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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-11-10
COUNTY AND STATE.

eAN has fairly poured since our
issue.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
After Fifteen Years.

A few miles out of the city Of
Bankok there is mineral spring,
and near it bungalow much fire.
quented by the Europeans in the city.
An Englisthman says that one even
ing as he rode up to this bungalow, a
gentleman was alighting from his
howdah at the entrance.
AS soon as he had dismOnnted, his
elephant was moved to one side, and
my driver, who was seated on the
head of my elephant, ordered it to
advance. The instant he spoke, the
animal which had moved aside to
make room for us tapped his great
ears, and then turned sharply around,
facing my driver.
Suddenly, without the least warn
ing, he stretched out his long trunk
and wrapped it about the body of my
man. Then, before any one had
time to interfere, he raised him high
in the air and brought him to the
ground with tremendous force! AS
the poor fellow struck the earth we
could hear his bones crack. But the
elephant was not done with him.
The next moment he had placed his
huge foot on the head and chest Of
the PROSTATE driver When he raised
it again, all semblance Of life was
gone from the crushed, mutilated
body.
The gentleman whose elephant had
committed the terrible deed was
greatly distressed. He said that he
had purchased the animal from the
kings pen, that it had always been
exceedingly gentle and well-disposed.
The animal was blind, one eye having
been put out by an attendant fifteen
years previous.
1t was my driver, I learned the
next day, who had put out the ele-
plants eye. He was at the time one
of the guards at the kings stock pen,
and, for some misdemeanor committed
by the animal, had thrown stone,
which struck the creature full in the
eye.
The elephant was SO enraged there
after at the sight Of him, that, fear
ing for his life, the man left the
place. But the injured animal had
bided his time, and after fifteen years
of waiting had terribly punished his
enemy.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
Newsv short Chanters.

THE Youngstown Ohio Bridge Works
burned. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
SIS, 600.
HARRISON MURRAY, a colored outlaw, was
killed near Archer Fla, by Hardy Early,
negro lad II years old.
THE failure of the late Turkish Min
istry to suppress brigandage is said to
have been the cause of its downfall
JOHN GILMAN, Superintendent of the
Ruby mine, near Forest City, was shot and
killed by John St Pierre, the night watch
man.
ENOUGH peaches have arrived in Balti-
more during the past five weeks to supply
almost four peaches to every inhabitant OF
the United States.
JOHN OsTERMAN. Treasurer Of In
dianapolis, city and county, retired. He
is succeeded by Victor M. Bacchus a
fellow Democrat.
SECRETARY PROCTOR has left Washington
on his tour of Western military posts,
accompanied by Quartermaster General
Batcheller and Lieut.. Howard.
A TERRIBLE forest fire is raging in the
Cascade Mountains. near Hot Springs.
1t extends distance Of twenty-five
miles, famed by a strong wind.
The shaft house and machinery in a
mining SnaIG near SCOCkUOn, Juan, DelOuS~
ing to Congressman Niedringhaus, of st.
Louis, were burned. Loss, about $4,000
JACOB NORRIS resigned the professorship
Of mathematics in Wabash College, Craw-
louisville, Ind. He goes to Wyoming to
accept a position with a university out
there.
CHARLES SNYDER. of Miles City. Mont,
barely escaped lynching. Lille Dunkley
had refused his proposal of marriage and
he slashed her terribly with a knife. He Is
arrested.
CRACow Russia) authorities are treating
a cabmen's strike in that city by ining the
owners of the cabs for not coming to some
sort of arrangement with the men, the only
thing insisted upon by the officials being
that the cabs shall be run, whatever hap
pens
AT Race Fork, Mont, Lee Odair, miner,
and Bryant Mcdonald, farmer, became
involved in a political discussion McDon-
aid stopped to tie his shoestring and Odair
grabbed him by the back of the necks and
began pummeling him. Mcdonald fired
four shots, killing his assailant, and gave
himself up.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17

