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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-04-20
W. S. GIBBON IS DEAD
REGISTER OF DEEDS DIED LAST
NIGHT IN A CHICAGO HOSPITAL.
WAS AN EFFICIENT OFFICER
And Had Twice been Elected Register OF
eeds.-Rematns Brought Home Today
and the County, off1ces are Closed
as Tribute to His Memory

William Sherman GibboR, Register
of Deeds of Kenosha county, died at
$50 o'clock last night at the Hahne-
mann hospital in Chicago, where he
had been for the past ten days receiv-
ing treatment for appendicitis. About
week ago an operation was performed
which at the time was thought to be
successful, but complication set in,
and after hard struggle for life Mr.
Gibbon passed peacefully away, sur
rounded by his wife and children,
mother, brother and sisters.
The announcement of the death of
the we'll known official has cast pail
over the county Offices and all of them
closed at noon today as tribute to the
memory of the deceased official. His
remains were brought from Chicago
this afternoon and the county officials
met them at the station and escorted
them to his late home on Ashland
avenue.
William Sherman Gibbon was about
80 years of age and lived his entire life
in this city and county. He was born
in the town of Somers, his father being
well known farmer. When the
younger Gibbon was approaching man
hood his father died and from that time
until he was elected to the Office of
Register of Deeds, he lived with his
mother on the old homestead.
Mr.. Gibbons political career began
in 1896, when he was first elected
Register of Deeds on the Republican
ticket. At the last general election he
was reelected and at the time of his
death was entering upon the duties of
his office for the second time. Kind
and courteous and perfect gentleman
he made an ideal official andhe will be
greatly missed by people who have
business in the Registers office. AS a
private citizen he was quiet and un-
assuming and made large circle of
friends, to whom his untimely death
will be q personal bereavement. a
wife and two little girls, aged 2 and 4
years, survive him, as we'll as an aged
mother, one brother, David S. Gibbon,
who is a teacherin the Oshkosh Normal
and two sisters, Minnie and Maude,
who are teachers in Milwaukee.
The Office of county Register of Deeds
made vacant by his death will be filed
by his deputy, Miss Edith Smith, until
the Governor shall appoint successor.
The funeral services, which will be
held at the residence Thursday at II m
will be conducted by Rev. Fl. S. Roblee.
The services at the house will be fol-
lowed by services at the Presbyterian
church in Somers, where the remains
will be Inferred,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-04-20
IMPORTANT TO FARMERS.
A Remedy for Smut in oats is Dis
covered.

"a NOh0uy 4o1 0mub Al UabS IS us
covered,
The loss TO the farmers of Wisconsin
due to smut in oats amounts to han
dreds of thousands of dollars annually,
all of which may be saved by treating
the seed oats before planting, at a very
slight cost.
A method for preventing oat smut
has now been found that is cheap and
simple. All that is necessary is to
thoroughly saturate the seed oats with
solution made by adding one pound
of formalin to fifty gallons of water, al
lowing the seed oats to remain satuT-
ated for two hours before spreading
them out to dry.
To use this remedy, place layer of
oats three or four inches thick on the
barn floor and sprinkle them with the
formalin solution until they are entirely
wet. Then another layer may be-
placed on top of the first layer and
sprinkled as before, repeating he
process until all the seed oats have
UCOu . pI1uhICUs u6u leave bu61U 4D
the pile for two hours, when the-
should be spread out thinly to dry
They should be shoveled over once or
twice day until dry. Ifthey are to be
sown broadcast, it will not be neces-
sary to dry them.
Formalin may be purchased at any
drug store, and costs from 35 to so
cents per pound. About one gallon of
the solution is enough to sprinkle a
bu9hel of oats, hence one pound of
formalin is enough to treat fifty bushels
of seed oats.
Formalin is not dangerous to use and
does not coIrode the flesh. The oats
will not be likely to be injured by it,
even if left in the pile somewhat longer
than two hours.
E. S. GoFF. Horticulturist.
Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment
Station, Madison, April Is, 1899.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-04-20
A SERIOUS FIRE.
DevIin Creameries at Woodworth We're
Completely Consumed Last Night.

