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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-09-26

lation to fire insurance. Said the Chi
cago Bedding Co. was worth 100000
and wanted to know how much of the
insurance they would have to carry
themselves. [ told them $4,000.
Asked them for a diagram of plant.
Craftsman in office made one for them
Mr.. jacobson later brought in form
of the policy carried by the company
and wanted about $4,000 additional
insurance. We made a detailed state
ment of specific values distributed
through stock and building. Iplaced
$4,000 additional insurance on main
building, making $4,000 of which l
knew. They valued building at
$4,000. Machinery at $4,000. Stock
at $4,000. The boiler house was in
sured for 5000. My policy increased
that $3.50. Engine room was insured
for 5000 and my policies increased it to
$3.50. Boiler and engine were insured
$500 and policies were increased to
$4,000. Total increase made by my
policies was $17, 800. The policies
we're here offered in evidence. Insur-
ance was all obtained in April, 1895.
The list Of insurance they claimed to
have already on the plant last April
amounted to So, 800. jacobson con-
ferred with me two or three times in
reference to this insurance before it
was issued3 Insurance was placed on
a basis of the statement of values made
by jacobson. Placed also $4,000 on
stock in a warehouse adjoining the
Bedding Co. plant.
Cross-examined by Foster: My COM
panies which [ represent,as agent, do
not write outside of Chicago. I pro-
cured the insurance for them for COM
panies that would not take the risk.
Perren and jacobson asked for Informal
ton regarding the 50 per cent. law,
which was not unusual. Policies when
issued were paid for by draft on the
Chicago Bedding Company, the pre-
MUM amounting to $437. 80. Met
Mr.. Cowie this morning for the first
time. The per cent. charged on these
policies was p per cent.
By Seaman: jacobson has been doing
business with my companies for a long
time and has brought in friends of his
who placed business with us.
By Foster: Did not hear Mr.. Lewis
name mentioned at that time. Neither
any other officer of the company.
By Quarles: Have seen Bloch in my
office but don't remember what his
business was there.
DR.. Farr was then called in to ex-
anime Juror Gates who has complained
| of illness.
Ward Bloss was sworn in as deputy
who after receiving instructions from
the Court relieved Michael Hardness
in charge Of the jury.
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Afternoon Session Saturday.


During the noon intermissiOn the
question was raised as to whether Eos
ter's cigars had anything to do with
Juror Gates illness. but the investiga-
ton amounted to nothing aside from a
little pleasantly between the attorneys.
The first witness called this after
noon was L. S. Mcmillan, insurance
adjuster.
By Quarles: There was policy of
| insurance to which [ have not referred
in former testimony, amounting to
So, 800, dated June q, 1895, for one
year. Have talked with Perren and
Bloch about fire. July 10 1 asked
Bloch and Perren the name of the man
arrested on suspicion. They gave the
| name of RosenoW. Each Of them said
they had never seen RosenoW before
Mr. Perren said they were satisfied
RosenoW was not the man wanted, so
advised letting him go. They gave a
theory of the fire, Mr.. Perren stating
that he thought it caused by spon-
taneous combustion, and that the fire
spread so rapidly because a lot of ex-
celsior had been opened up and of
course that burned rapidly 1 have
seen all the policies. July 10 myself
and three others were driven to the
scene of~fre by Mr.. Perren. [ asked a
man whom l saw if he was there at
time Of fire, Mr.. Perren replying that
be was not.
Cross examined by Foster. | will
not state positively that the man l saw
was Levine. was employed to come
to Kenosha to adjust this loss. know
that Perren knew Rosenow before the
| fire. never saw ROsenow before the
| fire. do not know that Perren ever
had conversation with an officer
about releasing RosenoW. Here Nc
MILAN was submitted to a rigid cross
examination as to his testimony in the
preliminary and the exact language
used at that time. | know Nesbitt
He is the man who suggested to Perren
and Bloch the name of Rosenow.
Geo. B. Villas agent Of the G.. & n.
". R'y. was next called. The Chicago
Bedding Co. were shippers on our road.
He produced documentary evidence to
show date of certain shipments. OBJ
lection was made that the original
books of entry should be produced.
Mcmillan recalled. By Foster-Nes-
bitt did not tell me Of the investi cation
of Rosenow's identity. Perren told me-.
Michael Hammond called. Is work
man at n. Pirsch's shops. He testi-
fed that Perren brought wagon to
the shop to be reprinted and repaired,
adding, "This is my instructions from
Mr.. Bloch, now do your part" The
wagon subsequently disappeared, hav
ing been at the shop three days.
Jimmie Stobart was called. Live in
Kenosha; is lad about Ii years old.
He told about being directed by Per-
rem and Bloch to take an express wag-
on to Pirsch's shop and ABOUT week
later to go go and get it. l left the
horse at Perren's barn. Perren paid
me five cents for taking the wagon to
shop and five cents for getting it. An
old man was with Perren and Bloch.
Cross-examined by Foster: Bloch
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hands, Then take some of the hardest fondant that you have and melt 1t in a cup of boiling water just as you did in making chocolate creams. Add drop or two of cochlneal colorlng to make it a pale pink, Now dip your balls in this exactly as in the chocolate creams, If the little balls are not smoothly or neatly covered they can be dipped twice, allowing time enough for the first coat to harden, For cocoanut creams take two table-spoonfuls of grated cocoanut and dry it in a cool oven or you can use desicoated cocoa- nut instead Work the cocoanut we'll into half as much fondant candy, and then shape into balls, using confection- ers sugar to stiffen the mass sufficient ly for handling, Melt some fondant, flavor it with vanilla, and dip the balls In it, as directed in the other receipts. Dipping the candies twice will proba- bly, be the rule, as they will rarely look smooth enough after the first coating.
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AN IMPORTANT DECISION

