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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01
Effort to Have inheritance Tax
Law Declared Unconstitutional
Of Interest in Kenosha
MANY ESTATES ARE AFFECTED
Milwaukee Attorney Claims That the
Law Provides for Double Taxation
of Property and That it
Should Be Voided

Attorneys In Kenosha who are IN
terested in the settlement Of large es-
tates are watching with great interest
an action in the supreme court at
Madison, in which it is the intent to
secure ruling ofSthe court in regard
to the present state law for.the taxing
of inheritances. The action is taken
to the court by Attorney Charles
Quarles, Of Milwaukee, who was the
attorney in charge of the Nunne-
macher estate. The courts of Mil
yankee county demanded that the es-
tate pay large inheritance tax and
the matter was at once appealed to
the supreme court. In his brief to the
court Attorney Quarles claims that
the state. has no right to place tax
on this estate on the grounds that such
action is double taxation. He states
taxes to the state, as demanded by
law, and that any attempt to collect
further tax in the way'"'ofss an inherit
ance tax is manifest1y unjust. The
judges have found in the question a
very knotty one and tte matter is be-
ing considered with more than usual
care.
Should the supreme court decide
that the contention Of Mr.. Quar1es is
a just one and the law be declared in
effective many estates now in pro-
cess of settlement in this county and
many which have gone through the
regular course of settlement will be
affected. In the past two or three
years hundreds of dollars have been
paid into the state Golfers as inl1eri-
lance tax from estates probated in the
county.
In some cases this tax has been paid
without protest but in other cases
attorneys have urged that the state
had no right to collect the tax. How
ever, the amounts were not suffi GENTLY
large to permit the attorneys to carry
the matter to the supreme court. If
the law is declared null and,void all of
these amounts will have to be refund
ed to the people interested in the set
of the late Willis w. Cooper is the
largest now before thes court and in
this estate the Inheritance tax,
amounting to several hundred dollars.
has already been paid. In many cases
the amount paid to the estate as an
inheritance tax is small, but all of
these small amounts would have to be
rebated to the heirs of the different
estates.
The Wisconsin legislatures have
been unfortunate in the passage of in
heritance tax laws and short time
ago the former law was declared un-
constitutional and quite a number of
estates in this county received re-
bates.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01
Pierce Bros, Of EIgin, Get Con-
tract for Construction Of
New Methodist Church
CONTRACT PRICE IS $50, 600
Building Is to Be of Paving Blocks
and Wisconsin Red Sand Stone, and
Is to Be Completed by the First
of Next October

The building committee of Park
Avenue M. E. church on Tuesday af-
ternoon and evening closed the con-
tract for the erection of the new
church building for the congregation.
The contract is made with Pierce
Brothers of Elgin, ILL.,, and the con-
tract price is $4,000.
It is stipulated in the contract that
the work of construction is to be
started as early as possible and that
the building is to be completed and
ready for dedication by October 1.
The company securing the contract
is well known in the building world
and it has constructed many of the
largest church buildings in northern
Illinois. The firm of Turnbull & Jones
of Elgin, which made the plans for
the church, will superintend the
building for the congregation.
The building is to be of dark red
paving blocks trimmed with red sand
stone from Port Wing, Wis. 1t is de-
clared that the structure when COM
pleted will be the most beautiful
church building in the city.
According to the understanding
with the contractors Kenosha labor is
to be employed as far as possible in
the construction OF the big building,
but the contractor will not be limited
to the employment of Kenosha men.
The contract is a general one and pro-
v1des for the completion of the struc-
ture in every way.
The members of the committee are
now making every effort to dispose of
the old building. It has been found
that it will be impossible to move the
building and it will have to be sold for
salvage. Several bids have been re-
ceived and it is probable that one of
these will be accepted within the next
few days. The committee is anxious
to have the old building removed from
the site before the first of next April
in order that the work of the builders
may not be further delayed. No def
mite arrangements have as yet been
made for temporary church build
ing, but several places are being con
sidered and this matter will be settled
within the next few weeks.
The work of raising funds for the
building is going forward very rap
idly and the members of the church
in charge of this work hope ito have
$4,000 in hand before ground is
broken for the new church. OF this
amount $4,000 is in sight. The first
pledges have been paid promptly and
there is little doubt but that the
money will be ready as the work of
construction progresses.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01

