Racine Journal (Newspaper) - May 31, 1900, Racine, Wisconsin VOLUME XLVII RACISTS WISCONSIN MAY 31 PAGES ORANGE STATE lord Roberts Announces tion of Free State to ONLY FIFTEEN MILES FROM JOHANNESBURG Already Will Not bones unmarked by CAPETOWN May announced to his troops the of the Free State which hereafter will bo called the Orange River State CAPETOWN May is rumored that French has cut Boer com- between and a few miles of NEWCASTLE May British guns at have been bombarding the Boer positions since The Boer guns replied KUP RIVER May 28 Boers after preparing a good fled curly The train bearing last detachment was nearly captured by West Australians The prisoners taken state there is no tion of blowing up the declaring the threat was made the in- tention of frightening away the British advance force is now within miles of Johannesburg PRETORIA this and a large force is marching to An official bulletin states the British crossed the Yaul river on Saturday Jen nier had a severe fight at Klip River Tive burghers wounded nnd two Captured The British wore live and strong By an order recently issued the dent decreed May and the two lowing be observed by the whole country as days of prayer humiliation and confession of sins nnd that petitions be offered for from oppression Fighting took place at Van fifteen south of Johannesburg with n large force of British which broke through from Klip River SPECIAL RULE FOR PENSIONS Obstructive of iii 1111 It WASHINGTON May thu liouse met today from the committee of rules presented a rule ordering ue previous resolution upon a hundred and bills favorably acted upon in committee of the whole explained that the rule was necessary on account of the obstructive tactics of of S C but the latter denied this saying that if a quorum had Ueen the bilk could have been The rule was adopted but was displaced by Foss of 111 who presented the conference report of the val WASHINGTON May ence report was agreed to without di- vision The house then proceeded to con- Eider the items which wero not to moved the house recede from disagreement and with its amendment striking out all to surveys but increasing the tion for charts etc from ten thousand to twenty thousand Agreed to WASHINGTON May senate resolution offered by Pettigrew calling OUR NATION'S BEAD Some sleep beneath n southern sun Some neath n northern sky Some dreamless rest In oceans breast Some in far countries lie But our heroes sleep our hearts they live And bloom of spring today we brine Acid to their sivc Some fought their fight and gained their rest A century aRo Their crumbling stones Their names we do not know But thouph unknown to us their names hold their dear And we today our pay And drop the silent tear Some their but yesterday Some back in sixty-one It not they limning now is done Freedom's cause was jeopardized And for succor They did not say their country nay But nobly died So now we bring our garlands fair To on each dear crave And plant with love each breast above The tins that long shall wave bow the head above the dead Whose will ever live And bloom of spring today we bring And to their J No Lack of Timber in the Badger State LONG JONES OF WAUKESHA HEADS THE LIST OF SIX gal lint and derness and to aid to of service Later lie was tenant in the regular on the plains John M lit B- Robert Toilette M and Dr Out Tor Politico Chairman Joseph 13 Treat of the R publican state Central committee of consin has formally issued the cull for At 3 o'clock this afternoon at tho home of the bride's sister Mrs 1 A Nelson St Paul Minn Miss Amunda Olive Crouch of this city was united in marriage to Mr Matthew 11 Wittich a popular druggist the vice was rend by tlic A land of Minneapolis was followed by supper Tho bride was attired in a- traveling suit of blue cloth the only ornament worn was i diamond and pear brooch gift of the groom bouquet composed of white rose buds and maiden hair fern Little Crouch neice of the bride ried the ring hi a basket of violets Mr and Wittich left on the neer Limited over the St road fov to visit the bride's parents Mr and Mrs Walter Crouch Albert street Mr and Mrs Wittich will remain in Racine about two weeks alter which they will return to their future home in Minneapolis Blonde In the presence of a large number of friends and Miss Kittie and Alfred Blonde were united in riage at the Holy Name church comer pi Villa and Fifteenth streets at S o'clock this morning Rev Father Schwinn The bridesmaid Sadie Blonde a sister of the groom and the best man was Henry Scholzen The bride attired in a gray henrietta gown and carried a of bride's roses while her attendant's toilet consisted ot 1 French lawn gown after the ceremony congratulations were ered upon the newly wedded and a reception was held at the home of Mr liert 1431 Washington avenue Mr and Mrs Blonde who have the hest wishes of all will make their future home on Fifteenth street At 4 o'clock this afternoon nt the of the bride's parents Xo 1534 Packard avenue Nellie daughter of Mr and Mrs John Vogel Wr was united in to Mr William Fred of Kenosha Sharp of the Second M church performing the the of and The ceremony took place in the frint parlor