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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25

IT looked for a time as if the extend
ed franchise for the street railway
company would go through the coun-
Gil practically by default simply be-
cause none of the people affected by
it appeared to take enough interest in
the franchise to investigate it, but
the Ashland avenue residents have
walked up at last, and with their pro-
test and the proposition for four
cent fare the next meeting Of the
council committee having the matter
in charge promises to be lively one.
A good shake-up can do no harm and
may do some good.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25

OVER 60 per cent of the co mmand
ing officers Of the army are on record
to the effect that the restoration Of
the canteen would be a blessing to
the soldier and the service, and it is
high time that Congress listened to
them. Of course the army is always
at disadvantage in securing any
needed legislation because it does not
vote and can exert little political in
fuence, but it does not seem possible
that the anti-canteen element will be
able to influence Congress much
longer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25

The fight over the extension of the
street railway franchise has de-
veloped into regular old-fashioned
rumpus with both sides circulating
petitions and lined up for fight to
the finish. The council is going to
have some trouble, too, in straighten-
ing out the petitions when they are
handed in and finding out what GER
tain property owners really do want
as some names are on both petitions.
The simplest and easiest way to deal
with the difficulty would be to leave
the frontage that is on both petitions
out of consideration altogether unless
the owners personally appear before
which side they are on. The usual
rumors about both sides are going
the rounds, among the most interest
ing being the claim, said to have been
made by the local railway managers,
that John |. Beggs is behind the OPP
position to the franchise. Altogether
it is very pretty fight which, un-
fortunately, is bound to leave good
deal of bitterness behind no matter
who wins. At present it looks to
outsiders as if the opposition had a
little the best of the railway people.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25

MosT of the property owners com
piled promptly with the ordinance re-
quiring the removal of snow from the
walks but there are a few delinquents
who need little attention from the
street commissioner. Every citizen
ought to have public spirit enough to
do his own shoveling and most Of
them do, but now and then there is
one who has to be aroused to sense
of his duty.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25

THE severe penalties being given
the assailants of women and children
in other cities must have tendency
to make couple of prisoners at the
county Jail slightly uneasy. There is
only one thing to be said about the
case. If these men are guilty as
charged, no penalty can be too severe,
and any sentence given them must
fall far short of their deserts.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25

MANY of the Kenosha factories have
already sold enough of their output
to keep them busy away long into the
summer and all Of them are figuring
on the most prosperous year in their
history. Kenosha labor is going to
have steady employment at good
wages, and there is no indication of
any possible check in the growth of
the city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25
Kenosha Electric Railway Has
Petition in Circulation to Use
Ashland Ave. for Extensions
CLAIM MANY HAVE SIGNED
Manager Russell Feels Assured, That
He Will Have the Frontage Neces-
sary Before the Next Meeting
of the Common Council

The war for Ashland avenue be.
tween the property owners and the
Kenosha Electric Railway company
is on in earnest, and today both sides
to the controversy are hard at work.
When. the protest was Started on last
Saturday, Manager Willis Russell
was one of the first to- get hold of the
information and while he had not
planned to start out with a petition
to secure consent to the use of the
streets named in the ordinance for
several days, the protest hurried him
a little and bright and early Monday
morning he started to work.
Notwithstanding the fact that
many people had signed the protest
against the coming of the street cars,
many have also signed the petition in
favor Of the car line. There is a
strong feeling and especially among
I the people living at the south end of
the avenue in favor of the railway.
These people have always wanted a
local line on Ashland avenue and they
are out working with their neighbors
to secure the consent of at least two
thirds of the frontage.
Manager Russell stated on Monday
afternoon that he had already Sc
cured half of the signatures needed
to secure the success Of the PROPOSE
ton to build on Ashland avenue and
that he felt assured that the re-
mainder would be secured ia the next
few days. The protest against the
road comes largely from the north
end of the avenue but even at the
north end there are some friends Of
the railway company. It is stated
that Captain Frantz, who owns a
large block Of property, was among
the number declining to sign the pro-
test against the road. Manager Rus
sell admits that the protest is one
worthy Of his mett1e but he insists
that the protesting property owners
have not a majority of the frontage
or any way near this much. He
states that while the protesting
property owners evidently mean right
he is Of the opinion that the plans Of
the railway companyiwere being mis-
represented.
He asserts that the protesting peo-
pie have asserted that the company is
not planning to build the complete
north and south road at this time and
that this matter was settled between
the committee and Mr.. Frost last Fri
day. However, Russell is not paying
much attention tc statements made as
he is out for signatures. It is stated
that several of the people who had
signed the protest have also signed
the petition for the road.
The matter will come upsbefore the
committee this afternoon and it is
probable that the side with the long
est petition will win out. The com
n1ittee is favorably disposed toward
the extensions asked for by the rail-
way company, but it is hardly pos
sible that they would do anything in
direct opposition to the wishes of a
majority of the property owners on
any street in the city. It is hoped
that the desire for the extension of
the line will be a sufficient lever to
bring about a treaty Of peace between
the opponents and the matter can be
settled in some amicab1e manner.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