DevIin Creameries at WoodWorth We're
Completely Consumed Last Night.
Farmers coming in from the little
village of Woodwork report that tho
town was visited by a very serious fire
Tuesday evening, and as a result the
big creameries owned and operated by
the Devlin brothers, were completely
destroyed. The news in regard to the
fire is exceedingly meager, and very
little of the facts connected with it can
be obtained here. It is not known
whether any other buildings were
burned nor what was the origin of the
fire. The creameries were in operation
Tuesday, and it is supposed that the
fire was caused by a spark flying from
the engine. The buildings destroyed
were very old but were admirably
fitted for the creamery business. The
machinery in the Building was also
very valuable. AS far as can be ascer-
tanned the loss from the fire will be
about $1,000, all of which is covered
by insurance. The buildings will DO
rebuilt at once.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-04-20
Advertised Mail Matter.

The following is a list of mail matter
remaining uncalled for in the Kenosha
Post Office, Kenosha County, Wis, for
two weeks ending April 20, 1899, and
which will be sent to the Dead Letter
Office at the expiration of two weeks
unless called for:
Theo Beusen, G Brown, T B Field, Henry
Freshley Witol Kowolewski, Go F Krebs,
Hypotyte Matulewiez, Marion Upton, f
Winslow, Mrs Gracia Simmons, Mrs Ada
Steward.
To obtain any of the above mailmat-
ter the applicant must give the date of
this list.
A. j. BURG, P. M.
w. M. Mitchell, of Evanston, spent
Monday evening with Kenosha friends
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-04-20
A NARROW ESCAPE.
Dangerous Fire occurs to Residence on
Deming Street.


What promised to be a very danger
Gus fire occurred about o'clock this
morning at the house on Deming street
owned by Miss Laura Cosgrove. A.
large amount of dry grass had accumu-
lated at the rear of the house and an
effort was made to burn it up. The
high wind blowing soon communicated
the flames to the surrounding fences
and buildings and for few moments
it appeared that a serious cOnlagratiCn
was iminent. The flames spread to
the property owned by Walter M.
Cowell on the east and the ladies in the
house held the fire away until the
fire department arrived by the use Of a"
small garden hose. When an alarm
was sent in the chemical soon arrived
and made short work of the fire.
AS the fire was located in such a.
densely populated part of the city iB'
caused great excitement and large
crowd was attracted. The damage
will not amount to over a few dollars
but the firemen say that the surround
ing buildings had narrow escape.
People who are contemplating the
burning of the refuse grass and leaves
in their yard are advised to select such
day for the purpose as will not make
these fires a menace to the property of
surrounding inhabitants.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-04-20
A DOUBLE BEREAVEMENT

John Keonler and Son Die within Few
Hours.
The family OF John Keobler, living
on Grant street, suffered a double
bereavement Sunday in the death of
the husband and father and one of the
little boys Of the family.
John Koehler, the husband and
father, has been i'll for some time, and
early Sunday morning he passed to the
great beyond. He was 80 years of age
and was a great favorite with his
friends. The second death in the
family occurred at noon the same day,
when three-year-old son died from
MENINGITIS,
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-19

There are anticipations of Kill
kenny fight at the meeting of the
democratic national committee in
Chicago, tomorrow. There seems to be
no doubt of the intention of majority,
composed of representatives of eastern
and southern states, to abandon free
silver, but without at the same time
side-tracking Mr. Bryan. 1t is even
more certain that an aggressive and by
no means small minority representing
southern and western states are deter
mined to stick to both Bryan and sill
yer, and they can use the very logical
argument that without silver Mr..
Bryan means absolutely nothing. A
canvass of the fifty-one states and
territories to be represented in the next
presidential convention shows that of a
total of $50 delegates, $50 would prob
ably be against free silver and 37s
favorable to both silver and Bryan.
This preponderance of votes against
silver, however, would not be sufficient
to decide the issue, since under the
ime-honored two thirds rule. $40 are
necessary for a choice. Nobody has any
expectation that this rule will be abro-
gated, and hence there is excellent
prospect of a hard fight at the coming
committee meeting
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-19

an unusual order in that single game.
There are several players in the Eas-
tern league who properly belong to
Worcester. They played with Holy
Cross in this city for one or more sea-
sons. Among them are Jimmy Ban
non of the Torontos, Frank Shannon
John Pappalau and Walter Curley Of
the Springfelds, Tommy Leahy of
Providence.
In the New England league Worces-
ter's latest representative is Billy
O'Connor. He played with Rockford,
H., during the early part of the sea-
son and with the Worcesters of the
Eastern league for seven games In
which he showed that he is coming
ball player He is now with Pawtucket.
That team has another player who can
thank the Worcester ball team for CIV
ing him an opportunity to get into the
game, He is Hobe, Whiting, manager
of the Pawtuckets, who played his first
professional ball with the Worcester
New England league team in 1894.
Tom O'Brien of this city manages
and plays first base for the Rome team
of the New York state league. He has
played ball for years and still stays in
the game. O'Brien learned the game
in this city and once played with the
Boston Unions of the American Asso-
citation. George O'Brien is another
Worcester boy playing professional
ball. He is with the Bristol team Of
the Connecticut state league. He is
playing fine ball for that team especial
ly with the bat being one of the hard
est hitters of the league At present
OBrien is recovering from a broken
arm, the accident being due to a hit
from ball Luke Dorsey of Haver-
hill who is playing in the same league
played his first professional game in
Worcester He is probably the best
fielder in the league.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-19
TELEGRAPHIc BRIEFS

