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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-06
OUR BIRTHDAY

With this issue the Telegraph Courier
egins it's seventy First year Of continu-
us publication. 1t is the Oldest paper
f continuous publication in the state
nd its files are a complette chronicle
ical record of the growth and develop
lent Of this section Of the country. All
f the once familiar names Of the
ioneers Of Kenosha and Racine coun
les are on it's subscription lists and, al
hough in mauy instances there are none
# their descendants now residents of
Eenosha county, the paper is still go
ng to their sons and grandsons in
very state in the union and every
ountry in the world. 1t is an old say
ng that one cannot go anywhere in
he world without finding some one who
las friends and relatives in this county
md the mailing lists of the Telegraph
Courier go far to prove this assertion
rue. Although Kenosha people are
,reat wanderers they are always loyal
o old associations and it is a matter
# pride to the publishers that so many
If them are enabled to keep in touch
With events "back home and follow
Nc fortunes Of old friends and neigh
bors through the columns of the paper.
bur subscribers will notice that with
his issue the paper has been enlarged
sy the addition of column on each
page and that the columns are longer,
In increase of about twenty-five per
lsnt in the size of the paper and it is
NE intention of the publishers to make
hat the regular size of the paper here
after 1T will be their aim in the
luture as it has been in the past to
make the Telegraph Courier a complete
lecord of all events Of interest in this
county and vicinity together with such
other news as they believe will be of
interest or benefit to their readers. The
publishers have no intention of permit
ling the paper to fall into rut with
age and every effort will be made to
improve the publication in every way
possible and on account of the large
Increase in the number of subscribers
hey have every reason to believe that
their efforts to give the people of the
sity and county live, up-to date paper
are appreciated.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-06
MASONIC BODIES MEET
Ninety Second Session of Wisconsin to
be Held May 10, II, 10 and Is.

A notable gathering of Masonic
bodies will be seen in Milwaukee on
May 10, IL, IL and 13 in the ninety
second session for the comforting of
degrees in Wisconsin Lodge of Perfec-
ton, Wisconsin Council of the Princes
Of Jerusalem, Wisconsin Chapter of
Rose Croix, and Wisconsin consistory,
of the Ancient Accepted Scottish rite
for the northern Masonic jurisdiction.
In addition there will be other events
during May, the first Of which will be
the annual communication of Wisconsin
Lodge of Perfection for annual election
Of officers The same functions will be
performed by the Wisconsin Council of
the Princes of Jerusalem and the Wis
eonsin Chapter of Rose Croix, on May
I II and 10 respectively.
On May there will be held the
triennial rendezvous of the Wisconsin
Iconsistory for the reception of reports
of officers, trustees and the Wisconsin
IConsistory Home Association, as well
as for the election of officers. A
banquet will follow the consistory
Rendezvous.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-06

In accordance with the agreement
made by the old Council the taxes of
the Racine Refrigeration and Ice Ma
chine Company were related for a
period of three years and there are few
people in the city who will not approve
of this slight concession to the new
manufacturing concern. There is no
doubt but that many cities would have
been very glad to put up many times
what the three years taxes will amount
to for the factory and that the only
thing that brought this factory to this
city was the fact there was build
ing exactly suited to its needs imme-
diately available. It is not often that
any city has the luck to secure a going
concern at so small a price.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-06

There will, of course be direct pri-
mary law in New York. Probably
there will be such law in every state.
Enough is known of the workings of
the system to show that it ism t any
patent, automatic, political renovating
machine In Wisconsin, for example,
direct primaries have made elections
more expensive than ever before-so
expensive that some observers say a
hoor man is practically barred from an
importaD5 Office, In Illinois about the
Came men won at the primaries who
would have won at old fashioned con
ventions. The primary, indeed, seems
TO have played into the hands of the
hard-pressed bosses by enabling them
to plump gang Democratic votes for
gang Republican candidates. Nearly
everywhere defects appear Some viii
be cured and some win not. Yet, nm
doubtedly, the direct primary idea
grows in the affections of the people,
Saturday Evening Post.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-06

Some inquisitiye gentlemen with a
bent for statistics has taken the ex-
pense accounts of defeated Democra-
tic candidate in Dodge county and
figured out from them that his expenses
would have been nearly as large as
those of Senator Stephenson had he
made state wide campaign. AS a
matter Of fact there are many instances
where the candidates spent relatively
as much as the senatorial candidates
considering the amount of territory
they covered. Under present condi-
lions campaigning for high Office in this
state is rich mans game and no mis-
take.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-06
PIONEER HoLLANDER DEAD
Sebastian Wyk Dies in Racine Hospital
on Monday Night

