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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-10
NOT ALL PROFIT
Operating Expenses Of Kenosha Rail
way 70 Per Cent of Earnings

Operating Expenses of KenOsha Rail-
way 70 Per Cent of Earnings
Officials Of the Kenosha Electric
Railway Co. are decidedly proud of
the showing made by the Kenosha
line during the year just closed, and it
is claimed that the Kenosha cars
have carried more people than cars in
any city the size of Kenosha in the
United States. However, it is stated
by the managers of the company that
the gross earnings have not been all
profit, as the operating expenses for
the year just closed we're rs per cent
of the gross earnings. Even this
amount would allow the company a
pretty good profit of the investment.
This would give the company divi-
dends of 4 per cent on an investment
of $35O,O00 It is declared, however,
that the investment in Kenosha is not
more than $250,0OO.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-10
ICE MEN PRAY FOR COLD SNAP
Season is Again Backward and Only
Cold Weather Can Aid Them

Season is Again Backward and Only
Cold Weather Can Aid Them
Icemen are worrying about this
winters ice crop. It is January 4
again, and not cake has been cut
because the ice has not been of suHi-
cient thickness. Last winter the ice
men we're up against it because it was
late in the winter when they were
able to harvest, and then the thick
ness was only about ten inches. This
supply was short but some stored ice
helped out in good shape and this
year the companies have not ice
stored away and they have cause to
worry.
They are hoping for cold weather
for a few weeks, at least long enough
to give them an opportunity to fill the
houses. In winters past the weather
has been mild at the commencement
but along in February ice with a
thickness of twenty-eight inches has
been harvested, so the ice man is
counting on the future prospects.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-10
Vital Statistics for Kenosha
County Show That Death Rate
is Less thar One Per Cent
NUMBER OF BIRTHS LARGER
Marriages Show Small Increase Over
the Preceding Year. Accidents
in County Number 1913 and
Score We're Fatal

Register of Deeds P. c. Torrey
yesterday forwarded to Madison his
annual report of the vital statistics
for Kenosha county and the report is
of great interest as it shows that Ke-
nosha county is one of the most
healthfnl counties along the west
shore of the lake. The death rate is
shown to be less than one person in
4he hundred during the year just
passed. This is remarkable show
ing. An examination into the death
certificates filed during the year shows
that there were only $50 deaths in the
entire county. In the preceding
year there were 500 and this fact shows
that even With the increa sed popula-
tion the county shows a lower per
centage of deaths than in the former
year. Many of the deaths have been
of people of advanced age and fully
ten per cent of them were still born
children.
There have been no serious vesita-
tons of contagious diseases during
the year and few deaths have resulted
from these causes. The largest num-
Der of deaths we're from old age. Many
deaths have resulted from consump-
ton, but it is a noticeable fact that the
number of deaths from tubercu1ar
troubles this year was smaller than in
the preceding year.
The annual report shows that there
we're 700 children born in the county
in 1906 as compared with 621 in 1905.
The comparison of the number of
births with the number of deaths for
the year just closed will show that the
natural increment to the population
of the county during the year has
been decidedly large.
Cupid has not been busy in Keno
sha county during the year just closed
and the comparison of the number of
marriages with the preceding year
shows an increase of only thirty. The
total number of marriages for 1906
was 336. Of this number a majority
were married on licenses issued by the
comfy clerk.
The report shows that during the
year there we're 1913 accidents in the
comfy and more than a score of them
resulted fatally. The report Of the
accidents is decidedly interesting as
it shows that most of them occurred
to working men in the Kenosha fac
tories. These figures will be sent to
the legislature early in the coming
session to be used in connection with
the enactment of legislation for the
protection of factory workers. This is
the first year that record of the &C
cidents has been kept in this state
and it is claimed that the general re-
port will show shocking loss of life
and limb among the employees of the
Wisconsin factories.
Within short time the health offic-
ers OF the county will file with the
state board of health a similar report
in which causes of all deaths will be
given. This report will also contain
a statement of the number of cases of
contagious diseases in the county
dnring the year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-10
NOTICE TO TAX PAYERS

