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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-12-27
ASKS $4,000 DAMAGES

Theodore Urban Brings Suit Against
the Wisconsin Central Railway
Theodore Urban, through his at
torney, A. E. Buckmaster, has started
suit against the Wisconsin Central
Railway Company demanding two
thousand dollars for personal injuries
received at the village of Wheatland
a year ago. Urban had attempted to
cross the track when the vehicle in
which he was riding was struck by a
train. Urban himself escaped with
out serious injury, but his horse was
killed and the vehicle demolished.
Efforts we're made to settle the case
out of court, but the company has
filed an answer denying all liability
in the matter and it is probable that
the case will go to trial at the March
term of the circuit court.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-12-27
NAME BON j. ARNOLD

CORNER President of Kenosha Electric
Road to Manage Chicago Traction
Bion ] Arnold, the former presi-
dent and general manager of the Ke-
nosha Electric Railway company, has
been formally named as the man
selected to be the general manager of
the traction interests of the city of
Chicago when a union of these inter
ests can be effected.
Mr.. Arnold is to receive salary of
$4,000 year and tits understood that
he is to give only portion Of his time
to the work of the city. For the past
ten months Mr.. Arnold has been in
the employ of the city of Chicago
working on the traction problem and
1t is claimed that he has done more
than any other man to bring about
the proposed union of the lines.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-12-27
FOR RURAL SCHOOLS
State Committee Reports to The
State Superintendent on
Needed Legislation
TO SEEK NEW SCHOOL LAWS

Charles Hemingway, Evansville;
L. P. Fox, Chiffon; Laura Bruce, Eau
Claire; John Kelley, SJuneau, and
Jesse Cory, Milwaukee, a committee
of the State Association of County
Superintendent to make recommen-
dations for a change in the educa-
tional laws, have reported&.to State
Superintendent Cary. Their recon-
mendations are as follows:
A compulsory educational law-(a)
TO amend the present law sossthat the
power to enforce it: shall be placed in
the hands of the sheriff of ssthe coun-
ties or one of his deputies; (b) MAX
ing the age limit in regard.to COM
pulsory attendance from to Is and
abolishing that portion OF the present
law in reference to ''from Il to 10 if
not regularly employed;" c) .requir-
ing school clerks or other school of.
ficers to file copies of the school cen
sus with the County perinten dent:
(d) compelliugs all teacherssto make
monthly reports Ito the gcounty super
intendents of enrolment and 3attend-
ance of pupils between thes ages of
7 and Is; (e) requiringsall persons be-
tween the ages of and:15 to be en-
rolled in some private or parochia1
school six months lbefore thesclose of
the term in towns sand villages and
eight months in cities.
A law increasing the minimum
length of the school year from seven
to eight months. A law requiring
state superiutendents TO prepare plans
for one aud two-room school houses,
remodeling of old Jones and for out
houses. A law to 1egalize appropria-
tons heretofore made by county
boards for school purposes To make
the law mandatory in regard to pay
ment of county uperintendents' trav-
cling expenses. A law to deprive one
department. and certain two depart
ment schools of the income from the
seven. tenths mill tax unless they
comply with requirements as toequip-
ment apparatus, heating and VEN
tilating plans. To amend the law so
as to make the appointment of deputy
county superintenden mandatory.
Requiring county board to allow
reasonable amount each year to the
county or district uperintendents for
clerk hire.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-12-27
Directors Of Kenosha Hospital
Will be Forced to Enlarge
the Present institution
NO ROOM FOR THE INJURED
For the Past Year and Half the Busi-
ness of the Hospital Has Increased
so Rapidly That New Building
is Needed Very Soon

