The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-01-31

SENATOR TAYLOR.
copied verbatim ct literatim The pro.
visions of the Federal act relating to re-
bates and determinations are also in
cluded. The commission as created shall
have authority in case Of complaint by am
individual or corporation OF excessive
Or unequal rates being charged by any
company to fix rates, which action
shall be prima facie evidence Of their
reasonableness. These rates must either
be adopted by the railway at fault or be
shown by due process of law to be I'M
reasonable. In preparing this section of
this bill Senator Taylor kept in mind the
fact that the Illinois Supreme Court has
already decided that Legislature did not
possess power to delegate authority to q
commission to arbitrarily fix rates, but
that the commission did possess the au-
thority to fix rates which bore prima facie
evidence of being reasonable, thus throw
ing the responsibility on the railway COM
panies of sanctioning such rates, or prov
ing in the courts the fact of their unrea-
sonableness. The minimum penalty fixed
for willful violations Of the act is IS, 600,
while If any company shall fail to comply
with the desire Of any court, it shall pay
$500 per day for each day such decree Is
violated The issuance of transportation
or passes to any persons whatever, ex-
cept railway employees, and the mem
bers and Secretary of the commission, is
forbidden. Horace A. Taylor was born
IN Norfolk, st. Lawrence County, New
York, in 1887. He has just passed his
5lst birthday. His father, Rev. Adolf
plus Taylor, was a Congregational cler-
gyman, widely known In Northern New
York and in several of the New England
States. He died in 1912. Horace was
thrown upon his own resources at very
early age. When but 10 years old ne
started for Illinois, to live with an older
brother who had just before moved there
and begun the opening of farm. In
1851 he moved to Wisconsin, locating.
near River Falls. He began publishing a.
newspaper as long ago as 1857 and is now
one of the owners of the Hudson Star
and Times. In 1881 he was appointed
Consul to Marseilles, France He has
served as Chairman of the Republican
State Central Committee and is we'll
known throughout this State.
Bernard Stern, proprietor Of the Jupi-
tor o.
into the Merchants Exchange Bank the
other noon and drew the money necessary
to pay his employees their weekly salaries.
After he had entered the bank three younp
men, aid we'll dressed and all apparently
about twenty five years of age stationed
themselves outside where they could look
into the counting-room through the large
plate glass windows. Having drawn his
money, Stern placed roll of bills contain
ing $3.50 in his overcoat pocket and started
for the Michigan street entrance to the
bank. A storm door had been con-
structed over this entrance, and as Stern
opened the inner door the outer one was
opened by one of the three young men.
Stern stepped into the vestibule. the
three thieves jostlea against him, aud one
OF them took the $3.50 roll of bills from
his overcoat pocket. moment later the
trio had disappeared. Two of the thieves
were captured in the Northwestern depot.
They gave the names Of William Rogers
and Charles Willis, and claimed to hail
from st. Paul. The stolen money was
found on their persons.
"A census of West Salem shows the
population of the village to be SCI.
The La Crosse law firm of Cameron &
Losey has been dissolved, ex- Senator An
gus Cameron retiring. These gentlemen
were partners for twenty seven years.
Ex- Congressman G. M. Woodward is now
Mr.. Loseys partner.
Torger and Martin Maerk, brothers,
killed Christian Nelson, their neighbor.
at Fairfield, last autumn, Torger stabbing
Nelson in the groin with hunting knife.
Martin being an accessory The Jury at
Eau Claire found the Naerks guilty of
in the third and fourth de-
gree respectively, it appeari.lg tn t they
were too drunk at the time of the homi-
eide to form the premeditated purpose to-
kill.
William P. Frost, former RESIDENT
of Beloit, died recently in Stockton, Cal.