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Gasolrne Explosion In Boli,'s New Ho,e

Anr: rHIA, June rs. Two barrels
Of gaso4ene blew up in the sub-cellar of
George {. Bod, new Bellevue .Stln, ford
Hotel. Broad and Walnut streets to-day.
4 coiored workman was filling a torch by
the light of a lamp when he gasolsne fumes
caught fire. Two reports followed that
could he heard for blocks and Jared the
fashionable c lbs and he, els IN the neigh
porhnod. y b dy WAS in jured.
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-29

Ss.OO TO Niagara Falls and Return.
Lehlgh Valley X. r.. July y: return July ). any
train. Superior equipment. S55-i?si RroadpA5
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lhc Four Track News for Jul, IL tust out an
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-06-29
The picturesque Hudson Is best seen from tn
decks OF Day Line steamers Music, Adr.

Krcments One Piece Collar Buttons never break,
or become DAMAGED from wear. All jewelers..
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-12
NAMES OFFICERS.
Ten-Club League Perfected With w. lei.
Armstrong as President.

Ten-Club League Perfected With w. H.
Armstrong as President.
The newly formed Interstate Base
ball League held a meeting at the
Sherman House IN Chicago Sunday
to perfect permanent organization
and decide on the circuit. Officers
were elected as follows:
President-W. H. Armstrong, Ra-
cine, Wis.
Vice-President-J. P. Keary, Chi
cage.
Secretary and Treasurer - r. L.
WEIGH, Chicago.
A circuit Of ten clubs. Ten clubs
were admitted to membership with
representatives as follows:
Racine-W. H. Armstrong.
Kenosha-E. c. Alleman and W. J.
Swift.
Aurora--J. L. Hav1in.
Elgin-O. G. Gleason and P. Tim
merhof.
Sycamore-Dan Holm.
Gunthers-W William c. Niesen.
Marquette. P. Keary.
Athletics-G. w. McGurn.
Spaulding-R. L WEIGH
South Chicago w. Mckee and j.
Hill.
AT the meeting Sunday ali the clubs
deposited a forfeit of 800 as a mem.
bership fee and decided to have the
playing season begin April u and end
Oct. 4. A schedule committee to ar
rane the dates will be appointed at the
next meeting of the organization two
weeks from yesterday. The Spau1ding
bali was chosen as the official ball.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-12
DIED AT TIE POOR HOUSE.
John Woelfel Well Known in the City, Ex-
pired at the City Poor House.

John WoeIfel, Well known in the City, Ex-
PRED at the City Poor House.
John Woelfel, man we'll known
about town, died at the city poor house
on Washington Island, Monday after
noon after short Illness ~Woe1fe1
had gone to the poor house week ago
Saturday, not being able to care for
himself, and he had been i'll since he
had reached the island home. The re-
mains were removed to the Krichbaum
morgue and arrangements will be made
for the funeral as soon as the relatives
of the man are heard from.
Woelfel was about sixty years of age
and had been resident of the city for
the past nine years. He was formerly
an expert tanner but after the sudden
death of his wife few years ago he
took to drink and his decline has been
rapid. He is survived by two children,
both residing in the city. Two sisters
reside in Joliet and Milwaukee and
they will probably have charge of the
interneut of the remains.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-12
SEEKS SISTER MANY YEARS.
Former Kenosha Woman Consults Fortune
Teller to Find Missing Sister.

Former Kenosha Woman Consults Fortune
Teller to Find Missing Sister.
A dispatch from Waterbury, Conn,
states that Mrs. Henry Bowers,
woman who formerly resided in this
city and who was a daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Frederick Marshall, has en-
p1oyed a number Of fortunetellers to
assist her in search for her sister,
who was lost to her some fifty years
ago. The story is an unusual one, and
if it is true that Mrs. Bowers formerly
lived in this city, it will be of con.
siderable interest to the earlier resi-
dents of the city.
It is stated that when Mrs. Bowers
was 2 years of age she and her little
sister, even younger, were parted
from their mother and sent to an
orphanage in Connecticut. From this
orphanage she was adopted by Mr.. and
Mrs. Frederick Marshall and brought
to Kenosha to live. She grew to
womanhood here and after she had
been married she returned to the East
to live and at once began the search
for her sister. For nearly fifty years
this search has been continued and a
short time ago one of the fortune
tellers told the woman that her sister
was still living in small town. in
Ohio. The woman at once went to
the place indicated but failed to find
the sister. She has refused to give up
the search and insists on trying for
tunetellers to find the location of the
missing woman.
Mrs. Bowers and her sister were
daughters of John and Eliza beth
Black, of Roxbury, Mass.
An effort has been made to find some
trace of the identity of the woman
among the earlier citizens of Kenosha
but none of the people seem to remem-
Der Mrs. Bowers or her foster parents,
the MarshallS.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-12
WITHOLDs HIS DECISION.
Inspector Bird Completes His Investiga-
tion of the Postoffice Middle.

