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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-01

The supervisor of assessments for
this county can get some valuable in
formation from the little book show
ing the real estate sales in this county
just published by the State Tax Com
mission. Only such sales as are be-
heved to give the real consideration
in the transaction are noted by the
statistician Of the commission and the
figures prove conclusively that there is
a wide difference in the methods of as
sessment in the different parts Of the
county and the supervisor should make
it his business to see that the assess
ments are equaGzed so far as it lies
in his power to do so.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-01
ELECTRIC CAR KILLS MAN

The first fatality on the line Of the
new Chicago Milwaukee Electric rail
way company occurred Tuesday after
noon near the town of Lake, when Geo.
Droolias, a Greek section hand, about
forty years old, was caught between
two work cars and instantly killed, his
head being crushed.
Droolias, with a fellow workman, was
riding on the rear bumper Of one of a
train Of cars. The train moved forward
with a sudden lurch. Droolias' com
panions jumped to the side, but
Droolias fell, the wheels Of the car be
hind passing over his head.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-01
TO PUT ON NINE CARTS
Street Committee to Give Cleaning
Considerable Experimental Attention


Considerable Experimental Attention
The committee on streets and alleys
of the Common Council have practical
ly decided to adopt the cart system
for the cleaning of the paved streets of
the city and if the Council agrees to
the plan OF the committee nine carts
will be put into service just as soon
as the carts can be manufactured and
an effort will be made to have all of
the paved STREETS of the city cleaned
by the men handling this number of
carts. It is admitted that it will be
impossible to sweep all the streets
daily with this number of men and
carts, but it is thought that the work
can be done once in each two days.
The street supervisor put man to
work sweeping Market and Park
streets today and the others will be
put on as rapidly as possible.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-01

Regardless Of past affiliations, stu
dents of affairs, delivers and thinkers,
are fast lining up for Judge Taft. A
recent example is that of Silas McBee,
editor Of the Churchman,' Of New
York. In an interview he says:
ct am a North Carolinan by birth
and lifelong Democrat. shall vote
for Mr. Taft because he has it in his
heart to bring my people of the South
back into absolute union with the
national life and to their historic
place as controlling force in the ma
ton, and to do which would immor
talize him as statesman.
81 shall vote for him because he
more nearly represents my ideals Of
government, of social order and econo
mic policy than any living Democrat
or any man before the people today
save alone Theodore Roosevelt, who il
the only Republican president I have
ever voted for. Mr. Taft has admin
istered every trust committed to hin
by the nation with an eye single K
the nations good and for the highes
interests of the people that COMPOSE
the nation"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-01

Organized labor, in celebration al
Jefferson City, Mo-, of Labor Day, had
brought to their attention by their at
torney, General H. S. Hadley, the high
regard in which opinions of William
H. Taft while on the bench, are held
by jurists irrespective of party atnlla-
tions. Mr.. Hadley was delivering the
celebrated address in which he dis
cussed public criticism of decisions of
the courts. Said he:
"But whenever a court renders de-
cision which is wrong, it is not only
the right, but the duty, Of the people
to criticise that decision, and we
have the statement of that man who
once graced the Federal bench with
his great learning, William H. Taft,
that wrong decisions by the courts
should be freely criticised
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-01
----.os---A COUNTY COURT
Regular October Term, A. D. 1908
Calendar

