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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-10-13
FLAGMAN AND ENGINEER.
Both Are to Blame for the Fatal Train
Wreck at Cudahy

The coroner's jury has placed part
of the responsibility for the death of
Fireman Thomas S. Duckwall in the
Northwestern wreck near Cudahy,
Thursday morning, on the engineer OF
the approaching train. The rear flag
man of the extra freight was also
censured for not exploding torpedoes
to warn the engineer on the passenger
train.
The testimony developed that the
engine of the special freight was in
poor condition. While the pressure in
the boiler was 40 in South Milwaukee
it ran down to 125 in less than two
miles while climbing the grade 10
Cudahy. When it became apparent
that the train would become stalled on
the grade, the rear fagman was at
once sent back with instructions to go
back as far as possible to meet the
passenger train. 1t was testified that
the tlagman succeeded in running back
between three quarters of mile and
mile from the point where the freight
was stalled. When the passenger
hove in sight, the fagman swung his
lantern but no heed was apparently
given to his efforts to warn those on
the train. When the passenger train
had rushed up to about 100 feet 0
where he stood, the hagman jumped
from the track and hurled the lantern
ho Of hO
The engineer also passed the red
light of the Hall system just behind
the fagman as we'll as the diamond of
red lights at the rear of the caboose of
the freight train.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-10-13
TAKEN CAPTIVE.
Private Zen Bauer's Friend Gives Him
Very ENJOYABLE Surprise.

Private Zen Bauer's Friend Gives Him a
Very ENJOYABLE Surprise.
Ben F. Bauer, late a private in Co.
T, has been home FOR several weeks,
but he had acted the recluse so since
his return that hardly any of his friends
had chance to see him and talk over
his recent exploits while with the de-
tenders of Uncle Sam. His friends
could not stand the silence any longer
and on Saturday night, the boys, to
the number of about forty, put on their
best bib and tucker and went over TO
the pretty little Bauer home on Ashland
avenue, to make an informal call on the
soldier boy. Ben was down town, but
his friends waited patiently for his re-
turn and when he did come they gave
him great surprise. Private Bauer
capitulated at once and began to en-
terrain his friends royalty.
Dancing and music were the features
of the evening and every body had a
jolly time. About midnight supper
was served and the returned soldier
made the hour more interesting by
telling some fine stories Of camp life and
life on the march. After supper dane
ing began again and continued until
early morning.
The evening was an exceedingly jolly
one and everyone enjoyed themselves
immensely. Guests were present from
Milwaukee, Racine and Caledonia.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-10-13
ON THE LINKS.
Miss Emma Robinson Wins the Hawaiian
Ca1abash

49, ~
Ca1abash.
Saturday afternoon was lady's day
on the Country club golf Inks, and the
ladies turned out in large numbers to
contest for novel Hawaiian calabash,
offered by Mr.. DoWsett, of Honolulu.
The entry list was very large and the
ladies played an exceedingly close
game. Twelve holes were played AMI
the handicaps we're so well placed that
the score was very close. Miss Emma
Robinson however won out, with a
score of 81 net, with Mrs. George A.
YuIe a close second.
After the ladies' tournament was
over an informal tournament was ar
ranged among the gentlemen OF the
club, the prize being two dozen balls
provided from entry fees. The first
place was won by Arthur Jebb and the
second resulted in tie between Frank
Slosson and George A. Yule.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-10-13
BICYCLIST INJURED.
George Crane, of Racine, Comes in Con-
tact with a Telegraph Pole.

George Crane, we'll known Racine
bicycle maker, met with very pain
full bicycle accident Sunday morning
while riding from Racine to Kenosha.
He was riding along the path and
when he reached the railroad crossing
near the St. George cemetery he made
too short a turn and was thrown very
heavily against telegraph pole along
the path. He was unconscious for
short time until he was discovered by
number of companions coming behind
him, and was brought TO the Woodward
drug store, where doctor dressed his
wounds. His face was badly bruised,
and several big cuts were found about
his head. The ligaments of his neck
were also very badly sprained. He
was sufficiently recovered to return to
his home after dinner.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-10-13
WON GREAT APPLAUSE.
Police officer Nelson stops a Runaway
Delivery Horse.

