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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-10
PLAN LARGE PLANT
KenOsha Sash and Door Company to
Erect a Large. Planning Mill in
Western Part Of City.
THE COMPANY IS REORGANIzED
7. j.. Birmingham, Pres. w. ). BermiDg
ham, Sec, and w. j. sackman is
Named General Manager.

The city of Kenosha is to have one
of the largest planning mills in this
section of the state before the open
ing of the coming summer as the Ke-
nosha Sash and Door company is now
making contracts for the erection Of a
new and modern plant for the use of
the company. Tie plant will be To-
Gated in the western part of the city
on the line of the Kenosha & Rock
ford division of the Northwestern
road. The plans of the buildings
have been drawn by architect e.
Gaastra and the buildings for the
plant will cost over $4,000.
The erection of the plant is the re-
suit of the reorganization of the COM
pany and in the future the company
will become the largest manufacturer
of sashes and blinds in this section of
the state. The company has been in
corporated under the laws of the state
with capital stock of $4,000. The
officers of the company are 4. j..
Birmingham, Of Ga1ena, Ill, presi-
dent; w. J. Birmingham, of this city,
secretary and treasurer and w. j..
Sackman, of Waukegan, general
manager. The new member of the
firm is Mr.. Sackman. 1t is under
stood that he has bought portion OF
the stock of the company and will be
personally in charge of the operation
of the plant. Mr.. Sackman is well
known to makers Of sashes and doors
as for a number of years he has been
connected with the William H. Dow
company at Waukegan. He is man
of large experience in this line of
work and his addition to the company
adds a great deal of strength. The
work of building the new factory will
be started as soon as the company can
get possession Of a tract of land for
which it is now negotiating. In
speaking of the plans for the future
Mr.. Birmingham, the secretary and
treasurer of the company, stated We'd
nesday afternoon that the company
would employ from thirty-fve to forty
men and that they were planning to
build mill large enough to supply
Kenosha contractors and those of the
territory to the west and south with
all things needed in the planning mill
line. The plant will be equipped with
the most modern machinery and will
be in line to compete with any concern
| in the state.
For some time the company has
been doing business in a portion Of
the Lippert foundry building but the
business has grown to such proper
tons that the managers feel the de-
mand for larger and more modern
quarters. The capital stock has been
increased from three to ten thousand
dollars.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-10
FATHER AND SON DEAD.
Lafayette woodwork and son Joel Wood
worth Die at Covina. Cal.

a telegram was received in this
city this morning announcing the
death Of Lafayette D. Woodwork
and his son Joel Woodworth which oc-
Cured at Covina, Cal. on Wednesday
evening. Father and son died within
a few hours of each other and both
had been suffering from pneumonia.
L. d. Woodwork was one of the
best known of the early pioneer set
tiers of Kenosha county. He came to
the county at an early date ard set
tied in the town of Pleasant Prairie.
He was at one time owner of the farm
which was afterward sold to the Uih-
lien brothers of Milwaukee. He was
about 68 years of age. One son and
three daughters survive. They are
Harvey Woodwork, of this city, Mrs.
Gilbert Larrabee, of Pleasant Prairie,
Mrs. r. w. Patterson, of Sioux City,
Iowa, and Mrs. Lille Hoskins, of
Covina, Cal.
The remains will probably be buried
at Covina.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-10
IDEALS IN FICTION
Members OF the Woman's Club Spend
a Charming Literary Afternoon
Wednesday in Club Rooms.
MRS. REDEKER AS THE ESSAYIST

ssChanges in Ideals of Fiction" was
the charming subject which Occur
pied the attention Of the ladies Of the
Woman's club of Kenosha at their
fortnight1y meeting held at the club
rooms in the Gilbert M. Simmons Ii
brary on Wednesday afternoon.
The subject was originally given to
Miss Lester but after her departure
from Kenosha Mrs. Redeker, the past
president of the club, took the subject
and the paper which she read before
the club was one of the best of the
long series of literary papers read by
the club members. Mrs. Redeker has
made wide study of the fiction of
America and other countries and was
enlinent1y qualified to compare the
heroines of the fiction of the different
periods of literary history. She dis
cussed at1ength the fiction of the past
and present and drew a comparison
between the simple simpering heroine
Of the past and the self assertive
heroine of the literature of the present
day.
She did not pass Judgment on the
different ideals but simply presented
the material at hand in mastery
manner and allowed the members of
the club to form their own opinion as
to the advance or decay in literary
ideals. Following the paper the mem
bers of the club had one of the most
spirited discussions of the year.
They took up a number of phases Of
fiction, discussing at length the his
torica1 novel, the problem novel, short
stories and stories for children.
Among the ladies who took part in the
discussion were Mesdames Lance,
B1ackman, Draper, Whitaker, Kun
k1e, Lyman, Fisher and Miss Head.
After the literary entertainment tea
was served. During the last few
weeks the ladies have added to the
furnishings of the club rooms by the
purchase of two wrought iron piano
lamps and new oriental rug.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-10
WENT OVER AN ENHANCEMENT.
Men Driving From Kenosha to Racine
Have Hard Time In Wind Storm.

