Kaukauna Times - By Lyle Hansen
April 4, 1890
Luther Lindauer Michael Sullivan
Incumbent Mayor M. Sullivan was easily defeated in
Tuesday's election by challenger Luther Lindauer. Lindauer's biggest margin of
victory in individual wards came in the second ward, where he held a 162-62
vote advantage.
It is now said on the highest official authority that Queen
Victoria of England is seriously considering the step of abdicating the throne.
The aged Queen is now convinced that her son, the Prince of Wales, ought to
have a chance to play the leading role in England. One strong objection the
queen has, to abdicating is the idea of being called ex-queen. She will be called Queen the rest of her
life.
April 11, 1890
Chicago, Ill., April 7 – The Carpenters’ strike took place this morning. It is
estimated that between 5000 and 6000 men are out. The carpenter work on all large jobs has been
brought to a standstill. This same strike four years ago resulted in the growth
of the Anarchist agitation that culminated into the Haymarket riots. The
strikers are out for increased wages and for an eight-hour workday.
St. Louis, Mo., April 7 – Valentine Setting and his wife went out driving in
Forest Park yesterday. Mr. Setting is a jeweler and through hard work succeeded
in accumulating $4605 which was kept in the house. On starting for the drive
being afraid to leave the money in the house during his absence, Mrs. Setting
put the money at the bottom of a paper bag containing oranges. During the drive
through the park the couple ate the oranges then threw the bag away. They did
not discover their loss until late in the evening and all attempts to find the
package proved unavailing.
A core-wheel at the American Pulp Mill was damaged last
Saturday and the mill necessarily shut down. Times reporter is informed that
the same will not be put in operation again, but steps will at once be taken
towards constructing the new paper mill.
A horrible story comes from Morocco. A large box was
recently brought from the interior to the port for shipment. When opened a
ghastly sight was revealed. In the box packed closely together, the bodies of
17 young women, and one man. All of victims had been decapitated with their
heads being missing. This latter had been to all appearances, the work of some
Pasha, who thus visited vengeance on his harem for unfaithfulness.
April 18, 1890
The large pinion purchased by the city for the draw bridge
for the purpose of increasing the speed in opening and closing the same has
been tried and proves useless. While one man could handle the bridge with ease
with the old gearing, it was difficult for two to perform the work with the new
one, and consequently it has been discarded.
Kaukauna High School students at Nicolet School.
Most all residents of Kaukauna have at times read about
strikes that were on in large cities. Last Saturday the switchmen in the
Milwaukee, Lake Shore and Western yards here gave notice to the officials of
the road that they wanted an increase in wages and also more help. If their
demand was not conceded to by six o’clock that evening a strike would follow.
No reply was received on the demand and gradually the tracks in the yard began
to fill up with cars. Even a passenger train could not find a track to pass
through.
Henry Landreman, of this city, a baggage man on the
Milwaukee Lake Shore road met with a painful accident at Grim’s Station last
Friday night. While swinging a switch he was struck by and engine and narrowly
escaped losing a leg.
Anderson, a Lake Shore fireman from this place met with an
accident at Manitowoc last Friday which resulted in the loss of a portion of a
foot. He was attending the engine when another engine assisting the train began
to move.
New York pickpockets have invented a new scheme for robbing
people. It is to pour kerosene or alcohol over the back of a man’s coat and touch
a match thereto. Then, while helping to extinguish the flames, they “lift” the
victim’s watch and money. The moral is that whenever you find yourself on fire
as you walk along the street you must slug everyone who comes near you. As to the fire chasing up your back and
singeing your back hair, Good Luck.
The men unloading wood for the pulp mill in Kimberly struck
for more pay last Saturday. They were at once paid off and replaced with a new
crew.
April 25, 1890
Simons & Tuttle have just completed the largest whistle
in this part of the state. The bell thereof is thirty inches high and ten
inches in diameter. It will be attached to the Kaukauna Fiber Company’s boiler.
Considerable speculation is heard in reference to the
population of Kaukauna. Many are of the opinion that the list of residents will
surpass 6,000 while others express doubts of it passing 5,000. The census will
be taken in June and the matter settled. If you would venture a guess to the
Times with the nearest to the correct number will receive THE TIMES two years
free of charge.
The Czar’s palace at Oranienbaum, Russia, has been destroyed
by fire. He has been burnt out of his home, with an anarchist lying in wait at
every turn to toss a bomb for the purpose of blowing his Royal Highness from
this mundane sphere. What a life to live? The life of a country editor is bad
enough, but the Czar’s discounts it ten-fold.
Milwaukee needs a large number of new school buildings.
Hundreds of children are being refused admission to the schools owing to lack of
room. Why should we expend money for parks, city hall and others that are in no
hurry and suffer children to grow up in ignorance?
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