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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-03-14

THE question of building munich
pal lighting plant cannot be ignored
or lodged any longer. The council
has put the proposition up to the vot-
ers, aud they must settle it one way
or another at the coming election. 1t
ought not be necessary to remind the
taxpayers that they are the ones who
should be the most deeply interested
in this proposition and that it will be
worth while for them to make thor
ough investigation of the whole mat
ter before passing on it.
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marked the rule Of: John Alexander.
Dowie will be observed during the fl-l
nerals services OF the leader. The white
robed choir which was shorn Of it's
vcstmentS when Voliya assumed con-
troll in Zion City will take an active
part in the ceremonies. Judge v. v.
Barnes, one of the few elders of the
church who remained faithful to
Eowie, will conduct the services, and
will deliver the funeral sermon. Dur
ing tomorrow and Wednesday the body
will lie in state in the reception hall
of Shiloh House, the DoWie residence.
The burial will be at Lake Mound
cemetery, Zion City, beside the grave
of DoWie's daughter, who died sever
al years ago from burns caused by the
explosion of an alcohol lamp.
AS to the financial status of Zion
City it has been cleared considerably
by the death of the man who created
it. Dowie's claims, always in con
troversy, are ended with his death.
His wife and his son will not fight
for the property. Dowie once esti-
mated it to be worth $21,O00,O00. They
are content to remain on their Michi-
gan estate. Receiver Hately believes
that the unsecured creditors of Zion
City-the members Of the community
will receive A. cents for every dollar
they have invested. The outside cred
itors he expects to pay in full.
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KENosHA may have the finest tele-
phone service III Wisconsin when the
proposed improvements IN the system
are completed and then again it may
not, but the fact that they are ex-
pected TO pay the cost Of ali improve
ments and the expenses of running
competition out of this field is pretty
patent to at least all the subscribers
of the company who get the fifty per-
cent boost in rates. In the words Of
one of the sufferers 1--WE pay for all
of these things and then some
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NOTICE OF AN APPLICATION

For franchisestO the Kenosha Electric Rail
4 WY Company for the right to construct,
Dlalntasa and operate street railway system
Upon and along Elizabeth street, from West
s Main street to Ashland avenue, and along
8 West Main street from the south line of Pearl
street to Grand avenue, in the City of Keno
sha.
To the Honorable. the Mayor and Common
5 Council of the City of Kenosha, Wisconsin:
conference.-the Kenoshas Electric Railway
company. corportiou organized under Chapter
80, OF tue Revised Statutes of the State ee Wis
conSln. to which your honorable body, on the
second day of June. A. y. 1902, granted permits
sion and authority to construct an electric
street railway iii the City of Kenosha by Ordi-
nance No. 254 of the City of Kenosha, upon AMI
along certain streets in said city in said Ordi-
nance mentioned and named; and upon certain
other streets in said city, to-wit: Ashland
avenue. Grand avenue and Caledonia street, by
ordnance NO. 299 OF said city. passed January
Hh 1907, desires to construct an electric railway
system on portion of Elizabeth street and
upon a portion of West Main street in said
City.
Sonpany hereby makes applcation,to the City
OF Aenosha and the Common Council thereof
lot PERMISSION to construct. maintain and
operate an electric street railway system in said
city upon and along Elizabeth street from West
Main street to and connecting with the track of
said railway company to be laid on Ashland
avenue, and upon and along West Main street
from the south line of Pearl street to aud con-
meeting With the track of said railway con1pauv
to be laid on Grand avenue.
lie substance of the privileges asked nv
said company is contained in a draft of the
ordh1ahCe hereto attached, which is marked
EXHIBIT A, and which is made part of this
application, with the same effect as though
written at length herein.
Respectfully submitted.
KENOSHA ELECTRIC RAILWAY COM
PANY.
ByA. G. Frost, President.
Dated kenosha Wis, March 4th, 1907
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PINED FOR KENosHA
A. Hill Ran Away From His Hone in
Racine That He Might Seea Big Town

