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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-07
RENEW OLD GAME
Endless Chain of Prayers Received by
Post in Various Parts of Town

The Endless Prayer maniac is
again doing business. During the last
wee several well known people of
the city have received anonymous let
tiers containing form of prayer with
admonitions to rewrite it and send
/ it to a. friend, signing no name, but
! advising that friend to send it to an
other friend with similar instructions
and thus keep the chain unbroken:
Some of the letters contain proBhe.
sizes Of dire calamity unless the ad-
monitions are followed, while others
assert that great blessing will fall
on the person thus sending the
prayer.
The prayer is said to have been
originally received by "Bishop Law
renee from divine source, but the
clergy of all churches. Catholics and
Protestant, know of no such bishop
and unequivocally brand the letters
as the result of some insane magma
ton that has affected thousands of
people easily Influenced.
For the last several years this end
less prayer has occasionally been
heard of and every so often a batch
Of the letters are received in various
parts of the country. They are be-
come so common, however, that think
ing people refuse to give them a sec
ond thought.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-07
LEUoK HEADS WORKING MEN
Association Holds Annual Meeting
on Monday Evening

The annual meeting of the German
Workingmen's Society was held on
Monday night and after the reports
Of the various officers which showed
the association to be in a splendid
financial condition the following of
icers were elected for the new year:
Presluent-PeterL euck.
Vice President-H. Honik.
Corresponding Secretary August
Haubrich.
Financial Secretary Carl Ronke.
Treasurer Saftig.
Flag Garrier-August Roclzoff.
Steward-John Clapp.
Marshal-Peter Smith.
Trustees = Frank Grasser, Julius
Bloxdorf, Edward Schultz.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-07
GRIFFIN GOES TO PRISON
Milwaukee Contractor Starts for W eu-
pun to Begin Long Term sfor Arson
(From Tuesdays Daily

(F'rom Tuesdays Daily
The last chapter of the story of the
burning Of the "Four Corners" was
probably written this morning when
Michael Griffin was taken to the state
prison to begin a term of seven years.
Sheriff Gunter went with Griffin in per-
son and this will be the first visit of
the new sheriff to the state prison.
Griffin had expected stay Of execu-
ton of the sentence and had waited
anxiously on Monday for some words
from his friends telling Of the grant
ing of such a stay, but it seems as if
the friends of Griffin have dropped the
fight for his liberty and he will probab-
ly be forced to serve at least portion
of his term In prison. Good time will
reduce the term of Griffin to five years
and it is pretty certain that efforts will
be made to secure pardon for him
after he has served couple of years.
When Griffin was called from his cell
this morning to take the early north
bound train he made no comment in
regard to the trip. lie was, however,
most cordial in his thanks to the at
PENDANTS at the Jail for the manner in
which he had been treated during his
long confinement
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-07

There is a persistent rumor about
the city that the William F. Fisher
company has sold out to S. Gottlieb and
company of West Pullman, H., but
the story has been denied by Mr..
Fisher and Jacob Gottlieb who is the
Kenosha representative of the West
Pullman company declares that he
knows nothing about the deal. In the
meantime The Fair is advertising a
closing sale and people with more or
less inside information are doing a lot
Of outside talking. Mr.. Fisher stated
when asked in regard to the matter
that there had been some negotiations
with the Gottlieb company, but that no
deal had been made This should be
final until some further announcement
IS made by the principals to the deal.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-07

a period of twelve weeks.
No other business of Importance came
before the Council and an adjourn
ment was taken until next Monday
evening when the Council will take up
the discussion Of the proposed light
ing contract.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-07
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
st. George Young Mems Society Elects
Officers for the Ensuing Year

officers for the Ensuing Year
The st. George Young Mems Socie-
ty elected the following officers for
the ensuing year at their meeting Mon
day evening in ST. George Hall.
President-Peter F. Tacki.
Vice President-Julius J. Dagenbach.
Recording Secretary Nick Arndts.
Financial Secretary Harry Krant-
kraemer.
Treasurer-John Steinmetz.
Board Of Directors for one year
Peter Steinbach, Theodore Jacobs and
Felix Mayer.
Marshals Edward Arndts and Alloy
sius Gehl.
The yearly report was read and it
showed the society to be in splendid
condition.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-07

