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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26
MANY HEIRS SEEK ESTATE
Old Randall Residents Will Failed to
Give Names of Legatees and Trouble
is Found in Settling Estate Accord
ing to Dictates of the WILL

Oak Park heirs of the late Leander
Merrick, who died more than year
ago in Kenosha, have filed petition
in the County Court asking that Haw-
ley W. Merrick of Hebron, ILL.,, the ex-
ecutor of the will Of Merrick, be cited
to appear before the County Court and
render a final account in the settle
ment Of the estate Merrick was one
Of the most eccentric characters ever
living in Kenosha county and for years
he lived alone in the town of Ran
dali and when the officials of the
town finally invaded the humble cot
tage Of the old man they found money
and securities to the amount of more
than thirty thousand dollars. Merrick
was never married and when his will
was filed for probate in the County
Court it was found that he had divid-
ed his estate among his relatives and
had named Hawley W. Merrick of He
bron as the executor Of the will. It
was no easy matter to carry out the
provisions Of the will and notwith-
standing the fact that the estate has
been before the County Court for more
than year the executor has not as
yet been able to locate all the heirs
and make the proper division and it is
said that it may be years before the
money of the estate is paid over in
keeping with the wishes of the old
man. For years Merrick had not
mingled even with his own people and
in his retired, lonely life he had lost
track of some Of the people who had
claims of kin upon him. When he
drew up his will he decided that he
would not leave any of them out and
to this end he ordered that all his
nieces and nephews be given a share in
the estate.
Shortly after the will Of Merrick was
filed for probate the court began to
hear from people who claimed to be
relatives of the old man and every
week since that time some new heir
has turned up. The petition demand
ing an accounting is signed by some
Of the heirs who were named in the
will and they insist that the matter
be closed up and they be given their
money. They are not the first heirs to
seek an accounting, but they are the
first to make a formal demand for the
final report of the executor. Peter
Fisher is the attorney for the estate
and it is said that the matter is being
closed up as rapidly as possible, but
on account of the wording of the will
it will be impossible to make a final
settlement until all of the branches Of
the Merrick family have been found
so that all Of the nieces and nephews
will be permitted to have their share
in the estate. In the meantime the
estate is invested and it is steadily
growing in value. 1t is made up en-
tirely of personal property largely
money in the bank.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26
TO ATTEND DEDICATION
Mayor Scholey and Kenosha Council
to Attend Milwaukee Festivities


to Attend Milwaukee Festivities
Mayor M. j. Scholey and several of
the members Of the Kenosha City
Council have been invited to go to
Milwaukee and take part in the cere.
monies attending the opening of the
new Milwaukee auditorium. Milwau.
kee is going to entertain in great
shape to mark the opening of the new
building and the ceremonies will oper
on the evening of Sept. 21st and con
tinue for a whole week. All sorts OF
entertainment is to be provided and
it is expected that every one of the
larger cities in the state will send rep
resentatives to take part in the open
ing ceremonies. The main feature fol
the week will be banquet to the of
fcials of the cities of Wisconsin. Al
this banquet number of the officials
will make speeches, but none of thu
Kenosha officials have been asked t,
respond to toasts.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26
DOUBLE FUNERAL FOR MAGELLAN
Services Arranged for Thursday After
noon in Riverside

