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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1891-02-25

At their State convention, held at
jackson, February 18th, inst, the
Prohibition party nominated the fol-
lowing ticket: For justice of Supreme
Court, j. H. Lang. of Flint; for Re-
gents of the University, Henry A.
Reynolds, of Detroit, and Charles X.
Perrine, of jackson.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-06-11
ITALY BADLY SHAKEN UP.
"A Series of Violent Earthquake Shocks
and Many Lives Lost.

A Series of Violent Earthquake Shocks
and Many Lives Lost
AdVices from Badia, Calalevena and Ire
gananzO, three of the towns in Northern
Italy that were visited by the earthquakes,
show that the Inhabitants are terror
stricken and that they have taken to the
fields for safety. The authorities have fur
nished a large number of tents to shelter
those who had fed from their homes. The
subterranean rumblings continue and occa-
siOnally slight shocks are felt. The people
are In dread of momentarily seeing the
earth opening and swallowing them: The
damage done at these places is much greater
than was indicated in the first reports.
The towns were practically destroyed by
the severity Of the shocks. A commission
appointed by the authorities to examine
the houses which were not thrown down by
the fluctuations of the earth have made a
hasty investigation, and they report that
at least three-quarters of the houses are in
such a condition that public safety de-
mands that they be pulled down entirely.
Large bodies of troops have been dispatch
ed to those places to assist the authorities
in clearing the streets of debris, in tearing
down dangerous houses, and to render such
other assistance as they may be called
upon to give.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-06-11
FINANcIERs PLEASED.
Hopeful Reports Come from All Point

Hopeful Reports Come from All Points.
r. G. Dun's weekly review says:
Trade is not very active, but almost
everywhere hopeful Failures at Boston
have made shoe manufacturers cautious
Hides are easy, dry goods quiet, and wool
sales moderate. The exposures OF ofncial
and banking misconduct at Philadelphia
tend to make Business inactive, and no life
is seen in iron; wool is dull. though some
concessions are made by Western hold
ers. At Pittsburg a rise in iron is
prevented by the reopening of some Ma
honing and Shenango furnaces, and prep
arations of others; window glass is fairly
active but flint is dull At Cleveland iron
is in more demand; trade is good in dry
goods, hardware and groceries. and dull in
shoes Some activityis noted at Cincinnati in
clothing, aIS at Detroit trade is up to that of
last year iiiWolume, though the late season
has made the wool movement slower than
usual. Throughout the West and South the
fine crop prospects give encouragement, al
most the only complaint coming from New
Orleans of drought in the adjoining region.
In the Northeast continuous rains have
made the prospects unsurpassed,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-06-11
BAD FLOODS IN TEXAS.
Several Persons Drowned and Large Num-
bers of Cattle Lost.

Several Persons Drowned and Large Num-
bers of Cattle Lost.
Dispatches from several points along the
Red River in Texas indicate that that
stream is on the rampage. At Gainesville
it is above the high-water mark and in
formation comes from above that place
that the rise was very rapid and unex-
pected and many people barely escaped
with their lives. All communication with
the Indian Territory has been cut off, Mes
sengers from Burlington state that the
river is running wild in that section,
with destruction to property and some
lives lost north of Doss. d. T. Harris, a
stOckman, lost 400 head of cattle and fifty
five horses. A volume of water ten feet
high came rushing down the valley, bear
ing trees, brush, housetops, dead animals
and debris of all kinds. Crops of all kinds
near the river are all under water and mud.
During heavy rain at Chillicothe, Texas,
two employees of w. P. Lindsay, and two
strangers who were camped near the bridge
at that place were drowned.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-06-11
SEIZED BY BRIGANDS.
TURKISH HIGHWAYMEN DERAIL
A TRAIN.