Notice is hereby given that the an
nual tax list has been committed to me
for the purpose Of collecting the taxes
therein assessed on all real and per-
sonal property within the city Of Ke-
nosha and county of Kenosha, and
state of Wisconsin, and I am now
ready to receive payment of such taxes
at the office Of the Northwestern Loan
and Trust company in said city, be-
tween the hours of 9 a. m. and II m,
and between p. m. and P. m. every
week day until and including the last
Monday in February, to-wit: the 18th
day Of February, 1907, when said
list will be turned over to the county
treasurer of Kenosha county for col
lection, according to law.
Dated Kenosha, December II, 1906.
dw36 MARTIN STEINMITZ,
Treasurer Of the City of Kenosha.
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DECREASE FOR FIRST YEAR
Thinning Ont Of Soldiers Ranks Shown
byLess Money Paid Out

& B
One by one the soldiers of the Civil
war are passing away, Kenosha show
ing its usual per cent. Reports show
that Pension Agent E. D. Coe of Mil
yankee disbnrsed through his office
in the year 1906, the sum Of S7,023,
O46.O7 to old soldiers. This is de-
crease of $1O6, 652.93 from the amount
paid out in 1905, and is likewise the
first year when decrease in The
amount of pensions paid out has been
shown since the Civil war.
During the year, 1881 names were
added to the rolls, while 2,749 names
we're dropped from the rolls, of which
1887 we're dropped by reason of the
death of the pensioner.
The annual report shows that there
are still twelve pensioners on the rolls
at the Milwaukee Office, either survi-
vors or widows of survivors of the
war of 1872. There are twenty-seven
pensioners on the rolls by reason Of
Indian wars, as we'll as 2O3 arising by
reason of the war with Mexico in
1847.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-10
DIED VERY SUDDENLY
Mrs. H. HI. Ho1brook Died at Her Home
in Bristol on Thursday


Mrs. Mary Sax Holbrook, wife of H.
H. Holbrook, one of the best known
farmers In the town of Bristol, died
very suddenly at her home in Bristol
at half past five O'Clock Thursday af-
ternoon. Death resulted from heart
disease. Mrs. Holbrook had been an
invalid for some time, but she had
been IN usual condition on Thursday
and had been about the house during
the day. Just before her death she
had been sitting in chair talking to
her daughter, Mrs. Hattie Powell.
Without any warning Mrs. Eolbrook
fell forward in her chair and when
the daughter reached her she was
dead. DR.. Stevens, of Bristol, was
called to the house and he stated that
heart disease had been the cause Of
the death.
Mrs. Holbrook was about sixty years
of age. She was born in New York
but came to the town of Salem when
a little girl and had resided in the
county ever since. The husband and
two children, L. H. Holbrook, of Ke-
nosha and Mrs. Hattie Powell, of
Bristol, survive.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-10

Circulars of information and appli-
cation blanks will be forwarded to all
members of the legislature and to
local examiners and newspapers. All
persons interested should address the
Civil Service commission at Madison,
Wis, natning the kind of examina-
ton desired All applicants will be
admitted to examination provided
they make their wishes known prior
to January 5.
This action of the commission has
been rendered necessary as result of
an opinion recently rendered by the
attorney general. Several months
ago the attorney general rendered a
decision to the effect that all legisla-
tive employees except stenographers
and typewriters are exempt from the
operations of the Civic Service law.
The Civil Service Commission ac-
copied this opinion as conclusive and
final and.acted accordingly, but on
December %, 1906 the attorney gen.
eral reversed his former ruling and
decided that all Legislative employees
are subject to to the operation of the
Civil Service law. This interpreta-
ton necessitates immediate action on
the part of the Commission. Prompt
ness on the part of all applicants is
imperative. The examinations cam
not be held at later date inasmuch
as the legislature will organize for
1h,1SinoSS on T2nY12ru 10
The examination in Kenosha will
be held at the court house and Prof.
w. ]. Hooking, principal of the Ke-
nosha High school will be in charge.
Prof. Hooking has already received a
number of applications for positions.
\ Applications will be received up to
the day of the examination.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-10
Beef Tea.

