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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-08
LAID OUT THE ELECTION BILL.

That Measure Pushed to One Side by ne
Silver Bill.
THE Senate met at noon on the 5th, with the
Vice President in the chair, and with full
er attendance of members than on any other
dav at the same hour since the session
began. The galleries were also Well filled
with SPECTATORS. The journal of the I'd inst
was read, an was of the briefest possible
character consisting of one short sentenc e.
Scores of petitions for and against the Con-
ger lard bill were presented, and for and
against the Torrey bankruptcy bill. On mo-
ton of Senator Stewart the election bill was
laid aside and the financial bill was taken
UP. The vote was 81 to %. eight Republ1-
can Senators voting with the Democrats.
This practically kills the election bill and
means the passage of free silver Dill by
the Senate. Inquiry among Republican
Senators develops the fact that they were
all surprised at the displacement OF the
election bill. One Western Senator, who
personally regards the bill with indttfer-
ence, but who was not willing to abandon
it now that it was a party measure, said
that the friends of the bill did not know
what to think or do now, for they had been
so surprised they had not had time to con-
slider the situation. The Senator said he
regarded the vote as decisive of the fate OF
the bill, and that was the opinion of the
majority of his colleagues with whom he
had talked. Senator SpOoner, one of the
foremost advocates of the election bill, was
seen but would say nothing. OF the Re-
publican Senators voting to bury the election
bill Washburn was the only one who was
not an out-and-Out free-cOinage man.. He
justifes his vote on the ground that he has
been opposed to the election measure, and
that this was the only opportunity that he
had to get it out of the way. Besides the
measure he voted to take up is not free
coinage bill, but the Sherman compromise
bill 1t amounts to the same. however, for
the emOcratic-Republican free-cOinage
combination will substitute q free-coinage
amendment for the Sherman bill. No BUSH
ness of Importance was transacted by the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-08
Big Crash at CINCINNATI.

The Dueber- Hampden Watch Company of
Canton, Ohio, one of the largest concerns in
The United States, has made an assignment
in Cincinnati to Howard Douglass The
collapse of Dueber is no surprise
to those on the inside, for he
mas been considered shaky for some
time He moved his extensive works in
Newport, KY, just acr1ss the river from
Cincinnati, about two years ago. and great
ly enlarged his business, adding to the man
nfacture of watch cases that of watch
works. Mr.. Dueber was one of the few
men who fought the watch trust and they
determined to drive him to the wall At
his Canton factory he employed nearly
1000 hands
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-08
ALL SORTS.

ONE-HALF the lead used in the United
States is mined in Missouri.
THE penitentiaries of Texas have con-
tributed 81, 900 to the State treasury the
past year.
A MIsER at Lima, O., left no heirs to
his fortune, which is estimated to be at
least $500
IN Jefferson county, Kansas, brother
and sister ran against each other tor
school commissioner.
THE falls of Niagara carry down TO-,
600, 600 cubic feet OF water per minute,
equal to about three million horse
power.
The population of Quebec is about
/, SOC, 900, of whom 100000 at least are
French in blood, language, sentiment
and instinct
A cENsUs-TAKER recently stumbled
over the name of a man living near New
York which turned out to be Schmeck-
enheckerstein.
A FRENCH scientist has just discovered
that a 2O-pound cheese when years old
contains 1,574, s56,231 living germs Of
adult microbes.
THE organs of smell in the turkey
yulture and carrion crow are so delicate
that they can scent their food for a dis
lance Of forty miles.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-08
THEIR MONOPOLY DESTROYED.
How the German Government Got Ahead
of the Iron BarOnS.


of the Iron BarOnS.
The German Railway Minister has de-
clared war against the iron barons. The
latter, having by high tariffs succeeded to
q certain extent in getting rid of foreign
competition, next set to work to dictate eX-
orbitant prices to the German Government,
while they sold to foreign countries at COM
paratively cheaper rates. 1t has now been
decreed that in all purchases of materials
for the Prussian railroads the lowest tender
is in the future to be accepted irrespective
of the nationality of the contractor and
that German material is only to be Pre-
ferred where the prices asked the same
The managers of the Bavarian State Rail-
way have had to complain of a similar
tendency to eXtortion the part of the
coal contractors They have now decreed
that in future coal is to be bought at the
lowest tender, and this has enabled the
Bohemian mine-owners to obtain large Or
ders to the detriment of their Rhenish
Westphalian competitors, a fact which
causes a good deal of dissatisfaction in
quarters interested.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-08
CLOSING IN ON THE REDS.
a Big Battle Between Troops and Indians
Unavoidable.

