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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-01-16
A PUBLIC INSTALLATION.

A very pleasant entertainment was
oiven at Castle Hall Friday evening,
when the Badger Council of the Royal
League entertained their friends at a
social party in honor of the installation
of the new officers of the League.
More than two hundred guests were
present to attend the function and the
evening was spent very pleasantly. In
thesearly part of the evening the Off
GERS were installed by James Fitton, of
Racine, Supreme Deputy of the State.
After the ceremonies of installation
were over a musical and literary en-
tertainment was given, at which Sc
1ections were given by Mrs. H. e.
Tanner, Mrs. G. G. Schulze, Charles
Kellman, Prof. Jacoby and Deputy
Fitton, of Racine.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-01-16
CARNEY Is CHAMPION.
Defeats schmitt in Final Match for Cham
pionship of the Northwest.

Defeats ScnmltG IN FINAL MaVcn Tor Cnam-
pionship of the Northwest.
J. w. Carney, of St. Paul, is now the
champion pool player of the North
west. He won the title at Lincoln hall
in Milwaukee Friday night when he
defeated Peter Schn1itt, of this city.
champion of Wisconsin, in the con-
Guiding game of the tourney between
Schmitt, Carney and Walters, the
the champion of the three Northwest
ern states. Schmitt made hard effort
to win out in the final game of the
series but the luck was ali against the
KenOsha man and at the end of the
contest he had only 129 points while
his opponent, had scored the full $780,
This is the third time that Carney has
defeated Schmitt. Twice in the pres
ent tournament and once in a match
game played g in Kenosha several
months ago.
AS the result of the tournament
Schmitt1wi11 have the right to claim
the title of champion of Michigan and
Wisconsin, but the state Of Minnesota
seems to have a player who is too
muchl for the Kenosha man. The
showing of Schmitt in the tournament
was a good one. he having defeated
Walters in every game, but he was
forced to concede two games to the St.
Paul man. = Walters was the poorest
player entered for the match, he hav
ing lost every game played
AS result 'of the tournament Car
ney will receive the full purse, while
the gate receipts will be divided be-
tween the three contesting candidates.
Carney has now posted fifty dollar
side bet offering to play any pool play
er in Milwaukee and has offered to
play several of the leading players
with heavy handicap. 1t is probable
that Carney will be seen in a series of
games in this city later in the year.
The pool sharks in Kenosha are salts
fed with the showing made by Schmitt
and he has been warmly praised for
his work.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-01-16
AYREs TURNS UP AGAIN.
Former Kenosha Athlete and Newspaper
Man Buys the Honolulu Volcano.

Former Kenosha Athlete and Newspaper
Man Buys the Honolulu Volcano.
Herbert Milton Shakespeare Ayres,
the Kenosha globe trotter, athlete and
newspaper man, has turned up again,
and after a trip around the world, IN
which he has represented America in
several Athletic contests, he has re-
turned to Honolulu, Hawaii, and has
purchased half interest in "The Vol
cano,'' Sunday paper published in
that city.
The paper is the best known paper
published in the Islands, and it is
known far and wide as the paper
"that 1ambastes every body and every
thing in the Islands," Mr.. Ayres Was
in Honolulu some time after he left
Kenosha but he was forced to give up
his work there on account of some
trouble and he went for tour of the
continent.
Ayres started in newspaper work as
a reporter on one of the Kenosha
papers He came to Kenosha with the
Sterling factory and for some time
was we'll known to the sporting popu-
lation of the city. There is little doubt
but that ''The Volcano" under his
management will achieve the success
deserved by it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-01-16
LAFOLLETTE LOSES 10 TO ]
His Lieutenant Fails to Make Impression
at Racine Old Settlers Meeting.

at Racine Old Settlers Meeting.
The political situation is getting
quite interesting in Racine county at
present. In former years that section
of the country was known as hotbed
for Gov. LaFo11ette. Things have ma
terial1y changed, and the LaFollette
people are becoming nervous. At the
Old Settlers meeting held at Union
Grove Friday, one of Gov. LaFollette's
right hand men was present.
His mission cropped out when he be-
gan to feel the hundred farmers pres
ent. Hot arguments ensued between
the relative merits of Mr.. LaFollette
and Mr.. Whitehead, and the White
head faction won out by at least ten
to one. Wel1-known residents admit
ted that when Mr.. LaFol1ette was in
the field year ago they were with
him to man, but were not SO now,
and openly said he was not broad
enough man to be governor of Wis
consin, and that they were sadly dis
appointed in his administration.
The lieutenant of Mr.. LaFollette,
Oil Inspector Mills, of Burlington,
went home very much disappointed.
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CHILDREN POISONED.

