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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03
War as q Public Educator.

As a partial offset to it's evils war Is
9 eat educator. In these days of ca
bic and wireless telegraph, rapid print
ing processes and unlimited news gath
ering enterprise the world is kept fully
acquainted wi b the details Of military
agreements in manner to familiarize
millions Of people with the geographical
facts of far distant regions of which
they have previously had only the
faintest glimmering of information.
There was conspicuous illustration
Of this in the case of Admiral DeWey's
victory on May l, 1898, in the harbor of
Manila. 1t is safe to say tGat a few
hours before that memorable stroke
was announced in this country the
great majority of the American people
had but the most hazy notion Of where
the Philippine Islands were or where
Manila was located. Within a week
the whole country had been informed
In such detail that the lesson was new
err forgotten. True, we had an acute
personal interest in the situation there
and the subsequent months Of fighting
on land pointed the lesson with many
painful periods.
So, too, the Boer war widened the
horizon for vast numbers of people,
Scarcely had the fighting begun than
the map Of South. Africa became as
familiar to the average person as that
Of his own state. Names of places new
er before heard were in the mouths Of
persons who gathered in places Of pub
lie resort, and in the social circles wo-
men talked freely and intelligently Of
the details of the campaign.
Likewise in 1900 the siege of the le-
cations in Picking gave the western
world close acquaintance with the
geography Of that part of China, and
despite the difficulty Of identifying the
names Of places, owing to their remark
able format on, permanent lesson was
taught. The scene is now shifted slight
" to the east and north, and we are
learning more than we ever knew be-
fore about the great Siberian region,
Manchuria, Korea and Japan. When 1t
is all over, the world will have added
very much to its store Of knowledge.
But for the Russians and japanese it is
an expensive way of imparting infor-
nation, and, on the whole, the world
would be much better off If it could
learn its lessons in geography by some
less rapid and more pacific process.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03
New Telephone COmpany's Directory Shows
100 Phones are Connected.

New Telephone COmpany's Directory Shows
100 Phones are Connected.
The directory of the Citizens Te1e-
graph and Telephone company has
been issued and was distributed to
the subscribers of the exchange on
Tuesday. The directory is an eight
page folder containing the names of
100 subscribers to the exchange. The
company states that this is only part
of the subscribers that have already
asked for installation OF the phones
and that another directory will be is
sued within a few weeks with a much
larger list. The directory shows that
the phones have largely been placed
in residences there being only few of
the phones in factories or places of
business. Many of the people who
subscribed for the phones have de-
c1ared that they were in no hurry to
have them installed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03
SCALE QUESTION REFERRED
Miners and Operators Send 1t to the Scale
Committee Looks More Like
Strike.


indianapolis, March 2-The outlook
for a settlement of the miners scale
Is not good, and it looks more like a
strike than ever Robbins, the opera
tor, says his side will make no con-
cession, and Mitchell talks the same
way.
After arguments by the speakers for
the operators and miners it was moved
to refer the matter to the scale COM
mittee, Robbins having previously
moved a 10 per cent. reduction, and
moving the reference while the vote
on the first motion was being taken.
The motion to refer was carried, and
the convention adjourned to tomorrow
morning.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03
JEALOUS BRUTEAGAIN AT WORK
Murders a Babe, Tries to Murder Two
Women and Then Does Human
ity n Service.

lily SERVICES
Elkins, w. Va, March Jealousy
and whisky were the causes of a
double tragedy here. Louis Toureyille,
who resided within the city limits, is
dead, as is also the infant child Of
John Meyer, and Mrs. Toureville and
Mrs. Meyer are seriously injured.
Toureville went to his home and be-
gan berating his wife and threaten
ing to shoot her. She took refuge Oh
the roof of the house, but being dis
covered by Toureville she jumped to
the ground and started for the woods,
Toureville shooting al her as she ran.
When opposite the home of John
Meyer, Toureville encountered Mrs.
Meyer with her infant child in her
arms. His anger then turned to her,
and accusing her of his trouble he
raised the pistol and fired The ball
struck the child in the neck, ploughed
clear through it and wounded its moth
en- in the cheek. Later he blew out his
own brains with shotgun.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03


