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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-01-12
A JOINT INSTALLATION.

Lake View Camp 1926 of the Royal
Neighbors and Pike Woods Camp 391
of the Modern Woodmen held a joint
installation of officers on Tuesday
evening After the installation a
short program was rendered by the
Royal Neighbors, the first number be.
ing a selection by the Woodmen Mill
tary Band, followed by a song by
Grace and Edna Ball. The nextsnum-
Ger song given by Miss Ida LANCER
which was followed by recitation by
Miss Emma Larsen. The program
was concluded with piano solo by
Mrs. Tanner.
After the program was over a ban
quet was served by the Royal Neigh
bors. Johnson Jackson acted as
POSTMASTER. James Cs.vanagh, Chas.
E. Whe1an, Of Madison, and Conrad
Shearer, who spoke in behalf of the
Royal Neighbors, we're among the
speakers. The tables were cleared
and the Royal Neighbors gave their
drill in most praiseworthy manner.
Dancing filed the program for the
rest of the evening.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-01-12
Made to Order Applause.

A wise lecturer who is at all doubt
full OF his audience always carries with
him small side line Of applause as
excess baggage. 1t might surprise the
uninitiated to know that man can
go into the open market and buy ap-
plause just as he would potatoes or
patent medicine.
A good husky man whose hands are
SO calloused that little extra applause
will not hurt him may be easily hired
for % cents and a good warm seat.
OF course he always runs the risk
that when he has reached the point
where the handclapping should begin
his applause may have gone to sleep
and only snore may come in response
to his prearranged signal.
Incidents of this sort are enough to
discourage a popular lecturer, and it
adds considerably to. the expense if he
must hire in addition small boy to
keep his applause awake.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-01-12
COMING TO KENOsHA.
Mormon Elders Expelled From Zion
City Will Seek Converts in Kenosha.

Mormon Elders Expelled From Zion
City Will Seek Converts in Kenosha.
The two Mormon Elders who were
recently expelled from Zion City and
who are now in Waukegan have an
nounced that they will come to Keno
sha to seek converts for their faith,
The two men are talking of attempt
ing to have Dowie prosecuted for
driving them out of the city. They
claim that they conducted themselves
as gentlemen and that there was no
reason why they should be forced to
leave the city.
It has been some time since Keno
sha has had visitation of the Nor
mons. AT the last time the Elders
came to this city to prose1yte it is
claimed that they gathered together
some thirty converts all of whom
have since moved to Utah. The two
men are not holding public services
but are making a house to house can
uaSS
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-01-12
City to Get a Long Time Lease Of
the Old County Building for
Use as a City Hall.
COUNCIL MUST IMPROVE IT.
City to Have Lease of Five Years
With Privilege of a Years Notice
If Wanted by the County Again.
Council to Expend $500.

The city of Kenosha is to have a
chance to utilize the old county build
ing as a city hall, as this morning the
Board of County Supervisors decided
that the building should be leased to
the city at an annual rental of 5000.
The contract is to be left to the county
agent and the district attorney.
It was simply case of getting 'sa11
the traffic would stand as the com
mittee appointed by the city council
announced to the board that the city
would not pay more than 5000 year
for the building. When the com
mittees met at the Office of City
Attorney Slater some Of the country
members of the board were in favor Of
charging the city $500 a year for the
old building, but these men we're mott
fed in short order that no such offer
would be accepted by the city and
that the city would under no circun1-
stances pay more than an annual
rental Of $500.
According to the terms Of the lease,
if lease is made, the city will have
to pay for all the repairs that are
made to the building. The lease is to
have life Of FIVE years, and after
that time the county must give the
city a years notice before it can de-
clare the lease terminated. This will
give them certain lease of six years,
and it is more than probable that they
can kept the building as long as the
council sees fit to use it.
The county has no use for the
building at the present time, and the
only possible demand that could be
made. tor it would be for use as a
tramp room or as an addition to the
present list of county offices.
The city needs the vaults in the
building, and for this reason it is
thought possible that the council will
agree to pay the rent demanded by the
county.
If the council accepts the offer of
the county the building will be taken
at once and the repairs made so that
the city offices can be moved into it by
the first of March.
The committee Of the council in
charge Of the work plans for an expen-
diture Of $500 to place the old build
ing in condition. No effort will be
made to install heating plant and
the old sys IN of stoves will be used.
The plan i to utilize the two, front
rooms as Of IS for the city clerk and
the city engineer, and the remainder
Of the building will be used as coun-
Gil chamber. In order to carry out
this plan it will be necessary to tear
out two partitions.
The building is in very bad condi-
ton, and before It can be used the en-
tire interior will have to be redecor-
ated.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-01-12
FREAK AMUsEs DOCTORS
New York Man Gives a Clinic for the
Benefit of Kenosha Physicians.

