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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-26

|. o. o. r.. LAS VEGAS LODGE NO.
4. meets every Monday evening al
:heir hall on Sixth street. All Wis,
iting brethren cordially invited to
attend. II. 0. Williams. n. c..
A. s. Coke, V. G.: A. J.. wertz.
secretary: W. Z. Critics. treasurer:
c. V. Hedgcock. cemetery trustee.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-26

w. A. Tenny of Silver City, pale
Hillsboro a visit last Sunday.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-26

REDMES. MEET IN FRATERNAi
Brotherhood Hail every second and
fourth Monday. sleep At the eighth
run. Visiting brothers always vel.
come 20 the wigwam. T, L. Biau-
welt, sachem: c. =. O'Malley. chief
Of records: r. ID. Fries. collector OF
wampum.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-26
society AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY

rRATERSAL UNION or AMERICA.
Meets first and third Wednesday
evenings d each month In the
Woodm&n hall ON Sixth street. at
i O'Clock Frank Mcclure. y.
NJ: W. G, kOogler. Secretary. Wis
9ting members cordially invited
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-26

REBERAH LODGE. L. O. O. r..
meets second and fourth Thursday
evenings Of each month At the !.
o. q. r. hall. Mrs. A. u. Augusta
OMalley. y. G.: Miss Nora Denton.
v. O.: Mrs. mary L. WertG. seere-
tary. Mrs. Sarah Roberts. Treas
uTer.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-26

CHAPMAN LODGE NO. :. A. r. Il
A. II. Regular communication first
and third Thursdays u each
meath. Visiting brothers cordially
invited e. D. boucher. ". NJ:
Chas- III. Sp0sleder. Secretary.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-26

EASTERN STAR, REGULAR COM.
m~unication second n fourth
Thursday evenings OF each month
All visiting brothers and sisters are
cordially invited. Mrs. Ida l.. See
iinger. worthy matron: Miss May
Howell, secretary.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1907-02-26

B. p. o. T.. MEETS SECOND AND
fourth Tuesday evenings each
month. al Knights Of Pythias Hail.
Visiting brothers are cordially In.
vited. Hailett Reynolds. exalted
ruler: T. L. Blauvelt. secretary.
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08

The appointment of B. G. Goggins,
of Grand Rapids, to succeed John
Barnes as a member of the State
Railroad Commission appears to meet
with the unqualified endorsement of
the members of the bar and those in
a position to best Judge of his ability
to handle the difficult and delicate
task ahead of him. The people of the
state are willing to accept him at the
estimate his friends put upon him in
the hope that his future course on the
commission will justify the confidence
reposed in him by the Governor and
that his appointment will not weaken
the prestige. of the commission. He
has hard row to hoe with hardly a
fair start.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08
Has Japan an Interior Motive 2