Several WeII-Known Tourists Carried Off
From Their Retreat in the Mountains
the Bandits Send Out Demand for
$4,000 RansOm-The German Ambassa-
dor VIII Advance the Money and the
Porte win Repay It.
A party OF brigands near Tchereskai
placed Instructions across the railroad
track and succeeded in derailing the
Eastern express, says telegram from
Constantinople. When they had thus
brought the train to a standstill they
found that there were several German
ana English tourists among the pasSen-
gers. One of them was a banker Of
Berlin. The brigands have demanded
$40, 600 as ransom for the captiveS, and
Chancellor Won Caprivi has telegraphed
to Herr Won RadowitZ, the German Am
bassador there, authorizing him to adj
vance this amount The remaining pas
sengers were despoiled of their belong
ings and were then left alone.
The place where the act of brigandage
occurred lies between this city and
Adrianople. The band which made the
attack on the train numbered thirty
men, led by the noted robber AnastaSius.
The brigands first seized the watchmau
on duty at the railroad station, and
ing an alarm they set to work and tore
up the rails for some distance. They
set no warning signal for the engineer
of the train, but allowed the cars to dash
on to possible destruction. When the
Eastern express reached the spot the
engine tumbled over on its side. dragging
with it the tender, a baggage car, and
all the third class passenger coaches.
The first-class passenger cars luckily did
not follow the rest of the train, but re-
manned safely on the road.
When the train was thus disabled the
brigandS rushed forward, uttering loud
yells and brandishing their guns in a.
most threatening manner and boarded
the cars. Several of the passengers re-
sisted the attack, but the brigands
replied with vOlley from their guns
and dangerously wounded one of the
men who sought to repulse them. The
outlaws finally overcame the occupants
of the cars and proceed I'd to plumber
them, stripping the travellers Of all their
Valuables and lOoting their baggage.
When the brigandS ended their work Of
robbery they seized four of the passen-
gers in the firSt-claSs cars and also the
engineer of the train and then started
with their captives for their rendezvous
in the mountains.
The men carried away by the outlaws
were: Oscar Greger, Herr Israel,
banker OF Berlin; Herr Maquel, land
owner of Siegelsdorf, Bavaria; Oscar
Kotysch of Zorbig, Prussian Saxony,
and Freundiger, the engineer Of the
eastern express.
Upon reaching their retreat the ban
dts sent Herr Israel to get the ransom
of $4,000 which they demanded for the
release of the prisoners. Herr Won
Rodowitz says the Porte will refund this
money.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-06-11
They Carry Winche sters.

There is a family feud in Burt County,
Nebraska, over the accretion land on the
west bank of the Missouri River in the
southeast corner of the county. The land
being accretion since the Government sur
vey there is no ownership to it other than
the squatter's claim, and as a consequence
the land is non-taxable. For years this
accretion land has been a source of annoy
ance to the whole county. On one small
tract of this land there are two or three
parties who claim the ownership. one by
right Of purchase and another by right of
possession, and within the last thirty or
forty days several fights have occurred
there The authorities are informed that
a. the participants carry Winchesters.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-06-11

city he sat in Parliament at the close of
his brilliant career.
sir John became member OF the
Cabinet Of Canada (then comprising On
tariO and Quebec early in 1847, as Com
missioner of Crown Lands. He served
until 1850. He was again a Cabinet
officer from 1854 to 1853, as Attorney
General. He first became Premier in
1853, and lad firmly the foundation Of
his subsequent great fame. In 1862 he
was Minister of Militia, and his Govern
ment suffered defeat on the militia bill
of that year. For two years he was the
leader of the Opposition, but did not en-
deavor to cmbarrasS the Ministry, which
was trying to administer the affairs of
Canada on the policy Of the double ma
iority, or governing both Ontario and
Quebec by its own preponderance of rep
resentat YES in the House. This effort
was complete failure. In May, 1868. John
A. Macdonald moved in the House a
vote of want of confidence in powerful
and logical speech ever since remem-
bered in Canadian history, and regarded
as one of the greatest of his life. The
vote carried, and from this day MacdOn
aid conspicuous leadership in Canadian
politics was recognized everywhere. 1t
was not until the following year that he
again took a Cabinet Office and became
the acknowledged leader Of the effort
for the consolidation Of all British North
America into the Dominion. He was
delegate to the convention on Prince
Edwards Island in 1864, where the
union was first projected, and the leader
in the second conference, a. Quebec,
later in the year. He was chairman Of
the London colonial conference of 1866
z, and remained in Europe until the
passage of the imperial act for the con-
solidation Of the North American prov
inceS.
He returned to the new world and was
al once intrusted with the work of form
ing the first government Of the great
northern AnglO-SaXOn nationality OF
which he had dreamed from his first
entry into public life, and to which he
had devoted many years He became
Premier Of the new confederation, and
was knighted by the Queen. From 1867
to the present time he has been the
grandest ngure of the Canadian nation
With the exception of few years in the
early seventies he has continued the
Premier OF the greatest dependency OF
the British Crown, which he did so much
to make great and so nearly independent
Canada has grown in domain, In pOpu~
Iaton. in wealth and in influence during
all the years of Sir Johns preponderance
in her affairs She extends from ocean
to ocean and from the lakes to the frozen
sea.
He was at the very zenith of his great
fame when the summons came. He had
not found the semi-sovereign republic
which he created ungrateful, for the in
cense Of the approval of the people came
still fresh upon his senses from their
last opportunity to express it.
The greatest Canadian has fought his
last fight: his remarab career is at an
end All Canada sincerely mourns Par
tisanship is forgotten. AT this visitation
of death, a nat on is in tears. AS the
sweet singer who wears the laurel OF
the empire has said OF another one g@re
before:
Fallen at length,
That tower of strength;
That stood four square
TO all the winds that blew.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-06-11
Fonphttor HisIifa.