We, the undersigned Boss BARRIERS,
do and will do shaving at the same
old price, 1Oc, until future notice:
Fl. A. Dickhaut, Meyers block; Paul
Luicke, Hanson St.; Vim. J. Dick
hant, us Park St.; A. }. Burg, 164
Main ST. Peter Kull, Milwaukee Ave;
r. DeHaven, N. Main ST.; L. V. Mil
brath, Main st. i27
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25

THERE seems to be considerable
difficulty in Kenosha in making the
punishment ft the crime. Enough
transgressors go scot free in the city
to make it an object to make an ex-
ample of those the police catch in the
act about whose guilt there can be no
question.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25

The Independent Bowling club de-
feated the Tor club in nine pin
match at the Maple House alleys
Tuesday evening. The Independents
won by fifty points. Harbert of the
Indep endents had high score with
forty six pins. The game ties the two
clubs for champ ionship honors and
the deciding game will be played next
Sunday ait Central park.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25
Ashland Avenue Citizens Recon
slider and File Protest Against
the, Electric Railway Co.
CLAIM STREET TOO NARROW
Protest is Signed by Many Prominent
i Citizens and Others will Sign
Later-OnIy Two Have Re-
fused to Sign Protest

The proposition for an extension of
the franchise rights of the Kenosha
Electric Railway Company, which
seemed to be moving along ia a decid-
eddy smooth manner, was given a rude
bunt Monday, when it was learned
that Ashland avenue residents were
protesting against the building of the
line. The protestis formidable one
and it will be a hard matter for the
railway company to find any argu-
ment which will force the council to
pass the ordinance over the protest.
Headed by Johnson Jackson and O. L.
Trenary, the protest has already been
signed by property owners owning
3, ITO feet Of frontage on the street,
and it is claimed that others have sig
nified their intention to sign. Both
the north and south ends Of the
avenue are represented by the signers
Eof the petition.
Some time ago Alderman Hegeman,
who had protested on former occasions
against a road, stated that he would
not protest against a local line, and
that he thought that other residents
would follow his lead. The present
protest has originated at the other
end of the avenue and it seems to have
spread very rapidly.
In order to override this protest it
will be necessary for the railway com
pany to secure the consent of two
thirds Of the property owners on the
avenue, and this seems to be physi-
cal impossibility. The protest fol-
lows:
Kenosha, Wis, Jan. 10, 1906.
We, the undersigned, owners of
frontage on Ashland avenue, do ear
nestly protest against the granting by
the city council of any franchise for a
street car line on said avenue and
hereby petition the honorable mem
bers of that body to give our cause
their just and careful consideration.
First-Ashland avenue is one of the
prettiest north and south streets in
the city and should be paved so as to
make a handsome boulevard, rather
than an alley for a railway.
Second 1t is too narrow to admit Of
the tracks being laid in it without alb
solutely running it as street.
Third-The residents of this avenue
who take as great pride in their
homes as any citizens of our fair city,
have already suffered damage to their
property and the marring of their
homes, against their protest, by the
erection of unsightly telephone and
electric light poles.
Fourth--It is the hope and intention
Of the residents of this street in the
very near future, perhaps with your
honorable body's leave, during the
coming summer, SO to improve it with
va ks, curling and paving, as to
l-.-4Ne it one of, the most beautiful
drives of the city, a lasting pleasure
to every inhabitant.
Fifth-The occupation of this par
ticular street by the railway is not de-
manded on the ground of superior ad-
vantage to those seeking the fran
chise or of necessity to those of our
people whom it is to accommodate.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25

IT may be an awful breach Of party
discipline to oppose the statehood bill
which comes up in the house today,
but to an outsider it looks as If the
people of Arizona and New Mexico
should be given a chance to vote on
the proposition. They are competent
to decide whether they want state
hood or not.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25

IT is rather remarka Bile thing that
no attempt to start Chautauqua As
sembly in Kenosha ever got beyond
the preliminary stages. Kenosha
people have supported the Chautau-
quas in other places but they seem to
be unable to get up any enthusiasm
over the idea of having one of their
own
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25

Nor counting private pension bills
nearly $4,000 measures have been in
troduced at this session, and the
country is already suffering from a
superabundance of laws!
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25

SOMETHING over two years after the
holocaust the courts have decided that
the men charged with responsibility
for the horror at the Iroquois theatre
can be tried for involuntary man
slaughter. At that rate of progress
it does not look as if the defendants
stood in any immediate danger of
punishment.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25

