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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-13
MANNED FOR LIFE.
Sam White Had His Hand Cut Off in an
Accident at the Simmons Factory

Accident at the Simmons Factory.
Sam White, a workman employed at
the Simmons factory, met with terri
BILE accident IN the tube making de-
partment of the factory Thursday
evening and as a result he will be
MANNED for life. The accident hap
pened late in the afternoon. White
was at work on one of the large press
es that are used in pressing tubing and
it is stated that some part of the ma
chinery broke and allowed the heavy
hammer to descend while White was
placing the half moulded metal under
it. His left hand was caught under
the ponderous weight and mang1ed in
terrible manner. He was dazed by
the shock of the accident and when he
came to he was taken to the office of
DR.. Pugh in a carriage. 1t was found
that the hand was so badly mashed
that it would be impossible to save
three of the fingers, and the man was
placed under the influence of ch1oro-
form and the thumb and two fingers
removed. He was taken to his home
in the western part of the city a short
time later and is resting easy today.
White had only recently come to Ke-
nosha and had been employed at the
factory for only few days. He is
married and has small family.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-13

The Milwaukee Journal is disposed
to defend Mayor Rose against the
charges of the Sentinel. The Journal
explains that it does not seek to white
wash the conduct of the Mayor, where
it is an eyesore to all respectable peO-
pie, and then goes on to clear his
honor from the charge of the Sentinel
that he takes delight in defying the
pie. The Sentinel argues that the
Mayor does this by allowing the city
to run "wide open," while taking ref
uge behind the fact that the police are
keeping their watchfu1 eyes on muir
derers, burglars and other ma1efac ors.
The Journal defends the Mayor on the
ground that his policy may be one fol-
lowed in the interests of decency and
order, and cites the fact that the city
has had a most remarkable record for
order1iness under the policy. "He has,"
says the Journal, "out1ined policy al
lowing the people of Milwaukee to
take care of themselves without any
intervention on his part"
If the policy of Mayor Rose is such
as the Journal outlines, it is an exceed
ing1y weak one, and as vicious as it IS
weak. Our executives and police are
not usually elected to allow the people
to take care of themselves. Were we
to follow the principle to it's logical re-
suit it would become absurd. There
are certain things that are regarded as
menaces to public security and public
safety. Against these the city is sup
posed to protect the citizens. Laws
are passed to curtai1 them. Then the
violation of the law becomes one of
them. The arm of vice is long. The
influences of the best home are not
proof against it. That has been dem
onstrated in Milwaukee and Kenosha
many times. And not only are home
influences, howsoever good, unable to
withstand vice in many cases, but
there are thousands of men and women
in every city the''si of Milwaukee
who have not the benefit of home in
fuences or even of home. There are
boys and girls who are entirely depen-
dent on themselves unable to make
their own environment, who have to
find company and amusement wherever
and as best they can. These people
are to make the population of Mi1wau-
kee or some other city. If the charac-
ter of the city administration throws
around them influences that are likely
to contaminate, Milwaukee or some
other town or city less capable will
have to harbor the crop.
Vice is public foe and the people
have every right to demand that they
shall be protected, as far as the city is
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-13
Candidates for Kenosha County Of
fees File Their Expense Ac
counts With the Register.
WHITCHER HEADS THE LIST
Sheriff Elect Spent $3.50 to Secure His
Election-Many Thousands of Dollars
Spent by Candidates.

The recent county election in Keno
sha county was an expensive thing for
the people of the county, and especial
1y for the candidates who ran for Of
fee. The campaign was not very
spirited one, but it seems that the vic
tors and the vanquished 1avished
money to lure the undecided voter.
The total amount of election expenses
now filed amounts to over So, 500, while
less than half the candidates for Office
have obeyed the law and filed expense
accounts. Of course the account of
L. G. Bohnrich, who ran for Gov
ernor, amounting to over 81, 7O5, is the
largest filed in the county, but among
the candidates for county honors, the
heaviest spender was Sherif-elect
Charles Whitcher, who spent $3.50 on
the voters. The lowest amount is re-
ported by William Griffith, who spen
the small sum of twenty dollars, which
was a contribution to the campaign
fund.
The County Committees were liberal,
the Democratic committee spending a
little over $500, while the Republican
Committee collected and expended
S4o3.73. Some of the accounts filed
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-13
TIE DEDICATION CEREMONIES
Young Peoples Societies of the City Have
Reunion at the Y. M. C. A. Building

