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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-08
HEARING LAID OVER
Judge BeIdsn To Hear Opening
Gun in Electric Light Fight
on Next Friday
MUST GO TO SUPREME COURT

Judge E. B. Belden came to Kenosha
this morning to take up the fight be-
tween the Kenosha Gas and Electric
Company and the Kenosha Railway
Company over the lighting privileges
in Kenosha, but the defendant in the
action had not filed his answer in the
case as yet and the hearing was laid
over until next Friday. Both parties
to the action are urging an early hear
ing of the case and it is stated that
neither the state, which is named as the
the plaintlH, nor the defendent railway
company will seek to have any evil
dence presented in the case. Quarles,
Spence and Quarles, the well known
Milwaukee law firm, have been retained
to look after the interests of the rail
way company and Attorney Spence has
notified Judge Belden that the answer
in the case VIII be served in time to
have the case heard on next Friday.
Both of the companies are anxious
to get the case into the Supreme Court
in order that it may be placed on the
August calendar and it is certain that
regardless to the opinion given by
Judge Belden in the lower court the
case will go to the higher tribunal.
Judge Belden has already taken up a
careful study of the law in the case
and Notwithstanding the fact that it
lis given out in advance that his deci-
sion will not be final it is looked for
ward to with interest. The fact that
the case calls into question the public
utility law of the state makes it a
matter of interest to all cities of the
state and it is understood that the best
attorneys in Wisconsin are being con-
suited by the litigants in order that
the case may be presented to the Su-
preme Court in such manner that
the decision will be one of great value.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-08
CANNOT FIND ORDST NEW Probe RULE YC0ANES MYCM CONVENTIONAL ANNUAL BANQUET
Republicans Of State May Have
Preliminary Meeting To Select
Candidates Next Year
TO BE BITTERLY OPPOSED

Will Republicans of Wisconsin fol-
low the example of the Democrats and
hold a state nominating convention in
1900
a movement has been suggested, the
purpose of which would be to ask State
Chairman Edmonds to call conven-
ton, if there seemed to be a wide
spread wish for it in the party through
out the state.
1t is being urged as a result of the
Reputation of the senatorial primary
by its professed friends, by Republi-
cans who say that there is no longer
any surety that primary nominations
will not be repudiated in the future,
the example having now been set and
some way should be found to avoid
such contests. They say that under
the primary law, which has put can
didates to such large expense, when
ever the nomination was sharply con-
tested as now conducted, it is not right
that there should be a subsequent large
expense for election and. such a con-
test as was preeipitated ON the sena-
torship. They argue that an effort
should be made in some way SO to con-
solidate party sentiment on state can
didates for nominations as to insure
their support at the following election,
when nominations have been made in
the primary.
Those who favor a nominating con-
vention argue that if candidates for
the various offices, from United States
senator down, are selected by dele
gates regularly chosen, the danger of
subsequent reputation willTat least
be lessened. This because the choice
Of delegates from every district in the
Estate will be likely to reflect the opin-
ions of the people at large, and there
fore will discourage contests if these
nominations are confirmed by the vot-
ers In the primaries.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-08

Although the rumor that the North
western Insurance company is about to
remove from the state has been denied
at the headquarters of the company the
question of the expediency of such
move must have been given very seri-
GUS consideration by the officers and
directors of the company in the past
year and in justice to the policy hold
ers and for their best interests the
company may yet be forced to follow
the lead of many other insurance COM
panies and get out of Wisconsin.
SHOULD it be proven that the taxes
levied on the company in Wisconsin
are higher than those which it would
be forced to pay elsewhere and that
| the conditions under which the com
pany is forced to do business under
| the laws OF this state are more burden
some than those under which rival
companies operate in other states the
| officials would have little excuse for re-
naming in Wisconsin and there would
be little or no opposition from the
policy holders of the company to a
proposal to remove for it would have
to be admitted by every one of them
that the company should be in posi-
ton to do business on equal terms
with its competitors. The people of
Wisconsin have been proud Of the
growth and development of this great
company and the Wisconsin policy
holders in particular would be sorry
to see the company leave the state,
but sentiment cuts little figure in bust
ness and whatever hurt to their state
pride these policy holders might suffer
by the removal of the company from
Wisconsin would be more than com
pensated for by an annual statement
showing an increase in earnings on
their policies.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-08
HAS GIFT OF TONGUES
Zion City Man Claims to Have Receiv-
ed Many Gifts From on High

