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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-30
CLAFLIN was sixteen
H. years old when his family
| moved from Chicago to San

n i
H. years old when his family
| moved from Chicago to San
Diego, Cal. His father, a
consumptive, was no longer able to
work. His mother, tiny, cheerful,
busy woman, with three small chill
dren besides Tom, had her hands full
with nursing her husband, making,
mending, cooking and caring for the
family. They had been in their new
home for three months, living away
their small capital, and with no pros
pect of earning a dollar The boom
was over. The town was Overrun with
Fasteners, men and women in frail
health, willing to work for small pay
at anything that would yield them sus-
tenance. And so Tom, the hope Of his
courageous little mother, had tried
everything and failed to get work.
1t was then that he hit upon the idea
Of becoming fisherman. For week
before he broached the subject at home
he had patrolled the shore from Point
Iona to the Coronado beach in
search of a boat. He had only SIS,
and Of the scores Of small craft that
could be bought at all there was but
one within his means. A leaky lugger,
with frayed old sails and an impossi-
BILE Spanish name, sinking Of fish and
with dirty black hull, lay moored off
the Portuguese village on the north
shore of the bay, and thither day after
day poor Tom trudged, big with his Sc
cret.
One Saturday night he startled the
family with:
swell, people, I'm sea captain at
last and no joke. Mother, behold your
son, Captain Thomas Clahin, of the
good ship Little Mother"
The little woman's blue eyes were
filed with tears when her boy showed
them the bill Of sale to the effect that
he had bought vessel for $3.50, and
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-30
THE END OF THE OLD BEAU.
Contemplate Vanity Expiated In De-
clining Years of Want.

Contemplate Vanity Expiated In De-
clining Years of Want.
Beau Nash, like Beau Fielding and
Beau Brummel, was to expiate his con-
temptible vanity in an old age Of OBJ
scurity, want and misery. AS he grew
old, he grew insolent and seemed in
sensible to the pain he gave to others
by his coarse repartees. He was no
longer the gay, thoughtless, idly indus
trious creature he once was. The even
ing of his life grew cloudy, nothing but
poverty lay in the prospect before him.
Abandoned by the great, whom he had
so long served, he was obliged to fly
to those of humber stations for protec-
tion, and began to need that charity
which he had never refused to any,
and to learn that life of gayety finds
an inevitable end in misery and re-
gret. 1t was said that Mr.. Quin, the
actor, tried to supplant him as Master
Of the Ceremonies, which Nash be-
lieved, and he grew ruder and TESTER
There is evidence that there was
ground for this suspicion in letters Of
Quin written from Bath, in which he
says. "Old Beaux Krash had mead
himself SO disagreeable to all the COM
pany," says the Nineteenth Century.
A new generation sprung up to which
Nash was a stranger; his splendor
gradually waned. Neglect filled him
with bitterness, and he lost thereby
the remainder of his popularity. His
income now became very precarious, so
that the corporation voted him an
allowance of ten guineas to be paid
him on the first Monday in each month.
He long occupied a house known as
Garrick's Head, subsequently occupied
by Mrs. Delaney, but he died in a
smaller one near by.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-30
Hnnors For the Young.

The new Chief Justice of Sierra
Leone, Mr.. P. c. Smyly, is the young.
est man holding such position in the
colonial service. He is only thirty-fve.
and has been on the west coast for the
past six years and found the climate
to agree with him. The new Chief
Justice took his LII. d. degree in Dub
lin University ten years ago, and his
great talents early marked him out for
rapid advancement. - Londin Chroni-
Gle.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-30
NEARER THE SUN NOW.
But the Tilt Of Its Axis Gives Less
Heat.

