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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-25

PLANT to LEAVE CHICAGO
Company Employs 5000 Men and It's
Coming Would Mean an Increase
in Population of $4,000.

The officers of the w. w. Kimba11
Piano company of Chicago, the great
est company of the kind in the world,
are in Kenosha this afternoon look
ing over the city as possible loca-
ton for new plant which is to be
built by the company within the next
year.
In speaking of the plans of the
company the representatives. stated
that the company would be forced to
get out of Chicago at once on account
of labor conditions, and that Kenosha
had been regarded with so much favor
that the entire force of officials had
visited the city to look into the mat
ter.
In referring to the matter one of
the men stated that ''It was wholly
matter Of securing a location with
proper water and sewer accommoda-
tons. For more than year, accord
ing to the statements of the represent
tatives of the piano factory, the Kim
ball people have been considering
AAShOSAAo clo a paw 4O4 IAAO 4O11IOV1uS
of their plant, and they have about
decided that Kenosha will be Sc
1ected.
The location of the Kimba11 COM
pany in Kenosha would mean the
greatest boom that Kenosha has ever
had. It would mean an immediate in
crease in the population of the city of
from fifteen to twenty thousand peo-
pie, and it would mean the placing in
Kenosha of more than five millions of
dollars annually. The company is the
greatest of the kind in the world. 1t
has a capital stock of twenty-five mil
lion of dollars and it's product has been
on the market for many years.
The offer of the Kimba11 company
to locate plant in Kenosha seems to
be the greatest industrial opportunity
ever offered to the people of Kenosha
and some immediate steps should be
taken to secure the location of the
factory. 10
The company is not asking any
favors but stands ready to buy site
and build it's plant. All that is asked
is that the city show that it is the
best possible place for the location of
the great plant.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-25

THAT petition of the Lake Bluff res
idents against the naval training
school must have been surprise to
Congressman Foss, and if he drops
the whole business right where it
stands no one would be much sur
prised. Of course Foss wants the
Judgment of the first committee,
which recommended Lake Bluff, con-
frmed by the present commission in
order to vindicate the naval officers
who were charged with having been
undu1y Influenced in their selection
of site by the Congressman's posi-
ton as chairman of the committee on
naval affairs, but he does not want
them indicated badly enough to risk
stirring up any great amount of
trouble for himself in his district.
After all the frantic efforts put forth
by number1ess cities to secure the
station it would be funny if the only
place to oppose the location of the
station in any way finally secured it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-25

In spite of the uncertainty of the
political situation and the impossible
ity of making any forecast of the
effect of the factiona1 fight within
the party on the coming election,
there is no dearth of candidates for
every place on the county Republican
ticket. The candidates seem conf
dent that the county ticket will re-
ceive the full support of the party, and
that state politics will not be allowed
to interfere with the success of the
ticket nominated at the coming con-
vention. There is certainly wealth
of good material to select from this
year, and the convention cannot go
far wrong no matter who is chosen to
lead in the coming battle.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-25

A GOVERNMENT expert entomo1ogist
has decided that the pest which at
tackled the trees in Kenosha two years
ago is not particularly destructive and
that there is no reason to fear that
the work of the little insects will re-
suit in the loss Of many shade trees.
His report is decidedly comforting,
but his conclusions are hardly borne
out by the facts in the case and the
reports of losses and damages from
cities farther to the east where the
pest has been longer at work. There
hundreds of trees have been killed,
and the damage has been enormous,
and in Kenosha whether it is due to
the work of the insects or some other
cause, quite few trees have died
and good many more look as if they
were in a decidedly unhealthy state.
The loss of the trees is serious mat
ter, and an effort should be made to
ascertain what is killing them. 1t
has been supposed that the pest was
responsible, but if the Washington
man is right there is something at
work besides the pest.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-25
GAVE A PROGRESSIVE DINNER
Members of the Pi Alpha Gamma Club
Entertain at Unique Function.

