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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-25
John Ward, 8 Deck Hand on City
OF Marquette Has Narrow
Escape From Death
CONDITION Is STILL CRITICAL
Members of Grew Fish Man Out of the
Water But His Lungs Were Filed
With Pollution and Pneu-
lnonia is Feared

| John Ward, 40 years of age, employed
as a deck hand on board the steamer
City of Marquette, had narrow es-
cape from death just at noon Sunday
when he fell from the gang plank lead
| ing from the docks to the steamer into
the river and before he was rescued he
was so filed up with the polluted water
Of the river that he is at the Kenosha
| Hospital and it is feared that his con
dition is very serious. Ward had come
in on the boat at midnight Saturday
night, but Sunday morning with a num-
Der of the other employees of the com
pany he had come down town and they
returned to the boat just before dinner
time. Ward was with second engineer
Milton Hansen and fireman John Kel-
ly at the time Of the accident and as
he started to walk from the dock to the
steamer which lay about seven feet
out in the harbor he slipped and fell.
He could not swim and he sank like a
rock and failed to come to the surface.
The men with him saw him paving the
water couple of feet under the sur
face and Hansen went to the rescue.
Laying down on the boat he managed
to reach down with his foot and get it
under the body of Ward and pulled
him to the surface getting his head
out of the water. Other members of
the crew were at their dinner at the
time, but they were hurriedly sum-
moned and in short time the drowning
man was pulled from the water. He
was unconscious, but the men began
work at once to restore him. A physi-
clan was hurriedly summoned and by
the time he arrived the members of
the crew had restored the man to con
seriousness, but he was very sick on ac-
count of the great amount Of the dirty
water which he had taken into his stom-
ach and lungs. Capt. Hill was hurried
ly summoned and when he reached the
boat Ward was conscious, but seemed
to be suffering a great deal from the
effects of the water and as soon as
possible an ambulance was called and
the captain directed him to be removed
to the Kenosha Hospital and every
thing possible done for him. DR.. J. B.
Spalding was in attendance and with
a vigorous use Of stomach pump he
managed to remove much Of the water
from the stomach of the man, but he
discovered that his lungs had been
filled with the water Ward was a
very sick man on Sunday night and it
was feared that he would not recover.
The man lives at McKeesport, Pa,
and had been employed on the boat as
deck hand for some time He was a
steady hard working man Of muscular
/ physique and Capt. Hill declared that
he had always been an excellent work
men. 1t is not thought that he has any
family as he never mentioned these
relatives to other members of the crew.
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SHADES CORNERS

The marriage of W. A. Kohls and
Anna Redlin was solemnized at the
residence Of VIM. Redlin near Bassetts
last Monday by Rev. r. F. F. Wolff.
The young people will go to house
keeping on the old John Dyer's farm
near SHADES Corners.
Frank Schanl visited relatives at
Chicago last week.
Miss Lillian Rosenbauer visited her
friends at Lake Geneva on Washing
toms birthday.
Mrs. Herman Vogel received the sad
news that her mother Mrs Albertina
Trinke, had left for better world.
Miss Meta Rosenhauer spent the lat
ter part of last week with relatives at
Elkhorn and also attended the wedding
of a friend at Tibbetts
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-25
MILWAUKEE'S EX-MAYOR
Sherburn Becker to Lecture at the
Rhode Next Monday

Almost every person knows the story
Of the fall of Pompeii, destroyed by
Vesuvius about 1900 years ago. But
it is not generally known that the loss
of life and property in southern Italy,
by the recent earthquake, causes the
previous disasters to fade into insight
fcance. In his two-hour story of the
italian catastrophe, Sherburn M. Beck
er will tell, at the Rhode Opera House
on Monday, March /, every detail of
the happening, and illustrate his story
with more than 80 colored slides of
the cities before and after their de-
struction. With the colored slides he
shows Is minutes Of motion pictures
showing the work of rescue actually
being carried on among the ruins, and
also motion picture showing the ar
rival, at the Straits of Messina, Of a
section of the American battleship
fleet. DIV
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-25
County Judge Candidates Reach
ing Voters by letters and
Personal Solicitation
NO MORE CANDIDATES LOOMING
Judge Slosson and George w. Taylor
to Fight Out the Campaign for
the Office OF County Judge
Without Interference