Albert Hill, the ten-year-old son OF
Samuel Hill of Racine, spent Tuesday
night. 10 the Kenosha police office all
because he had desire to visit his
friends in Kenosha. he youth ad-
mitted that he was tired of Racine,
and that Tuesday morning be had
taken SIS from the family .e.zchequer
and had come to Kenosha to visit rel
atives. He did not see the relatives
during the day but he had one glor-
ious day of spending, and most of the
FIVE passed Ger the counters of the
candy dealers in Kenosha. He was
picked up by policeman at midnight
Tuesday night and taken to the police
Office.
This morning the boys father came
after him and he promised an inter
view in the woodshed when the couple
got back to Racine.
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True to His Belief and with His
Face to His Foes nowies
Passes.
END OF A REMARKABLY CAREER
Before His Death He Forgives AL His
Enemies, Apparently.
Sings .'Joy Cometh in the Morn the
Night Before He Goes Beyond
the Veil - Funeral AR.
rangements.

Chicago, March 11.-John Alexander
Dowie is dead. The founder Of the
christian Catholic church," passed
away after a most active career, at the
age Of 60, a prematurely broken man,
at g time of life when his powers
might well have been at their food
tide. He died in Shiloh House, his
home at Zion City, and died like the
fighter that he was, with his face to
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-03-14
First publication, March IA, 1907.
NOTICE TO CREDTTOpc

HENOSHA COUNTY COURTA:In Probate,
N In the matter of the estate of Ne1s Jensen
Bush, late of the city of Kenosha, Wisconsin,
deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the claims and
demands of all persons against Nels Jensen
Bush, deceased, late of the City of Kenosha.
in said County of Kenosha will be examined
and adJuoted by the County Court of Keuosha
County at the regular terms of said Court to be
holden at the County Court Room, in the City
OF Kenosha, in and for said County, on the frs
Tuesday of November, A. D. 1907, at ten o'clock
A. M. of those days; also that the time until
and including the. first Tuesday of October, A.
d. 1907, is the time allowed and limited for
creditors of said Ne1s Jensen Bush, deceased,
to present their claims for examination and al
1owauce.
Dated at Kenosha, the 9th day, of March,
A. D. 1907.
By the Court
RUSSELL 81. SLQSSQN~
WAC Count5-5ndg e.
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STOLE HIS CLOTHES
Thomas Enright Charges Chicago "Man
Grabber,, with steaIing His Clothes

Thomas Enright Charges Chicago MAN
Grabber'' With Stealing His Clothes
Thomas Enright, who has been
working as asteamster for Tom Scott
at the newaKenosha ice house at Twin
Lakes, has caused .aswarrant to be is
sued for the arrest of man by the
name Of Swanson, who is alleged to
live in Chicago, and who, it is as
serted, is a imam grabber" for the
Knickerbocker Ice Company. Enright
charges Swanson with stealing cloth
ing belonging to him. valued at SIS.
When Enright went out to Twin
Lakes to work for Scott he happened
to get on the same train with band
of men that had been brought out by
Swanson, and Swanson Immediately
decided to press Enright into service.
When the Kenosha man left the train
at Twin Lakes Swanson kept the
clothing that he had carried with
him. Efforts were made to recover
the clothing, but it seems that Swan
son got away with it.
The Chicago police department has
been asked to apprehend Swanson.
He is said to be one of the leading
employees of the Knickerbocker COM
panY.
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LOST CHILD FOUND
Little Girl Supposed to Have Been
Stolen, Found BY Officer Leik

AzAtCA@ Viii NfnpQOSGu 10 nave DGCn
Stolen, Found BY Officer Leik
There was a great excitement on
the west end of Pearl street Sunday
afternoon, when it was reported that
Ida Julia Mackey, the little daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. John Mackey had
been stolen from the home at 81
Pearl street. Members Of the police
force and many people residing in
the neighborhood turned out to search
for some trace of the little girl, but
it was more than four hours before
she was found by Police Officer John
Leik.
The little child had not been stolen,
but had strayed away from home, and
was visiting with people many blocks
from her home. There was great re-
joicing in the Mackey home when the
child was restored to her parents.
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AN estimate of the cost of a muni-
icipal lighting plant made by the Mil
waukee Engineering Co. and dated
March 6, 1907 will be found in another
column of this issue. The estimate
presented today is evidently revised
edition of the original estimate made
by the same company. We hope that
every voter in the city will study this
report carefully and as it will prob.
ably be made the basis for an ex.
tended discussion of the whole ques-
ton of a municipal lighting plant in
Kenosha, it would be we'll to keep a
copy of the report for future refer
ence. We know nothing of the finan-
cial responsibility or professional
reputation of the men who form the
Milwaukee Engineering Co.; what
work they have done before in build
ing lighting plants or where it was
done; or in fact anything about them
which would help in forming an op;n-
ion as to the value of their report.
We do not even know who hired them
to make this report for the city or
who recommended them as competent
engineers. We wrote to Alderman
Stemm as the man most likely to be
able to give the people the informa-
ton desired on these points several
days ago and as soon as his reply is
received we shall be glad to make II
public.
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AUCTION SALE