Alden, Massowah or Suakim for coal; then
the slaves are hurried aboard, and be-
fore the gunboat can return the slave
dhow has reached the other side, landed
her cargo and is waiting as patiently
there as on the African coast. The gun
boat reappears, but beyond shifting of
place there is nothing more suspicious
to be observed on the second visit than
on the first; and thus, in spite of the
most earnest efforts on the part of the
naval forces, the infamous business is
continued.
It may seem strange that, in the
present day, market can be found for
human beings, but there are still three
considerable countries the people of
which buy all the slaves they can get.
The first is Arabia. With regard to the
extent of this peninsula Americans are
often greatly mistaken, the mistake
common Y arising from the small scale
on which the outlines of Asia and coun-
tries outside of the United States are
generally represented Arabia, in it's
greatest length from north to south, ex-
tends about 800 miles, and from east to
west about 500; thus, allowing for the
Irregularities Of the coast, it has about
100000 square miles of area. The
United States, excluding Alaska, has an
area of about 5000, 600 square miles, so
that the peninsula of Arabia is really
about one-half the size of the United
States, in extent being about as long,
from north to south, as the distance
from st. Paul to New Orleans, and about
as wide as from St Louis to New York.
The number of people in Arabia is un-
certain, the lowest estimate be-
about 4,00O,CCa, and the high
est exceeding 5000, 900. Very lit.
tie is known OF the interior, it being
inhabited by tribes of fanatical Moham-
medans, who never have permitted the
passage Of foreigners through their
country. But one thing we do know,
that there is lively demand for slaves,
and a ready sale for them at any and
every part of this immense extent of
country. Thousands of the Africans an
nually transported from their native
country to Asia are sold in the markets
of Muscat, Jeddah, Mecca. and Medina,
but not few OF the best pass on through
Arabia to Turkey
The Turkish Empire, of which Arabia
is supposed to form part. forms by far
the best foreign market for African
slaves. Nominally the Sultan'S domin-
ions comprise about 5000 600 square
miles and 57,OOO.OOO population, but
leaving eff Egypt, Tunis, and the inde
pendent states of the Balkans, about
100000 square miles of territory and
about 81, OUO, 900 of people are governed
from the Sublime Porte. the territory
being about half as large as the United
States, and with also about half the
population. In all this country slavery
is still practiced; millions Of slaves are
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17

Thus in an extent of territory much
larger than the United States slavery
still f1ourishes, and all the slaves that
can be furnished are eagerly bought
The demand has kept up the traffic
across the Red Sea, and I'm ess more
stringent measures are taken and a
practical blockade tabliShed for di5
tance 2, 100 miles along the African
coast the business of dealing in human
flesh and blood may continue for many
years
The capture and detention of Afri-
cans is not, however, the only slavery
that exists in the three countries named.
The institution of the harem is known
in all three, and the harem is but legal
lied slavery in it's most Objectionable
form The supply of women and g rls
for the harems of the East is kept up
by the most detestable means The
field for the kidnaper was formerly
Georgia and Circassia, the two mount
ain countries lying between the Black
Sea and the Caspian. The women of
these countr es have always been famous
for their beauty, and before the Rus
ST ans overran that region the harems of
Constantinople were supplied from the
mountains of the Caucasus.
Other states have no right to interfere
in the domestic affairs of these Oriental
despotisms, and so cannot suppress
slavery within their limits The most
that can be done by any civilized power
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
The Slave Trade.


The present crusade against the slav e
trade will probably prove the death blow
to this nefarious institution. Less than
one hundred years ago slavery was
recognized and legalized in every coun-
try on the globe, with perhaps one ex-
ception, but such has been the growth
of an enlightened public opinion on this
subject that now no civilized nation toll
crates it, and al are engaged either di-
rectly or indirectly in efforts for the
suppression of the traffic in human
beings.
The African slave trade, the curse of
modern times, was begun by Portugal in
1881, continued by Spain, and, with
sea cely an exception, every maritime
nation of Europe at one time or another
found profit in the purchase and sale of
the unfortunate creatures torn by vio-
lence from their homes and destined to
fate sometimes worse than death. The
slave trade has, in Africa, brutalized a
tract of country extending fifteen de-
grees on each side of the equator
by forty degrees in width from east
to west, territory of over 1000, 600
square miles. The inhabitants of this
vast extend of country, district about
equaling in size the whole of North
America, are in constant war, the strong
sndeavOring to subdue and make cap
tives of the weak. For two and half
centuries men and women have been
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17