Funeral services for George A. Mac
lean and his son and namesake, who
were killed in an automobile accident
near New Brunswick, n. j., last Satur-
day, when the wife and daughter of
Mr. Maclean, and the Misses Mac
Donald, their guests, were severely in
jured, will be held at 2 O'Clock Thurs
day afternoon in ST. Paul's Episcopal
church, Riverside. They will be con-
Quoted by Rev. Robert 0. Cooper, rec
tor Of the church.
Mr.. Maclean s entire business life
was spent with Marshal Field & Co., he
having risen, since he was a boy of u,
to the position of manager of the lace
department in the wholesale house, and
number Of his associates there have
been selected to serve as pallbearers.
The active pallbearers for Mr.. Mac
lean Sr. will be:
Walter Williams, John F. Avery, F.
l.. Brethauer, Andrew Dick, Frank M.
Hatch, G. G. Neumiller, Walter Schaub,
w. r. Scott
The honorary pallbearers will be be:
John G. Shedd, James Simpson, Ch@p-
in A. Day, K. Barnhart, T. W. Porter,
L. T. Woodcock, 7. G. Blayney, George
E. Smith, j. F. Johnston, r. M Hitch
cock, Orrin L. Evans, F. W. Kirtchner,
E. G. Gilbert, M. G. Wallace, George
Morton, w. III. Merritt, Robt. Somer-
vile, W. G. Finn, W. G. Miller, Frank
lin Ames, George Webster. 4
For George A, Maclean, Jr., the pail
bearers will be:
Harold Burling, Ned Washburn, w
Randolph, Ray Freer, Eugene Barnhart
Rex Brown.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26
Low CoLONIST RATES TO PACIFIC
COAST

Tickets on sale daily September 18th
to October 10Th Good on personally
conducted tours in tourist sleeping cars
to the coast without change, via the
Chicago, Union Pacific & North West
ern Line. For full particulars write
S. A Hutchinson, Manager Tour Dept,
212 Clark St., Chicago, H., or apply to
any ticket agent of The North Western
Line. dWa26s2-9-16-2a
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26
MANNED BY KENosHA CAR
Team Belong to Piper Farm Run Down
at Berryville on Monday

An accident occurred Monday morn
ing on the M. r. K line north Of
Berryville that resulted in the smash
ing of farm produce wagon belonging
to the Piper farm and the injury of
the team Of horses attached, together
with the smashing of the front of the
electric car The car was bound north
and had passed Berryville, when Motor
man Christianson noticed farm
wagon going along the road in the
same direction. Just before the car
reached the rig, the driver turned his
horses across the track directly in
front of the car, to turn up lane
leading to the farm buildings on the
Piper farm. The car struck the front
wheel and the rear of the horses.
ainging the whole team completely off
the tracks, cutting the horses badly,
besides smashing the wagon into
splintefs. The driver jumped and
escaped injury.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26
CONTRACT ENDS CONCESSIONS
Kenosha Gas and Electric Co. Places
City on Ledger as Paying Custo-
mer for Both Light and Heat
Cost to City $1,000 Annually.

For the first time in ten years the
city of Kenosha is paying for lighting
it's public buildings this month for
with the close of the contract for light
ing the streets of the city the Kenosha
Gas and Electric Company has placed
meters in all of the public buildings
and in the future the city viii pay for
lights at the same rate as any other
consumer of a like amount of current.
The Kenosha Gas and Electric Com
pany up to the close of the contract
had furnished free lights to the city
for the Gilbert NJ Simmons Library,
the three engine houses and the water
plant, the only lights paid for in the
city being those at the city hall and
at the mayors private office.
The new street lighting contract has
no provision for free lights and the
recent ruling of the Wisconsin Railroad
Commission will make it impossible for
the city to accept free lights from any
other company. There was some ques.
ton of the right Of the city to re.
ceive the lights under the old contract,
but as no complaint was made the
lights were furnished to the end of the
contract. The change in contract also
affects the heating Of all the city build
L IL
trail heating plant is turned on in
September the city will be paying Gus
toner on that circuit. Many of the
members of the Council had believed
that the free heating of the city build.
ings would continue so long as the
franchise for the public heating plant
was used by the Kenosha Gas and
Electric Company, but the officials OF
that company state that the agreement
for free heating was made as part
Of the contract for the lighting of the
streets and that the account of the
city with the heating company has
been removed from the mplimentary
ledger and placed with the regular pay
ing customers.
Statistics of the light and heat USED
by the city in the various buildings
during the past ten years show that
the annual average cost of this service
is in excess of $500. However, now
that the city is paying for the service
it is thought that the amount of lights
used will be reduced to a considerable
extent, but there will have to be ar
addition of at least $4,000 to the new
budget to provide for the payment OF
these bills The first bills for lighting
will be sent to the City Council at it:
next meeting and it is not thought thai
there will be any contest against the
payment Of them.
The new lighting franchise ordinance
recently passed by the Council and the
new gas ordinance which has been pro
posed, but not passed, offers free lights
to limited extent, but the city will
probably have to pay for the lights
for at least year even if way is
found to get around the ruling Of the
Railroad Commission against grant
ing such concessions to a municipality
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26
ROBBER GOT AWAY.
Man Closely Pursued by the Sheriff
Leaves Train at Bain and Escapes

