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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-24
JOIN STATE ASSOCIATION

Kenosha Retail Liquor Dealers AS
ISOLATION United With State Body
Officials of the Wisconsin State
Liquor Dealers Protective Associa-
ton were in Kenosha Wednesday,
and perfected plan by which the
Kenosha Local Liquor Dealers Asso-
citation became affiliated with the
state body, and in the future the local
organization will have the aid of the
state organization in such fights as
may be inaugurated by it. Under the
new regime the local organization
will receive as members all of the
wholesale liquor dealers in the city.
The membership of the organiza-
ton at this time is seventy, and with
the reception of the wholesalers the
membership will be nearly a hundred.
It is understood that the whole pur-
pose of the organization is to protect
the interests of the liquor dealers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-24
MAY FIND SOLUTION
County Officials Believe That Ice Men
Made Attacks on Widows Home

County Officials Believe That Ice Men
Made Attacks on Widows Home
District Attorney Baker is making
every effort possible to solve the mys-
terry connected with the attacks that
have been made on the home aud
property of Mrs. Cornelius O'Neil of
Salem, and it is claimed that these
attacks are being connected with the
fight ove- the Camp Lake dam. 1t is
claimed that these men making the
attacks are interested in the destruc-
ton of the dam, and that the widows
home has been attacked for the sole
purpose of drawing the attention of
the officers from the dam. There
have been no attacks on the O'Nei1
home since the deputies have been
watching there.
The District Attorney claims that
it is noticeable fact that the O'Neil
home is molested only when the depu-
ties are watching at the dam. Mrs.
O'Neil's farm adjoins that OF Deputy
Sheriff MUTT, and it is claimed that
similar outrages have taken place at
the MUTT home while the officer was
away watching the dam.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-24
BOIL THE WATER

There is no use lodging the fact
that the report of the state chemist
on the city water is discouraging.
The water in the city mains is bad &C.
cording to the report and in the opin-
ion of the health Office is unfit for
drinking purposes. The situation is
serious, but if the people of the city
will exercise good sense in meeting it
and take ordinary precautions there is
nothing to be afraid of and there will
be no danger of an epidemic of typoid
and other diseases bred by bad drink
ing water. Simply BOIL ALL WATER
TAKEN FROM THE CITY MAINS BEFORE
USING IT FOR DRINKING PURPOSES.
That is all that is necessary to make
it absolutely safe, and after the sol
emn warning sent out by the health
officer if people who are obliged to
use the water from the city mains
neglect this simple precaution they
must be prepared to take the conse-
quences to themselves and assume the
responsibility for exposing others to
the danger of contagion. The city
authorities also can help the situation
by opening up all the old artesian
wells for the free use of the people
who are willing to take the trouble to
come after the artesian water. If the
city will put in a few public hydrants
on the old wells part of the city at
least will have easy access to a plenti-
full supply Of absolutely pure water.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-24
WILL ADD CAPITAL
The Milwaukee Electric Railway
and Light Company Plans
Great Increase of Stock
WILL BUILD MORE LINES

Extensive plans for the further ex-
tension and general i'm provement of
the Milwaukee Electric Railway and
Light company and the Milwaukee
Light, Heat and Traction company
are said to have been mapped out for
consideration at the annual meetings
OF the two companies to be held in
Milwaukee January 21. At the meet
ing of the former company the stock
holders will be asked to increase the
common stock of the company from
its present authorized limit of SIS
600, 600 to an amount to be fully deter
mined at the meeting, possibly nearly
double the present amount. With
reference to this proposed step, the
following Official statement is made
by the directors:
Additional capital must be pro-
vided IN the near future for the ex-
tension of the company's railway lines
within the limits of the city of Mill
waukeeS for the construction of new
power generating stationss, or addi-
tions to existing station; for the con-
struction of car houses, machine
shops, and for other purposes required
to meet the growing business of the
company. The board of directors
deem it wise at this time to make com
prehensive provision not only for the
immediate requirements of the COM
pany but for all that may be reason
ably anticipated during a long period
of years, and consider that such pro-
vision, in addition to the refunding
and extension mortgage bonds hereto
fore authorized, should be made
through increased issues of common
capital stock of the company
It is reported that considerable
fund will be set aside from the money
raised from the sale of the new stock
for the improvement of the line be-
tween Kenosha and Milwaukee.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-24

