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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-10
Claims That Fraudulent Votes Were
Cast May Invalidate the Elec-
ton OF Peter PirsCh.
MANY UNREGISTERED VOTES CAST
claim is Made That Many New Voters
Voted in Several wards and strict
Investigation Is Being Made.

The Republican City committee has
announced that the election of Peter
Pirsch as alderman of the First ward
will be contested. The work Of max
ing the contest has been referred to
the District Attorney of the county
and he is now at work getting evidence
of fraudulent voting III the ward which
he thinks will be sufficient to throw
the alderman out of Office.
The Republican managers claim that
among the long list of unregistered
votes cast in this ward at the election
at least twenty-five were fraudulent
votes. The record of the Clerk of the
Circuit Court shows that on election
day and the days Immediately preced-
ing it over one hundred foreigners
claimed that nearly every one of these
men voted in the First ward of the
city. 1t is true that their votes went
by in many cases unchallenged, but
this fact will not prevent the contest
of the election if the voters can be
shown to have voted fraudu1ently. L
is claimed that number of the men
who voted had not attained the age of
twenty-one years and that in many
cases the voter had not been resident
of Wisconsin for more than two
months. The Republicans are prepar-
ing to fight the matter in the courts
and lists are being prepared for COM
parison with the poll list of the differ
ent wards.
In connection with the claims of
fraud in the First ward it is claimed
that the city had it's first dose of re-
peaters on Tuesday. A young Demo
cratic politician who kept close
watch on the ballots on Tuesday stated
to a representative of this paper
Thursday that he was confident that
there were several repeaters aud
that in some cases men voted in the
First, Fourth and Sixth wards and
would have probably voted again if
carriages could have been secured to
take them to the polls. Nothing has
been done in regard to the alleged con-
test in the Fourth, but this matter will
be taken up later.
1t is to be hoped that the people of
the city will give the officials every aid
possible in looking into the election in
the First ward and that if possible the
fraud will be detected and the ring
leaders punished as the la provides.
Kenosha is too small city for election
frauds to be started IN and it is the
duty of all to assist in nipping these
corrupt practices in the bud before
they find root in the municipality.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-10

BOTH Houses OF Congress took up
the discussion of the Chinese Exclu-
sion law Friday. No opponents to the
general principle of 4 exclusion APP
peared, but very decided differ
ence of opinion arose as to the
advisability of passing the pending
Chinese Exclusion act. The treaty on
which the present law was based ex-
pires in 1904. The opposition to the
new law contends that to pass meas
ure without any limit to it's duration,
and one extending beyond the expira-
ton of the present treaty, on which
the law is based, would be breach of
good faith which would justify the
Chinese in taking retaliatory meas
ures. They propose to extend the
present law, which they claim is sufi-
Gent for all practical purposes, until
the time of the expiration Of the treaty
with China. In the meantime new
treaty can be negotiated and a new
law framed to meet it's provisions.
China could then take no offense. In
view of the particularly friendly re1a-
tons which the United States has
maintained with China since the ne
gotiations which grew out of the Boxer
troubles, and the Importance of con-
tinuing these relations with the en-
pire that we may be able to SUCCESS
fully maintain the open door policy in
China, the law which gives the least
ofense would seem to be the wisest to
enact. One thing is certain. Some
kind of law which will keep the
Chinese out we must have. The SEN
timent, not only on the Pacific coast,
but throughout the States, is unmis-
takably in favor of Chinese exclusion.
And the law must be passed at once.
The Chinese are gathering in large
numbers on the frontier in hopes that
some hitchsmay occur that will delay
the passage of new act beyond the
time of the expiration of the Geary
law and give them an opportunity to
get in. The Senators and Represen-
tatives fromgth Pacific coast, where
the presence of the Chinese is felt
more than in any other section of the
Union, are united in favor of the
Mitchell-Kahn law, which is even
more drastic measure than the Geary
act, but in view of the necessity for
immediate action and the short time
remaining in which to prepare for the
carrying into effect of new law and
the unavoidable confusion which will
result, it is quite possible that Con-
gress will extend the present law.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-10