Dover. N: H., July 1S.-Receiver Carroll
OF the Cocheco National Bank is making
preparations to declare the first dividend
ana as soon as the necessary authority is
received from Washington he will begin
issuing receivers certificates.
Newport, R. l., July 1S.-Training ship
annapolis, Commander r. R. Ingersol
with the first class of the naval cadets
from the naval academy, arrived from
New York this forenoon.
Gloucester, July 1S-The total salt fish
receipts for today were the largest of the
year amounting to 1885, 600 pounds. Five
OF the Grand Banks fleet arrived this fore
noon.
Boston. July 1S.-Nathaniel Jewett, a
ruptcy petition today in the United States
district court. Liabilities, $69, S3l. O9 as
sets are stated nominally at 800.
Addison B. Rice of Boston and Edward
trading as Rice Brothers in Providence,
nied bankruptcy petition today. Total
Liabilities, $69,l07 SO, with no assets.
San Francisco, July 1S.-At a meeting of
the board of regents of the University Of
California, held today. Prof. BENJAMIN Ide
wheeler of Cornell accepted the presi-
dency. of the university, the regents
granting every request and condition
OF the F'ranco-American treaty were re-
| sumed at the state department today be-
tween Mr.. Kasson, Ambassador Cambon
ana M Charpentier special reciprocity
delegate from France. A distinct advance
IS being made, and it is considered settled
that a treaty will result from the nego-
tiations
New Britain. GU. July 1S-Edward De-
fancy, one of the best known Irish resi-
dents of this place, met with a fatal acct
dent this afternoon. In loading hay he
lost his balance and fell from his team Ia
the ground, breaking his neck A widow
ana three children survive him. one of the
sons. being William #. Delaney. grand
chlef ranger of the State Foresters OF
America.
Willimantic, CT, July 1S-Joseph La
marine, Frenchman, aged IS years was
struck by a passenger train today while
Haven and Hartford Railroad, and will
probably die
| Washington, July 1S.-The navy depart
der for 100 new machine guns of a new
! type, the most powerful in the possession
OF any government. They are one-pound-
| ers, carrying an explosive SHE'LL and can
t1re ESQ shots minute.
| Washington, July 1S.-At the apostolic
| delegation today denial was given to the
dispatches. stating that Mgr. Martinelli
1 the papal delegate here, had been recalled
70 Rome and that he would hereafter be
chief secretary of the propaganda
New York July 1S.-The board of in.
curry appointed by Admiral Philip to as.
| certain the cause of the exact loss Of the
fire in the big store house al the Brooklyn
navy yard met today. 1t was rather free
| ly stated that the flames must have been
Of incendiary origin. The damage lie said
to run up to $3.50, 900.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-19
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.

George H. Downey has gone to Bos-
ton for two weeks.
Misses KATHERINE Driscoll and Sadye
O'Malley are at Rutland visiting
friends.
Miss Josephine c. Aldrich of Elm
street is at the Ocean House, Watch
Hill, r. l.
Miss Carrie A. George is spending a
few weeks at the Manisses House,
Block Island.
DIR. Timothy J. Foley has returned
from his vacation and has resumed
practice at his Office on Park street.
Mrs. c. B. Greene and Miss H. Louise
Greene have gone to St Adams and
Montreal. They will be away a
month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund L. Parker and
family left yesterday for The Cliff.
North Scituate, to be gone for the rest
of the summer.
Manager and Mrs. ALT t. Wilton left
yesterday afternoon for New York, and
will take vacation trip of three weeks,
visiting Asbury Park, Atlantic City
and Ocean Grove.
Wedding invitations are out for the
marriage Of Miss Katherine Holohan,
daughter of Mrs Margaret E. Holohan,
to Francis M Phelan, at 10 O'clock
Wednesday morning, Aug. 2, at st. Ste
phen's church
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-19
PROBATE COURT.