Many children are poisoned and
made nervous and weak by mothers
giving them cough .syrup containing
opiates or other poison drugs. Lon
don Cough and Cold Cure is free from
those drugs. 1t is safe and certain
remedy for coughs, colds, Group and
lung troubles. It gives prompt relief.
Sold only by w. s. Lamb. fl
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MoRE STORES CLOSE EARLY.
The Hardware and Furniture Dealers Have
Adopted the Early Closing Method.
KENosHA, Wis, 1871, 100

KENOSHA, Wis, 1921, 1901.
We, the undersigned merchants Of
Kenosha, Wis, hereby agree to again
close our respective places of business
at six (6) O'Clock p. m. every day of the
week, expect Monday and Saturday,
from Jan. 9th, 1902, until Oct. LIST,
1902, and we furthermore covenant and
agree, during the aforesaid specified
time to not open our doors for the pur-
pose of transacting business of any
kind, except upon extreme occasions,
or upon the solicitation of a customer
from out of town. 1t shall be optional
with the undersigned whether to open
during April or May or not.
G. A. DEWEY,
H. c. SCHULZ,
n. ]. TERRY,
BoDE BROS. Co.,
REDEKER & ENGLISH,
FAY & SHANDREw,
JOHN JENSEN,
i24 BAER Bros.
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OLD PIONEERS GONE.
Joseph Umland, derman Cent? and Mrs. E.
A. Hitchcock Pass to the Great Beyond.


Joseph Um1and, a we'll known pio-
neer settler of Kenosha county, died at
four O'Clock Friday afternoon at his
home in the town of Pleasant Prairie.
The deceased was in his sixty-eighth
year and had been an invalid for more
than four years. For the past few
days he had been sinking rapidly and
death came to release him from his
suffering shortly before four O'Clock.
The deceased was one of the best
known residents of the town of Pleas
ant Prairie. He was a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Finland, we'll known pio-
neer settlers, who came to this county
in the early ffties. Since that time
Mr.. UmIand has been a resident of
Pleasant Prairie.
He is survived by a widow and five
, chi1dren-four girls and one boy, all
grown and residents of this county.
Herman Cent? Dead.
Herman Cent?, former we'll known
resident of Somers, died at the resi-
dence of his son, G. F. Cent?, 587 Ash
land avenue, Friday afternoon after a
short illness. Death was due to the
natural failing of age. The deceased
was seventy-eight years of age and
had been a resident of Kenosha county
since 1859. He was a native of Ger
many, but when young man he came
to this county and purchased a farm in
Somers on which he resided until eight
no 1n n
tive labor and came to Kenosha to
make his home with his sole surviving
son.
Mrs. E. A. Hitchcock.
Mrs. E. A. Hitchcock, formerly a
well known lady of this city, died a
few days ago at her home in Santa
Barbara, California. Mrs. Hitchcock
was resident of Kenosha for many
years and the announcement of her
death will cause a great deal of sorrow
among the earlier citizens of Keuosha.
She left Kenosha about twenty years
ago and has since resided at Santa
Barbara, where her son, Hertert
Hitchcock, is a we'll known merchant.
During the last year Mrs. Hitchcock
returned to Kenosha to renew the
friendships of other days. The re-
mains were inferred at Santa Barbara.
"Rube" Waddell, the great pitcher,
who went against Racine with the Ke-
nosha team last fall, and created SEN
sation among the ball fans, is tearing
up the baseball lovers in California.
Since leaving the employ of Alderman
Fred Sugden he has been doing hercu-
lien stunts in the Golden State. He
had won ten straight games up to a
few days ago, when TIE ninth came
and it was to 4 against his team,
Rube with one on base, hit the ball to
blazes and ga11oped home with the
game, and the eleventh straight win.
Rube's clothing is still at the Drexe1
hotel here, which possibly means that
he intends to return to Racine.-Racine
Journal.
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The health officer is still receiving
reports of contagious diseases in the
city, but the number of cases of these
diseases is steadily diminishing.
The Conservative, 1902-03-20
SOME DUTCH CHARACTERISTICS.
Written for The CoNsERvAT1vE.l