bred for sale like animals, and when the
supply proved inadequate they were
hunted like wild beasts. The Able
Reynol, as long ago as 1777, computed
that 100000 slaves had been taken
from Africa, SO per cent. of whom had
died from the sufferings endured during
their transportation to other countries.
Sir John Hawkins, in 1862, began the
business for the English, and in two
centuries the sla' trade, as managed in
British ships, reached enormous proper
tions. In 1855 the English had 100 ships
engaged in the traffic, and annually
transported to their colonies in America
and elsewhere from $1,000 to 10000
slaves. Bad as was this exhibit, that
of the Spanish nation in It's rela-
tion to the slave trade was even worse.
The horrid butcheries practiced by the
conquerors of Mexico, Peru. and the
West Indies practically depopulated
those quarters of the world, and, to fill
the places of the hapless Indians, the
SpaniardS were forced to have recourse
to African slaves. Thus the Spanish
colOnists early began the importation of
slaves from Africa, and were the last to
relinquish the profits arising from the
horrid traffic AS late as 1860, 40, 900
slaves were landed in Cuba, most of
whom had been ruthlessly taken from
their homes by the Arab traders, who
annually desolated large tracts of coun-
try in the interior of Africa. The hor-
rors of the middle Passage" have often
been told, but not SO we'll does the world
know of the deeds perpetrated in the
Dark Continent in order to furnish vic
Tins for the traffic.
The slave traders and dealers of Central
Africa are mostly Arabs. They are men
of wealth, and in preparing for slave
raid usually employ a considerable num-
Der of professional soldiers, who are
either Arabs like themselves or natives
trained to the use OF arms. With their
hired murderers they proceed to the
interior, and after locating village
they deemed it desirable to attack, by
a forced march they arrive in its vicini-
ty usually little before daybreak. With
the first ray of dawn the light cane and
straw hutS az set on fire, and the af-
frighted inmates rush forth only to fall
before the deadly aim of the Arab sharp
shooters, safely located in the surround
ing jungle, Grown men and alb e-bodied
women who make resistance are ruth
lessly murdered. The old and the very
young are left to die of starvation, and
only the strong of both sexes are car
ried off in the train of the slave dealer.
AS human life is cheap, little regard is felt
or shown for tho helpless captives.
Sometimes the marches across the des-
ert are long, and many fall by the way.
A slave too weak to carry his chains is
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
AFTER SUCCESSFUL RAID. IN c1RcAss1A

ritory which furnishes an outlet to the
slaves of Central Africa Formerly,
during the rule of the Sultan over
Egypt, the slaves were brought down
the Nile to some convenient point, and
thence shipped across the Red Sea or by
the Isthmus to Arabia, Palestine and
Turkey. Since the English occupation
of Egypt, however, this is no longer
permitted. AS long ago as 1870, Sir
Samuel Baker made an expedition up
the Nile for the purpose of dis
covering the extent of the slave
trade in the Soudan, and disclosed the
the fact that at least $4,000 slaves year
were taken from that country into
Arabia and Turkey by way of the Nile
and the Red Sea. The English occupa-
tion of Egypt put a stop to traffic in hui
man beings on the Nile, and from that
time on the slave caravans PASSED over
land by routes unknown to Europeans.
These routes are still followed and in
some way large caravans of slaves an
nually reach the shores of the Gulf and the
Red Sea at points whence their shipment
is comparatively safe Those waters are
diligently patroled by men-ofwar and
gunboats of England, France and Italy,
but the utmost diligence has not been
sufficient to stop the traffic.
The Red Sea is about /, 500 miles long,
and from twenty, in its narrowest part,
to $50 WIDE The Gulf of Alden presents
600 miles more of coast line, and to pre-
vent communication between two shores
so extensive is practi ally impos-
sible. The slave caravans are halted
short distance in the country, large
boat is prepared and kept near the
shore. The approach of foreign man
of-war creates no uneasiness, for unless
slaves are actually on board nothing can
be done. A gunboat, it's officers sure that
slaves are about to be embarked, may
wait in the vicinity for a month or six
weeks, but not the slightest misdemeanor
will be observable The patience of the
East is proverbiaL Sooner or later the
gunboat must run up to Suez or down to
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
each man carrying q wfsp of hay or a