Inspector Bird Completes His Investiga-
tion of the Postoffice MIDDLE.
Inspector Ralph Bird, of the Postof-
fee department, came down from Mil
waukee Monday afternoon and COM
p1eted the work of investigating the
alleged irregularities in regard to the
carrier service at the postofice. He
has Withheld his decision for the present
pending the final decision of the de-
partment at Washington.
In his investigation Inspector Bird
visited every party to whom the mail
matter alleged to have been destroyed
was addressed and at the same time
examined into the character of the
man who made the accusation and the
carrier who was accused.
Inspector Bird will make the decision
IN the matter but his decision will have
to be approved by the department at
Washington before any final action in
the matter can be taken. It is said
that the investigation has revealed a
strong case against the carrier.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-12
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Old Kenosha County Resident Writes of
Conditions In the Far West
La Conner, WASH, jan. 80, l


Conditions In the Far West.
La Conner, WASH, jan. 80, 1908.
Editor of TELEGRAPH-CoURIER:-
AS receive the COURIER from my
folks at homes and see letters from Ke-
nosha county folks now In the South,
will write short letter from Wash
ington. As Twas born and raised in
kenosha county it may be of interest
to some of your readers to hear from
me.
| have been in Washington now a
little over two years, and like the cli-
mate and country very well. A great
many Eastern folks have a mistaken
idea Of the Western country; the same
as | had when.I came out here. The
land around here is all taken up and
improved, and is selling for $125.00 per
acre and is hard to get at that. That
is the land that has been diked in from
the tide flats. Timber land that has
been logged off is not very high, but
is full Of fir and cedar stumps, some of
them from eight to ten feet through,
and it is all it is worth to clear it.
The principal crops here are oats
and hay. Oats yield from rs to 100
bushel to the acre, and hay from three
to five tons. Oats are worth $23 a ton
and hay So Corn will not ripen here
at all as the nights are too cold. The
nights are cold enough in the summer
SO a person needs about the same
amount of bed clothes in the summer
sin the winter. 1t has not frozen
any this winter so far, and there have
been only a few white frosts and very
little rain. have made three trips up
into the mountains and logging camps
and if this does not help to fill the
waste basket will write again in re-
gard to the fishing and logging of the
Puget Sound country.
GEO. MCNEIL.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-12
A DAY OF REST.
Officials of the North Western Road Order
Trains Off.

Officials of the North Western Road Order
Trains OFF.
From end to end of the Chicago &
North Western Railroad system Sun
day many employees spent their first
Sunday at home. Orders were issued
by the management which will result
in a general Sunday observance
throughout the system, and it is the
purpose to change the Sabbath day of
the week into day of rest, recreation
and ENJOYMENT for vast army of en-
ployes.
For the first time since the organiza-
ton of theA North Western road, fifty
years ago, not ton of "dead freight
except coal was moved Sunday, and if
the plan is a success this will be the
condition each succeeding Sunday
hereafter. The management has also
expressed the hope that the North.
Westerns example will be followed by
other systems.
The superintendent are instructed
to arrange matters so that the greatest
possible number of engine and freight
train crews shall be at their home sta
tons by Sunday morning, or Sunday
noon at the latest. If this can be ac-
comp1ished by starting the crews out
at midnight the superintendent are
instructed to dc so.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-12
NEED MORE HELP.

