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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-04
D. B. BENEDICT PARALYzED
He Is Stricken Very Suddenly Wednesday
Night.

Daniel B. Benedict, the we'll known
real estate dealer and senior member
of the firm Bendedict & Tarbell, was
stricken with paralysis at about 1890
o'clock p. m. Wednesday He seemed
to be perfectly we'll all day Wednes-
day. In fact, he stated before he went
home that he was feeling extra good
He put in full day at work and did a
a great deal of writing. He came down
to the Office after supper to finish up
some work and went home at about s
o'clock. Very shortly after that he
went out to call on a friend. The at
tack came while at the friends house
and without the slightest warning.
The alarm was given to Charles Tar
bell at once and he went for medical
assistance. Dr. Ripley responded at
once. He found that the stroke had
affected the entire right side and ex-
tended to the old gentleman's speech.
He seems to be entirely. clear headed,
but is wholly unable to make himself
understood. Notwithstanding the fact
that the old gentleman is 81 years of
age, DR.. Ripley thinks he may pull
through and be comfortable after 8
time, but he does not believe he will
ever regain the use of his right arm Or
leg. .,-e.a ~.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-04
RACINE BOY AT WHITE HOUSE
Horace Sims, the Young Soprano, Sings
for the President.


Washington, D. c., Oct. 27--The
president and Mrs. Mckinley enter
tanned few friends at an informal
musicale at the White house tonight.
In addition to the mem bers of the cab
met and their ladies, the guests in
Guided Maj. and Mrs. Heiston, Maj
and Mrs. Rand and Col. and Mrs.
Bingham. During the evening Horace
Sims, the boy soprano singer from Ra-
cine, Wis, entertained the gathering
with several selections.
Horace Sims will be remembered by
Kenoshans as the boy who so delighted
those who attended the Roney boys
concert at the Sanitarium.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-04
BURGLARS AT WORK.
They Relieve One House Of Some Canned
Goods.


Burglars broke into house on the
south end of Main street Tuesday
night. The mistress of the house was
alone, her husband being absent. She
relates that somewhat after 9 o'clock
she was startled by noise which
seemed to come from the cellar.
Owing to the fact that she was alone
in the house she made no investiga-
ton, but remained quiet until all signs
and sounds of thieves had vanished.
In the morning she went about the
house in search of traces Of burglary,
but found none until she reached the
basement where she discovered that a
large quantity of canned goods had
been removed. She did not see fit to
notify the police.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-04
FREIGHT TRAINS COLLIDE.
Two Northwestern Special Trains Come
Together at Ives.

Two Northwestern Special Trains Come
Together at Ives.
There was a bad wreck on the Chi
cage Il Northwestern railroad near
Ives station Wednesday evening be-
tween two special freight trains. "A
north-bound freight with two locOmo-
tives and forty-five cars loaded with
grain and merchandise, was attempt
ing to make siding in order to allow
other trains right of way. The second
special from the north, with forty cars,
came along at the rate of forty miles
an hour. The engineer, D. P. Halen,
saw that collision was inevitable and
put on the brakes, reversed the lever
and jumped, as did the fireman, C. H.
Lepper, and both escaped. The train
struck the north bound a glancing
blow partly wrecked ONE of the loco
motives, threw it off tine track and
ploughed through over or five cars,
wreckiDg them completely. The To-
connective was badly used up and sew
eral other ears were derailed and part
~ turned over. William Falvey, a
brakeman from Rockford was badly
hurt. Three tramps we're in wrecked
car and we're thrown against barbed
wire fence and cut. On account of the
wreck all passenger and freight trains
were delayed three hours. The dam
age is estimated at s. 900.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-04
WHAT OUR TAXES WILL BE.
Why They Are Larger This Year Than
They Have Been.

