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The Forrest City times., 1903-12-25
STRIKERS PREVENT
 THE BURIAL 0F DEAD
Bodies Put In Vaults Until It Is Safe
 to Take Them to Cemetries.
SECRET FUNERALS BY NIGHT
Chief of Police O.NeiIi TcI,s Repre- sentnti,es of Union In Plain Lam auagc His Opinion of Them
 and Their Actions.

Chicago. Dec. 22.-Shrinking from the espionage of union pickets and fearful that funeral parties would be attacked by the striking livery drivers. many Chicago families have refrained from publicly announcing their be- reavement.
 In the vaults of several undertakers lie the bodies of the persons about whose deaths the utmost secrecy is maintained and whose funerals have been postponed until after settle ment of the strike.
 In other cases the stricken relatives have arranged for evening funerals and private burials. of which no an nouncemsnt Is made
 The disgraceful scenes that attend ed several funerals held on last Satur- day when union pickets attempted to interfere with the removal of bodies, have led the health department off cials to sanction the secrecy that Is being preserved
 Undertakers have been informed that. unless public safety demands 1t, burials will not be insisted on until such time as funeral parties shal, be safe from molestation.
 A. k. Pcrrigo. president of the Liv- erymen and Undertakcrs association, said Monday night:
 The reason more deaths are not an- nounced Is because we have learned that the strikers have been reading the list of death notices in the papers and sending pickets to watch the houses"
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-25
BITING MUST STOP.
Chief O'Neili Issues mn order in De-
 cIdedly Plain Langunge.

Chicago, Dec. 22-Picketing of houses from which funerals are to start. whether peaceful or violent. by union livery drivers who went on strike four days ago and which has seriously interfered with the burial of the dead of Chicago. is to be prevented by the police under direct orders is- sued Monday night by Chief of Police O'Neilf. J. R. Wadsworth, secretary, and Charles Stevens, business agent of the liverymen's union. were sum- money before Chief O'Neill Monday night and told in decidedly plain lam guage that any differences the union might have would have to be settled away from the houses of mourning.
 Chief Very Decided.
 This picketing of homes from which funerals are being held Is beyond tol- eration of civilized community" said Chief ONeil. Your zeal has carried you beyond the pale of endurance. and such an unheard-of thing as car rying labor troubles to the houses of the dead will not be allowed by the police Under no circumstances will permit picketing of any kind around a house where funeral is to proceed And I must say that it ought not to be necessary for me to take this step.
 Law or no law, plcketing of every kind around these houses will have to stop. l shall take my chances with the courts on the questions If my con- duct is questioned In any court"
 Chief O'Neill then issued a general order to all inspectors of police on the line of his conversation with the two union officials. He instructed the commanding officers to accompany funerals in carriages, If circumstances seemed to require 1t. to see that the last rites of the dead were in no way interfered with
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-25
VERY DIFFICULT OPERATION.
Dr. William JepsOm Performed an Operation Said tO Have No Paral-
 Tel In Surgical World.

Sioux City, Ia, Dee. 22.-An opera ton said to have no parallel in the his tory of the surgical world was per formed at St. Joseph's hospital Mon day by Dr. William Jepson. who has the chair of surgery at the state uni versity. John Norstrom. of Danbury, Conn, fell from load of hay, striking on his head and breaking his neck. He has been almost paralyzed for weeks. and Dr. Jepson decided to operate on his broken neck. Accordingly, DOT tion of the third cervical vertebrae was removed. the false growth of tis- sue was cleaned out and the bone replaced. The patient is doing well, with every prospect of recovery.
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-25
Footracer a 6anIrupt.

Claims aggregating s26O.OOO have been filed at Joplin, Mo. before the referee in bankruptcy, Arthur Spen. Ger. against Robert Boatwrignt, the alleged fraudulent foot-race pro- mOter. Boatwfight is supposed to have been member of the notoriuos gang of fot racers that operated ex- tensively in Hot Springs and other parts of the country. some of the richest hauls made by the operators having occurred at the Springs. There are several suits pending now in United States circuit court in Little Rock over funds left by R. H. Williams. deceased. who was said to have been the leader of the gang at Hot Springs. Williams was slain in the Garland county jail on June last by fellow prisoner, James Dougherty
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-25
STATUE OF F. H. PIERPONT.
Placed In stntuary Hall nt washInE- ton, ID. C.. Under Invitation
 From Congress.

