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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-22
HANSON GOT MONEY
SchoIer & Funck cashed Check
for BerryviIIe Forger, on
Which He Cot SIS.
WORKED A VERY CLEVER RUSE

It is now learned that John Hanson,
the man who attempted to pass bogus
checks in Kenosha and Racine last
Saturday evening, did not leave the
city empty handed, and at least one
of his crude checks, purported to be
signed by William Piper, Berryvi1le
farmer, was converted into good coin
of the realm. The well known gro
Gerry firm of Scho1er & Funck was
victimized TO the amount of SIS.
Hanson worked a clever ruse to Sc
cure the money from the grocery firm.
On Thursday farmer Piper had sold
large load of potatoes to the grocery
store, and when they were delivered
Mr.. Funck found that they were not
up TO the standard and he called Piper
by phone and notified him that he
could not accept them. Piper agreed
to set matters right, and on Saturday
evening when Hanson began his stunt
of offering the bogus checks for pay
ment, he sauntered into the grocery
and going to Mr.. Funck, told him
that Piper had asked him to look up
the potato deal and tell him that it
would be made right. This complete
ly disarmed the grocer, and when
Hanson pulled out the check minute
later he cashed it without word.
The check was sent to the Racine
bank for collection and returned later
as forgery. It is feared that the
operations of Hanson, both in Keno
sha Racine, were more extended than
had at first been found, and the police
officers of the two cities are making
every possible effort to locate the man
who left trail eff bogus checks be-
hind him.
Hanson is evidently a clever one,
and he carefully planned his coup on
the Kenosha and Racine merchants.
1t is claimed that three checks from
Kenosha have been returned unpaid.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-22
ALEX HUCK NAMED.
Former Kenosha Postoffice Official
Here Named as Postmaster at Kern.

Former henOsha POstOffice Official
Here Named as Postmaster at Kern.
Letters received in this city from
Kern, California, state that Alex
Huck formerly of this city has been
appointed Postmaster at that city at
salary of $1,000. Mr.. Hhck has
grown up in the postal service. He
went to work in the Kenosha Office
when boy having position as a
clerk and when Adolph J. Burg was
named as postmaster he was APP
pointed assistant postmaster. After
Mr.. Burg went out of Office Mr.. Huck
resigned his position here and went to
California. He had been there but a
short time when he was appointed
assistant postmaster at Bakersfield
which Office he held until short time
ago when he removed to Kern.
The Office at Kern is one of the best
in California having been raised to
the second class. The business of
the Office is growing at such rapid
rate that the salary of the postmaster
will undoubtedly advance very
rapidly.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-22
Judge BeIden Directs a Verdict
for the Chicago Brass Co.
in Famous Injury Case.
NO MISCONDUCT OF JURORS
Judge Belden Refuses to Consider This
Phase of The Case in Making His
Ruling on Verdict Rendered
by the Jury in March.

Joseph Anderson will not receive
damages from the Chicago Brass com
pany of this city unless he is awarded
them by a supreme court decision. al
this morning Judge Belden filed de-
cision with the clerk of the circuit
court directing that an order be drawn
giving a Judgment for the defendant
in the famous action brought by An
derson.
The verdict in the case was origi-
nally given by jury at the March
term of the circuit court for this
county, and at that time the Jury
found that if Anderson could recover
under the law and the evidence he
should receive the sum of So, OOO The
Interpretation of the verdict was left
to the court, and his final decision
is in favor of the defendant, and the
suit is dismissed.
In the hearing of the arguments
preceding the decision of the court
misconduct Of the jurors in the case
had been urged by the attorney for
the plaintiff in favor of his plea to
have the verdict of the jury modified.
In regard to this rather sensational
charge the court holds that the affida-
Wits do not allege any misconduct of
jurors out of court, and in regard to
the charges against the jurors while
IN the jury room, he he1d,that none of
the charges was competent. In con-
Guiding his statement in regard to the
alleged misconduct of jurors, he said
that the charges were neither con-
sidered or received.
The decision Of the court:denied the
motion of the plaintiffs attorney to
have the answers to certain questions
IN the verdict modified, and in con-
Guiding ordered that decision for
the defendant be made'a matter of
record.
The case has been one .of the most
hotly contested personal damage suits
ever known in Kenosha county, and
there is no doubt but thatlit will be
taken to the supreme court.
Young Andersonawas seriously in
jured by having his hand.caught in a
machine while an employee of the
Brass company, and he sued to re-
cover damages for permanent. dis
ablement.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-22
WHERE MARRIAGE FAILED.
Kenosha Couple Produce Domestic
Drama on Streets of Racine.

