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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
DOWN AN ENHANCEMENT.
Frightfu1 Wreck on the Union Pacific
Railway in Colorado.

Frightfu1 Wreck on the Union Pacific
Railway in Colorado.
A Denver (Col) special says: Passenger
train No. 314, bound toward Denver on
the Graymont Division of the Union
Pacific Railway, was wrecked near
Beaver Brook Station, and twenty-six
passengers were injured five of whom will
probably die. The train was late and run
ming rapidly, and when rounding sharp
curve the express car left the track and
rolled down a fifteen foot embankment. 1t
was followed by the mail and two passen-
ger coaches, one Of which turned
over twice before reaching the bot
tom. The train was loaded with passen-
gers, many Of whom were Knights Of
Pythias who were returning from the
knights of Pythias State convention which
was held at Aspen last week. When the
news reached Golden, Col, a wrecking
train was ordered out and was starting
when Robert Pruin, an employe of the road,
attempted to board the engine. In doing
so his revolver fell from his hip pocket, the
hammer striking a stone, and the weapon
was discharged the ball taking effect in the
mans neck, making a wound which will
result fatally.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
TIES ON THE TRACK.
Robbers Make Bold Attempt to Wreck an
Express Train.

Robbers Make Bold Attempt to Wreck an
Express Train.
Train robbers tried to wreck the fast ex-
press on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne
Chicago Railroad. The train is due In
Chicago at 9:25 p. M. The desperate at
tempt to hurl it from the rails was made
about twenty miles out of Chicago.
Charles Howard, an employe of the
Standard Oil Company, at Whiting, Ind,
has been arrested on suspicion OF
being one of the wreckers. He was brought
to the city and locked up at the Desplaines
Street Station. score of officers from
South Chicago hunted all night through the
Indiana marshes after the five men who'
Howard says, tried to ditch the train. Ties
were placed on the track by the despera-
does, but the engineer of the train saw the
obstruction in the glare of his headlight,
and reversing the engine came to stop
just as the pilot pushed its nose against the
pile of heavy timbers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
SKINNED HIM ALIVE.
Horrible Punishment of a Co1ored Brute
in Louisiana.

IN LOUISIANA
News has been received OF heinous af-
fair near Arcadia, La. A school-teacher
was going home the other afternoon when
when she was set upon by a burly negro,
who dragged her into the woods near by
and tied her to tree, whore she was kept
for two days A searching party found her
there the evening of the second day, when
she told them her story, with the request to
hide near, as the negro would soon return.
This they did, and in short while the
negro made his appearance and was capt
ured. He was fearfully tortured, being
skinned alive and literally cut to pieces.
His body was left in the woods for the buzz
yards to diSDOS0 of.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
MANY DEATHS BY FLOODS.

Reports of Loss of Life and Destruction OF
Property Throughout Spain.
Reports. are constantly arriving from
Spain of loss of life and destruction of
property by reason of the great floods.
Near Castlego train was derailed, one per-
son being killed and three others injured.
At Toledo a number of houses collapsed and
six persons were crushed to death. From
various points come reports of great loss of
life by drowning. Official advices from the
province of Toledo report that the floods
have inflicted enormous damage and caused
the loss of 1000 lives. Communication is
almost entirely cut off in many directions
and it is believed when the full returns are
received still greater calamity will be re-
Yealed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
wheat BLOCKADE in Kansas.

Ever since the wheat harvest in Kansas
was begun, receipts of wheat at Kansas
City, Mo-. have been enormous, and q
blockade of serious dimensions now exists.
There were in the Missouri Pacific yards
500 cars Of loaded wheat waiting to be for
warded; in the Santa Fe yards 400 cars; in
the Union Pacific yards $50, and in the
yards of all the other roads about 500 cars.
all told. Similar reports come from all
over Kansas.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
Foreign War Clouds.

