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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-16
The Supreme Court Puts Over to
Next Term Hearing of Keno.
Sha Railway Wrangle
LOCAL COMPANY PAYS COSTS
Appeal Had Not Been Perfected. and
Court Declared That 1t Would
Grant Motion for Dismissal
If Costs We're Not Paid
The Kenosha Electric Railway com

The Kenosha Electric Railway COM
pany had narrow escape from losing
its case against the Chicago, Ke-
nosha and Milwaukee Electric Rail
way company in the Supreme Court
of the state on Wednesday afternoon,
when the Court demanded that the
Kenosha Electric Railway company
pay the respondent in the action the
costs OF the appeal on the penalty Of
having it dismissed from the calendar
without hearing. The case was the
fight over the property now used by
the Kenosha Electric Railway com.
pany as car barn and when it was
tried in the Circuit Court here Judge
Be1den held that the Chicago, Ke-
nosha and Milwaukee company being
through line had the right to con-
denim this property. The attorneys
for the local line at once gave notice
of an appeal IN the case and it is ev-
ident that they were not ready to take
up the argument of the case at the
sitting Of the Court on Wednesday
and for this reason the appeal had
not been completed by the filing of
the records and briefs in the case.
Attorney James Cavanagh who repre-
scented the Chicago, Kenosha and Mil
waukee company did not urge the dis
missal of the case, but seemed willing
to allow the attorneys for the Frost
company time to complete the appeal.
The attorneys for Frost filed the case
with the Court on Wednesday and it
will probably be taken up at the next
term. The delay IN the settlement of
the CaseGwill cause no inconvience at
this time as the managers of the Chica-
go, Kenosha and Milwaukee are MAX
ing no move to start the building of
their road and it is pretty certain that
this work willsnot be taken up until
some time next summer if it is not
laid over for another year. The ques-
tion at issue is most interesting one
for many Wisconsin cities, as it will
establish the rights of through and
local electric railways in contests for
right of way. 8&s The case is most i'm
portant to the officials of the Ke-
nosha Electric Railway company as
should the Court hold with Judge Bel
den that it is impossible for them to
secure thislpiece of land by condem-
nation, it will be necessary for Frost
and his associates to seek some other
site for the erection of car barns and
switches. Should the Court favor
Frost in theshnal decision on the case
it will beGnecessary for the Chicago,
Kenosha and&Milwaukee company to
arrange ansentirely new right of way
in order to get a straight line through
the CITY.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-16
TO MARK OLD SITE
D. A. R. Planning To Erect
Boulder on the Site of the
First Free School
TELL OF FAME OF KEN0SHA

The Daughters of the American
Revolution in Kenosha are laying
plans for the erection of a memorial
on the site of the first free school
erected in Kenosha and the plan is
now we'll under way toYp1ace large
boulder on the groundssof the Keno
sha High school which shall tell to
future generations the story of the
opening of the first free school in
Wisconsin and in the northwest.
The matter is now in sthe hands of
the committee of the local chapter
and they are seeking TO secure giant
boulder either from this county or one
of the adjoining ones and have it
placed on the school grounds during
the present winter. The boulder will
be sufficiently large to have chiseled
on it something Of the stol J of the
old Kenosha High school and it will
also bear the names Of those pioneers
of Southport and Kenosha who bore
the brunt IN the great flight for the
opening of the school which proved to
be the beginning of free education
for the children of Wisconsin. While
the monument will not be a costly
one it will be one of the most inter
esting monuments ever erected in the
city as it will recall some of the most
stirring events in the history of Ke-
nosfa. Round the old free school
clusters many memories of the earlier
days and these memories more than
any other have bound the old boys
and girls to Kenosha. The members
of the Kenosha chapter are also TAX
ing steps to mark the resting place
of Revolutionary soldiers in the Ke-
nosha cemeteries.
Already marker of the design ap-
proved by the National Society of the
Daughters of the Revolution has been
set up in the city cemetery to mark
the grave of Abner Barlow, and the
Daughters are now planning for the
purchase of similar marker for the
grave of Captain Elkins. The fact
that Captain Elkins was a soldier of
the Revolution was only recently dis
covered and it will have the same
treatment as the grave of Abner Bar
low. The Daughters have no large
amount of money to expend in the
erection of these monuments, but the
money that is spent will be spent most
iudicious1y.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-16
WANTS KENOSHA TEAM
Chicago City League Wants Kenosha
to Play as One of Its Members

