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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-19
All Meters on the Mains OF the Keno
sha Water Company Sealed
With Seal Of the City.
BIG WATER THEFTs REPORTED.
AT Least One Meter Has Been Found RUM
ming Backward and it is Thought
There Were Many Others.

An imperative order has been sent
out by the Water Commissioners of
the city ordering that the valves of
every meter in use on the mains ex.
tending from the power plant be
sealed with the seal of the city. Men
are now busy sealing meters in all
parts Of the city, aud in short time
the valves will have been so closed
with wax as to make it impossible for
them to be tempered with.
It is claimed that this action on the
part of the managers of the water
works has been made necessary on &C.
count of the discovery that water was
being stolen in quantities from the
city. City Engineer Moth declines to
make any statement of the amount of
water taken from the different mains,
but he does admit that he has found
that the water is being stolen, apd one
meter was found recently that had
been reversed. Had the meter run
half hour longer the city would have
been in debt to the owner of the place
in which the meter had been set up.
Some months ago some smooth me-
chanic discovered the fact that with
proper manipulation the valve of the
meter could be set so that it would run
backward instead of forward. This
man at once reversed his meter and
before the collectors came around to
read the meter it was changed back so
that it was clicking along in the usual
manner when his bill was made out.
But the backward action had done the
work and the bill was a small one.
The scheme was too good to keep and
it was communicated to others.
About this time the City Engineer
discovered the falling off in the use of
the water, and at once the order was
issued that all meters should be sealed
with the city seal. In the future the
man who hampers with the seal of the
meter will be easily discovered and
punished. 1t is impossible to tell the
loss that the water company has sus-
tanned by the reversion of meters, but
the City Engineer seems to think that
the loss has not been large. It is be-
lieved that the check has come in time
to save serious losses.
Some of the meters in the city meas
ure thousands and hundreds of thous-
ands of gallons of water daily, and
these meters running backward for
one day would mean severe loss to
the Water company. Under the pres
ent system of sealed meters it will be
absolutely impossible for anyone to
secure the water without paying the
city full value for it. It is thought
that the sealed meters will result in
something of gain to the revenues of
the Water company.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-19

The frequent failures of the incan.
descent lights to work do not appear
to worry the lighting company as
much as they might if the company
did not sell gas too, The fact is that
under the present conditions the com.
pany catches the consumers both ways.
Most Of the patrons of the company
have both gas and electricity, and as
they never know when the incandes.
cent lights are going to fail and leave
them in total darkness they are obliged
to burn one or two gas jets all the
time to be prepared for emergencies.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-19
FORM NEW ORDER,
Retiring Members of the A. o. o. W. Lodge
Institute New Order In milwaukee,.

Retiring Members of the A. o. o. w. Lodge
Institute New Order in milwaukee,.
AS the result of the agitation in An
Gent Order of United Workmen circles
over the increased rates prepared by
the Supreme Circle and adopted by the
Wisconsin Grand Lodge at special
session in Madison last September, a
new beneficiary and insurance society
under the name wisconsin Protective
Association" has been formed by Mil
waukeeans who figured prominently
in the opposition to the new plan.
Just what the character and scope of
the new association will be has not
been determined, but another meeting
will be acid Sunday afternoon at Bo-
hemian Turn hall in Milwaukee,
Twelfth and Vine streets, to adopt a
plan of organization and elect officers.
While its promoters admit that a
large number of members of the A. O.
u. w. will join the new association,
they declare that their purpose is to
ignore the latter order, and that all ap-
plications for membership will be
treated alike whether they come from
the A. o. U. w. or not.
The new society was organized at a
meeting of representatives of several
of the Milwaukee A. O. U. w. lodges
held Sunday afternoon. A committee
was appointed to draft constitution
and bylaws and to report at the ad-
journed meeting next Sunday.
It is thought that many of the mem
bers of the Kenosha chapter of the
A. O. u. w. will look with favor on
this new order, and it is probable that
Kencsha will have one of the first
chapters outside of Milwaukee.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-19
TWAS BADLY INJURED.
walter Smith Attempts to Board q Moving
Train and Is Badly Bruised,