WA @@NAAJ AA@Vo 4Uul VA 11l5A
George Nixon, of Zion City, a resi-
dent of ELAN avenue back of the Zion
Hospice, and formerly one of the best
known residents of the town of Bristol
in this county, is the champion posses
or of inspired "gifts'' and has the
"gift of tongues" so faded that Zion
City laughs at the people who are
merely inspired to talk foreign
languages without having learned
them, after hearing and seeing Nixon.
Up to date Nixon has had the three
inspired gifts" of lace making, en-
broidery and oil painting.
Now he has come on with the start
ling assertion that he has the "gitt
of music" from on high.
Late passers by of nights, assert
that the Nixon home is fairly burst
ing with melody and that the strange
rehgeuse sits at his piano, in his lit
tic parlo1, and translates the music of
the spheres into bits of melody, for
human comprehension. He says so,
too.
Nixon's home is filed with painting,
lace work and embroidery of his own
composition and the man is serious in
asserting that he gets his gifts as he
calls them, from on high.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-08
ContestsOVer the Will of the Late
VIM. Brook Brings Out Inter
esting Facts In Case
Will DESTROYED BY BAILEY
Late Pioneer Resident Of Salem is ADJ
fiitted to Have Destroyed Will
on Written Order Of
the Testator

Fhe County Court gave over nearly
the entire day on Thursday to the
consideration of the big contest that
is being made against the admission to
probate of what is purported to be
copyeof will made by the late Will
liam Brook of the town Of Brighton.
The case has been before the court for
more than six months and there is in
tense interest taken in it among the
people in the western part of the
county. The hearing of the evidence
was completed late Thursday after
noon and Judge Slosson took the mat
ter under advisement.
The will in question is alleged to
have been destroyed by the late Alex
ander Bailey of Salem. It was drawn
by James Cavanagh Of this city and
by the terms of the will the property
of Brook which was considerable, was
placed in trust for the benefit of his
sister, Mrs. Sarah Martin, with the pro-
vision that after the death of the
sister, it was to be distributed among
her children. Brook died early In
June OF last year and just before his
death his brother, James Brook, came
to Kenosha and secured the will from
the attorney and took it to Salem
where it is admitted that it was de-
stroyed by the late Alexander Bailey.
While the evidence was being taken
ON Thursday the fact was brought out
that the will was destroyed by Mr..
Bailey on a written order given to him
by William Brook, but while it was
admitted that the order was preserved
it was not produced in court and it was
stated that it had not been found in
any of the papers of Mr.. Bailey. At
torney Cavanagh testified that the con-
tents of the will were about the same
as the contents Of the alleged copy of
the will proposed for probate.
One of the most interesting witnesses
in the hearing was DR.. Fletcher of Sa-
lem who had attended the deceased in
his last illness. He told about Brook
being nervous over business matters
and of the making of a deed a short
time before his death which seemed to
relieve him, This deed disposed of the
property to heirs other than those
name in the will proposed for probate
The validity Of this deed is not at.
tackled by the opponents of the will
but it is held by the opposition to the
will as strong corroborative evidence to
their claim that Brook had intended
to have the will destroyed and that he
had notified Mr.. Bailey in writing to
make this disposition of the will after
it was brought to him by James Brook
The opposition to the will made no eff
fort to disprove the fact that the will
was destroyed after the death of Viii
liam Brook.
1t is probable that a decision in the
case will be handed down within the
next thirty days.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-08
KNIGHTS IN RACINE
Kenosha Night Celebrated by IA.
cine and kenosha Councils
of Knights of Columbus
PROMINENT MEMBERS SPEAK