Man Closely Pursued by the Sheriff
Leaves Train at Balm and Escapes
Sheriff Gunter and his assistants and
the members Of the police force were
tricked by smooth robber on Monday
afternoon The man was charged with
having stolen twenty dollars and a suit
OF clothes from man by the name
OF Hubbard at the Harry Smith board
ing house at Antioch and he had start
ed to Kenosha. The officials here were
ordered to arrest him when the train
reached Kenosha and force of depu-
ties and police were on hand, but when
the train got in it was found that the
fellow had left the Northwestern train
at Balm station and hurried across to
the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul
tracks ana caught freight train
bound for Chicago It is probable
that the fellow managed to get away.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26
NO ANSWER YET
All Papers in Market St. Injunction
Case Not Served on Officials

City Attorney John G. Slater has not
as yet filed any answer in the new
fight started by the Market street
property owners against the issuance
Of bonds for the paving Of the street.
In fact all the summons in the action
have not as yet been served. The
order to show cause why an injunction
should not be issued was not served
on Mayor Scholey until Monday after
noon and it has not as yet been served
on the contractor, John 0. Jones. The
order is returnable in the Circuit Court
on Sept. IS and it is probable that the
defendants in the action will not file
any answer until that time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26

The game between the Tigers of Re
nosha and the Sonlers Grays ended il
row in the seventh inning, the somer
team having lead of 5 to O.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26

The Somers Grays defeated the Pike
Groves at Somers Sunday afternoon by
% score Of 9 to 0.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26

Nant ads bring results IS
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-24
Granda Labor Picnic.

The Ebig. picnic of the Ohio
Valley Trades and Labor Assem-
bly,. twenty seventh on the list of
annual celebrations by the oldest
Of "heelings organizations, will
be given at the West Virginia
State Fair Grounds on the after
noon and evening of Saturday.
August rs, and the general COM
mittee has started the ball rolling
to make it the biggest Of all the
big affairs ever given by organized
Labor of Wheeling.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-24
Another Labor Victory.

The New York striking bakers
have won their fight for better con,
ditions, shorter workday and
higher pay. The strike was called
off last Friday morning, and all
the bakers returned to work. The
bosses surrendered in d body and
accepted the conditions of the
union at meeting held Thursday
afternoon at the house of NJ. Book
the president of the East Side Boss
Bakers A Association Rabbi Step
hen Wise was present at the meet
ing and advised the bosses to sur
render, explaining the expediency
of the act and the justice of the de-
mands made upon them by the
i'A>.a EyEEIa
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-24
Hughes Appoints Mitchell.

Governor Hughes has appointed
John Mitchell as one of the mem
bcrS of the commission of fourteen
authorized by the New York
legislature to inquire into the
question of the liability of en-
ployers, where employees are in
jured, and also to inquire into the
condition of the unemployed in
that state and the causes and eff
tects of such unemployment.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-24
Patten, the Gambler.

Patten, cut-throat wheat gam
bier, like Il certain Frenchman
who, when appealed to for bread.
told the starving people to eat
grass, has no fear of meeting the
fate of his prototype, whose head
was severed, mouth stuffed with
grass, and carried on a pike
through the streets Of gay Paree,
but, all the same, he is no better.
The Labor Leader.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-24
THURSDAY, JUNE "a, 1909.
LABOR'S WATCHWORD,

We DW stunt by our friends and
administer u singing rebukc to men
or parties tohO IRE either indifferent,
negiigeM or hosiic, 0nd, 'chcneUe, OPP
portnniiy u0or'is, secure The election
Of inteHigcnt, honcI, c0rnest hndcs-
Wlionists 'oiM, umbicmiShctl, pull up
uniOn cuftis IN McJ possession.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-24
BETRAYERS OF LABOR.