Clerks in KenOsha Postoffice Complain on
Long Hours Owing to insufficient Help.
There is loud call from the clerks
IN the Kenosha postoffice for an in
crease in the number of employees of
the office. With the resignation OF As
s1stant Postmaster Frantz the force
was crippled to such an extent that
since that time the other EMPLOYEES of
the Office have been forced to work
from ten to twelve hours a day. AS
yet Postmaster Frantz has not seen fit
TO appoint successor to the assistant
postmaster and the burden of his work
is falling on the other four EMPLOYEES.
OF the office. This, with thework that
is regularly required of them,is becom-
ing a grind that even man who would
spend five years of waiting on the civil
service list is unwilling to undertake
There was time few years age
when the affairs of the Kenosha post
of1ce could have been operated with a
man and two boys, but this time has
long since passed and with the rapid
growth of the city and its business
interests, with the installation of a
carrier service, the demand for men ir,
the office has been greatly increased.
With full force of five employees be-
side the postmaster it is found that the.
men are worked to their limit to attend
to the manifold duties and it is impos-
sible for the work to be attended to.
properly with short-handed force.
AS soon as possible the clerks will
ask the postofice department to in
crease the office force at this point, but
IN the meantime something must be.
done to relieve the strain on the pres
ent employees.
There is no lack of timber for the APP
pointment of assistant postmasters, as
almost any one of the present office.
force would be willing and qualified.
to accept the position and there are
plenty of men on the waiting list to
ill up any vacancy in the lower orders
OF the clerks. Luckily this is one of
the dullest seasons of the year in the
office but with the coming of the
warmer weather and the increase IN
the spring and summer business it will
be absolutely necessary to have some
new men added to the force of work
men.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-12
CHICAGO GETTING READY.
Kenosha Club to. Meet Next Week to Ar
range for the Coming Reunion.

Kenosha Club tos Meet Next Week to Ar
range for the Coming Reunion.
The Keuosha-Chicago Club has sent
out invitationsfor sthe regular quar-
terly meeting of theSClub, which will
be held in Chicago on the evening Of
February 10th. ! Atsthis meeting the
members of the Chicago Club will
make the Interchangeable to attend
the biennial reunion of the alumni of
the Kenosha High school, which will
be held next summer. The members
of the Chicago Club are arranging to
make the coming celebration the great
est in the history of the society. An
effort will be made to have two humid
red of the former Kenoshans residing
in Chicago come to Kenosha to take
part in the event.
The local committeeshave not as vet
been appointed and no program has
been arranged. 1t is probable that the
call for the meeting will be sent out
early in March, and soon after that
time the formal invitation and pro-
gram will be issued.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-12
Kenosha.
At the Opera House win Be Through the
Center of the Earth"

At the Opera House VIII Be Through the
Center of the Earth
me leading parts in Through the
Center of the Earth" are assumed py
that greatest of comedians, Edward
Blondel1 and his beautiful and accom-.
p1ished wife, Libbie Blondel1, two ar
lists whose names are as familiar as,
household words to the play-going pub
lie of this country. The play is so ad-
n1irably constructed that it rivets The
attention of the audience Continuously,
as there are no fiji in mediocre acts or
situations such as are sometimes i'm
troduced in order to lengthen out the
time of performance. Peal after
peal of laughter follows each other IN
rapid succession all through the enter
tainment, and when the curtain finally
falls on the last 1udicrous situation
the audience leaves the theatre with a
feeling Of rest and contentment, the
natural result of series of good,
hearty laughs.
Through the Center of the EARTH
will be seen for the first time in this
city on next Sunday evening at the
Rhode opera house.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-12
Milk Shippers of the County Meet in
Annual Session at the Court
House This Afternoon.
AGENCY PROVES SUCCESSFUL
Farmers Receive More Money for Their
MIX Than In Any Previous Year.-New
Officers for the Year Elected.

