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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-06
.FAvORS CITY LIGHT
Mayor James German Begins q
Crusade to Secure Munich
pal Lighting Plant.
REPORTS FROM OTHER CITIES
Mayor German Hopes to be Able to
Submit This Important Matter to
the Voters Before the End
of His Administration.

Mayor German believes that Keno
sha should own her own lighting sys-
tenn and he is now taking steps to get
the matter before the common council
and hopes to be able to submit this
important proposition to the voters of
the city before the end of his term of
Office of mayor. To this end the
mayor has sent letter to the differ
ent cities in the country having mu-
nlcipal lighting plants, asking that
they forward to him full information
in regard to the plan used to secure
the building of the plants, and the
cost of operation and maintenance.
It is expected that the rep1iesgof these
letters will be received in time to pre-
sent the matter to the new council at
its first regular meeting.
Mayor German has been looking in
to the proposition of a municipal
lighting plant for more than year
and while the plans for the city are in
embryo they have been submitted to
number of the aldermen and to lead
ing business men, and they have met
with universal approval among these
men.
The contract with the Kenosha Gas
and Electric company by which street
lights are now furnished to the city
was made in 1897 and it was to extend
for period of ten years. 1t is claim
ed that the rate charged in this con-
tract is higher than the rates now
charged III other citiesin Wisconsin for
the same service, and for this reason
the mayor believes that this contract
should not be renewed, but that the
city should take immediate steps to
secure a municipal plant which will
take up the work of lighting the
streets at the time of the expiration
of the present contract. It has been
suggested that it would be an easy
matter for the city to secure munich
pal ownership of 1ig hts as the plant
could be operated in connection with
| the water plant, and in this manner the
cost of installing the plant would be
reduced to minimum.
| At the present time it appears that
municipal ownership will be one of
the main issues in the campaign of
next year at which time a mayor is
to be elected for two years.
| The adoption Of such plan for Ke-
nosha would, of course, demand the
issue of bonds and before these bonds
could be issued the matter will have
| Il [. 80 -A z
special election. 1t is thought that
the voters of the city would favor a
plan for municipal lights.
AS soon as the reports from other
cities are received Mayor German will
ask that special committee of the
council be named to take up the mat
ter and bring it before the people.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-06
CLAIM MERRICK rs INSANE.
Friends of Former Randall Farmer
Ask That He be Adjudicated Insane.

Ask That He be Adjudicated Insane.
A petition was filed in the county
court Monday afternoon asking that
Leander E. Merrick of the town of
Randall be adjudged insane. Less
than week ago Merrick was adjudg-
ed an incompetent person, and John
f. Reynolds was appointed a guar
dian for him.
He was taken to ST. Luke's hospital
in Racine for treatment and since that
time he has been more or less violent.
On Sunday night he became so vio-
lent that the nurses were forced to
call in aid to keep the old man in his
bed, and during his mania he threat
ened to kill the attendants. The
nurses have notified the guardian that
the old man can not remain at the hos
pita1 and the county court will take
up the case tomorrow. If Merrick is
adjudged idsane he will probably be
sent to private institution as he rel
atives are unwilling to have him sent
to state instition.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-06
MORE DIPHTHERIA CASES.
Police Place the Red Sign of s'Diph-
iberia" on Two Houses on Monday.


The rapid spread Of diphtheria in
the city is beginning to cause APP
prehension and it is now reported by
the different physicians that there
are several casessof the disease in the
city. Yesterday two new cases were
reported to the health officer. So far
no deaths have resulted from the
disease and it is stated that the
disease has so far been in a very
light form. However the health Of
ficer has ordered that the strictest
possible guarantees be maint aimed
over all houses in which the
disease has been discovered. 1t
has been several years since Kenosha
had an epidemic of diphtheria and
the physicians seem to think that
there is little reason to fear if proper
care is taken. s
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-06
LOTS FOR SALE.

Soft. lots on Lyman avenue, OPP
posite Badger Brass company. $500
Soft. lots l block west of Badger
Brass company. .............. $3.50
These lots only I block from Eliza.
beth street and the street railway.
43-ft. lot on Valentine street, near
Prairie avenue. $500
Good 8-room house, Soft. lot on
Ohio street, water, sewer and
gas. Will sell for cash or take
part payment in vacant lots.
:, Price. f -. ~. 49, 1850
as E. r. HEAD, News Office.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-06
RoDERs GETS JUDGMENT.

