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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09

KENOSHA generally contributes her
the name of patriotism on Independ-
ence Day, and if the celebration of
the Fourth of July in Kenosha is not
to be attended with the usual casual
ties, it is time that precautionary
measures were taken. If the rule is
made in time there need be no loss to
the dealers by forbidding the sale of
the deadly toy pistol and dangerous
explosives in the city. Just about so
much money will be spent anyway,
and if the sale of the more dangerous
kinds of explosives is prohibited it
will be spent for the harmless varie-
ties. The fool with the cannon crack
er we have always with us, and it is
just as we'll to take precautions
against him and all his works. The
Journal of the American Medical AS
ISOLATION has figured up last years
'butcher's bill" for the whole coun-
try, and while there must have been
hundreds of accidents not reported
the statistics furnished show some
thing Of the cost. Four hundred and
sixty-six lives were lost, and 1888
persons we're seriously injured, and
the total casualties must have num-
bered over 5000. This is too high a
price to pay for celebration.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09
LifeIess Body Of Magnus lessen Found
Floating in Lake Mendoza at
Madison Last Saturday.
IDENTIFIED BY HIS LODGE CARD
Jensen Had Been Missing From Kenosha
Since May 20, and Was Supposed to be
in Minnesota-May be Suicide.

The 1ife1ess body of Magnus lessen,
a resident of Kenosha, was found
floating on the surface of the waters
of Lake Mendoza at Madison last
Saturday night and last night friends
of lessen from Racine identified the
body. 1t will be brought to Kenosha
this evening and will be buried in the
City cemetery under the auspices of
the DANA Society, Of which the de-
ceased was member.
The manner of the death of lessen
is shrouded in mystery. He left Ke-
nosha on May %, intending to go to
Minnesota and accept position as a
farm 1aborer. Since that time his
friends here had heard no word from
him and the announcement Of the
finding of his body will come as a
shock to many of the Danish people
in the city.
lessen is supposed to have been
slightly demented and year ago he
was adjudged insane by Judge S1os-
son, and sent to the state asylum for
the insane at Winnebago. A dispatch
from Madison states that the man was
seen wandering about the shores of
Lake Mendoza on Monday of last
week and the general impression is
that the man decided to end his
troubles by jumping into the lake.
The body was found on Saturday
night by body of students who had
started out for a boat ride. It was
floating close to the shore of the lake
and with little trouble it was towed to
the beach and turned over to the cor
oner. The body was taken to the
Madison n1orgue and efforts were
made to identify it.
A card issued by the DANA Society
in this city was the means by which
the body was finally identified. By
mistake the card was sent to the So
ciety in Racine, and it happened to
fall into the hands of the lessen FAM
lily who forwarded it to Kenosha.
Wednesday night members of the
family went to Madison and positively
identified the remains as those of the
missing Kenosha man. Thomas Han
sen went to Madison this morning and
took charge of the remains, and will
return with them this evening.
lessen was about fifty years of age
and had been a resident of Kenosha
for many years. He was employed by
several of the factories at different
times, but after his return from the
state hospital at Winnebago he had
worked as day 1aborer. His friends
in Kenosha scout the story that the
man committed suicide. They insist
that he fell into the lake while wan
dering about demented. He is sur
vived by widow and two children.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09
NOT HEART BROKEN.
Freda Miller Says She is Going TO be Good
When She Gets Out of Jail.

