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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-05-10
TELLS ABOUT FRISCO
B. F. Windsor Relates interest
ing Experiences Before the
Elks Lodge Meeting
TELLS OF BIG LOSS OF LIFE

B. F. Windsor, president of the
Windsor Spring company, gave very
graphic picture of the earthquake IN
San Francisco, at the regular meeting
of the Kenosha lodge of E1ks Friday
evening and nearly hundred MEM
bers of the order were present to hear
the story of the great disaster from
the lips of an eye witness.
The story of Mr. Windsor is in
large measure In keeping with the
reports of the disaster as sent out,
but he insists that the reports sent out
have under estimated the loss of life
in Frisco and it is his opinion that at
least 1000 people lost their lives in the
earthquake and in the fire which fol-
lowed. MIR. Windsor spoke Of the diff
ferent shocks aud the damage done
by each. He spo6e of the panic strick-
en- people who fed from the hotels
and lodging houses to the wharyes in
order to secure shelter from the
flames. He spoke of the efficient work
that was done by the United States
army in guarding the banks and
places of business and declared that
stories of looting and robbery which
had been sent out were without
foundation.
Mr.. Windsor stated that the scenes
which were enacted in San francisco
during the few hours after the quake
could not be described in words and
that an eye witness would never for
get them. High compliments were
paid TO the hospitality of the people
of Oakland by the speaker, and he de-
clared that these people gave up their
homes in order to take care of the
great army Of refugees fleeing from
the stricken city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Windsor were in the
Grand hotel when the earthquake
came but they were among the first to
get out Of the hotel and out of Frisco.
! Their trunks were left behind, but
they have been notified by the hotel
management that they were saved
| from the IRE and will be sent on to
Kenosha in a short time. Mr.. and
Mrs. Windsor were the frs passen-
gers to board the government boats
after the earthquake and they were
among the first to arrive in Oakland.
| Mr.. Windsor gave it as his opinion
! that large number of the buildings
ia the city could be rebuilt and that
for this reason the loss from earth
quake and fire would not be as great
as had been previously reported.
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Bristol.

4 Miss Stella B1ackman, Of Kenosha,
visited friends here Thursday.
Chas. Gunter and Mark Castle were
Chicago visitors last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Roberts re-
turned last Wednesday from their
honeymoon.
Mrs. Charles Lacy and Miss Emma,
Of Ravenswood, ILL.,, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Vim. Perrigo last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fowler entertained at
choir practice Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vanderjagt were Ke-
nosha visitors Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward Rowbottom Wis
tied relatives here Sunday.
Mrs. Steinback, of Pleasant Prairie,
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. J.
Dixon.
r. E. Sutherland, Of Kenosha, was
Bristol visitor last week.
Miss Emile Holly, Of Peru, ILL.,,
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. ]. A.
Rowbottom.
Misses Mary Stevens and Gene
We've Shotliff are reported i'll with
scarlet fever.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kingman and
Prof. Ford have returned from Florida
where they have been spending the
winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Williams and
family spent Saturday in Kenosha.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Castle visited in
Salem Saturday.
The Union Grove Eastern Star or
ganized chapter in Bristol Friday
evening. Judge Heck, of Racine as
sisted.
Robert Wilson, Jr., Of Briihton Wis
tied at j. E. Dixon's over Sunday.
Frank Rowbottom, of Chicago,
spent Sunday with his parents.
Mrs. Steinke returned from Chica-
go Saturday evening.
Frank Fox and wife were Salem Wis
itors Saturday.
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MISS BUCK TO SPEAK
Arrangements Being Completed for
Annual Reunion of Old Settlers

Arrangements Being Completed for
Annual Reunion of Old Settlers
r. z. Roberts, Of Woodwork, secre-
tary of the Kenosha County Old Set
tiers Club, was in Kenosha today
making arrangements for the annual
reunion Of the club, which is to be
held at the grounds at Paddock's Lake
on Thursday, August 80. The Rev.
Florence Buck, pastor of the First
Unitarian church, will be invited to
deliver the annual address at the re-
union, and it is expected that she will
accept the invitation. Miss Buck was
asked to speak last year, but her en-
gagements we're such that she could
not accept the invitation.
The kitchen at the grounds will be
en1arg ed during the next few weeks
in order to provide more room for the
feeding of the crowds. Many special
features are being arranged for the
reunion and these will be announced
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Chicago Milwaukee Power Com
pany to Offer Electric Power
for Use in Rural Districts
COMPANY is INCORPORATED
Works III Harmony With the Electric
Railway Company, but Will Not
Be a Part of the Frost
Company Line