| County Clerk Fl. E. Robbins received
from the secretary of state today a
statement of Kenosha county's state
tax for the year 1897. The amount
that Kenosha county must raise is
500, 1866 96. Of this, however, $500
will be returned to the county for com
mon schools. The total amount to be
raised in the state is ST. 1885,
| The tax levy this year is on the basis
of 3.32511667 mills on the assessed
valuation of all real and personal prop
erty.
Following is a statement of the
taxes to be levied against Kenosha
county:
One mill tax, common school income
Chap. 287, Laws. of 1885 ............S $3.50 co
$40 mill tax for the. state normal
schools, Chap. 81, Laws of 1895, and
Chap. SO, Laws of 1897 .............. 2,414 90
II 40 mill tax for state university,
Chap. $780, Laws Of 1885, Chap. %,
Lawson 1891, Chap. g24I, Laws of
1885, and Chap. 284, Laws OF 1885,. 3434. Oh
Free high schools, Sec 500, r; S.,....5 1913, 81
Fifth normal school, Chap: 374, Laws II '9|.'
of 1885 ..,........... e...,.,..;... 1S4.ee
Manual training departments Chap.
358, Laws of 1885,. ...........:. 1857
INTEREST. due on certificates of in l..s
debtedness, Sec 26o, R. S .......... 21l1.9
Lilo mill taxAfor State Historical IL
brary Chap. 29S, Laws of1S95, Chap.
227, Laws of 1897. ................:... 808 90
$40 mill tax Chap. 14S, Laws of 1897 2424 90
For sundry purposes, Sec. 1911, r. S. 6.733 "a
Total tax .....i|f......... s26,S66 96
Special charges upon the county this
year are:
For Northern Hospital ......:..v.....S 1921 81
For Industrial school for .Boys....,. $500
For Wisconsin Home for Feeble 3
Minded -. -: = 44.23
For Care of Chronic insane ...... 1884. 10.
s.St ss,6I7 81
Full total is ............. $50, 4s4, SO
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-04
Every body Says so.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most
wonderful medical discovery of the
age, pleasant and refreshing to the
taste, act gently and positively on kid
news, liver and. bowels, cleansing the
entire system, dispel colds, cure head
ache, fever, habitual constipation and
biliousness. Please. buy and try box
of C. C. G. today; 10, 25, so cents.
Sold and guaranteed to cure by all
druggists. DIV
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-04
HAVE BOUGHT AN ORGAN.
The Park Avenue M. E. Church Have
Placed Their order.


The order was placed Thursday
afternoon for the big new pipe organ
for the Park avenue NJ. E. church.
O. Marshall, of the Lancaster Mar
shall Organ company, of Moline, H.,
came here Thursday to meet the COM
mittee having the matter in charge.
Charles Cooper for the committee or
dered a twenty-six register pipe organ.
The organ is to be specially built for
the church, and must be in place by
December %. The assurance is given
us that the organ will be about the
best, if not the bes, organ of the kind
in town.
There will be big dedication serv-
ice when the organ is placed at about
Christmas time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-04
TO CONTEST THE WILL.
Pullman Heirs Are Likely to Try to
Break It Down.

Chicago, Oct. 2S-It begins to look
as though there was going to be con-
test over the will of the late George M.
Pullman, which was filed late Yester-
day for probate.
Close friends of the family says Mrs.
Pullman agreed before the will was
made that she would not contest it
because she is not bequeathed her full
one-third of the estate. Since her
husbands death, too, she has expressed
herself as satisfied. The sons say,
reluctantly, that they are satisfied with
the provisions of the will. But on the
whole, it is limited that one of the pos
sibilities is a greet legal battle over the
proposition to break the last testament
of the deceased millionaire.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-04
Special Tar of $500, 900.

Besides the annual taxes for the
expenses of government there is spe-
cial tax of $500, 000.to believed this year
for the generals fund! Thisstax is lev
led under section 1,071 of the Revised
Statutes and arises from various causes.
Secretary of State CassOn thinks the
people are entitled to know these
causes.
The administration in 1894 used all
the money accumulated fin the general
fund in lieu of the annual tax levy,
which was made possible by the re-
ceipt of $89, 46610 from the refund of
the direct war tax and 1927, 9O2.55
from judgments against!formers treas
urers. 1t created deficiency in the
general fund, which was increased by
the extra expense of 100000 for TAX
ing the census. From this it is evident
that in 1894 the ordinary revenue was
not sufficient 10 cover expenses up to
and including January 10, 1885, To
put the general fund on safe basis, a
tax of SIP, 900 was levied in 1895,
which would have been sufficient had
the ordinary income remained as IN
1894. Instead, the revenues fell of
during the years 1895, 1896 and 1897
to the amount of $3.50, 000,as compared
with 1894.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-04
Educate Your Bowels with casoarets.

