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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-15
GRoCERs IN TROUBLE.
Miller & White Close Their Store on Market
Street.-FinanciaI Troubles.

There was quite little surprise in
business circles of the city this morn
ing when it was reported that the
grocery firm of Miller & White had
gone out of business and that The
ma jority of the stock had been sold to
Charles Pfennig.
| Nothing has been filed in the courts
to show that the firm is in financial
straights, but Mr.. White when seen
this afternoon admitted that the firm
was not solvent. He said that it was
the intention of the proprietors of the
store to make an effort to keep the
| matter out of the courts and that no
voluntary petition in bankruptcy will
be filed. 1t is possible that the creditors
may seek later to secure some collec-
ton of their claims. AS far as posi-
BILE the stock is being sold at private
sale to the best possible advantage and
the money realized from the sale of
the stock and fixtures will be all turned
over to the creditors.
The store was opened for business
last night but after the business of the
day was over Mr.. White pulled down
the curtains and locked the door and it
was not opened this morning. In
speaking of the closing Mr.. White
said: eve have been running little
behind for sometime and / concluded
that it was better to close the stock out
and quit rather than to get deeper into
debit
The stock of the company is valued
at about ST. 400 and this is the main as
set of the company. The fixture will.
make small increase in the amount
of assets. The claims against the
company are considerable more than
this amount.
Both Mr.. White and Mr.. Miller have
been popular with the business men of
the city and the closing of the store by
financial trouble is regretted by all.
The firm had been in business for the
past four years. The first store was
opened on Main street, but after the
building of the Meyers Block the firm
removed to their present quarters.
Up to three O'Clock this afternoon
none of the creditors had made move
to take possession of any part of the
stock and most of it had been trans
ferred to the store of Charles Pfennig.
It is said that Sprague, Warner & Co.,
of Chicago. is the, largest creditor of
the company.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-15
ONE ON GRANDPA.
Foxy Gentleman From New York is Fooled
by Railway Companies

Dy kSHlAWAX companies
Foxy Grandpa, that wonderful ere.
alton of the funny man who was billed
to appear at the Rhode opera house
Tuesday evening failed to appear. It
may be that in the picture Grandpa is
always able to get the best end of an
argument of any nature but when the
clever paternal ancestor went up
against combination of the Rock IS
land and North Western railway COM
panies ne was forced to throw up his
hands, and the boards at the. Rhode
were empty Tuesday evening.
The company producing the play ar
rived in the city at noon, but the car
load of scenery necessary to put on
the piece still remains in the yards of
the Rock Island Company in Chicago,
and this company will be asked to foot
large bill, both to the local manage
ment and to Mr.. Brady, the manager
of the show. On Monday evening the
company had played at Joliet and the
car was sent to Chicago over the Rock
Island. 1t reached Chicago Tuesday
morning and was to be transferred to
the North Western for Kenosha. When
Manager Weed went down to the opera
house in the evening expecting to find
his effects ready for use he found that
the car was still in the Rock Island
yards.
The sale for the piece had been a
record breaking one and many people
we're disappointed. The fault can not
be laid a. the door of the management
of either the theatre or the show and it
was wholly the fault of the railway
company. Manager Weed promised
to give Kenosha another date later in
the year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-15

THE federal government must pro-
tect it's employees in the discharge of
their duties whether they be white,
black or yellow. President Roosevelt
had no intention of making the negro
question an issue when he ordered the
postofice at Indianola, Miss, closed
because the citizens of that place had
forced faithful, conscientious public
servant to resign for no other reason
than that she had negro blood in her
veins. AS soon as proper protection
is guaranteed the postmistress the
Office will be opened and not before.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-15
HARKIN BOUND OVER.