e. Last fall the hills and valleys
of West Virginia rcsoundcd with
eloquent orations dispensed by
political tricksters who lauded
labor to the, skies and pointedwith
dignity to the platforms of their
party which contained pIankS
guaranteeing protective labor lcgis-
lation. But when the test came
in the Legislative halls, these self
same men turned turtle and
danced to the music of their
maSters-the corporation kings
and swept labor's claims into the
junk heap.
They did not stop ut that but
the officers elected to other
branches of the state aud county
governments have proven recrcant
to the trust reposcdsssn them and
have shown themselves to be polt-
ical freebooters. They have OBJ.
tanned their offices under false pre-
tense; have proven traitors to the
bone and sinew of the state, and
have toully betrayed the laboring
masses who elevated them to office
betrayed them as foully as Judas
betrayed the Saviour.
AS a result of the BETRAYAL labor
is at the mercy of the captaius of
the criminal corporations and are
forced by armed thugs guards
to bow in humble submission to
the will of the task masters who
revel In the i'll gotten gold sectlr-
ed at the cost of the very life blood
OF the toiling masses who exc out
out miserable existence amid
poverty and sVualor in the
notorious scab coal fields of our
state
Judas had sufficient grace, to go
and hang himself after the bctray-
al OF our Saviour, but the political
pharasitcS who have for wears so
foully betrayed the wealth pro-
dncers of the Little Mountain
State have not the manhood as had
Judas lscariot. But the time is
rapidly drawing near when the
high finance tyrnnts and their
trucking political tools will be
forced 10 abdlcate and the people
Will assume the reiguS of govern
ment and then labor will come in
TO Its Cwn and the dark mantcl of
shame and corruption that has 50
long hung over the name of orr
wealth will be removed
and West Virginia Will step be-
lore the world with head erect
and face it with an untinchine
eye.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-24
SPECIAL CONVENTION.

| "A call for special convention
of District No. II, U. NJ. w. of A
has been issued to convene in this
city on Thursday, July l, 1909, at
Musicians Hall on Summers street
| The Convention will have sever
al very important matters before it
for consideration and every local
/ union in the District should have
delegates present, and in selecting
them should use great care and
choose their very best and most
conservative members, as the
questions to be considered have a
great bearing on the future welfare
and success of the organization in
this State.
The time has arrived when per-
sonal likes and dislikes must not
enter into the conduct of the affairs
of the organization as it's success
means more to the members and
their families than the mere per-
Der. A divided house cannot
stand and the very foundation Of
the organization is now tn threatened
unless all the members array
themselves in a solid and united
band for the elevation and uplift-
ing of the United Mine Work ers
OF America.
Members of the organization
must cast all personal prejudice
aside and enter into the work of
solidfying the trade union move
ment in the Kanawha Valley in a
free and open manner and relegate
all malice and dissention to the
rear and erect in its stead harmon
Ious relations among the officers
and members.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-24

\ perusal of the proceedings of
the new council is calculated to 1e
mind one very forcibly of the old
nursery jangle:
First she shouldn't:
Then she couldn't:
Then she wouldn't:
But she did
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-24
notice.!

The papers of all subscribers
will be stopped as soon as they
become delinquent, in cornpIi-
ance with the Postal Laws. If
you desire your paper con-
tinued renew your subscription
at once.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-24
A Noble Emblem.

The union label stands for home
industry. the protection of the in
terests of labor and the protection
OF the just and honorable employ
ers from competition by "'cheap
foreign labor rivals. Demand it
at all times.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-24

Municipal ownership of light
plants, gas, water works, street
car lines and bridges is the true
solution of economical adminiStra.
ton of municipal affairs and sounds
the death knell of political grafters
and public service pharasites.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-24

The old political parties of West
each other during campaign only
for the purpose of driving the feed
ing hogs from the trough. The
principle of both is the same and
summed up in one short word
Loot.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-24

The gas, water, electric, bridge
traction trust has ''buyN- par
tiSaned the citizens into virtual
slavery. The people. be damned.
so long as the metres rob them
monthly and fill the Golfers of the
manipulators of the :'buy''-
partisan charter graft.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-24

