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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-17

and the waving of gay pennons amid
the many battle-stained flags of
France Surely this inspiring sight
was we'll calculated to arouse the en-
thusiasm of French soldiers on the
eve OF battle. For the nonce their
beloved leader was again in glory-the
dark shadow OF disaster and defeat
neither seen nor felt as he rode along
the well-ordered array. He was calm,
placid, inscrutable in outward micn.
Sitting low. hut firmly, in his saddle,
with cooked hat tilted to the front and
thoughtful eye looking straight ahead,
he dreamed not that In a few hours
he was TO gaze sadly on a defeated
army and last battlefield.
Napoleons plans at Waterloo did not
lack In any respect or In any manner
battle. He still possessed the quick,
ready dlscernment OF the plans and
movements Of the foe: he was tho
same great soldier. 1t Is true he had
never met such an army and comnAn-
der as then confronted him. 1t was
the first time the imperial soldier had
met and fought an English army un-
der an able English commander, who
was also most timely aided, strong
ly reinforced at crucial hour by
an army of veteran allies led by a
gallant and able general, anxious.
smartinE to avenge q recent defeat
[ Perhaps. after all. AZ was, fated that
his own Marshal Grouchy should be
his evil genius: helping and causing
Butcher and Wellington to close u
wondrous career or soldlerly fame,
without parallel In profane his
tory.
Excepting at Rivoli and Austerlitz
(the former when young general,
the latter when nearly decade
older. he had never felt moro conf
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-17
than when there Is no music.
Could Not Break the Habit.

These discoveries Interested him and
he began to count regularly, He dis
covered that tho number of steps per
block taken by pedestrian on State
Street varies In direct ratio to the
number OF other pedestrians in tho
throng.
For two years he continued to amuse
himself In this thoughtless occupations.
Then he began his count to see how
many steps he took In a day. lie eN-
tended 1t to n week, then to n month
Suddenly he realized that he could
not break himself or the habit of
counting his steps, IIe tried not to
count, but whenever he walked he
found his brain mechanically register
Ing his steps. He realized that his
habit WAS costing him valuable time.
SO he strove to break himself of the
habit OF counting his steps. When
he discovered that this was impossible.
seemingly, he became alarmau.
Interfsred With His Business
Life.
During all this time. In spite of him
self he kept r.ght on counting, Every
night. just before hG turned In. he put
down In his notebook the total steps
for the day, then took mine steps from
his bureau to hi he'd, These nine stops
he carried oyer 10 the next >mornlnE,
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with greatest difficulty land his 'ifs

barely saved
That is the sort OF thing. and worse,
which the authorities fear when they
refuse to allow individuals to go out
into the camps and disburse relief. 1t
is more than d little trying to q white
mans nerves to have starving people
clutching at his coat, or falling on the
ground before him. or holding forth hum
cry children for his pity. while he daro
not ease his feelings by scattering the
few coppers that are 1ingling In hts
pocket. But the rule is rigid. and doubt
less wise. that not copper penny or
brass cash may be given out directly.
In fact. the officials, as we'll as most
other observers, rather anticipate seri-
lfIs outbreaks az Il consequence Of tina
famine. Let nobody delude himself Into
the belief that the Chinese are the abb
Ject serfs OF an autocratic government;
the hundreds OF mandarins who have been
beaten, dipped In huge Jars of filth, COW
cred with mud, stoned and otherwise Ill
| treated by mobs know far different. Tho
| Chinese are nearly always ripe for riot
| IT any moment tho big world which has
| been SO callous to the awfulness vi this
famine that has swept away the entire
subsistence of 100000 people. out OF a
| total population OF 0,000.000 dwelling in
an area OF 10000 square miles may be
! startled into attention by great OUT
1 break OF mad, mob desperation, In which
| all the foreigners within reach may per-
| ish. II SO, be 1t remembered that poise
and self-restraint are qualities scarcely
| to be expected Of men In the throes Of
| actual starvation.
These furnishing Chinese are, as q mat
ter OF observation, displaying a respect
for law which could be expected OF 10
Western people similarly situated. /
i have been amazed to see heaps OF rice
and other footstuffs freely ex
posed for sale on the sidewalks
OF streets along which daily
pass hundreds of men. In the indie
scribable grip OF the primitive passion ot
4 hunger; yet not a grain was stolen. Al
Tsin- kiang-pu, city Of about 10000
inhabitants. saw tons OF rice 80 dis
played. and all the restaurants open DO
the street. while outside the city wall
! were encamped 100000 furnishing refu-
gees, driven from their homes by want.
and many Of them dying daily from actual
starvation Yangchow has an encamp-
mcnt Of $4,000 refugees. of whom the
Chinese governor said that 1000 died In
n single night OF cold and starvation.
Marking has three camps OF these mis-
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MAN WHO COUNTS HIS STEPS.