Must Answer to the Charge of Burglary
at the Next Term of the Circuit Court.
John Harkin, who was arrested on
Sunday morning on a charge of rob-
bing the money drawer at the Central
hotel, had a preliminary hearing before
Court Commissioner Slater on Tuesday
afternoon and was bound over to the
Circuit court. His bail was fixed at
5000, which will be furnished by his
friends.
The state claims that the case
against Harkin is a strong one and it
is still thought possible that several
other people were connected with the
crime and an effort is being made to
discover their identity and where
abouts.
The members of the travelling the
atrica1 company, who were in the hotel
office at the time the robbery was dis
covered, have all left the city and no
trace of them can be found.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-15

THE action of the Water Commits
sioners in requiring all service pipes
for fiat buildings to be metered is a
step in the right direction. If all wa
ter consumers were required to put in
meters ii would undoubtedly stop the
great waste of water now going on in
the city and result in great saving.
The first cost of the meters is so heavy,
however, that the Commissioners do
not feel justified in ordering them put
ia everywhere, although if all water
was sold at meter rates, it would prob
ably be necessary to pump only about
half as much as at present.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-15
Randall Man Elected County Sur
veycr by County Board to Sue
coed Alvin H. Blood.
COUNTY ASKED TO AID CHARITY
County Board Asked to Make Appropria-
ton for Alexian Brothers Hospital In
ChicagO.-New Barn for Sheriff.
(From Wednesdays Daily

William A. McKesson, of the town
OF Randall, who at the last county
election was defeated by Alvin H.
| Blood for the Office of County Surveyor
will succeed his former political op.
ponent in this position, as the County
Board has elected him to the position.
Mr.. McKesson will take charge Of the
office at once and will make his head
quarters in the town Of Randall.
Retiring Surveyor Blood. in speak
ing of his resignation this morning,
said that he was forced to resign the
office on account of the fact that the
fees were not sufficient to furnish a
living. He stated that in almost every
other county in the State some appro-
priation is made for the Surveyor, but
that In this county the Surveyor is
even forced to pay the rent of his own
office. The official work, which is
supposed to furnish large portion of
the income of the Surveyor, Mr.. Blood
states is not forthcoming, and when
ever the county has any work of this
sort to do some outside party is Sc
cured. Mr. Blood will remain in Ke-
nosha for the present and will work as
a surveyor without the Official county
title.
AT their meeting this morning the
County Board was asked to make an
appropriation for the aid of an out-of-
the-State charity. The institution to
be benefited is the Alexian Brothers.
hospital in Chicago. The request is
not made by the managers of the in
stitution, but by the County Agent,
who states that during the last few
years this hospital has saved the peo-
pie of Kenosha thousands of dollars,
and that the county should make some
returns to the Alexian order by giving
small sum toward the support of the
hospital.
The AlexiaE Brothers Hospital is
one of the best in Chicago and while
it is not distinctly charita BILE institu-
ton the managers have always made
exceedingly low charges for patients
received from this county. Many times
when the hospital has been refusing
patients the doors have been opened
for patients from this county and they
have been given the best possible care
for the small charge of SIS week. The
employment of a county physician
would in q single year amount to
double what is paid to the hospital for
its services and the unfortunate would
not receive nearly so good care.
The appropriation will probably be
placed at 500 and it will be forwarded
to the hospital as a gift from the peo-
pie Of Kenosha county.
Final arrangements were made this
morning for the building of a new
barn in connection with the Jail and
work will be started on it in the early
spring, The committee in charge Of
the building for the county will dis
pose of the old barn building at once.
This afternoon the time of the
county board was occupied with com
mittee work.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-15

| WHILE discussing methods of in
ducing voters to vote on constitutional
amendments, why not consider the
proposition that copy Of the official
| ballot be mailed to every registered
voter, say three or four days before the
election, with n impartial explanation
of each proposed amendment such as
accompanies the above statements of
these propositions? That would eff
fectively invite his attention, and give
him time to make up his mind whether
to vote Yes or No. In great numbe
of cases, under the present plan, the
voter has the question sprung upon
him for the first time when he enters
the polling booth, and being unwilling
to act without information acts not at
all. And, while we are about it,
wouldn't it be good plan to distribute
sample ballots to registered voters a
few days preceding all elections,
whether constitutional amendments
are to be voted on or not? It would
certainly insure better study of the
list of candidates (which would be no
small gain as well as great saving
Of time at the polling places. The re-
suits might justify the expense. st.
Paul Pioneer Press.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-15