Delivery Horse.
A horse attached to the delivery
wagon of Pitts Il DeBerge ran away
shortly after three o'clock this after
noon and dashed down Main street at
very lively rate. The horse was seen
by Police Officer Nelson, and notwith-
standing the heavy rain falling and the
slippery condition of the street, he
rushed out and made wonderful leap
at catching the bride bits. 1t looked
for a moment as if the officer would
certainly be seriously injured, but he
kept hold of the bits and succeeded in
stopping the horse. AS he led the
frightened animal back the crowd
greeted him with unstinted applause,
and he certainly deserved it as the
reward of duty fearlessly performed
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-10-13
FIRED THROUGH THE WINDOW
Mrs. Ezra Simmons Has Narrow Escape
From Injury.

Mrs. Ezra Simmons had narrow
escape from being shot and perhaps
seriously injured shortly after o'clock
this afternoon when some one unknown
from an unknown place fred rifle
ball through one of the front windows
of the Simmons house in Park Place.
The ball shattered the glass and pass
ing through sofa lodged in a chimney
on the other side of the room.
Mrs. Simmons had been sitting at
the window only moment before and
had she been sitting there when the
shot was fired she would undoubtedly
been killed. 1t is thought that the
shot was the result of carelessness and
the case has been reported to the po-
lice.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-10-13
EN- ROUTE TO KLONDIKE.
Will symmonds Writes Home From the
Frozen North.
Holy CROSS MISSION.
o. IN 400

Holy Cross MISSION.
Sept. 10, '98.
Dear Mother-We just anchored off
here. 1t is $40 miles up from st. Mich
aeps, which averages US about twenty
five miles day. l think the river
must be swollen considerable as we
have terrible current to face.
It is very slow sailing but we have
beaten every boat but one, of our size
we have met At the rate we have
come so far we ought to reach the
KoY- kuk in eight or ten days. They
tell us the river does not freeze up until
about the middle Of October.
We have had very good trip so far
excepting for the rain. 1t rains nearly
every day. The greatest difficulty we
have is in getting wood. | think we
have not got into the timber country
yet, although we have passed some
quite large trees, but they are too
green so we have to use the drift wood.
The part of Alaska we have seen so
far is a vast country Of quicksand. No
human being could ever cross overland
here.
Will write again at first opportunity.
We are all we'll and hope you are the
same. Your loving son,
VIM. r. SYMNIONDS.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-10-13

Kenosha horses did very we'll in the
recent fair at Ejkho3n. Dixie B, d
gelding belonging 20 Walter L. Dex-
ter, captured the $40 lace. making the
nile in 2:28, and = uu.se belonging to
Jonn Reynolds secured second money
in the 2:30 class
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-10-13
PULLED UP THE sTAK IS
High School Boys Play Havoc With Plat
of Lots.

OF LOIS.
The members of the High school foot
ball team are in all kinds of trouble
today on account Of pulling up the
stakes iii the ground lately plated into
city lots by A. C. Bell at the corner of
LYMAN avenue and P0merOy streets.
The boys we're in search Of a field on
which to play the game with Wauke-
gan and gaining the consent OF a
neighbor they removed the stakes and
marked out the field. According to law
the offensa is p serious one, but the
case against the boys will not be
pushed if they VIII have the stakes
reset.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-27

beauty is about all that counts. Still
there are hundreds of schools where all
the branches necessary are taught cheap
To the average comedian a few steps in
dancing and body that will stand any
amount of wear are all that is needed
but clio performers are taught dancing,
singing. mmicry, Juggling and other
tricks of the trade in a very short time.
The managerial end of the rope is well
attended to by hustling business men,
and the newspapers have furnished many
recruits to the fold of the press agent.
The greater part of the shows are con-
Quoted legitimately booked in turn and
run well, but a part of them are the very
reverse. Indicating" or jumping long
distances to get away from a reputation,
playing and getting out without setting
with the house or public. Amateur or
CARNATIONS and even pickDocket crowds
are often piloted through small towns,
and the frSt-named methods are not as
rare as they might be-
The rise of the profession In the last
two years has been so rapid as to startle
most people, and yet it is thoroughly
natural. Gentlemen attended the other
shows and were not fully satisfied. They
wanted something to which they could
take their wives, sisters and sweethearts.
The women themselves naturally felt
some curiosity over the subject and this,
coupled with the fact that speciality,
like short story, is often entertaining
to greater extent than deeper per-
Torrance, and that il is always pleasant,
created the demand. and the demand
brought the supply. At first, it took the
form of private entertainments but this
was only in the reach of the wealthy, and
talented players did not like the inso-
lence shown by the purse proud at whose
houses they presented their work. In
time organized high-class troupes came
out. set New York wild and conservative
Philadelphia almost equally so. What
had at first been but fad became an in
stitution. 1t is the natural climax of
vaudeville, and its future is uncertain
1t may rise or fall or remain as it is
1t may run out other shows, though it is
more probable than not that both will
continue-the one in palaces like Ham
merstein's and Roster and Bials, as an
art; the other in pOpular-priced houses, as
an exhibit of feminine beauty DE gus
thus non est disputandumr
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-27
EPWoRTH CHURCH.
Election of Stewards and sunday
school officers.