Washington. Dec. 22.-A marble statue of the late War Governor" Francis H. Pierpont of West Virginia was placed in stauary hall at the cap- itol Monday under the invitation of congress to each of the states to place in the capitol statues of their illus trious sons" The statue completes West Virginla's quota. one of former Senator Kenna of the state having a place in the hail. The statue will be unveiled and dedicated as soon as con gross fixes q date.
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-25
Sold to a Baroness.

A Hot Springs real estate dealer recently sold the famous Potash Sul- phur Springs to Baroness NJ De Palindt. of London, for a consdera- ton of s65,000 The new owners con template making very extensive i'm provements in the property The par ones5 will probably spend s20000 or s30,00o, it is thC-lght, when she is finally settled i'll her new American home in erecting a new hotel, beau tfy1nS the grounds. and perhaps may finance long projected electric car line to this famous resort, which it is thought, would be a fine investment
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-25
Accommodations Win Be Ample.

Deputy Superintendent of PlJh Instruction F. w. Miller reports that he has assurance from hotels and frst-class boarding houses that the accommodations for teachers who attend the approaching meting of the State Teachers Association in Little Rock, vii be ample, and that all the teachers will be provided for Rates of $l and S2 have been secured at the leading hotels and boarding houses
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-25
Mysteriously Disappeared.

T. F. Peyton, whose home is in Coal Hill, disappeared about two months ago, and all efforts to locate him have been unsuccessful. None of his relatives or friends can divine any reason for his silence He was devoted to his mother, and there is no known cause why he should will lingly isolate himself In view of these facts it is feared that he has been foully dealt with and every effort is being made to md some trace O him
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-25
Was 1t a Joke?

A Little Rock bank has sued a hackman for the amount of a worth less check cashed, presented by a woman who was identified by the hackman. The check was made pay able to Miss Bertha Grooms for $50. and the dollar mark and the figures 50 were there. but on the line below, instear of the word fifty" before the word dollars" the word "windy" was written. The check was signed "Nulin Void" The point in ques- tion is whether the author of the check is a swindler or a practical joker
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-25
STRANGLED WIFE AND SELF.
With n Handkerchief Tightly Knot ted Around His Throat, James
 Week Strnngled Himself.

Chicago. Dec. 22.-Saloon-keepe James Week, who few days ago ,hoked his wife to death, strangled himself in his cell at the county jail Monday with a handkerchief tightly had been acting irrationally since his arrest, but the physicians who inves- tigated the case reported that he was shamming insanity.
 It is now believed that insanity was not feigned. but that Week took the life of his wife and his own after be- ing driven slowly crazy by the woman's alleged drinking spells
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-25
Iron Mountain Connection

A charter has been granted by the state of Kansas to the Tokepa and Frankfort railroad. The Missouri Pacific will finance the enterprise and extend it's line from Topeka to Frank fort. connecting there with it's through line to the gulf, and with its Central Branch line. It will be a part of a through line to the gulf and will con meet with the White River railroad at Carthage, Mo, now building from that point to Batesyille
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-25
THREE MISSING HUNTERS.
Search for swan Rundguist. George Messenger md Gust Nelson
 Has Been Abandoned.

Chicago, Dec 22.-Search has been abandoned for the three hunters who are supposed to have been lost on the floating ice fields out in Lake Micigan. When they left shore they expected to return in three hours The party con- sisted of Swan Rundquist. George Mas senger and Gust Ne.sca.
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-25
A Blow 10 Iiouor Eealers.

Tom Powell Pat OKeefe and Dick Reynolds. liquor dealers of Fort Smith. pleaded guilty before Judge Raymond at Wagoner Ind. Ter, to a charge of introducing liquor into the tences. These cases establish a prec- edent, and will destroy the liquor trade with the territory. which has aggregated hundreds of thousands of dc,lsrs annually.
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-25
In Aid of Searcy College.