That the case Of Japan and the Unit
ed States in the Pacific has not been
we'll understood in Europe and on the
Atlantic coast Of this country is the
opinion of Editor De Young Of the San
Francisco Chronicle Recently Mr.. De
Young spoke as follows to a reporter
who interviewed him in Paris:
The idea Of dispatching the fleet to the
Pacific shows long headedness by the
government Considering the way Japan
sprang upon Russia when Russia was I'M
prepared and while negotiations were in
progress it is the duty Of the United
States government to send the fleet to the
Pacific in advance of any serious friction.
There appears to be something behind
the present Japanese attitude. If they
have any Interior motive In view they can
spring upon us, seize the Philippines and
Hawaiian Islands and fortify them so it
will be almost impossible to recover them.
1t will take months for the fleet to get
to the Pacific, 1t is well known in Cali
fornia that thousands of Japanese SOL
diers, men and officers of the late war,
are now in Hawaii. Working on sugar
plantations are some 10000 or 15,000-a nu-
islands were Japanese fleet to furnish
them with arms.
say the Japanese are seeking cause
to be irritated. They are planning an ex-
cuse for future action, for otherwise the
causes for their protests are too small.
The school matter and the trouble in
the Japanese restaurant were too triv-
ial, Mr.. De Young thinks, to lay the
people Of California open to the charge
Of race prejudice. The restaurant af-
fair he said has been unduly magni-
fed, and it might have occurred under
like circumstances in an Italian or a
German restaurant in any city of the
land. The local view of the school
question he sets forth in these terms:
Critics seem to forget we lost twenty
six schoolhouses in the great fire. Tenn
porarily we tried to house the school chill
dren as best we could in wooden struc-
lures In order not to discriminate we
Immediately erected in Chinatown, where
most of the Chinese and Japanese live,
school for Mongolians There was no feel
ing against Japanese. Their children at
tending school are only ninety-three in
number. They are clean nice, cute chill
dren, to whom no one could object. Our
kindness was met by the statement that
Japanese were not Mongolians. Their OBJ
lection to going with Chinese was the
only exhibition Of race prejudice notice.
able. This isolation was simply tenn
porary expediency.
The charge that the people Of San
Francisco are imbued with race preju
dice Mr.. De Young resented with much
spirit He said that his home city is as
cosmopolitan as Paris and all races are
represented in its population. More
over, they are at peace with one an
other.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08

UP TO DATE municipal expenditures
have just about kept pace with the
greatly increased revenues derived
from the raises in the annual assess
ments in the past FIVE years, not to
mention the increase from saloon Ii
censes, but it is time to call halt on
spending every cent we get every
year and providing the tax levy is
made the same as last year the extra
money raised on the increased assess
ment should be put aside in a special
fund to be expended on sewer con-
struction. With the rapid increase
in the population of the city the build
ing of trunk line sewer cannot be
delayed much longer and it would be
a wise move to begin to save the
money for it's construction now. An
open sewer running right through
what is rapidly becoming one of the
most thickly populated sections of the
city is menace to the health of the
entire community and one that can
not be tolerated very many years
longer. The big sewers have got to
be built and the city may as well be.
gin to face the problems of paying for
them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08
Lady Baltimore Cake,

One cupful of butter, two Of sugar,
three and half cupfuls Of -four, one
Of sweet milk, the white Of six eggs,
two level teaspoonfuls Of baking pow
der. one teaspoonful Of rosewater.
Butter and sugar gradually, beating
continuously, adding the sugar as you
60 on, then the milk and the favoring
next the -four, with which the baking
powder has been sifted. Lastly, fold
IN lightly the stif1y beaten whites OF
the eggs with long, horizontal stroke
Of the beaten; loaf and bake In three
layer cake tins. The oven should be
hotter than Cor layer cake.
Filling three cupfuls of
GRADUATED sugar in one Of boiliIg
water. Boil until the strip threads"
and pour over the stiffened whites Of
three eggs, stirring constantly.
To this icing add cupful Of chopped
raisins and the same Of chopped nut
meats-pecans are best-and five figs
shred into thin strips. Ice the tops
and sides of the cake with this after
dining Is between the layers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08
NEW GILLETT CLUE
Police Working on a New Clue
Which May Lead To Sensa.
tionaI Developments
INVESTIGATING WILD STORY

