Racine Journal (Newspaper) - June 14, 1900, Racine, Wisconsin VOLUME XLVIII WISCONSIN JUNE 14 PAGES CNO 2 No Doubt as to Action ot Badger Democrats at Milwaukee JUDGE J H TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN to n on Trmit and MILWAUKEE June cratic state convention to elect four gates at large and to ratify the tion of twenty district delegates to the National convention nt Kansas City met at tho theatre at 11 o'clock today A profusion of flags adorned the auditorium nnd the stage while in the background hung u large picture of Jennings Bryan The convention made up of delegates George W Peek chairman of the State Central committee called the convention to order ami appointment of James H Ian of Green Buy as temporary chairman is a young man of not more than thirty years of age the selection being made in recognition ot the young democracy lie spoke in part as lows We have assembled today for the pose of choosing delegates to the tional convention at Kansas City to be held on the Fourth of July 1900 at which time tho man will he chosen who will succeed Wm as president of the United States on March 4 1001 Tho platform they adopt may not be the same as adopted by the Democratic party in Chicago in 1890 but the once between the two will be so small that it will take the eye of an expert to discern the difference and I am fied that standing on platform and fighting as vigorously and earnestly as he did in Win Jennings Bryan will be the man whom the Democratic party will crown the loader of men in the United States 1 the opportunity of tho has arrived Tho Re publican party and the present admin have given this government four years of broken pledges nnd broken promUes They may to you of their prosperity but when we look us and see the misery and trials of the poor limn we must admit it is ity of wealth und not of labor Look where we may see the laboring man engaged iu a life ami death struggle for exigence with capital On the matter of trusts he The Democratic National convention at Kan nas City will I douht not adopt a form for the regulation of trusts The cry of the people has heard The formation of these organic trusts has in the throwing out of ment thousands and thousands of ing men and from the families nnd loved ones of these laboring mer their only of subsistence a Republican administration these trusts havo been from infancy unti they have attained tho proportions of a and Republican tho by their campaign tions nnd otherwise to such tin extent that the Republican party it im possible to without them Tho Creator part of Republican party campaign contributions come from the trusts of the country who in turn tho amounts back into their own ury by tho reduction of wages of the boring men they have coerced into ing tho Republican ticket He then attacked the National for tho course pursued in the enactment of the Porto tariff Tho administration was also criticised on its campaign policy in deluging on that island u horde of office-seeking Tho speaker continuing We soon our armies on foreign soil in tho far Philippines we have entered without disclosing our purpose or our ul- timate object Wo aro seeing the flower of our American manhood being again to Hint spirit of imperialism Most oi those foreigners who have come to our shores havo como escape burdens of standing army and the spirit Imperialism that burden of foreign tries and now today when we see surrounded by what bo turned into peace nnd plenty the very things that turned those from their fatherlands aro transpiring here to make our common people discontented with their lot increase their and taxations It is for the Re- publican party to proclaim for what pose we are now waging war in If we lire honest in our purpose simply to restore pence and then to establish a government for these ple the war could be easily ended by making our declaration publicly to be but backed as jt is by that gi ng money power nnd the Republican it will make no declaration until hat element sees fit to allow it The national convention will against those evils that raise their in protest to heaven He closed vith a plea for harmony in out the work of the convention At the conclusion speech on credentials and permanent organisation were appointed and a recess taken Of the to be chosen his afternoon D L Humor of seems to have no opposition David S Rose of Milwaukee also will be The other candidate who stand a show are George Hilton of Oshkosh George W Bird of Madison C Ii Hood of LaCrosse The reso will without any doubt endorse Uryan is ft m Little Son of Ira Martin of Raymond Racine Died from the Effects of A sad death occurred nt Milwaukee yesterday morning It was Ira M tin Jr son of Dr Ira K Martin a well known physician of Raymond Center Racine county The little child died hile under tho influence of chloroform administered for the purpose of ing a surgical operation Dr Martin took his son seven years of age to waukee and together with Dr T C they went to the of Dr Bach in the Hathaway building Dr Malone administered