Want ads 25 cents a week.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-07

Miss Marie Senne has returned home
after six months visit friends and
relatives in South Haven, Mich.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-05-14
The Drunken Husband

InOtfce that some of the Semi-Weekly
correspondents tell us that they have
married men who drink and Of their pa
thence and orbearance-sOmetimes with
good results, often with no avail.
OF course we know how sublime self
sacrifice is. but would like to ask only
one question of those who deliberately
accept the fate OF drunkard's wife.
namely: Does such a sacrifice OF the
mother. properly belong to the children
who may be the result Of the unionF
Why take such a risk for the unborn?
Statistics show that the appetite for
strong drink comes down from parent
TO child.
In the first generation after the inebri-
ate there is weakness-fOr the next de-
scendant a thirst for intOxicants and less
control OF the nervous system.
Then the third generation brings for
ward insanity-maybe nmbecility-along
with the added thirst for liquor. These
are not my deductions or opinions, they
are the results OF medical investigation
and research.
The Bible tells us the curse will follow
10 the third and fourth generation II you
are willing to sacrifice your life. dear
woman, have you the right TO entail the
deadly evil on your child7
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-05-14
UIm to Be Browns Private Secretary

A. H. UIm, who has for some time past
been the capital city correspondent OF sew
eral state papers and is man widely
known In the newspaper profession, will
be the private secretary of Governor JOS
eph M. Brown when Mr.. Brown goes IN
as chief executive of the state.
This appointment has cast its definite
shadow before during several weeks past,
but Mr. Ulms consuming modest has
paralyzed the typewriter hands Of his fell
low newspaper men.
There is q rumor also that Mr.. Ulm may
become Colonel Ulm, under the Brown
administration; in other words, that he
is slated for the staff of Governor Brown.
His service several years ago in the old
Georgia militia. followed by some &C
tive duty with the volunteer troops In
the Philippines during the fighting Days
of the Empire" out there, qualify him
In point of service for the appointment
which it is said is coming to him.
These honors are peculiarly fitting. for
Mr.. JJIm was known during the late I'M
uleasantness as 1.-THE man who brought
Brown out" 1t was he who wrote. the
first story. of the campaign, published In
"n out-of-town paper, that Mr.. Brown
would be a candidate for governor.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-05-14
The Providence That watches

Everyone who has seen the path Of
cyclone must be struck with the COM
paratively small loss OF life when the
destruction OF trees and buildings is so
great wherever one passes
Sometimes there Is nothing but the bot
tom siIls left Of a dwelling, the structure
being lifted and perhaps carried many
hundred yards away and nobody seriously
hurt. Sometimes the timbers fall In a
way that living persons are not serious
ly hurt under the awful debris.
have read Of the finding OF little babies
a hundred yards away, not injured at all.
and these marvellous escapes are simply
wonderful when we find the awful de-
struction all around such survivors, and
no reason shown why they. too. were not
crushed 10 a pulp.
Taking into consideration the swiftness
and violence Of a cyclone blast and its
sweeping destruction OF all else that II
has passed over. the wonder is great that
any living thing could escape in the
awful swirl OF the tornado. Within a
half minute the dreadful thing has come
and gone, and even the very dirt is
churned into mud and the walls and trees
are driven fun OF gravel that the mon
ster scraped up as IL handled it's
monster besom OF devastation. II is one
OF the marvels that nothing can explain
save the presence of a watchful Provi-
dence.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-05-14
PORT RATES DIDN'T
MAKE HIM QUIT

