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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-22
Chicago q Milwaukee Electric
Railway Co. Takes Jeffery
Suit To Supreme Court
APPEAL IN NICK OF TIME
Time for the Filing of Appeal Would
Have Expired Today.-BiII of Ex-
captions To Jury's Decision
To be Filed Later

Quarles, Spence and Quarles, attor-
neys for the Chicago and Milwaukee
Electric Railway Company, this morn
ing filed with the Clerk Of the Circuit
Court notice of an appeal from the
decision of the jury in the famous suit
of Thomas B. Jefery eft al VS.. The
Chicago and Milwaukee Railway Co.,
and the papers in the suit will be for
warded to Madison within the next
few days. The appeal came just in
the nick of time, as today was the
last day for the filing of the appeal.
The judgment in the case was entered
on June Is and the company had sixty
days in which to enter its notice of
appeal to the higher courts. By the
original judgment in the suit the
Thomas B. Jefery Company was
awarded $134, 637, this including the
damages to the amount of 500, 900, the
value of land to the amount of SIS, 900,
and costs to sthe amount of SO, 637.
With the notice of the appeal the att
torneys for the railway company have
filed bond to secure the payment of
the costs of the appeal. The bill of
exceptions in the case have not as yet
been filed by the attorneys for the
company, and the notice of appeal
simply states that the company is ag-
grieved by the judgment and will ask
the higher courts of the state to re-
view the decision of the jury.
1t is expected that the fight over the
case in the Supreme Court will be
more bitter than in the Circuit Court.
The attorneys for the defendant COM
pany at the time of the trial declared
that they expected the case to go to
the Supreme Court, and that it was in
that court they would make their
fight. The company will claim that
the damages allowed to Mr.. Jeffrey
are excessive and that the amount al
lowed as the market price for the land
taken by the company for its right of
way is not in keeping with property
values in the neig borhood, neither a
the time the property was taken nor
at any other time. 1t is expected that
the suit will be taken up before the
end of the year in the Supreme Court.
The company will be represented by
Quarles, Spence & Qnar1es, of Mil
waukee, and Fayette S. Munroe, of
Chicago, while James Cavauagh and
Thomas M. Kearney will look after
the Jefery interests in the appeal.
On account of the large sum allowed
in damages by the jury the case is be-
ing watched with great deal of in.
terest by railway men in all parts of
the state.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-22

THE plan proposed by the Wiscon.
sin League of Municipalities of hav-
ing the senior alderman from each
ward serve on the Board of Supervis-
ors does not meet with much favor
among the mem bers of the Council.
They say that it takes about all the
time man should spare from his
private business and at times a good
deal more than he ought to spare in
Justice to himself to attend to one lob
properly. 1t would seem that the
remedy for the evils of which the
league complains lies with the elect
ors. If the taxpayers are not satisfied
with their representatives on the
County Boards all they have to do is
to change them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-22
Modern Culture and Hope.

The bitter Indictment of culture by
Haywood's attorney in his speech TO
the jury was resented by some moral
izers who may find it difficult to &C
count for the present mental attitude
Of British Ambassador Bryce as dis
played in a recent address before a
Harvard Greek letter society on any
other ground than the failure Of cul-
ture to make good. The lawyer COM
planned that culture units men to see
justly. Professor Bryce's culture seems
to have carried him to point where it
isn't worth while to be just if it takes
trouble The distinguished BritOn has
apparently missed the real end of cul-
ture and pursued it for its own sake.
Perhaps this is the kind Of culture
Lawyer barrow had in mind, for 9th
erwise he is in the position Of despis-
ing the bridge which has carried him
over tides that must have engulfed
him.
Professor Bryce came to this country
as type Of tie highest culture 1t is
possible that his lofty ideas have been
a drug which tricked him in the end
and let him down to the depths Of de
spair. He sees no progress in any
movement for human betterment to-
day. Things change, and that is all.
Human emotion takes one channel and
switches to another merely because it
is more attractive. Virtues rise and
fall, bloom and wither, but not one
proves to be the pearl. This is pessi-
mism as rank as that which overdoses
Of brandy effect on the sensitive mind.
When culture takes the form of rain
bow chasing it may be expected to
land the noblest and most sensitive
souls In the slough of despair. But cul-
ture used as tool gives its possessor
incentive to action. To plan, to hope,
to do, is to turn from dreams to real
life. The worlds progress waits for
each and every man to lend a hand"
When every one does the best he
knows the problems which vex human
happiness will be on the sure road to
settlement. Today is the day for ev-
cry man, the only day he has, and he
should play his part, be 1T great or
small, the very best there is in him.
This is the doctrine of hope, and
knowledge rightly used leads to greater
knowledge, and action wisely directed
to better action.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-22
TO WALK STRAIGHT
Chief Of Police 0'Hare Lays
Down New Laws for Govern.
ment of Police Officers
UNIFORM TO BE RESPECTED