Returns the Property Purchased by a
Woman Who Went to France.
In the circuit court this morning
Judge Be1den handed down judg-
ment for the plaintiff in the suit of
Anton Roders VS.. Mary Jolly ct al.
The suit was brought to clear the
title of a piece of property formerly
owned by Roders. In 1892 this prop
erty was sold by land contract to
Mary Jolly, French woman, she pay
ing 500 for the contract. A short
time later she left for Paris, France,
and this was the last heard of her.
The contract was sold to Walter M.
Cowel1 and he later quit claimed to
Mr.. Roders. The suit has been in
court for some time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-06
POP SCHoOLEY LEAVES.
Well Known Base Ball Player Decided.
to Join Three / League Team. a

James Schooley, the base bali player
who has worn Kenosha uniform for
the past two seasons, will not be with
the Kenosha team this season. He
left this afternoon for Duluth to take
up a contract which has been offered
him by the manager of the Three I
League team representing Duluth
Schoo1ey has also been offered con-
tract with the team at Rock Island,
Ill.
Schooley stated this afternoon that
he had notified Manager Herman that
he could not play with the Central
Park team this season and Herman is
now in the field for new fielder.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-06

Prof. Edward W. Clark, of Ripon
College issnow in Rome preparing a
lecture to be delivered at the different
High schools in the state. The Ke-
nosha High school students will be
permitted to hear this lecture later in
the year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-06
ANNOUNCEMENT.

On Tuesday, April 18th, will occur
my opening, at which time will have
on display the latest styles in spring
millinery. Thanking my patrons for
their past favors, | solicit continu-
alton of the same.
Yours respectfully,
ADA STEWART.
Salem, Wis, April 5, 1905.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-06
WANT RAVE BROUGHT BACK
Police of Are Asked to Seek Gust Rave
Who Has Gone to Chicago to Live.

Who Has Gone to Chicago to Live.
The police of the city have been
asked to make an effort to locate Gust
Rave a former Kenosha man, who is
alleged to now be living insChicago.
Rave is badly wanted by Miss Flor
ence Ve1dhuis, who has placed in the
hands of the police an affidavit recent
ly made by Rave, in which he admits
that he is the father of the twin chill
dren Of Miss Ve1huis, and in which
he promises to contribute $500 weekly
to their support.
1t is claimed that Rave left for Chi
cago the latter part of last week and
that he has not kept his part of the
bargain.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-04-06

Mrs. William Smith spent Sunday
with friends in Chicago.
, 1905-12-27
WHAT'S GOING ON
UP In ANGLESEA
Regular Meeting of Borough Council.
Baptists Hold Christmas
Entertainment
OTHER NEWS MATTERS

The regular monthly meeting of the
Anglesea Borough Council was held
on Wednesday evening, of last week.
Mayor Hilton and Councilmen Coap-
Young were present, as were also
Solicitor Voorhees, and Engineer Rice.
The bill of Assessor Thomas Corson for
one years salary was referred to the
finance committee. The regular year
ly salary is $l25; but on account of
revising the duplicate after the amount
was increased by the county board of
taxation, a great deal of extra work
was caused, for which the assessor
charged S25. 1t was this item that
caused the discussion. The costs in
connection with taxes against a lot of
meadow lots owned by the Brooke
estate which are about to be conveyed
to Henry II. Ottens was reduced from
Sl20 to $50 as suggested in a letter
from John l.. Burke, who is engaged
in adjusting the matter. All the
councilmen, in view of the prospect of
the back taxes OF this ground being
paid, favored the reduction, except MI.
Emf, who opposed it vigorously. The
collector was directed to sell all prop
erty against which the taxes of 1903
and 1904 remain unpaid. Thirty-six
feet of eight inch drain pipe was order
ed purchased to be used at New Jersey
and first The ordinance
providing for The burning of garbage
passed second reading. A represent
alive from Stiffel d Freeman was
present and Council ordered a $500
pound safe from him for the safe keep
lug of the borough's books. Council
adjourned to meet at eleven o'clock on
the morning of January first, when all
old business will be cleared up and the
new Councial organized at noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. r.. Stanert and
children, of Grassy Sound, returned,
from a shopping expedition to Phila-
delphia last Thursday night.
, 1905-12-27