A Big Battle Between Troops and Indians
Unavoidable.
A dispatch from Pine Ridge Agency in
South Dakota says:
The troops are closing in on the Indians,
and big battle is looked for at any hour.
Infantry is on it's way here from Oelrichs
and is badly needed, as this is the weakest
point at the front. Last night the half
breeds took their turn at being frightened,
and stampeded in the night for the railroad.
A report starting from dozen different
sources spread like wildfire through the
camp that many of the hostiles in the guiSe
of friendlies were scattered through the
agency, and would at a. signal each select
his man, kid him., and then escape in the
confusion and assist the balance of the
nostiIes in their attack from the outside.
The force here, hardly 500 men, could be
wiped out by such plan, as thelcannon
weuld be useless in tiles dark. Every one
was under arms, and sleep was too great a
luxury to indulge in. Col. FOrsythe has
been suspended for trial for the slaughter
of last Monday. Gen. Miles and Col. Henry
are well and hearty in spite of the8etforts
made by the newspapers to kill them.
Indians came in this morning saying that
about half of the Indians in the hostile
camp were willing to accept Gen. Miles
terms and come back to the agency and ask
for aid to get away from their comrades.
The fOur-mOnth- old baby found on the
battlefield New Years Day has been adopt
ed by yellow Bird and christened Maggie
G. Nailor, after a Washington lady The
other baby died yesterday.
A special from Rushville, Neb, says:
Heavy cannonading has been going on
north of here to-day, but no news of a bat
tie has yet been received. The Omaha
Guards who volunteered their services
have been ordered to hold themselves in
readiness to move 10 The front. They are
in fine form and have a Calling gun at
tached to the command.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-08
Ex-rREAsURER SPINNER DEAD.
His Long Career Ended at the Advanced
Age of 90.

Age OF so.
Gen. Francis E. Spinner, ex-Treasurer of
the United States and a former power in
Republican politics, died the day before
New Years at the residence of his sOn-in-
law, the Hon. J. M. Schumacher, at jack
sonville, Fla. Gen. Spinner went to Florida
Immediately after retiring from office on
account of health, and, being fond of c.1t-
door life, spent much time at Pablo Beach,
living in a tent and enjoying himself in
hunting and fishing The malady to which
he finally succumbed was cancer of the face,
and, despite his great sufferings, he always
preserved an undaunted heroic front
Up to week ago he was able to be up at
short periods, and conversed with those
around him. When the cancer broke
through to the brain his mind began to fail,
and at times he became dcliriOus. He was
attended by his faithful physician, Dr..
Mitchell. and everything that human skill
could do was done in his behalf until death
came. At his bedside were Mr.. and Mrs. j.
M. Schumacher and Mr.. and Mrs. James +.
Woodworth His end was peaceful and
painless, and death came to him as sleep.
Francis E. Spinner was born at Mohawk,
German Flats, N. Y, in January, 1902 His
father was German clergyman.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-08
MINNESOTA FARMERS ALLIANCE.
Ignatius DonneIIy Chosen President OF
the Org aniZation.

