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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-18
KEELYN UNDER FIRE
Former Kenosha Telephone Pro.
moter Threatened With Prose-
cution in Mining Deal
LAUGHS AT HIS OPPONENTS

James A. Keelyn, for many years
connected with telephone business in
Kenosha and one of the promoters of
The Citizens Telephone Company, later
promoter of mines, is having his
troubles over the control of the
$1,500,000 Little Florence Gold Min
ing Company of Goldfeld, Nevada.
Stories have come to Kenosha from
time to time, telling Of the fabulous
sums Of money that Mr. Keelyn has
obtained from the earth in Nevada.
There are several picturesque fights in
connection with the property including
1900 mile race in special train from
Chicago to Nevada and forcible seizure
of the books of the company, by five
directors, two Of them struggled with
a clerk in the Office while the other
three carried off the records.
Mr.. Keelyn, secretary and treasurer
of the company, appears to be the
central figure in the fight. Charles Fl.
Aldrich, president, and L. L. Harris,
treasurer, are leaders of the struggle
and are among those who made the
dash to Goldfeld.
They make serious charges against
Keelyn, but Mr.. Keelyn simply laughs
at the charge that there is shortage
and claims that his enemies are TAX
ing advantage Of items in the books
which are balanced by other items
which they fail to mention. Experts
are now making an examination of the
books. When the directors arrived at
the Goldfeld Offices they entered and
downed the bookkeeper named Cone
and carried away the books.
Keelyn claims that it is an effort to
GUST him from the company and put
in new directors. Among the many
things charged against Mr.. Keelyn are
that he sold property at a margin and
reported a deficit; that he bought and
wore $40 hats and charged them to the
company. In ali he Is charged with
being short $148,000. He declares that
when he took possession of the property
there were Irregularities and that he
has been trying to straighten them out.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-18
MUSICALE FOR CHARITY
Well known Musicians of the City
Take Part in Entertainment

One Of the most enjoyable musical
entertainments ever given in Kenosha
was given at the Guild Hall on Thurs
day evening under the auspices of the
ladies of ST. Matthews church. Many
well known local artists appeared on
the program and every number was Of
high order. Before the musical pro-
gram a dinner was served at which
covers were laid for 15O The entire
receipts of the entertainment amount
ing to more than $40 will be used for
the charities Of the church. The fol-
lowing is the program Of the musicale
rendered during the evening.
Midsummer Night IS Dream a hands,
................... Mendelsshon
Marian Hale, Grace Shepherd.
Slave Song ....s.............D Del Riego
Will Anderson
Staccato Etude .......... .Rubenstein
Grace Shepherd.
Q, That We Two Were Maying Smith
Isabelle Karnell, George Glerum
The King Of the King s Highway Perlet
James Charles
(a) 70 Wild Rose ..... .MacDowell
90 Ave Maria ........... Gounod
Edwin Stringham
snowflake ................... CoWen
Isaoelle Karnell
All! | Have Sighed to Rest Me
m Trovetore) ............ Verdi
George Glerum
wedding Day .Grieg
Marian Hale
Mrs. H. E. Tanner, George Glerum,
James Charles
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-18
INTERESTED IN HIGHWAYS
Assemblyman Curtiss Introduces
Bill in Legislature Wednesday

Assemblyman Walker NJ Curtiss of
this county introduced his first bill for
the present session Of the legislature
at the session on Wednesday afternoon
when he sent to the speakers desk a
bill providing for the salaries of super
intendent of highways giving various
towns the right to fix the salary to
be paid to a superintendent. The IN
spiration of this bill was found in the
recent fight before the Kenosha County
Board when an effort was made to
name highway superintendent for the
entire county. At that time it was
urged that the road improvement
should be done by the individual
towns, but it was found that there was
no law to give the Town Boards power
to fix a salary for highway Inspector
and the bill is aimed to give this
power. 1t is probable that the bill
proposed by Mr.. Curtiss will be passed
without opposition.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-18
OUTLAWS READY FOR SCRAP
Lake Shore League Plans War on Wis.
consin-Illinois League