Astronomically, the earth is nearest
the sun these days, but the tilt of its
axis gives us but scant share OF his
light and heat Still, though winter
is only begun, in a weather sense, it is
always pleasant to remember that
during the coming week not only do
we swing around the earth and home
as a focus, with our eyes set on the
happier times ahead, hut that with
the winter solstice passed we are once
mere on the way to the SUMMER hours
and blither skies. The winds may be
bleak and the days short, but the
steady pulse toward spring cannot be
stopped.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-30

and so frees the train from any duse
that may have adhered to the edges
previous to its being gathered up. Inc
train shouli never be allowed to resi-
on the ground except indoors.-Amer'
lean Queen.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-30
HAS THE WORLD GONE wRoNc7

Has the world gone wrong? I hear the
sounds
That men who are busy make.
hear the engines puff away,
And, strong in body, go to take
The little part that l have to play.
Has the world gone wrong? There's many
man,
When his work is done tonight,
Who will hurry away from care to
see
Glad faces glow where hearts are light
Oh, the world is good to them and me.
Chicago Record Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-30

Has the world gone wrong? hear .
child
Who is singing happy song,
And across the way an anvil rings,
And yonder a maiden hurries along
With look that only gladness brings.
Has the world gone wrong? I see the
gleam
OF love in lovers eyes,
And yonder upon the wooden gate,
Where lovers have gazed at the starry
skies,
A sparrow cheeps to its little mate.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-30

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Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-06-30

Entered at the Postoff1ce at Freelsnd. Pa
Is Second -Class Matter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-03-06

THE Burlington Railway company
mas extended the scope Of its orders
absolutely forbidding the use of in
toxicants to take in all of the employees
of the road in every department wheth-
Ell directly responsible for the move
ment of trains or not. All of the en-
p1oyes are forbidden on pain of instant
discharge to use liquor in any form
either in or out of business hours. The
large corporations and especially the
railways are just beginning to find
that it pays to interest themselves in
the habits of their men outside of bus
mess hours.
1.-THE rule'against drinking men is
strictly enforced it will do more for
the cause of temperance than all the
cold water leagues ever formed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-03-06
Porch Climbers Enter the Home Of
C. E. Remer, on Congress
Street, Friday Night.
THEY SECURE VALUABLE BOOTY.
Robbery was Committed Between Eight
and Eleven clock.-Booty Taken
is Valued at one Hundred Dollars.

| Some time between the hours of
eight and eleven O'Clock Friday even
ing the home of G. e. Remer, on Con-
gress street, was entered by burglars
and valuables to the extent of a humid
red dollars secured. The burglary
must have been most daring one, and
the persons committing the crime must
have been acquainted with the fact
that Mr.. and Mrs. Remer had left the
house for the evening.
The burglar or burglars made their
entrance to the house by the old and
approved way of porch climbing. They
easily mounted the front porch, and
clin bing onto the top forced a window
leading into one of the rooms on the
second floor of the house. Once in
side they took their time to search and
thoroughly ~ransacked the premises.
Having managed to get into the bou-
doir of Mrs. Remer they carried away
a gold watch and quantity of small
jewelry, which had been left in one of
the drawers in the room. In closet
in the same room had been left a small
handbag which contained the purse of
Mrs. Remer. Quite sum of money
was in the purse, but it was overlooked
and left behind. The marauders, hav-
ing taken their time for their work,
left the house as they had entered,
leaving the window open behind them.
AS soon as Mr.. and Mrs. Rerier re-
turned home they discovered the rob-
berry and made an effort to find some
clue to the criminals, but without
avail.
This is the second visit that burglars
have made to the Remer home within
year and half. At the time of the
last visit it will be remembered that
the burglars were found in the house
by Mr.. Remer and when he attempted
to drive them away one Of the crimi-
nails threatened to shoot the household
er and he retired to the rear.
It is very evident that the old gang
Of local favorites are at work again
and that they have little reason to
fear discovery. This is the third rob-
Defy IN the last TWO weeks. ana 1t is
high time something was done to stop
this epidemic of crime. It might be
we'll for the Mayor to take the author
ity vested in him by the council and
appoint special detective who can
hobnob with the men who live with
out working and in this manner dis
cover who it is that is doing the work.
The Remer burglary is the most i'm
portant committed in the city for some
time and Mr.. Remef states that his
loss will be more than hundred dol
lars,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-03-06
NEW VOCABULARY.
Railroad Men on Northwestern Road
Taking Examinations.