WHILE the people of Kenosha realize
that it takes time to get the govern
ment machinery started, they will be
considerably disappointed if the fed
eral building is not completed this
year. The government agent can help
by making an early report on his
choice of a site, as there is good
prospect of an appeal from his decis-
ion, whichever site he selects, and the
site must be decided upon before any
work can be done on the plans for the
building.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-24
PRISON FOR LOWELL
Partner of W. NJ. Cowe11 in Insurance
Deal Must Go to Joliet Prison

Partner of ". NJ. Cowel1 in Insurance
Deal Must Go to Joliet Prison
The Appellate court of the state of
Illinois handed down decision We'd
nesday in the case of Wallace A.
Lowell, the alleged "wild cat" insur-
ance man and the former partner of
W. M. Cowell of this city in the Wis
consin Insurance agency. The court
holds that there is no error in the
record of the case as tried in the
lower courts and demands that Lowell
go to Joliet prison for an indetermin-
ate term and pay fine of $1,000.
Walter NJ. Cowel1, who testified for
the state, though associated with
Lowell, showed that they had formed
the Wisconsin Insurance agency in
1901. This agency was used to issue
insurance policies in various com
panies organized to suit the needs of
the business they obtoined. It was
shown that only two losses were paid
out of the number reported. Cowell
said the assets were "blue sky" APP
pearing to be good but valuless in
fact. The statements issued from
time to time boosted of no liabilities.
All these facts were established.
and the Appellate court so held
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-24

WAUKEGAN has just furnished an
other example of the extent to which
the enforcement of local laws and or
'dinances depends on the sentiment of
the community. 1t has so far been
impossible to secure jury that will
convict saloonkeepers for selling
liquor on Sunday in that city although
it is matter of common knowledge
that the Sunday closing law is openly
violated all over the city. Waukegan
people evidently want their liquor on
Sunday and they propose to protect
the people who give it to them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-24
SHOWS AN INCREASE
Annual Census of the Catholics
Shows a Large Increase in
Number of Communicates
MILWAUKEE, DIOCESE CROWS

Extraordinary growth in popula-
1 ton, remarkable increase in property,
and noteworthy expansion of semin-
airy, college and charita bic institution
work are shown by the statistics of
the Catholic church in the United
States for the year 1906, gathered
from the advance sheets Of the Catho-
lie directory just about to be issued.
The ecclesiastical province of Wis
consin in particular shows marked
progress. and official returns from
every Catholic diocese in the vicinity
indicate similar advancement and
prosperity.
The archdiocese of Milwaukee con-
tains Catholic popula ton of 247, TIA,
an increase of 12,774 over the preced-
ing year. There are seven more
churches, with resident pastors than
in 1905, or total of 191. To estab-
Ish seven pastorates in a city within
one year is considered quite an un-
usual record by the clergy and 1aity
of the church. There are 719 children
in Mi1wankee's Catholic orphan asy-
1ums, as against 61O for the preceding
year. There are 32,051 children in
Catholic institutions, eighteen chari-
table institutions, seven academies
for girls, FIVE colleges for boys, one
seminary for priesthood education,
ESQ students in such seminary, and
347 c1ergymen-a1l within the city of
Milwaukee.
Tn the entire Wisconsin province,
which includes part of upper Mich
igan, the Catholic population is Co.,
635, or an increase of 16,o09 over last
year. Outside of Milwaukee this pop
u1ation is spread through four do
ceses-Green Bay, $4,000; Lacrosse,
1O1, 900; Superior, 38,86l, and Mar
quette, $4,000. Within this same
province outside Of Milwaukee are
485 clergymen, or Green Bay, 1876; La
Crosse, 168; Marquette, 70, and SUI
perior So.
The majority of the Wisconsin
clergymen are secular priests, al
though ten different religious orders
are represented. These orders are
the Jesuit Fathers, Carme1ite Fathers,
Capnchin monks, Congregation of the
Holy Cross, Servite Fathers, Holy
Ghost Fathers, Dominicans, Monks
of ST. Francis, Praemonstratensian
Fathers and Congregation of the Di-
vine Savior. The churches in the
province outside of Milwaukee are
Green Bay, 208; LIE Crosse, I'll; Mar
quette, 90, and Superior, "a.
According to the directory the total
Catholic population of the United
States for the year 1906 is 1909, 353,
or an increase of 437. 309 over 1905.
The total number Of Catholic clergy
men is Is, O93, an increase of 500 over
the preceding year. There were dur
ing 1906 total of 334 new churches
established, making in all 1918, of
which 8,O72 have resident pastors.
There are eighty-six ecclesiastical
seminaries, with 5,6o7 students and
1854 parochial schools, with an ag-
gregate attendance of 1896, 842.
There are fourteen archbishops and
ninety bishops. Cardinal Gibbons is
the one prelate in the United States
possessing the great ''red hat" dis
tinction of the church.
The largest diocese of the United
States in area is Salt Lake, covering
153, 768 square miles. Next is Tucson,
Ariz., with 131, PIP square miles.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-24