Sensational developments may fol-
low new search for the remains of
John Gil1ett, which is now in progress
under the direction of Chief O'Hare
and the members of the Kenosha pc.
lice force, and while the officers are
refusing to give any statement in re-
gard to the new angle that the case
has taken, they admit thatthey are at
work on new clue which may result
in something being found which will
resEl. in the solution of the mystery
attending the disappearance of the
well known Kenosha character. The
new clue on which the police are now
men residing in the western part of
the county, who have related story
Of quarrel between Gi1lett and an
other man, which led the parties Civ
ing the information to believe that it
is possible that Gillett was killed and
that his body has been secreted under
a cellar in Kenosha. After the dis
appearance of Gillett several houses
were searched by the police, but the
house which is now under suspicion
was left unmolested. The police
seemed to be DESTROYS of keeping the
story of the new clue a secret, but
when they learned that the story had
been repeated on the street, they con-
sidered the advisability Of issuing
warrants this afternoon, but none
has been issued. The story told is a
weird one and is generally regarded
as canard. 1t is alleged that Gillett
and the man suspected of having
trouble with him had been rivals for
the good graces Of woman and that
they repeatedly quarreled about her.
Assistant Chief Newhouse, in speak
ing of the case this morning, said:
"We would probably give no time to
this story in regard to Gillett were it
not for the fact that the other officials
have been able to find absolutely no
trace of the body of the man. All the
other bodies of people supposed to be
drowned in the lake have been found,
but there seems to be no trace of Gill
lett. It seems that some trace of the
man would have been found' before
this time if he was drowned in the
lake."
Newhouse admitted that the police
force were considering plan of Dig
ging under the cellar of the house in
question to see if it were possible that
the body of Gillett had been buried
there.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08
EooIind q Wolf.

A boy twelve years old, the son of
q pioneer in Montana, observed a wolf
sneaking about one day last winter.
He took a sheepslin and spread 1t
over a low bush in such a way that
it resembled a live animal, and after
time the wolf made dash for it. He
detected the fraud at once, and instead
Of galloping away at once with the
pelt, which would have made a good
dinner for him, he dropped it and
sneaked off with his tail between his
legs. He realized that he had been
made the victim of a joke, and he felt
the same as boy who had been April
fooled
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08
AIaslza,s Hidden Wealth.

When Secretary Seward purchased
Alaska for the United States it was
valued by the Russians who had ex-
plotted it solely on account of it's furs
and fisheries. That was forty years
ago, and we have made great strides
in developing other sources of wealth.
1t is probably rich in nearly all the
commercial minerals.
For many years the United States
government has been Investigating the
mineral fields of Alaska and also the
water supplies available for mining
operations This season there are elev-
en- scientific parties in the territory
prosecuting geologic and topographic
surveys 1t is believed that coal will
be found in sufficient quantities to
make railroading and the reduction Of
mineral ores profitable The popula-
ton of Alaska is becoming permanent,
and it is predicted that there is a soil
there capable Of agricultural develop
ment which will feed all the toilers
who may be attracted to the territory.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08
Members Of kenosha Board Of
Education May Consider Plan
To Pension the Teachers
WOULD REWARD SERVICE
Other Cities in the State are Taking Up
the Plan To Pension Teachers With
Twenty-Five Years of School
Service To Their Credit

| Members of the Kenosha Board of
Education are being urged 10 take
into consideration plan for The pen
sion of teachers who have given long
and loyal service in the schools of
Kenosha and an effort will be made
to have this matter taken up by the
| Board sometime in the near future.
Many of the leading cities of the
state have already adopted the plan
for the pension of teachers and it is
claimed that the plan has resulted in
the securing of much better class of
! teachers. There has never been any
objection to the class of teachers en-
| Education has met with some trouble
in holding the teachers from year to
year on account of the fact that other
cities held out inducements to them
in the way of increased salaries and
promises of care when their teaching
days are over.
The plan which has just been
adopted in Racine and which appeals
strongly to the Kenosha Board of
Education is plan which provides
that teachers shall be given pension
amounting to their full salary at the
end Of twenty-five years of continu-
Gus service for the schools of that
city. This plan would not be n ex-
pensive one for the Board of Educa-
tion as there are few teachers who
remain in the schools for so long a
period. At the present time not a
single teacher in Kenosha would be
affected by such a plan, but there are
many teachers in the city whose SER
vices to the city have covered a term
Of from ten to fifteen years and the
pension plan would have tendency
to hold these experienced teachers in
Kenosha. In several of the cities of
the state the teachers themselves
have arranged for the payment of
pensions to their number, but in these
cases the teachers are taxed a per
cent of their monthly salary to pro-
vide for the care of the supefannuates.
These associations also take care of
the teachers in the event of sickness,
rendering them unfit for service in
the schools. This plan has not been
entirely satisfactory as many Of the
teachers objected to paying into the
association.
It is not known what the attitude
of the Kenosha teachers would be to
plan to pension them and it is pos
sible that they would be SO independ-
ent that they would refuse to accept
pension from the Board. The police
off GERS, fremen and other municipal
officials are now seeking laws which
will make pensions possible after long
years of service and it is possible that
the matter will be taken up by the
school teachers. The State Tea chers'
Asso has discussed this matter
at several association meetings, but
as yet no decisive action has been
taken in regard to the matter. The
Kenosha Board will of course drop
the-natter if it appears that the plan
is not meeting with the appreciation of
the teachers themselves.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08
TO EXAMINE JOHN WILLIAMS
Old Resident Is Alleged to Be Suffer
ing From Mental Troubles