KenOsha Couple Produce Domestic
Drama on Streets of Racine.
Considerable excitement prevailed
in the downtown business district this
forenoon and a number of persons
were treated to domestic drama, the
termination of an unhappy marriage.
The parties to the scene were Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Pal11 of Center street.
Shortly before s o'clock Mrs. PAIL
came to the police Office and stated
that her husband had left her, taking
with him his clothing and her gold
watch and number of rings. She
was referred to an attorney but called
up the Office by telephone later, in
forming the police that her truant
spouse was then at a livery barn pre-
pairing to leave the city.
Officer George was dispatched to
the barn and when PAIL saw him he
ran south on Lake avenue with the
result that he met his wife face to
face in the rear of Hotel Racine. The
officer overlook him at this point also,
and the husband was subsequently in.
duced to turn over his wife's iewe1ry.
He then ran for street car in the
hope of escaping further trouble, but
his wife was too swift for him and,
boarding the same car, she proceeded
to lay the law down to him and give
him piece of her mind.
While this was occurring Attorney
Baker of Kenosha arrived at the DO.
lice station, having been sent for by
the wife. He stated that the woman
belonged in Kenosha and that short
time ago he had prepared papers in a
divorce proceeding for her but which
we're quashed when the couple patch
ed up their troubles. The last seen of
the pair they were still on the street
car heading for the north side.-Ra-
cine Journal.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-22

IF the raise in rates in the Royal
Arcannm is enforced, it will be very
serious thing for many of the older
members of the order in Kenosha.
For number of them the raise means
that they must lose their insurance,
on which they have been paying for
years, at an age when it is impossible
for them to get any more in any other
company. The new rates are prac-
tically prohibitive for mer over fifty
years and good many of the Kenosha
members are over that limit, aud in
consequence they are very much wor-
ried over the outlook.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-22
DIED VERY SUDDENLY.
Louis Prange, Pioneer of County.
Dropped Dead in Pleasant Prairie.


Louis Prange, one Of the early
pioneer residents of the county and a
well known farmer of the town of
Pleasant Prairie, dropped dead at his
farm home IN that town on Thursday
afternoon. Mr.. Prange had been in
the best Of health during the morn
ing and shortly after dinner he left
the house, stating that he was going
out to the pump to get a drink. He
walked as far as the pump, when one
Of the people about the house saw him
fall forward. The woman hurried to
assist the old man, but he had passed
away before she reached him.
DIR, H. A. Robinson was called to
make an examination into the case,
and signed a death certificate show
ing that Prange had died as a result
Of a stroke of apoplexy.
The deceased was 68 years of age.
He was a native of Germany, but
came to this country more than forty
years ago and spent nearly all Of this
time in Kenosha county. One of his
sons, Charles Prange, was married
less than two weeks ago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-22

WHETHER or no Kenosha gets the
money needed for harbor improve
neats depends largely upon the re-
pp7r of the commission soon to visit
s2e city. Kenosha has no business
msn 3 association to meet the COM
urasSoners and make certain that they
sB@ IAN there is to be seen, and Mayor
EeErnan has been obliged to take up
EaaS work himself. He will name
rDnarnittees to assist in receiving the
commission, and it is to be hoped that
an the men named to represent the
ei4y will feel it their duty to serve. If
The commission reports against the
improvements wanted there will be
pzzB gsttIe money appropriated for the
nar0or in the future.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-22

In accepting the Equitable trust,
Grover Cleveland makes few re-
marks, which, taken as an indication
D1Fthe future policy of the company,
nust' be full of cheer for the policy
BD2derss He says:
I'VE, can better afford to slacken
Dmr pace than to abandon our old
american standards of honesty. We
shall be safer if we regain our old
Ba0it of looking at the appropriation
10 personal uses of property held in
siTQst as stealing"
This intimation that they have ap-
rnUached close to the border line Of
dishonesty in their manipulation Of
the company funds, can hardly be
pleasant reading for the eminent
Eranciers who have managed the
zsqu5table, but the vigorous English
Of the ex-President is none too strong
Tor the case. This plain speaking
appeals to the public, and in Grover
Cleveland the directors have found a
kan who is equal to the task of re-
seg9ing public confidence in the
Z8mitable.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-22
TO RACE IN CHICAGO.


