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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17
Pioneer Manufacturer Of the City Ex-
pired at His Home at Nine O'clock
This Morning.
HIS LONG RESIDENCE IN KENOSHA
Came to Kenosha In 1847 and Had Been
Closely Connected With the Growth of
the City Ever Since.

Robert B. Whitaker, one of the best
known of the pioneer manufacturer
Of the city, died at his home on Park
avenue at nine O'Clock this morning
after short illness from pneumonia.
The announcement of the death of
Mr.. Whitaker will come as a great
shock to many people of the city, few
of his friends having known of his
serious illness. Mr.. Whitaker was
taken i'll on last Friday with cold
and it rapidly developed into pneu-
monia. Hopes of his recovery had
been entertained until Tuesday, when
a sudden relapse came.
The death of r. B. Whitaker re-
moves from active business life in
Kenosha one of the best known men
of the city and one who has done much
to build up Kenosha as n1anufa ctur-
ing center.
Robert B. Whitaker was born in
Duckfe1d, Cheshire, England, March
10, 1881. He was a son of Nicholas
and Sarah Whitaker. In 1843 Mr..
Whitaker came to America with his
parents and settled in Midd1ebury,
vt. EARLY in life he began to learn
the trade of cotton worker, but tir-
ing Of this business he took to the
lakes to earn livelihood. His broth
ers had come to Kenosha in the early
forties and in 1847 Mr.. Whitaker and
his sisters joined them here. For a
time he was employed by his brother
but in 1850 he began working in a
threshing machine company's plant
in the city. Spending his leisure
hours in studying mechanics he be-
came proficient IN this trade and soon
became the foreman of the shop in
which he was working. In 1855 he
bought the Wheeler plant which he
operated for short time. Later he
purchased the old gravel foundry on
South street which he operated until
1875 When the Whitaker Engine and
Skein company was organized. t}
Mr.. Whitaker was its first presi-
dent. The business of the company
was continued until 1896, when Mr..
Whitaker retired and leased the foun-
dry to the Lippert company. Since
that time he has lived very retired
life with his wife at their home on
Park avenue.
S Mr.. Whitaker was a member of the
Masonic ordersin the city, and was an
Odd Fellow. He was Republican in
politics, but never took great inter-
est in the political battles in the city
and state.
The deceased is survived by a widow
and three children. The children are
Robert S. and Thomas B. Whitaker of
this city, and Mrs. Fannie Leach, wife
of c. Fl. Leach, Principal Of the Og-
den school in Chicago,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17
OLD CASE Is OPENED
Another Effort Being Made to Take
the 0berst Divorce Case Into
Milwaukee County Courts.
CASE ATTRACTS MUCH ATTENTION

In the office of the clerk of the
circuit court this morning, Attorney
W. B. Rubini'of Milwaukee, filed an
affidavit of prejudice in the case Of
Carrie Oberst VS.. Henry Oberst, and
demanded that the hearing Of the
case be taken from the Kenosha Cir
cult court and taken to the Milwaukee
County Circnit court. The matter
will be taken up at the first session
of the circuit court for the county on
next Monday.
The Oberst case has already be-
come asnoteworthy one on account of
the fact that the authorities of the
Milwaukee and Kenosha County
courts c1ashed over it.
Mrs. Oberst, who is a daughter of
Julius Pabst of this city, brought an
action for divorce from her husband,
who was a resident of Milwaukee.
On the following day the husband
filed a divorce suit in Milwaukee and
an effort was made to have it take
precedence.
The fight between the couple was
over the custody of the one child of
the union. The suit filed by the lus-
band was of a most sensational nature
and attracted wide attention. The
wife promptly filed an answer, de-
claring that every allegation of her
husbands complaint was false, and
the courts in both Milwaukee and
Kenosha held in her favor. Judge
Williams of the Milwaukee Circuit
Court ordered that the suit of Oberst
could not be considered until after the
suit in this county had been disposed
of. Since that time every effort has
been made to have the case trans
ferred toIMi1waukee.
1t is hardly possible that Judge Bel
den will grant the motion of the de-
PENDANTS attorney, and the case will
probably be tried here at the June
term of the Circuit Court.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17