Everybody has been watching so long
for an outbreak Of war in Europe that it
would now be about the most surprising
thing that could happen. -Philadelphia
Inquirer.
There is one good material reason for
keeping the peace at present. Russia has
just ordered a new rife for her infantry
and would probably rather not fight I'M
til rearmament is completed. Fran
cisco Bulletin.
Certainly if the Emperor desired war
he could find a better pretext in this
| (Dardanelles) incident than has served
for many previous outbreak, and an
occasion which would give him an active
ally in England, whether this latter
country desired it or not. But William
has said he was for peace, and evidently
meant Spring field Republican.
The Dardanelles incident would prob
ably have caused war had it occurred q
dozen years ago. At present, however,
France is on Russia's side, Turkey is
partially acquiescent on account of her
opposition to England on the Egyptian
question, and England will make no
formidable protest unde' present condi-
tons. Slowly, but adroitly and surely,
Russia is forcing her way to the south
ward, and the old Muscovite dream Of
establishing it's headquarters at Constan-
tinople may be verified earlier than Cen
trail or Western Europe imaglne.-St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
Short crops will not stand in the way
of war, but may precipitate it. The
French are eager at all times for a row.
The masses in Russia and Germany
would q rlIiQUQ
the monotony of semi starvation. Aus
tria and Italy have their internal tFou-
bles. England has vast interests on. the
continent and in Asia and Africa. If
there is any big disturbance going on
she will be dragged into it. France and
Russia cannot much longer contemplate
the triple alliance of Germany, Austria
and ICaly without making an effort to
smash it, and the first fash of gunpow-
der will light lurid blaze throughout
Europe. Constitution.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
Improvine His Time in JaiI.

Rev. John Van Wagner, of Cedar
Springs. is repenting an error in Judgment
in the Grand Rapids, Mich, jail. Van
Wagner caused the arrest of young man
for disturbing "a revival meeting. The
young man was not convicted and brought
suit for damages by capias and secured a
verdict Of S35 with $67 costs. The pastor
refused to pay and was put in JAIL He has
his prayer book and hymnal with him and
is getting up q revival in the county jail
until his tormentors get weary of paying
his board.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
MADE THE ROPE THAT HANGED
GUITEAU.

Another Supposed Victim of the Assas-
sims Curse Dies at st. Louis.
Robert III. Humphrey, the man who made
the rope with which Guiteau was hanged,
was stricken down, at st. Louis with paral-
ysis of the spinal cord and died. Guiteau,
before his death, cursed the men response
Bile for his execution, predicting that they
would come to no good end, and several Of
these men have gone to untimely graves.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
BROKE THE EAsT-BoUND RECORD.

The City of New York Makes Quick Time
from New York to Fastnet.
The steamship City of New York, from
New York for Liverpool, has arrived there
Her time to Fastnet was days % hours
and 30 minutes which breaks the east
bound record. The China and Japan mails,
per steamship Empress Of Japan to Van
couver and Canadian Pacific Railway to
New York. were aboard the city of New
York, andlreaehed London in twenty days
from Yokohama, beating all previous mail
records.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
ANOTHER TAsCoTT FOUND.

Millionaire Smells Alleged Murderer Held
in SOut1. Carolina Jail.
Near Bamberg, s. c., a man supposed to
be the notorious William B. Tascott, who
murdered the millionaire Amos ]. Smell in
Chicago the night of Feb. s, 1888, was ar
rested by @. w. Stewart, a detective who
claims to be from Washington, Ia. Stewart
says he met the man tramping in Savan-
nah,E and assuming the guise of a tramp
himself kept up with him until he was pos
tive he had the right man. The man an
swers the description of Tascott.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
1T MAY MEAN WAR.
Great Britain Takes Vigorous Action in
China.

Great Britain Takes Vigorous Action IN
China.
China has finally succeeded in rousing
the British Government to vigorous action.
The unsatisfactory reply of the Chinese
Government to the protest of Sir John VOL
som, the British Minister, has been followed
by what is almost equivalent to an open
declaration OF war by Great Britain. News
comes from Shanghai that a steamer has
been chartered by the British Government
to at once proceed to Ichang with men, am
munition and arms Ichang is in the prov
tnce of Hupeh, on the Yellow River, and is
in the center of the disturbed district.
England's action will doubtless be the sig
nal for the adoption of more aggressive
measures by the other foreign powers rep
resented in China.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
SUNK IN A COLLISION.
The italian Steamer TaOrmina Sent to the
Bottom of Cape Sunium.

