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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-20
Charles H. GOnnermann Presented
the Petition for the Pardon of Mrs.
PIeva to the Governor.
URGES HER IMMEDIATE RELEASE.
Petition for the Pardon Has Been Signed
by all the officers of the Court that Con-
victed Her-Also Many Citizens.

County Agent Charles H. Conner
mann went to Madison this morning
to appear before Governor Scofe1d and
present a petition for the pardon of
Mrs. Marie P1eva, of this city, who is
serving a term of seventeen years in
the state prison at Waupun. Mrs.
Pleva was convicted of numbering her
husband here in 1897.
Mr.. Gonnerman presented strong
petition to the governor. It contained
the names of all the officials of the
court which convicted Mrs. P1eva, in
Guiding the members of the jury and
the attorneys on both sides of the case.
Judge Fish has also written a personal
letter to the governor, asking that he
show some mercy to the woman. On
the petition are the names of many
well known business men, as we'll as
many of our well known women.
Mrs. P1eva has served very small
portion of the sentence imposed upon
her by the jury, but the conditions
under which the crime was committed
were such that great many people of
the city believe that the woman has
been sufficiently punished for the deed.
Several former attempts have been
made to get Mrs. Pleva out of the
penitentiary, but they have failed on
account of the fact that the judge had,
in the past, refused to give his sane
ton to the pardon on the grounds that
she had not been sufficiently punished
for the crime. The attorneys of the
city hope to have the governor act on
the pardon in time to have the woman
released from prison by Christmas.
People who have interested them
selves in the matter are of the opinion
that the pardon will be granted.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-20
WHICH SEEMS TO INDICATE
That the Old Santa Fe photographers Have
Lost Their Position.

That the Old Santa Fe photographers Have
Lost Their Position.
Chicago, Dee. 19.-According to a
statement issued last night by J. NJ.
Barr, third vice president of the Santa
re railway, the committee composed
of representative of the different rail-
way organizations which has taken up
the grievances of the striking teleg-
raphers, consider the strike mistake,
and at today's conference nothing tut
the unemployment of the telegrapheTs
will be requested from the company.
Barr says: I'VE have a full force
of telegraph operators employed on all
our lines. Our business is moving I'M
der normal conditions. Our earnings
for the first two weeks Of December
were the largest for like period in
the history Of the road"
photographers here who are strikers
are Indifferent to the result of the
meeting, as they say they are not in
terceding for reinstatement, and the
strike not having been called off they
do not desire to return to work.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-20

IT was generally estimated that the
Kenosha to be at least 1900, and
probably a little over. The final re-
port that gives Kenosha 400 short of
what had been hoped for, though lit
tie disappointing at first, is on the
whole quite satisfactory. There are
not more than five cities in the state
that can show SO great percentage of
increase in the population in the last
ten years as Kenosha. 1t has in
creased in population nearly 80 per
cent. Though there are few cities in
the state that have shown more rapid
growth, they are comparatively few.
Green Bay has grown from city of
5000 population to over twice that, but
it was due largely to the annexation OF
Fort Howard. Superior and Grand
Rapids have had phenomenal
growth. Outside of these, however,
there are none that surpass Kenosha
in the percentage of increase of popu-
lation in the last decade. It has passed
from the single figure column to the
double figure, and from twentieth
place among the towns and cities of
the state to the fifteenth. Of these
fourteen that can boast of precedence
in the list over Kenosha, there are
only twelve that are appreciably
larger, and at the relative rate of
growth that Kenosha has maintained
during the past ten years, by the time
of another census our prosperous city
ugl1t to be making good run for the
tenth place in the line of honor.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-20

TIE holiday twig, the mist1etoe, of
oscuiatory association, has gone up to
an enormous price this year. The
greatest economy will need to be exer-
cised IN the use of it. It will never do
to hang it up as mere ornament.
The fellow who blows himself for a
branch of mist1etoe this year has
every right to expect the full enjoy
meut Of all the privileges it is sup
posed to bring.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-20
TWO RAIDS OF THE BOERs.
They Are Into Cape Colony at Two Points
Times Finds Fault.