One of the most interesting events
of the week at the Y. M. G.. A. build
ing was meeting held on Wednesday
evening, when the new building was
turned over to the members of the diff
ferent young peoples societies in the
city. They came in great numbers
and filled up all parts of the building.
After a pleasant social reunion the
friends of the association retired to
the auditorium, where a number of the
representatives. of the different So
cieties made speeches p1edging their
societies to the assistance of the work
in Kenosha. The evening proved to
be very pleasant one and music and
song and speaking kept the young
people at the building until late in the
evening.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-13
Farm For Sale.

The C1app farm in the town of Som
ers, consisting of two hundred and
forty (24O) acres of land, Isl for sale.
This farm is located about four miles
northwest from the city of Kenosha
and is first class in every respect. Well
adapted for dairy purposes. Good soil
and plenty of good water. Well wood
ed.
Parties desiring to purchase will re-
ceive full information as to terms by
calling on Charles c. Brown. at the
First National Bank, Kenosha, Wis
consin. WITT
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-13
election,

THE magazines have gone into the
business nowadays of publishing the
love letters of famous people. The
field is a big one. After the Hugos
have giveu out they can fall back upon
the leading lights of other spheres of
life. The published love letters of
Kid Mccoy and Marguerite Cornei11e
or James Jeffries and Dorothy
Drew would make interesting and
timely reading just at this time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-13

threshold of one of the saloons of this
city and his murderer is still at>1arge.
When the police are SO keen on the
course of duty as to make detection,
arrest and prosecution almost sure,
there is naturally less tendency to
crime than when the guardians of the
city's safety are notorious for their gull
1ibi1ity, even though the city admins
tration is making no effort to enforce
the laws against gambling dens and
the like.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-13
OFFICIAL PAPER KENosHA COUNTY
Too Busy.

Is the proper significance attached to
politics in this country? There is no
doubt plenty of politics here, more
probably than in almost any other
nation, but is it all taken as seriously
as it should be? In national campaigns
such as we have passed through in the
passed five years the public mind
is aroused to a remarkable degree.
There are quantities of literature scat
tered over the country, and much OF 1t
is read. There is a profusion of politi-
cal speakers that distinguishes a
political campaign in the United States
from a similar event in any other
country. Papers and periodicals are
given up to serious discussions of the
questions and their productions are
read with avidity by no small portion
of the American people. But while all
this is true of a national campaign, is
it true that a state or county or city
election, or even the national election,
is regarded with the fullest apprecia-
ton or It's importance!
The American is primarily a man of
business. The very profusion of our
magazines and reviews is evidence
that the average American is too busy
to take time for extended and careful
reading. His reading must be brought
to his door in the most assorted and
c4xy1o He r7111ct read of
course. but he must have it dished up
to him in the most time-saving man
ner. A review, with the briefest posi-
bic digest Of the thought of the day, is
his medium of information, if 'he in
du1ges in any other than the daily
paper. Even is daily paper has to be
so headed and sub-headed that he can
pick, without trouble, just what he
cares to read, while he usually contents
himself with the information to be
CLEANED in the head lines alone. The in
creasing number of magazines devoted
to light fiction only is another evidence
against the studious nature of the
American. His reading hours are too
likely to be spent in reading stories.
The haste and prodiga1ity with which
he is supplied with campaign itera-
ture after an election is at his very
hand is also evidence that he is at least
not supposed to have given the ques-
tions to be decided in the election suf-
ficient attention to be we'll acquainted
with them, if he has given them any
attention whatever.
There is plenty of talk of political
machines that control elections and
have undisPuted management of the
affairs of government. 1t is not SUR
prising that this is so if the American
citizen is too engrossed in his own
affairs to take the proper interest in
political affairs, and too busy to proper
1y inform himself on the great ques-
tons that concern the nation by
watching the record of events as they
pass and reading and studying them
from day to day in a careful, pains
taking manner, rather than postponing
the consideration of nomentous ques-
tions until his better judgment is in
danger of being overthrown in the
mae1strom Of political campaign.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-13

