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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-05-28
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DR.. j. T. Hernsheim was Chicago
visitor Wednesday.
Mrs. George A. Yule was Chicago
visitor Wednesday.
Mrs. John Kehlor spent Wednesday
with friends in Chicago.
Charles H. Gonnerman spent We'd
nesday evening in Milwaukee.
Z. q. Love, Of Sycamore, III, was a
Kenosha visitor Wednesday.
A. M. Horsy, of Mondovi, Wis.,,
spent Thursday with Kenosha friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Schmitt, of
Exchange street are rejoicing over the
birth of a daughter.
Casio K a.
Rear, 45s 9Tha Kind You Have Always Boag
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A LITTLE TEACHER.
Child Of the Slums Who Taught q
Little Italian Girl.

Little italian Girl.
New York Evening Post
The February Bulletin of the New York
Do Teachers Read?" by Mary benson
Pretlow. 1t closes with the following an
ecdote:
And last comes the littlest teacher of
ne could look across the top of my desk,
and his eyes met mine unwaveringly as
I accused him Of having kept Baldwin g
December. He explained that at the end
of every two weeks he left it in for few
days and 1 considered the matter settled.
Five minutes later L looked up to find him
still there. Little boy. what do you
want?'
'Please, ma'am, that book?' =
months; why don't you take some other 90
Because that's the only one she likes.
I've tried another; she won't even look
"She, who is she?"
1.-THE one / teach"
I thought he was getting mixed. 1.-THE
book you learn from. little boy?'
mo, ma'am, the girl teach"
s'How old is she?"
He eyed me critically. Bout as big as
you are"
all about it, She was the daughter Of the
Italian shoe mender, the one down the
steps at the corner of Tent avnoo;" her
father wasn't very kind TO her; she knew
no English and had no friends; he taught
her i'm the evenings.
/ asked if he was not sleepy then. well.
sometimes i go to sleep over the book,
but she's learnin', and when she learns
she'll like this better'n Italy
There came to my mind: Teach these
foreign children our language, our laws,
our liberty. and We will have good citi-
zens."
But for the sake of good citizenship,
would you. o Learned Educator. do what
this little child of the slums is doing?
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Other Deaths I'm the state.

RICHMOND, Ind, March 19-Swain
Gwin, OF Economy. assessor of Perry town.
ship and one of the best-known citizens Of
that section of Wayne county, died to-day.
His age was forty-eight years Two sons
survive. Mrs. John l.. Norris. who
died at Alvord. Tex, yesterday, was sis
ter of Judge ID. W. Comstock, of this city,
who Is member of the Appellate Bench.
The remains will be brought here for burial.
wINDFALL, Ind, March 19.-Mrs. Ethel
Simpson, wife of Jesse Simpson, residing
eight miles northeast of this city, died
at her home very suddenly Wednesday
evening The funeral occurred Thursday at
the Methodist Church In West Liberty,
Rev Jesse III. Ellis, of the Friends Church,
officiating. The deceased was the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles NJ. Conway.
GOSHEN, Ind. March 19.-Christian
Hawk, aged about seventy years. a farmer
living eight miles from Goshen in Jackson
township dropped dead Thursday forenoon
about . o'clock. He had just hitched up
his team to go to work Death was due
to heart trouble. He leaves a wife and
young son.
PARAMOUNT, Ind, March 19.-Word was
received here Wednesday of the death of
Miss Harriet Greene in one of the smaller
towns I'm North Carolina. where she had
been for the past month Miss Greene
was one of the most prominent Quakers in
the world, and her homo was in London,
England.
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Henry Mathis Taken from His Bed,
Tied to a Post. and Given Fifteen
or Twenty Lashes.
EVANSVILLE HAS A MYSTERY
CHASTITY DISCOVERY IN BUSINESS
SECTION OF THE CITY.
Fatal Shooting Near Petersburg
GreenneId's Temperance Wave
Young Women Take the Veil.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
NASHVILLE. Ind. March 19.-whitecaps
are bent on continuing business at the old
stand In Brown county. Early this morn
ing they visited the home of Henry Ma
this, one and half miles south OF Nash
vile. and gave him a severe switching. To
your correspondent Mathis related the fol-
lowing story: 'T was in bed asleep. and
knew nothing C the whitecapping until the
door fell In. Four men rushed In and
seized me and took me out In the yard.