Chief ofsPolice Owen O'Hare has
decided to make the Kenosha police
force one of the best, if not the best,
in this section of Wisconsin and to
this end he has laid down new set
of rules which will demand that the
officers walk decidedly straight. The
Chief and former Desk Sergeant
Joseph Biennemann appeared before
the Board of Police and Fire Commits
sioners on Monday afternoon and
while the EChief did not file any
formal charges against the officer the
matter was taken up by the Board
and Officer Biennemann will return
to his place on the force after his an
nual vacation. The Board is fully in
touch with the new rules that have
been laid down by the Chief and it is
certain that they will back him up by
discharging any officer found in
fringing upon these rules.
The first rule relates to the ringing
OF the alarm boxes. The city has
spent large sum of money in putting
in the Signalphone system and the
Chief in the future will demand that
every officer travelling beat ring in
the box at the time demanded or at
once give, good reason for any
variation in the time of pulling the
box. This will make it necessary for
the officers to keep walking in order
to make the boxes at the proper time
butt the schedule is arranged so that
there will be no trouble for the officers
to make the boxes if they are attend
ing to business.
The second of the new rules is
something new to the police officers
of the city. 1t relates to police off,
GERS going into saloons in their uni
forms and is to the effect that any
police officer in uniform entering a
saloon without the express orders of
the chief of the department will be
liable to suspension and discharge.
In the past the blue of the police
force has been rather conspicuous il
saloons at different times of the day
and evening and it is the purpose of
the chief to put an end to all saloon
loafng.
In speaking of the new rules Chief
O'Hare said this morning, "The city
has made every provision for the COM
fort of the policemen and the eff
cheney of the department and shall
demand that these men give to the
city the service which the taxpayer
pays for. There is no reason for
police officer to go into a saloon while
on duty except when he is sent there
by the orders Of the department..
Every man must respect the uniform
of the force and must render to the
city proper service for the pay given
him"
Today the department is placing
alarm boxes in the two banks of the
city in order to make it possible to
communicate any trouble that may
take place at the banks at the earliest
possible moment. The committee on
police of the Council has been en-
powered to buy team for the patrol
wagon and it is expected that one will
be secured before the end of the week.
The purchase of the team will make
the equipment OF the Kenosha depart
ment perfect.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-22

IN all matters pertaining to public
improvements the members of the
Council are obliged to act largely on
their own esponsibility. AS far as
petitions for or remonstrances against
any proposed improvements go they
are seldom worth the paper they are
written on. Most men sign any petit
ton presented to them without caring
particularly what it refers to, rather
than get into any argument with the
applicant for their signatures over a
matter in which they are not particu-
larly interested and it is not an un-
common thing for the same name to
be found on both petition and remon-
STRANGE when they are examined by
the Council committee which they
are referred.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-22

