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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-12-11

THE failure of so many of the can
didates at the last election to file a
schedule of their expenses shows that
it is the intention of some of them to
disobey the law if they are permitted
to do so. Too many of them are in the
same boat for it to appear that the
failure to file expense accounts was an
oversight, Somebody should get after
them with sharp stick and see that
they either obey the law and file ex-
pense accounts or pay the fines pro-
vided for failure to do so. The cor
rupt practices act, which provides that
all candidates at any election shall file
schedules of their election expenses,
does not leave it to the option of the
candidate whether he will file or not,
but distinctly says that he shall do SO
within thirty days after the election,
and provides heavy penalties tor any
failure to do so. The claim is made
IudL IIlG law Is Jul
the matter has never been tested in
the courts and until such decision is
rendered the law should be enforced.
That the whole proceeding is more or
less of a farce and that the expense
accounts of most of the candidates
conceal more than they tell, we all
know, but what is sauce for the goose
should be sauce for the gander, and if
some of the candidates are required to
comply with the law, all should be
made to do so. If test case has to be
made, it might as well be made now as
later, and the delinquents should not
be permitted to labor under the de-
fusion that even such exalted individ-
uals as candidates can obey the law or
not, just as they choose.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-12-11

HE Civil Service Commission wi
e ccommend to Congress the passage
9f a law which will make il possible 70
care for the superannuated clerks IN
the various departments at Washing
40. Every department has number
4f these men who have reached the age
nhen their infirmities make them use
less, and as nobody wants to see them
turned out to starve or become Deepen
dent upon charity, they continue T.
draw their salaries long after it is i'm
possible for them to render any serv
ices to the government. The problem
Of taking care of these men, and yet
have the business of the departments
transacted in satisfactory manner.
has worried every Secretary in Wash
ington for years. 1t is not fair to re-
uuire their assistants to do all the
work, while they draw the pay, and
vet it is impossible to turn them out.
A Civil pension list has been suggest
ed, bat if the Government once begins
pensioning its civilian employees no
one can tell where to draw the line.
Several other plans have been sug-
gested, but the Civil Service Commits
sion will recommend the adoption Of
the German plan by which a system of
compulsory insurance will be put in
operation. A certain percentage will
be deducted from the monthly pay of
every employee in the classified serv-
ice and this fund will be invested and
the income used for their support
when they reach the age Of retirement.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-12-11
LIFE IN THE PHILIPPINES.
Charles Pofah1 Tells the Members of the
Mems Club of Life In Far East.


At a we'll attended meeting of the
Mems Club of the First Baptist church
Thursday evening in the Y. M. C. A.
hall Charles Pofahl gave an interest
ing and instructive address on "Life in
the Philippines
During the four years that he spent
in the service of the u. S., partly in
Cuba but for the most part in the
Philippines, he was constant stu
dent of the ways and policy of the Am
erican army. His address was devoted
chiefly to the character of the Filipino
and the methods employed by the mill
tary leaders in reducing them to obe~
dience to American authority, and in
elevating them to higher plane of
life. Mr.. Pofahl also severely ar
raigned the general morals of the off.
GERS and soldiers of the American
army, showing the need of radical re
forms in the service. He also affirmed
that under the present administration
the standard of life and character in
the army is gradually being elevated.
Mr.. Pofahl held the attention of his
auditors for nearly an hour.
In addition to his address excellent
musical numbers were rendered by
Messrs. Har baugh, L. ]. Pofahl, Kitz-
row and E1kerton.
The next meeting of the Club will be
held in connection with the feast of
dedication of the new edifce of the
church, some time in January, 1903.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-12-11
PLEASANTLY ENTERTAINED
Mrs. G. lei. Curtis Entertains a Large Party
of Friends at Cat Party"

A pleasant social event took plac
Thursday evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. G. H. Curtis on Prairie ave-
nue., when the host and hostess enter
tanned about fifty of their friends at
''cat party" It wasn't really feline
affair, but novel entertainment, in
which the word cat played an import
ant part and served to furnish name
for the gathering. During the even
ing an interesting musical program
was rendered, and at midnight delic-
ious refreshments were served.
Some of the invited guests failed to
grasp the real significance of the party
and they came loaded down with box
which contained their favorite sttabby."
There were just enough of the real
live cats to make the evening a novel
and interesting one.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-12-11
COAL SUPPLY SHORT
Close of Navigation Leaves Kenosha With
Only Half the Required Quantity.

