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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-26
WADDELL IN TROUBLE.
Famous Ball Player Under Arrest at wheel
ing, w. Va.

Famous Ball Player Under Arrest at Wheel
ing, w. Va.
Rube Waddell is in trouble again
and this time it is trouble frauph
with more serious results than quar-
rel with a manager of a base ball
team. He is at Wheeling, w. Va,
charged with nonsupporting his wife.
On last Saturday evening Waddell had
row with the manager of the ''Stain
of Guilt" company and his services
with the company were at once dis
pensed with. Waddell is not without
resource and he at once adopted his
favorite business of bar keep. He
rorgot to make provision for his wife
and on Saturday night her clothes
were attached for hotel bill and she
was left without any means for her
support. She at once went to the
authorities and had the Rube of base
ball fame placed under arrest for nom
support. While the case is pending
Mrs. Waddell is being cared for by one
of the charitable societies in Wheel
ing. Up to this time Rube seems to
have managed to get along pretty well
with his wife but his wife claims that
her life has been made miserable by
the ball player.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-26
LEVY ONE MILL TAX
County Board Ends Its Session in
Harmonious Manner After Agree
ing on Tax AppOrtionment
FAIR APPORTIONMENT IS MADE.

TIE stormy session of the County
Board which was on at the court house
for nearly two weeks closed SATURDAY
afternoon in complete harmony and
the best of feeling prevailed between
the members when the country mem
bers left for their homes. The last
official act of the Board was the levy
ing of the annual one mill tax for
the support of the various Institutions
of the county. Added to this annual
stipend the committee instructed the
clerk to levy state tax of $18,7o8 81,
and tax of one-ffteenth mill for the
support of the soldiers relief fund.
On the towns of the county further
tax OF ST. ,006 is levied for the salary of
the county superintendent and $4 1890
for the building of the new bridge in
Wheat1and.
The long fight over the county APP
portionment came to an end at noon
Saturday when fair apportionment
was presented to the Board by
committee of the whole, Of which
Henry Jordan was the chairman.
The equalization of the tax was
made on basis of true values. The
true values for last year and this year
were taken and an average struck and
then the towns ard the city were each
reduced twenty-five per cent.
The result was entirely satisfactory
to the members both from the city and
country. The report was adopted by
vote of fifteen to one, Supervisor Buch
mann voting in the negative. The
apportionment follows:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-26
NEW UNIVERSITY BUILDING.
Ample Accommodations for All Students
In the New College of Agriculture.

Ample Accommodations for All Students
in the New College of Agriculture.
The many improvements made IN
the College of Agriculture Of the State
University will enable the manage
ment to give one of the most interest
ing and instructive winters ever ex-
perienced in the Short Course. Stu
dents will have ample accommodations
ia the new agricultural building, as 1t
is ready for the incoming class. The
study of corn will be given as new
subject in the Short Course.
Many desirable changes have been
made for the betterment of the course,
and no perso1 w..:o expects to follow
farming can afford to miss the oppor-
tunity Of attending.
The course opens Saturday, Novem-
Der %, for enrolment, and actual work
begins Monday, Nov. 80. There is yet
room for about fifty more applicants,
and those desiring to attend, who have
not already applied, must send in ap-
plicatiors at the earliest possible mo-
ment in order to have place held for
them in the class.
To enroll as student or secure cir
culars of information concerning the
work to be given, apply to r. A,
Moore, Madison, Wis.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-26
FIGHT FOR THEIR HOMES
Fire Sweeps the Valley of the o.Plane
River and Property is Destroyed

Fire Sweeps the valley of the o,Plane
River and Property Is Destroyed
The farmers of the town of Pleasant
Prairie sustained serious loss on Sat-
urday evening on account of a prairie
hre which swept The valley of the
Oplane river and left track of desola-
ton in its wake.
The ire started in the neigborhood
OF the State line at six O'Clock. and
burned through the county to the very
limits of the village of Pleasant Prai
RE. Hundreds of rods of lire fences
and many hay and straw stacks were
destroyed by the flames. The farmers
had been so busy during the wet sea-
son that they had not been able to cut
the rank grass along the banks of the
river, and it furnished fuel to the
flames.
The people of Pleasant Prairie made
their final and successful stand against
the raging flames on the old Crosby
farm, now occupied by Orson o. Fox.
The flames destroyed several hay
stacks on this farm and was threaten
ing the buildings. The people organ
lied bucket brigade and after an
hours work the FIRE was extinguished.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-26