Cut say about a pound Of perfectly
lean beef into small pieces, put them
into a wide mouthed bottle, cork It
tightly, and place it in a pot of cold
water Ia which there Is a saucer at the
bottom. Heat it gradually, then let it
boil slowly for two hours, when all
the juice will be drawn out of the
meat. Now pour off the juice, season
it with salt carefully as it requires
very little. When 1t is cold skim off
the globules Of fat. This is an invalu-
able aliment for invalids who are very
Ill or for weak infants when they need
much nourishment in small compass.
This beef tea can be given by tea
spoonful at regular intervals, admin
istering it as medicine.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-10
FISHER LEADS GOLFERS
Well Known Attorney Elected Presi
dent of Kenosha Country Club

Well Known Attorney Elected Presi-
dent of Kenosha Country Club
Attorney Peter Fisher was elected
president of the Kenosha Country
club at the annual meeting Of the di-
rectors of the club held at the office of
James Cavanagh on Friday evening.
Charles w. Allen was reelected as
vice.president of the club, and Ches-
ter u. Barnes was elected as secre-
tary and treasurer. The annual reports
of the officers of the club showed that
the club was in better financial con-
dition than in several years. The
small deficit which remained at the
end of the season has been entirely
provided for, and the club will start
into the new year free of debt.
During the meeting of the directors
a proposition as presented from the
Cricket players of the city asking for
the opening of cricket field on the
property leased by the club, but after
long discussion the directors decided
that they could not give room for the
opening of such field and the propo-
sition was turned down.
The regular program for the golf
season will be given out about the
first of April. The various committees
in charge of the club work will be an
nounced by President Fisher in the
near future. No extensive inp~Gve-
ments will be made on the club
grounds before the opening of the
regular season on May first. The
first tournament will be held on Mem
oria1 day. The interest in the club is
steadily increasing and it is expected
that many new members will be added
to the club this year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-10
In the 81 shopss Diocese.

Ambassador Choate tells story of
the bishop of Rochester, England, the
divine who was SO fond Of cricket that
he used to play with experts.
1t appeals that one day when the
bishop was batting the bowler pitched
very wide.
"Please keep the ball in the parish!'
commanded the bishop, testify.
The next ball the bowler sent in
caught the right reverend gentleman
full in the waistband, whereupon the
bowler observed:
81 think that's somewhere about the
diocese. my lord. Harper's Weekly,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-10
ZION ELDER SHOT
Leader of Zion Church Has an En-
counter With Burglar

Leader of Zion Church Has an En-
counter With Burglar
Peter Ropp, an aged elder of Zion
was shot through the hand by bur-
glar Tuesday night in his home in
Zion City.
Rudolph Zo1linger, twenty. six years
old, an Australian convert to the
Dowie faith, was arrested at his home
awo blocks away thirty minutes later
and was locked up in the Zion City
police station, charged with the
crime. All night meetings we're in
progress throughout Zion City, and
the burglar evidently thought no
one would be home. The burglar first
rang the bell Of the front door. Re-
eeiying no answer to his knock he
climbed in the house through rear
window. Meanwhile the elder was
astir.
He opened the front door but saw
no one and then turned to the kitchen.
There he found man and ordered
him to throw up his hands. The man
fired one shot at short range and the
elders hand was burned by the
powder, and then ran from the house.
Julius Rades, neighbor, declares he
recognized zollinger as the fugitive.
When the police arrested zollinger
they found in his possession revolver
with an empty cartrage in one
chamber. zol1inger told Overseer
Voliva that he had purchased the re.
yolver for the purpose Of killing him.
self. He said he had been Tilted By
Miss Jennie Edwards, a beautiful,
young musician Of Zion City, who is
also an Australian.
It seems that zollinger, when he
was first arrested, told the police thai
he did not do the shooting, that hi
was helping search for the man who
MD, However when he was searched
be was found to have the revolver il
his pocket.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-10
PYTHIANs AT wAUKEGAN