The annual meeting of the milk
shippers of the Chicago, Kenosha and
Rockford Division of the Central Milk
Shippers Union is being held at the
Court House this afternoon and many
farmers from all along the railway as
far out as Genoa Junction and even
Harvard, Ill, are here to take part.
This division, of which D. L. Bur
CESS, of Salem, is the President, is one
of the largest of the feeders of the
Central Union, and the farmers of this
section are shipping to Chicago daily
from six to seven hundred cans of
milk. Five thousand gallons day is
the general output of the division.
The past year has been red letter
one for the shippers and they are re-
ceiving better pay for their milk than
in any previous year. Sis can has
been the prevailing rate of payment
for the milk and when all the expenses
have been paid the milk has Melted the
farmers at the rate of three cents a
quart. Even with this large price for
the milk the expenses have been so
high that the shippers have been
forced to extra exertions to make the
year a banner one.
The agency of the union has proved
a successful venture for the shippers in
this section and nearly all of them are
loud in their praise of it's work. Not
single cent has been lost to the farm
ers during the year through the Chi
cago dealers, as all the milk has been
handled through this central agency
and the milk dealers have been forced
to put up bond to insure the shipper
that the bills will be met promptly.
Nearly every shipper along the line
will make a new contract for the COM
ing year with the agency.
So we'll have the affairs of the ship
pers been managed that the dairy bust
ness in this section is constantly gain
ing new recruits and many farms are
being given over to cattle raising
which in other years have been used
for the raising OF grain.
The report of the secretary, Henry
Lubeuo showed that the association
was in good condition.
The following officers for the coming
year were elected: President, Edward
Kirk, of Pleasant Prairie; vice-presi-
dent, p. E. Manning, of Salem; secre-
tary and treasurer, A. r. COrnwell, of
Bristol,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-12
DAGENBAoH FAILURE SETTLED

United States Court Authorizes Settlement
of the Claims at the Rate of rs Per Cont.
William pagenbach is now free
from all the Indebtedness claimed
against him ia the recent bankruptcy
proceedings as Saturday afternoon the
judge of the United States court con-
frmed the agreement made with the
creditors to settle for IS cents on the
dollar and the final settlements are
being made today. By order of the
court Dagenbach was discharged from
all further liability on the claims pre-
scented for payment.
The settlement is a fortunate one
and the North side cigar dealer and
maker has been enabled to reserve
sufficient property to allow him to con-
tinue in business.
The Hermann bankruptcy matter is
now IN process of settlement and it is
probable that all the claims will be
paid during the present week.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-12
Rev. Florence Buck Speaks Of the
Life and Work of Abraham Lincoln
at Unitarian Church.
FARRILL PRAISES FIRE HEROES.
Pastor of the First Congregational Church
Draws Lesson of Heroism From the
Death of the Milwaukee Firemen.

One of the prettiest patriotic services
ever held in Kenosha was held at the
Unitarian church Sunday night when
the Rev. Florence Buck, pastor of the
church, spoke of the life and character
of Abraham Lincoln. The address was
timely one as the anniversary of the
birth of the martyred president will be
celebrated on next Thursday.
The church was beautifully deco
rated for the service, the chancel and
altar being draped in flags. The guests
Of honor were the members of the f.
S. Lowell Post G.. A. R., the mem bers
of the Woman's Relief Corps and the q.
G. Simmons Camp Sons of Veterans.
In an eloquent manner Miss Buck took
up the career of the greatest of .Ameri-
cans and gave word picture of his
illustrious career from the time of his
birth in the river country to his great
work as the war president of the
United States.
In her talk Miss Buck brought out
many of the incidents and showed the
pathos and beauty of the life Of Lincoln
She referred to his early life, of his
struggle of years to secure an educa-
ton, of his long walk to secure an
English grammar and of the use he
made of it in after years. She spoke
of his early struggles and battles for
his pre-eminence as lawyer and of
his final triumph. She told many an
interesting incident of the dark days
of war and showed that the great cen.
trail feature of the war of the rebellion
was the diplomacy of the President in
Washington.
Miss Buck sdid not draw aside the
curtain to show the horrors of the as
sassination of President Lincoln and
simply referred to his end as peaceful
and triumphant. Of the personal and
private life of Lincoln the speaker
brought out many incidents of new ard
unusual interest, showing broad in
sight into the'character of the man and
his life.
Rev Farriu Praises Firemen.
A timely topic was discussed by she
Rev. Esq. Farrill, at the First Con-
gregationa1 church, Sunday night
when he spoke of the recent death of
Chief Foley and the fremen of Mil
waukee. From this pathetic incident
in the life of a great city Rev. Mr..
Farrill drew a lesson of praise of the
men who give up their lives as fire.
men. He paid glowing tribute to the
memory of the men who had given
their lives for the protection of prop
erty in the city of Milwaukee and found
in them as true type Of hero as in the
man who laid down his life on the bat
tie field fighting for the flag OF his
country.
Mr.. Farril1 spoke also of the men in
our own fire department and classed
them as men who should receive the
unstinted praise of the people of the
city for the sacrifice which they were
making daily for the public good. A
large crowd attended the service.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-12
RETURNS TO THE RING.
Joe Percente Loses to Johnny Thompson
After Furious Contest.