The Waukegan Gazette is authority
for the statement that the Northwest
ern Railway company will build a new
station at Waukegan and elevate the
tracks of the company in Waukegan.
Some one might speak to the managers
of the company about that proposed
shed for the Kenosha depot.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-13

THERE are about ten appointments
in the gift of the Governor-elect that
are worth while. There are said to be
about 3, 500 applicants. Now any man
with half an eye can see that there are
likely to be some soreheads in the next
campaign.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-13
ELECT OFFICERS.
Knights of Pythias Met aud Elected Off
GERS Wednesday Evening.

C5Ts WeuM6sUay EVeGIDg.
The Red Cross Lodge Knights of
Pythias met at Castle Hall Wednesday
night and elected the following officers
for the year:
c. c., Walter V. Jansen; V. c., Milo
M. Smith; pre1ate, Sidney M. Jones;
master of work, William Meredith; K.
of r. and S., Albert Frantzway; M. of
A.. B. V. Piper; M. of F., Philip Har-
mon; M. of E., G. H. Ernst; trustee
for three years, J. H. Kennard.
The officers will be installed at the
first meeting in January.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-11-30
SIX MEN ROB A TRAIN.
Robbers Stop Passenger at Clifford,
Ark, by Building Fire on Track.


The north bound Iron Mountain cannon
ball passenger train was held up at Gift
ford, Ark, at 7:15 o'clock Wednesday
evening by six masked men. The train
was delayed by the robbers forty-6ve
minutes. The robbers covered the track
with railroad ties and built big fire in
the center of the pile. The engineer, susr
picious of an attempted robbery, tried to
pull through, but the ties caught in the
pilot and stopped the engine.
Instantly three masked men appeared
and ordered the engineer and fireman to
come down from the cab at once, and
another of the robbers went to the side
Of the car aud commanded the conductor
to remain inside. Each order was obey
ed. While the four robbers were stand
ing guard and occasionally firing a shot
to frighten the passengers, two remain
ing bandits entered the express car and
ordered Messenger Samuel w. Avery to
step aside.
The large safe was charged five times
with dynamite, each explosion making u
terrific noise and tearing some portion
from the car. A large hole was bored
into the door of the safe, but entrance
could not be effected. The robbers final
ly announced that they had no more dy-
Mantle and gave up the task of forcing
open the door. Then they picked up n
box Of money and several packages and
ran to their horses hitcied nearby and
rode rapidly away. No attempt was made
to disturb or molest the passengers.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-11-30
|POlPMA AND.
| l PREAC CnER

The centenary Of the Presentation con.
vent iii Kilkenny, ireland, was celebrate
ed recently.
The Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott has been
chosen to serve another year as univer-
sity preacher at Harvard.
The Rev. j. G. Brooks, brother of the
late Bishop Brooks, is at work upon a
collection of the bishops letters.
a great Japanese statesman has re-
Gently said that he feared that religion
would be lost to his people unless they
deified the Emperor.
At recent meeting Of the Boston Ban
tist ministers conference, which was
largely attended, 1t was voted to devote
Its sessions for one month to prayer for
an increase Of religious interest in the
churches.
By a ukase issued by the Russian SEN
ate it has been explained that Jews re-
siding within the pale of settlement have
the right of temporary sojourn in rural
places or villages. while the time Of such
sojOuln is to be measured by the ueces-
sity which caused 1t.
One hundred and sixty-nine students
have registered this year in the School
of Theology of Boston Cniversity-nine
more than last year.
The Rev. George Schambach, Luther
an minister of Newark, N. j., during his
ministerial career has performed G.714
marriage ceremonies.
The Rev. DIR. r. e. Clark thinks that
in the virtue of free, outspoken confes-
sion of faith Anglo-Saxon Protestauts
are singularly lacking 81 know" he
says, "of no race thar is 30 shamefaced
abs,k its faith, so unwilling to declare
its llegiancA"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-11-30