Sebastian Wyk, aged sixty-six years,
a native of Holland but long resident
OF Kenosha, died at St. Lukes Hospital
in Racine Monday evening after long
illness from paralysis. The remains
were brought to Kenosha on Tuesday
afternoon and the funeral will be held
from st. George church at nine clock
Thursday morning. Interment will be
at ST. George cemetery. The deceased
was native of Holland, but came to
this country twenty-fv years ago.
After a short residence in Milwaukee
he came to Kenosha and had since made
his home in this city. He was stricken
with paralysis four years ago. He is
survived by widow and four children
William and Nicholas Wyk, Mrs. John
Maurice and Mrs. M. H. Thomas, all of
Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-06

Among the problems in which sociolo-
gists and charity workers are deeply
interested, the care of dependent child
rem holds an important place. And there
is none to which united effort can be
better exercised for good. Under mod
ern conditions of life, especially in con
gested districts, it is inevitable that
hundreds of future citizens shall be left
orphaned and without means of liveli
hood. Society owes it to these to pro-
vide that they shall be reared under
the best possible Influences Pittsburg
Post.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-06
SNYDER A BENEDICT
Racine Man Widely Known in Ke.
nosha Married at Trenton,
: N. j., Last Saturday
WEDDING COMESAS SURPRISE

A love affair which had it's inception
in their mutual devotion to charitabl
and philanthropic work had happy
climax at Trenton, New Jersey, Satur-
day when DR., Mary Dunlap of Vine
land, N. j., married in Christ church,
Clarence Snyder of Racine.
The wedding ceremony, which was
conducted at 0 CLOCK by Bishop John
Scarborough of the Episcopal diocese
of New Jersey, close friend Of the
bride, was of a most quiet nature, there
being only two witnesses present. It's
announcement will come as surprise
to friends Of both the contracting
parties, as they have guarded well their
strong attachment and their contem-
plated marriage.
The bride, who is handsome woman
of middle age, left Vineland shortly
before noon on Saturday and joined Mr.
Snyder at the Hotel Walton, Philadel
phla, from where they went to Trenton
for the ceremony.
Mrs. Snyder is widely known in New
Jersey, where she has been conspicuous
in charitable work and is now on the
State Board of Charities. She has
been superintendent of the state insti
|tute for feeble minded women at Vine
land for twenty-five years and has q
national reputation as an alienist. She
has resigned her position at the insti
tute and will come to Racine with hel
husband.
Clarence Snyder went to Racine from
Kenosha twenty-five years ago~and took
a leading part in Democratic politics
He entered journalism and later was
appointed postmaster under Cleveland
He was married to a Mrs. Ellins, a wi
dow, who died in Milwaukee Hospital
about three years ago. He is in the
insurance business and is prominent
among the Elks. Mr.. Snyder was form
erly the editor of the Kenosha Unio1
and he is widely known in this city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-06

1t would have to be a pretty low
down dive that would tolerate the pro-
family and obscenity that are the reg
ular thing on the floor Of the Council.
However, the kind Of language used
is the only means a certain kind Of
men have for expressing their emo
tions and they do say that some of our
honorable representatives in the Coun-
Gil have been stirred to the depths by
recent happenings in that body 50 that
their feelings must have a vent or they
are liable to bust.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-06

County option was killed at this SEES
sion of the legislature, but it is an ex-
tremely optimistic saloon man who be-
leves that he has heard the last Of it..
AS matter of fact the measure is
bound to come up again at the very
first opportunity and it rests with the
saloon men themselves whether or not
the movement for county option grows
stronger in the interval or not. There
will have to be some regulation of the
saloon business in accordance with the
promises repeatedly made by the liquor
dealers associations and the brewers or
thousands of voters will be forced to
turn to the county option bill as the
only chance of securing the reforms
that even the men directly interested
in the liquor business admit should be
made. The fate of the saloon men is
in their own hands.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-06

The Market street middle grows
worse the more it develops and the de-
termination of all the property owners
on that street to make united fight
for what they firmly believe to be their
rights is going to put the city in a
bad hole and the fact that those same
property owners have a majority of
the people of the city who understand
the situation with them is not making
it any easier for the city officials. The
company which has the paving contract
for the work on Market street is not
at all disposed to let the city cancel
that obligation and the street railway
people have shown no indications that
they propose to carry out Mr.. Frost Is
personal agreement with the property
owners and there you are. The paving
contractors can undoubtedly collect for
their work from the city, but who the
city is to collect from in its turn is
the problem, and further developments
in the case will be watched with a
great deal of interest.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-06