Members of the Pi Alpha Gamma Club
Entertain at Unique Function.
kenosha has something OF record
for unique social functions, but new
limit in social ingenuity was reached
last night, when the members of the
ri Alpha Gamma club-a club com
posed of eight of the leading young
ladies of the entertained at a
progressive dinner.
1t is more than probable that the
greater part of the world never heard
of progressive dinner, but the func-
ton as managed by the young ladies
was certainly one of the most enjoy
able social events ever given in Ke-
nosha; and so far as the guests at this
dinner were concerned, the progress
i've dinner has come to stay. The club
members are: Misses Hope Crawford
Anna Miller, Marian Hale, Edith Han
SEN, Emily Lyman, Edith Fuller, Amy
Frost and Jessie Cooper.
The dinner was just exactly what
the name imp1ied-a progressive one
and the different six courses of the
dinner were served at six different
houses in the different parts of the
city.
The dinner began at O'Clock, when
the guests gathered at the home of
Miss Crawford, on Park avenue. Here
the hrst course-a melon course-was
served. There was little chat over
the finger bowls, and then the twelve
guests left for the home of Miss Mil
Ter, where dainty bowl of bou1lion
was served. From the Miller home
the guests went to the home of Miss
Marian Hale, where the entrees fol-
lowed. The salad course was served
at the home OF Miss Emily Lyman, on
Pleasant street, and the desert fol-
lowed at the home of Miss Edith Full
Ter, on Prairie avenue. The last
course of the unique dinner was
served at the home of Miss Amy Frost,
where the young ladies and their
guests sat down for a cup of coffee,
with the usual compartments of
waters and cheese. After the dinner
was completed the members of the
merry party were entertained at
Hearts for an hour, after which the
evening ended with an informal
dance.
On account of illness in the families
OF two of the members of the club, the
plan for an eight-course dinner had
to be abandoned.
The idea inaugurated by the young
ladies is certainly new one for the
blase society people of Kenosha, and
it is probable that the progressive
dinner will become very popular dur
ing the coming social season.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-25
MRS. NJ. HANSEN DEAD
Well Known Lady of the City
Passed Away at Her Home
on tuesday Evening.
WAS LONG A RESIDENT HERE

Mrs. Meta Maria Stands Hansen,
widow of the late Hans Hansen and
mother of Thomas Hansen, died at
her residence, $50 South street, short
1y before seven o'clock Tuesday even
ing. At the time of her death Mrs.
Hansen was in her eighty-eighth
year. She had been i'll for some time
but had been able to be about her
home until last Thursday. Death re-
suited from general breaking down
of the system due to advanced age.
The funeral will be held from the
Danish Lutheran church on Friday
afternoon at half past two O'Clock,
and the remains will be laid to rest
by the side of those of her husband
in the Hansen plat in the city GENE
terry.
The deathS of Mrs. Hansen marks
the passing of one of the best known
of the Danish residents in the city.
Mrs. Hansen was a daughter of Ton
mes and Karen Stands and was.born
at Hjerting, Denmark, on JANUARY 8,
1917. She was married to Hans Han
sen at the old homestead.in Denmark,
and came with her husbands to this
country in 1874. Mr.. and Mrs. Han
sen settled at Kenosha andsssince that
time Mrs. Hansen has been resident
here.
Mrs. Hansen was woman of many
noble traits of character. Sheswas a
devout christian and was one of the
first members of the Danish lutheran
church in Kenosha. She took a great
interest in the worksof the church
during her younger life, and her
death will leave vacancy which will
be hard to fill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hansen were the par
ents of nine children, FIVE of whom
survive. The ones who haves died
were Christian Hansen, who was one
of the fisherman drowned off Kenosha
many years ago; John Hansen, form
er1y member of the firm of Bendt &
Hansen; Tonnes Hansen, formerly
general perintendent of the United
Steamship company of Copenhagen,
Denmark, and MAIDS G. Hansen, form
er1y of Racine. The children surviv-
ing are Mrs. N. H. Anderson of Mar
quette, Neb., Miss Caroline Hansen
of Kenosha, Thomas Hansen of Ke-
lnosha, DR.. A. Stands Hansen of
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Tony Han
sen who is a member of the Kenosha
IRE department.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-25