Railroad men throughout the West
must drop railroad phrases when talk
ing to patrons of the roads. The new
standard educational examinations
and tests which are to be applied to
ali engineers, fremen, brakemen and
conductors tried for the first
time on the employees of the North
western road and will continue to
worry them until the close of the week.
All who pass the tests will be given
until April to adapt their tongues to
the new code. They will be given a
book of rules, in which the new names
of the old familiar things are placed.
These names they are to use, although
they may have to swing back to the
old when questioned as to their mean
ing.
The examinations are being held by
a committee of employees, consisting
of an assistant superintendent, a con-
ductor and an engineer, soon to be
called an ''engineman." There are
such committees on every division and
over 1000 men will have to undergo
the tests. When these are over tests
as to their duties and the work will be
held. The other Western roads will
have their men undergo the same ex-
an1inations within the next six months.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-03-06
MIDWINTER EXCURSION.
The First Bennett Lecture at Congrega-
tional Church Great Success.

The large crowd of interested peo-
pie who braved the downpour Thurs
day night to hear and see the "Trip
Across the. Continent" were more than
repaid for their trouble. Mr.. Bennett
obtaiuedsperfect canvas effects by US
ing large 18-foot screen, the light
being thrown the entire length of the
Congregational church auditorium and
giving beautifully mellow picture,
easy on the eyes, and exceptionally
distinct. The coloring of the views
was rich and true to nature, the noted
Hudson River and Sierra Nevada
Mountain Escenes being greeted with
hearty applause. The trip from Chi
Ecago westward was taken over the
Northern instead of the Colorado
route, which will be given in the Yos-
emite matinee for children on March
18th. Mr.:Bennett received many ex-
pressions of appreciation from the
patrons at the conclusion of the pro-
gram. The patrons of the course met
aphorica1ly boarded the boat at Port
land for,..J apau at the close of Thurs
day nights lecture, whose people and
peculiar customs and rich scenery they
will see next Thursday night under
Mr.. Benefits able guidance.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-03-06
Directors OF the Carter Manufacturing
Company Made Reorganization
Thursday Afternoon.
R. I. WHITBECK is PRESIDENT.
Chicago Capitalist Succeeds the Late T. L.
Carter as Head of the Kenosha Com
pany.-Business to be Enlarged.

The stockholders and directors of
the Carter Manufacturing Company
met Thursday afternoon and effected
a reorganization of the company and
it is reported officially today that the
company will not only continue in
business in Kenosha, but the business
will be greatly enlarged in the near
future. The reorganization of the
company was made necessary by the
recent death Of Thomas L. Carter, the
President and General Superintend-
ent of the company.
In order to complete the reorganiza-
ton of the company, Chicago capital
has been interested in the concern,
and r. T. Whitbeck, a we'll known
Chicago capitalist and manufacturer,
was elected president of the company
to succeed Mr.. Carter. Mr.. Whitbeck,
the new President of the company, has
held watchful eye over the affairs of
the Carter Company since it was first
organized, and has been great help
to the company in securing the intro
duction of its products in Chicago and
other cities. With the election of Mr..
Whitbeck to the Presidency of the
company, it is stated that the capital
of the company will be increased and
it will be placed on firmer financial
basis.
Mr.. Leonard, the Secretary and
Treasurer of the company, was seen
this afternoon, and in speaking of the
new organization he said that in the
near future the company was planning
to greatly increase its sphere of action.
The indomitable energy of the de-
ceased president of the plant gave it a
great start in the manufacturing
world, and the Carter tables are already
finding ready market in all parts of
the country. At present the company
has large number of orders, and the
facilities of the plant are not sufficient
to allow them to fill Them Mr.. Whit
beck, while taking an active interest
in the plant, will co4tinue to live in
Chicago, and the affairs of the concern
in Kenosha will be looked after by Mr..
Leonard. The name OF the company
will not be changed, but it will con-
tinue to be known as the Carter Manu-
featuring company.
The full set of officers elected at the
meeting of the directors Thursday
were:
President-R. T. Whitbeck, of Chi
cago.
Vice President L. Carter, of Ke-
nosha.
Secretary ard Treasurer-W. H.
Leonard, of Kenosha.
Mr.. Leonard will also be the general
superintendent of the plant.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-03-06