The great reduction for state and
county purposes this year is due to the
fact that no tax is levied for the sup
port of the state institutions as in
former years and the state tax is
wholly for the support of the school
systems of the state and for the care
of the insane. The salaries of state
officials and all other state expenses
will be paid out of the sinking fund
which has accumulated during the
past years.
In the city the reduction is a very
material one. The state tax to be
paid by the city this year is but
SO, 032 20 while last year the state tax
was SIS, 1928. %. All other taxes for the
city are slightly increased. The
county tax is increased from 81, o42 80
in 1902 to So, 127.93 this year. The sol
diers' relief fund tax for the city this
year is $541.86 and last year it was
$500 81.
The decrease will not materially af-
feet the assessment to be made on the
property of the city as the reduction is
not sufficiently large enough to give
the money needed by the city and it is
probable that the tax will have to go
over the one per cent limit which has
been set by custom in the city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-26
WITH POLISH RITES.
Peter SokoIoWski and Miss Josie Sc
zripakieWicz United in Marriage
at Polish Church.
WEDDING A GALA EVENT IN CITY.

A litxe bit of Ole Poland was set
right down in the middle of Kenosha
Sunday morning, when the marriage
of Peter Soko1owski and Miss Josie
Szczripakiewicz, members of leading
Polish families inthe city, we're united
in marriage at the Polish Roman Cath
Ollie church.
Kenosha never saw such a wedding
before, and it will probably be years
before the like is seen again. All the
rites of the marriage ceremony q S fol-
lowed in Poland were carried out in
Kenosha. The bride was taken to
the church by her father, while the
bridesmaids, six in mum Der, followed
in carriage. The groom and his at
PENDANTS, one for each of the brides
maids, rode to the church on horse
back. Following the custom of the
Polish people, the bridesmaids we're all
dressed in white, while the bride wore
delicate shade of blue. She was
deeply yelled from head to foot, and
the veil was not lifted until after the
VI Liz t1O AACNs II a ACA
Zarenzny, had completed the long GER
emory which united her to her hus-
band.
The wedding was strictly social
event, and only invited guests were
present. A high choral celebration
was held in honor of the marriage of
the young people, and special music
was brought from Milwaukee to assist
with the ceremony.
The church was splendid1y decorated
in honor of the event, and the celebra-
ton was considered most unusual
one among the members of the con-
gregation. The young ladies who at
tended the bride we're, Misses Josie
Better, Tillie Thomas, Clementine
Wodzislawski, Lydia Thomas and
Stella Skoronski. The attendants of
the groom were, Alex Poplawski, Ed
ward Sokolowski, Victor Gluncki, Ed
ward Gruninski, Frank Szczripakie-
wicz and Stanley Kochowski.
After the ceremony at the church the
couple went at once to their new home
a. tnC GOAASA VI MLuuAS 0Au VAOtOiAo
streets, and at noon they entertained
the leading Polish people of the city at
a dinner. During the afternoon the
reception was continued, and in the
evening an o1d-fashioned Polish feast
was given in honor of the bride and
groom.
The wedding was the event Of the
year in Polish circles, and nearly a
hundred guests, many of them from
other cities, were present.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-26
KENosHA MONEY TO FRANCE
Final Accounting of theELast Will and Tes
lament of Late AdoIph Gnichard.

