The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-06-08
WE WILL CELEBRATE
FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION is
CERTAIN TO SUCCEED.
THE COMMITTEES ARE NAMED
Enthusiastic Meeting of Citizens at the
Grant House Tuesday Night and all
Favor Monster Celebration-Meet-
ing Thursday Night.


ing Thursday Night.
Kenosha will celebrate independence
day, and the celebration promises to
be one of the greatest things of the
kind ever held in Southern Wisconsin.
| The meeting at the parlors of the
/ Grant house Tuesday evening was a
4 very enthusiastic one, and the most
4 largely attended of any meeting OF
] the kind ever held in this city. The
meeting was representative of all
| classes of people in the city. Labor
! organizations were we'll represented,
while there was also present large
number of the business and profess
si0nal men of the city. Everybody
was in favor of the celebration, and
from the indications all the people
represented will take personal inter
est in making the affair a great sue
cess.
In order to facilitate the work of the
meeting temporary organization was
made by electing Capt. W. W. Miller
chairman OF the meeting and W. T.
Marlatt secretary. Later it was for
mally decided that the celebration
should be held, and a committee con
! sisting of Thomas Madison, C. F.
Stemm and Joseph Pitts was appointed
to make out committee which will
have complete control Of the meeting
which will be held on Thursday even
ing at Simmons hall to complete the
plans and start the machinery in
motion.
In the meeting various opinions were
expressed as to what the celebration
should be, and the idea of all was that
it should be celebration in which
every man, woman and child in the
city could take part. Many amuse-
ments have been suggested for the day.
such as races of all kinds as well as a
| fire drill and a competitive fire run,
open to all the different departments
of the city fire fighters. An effort is
also being made to have the Belmont
sisters, the wonderful aerial artists,
appear in the city at that time and
give one of their exhibitions.
The plans for the parade are being
completed, and it will be one represen-
tative of all the varied interests of the
cities. All the merchants and business
men will be asked to furnish floats for
the procession. Prof. Louis Kindt has
already suggested plans for a number
of beautiful historic floats. Besides
this all the organizations in the city
will be asked to turn out in force, and
| it is expected that the parade will be
the largest of the kind ever seen on a
similar occasion in Kenosha.
An address will also be delivered, but
the speaker of the day has not yet
been selected.
A grand mass meeting will be held
at Simmons Hall Thursday evening, at
which every loyal citizen is requested
to meet with the executive committee
and assist in perfecting the plans for
! the celebration,
The committee today reported the
following as the executive committee
and the list of Vice Presidents of the
Organization:
From the Labor Unions-Thomas
Madison, Joseph Donahue, Albert
Beltz, Aug. Kelson, James Farris,
Samuel Workman, Joseph Letting,
Frank Quinlan, G. n. Rathke, E. Sher-
wood, John Sershon, William Good,
man, Thomas Hoban, Dan B. Cox,
Edgar White, Fl. Gutenberg, Peter
ISchutz, n. Fish, Louis Larson, Charles
Schafer, NJ. B. Compton, F. R. Jacoby,
F. M. Davis, G. F. Miller, II. R. Cum
miskey, William Vincent, B. Fl. Lara
bee, Dwight House, j. Ortiz, N. Kleist,
John Neill, Harry Balm, L. B. Johnson
land Harry Seaver.
From the Different Secret and
Benevolent ocieties-Albert Wallis
Henry Dickhant, M. Newman, F.
Nortsfeldt, 0. Jorgensen, j. G. Jorgen
sen, Valentine Fack, Raymond Flasch,
George Hale, F. Fl. Lyman, Da
7id Rahr, B. Fl. Locke, NJ. Hermann,
&c. Mielke, S. B. Green, j. G. Slater,
A. j. Burg, John O'Donnell, Chas S.
Barr, George Wallis, E. j. Lippert,
Charles Meltesen, John Blair, Ed
Blush, NJ. NJ. Smith, E, S. Jackson,
John Sinnott, W. L. Hackley, NJ.
| Cheney, Jos. A. Pitts, D. j. Harff,
| George Seaven, John Thome, Avis
Saeger, George Mischief, j. Mayer, Sr.,
| c. Hahn, L. Ruhnofski, K. Nowaski,
John Pinzger, L. Mischling, A. E.
| Buckmaster, t. T. Parker, M. Brady,
j. Fl. Tully, N. j. Werner, John Dose
magen, Barney McGivern, William
| Gallagher, II. R. Cumiskey, G. 81.
] Pfannig.