Close of Navigation Leaves Kenosha with
Only Half the Required Quantity.
With the close of navigation less
than 5000 tons of hard coal is the sup
ply either already delivered. on hand
or in sight, with which Kenosha must
face the winter, although it is possible
that the famine, which is sure to fol-
low later in the season, may be re-
lieved by rail.
When the cooler weather first set in
dealers entertained hope that relief
would come by means of the lake
freighters, but the congested condition
of railroads at Pittsburg and Buffalo
has all along prevented supply Of
coal anywhere near the demand being
brought to lake ports where it could
be transferred to boats. Now that
navigation has practically closed, the
little relief that was obtained through
the lake freighters is considered as
good as cut off entirely. Recent
storms on the lakes, too, have had
the effect of greatly delaying the few
shipments that have been made to
date, and in consequence all hope for
any substantial relief before the win
ter ends is considered to be decidedly
improbable.
The coming Of the present spell of
cold weather has had the effect of
greatly augmenting the demand for
coal, and during Thursday and yes
terday every retail coal Office was
swamped with orders. So far as it is
posi- ble-and there is any on hand
hard coal is being delivered in lots
of one or two tons. This small deli
very also works to the disadvantage
of dealers, who claim that a large
extra expense is thus entailed. Nearly
every retail Office in the city has a
list of orders for the next three weeks
or longer, and it is question whether
the demand for any kind of coal can
be filled in that time. In every Office
the system of delivery by priority is
in vogue. If dealers cared to, or
could, accept premiums for immediate
delivery they could reap rich harvest
even for soft coal, but the price is not
being advanced by any, and every de-
mand is being attended to as soon as it
is reached.
It is stated, however, that there is no
danger of the supply of soft coal be-
coming limited, for the bituminous
fields can be reached by the railroads
in the event of any unusual demand or
the present supply being exhausted.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-12-11
Annual Report ofthe Register of Deeds
Shows That The Number of
Deaths is Decreasing
LARGE ADVANCE IN BIRTHS
Even the Marriage Records in the County
Show increases During the Year
Some Interesting Statistics

The report of the Register of Deeds
in regard TO the vital statistics in the
county during the period from Janu
airy l to November has been filed
with the County Clerk, and it presents
some interesting facts in regard to the
growth Of the county during the period
covered. The number of births re-
ported for this ten months is 433 and
he number Of deaths 238. This is an
increase in births over the same period
of last year of lis, and a decrease in
the number of deaths of thirty-one
II is possible that the increase in the
number of births in the county is a
little larger than it should be on &C
count of the fact that during proceed
lug years the doctors and mid wives IN
he county failed to report many births
to the proper county officials. During
the last year however, nearly every
birth has been reported. This fact is
plainly shown by the bills allowed to
the mid-wives and doctors by the
County Board for this service. II is a
matter of ngratula ton to note that
the death rate in the city has decreased
more than ten percent in a single year
and this fact is even more a matter of
congra tulation when it is known that
the rate has been steadily decreasing
during the past three years. Before
that time the rate OF deaths had been
on the Increase.
Kenosha has always been considered
one of the most healthful cities in the
State and this report of the Register
shows that the death rate for the year
will be less than two percent per year
Last year the percent was little
above two percent and four years ago
it was nearly four percent.
During the past two years the CITY
Council has given more attention than
ever before to the conditions of the
city for the improvement of the public
health and it is evident from the re-
ports made that these efforts have been
at least in measure rewarded.
Of course many of the deaths re-
ported to the Register of Deeds are
not Kenosha people. Some of them
are shipped into Kenosha from other
cities and these are all added to the
list of burial permits issued. The
humble Of corpses brought here for in
torment during the year will probably
reach thirty or forty, and the number
of people from other cities dying while
seeking health in the county will
probably be almost as many more, so
that the actual rate of deaths IN the
city would be less than one per cent.
Coun ting in the county the rate will
run far below this figure.
The report on marriages shows that
Cupid is keeping pace with the adj
vancement shown in other lines, and
the increase in marriages over the last
year is good one, This year there
were 213 marriages in the county, and
last year there were but 1913.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-12-11