WITH the overwhelming defeat in
the Council the real opposition to the
Frost ordinances has died away com
pletely, to all.appearances. The men
who were the backbone of the opposi-
ton, the Ashland avenue property
owners, are now occupied in arguing
ont a paving proposition among them
selves and outside of the Ashland
avenue people the opposition never
amounted to much.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-24
KNIGHTS INSTALL OFFICERS
Many Members From Waukegan At

tend Ceremonies Wednesday Night
Twenty-Five members of Bethesda
Lodge No. 430, Knights of Pythias, of
Waukegan, came here from that city
Wednesday evening to attend the an
nua1 installation of officers of Red
Cross Lodge. The event was an open
one and about fifty friends of the
members attended as guests. Sidney
Jones, Grand Deputy, acted as in
sta1ling officer.
After the ritua1istic service num-
Der Of the Waukegan knights were
called upon for brief speeches.
Messrs Smith, Lowe and others re-
sponded for Waukegan, Prof. M. B.
Gilman for the invited guests, and
Messrs. Ernst and Craney on behalf
of the local knights.
An oyster supper was served in the
dining room adjacent to the lodge.
After the repast the company was en-.
tertained for the balance of the night
by views on the canvas and the tricks
of magician. Ed. Elkerton was
present and rendered two of his pleas
ing solos. The visitors from Wau-
kegan returned home on the 1913 car.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-24
CURTIss DOES WE'LL


Kenosha County Assemblymau Is
Named on Important Committees
Assemblyman Walker M. Curtiss.
of this county, shared well in the com
mittee assignments made by Speaker
EEern. Assemblyman Curtiss retains
his former position on the important
committee in charge of the state
penal and charitable institutions. He
served on this committee during the
last session and gave much of his
time to investigating the institutions
and planning for their Improvement.
Assemblyman Curtiss is also named
as chairman of the important Joint
committee on forestry and this will
give him a chance to find a wide field
of labor.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-24
Porto Rico's Business Boom.

