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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-14
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Three Car Loads Of Rails For Ex-
tension Of Kenosha Railway
Lines Arrive Today
MARKET STREET LINE FIRST

There is no longer any doubt but
that the work on the extension of the
lines OF The Kenosha Railway Co. is to
be rushed, as this morning three car
loads of rails arrived for the work, and
the work of scattering the rails along
the streets will be started at once.
All of the materials for the lines are
expected to reach Kenosha within the
next two or three weeks, so that there
will be no delay on account of materi-
ais. The contractors have been Sc
cured for the work and they are plan
ming to start work by the first of
April at the latest.
It is possible that the work will be
started on Market street before the
frost is out Of the ground. The COM
pany is anxious to get the double track
on Market street in at the earliest
possible date in order to make changes
in the service. AS soon as this second
track is laid on Market street the
company will inaugurate ten minute
service for Market street patrons.
With a single track it has been found
impossible to put two cars on this
line. The change in this service will
demand the addition of several cars
to the equipment of the company, and
these cars are now in course of con-
struction in shop at ST. Louis. They
are not repaired or renovated cars,
but new cars built expressly for the
Kenosha Electric Railway Co. There
will be three of the new cars delivered
about the first of March, and with the
cars now on hand the company will
have rolling stock to insure ten
minute service.
The managers of the baseball team
and Anderson's Park have been max
ing an effort to get better service to
the park and the ball grounds, but it
lis hardly probable that such line
will be built this year, as Manager
Frost has declared that the service
will not warrant the expenditure nec-
essary for the construction of such
line. At the opening Of the last base
ball season the company tried plan
of running cars direct to the grounds,
but Mr.. Frost declares that this was
not paying proposition, and for that
reason the service was abandoned.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-14
North Shore Company Ready to
Run Pipe Line Into kenosha
fit Can Get Support
SUPPLIES MANY OTHER CITIES
Conspany Supplies Gas at Waukegan,
Evanston and Other Illinois Cities
and it Appears That They
Give Coed Service

On account of the recent agitation
in regard to rates charged for gas in
Kenosha, the old plan of having the
North Shore Gas company lay a main
into Kenosha is again being revived
and some of the people of the city
who are more prone to look on the
bright side Of things seem to think
that competition in gas in kenosha is
possibility. It is claimed that the
North Shore Gas company, which
furnishes gas to Evanston, Wanke-
gan, Highland Park, Lake Forest,
Libertyville and other Illinois cities
would be willing to consider a propo-
sition to extend its pipe lines to Ke-
nosha if the company were given any
assurance Of patronage in this city.
Years ago this proposition was laid
before the officials Of the company
and in order to test the good faith OF
the Kenosha people the officials OF
the North Shore company caused .spe-
cial stock to be issued with the un-
Outstanding that the money secured
was to be used in piping gas to Ke-
nosha. This stock was offered for
sale in Kenosha, but there was such
slight interest taken in the move
THAT it was soon abandoned and since
that time the company has not con.
sidered extending its pipe line north
of the Wisconsin state line. The ser.
fvice that this company has given tc
the Illinois cities has been most sat.
isfactory, but it should be said on the
outset that the rates charged in the
Illinois lake shore towns are identi-
cal with the rates charged in Keno
sha and there is little hope that q
pipe line from Illinois would reduce
the cost of gas to Kenosha people.
Just recently the Kenosha Gas &
Electric company has made arrange
ments to pipe gas from Racine, and il
is alleged that some of this gas will
be brought from Milwaukee so that
the gas from the south would have
just as much pressure as the gas from
the north.
Some people have held that the
Kenosha Gas company has the ex.
elusive privilege of selling gas il
Kenosha, but attorneys who have
looked into the matter claim that this
is not the fact and that the city of Ke
nosha could grant rights to one or more
other gas companies to enter the field
as competitors to the present com.
pany.
Officials of the North Shore com
pany have been in Kenosha during
the last few days, but it is not known
that the men took any steps to test
the feeling Of the people toward the
coming Of another gas company.
Competition is the life of trade, and
there is no doubt but that little
competition in the gas business II
Kenosha would have a tendency te
improve the service and the quality
/ of gas furnished to the homes Of
Kenosha people.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-14

