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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23
Wisconsin Telephone Company Put
ting in Metallic Circuits on All
Lines in the City.
OFFICE is TO BE REMoDELED.
Many Thousands of Dollars to he Exnendad
by the Company In Improving Ser
vice of Patrons.

It may be that Kenosha will never
have its Independent Telephone Elk.
change, and it is true that the signs
are not bright just at present but the
agitation in favor of a new system of
phones in the city has had an effect
and the Wisconsin Telephone Com
pany is beginning to spruce up bit.
Not only is the Bell Company spruc-
ing up but incidentally it is making
big extension of its lines and when
any new company starts it will find
the old company a more formidable
rival than It was year ago.
With the rumors of competition the
managers of the company sent its
most trusted men to Kenosha and the
entire line has been overhauled and re-
brilt. More cables have been stretch
ed and the old phones have been taken
out and are rapidly making way for
new long distance phones. Offices
a nd residences alike are being refitte
and the instruments that are taking
the place of the old time worn trans
mitters are of the latest pattern.
There is being no expense connected
with the change so far as the people of
the city are concerned but the com.
pany is planning to spend twenty
thousand dollars IN rebuilding and re-
fitting the Kenosha Exchange.
The north side was the first portion
of the city to be favored and now it is
entirely fitted with the metallic circuits
The workmen invaded the south side
today, and the new phones are being
put in everywhere, the desire being
the only order necessary for the COM
pany to receive.
Party lines are still in vogue but in
future the patrons of such lines will
not be forced to wait for two, three or
four rings, as each party will be so
arranged as to allow him an individual
ring.
In making this change the company
has placed a force of solicitors at work
in the city, and during single month
the list of subscribers has been in
creased to the tune of one hundred and
five, and dozens of applications have
been promised as soon as the workmen
can put in the extra phones. The
company now has 578 names on the
list of subscribers, and the list will be
increased to seven hundred before the
new company strings foot of wire if
the predictions of the managers are
carried out.
With these changes on the different
circuits many changes are being made
in the city offices of the company.
The switchboards are being enlarged
to give more room for the increase N
the list of subscribers, and in the near
future the force in the Office will be in
creased to give better service to the
users Of phones.
With these alterations the company
claims that Kenosha will have a model
phone system, and that the powder of
the new company will be largely ex-
p1oded before the lines are built.
The local managers of the Wiscon-
sin company laugh at the rumor that
the Wisconsin company is connected
in any way with the new company,
and claim that the old company is
ready and willing to welcome any com
petition which may come.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23
ROY ENGLISH DROWNED.
Young Man Well Known In Kenosha Meets

Young Man Well Known In Kenosha Meets
Death in the Surf at South Haven.
Robert Leroy English, son of Mr..
and Mrs. William English and former
resident of Kenosha, net death by
drowning in the surf OF the lake near
South Haven, Mich, Tuesday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. English had gone to
South Haven on Saturday to spend
short vacation and both had been bath
ing in the surf. Mr.. English had
complained of being cold and had been
urged to leave the water by his wife.
He insisted on one more plunge in the
water and waded out some hundred AMI
fifty feet into the lake. He suddenly
disappeared from view and was
drowned while his wife on the shore
awaited his return.
The life saving crew at once began a
search for the body but failed to find it
and it was supposed that the body was
caught in the under-tow and carried
out into the lake.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23

THE market value of industrial and
railroad stocks has dropped over a
billion and three quarters dollars since
the high price of 1902. If the loss had
been actual instead Of a working out
of purely fictitious values. this country
would have had the greatest panic in
history. AS it is, not single large
failure has been reported, and very
little interest is being taken in the
tremendous depreciation of "values''
outside of Wall street. General bust
ness continues good, and the public is
well content to devote itself to looking
after it, leaving the big men of the
street who are responsible for the pres
ent overloaded condition of the market
for securities, to stand the losses.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23