each man carrying wfsp Of hay or
cotton boil in his hat.
At Boston, Portland, Me-, and Con-
cord, N. H., heavy storm marred the
day and prevented the parades. The
day was genel al holiday
In Kansas City. Mo, the various
unions paraded, but few of the business
houses were closed. A ball at the Elk
position Building wound up the day.
The parade at Minneapolis was the
largest ever held. Mayor Winston and
other speakers addressed the unions in
the afternoon at Athletic Park.
At Pittsburg the day was not observed
except by the closing of the courts and
banks Demonstrations were made at
Greensburg, Wheeling and surrounding
towns
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
Quick Wit.
enemy.

One of Lord Carmarthen's future
constituents once asked the youthful
candidate his opinion upon some alb
struse question Of which he knew
nothing. "Let him alone!" cried
another, derisively; ''don't you see
he's nothing but baby?" ''What
do you think?" reiterated his inquirer,
needless of the interruption and de-
termined to have an answer. II
think" said Lord Carmarthen, with
ready wit, 'sthat it is high time for
all babies to be in bed;" and so saying
he gathered up his papers and dis
appeared from the platform. Again
and this last anecdote is so well
known as to have become w0m-nigh
historical at crowded meeting just
before his election; he was interrupted
by the question: ssDoes your mother
know you're out?" eyes, she Does"
was the instant retort, ''and by
Tuesday night she will know I'm in"
His prophecy proved correct and he
headed the poll by large majority.
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shot, or if too far gone to be worth q
charge of powder is left to be devoured
by the hyenas. If so per cent of the
slaves reach a market, the dealer will
still realize largely on his investment; SO
he has no incentive to spare life or show
mercy.
Formerly prevailing on both the east
and west coasts of the Dark Continent,
the s ave trade is now confined to COM
paratively limited area. At the begin
ming of this century the slaves for the
Americas came from the west coast, but
long since that traffic was cut off,.
After the west coast was closed. the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17

Spanish Americans procured their sup
ply from the east coast, but this, too,
ceased to be slave market after
urgent representations had been made
to the Sultan of Zanzibar The
regions bordering on the Red Sea and
the Gulf of Alden are now the only ter
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17

uncertain, the lowest estimate being
5000, 900 and the highest 15,GOo,100 AS
much as in Arabia and Turkey, slavery
is an institution in Persia, and thous-
ands~ of Africans are annually trans
ported across the steppes of Arabia to
Teheran and other Persian cities, where,
in the broad light Of day, they are sold
with no more conjunction than if they
were so many cattle.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17

held by the Turks, and people living
thousands OF miles away in the heart Of
Africa cut each others threats in order
that household service in Constantinople
or Damascus may be faithfully per.
formed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17

slavery still finds place is Persia. As
in the case of the others, the extent Of
this country is scarcely appreciated by
Americans. The length of Persia from
east to west is about 9GO miles, It's
breadth from north to south is about
700. and it's area nearly $50, 900 square
miles The number of the population is
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
DEAL IN HUMAN FLESH.
WHERE THE SLAVE TRADE
STILL EXISTS.

How the Business Is Carried On, and What
Sort of People Indulge in It-DesOlation
Wrought by the Slave Hunter-Scenes
and Incidents On Exhibition I'm the
Market.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
IN MARCHING ARRAY.
THE NATIONS HOSTS OF ARTI-
SANS APPEARED.