Times FINDS Fault
London, Dec. 19.-''The Beers have
raided Cape colony at two separate
points, 100 miles distant" says the
Cape Town correspondent Of The Daily
Mail. zone commando advanced upon
PhfIipstown, between Colesburg and
Kimberley. The other, supposed to be
Herzogs commando, crossed the Or
ange river between Odendaal Stroom
and Bethulie northwest of Burghers
dorp, it's objective apparently being
CradOck General Macdonald is en-
gaging the invaders, who have no
guns. twenty miles west of Burghers-
dorp. The latest news is that they are
being slowly forced back to the Orange
river, where a warm reception is being
prepared for them"
The burghers in the neighborhood of
Thaba N'Chu are leaving their farms
and joining commandos. A newprophet
of the TransvaaI has arisen. He Is
known as 'Liam," and he is riding
over the country, prophesying the doc
trine of insurrection. His crusade is
having effect, and General Kitchener
has placed a price on his head.
The contemplated Thanksgiving serv-
ice in st. Paul's cathedral in connec-
ton with the return of Lord Roberts
from South Africa has been aban-
doned, owing, as the government an
nounces, ''to its being considered de-
sirable to defer a general thanksgiving
until the close of the operations ia
South Africa"
The Times, edftoria1ly denouncing
the misguided leniency toward the
Beers" says: ''Such a concentration or
Beers as brought disaster on General
Clements force would not have been
possible had we carried on the war al
it would have been carried on by any
ofher civilized nation"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-20
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Recorded for the Week Ending Wednes-
day, Dec. 10, 1900.

Following are the real estate trans
fers recorded during the past week.
Reported for this paper by Benedict &
Tarbe11, abstracters, real estate, in
surance and loan agents:
Peter Lippert and wife to
Peter A. Thomey. The hf
of the NV or and the NV or
of the ne or of sec IA, 1, r %
east. Land contract; consid-
era t1On. .SIUUo w
William Stanley and wife to
Nicholas J. Terry. PIT of the
sw Or of sec 81, 2, r q east.
Warranty deed; considera-
ton. 49,. 21oo 90
Kemper K. Knapp to Freder-
lex S. Newell. Lots q, "a,
p, 81, 20, 10, Is and IS; and
pit of lot 10 of the Knapp
subdn of a pit of the ne or of
the ne Or of sec 6, t /, q e.
Warranty deed; considera-
ton. ...........,.. $3.50. .4UoOU w
Kemper K. Knapp to George
Yu1e, Sr. Lots 10 and Is of
Knapps subdn of pit of the
ne or of sec 6, 1, q east.
Warranty deed; considera-
ton. $50. =. ............ 14oo 90
Frank Sandt to Alfred Benson.
PIT of the hf of blk 80 on
the Sc or of sec 80, ?, % e.
Land contract; considerati ton $50 90
A new postoffice has been opened in
the town of Paris, near the creamery
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-20
HAz|NCAT WESTPO|NT
Cadets Examined With Reference
to the Case of the Dead
Ex.Cadet, Booz.
WITNESSES DENY ANY BRUTALITY
Admit the Practice of ''Bracing," Etc,
and Evidently Did Not Like
the Dead Boy.

West Point, n. Y, Dee. 19-The
military court of inquiry which began
taking testimony in Bristol, Pa, Mon
day, arrived at the military academy
at p. m. yesterday. At 2:30 p. m.
it resumed the investigation of the
charges of hazing and brutal treat
ment made by the parents of former
Cadet Oscar L. BOcz, who died a con-
pie of weeks ago in his home in Bris-
toll. The court room was open to the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-20
Old Beast Is a Canniba1.

Milwaukee, Dec. 10. - Seven lion
cubs were born at the zoo here Mon
day morning. They were the offspring
of two lionesses in cages side by side
and the births occurred at the same
time. The birth of the first was I'M
expected. and Barnum, it's father, ate
it. He was taken from the cage with
great difficulty. The others were born
in safety, but the mother will let no
one touch the mangled remains of her
first born.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-20
Projecting a New Railway.

Milwaukee, Wis, Dec ia Senti-
mel special from Eau Claire, Wis, says:
At a meeting of business men reso-
luton indorsing a project to build a
railroad from Eau Claire to Lacrosse
and Winona was adopted unanimous
ly. It is said that 100000 can be
raised in Eau Claire Immediately, and
one speaker intimated that a leading
outside capitalist stood ready to
finance the enterprise.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-20
MORE "INFURIATED" CITIZENS.
Because Man Exercises His Own Taste
in Choosing Wife.