Cora playing wedding as the bridal party on- and took under a ful canopy of flowers The bride was at- tended by her sister Miss Winnie Voget and best man was Mr Louis in Sinners Kenosha county The ribbon girls were Blanche Smith Aline Nelson Esther Clunie and The bride attired in a handsome and costume of blue satin nnd The bridesmaids wore blue dimity and carried pink roses The interior the State to be held in waukee on Aug S less than six candidates for the field The call will find no in Chairman he thinks there will be no dark and that the will be between the six citizens each of whom now claims he has the in- side track On live basis of the vote of 1806 Uie convention will be made up of egates one delegate for each 200 voters or major portion thereof The candidates Alfred M Jones Waukesha John M Janesville Ira B Augusta Robert M LaFollette Madison Earl M Rogers Stebbins Algoma The Dark Horse The lives private military political nnd of men together wilh their well-known ambitions furnish an interesting chapter on the opening of what promises to be one of the for nomination in the tory of state polities Kach an interesting most of them well known nnd form n of ers able in their several professions and the shrewdest of the shrewd in politics SKETCH OF A M JONES Alfred M Jones on 5 at Durham N H la 1847 lie moved to MeHenry county ago He got Iris institute and moved to in here lie engaged in business until DeWayne known almost -or is Algoma having been of Admiral He born county New York a and in of a common school ja ted at the United States Naval emy at four years in the service in Kacine until 1336 He is pf the Algoma bank and publisher of The Record He for the assembly in M 870 but in He was elected to the in and reflected in one of the candidates expects to into the convention of Ills Congressional back Chairman Trent the work of the campaign Hotel He Gardner secretary and A ter assistant leander son treasurer The Executive committee is composed of Treat uinn C C Gittings TO Bryant Stone Coon field A C Reynolds Jacksonport Black w the panic of 1858 turn od him adrift Tomorrow the Graves of Departed Heroes Will Be Decorated CEREMONIES HERE NOT ELABORATE mt by A K mad lit the fcy All Day ml Tomorrow will be Memorial day It is the time tlie graves of soldiers fell in the war of the the unpleasantness or who died since will be decorated with American flags and beautiful This ceremonial so simple and tender and sweet gives added and to the month of May There is liot in any other laud or among any people an annual observance in all things the counterpart of this The hundreds of who lay beneath the sod saved Recent Supreme Court in the Case of Administration Mr Simmons and eldest daughter of the late Gilbert M Simmons is to pull the will public gaze unsurpassed for in the entire state Miss Simmons is a great social favorite in Kenosha and is at present a pupil in one of the private schools of Chicago The town is to be in gala array from j end to end All the merchants arc vying with each other for original and some designs to decorate their windows and doorways will lie bunting and shields and evergreen festoons where along the main streets and the private residences facing the square will be brilliant with of patriotic red white and blue In one window of the principal street which all veterans will lift their hats to be placed a tattered flag which was carried the battles of four years by the regiment which fought under the ship of Captain Donald The indications now point to the gathering in Kenosha of more people than have ever before met there that no less than ple will be present to witness the mony of the unveiling and visit the brary which will open for inspection A special train will ran out from Chicago early in the day bearing veterans nnd their friends kee Burlington Racine Waukegan Lake Forest all of which have big Grand the past and they secured the will be largely represented in his he started out in com- pany with George way to St Joseph Mo whence they set out for a journey to Pike's Peak The luggage of the two was put into barrow Joni's doing of the ing Disappointed in prospects the two footed it back to Kearney 555 miles in ten days Jones n member of the lower house legislature of Illinois in nnd 1874 Here he got Uie of Long to distinguish liim Jones of being U 5 tall He secretary of the Commissioners of loliet prison infernal revenue under States marshal un- der and for fourteen years man of the Republican State Central com- in Illinois He came to sin in nnd hns been engaged in ness at Waukesha ever since H H who is a lawyer at is man who stepped across the border to soon engage in Jit political fortunes of hU party Mr born on a furm near j 111 in He is young The Supreme North Dakota has just rendered a decision in that interest many people Old residents will Judge many years was the for- tune Variously estimated at from to Among the bequests college of Hebron college and the First Congregational church of Racine amount was to be used parsonage and the ance to in trust to keep the plat in Mound cemetery in proper shape Another provision was property should be it amounted to est of