EOFUO N1cONS BUSINESS Boom.
The Porto Ricans are smart enough
to sharpen their business wits instead
Of machetes Figures just announced
show that the trade between the Unit
ed States and Porto Rico in the calen-
dar year 1906 will exceed SIC, 900, 900
against less than 100000 in 1897, the
year before annexation
The value Of merchandise sent from
Porto Rico to the United States in the
ten months ending with October, 1906,
is $19,32O,1 and of merchandise sent
from the United States to Porto Rico
in the same period $16,5O9,94 making
a total for the ten months Of $50, $780,
O83, and thus apparently justifying the
assertion that for the full twelve
months ending with December the total
will exceed $4O,OOOOOO. In the calen-
dar year 1897, the year Immediately
preceding annexation, the total imports
into the United States from Porto Rico
were $1,943,251 and the total exports
to that island $2,O23, 751, making to-
tai of $780,, OO2, or less than one-tenth
Of the total promised for the year
just ended.
Not only has the trade Of Porto Rico
with the United States increased enor-
mously, but the general trade of the
island shows also large increase dur
ing the period in question. The total
value of merchandise passing in and
out Of the island in 1906 was practical
~ twice as great as that of any year
prior to annexation This remarkable
growth in the general commerce of the
island, result of the growth Of pro-
duction of staple articles entering COM
merce and the consequent growth in
the consuming power Of the people, Is
shown by figures compiled by the bu-
reau Of statistics, which for the first
time state the values in gold Of the i'm
ports and exports of the island in each
year for long term of years and thus
enable an accurate comparison of the
commerce today with that existing un-
der Spanish control. The figures thus
compiled show that the exports of the
island in the fiscal year 1906 were
$23,250,0OO against So, 75OO0O in the
highest year prior to annexation, 1892
and the imports were in 1906 practical
ly $22,OOO,0OO against an annual aver
age of about $12,5OO,OoO under Spanish
rule.
A very large proportion of the trade
of Porto Rico is with the United
States. Of the total merchandise leav-
ing the island 81 per cent goes to the
United States, and Of the total mer-
chandise entering the island S61a per
cent is from the United States, these
figures being based upon the records Of
the ten months ending with October,
1906 the latest available figures. In
1896, two years prior to annexation,
the share of the exports sent to the
United States was IA per cent and the
share of the imports taken from the
United States p per cent.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-24
Quiet Move to Knock Out Street
Railway Franchise Nipped in
Bud by Reading ofthe Law
CAN NOT VOTE ON EXTENSION
State Law Provides for Vote on New
Franchise Ordinances, But Not
on Ordinances for Extension
of Existing Systems

A quiet little move to secure refer
endum vote on the railway ordinance,
recently passed by the Common Coun-
Gil, granting additional rights to the
Kenosha Electric Railway Co., was
nipped In the bud today, when it was
found that under the State law pro-
viding for referendum votes, it would
be impossible to review the recent
work of the Council by referring the
matter to the people. Wisconsin cit
les have referendum law similar to
the one in Illinois, and it was be-
lieved that if 20 per cent of the regis
tered voters demanded that the or
dinance be submitted to the vote of
the people, special election would
be necessary. Several of the people
who we're interested in the defeat of
the ordinance had quietly taken up
this matter with view of sending out
petitions to demand a referendum
vote. Many people had signifed an
intention of signing the petitions.
The law, which was passed by the
Legislature in 1908, was the law under
which the referendum was to be
sought. This law is as follows:
Granting Franchises
All Cities; Ordinance Granting Fran
chise to be Submitted to Vote of
the Voters, When. Section 926-139
(Sec. /, Oh. 387, 1903).
From and after the passage of this
act no ordinance for granting either
street railroad, electric Zig hting, gas
water or telephone franchise, or for
the extension of the life of any such
existing franchise shall be operative
in any city in this State until after
sixty days from the date of its pas
sage, and if in any such case and DUR
ing said period of sixty days num-
Der of the qualified voters, equal to
twenty per cent of the total number of
votes cast at the last preceding cleo
ton in such city, shall demand that
the ordinance be submitted to a direct
vote of all the voters therein, such or
dinance shall not be valid or opera
tive until it shall have been so sub
mitted and approved by majority of
those having voted upon it. The pro-
visions of this section shall not apply
to the extension of any existing line
or system upon any street or highway,
if the term of sRch extension expires
at the same time as the franchise of
which it is part.
It will be seen that reading of the
law would make the referendum i'm
possible. The last clause of the
statute plainly states the case. The
franchise ordinance is passed for the
purpose of allowing the company to
extend its lines, and under the terms
of the ordinance as signed and pub
lished the rights granted expire at
the same time as those granted in the
original ordinance. It would have
been an interesting matter to have
submitted the ordinance to the peo-
pie but the friends of the railway
company declare that even should
the state law permit a referendum
vote it would be impossible to secure
the number of signatures needed for
the election.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-24
HAD MARROW ESCAPE
Arthur Young Pulled From the Lake
by Willie ConweI1 on Thursday

by Willie Conwe11 on Thursday
Arthur Young and Willie Conwell,
both boys of tender years played inn
portant parts in an interesting little
incident on Lake Michigan just off of
South street late Thursday afternoon.
Young and Conwe11 and number of
other companions were playing
"stump the leader" on the floating
ice in the lake just off the breakwater
when Young in his efforts to outdo
the other boys, went out on the ice
for distance of fifty feet. The ice
broke with him and he plunged into
the cold water. Several of the boys
ran away expecting that Young
would be drowned but young Conwell
managed to get rope that was ly-
ing along the beach and walked out
far enough to throw one END of it to
the sinking boy. Young caught the
rope and was hauled in b. Conwell.
It is not thought that the boy will
suffer any serious results from his
cold bath.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-24
THE WEIsMANN ESTATE
Administrators Moran Will Have $4,000
to Divide Among the Heirs