News has reached Rome Of terribly dis
astrous collision off Cape Sunium. The tt
allan messageries steamer Taormina col
lided with the Greek steamer Thessalia.
The former vessel almost Immediately sank.
The captain, several of the crew and forty
cabin passengers who were standing on the
bridge of the Taormina at the moment Of
the collision were rescued by the boats of
the Thessalia. Cape Sunium is on the
southeastern coast of Greece.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
Forced to the WALL.

Alexander & Son, corn brokers, of Thread
needle street, London, have failed. Their
liabilities amount to 81, $40, sos and their
assets to e27, $40. The failure is attrip tied
by the members Of the firm to losses IN
Cured in grain speculation since May lat.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
Terrible Results of a Quarrel.

John and William Roman, father and son,
had fatal quarrel with Shelby Jett, near
Richmond, KY, the younger Roman being
killed and the senior Roman seriously in
jured. Jett was shot in the head, but the
wound is not fatal He has been arrested.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
Shortage of $4,000.

President Coleman, of y the Catholic
Knights of America, is at Chattanooga,
Tenn, investigating the accounts Of M. J.
O'Brien, Treasurer of the order. Thus
far in the investigation of the accounts
there is deficit of about $50, O00
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17

At Bridgetown, N. j., Sadie Shaw, aged
years, and Johnnie Souders, about the same
age, were playing on a pile of sand when
it caved in, completely burying them sa-
die was killed, and the boy was so badly
injured that his recovery is doubtful
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
BIG FIRE AT BROOKLYN.

A Business Building Destroyed at Loss
of 100000.
The four-story building, 10 and 112 Myr-
tie avenue, Brooklyn. burned. 1t was oc-
cupied by Schillenberg, clothing; III. Baum,
milliner; A. B. Pouch, a manufactures of
advertising novelties; and the 6. w. Greed
Company, manufacturers of women's I'M
dergarments. The total loss is estimated
at 500, 600; fully covered by insurance.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
"A Cracksrnan Fscanes.

At Springfield, Ohio, about three weeks
ago a craftsman, supposed to be Jimmy
Mulligan, was injured by an explosion while
breaking open safe. The next day he en-
tered the City Hospital for treatment. An
intercepted letter to a sister disclosed his
identity, but he made good his escape.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17

near South Scion to look at some sheep.
When a lonely place on the road was
reached Dougherty made an excuse to get
out of the buggy, and, pointing a revolver
at Blessing, demanded his money. Bless
ing gave up $120. Then the robber made
him drink whisky until beastly drunk and
left him,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
A Life Sentence.

The sentence of the Rev. Howard Nc
Queary, of Canton, Ohio, suspended for six
months for alleged heterodox utterances,
has been changed by Bishop Leonard, of
the Episcopal Church, to perpetual sus-
penSiOn.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
HUNDREDS SLAIN.

Property Worth Millions Destroyed in San
Salvador, Central America.
Millions of dollars worth of property and
many lives were destroyed in San Salvador
Republic, Central America, by an earth
quake. Whole towns were wiped out, and
so far as advices received indicate hardly
city in the country, except those along
the coast, escaped the awful effects Of the
CONFUSION.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
SEPTEMBER CROP REPORT.

A Decline of Six POintsi I'm the Condition
of Cotton During August.
The September report of the Department
of Agriculture marks reduction in the
condition of cotton during the last six
months of six points-from $50 to S2.7.
August is a critical period in the growth of
the cotton plant, and sixteen times In
twenty years has deterioration been indi-
Gated by the returns of Sept. l. In the
four exceptional years the August averages
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
Train Wrecked by a Horse.

A passenger train on the Cotton Belt
Line was wrecked by running over horse
at England, Ark Engineer Lynch was
fatally scalded. Fireman Casket had two
ribs broken and was injured internally.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
TRIP OF THE TRANSCoNTINENrAL
MAIL.

