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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-11-25
CABLE FLASHES.

In the elections for the Prussian
Diet Conservatives secured 1856 out OF
230 districts, the Socialists electing
none.
Russia and Austria threaten danger
to Turkey unless the Macedonian re-
forms are carried out at once.
A dirigible balloon of Lebaudy
brothers made 46 miles in 95 minutes
In France.
The daughter of Henry Labouchere
was married to the Marquis di Rudini
In Rome.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-11-25
Standard OH Dividend.

The Standard Oil Company declar-
ed a quarterly dividend Of IL per
cent. This makes the dividends for
the year 45 per cent on the capital
stock of $1O0,0O0,00O. OF the total
stock. John d. Rockefeller, is sup
POSED to hold s65.00O,OOO. Rockefel.
ler's income from his Standard oil
holdings for the year amounts to $780,
100000. The stock advanced FIVE
points Monday on the curb, selling at
$665 a share, the par value being $100.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-11-25
DIVORCED FOR MONEY.
Young Wife Accepts $4,000 Instead

George Whittell, the San Francisco
Millionaire. has just paid Mrs. Flor.
ence Boyer Whittell, his sons wife.
who was a poor girl, $4,000 to re-
lease the boy from marriage. Whit
tell gave his son the option of getting
a divorce from his wife or being cut
off without dollar. The young man
didn't relish poverty, so he agreed to
get a divorce. His wife also agreed,
but she stipulated that $4,000 be paid
to her. In addition to this sum she
was given $1,000 on condition that she
leave the city.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-11-25
President and Cashier suicided.

Miller Boykins, president of the
Farmers and Merchants bank and the
DeKalb cotton mills, at Camden, S.
c.. was found dead with gunshot
wound through his heart. Edward
Zamp, cashier Of the hank went to the
Boykins house and after remaining
q few minutes. went back home. He
was missed for several hours and was
found after dark in his barn. He,
too, had shot himself dead.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-11-25
Tin Mill Starts Up.

The entire tin plate plant of the
American Tin Plate Company at
South Sharon. Pa. went into opera
tlon Monday morning. Only 10 OF the
hot mills had been working for some
time past and 10 additional mills
were started. The company has or
ders booked that will keep the plant
in operation for several weeks. Over
1000 men are employed in the mill
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-11-25
QuaY,s Service Pension Bill.

Senator Quay has put in a service
pension bill applying to all soldiers
and sailors Of the Civil war who serv-
ed more than 80 days not now receiv-
ing pensions or who get less than s12
a month. Veterans from so to So
years old are to receive So month !;
55 to so years. ss month; over so
years, s12 a month. All widows pen
sions are to be not less than s12 a
month.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-11-25
Lost Control of Train.

Fast freight train No. 9S on the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad ran wild on
the steep Sand Patch grade this
morning and at Philson struck de-
railing switch, plunging over a 3O-foot
embankment. Fireman William V.
Bluebaugh of Connellsville was in
stantly killed and Engineer Walter
Purnell CT Cumberland seriously in-
jured.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-11-25
Miss Gould Aaainst Smoot.

That Helen Gould is in the fight
to unseat the Mormon apostle. Sena-
tor Smoot, OF Utah, was brought out
by inquiries as to where the money
was coming from to pay John G. Car
lisle for conducting the case against
Smoot before the Senate Committee.
Miss Gould's support was enlisted by
her colleagues in the Interdenomina.
tional Society of Women.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-11-25
Many Factories start Up.

Over 5000 men. including iron,
steel, tin and wood workers of the
Monongahela valley towns. will RS
sumo work next week. Many OF them
have been idle for a month or two,
while others have had but from ten
days to two weeks vacation.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-11-25
Hawaii Wants to Be a State.

Congress has received a memorial
from Secretary of State of Hawaii,
transmitting a resolution which was
that Territory, asking that it be ad-
mitted into the Union as State, and
that the people of the Territory who
are qualified to vote be authorized to
meet in convention for the purpose
of framing and adopting a State Con-
stitution.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-11-25
Reauest to Masons Invalid.