cal Office has increased enormously in
the last few years and there is not
room in the present quarters to handle
it properly. Some change must be
made before long if the business con-
tinues to grow and there is every rea-
son to believe that it will. The Post
master and his assistants are seriously
handicapped in their efforts to give eff
ficient service By the lack OF space.
The present high standard cannot be
maintained unless other quarters are
provided. The amount asked for a
federal building here is not excessive
and any one who is at all familiar
with the existing conditions must adj
nit that one is urgently needed. The
bill should not be pigeon holed and
forgotten, but should be passed as soon
as possible.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-03-06
MUST FOLLOW CONTRACT.
School Board. at Special Meeting. Issues
Rule For Contractors.


The contractors for the new North
Side school building will probably
have to make some changes in the
building, as at the meeting of the
Board of Education held at the city
hall Wednesday evening the Board
unanimously decided that the con-
tractors must follow the specifications
in everyslparticu1ar or the money for
the work will be withheld. The spe-
cial meeting of the Board was called
on account of the fact that the con-
tractors had made some minor changes
in the plans at the new building. The
new building is progressing very rap
idly and will be completed early in the
spring.
No other business Of Importance was
transacted at the meeting of the Board
Wednesday evening.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-03-06
DEATH OF ALoNzo BURGESS.
Early Pioneer Settler of Kenosha Expired
at His Home in Racine Friday.

~ 4AS 4u&0o 44 0aClu6 tTIQaY,
Alonzo Burgess, aged eighty-one
years, one of the pioneers of Kenosha
county, and an early resident of Ra-
cine county and city, died Friday
morning at hisShomei1346 College ave-
nue., Racine, after along illness.
Deceased was, born in East Benninp-
ton, Bennington county, Vern ont.
August q, 1920. Five years later he
was taken to GOswego county, New
York, by his parents, who were farm
ers. In that county he remained until
1885, when he emigrated to Wisconsin
Territory. He located on tract of
land adjacent to the village of South
port March 5th of that year. At that
time the territory in which Southport
was situated was in Milwaukee county.
In 1886 it was set off as Racine county,
and the latter division left in Kenosha
county as it now exists.
For FIVE and one-half years after
locating IN Kenosha county the de-
ceased was employed by an uncle.
Later he commenced the manufacture
OF brick near Kenosha, and bought
farm of eighty acres in the town of
Somers.
Mr.. Burgess wasstwice married, his
first wife being Miss A. CKel1oge, in
July, 1874, five children. being the re-
suit of the issue. She died in Nav.
1868. In 1867 he was married to Miss
Mary A. Buswell. two children being
born to them. Until 1912 Mr.. Burgess
remained in Kenosha county when he
went to Racine county, purchasing a
large farm and was an extensive
raiser of sheep and Durham cattle.
In the year 1880 Mr.. Burgess went to
Racine and lived there up to the time
of his demise. He began life as poor
boy and became one of the successful
men of the county. For over sixty
years he was a resident of the two
counties. His course in life was dis
tinguished by integrity, honor and
fairness in all of his relations with
his fellow citizens. In politics he was
a Republican and was honored with
number of minor offices. In his death
an honored pioneer has passed away.
Charles Cogswell.
Chas. Cogswell, of Silver Lake, died
at his home in that place Friday morn
ing. He was 81 years old and was
born IN Oswego, N. Y, and came to
Kenosha with his parents before 1887.
They resided in Kenosha for a few
years, when they moved to Silver
Lake, where they hads purchased a
farm of 800 acres. The farm, which
was owned by the deceased at the time
of his death, skirts the north shores of
Silver Lake and is very valuable.
Mr.. Cogswell had two brothers, DR..
Frank Cogswell, of Washington, who
is now in Silver Lake, and Augustus
Cogsweli, who died in 1889, and one
sister, Carrie, who was married to Dr.
Erwin, both of whom are dead.
Chas. Cogswell was man of good
impulses. When the two churches
were built at Si1ver,sLake he contrib
uted $40 to each. He was never mar
ried.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-03-06
WHO WILL BE FOOLED?
City Election will Take Place on April
Fools Day For FIRST Time IN Years