Representative Brundige has intro duced bill which, if enacted into law. will very materially benefit an educational institution in his home town of Searcy. The bill proposes that the land commissioner of Arkan sas be allowed to sell 50.000 acreH or unocupied and unimproved min. edal lands of the United States in this state and apply the proceeds to fund for the use and benefit or Searcy College.
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-25
BicycIist's Fatal Collision.

Villain Allen, 19 years old. me- death in a peculiar manner al Pine Bluff. He was on his bicycle and collded with a buggy. the point of tho shaft striking him in the head and penetrating the skull, owing to the sudden impact He was killed al.c1st instantly.
The Forrest City times., 1903-12-25
Ex-Treasurer Morrow Dead.

Hon. R. B. Morrow, ex-state treasur- CT. died at his home at Bonneville, De cember IS. MT. Morrow served as state treasurer from 1890 to 1894. The deceased was one of the best officials the state ever had and his death is mourned by thousands of friends throughout the state. He was 54 years of age and had resided in Ar kansas nearly all his life. He is sur vived by his wife, one son and one daughter
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-12

The City Attorney and the rest Of
the lawyers have been having merry
time the last few days trying to decide
whether or no new set of Supervisors
to represent the wards of the city on
the County Board are to be elected this
spring. It has been defnately decided
that Aldermen and School Com mis-
sioners are to be voted for but the
question of the election of Supervisors
is sticker. The matter all hinges on
the question as to whether the Super
visors are city or county officers. The
attorney general has expressed the
opinion that they are city officers, but
many good lawyers as we'll qualified to
pass on the matter as the attorney
general take exceptions to the ruling
of that gentleman and hold that they
are county officials, and there you have
it. Whichever way the question is de-
decided it will probably have to be
fought out in the courts. There is a
bill now before the legislature which
would untang1e the whole snarl and
long and expensive litigation might be
avoided if the bill was pushed through
before the election take place.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-12
DEATH OF MRS. GIBBONS.

Pioneer Lady of Pleasant Prairie Expired
at Her Home in That Town Today.
Mrs. Mary Gibbons, widow of the
late Patrick Gibbons and one of the
oldest and best known residents of
Xenosha county, died at her home IN
the town of Pleasant Prairie this
morning after short illness from
pneumonia.
Mrs. Gibbons was 90 years of age at
the time of her death. She was a
native of Ireland but much of her life
had been spent in Kenosha county.
She came to this county with her
husband more than fifty years ago and
the family settled on the farm in the
town of Pleasant Prairie. They never
left the farm.
Mrs. Gibbons was woman greatly
beloved by her friends and neig h bors
and her death will leave a vacancy that
will be hard to fill.
She is survived by two daughters
Mary, who resides in the West; Anna,
who is teacher in the public schools
of Chicago, and Owen, who resided
with his mother.
The funeral will be held from ST.
James''church Friday morning at 1890
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-12

THE manufactures of a certain
brand of chewing tobacco, in telling
how he made name and a market for
the product, says that he spent
S4 ,O0O,O 900 in advertising it, and since
then he has made 100000 from his
The same story is told by
all who seek the aid of printers ink.
The manufactures or dealer must ad-
vertise in order to make his business
profitable, but when it begins to pay
the profits come in like flood
La Crosse Republican and Leader.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-12
COAL PRICES DROP.
Reduction of Seventy five Cents per Ton
Made by Local Dealers.