THE old question of removing the
capitol from Madison to Milwaukee
has been opened up again by the
burning of the capitol buildings.
Milwaukee, while expressly disc1aim-
ing any intention of pushing the
movement in her favor, has assumed
a "Barkis is wil1in 4 attitude and is
naturally very anxious that the
change should be made. In fact sew
era1 available sites there have already
been suggested. The principal OBJ
lection urged against Madison by the
Milwaukee boomers is that it is in
accessible" but in the eyes of good
many people that is,a positive recon-
mendation. AS it is, more outside in
terests succeed in getting to Madison
and bringing more Or less influence
to bear on Legislation thanis a1togeth-
er desirable. Furthermore, 1egis1a-
tors are only human. The attrac-
tons of great city are many and it
has been the experience of other
states that the public business can be
transacted more expeditiously outside
of the metropolis where there is
nothing to do but work. No very
good reason has as yet been advanced
for the removal of the capitol from
it's present location but if any change
is ever made the seat of government
should be moved nearer the future
center of population.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03
Grosvenor. Renominated.

Athens, O., March AT the Repub-
|. lican convention of the Seventh Ohio
district General Charles III. GrosyenoR
was nominated for the tenth term in
congress. Resolutions Of coincidence for
M. A. Hanna and of Endorsement Of
President Roosevelt and Senators For
aker and Dick were adopted
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03
NhicagO Live StOck.

Chicago. March l.
Estimated receipts for the day.
lJ.G00. Sales ranged at $4.20@495 for
pigs. S4S5@5.55 for light. $51005. 80 for
rough packing. S5.05@5.55 for mixed, and
So. 350l5.70 for. heavy packing and ship
pins lots. with the bulk of the sales at
$5.20005.45 for fair to good averages.
Cattle Estimated receipts for the
day 3.0GG Quotations ranged at $3.50
$40 for good to choice do, $4.25@4. so
for fair to good do. So 400D43G for com
mon to MEDIUM do. $3.7O05. so for fed
Western steers. $215@4.4O for lockers
and feeders $1.25@44O for cows, So. 60
04.60 for heifers. $2.25@425 for bulls
and cxen. $3.5004.25 for stays. $1,000
4.4O, for Texas steers. and $4.00@6.7J
veal calves.
Sheep Estimated receipts for the
day. 10000 Quotations ranged at 81. IS
M4.35 for westerns. $2.350O4.55 for NJ
tives. $415@5.50 for yearlings. $500
500 for. western lambs. and $S,25@5.85
for native lambs.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03
Both Can Easily Be Spared.

st. Clairsville, o., March 2.-Scott
Neil. a prisoner in the Jail, after kill
ing James Sutton, a fellow prisoner, in
a desperate attempt to escape, was
himself shot dead in a hand-to-hand
struggle With J@ilor Clyde Bulger. Neil
Was awaiting trial for criminal as
sault upon his former wife and SUIT
ton fer first degree murder.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03
MEMORIAL for Marcus a. Hanna.

Cleveland, o., March 2-The Marcus
IA. Hanna Memorial association has
been Incorporated at Columbus by sew
eral prominent citizens of Cleveland.
The purpose of the association is to
establish chair of political science
at Western Reserve university in
memory of the late Senator Hanna.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03
THE WEATHER

Following is the official weather fore
cast up to 8 o'clock tonight.
Illinois and fundamentally cloudy:
probably colder in north portion; vari-
able winds.
Lower Michigan-Partly cloudy, with
possibly light snow f1urries: colder in
west portion; fresh southwest. shifting
to northwest winds.
Wisconin-Partlyc cloudy: colder; fresh
southerly to northwest winds.
q IoWa-Partly cloudy: probably colder;
variable winds
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03
Tom Jenkins Couidn' e.