William l.. Elkins bequest to the
Masons OF $25O,OOO in cash and a
s25O,O00 lot of ground for the erec-
tion of a home for Masonic orphans
has been declared imperative. II
has developed that the bequest was
made within 80 days of the donors
death, and therefore, according to the
act of 1885, Pennsylvania statutes
fails OF its purpose.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-11-25
Senator CHARGED with Bribery.

The Federal grand jury this even
ing returned true bills against United
States Senator Charles II. Dietrich
and Postmaster Jacob Fisher of Hast.
ings, Neb.. charging them with con-
spiracy and bribery in connection
with the appointment Of Fisher to the
position of postmaster.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-11-25
Increase of Railway Disasters.

The Interstate commerce commits
sion has issued statement that dur
ing the year ended June 80. 1908.
1888 persons were killed and 45.997
injured In railway accidents, compared
with 2.sl9 killed and 39.SOO injured
during the preceding year.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-11-25
LincoIn's Cane Houeht for s145

In New York at public auction
walking came of the late President
Abraham Lincoln was sold for $145 to
II. II. Wibert. The cane is black
stick with a bone handle. On the
handle are silver trimmings and the
name of abraham Lincoln" is spelled
out in silver letters.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-11-25
Jews Massacred.

A hundred Moorish Jews, fugltives
from Taxa. have arrived at Marina.
They say the Sultan's troops. while In
occupation of Taxa, massacred many
Jews and assaulted women and girls.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-11-25
DYNAMiTER CAUGHT.
Confcsses That He Threatened to
Blow Up Hotel In Chicago.

The threat to blow up the Plaza
hotel unless $500 was handed to the
maker of the threat at place desig-
mated was the work of Charles
Wright, according to confession
which Wright made to the police.
Wright. who is 10 years old. declared
that he wrote the threatening letter
at the instance OF man whose name
he did not know, but whom he de-
scribed. Wright's arrest was brought
about through second threat which
he made, A decoy package was left
for him at a saloon which he desig-
mated, and when he called detec-
tive who had been in hiding made the
arrest.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-11-25

The proportional increase In the pop
ulation Of the cities was less during
the past ten years than previously.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-08
Piper & Thomas, of the Kenosha
Creamery, Purchase Two Cream
cries in Paris.
PASS UNDER ONE MANAGEMENT
Paris and Star Creameries, Two of the
Largest In County. Purchased by Ke-
nosha Firm.-Not Trust.

1t is announced today that the Piper
q Thomas Company, owners and op-
orators of the Kenosha Crea merry.
have closed deal for the purchase of
the Star Creamery, formerly owned by
Frank Biehn, and the Paris Creamery,
formerly owned by Louis Fenske.
Both of the creamecies are situated IN
the town Of Paris and they are cousid-
cred the two largest in the county.
! Their output of butter is sold largely
in the county and their trade in Keno
sha is almost as large as that of all the
other creameries combined. In taking
charge of these two plants, they will
be placed under the management of
the kenosha firm, but they will be op,
Grated by the former owners for the
Kenosha Company. Both of the
creameries will be continued in bust
ness and in the near future it is prob
able that they will be enlarged.
The purchase of the creameries gave
rise to rumor that the Kenosha COM
pany was attempting to form a union
VA oAA NA~ NAOoAAVAACS lAC COuulyS Uut
the report is denied by Mr.. Thomas of
the local company. He said that the
creameries had been purchased for the
sole purpose that the local company
was unable to supple the demands for
dairy products from their creamery
here and that with this extension of
the business they would be more able
to meet the great demands of the city.
Nearly if not all of the products of
the combined plants will find market
in Kenosha.
The two creameries that have been
purchased have been established for
many years and both of them have a
large business. The union of the two
with the Kenosha creamery makes the
business of Piper & Thomas the larg~
est Of that kind in Southern Wisconsin.
Since the purchase of the plants the
Kenosha company has notified the
farmers who were the former custom
ers of the Paris concerns that they
will make the same contracts for milk
as were made in other times and there
will be no loss of custom from the
change.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-08
THE ROAD rs SOLD.
$5,OOO,OOO Bond Issue to Complete Con-
Meeting Links in C. & MI. Electric.