A. w. Kingman, $50 Elizabeth
street, kenosha, Wis, barn between
Lyman avenue and Pleasant street,
will sell at public auction consign-
ment of IS head Of horses, harnesses
and rigs, etc., March 16, 1870 p. m.
Terms of sa1e-A11 sums of $40 and
under cash, and over $40 one years
time on good approved notes bearing
8 per cent. Phone 2O1O. Matt Stahl,
auctloneer. dwm15
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HISTORY OF EIGHTEEN YEARS
Rise and Fall Of Dowie Took Place i'll
That Period of Time.

Rise ana Fall OF DOWle Took Place Ill
That Period of Time.
Following is the chronology Of John
Alexander Dowie's career in the Unit
ed States.
lS88-Lands at San Francisco with
500 in his pocket.
1S90-Arrives in Chicago and begins
preaching in the streets.
1S92--E Establishes divine healing
mission at Stony Island avenue and
Sixty-third street.
1901 Opens headquarters and estab-
fishes bank and newspaper at Mich
igan avenue and Twelfth street.
1899 naugurates metropolitan cru
SADIE, preaching nightly in different
parts Of the city. Mobbed by hood
lums
1000 Purchases site of Zion City
and conducts crusade in England.
1901 Starts factories at Zion City.
Declares himself to be Elijah III, or
Elijah the Restorer.
19O2-Negotiates for Mexican plan
tation and Texas land for colonization
purposes. Refused credit by Chicago
merchants Ordered to refund $4,000
to Frederick Sutton, of New Zealand,
who had invested in Zion.
1908 Receives large contributions
and tithes from his people in the ia
nous collection barrel. Leads the Zion
Restoration host of 5000 workers in
eight special trains on a religious Wis
litation to New York. Creditors press
iclailns and Zion placed in hands of a
federal receiver during several weeks.
I t19O4-Departs ON mission around the
world, via San Francisco and Aus
Etralia. Returns six months later and
takes title of First Apostle of his
church. v ~
1905-Gets an option on 100000 acres
of Mexican land and makes trip to
complete colonization plans. Stricken
with paralysis on his return to Zion
City. After a second stroke leaves for
West Indies.
'19O6--Makes Wilbur Glenn Voliva
deputy general overseer of the Chris
tian Catholic. church and the Zion IN
dustries. kepudiated by Voliva and
his people.
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ONE DAY INSTITUTE
Prof. Cheever to Preside Over School
for Teachers in Kenosha

Prof. Cheever to Preside Over School
for Teachers in Kenosha
A one day institute will be held at
the Central building in Kenosl1a on
Saturday, March q, 1907. The CON
ductor will be Prof. w. H. Cheever,
of Milwaukee Normal. Program
Hints from rural and city school
inspection.
IA rational method of teaching
spelling.
Teaching versus hearing classes
In (a) Reading; ~ Civics; 81 Geog-
raphy.
4-The fine element in teaching.
Slow the manual should be cor
related and worked ont by years.
We expect every teacher in the
county to be present at this institute.
A cordial invitation is extended to
the city teachers and to all others in
terested in education.
j. j. KERwIN,
County Supt. of Schools.
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TIE responsibility of selecting at
the primaries the most capable men
to manage the business of the. city
rests on the shoulders of the voters Of
the city. They cannot dodge it, and
let it be remembered also that the man
who does not take the trouble to vote
has no right to criticise the choice of
those who do their duty as citizens.
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1900 NAMES ON HIS PAPERS
Nomination Documents of Judge Belden
Are an Imposing Sight