Last night was banner night for
the Knights of Columbus of Racine
and Kenosha when one hundred mem
bers Of the local council went to Ra
cine on special car to take part in
a celebration called "Kenosha Night. -
They were met by two hundred and
fifty members of the Racine council
ana after a reception Of an hour the
meeting was called to order by George
Miller, Grand Knight of Racine council,
who welcomed the Kenosha knights
ana turned the keys Of the town over
to Walter Burke, Grand Knight of
Kenosha council, who presided for the
remainder of the evening
The Kenosha Knights then proceed
ed to entertain the Racine Knights
with a short program consisting of
songs by a quartette composed of
Messrs. Brine, Zeyen, Jacobs and Ham
mond, solos by John Berns and numer-
GUS other little acts by various mem
bers Of the order. At the conclusion
Of the program clay pipe smoking
contest took place under the direction
of George Gibbs, lecturer Of Kenosha
council, in which Racine succeeded in
winning the first two prizes.
After this the members of both coun-
ellis adjourned to the adjoining hall
where an elaborate banquet was served
at the conclusion of which speeches
were made by different members of
the councils, among the speakers being
George Miller, Grand Knight of Ra-
cine council; Walter Burke, Grand
Knight of Kenosha council; J. W.
Leighty, Deputy Grand Knight of Ra-
cine; John H. Brine, Deputy Grand
Knight of Kenosha; Revs. Weller,
Pierce and Beaver and Messrs. Murphy,
Powers, McInerery of Racine and Rev.
George E. Gormley and Messrs L. E.
Kaltenbach, Past Grand Knight, NJ. P.
Schmitz, George Gibbs and A. c. Lip
pert of Kenosha
The evening was one of the most
enjoyable ever spent by the two coun-
ellis and all voted the Racine Knights
capital entertainers.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-08

A very pleasant surprise party was
given at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Mel
sen on Durkee avenue Thursday even
ing when members and friends of the
Norwegian Danish M. E. church gave
the party in honor of the oTganist Of
the church, Miss Lena Nielsen. Miss
Nielsen was presented with hand
some gift during the evening as an ex-
preston of the high esteem in which
she is held by the members OF the
church The evening was very pleas
antly spent with games, music and
other amusements after which delight
full refreshments were served.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-08
WED AT sEAoNvILLE
Leonard K. Fairfield is Married to Miss
Blanche Peoples on Thursday

Leonard K. Fairfield of Kenosha and
Miss Blanche Peoples, were married
Thursday, June both, at the home of
the brides mother at sextonVille, Wis.
The bride was attended by her sister,
Miss Mabel Peoples. Edward R. Parke
cousin Of the bride, acted as best
man. Little Myrtle Stevens, niece of
the bride, was ring bearer, and Miss
Jennie DeVoe played the wedding
march After an informal reception
the bride and groom le1t for a short
wedding trip. They will be at home
to their friends after August first in
Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-08

The Board of Education met in
special session on Thursday evening
and LET formal contract for the plumb
ing in the new Columbus school to
Kaelber and Kraft. Their bid was a
little over $1,000 and the lowest pre-
sented.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-08

The Racine County Board has set
down on the plan for the building of
a new court house in that county and
the people who have been unable to
find room to carry on the business of
the county will have to wait another
year at least.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-08

The members of the Kenosha Country
Club are getting ready to send, big
delegation to the state tourney to be
held in Milwaukee in August and it is
expected that the championship will re-
main in Ksassha for another year at
least.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-08
rs GRANTED A DIVORCE

Judge Belden Sewers Marriage Bonds
of MIR. and Mrs. Fred Sharpe
In the Circuit Court Friday Morning
Judge Z. B. Belden granted a divorce
in the suit of Mrs. Elizabeth Sharpe
against Fred Sharpe. Mrs. Sharpe
is daughter of Mrs Anna Regh The
grounds for separation we're failure to
provide and the decree was granted by
default. The defendant did not ap-
pear in court nor was he represented
by an attorney. BY the terms of the
judgment Mrs. Sharpe 10 given the
custody ofsthe one child of the union.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-08