Chicago City League Wants Kenosha
to Play as One of It's Members
Efforts are being made to have the
kenosha baseball team which was one
of the leading teams in the Lake
Shore league last season join with the
Chicago City league this season, but
as yet Manager Breen has made no
decision on the matter. Many of the
old Chicago teams who formerly
played the Kenosha team, are now in
the Chicago City league and there is
no doubt but that these teams would
prove big drawing cards in Kenosha.
The Lake Shore league managers are
very anxious to keep the Kenosta
team in that league, as Kenoshs is
one of the best paying towns in the
circuit and it would be hard matter
to find any team to take the place OF
the locals. Manager Breen has
reached no decision as yet in the mat
ter, but he will make his decision be.
fore the schedules for the two leagues
are made out. Kenosha fans would
probably be in favor of union with
the Chicago City league as this would
guarantee practically all games for
the Kenosha diamond.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-16
HOLD NO MEETING
Leaders of Republican State Com.
mittee Will Leave Selection of
Delegates to the Primary
FIRST PLAN TO BE ADAM ONED

1t is practically definitely decided
that there will be no meeting of the
Republican state central committee
before the primary election on March
"a.
Upon the occasion of his recent visit
to Milwaukee, Chairman w. D. Con-
nor OF Marshfe1d stated that he ex-
pected to call meeting of the COM
mittee either at Madison or Milwau-
kee for about January 20 for the pur-
pose of discussing the possible con-
fict between the provisions of the
primary election law and the require
ments in the call of the national Re-
publican committee in regard to the
election of delegates and a1ternates
to the national convention. Since
then, however, there seems to have
been general understanding reached
that the state central committee can
have no province before the primaries
and that. under the national call, the
delegates can be chosen in full accord
with the primary election law.
The alternates are to be appointed
by the state central committee, ac-
cording to that law, but must be
chosen by the electors in the several
districts according to the call. How
these provisions will be harmonized is
still a problem, but the politicians do
not seem to regard the choice of alter
mates as important as the delegates
who go to the trouble and expense of
undergoing primary campaign will
not likely forego the honor of attend
ing the convention.
United States Senator Isaac Step
henson, Gov. James O. Davidson and
Speaker Herman L. Ekern were in
Milwaukee Tuesday, but it was
claimed that fact has no political sig
ni6cance, the senator stopping off en-
route to Washington and the governor
coming to the city on private bust
ness. Speaker Ekern was there in
the interests of the La Toilette presi-
Dental movement soliciting funds
from the Milwaukee supporters of the
Junior senator. The names of, the
delegates at large and district dele
gates on the La Toilette slate will be
announced within a short time, it is
said. Senator Isaac Stephenson and
Gov. James 0. Davidson are expected
to be two of the four de1egates-at-
large.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-16
Members Of Woman's Club are
Starting a Movement for a
Club Home in Kenosha
WILL START FUND AT ONCE
Members of the Local Club Have Lons
Been Discussing Plans for a Home
and the Plans May Be Car.
ried Out This Year
The members of the Kenosha Wom-