Nomination papers of Judge e. B.
Belden, as candidate at the coming
primaries, for the Office Of circuit
judge OF this judicial circuit, were to-
day filed at Madison, Wis, with the
secretary of state. It is without an
exception the largest petition filed in
recent years by any candidate for
Office.
On the papers there are signed just
1000 names. Every attorney in Wal
worth and Kenosha counties has
signed and practically all in Racine
county. Out of seventy-six attorneys
in the district the names of sixty-six
are signed. Besides there are profess
sional men of all kinds and residents
Of every creed and political belief.
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Municipal Ownership Committee
Gets Revised Estimate From
Milwaukee Engineering Co.
INCREASE OF So, 6ol.52 MADE
The Estimate of Cost in Accordance
With the Present Value of Mate
rails is Nearly $45,OOO.OO
Items of Cost

Alderman c. F. Stemm, of the
Sixth ward, chairman of the municipal
ownership committee, has received
from the Milwaukee Engineering
company the revised estimate for the
building and operation Of a municipal
lighting plant in Kenosha. The re-
vised estimate shows an increase of
S2,601.52 over the estimate of last
year. AS this is matter in which
the people in the city should take a
vital interest the estimate is published
as follows:
Estimate of cost of Municipal Lighting Plant
Dated March 6, 1eO7.-By The Milwaukee
Engineering Company.
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LAKE county, just over the line in
Illinois, figures out thatit has gathered
in over a million and half dollars in
government appropriations during
the past year. Meanwhile Kenosha
is thankful for $4,000 appropriation
for a government building, and
mighty lucky to get that under the
circumstances.
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Strenuous idea in Kentucky.

Pikeville, KY, March 1.-THE store
room and Offices of the Henry Clay
Coal and Coke company ON Marroe-
bone creek, this county, have been
blown up by dynamite. The suppose
ton is that the blowing up of the build
ing was the work Of enemies of the
coal company, as it is in litigation over
timber and other rights.
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respectfully Referred to the Gar.

!. Lodz. Russian Poland, March IL
The soldiers who are quartered here
are continuing their practices Of NAL
treating citizens on the streets in re-
venge for the murders of officers. 1t
is their custom to beat passersby with
their swords and rifles and Saturday
twenty persons were injured in this
manner
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-03-14

IL trade must go out of town we
hope that the new low rate mileage
books will send some of it to Milwau-
kee. That will keep the money in our
own state anyway.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-03-14

THE Legislature having refused an
appropriation for an exhibit, Wiscon-
sin will have no advertising at the
Jamestown exposition other than that
supplied by the breweries.
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If they hand Uncle Ike" Stephen
son another lemon up at Madison it
should be clearly understood chat it is
IN defiance of the express wishes Of
Senator La Toilette, Why yes, of
course, certainly.
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Archie Roosevelt Much Better.

Washington, March Unmarked i'm
provement is shown in the condition of
Archie Roosevelt, the presidents son,
who is i'll with diphtheria. Surgeon
General Rixey expressed the opinion
that Archie was practically out of
danger so far as the dihptheria is con-
cerned, but that the disease has left
him in somewhat weakened condition.
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County Supt. of School
AFTER Law VIOLATORs
Northwestern Railway Coz % Arrest
Men Who Lift up Gates at Crossings

Northwestern Railway Coz % Arrest
Men Who Lift up Gates at Crossings
Northwestern railway detectives
have been sent to Kenosha with or
ders to arrest men who make it a Gus
tom to lift up the gates at the differ
ent crossings in order to get across
the tracks in front of trains. Several
accidents have been narrowly averted
in the past week on account of the
lifting of the gates and the company
has notified the detectives that the
practice must be stopped. 1t is
claimed that a heavy fine may be as
sessed against any person lifting the
gates and the. managers of the com
pany will seek to have the law en-
forced to the letter. At the same
time the detectives of the company
might see to it that the crossings are
not unnecessarily blocked by freight.
trains.
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II is shameful thing to have to
admit it, but the ability or fitness Of
the various candidates is evidently a
secondary consideration in the sena-
toria1 contest at Madison. All the
talk is Of pulls and combinations, and
not the slightest attention IS paid to
the qualifications Of the candidates.
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THINGS may be quiet enough on the
surface but there is considerab Bile hard
work being done by some of the can
didates in wards where there are
contests for all that.
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Declines ST GOO. oooo II Bonds.

