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Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-06-05
Lady Jane Grey.
EI.MA EUGENIA HILL.

Early in 1887 at Leicestershire, En-
gland, a little girl was born who
was destined to play great part in
her nations history. At the age Of
sixteen, Lady Jane Grey was called
upon to rule over the English people.
Our sympathies are deepened when
we remember that it was through no
fault OF hers but through the ambi-
lions of others that she was thrust
into a position never before held by
a woman-a position whose respons-
Utilities were grave even for man
and which this innocent girl had
neither wisdom nor strength to
meet
The speaker told of the scheme of
the ambitions Duke of Northumber-
land to place Lady Jane, to whom
he had married his son, on the
throne as successor to Edward vi.
The news that the will of the king
had made her queen was an unwel-
come surprise to her, as she rightly
felt that it would be disastrous.
After all plans had been carefully
laid by her supporters she was pro-
claimed queen in London and for a
time everything seemed favorable.
Mary, the rightful queen, however,
refused to yield her allegiance to
Lady Jane, as demanded by the
council. After Mary's supporter
gathered, Northumberland forces
began to desert and the council re-
voked their acts and proclaimed
Mary queen, amid the approving
shouts of the people.
The relief which Lady Jane expert
enced at the news shows how un-
willingly she had become queen, and
she relinquished without one regret
the crown which she had accepted
only in obedience to her father and
others and her short reign was over.
Those who had been instrumental
in her coronation were brought to
London for trial and Northumber-
land and many OF his partisans were
sent to the block. Lady Jane and
her husband were sentenced to death
for treason, but were sent 20 the
tower to await execution. Lady
Jane was followed by sympathetic
crowds, weeping and bewailing the
fate of one 80 beautiful and so I'M
Justly accused. Queen Mary seemed
to wish to spare her life and the
sentence was not immediately car
ried out. But Lady James followers
again attempted to place her on the
throne, and Mary was persuaded
that her position on the throne
would no longer be safe II she spared
the lives of Lady Jane and her hus-
band and the death warrant was
signed and on the day set for the exc
cution both persisted on the scaffold.
Lady Jane died the innocent VIC
tim of the greatness which had been
thrust upon her. Deeply cut In the
stone wall Of the tower the name of
"Jane'' remains as a memorial of the
'nine days. queen"
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-06-05
Popular Music in America.
HENRY i. RICHARD.

Through all the ages music has
ever taken it's stand as one of the
foremost OF the fine arts. 1t is the
most natural to man, he seems to be
naturally adapted to it. He seems as
instinctively to crafty his desire
for music as to allay his hunger or
to quench his thirst. Fear, anger,
joy, desire, each has it's own peculiar
love, understood by all human be-
ings and comprehended even by the
brute.
But music, like a plant, develops
differently in different climes, and
in proportion to the culture and
encouragement it receives Thus,
while one nation may be greatly ad-
vanced in the Developments f music
and may proudly boast of a brilliant
musical career. another nation, even
though equal to it in other respects,
may yet be in it's primitive stage of
mpsical development. And to this
latter class belongs our country,
America. Although in civilization
and advancement it leads the world,
in the art of music it falls behind.
Strictly speaking we have almost
no music we can call our own; no
music we can style truly national.
But why is this condition. 1t is be-
cause the American does not possess
sufficient individuality to develop g.
characteristic style of composition.
1t is because the artist side is weak
point among us Americans. We
have not sufficiently developed it.
1t is not because we are naturally
unmusical, but that we lack instruc-
ton, and the underlying cause of all
this is our great besetting sin-im-
patience. We strive, we hurry, we
are SO absorbed in business and
in making money that we have little
time for the arts. And it is to this
spirit of Impotence and to this state
Of musical ignorance in America
that we may attribute the sudden
rise and great popularity of the So
called popular music OF today.
Being unable to appreciate the
higher style of music the American
wants something lower, and he has
found it in the ''Coon song" and the
''rag-time'' melody. Everywhere
may be beard the strains of this
popular song Of today, The small
boy whistles or shouts it in the
street, the society girls thump it on
the piano and the whole country
seems to go wild over this popular
song" In it there is nothing that
appeals to our higher senses;
nothing to stir up our nobler
thoughts, it is in the main coarse,
weak and unrefined. How different,
on the other hand, is the power OF
good music. It arouses the nobler
emotions of man, of all the appeals
to the soul it is the most spiritual,
the most natural 1t excites men,
cry and imagination, causes the
spirit and affections of man to rise to
nobler efforts, and thrill with SUBJ
lime emotion. Let us then strive to
cultivate in ourselves better taste
for music. Let us attempt to rise
from this low musical plane to g.
higher and nObler one. And. besides
improving our musical taste, this
cultivation of good music may also
improve our moral character. Be-
sides helping to make our nation
more musical it may help to make it
morally better, and may perhaps be
instrumental in making the rising
generation of Americans a nobler
and better race.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1900-06-05