The Milwaukee White Sox have sign
ed Bill Jones, the crack third baseman
Of the Racine team last year. Jones
is lad Of %, and is considered a star
by many who have seen him in action.
He has had several offers from faster
company, but declined them on account
Of business reasons. The Racine man.
agement was anxious to retain him, and
sent him contract for this season, but
he returned it minus his signature.
The signing of Jones marks the first
of the battle on the part Of the "out-
laws" against the Wisconsin Illinois
League. Other deals are pending
which will undoubtedly result in
strengthening the Sox for the coming
season.
Ted Smith, formerly of Eau Claire
and Toledo, may be added to the pitch
ing staff Of the Milwaukee team.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-18
HAD A MERRY TIME
Societies Hold Joint Social al
the Congregational Church

One of the most pleasant social
gatherings given in Kenosha in some
time took place at the First Congre-
gational church on Thursday evening
when joint social was held by the
members of the Christian Endeavor
Societies Of the First Baptist and First
Congregational churches. More than
seventy-five members of the two organ.
izations were present. A picnic lunch
was served after which the evening
was pleasantly spent playing games
The warmest fellowship exists between
the two societies and it is expected
that series of joint socials will be
given during the remainder Of the win
ter. jfggE
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-18
Children Of the City Schools Pay
Honor to Lincoln in Note
worthy Celebration
CLASS OF 1905 GIVES TABLETS
Bronze Tablet Containing Gettysburg
Address and Bronze PLAGUE of Lin
coin Unveiled at the Assem-
bly, Room of High School

The pupils of the Kenosha High
School and of other schools in the citv
had their part in the celebration of
the Lincoln centenary last Thursday
and exercises of patriotic nature
were held at the different schools of
the city. At the High School the cele-
bration was one Of especial interest and
the browning feature of it was the un-
yelling of a. bronze tablet on which
was engraved the famous Gettysburg
address, and bronze medallion placoue
of Lincoln, both the gift of the class
OF 1905. The celebration at the High
School consisted Of music and actresses
while a number of the members of the
school gave patriotic recitations. 1t
was decidedly a Lincoln program The
music was selected from the patriotic
songs which had been in use in the
time of Lincoln anu the recitations all
had some reference to the great
American. The letter Of Mrs. Harvey
to Col. James HI. Howe, telling of her
interesting interview with Lincoln was
one of the main NUMBERS on the pro-
gram. The address of the afternoon
was delivered by Attorney James
Cavanagh who spoke on the subject "a
Comparison of Washington and Lin
coin. In his address Mr.. Cavanagh
touched on the lives of the two great
presidents.
The memorial presented by the class
Of 1905 had been set up on the south
wall of the assembly room and the ex-
ercises Of unwilling it were very inter
esting
The presentation of the memorial
was made by William O'Donnell, one
of the best known members of the
class, and it was accepted on behalf
of the school by Elmer Pedley, the
president Of the class Of 1909
In presenting the memorial on be-
half of the class Mr.. O'Donnell said:
"Much has been said Of the great
and honored parsonage, Abraham Lin
coin, whose name stands for honesty,
freedom and a life long struggle
crowned with victory and world endur-
ing fame.
I'm youth Lincoln s life was a con
tinual strife for livelihood and edu-
cation. In later years as our war
president it was through his energetic
efforts and heroic guidance that the
north and south were united after a
bitter military contest and the slaves
released from servile bondage.
cit was at the close of the great
civil war that Lincoln committed his
famous Gettysburg address. The soul
full words of that immortal speech will
fall from the lips of many child after
centuries have marked the birthday of
our loved Lincoln.
''He has passed beyond the shadow
vale of earthly existence, but his foot
prints remain upon life's Shores
"To keep his memory wildly alive
aud as memorial to the class Of 1905,
| present to the Kenosha High School
this bronze PLAGUE Of Lincoln and the
bronze tablet of his Gettysburg speech.
Long live Abraham Lincoln in the
hearts of his countrymen
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-18

