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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-29
Soners,

! The Ladies Aid Society Of the Meth
odist church will give social at the
M. E. parsonage on Friday evening Of
this week. Every body is cordially in
vited.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. Chaffee, of Racine,
spent Thursday with friends in the
village.
Mrs. Hiram Bowers visited with
friends in Racine Wednesday and
Thursday of last week.
A little son arrived at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob P. Schaeffer on
Friday.
John Yonk visited with his father
and mother at Waukegan Saturday.
Mrs. VIM. Northway, of Chicago,
visited at her fathers recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Pearson, of
Winthrop Harbor, ILL.,, visited at VIM.
Bullamore's over Sunday.
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Brighton.

The farmers of the Southern part of
the town are considerably agitated
concerning the condition Of Klondike
Creamery. 1t is now closed and the
stock holders are anxiously awaiting a
satisfactory explanation of the fnan-
cial standing of the association.
There seems to be quite shortage
ia the accounts which must be made
right before putting the factory IN
operation again. We have nice
factory and located IN wealthy
ueighborhood and if properly con-
Quoted would be valuable factory for
the farmers of this section. We do
not like to believe that any officer or
officers have been 'crooked" or in
tentionally done anything wrong for
they have all been men of unques-
tioned integrity.
The taxes of this town are about all
IN and as they are lower than usual all
are we'll pleased.
The hard working taxpayers of
Brig hton are not in favor of higher
salaries for officials when good and
competent men are tumbling over
each other to get in Office. Rather
lower the salary than have so many
men so badly disappointed every time
a general election comes round. Joe
Babcock is undoubtedly an able man
but we think his head is little shaky
when he advises higher salaries on the
strength of the prosperity of the
American farmer He would un-
doubtedly change his tune if he knew
how hard the average farmer had to
work to pay the multitude of nom
essential officers of our country. The
people of Brighton are pleased to
know that M. J. Walrich, native of
our town is an honorable member of
the assembly. Mr.. Walrich made
one of the nominating speeches
for Senator John c. Spooner. Boys
of Brighton, if you go to Madison this
winter can assure you Mike Walrich
will be pleased to see you.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fader celebrated the
fifth anniversary of their wedding
last Wednesday,
f. G. Hartnell flled his ice house
last week and is now ready to help fill
Klondike house. What do the rest of
you think about it?
John and Peter DeBell loaded a car
with wood last week.
Orr mail carriers horse was ot1ite
badly hurt owing to a bad place in the
road. We must try and look out for
the roads.
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be two months before they are shipped
to Kenosha.
Mr.. Arnold's cup of bitterness was
full when he heard Of the fire. He had
nothing to say more than that it was
the worst fortune that had ever as
sailed any enterprise that he had been
connected with. "We had" he said.
"the line all ready for operation last
night, but when l came away from
the building had a premonition that
| some bad luck would follow. The COM
pany has tried so hard to keep faith
with the council that this blow is
hard one to them"
K. G. Arnold, in speaking of the FIRE.
said that it would now be absolutely
impossible for the company to start
the cars on schedule time but every eff
fort will be made to rush the work on
the dynamo and switch board, and at
the quickest possible moment it will he
sent to kenosha. The burning of the
power house practically gives the com
pany IN indefinite extension of time
for the operation of the line as the
franchise provides that in case of uu-
forseen accidents the company shall |
have an extension of time demanded
for the repair of machinery damaged.
There is 10 desire on the part of the
company to take advantage of the city
in this condition of affairs and every
effort will be made to have the cars
running as near as possible the date
named in the franchise.
There has been some discussion as
to whether the FIRE would extend the
time Of the franchise, but a ma iority
OF the aldermen expressed the opinion
that should this not be the tact Mr..
Arnold would have no trouble in Sc
curing any reasona BILE extensions for
the repair of the damage,
The men in the construction crew
started work to repair the damage
done to the service wires this after
noon but it is probable that the Street
Railway company will be forced to fnd
some new source of power pending the
rebuilding of the power plant. Some
time ago when the contract with the
Kenosha Gas & Electric company was
made two other firms offered to furnish
power and it is probable that one of
these offers will be accepted.
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South Bristol.