trouble exactly the lumber of steps re-
CURED to walk from jackson Boulevard
to Randolph Street, along State. and,
Furthermore, he mal.es the surprising
statement that 1t takes forty-seven
more steps to walk south on the west
side OF the street than 1t does to walk
south on the east side, and fifty-eght
more steps to walk south on the east
side than north on tie same side
He can tell tho number OF steps be-
tween almost every point In the city,
tho number of steps to cover certais
distances at certain times OF Tho day.
the number of steps per block on as
phalt on wooden sidewalk, and on CO.
ment sidewalk, and a. manner OF
strange and unusual figures. Here Is
little chart, made up from his daily
routine walks,
Home to Wilson Avenue Station, 4 SIG
Home to grocery Observation-Disclosures
Grocery to barber shop .... 49,. 1873
u station (Madlson) to ofllce...,. 338
Desk to telephone an. return. 49,. 81
Desk to washstand ,.....,.,...,. is
Desk to elevator .,.,..,,.,.,.,. AZ
Elevator to barroom .,i.,,,,..,.., 10G
Foot elevator to lunch stool. $50
Average to get seat In !. train,.,, 42
Front door to dinner tap.e,..,..., IL
Home to bar anG bat.S.,..,,..,,., 82i
Home ), news stanc. ,21l
Furnace to ash barrel ,..,,.,,,., So
Besides this. lie can tell thousands
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not astoniahed to learn that her hus-
band had deserted her; that has been
the way of some husbands In every
such disaster The astonishing fact is
that so many parents and husbands are
loyal; 1t Is royalty common among
these uncounted famine victims to find
the parents wan ind einaciated and tho
little children comparatively rudy.
True, many parents are selling or CIV
ing away their children, and even
drowning them, but this Is usually an
expression of solicitude for the child's
welfare. Even the sale of little daugh-
ters into slavery must not be Judged
by Occidental standards. Several moth
ers have besought me to buy their
children, or to accept them as gift,
This morning I had pressed on mo by
forlorn mother as healthy a specimen
of Chinese babyl1ood as one would care
to possess. Having been driven from
the refugee camp. with her family and
possessions on a wheelbarrow, she was
| on her way back to the country to
| starve, she said, and fear she spoke
| truly.
1 hausted all possibilities of bettering his
/ lot, a Chinese will sit down to await
! the end Is an interesting and admira-
| bic trait There is nothing Of n pose
about this; 1t Is his way, learned in n
long, long school of endurance and suf-
fering. When farmer said to mis-
sionary whom he knew: II have been
ten days in the camp. but could not
| get a morsel of food. Now I am going
/ back home to eat my dog. and then
! starve," he meant literally thnt. AS
might be expected. this famine has re-
suited In great mortality among dogs
and cats, since both of these animals
A are esteemed proper food by the poorer
1 classes. beggar whom we net on a
city wall was carrying n dead cat
What was he going to do with 1t? we
i asked Eat 1t, of course. But he was
! willing to sell 1t to the foreigners, and
| he would let us have 1t cheap--only 12C
/ cash (six cents)!
Practically the entire famine district
4 has been almost wholly cleared of live
stock. I'VE have no beasts, and mer
i are eating beasts food" Is the way one
farmer succlnctly put 1t. He meant
that the people are living on grass
bark, roots. leaves, and such like Thi
morning inspected the houses OF al
most an entire village, looking for foo
and such bare, crude. filthy and com
fortress homes they are--and nowher
did see a grain of rice. The who'll
village is subsiding upon dried sweet
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Promptly Settled.