Cases will be called as follows on
Tuesday, the 9Th day of October, at 10
O. clock A. NJ.
l. In the matter Of the estate Of
Pauline Kunkel, deceased Hearing on
petition for administration.
2. In the matter of the last viii
and testament of James c. Dowse, de-
ceased. Hearing on final account.
;. In the matter Of the estate OF
Herman Tabbert, deceased. Hearing
on final account.
/. In the matter of the last will
and testament of Frank B. Morehouse
deceased. Hearing on final account.
5. In the matter of the estate Of
Joseph Saint German, deceased. Hear
ing on final account.
g. In the matter of the adoption of
Catherine, an infant, by John f
Schultz and Barbara X. Schultz, his
wife.
Z. In the matter of the guardianship
Of Mary McFadden, alleged incompe-
tent. Hearing on petition for the ap-
pointment of a guardian
First Claim Day
s. In the estate of Frances B. Holt,
deceased.
g. In the estate Of Orrin G. Stone
breaker, deceased.
TO- In the estate of Susanna Reiter,
deceased.
Last Day for Filing Claims Against
the Estates of
IL. John SLl, deceased.
II. Reuben L. Bassett, deceased.
IS. Sarah O'Connor, deceased.
Il. Mary Kuhn, deceased.
Second Claim Day
Is. In the estate of Ellen Callaghan,
deceased.
16 In the estate Of Jacob VolImer,
deceased.
II. In the estate of Charles Krebs,
deceased.
Is. In the estate of Frederick w.
Raether, deceased
10. In the estate of James Jordan,
deceased.
90 In the estate of Anna B. Dick
haut, deceased.
81. In the estate Of Jennie M.
Mathews, deceased.
%. In the estate Of Mary A, Stew
art, deceased.
23 In the estate Of Susan Huck,
deceased.
"a. In the estate of Frank M. Hous-
ner, deceased.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-01

The men from this city and vicinity
who take the examination for posi-
tions under the state civil service have
little difficulty in passing, but it is
remarkable how few of them seek state
employ. State jobs even under the
civil service where the tenure Of office
is fairly secure do not seem to appeal
to many people. AS matter of fact
most or all Of the men who could pass
the examination can do better for
themselves than just drawing the
salaries the state pays, but a lot of
them did not used to think so ard any
kind Of place in state employment
was eagerly sought after not so many
years ago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-01
SEEK EMILY TIOBAN
Girl Said to Have Been Kidnapped
From Ravensvood May be Here

n"
The police department Of Kenosha
has received a letter from the detec=
tive bureau in Chicago asking that eff
forts be MADE to find some trace of
Emily Hoban, a fifteen year old girl,
who disappeared from her home in
Ravenswood two weeks ago. At the
time of the disappearance of the girl
1t was alleged that she had been kid
mapped, but later investigation re
vealed the fact that the girl had left
nome on account of a desire to earn
her own living. Tt is alleged that she
came north and she is now thought to
pc working in one of the factories of
henosha under an assumed name. The
ponce have not as yet found any trace
of the girl in Kenosha
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-01
George N. Ballou, Aged Employee
of Kenosha Electric Railway
Meets Awful Death
SAVED HORSE LOST HIS LIFE
Ballou Was Directing a Driver to Get
His Team Out of the Way of
the Car When He Leaned
Back and Was Struck


George M. Ballou, aged 70 years. EN-
ployed as laborer by the Kenosha
Electric Railway Company and a resi-
dent of Orchard Knoll, just west of
the city, met instant death Just after
five o. clock Tuesday evening when he
was struck by south bound car on
the Chicago and Milwaukee Electric
Railway at the crossing at the west
end of Grand avenue. While the man
was not thrown under the car, the re-
mains were badly mangled by the
great force with which he was struck
and many bones in his body broken.
Ballou had been employed by the
railway company since the beginning of
the work on Grand avenue and had
been working with a gang Of men I'M
loading stone at the Grand avenue
crossing. The work had been practical
ly completed on Monday, but yesterday
afternoon the workmen found that they
needed few more loads of crushed
stone to complete the work. The stone
was brought down on the Chicago and
Milwaukee electric line and dumped
at the intersection Of Grand avenue.
Ballou was loading the wagons and
just as the car which passes south
through Kenosha at 500 came along
new team was brought up to the
stone pile. Ballou had loaded a part
Of the wagon when he saw that the
team was frightened at the approach
ing car and he threw down his shovel
and gave the man driving the team
some advice as to handling the
horses. In his anxiety to prevent the
man driving the horses from being in
jured Ballou forgot his own danger,
and just as the car dashed past he
leaned back just far enough for the
front of the car to strike him in the
head. He was struck with such force
that the impact threw him over the
wagon into the stone pile where he had
been working and when the other men
at work near the place rushed to his
aid he was found to be dead. The man
had been instantly killed. there were
many passengers on board tie car and
the fatal accident threw thema into a
panic. AS soon as possible the motor
man stopped the car and went back and
the members of the crew aided by the
men at work at the point placed the re-
mains in the front compartment of the
car and they were brought to the
Kenosha station of the company9q Later
they were viewed by jury fand ire
moved to the Miller and Oosgrave
morgue where an inquest was held
under the direction of County Coroner
Andre this morning. The jury re-
turned a verdict of accidental 9death.
The arrangements for the funeral of
the unfortunate man will be announced
tomorrow. fsIs1
Ballou had resided in Kenosha for
about two years and had worked as a
gardener and was known to many people
in the city. He is survived by a widow
to whom he had been married for more
than fifty years and by six children,
one daughter residing in Kenoshao and
five sons.
The old gentleman had been great
favorite with the construction gang on
the railway and his death in such a
tragic manner caused great sorrow
among these men.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-01
SAME OLD STORY
Little New Evidence is Brought Out in
the Trial of Charles Gillotti