The following persons have been elected
stewards for Epworth Methodist Episco-
pal Church South, at Seventh and A
Streets northeast for the ensuing year
Samuel II. Bowman, G. W. F. Hummer
/. Pierce Boteler, Ernest L. Baker, Fred.
+. Woodward, Goodwin d. Ellsworth. A.
O. Run, l.. A Potter and w. NJ Deck
EpwOrth Church Sunday school has
elected the following officers for the en-
suing term: Superintendent, William f
Hummer; assistant superintendent, Fred.
4. Woodward; secretary, a. Vernon Gale
assistant secretary, John Coombs; treas
urer, Sellman S. Gather; pianist, Miss
Grace Conner; librarian, Silas +. Moore !;
assistant Librarians, Frank y. Woodward
and Fred q. Murray; musical director,
Van A. Potter president Of Missionary
Society. Miss Lucy Dorsey.
The Sunday school enters upon the new
conference year with d total membership
OF 297. which includes eight officers and
seventeen teachers. The school is divided
into adult, intermediate, junior and pri-
mary departments. all of which are well
organized.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-27
SPANS RECENT HISTORY.
her People Are Not Brave and Are
Half Civilized

No close or careful study OF history is
required to learn the position Spain oc-
cupies among the nations. The most
casual acquaintance with the annals of
Europe reveals a kingdom rent by inter
nal dissension, governed by men whose
sense of personal honor does not forbid
enrichment at the expense of the peo-
pie - in a word a Christian Turkey,
where the analogy is made more striking
by the barharity which finds enjoyment
in blood and delight in torture Turkey
and Armenia. Spain and Cuba, Turk and
Spaniard alike the conquerors Of the
Saracen, both rejecting the enlighten-
ment OF Moslem civilizaticn-it is q la
inevitable fact in history that the Moor
and Arab had to give way before the
Ottoman and Don. 1t is not necessary,
however, TO go so far back for proofs of
national weakness and degeneration
Spain in the Nineteenth Century" the
last of the compilations OF Mrs. Eliza
beth WOrmeley Latimer. bears abundant
testimony not a little of it contempor-
airy, of the decay of Spain and the Span
lard. and of the disesteem in which both
are held ali over Europe and America
The present century opened with the
infamous Godoy, prince of the peace, in
power over the peninsula. He even went
so far as 10 accept a bride from Portu-
gal in lieu Of invading her territory, and
though despised by the people. was able
to maintain his position with King
Charles. chiefly through the machina-
lions Of his wife Maria Louisa, who had
long been Godoys friend
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-27
GEN. FoRsYTH's VIEWS.
He Says Spaniards Blew Up the
Maine.

Wilkesbarre. Pa. March 26-Gen.
George A. Forsyth. United States army.
retired. Of Washington, who is visiting
here. said today:
The Maine was blown up by mine IN
Havana narbor. believe this mine was
connected by a wire to an electric bat
terry on board the Alfonso MI. and be-
lieve that from the Alfonso XII the mine
was exploded.
"As a matter OF course it was expected
that the explosion of the mine would ex-
plode both magazines on board the Maine.
Strange TO say. however, neither OF the
magazines exploded. thing which would
probably not happen again once in
thousand times.
The Spaniards murdered 26S Americans.
mo PREPARATION that Spain can make
can be adequate nor can any reparation
be honorably accepted by the United
States.
There is not doubt that war is in
evitable."
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-27

