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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-11-07
Feminine WAYS.

A girl at Benton played "post of
fee" at party one night and yelled
and shrieked and howled, ran behind
the door. and scratched young
mans face in seven places, tipped
over the lamp, kicked crack in the
piaro, and when at last the fellow
kissed the tip of her pink ear she
tainted dead away and said she
would never look another man in
the face again They led the bash
full, gentle, modest, sobbing thing
home and put her to bed, and the
next day she eloped with light
ming rod peddler who had hare
ip and nine children. -Centeryille
rs. d. Chronicle.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-11-07
Longer Skirts For Women.

There is a strong movement in Paris
at present against the short walking
skirt. says the New York Herald 1t is
found that the short skirt is not prac-
teal in muddy weather unless it is
two inches above the boots, and then
it becomes ungraceful. The round
skirt is therefore regaining favor.
Fashions DEGREES for the coming sea-
son declares for a gored skirt with
stitched seams and a small shaped
founce at the bottom. sufficiently gong
to require holding up in the street.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-11-07
Time to PRAY.

A preacher at the conclusion Of
one of his sermons said, 'Let all in
the house who are paying their
debts stand up" Instantly every
man, woman and child, with one ex-
ception, rose to their feet. The
preacher seated them and said,
"Now every man not paying his
debts stand up" The exception
noted, a careworn, hungry looking
individual, slowly assumed per-
pendicular position. Glow is it,
my FRIEND" asked the minister,
"that you are the only man not to
meet his obligations ?" 81 run a
newspaper" he meekly answered,
"and the brethren here who just
stood up are my subscribers, and''-
''Let us pray" exclaimed the min
ister.-Joplin News-Herald.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-11-07
Felt No Need of 1t,

An aeronaut at county fair had
made rather an unlucky ascension.
His balloon had gone high enough,
but the wind had carried him mile
or two farther away than he antiei-
pated, and the car in descending had
become entangled in the top of a
tree in village street and spilled
him out. He struck the ground
with some violence.
A crowd quickly gathered about
his PROSTATE form.
FFStand back and give him air!"
exclaimed three or four at once.
The aeronaut was not seriously
hurt. He raised himself feebly to
a sitting posture.
"Air?'' he echoed in a tone Of
deep disgust. 'Don't you think I've
had air enough in the last ten min
utes ?"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-11-07

Baby Parties the Latest Paris Fad.
The latest fad for amusement at So
cial gatherings in Paris is a baby par
~, according to the New York Herald.
A man is dressed in baby cap and
long apron and furnished with a feed
ing bottle which is filed with some
thing stronger than milk. He is faced
by a lady disguised as nurse, who
proceeds to chide the naughty infant
until he becomes good and is rewarded
with It stick of barley sugar. The game
affords much amusement to the on
lockers and is much in favor.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-11-07
Train Ditched by a Cow.

Davenport, Ia, Nov. 6.-Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific freight accom-
mediation No. 331 was ditched two
miles east of Dixon, la. The train
ran into a COW on the track and the
engine and seven cars rolled down
fifteen-foot embankment. Brakeman
svwillie of Cedar Rapids was killed
and Engineer Byers' leg was broken.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-11-07
DISCUSS PANAMA SITUATION.
President Confers With Secretaries
Hay and Moody.

Washington, Nov. 6. = President
Roosevelt had many conferences on
the Panama situation during the day.
His information regarding the exact
situation of affairs on the isthmus is
still too meager to warrant state
ment outlining the policy the admin
istration is to pursue toward the sep
aratists.
In view of this fact the president
refers all inquirers for news on the
subject to the state department. Sec
retaries Hay and Moody discussed the
Panama situation with the president,
as did also Rear Admiral Walker,
chairman of the isthmian canal com
mission. While undoubtedly optimis-
tic as to canal prospects Admiral
Walker declined to express his views
for publication,
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-11-07
CUE or. FIsA EATE RS.
Members of Illinois Society to Use
Meat From Ffn2y Tribe Only.