WE have always thought that
throwing the petitions of citizens in
the waste basket was much too sum
mary method of disposing of them
and we are glad to note that the Civic
Federation has at last succeeded in
getting petition accepted by the
council. Throwing the petitions in
the waste basket is doubtless the
most expeditions way of disposing of
them, but it is apt to arouse the fight
ing blood of the petitioner, besides
showing all too plainly how powerful
certain interests are in the council.
In the language of one of the men di-
rectiy concerned it was Every coarse
work" It is just as effectual in the
long run and much more polite to ac-
cept the petitions and place them on
file or lay them on the table-instead
of in the waste basket-or refer them
to committee and let the petitioner
live along just as long as he can
stand it in hopes that his petition is
going to get attention from the coun-
Gil. When he gets tired of waiting
he can put IN another petition, but
petitioners are proverbially patient
and long suffering and the council
will not be bothered very often. Any
way the aldermen can always say
that the petitions are taking the re-
gular course" and that is generally
explanation enough to satisfy any
reasonable constituent who starts in
to ask embarrassing questions.
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THE ENGLISH SYSTEM.
Not a Hundred Persons Affected by >
Chance OF Administration.

mot a E7uHuFSQ FGFSOHS AnCClSu ~ -
Change of Administration
'All told, the government Of Eng
land consists OF only forty-six persons,
and the transfer Of political control
from one party to another directly at
fects only these forty-six persons and
a few great fGncdonaries t0f state
whose duties are purely ornamental"
says A. Maurice Low in Appleton's.
"In all not 100 persons are concerned
by a change Of administration. Post
masters, government employees Cf ev-
cry. class, from messengers to ambas-
sailors and colonial administrators, are
not disturbed by the transfer of power.
Clearly no political party in England
can count upon patronage as politi-
cal asset
'"The principle on which the parlia-
mentary system Of England is found
ed is the rule Of the majority, and the
majority elects to surrender it's power
to one mantle premier. The power
Of the majority is SO strictly recog-
nized that the rules of the house Of
commons deprive the minority Of all
power to initiate or shape legislation
When a majority Of the electorate Of
the kingdom has sanctioned a policy
represented by a political party that
party is given free hand to put it's pol
icy into operation. In all legislatures
the power Of the majority is the con-
troll which it exercises to tax the peo-
pie and spend their money. See, then,
how absolute is the power of the prime
minister in his command Of the treas
l1l,y -
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-14
As CIean as a Whistle.

Any one who has witnessed the man
ufacture Of rustic whistle can be at
no loss for the origin Of the saying,
AS clean as a whistle" A piece Of
young ash about four inches long and
the thickness Of finger is hammered
all over with the handle Of knife I'M
til the bark is disengaged from the
wood and capable Of being drawn OF.
A notch and cut or two having been
made in the stick, the cuticle is re-
placed, and the instrument is complet-
ed. When stripped Of it's covering the
white wood, with it's colorless sap, pre-
sents the very acme of cleanness.-
London Answers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-14
Mrs. Edward Main and Mrs. Ralph
Anderson Settle Claims With
Latin Rand Powder Co.
OTHERS WILL FOLLOW SUIT
Relatives of Each of the Men Killed in
Recent Explosion Will Secure
$500 and Company Has Set
tied Funeral Expenses