raise our eyes to the noble symbol
we have chosen, our hearts swell 4
with pride, that all these noble and
inspiring traits are reflected In the
hearts OF Americas people.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-16
DIDN'T KNOW HER NAME.

There was peculiar case of forget
fu1ness in one of the offices of a city
official last Saturday afternoon. The
gentleman was lawyer and one of his
constituents dropped in and asked him
to make out the application for a mar
riage license. The attorney went to
work and began filling out the blank.
He got past the name of the groom and
all his relatives and asked for the name
of the woman in the case. The fellow
looked foolish and began to think. He
turned to a friend and asked him the
name of the woman who was to play
the star role in the wedding, but the
friend was perfect blank. After he
had thought for a. few minutes the
would be groom gave up in despair and
started for home to find out the name
of the prospective bride. He returned
short time later with the name of the
young lady written out on slip and
later the marriage license was issued.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-16
GREATER KENOSHA.
Large Addition viii be Made to the
Southern Limits of the City
in the Near Future.
sELLEcK FARM HAS BEEN SOLD
New Purchaser Will Plat it Into City Lots
and Asks to Have the Entire Flat
Added to the city at Once.

It is stated on good authority this
afternoon that the South twenty-three
acres of the Sel1eck farm, which adj
this morning to John Huxhold, the
consideration being 500 an acre and
it is. further stated that negotiations
have been completed for the sale of
the North forty acres of the farm to a
number of we'll known Wisconsin men
at the rate of $500 an acre. The deal
will be completed within the next few
days and the sale will mean a large
increase to the territory now covered
by the city of Kenosha. The people
that are making the purchase plan to
open a new subdivision at once on the
South limits of the city and homes for
the laboring man will no longer be a
luxury in sae city.
The new subdivision will undoubted-
ly be one Of the most popular residence
districts in the city. The land is
situated IN an ideal manner just across
the street from the Frost and Tutt1e
subdivision. The forty acres will be
subdivided into one hundred lots at
once and they will Re placed on the
market as soon as the improvements
planned by the new purchasers are
completed. AS soon as the subdivision
has been made the streets will be con-
timed FROM the city, sidewalks will be
built and sc wers laid before a single
lot is offered for sale. AS soon as the
improvements are completed the people
IN control of the subdivision will ask
that it be annexed to the city. The
work of plating the new territory has
already been started and the promoters
of the subdivision have already had
some inquiries in regard to the lots
on account of the ideal location of the
subdivision and the advantages that
will be offered, the lots will be sold in
hurry.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-16
WANTS DAMAGES.
Harry Plummer Notifies the City That he
wants Damages for Injuries.

More work is promised for City
Attorney Slater, for this morning
Harry P1ummer filed with City Clerk
Jacob notice that he would demand
damages from the city on account of
injuries received by fall on defect
i've sidewalk.
The accident which caused the in
jury and the resulting suit, occurred
on July Is. P1ummer was walking
along Church street near the corner of
Market, and injured his ankle by
stepping into hole. Since that time
he has been laid up, and on account of
this he demands damages from the
city.
This is the fourth demand of the
kind that has been made to the Coun-
Gil within year, and it seems that the
defective sidewalks are getting to be
all too numerous Some effort should
be made to have more careful inspec-
ton of sidewalks, and when defects
are reported the laws of the city in re-
gard to repairs should be more rigidly
enforced. This is the second accident
on Church street that has resulted in a
demand for damages from the city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-16
WHO'S A LIAR2

