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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-02-22
MUST PAY BIG SUM
Appellate Court of Illinois Up.
holds Decision in Favor Of
William. {. Likes
KEN0SHA MAN TO GET SIS, 600

William e. Likes, a son of Charles
Likes, of this city, and a resident Of
Market street, is to receive from the
Postal Telegraph Co. the large sum
of $4,000 for injuries received while
in the employ of the company in 1901.
The Appellate court of Illinois We'd
nesday decided the appeal Of the com
pany in the case and decided that the
company would be forced to pay the
large sum assessed as damages in the
lower courts. This will probably be
the end of the case, as it is not
thought that the attorneys for the
company will see fit to carry it to the
United States court.
Likes has been practically an in
valid since the accident, and a short
time ago an application was filed in
the county court to have him adjudi-
Gated insane, it being claimed that he
was complete nervous wreck as a
result of the pain suffered from the
injuries received in the accident. The
county court, however, failed to hold
Likes insane and he was cared for in a
private hospital. He is now living at
the home of his father.
The accident, on which the suit was
based, occurred at Fort Sheridan.
According to the evidence, Likes was
ordered to climb a pole along the
right of way of the Chicago & Mil
waukee Electric railway. In order to
reach "cross ARM Likes was forced
to pass over two "feed wires"
The evidence showed Likes was
not warned these wires were danger
Gus, and when he came into contact
with them the shock loose ned his hold
on the pole, and he was only pre-.
vented from falling to the ground by
his belt, which caught upon one end
of the steps of the pole. The man
hung from the pole, head downward,
until rescued from his position by
several fellow workmen.
Likes injury consisted in an in
jury to his arm which resulted in it
being cut off at the wrist. Later it
was cut off toward the elbow, and
several amputations were made. His
life was despaired of several times.
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TO MEET AT WAUSAU

State Federation of Woman's Clubs to
Hold Annual Convention at Wausau
The Wisconsin State Federation Of
Woman's clubs has accepted the invi-
tation of the Ladies Literary club Of
Wausau to hold the next state con-
vention of the federation in that city.
The Wausau club women are planning
to make the convention an enjoyable
one. The club has ia members, with
the following officers:
President, Mrs. r. B. Johns; vice
president, Mrs. w. G. Dickens; re
cording secretary, Mrs. ]. P. Briggs;
corresponding secretary, Miss Marion
Macdonald; treasurer, Mrs. c. S.
Curtis.
Mrs. T. III. Brown Of Milwaukee has
been appointed chairman of the pro-
gram committee, to arrange the
program for the convention.
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STATE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Brief Items of Interest From Various
Parts of the State

Brief Items of Interest From Various
Parts of the State
The Stats Regalia company OF
La Crosse has made voluntary as
signment with liabilities of SO, 900 and
assets of $4,000. The firm manu-
featured lodge uniforms and regalia.
William Cone, carpenter 40 years
old, has disappeared from his home in
Racine, leaving little children with
no visible means. 1t is feared that he
may have wandered to the river and
tumbled in.
theodore Waserman, once a
wealthy German of Racine, was on
Wednesday arraigned in court on a
charge of assaulting his wife. While
IN his cell papers for divorce on the
grounds of cruel and inhuman treat
ment and drunkenness were served on
him.
Thomas Ender, a Burlington road
brakeman, while climbing upon car
OF fast freight, fell at Prairie du
Chen and his left arm was severed
by the wheels. An iron rod on the
car ladder gave way and threw him to
the ground. He has wife and a
family at La Crosse.
The derrick Of Frankman Bros. &
Morris, who are building. the new
railway bridge south Of Fremont.
Neb., tipped over on Wednesday on
Bridge island, mile south of that
place, and rolled down thirty foot
enbankment, killing p. w. Blanken-
burg, swingman, Of Superior, Wis,
aged 50 years.
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Committee Investigating Munich.
pal Ownership Tells Of Light
ing Rates in Other Cities
THESE PLANTS SEEM TO PAY
Many Cities in the Middle West are
Operating These Plants With a
Profit Rates for Light
Given by City Officials