SURELY the local merchants and ad-
vertisers are not asking anything but
what is just and right when they de-
mand that ordinances that are en-
forced against them be enforced with
equal severity against outsiders.
Presumably that bill distributing or
dinance was meant to apply to every
body but if exceptions are to be made
in enforcing it they should be made
in favor of the local merchants. Ger
tainly they should not be discriminate
ed against in their own town.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-22
PRIZES FOR CHILDREN
Long List Offered at State Fair in
Educational Department

School children of the entire state
will be interested in a new depart
ment of the State Fair, to be held at
Milwaukee, Sept. 9-13. It is known as
the Department Of Education, and ex-
hibits will be made III the beautiful
new Educational building now being
erected on the grounds. Premiums
are offered for large variety of ex-
hibits, Isl in all, open to all classes,
such as the state graded schools and
the rural schools. The entries called
for are for all departments of school
work, beginning with such as BEST
Production Map of wisconsin," best
Map Showing Dairy Interests of Wis
consin;" BEST Display Garden Pro
ducts Grown in School Garden;"
'.Best Collection of Wisconsin Wild
Flowers, Wisconsin Grasses" in
manual training, "Best Piece of
Woodwork, Bent Iron, Brass Work."
"Mat Weaving;" Paper Folding;"
" Sewing ;" . Vertical Writing -
"Slant Writing;" Drawing and
countless other specimens of work
done in the public schools. It is de-
sired that this department be very
representative of the entire state.
Secretary John M. True, of Madi-
son, Wis, will be glad to send entry
blanks to all making application. Ex-
hibits should be at the State Fair
grounds, Milwaukee, between Sep
tember 20.
Monday, the opening day of the
fair. will be "Children's Day." when
school children will be admitted to the
fair grounds free of charge.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-22
POWDER MILL MAN ROBBED
Thieves Break Into the Home of John
Fox in Pleasant Prairie

Fox in Pleasant Prairie
Report has been made to the police
that thieves broke ;nto the home of
John Fox in the town of Pleasant
Prairie on Saturday and that the
room of Walter Harris, man en-
ployed at the powder mills, was enter
ed by the burglars. They forced to
open a trunk and managed to get
away with SIS in coin of the realm.
1t is not known how the men
managed to get into the house, but it
is supposed that they had skeleton
key with which the front door of the
house was opened. This is the second
robbery to take place in the neighbor-
hood during the past few days and it
is thought that the same men were
connected with both robberies. The
police have no clue to the guilty
parties.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-22
Steven Makowski Dies From IN
juries Received by Failing
From q Street Car
SKULL HAD BEEN FRACTURED
Jumped Off Rapidly Moving Car In
Order To Get His Hat and Fell
Heavily on the Brick Pave
ment of Market Square

Steven Makowski, a Kenosha man,
who has been working in Racine for
some time, died at the Kenosha hos
pita1 just after nine O'Clock Sunday
morning as result of injuries re-
ceived in fall from one of the cars
of the Kenosha Electric company
twelve hours searlier. Death was
caused by shock from fracture of
the skull.
The accident, which resulted in the
death of Makowski, occurred just
after ten O'Clock Saturday evening.
The man had comeEfrom Racine and
was planning to go out to the home of
sister who lives on West Market
street. He had boarded the car at
Market Square and the car being
crowded he had climbed on the front
platform. The car started west at a
good rate of speed and just after it
had passed sChurch street it is sup
posed that the man jumped off.
Henry Timme was the motorman in
charge of thescar, but he was not
the car until one of the other men on
the crowded platform called his at
tention to the fact and then the car
was backed back, but no trace of the
injured man was found and the car
proceeded on its "trip. Ten minutes
later pedestrians passing along
Market street discovered the injured
man. He was partially conscious and
was laying near the east curb of
Church street at the entrance of the
road way into the plant of the Balm
Wagon company. DIR. F. E. Andre
was hurriedly called TO the scene and
when he arrived Makowski was par
TALLY conscious. An ambulance was
called and the man was hurried to
the Kenosha hospital. he lost con-
seriousness on the way to the hospital
and never regained his serses. An
examination showed that ais skull
had been fractured and he was terri
bly, bruised. The physicians worked
with him most of the night in al
effort TO save his life and with the
early morning it was thought posi-
bic that he might recover. However,
he had sinking spell just after nine
O'Clock and died. Coroner Andre
called jury to view the remains, af-
ter which they were removed to the
Miller and Cosgrove morgue, whefe
the inquest was held Monday after
noon and the jury returned verdict
of accidental death. The funeral was
held from the Polish church on Tues
day morning and was under the aus
pices of the Polish society, of which
the unfortunate man was member.
The details of the death of Ma
kowski seems to be shrouded in mys-
terry and no one on the platform of the
car seems to know just how the man
met his fatal fall. It is generally be-
lieved that the mans hat was blown
off and that in attempting to catch it
he lost his footing ard fell from the
car.
Makowski was we'll known among
the Polish people of the city and bore
good reputation. He had not been
drinking, and was not drinking man
and it is thought that the fatal acct
dent was pure accident. The rail-
way officials claim that they can not
be blamed for the accident, as the car
was well under way and had been
given no signal to stop.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-22
BOY DoWIEITE ALLEGED THIEF
Returns Empty Bag to Express Office
Mother Pays IF Money Is Not Found