AND now the report comes from
Madison that in exchange for the dis
charge of two men from his office
who were personally distastefu1 to
the Governor, State Treasurer Kempf
is to be allowed to retain his office
and his place on the LaFo11ette
ticket, and that no additional bond is
to be required of him. If there is
any truth in the report, that exp1ana-
ton of the queer doings in the state
treasurer's office, which was to have
been given to the people of Wiscon-
sin by Mr.. Kempf long before this,
will probably never be forthcoming.
If the public wants any information
it will have to get it outside admins
tration circles. No matter how the
tang1e is fixed up so as to keep Kempf
quiet, the people should insist on hav-
ing the report of the bonding com
pany made public. If they are not to
know anything about the smooth
work required to fix up things in the
treasury they have right to know
where the state stands now that the
fixing up has been done, and the Office
has been made fairly presentab1e for
the inspection of the bonding COM
pany.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-25
WOLF AND DOG FIGHT
Wolf Surrounded by Hunters in
Bristol Makes a Game Fight
For His Life.
DRISSELL GETS THE BOUNTY

A savage grey wolf and wolf dog
had fight almost to the death in a
wood in the town of Bristol yesterday
afternoon, and had it not been for the
arrival of party of hunters the dog
would have probably been killed. The
incident was the feature of the great
round up in the town of Bristol yes
terday which resulted in the killing
of one wolf. The hunters had been
out for good part of the afternoon
and had drawn line about one of the
animals which had been causing so
much trouble among the sheep. In
order to drive the wolf from the
cover of grass and weeds a wolf dog,
belonging to John Drisse11, was sent
into the underbrush. The wolf and dog
met and the fight began. The bowls
of the dog attracted the attention of
the hunters and they went to the res
cue. The wolf was making a great
fight for his life and he had the dog by
the throat when the hunters arrived.
One shot from the rifle in the hands
of the dogs master brought down the
wolf. The dog was terribly wounded
in the battle and his front teeth were
all torn out. The wolf weighed
twenty pounds and was the second to
be killed by Drisse1 during the past
month. The state allows Drisse11 a
bounty of five dollars for killing the
wolf. More than twenty marksmen
turned out to attend the wolf hunt,
but the one killed by Drisse11 was the
only one seen by the party.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-25

MosT cities have all they car do to
feed and cloth the poor within their
own gates, but the charity of Kenosha
is broad, and no appeal for assistance
from the suffering ever went unan-
swered in Kenosha, no matter whom
it came from. Kenosha people are
liberal subscribers to every kind of
charitable work, but it is to the chill
dren's charities that the hearts and
pursestrings of the people of the city
are oftenest opened, and many child
of the slums will carry through a life
of toll and privations pleasant memo
ries of summer days in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-25

DR.. DowIE apparently has lost some
of his influence with the North-We
ern road, and the rates from Chicago
on his Sunday excursion trains have
been doubled. 1t is expected that
this action of the railway people will
result in change of feeling in Zion
City towards the various electric rail-
way companies seeking right of way
through the city, and that the opposi-
ton of DR.. Dowie to the through
electric road will be withdrawn. I'm
less Dowie has changed wonderfully
he will never submit quietly to being
at the mercy of the North Western.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-25
Notice of Republican County Conven-
ton and Caucuses.


Notice is hereby given that the Re-
publican county convention for the
purpose of nominating candidates for
the several county Offices, to-wit:
Member of Assembly, Sheriff, County
Clerk, Register of Deeds, County
Treasurer, Clerk of Court, District
Attorney, County Surveyor, and Cor
oner, and for the purpose of trans
acting such other business as may
properly come before said convention,
will be held at the court house in the
city of Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Satur-
day, October 1st, 1904, at 1920 a. m.
The caucuses of said party for the
purposes of e1ecting delegates to said
convention will be held in the several
towns at the usual places, as per call
of the chairmen of the respective COM
mittees, on September Doth, 1904, at
two O'Clock in the afternoon.
In the city of Kenosha the caucuses
will be held on September 10Th, 1904,
at eight o'clock p. m, as follows:
First ward-Centra1 Engine house.
& loCCOlAu WdIu-OuIk6G 0CnOOl Ou1 ID
ing.
Third ward-Deming School build
ing.
Fourth ward-Frank School build
ing.
Fifth ward-Voting Booth, Grand
avenue.
Sixth ward-Weiskopf School build
ing.
Seventh ward-North Side Engine
house.
Eighth ward-Gi11ett School build
ing.
All caucuses will be held open at
least one hour, as provided by law
Each town in the county and each
ward in the city of Kenosha will be
entitled to three de1egatesin said con-
vention.
Dated August %, 1904.
Ry order of Republican county COM
mittee.
A. E. BUcKMAsTER, Charm an.
DWIGHT HOUSE, Secretary.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-25
LADIES' LIST.
WAJCIECHOWsKI is BURIED,