the candidates He was Umt upon the for nil interior of the home was decorated with communication reports and charges he roses lilacs smilax and potted received relative to the management ot the Crow Creek of South Dakota passed Teller's lution expressing sympathy for the Boers was then laid before the senate The pending resolution was in his opinion conservative proper and in liny way a violation of international law The Teller Boers resolution was re- ferred to the committee on foreign tion by n vote to twenty-six The agreement was reached on modified amendments Sundry civil directing the enforcement of the Chinese exclusion laws be under the control of tho secretary of the treasury The senate committee of tions today to the Cockrell amendment of the sundry civil for the exposition at St Louis in STRUCK HIMSELF Argus one of tlic members tlie State Board of Arbitration is something being at time a member hoard and himself a Mr McMillan h n molder at Allis the molders have gone out than work with Eugene Grant n workman hut a man Mr Two Rivers to yule a strike when the other molders out On his return he was ordered Ui work Grant refused and joined his fellow Strikers He is now trying to settle the Congratulations followed the iv and a wedding supper was served The were many nnd costly The newly wedded couple left for and will reside at 900 Market The bride n young lady of many at- popular in Racine social cles and esteemed by all and the groom held high by his fellow men and an engineer by profession ing employed at the Northwestern Mattress company at Kenosha Among guests abroad were Mrs P A Nelson and daughter of mont Alonzo Tarbell and of Miss Rose of Bristol and Miss Clara Bishop of county in at college Craw Williston seminary and at Yale He ied law in office of learning son and came Wisconsin He was elected to the state county in the last legislature i RA is The third mini on the list is Ira ii C E Convention nt The attention of Christian era is called to a letter received this in from the corresponding secretary nf that place in which it is slated that tlu train on the St Paul mil way i- mentionod on the programme has changed to a fast train which will not make the and that the train for the north at hns been changed to a m This may change the plans of some of Racine delegates but it is hoped that it will make no difference with the who ex pent to i.tlcnd The prospects are for a larger ance than the has hud for V Bradford who hails from Eau Claire county He was born in Rock county in 1831 His parents took him to Hampshire where he an demic education nnd worked with his father as a carpenter until IS years old when ho went to Pennsylvania and com- to rend law He was admitted to tlic bar of Monroe county in settled at Augusta where he hns resided He elected to the assembly in 1880 and in 1881 when he elected to the ROBERT M LA Robert M born in Dane county forty-two years ago 18 he on a nnd at- tended district school He from the State university in nnd after a of study in the baiv school was admitted to the bar server as district attorney terms nnd was three times elected to congress from the Third district When in congress he served on the Ways and tee with MeKinley nnd drafted a considerable portion of MeKinley KARL M ROGERS M Rogers of Viroqua is a business man Civil war broke out he enlisted as u private subsequently being commissioned lieutenant and then the tinie pf Mrs W Mclaughlin of Grand Forks i N Dak who had of the bonds and oilier property tati appointed administrator of Wording was probated in Racine County court and after- a of probated at Grand Tlic administrator gave a bond of In April an counting was had and it was found thit the administrator was owing the Failing to pay a suit was com- against his bondsmen In the meantime the administrator died As above stated a decision has handed down in the Supreme court ami it was in favor of the on the that tbo court county an accounting should have been and that bondsmen in Dakota not be held men offered to settle for attorneys refused the offer When suit wis commenced P S Fuller dead for the executors nnd upon lib denth the wan taken Palmer i Gittings The now worth about It is that the will gel a portion amount left it by Mrs Wording ENDS Meeting of From Than to CHICAGO May after noon today Venerable Bishop Bowman now made a brief address of parting to the delegates of the third quadrennial conference of the Methodist Episcopal church and after a brief prayer by Bishop Warren the eral conference passed into history Be- fore adjournment the conference the of unordained ministers to perform marriage HQ v tie A debate on the proposed changes in the ration of representation to the eral conference consumed much time but by an overwhelming vote it was decided to make no change An amendment offered by Dr Jordan of South Dakota to the report of the committee of education requiring the university senate of the church to from other than Methodist Colleges presenting examination for ministry was adopted and the report accepted Re- ports importance were received from other and adapted gjoe redeemed the Republic and washed from lier robe the stain