Members of Illinois Society to Use
Meat From Ffnay Tribe Only.
Boston, beware!
The center of learning and brains
will shortly be transferred from the
Hub to Melrose Park, ILL.,. where pro-
tube, ant foreheads. shaped like Bart
lett uears, will soon be the rule, says
the Chicago Inter Ocean.
And on what meat will these Melrose
Park neighbors live that they will have
grown so brainy?
Brain food, of course; fish and notn-
ing but fish.
Great thinkers and leaders will be as
common lis Mary and Ann guests
when the new diet gets in its hne
work. Goldfish diet is expected to pro-
duce Napoleons Of finance, future
Grants will live exclusively on sword
fish, aspiring young clergymen will
dine on whale, stockholders on suck
ers, coming great critics on carp. and
an abundance Of cod is regarded as
certain to produce Goldfish aristocracy.
This is the programme outlined by
the a&ly formed Fish club of Mel
rose Park, the members of which Or
ganization have pledged themselves to
eat 10 meat except that from the tinny
tribe. The idea of forming such club
suggested itself to Mrs. Joseph M.
Goodman when she drew a bowl OF
goldfish in a rattle at the Sacred Heart
fair. The club was recently organized
with twenty three members who met
at Mrs. Goodman's home. The name
Of some fish was assigned to each mem
Der, and after cards fish luncheon
was served.
In former years Melrose Park society
had a rooster club" and pig club,
the members of each being pledged to
eat only the meat Of the animals, de
noted by the club name. More than a
thousand letters were. sent to these
clubs criticising their diet. These pre-
vious clubs partly suggested the Fish
club. Meanwhile various members OF
Melrose Park society are Fastening to
get into the swim with the Fish club
before they "get the mackerel eye"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-11-07
Gl.lANIa.Y IN PLANO.
Mayor Of illinois Town Orders
Police 70 Escort Women.
MUST SEE THEM HOME AFTER DARK

Fair Sex without Escorts Can Now
Stay Kate In Chicago and Return
ON sif;;3f:;slt Train, Sure OF Getting
Protccxfon-The FINEST" on Force
OF Two Become Bundle Carriers
Fer Shoppers.
MAYOR William Deering Steward.
nameS;,kp Of the harvester maker, is
making Piano. ILL.,, paradise for the
fair sex. says a dispatch from that
town.
General order No. So to the Plano
police force has given the village,
secure title to the claim that it is the
most polite municipality i1 the world
The order proclaims thh lollce-
men shall consider hu-
ties to escort unproeeccod men home
after dark.
Plano has two p0licemen-LeW1s
Lanpncar and Jefferson Porter. who
were selected us much for their polite
address and thoughtfulness as for their
regulations as preservers OF the peace.
Every night they are to be seen pa
trolling the principal streets with their
eyes rp?2rovingly. cast on unruly boys.
but also watchful for the unattended
woman who would appreciate an es-
cort home.
A few minutes past midnight the
most important duty in upholding
Pianos reputation for municipal gal
lantry devoIves upon the police force
At that time Pianos finest may be
found drawn up on the platform or
the village station awaiting the arriV-
al of the last west bound train.
1t is very dark. and lhe lonely Wom-
en- hesitate a momert, hoping that
some friend is going the same way
homevard. Then it is that the finest
does its duty.
'AIadam. may L see that you get
Rome safely?" is the official salutation.
in accordance with general order NO.
35.
The woman looks up quickly. half
inclined to scream, till she esples the
star of authority and the DOTTED hat
CT tie pdtrOlman. smile OF relleI
passes over her face as she delivers
her bundles into the official arms and
sets off hone with her escort Some
rights there are so many unattached
women in need of escort that the po-
licenen have to organize them into
two parties. according to route. ana
convey them home in rotation.
On these occasions the finest are
said to resemble delivery wagons NOR"
than protectors Of the weak.
But the finest enjoy it, and the wo-
men of Piano say that. having tried
the system. they would not be without
it.
cit was so thoughtful of Mayor
Steward" said one Plano housewife.
"Once | was afraid to come out on
that midnight train because it was so
dark going home. but now ! haven't
the slightest fear. | can go to chicago
and shop till they drive me out OF the
stores and then take the evening train
honGn always sure to find the police
escort ut the station
The men of Plano like it, too-at
least those whose wives are shoppers,
but who think it a hardship to stay
I'D till midnight in order to carry the
bundles home from the train.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-11-07
Wonders of Geometrical Progression

The story Of Sysla and the king
is usually told as a good illustration
of geometrical progression. Sysla,
so the story goes, was the inventor
Of the game of chess. The king was
SO delighted with the diversion that
he promised to grant any request
the inventor might make. Sysla,
who must have been a mathema-
tician as well as mechanical gen
Jus, only asked that the generous
king would put one grain of wheat
on the first square of the board and
double the amount upon each sue
cessive square up to and including
the sixty-fourth. Lucas de Burgo
says that there was not enough
wheat in the kingdom to pay the
crafty inventor, which was 1896,
744, 073, 709, 557,615 grains!
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-11-07
POOR TIPS MIX UP BARBER.
He Takes SaIutation In German For
Morgan and Gates.


