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Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-29
THURSDAY. NOV 20, 1900
Drifting Mists.

Maude Seton was furious with Jack
the night before.
IT'S easy to see. my dear, how and
why she has taken society by storm
| wonder II Jack Hamilton had met
her before? His attentions we're en-
tlrely too conspicuous" said Julie.
He knew her before. Where could
they have metz" she repeated mus
ingly.
Maude Seton bit her lips and =
CLEAN of distressed anger flashed from
her handsome eyes.
There was ring at the hall door.
and jules answering flush empha-
sized sufficiently who the caller must
be.
Tell us about the beautiful mys-
terry" Mrs. Seton said. going forward
with outstretched hands. Julie and
| are dying to know II she ever had q
flower stand, as some say, on Broad
way"
Shall tell you how she has lived?"
he asked after a pause, controlling
himself and his voice with difficulty.
She has spent the beautiful years
Of her young life in doing lofty deeds
Of purest charity"
Jack pulled up with a short laugh.
Would you mind telling us where
you met-a-Miss de Morillac?" Maude
asked.
Certainly not. l met her last win
ter-the day was lost In the marshes
Do you remember? She saved my life
took me to her fathers house"
Jack almost forgot his audience as
the recollection OF that day and hour
came back.
1T was the merest accident in the
world. her coming at that late hour
in that unfrequented bayou. l was
worn out and | was lost.
She came down in the bayou sing
ing some church cant In her glorious
voice, then piloted me home, and
saved my life," Jack concluded.
abruptly.
Are you engaged, Jack? What does
Madame la Comtesse say?"
II came with message and a note
from her." Jack said. putting his hand
in his coat pocket. The wedding will
be very quiet affair. In a small
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-29
No Father or Mother.

The village of Pilot Grove, Mo. g,
saw last Friday an unusual and
pathetic sccnc-thc giving away of
eighteen children from New York
The children were homeless little
oncs-orphans, foundlings, aban-
dOncd waits, one three years old,
some five, some seven, some nine,
one as old us fifteen. They were
displayed to the farmers and vii
layers to choose from and they
watched the result with mixture
of childish sentiments pictured ON
their faces.
The children were sent out by
the Children'S Aid Society, an or
ganization in New York that has
existed some fifty years. Several
shipments of children to the West
to find homes among farmers have
been made this summer, and about
ninety children were placed this
year in Missouri. The disposition
of these eigh tccn children in Pilot
Grove is typical of the disposition
of the rest.
About Il month ago b. W. Ticc,
agent for the society, came to Pi-
lot Grove and appointed com
mittee of five of the best known
citizens of the town to help him
find homes for the children. These
men were to decide on the merits
of the persons who applied for
children and to determine whether
they were proper persons to rear
and to care for them. The date
Of arrival had been advertised by
handbills posted about in Cooper
county. The children were to be
taken to the Christian church in
Pilot Grove at 3:2O o'clock in the
afternoon and there distributed.
When the train arrived Friday
morning II large crowd was gath
cred ut the depot. The children
ran out on the ear platform and
tumblcd off the car as fast as Mr..
Tice and the conductor could catch
them. They formed in line. each
boy with paper wrapped parcel
in his hand, and marched Solcmnlv
into the depot waiting room. The
crowd swarmcd in after them.
There were ordinations of aston
iShment and admiration.
The children were well dressed.
clean faced, bright-eycd. There
were sixteen boys and two girls:
the only two girls in the party
were sisters and they had broth
er with them. Nearly all of them
had dark eyes, and tho they were
and well kept, they were
extremely pallid. They stood a.
round with their hands behind
their backs and looked sadly and
at the crowd, waiting to-
he chosen
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-29
Skeletons of DeryIshcs.