DISPATCHES from Washington state
that President Roosevelt is going to
"rebuke" President Castro. If he
starts in to do il that ''big stick" may
come in handy before he gets through.
You have to use club 70 reason with
some people
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25

THE agitation for an "sll paid" fire
department seems to have subsidized,
and the volunteer companies are main
tanning their organizations and CIV
ing efficient service, whenever called
upon, in the same old way.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25
THAT Milwaukee post Office fight IS
settled at last, but hardly to the salts
faction of all concerned

RECENT developments indicate that
we have all been doing the hoboes an
injustice. They are not responsible
for all the petty thieving that Las
been going on lately BY a good deal.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25
STUDIO is DAMAGED


Brown Studio on Tuesday Night
The new studio of H. S. Brown on
South street had baptism of fire on
Tuesday night when a burning candle
ignited some of the hangings in the
operating room Of the studio and be-
fore the flames were extinguished it
looked as if the studio would be badly
damaged. Mr.. Brown and his wife
organized fire company among
themselves and went after the FIRE in
great fashion and managed to extin-
guish the flames without the aid of
the department. The loss from the
fire was about thirty dollars and It is
fully covered by insurance.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25
THURSDAY, JAN. rs.

THE time is rapidly approaching
when you will have to dig up for those
taxes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25

Do NOT waste your pity on the ice
man. Save it for the consumers next
summer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-01-25

SENATOR DEPEw is learning if ever
any man did, chat the way of the
transgressor is hard.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-12
WOULD SEEK SOUTH POLE.
Belgian Would Use Auto as Wellman
Used Airship in North.

PARIS, Jan. 12-Proposals to eX-
plore the poles are multiplying. On
top of Wellman's offer to Santos-Du-
mont comes a suggestion that the
south pole be discovered by a motor
ca.
NJ Aretowski, who was a, member of
the Belgian expedition of 1897, has
designed a car capable of travelling
sixteen miles an hour over rough ice.
By working several of these in re-
lays he estimates that ne coulu reach
the south pole ten days after 'leav-
ing Mount Erebus. He will begin ex-
periments in August, and should they
prove successful, he will be ready at
the beginning of the following Antarc-
tic summer to attempt the adventure.
ITO the north pole in balloon, to
the south pole in an automobile" are
popular headlines in Paris papers.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-12
CUTlCURA SOAP AND
CUTlCURA OINTMENT

"For long time 1 suffered with
sores on the hands which were itching.
painful, and disagreeable. had three
doctors and derived no benefit from
any of them. One doctor said he was
afraid to touch my hands, so YOU
must know how bad they were; an
other said I never could be cured: and
the third said the sores were caused
by the dipping of my hands in water
In the dye-house where l work. I
saw in the papers about the wonderful
cures of the Cuticura Remedies and
procured some of the Cuticura Scan
and Cuticura Ointment. In three
days after the application of the
Cuticura Ointment my hands began
to peel and were better. The sore
ness disappeared, and they are now
smooth and clean, and l am still
working in the dye-house.
81 strongly recommend Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment to anv
one with sore hands, and hope that
this letter will be the means of helm
ing other sufferers. Very truly yours
Mrs. A. E. Maurer, 234O State St.
Chicago, ILL.,, July l, 1906"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-12
AN ANCIENT VOLUME.
Old PlaybOOk of JeffersOn's Grand.
father Rescued From Scrap Heap.

Old PlaybOOk of JeffersOn's Grand.
Gather Rescued From Scrap Heap.
Before me lies an ancient playbook
rescued from the scrap heap of a junk
dealer. 1t contains three small pam
phlets hand stitched with coarse linen
thread-"The Emperor of the Moon,
as performed at the Patagonian The
alter, London" Damon and Phillida,
with the Musick prefix'd to each Song"
and English Readings, Comic Piese
in one Act" They are dated 1877, 1865
and 1877. On the frontispiece Of each
playlet is inscribed signature-J. JEFF
ferson. The autographs have so near
ly faded into the yellow dimness of the
time stained paper that it is not pos
sible they could have been written by
the genial comedian Of our day. Each
signature is evidently as old as the
book itself.
One day, curious as to the ownership
of the little volume, submitted it to
the late Joseph Jefferson. He turned
the yellowed pages slowly and with
much interest, studying attentively the
autograph inscribed here and there
through the book.
1T is undoubtedly" he said, "a stray
volume from the library Of my grand
father. Like my own library, it was
bound to have many playbooks in It.
He may have used it in London and
brought it with him when he came to
Amarjca in 1907 Tho DlayhillS Of those
days abounded in a medley Of short
pieces such as you find in this little
volume. What interests me most, how
ever, is the curious likeness l find in
the autograph of my grandfather to my
own writing. The characters are small.
er, and some letters are unlike. Still
there is family resemblance, some
what like that handed down in face
and figure.-Lippincott's Magazine.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-12
WAS MAJOR MILLER JOBBED
HE NOW CLAIMS THAT FITZSIM-
SIMMONS AFFAIR WAS ALL
PREARRANGED