Some years ago congress undertook the greatly needed work of reclaiming The Potomac flats, so that the national capital might be safer to live in and to beautify the river front by creating a fine park and boulevard which should encompass the city from a point below the Washington monument to the sol diers' home. When the work was fairly under way many persons set up claims to ownership of the reclaimed land and of riparian rights incidental to the same Many of these were purely speculative, but some were able to furnish plausible jrlstifications for their claims. In Au- gust, 1886, congress determined to have these claims legally adjudicated, and to that end passed an act instructing the attorney general to bring suits in the district supreme court against the sev- eral claimants. that the merits of theil claims might be deterhmned. Soon af- terwards suits were entered against fffty-four claimants. By an understand ing between the department and the lawyers of the aimants, the latter were given time to prepare their cases,
 which were then consolida ted, and the
 trial has just ended. Judge Hagner'e
 decision overthrow the entire lot of
 claims. It determined that the right, title and interest in the lands and wa ter of the river within the District of Columbia were vested in congress for the benefit of the public, and no private right or ownership antagonistic thereto could be established.
 The case is to be taken to the Supreme court of the United States on appeal. If the decision of the lower court is sustained a good work can then so rapidly on to completion. All who know the situation will hope that the decision will be sustained.
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TTSI TORS.

Hush, there are visitors in the draw ing room" 'How do you know?" Lis ten, papa is saying My dear" to mann ma. ."--Judy.
 He Stealing one)--I seal my love with a kiss. She (suiting the action to the word)--And I seal mine with whacks- Boston Transcript.
 The Popular Favorite. -Mephisto (be- hind the scenes)-Ha, what do I see? Only four wreaths thrown on the stage, and I paid for five.-Deutsche Wespen,
 A Slight Error-Student (fntoxicated, lying in the gutter)-By, Jupiter. if that ndlady of mine hasn't put damp sheets on the bed again !--Tagliche Rundschau.
 Owner of F'lat-I see no room for this complaint of yours Dweller-Thats what I am kicking about. Everything is crowded in this place New York World.
 Mrs. Boardman--And what does 1t come to? MT. Eight pounds, ma'an1, at cents pound. Eight elghts are SS; take 1t for so cents.-Phi1adel- phia Times.
 Mir. Lakeside-You are more to me than my life. Miss Detroit-Well, 1 should think 1 ought to be, in view of the fact that you live in Chicago.-ne- troit Free Press.
 ''There goes young Van Doodle over there; did you hear that he tried to blow out his brains when the heiress refused him?" No; did he succeed?' They don't know. ."-Brooklyn Life.
 Djsbro-In your opinion, do bloomers add to the charms of lady bieycnsts !? Bozlow--Well, if you can sbs ' me a lady possessing charms ywno wears bloomere, I might be able to give you an answer.-Roxb1ry Gazette.
 Politics" said the self-made man. "5a!l7'evs a. reminds me or something I noticed when l set out in life as a sail or" "What was that?" There's no good knowln' the ropes unless you've got pull. H."-Washington Star.
 Lady-You know I wish my portrait to be a total surprise to my husband. Artist-Yes, madam, I understand. Lady And you will try not to have too strong a likeness, as l would not like to have him recognize it at the first glance -Tit-Bits.
 A conjurer recently performing the old trick of producing eggs from a pocket handkerchief, when he remarked to a little boy, in fun: T say, my boy, your mother can't get eggs without hens, can she?" "Of course she can" replied the boy. "Why, how is that?" asked the conjurer. "She keeps ducks, ," replied the boy-Richmond State.