From New York to Albany, $50 Miles, in 14O
Minutes.
An Albany, N. Y. special says: The
first western bound transcontinental mail
train, with mail for China and Japan, pass
ed through here on the Central Railroad.
The distance from New York to this city,
$50 miles, as made in lao minutes. The
train consisted of a locomotive and three
mail cars. Switches were spiked, but the
pressure of the train was SO great that
these spikes were wrenched from the ties
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
Buried nv Gazing Sand.

At Bridgetown, N. j., Sadie Shaw, aged S
years, and Johnnie Souders, about the
same age, were playing on pile of sand,
when it caved in, completely burying them.
Both are dead.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17

were relatively low, and a decline has oc-
CURED during the previous month. The
cause of the present reduction on the At
lantic coast has been an excess OF rainfall,
causing overgrowth of the plant and
diminishing the tendency to fruitage.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
Commemorating a Bloody Event.

The corner stone of monument to the
memory of the White League who were
killed in the riot of 1874 was laid at. the
head of Canal street, New Orleans, where
the battle was fought.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
charge the Marshal with murder.

At Guthrie, O. T., William Meadows, of
FL Reno, o. T., has been arrested for
murder committed in Texas sixteen years
Ego. For many years Meadows has gone
under the assumed name of w. d. Rodeam,
and for two years past has been United
States Marshal
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
Three Mem Killed by am EXPLOSION.

Locomotive 113, of the Long Island Rail-
road. exploded at Oyster Bay Station, L. L,
just as it was about to haul out Several
cars, containing few passengers, were at
tached to the locomotive. Engineer Donald
son, Fireman Dickerson and Brakeman Ma
honey were killed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
Docs Not want Fassett,s Place.

Friends of Senator Hendricks, who has
just been mentioned as the probable sue
cessor of J. Sloat Fassett as Collector of the
Port of New York, say that the Senator
will not accept the place.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
Interstate COMMISSIONS Loss.

Judge Thomas NJ Cooley, of Michigan,
one of the most able jurists of the country,
and President of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, has resigned his position on
account Of i'll health.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
Never Wore a Corset.

Mrs. Van Nostrand, of New York, one
hundred and four years old, hale and
hearty, attributes her longevity and good
physical condition to the fact that she
never wore a corset.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
CURRENT COMMENT.
Open or Slut 2

The movement to close the Worlds
Fair at Chicago Sundays is movement
hostile to the Fair itself.-New York
World.
There does not seem to be much oc-
casion for difference of opinion. The
debate is all on the side of Sunday clos
ing. ST. Paul Globe
What the people will indorse is the
application Of common sense to the ques-
ton. Beyond this neither custom nor
law can go.-New York Press
By vote of Sc to SO, the lady man
ayers of the Worlds Fair registered
themselves in favor of the Fair closing
its doors on Sunday Milwaukee News.
The wise course, and the one that will
In all likelihood be adopted, is to admit
the public to the Fair on seven days in
the week with certain restrictions on
Sunday Indianapolis Journal
Whatever position the reader may
take upon the question of opening the
Worlds Fair on Sunday. he must admit
that the American Sabbath Union made
powerful protest before the Board of
Managers Bee.
Open Fair gates would immensely di-
minish Drunkenness. disorder, excursions,
crime, and depredations of various
nature by engaging the attention and
time Of tens of thousands in an orderly,
pleasant, and profitable manner.-Troy
Press
The exhibition is being conducted I'M
der the auspices of the government,
which has invited all other nations to
participate therein, and it would be
anomalous indeed it the managers should
trample upon the laws which hedge the
institution of the Sabbath and fling an
insult into the faces of every Christian
in the land. -Pittsburg Commercial
Gazette.
The machinery of the Fair may be
stopped on Sunday to prevent the noise
and give its attendants rest But to
close the Exposition on the one day when
hundreds of thousands of people can
alone visit it would not only be an in
justice to them, and fatal blow to the
financial success of the Fair, but fool
iSh concession to superstition which no
longer dominates America or any other
civilized country. York World.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
Engineer Killed.