In London just at present the fad
dists and the curio collectors are vying
with one another for the possession OF
skeletons of dervishes that have been
brought back from the bloody plains
before Omdurman. Some $50 to 200
dcrvish skeletons are on the London
market; and experts in bones declare
that their superiority over the average
skeletons OF commerce will cause no
little stir in anatomical circles.
Mexico Missouri message., 1900-11-29
Queen OF the Niinss,"

Mother" Mary Jones. Queen of the
Mines" and the idol of the miners.
occupies a unique place in the world
OF labor This kind-hearted. philan-
thropic woman Is so loved by the
rough delivers OF the coal mines In the
anthracite regions that with them her
word Is tantamount to law. Mrs.
Jones is fifty-six years old, silver
haired and beautiful. Her voice has
been eloquent in behalf OF the work.
ers' and her appeals have won I'M
stinted sympathy for miners. She lives
at Wilkesbarre, Pa.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-13
Was Released From Milwaukee Jail
Where He Had Served His Short
Sentence.
HIS PLANS FOR THE FUTURE.
It is Not Known Whether the Young Man
Will Return to Kenosha or Not.-Fine
Paid-Losses Not Yet Made Good.

John A. Burg, the Kenosha postal
clerk recently convicted of rif1ing the
United States mail in the post office, is
again free man, as his sentence of
thirty days in the county Jail expired
Sunday. Burg was also sentenced to
pay fine of 800, which has been paid
leaving him absolutely free from any
further penalty.
Burg had been in jail more than four
months and seems to have spent the
time quietly. Stung by the disgrace
of his crime and arrest, he has not seen
any of his former Kenosha friends and
none of them have had any word from
him.
Now that Burg has paid the penalty
of his crime, it is not known what he
will do in the future. It is reported
that he will return and make his home
here as formerly, but another has it
that he will go into some business in
Milwaukee.
The young man certainly received
most magnanimous treatment from
the government officials and he should
show his appreciat ton by his future
life. Wherever he may go many
friends will follow him with best wishes
for the future.
The Kenosha post office authorizes
have not as yet made good any of the
losses caused by the action of the
former official and it has never been
learned how great these losses were.
Private individuals have sought dam
ages from the Surety company which
had bonded Burg, but the company
refused to pay any losses save on de-
mands from the United States postal
claiming that the company
was liable only to the government.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-13
Funds for the Y. M. C. A. Building
Fail to MateriaIize and Dedica-
ton is Postponed.
The CROWD is DISAPPOINTED
Secretary Adams Announces That the
Building will be Opened Today, but
Dedication Services Postponed.

The dedication of Kenosha's new
Y. M. J. A. building, which was to be
held on Sunday afternoon, and which
had been widely advertised, was in
definitely postponed The announce
ment of the postponement was made in
the churches on Sunday morning, but
many who had intended attending the
services had been absent from church
and the first intimation they received
in regard to the postponement they
learned when they went to attend the
services at the new building. On the
door was a p1acard reading: "The ded-
ication of the building, which was to
have taken place today, has been post
pored."
There were many people disappoint-
ed on account of the building not being
opened, but the directors of the associ-
alton assure that the building will
be opened some time before the first of
January. John Adams, the local Sec
rotary, was seen this morning and
stated that the determination to post
pone the dedication had not been made
by the Board of Directors until nearly
midnight Saturday evening. The
reason Of the postponement is simply
that the money has not been raised to
pay the debts of the building, and it
was the condition of the gifts that the
building should be dedicated free of
debt. This postponement of the dedi-
cation will not interfere with the work
of the association, as the building will
be opened today as usual and all
privileges will be extended to the
members just as if the building had
been formally dedicated. At the be-
ginning of the week the directors of
the association found that they were
still =. 600 in debt and they started OFT
to raise the amount. Twelve hundred
dollars was raised and the remainder
will probably be raised this week. The
directors of the association are not in
any way discouraged with the work,
but they think that it is necessary to
hold to the very letter of their agree
ment with the people who subscribed
to the building fund.
There was jolly time at the build
ing Saturday evening. The Racine
Association sent down some sixty
young men to assist in the entertain
ment for the evening and the building
was crowded to the doors. Most of the
amusement for the evening was in the
gymnasium and on the bowling alleys
where spirited contests took place.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-13
CLEANED OUT THE WE'LL.
Big Well of the City Water Company Was
Cleaned Sunday.