Farmers in Kenosha and Lake
counties are to have chance to util-
ize electricity as motive powe~ 20
the various sorts of farm mac .4nery
as It is announced that the Chicago
and Milwaukee Electric Railway COM
pany will go into the business of
supplying power TO customers in both
Illinois and Wisconsin. In order to
make this possible a new company
has been Incorporated under the state
laws of Illinois, to be known as the
Chicago Milwaukee Power company.
The company will have as its greatest
customer the Chicago and Milwaukee
Electric Railway company, ont It is
planned to keep the business of the
two compailies separate. The company
will be in charge of the building and
operation Of the big $1,000,00O power
plant on the flats just north Of Wan
kegan, and it will compete with the
several North shore power plants for
the business Of furnishing power to
consumers between Highwood and
Racine. Later it may be possible for
the company to extendothe business
SO as to take il all the. territory be-
tween Chicago and Milwaukee.
]. 3. Drom, who has been connected
with the Chicago and Milwaukee
Railway company as a general man
ager of construction, has resigned
this position to take the management
of the power company and he will
personally superintend the building
Of the power plant and will be promi-
nent in its management.
1t is expected that the plant will be
completed and in operation by the
first of next December and as soon as
possible after that date the company
will be IN the market to supply power.
1t is claimed that the company will
enter the Kenosha field and will seek
to secure the contract to supply pow
er to several of the larger Kenosha
factories. 1t is the plan Of the COM
pany TO cater to the farmers of the
two counties and lines will be stretch
ed so that every farmer between High
land Park and Racine may have
power for the operation of machinery
at nominal cost. 1t is claimed that
in Ohio agricultural regions where
the railway companies have built lines
the farmers have been supplied with
power and that the plan has proved
very successful both for the farmers
and for the companies in charge of
the power house.
This company will, of course, furn-
ish the power needed for the opera
ton of the henosha Electric Railway
company and the plant is being built
on such a gigantic scale that it will
have capacity large enough to care
for all the electric railways between
Highwood and Racine besides supply.
ing power to many other customers.
Power stations for the transfer of
the power will be built at convenient
points along the line and it is prob
able that large station will be built
Just north of Kenosha. There is al
ready one of these stations near
Winthrop Harbor.
A. G. Frost is the leading spirit in
the new company. The work on the
power house has already been started
but many months will be needed to
complete it.
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East 6omers

The trees are beginning to put on
the emerald hue Of the spring season
and the Orchards will soon show a
wealth of foliage.
District schools IN this locality OBJ
served arbor day Friday with appro-
pirate exercises and tree planting.
Miss Amy Shearer spent Saturday
of last week viewing the sights of
Chicago.
Henry Fliess met with very bad
accident on Thursday last while at
work in Simmons factory. A splinter
of metal entered one of his eyes, in
juring it SO seriously that the young
mar had to be removed to Trinity
hospital in Milwaukee.
E. A. Jensen, tenanton the Rogers
farm, will not leave as was reported
some time ago. He states that it is
his intention to continue at the old
stand.
Buswell's engine furnished power
for the road grader last week with
good results. The highways on both
Grand and Milwaukee avenues show
marked Improvement over what they
were before.
Some of our school people attended
the high school declamatory contest
IN Racine Friday evening.
The electric railway company has
graded theSGrand avenue crossing to
the same height as the balance of the
road which seems to indicate that
rails will be laid in the near future.
Automobiles again on the public
roads seem to take entire possession
of the highways and the man with the
horse is not in it as far as right to the
road is concerned. Imagine one of
these noisy, lighted monsters tearing
along the road at a reckless speed
after dark. Is it any wonder that
horses are frightened and serious ac-
cidents often occur? City automo-
bilists will have to show a greater de-
gree of consideration for the rights of
other travellers before the automobile
can ever hope to meet with favor in
the country.
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Wheatland.