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.lNPLi.ILE

If asphalt is going to be, the favorite material for street pavements, instead of brick, molasses or grass, i; is cheer ing to know that the people of this country will not be obliged to so outside of their own domain to get all the good asphalt they may need. The growing use of asphalt for street pavements has stimulated inquiry as to the possible de- posits of the material in this country so situated as to make it's mining profitable. To-day much If that used comes from abroad, some of tt from Trinidad, and some of 1t from the main land of South America, from Syria, Germany, Switzerland, and France. Yet 1t is claimed by experts in the service of the Geological survey that the United States has the best quality and the largest quantity of asphalt to be found in any country. The prob lem is how to set 1t as cheaply. and this economic side of the question is to be investigated by agents of the Geo. logical survey. Asphalt deposits have been discovered in West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, California, Utah, Oklahoma, Montana. Texas, Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Wyoming, Oregon, and Washington Only four States make commercial use of their deposits-Cali- fornia, Kentucky, Texas, and Utah and yet during the past year these four States mined over half as many tons of asphalt as were imported. The native asphalt is claimed by E. W. Parker, of the Geological survey, to be superior for paving to the imported article, as it contains more gritty mat ter, and will, therefore, wear longer, and not be as slippery.
 Gritty and not slippery. May this de- scription fit the advocates of usph tt as we'll as it does the asphalt.
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an explanation of a remarkable lunar phenomenon which was noticed here
 last night? About ten minutes before eight having just performed the so- perlng duty of dressing for dinner l
 went into the garden 70 get q clearer | view ot the moon, which was then just | about to enter a thick bank of clouds,
 immediately noticed a distinct and
 unsteady motion of the moon in a | plane perpendicular to her apparent
 course Not being willing to rely on my own eyes alone, called the head
 gardener, MT, c. Hall, and drew his att | tehton to the moon, saying, 'Is not | that lovely sight" "Yes, slr" he re-
 piled but what's the matter; it Is all | wobhly" l then went in and related
 my observation to the various guests, | numbering about fifteen. Such a tale
 naturally gave rise to a flow of incred-
 ulous wit, but, in spite of their first | disposition to rldlcule the idea, they all, without exception, agreed in acknowl- edging that there was, without doubt, ! apparently jerky displacement from
 time to time. I have never seen any
 thing of the sort before, and am very
 far from accounting for it now.
 As the moon has no atmosphere, a disturbance of cloud strata near the
 moon is out of the question, and one is
 compelled to seek cause nearer earth.
 l cannot understand that if the phe- | nomenon is common no hint of it should have reached us, or that we should
 have failed to come across touching analogies drawn from so obvious a source in the verses of our modern poets.
 am prepared, however, to hear that
 many country parsons or the leisured
 folk, whose bent may lie that way
 have noticed this or similar strange
 performances on the part of our satel-
 lite. Should they be able to throw any light in the point, would be extremely ! grateful both to them and to you.
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Morality in the Renub,tcau Platform.
From Harper's weekly.l

