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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21
Plan To Disband Old Volunteer
Department Is Not Even
Mentioned Officially
WALLIS RETAINS PRESIDENCY
Usual Fines are Assessed Against the
members Absent at Annual Meet
ing and all Oficers Re-
elected for New Year

The annual meeting of the members
of the Kenosha Volunteer Fire Depart
ment was held on Wednesday evening
and the old department is still intact
and as a result of the meeting there is
no reason to believe that it will ever
be disbanded. The meeting was the
same old routine of other years and
not once did one of the members be-
come sufficiently bold to bring up the
question of disbanding. However, af-
ter the meeting was over there was a
discussion among some of the leaders
of the various plans that had been sug-
gested, but these men all admitted that
the rank and file of the department was
so set against any scheme that would
cut off the annual checks that it would
thing along this line. The members Of
the department seem to think that the
City Council would have some power to
disband the department, but there is
some doubt along this line. The de-
partment is organized under a charter
granted by the state legislature and if
there is any disbanding it must be by
the vote of the members of the depart
ment. 1t is certain that the charter
Of the department will not be returned
to the state until many of the men who
have been leaders in the department. in
other years are dead for these men are
determined to keep up social organ
ization with the state charter even
should the department be disbanded as
a working body.
The attendance at the annual meeting
of the department showed lack of
interest among the members and there
were but thirty eight of the members
present at the meeting on Wednesday
evening. President George Wallis pre-
sided and the usual reports were made
by the officers. There was nothing
new in the work of the department.
The various companies still have their
full quota of men. Many of the men
who have been criticised for their &C
ceptance of the annual checks from
the department. while it was an open
secret that they paid no attention to
fires, were not present at the meeting
and the secretary was directed to
charge up against them the usual fine
of dollar. These dollars will go back
into the treasury of the department
and leave larger sum to be divided
at the opening Of the next year. Next
year the insurance tax collected will
not be divided among the members OF
the department alone as under the
state law the fund collected will be
equally divided between the Nremen'c
pension fund and the volunteers. The
annual election of officers resulted il
the following being chosen;
President-George Wallis.
Vice President-Charles HI. Goodman
Secretary-L S. Vinegar
Charles G. Brown.
Collector-Phillip Hartman.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21
WEAR CARNATIoN THE GOTH
January 90 is Carnation Day the
Country Over

Don It forget to wear a red carnation
on January 20, "Carnation day." the
birthday of the late President William
Mckinley.
The Carnation League of America
asks every one to wear his favorite
flower, the red carnation, on that day,
ia commemoration of the martyred
presidents services for his country.
Kenosha florists will lay in an extra
stock Of the red blossoms and they
anticipate heavy sales. Many florists
expect to decorate their show windows
with large portraits of Mckinley.
Carnation day was established in
January five years ago, and it has been
generally observed throughout the
country ever since.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21
TRAMPS SEEK AID
Cold Weather Drives Wanderers
Into Kenosha But Housewives
Are Getting Wise
MUST SHOW NEED OF FOOD

