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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-01

THE most extreme crank on the
subject of personal liberty will
hardly approve of the sale of liquor to
minors, but from all accounts minors
have no difficulty in obtaining all the
liquor they have money to pay for in
Kenosha. It is time the authorities
went after the men who are guilty of
selling to minors in earnest, and they
can rest assured that they will have
the support of the public in any effort
they may make to stop the practice.
And the public would not regard their
action as an unjustifab1e assault on
the rights of the liquor dealers either.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-01

THE system of accounting used at
the city hall may not be the best ever,
but such as it is it is all we have, and
we may not have even that long. A
comparatively small fire would clean
out the whole system, and leave the
city without any records at all, good,
bad, or Indifferent. There is no safe
Oh vault in the building, and the clerk
has absolutely no way to protect the
books and records of the city from
damage by fire or water, and if they
are destroyed some night it is not his
fault. While the council is devising
some means of keeping an improved
and ineligible record of the city
business, the aldermen should also
provide place to keep the record
after it is made.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-01

THERE is, of course, not the slight
est reason why Mayor German should
not be made to take out his license just
like anyone else in the same business
but ION the face of the returns" Cor
man seems to have all the best of it in
the present fight with the board of bar
Der examiners. Making all due allow
ances for the bitterness engendered
by the arrest of the mayor, if half the
stories now being circulated about
the conduct of one of the members of
the board while in Kenosha are true,
the board is in need of shaking up.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-01

The bond of the County Treasurer
is figured on the basis of how much
money he is expected to handle, which
is just and right. But man who is
required to give such heavy bonds
should receive a salary in some way
commensurate with the responsibility
he is required to assume. There is no
reason why a man working for the
county should not be paid just as
much for his services as he would re-
ceive from private concern for doing
the same work, and a man who was
required to give bond of 500, 900 to a
private concern to insure the faithful
performance of his duties would re-
ceive much larger salary than the
county pays the treasurer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-01
ALMOST DRUG ON THE MARKET.
Enormous Yield of Cabbage Causes Low
Prices and Full Storehouses.

Enormous Yield of Cabbage Causes Low
Prices and Full Storehouses.
According to reports from the cab
bage raising districts the vegetable
has almost become drug in the mar
ket. The crop is possibly larger this
fall than ever known before, owing
no doubt to the fact that large NUM-
Der of farmers planted cabbage be-
cause those formerly in the business
cleared large sums of money in years
gone Bly,
The price paid last week was from
So to $4 ton against $40 per ton one
year ago. Besides there are cars of
cabbage on the tracks at Corliss that
have been laying there nearly two
weeks, owing to the congested condi-
ton G freight traffic and also because
there is not the ready market gener-
ally prevalent.
One of the largest dealers said to-
day that almost every storehouse in
this part of the state is filled with
cabbage and onions. Of course when
the overcrowded conditions pass
away and after the holidays they ex-
pect a great rise in the prices, but no
such prices as existed two years ago.
When spring comes around it is
feared that some storehouses will
contain many tons, rotted and unit
for use, that may have to be thrown
out in the fields.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-01

THERE is noticeable feeling of re-
lief throughout the country that the
visit of President Roosevelt to the
St. Louis exposition is safely over.
The tragedy of the Buffalo exposition
is too fresh in the public mind to al
low the people to feel exactly easy
when the chief executive places him
self in position where it would be a
comparatively easy matter for a crank
to get near him. From all accounts
the arrangements for guarding the
president during his visit were well
nigh perfect, but the officers charged
with protecting him. must have re-
joiced when it was ali over, and the
president safely on his way back to
Washington.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-01
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF
Short Items of Interest From All Sec
tions of Wisconsin

