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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-09-13
MOTHER RISKS LIFE
Mrs. Mary Schonensk Jumps Into
Burning Room in Order to
Save Little Daughter
CHILD IS FEARFULLY BURNED
Little Three Year Old Girl Playing
With Matches Starts Fire Which
Threatens the Life of Her Moth
err and Herself

Mrs. Mary Schonensk, a Russian
woman residing at the corner Of
Lemon and Caledonia streets risked
her life Thursday afternoon in an
effort to save the life of her three
year old daughter Margaret Schon-
ensk, who was enveloped in flames in
one of the rooms of the mother
home. The woman was badly burned
about the hands and arms but will re-
cover. The child was fearfully burned
and it is reported that her condition
is most precautions.
The accident occurred just after 4
O'Clock Thursday afternoon. The
little girl had been playing about the
house and had gone to one of the
upper rooms to find her doll. A box
of matches was laying on the table il
the room and the child lighted one of
the matches. In some way she started
the entire box of matches to burning
and the flames from the same caught
the child's clothing and in a short
time the entire room was enveloped
in flames.
The pitiful screams of the child at
tracted the attention of the mother
and she rushed to the room. Not
needing her own danger she ran into
the burning room and seized the little
girl Ia her arms. She tore the burns
ing clothing from the child and ran
from the room. In the meantime
Mrs. Schonensk's hair and the cloth
ing she wore had caught FIRE and her
screams attracted pt 3p1e residing
near by who managed to. extinguish
the flames.
The woman was crazed with grief
over the accident to the child and re-
fused to turn over the charred body of
the little child until the doctors ar
rived. DR.. Spa1ding was called to the
house and found that the child had
been terribly burned about the arms
and body, and in several places all of
the skin had been burned off the
chi1d's body. The little girl suffered
almost inhuman torture during the
night, but this afternoon while her
CoHuil1Ou Is CAltlCdl3 the DOCTORS see a
ray of hope for her recovery. Not
withstanding the fact that the mother
was terribly burned, she refused to
leave the bedside Of the child during
the night.
The case is a pathetic one. The
husband Of Mrs. Schonensk is alleged
to have deserted her some time ago
and she has been forced to take in
washing to support her children. She
was at work at the time the accident
occurred.
The case has been laid before the
local authorities and they will do
everything possible to find the man.
In the meantime the woman and her
injured child will be we'll cared for.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-09-13
TO CHANGE PRIMARY
Many Amendments to the Law to
be offered at the Next SEES
sion Of the Legislature
LIMIT CANDIDATES EXPENSE

Bills will be presented to the next
session Of the legislature to limit the
amounts which car be spent by can
didates in the nomination campaigns.
All the candidates who have run in
the present primary election are
Unanimous that something must be
done along this line and say that the
exfSnse for running for office under
the present primary law is so great
that soon the situation will exist that
none but rich men will think they
can run for Office in Wisconsin.
This complaint comes from all parts
of the state. The primary election
nomination campaign means practical
ly the same thing as campaign for
election, only instead of the campaign
expenses being borne from a fund to
which candidates generally and citi-
zens are subscribers, the expense Of
the primary election campaign has to
be borne individually by candidate.
Instead of being move for reform
in this particular, it is claimed that
the cost Of the primary election is al
most an invitation to a candidate to
graft for the reason that public office
salaries are eaten up to such an ex-
tent by the cost of the campaign that
public officials will be likely, if nom
mated and elected, to resort to lille
gal methods to reimburse themselves
for the enormous cost of the cam
paign.
One of the bills proposed to be pre-
sented to the legislature is a measure
to limit the amount which candidate
may spend in an effort to secure a
nomination to 10 per cent Of the sal
airy of the office to which the candi-
date aspires.
This would cut out some of the ridi-
culous methods which have been
adopted by various candidates to get
their names before the public in the
hope of thus catching votes.
| Over the state the fight has been
the same, the candidates spending
more than the annual salaries of the
offices they are seeking. In one 1egis-
1ative district alone for the office of
| assemblyman which pays only $500 a
year, two candidates for the nomina-
ton are credited with each having
spent over 81, 500 in the fight.
Such reports as these are coming
from all parts of Wisconsin and it is
likely that never before in the history
of the state has SO much money been
paid out for political purposes as has
been expended in the present primary
election campaign.
Another amendment to the primary
election law which will undoubtedly
be proposed when the legislature con-
vcnes will be measure doing away
with the circulation of nomination
papers and allowing any one to run
for nomination who desires to do SO.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-09-13
STEW ART LOSES OUT
Final Returns from the Primary
Shows that Cunningham has
Democratic Nomination.
STEWART COT HOME COUNTY