THE members of the House men
toned in the now famous Bristow re-
port continue to make several differ
ent kinds of chumps of themselves
Judging from the way they act either
some of those men have been guilty
of irregularities or they are afraid
their constituents will think they
have been which amounts to the same
thing as far as they are concerned.
Hence these tears and lamentations.
AS far as the report itself goes none
of these men were accused of anything
that can not be easily explained and
one and all ought to welcome the
chance to do the explaining instead
of standing around yelling outrage. !"
Their constituents may remember that
Machen yelled outrage too and that
he was convicted.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17
OVER BIG SUM.
Executor of the Last Will of the Late
Willis W. Cooper Turns Over
$19,949.
WIDOW TO GET The INSURANCE.

In the county court this morning
Judge r. I'll. S1osson handed down an
order instructing H. S. Cooper, exec
utor of the estate Of the late Willis
w. Cooper to turn over the sum Of
$40, 049 which had been included in the
general inventory of the Cooper es-
tate but which il is stated consisted
Of funds which had been held in trust
by the late Kenosha man. This large
sum will be turned over to new trus-
tee of the estate of the late Samuel
Cooper as soon as such a trustee shall
be appointed by the county court at
St. Joseph, Mich. The money which
had been held in trust by Mr.. Cooper
for many years was the proceeds Of
the estate of his father the late Sam
ue1 Cooper of St. Joseph, Mich, and
it had been left in the hands Of the
son for the purpose of carrying out
the plans of the father. The money
was left SO as it would provide an in
come for several church societies and
for the widow of the elder Cooper who
still survives.
In order to turn over the large sum
of money it became necessary to get
the consent of all the 1egatees under
the will to have this amount stricken
from the general inventory of the es-
tate. This was made, Lawrence
University, The American Missionary
Society, Mrs. Anna Cooper, Mrs.
Maud Cooper Beache1 and the Keno
sha branch of the Y. M. c.. A. signing
away any rights to the amount nam
ed. The new trustee has not as yet
been appointed but as soon as he is
appointed he will continue to admin
lister the trust placed in the hands of
Willis W. Cooper by his deceased
father.
The estate of Mr.. Cooper was fur
Their decreased this morning by the
assurance of an order allowing the
executor to strike from the general
inventory one of the insurance poll
cies having a face value of $4,000.
This policy had been made payable to
the widow of Mr.. Cooper and as she
still survives the court held that it
couldn't be considered as part of the
estate.
The striking out of these two items
will make great hole in the large
estate so that the net inventory will
be reduced to less than $165, 700. The
work of settling up the estate is now
we'll under way and it is probable that
the proceeds of the estate will be paid
to the 1egatees named in the will be-
fore the close of the present year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17
THY DIDN'T WED.
Young Couple From Chicago Fan to Bluff
Judge slosson Into Issuing an order

Young Couple From Chicago Fan to Bluff
Judge siosson Into Issuing an order
There was young couple from Chi
cago who came to Kenosha this morn
ing with the serious intention of get
ting married, but after they had
visited in the city for four or FIVE
hours theyreturned to Chicago. They
were still single.
Inc young woman remained at the
North Western station while her hus-
band to be went to the county build
and asked for the required order to
wed. He was nice looking little fef-
low but the Judge cast his eagle eyes
on him and decided that he was not
old enough to be a fit candidate for
natrimony.
He pleaded in vain for the issue of
an order for the wedding and insisted
that he was twenty-one years of age.
The Judge however said that he
couldn't see it that way and the young
man was finally forced to go back to
the depot and take his fance back to
the home of her parents. The young
couple are thought to have e1oped.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17

DowIE is evidently going to renig
on the bargainsmade by his agents in
Zion with the electric railway com
pany, and from present indications
there is nothing for the railway peo-
pie to do but fight for their right of
way through the city Of the prophet,
in the courts. This will delay the
completion of the line besides being
expensive, but the railway has no
other alternative.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17
AN EXTRA BARGAIN LIST.