'When I get out of jail am going
to my home in Sheboygan, catch d
good fellow, get married and settle
down.
SO said Freda Miller, the twenty
one year old girl who is now in jail
serving ten-day sentence for steal
ing wearing apparel from Mrs. Carrie
Van Dusen of Kenosha.
Freda apparently is not heart
broken over her incarceration in the
county jail, but she appears to be
repentant for her sins and will try to
do better in the future. She is not in
the least averse to talking of her po-
sition, and tells with pleasure of the
good times she has had.
81 don't know whether or not my
parents know where am now" said
the girl, "but they probably have
heard of my doings or read of them in
the papers. I've had some mighty
good times, but when get out of here
I'm going to cut out the booze and the
sports and be good. Why, one time
when was in Kenosha with another
girl we painted the town red, but we
were not arrested. A policeman just
spoke to us on the street and gave us
money to pay our car fare home. -
Racine News.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09

THE STATE OF WISCONSIN.
IN COUNTY COURT FOR KENosHA COUNTY. { 90
III tile matter of the last will aud testament of
Peter Jene, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Patrick
C. VIM, of the CITY of Chicago, in the County
of Cook and STATE OF Illinois, as executor of the
last will and testament of Peter Jene, deceased,
representing among other things that the said
ceased died seizeu of certain real estate therein
described and situate in the County of Kenosha
and State of Wisconsin, and that it is necessary
to sell the same to pay tie debts and expenses
OF administration of said deceased. and praying
ior license 10 sell tie same; aud it appearing to
the court that it is necessary to sell said real
e7tate for the purposes aforesaid.
1t is ordered that said petition be heard at
special term of said County Court to be held in
and for said county at the court house in the
City of Kenosla, i'll the County of Kenosha and
State of Wisconsin, on The third Tuesday, being
the 21st day, of June, A. D. 1904, at ten O'Clock
in tile forenoon of that day, as soon thereafter
as said matter can be heard.
1t is further ordered that this order be pub
1isned at least three successive weeks before
said day fixed for the hearing of said petition,
i'll the Te1egra ph-Courier. q weekly newspaper
published at tile City OF kenosha, i'll the County
of Keuosna aud STATE of Wisconsin.
Dat ed May I'D, 1891.
By the Court,
RUSSELL 81. SLOSSON,
we County Judge.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09

IT is pretty small business for the
Mayor to hold up-the pay of some of
the city employees for revenge on the
Police and Fire Commission. 1t is
certain that Robert Nico11, the Mayor
appointee, has no hand in such petty
spite work, and the Mayor will not
help his cause any by indu1ging in it.
If Mr.. German thinks he has a case
against the Commission, he has his
remedy at law, and he would cut a
much better figure fighting for what
he considers his rights in open court
that trying to get even by stopping
the pay of men who have honestly
earned it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09
He BOUGHT A RING.
WeII-known Kenosha Man is Caught in
the Meshes OF the Girl Who Sells
Barrios on the "Pike."
A UNIQUE GAME TO SELL RINGS.

"'When you go to ST. Louis and get
out on the 'tPike" beware of the girls
who wear diamonds" This is the
advice of we11-known young bust
ness man of Kenosha who has just
returned to the city after. spending a
fortnight at the st. Louis fair. He
has reason for the advice that The is
handing out and to a number of his
especial frieMds he devu1ged the sec
ret last night. The young man is just
little susceptible to the smiles of a
pretty girl and whenshe struck the
pike few days ago he was charmed
to meet one of the young ladies of ST.
Louis who believed that / the city
should be most hospitab1e Ito her
guests. She was pretty little thing
and as she didn't seem, to have any
thing else to do the young Kenoshan
asked her to take stroll down the
Pike. She went with him to several
palaces and the young man fairly lost
his heart to her. After long walk
the couple came to one of the booths
where certain imitation diamond
was sold and the gir1s,sadmired the
rings so much that the Kenosha man
went in and boughtsher one. They
had just came out of the booth. when
the young woman became nervous and
seeing an aged woman approaching
she told the Kenosha man. that it was
her mother and ducked. On:the same
evening the Kenosha mar1'who is
something of good Efe11owj himself
met the proprietor of onesof0the big
Barrios Diamond storesssand the fellow
told him of clever scheme which he
had discovered to sell his wares. "You
see" he said 81 have employed a,hun-
bred and twenty of the best looking
girls in St.Louis. They are all experts
in the art of flirting. TheySare on
the pike all the time and as soon as
they catch fellow from 1.-The country
they lure him round in front Of one
of my booths. Then theyssgaze with
soulful eyes at the Barrios and.the fell
low nine times out of ten gets right
busy and buys ring. Of course the
girl don't want it and she gives it
back after the deal is over. Some Of
these girls sell from ten to forty rings
day in this manner" The Kenosha
man slipped round to the end of the
bar and ordered nice long bottle of
champagne, but he didn't te11.why he
suddenly got wine appetite. Now
he wants to warn his fellow Kenos-
mans against the wi1es of the Barrios
| girls
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09
CUT FREIGHT RATES.
Railroads Seeking Profit Through Lake
Tieup,