After nearly a week Of anxious
waiting, hoping against hope Calvin
Stewart of this city has laid aside his
preparations to make a run for con-
gress, as final returns of the primary
election which was held a week ago
show that Stewart has been badly de-
feated by ]. j. Cunningham Of James
Vile. The majority for Cunningham
is decidedly large one and it shows
that Stewart carried only one county
in his district and that was his own
county of Kenosha.
Cunningham who is regarded as a
decidedly weak candidate for the of
fee had laid his lines we'll in the
other counties and he managed to get
out his friends and these friends
swamped Stewart. In Racine county
where Stewart expected to secure a
large vote the returns show that he
was defeated by vote of 27O to 80.
Stewart attributes his defeat to the
fact that his name appeared in second
place on the ticket and most Dem
ocrats in this section of the state
seem to have simply voted for the
first man all the way down. It is
claimed that this same fact made
possible the big vote for Aylward in a
section where Merton had been a big
favorite.
The count of the vote shows a
majority for Cunningham of ga. The
vote by counties was as follows:
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GRANITE MEMORIAL

Charles Fl. Gonnermann is to have
placed on his cemetery lot handsome
monument to the memory of the late
Mrs. Gonnermann. The lot, which is
forty feet square. is to be enclosed by
heavy granite coping. In the cen
ter IS to be placed sarcophagus
eight feet IN length, five feet wide aud
seven feet high Of solid granite
weighing fourteen tons. It's exterior
Is to be ornamented by fine holdings
aud beautiful carving. It is expected
wi1en finished to be the largest and
most expensive work of the kind ia
the. state. The Morse Granite Co.
have been commissioned to do the
work and expect 10 have It completed
in about four months.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-09-13
TO FORMULATE PLATFORM
Nominees of Different Parties to Meet
at Madison Soon


On September IS the successful can
didates on all party tickets, except
for county Offices, will meet at the
state capitol at Madison to draft their
respective party platforms and to
elect state central committees and
state chairmen.
1t IS generally understood that so
far as The democrats and the social
democrats are concerned this com
pliance with the law will be a mere
formahty, as both these parties have
already adopted platform on which
they expect to make the fall cam
paign.
The organization of the social dem
ocratlc party will also not seek any
changes IS the members of the cen
trail committee, as well as the state
chairman, were chosen at the conven-
ton held few months ago at Mil
waukee.
Herbert H. Manson of Wausau will
in all probability be elected state
chairman of the Democratic party and
no changes Of any moment are an
ticipated in the makup of the central
committee.
While he has not as yet expressed
his intentions publicly in the matter
it is believed that w. D. Conner will
resign his position as state chairman
of the Republican party and consider
able speculation is on among poll
ticians as to his successor in that
event. No one has so far announced
himself for the position.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-09-13
PLAN RACE MEETING
Kenosha GentIeman's Driving
Club to Give Two Days
Race Meet in October
BIG PURSES WILL BE OFFERED