Julian Gordon" she wrote many ex
cellent sketches, which met with =
ready sale. A little over a year ago
Mrs. Crnger went abroad and has since
occupied charming but inexpensive
villa in Italy. She there surrounded
herself with society congenial to her
tastes and has worked diligently and
with marked success to retrieve the
financial losses of her late husband. It
is stated that before her marriage to
MIR. Gardner takes place she will pub.
lish her most ambitious work, which is
already assured of success, as it will be
issued from the press by one Of the
most cntcrprising publishing houses in
the country. 1T will probably be pub
lishcd simultaneously in England.
The gentleman to whom Mrs. Cruger
is aftianccd is Il millionaire, and while
the fair autlloress will be relieved of
The necessity of continuing her literary
la''ors it is understood that she does not
intend TO abandon them, but will strive
for Il still higher reputation than that
which she has already attained in the
world of letters.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-11-30
VICTIMS OF A TORNADO.
At Least Twenty-Five Persons A
Dead in Tennessee.

At Least Twenty-Five Persons Are
Dead in Tennessee.
Leaving death i'll its wake, tornado
swept across the central Southern States
as darkness fell upon Tennessee and Mis-
sissippi Tuesday night. Wednesday the
sun rose upon a scene Of pitiable desc
lation i'll the cities and towns lying in
the path where the angry visitor spent its
fury. AT noon it was estimated that the
number Of those who lost their lives
would reach twenty-five, while twice that
many were badly injured and entire COM
munitics had the narrowest escape. But
what the mortality and the amount Of
the damage to property actually are can
not be ascertained until telegraph and
telephone wires are strung again and rail-
road communication is established anew
into the stricken districts.
Columbia and In Grange, small towns
In Tennessee, probably are the worst suf-
terers. The principal business street Of
La Grange is in ruins and several per-
cons are dead. AT Columbia and many
points along the Illinois Central Rail
way line there is also loss Of life and
great damage, with resultant destitution.
Columbia is ut the junction of the Louis
vile and Nashville and the Nashville,
Chattanooga and st. Louis roads, and La
Grange is situated forty-ninc miles east
of Memphis on the Southern Railway, in
Fayettc County.
The cyclone lasted for about FIVE min
utes and its path, which was about 1000
feet wide, is clearly marked by devasta-
ton. Many houses, including a large
number OF negro cabins, were blown down
and many others unroofed and otherwise
damaged. The fencing surrounding the
United States arsenal was blown away,
but the building remains intact. A freight
rain on the Nashville, Florence and Shelf
field Railway was lifted from the track.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-11-30

The new $4,000 IllinoA Central sta
ton at Decatur. ILL.,, has been opened.
Railroad men are of the opinion that
the Northwestern is seeking an entrance
into Kansas City.
Wabash earnings for the first week in
November amounted to $32O, ,455, an in
crease of $7,27s.
1t is said that steamship agents in the
West have combl1ed to break the anti
ticket commission agreement of the rail-
roads.
1t is reported that the Northwestern
road is planning to add third track to
its main line between Chicago and Clin-
ton, Iowa.
Admission to the interchangeable mile
age ticket bureau of the Western Passen-
ger Association has been refused the
Omaha, Kansas City and Eastern road.
The final options for the double track
Of the Northwestern between Chicago
and Green Bay have been secured and
the work will begin early in the spring.
The management Of the Chicago. Bur-
lington and Quincy Railroad has con-
tracted with the Baldwin locomotive
works for thirty more new freight en-
gines.
Among the recent fast runs is one re-
ported hy the Lake Shore. The Chicago
New York twenty-four hour train of this
line covered the distance between Erie
and Buffalo, eighty-eight miles. in seven
ty-five minutes.
Statistics prove that railroad men are
becoming more temperate. Twenty years
ago 20 per cent of the men discharged
ON the New York Central system were
dismissed for drunkenness. Now in an
army of 10000 employees of that line
less than per cent are discharged for
this cause. Officers Of other roads re
port similar condition.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-11-30
The following is the full text of Mr..
Kruger's speech on landing Mt Marseilles:

The following is the full text of Mr..
Kruger's speech on landing at Marseilles:
thank the president of the Marseilles
committee and the president Of the central
committee OF the independence of the Beers
for their welcome. / thank NIL this popula-
tion assembled in great concourse to greet
me, for. although wear mourning for the
misfOrtunes uf my country. and although
have not come to seek festivities, still
nevertheless accept with al! my heart these
acclamatfOns. for know they IRE dictated
to You by the emotions which are inspired
In you by our trials and by your synpa.hy
for our cause, which is that Of liberty,
winch awakened you.
am truly proud and happy at having
chosen as my point of landing port In
France, to set foot on free soil and to be
received by you as a free man. But my first
duty Is to thank your government for all the
tokens of interest 1t has given me.
believe England, had she been better
Informed, would never have consented to
this war, and since the expedition Of Jan,c.
son, who wished to seize the two republics
without the necessity of firing rife shor.
have never ceased to demand tribunal of
arbitration, which up to now has always
been refused.
The war waged on us in the two republics
reached the last limits of barbarsm. Dur
ing my life have had to fight many times
the savages of the tribes of Africa, but the
barbarians We have to fight now are worse
than the others. They even urge the Kaf-
frs against US. They burn the farms we
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-11-30
AN AUTHORIZES TO WE'D.
Mr.. Van Rensselaer, cruxer to Marry
Boston Millionaire.

Mr.. Van Rensselaer, cruger to Marry
a Boston Millionaire.
New York society is all agog over .
fumor which comes all the way from
Italy that Mrs. Van Rensselaer, Cruger
is engaged to marry young and
wealthy Bostonian named Gardner.
Mrs. Cruger achieved considerable dis
tinction in the literary world some
years ago as the author of a number of
short stories which had to deal with
phases of society in the eastern section
of the country. Her writings were in
great demand by the publishers and
her two homes-one at Oyster Bay and
the other in New York city-became
centers of II choice coterie of literary
and artistic people.
Her husbands death several years
ago left Mrs. Cruser in comparative
poverty. His estate was seriously in
volved and little was saved from it.
She fel. the necessity of adding to her
income by her own efforts and devoted
more of her time than ever before to
literature. Under the nom de plume Of
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-11-30

has no comment to make on Bryan's de-
feat; no prophesics to publish. From the
classic environments of Princeton, where
the former head of the nation has for the
past few years enjoyed all the happiness
that cultivated wife, four bright chill
dren and luxurious home can give q
man, there comes no voice Of acquies-
cence in this scheme of reorganization.
But newspaper reporters who are in
touch with Cleveland's close friends as
sert that the cx-President is not averse
to re-cntering public life. But whctf
or not he returns to active politics, Gro
yer Cleveland will always remain one Of
the most interesting and remarkable fig.
ures in American history.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-11-30
HARBoR OF MARsE1LLEs, WHERE KRUGER LANDED.

er surrender. We are determined to fight
to the last extremity, and if the repub-
lies of the Transvaal and Orange Free
State lose their independence it will be
because they have lost every man, woman
and child.''
This declaration which Mr.. Kruger
made dispelled at once any impression
that he intends to accept compromise
from the British government. His an
Aouncement was greeted with roar of
cheers and cries of ''vive Kruger" "vive
les Beers, "vive Ia liberte."
Mr.. Kruger received delegations from
various municipalities and societies in
the hall of the hotel. This proved to be
a severe trial, as he had to listen to a
couple of hours eloquent but to him I'M
Ineligible addresses in French, and he
left the hall visibly fatigucd. He retired
to his apartments for an hours rest and
Michael Davitt delivered a short address
In behalf of the Irish people, which eyok-
ed most enthusiastic applause from those
present, during which cries of give
rIreland" resoundcd. The gist of Mfr.
Davitts address was interpreted to Mr..
Kruger who is pleased with his recep-
don.
Mr.. Kruger only replied in the hall of
the hotel to the first address. delivered by
NJ. Thorell, president of the Marseillcs
committee, who presented the traveller
with symbolical bronze cup, entitled
1.-The Defense Of Home" Mr.. Kruger's
reply breathed the same determination to
resist to the end as expressed in his
speech ut the landing stage. He said
the situation was terrible for the Bocrs,
'ha1t r. In uovvico ;No trso lilo SloG,,-