tho anaesthetic and Dr Bach performed the operation the purpose of which was the removal of a small growth from the nasal passage Everything appeared to be oil right and operation was practically completed when the boy suddenly collapsed and died Tho boy's father and the other two physicians labored over him for a lonf time but could not revive him death was due to the action of the chlor on the heart The cuse was re for investigation to the coroner who merely took the statements of the physicians in regard to the case Dr said sure that had been properly done Dr Malone is Ms personal friend and was requested to attend the operation for the particular purpose of administering the chloroform of which only a small quantity was given in a careful manner Dr Martin was satisfied that the death of his son was an unavoidable accident Restoratives were at hand and were quickly applied Another was hastily called and for a long time these four all human skill could do to save the little boy but it was all in Little Ira's spirit had winged its wav to other worlds than ours and nothing remained for the heart broken father but to bring his darling back to weeping mother and little brother had Kissed him good bye that dreadful morning only o few short hours before RIPE OLD JGE Thomas Phillips an Old and Re- spected Pioneer of Wisconsin Celebrates His Birthday BIHER Forces Almond's Nek a Mountain Defile at Point of Bayonet DEFEATS BOERS Darl nc Who Cut Linen of Communication North of by Under Tlie home of Mr Hanibal Skewes of Yorkville Wis was the scene of an ex- pleasant occasion on the and evening of Saturday June Uth it being the SOtli anniversary of the birth of Mr Thos Phillips who re- sides with his daughter Mrs Skewes Mr Phillips who is a native of wall came to Wisconsin in 1840 and lias since been an honored and teemed citizen holding positions of both in the town and in the Methodist church of which he is a loyal member For 43 years that church has felt the impulse of his life and for 40 of those years he hus aided in tering of the church as an and trustee By tion ot Mr Phillips relatives gathered from widely separated homes to greet him and celebrate his The afternoon and evening were spent in social conversation and pleasing lections of the past A bountiful uer was served to which ample justice was done by young and old and the will long be remembered by all who were present as one of the most ant days in memory When lime for de- parture came the guests sought their Several homes leaving with Mr Phillips wishes and prayers for a happy 10th year and many more anniversaries of the day NOTED SINGER DIES AGED 80 SANTA CRUZ Cal June Augusta Lehman once a singer of inter national is dead in this city SO LONDON June War office re- the following from troops from the north are at south of whore the U the Brit- ish lines of having de- the enemy They will be at ica siding morning Uen Knox moved out Kroonstad to in- tercept the enemy Juno office re- iiic following from in forced Almond's Nek to-day It is not marked jn the map but it is the last defile to Charleston The is in con- force with several guns in po sition The brunt of the lighting fell upon the Second who carried the position at the point of the bayonet and the Third cavalry brigade who heavily attacked on our right from very broken country around mountain I hope our casualties are less than a hundred which considering the extreme length of the position is much less than I expected whole attack was directed by Hildyard whose dispositions were ex- tremely good The artillery lentil bri gade and Third cavalry brigade did the most work MANY BOER RUMORS AFLOAT LONDON June plentiful crop of reports has been filtering through renzo Marques According to these Wet with burghers is marching The Boers have re whore again occupies the presidency The British a severe defeat at and have lost 750 killed and wounded nnd 150 prisoners in a fight at from any other sources lends color tc these stories with the exception of the last which is the version o-f the disaster to the militia talion of the Derbyshire regiment it In regard Stcyn being at a dispatch from Maseru Busu tola ml dated Monday June 11 says wa at Vrede two hundred miles from Buller to be making a tial progress and ought to soon possess the railroad at in northern extremity whence presumably he will advance on berg and a with Roberts A dispatch from dated June 11 says sixty Johannesburg ed with Maxim gim have to Hunter Tho probable of tho ro- porte of a British force moving Swaziland in a dispatch from dated June 11 announcing the return there of the British cruiser Doris from hay whither she had taken r number of with the object of landing an armed presumably I of a plan to penetrate Swaziland The Boers however got wind of the ex and the forco was not According to a Cape Town dispatch the cabinet crisis continues It is added should premier from his bond as ho threatens his action would his bond in thn minority in the sembly accepted the tions of J X treasurer and J W Saner