Orphan Train Complex unveils 25th statue

The National Orphan Train Complex unveiled its 25th Orphan Train Rider statue at the Cloud County Historical Society Museum on Friday.
The statue, sponsored in memory of Lyle and Joan Morgan, honors Rudolph Jubelt, an Orphan Train rider to Clyde in 1884.
Jubelt arrived in Clyde on October 3, 1884 along with his brother, Adolph John Jubelt, and sister, Hedwig. He first found a home with John Nixon, Cuba.
The placement did not work, so Jubelt was moved to the Reed family in Sibley township of Cloud County.
By 1985, Jubelt was a 20-year-old man out on his own. He was a laborer living in Belleville.
Just three years later, Jubelt was in San Francisco, where he enlisted in Company E of the 3rd U.S. Artillery. He served for almost a year during the Spanish American War and was honorably discharged at Alcatraz on March 9, 1899.
After his service, Jubelt moved down the coast to Los Angeles and opened a restaurant. On November 2, 1904 he married Mary Bullen in Los Angeles. She was originally from Belleville, and first met Jubelt there. The couple had two children, Leo and Mary.
The couple occasionally returned to Kansas to visit Mary's parents.
In January, 1908 Jubelt became a naturalized citizen of the United States.
Sometime between 1900 and his naturalization, Jubelt sold his restaurant and became a commercial fisherman with his brother.
The brothers' fishing exploits were written about in the Times on several occasions.
Jubelt passed away near Laton, Calif. on February 8, 1940 at the age of 65.