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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-04-18
Ex-CoNGREssMAN SUICIDES
Melvin r.. Baldwin, of Minnesota, Puts a
Bullet in His Brain.

Seattle, Wash, April lin a fit Of
dependency over business reverses,
aggravated by the depressing effects
Of an attack of lagrippe, Melvin r.
Baldwin, an eX-congressman from Min
nesota, and former state superinten-
dent of Indian affairs under President
Cleveland, yesterday afternoon ended
his life by self-destruction. The eX-
congressman's body was found lying
on his bed with bullet hole through
his brain. 1t is estimated death had
occurred fully two hours before.
Baldwin was 81 years of age, and
came to this city about three years
ago from Duluth, Mimi, after having
relinquished his position as Minnesota
superintendent of Indian affairs. He
was elected to the lower house from
the Duluth district as a Democrat in
1892 and served one term
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-04-18
ROLL OF HONOR.

The following is list of the names
of pupils of the District schools who
have been perfect in attendance during
the past month:
District No. u, Paris and Bristol
Nellie Bohn, Mary Meyer, Bertha and
Alma Gitz1af, Gocia Dernaillie, Chur-
lie Kutzke and Rosa Steffen. Per
cent of attendance, 90 is. Mae B.
Frisbie, teacher.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-04-18
Death of Bishop j. j. Eshe,.

Chicago, April II. - Bishop ]. ].
Esher, after a protracted illness, died
in this city yesterday, aged IS years.
Bishop Esher was the senior bishop o..
the Evangelical church, having cor.
tinuously occupied the office since 1865,
and the oldest minister in active serV-
ice in his church. He was born
the province of Alsace in 1923, coming
to America when 8 years old. Tha
funeral will be held on Saturday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-04-18
The Nation Visits Medicine Lodge.

Topeka, Kan, April 17.-Mrs. Carrie
Nation viii go to Medicine Lodge Fri
day to ccrdUCt the regular spring in
stitute Ct the w. G. I. u, of which
she is county president. Mrs. Nation
will remain at Medicine Lodge three
days She will endeavor to have some
one else selected as county president,
as her time is so taken up with her
new work that it is almost impossible
for her to attend to the affairs of the
w. G. T. u.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-04-18
LAW FIGHT OVER A CHILD.
Results in Favor of the Man to Whom Its
Mother Gave 1t.

Eau Claire, Wis, April 17.-John
Moff1t, Chicago lawyer, was award
ed the custody Of John Bernard MOffit,
8 years old, who was abducted by the
mother from the Chicago man last
August. The boy had been given By.
his mother to MOffit in 1895. After:
taking the boy away the mother died,
and the lad was put in charge Of his
relatives, who live at Altoona.
Moffit and his wife were devOtedly
attached to the lad and made vigor-
Gus search for him. After many weeks
they finally succeeded in locating him
by means of a registered letter, and
he proceedings for his recovery were
commenced in the courts here.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-04-18

The Kenosha Gas and Electric COM
pany have begun the work of extend
ing their mains on Dayton street.
They will extend the mains to the city
limits on that street
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-04-18
Cantuin of the Exposition Guard.

Washington, April 17.-Major Nc
Arthur of Oxford, Kan, has been ap-
pointed captain of the guard and as
sistant custodian of the government
buildings at the Pan-American expo
sition at Buffalo. Major Macarthur
entered the army from Iowa, becom-
ing a line officer Of the Fifteenth Iowa
volunteers and a member of General
RnIknanlS staff
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-04-18
From Detroit to Toledo by Lightning.

Detroit, Mich, April 17.-The Ev
erett-Moore syndicate, which recent
ly purchased the Detroit and Wyan-
dotte electric roaG, proposes to build
an electric railway from Detroit to
Toledo. Charles Currie, of Cleveland,
general manager for this work, an
nounces that a double track will be
built from Monroe, Mich, to Detroit
and that a single track system from
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-04-18
Rodenburg and Civil Service Reform.