AFTER serving his church with wis
dom and fidelity for twenty-five years
ia the most exalted position to which
any of the faithful can be called Leo
XIII has passed to his reward. Many
great and good men have sat in the
chair of st. Peter but Leo XIII will take
his place in history as oneof the greatest
of the popes and of him can it be truly
said that the world was better for his
having lived in it. His profound
learning and his sweet and gentle dis
position endeared him to protestant
and catholic alike, and he probably
exerted more influence for good outside
of his church than any of his predeces-
sors. Called to the throne at a time
when the church was menaced by
many and powerful enemies his states
manship and diplomacy have greatly
strengthened the position of his church
throughout the world. He has solved
the problems that confronted him at
the beginning of his reign and the way
has been made straight for his sue
cessor. The greatest man of his age
he wrote his name large in the pages
of the history of his time and it will
be long before the world shall see his
like again.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23
LAST WORDS OF THE PoNr1FF
He Confides the Church to Cardinal Greg
lia-Desth Was Calm and Serene.

He COnfides the Church to Cardinal Greg
ia-Desth Was Calm and Serene.
Practically all the cardinals now in
Rome, kneeling at the bedside, watched
the passage of his soul Earlier in
the day Cardinal Serafino Vannutelli
had impressively pronounced the alb
solution in articulo norris The condi-
ton of his holiness varied from agony
to coma. Wishing to relieve him DR..
Mazzoni suggested that morphine
should be administered, but DR.. Lap
POM did not agree, fearing that the
end might be quickened.
During his closing hours the pope's
mind lived In the past, except when
he had lucid interval. At one time
thinking Of some grand ceremony Of
the church, apparently, he said: "What
crowds! What devotion! My dear PEG
pler' Then recurring to some time
when the weight of official care was
heavy he murmured: "Oh, the weight
of these robes. Can / hold out until
the end?"
Next the close of some controversy
seemed to come to him and he was
heard to say: 1.-THE consistory is over!
They can reproach me no longer! How
many faces of all kinds! How many
foreigners! The church is triumph
ing" To Oreglia, in a moment Of CON
seriousness, he said ITO your emf
nence, who will so soon seize the reins
Of supreme power, confide the church
In these difficult times This was
his last utterance, except that when
Bisleti asked his blessing he granted
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23

THE provision of the new immigra-
ton law which gives the clerk of the
court the right to demand proof that
the candidate for citizenship in this
country has never been an anarchist
or connected in any way with any or
ganization TO overthrow the govern
ment, is good as far as it goes, but it
can never be made very effective until
there is an international law against
the anarchists. The governments of
Europe, which have in the past paid
the passage money of Individual
citizens in order to induce them to
cmigrate to this country, will not stop
at little thing like issuing a certif-
cate of character. Anything that will
make them happy and contented and
willing to stay in this country will be
cheerfully furnished. The clerk has
it in his power, under the new law
however, to stop the wholesale natural
ization of ignorant foreigners, unable
to read or write the English language,
on the eve of an election, by demand
lag that the candidates who are un-
able to understand the regular ex-
aninations of applicants for natural
ization papers, produce certificates of
character.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23
NOTHING BUT PIERCES.

Four COupless'by the Name of Pierce Meet
by Accident in!One Car In Milk Train.
A rather strangescoincidence hap
pened one morning last weeks on the
G. & N. w. milk train as observed by
some of the passengers, although the
parties them selves were utterly un-
aware of any unusual circumstances.
Three couples bearing the name of
Pierce were seated as nearly together
as possible, when the fourth1gcouple
entered at Pleasant Prairiessand by
some strange magnetism1'were also
drawn to the Pierce portion of the
car. Notwithstanding the fact that
there were plenty of other vacant
seats.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23

Too much politics has ruined more
men than gambling. Every reformer
deems it his duty to urge every young
man to take an active part in politics,
but few reformers are wise enough to
urge the young man to make his party
subordinate to his every day affairs. 1t
is one thing to attend the primaries
and help nominate the best man, and
it is quite another thing to depend on
politics for bread and butter Politics
is a fine avocation for young man.
If he is clean and honest it is good for
him and good for the government.
But it is a bad vocation. The man
that depends on politics for living
will generally have either very poor
living or he will obtain it by methods
which can not be safely discussed in
the presence of grand jury. Long
participation in Office, without other
means of support, often leads to penury
Or worse.-Grant County Herald.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23
NEWS is FLASHED ABROAD
Responses Are Many and Coincidence
Comes from Everywhere.