The city was house cleaning Sunday
and as a result the water flowing
through the city mains is clearer than
usual today. Yesterday morning the
workmen made their regular inspection
of the well near the power house, and
cleaned it free from all the refuse
gathered in the last three months.
The we'll was found to be in very good
condition. The usau1 amount of filth,
which had gathered before was lacking
and it is supposed that the recent repair
to the intake pipe has done away with
the gathering of any sediment in the
we'll.
During the work the men found four
or five small perch, which were remov
ed. They also removed the old lawyer,
which had been in the we'll for several
years and which had been allowed to
flourish by the water commissioners.
Of course it is not possible for the fish
to find their way into the pipes of the
water company as the hole is protected
by a screen.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-13
KENOsHA S, WAUKEGAN O.
Kenosha High school Team Closes Season
In "a Blaze of Glory Saturday Afternoon

Kenosha High school Team Closes Season
In "a Blaze of Glory Saturday Afternoon
The Kenosha High School team of
foot ball players closed the season of
1900 in a blaze of glory Saturday
afternoon at the golf grounds when
they defeated the Waukegan High
School team by a score of to 0.
There has always been a strong
rivalry between the two teams ard on
this account the victory of the Keno
sha boys is doub1y sweet to them. The
game was a good one and was wit
messed by a great crowd of rooters
ting the two cities.
From the start it was evident that
the Kenosha team was too strong for
the Waukegan boys, but they put up a
p1ucky fight and several times during
the game it seemed that they would at
least tie the score.
The first half of the game was furi-
GUS, the. Kenosha boys making their
only touchdown, .but in the second half
the ball remained in the center of the
field most of the time.
The season has not been a very
profitable one tor the Kenosha team,
and most of the games have been de-
featS.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-13
Freight on the Northwestern Road
Leaves the Track at Ranney
Junction Sunday.
TIES UP ST. PAUL RAILROAD.
Engineer and Fireman of the Wrecked
Train save Their Lives by Jumping
but Fireman Slightly Injured

A freight train coming from Keno
sha was wrecked at Ranney crossing
at 6:20 Sunday morning, derai1ing the
engine and two cars. The fore part
of the engine was badly smashed,
while the two cars were damaged
slightly. The track is down grade
and as the train was going at the usual
rate of speed it was fortunate that
more damage and a loss of life did
not occur. The engineer thought the
signals were clear, SO the speed of the
train was not slackened until it was
too late. The derai1 being set open
the engine and part of the train
left the track and ran over the ties.
The train was going so fast that the
fireman and engineer jumped from the
engine, expecting to see the cars pile
up and fall over each other. The de-
rail Joint broke off from the pressure
of the engine wheels and two cars,
thus allowing the remainder of the
train to jump back on the rails again,
inasmuch as only one side of the
wheels left the track. This, of course,
allowed the velocity of the train to
push the engine and fore part of the
train along until it struck the St. Paul
tracks, where it came to a standsti11,
leaving the engine across the east
track of the st. Paul road.
The freight train was in charge of
Engineer Case and Conductor Herzer,
with one of the large three-whee1 en-
~ o++ oh 4a 41oo
Engineer Case claimed the distant
signal was set clear, but the home
signal showed the track, with red light
signa1ingsdanger. Possibly some ex-
cuse might be allowed Engineer Case
as the distant signal arm when set for
damages hangs down trif1e instead of
being straight across and might have
obscured the first red light. But the
second or derai1 signal was plain
enough and is the one of the greatest
Importance as that shows whether the
derai1 is set open or shut, The train
was almost empty, except few cars,
with one car of stock. The St. Paul
pioneer limited was switched off at
Western Union Junction and made
Chicago via Racine over the G. & NV.
railroad: The milk train went back
from Pleasant Prairie and made Chi
cago via Genoa Junction and Crystal
Lake. The wrecking train arrived on
the scene at 8:44 and soon cleared the
St. Paul track, but the 500 O'Clock
train from Harvard did not leave Ran
ney before 1870 p. m. The fireman was
slightly hurt. The engine was com
PEELED to run back to Kenosha in a di-
1apidated condition with the front
four wheels, trucks and pilot loaded on
the wrecking train.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-13