The campaign for the election of a
county judge for Kenosha county is
now on IN earnest and Judge R. I'll.
Slosson, who is seeking a reelection
and George w Taylor, the opposition
candidates are making a strong fight
for votes through the county. It is
now evident that the campaign will be
between these two men as other can
didates who had been expected to come
+ into the field have announced that they
will not become candidates and the way
will be left clear for the Judge and the
attorney to fight it out Judge Slos-
son has circulated petitions in all parts
Of the county and has been busy look
ing after his political fences as we'll
as interesting his political friends in
his behalf. Attorney Taylor has sent
his petitions to all the towns and they
have been signed by many voters. He
is planning a most aggressive campaign
for the office and to this end has sent
personal letters to every voter in the
county outside the city announcing his
candidacy. He plans to follow these
letters with others later in the cam
paign and will give the people Of the
county every chance to learn of his
claims for the Office. Requests have
come to this Office for information in
regard to the reading Of the law CON
corning the qualification Of candidates
for the office of county judge and in
order that this may be fully understood
the law is reproduced as follows:
emo person shall be eligible to the
office of county judge who shall not at
the time of his election or appointment
thereto be an attorney of court of
record; provided that the foregoing
provision shall not disqualify any per-
son who held such office on or before
the first day Of July 1907
This law was passed by the legisla-
ture at it's last session and is now in
full force and effect. A careful read
ing of the law will show that neither
of the present candidates for the of
fee are barred by this provision.
The petitions for the nomination of
a county judge must be filed with the
county clerk early in March, but the
names of the candidates will not be
considered at the primary election. AS
both Of the candidates are -parti-
san candidates for the office the idea
of politics will not enter into the con-
test in any way. Both of the candi-
dates, however, are Republicans In
other years the contest for the cleo
tion Of county judge has, in a way,
been made a, party fight for, notwith-
standing the fact that the candidates
met as non-partisan candidates, the
fact that one was a Democrat and the
other a Republican naturally proved a
bias to strong party voters This bias
is removed this year and for that rea-
son the outcome of the campaign is
being watched with more than passing
interest. The present term of Judge
Slosson will expire the first of next
January.
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KENosHA COUNTY COURT
Regular March Term, A. D. 1909
Calendar

Cases will be called as follows on
Tuesday, the End day Of March, at 10
O CLOCK A. M.
/ In the matter of the real estate
and inheritance of Matthias Goergen,
deceased. Petition for judgment Of the
court determining descent.
2 In the matter of the estate of
Jacob Vollmer, deceased Hearing on
final account.
In the matter of the estate of
Emma J. Bissell, deceased. Hearing on
final account.
In the matter Of the estate of
Thomas Gallagher, deceased. Hearing
on petition for order for license to sell
real estate.
In the matter of the estate of
Frank M. Hausner, deceased. Hearing
on final account.
In the matter Of the last will and
testament Of Mary Quigley, deceased.
Probate of will
7 In the matter of the adoption of
a child by Arthur H. French. Hearing
on petition.
In the matter Of the last will and
testament of Samuel Reynolds, deeeas-
ed. Hearing on final account.
9 In the matter of the last will and
testament of Susanna Reiter, deceased.
Hearing on final account.
+ First Claim Day.
10 In the matter of the estate of
Ellen Hunt, deceased
II In the matter of the estate Of
William v Gull, deceased.
y In the matter of the estate of
Edgar Bassett, deceased.
Last Day for Filing Claims Against
the Estate Of
IS Emma catherine Kellogg, de
ceased.
Second Claim Day
IA In the estate of Mary Barrett,
deceased.
Is In the estate of James A. Spence,
deceased.
16 In the estate Of John Lacey, de-
ceased.
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LEAVES ESTATE TO WIDOW
Will of Late w. w. Stevens Filed for
Probate in the County Court

The will Of the late Rev. William W.
Stevens, former pastor of Park avenue
NJ. E. church, was fled for probate
in the county Court this morning. The
will disposes of, an estate valued at
$4,000 and composed entirely of per-
|sonal property. In addition to this
property Mr.. Stevens left life insurance
to the amount of little over $4,000
which is payable directly to the wi
dow. In the will small requests are
made to each of the children of the de-
ceased minister, after which the re-
mainder Of the estate is left to the
widow, Mrs. Kate V. Stevens. Mrs
Stevens is named as executrix of the
will without bond. The will was made
many years ago when Mr.. Stevens was
pastor of the church at Evansville,
Wisconsin.
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PLEASANT PRAIRIE

