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Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-05

II is difficult at . distance from New
York TO comprehend how many Of the
immigrants who land there are more
beastly than the beasts. Ii is difficult
for some people to realize how many OF
them are splendid specimens OF man aud
womanhood- There is much to be said
on both sides.
once saw an old woman land at
Castle Garden who was visibly detested
aud abhorred by the other women about
her. There was story behind il, an in
credible story OF dizziness which cannot
be told in print As near as one may
come to telling il, she had refused. for
days together, to leave the cabin where
she WAS penned in with other women and
children. Then the stewards, with
averted faces, bundled her on deck, threw
her rags out Of the portfolio, and
sprinkled disinfectants where she had
lain.
But from the same steamer came .
fresh rosy-faced throng Of sturdy English
and Irish boys and girls, men and women
upon whom it was n pleasure to look;
whole families of them. They knew
where they were Going, Connecticut,
Ohio, Montana; friends. husbands, broth
ers, sweethearts awaited them They
had household goods and q little
money.
have seen some very unsavory "lately
landed" specimens of Russian Jews,
whom at first thought one would wish
sent back for the country's good. But
their countrymen here take them In
hand, they learn the Language rapidly,
and in six months are full -nedged men,
bers OF labor unions or forming unions
Of their own and striking for higher
wages. They learn American ways pretty
quickly, and those who were psupers in
the old country are not always paupers
here.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-05

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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
CONSERVATION PREVAILS.
But Healthy and Sound Business I'm
prOvements Are at Hand.

But Healthy and Sound business I'M
provements Are at Hand.
R. G. Dun & Co.'S weekly review of
trade says:
The unusual conservatism which pre-
walls in nearly all sections and branches of
business tmpresses many as most dis
heartening symptom. But it may, with at
least equal reason, be interpreted as the
very best ground for confidence in a healthy
and solid improvement when new and large
crops come forward more freely. The alb
sence of speculative excitement, the indis-
position to buy in haste, are having most
wholesome influence. This conservative
attitude is the more necessary this year
because, while money is now abundant
here and cheap On call, the possibility of
disturbance abroad, or of difficulty in OBJ
tanning needed supplies for moving
crops at the West is not yet entirely
removed. Crop reports have never been
more full than they are this year, and they
grow more clearly satisfactory as to spring
wheat every day, improving also as to
other grain and cotton. At Chicago and
other Northern points generally the supply
Of money is ample, though in the West
Southern points the markets are close as a
rule, though only firm and in fair supply at
New Orleans. The business failures through
out the country during the last seven days
number 247 as compared with a total of
237 last-weelI For the corresponding week
of last year the figures were 1917.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
FURs IN FLAMES.
Immense Stocks at Cincinnati Are To
tally glnSfrOvAd

Immense Stocks at Cincinnati Are To-
tally Destroyed.
Over S1,000,000 worth OF property was
destroyed by fire in Cincinnati. An alarm
of fire called relay Of engines to the
great building occupied by A. E. Burkhardt
& Co., dealers in furs and Fur goods. 1t
was the property Of William A. Hooper,
banker and fnancier. 1t was 100
feet wide on Fourth street and ex-
tended back 160 feet to the alley.
Its Fourth street front was seven stories
high and its height on the alley way eight
and half stories. 1t also extended two
stories deep under the ground. The build
ing was nearly new and cost over 100000
to put up. Mr.. Burkhardt added $780, 600 in
interior adornment within the last two
years. Mr.. Burllhart said that he could
only give rough estimate Of the value of
the stock in the building, and that he said
was to the best of his belief between $780,
900 and 100000. In addition to his own
immense stock be stored great quantities of
valuable furs for citizens every summer,
and these furs were all in the burned
building.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
The Electric Chair.