In reviewing our figures we find that
we will fall short about $12, 0OO by the
end of the year. This, OF course, is.
accounted for by the large expenditures
this past year for harbor improvements,
which were in Gthe neighborhood of
$4,000. If this large item had not
been contracted and paid during this.
past year, we believe our books would
show balance to our credit, but as it
is we have this amount to carry over
into the coming year as an indebted
ness, which amount can be very large
1y reduced by economical management
on theGpart of the several committees,
SO that the end of this year, we believe
| that instead of large Indebtedness, a
small one will result.
We find that it is necessary to in
crease, and have included it in the APP
portionment,for the sewers and paving
committee, something like So, 500 for
sewers already contracted for; this
amount being the city's proportion
We also feel that it will be necessary
| that a few more lights be placed at the
outskirts of the city, and have appor-
toned a small amount for this purpose.
but until it is absolutely necessary
that these lights be granted, we would
recommend that the committee would
keep this extra amount in reserve, as
we have quite a number of electric
lights which are unpaid and will
natura11yIbave to be taken out of this
years superintendent.
We also haveoinC1uded in the appOr-
tionments for the police department,
enough forsanother man on the force,
credit of this department until it is
absolutely necessary that this addition
to the force besmade.
The public library fund has been in
creased to one and one-third mills on
the assessed valuation. We find that
the directors of the public library are
running that institution in a very
economical manner and the amount we
appropriate to this work will barely
cover their expenses for this year.
AS to the receipts for this coming
year we find that the assessed va1ua-
ton has been ip1aced at 1871 ,418, on
which we would recommend a tax levy
of per cent, or 500, 5000. Our other
resourcesswi11 be from licenses, which
we figure at $4,000, making a total of
SIP, 5000.
Respectfully submitted.
Finance Committee:
G. II. CURTIS,
c. SCHEND,
CHAs. PFENNIG.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-13
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

The D. of H., No. Is, A. 0. U. W.,
held their regular meeting Tuesday
evening, Dec. II, at which the election
of officers took place. The following
were elected:
Chief of Honor-Mrs. Mary Peters.
Lady of Honor-Mrs. Carrie McHugh
Chief of Ceremonies-Mrs. Mary
Dimes.
Recorder-F. M. McHugh.
Financier-Mrs. G. IRA Homo1ya.
Receiver Mrs. Mary Cumisky.
Lady Usher-Mrs. Kate Davis.
Inside Watch-Mrs. Myrtle Isermann
Outside Watch-Mrs. Marie Walker.
Delegate to grand lodge Mrs. Mary
Rock; a1ternate-Mrs. Anna Boyle.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-13
Finance Committee of the Council
Made Their Report on the Taxes
for 1901.
GAVE AN INCREASE FOR LIBRARY.
Committee Raised the Library Arportion
ment one-third Per Cent-one More
Man Added to Police Force.

After week of labor the finance COM
mittee of the Council reported to the
Council Monday night the apportion-
ment for taxes for the coming year.
AS it is of vital interest to every citizen
we submit the report in full, as follows:
Kenosha, Wis, Dec. 10, 1900.
To the Honorable Mayor and Common
Council of the City of Kenosha.
Gentlemen:-Your committee on
finance beg leave to submit the follow
ing report on appropriations for the
coming, year; recommending that the
different amounts apportioned be p1ac-
ed to the credit of the different COM
mittees, and that these amounts only
be useds.by these committees; and, if
at any time the amount herewith APP
portioned should be inadequate to sup
ply the Cdemands of the committee,
then, and only upon consent of your
honorab1e.body, can atransfer be made
fromso fund to another.
The following are the amounts we
recommend 'apportioned:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-13
A PLEASANT SURPRISE.