Buffalo, n. y, March 2. Tom
Jenkins, the heavyweight champion,
failed to win in a handicap wrestling
match with Ill lar, L~fc1e the
Olympic Athletic cllJDolJenkirs under
took TO throw i,rr twice i'll an hour.
He secured Only C1e fall, in twenty
minutes, tAiI,y seconds, which Eek
haus ed him.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03
Lemon Extract Kills Five.

Stillwell l. T., March 2. = Five
young men of this city are dead, and
others are critically ILL., as the result of
drinking lemon extract in large guam
titles for a stimulant The dead are:
T. Freeman, Joe Carson, L. Guthrie,
- Hampton and Sayerso.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03
Cremated women Are Identified.

Prairie du Chen, Wis, March q
The women who lost their lives in the
Sherman House fire were Mrs. Peter
Christianson and her daughter Mary,
who were on their way from Ferryville
to Richland Center to visit son and
brother.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03
Japan's Reply to Russia.

Washington, March 2.An author
lied statement hiss been received from
his government by the Japanese min
lister, replying to the Russian conten-
tio.l that Japan violated international
law by attacking Port Arthur before
a formal declaration of war. The reply
declares no declaration is necessary
after the breaking of Of diplomatic re-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03
whers we Are Likely to Como In.

Paris, March Pin anticipation Of
negotiations which will follow the
Russo-Japanese war, the Korean Off
Gals in Europe are turning their at
tention to the powers to give their
country support. They expect none,
however, and their expectations being
realized they will try to obtain the
good offices in their behalf of the Unit
ed States.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03
Arrested in the Hold Up Case.

Meridian, Miss, March 2. - War
rem Monroe and wife, and Ella James,
all negroes, have been arrested in con
nection with the mail car robbery and
Stockton murder. They are charged
with conspiracy and completely.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03

The physician at Madison, Wis, who
says that he has discovered that appen-
dicitis is contagious and that the dis
ease is the result Of germ that can
be transferred should keep right on
and discover the germ.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03
w. j. Lens Takes His Fathers PLACE.

st. Louis, March 2. William j.
Lemp, Jr., has been elected to the
board of directors to fill the vacancy
caused by the recent death of his IA
Their, the northumberland brewer who
committed suicide
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03

Russia will not make an exhibit at
st. Louis, apparently having decided
that it will have enough work on its
hands to make a satisfactory exhibit in
Manchuria and Korea.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03

A Cleveland physician Is said to have
discovered a drug that will cure the
appetite for strong drink. The demand,
however, is for some inexpensive meth
Cd Of satisfying the appetite.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03
Dick Duly Elected Senator.

Columbus, O., March 2. The state
senate ballo ed for United States sen
ator with the following result: Dick,
27; Clarke, 4. The house vote result
ed: Dick, 81; Clarke, 81.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03
All the Insurance Agents in the City
Save Two Have Paid Annual Tax
for Supporter Fire Fighters.
MUTUALS LOSING IN KENoSHA
Only One of the Factories of the City Sends
Money for Tax Due From Out of the
State Companies.

| Treasurer Charles c. Brown, of the
Kenosha Fire Department, has been
pretty busy during the past few days,
in receiving the money paid to the
department by insurance agents in
the city for the support of the fire
lighting department of the city
Only two agents have not paid the
quota of their premiums due to the
department and both of these agents
represent only a small amount in
| premiums. The tax amounts to two
per cent of all the premiums collected
for insurance written on buildings
within the city of Kenosha. It is pro-
vided tor by state law which was
made for the purpose of providing
support for the fire departments in
different parts of the state. In years
past, the agents have protested
against the payment of the tax, but
this year all of them have freely
made the payments.
The total amount received by the
department is 1922. 81, and the
amounts yet to be paid will probably
bring this up to $3.50. This shows
that during the year 1908, the people
of Kenosha carried insurance on their
various buildings to the amount of
50, $50, 600 figuring an average rate of
one per cent Added to this, Trea-
surer Brown has received from the
Simmons Manufacturing company
the sum of fifty dollars, which is due
to the department on insurance writ
ten By companies not doing business
under the Wisconsin laws.
This small tax represents, practi-
ca11y, all the business done by the So
called ''Mutua1s' in the city. In the
past few years the factories of the
city have snear1y all given up insur-
ance in Ethe EMutua1s and are now
using only the companies which do
business in Wisconsin.
This action, on the part of the fac
tories has greatly simp1ifed the work
of the treasurer of the department as
the tax is now practically co11ectab1e
from agents in Kenosha, and there is
no work or trouble of making an effort
to locate the agents of the out of state
companies.
An examination of the tax paid by
the different agencies is an interesting
part of the record of the treasurer.
The amounts paid by each of the
agents follows:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03
HOWARD MARX KILLED.

