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Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-04-22

hearing by the constitutional amend.
ment committee of the House OF pro-
tests to the proposed constitutional
amendment providing for Statewide
prohibition on Thursday. Business
men from Jacksonville. Tampa. Pensa-
cola and other cities Of the State are
here to enter protests against cOnsti-
tutiOnal amendment for such a pur.
pose.
At the afternoon session the fol.
lowing resolution was introduced:
House Resolution No. So, by ROber.
son OF Suwannee-That the committee
on legislative expenses be instructed
TO prepare a measure providing that
compensation for members and at
taches Of the House be not more than
s. per day.
Mr.. Miller Of Lake thought the reso-
luton out Of order in that Il should
be a joint resolution.
Mr.. Robertson made a strong argu-
ment in favor OF the resolution. In
which he cited the fact that the mem
bers OF the legislatures OF a number
Of States received much less, and that
the members OF the British parlia-
ment served without pay. -
Mr. Davis of Madison believed that
the members, whether they came from
the farm. the law Office or the mer-
camille establishment. lost money BY
attending the legislatures. Il am in
favor Of economy. gentlemen. but
am not in favor Of false economy.
contend that So per day IL small
enough for any man Co come here and
give up his business I'm order TO do
so"
Mr.. Dupont OF ST. Johns said: The
people OF the State would not kick n
we received $40 per day. provided We
did something. but 90 devote our time
and energies to such frivolous matters
as We have so far today. we are not
entitled 90 a cents compensation"
This resolution was lost
Mr. Hatcher Of Columbia offered a
resolution that II there were any mem
bers present who thought So per day
too much compensation. that such
be- urged 20 go to their
homes and talk economy 10 their con-
.titucnCy
This resolution was ruled out OF
order
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-04-22
Popular Young Actor Is
Slain By Jealous Woman

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. April Ell
Following closely on the heels of an
announcement of the approaching
marriage OF Earl p. Adams. a popu-
l.r actor and stage director of the
abel Paige Company, now playing in
this city. 90 Miss Elizabeth Ragley.
Hiss Jessie Brown, a weil-knOvn
gGmg woman 10 whom Adams had
Teen previously engaged. shot and
l.lled him yesterday afternoon, when.
it Is alleged. Adams went % explain
q her the approaching marriage 90
lIss Bagley Adams Wa, shot scy.
cral times by Miss Brown and De- died
almost Instantly
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-04-22
HOUSE MEMBERS MAKE
PLEA FOR ECONOMY
Some Even Willing to Suffer Cut in Compensation.
Great Interest in Prohibition Bill.

TALLAHASSEE April 21.-Superin-
duced by a resolution offered by Rep.
resentative Light OF Marion county.
providing for a reduction OF commit.
tee clerkships to five in number. the
introduction Of a volume OF subse-
quent resolutions containing prOvi.
sions for economy OF legislative ex-
penses metamOrphosed yesterdays
session OF the lower branch of the
Florida Legislature into something OF
burlesque. which had It's inception
shortly after the House had been
called TO order and continuing
throughout the morning session. being
renewed at the afternoon session.
The proceedings OF this character
were not stopped until resolutions pro-
yiding for an adjournment Of the
House sine die and a resolution pro-
viding for the abolishing OF the Legis-
lature had been introduced. The large
chamber was well filled with visitors.
Il contrasted very unfavorably with
the impressive and dignifed duties of
nominating a United States Senator.
However the House got down 20 ac-
tual work az $3.50 y. m. and some good
results were obtained. A number of
new hills and resolutions were intro
duced. while several bills were ad-
vanced on the calendar and others
pSs sed.
Mileage for Members,
OF special interest was the adop.
tion OF a resolution by Mr.. Clarke Of
jefferson and a substitute by Mr. Al
eNander Of Volusia as follows:
Whereas. the railroad fare in the
state Of Florida is , cents per mile.
therefore be- IL resolved. That the
u...- .s.s C. 80, House OF Represents
ives hall Dee raid The sum Of cents
per mile for every mile actually travel.
ID 'a coming .o AID returning home
after the adjournment Of the session
of 1909 and that thr members 90 tine
House Of Representatives shall BE-
Maid the amount actually expended for
railroad fare Ia coming 90 and return
ing from the Legislature OF 1909
The report Of the joint commission
appointed by the Legislature 81 1907
10 investigate the affairs Of the Trus-
tees Of the Internal Improvement
Board Is made a special order for II
o'clock this morning The report Is
highly interesting The House will
rccciv" the report and order copies
NJ the same printed
Much interest center. ou the public /
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-04-22