They asked me II was afraid. I replied
that was not bit afraid of them. Then
they downed me. They lifted me UP and
tied me with a one-fourth-inch rope to a
fence post about one hundred feet from
the house. and then they whipped me with
q buggy whip. After whipping me they
told me not to halloo. but as soon as they
left me began to scream. My wife came
out and cut me loose with a butcher knife.
living for my family, and If didn't they
would pay me another visit The white
cappers gave my little girl S1.35. and told
her to give the money to her mother TO
buy her q dress"
Mathis has fifteen or twenty stripes across
his thighs, and In one or two places the
hide was cut little. He did not recognize
any OF the whitecappers. He says he has a
gun. but the whitecappers did not give him
himself his wife and two little children.
His wife and her little ones are almost des-
titute OF clothing, and are objects OF great
pity.
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Refugee. from Bayou Sara.

NATCHEZ. Miss. March 19-Alderman A.
F. Jacobs returned to-day from a trip to
Ashland, where the private levee was over
topped last week. the water pouring in,
washing away the levee and flooding the
western end Of Jefferson county. Nothing
can be done with the levee there and
planters must wait until the river goes
down. About four hundred head of stock
were brought down from Ashland and
stabbed in Natchez
The Betsy Ann came in from Bayou Sara
with another full trip of refugees and stock.
She cleared as quickly as possible to get
another load. She was compelled to pass a
lot of stock standing in water below Fort
Adams, but the river will have swept the
stock away before she can reach that point.
The river is ABS feet above the danger line
and rising. The 'corrall," with it's colony
of 300 people under the bluffs at the north
west corner Of the city, has been cut off
by the rising river and several streets in
the place are filled with water
At 10 p. m. a heavy rainstorm is raging,
and indications are that it will last all
night.
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were securing appointments as stenog~
raphers while the eligible lists of the COM
missioners bore the names or women VINO
had secured marks OF ninety or more In
the stenographic examinations.
The geological survey and the general
land office share the pension office aversion
pointments in these bureaus as stenograph-
ers. But this dislike of women does not ex-
tend 10 all branches of the department OF
the Interior The patent office prefers
women typewriters and seldom employs
men for work which is suited for women
Women persist in taking the civil service
examinations, despite the fact that they
are not successful In securing places IN
1902 twenty-seven women typewriters ana
stenographers were appointed, while H4
men secured similar positions. The grand
total of women appointed through the civil
service commission was large. but most OF
the women were employed as printers as
sistants, with salaries OF sl-25 day.
There has been a great outcry against
Pension Commissioner Ware on account OF
a reform measure which he has introduced
The correspondents have been receiving
each day from time immemor1al typewrit-
ten copies OF all pensions Issued In all parts
OF the country by States. The commits
sioner recently found that this accommoda-
ton cost the government money. Just
how much is not known. but n kept a
typewriter busy "A part of the day to make
duplicates for the newspaper men. He
promptly ordered a stop put to 80 much
extravaganza, and ever since a copy Is
only made OF pension and that IA hung
up where the correspondents can copy IL
Not only Is the list very long and com
plicated one, but sometimes as many as
twenty correspondents at once are trying
10 make copies and much of their valu-
able time is wasted waiting for their turn.
One prominent Southwestern paper among
a number has fled an official protest with
Secretary Hitchcock against the commits
sioner's rule. The commissioner says re-
forms may be unpopular. but Uncle Sams
interests are more important than private
Ia
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YAZOO DELTA PERILED.
Break I'm Private Levee May Weaker
Government Embanlxment.


vICKSBURG, Miss, March 19-with all
previous high-water marks already passed
at several points between Vicksburg and
Greenville and the crest of the wave not in
sight, anxiety for the safety of the levees
guarding the Yazoo delta grows greater.
Several weak places have appeared on the
embankments along the Isaquena, Bolivar
and Washington county fronts, notably at
Duvalrs, Malones and Moores landings,
and grave fears are entertained that the
worst is yet to come. The long strain is
beginning to tell on the flood fighters, ma
are on the point Of collapse, having been on
almost continuous duty for a week past.