If you want to have morning of
real unstinted, unal1oyed excitement
just join the Investigating committee
which is looking into the recent picnic
given on Washington Island. The
committee is getting the work well
under way but the only question that
is bothering them is to discover "who
is 1iar?" Of course it is the suppose
ton that all men are liars but one of
the members of the committee makes
the statement that there are liars, d.
liars, and then another class to which
the man who gave out the statements
in regard to the picnic belongs. What
is wanted is to find the third degree
liar. Are you ''IT?" If so just drop
into the store Of H. C. Schulz and re.
lieve the existing prevalence of high
atmosphere pressure by 'sfessin up.''
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-16
A WooDMAN KICKS.
The Gamblers at the woodmen's Picnic
Causes Comment.

All Woodnen and all other friends
of law and order ought to be heartily
ashamed of the disgracefu1 doings at
the Woodmen's picnic of the 10th.
Among the chief virtues taught in
Woodmen's camps are Temperance in
Eating and Drinking and an Absolute
Prohibition of Gambling. What did
we see on the picnic grounds?
Various kinds of gambling devices.
A swarm of b1ack1egs, confidence men,
hobos, dead beats and tin horn gam
blers.
Quite a number could be readily
identified by means of their photos
which adorn the walls of the rogues'
galleries. Drinks, hot, cold and hard,
were served without let or hindrance.
It looked as though the degenerates
and criminals were having a harvest
picnic. Of course it may be said that
these people fatten on fools and that if
no one tried the game the gamblers
would go out of business. It may be
true that there is a fresh sucker born
every minute and that people love 70
OS GU, OuI II 10 III
that in the interest and protection of
society such gambling bouts should be
stopped. The strong men and women
of the land must protect those who are
morally weak.
Now there are few pertinent ques-
tons that ought to be answered.:
1. These doings were carried on
under the noses of the police: Why did
not these officers do their sworn duty?
2. Why didn't those who were run
ming the picnic take means of stopping
such law breaking?
8. With his usual generosity Mr..
Simmons gave the use of the island TO
the Woodmen. Who gave these des-
peradoes right to put in gambling
machinery? Who gave right to sell
spirituous drinks?
The whole affair has caused great
regret among Woodmen and also among
all other law abiding citizens.
BY A WoODMAN.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-16
TWO BOATS COLLIDE
Schooner and Steamer "City of Grand
Rapids Meet in Violent Collision
in the Harb0r.
ENGINES REFUSED TO WORK
And the Steamer Crashed Into the Schoon-
er Breaking a Great Hole in the
Stern of the Vessel

Two boats bearing the name City
of Grand Rapids y collided in the
Kenosha harbor yesterday afternoon
about $50. One was stea mer belong
ing to the Barry Bros, plying between
this city and Chicago as a freight
carrier and the other was a schooner
owned by Captain Anderson of Racine
and laden with a cargo of bark for the
Allen tanneries. The latter boat was
badly damaged by the collision and
has been pulled into the shoa1 water of
the river to await repairs which the
captain states will cost over four hum
dred dollars. No one was injured on
either of the boats and the sole dam
age done was the breaking of great
hole in the stern of the schooner. The
schooner had entered the harbor early
in the afternoon and was making her
way to Allen docks. Capt. Anderson
had pulled his boat up to the turn of
the river and was waiting for line to
be pulled up to the docks where she
could be unloaded. While she was
lying across the passage the steamer
came steaming up the harbor. The
crew of the schooner signalled the
other boat that it was not possible for
her to pass the entrance to the inner
basin and the captain of the Grand
Rapids blew the whistle to stop the
boat but the engine of the steamer was
on a centre and could not be stopped.
A moment later the larger boat crash
ed into the stern of the schooner and
the splinters were flying in the air.
Some trouble was experienced IN stop
ing. the steamer after she had struck
her namesake and the boat broke a
great hole into the stern of the
schooner.
Later the freight steamer pulled
back and the disabled boat was pulled
up into shallow water and anchored on
reef. Here she still rests waiting for
the carpenters to make her seaworthy
again. The disabled boat hailed from
Racine and is owned by syndicate in
that city. Capt. Anderson is said to
have stated last evening that the
schooner had been 1oosened III all her
joints by the collision and that the loss
would amount to over $500. Other men
about the harbor state that the loss to
the schooner will not exceed $500.
There is no blame to be placed upon
the Barry boat for the accident, as the
engines of the boat refused to act and
the collision resulted. The Barry COM
pany will send carpenters to Kenosha
tomorrow to repair the damaged vessel.
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-16
AN EXCITING RUNAWAY.
Lentz & Funck's Team Imper1ls the Lives
of TWO People in Runaway.