Mayor German last night called
together the members of the special
committee in charge of the plans to
secure a municipal lig hting plant IN
the city, and the chairman of the COM
mittee, Alderman C. F. Stemm, pre-
sented report of his investigation IN
the field of,municipa1 ownership. The
report on the face of it is greatly in
favor Of the municipality owned
plant.
In the report the prices paid for
light ia nine cities ia different parts
Of the country are given and in only
one city does the amount paid APP
proach the amount paid IN Kenosha.
The plants reported on are all munich
pally ownedsplants, and in many cases
the cost Of operating the plant is so
small that light is supplied to the city
at cost more than $40 below the
cost in Kenosha.
The city of Logansport, Ind, which
is close to the size of Kenosha, makes
one of the best reports. Logansport
has municipal plant which is sup
plying lights for the city as well as
lights for a commercial circuit, and
while the cost of coal per ton i'll Log
ansport is quoted at 1924, the cost of
the street lighting is rated as nothing
as it is stated that the revenues re-
ceived from the commercial system
pay all of the expenses of run ming
the plant.
Blue Island, ILL.,, is the only city in
the report that has municipal plan
showing a larger cost for light than
Kenosha is now paying. In Blue Is
land the cost per light is placed at
$78.72. Blue Island is city half as
large as Kenosha and only 104 lights
are needed to take care of the streets
Of the town.
The report shows that the munich
pal1y owned plants have proved pay
ing investments for many cities IN In
diana and Illinois and it shows that
the cost Of operation can be greatly
reduced by operating the plant in con-
nection with water plant. The re-
port as prepared by the committee
shows the following table of costs in
the different cities. The three columns
of figures include the number of lights
burning, the cost of light per year,
and the cost of coal per ton in the
cities stated:
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NOT TO PROSECUTE
Mrs. Margaret Angenendt Re.
turns to KenoSha and is Rec
onciIed With Her Husband

| In Justice Sturges court on Wed
nesday afternoon, the warrants which
had been issued for the arrest of Mrs.
Margaret Angeneudt and one A1brent,
a soldier in the United States army
and stationed at FIT. Sheridan were
withdrawn.
This action was taken at the request
of the husband of the woman, who
stated that he found that the warrants
had been hastily issued and that there
was no foundati ton for the statutory
charge which had been brought
against his wife and A1brent. An
genendt stated to the court that he
was satisfied that his wife was with
out fault.
A complete reconciliation has been
effected between Mr.. and Mrs. Ange-
nendt and Mrs, Angenendt has re-
her husband and has no desire to leave
Kenosha again.
1t will be remembered that Mrs.
Angenendt disappeared some three
weeks ago!under circumstances which
indicated that she had met with foul
play. Ten days later she was found
living in Chicago. She returned to
Kenosha on Tuesday and friends of
the family managed to effect rec
onciliation between Angenendt and
his wife. The meeting Of the two on
Wednesday afternoon was touching
IN the extreme and after short talk
they went off for their old home arm
in arm. A half an hour later Ange-
nendt appeared IN court and asked
that the warrant against his wife and
against A1brent be withdrawn.
Mrs. Angenendt has made no state
ment in regard TO her leaving Keno
sha or her reasons for leaving and it |
is probable that no public solution of
the little tragedy Of domestic life will |
ever be made.
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Hides and skins.

This country Is the greatest consum-
er of hides and skins in the world. It
uses in a year 100000 goat skins,
24,00000CI sheep skins, 100000 hides
of all kinds, 100000 calf skins and
100000 other skins. 1t imports ali
its goat skins, a total amount of about
S25 100000 worth, and over $4,000
coo worth Of hides and over $1,000
coo worth of other skins, a total of
over S50,0O0000 worth Of hides and
skins. Germany imports one-third less
sides and skins than does this coun-
try. and England and France each i'm
port one-half as much. -Shoe Retailer.
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Modern Version.

