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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-06
DISTILLERY
EXPLOSION
Causes Awful Havoc Sat-
urday Evening at
Peoria.
FOURTEEN ARE DEAD
Three Thousand Cattle
Burned--LoSS Near
a Million.

Peoria. H.. June 6.-Fourteen per-
lives as a result of the Corning dis
tillery fire Saturday. Elmer Hogan,
who was swept several blocks by 4
flood of whisky. died in the hospital
yesterday Four of the eight bodies
recovered have been identified. The
loss is conservatively estimated at
$s5O.OOO. The city health authorities
and Humane Officer Hanna are work
ing to remove the carcasses of the
steers. Fortunately the weather is
cool. Mr.. Hanna is directing the
shooting of the injured steers and
City Physician Hayes is arranging to
burn the carcasses with quicklime.
Started With Explosion.
Peoria. ILL.,. June 6.-An explosion
which occurred in the eleven-stOry
warehouse of the Corning distilIery,
the second largest in the world, com
pletely wrecked the building. The
ruins Immediately took fire and com-
municated to three adjoining buildings.
burning them to the ground. Ten men
were buried beneath the ruins and
burned to death. Six others were seri-
Ously injured. The loss on buildings
and whisky and spirits stored will ap
prOXimate S1,0OO.OO0. The fire spread
TO the stock yards district, where
dozen large cattle barns filled with cat
tie, We're burned.
List of the Dead and Wounded.
The list of the dead follows: Fred
Knoll, Louis Behrend, John Hobecker,
Joe Zimmerman. Louis Sax, Will
lam Finley. Jr.. +. Brown. NJ Crowl,
John Leppin and William Field. The
injured Adam Werner, Edward
Werner, Elmer Hogan. J. Il. Marshall,
James NJ. Miller and Allie Feinberg.
Sure Death to Those Inside.
One fire alarm followed another in
rapid succession, until the general
alarm brought every fire engine in the
city to the scene. but their efforts had
little effect on the conflagration. The
warehouse, containing in the neighbOr-
hood of 10000 barrels of whisky, was
instantaneOusly seeting cauldron,
and It was known that no one inside
the big structure could last a moment.
1t was sure death to all those who had |
been at work there. The whisky from
the bursting barrels flooded every |
thing.
River of Fire in the Cattle Pens.
Large streams ran down grade to- |
ward the river, and in a short time |
there was a foot of whisky in the cat |
tie pens east of the warehouse. 1t |
ContiDuad on r.ga EIobt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-06
A TRI-STATE FAIR
Dubuque Proposes Having the
Biggest Thing Ever Held
i'm Iowa.
ILLINOIS, WISCONSIN AND IOWA
Association is Incorporated With a
Capital Stock OF $50
900.

Dubuque. Ia, June 6.-The DLbu-
que Retailers association has com
pleted alIararnSementS for the tri-state
fair which will be held in this city in
August. This will be the biggest en-
terprise OF its kind ever undertaken by
the business men of Dubuque. and in
magnitude will eclipse the annual state
fair held at Des Moines. There will be
exhibits of the Industrial and agrfcul-
tural progress of Illinois, Wisconsin
and Iowa, and the farmers and mer-
chants are manifesting much interest
in the. project.
Expect Many Visitors.
The fair VIII continue one week, and
it is expected that there will he more
than 10000 visitors in the city. 1t is
the purpose of the promoters to make
it fixture and if push and energy
count for anything there is no reason
why it should not be made Il success.
The fair association has been incorpor-
ated with Il capital of $4,000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-06
RIOT AT ST. LOUIS
Crowd, Angered at Failure to
Have Bull Fight. Burns
Arena.
TAKE PART IN IT
Find Wild West Show Too Tame and
Unable to Get Money
Back.

st. Louis. June 6.-Incensed over
their failure to see genuine Spanish
bull fight" which the authorities had
ordered stopped, riot was started in
an arena near the Worlds fair
grounds by a crowd of $500 men and
boys, who were unable TO get their
money back. and the building was
burned to the ground. The price OF
admission charged was 81. Four men
were placed under arrest by the au-
thorities of st. Louis county, charged
with the destruction of the property.
Try to Mob Prisoners
The crowd. thinking these men We're
with the show. made an at
tempt TO mob them. The building cost
s., 800 and is II total loss, with no in
surance. The show began with Il wild
west cattle roping exhibition, but that
did not suit the crowd, which demand
ed the bull fight. When the matadOc
appeared the civil officers served pa
pers on the management of the show
prohibiting the fight. The result was
and riot.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-06
Dynamite Under Platform.