An east-bound freight train on the Geor-
gia Pacific Road jumped the track and
rolled down high embankmcnt near Days
Gap, Ala. Engineer John Whiteworth was
instantly killed
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17

Murdered Sheriff and May Be Lynched'
Sheriff John II. McCargue, of Somerset.
KY, was assassinated by two brothers
named Gilland. They are in Jail. The
Sheriff was working up larceny case
against the Gillands and they killed
him. There is much excitement and the
murderers may be lynched.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
Lost His Life Through Fright.

John Carey, an old citizen Of Logansport,
Ind, while crossing the railroad tracks,
heard the engine whistle, stopped in the
middle of the track if struck helpless,
and was run over and killed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
LAID A DEATH TRAP.
UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT AT
TRAIN WRECKING.

Mail at Nearly Mile a Minute-Geo. Il.
LOring Dead-A Bloody Event Conn
memorated-The Ball Club Record
Great Britain Takes Vigorous Action
in China.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
ROBBED THE EXPRESS CAR.
Two Bold Operators Hold Up Train on the
Georgia Central Road.

The night express on the Central Rail-
road, which left Savannah, Georgia, the
other night, is reported to have been
held up about five miles west of there
by two men and the Southern Elk
press car robbed The robbers were passen-
gers on the train, who entered the express
car as the train stopped at crossing and
compelled the messenger to open a safe
which contained the money. The sealed
safe was not touched
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17

THE city of Jacksonville, Fla, pro-
tects catfish in the river as scavengers-
1t is q five-dollar fine to catch one OF
them and the fish seem to know it. The
river is full! Of them, and they vary In
size from baby to compound man.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
GEORGE B. LORING DEAD.

Sudden Demise of the Ex-NIinister to Portu-
gal at His Home in Salem, Mass.
George Bailey Loring, exMinister to
Portugal and formerly Commits sioner of Ag-
riculture, died at Salem, Mass, from heart
froi1 hIo
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17

Ex- Congressman Scott of Pennsylvania
is no worse, and, in fact his physicians see
slight Improvements
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
SIXTEEN MEN LosTIN A HURRICANE.
The Entire Crew of a Nova Scotia Fishing
Schooner Lost at Sea.


The two-topmast fishing schooner
Georgiana was making Halifax harbor on
the night of the hurricane with q crew of
sixteen men and cargo of 500 quintals of
fish. Its dories were smashed and swept
away. 1t was thrown upon its eam-end
and finally turned bottom-up and all it's
crew drowned
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
Noble Request.

Mrs. Leland Stanford has given 500, 900
to the Society for the Relief of Orphan and
Destitute Children, at Albany, n. J.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
ON THE DIAMOND.

How the Clubs Engaged in the National
Game Stand.
Following is showing of the standing Of
each of the teams of the different associa-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
Jules Grevy Dead
LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.

M. Francois Jules P. Grevy, ex-Presiden
of the French Republic, is dead.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
Bold Trick of a Highwayman.

been arrested for highway robbery. He In
duced Farmer Henry Q. Blessing to drive
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
ON THE FIRST BALLOT.
j. S1oat Fassett Heads the New York Re
nuhIican Ticket.

publican Ticket.
At largely attended State convention
at Rochester the New York Republicans
nominated, on the first ballot, J. Sloat
Fassett, present collector of the port of
New York, for Governor. Following is the
complete ticket:
Governor. ..................J. SLOAT FASSETT
Lieutenant Governor. JOHN w. VROOMAN
Secretary of State. z. F. O'CONNOR
Comptroller. ............... ARTHUR @. WADE
Treasurer. .....................IR IRA M. HEDGES
Attorney General. E. SUTHERLAND
Engineer. .VERPLANCK COLVIN
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
RUINOUS EARTHQUAKE.
SAN SALVADOR DEVASTATED
THE NINTH TIME.

The Volcanoes Gave Warning by Their
Unusual Activity-Only the Coast Cities
Escape-Loss of Property Tremendous
Life Loss Comparatively Small.