Final Accounting of .thegLast Will and Tes-
lament of Late AdoIph Gnichard.
Forty thousand dollars, most of it
made in Kenosha, will be sent to
France withi1 the next few days as
Monday afternoon final accounting
was made of the estate of the late
Adolph Guichard, who formerly re-
sided on Prairie avenue. The former
resident owned great deal Of property
in Kenosha but in keeping with the
terms of the will of the deceased the
property has all been turned into
money and the judgment of the court
made Monday disposes of the property
among the nieces and nephews of the
deceased all of whom reside in Paris,
France. The money will be turned
over to the French consul at Chicago
and by him distributed among the legal
heirs,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-26
County Clerk Crosby Makes Annual
Levy for State and County
Taxes Monday Morning.
KENOSHA'S TOTAL REACHES S267Of
Reduction of State Taxes Cuts off Over SIX
Thousand Dollars From Last Years
Figures-Aid for the City

County Clerk Crosby Monday after
noon forwarded to the Secretary of
State the annual superintendent of the
taxes for Kenosha county, including
the taxes for state and county uses. 1t
is gratifying to note that the taxesthis
year show decrease of about fifteen
to twenty percent under the figures of
last year and that the city will be re-
quired to pay little over six thousand
dollars less this year than last year.
This will make it possible for the city
to secure little extra money with
which to meet the many appropriations
that are being made for next year.
The taxes for this year as compared
with last year are as follows:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-26
PATTI FAREWELL.

Madame Adeline Patti will appear
on her farewell tour at the Alhambra
theatre, Milwaukee on Monday eve
ming Dec. z. Prices-$2, So, 81, SIS.
Box Seats $40. Sale of seats and boxes
begins Tuesday, Dec. l. Mail orders
accompanied by check or money orders
and addressed ssPatti Concerts will be
filed with the order Of their receipt,
and seats assigned as near the desired
location as possible.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-26
EIGHTY SIX YEARS OLD
Stephen Gethen of Woodworth Celebrates
q Noteworthy Day In His Long Life

At the Gethen Homestead in the viii
lage of Woodwork Saturday afternoon
Stephen Gethen, one of the earliest
settlers Of the town Of Bristol cele-
brated his eighty.sixth birthday. In
honor of the event reunion of the
Gethen family was held and four gen
erations were present.
Mr. Gethen has resided in Kenosha
county nearly sixty years and is one
of the most highly respected men Of
the county.
Among those who went out from
Kenosha to attend the reunion were
Mr.. and Mrs. William c. Crosby, Mr..
and Mrs. E. r. Gethen, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Rockwell and Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred. Leonard.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-26
ARRESTED IN MILWAUKEE,.

Well Known Kenosha Man Charged With
Stealing anEOvercoat.
John Besenius, well known resi-
dent Of the north side was arrested in
South Milwaukee Monday afternoon
by officers of the Milwaukee Central
Police Station on charge of stealing
an ulster coat belonging to man with
whom Besenius had been living. He
is charged with larceny and will have
hearing the latter part of this week.
The arrest Of Besenius caused quite a
sensation on the north side and the
friends of theIKenosha man refuse to
believe that he has been guilty Of the
crime charged aga;rst him. Besenius
has always borne good reputation in
Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-11-26
DIVORCE rs GRANTED

Mrs. Grace A. Colvin Gets Separation From
Her Husband.
AT three O'Clock this afternoon in
the Circuit court at Racine Judge Bel
den granted decree of divorce in the
suit of Grace A. Colvin VS.. Edgar S.
Colvin. The wife was also granted
the custody of the one child of the
union and a1imony to the extent of ten
dollars month for the support of the
child. The grounds for the divorce
were desertion and failure to provide.
Mr.. Colvin is well known in KenOsha
bat his wife came here only recently,
she having been a resident Of Penn.
sylvania.
Williams news., 1903-06-27
M. SAIZMAN

Ice-cream and soda drinks. Cheap John Racket Store.
 Mrs. Hill and daughter, Maude, of Albuquerque, arrived last Sum- day for a visit with Mrs. Joseph Johnson and Mrs. James Kennedy.
 Miss Harriet E. Pyle, sister of H. D. Pyle, manager of the local bank, arrived in the city last night from Pasadena, Cal, for a few weeks visit
 Ice-cream always on tap at Ran ney x Harrell's.
 Mrs. R. J. Arey and mother and Mrs. William Mcintyre returned Saturday from Flagstaff, where they had been attending the normal commencement exercises.
 Brakeman James Riley was killed at the cinder pit last Thursday by falling under a moving train and was horribly mutilated. The body was shipped to Texas for burial.
Williams news., 1903-06-27
OTHER GRAND CANYON ITEMS.
GRAND CANYON, June 25.