vseSASDA
Train and is Badly Bruised.
Walter Smith twenty-six years of
age, residing in the fat over the Peter
son shoe store on Market street, was
seriously injured at the station of the
Northwestern Railway company this
morning. Smith had attempted to
board the Waukegan scoot after it had
started and was thrown to the plat.
form and dragged for some distance.
At first it was feared that Smith had
been fatally injured and DR.. VIM. M.
Farr was hurriedly called to the sta
ton. An examina ton showed that
the injuries consisted largely of bad
bruises and bad wrench of one of the
young mans legs. He will probably
be laid up for several weeks as a re-
suit of the accident. Smith admits
that he attempted to board the train
after it had started to move and states
that his injury was no fault of the
company's agents.
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INFLUENCE OF NEW ENGLAND.
Judge SIosson Makes an Interesting AID
dress Before the Mems Club

Judge SIosson Makes an Interesting Adj
dress Before the Mems Club.
Judge Slosson of the county court
was the principal speaker at the reg
ular meeting of the Mems Club at the
Congregational church last night and
the fifty members of the club who at
tended the dinner listened to sp1en-
did address on the subject "New Eng
landers." In his short talk the Judge
told of the influence the New England.
ers had on the formation of the gov
eminent. He asserted that it was this
Yankee idea of the sacredness of indi
vidual rights that made the republic
possible. In tracing the history of
New England he found that the pris.
tine glory of the Yankee had departed
and that the glory was now reflected
one shining from the New England
settled states in the middle west and
on the Pacific slope. The address was
one Of the best ever delivered. before
the club.
Other speakers of the evening were
DR.. Clapp and Rev. E. T. Farrill.
Musical numbers were furnished by
Mrs. Fred Perkins and Mr.. Hubbard.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-19
Education For Poor Bows.


In bequest devoted to the cause of
education the late Colonel Augustus
Jacobson, Chicago millionaire, set an
example which philanthropists with
money to bestoW on worthy objects
might well take under considerat ton.
While Colonel Jacobson's bequest was
not especially large, it was one of the
most judicious and farseeing ever
made to the cause of education. It is
in the nature of a fund for scholar
ships in high schools. Such funds have
often been left for scholarships in col
leges and universities, for establishing
professional chairs and for sending
poor students through college. Colonel
Jacobson's fund will provide an in
come for education lower down in the
scale, and it will be for the benefit of
those who most need it and cannot 9th
erwise secure it. To this extent Colo
mel Jacobson's bequest is philanthropic,
but the method of it's application is not
only judicious, but original.
There are hundreds Of people Of the
poorer and hard working class who
would like to send their boys to the
high school and thus give them better
advantages for getting on in the world
than they have had themselves. But
when their boys leave the grammar
schools they have reached an age when
they are able to contribute their share
toward the support of the family. 1t
Is impossible to send them to the high
schools, for the parents cannot afford
to support them any longer. On the
other hand, they need the help Of their
boys. Colonel Jacobson makes it posi-
BILE to give the children the benefit of a
high school educa ton by providing that
they shall receive in a three years
course as much as they would earn at
work in some trade or shop. Practical
ly he pays them salary for going to
school, $500 for the first year, $125 for
the second and $3.50 for the third, the
pupils to be selected because Of their
exceptional ability.
This is practical philanthropy in the
educational line, and as far as the be-
quest goes will help to remove one great
obstacle which has always stood in the
way Of higher education for the chill
dren of the poor. By his unique plan
Colonel Jacobson may have furnished a
solution Of the problem how to educate
many who could not otherwise have
been educated, and great good may be
accomplished if other philanthropists
follow his example.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-19
DREW COLOR LINE.
Frank Murphy and James DriscolI Make an
Assault on Charley Dodge.