Many States will follow New York s
example within the next few years.
Minneapolis Tribune.
So far as preventing publicity in the
press is concerned, the law seems to be
failure. Perhaps it would be more
exact to say that those who are charged
with the execution Of the law talk too
much. Indianapolis Journal.
Those electrocutiOns in New York APP
pear to have been entirely successful in
removing from this life the four con-
probably more merciful than hanging. =
Dayton Times.
If we must have capital punishment
it is possible the new method is prefera-
BILE to the old, but the people are en-
titled to know whether that is SO or not,
and they never could know if the press
gag clause of the law were respected and
observed. dorchester Herald.
1t will undoubtedly be many years be-
fore the electric death is adopted in the
other capital punishment States of the
Union, and perhaps before it is gen.
orally adopted there may be simpler,
although probably no less painful, meth
DDS of execution. Detroit Free Press.
On the whole, there is every reason for
the opinion that electrical execution Of
crimina' is distinct advance of civili-
cation. The only respect in which the
new law is failure is in it's attempt
to prevent the press of the United
States from giving the news with regard
to that important change. -PiHSbltrg
Dispatch.
Evidently the electrical process of
killing is more humane than hanging,
although it is barbalo Gus enough, heaven
knows. Capital punishment is a hideous
and an awful thing, and it seems safe
prediction that twenty-five years hence
it will not be racticed in any form by
any people pretending to civilization. =
indianapolis Sentinel.
1t does not need a careful reading of
the official story to convince any one
that the attempt to regulate by law the
senSationalism in reports of executions
is farce, and that the regulation can
not be repealed too soon. Apparently
executions by electricity comply with
all the requirements of a humane law,
but the Oft cial report must be filed
away with other unsuccessful expert
ments.-TroB Times.
The execut on Of the four murderers,
SIocum, Smiler, Wood and Jugiro, which
occurred in Sing Sing Prison, seemed TO
demonstrate the fact that electricity
furnishes the most humane method of
taking life. The mechanical imperfec-
tions which made the taking off Of
Kemmler horror were avoided. and all
witnesses testify that the four men died
quickly and painlessly. Grand Rapids
Democrat.
1t is safe to say that in New York at
,st the rope and scaffoid will never
more be the method OF legally putting
condemned mu-derers to death. The
adoption of electrical execution by other
States will not long be deferred.-CLeUe-
land Plain DsaL5T.
There are differences of opinion as to
the deterrent influences of the death
penalty on evil-doers. but there is no
room at all for DON'T that while this
penalty emains in vogue the electrical
system of inficting it has many and con-
spicuous advantages over all other meth
ods yet devised. Isl. Louis Globe Demo
crdt
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
Frustrated the Medding.

At Willkesbarre, Pa, Myer Goldstein. a
tinsmith, lost his wife six months ago. He
became engaged to another girl of means.
The latter would not marry Goldstein until
he first got rid of his children. Goldstein
took the children to New York and lost
them He then came back to Wilkesbarre
and reported that the children were in a
home. The night of the wedding one Of the
children, a boy years old, returned to
Wilkesbarre with tas on his coat. He
managed to reach his fathers home before
the wedding and broke the affair up. Gold
stein was arrested.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
LITERALLY BOILED.
Thirteen Passengers Horribly ScaIded,
and Seven Are Dead.

Thirteen Passengers Horribly Scalded,
and Seven Are Dead.
A horrible railroad accident occurred at
Aspen Junction, eighteen miles west of AS
pen, Col, on the Midland Road A special
train, composed Of one baggage car and one
passenger coach, was returning to Aspen
from Glenwood Springs. The passenger
coach contained about thirty persons most
ly Aspen people The train was back
ing from the water tank to the switch to the
Aspen track, where road engine was run out
of the railroad round house. and the rear
end of the passenger train hit the check
valve on the side of the boiler, which ex-
hausted the hot steam into the broken end
of the passenger car, scalding thirteen pas
sengers-five men, seven women, and one
child. Seven are dead and it is thought
others will die. The car was thrown from
the track. All possible was done to relieve
the sufferings of the unfortunate passen-
gers
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
Pursued bv Floods and Fate.

D. Warrington, of Fraser, I. T., was a car
penter at Johnstown at the time of the
great flood. His house, with his family Of
wife and three children, was swept away
and one child was drowned. He went to
Arizona. When the great dam burst there
he lost child and all his possessions. He
then was attracted by the Oklahoma coun-
try. The food again swept away his home
with his family, destroying all his goods,
and took his remaining child. He and his
wife are almost crazed with grief, and he
says he will not try again.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
Forming a Bic Steel Combine.