commissioner of public works The review by Congressman Babcock of the record of the past three years is and comprehensive livery pledge of the Republican party has been APPEAL FOR PROTECTION D C June following was received to-day at the Consul Martin r Chin of have organized a secret society and ed here The people are very sive No protection Want cruiser The following notice has been issued to the Old Comrades and Survivors of the Twenty-Second Wisconsin Vol To the Old Comrades and surviving bers of the Twenty-Second Wisconsin Volunteers I have been requested by quite a number of the old comrades to call a of boys to take place one of the days during the grand encampment to be held in 111 you kindly drop me u line saying which day would be the most convenient for you to attend On receipt re- from the old comrades I will name the day that the majority desires Yours fraternally Wward Three Men Attempt to Wreck Northwestern Farmer Boy When the passenger train on the Chicago Northwestern railway arrived here last night there was probably not due of tlie many passengers on board who realized that an attempt had been made to wreck the train in fact the engineer and conductor did not know it If sent out from Kenosha is true however it is a fact The attempt was made one mile south of Kcnosha by three men supposed to bo who piled ties on the track and a farmer boy named Charles Hawes who the act removed and saved the train from wreck arid passengers from death The boy ran into the Kenosha depot shortly after the train had gone He was his hair flying and face pale eyes bulging out of his head and told his story He said that between the time that a north bound train wont south and the north train passed three men appeared nnd piled ties on the tracks He the act from a distance but dared not the men When the men completed the cal work they hurried away and the boy states that ho ran out and succeeded in clearing the track a few moments before the train whizzed by The boy says he tried to stop the train by firing a re- volver in the air so as to tell the neer of what had been done but his alarm was not heard and tho cars whiffled by and he hurried to the depot and related the story Chief of Police O'Hare of Kenosha a posse of men and they went to the scone of the attempted wreck made search of the ing country but failed to find anything of the three men The affair stirred up the people of and the belief pre- vails that tramps did the work Further investigations is being MATRIMONIAL Marguerite M George A Westrich were united in marriage at 0 o'clock this morning at St Mary's church by Rev Father Myers in the presence of many friends and relatives The bride was robed in a gown of cream silk and carried bridal roses The at- tendants were Misses Lena Idylle and Catharine Chapman both attired in white organdie dresses Tho men were Messrs Frank Miller and Jo seph Westrich After tho ceremony a reception was held nt the homo of the bride's mother Ninth street A large number of invited guests paid their respects to tho newly pair and a wedding dinner was served Mr and Mrs Westrich re- a largo number of handsome nnd costly presents testimony of the high they are hold in by all Thoy will ho nt homo to their friends after July at 1010 Tenth street Tho room is a very prominent and popular young man in society circles nn of con- note nnd has In ken part in many local Ho is em- ployed by Sons and is con- a valuable and estimable young man The is in high esteem by a large number of friends nnd tances and been employed by the company The Journal extends congratulations and best wishes to Mr and Mrs trich mi At o'clock this morning in the presence of u number of relatives and friends Miss Anna V was led to tho by Henry Schweitzer where of Slie St soph church the words that mad the pair man and wife The bride wa- attired in a beautiful wedding gown and cluster of bride's roses the Misses Melon and Sophie and Gertrude each robed in point dc esprit man Herman Schweitzer ami John and Baumann were groomsmen Immediately after ceremony congratulations were expended and a ding reception hold nt tho homo of bride Geneva street Mr anil Mrs Schweitzer who were tho recipients of many useful and costly wedding and whom all wish all the success imag will be nt home to their many friends at 1241 Geneva street a neat and cosy home after July DATE REPUBLICAN FIXED First and Second Assembly District Conventions to be Held July 26 COUNTY CONVENTION ON SEPTEMBER 6 Items of Interest From Racine and Kenosha Counties for Holding of to BeU AUo Agreed County Coin meeting of the Racine County publican committee was held at the of- fice of Palmer Gittings at 11 o'clock this morning pursuant to a call sent out by the chairman C Gittings The meeting was for the purpose of fixing dates for First and Second Assembly District conventions at which delegates State con- vention at Milwaukee shall be selected also fixing dates tor caucuses to select delegates to the First and Second bly conventions fixing dates for the ular County