New York Man Gives Clinic for the
Benefit of Kenosha Physicians.
The appearance Of John Hi11yard,
of New York, in Kenosha was the
feature of the regular monthly meet
ing Of the Kenosha County Medical
association held at the Office Of DR.. "A.
Van estreinen Friday evening.
Hillyard is known as 'sthe joint1ess
man" and his ability to manipulate
his bones into all sorts of positions
has been something of a wonder to
the medical profession. Hi1lyard in
herited his money-making bones, as
It is declared that his father before
him had the same sort. Hi11yard can
tWlsb himself into all manner of posi-
tons, and to the unscientiflc eye his
contortions are quite as interesting as
they are marvellous to the eye of the
physician.
Hil1yard is now sixty-two years old,
and he has been appearing before
Medical associations in different
parts of the world for the past forty
years.
His exhibition was Of so much in
,terest to the members of the profess
sion in Kenosha, that the regular lit
erary program which was arranged
for the meeting Friday evening was
omitted, and the doctors spent the
entire evening with Hi11yard.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-01-12
Advisory Rater ]. R. Lancaster
Makes a Good Report on ke-
nosha's Fire Protection.
FIRE DEPARTMENT is AMPLE
Milwaukee Man Speaks in the Highest
Terms of the Kenosha Municipal
Water P1ants-Why Kenosha
Property is Good Risk.

J. r. Lancaster, of Milwaukee, the
Advisory Insurance rater of the Ke-
nosha Local Board of Underwriters,
has made his annual report in regard
to risks in Kenosha and it makes a
good showing for the city.
Advisory Rater Lancaster, in his
report on Kenosha for the Wisconsin
Field Club, says:
81. Boundaries of Confagration
Area. The so-ca11ed congested dis
trict may be designated as the four
blocks on each side Of Main street,
bounded on the north by the river and
on the south by South street. East of
this are the hardwood storage lumber
yards belonging to the Simmons Man
ufacturing Company and the Balm
Wagon Company; also two retail
yards. The lumber in these yards is
somewhat scattered and the most of
it not piled high, so that it cannot be
considered a menace to the business
section. The woodwork contiguous
thereto (Simmons) is sprink1ed.
2. Deficiencies as to Construction.
The buildings on the street above re-
ferred to Main street, are chiefly of
brick construction, two and three sto-
ries in height, principally two stories.
The walls are 12x12 for two-story
buildings and 12x12x12 for those hav-
ing three stories. Building law well
enforced. The roofing is both metal
and gravel composition, about evenly
divided. The division and parapet
walls extend from IL to Is inches
above the roof, principally II inches.
8. Condition as to Streets.-The
streets are level and paved with brick
in the business section. They are 66
feet wide. Good condition.
4. Water Supply and Waterworks.
The waterworks system is owned by
a municipal company. The water
supply is from Lake Michigan
through 24-inch intake by gravity to
storage we'll, direct pressure; brick
pumping station having two Laid1ow,
Dunn g. Gordon compound duplex
pumps 14x26, 14x18, capacity 1000, 900
gallons each, and one Barr vertical
cross-compound pump, 1896, 1917
and 184x24, capacity 100000 gallons
per day; 20 miles Of street mains; di-
ameter Of largest, IA inches; of small
est, 6 inches; none less than 10 inches
in business section; 2O5 double hy-
drants; average $50 feet apart in bus
mess district and 400 feet in dwelling
district.
S. Fire-Fighting Facilities. There
is paid fire department of nine men,
40 volunteers, two combined hose and
chemical engines, 80 and 40 gallon
tanks, respectively, 1000 feet of ~
inch hose each, four 3-ga11on hand ex-
tinguishers, hook and ladder truck,
2 hose wagons, $500 feet Of 2A-inch
cotton hose, No. 2 Si1sby steamer, 3
stations properly located. They have
the Gaynor fre-a1arm system of SO
boxes and telephone communications
throughout the city"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-01-12
DIAMOND FoR.ALLEMAN.
Geo. A11eman, Retiring Archon of the
Royal League, Given Token.

