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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-17
LEFT MANY HEIRS
Twenty Persons are Nam ed as the Heirs
of Leander f.. Merrick

The will of the late Leander E.
Merrick, the old Randall character
who died several days ago, was filed
for probate in the County Court this
morning, and it is expected that the
settlement of the estate of the old
man will bring ore of the worst legal
tangles left to the County Court for
settlement in many years. Merrick
was never married, and his estate,
which is valued at from forty to fifty
thousand dollars, is left to relatives,
n1eces and nephews of the deceased.
One of the sisters of the deceased is
still living, but she is not named in
the will.
The petition for probate states that
there are at least twenty heirs to the
estate under the will and it is pcssi-
bic that others may be found before
the will is admitted to probate. Mer-
rick made the will in 1901, before he
became incompetent, and fearing that
some effort might be made to contest
the provisions of the will, he added a
clause to the will which made If i'm.
possible for any contesting heir to
ever have any share of his property.
The heirs of the estate are widely
scattered, and if the estate is settled
with minimum of expense each of
the heirs will receive in the neiphbor-
hood of two thousand dollars. The
listof heirs, as stated in the petition.
is as follows:
Charles 7. Eldrege, McHenry. Ill:
the Hon. George w. Eldrege, of Rich
mond, H.; Lora L. Fernald. of Win
throp, Iowa; Haw1ey w. Merriclx. Of
Hebron, Ill; Gary D. Merrick. Of Ga
Psrk; Bert L. Merrick and Alice Ma
son, of Janesville;- Mile e. Merrick.
Of Grand Rapids, Wis; Charles b.
Merrick, Of Burlington; Murl e. Mer-
rick, Of Chicago; Gertrude More an.
of FIT. Madison, Iowa; Lizzie Gookin.
of Davenport, Iowa: Jennie Jennings.
Of Audubon, Iowa; Fred P. Merrick.
Of Delavan; Kirk and Arthur Merrick
and Ida Heath, of Brayton, Iowa: and
Grace and Charles Williams, of Brook
|lyn, N. x.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-17

THE taxpayers of the state will nat
urally be pleased to learn that there
will be no levy for state taxes this
year other than the school tax if the
board can produce the figures to show
that they are not storing up trouble
for the future by making no levy.
Provided there is enough income to
carry the state through without big
deficit in various departments all we'll
and good, but if the treasury is going
to run behind without a levy most Of
the taxpayers would prefer to pay a
little this year and little next, rather
than have to pay it all at once, This
may be poor politics, but it is good
business.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-17
HELPED HIS FRIEND
Patsy Young of Milwaukee Secures Re-
lease of Frank Heney From Jail

lease of Frank Heney From Jail
Frank Heney, the Milwaukee man,
VINO has been spending term in the
Kenosha county jail on charge of
receiving some Of the goods stolen
from the cars Of the Northwestern
Railway Company has friend. As
a result of his friend Heney was re-
leased from Jail last night. The
friend was Patsey Young, former
railway man, who has just secured a
judgment of $4,000 from the Milwau-
kee Gas Company and the first thing
that he did with his money was to get
Heney out of jail. The Milwaukee
man was originally sent up for six
months, but Judge Williams with
assurance that fine would be paid
reduced the sentence to a fine of $50
and Young came to Kenosha last
night with the modified order and the
money to settle everything. It was
about half an hour after that the two
friends started arm ia arm for the
railway station.
It cost Young little over two hnn-
dred dollars to secure the release of
his friend from jail.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-17

UNLESS the street railway company
is prepared to break all track laying
records, the company will have hard
work to get track enough down be-
fore winter stops building to hold the
last franchise it got through the
Council, but Mr.. Frost is believed to
be too shrewd a manager to violate
any of the provisions of that franchise
and the work will probably be rushed
through on achedule time. There
was bitter opposition to the last grant
given the company and that opposi-
ton might be strong enough to pre-
vent any extension of time if it go
another chance to make a fight be-
fore the Council.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-17

SENATOR LODGE said in a political
speech that there was grating in the
Boston city hall, and the grand jury
has decided that he will have to tell
what he knows about it. If our poll
ticians are to be called upon for facts
every time they indulge in glitlering
generalities spellbinding is likely to
degenerate into very prosaic bust
ness.-Chicago Tribune.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-17