The members of the Kenosha Wom-
ans Club have started movement
for the erection of a club house for
the use of the club, and while the
plans Of the organization are as yet
very much in embryo, it is thought
that before the close of the present
club year that definite plans will have
beer made for the erection of home
which will be distinctly for the use of
the club women and allied organiza-
tons. For some years the club
women used the basement of the
Gilbert M. Simmons Library, but
with the opening of the Chi1dren's
room at the library it was found nec-
essary to give up this room and the
club secured the use of the lower
floor of the Masonic Temple.
The members of the Masonic order
have been most kind to the club
women in allowing them the use Of
the Temple as meeting place, but
the leaders in the club work now be-
lieve that the time has come to build
club house. The plans have been
discussed among the members for
several months and it has been de-
cided that the money secured from the
M cCutcheon lecture on Jane Is will
form the nucleus of the club house
fund.
The plans for the club house pro-
vide for the building of house which
will be centrally located and which
will contain hall large enough for
the meetings of the club now and in
the future. It is not the plan of the
women to have the club house for the
exclusive use of the Woman's Club,
but there are other organizations in
the city which are in need of such
quarters, and it is thought that it
would be an easy matter to sub-let the
club rooms to several organizations as
a place for meetings. The club house
would be an innovation among the
members Of the Wisconsin Fedora
| ton, as at the present time few of the
clubs IN Wisconsin have club homes.
The plans for the building of the
home have not as yet got far enough
|
to have plans and specifications
drawn but it is thought that at the
next meeting of the club committees
will be appointed to take up the mat
ter. It is thought that with the great
number of wealthy people in Keno
sha, many of whom have taken the
deepest interest in the club work, it
will be an easy matter to get the club
house fund started and in short time
raise the amount needed for the pur-
chase of site and the erection of a
house which will be the permanent
home Of Kenosha's most popular club.
The further developments in the plan
will be watched with a great deal of
interest pot only by the members of
the club, but by all the women of the
oS%
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-16
MET SERIOUS INJURY
Cora Wells, Daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Wells, ImpaIed on
an Iron Fence Picket
WAS UNUSUAL ACCIDENT

Cora Wells. aged seven years, the
little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Wells, of Park Avenue, met
with very serious accident just after
four O'Clock Thursday afternoon,
when while playing. with number of
the children in the neighborhood she
slipped and fell and was impa1ed on
one of the pickets of the iron fence
surrounding the property of Mrs.
DavidSThomas at the corner of Park
avenue and Eagle streets. The ex-
tent of the injuries 10 the' little girl
can not as yet be fully ascertained,
but the physicians attending are
watching the case very closely. The
top of the picket which was badly
rusted pierced the flesh Of the little
girl for assistance of more than an
inch and a half. The children at
play with her, not recognizing the
seriousness of the injury, took hold
of the little girl and pulled her off the
fence and in this way the wound at
the base of the spine was badly torn
AS soon as possible the little girl
was taken to her home and DIR.
C1eary called. It was found that the
wound was very serious one and
several stitches were taken. The
child suffered great deal of pain
Thursday evening but was resting
little easier this morning. The main
trouble in connection with the wound
is infection which might produce
blood poisoning.
None of the children at play with
the little girl were to blame for the
accident as she was walking the fence
at the time and slipped and fell and
was impaled on the picket.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-16
BROWN TO LECTURE
Former Pastor of First Baptist Church
To Speak in Kenosha

The Rev. Harvey Dee Brown, Phi.
D., former pastor of the First Baptist
church, is to return to Kenosha in
the guise of lecturer on Socialism
and he will give series of lectures
in the city during the next few weeks
under the auspices of The Christian
Socialist Comradeship. The lectures
are to be given at the Dewey Hall on
Park street and it is announced that
the former minister will speak on
Labor, Economics and Religion.
Since giving up his place in the
pulpit of the Kenosha church Mr..
Brown has devoted much OF his time
to the preparation of this course of
lectures. It is understood that the
lectures will be along the Socialistic
lines announced by the ministe ra t
the time he resigned his passionate of
the local church.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-16
GET UP NEW ORDINANCE
City CouncilYo Be Asked To Provide for
the Building of Many Sidewalks

City Council 70 Be Asked To Provide for
the Building of Many Sidewalks
The city clerk and Sidewalk In
spector Edward Tanning Thursday
began the work of making up the
descriptions for a new sidewalk
ordinance (which is to be presented
to the Council.Efor passage early in
March Fin order that the walks will
all be built within the next summer.
The ordinance will probably be one
of the longest ever passed by the
Council for in addition to the large
number of walks against which COM
plants havesbeen filed the ordinance
will provide for the building of walks
to nearly all of the factories in the
city. For long time the men work.
ing ia the factories have been forced
to walk on the paved streets but the
new ordinance will provide for
walks on nearly all streets leading to
the various factories. It is not
thought that the manufacturers will
make any complaint to building the
walks,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-16
COoNEY HEADS LEAGUE
Reelected as President of the Lake
Shore Baseball League