Ignatius DonneIly Chosen President OF
the Organization.
More than / 1000 delegates to the Farmers
Alliance State Convention of Minnesota
assembled at the Newmarket Theater at
St. Paul. Mr.. Ignatius DonnelIy read a
plan for the settling of disputes in the Com
mittee on Credentials which was unani-
mously adopted. On the retirement of
the committee, a Dakota County man
moved that the State Lecturer, Mr.. DON
nelly, be heard from. This was quickly
amended by motion to adjourn. The first
test vote between the two factions resulted
in great triumph for Donnelly There
were some manifestations of dissatisfac-
ton, but President Hall said: HGentlemen,
speech from Mr.. Donnelly will not
you hear him, and I will now pre-
sent him to the convention" Mr.
Donnelly alluded to this gathering as
the most unexampled and unparalleled
meeting ever held in the State, and after
concentrating the convention on the inn
mense vote pol1ed last November for the
Alliance ticket, proceeded to argue that
the Alliance must maintain its separate
identity and not fuse with Democrats or
Republicans. He said:
Both parties have declared time and
again that the water must be squeezed out
of watered stock, but there has not been
enoug hswater5 extra. cted to wet the lips of q
thirsty Arab in the Desert of Sahara. Nay,
when we passed a law in 1887 that
no more watered stock should be created
and that if it was created the men en-
gagged in the work should go to the
penitentiary, no attention was paid to
it. Since the passage of that act
the fraudulent capitalization of railroads
in Minnesota, in the face of an enactment
declaring it penal offense, has increased
about S38, 900 900, and the average capital
ization of the roads of the State has risen
from about $37 900 per mile to 1000 per
mile The 500 Railroad Company claims
that it's road cost $34, ia, 09765, but SIS, 49,,
219.99 was for discounts securities; that
is to say it cost S18, 419, 219.99 to discount
$15, T54, S77.66; if they had borrowed the
money for another six months at
that rate they would have owed $780,
100000 and not have had a fOOt of
road or a tie, or spike, or d cigarette to
show for it. Not man who has been en-
gagged in these iniquities has been arrested,
prosecuted, or punished. Not only this,
but the chief among them has been sent by
the Republican party to the United States
Senate These things must be righted by
the Legislature. Behind the Alliance stand
the shadowy legions of all the good and
great who have died for the prosperity and
liberty of mankind.
Donnelly was chosen President of the State
Alliance by 542 votes against 113 for his
opponents.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-08
NJ ay Be Funny, May Be Not.

THERE will be both a Ketcham and a
Cheatham in the next Congress, just as
there are in this ne.-Boston Herald.
Two of the hardest things to keep in
this life are new diary and sharp
lead pencil -N0rristolCn Herald
IT is not wise to say everything you
know, but how can some people help it
if they say anything at ,SomerUtlle
Journal.
The man who insists that doctor bills
are robbery might modify his language
and refer to them as pillage. Washing
ION Post.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-08
A FIERCE GOTHAM FIRE
AN ENTIRE BLOCK OF BIG BUILD
INGS DESTROYED.

The Fifth Avenue and Herrmann's Theaters
in Ruins-HOteI Guests Forced to Flee for
Their Lives-The Top Story of the Sturte-
want House Prey to the Flames-Fire-
men Have a Miraculous Escape.
New York dispatch.
Fire which it was feared would result
in the loss of the lives of at least half a
dozen brave firemen broke out in the
Fifth Avenue Theater shortly after mid
night this morning.
Within an hour that famous playhouse
was practically destroyed. Herrmann's
Theater was in flames and the entire
block in grave peril. The fire broke out
under the stage of the Fifth Avenue
Theater. At half past II o'clock an ex-
plosion was heard in the building, and a
moment later the upper part of the city
was Illuminated by huge sheet of flame
which rose to the ro~f of the theater, en-
veloping the entire building and Herr
mann's Theater Immediately adjoining.
Six fremen had gone through Herr
mans Theater to the roof and had just
succeeded in hosting length of hose up
when the furnace opened directly at
their feet. When from the crowd went
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-08
SAY THE TARIFF is TOO HIGH.
minnesota Farmers Demand that 1t Il
2educed-What They Ask.