The first step towards closer frater-
- nal relations between members of the
~ Pythian order in Waukegan and those
in this city was made Friday evening,
when fifteen members of the local
lodge attended the annual installation
of officers of Bethesda Lodge No. 43O
w of Waukegan. Besides the exercises
of installing the new officers, the
visiting members witnessed the con-
ferring of the rank of knight by past
W officers of that lodge. At the close OF
the lodge work, the visitors were
escorted to nearby restaurant where
a sumptuous repast awaited the inner
man. Brief addresses were made by
90 several members of Bethesda Lodge
in which they welcomed the visiting
brethren and expressed desire for
closer relations between the Pythians
90 of the two cities. Conrad Shearer
and John Blair responded on behalf
of the home lodge and thanked the
Waukegan members for opening the
way to closer union between the
90 fraternities. Members of Red Cross
Lodge of this city, who attended the
gathering were: Knights Balm, Blair,
Balloon, Clapp, Con1ey, Craney,
Gouty, Herth, Huck. Kniskern,
Reber, Remer, shearer,. Shelton and
Whitbeck.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-10

Former residents of Wisconsin who
are now in the State of Washington
are planning to erect building at
the coming Alaska Y ukon-P ex-
position, and the State Legislature
will be asked to make an appropria-
ton for this purpose. A number of
former Kenoshans now living in
Washington are taking an interest in
the project.
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Patrick Hogan to Martin Ho-
gan. E hf, w hf, Sc or sec
SO, and hf sw or sec SO all
in l, d e, Warranty
deed; con. ..... 100
The Kenosha Realty Co. to
Douwe Gaastra. S IS # and
4 inches of lots 1924 of
the Kenosha Realty Co.'S
1st add. Warranty deed;
oonsid'n ~. ............ 100
The Kenosha Realty Co. to
Jas. Jensen. Lot 9 of 1st
add. Warranty deed; con-. 800 90
Frederick Pagel and wife to
Karl 7. Schultz. PIT n hf
hf sw or, sec 80, 2, 23e,
Warranty deed; consid'n. 90
Edward H. Smith and wife to
JULIUS Schmidt. Lots "a, Is,
20, Julius Smiths subdiv.
Warranty deed; consid' H.. 900 90
Edward H. Smith and wife TO
Ernest Rothbart. Lots 10,
20, d, D, %, Julius Smiths
subdiv. Warranty deed; con 1900 90
Frank N. Palmer and wife to
Geo. F. Bounsall. PIT lots
10, II, blk 4, Lyman-Bond
subdiv. Warranty deed. con l 90
Ellen Nolan to Frank J. Birk.
PIT sc or sc Or, sec IS, l,
19e. Warranty deed; con-. 1000 90
Emma T. Wescott of al RI
Frederick o. Benson. Lots
l, 2, 3, Wescott s. zeit1er's
subdiv. Warranty deed: con 1850 90
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-10
WORKERS WANTED
State Civil Service Commission
Wants Men in the Coming SEES
sion of the Legislature
TO HOLD EXAMINATIONS SOON

The State Civic Service Commission
announces general competitive eS.
animation to be held in each assemb =
district on Tuesday, January 8, al 9
O'Clock a. M, for all positions in Il
state Legislature except that of step
ographer and typewriter, for which
eligible lists have already been pre-
pared.
This examina ton includes the fol-
lowing positions:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-10

Mrs. o. S. Newell is visiting Mr.
and Mrs. 3. L. Grant.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-10

Mrs. Newton Moore, of Chicago,
visited Kenosha friends Friday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-10
A HOT CONTEST