At the next meeting of the directors
of the Kenosha Hospital Association
they will be forced to take up
the question of securing more room
for the care of the increased number
of patients being received at the hos
pital and it now looks pretty certain
that within another year the directors
will be forced to take up the question
of erecting new building more suit
able to the dema ndS of the hospital.
The present hospital was designed as
an emergency hospital and in that
capacity it has proved of greatest
value, but the demand for a hospital
in the city has grown by giant strides
during the past year and a half until
at the present time the institution is
entirely too small to accommodate the
patients seeking to enter it.
At the present time every cot in the
wards is filled and added to this men
who have been brought to the hospi-
tai for treatment have been placed on
improvised beds in order to give them
any care at all. The emergency
operating room has been called into
service for regular patients and
should there be an accident in the city
it might be impossible to care for the
injured.
The hospital has not as yet proved
itself entirely self sustaining, but
with the steadily increasing business
there is no doubt but that the institu-
ton if properly enlarged would pay
its way and more.
The hospital is gaining recognition
among all the people of the city, and
physicians are no longer forced to
send patients to other cities to have
them properly cared for. In fact peo-
pie have come to Kenosha from other
cities IN order to have the benefits of
the Kenosha institution.
In the past year many changes
have been made at the hospital which
have placed it in line with the larger
hospitals of the country. A training
school for nurses has been opened in
connection with the institution and a
half dozen young women are now
being fitted for the work of nurses.
With new building fitted for hos
pital purposes there is no doubt but
that the Kenosha hospital could be
one of the most successful along the
north shore.
The matter has already been taken
up informally by members of the
board of directors and it is possible
that some action will be taken in the
near future to seek to raise fund for
the building of new hospital. 1t is
thought that So, 900 would be suf-
hcient to build and equip a hospital
which would be sufficiently large for
the present needs of the city, and it
is believed that this money could be
secured. People of wealth in Keno
sha have been exceedingly liberal
toward the hospital and it is known
that generous gifts would be forth
coming for the purpose of enlarging
the institution.
The work that the hospital has
done in Kenosha has brought it close
to the homes of the great mass of la
boring people in the city and it is
thought that any plan for the enlarge
ment of the institution would result
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-12-27

1t is one of the curious incidents of
a generally remarkable career that
Theodore Roosevelt, the exponent of
the strenuous life, the disseminator of
the doctrine that there are dangers to
the moral fiber of a nation from the
cankers of long peace, the militant
champion of large army and navy
and the wielder Of the "big stick
should be crowned as Americas great
pacifcator. But perhaps he only
meant that peace was a good thing for
Russia and Japan just about August,
1905.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-12-27

N these people giving literally of
their wages for such changes. The
factories of the city have had grea-
many benefits from the hospital, and
while they have paid in dollars and
cents for the care of every patient
sent TO the hospital, they appreciate
its value.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-12-27

TIE first thing to do is to relieve
the coal shortage in the northwest,
and the next is to fix the responsible
ity for it. After this experience the
people of the northwest may be ex-
pected to pass some rather drastic
laws for the regulation of the rail
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-12-27

THE present Congress is confronted
with an immense amount of import
ant business and unless the members
work harder than they ever worked
before to get it out of the way there
is danger that good deal of hasty
and ill-considered legislation will be
rnshed through in the closing days of
the session.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-12-27

The Presidents explanation of his
action in dismissing the negro troops
is full and complete and should settle
the matter once and for all. The
hysteria which demands sympathy
for murderers and the aiders and
abettors of murder is entitled to no
further consideration.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-12-27

A shortage Of five dollar bills is the
usual Ming as frightening days near
the December turning point, but Wash
ington deems the fact important
enough to make it an item of news.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-12-27

The French spelling is to be revised,
and it's safe bet that the reform will
be more popular this side of the water
than that simplifed English spelling
project.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-12-27

In the annual budget the item for In
dian affairs is cut $6,OOOOOO and the
item for the army increased $1,000, 600.
Perhaps the prospect is that more bull
let's and less bread will be used In
regulating" the Indians hereafter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-12-27