George A11eman, the retiring
Archon of Badger Council Of the
Royal League, was presented with a
beautiful locket Thursdaynig ht on the
occasion Of his retirement from the Of
fee. Mr.. A11eman has been at the
head of the Kenosha chapter for the
past three years and the members of
the order took this means of showing
their appreciation of his work. The
token, which was in the form Of a
lodge emblem beautifully set with
diamonds, was presented by Philip
Fredericks, and in accepting it Mr..
Alleman had few words to say in
which he thanked the members for
the remembrance.
The little presentation ceremonies
came at the conclusion of the cere-
monies attending the installation of
officers for the new year. After the
lodge meeting was over the members
were entertained at an informal
smoker.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-01-12
STATE BOARD ACTS.
Mayor and Council and School
Board Must Put Fire Escape
on Central Building.
80 DAYS TO COMPLETE WORK.

The state board of factory inspec-
ton has taken official action in regard
to the building Of a new fire escape on
the Central school building in Keno
sha, and notwithstanding the fact
that the building has been declared
safe by members of the department
and by members of the Kenosha fire
department an imperative notice has
been served on the officials of the city
that fire escape must be erected on
the east side of the building within
the next ninety days.
The city has no alternative but to
comply with the order of the inspec-
tors, and the work of putting up the
fire escape must be started as soon as
the weather will permit.
The officials were little surprised
when the official notice was served on
the mayor this morning. The notice
was as follows:
DEPT. OF FACTORY INSPECTION,
153 SECOND ST.
To the City Of Kenosha, Municipal
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES James Cor
man, Mayor, and Honorable Mr..
Harrington, Clerk; the Honorable
the Members of the Common Coun-
Gil of the City of Kenosha; the
Board of Education of the City of
kenosha-Frank G. Guardio1a,
President, and P. J. Zimmers,
superintendent:
Your attention is hereby respect
fully called to the provisions of the
law contained in Chapter 34o, Laws Of
1901, relating to fire escapes on school
buildings.
After due inspection of the Central
school building of the city of Keno
sha, find it will be necessary for you
to place one iron fire escape stairway
on the east side of said building.
The Balcony or platform of said
iron fire escape stairway shall be at
least four feet in width, shall be ac-
cessable from at least two ~ windows
on each floor, and shall be fenced in
with proper fire proof fencing to the
height Of four a. feet. The stairway
leading from each balcony or plat
form must be at least four az feet
wide and must have proper fire proof
ratings. The said stairway shall ex-
tend from level with the floor of the
third story to the ground floor. The
said iron fire escape stairway shall be
convenient of access from the inter
ior OF the building; and of sufficient
strength for the purpose of ascent
and descent.
The law allows you ninety (9O) days
in which to comply with said order.
Respectfully yours,
J. A. BRITAIN,
Factory Inspector.
Dated at Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co.,
Wis, this 5th day Of January, 1905.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-01-12
STATE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
Will Hold It's Annual Meeting in
Be1oit February 20 and %.

Will Hold It's Annual Meeting in
Be1oit February % and %.
The fifteenth annual meeting Of
the Wisconsin State Library Associa-
ton will be held in Be1oit February
22nd and 23rd, 1905. This meeting
will be gathering Of librarians, IL
brary trustees, teachers, c1ubwomen
and all interested in library progress.
The president of the association, Hon.
Harlan P. Bird, Of Wausaukee, has
conducted a unique and successful
experiment in providing library privi-
leges for working people in his own
town.
The main purpose of the meeting
will be to arouse greater popular in
terest in what may be called library
extension Wisconsin Libraries have
grown remarkably in number and
size in ten years. How shall we get
these books to the people? Travelling
libraries branches and stations in
cities, circulating Libraries to schools,
special privilege cards to teachers,
all the new business methods pursued
by aggressive up-to-date enthusiastic
Libraries and librarians will be ex-
plotted.
The second feature of the program
will be "Better Reading How can
we get more people to read the best
books? If you wish to push the best
methods of popular home education,
attend this meeting. Tell your
friends about it. Ask your local ed
itors to announce it. The program
will be sent out soon. If you are not
now member, write to the secretary,
Bertha Marx, Sheboygan, to send you
a copy Of the program when it is pub
lished. Further announcement will
be made in the Commission Bulletin
for January.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-01-12
HAD TIME or HIS LIFE.
Kenosha Printers Marriage Opposed
by NV. Railroad and Holidays.