Miss Lou Kelly came home last Sat
i1rday from the Normal IN Oshkosh for
vacation on account of i'll health.
Miss Mabelle Achen returned last
Monday after weeks visit with rel
atives IN Kenosha.
Elmer Gethen's baby, who has been
very sick with pneumonia is considered
out OF danger.
A party of young people were enter
tanned at the home of Chas. Waldo
last Tuesday evening.
Miss Veronica Boyle, who was
obliged to give up her work in Keno
sha on account of sickness came home
last week but is very much improved
John Boyle is also on the sick list.
Willie Walker went to Chicago Wed
nesday morning to take position II
the round-house of the c. & NV.
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/ OUR
I COUNTRY
! CORRESPONDENCE.
Bristol.

Mrs. Kittie Moore, of Chicago, was
visiting at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. w. r. Turner, the last
part Of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willett entertained the
''Jones Family" Club on Saturday
evening last.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitcher and Mr.. and
Mrs. Gunter tranaacted business IN
Kenosha on Tuesday of last week.
Miss Jean Murdock is appointed Ep-
worth League organist for the month
of February.
The "Good Time" Club had their
frst meeting last Friday evening.
They report a membership Of some
forty odd members.
Arthur Gaines was home for Sun
day.
Miss Addie Barter, of Pleasant
Prairie, was visiting friends in Bristol
over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Evans was visit
ing at the home of Mrs. Gaines on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitcher visited rela-
tiyes at Paris Corners Sunday.
The Royal sNeighbors will give a
mock trial on Wednesday evening,
Feb. 18th. A couple of Kenosha law
yers are expected to try the case.
Miss Bessie Whitcher took charge of
the south school a few days this week
on account of the sickness of Miss
Edith Murdoch.
Monday afternoon occurred the
death of Richard Jones' youngest
child, aged months. The child had
been sick for several weeks and death
came as a sweet release from suffer
ing. The remains were taken to Paris
Corners for burial.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Mathews, of
Kenosha, are visiting friends in Bris-
tol and vicinity.
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ADVERTISED MAIL MATTER.

The following is list of the mail
matter remaining uncalled for in the
Kenosha postoffice, Kenosha county,
Wis, for two weeks ending Jan. %,
1909, and which will be sent to the
Dead Letter Office at the expiration Of
two weeks, unless called for:
CENTS LIST.
James Allen, w T. Brunnemer, E case
Chas Crell, Howard Carter, Geo Crittendum
L Jentry, T Melior, Capt Lew Mont, Sera-
fno Presto, George Reed.
LADIES LIST.
| Minnie Anderson, Alma Bahr, Mrs G Braa-
Mise, Helen Carter Maria Genikmern, Mary
B Heinck, Christine Larsen, Josephine Noel
Ter, John Miller, Hulda Pettson, Miss c Berry
Read.
To obtain any of the above mai
matter, the applicant must give the
date of this list.
CHAs. FRANTz, P. M.
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WILL FILED FOR PROBATE.
Last Will and Testament of Lucinda Bias
sett Remembers Friends.

Sett Remembers Friends.
The last will and testament of the
late Lucinda Bassett was flied for pro-
bate in the County Court today. It
devises and bequeaths to friends and
relatives an estate valued at about six
teen thousand dollars. There is long
list of gifts to friends, among the num-
Der being the following"
To Miss Ida Stenseli, of this city,
$500; to Miss Libbie Member, of Viii
mot, $500; to Miss Ella Newberry, of
Kenosha, $500; to niece Lavinia
Smith, of Fair Play, Cal, 81 900; to q
gran niece, Miss Emma Masters, of
the same place, $500. The real estate
in Kenosha known as the homestead
is given to Frederick Plank, of To-
males, CAL, nephew of the deceased.
Mr.. Plank and his father, Henry G..
Plank, of this city, are named as the
residuary heirs of the estate.
The will was made in August 1902,
and Charles Murray, of Chicago, and
James Cavapagh, Of this city, are
named as executors.
Cecilia Foster, of this city, niece
of the deceased, is mentioned in the
will but no portion of the estate is
assigned to her.
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Athletics, who have visited the differ
ent cities and secured their co-opera-
ton in the plan to give greater scope
and stability to the organization of
the local teams. The clubs were rep
resented at the meeting as follows:
Racine, ]. W. Armstrong; Kenosha,
E. c. Alleman and W. ]. Swift; Elgin,
o. 6. Gleason and P. Tinierhopf:
Aurora, w. Blair, representing James
Hammond; Sycamore, Dan Holmes;
Marquettes, P. j. Keary: Athletics, G
W. McGurn; Spaldings, R. S, WEIGH;
Gunthers, w. C. Nilsson; HANDS Park,
e. X. Hand.
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"DOWNtMOBILE,"