Miss Brown was arrested and placed
in the county Jail
One peculiar feature OF the case
Is that Miss Brown Is a sister Of Miss
Ma H.o"U WHO was k.l'o1 here To-
1905 by her lover who al the same
time shot her mother Mr. Freeman
ana Detective Cahoon
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-04-22

ST. Petersburg has Decided through
Fol council t'nf 90 doesn't need re-
vision oft ir. charter thus saving the
Legislator. that much work 600 the
present ... ....
The Tampa Yacht club i- Co bond
fur 100000 fu build better home
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-04-22

body partially In the vehicle. The
unfortunate woman was released
and taken into the house OF Dr. Was.
near which place she was passing
when the accident occurred She died
about $3.50 O'Clock.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-04-22

Mir Adams Ua- With the Mabel
Paige Company when they appeared
AZ Oh, New Baird Theatre in this city
several months ago. and made numcr-
Gus friends here who will regret %
learn of his death.
Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1909-04-22

Keep your eye on the want ads
There may be something advertised
which h Of interest % you.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26

The passage of the tariff bill and
the corporation tax amendment will
usher in a period of a decade or more
in which the problem of Increasing
taxation viii be one of the paramount
matters before Congress. No matter
how strenuous or thorough. !, Ding may
be the efforts toward retrenchment and
economy in national expenditures, the
coming years are bound to see an
enormous Increase IN the annual bud
gets for legitimate purposes. to which
the government is already pledged,
and for other federal activities which
IN al probability will be adopted. A
return to the old conditions is an i'm
possibility. The $5,0oo0oo,oo0 Con-
gress is Only around the corner if gov
ernmcnt expenditures keep proportion
ate pace with the nation IS growth. The
balancing Of the budget will soon be-
come an acute problem in American
administration, as it is now in the
government Of all European powers
Washington Post.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26
HAD CLOSE CALL
A. Wilhelm, Switchnan Caught Be-
tween Automobile and all Engine

A. Wilhelm, d switchman, Fl years
of age and in the employ Of the North
western Railway Company, had a mar
row escape from death in a collision be-
tween an automobile and an engine at
the Rowland avenue crossing of the
western division Wilhelm was rid
ing on the front step of the engine
and Herbert Crook, Jr., was running
the automobile. He evidently did not
think that the engine was So close and
attempted to cross the track and could
not stop his car. He made a run for
it but, the engine caught the automobile
and pushed it to the side of the track
breaking off the four wheels and badly
damaging it. Wilhelm was caught be-
tween the engine and the automobile
and it was at first thought U.at be was
crushed, but when he was taken to
the hospital it was found that his main
injury was fracture of his left ankle.
He is resting easy today, but he will
be laid up for some time. Young
Crook escaped uninjured.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26