Washington, April 7.-Ex-Reprc-
sentative Rodenburg, Of Illinois, yes
terday began his official dsties as mem
Der of the civil service commission.
When asked regarding his civil SER
vice policy he said: [ certainly be-
lieve in the spirit of civil service re-
form and | will execute and enforce
the law to the best of my ability"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-04-18
DIVORCES ARE VERY ANXIOUS
That Supreme Court Decision Sets Lot
of People Thinking.


of People Thinking.
St. Paul, Mimi, April ia Fargo,
n. D., special to The Globe, dated yes
terday, says: GAS a result of the
United States supreme court decision
declaring invalid divorces granted il
this state in which residence was not
bona fide there was a flood CT
kilograms from the east yesterday from
those likely to be affected. They
want to straighten out the records SO
that their cases will stand contest.
It is a conceded fact that, owing to the
prevailing custom of divorce, and the
rush frantically homeward Immediate
Iy after DEGREES were granted, less
than 10 per cent of divorces granted
during the erstwhile balny divorce
period are valid if contested.
But of those secured a large per
centage were agreed cases, where ap~
pearance was made by both parties.
Only comparatively few had bitter
contests, and only in these can the
question Of residence be raised. Many
Of the latter class, however, included
distinguished fasteners, foreigners,
titled and otherwise. To add to their
troubles a majority have remarked,
and the decision Of the court not only
affects their present status but the
legitimacy of many children born sub
sequently to second marriages. This
makes the courts finding far-reaching,
and creates greatest anxiety.
Applicants for divorces have always
been warned against abandoning their
residences so hurriedly, but much of
the trouble has been caused by divorce
bureaus, operated by INSCRIPTIONS To-
cal attorneys with branch offices in the
east. A majority of the victims has
come from New York, though New
Jersey, Pennsylvania and the New
England states are well represented
Notwithstanding that twelve months
residence is now required there are a
number of APPLICANTS here at present
Some are women whose husbands are
reported to be in South Africa.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-04-18
Many Feet of Logs Hung Up.

Bay City, Mich, April II. - Last
year about 100000 feet of logs be-
longing to Bay City parties were hung
up on the Kawkawlin river. This sea-
sons freshets were apparently not
taken advantage Of to get the logs
down, as much of the timber is high
on the banks of the river, and it will
require a good many days work with
teams to get them into the stream
again
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-04-18
Thunder Family Seems Doomed.

Black River Falls, Wis, April IT,
Grim death stalks in the camp of
Thunders. Four of the younger mem
bers of the family have died within
q week in the same wigwam in which
Big Medicine Man and head of Thunder
died a few days ago. The family is
panic-stricken and all the noted medi-
cine men of the tribe have been called
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-04-18
Rumor About J. j. Hin.

st. Paul, April II. = The Pioneer
Press says: 1t is rumored in well
informed railroad circles that James
J. Hill, Of the Great Northern, has
disposed of all his holdings of Erie
and Baltimore and Ohio stocks.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-04-18
Rnssian Revolutionist at Chicago.

Chicago, HIS, April 17.-Prince Pc
ter Aleseievitoh Kropotkin, the exl d
Russian revolutionist, arrived here
from the east last night and repaired
at once to Hull House, where he will
make his headquarters during his
weeks stay in Chicago He will be
IiOniZpd while here
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-04-18
Pjokled Beef for Russia.

Portland, Ore, April 17.-Sixty Car
loads of picked beef are now en- route
to this city over the Northern Pacific
from Chicago for reshipment from
Portland to VladivaStok.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-04-18
Pleasant Prairie.

A maple sugar social with program
will be given at the Pleasant Prairie
M. E.. church on Friday evening,
April 10Th. The Ladies' Aid society
invite all to come.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-04-18
ROOT WANTS TOKNOW
About Those Scandals Reported
in the Commissary Depart
ment at Manila
ONE OF THE ACCUSED is AT HoM3
But Simply Denies knowledge Ofthe
observation-disclosures Woodruff
Probably Not Implicated.