Dynamite Under Platform.
The explosion was undoubtedly
caused by dynamite which had been
laid under the center Of the depot
platform and which was set off by an
incoming train.
The Victor militia has been ordered
ont. Trouble is expected.
Awaiting Train for Home.
The miners killed and injured were
all employed on the Findley property
and were waiting to take train
home.
The killed and injured were taken to
Victor on a special train.
Train Had Not Arrived.
The train had not arrived at the
depot when the explosion occurred.
None of the trainmen were hurt. Fif-
" miners gathered on the depot plat
form were blown into the air and in
every direction. Many were 50 badly
mapgled identification was difficult.
Tore Great Hole.
The explosion shook all buildings in
the town and tore the depot platform
and surrounding objects into splin-
ters. tearing great hole in the
ground upon which the depot stood.
1t is believed about 200 pounds of
dynamite was used.
Found Machine.
c dorado Springs, June 6.-Later de-
tectives found the machine which set
off the dynamite under the platform.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-06
Found Machine.

c dorado Springs. June 6.-Later de
tectives found the machine which set
off the dynamite under the platform.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-06

Continued on Page Eight
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-06
Carrier Pigeons Bring News.

New Chwang. juno 1.-Two car
rier pigeons have arrived here from
General Stoesscl ut Port Arthur The
Russians will not divulgc the mes
sages carried by the birds but de-
and are very cheerful since the pigeons
arrived.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-06
River of Fire In the Cattle Pen

Large streams ran down grade to-
ward the river, and in a short time
there was foot of whisky in the cat
tie pens east OF the warehouse. 1t
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-06
Rumor a Vessel is Sunk.

Chefoo. June 6.-The Russian con-
sui here has received news large
Japanese vessel has been sunk by n
mine off Talienwan. The news is un-
confirmed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-06

penef in God. but RenfrO dccIared he
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-06
Report of a Sortie of
Russian Fleet at
Port Arthur.
FOUR SHIPS SUNK
Besieged City Gets Word
Out by Carrier
Pigeons.

reported here that the Port Arthur
squadron made sortie shortly after
dawn Saturday with torpedo boat de-
stroyers leading and found the Japan
ese fleet quite unsuspecting the pres
ence of hostile warships. with the re-
suit that four Japanese ships were
sunk during the attack.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-04
SMITH WAS A TERROR
ken0sha Man Arrested for Larceny in
Waukegan Makes Things Hum
Before Taken by Police.
TERRORIzEs THE TENDERLOIN.

George Smith, claiming Kenosha
as his home, was arrested by the Chi
cago police in Chicago Wednesday
afternoon on charge of grand lar
ceny, He is accused of having robbed
boarding house at Waukegan of
money and clothing to the amount of
forty-eight dollars. The robbery oc-
Cured on last Sunday night, and be-
fore Smith was arrested he gave the
police of the big city a pretty good
scare and struck terror to the hearts
of people on Canal street. Smith had
gone from Kenosha to Waukegan and
after cleaning up the boarding house
he went to Chicago to spend his i'll
gotten gains. He struck straight for
Canal street and got mixed up with
some Of the bad liquor sold in the
joints in that district. About four
O'Clock in the afternoon Smith was
full, SO iu11 in fact that he imagined
that he was a soldier, and he started
marching off down Canal street
armed with navy pistol which he
was lAAAn ~ CVC1 lA1uS dAu CVGI y
body. People fed from the streets
and the merchants and saloon keepers
locked their doors to keep out of
range of the Infatuated Kenoshan.
A special detachment of police was
ordered to the scene of the trouble,
and after a hard struggle Smith was
overpowered and placed in jail. He
stated that he was a Russian by birth
and a resident of Kenosha. The
court records show that Smith was
naturalized here last April.
Smith was taken to Waukegan at
once and bound over to the circuit
court, his bonds being placed at
thousand dollars. He has stated that
he will plead guilty to the charges
made against him. Smith has I'd
relatives in this city and he claims to
be without friends. The police of
Kenosha have no record of his ever
having been arrested here.
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NICKEL PLATE EXCURSION