Zero weather is not to the liking of
tramps. They cannot travel on foot
from one place to another. Riding on
the bumpers of freight trains is out of
the question and sleeping on box cars is
equivalent to counting death. Right on
top of this is the assertion made by half
of the hoboes who seek shelter at the
tramp room at the Jail, that the aver
age housewife in Kenosha is getting
wise and refuses to pass out hot coffee
ings.
Formerly Kenosha was declared to be
easy by the tramps. They had fifty
houses marked, where good things were
to be had for the asking Now it is
different. The servants have been in
structed to ask the tramp when he
braces the kitchen door and tells hard
luck stories, whether he has any ere
dentials to show. IF he has none he
goes away as ne came.
There have been tramps who told the
story Of having lost everything in the
San Francisco earthquake; others who
were wiped out in some fire that never
took place; still others, claim to have
lost fortune through speculation and
to be making terrible effort to reach
some rich relative in New York, etc.
The man with his hand bandaged up
the result of an accident on the rail
way, tells a wonderful story. Several
have their heads bound up, are sick
and nearly all in. One fellow had his
| leg strapped up in such manner as to
Indicate it was crippled; then comes
the peddler of shoes strings and ask
that his wares be bought.
| Another class Of the hobo is one who
makes no bones of his avocation
When he calls for something, it is moi
with whine or in the manner of beg
cling, but otherwise.
Here, you," he. says, "trot out
some coffee and bread, I IN hungry and
want to be braced up
IF the servant or housewife reflects
the tramp glares at her and fercely ex
claims: "See here, is dere anything
coming, if not, watch your house and
barn tonight and some other nights. =
Of course the average woman viii
give food rather than run the chances
This sort of individual should be re
ported to the police without delay. His
place is behind the bars, with solitary
confinement and bread and water, unit
he understands that law abiding people
will not stand for such threats.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21
BRIDEGROOM INJURED
Phillip Neu Who Was to Have Been
Married on Tuesday Badly Injured

Letters received from the town Of
Paris state that postponment Of tba
marriage Of Miss Isabelle spartz,
daughter of former gheefriifff Nicholas
Spartz, and Phillip Neu, which was to
nave taken place at the Paris Catholic
church on Tuesday, was made necessary
on account Of the serious injury of the
bridegroom on the night before the mar
riage. Mr. Neu was injured in run
away accident and so badly hurt that
he remained unconscious for more than
five hours and he is now in bed at his
home suffering from several broken ribs.
On account of the injury to the BRIDE
groom it was Impossible for him to
leave his bed in order to go to the
wedding and as the couple desired to
be married in church it was decided to
postpone the nuptial ceremony until Mr..
Neu was able to be out again He is
now recovering slowly from the effects
of the accident and it is probable that
the marriage will take place within
few days. No details of the runaway
have been received by the friends and
relatives of Mr.. Neu in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21
ST. JAMES COURT ELECTS

st. James Court No. 278 w. G. o. F.
held their annual installation Of of
fcers in St. James School Tuesday,
Jan II. The following were installed:
g. R.-Mrs. Sarah Gallagher.
V. G. R.-Mrs. Mary Ward.
R. S.-Mrs. Agnes Cleary.
T. S.-Mrs. Abazaie O'Hare
Treas.-Mrs. Bridget O'Hare.
Trustees Mary NJ. Bose, Nora A..
Q 'Malley and Mary A. Rogers.
Conductors-Luey Ludlow and Mary
Neaphy.
sentinels-Mary stahl and Einor
Beckman.
Mrs. Marie LIE Fevre who resigned
as R. S., having served as an officer for
ten years, was presented with an en-
blem pin by the officers. Refreshments
were served at the close of the meet
ing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21

The Frank L.. Wells company of Ke-
nosha filed articles of incorporation with
the secretary of state on Thursday.
The company is Incorporated with a
capital stock of $4,000 and the in
corporators are Frank L. Wells, A. G.
Lippert and Eva S. Wells. The incor-
poration is in keeping with the plan of
Mr.. Wells, to take in many of his work
men as stockholders in the company and
the new management is to go into effect
the first of next month.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21
G.. e. INSTALLATION

At the installation service of the
Congregational Christian Endeavor So
cIety the following persons were in
Quoted into Office for the ensuing year.
President-Miss Ethel A. Farrill.
Vice President-Miss Otelia Pfennig.
Recording Sec.-Miss Harriet Lewis.
Cor. Sec.-Miss Margaret Telfar.
Treasurer Flora Broderick.
Chairmen of Committees-Mis EMILY
Hunt, Miss Lizzie Petrie, Miss Winnie
Carter, Miss Harriet Lewis.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21