Minnesota Farmers Demand that 1t Be
2educed-What They Ask.
The resolutions adopted by the Minnesota
convention of the Farmers Alliance open
ed with shot at the tariff. The most i'm
portant of them are as follows:
We demand that the war tariff be
radically revised, giving necessary reduc-
tions and placing raw material on the free
list, to the end that we may be able to COM
pete with the world for market. We de-
mand governmental control of the rail-
roads, both of the State and the nation, to
the end that reasonable rates shall be
established and watering of stock not be
permitted; and that our Legislature shall
enact a freight-rate law which shall fix
rates no higher than those now in force in
Iowa, and reduce the passenger rates to
two cents mile. AS producers we de-
mand a free and open market for our grain,
and that railroads shall receive and ship
the same as they do all other. commodities.
That the grading of wheat at coun-
try stations be abolished; and we de-
mand that the Legislature Investigate the
handling, inspection, and weighing of grain
under existing laws. We demand a law
forbidding any railroad from issuing any
mortgage bonds-Or stock until account
of the cash. labor, and material, duly sworn
to, has been presented to some officer of the
State for examination We demand the re-
with stringent penalties for bonuses and
commissions. We favor an increase of the
volume of money equal to the requirements
of an increasing trade, without the inter
vention of banks of issue. We demand the
free coinage of silver and denounce the
silver bill passed by Congress as fraud
upon the people; and we also demand
that all public offices which directly affect
the interests of the people be made cleo
tive. We denounce the "force bill" as
dangerous and revolutionary measure, de-
vised for partisan purposes. 1t will open
the wounds of the war and retard the happy
day of reconciliation and peace, and we
hold that one of the greatest aims of the
Alliance is the restoration of fraternal
feeling and true concord to the people of
this entire republic. We demand that the
Government fOreclose its lien on the Union
Pacific Railroad, and take possession and
operate the same in the interests of the
people of the United States. Option gam
bling in boards of trade should be abol-
ished. and we ask the State and Congress to
pass such laws shall make every such
transaction a criminal offense
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-08
Mizner wanted a Qua d.

Mr.. Miner, the Amt can Minister to
Central America, will leave soon for San
Francisco. 1t is asserted hat he has beer
the recipient of numerous anonymous let
ters threatening his life, and that he solic-
tied body-guard from the United States
steamship Ranger to accompany him to the
steamer. Don Fernando Cruz, Gautemalan
Minister to the United States, does not re-
turn to Washington. Jose Maria SamayO is
now in the United States charged with q
confidential mission in the Barrundia case.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-08
DOESN'T LIKE THE ALLIANCE.
NJ. Leon Say, of France, Writes on the
Subject.

Ne Leon say, OF france, writes on Cn0
Subject.
The London Times publishes an article
from Leon Say on the subject of the Farm
ers' Alliance in which he describes it's pro-
gramme as "merely setting folly against
folly and searching for expedients to con-
ceal situation which is bad enough as it
is. The fact of the situation is that pro-
lection Poutrance must inevitably cause
an increased cost of living. This increase
must in the United States as elsewhere
weigh in the first place and mostly upon
the agricultural laborer. The landOWn-
err and farmer in the United States, in
spite of the immense development of wealth.
are unable without the assistance of Eu-
ropean capital TO carry on their Industrial,
commercial and agricultural enterprises
They stand in need of us and of England
They have destroyed their credit by abusing
it and by the maladministration of their
transportation enterprises and their even
worse administration of local finances.
Associations of swindlers in many of
the States have usurped the administra-
tion of the public purse. The administra-
tors of railways have administered their
shares and neglected their lines. They have
gambled in dividends instead of creating
genuine traffic. Unless reaction shall
take place in public morals, the American
credit cannot recover from its abasement.
It's agricultural, like other industries will
remain a prey to successive commissions
for which transient remedies will be sought
by the adoption of experiments which will
inevitably fail as fast as applied. causing
the country to pass from one grave crisis to
another still graver."
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-08
Got AVIAN viii, $4,000.

Detectives have recovered 5000 Of the
money stolen from the Chatham (Ont.)
branch of the Bank of Montreal by J. n.
Henry, one of it's employees 1t was given
up by friend with whom Henry had left
it. The defalcations of the absconder are
now fixed at s4S. 900, of which he got away
with $40, 900 in cash. A reward of $4,000 is
offered for his arrest,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-08
Demanded Work or Broad.

AT Bromley, County Kent, in England,
$50 unemployed laborers marched to the
offices of the local authorities and demand
ed work, threatening that unless they were
relieved they would loot the bakers shops.
The town authorities promised to open re-
lief works. whereupon the men dispersed.
The tradesmen of the town gave each man
twopence to buy bread.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-08

the law women are allowed to vote on
school matters, and all the negro women
voted for mixed schools. The white women
refrained from voting. The negroes made
desperate attempt to carry mixed schools,
and are sore. They claim that the law is
unconstitutional, and are taking action to
have it nu1lified
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-08
Explosion in a wood Pulp Mill.