to Boston, Mass, and return, account
G. A. r. National Encampment, at
S1775 for the round-trip, from Chi
cago. Tickets good on any train
August 18th, 18th and 18th, and on
special train from Chicago at AM,
August 18th. Final return limit Sep
TENDER 30th. Also rate of $40. 20 for
round-trip via New York City and
Boat, with liberal stopover returning
at that point. If desired, stopover
can be obtained at Niagara Falls and
Chautauqua Lake within final limit.
Three trains daily with modern Sleep
ing-cars. Particulars at city ticket
office, III Adams ST., Chicago, or ad-
dress John Y. Callahan General Agent,
113 Adams ST., Room 298, Chicago,
for reservation of berths in through
standard or tourist sleeping VIA
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lanes Nelson, the Little Son Of
Andrew Nelson OF Pleasant Prai-
rie, Victim of Ptomaine Poison.
SAD DEATH OF A LITTLE CHILD.
Playing In the Orchard the Child is Sup
posed to Have Picked up Some
Deadly Poison and Eaten It,

James Nelson, the twenty-five
months old son of Mr.. and Mrs. And
rev Nelson of the village of Pleasant
Prairie, died at the family residence
late Wednesday afternoon as a result
OF ptomaine poisoning. The little
boy had been i'll since Sunday morn
ing and death came as sweet release
from the terrible suffering which the
child had borne for the last three days.
On Sunday the chi1dsand several of
the other children in the neighbor-
hood had gone to the orchard NEAR
the house to play, and during the
morning the little fellow spicked up
some poison about the orchard. None
of the members of the family. s.knew
what he had eaten and when the child
was taken sick late in the afternoon
the mother and father supposed that
the sickness was some slight ai1ment
of the stomach, and gave the usual
simple remedies. These remedies
failed to give any relief and late, Sun
day evening the child was taken with
violent fits of vomiting.
DR.. Lowe, of Pleasant Prairie, was
summoned to the house and he an
nounced that the child was suffering
from bad case of ptomaine poison
ing. Everything possible was done
to relieve the little sufferer, but the
poison had been communicated to all
parts of the system and the child SUI
fered intensely. The stomach was
emptied with stomach pump, but the
poison had already been carried to
other parts of the body.
On Monday and Tuesday the child
continued to be effected by the vio-
lent fits of vomiting and Wednesday
several Kenosha doctors were called
in an effort to save the life of the
child. All of their efforts were with
out avail and the child died at five
O'Clock in the afternoon. The funeral
will be held from the residence of the
parents tomorrow afternoon.
Efforts were made to discover the
source of the poison picked up by the
child, but they were unsuccessful.
The doctors think that it is possible
that the child secured the poison
through eating green fruit. There
were many green apples in the orch
ard and it is thought possible that the
child picked up one of them and at
tempted to eat it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-04
Question Of Leyying Big Tax for the
Building Of New Sewer System to
Be Decided August 80.
CITY MUST RAISE SUM OF s77,5OO
Remaining Cost of Great System, Amount
ing to sos. 500, to Be Assessed Against
the Property Benefited

The Committee on Judiciary of the
Common Council, after long session
on Wednesday afternoon and another
session this morning, has set the date
for the special election to decide on
the new sewer system for Aug. 80.
The election might have been legally
held on Aug. %, but the members Of
the committee believed that the peo-
pie should have plenty of time to dis
cuss the matter, and as the city
council will not meet in regular ses-
sion until Sept. S to take up this
matter, the date set is just as good as
the earlier one. The notices of the
special election are now being pre-
pared by the city attorney and they
will be published during the coming
week, thus giving the three weeks
necessary notice.
The question to be submitted to
the people will read as follows:
''Sha11 the city council of the city
of Kenosha, levy tax of SIS, 500 on
the taxable property of the city for
the next five years for the purpose of
paying for the proposed new sewer
SYSTEM"
The question of the issue of the
bonds is one for the city council and
this action can be taken after the vo-
tiers of the city have given the COM
mon council the right to levy the
special tax for the period of five
years.
The committee worked long on the
work of computing the amount to be
paid by the city. The estimate of the
cost Of the big system is $146, 900 and
the price per front foot was set by
the city council at $50 front foot.
This makes the amornt to be paid by
the property owners benefited by the
building of the sewer the sum of
sos, 500 and the remaining $77, 500
m ust be taken from the general fund
of the city. The committee deemed
that it would be inadvisa BILE to make
an effort to raise this entire amount
in any one year and for this reason it
was decided to make the tax cover
period of five years making an an
nual levy of $15,500.
The friends and foes of the new
plan are already at work and the cleo
ton will undoubtedly be one of the
hottest ever seen in Kenosha. Many
of the property owners have come out
flat footed against the proposed plan,
but the friends of the sewers claim
that their cause is gaining strength
every day and that by the time the
day for the election rolls round there
will be great majority in favor of
1evying the tax demanded for the
work.
Many of the people are proposing
strenuous objection to the price per
front foot as set by the council and
the enemies of the plan are counting
largely on this fact to defeat the pro-
position when it is submitted to the
people.
In future any extension of the sewer
system whether on the new or the old
system or on the north or the south
side of the city will call for the pay
ment of $50 per foot frontage on
each side of the street.
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WOULD BREAK UP FAMILIES.
Complaint is Made In the County Court to
Take Custody of Children.