$5,OOO,OOO Bond Issue to Complete Con-
Meeting Links in C. & M. Electric.
Friday the Chicago and Milwaukee
Railway Company's property between
Evanston and Waukegan was con-
veyed by deed to the Chicago and Mil
waukee Railroad Company, the con-
sideration being placed at So, 400. 900.
The transfer includes the right of way,
franchises and all other property, the
conveyance being made subject to the
incum brance of bond issue of 81 500,
900, in which the Royal Trust Com
pany of Chicago and the Cleveland
Trust Company of Cleveland are trus-
tees. OF this amount $1,OOO,OO0 has
been issued. Following the fling OF
the deed there was recorded a bond is
sue of $5,000,000 of the Chicago and
Milwaukee Railroad Company, the is,
sue to bear S per cent for twenty years.
The Merchants Loan and Trust Com
pany is trustee. There has been al
ready certified $3o0,O0O of this issue.
The loan covers all the property of the
company in Cook and Lake counties.
The money is to be used for improv-
ing the road and completing connect.
ing links.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-08

NEW COMPANY TO ACT.
james CaVanagh Notified the Council That
New Telephone Co. Seeks Franchise.

James Cavanagh Notified the Council That
New Telephone Co. Seeks Franchise.
Notwithstanding the failure of the
City Council to pass telephone ordi-
nance recently presented to it the city
will lave an independent telephone
exchange and it will be built by COM
pany composed entirely of Kenosha
people.
At the meeting of the Common
Council last evening James Cavanagh
appeared before the council and form
ally notified them that the Citizens
Telephone and Telegraph company,
which was recently organized, would
within fortnight present to the
council franchise ordinance granting
the company the right to build the in
dependent exchange in the city.
In speaking of the matter Mr.. Cava-
nagh informed the council that all re-
ports to the effect that the new
company was connected with the Bell
company were false and that the COM
pany had simply been waiting in order
to get the proper data to arrange for
the building of complete and modern
exchange in Kenosha at the lowest
possible cost to the people of the city.
Mr.. Cavanagh stated that the shares
of the company had been placed at SIS
in order to allow all the people of the
city to have some voice in the man
agement of the exchange. He stated
further that while the company had
been organized with nine directors
that these directors were ready to
resign as soon as the people had taken
sufficient stock in the company to
make the election of new set pos
sible.
The managers of the company have
for some time been in correspondence
with the cities of the state in which
independent lines are now being oper-
ated and it is now deduced that line
can be made paying proposition in
the cry.
The members of the council have
taken to the matter very kindly and it
is probable that the company will
have little trouble in securing the
passage of an ordinance granting the
rights needed for the construction of
the exchange.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-08
A SAFE INVESTMENT.

The Kenosha County Bui1ding-Lo
& Investment Associa ton is not in
tended as an experiment. Such
associations have fourished in this
country since about 1910, and there are
today about 5000 such associations il
the United States. True there have
been some failures; notably the Ma
tionals and others in Boom Towns
We hear of this but of the NINETY and
nine" we hear not a word. Building
and loan stock, in a company properly
organized and properly managed is
next to government bond in safety
and security; and statistics prove that
their losses are few and far between,
and smaller than the losses of othe,
financial institutions in percentage.
Fifty cents per month in few years
will earn $1.OO.
It is easy to save that amoRnt, try
it. Enquire for particulars of w. W
Cooper, President or J. II. Corsoran
Secretary.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-08