AN~ NA~NS(A as A~SAOCAS VI tAC 4<NAG
Shore Baseball League
John NJ. Cooney, of Racine, was
reelected to the position of president
of the Lake Shore Baseball League at
the annual meeting held at the Re-
publican House in Milwaukee We'd
nesday evening. There was a spir-
tied contest for the position, two Mil
waukee men being candidates. The
names of these men have not been
given out, out it is stated that the
matter of thetpresidency was not set.
tied until O'Clock Thursday morning.
AT that time it was unanimously
agreed to re-elect the old officers
throughout.
There were two applications other
than Waukegan' and .Chicago for the
franchises in the latter two cities.
Appleton and Menasha both applied,
but their applications were held Up
until aftersSthe committee appointed
to visit Chicago and Waukegan has
reported back. In both of the latter
cities new men have applied for the
franchises andssstrong teams are guar
anteed.
In Waukegan it is expected to get
team which withdraw the crowds on
the home grounds so that the games
will not have to be played in other
league cities. The sCuo Athletic AS
ISOLATION is back of the movement IN
that city.
According to theireports the league
is in "a good condition financially, ali
bills having been paid, leaving
small balance in 'the treasury. Last
year the president worked without
remuneration of any sort. This year
it is expected that small salary will
be paidsthat officer, although this has
not beensdefnitely decided upon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-16
JAIL WAS TOO FULL
Racine Woman is Saved From Going to
Jail on Account of Lack of Room

Racine Woman is Saved From Going to
Jail on Account of Lack of Room
The fact that the Kenosha County
jail was over crowded with prisoners
saved Racine woman from spend
ing night in a cell Wednesday. The
woman had been arrested on charge
of disorderly conduct and when the
police reached the jail with her every
cell in the building was filled and
there was absolutely no room to care
for woman prisoner. The woman
objected strenuously to being placed
in the cells with the men prisoners
and the sheriff had no idea of taking
such a step. The woman was so
thoroug hly scared by the appearance
of things that she decided to get right
out of town if the off Gals would al.
low her to go. With tears of graft
tude the woman fastened to the cleo
trio car and went to Racine.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-16
ASKS HEAVY DAMAGES
Child Who Stepped Into Window Graf
ing on Main Street Asks $4,000

$500 80 ~"ASAAAA
A heavy action for damages has
been started against the Fair store
and Maulsby Kimba1l, Roger N. kim
ball and Anna M. Kimball, trustees of
the Kimball estate, by Henry Vanden.
burg, acting as guardian ad litem for
his seven year old daughter, Henri
eta Vandenbnrg. Summons in the
suit was filed today on the defendants.
According to the complaint it is
claimed that on the fourteenth day of
last September the child stepped into
window grating in front of the Fair
store and injured her leg. The de-
mand is for $4,000. It is not stated
that the child suffered the fracture of
any bones. but that she suffered severe
bruises. The opening was not in the
walk, but inside the lot line.
Attorneys Baker and Clarkson are
representing the plaintiff in the ac-
ton. It is expected that the case will
come up for trial at the March term
of the Circuit Court.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-16
WOULD AROUSE INTEREST
President of State Park Board Makes
Short Visit to KenOsha

a
T. E. Britlingham, of Madison,
president of the Wisconsin State Park
Board, made short visit to Kenosha
on Thursday afternoon with the idea
of making an effort to awaken some
interest in Kenosha in the work that
is being planned by the State Park
Board. The visit was wholly an un-
official one and Mr.. Brit1ingham spent
the afternoon calling on leading citi-
zens of the city and getting their
ideas in regard to the work that
should be done by the Board, of which
he is the head.
The Board has charge of the state
work of opening parks and it is per-
mitted to work in any part of the
state. So far there has been no sug-
gestion for the opening of any state
parks in this section of Wisconsin,
but should the people find place
which was especially fitted for state
park there is little doubt but that the
Board would take up the matter and
give it every consideration. The
Board will in the next few months
start publicity campaign, by which
1T IS expected that the people of the
state will get better acquainted with
the work that is to be done by the
Board.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-16
TO FIGHT EIBERNIANs
Philadelphia Priest to Start National
Crusade Against Catholic Order