Preparations are being made at Pitts
burg, Pa, for the consolidation of the Ma
tional Tube Works Company, the Monon-
gahela Furnace Company, Republican Iron
Works and Boston Steel and Iron Company.
The concern will be reorganized under the
laws of New Jersey, and will have a CAPT
tai stock of $11, 100000 The stock is not
watered, but represents the value of the
various plants. The new concern will be
the largest Of its kind in the world. The
annual output will be SIS, 900, 900.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
Punisbed for Attendinp . Rall.

Christina, the 1S-year-old daughter of
Peter Teuscho, living near White Earth,
Mimi, attended dance against the will of
her mother. When she returned her mother
tried to kill her with a knife. but was pre-
vented by the father, whereupoN the old
woman got club and beat her senseless,
her brother bella bored her with chair, and
Antoine, another brother struck her with
a goad. The poor girl, then in a semi-con-
scious condition, crawled out of doors,
since which time she has not been seen.
She is supposed to be dead. The trio are
under arrest, and there are fears of lynch
ing.
Row in the Detroit Council Chamber.
The Detroit Council meeting was attend
ed by an enormous crowd of indignant
citizens gathered to show their interest in
the street railway franchise question, and,
as it proved, to voice their Indignation at
the work of the Doodle Council. The
packed chamber was filed with excited
men, who cried: "Down with Boss Jacobs
and his gang,o 1Tar and feather the boss
"Hang him. and similar cries. Jacobs
faced the storm moment, speechless with
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
CONFESSES AN OLD MURDER
An Acquitted Man Says He X lied j. r
Cash Twenty -four Years Ago.

An Acquitted Man Says He X lied j. r.
Cash Twenty -four Years Ago
About twenty flour years ago J. z.
Cash was murdered four miles west Of
Paris. ILL.,, and Bruce Ray and c. w.
Perry were arrested charged with the
crime. Vendevef Perry escaped. Ray
and G. w. Perry were acquitted. A let
ter was received at Paris which exoner-
ates Vandever Perry Ct all completely in
the crime, and is las follows:
LAMAR, Mo.
To all whom it may concern:
Believing that r am about to die, wish
to make confession of the murder of J. p.
Cash on the evening of the 18th of Decem-
ber 1867, at the residence of the deceaseds
brother, Johnson Cash, about four miles
west of Paris, Edgar County, Illinois, the
crime of which my brot her, Vandever Perry.
was charged BUT when 1 met my brother
on the Goth of January, 1868, 1 told him
lust how it was, and that if he had done as
/ wanted him to do and kept out of the way
as much as he could and did accidentally
get caught, would step in and give my
self up and he should be indicated and
exonerated from all harm. If he did not
he would have to suffer unjust punish
ment; that I had been tried and ac-
quilted. and they had nothing against me
as far as they knew. Some of them
thought my brother had knife, but he did
not I took the knife and used it, but in
elf-defense, as MIR. Cash came at me with
club, swearing he would knock my brains
out He struck cit me with the club. /
threw up nv left arm and knocked the lick
off. and we came together and had to do
something to save myself. Now l make
this confession to let the people know who
did it and to clearlm brother OF the charge
against him, as / am about ready to die and
be out of the way. PERRY
P. S.-When this is found have it publish
ed in the papers SO all who are concerned
may know that / was the man, and not my
brother, who killed Mr.. Cash.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
NAVAJO INDIANS ON THE RAMPAGE.

They Take Possession of Arizona Ranges
and Slaughter the Cattle.
During the last month Navajo Indians in
Arizona have been acting in defiant nan
ner toward the whites. A courier from the
Little Colorado says that band of 900 Ma
vajos have taken possession of the stock on
William Roden's range, driving the herders
from the range and slaughtering large
numbers Of cattle. The Navajos are the
largest tribe in the Territory, there being
about 49, 900, and they are well fixed finan-
ciallY.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16

rage and actually foaming at the mouth.
When heidi speak he damned the citizens
roundly and moved on them. Affairs be-
came so threatening at this point that to
transact business was impossible, and
amidst the greatest tumult every one piled
out Of the Council Chamber. Aldermen and
all. No adjournment was taken.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
Minister Douglass MAY Resign.