Every tax payer in the city should
make study Of the report of the city
water company which was distributed
by the water commissioners Saturday.
The commissioners have every reason
to be proud Of the report for it is the
best showing ever made by any plant
in the world under municipal owner.
ship. The balance sheet Of the com
pany is the best evidence that all its
affairs have been we'll managed since
the plant was turned over to the city
and that the system under which it is
managed is the best that could be de-
vised 1t will not be many years now,
provided of course that there is no
change iii the present method Of operat
ing the plant for the benefit Of the
people, before all the indebtedness of
the company will be wiped out and the
charges for service can be reduced to
point where the people of Kenosha
will get their water supply at lower
price than in any other city in the
country or if it is decided to keep
the water rates on par with those of
other cities the taxes can be materially
reduced by turning the earnings of the
company into the city treasury. In
examining the report it should be borne
in mind that the company has saved
the city thousands of dollars by supply
ing free water to the schools and pub
lie buildings. The plant pumps en- inn
mense volume of water for these
buildings of which no account has been
kept, but which would all have had to
be paid for had the plant been under
private ownership. 1t is stated that
an account of the water furni she'd free
will have to be kept in the future
under ruling of the State Railroad
Commission so that the next report of
the company should make even bet
ter showing than the one Just issued.
The company is earning eiore on it's
investment than any concern in the
city and the people are getting the
benefits and they should see to it that
the company is not interfered with in
Amy way by anybody Within the past
year there have been attempts made to
change the system of operating this
business and doubtless there will be
others, but so long as the company can
show such big earnings aud moreover
show that they are being properly ex
pended TO rthe benefit of the city as a
whole it should be let alone.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26

to five architects in whom they have
confidence instead of having an open
competition in which case they would
undoubtedly have dozen or more
plans to examine and with only five
plans to choose from the committee
should be able to make a selection in
"a short time and submit its report to
the Council fol-. a fpal decision. In
the selection of the plans it is to be
hoped that the committee will adhere
strictly to its. determination not to con-
slider the plans for any building the
cost Of which runs over the estimate
of $4,000 made by the Common Coun-
Gil and that the Council will be able
to arrive at decision in regard to the
plans for the hall without any of the
unseemly wrangling, charges and
counter charges which marked the eff
forts of the School Board to select a
plan for the new school building. The
committee has chosen its own archi-
tects and it should see to it that every
one OF them has an equal chance and
that merit alone governs the selection
of the plan finally decided upon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26
ALEXANDER DICKINSON DEAD
Well Known Employee of the Simmons
Factory Dies at Bristol Sunday

Alexander Griffin Dickinson, for
many years an employee of the Sim
mons Manufacturing Company and a
man widely known in the city, died on
Sunday morning in the town Of Bristol
after a long illness from tuberculosis.
The deceased was SO years of age and
had spent most of his life in Kenosha.
Several months ago he was forced by
i'll health to give up his work in Keno
sha and he went to Bristol with his
wife, the sole surviving member of the
family, to make his home, hoping that
the climate of the country would prove
beneficial to his health. Mr.. Dickin-
son was son of the |; tie Mecca Dick
inson Of Racine and was born in that
city on Jan. 4, 1850. He was a second
cousin to Henry Clay, the great Ameri-
can statesman. He came to Kenosha
when a young man and for years re-
sided on Grand avenue. The funeral
were held from the Bristol home of
the deceased at one O'Clock Tuesday
afternoon and interment will be at the
family plat at the Paris Corners GENE
terry.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26
President Will Pass Through
Kenosha on September II
But Will Not Be Visible
COMING ON NEWSPAPER TRAIN

President William IT, Taft will be in
Kenosha on the morning of September
18th, but he will be visible only to the
real night owls. Letters from Wash
ington state that the president has
made up the route for his western trip
which is to take MIN to Milwaukee
on that date, but the route is SO ar
ranged that it will be impossible for
Kenosha to see anything of the presi-
dent and the chief executive will have
to forego all of his beauty sleep if he
even peeks out Of the window at Ke-
nosha as the special car which bears
the president and his party will be
made up with what is known as "the
newspaper train" and the train
reaches Kenosha ia the cold grey dawn
of the early morning. Of course the
Kenosha night Owls who make it a
practice to take this train out of Chi
cago may get glimpse of the presi-
dent on their way home, but 1T is GER
tain that under the present arrange
ment the president will not leave the
car at Kenosha.
Letters have been sent to the secre-
tary of the president asking that he
revise the route so as to make it pos
sible for him to look out on the Keno
sha people, but it is not thought that
there Will be any change made.
The president will be the guest of
the people of Milwaukee Oh that day
and it is expected that many Kenosha
people will go to Milwaukee as the
guests of the Milwaukee committee in
charge of the entertainment of rhe ma
ton IS head executive. The president s
western trip will be J. decidedly short
one as his duties in Washington will
permit him to be away from the ma
tional capitol but few days.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26