REPRESENTATIVE COOPER is firm in
the belief that discrimination in
freight rates is the root of the trust
evil. In this his views coincide with
those of President Roosevelt who be-
lieves that the freight rebate practice
should be broken up and who has urg-
ed again and again upon the members
of Congress the necessity of new regu-
lations and restrictions governing the
relations of the trusts with the rail-
ways. In a recent interview with one
of the Washington correspondents,
Congressman Cooper said:
Discrimination in freight rates is the
real secret of the trust evil. Ii
we could stop the railroads from dis
eliminating in favor of the large ship
pers we would have taken a long step
ia the direction of solving the trust
problem. Great corporations are built
up because they are able to secure ad-
vantages in freight rates which make
it possible for them to crush their
weaker competitors. The history OF
the Standard Oil company demon
rates this better than anything l
could say on the subject. The ability
of that corporation TO secure lower
rates than its competitors has been
instrumental in building up one of
the greatest corporations in the world.
GA law permitting pooling of
railroad rates to a limited extent
would, in my opinion, break
up the practice of discriminating
in favor of the large shippers and
against the small ones. The law should
provide for rates which are reasona bic
and just both to the railroad and to
the shipper. The rate should be pub.
lished, and the pooling arrangement
should be safeguarded in such a way
that no one should take advantage
of it.
Publicity should also help to some
exteut to solve the trust question, but
If we could prevent discrimination in
railroad rates, believe that would dc
more than any other one thing to cure
the trust evil
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-15

The Boards of Health of the various
cities and those public officials charged
with the important duty of safeguard
ing the public health can not afford to
ignore the warnings given by reputa-
BILE physicians that the whole country
IS threatened with universal plague
of smallpox and that the disease will
increase in severity. While the dan
gers of the situation have probably
been exaggerated, still it is a fact that
the disease has been very general
throughout the United States for sew
eral winters and that the attempts to
stop the spread of the disease have
been futile. This is undoubtedly due
to the mild form In which the disease
has appeared during the past few
years and the lack of the commonest
precautions in some of the rural dis
tricts to prevent its spread. If the
general public could be brought to be-
lieve that there is danger of change
ia the character OF the disease from
the mild type, now SO prevalent, to the
most virulent and fatal form smallpox
can take, the quarantine regulations
would be more strictly enforced and
the spread of the disease checked.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-15
POINTED PARAGR GRAPHS,

In the race of life it isn't the fast
man who comes out ahead.
Money taiks-but during the holt
days it Is apt to go without saying.
If the truth is mighty and will pre-
vail it should show more signs of be-
coming prevalent.
Trouble, like cayenne pepper, is not
very agreeable in itself, but it gives
Zest to other things.
Counterfeiters are not very particu,
lar about their work. They are salts
fed If it is passable.
1t depends on what you do after you
are out Of bed whether early rising is
beneficial or not. The world would
be better off if some people never got
up.-Chicago Journal.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-15
NEW LAWS URGED.
Many Bills of Interest to Kenosha People
to be Brought up.