"a
tions of Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Bridge and Iron COM
pany's new bridge across the Rock at
GAINESVILLE was accepted and the cost.
S8, 500, ordered paid.
Forty students of the State School
for the Blind were guests of Mime Mar
tell, who appeared in GAINESVILLE in
grand opera last night.
State Commissioner of Banking
Bergh has examined and approved
articles of incorporation for a new
state bank at Humbird, Clark county.
The capital is 5000. The incorpor-
ators are John Babler, Rosina Babler.
and Charles H, Saunders.
On Sunday, Dec. 4, Capt. and Mrs.
Lawrence A. Easson of Racine will
celebrate their golden wedding, with
relatives and few intimate friends,
Capt. Easson is one of the oldest and
best known lake captains living.
George Gross of Green Bay dropped
dead in the house of his daughter,
Mrs. Fred Fig. Examination proved
that heart failure was the cause.
Gross was u years old.
Fred Owens, living near Waupaca.
former resident of P1ainfe1d COM
mitted suicide by hanging. He was
So years old. He was a son of Ross
Owens of p1aipHa1d
Mrs. ]. Clark, residing with her son
in Wayne, Washington county. has
been killed by falling down the cellar
stairs, her neck and both collar bones
being broken. She was about rs years
old.
While gathering scattered grain for
his chickens, H. M. Hanson of Green
Bay, about IS years old, was caught
between the bumpers of two freight
cars and received abdominal injuries
from which he died.
Seventeen votes taken by the James
vile common council resulted in mo
selection of a new city marshal. The
vote stood: Aid. ]. j. Comstock, 4;
ex-sheriff Appleby,2 2; Acting City
Marshal Brown, 8.
The Rev. Father F. J. Fiss, of:sSt.
Mary's church, Portage, and the Rev.
Father James Brady, of St. Joseph's
church, Berlin, have exchanged pas
torates. Father Fiss succeeded the
Rev. Father M. H. Clifford a few
weeks ago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-01
MET IN RACINE
Y. nj. c. A. Secretaries Meet to Arrange
Programs for the Winter

\. M {. A. Secretaries Meet to Arrange
Programs for the Winter
A meeting of the secretaries and
physical directors of the branches of
the Y. M. G. A. in Kenosha, Racine
and Milwaukee, was held in Racine
Tuesday afternoon to make arrange
ments for the winters contests of the
association. The Kenosha associa-
ton was represented by Secretary
Adams and Director Burnett.
The meeting was called for the pur-
pose of discussing matters Of mutual
interest to the various associations.
The religious, educational and ply
steal work was talked over, and steps
we're taken to arrange for series of
games between the basket ball teams
of the four associations. This matter
will be taken up at a meeting to be
held within few weeks. e3
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-01

SECRETARY of Agriculture Wilson
in his annual report estimates the
value of the products of the farm dur
1g 1904 at $4, 900, 100000. With these
hgures in mind it is easy to account
for the fact that business has been
good throughout the country even in
a Presidential year. The farmer is
the man who has had the money to
spend and he has been spending it,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-01
WERE QUIETLY WE'D
Joseph Smith of Somers and Miss Min
ME Guerke of Brighton

ME Guerke of Brighton
The marriage of Joseph Smith of
the town of Soners, and Miss Minnie
Guerke of the town of Brighton, was
quietly celebrated at ST. Georges
church at o'clock this morning. The
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
Father E1skamp in the presence of a
few relatives and friends of the con-
tracing parties.
Arrangements had been made to
give Mr.. and Mrs. Smith reception
at their home in Somers but while
the friends were arranging the re-
ception Mr.. and Mrs. Smith quietly
slipped away from the company and
took morning train for Madison
where they will spend their honey
moon.
They will make their home in the
village of Somers where Mr.. Smith is
in business.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-01

The "wi1d cat" insurance men are
fs ,ting in the last ditch at Chicago,
and il really begins to look as if the
authorities meant business at last.
The most astonishing thing about the
whole dirty business is the TIMBER OF
men of wealth and standing who have
been mixed up in it, and the powe1 Jul
influences which have hitherto pro
tected these sharpers, and if the full
reports of the Investigations into the
business" of writing fraudulent in
surance are ever given out, the pub
lie is going to get few shocks and
some regulations are going to be ire
trieveab1y damaged. If the men now
in the clutches of the law tell all they
know, somebody is going to be hurt
besides themselves.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-01
UNDER FALSE PRETENSES.
Unknown Man Secures Money From
Mrs. Sidney Race.

Claiming to be brother of John
Kitzrow, well known emp1oye of the
Chicago-Kenosha Hosiery works, an
unknown man managed to secure
small sum of money from Mrs. Race,
the Wisconsin street mi11iner. The
fellow wenf into the millinery store
and stated TO Mrs. Race that he was
brother of John Kitzrow and that he
had the misfortune to lose his purse
and wanted to borrow some money.
Miss Kitzrow, a sister, was good GUS
toner at the millinery store ard Mrs.
Race loaned the fellow the money.
Soon after she discovered that he was
not what he claimed to be and that he
was wholly unknown to the members
of the Kitzrow family.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-01
Postmaster Frantz Asks the De-
partment to Make Changes
in Kenosha Service.
DEMANDS TWO NEW CARRIERS
Great Growth OF the City Leaves Near
1y 800 Homes With Insufficient
Carrier Service.