In reply to correspondent the
Evening Wisconsin gives the popula-
ton Of the six largest cities in the
state as follows, the figures being
taken from the state census: Milwau.
kee, 312,954; Superior, 36,665; Racine,
32,297; Oshkosh, 3O,6O1; La Crosse,
28,875; Sheboygan, 24,026. The stand
ing given the six cities is probably cor
rect at present but by the time the
next census is taken Kenosha will
give La Crosse hard run to hold its
place as the fifth city of the state.
Taking in Kenosha Heights and the
rest Of the suburbs this city could
push Sheboygan for the sixth place
right now.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01
MAY HAVE SLEEPERS
President Frost of the Chicago &
Milwaukee Outlines Plans for
Future of Milwaukee Line
EXPECTS A GREAT BUSINESS

81 do not doubt that some day we
shall find a demand for sleeping cars
for theater parties which may want
to leave Chicago for their return to
Milwaukee. Whether we shall. put
them on remains to be seen. It all
depends upon the demand
This is the statement of A. c. Frost,
president of the Chicago and Mi1wau-
kee Electric Railroad Co., which has
just been granted a franchise for a
line into Milwaukee.
Il look for good business between
Chicago and Milwaukee, says Mr..
Frost, who left the impression by his
statement that he believed his line
would do its share toward the upbui1d.
ing of Milwaukee. eyes, it was about
eight years ago that we first applied
for franchise for an electric road
into Milwaukee. Since that time we
have spent between 100000 and
So, 100000 upon our line from Evans
ton to Kenosha, and west to Liberty
vile and Rockefeller; and we are still
improving it.
''No, do not believe that the system
will everEbecome part of steam road.
The physical conditions are such that
it is mostss desirable and likely to re-
main an independent system. 1t is
true that the steam roads are cleo
trifying their'suburban lines; but that
is a limitedtdeparture.
eve sshal1 give the very best ser
vice for whichsthere is demand"
Mr.. Frost is"becoming big figure
in theI.steam and electric road field.
He is president of the Kenosha E1ec-
trio road, president of the Waukegan,
Fox River and Western electric road.
which runs westward from the Chica-
go-Mi1waukee, and connects with it,
and is president of the Alaska Central
railroad, which now has fifty miles in
operation from Seward to Fairbanks
and proposes to build 500 miles of
steam road in Alaska. He is but Al
and illustrates in this interesting fact
the youth ofaa11 the big figures in the
electric railroad business of the
country, which has been making such
remarkable strides. The business
has been.deve1oped principally in the
last twenty years, and it is the young
men who are doing it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01
SETTLERS, SECOND CLASS RATES

Settlers one way second class rates
to Minnesota, North Dakota, South
Dakota least of the Missouri River,
Manitoba, Western Ontario, Sas-
katchewan and Alberta, via the North
Western Line, on Tuesdays, March s,
10, 20, n, and April 8, 10, II, and "a.
For tickets and full information apply
to Agents Chicago & North Western
KY dwm6
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01
FOR PURE FOOD LAWS
Wisconsin Leading the Nation in
an Effort to Secure the Enforce
ment of Pure Food Laws
THE GR0CERs ARE AIDING