furnishes it for the uses of others, ex-
cept to his own family, who shall mix
with it any artificial co1oration that
causes it to look like butter shall be
held to be manufacturer, and shall
be subject to the tax provided by exist
ing law; that upon oleomargarine col
ored so as to resemble butter, a tax of
10 cents pound shall be levied, but
upon oleomargarine not co1ored the tax
shall be one-fourth of cent per
pound; that upon adu1terated butter a
tax of 10 cents pound shall be levied;
and upon all process or renovated but
ter the tax shall be one-fourth of cent
per pound.
The manufacturers of process or of
renovated butter or of adulterated but
ter shall pay an annual taxa of 5000,
the wholesale dealers shall pay tax Of
$3.50, and the retail dealers tax of $48
per annum. The measure provides
regulations for the collection of the
tax and prescribes minutely how the
various products are to besprepared for
market.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-10
Why He Kept a Dog.

A prominent dog fancfer and
wealthy man of Philadelphia stepped
into grocery the other night and
accidentally stumbled over a fat old
German, who was sitting in a corner
smoking his pipe.
Under his chair was the most re-
markable specimen of a dog that the
gentleman had ever seen. 1t had the
appearance of a pug, with rough, red
hair and a long tail. 1t was impossi-
BILE to resist laughing at the placid
old man and his nondescript dog.
What kind Of dog is that?" asked
the gentleman.
II don't know" replied the German.
II suppose you use him hunting"
'No."
us he good for anything?'
mo"
'"Then why do you value him so?''
Because he likes me-" said the old
fellow, still putting at his pipe, and
the expression of the dog as he looked
up from under the chair fully con-
firmed the statement
'"There is no better or stronger rea-
son than that" asserted the gentle
man emphatically as he walked away.
Philadelphia Press.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-10

MAJOR ANsoN is the latest victim of
LaFollette harmony. He was defeat
ed by La Toilette votes after being
nominated by an overwhelming ma
jority in the Milwaukee Republican
City convention. To carry out the
rule or ruin policy of the Governor,
the La Toilette faction, being hopeless
1y in the minority in the convention,
united with the Democrats and de-
feated him at the polls. Is this a
fair indication of what may be expect
ed in the fail in case the Governor
fails to secure a denomination? APP
parently Henry Fink was pretty nearly
right when he said that the Governor
and his faction "Preferred the har-
mony which characterized the rela-
tons between the tribes of the original
Americans-the harmony with the
tomahawk in the other fellows head"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-10

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT has refused
to interfere with the sentences inn
posed by the Cuban court on Nicely,
Rathbone and Reeves. The President
is said to have expressed the opinion
that the men got no more than their
just deserts. President Palma, after
he is inaugurated President of the
Cuban Repu bile, will be asked to par
don the men, but if he does it will not
be at the request Of this government.
Those who know what powerful infu-
ences are working to secure the release
of the condemned men do not believe
that they will remain in prison for
any length of time. President Palma
will of course exercise his own dis
erection in the matter, but he should
understand that there is no sentiment
in this country in favor of the pardon
of these men.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-10
Merchant Sued for 8 Gents,

Expressman Sharp has sued Abra-
ham Lipetz, a shoe merchant Of Vine
land, n. j., for cents and the case
will be tried before a justice Of the
peace as seriously as if thousands of
dollars were involved, says a New
York exchange.
While carting merchandise for Ii
petz, Sharp was unable to find a box
billed to the merchant. Later in the
day it was found that Lipetz had the
box. Sharp added cents to his bill
for carting, because he had gone to
all the trouble to do the work as or
dered. Lipetz declined to pay the ex-
ira 5 cents. hence the suit
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-10

THE Oleo Bill was passed by the
Senate Thursday by vote of 80 to 81.
The measure, as passed, is not entirely
satisfactory to the friends of the dairy
interests, but considering the large
number of hostile amendments offered
and the unexpectedly powerful opposi-
tion to the bill which developed, the
Senators from the dairy States feel
that the bill as it stands is as satisfac-
tory measure a. can be passed in the
Senate.
The bill will now go back to the
House probably into conference. There
may be some delay in reaching an
agreement, but the impression prevails
in Washington that it will become a
law substantially in the form it passed
the Senate Thursday. 1t provides
that oleomargarine and kindred prod
ucts shall be subject to all laws and
regulations of any State or territory or
the District of Columbia, into which
they are transported, whether in orig
inal packages or otherwise; that any
person who sells oleomargarine and
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-10
HOME FOR FOUNDING.
Grace Millicent. Picked up on Streets Of
Chicago is Given a Home.