Sidney Moody, 15-year old
Dowieite, was arrested at Zion City
charged with the theft of 1914 of the
funds of the United States Express
company, by which he was employed.
Moody collected the money in his
regular rounds during the day. Re-
turning to the company's Office he
threw his money bag on the receivers
desk and began unloading some
trunks. The receiver, finding the bag
empty asked Moody where he had put
his collections.
81 lost them," was the only ex-
PLANTATION he would give.
Moody was released on bond pend
ing a thorough investigation. Mrs.
Moody told the officials she would
borrow the amount from a relative
and make good the loss unless the
money should be found within week
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-22
DIED IN CHICAGO

W. A. L. Gibbon, one of the cid
Kenosha high school boys and one of
the most enthusiastic members of the
Kenosha High School Association, is
dead 1t his home in Chicago at the
age of 90 years. Mr.. Gibbon was
formerly president of the Board of
Trade in Omaha, Neb., out more re-
Gently he had engaged in the manu-
facture of hats and caps in Chicago.
he always took tbs greatest interest
in the affairs of the high school as
ISOLATION.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-22

King Oscar will no doubt be able to
satisfy his curiosity as to why his
Swedish subjects come TO the United
States and why thev stay here when
Sweden is SC desirable a country to
live in. But to induce them to return
will he offer domestic servants $50 a
month, carpenters 81 a day and grocery
store keepers On independent income?
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-22

COMPLAINTS of short weights and
measures are numerous enough to
call for rigid Investigation by some
body pretty soon. We have no stan
dard weights and measures and no
city sealer to do the work of investi-
eating charges but the authorities
will have to take the matter up in
some way if the number of complaints
continues to increase.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-22
STILL IN STORM CENTER
Kenosha Has Downpour of Rain At.
tended by Fierce Electric Display

Kenosha Has Downpour of Rain At.
tended by Fierce Electric Display
Kenosha seems to be very near to
the centre of the storm districts these
days and the second big storm of the
week passed over the city Monday
afternoon. There was downpour of
rain which filled up the low cellars
and put an end to all arrangements
for picnics today. The lightning was
hitting all about the city and the big
toboggan slide on West Elizabeth
street was struck by it and unroofed.
The damage to the building was con-
siderable. The weather man is pre-
dieting decidedly cold spell for the
next few days aud it might be we'll. to
start laying in the supply of coal for
the winter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-22

The rude architect who says that
John DIS palace at Pocantico Hills is
q monstrosity has probably injured
that gentleman's feelings more than
al the declaimers against tainted
money.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-22