THE.Business Mems Association or
some of the Mems Clubs of the city
might take up the study of voting ma
chimes with profit. Any machine that
promises, as this one does, to do away
with part, at least, of the cum bersome
and expensive election methods now in
vogue, ought to be of interest to the
organizations whose members ar
pledged to work for municipal i'm
provements of every kind. And the
day is surely coming when the ma
chimes will be IN use IN every up-to-
date city in the country. The profes-
sional politician cannot be expected to
of the voting machines. They hurt
his business. They do away with
great number of election jobs, with
which it is now customary to reward
the faithful, and what the professional
politician is looking for is to increase
the amount of graft, not to do away
with any of - The business man is
not hampered by the necessity of TAX
ing care of any of his friends, how
ever, and what appears to the politician
to be the principal objection to the
voting machines, appears to him as
the chief recommendation in their
favor. The principal objection urged
against the machines besides that of
interfering with the political graft is
the great initial cost, but if the manu-
facturers are willing to wait for their
pay until the machines have saved
their cost to the city by cutting down
the expenses of elections, that objec-
ton would hardly seem to be valid
one. Another objection urged against
the machines is that it would be al
most impossible to teach the illiterate
and foreign born voters to use them.
At the last election in Milwaukee the
test of the machines was made in the
wards having the greatest percentage
of foreign born residents, and the vot-
ers used them without difficulty. They
seemed to have less trouble registering
their votes by the machine than they
had in picking out their candidates
from the blanket ballot under the old
system. The machines are being
adopted generally in all Of the larger
cities and everywhere they have
been used the results have been most
satisfactory. The last election demon
strated that Kenosha must either have
more election precincts, and thus en-
ormously increase the expenses of an
election, or else adopt some new sys-
TEN of counting the votes. Before in
creasing the expenses it might be well
to ascertain what the voting machines
can save us.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-12-11
HOME FOR CAPTAIN CROSBY.
Wealthy Lumberman Presents the Well
Known Captain with Lumber for Home

Wealthy Lumberman Presents the Well
Known Captain with Lumber for Home
When the steamer c. H. Starke ar
rived from Boyne in Detroit, Thurs
day, large part of her cargo con-
sisted Of material for dwelling for
Capt. William Crosby, her master.
The material was presented to Capt.
Crosby by his employer, Paul Hoeft, a
wealthy lumberman, and embraces
practically everything used in the con-
struction of frame house excepting
the brick gfor the foundation. The
Starke will go into winter quarters to-
morrow near the site of the new house,
which will be erected during the
winter.
Capt. Crosby is we'll known in Keno
sha, he having been in the bark carry
ing service for many years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-12-11
SHERIFF,s SALE.
First publication, Oct. 30, 1902.
THE STATE OF WISCONSIN-Ci,

L uSG puDHcaGlOn, oct. 80, 1902
THE STATE OF WISE C,i,o,,i+ r,,,,.4
i -Kenosha County o"'o
Sarah A. Bailey, Plaintiff VS. Mrs \ A,,.
HoldernesS, Defendant.
by virtue OF and pursuant to an execution
issued out OF said Court on the 25th dav ~
october, A. d. 1902, upon the judgments in tba
above entitled action, duly rendered nv one
Servatzius WerWie, a Justice of the Peace in,
and for SAID County, on the 10th DAY of Aus ust
A. u le99, transcript of which was dulv fledI
IN the ONCE OF the Clerk of the Circuit C0prt
of said Counts on the 18th day of August. A.
D 1899 and docketed therein for the sum OF
seventy-one dollars and e1ghty-seven ents,
(SH 3d. L, the undersigned, Sheriff of Kenosha
County, shall offer for sale and sell at public
auction at the front door of the Court House
In the City of Kenoeha, in said County on
Saturday the 18th day of December, 4 D.
l902. at two O'Clock in the afternoon, all the
right, title and interest which the said De-
fendant, Anna Holderness, had in and to the
real estate hereinafter described on tie 17th
day of August, A D. 1899, or which she aeS
qu1red at any time tn reafter, or so much
thereof as may be sufficient to satisfy the
amount due upon Judgment together with in
trrest, subsequent costs and the expenses or
sale, ~h1ch said real estate il described as
follows
FAR" OF the southeast quarter of section
thirty (3O). of town two (2). north of range
twenty three (23) east, more particularly de
Scfloed as commencing at point on the east
line OF block twenty-seven (27) in the Eighth
ward OF tn" city of Kenosha, two hundred
s1Xty-tve (265 feet north of the southeast
corner thereof: thence west parallel with
south line of said block one chain efghty-four
links; thence north parallel with the east line
of said block fifty (50) feet: thence east paral-
lei with south line of said block one chain
eighty four links to east line thereof: thence
south on east line of said block to pace of be-
ginning.
Terms of Sale Cash.
Dated at Sherif's once, Kenosha Wtscor1-
sin, October %, A. D. 1902
CHARLES H. WHTTCH~ r
Sheriff OF Kenosha County, Wisconsin.
HENRY j. HASTINGS,
PLAINTIFFS ATTORNEY u
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-12-11
LIONS PROUD RECORD.
Great Advance Made at the Sacred City |
During the Year Now Closing