! Two new sub-stations and two new
carriers for the free mail delivery
service were the demands made on
the Post Office department by Post
master F>rantz in his annual recon-
mendation for the post Office at Keno
sha which was forwarded to Washing
ton yesterday afternoon. It is expect
ed that the department will take i'm
mediate notice of the demands of Ke-
nosha and it is possible and probable
that the new stations will be opened
by the first of the year and the new
carriers installed on their routes be-
fore the first of next March.
It is shown that the South and
West sides of the city have been
growing with such rapidity that there
is no longer sufficient service and it
is recommended that postal stations
be established at once, one at the
corner of Park and West Main streets
and another at 432 Rowland avenue.
The sub-stations will have all the
functions of the central office. They
will be empowered to register letters
and to issue money orders and will
carry full supply of all sorts of
stamps. The sub-station on the
North side has proved to be an unqua1-
fled success and it is expected that
the work done at this station will be
| duplicated in the stations now asked
for.
There is strange condition set
forth by the Postmaster in regard to
large territory about the city which
is SO located that it does not fall under
the routes of the rural carriers and
which is not within the city proper.
Ali OF this territory is to all intents
and purposes portion of the city. It
is densely populated and the houses
number more than FIVE hundred.
These settlements are situated to
the South, South West, North and
Northwest of the city and the people
have sent lengthy petitions to the
Postmaster asking that some steps be
made to secure mail delivery for them.
It is shown that in order to grant
these people delivery the territory
will have to be made a part of the
| territory covered by the Kenosha
post office. Added to this fact the
Postmaster showed the department
that the growth of Kenosha during
the next twelve months would be
Unprecedented. He showed that the
different factories were building large
additions to their plants and that in
the next year more than a thousand
men would be added to the pay rolls.
All of these things will demand an in
crease in the delivery facilities. At
the present time the Postmaster ask
ed for the addition of two carriers but
it is certain that another man will be
needed with the opening of the busy
spring season.
The annual report of the Post.
master has shown that the finances of
the office have had great growth
during the year. The management
of the the Office will therefore demand
the appointment of another clerk.
When the department meets these
recommendations, as it probably will,
the Kenosha Office will be in pretty
good shape to take care of the large
business that is now being done in the
| citv
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-01

TO avoid disappointment President
Roosevelt should remind some of his
admirers that he can only suggest
legislation to congress, and that he
has no power to enforce the adoption
of his views by that body.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-01

IL the voters of Wisconsin were per-
mitted to vote for the next Senator at
the primary election, Quarles un-
doubtedly would be chosen to succeed
himself and that is the principal rea-
son why there is not going to be any
primary election in Wisconsin before
the legislature meets this time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-01

REFERRING to the bill to be intro
duced into the Illinois Legislature pro-
hibiting foot ball, the Chicago Tribune
says: Probably the game of foot ball
will not be prohibited, but it ought to
be expurgated.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-01
NOTICE.

The Congregational ladies will
serve supper at the church Thurs
day evening, Dec. 1st, from S %
O. clock. Price, zoe. There will be
for sale a table Of fancy articles,
dolls, ETC., suitable for Christmas
gifts. Do not miss the opportunity of
being there. n3O
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-01

UNLESS the governor can count
clear majority in the next legislature
the shindy over the election of sena-
tor is going to be something fierce.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-01
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Recorded for Week Ending Monday,
November %, 1904.