Pittsburg, Dec. 19.-The marriage
of a white man and a colored woman
caused a riot in Lower Allegheny, and
may yet result in death or serious in
juries to the principals. William
Zoller. a traction employee, yesterday
married Jennie Henry, a colored w0m-
an. and went to his home. on Laurel
street.
Richard Zoller, a cousin of the
groom, together with the father, tried
to break into the house where the cou-
pie were, while the large crowd num-
bering nearly 1000 encouraged the
besiegers with shouts of xiii them"
Lynch Them" and kindred phrases.
The man and his wife are barricad-
ed in their home under police protec-
ton. The father in his intense excite
ment is said to have threatened to kill
his son bfore morning or commit sui
oidn
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-20
John DIS Latest Little Gift.

Chicago, Dec 19.-At the convoca-
ton exercises of the University of Chi
cago yesterday President Harper an.
nounced that John D. Rockefeller had
made another gift OF $1,000, 600 to the
institution. OF this sum $1,000 OOO Is
to be used as an endowment fund.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-20
military College in Iowa.

Mason City, Ia, Dec. 19.-The Ma
tiona1 Military college to be established
here by the Sons of Veterans will be
chartered under the name Of Memorial
University. The board has selected
Colonel w. A. Morris, Of Redfeld, S.
D., as secretary and he has accepted.
He will move here and begin his duties
Jan. 1. Three of the buildings will be
begun in the early spring and pushed
to completion within the year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-20
PLAN for a Consul Survey.

Washington, Dec. 19.-The river and
harbor committee has made a favora-
BILE report on the appropriation OF
1926, 900 for a survey and estimate for
a deep waterway through the drainage
canal, the Illinois river, and the Mis-
SiSSinni.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-20

It is reported that Rev. G. (. Stark
has decided to accept the call to the
Swedish Lutheran church in Evans
ton. His successor in this city has
not as yet been selected.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-20
ADVERTISED MAIL MATTER.

The following is list of the mail
matter remaining unca11ed for in the
Kenosha post Office, Kenosha county,
| Wis, for two weeks ending Dec. 20,
1900, and which will be sent to the
Dead Letter Office at the expiration of
two weeks, unless called for.
| CENTS LIST.
| y M Alvord, Clifton Bradford, John Chris
| tian Eddie Carney. Eli P Coles, Fashion Tai
| lor Co, Monsieur Gilet, Hugho German. Ellis
| A Jensen, Mr. Jabusch. Morris Jordan, j E
Koehsel. 6 A Kirby, Jan Kykowski Theo A
| Laughiin, Sig j Lang, Mark Monroe, J r Owen,
| T w Perkins, r St Peterson, Mayo Percy AL
| fred Piper, Willard Shumsay, Sokotows-
kona. Joel G Stewdet, Alfred Smith, Emel
| Schneider, Tollefsen F S Wattless Josef zu-
/ pancu.
| LADIES LIST.
| Mrs Marg Brugger, Jennie Brooks, A
| Cook. Mat Christensen, James Faurst, Alice
| Hanish, Anna Haley. M Hannah. Matilda
| Hoover, w Stewart Math Suinen, J Arthur
/ Lee. Miss Lillian Dawson, Mary Keenen. Jul
| liza Kinderfeld, Elise Lystrom, Anna Larson,
| Clara Swan, Sara Wood.
| To obtain any of the above mail
matter the applicant must give the
date of this list.
CHAS. FRANTZ, 2. NJ.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-20
volunteers Arc Coming Home

Manila, Dec. 19.-The volunteer reg
iments will proceed to the United
States, to be mustered out, in practi-
cally the same order as they arrived
in the Philippine islands.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1900-12-20

Chas. H. Gonnermann was Chica
go visitor Tuesday.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-12-05
WHY MINING IS POPULAR.
There Is Always the Chance Of Striking