plication for a receiver was made, and
on MY. "A Edwin c. Day was APP
pointed.ss Judge Koh1saat declined to
permit the company to become bank
rupt on application of Attorney
French. Now it is expected that the
attorney will make another attempt to
have the company declared bankrupt,
bolstering up his former application
with the claim of the Kenosha Lum Der
Co. for $1,233 on ar unpaid note dated
Jan. 10, 1902. Secretary Bolen said
the company would contest the appli
cation if it came up on a second hear
ing, and also would fight any attempt
to keep the corporation in the hands Of
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-08
JOHN P. TRENARY DEAD.
Father of Prof. Otis L. Trenary Expires
at Platteville.

Father of Prof. Otis L. Trenary Expires
at PlatteviIle.
a telegram was received IN Kenosha
Saturday evening announcing the
death of John p. Trenary, father of
Prof. Otis L."Trenary, principal of the
College of Commerce. The death of
Mr.. Trenary occurred at his home at
Platteville, Wisconsin and Prof.
Trenary was with his father when the
final summons came. The deceased
was sixty-fve years of age and for
many years had been one of the best
known farmers of the town of Bel
mont. Some time ago he removed to
Platteville where he has since lived.
For the past year he had been suffer
ing from fatty degeneration of the
heart and this was the cause of his
death.
During the absence of Mr.. Trenary
from Kenosha, County Superintendent
George w. Taylor took charge of his
work at the college.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-08
MAKES GOOD REPORT.
Retiring sheriff Whitcher Gives an Ae-
/ count of His Stewardship.


count of His Stewardship.
In vacating the Office of Sheriff and
IN turning over the books of the county
jail TO his successor, ex-Sheriff Charles
ID. Whitcher has submitted a report of
his stewardship TO the people of the
city aud county, which is a most
praiseworthy one, and which viii place
the office of Sheriff 10 a new lie ht be-
tore the people. The report is peculiar
IN one way, and that is that during
the time Mr.. Whitcher was Sheriff OF
the county not single criminal had a
jury trial. This term extended over
two years, and whether the fact was
due to the persuasion of the Sheriff or
TO terror of the District Attorney and
the court, the fact remains that the
county has been saved thousands of
dollars and not a single guilty man
has escaped punishment.
The report of ex.Sheriff Whitcher
shows that during the two years in
which he was in charge of the jail $40
men and women were committed to
Jail tor different crimes and misde-
meanors. Twenty-six were taken to
the State Hospital for the Insane, Eve
to the State prison, six to the reform
school at Waukesha, and ten to the re-
tormatory at Green Bay. At the time
OF the turning over of the Jail there
was but one prisoner and he was held
on city charge. All of these people
taken to the different schools of re-
form have been held for crimes COM
mitted in the county and all have en-
tered pleas of guilty either before the
County Judge or in the Circuit Court.
by far the greater majority of them
found sentence in the County Court.
Supplementing his report, Sheriff
Whltcher states that during his term
as Sheriff he provided lodging for /, 153
tramps, an average of more than one
for every day on which he was Sheriff.
AT times as many as twenty tramps
were huddled together In the tramp
room. and it was no uncommon occur
renee to have from ten to twelve dur
ing an evening. These tramps are the
toughest on the road and they came to
the jail voluntarily. The men who are
brought in by the police of the city are
not counted as belonging to this list.
This report shows TO the people of
the city the great demand for some
sort of tramp house in which these
wandering Migrants can find employ
ment and in measure repay the city
for their keep. Racine and other cities
in this part of the State have such
houses, and the result is that the
tramps refuse to linger Ia those towns,
but hasten on to Kenosha, where they
can secure warm beds and a light
lunch in the morning without any sort
of work. If the County Board would
provide for the erection of some sort of
tramp house it is probable that in a
short time Kenosha would be entirely
free from this undesirable class of
humanity.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-08
GET A YEARS CREDIT.