While Illinois and other states are
struggling with an Indifferent corps
of pure food inspectors, Wisconsin is
conducting campaign against adul-
trated foodstuffs and 'sdoctored"
canned goods, which is creating not
only sentiment for wholesome pro-
ducts, but is causing alarm among the
large manufa cturers.
So vigorous has been the campaign
in Wisconsin since January 1, when
the new pure food laws went into
force, that manufacturers have con-
cluded that the state means to enforce
them to the letter and they are MAX
ing every effort to comply with the
statutes.
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
]. Q. Emery is at the head of the
movement to enforce the laws. In
this crusade he is being assisted by
the Wisconsin Retail Grocers' associa-
ton, the Milwaukee Retail Grocers'
association, and the various women's
clubs throughout the state. The gro
GERS all have served notice on the
manufacturers that they will not han
die goods that do not comply with the
law.
| At the last session of the 1egisla ture
nineteen laws were drafted by Mr..
Emery and presented to the 1egis-
lature, which passed every one of
them.
1t is now compulsory for every adult
trated foodstuf to be Tabled with an
exact description of the contents of
the article. If ''pure" it must be so
stated, if not, the fact also must be
shown. By this means the purchaser
can tell exactly what he is buying.
The manufacturers of adu1tera ted
foods, knowing that Mr.. Emery in
tends to enforce his own laws, have
not been lax in complying with the
law. Since January 1 there has been
an army of manufacturers agents in
| the state. They have Travelled through
Wisconsin and taken goods from the
shelves of the stores. Some of it ha S
been shipped to Chicago and some
back to the manufa cturers. Some
firms have re1abe1ed their goods to
comply with the law, but not in sin.
gle instance have any violations been
attempted.
In Mr.. Emery's agitation of public
sentiment he started with the grocers.
He collected list of adulterated
foods. These he exhibited to the gro
GERS and aroused them to such an ex-
tent that they have offered him their
services in behalf Of pure food.
Throughout the state they have served
notice on the manufacturers that they
are with Mr.. Emery in his campaign
and that they will not handle Impure
goods.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01
COMMISSION rs NAMED
S. b. Cropley, VIM. Lewis and David G.
Jones to Appraise Property

An order signed by Judge Be1den
has been filed in the Office of the clerk
of the circuit court naming S. B.
Cropley of Pleasant Prairie, William
E. Lewis and David G. Jones of Ra-
cine county as a board of commits
sioners to appraise the value of land
sought by the Chicago and Milw5 u
kee railway company as right of
way for its line from the city of Ke-
nosha to the north limits of the town
of Somers. The commissioners will
hold their first meeting at the court
house tomorrow morning.
The appointment is made for a term
of six months, and the commissioners
are to receive as compensation $40 for
each day actually employed in maxi
ing the award.
1t is understood that the agents of
the company are now at work among
the farmers in Somers and that pri-
vate settlements have already been
made with several of them. Only ore
deed for right of way in this part of
the county has been filed for record.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01

The attempt of those responsible
for it to amend the primary election
law failed at the special session of the
Legislature, and the voters will have
another chance to see how it works
again this spring just as it was passed
originally. The last time it was tried
here most of the voters we're very
much dissatisfied with it's workings,
but perhaps it will go better this
spring now that they are more fami1-
lar with it. We never liked the law,
but are glad that it is to be tested in
it's original form. This system of
rushing laws through the legislature
without considering them sufficiently
to know what their effect is going to
be, and then trying to amend them
without giving them a fair trial, is all
wrong.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01
GETS NEW CATCHER
Manager Peter Breen Signs AL HeaIy
to Take the Place of Hermann

NAdHaSer EeGer breen Signs Al Healy
to Take the Place of Hermann
Manager Peter Breen Of the Keno
sha baseball team, has signed All
Hea1y to catch for the Kenosha team
during the coming season. Hea1y is
claimed to be one of the greatest
catchers in the West. For three years
he ofticiated as back stop for the
University of Wisconsin baseball
team and was the hardest hitter on
the team. Hea1y has been in the game
Tor about five years and is said to be
a winner. Breen was forced to seek
new man on account of the fact that
Peter Hermann the favorite old Ke-
nosha catcher had notified him that
it would be impossible for him to play
IN Kenosha during the coming sea-
son. 1t is reported that Herman will
be seen in one of the big league teams
and that he has already signed a
contract which will place him in the
professional ranks.
The season in Kenosha will be
opened on April Is, Easter Sunday,
with game with Jimmie Calahan's
Gall Chicago" club. The entire list
of players in the Kenosha team will
be announced within few days.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01

The fact that the Chicago & Mil
waukee electric road got its franchise
to enter the city of Milwaukee for
practically nothing shows how lucky
Frost and his associates have been
with their line all the way through.
His application was presented just at
the time when the people were clamor-
ing for better transportation facilities
and were down on John I. Beggs and
his system and the public practically
forced his ordinance through the
council for him. The road pays but
$40, 600 to get INFO Milwaukee, less
than the commission assessed against
it yesterday for a right of way
through the Jeffery property west OF
the city. A year ago or a year hence
it would have cost many times that
amount. No wonder the acceptance
of the ordinance was filed at once.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01
M'GRAWE's TRIPLE CRIME
Kills Saloonkeeper, Tries to Kill a
Woman and Then Commits
Suicide.