Washington, April II. - Secretary
Root yesterday cabled General Mae
Arthur asking for additional informa-
ton concerning the reports of frauds
in Manila Nothing definite has been
received from General Macarthur
about the alleged frauds, although
reference has been made to the in
vestigation in cablegrams received
The first dispatch on the subject from
General Macarthur said there had
been eXaggeration in the press re-
ports, but the persistence with which
the reports have been reiterated and
the news dispatch yesterday giving
names and specific amounts have indl-
Gated to the department officials that
perhaps General Macarthur was not
advised fully when he made his first
report.
One of the Accused at Washington.
Major George 3. Davis, whose name
is mentioned in the dispatch from
Manila as being credited upon the
books of Evans & Co. as having re-
ceived $1,000, is in Washington. To
an Associated Press reporter he would
say nothing when asked if he desired
to reply to the assertion. He was
called upon by the war department,
however, for an explanation, and to an
officer said that he knew nothing about
the matter. He was closely questioned
and said That he never had any money
from the firm of contractors mentioned,
had not borrowed, and could not eX-
plain how there had been any charge
made.
Woodruff Has a High Reputation
At the commissary department Gen.
eral Weston spoke Of his subordinate,
Colonel Woodruff, in the highest terms.
He said: Colonel Woodruff always
has borne the highest reputation in the.
army as a splendid officer and thor
Oughly honest man. There might be
opportunities for small frauds i'll
great depot such as that at Manila,
but there would have to be collision
among the officers and the sergeants
in charge if frauds were carried on to
any great extent. 1t depends largely
upon the honesty of the commissary
in charge"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-04-18

Produce: Butter-EXtra creamery,
zoe per lb extra dairy, 18c; packing
stock, 12@1212c. Eggs-Fresh stock,
1215c per doz. Dressed Poultry-Choice
turkeys, 8@11c per Id; chickens, $40
91sc; ducks, sole; geese, 6@819c. Pota-
Apples-Common to choice, $1.50Q4.50
per bbl Cranberries- Cape Cod, $1,000
$50 per Dbl; bell and bugle, $1,000
o or
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-04-18
Double Domestic Tragedy.

Mason City, Ia, April 1T
midnight Monday Mrs. H. B. Tunure
shot and killed her husband and then
shot herself through the heart. The
husband was shot twice. 1t was
thought she was insane.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-04-18
THE MARKETS.
Chicago Grain and Produce.

Chicago, April 16
Following were the quotations on the
BOARD of Trade today:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-04-18
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, April 10.
Hogs-Estimated receipts for the day,
1000; sales ranged at $4.60@5.6O for
pigs, $5.75@6.10 for light, $5.80@5.95 for
rough packing, $5.85@6.15 for mixed,
and $6.00@6.20 for heavy packing and
shipping lots, with the bulk of the sales
at $6.00@6.10.
Cattle Estimated receipts for TIE
day, 5000; quotations ranged at $500
COS choice to extra steers, $5.2OWo.5o
good to choice do, $4.75@5.20 fair to
good do, $42O@4.75 common to medium
do, So. 90@4.3O butchers steers, $4,000
5.65 fed western steers, $2.70@4.8 80 stock
ers and feeders, $1.75@4.50 COWS, $500
ATS heifers, $2.50@450 bulls and oxen,
So. 750450 stays, $400@5.10 Texas steers.
and $3.50@6.00 veal calves.
Sheep and Lambs-Estimated receipts
for the day, 1000; quotations ranged
at $4.00@5.15 westerns, $3.25@5.05 ma
tiyes, $425@5.30 western lambs, and
S4:500530 native lambs.
Milwaukee Grain.
Milwaukee, April 16.
Wheat-Steady; No. 1 northern, 800
74c; No. 2 northern, 71@72c. Rye
Steady; No. 1, 54c. Barley-Dull; No. 2,
57058c; sample, 40@55c. Oats-Steady:
No. 2 white, A@2s14c.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-04-18
Jarret Works Against a Strike.

Secretary Jarret, in charge of the
labor bureau of the company, will be
present at this meeting to present the
company's side of the matter, and use
every endeavor to avert a general
strike. If the statement credited to
the company = that the McKeesport
plant will be closed indefinitely rather
than recognize the union-is adhered
to President Shaffer's attitude will de-
mand that the entire strength Of the
Amalgamated association be pitted
against the sheet company as whole.
Precautions Against Turbulence.
The mayor of McKeespOrt has taken
the precaution to have the mill and
town policed with large extra force,
but up to the present not the slightest
disturbance has taken place. The COM
pany apparently has no intention OF
trying to fill the strikers places, and
the men seem content to allow their
leaders to manage their campaign and
are not going near company property
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-04-18

He Calls the knaIgam2ted Sd
visory Boa11 !.urr;ed'y To.
gether a ss.burg.
That Will Inrolye 100000 Men Work
ing for the Steel Trust-Pro-
poses to Tie It y.