Mr.. Reislxi of Milwaukee had bust
ness here the first of the week.
Belle Carroll is visiting with her
cousin, Mrs. Mary Stahl, of Kenosha.
Albert Schroeder went to Rochester
Saturday
Mrs. Henry Wehmhoff entertained
the Ladies Aid Society Thursday.
Arthur Mooney, of Chicago, spent
the past week with his parents.
Robert Smith Of Brighton passed
through here Sunday with his new
auto.
Henry Epping and wife were the
guests Of his sister, Mrs. Ben Richter,
Sunday.
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sOMERS

f. "A. Burgess, of Racine, spent
Tuesday and Wednesday of last week
in the village.
The masons are laying the founda-
ton for p. M. Anderson's new house.
DR.. E. r. Evans, Of Racine, was
called to William Miller's Saturday
afternoon.
Misses Edna Parks and Emma
Christianson, of Racine, spent Sun
day at Mrs. Hitler's.
Jay w. Rhodes and John Haigh
each lost horse last week.
Mrs. Grimshaw spent Saturday in
Racine.
Misses Polly and Martha Brecken-
felt, of Racine, spent Sunday with
their sister, Mrs. Thomas Gascoigne.
j. J. Fitzgerald, of Chicago, visited
at Somers recently.
On Thursday afternoon, May 5, at
$50 o'clock, occurred the marriage OF
Of Clinton o. Hitler, son Of Mrs. FL.
Hitler, and Miss Elsie E. Parks, Of
Racine, at the Baptist parsonage, ke-
nosha. Rev. Harvey Dee Brown Off
ciated in the presence Of few init
mate friends Of thecontracting parties.
The bride was attended Gy her sister,
Miss Edna Parks, and Walter John
son was the best man. The bride and
groom left for Milwaukee for brief
visit, after which they will be at home
to their friends ii Racine. The best
wishes Of large circle Of friends are
extended.
Mrs. Or. Almfelt is visiting friends
in Chicago.
Rev. J. M. Broody has rented Mrs.
Mitchel1's house for the summer,
which he will occupy about June 1st.
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Miss Laura MagiIl, of Kenosha,
Awarded First Honors in Ra-
cine. Kenosha Contest
RACINE GIRL WINS SECOND
< enosha High School Students go to
Racine in Great Numbers and a
Noisy Celebration of Their
Victory Follows

For the second time Miss Laura Ma
gill, of the Kenosha high school, won
irst honors in Raciue-Kenosha de-
c1amatory contest held at the audi
forum of the Y. NJ c. A in Racine
Friday evening and she will be one of
the representatives. of the district at
the final state contest to be held in
the opera house at Sheboygan two
weeks from last night. Miss Fanny
Murphy and Miss Agnes Dorchester,
both of Racine, were awarded the
second and third honors inlthe annual
contest and will appear with Miss
Magili ia the state contest.
The victory of Miss Magi1l was
more noteworthy in that she was
awarded her place by unanimous
decision Of the judges. The judges
included the Rev. Judson Ellsworth,
Prof. Wallace and Rev. B. Fl. Moore,
ali of Milwaukee. More than two
hundred of the students Of the Keno
sha high school went to Racine to
cheer their Representatives in the
contest and when it was announced
that Miss Magil1 had won the hard
fought declamatory battle the en-
thusiasm of the henosha students
knew no bounds. They took the big
utes after the decision of the judges
had been announced the victorious
slogans of the Kenosha students
brought pandemonium in the audi
torium.
The program was one of the best
ever given at a Racine-Kenosha con-
test. Each school was represented
by four speakers and in order to be
perfectly fair to the contestants the
names Of the speakers did not appear
on the program.
Miss Magills selection, which she
read IN a mastery manner, was Justin
McCarthy's eff / Were King, and it
is an unusual fact that the selection
of the Kenosha girl is the same as the
winning declaimer had at the state
contest last year. Kenosha students
believe that Miss Magi11 will certainly
win the state contest as it is claimed
that her Interpretation Of the piece is
much stronger than that given bJ
Harold Buchan, of Manitowoc, who
won the final contest last year.
''The Death Disk" was the se1ec-
ton given by Miss Murphy, who won
the second place in the contest, and
Miss Dorchester, who won third place,
recited in charming way Chow Old
Folks Won the Oaks.
The other representatives of the
Kenosna high school in the contest
were Ralph Kingsley, Dwight Smythe
and Miss Edna Schumacher. The
following program was rendered at
the contest:
A Morning Ramb1e. ,.....................Be azie
G1ee Club
Helene Thamre. ..:....... Phe1ps-Wa ard
Tonssaint L'Ouverture ............... Phillips
Natures Rest. Sp1nney
G1ee Club
How ''O1d Folks Won the Oaks ........ Ea11xins
eff We're King, .............. Mccarthy
Selection from Opera "Prisci1la"... Surette
G1ee Club
The Chariot Race ......... ........... Wallace
Selection from the Opera "Prisci11ao Surette
G1ee Club
"Ole Mlstis".. Moore
The Famine. ...... LongfelloW
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MURDER NEAR ANTIOCH
william Young Kills His Son, James
Young, After Fierce Quarrel