Spooner, Wis.,, Feb. 28.-James Nc
Grave. a paper mill employe from
Eau Claire, shot and instantly killed
Ed Cameron, a saloonkeeper, in room
over the restaurant kept by Mrs. Nc
Grave, after which he went to Mrs.
McGrawe's room and shot her. Her
corset steel DETECTED the bullet and
saved her life. MrGrawe made his es-
cape.
An hour later he appeared at the
home of IVinsor PLANE, on the out
skirts of town, and asked to warm
himself When PLANE stepped from the
room McGrawe secured a butcher
knife and went upstairs, got into bed
and stabbed himself in the neck, caus-
ing instant death. Jealousy is supposed
TO have been the cause.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01
WEDDING rs ANNOUNCED

Marriage of Miss Anna Mcintyre and
George Palmer Celebrated June 5
Announcement has been made OF
the marriage of Miss Annie Mcintyre,
daughter of the late Timothy Nc
Intyre, and Mr.. George Palmer, OF
Chicago, which was quietly cele-
brated at Hammond, Ind, Oh the
afternoon of June 5th of last year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Palmer had quietly
guarded their secret from their friends
so that the facts in the case were not
known to even relatives until the
public announcement was made.
Mr.. and Mrs. Palmer were not in
the city today aud for this reason nc
more definite announcement of the
wedding could be secured.
The young couple will probably
make their home at the residence Of
Mrs. Palmer on Park street.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01

To man who knows enough of the
inside history Of Kenosha for the past
few years to be able to read between
the lines, the platforms put out by
certain candidates are distinctly
amusing. AS one of them remarks,
there is difference between promise
and performance, and it is I'M
fortunate for the candidate, that the
people are also aware Of that fact.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01

ANY one who has had anything to
do with charity work in Kenosha
knows that there is great need of
some kind of central organization to
take entire charge Of the distribution
of all charity funds expended in the
city. Under the present system, or
rather lack of system, some people
get entirely too much and some of the
most deserving cases are neglected
altogether.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01
WOrdY Warfare.

do you know what the longest
word in the language it,? asked the
literary editor.
you're thinking Of Smiles" said
the poet, because 1t has mile be-
tween the first and last letters. That's
old. I know one that has three miles
between the first and last letters"
EYES," retored the other. you're
thinking Of 'beleaguer.' But / know
of one that has whole lake between
the first and"
'Of course. Stakes That's sim
pie. But how about one that takes in
the whole earth, hey?"
dead easy. Bertha And there
Is a still longer one that has the sun
for its second syllable"
Everybody knows that Lawson.
Then there's So"
Hold on! That won't"
II say it will. And there's anoth~
er-"
(Which includes the whole sky. Ger
tainly. Risky But that nothing. |
can tell you of one"
Here, providentially, somebody came
in to inquire where the subscription
department was, and the trouble
ceased Chicago Tribune.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01
A QUIET HOME WEDDING

Miss Clara B. Burk Becomes the Bride
of w. E. Gurnsey of Chicago
At O'Clock on Tuesday afternoon
at the home of the brides parents on
Garden street occurred the marriage
of Miss Clara B. Burk and Mr.. w. E.
Gurnsey, Of Chicago. In honor of
the wedding the home was beautifully
decorated with plants and flowers.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. w. w. Stevens in the presence of
a score of friends and relatives of the
contracting parties. After the we'd
ding ceremony wedding supper was
served and Mr.. ard Mrs. Gurnsey held
an informal reception. Later in the
evening they left for Chicago where
they will make their home.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01
A Little Mite More.