Dutch home-life some two hundred
years ago proves that in his day the
noses of his countrymen were quite as
fantastic as they are now Without
their pendulous, heavy organs of smell,
the artists half-drunken fiddlers and
peasants would not make one smile half
so much as they do. 1t is we'll that the
average Dutchman is good-natured, for
if he were naturally disposed to be a
prey to his passions, there would be
something discordant in the broad come
dy of his face.
Many of the country DANES and maid.
ems Of Holland look as if they had been
brought up on soap and water; their
faces glisten quite preternaturally their
pots and pans, their tables and benches,
all bear witness to their cleansing ardor.
A fly in the butter, or a footmark on
floor just scrubbed would, I doubt not,
cause them great annoyance. Winter
is time Of trial to them. The snow, at
least in the country, is so spotless that it
must put them out of conceit with the
results of their own domestic washing.
Of course, different standards of clean
illness prevail throughout the different
provinces of Holland. 1t is one thing to
be in the ''home" province, of which
Amsterdam is the capital quite another
to be in Drenthe, the frontier province
bordering on Hanover, where the
peasants are very poor, and have to
wrest livelihood from peat mora sses,
which, in this country, would be con-
sidered irreclaimable. In Drenthe I
have been in more than .one house, the
floors of which were grimed with mud
that would have seriously disturbed the
mind of an American farmers wife.
Moreover, in one of these houses the
owner, his daughter and two sons were
drinking coffee out of cups that were
far from clean and the lace head-gear
which the women wore over. the silver
plates with which custom bids them
cover their foreheads would have been
improved by hearty introduction to
the wash-tub. AS a rule, however, it
may safely be said That soap is in great
er demand in the laud of dikes than in
any other country which have visited
and well: known English laundry soap
is advertised to such an extent that the
placards weary ones eyes.
An inscription on the little house at
Zaandam, i'll which Peter the Great
lived for time while he was learning
the shipbuilding trade, will think,
bear excellent adoption to suit the
Dutch character. The inscription says
"Niets Is den grooten man to klein."-
Nothing is too trivial for the great
man, I propose to compliment the
The Conservative, 1902-03-20
Che Conservative.
in the past, the United States have been

mind of the Dutchman is more apt to be
engrossed by the care of little things
than of great. The Dutch domestic art
ist with an immense appreciation of de.
tails is better known in America than
the Dutch artist with conceptions like
Raphael's or Michel Angeles. But it
ought to be enough to hint at the history
of Holland to prove the contrary. Fur
ther, where else in the wide world can
we find such gigantic works of their
kind as the dlkes with which the Dutch
men keep the sea from invading their
land? Where is there such industrious
reclamation of square miles of country,
which in other regions of the earth
would have been regarded as hopelessly
good-for-nothing to the end of time?
The "polders s"-cultivated beds of
drained marshes or lakes-are now
among the best lands in Holland. And
nothing more astounds visitor to the
wilds of such provinces as Drenthe, than
to discover in the midst of vast expanses
of fiat country which seems valueless,
except for the stacks of peat which
stand upon it, settlements of hundreds,
even thousands of men who have fought
with the barren land and have con-
quered it. in the same way that
their more inventive brethren have
compelled the sea to obey their COM
mands.
would draw attention, in this con-
nection, to the penal institutions be-
tween Meppel and Heerenveen. It
seems genuine wisdom in the authori.
ties to make the state prisoners do for
the worst part of Holland what nature
seems to have neglected to do. Event.
ually the whole country will be cult
waited; and at no distant date one will
be able to travel from one end of it to
the other without finding barren spot
of any size.
In writing of the Dutch as 'small"
men, would limit the application of
the word to the men of Holland itself;
for the Frieslanders and the people of
the neighboring provinces are as differ
ent from the dwellers between the
mouth of the Mas, and the town called
"The Helder," as are the giants of Ken
lucky and the New Workers. They are
much taller and more stalwart, and
their faces have hardly anything of
that farcical cast which causes one to
laugh at the plebeian Dutchman of Rot
terdam or Amsterdam. It is a dreadful
charge to make, but the love of truth
compels me to say that the average
Dutchman has no legs to speak of, just
as his wife has no waist worthy of the
name, and his daughter no ankles.
When seated pater familias is not con-
spicuously Lilliputian; when he stands
The Conservative, 1902-03-20