Many Bills of Interest to Kenosha People
to be Brought up.
While the members of the Wiscou-
sin Legislature are gathering in Madi-
son the chief conversation is naturally
on the expected primary election law
and the railroad taxation bill, but the
lawmakers also find time to discuss
other important measures which prom
lse 10 come up at the coming session.
ana some Of which are of considerable
interest to the citizens of KeuosEa.,
Among the most importan. bills n
be introduced early in the session
and one which two years ago created
much discussion and comment, is what
is known as the sLenroot franchise
dill.
This bill, in part provides THAT no
ordinance for granting franchise to
perform a public service or make use
of public property or for the extern
sion of any existing franchise, shall be
IN operation IN any city in this state
until after sixty days from the date
OF It's passage, and, within sixty DAYS.
II or 10) per cent of the voters shall
demand that it be submitted TO a d.
rect vote, such ordinance shall not be
valid or operative until it shall have
been so submitted and approved
Many amendments to the fish and
game laws will be introduced early.
and some of those make radical
changes IN the present laws, Assem-
blyman Whitson of Lincoln county
claims that under the present law the
deer of Wisconsin will be entirely an
minated, and that change in the
law is imperative if the game is TO be
preserved. Up to this time he has
not worked out in detail the law he
hopes to see enacted, but will give the
matter his attention at an early date.
1t is said that State Fish and Game
Warden Overlook has a number of
recommendations concerning the pre-
servation of the fish and game, which
he will have incorporated into law this
winter.
A petition asking that abandonment
OF family by husband and father
De made felony, or crime punish
aoie by Imprisonment in the penften-
tIary at Waupun for term of not less
than three years, will be presented to
The legislature by the Milwaukee
board of supervisors. The guilty men
can then be brought back from other
states and tried for their crime.
The number of abandonment cases
throughout the state is increasing so
rapidly that drastic measures are nee
essary to check it, aud it is thought
that term in prison of from three to
i've years will prove most eficacious,
inasmuch as moral obligations have
little effect.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

There are now ten Jewish NJ. P.'s
In the British house Of commons.
Among the birds shot recently near
Colchester, England. was stormy
petrol.
-Four new lighthouses have been
erected recently on the coasts of the
Red sea.
Mixed bathing will be permitted
next year at the majority of German
seaside resorts.
Seagulls have ousted the penguins
from their rocks In the st. James
Park lake, London.
Winston Churchill will be among
the M. P.'s attending the opening OF
the Nile dam at Assouan.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-15
First publication, Jan. Is, 1908.

First publication, Jan. Is, 1908.
QTATE OF WISCONSIN-Count Court for
- Kenosha COunty-In Probate
Notice is hereby given that at q special
term OF the County Court, to be held in and for
said county, at the County Court Room, in the
City OF henosh2, IN said county, on the second
Tuesday being the 10th day of FEBRUARY
a. d. 1903. at 10 o'clock A. M, the following
matter will be heard and considered:
In the matter of the last will and testament
of James Smith, deceased.
The application of James Robert Smith and
joan Lane to probate the last will and tes-
lament OF James Smith, late of the town OF
Bristol, in said county, deceased.
Dated January IA, 1908.
By the Court.
RUSSELL H. SLOSSON,
81 County Judge
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-15
PROF, FRANKS COMING.

Expert New York Skater at the Meyers
Rink on Saturday and Sunday.
This will be one of the banner weeks
at the Meyers Auditorium rink, as on
next Saturday and Sunday the city
will be visited by Prof. Franks the
expert skater who recently startled
New York by his ability. He will be
in Kenosha on Saturday and Sunday
and will give two exhibitions daily at
the rink.
Manager Meyers announces that
hereafter on Wednesday evenings
ladies will be admitted free to the
rink.
The program for the week provides
for skating on Monday, Wednesday,
Saturday and Sunday evenings.
Special attractions will be offered al
the rink during the rest of the season.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-15
AN INFORMAL MUSICALE.
Foxy Grandpa Company at Elks Lodge
Room Tuesday Night.

Room Tuesday Night,
AT the lodge rooms of the Kenosha
lodge of Elks last night the male
members of the Foxy Grandpa com
pany gave very interesting musicale
and literary entertainment which will
be long remembered by the members
of the order and their friends who
were privileged to be present.
After the meeting of the lodge the
members of the company took posses
sion of the lodge room and gave an
abbreviated production of their New
York success. Harris Ware played a
number of beautiful selections on the
piano, while John Hendricks, formerly
the barytone of the Castle Square
Opera company, L. F. A1bro, Bert
Young, Eddie Koestler and Irving
Newhoff furnished vocal numbers
during the evening.
Mr.. Hendricks gave a number of
dramatic readings, his representation
of the "Queen of Sheba" being ex-
ceedingly fine.
Weary Waggles Flatow gave mum
Der of negro dialect stories and kept
the crowd roaring with his stories OF
the road.
The visitors were entertained roy
ally by the members of the local lodge
and the night will be one long remem-
bered in the annals of Elkdom in
Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-15
First publication, jan Is, 1903.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