Application was filed with the coun-
ty Judge this morning for an examina-
ton into the mental condition of John
Williams, an old resident of the CITY
who formerly resided on Maple street
but who has been an inmate of the
Kenosha Poorfarm for the past few
weeks. Williams is nearly eighty
years of age and for the past few DAYS
he has caused all sorts of trouble for
the men in charge of the poorhouse
and Keeper Grant turned kim over to
the police department. this morning.
The old man has been unable to sleep
and his rawlings have caused good
deal Of trouble at the poorfarm. He
will be examined in the County Court
this afternoon and it is probable that
he will be sent to the State Hospital
for treatment.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08
RATES MAY GO DOWN

Railway Commission to Take Up the
Question of Express Rates at Once
The Wisconsin State Railway Com
mission. is after the Express Com
panies and it is pretty certain that
there will be falling off in the rates
charged by these companies within
a short time. Many complaints on
the rates charged by the companies
have been filed with the Commission
and the hearings will be taken up
within another week. It is claimed
that the rates in Wisconsin are not in
keeping with those charged in other
states and the Commission will make
an effort to find some way to regulate
the rates so that the shippers in Wis
consin will. not be Disseminated
against.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08
NIuK RINGLEBERG HURT
Employee of Kenosha Gas & Electric
Co. Gets Rude Shock Thursday


Nicholas Ringleberg, one of the best
known employees of the Kenosha
Gas & Electric company got rude
shock while attending to his duties
on Thursday afternoon but he was
lucky enough to escape with slight in
juries and he is able to be at work to-
day. Ringleberg was working on the
top of pole on the north side of the
city when he came into contact with
a wire carrying large voltage of
electricity. He got a bad shock but
with great presence of mind caught
himself and held onto the pole until
rescued. One of his hands was quite
badly burned by the electricity but
he remained at work during the day.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08

THE Wisconsin state fair this year
promises to be worthy of the state,
and it is to be hoped that the attend
ance will be large enough to encour-
age the board in its efforts to main
tain the fair at the highest possible
standard
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08
LOCAL ITEMS

]. L. Eassan, of Racine, was in Ke-
nosha Friday afternoon.
Miss Anna Scaffe, of Chicago, spent
Friday afternoon in Kenosha.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Anderson are
spending week at Crystal Lake.
George Johnson has gone to Michi-
gan to spend few weeks vacation.
A large party of Kenosha people
spent Friday evening at Ravinia
Park.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Rabbit, of Chi
cago, spent Friday afternoon in Ke-
nosha.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. A. Rosback, of
Evanston, spent Friday evening in
Kenosha.
Miss Anna Miller, of Brighton, is
spending the week with relatives and
friends in Kenosha.
Watson Pickere11, of Phoenix,
Arizona, was the guest of DR.. ard
Mrs. VIM. M. Farr on Friday.
Miss Nancy Richie is here from
Chicago to spend her vacation with
her sister, Mrs. w. H. Purnell.
Mrs. Tinker has returned to her
home in Milwaukee, after spending a
few days with Mrs. Nels Anderson.
= -
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08