The levee at Eleon, near Lake Providence,
on the Louisiana side, which was reported
last night as being in great danger. is still
intact but the river is steadily creeping
toward the crown and the situation is re-
ported as critical.
Later.-The first sign of break In the
levees on the Mississippi side is reported
from Duvalls in Issaquena county, to-
night At that point the levee is a new one,
and adjoining ii on the south is a private
embankment. Over this latter the water is
running tonight at rapidly increasing
be unable to check the flow. The govern
ment levee is also In imminent peril and
grave fears for it's safety are entertained
The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad
bridge, spanning the Yazoo river eight
miles north of this city, is almost covered
with water tonight and probably will be
entirely so in another twenty-four hours
and p. m. the gauge tonight registering
1917.
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Greenfield Engulfed I'm a Mighty Tenn
perance Wave.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
GREENFIELD, Ind, March 19-The fight
of the Citizens Reform League against the
saloons of this city has been a winning one
There were saloons in but two wards-the
First and Second. A petitioner who had ap-
piled for license in the First ward was de-
feated because a majority OF the voters Of
the ward signed a petition-a blanket re-
mountaineering the Commissioners not
TO grant the license. He has packed his bar
fixtures. stock. ETC.. and shipped them from
the city. There are now two saloons in the
First ward which will go when their pres
ent licenses have expired. In the Second
ward four saloons. including the one above
mentioned. have been closed up-tWo be-
cause they could not secure licenses a
ajority of the voters OF this ward also
signing a remonstrance against saloons
and the other one because he was in ar
rears 1896 city license. and rather than
pay up he quit The anti-saloon element.
and declares II will close every saloon In
the city. Ii Is asserted that investiga-
ton showed that the saloon men had not
been compelled to pay up and take out a
city license which Is $3.50 annually. but had
been allowed to pay I'm installments. until
finally, finding that no one bothered them,
they quit paying the installments. Ii is said
that the six saloons of the city and the one
that quit owe the city Sl.Sl2. The Reform
the law so that the saloon keepers viii be
compelled to pay their money and take out
city licenses IL they proposes to continue in
business.
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GREAT ACTIVITY EXPECTED.
Twelve thousand Acres of OIL Land
Leased.

Special 20 the Indianapolis Journal
PORTLAND. Ind. March 19-wonderful
activity in the Indiana oil field is promised
this spring During the winter months fully
twelve thousand acres were leased I'm Law
county alone. and the same is true OF nearly
every other county where oil has been dis
covered IL 10 considered that the Hoosier
field h yet In it's infancy as far as devel-
opment In concerned. and that with The
|''Wlld-cattfng, which is certain To he done
shortly, much new and valuable territory
The Crescent Oil Company is prepariny IN
put It's Investment OF 6 million dollars 70
good use In the Montpelier field. and in the
vicinity or warren an extension of the field
is not at all Unexpected. The wells recently
drilled In Wabash township. this co,,ntv
|arc considered by many practical men as
being the forerunner OF a connecting linz
between the great oil fields OF Indiana and
|Ohfo- Should this prove true IL will mean a
|11eId running from the banks OF Lake Erie
In Ohio TO Birds Eye In Indiana. a distance
|of fully three hundred miles.
That there - plenty OF gas is evidenced
by the recent strikes OF "shale." Roth east
|nnd north OF here wells with an enormous
[proDGure for a few days have been found
|0nd between Bryant and New Corytlon a
low OF "shale" gas was struck so powerful
|nn 20 force the casing forty feet above the
top Of the corTsck The work,aes GOT
|aWuy from the scene as fast as they could
|foaring for their lives. and several DAYS
|olapoed before work could be begun again
Some heavy Shots have been made in wells
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DtOye0 on the 0rOunO8.
Special tovthe Indianapolis Journal.
WARSAW. Ind. March 19.-There is con-
siderable activity at the Winona Assembly
grounds Just now. and preparations were
made here to-day at a meeting of the ex-
ecutive committee OF the assembly ASSOC
citation to put an army of men at work on
the various important improvements which
must be completed before the opening OF
the assembly. The association Will lose the
sale of s12,500 worth of lots taken by War
saw business men and firms in the new
Mount Memorial addition unless the cleo
fric line between Winona and Warsaw Is in
fun operation by May Is. according to a
clause I'm the contract attached to the deed.