Pittsburg. April II. = If til 5''~.s
now contemplated by the At2aIgs-
mated association are carried out the
result will be a suspension Of opera
tions at all the union plants of tho
American Sheet Steel company before
the close of the week. This, il it,
comes to pass, will be the result of the
strike at McKeesport. The strikers
there yesterday secured accessions to
their ranks by the 125 men in the
knobling department joining them.
This leaves only the steel mill and the
hammer departments at work, and
they will continue in operation until
the work now in progress is finished,
when the shutdown will be comIfete.
Fight Is for Recognition.
The close of the second, day of the
strike shows a condition of affairs
that forebodes a stubborn fight be-
tween the company and the Amalga-
mated Association of Iron and Steel
Workers involving the possible shut
down of every union plant in the coun-
try controlled by the company. The
fight is being made by the Amalga-
mated for the recognition" Of unionism,
and President Shaffer's announcement
that all of the company's mills would
be called out may receive sanction at
the meeting Of the advisory board
which has been called for today.
Why He Called the Meeting.
To give him authority to order out
all the employees Of the American
Sheet Steel company and after that
the 100000 men in all the mills Of the
United States Steel corporation, Pres
ident Shaffer sent out a hurry call
by wire for a meeting Of the advisory
board and all the vice presidents III
this city. - W
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/ OUR
{ COUNTRY
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Soners.

KIRK S5gSS5Ss 4 4 n M
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-08

This is a fair sample of what is going on throughout southern Louisiana today. even where there is no immigration and where it is simply question of the white hully rate as against the negro brute rate. The white population of the Ger man coast parishes given above is fully 75 per cent. Acadiau and Italian.
 In western and southwestern Louisiana where the whites are in an overwhelming majority. they are composed in about equal proportion of settlers from the West and Acadians.
 For fifty years after the United States acquired Louisiana there was rural contest between the Creoles and the American. The former chung fearlessly to the French tongue and made nracti- cally the strongest fight against England made anywhere in this country. The Civil war and the enfranchisement of the negroes. nearly all of whom spoke English, broke their power
 There Is no likelihood of French ever again playing any prominent part in the official language of Louisiana. but south ern Louisiana, what with the ietraduc- ton of Italians and the fecundI,y of the Acadians promises to be as distinctively Latin as in its earlier days. These two Isatin races, unlike the CreOles. show no disposition to antagonize or fight Eng fish. but on the contrary are learning 1t as Fast as they can. Southern Louisiana is becoming a white mans country, with preponderating Latin element in race, speaking, however. the English tongue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-08
Pan-Celtic Congress.

The first pan-Celtic Congress ever held was opened in Dublin last night, and will continue to hold sessions throughout this week, says The London Express. The five Celtic ationalities-Ireldnd, the High lands of Scotland, the Isle of Man, Wales and Britany-are all represented by dee gates. several representatives adding to the picturesquesness of the scene by Congress is under the presidency of Lord Castletown, president of the Celtic Asso- citation. and has for its object the fur therance of Celtic studies and the foster ing of mutual sympathy between the vari ous branches of the Celtic race in all matters concerning their language and national characteristics" At the opening session yesterday the Congress was split dealing with art and economies, modern Celtic languages, music, philology folk. lore etc. These vii deliberate during the present week and issue reports.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-08
THE MoUNDBUILDERs.
Were They Indentical With the
 Sioux Indiansp