convention for the tion of county officers and fixing date for to name delegates to the said County convention to transact strch other business as come up foi consideration There were present at the meeting the following City of C Gittings J Jones Jr J P A Huegenin J D Rowlands Louis Johnson Frank H J Smith Noble F- Johnson West Lory Mt K Union P Colby Chairman C C Gittings called the meeting to order and briefly stated its objects The time for holding the First bly District convention and the Second Assembly District convention to elect delegates to the Republican State tion at Milwaukee was fixed on July 20 Assembly city hall city of Racine at 8 o'clock p for the Second Assembly district Myers Opera house Union Grove at 2 o'clock p m on the rame date The caucuses for the two conventions were set for July at the usual places in the city and county towns from to o'clock p m The dale for the Racine County lican convention at which nominations Sor the county offices will be made was fixed on Thursday Sept C at Myers house Union Grove at 11 o'clock u m The date for the holding of cuses to name delegates to the convention was set for Aug 31 at to 0 o'clock p in in Hie city and in the county towns from 2 to p m The representation will be the same in the convention of two years ago with the understanding that Burlington city has the same representation as the had The Assembly district committees were authorized to fix the date for the bly District conventions fnd to make a call for said conventions to nominate candidates for assembly There a little spirited dis- cussion in regard to changing the manner of representation but it was doomed wise to let it remain as at present D appointed to fill the cancy on the County committee from the town of Dover Some other minor matters were and the meeting adjourned AMERICA TO HOLD ALOOF Cabinet Officers Situation Will Act m Fur HI WASHINGTON D C June The cabinet meeting to-day was devoted largely to a discussion of the Chinese situation Secretary Hay laid before tho cabinet Conger's dispatches which situation is very critical Thf steps already taken to reinforce were gone over and it was decided to stand by the policy wUch was entered upon of pushing measures for the tion of lives and property of Americans acting independently M fur as ble It may be that in consequence this resolution the forces of the will have to act in unison for tion of all foreign residents but this i to be the extent of American activity From all political schemes in which the Powers may become involved the United States will hold aloof Bristol Bristol Wis June 11 Mr and Mrs Eugene Baily and family of Chicago are visiting at the acme of A and oilier friends in Bristol and Salem Mr was a dent of Salem Miss F C is entertaining a friend from Chicago Mr Mi's C Williams Mr and Mrs Win Watkins and Mr Harvey started Monday for a ten days trip on the lakes and to Falls The Rev Henry of Milwaukee formerly presiding elder of this diocese gave -a lecture at the M K Church last Sunday night A Nelson the tile man has ben ting up to Uhe boys this Cause a new boy Mr Basset of Salem called on friends in town last week Merrill and family of Oshkosh were guests at the home of C E Williams C M Bishop shipped two cars of steers to Chicago last week This section of hits been favored with nice showers ing the past week and the craps look very promising Steve Nolan has built a house on the big slough has gone to baching it Dr E Stevens has built a darjie ad- dition on recently bought of Knapp Mrs C- B Gaines returned from a visit with friends at Horicon The Ladies Aid Society of Bristol met with Mrs Chas Jackson last Thursday afternoon Mr Herman s building a large bam Mr Hensel is the contractor If the Boer cause collapses before the opening of Democratic hey might take u-p the grievances of the ers in China The fishing on the lakes about here is pretty good Some fine strings are re- ported Ai A family of Union Mr Will Bacon last week Overseer Miller takes a good deal of terest in keeping the highways in Wist 5 in good condition The on Maple Avc will bo improved this week a new bridge and also eome grading done A large amount of gravel is being placed on the roads in various districts Miss Mame Baker will attend the com- exercises of the next week at which 1 sister Carrie will graduate from thai institution Several students of district No 15 received a few days Namely Barle Baker Rich Eggort Mr Will Dawson spent Sunday at home When in need of rain invite Will to come home on his wheel and will get it without fail A wedding party from Raymond sed this one day last week They were united in marriage by the Rev Mr Neff of Miss May WAS united in marriage E Fazen ai the bride's 1014 Washington avenue at 1 o'clock afternoon Rev H P officiating They departed this afternoon for Chicago where the doctor graduates to-morrow from Northwestern University Medical college It is officially stated Kansas City nrc not doing the extortion net in charging a day apiece with four in a rooni What is extortion