ot slavery They made the final award between Webster and and affirmed that this is and forever must remain an ble union of states They the integrity of a nation of millions of people and already a nation of nearly double that number pays the annual homage of its gratitude The flowers of thousands of sprigs will be placed upon the graves tokens any symbols of a boundless reverence meagre dividends on a debt of gratitude that never be paid in full Yet tis all that we can give The less of God's eternal garden are theirs AT KENOSHA Decoration day of this year will be a noteworthy the civic annals of Kenosha On that occasion not only wilt the in the be with but additional honors wiil be the in a beautiful ment which is to be dedicated to their memory Z G Simmons for over half a century resident of the thriving town by the lake is the giver of this splendid which rears itself in the town park Mr Simmons did not go to the front with the other Kenosha men in the early He stayed at home to run the general store and the bank nnd share the profits of both with the wives and dren left by the men who did shoulder muskets The living soldiers who ed have had reason to bless the nian who stayed behind Those who never came back have always held a place in his memory arid this Mr Simmons makes public his intense and patriotic interest in both the living and the dead defenders of the flag of the Union The monument decorates the portion of the square in front of the classical brary building the gift of Mr mons This library is a memorial to his eldest son Gilbert M Simmons The in- ner wall of the great portico bears the name which will go down to posterity adorning one of tho most magnificent proofs a man may give of love for his fellow man The library is to hold 000 volumes all of which will be placed at the disposal of the public The brary has capacity of books and the prediction of those who know best the generous donor of both ment nnd library point to the lilting of all the shelves by him This library building with its ings nnd books and the monument cost over The monument is five feet high and made of granite It is the form of a simple Corinthian col- umn springing from n broad base which lias wide low steps leading to it The top of the column is crowned by the ure of an angle with outstretched wings The which claims these two Rifts is covered with fresh grass nnd planted with trees and shrubs in great variety The square is surrounded by some of the finest homes in Kenosha Bishop Samuel Fallows pastor of St Paul's Reformed Episcopal church of Chicago one time fighting chaplain of the Thirty-second Wisconsin and after- ward colonel of the Forty-ninth sin will deliver the chief address of the day The morning hours will be given over to the trimming of the graves in the cemetery and the procession pre- ceding the dedication will begin at 1 o'clock In line will be Grand Army erans from all the large towns of consin and of many of the adjoining These Grand Army men will inarch with banners and flags flying and to the music of their buglers and drum cor The revenue cutters Michigan and have been ordered to Kenosha to do honor to the event The steamers will fire salutes as the procession starts and later when the signal for tbe ing comes The exercises of the unveiling are to Miss Elizabeth of in the throngs that will crowd the streets of Kenosha as they never have crowded before From Racine it is estimated that persons will be present at the exercises Members of Gov Harvey Sons of Veterans Members of Co F Racine Business Men's German Veterans Royal A O H B P 0 Elks and other organizations have arranged to be there in a body WISCONSIN NEWS Elsie 4 years of age died The mother of icd at V little one died last Friday and she cr herself to death A pretty little romance culminated at Saturday evening in the of A Brown an supply Chicago to Mrs Mr Brown was sick at the railroad eating house at incite for a trained nurse and Mrs to care for him By the time Mr Brown had recovered from his bodily illness he had an affection of the heart and nurse was similarly A proposal of marriage met a favorable response and Justice the nuptial knot Saturday evening The three sophomores and four of the Madison university found guilty of hazing will not bo Vice-president J and Dean E A who at their discretion to indefinitely suspend or enforce the penalties voted by the ulty have suspend ment The unanimous action ot both sophomore and classes ing their members hereafter refrain hazing and to their to discourage the practice among students mollified the university A serious cutting affray took place at Kenosha Sunday About twenty men got all tangled up in a free-for-all light the time they were separated one man was found with nn car nearly cut off another had his eyes put in mourning nnd a third with a bad cut under the jaw while the most of them hud various minor Injuries Twelve arrests were made by Chief nnd nnd two by Officer Sullivan and it is un- there arc more to Wisconsin pensions Original Charles C Milwaukee SO Charles F Brown Milwaukee Mulligan Menominee Horace Bryant Wan pun Charles Ward Horicon James Platteville Herbert Clark Atlas