The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-04-26
Simmons Manufacturing Company
Notified That Big Warehouse in
San Francisco is Destroyed
MASS MEETING A FAILURE
Collection of Funds for San Francisco
Sufferers, However, is Going
Along without Interruption
Churches Give Literally

Kenosha will be forced to bear
part of the loss by fire in San Fran
cisco, as kilograms received in the
city on Sunday announced that the
big warehouse leased by the Simmons
Manufa curing company in the
stricken city had been destroyed with
its contents. The building was not
owned by the Kenosha company, but
Notwithstanding this fact the COM
pany has sustained very heavy loss.
The telegram announcing the burn
ing of the big warehouse was sent by
Jacob Keul, the manager for the
company at San Francisco, and it did
not go into details more than to state
that the big stock carried by the com-
pany had been badly damaged.
San Francisco is utilized as one of
the big Western distributing points
of the Simmons company and for this
reason the company always has
large stock Of finished beds in the
warehouse there. z. G. Simmons
stated on Sunday that the stock in
the warehouse was valued at over
$4,000.
The stock was insured for nearly
it's full value, but there is something
of a problem in connection with the
insurance. The company carried
seven policies in San Francisco COM
panies, seven policies IN foreign COM
panies, and the remainder of the in
surance was in companies in other
parts of America.
Some of the people in San Francisco
seem to believe that it will be i'm
possible for local companies to meet
their losses, and if such is the case
the Kenosha company may have
very heavy loss.
Mass Meeting Failure
The mass meeting which was to
have been held at the Rhode opera
house on Sunday afternoon for the
purpose of swelling the Kenosha
contributions for the relief of San
Francisco people proved failure.
There were SO many other attractions
for the afternoon, that less than a
hundred people saw fit to turn out for
the meeting.
The members of the committee in
charge of the meeting waited for half
an hour for the crowd to gather and
then Attorney James Cavanagh, who
acted as chairman of the meeting
made short address in which he
thanked the people who came out for
the meeting, but stated that it would
not be advisable to proceed with the
small crowd present.
In the meantime the work Of col
1ecting money for the Kenosha fund
is being carried forward very ra pidly.
The members OF the committee, who
have the subscription papers were
out at work on Saturday afternoon
and Sunday and several hundred
dollars was secured. The first report
of the collections will be made at the
meeting Of the committee on Wednes-
day evening.
Archbishop Messmer, yesterday
sent a letter to the churches in the
uAOSSSS, ~ l18 tAdl Lie CATHOLICS
make efforts to collect fund to aid
the sufferers. Observation-Disclosures
we're taken in several Of the churches,
and other collections will be taken
next Sunday. This money will not be
added to the generalsfund, but it will
be forwarded blythe archbishop of the
diocese to the archbishop Of San
Francisco.
| The following contributions have
been reported from the different
churches as a. general call for con-
tributions:
St. Georges church, $13o.35; Park
Avenue M. 3. church, SIS; German
Lutheran church, $40; German M. E.
church, S24; First Baptist church, $18.