The city cf Kenosha is to be placed
on the racing map again, as the off,
Gals Of the Kenosha Gentlemen's
Driving Club are now completing ar
engagements for a great race meet to
be held at the Balm track early in
October. 1t will besthe first meet Of
the kind held in Kenosha in many
years, and It is attracting wide atten-
ton among the local horsemen. The
track is said to be the equal of any
track in this sectionsof the country.
and the men in charge are constantly
at work on it to get it into better
shape.
The date for the October meeting
has not as yet been set, but it will
probably be held during the second
week of the month. 1t is planned to
have card of four races for each
day, with some special features.
Eleven hundred dollars will be offered
as purses, and the regular entry fees
will be charged. Added to the purses
it is planned to hang up a number of
trophies for local championships, and
the prizes will be sought as eagerly
as the cash purses. The work of adj
vertising the meeting has already
been started, and it is expected that
many of the horses now on the grand
circuit will come to Kenosha to close
up the season. The fast bunch at
Libertyvil1e this week will be in Ke-
nosha, and it is expected that many
of the horses entered at the State
Fair will also be entered here.
The first season of the Driving
Clubs management Of thesBain track
has been a decidedly success from
every standpoint. While the track
has been used as a training track
three n1atinees have been given, and
the club has made little money at
each Of them. With the proceeds of
the coming meeting it is planned to
build grand stand early next sea-
son, aud It is possible that two meet
ings of three days each will be ar
ranged for next season. The Keno
sha horsemen are great lovers of the
sport, and they seem to be ready to
go down in their own pockets and
furnish money to. secure the success
of the meetings.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-09-13
George JANSEN, Young Brakeman
on the Northwestern Road
Meets Awful Death.
SON OF MILWAUKEE FIREMAN
Young Man was Walking Along the
Top of a Freight Car when He Fell
Under the Wheels and Was
Terribly Crushed.

Another name was added to the long
list of fatalities on the Northwestern
road at kenosha Friday afternoon
when George Jansen, aged twenty
years, employed as a brakeman on
the road, was crushed under car on
the western division of the road near
the milk station just west of Kenosha.
The young man died at the Kenosha
hospital just after O'Clock in the
evening. The remains were shipped
to Milwaukee and the funeral was
held Sunday. Interment was at Forest
Home cemetery.
The accident which resulted in the
death of young Jansen occurred just
after clock. The man had worked
as brakeman since last April and
was member of the crew in charge
of the special freight which left Ke-
nosha just after the milk traingfor the
West had pulled out. Young Jansen
was at work on the rear endgsof the
train and was running along the tops
of the cars. He attempted to Jump
from one car to another and slipped
and fell in between the cars. The
fall OF the young man was witnessed
by another brakeman and as rapidly
IS possible he signaled the engineer to
stop the train and hurried back only
to find the nang1edsremains of Jansen
still under the cars. Onesof the boys
legs had been completely severed Just
below the knee while his left leg had
been crushed to the hip. He was
tenderly picked up and placed on
mattress IN the caboose and as soon
as possible brought to Kenosha. He
was still conscious when placed ia the
ambulance at the Northwestern sta
ton. AS soon as possible he was
taken to the hospital aud Doctors
Robinson and Gephard were called to
operate. The left leg was ampu-
tated at the hip but the shock Of the
accident caused the death of the young
man shortly after the amputation.
The remains we're turned over to the
coroner and later removed to the Han
sen morgue
The deceased was a son of Captain
Edward Jannsen, one Of the best
known members of the gMilwaukee
Fire department, and the3father was
hurriedly called to the hospital Fri
day night. He failed to reach Keno
sha until after the deathl Of his son.
The father was Frustrated by the
accident.
While young Janssens chad been
working for the railway company
only short time, he was one of those
jolly Observation-Disclosures appeal
to railway men, and in the short time
he had become a general sfavorite
AS his crushed,and mangled body was
being removed from thes caboose the
men who had worked with him cried
like children.
The men who witnessed the acct
dent declare that there was no fault
on the part of the company, and that
Jannsen seems to have slipped while
running along the car.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-09-13
MAY BUILD NEW THEATRE
Reported That Managers of Bijou are
Negotiating for Place on Park St.