broad as he is long, and has given him
such a faculty Of patience and long
drawn industry as ensures him as much
chance of happiness as the most ener-
getic of tall men has at his disposal. To
a vast number Of Dutchmen to- sit in a
"trekschuit," or passenger canal-boat
and travel at the rate of about two and
a half miles an hour for twenty or thirty
miles, with landscape that differs not
at all during the entire journey, is the
height Of bliss and I, as student of
racial pathology, venture to suggest
that this method Of travelling, tedious as
it.would be to most Americans, might
lessen the number of neurotics and dys-
peptics, of whom the great republic has
so large supply. The Dutchman
takes with him some tobacco to chew or
some cigars to smoke, and when the
craving for stimulants assails him, he
will probably take glass of gin. Final
ly, having apparently absolved himself
from all obligations to be polite, he has
succeeded in becoming what many great
men have failed to become-a contented
man.
The Frieslander is not such a coma
tose individual. I refer to him espe-
cially when he wears his winter humor.
In summer he is enthusiasm itself, this
enthusiasm being of the agricultural
order, pivoting about the cheese and
butter which he makes and sends to the
English market, and the beef which he
fattens on the broad fields with which
nature has so literally endowed his ma
tive land. There is a picture in the
museum of Leenwarden, the capital of
Friesland, which shows that in 143O A.
D. there was certain amount of refine
ment in this remote corner of Europe.
1t shows us a Friesland family eating
dinner-is not that a subject after the
heart of Dutchman?-and it is notice.
able that the women of the house are
sitting at the table, as if they were under
no obligation to wait upon their lords
and masters. The costumes and even
the details OF the mendge are very much
less coarse than one would have expect
ed them to be. There is fine fat capon
upon the table, and from it ones
thoughts go to the many farm houses
about the province, in one of the barns
of which it was probably fed through
luxurious summer in the first and only
year Of it's existence.
1t is in winter, however, feel sure
that the Frieslander is most apt to draw
himself up to his full height, and to
breathe with the greatest contentment.
Certainly, it is very likely to be "rare
lusty" weather. Gone then for a while
are all the green fields whence the honors
of his butter and cheeses-which have
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-20

siderable money for the purpose Of, putting
In hll tho dorm!tples complete modern
sanitary connections. II Is apparent cgcn
10 an observer that considerable expendl.
ture should be nude ~ the college for re
pnirs, and for improvements OF roads and
grounds. Hhe plant Is large. and some Of
II is old and. therefore, II requires q
greater sum to keep II In reasonably good
shape IN the last few years We have had
little or nothing for this purpose and
therefore, the appearance OF tho collcES
Is not highly crcditablc. In my Judgment
everything about the Institution shonld he
model IN It's way and especially should
this be true of such things as the roads
barns etc which may directly serve MS
models Tor tho large numbers OF visitors
who come upon The grounds during the
course OF the year, as well as 70 the sta
dents.
had not meant to trouble you with
this long statement, but my mind was
fun NJ II and ! thought II Just MS well
TO speak II out May we not confidently
count upon the cooperation OF the mem
hers Of your congress I'm making this In
stltutlon great credit 20 our Statcf
Wishing you thoroughly profitable and
pleasant session. and with greetings 10 the
congress, ] am Very sincerely yours
David f. Houston.
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From n,. dent Houston.