Come to the NJ E.. church Thursday
and Friday nights to hear and see the
Illustrated Travel Talk to be given by
Elizabeth S. King Maurer.
Archer Hunt Of Chicago, visited his
cousins, Clark and Belle Hunt over
Sunday.
Walter Nelson is home from Iowa
for visit with his parents.
A number of people from here at
tended the Wesley dinner on Monday.
Ed Cooper left for Chetek Saturday
where he will spend a two weeks vaca-
ton visiting his mother whom he has
not seen for more than twenty years
A. r. Whitley was called to Spokane,
Wash, last week on account of the
death of his daughter.
Freight Auditor Healy, made his US
ual visit here during the past week.
One of the wheel mills at the powder
works blew up Sunday evening just as
they were putting it into operation
Powder Foreman j. Steinbach narrow
ly escaped injury. His hat was blown
from his head and his hair slightly
singed
Mrs. Edward Mann is seriously i'll.
Mrs. Rarick came up from Evanston
Sunday evening to be on hand to at
tend the Washington birthday dinner
at Wesley.
Will Barter and Lawrence Hansen
went to Chicago this week to see the
cement show.
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4 OUR
I COUNTRY X
: CORRESPONDENCE.
BRISTOL
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j. D. Conrad spent Friday in Keno
sha.
Mrs. Will Bryant spent part of
last week in Chicago
Miss Olive Sheen Of Paris, spent the
last of the week with her sister Mrs
Ray Shields.
H. b. McYicar and H. B. Gaines at
tended the cement show in Chicago the
last of the week.
Mrs Cornue of Harvard visited at
the home of Mrs. Richtmyer last Fri
day. a..-9qa.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Dixon and
daughter Ruth visited friends in Paris
ON Sunday.
Homer Hollister was in Milwaukee
last Wednesday and Thursday buying
horses.
Mrs. Gaines and daughter Vera spent
Monday at the home Of John Evans in
Salem
The Ladies Aid Society will meet
Thursday afternoon with Mrs Ed Pike.
Sam Knapp spent Tuesday in Chi
cago.
Misses Jessie and Jennie Garland
were shopping in Kenosha last Thurs
day.
Wells Curtis spent last Thursday in
Chicago.
Mrs. John Conrad visited relatives in
Wilmot on Sunday.
Mrs. Darby of Wilmot, spent satur-
day and Sunday at the home of Mrs.
Adams
Miss Nellie Shotliff and niece from
Lexington, Mo-, visited relatives here
part of last week.
Ray Bishop of Kenosha, spent Sun
day at home.
a number from here attended the
chicken-pie dinner at Wesley on Mon
day
Miss Pearl Knapp of Milwaukee,
spent the first of the week at the home
Of Mr. Beernink.
Miss Erma Lane of Kenosha, visited
at the home of DR.. Stevens the first
of the week.
Mrs. W. G. Bacon spent a part of
last week with her daughter Mrs B.
Benson of Genoa Junction.
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WHEATLAND

A sleigh load from here attended the
Old Folks dance given by the M. w.
A. at Wilmot Friday night
Our teacher and pupils had holiday
Monday as it was Washington s birth
day
Miss Grace Barnstable visited at
Wilmot from Friday night until Mon
day night.
Mrs B. H. Leach went to Antioch
Friday.
Mrs VIM. Busch is quite sick with
pleurisy.
Mrs Tbeo Richter who has been very
sick is able to be up again.
MI. and Mrs Hugh Rafferty, spent q
couple of days with relatives in Dover
the past week.
Willie Richter, who is attending
school in Burlington, spent Sunday al
the home of his parents.
John Van Liere, manager of the Fox
River Creamery, has bought the black
smith shop of Geo Armour. He in
tends putting in a blacksmith in the
near future and will run a first class
shop.
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WOODWORTH

9. Fiddler spent a part Of last week
with friends at Lake y lila, Ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Epson and Miss
Ella Epson entertained a number of
their friends at cards Saturday even
ing.
: M. O. Myrick took in the sights at
Madison during the past week
Miss Bessie Kinnicutt of Kenosha.
was an over Sunday guest at Willis
Epson s.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Achen attended
the funeral of Mrs. Milton Hubbard at
Wesley on Saturday.
Lynn Everetts is at home for the
remainder of the winter.
Miss Mary Hubbard formerly of
Pleasant Prairie, is visiting at E. L.
Stonebreaker s.
: Misses Helen and Gertrude eager of
Kenosha, spent the first Of the week
with friends here.
| A surprise was rendered VIM Jones
of South Dakota at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Price Saturday even
/ ing.
/ Rev. DePew and mother have been
entertaining niece from Shaw, Ill.
| Quite number of families from this
vicinity, were represented at the chick
en-pie dinner at Wesley on Washing
IS birthday
Mrs. Emily Gunter, visited Kenosha
relatives couple of days last week.
! Mr. and Mrs. Westlake Of Spring
Grove, ILL.,, are the proud parents of a
baby boy. Mrs. Westlake was former
, ly Miss Edith Price of Paris.
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SALEM