Immediately following the death Of
the pope cablegrams and kilograms
were dispatched to all parts of the
world notifying the sovereigns, rulers
and foreign governments of the demise.
Before night fell many kilograms Of
coincidence reached the Vatican, COM
ing from emperors, kings, political
rulers and high church dignitaries
abroad. The Vatican officials are del
uged with these messages.
Meanwhile events of momentous i'm
portance to Roman Catholic Christen-
dom were occurring. The death Of
Pope Leo meant the passing of the SUI
preme power into the hands of the
sacred college of cardinals as it's tenn
porary custodian during the interreg-
mum. The perfect administrative ma
chinery of the church provided against
the slightest interruption of the gov
erning authority. AS the senior mem
Der of the sacred college, Cardinal
Oreglia, to whom the pope solemnly
confded the interests of the church,
has now become the exponent of the
cardinals until Pope Leo's successor
has been elected. This has brought
forth Cardinal Oreglia as the striking
personality Of the hour.
The greatest interest is now cen
teredin the work Of the conclave which
is to select the successor to Leo XIII.
Speculation prophecies and predic-
lions come from every direction in ia
vor of the various candidates. The
comparative long illness Of Leo has
had the effect of narrowing the chances
Of some who entered the contest with
what was thought to be the brightest
prospects, while it has brought forward
the prominence of others who at. first
were hardly considered. The result is
that they are all now on about the
same level
The most prominent candidates for
the succession are Cardinals Gotti,
Oreglia, Aglerdia, Serafino Vannntelli,
Capecelatro, Sarto, Rampolla, Dipietro,
Stampa, Perrari, Satolli and Richelmi
1t is generally believed that the con-
clave will not meet earlier than
Aug. 3.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23
: NKNOWN BOY DROWNED.
Boat Capsizes ON Powers Lake and One of
a Party of Five Sinks.

Boat Capsizes ON Powers Lake and One of
Party of Five Sinks.
An unknown boy, eighteen years of
age and supposed to be resident of
Chicago, met death by drowning at
Powers Lake at four O'Clock Tuesday
afternoon. The body was not recov-
cred and the people about the lake
have been able to find no trace of the
friends of the boy or as to his identity.
The young man had come to the lake
for short vacation and shortly after
three O'Clock he joined a party of four
other boys, all strangers, and the party
took small boat and, fitting it up
with a sail, started out on the, alake.
The party had been out but short
time when squat capsized'sthe boat
and the entire party was thrown into
the water. The men all clungsto the
sides of the sinking boat ands3shouted
for help.
Their cries were heard by the men
at work in the ice houses along the
lake, and rescuing Oparty event to
their aid as soon as possible. Four of
the boys were saved by the rescuers
but the fifth one was unable to hold on
to the sinking boat and went to the
bottom of the lake. Efforts were at
once made to recover the body but no
trace of it had been found up to one
O'Clock this afternoon.
None of the men in the party knew
the name of the boy who was drowned
and it seems that he awas a total
stranger among the guests about the
lake.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23
AUTHOR MAJOR BADLY BURNED
I'm Saving the Life of His Wife, Whose In
juries Are Very severe-Cel-
luIOid Comb.