James Young, a'young man resid-
ing mile east of the village Of An
tioch, is dead as result Of an attack
made on him by his father, William
Young. The two men went to the
Young home at O'Clock Monday
evening and became engaged in a
family quarrel. During the quarrel
the father is alleged to have assaulted
his son with jack knife, stabbing
him through the heart. The son died
fifteen minutes after the fight.
The elder Young has been arrested
and is now in jail at Antioch. The
Young family is we'll known to many
people in the town of Bristol.
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INTERSCHOLASTIC CONTEST

The Northwestern line will sell ex-
cursion tickets at reduced rates to APP
pleton, Wis. May 10 to 10 inclusive,
limited to return until May d inclu-
sive, on account of interscholastic
academic, literary and athletic con-
tests. Apply to agents Chicago &
Northwestern R'y. WI
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publication, May 10, 1906.

QTATE OF WISCONSIN, County Court for
y Kenosha Couuty-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at general term
of the County Court to be held in and for said
County, at the County Court Room, in the City
of Kenosha, i'll said County on the first Tues
day, being the 5th day of June
A. D. 1906, at 10 O'Clock A. M, the following
matter will be heard and considered:
In the matter of the will of Laura E. Brown,
deceased.
The application of The Northwester Loan &
Trust Co. for the examination and allowance of
its final account as administrator with the will
annexed of the estate of Laura E. Brown, late
of the city. of Kenosha, in said county, de-
ceased, and for the assignment and distribution
of the residue of the estate of said deceased.
By the Court,
RUSSELL II. SLOSSON,
wa County Judge.
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DIED FROM CONSUMPTION
Mrs. Louis Kramer Expired sunda.

Mrs. Louis Kramer Expired Sunday
Morning After a Long Illness
Mrs. Theresa Kramer. wife of Louis
Kramer, died at the family residence,
518 Park street, atshalf-past 10 O'Clock
Sunday morning after long illness
from consumption. Mrs. Kramer had
been Ill for more than three years
and had been confined to her bed for
more than three months.
The deceased was a native of Ger
many and was born August 80, 1866.
She came to Kenosha twelve years
ago. She is survived by her husband
and FIVE children.
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NOTICE TO WISCONSIN FARMERS

The Twenty-second Annual Report
of the Wisconsin Agricultural Expert
ment Station is now out. It will be
sent free to any resident of the state
upon request. Address Agricultural
Experiment Station, Madison, Wis.
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'irst publication. May 10, 1906.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

KENosHA COUNTY COURT Probate.
N In the matter of the will of Ann
Reynolds Lane, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the CLAIMS and
demands of all persons against Ann Reynolds
Lane, deceased, late of the city of Kenosha,
in said county of Kenosha, will be examined
and adjusted by the County court of Kenosha
county at tie regular terms of said court to
be holden at the County court room in
the City of Kenosha, in and for said county,
on the first Tuesday of September, A. D. 1906,
and on the first Tuesday Of December, "A. D. 1906,
at ten O'Clock A. M. of those days; also that
the time until and including the first Tuesday of
D. 1906, is the time allowed and
limited for creditors of said Ann Reynolds
Lane, deceased, to present their claims for
examination and allowance.
Dated at Kenosha, the 8th day of May, A. D.
1906.
By the Court
RUSSELL Fl. SLOSSON,
VS. County Judge.
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II ol p HOIINS1IIOII3 My Tvs I1"Os
NOTICE TO CREDTT0RS.