FRANKLIN, Pa, Jan. 12.-Major
Charles J. Miller declared bitterly to-
day that he is the one who has had to
pay for all the free advertising the
Fitzsimmonses have got out of their
marital troubles.
We'll, they got what they started
after, and now they kiss and make up
and start to New York with the an
nouncement that they are having
new play written for them, in which
they will star jointly the major said.
Il am more convinced than ever that
the whole affair was a prearranged
scheme. Fitz lost his fight and could
not go around the country posing on
his reputation any longer. He had to
have something new. I don't know
what action I will take in the matter
Someone should be punished. The
whole affair is in the hands Of my at
torney, and whatever he advises me to
do shall do.
Il want to say one thing. Mr.. Fitz-
simons had better keep. out of my way.
1 don't care now big he is or what his
ability as a fighter may be. He has
done me great injury and 1 am not
through with him."
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-12

the diplomatic representatives of the
various European courts. After the
solemn church ceremonies the young
couple drove back to the castle and
were enthusiastically cheerej by the
many thousands who lined the streets
on both sides. The municipality of
Madrid had made extensive prepara-
lions for the event and the city, par
ticularly the streets through which
he procession moved, was gorgeously
decorated. The day was generally OBJ
served as a feast day and there were
public entertainments everywhere, ar
ranged by the municipality
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-12
ANGLO-CUBAN PACT.
island Republic Bows to Disapproval
of the United States.

HAVANA, Cuba, Jan. 1.-THE Ang-
loCuban reciprocity treaty, which has
been the cause of so much anxiety in
the United States and among mer-
chants here, is dead. The senate will
convene Monday, but the treaty will
be permitted to lie dormant and will
expire for lack Of legislation. Presi-
dent Roosevelt has been apprised of
this fact. While the United States did
not openly oppose this treaty, Cuba
was given to, understand that if it
were ratified the island need not look
to the big country for any more ia
vors. Merchants here feared it's rat
ification would greatly injure their
constantly growing business with the
states.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-12
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOL
LARS WAS PAID FOR TRAVEL
LAST YEAR.
Many Officers Will Have to Wait Some
Time for Settlement of Their
Accounts.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 12.-The
army is in a bad way on account of
at economy in the travel Of officers and
the strict rules which were laid down
to limit such travel to cases of neces-
sity there has been more travel by in
dividual officers under orders emitting
them to mileage than ever before.
The expenditures are destined to ex-
coed those of the year when there were
large army and militia maneuvers in
the east and west and on which &C
count a loan Of $4,000 was expended
to pay the mileage for numerous off,
GERS who travelled to and from the
scene of operations. This year there
have been no manoeuvres and economy
was exacted by the authorities. There
is already in sight deficiency OF
expenditure of mileage for the army
in this fiscal year up to 100000. Some
idea in the demands in this respect
may be obtained by the fact that on
January 1, the chief paymaster of the
department of the east at Governors
Island, received $4,000 to meet the
mileage bills presented in the month.
He reported two days later that the
money had been paid out and all re-
naming bills Of the month will have to
await the allotment of additional
funds. The result will be that many
army officers will nave to wait consid-
mileage accounts.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-01-12
FORMER SUPERINTENDENT OF
ANTI-SALOON LEAGUE LOSES
TWO SUITS.
Reason Given Which Caused CHEERING
ton to Assume Liquor Fight in
tha State.

Two judgments against j. c. Thoms,
former superintendent of the Ant-Sa-
loon league of this state, have been
handed down by Superior Judge Nor
r;s AT Seattle. one of these judgments
was in favor of Thomas Balm, attor-
ney for the league, the amount being
s631.47. and the other in favor of F.
S. Thorp and Everett Smith, acting for
themselves and the league, for $2,471 81.
These amounts represent the funds
called for by the books of the league
at the time, the trouble commenced
which resulted in the departure for
Alaska of Dr. Thoms and his wife and
the arrival Of Ernest H. Cherrington,
the present superintendent.
The judgments given were sued for
to place the league in a position to
reimburse itself in case Thoms should
ever nave any property" said Everett
Smith at Seattle. Early last year,
when the books of the league were ex-
amined by the trustees, it was found
the moneys in question We're missing.
At that time Thoms explained that he
had allowed his wife $1,000 Of the sum
as a salary for the work she hau per-
formed as his assistant. The balance
he did not account for.
1T was deemed best for the inter-
este of the league not to prosecute
Tnoms in a criminal court, and he
was allowed to leave for Alaska
which he did Immediately upon learn
ing that DR.. Baker, the national su-
perintendent of the league, was coming
to Seattle to make an investigation.
Some months later Thoms and his wife
passed through Seattle on their way
east from Alaska, and service was
made upon them