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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-09

Now IT is reported that all the
trouble in China was brought about by
an idea that found its way into Ii
Hung Changes fertile brain, that he
himself would make far better En-
peror of China than the present repre-
sentative OF the Manchu dynasty. It
had been the general belief among
civilized people that Ii Hung had
not the qualifications necessary to
make him popular with the great mass
of the Chinese. But recently Ii has
done little toward dispel1ing the de-
1uSiOn
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-09
NORTH WESTERNS REPORT.
Net Income for the Last Fiscal Year was
$1,605,119-Total Mileage, 8,503.

Net income Tor the Last E1Sca1 year. was
S1,6o5, 119-Total Mileage, 8,503.
The annual report of the Chicago &
Northwestern railway for the fiscal
year ended May 81, 1900, which was is
sued yesterday, shows net income
over all charges for the year of 81, 605,-
119. Measures were adopted last De-
cember looking to the union of all its
lines of railway and proprietary COM
panies whose stocks are owned by the
North Western and whose lines form
part of the North Western system. The
lines thus taken over were as follows:
Boyer Valley railway, in Iowa.
Boone County railway, in Iowa.
Harlan & Kirkman railway, in Iowa.
Minnesota & Iowa railway, in Mime
sofa and Iowa.
Iowa, Minnesota & Northwestern
railway, in Minnesota and Iowa.
Winona & st. Peter railroad, en-
bracing the following lines, Wis:
Dakota Central railway
Mankato & New U1m railway.
Minnesota & South Dakota railway.
With the omp1etition of the second
main tracks now under construction in
the State of Iowa, the main line of the
company from Chicago to the Missouri
river at Council Bluffs, Iowa, a distance
of 400 miles, will be a double track rail-
way, with the exception of one section,
sixty-seven miles in length, between
Maple River Junction and Missouri
Valley, Iowa, and the total double
track railway in operation will aggre-
gate 713 miles.
The following lines of the Chicago
& North Western proper have been
completed during the year 1900:
Boone, Iowa, to Ogden, Iowa.
Belle P1aine, Iowa., to Fox Lake,
MINI.
Mankato, Mimi, to New Ulm, MINI.
Tyler, Mimi, to Astoria, S. D.
This makes the total mileage, as re-
ported August /, 1900, as follows:
Chicago & North Western. -. 5,562.50
Chicago, St. Paul, M. & O.. 1,532.57
Frem., Elk. & Mo. Valley..... 1,300.53
Sioux City & Pacific. 107.40
Total North Western system 8, 5O3.O2
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-09

The Democrats have announced in
their platform that imperialism is the
paramount issue" They declare
themselves eterna1ly opposed to the
imposition Of our government upon an
unwilling people and represent, as the
cardinal principle of their party, the
noble one, ''that governments derive
their just powers from the consent OF
the governed The hope Of Democ-
racY this year is in the South. In the
support of the Democrats of the South
ern States rests the only possibility OF
Democracy's success at the polls IN
November. Then it is the South that
constitutes the great bulk of the army
enlisted under the banner with the
strange device, governments derive
their inst powers from the consent of
the governed We say strange de-
vice, and it is said advisedly. For
what could be stranger or more incon-
gruous than such a host fighting I'M
der such a standard Who are these
people who are exploiting that honored
principle of our constitution? They
are the people of Mississippi, Louis
lana and South Carolina who
have adopted measures in their
State legislatures DISTINGUISHING
a majority of the voting population.
They are the Democrats of North
Carolina, who, with an army of Red
shirt Rifen1en terrifying their oppo-
nents into silence and by violence
keeping the electors from the polls,
managed to 1egislate the disfranchise-
mer1t of IS per cent of the population
of the state. How much respect for the
consent of the governed, does this
testify. Fair minded 1r1en have
looked with an unusual degree
of tolerance on the actions of
Mississippi, Louisiana and South Caro-
lima because of the shadow of an ex-
cuse that seemed to be found in condi-
tons in those states. But who will
exonerate the Democrats of North
Carolina? On the plea of illiteracy
they .disfranchise nearly all the
colored population of the State.
Of the i1literate whites they
say nothing. Why this dis
Was it in the
cause of pure and intelligent parties?
Was it to elevate the tone of North
Cardinals politics and promote wise
and temperate legislation that the
Democrats of the state of North Caro-
lima formed a great military organiza- I
ton, spreading over the whole state,
to muzz1e free speech, while the friends
Of disfranchisement sought out the
i1literate whites to assure them that 1t
was only black il1iteracy, and not
white i11iteracy, that was aimed at? !
1t scarcely seems so. On the contrary |
it was III order to secure the dominion
of the Democratic party that the
Democrats of North Carolina did these
things. 1t demonstrates beyond dis
pute that the bulk of the forces led by
Mr.. Bryan, the principle unfur1ed on
their standard, is a myth. No pro-
LESSONS, no promises and no amount
of forid oratory will gain public Gre
deuce for the grotesque lie acted by
the Democrats nor convince the people
that the welfare of black men thous-
ands of miles away IS of any interest
to those who will make of tn EN- rolitl-
cal sacrifices at home.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-09
Lotus Flowers.