A large number of young women in
interior towns have been victimized
out of from 500 to $50 each by a bogus
agent who advertised for chorus girls
One Of the applicants insisted on being
shown and broke up the game. The
Missouri idea is bad for the bunko
tribe.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-12-27
Sister Lavinia. Member Of the
Sisterhood Of St. Mary Died
on Wednesday Evening
LOVED BY KENoSHA POOR
Had Been Connected With Kemper
Hall Since the Inception of the
Institution and Was Greatly
Beloved BY Associates

Sister Lavinia, born Lavinia Lyons,
member of the Sisterhood of ST.
Mary's, and stationed at Kemper Hall
for many years, died at the hall
Wednesday evening just after 6
O'Clock after long illness. Sister
Lavinia was 81 years Of age and she
had been suffering from tuberculosis
for some time. For many months she
had been confined to her room at the
hall, but she had received the ten
derest of care and it was thought that
she was recovering her health.
Wednesday relapse came. and while
the other sisters of the order waited
about the bed the we'll beloved mem
Der of the order dropped asleep.
Sister Lavinia was probably better
known among the people of Kenosha
than any member of the order save
the Mother Superior. Known as the
s'Little Blue Sister" few people who
had occasion to go to Kemper Hall or
do business with the people in charge
did not know Sister Lavinia. For
many years she had been the purchas-
ing agent of the Sisters and her daily
trips to the down town stores made
her we'll known among the merchants
of the city. She was in charge of the
house at the hall for years, and while
never directly connected with the
teaching force at the school, she was
brought into close contact with the
young lady students and was greatly
beloved by them.
Sister Lavinia was native of Balti-
more, and was born 81 years ago.
When young woman she conse-
Grated her life to the work of the
church, and she was admitted to the
Sisterhood as working sister,
when young woman. She came TO
Kenosha with the opening of Kemper
Hall and had been interested in all
of the allied enterprises.
Siseer Lavinia was especially we'll
known among the poor of Chicago and
kenosha. She had spent several
summers at the Home on Washington
Boulevard in Chicago, and had taken
an especial interest in the work of the
Sisters among the poor of Kenosha.
She was one of the leaders in the sew
ing class at Kemper Hall for which
q Sisters arrange the Christmas
rvice each year. Completely de-
ed to her work at the Hall she
n rited and received the undivided
is.s.e of the Sisters and others con-
Dscted with the Hall.
Mrs. E. S. Meers, of this city, has
been named as member of the Art,
Library, and Literary Exchange Com
mittee of the Wisconsin Federation of
Woman's Clubs
Manager Peter Breen is at work on
the schedule for the Lake Shore Base
ball League. The schedule viii. be
presented to the other managers for
their approval at a meeting to be held
on Jan. 7th.
President A. G. Frost of the Keno
sha Electric Railway company has
notified the Council that he will pay
the bill for the repair of the Main
street bridge. It is claimed that this
bill should be paid half by the city
and half by the company. Frost has
agreed to pay the entire bill and
leave the matter to arbitration.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-12-27

Whether boys are lazy or not usually
depends on whether they are doing
what they have been told to do or
something of their own choosing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-12-27

Anyway, Count Boni was not flooded
with offers Of jobs by Americas 'yel.
low press.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-12-27
MAY SELL ZION CITY
Receiver Announces to People
That Something Must Be
Done to Raise Money
CITY TO co UNDER HAMMER