Two so foot lots with house and
barn, Park street corner, $4,000.
A 50foot lot on Jenne street near
Ridge, $3.50.
a 50 foot lot on Newell street near
Pearl, $500.
Three houses and lots on Durkee
avenue, all $4,000.
Lot59 K 80, corner Newell street
and Grand avenue, $500.
For further particulars of above
bargains call on 2. r. Head, at News
office, on any business day or Monday
and Saturday evenings. zzrs3rtf
f~sR esaxsaE Sxa.Ign 8a asTssg2 ~
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17

WAUKEGAN has been having troub-
les with company that wants per-
petua1 franchise and has used up con-
siderable time and energy in argu-
ing the question. No perpetual fran
chise proposition would be considered
for moment in Kenosha. We have
one monopoly here, already, operat-
ing under what its owners claim is a
perpetual and exclusive franchise,
and that is one too many. The serv-
ice given by the single company
which enjoys exclusive privileges has
not been good enough to encourage
similar grants to any others. A COM
pany which proposed to enter into
competition with the monopoly now
in possession Of the city would have
no difficulty in securing a franchise
on fair and even liberal terms, but no
perpetual franchise propositions
need apply. fA Assf S M
a5as asl8g 9+J 8o FseuAaa eli4 3
a9 asN a9En 4d3 INK SnuEf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17
FOR THE WASTE BASKET.
Fake Letters Being Sent Out to Women by
Society not in Existence

Kenosha women who have been
bothered with chain letters presum-
ably sent out by the Omitted States
Moral Society of Philadelphia urg
ing them to use their influence against
the manufacture and sale of cigarettes
can consign all such communications
to the waste basket with clear con-
science. The Union Signal, the organ
of the w. G. T. o., states that there
is no such society as the Omitted
States Moral Society" in existence
and that the letters on which the
women have been wasting so much
time and postage are piled up in the
dead letter Office instead of infuenc-
ing Congress.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17
WAS BADLY INJURED.
John johnson. an EmDloye of the Powoer
Mill. is Crippled For Life.

Mill. Is Crippled For Life.
John Johnson, aged eighteen years,
a son of James Johnson, Of Pleasant
Prairie, meet with terrible accident
at the Latin & Rand Powder Mills
Tuesday afternoon which will result
in his being crippled for life. He had
four Of the fingers of his left hand so
badly mang1ed that amputation was
necessary.
The young man was employed in
the key mill Of the plant and was
working on power press when his
hand was pulled under the press. AS
soon as possible the machinery was
reversed but it was not in time to save
the boy from a terrible injury. A
doctor was hurried1y summoned from
Pleasant Prairie and the fingers were
amputated. The boy is resting as
we'll as could be expected today.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17

THE consumption of coal this win
ter has been something enormous,
and it has kept the dealers hust1ing
to supply the demand. Kenosha is
going to get through all right, now,
without any shortage in the fuel sup
ply, but coal famine has been too
close for comfort several times in the
past two months.86 8a BIZ,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17

THE city is going to have enough
to do to pay the damages assessed
against it as a result of accidents on
defective sidewalks and if the city is
to be held liable for damages for acct
dents on walks which are in perfect
condition the treasury may as well be
turned over to the lawyers. HUH .fs
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17

The next year is, going to be one Of
the most important in the history of
the city and none of the, political
parties should nominate any but the
very best men for Office
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17

THE cost of the new Middle street
bridge will just about equal the
amount raised by the increase Of the
mill in the tax rate. The new bridge
was necessity, and there was no
way to get the money except by in
creasing the levy a
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17

NEITHER of the candidates for JUS
tees of the supreme court are we'll
known in this county, but the mem
bers of the local bar who are in a
position to Judge of the qualifications
of each, are in favor Of (, K. Luse,
and their influence. should be strong
enough to give him majority in the
county. arS sa m
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17
SLOT MACHINES MUST GO.
District Attorney Buckmaster Orders Them
Removed From the Town of Salem.

