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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-11-30
MAGICIAN KELLAR's MAGIC

Without question Magician Kel1ar,
who comes to the Rhode opera house
in Kenosha on Thursday, Dec. Z, is
the peer of any necromancer or ex-
ponent of pure sleight-of-hand who
has lived within the past century. He
is highly educated, thoroughly
well-read man, and as mathema-
tician has few, if any, equals in the
world. He has 1abored to give his
experiments in magic with that free
dom from subterfuge SO apparent
with most performers, and has so far
perfected it that he has apparently
but to command the most unheard of
things to happen and they transpire.
Seats will be placed on sale Monday
morning, Dec. 4. Prices range from
Csc to ST..
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-11-30
FINAL DEEDS FILED
Chicago & Milwaukee Railway Co.
Takes Formal Possession Of
Property in This County
COMPANY SPENT THOUSANDS

The Chicago & Milwaukee railway
company has now taken formal
possession of the property taken for
the right Of way for the railway and
the deeds to the property transferring
it to the company have been filed with
the register of deeds. These deeds
show that the company has spent
thousands of dollars in securing the
right of way from the state line to
Kenosha and the total amount will
probably foot up considerable over
fifty thousand dollars. The larger
amount Of this sum has already been
paid as is evidenced by the deeds
filed. There is still contest over
the payment CT some twenty thousand
dollars awarded by commission and
this will be held up for several months
until after the matter can be taken
into the court by the officials and.. at
torneys for the company. =
In the long list of deeds filed the
most importantis that given by Carrie
Balm Hoyt and Frances c. Newell
which shows that the company paid a
total of $4,000 for its strip of land
one hundred feet in width through
the Balm farm. Other deeds filed
show that the farmers got a decidedly
high price for the property taken for
railway purposes. Nearly all of
these settlements were made without
any appeal to the courts, the only APP
peal being settled out of court before
the commissioners were appointed.
The deeds show that the company
paid the following amounts to the
persons named for their right of way:
Frances G. Newell and Carrie M.
Hoyt ct al, ST., 5000; John Balm, So, 400;
William M. Pugh, $3.50; Edward H.
Smith, 81, 500; John Huxho1d, ST., 400;
Mary D. Stanley, 5000; Mat P. Stah1,
$1,000; Henry Riley, $500; William
c. Otto, SO; Eva o. Woodworth, 5000;
Catherine Ruff, 500; Emil Kanehl,
$3.50; John Houdek, 5000; George f..
Williams, $500; William O. Musser,
$3.50; Rose Sullivan, $500; Abbie ~.
Stanley, $71.14.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-11-30
MiIicent Carter, Claiming to be
From Kenosha, Drinks carboIic
Acid at DesMoines, Iowa
WOMAN NOT KNOWN HERE
In Note Left Before She Drank the
Acid She Stated That She Had s..
Recently Gone to Des Moines
From Kenosha

/. A press dispatch from Des Moines,
Iowa, states that Miss Mi1icent Car
ter, young woman supposed to be
about twenty-five years of age, COM
mitted suicide in the Occidental hotel
in that city on Saturday morning. In
a note left the woman claimed that
she had gone from Kenosha to Des
Moines less than week ago. The
woman had been connected with a
travelin theatrical compan and
seems to have lost her position while
the company was stopping in Des
Moines. In the note the woman told
the story of ruined life and stated
that she had formerly resided in this
city and that she had left here to ac-
cept a place with '1show''. She
claimed that she had returned to
Kenosha and had found that her sis
ter had removed to another city. and
that she had left at once for Des
Moines, Iowa. All efforts to find any
trace of the woman in Kenosha have
so far been of no avail. The name
does not appear in the present city
directory or the one that preceded il
and inquiry at the Kenosha factories
fails to reveal anythingsin regard tt
the girl. It is thought that she was .
girl who came to this city from some
of the surrounding towns and worked
as domestic in some private home OF
else sought employment in one of the
factories.
The hotel in which the girl ended
| her life is one of the cheap lodging
houses Of the Iowa city and the CIR
had been a guest at the hotel for less
than three days. At the time she
went to the hotel she paid her board
for two days and the clerk had asked
! her to settle for the remainder of {
week in advance. It is thought tina
this fact led her to commit suicide.
An examination of the trunk left il
the room showed that she was out 0.
money and in her pocket book, which
| lay on the bed near her dead body, was
found an old fashioned two cent piece
It is probable that the girl was II
financial straits and when she foun6
that she could not pay her hotel bill
she gave up the fight and drank the
fatal potion.
It is possible that she may have
friends in Kenosha and if such is thu
fact they should communicate with
| the police at Des Moines.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-11-30
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Brief Items of Interest From Various
Parts of the State