We meekly bear our burdens with
the rest. 1t is no distinction now to
have received visit from the burg
lars. Too many people are in the same
boat.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-08
College of Commerce Graduates
Hold Annual Commencement
Exercises Thursday
LARGE CLASS is GRADUATED
Interesting Addresses are Delivered by
Members of the Glass and
Prominent People Of
the City

the City
A company which filed the Guild
Hall banquet room to overlooking
gathered to do honor to the graduating
class of the College of Commerce Thurs
| day evening. This institution is to
be congratulated on having so large
and so loyal an alumni family circle,
and so many in the city at large so
interested in its progress and welfare.
The past year the attendance at the
school has been one hundred and forty,
and the senior or graduating class num-
bered forty. E. c. Theirs, who gave
| tkc address Of the evening, speaking
out of his experience in business way
with the graduates of this commercial
school, paid strong tribute to the first
class work 1t is doing.
| The exercises last evening attending
the sixteenth annual graduation were
very enjoyable George Gibbs, an
Ialumnus, acted as POSTMASTER and filled
the position well. Prof. Trenary, Guy
Trenary, president of the class, Miss
Mabel Corson, Walter Burke, respond
ed to toasts, and Miss Bessie Dixon
presented the prophecy. Solos were
given by Miss Josephine Darrin and
| William Anderson. Stemm's orches-
| ira furnished the instrumental music.
The banquet was exceptionally good,
well prepared and prettily served.
Prof. Trenary announced as he rose
to present the diplomas to the class of
1909, that several changes would be
made in the teaching force of the
school for the year beginning Septem-
Der first. He stated that not only the
school, but the city, is to be congratu-
lateu in the coming of Prof. HI. M.
Haeney to be at the head of the Ke-
nosha school. Mr.. Uaeney is one of
| the foremost educators, and one of the
strongest school men Of this section of
the country. w. j. Clark, another sue
cessful teacher, is to take Miss Yer
rams place. Prof. Trenary remarked
that q long cherished plan of his would
be realized speedily in the appearance
Of school paper which he felt sure
would win success for itself from the
start.
! The College of Commerce is to be
congratulated On the bright outlook it
has today.
The list Of graduates follows:
English
Sara jeanette McKennas
| Mae Lillian Rickert.
Nettie Frances Hartnell.
| Bessie B. Dixon.
Ella L. NORM.
Hazel Harriet Hartnell.
Shorthand
Elizabeth M. Meyer
| Anna O. Carlson.
| Mabel T. Corson.
| Carrie E. EiirchoW.
Leah r. Zimdars.
Margaret M. Dickhaut.
John M. Gehring.
Eugene G. Saftig.
! Frieda A. Kraft.
Daisy M. Balm.
Hazel M. Berens.
Frances M O'Conors
Hurley Reed.
Fay Rasmussen.
Guy E. Trenary.
Geneyieve Skidd.
Esther Tully.
Mary Madison.
Helen G. Ball.
Sadie Sydne White.
Grace Evans.
Commercial Course
George F. eraser.
Emmett O'Hare.
Frank G. Brudy.
/ Wendelin n Fonk.
George q. Smith
Mamie L. O'Hare.
James L. Cunningham
Ross Snifin.
Peter Pfarr.
Gilbert g. Petzke.
Theo. H. Tennessens
Raymond Tacki.
G. w. Anderson.
Claire Dixon.
Chas. Leidke.
WE'D AT sEAONVILLE
Leonard K. Fairfield is Married to Miss
Blanche Peoples on Thursday
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-08

George Wilson Of Oshkosh is spend
ing few days with relatives in Ke-
nosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-08

The Elks had pleasant social ses-
sion at their club rooms on Thursday
Ievening.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-07-08
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-03
Chanqed His Name.