by NV. Railroad and Holidays.
Louis Hansmann Of Kenosha, Wis.
and Anna Dubois of Chicago, were
married Saturday, Dec.t31 1904, al
the NJ. r.. parsonage, Rev. J. A. =
Whipple officiating.
There is quite story attached te
this little item.
Hansmann is a Kenosha printer
and he had the time Of his life in get.
ting successfully married.
He desired to get tied up in Chica-
go, but when he got there Saturday
afternoon he found that the license
bureau closed at II O'Clock and that
he was too late. Then he te1ephoned
to Rev. Whipp1e here and asked him
to nail down the county clerk for an
hour until he could catch a train out
of the big city.
He missed the train. Then he
phoned again and requested that
Clerk Hendee be reserved for another
hour until the next train was in.
This was done and the marriage took
place. Then came the climax. Hans
mann found that he had missed the
last train north and in order to get
to his home in the wild and woody
city to the north he had to go back to
Chicago and thence out.
This is believed to be the record for
even printers luck. Waukegan Ga
zette.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-01-12
Jolly SUIT UP AGAIN.
Suit Against Woman Who Went to
France is Again Filed.

In the circuit court this morning
summons and complaint was filed in
the suit of Adam Roders VS. Mrs. Mary
Jolly and Walter M. Cowe11. Some
time ago when Mrs. Jolly, who is now
a resident Of Paris, France, was in
Kenosha she purchased house on
Grand avenue from Roders, paying
500 on the same. She failed to make
any other payments and after six
months left the city and returned to
France.
The deed is now in the hands OF
Walter NJ. Cowe11, and Roders has
brought suit to recover the possession
of the property. The suit will be
tried at the March term Of the circuit
court.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-01-12
Town of Bristol Taxpayers Notice.

The undersigned will receive taxes
for the year 1904 as follows:
AT DEvLIN' CREAMERY, Wards
CORNERS,
On Thursday, January 18th, 1905.
AT PIKEvILLE CREAMERY,
On Tuesday, January oath, 1905.
All other days at my Office in village
of Bristol.
F. r. LAvEY,
Town Treasurer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-01-12
Humor qna Philosophy
BY DUNCAN NJ. SMITH
Copyright, 1904, by Duncan NJ. Smith.
BEAUTIFUL SNOW.

BEAUTIFUL SNOW.
Where
Is that rare
But misguided gentleman who,
Having nothing else to do,
Invented beautiful snow?
Show
Us the man,
And, you bet he'll also ran.
All right
For him, but If he thinks he did some
thing bright
Let him leave his address,
And rather guess
The whole world will be in on the plan
To present him with tin can.
Beautiful, indeed!
We're all agreed
On that--nit.
1t doesn't make a hit
With us for sour apples.
When a Wayfarer grapples
With a SnOWStorm
Which is so warm
That it Is twenty degrees below zero
He feels like playing Nero,
To fiddle while the man burned
Who first turned
The phrase,
10 take Few days
Off
To scott
While the fellow roasted to slow
Flame and ask him occasionally how
he would like to have about a
quarters worth of beautiful snow.
1t might do
From poets point of view,
But with drifts three feet high
And the sky
Still shaking it down
And one hundred and twenty-eight feet
Of sidewalk to clean before you
go downtown
It's a horse of another hue,
And brief interview
With the gent who first sprang the gag
Would be more thrilling and soul sat
isfying than a holiday jag.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-01-12
TWO PIONEERS GONE.
Death Of Mrs. Eliza SeIIeck Bar
Der, and Christian Stoebig
Thursday Morning.
BOTH WERE OLD RESIDENTS

Eliza Se11eck Barber, aged IS years,
wife of A. S. Barber, and one Of the
pioneer women of Kenosha county,
died at her home on West street
shortly after CLOCK Thursday morn
ing. Mrs. Barber had been i'll for many
weeks and for the past two weeks her
condition had been considered critical.
Mrs. Barber had resided in this
county since 1855, and in the city
since 1892. She was a Canadian by
birth and was born in Prescott, Cana
da, July 10, 1899. She was daughter
of the 1atesJame w. Se11eck. When
a small child her parents came to this
country and settled in Lawrence
county, Newly ork, and she was resid-
ing there when she was married to
Mr.. Barber.
They came west in 1854, and stopped
for a year in GAINESVILLE and Mi1wau-
kee before coming to this county in
the following year, They settled on a
farm in the town of Salem, where they
made their home until 1892, when they
lGA4ONCu ~ 1ACuOS11ds MIL duO wi %
Barber celebrated the golden ami
versary of their marriage a few years
ago.
The deceased was woman of many
noble traits of character. She took a
great deal of interest in charitable
work in the city and county and was
a leading worker in the cause of
temperance.
Mr.. and Mrs. Barber had one son but
he was killed while crossing the Wis
consin Central tracks near the village
of Salem many years ago.
Mrs. Curtis Gfroerer, of Evanston,
who is now spending the winter in
Arizona, is an adopted daughter.
Mrs. Barber is survived also by two
sisters, Mrs. Adelaide Van Vie of
Rockford, ILL.,, and Mrs. Bethia Orvis
of the towniofSSa1em.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-01-12
BIG DANISH ENTERTAINMENT