Great Advance Made at the Sacred City
During the Year Now Closing
There is something of more than or
binary interest to the outsider at Zion
City just at the present time, as the
general solicitor and the army of
clerks are busy preparing the annual
accounts for the year and summing
up the work that has been done. The
year has been one of more than usual
activity ia city building. Never in
the history of the world has any city
sprung from prairie like Zion City to
city Of 1000 people with all its de-
partments complete.
During the year the work at the city
has not been interrupted and the work
planned year ago is now almost COM
Oleted. During the year full system
of sewers, telephones, electric lights
and all sorts of other conveniences
needed for the municipality have been
iostalled and the city will start into
It's second year full fedged and with
n outlook for the future that argurs
)niy success.
The statistics of work in the city
turing the year just past will be of in
terest to every one who has watched
its marvellous growth. The statistics
show that more than $20,00O,O00 have
oeen expended for materials and labor,
During the year the population has in
creased from less than 1000 people to
more than 5000. The people are still
arriving in the city and before the be-
ginning Of 1908 it is probable that the
population of the city will have reached
the 10000 mark. The administration
building, the Elijah Hospice, the resi-
dence for DR.. Dowie and all the other
large buildings planned have been
completed and are ready for occupancy.
The new bank is now doing business
in the administration building and the
general Offices of the Christian Catholic
church of the world have been opened
there.
In order to properly celebrate the
triumph of the forces of Zion a great
celebration is being arranged for the
holiday week and it is expected that
many Zionists from all over the coun-
try will come to the city to attend the
different meetings
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-12-11
The Nickel plate Road

Will afford its patrons an opportunity
to take advantage of low rates for
Christmas and New Year holidays by
selling tickets at fare and third for
the round-trip to all points on their
line, December "a, Is, 81, 1902, and
January /, 1908. Return limit includ-
ing January Ind. 1908. Through SER
vice to New York City, Boston and
other eastern points. Chicago passen-
ger station, Harrison St. and 5th Ave.
For further information address John
Y. Callahan, General Agent, 113 Adj
ans ST., Chicago. VS.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-12-11


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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-12-11

FooT BALL had a longer list of
killed and wounded this year than
hunting, and now the hunters are 60
ing to ask the Legislature to extend
the season tensdays 50 they can have a
chance to get even,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-12-11

Some of the property owners OF the
city are up in arms against the young
vandals who have been damaging their
property. The attention of the Chief
of Police and the Sheriff has been
called to the depredations being COM
mitted daily and it is expected that
vigorous measures will be taken to
suppress these young nuisances.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-12-11

KENosHA is enjoying very un-
usual winter in more ways than one.
Generally at this season of the year
the Poormaster is burdened with more
applications for help than he can take
care of, but so far this year Hot a sim
gle application has been made for AS
s>tance of any kind outside of the
regular list Of the ifty-seven pension
ers of the city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-12-11
TO BUILD a BEER DEPOT
Fortune Bros. Purchase the Property of
Adolph GrOeger

The Fortune Brothers Brewing
Company, of Chicago, which only
recently invaded the field in Kenosha,
will erect a big beer depot here, and
this morning Michael Harkins closed
a deal for the sale of the property of
Adolph Groeger located at the seven
points on Market street to the Chicago
company. The consideration was ST.
800.
The company will take charge of the
property at once and will begin the
erection Of large beer depot. It is
expected that the depot will be one of
the most complete in the city. M. J..
Scholey will have charge of the con-
struction of the building and five
thousand dollars will be spent improv-
ing the property.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-12-11
First publication, Nov. 27, 1902.

NTATE OF WISCONSIN-County Court for
- KenoSha County-In Probate
Notice is hereby given that at a special
term of the County Court, to be he'd in and for
said county, at the County Court Room, in the
city OF Kenosha, in said county, on the fourth
tuesday, being the twenty third day Of De-
cember, A. D. 1902, at 10 o'clock A. M the
following matters will be heard and consid-
cred:
In the matter of the last will and testament
OF Peter Schaeffer. deceased
TIE application of Peter q. Schaeffer to ad-
NIT to probate the last will and testament of
Peter Schaeffer, late of the town of Somers, in
said county, deceased
Dated November Is, 1902.
By the Court
RUSSELL H. SLOSSON,
~ County Judge,