A Reduction of Seventy five Cents per Ton
Made by Local Dealers.
Old King Coal has been pushed off
his pedestal of power and even Keno
sha burners of anthracite have been
given breathing spell. Tuesday
without any booming of cannons or
shouts of applause the coal dealers in
the city deliberately knocked seventy
five cents off the price of the black
diamonds, and coal in the Kenosha
market is today selling at 1925 ton.
It is even possible that the price will
go to lower figure within few days,
but it is not likely that it will drop
below seven dollars until the opening
of new season.
All over the country the price has
been dropping down and Kenosha has
simply followed suit. A great deal Of
coal is still in the yards of the Kenosha
dealers, and with the possible approach
Of warmer weather at an early date it
now looks as if there would be much of
this coal left over. Even with the
high prices demanded during the rush
months of the winter the coal dealers
will not be able to reap such large
profits as had been expected. The
drop in the price of hard coal has af-
fected all sorts of coal and the soft
coal has taken a similar decline in
value.
The supply for Kenosha this season
has proven to be the smallest in many
years and many people have been kept
warm with wood during the entire win
ter. Dealers predict that the opening
of the next season will find coal back
to the normal price of six dollars ton.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-12

In is an undisputed fact that the
people of this State have declared for a
primary election law. Such a law
must or ought to be passed by the
present Legislature. 1t is further
undisputed fact that primary law is
to a certain extent an experiment,
working well in some cases and poorly
IN others. How sweeping the bill
should be in it's provisions the people
have not said. The majority, we be-
lieve, do not know. A bill sufficiently
broad to give the system wholesome
trial would, it would'seem, be fair to
the people and in keeping with party
pledges. Witness.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-12

First publication, March IL, 1903.
OTATE OF WISCONSIN, County Court for
y KenOSha COunty-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at general term
Of the County Court to be held in and for said
County, at the County Court Room, in the
Tuesday being the seventh day of April, A. D.
l903 at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, the following matters
will be heard and considered:
In the matter of the last will and testament
of Dorethea Reinold, deceased.
The application of Frederick w, Reinold to
admit to probate the last will and testament
of Dorethea ReinOld. late of the City of Keno
sha in said County, deceased.
In the matter of the last will and testament
of Emily E. Barnum, deceased.
The application of j A. ROwbottom to ad-
nit to probate the last will and testament of
Emily e. Barnum, late of the City of Ker osha
in said County, deceased.
In the matter of the estate of Peter Wal
raven, deceased.
The application of Cornelius Walrayen for
the appointment of an administrator Of the
estate of Peter Walraven. late of the City of
Kenosha, in said County, deceased.
In the matter of the last will and testam ent
of Jens Sorensen, deceased.
The application of Helene Sorensen to admit
to probate the last will and testament of Jens
Sorensen, late of the City OF Kenosha, in said
County, deceased.
In the matter of the estate of Olive V. Slade,
deceased
The application of John F. Reynolds for the
examination and allowance of his final &C
count as administrator of the estate of Olive
" Slade, late of the Town of Wheatland, in
said County, deceased, and for the assignment
and distribution of the residue of the estate of
said deceased.
Dated March IL, 1903
BY the Court.
RUSSELL H. SLOSSON,
AZ County Judge.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-12

IF the lessons taught by the boodling
council have not been Sforgotten all
political parties in Kenosha will noni-
nate men of unquestioned integrity
and of theshighest personal character
for Office this spring. The govern
rnent of any city is just as good or just
as bad as the majority of the people
want it to be, and the man who fails
to attend his party caucus and do his
level best to see that good men are
nominated cannot escape the respon.
sibility for the consequences of his
neglect. 1t was directly due to the in
difference and negligence Of the So
called "better classes" the men who
boast that they stake no interest ia
politics" that thisl city was gang
ridden for so many years and there are
indications that the spasm of civic
virtue brought on by the exposures in
the boodling trials is dying out and
that unless something is done to arouse
greater public interest in the manage
ment of the city that the personnel of
the council will gradually sink back to
the old standard. The trouble with
the reformer is that he gets fatigued so
easily. He forgets that the profess
sional politician on the lookout for
graft is always working overtime.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-12
THURSDAY, MARCH -, 1908.
THE robins have made their appear
auce IN the city. What foolish birds,