Next Sundays attraction at the
Rhode opera house will be Lincoln ].
Carter's beautiful play of Southern
life, 'Down Mobile
No section of the United States pro-
vides so plentiful resource for pic
turesque scenery and romantic environ
ment as does the South. All who are
familiar with that portion of the
country know of the weird surround
ings and the density and gloom of the
Dismal Swamp. In the midst OF such
scenery as this is located one of the
principal scenes of ''Down Mobile"
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Wheatland.

Miss Rosa Richter entertained the
Murphy girls few days ago.
Stockholders of the factory held a
meeting Saturday night, Jan. II.
Miss Lille Blum spent Wednesday
night at MONEYS.
Mr.. Tinda1l will move his family to
Burlington this week, where he will
begin work in the condensing factory
the first of the month.
Mr.. Reski, of Milwaukee, was out
here few days last week buying
horses.
Miss Emma Runke1 spent Saturday
and Sunday at home.
Roy Tinda1l has resigned his posi-
ton at Worth Bros. store at this place.
It is reported that Mr.. Madden, of
Wilmot, will take Mr. Tindall's place
in the factory.
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Paris.

N. w. Owens, who has been visiting
at r. Prices, returned Monday to his
home in Eagle Grove, Iowa.
Miss Emily Price left Monday for
Iowa, where she will visit relatives
and friends.
Miss Minnie Griffith, who is attend
ing school in Kenosha, spent Saturday
and Sunday with her parents.
J. w. Brook, of Brighton, spent Sun
day with friends ia East Paris.
Miss Lilly Wi1lmore, of Union
Grove, spent few days at East Paris.
About forty of Etfie and Pearl Prices
friends gave them surprise Friday
evening.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-29
AND FRANCHISES
A Socialist Communicates His views on
Franchises to the Public.
(From MONDAYS Daily.)

EFAnCnlS0S Co the PUBLIC
From Mondays Daily)
Editor NEws:-A few evenings since
your columns contained statement
that the Socialists of Kenosha were
alone in opposing the projected
"home' telephone franchise.
hope you were mistaken in this,
but if your statement be true so much
more honor is due said Socialists. But
do you not feel it would have been but
fair to state also why they have op-
posed and do still oppose the contem.
plated mea sure?
May ask space here and now to
make such statement, so that this by
no means inconsiderable body of citi-
zens may be truly and honestly quoted
and their position fully defined? By
this do not wish to be understood to
voice the opinions of each local, indi-
vidual Socialist, but to give my per-
sonal understanding of the reasons
given by Socialists generally for OPP
posing this and similar municipal acts.
First. No franchise should be given,
sold or leased on any terms or for any
period of time.
Second. A ffty-year franchise
should never be considered by any
Council. The incorporation of such a
clause in any application for fran
chise should sound the death kne1l of
that application upon its very presen-
tation. AS politically rotten and cor
rupt as is the City Council of Chicago,
it is next to impossible to push through
that body a franchise, the life of
which exceeds twenty years.
Third. We Socialists admit the ur-
gent need of vastly better telephone
service for this city, but we feel the
desired end may be obtained by other
and more advanced methods than this
proposed franchise offers.
Fourth. We hold that all such valu-
able grants are not to be conferred by
a simple majority vote of Council,
but should be made matter of public,
open and general concurrence-tha
the entire voting population of the city
should have an opportunity to act and
by their votes decide.
No city that / know of is or has been
more completely franchise-ridden than
Kenosha, to its present costly annoy
ance and perhaps to it's perpetual en-
shaving.
We have the street railway octopus
fastened upon us for half a century to
come. For few bricks and a bridge
our worthy Council gave away the
streets of this city-gave franchise
which long before it has lived out half
its life will count its value in six and
possibly seven figures. And in its
growth our people are to have no part.
Our local lighting plant SO relent-
1ess1y pursued the leading merchants
of this city that the latter were driven
to desperation and were compelled, if
they were to live, to go to the expense
and inconvenience of putting in indi-
vidual plants.
Socialists believe this is all wrong
that there is a much better, cheaper,
satisfactory way of managing their
own affairs than by turning the man
agement of those affairs over to any
man or set of men whose sole object is
profit. A SOCIALIST.
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ROLL OF HONOR.