Brother of Well Known Kenoshans Meets
Death in Factory at Vaudeville.
A telegram was received in Kenosha
this morning announcing that Howard
Marx, brother of Thomas, William
ands Frank MARX of this city, had
been accidentally killed in factory
at Vaudeville, New York. No de-
tai1sIof..thes accident have been re-
ceived inlKenosha. Mr.. Marx was
employed as foreman in one of the
factories ats Vaudeville. He was q
years of age and married. A widow
is the sole survivor of the family. It
is probable that one of the brothers
willsgo from this city to attend the
funeral,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03
Mexican Pilgrimage tn Rome.

City of Mexico, March "A great
pilgrimage to Lourdes, Rome and the
Holy Land is being organized here. 1t
is expected that at least 1900 people
will make the journey.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03

THE ''good old fashioned healthy
winter weather" which Kenosha has
been enjoying since Thanksgiving
day, has been productive of more
sickness than has been known in Ke-
nosha in years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03
Spectators Cannot "welch."

st. Louis, March 2--The st. Louis
circuit court of appeals has handed
down a decision to the effect that a
person who loses money in a bucket
shop transa elton on margins cannot re-
cover.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03

One thing that handicaps the car is
the fact that he is obliged to leave SO
large section Of his army at home
to look after his patriotic subjects.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03

lati,ns, and if it was Russia has moth
ing to say, as she mas frequently gone
to war without formal notice, and in
one case, the invasion of Findland, be-
fore diplomatic relations were rup-
fIred
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03
Detroit Rejects Carnegie,s Gift.

Detroit, March BY vote of Is
to Il the common council rejected An
drew Carnegie's offer Of $4,000 for a
central and branch public library build
ingS.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
THURSDAY, MARCH 8. 1908.

THE state has saved $500 in preni-
ums. Still, that 100000 insurance
would have come in handy when the
capitol is rebuilt.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03

The opportunity Is now afforded for
the Red Cross society to get beautifully
harmonious BY getting busy.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03

What an inspiration the discovery Of
radium would have been to Baron
Munchausen!
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03

The fear that the Slav was about to
overrun the world seems to be some
what allayed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03
AUCTIOS.

Having rented oua farm one mile
rorthwestsof;K enosha near the brick
yard, we will sell at public auction on
Tuesday, March 8, all on stock of
horses, cattle and farm machinery of
all kinds. 8 DUNNEBACKE Bios. dw43
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03
silence May Mean a Battle.

No confirmation of the report that
the japanese had bombarded Port Ar
thur Feb. 20 has been received from
amy point. The wires from the scene
OF war have been practically silent for
the past twentyfour. hours, and in some
quarters this silence is supposed to in
dictate that Japan's great attack ON
Port Arthur is actually in progress
and that consequently the use of the
wires has been discontinued.
Objection to tn Wireless.
Tn dispatch from Shanghai a cor
respondent of The Daily Telegraph re-
ports that the Japanese military au-
thorities object to the installation of
wireless telegraphy apparatus on news
paper dispatch boats.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03

The samovar now seems inclined to
call the teapot black.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03
WAR NEWS IS SCARCE
Rumor That the Japs Have At
tackled Port Arthur and
Been RepuIsed.
COMES FROM ST. PETERSBURG
Which Has Not Heard Yet of Mon
days Commandments Gen.
eral Staff Leaves for the
Seat of War.