Members of the Chicago board of
trade are telling an amusing story on
Johnnie Setback, who lives ''by the
mort site out" says the Chicago Inter
Ocean. He went into the barber shop
in the board building the other day to
have the ''fuz scraped off" and he
saluted the barber in German.
The barber did not catch him when
he said
"Gutc1 morgen. VIE gehts?''
1t was evidently an off day with the
barber, who was thinking Of the mon
ey he had dropped in stock, and he
replied:
'"To with Morgan and Gates!
I've tried to follow their tips and am
up against it."
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-11-07
A Mnnderine Pumpkin,

In Peru. Ind. it would seem that
there is no room for pumpkins on the
ground. for on the roof Of one Jerry
Squire's house a pumpkin weighing
twenty-five pounds was found. The
vine climbed a grapevine to the roof.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-11-07
Common ups and DOWNS.

Lady (who is on a visit to her ma
tive town)-How is Mrs. Gabb?
haven't seen her in long time.
Hostess-She is having her usual
ups and downs.
Lady Visitor-And what may that
be, | pray?
Hostess-Oh, running up bills and
running down her neighbors. =
Rrnnklvn Life
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-04-09
A PRETTY HOME WEDDING.
Miss Blanche Ozanne Becomes Bride Of
Walter ID. Tower Thursday Evening.

Miss Blanche Ozanne Becomes Bride of
Walter ID. Tower Thursday Evening.
The marriage of Miss Blanche
Ozanne, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
J. B. Ozanne, and Walter D. Tower
was quietly celebrated at the home of
the brides parents at 463 Market street
at eight O'Clock Thursday evening.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. W. w. Stevens, of Park Avenue
M. E. church, in the presence of few
friends and relatives of the contract
ing parties.$
In honor of the event the home of
the bride was lastly decorated with
palms and spring flowers and the din
ing room in which the wedding dinner
was served was decorated with spring
greens and carnations.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tower left Thursday
night for short wedding trip, after
which they will make their home in
Kenosha.
Many people from the town of
Somers, the former home of the bride,
came to .Kenosha Ito attend the wed
ding.
Both the bride and groom are we'll
known and they start in life with the
best wishes of host of friends.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-04-09
ORDINANCE IS ACCEPTED.

Citizens Telephone Company File Accept
ance and Fond With the City Clerk.
The Citizens Telephone and Te1e-
graph company, of Kenosha, is now
under contract with the city to build
an independent exchange in the city
within the next twelve months as this
morning President Yu1e filed with the
City Clerk the acceptance of the ordi-
nance passed by the council granting
the company franchise to build the
exchange. With the acceptance the
company filed surety bond of $4,000
signed by the United States Fidelity
and Guaranty company.
The bond will undoubtedly be ac-
cepteo by the council and work on the
exchange may begin at any time.
The work of selling the stock and
securing subscribers for phones is GO
ing forward rapidly and the solicitors
are meeting with every encourage
ment.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-04-09
First publication, March l2, 1903

First publication, March IL, 1903.
OTATE OF WISCONSIN-CountV ct,,rt for
- 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
City Of KenoSha, in said County, on tn e first
Tuesday. being the seventh day of April A ID
l903 at 10 O'Clock A. NJ, the following ma tters
will be heard and considered:
In the matter of the last will and testament
OF Dorethea Reinold, deceased
The application Of Frederick w, Reipold TO
admit to probate the last will and testament
OF porethea ReinOld. late of the CITY of Keno
sha IN said County, deceased.
In the matter of the estate of Peter Wal
raven, deceased,
The application of Cornelius walraren for
the appointment of an administrator Of the
estate of Peter Walraven late of The Civ Of
henosha IN said County, deceased.
In the matter of the last viii and tastan,ort
OF JenS Sorensen, deceased
Ihe application Of Helene SOrens on to od,oir
10 PROBATE the last will and testament of Ta1ls
Sorensen, late OF the City of KenOsha in SOFA
County, ceceaSeG. '4O
In the matter Of the estate of Olive V. Slada
deceased N'i'''e'
The application of John F. REYNOLDS for tho
examination and allowance of lis final 90
count as administrator of the estate of Olive
v. Slade, late Of the Town Of Wheatl.nd in
said County, deceased, and for the assign mems
and dis trlbutiOn of the residue of the estate Of
said deceased.
Dated March II. 1903.
BY the Court.
RUSSELL H. SLOSSON,
~ County Judge.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-04-09
WANTED AT CUDAHY.