THE express companies are sup
posed to be the chief opponents OF
the parcels post system, but good
deal of unorganized but none the less
effective opposition is going 70 come
from the country merchants who fear
that the establishment of such a sys-
tenn would greatly increase the mail
order business.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-17
TO CELEBRATE COLUMBUS DAY
Gariba1di Society to Give Dance al
Schlitn Vail Saturday NIGHT

0%AAASSz 4AAAA 0dtuIOdy 1&1SnC
The Garibaldi society, the strong
Italian organization which counts $50
members the same which on Septem-
Der first baptized its flags with such
solemnity that the ceremony will
never be forgotten, will give dance
at Schlitz hall on Saturday night,
Oct. 18th, the 415th anniversary Of the
discovery of America, memorable
date for both Italians and Americans.
The committee has left nothing un-
done to make the dance a successful
one and worthy of the occasion. A
street parade marching from the west
side hall will precede the dance. The
famous Savoy band of Chicago, will
furnish the music both for the parade
and dance, and this is guarantee to
everybody that only the best music
will be played. Aniello Cretella,
Ernesto Perrotti and Angelo Cermi-
nara have been appointed directors OF
the hall and under their capable su-
pervision there is no doubt but tina,
the best of order will be maintained
and the dance successfully managed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-17

The government stands to lose
nearly all of the million dollars ad-
vapced to the jamestown exposition.
This experience should end the par
ticipation of the government in the
role of "ange1' for these kind of
enterprises for some time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-17

AN example of the fool work that
Legislature can accomplish when
turned loose for six months without
any restrictions, is found in the new
marriage law-Wausau Central Wis
consin.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-17
THURSDAY, OCTOBER II.

RAILWAY casualties in the state for
the year ending June 80 totaled 27s
killed and 1000 injured, of which Ke-
nosha county contributed its full
hare.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-17

THE resolution against fraternities
and sororities in the public schools
just passed 10y the board Of education
covers the ground fully and the action
ofthe board will meet with the hearty
approval of every friend of the
schools.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-17

PRosPEcrs are good for a real hot
mayoralty campaign, but in the ex-
citement over the head Of the ticket
the voters should not forget that the
make up of the Council is what really
counts in the long run.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-17
FARMERS ATTENTION

We are in the cabbage business.
Call and see US before selling your
cabbage and onions.
THE DUNNEBAcKE Co,
$40 Main street, Kenosha, Wis. WIS
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-17
AUCTION SALE

A. ]. Besgaard will sell ar of his
horses, cattle, stock and ma chinery of
all kinds at his farm, seven miles west
of Kenosha on the Middle road on
Thursday, Oct. II.
wa
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-17

The Rev. w. w. Stevens returned
home Wednesday after weeks fish
ing trip az Hartland.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-17
NOTICE

People wishing to make dates for
e. r. Wilson, Auctioneer, can make
them at this office. WITT
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-17

Bulk oysters have made their ap-
pearance in market.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-17

Real Estate. E. r. Head.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-09-07
CALUMET THEATRE.

For the week beginning Sunday, Sep
TENDER s. Manager Connors of the Calu-
met Theater will present to his patrons
two thrilling melodramas of the present
day. Both are OF the type that has
scored some of the greatest successes
at the South Chicago play house and
ought to play to crowded houses
throughout their engagements here.
At the matinee Sunday September s.
Theodore Kremer's great scenic and
emotional drama viii open for a four
days engagement. This IS the play
depicting scenes in New York and in
Producing many powerful scenic effects
The shoplifters taking a valuable dia-
mond from the widow Of Tinany's jew
elry store, the fight for life on the
river of ice and the thieves under
ground den are among the scenes that
are calculated to make "A Fighting
Chance" one of the greatest melodra-
matte hits Of the season at the South
Chicago theater.
On Thursday night this play viii be
followed by another powerful melo-
dramatic Offering Swallowed by Three"
q play founded upon a thrilling detec-
tive story and deliberately staged. This
is another thriller but of a different
calibre and these two attractions
ought ts furnish the lovers OF the
sensational and thrilling melodramatic
productions an abundance of amuse
ment.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-09-07
CHAPTER II.