Within few days the recent ex-
plant in the town of Pleasant Prairie
will be closed incident as Mrs. Ed
ward Main, of Rockford, ILL.,, and Mrs.
Ralph Anderson, of Pleasant Prairie,
have consented TO make a settlement
With the officials Of the company and
t is understood that a similar settle
alent is to be made with the relatives
4 the seven Russian laborers who
pst their lives in the explosion.
BY the terms of the settlement Mrs.
Alderson and Mrs. Main have been
lid five hundred dollars in cash by
ae officials of the company and added
" this the company has paid every
expense connected with the burial of
the husbands of the two women. 1t
is stated that this settlement is a vol
untary one made by the company and
the attorneys who had been consulted
in the matter seemed to be Of the
opinion that the company was not
legally liable for damages for the
deaths of the r1en.
While the company has not made a
formal settlement with the relatives
Of the Russians who were killed, it is
thought that this plan of settlement
will be adopted.
The financial cost of the explosion
to the company will not be a very
large one. The settlement of dam
ages with the mems families will cost
the company in the neighborhood of
IS, 600 and the expenses of the burial
of the victims of the explosion will
add another ST., coo to the bill.
The loss on the corning mill de-
stroyed by the blast will be about
$40, 600, and it is now being rebuilt.
The greatest loss sustained by the
company is in the loss of men, as it is
almost impossible to secure men to
fill up the vacant places at the plant.
The company is now running short
handed, and the leading managers OF
the concern have been sent West to
keep the plant in operation until men
can be secured. The company is ad-
vertising for men IN many places,
but the story Of the explosion seems
to have been SO widely circulated that
It is almost impossible to get help.
The attorneys for the company
state that the hardest problem in con-
nection with the settlement Of the
matter is to find the relatives of the
Russians killed. Already the attor-
neys for the company are seeking to
find these people, but the company
will not be imposed upon by people
who have no claim against them.
Under the circumstances the settle
ment made by the company is little
more than gift to the relatives of
the deceased, as with no legal liability
the relatives of the men would not be
able to collect cent.
The plant in Pleasant Prairie is
manufacturing powder at the present
time, but the amount of the output
has been greatly reduced. Superin-
tendent Maddox, who is one of the
best known powder men in the
country showed his stand when he
laid aside his coat and went into the
corning mill and took the supervision
Of it. The company is moving the
powder as fast as it is made so that
there is being little complaint re-
ceived from the people in the neigh
borhood.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-14
Looking for Bigger Game.

The passengers on crowded cross
town car in Brooklyn one day last
week felt the brakes applied with such
suddenness that only a few Of those
who were standing withstood the jar.
Then they saw the motorman jump
from the platform and kneel in front
Of the car. Several of the passengers
made their way out and were sur
prised to see the motorman stroking
the feathers of a mother dove that sat
on one Of the rails with a little one
under her wing.
i've never taken a life yet" he ex-
planned, as he placed them on the curb
out of harms way. and don't propose
to start with tame dove" The
Third Rail.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-14
An Anecdote Of Shelley,

The poet Shelley tells an amusing
story Of the influence that language
"hard to be understood" exercises ON
the vulgar mind. Walking near Covent
Garden, London, he accidentally jos
tied against an Irish navy, who, being
in quarrelsome mood, seemed in
clined to attack the poet. A crowd Of
ragged sympathizers began to gather.
when Shelley, calmly facing them, de-
liberately pronounced
Il have put my hand into the ham
per. have looked on the sacred BAR
ley. have eaten out of the drum. l
have drunk and am well pleased
have said Knox Ompax,' and it is fin
ished."
The effect was magical. The aston
ished Irishman fell back. His friends
began to question him. What bar
ley?" Where's the hamperY what
have you been drinking?" and Shelley
walked away unmolested.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-14
COMPLETES HIS BATTERY
Manager Breen Signs Joe Kusta to
Work Behind the Bat

Manager Breen Signs Joe Kusta to
Work Behind the Bat
Manager Breen made another valu-
able acquisition to his Lake Shore
League team Thursday, when he sue
ceeded in signing Joe Kusta's name to
1907 contract. Kusta was with
Sheboygan two years ago and made
such great record that Iron Noun
tain, of the Copper Country League,
went after him and secured him in
1906. That he made good there can
be understood readily enough, when
It is stated that the official records of
that league give him fielding aver
age of 1850 and batting average Of
$3.50. The fact that the Lake Shore
League teams will have some of the
best pitchers in the business outside
of the big leagues, with Olmstead,
last year with Kansas City, for She
Iboygan; Groth, last year with Colum-
bus, for Port Washington; Wilson,
last year with Sheboygan, for Mani
towoc; Heimer1 for Milwaukee, Pulse
for Waukegan, Bert Kelley for Chi
cago, and Cook for Racine, made it
necessary for Manager Breen to Sc
cure first class. battery, and in
Mockels and Kusta he has a pair who
will hold their ON with any of them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-14
LETTERS BY MESSENGER.
a Posta! Law Of Which You May NOT
Elave knowledge.