w. L. Hack1ey was out to Twin
Lakes Saturday and Sunday. He went
on to Grass Lake, and after row of
some six miles succeeded in getting a
number of lotus flowers, which are
very scarce, Grass Lake being the
only known place in the United States
where they grow. The flowers are on
exhibition at the corner drug store.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-09
DEATH CLAIMS MANY.
Five Deaths Reported in Kenosha During
the Last Few Days.

Mrs. Elizabeth Wagner, widow of
of the late Nicholas Wagner, former
we'll known citizen of the town of
Brighton, died at two O'Clock Tuesday
morning at the home of her son, Math-
las Wagner, on Congress street. Death
came as the result of stroke of paraly-
sis, which attacked her four weeks ago.
The deceased had suffered great deal
of pain, and, since the stroke, had been
helpless, so death came as a sweet re-
lease.
Mrs. Wagner was born in Germany
eighty years ago and came to this
country in 1857. With her husband
she removed to. the town of Brighton,
where she resided until two years ago,
when she came to Kenosha to make
her home with her son.
During her residence in this city she
has made many friends who will mourn
her death. Four sons survive. They
are Matthias Wagner, of this city; Peter
Wagner, of Nebraska, and John and
John E. Wagner, of Iowa.
The funeral was held from St.
Georges church at seven O'Clock
this morning. The remains were
Charles Paullick Dead
Charles Paul1ick, well-known citi-
zen Of the city, died Monday after
noon at home, ass Elizabeth street, as
a result of an attack Of kidney trouble,
from which the deceased had been
sufferer for some time. The deceased
was in his forty-sixth year. He was
born in Baltimore, Nd, and had been
a resident of the city for many years.
A widow and two children, both grown,
survive.
The funeral was held from the
late residence of the deceased on Wed
nesday morning, the services being
conducted by the Rev. E. F. Dornfe1d,
of the German Lutheran church. The
remains were inferred in the city
cemetery.
Mrs. Margaret wallace.
Mrs. Margaret Wallace, aged 80
years, died at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. Ado1ph Meyer, at 324 Maiden
lane, Tuesday. The deceased had
been falling in health for many years
and the infrmities of age finally ex-
tinguished the vital spark.
Mrs. Wallace was native of Ireland
but came to McHenry, Ill, many years
ago. She had lived in Kenosha for
several years. The remains we're
shipped to McHenry for interment.
Sophia Lippert.
Sophia Lippert, the little daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. John ]. Lippert, died
at the family residence, 322 North
Congress street, at noon Monday. The
little child was ten months. old and had
been sick with one of the summer all
ments common to children. The
funeral was held from ST. Georges
church Wednesday afternoon.
Victor Maekus
Victor, the infant son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Victor Maskus, died Tuesday
at the family residence on Oak street.
The funeral was held from St.
Georges church Wednesday morning.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-09
Half Rates to Madison, wis,

via the North Western line. Excur-
sion tickets will be sold, at one fare for
the round trip Aug. q and p, limited
to Aug. "a, on account Of Prohibition
State convention. Apply to agents
Chicago s. North Western R'y, w-14.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-09

THE Chicago Record speaks of
Bryan as Illinois adopted son. Hill
nois handles her adopted children
rather roughly at times.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-09

1t will be seen that the average total
of our foreign trade in these thirty
years * little over 81, 418, 100000. But
the trade Of the first of them was only
1929, 600, 900, while that of the last was
nearly So, 100000, or two and half
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-09
Contractors Notice.

