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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-04-02
TO DISCUSS MISSIONS
Great Meeting Of MethodIsts To
Be Held in Milwaukee Dur
ing the Coming Month
LOCAL CHURCH INTERESTED

What is anticipated as the most i'm
.portant Methodist missionary conven-
tion ever held in Milwaukee is sched-
uled for April Is, 16, and II. It
will be the first convention ever held
of the Wisconsin State Missionary Con-
ference for men of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, and it will bring to Mil
Waukee missionaries fom the ends Of
the earth. More than 1000 delegates
are expected. There will be nine bish-
ops in attendance besides number of
secretaries from home and foreign
fields.
Secretaries George Elliott and George
A. Sheets Of Chicago are chairmen of
the convention, the Rev. E. D. Kohl
sted Of Milwaukee is secretary and
treasurer, and the Rev. Henry Colman
is chairman of the publicity committee.
TIL object of the convention is to get
an intelligent view of the world wide
field from all sides, and to make plain
its significance to the home church.
1t is expected that most Of the Meth
odist churches in the state will be rep
resented by their pastors and two or
more lay members. The day sessions
of the convention will be strictly for
men, but women will be admitted to the
evening sessions.
Among the bishops who will be pres
ent are Bishop w. F. Mcdowell Of Chi
cago, Bishop J S. Berry of Cleveland,
Bishop J. w. Bashford Of India, Bishop
J. M. Thoburn of India, Bishop J. G..
Hartzell of Africa, Bishop L. B. Wilson
from the East, Bishop w. Warne of In
dia, Bishop W. F. Oldham of Malaysia,
and Bishop M. G. Harris of Japan
Secretaries Of mission fields who
will attend the convention will include
Messrs. A. B. Leonard of New York;
F B. Gamewell, formerly of China, who
was in the Boxer rebellion hostilities:
Robert Forbes, A. G. Keynette of Phil
adelphia, Homer G. Stuntz of the Phil
ippine Islands; W. E. Doughty of New
York; George M. Fowles and Col E.
W. Halford of Washington, D. c., J.
B. Trimble and J G. Floyd of Iowa.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-04-02
OLD CAPTAIN QUITS
Capt. W. A. Johnson, Well Known
in Local Port Gives Up Life
on Lake This Year
MANY YEARS IN SERVICE

Announcement of the officer who
will command the fleet of vessels own
ed by the Goodrich Transit company
for the coming year, marks the passing
Of one of the Oldest and best known
captains on the great lakes. After
nearly fifty years of service on the
lakes, Capt. William A. Johnson has
left the water and will spend his re-
naming years OH shore. He will act
as agent for a Chicago firm which
has placed on the market an invention
of his for the cleaning of boilers.
For several seasons Capt Johnson
sailed the Sheboygan and last year
he was in command Of the steamship
Georgia. He is succeeded in that COM
mand by Capt c. Baldwin, formerly
captain on the Sheboygan and at one
time with the Graham & Morton peo-
pie.
Capt. Johnson was in the employ Of
the Goodrich company about twenty
years with an interval Of about eight
years during which he sailed freighters.
During that period he sailed many
different boats and came to be one of
the best known and best liked captains
in the service. His record is one Of
the cleanest as he has never had
serious accident to boat or crew dur
ing MS loIg career as captain and
never lost life
On the other hand Capt. Johnson has
the record of having made several dar-
ing and successful rescues of people
from other boats which net with mis-
haps, the most notable Of which was
the rescue of the survivors of the pas.
sengers and crew of the little steamer
E. L. Hackley on Green Bay three
wears ago. The Hackley, bound from
Menominee and Marinette to Sturgeon
Bay, waterlogged about six miles south
of Green Island. The wind was gale
from the north and it was very cold.
When the Sheboygan signaled the
wreck those on board the little boat
were in a perilous position.
Capt. johnson launched boat and
rescued four or five survivors and re-
covered eleven bodies.
Last August Capt. Johnson made an
other rescue, that time taking forty
passengers off the disabled steamer City
of Muskegon in midlake on Lake Mich
igan. Not life was lost.
The invention which Capt johnson
has placed on the market and which
he will spend the next few years in ex-
plotting is the product Of several years
of labor and thought and is said to be
of great importance and an assured
financial success.
The other changes in the list of of
fers of the Goodrich fleet is the ap.
pointn.ent of Capt, Baldwin to succeed
Capt. johnson. Capt Baldwin was for
merIy N command of the steamer She
boygan He is succeeded there by Capt.
A. Voight, formerly first mate on that
boat.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-04-02
FOR STATE PARKS
Many Advantages to Follow Plans Of
State Park Board