Candy Cathartic, cure constipation
forever. 1Oc. If G.. C. C. fail, drug
gists refund money. DIV
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-04

@$For four, years I had nasal catarrh,
and though the case was mild one at
Szst. it was not long until noticed that it
was gradually growing worse. OF course
II was under treatment of frst-class ply
xScians, but their remedies were applied
Rcca1fy; andthedisease seemed to be get
ting ,firmer hold on me all the while.
sEAfter spending SO much money for
treatment which proved to be all in
vain, Twas urged totry SIS. This REM
e7y proved to be the right one, for tgot at
the disease, and a. few bottles cured me
perfectly. The cure was a permanent
,0ne, and haveonot had touch of the
disease for many years. Swift's Specific
As the only remedy that will have the
slightest effect upon Catarrh."
Sufferers from Catarrh should get a
start on the disease. before the cold
Fweather aggravates it.. Those who have
been relying upon local treatment will
find winter weather is all that is
needed to show that the disease is still
with them. A course of S. SIS. (Swift's
Specifc) will prove all assertions made
that it is the only cure for Catarrh; it goes
20 the cause of the troub1e-the blood
and forces out all traces of the disease.
Swift's Specific is the only remedy
which reaches real obstinate blood dis
eases; it cures Catarrh, Rheumatism,
Cancer, Contagious Blood Poison, Ec-
zema, Scrofu1a, and in TACT every other
disease of the blood. It is guaranteed
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-04
Purely Vegetable

and is the only blood remedy containing
no potash, mercury or other mineral.
Booksmailed free to any address by the
Swift Specific Company, Atlanta, Ga.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-04

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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1897-11-04
Cost of Caring for Insane.


Added to this must be the increase
in the maintenance of the chronic in
sane in the various county asylums.
In 1894 the state contributed for this
purpose 1910, 5000. of which the coun-
ties paid 500, 796.10. The amount paid
by the state has since gradually in
creased by reason of the counties
transferring inmates of poorhouses to
such institutions, the state paying
towards the maintenance OF those Un-
fortunates $3.50 per week for each per-
son, until it has reached the amount OF
$343, 5Sl. 10 in 1897, of which sum the
counties paid $67, S11.43, and will pay
1864 900 in 1898, the counties centribu-
ting only $4,000.
Another increase was brought about
in the management of the charitable
and penal institutions. Here the ex-
penditures have risen from $446, 511.73
for the fiscal year of 1895 to 1868, 1885,
% for the fiscal year of 1896, and will
reach $774,OOO for the period beginning
Oct. /, 1897, and ending Jan. 10, 1899,
which increase is accounted for by the
opening of the home for the feeble
minded, the building of an intermedi-
ate state prison, and other permanent
improvements, which amount would
exhaust all appropriations authorized
by law for state institutions up to and
including Jan. Is, 1859.
Increase in Expenses.
The increase IN the volume of the
business of the state necessarily entails
natural increase in expense. This,
however, would not be sufficient to eX-
haust the revenues of the state were
it not for the increase paid out in the
maintenance of the chronic insane in
the asylums and the caring for the un-
fortunates in our state institutions,
while the receipts as shown have de-
creased very materially.
1t is Mr.. Casson's opinion that the
most serious problem che next legisla-
ture of Wisconsin will have to confront
will be that of revenue. This same
problem is confronting all older states
While the revenues of the state have
not increased in any respect in the last
decade, the cost of maintaining the
charitable, penal and defective classes
has very largely increased, owing to ar
increase in the population of the differ
ent state institutions maintained fol
these people. All other expenses have
increased with the growth of the state
but no provision has been made for an
increased revenue to meet these in
creased expenses.
The McCook tribune., 1897-05-21