The king had just opened his luscious
pie and the birds began to sing.
"Ye crowns, spoke the king, smack
ing his lips "but this is dainty dish.
| shall eat until / cannot eat more"
But just then the court physician ar
rived.
Hold on, your majesty" called the
medical adviser, lifting his hand in
warning, you know / forbid you eat
ing pastry Of all kinds and limited your
diet to health food" With a sigh the
king closed up the pie and told the
slaves to hand it out to some passing
tramp. Chicago Daily News.
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PUBLIC rs TO SUFFER
The Railroads Are Planning 10
Eliminate Comforts Of the
Travelling Public
FIGHT THE TW0-cENT RATE

Railroads operating in this state
threaten to retaliate if the 2-cent fare
is enforced. The roads claim that the
service will be cut down and the COM
forts of travel will be eliminated to
a great extent. As Secretary of State
Houser hassbrought suit against rail
roads in this state to compel the
chargingsof but 2-cent railroad fare,
the passenger traffic managers and
general agents of hfty-four big rail
road systems, some Of which operate
in this state, have held meeting and
decided to cut down train service and
eliminate comforts of travel in states
where thes2-cent rate law is enforced.
A traffic manager said: 'sThe public
is going to lose instead of gain by
such measures. The railroads have
never made money on their passenger
business. They will now curtail ex-
penses by withdrawing trains SO that
the same amount of passenger traffic
will be handled and the same returns
obtained from a decreased service.
"The state that compels the railroads
to grant a 2-cent rate will find it's
passenger service comparatively in
ferior in every respect. Where some
roads have run dozen trains daily
through Ohio they will now run two
or three. The public will have to wait
and accept whatever service it com
pels US to give it. Such laws are con-
6scatory and oppressive. They will
destroy the enterprise of the greatest
concerns of this country"
Among other losses to the public
which the railroads managers declare
Ohio will be forced to endure are
fewer safeguards against accidents,
inferior equipment of trains, more
crowded conditions in coaches, fewer
trains, lessg luxurious furnishings on
first class trains, slower schedules and
fewer measures for the convenience
of the travelling public. Some of the
traffic managers assert the inimica1
Legislation by Ohio will cause reta1ia-
ton by the railroads in discrimination
in favor of other states. The pros
perity Of the whole state, they predict,
will be affected by such "unwise and
class legislation.
To counterfeit the injurious effect of
agitation by those persons who make
the railroads target those corpora
tons will flood the country with liter
ature to convince the public that re-
strictive laws for controlling railroad
rates destroy the incentive to the
highest development of the railroads.
Such laws are characterized by the
railroad men as Socialistic and I'M
fair.
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NEW BOAT LINE IN PROSPECT
Miles Barry Would Run Opposition to
His Brothers

Miles Barry w OuAO N uu OQpOS1tAOn 10
His Brothers
Miles Barry, brother of the Barrys
interested in the Barry Transportation
company, which has > warehouse in
this city, is contemplating the estab-
1ishment of new line between Chi
cago and Milwaukee and will undoubt-
eddy have two boats touch at this
port in case the pending arrange
ments are carried out. Miles Barry
has leased one of the centrally To-
Gated docks at Milwaukee and has
arranged to secure control of the
steamers City of Travers and Peerless.
Last season he ran the steamer Hack
ley on the east side of the lake. Just
where he would be able to secure a
site for warehouse here is not now
known, but it can be expected that he
will not let Kenosha go by as it is too
good freight center to ignore.
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Attorneys for Chicago 8 MiIwau-
kee Railway Co. Seek Right Of
Way North to County Line
NO DELAY in BUILDING LINE
Company Plans to be Operating Cars to
Racine by the Middle Of the
Summer and Condemnation
of Land is Begun