Complaint is Made In the County Court to
Take Custody of Children.
District Attorney "A. e. Buckmaster
has filed in the county court an un-
usual complaint which has for it's
purpose the breaking up of two fan1i-
lies on the north side. The parties
named in the complaint are Mrs.
Mary Mischo and Wi1he1mina Wei
sang and their seven children.
In the Mischo case the complaint
which is made by L. N. DeDeimar
asks that the three children, Joseph
aged ten, Lilly aged eight, and Rosa
aged six years, be taken from the
mother and placed in some other
home on the grounds that the mother
is not a fit person to have the custody
of the children, The Weisang COM
plant is similar and asks that the
Weisand children, Mary aged Ia,
Robert aged y, Agnes aged 9, and
Michael aged 5, be taken from their
mother.
Both complaints insist that the
mothers of the children have neglect
ed and abused them, and that they
are associating with vile and immoral
people and forcing these associations
upon the children.
Judge S1osson has set the hearing
for the two cases for Monday morn
ing, and it is probable that if the
charges are proved the children will
be sent to the state home for depen-
dent children at Sparta.
| The families have lived in Kenosha
for number of years, and the women
accused of this unusa1 crime have
been pretty well known to the city
authorities.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-04
JUDGE sLossoN AND CHILD LABOR

Kenosha county is to be congratu-
lated on the stand that is being taken
by County Judge S1osson on the sub
ject of the employment of child labor
in Kenosha factories. At the time of
the recent visit of the factory in
spe ctors to the city not a single arrest
was made, and this condition of affairs
was due almost entirely to the care
taken in the county court in regard to
the issue of permits to work. Judge
S1osson has more than legal interest
in this matter and he figures promi-
nent1y as a friend rather than an
advisor of the little workers. For
years he has held that the law must
he met in every particular before a
permit is. issued, and the strongest
influences has been brought to bear
upon him to secure an abatement of
this rule. The judge, however, has
held that the law must be enforced to
the letter and. the child rather than
the greedy parent given the beneht or
the doubt. In the city at the present
time many children are employed in
the factories who should be spending
their short vacation in rest and recre-
alton, but the needs of the parents
have forced them to go into the shops
in order that the family exchecquer
might be aided by the few pennies
they can make during the summer.
The position taken by Judge S1os-
son is to stand between the little child
and the greedy parent, and in every
case where it is possible the permit
has been refused.
Give the children a chance to be
children for they will be forced into
the noise and grind of the factory
early enough, Don't cut off the JOY
of being boy and girl too soon and
mar the whole life of the child by so
doing,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-04

The tremendous increase in the
population of the city is the strongest
argument in favor of the new sewer
system. If the people are to come
here they must have houses to live in,
and hundreds of houses are waiting
for a decision from the voters on the
sewer question. There is money
enough waiting investment to provide
accommodations for all, but it is use
less to expect anybody to build where
there are no sewers and no prospects
of every getting any. If it is decided
to build the sewers there is little
doubt but that the city will in time get
back every cent invested from the in
creased assessment values. 1t is a
business proposition for the voters to
consider, and so far as one can see, it
appears to be attended with less risk
than ordinary business ventures usu-
ally are. We have about reached the
limit under present conditions, and if
we are to go on and grow the property
owners will have to make some sacri-
fees and look to the future to reim-
burse them. If the present rate of
growth is kept up for few years the
taxes they pay for the sewer system
now will be returned to them hundred
fold. With the population doubled
up any land within the present bound
aries of the city will be worth more
than double what it is now.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-04
LUGAR UP TO SNUFF.
Kenosha photographer Appreciates Beauty
of Waukegan Girls.