The following is the list of pupils
who have been neither absent nor tar
dy during the past month:
District No. S, Paris and Somers-
Alma, Eveline, Irwin and William
Kreuscher, Julius Maisch, Frank Mid
dlecamp, Eta Middlecamp, Josephine
and Joe New, Elias Frederick and
Theresa Funk were absent one day
Edith Price, teacher.
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CARn OF THANKS.

We, the undersigned, desire to ex
press our heartfelt thanks to the
friends and neighbors who so kindly
assisted us during our late bereave-
Inent. Also to the friends at the Pow
der Works for the beautiful floral of.
erings.
"A. r. WHITELEY AND FAMILY
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East Soners.

John c. Smith, of Chicago, an old
Somers boy, called on E. A. Northway
and few others on Wednesday Of last
week.
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NoRTH-WEsTERN HOTEL SOLD
Alderman John KIeist Purchases Wes
Main ST. Hotel for SIS, 500.

Alderman John Kleist Purchases West
Main ST. Hotel for SIS, 500.
Michael Harkin closed a deal yester-
day for the saloon of the Northwestern
Hotel at the corner of West Main street
and Grand avenue, now owned by
Adolph Groeger, to Alderman John
Kleist of the fifth ward. AS the hotel
is now leased Mr.. Kleist will not be
able to take possession of the property
unti1 year from the date of the pur-
chase. The price paid is said to have
been $500. The hotel stands on one
of the best locations in the city and
for many years it was one of the most
paying properties in the city.
Mr.. Kleist will take personal charge
of the property after the present lease
expires and it is probable that it will
be greatly improved and remodeled.
The property was purchased by Mr..
Groeger about two years ago when the
Jaeger boys gave up the hotel business.
Excursion Rates TO Wisconsin Dairymen s
Convention at Fond du Lac,
Via the North Western line. Ex-
cursion tickets will be sold at reduced
rates February 10, il, II and 10, limited
to return until February IA, inclusive.
Apply to agent Chicago & North
Western Ry. dj26.w39
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-03-28
AN OLD FIRM IN
MODERN QUARTERS

| There are seventeen thousand square
feet of floor space. and the best and
highest and neatest store in the city
of Honolulu That is the new estab-
lishment OF Lewis & Co. in the Levers
& Cooke building. on King street. OPP
posite the Alexander Young building.
Nothing so complete in it's way as this
store has ever been seen here. The firm
of Lewis & Co. has, in fact. come way
to the front, a fact which is due to
hard work. to honest dealing, to carry
ing the best class of goods, to an obIig-
ing spirit s6i's;Svn by every spploye in
the place. They wiz showsgou over
the new store. if you drop in when
passing, and be more than glad to do it
If you don't buy a dollars worth.
And if you want anything in the gro
Gerry way. anything dainty TO eat such
as you can get nowhere else in town,
or if you are fitting up a house and
want one of the thousand conveniences
that go to make comfortable home,
you viii find it and, probably. buy 1t
before you are out of the place
For you cannot resist that display
There are three floors and basement
occupied by the store. besides ware
house and shipping department in the
rear to which easy entrance is had
from Merchant street. The first floor
of the main building is devoted to the
show of fancy groceries, and fine cut
lery. and choice candies from Lowery's,
and a cigar department. that is most
complete, and to a show of toilet arti-
eles of the most fancy description.
There are German and French canned
luxuries here such as you cannot get
even in San Francisco. This floor is
finished, as to its counters and shelving,
in quartered oak, and all the fittings
are sanitary and every labelled bin
closed fast. There is the largest re-
frigerator in town here, too, with COM
partments for keeping butter sweet and
fresh, free from contamination by other
cold storage products.
The second floor is given over to the
stock of household articles, the most |
absolutely complete, and to the show of
the largest stock of baskets of all |
descriptions possible to get |
together. In fact, you would not know
there were so many different kinds of
baskets as are shown here. And there
IS granite ware galore. and kitchen fit
tings. and all the handy things that
housewives need.
The top floor is a storehouse. where
such things as sugar are kept, away
rom insects, and in the cool cellar, al
most as cool as a refrigerator itself, are
'iles and piles of staple groceries for
he large wholesale and retail trade
If the house.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-03-28