1t is said to be definitely settled now that
Minister Douglass will not return to Hayti.
Having brought back with him a reci-
procity treaty with Hayti, he is said to be
satisfied with his mission and ready to re-
sign. 1t will probably be a long while af-
ter he retires before another minister is
appointed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
TWO KILLED AND THREE WOUNDED.
A Mexican Desperate Stirs UP the City
of San Jose, Cal.

VI Sdu OOScs OdA'
At San Jose, Cal, Marianne Soto, a Mex
lean desperate, was shot and killed by
officers. Soto went to his wife's home to
kill her. He encountered Nicholas Smith,
who was a boarder The latter was killed
instantly by pistol-shot in the heart. L.
Tapiert, another boarder, exchanged few
shots, receiving a thigh wound. A 10-year-
old daughter was shot at four times and re-
ceived three slight wounds. Officers hurried
to the scene. Meantime Soto attacked his
wife with a stiletto, in1icting nineteen
dangerous wounds. Soto sought shelter I'M
der a bed and continued to fire at the
officers. The officers secured Wincheste ter
rifles and continued firing until Soto had
been killed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
RACE AGAINST RUIN.
Special Trains Brought Into Use to Avert
Financial Disaster.

Financial Disaster.
George W. Howell, prominent lumber
dealer Of Atchison, Kan. passed through
Kansas City on race against ruin to JEFF
ferson, Tex. He was required to be at JEFF
ferson before the close of banking hours
the following day and afix his signature to
a check to save the Jefferson Lumber Com
pany, the Jefferson Wooden Mills, and J. Fl.
Remis from financial ruin which threatened
them. Mr.. Howell went from Kansas City
on chartered train over the Memphis. At
Hoxie, Ark. he took special train over
the Iron Mountain to Jefferson.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
Honor Was Satisfied.

L. P. Bouby, editor Of L'OrleGrss, and A.
S. Carruthers, of the Mascot, New Orleans,
fought duel in which Carruthers was cut
in the face. Seconds interfered, declaring
honor satisfied, and a reconciliation follow
ed between principals.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
Valuable Horses Burn ed.

The livery and boarding stable Of Sam
uel Loughery, Germantown, Pa, was COM
pletely destroyed by fire with ITS contents.
Thirty-two horses many of them valuable
animals, persisted. Loss $4,000, partly COW
cred by insurance.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
Heroic Wlllie Adds.

At P1ainfeld. N. j., Mrs. William Adds
oil stove exploded. Mrs. Adds was all
ablaze in an instant. Her 10-year old son
Willie ran into the house and snatching
up rug from the floor wrapped it around
her until he had completely ext nguished
the flames,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
Back Pension for an Insane Soldier.

Five thousand dollars in back pension
and $50 per month from this time on until
his death has been ordered in the case of
Charles DENNY, of Marseilles, ILL., He was
a private in Company ID, One Hundred and
Fifth Illinois Infantry, and was made in
sane by wounds received In battle.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
His Head was Blown OFF.

By the explosion of a thrashing machine
boiler at Bruceville, Ind, John Flock had
his head blown off. Dick Price was fatally
injured, and team of horses were horribly
scalded,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
Zealous. hut Not Practical.

There is a serious split in the Hedrick-
lite branch of the Mormon church at Inde-
pendence. Mo. Elder Hall required the
sisters to dress in plain black dresses and
sunbonnets without ribbons. laces. and
frills He forbade the men to use tobacco.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
Indian Girls slay Their Father.

A Chickasaw Indian named Nuinto, living
eighteen miles west of Duncan, I. T., was
found dead in bed He had been murdered
with an ak. His step-daughters. aged is
and %, were the only persons in the house
at the time of the tragedy, and they were
apprehended The youngest confessed that
she held the lamp while the elder sister
committed the deed The son by the Sec
ond wife is also under SUSPICION.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
Paid fhe Raron,s Dehts.