TWO officers once appeared before
Gustayus Adolphus az Sweden to ask
his permission to fight n duol, as one
had Erieyously insulted tho other.
Certainly, my friends said the king,
~ will be present myself at the ems
counter" On the day appointed Gus-
tavus Adolphus appeared on the scene,
accompanied by sinister looking per-
son. who proved 10 be the public ex-G
eeutloner Pointing to tho two coIn-
batants, the king said n nv
"Yon see those two mon? Imnle-
diately after their duel you viii be-
head the survivor, /" Il Sc
The two officers shook hands On tAaE
spot.--Pele- Mcla.
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/, 81.

which consists OF elastics that hold
MS legs close together, making him
take exceedingly short steps. II he
lnpses into his habit and starts to pace
Off distances the elastics jerk and
pull his legs and destroy his count,
That Is part OF the treatment.
The doctor believes 1t he can once
convince Newman that his count ls In.
accurate, he will drop tho counting.
and he intends, evidently to occupy.
Newman's mind so fully with other
things that It WILL OF Its own accord.
forget to count a
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Building Locomotives.

over tho Baldwin Locomotive Works
in Philadelphia Aonted the other day e.
big white pennant marked 80 ,000,'ssss
The steamer was raised In celebrations
of the turning out OF the thirty thous
sandth railway engine built In the
shops.
There Ia history behind the fact that
of these Baldwin locomotives, $4,000
have been built since 1870. while only
1000 were set up In the thirty-s seven
years of operation before that year
New York World. rs
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It he simply inscribed the words "sic
Transit Gloria Mundl"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-17
TO LEAVE KENOSHA
National Oyster Carrier Company
Plans to Move Its Plant to
South NorwaIk, Conn.
J ----
PLANT MAY Be MOVED AT ONCE

Kenosha is to lose one of it's young
est industries as in the near future the
plant of the National Oyster Carrier
company, which has been in business
in this city for the past three years, is
to be removed to South Norwalk,
Conn. The company is now erecting
a splendid plant in the eastern city,
but the time for the move has not as
yet been fully determined.
AT the Office of the company it was
admitted that they would leave Keno
sha and the man in charge stated that
the plant might decide to move in a
month or that the move might be de-
layed until the first of next June.
The busy season for the company is
just opening and if possible arrange
ments will be made to continue
the business in Kenosha until the end
of the present season. The managers
of the company have felt for some
time that it would be better for them
to have plant located near the great
oyster beds on the Eastern sea aboard.
When the plant was first organized it
occupied only room in the factory of
the Simmons Manufacturing COM
pany, but the business proved a sue
cess from the start and last year the
company leased a portion of the old
Creamery building on Exchange
street aud began the manufacture of
carriers on large scale. AT the same
TIME the company opened plant at
South Norwalk. The Kenosha plant
is now employing sixty men and it is
stated that. with the removal to the
eastern location they will open
plant which will employ at least 800
men. The general Offices of the COM
pany are now in Kenosha and it is
thought possible that they will re-
main here until the middle of next
year
The move was made necessary on
account of the fact that the Simmons
company needed all of the room in
the big plant for their own use and
the managers of the Oyster company
decided that if it S necessary to
build new plant it would be better to
have it nearer the base of the oyster
supply.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-17
GERBOVITz DUCKED
Asylum Officials Recall the Parole of
Would Be Wife Slayer

Police officers of the city and dep
uty sheriffs of the county are search
ing for Jacob Gerbovitz, the would be
wife slayer, who was recently re-
leased on parole from the Northern
Hospital, but he cannot be located,
and it is thought that he has fed from
the city. A telegram was received
by the district attorney Saturday
night from Dr.. Gordon, the superin-
tendent Of the hospital, demanding
the arrest of Gerbovitz, but it seems
that the man wanted had some notice
of the telegram and had fed from the
city. It is claimed that Gerbovitz
had been seen about the home of his
wife, and fearing that he would make
another attack on her the police and
district attorney were notified.
When Gerbovitz was released it was
understood that he was to return to
his old home in Austria. but Ger
bovitz instead of going to New York
came directly to Kenosha. The wife
fears that her husband will do her
bodily injury if he is allowed to re-
main IN .Kenosha, and at the demand
of the district attorney the parole has
been cancelled and Gerbovitz will be
taken back to the hospital as soon as
he can be captured.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-17
SHOT HIS COMPANION
Hans Nelson Injured BY the Pre-.
mature Explosion of a Shot
Gun on Sunday
DIDN'T KNOW 1T WAS LOADED