"Agents for mutual life insurance
companies shall not during business
hours solicit votes for directors of their
companies, /" says the new insurance cleo
ton law signed by Governor Hughes.
That's like saying that no bunko sharp
shah work except in evening dress. A
milder remedy for a great scandal was
never suggested.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08

SOMEBODY has figured out that the
state paid two hundred and fifty dol
lars for every law passed at the last
session, but that is only the first cost.
The expenses under some OF them
have not yet begun to pile up.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08

THE biggest mistake those railway
detectives made was in not looking in
Kenosha for their men the very first
thing. No matter where sensation
is developing it is sure to have a
string or two leading into Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08

The editor of Portuguese newspa-
per has been fined 100000 reis for
abusing his privileges as a molder Of
public opinion The amount Of the
penalty looks impressive and suggests
the ruin of the victim. But in Ameri-
can money it is only $3.50.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08
Nuts to Crack.

Which is the leading city in Amer
leaf Boss-town Boston).
Which has it the hardest-coffee or
tea? Tea, for, while coffee can settle
down, tea is compelled to draw.
Why are pianos the noblest Of man
ufactured articles? Because they are
grand, upright and square.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08
to build It

JUDGING from the dividends some of
the express companies have been
handing out to their stockholders,
cut in rates would not do irreparable
injury to the express business.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08

AT the rate the teaching force in
the schools changes the plan to PEN
sion the teachers at the end of twenty
FIVE years service is not likely to i'm
poverish the treasury of the school
had
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08

IN ANY case Of mysterious disap'
pearance no clue which may possibly
lead to the discovery of the missing
man is too wildly improbable to be in
vestigated and the police force has
certainly done its full duty in running
down all rumors in connection with
the Gillett case.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08

'YE cannot serve two masters" was
good law centuries before the Wiscon-
sin Legislature passed statute for
bidding the legal representatives of
cities serving the corporations while
-, of6ce
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08

At the age of lightweight Julia Ward
Howe finds that the world is getting
better and better. No doubt she Is let
ting some one else do the worrying
over the grocery bill now.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08

The problem Of aerial navigation still
presents its original difficulty. There
are numerous methods Of getting under
way, but the question of how to alight
in safety is not conclusively answered.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08

THE recording of transfer of the
property of the "Lafin-Rand' COM
panY in this county indicates that the
powder trust is preparing to go to
cover in case the government wins its
s,,;tS
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08

THE railroad company can be no
more anxious than are the people of
this city to get West Main street
paved at once and nobody will get
mad if the work is started at once and
rushed through to completion with
all possible speed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08

KENosHA wants an electric line
built straight through to the western
limits of the county, and is ready to
deal fairly with any capitalist ready
to build it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08

Russian troops actually arrested
some peasants who were clubbing
Jews to death on the Austrian frontier
Hitherto the custom has been for the
troops to join in the massacre.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08
Homemade Floor Polish.

A good floor polish of home manufac-
ture can be made as follows: Cut up
half pound Of beeswax finely, place
In pot and cover with turpentine
Let this stand on the stove until dis
solved. Apply to the floor with piece
Of flannel and thoroughly rub it in with
q DtfR brush.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08
S2.1s5.Oeo 2.O48. ncn

Under the old system of license fees
on wire mileage according to the last
clause of section 1916, statutes of 1893,
the tax for all telegraph companies in
the state in the year 1905 was $13, 288. :
90 and IN 1906, $13, 473. 54
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08

Japan owes over billion dollars,
and no doubt some Of the mikado's
people have pipe dreams about wiping
out the debt with huge war In
demnity.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08

You may stretch your mouth in jolly fun:
You may stretch your legs in good long
run;
You may stretch your arms In work. for
Dooth,
nat neveg, never stretcA the truth. !.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08

Japan doesn't like foreigners at home,
but somehow Tokyo manages to be
kind to a free Filipino" junta estab
lished there
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08

1t is lucky that there is no way OF
calculating the probability Of war from
given amount Of war talk.