The Keystone Bank of Pittsburg, Pa,
which obtained a Judgment against Baron
Lagerfelt, the Norwegian Consul, who dis
appeared suddenly last fall, filed paper
in the County Court It is surmised that
his friends are arranging to pay his debts,
with the view of having him return to this
country.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
THE DEALER FELL DEAD.

Police Raid a Gambling House and the
Shock Kills One of the Players.
Lieutenant Wheeler and q gang of his
men raided a gam bling house at Chicago,
and found thirteen men engaged in poker
game. officer O'Day said "Cash in your
chips, gentlemen: the house is under ar
rest" At that the dealer Tom Roche,
dropped back in his chair, dead from heart
disease.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
Fatal ExplOs,on in a Niue.

An explosion of gas at the Green Ridge,
Pa, colliery ignited the inner workings and
fatally burned John Dorsey and John Pick
month, and seriously injured Christopher
ShoffstalL The mine is one of the largest
and most valuable in the anthra cite region
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
DEATH MIDST PLEASURE.

Chicago Picnics the Scene Of Several Sad
DrOwningS.
At Columbia Park, Chicago, John McNeff
and Miss Lucy Kaiser were drowned while
boat riding. They were attending at an
A. o. U. w. picnic. In Calumet Lake, near
Pullman, Henry Campbell and Leslie
Young, boys. were drowned; and in an ex-
cavation which had filed by drainage,
young August Maraysta met his fate.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
Two Mariners Blow Out the Gas.

At Boston three deserters are reported
from the United States ship Boston and five
from the United States ship Atlanta. II. S.
Stron and Axel Jansen, head cook and gum
ner on the New York, registered at a hotel.
They were called and responded, but later
the chambermaid entered the room and
found the men unconscious from escaping
gas Jansen was dead and Stron may die.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
Killed by a Rabid Horse.

John Farrell. of Comanche County, Kan.
was killed by horse afflicted with hydro
phobia. man who witnessed Farrell S
death said the horse was only.a little res
tive until he was taken to a water trough,
when the sight of the water seemed to in
furiata him.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
Lightning Terribly Burns a Girl.

Near Arkansas City, Kan, Edith Bot
tomly was struck by lightning. The bolt
struck her in the breast, burning large
blister, tore her waist off, cut cash down
the outside of each limb split her stock
ings and shoes, and made round hole in
the soles of her shoes. She is alive, but
suffering terribly.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
Bishop pwenger Said to BE DIVING.

The Rt. Rev. Joseph Dwenger, Bishop of
the Fort Wayne Diocese of the Catholic
Church, is very low, and has been given up
by the attending physicians. At his own
request the rite of extreme JUNCTION was adj
ministered to the dying prelate.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
scarc,tv of Food in Parts of Chile.

The Chilian revolution is stationary.
Famine prevails at Tarapaco and Autofa-
gasta. There is no discipline among the
rebel forces A plot has been discovered
to destroy the Government squadron at
Valparaiso. All the conspirators have
been seized. excepting one. who hanged
himself
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
One Bow Killed.

At Pittsburg, Pa. a Duquesne electric car
and an electric feeder of the Pittsburg
Traction Company collided. John Hazlett,
Jr., aged IA years, was fatally hurt.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
Engineer Killed.

At a crossing near Perry, Iowa, Min
neapolis and ST. Louis passenger train col
lided with a Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul freight. The passenger engine was
thrown down steep embankment and En-
gineer knight was instantly killed
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
Kflled on a NapAtha Launch.

A party of eight started from Rockaway,
N, Y, for a.day's fishing The naphtha
launch Ethel had cruseu about until it
reached a point some way out from the
shore of Long Beach. Then terrible ex-
plosion occurred. Every persoa on board
was hurled into the water, and all but one
drowned.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
Born with a Fun Set OF Teeth.

At Houston, Tex, Mrs. Kate Williams,
domestic, has given birth to a boy baby
that has full set of teeth. Medical men
are puzzled Not since the days of Richard
Ill has such youngster been heard of.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-07-16
"Frenchy'' Sentenced for Life.

Ameer Ben Ali, alias "Frenchy," the
Arabian outcast, who was convicted of the
murder of "Old Shakespeare" in the East
River Hotel, New York, was sentenced to
life imprisonment