A cut of AZ. cents hundred in the
all rail freight rate on grain from
Minneapolis to the seaboard, with
promise of similar cut from points
on the Mississippi river and on the
west shore of Lake Michigan, which
includes the port off Kenosha, prob
ably will be one of .the things which
will hasten the settlement of,the lake
tieup. Until this action on the part
of the railroads was announced, the
vessel owners believed ,that they
could lose but htt1eFby the gstrike, as
their freight would wait for them.
The railroads, however, are Strain
ing every nerve to get the freight
which has accumulated at lake ports,
and the announcement of "a cut in
grain rates is believed to be the first
notice of general break, which may
compel the vessel owners toecome to
terms.
The first actiongwas taken by the
Northwestern line on Wednesday,
when it was announced that lake and
rail rates on flour and grain products
from Minneapolis to the seaboard
would apply to thesa11 rail movement.
Yesterday the Central Freight associ-
alton, at meeting in Chicago, de-
cided to make special rate of 20H
cents hundred on both domestic and
export grain from Minneapolis to
New York, with similar rates to other
seaports. The New York all rail rate
heretofore has been Is cents. This
cut is made effective June tosJu1y 1.
The Central Freight association is
now considering the application of
similar cut on grain products from
Mississippi river points as well as
Lake Michigan ports.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09
SHOWS GOOD GROWTH.
New Directory of Independent Phone Lines
Shows Big Increase In Business.


The new directory Of the Kenosha
and Racine County Independent Te1e-
phone companies was issued today,
and it shows that the companies both
in Racine and Kenosha have made
a great growth during the past few
months. The directory includes over
three thousand names, among which
are subscribers of the Kenosha, Ra-
cine, Bristol, Pleasant Prairie, Som
ers and other lines.
The directory of the Kenosha Citi-
zens' Telephone and Telegraph COM
pany shows that the company has
some 416 subscribers in the city and
on lines directly connected with the
Kenosha exchange. The book also
contains complete list of the sub
scribers on all the rural lines in the
county.
In connection with the new direc-
tory it is announced today that the
deal for the purchase of the Pleasant
Prairie line has not been entirely
closed up. No money has as yet been
paid to the secretary of the company,
but it will be paid in the near future.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09
NEW SCHOOL FOR TREVOR.
Patrons of District No Decide to Build q
$4,000 School House,

A new school house is to be built
for the use of the pupils of district
No. Z, Of the town of Salem, and the
people of the district will have a gen
era1 school meeting on Saturday
night at which time $500 will be
voted for the erection of a two-room
building. The school now is in charge
of Miss Runyard, and it is one of the
largest district schools in the county.
Seventy pupils were registered there
during the past year, and larger at
tendance is expected when the new
school is opened. It will be located
nearer the village, and for this reason
it will be necessary to purchase a
new site.
The county schools will all be
closed in another week, and many of
them will hold their closing exercises
tomorrow. The year has been a sue
cessfu1 one.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09