1t was very small circus to begin
with, and it had suffered persistent
hard luck. After weeks rain, and
the death of most of the menagerie,
the returns fell off so alarmingly that
tie salaries of the artists We're not
Forthcoming. When the patience of the
performers was wellnigh exhausted. the
circus strong man, Zero, was selected
as spokesman, and a protest made to
the management. He was told that
everything would be adjusted at the
end of the week.
The savings of the artists" were
running very low, but they consented
to wait and work. At the end of tie
week they were asked to wait for an
otter week, and then for still another
week.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-03
HOW WIND PRODUCES WAVES.
Its Action Upon Desert Sand and
Prairie Snow.

There arc wind waves in water, sand
and snow. The great sea waves arc
produced at that part of a cyclone
where the direction of the wind coin
citles with the direction of advance OF
the depression. Along this line of ad-
vance the waves in their progress are
accompanied by a strong wind blowing
across their ridges as long as the at
mosphcric depression is maintained
So the waves are developed until they
become steep. The average height in
feet is about half the velocity of the
wind in miles.
wind of So miles an hour gives
waves of an average height of rs feet
although individual waves will attain a
height of 40 feet. The prevailing wind
IL all longitudcs is westerly, SC
wherever a westerly wind springs w
it finds a long westerly swell, the eff
feet of a previous wind. still running,
and the principal effect of the newly
born wind is to increase the steepness
of the already running long swell SO
as to form majestic storm waves. which
sometimes attain a length of 1000 feet
from crest to crest. The longest swells
due to wind are almost invisible dur
ing storms. for they are masked by
the shorter and sleeper waves, but they
emerge into view after beyond The
storm
The action of the wind to drift dry
sand in a procession of waves is seer
in the deserts. AS the sand waves
cannot travel by gravitaton theil
movements are entirely controlled by
the wind and they are therefore much
simpler and more regular in form and
movement than ocean waves In their
greatest heights of several hundred
feet the former become mere complex
owing to the partial consolidation of
tho lower layers of sand pressure, but
they still have the characteristic wave
features.
In the Winnipeg prairies of Canada
freshly fallen snow is drifted by wind
in a procession of regular waves pro-
crossing with a visible and ghuStlke
motion. They are similar to desert
sand waves. but less than half as steep,
the wave length being so times as
great as the height. The fairness of
the wind formed snow waves affords
valuable indication of the great dis
tance to which hills shelter from the
Tribune.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-03
Love and Lynching in Turkey.

Although the lynching of Fehm
Pasha Ohe sultan's half brotheD some
time ago caused immense satisfaction to
the Young Turkey party on account of
| his notorious conduct, he was by no
Imeans an exception; there are more
pashas at present of the same low calibel
OF morality.
Il l remember the date Alright it was
| during the summer months of 1885 when
the steward of Robert College was assasi-
mated. Robert College. an American in
stitution. is the premier establishment OF
it's kind in Constantinople, and stands or
the heights of Rubeli- Hissar, on the Bos-
phorus. This steward, an Armenian, had
two daughters, one of whom was of sur
prsng beauty. The son of a pasha living
in the immediate vicinity of the college
be gan TO pay attention to this girl. but
all his overtures were rejected. The con-
sequence was that her father was so
much harassed and threatened that he
conceived the idea of sending his daugh-
ter to America. This was done in such
an able manner that the pashazade q. e.,
son of pasha), in spite of his spies, did
not learn of her departure until it was
too late. Then he swore vengeance
against the girls father. and one. fine
morning the poor stewards body. horri-
bly, mutilated was found about half a
mile from the main entrance to the col
lese. The police were informed and ar
rived in surprisingly good time. They
surrounded the college, and after idling
about for three or four hours went back
to the barracks. Naturally the murder
Ter was not discovered. although every
be dy knew the hand that had inspired the
crime but no one would venture to men
ton the exalted name. so in time the
whole terrible affair was committed to
oblivion-Wide World Magazine.