The trial of Gillotti, Emauel CapelIo
and Joseph Catuso, was started in the
Circuit Court this morning, a jury hav-
ing been secured just before the close
of the session of the court on Tuesday
afternoon. The evidence as introduced
today was practically the same as the
one for the former trial and the trial
had little of interest in it. Nicholas
Sacha, the man who was robbed was
the first witness called by the state.
It is understood that some new evil
dence will be offered by the state later
in the trial of the case. The defense
has not been indicated, but it is under
stood that the attorneys for the Italians
will seek to prove an alibi.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-01
MISS LIZZIE HOUSTON DEAD
Woman Recently Sent to Mendoza
Dies From Acute Melancholia

Miss Lizzie Houston, a resident of
the town Of Pleasant Prairie for many
years and sister Of Mrs. Albert Bar
ter of that town, died at the state hos
pital at Mendoza on Saturday after
noon as a result OF exhaustion due to
acute melancholia. Miss Houston,
who was sixty years of age, was sent
to the hospital only ten days ago and
at that time it was feared that she
could live but short time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-01
AUCTION SALES

The following is list of auction
sales for the near future.
Wednesday. Oct 7-Chas. Peterson. on
his farm, u miles west Of Pleasant
Prairie on Kenosha- Wilmot road.
Thursday, Oct 8-Chas. Johnson on
the Durkee farm, 2 miles southwest OF
Kenosha.
Tuesday, Oct 13-Nicholas Eppers on
his farm, miles southwest of Keno
sha.
Thursday, Oct. 15-Ernst Anderson
on his farm, IL miles southwest OF
Pleasant Prairie.
Thursday, Oct. 15-John Kraak on
the Vim. Kirk farm, 2 miles west OF
Winthrop Harbor.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-01

"There are a thousand exigencies
in the affairs of this great nation
which cannot be foreseen or attempted
to be controlled by any platform. The
sagacity, steadiness Of character, firm
ness and sound judgment of the chief
executive must be the security of the
nation in many trying emergency
And it is no injustice to Mr.. Bryan s
attractive personal qualities, to his eff
fectiveness as an orator, his skill as
party leader, nor is it any disparage-
ment of the purity of his motives to say
that the man who espoused free silver
in 1896, renewed it's advocacy in 1900
and later declared his belief in govern
ment ownership of railroads, cannot be
regarded as a safe leader to whom may
be confded the great powers Of the
president merely because those doct-
rines are omitted from his present plat
form. The country needs man rock
based in sound conviction and funda-
mental principle, in whose good judg-
ment in any difficulty all may feel Sc
cure, and such man pre-eminently is
William III. Taft.
'eOur opponents seem to regard the
questions before US as simply involving
a program of legislation or of consti-
tutional amendment. But first and
chiefly we are electing a president, the
executive of the nation. Nor should we
in considering legislative proposals for
get this. Now, there is no man in the
country better fitted properly to pre-
side over and direct the varied bust
ness of the executive department. than
Mr.. Taft. He already knows it tho
roughly. He has rare executive ability.
No one is better qualified than he to
do the work which under the constitu-
ton the president is called upon to
perform. "-Governor Hughes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-01