Total Northwestern system 8,5o3.o2
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-08-09

csc chages
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-28
WHY MOTT

just as an evidence of good faith the Re.
publicans might call special session Of
congress and enact the demands OF theil
platform into law before election.-Ex-
change.
Why should the party in power make
any platform demands or promises?
How many voters have ever consid-
cred this proposition?
How absurd for any party to demand
that which Is absolutely within their
grasp, and when it comes to making
platform promises it would strike the
man with only the most limited reason
Ing faculties that present perform
ance was incomparably better and more
certain than promises on the future.
Let every Republican strike out of his
Philadelphia platform every demand
and every promise as so much bun
combe to fool the voters and he will
have very little left upon which to
make a campaign. The "outs'' are in
position to make demands and prom
ises, but they come truly with bad grace
from the "ins." E. A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-28
LIKE A cows TAIL.

JACKSONVILLE. Fla, June 29.-The
state Democratic convention, after a con-
tinuous session from p. m. Friday to I
a. m. today, adjourned sine die. The ticket
as completed stands: Governor, William 8.
jennings; justice Of supreme court. Fran
els B. Carter; secretary Of state, John L.
Crawford; comptroller w. H. Reynolds:
encouragement, w. B. Lamar; superin-
tendent OF public instruction, w. B. Sheats;
commissioner Of agriculture, B. e. McIain
railroad commissioner. John L. Morgan:
Judge George p. RRney, of Tallahassee. was
CHOSEN the Florida member Of the national
Democratic committee. This 10 probably
the last state Democratic convention that
will be held in Florida for many years. as
the platform adopted provides for primaries
Tor ohices for United States senator down.
A boy in Chicago escaped the severe
penalty of the law against grand lar
ceny in stealing from the manufacture
ers, his employers and instructors, a
bicycle by carrying home from the fac
tory single piece at q time concealed
beneath his clothing.
The court held the taking Of each piece
to. be a separate and distinct offense
and the value Of each piece so small that
the boy was guilty Of only petit lar
ceny.
This boys method would strike the
ordinary bicycle thief a. mighty slow
method OF stealing bicycles.
IN 1896 the DeMocl ais stole the Peo-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-28
FUsIONIsTs RETURNING.

After the Sentinel advised that an inyi-
tation should be sent to fusionists to return
to the Populist fold, letters came pouring in
accepting the olive branch. They are tired
OF the treatment they have received from
the Democrats, and they are ready to re-
turn before the Democrats give them a
black eye at Kansas City. They are study
Ing the question seriously. and so many OF
their fusion deals have been trampled in
the mud Of politics that they are sorely dis
gusted with the situation. The Sentinel de-
sires that the warm hand of fellowship
should be extended to all fusionists that
really desire to return to the Populist fold
and to work shoulder to shoulder for the
Cincinnati platform and ticket. Welcome!
Chicago Sentinel.
Similar advices reach us from every
quarter. The Representative joins with
the Sentinel in extending a welcoming
hand to all who leave the false gods of
fusion, and come back to the great or
ganization Of 1892 and 1894. The doors
and windows are all open, brethren.
Id.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-28
CAMPAIGN FUNDS.