Not a shovelful OF dirt has as yet been
thrown in the work OF constructing the line,
and not more than one-fourth of the ma
terial Is on the ground. Much anxiety ex-
lists among the directors of the assembly
over the fact that the work Is not well
under way by this time
The --Attnona directors went over the
ground this afternoon for the purpose of
selecting a site for the power house. Elec-
trio light for use all over the grounds and
power for complete water system will be
Furnished from this building in addition TO
the motive power for the new trolley sys-
TEN. This building and its equipment will
cost between y125.00o and $4,000. and the
work OF construction will commence at
once.
Representatives of the firm of J. A. schu-
macher & Co., Of Indianapolis. who secured
the contract to build the $4,000 Mount Me-
mortal building. the principal college of the
Winona Agricultural and Technical School.
arrived to-day and will soon put large
force of laborers at work. The building Is
q three-story brick and must be completed
by Sept. l. The j. Wilbur Chapman me-
mortal. a building designed as a summer
nual salaries of 500 and less. will be COM
pleted within few weeks.
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All Passengers on the Water-B0und
Trains I'm Arkansas Safely
Removed Yesterday.
YAZOO DELTA NOW PERILED
BREAK IN A PRIVATE EMBANKMENT
NEAR DUvALL's, MISS.
Government Levee in Danger-Condi-
tiOns at Vicksburg, Matches
and New Orleans.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. March 19.-It Is be-
lieved tonight that the crest of the Mis-
sissippi river flood has reached Memphis
and that fall will begin within less than
twenty-four hours. However. the condi-
tions that exist above Memphis, with the
gap in the Ievee at Trices Landing, Ark.
make 1t most difficult matter to forecast
what Is likely to occur In the flood situa-
ton. The gauge tonight shows 40 feet and
stationary. q rise of 2 in twenty-four hours.
While the crevasse has not widened to any
appreciate degree, the levee is overtopped
a short distance farther to the north and
the flooded Mississippi is discharging much
water at both this point and at the crew
asse. A difference OF between four and
five feet exists In the height of the water on
either side Of the levee at the crevasse. and
the rush Of water through the opening Is
terrific.
The st. Francis Levee Board to-day made
second effort to send the tug Diana and
q barge through the crevasse to assist in
rescuing people and live stock from the
flooded area in Arkansas. but the idea was
abandoned as the fall is so great and the
rush Of the water so strong that 1t was
feared the tug could not safely pass
through. About one hundred yards west
Of the levee there is belt OF heavy timber
and the current sweeps against the large
trees with force sufficient to make them
sway with violence. This condition made it
most probable that the tug would be swept
into the timber by the force OF the current
and disabled.
To-day's reports from the flooded Arkan-
sas district are more favorable. The Frisco
succeeded in running relief train to
Marion from the west, but persons there
declined to leave their homes, as they take
the view that they are in no danger for the
present.
All passengers from the water-bound
trains across the river were brought to
the city to-day. No repairs have been made
In the washed-out tracks and no forecast
can be made as to when traffic may be re-
sumed to the west. The YaZao & Missis-
sippi Valley Railroad has resumed through
operation over it's own line to New Orleans.
Tonight Mayor Williams sent the follow
ing telegram to Secretary of War Elihu
Root: Refugees from OVERLOOKED districts
fiocking to Memphis. and need shelter bad
ly. Can you furnish US with several hun
bred tentS?"
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neers at the plant instead of for Demo-
GRAFT James Harrison. a Republican. VINO
has been the night engineer. has been iaid
OF on account of sickness and Il. II. Bohr,
a Democrat, has been filing his place. ).
A. Horn. Republican. who has been ths
day engineer since the erection or the
plant, resigned. Bohr was a candidate Tor the
place, but because il was known that ne
failed TO vote at the city election ii. Z.
Stoneburner. another Democrat, was elect
ed TO the position Tuesday night. Horn
and Bohr both left the plant Immediately
and Stoneburner, who was unfamiliar with
the work, was left to manage the plant as
day and Thursday resigned his position. 10
take effect at once. He alleges that some
one attempted 10 burn the boilers out for
him by turning the water off in order TO
crafty spite against him and put him in
bad repute. He also found the oil cups
clogged with waste and other obstacles
were thrown in his way from the moment
he took charge. The city is now without
an engineer either day or night.