Vincent aiciechowski, the second
of the men asphyxiated at the Sch1itz
hotel, was buried Tuesday at the ST.
James cemetery. In fixing the iden-
tity of the man strange error was
made. In his pockets were found re-
ceipts made out to Jan Wajciechowski,
but relatives who came to Kenosha
on Monday evening state that Jan
Wajciechowski was the father of the
dead man, and that he is now a resi-
dent of Russia. The relatives of the
deceased recognized the remains and
ordered them buried at once.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-25
AS A matter of course. there would

AS matter of course, there would
be some complaints registered, no
matter where the council decided to
locate the new engine house in the
Third ward, but the members of the
council are the best Judges as to what
kind of site the city wants and where
it should be located. We do not be-
1ieve that the fact that one of their
number was interested in the land
sold influenced the members of the
council in the slightest in their se1ec-
ton of the site, and the city certainly
paid no more to Alderman Rowe for
his lot than he could have gotten from
any other purchaser.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-25
Peter Fisher Jr. Company to Sup.
ply Coal for the City Schools
for the Coming Year.
NEW TEACHER NOT YET NAMED
Board of Education Leaves Selection of
a Teacher of Mathematics to Commit
tee on Teachers and superintendent.

Local coal dealers won decided VIC
tory at the meeting of the Board of
Education on Tuesday evening when
the Peter Fisher Jr. Company was
awarded the contract for the coal to
be used IN the different buildings of
the city during the coming year. The
Fisher Company will supply the
schools with five hundred tons of
Youghiogheny lump coal at a uniform
price Of $3.65 ton. This contract is
to prevail during the entire year and
the coal is to be delivered to the vari-
Gus buildings as it is needed.
For some time there has been a hot
competition between the Kenosha and
Chicago companies for the contract
to supply the coal to the Kenosha
schools and last year the contract was
secured by the Chicago and Big Muddy
Coal Company. This company bid for
the contract this year, but the best
that the outside company could do
was to equal the bid made by the local
company.
John O'Donne11, George S. Baldwin
and H. r. Cumiskey were the other
bidders for the contract. Mr.. O'Don-
nell offered the same coal at the same
price, but included in his bid a stipu1a-
ton that the price would be advanced
to $3.50 per ton on the first of January.
H. K. Cumiskey's bid for the same
coal was S3.75 and that of George S.
n for - -
S4.15 ton. 1t is probable that the
delivery of the coal will be started at
once as the board is anxious to make
sure that the schools will be properly
supplied during the cold weather.
In his bid to the board Peter Fisher
stated that he had offered the board
very low rate on the coal on account
Of the fact that he was anxious to
introduce the coal in Kenosha. This
offer seemed to appeal to the board
and the action in awarding the con-
tract was almost unanimous.
The board took no action on the
employment of teacher of mathema-
tics, but referred the matter to the
committee on teachers with the super
intendent added and gave the COM
mittee power to act. Several app1ica-
tons for the position have been re-
ceived and the credentials of the can
didates are being looked up. It is
probable that the election will be
made sometime next week and the
work of the High School will not be
delayed.
The matter of selecting text book
for the use Of the Junior and Senior
classes in rhetoric and composition
was left to the committee on text
books and the superintendent with
power to act.
Superintendent Zimmers is an eco
nomica1 superintendent and while
looking over the old desks at the High
he discovered that there were $50 of
these desks that can be used and that
they could be repaired at a cost of
twenty-five cents for each desk. The
committee on supplies was ordered to
have the desks repaired at once and
they will be utilized in the new Dur
kee building.
superintendent Zimmers is now
busy placing the teachers for the
coming year and his assignments will
be made public within the next few
DAYS
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-25

THERE is no reason why the fac
tiona1 fight within the party should
be allowed to endanger the success of
the county ticket, and the rejoicing
of the Democrats is little premature.
It goes without saying that the Re
publican fight will help them little,
but it is unlikely that it will go far
enough to change the political COM
p1exion of Kenosha county.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-25
LAKE: GENEVA.