The breakwaters in their weakened
condition, due to neglect, must have
iufered severely in the tidal wave
which swept the whole lake front on
Thursday night and in computing the
damages caused by the wave large
bill must be put in Cor the account of
the city. There is ne way Of compu-
ting the amount the failure to make
ordinary repairs on the breakwater
last summer viii cost the city in the
end, but at a conservative estimate il
win run up to many hundreds Of dol
lars. Ard there IS little excuse fol The
failure Of the authorities to do this
work 5isher for a sum Of money ample
for all The repairs needed last summer
was raise! in the tax levy and should
hive been spent on the breakwatels
snd ca nothug alsa.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-06

John Bruins will make a good Police
and Fire Commissioner and his many
friends in the city will be glad to hear
Of his appointment to that position,
but we could wish that it could have
been brought about without the retire
ment of Christian Schend. Mr.. Schend
has served the city for many years in
many capacities with conspicuous abil-
ity and fidelity and the city can i'll
afford to lose his services as chairman
of the Commission. His brand of pub
lie servant is not common enough so
that any Of them can be spared. Mr..
Schend retires from public office with
the best wishes of the people of Keno
sh9 regardless of their political afilia-
tions and record for faithful service
Of which he may well be proud.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-06
ROBBED IN RACINE
Joe Molisky Claims to Have Had 100
Warm q Reception in Racine

Joe Molisky of Kenosha, who had NOT
as yet had a chance to get aware of
the way things are done in Kenoshai
reported to the Racine police Office yes
terday that he had been robbed by a
Kenosha man in Racine. Molisky ar.
rived in Kenosha on Monday from
Rochester, New York, and he alleged
to the Racine officers that he had met
two men in Kenosha who had proposed
to go with him and show him Racine,
Molisky was looking for all the sights
and he went to Racine with the two
men. In saloon there one Of the men
asked Molisky to loan him ten cents
and he alleges that when he pulled oui
his pocket book to give the man the
money that he grabbed the pocket book
and ran. The friend of Molisky is said
to have returned to Kenosha on a car
but MoIisky and the other friend be
ing strapped were forced to walk home
The matter has been laid before TIKI
local police and an effort will be madi
to secure the restoration of the moneJ
of the new conner to Kenosha Molisk1
lis convinced that his welcome to thi
city was of the most hearty nature.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-06
HAD A CLOSE CALL,
II. S. Brown Ran His Automobile into
a Street Car This Morning

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry S. Brown and
son Gordon had narrow escape from
injury this morning when the automo-
bile in which they were riding struck a
street car at the corner of Congress
and South street. Mr.. Brown was driv-
ing the car and at the same time watch
ing a bunch of children playing base
ball on the streets and for this reason
he did not notice the approach of the
street car until it was too late to stop
the automobile The automobile struck
the fender of the street car, but as
both were running very slowly the au-
tomobile got away with bent frame
and broken lamp. If the two
vehicles had been running at higher
rate of speed the story might have been
Ia different one.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-06
The New Municipal Court Begins
Its Sessions at the County
Building Monday Morning
COURT HANDLES THREE CASES
Many Attorneys Gather to Congratulate
Judge Randall on the Opening of
the Municipal Court for
the County

Kenosha now has new court as
on Monday morning the new Mslnici-
pal Court of KenoSha county held its
first session at the county building with
Judge Clifford E. Randall on the bench.
The opening of the new court means
lot to Kenosha and many people went
to the court room to be present at the
opening session. Judge Randall and
James E. Tully, the clerk of the new
court, held reception during the morn
ing and every member of the Kenosha
county bar as well as many citizens
who had taken a great interest In the
institution of the new court called to
congratulate the judge and watch the
workings of the first session of the
court The court room was not all
that could be desired as it was filed up
with the desks used by the members of
the Common Council, but notwithstand-
ing this handicap Judge Randall man
aged to dispense justice just as fast
as the cases were brought in to him.
The opening of the court was death
blow to the justice offices in the city.
The new Municipal Court has exclu-
sive jurisdiction over city cases and it
is pretty certain that these cases alone
will keep Judge Randall pretty busy.
The first man to be arraigned before
Judge Randall was Paul Carsan and he
was charged with the familiar charge
of intoxication. Carsan was brought
in by Assistant Chief of Police Joseph
G. Newhouse and promptly pleaded
Equity" to the charge against him
and settled with Clerk Tully for a dol
lar and the costs of the action.
All of the cases to come before the
opening session of the court were dis
posed of in less than an hour and Judge
Randall spent the remainder of the
morning entertaining his visitors.
Among the first to call to offer con-
gratulatons to the judge was Judge 3.
B. Belden of the Circuit Court Judge
Belden, while he made no especial effort
to secure the passage Of the bill Great
ing the new court, feels that it will be
great aid to the Circuit Court in the
handling of lot of minor cases.
Tt will take several days for the
court to get working smoothly as there
will be lot of legal blanks to be pre-
pared and the city will have to make
some provision for the moving of the
office Of the city engineer. Until the
office of the engineer is moved Judge
Randall will be forced to use his court
room as an Office. 1t is probable that
the city will also make some arrange
ment for the storing Of its furniture
between Council meetings in order to
give the court little more room.
The police officers seem to like the
idea of a Municipal Court decidedly
well as the new court is close to the
county jail and there is no longer any
contention as to where the prisoners
shall be taken.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-06

