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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09
sTREET AssEssMENT NorIcr

Office of the Street Assessment Committees.
City of Kenosha, MAY 9. 1907
The Common Council of the City of Kenosha
having decided that it is eXpedient and neces-
sary that Market Street from w. Main Street
to Newell street; Grand avenue from the present
end of pavement to Brockett street be improved
by curbing with stone curb, by grading nv
paving with vitrified paving brick on bed of
concrete; Grover street. from Prairie avenue to
Salem avenue be improved by curbing with
stone curb, by grading, by paving with vitritied
paving brick on a bed of crushed stone and
otherwise improved at the expense of the real
estate to be benefited thereby. And having
ordered that the Street Assessment COMMITTEES
view the premises aid determine the damages
and benefits which viii accrue to each parcel of
real estate affected by such change and i'm
provemeut, the entire cost of the contemplated
Work or improvement upon said portions of said
streets, and the amount that should be assessed
to each parcel of such real estate as benefits or
damages ACQUIRING thereto by such con-
ten1plated work or improvement. Now there
tore, notice is hereby given that in pursuance
OF SAID order, plans and specifications for said
work have been prepared and approved and
the entire cost of the Improvement con-
temp1ated in said plans and specifications de-
termined that we have viewed the entire ter
ritory and each parcel of real estate affected by
said Improvement and determined the damages
and benefits which will accrue to each parcel
OF real estate by reason of said improvement,
and the amount that should be assessed to each
parcel of real estate as benefits or damages ac-
cruing thereto by such contemplated work or
Improvement. Notice is further given to all
persons interested that said report is on file and
open for review in the Office of the Street AS
sessment Committee, in the City Clerks Office
in the said City, and will be so continued for
the space OF twenty days after the date of this
notice, and that on Friday, May 81, 1907. at 200
p. M in the afternoon. the said Committee will
be in session at their said office to hear all OBJ
jections that may be made to said report.
49, JAMES GORNfAN.
>a*@'s@ r. H. MOTH.
ST. J.NH. OBRIEN.
wa Street Assessment Com n1ittee
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09
Northwestern Railway Company
Says Service on the Western
Divisions Entirely Adequate
TO HEAR CASE NEXT WEEK
Railway Commission Summon Many
Witnesses From Kenosha County
to Give Evidence of Bad Service s.
On the Western Road

The Chicago and Northwestern
Railway Company has filed with the
Wisconsin State Railway Commission
an answer to the petition recently filed
by the people Of Kenosha city and
county in regard to inadequate SER
Northwestern road. The answer is
general denial of the facts stated in
the petition and the Railway Com
mission has set the matter down for a
hearing on May 18th. Many witnesses
have been summoned to appear before
the commission and give testimony in
regard to the alleged inadequate SER
vice. Among the number summoned
are William H. Harrison, Supervisor
of Assessors, Sheriff Charles Pfennig,
James Jepson of Salem, c. H.
Whitcher of Bristol and Deputy Game
Warden Michael Kleist. The matter
will be laid before the City Council
at the meeting this evening and the
city will be asked to send an attorney
to Madison to appear before the COM
fighting for better service. Ifthe city
fails to take this action it is probable
that the fight will be lost as the Rail-
way Commission is slow to take up
these matters unless the petitions
have the support of the cities directly
interested.
Better train service to the west
would mean great deal for Kenosha
and it is certain that the petitioners
will have large amount of evidence
to present to the Commission. In the
answer that has been filed by the COM
pany their attorneys state that
there is not great deal of travel on
the line and that there are not large
number of summer resorts in the towns
of Salem and Randall, and lastly that
the service now being furnished is
entirely adequate to take care of the
business, and that the traffic does not
warrant the addition of any trains
either onsSunday or during the week.
In the petition the petitioners asked
that train be added to the regular
day schedule and that at least one
more Sunday train be placed on the
run. The company has for number
Of years added train to the run for
Sundays during the summer months,
but it has been stated that this train
will not be placed on the schedule this
season. Many people from the west.
ern part of the county would be glad
to do their trading in Kenosha if bet
ter train service can be secured. SINH
lar fights have been taken up from
other counties and in most cases the
Commission has directed the com pam
les to put on better service.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

IT has been the custom to poke fun
at DR.. Wiley, chief chemist of the
Department of Agriculture, for some
his experiments and the suggestion
to make him a member of the cabinet
at the head of Department of Public
Health may not be taken seriously
at first in some quarters but it is
worth thinking over for all that. The
new department would have charge
of the enforcement of the pure food
laws and other statutes for the pro-
lection of the public health under
which cases are constantly coming up
that have to be dealt with in every
other department of the government
and it would certainly simplify mat
tiers and expedite business to have all
these cases handled in the one depart
ment with responsible chief at the
head of it. 1t will be remembered
that the Department of Agriculture
was numerically ridiculed when it
was tlrst started; the secretary was
called the ''cow" member of the
cabinet and little good was expected
to result from its establishment but
there is no department today that is
doing better work and certainly none
that has added and is still adding so
much to the material welfare of the
country. It's work has added millions
to the wealth of the nation and De-
partment of Public Health might
possibly save millions. DR.. Wiley
would probably be dubbed the
"poison" member of the cabinet but
the work of his department might be
of inestimable value to the country
at large for all that.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09
TINS is the birthday Of the TE1E