There was a pretty little ceremony
IN Judge Slosson's court this morning
when an order was issued whereby
Grace Millicent, nine months old
baby, became Grace Millicent Bassett,
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar
Bassett, of Bassett's Station.
The order for the adoption of the
child was the latest act il, its most in
teresting history. Grace Millicent
was founding. She was born in
Chicago about the sixth of Septem Der
OF last year and big policeman walk
ing along Wood street found the little
girl wrapped IN blanket and lying
IN a basket on the doorstep of a pri
vate residence. The child was taken
to the police Office and later to the
foundlings' home, where it was cared
for. Efforts were made to discover
the parentage of the child but the eff
forts were unavailing. and the bright
Z cd baby was finally named Grace
Mlllicent by the nurses at the home
Some time ago Mr.. and Mrs. Bassett
were visiting at the home and they
took a fancy to the little baby and
soon after they gave notice that they
would adopt it and the final order was
made this morning. BY the order of
the court the little girl will be given a
splendid home, as the Bassett family
is one of the best known in the West
ern part of the county.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-10

THE suggestion of some of the
members of the House that the ship
subsidy bill be laid over until the next
session, is in itself a confession of
weakness. The central and western
congressman know that the bill is gen.
orally unpopular with their consritu-
ents who are opposed to any subsidy
and they are disposed to tenporize.
They will gain nothing by delay and
the bill should be taken up and finally
disposed of at this session. tits going
to be an issue of the fall congressional
elections whether it is passed at this
session or held over until the next.
The people Of this section are opposed
to the policY of subsidies and they
would like to know where their con-
gressmen stand on the question before
the fall elections.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-10

While DR.. Seward Webb is travelling
in the west his friends in Vermont
are keeping him in mind for the nom
nation for governor. 1t was while he
was counting his wife "a daughter of
William H. Vanderbilt) that DR.. Webb
began his annual visits to the Green
Mountain state. To be near her he
paid call upon the late William M.
Evarts who owned fine farm in Yer
mont.
Mr.. Webb arrived at the ex-senators
house about noon on a very hot day
Luncheon was just served in the din
ing-room, the table placed almost I'M
derneath large, old-fashioned fire
place. Among other things on the
board was a cold ham, stuck all over
with spices, which Mr.. Evarts pro
ceeded to carve
Doctor" he asked, did you ever
hear Of the -- magazine"
ooh, yes" replied DR.. Webb, 'T be-
Heve it is something new they have
just started over in Brooklyn"
swell, DOCTOR" continued Mr.. Evarts,
"that magazine has written me to send
them something choice from my pen.
l guess I'll send them a slice of this
ham. "-Philadelphia Press.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-10
Local insurance Underwriters al
Their Meeting Add twenty-five
Per Cent. to the Rates.
THE RESOLUTION AS PASSED
The Rates in Kenosha Are Made Uniform
With Those in other Cities by the In
crease-Better Insurance Promised.