The business men of Kenosha are dis
posed to look with Indifference on the
lake seamen S strike which has Just
been inaugurated and which promises
to be one of the greatest and bitterest
industrial conflicts the great lakes have
ever seen, for the reason that there
is not much lake freight handled at this
port, but there is one way in which it
can affect them seriously and that is
in raising the price of coal. Should
the strike last long enough to cut down
the coal shipments by water the differ
ence in rates between rail aud water
transportation will come out Of the
pockets of the consumers so that every
coal consumer has a direct interest in
the strike Of the seamen. The chances
are also that the dealers viii wait until
the last moment before ordering their
supplies shipped by the more expensive
rail routes 50 that in the event that
the trouble between the vessel owners
and the seamcn lasts the greater part
Iof the summer ) big shortage in storage
stocks Of coal at lake ports Kill operate
~ raise prices.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-06
ON A SERIOUS CHARGE
Geo. Miller. Saloon Keeper Charged
With Obtaining Goods Falsely

In the Municipal Court late Tuesday
afternoon warrant was issued for the
proprietor of a saloon on Milwaukee
avenue. The charge against Miller
was that of obtaining goods under false
pretenses, on complaint being made by
James w. Rose, the agent for brew
ing company, Miller is charged with
getting $50 worth of beer. The saloon
was closed up On last Sunday night and
Miller is alleged to have left it with
souts paying up the bills. Miller secur,
ed cpntinuanees of the case until Sat
iurday and il is possible that 4 settle
iment OUT Of court will be reached be
fore, II zones up again. .
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-06

Tn many cities Of the old world the
points Of the compass are set in the
sidewalks for the benefit of bewildered
pedestrians and the idea might be
adopted in this country to advantage.
There is no one who has travelled at
all but can remember being told in a
strange city when seeking an address
to go so many block in this or that di-
rection and not having an idea which
way to turn.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-06
LAKE SHORE LEAGUE RULES
Directors Stop Practice of Loaning
Players for Important Games

On Monday the directors of the Lake
Shore League adopted resolutions that
will have tendency to avoid disputes
over players.
The selling or loaning Of men in
order to strengthen teams that are fight
ing for leadership in the race as has
been practiced in former years will be
done away with. A player sold or trad
ed during the season cannot return to
his former berth during the season.
Another resolution adopted is to the
effect that no team can sign a player
from a higher class league during the
last thirty days of the season.
President Herzog was given a sub
stantial increase in salary and w. F.
steinel was appointed press repre-
sentative of the league.
Notwithstanding the cold weather of
Sunday all managers reported large
Iattendances at the games, and the fans
in the Lake Shore cities are showing
great interest in their respective teams.
Those present at the meeting were:
President j. F. Herzog of Manitowoc,
Secretary John Kaiser, Jr. of Port
Washington, George Pierce Of Menasha,
NJ. Liebl of sheboygan, E. H. Fitz-
gerald of Milwaukee, E. Hilker and
Morris Prindeyille of Racine and Peter
Breen of Kenosha.
President Herzog has appointed these
umpires: Billy Wolf of Milwaukee,
Danny Boland of Chicago and Ed Resch
lof Menasha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-06

The Council did the right thing in
refusing the Northwestern Railway
Company permission to- lay any more
tracks across Grand avenue at least for
the time being. The property owners
in the neighborhood protested bitterly
against having any more tracks across
the avenue and in cases of this kind
it should be clearly shown that the
changes planned are going to be of
positive benefit to the general public
before the protests of citizens are dis
regarded in favor of corporation. AS
a matter of fact there is more behind
the refusal of the Council to grant
the petition of the railway company
than appears on the surface and there
is quite a strong feeling in that body
that there are several little matters
that the railway people had better at
tend to before they come seeking furth-
er favors from the city. For instance
the persistence of the railroad in leav-
ing cars standing on the West Main
street switch is a little thing, but there
is no excuse for the attitude the com
pany has taken in regard to this nui-
sance or for its failure to abide by the
agreement made in regard to the switch
track. Some of the aldermen have
been annoyed by the demands Of their
constituents that the company be made
to live up to its agreement in regard
to the switch and they were waiting fol
the company to ask for something SC
they could find out why it does not The
row over the track furnished another
illustration of the utter uselessness OF
the petition. The names Of many OF
the men who attended the meeting OF
the Council to protest against the track
were found on the petitions in favor
of it and some of them admitted that
they signed it without understanding
in the least what it was about.