There Is Always the Chance Of Striking
a BONANZA.
While In a general sense the mining In.
dustry may be termed speculative. 1t does
not stand alone In this category, Tor an
element Of speculation enters into most
branches Of commerce and industry. A
retrospect Of mining In the United States
will show that where skill and capital
have been properly applied In mining oper.
ations, the result has been the creation Of
riches for individuals and companies.
Statistics prove that the losses in legiti.
mate mining enterprises have been less
than 50 rer cent, while IN ordinary mer.
camille pursuits usually classed as non.
speculative, the percentage Of loss Is over
% per cent.
The nearest approach to non.specula.
tive investments are government bonds,
real estate mortgages and savings banks,
whose deposits are largely invested In
mortgages. But even these are In de.
gree speculative, since the value Of real
estate fuctua'es, and mortgages may de.
preciate on account OF the location or en-.
vironment Of the property mortgaged.
The rate Of interest that can be secured
from this class Of "non-speculative" in.
vestments Is so small that, In the main,
it attracts only wealthy persons who do
not care about increasing their wealth.
Industrial, mercantile, manufacturing and
transportation enterprises are subject to
loss In thousand ways, but the worlds
progress Is due far more to those who take
speculative risks than those who shrink
from every proposition involving them.
The records show, that properly con.
Quoted, mining Is one Of the safest invest.
ments for capital. One Of its attractive
features Is that It Is speculative to the ex.
tent that an additional ten feet sunk In a
shaft or another foot driven In tunnel
may strike bonanza Of ore that would
quickly add enormously to the profits OF
every stockholder In the mine. lnstan.
ces where mining investments have muI.
tiplied thousand fold IN very short
time have become so common Of late years
that they no longer cause any special
comment. Mining NsWs.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-12-05
Lessons in Lace.

Mrs. Marsh, next door TO MINER office,
will give practical instl uctions In lace
work. Materials and hundreds Of pat.
terms to select TON
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-09-08
Rev. ch.r,e. shellou in Ensl.na.


The Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon Of To
peka made deep impression upon the
thousands of young people who attend
ed the recent Christian Endeavor con-
vention In London. He refused to
don the English top hat and frock coat,
yet managed to command respect. He
lectured the Britislicrs pretty severely
about their barmaids and their whole
sale inebriety. Indeed there was no ev-
idence in anything he said in week Of
much speaking that he had contracted
even light form of Anglomapia- Mr..
Sheldon refused to he interviewed. He
refused to answer question n to
what he deemed the secret of his pop
ularity and influence. He would not
discuss his books at all. He said that
at some future time he might under
take an analysis Of his literary efforts.
When he returns to the United States
Mr.. Sheldon will devote himself with
renewed energy to fiction designed TO
promote the cause of Christianity.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-09-08

With his features distorted beyond
all human semblance and his hands
and arms swollen and SCARED, Andrew
Schlake, farmer living north Of
Nashville, Illinois, was found wander
ing about in the swamps along the
Okaw river. Myrinds of mosquitoes
lowered over him and covered his face
and body. Schlake was taken to his
home by friends and it was found that
he was suffering from thousands Of
Mosquito bites. Schlake had become
lost while hunting and had fought mos
quitos all night. His case is consid-
cred serious.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-09-08


tive professor has gained abroad. The
interfsrometer is new kind Of spec
troscope which Prof. Nicholson has
recently constructed.
Prof. Nicholson has made new APP
plieation Of his interferometer where
~ the diameter of stars can be meas
ureA with . very high degree Of &C.
casaey. The interferometer, which
Prof. Nicholson has been engaged In
Dsstsctins since 1880. is an instrument
By means Of which 1t II possible to
uss the wave length of light a. stand
ard Il length, and thus obtain accu-
rats measurements OF inhnitesimally
small distances and differences Of op-
teal density. So sensitive is the In
tsrfsrometer that it is capable Of
measuring distances as small ~ the
one nve-millionth part Of an inch.
For measuring the diameters Of stars
It il more powerful than the largest
telescope.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-09-08

OF our feathered weavers the Balti-
more oriole is undoubtedly the most
skillful. He swings his woven ham
mock ut the very extremity Of some
over hanging branch, often in full view
Of the passer-by, quite inaccessible TO
most of his enemies. The beautiful
nest Is made of any suitable material
which the bird happens to find. String,
hair, grasses and plant fibres are often
used, but once | had the good fortune
to find one which was made entirely of
silk. The thread had been thrown
from the windows of nearby tape
mill, and Lord Baltimore had been
clever enough to take advantage of a
rare opportunity. The result was that
the lucky fellows provided very aris-
tocratic home for his mate and pros
pective family Of little ones.-Woman's
Home Companion.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-09-08
Current Topics
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0bs Legion Of Honor.