AGpUItCu IndC udHd&6TS OF BIJOu are
Negotiating for Place on Park ST.
It is reported that Jones & O'Brien
the managers of the Biiou theatre in
this city are negotiating for the pur-
chase of large piece of property on
Park street, with the view of using it
for the erection O.: theatre which
shall be given over to vaudeville. No
confirmation of the report can be Sc
cured at the theatre, as it is stated
that both Of the managers are out Of
the city, and that they have not com
municated their plans to any of the
employees of the theatre here.
The proposed site is centrally
located and it certainly we'll suited
for such theatre. In the last two
years the Bijou theatre has been do
ing an enormous business and it is
entirely too small to take care Of the
people crowding it nightly. Some
time ago the managers announced
that they were considering a plan to
build here and it is thought that the
Park street site has been selected.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-09-13
DEATH OF MRS. RAYMOND

Wife of the Well Known Inventor died
at Her Home on Rowland Avenue
Mrs. Carrie Luella Halliday Ray
mond, wife of Harry Raymond, the
well known inventor, and a daugh
Of the late William Halliday, died at
the Raymond home 267 Rowland ave-
nue. Friday afternoon. Mrs. Ray
mond was forty-two years of age, and
was native Of Kenosha. She had
spent her entire life in this city, and
had large circle of friends to whom
the news of her death will come as a
great shock.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-09-13
A QUIET WEDDING

Stephen LaughIin, of Fond du Lac, Mar
ried Miss Anna B1umke of this City
There was quiet little wedding at
the court house on Saturday after
noon, when Miss Anna Blumke Of this
city, became the bride of Stephen D.
Langhlin, Of Fond du Lac. The cere-
mony was performed by Judge Slos-
son, of the county court, in the pres
ence of few friends of the contract
ing parties. After the wedding cere-
mony Mr.. and Mrs. Laughlin left at
once for Fond du Lac, where they will
make their home. They will be at
home to their friends in that city af-
ter the first of October. The bride
and groom have the best wishes of
many Kenosha friends.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-09-13
County Canvassers Complete the
Work Of CanvassiOg Primary
Vote after Hard Work.
REPUBLICAN VOTE IS HEAVY
Vote Cast for Other Nominees Than Re-
publcans is Exceedingly Small
Majorities Changed by the
Final Count

After nearly two days Of strenuous
work the county canvassing board
completed the work of canvassing the
returns Of the primary election Satur-
day noon, and the result emphasizes
the fact that there were few but Re,
publicans who voted in the election
on Tuesday. The vote cast for Demo
Gratis, Social Democrats and Prohibit
tionists is less than one-third as large
as that cast for the Republican cam
didates.
The official count is as follows:
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Majority for Cunningham ga,

Majority for Cunningham ga.
AS the nomination was sort of a
thankless task, the friends of Stewart
are congratulating him on his defeat
and it is thought that it will save him
the work Of making an arduous,
though useless campaign. 1t was
thought for the first three days after
the primary that Stewart had won
handily, as it was believed that
Cunningham would not carry his own
county. However, Cunningham plan
ned on light vote andstook ad-
vantage of it and got his friends to
the polls.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-09-13

Mr.. and Mrs. W.P. Robinson are
visiting with friends in Detroit.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-09-13
TYPHOID CLAIMS VICTIM

MRS. Augusta schwalbe Dies From
Dread Disease Sunday Evening
Mrs. Augusta Schwalbe, wife Of
Frederick Schwalbe and well known
German resident of the city, died at
the family residence 123 North Maple
street Sunday evening after a long
illness from typhoid fever. The de-
ceased was 81 years Of age. She vas
a native of Germany, but had resided
in this county for many years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-09-13
PIONEER WOMAN DEAD
Mrs. schnell Diedl on Friday at Her
Home in the Town of Paris