st. Petersburg via Emden, Prussia
March 2. News has been received
here that the japanese attacked Port
Arthur yesterday and were repulsed
with heavy losses.
Toxic, March 2.-The general staff
and a regiment of the guards left ia
pan yesterday for a port on the west
coast Of Korea, probably Chemulpo.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03

London, March 2. The dispatches
from the Far East are hard to make
out. One from Chefoo, dated yester-
day, says that the japanese renewed
the attack on Port Arthur on the morn
ing Of Feb. 26. The feet kept beyond
the range of all but the most powerful
land batteries. The engagement last
ed ONE hour, the Japanese then retir-
ing. Their loss is unknown. The Rus
sian steamer Askold had one gun dis,
mounted and two men killed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03
Means the Opening of the Land war.

The report that the Japanese gen
eral~ staff has left Japan for Korea
is accepted at Paris as showing that
all the troops necessary for the for
ward movement have been landed in
Korea, and it is expected that the
movement of troops forward will begin
the last of this week. With respect
to the Russian force which will con-
test the way it is said that there will
be some surprise manifested at the
strength the Russians are able to COM
mand.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03

Read the want ads.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03
Contradictions in the News.

Another cable from Chefoo says that
the Russians have found the wreck
OF japanese torpedo boat destroyer.
This was discovered Feb. %. Dis
patches from Japanesesources say that
the Japs have not lost single vessel
OF any kin>d. Then st. Petersburg adj
vices of yesterday say the government
there has no news confirming the re-
port that on Monday the Japs bop'-
barded Port Arthur, sinking a Russian
torpedo boat and doing great DANA ge
to three Russian warships. In con-
trast to this lack of news the dispatch
from st. Petersburg, via Emden, tell
ing Of Japanese repulse yesterday is
puzzling.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-03-03
CITIZENS DIRECTORY OUT.

Total
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-11
No Earl For Miss Letter.

Miss Daisy Letter, denying the truth
of her reported engagement to the earl
of Suffolk, in formal statement said:
There is absolutely no truth in the
report of my engagement to the earl
of Suffolk. Further than that l can
say nothing"
Miss Letter, her mother and her
sister, Miss Mamie Letter, arrived in
Chicago few days ago and are at
their residence, 1O1 Rush street.
The family is having a reunion in
Chicago. 1t is not complete of course.
for Lady Curzon is in England with
her husband. But Mrs. Letter and
her two unmarried daughters went on
from Washington to confer with the
new head of the family, Joseph Letter
who. by the terms OF his fathers viii
has been placed in the seat Of author
it, and came up from his stockaded
coal mine at Zeigler, H., to sit in it.
Under his presidency there win be
a meeting of the Letter heirs and OF
Lady Curzon's representative and
many important questions with regard
to the estate will be decided
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1904-09-11

present that the state park in the Big
Basin, which contains some Of the fln-
est redwood timber In the state. Is
doomed. Owing to the beauty Of the
trees In this park. some OF which are
900 feet high and from 80 to 40 feet
In glrth. this forest was preserved In
tact. only TO disappear as II is now
feared. In flames. Down the noun
tains to the coast line the flames are
now sweeping everything before them
ranches and property OF all kinds, and
II Is only hoped that the connagration
may not extend to the city OF Santa
Cruz
The fire In Marin county is now
checked. II Is believed, after devastat-
Ing an area OF $4,000 acres. Many
buildings have been destroyed and for
time the slopes of Tamalpais were
threatened An army of men have
been engaged for hours past in fight
ing the flames, which have swept a
stretch of country 10 miles long and
ranging from pne to five miles wide,
taking in all of the dividing hills be-
tween Contra Costa and Alameda coun-
ties, leaving In their wake smolder-
ing pile of ruins.
Farm houses and barns have been
wiped out In all directions ana the feed
for numerous herds of cattle has all
been destroyed.
From Tehma, Butte and other points
up north come reports of loss by
flames. which have swept the noun
tains In Monterey county, south of
here, over 10000 acres Of pasturage
have been destroyed and several stock
ranches have suffered heavily b. the
loss of cattle. SO far no loss of hui
man life has been reported, but It is
feared that in many instances it must
have been impossible for people to es-
cape,