District Attorney Buckmaster this
morning received a loud wall from the
town of Salem to the effect that the
slot machines had begun a new re-
gime in that town. Many of them are
in operation in the different saloons
and resorts in the town and they are
being played by the younger genera
ton to the great delight of the own
.ers. On account of the complaint
made by the people of the town the
district attorney has ordered the
deputy sheriffs to notify the men to
remove the machines at once. IF they
are2not removed confscation and ar
rests will follow.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17

THE caucuses of the Republican
party will be held on Thursday even
ing March IL. The man who re-
mains away from caucus has no
license to complain Of the nominees.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17

THE appointment Of Attorney Gen
era1 Knox was criticised because he
had been corporation lawyer, but his
knowledge of corporation law has been
Of the greatest service t., the. govern
ment in the prosecution of the suit
against the Northern Securities COM
nanv
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17

IF all the labor leaders were like
Thomas l. Kidd, there would be.
fewer strikes and 1ockouts to disturb
the business world.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17

GENERAL MILES is bound to be some
sort Of candidate for the presidency
anyway. It is announced that he is
to head the prohibition ticket.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17

CHEER up It was the last straw
that broke the came1's back and this
blizzard may break the backbone Of
winter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17
MARKET REPORT.
March Is.
March 16.

Closing prices for New York stocks yester-
day and today as furnished by "The Hadden-
Rodee Coz 167 Park street:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17

THE fact that a man is still on the
state pay roll is pretty good evidence
that he has signed the appeal.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17

a letter was received in this city
this morning stating that Jack Viii
lets, a former steward of The E1ks
Club HAD died at .Wa1dboro, Maine. &
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17

A house to rent to a working man
is hard thing to find in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-17
THURSDAY, MARCH II. 1904.

WELL, the merger decision is out at
last and nobody killed yet.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-12-22
TO MEET AT MILWAUKEE.
Special Dispatch to Evening Capital.

Milwaukee. Wis, Dec. 22.-Educa-
tors of Wisconsin have completed ar
rangements for their several annual
meetings which are held here during
Christmas week, and which are COM
posed of all classes engaged in the
school work, from the president of
the university to the humblest teacher
in the district school The most i'm
portant meeting is that of the State
Teachers Association, which convenes
next Tuesday for a session of three
days. The adjuncts of this association.
consisting of school officers, high
school and country school sections,
and town and county superintendent
will also hold meetings. The Wiscon-
sin Academy of Science. which is in
timately connected with the educa-
tional association. and whose sessions
are enliyened by subdivision into
various scientific sections, will meet
at the same time. 1t is expected that
several hundred pedagogues will be
here during.the week. The work will
be confined entirely to subjects of in
terest to persons engaged in the differ
emit branches of school work
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-12-22
The ational Mage zine

Real life is the keynote of the Ma
tional Magazine and especially of the
first number for 1905. IL rings true 20
American experiences in all parts of
our vast republic empire, from the
noisy iungles of New York city TO the
silent sandy spaces of Midway Island,
our new cable station in mid Pacific /;
from British Columbia 10 Porto Rico.
Mr.. Chapple's Washington letter car
ries a score of new and striking por-
traits of interesting men and women
in public life. Alexander Graham
Bell tells his own story Of how his
sweetheart, later his wife, helped him
TO get his first hearing for the newly
invented "meohnical toy''-the tele-
phonetic Philadelphia Centennial,
and so FASTENED its eneral adoption by
twenty years. Dallas Lore Sharp, the
naturalist; Charles Warren Stoddard,
the literary essayist: Ethel Armes,
the keen student of character and j..
r.. Conrad, the new humorist from
Iowa, contribute delightfully."- amusing
essay sketches in their several fields.
Yone Noguchi pays eloquent tribute
to joaquin Miller, his benefactor and
literary god father" Poet of
Light anu Joy lNO stHonS scAlcA
stories begin in this number. and with
several short stories well sustain the
fiction standard of the National. II.
II. Allen analyses the Political Evo-
luton of Porto Rico" and DR.. Martin
Crook illustrates his story of "Our
Gable Station in Pacific" with
Thirty odd and quaint photographs.
The poets of the number are j. A.
Edgerton, Eugene O. Dolson, Joseph
Mills Hanson and Frank Putnams.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-12-22
CENTRAL ACQUIRES NEW LINE
Special Dispatch to Evening Capital

Utica, N Y, Dec. %. 1t is gen
orally understood that when the New
York and Ottawa Railway is put up
for sale by the receivers here today
the property will be bought in by the
New York Central The New York
and Ottawa was opened in 1898 and
operates 1913 miles of track from Tup-
per Lake to Ottawa. IL has been in
the hands of a receiver since 1900.
The acquisition of this road will open
a new and industrious part of the
province of Ontario to the New York
Central and will also give the Wander
bilt lines access to valuable summer
resort lands.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-12-22
FINE WINES AND LIQUORS
At Greatly Reduced Prices.