To be given by the Danish Brother
hood lodge No. IA, at Germania hall
Sunday Jan. Is, at 8 o'clock p. m.
The Danish Dramatic club from Mil.
waukee will render an elaborate pro.
gramme. All Scandinavians cordial
1y invited.
j14 COMMITTEES.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-01-12
Christian Stoebig.

Christian stoebig, aged 90 years,
one of the oldest and best known of
the German residents of the city, died
at his home on Broad street Thursday
morning. Mr.. Stoebig had been in
feeble health for some time and his
death was not unexpected. The de-
ceased was a tailor by trade and had
followed his trade until short time
ago. He was native of Germany
and was born on Sept. Is, 1914. He
came to this country when a young
man and had resided in Kenosha for
nearly thirty years. A widow and a
number of grown children survive.
The funeral was held from the
German Lutheran church on Sunday
afternoon and the remains were in
tered at the family plat in the city
cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-01-12

The county treasurer's safe has
been moved into the Office of the
county clerk at the county building.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-01-12
CHICAGO s. NORTHWESTERN RAIL
WAY.-KENOSHAS STATION,
In effect on and after Jan. 8, 1905.
SOUTH BOUND.

No 2-Dai1y, Ishpenning Ex............ $50 M
$No 82-Kenosha Passenger. ........... $50 m
*No 4-Mi1waulzee Passenger. ......... 500 a m
No 6-Dai1ys Ashland Ex.............. 1927 m
No 10-Dai1y, Green Bay Pass. .11:52 m
*No 12-Menominee Pass. .............. 1856 o m
No 14-Dai1y, Green Bay Pass. 4:42 M
*No 190-Kenosha Pass .................4 :50 D M
No 16-Dai1y, 1shpeming Pass. ........ $40 o M
ENo 34o-W aukegan Pass. to Chicago. 8:15 m
wAUEEGAN TRAINS ONLY.
@No 312-Waukegan Pass. to Chicago $50 m
FNo 328-W aukegan Pass. .............. $50 m
*No 334-Dai1y, Waukegan Pass. ....11:35 m
fNo 336-Waukegan Pass. ............. 2:15 m
No 344-Sat. only, Chicago 1:O5 . M
NORTH BOUND.
No 17-Ash1and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1855 N
mo 231-Menominee .................... 4:49am
Emo 1-Mi1wau1xee Pass. ..............8 :49 m
No3-Dai1y, Menonlinee ............... 10:10 m
sNo Screen Bay Pass. 2:45 p N
Emo milwaukee Pass. ............... 3:22 o m
No 9-Dai1y, Wis. Sp1 Limited ........ 4:05 o M
*No 125-Kenosha Pass. ................4 :35 M
*No 137-kenosha Pass. ............... $500 M
No 11-Dai1y, Ashland Pass 6:15 M
No 13-Dai1y, Pen. Exp. OILS m
No 15-Dai1y, Iron Range Exp. 40 p m
wAUKEGAN TRAINS ONLY.
mo 307-Kenosha Pass. 7:5O m
*No 317-Kenosha Pass. ...............10:3 30 m
No 319-Dai1y, Kenosha Pass. .........12:55 M
mo 249 -Kenosha Pass, Chicago. 4:25 m
Emo 5Al-Da1ly 7:10 p
Daily except Sunday.
Sunday only.
Daily except Saturday and Sunday.
KENOsHA 8 ROCKFORD LINE.
EAST.
No 406-Mi1k Passenger, arrive. 8:20dm
No 412-Way freight, arrive. 12:40 n
WEST.
No Albright, depart. ....... 49,. 2:40 o N
No 411-Mi1k Passenger, depart........ 4:10 rs
f. SEYMOUR. Agent.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-01-12

It is easy for the man who is max
ing nothing to save half Of what he
makes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-01-12

The man who always knows what is
the proper thing to say and says It
doesn't need to. dine at home any often
er than he wants to.
Sometimes when man is ready TO
propose the spirit IL willing, but the
backbone Is weak.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-01-12

Don't waste any sympathy over the
iceman. He is probably in the coal
business now.