way back TO the time of Lycurgus, the
great Spartan ruler. Plutarch tells us
that Lycurgus had a great many wise
and curious notions as to how people
should live and how the affairs of me
country should be managed. One OF his
ideas was that there was no necessity
for building a wall about town :. the
soldiers were properly trained 10 pro-
tect the place. On one occasion an am
bas ssador from a neighboring country
came to see Lycurgus. and he askeL
how it was that he had no WALL
around the town. But we have walls,
replied Lycurgus, and if you will conc
with me | will show them to you.
Thereupon he took his guest out upon
the plains where the army was drawn
up in battle array, and, pointing tC
the ranks of the soldiers, he said:
These are the walls of Sparta, and
every man is a brick" SO you Gc5
when the expression was first used II
had a great deal more sense than ii has
now.
The McCook tribune., 1897-05-21
Ceremonial Laws of Savare..

In recent lecture en- primitive Re
ligious Expression" in New Haven
Conn, Professor D. G. Brinton said tha
ceremonial law is found to exist in ey
cry tribe, and is obeyed with surprisin:
punctuality. 1t is often absurd and ri
diculous, but is obeyed just the same
Among certain tribes it is against tbi:
law to roast a pig. only boiling of tha
animal being allowed; with othe,
tribes no fuel from two differen
species of trees may be used for tn.
same fire; and in Kamtchatka a Ger
tain tribe has a ceremonial law which
prohibits the scraping of snow from the
boots with metal knife. and another
law which threatens with boils anvous
who kills very young duck. 1t is be
lieved that punishment for the infrac,
tion Of any Of these laws falls not upor
the individual, but upon his tribe. Oar.
win found very little religion amons
the Patagonians, but the severest cere.
monial laws in vogue
The McCook tribune., 1897-05-21
DRUNK FOR TWENTY YEARS.

correspondent writes: Il was drunk
on and off for over twenty years, drunk
when had money, sober when ! had none.
Many dear friends i lost, and numbers
gave me good advice to no purpose; but,
thank God, an angel hand came at last in
The form of my poor wife, who administer
cd your marvellous remedy. "Anti-Jag," "
to me without my knowledge or consent
] am now saved and completely trans
formed from a worthless fellow to a sober
and respected citizen
If 'Anti-Jag'' cannot be had at your
druggist, it will be mailed in plain wrapper
with full directions how to give secretly
on receipt of One Dollar, by the Renova
Chemical Co, &c Broadway, New Y ork, or
.nev win gladly mail full particulars tree
The McCook tribune., 1897-05-21
Tales of Peril.

While three men were hunting il
Idaho, one gave shout, and the Others
ran to his assistance. They found hin
clinging to some vines, that grew OF
the edge of a great hCle in the ground
at least thirty feet in diameter. AfieI
hauling him out, he explained that he
had walked into the hole while looking
ahead for game, and only saved himself
by the mereSt chance. The hunters
came back the next day with ropes and
lowered a man into the pit. He report
ed that it was nearly sixty feet deep
and halfway down was narrowed III
like an hour glass, so that any living
thing falling into the pit could never
get out without assistance. AS proof
the floor of the pit was strewn W>h
the carcasses of bear. deer and lesser
game. The lucklesS animals at differ
ent times had evidently fallen into the
pit, perhaps while being chased, and
of course, were unable to climb the
walls, which inclined toward the mar
row opening. Nobody of any sense ev-
er hunts for grizzly, but when one
comes in sight hardly any one can re
frain from firing at him. This was tbs
case with two men in Montana, who
were going over the mountains on I
narrow trail, when they saw a grizzly
on the rocks above. Both men prompt
ly took to shelter and consulted The
grizzly was evidently coming to {
SnrinO np9rhv n drink n
ing its own business, but one of the
men thought he saw a chance. an6
fired. The bullet hit the bear in the
neck. This merely irritated him enough
to make him look around for his tor
mentors, and presently he was in full
chase. They ran at lively pace, bul
would have been caught had they MOI
scrambled up the rocks. The grizzly
scrambled up, too, but presently al
sounds of pursuit ceased Lookins
back, they saw the bear jammed be,
tween two rocks. Before he could bach
cut, one of the men ran back and pu:
ball in the griZZly's ear, and the chase
was over. 1t was such narrow es-
cape, however, that the hunters re
solved to avoid grizzlies in future.
In Los Angeles, a resident exhibits
the skin Of u mountain lion. got in (
peculiar way. He was riding leisureIy
among the foothills when a mountain
l:on crossed his path, and was stink
ing away, as it generally does. when he
rashly fired at it with a light shot
gun he carried. The lion. slightly
wounded, came back in a rage anG
made dash at him. The horse shieC
and the man was thrown, striking his
head against a rock, and causing in
sensibility. When he came to his
senses his horse was standing owe,
him, and a dead lion lay a little dis
tance away. He examined the beast
and found its skull crushed like ar
eggshell. The horse had got a faii
crack at him with his heels, and made
an end Of him.
The McCook tribune., 1897-05-21
Cost of Stopping a Train.