At Wickliffe, KY, at midnight, Evan E.
Shelby. charged with the murder of Mrs.
Sallie Moore, was taken by a mob of 100
unknown men from the jail and hanged.
The sheriff resisted and was roughly ham
died. Shelby fought desperately and Sc
verely hurt several of the mob. The muir
der was committed in 1887, near WoodvilIe,
a village near Wickliffe, just across from
Cairo. III. Shelby had been sentenced for
life, but had been granted new trial from
the Court of Appeals The mob said they
had previously hung Mart Shelby, under
indictment as accessory.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-06-11

MONEY talks, butt often goes without
saying.
FIGURES can't lie, but liars can figure,
all the same.
IGNORANCE of the law excuses no one
except the lawyer.
WHEN you Ia ugh at your own jokes no
one else laughs with you.
SOME men are too light for heavy work
and too heavy for light work.
THE honest man pays up, and the
other fellow has to pay down.
THE stubborn man is the man who will
not listen to your reason or follow your
advice.
THE person who is most contented
with his or her lot occupies one IN the
cemetery.
TRUE kindness consists in letting a
man bore you when you are nearly dying
to bore him.
ALTHOUGH q man may admit that he
is fool, you better look out if you make
the same diagnosis.
THE reason 30 many things go wrong
in this world is because the men won't
take woman's advice.
WHEN you hear a man saying that all
men are alike, he is trying to apologize
for something he is ashamed Of
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-06-11

Fayette Brown had been sunk about an
hour before, and that Captain Kalstrom and
FIVE of his seamen were in the crosstrees.
Captain Kalstrom's statement was that the
steamship Northern Queen, Captain Smith,
passing swiftly along, had struck the Brown
on the port quarter, and that she had inn
mediately filed and sunk One of the
Browns men had leaped aboard the North
ern Queen. Captain Kalstrom said he and
his men all shouted out to the Northern
Queen to stand by, that. they were sinking,
but that no heed was paid to their cries,
and that the Northern Queen was not seen
or heard of afterWard.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-06-11
THE ITATA's FLIGHT.
Where the Now Noted Vessel Made Her
Fleeing Course.

Where the Now Noted Vessel Made Her
Fleeing Course.
The officers of the Itata have in CONVEX
sation with their friends told the story of
the course taken by the Itata in fleeing
from the American cruisers. They of
course did not know that they were pur
sued, though this was deemed proba-
BILE, but acted upon the theory
that such would be the case. AS
soon as they received the arms from the
Robert and Minnie-and they claim this
was allowable, as this was accomplished
many miles from shore-they took a direct
southerly course and steamed 10000 miles,
arriving at Tocopilla on the morning of
June with machinery much disabled. The
officers Indignantly deny the rumor that
the engines were purposely damaged. The
officers are being made much of i'll Iquique,
where the -Balmaceda party is in
power.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-06-11
UNCLE SANS DEBTS.

A Net Increa~e of S6a2,915 Shown by the
Statement for May.
The following is a recapitulation OF
the latest publc-debt statement as Isl
sued by the Treasury Department:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-06-11
REFUNDING THE BONDS.
that the 4-5O's Will Be Taken
at 1-2.