Special Advantages offered by the High
School for Graduates of Graded Schools.
AS result of conference held be-
tween County Superintendent George
w. Taylor and Superintendent N. L.
Baker and Principal Hammill of the
city schools this morning the gradu-
ates of the graded schools in the county
will receive recognition when they
enter the Kenosha High school.
There are four state graded schools
in the county-two in Pleasant Prairie
and one each in Salem and Wi1mot. In
the past the graduates from these
schools have entered as freshmen in
coming to the Kenosha High school,
but in the future they will be given a
years credit for work and will be per-
mitted to enter as members OF the
sophomore class. These state graded
schools have been doing excellent
work during the past years and the
pupils coming from them to the High
school have been record students in
the school.
The new plan will probably have the
tendency of increasing the number of
state graded schools in the county and
it will also give some incentive for the
country pupils to enter the High
school at the completion of their
course in these schools.
The plan to secure a years credit
for the pupils is one that has long been
urged by Superintendent Taylor bat it
has been opposed by some of the mem
bers of the School Board.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-08
TO HOLD REUNION.
Glass of 1899 of the High School Make
Arrangements to Hold Meeting.

Arrangements to Hold Meeting.
The class of 1899 of the Kenosha
High school will hold regular reunions
IN the future and at an informal meet
ing of some of the members of the
class on last Saturday evening the
first steps were taken to provide for
the first reunion.
The first reunion will be held on
next June and committee consisting
of Louis Rahr, Hattie Paulsen and
Howard Goodenow was appointed to
have charge of the first reunion.
It was decided that all of the sixty
members of the class when it entered
the High school should be considered
as members Of the 1899 association re-
CARELESS as to whether they finished
the course or not. At the time of
graduation there were twenty-five
members of the class and they have
kept IN close touch with each other
since the close of their happy school
daVS
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-08
LONG FIGHT EXPECTED
Stockholders Of the winthrop Harbor Co.
Deny Indebtedness Claimed by Debtors
(From TUESDAYS Dailv.l

From Tuesdays Daily.)
Stockholders of the Winthrop Har-
Dor and Dock Company intend to
make hard fight to save their prop
erty from the attacks that are being
made upon it. Judge Burke, of Chi
cago, will be requested on Wednesday
to vacate the receivership provided for
last fall and permit the company to
continue its business of developing
Winthrop Hartor.
"The property owned by the COM
pany is valuable and can be protect
ed" said. Secretary ]. L. Bolen. 1.-The
indebtedness, considering the amount
of property the corporation owns, is
small, and there is no reason for the
appointment of a receiver
Mr.. Bolen is quoted as saying GER
tain persons who are making an attack
on the company and endeavoring to
embarass it desire to obtain possession
of the property themselves, as they re-
a1ize the value of it. Tn the fight that
will be made, some things of a sensa-
tional nature are likely to develop.
The Winthrop Harbor and Dock
Company was first taken into court
last fall by Attorney Samuel L.
French on behalf of Catherine D.
Mahr, who had claim of $500. APP
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-08
FREE FROM DEBT.
Kenosha County Old Settlers Association
Report That All Debts Have Been Paid.

kenosha County Old Settlers Association
Report That All Debts Have Been Paid.
The directors of the Old Settlers AS
ISOLATION of Kenosha County have
sent out statement to the memb ers of
the association showing that for the
first time in many years the associa-
ton is entirely free from debt. At the
opening of the present year the asso-
citation decided to buy more land for
the picnic grounds and at this time a
crusade was started to sell stock to
make fund for the payment of this
property and for the other debts of the
association. So successful have the
efforts been that every cent of the in
debtedness has been paid and sufficient
money has been raised to place an in
surance policy of 81, 500 on the prop
erty of. the association at Paddock's
Lake.
The property Of the association is
the most valuable held by any associa-
ton of the kind in this part of the
STATE and it is valued at between six
and seven thousand dollars. It is all
situated on the very shores of Pad
docks Lake and it is probable that it
will be of even greater value in other
years.