"a - "a tAC 6tdtC
Oscar He1go was fined SIS for catch
ing fish with nets al Fountain City.
Letter carriers of Waupaca county
will hold their third annual conven-
ton in Waupaca Thanksgiving day.
Mrs. Margaret Evers, aged 70, a
resident of Marinette for twenty-four
years, died of injuries received in a
fall.
A telephone war is on in Fort At
kinson between the Wisconsin Tele-
phone company and the Jefferson
county company.
George LIE Lekevetz, of Rushford,
aged IS years. was fatally wounded
while cleaning gun preparatory to
hunting trip.
Miss Pearl Pratt, Lacrosse school
teacher, was un down by an automo-
bile, receiving deep cash in her
forehead and minor bruises.
The Rev. Arthur H. Darlington,
for seventeen years pastor of Christ
Episcopal church. GAINESVILLE, left for
Everett, Mass, where he has accept
ed call.
DR.. o. G. Winters, of La Crosse,
was elected supreme medical director
of the Brotherhood of American Yeo-
men at the national convention at
Colorado Springs.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-11-30
TO SCHOOL BOARDS OF KENOsHA
COUNTY:

In compliance with Chapter los,
Laws of 1905, which reads as follows:
1.-THE County or District Superin-
tendent of Schools shall annually call
and hold at least one School Board
convention for his superintendent dis
trict, at the county seat or some other
convenient place, for the purpose of
consultation, advice and instruction
upon matters pertaining to the man
agement of the schools. Each district
clerk shall and the director and treas
urer may attend such convention.
Each member present shall be allowed
two dollars and mileage at the rate of
three cents per mile each way, going
and returning to and from said meet
ing, said sum to be paid from any
moneys in the school district treasury
not otherwise appropriated. The
County Superintendent shall issue to
each member in attendance certiii-
cate which shall be filed with the
school district clerk and serve as a
basis or evidence for drawing the
necessary warrant upon the district
treasury
1 have called the Kenosha County
convention of school officers for Dec.
z, 1905. This convention will be held
in the Court House at Kenosha.
\ We shall have with us L. w. Wood,
of the State superintendent Office
and Prof. Shuts of the Whitewater
Normal School and they have been as
signed mum bers on the program.
Very truly yours,
J. J. KERWIN.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-11-30

A POOR, misguided fool, who had
squandered fortune which had been
earned by the hard toll Of his fore.
fathers, committed suicide IN Chicago
the other day. The man was not
worth the consideration of his fellow
men, for when he came to the place
when he was asked to take up real
struggle he backed down, and like a
coward skunk off into hotel and took
what was left of the life he had
wasted. But even in his final mo-
ments that fellow saw little Of the
philosophy of life, and after he was
dead the porter who broke into the
room of death found a little note
pinned to the pillow of the bed on
which the body was lying. There
were simply few, lines in the note,
and it ran something like this:
1t is easy enough to be merry and
smile,
When life runs along like song;
But the man that's worth while, is the
man who can smile
When everything goes dead wrong.
The last words of that misguided
man are we'll worthy Of second
thought.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-11-30
PLAN NEW MOVEMENT
Effort Being Made to Secure Lee.
lures for the Advancement Of
Learning in Kenosha
INTERESTING TALK ON FICTION

The Rev. Florence Buck delivered
the first of series of lectures at the
Guild Hal1s ons Monday evening her
subject being "What Shall We De-
mand of the Nove1?" A company OF
nearly hundred Of he.,better known
literary people of the city were pres
ent at theslecture. Before Miss Buck
began speaking President E. c..
Theirs ofsthe board of education made
short address in which he stated the
purpose Of this course of lectures.
He stated that forgsome time the de-
ve1opment of literary spirit in
Kenosha had been sadly neglected
and that thesmenaand women who had
arranged for this course of lectures
had planned to stimulate this spirit.
He explained that the plan was in no
way a scheme of making money but
that what little money could be made
from the lectures would be utilized in
offering other courses Eof lectures
later in the new year.
KenoshaYhas gfewlllectures during
the year anu ILllS HlOVG " SCCuIC d
number Of notwithstanding lectures
should be one that will meet with the
hearty approval of all the people of
the city. It is the plan to have these
1ecturesSopen to all and the admission
fee has been placed at a very low rate
in order that none may be barred.
The opening lecture by Miss Buck
was III part.a repetition Of the splendid
address which she had made before
the State Federation of Woman's
Clubs at the recent meeting in Keno
sha. The theme, however, had been
Ella borated and the hours talk was
filled with good things for the man or
woman who aspires to find the best
things in fiction. Miss Buck spoke of
the novel and ,nadea strong plea that
the novel be representative of life.
She insisted that the people who
bought and read the novels must be
the dictators as to the sort of novels
to be printed.
The second lecture of the course
will be given on next Monday evening
when Miss Buck will speak on the
subject Romantic Fiction. =
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-11-30
AUGUST F. WEISKOPF DEAD
Well known Young Chicago Business
Man Dies at his Home in Kenosha