November %, 1904.
Following are the real estate trans
fers recorded during the past week
Reported for this paper by Charles A.
Tarbe11, abstracter, real estate, in
surance and loan agent:
Eliza Uhen to William Ru-
do1ph. The e or of the
e or of sec 10, tt, r 20 east.
Warranty deed; consid'n $500 OF
Carl Meyer and wife to Mar
garet Mckinney. Part of
blk % of Bonds sub. War
ranty deed; consideration. 5000 OF
Margaret Mckinney to Carl
Meyer. The Nv or of w
or of sec 10, tt, % east;
also acre part of sw or of
W or sec 10, 1, r %; also
n hf of or of w Or of
sec 10, t l, % east; also
easement over hf Of W or
of sec 10, 1, r23. Warranty
deed; consideration. ... 5000 O(
Fanny M. Loveday to ]. A.
Rowbottom. Lot 10, blk /,
and lot 10, blk 2 of ]. Z.
Loveday's Unity Park sub.
Warranty deed; consid n. !. 1000 OC
Chas. Gunter and wife ct al to
]. A. Rowbottom. Part of
e Or of w or of sec 8, 1,
r II east. Warranty deed;
consideration. $50. $500. 348 OC
Henry Mutter and wife to the
Christian Reform Church.
East "a # of lot and west
20 it of lot 1, blk of Jenne's
add'n. Warranty deed; con 800 OC
Fritz Tanck and wife to Rob-
ert Il. Burr. Part of the
hf of the W or of sec 2, t /,
% east. Warranty deed;
consideration ...... 49,. $500 oC
William M. Pugh to Hyman
and Samuel Grotsky. Lots
4, S, 6 and z, blk of Pugh's
subd'n. Warranty deed;
consid n. SIS OC
August Schneider to Edward
r. Meredith. S e or of sec
19, II, r q east. Warranty
deed; consideration. ....... o4OO 90
Thomas Fenner and wife to
Charles B. Yeaw. Part of
south 10 acres of the fri
or of sec d, t /, 20 east.
Quit claim deed; consid'n.. 1 90
John B. Oswei1er and wife to
Charles B. Oswei1er. The
n W Or of n w or of sec 81,
2, r 20 east. Warranty deed;
consideration. ... CO
Andrew j. Booth and wife to
+ 4 Henry A. Lubeno. Part of
the hf of sec "a, t 1, r 20 e.
Bond for deed; consid' n. 10000 90
Charles H. Pfennig ct al to
Karl Petersen. Lot 2, blk S
of Pfennig & Bu11amore's
Orchard Knoll subd'n. War
ranty deed: consideration. $50 OC
Daniel r. Brister and wife to
Doneve Gaastra. The south
IS feeto lot 8, blk 2of Frost
& Tutt1e's subd'n. Warran-
ty deed; consideration 253 75
Henry w. Reith and wife to
John Phillips. Part of the
e Or of sec 1, 1, % east.
Warranty deed; consid'n.. $50 OC
Frederick F. Plank and wife
to William c. Crosby and
wife. Lot 3, blk of Strong
& The1een's subd'n. War
ranty deed; consideration 1000 OC
John F. Reynolds and wife to
Gott1ieb Henne. Part of
W or of sec %, t /, r 10 east.
Warranty deed; consid n. 1000 OC
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-01

z. G. Simmons, jeanette, Gilbert
and Lucien Lance went to Chicago
Tuesday afternoon to attend the
Stock show.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-01
THURSDAY, DECEMBER /, 1904.

LET no one say hereafter that
worlds fairs are not great educators.
Missouri had one and went Repub-
1ican.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-01
TO WRESTLE HERE.
John J. Rooney and Martin Hen.
derson to Settle Champion
ship in Kenosha.
OF INTEREST TO SP0RTSMEN

Kenosha sports are to have the
pleasure of witnessing an interna-
tional championship wrestling match
as M. Charlson the manager of John
j. Rooney the "Giant Gripman" of
Chicago was here this morning and
completed arrangements to pull off
bout between his protege and Martin
Henderson the champion wrestler of
Sweden. The match is to take place
at Rhode opera house on the 10th or
18th of December and the details will
be announced later. In connection
with the arrangement of the match it
is stated that the big fellows are be-
ing brought up to Kenosha on account
of the fact that Henderson declined
to meet Rooney in Chicago as he fear
ed that he would be unable to get
fair play among so great crowd of
the friends of the "gripman." In
connection with the match with
Henderson the manager for Rooney
has issued a sweeping challenge to
the strong men of Kenosha. The
challenge is that he will throw any
man in the city or who may come to
the city or forfeit the sum of fifty
dollars. He demands only fifteen
minutes to secure the fall. Further
more he states he will wrest1e any ten
men in Kenosha within an hour and
if he fails to throw them all he will
forfeit hundred dollars.
&c Nv 70 ont 4Iao
to back all propositions. Mayor
German has issued permit for the
show and it is distinctly understood
that it will be in keeping with the
state laws and that it will be son the
square"
~
The victory of Battling" Nelson
over "Young Corbett'' at San Fran
cisco last night was decidedly pleas
ing to the rank and file of sportsmen
in Kenosha and it is alleged that the
Kenosha sports took away quite a
little money as a result of the victory.
Nelson is well known in Kenosha and
at the very opening of his career he
appeared at Columbia hall in this city
as one of the principals in a pretty
hot wind up. Ever since that time
the Kenosha sports have watched his
career with more than passing in
terest.
Eddie Santry, an old Kenosha boy,
was il the show last night and Mic.
Carroll was awarded decision over
Santry at the end of six rounds of
pretty hot fighting.
~
The contest for the bowling league
championship is going merri1y on,
and the Standards c1inched their lead
on first place in the league Tuesday
night by winning three straight
games from the Park Citys. It now
looks as if it is going to be hard
task to stop the onward rush of the
Standards.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-01