TAere is no question that the state
park idea is.meeting with more and
more favor. Public sentiment is crys-
tallizing and the demand that the state
Legislature at the next session provide
funds Tor the purchase Of large tracts
OF land, in accordance with the plans
OF the state park board, is growing
stronger day by day.
There are a good many arguments to
be made in favor of the state park pro-
ject Not the least potent Of these is
the fact that the establishment of a
number of state parks will result in in
creased farm values in a large section
OF the state The natural result of es-
tablishing state park in the northern
part of the state, for instance, would
be to attract large numbers of people to
that portion Of the state. It is easy to
see how successfully this would adver-
tise northern Wisconsin and how it
would bring in new settlers. More set
lers means higher land values. And
that means more taxes to the state. A
number of state parks will prove a good
investment for Wisconsin.
One other thing of great Importance
is likely to result. The preservation of
the forests would be promised. The
people would come to see more clearly
the need of protecting the forests and
Of developing and protecting the water
powers Of the state. These great
natural resources should be safeguard
ed.
From whatever viewpoint one CON
sideFs the state park project, it calls
forth approval. The Journal hopes that
the present agitation will result in the
carrying out of the state park board IS
carefully considered plans. The legis-
lature should delay no longer.-Milwau-
kee Journal.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-04-02
MORE ABOUT REFORM
"0ld Timer" Has Answer For Re-
cent Article by T. Symmonds
on Conditions Here
WANTS TO TAKE BROAD VIEW
(From Monday IS Daily.)

Y ysJ
Editor News
Of course Mr.. Symmonds had to get
sore and fly up in a TRADE of abuse at
my letter in regard to reform.
He's like most prohibitionists, the
moment anything is mentioned in re-
gard to drink whether for reform or
otherwise, gets real hot, loses all reason
if he ever had any-charges every
crime that ever happened under the sun
to drink and abuses and insults every
body that mentions drink.
That doesn It reform anything. When
| mentioned the way to reform things,
| mentioned things just as they have
been and were in the past and every
body that was here in those days will
bear ne out in what J say.
When [ say anybody, l. mean, anybody
OF reason, not crank, as crank is so
blgoted he can't see any further than
the end of his nose and hates every
body as well as himself.
AS to appealing to the svmpathies of
ing around the saloons and guzzling
beer on Sundays. [ know hundreds of
them that drink beer on Sundays but
don It guzzle the same I'm glad Mr..
Symmonds don II drink beer, as most
prohlbitionists when they start drink
ing get to be guzzlers and imagine that
everybody should be prohibited from
drinking because they can't drink with
moderation. They might just AS well
say that because person ruins his
stomach from too much coffee or ice
cold drinks, that coffee and ice should
not be allowed to be sold. We all know
that there. is plenty Of room for reform
but Mr. Symmonds is too wise and ina
gines he s the great am and is the only
reformer. He tells about the Sunday
saloon running our homes and young
men and young women. can It ina
CINE what sort of dope he smokes to
give him such horrible pipe dreams. It
is awful.
The writer knows members of the fed
Grafton whom he thinks are trying to do
what they can for the good and vel
fare Of the city and would like to see
reforms made in common sense way.
Then there are a few-very few I'm
glad to 'say-extremists like Mr.. Sym
monds that fly up like a mad bull at
red flag when they hear the word sa
loon mentioned and can It see anybody
that IS able to do reform work but them
selves.
Another thing Mr.. symmonds, the
writer doesn t care an iota whether the
saloons close on Sunday or not, but
tn aks the great majority would like to
have them open Hoping these few
lines will soothe the rawlings of the over
bnrdened mind Of imaginary wrongs of
Mr.. Symmonds, am,
Yours respectfully,
Old Timer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-04-02
SEEKING MISSING WOMAN
Mrs, James D. Martin OF Evanston
Thought to Be in Hiding Here
(From Monday s Daily.)