James Howard Methven, the father
of Doris, was one of the miflionaires
of his city.
He was a grave, quiet man and
besides being a business man of
marked ability, he was a great phil
anthropist and gave his services to
the management of several charitable
institutions, while his purse was ever
open to the worthy in need. He
loved his wife and daughter devoted
ly and humored them most lavishly
in their wants.
Mrs. Methven had some years be-
fore, experienced a great sorrow and
this had cast it's gloom over all the
succeeding years of her life. Her
friends had learned to never men
ton the cause of her grief In her
presence, and indeed discussed it
among themselves but seldom; so 1t
was to many outside of her intimate,
totally unknown. She rarely enter
tanned grown-people excepting at
quiet dinners, and she as seldom ac-
cepted the hospitality of others. She
often, however, gave little parties
for Doris to which the children of
the neighborhood were invited and
every child who ever saw Mrs. Meth
ven, loved her on the spot.
But at times she would seem more
downcast than usual and under these
circumstances she would withdraw
even from her family. The periods of
her isolation sometimes lasted an en-
tire week or more. 1t seemed with
the approach of Spring when the
world was of the most part gay Mrs.
Methven's sadness was most intense.
Why was mamma crying today?"
Doris had asked her father upon
more than one occasion while the
tears stood in her own great blue
eyes.
Hush, darling" her father would
answer. don't speak of it or let her
know by any word of yours that you
notice her grief. When you see thai
she is sad, just be very kind to her
but ask nothing about the cause Of
her sadness
When Doris had reached hel
eleventh year she said to her father
one night:
Papa. why will you not tell me
what 1t is that troubles my motheri
Why must 1 not speak to her OF hel
| grief? am now old enough to bt
livery careful and it might comfort bel
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-09-07
Building Permits.

s934-30 Avenue NJ, two l story
frame cottages, Joseph DevorakS3, 900
9922-1s Avenue NJ. two 1 story
frame cottages. Joseph Devorak 5000
1012-2S Avenue J. two l story
frame cottages, Joseph Devorak 5000
1013O-34 Avenue J, two 1 story
Trace cottages, Joseph Devorak 1900
9702-06 Avenue N. two l story
frame cottages, Joseph Devorak 2,400
954l Avenue N, story frame cot
tage, Joseph Devorak. ......... 1000
116th-st and Stephenson
story brick storage. the Sher-
win-Williams company ....... 1900
1864 Torrance-av., 2 story frame
fiat. J. ]. OMalley .......... 1880
1928 Commercial-av., story brick
store, the Rev. Father Volta
lewioz ........... ...... 2,sOO
es34-3O Avenue NJ, two story
frame cottages. John Helm. -. 400
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-09-07
KEN SINGTON NEWS

Mrs. Bettfg of One Hundred and
Eighteenth street was a Chicago Wis
itor yesterday.
Mrs. Witte of South Chicago visited
Mrs. Burmeister of 1924 Lafayette
avenue, Thursday
Mrs. Scully of 1851 Lafayette ave-
nue. will entertain her sister from
Michigan a few weeks.
The Misses LIE Vreans of 1888 La
fayette avenue entertained a number of
friends Monday evening.
Mr.. Shum of Indiana avenue visited
Mrs Lauritzen of One Hundred and
Nineteenth street, Thursday.
Miss Lydia Lenzen of One Hundred
and Seventeenth place and State street,
returned home from Detroit, Mich. to-
day.
Mrs. Hansen Of West One Hundred
and Nineteeth street entertained a
number OF friends from the city and
West Pullman, Sunday.
Mr.. Thompson has moved his family
from One Hundred and Fifteenth street
and Butterfeld avenue to One Hun
dred and Eighteenth street and La
fayette avenue.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-09-07
SO57 Commercial Ave.,
SOUTH CHICAGO.

Mr.. Jerome calls you by name. tells
you just what you called for, and all
about your most secret troubles, hopes,
fears. wishes and ambitions, with gut
your speaking a single word to guide
him He Is man who means what he
says. and who says what he means.
After consulting him you feel and
know that you have been in the pres
ence OF wonderful and powerful
cIairvoyant
He advises on all kinds of business
affairs. moves. changes. journeys. spec
ulations sales. enemies. rivals. law
suits. love and domestic troubles.
Satisfaction or no charge.
Northeast corner Commercial ana
Ninsty-nrst street. up one flight Sep
arate waiting rooms for ladies ana
gentlemen. Fee soc to one and all
Hours. 10 q. m. to .. m
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-09-07
Difficult
Breathing