BY series of calculations it has
been demonstrated that il costs a rail-
road ten cents to stop locomotive
and four cents for each stop of a pas
sengcr car. II often happens that
passenger does not make any move to
leave the train until the order is given
to go ahead, and a train must be
brought to stop again to let the slow
going passenger off. This little Incl
dent costs the railroad company six
teen or twenty cents, sometimes as
much as the tardy passenger has paid.
This is one of the little leaks that a
railroad company undertakes to guard
against, and the number of coaches to
"a train is limited 10 save expense of
stoppage, as well as to lessen the
num- Der of pounds of coal consumed
and wear and tear of its running gear.
The McCook tribune., 1897-05-21
The Following Letter.

MY DEAR SIR:-Nour letter. asking my i'm
prcssions as "a physician, OF the Black Hills
country rs "a health resort Is before me.
/ made "A personal investigation OF the Hot
Springs in South Dakota, and believe they
are OF great value TO invalids. Water. free
from organic compounds or chemical i'm
puriticS. and a delightfully."- pure. dry atmos-
phcrc with plenty OF sunshine. are essential
for the repair Of diseased tissues. and such
conditions Obtain AT Hot Springs : ID. But
am specially Interested in the study and
treatment of nervous diseases. and il was for
The purpose Of informing myself of the bene-
fetal effects 10 be derived 10 that class OF
suffering humanity" that directed my in
VcStigatiOns.e For such ailments | find the
atmospheric conditions especially commend
able. being light and wholly free from that
humidity so prevalent in this and lower
attitudes. The clear, pure springs are con-
Stantly issuing out of the rocks at Il temper
aturc about equal 10 the normal body heat
and potent In therapeutic properties that are
very superior in benetitting nervous atfcc-
iiOns.
The high altitude provides "A pure, dry air
not possible in other health resorts, however
artiticially bcautited TOthc pleasure seeker,
who is DESTROYS of rest and recupcration from
The daily duties of routine business or pro-
fcSSional life, there is no better locality.
Hotels are inviting and moderate in rates,
while tramp over the hills. or ride in the
stage coach. or on horseback to the numer-
Gus resorts is inexpensive. and lac who visits
Niagara Falls to view its majesty may see a
rrander work of nature i'll TIE great Wind
Cave of Hot Springs :. ID.
DID YOU READ IT?
If you wish to know the name of the
prominent Omaha physician that wrote
the letter, | will tell you. and at same
time mail you a map and time card
showing that the North Western Line
is the most dirict to these springs.
j. Il. BUCHANAN.
G. Z. A, L. E. & NJ. V. L. r.,
Omaha Neb
The McCook tribune., 1897-05-21
Big Earrings Coming III Again.

Monster earrings" says jeweler,
belong to the a of cannit ism and
widow burning, and | never expected
to see the mastodonic oriental fashion
revived, but English swelldom has de-
creed that big earrings must be worn
again so be prepared to see the lobes
OF ladies' auricles weighed down with
great heavy combinations Of metalu
and jewels. l wonder why the women
stop short of wearing rings in their
noses and ten-penny nails stuck
through their upper lips.