The newspaper clipping with New
Bedford date line, referring to the al
legged elopement of DR.. Faria with a
Mrs, Sanders, appears to have been in
error, 1t was taken from the Boston
Transcript and sent 10 the Advertiser
by Gorham d. Gilman, formerly Hawai-
ian Consul General at Boston, and
printed in good faith The article said,
among other things. that DR.. Faria had
gone to Portugal; but, his appearance
at this office yesterday was ample
proof to the contrary. AS TO the story
OF the elopement, which has been print
ed before, DIR. Faria states that it is
entirely untrue. The Advertiser is
quite able to certify that DR.. Faria, far
from having left Honolulu for Portugal
is sim in town, quietly and successfully
pursuing his professional work He has
taken a lease of new quarters on Ala
kea street.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-03-28

No one need fear Manila sugar very
much. A recent issue of the Ameri-
can says: In Negroes there are thou
sands of acres of sugar-cane rotting on
the plantations because of the lack of
necessary labor to harvest the crop.
Across at capiz the natives are starv-
ing and crying for assistance from the
government. The planters have offered
every inducement to these starving ma
tives. Wages unheard of in the his
tory of the country will be paid. But
no. the Capiz natives would starve be-
fore they would work. They have
heard in an indefinite way that the
American authorities would take care
of them if the worst came. And the
cane may rot and millions of dollars of
invested capital remain idle, just be-
cause the Filipinos will not work, nor
the native politicians. through their in
iuence with the powers that be, allow
any other race do the work Truly,
our friends at Washington, and other
assimilation friends in other
sections of the United States, need
their eyes opened"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-03-28

A brief item in the Advertisers ca
Diagrams few days ago spoke of a
personal encounter at Los Angeles be-
tween Editors Otis and Hardison. No
details were given. 1t appears from
the Coast files that Otis. following his
usual witless and brutal editorial policy
In the Los Angeles Times. headlined a
telegraphic account of Herald Editor
Hardison's engagement as follows:
kansas Singer to Marry Hardupson-
Telegraph Brings News that He is
Weaithy'-Wonder if the Bride-Elect
Really Thinks So?-Nuptials Set for
April-aAd the Troubles of Mary Belle
Will Then Begin" Upon reading this
Editor Hardison sought General Otis,
found him in a theater box and, after
demanding an apology. which was re-
fused. gave him five swift blows.
Harrison was arrested and handcuffed
instead OF getting the vote of thanks
which the inhabitants of Los Angeles
would have given him If somebody had
called public meeting. Otis. who was
a political general in the early stages
OF the Philippine war. found himself.
when confronted by Harrison, in the
first battle where he wasn't able to get
behind a line of troops.
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PUBulcANs AND SINNERS.

Study of the Geographic dispatches
and other articles in the daily newspa-
pers indicates that, while the Prohibi-
ton party as a political organization
does not appear to be making great
gains. the disposition toward more
thorough regulation of the liquor traffic
in order to lessen drunkenness and
crime is becoming constantly stronger
both in the Old World and the New.
In Great Britain the tendency toward
keeping the publicans within barriers
wisely set up for the public welfare is
unmistakable. In France and else
where on the continent of Europe q
similar trend may be recognized.
All over this republic the efforts to
check the excessive use of stimulants
and 10 lessen the increase of the legions
OF besotted victims of the alcoholic
craze are becoming steadily more active
and extensive. In many communities
agitation against the pernicious prac-
tice of buying drinks in barrooms in
the lavish American way of treating"
which has added countless recruits to
the army of drunkards, is now per
sistent and irrepressible, and can hard
" fail to make further progress of sub
stantial Importance. "Crooking the ell
bow" in dramshops is becoming less
popular than it was a few years ago.
1t now behOoves the manufacturers and
wholesale and retail dealers in strong
liquors to take counsel not of perfec-
ton. but of discretion.
This is not now a question Of the
moderate imbibing OF light wines, which
are not fiery or infuriating, or of the
temperate alienation of thirst by mild
ale or beer. But the dispensers of hot
and rebellious liquors are assuredIy
losing favor in civilized nations.-New
York Tribune.