Oregon is Republican by over eight thousand majority The entire ticket is elected both Republican con- gressmen and the legislature be Re- publican on joint ballot by twenty-two In the First Congressional Tongue Republican has plurality in the Second district Moody lican has plurality Thus the first opening guns campaign liave dis- played state of the defenses and the terribly ed condition of Sylvania Sylvania Ws June Mr Charles of Racine Sunday Miss of Woodstock is visiting brother Miss Gertrude Foster of Belle City spent several days her friend Miss Worsley spent and Sunday with his parents in kee Bom to Mr nnd Mrs Charles a bouncing baby boy June and Mrs James drove to An- lioch 111 Sunday and will spend several days visiting relatives Mr diaries Albright our photographer ho purchased a prancing young at- tempted to drive it about forty feet of ropo gave it up lus a job because it lived at teams We now see riding his bicycle seems very contented with his old Mr had the misfortune to sprain his ankle last week while ing with his pot dog and Mrs Peter spent Sunday with their Mr and Mrs Thiet spoilt a pleasant evening with Mr and Mrs Wedding Bells will ring in our in the near future Miss Lizzie Steiner Miss Smole of Racine spent Sunday her parents Mr Thomas Paddock is remodeling his house Mr Wm seen in our Sunday evening Win Hoyt entertained her brother and wife of Milwaukee Thompsonville Was June 11 1900 The heavy of the past week have been of immense w who were fortunate enough -io be in rain district At present all growing crops arc looking well for this tlie year With frequent the prospects for a good of all are School Dist No 15 last Friday Juno 8 and Mie teacher to her in Wis Trobridge of Milwaukee is spending a days here guests of Miastor Clinton of spent day at the home of Mr and Mrs nmn Miss Edith Giesler of has been guest of her sister HoMz during past week Mr Burns Rork and family of were on friends in town one evening last wook Mr O J Ellis made a business to Milwaukee last Tuesday The Bros are marketing a large amount of hay ra She cream city Several from here memorial North Cape North Cape Wis June 11 1900 Mr and Mrs Parsons of Delavan the N H Nelson family lasi week Miss Ella Overson is spending a coupla weeks the guest of her sister Mrs Grant Nelson at Sylvania Mrs N H Nelson is at her son man's at Bristol where a son welcome one day last week Geo Jasperson of Racine is visiting his brother's family at this piace Miss Carrie Larson was agreeably prised by a number of her friends at bet Wednesday evening Sunday Mres T Nelson friend Anna Swenson at the County Asylum Mrs H Shuman had a- family her home Saturday evening Born to Mr and Mrs Louis Brand June T a son Mr Herb Grant and wife are visiting relatives in vicinity County Treasurer Wm Hay spent a few days past week with hU ives it this place About twenty went to Madison from this place Thursday to the M W A celebration at place The Junior nine here play quite well now and would like to play any neighboring kid Yorkville Yorkville Wis June 11 1900 Schools are closing one after another and as our neighborhood furnishes mora good teachers than any other in the county of the same inhabitants we sea their smiling countenances and hear their cheerful voices which seem to say 1 am glad school is out They all look as though they t-ould enjoy a rest after several months strain on their mental dav exercises were- a success although it rained in the morning ami prevented several from being present good crowd of eager listeners were in ot- still keeps up its name for the best of music The for the future never better than it is The recitations and Pastors was good Tlie flowers ferns etc wore very pretty We noticed some palms and choice plants be- longing to Mrs J F rent to her by her son Walter from Little Silver New Jersey whore he works in a largo nursery Mr Thomas Phillips celebrated bis eighty-ninth birthday June 9 at his daughter's Mrs H Skewos Has grand- son Manly IT Skowes aid wife of wing Minn was present Manly waa married last Wednesday June G at erton Ohio The assessor Mr around calling at every house last week We have not seen the census tober yet The road tax has been worked up Our roads aro in god condition Ail praise is due our road master for Ms good judgment There was a picnic dinner oi the sonage on Decoration day The men came and a new from the church to the parsonage and drew loads of gravel all along tho front of sheds The worsen spent clearing up the and provided dinner All enjoyed tho occasion Our annual S S will be held Thomas F Shepherd's grove June 14 All como and n good timo and good dinner Tho creamery at Yorkville takes two alien to run it Patrons arc increasing in number every week Between and four hundred pounds of made every day The weather is magnificent The ers arc toiling early and late to keep a- head of weeds in corn and potato Gardens and orchards promise so fnr although there enemies at work in the form of bugs and worms It is stated the Board of Trado n the bucket shops ia