Northwest Magazine.
 In a paper read before the Minnesota er.' of St. Paul, presented evidence tend ing to show that the mound builders of Minnesota were none other than the old. full-b,ooded Sioux Indians. He traced these aborigines back to their ancient habltations and villages, and in the course of his researches arrived at some sur prising conclusions. After describing ev- cry tribe of Indians known to have been permanent residents of the region ex- piored, Mir Brewer gave his attention to the geological age of the lakes, the sun . face of the ground and to the rivers, creeks and other streams.
 It. was shown distinctly. Ec says. that the mounds were built on the top of the tlack aoil, and of that material. indi- eating that hundreds of thCn are of more recent origin than many hippose. From the numerous village sits, there have been collected stone, copper. Hint and earthen objects and articles which are exactly similar to the same kind of ma terial tck ken from the mounds. adjoining the people who built the mounds also Oc cupied the ancient villages.
 Each of the village sites discovered has been explored and .charted. By the chart of IssS was placed. and 1t was dis tinetly demonstr ated by the two charts that the Sioux villagers residing Tn Mile Lacs in 1888 were resident at identical places where village sites were observed in 1900.
 - The next proposition submitted was proof from the records left by Radisson. Hennepin. Duluth. Le Sueur and Carver, that the Sioux made and used stone i'm elements. clay pots. copper crescents. flint knives. quartz arrow points, ana various stone and copper objects, fol- lowing which it .sas demonstrated be- yonc dispute that the Sioux removed the flesh from the remains of their dead and deposited the bones in bundled ycondi- ton with the skull. Catin's works were here produced to show that as late as lS35 the Sioux were building mounds over their dead. A chart was shown deline- atinS the bundled bones of Indians at the surface of the ground at Mile Lacs, with mounds of earth built over them.
 James -N.-Lynd. historian of the Sioux Nation, was quoted showing that the Dakota people were at Mile Lacs at a very ancient period; in fact, so long ago that no tradition remained to show where they came from or how long they had been there.
 No trace of two distinct classes of ston implements and earthen pots has been found at Mile Lacs, and the only island in the re zion where the Sioux had a village to which Hennepin was taken in l6S0 is overspread with broken clay ves- sels and stone implements.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-08
THE WHITE STATE
NEGROES NO LONGER IN MA.
 JoRITY IN LOUISIANA.
End of Century struggle-surpris- ing Increase in the Once De- spited Acadians-Creoles
 Beaten in Race.

New Orleans Letter to New York Sun.
 fhe enorts to make Louisiana q white State, which the census shows has sue. 'cseoeo at last, has been going on for a century or more. Louisiana. was a had majority of negroes;- but the pre- sent white majority Is 7s,S0S It Is in the southern half of the State that the whites are most most numerous; There the white where formerly the negroes did all the plantation work. they have rapidly been supplanted by Italians and Acadians, un- til now it shows white majority of ST.
 In the earlier days of Louisiana both the French and the Spanish sought to make the colony white. Three sources of supply were drawn upon for settlers -Alsace, the Canary Islands and Acadia, or Nova Scotia.
 The Alsatians were all Germans. They settled on the coast just above New Orleans, which was known for years afterward as the Cote des Allemands. They have completely disappeared. Only two names remain to commemorate them Bayou des Allemands, in St. Charles Parish. and Bayou Teche fTesch or Deutsch. meaning German Bayou run ming through the region where they lived They soon lost their language and even their names. which they translated into French. so that Zweiz, for instance, be- came Labranche. s
 As for the farms of the German coast they were rooted out by the big planters who employed negro slave labor and who found the presence of small white farm. CTS in thenr neighborhcod to have de moraliZing influence on the slaves Not a few of the early white settlements of Louisiana were absolutely destroyed in this way by planters. Among the lost towns Is Galveston. founded by the con lheror, General Galvez, and named in
 Thus, the German coast from New Orleans to Baton Rouge became one of the blackest belts of the South. In seme parts of 1t the negroes number%s ten or twelve to enc white man. 1t Is significant of the changed conditions of affairs that the black belt Is whi .e az in. The German was busted from 1t by - ? negro. but the negro has ip time b en busted by the Italian and the Acadian.
 The seccnd set of white colonists waa obtained frem the Canary Islands and was brought over by the Spanish Gov ernors, who hoped to increase thu Span ish sentiment in the colony. as the ere cles were patrioticatfy French. The newcomers spoke Spanifh and were known as lslenos or Islanders. a name subsequently, corrupted in Louisiana to Islingues. They, like the Germans. have completely disappeared, being swallowed up by the creoles.