RENOSHA COUNTY COURT:-In Probate
n In, the matter of the estate of John
Spear, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the claims and
demands of all persons against John
Spear, deceased, late of the town of
Salem, in said county of Kenosha
will be examined and adjusted by the County
court of Kenosha county at the regular
terms of said court to be holden at the
County court room, in the City of Kenosl,a
in and for said county, on the first Tues
day of September, A. D. 1906, and on the
first Tuesday of December, A. D. 1906, at ten
until and including the first Tuesday of
November, A. D. 1906, is the time allowed and
limited for creditors of said John Spear,
deceased, to present their clairus for ex-
animation and allowance.
Dated at Kenosha, the eighth day of May,
A. D. 1906. By the Court,
RUSSELL q. SLOSSON,
VS. County Judge.
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NOTICE

The Liberty Cemetery Helpers will
meet with Mrs. Henry Beimer Tues
day afternoon, May Is.
MRS. Gro FAULKNER, Sec.
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vERY LOW RArEs no BOSTON

Via the Northwestern line, for tickets
to be sold June 2, 3 and 4, with favor
able return limits on account of
American Medical Association meet
ing. Apply to agents Chicago &
Northwestern R'y. WA
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BISHOP MAY NOT RUN
Kenosha Candidate for State Senate
Will Not Oppose John Thomas .


Will Not Oppose John Thomas
A telegram from Racine states that
politicians in that city are not fully
satisfied that Isaac T."Bishop, Of the
town of Somers, will be candidate
for the Republican nomination for
state senator. These men state that
John Thomas, the present represen-
tative Of Racine county in the assem-
bly,, is also out looking for the Office,
and they declare that Bishop has
stated that he will not seek the nom-
ination in opposition . Thomas.
Mr.. Thomas has been in the assem-
bly, for several years and has been a
close follower Of the administration
program.
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ADVERTISED MAIL MATTER

The following is a list of the mail
matter remaining unca1led for in the
Kenosha postofice, Kenosha county,
Wisconsin, for week ending May 10,
1906, and which will be sent to the
Dead Letter Office at the expiration of
two weeks unless called for:
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LADIES LIST.

katherine S. Brown ~, Mrs. C. B. Corder,
Misses Maud Miller, Mrs. Cretensen, Mrs. Ida
Fancher, K. c. Goodenough, Blanche Korken
~, Mrs. Kate Newl1rk, Mrs. L. Ollie, Jennie
Pearl, Mrs. Schmitz.
To obtain any Of the above mail
matter the applicant must give the
date of this list.
JOHN 3. MALoNEY, P. M.
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MEMS LIST.

Wo1eriion Atkoczunos, ]. G. A. Anderson,
Favo Divjak, Geo. Fried. Felix's Guduiciz,
JOS Hauben, Jno. Harrison, Joe Jones, George
Knaseo, A. Lewis, Karl Line, Kazimenos Nor
uaisos, Megi Normont, Mr.. Patterson, Claude
E. Purdy, Vincenzo Presto, Roy Randall, w.
G. Roche, Guy Ronk, Mr.. Taylor, Tony Van
bort, |. B. Williams, Otto Wish, Jan zyshows-
XII, Frank Ze1eznk.
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Subscribe for Observation-Disclosures.
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Many people are afraid Of ghosts. Few
people are afraid of germs Yet the ghost
{c q fancy

and the
germ is a
fact. If
the germ
could be
magnifed
to a size
equal to
it's terrors
It would
appe ar
more ter
rible than
any fire.
breathing
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f. "A. Burgess, of Racine, spent
Tuesday and Wednesday of last week
in the village.