James Moran, of the town of Som
ers, who was named as administrator
of the estates Of John Weismann and
Henry Weismann, the two Brighton
men who were eccentric chara cters in
the county for many years, has made
a statement that he will be able to
get $4,000 for division among the
heirs of the two brothers.
The administrators states that the
value of the estates of the two broth
ers was between ST. 900 and SIS, 900,
but there were large number Of
debts against the estates. At the
time of%he death of the aged attorney
it was feared that his estate would be
insolvent. Many of the claims and
suits started by Weismann have been
thrown out of court and this has con-
siderab1y affected the value of the
estates
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-24
AN OUTSIDE OPINION

Despite all the franchise contentious
in these days here is Kenosha grant
ing fifty year franchise, and except
ing $4,000 worth of improvements,
no compensation is asked for. The
city then gets $1,7OO year in i'm
provement which very likely a con-
siderable portion Of which the cor
poration should have done anyway.
Racine Journal.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-24
The State Chemist Finds Water
Taken From kenosha Mains
is Polluted With Sewage
GERMS IN THE WELL WATER
Health Officer Spalding Will Recon-
mend the Installation of Filter
to Purify the Water in the City
Mains.-Now Unfit for Use

Kenosha city water has been given
another body blow by the report Of
the chemists of the Wisconsin State
Hygenic Laboratory at Madison as the
report received by Health Officer
| Spalding from H. L. Russell, the
head of the laboratory, this morning,
declares that the water shows a
polluted condition for lake Michigan.
Most lake Michigan water is sup
posed to contain a small amount of
| pollution, and for this reason the
statement that the water shows a
polluted condition leaves no room for
doubt that the condition of the water
| is bad and the health officer has issued
a statement that it is unfit for bile
use.
The sample of lake water sent from
Kenosha to the state laboratory on
Jan. was taken from faucet in the,
west part of the city and sent the
same day. As many cases of typhoid
fever had been discovered in that
part of the city Or. Spa1ding asked
that the state chemist make report
on the water as soon as possible, and
the report received this morning is the
result.
With the sample of water taken
from the city mains DR.. Spa1ding for
warded to Madison sample of water
taken from one of the wells Eof the
city and the report of the state chem
list on this sample shows that it is
even worse than the lake water. The
well water is reported to have high
germ content but is not tainted with
sewage pollution.
The pollution Of the lake water &C
cording to the report of the chemist
is taken to be the result of sewage
being dumped into the lake. DR..
Spalding is not certain that the pollu-
ton comes from the north of the city,
but he thinks it possible that Kenosha
sewers entering the lake may be in
some measure to blame for the condi-
ton of the water.
Health Officer Spa1ding is of the
opinion that the large number of cases
of fevers reported in the city are di-
rectly due to the pollution of the
water and he is urging that some inn
mediate steps be taken. He has sug-
gested the installation of filter to
provide for purifying the water in the
future, but it will be n4any months
before such step can be taken by the
water company. In the meantime it
will be possible for the people to
safeguard their health by placing
small filters in their homes or by
boiling the water. If the water is
boiled all the dangerous elements will
be eliminated.
Pending the installation of filter
or the adoption of some other plan for
the cleansing of the water it may bel
possible to find a new supply of water
for the city by opening some of the
artesian wells which were abandoned
a few years ago. Some of the people
of the city are fortunate in having
this artesian water piped to their
residences, but there are many places
in the city where hydrants could be
put in to allow the people to supply
themselves with the water. OF course
this would mean a great deal of
trouble for the consumers, but many
people would be willing to take this
trouble for the sake of getting pure
water.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-24

Mr.. Taft may take greater inter
est in the presidential nomination
when he is reminded that one strenu
GUS campaign will do him more good
than six bottles Of any obesity cure on
the market.