(From Mondays Daily
James D. Martin said to be we'll
known resident of Evanston, H., was in
keFosha today seeking to find some
trace of his wife who has been missing
from her home since last Thursday
morning. 1t is claimed that Mrs. Mar
tin came to Kenosha, but no trace of
her can be found here. The woman is
twenty-eight years of age and is said to
be slightly demented Martin and a
Chicago detective were making a round
of the hotels and boarding houses IN the
city today in hopes OF locating the
woman. He stated that she had no rela-
tives in Kenosha but that she had visit
ed in Kenosha some years ago before
her marriage. Mrs. Martin was well
supplied with money when she left her
home and it is possible that her stay in
kenosha was a short one and that she
has gone to some other city, either in
this state or in Illinois, The police of
Kcnosha were not asked to investigate
the case, the husband of the woman in
sisting on making his investigation in
private manner
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-04-02
RICHARD HORTON DEAD
Pioneer Resident of the Town of Bristol
Died at Union Grove on Sunday

Richard Horton, one of the best
known pioneer residents Of the Town
of Bristol, died at his home in Union
Grove Sunday evening as result of
natural breaking down due to old age.
The deceased was 88 years of age and
most of his life was spent in this coun-
ty. He removed to Union Grove from
Bristol some nineteen years ago. The
deceased is survived by five children,
three daughters and two sons.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-04-02
TO THE VOTERS OF PLEASANT
PRAIRIE

[ wish to announce to the voters Of
Pleasant Prairie that I will be can
didate for the office Of assessor I am
still resident Of Kenosha county and
always hope to be. respectfully ask
your support. NJ. G. Dowse. = DIV
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-04-02
F. T. Tucker,
Asst. Attorney General.

The clerk is now up a stump as to
what to do. 1t was expected that if the
attorney general had no one in his Of
flee who could give an opinion that
for the sake of the reputation of the
administration he would secure the SER
vices of some good lawyer, either in
Madison or Milwaukee who could hand
out something that would at least seem
ingly cover the ground. When an
opinion was asked on the matter of .vot-
ing straight ticket the attorney gen.
eral's able assistant was just as badly
up in the air and he referred the mat
ter to City Attorney John G. Slater
Mr.. Slater has never been mentioned
for the office of chief justice of the Su-
preme Court but it took him just
twenty minutes to examine the law and
write an opinion that was wholly salts
factory to the clerk and to other people
interested. 1t is probable that City
Attorneys Kelley and Slater will come
to the aid of the attorney general Is
Office and find some way to get out of
the difficulties into which the recent
legislature has plunged many of the
cities in the state.
These men should send bill to the
state for services rendered and it should
be made large enough to teach the peo-
pie in the future to get men who have
sufficient light on the laws of tleir own
state to give out an opinion on point
when asked
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-04-02
State Attorney Generals Office
Seems Incompetent To in.
terpret Election Laws
MUST SEEK LIGHT ELSEWHERE
Assistant Attorney General Tucker Ad-
mits That the State Department
Is Unable to Cope With Cues
tions Brought by Clerk

The state of Wisconsin is in need Of
legal services and it is time that some
bright young fellow took day off and
went up to Madison and got a job as
third or fourth assistant attorney gen
eral so that the people of the state can
get some legal opinions in regard to the
laws passed by the last session of the
legislature. Assistant Attorney Gener-
al f. Z. Tucker, is brutally frank in
letter sent to City Clerk George Har-
rington this morning in which he admits
that he knows absolutely nothing in re-
gard to the provisions of the law in re-
gard to challenging votes where voting
machines are used. The real head Of
the office, Attorney General Frank L.
Gilbert is evidently too busy with other
matters to give his very valuable time
to the Interpretation of election laws
and the whole bunch in the Madison Of
flee seem to be attempting to turn the
work on to John T. Kelly, the city at
torney of Milwaukee. Here is the let.
ter which City Clerk Harrington re-
ceived from the assistant attorney
general this morning and if it does not
show an incompetency which would de-
mand some changes in the Office, it is
up to some one to tell just what incom
potency would be demanded to show
such condition of affairs.
1t reads as follows:
Madison, Wis, Mar. 80, 1908
George Harrington:
City Clerk, Kenosha Wis.
Dear Sir
| am unable to answer the question
contained in your letter of the 25th
instant. Our election laws seem to be
defective in this respect. Any effective
method Of keeping account of challeng-
ed votes would be legal. [ am not
familiar with the contraction and opera
ton of voting machines. Perhaps if
you would correspond with the city at
torney Of Milwaukee he might give you
some information.
Yours Very Tru1v
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14