Mackinac Island, Mich. July 21.-
Charles FL. Major, Of Indianapolis, au-
thor Of when Knighthood Was in
Flower" and Mrs. Major were both
badly burned by celluloid comb TAX
ing fire from an alcohol lamp.
Mrs. Major, it is said, was heating
a curling iron on the flame when the
comb became ignited. burning her hair,
arms and hands ia a terrible manner.
Major in attempting to extinguish the
flames sustained severe burns about
the arms and hands.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23
BASE BALL SCORES

Chicago, July 21.-Following are the
base ball scores:
League: At st. Louis Cincinnati /,
st. Louis 5; at hicago-Pittsburg 2,
Chicago 3.
American: At New York-C leve-
land 8, New York Z; Second game
Cleveland 2, New York O; at Boston,
Detroit 3, Boston 2; at Philadelphia
st. Louis 3, Philadelphia 2; at Wash
ington- Chicago 3, Washington 4.
Association: At St Paul Minneap-
Oils 2, ST. Paul II.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23
PAIN ATTENDS HIS LAST HOURS
But He Passes Away Calmly with His
Last Thoughts Of His Church,
FINAL WORDS ARE TO ORHGLIA
Confides the Church to the Cardinal
with Almost His Dying Breath
DIR. Lapponi Describes
Final Scene.

Rome, July 21.-Pope Leo XIII is
dead. The last flicker of life expired
at four minutes past O'Clock yester-
day afternoon, and the pontiff now
lies at rest The pleuro-pneumonia
with which his holiness had been suf-
fering was scarcely so responsible for
his death as that inevitable decay of
tissue which ensues upon 90 years of
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23
ROMAN PoNr1FF AND ITALY
Kings Comment on Leo's Death-Als'
That OF the Official Gazette.

Rome, July 21.-Premier Zanardelli
telegraphed the death of the pope to
King Victor Emmanuel at the castle
of Racconi last night. The king, al
though he expected the announcement
at any hour, was touched and is re-
ported to have said: mo matter what
our complaints may have been by rea-
sen of distant and recent controversies
and discourtesies, | cannot help feel
ing deeply affected by the disappear
ance of a great and enlightened mind
and the head of the church of my peo-
pie"
The Official Gazette, the Italian gov
eminent organ after announcing the
death of Pope Leo, says: above all
Pope Leo's active pontifcate will re-
main in history as a demonstration Of
the authority which the law of the
italian state guarantees tc the exer-
Use OF the supreme religious power"
State Department Wires Rampo1Ia.
Washington, July 21.-The state de-
trtment, upon learning of the death OF
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23
t and added: BE this my last greet

it and added: BE this my last greet
lug
OF the death DR.. Lapponi said; 1T
was resigned calm and serene. Very
few examples can be given Of a man
of such advanced age after so ex-
haustiye an illness showing such SUI
preme courage in dying. The pontiff's
last breath was taken exactly at four
minutes past 4. approached light
ed candle to his mouth three times, &C.
cording to the traditional ceremonial,
and afterward declared the pope to be
no more. I then went to inform Car
dinal Oreglia, the dean Of the sacred
college, who Immediately assumed full
power"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23

convent, after a
sickness dating
from September,
1902. He came
to Fond du Lac
forrestand treat
m e n t ur
months ago. A
week ago hesud-
denly became
worse. Saturday
night his condi-
ton b eca m e
critical. Since
that time the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23

If it is necessary to amend the city
charter in order to pass dog license
ordinance that can be enforced, go
ahead and amend it. Not only would
such an ordinance add respectable
sum to the yearly revenues Of the city,
but it would enable the police to rid
the city of the homeless ours which
seem to be getting more numerous and
more of nuisance every day.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23

END had beeneX- ARCHBISHOP KATZER.
pected mOmentarily. He will be buried
in st. Francis cemetery, Milwaukee.
Rt. Rev. Hendrick Xavier Katzer,
since Dec. 20, 1890, archbishop of the
archdiocese of Milwaukee, was born
on Feb. Z, 1914, in Ebensee, upper
Austria, and came to this country in
1864.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23
Parks Arrested for Assault.

New York, July 81 Samuel j.
Parks, walking delegate of the House
smiths and Bridgemen's union, has
been arrested on warrant in which
Charles E. Lawson, a member of the
same union, charges that Parks as
saulted him.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23
THURSDAY, JULY %, 1908.
WHO wouldn't be willing to get it in
the neck for $500?