Fuller E. Galloway, who recently re-
signed from the state railroad commits
sion and was succeeded by c. Murphy
Gambler, denies that he resigned. as
newspaper stories had it last Sunday,
to keep from voting against Governor
Smiths recommendation for a reduc-
ton in the port rates on cotton.
He was a visitor in, the offices OF the
commission Wednesday morning.
A representative OF The Journal
asked him directly If the published
statement was true
ing. -s.
country for several days past, and did
not see the story in question till he
reached Atlanta and a friend showed
# to MIN at the Piedmont In paper
he had saved. The friend, said Mr..
galloway, was inclined to resent the
publication, but he himself looked Oh
the matter very good humOredly.
Il believe that if a paper publishes
one thing, it should be consistent" said
Mr. Galloway. When L resigned from
the commission this same Atlanta pa
per in which 1 have just read the Sec
ond story said that IL had been known
for several months around the capitol
that 4 was going to resign.
And now they come out with a
statement that l resigned when the
governors letter about port rates
reached the commission. They should
choose which line they are going to for
low, and stick to IL, and not try to
straddle both views"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-05-14
MORE MONEY FOR
SCHOOL TEACHERS

A second ten per cent advance of the
school fund will be ready for distribution
as soon as the new state treasurer is
appointed and the necessary checks can
be signed.
Governor Smith has notified the state
school department that another ten per
cent would be available, before Treasur-
er Park died. A requisition was being
drawn up for the amount, 500. 600 when
the treasurer's demise sewed the treasury
up for a while.
On April the first advance OF the 1909
state school fund was allowed by the
governor, the money being in the treasury
and conditions calling for its distribution
The state school fund is not properly
available till the close OF the year. but if
IL were retained till then there would be
great hardship worked upon the teachers
who are now serving and who would
therefore be deprived Of their pay for sew.
eral months.
With the ten per cent which will be
distributed soon the treasury re-op-
ems for business. twenty per cent alto
gether. or $4,000. OF the state school fund
will have been advanced since the first
OF the year.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-05-14
A Cyclone Epidemic in the United
States

rha las. week In April was a record
,,-ssl.sr for cyclones, hail and torrential
rains. -. ~
:, extended over the southwest and
.,ourd the northwestern lakes. Chlcaso
can always be depended on for gaze
from Lake Michigan IL there Is any oao
weather perambulating around During
the APRIL preceding the opening OF the
chicago exposition there seemed 10 De
cyclone always prepared TO swoop down
ana 10 twist things about i remember
one cloudy, windy morning, as went
down to exposition grounds notclhs
large crowd Of workmen finishing up
rapidly built hotel outside the falr ehSlO-
sure -,-.. -
torreutial rains during the day. but dld
not leave the woman's building untll p.
M ana then I saw the wreck that had
hapn wrought after passed that way IN
the morning The big hotel was lying on
che ground broken, q mass OF lumoeIi
latheS and plaster. Nothing but the DOT
tom sflis. were apparently IN place n
nigh twisting wind caught the structure
ard utterly demolished IT, / never knew
Who lost the money that the wrecked no
Eel stood for. but when / read on yester-
dav OF the wind that had been playing
high links In Chicago, l was not haro 70
convince concerning the force OF the late
storm. During that same April In 1875
was returning from the fair grounds one
afternoon in a cable car. one OF those mo-
tor systems. where the power is applied
underground. We dashed along as fast as
conditions allowed until a heavy storm
broke on US. and for ten or fifteen min
utes we were deluged with hail. Every
window on the left hand side OF the car
was demolished. and the seat and floor
covered with hail. The cable couldn't
work at all, the grips could not move, be-
cause the hail was packed down SO close
IN and when 1 returned along the same
route next day. every window on the
street which was exposed to the hailstorm
vas beaten of its glass. At least mile
Of the distance was wrecked by the hail
storm wherever the hail had fair play
on the front windows. and there was
dearth OF window glass in that section
that day.
And I was not surprised to hear from
the hailstorm which dashed over
Barlow county on the last day OF this
ApriI. The fruit trees near Emerson were
denuded of their fruit. and wherever the
hail struck a young peach IL dug hole
in 1t. We had only a short crop left, az
ter the frosts were over, and the hail has
cleaned up the trees. Barns and houses
were unroofed, twisted about and blown
down, and for two solid hours, the rain
fell in floods. with continuous lightning
and thunder above US. Up in New York
and Pennsylvania a snOwstorm prevailed
and out in the far west a blizzard or Sc
we're proportions is recorded
PICKLE April played for all it is worth
IN this good year, 1909.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-05-14
To Begin Grading Line to Fairburn