Henry MOrka, In Jail In This City. Said to
Be Wanted for Other Crimes.
Henry Morka, who is now in the
county jail awaiting a preliminary
hearing on charge of larceny on the
complaint of Hank George, is badly
wanted at Cudahy and the police
officers of this city have been asked to
hold Morka pending an examination
into the charges at Cudahy. The Off
GERS at the northern town have not
notified the police here of the charges
brought against Morka there, but they
antedate the charge brought in Keno.
sha, and it is possible that the man
will be turned over to the officials of
Milwaukee county.
Morka was arraigned in the justice
court last evening and took a continu-
ance of the case for a week. He adj
mits having committed the crime with
which he is charged here.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-04-09
Exciting Fight in Woodmen Conven-
ton Results in a Revolution
AIRY REIMBURSEMENT.
LEVEL RATE IS FAVORED BY ALL
Resolution Voices Opposition to the Step
:. Officers is Made by the Camps.

After an exciting struggle in the
convention the mem bers of the differ
ent camps of the Modern Woodmen in
this county Wednesday decided in ia
vorIof some plan to readjust the dues of
the order, and the delegate, Jacob
Kroncke, who will represent the camps
at the State convention is an ardent
supporter of the plan for readjustment.
The fight over the question was the
hottest ever known in Woodman con.
vention in this county. The Rev. J. W.
McNarry, of Somers, led the opposi-
ton to any change in the rates, but
Jacob Kroncke, of this city, was the
champion of read justment. For a
whole hour the delegates wrangled and
voted over the question and after
twelve votes had been taken Mr..
Kroncke was named as a delegate by a
vote of ten to nine. The members
from some of the country camps had
formed strong opposition to any
change in rates and they had prepared
resolutions for the endorsement of
]. G. Johnson, of Kansas, the leader of
the opposition in the national organi-
cation, but this resolution failed of
passage and the delegate to the State
camp will go uninstructed SO far as the
matter of selecting new head officers is
concerned. 1t is understood that Mr..
Kroncke will support some candidate
favoring a read justment. The level
rate seems to be a favorite with the
Kenosha camps and they insisted that
some plan be made whereby the rates
can be maintained by extra assess
ments. The step rate, which is urged
by the head officers of the order, found
many supporters, but the ma ority of
the delegates opposed it. The adoption
of the step rate would undoubtedly re-
suit in many of the Kenosha Wood
men leaving the order.
Many of the members were anxious
to leave the rates as they stand at
present, but this was found to be i'm
possible.
The resolutions adopted by the con-
vention are in the way of compro-
mise and they are intended to show the
prevailing sentiment. It is not prob
able that the delegate will be bound by
the resolutions, but he will go prac-
tically uuinstructed.
The resolutions follow:
Whereas, The question of readjust-
ment will be before the head camp, it
is proper that we, the representatives
of Kenosha county Modern Woodmen,
express our views on this very i'm
portant question; therefore be it
Resolved, First, that we do not
favor the step rate plan proposed by
the head Office. Second, that when it
becomes necessary, if it ever does, we
favor an equitable level rate that will
meet ali the requirements of our fra
terna1 order.
JAMES w. MCNARRY,
]. L. BARNSTABLE.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-04-09
JOHN CRAWFORD WINS.
Judge Belden Decides Lawsuit Against the
Heirs of William Crawford.