Joe Percente Loses to Johnny Thompson
After a curious Contest.
Joe Percente, the former Kenosha
light weight pugilist, after years
absence from the prize ring, made his
first appearance at the show given by
the Athletic Club in Milwaukee, and
lost to Johnny Thompson after a furi-
Gus contest OF six rounds. Percente
has not recovered his former condition
and he was no match for the boy who
came from Sycamore, I'll. In the FIRST
round of the contest Percents showed
little strength and not until the third
round did he get up steam enough to
phase his opponent. In this round
Percente went in to win and lose and
by the end of the round he had we'll
nigh exhausted himself.
In the next two rounds the fighting
was all in Thompson's favor. and he
had no trouble in securing the deci-
sion over Percente.
A number Of Kenosha sports went
up to Milwaukee to witness the con-
test.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-12
GREAT VICTORY FOR KENosHg
Y. M. G. A. Five Defeats the Central Y. NE.
@. A. Team of Chicago.

The Y. M. c. A. of Kenosha won a
great victory in Kenosha Saturday
night when the Y. M. C. A. basket bali
five of this city defeated the unbeaten
Chicago Central Y. M. C. A. team bv
a score of Is to 49,, The victory was
perhaps the greatest one ever given to
kenosha team of athletes. The Cen
trail team of Chicago is rated as the
second best basket bali team in the
United States, and the defeat at the
hands of the Kenosha team on Satur--
day evening was the first ever admin
istered to the Chicago team by Western
opponents.
The game was replete with brilliant
plays and the Kenosha team carried OFF
the honors of the evening. The Chi
cago team was clearly and fairly
beaten. Kenosha made twenty goals
from the field and had FIVE free
throws. On the other hand the Chi
cago team earned but eight of the
points scored for them, ten being free
throws from fouls.
The game attracted one of the larg-
est crowds ever seen in the Y. M. c. A.
gymnasium and the crowd went wild
over the victory of the Kenosha team.
The line up and goal score of the game
was as follows:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-12
DICK WELLEs TO WE'D.
Well Known Kenosha Young Man Will be
Married to Miss Ives. of Chicago.

MARRIED TO MISS ives. C0lCdgO'
Mr.. and Mrs. Ives, of Chicago,
have announced the engagement of
their daughter, Miss Beatrice Ives, to
Richard Head Welles, of this city.
This modest little announcement was
made in Kenosha on last Saturday, and
it is the one subject of conversation
among Kenosha society people this
afternoon. Mr.. Welles, who is one of
the best known young men of the city,
is being showered with the congratula-
tons Of his friends. The date of the
wedding has not as yet been set, but it
will probably take place sometime dur
ing the coming summer.
Miss Ives is one of the most beauti-
full and accomplished women IN Chi
Detroit, but has recently removed to
Chicago'and is now living at 4744 Madi-
son avenue. The announcement of
the engagement came as a distinct
surprise to the Kenosha friends of Mr..
We1les, as he had given out no hint of
his proposed marriage until the an
nouncement was made.
Mr.. Welles is a prominent young
business man, and is son of Mrs.
F. J. Gottfredsen. He became known
to the business world as one of the
promoters of the Badger Brass Works,
and he is now one of the leading Off
GERS of that corporation.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-02-12
DEATH OF ARTHUR STEWART.
Well Known EmpIoye of the Automobile
Factory Died In Milwaukee Saturday.

Letters were received in this city
on Monday announcing the death Of
Arthur Stewart, well known employee
of the Rambler Automobile works,
which occurred at his home in Mil
waukee on Saturday. Death resulted
from appendicitis. Young Stewart
had gone to Milwaukee a week ago Sun
day TO enter hospital for an opera
ton for appendicitis. He failed to
survive the operation.
Young Stewart was "a years of age
and had been a general favorite among
the men employed at the Kenosha
factory where he had been employed
for many months. His sad and unex
pected death has cast gloom over the
entire factory.