Lentz & Funck's Team 1mper1ls the Lives
of TWO People in Runaway.
last Saturday afternoon in which Louis
Schultz employed at theLentz & Funck
grocery store and Hugh Brady, the
little son of Mat Brady, had a narrow
escape from death. The team was at
tached to O. delivery wagon and as it
was being driven past the Congrega-
tiona1 church the horses became fright
ened at the storm. At the same time
one of the traces of the harness broke
and this added to the fright of the
team. The team started to run and for
a short time the pace set was so terri
fife that it looked as if the boy and
Schultz would certainly be dashed to
the paved street and badly injured.
But both the driver and the boy kept
their seats and Schultz made an effort
to stop the horses. But this was not
possible and the horses rushed mad1y
through Main street and ran down
Wisconsin street to Exchange street.
AS lHS lSdm Was passing Inc E1ISCn
wagon shop young Brady was thrown
out and lit in a lumber wagon on pile
of blankets escaping without any in
jury. Schultz was not so fortunate
He was thrown out on Park street and
his hand was badly bruised and three
fingers broken.
No serious damage was done to the
team or to the wagon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-16

Gonnermann, owner of the saloon
I building, places his loss at 5000, but
! Henry Andre states that his loss will
] be considerable over this amount.
! The buildings are SO badly wrecked
that it will be almost necessary to re-
build the entire lower portion. The
! loss to Mr.. Andre on account of stock
destroyed will also be large. The loss
to the estate of Henry Beck will be the
largest loss on account of the explo-
sion. Nearly all the fixtures in the
saloon are badly damaged, and much
of the stock in the building is total
loss.
Cause of the Accident.
Many theories are advanced as to
the cause of the accident. At first it
was thought that the accident had
been caused by an explosion of il1un1i-
mating gas, but this was proved to be
wrong as an exan1ina ton of the cellar
shows that there was no leak in the
gas pipes. Sometime ago gasoline
tank was located underground at the
rear of the building, and this is sup
posed to have caused the accident
The tank was put in with a permit
from the Council by Mrs. Martha
Fuller when she occupied the room as
restaurant, and after Beck look the
building for saloon the tank was
never removed. This morning the
fire department dug up the tank anu
there was still gasoline in it, and one
of the pipes leading into the basement
was partially filed with gas from the
tank. It is supposed that the con-
tinued wet weather was responsible
for the generation of the gas in the
tank.
Both the buildings were insured,
and an effort will probably be made to
collect the insurance. It is also stated
that 1t is possible that suit for dam
|ages will be brought against the city
EOn account of the fact that the gasoline
tank was located in the cellar under a
|7city permit.
The coroner did not hold any in
quest over the remains of Beck, and
on this account it is probable that the
real blame for the accident will never
be placed. The coroner stated this
morning that he was looking into the
matter, and it may be possible that an
inquest will be held at later time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-16
Financial Loss small.

The financial loss from the exp1o-
sion will not be as large as was at
first suspected, and the total loss will
probably not exceed "a 600. G. !. H
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-16

Henry N Beck the Main Street Saloon Keeper Meets
Death in Horrible Form III Explosion of
Gasoline on Last Saturday Evening
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-16
Beck's Death Causes Sorrow.

A great deal of sorrow has been
caused in the city on account of the
death of Henry Beck, as he was es-
pecia11y well liked among the Danish
and German residents of the city.
Henry Nelson Beck was in his forty
fifth year, having been born in Ger
many Sept. %, 1855. While he was a
small child his parents took him with
them to Denmark, where he resided
until he obtained his ma jority, but
fifteen years ago he came to this city
and has resided here ever since. He
leaves a wife and four children, two
boys, Ho1jer and Rudolph, and two
girls, Ida and Jennie.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-10-04
. WRECK ON SANTA wv,
Occurred In Oklahoma while Making
up Lost Time.