Short breath, huttering,
palpitation, sinking spells
are symptoms of a weak
heart, struggling to do its
work. It must keep the
blood III circulation to
carry nourishnent to
make flesh, bone and mus
Gle, and remove the worm
out particles. When it
cannot do this, it must
have help. DIR. Miles
Heart Cure gives strength
to the heart nerves and
muscles, and increases the
heart action.
At am glad to say that am 30 much
Cure cured me when several doctors
failed. think no other medicine
could do for me what Heart Cure has
could be at times. had di9cuIty in
getting ny breath, my heart beat so
fast st times that / thought it I'M
possible to live witnout relief: the
pain was very severe In my left side.
and nay nerves wes al unstr7ing. I
had almost given up all hope OF being
cured. ana an sure ] would not, IL
! had NOT taken the Heart Cure.
take great pleasure IN accompanying
DIT. Niles remedies to all who SUI
fer with keart disease"
MRS. NARY c. EAILER.
Sullivan, Mo.
Or. Miles Heart Cure Is sold by
your druggist, who viii guarantee that
the first bottle vein bensNt. II IL falls
he will refund your moNey.
Miles Medical Co, Elkhart, Ind
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-09-07

to Seventy-second street. Seventy
ond street, between Bond and jeffrey
avenues, and Jeffrey avenue, from Sew
enty-second street TO Jackson park,
was recommended for passage by the
committee on south streets and alleys.
Alderman Moynihan. who introduced
the ordinance. declared that its pas
sage would give the residents Of South
Chicago a driveway to Jackson park.
The requisite number Of frontage con-
sents was filed and the ordinance win
be submitted TO the council Monday
night.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-09-07
SOUTH DEERING

Miss Emma Burke is reported on the
sick list.
Mrs. Roderick spent Thursday with
her sister. Mrs. Jackson, at East Side.
Arthur keenan, of East Chicago call
ed on relatives in South Deering Thurs
day.
Mrs. E. S. Edman and Misses Barber
and Wink were Chicago visitors yes
terday.
The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
McTerny will be sorry to learn that
they will move to Chicago next week to
reside in the future.
Mrs Blackburn and children. who
have been visiting with the formers
mother. Mrs. Ewert, will leave tonight
for their home in Coiumbus, Ohio.
Mrs. J. Larkin entertained a party OF
ladies at an afternoon coffee at her
home in Hoxie avenue Friday after
noon. The following ladies were pres
emit: Mesdames Ida Edman. Fisher. N
@. Edman. Misses Amanda Johnson
Pansy and Violet Edman and Little
Marjorie Edman.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-09-07
WEST PULLMAN

S. Dennis has gone to Akron, Ohio,
for the Plano works.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hawkes. spent a few
days in Plano this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rust of Grand Haven.
Mich. spent Monday in West Pullman.
Rev. Gromau has gone to Daven-
port, Iowa, on account of the illness OF
his mother.
H E. Jones. Bert Bowers and Paul
Gale left Wednesday for South Amer
lea. to do expert work for the Inter
national Harvester Co.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-09-07
Christy Goes to Brewers.

"BiIlie" Christy. the first baseman
of the Hammond baseball team, who is
now playing with the Racine, Wis,
team, has signed with the Milwaukee
Brewers for next season. Since leav-
ing Hammond BILLY" has been play
ing with the Racine team, filling the
catching position. He will assume a
similar position with the Brewers.
Christy has been playing star ball
this season and his many friends Will
be glad to learn that Billy is getting
in fast company.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-09-07
Real Estate Transfers.

Michigan av., 80 TT. s. OF Tooth St,
e. fr.. 2sx180-J. G. Nichols to
John Bakers; no date. ... $1,7OO
10th st., 800 TT. W. of Prairie av.,
S. FIR, 25x2O1-O. G. Anderson
to vito Boffa; Aug. 10. ....... 100
Sherman av., 1876 #. no of SD ST..
e. FIR, 4sx124-Peter Wallin to
Ella NJ. Schaak; Aug. 81 Cine.
5000 Observation-Disclosures. 500
S0th ST., 166 #. g. OF Exchange
av., no. fr., 25x128h-A Bloom
to John Behn; Aug. 17......... 1850
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-09-07
Days GriSt in
South Chica9O
SLIPS WHILE BOARDING TRAIN
italian LaboreF Misses Footing and
sustains Bad Scalp Wound and
Internal Injuries.