THIS is the birthday Of the TELE-
cRAPH-CoURIER, and with this. issue
8the paper, begins its sixty-ninth year
of continuous publication. It's origi-
nal subscribers have long since
passed to their reward, but the famil-
! lar sold subscriber" of the signed
article Is represented on the books Of
this paper BY names that have been
there for half century and over.
The names of allof the early pioneers
of southeastern Wisconsin are still
on the subscription books, bnt they
represent the second and third gener-
alton of descendants from the men
whose support first made the paper
possible. Those same subscription
books are also living proof Of the
old saying that you can 6nd some one
from Kenosha or who has relatives in
the county anywhere in the world,
for the paper goes out weekly to al
most every. country in every quarter
of the globe. The period covered by
the life of the paper has been one of
marvellous growth and development,
and the yearly files furnish proof
that the paper has always borne it's
share of the fighting for what it's
editors have believed to be the best
interests of its readers and the com
munity it serves.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

Kenosha had some real excitement
Friday night when just safter ten
O'CLOCK fire bEoke out in the house
on North GangFesss street owned by
William Ernst and used as a tenement
house for the housing of large NUM-
Der of foreigners The fire resulted
from stove on the second floor of
the building becoming overheated and
before the fremen could exiting uish
the flames the building was badly
Quilted and the thirty or fortyforeign-
ers, VINO had lived in the place, sns-
tanned considera bic loss from the de-
struction of their furniture and per-
sona1 property. When the fire broke
out many of the people living in the
house were asleep in their beds and
when it was discovered that the house
was on fire there was mad scram BILE
came panic stricken and jumped from
the windows and crowded through the
narrow hall of the building in mad
effort to get away from the fire. Sew
era1 of the foreigners were slightly
injured in the panic which followed
the discovery of the fire.
AS soon as the firemen arrived they
began a search of the rooms for peo-
pie who might have been overcome
by smoke, but they found no one.
Most of the people in the house had
made an effort to carry their meagre
possessions to safety and the sidewalk
was all but blocked by the mass Of
trunks and boxes that the men and
women had carried out. AS the fire.
men were rushing to the fire they were
aroused by the shouts of foreigner
who declared that his wife and two
children were in the During house.
The firemen doubled their efforts to
fight their way into the smoke filled
house to rescue the children and when
they had about reached the rooms in
the attic of the house they discovered
that the children and the woman
lived in the adjoining house. The
excited husband and father was hur-
ried off to jail on charge on intoxi-
cation and the fight against the fire
went on without further interruption.
The firemen in fighting the fire
learned something about how the
other half lives for the house was
completely filled with beds and cots
and the fremen declare that in the
small frame building there were more
than thirty beds and that all were oc-
cupied. There were beds in the par
lors, living rooms and kitchen and ii
is evident that all of the sanitary
laws had not been closely observed.
The loss from the FIRE will be about
a thousand dollars and it is partially
covered with insurance. The report
that lives had been lost in the FIRE
attracted large crowd to the scene
and the crowd aided materially in
extingnishing the flames and getting
the belongings of the occupants out
OF the house.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09
Convention Of Christian Endeayor
4 Il Workers to Be Held in
J. !. 4 ..s 81 the Near Future
ATTRACT PROGRAM READY