a Posta! Law of Which You May Noe
Flave knowledge.
The statement made in an uptown
club one evening lately that the law
prohibits carrying an unstamped letter
past a postofdce and delivering it caus-
ed much argument. Inquiry was made
at the postohCe, where an official said
that the question had been asked fire.
Quently. "You may send letter by
messenger anywhere, past as many
postof1ces as you please" said the OIL
cial, "but you have no right to SEND
your mail that way regularly or at
stated periods. This is prohibited By
the postal laws and regulations. Sec
tons 1886 and 1887 were enacted to
prevent the establishment Of private
mail routes, because the postodice de-
partment is recognized as having the
absolute monopoly Of the transporta-
ton of letters and packets or bundles
Of letters by regular trips and at stated
letters and circulars they may be de-
livered by rival concerns, but the peo-
pie who make the delivery of circulars
business have no right to deliver I'm
stamped closed letters. The law shuts
out the milkmen and the tradesmen,
who travel regularly along established
post roads, who would otherwise be-
come rivals to the United States post
Office for the purpose of accommodate
ing their customers. New York Trib-
une.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-14
PLAN TWO MEETS
Kenosha Gent1emen's Driving Club Sc
1ect Dates for Summer Race Meet

Kenosha is to have two race meet
ings during the present year, as at
the regular annual meeting of the
Kenosha Gentlemen's Driving Club,
held on Thursday evening, the Ameri-
can Trotting Association was notified
that July 4 and 5 had been selected as
the dates for summer meeting in Ke-
nosha, and that the dates for a fall
meeting would be selected at the time
of the summer meeting. The meet
ing this year will be under the rules
of the American Trotting Association
and it promises to be the most sue
|cessful race meeting ever held IN this
section of the State. The Kenosha
track will be opened for training pur-
poses about the first Of April, and the
members of the club are planning to
take care of at least a hundred horses
during the early months.
The following officers for the year
were elected at the meeting Thursday
night:
President-Dr. j. II. Veitch,
Vice Pres't-Andrew Hide brande.
Secretary-M. D. Schmitt.
Treasurer-Edward Letsom.
Secretary of Speed-Walter Dexter.
Track Supt. Thomas Scott
Trustees Peter Breen, Charles
Dietrich and John Hegeman.
The work Of putting the track into
condition will be started as soon a.
the weather will permit, and the
grand stand will be enlarged. It will
be necessary to provide for more
stalls at the track, as there is no room
to house the visiting horses. The
track will also be greatly improved
before the regular racing season
opens.
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Joseph Bonaparte.

Joseph Bonaparte fed to America
after the hundred days and bought a
home in Philadelphia, where he lived
In winter, ard mansion in New Jer-
sey, where he passed his summers. He
was much liked in this country, but
could not make up his mind to stay
here, SO returned to Europe, hoping to
profit by the changes OF government in
France. He was always disapp pointed
and found himself an unwelcome guest
in every country save England He
finally secured permission to live In
Italy and died In Florence In 1914.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-14
Strategy.

There was the sound OF creaking
wheels, swapping harness and then the
old horse cropped from exhaustion.
''Oh, Harold" faltered the beautiful
girl, ''what shall we do? Dobbins has
given out and father will certainly
overtake Us before we reach the par
sOnage."
Fear Eot, my dear" he whispered.
DO You see this can? It contains
gasoline. | have been letting it drip
ali along the road Your father will
think we have eloped in an automo-
bile. and as he has nothing swifter
than an old mule OH the farm, he will
consider pursuit useless"
For Love, as well as Necessity is
the mother of all Inventions Chicago
Daily News
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-14
City Clerk Harrington Begins to
Issue Petitions for Spring
Primary on Thursday
JORDAN FIRST TO ENTER FIELD
Primary Election Will Be Held March
10 and Petitions Must Be Filed
With the Clerk on or Before
the 18th of March

