of
the Census Bureau. Both of those cities,
having been discovered in fraudulent work.
have protested against a recount. but
have ordered recount by new supervis-
ors and under new methods. We will see
now how an honest count will compare
with dishonest count"
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Everybody Contributed.

The Johnstown PG.) Flood Finance
Committees books have been examined,
and some figures printed as to the receipts.
Money has been received from every State
in the Union and from nearly every coun-
try in the world. Pennsylvania leads with
SS1, 500. %; Ohio sent $60.90S.7 70: New York
follows with $50. 1850. and New Jersey
with Sal. ass. So. OF New York's share,
however, $41. 1862 is credited to the city.
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JAMES MOONEY DROWNED.
The Notorious Dynamiter Loses His Life
at Far ROckaway, N. Y.

at Far hOckaWAy, Ne IL
James Mooney, the dynami+er, was
drowned in the surf at Far Rockaway,
New York. His body has not been recov-
cred. He attained his greatest notoriety
a few years ago by his attempt to blow up
the British steamship Queen while she was
at her wharf in the North River and about
to sail for Liverpool. He approached the
ship in rowboat, and the explosives
which he fired under her bows caused a
panic aboard, but did no serious damage
Mooney was arrested, his counsel inter
posed plea of insanity, and Mooney was
sent to a lunatic asylum. He was recently
released on the certificates of physicians
saying he had fully recovered. Since then
he has been engaged as book canvasser.
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: DEMAND WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Wisconsin PrOhibitiOnists Put State
Ticket in the Field.

Wisconsin ProhibitiOnists Put State
Ticket in the Field.
The Wisconsin Prohibitionists met at
Madison. and adopted a platform favor
ing woman suffrage. recognizing the
Womens Christian Temperance Union. de-
clining to indorse the Bennett educational
law. and insisting upon State and national
prohibition. The following ticket was then
nominated:
Observation-Disclosures Alexander, of Eau Claire.
Lieutenant Governor-W.. II. Nethercut' OF
Mi1wapke6. 4s'-'s-r> -Es7>.''@"- L. - :.
Secretary of state-George G. McKerrow' OF
Waukesha. -
Treasurer-Robert Fargo, of Lake Mills.
Attorney General-T. E. Van Keulen, OF Osn-
kosh.
Superintendent of Public nstruction-Henry
Sumner of Outaganie.
Railroad Commissioners. Q. Black, OF Rich
land.
Insurance Commissioner-Andrew Peterson
of Green,
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The IiI-Fated Sea- wing.

Red Wing Minn.) special says: The
Government inspectors have secured the
names of 214 persons who were on board
the Inflated steamer Sea Wing. which was
wrecked in the cyclone on Lake Pepin.
The steamer and barge were allowed by
law to carry only 175 persons. The penalty
for violation is severe
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Large Postoffice Profits.

George L. Thompson, Postmaster at War
rem, WyO., has been requested by Post
master General Wanamaker to resign. 1t is
claimed that Thompson has been charging
five cents each for two-cent stamps, telling
patrons that high freight rates rendered it
impossible to sell them for less money.
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Fire DESTROYS a Town.

Wallace, in Ceur 'Allene mining dis
rrict, Idaho. is lying in ashes. The fire
started in a saloon. Wallace is the center
of one of the richest mining districts in the
West, producing halt of the lead supply of
the United States. besides millions in gold
and silver. It has population of 1000. is
reached by both Union and Northern Pa
cific branch lines and is the largest town
in the district.
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600. If SO. there has been gain of 500 per
cent. since 1880. when there were $4,000
people in the then Territory. Much OF
his increase. which will doubtless give the
State another Congressman. is due TO the
wonderful growth of towns like Seattle.