College station, Texas. July 10.--Follow-
ing is a copy of the letter written 70 the
Farmers Congress by Prof. David r.
Houston:
Prof. J. " Conneli. President Farmers
Congress College Station.
la Fayette, Ind. dule 2, 1902. NY Dear
Prof Cornell May ! ask you 10 express
my very great regrets to the members Of
the Farmers Congress at my inability 70
meet with them at this nrst session held
since beginning Of my official connection
with the AGRICULTURAL and Mechanical col
lege? Nothing OF less importance than the
securing OF good men TO nh the several
vacancies that exist Ia the college could
iustlfy INV absence under the circum-
Stances The board Of directors are espe-
cially anxious that no mistakes he made
In Milling the several exceedingly important
positions They know that after al the
making of great institution Is largely a
question Of hnding the right men 20 no
structing and they are determined that
Texas shall have the very best talent avail
able
/ shall not surprise you by telling you
that while | find numbers Of men who are
anxious for positions, | md very few really
desirable men who care 10 make changes.
As O rule we do not want those who are
anxious 10 Join US, and we can not easily
move those whom we reallr want, Many
OF the latter class appreciate the ire
mendous possibilities 10 Texas and are
aware Of the fact that the college must
develop rapidly on a large scale but they
are connected With powerful institutions
In this great Middle West which have
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-20
Pe'una Makes You Feel Like a New
Person,

Miss Marie Coats. popular young wo.
mau 81 Appleton Wis, and President n
the Appleton Young Ladies' Club, writes
when that languil, tired feeling comes
over you, and your food no longer tsstes
good, aud small annoyauces irritate you-
Peruna win make you feel ike another peg
son inside II a week
II have now used It for three seasons.a
and find Il very valuable and cfncacious. -
Miss Marie Coats.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Perunz
write at once TO DR.. Hartman. giving a
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give yon his valuable advice
gratis
Address DIR Hartman, President Of Tho
Hartman Sanitarlum. Columbus. Ohio.
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I.xaa com4oax4 SchemeA IL sSexac,. ard
us seateat GAae4aia q 13sa4n,eat cauae

=, correspondence OF The Post.)
1uIv b.-The possible extent of
pr,tIlsh market for oil fuel Is being
...,v considered by few and guessed
many. For myself know that 1t Is
~, impossible to collect reliable in-
..,on on the point; no one eau, with a
-.,le show of authority, forecast the
:, ,his infant business a year hence,
.nthpsiastic, Woodworking and fast
Yelling oil men who have arrived from
- frankly declare that, while they are
[adsnt a huge business will shortly be
/, fuel oil, they have completely failed
y. eollection of reliable facts and fig
practically no missionary work has
= anne. and ] should say that British
|oawners and manufacturers, with only
pDrv Information in their possession.
s Srp' less about oil fuel than do the same
sssa N America. The great merit of
tnai IL much more stoutly believed In
,hs wild shores of the Caspian than In
i, bnsy manufacturing centers of this
.Entry. a., A.. ,,
Snsaction OF bringing oil from Spindle
! N the furnaces of the British manu-
{,rrer First of all the oil has to be
.nsht across the Atlantic. Oil tankers,
kned by ordinary freight carrying firms
,hont oil field connections. form but an
kirnibcant, If growing, fleet, and yes
4 AZ this class suitable for the trans
ksntic trade in the winter time can not
chartered without difficulty. New and
henendent fleets. well built and properly
{ulpped, are required and point of in
Sssine interest and one which will shortly
yme prominently to the front will be this
[whether owners of ordinary freighters
IN Be able 10 earn profits at time When
Eu,D steamers are either lying up or are
I'M run at q loss. This is one branch
H. business, and, connected as IL Is
hi the sea, II will be readily seen that
Tis distinct from the one of producing oil,
Tough the Standard, Anglo-A American,
keli and Dutch concerns. all owners of
L.earrying vessels may be quoted as cases
kicA somewhat d-sprove the statement |
gye made still think. however, that Il
not necessary for every oil producing
kmpany 10 build its own feet of tankers;
borrower, Independent shipowners should
able TO find remuneratlye employment
br any oil carrying vessels which they
Law build The problem Of the sea trans
BIZ Of oil Is one which every Texas oil
Ian who comes to England has to face,
hi the one task OF getting the oil across
be Atlantic under satisfactory conditions
Fill be less difficult If more shIpownors
Rn be induced to attach tankerS to their
Fdinary fleets.
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As to Onion Yields.

College station, Texas. July 1s.--In con.
versation with The Post correspondent Mr..
4. c. Nye OF Laredo. the champion onion
grower Of Texas made the following state
nent
For some reason there has been mis-
understanding about my average onion crop,
and ] wish you would state that IL IL $4,000
pounds OF onions per acre instead Of 20.oM
pounds, ms one paper has II, and 21.o0o
bushels per acre US another had IL, Twenty
thousand pounds OF onions is no unusual
yield per acre IN nay locality"