AS a general rule the increase In
the amount of property on the assess
ment rolls should keep pace with the
increase in the ordinary running ex-
penses Of city, but that is not the
case in this city by a good deal. 1t
is understood that the report of the
auditor who recently went over the ac.
counts of the city is To be published in
pamphlet form and distributed to the
tax payers and it is to be hoped that
every one of them will examine the
items carefully and make an earnest
endeayor to ascertain where his money
went to- The receipts and expendi-
lures of the city during the year COW
cred by the report will probably not
be arranged so that the information
wanted can be obtained at glance
but the tax payer can get some idea
of the way the city transacts its bust
ness by studying the pamphlet care
fully and any one with fair knowl-
edge of bookkeeping can draw up a
fairly accurate balance sheet for him
self.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26

Every alderman in the city has been
given ample notice to see to it that
all the walks in his ward that should
be rebuilt have been included in the
new sidewalk ordinance which the
Council has just passed and unless
some of them have been remiss in
their duty there will be no necessity
for another ordinance of the kind for
some time. This is a very important
matter and should have been attended
to by all the aldermen. Most of the
alderman stood up manfully against the
kicks Of the property owners in their
wards who were forced by the first
ordinance to invest in new walks and
1T would be a pity to spoil a good
record by making exceptions to favored
individuals in this new ordinance.
When the aldermen attend to business
and treat all property owners alike in
manner of this kind none of the
property owners who are forced to
build can have any just ground for
complaints and the best way to escape
criticism was to see that all the walks
needed are in the ordinance
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26
CLAIMS LANDS ARE FLOODED
Complaint Against Walter Carey Owner
of Old Time Mill, Alleges That
Water Backs Up From Wil.not to Fox
kiver and Much Land is Damaged.

Attorney Albert E. Buckmaster has
started suit in the Circuit Court of
Kenosha county which viii be of great
est interest to farmers residing along
the Fox River in the town of Salem
and particularly those living along the
Fox River, Frank Biuggemann, one
of the best known farmers of the
county, is named as the plaintiff in
the action and Walter Carey, the own
er of the big flour and feed mill at
Wilmot, Is the defendant. While
Bruggemanu is the only plaintiff named
of acres OF land along the Fox River
will be affected by the outcome of the
suit. In the complaint of Brugge-
mann it is alleged that great damage
has been done to farms in the neighbor-
hood of Wilmot on account of the
backing up of the water i'll the Fox
River and that this backing up was
caused directly by the repair of dam
at the Carey mill.
The mill is one of the old landmarks
of the town of Salem and was at one
time one of the busiest places in the
western part of the county. But with
the failure of wheat crops in Kenosha.
county the mill lost much of its i'm
portance, but it has been maintained
as place for grinding feed for the
farmers. Ten years ago Walter Carey
bought the mill from Voak Brothers
and he at once began, to repair the
dam on the Fox River which provides
the power for the operation of the
mill. Up to that time the farmers
along the river had experienced little
trouble from the backing up of the
water.
1t is alleged that with the repair of
the dam it was raised to such an ex-
tent that the water now backs up as
lar as Fox River station affecting
is brought under what is known as
the special mill dam statute of the
laws of Wisconsin and Bruggemann
seeks to have a judicial examination
made into the matter to ascertain the
amount of damages that may be due to
! the farmers as result of the raising
of the dam and to secure an order de-
manding that the dam be lowered to
the original height. The suit has
been pending for some time and It num-
Der of depositlons have been taken
among the farmers interested in the
outcome. 1t is probable that some ad-
iustment of the matter will be made
at the September term of the Circuit
Court
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26