RENOSHA COUNTY COURT.-In Probate
IA In the matter of the will of Annis W
Patmetier, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the claims and
demands Of all persons against Annis w
Pamet1er, deceased, late of the city of
Kenosha, in said county of Kenosha.
will be examined and adjusted by the County
Court of Kenosha County at the regular
terms OF said Court to be holden at the County
Court Room in the City of Kenosha, in and
for said County, on the first Tuesday of
une, A. D. 1903, and on the first Tuesday
Of October, A. D. 1909 at 10 O'Clock A, M. of
tnose days; also that the time until and includ-
ing the first Tuesday of Septem Der, A. ID. 1908
is the time allowed and limited for creditors
OF said Annis w. Palmetier, deceased, to pre-
sent their claims for examination and allow
ance
Dated at Kenosha, the 18th day OF
January, A D. 1908. BY the Court,
RUSSELLH. SLOSSON,
4O County Judge
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-15
NOTICE.

BY order of United States District
Court on the 10Th day of January, 1908,
at II O'Clock in the morning, at the
store formerly occupied by B. Herr
mann & Co., Bankrupts, in Kenosha,
Wisconsin, we will offer for sale and
sell at public auction all the assets of
the above named bankrupts, consist
ing chiefly of dry goods, clothing, no.
tions and store fixtures; also the un-
collected book accounts of said bank
rupts. The terms of sale will be for
cash to the highest bidder.
jl7 KENosHA TRUST Co., Trustees.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-15

In the cold weather, which is gen.
eral all over the country, continues,
the total of the January fire losses will
make the insurance companies squirm.
The use of soft coal has increased the
number of small fires, and while the
individual losses are small, the aggre-
gate is enormous.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-15

AND now they are going to turn all
the amateur poets in Minnesota loose
and have the Legislature adopt a
estate song" whatever that is. You
would think that there had been
trouble enough up there over the pri-
mary election law to last for awhile
without starting up the poets.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-15
NOTICE.

Another big shipment of the high
grade bituminous coal received and
ready for delivery. We have the fol-
lowing sizes Sand can Fill orders at
once: Lump, egg and nut, also the
best dry oak wood. We uudersell our
competitors. Main Office, Wisconsin
Coal and Coke Co., room 10, Meyers
block. Branch Office, F. S. Bode fur
niture store, 2541Park street. If
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-15
THURSDAY, JAN. IS, 1908.

Too much care can not be taken in
enforcing the quarantine regulations
against scarlet fever. The disease is
in mild form in the city at present,
but it seems to be spreading faster
than it should if all proper precautions
are being taken.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-15

sensational effects are introduced. An
air ship, balloon in full operation,
the interior Of the famous New York
police headquarters, are some of the
scenes promised. James Pearce, the
king of detectives, is the famous per-
sonage who gained worldwide noto-
riety through his connection with the
recent capture of Harry Tracy, the
Oregon bandit. Two car loads of
scenery, electrical and mechanical
effects are carried, and with the oriei-
nal New York cast of players should
prove the seasons sensation in the
atrical circles.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-15
THE KING OF DETECTIVES.
The Limit in Melodrama Billed for Next
Sunday Evening.

Sunday Evening.
Sullivan, Harris & Woods big scenic
production, "The King of Detectives, q
will be seen at the Rhodessopera house
next Sunday evening.
This is the play that fcaused such a
sensation in New York City where it
met with such success. 1t will receive
the same careful staging here that
marked its presentation in the me-
tropolis. The scenery is positively
elaborate while some of the greatest
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-01-15

Neal Gozen returned home Tuesday
after weeks visit in Grand Haven.