Fools Day For FIRST Time In Years
For the first time in thirteen years
held on April 1st-All Fools Day-and
the leaders of the two parties in the
city are already beginning to figure
on the prospects1of giving their OPP
ponents a splendid April fooling.
There has been great deal of contest
as to the datesof the election and it is
claimed that considerable money has
passed handsi on the final decision of
the Election. commissioners that the
date for the city elections in all parts
of the Stateis tosbe the first of April
1t has been thirteen years since the
first Tuesday in April has been April
Fool day and for this reason the voters
seemed to believe that. the election was
to be held on the first Tuesday after
the first Monday
It is just a ,monthlfrom tomorrow
that the people will. bevasked to reg
lister theiropinion:of the city govern
ment at the.IpollsI.and seldom in the
history of the cityshas SO little interest
been taken in municipal election
Outside of. the chronic candidates no
one is looking for Office.
Republicans and Democrats alike are
having their little meetings getting
ready for the issue of calls for eau
cuses, but as yet nothing has been
suggested in the way of candidates or
party platforms. The move for Citi-
zens ticket has beensofteu suggested,
but no one sseems ready to take the
first step and at the .present time it
looks as if the two .old parties will
fight it out on the old lines.
Members.sof both parties have sug-
gested that.an effort be made to get a
Citizens ticket into the. field and the
original plan waste call a mass meet
ing of the citizens, but this plan seems
to have been lost in transmission.
It is to be hoped that the twoyparties
will get their tickets in the field in
time to allows the people tollook into
the records of the men offered for office
before they make their selections at
| the polls.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-03-06

ATTORNEY FIRTHMAN is going to
make one last desperate effort to pre-
vent his client being brought to trial
before the Circuit court. The men
who employ that hustling attorney are
willing to pay almost any amount to
prevent the confession of ex-Alderman
Caster being made public. The peo-
pie were able to judge of the amount
of money paid and to whom from the
testimony brought out at his examina-
ton but it is limited that Caster made
a clean breast of the whole transaction
in the confession he made to the Dis
trict Attorney.
Some men whose names were not
brought out before the courtat the pre-
1ininary examination are said to be
mentioned in that intereting docu.
ment. 1t would,be pity if that con-
fession was never introduced in evi-
dence and the public not allowed to
get any benefit from Casters tempo
rary lapse into truth telling. The
District Attorney seems confident that
Caster will be held for trial and the
inner workings of the gang shown in
open court. Meanwhile Casters
bonds should be kept high enough to
insure his appearance in court.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-03-06

THERE are more federal building
bills under consideration at the present
session of Congress than ever before.
Compared with the amounts appropri-
ated for federal buildings in some cit
les, the sum asked foruby Kenosha is
not excessive.
Greenville, Tenn, which, at the time
the eleventh census was taken, had
under two thousand inhabitants, has
been given an appropriation of $780,
600; while B1uefeld, w. Va, with
about the same numhet of Inhabitants
has received $4,000.
Various cities which have made ap-
plications for federal buildings have
not been hampered by excessive mod
esty in making their demands. Kan
kakee, Ill, with a population under
10000 wants 100000. Great Falls,
Mont, which has under 1000 people
within its limits, can get along with a
building to cost $500, 600. San Angelo,
California, with population of 1900
thinks it needs building to cost
100000. Even Bardstown, KY, with
LOO people, has asked for and stands
a good chance of receiving an appro-
priation of $4,000 $4,000 more than
the sum asked for Kenosha, which has
ten times that number of people.
A federal building is urgently needed
an Kenosha. The business Of the To-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-03-06
An Unfortunate Example.

The present king of Italy has sharp
tongue, which he is not slow to use
If he thinks the occasion demands it.
Not long ago he was bewailing the fact
that it was almost impossible for him
to know the real sentiments of his
people toward him.
THAT said one of the courtlers,
obsequiously, would be easy if your
majesty would disguise himself as a
student and visit the cafes and gather
ing places Of the populace. That is
what Peter the Great did,"
Il know replied the king, ''but ap-
parently you forget that Peter the
Great used to hang all those whom he
overheard speaking i'll of him. Don't
you think you'd better choose another
example for me to follow ?''-Youth's
Companion.