Andrew Buer, a former member Of
the Kenosha, Life Saving Crew, who
has been at the state asylum for the
insane at Mendoza, is considered as
Chronic = and steps will be taken to
have him removed to one Of the asy-
lums for the chronic insane on Feb. 2.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21

fallen 2A inches, Lakes Michigan and
Huron have fallen 214 inches, Lake
Erie has fallen 3A inches and Lake
Ontario 5A inches.
During January Lake Superior Is
likely to fall inches and Lakes Mich
gan Huron ~ inches;- Lake Erie
should rise Il inch and Lake Ontario
IL inches.
Lake Superior is 81a inches lower
than the average December stage Of the
past ten years and about 6A inches
lower than last year. 1t is ~ inches
higher than in December, 1891, but
5A inches lower than in 1906 and 1879
inches lower than in 1900.
Lakes Michigan and Huron show a
stage p inch lower than the average
December stage of the past ten years
and 50 inches lower than last year,
but q inches higher than in 1895. In
December, 1885, the water was 28a
inches higher.
Lake Erie is 1919 inches lower than
in December last year. 1t is inches
below the mean December stage OF the
past ten years, but 61A inches higher
than in 1885.
Lake Ontario is 10 inches lower than
in December last year, but 81 inches
higher than the average December
stage Of the past ten years. In 1861
it was 257a inches higher, and in 1885
p inches higher than in 1908. In
December, 1895, it was 24a inches
lower
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21

The Thorns defeated the Broadway
Indoor base ball team at Columbia
Hall Thursday evening by score Of
5 to 3.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21

William F. Bose, Jr, and Miss Hat
tie Donsing, botn of the Town of Som,
ers, have been ncensed to marry.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21
DECEMBER LAKE LEVELS
u. S. Lake Survey Notice to Mariners
Detroit, Mich, Jan. IL, 1909

The United States Lake Survey re-
ports the stages of the Great Lakes for
the month Of December as follows:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21


Gold Medal Flour saves worry.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-01-21

Want ads Is cents q week.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-12-11
Rich Mems Gifts are Poor

beside this: Il want to go on
record as saying that / regard
Electric Bitters as one of the
greatest gifts that God has
made to woman, writes Mrs. o.
Rhinevault, of Vestal Center,
n. Y, II can never forget what
it has done for me-" This
glorious medicine gives a woman
buoyant spirits, vigor of body
and jubilant health. 1t quickly
cures Nervousness, Sleepless-
ness, Melancholy, Headache,
Hackache, Painting and Dizzy
Spells; soon builds up the weak,
ailing and sickly. Try them.
SOC at All Druggists.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-12-11
Telephones Do Not
Spread Disease.

The notion that disease is
communicated by telephone
mouthpieces was freely spread
about some years ago by pro-
meters of attachments offered
as Il remedy for his alleged
danger.
The question of transmission
OF disease by telephone mouth
pieces was, at that time, sub
mitted to an eminent New York
bacteriologist, who conducted
tests upon mouthpieces of va
RUS types, and also took ''cul-
lures" from mouthpieces of
public telephones used by hun
dreds of persons daily. AT the
same period similar tests were
conducted by competent scien-
lists in Boston, London, Buff
alo and other centers.
These seperate Investigations
yielded a common result. No
disease germs could be detect
ed. Danger was declared neg
ligible. No case of transmission
of disease has ever been traced
to the telephone.
Only one precaution was re-
commended by Investigators
that of cleanliness, such as
keeping the mouthpieces free
from dust, and washing them
occasionally with soap and
water.
One of the attachments offer
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-12-11


ed at the time the germ scare
started contained fragrant
fluid said to be destructive to
germs. A bacteriologist placed
some real germs on a telephone
mouthpiece fitted with this at
tachment and left it twenty-four
hours. When opened the germs
were alive and well. He stated
that this fluid had no germicidal
propertiex, but merly gave a
pleasant odor.
1t was also shown that agita-
ton by promoters of attach
ments rested on no scientific
knowledge, but was purely a
scare" organized for selfish
purposes.
Therefore, talk freely into the
tel ephone mouthpiece, and
close enough to give clearness.
Rest assured that there there is
no likelihood of either contract
ing or spreading disease in this
m ann r.-Suggestion Book,
New York Telephone Company.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-12-11
Facts About Utah.