The following business was done in
probate court yesterday:
wills allowed.-Of Charles B. Rawson,
Emile S. Rawson, executrix; of Caroline
w Bailey, Edward L. Bailey, executor;
of Samuel C. Brigham, Sarah R. Brigham,
George H. Brigham and Kimble F.
Smith, executors; of Hannah Walsh,
John q. Walsh, executor; of Ariel E. P.
Perkins, Susan o. Perkins and Charles
A. Perkins, executors: of Orrin F. Bat
tey, Hallie H. E. Battey, executrix; of
Eliza Macuen, George F. Macuen, Milford,
executor; of Sherman Richards, George
Richards, Holden. executor.
Administrators appointed. Frank A.
Moulton of estate Of Samuel Moulton; AL
fred S. Pinkerton Of estate of John
Quinn; Mary A. Mellen of estate of Ed
ward Mullen. Rutland; Austin w. War
eid Of estate Of oE Samuel ,ss II M "
of Jacob D. Sisson; Susan e. Whitney
Of estate of John Allen Whitney Graf
ton; Susan ]. Bemis of estate of William
A. Bemis: Mason r: Sargent Of estate Of
Luther Sargent, Rutland Ellen E.
Thompson of estate of Sarah C. Morgan;
John H Morton Of estate of James l..
of estate of John Ranahan, Milford;
@. Crosby
Conservator appointed. - William L.
Reed of property of Mary A. Reed.
Guardians appointed. William l.. Rose
brooks of W. Freeman Smith, Lolita
Smith, Kenneth r. Smith, Leland &
Smith, minors; Timothy Howard of Ward
]. Barnes. minor John w Kane of Jane
r. Fay, Milford insane; August Held
man and Andrew G. Anderson of Matilda
N. G. Heidman, Gardner; Patrick III. Cur
ran OF Elisabeth Donnelly, Milford, in
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-19
THAT DRY DOCK.
None Wants SPANS White Elephant
Which is Still in Havana.

About the only piece of pronertv
Spain has left in Cuba or vicinity, and
the only thing flying the Spanish flag.
is the big floating dry dock now an
chored near Trisconia, and scarcely a
hundred yards from the wreck Of the
Maine. The dry dock was brought
from Newcastle, England, where 1t was
putt. 70 Havana, at the beginning of
the trouble, at enormous cost Two Of
the largest size English channel tugs
did the towing, using first a manila.
hawser, and when that parted, steel
hawser three-quarters of a mile in
length. Stops for coal had to be made
at the Canary islands and Bermuda
The cost of the dry dock, including tow
age was about 100000, and this figure
has been placed upon it as an upset
selling price, Spain now being anxious
to get rid of II. K
This dry dock is about 500 feet in
length. 1t will accommodate any
third-class cruiser, such as, for in
stance, the Cincinnati, Detroit or Mont
gomery. But Spain has no use for it
now; and there is no government south
OF us that requires such an addition to
Us navy. The photograph conveys a
fairly adequate idea of the dock, and
also shows moored alongside the 10 tor
pedo boats with which Spain threat
enSd 10 destroy every vestige of the
American navy in Cuban waters. Most
of these boats were about as danger
GUS as river tub but this country
didn't know the facts in the case. and
the mystery surrounding the torpedo
boats gave our authorities considerable
uneasiness.--New York Mail and Ex-
press.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-19

Hopedale, July 1S.-The marriage of
Lieut. Arthur j. Draper son of Am
bassador William F. Draper, to Miss
Lille Duncan VOORHEES,, of Lexington,
KY, has been set for Sept. 6. Gen. and
Mrs. Draper are expected to be present.
Gen. Draper started the Kentucky mat
rimonial epidemic in his family by mar
rying Miss Susie Preston twelve years
ago.
His brother, George Draper, was his
best man, and within a year he mar
ried Miss Jessie Preston, sister to
the bride of Gen. Draper. The Preston
women were daughters of the noted
Gen, William Preston, residing at Lex
ington, and were far-famed for beauty.
Gen. Draper being abroad when
George Draper went to Kentucky TO
claim his bride, George Otis Draper, the
Oldest son of Gen. Draper, ACCOMPANIED
his uncle. George Otis was in turn CAP
tured by Kentucky beauty in the per-
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-19