Kenosha should not have any great
difficulty in getting a small additional
appropriation for new federal build
ing. Other cities have been given adj
ditional amounts and the original ap-
preparation was small for city of the
size and commercial Importance of
Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-01

The sudden change in the weather
is a sharp warning to the city authori-
ties to hurry up the work on all I'M
finished contracts for pavements. The
city had one expensive lesson in the
folly of permitting paving work to be
done in freezing weather on South Elk
change street and the present condition
of the street pavement is so bad that
there is no excuse for forgetting it.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-01

This city should make an early appli-
cation for. the loan Of the Wisconsin
state exhibit at the tuberculosis con
gress now in session at Washington.
As far as possible it will be first come
first served with those who have charge
Of the exhibit.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-01

Being scared to death and overcon-
ffdent at the same time is the condi-
ton ascribed to Chairman Frank Fl.
Hitchcock by Bryan organs. Those
who have known Hitchcock any length
of time have never known him to be
either.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-01

In the future "Dear Archbold" will
be expected to look after his letter
files better, but for some distinguished
gentlemen it will be a good deal like
locking the barn after the horse had
been stolen.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-01

See that the society that looks after
your charities gets your regular sub
scription before long. All the chart
table societies are going to need money
to carry on their work pretty soon
now.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-01

nc 4o,,>.,-s ..I,5 l--~-,o~
ject some ginger into the campaign
must have made mistake and gotten
hold OF the red pepper instead. It is
getting hot enough now for anybody.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-01

SARAH ELIzABNTH:
Those mullins YOU liked SO well were
made from Gold Medal Flour. LIE.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-01

LETITTA:
Gold Medal Flour makes the whitest
bread. SYLVIA
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-10-01

Want ads bring results.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10

glance of warning every time she
brought in a new dish, there was no
cloud on the horizon The greatest
surprise of all came when the meal had
been finished MI Bowser pulled a
couple Of theater tickets from his
pocket and announced that he had or
dered carriage to convey them to and
fro.
But the expense." gasped Mrs.
Bowser.
Hang the expense Nothing is too
good for my little wife,
While Mrs. Bowser was dressing and
fiuttering about. the cook brought the
stiletto again 1t had been frightened
up and a sharper point put on it.
Take it and stab him to the heart
throat" she whispered At have five
sisters and four cousins. all married
women, and they go armed most of
the time"
"But you are silly. Sarah"
I'm just prudent. ma'am. I'll leave
il to any policeman on earth If Mr..
Bowser is not a suspicious character
the way he has acted today, and if ii
isn't wise for you to be on your guard
against him. How easy to throttle you
in the carriage and throw your body
into the street to be run over by the
carsi Let me speak to him and tell
him that unless he brings you safe
home I'll have the hounds of justice
pursue him for the rest Of his life"
But Mrs Bowser decided to trust
herself to the situation. 1t was a
good play and the theater was jam
med People elbowed Mr.. Bowser
and he even begged their pardon for
it. They stepped on his toes, banged
him around and climbed over him, but
he was a ray of sunshine in a rainy
April day. Mrs. Bowser fairly longed
for him to kick, but he wouldn't He
went right at it to enjoy the play, and,
although it was tragedy, he laughed
about once in two minutes all through
it. People around him scowled and
Kissed and said that any man who
would laugh at death scene ought tc
be thrown out of the house by the
neck. but nothing that could be said
riled him. He just went right or
laughing and saying that It was the
| funniest play he had seen for forty
years
When the finish came Mrs. Bowsel
expected to be taken right home, buf
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10
Wine by the Hour IN Italy.

Italy just now should be a pleasant
place for the man with a thirst, a
small purse, and a taste for Italian
wine. According to the Paris Debats,
the grape harvest this year is excep-
tionally good, and will yield even bet
ter results than last year. The coop
ers are, therefore, fully occupied, and
the wine dealers one idea is to empty
his cellars of last years wine. This,
however, is not easy, as there is a duty
on exported wine, so that Italy must
consume it herself. The price of wine
has fallen to ridiculous levels. and a
new system OF sale has been intro
duced- Instead of wine by the quart.
wine by the hour is the regime
Thus at Catane for cents one can
drink ad libitum for an hour. But the
bargain is not so great as might ap-
pear. for the price of wine is only a
half-penny a quart, and to drink three
quarts of Sicilian wine in an hour is
no slight undertaking.
At the neighboring town Of Aciaca-
tena the price for one hour is only 2
cents. while for cents one can drink
for two hours. So successful has this
system been in the south that it has
been adopted in the north of Italy. In
| the neighborhood of Bologna where
| the wine is of better quality than in
Sicily. the tariff (per hour) is s cents.
while for the second hour it is only
cents. and for the third hour cents.
New York World.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10