Lugar, the Kenosha photographer,
is certainly progressive and up to
date.
On the date of the big merchants
picnic here he came down, camera
under arm, and took pictures of many
Waukegan girls who were assisting
in the refreshment booths. Among
others he took snap shots of the Jap
anese tea girls in several poses. In
fact they seemed to be his favorite
subjects.
Whether or not he at first intended
to offer the pictures for sale does not
develop, but the fact remains that in
recent communication he claims to
have sold forty of the pictures to the
kenosha young men.
This lends color to the theory held
by the Gazette all along, that Wauke-
gan has the prettiest girls in north
ern Illinois. Further more Kenosha
seems to appreciate this fact, judg-
ing by the purchase Of the pictures
Waukegan Gazette.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-04

TIE new sewer is now UP the pub
lie. It rests with the voters of Keno
sha whether or not it will be put in,
and it is the duty of every one to ac-
quaint himself with the conditions
and benefits the installing of the new
sewer system will bring about
Everybody admits that the benefits to
the city and citizens at large will be
great, but few persons fully realize
the good it is going to do Kenosha in
the immediate future. The city can
not grow much more without it. There
are many factories we can have for
Kenosha if we can give them the BEN
efits of city water and sewers. There
are hundreds of houses to be built the
minute that sewers are assured. All
these additions to the city will in
crease the income of the city from
taxes, hundreds of dollars. In regard
to the price charged per front foot to
AUDITING property, the Council has
made the charge so that all sewers
extended in the future will cost the
AUDITING property owners one dollar
and fifty cents per foot frontage no
matter where located, on the old or
on the new system, so although the
price has been considerably raised it
will be alike to all; the council claim
ing the raise was necessary on ac-
count of the big increase in the price
of material and labor.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-04
THURSDAY, AUGUST 4.

For Governor
Samuel A, Cook, Neenah.
Lieutenant Governor
George Fl. Ray, of Lacrosse.
Secretary of State
Ne1s Holman, Deerfe1d
State Treasurer
Gustav Wo11aeger, Milwaukee.
Attorney General
d. G. C1asson, Oconto.
Railroad Commissioner
f. o. Tarbox, Ashland.
Insurance Commissioner
W. c. Roenitz, Sheboygan.
Delegates at Large
John c. Spooner, Joseph Y. Quar1es
,. w. Babcock, Emil Baensch.
Alternates-
NJ. G. Jeffris, ID. E. Riordan,
Richard Myer, Jr., John Keh1or.
Endorsed for Vice President
Ex-Governor Edward Scofe1d.
Electors at Large-
Charles F. I1s1ey, of Milwaukee.
A. r. Hall, of Dunn.
Electors from Congressional Districts
First-John L. Sheron, Green county.
Second--J. M. Bushnell, Columbia county.
rhird-James H. Cabonnis, Grant county.
FOnrth--Fred c. Lorenz, Milwaukee county.
Fifth-Fred w. Cordes, Milwaukee county,
Sixth-C. S. Porter, Dodge county.
SeYenth-H. A. Bright, Jackson county.
Eighth--E. Nc G1ach1in, Portage county.
Ninth--George Boyer, Oconto county.
Tenth-M. D. Keith, Forest county.
B1Grenth-Edward L. Peet, Burnett county.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-04

The premium list of the Wa1wortI
County fair for 1904 is being sent out
by the secretary. The book contains
eighty pages and contains all the in
formation as to premiums and other
matters of interest, of the big fair,
which promises to be bigger and bet
ter than ever this year. The dates
have been set on Sept. 10 to 10 inclus-
i've. The lists can be obtained of
Samuel Mitchell, Elkhorn, Wis.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-04

IT is announced from Racine that if
the LaFol1ette leaders have their way
the assemb1yman from that district
will vote for Cooper for Senator.
Cooper would like to be Senator, nat
ural1y, but he will hardly improve
his chances by letting himself be
used as stalking horse for LaFo1-
1ette assemb1ynen. Cooper knows
quite as well as anybody else, who
will go to Washington if the Cover
nor controls the Legislature.