As to the uncertainty OF the SPELL
Ing of the King of Norway's name, a
Norwegian authority writes: THE
genuine form of the name Is Hakon-
Such variations as Hakun, Hakunn,
Hakvin, Latin Haguinus. leave out Of
consideration. The name Is made up
OF two elements-ha, the root of har,
high and kon. for konr like son, for
sonr). The older form of kour was
kunr. he OF the kyn (kunf), of the
family. the noble race According to
the Elder Edda poem. Rigsmal
konr was the youngest son Of Jarl
(Earl). who himself was the son Of the
god Heimdall ('illuminator mundi')
Konr ungr. the young kon. swung him
self, by deeds of arms, into the posi-
ton of konungr, king. which. though
the old poet knew itAnot, simply meant
the kon-ing, he of the kin'-ungr be-
ing s1lffix Indicative of descent
Accordingly, the name Hakon meant
originally the high one of the kim and
must have been title for prince,
a king, before IL assumed the exclusive
character Of a proper personal name
The old Norwegian pronunciation of
the "a In ha seems to have come close
TO the sound OF the English fow' In
know but in the course OF time If has
broadened into sound as nearly as
possible Identical with the English .aw'
In hawk. The % In kon is very near
" equal TO the English o. In on. The
accent falls on the first syllable. In
modern Norwegian the spelling OF the
name Is Haakon ('aa' equals 'aw').-
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14

obscure of all those that interest It IS the
physicians have all proclaimed the most difficult there is
lnasmuch the object consciousness
would know.
That which debars and for long time will debar
from the treasures of the universe is the hereditary
resignation with which sojourn the limited prison
OF our senses Our Imagination, such have to-
day is accommodated easiy this captivity 1t does
not cultivate enough the inttons and presentiments
which tell 1t that it is absurdy imprisoned and that it
should egress the grandose and
the most Infinite circles which 1t represents itself 1t
tells itself and iously that the real world
begins thousands Of leagues farther away than the
ambitious and timorous dreams.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14


Lady Churchilrs experience contradict
ed the general belief that an American
girl is not likely to get along happily
with foreign-born husband. She was
very happy In her married life and
through her own qualifications took a
conspicuous part In the most exclusive
London social set. She had much 10
do with her husbands success and pop
ularity In politics
After Lord Churchill's death she
married George CORVALLIS West and
continued her activity in public affairs,
She had charge of the hospital ship
Maine in the war between Great Brit
ain and the Beers, anu for her work
she was made Lady OF Grace of ST
John OF Jerusalem and a member OF
the Red Cross. In recent years she has
founded and edited the Anglo Saxon
Review.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14
MARTIAL LAW AT MUNCIE.
Street Car Strike Necessitates Use
of National Guard.


of National Guard.
Because of the riots following the
street car strike at Muncie, Ind, Gov
ernor Hanly issued proclamation de-
claring that city to be under martial
law. The proclamation says that Mum
Gle and its immediate environs is in a
state of riot and instruction against
the laws of the State, and suspends
civil law. Quartermaster General
Powell was sent to Muncie with troops.
and carried the proclamation in person.
With the proclamation was a letter to
General Mckee advising him of the
step that had been taken and ordering
him to take command Of the city of
Muncie and the surrounding district.
Soldiers were at once put on patrol
duty, guarding the car lines. With
their arrival the Union Traction Com
pany announced it was ready to begin
running all regular cars.
'Shoot to kill" was the order given
to the troops when they were put on
cars with strike-breakers.
In the troublous times since the
strike started scores have been injured,
some seriously and considerable prop
erty damage has been done. Several
cars were demolished and shot at by
strike sympathizers. Governor Hanly
has declared he will protect property
and preserve peace, and also endeavor
to get employees and company officials
together in an effort to settle their diff
ferences, which arise over low wages
and long hours.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14
MICHIGAN LEADS IN DEER.
sevsrDi Eastern states Have n Sur
prIsingIy Large supply.

