The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1891-09-24

to q stake In the middle OF an
arena by short ropes. In their
struggles they broke the ropes and the bear
climbed out of the arena among the specta-
tors. A panic ensued and women and chill
dren were trampled on and bruised.
drunken Mexican fred two shots at the
bear with revolver, but the bullets went
into the crowd, slightly wounding one man.
CENSUS FUNDS ALMOST EXHAUSTED.
Superintendent Porter Compelled to Cali
in His Special Agents.
The fund of Sc, 400, 600 appropriated by
Congress for the purpose of taking the
eleventh census Of the United States is
practically exhausted, and as a result sew
eral special agents have been notified by
superintendent Porter to suspend all opera
stions, dismiss all clerks, and forward to
Washington all Government property in
their possession. 1t is fair to presume that
every other special agent throughout the
country in charge of any special industry
has been similarly notified.
TERRIBLE FALL FROM A SCAFFOLD.
Nine WOrkmen on Railway Bridge Drop
Fifty Feet-FOur Fatally Injured.
A terrible accident occurred at Salisbury,
Pa. swinging scaffold under the railroad
bridge was crowded with nine workmen
when the ropes broke, precipitating the en-
tire party into the river bed fifty feet be-
low. The river is low and the men fell in
on the sharp stones, four Of them being
fatally injured, while the rest were more or
Tess bruised.
MILLION DOLLAR FIRE.
hagratiOn.
In New York, fire broke out on the Sec
ond floor Of 1928 Fulton street, where Douglas
Taylor's bookbindery and printing Office is
located. The building was the old Office OF
minutes the flames filled the whole of it's
six floors. The loss is estimated to be
81, 600, 900, partly covered by insurance.
FIVE REPORTED KILLED.
Terrific Explosion of q Boiler in Jelly
Factory at MontvilIe, Ohio.
News has been received of the killing of
three men at Montville Ohio. The boiler
in vasises jelly factory exploded with ter
rife force, entirely demolishing the build
ing and causing fatalities as above.
Has It's Eye on Hawaii.
Senior Celso Calsar Mareno, a well-known
italian American residing in Washington,
d. O., and acting as the agent in this coun-
try of the national party OF Hawaii, cor
responding to the Gillian gressionalists
has laid before the President a letter he
recently received from a correspondent in
Honolulu. asserting in the most positive
terms that England is now planning to take
possession of the kingdom, The writer
said that some action on the Fart Of the
United States is necessary; that the Queen
is favorable to the British interests, and
ready to countenance the move when made
How q London Paper Looks at 1T.
Commenting upon two articles on the
Behring sealing question published in its
columns, the London Times calls the
American claims preposteRous 1t says:
"Their action is arbitrary and hfghhanded
Their arguments, as far as they can be put
into ineligible shape, are worthy OF the
most rigid school of British game presefv-
ers The seal is a wild animal, and there
will never be any danger of its extermina-
tion by hunting on the high seas. The
danger comes from excessive slaughter
when the animals are perfectly helpless"
Typhoid-Fever Epidemic In Indiana.
A typhoid-fever epidemic is raging on
the line of Bartholomew and Decatur
Counties, in the neighborhood Of Harris
City, Ind. Fourteen persons died in thir-
teen days. The disease is of a malignant
type, and physicians are at loss to ac-
count for such an epidemic, as the locality
is unusually healthy, being billy and rough
with plenty of limestone water. Prof. D.
W. Baldwin, late editor of the Hope News
Journal, having spent six days in the af-
flicted district, returned to his home with
the disease, fatally ILL
Three Indians Murdered in Michigan.
A terrible triple murder took place at
Bay Port, Mich, in which three Indians
John. Dan, and Bill Squanos-were killed.
The men were in saloon when they got
into quarrel with Charles Atherton.
man named Bradshaw was also mixed up
in the affair. The latter struck John
Squanos on the head, crushing his skull.
The other Indians, in company with Ather-
ton, started for their cabins, mile distant.
In the morning their dead bodies were
found in their homes Atherton has been
arrested, but Bradshaw is still at large.
Robbed by Their Treasurer.
At Kingston, N. Y, James Q. Ostrander,
Treasurer of the Ulster County Savings In
stitution, has been removed from Office by
the trustees for misrepresentation of the
banks funds. The amount involved is be-
tween $50, 600 and $50, 900. Mr.. Ostrander is
under arrest, and it is said the matter will
be adjusted by his turning over real estate
sufficient to cover the amount He has
been treasurer of the institution for over
twenty-five years
At the Risk of His Life.
An engine pulling an excursion train on
the Pennsylvania Road broke driver
while running at a high rate of speed east
of Columbia. The appliances for setting
the air brakes we're broken and the engine
threatened to leave the track. Engineer
Mart Winters at the risk of his life scram-
bled over the tender and by means of
monkey. wrench set the pneumatic brakes.
The Doodle Game.
Suits against the Philadelphia Press, In
quirer, News, German Democrat, North
American, and Evening Bulletin have been
begun by the Attorney General to recover