Guthrie, 0, T., Oct, 1.-Two persons
were killed and ten injured in a
wreck on The Santa Fe RAILROAD SUM
day afternoon about 5 o'cock, near
Waterloo, u small station twelve nllts
south Of Guthrie.
A reEef train was hastily made up
ard with half dozen local phys,cInns
on board, was hurried 10 the scene Of
the wreck, The arrival Of the Guth-
rie rr,er train wns anticipated by a
similar one from Oklahoma CITY
which bore the killed and more SER
lousy injured back 20 oklahoma
CITY, where the wounded We're placed
in the hospital.
lhe wrecked truan was the regt-
lar passenger No. 4Os. The train
left Oklahoma City forty minutes late
AN at the time OF the accident was
said to have been running ut ChA rnte
Of forty-five miles an hour. Al a point
half mile south Of Waterloo the
track forms sharp curve md 1t was
while ounding that curve than the
wreck occurred, presumably by rea-
son of the RAILS spreading.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-10-04
HE FAvORs THE CANTEEN.
Surgeon General Stcrnbcrg for Beer In
The Army.

Washington, Oct. 1.-The following
was made public today in the war de-
par,ment'
10 the Adjutant General:
Surgeon Generals Office, Washing
ton, u. C., OCT. I, l000,-Sir: My r
tentlon has been called to a published
statement, attributed to me-, opposing
the army canteen. | presume this
statement as published is practically
what said some years since when
interviewed upon the subject, al
though do not ut present remember
20 whom it was given. 1 did not at
nrst lok with favor upon the PROPOSE
tion to sell beer to soldiers at army
Canteens. That opinion was not based
upon personal observation, as l had
not been stationed at Q military post
since the canteen was established.
Owing to the general eonsenus OF
opinion among the officers and mcdi'
cal officers of the army, wllO have had
ample opportunity to observe the
effect of the army canteen upon the
habits Of our soldiers am obliged to
admit that, from a practical point Of
view, it seems to have accomplished
very desirable results in reducing the
amount of drunkenness in the army
and the disposition on the part Of
sotiiers to leave their stations for the
purpose OF obtaining spirituous
liquors. Yours truly,
GEO. M. STERNBERG,
~" Il. Surgeon General U, S. A.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-10-04
Mxere Of ONO 70 be Aere.

A lien o. Myers of Ohio who waE
pri ncipally instrumental in exposing
Che corruption in the election Of Mark
Hanna to the United States Senate,
will speak in Hutchinson on next Mon
day afternoon October sth, In A. o. u.
w. hall. Mr.. Myers is one of the best
campaigners sent out by the natl oDal
com mitteeS and his speech at WiCbitS
last spring when Bryan was there Was
the ubject Of more comment than any
other made at the time, unless 1t was
Bryan's own.
W hoeveT hears Myers will not only
he In structed but entertained for he -
said to be as humorous as any speaker
that is out,
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-10-04

IL is very much to be regretted that
the populists and democrats Of the
Sixth district have been unable to get
together on their candidate for Con-
gress. The two parties believe so
nearly in the same policies and prinCi-
pleS th at their supporters should sup
port he same ticket everywhere. How
ever in the Sixth district the quarrel
Is Of such u nature that Chairman
Ridgely Of the populist State commit
tee re fused proposition for both can
didat es TO withdraw. In his refusal
he has the support not Cnly Of his
party but of large number Of demo-
Gratis as well, There has never been a
campaign in which the cemocrats Of
the Sixth district have not had out o
candidate for Congress. Not only that
but Scott has turned down several pro
positions for the settlement of the mat.
ter some Of which were made by the
high dtmocoatic committeeman. With
both on the ticket Dykes will secure
the full support OF all the populists
an d probably more than half the dem
Ocrats. With the matter as it stands
IL is not so bad as it was In
IS SO and the refusal of the pcpulists to
give up everything will Only make the
old timeIstOf the party the moIe an
KiOus to win.