Philadelphia Priest to Start a National
Crusade Against Catholic Order
Quite a stir has been caused in
Catholic circles in Kenosha and other
cities by the crusade against the An
cient Order of Hibernians started by
Father D. /. McDernott, rector Of one
OF the largest Catholic churches in
Philadelphia, who on Tuesday denied
the members Of the order the right to
attend the funeral of one of its mem
bers in his church, and Wednesday
Father McDermott announced that he
would carry the war against the or
ganization to every Catholic church
in the country. Father McDermott
makes very grave charges against the
Hibernians as an order declaring that
they we're connected with the "Molly
Maguires, and insisting in fact that
the "Molly Maguires never existed,
but that the people who went under
this name were simply members of
the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
Father McDermott claims that it is
his intention to have the order barred
from all Catholic churches, and it is
expected that the matter will be laid
before the various Catholic dioceses
in such way as to demand some
action. The charges brought by the
Philadelphia priest against TIE order
are most sensational. The Hiber-
mans have long been considered one
of the strongest societies among the
men connected with the Irish Catholic
churches.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-16
LOCAL TEAM DEFEATED
Comets of Chicago Defeat Local Basket
Ball Team in a Fast Game

AT the Y. M. c. A. Gymnasium We'd
nesday the Comets basket ball team of
the Chicago Central Y. M. C. A., de-
feated the Kenosha Y. NJ. C. A. team
by close score of IS to 80.
The first half was all IN favor of the
Comets, who by their brilliant plays
made up score at half time of Is to
10. In the second half Kenosha took
on their usual streak of fast play and
held the Comets down to 10 points,
while Kenosha piled up 20 points, but
with this fast play they were unable
to overcome the Dig lead made by the
Comets in the first half at full time.
The score was IS Chicago Comets, 80
Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-16
SETTLED OUT OF COURT
Helen Urbaniak and Branislaw Szweda
Settle Romance Without a Jury

The suit of Brandis1aw Szweda
against Helen Urbaniak, which was
a suit to collect money advanced for
the purchase of a wedding outfit for
the young woman, has been settled.
The man claimed in his complaint
that Miss Urbaniak had consented to
marry him but this was strenuously
denied by the young womah who
claimed that the overtures had been
made by the plaintiff in the action
and had been sternly rejected by her.
It was the intention to try the suit by
jury and the jury had been called
but at this stage the young woman
decided that she would settle up and
she paid her erst while sweetheart the
full amount of his claim in open
Court and the suit was dismissed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-16
SET ANOTHER RECORD
VIM. McKeon Walks From Here to RAJ
cine in Hours and 25 Minutes

VIM. Mckeon Walks From Here to Ra.
cine in 2 Hours and 25 Minutes
Breaking the record for walk be-
tween kenosha and Racine seems to
be favorite pastime of Kenosha
walkers just at present and Thursda Y
morning mark of two hours and
twenty-five minutes was made by
William McKeon, who walked on a
wager of twenty-five dollars. Nc
Keen wagered that he could walk the
distance in the same time as Edward
Miller and William Irving and some
of the men with sporting proc1ivities
opined that they did not think McKeon
could reach Racine in as many weeks.
There was no delay in putting up the
coin and McKeon started paced by
couple of men in carriage. He left
Kenosha at just half past ten and ar
rived in Racine at five minutes to one.
It is thought that this is the best re-
cord ever made by pedestrians be-
tween the two cities.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-01-16
HEALTH OFFICER HOME

DR.. J. B. Spa1ding Returns From Three
Weeks Visit in Mexico and Cuba
Health Officer DR.. John B. Spa1d-
ing, reiuvenated with three weeks
sojourn in Mexico and Cuba, re-
opened his Office Friday and he
is again at his desk taking care of the
rather monotonous work Of filing
birth and death certificates. The
official has had great holiday. He
spent two weeks in Old Mexico and
another in Cuba and he was SO
charmed with Old Mexico that he re-
turned to the ancient city of the
Astecs to attend the annual New
Years reception given by President
Diaz of the Mexican Republic. The
doctor brought back many souvenirs
of his Mexican trip and his offices are
a veritable Mexican Curiosity shop. So.