vs. r Z 3 %a
The joint convention of the Eastern
and Southeastern district unions of
the Christian Endeavor is close at
hand. The, sessions commence a
week from Friday evening with the
first service held in the Park Avenue
.Congreg ationa1 church.
This is the first union district con-
vention ever held in this state and it
promises to bring large results. Elk
tensive preparations. have been made
to give the visiting delegates the
same advantages as are received at the
state conventions. Special music is
planned for all sessions. There will
be chorus of Endeavorers from the
Racine societies to lead the singing at
the evening services. Sunday eve
ming Prof. Daniel Protheroe, Mil
yankee, the famous chorus leader,
will have charge of the music. Prom
inent soloists from Chicago, Mil
waukee and Racine are scheduled. No
effort has been wasted insecuring the
best speakers for the occasion.
FRIDAY EVENING
1880 Song service
1880 Address of welcome, Miss B1ocki.
President of Racine c. E. Union.
Response, E. P. Farri11, President of
Southeastern District.
7:45 Opening address, Christian Endeavor in
Modern Life, Prof. W. A. Garfield,
Carol College, Waukeska.
Reception by Park Ave. Society.
SATURDAY MORNING
8:45 Business session.
10:15 Open Parliament conducted by Rev.
Edgar T. Farri11, Kenosha.
12:15 Dinner served to delegates.
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
! 800 Junior and intermediate rally.
SATURDAY EVENING
1880 Song service.
500 Address, Elements of Power in Christ
ian Endeavor, Rev. Frank Dyer,
Chicago.
SUNDAY MORNING
7:OO-7:30 Prayer service.
9:l5 Conservation meeting led by Walter
Bender, Milwaukee.
1880 Regular church services.
AFTERNOON
800 Praise service.
$3.50 Address, The Endeavor and His Bible,
Mr.. John 81. Huntley, Moody Bible
Institute, Chicago
EVENING
700 Praise service conducted by Prof. Daniel
Protheroe, Milwaukee.
730 Closing address, The Abiding Fellow
ship, Rev. T. G. Soares, D. D., Chi
cago University.
$3.50 Presidents closing words, Elmer 81.
Davies, Milwaukee, and E. P Farril1,
Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

Bion J. Arnold, formerly president
Of the Kenosha Electric Railway corr
pany, was rendered dumb in Chicago
Sunday by an unusual accident. Mr..
Arnold was cranking an automobile
when the crank swung back and taken
by surprise he brought his teeth to-
gether. His tongue was between his
teeth and it was bitten off. It will be
several days before he is able to
speak again, but the tongue has been
repaired and his injury will not be a
permanent one.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

For measure that is designed ex-
clusively for their benefit, the teach
ers about the state do not seem to be
taking a great deal Of interest in. SUI
pervisor of Assessments Harrison
bill fixing minimum salary scale for
county teachers all over the state.
In as much as they are the benefi-
Charles under it, the teachers would
naturally be expected to help the bill
along in every way possible, but they
cannot expect much to be done. TO,
them if they do nothing for them.
SGlVGSs Eeaa zreflA fs@e4 Ekr.sI4Ns &
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

THE salary of the county treasurer
is not large enough to enable him to
keep a regular Office open all the
year around and there is not enough
business anyway connected with the
place 10 make regular Office neces-
sary, but some one of the officials at
the county building should be. .depu-
TIED to act for him, so that people
having business with the. treasnBer
will know where to find somebody ito
transact itsfor them al. all times. gEd
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

as alleged in the complains for per-
jury but the Court overruied she OBJ
jections stating that it would be M
possible for the State to prove lis
case without all the evidence. The
grounds for overruling the objections
we're little unusual but Attorney
Fisher did not push the matter.
Court Stenographer c. H. WEIGH
was called this afternoon to read the
testimony which Montgomery had
given on the various hearing.
Later. Montgomery was held tc
the Circuit Court in bonds of 81, 600
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09
ORDINANCE NO. 3O6

An Ordinance declaring certain real estate to
be within the saloon district or saloon limits
wherein licensesfor the sale ofstrong, spirit
Gus, malt, ardent or Intoxicating liquors to be
drank on the premises may be granted.
Be it ordained by the Common Councils of the
City of Kenosha:
Section.1 That the premises at the south
east corner of the intersection of Middle
and Jay streets, designated, and to be
designated, known and numbered go. Middle
street, in the Fifth ward of the City of Kenosha,
Wisconsin, be, and the same is hereby declared
to be within the saloon limits of the City of
Kenosha, Wisconsin,.
Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect
and be in-force from and after it's passage and
publication. se.@
Passed, May 9th, 1907.
L Approved, May It'll, 1907.
Published, May 9th, 1907.
JAMES GORMAN.
GEO. W. HARRINGTON,
wi City Clerk.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09
THE display of the work done b

The display of the work done by
the manual training department. Of
the schools at the Y. M. G. A. is de-
cidedly creditable to the students
themselves and to the. teachers in
charge of the work and it indicates
that the students are .profting largely
by the generosity and public spirit OF
Mr.. .Jefery, who made the depart
ment possible. tas @4
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

THERE will be something doing at
Madison 2. in the Senatorial contest
pretty soon now. The rumors and
denia1s that are coming thick and
fast show that the members are get
ting uneasy.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

In spite of the wide publicity given
the new sidewalk ordinance few
property owners appear to be familiar
with its provisions and any one who
contemplates building any kind of
walk would do well to consult the
city engineer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

THE city has a good balance on
hand at the present time, but most of
the money has beer, spent already.
When you figure that the city's
share of the expense Of all the paving
that is being put in is something over
20 per cent OF the. total cost you can
see where a good share of thatlba1ance
is going.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

THE claim of the Northwestern
railway that Il is furnishing adequate
transportation facilities for the west
ern part of the county does not jibe
very well with the anxiety of the
electric railway promoters to get a
line out that way.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

PRESIDENT RooSEvELT'S next de-
claration that he will not again be a
candidate will probably be emphatic
enough SO that even the politicians
who cannot understand any ones re-
fusing any Office that is within reach
will be compelled to take him at his
xuord
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09
THURSDAY, MAY 9.