WHO is going to be the judge of how
Ear it is practicable to enforce the
street railway franchise, the Council
or Mr.. Arnold? It will make quite a
difference to the city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23

THE city has put off building the
Middle street bridge as long as possi-
BILE, but the work must be done soon
now, and the Council probably thought
they might as well get it started. With
the new bridge and new schoolhouse
to pay for, the outlook for the Kenosha
taxpayer for the next year or two IS
not very bright.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23
No Naval Festival at Lisbon.

Lisbon, July 21-On account of the
pope's death the festivities arranged in
honor of the coming visit Of the Ameri-
can feet have been Indefinitely post
pOned.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23
CATTLE BECOMING BLIND.
Epidemic PrevaIent-Two Herds at Union
Grove Are Afflicted.

Grove Are Afflicted.
An epidemic of blindness appears to
have stricken cattle in Racine and Ke-
nosha counties. Several herds have
been afflicted and many OF them are
stone blind. It is caused by growth
over the eyes. Veterinary surgeons
are puzzled over the same.
The state veterinary surgeon has
been notified and he claims that the
disease is more or less prevalent
throughout the state. AT Union Grove
the herds of Oscar Esmond and also the
herds of Herman Schwartz are afflicted.
On account of the disease the owners
are compelled to stable ali cattle and
employ veterinary surgeons TO care for
them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23
Emperor Francea Joseph Prays.

Vienna, July z1.-On receiving the
announcement Of the pope's death the
emperor retired to his private chapel to
DraV
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23
ARCHBISHOP KATzER DEAD
Passes Away at Fond Du Lac After an I'LL
ness of Nearly
Year.

Fond du Lac, Wis, July 21.-Arch-
bishop Katzer is dead at st. Agnes
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23

LIE. Inc tested steel Which had bent
SO often before human ills was bound
to break at last. The emaciated and
lifeless frame which held so brave
spirit lies on the bed in the Vatican
beside which almost all the world has
prayed IS
College of Cardinals Assemblies.
Today the sacred college of cardinals
assembled for the impressive ceremony
of officially pronouncing Pope Leo
dead. After this sad function was
performed the body was aiken to the
small throne room adjoining the death
chamber, where it will be embalmed.
The funeral ceremonies will extend
over nine days, the remains being re-
moved to the cathedral of st. Peters,
where they will lie in state. The ulti-
mate resting place Of the dead pontiff
will be in the basilica of st. John the
Lateran.
WEs Not an Easy Death.
Pope Leo's final moments were
marked by that same serenity and de-
votion, and, when he was conscious,
that calm intelligence which is asso-
ciated with his twenty five years pom
tiicate. His was no easy death. An
hour before he died, turning to DR..
Lapponi and his devoted valet Pho
Contra, he murmured: "The pain suf-
fer Is most terrible" Yet his part
ing words were not of the physical
anguish that he suffered, but were
whispered benedictions upon the car
dinals and his nephews, who knelt at
the bedside, and the last look of his
almost sightless eyes was towards the
great ivory crucifix hanging in the
death chamber.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-07-23

Washington, July 21.-The state de-
$ltment, upon learning of the death OF
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-05-30

We are pleased to see that the new
town board is getting down To bus
mess along right lines The Press
has always been persistent advocate
of potecting and supporting home in
dusties. No town can thrive and be
prospectus unless its people patrouIle
the home merchants That keeps
money in CIRCULATION at home, and the
merchants should be protected against
transient traders who are here today
with lot of shoddy goods and gone
tomorrow. \ licneSe that keeps these
vendors of cheap goods out OF the town
does not benefit the mechaut alone,
but protects the people who might be
deceived into buying their wares
under the belief that they we're get
ting bargains. Such license law
protects all and the board is doing
the right thing by having an urdiu-
ance drafted to cover the matter.
Let the license be made high enough
to be practically prohibitive and the
whole town will be the gamer in the
end