FAIRBURN, Ca, May 1.-THE direc-
tors of the Fairburn and Atlanta Railway
and Electric company yesterday located
starting point for the proposed line, and
the civil engineer will begin at once to
locate the roadbed. AS the contract has
already been let to grade the line, the
graders began moving to their camp to-
day so that they can begin the work OF
grading the railroad at once. -.
1t is the purpose of the directors to
push the road to completion. and if posi-
BILE to have it in operation by fall. And
the people of this section will then enjoy
all the advantages of a suburban railway.
1t will also give those who have BUSH
ness in Atlanta and wish to live in
small town an opportunity to enjoy that
privilege. 1t will open up section or
the country that is already thickly popu-
lated and is coming rapidly to the front,
d give the people better advantages.
Fairburn, the starting point Of the cleo
trio line, is a town of 1,500 inhabitants, is
located on a ridge 10 miles from Atlanta
and on account of its natural drainage
is one of the healthiest towns in the
state and enjoys an advalorem tax rate
of only Zoe on the hundred, and has no
bonded Indebtedness, one of the finest
public schools in the state, also private
high school, also several churches, is the
county seat of Campbell county, and is an
ideal place for those who wish to do bus
mess in the city and live outside to locate.
It is expected that this street car line
will be a paying investment from the
start. The people apparently have conf
dence in it, having put their money in it.
1t is being built by local capital. although
the directors are authorized to issue bonds
If necessary. 1t will do a passenger and
suburban express business.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-05-14
"PROF." WEST WAS
ADJUDGED GUILTY

T. c. NJ. Weaver, alias Prof. Frank
West, alias Frank May. was on Monday
afternoon found guilty by a jury In the
superior ccur., criminal division. Of VIC
timizing Levi Armstrong and others Of
money i'm his capacity as clairvoyant.
Judge Roam sentenced him 10 twelve
months in the gang and six months In
Jail or the payment of a $1,000 fine. II
West pays the fine the Jail sentence will
be RENTED. In any event. he must serve
twelve months on the gang. Two other
cases are pending against him.
Weaver. or West. was charged with hav-
ing victimized Levi Armstrong, an old
man and a night Waterman, out of $500 on
a pretense OF helping him find hidden
treasure, and Mrs. Jessie Halsey out OF
$500 in jewels, and his landlady, Mrs.
Wayne, Of go Washington street, out OF
silver.
Armstrong; treasure-''treasury." he
called twas buried in his back yard, so
Armstrong said West told him. West Of
fered to find it for tenth of the amount.
Armstrong was to put $500 in a chamois
bag. which he was to wear around his
neck. and West was to put like amount
in another bag. which West was to wear.
He followed directions. he said, and
every day or so West would put seals on
the bag. One was red, representing blood,
West said, the other green, representing
the green of the earth. On the final visit
the bags were snapped, West passing
them over and under a table, saying:
What goes over the devils back, passes
back under his belly"
The bag that passed under went to
Armstrong. He took it with instructions
to wear ii twelve days. and to return IN
three days. When he returned, West was
gone. Armstrong broke the mysterious
seals of his bag. and found only strips
of paper.
Armstrong was sure Weaver was the
man.
Look on the right side of his face.
he said. and see If his teeth come to-
gether."
Mrs. Halsey said that West was sat
ished to tell her fortune for the equival4
ent of $500 in jewels. She had only $500,
but he agreed to furnish the rest in ''viT-
gin gold-' She was to consider the propo-
sition and return that afternoon. She
didn't return, so he called on her that
night He told her he had spent about
$50 on seals, chemicals, etc, to tell her
fortune.
She reconsidered, and like Armstrong
was requested to go through the ceremony
OF the two bags, jewels here taking the
place OF money. The table manipulation
was replaced here by a prayer which
the professor chanted behind her back
while he changed the bags. Rather than
interrupt a pious procedure. Mrs. Halsey
said nothing.
When she returned again. West had
skipped She. too, opened her bag. 1t
contained a Pabst beer cap and nothing
more.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-05-14