tence or literary pose. and the vivid
sense of character and dramatic values
shown In these pages. warrant the De-
lief that the present book Will be no
less heartily welcomed than was his
Roosevelt.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10

"A woman may change her mood
dozen times a day and it's all right.
but whenever man changes then
look out. When a man is too good
he's more dangerous than when he's
too bad. I'm predicting that some
thing awful will happen in this house
within the next two days
Mr.. Bowser generally jams his hat
on his head after breakfast and starts
for the car with a "s'long" to Mrs.
Bowser. and on the way up to the
corner he wonders how he can make
casion, however. he hung around for
awhile and tickled Mrs Bowser I'M
der the chin and stopped to pet the
cat. Before he had reached the cor
ner he had made up his mind that
street car conductors were human be-
ings and should have words of SYM
pathy and encouragement now and
then. On the way over to the office
fat woman stepped on his foot, and he
raised his hat and smiled at her She
was so taken with his action that she
returned and stepped on the other.
The conductor gazed into his beam
ing face and then returned only fif-
teen cents out of a quarter, but there
was no kick.
Four times that day Mrs. Bowser was
called up on the telephone to find Mr.
Bowser at the other end He hadn't
after her health and added that he
never expected to see the day when h.
should regret falling in love with and
marrying her. In his last message he
suggested that the cat be treated with
the greatest urbanity. and that the
cooks wages be raised 50 per month
Mrs. Bowser was puzzling over this
last when the cook came to her with d
stiletto in her hand. and. passing it
over. said:
BE prepared. When he comes home
tonight If he is not his old self again.
then let him know that you are armed
to the teeth and will die in the last
ditch"
why. Sarah. how can you think so
badly of my husband?" was asked
1T would be the same with any man.
If he's a kicker he's no right to be oily
guard 1 shall sleep this night with the
family axe under my pillows"
Mr.. Bowser came home with forty
candle-power smile on his phiz and
greeted Mrs Bowser with a kiss. A
politician on the car called his can
didate a robber, but he had only laugh
ed at the idea. A cross-eyed passen-
ger had taken him for some one else
and dunned him for two dollars Dor
rowed money, but the incident IA 1
only provoked a smile. At the table he
COMMUNICATED the dinner as a whole
He said il was a regular banquet. He
said the cook ought to be working in
the White House at a hundred dollars
month He said that if he could al
ways be sure of having such hons
and such a dinner he would give up
irving to go to heaven He said thai
he would rather come home than go to
a cabinet dinner. He said that on
numerous occasions he had sought to
dabbIe his hands in the life blood of
the old yaIler cat. but never without his
conscience pricking him afterwards,
and he had fully and firmly decided
never again to seek to harm a hair OF
her body
| 1t was one of the most entertaining
dinners for months and months. and,
! although the cook gave Mrs Bowser a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-10
Happy on 10 Cents a Day.

I'VE have all we need, thank God.
for our daily bread. and are happy"
say John and Mariana Szarmbeck,
who live on ten cents a day. Both
are close TO the century mark and
have been married so years. They live
in tenement house in the Polish colo
ny Of St Louis. and while neither
knows the exact ages OF either, they
are old enough to remember the later
days of the first Napoleon's reign.
John worked as a stone cutter until
he lost an eye eight years ago. Since
then their little reserve fund has been
spent. and John does odd jobs of
mending for the neighbors, which nets
a Scant dollar a week
They could have as much more as
they needed. for none of the kindly
folk that have lived with the old cou-
pie in the tenement house would see
them suffer. The single dollar. how
ever. satisfies all their wants-St
Louis dispatch to New York Times.