GRAND CANYON, June 25.
 Ice-cream sodas, plain sodas, etc., at Ranney & Harrell's.
 MT. F. A. Brown is expected from the east on the 27th inst.
 w. E. Mcclure returned from Los Angeles last Sunday and took his run out to the Canyon.
 Prof. G. Wharton James is ex- pected at the Canyon this week. after an extended lecture tour.
 J. B. Girand, Mrs. Grand and Park Latimer arrived at Bright An gel this week from the Cataract.
 MT. O. c. Strait of Bright Angel hotel will soon leave for his home in Cincinnati, Ohio, for visit of several weeks.
 w. w. Bass has been quite busy of late with passengers to and from his camp on the rim at the head of Mystic Springs trail.
 Some of the residents of our lit tie colony are preparing for a trip to Williams on the Fourth to help celebrate, and anticipate very hap py time.
 J. J. Byrne, general passenger agent of the coast lines, came out in a special car with a party of friends last Tuesday and expects to return Friday morning.
 The following well-known resi- dents of Winslow came up on the train Sunday afternoon to visit the Canyon and stayed until Wednes- day morning, taking in all points of interest Mir. and Mrs. D. A. Shope, MT. and Mrs. Percy Ross and MT. c. L. Flynn, with his mother. brother and sister, Mrs. McClintock.
 w. L. Harris, formerly of Will Hams, is now manager of the Albu- querque Browns.
 Milton, the thriving suburb of Flagstaff, will have a big celebra- tion on the Fourth. However, number of Flagstaff people expect to spend portion, if not all, of the three days here during ours.
 There will probably be practice game of ball tomorrow between the Williams regulars and a picked nine. Harry Dearing and Joe At wood have gotten up team which they think can play marbles, any way.
 Try the IMPERIAL LAUNDRY of Albuquerque, N. M. Best Laun- dry in the Southwest. GIVE US A TRIAL to be convinced. Agency at Parlor Barber Shop. LADIES' AND CENTS BATHS, SEA SALT BATHS, FACE MASSAGE, HAIR SINGEING, LADIES' SHAMPOO ING. The best appointed shop in the city.
Williams news., 1903-06-27
-cocal Hews
ITEMS OF GENERAL
 INTEREST

Miss Leona Lindstrom came in Saturday evening from Los An geles, where she has been attending school
 Freddie Baum, who has been at tending school in Los Angeles, ar rived home last Friday for his sum- mer vacation.
 Ice-cream sodas, plain sodas, etc., at Ranney x Harrell's.
 Last Thursday at Winslow Fran cisco Martinez shot and fatally wounded his wife. So far he has not been apprehended.
 Harry c. Hibben, our genial county recorder, was down from the county seat Sunday and at tended the ball game.
 The choicest and freshest fruits at the Cheap John Racket Store.
 Mrs. Ed Twitty, who is visiting with Mrs. NJ. J. Rounseville, in forms us that her husband is ex- pected to arrive today from Los Angeles, at which place he has been i'll for several months past.
 Owing to the heavy losses in- cured recently, the laying of steel on the Santa Fe has been stopped and all appropriations are being used in repairing damages caused by the floods along the line.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-01

ent causing any uneasiness and it is
felt that this concern may continue
for the next few days, until the Janu.
airy disbursements have been made.
Should an emergency arise in this con-
nection it is believed that the loan
pool of $50,000,000, recently formed in
New York, will prove ample to meet
all demands. 1t is matter for con-
graduation to the people of this coun-
try that during this period of retrench-
ment and threatened stringency those
in charge of the business interests,
large and small, have been enabled to
maintain stable equilibrium. Not only
have financial disasters been averted
by the conservative measures adopted,
but the people of the land have had
their wants supplied and now enjoy
continued prosperity.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-01
INSPECTION WILL BE EARLY.
Guard Organizations Will Be Inspected
By the End of March.