All that has made base ball the
national game is the conviction in the
minds Of the public that the game is
absolutely on the square with no faint
OF crookedness connected with it any
where and if the game ever loses it's
popularity the club owners will be to
blame themselves. The charges of
crooked work that are being banded
about among the magnates are hurt
ing the game for it is too much to
expect that the players will keep
straight when the bosses who pay their
salaries stoop to all sorts of under
handed work.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-18
HOLD ESCAPED LUNATIC
Julius Czarnecki Who sEloped'' From
Mendoza Hospital Held in Kenosha

julius Czarnecki, Kenosha county
inmate of the State Hospital for the
insane, is being held at the Kenosha
county Jail pending the coming of some
Of the official of the state institution to
take him back to Madison Czarnecki
escaped from the asylum some three
weeks ago and was picked up in Ke-
nosha under the name of julius Smith.
1t was some time before the police dis
covered his exact identity, but when
they found out just who he was they
sent word to the state officials to come
and get him. They have since been
awaiting the arrival Of the officials
from the asylum. Czarnecki is in no
way dangerous and he seems to dis
play all the cleverness that is usually
attributed to insane people and at
casual glance he would not be con-
sldered in any way of unsound mind.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-18
ASKS COURT FOR CHILD
Kenosha Man Seeks Habeas Corpus
Writ in Chicago Court Friday

In the Circuit Court in Chicago Fri
day afternoon Gustav Halter who re-
sides at III Edwards street in this
city, appealed to the court for writ
of habaes corpus to obtain possession
of his little daughter Emma Halter,
who he alleges is held by Frederick
and Dora Draftz of Chicago, grand
parents Of the child. The little girl
who is two years of age, has been iv-
ing with the grand parents since the
death of her mother some time ago
and it is said that the grand parents
have the greatest enmity toward Half
ter. The hearing of the argument on
the petition for the writ will be taken
up in the Chicago courts next week.
Mrs. Halter died in Kenosha and the
family is well known here.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-18
HoBos sHUN KENosHA

Kenosha. has lost her former reputa-
ton of being the prize shelter for no.
Dos and Notwithstanding the fact that
Sunday night was one Of the worst
nights of the year in this part of the
state only three tramps applied for
shelter at the tramp room at the coun-
ty Jail. The tramps are not having an
easy time in Kenosha any more and one
of them declared this morning that he
had gone to twenty houses without get
ting a hand-out. IF this reputation
just goes abroad the men will give
the city even wider berth. A year
ago the tramp room at the jail was
crowded with hobos every night.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-18
COLLEGE WINS CHAMPIONSHIP
Basket Ball Teams of College and High
School Meet in Annual Contest

One of the best basket ball games
probably ever played in the city was
witnessed by large crowd, at the
High School auditorium Thursday even
evening when the College Of Commerce
and the High School clashed for the
championship of the city. The college
boys were too fast for the High school
boys and the result was the college
came out victorious. The star of the
evening was Schmitt who played a
fast and steady game throughout The
lineup and result was as follows:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-18
The movement to make the term of

The movement to make the term of
Office for sheriff four years instead Of
two as at present Goes not seem to be
gathering any great Roadway around
the state. The principal argument adj
vanced in favor of the change that a
sheriff does not get the experience
necessary to make him a competent Of
fetal in the shorter term is a weak one,
for it would be hard matter to find
sheriff willing to admit that his
record in Office was not all that could
be desired and there are altogether too
many candidates for the Office of sheriff
who believe they are entirely compe-
tent to handle the work without any
training.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-18
REVIVE OLD STORY
Denver People Start New Fight 10
Secure Fortune Left by An.
necke JAMS in New York
KENOSHA HEIRS INTERESTED