Last excursion of the year to this
peerless resort Saturday, Aug. 9th.
Round trip only S1.00. Leave Racine
1856 2. M, Racine Junction $40 a. M,
Kenosha 8:55 a. m. Arrive at Lake
Geneva 1925 a. M, Williams Bay
1855 a. m. Returning leave Williams
Bay $50 p. m, Lake Geneva .. m.
For tickets and information apply to
agents, G. & N. w. Ry. dwa2o
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-25

COAL receipts at Lake Michigan
ports have been enormous this sum-
mer and any danger of shortage in
the supply as result of strike of
miners is past. There will be plenty
of coal next winter for those who
have the price.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-25

CANDIDATES will have plenty of
time to fix up their fences between
now and October 1st, the date of the
convention. There are enough now
in the field to make the struggle for
delegates decidedly interesting.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-25
LAKE GENEVA.

Last excursion of the year to this
peerless resort Saturday, Aug. 9th,
round trip only $1.O0. Leave Kenosha
at $50 a. NJ, arrive at Lake Geneva
at 1925 a. m, Williams Bay 1885 a. III.
Returning leave Williams Bay $50 p.
m, Lake Geneva 600 p. m. For
tickets and information apply to
agents G. & N. w. R'y. dwa27
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-25

STATE TREASURER KEMpF may not
be the bright particular star Of the
business administration" but he ap-
pears to have had sufficient foresight
to keep that SASS, 900 war fund intact
in the treasury waiting for the courts
to decide where it belongs.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-25

It is. now reported that the Demo
Gratis of the state are looking for an
other candidate for governor and that
the opposition to the nomination of
Ex-Governor Peek has offered the
nomination to 7. L. O'Connor of Mil
waukee. The Kenosha Democrats
who count for anything seem to en-
dorse the Peck candidacy.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-25
THURSDAY, AUGUST Is.

a STRAW vote may show which way
the po1itic01 wind is blowing, but the
fellows who take it are very careful
to see that the wind sets in the right
quarter before they begin to tally up.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-25

Commission men are already visit
ing cabbage growers and endeavoring
to make contracts for the sale of the
crop. The growers. state that the
crop will be only about sixty percent
of that of last year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-25
ADVERTISED MAIL MATTER,

The following is list of the mail
matter remaining unca11ed for in the
Kenosha postoffice, Kenosha county,
Wis, for week ending August Is,
1904, and which will be sent to the
Dead Letter Office at the expiration of
two weeks, unless called for:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1904-08-25

The Trades and Labor Council is
making great preparations for their
annual picnic at Anderson Park Mon
day, Sept. 5.
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MEMS LIST.

John 81. Ahrens, Cost Chiantes, A. Dauber,
A. ]. Espy, O. Hignett, Audozej Matorzka,
Willie McLinden, R. P. Stewart, Charlie
Waugh, Elias II. Battum, Paul Cusin, Leonard
Dursza, Frank Harris, Philip HAMILTON, D. M.
Martson, Harry Smith, Emil Timme, Frank
A. Worma1d H. Schend & Barth.
LADIES' LIST.
Miss Katie Barritt RI, Ada Holman, Irene
O'Ma11ey, Mrs. M. Edwards, Mrs. S. o. Lieber,
Mrs. E. c. Richtmyer, Dorothy Brown, Mag
gle Morrow, Violet Prowdy, Mrs. Mary Holm,
Mrs. Anna Lietz, Mrs. p. Mi11ar, Mrs. S. Elmer
Smith, Merchandise-Dr. E. Hy1and
To obtain any of the above mail
matter, the applicant must give the
date of this list.
CHAs. FRANTZ, P. M.