The Local Board of Insurance I'm
derwriters at their meeting Friday
afternoon formally adopted the new
rates for risks in this city as recently
proposed by the union of the larger
companies in the country. The in
creased rates are already in force and
all insurance written in the future will
be written under these rates.
The resolution as passed by the To-
Cal board is as follows:
Resolved, that from and after this
date theresha1l be charged an advance
OF twenty-five per cent. OF the present
prblishedTates on the following class
es of risks:
Contents of all commercial and mer-
camille buildings.
All frame store buildings. Brick
veneered and ironclad to be treated as
frame.
All manufacturing risks and other
special hazards which have not been
rated upon,Unio schedules within one
year. Risks equipped with approved
automa tic spr1nklerS' not to be inClud-
ed. This advance also to include the
following classes: DBakeries, black
smith shops, carpenter shops, cigar
factories, hotels, laundries, livery, feed
and boarding stables, opera houses and
theaters, restaurants,.wa shops, re-
tail lumber yards, printing offices
Except where hand power is used ex-
clusively). The advance to apply to
both buildings and contents.
Where store fixtures are insured sep
arate1y from the building they are to
be considered the same as stock.
1t is understood that in applying the
advance, the nearest multiple of FIVE
shall be used.
Kenosha, avis, April 4, 1902.
c. P. BARNES,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-10
OWLS AT A DANCE.
New Club of Young Men Entertain in a
Charming Manner at Simmons Hall.

One of the most enjoyable social
events of the year in Kenosha was the
dance given by the "Owls" at Sim
mons hall Friday evening. In honor
of the event the hall was deliberately
decorated with flags and flowers and
the platform was perfect bank of
palms and ferns. More than hum
dred guests were present and enjoyed
the festivities of the evening. Dane
ing was the feature of the evenings
amusement, the music being furnished
by the Stemm Bros. orchestra. At mid
night the club served refreshments in
the balcony.
The members of the new social or
ganization are Ray Culley, John Hege-
man, John Cantwe11, John Deignan
and Fred Stemm.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-10

If the police would only display half
as much activity in hunting up crimi-
nails and getting them into jail as they
displayed election day in hunting up
voters and getting them to the polls,
their efforts would be appreciated by
patient and long suffering public.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-10
SEASON TICKETS READY.
Base Ball Association Issues Tickets and
Asks People to Buy Largely.


The Kenosha Base Ball association
has taken unique way to raise funds
for the improvements now being
planned at the park and a'large num-
Der Of season tickets have been sent
out accompanied by the following cir
cular letter:
Kenosha, Wis, April 3, 1902.
Dear Sir:-The Kenosha Base Ball
Association was organized one year
ago. It secured a site, the nearest one
to the city that could be obtained, on
which lease extending for more than
one year could be secured.
It commenced at once to get the
ground into shape, inc1osed the tract
and erected large grand stand and
bleachers.
It put into the field the best talent
the town afforded and then sent to out
side clubs to secure the balance of the
team. Money was not spared to make
Kenosha's base ball club the strongest
in the State. In this the management
succeeded to a great extent. Out of
thirty-two games played only thirteen
were lost, and those to top-notchers.
It is the intention of the manage
ment to put into the field even a
stronger team than that of 1901. It
also intends to make extensive i'm
provements to the park. The cas-
fence will be moved out fifty feet, the
entire field graded and 1eveled, a club
house built, in which the players can
change uniforms Immediately after a.
game is over. All of the above INF
provements will take large sum of
money. Rather than solicit funds
from the lovers of the game we have
decided to adopt the following plan:
Enclosed you will find a season
ticket. It you feel inclined to assist
Association in this enterprise kindly
send US the price of the ticket, FIVE dol
lars $500. If not please return ticket
at your earliest opportunity.
In helping the Association you will
help every young man in Kenosha.
The base ball games afford them an
opportunity to spend an enjoyable and
harm1esssafternoon at a very small ex-
pense. Hoping you may be in a posi-
ton to assist Us, and awaiting your
reply, we remain,
Sincerely yours,
kENOSHA BASE BALL'ASSoCIATION
It is to be hoped that every lover of
the national game in Kenosha will
respond to the call and purchase sea-
son tickets and thus give the boys
chance to have the park put in condi-
ton by the opening of the season.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-10
Sincerely yours,

Hugo Raussendorff, who owns one
of the finest private art galleries in
Berlin, celebrated his 10th birthday a
few weeks ago, and took this occasion
to place at the disposal of the Acad-
envy of Arts a sum of money, the inter
est on which-1,50O marks-is to be
bestowed annually on some student.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-10