Now Is the time for Mr.. Barker to begin
that active campaign he has SO long talked
about. The money which he has been say
Ing would be put into q campaign IL he
was nominated should be turned over to the
national committee, and vigorous cam
paign begun at once. II this is not done
the boys In the trenches" will be inquir-
ing why. pretty soon.-Buzz Saw.
A good many working Populists of
the Western states have already writ
ten to us urging the necessity of an
early start and asking us for informa-
ton concerning the campaign fund.
Any campaign funds available for eff
fective work should clearly be spent in
states where there is a chance to roll
up good vote. Our national commit
tee should consult as to the best field
for work, and work should be begun i'm
mediately after the Kansas City conven-
ton. We will then have full knowl-
edge of the situation and the forces we
have to combat. AS chairman of our
national committee, 10 A Parker must
be our Hanna of finance, and it is time
that Hanna begins to reach out after
revenue.
The Populist press has worked 50 long
on patience and promises that strikes
must soon follow unless some of these
promises are redeemed.
Mr.. Parker should stir himself, stir
others, talk quick and to the point.
E. A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-28
SOCIALISTS RETURNING.

When the Peoples party. at st. Louis, in
1851, accepted the fusion deal. number Of
Populists sought safety with the Socialists.
Now 1t Il the turn Of the Socialists to 80
through trouble. while the Peoples party Il
entirely free from internal trouble. The
consequence Is that The Sentinel Il receiving
many letters from former Populists, saying
that the Peoples party platform 10 Ill that
they ask, and. since the reason for their
leaving the Peoples party has been removed
they will work with the rank and file Of
the Peoples party during the campaign.
Tney ADMIT that they never believed In
public ownership Of everything. and that
their idea Of public ownership is stated in
the Peoples party platform. The Sentinel
showed them how a private home for every
family could be obtained by means of free
public life insurance system. They will
also see how the people by means Of free
public life insurance system, can obtain
instance, the people of-the South can OBJ
tain cotton factories without paying interest
20 capitalists and without returning one
cent OF the money that comes to them by
means of the free public life insurance
system.
The foregoing Is from that able paper,
the Chicago Sentinel. one of the leading
Populist papers of this country.
II the Socialists abandon the idea Of
public ownership of everything there
Is nothing to prevent them from CO.
operating with the Populists. l. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-28
wAsHBURN's FIAsCO.

We are sorry for Bill Washburn.
He has been United States senator for
six years and nobody remembers a word
he ever said or thing he ever did.
He has just tried to be nominated for
vice-president, and his own state would
only give him half-hearted support;
and Cush Davis refused to present his
name to the national convention!
From no part Of the United States came
up hearty voice In his favor.
Thus ends the last representative Of
family which will be remembered In
history as the most heartless, greedy
and INSCRIPTIONS set of adventures
that ever appeared in public life in
America. They loved nobody and no
body loved them. Sic transit gloria
Washburn. Id
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-28

but ~ have - idee that his eleoeion BY
Tamnapy funds Wepld - mncA like
Hanaas s11s.ooo molgalp N AeK ipIey,
Or tn bankers littl4 Ezoffxags On the
farm. The dollar gets th6rs tust ~
same.
Towne's 1omination Or rejection at
Kansas City more than any other one
eveAt will mark the forces that would
control Bryan II he should win the
coming election. Bryan, With any
Eastern man. Or with q Western man
who Is little known. means sham bat
tie again, - usual. between the two
old frauds.
Bryan and Towne would probably
mean at least square hight between
sections and to some extent ! class
struggle. e. A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-28
LAST CHANCE.

Anybody who is not fool will Judge q
political party by its past record. by what
it did when it had a chance It gives me a
pain in my hind foot every time think
of what the Democratic party did the last
time 1t had a chance. And yet some people
who call themselves Populists want to try
the old thing again.-Buzz Saw.
Yes. you can fool some of the people
all the time. 1t is enough to give one
pain all over when we contemplate
what the Democrats did, not when It
had the last chance, but when it had
the last three chances. Buchanan's
term was Democratic chance. JEFF
Davis gave the Democrats another
chance and then came Grover.
It will be long day when any intelli-
gent reformer, either Democrat or Pop
ulist, becomes very much intoxicated
at another Democratic last chance.
e. A. T.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-28
MOONSHINE AND SUNSHINE.
(From the New York World