Numerous offers are being received at
the Treasury Department from Western
banks and bondholders for the extension of
the 41@-per-cent. bonds at a rate of inter
est agreeable to Secretary Foster. No rate
of interest is specified in these offers for
extension. The circular of Secretary Fos-
ter specified IL per cent. interest. The
Secretary stated that his conference in New
York with the bankers developed the fact
that the bankers would take all the 41a-per-
cent. bonds at 2 per cent, or extend the
1923, 900, 900 held by them to secure circula
tion at or 1 u per cent, rather than have
to buy 4-per-cent. bonds to continue in
business. He said he had not decided
what course to pursue.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-06-11
WERE .TRETCHED MAKKsMEN.
Two HOtheads in New Orleans in a Shoot
ing Scrape.

ing Scrape.
Editor Dupree, of the New Orleans Daily
States, made drastic comments upon the
course of the Board of Health. of which DR..
Olliphant is Chairman, and urged Gov.
Nichols to lift the official scalp of every
member. An Unsuitable appetite for blood
was aroused in the doughty editor by the
publication of a card by Olliphant de-
nouncing him as liar and scoundrel I'M
worthy the treatment due gentleman. An
impromptu battle ensued in the Doctors
office; none of several shots fred by both
took effect, but attaches of the health de-
partment employed such vulgar weapons
as chairs, clubs and paper weights to such
purpose that Dupree was sent to the hos
pital badly disfgured.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-06-11
Removal of Forts Ordered.

The following recommendations of the
Major General commanding have been ap-
proved by the Secretary of War: The gar
risons of Fort Abraham Lincoln, North
Dakota; Fort Lewis, Colorado; and Fort
Shaw. Montana, will be withdrawn and the
several posts named will be abandoned.
The troops thus withdrawn will be assigned
to other stations The Commanding Gener-
al, Department of the Missouri, is, however,
authorized to retain the present garrison of
Fort Lewis until the 1st of October next if
he thinks it advisable.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-06-11
wales Not of Good Character.

In court at Pittsburg, Pa, on applica-
lion of Johnnie Staley, we'll known
in every sporting center, for transfer
of liquor and hotel license, the court OBJ
iected because he was given somewhat
to gambling Staleys attorney remarked:
II desire to call your Honor's attention
to the fact that the Prince of Wales
CANDLES a little" swell, l don't con-
slider him of good character. He could
not get a license in this court" replied
the Judge.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-06-11
SIR JOHN MACDONALD,
FIRST OF ENGLAND'S EMPIRE
BUILDERS

Since Give and Hastings-The Affe ction-
ate Regard in Which "Old To-Morrow''
Was Held by the Dominion People
The Greatest Canadian Has Fought His
Last Fight.
1t is very long since any other man
held place so peculiar in the affairs of
any country as Sir John A. Macdonald
has won for himself in the affairs of the
Dominion of Canada. There is not, nor
has there been in modern times, man
in the United States whose demise could
seriously diSarrange the settled policy OF
the country. No such man now lives in
England. The political observation OF
Bismarck did not disarrange the policy
of Germany There is no man now liv-
ing in France whose death would cause
a jar or pause in the motion of the
political machinery of the country. But
the death of Sir John will leave the
Tories of the Dominion without leader.
While his life was devoted to the service
of Canada, he was for many years one
of the foremost men in the British En-
pire, distinguished above his fellows in
those vast colonies of Britain that girdle
the earth.
To look back over the great retrospect
of Sir John A. Macdonald's long public
life is to review the whole history of
greater Canada He was a native
Scotchman, but he became identified
with the affairs Of British North Amer
lea before the patriot war, commencing
the practice of law in Kingston in 1886,
in his 21st year. He was active in
political life from this time. He was
first elected to the Parliament of Upper
Canada more than forty-seven years ago.
He was chosen for Kingston, for which
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-06-11
GREAT SCHEME.
To Run with the Racers.

The directors of the Overland Park Club
of Denver have conceived a great scheme,
of which official announcement has been
made. Next season an electric railway will
be built around the track on the inside.
Upon it will be a movable stand for the
judges. which will whirl around the circle
with the racers, and enable the judges TO
watch the race from start to finish. 1t is
claimed that the necessary speed may easily
be attained. The announcement was also
made that some means of running the grand
stand around the track was also being con-
Sidared
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-06-11
CUNNING FOR A RIVAL.
Why Mrs. Cresson Tried to Kill Miss Glib
son at st. Paul.