Entire Fleet of the K enosha Yacht Club
to Enter the Regatta on July 4.
Kenosha yachtsmen are to have
large representation in the annual
regatta of the Lake Michigan Yacht
ing association to be held off Chicago
on July 4, and every boat in the Ke-
nosha Yacht club fleet has been en-
tered for the event. The boats will
make cruise to Chicago on the 3rd
and remain there until the last race
has been sailed. Commodore Louis
Ferry, of the Kenosha club, feels GER
tain that the Kenosha fleet will carry
off some of the trophies.
The yachts entered from Kenosha
are the Thetis, Mire1la, Viola,
Wrinkle B, Name, and lingo.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-22
Erect Shoulders.

One way to correct round shoulders
in school boy or girl is to teach them
to sleep on very stiff1y stuffed hair
mattress, with a pillow that lifts the
head but an inch above the level of the
rest of the body. A soft bed and plen-
ty Of easy pillows are the prime
causes of crooked shoulders among our
American children. To sleep with the
head very high is a mistake, and a soft
bed is not by any means the most ben
eficial one.-American Queen.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-22
COPELAND WINS OUT.
La Crosse Man is Elected Head of the
Wisconsin G.. A. r.


Col. Fred A. Copeland, of La
Crosse, was elected department COM
mander of the Wisconsin G. A. r. at
La Crosse Wednesday. The support
of Duncan McGregor, of P1attevil1e,
went to pieces and the vote for Col.
f. A. Copeland, of La Crosse, was so
nearly unanimous that all opposition
was withdrawn, after standing vote
had been taken, and Col. Cope1and's
election was made by reclamation.
Other officers elected were;
Senior vice commander, A. L.
Tucker, Berlin.
Junior vice commander, H. r. AL
len, Merrill.
Medical director, L. A. Garlock,
Racine.
Chaplain, O. A. Button, Superior.
Delegates to national encampment
J. M. Tate, Viroqua; H. M. Grin
nell, Beloit; M. J. Vinton. Madison;
John G. Martin, Mineral,Po Point; ]. B.
Johnson, Milwaukee; c. P. Merri-
man, Milwaukee; William Root, She
boygan; L. A. Brace, Eau Claire; B.
S Williams. Wautoma; William Han
ley, ST., De Pere; c. w. Sizer, Mer-
rill: S. D. Dill, Prescott.
Alternates- H. w. Richardson, Mil
waukee; H. C. Putnam, Broadhead;
w. NJ. Small, Madison; T. De Lacy,
Prairie du CHEN; A. C. Ewens, Mil
waukee: c. E. Estarbrook, Mi1wau-
kee; L. D. Hink1ey. Waupun; A. E.
Howard, Sparta; E. M. Copps, Ste
vens Point; N. M. Edwards, Apple
ton; c. ]. Brozee, Merrill; w. H.
How1eson, Chippewa Falls.
The next encampment was awarded
to Marinette, after close contest by
Racine. Racine, however, took the
next convention of the United Span
ish War Veterans.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-22
Very Low Excursion Rates to San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland,
Tacoma, Seattle, ETC.,

Via the North Western Line, will be
be in effect from all stations June 10,
IA, Is, 10, %, "a, u, %, 80 and July
1, and 8, with favorable return linn
it's, on account of International Print
ing Pressmen's and Assistants Union
and American Surgical Association
at San Francisco. Two fast trains to
the Pacific Coast daily. ''The Over
land Limited" electric lighted
throughout, less than three days en-
route. Another fast train is "The
California Express" with drawing
room and tourist sleeping cars. The
best of everything. For rates, tick
cts, etc., apply to agents Chicago &
Northwestern R'y. w8
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-22

THERE is one section of the new
yase law upon which no fight will be
made by the railway companies, and
&f1at'is, the section which cuts out the
fTs8 transportation list entirely. The
PISS evil has been a source of endless
annoyance to the railway officials, but
the uew law will give them valid ex-
guse for turning down anybody and
everybody who asks for free transpor
A-A%os1
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-22
COVERS MUCH GROUND.
State Census to Gather Statistics Along
Many Different Lines.