Pierre, S. D., March 11.-Governor
Crawford received an offer Of $1,000
600 Of North Carolina bonds from
New York holding syndicate as pres
.ent to the state in case the state will
start suit to collect On the same. The
offer was declined III the name OF the
start. !, $500
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ONE VERY FAITHFUL BELIEVER
Looks for the Bodily Resurrection of
the master Soon.

the master" Soon.
Pittsburg, March 11-Carl Edeburn,
Of New York, an elder of the Zion
church, accompanied by Elders Chris
topher Neff and ]. Morgan Wilson, Of
New York, and Gottlieb Swartz, OF
Philadelphia, passed through this city
on their way to Zion City to attend the
funeral of John Alexander Dowie. Ed
err Edeburn said:
Master DoWie has only passed into
Ma deep slumber, from which he will
awaken in the near future in another
part of the world. It is most ridiculous
to say he has died. He is immune from
death. and this he will demonstrate by
appearing on this earth, gifted with
more power than he has heretofore
n0sseSsed."
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NOTICE

will move my barber fixtures from
the Hotel Kenosha on Thursday,
March IA, 1907, to my new building,
one block west on the same side of the
street, 269 Park street. I extend a
general invitation to all my friends
and patrons to call and inspect my
new quarters. | will appreciate the
patronage of my old as we'll as new
friends. Yours especially,
dwm18 VIM. J. DIcKHAUr.
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Now that you have seen that re-
vised report on the cost Of munich
pal lighting plant, what do you make
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A QUIET WEDDING
Miss Mary Brodie and Edwin r. Webb
United in Marriage

Edwin Randolf Webb and Miss
Mary Brodie were united in marriage
at the M. E. parsonage at O'Clock on
Saturday evening. After the cere-
mony the happy couple returned to
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Penn
bleton at Kenosha Heig hts, where a
reception was given to about sixty of
their friends.
A delicious supper was served at
midnight, and later their friends de-
parted wishing them happy journey
through life.
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FROM this distance does it look to
you as if that game at Madison was
being played on the square?
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wac

The State Federation of Labor will
hold its annual convention in Racine
during July.
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"JoY CoMETH IN THE NORM
Hymn the Dying Man Sang the Night
Before Death.

During one of his lucid intervals the
dying man said in clear voice: eyes,
| forgive everybody. They are my peo-
pie: | forgive them ALL He did not
mention the name Of his wife Jane or
his son Gladstone, but once he said
during the night: Eyes, | know she
has been refractory for eight years,
but forgive her, too" The end came
In themorning hours and with singular
appropriateness, for, during the long
vigil of the night, the dying man had
sung Joy Cometh in the Morn
Amid the former scenes of his great
ness. in the heart of the community
founded entirely by his genius and
magnetic personality, the self-styled
prophet died unhonored and almost
alone. There were with him less than
half dozen faithful followers, includ-
Ing paid attendants, and one of them
negro. No kinsman was at his bed
side. Fills wife and son, repulsed last
November when they endeavored to-
see him, were at their Michigan home
Ben McDhui-practically all that re-
mains of the vast estate gathered by
D0wie-when news of the death came.
The man who had healed others could
not cure himself. His indomitable will
was forced to submit to the disease
which had had him in its grasp for the
greater part Of two years. His faith
in his own restoration to health was
poWerless against the effects Of paraly-
sis, dropsy, and complication of dis
eases. Strangely enough. his closest
followers also believed that Dowie
would in some miraculous manner re-
cover his health. In letter to Mrs.
Dowie, sent on the evening before DR..
powie's death, his secretary said: "The
world believes that he is dying, but
we feel that he will recover"
Wilbur Voliva did not visit the house
OF the man who had raised him to
power and whom Voliva afterwards
deposed. He was suffering from an
affection Of the throat, he said, but he
gave out a formal statement IL which
he paid a high tribute to ';le dead
leader. .He was dreamet, but be
was great benefactor,'' said yoliva.
a touch Of the ostentation that
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John ]. English has moved into his
new store at 261 Main street. MO