Frank Murphy and James DriscolI Make an
Assault on Charley Dodge.
The color line was the cause of a
hard free for all fight in the Blue
Front Restaurant, on Main street, last
night and as result of the fight
Charley Dodge has badly bruised
head and James Driscoll, Of Chicago,
and James Murphy, of New Orleans,
are in the county Jail. The two men
came to Kenosha last night and were
eating in the restaurant when Dodge
and three of his colored companions
entered the place. The men claimed
that they were from the South and
would not stand for Dodge being in
the restaurant. Words led to blows
and one of the men picked up some of
the ware from the table and assaulted
the colored boy. A great cash was
cut in Dodge's head and the Main
street of the city was pretty well COW
cred with the blood that flowed freely
from the wound. It required four
stitches to close the wound. Murphy
and Driscoll were arrested later in the
night by officers Stevens and Ieik.
They will have hearing late this
afternoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-19

EITHER the bill introduced by Sena-
for Quarles will pass and the pay of
the rural mail carriers be raised or it
will be impossible for the postal au-
fhorities to maintain the present high
standard of service. 1t is becoming
more and more difficult to get compe-
feut men to take the positions at the
present salaries, and if the hope of an
increase in pay is blasted by the fail
are of the bill the service is bound to
suffer,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-19
SEEK FACTORY SITE.
Barnhardt Bros. & SpindIer OF Chicago
Looking to KenOsha for a Site
for Big Type Plant.
THEY MUST LEAVE CHICAGO SOON

Kenosha has another chance to Sc
cure the location of a big Chicago
plant in this city, as representative
of the Barnhardt Bros. & Spindler COM
pany who was in this city Tuesday
announced that the company was con-
sidering Kenosha as possible loca-
ton and that with a little encourage
ment from the people of the city the
plant might be landed here.
The company is one of the largest
builders of printing presses in the
world, and the type business of the
company is enormous. 1t is furnish
ing employment to something like
thousand men, and its location in any
city will mean an increase in popula-
ton of fully five thousand. Kenosha
has never made any overtures to.the
company, but the natural advantages
Of the city as manufacturing town
have forced the managers of the com.
pany to consider the city as one of the
best points within a radius of a hun
dred miles of Chicago.
Like many other companies the
Barnhardt company is being forced
out of Chicago by labor troubles. For
some time there has been a strike on
among the workmen of the plant, and
with seven other unions represented
among the great mass of employees it
is impossible for the company to oper-
ate part of the plant. For this rea-
son the managers are anxious to get
away from the troubles with labor and
labor unions.
The company is not seeking bonus
or gift of land, aud as it is one of the
wealthiest concerns in the West the
managers are undoubtedly prepared to
pay for everything they get from the
city in which they decide to locate the
plant. The plant will be removed dur
ing the coming year and there is plenty
of time for the business men of Keno
sha to get busy and make a proper
proposition to the company.
Efforts should at once be taken to
get into line for the plant, and the
Council should if necessary appoint
committee to confer with the Barn
hardt people and show up the advan.
tages of Kenosha as factory center.
The final account of the estate of the
Il 70 Gorhard VarhaIaY uac 6Iod 60, %Lna
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-19

LE the efforts of Congressman Coop
er and Senator Quar1es are seconded
as they should be by the people of
Keuosha there is every reason to be-
1ieve that an appropriation will be
made at the regular session of Con-
gress for public building in this city.
Congressman Cooper, than whom there
As 40 man more familiar with all the
1ns and outs of legislation in Washing
Kou, evidently believes that there is a
good chance to pass his bill for pub
lie building in Kenosha or he would
mot have introduced it at this time.
That he will put forth every effort to
secure the needed appropriation and
that Senator Quarles will do his part
goes without saying. Suppose that
Keuosha is lucky enough to secure an
appropriation. What then? Where
are you going to put the building?
The minute the bilf is passed the price
of the few available sites will go up
like rocket. To forestall any pos
sible difficulty about a site how would
1t be for the business mems associa.
tiou Gif that organization is still in ex.
7stance) to secure options on such
pieces of property as might be avail.
able as sites before the boom com.
meuces. Such action would show that
Kenosha is willing to do her part and
might have considerable influence al
Washington when the bill is under
consideration.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-19