henOSna people who claim to be
heirs to the Aladdin-rich estateo Of
Aneke JAMS, alleged to have been of
the royal house Of Holland, will be in
terested in knowing that Denver at
torney has left that city for New York
to push the claims of Denver heirs and
that, if he makes good, there will be
$4,000, 100000 to divide among $50
heirs, giving each tidy sum.
At various times it has appeared
that the "estate" is a myth, but the
Denver attorney is persistent and be-
lieves that he can pry loose part of the
great fortunte at stake.
Says the Denver Post in it's last
Sunday edition:
Attorney I. N. Stevens, who repre-
sents the Denver claimants of the fab.
ulously rich Aneke Jams Bogardus es-
tate in New York city, will leave soon
for the metropolis to see what can be
done toward clearing up the tangle
which is clouding the title to the prop
erty held in the name of the Trinity
church corporation, as well as land
farther uptown, including the Wal
dorf- Astoria site.
Several persons claiming direct de-
scent from Aneze Jams Bogardus in
sist that they can prove that 1872
acres in the most thickly settled dis
trict Of New York is being held with
out legal right on lease which ex-
pired in 1875. The prospect of set
Element is brighter now than at any
time before and considering that there
are only $50 heirs to divide the prop
erty estimated at $80,000,000 and
$15,000,000 on deposit at the Hol-
land bank in the Hague the share of
each is sufficient to insure a comfort
able livelihood for generations yet I'M
born.
The Encyclopedia Americana, under
the caption "Aneke Jams" says:
Clutch colonist in America: d. AL
bany, n. Y, 1868. She came from Hol-
land to New Netherlands in 1880 with
Roeleff Jansen, her husband, who Sc
cured in 1886 grant of a tract Of
land containing sixty-two acres and
reaching from the Hudson to the pres
ent Broadway and from point near
Desbrosses street to Warren street.
In 1854 Aneke, upon the death Of her
second husband, Everardus Bogardus,
obtained in her name a patent right
to the tract. In 1871 the land was
sold by the heirs to the English Gov
ernor Lovelace. Three of the heirs,
however, did not sign the document.
Subsequently the property was confs-
Gated by the English government and
decided to Trinity church corporation
(1705). From 1749 the possession Of
the property has been the subject of
numerous suits by the heirs based
chiefly on the omitted signatures, and
all decided for the defendants. -
Under the name Bogardus the same
encyclopedia says:
HEverardus Bogardus, second pas
tor Of the church in New Amsterdam
(New York; d. 26 Dec. 1647. He is
noted as the husband Of Aneke Jams
whose ownership of sixty acres of
land in the business portion Of New
York has given her descendants occa-
sion for almost continuous lawsuits,
during 200 years, to recover posses
sion of the property which is held by
the corporation of Trinity church. -
There are nearly score of alleged
heirs to the estate in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-18

1t is expected that a number Of Ke-
nosha people will go to Washington
next month to be present at the inaug-
urated Of President-elect Taft.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-18

Mr.. and Mrs. L. R. Dronberger of
Mansfield, Ohio, are the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. E. R. Head.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-18

Maddox.
Another game is looked for between
these two teams, as there is an old
time rivalry between them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-02-18

Want ads Is cents q week.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01

of the mysterious and swift-moving
dirigible at the same moment in va
rious places on the east and west
coasts, and even in Ireland.
Captains of incoming steamers
have been credited with statements
that they exchanged flare signals
with the aerial visitor in the North
Sea- and some newspapers went so
far as to insinuate that the "scare-
ship had its home on German war
ship now in the North Sea at maneu-
vres, to which it returns after its
nightly flight. Descriptions of the
secret f1y-by-night became more and
more graphic, until certain advertis-
ers, who had been experimenting
with model airships attached by.
ropes to motor cars, confessed their
part. in the affair and exploded the
various theories.
Meanwhile, Germany, as evidenced
by the comments in the German pa
pers on the latest panic, came to
much the same conclusion as Presi-
dent Butler Contempt, disgust and
impotence have been the prominent
notes in the German editorials, which
picture England as ''the home Of
mere nervous degenerates, who are
yielding themselves up to frenzy,
unworthy even of decaying coun-
tryV'
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01
COTTON EXCHANGE ATTACKED
Meeting of the Manufacturers at
Richmond, Va Hostile.
Spectators in Control, Manufactur-
ers DecIare-ChoOse New
Orleans Market.