The congressman who figured on hav-
ing the census superintendent and
enumerators working as their political
agents through their districts for the
next year without any expense to them
selves are surprised and d.sgusted at
The order issued by tbe president that
all the men connected with the TAX
ing of the census shall confne them
selves strictly to the business for which
they are paid by the government on
penalty Of dismissal. In general the
lappointees ON the census work will be
the men recommended by the repre-
sentatives, but it is understood by all
of them that while they are in the
government service they are to leave
politics alone ana that any open viola
ton of the rule laid down BY the presi-
dent will cost them their Jobs. On
this head the orders of the PRECEDENT
to the director Of the census are clear
land to the point and there is no pcs
Isibility Of mistaking them. They are:
Any supervisor or enumerator who
uses his influence with his subordinates
or colleagues to assist any party or
any candidate in primary or gen
eral election or who takes any part
other than merely casting lis vote in
politics national, state, CIR local
Ieither by service upon = political
committee, by public addresses, by the
solicitation of votes, or otherwise, shall
at once be dismissed from service.
wish to make this regulation as broad
as possible and wish it enforced with
out exception. -
Those are the conditions under which
the men who get the census jobs ac-
cept their appointments and it will be
easy enough for the people in every
census district to Judge how we'll they
are living up to them. On the other
hand should the representatives. recog-
nize the fact that these orde.s are "for
the good of the service and base
their recommendation solely upon merit
the census will be the most accurate
ever taken.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26
TO SAVE GOVERNMENT MONEY
New Order Demands That Carriers in
All Cities Must Do Double Work in
Order to Allow Each Other to Have
Annual Vacation During the Summer.

Letter carriers employed by the gov
eminent will be required to "double
up their routes during the months OF
July and August, the two months when
the government gives vacations to pos,
tai employees as it is planned by the
Postmaster General to save the govern
ment $250,000 during the vacation sea
son.
This rule which will probably go into
effect next year, will mean additional
work for every letter carrier in the
service and it is claimed that the car.
riers when doubling up" their
routes will be unable to do their work
in the required time, which is eight
hours, and as no overtime pay is per-
mitted by the government, the carriers
must do the extra work without pay
and will receive the usual vacation
period. It is believed that the new
rule will be protested against strongly
iby the carriers because they will be
required to do additional work during
/ the two warmest months of the season
/ 1t is claimed that the volume of mail
received at postoffices, for delivery
during the months of July and August
is not heavy but in this city the car
riers on each trip during these months
carry out a large amount of mail for
| delivery and during the past two
months when the thermometer regis
tered from So to 90 degrees the car
riers suffered from the heat. If they
are compelled to double up'' on
routes they must work fast during the
heated periods.
| By requiring letter carriers to - ou-
BILE up their routes during the dull
season of July and August, instead of
employing substitutes, Postmaster
General Hitchcock expects to save the
government not less than $250,000 in
the cost of carriers vacations during
| the present fiscal year.
| Postofiee employees are allowed by
law fifteen days leave of absence with
lpay each year.
1t has been the general practice for
many years to employ a substitute
for every day letter carrier was on
leave of absence. AS there are 10000
carriers in the service, and as the cost
of substitute service for the fifteen
days and two Sundays allowed the car
rier for his vacation is about $40, the
actual cost Of the carriers vacations
is a little more than 100000.
During July and August the volume
of mail in the large cities especially
| is considerably reduced, enabling car
riers to "double up" so that in some
instances during these months two
carriers serve three routes. This en-
ables the third carrier to take his va
cation without expense to the govern
ment.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26

Public sentiment will uphold the milk
producers in demanding an Increased
price for their product sufficient to
cover the cost to them of complying
with all the regulations laid down by
the health departments of the cities
to insure the purity of the milk supply,
but the producers will make a mistake
in making these regulations for the
protection of the public health an ex-
cuse for an unwarranted boost in
prices. These regulations are made
for the benefit of the consumer and it
is right that he should pay the cost to
the producer of putting them into oper-
alton, hut the attempt to make 1T ap-
pear that the proposed big increase in
the retail prices of milk is all due to
burdensome regulations Of the health
officers is not fooling many consumers.