The Christmas entertainment of the
Anglesea Baptist church was held last
Saturday night when the following
program was rendered.: Singing, sThe
Worlds Redeemer,o by school; prayer,
Supt. f. II. Hewitt; greeting, Delta
Ware; recitation, Isabelle Corson and
Odessa Ware; solo and chorus, "Ho,
Landlord of the Bethlehem Inn;n reci-
tation, Sadie Stanert; recitation, Myrtle
Streaker; recitation, Verna Kidd; sing
ing, 1.-The Coming of the King by
school; recitation, Irene Ware; recita-
ton, Norman Anderson; solo, '"rhere's
a Star above the Shadows" Mrs. e.
M. Shivers; recitation, Leah Streaker;
recitation, Preston Ware; singing,
"Merrily Ring the Bells,n by school;
address by Rev. l.. Myers; dialogue,
Santa's telephone; singing, "Shine
Once more,o by school. As has been
their custom for years the Hereford
Cunning aud Fishing Club and Henry
H. Ottens contributed candies and toys
for the children. The school furnished
fifty pounds of candy, one box of
oranges and a bushel of apples. Apples
and oranges were literally distributed
to the whole audience.
We make a speciality of all kinds of
automobile repairing. Wildwood Auto
Co, Wildwood venue and depot. n
New Hecker's Buckwheat and loose
buckwheat, at r. w. Ryan's Bazaar. n
, 1905-12-27
Received Professional Certificate

State School Superintendent Baxter,
ofTrenton, forwarded to Prot. L. Myers
on Thursday last a First Grade Pro-
f%essional Certificate in recognition of
high average in examination, COM
pletion of tie prescribed course in pro-
f%essional reading and of ability as dis
ciplinarian and teacher. The certifi-
cate was granted by the Salem County
Board of Examiners and approved by
the state superintendent. The profess
sional certificate is valid in each county
in the state and is renewable without
denomination. Mr.. Myers certificate
is the third one of the kind eve issued
in the county.
, 1905-12-27
NEWS OF WILDWOOD
IN SHORT PARAGRAPHS
Councilman Harris and Party En-
counter Storm at Sea and are
Landed by Life Savers
XMAS A

A letter to the JOURNAL from Capt
H. e. Ludlam, of Ocean City, Md,
states that the motor boat May from
Wildwood was compelled to land hel
passengers at Green Run life saving
station, about eighteen miles below
Ocean City, on account of the heavy
sea-, on Wednesday evening, December
Goth. The incident was reported at the
Delaware B~reakwater and one of the
revenue cutters was sent to her assis-
lance and towed her into Toms cove
abreast of Chincoteague, where the
passengers were put on board. The
May is owned by Councilman J. Albert
Harris, who with his wife and boy and
a few friends, left Wildwood last We'd
nesday morning bound for Florida. A
telegram from Mr.. Harris on Saturday
announced that the party were safe
In a letter to her sister, Mrs. Somers
Barnett, Mrs. Nathan Nickel, n of
the party on board the May. writes
that the little craft stood the storm very
well. She states that about dark on
Wednesday evening the May displayed
distress signals and fired their gun. 1t
happened hat they were near the
Green Run life saving station off the
coast of Maryland whose occupants
saw or heard the distress signals and
went with their life boat to the rescue
and landed all the passengers. The
little craft was in so much danger that
the life saving men refused to remain
aboard of the May but Mr.. Harris and
Nate Nickel pluckily stuck to the craft
until the evenu cutter arrived m
time in the night and lowed them to a
point of safety. When the party left
the Holly Beach landing on Wednes-
day morning it was with the idea that
the distance to their first stopping
point was about thirty miles and that
they could reach it easily by dark. 1t
seems that the distance was about
double what they counted upon. The
party will continue their voyage south,
as the greater part of the trip can be
made in inside waters.
Fewer Gallons; Wears Longer; Devoe =.
Saul q lngersoll have commenced
the construction of "a cottage on Mag
nolia avenue, between Pacific avenue
and the railroad, for Francis w. Quirk.
The structure will be a handsome one
and will cost about 81, 900. Mr.. Quirk,
who is an all the year resident here, is
at present occupying John N. Reeves
Oak avenu cottage.
New Hecker's Buckwheat and loose
buckwheat. at r. w. Ryan's Bazaar. n
The building contractors of the is
land met in the Wildwood borough
hall OH December 18th and organized
the Master Builders Association of
Five Mile Beach with the following
officers: President, +. E. Smith; vice
president, Il. S. Goslin; secretary, G.
w. Saul; treasurer, H. S. Hewitt. One
hundred dollars was paid into the
treasury.
Continued on Page 8
, 1905-12-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Haswin left yes
terday for the city of Mexico for a visit
of three months with their nephew.
They make the trip for the benefit OF
their health. The good wishes of a
vast host of friends go with them on
their long journey, and NAV the spring
time find them here again in renewed
health and vigor.
Contractor G. J. Scully has been en-
gagged to build an addition of seventeen
rooms to Charles Albig's store and res
idence on Pacific venue. Mr.. Scully
has just finished an addition to the
Minnesota cottage on Rio Grande ave-
nue., owned by John 7. O'Neill, of
Philadelphia.
Ralph Johnson spent Thursday and
Friday in Philadelphia,
Thomas Holmes, of Philadelphia,
spent Christmas here.
See 5-Mile Beach in a touring car.
Call up phone 10 or Wildwood Auto
Co., Reeve building.
A watch night service will be held
at the Hollywood M. e. church next
Sunday night, beginning at $50 O'Clock.
Revival services will begin on that
evening also. The church bell will be
rung at midnight to usher in the New
Year.
Miss Alice Bridges returned to Cam
den Tuesday morning after spending
Christmas at home.
Harry WEIGH, of Millville, spent the
Christmas holidays at the home of
VIM. J. Brannan, as did also Frank b.
Dixon, of Philadelphia.
The thirty-first annual meeting of
the New Jersey State Horticultural
Society will be held in the state house
at Trenton on Thursday and Friday,
Jan. 4th and 9Th. Mar.M Budd, of
Mt. Holly is secretary of the society.
Among the guests at the Centre
House have been S. J. Trimble, VIM.
Giver, d. J. Woods, w. ID. Reynolds,
James M. Irwin, Philadelphia; Morris
Odell, c. w. Middleton, E, X. Ear
nest, Camden; A. l.. Artz, Boston;
Thomas J. Clark, Washington, ID. G.
J. f. Shaw, of Camden, N. j., was
a visitor to Holly Beach during Christ
mas as the guest of Chas. Colberg, on
Montgomery avenue.
Vim. r. ellis has a Santa Claus on
exhibition at his hardware store, TO
which the pedestrians on the street are
attracted.
Misses Anna and Mary Briceaker
and George Bette, of Philadelphia, were
holiday guests at the home of Chas.
Albig.
, 1905-12-27
Letter to Augustus Hilton,
Anglesea, n. J.