Many Different Lines.
The decennial census of the state is
now being taken by the town, village
and city clerks and their assistants
under the supervision of the county
clerks and secretary of state.
The informa ton to be gathered will
be more complete than any hereto
fore taken by the State. In addition
to the statistics in regard to popula-
ton, personal description, nativity,
and occupation or profession, the
blanks provide for information re-
garding agriculture, dairying, man
ufacturing, mining, the militia, sol
diers and sailors and other informa-
ton of a similar nature.
The answers to these inquiries
should be made as complete and &C
curate as possible, in order to deter
mine the progress made since the last
census by the state, county, city, vii
lage, or town in population and indus
trial pursuits.
The importance of this work should
be SO evident to every one that they
will cheerfully assist and cooperate
with enumerators in making the re-
turns accurate and complete.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-22

TRERR is no good reason why the
Northwestern road should not pave
arnnd the depot. We do not believe
Afere is another city on the line where
2he people would tolerate the mud
h03e shat the company has permitted
10 axist around the Kenosha station
fcn sears.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-22
Egg Toast.

Carefully separate the yolks from
the whites of six hard boiled eggs
Chop them finely, heat half a pint Of
milk, add teaspoonful of butter, lit
tie chopped parsley, salt and pepper.
Thicker slightly with -four and stir in
the whites of eggs. Have ready slices
Of buttered toast, arrange the yolks on
them and pour over the sauce. Serve
hot.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-22

CHICAGO is barred from making an
application to entertain the Russian
and japanese plenipotentiaries by cir
cumstances over which she has no
control. Peace conferences have not
been highly successful there of late.
and those foreign diplomats might
ask foolish and embarrassing ques-
tons, anyway.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-22

TEE diplomas, medals and prizes
PDr The exhibitors at the St. Louis
fair will be ready for distribution
wssafn the next few months. The
ag2al quarre1s have followed the at
sempts of. the judges to make awards,
and it has proved more difficult for
she exhibitors who won to get their
prizes than it was to win them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-22

"A E1rrLE publicity in connection
wiab the Racine county assessment
appears to be the thing needed, and
fhe present supervisor of assessments
Is gg5ng after the right people.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-22

"A HIGHLY efficient fire department
IS form of insurance that the city
cannot afford to be without, and the
rprnGi1 can make no mistake in grant
zag amy reasonable request for men or
apgaratus that the chief may make.
The department is entitled to anything
S,S season
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-22

Justice b. O. Sturges entertained a
number of his friends at circus party
Friday evening. The company Of
twelve people attended the circus
after which lunch was served at
down town hotel. A pleasant time is
reported.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-22
Very Low Rates to Denver, Col,

Via the Northwestern line for tickets
to be sold June 80 to July inclusive,
with favorable return limits, on ac-
count of International Epworth league
convention. Applyto agents Chicago
& Northwestern railway, We
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-22
AGED HOLLANDER DEAD.
Frank Hoogerheide Died at His Home
in Pleasant Prairie Friday.

III IIeasauC Fra1rIe FTIuaye
Frank Hoogerheide, well known
farmer of the town of Pleasant Prai-
RE, died at his home in the town of
Pleasant Prairie Friday afternoon
after a long illness from cancer of the
liver. The deceased had been i'll for
many months and his death was not
unexpected.
Mr.. Hoogerheide was 68 years of
age and was a native of Holland.
He came to this country many years
ago and had made his home in the
town of Pleasant Prairie for the past
fifteen years. A widow and a large
family of children survive.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-22
THURSDAY, JUNE p.