August r. Weiskopf, member Of
the firm of Weiskopf & Co., wholesale
mil1iners Of Chicago and a son Of the
late DR.. Anton Weiskopf, died at the
Weiskopf family residence on North
Chicago street Monday morning after
long illness from complication Of
diseases. The deceased had been i'll
for many weeks and for the past few
days his condition had been critical.
The death of August Weiskopf
marks the passing. Of a man well
known to Kenosha Notwithstanding
the fact that he had been connected
With the business interests of Chicago
for more thana decade. He was ur1-
married and had never left the old
home. Every night he returned from
Chicago to spend the night with his
mother and sisters.
Mr.. Weiskopf was born in Kenosha
Nov. 20, 1861. He was educated in
the schools Of the city and later he
went into the wholesale business in
Chicago. AT the time Of his death he
was associated with his twin brother,
William Weiskopf, in the management
of a large business.
The funeral, which was private,
was held from st. George church
Thursday morning, Interment was
at the family plat at St. Georges
cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-11-30

ONE of the greatest needs of Keno.
sha today is good reasonable priced
hotel; not "high toned" one, just a
good one to furnish good meals and
small, clean rooms. Ali of the hotels
here now are turning away people
every night, and it hurts the town.
If man or company would put up a
good, nice common building and put a
landlord in it who would furnish a
good, clean meal, and bed not expen-
sive, but clean, it would be good en-.
terprise, both for Kenosha and as a
money maker.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-11-30

Iris beginning to leak out that the
special session of the Wisconsin legis-
1ature has been called for the pur-
pose of making some new laws that
will make it possible for the laws
passed by the last legislature to be.
come effective.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-11-30

TIE Salvation Army will do s
world of good in Kenosha this winter
among the poor and needy. If you
want to help the poor aud don't know
how to go at it, hand the money you
wish to spend for that purpose over
to the officers of the Army, they will
probably make it go further and do
more good than you would. They
know how, and make it their bust
ness
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-11-30

If you have some money laid by
seeking investment, make up your
mind to build house to rent or sell.
It will not only be good investment
for yourself, but will help the city.
Kenosha must have hundreds of new
houses for the incoming population
during the next two or three years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-11-30

AN extension of manual training
work is badly needed in the Kenosha
schools. The people of the city can
not expect Thomas B. Jeffery to pay
the entire expense of this work, and
there is still an opening for some
other man who wants to do something
that will make his name one remem.
bered by the generations now grow
ing up IN Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-11-30
"THE AMBULANCE CHAsERo

In another week the Wisconsin
Legislature is to meet in special ses-
sion and as there seems to be little to
do besides the corrections of the
errors of former session the state
Solons might find time to take up the
evil that has long been an embarrass-
ment to the courts Of the state. This
evil is the percentage law suit.
In every city of the state there are
number of lawyers who exc out an
existence by taking such suits for
personal injuries and some wise
disciple Of Blackstone, who was not
without the power of expression, has
c1assed these men under the general
title of sThe Ambulance Chaser"
It is a class that is well known to
every manufacturer and it is matter
of regret that the class is lot known
to the workingman. Posing as the
chaser is often his worst enemy !. No
sooner is man injured in one of the
of his home. Like vu1ture waiting
for the carcass Of a dying animal in
the wilderness, the lawyer waits only
until the injured man has regained
consciousness and then lays before
him the money that is to be obtained
by sueing the company. The poor
man fiat on his back suffering from
pains almost inhuman and knowing
not how he is to find support for his
wife and children, turns the matter
over to the man who in fendish g1ee
starts his suit.
1t is matter of common knowledge
that many men in the manufacturing
business are willing and ready to
settle, and settle well with men who
are injured while in their employ, but
the possibility of such settlements is
always cut off by the attorney who
after he has once fastened his ta1ons
on the client will not allow him to
settle unless the attorney receives his
stated per cent.
A short time ago a disting uished
jurist from Wisconsin sat on the
bench of the Kenosha circuit court
and when this matter was brought up
among the coterie of attorneys who
were about the bench, the Judge made
suggestion. It was that the 1egis1a-
ture should pass a law which would
llegis1ate forever out of a job the
ambulance chaser. The judge sug-
gested that the state legislature could
provide that the workman have re-
course in the courts, but that It should
provide for the court to appoint a
man to take up the case. In this way
the case Of the injured man would be
first brought before a competent
person and if it were not possible for
him to recover, it would save him the
expense and time of long litigation.
1t is probs BILE that such a law would
be opposed by the men who are max
ing their 1ivings out of such IN
fortunates, but it is believed that the
more decent members of the legisla-
ture would rally to its support and it
would be passed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-11-30