SOME time ago the Board of Educa-
ton started out to Improve" on the
old system of public school manage
ment, and as usual the tax payer gets
the worst of it. The idea was to COM
bine the offices of principal and SUI
perintendent and by SO doing not only
save something in expenses, but give
increased efficiency in operation.
Furthermore, there has always been
some question as to whether Mr..
Baker, the old superintendent, had a
right under the law to act in that
capacity, unless he gave his entire
time to the duties of the position.
When the Board proposed to get
around these difficulties by combin-
ing the offices of Principal and Super
intendent, the Principal was being
paid $1,000 per annum, and the Super
intendent who acted as Clerk of the
Board $500, total of $500. The
Board has been struggling with the
proposition for some time now and as
a net result of it's 1abors the city is
out just $3.50 a year without any ade-
quate return ard no Improvement in
thesservice, for last night the Board
elected Principal at salary Of
$1,000 and also a Superintendent, who
is to receive $3.50, a total of $780,
The Board will have some difficulty in
convincing the people that the new
Superintendent, no matter how good
a man he may prove to be, is wortf
$3.50 year more to the schools thar
Mr.. Baker, and it would have beer
much better in every way to leave
things as they were, if the chang
suggested could not be made.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09
GETS SMALL DAMAGES.
Railway Company VIII SCORE zion City
Land at the Rate of $500 an Acre.

Thursday afternoon Circuit Clerk
Brockway, of Lake county, received
an order from Judge Donnel1y stating
that he had fixed the damages in the
condemnation suit of the Chicago,
Waukegan and North Shore railroad
company and the order shows that
the judge has given John Alexander
Dowie SO, $50 damages at the rate of
$500 an acre for land actually taken
by the company for it's route.
In the order the clerk is also in
structed to summon for July 18th, the
following parties who are presumably
to be brought into court merely as
holders of mortgages on the land
purchased by Dowie.
Julia A. Redding, John L. Redding
Tan1ma Redding, Chas. Whitney,
Mary Durkin, Hiram Ferry, Henry
Ferry, Zion Lace industries.
The above mentioned damag es are
paid Dowie for 21.22 acres of land
and does not include the land owned
by the Zion lace industries.
AT the hearing of July 18th the
other property owners mentioned will
have their cases heard further and as
some own land in the vicinity, posi-
bly, the adjustment for land damaged
but not actually taken will also be
taken up.
This amount of damages is far
smaller than Dowie's attorneys asked
for.
The right Of way of the company
is all under the bluff along the lake
shore and passes through lions fac
tory district.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09

IT is just possible that the Nor
ocean bandit chief, who is holding
the American Perdicaris for ransom,
has heard of the large sum paid for
the release of Miss Stone, the mis-
sionary. If he thinks he can work
the same game he is badly mistaken.
No American money will be sent to
Morocco, but few six inch shells
may be distributed in Tangier free
gratis, if the French government
does not secure the release of Perdi-
carts.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09
First publication May 10, 1904.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the claims and de-
mands of ali persons against Paul Becker,
deceased, late of the Town of Brighton, in said
County of Kenosha, will be examined and adj
justed by the County court of Kenosha county
at the regular terms of said court to be holden
sha, il aud for said county, on the first Tues
day of September, A. D. 1904, and on the first
Tuesday OF January, A. D. 1905, at ten O'Clock
A. M. of those days; also that the time until
aud including the first Tuesday of December,
A. D. 1911, is the time allowed and limited for
creditors of said Paul Becker, deceased, to
present. their claims for examination and allow
ance.
Dated at Kenoshe, the 10th day of May, A. D.
1904. By the Court,
RUSSELL II. SLOSSON,
we County Judge.
A, e Buckmaster. Attorney for Executor.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09

THE Chicago and Milwaukee Elect
ric railway company evidently means
business, and condemnation proceed
ings have been started to perfect the
company's right of way in Illinois.
The promoters are having more
trouble than was anticipated with the
land owners in Lake county, but if
the suits just instituted are success
full, and there is every reason to be-
1ieve they will be, the line will be
completed this summer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09

WHEN the appropriation is made for
the repair of the city breakwater the
cost of board walk along the break
water from Eiche1man park to the
power house should be included. It
will cost something to build such a
promenade, but there is no improve
ment the council could make for the
money it would cost that would give so
much pleasure to the general public.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09
TO TAKE TT TIC. COURT.
Wisconsin Telephone Company Will Con-
test Sale of Pleasant Prairie Lines