A barking machine in the Cascade Wood
Pulp Works at Lockport, N. Y, exploded,
wrecking part of the mill and seriously in
juring George WEIGH, the superintendent;
John Hammond of Medina; and John Ferris
of that city. They were cut and bruised by
flying pieces of the metal, some of which
tore holes through the roof and sides of the
building. The explosion was caused by the
overheating of the cylinder.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-08
Five Men Instantly KIlled.

Five men were instantly killed by the ex-
plosion of cylinder-head of the towboat
Annie Roberts. The boat was bound for
Pittsburg. The damage to the boat will
not exceed $1,000. A complete list of the
dead is: Frank Perry, Ben Lawson, James
Swail, J. B. Shaw. James Gray. Engineer
Rens was seriously injured
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-08

doing negroes, was overruled in the Dis
trict Court at Baton Rouge, La, and they
were each sentenced to twenty years inn
prisonment in the State penitentiary. The
bulldozing was organized to deter colored
people from living on and working lands
instead of working as Iaborers thereon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-08
Earthquake in Indiana.

Two shocks of earthquake were felt at
Elwood, Ind, the other day The first,
lasting thirty seconds, occurred at p. n.
The second followed Immediately and lasted
fifteen seconds, oscillating from west to
east No damage was done.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-08
Wants $4,000 Damages.

Alexander S. PhiIlipsen, who was detained
at the barge Office at New York some time
since on the suspicion that he was the CO.
penhagen murderer of that name who had
shipped his victim to this country in a
barrel of cement, has sued Collector En-
hardt and John Simpson for $40, 600 for false
imprisonment. The real Phillipsen is in a
madhouse in Copenhagen.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-08
Kil1ed a Chicago Contrac Tor.

At San Jacinto, Texas, Mr.. Faro. an eX
tensive railroad contractor, got into a dis
pute with a negro named Tom Gwynne, one
Of his employees. Gwynne struck Faro
over the head with q club, crushing in his
skull. Faro died from the injury. Gwynne
is still at large. Faro halls from Chicago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-08
VOLUME OF BUSI-
NESS.
The Year 1890 Shows Good Record in
Commercial Dealings.


Commercial Dealings.
r. G. Dun & Co. s weekly review Of trade
says:
The new year opens with so much of I'M
certainty that there is a natural disposition
to dwell upon the crowning records of the
year just closed, which show an extraor-
binary volume of business, in many lines
surprising all precedent. Iron, cotton,
leather boot and shoe, and meat produc-
tion was larger than any previous year.
Thus 2,219,312 cattle were slaughtered at
Chicago, against ], 1853 80 in 1889, gain of
% per cent, and 5,T33, 082 hogs, against
4,211, T67 in 1889, a gain of 36 per cent At
Boston 3, 535, 211 cases OF boots and shoes
were shipped, against $500, $50, q gain of
per cent. The clearing house exchanges
show that the volume of all business in
1850 exceeded that of any previous year by
at least 10 per cent. though in part this in
crease was due to the higher range of prices
during the greater part Of the year. The
advance in prices of all commodities COM
pared with year ago is 6.6 per cent, and
the average has been about 5.5 per cent
higher for eight months. But this unprec-
edented volume of business has not been
altogether successful, and the recorded
failures have been in number and in amount
of liabilities larger than in any previous
year since 1884.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-08
Iowa Troons Ready.

A dispatch from Mason City, Ia, says:
The Sixth Regiment, Iowa National Guard,
the strongest in the State, Col. Benton COM
manding, has been ordered to hold itself in
readiness to march to the frontier for SER
vice against the Indians
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-08
Big Suit Settled.

The long contest in the Federal Court at
Louisville, KY. between the Breckinrid 20
company, limited, Of London, and DR.. Hugh
Kennedy and his heirs has been settled by
the purchase OF DR.. Kennedy's interest by
the Englishmen. The property involved
was the camel coal mines at Cloverport,
KY, valued at 5000, 900.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-01-08
Chambers Old Firm Dissolved.

The wholesale dry goods firm of Allan
Sheldon & Co., of Detroit, founded nearly
half a century ago by Zachariah Chandler,
has ceased to exist, having been dissolved
by mutual consent. 1t was in 1888 that Mr..
Chandler laid the foundation of the firm
which has f1ourished through many stages
of commercial life to die natural death by
the mutual consent of the partners.