THERE'S no longer any doubt as to
the desire of the Chicago & Milwau-
kee company to have the line COM
p1eted to Milwaukee as soon as pos
sible as the attorneys for the company
filed with the clerk of the circuit court
a petition for condemnation of land
for thegright of way of the company
from the city limits north to the limits
of Kenoshas county. The land sought
is valuable and it is probable that the
matter will require several months
for settlement.
There is a long list Of defendants
IN the action, the list including W..
H. Silver, Bernard Ok, Henry F..
Jordan, George r. Wade, Herman
Kreuder, Henry Linstroth, John Bish-
er, Henry K1appaoth, Louisa Kreuger,
Jacob R.l Hanche, John H. Gehring
and Thomas Piper. Added to this
list is another list ofkpeople who have
a small sinterest in the property
claimed
The rightsof way as outlined IS on a
straight 1ineRto the north limits of the
county. The line will pass through
considerable valuable suburban
property and will go through
the very center of the cabbage belt.
The petition states that the company
will demand strip of land Of uni
form width of one hundred feet
throughsall of sthe property save one
piece and through this piece the COM
pany seeks to condemn a strip of land
one hundred and fifty feet in width.
It is stated that this added land is
neededson- account. Of the fact that a
deep cut mustsbe made through the
property and more land will be needed
to make the proper grades.
The attorneys for the company
state that they expect to clean up all
titles to the right of way by this suit.
Judge Belden has set Feb.a26 as the
day for hearing the petition ard ap-
pointing appraisers.
The attorneys are now negotiating
with many of the farmers interested
ia the proceedings and it is possible
that the company will be able to
settle with several of these people
without taking the matter into court.
However, it is also stated that the
men residing in what is known as the
cabbage district have placed high
value on the land and the company
may be delayed for several months in
getting the right of way through this
portion of the county. Attorneys in
Racine are now atsworklon petitions
for condemnation of land to the north
limits of that county and it is prob
able that petitions will be filed with
in few weeks.
The fact that the Milwaukee city
council has given assurance that the
ordinance sof thee Chicago and Mil
waukee company will be passed at
once has caused the managers of the
company to rush the work of building
the line to Milwaukee. 1t was an
nounced last year that the company
would build tosRacine this MINER,
but it is possible that the ), will be
extended clear through Q Milwaukee
before the end of the present year
The company has for some time
been purchasing the materials for the
line to Milwaukee so that when the
work is started there will be nothing
to delay the construction.
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A sheraG's Afterthougnt.

The late Ralph 7. Holt Of Keene,
N. H., who served many terms as sher-
III Of the county, had a habit Of using
the words by the way" before adj
dressing q person or commencing a
conversation,
One morning IN the sixties in opening
session OF the court the sheriff arose
from his seat and In bis usual dignifed
manner proceeded according to custom
by repeating the following: Hear, We
Hear, We. All We who have anything to
do with the court Of common pleas
please come forward and you shall be
heard according to law"
At this point he sat down and re-
manned seated for nearly a minute.
then, suddenly springing to his feet
and looking fixedly at the judge, he ex-
claimed. by the way, God save Tho
state. p Boston Herald.
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DIED IN CHICAGO
Mrs. Ernest Getschman Died in Chica-
go After Long Illness

Mrs. Anna zeit1er Getschman, wife
OF Ernest Getschman and daughter
of Mrs. John zeitler of this city, died
at 7O4 North Park avenue in Chicago
late Wednesday evening. Mrs. Getsch-
man had been i'll with consumption
for many months, and had recently
gone to Chicago for treatment. Mrs.
Getschman was twenty-four years of
age and had been born and raised in
Kenosha. She is survived by hns-
band and one child, also her mother
and one sister, Miss Lillian Zcitler.
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ity, thinking thereby to destroy his
reputation and influence.
Not only the originating but the
circulatlonsof it as well, makes anyone
liable to punishment. One arrest has
been made and others may follow.
CHURCH COUNCIL,
Theo. G. Martin, Sec'y.
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IN these cities the lights are OF IzUO Candle
power, but in all others the candle power is
1000.
The committee is composed of c. f..
Stemm, chairman, Mayor German,
Aldermen eraser and Head.
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CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN
RAILWAY-Kenosha Station
SOUTH BOUND.