Fifty years ago there lived in Wood
stock, n. H, a man by the name Of
Thomas Booise Tor Boise, who was
noted for his ready wit.
At one time he was called as a wit
ness in a case in court in Plymouth,
N. FL. After the lawyer had fired all
sorts Of questions at him without get
ting much satisfaction, the judge took
him in hand.
mir. Booise," said the judge, 'haye
you told the whole truth in lis mat
ter?'
YES. sir: yes, sir, I have, and I
guess just a little mite more
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01
HnrticnItnrA.

a schoolboy got up to read com
position on 1.-THE tree He got as far
as This subject has many branches
when the teacher said:
Stop! You have not made your
bough yet
If you interrupt me again. said
the boy, It'll leave
you give me any more impudence
ana III take the sap out of~you. Dc
you understand? 2" said the teacher.
7 twig, said the boy, and then the
regular order of business proceeded.-
Chicago Journal
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01

THE investigation Of the University
of Wisconsin should be rushed through
as quickly as is consistent with thor
ough work. The rumors flying around
the state are doing the institution no
good. It is unfortunate that it was
necessary to investigate at all but the
sooner the people make up their minds
that they know ali about its affairs
the better.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01
Aspnyxiated in a Benzine Vat.

Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. 28.-Albert Son
ECKER, 10 years old. was found dead in
a ben2ine vat at the plant of the Can
field Oil company at Corapolis. Son
ECKER was in charge of the benzine
filter at the plant, and is supposed to
have gone to sleep and fallen into the
vat, which contained about six inches
of benzine He was asphyxiated by
the fumes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01
Natural History Item.

The elderly lady who was looking
through the shop of a dealer in nick
nacHs picked UP a small handbag.
Are !on sure she inquired, that
this is q real crocodile skin?"
Absolutely certain, madam re-
piled the dealer; II shot that crocodile
myself
1T looks rather soiled,' observed
the cust0 ner.
Naturally. madam explained the
salesman that is where it struck the
ground when ii tumbled off the tree 2
IIarDers Weekly.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01
Pere Marquette and g.. H. and D.

Detroit, Mich. Feb. 2S.-At a special
meeting of the Pere Marquette stock
holders here a resolution was adopted
providing that special committee
shall investigate the 999-year lease Of
the Pere Marquette by the Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton railroad, and
make a report to the annual meeting
in May. The meeting was called to dis
cuss the question whether the lease
should be abrOgated.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01

EVERY day or two announcement is
made that some good thing has gone
wrong as a result of an investigation
by the postofice authorities, but as
soon as one scheme has to be dropped
another is started, and the supply of
suckers is exhaustless.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01

THE influences behind the opposi-
ton to the statehood bill may not be
of the best, but the bill ought to fail
unless it gives the people Of the two
territories a chance to vote on the
proposition. There is, undoubtedly,
great opposition to the present plan
in Arizona.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01
THURSDAY, MARCH l.

THE most distinguished of our
chicken thieves have departed for the
penitentiary, but it appears that they
left plenty Of successors in the imme-
date vicinity.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01

EVERY once in while some nation
builds a battleship that is going to
revolutionize marine warfare, but
when it comes to the actual fighting
it is still the man behind the guns
who decides the issue.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01

THE farmers who are thinking of
going into the combination to put
wheat to dollar bushe1 can get
some valuable information as to what
happens to men who attempt to cor
ner that cereal from young Mr.. Letter.
He got some experience out of his
corner, if nothing else.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01

IT is evident from the way the rail
roads are rushing coal shipments that
there are some heavy consumers who
are not as we'll assured that there is
to be no miners strike as they would
like to be, and who do not propose to
be caught with empty bins if trouble
comes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01

The Republican city committee
should see to it that the party has a
full list of candidates at the coming
election, even in wards where they
have no chance to win. It helps to
get out the vote, and every vote will
be needed, now matter how the scrap
in the Democratic camp comes out.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-01

THE state has come into direct COM
petition with the housewife, and is
advertising for cooks, housemaids,
and dining-room girls, and it does not
propose to subject them to any exam
ination before giving them job,
either.