a FUND of 500, 900 has been subscrib-
ed tn Chicago to secure both the re-
publican and democratic national con-
ventions. If Milwaukee wants to Sc
cure the Democratic convention the
business men of that city will have to
get busy right away. A good. ssized
entertainment fund has more influence
with the national committee than any
other consideration.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-19

KRNGsHA was never in better shape
to face long cold winter than right
now. Work has been plentiful at good
wages all summer and fall, and no
nau has been idle except from choice.
Indications are favorable for a good
demand for labor this winter, and the
prospects are that the number of men
out Of work will be less this winter
than ever before.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-19

LIZ Chicago makes good its offer of
100000, the next Republican national
convention will be held there. The
New York delegation will come before
the national committee with unlimited
funds out the advantageous location
of Chicago will win the day if the nee
ess2ry financial backing is assured.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-19

Is it possible that the United States
Shipbuilding company was one Of those
'bad trusts about which there was
some talk few months ago?
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-19
THURSDAY, NOV. 10.
WITH the coming of the cold weather
the hold up man begins to get busy.

THE only thing that will keep some
of the proposed rural free delivery
routes ia operation is a hard winter
with plenty of snow for sleighing.
With any kind of soft weather some of
the carriers will be liable to get lost in
fhe tnad.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-19
DANISH BROTHERHOOD LODGE NO. II

DANISH BROTHERHOOD LODGE NO. Ia
Will give their annual Thanksgiving
dance in their hall, corner Market and
Main streets, Saturday Nov. 21st. All
Danes in Kenosha are cordially invited.
Refreshments will be served all night.
Tickets rs. cents per couple.
C. NEERCAARD,
ANDREW OSTERGAARD,
PETEs OSTERGAARD,
MI Committee.
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BARBER SHOP NOTICE.

The Boss BARRIERS have all agreed
to not open up their places of business
on November 20, 1908, December Is,
1903 and January /, 1904. All shops
will remain open until II O'Clock the
nights before said days.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-19

It is said that England, Italy and
Abyssinia are preparing to make united
war on the Mad Mcllah. This is likely
to make him madden than ever, and he
may become really dangerous.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-19

In his Thanksgiving proclamation
Tie Governor referred to a morally
sound" people but forgot to note his
usual exception against the members
of the legislature.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-19

Pie! Pie!!! Pie!M! Who hasn't a
mouth for pie? And when you add to
that chicken, the old fashioned chicken
pie-say, don't that make your mouth
water to hear it? Well, don't stand
on ceremony, just fix your dates so
taat you can take your best girl to the
old fashioned chicken pie supper at the
Park Ave. M. E. church Thursday
evening. Is cents. it's cheaper than
going hungry. Get you ready and
come aiong.''
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-19
LAKE SHORE PROPERTY.

$685. Will sell in one bunch lots,
Block SO, comprising all vacant
property in the block, and being 42o
feet Lake Frontage.-$65
If G. r. MCDOWELL.
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THANKsGIvING MIGHT

at Simmons hall, Nov. %, the Strollers
will give dance. Admission so cents
per couple. Stemm Bros. orchestra
will furnish the music. ms
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-19

It is now announced that the United
States gets Kunnughunnut island un-
der the Alaskan boundary award. In
stead OF being angry, the Canadians
ought to feel grateful for having a
thing like that removed from their
midst.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-19

Russia is preparing to demonstrate
that bear can do as much damage as
q bull in a China shop.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-19

NOUND-A dehorned red heifer about tw
T. years old. Strayed onto my premises !;
the town of Pleasant Prairie about Oct. 6
Owner can have same by calling and payin'
charges. o. o. Fox, Pleasant Prairie. VIZ
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-19
TO RESTOCK LAKES.
AssembIyman Slade Will Ask the State
Fish Commission For Fish For
KenOsha's Inland Lakes.
NOTES FROM SPORTING WORLD.