The ice work is completed in Pad
docks Lake.
Mrs. F. J. Smith is visiting her
mother Mrs. Bassett, a few days this
week.
Alva Paddock went to Chicago the
last of the week to have a part of his
finger amputated. We hope for his
speedy recovery.
Mrs. J. A. Foster was in Bristol last
of the week.
The dinner at Mr.. Acker s was not
very largely attended on account of
the bad weather.
A few from here attended the din
ner at Pleasant Prairie Friday.
Mrs A. J. Booth and A. Bailey spent
the last of the week with relatives in
Milwaukee.
Mrs A. Paddock went to Chicago
last of the week to return with Mr..
Paddock who is improving rapidly.
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PARIS

| r. B. Jones Of Racine, spent the lat
ter part of the week with Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Price
! Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Achen and Mr..
and Mrs Herbert Gunter were Milwau-
kee visitors last Wednesday,.
Miss Rosella Stanley Of Brighton,
spent Saturday with her sister Mrs.
! Charles Crane.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Crane enter
tanned the Euchre Club last Saturday
afternoon and evening.
| Mrs. Warren Walker Of Milwaukee.
is visiting relatives here this week.
Jacob. streuli went to Milwaukee
Saturday to buy q team Of horses.
/ Miss Edna Meredith of Union Grove.
visited with her sister Mrs. Charles
Sumpter last Saturday and Sunday.
| Miss Olive Sheen is visiting relatives
and friends in Bristol and Pleasant
Prairie
i Lawrence Witcher Of Bristol, called
on Paris Corners relatives Monday.
Miss Lila Esmond of Union Grove.
/! is spending a week with her sister Mrs.
Inez Crane
| A party was given at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas Price in honor Of
William Jones Of South Dakota, on
Saturday evening. Everybody present
spent very pleasant evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Westlake of Spring
{ Grove, ILL.,, are rejoicing over the birth
of son. Mrs. Westlake was former
" Edith Price of this place.
Mrs Bulls who injured her limb, is
slowly recovering.
Mr.. Matthews Of Neenah, Wis. de-
hvered a very interesting discourse at
Paris Corners church Sunday. c..
Sorenson of Union Grove, and Otto
Dreys of Bristol, were among the wor-
shippers present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Fonk entertained
the Great Six Club Monday afternoon.
Herbert Gunter is quite sick at this
writing.
Mr.. and Mrs Ernest Dixon, Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. Gunter and Mr. and Mrs
Thomas Price, all of Bristol, were
guests in Paris Sunday.
!.
Nm. Sheen, one of our most success
full dairymen, is about to install a new
farm cream separator.
n John Holloway, lately returned from
the Farmers Short Course, tested their
fine herd of Jersey cows for tuberculo-
sis last week. Ia eas ~
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rs HELD FOR TRIAL
Aoescher Held to Answer Charges of
Criminal Assault in Circuit Court

Charles Loescher will answer to
charge of criminal assault at the com
ing March term of the Circuit Court,
as after an all day hearing on Tues
day Justice George B. McCarron held
Loescher for trial on the charges pre-
ferred in the complaint and placed his
bond at $4,000. The defendant made
no effort to secure bond and returned
to Jail. At the hearing the attorneys
for Loescher made a hard fight to show
the court that the evidence would not
warrant holding Loescher on the
charges alleged in the complaint and
insisted that the evidence showed him
guilty only of minor charge, but the
court could not see it that way. It
is said that District Attorney Baker
has made public only a part of his evi-
dence against Loescher and that he will
have sensational evidence to present
when the case is called for trial in the
Circuit Court. The attorneys for the
defendant did not announce what the
defense would be, but from the argu-
ments made it is evident that they seek
to prove an alibi.
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SOMERS