1t is given out that the men compos-
Ing the committee organized to oppose
the Boston & Albany New York Cen
trail lease are not hostile to leasing or
selling the property but say that the
terms offered are not the best that
should and could be had They profess
to think that concessions may be Sc
cured that will make the stock worth
$500 share, and insist that there
should be some guarantee for the mair
tenance of the condition of the proper
ty. By canvass they have assured
themselves of $4,000 shares to Lack
them in their fight and expect to get
more than one-third of the total issue
of 100000. AS two-thirds vote is ne
cessary to ratify the lease, the opposi-
ton cherishes high hopes of success.
1t is clear that the Vanderbilt interests
will not find all clear sailing in their
Massachusetts campaign, for even if
the lease is sanctioned by the stock
holders, it will be easy to- make fresh
trouble in the legislature.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-19

son OF Miss Lille Duncan, the second
daughter Of Mayor Henry T. Duncan,
of the city of Lexington. In less than
six months George Otis was married
to Miss Duncan, Arthur joy accom-
panied his brother and wasr his best
man.
He remembers stopping on the front
lawn of the Duncan home to kiss a
playful child, the little rosy checked
girl of Banker VOORHEES,, a cousin to his
brothers side.
Last year he was with the girls bro
ther, Capt Gordon yoorhies, fighting
Spaniards in Porto Rico. When he re-
turned home Miss VOORHEES,, now a
blushing girl of nineteen, was at his
brothers home visiting her cousin. 1t
was a case of love at first sight.
The wedding will take place Sept. 6
at the VOORHEES, residence in Lexington.
where there will be an assemblage of
famous people from every part of the
country.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-19
ATTACHMENTS.

These attachments were recorded yes
terday:
F. p. Anderson Hardwick, VS.. Sylves-
ter Boutwell,, Barre an action of con-
tract, with ad damnun $1,000. Writ served
by Deputy Sheriff Hillman, and returna-
BILE in superior court
A. G. Hamilton VS.. Francis Hallon; an
action Of contract, with ad damnum 5000.
Writ served by Deputy Sheriff w. w.
Scott, and returnabie In central district
court.
L. d. Lajoie vs.. Joseph Joslin; action
Of contract, with ad darnnum 5000. Writ
served by Constable A. F. Richardson,
and returnable in central district court.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-19

Nobody supposed that Senator Chand-
Ter would succeed in persuading the
president to remove Civil Service Com
missioner Brewer In any personal
quarrel between the two New Hamp-
shire senators, the world is disposed to
say Go in, bear; go in, old woman"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-19
DEAN sTANLEvs BLuNDER.
English Prelate Rode Through the Streets
Of Palermo In NghtshIrt.

Hugh Pearson always spoke Of Dean
Stanley as the most absent minded
man in the world. He was driving once
with him into Palmermo: he complained
Of feeling cold, and as Stanley had his
travelling bag with him, he advised aim
to put something extra on. He did so.
and both resumed their papers. A loud
laugh from some boys suddenly reused
Pearson to the realization that Stan
ley was driving through the streets In
his nightshirt, which he had put on
over his coat. in pure absence Of mind
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-19

with some show Of authority. not only
that all hope of securing a rnodus vi
vendi has been abandoned, but that
the proposed meeting of the Joint high
commission is likely to be postponed
indefinitely. American troops and Ca
madam police will be held ready to
move at the first sign of disturbance,
1t is said, and meanwhile the respective
governments will sit still, hopelessly
folding their hands and waiting for
something to turn up. 1t is fervently
hoped that there will be no violence,
and the possibility of war is pooh
poohed, and yet there are angry and
aggressive miners on either side of the
boundary, eager to jump into a fight,
the moment one party or the other can
find an excuse for so doing.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-19

Postal receipts are a fair criterion of
business, and hence there is significance
in the more than ten per cent increase
recorded annually for the past two
years. From 1893 to 1897 the annual re-
ceipts remained ! nearly stations
airy. but since then there has been a
rapid upward movement. The value of
stamps, stamped envelopes and postal
cards sold during the fiscal year end
ing June 80 was $16,5Oe0oO' more than
during the fiscal year of 1897, and there
was an increase OF $S,7OO,OOO over the
sales of 1885, The total for the year
just closed was 500, e59,167, not counting
sS,5OO,OOO in postage on periodical liter
ature
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-07-19

The completion of eighteen railroad
bridges in China within a period of ten
weeks by a Pennsylvania concern is a
specimen of that quick delivery which
has knocked British iron workers out
OF scores Of contracts in Europe, Asia
and Africa. In many cases time has
been more important consideration
than price.