The lovers of the fishing game in
kenosha county are assured plenty of
sport during the next few years as AS
semblyman S. D. Slade has taken the
interests of the sportsmen to heart and
is now making an effort to secure the
restocking of the inland lakes in Ke-
nosha county. During the last year
fish have been planted in several of
the lakes but the efforts of Assembly
man Slade will probably result in bass
being planted in every inland lake in
the county. The assemb1yman has
asked that a car load of young fish be
sent out from the state hatcheries in
the early spring so that the work of
planting them can be finished before
the annual rush of summer visitors to
the county. The request Of Assembly
man Slade will probably be the
first to be filed with the state fish
commission and for this reason it is
thought that he will certainly succeed
in securing the favor asked. The
supply Of bass and pickeral in the
lakes of the county is being steadily
exhausted by the rush of Chicago Wis
itors to the county and it is absolutely
necessary that the lakes be restocked
if the county is to have good fishing
during the next five years. The
sportsmen of the county are heartily
seconding the efforts of the assem- bly,
man and if necessary will supplement
his letter to>the department with pc
tition long enough to move any de-
partment to action.
*
The young ladies of the high school
are making an effort to reorganize the
basket ball team and to arrange for a
series of games during the coming
winter months. Several of the players
who were in the team two years ago
are interested in the movement and a
meeting will be called next week at
which the board of education will be
asked to provide gymnasium for the
use Of the young ladies. The Kemper
Hall girls have splendid basket ball
team and an interesting series might
be arranged between the young ladies
of the two institutions.
Xxx
The fighting game is pretty dead in
Kenosha but an effort is being made
to get up match between two Keno
sha favorites for the night before
Thanksgiving. In other years box
ing show was always given in Keno
sha on the night before the holiday
and the pugs are anxious to get back
to the old arrangement.
x**
The crow of the game cock is heard
in the land again and the Kenosha
followers of the pit are arranging for
some rare sport during the coming
winter. This sport has many follow
ers in Kenosha but as the fights are
usually pulled off as private meetings
little of the real sport is offered to the
public. A main is being arranged for
Thanksgiving evening but the place
for the main will be known only to the
mem bers of the sporting profession
who are privileged to attend. It is
said that more than forty birds from
Racine and Kenosha will take part in
the battles scheduled for the evening.
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ADVERTISED MAIL MATTER.

The following is list of the mail
matter remaining uncal1ed for in the
Kenosha postoffice, Kenosha county,
Wis, for week ending November IS
1908, and which will be sent to the
Dead Letter Office at the expiration of
two weeks, unless called for:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-19

Chicago tickets loaned. John zeus,
300 North Chicago street. If
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-19
LADIES LIST.

Mrs Eliza Brandtner, Mrs Marie Conoll, Mrs
Goodrich, Mrs A Heath, Mrs S Hatch,
Mrs Chas Roher, Mrs Anna Sahl. Mrs Clifford
Vandermark, Miss Ingeborg Lee, Miss Kath-
arine Namack Miss Mary Olson, Miss Maria
Peterson, Miss May Wing.
To obtain any of the above mail
matter, the applicant must give the
date of this list.
CHAs. FRANTz, P. M.
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CENTS LIST.

Jack Daley, Rev Seldom P Delaney, Frank j
Hyler, Jno A Heyser, Alexander Szgkowski
Edw Langneore William Maier, Heroninos
Milkintos, Jul Meiswinkel, Jan Veternik, Jens
Rasmussen Chas E Seig, Thos Sayles, inc
mus
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-19

The final account of the estate of the
late Gerhard Verhalen was filed in the
county court this afternoon.