Is there niger in the woodpile
s omewhere in connection with that
Anna M. Rogers case? Any rake off
! it for anybody? 1t seems to us that
S ONE explanati ton is due from some
body when the city gives up $3,322.48
without al struggle. If it was never
Intended to fight the case why was an
expensive appeal taken to the Supreme
Court, and if it was1 intended to fight
the case at the time the appeal was
taken what: caused the attorneys for
the city to- change their minds and
allow thu case to go by default?
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-12
Remains Found Floating in the Lake
Were Those OF a Well Known
kenosha Character.
MISSING FOR MANY MONTHS.
Remains are Positively Identified by Mrs.
Details of Death Mystery,

The badly decomposed body found
floating in the lake on Tuesday after
noon by the crew of the tug Hoffnung
has been identified as the remains of
Barney O'Hare, a well known charac-
ter about the city, who has been miss
ing from his home since the ninth of
December, and it is supposed that he
The remains Of O'Hare were positively
identified at the Hansen morgue this
morning by Mrs. O'Hare and four of
the daughters of the deceased. h1
After the remains were taken from
the lake to the morgue Tuesday sew
eral people dropped into the morgue to
view them, among others being John
O'Hare, nephew of the missing man.
He was at once struck with the ap-
pearance of the remains and declared
that they were those Of his uncle.
The Identification was made more
complete by the discovery that the
corpse still wore a rubber shoe
which had been used on account
of an injury to the leg. In order to
complete the Identification the widow
and children were sent for this morn
ing and on their claiming the body it
was turned over to them.
The details of the death of O'Hare
will always remain mystery, as no
one seems to know how he reached his
last resting place in the lake. Mrs.
O'Hare in speaking about the matter
stated that her husband had given up
his work at the Chicago Rockford
Hosiery Works on December 9th, and
had planned to go to a hospital for
treatment on the following day. He
went away on that day, and this was
the last seen ofsshim until the remains
were found.
Mrs O'Hare stated that she had not
worried about his absence as she
thought that he was working on a
farm in the town of Pleasant Prairie,
and that he often went out there to
work and failed to return for several
weeks, She said that she began to
distrust on last Sunday, but that she
had made no report to the police of the
matter. O'Hare, when he met his
death, wore the same clothes that he
had on when he left his home, and it
appears from the condition of the re-
mains that he must have fallen into
the lake soon after leaving home.
There is no reason to suspect that he
met with foul play, as his purse con-
tanning $3.50 was found in his pocket.
The deceased was man forty-eight
years of age. He was son of the late
Patrick O'Hare, one of the pioneer set
tiers of the town of Pleasant Prairie,
where the son was born. Most of his
life had been spent in Kenosha.
The inquest over the remains was
held at the morgue this morning, and
the jury returned verdict that O'Hare
came to his death by drowning, the re
suit OF an accident.
A very fair offer. Read last page.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-12

If any more rural free delivery
routes are to be put in operation in
this county within year from next
July the preliminary work will have to
be started at once and the petition for
new routes sent to Washington with
out delay. The free delivery system
has become so popular with those 1iv-
ing in the rural districts and the re-
quests for the service so numerous that,
although it will be possible next year
to double the number of routes now in
existence, the postal authorities are
beginning to fear that it may not be
possible to supply all the demands for
new routes. The appropriation for the
present fiscal year is exhausted, but on
July 1st S12, 500, 900 will become avail.
able for this service and the plans for
extending the system are already be.
1ug considered by the superintendent
of Tree delivery service. The increase
will be apportioned among the States
and Wisconsin will get fair share,
but judging from the reports of the
number of routes being mapped out all
over the State, the number of new
routes allotted to this State will hardly
be enough to go around, and petitions
for new routes in this county should be
forwarded at once. Other things be
ing equal the routes will be established
first where the best roads are, and il
the rural free delivery system is to bt
extended over the whole county as i
ought to be, the question of road i'm
provement will have to be taken up il
earnest in the near future.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-03-12

The Evening Wisconsin has had an
awful case of soreness ever since the
little scheme to take the State printing
to Milwaukee fell through. 1t is an
awful shame that there is not enough
graft to go around, but the Wisconsin
man should cheer up. He can catch
more flies with sugar than with vine
gar, and if he presents smiling coun-
tenance to the world he may yet be
able to connect with job somewhere.