The terrific wind storm that swept
over this city this morning came near
costing E. M. Van Va1kenberg, of
1928 Highland avenue, and his brother
in-1aw, J. Wood, their 1ives.s
The gentlemen had been to Kenosha
with load of automobile bodies, hav-
ing large rack Oh the sleigh. When
turning the corner at Durand avenue
and the Lakeshore road, the wind
caught the rack, turned it over and
both men were thrown off.
Mr.. Wood went over the lake
bank, down thirty feet and landed on
the ice. Outside of a number Of
bruises he escaped injury, but his
escape is little less than miraculous.
With difficulty he climbed up the hill.
Mr.. Van Va1kenberg did not fare so
luckily. He was caught under the
rack and his hip was fractured, his
body bruised and internal injuries
were sustained. The injured man was
released from under the rack and
taken to the home of Mr.. James, on
the Guenther farm, and later to his
own home.
A telephone message from the resi-
dence of Mr.. Van Va1kenberg this
afternoon states that he is seriously,
but it is believed, not fatally ghurt.
Both men state that the wind almost
reached cyclone velocity when it
struck them. It fairly lifted the rack
into space when it went over.
All along the line to Kenosha the
wind was heavy and outbui1dings
were damaged. Racine Journal.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-10
MAY MOVE ASYLUM.
State Board of Control Advises Racine Sup
ervisors to Provide for Future Needs

State Board of Control Advises Racine Sup
ervisors to Provide for Future Needs
The state board of control met with
the Racine county board of supervis-
ors yesterday to assist in straighten-
ing out complications pertaining to
the rebuilding of the burned insane
asylum.
President Nelson of the state board
advised that the old asylum farm be
sold and 400 acre farm purchased;
that modern asylum, to accommo-
date 200 patients, be built, and that
the county house and asylum be oper-
ated under one management. This,
he said, would be economical and the
institution could become se1f-sustain
ing. High pressure boilers and steam
heat were recommended and it was
stated the state board wanted the
buildings rebuilt and would grant a
permit at once.
Mr.. Nelson said the county board
should figure for the future, even if it
was obliged to lose the improvements
on the present farm. Eau Claire,
Rock, Outaganlie and Marinette coun-
ties were named as having the best
asy1ums in Wisconsin, with an aver
age of $50 to US patients.
A committee was appointed by the
county board to secure plans and
specifications for new asylum.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-10
Eli Harmer, a Former Kenosha Barber,
Alleged to Have Committed an
Awful Crime in Texas.
DEED DUE TO TEMPORARY MADNESS
Harmer Had Left Kenosha Several Years
Ago and Is Alleged to Have Been
Married Only Month Ago.

Friends of Eli Harmer, a barber
who formerly resided in this city,
have been shocked by a report that
has reached the city which states that
t1armer, who has been residing in
San Antonio, Texas, had murdered
only details that have been received
are from the former home of Harmer
and his wife in the northern part of
the state. Harmer is alleged to have
become tempora .rily insane and DUR
ing his fit of insanity he seized a re-
volver and shot his wife dead. Later
he turned the revolver upon himself
and fired shot which literally blew
his head off.
Harmer is well known in Kenosha,
as he was employed at the barber shop
of A. ]. Burg for more than eighteen
months. At that time he was about
twenty years of age and he had many
friends among the younger people of
the city. The friends of the man in
the city state that they cannot under
stand how he could have committed
so terrible a deed. During his resi-
dence in Kenosha Harmer bore good
reputation and was regarded as a most
peaceab1e citizen. He was quiet and
unassurning and mingled freely with
the younger people of the city. Two
years ago he left Kenosha and went
to Marinette, where his parents had
resided for some time. 1t is stated by
his friends in Kenosha that less than
month ago he was married to we'll
known young woman at Marinette
and he had taken her to his home in
San Antonio. Harmer had worked in
San Antonio for quite time and is
said to have born good reputation
in that city TIP to the time of his hor-
rible crime.
The friends of Harmer in Kenosha
are anxious1y awaiting the details of
the tragedy. Harmer formerly had a
brother, Dick Harmer, who also
worked as barber in Kenosha but he
left the city recently and his present
residence is unknown.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-10
ANOTHER INSANE CASE.
Joseph Hartnen Pioneer Of the Town of
Salem is Sent to Winnebago.