A general order was issued from the
Office of Adjutant General Byers in Des
Moines yesterday in reference to the
annual inspection of national guard
companies in 1903. The order is to the
effect that inspection of all companies
and regimental non-commissioned
staff and bands of the guard at their
stations Is ordered on such dates after
January Is as may be designated to
each organization by Col. John r.
Prime, inspector general, and Major
John T. Hume, assistant inspector gen.
eral. Not less than three days notice
is required.
The organizations will be inspected
in accordance with the same orders as
last year. An important departure will
be made, however in completing the
inspection by the end of March. Last
year and generally in fact, the inspec.
ton drags along until about time fol-
camp. This year it is proposed to get
the inspection out of the way as quick
ly as possible.
I The inspector generals department
has not yet made up schedule show.
ing the dates of the inspection of the
different companies. This will not be
out until about time for beginning the
active work of inspection.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-01
LABOR UNIONS MUST PAY FOR
GOOD LEADERSHIP.
(From Gunton's Magazine for Decem.

(From Gunton's Magazine for Deem
ber.)
Much of the unfortunate experience
of trade unions has been due to poor
leadership; and this is not surprising
in view of the narrow conception
among laborers of the intellectual and
moral equipment necessary for trade
union leadership. 1t has always been
an unfortunate characteristic of work.
ingmen that, while they ask for high
wages, they are unwilling to pay high
wages to their own representatives.
Some improvement in this respect has
taken place during the past ten or fif-
teen years, but 1t is still the prevalent
notion that those who work to advance
labor interests are but scantily worthy
of their hire.
In order to get first class leaders the
unions must pay first class salaries.
That is the only way the corporations
can enlist capable men in their service,
and trade unions can accomplish the
same result only by doing likewise.
1t is not essential that the president
of the labor organization should be
taken from the bench; he should not
be elected because he is the best shoe
maker or the finest carpenter, but be-
cause of his knowledge of and ability
to understand and present the princi-
pies and interests involved in trade
union purposes and policies.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-01
TO RESTRICT CHILD LABOR.

Gradually the question of child
labor is receiving the attention of the
Legislators of the various states of the
union, and laws are being passed which
will at least obliterate some of the
greatest evils of the practice. For
many years efforts have been made
in Virginia, but without success, to
enact law prohibiting child labor
in the mills and factories of that state.
Not until recently has public sentiment
become sufficiently aroused to war
rant the passage of such measure.
A short time ago the house of dele
gates passed the Cabell bill, which
prohibits the employment of any child
under II years of age and also in
cludes provisions regulating the EN-
ploment of children between the ages
IL and Ia years. The bill will now
undoubtedly become a law and though
the age limit is still too low, it is a
step in the right direction.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-01-01
LABOR QUESTION IN THE PAcI.
FIG ISLANDS.

| The solution of the labor problem
in the Pacific island belonging to the
United States, is rapidly forging to the
| front as one of the most important
questions of our national polity. In
Hawaii especially the need of labor is
being keenly felt and the hostility of
the senate toward the proposition for
the admission of Chinese labor. to
those islands will greatly augment the
seriousness of the situation. Chinese
labor. under the direction and manage.
ment of Americans and the citizens
of the Pacific islands, has been an i'm.
portant factor in the development OF
the agricultural interests of those
lands, and with this source from which
to draw labor cut off it is probable
that many interests will be affected.
That data on the condition of affairs
in this connection might be gathered,
i thomas Fortune was appointed special
labor commissioner to Hawaii and the
Philippines. Mr.. Fortune, who is at
present in Honolulu on his tour of in.
vestigation in speaking of the results
of his work says: 81 believe that the
importation of negroes here forms a
natural solution of the difficulty which
unavoidably follows the absorption of
tropical or semi-tropical countries by
the United States. In the southern
states and in the Carolinas the ne
groes made the Industries what they
are. Though there might be some diff.
ficulty about retaining the negro here,
yet believe that the planters could
get all they wanted if they sent the
right kind of agents after them. l be.
lieve that within six months 10000
negroes could be brought here"
1t would seem that there is consid-
cradle merit in the suggestion of Mr..
Fortune. The people of the United
States are constitutionally opposed to
the further admission of the Chinese
to this country or to any of its outly.
ing territory. The people of the Unit
ed States are not fitted to perform the
arduous labors attached to the develop.
ment of the tropical countries. They
are, however, capable of directing the
industries that can be carried on in
the tropical lands, but they must have
people who are physically adapted to
laboring beneath the burning heat of
the tropical sun. The development of
the southern states has proven this.
linen why should Hawaii need for
more labor?