WIEN this extra session of the
state Legislature is through we sup
pose there will be another set Of state
agents to collect tax for the priv
1ege of breathing. Got to have a job
for all of the faithful, you know, and
if they can't be gotten one way they
must another, for the jobs must be
had.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-11-30

AND while we are asking for the
enforcing of laws requiring lights on
ali bicycles and automobiles after
dark, is there any reason why a law
should not be passed requiring lamps
on all vehicles after dark? It would
certainly be sensible ordinance.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-11-30
SOMETHING for the Outdoor Ar

SOMETHING for the Outdoor Art
Association to look up while they are
resting for the winter-the signs
across and above the walks in front Of
the business places in the city. We
don't know of anything that would
improve the looks of the business
streets more than to have all of the
overhead stickout signs removed. II
would also insure more safety to the
walking public on a windy day.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-11-30

PRESIDENT Roos II -Rzrr's message
will have sonnet i esting things to
say in regard to the insurance scan
dals, and it is more than probable
that he will have lot more to say
when it comes to shaping legislation
in this regard.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-11-30

THE people in Kenosha who use the
street cars can now bid Bion J. Arnold
a rather regretfu1 adieu. But let it
be remembered that he ordered the
transfers before he retired to the rear
and donned the fatigue uniform.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-11-30

THE day is coming in Kenosha when
the Woodworking, hard-thinking peo-
pie Of the city will take more interest
in men than in party politics when it
comes to selecting city officials.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-11-30

Iris a wonder that some Kenosha
philanthropist has not provided sill
yer spike to tack down that last rail
in the connection between Kenosha
and Chicago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-11-30
AUCTION SALE

Reinhart Hackbart will sell at pub.
lie auction on the A. Quick farm
situated two miles north of Wood
worth Station on Wednesday, Dec. 6,
cattle, ma ofinery and feed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-11-30
First publication, Nov. 80, 1905.
Suu,u1ous

pTATE OF wIScoNSIN-In Circuit Court
- for Kenosha County.
John Mo1ter, Plaintiff, vs.. Elizabeth Mo1ter,
Defendant.
The State of Wisconsin to said Defendant:
You are hereby summoned to appear within
exclusive of the day of service, and defend the
above entitled action in the Court aforesaid;
and in case of your failure so to do, Judgment
demand of the complaint, copy of which is
hereby served upon you.
ALBERT E. BUCKMASTER,
Plaintiffs Attorney,
Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin.
n. B.-The complaint of the plaintiff, duly
verified, in the above entitled action IS on ne
ii the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court OF
Kenosha County, and sets forth thecause OF
action herein. wSo
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-11-30
THURSDAY, NOV. 80.

The Wisconsin. deer are now pur-
sued only by the game wardens and
the friends Of the hunters who failed
70 get their Share Of the spoils.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-11-30

IT isn't really a wonderful thing,
but it is worthy Of mention, that John
D. Rockerfeller has given 1000 tur-
keys for the poor Of Cleveland. Not
such a bad man, after all.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-11-30
XMAS HOLIDAY EXCURSION RATES

XMAS HOLIDAY EXCURSION RATES
Via the Nickel Plate Road between
Chicago and Buffalo. Dates of sale,
December %, "a, Is, 80 and 81, 1905,
and January /, 1906, at fare and
third for the round trip, with return
limit of January 8, 1906. Through
train service to New York City,
Boston and other Eastern points. No
excess fare. Individual club meals
served in Nickel Plate dining cars.
Three through trains daily from La
Sale and Van Buren, street station,
the only depot IN Chicago on the
elevated loop. wS3
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-11-30
NOTICE

Patrons on r. F. D. routes.are re-
quested to purchase a supply of
stamps from the carrier and stamp all
mail matter deposited in boxes for
mailing, thus avoiding delay in coll
lection of the mail.
Respectfully,
JOHN B. MALoNEY, p. M.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1905-11-30

Try Want Ad. Only Is cents week
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1905-03-24
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t-yiu- of,leaL bEj tire Roasting u the
chicken made ne~ . llttir L,F. obs. At
er succeeding. with the a>>.-tance u
8 lar-r ullclurl book. Zoo getting the
fowl lLtJ tile oven she sang iru.l sheer
relief \ Lttle later. VIXEN the music
LaL ceased and the silence iL tie
GO. h.u became suspicious. Mr.. ..
0feusd the door. KnyelL= down re-
for. the oven. with flushed face ANA
fearful eyes. was M. - on tie
foJr beside her WAS the Cookbook, and
Ia one hauJ was long needle with
white thread. "Oh. delr.e." she cried.
1t i going % burn my hands just
dreldfu.ly ~ basic this chicken every
fifteen minutes What 70 Kat.