COUNTY OFFICERS

In effect on and after Jan.s24. 1906.
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got. In addition to that the
bureau, after studying the soil and
climate Of those states, has sought
to propagate there al the rare
fruits OF other countries that could
be made to grow il them. Latter
" It has established il each of
them a plant laboratory and put in
charge of it one of its best horti-
culturists. Rare fruits have been
propagated at those laboratories.
and the fruit growers Of those states
have been encouraged and assisted
in growing them for commercial
purposes. Several divisions of the
California and Florida fruit grow
ing industries got their start in
that way, and the work has been
of further value III advertising the
advantages of their soil and eli
mate.
Congressman Burleson is thor
oughly familiar with the resources
and productiveness Of the south
western country, and he wants
the same assistance given Texas
that proved SO successful in as
sisting California and Florida to
attain their present phenomenal
success in production OF fruits and
vegetables. On account of his
long service OH the agricultural
committee of the house he has an
intimate acquaintance with the
chiefs of the different bureaus con-
trolling the work desired to be-
done, and because Of his influence
with these gentlemen is meeting
with gratifying success in his eff
forts. He wants the same consid-
Grafton shown to southwestern
Texas, or, more particularly, the
Brownsville country, as mas been
shown for California and Florida.
at his request the depart
ment of agriculture has sent one
of its scientists to the Brownsville |
country to make d general survey |
of the section with respect to its
fruit producing qualities, and if
his report should be favorable, and
Mr.. Burleson does not doubt it
will be, DR.. David G.. Fairchild, |
explorer for the Division of Seed
and Plant Introduction Investiga-
tons. will be sent there at once to
prepare for the establishment of a
plant laboratory.
Mr.. Burleson took the matter up
with the department of agriculture !
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4 TIMELY WORK.

Congressman Burleson is doing
some work for Southern and South
western Texas, which will doubt
less prove of lasting benefit to those
sections. His effort has already
resulted in a beginning that bids
fair to develop into a work of great
magnitude. As is well known by
all who may have any knowledge
of the climate and soils of South
west Texas, that country is pecu-
liarly adapted to the raising OF
fruits and vegetables requiring a
seTni-tropical climate Its fitness
in this respect is not exceeded, if
is claimed, even by California or
Florida. Not only so, but II IS
asserted by those who are in 4
position to know that it is capable
of the production of some fruits
that the States referred to can not
grow with satisfaction.
The fruit growing industry of
California and Florida has received
the fostering care of the Govern
ment for many years. What the
Government has done for it, in
fact, has been perhaps the most
potent cause of its success. Both
these States, of course. have nat-
ural advantages which justified all
the efforts which the Government
has made, and the money which it
has spent in that effort has been
returned to the country many
thousand fold. In every way pos
sible the Pathological Bureau of
tha Department of Agriculture has
fostered fruit growing in these
States. Scientists have been sent
there to make special reports and
these have been spread broadcast
and been the most effective adj
wersisement these States could have
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WEDNESDAY. MAY 2, 1906.
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SnuTH BOUND

Train No. s leaves Sintou at $50 a. III.
Train No. 2 arrives at Kingsville at
1912 p. III.
Arrives at Harrington at 4:30 p. III.
Arrives at Brownsville at $40. p. III.
Train No. out of Brownsville arrives
at Corpus Christi at $50 p. III.
Train No. from Corpus Christi ar
rives in Brownsville at $40 p. III.