(From the New York Worldly
Ignatius Donnelly says that silver was
originally the moon metal" being used by
'the pagan priesthood to decorate the
temples of the moon, as gold was used to
decorate the temples Of the sun. Is this
delicate admission by Mr.. Donnelly that
the silver theory is chiefly moonshine?
Queer that "the silver theory" was re-
garded as wise and true for 5000, per-
haps for 10000 years, down to 80 years
ago; and then was made moonshine Of
by lot Of sharpers and money lenders,
who sought to enrich themselves by i'm
poverishing the whole human family.
Shame, shame, that great paper like
the New York World would help them
carry out their damnable conspiracy.
I. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-28
HEADS OR TAILS.

The trusts intend to re-elect Mark Hanna,
but they will probably chip in a little to
the Bryan campaign fund just to be on
guard In case Of MISUNDERSTANDING.
The Representative has for a long
time been pointing out to its readers
the true significance Of Tammany and
Croker turning their support over to
Bryan. It Is for the purpose Of raising
money among the millionaire members
Of the Tammany organization for Bry-
ans campaign, and in event Of his cleo
ton thereby having pecuniary as we'll
as political string on him. Where
would be the gain to common mortals II
many's millions? Bryan has much to
say about placing man, above the dollar,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-28
RESULTS OF CROP FAILURE.
Men Being Discharged by the Whole
sale.

Men Being Discharged by the Whole
The first bitter fruits Of the crop failure
are seen in the payrolls of some OF the
elevator and grain firms that have already
reductions certain to be made along this
line cannot be estimated. but 1t will surely
be large. One big elevator company said
this morning that last year they put on
about rs extra clerks, but this season the
work could be done with the present office
force of 20 clerks. They were not certain
that all Of them would be needed.
From January to August elevator COM
pan1es keep their forces down to the min
1mum, but during the grain season Of the
fall and winter an immense amount of ex-
ira help Is employed. But this year the
hundreds of clerks, stenographers. account
ants, ETC.. who have heretofore secured
good wages for at least several months in
the year. will not be needed in the grain
business.
Grain men are In . very serious frame Of
mind. The loss Of the wheat, oats and
hay crop, which some Of them declare will
exceed $120, 900 900, will affect not only per-
sons seeking employment, but thousands Of
people In every branch of business. The
railroads, especially, will be quick to feel
the loss of traffic, and hundreds Of men
will be laid of, while hundreds of others
will be unable to do the work they have
done In former years. This in itself will
prove great hardship, but the railroads
are not alone. The -four mills will also
suffer, as we'll as countless individuals and
firms dependent directly or Indirectly upon
the wheat crop for living.
Elevator men at the various stations
throughout the northwest will be dropped
At points where the crop is practically
nil the elevators will be closed. while
at stations where two and three men have
been employed, the work will be done by
one or two men. according to the business.
Minneapolis Journal, June %.
A neighbor OF ours who has a saw
mill. and has lots Of lumber on hand.
which he is selling at reduced prices.
said to us that he could not sell enough
for cash to buy sack of flour! And
flour has risen to 1920 sack!!
A charming outlook for next winter.
I. D.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-28
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE:
J. A. Temple, minneapolis
A FLAW IN FUSION,

The county Of Union, in South Dakota,
has been one of the strongholds of Pop
ulism ever since the new party was or
ganized in the state, but there are signs
of discomfort over the attempt to sub
vert the organization wholly to Pet
tigrew's interests. The local Populist
paper, the Elk Point Sentinel, winds up
its report of the proceedings of the re-
cent county convention, where Petit
grew was Endorsed, as follows:
The manipulations last Saturday have
caused number Of old-time Pops, like
the boys pups, to get their eyes open. Men
who cut loose from the two old parties
eight and ten years ago did so with honest
motives. Today they are controlled by
men who have no use for principle, but are
I'm it" for the spoils of Office. This gang
OF political shysters can be numbered on
one hand. Do not be deceived by their
promises for the good of the party
They are nothing but set of political
mOuntebanks for office and cash.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1900-06-28
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