lrFol udrperS WeeklY.I
 It may be regarded as a sign of the revival of conscience in politics when the utterances put forth by political or ganizations in their platforms meet those standards of truth and sincerity which are maintained by honorable men in private as well as in public life. We had encouraging instances of this last year in this city, furnished by the platforms of the Committe of Seventy and of the Good Government Clubs These platforms were models of candor and fairness. Their denunciations of the evils to be attacked and their ar raignments of the persons responsible for those evils were severe, but just. Their promises as to the reforms to be effected left nothing to desire In poigL of honesty. They aimed at nothii iss but the public good, regardless of party or personal advantage. There was no claptrap, no vote-catching pretence, no disguise, and no deception. If those promises ere not all fulfilled, it was not the fault of those who made the platform, and they sincerely deplore the failures
 We regret to say that if we apply the same standard to the platform recently put forth by the republican state con- vention of New York, the verdict will be different, Morality" was pro- claimed to be the ruling interest In the resolution concerning the Sunday law, which was sprung upon the convention and added to the platform against the original program of the managers But in the body of the platform the plainest injunctions of morality" in the ordinary acceptation of the term, are violated with startling recklessness Thou shalt not bear false witness" is one of the fundamental command ments. Every honest man knows that false witness may be borne by conceal ing that which is true, as well as by saying that which is not true. It would be interesting to hear how any consci- entious republican can defend, in the light of that commandment, the com mon morality of some of the most im- portant utterances of the convention.
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Some Don'ts for Bicyc CTS.

Don't wheel up a steep hill, Leave that sort of thing to fellows who haven't enough sense to go in when it rains. What gain is there in it, any how? You can walk up and push your wheel just as fast, and with one-quar- ter of the exertion. If too much wheel ing on the level road is bad, too much hill-climbing is ten times worse. If you could look into the minds of the smart hill-clmbers, you would find that they half kill themselves to make by-stand- CTS think they are wonderful riders, Really, that sort of thing is too silly to talk about with patience.
 Don't coast too much. If you feel that life without coasting is a mockery then go to some hill that you are thor oughly familiar with, where there are no crossings, where you can watch the road for at least one hundred miles ahead, and then take care. No matter
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whether you have coasted down the hill hundred times before or not, the danger is always just as great. Per haps We are never in so great peril as when we think we know it all
 Don't ''scorch" in the streets. At any crossing you are liable to run over some pedestrian or to collide with big truck or carriage. Either one may mean a life lost, or at least broken bones. You wouldn't drive horse at a 240 gait through the streets. Remem- Der a bicycle is quite as dangerous.
 Don't ride on the left side of the street. Your place is on the right side, because a bicycle is vehicle in the eyes of the law, having the same rights and subject to the same rules as any other vehicle, If anything happens to you because you are on the wrong side of the street you cannot recover dam- ages.
 Don't think, because somebody you know has wheeled century" that you must do 1t too There is really very little satisfaction in riding one hundred miles merely for the sake of saying that you have done it. If any other wheelman chooses to tire his muscles and overstrain his heart for a mere bit of boasting, let him do it. know that most of us are sorely tempt ed by the century" folly. But think a moment. If you owned fine thor oughbred horse, would you run the risk of ruining him forever by speeding him to the utmost limit of his strength for whole day? Yet is not your own health more valuable to you than all the horses in the world?
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and west, North and south lines have been surveyed in other lands, but the United States is the only country offer Ing an east and west line long enough to be of service iu astronomical calcu- lations, When the computations of the surveyors are completed it will be pos sible to determine the precise shape Of the earth and the accurate position of the lines of longitude, and other incl dental advantages will result from the survey, The running of the line is said to be the greatest contribution to sci ence ever made by our government.
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Marriages hat Might Have Been.
 fErnt,N Eon,N,,,'s