Insanity and mental diseases seem
to be epidemic ia Kenosha county at
the present time, and during the last
month six people from the county
have been sent to the state hospital
at Winnebago. The last patient from
the comfy was Joseph Hartne11, aged
seventy-fve years. Hewas one of the
pioneer settlers of the town Of Salem,
and he was brought before Judge
S1osson on Friday afternoon. He
was examined by Doctors Teidt and
Andre and they stated that there was
no doubt but that he should be sent
to the asylum. He was taken to
Winnebago this morning by Sheriff
Timr1e.
The large number Of cases reported
in the county during the last weeks
has caused quite little discussion
among the members of the medical
fraternity.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-10
GOES TO REFORM SCHOOL.
Eddie Roberts Who Ran Away From Home
Is Sent to State Institution.

Eddie Roberts the ten year old son
of William Roberts who was arrested
by members of the police force on
Wednesday evening was arraigned
before Justice Sturges Thursday
afternoon on a charge of being incor-
rigib1e. The boy was sent to the re-
form school for boys at Waukesha
and he will be kept there until he has
recovered from his bad habits. The
boy had habit of running away and
his sisters and brothers were unable
to do anything with him. He was
taken to Waukesha by Sheriff Timme
this morning.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-10
President Roosevelt is being CON

President Roosevelt is being com
p1imented on all sides on the makeup
of the Panama canal commission.
The President takes the broad view
that the canal project having once
passed Congress ceases to be a par
tisan measure, and becomes a great
national undertaking in which all
parties and all citizens are equally
interested, and this fact was evidently
always before him while thescommis-
sion was being selected, the mem
bers being chosen solely for their fit
ness for the task before them. That
the Presidents attitude in the mat
ter is appreciated by his opponents,
is evidenced by the many expressions
of approval<of his selections for the
commission found in the Democratic
press.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-10
i CURED THESE MEN

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Weber, 722 Milwaukee avenue, Kenosha; Ed.
Scholy, iii North Main street. Hans Peterson,
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Address all mail TOT Racine Oflice.
424 Main Street.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-10
DR.. RILEY

The best years of my life have been devoted
exclusively to the treatment OF obscure and
chronic ailments that am absolutely certain
can cure to stay cured. My success in the
treatment of all forms of chronic disease is the
result of a life time of experience and makes
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-10
DON'T WANT TO PAY TAX.
North Western Railway Company Files q
Petition for Rebate of Taxes


The North Western railway com
pany has filed petition with the
county clerk asking that the tax GER
tifcate issued against a sma1l'trian-
gu1ar tract of land belonging to the
company and located in Block of the
city of Kenosha, be cancelled.
The company claims that under the
law the piece of property is.exenpted.
The property in question is located
within thirty-three feet of the center
of the tract. County Clerk Crosby
states that the property should not
have been assessed and it is probable
that the certificate will be cancelled.
The amount Of taxes due on the certi-
fcate was $4.92.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-10
DIR. L. D. sHEARER DEAD.
Former Well known Physician of Bristol
Expires at His Home In Los Angeles.

Expires at His Home In Los Angeles.
News has been received at the vii
1age of Bristol Of the death of DR.. L.
D. Shearer, formerly one Of the best
known practicing physicians Of the
county, which occurred in the city of
Los Angeles, Cal, on Wednesday
evening.
The deceased was fifty-fve years of
age, and had practiced medicine in
the town Of Bristol for several years
before going to Los Angeles. He left
Bristol ten years ago and since that
time he had won a high place among
the physicians of the Western city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-10
LAKE SHORE PROPERTY.

$3.50 Will sell in one bunch lots,
Block SO, comprising all vacant
property in the block, and being 42o
feet Lake Frontage. $3.50.
If G. r. MCDOWELL.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-18
READY TO UNVEIL.
Bronze Statue. Present From Kaiser
Wilhelm.

Washington, d. c., Nov. 1S.-All is
in readiness for the unveiIing tomor-
row of the bronze statue of Frederick
the Great, which has been presented
to the American people by Emperor
William and erected in a conspicuous
position on the esplanade of the Army
war college.
The event will be made the occa-
sion for a magnificent military dem
onstration in which the troops from
all of the army posts in this vicinity
will participate. The unveiling will
be by the Baroness Speck Won Stern
berg. wife. of the German ambassador,
and addresses will be delivered by
President Roosevelt, the German am
bassador and the special envoys sent
to represent Emperor William. The
company on the speakers stand will
include the members of the cabinet,
the diplomatic corps, the supreme
court and many prominent officers of
the army and navy.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-18
EASTERN CAR SHORTAGE.
Trunk Lines Out of Chicago Lack 5000
Cars for Their Traffic.