Sylvester Herigo, aged rs. laborer
employed by the Illinois Steel COM
pany, was hurt about $50 last night
as he was trying to board a Lake
Shore passenger train at Ninety fifth
street and the Rock Island tracks.
Herigo was waiting by the side OF the
tracks for the coming train and was
about 70 jump on when he slipped,
striking his head upon the coach and
inaieting an ugly three-inch scalp
wound. He is thought TO have sus-
tanned internal injuries. So serious
were his injuries that he was later re-
moved to the county hospital.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-09-07

to talk of It to me. l know it al
ways makes me feel better when
thinks go wrong If I can tell you
all about it. When you say never
mind it seems somehow to
straighten things out"
Doris. dear" replied Mr.. Meth
ven, 81 know you will be careful and
I am going to tell you something of
which I have never spoken before.
Years ago, when you were little
baby, something very terrible hap
pened, for which your mother has al
ways blamed herself. She has begged
me never to tell you of 1t lest you,
too, would reproach her. I will tell
you, my daughter that your mother
was in no manner to blame for what
befell, but as she thinks she Is, have
humored her in not confding the cir
cumstance to you and intend to con-
tinue to so humor her.
Now will tell you why you must
never speak to her about her grief
nor let her know you notice she is
suffering. Since the occasion of il,
the matter has been alluded to by
friends who have thought as you
did that the sympathy OF those dear
to her would serve in a measure TO
lessen her grief. Do you remember
once, when you were a little girl, a
nurse. Miss Morgan, who was with
US a long, long timer"
ITO be CoE4inued.)
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MARINE.
lContinued from page 3D.

Ing and he had brought Doris TO the
asylum for a visit. while he attend
ed the session of the board. Mrs.
Weber took the little girl about to
the play-room to show her how those
less fortunate than she managed to
pass the time and thus it was that
she had now met Marine.
Marine was so elated at the honor
Of showing a visitor about the house,
even though the visitor was a child
no older than herself, that she all
but forgot her manners as she told
Mrs. Weber afterwards, and was just
rushing into the school-room ahead
of her guest, when she remembered
and drew back allowing Doris to pre-
cede her through the doorway.
isn't she the prettiest girl you
ever saw in your life?" asked Marine
after Doris had left, and she added
ruefully:
Il wish I had light hair. I do so
dislike black" and Marine pulled a
short lock of her own dark tresses
with temporary gloom upon her brow.
Meanwhile, Doris was walking be-
side her father in ,ne face of the
bracing wind and chattering inces-
sanity of the mice little girl" she
had been with while he was at the
meeting.
why, papa, she is just as pretty
as picture, with the loveliest black
hair! She has brown eyes, too, and
is as nice as she is pretty, only her
hair does curl little like mine and
that is the only thing about her
looks that is not to my taste"
Mr.. Methven laughed and strok-
ing his daughters bright curls he
said
Maybe your hair will outgrow it's
curl some day and be straight
Now as a matter of fact, both
Marine and Doris were very good
looking children and one beauty Of
it was, neither realized the fact as
relating to herself.
Doris made a better appearance
than Marine, with her pretty frock
and dainty white apron and her vel
vet coat with its white ermine collar.
| But 1t is doubtful whether Marine
would not have looked every bit as
we'll had she exchanged her plain
bingham slip for some Of Doris fash
ionable garments and had her short
crop Of hair been allowed to grow.
But at the asylum where the chill
dren for the most part were their
own hair-dressers it was deemed ad-
visable for them to have their locks
| shingled whenever they grew to a
length which made them show a dis
position to tangle. Though Marine S
thick tresses escaped the scissors
more frequently than did those OF
her mates, as her hair was wavy and
the attendants said sit seemed such
shame to cut it," still it was never
allowed to grow very long.
Marines dreams that night were
Of little princess in furs and Jewels
and the princess name was Doris. y
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-09-07
Falls and Breaks Arm.

Fred Miller, aged 60 years, living at
991s Ewing avenue. while going down
stairs from his home yesterday after
noon, slipped and fell headlong to the
ground, distance of 80 feet. He sus-
tanned a broken arm, a broken collar
bone and severe injuries. A physician
was called and the injuries dressed.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-09-07
Breaks Kneecap.

Joseph Hsperk, S552 Superior avenue,
was badly injured yesterday afternoon
while working with the Lake Shore
section force. Hsperk was helping
several other laborers carry steel rails
when one and slipped from the mems
hands and in falling, struck Hsperk
upon the kneecap, SCATTERING that
member. The injured man was re-
moved to his home where he is being
cared for.