their lives climbing high mountains were
numbered, 1t would be a tale that would
open ones eyes TO the madness OF the
human race. because 1t is only a WIG
ambition TO go higher than the other fell
low. When he scratches his noth a rev
feet above the last man, what has he got
that will pay for the risk he has taken?
Just so IL is with these daring Arctic ex-
plOrers.
Lieutenant shackleton has gone within
Ill miles OF the Antarctic South Pole, as
he measures the distance. He nearly lost
hts life and may never be well man
any more, but he has cut his notch be-
yond the last mans endeavor and that
was mis- ambition, and 1t is up to the
next man to cut another notch as soon
as he can, and measure a nearer figure
to the pole than the one reported by Lieu
tenant Shackleton.
When 1 read of the perils he and his
comrades encountered by land and sea,
with threatened starvation land they
would have starved II they had not KILLED
their faithful ponies to get food to eat,
and the uselessness Of the sacrifice IL
they had died in the attempt I said to
myself: whats the use?"
When we reach the eternal land and
look into the mysteries of the world
about us. we will wonder still more at
these strenuous endeavors to examine
into the unknown and impossible.
That the Creator saw At to fasten the
earth's axis in a cyclopean mass OF ice Il
evident, but He certainly did not aim for
any OF the human kind 10 go there to
make a living.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-05-14
Exeitement Over doe south Pole

Ever since I could read have been in
terested in hearing about Arctic explorers,
and the fate Of Sir John Franklin inter-
ested me as II il had been rarest fiction.
his fate has never deferred others from
risking life in the same direction. and
there seems TO be a charm in daring
Death amid the eternal SHOWS of either
pole
What the world win gain when both
extremities OF the worlds axis are lOcat-
ed J do not know. but / should think II
was a wild-goOse's chase always and
forever more. OF course, those dense
masses OF ice can never be utilized i'm a
commercial way. and perhaps they were
put there and intended TO hold the ends
OF the earth's axis in an immOvable way.
The craze that people are filled with to
attempt the impossible. beggars descrip-
ton. II an the crazy folks who have lost
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-05-14
INJUSTICE DONE TO
EX-GOV. GAMBLER

In the biographical sketch OF the late
Captain Robert z. Park, published with
the sad news OF the treasurer's death last
week. a mistaken reference was made
that wrought no little injustice to ex-
Governor A. ID. Gambler. 1t was that part
of the sketch which said that the de-
ceased had during his official career won
out in the supreme court in fight with
Governor Gambler and Attorney General
Terrell on his contention that the state
school fund should be kept intact and
could not be used for general purposes.
On account Of the delicacy Of the mat
ter, no correction could be published JUST
after the mistake appeared. Neither
could any of those affected by 1t make
any reply. The mistake was one of
those rare ones that get their start in
some unaccountable manner and find
find their way into print.
The truth of the matter referred to Is
as follows:
There were between $500 900 and 100000
in the treasury, accumulated there from
the sale OF state property. Under the
constitution, of which Ex-Governor Cand-
Ter is the parent, having introduced the
bill in the state legislature calling the
convention which adopted thunder the
constitution, such money could not be
used for any other purpose than the
made out OF it.
There is a statute which provides that
tn estate school fund may borrow from
the general fund, when the condition of
the treasury permits, not exceeding $780,
co., to be paid back when the school fund
is collected at the end OF the year.
State School Commissioner Glenn asked
for a warrant. The treasurer, the late
Captain Park, said that the condition
of the treasury would not permit a loan
from the general fund. School Com
missioner Glenn believed that the sinking
fund could properly lend the money, as
1t would not be used as an appropriation
would use 1t, but would simply be bor-
rowed for a while. The treasurer disa-
greed.
A conference was called by Governor
Gambler in his office, of the attorney gen.
eral, the treasurer, and the state school
commissioner. At that conference 1t was
agreed that the commissioner would make
requisition for the funds he wanted, the
governor would draw the warrant for
that amount, the treasurer would decline
to honor the warrant, the attorney gen.
eral would secure a mandamus in the
name of the governor, and that with that
case the question would be taken to the
supreme court of the state and the court
would be left to interpret the law.
1t was a friendly pre-arranged suit for
the solution OF a difficult point in the law.
Al the issue was just the reverse of
IT, reported in the recent reference
which is now corrected.