The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-16

Mr.. and Mrs. H. Hansen of Milwau-
kee spent Thursday evening in Ke-
nosha.
DR.. w. J. Petrie, who recently went
to Silver City, New Mexico, for his
health, is rapidly improving.
The steamer Pawnee with a thous-
and tons of hard coal as cargo, came
into the Kenosha harbor Thursday
evening. The coal is for the Baldwin
yards.
/ w. S. Houston had his right hand
badly injured on the 4th of July by a
cannon firecracker. It will be month
or more before he will be able to use it
again.
A warrant has been issued for the
arrest of John LeGrave on a charge
of bastardy the complaining witness
being Miss Carrie Prekop q seventeen
year old girl. LeGrave has fed from
the city and is supposed to be in Green
Bay.
The State BARRIERS Commission il
now in good working order, and licen-
ses are being issued to the tonsorial-
lists of the State. Thus far none of the
licenses have appeared in Kenosha.
The fee Is a dollar, and the license is
good for year.
| The Racine Whist team promises to
win the National Championship at the
Detroit meet. Tue team which is com.
posed of four of the leading players OF
the Hor1ick Team has defeated all save
one competitor and the final fight
comes this evening.
Congressman Charles N. Fowler OF
New Jersey, author Of the Fowler cur.
rency bill and chairman of the house
committee on currency and banking,
will be the principal speaker at the an
nual meeting of the Wisconsin State
Bankers association in Milwaukee,
Aug. S.
The members of the Kenosha Coun
try Club are eligible to membership Ii
the new Western Woman's Golf AS
ISOLATION recently formed in Chicago
The Kenosha ladies who are players Of
che game were not represented at the
meeting at which the association was
formed.
Nine of the caddies of the Kenoaha
County Club have taken out permits
to work on the links during the sum.
MGR vacation. It is found that many
of the caddies are under the age OF
twelve years, and while they will not
receive permits no objection will be
made to their working.
William R. Hearst, the publisher oil
many of the ''yellow" papers about the
country has sent out agents tc
push his candidacy as the Democratic
Presidential nominee. Thus far the
agents have not struck Kenosha but il
is not probable that they would receive
very warm reception.
Victor L. Berger of the natiolal ex:
ecutive committee of the Social Demo.
cratic party has returned to Milwau.
kee fromsO Omaha where he has been at
tending the meeting of the committee.
He reports that 5000 paying mem bers
have been enrolled in the party within
two months. About thirty organizers
were appointed by the committee.
Miss Kate Schaeffer who is prepar.
ing to return to her missionary work
in China this fall, is seriously i'll al
her home in the town of Somers. She
had light attack of scarlet fever and
it was thought that she was rapidly
recovering but recently she had re
lapse, and her condition is now con
sidered critical. The we'll known lady
mas been at home for several months
resting after her long residence in the
missions of the islands near China.
/ It is reported that one Armstrong
who has been the manager of the Ra
cine base ball team has had his priv
leges curtailed and that at recen,
meeting of the stockholders of the
club It was decided to appoint two as
sistants for the alleged manager
Notwithstanding the fact that the Ra
cine club deems Armstrong incompe
tent to manage the affairs of 1oca
club he is still retained as president Of
the Interstate league. It seems evi
dent that the stuff of which presidents
are made waslacking among the man
i ayers of the league teams.
James D. Brown, former Keuosha
insurance agent, has been arrested il
Racine on charge of taking improper
liberties with a number Of young
girls. He had a preliminary hearing
before Justice Wentworth Thursday
and was held in bonds of 81, 500. Dur
ing the hearing of the case a large
crowd gathered about the Court room
and it was thought they would attempt
violence against the prisoner. Brown
protests his innocence of the charge.
against him.
The factory inspectors who hav,
just completed their work in the CITY
have paid pretty compliment t
Judge Slosson of the county cour
declaring that he is one of the bes
jurists in the state in the matter O.
look lg after the welfare of the child