Richmond, Va.--Resolution were
adopted by the American Cotton
Manufacturers Association, which
met at the Jefferson Hotel, express
ing approval of the New Orleans Cot
ton Exchange as market for spot
cotton, and deprecating the specula-
tive element declared to be in con-
troll of the New York cotton market.
This action followed the report of
a Special Committee on Cotton Ex-
change, presented by Captain Ellison
A. Smith, of Pelser, s. c. This COM
mittee has had the subject under
consideration for year, and has Wis
tied the Exchanges in New York and
New Orleans. Recent changes in the
management of the New Orleans
market, made at the instance of the
manufacturers, made that market,
according to the report of the COM
mittee, almost ideal, giving an OPP
portunity both for the purchase of
spot cotton and the hedging neces-
sary to protect future contracts.
The New York Exchange, it was
reported, had not met the sugges-
lions of the committee, and contin-
ued to operate in the interests of the
spectators and plungers rather than
of the manufacturers and dealers in
cotton
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01
All Who
Would Enjoy

good health, with its blessings, must UNI
derstand, quite clearly, that it involves the
question Of right living with all the term
implies. With proper knowledge Of what
is best, each hour of recreation, Of enjoy
ment. of contemplation and Of effort may
be made to contribute to living Alright.
Then the use of medicines may be dis
pensed with to advantage, but under or
binary conditions in many instances
simple, wholesome remedy may be invalu-
able if taken at the proper time and the
California Fig Syrup Co. holds that it is
alike important to present the subject
truthfully and to supply the one perfect
laxative to those desiring it.
Consequently, the Company's Syrup Of
Figs and Elixir of SIENNA gives general
satisfaction TO get its beneficial effects
buy the genuine, manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sale
by all leading druggists.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01
ENGLAND HAUNTED BY GERMAN GHOSTS
Emotions
Insanity strikinsy

London.-The speech at the Lake
Mohonk Conference on International
Arbitration of President Nicholas
Murray Butler, of Columbia Univer-
sity, in which he described Great Bril-
tain's attitude to Germany as form
of "present-day emotional insanity"
has been strikingly confirmed during
the past week. Sensational stories
of German airships, stacks of Ger
man Mausers stored in London cell
lar, thousands of German walters and
hair dressers eagerly anticipating the
Emperor's signal to deliver England
to an invading army of their fellow
countrymen, have been the main fea-
lures of the newspapers throughout
the country
The Mauser myth, to which atten-
ton was first called by Sir John Bar
low, has been contemporary dis
missed by War Secretary Haldane in
the House of Commons as IAN excep-
tionally silly story" but it has been
quite surpassed by accounts of myth
ical nocturnal visitations of Ger
man airship.
The phantom Flying Dutchman"
soon developed into large feet, the
competing papers vouching for the
accuracy of their respective stories
and giving signed statements circum-
stantially detailing the maneuvres
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-01
TRUST MAY RUN CANDY sToR
Coming For Control Of the
Throush It's Own Estahshments

in advance of anything yet suggested
One of the principal ingredients
in the making of candy in these days
is glucose, of which the company
manufactures between seventy-five
and eighty-five per cent. of all that
is consumed in the United States.
If the Corn Products Refining Com
pany uses it's glucose in its own candy
factories and sells the product in its
own stores. then the smaller and
hitherto independent candy COM
panies, such as Huyler's. Lofts, the
Mirror and Repetti's, will either have
to go into the bigger concern or COM
pete with it, if they can.
Members of the National Confec-
TONERS Association. who discussed
the situation-and there were many
who spoke freely on the subject
pointed out that the candy trade in
the United States looked as though
it were going to take similar course
to that already taken by this coun-
try's tobacco trade