To get the best value for your money.
call at CHARLES WEISS, Annapolis Best
Liquor House phone AZ A, for your
wants. Our goods and prices are bound
to please all. We have a reputation to
maintain both for quality and undersell-
ing. Our goods are guaranteed TO be as
represented d to meet with your entire
satisfaction. In buying direct from the
distiIlers enables us to save you at least
IS per cent. Our stock consists of all
well-known brands too numerous to men
ton. Communication will convince you
that you have at home an establishment
well worth patronizing.
A trial order will be appreciated.
CHARLES WEISS,
adv .dS Market Space
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-12-22
FRENCH FLOWER DOLL FREE.
"Guess My Name a. RidOut Bros.

Every cash purchaser at Ridout Bros.
store, 2oo Church street between now
and Christmas is entitled to free guess
on the beautiful French Flower Doll,
displayed in the window. The doll is
automatic and makes gestures sings and
smells the bouquet She holds in her hand.
She has been named by lady in another
city md everybody who makes a pur-
chase at Ridout Bros. is entitled to a
guess. Get your Christmas presents at
Ridout Pros. and guess the beautiful
dolls name. do
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-12-22
Naval Academy Items

Lieutenant 4. Fl. Conger. who has
been i'll at the Naval Academy for
some time has been granted sick leave
of thirty days.
Ensign Paul Foley. in command Of
the Talbot, has been ordered TO New
port, r. l. He will take part in the
trial of the y. S. s. Chattanooga on
December 20.
Lieutenant w. L. Cluevarius, of
the Arkansas, has also been ordered to
Newport in connection with the trial
of the u. S. s. Chattanooga on Decem.
Der 20.
The Arkansas will leave this port TO
arrive at Hampton Roads on Jan 4.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-12-22
GIFTS FOR THE PRESIDENT.
speciaI Dispatch o EveninR CapitaL

0AoReA(A
Washington, D. o., Dec. % There
is now to be seen daily at the White
House an almost continuous stream of
delivery wagons and messengers bring
ing Christmas presents for the Roose-
velts. The presents come from rela
tives, personal friends and admirers
in all parts of the country, togo ther
with a number of gifts from Europe
and from Cuba, Porto Rico and tbe
Philippines. The character OF the
gifts is varied. Some are costly, others
unique, and not a few of the freak
order. The more costly gifts from
strangers are usually returned with a
polite note of thanks, while those of
less value, including toys for the
children and large quantities of fruit,
are distributed among the Washington
hospitals or else tn ned over to the
attaches of the executive mansion.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-12-22

and thousands of dollars
i worth of fine Merchandise must posi-
lively be sold before Dec 9th cost
cannot be considered. We are compelled
to vacate our present Store on Market
Space and as our beautiful big new Store
on Main Street will not be ready-we are
simply compelled to sell. The greatest
opportunity you have ever had to furnish
your home and make handsome Christmas
presents at about One-half you intended
paying. And as usual you pay just
little down, balance weekly or monthly,
as may suit you best.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-12-22
PUBLIC MANS CAREER.
special pispatch % EveninR Capital.

Boston, Mass, Dec. %. AT his
home in Cambridge today Col. Thomas
Wentworth Higginson, author. soldier,
preacher and legislator, celebrated his
eighty first birthday. He was the
recipient of congratulations from
many friends and admirers in Boston
and in other parts of the country
Notwithstanding his advanced age,
Colonel Higginson continues his busy
career. writing much flor the current
periodicals and occasionally appear
ing on the lecture platform.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1904-12-22

Joseph Smallwood and William
Johnson mixed this morning. Small
wood undertook to do many and divers
things to Johnson, but the latter was
somewhat of boomerang and quoted
Smallwood. The latter was arrested
and fined 81 20 by Squire Feldmeyer,
before whom the case was tried.