SOH at SU HbUHe
There was tremendous sensa tion in the
Mannheimer Block, st. Paul. when a little
woman rushed directly into the school Of
embroidery of Miss Margaret r. Gibson and
began firing at Miss Gibson, at the same
time Kissing, "You won't steal any other
woman's husband as you have mine" Oc-
cupants of other offices seized the woman
just as she was dropping her revolver and
swooning away. She proved to be Mrs.
George L. Cresson. Miss Gibson was not
injured. Mrs. Cresson charges her husband:
George L. Cresson, assistant engineer of
the Omaha Railway, with being too fond of
the society of Miss Gibson, and sought TO
murder the latter on that account
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-06-11
Wants Damages.

w. E. Mead, arrested at Kansas City, Mo-,
and taken to Omaha to answer a charge of
embezzlement from Soldering Co., an ag-
ricultural implement firm of Akron Ohio,
was discharged in the police court, and i'm
mediately sued Soldering & Co. for 1900
due as wages under a contract and 1880 for
ia Sc Imprisonment and malicious prosacu-
tiOn.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-06-11
Revenge of a Jealous Man.

In fit of jealous rage, caused by sus-
picious conduct on the part Of his wife.
Sam Liday, a restaurant keeper at Salt
Lake, Utah. shot her alleged paramour,
John Kirby, night yardmaster of the Rio
Grande Western, his own child, aged5 years,
and after firing a shot at his wife turned
the pistol on himself and committed suicide.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-06-11
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
WESTERN ASSOCIATION.
Bush Fires in Quebec.

The bush fires at Black Lake, Quebec,
communicated to the houses. The total of
the loss has not yet been estimated. Very
little insurance had been taken out on the
property destroyed. At least forty houses
have been burned. and these contained $50
families. These unfortunate people camped
out in the fields. Most of them saved some
of their household effects
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-06-11
Bishop Brooks Approved.

The lNw York Churcltmdn announces that
DR.. Brooks, having been approved by TWEEN
ty-seven dioceses, is elected to the bishopric
of Massachusetts
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-06-11

$61O,529,120
1.647,505
ST.
$346,681.016
56,052
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MONEY FOR GENERAL BANKS.
Comrades Contribute to the Peace of the
Old Mans Last Days.

A movement is on foot in Boston to sub
scribe sum sufficient to keep Gen. n p
Banks from penury in his declining days
Like Agassiz and others whose lives have
been crowded with public service. Gen.
Banks hes had no time to make money.
Old age has come upon him and his wife
with no provision but small pension of
81 200 year and an incumbered home
stead. In the natural course of events he
cannot last much longer and his friends say
he may go at any time. They desire to
make his remaining days comfortable and
free from pecuniary anxieties. For this
purpose a sum Of $50, 900 has been proposed
and Sn hScrihed,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-06-11
Millionaire young acquitted.

The jury in the case of John G. Young,
charged with the murder of his coachman.
at River Head, N. Y, brought in verdict
of not guilty. Young, who is heir to 3d.,
100000, claims to have killed Carson in self
defense while the coachman, who was
drunk. was attacking him.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-06-11
Blown Up by Dnamits.

At Chattanooga, Tenn, q dynamite ex-
plosion occurred in which three colored Ia
borers lost their lives. The explosion was
heard and the shock felt on Market street,
mile distant
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-06-11
Richard Trumbull.s Case.

The cases of Richard L. Trumbull, Geo.
A. Burb, and Capt. James, of ARIEL, charged
with violation of the neutrality laws, have
been set for trial at Los Angeles, Cal, Sept.
16. The five sailors of the Robert and Minnie,
held as witnesses, are still in Jail, and un-
less bail is given for them they will have to
remain in prison until that time The
schooner Robert and Minnie will probably
be released, a bond for $4,000 having been
given as requested.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-06-11
Rescnad from the Crosstrees.

The steamship Robert Mills, arrived in
Chicago, reports that when about nine miles
east-northeast of the Dunning light on Lake
Erie, her officers heard the ontcrles of men.
The steamer stopped and lowered boat,
when il was discovered that the schooner