Chicago, Nov 1S.-officials of
Eastern roads operating out of Chi
cago report the maintenance of the
former growth In traffic. Some classes
of tonnage have shown further gain.
This is particularly true of coal and
the products of iron and steel.
There has been no preceptible in
crease in the loading of merchandise
since the election, but the volume of
that business has been large for some
time past and no great spurt is expect
ed.
A gradual increase in the activity of
industrial concerns ought to bring
about steady gain, and if present
indications can be taken as a cri-
terion, cold weather will again find
the Eastern railroads far short of
equipment and tonnage piled up ahead
of them
Already the various trunk line sys-
TENS are short anywhere from 1000 to
5000 cars in meeting their daily re-
quirements. Motive power is ample,
and probably will be until the efficacy
of the locomotive is reduced by low
temperatures. The light grain move
ment of the East is about all that
keeps the railroads in position to per-
NIT tolerably free movement Flour
and packing house products form a
good traffic. Southern railroad Off
cials say their lines are carrying a
heavy and well balanced volume of
freight.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-18

Arkansas Baptist State convention, of
which Ex-Governor ]. P. Eagle is the
president.
The convention will devote the most
of its attention to the educational
needs of the denomination. though the
missionary work in its various
branches will also be considered. Re-
ports prepared for presentation to
the convention show that the past
year has been one of great activity
for the Baptists of Arkansas, crafty
ing progress having been made in all
its fields of labor. The day sessions
of the convention will be devoted to
reports, discussions and other busi-
ness of a similar nature, while the
evenings will be given over to sermons
and addresses by noted divines and
educators who are among those in
attendance.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-18
IN FINANCIAL NEED.
"Cradle of MethOdism" I'm America Is
Hard Up.


Philadelphia, Nov. 1S.-Historic st.
Georges church, the cradle of Meth
odism in America, and the Oldest
Methodist church building used con-
tinuously for church worship in the
world. is in danger of passing out of
existence, unless financial aid is OBJ
tanned. The income is not sufficient
to sustain 1t.
The building has stood in Fourth
street since 1869. when it was pur-
chased from a Dutch Reformed con-
gregation, the members of which had
been thrown into jail because of debts
they had incurred and were unable to
meet in building the structure. An
appeal will soon be sent to Metho-
dists throughout the country asking
for aid in raising an endowment fund
to save the property.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-18
Religious Education Society.

Indianaola, To-, Nov. 1S.-A large
number of prominent educators, di-
vines and other persons actively in
terested in church work, are gathered
here for the fourth annual conference
of the Iowa Fellowship of the Ameri-
can Society of Religious Education
Prominent among the participants are
Prof d. S. Wright of Cedar Falls
Miss Alice Tyler of Des Moines, Rev
w. II. Shipman of osceola, Prof. D.
w. Edwards of Penn College, and
Rev. j. f. Gilbert, of Washington
d. c.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-18
Disastrous Wrecks.

Carelessness is responsible for
many a railway wreck and the same
causes are making human wrecks OF
sufferers from throat and lung trou-
bles. But since the advent of DIR.
Kings New Discovery for consump-
ton, coughs and colds, even the worst
cases can be cured, and hopeless res
ignation is no longer necessary. Mrs
Lois Cragg of Dorchester, Mass, is
one of many whose life was saved by
DIR. Kings New Discovery This
great remedy is guaranteed for all
throat and lung diseases by Tallman
& Co., druggists. Price soc and 81.
Trial bottles free.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-18
Texas Librarians.

Houston. Texas, Nov. 1S.-The Tex
as State Library Association held its
third annual meeting today at the
Carnegie library in this city. Presi-
dent William L. Prather of the Uni
versity of Texas, presided and dele
gates were on hand from Dallas, Fort
Worth, San Antonio, Ell Paso, Austin.
Galveston and several other cities of
Texas. One of the important matters
that received the attention of the con-
vention was the proposed law Great
ing a state library commission, which
the association will endeavor to have
enacted at the next session of the leg
islature.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-11-18

Toxic, Nov. 1S.-Attempts to es-
cape, assaults on guards, and various
insubordinate acts on the part of Rus
sian prisoners of war confined in ia
pan have led to the formation of a
series of regulations. They provide
that captives resisting their guards
shall be imprisoned; that leaders of
plots to escape, accompanied by force
shall be hanged or exiled, while those
taking part in such plots shall be i'm
prisoned; that leaders of organized
assaults on guards shall be hanged.
and that captives released on oath not
to take part in the war shall be hang
ed if again captured.