EAyosHA owners of shade trees
may as we'll get ready to fight the
eofA0ra moths again this summer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-22

Kenosha will be broke for the next
month. The circus took away about
$4,000 Of the savings of the summer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-06-22

Willard Canes of Bristol, spent Fri
day evening in kenosha.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20
More Than One Technicality

Say, jedge," said Jim Fury, after he
had been sentenced to be hanged on
the outskirts of camp for. horse steal
ing, "if thar's any t~echnicalities in the
law that l happen to think of 1 s'pose
l kin take advantage of them, can't
u"
"Sartin, you kin, Jim, though I reck-
on you won't find many in your case"
"Mebbe not, but will We do me a
favor?"
IF 1 kin, Jim. I'm allus willin' to
favor the condemned up to a sartin
pint"
We'll, then, sentencesme to be hung
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon with a
rope"
I'll do it. Just consider that the
hour, and that We are to be choked to
death with a rope. l never heard of
anybody bein' hung with anything
else"
There was much amusement after
court adjourned about Jim finding
t~echnicalities in the law, but his re-
marks were not fully understood until
the next day. Then for the first time
the boys began to look around for a
rope, but after half an hours hunt it
was found that there wasn't an inch
Of rope in the camp. The nearest
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20
Washing Before Royalty

A story comes from the west that
is good enough to: be true. In the
autumn Of 1901, when the royal tour
lists, then known as the duke and
duchess Of York, were passing tri-
umphantly through a loyal dominion,
they came to a small town not far
from the Rocky mountains, of which
Alexander Guthrie was mayor. OF the
mayor and his wife, be it remarked, in
the words of Mrs. Jean Blewett, "he
was Scotch and SO was She" There
was a change in the plans Of the royal
party, and the mayor received word
that they would arrive at 10 o'clock
on Monday morning, instead of four
hours later. Sunday afternoon was a
period of excitement. The mayor sur
veyed his Sunday suit" with feelings
of pride and anxiety, and assured his
wife Margaret that her black silk
would be the proper garb for the oc-
casion. He arose betimes and saw
that the station platform was properly
decorated. But what a his horror
to discover after 6 O'Clock that Mar
garet vas out in the back yard bend
ing over a washtub and prespiring
with honest toll.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20
In Unquiet Macedonia

Journeying through Macedonia by
railway train last month, al English
man thus describes the sights from bis
window: "The valley is alive with
busy rural life. Men and women are
working in the fields, gray or mouse
colored teams of oxen are drawing
long, narrow drays along the paths,
there are strings of pack ponies, here
and there a Turk riding on horseback,
perched with short stirrups on a high
Eastern saddle. The men are mostly
in the jackets and wide drawers we
have seen in Servia. with feet bare,
or in sandals, bound up the leg with
complicated putties of string; the
women in red petticoats, with white
hoods and wimples. The land in this
early SUMMER when the chestnuts and
acacias are bending with blossom, and
the fields are bright with the young
shoots of maize and the tobacco plant,
wears a prosperous, fertile look, and
the people seem a sturdy, w%ell-grown
you would almost say a contented-
folk. But the Arnaut or Anatolian sol.
dier, with his rifle and loaded bando-
lier and his ragged shoes, slouches
oalong every station platform"
Here is his description of a street in
Uskub: my window looks out upon
the rough lane whichs is the main
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-07-20

street Of Urkub, and even at this early
hour it is full of movement. The OK
wains of the peasants come creaking
slowly down from the mountains. They
are long and narrow and springless,
and each is drawn by two bullocks.
Some of the animals are sleek, and
cream-colored and patient, like the
bowl that drag the country carts
among the vine-clad slopes of Tus-
cany; some are wild-looking, buffalo
like creatures, with ragged heads,
borne low in front of humping Shout
ders, and threatening curved horns.
But they follow their peasant masters
quietly enough, as they walk in front
with a leading string"
Another sight from his window is
thus pictured: The women among
these Christian peoples do their share
of manual labor. Here are a dozen of
them, who look like a sort of female
%navvies. They are dressed in white
cotton and wool, with wide divided
skirts, and high boots upon their sub
stantial legs; each bears an ak or q
pointed h~eart-shaped shovel over her
shoulder, as though it were a weapon
of war; they are broadly built and
muscular, and they swing along with
a fine, straight-kneed, manly stride,
One seldom sees women who walk 50
we'll"