Chicago's Monster Demonstration-FrO
Ocean to Ocean the Day Was Generally
Observed-The Occasion Free from Broi1s
and TumuIts-A Credit to Participants.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17

is to endeavor to diminish the evil by
cutting Of the source of supply, and SO
prevent ans increase In the number of
slaves. This, it is fair to presume, is
being done, but the increased eff.c ency
of the two patrols on the Red Sea has
had curious and unexpected result in
Africa
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
ALL OVER TIE STATE
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN BAD
GERDOM.

A Fatal Sailing Trip-New Insurance Legis-
latiOn in Force = A Pretty Pair in the
Penitentiary Killed While Flowing
VIM. Seitz Has Some Bees.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17

IT is stated that in England recently
an incandescent electric light was
burned for II, 1861 hours, and on being
removed from the holder the flament
was found to be still whole and sound.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17
The IneYitable widow.

UNEXPECTED widows in the Eau Claire
Probate Court are becoming a daily
feature. The estate of Dennis Harring-
ton, middle-aged man who died year
ago, was nearly settled. upon the suppo-
the claim of Julia Harrington, of Castle
town, County Cork, Ireland, was pre-
sented by her attorney. Julia and Zen
mis- were married in Ireland twenty-nine
years ago, soon after which Dennis came
to Wisconsin alone. They had lied
apart ever since. The widow has proved
her claim, and gets the estate, house
and lot in town, good farm, and few
hundred dol ars in cash. She will come
to America.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-17

GAY circles naturally indulge in
rounds of pleasure. Baltimore Inner
ica9s.
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It territory in which
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-12-09

The fact is. there were so many more In
teresting thing. to think of than snoring
lean boys For instance, "teacher' SAID.
''Now, babies"-they ranged from two and
half to three or four years, | suppose
NOW. babies, we'll play The Babes in the
Wood shall WEI" Then some babies
made circle In the open space in front OF
the teachers desk They were the trees,
and two other little babieAwere the Babes
They lay dow and we covered them with
handfuls OF imaginary leaves by little
robins, who kept saying, Poo Babies
Poo Babies, - and wiping their eyes With
very dirty fingers. Then the robins few
away. or the trees ran away, and the
Babes shook oil the imaginary leaves ami
tidied themselves and adjusted their hair
AS maidens OF all sizes from one To
ninetv-nine ever did, and ever shall,
whether they live In a tenement house or
castle. Then the second piece was put on
that famous comedy known as Little 30
Peep"-which was played with enormous
success. Simple kindergarten exercise
and singing helped to pass the remainder
of the afternoon, during which time the
teachers reigned over these little children
with the most patient interest. When the
school was over the mothers and elder Sis
tiers called for the little ones and took
tham home
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-12-09
R.gsha;5ks
cnllpsEN At A MISSION.


what Happened as the school on . Hot
Afserucon.
The ragged little children marched into
the room one by one; some cried, some
erowed, some sucked their thumbs, some
marked time and some munched apples
The AFTERNOON was hot, and the babies
were lust . little tired OF romping anu
rather pleased to sic down again ~ a ooo'
plaee. One little boy had not been out TO
play at all. He preferred TO take sneoae:
and there he was. pointed At by nnsers Oh
nsorn. his face pillowed on his little arms
mouth open, and perfectly happy. a niue
vixen OF three pulled his hair. and the
.leeping boy opened one eye, marked her
with it sarsionically, as much As 20 Say
ssHa. ha. foiled AGAIN. Then ne naae
a fresh pillow of his hands and droppet on
to sleep again. Now, when little iess'i
| boy who halls from the city's Sums aeops
| of 10 sleep, you know that humane
teacher will let him sleep on II she hap
| pens TO know that he was mp at a. M
| when all really nice and proper people arr
| in bed, aad did not have his breaAiast-no'
| eggs and bacon, o. n nation chop, or any
| thing more luxurious that you are IN the
| habit of tAkine-until noon, when his
| mother brought it 10 him, 10 the shapeoi
| crust, having had to cara it, So the sleepy
| boy slept on. and the fifty other babies FOR
| got him.