Ross points out that the Court Of Ap-
peais held tina 1.-THE power was vested
N the Secretary of the Interior or the
superintendent Of Public Buildings and
Grounds.
The commissioners ask that Congress
vest the necessary authority somewhere.
either in the hands of themselves, the
Secretary Of The Interior or the Superin-
tendent of Public Buildings and Grounds.
letter from the Secretary of the In
terror, approving the proposed legislation
accompanies each Of the letters trans
mitted by Commissioner Ross.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-27

Though war was everywhere about and
Spain had been most humilatingly de-
feated by the armies Of the French Re
public, there. was no attempt TO put
either the army or navy in order In
1893 the United States, angered by
Spain's repeated infractions of the treaty
whereby the free navigation of the Mis-
sissippi was secured to us, made ready to
attack New Orleans, and was met by the
plea that the Louisiana territory had
been coded TO France by secret treaty.
France never took possession, England
holding her fleet bIockaded and Louisi-
ana was sold to us for $4,000 900. Godoy
was made the more unpopular by this,
and though his country was threatened
by France on its northern frontier, while
England was lowering over the seas
ready to cut off the enormous income
which still came from the Mexican
mines, he left Spain so open to attack
that. toadyng to England. Napoleon be-
came eXasperated and eXacted a subsidy
from Godoy of $l4,5 ,0OO with which to
invade England. The soldiers of Spain
Napoleon would not accept-that most
skillful of generals always despised the
Spaniards as a fighter.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-27
coErRoL OF STREET PARKINes
Commissioners Desire That Ii he
Placed Somewhere

President John ". Ross Of the Board
Of District Commissioners has trans
mitted letters to Chairman Mcmillan Of
the Senate District Committee and
Hon. J. ". Babcock. Of the House Dis
trict Committee, with regard TO Sen
ate bin No. 1896 Ito vest in the Com
rnissioners Of the District control Of the
street parklngs Of the city
Commissioner Ross refers in his letters
to a number OF complaints with regard
10 the occupation OF parking spaces by
barrels, boxes and rubbish. which were
referred TO the Police Department for ac-
ton, and on which the lieutenant report
ed that by decision Of the Court Of APP
peals in ''Libbey-s case offenders can
not be prosecuted for occupying parkngs
for private purposes.
Commissioner Ross says that 1t can be
readily seen that the situation is deplora-
bic when no one is charged with the duty
Of having distractions removed. In the
case Of Frank Libbey, Commissioner
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-27
GOULD WANTS no WAR.
The Miiiionaire's Patriotism Comes
From the stock Ticker

st. Louis, March 26-President George
Gould. of the Missouri Pacific system,
passed through this city yesterday. 4
mention of war brought Il deprecatory
gesture from Mr.. Gould
What about Senator Thurston's state
ment that war would increase the reve-
nues of every American raiIrOad?" was
asked.
THAT might be its first effect" said
Mr.. Gould. What would follow is
largely a matter of conjecture"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-27
Mr.. Boyden's Credentials.

An item appeared in last evenings
Times to the effect that the police of
the District were looking for a man
who styles himself superintendent of
chimneys, and who was fleeing house
wives by charging them 20 cents for
making an inspection of the flues of
houses The gentleman in question
Frank Boyden, very promptly came to
this office and presented his authority
as such inspector. This authority is a
letter from the District Commissioners
and is signed by Clifford Howard. assist
ant secretary of the Commissioners of
the District of Columbia.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-27
Seized by MeXicnns.

San Antonio, Tex, March pa dis
patch has been received mere from lamp
leo, Mexico stating that the Mexican
government had confscated several thou
sand Mauser rifles and q large amount
OF ammunition which was about to leave
that place bound for Cuba. The dis
covery was made by a Spanish spy. a
number Of expeditions have been out
fitted at Tampico and landed in Cuba
recently.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-27