Dear Sir: Your business is, when a
house burns down, to give the owner
some money to build a new II 1t is
a good business. Queer that the world
got on SO long without it.
We paint the n that burnt down
and the new one too. What is better,
we paint the houses that don't burn
down.
You insure the houses that burn; we
insure the houses that don't. You
have the ashes and smoke; all the
houses are ours.
We paint lead-and-zinc; Devoe. We
sell the paint to painters; we don't
paint.
Lead-and-oil is the old fashion paint.
Devoe is zinc ground in with lead and
linseed oil: the best paint in the world:
and the cheapest, because it takes fewer
gallons than mixed paints and it wears
twice as long as l~ead-and-oil. Nobody
wants poor paint; there's lots of it,
though, in the world.
A. M. Griffin, Plainfield, N. j.,
writes:
"Mr. Aaron Higgins, of Plainfield,
always used Is gallons of mixed paint
for his house. Last spring he bought
Is gallons of Devoe and had 4 gallons
left.n
Yours truly,
F. w. DEvoE & Co.,
80 New York.
, 1905-12-27

Read the JOURNAL. 81 a year. +
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-28
One Good Use for Mil1ionaires.

Regret has been often expressed re.
garding the threatened extinction of
many species of wild animals.
OF late. however some of the worlds
millionaires have begun to devote their
attention to the task of preserving
them, and numbers of wealthy men
have established or endowed parks
and private geological gardens, in
which buffaloes, antelopes, giraffes,
gnus, and other dwindling species are
carefully cherished. In some cases
herds of bison are kept, after the fash
ion of deer, on the estates of great
landowners.
Nor are Europe and Asia behind
hand. Large preserves of big game
are to be found in France and Ger
many, and in England the Duke of
Bedford has made wonderful collec
ton of wild animals at Woburn Park.
It comprises many rare animals. in
GLIDING waterbuck gnus, sable ante
lopes, and some almost extinct species
of deer.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-28
THE PRESIDENTS TURKEY