F Cook National Home waukee John V Myers National Home Milwaukee Albert Pride Fond du Lac John Adams Mondovi Original widows spl be especially impressive Go gather the fairest flowers AH with the morning dew Ami place them on the soldiers Who bravely fought for you fragrant blossoms brinsf And on their graves to spread For them in sweet And for the noble dead Yes pure and sweet All red white and blue Oh spare them not tho blossoms rare For those who for you Who bravely fought for homo And for the safe of peace Who for freedoms That slavery might cease Oh Decoration day There's something sad but sweet Whan HS each grassy mound we All decked from head to leet With fairest Bowers of As twined above their licad And for the soldiers sake alone brave and dead Though many a home this Is lonely sad and dread Without the a son Or loving husband dear Then place with willing hand Kach Decoration day The choicest blossoms nature Above their mouldering cUy No caution need you take Nor neither lightly No bugle call on earth will wake The the dead Xo call to arms No battle's smoke they see But slumber calmly sweetly you Then let your banners Above each grassy And twine your roses here and there While songs of praise resound Yes woodland flowers strew And brightest laurels bring And to their memory once a year Will greatest praises sing Then scatter the daisies white On the graves of those who sleep And to their honor ever more This day be sure to keep when the Lord shall sound His trumpet up on hish Will rise to wake In brighter realms Beyond the starry sky Mrs Buckley OUR GRATITUDE From the heart a great republic Comes a responsive thrill bands are gathering From valley plain and hill Nature's sweet offerings bearing buds and bloom Love's sweetest mission snaring To deck our heroes tombs In the heart of a great republic Burns deep an Immortal lire glory time but brightens foes dim yea heel would tread In the dust from its throne Old Lr Still waves where our heroes neo the lips of a rreat republic Ascendeth a grateful song Of gratitude to our heroes Whom so nobly did respond When the cry came forth for the rally Though rent the fondest ties Lett office shop and A heroes to die From the of a great republic Ariseth an earnest prayer That the dove of peace her o'er our Nation fair That strife the boom of cannon The of arms no more Be heard but bands as Brothers Shall join from shore to shore From a vast wide spread republic We came in one common tie To deck the graves of our heroes Who for love Qf country died Like a pall the Will lay o'er their breast And the Ju the them Will where our brave ones reat Lombard FROM A DEMOCRATIC Having finished their with tire ul the United was to for its intervention to stop Uie war in South Boer envoys it is asserted will now take an appeal from she ment to the people They propose to stump country They will probably fall into the hands of second-rate cians who will seize ihc opportunity to exploit the cause in order to exploit themselves There is danger however that before the proposed in the United shall be half done the pushing arguments of Uie Brit- ish in the Transvaal will have made tho drift oi opinion in ica a matter of The Boers have a light have enlisted the general sympathy mankind the government of the ed States has done for them what no other government has ventured to do in offering mediation What more tin Boer envoys entitled to expect? Fine Job work n at the Jour MRS BOYD INJURED Fell on the Milwaukee Saturday R M Boyd of this city was se- verely injured Milwaukee Saturday evening by falling on the pavement at the intersection o-f street nnd avenue Mrs Hoyd left here on 3 o'clock K K line in Milwaukee at o p m and when on tha side a Beed a National nue car turned corner going on National avenue She hailed the car in hurrying across the street to take the car she tripped on something fell heavily on the stone pavement on her right side and shoulder The right arm and shoulder were and strained The injury is a very painful and severe one She is now at her er's residence on Twenty-second and if able will return home the part of week OBITUARY Lillian the little daughter of Mrs P F Meyer died this morning at her home Washington avenue aged 10 months Funeral will occur Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock the house Sirs Catherine Williams died nt home in Mt Pleasant this morning aged 75 She in this 1846 and had been living on the farm in Jit ant for thirty-five years She leaves two sons and one daughter The funeral wiU occur Friday from the house Henry Eickhorst died this morning at his home 1837 N Erie street aged 23 years A father mother three brothers and four sisters survive Funeral Friday afternoon from the house and at 2 p m from St John's church on Eria street 0 Peterson an old and well known resident of Racine died at his home 1011 State street this afternoon aged 73 years Deceased was at one time a prominent merchant and of Police Johnson was his partner A wife survives him Mrs Annie Jacobson beloved wife ol Jens Jacobson died at 4 o'clock this morning at tbe family 1301 Chestnut street A husband and tons children survive her Monthly stock