From the frying pan Spain fell into the
fire by this. England seized four ships
laden with Mexican gold Spain declared
war, and in twinkling Nelson descend
ed upon the French and Spanish fleets at
Trafalgar, leaving Spain's navy so shat
tered that nearly all the Spanish colonies
in America We're able to obtain their in
dependence with little difficulty during
the ensuing years. Soon after war with
France came on. The Spaniards Were lit
tie less than cravens, and made their
Cowardice all the more despicable by in
famous cruelty to the French who fell
into their hands. Even their allies were
forced To protest against it.
With the peninsular war the reader is
more or less familiar. The Spanish were
arrayed on both sides. But, whether
they were supposed to be helping the
French or English, they ran away and
justified the contempt in which their
fighting abilities were held by both sides.
From 1899 to 1881 the country had three
constitutions, six ministries. two revoiu-
tons and a devastating civil war A
writer in the North British Review of
March, 1850, says that Spain has slipped
of late years so thoroughly out of the
notice of Europe that ii would be affecta-
ton to imagine that one person in a
thousand knows even the a Il c of her
recent history and politics. The huge
America had failed-and 1t is a curious
commentary on the manner in which
Spain had abused her colonies to find that
not one of them ever yielded willing aid
to the mother country or failed to take
advantage of her misfortunes to gain her
own ends. In Egypt Great Britain was
able recently to show Canadians and Aus
tralians fighting side by side in her ar
mics, and there IS no doubt whatever
that a European war would find the en-
tire British empire arrayed as a unit
! The United States has had but one war
with men OF Spanish blood-that with
! Mexico. and it Is to be remembered that
there the Americans never lost even a
skirmish. much less a battle. Tn short
in the words of a British historian:
Spain is the country of anomalies and
nothing In the political conduct of Span
ish affairs will ever surprise us until we
find them conducted according to the
rules of common sense and the dictates
of prudence that govern the everyday
life of ordinay humanity"
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-27

WyUV don't you quit drinking? You can'tP
WI See what the "Kecley Institute" peo-
pie tell you.I 9O5 St, Washing
ton, D. G.; his Madison ave. Baltimore, Md,
or at Greensboro, y. c. All genuine.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-03-27
THE HISTORY Of VAUDEVILLE
Years Spent in Transition From
Plain Variety"
ESSENCE OF THE LEGITIMATE

che Sketch an Abbreviated Drama.
The variety People az Il Class,
The characteristics OF the Bust
ness-Worc Sinncd Against Thar
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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-07
A GOOD SOLDIER
Army Lost a Valuable Officer When
Lieut.. Steele Died

CHICAGO, Aug. 6.-Lieutenant James p.
Steele, whose death from yellow fever is
announced from Santiago de Cuba, was
stationed in Chicago for two years in the
signal service branch of the army. The
lieutenant was 80 years of age and had
spent twelve years in the regular army. He
enlisted In st. Louis when q years old and
was assigned to the Sixth Cavalry. After
serving his first five year term, during
which he participated in the Sioux cam
paign at Pine Ridge, he re-enllsted and
took a course of instruction in signal tele-
graphing, after which he was transferred
to that branch of the service. He was a
sergeant when he left the cavalry and was
given the same rank when he entered the
signal corps. At various times he was sta
toned at San Francisco, Denver and Chi
cago.
After the breaking out of the present war
Steele was commissioned first lieutenant
and went with Skaters army to Sant.-
ago. He was one of the men in the famous
balloon which assembled to take observa-
lions of the enemy's position. The balloon
was riddled with bullets, but the aerop-
auts escaped with their lives. Lieutenant
Steele leaves a widow and two children who
are visiting his relatives in Alamonte, Ont.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-08-07
STRIKERS ARRESTED
Oshkosh Woodworkers Charged Wit1
Conspiracy

OSHKOSH, Wis. Aug. 6.tThe sash and
door manufacturers have tried to fix the
responsibility for the labor riots here War
rants were issued today for w. A. Kidd,
secretary of the National Woodworkers'
Union and George Senter and Mile Trober,
two local leaders. The complaint was made
by Nathan Pain of the Pain Lumber Com
pany, and the charge is conspiracy to
maliciously injure the company by terrify-
ing its employees by means of threats and
abuse. Kidd and Senter were arrested at
0 o'clock and given an immediate hearing
before Judge Fossina's Municipal Court.
Their trial was set for August 18th and bail
was fixed at $1,000 each, which was fur
nished and the prisoners were released.
Trober will be arrested as soon as he can
be located. Secretary Kidd threatens a re-
taliatory suit for damages.
Everything is quiet here today and ths
mills are running with small non-union
crews. Seventy-five special policemen have
been appointed and Chief Weisbrod feels
confident he can suppress any disturbance.