Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1902 — TOO MUCH MUSIC. [ARTICLE]

TOO MUCH MUSIC.

Rag Time and Other He lections Driving Chicngo We»t-Hidel-« Mud. Complaint after complaint Is coming to the police station at Desplulnes .street, says a Chicago dispatch, because of the talking machines which arc producing raucous tones from morning until night. A wild-eyed man rushed into the station the other day with hair disheveled and clothing awry, lie begged to be sent to the Philippines, or Martinique, or Patagonia—he didn't care where, so long a* he could have at least live .minutes of peace and quietness. “It's these infernal talking machines,’’ he said. “They are driving me crazy, and not only me, but hundreds of others. You'll soon hare to start an emergency insane asylum in my neighborhood if It keeps up much longer. . It'a a fright! Send me to Martinique. The music of an exploding volcano would he sweet for a chnuge." Robert Wilson, a stonemason, attempt ed suicide at Beading, Kan., In an upstairs room In Dr. Brown's house, by shooting himself in his side with a shotgun, the load taking effect Just above tbq heart.