Hans Nelson, aged IS years, son
of eNels Nelson of Pearl street, met
with terrible accident on Saturday
afternoon when he had a portion of
his right hand blown away by the ex-
plosion of ten guage shot gun. The
boy is at the Kenosha Hospital and
while it is believed that ne will sur
vlve the accident he will carry a
crippled hand for life. It was the old
story of "didn't know it was loaded.
Nelson and party of com panions in
Guiding John Kett1ehut had gone
hunting out IN the town of Somers on
Saturday afternoon and it was Just
before dark that the accident oc-
Cured. The boys were in a grove
just north of the Craney brick yard
when one of the members of the party
handed the shot gun to young Nelson
to carry. Just about this time young
Nelson was raking an apple out Of his
pocket and his hand was just IN front
on the end of the barrel of the gun
when it went off.
The boy fell to the ground and his
companions greatly frightened ran to
the home of a farmer in the neighbo
hood for help. The farmer brought
the boy to the Pennoyer Sanitarium
and his wound was dressed by DR..
ADAMS. Later the boy was removed
to the Kenosha hospital and Doctors
Andre and Jorgensen operated on
him. It was found that the hand had
been so badly shattered by the charge
of shot that it was necessary to take
out two pieces of the bone and more
than twenty shot were removed from
the injured hand, The Nelson boy
completely exonerated his companions
claiming that the shooting was clear
ly accidental. If there is no sign
of blood poisoning in the wound it is
thought that the boy will be able to
be out within short time.
In the meantime it might be just as
we'll for some other boys to take a
lesson in regard to fooling with guns.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-17
Six Hundred Members of the
Order From illinois and Wis
consin Visit kenoSha
LARGE CLASS GETS DECREE
Big Street Parade is Held Before the
Initiation Ceremonies-Five Humid
red Members of the Order
ThroEs the Streets

The Order of the Modern Woodmen
of America, bad the greatest time in
it's history in Kenosha on Saturday
night, when the local camp initiated
a class of sixty-nine candidates, with
a display Of splendor seldom seen in
secret society initiation in Kenosha.
Members of the order came from the
surrounding cities to attend the big
affair. and the parade which took
place early in the evening, was the
greatest showing ever made by
secret society in Kenosha.
There were fully FIVE hundred
Woodmen in the parade which
marched down Main street, Just after
eight o'clock. At the head of the line
marched platoon of police, and fol-
lowing were a dozen automobiles, all
gay1y decorated carrying the charter
members of the organization and
distinguished visitors. In the long line
were large delegations from Milwau-
kee, Racine, Waukegan, Gurnee, and
from every camp in Kenosha county.
especially fine showing. The lodge
brought a band with them. and the
music in the parade was one of the
big features. A battalion of Chicago
Foresters came up on the train reach
ing Kenosha just after the parade,
and while they did not take part IN
the parade they aided in the work
which followed later in the evening.
At the hall everything was in great
shape for the occasion. Rich decora-
tons had been arranged, but the
throng of members of the order was
SO large that it was found necessary
to remove the decorations in order to
provide for the great crowd. There
we're fully six hundred members of
the order present when the degrees
were conferred.
After the sixty nine candidates had
been properly initiated into the order
there was a supper served. Following
the supper Consul Dwight House acted
as master of ceremonies, and a mum
Der of the leading officials of the order
we're called upon for remarks. E. A.
Armstrong of Boscobel responded on
behalf of the state officials Of the or
der and paid high tribute to the work
that has been done by the Kenosha
Camp in the last few years and
praised the principles of wood craft.
c. E. Harris of Chicago, Deputy for
Cook County, responded for the Ma
tiona1 officers of the order.
After the speech making was over,
an informal smoker was inaugurated
and many of the visitors remained in
Kenosha until late Sunday morning.
The initiation of the large class on
Saturday night, makes the Kenosha
Camp of Woodmen one of the largest,
if not the largest society of similar
nature in the city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-17
SIX PAY FINES
Men Charged With Stealing Wood
From Railway Company Fined