Kenosha Basket Ball Team Defeats
Somers Team by Score of 81 to So
One of the best basketball games seen
in Kenosha during the present season
was played at the Y. M. C. A. gym
nasium Friday evening when the Ke-
nosha team defeated the team from
Somers by score of 81 to IS. The re-
suit of thesgame was in doubt up to
the call of time for the last half. At
the end of the first half the teams had
each scored seventeen points and the
Kenosha players managed to score
the winning points in the last few
secondssof the play. The line up of
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ment making himself, as the delegation
thought. a fair mark for the dervishes.
After that he came out and standing IN
the full of the light said:
Gentlemen, there is an old story told
of how the Lord made mankind: When
He did His work He had before him two
great piles of material One of these
was composed of the clay. of which man
is made, and the other of the fear which
often makes him. less than a man: AS
the Lord worked, He took UP a handful
of clay and shaped it into human form
and then sprinkled it over with q handful
from the pile of fear: and SO He went on
making man after man, until at last tie
took UP the stuff of which He made me-
There was plenty of clay and Of it tie
produced the body which you see before
you. He. then look I'd about for fear.
with which to sprinkle the mass, but at
that moment the pile of fear had all been
used up and there was none to put into
me- The result is l do not know what
fear is
Gen. Gordons bravery" continued the
sirdar. was far beyond that of others of
the worlds heroes. He fought here until
the last and when the Arabs finally over
came his troops and entered his palace,
he sternly demanded of them where their
master was. They REPLIED by plunging
their spears into his body; and as he felS
they dragged him down the steps any
there cut off his head to be sent to the
mahdi His body was left to the merc1
of the fanatics. and they rushed forwaf&
by the thousands to dip their swords and
spears in his blood. They fairly cut the
body to pieces and the blood. which had
stained the steps and walls of the palacg
remained there until the khalifa decided
to make that place a dwelling for ht4
harem and had it washed away. q
FRANK G. CARPENTER.ss
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Investigations of the Welcome labora-
tory. This is DR.. William Beam formerly
Of Pennsylvania. He is now making a
study of the various grains of the Sudan,
as well as of its minerals and precious
stones. from the standpoint of the develop
ment of its resources. He tells me that
the Sudan will some day export grain to
Arabia and the other countries about.
and that 1t will in the future be known as
land of corn, wheat and cotton.
He tells me that one of the principal
money crops of this part of the world is
gum arabic. We know this gum chiefly in
connection with mucilage, but it is also
widely used in the arts. it is employed
for making water colors and certain kinds
of inks and also in dyeng and finishing
silks and other fabrics. Some of the bet
ter grades arc used in confectionery and
the pearly teeth of many an American
belle has risen and fallen in the chewing
of this emulation of the trees of the Sudan
The gum comes from the acacia tree and
is said to be due to Il microbe which feeds
upon the sap and causes the gum to eXude
on the bark in the form of tears. When
The bark Is cut or partially stripped the
gum oozes out. 1t is collected by the ma
tive women and packed up and shipped to
Omdurman for sale and export. During
my visit to the markets of that city I
saw great piles of gum which had been
brought IN there to be sent down the Nile
or over the railroad to the Red sea.
There were hundreds of tons of it living
out in the open, and l was told that within
few weeks it would all be on its way to
Europe or the United States
The Story Of Chinese Gordon.
Just back of the palace in Khartum.
and not far from the college named after
him. is a bronze statue of Gen. Charles
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Thus, at arms length, as it were. they
waited until they caught the sharp COM
mand "Give way there!' and the plaSh
of oars told them that the boat had really
started on it's journey shorewardS. Then
Isobel glancing furtively at her compan-
ion, saw the tears stealing down her
cheeks, and the situation came back from
the transcendental to that which was In
telligible to her lower ideals.
1T am SORRY" she whispered, catching
Elsie's hand timidly. II said what l
thought was for the best. At any rate,
it is too late now"
Too late! The other girl CROPPED blindly
for the door She felt that she would
yield to the strain if she did not go on
deck and catch parting glimpse of the
man who had become dearer to her than
life itself. AS she made her way forward,
Joey ran to meet her. He was whining
anxfously. He seemed to be demanding
that sympathy which she alone could give
him. In his half-human way, he was
asking:
"Why has my master gone away in that
boat? And why did he not take me with
him? When my master goes ashore he
| never leaves me on board: what is the
reason of today's EXCEPTION
On the poop she found Boyle. Christie
bal. Gray and Walker. "A number of
Chileans were leaning over. the rails of
earnestly. It was ominous that they
should cease their conversation the in
slant she appeared. One man may con-
ceal his fears. but twenty cannot. Their
under lowered eyelids. told her that they
believed the occupants of the lifebpat
were in gravest peril.
She brushed away the tears determined
ly. and looked at the boat, already a
white speck on the green carpet of the
bay. She could see Courtenay distinctly;
some magnetic impulse must have gone
out from her, because she had not been