Home in the Town of Paris
Mrs. Phoene Schne1l, wife Of Henry
Schnell and one of the best known
pioneer women of'the town of Paris,
died at the family residence there at
3 O'Clock Friday afternoon. Death
resulted from natural breaking
down due 10 old age. Mrs. Schnell
was over IS years of age at the time
Of her death. She was a native Of
Germany, but came to Kenosha
county more than fifty years ago and
had resided here ever since. She was
well known in the town of Paris and
in this city.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-07

should do so. 1t is unnecessary to re-
peat the arguments of commercial men
regarding the reduction in the cost of
transportation by increasing the size of
the mass to be moved. The natural out
come of the present tendency of trans
portation, both on land and water, is to
increase the volume to be moved; larger
cars and longer trains and more power
full locomotives to move them on the
land, and larger ships and greater power
on the sea. The competition of coun-
tries and ports with one another. and
the necessity of reaching the markets of
consumption by distant producers all
serve to increase the freight capacity of
steamships; and the longer the course
the greater the demand for size
"a very important feature OF the sub
ject is the urgent necessity of increasing
the draught of steamships. The length
and breadth have far outstripped this
other most important dimension. The
draught, of course, is rigidly limited
by the depth of water in channels and
at docks.
",rhe reasons insisterrly and persist
emily stated by naval architects for in
creased draught, not only for greater
stability, speed and generally better pro-
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-09-07

feet; gross tonnage, 1917. He pre-
dicted an increase in the next five years
to length of 5S5 feet, breadth of
o1.9 feet, draught of 2o.4 feet and a
gross tonnage of 1884. When the FIVE
years had elapsed the actual dimensions
were found to be: Length, GAO feet;
breadth, $50 feet; draught 321 feet;
gross tonnage, 1871. Steamships OF
500 feet or more in length had increased
from twenty-five to ninety three-an in
crease e .22a per cent. Now Mr. Cort-
hell pred,lts At in 1913 there will be
total of I66S5 steamships, represent
ing total tonnage of 100000, or an
average of 200 tons. The average di
mansions of the largest twenty steam
ships will be: Length, 1000 feet
breadth, 100 feet; draught, 80 feet !;
gross tonnage, 10000.
Other interesting features of MIR.
Corthell's predictions, which are based
on the developments of the past, are that
the speed of the fastest steamships in
1913 will be thirty knots, that the total
number of sailing vessels will have de-
creased from 5o,2s1 in 1873 to 10000 in
1913, and their tonnage from 14,1S5,S56
to s,241,ooo. The weight of sea-borne
commerce in 1913 will have increased
to 435,ooo,ooo tons, and the value of the
combined exports of the leading ten ma
tions of the globe will have reached the
stupendous total of $4,000, 100000.
In discussing the outlook for the flu
ture Mr.. Corthell said:
"There is no reason why steamships
should not continue to increase in size,
and there is every reason why they
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portions of steamships but for greater
capacity and greater economy of trans
portation are of the strongest and most
convincing character AS the displace-
ment of a steamship is increased by in
creaslng the draught, the power required
10 drive ton of displacement at given
speed is reduced Some instances Of the
limitations of draught may be cited TO
show how important is the question OF
providing greater draught and greater
depth of channels to meet this draught.
The Deutschland, one of the largest YES
sells of to-day, like all the swiftest mail
steamers, carries very little freight be-
cause of the limits imposed by her de-
parture draught. 1t has beer stated that
this great ship of more than $4,000 tons
displacement can carry only 500 to Goo
tons of cargo. If her draugft could be
increased one foot, about $50 tons more
cargo could be carried, and two feet in
crease would represent about 1900 tons
more cargo. The freight earning ca
pacity would THUS be nearly trcbled 10;
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builders and ship owners in urging the
necessity for greater depths.
CAS- to the cost of fuel in large and
small steamships, theoretical calcula-
tons and actual practice agree in show
ing that the consumption of coal per 100
ton miles is about 8 to "a, as between
a 800 foot ship and $50 foot ship
the one having loaded displacement of
800 tons and the other 26,15o tons, the
one with draught of "a feet inches
and the other 81 feet AZ inches.
"The operation of the law controlling
the development of steamships, particu-
larly in respect to their draught, is mex
orabe. The naval architect and the
steamship companies feel its effects first
of all, because behind them urging them
on to greater and deeper ships are the
worlds commercial requirements and