severn Eastern States Have a Sur
prisingIy Large supply.
According TO reports received by the
Agricultural Department, about $4,000
deer were killed or captured in Mich
igan last year, says the Kansas City
Star. Pennsylvania Is not usually
counted among the. big game States,
yet nearly 700 deer were killed in the
mountains there in the same period.
Il. 8. Palmer. of the Agricultural De
partment has embodied the reports from
the game wardens of the various States
In which there is big game In an article
printed in the Agricultural Depart
ment Year Book
Michigan led In the number OF deer
killed or captured In Minnesota, Wis
consln and Texas deer were reported
plentiful. In the Adirondack noun
tains in New York about 200 deer were
killed Hundreds OF deer were killed
or captured in Wyoming, Vermont and
Maine. In Wyoming more than 600
elk and 200 antelope were killed.
Aa invasion of Wyoming by Indians
resulted in serious consequences to the
game. Two bands of Utes. each about
500 in number, entered the State the
latter part of July and the first week
in August and penetrated northward in
Converse. Weston and Cook counties.
The Indians stripped the country of
game wherever they Travelled. They
- h..,,
antelope and deer The game wardens
and State authorities were powerless
to prevent these depredations, and It
was only by the aid of federal troops
that the Indians were finally returned
20 their reservations.
The demand for elk teeth was re-
sponsIble as in former years. for the
killing of many elk. In Washington
few Indians from the Qulnalt reserva-
ton were engaged in killing elk for
tusks in the Olympic mountains, but
through the efforts OF the Indian agent
the practice was promptly stopped. Nov.
20 carload OF trophies, composed of
hea is, skins, sealps and horns of many
e.k killed in Wyoming and on the bor-
der of the Yellowstone national park
and shipped from Idaho to a taxider-
mist In Los Angeles. We're seized In the
latter city. Two Of the shippers were
arrested while unloading the car. At
the preliminary hearing Ii was shown
that they belonged TO four teeth hunt
ers who had been operating In Western
Wyoming north OF Jackson Hole and
along the southern border of the park.
The teeth are used largely for watch
roos for member of the order OF Elks.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14

rtoy land spectators and mining prospectors are
permitted to enter
Our upward progress has been slow as well grad
ua and yet our had the advantage of living in
a climate and on a soil which compelled exertion and
gave stimulus which the Inhabitants of
tropical Africa did not receive Progress WILL trust
be far rapid among the coored people than 1t
was among the Of Northern Europe among the
aborignes of America because all the influences which
highly developed civilization work arorad
and them.
But when remember how short time has elapsed
since freedom and responsibility the factors that make
manhood. were attained, and how short the time
since the progentors OF the coored people living
sayages in the African jungles shall wonder not
at the defects but rather that those defects
net far greater There must be patience. and with pa
tience hope
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1908-01-14
NEW ELECTRIC LAMP.
Bulb Which 1T Contains Said to
Burn $500 Hours.

Bulb which 1t Contains Said to
Burn $500 Hours.
Consul c. T. Liefeld forwards from
Freiburg an abstract from Paris
newspaper concerning a new electric
lamp which it is said will revolution
lie the present system Of lighting. The
article was wired from Vienna and
reads:
IAN Austrian chemist, DIR. Hans
Kuzel, has, after many years hard
work. succeeded In constructing a new
electric LAMP which he calls the Syrius
lamp. AS is well known, incandescent
gaslight is cheaper than electric light,
because the filament wires Of the light
are very expensive and the glass bulbs
sooD wear out. Dr. Kuzel has now In
vented new substitute for the glow
thread by forming out of common and
cheap metals and metalloids cclloids
In a plastic mass which can be handled
like clay and which when dry be-
comes hard as stone. Out Of this mass
very thin wire threads are then sharp
ened, which are OF uniform thickness
and OF great homogeneity. These two
characteristics are of great value In
the technics of incandescent lamps.
The Kuzel or Syrius lamp hardly
needs one-quarter of the electric cur
rent which the ordinary electric lamp
with filament wire requires. Expert
ments, 1t Is asserted, have shown that
the lamp can burn for $500 hours at
a stretch Another advantage Is that
the intensity of the light of the new
lamp always remains the same, the
lamp bulbs never become deadened, as
is now the case. The new lamp. 1t is
said, will be put on the market soon.