At a meeting of creditors of the
Zion City estate last evening in Zion
tabernacle, Receiver John c. Hately
announced that conditions have
reached point where they demand
that immediate arrangements be made
for selling the entire property.
Many of the creditors, he said, are
in absolute poverty as a result of
having invested their all in "the king
DOM" Others are borrowing to meet
living expenses and are approaching
financial ruin. The receiver said that
he is receiving every day urgent let
ters asking for an immediate settle
ment of the estates affairs.
The fact that winter has arrived
makes the crisis sharper, and Mr..
Hately felt that the dictates of hui
manity must be met.
After this statement of conditions,
which was acquiesced in by his audi
ence with hearty applause, Receiver
Hately proceeded to outline at length
three plans which he, with Judge
the American Trust and Savings
Bank, has formulated for the dis
posal of the property.
The plans are:
l. Selling of the estate Immediate
ly under the hammer. This, in the
opinion of the bank appraiser, would
raise IL cents on the dollar for the
creditors.
2. Selling of the estate gradually
through land brokers and real estate
men This course, it is estimated,
would realize Is cents on the. dollar
8. Disposal of the estate to the
creditors or board of trustees ap-
pointed by them after all prior claims
have been settled.
The adoption of the third plan, the
receiver said, would give the creditors
clear title to the estate and would
permit them to manage it on the plan
of corporation, the amount of each
creditors claim corresponding to the
amount of stock held.
The plan contemplates the'appoint-
ment by Judge Lands of board of
trustees composed of sevensmen, four
to be Zion City.men, two outside bust
ness men, and the seventh Receiver
Hate1y. This board. acting as a
board of directors, wouldsmanage the
estate, which includes .the entire
business equipment of the town, in
the interests of the creditors.
George Trafter was arrested on
Wednesday on charge of assaulting
his wife. The wife appeared in court
and asked that the man be given the
1ightest punishment and he was fined
one dollar and costs.
The following gentlemen have been
selected to serve as judges for the an
nnal joint debate among the students
of the Kenosha High School: L. H.
Muzzy, E. L. Grant, George Taylor,
Conrad Shearer, Frank H. Truax.
N. "A. Rowe is named as the alternate.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-12-27

Mrs. E. S. Meers, of this city, has
been named as member of the Art
Library, and Literary Exchange Com
mittee of the Wisconsin Federation OF
Woman's Clubs
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-12-27

George Trafter was arrested or
Wednesday on a charge of assaulting
his wife. The wife appeared in cour
and asked that the man be given the
lightest punishment and he was fnee
one dollar and costs.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-12-27

The following gentlemen have been
selected to serve as judges for the an
nual joint debate among the students
of the Kenosha High School: L. H.
Muzzy, E. L. Grant, George Taylor,
Conrad Shearer, Frank H. Truax.
N. A. Rowe is named as the alternate.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15
Prison Population.

For the first time in many weeks
there have been no arrivals. As a
consequence, there was slight
decrease in the population of the
prison during the week. Those
discharged were: W. M, 144O;
T. M. 876; E. q. A., 1444; 81. G.
r., 1445; G.. A., 1864; P. McG. :,
l45l; B. M. 1886: and F. B., 1868.
The population of the prison is
719, distributed as follows: First
grade, 534, second grade, III and
third grade Ia.
The last register number is 1914.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15

his partner coming up the street.
with their arms about each other
apparently undecided what part of
the street they wanted. Noticing
that Cy's eye was all right, one Of
the boys asked him who put it in
shape again. Cy being in happy
frame of mind told him the fsh-eyo
story and the boys could only
laugh and acknowledge it was zone
on Them" 1772.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15
Board Of Control.

The State Board of Control,
consisting of Hon. 0. B. Gould,
Hon. S. w. Leavett, and Hon. L.
A. Rosing,:met at the prison last
Friday. The members arrived at
the prison early in the morning
and were in session until late in
the afternoon. After auditing the
regular monthly accounts and lis
tening to a number of applicants
for parole, the members visited
one of the proposed sites for the
new prison. On returning to the
prison they visited several of the
departments, including the new
tobacco factory. There were
eight applicants before the Board
for parole, but none were granted
at the present time.
Warden VOTERS financial state
ment for January shows that the
receipts from the Irvine factory
amounted to 81, 3O5.2O. The mis-
cellaneous receipts were $8.294.43.
Included in this sum was s., 636. 81
received from labor in Irvine plant;
q, 10000 from labor in shoe shop;
and $168. Is from visitors fees.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15

The president of the Chautau-
qua Circle informs us that the fol.
lowing are the titles of the papers
which will be read at next Sun
days meeting: 'The Effect of the
Recent Investigation of High
Finance and the Immigration
Problem;" 'Our Foreign Possess
sions;' Abraham Lincoln and
IAN Education That Pays"
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15