Men Charged With Stealing Wood
From Railway Company Fined
John Radykowfski, Fred Hecken-
berg, John Konieczko, Joseph Lon
Gene, Stephan Kessler and George
krtanek were arraigned before JUS
tice Donahue Monday afternoon on a
charge of petty larceny, the men be-
ing charged with having stolen wood
from the cars of the Northwestern
Railway Co. All of the men were
found guilty of the charge and fine
Of Isl and costs was assessed in each
case. Six more warrants charging
similar offenses have been issued ard
il is supposed that the other offenders
will be arraigned this afternoon.
The u1en all declared that the wood
taken was not the property of the
railway company and for this reason
they held that the com pany could not
prosecute them for taking it. The
court held differently and the men
paid the fines.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-17
LOOK OVER RECORDS
State Tax Commission Again Looking
for Information

r. A. Schmit and j. H. Curtin, rep,
resentatives of the Wis consin State
Tax Commission, came to Kenosha
this morning for the annual inspec-
ton of the records of Kenosha county.
The two men will make personal in
spection of every sale of real estate
made in the county during the last
year and on these records they will
base the true value of the property.
1t will be necessary for the men to
make a personal inspection of the
values of all the property sold in the
county during the year, ard the true
value of all property will be figured
on comparison between the assessed
and sale values.
The men in charge of the work this
year are the fifth set of clerks sent to
this county to make similar records,
and they state that the records from
this county in the hands of the State
Tax Commission are among the most
complete in the state.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-17
KICK ON PAVEMENT
Property Owners on Paved Streets
Claim Pedestrians Comfort
is Not Cared for
WANT THE CROSSINGS HIGHER

People residingson paved streets are
making decided complaint on the
way in which the street crossings
are being paved and the matter will
undoubtedly be laid before the coun.
Gil at an early meeting. The COM
plant of the people isathatsthe city
has built streets that are excellent for
the use of horses and vehicles but
that they are decided hardship
to men and women who are forced to
cross them. The trouble all comes on
account of the fact that the crossings
at the different streets are laid on the
same grade as the remainder of the
street, and under these conditions
there is step on each side of the
streets crossing the paved streets.
The woman who is pushing a baby
carriage finds that good deal Of her
strength is used up in pulling the
baby carriage up and down the steps
along the way down town.
It would be an easy matter to
remedy this defect and the women
of the city could be assured great
deal more comfort if the city would
insist that the contractors dump a few
loads Of sand under the crossings and
raise them up to the grade of the side
walk. It is just possible that the
work when finished would not look
quite SO we'll, but it would be a great
deal more accommodating to pedestri-
ans who are forced to walk across the
street. The property owners COM
plain that it is their money that is
paying for the pavements and that
their comfort should be considered in
the laying of the streets and especial
ly the cross walks.
It might be a good plan for the City
engineer and the Council to consider
this complaint in connection with the
streets which are to be paved during
the coming year. It would be an ex-
pensive matter to change the streets
now paved, but the same defect should
not be found in paving laid in the
future.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-10-17
FAVoRs A SUCTION DRBDGE
Milwaukee Business Men Want Sea Go.
ing Dredge in This District

milwaukee business Men Want Sea Go.
ing Dred&e in This District
A special committee of the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers associa.
ton, of Milwaukee, at a meeting of
the board Of directors reported unani-
mous1y ia favor of securing for Mil
waukee sea going dredge, such as is
now employed under government SUI
pervision at various harbors on the
great lakes. A committee also re-
ported in favor of national associa-
ton which will look after the ques.
tion of adult education along techni-
cal, scientific, Industrial and trade
lines, the same to be maintained and
operated by the general government
in centers where such institutions
would be of the greatest advantage.
The committee to which was re-
ferred the question of the desirability
of the bill by Congressman Charles r.
Davies, of Minnesota, for the forma-
ton aud maintenance of industrial
schools under government and public
school supervision. reported in favor
of the passage of the bill by the con-
gress. Some minor matters were also
discussed at the board meeting.