The comforting by the French gov
eminent Of the decoration of the L.
gion OF Honor on Ferdinand w. Peck.
commissioner general for the United
States to the Paris exposition, draws
attention to this order. a membership
in which is greatly prized in France.
Omcials Of the administration At
Washinston say Mr.. Peck cannot re-
tain the decoration unless authorized
by special act of congress, 40 pro-
vided for by the constitution.
The order Of the Legion of Honor
was instituted In May, 1902, by Napo-
leon az consul. In class 1t is an order
."of distinction and reward for civil
and military services" Under the Arst
empire the distinctions conferred in
vested the persons decorated with the
rank Of legionary, officer. commander,
grand odicer of grand cross. Napo-
Icons ostensible intention in creating
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-09-08

let 70 one day, finding he couldn't
keep up. He bought piece Of Wild
land, entered upon the studies Of the
state agricultural college, dug burrows
in the earth, planted seed in the
springtime and all that kind Of primi-
tive thing, reaped his own little har-
vest and Just went from shop to shop
and sold out. Everything he raised
was little bit better than that raised
BY his neighbors, and besides he's got
back his health and is happy. From a
few acres of wild land his investment
IL now a model farm; SO much 10 that
the department OF agriculture has ap-
pointed him as state lecturer to the
farmers institutes for next season. He
will begin this work in December.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-09-08

Cigarette smoking has increased SO
much of late among the boys Of Edln-
burgh that the school board has issued
a strongly worded circular to parents
and guardians, asking their cO-opera-
ton in attempting to suppress this in
furious habit. All over the country
one sees mites Of boys smoking, and
they seem to be able to procure cigar
cites at very cheap rate-in some
cases three or four for penny. The
school board enumerates whole cata-
logue of evils resulting from cigarette
smoking and appeals to parents to ex-
ercise their authority to prevent their
boys from beginning the practice.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-09-08

ed no empty stomach and clothed no
naked feet. The world is full Of hero
Ines who would scream at sight Of 4
mouse and who would grow dixzy At
the top of step ladder, but whose
willing hands are the support of wild
owed mothers or orphaned children.
Our admiration should not be wasted
on bridge-tumpers, on lunatics who
ride bicycles night and day to the last
heart beat. or on steeplejacks in skirts.
Such foolhardy feats should be frowned
on rather than applauded.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-09-08

Count Won Waldersee. who Is going
to China to clear up what is left Of the
celestial empire, is old enough to think
= good deal of his personal comfort
while campaigning. Therefore, he -
taking with him portable house built
OF an asbestos preparation, light, Are-
proof and weatherproof. containing
ssven rooms and bathroom. With this
section Of civilization at command the
German veteran will be able to cam
paign IN cotpfort.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-09-08

after making but
half the ascent. For
the sake of demon
strating her nerve
and winning the
IS, together with
the plaudits Of tho
gaping multitude.
this fool In petit
coats jeopardized
her life and accom-
plished nothing of
any real merit. BY
bor do r{~u she All.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-09-08
Fr.achsr to vruck Farmer.

Rev. DR.. ]. A. Thayer. one Of the
best-known and most able clergymen
In western Pennsylvania. and who had
held the pulpit OF the big Church Of
Disciples In New Castle for nineteen
years. has resigned his charge and is
now conducting = truck farm near
New Castle. Dr.. Thsyer felt his health
going from him preaching and lectur-
Ing and editing the church paper. and
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-09-08

Housework is automatic and does not
supply the needed amount and kind of
exercise women require 1t Is automat-
ic and usually but one set Of muscles
are brought into action. The housewife
should seek the fresh air and sunshine
and take such exercise as will compel
deep but not laborious breathing.-LA-
dies Home Journal.
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-09-08
.SouSbf Cheap Fame.

Telegraphic dispatches in the news
papers tell of the feat of Lefty Clifford
South Brewer, Me, who proved her
bravery" by scaling flimsy iron lad
der leading to the top of a 126-foot
chimney. Several men had essayed the
feat bnt had given up and descended
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-09-08


Adnis
1882 Gosdon
moved its site following 1892 and has oo1p: until
sndswh birhpacs Admiral Dewey . - 49,.
re al
nnd myself able after endd trial. 70
Sh troubled cafsrrh
could throat
incurable and
be m med lies usedn
chtobes emedy
The PerunaM
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1900-09-08

sftJ OF Chicago.
has just been
aw arded the
Grand Prix" at
the Paris WpoA-
ton for hia exhibi-
ton and aDplisa-
tioii OF his new In
vention. the inter
ferometer. Preei-
dent Harper has
received word Of
the disti n c tion
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