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FRIENDS QUARTERLY MEETING.
Regular Event VIII Convene at Fair
mount Saturday.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
PARAMOUNT, Ind, March 19.-Next
Saturday morning the regular quarterly
meet.g OF the Society OF Friends
will convene In this city for a two days
session and ii is thought the business
which will come before the meeting will be
the most important Of the year. On this
account there will be many prominent
members of the church In attendance from
all parts of the country and some of the
mos noted Friends ministers have sent
not e that they will be here to attend all
the services and councils. Outside of Rich
mond. the local church has probably the
largest membership in the State, and for
this reason the business session are regard
ed with much interest by all the Friends in
Indiana.
Saturday morning the first matter of bust
ness which will come before the meeting
VIII be the report of the committee appoint
ed SIX months ago to raise the $4,000 en-
dowment fund for the Fairmount Academy,
which is under the direct control of the To-
cal district or quarterly meeting. This
committee has been hard at work since its
appointment, and. while the members have
not said as to the amount of money they
have pledged for the work, 1t is understood
they are very well satisfied with the result
and feel quite confident that, whatever is
lacking. before 1t is brought before the
church officially the deficiency will be
promptly met. 1t Is taken as a foregone
CoHciuslOn ny many OF the members tnaI
the full amount has all but been subscribed,
as prominent member stated this morn
ing that there would be a strong effort
made to put the institution on a solid and
self-supporting basis at this session of the
church. and that those having the matter
I'm charge intended to secure pledges to the
fund to the amount of $4,000. For the past
few years the school has been running with
a deficit, which has been met by donations
from the individual members.
The Saturday afternoon session will be
Lillian NJ. n. Stevens, of Portland Me-,
the national president of the w. c.. T. u.
OF the United States, and Miss Anna M
Gordon. the vice president of the same or
ganization, will be present and address the
meeting. Preparations are now being made
for the entertainment OF the visitors.
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Washington Letter in Kansas City Journal.
II Commissioner Ware and his successors
continue the policy OF Henry Clay Evans
the Pension Office will soon be an Eveless
Eden For six years not woman has been
selected from the civil-service list OF ellgf-
bles for a position in the Pension Office.
The head of the office has constantly made
acquisitions on the civil-service commission
er for certifcations OF men. Deaths, resig-
nations and discharges have made places
for many stenographers and copyists, but
women have not been considered for the
vacancies.
Three hundred and fifty women are now
employed in the office. Twenty OF these
are charwomen. The number OF male en-
pioyes is 1856. The civil-service commits
sioners are compelled by law to certify men
to appointing officers In case they make
such a request Consequently. the COM
missioner of pensions or the chief OF any
other bureau may bar women regardless
OF what their standing in examinations
may have been Frequently women who
have higher grades than men cannot be
certified TO a chief on account of the notice
that only men are desired. Not long ago
the commissioners called the attention OF
the chiefs Of bureaus to the fact that men
whose grades were down In the seventies
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-20
INDIANA OBITUARY.
Death of One of the Oldest Residents
of Tippecanoe County.

Death Of One Of the Oldest Residents
of Tippecanoe County.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal
LAFAYETTE. Ind. March 19.-For near
ly seventy years resident of Shelby town
ship, Mrs. Katherine Timmons, eighty
years old, Of the pioneers of this sec
ton OF the State. died last night at the
home of her daughter in Otterbein. In point
of continuous residence in the county Mrs.
Timmons was perhaps the oldest resident
I'm Tippecanoe county. Death was caused
by pneumonia Mrs Timmons was one of
the best known women I'm the county and
also one of the most beloved. She was born
i'm Harrison county, Indiana, on Oct. g. 1922.
and thirteen years later came TO Tippe-
canoe county. She was married on Aug. z,
1872 to w. III. Moore, who died In 1866, and
later married Austin TimmOns, who died in
1877 She leaves several children and many
grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Among the children are Frank S. Moore of
the Lafayette Engineering Company; II. b.
b. Moore, of Logansport; G. +. Moore, of
Racine, Wis, and l.. L. Moore, of West La
fayette.