lEAOHi AldtpeI a DhAaI.l
 The saddest marriag ages-that-might- have-heen are those Accomplishments which come from merely worldly ob- stacles-those obstacles which are so abundant and gigantic in older coun- tries where every place seems filed where self-support is so difficult as to seem impossible, 1t may be needful to wait for middle life and a comfortable income before marriage. But here, where the opening are still so much greater, the standards still so much simpler, it is different. Instead of a gospel of worldly prudence as regards marriage, We need rather a gospel of brave imprudence; that young people who have health and love and energy should take them as their capital should marry on faith and hope and not on a certain supply of bank stock and rail- way shares. Who has not seen the happiness that comes from the need of mutual sacrifices, the joy of little successes achieved together, the gradu-
 
 marriages, surely, are those which be- gin in this way and not those which are postponed till the freshness of youth is passed-mawiage which, in order to have something to live upon forego the actual joy of living. That poet of the people, Riley, touched cord we'll nigh universal when he sang; Lets go a-visitin' back to Grigsby's
 Station,
 There where we used to be so happy and so poor"
 The young man in love with the rich girl waits for years until he can Sup port her in the manner to which she Is accustomed,' and finds too late that she would have flung all away and liv- ed with him in jubilant poverty, had he 1 trusted her and himself a little more. Yes, the saddest of the marriages that might-have-been are those which ought to have been and could have been and were not.
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Adve,rl~lng aate,

situations. Wants, Rents end other small ad- vertisemepts, One Cent Word each inser- tion. Fve cents a woru for full week tseven timesl.
 Display Advertisements-Per inch, one trr- eertion. Sl 20; each subsequent insertion, @ cents: one week, $3,20 one month, BIO on" year. $40.
 Obituary notices, in prose or verse. ih oents per line. Notices of Births Marriages, Death and Funerals, 5O cents each. Local notices. cents per line.
 Yearly advertisers are limited 10 their own immediate business ,all matter to be unoh'ec t'onablel, and their conti acts do not includ' Wants. To Let, For Sale, etc.
 D!scounts-On two inches or more, on" month and over, 10p per cent. on four inche' CImore, one month and over, lh ner cent.
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CoURER FRDAY ocToBER

less than in the same period of 1894, this years money loss being $l9la, 29a, as against a loss of S2,744,642 in our ex- port trade of American wheat,
 So the farmers market during the two months considered shows a loss of $4,6S7941 In the two items of wheat and -four, as compared with the same two months last year. If it continues to enlarge" at this rate the farmers will be charging the Democrats with not knowing wheat from rye They may even charge them with not knowing beans.
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E.l.nIVA NVlns.

Novel Sleeves and New Braid Trimming
 A year ago the chief item of novelty in sleeves lay in the size, and the newer the sleeve the bigger was the rule, Now that Is changed and it is more difficult to devise a sleeve that asserts it's newness so strongly that it will not be mistaken, yet that is just what the designer has done in the case of the sleeves of the left hand gown in this picture, which are ornamented from wrist to shoulder with narrow pleated bands of the dress goods--a handsome gray woollen stuff striped with darker gray. The vest is made of similar bands that show narrow heads at each side, the collar is of pleated dress material
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EyL4RGJNG MARA FITS.

When the free traders were planning to "enlarge the markets" of the coun- Try q7,,yys- nothing was too rich for them to promise Especiaiil}yy did nay give hope to the poor, oppressed farmers Who' they said, had been almost annin9ated by protection. They told them that 1T
 hey would only vote to enlarge the markets" the market of t.le farm CTS would be the one that would have the most enlargement.
 Many of the farmers voted to "en- large the markets" and they have ever since been patiently waiting for their own market to enlarge, according to the pleasing programme mad out by the free traders. The marhet-enlarging law has been In force for year, and it is surely time for the enlargement of the farmers market to show, if there is going to be any such enlargement. But it seems that during the first two months of the current fiscal year we ex- ported 5,567, 900 bushels of wheat less than we exported during the core spending months of the previous year, the money loss this year being $2,744,- 642. Our foreign trade in flour can hardly be regarded as any more satis- factory, although it is true that the money loss was not so great as in the case of wheat. During the first two months of this fiscal year We sold in foreign markets 641,172 barrels Of flour