The municipal campaign in Keno
sha opened Thursday afternoon when
City Clerk Harrington began to send
out petitions for candidates. Henry
Jordan, the present chairman of the
County Board, was the first candidate
for office to enter the field and he had
the honor of getting the first petition
for the year. c. A. Dewey, who will
seek reelection as member of the
Board of Supervisors from the fourth
ward, got the second petition.
The spring primary election for the
nomination of the various candidates
for city officers will be held on March
70 and under the law the petitions
must be filed with the clerk fifteen
days before the primaries.
The clerk has received a new draft
of the primary law from the secretary
of state and while there are no
radical changes there are several
minor changes which would be of
interest to the voters. The vote this
year is to be canvassed by board
composed of the chairmen of three
parties in the city and any two of
them will make quorum. This is
about the only change of Importance.
AS there is to be no registration this
year the qualified voters for the prim-
airy will be the same as voted ate the
last general election and it will of
course be possible to swear in the US
nal number of voters who have come
into the city within the year.
It is not expected that the primary
this year will excite any great inter-
est in comparison with tne primary
last year when the great battle be-
tween Mayor German and M. J..
Scholey was on. This year there will
be little or no contests for nomina-
tions except in regard TO some of the
ward Offices. The city officials to be
elected are justice Of the peace and
an assessor and the present holders
of both Offices will be in the field seek
ing reelection. An effort will be
made to have the members of the
School Board elected as far as posi-.
bic with view of lettering the board
rather than carry out the strict rule
of the party.
Nearly every one of the retiring
members of the council will seek re-
election and it is expected that their
petitions will be issued within the
next two or three days. In some of
the wards hard fights are promised,
as some of the people are decidedly
opposed to the course taken by the
alderman during the past few months.
It is not thought that the railway or
dinances will cut an treat factor in
the election, but ie may cut some
fgure'in the re-electiC1 of aldermen
In the first. second and third wards.
AS there is less than a month IN
which to file petitions 1t will be nee
cessary for the candidates to get busy
at once in order to ave the petitions
properly signed and filed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-02-14
LOCAL ITEMS.

A. M. Johnson, of Evanston, spent
Wednesday evening in Kenosha.
E. Neumann, Of Sheboygan, spent
"Wednesday afternoon in Kenosha.
Mrs. C. M. Hall returned home
Thursday after an extended visit in
the East.
The Elks had pleasant social ses-
sion at the club rooms on Thursday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. John LIGHTER, of
Somers, are rejoicing over the birth
of son.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. T. Garrison at
tended the auto show in Chicago on
Wednesday.
Andrew Anderson has purchased
the Lathrop property adjoining An
derson park.
James Mcdonald, of Milwaukee,
transacted business in Kenosha on
Thursday afternoon.
William Frost, of Chicago, is spend
ing the week in Kenosha the guest of
his aunt, Mrs. E. Grosvenor.
Mrs. GeorgelP. Hewitt and children
are here from Appleton, for a visit
with Mr.. and Mrs. e. r. Head.
Attorney Clifford Randall, who has
been i'll with scarlet fever for the
past week, is rapidly recovering.
Wednesday was Kenosha day at the
Chicago Automobile show and more
than hundred Kenosha people took
in the show during the day.
In the Circuit Court Wednesday
afternoonpAnna Aim was granted a
divorce from kher husband, William
Aim, onscharges Of desertion.
In the carpenters new hall on Park
street onsWednesday night Tent No.
/ 80 e. ONT. NJ. initiated number
of new members with the degree team.
There were also large number of APP
p1ications received, after which re-
freshmentsaand cigars were served.
There were about fifty in attendance.
a very enjoyable evening was spent.
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THE material for the extension of
the street railway is beginning to ar
rive, but the little matter Of the bonds
is yet to be adjusted. However, Mr..
Frost will doubtless be able to fix the
bonds up when he gets around to it, #
he has not done so already.
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Considerable.

Singleton What have you In that
package. old mani Wedderly ash
receiver. It's a present for my wife.
Singleton What You don't mean to
tell me she smokes cigarettes7 We'd
derly--Oh. no, but If she has an ash
receiver for me to put my cigar ashes
in It Will save her the trouble of sweep
Ing them up. See &c Chicago News.
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY "A

ALONG with the agitation for
cheaper gas somebody might start a
"no seat no fare campaign and make
things real lively.
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There are some truths that are per-
ceived less by the intellect than by the
heart, and the man who is devoid Of
this heart perception Is lacking In
much. Terrell CTex.) Transcript.