The Wisconsin Telephone company
is planning to make great fight
against any rupture between the lines
of that company and those of the
Pleasant Prairie company, and the
managers of the company have turned
the matter over to their attorneys
with instructions to fight any change
in the contract to the bitter end.
It is probable that some step will
be taken during the coming week to
prevent the Citizens company re-
moving the Wisconsin phones from
houses in Pleasant Prairie. Some
sort of injunction may be brought to
prevent the Citizens company taking
out the switch board now in use in the
Pleasant Prairie exchange.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09
First publication May 70, 1904.

OTATE OF WISCONSIN-County Court for
y Kenosha County-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at special term
of the County court to be held in and for said
county, at the County court room, in the City of
being the 21st day of June, A. D., 1904, at 10
O'Clock A. M. the following matters will be
heard and considered
In the matter of the estate of William A. Schen-
ming, deceased.
The app1cat on of Minnie Schenning for the
examination aud allowance of her finale ac-
count as administrators of the estate of William
A. Schenning, late of the town of Salem in
said county, deceased, and for the assignment
and distribution of tie residue of the estate of
said deceased.
By the Court
RUSSELL II. SLOSSON,
Wo County Judge
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09

THERE is going to be a wild
scramble for places on the Democratic
state ticket this fall. The various
candidates evidently think that the
nominees will have more than fight
ing chance.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09

ROOSEVELT was not much scared by
what the La Toilette delegation told
him they would do to him in Wiscon-
sin, if the National Convention re-
fused to seat the Governors dele
gates.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09

IF the fish have deserted this shore
of the lake permanently, it is going
to make a great difference in the 1iv-
ing expenses of good many people.
The fish have been a source of food
supply, which could always be de-
pended upon in an emergency, almost
any time during the summer, for too
many years not to be greatly missed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09
TEN IN A BUNCH.
Fred Neinow Plans to Add Large Number
of Tenement Houses for Kenoshans.

FREQ NelnOW PlanS Co ADD Large Number
of Tenement Houses for Kenoshans.
The building trades in Kenosha are
to be pretty busy during the next
few months and this fact is shown by
the plans of Fred Neinow to erect ten
new houses in the Balm Subdivision.
The work was started this morning
and the houses will be erected on the
block RECENTLY purchased gby' Mr..
Neinow. They will be Of modern plan
and fitted with all the improvements
of modern houses.
Many other houses are also to be
built in the subdivision during the
coming summer.
Mr.. Neinow wi11have his houses for
rent or for sale on the installment
plan.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09

PRESIDENT BAER of the coal trust
says that he proposes to charge all
that the public will stand, but he
should not forget that there is limit
to the endurance of the people.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09

SEATS on the fence are becoming
trife precarious but some of the poll
ticians 'are going to take chance
and hang on as long as possible any
way.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09

RECENT trials in Milwaukee have
confirmed the impression that alder
manic votes are cheap in Wisconsin.
Missouri quotations are enough to
make the Wisconsin bood1ers die of
onIyv
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09

COMPLAINTS of blocked crossings
are beginning to come in again. The
excuse is always valid one for the
street railway company.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09

The East and West divisions Of Miss
Tarbe1Ps room played a warm game
of ball Friday afternoon, the East
division winning by a score of to 3.
The East batteries consisted of
Powers & C1eary and the West, An
derson & Peterson.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09

Mr.. and Mrs. James C. Wilson, of
Highland Park, spent Thursday after
noon with Kenosha friends.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09

and cheerfulness soon
disappear whenthe kid
neys are out of ordeY
or diseased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is not uncommon
for a child to be born
afflicted with weak kid
neys. If the child urin-
ofAo to Ia e "a
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09

THE visit of the State Factory In
spector has no terrors for the Keno
sha manufacturers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-06-09

HAS any rich man died recently,
that few widows.did not turn up to
claim his estate?