Quite number of the men we're
very enthusiastic in their praise
OF several of the pieces that were
played by the band last Sunday
morning. The boys are making
good, and they would have been
the recipients of many choice
Havanas, if cigars were not declared
from the institution.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15

Captain Maish has some good
mechanics under his charge.
Last week we sent our chilled-steel
blade, used on the paper cutter,
over to the repair shop to have it
sharpened and it came back in
first-class shape. The rounded
edges and hollows all disappeared,
and the edge, il now almost as
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15
TO INMATES.

For the information of new arrivals and all
others desiring to send THE MIRROR to friends
we wish to say that the privilege will be granted
by complying with the following rules: Write
out your own name, register and cell number
and send to this ofit with name and address
of person to whom paper is to be sent. Each
paper must be kept clean and folded in the
same manner as 1t is when you receive It and
placed In your door every Friday night All in
mates are requested to comply with this order
whether sending out copy or not.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15

Guard Whelan and his crew of
men completed filling the prison
icehouse last Friday morning.
They stored away seven tiers,
which is one tier more than last
year. It is as good quality OF
ice as has ever been brought into
the yard.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15

Twelve more combination bench
es we're made for those men who
are to occupy cots in the dollhouse
corridors. There are now forty
eight of these benches.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15

There must be some thieves
working in the dollhouse of late.
One or two of the boarders COM
plain that their tobacco is disap-
pearing. When caught these
chaps cannot say that they stole
because they were unable to get
work.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15

The steamfitters from Mime
apolis completed putting in the
piping in warehouse @ last Friday.
When tested it was found that
everything was in satisfactory con-
dition.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15

Bandmaster Hewitt entertained
the people who attended the Cos
pei services at the Auditorium
Monday evening by playing a
trombone solo. Chaplain S. J.
Kennedy presided at the meeting,
which was a large one.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15

The following changes were
made during the past week: 80
to 127; 127 to go; "a to 1868; 3O7 to
81; 524 to Sc; l03 to 3O7; 1876 to
$40; 378 to hosp.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15

Biggs, the local electrician, will
do the wiring for the electric fire
alarm attachments to connect
warehouse Q with the rest of the
automatic sprinkler system. He
started on the work last Saturday
There will be two new bells and
two automatic drops. It will re-
quire about two thousand feet of
wire to complete the work.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15

Deputy Warden Glennon is
still confined to his home. His
many friends hope that be will be
about soon and entirely recovered
from his present illness.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15

Our local street commissioner
has made for himself a new cart.
It is great deal smaller than the
old one. Russ thinks that his
latest wagon is better than any
thing he has yet made.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15

The blind man in the solitary
annex has received a new book.
It takes about a week to send
away and get a new one. If
some of the men in the dollhouse
had to wait that long before being
able to change their book, it is
likely they would have to invent q
new language in order to do the
subject justice.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15

Day Turnkey Husting left last
Monday on a months leave of
absence. His health has been fail
ing for some time past and it is
thought that temporary change
would be beneficial.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15

The prison fire department made
run to shop D last Saturday
afternoon. On account of the
slippery condition of the street
the boys failed to break any rec
ords.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15

The occupant of cell 228 would
appreciate it if some inmate would
send him the Bemidji Pioneer.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15

One of the carpenters visited
the dollhouse last Saturday and
frightened the steps on all the
stairways that lead to the upper
galleries.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15

Last week the number designat-
ing the second grade was made to
read l27 instead of 172. These
mistakes are becoming monotonous.
We shall endeavor to avoid such
fragrant errors in the future.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15

Miss Louise Van Metre, of ST..
Paul, and Miss Aurora E. Staples,
city, were shown about the prison
last Saturday by Mr.. Marty.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-02-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wolfer
we're present in the dollhouse last
Sunday morning listening to the
concert by the prison band.