Judge Belden Decides Lawsuit Against the
Heirs of William Crawford.
In the Circuit court late Wednesday
afternoon Judge Belden handed down
a decision in the suit of Hannah
Kelley ct al VS.. John Crawford de-
Gliding the case in favor of the
defendant. During the afternoon the
case was argued, Peter Fisher appear
ing for the plaintiffs in the action and
Wallace Ingalls, for the defendant.
This decision will probably be the
end of the case in the courts OF the
county. The suit was an eiectment
suit brought by the heirs of the late
William Crawford to eject John Craw-
ford from valuable farm in the town
of Pleasant Prairie which he claimed
had been given to him by his father.
The case has been bitterly contested.
It has been twice tried in the Circuit
court and once in the Supreme court.
Every decision in the case has been in
favor of the defendant and the attor-
neys for the plaintiffs have announced
that there will probably be no further
contest.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-04-09

WHEN the fight over the location of
the Naval Training School is settled,
the final selection will be made on the
merits of the various sites offered and
Kenosha will have just as good a
chance then to secure the prize as any
other city. The site offered here is
fully as good as the site offered by any
other city now competing for the sta
ton, and as matter of fact the ioca-
ton offered here is the only one that
fulfl1s all the specifications as to the
amount of land required, the facilities
for the construction of a harbor, and
the length of water front called for in
the plans. The failure of the appro
priatiou to pass the last Congress was
due in measure to the resentment of
the eastern members of Congress at
what they considered the unfair at
tempt of Congressman Foss to use his
position as chairman of the committee
OF naval affairs to secure the station
for his own district. With the Illinois
Congressman working under this
handicap Congressman Cooper stands
an excellent chance of securing the
station for Kenosha when the question
of locating the station is considered on
the merits of the various sites offered
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-04-09

SOME settlement of the primary
election question should be made at
this session of the Legislature. This
fight within the party has gone on too
long as it is, and unless the leaders on
both sides care to face the charge of
placing personal ambition before the
welfare Of the party, one bone of con.
tention will be removed by the pas
sage of some kind of primary cleo
ton law. The measure passed by the
Senate is revolutionary enough in all
conscience, including as it does all
elective Offices in the State except 152,
and if some agreement is reached by
the Senate and Assembly on the bill,
Gov. La Toilette in the face of his de-
claration that he stands for no particu-
lar bill and that the cooperation of all
is invited in framing the measure, will
hardly refuse to sign it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-04-09
MEIsELBACH rs OUT.
Milwaukee Firm is Now In Full Charge of
A. ID. Meiselbach Typewriter Factory.

Milwaukee Firm is Now In Full Charge of
A ID. Meiselbach Typewriter Factory.
During the past few months quiet
change has been going on at the A. D.
Meiselbach Typewriter factory, and it
is now announced that Mr.. Meisel bach
who was the ruling spirit in the or
ganizatton of the company has perma-
nently retired from the management
of the concern, and that it has passed
into the control of Milwaukee stock
holders in the company. Mr.. Meisel-
bach still retains considerable stock in
the enterprise, but he will not be per-
sonally interested in the management
of the plant in the future.
All of the departments of the fac
tory have been changed about and
new men are being placed in charge.
The new managers are planning to
make the plant more remunerative
one and more machines will be turned
out in the next six months than have
been turned out in the entire history
of the plant. 1t is claimed that the
experiments conducted by Mr.. Meisel-
bach were not entirely satisfactory to
the other members Of the corporation
and they desired to get the machine on
the market. This made change in
the management necessary, and Mr..
Meiselbach retired from active work.
1t is probable that III the near future
large increases will be made to the
force of men now employed by the
cOmDaY1y
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-04-09
DEATH OF A PIONEER.
Mrs. Mary Ann Taylor. Who Came to Ke-
nOsha In 1886. Dies at Marengo. Ill.

Mrs. Mary Ann Taylor. Who Came to Ke-
nosha In 1886. Dies at Marengo. Ill.
Mrs. Mary Ann Taylor, widow of
Parsons Taylor and one of the very
earliest settlers of Kenosha county,
died at the home Of her daughter, Mrs.
James O'Donnel1, at Marengo, ILL.,,
Wednesday afternoon. Death resulted
from a general breaking down due to
old age.
The deceased was 80 years of age at
the time of her death. She came to the
village of Southport in 1886, and re-
sided in Pleasant Prairie for many
years.
The deceased was the mother of Mrs.
Charles McGei1 and O. w. Taylor, of
Pleasant Prairie; F. Taylor, of Elgin
ILL.,, and Edgar Taylor, of Iowa. She
was sister of F. A. Higgins, c. T.
Higgins, ofsPleasant Prairie, and of
Mrs. A. A. Foster, of Racine.