EVERY citizen of Kenosha is inter
ested in having::the city look as clean
and we'll kept as possible. Try and
remember this when you are tempted
to cut corners and mark out new paths
for yourself across the Library park.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-10

COME to think of it, the Professor
may have been right. The only grand
high mix of the campaign was caused
by thatl "kid glove effete element of
society" whose interest in the election
was so strongly deprecated by him.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-10

A pleasant surprise party was ar
ranged Thursday evening for Miss
Nellie keenan, by her sister, Tessie,
and Miss Bessie Evans. About
twenty-five guests gathered at the
home of Miss keenan,, on Crate street,
and the evening was spent in games
and cards. Refreshments were served
at II O'Clock.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-10

THE ways and means committee of
the House is willing to compromise
with National honor on a basis Of
twenty per cent.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-10

Stamping Clerk.
The increase in'the rates by the trust
will meet with considerable opposition
in Kenosha. The large companies have
sent out statements to their agents of
the reason for the increase, but this
statement has already been given to
the public.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-10

IT is wise man who assists his wife
in house-cleaning by staying out until
she has finished.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-10

The man'>who advertises his BUSH
ness can't be scared out by competition
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-04-10

CANDIDATES for Chief of police will
please stand up and be counted.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-03-01
Tribute of Respect.

4 r IL regular meeting of Mountain Lodge
! y No. 90 A., +. and \. NJ, of Frostburg
Md, held Thursday evening, February y.
1902, brothers J. i. ODER. FRANK c. BENIL
and JOSIAH FORD, Committee appointed to
prepare Il paper expressing the sense of the
Lodge concerning the recent loss of brother
beloved, submitted the appended paper and
it was duly adopted
WHEREAS, Mountain Lodge, No. %. An
Client. Free and Accepted Masons. having lost
by death from its membership brother
Charles Melvin McCuIIOh,
Ii is deemed due to his memory that the
Lodge should place upon its records some
testimony of its fraternal esteem for him
while living and of the sorrow it feels in the
loss Occasioncd by his death therefore. belt
ReSo'"cd That in the dispcnsation we are
now called to mourn we recognize the hand
of Divine Providence, especially in the fact
that brother McCULLou having been for
number of years the oldest surviving mem
Der of the Lodge, held a peculiarly strong
claim upon our fraternal regard -
R,>oI"cd, That during his long career rs Il
Free Mason he honored his allegiance To the
Order by attending its mystic rites. obcying
its sublime preCcptS and cXcmplifying its
unfaltcring charity; and
RcSoi",d, That after due record in the book
of our proceedings we tender to the surviving
family a copy of this paper, and that a copy
be also provided for publication.
THEO. GUNNETT. W. NJ.
JOSIAH FORD, Secretary.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-03-01
'EhiI.IN NrnrS AnD.

For the week corresponding with this
in 1872 the paragraphs below comprise
in part items of occurrence then new:
\ recent publication of tariff reductions by
the Adams Express company was regarded
by the JOURNAL as a hoax after reviewing its
own bills.
DR.. &. T.. Porter, of Homecoming, then a
member of the House of Delegates, was in
town Feb - looking after legislative mat
tiers affecting FroStburg. During his whole
legislative career the doctor never qualified
the performance of his duty by request
\ petition asking the Legislature to en-
power the school authorities to appoint at
least one teacher capable of teaching German
in Fro>tburg Public school No. l was cir
culatcd.
John l.. Porter was appointed Notary
Public; John G. Wcis and f. A. Maurcy
justices of the peace for FroStburg, and John
Ryan and e. :. Murphy for Homecoming,
John Navins store in Wcstcrnport,
burned down Feb. 20. Other buildings
caught and burned until five were wholly
consumed. MeSsrs. Navin, Hughes, Leaders
and Mayer were the losers of about $500,
less $1,000 insurance.
Miss Elizabeth Mary, daughter of Thomas
and Martha Williams, of this place, died
Feb. 2G, III her 18th year.
Feb. 18th Mrs. Diana Leach, wife of John
Leach, of this place. died. aged 81 years