A GLANCE at the accident bulletin
of the interstate commerce commits
sion is enough to show the need of
some kind of legislation to protect the
travelling public.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

THIS is the time of the year to go
after the dog license money again,
but if the ordinance is not going to
be enforced against all alike it should
be repealed. There are too many or
dinances on the statute books now
that are dead letters and there is no
use adding another to the list.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09
NAME sPALD1NG AGAIN

City Physician is Reelected for Another
Term atsame Rate as Last Year
III DR.. ]. B. Spalding. city health off,
Ger and for the past two years city
physician, was reelected to the latter
office by the Common Council on Mon
day evening at salary. of $500 year.
This is to include all medical and
surgical supplies used for the poor.
DR.. Spalding was the only physician
to. put in a, bid for the work and as his
services had. been satisfactory during
the two years the. Council decided to
award him the contract without ask
ing for further bids.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

If the Council is going to have FIVE
hour sessions how would it be to ar
range for a little ventilation in the
council chamber.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

No matter how warm it gets that old
straw hat which is just as good as
new, will not do at a1lsthis year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

THE Legislature is putting up a
strong argument for the election Of
senators by popular vote.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09
TOOK NO ACTION
Government Proposition to Use Square
for Postoffice Not Before Council

for Postoffice Not Before Council
The proposition of the treasury de-
partment of the United States govern
ment to use Market Square as site
for the new government building was
not laid before the Common Council
at its meeting on Monday evening and
it now looks as If the city would pay
no attention to the communication
from thes government. IT is neces-
sary that the city get busy at once in
order to prevent any longer delay in
the selection of the site. The super
vising architect plans to take up the
matter of ..theE Kenosha site by the
first of June and if the city is to send
report it must be done at once. The
plan does not meet with any great
favor save among few of the busi-
ness men doing business about the
Square.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

KENosHA's latest sensation ends in
the divorce court instead of a tragedy.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-05-09

Do you read the want ads.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-24
THE SALVATION ARMY.

Any growth of
made by Col French from the pulpit Central
evening of
grand Those who think
place of business to another selling
'W likely struck and bewidered when the statistics
of totals presented
These show it to have been one of the great religious gna
of the nineteenth century hardly
developed little if anything
achievement The DOmcans and other religious orders
prototypes methods while the
and hospital in aums and homes
which the Salvation Army has
phenomenal and its manifestations such an I'M
century beginning development the
Army, the beginnings but the principal growth and develop
Methodist which profoundly affected both theology
and the methods Of ecclesiastical hnan the Mormon propaganda whose 1u
hardly yet ituas TheOphy which
religions;
powers widespread
century half worldwide spread
Mems Christian Association the Young Peoples Society
Christian Endeav
1t these comparison rapid growth
spread way prepared
Christianity
presented theology duty.
presented much that was new IN method and what little there was was IN
detail rather than Each impulse rather than formulated
purpose impulse
expansion unless could develop organization Each has developed
organization will be
generally prosperous they
capable therefore be
feared either by appointed
doing its appointed work. in its appointed another check against
and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES impulse.
Army, A. andth
disciplined Neither of
great nundating religious
eng sweep away religious They
controlled welfed Their
That Gen Booth wonderful and organization
undOubted credit
impulse mighty organization
that while yet undmmed
undated should
the Freedom the City London and in the expressed good will of great
like Edward, Alexandra, the Japan
But after all the battle and evil than
With both and agencies enlisted sin evil the still
Significance Beware when all shall speak well of yOu
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-24
AMERICAN MERCHANT TONNAGE

The total off,
eiay numbered by the
and exceeded
5s45o In years
the tonnage built in the United States greatly
The
in the
bed of
history, the Kingdom Of
these 237l3
Grand De Graft of 1871 being the
In
hui on ons
The total tonnage and of coasng
Only OF
the Ocean Mail Act of 1891 to Havana
elapsed
United the accompanied bv decline
in the building of sehooners relatively
with auxiliary
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-07-24
BRITISH ANTI-cHINEsE SENTIMENT.

An antChnese sentiment England
Daily considerable
create it:
axty hwhc Act administered by the
Office apy
department investigate the Chinese
to
Liverpool laundry driving
numb
of
IN and modeo of
allegations
that smoking and gambling yonng
o he
America The
hOOdum
ton whatever Chinese
talk the Chinese
There permitting
the in