| Wednesday l.. j. NORM and pupils
enjoyed a sleigh ride to District No. l.,
Somers and carried off first honors in
| the geographical and mathematical con
tests and. tied in the spelling test. The
schools met before and out of the SIX
/, contests the pupils of District No. IL.
have carried off three Of them and tied
one. This gives No. II. decisive vic
tory.
The neighboring schools were closed
Washington s birthday
| On Friday evening Feb. &c, Mrs.
Leatha Rush Lehman of Evanston. gave
an evolutionary entertainment at the
Methodist church.
! Guaday morning a. union temperance
meeting was held at the Presbyterian
, church. Next Sunday morning, Feb.
%, another union meeting will be held
, at the Methodist church. Rev. VIM.
Rollins of Milwaukee, will speak on
this most important subject, 'ETemper-
ance. y An invitation is extended to
all to attend, especially to all the
voters.
! Mrs. L. J. Strong visited with friends
IN Milwaukee Thursday and Friday.
Miss Sarah Leet Of Racine, visited
at the home of Mrs. Leet during the
past week.
Miss Della E. Bishop has returned
! home from visit with Mrs. L. l..
Owen at Burlington, Wis.
Miss Learned and pupils of District
No. visited Miss Wervie and pupils
in District No. IL Friday afternoon.
Miss Margaret Bradley is visiting
with her sister Mrs George c. LETT at
Gladstone, Mich.
| Mrs. Naylor of Racine, is visiting
at the home of Hiram Bowers.
/ A. P. Bailey and L. F. Bailey spent
Friday in Milwaukee.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Rasmussen spent
Sunday with friends in Racine.
! Miss Minnie L. Gibbon of Milwau-
kee visited at the home of her mother
over Sunday.
William N. Thompson of Madison
University spent Sunday at home.
Fred Gascoigne is very sick with
! typhoid fever. DR.. Ripley of Kenosha
! is attending.
| B. T. Yule, E. G. Ozanne, Jay W.
Rhodes, James Moran and James Torrey
were chosen from Somers to serve on
the March term of the Kenoshag county
Circuit Court.
| somers Camp R. N. A. 1852 held a
Basket supper at Woodman Hall Mon.
day evening. A large crowd and good
. time is reported.
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Under the auspices of the Woman IS
Club of Kenosha, Mrs. Mable L. Todd,
wife of the professor Of astronomy at
Amherst College, will lecture on "The
Latest News from Mars, on Tuesday
evening Mar. 2, at the Baptist church.
Tickets so cents. Tickets may be OBJ
tanned from any member of the club
or at Perkins Bros, NEEDING s, Hurd IS,
Kradwell s and Robertshaw & Rut-
lodges. If
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TEACHERS EXAMINATION

The spring examination for teachers
for Kenosha county will be held as
follow: at Kenosha Court House
March 8 and 4; at. Silver Lake, March
5 and g.
Come prepared to write with pen and
ink on legal cap paper.
Work begins at clock each morn
ing.
J. j. Kerwin,
Co. Sunt. of Schools
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Any good doctor will tell you that medi-
cine like Ayers Cherry PectoraI cannot
do its best work if the bowels are con-
stipated. Ask your doctor if he knows
anything better than Ayers Pills for cor
recting this sluggishness Of the liver.
Made by the J. c. Aver Co.. Lowell, Mass.--
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Arthur Theelen spent Sunday with
John Spar in Chicago.
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BARGAIN COLUMN.

UARM TO RENT CASH-l25 16O or 20
H acres on Mound Prairie, mile from T wiz
Lake X, r. station extra buildings; can
stachiou SIS cattle; land in fine condition. Rey-
nolds on farm. j. s. Reynolds, Richmond,
Illinois. w If
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EOR SALE OR Observation-Disclosures farm,
Il all good land; also fine IS acres with stock
and ools and good buildings and soil. Enquire
Fred Swautz, Union Grove, Wis. #dw-f26
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EOR SALE OR RENT--A farm of $40 acres
4 on the State Line road in the town of Bris
toll, miles from Russell station; will rent
either for cash or on shares; will sell tenant
STOCK and implements Address J Il. Rogan.
Bristol, Wis. *dW-f25
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j. D. Conrad spent Friday in Keno
sha.
Mrs. Will Bryant spent part of
last week in Chicago. d IS
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TOR SALE OR RENT-A farm of 1T acres
a. known as The Mary E Howard farm at
Pikevlle Corners, For the right man will give
very liberal terms Apply TO John e. Perkins
OF Ker osha or John a Thain of Millburn, I1i-
nols. dw-n1
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1909-12-02
An Antl-Ant BUILDING.

Reinforced concrete is the material
which will be used almost exclusively
In the construction of the new gov
eminent buildings to be erected by the
United States at San Juan, Porto Rico,
for use as a postofice, courthouse and
custom house. Wood is to be prac.
tically excluded from the structure.
the only place about the building
where wood will be employed will be
in the window sashes on one side OF
the ediice. The interior doors will be
rattan. The reason why wood is being
avoided by the government in this
case is because there is a small ant
indigenous to the island Of Porto Rico
which eats its way up through wooden
chairs, doors and desks and makes
them spongy on the inside.-Cement
Age.