Jacob Orth, who resides with his
brother, Joe Orth, on North Maple
street, was very pleasantly surprised
by number of his friends Saturday
evening.
About thirty couples were in attend
ance, and the evening was spent in
card playing, games and music. At
II O'Clock a bountiful supper was
served, after which the guests depart
ed for their homes, all declaring that
they had spent delightful evening.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-13

There was a queer coincidence in
the G. A. r. elections in Milwaukee
and Kenosha last week, Louis Scho1es
was elected commander of the Mil
waukee post and F. H. Lyman was
elected to the same Office Ia the Ke
nosha post. More than 90 years ago
the two men-then boys-started off
to war together and slept under The
same blanket On the way from Chicago
to Cairo. Both saw considerable ser
vice and both are loyal to the Cause in
every thing connected with the Grand
Army.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-13
R. A.uELEcF OFFICERS.

Kenosha Council No. 273, Royal Ar
canum, held their annual election of
officers on last Friday evening, Dec. Z,
a large number of the members being
present. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year:
Regent-D. J. Harf.
v. Regent-J.'H. Charles.
P. Regent. K. Ba1com.
Orator-L. S. Vinegar.
Chaplain Peter Wood.
Treasurer Fisher.
Secretary-F. E. Fou1ke.
Collector. w. E. Rogers.
Gtlide-Char1es Werner.
Warden-John Mcconnell.
Sentry-Knut. Torsen.
Trustee-.John O'Donne ell.
They will be installed the first regu-
lar meeting in January.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-13
MISS RODERs WON.
Cooks Defeat the Factory Girls in Con
test at St. Georges Fair


The supremacy of the cook in Keno
sha is now assured, for Miss Susie
Roders, who was representing the
cooks at st. Georges fair, won great
victory over Miss Anna Brockhaus,
who was representing the factory girls
of the city.
Miss Roders and Miss Brockhaus
were the principals in the most excit-
ing voting contest ever held in Keno
sha. A beautiful china closet had
been offered for the contest and more
than three thousand votes were regis
tered by the two young ladies. Up to
Saturday evening the contest had been
quiet one, but at this time the excite
ment began to tell on the friends of
the young people and votes began to
come in at terrific rate. All bounds
were broken by the friends of the two
contestants and in an hour thousands
of votes were registered. Great excite
ment prevailed and the work of the
two young ladies took all the interest
in the fair. When the result was an
nounced Miss Roders was $50 votes
ahead of her competitor and the cooks
went wild in celebrating the victory.
The fair which closed with the con-
test was the most successful ever held
by the young ladies of ST. Georges
church. 1t continued for three days
and almost all the articles offered for
sale were disposed of during the time.
The money, which will amount to
nearly a thousand dollars, will be used
toward paying the debt of the hall.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-13
MRS. JANE S. HOLDERNEss DEAD
Well Known Kenosha Young Lady Died at
Her Home in Milwaukee.

Mrs. Jane Swift Ho1derness, aged %
years, wife of George H. Ho1derness
and daughter of Mrs. J. H. Swift, of
this city, died at her home in Mi1wau-
kee shortly after 10 O'Clock Sunday
evening, from acute Bright's disease.
The death of Mrs. Ho1derness came
as great shock to her many friends
in Kenosha, and her death has caused
a personal sorrow in many homes. She
was one of the best known of Keno
sha's young ladies, and had lived most
of her life in Kenosha, having been
one of the leaders in the younger So
ciety of the city. Mrs. Ho1derness
was a graduate of Kemper Hall,
member of the Old Maids League, of
the Kenosha Woman's club and several
other social organizations.