auxiliary came into great use during
The war of the Rebellion. The pom
toon train, however, is very cum
bcrsome affair when the ordinary fiat
bottom boat with the necessary tim
bers and accessories are packed on to
what is known as the "pontoon train"
The German army recently adopted a
sort Of sectional pontoon boat which
allowed OF greater mobility to the
train.
However, the soldiers of the United
States Engineer Battalion have been
drilling in the use of pontoon boats
made Of heavy canvass stretched over
wooden frame. These boats are wa
ter-tight and when assembled are cap
able OF supporting six or more men
A boat may be taken apart and packed
into a small bundle light enough to be
carried by enc man. Upon arrival at
a small stream all that is necessary is
for each man to unstrap his bundle
quickly put the boat into shape. and
launch it into the water. The wagons
which must necessarily carry the tim
bering and flooring of the bridge to
be, can be sent forward with much
smaller guard than is necessary when
the cumbersome pontoon train wagons
each carrying a boat or section, are in
motion.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-28
Foote'S FarragO.

Foote. the comedian, when a young
nerson of either sex applied for po-
sition, seldom refused outright, put
grayely handed them the following
lines, and asked them to commit anu
repeat them to him correctly In ten
minutes. If repeated with no error
he promptly took them for trial
That there could be no coilusion
with those who applied later, he fre'
quently changed the order OF the lines
and the proper names:
So she went into the garden nple to Die Gu. and
"a thaf time n great she-bear coming up
the pops is he head ed n,o ana 'ss sse snS ve4
w, w ,,1ontIy ,,,. varied the barber: and there
ne piSmnnie and Snd the the great Tee
IiiuI LIVE i, ndr,,,n himself with the little round
button at the top, and they fell to dan, p,@y,
ing the game of catch as Ca fa'cb, o.Is ian. ~
III the sunpowder ran out the heels oi
their boots.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-28

from Tennessee and knows all the emil
nent men of that State. He was zen
ing n good story the other night ol eol'
Sandford and Major Saunders, prom
;nent business men of the knoNVllle re
ion They were once on a pullman com
ING this way 1t was hot and they sat IN
noiamas far into the night. An olu
man came in. lighted cigar. smoheo
and said nothing They did not recos
nize him. and kept on talking apou.
the miserably poor representa'ion' tne >
state had in Congress. III Is p',S,
sa;d one of them that state me
ours should have such poor "orlhie.s .a
,,,an at washington. Our senators ar :
nn ,ood old Harris is played out atiu
Josiah Patterson is the ohls .,';,,, ~ y
tho House that amounts TO any ln'ns,
Al this remark the stranger "ios' III
IN n tome of thunder began " NV, ~
;myectiye and abuse at the l"o ny IN
.Jt 10 about time | was taking p"..
~, ,oonversation," 20 he yelled ana wen.
20 toll n few warm things W w ~
ostonished party of two Mnos as,,ed
hnd subsidized bit one OF theni asnv hoMt
..n,,t who are you to get 80 i''au "o nr
a >" "Who am /? Well, l am rmnch
ua-r,s ding you. and ! haVe 'nn :
haIl'S -. say to scoundrels IKE you,
more ~ " were amazed and they nus
tened to apologize ", msy nften told
friendly, and the oiu h'"A
the story on himself
The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-28

intelligible. Among the hundreds ot
such which she received the other day
was one addressed to "Ygnac Lech
Combry1a Co, brot stryt no gO3
Szanony Pan"
HOW many, or rather how few peo-
pie would have known how to 20 about
locatlng this person. The letter was
postmarked Florence. Mrs Collins
own store Of information told her that
the Cambria Iron Works of Johns
town. Pa, was employing large num-
Der OF Italians and she sent the letter
on. Sure enough Mr.. "Yanac Iech''
was there and received the letter
which, without Mrs. Collins assist :
ance would never have fallen into his
hands.
A facetious student at the University
OF Virginia wrote to a young society
girl in Washington and addressed the
envelope entirely in Greek. 1t takes
greater obstacles than that to balk
Mrs. Collins and the young woman re-
reived her letter as promptly as if
it had been addressed in the most
legible English hand. The list of such
letters is almost unlimited in length.
A Spaniard sent letter to "Sr. Fer
nado Maya, Fuerte galen Colo" and it
was promptly forwarded to Mr.. Maya
at Fort Garland, Colorado"
Mrs. Collins is a charming woman
and occupies tiny apartment in one
of Washington's fashionable apartment
houses.