WHILE thorough auditing of the
books of the city is not expected to
reveal any shortages or gross errors,
it is just as we'll to have one once in a
while. 1t never pays to be careless
and an annual checking up is form
of insurance that too many cities
neglect altogether or only learn the
value of when it is too late.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-22

ANYONE who is interested in road
building can get much valuable in
formation by attending the Good
Roads Convention in Milwaukee dur
ing the state Efair week and no
man from this county who attends
the fair should fail to see the practical
exhibition of road building by the
state experts.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-22

THE Chicago & Milwaukee has not
had exactly an easy time getting its
right of way through Racine and
Milwaukee counties but on the whole
it got through easier and with less
friction with the farmers than might
have been expected and the company
is now fighting about the last of its
right of way suits.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-22

KENosHA was lucky in getting off
with slight damages in the last two
severe storms that swept the south
err part of the state. Other cities
suffered severely.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-22

PROGRESS and public Improvements
are all right when the other fellow
foots the bills but how it does grind
some of US when we have to dig up
ourselves for precisely the same
things that we condemned our fellow
citizens for kicking against paying
for
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-22

The business of 4''frisking' immi-
grants has begun in earnest at Ellis
island To ''fr1sk" a man is to search
him for concealed weapons. Friski-
ness Of this sort is the right sort Of ac-
tvity on the part of the police
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-22

IT APPEARS from the estimates of
the Board of Education that the tax
payers are not to be called upon to
contribute for another school build
ing out of the next tax levy anyway
but the figures of the school census
show that new building will be re-
CURED before a great while.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-22

THE familiar headline of ''frost in
the northwest again makes its APP
pearance in the weather reports and
it is time to think of putting in the
coal for winter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-22

The cry Of "Perdicaris alive or Raj
sun dead" is now supplemented by a
general request to have Raisun dead
with no ifs or ands about it and to
keep him So
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-22
THURSDAY, AUGUST %.

SOMEBODY will be accusing Thomas
w. Lawson of owning stock in Col
Tiers next.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-22
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, 1907-08-22

Iron has gone down." announces a
trade journal. but the news is not like
" to cheer up people VINO are watching
the quotations on porternouse STEAK.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-26
GLOBE SIGHTS.
rFrom the Atchison Globe

IFrom the Atchison Globe.
If a man is a jay. how big the signs
are.
If you neglect your own affairs. who
do you imagine will look after them ?
Love may make the world go round
but jealousy can keep 1t pretty active.
A mob of women is less dangerous
than mob of men, but it sounds
worse.
A great many remarkably accurate
prophets materialize after every great
disaster.
What has become of old fashioned
calico? How long since you have
seen a calico dress?
You always hear of the "unwritten
law in connection with a story that
isn't handled that way.
Some way, everyone seems disap-
pointed If preachers boys are not a
little worse than the average.
The man whose fad is game
chickens can never understand why
cock fighting isn't our national sport
A friend who conducts himself in
such a way that you can honestly ad-
mire him. and tell him so. is a great
pleasure.
horse: they seem to know q lot but
always manage to keep from doing
anything useful. 800
The expert witness may be a won
derfully wise individual but he isn't
the one whose testimony makes in
teresting reading.
Every wife is of the secret opinion
that If she were to tell the plain truth
about her husband, the other women
would mob him.
What the women seem to want is
man as brave as a lion in defending
them, but SO timid he is afraid to go
down town after dark.
A farmers idea of a good town is
one where eggs bring sixty cents a
dozen. and where forty pounds of
sugar may be had for dollar.
An Atchison man says he once kept
a record, and didn't hear a sensible
witty thing said in two weeks. al
though he heard lot of talk in that
time.
Chicago milliners have organized a
union. This organization can make
hit with the men by calling the trim
mers out about week before Easter
The cheap skate who insists on be-
ing prominent. is almost as tiresome
as the man who. although a fool. in
sists that he knows it1all, and mixes
everything up.
Heard by every man at least three
evenings in a week: You always
want to stay at home. You never
seem to think 1 might get tired of
staying at home