INSTEAD of reducing the tax levy,
the city is going to have all it can DO
to get along without making an IN
crease.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-12-01

c. Huber, of Hartford, Wis, was in
Kenosha Tuesday afternoon.
Amador ledger., 1904-09-02
An Armenian Legend.

Ararat, one of the most majestic
mountains in the world, rises 1900
feet above the vast fat plain which
bears its name and reigns over the sur
rounding mountains. Early in the
morning, while all the valleys Of Ara
rat and the neighboring mountains are
buried in shadow, the white top of the
Scriptural mountain CLEANS beautiful
in the first beams of the sun.
The Armenian people tell this story
about the inhabitants of Pharbee:
Once the devil and Pharbee man
laid a wager as to which should first
see the sun. The one who saw it first
was to box the others ears. Every
WE'LL" said the Armenian, and he lay
down and slept sweetly, while the
devil, itching to punish his enemy,
stood looking eastward, and with eager
eyes watched the whole night for the
sunrise Early in the morning the
Pharbee man rose and pointing to the
top of the Ararat which was already
shining in the sun, cried joyfully, II
see itv' The devil was vanquished.
The Pharbee man, with his strong
hand, boxed the devils ears. Ever
since that time the devil has been
afraid of the people Of the Armenian
village of Pharbee.
Amador ledger., 1904-09-02
Anemone Facts.

Naturalists have duly recorded that
that if a sea anemone be divided in
halves longitudinally a new animal will
in time be reproduced by each half, as
suming the anemone is kept In pure sea
water. An old zoologist relates how he
watched an anemone which somehow
or other had contrived to half swallow
one of the valves Of an oyster shell.
Practically the shell struck in its giZ-
zard and gradually cut its way down
through the soft tissues Of the anem-
one until 1t halved the animal as by
partition. Perfect reproduction Of
two anemones through the division of
one was noted to be the result of this
accident. Even a fragment or two of
an anemone body left attached to its
rock may in due season reproduce a
rev body.-London News.
Amador ledger., 1904-09-02
COMEDIAN SAM VALE.
He Was the Original of sam Weller
of Pickwick Fame.

He Wns the Original of sam Weller
of Pickwick Fame.
The original of Sam Weller was Sam
Vale, an English low comedian, who,
in the early part of the last century, was
quite popular in the south Of England.
In the year 1911, and for a few years
after, he made quite reputation in the
musical farce called "The Boarding
House. written by Beasley. In this
he played the part of Simon Spatter-
dash, a person who INDUCED in odd and
whimsical sayings. Come on. as the
old man said to the tight boot" "I am
down on you, as the e1tinguisher said
to the candle;" LET every one take
care Of himself, as the donkey said
when dancing among the Chickens -
are fair illustrations of his witticisms
in the course Of that play, the resem-
blance between them and some Of the
sayings of Sam Weller being very
marked. In private life Vale was a
wit, and many good things in his own
time were credited to him. A man of
excellent temper, he had no enemies,
and the good hunor which pervaded
every saying, together with the droll-
cry of his manner, gave his witticisms
unusual value. His sayings were called
Sam Valerisms, and on the appearance
of Pickwick in 1886 the character of
Weller was generally recognized as a
portraiture of Vale, The comedian died
in 1s4a at the age of fifty-one.