The Council at its meeting Mon
day night chopped off the heads of
several ''buy' partisan plum
pullers. TheaNe is waiting for the
big cheeses and at the next cleo
ton their CORY political heads will
drop into the down and out hopper.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-24
WILL THE PEOPLE ACT?

cusSion of late in the city papers
regarding the industrial advance,
ment of Charleston, and many of
the articles on the subject have
been well written and showed evi.
dence of careful research and
painstaking preparation. This is
well SD far as it goes. Everybody
realizes the fact that agitation
must precede action, but spas
modic agitation unaccompanied by
definite and decisive action, is
worse than useless-and action
seems to be still engulfed in the
dense fogs of the fair distant
future.
There is too great a diver sity
of opinion among the would be
promoters of industrial advance.
ment. Eyey self.onstituted BIZ
partisan physician who has ex-
pressed his views on the situation,
advocates his own particular
panacea as the ssle remedy which
will elevate our citizens to the
topmost crest of the billowy waves
of prosperity, and is stubbornly
opposed to conceding in iota Of
merit to any scheme formulated by
those working for the accomplish.
ment of the same end along other
lines.
Get together, gentlemen. There
may be some merit in your propo.
sitions, but they can't all go at
once. Unit on some one project,
and carry it through. When that
is firmly established, take up
anoteer, and we will have them
all in the course of time.
But we may as well meet square
ly face to face, the fact that until
same sweeping reforms are in
augurated no industry will volun-
tarily locate in this city, tdespitc
the marvellous advantages in raw
materials and transportation which
we have to offer.
No industry worthy of the name
will locate here so long as the
ubiquitous system of lcgalized
robbery by the public service cor
porations are PERMITTED to exist.
No man possessed of the faintest
spark of humanity will bring his
family to reside a acommunity
where they are forced by soul
less monopoly to pay an exhorbi-
tant price for water, gas and cleo
tricity, and where street walkers,
gamblers and prostitutes hount
their shame in the very face of the
without let or hinder
ancc :; 80 ~ sse=:szssi' ss
No industry will locate in city
governed in the interests of a
select coterie of political bosses
and their public service corpo-
ration clients instead of the entire
people of the community.
Suppress the crimes. gentlemen,
and the industrial situation will
solve itself. Industries will come
wheer the naturoal advantages are.
without special, Inducements. pro-
viled the obstacles placed in the
way by organized gangs Of poIiti.
cal high waymcn are removed.
The remedy is plain. We have
had agitation enough and to spare.
The time for action-prompt
decisive action, is here.
VIII the people acts
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-24

The nightly caucuses held in
the postoftire square have practi-
cally closed that thoroughfare to
pedestrians, likewise Capitol street
i'll fron6 of the postoftice. But
what's the use, that's "buy'lsi
partisan government. =-
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-24

The Pinkcrton spies are still
fitting through the Valley making
reports to headquarters and laying
plans to disrupt and wipe organ
lied labor out of existence.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-24

The City Attorney is fast falling
into liue with the modern Judges,
he gives his decisions to suit the
powers that WELD the whip.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-24

The "buy'. partisan organs are
now enjoying themselves indulg-
ing in Il family quarrel. "Buy'-
partisanism if a great thing if the
plutcs get all the spoils. but it
seems as though the council has
blocked some of their pet scheme.
and hence the Journalistic squalls
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-24

The big gamblers see "good
times coming as soon as the tariff
is settled. So the little rogues
who deal in bogus mining aud in
dustrial shares are getting into
training, too, for the harvest. AL
ready ''Eortune knocks at your
door, circulars are burden.
ing the mails, and the foolish ones
who read them and part with
their money will find that Fortune
is knocking them good and hard
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-24

An admirer of the ..buy' parti-
san promoters claims thai gentle
men of their callibre are a neces-
sity. Right! Necessity sounds
all right, and SO appropriate, too.
Ever hear of the old axiom "neces-
Sity knows no law -
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1909-06-24

Remember that the label is the
best friend of the wage Garner in
existence today. Don't forget it
when you spend your good hard
earned union dollars