Area in square miles 81 800.
Area in acres, "a, 1893, 600.
Exertme breadth, mile, 275.
Extreme length, mile, 345.
Population, 100000.
Number of families in state 70,
600.
State rank according to pop
ulation, 43.
Forest reserves in acres, Z,
436,327.
Revenue to state from forest
reserevs, $50 ,681.
Horticuitui al, products, 81,
100000.
Grain crop, So, 100000.
Dairy products, 81, 100000.
Poultry and eggs, $3.50, 900.
Sugar beets, 81, 100000.
Wool, So, 100000.
Sheep, mum Der, 3,115, ZOO,
worth $1O,OOO,OOO.
Live stock industry, 1885,
600.
Dividends from mines, 1909,
$S,000,0O0.
Dividends from mines since
industry started, 800 ,OO0. 900.
Coal output, 1908, 1851 900.
Contents, Utah coal fields in
tons, 196, 45S, 100000.
hydrocarbons in state worth
$1,000, 100000.
Cement outputin 1908, barrels,
10000.
Spends for education, per
capita, $23.62.
School attendance, 81, 553.
School population, 9S,660.
Salt product, 1908, worth $3.50,
900.
Zero mark at lake, feet above
sea level, 4,213.
Eighth largest state in union;
admitted to union January 4,
1896. Sego Lily is state flower.
Elk.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-12-11

Gifts Men Lke-Shavng SETS glove boxes SETS socks
handkerchefs sk pan) Watches watch fobs cuff links
neckte boxes hats neckwear umbrellas shirts gloves Shoes
trunks razors, hats supenders, sweaters underwear
slippers suit cases, rings, scarf pins, collars, etc.
Gifts Women Like-Toe SETS handkerchief boxes lace
waists umbrellas hat pins, purses fancy hosiery beveled
mirrors manicure SETS coored silks Shoes slippers evening
coats back combs boxes handkech fancy
goods bracelets black silks umbrellas furs shaw breaches
hand bags, lace collarettes, fascinaors, etc.
Gifts for Boys and GlsHandkerchie neckwear watches
cuff links mechanical toys trunpes pocket knives
sspenders watch obs bracelets holiday hose racers
railway trunks, muers scarf pins, breaches flexible flyers
balls wagons reading books umbrellas finger rings, coral
beads games, dolls, candy and nuts, etc.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-25
JlM'S COUSIN
IS BADLY HURT

SAN FRANCISCO, August 17.-John
Quinn, trainer and driver of Sweet
Bon, winner of this years California
Trotting Futurity; Wild Bell, 2:0512,
the States present champion trotter,
and of other harness racing celebrities,
may be absent from the sulky during
this week s race meeting at Woodland,
which will commence tomorrow and con
tinue until Saturday evening.
When the special train bearing own
ers, trainers, drivers, their families, and
eight carloads of their fieetfooted horses
was pulling out from Pleasanton yester-
day noon, John Quinn met with an acci-
dent that made the onlookers' blood run
cold for the moment. Rushing to board
the train after it had started, Quinn s
foot missed the bottom step and the
impetus of his spring carried him be-
meath the body of the car and he fell
against its forward wheels The train
men declared the only thing that saved
his limbs, and perhaps his life, was that
he struck the wheels above their axles
and was thrown off instead of being
drawn under
Willing hands picked up the bleeding
trainer, into whose face, hands and
limbs the gravel and cinders had been
driven by the force of his fall. and
whose clothing was badly torn. He
was carried into the Pleasanton station
house and given medical attention.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-25
CRICKETERS
OFF FOR MAUI

The cricketers all got away on the
Mauna Kea yesterday at noon and the
last that was seen of them was Jamie
Fiddes anxiously inquiring which
would be the lee side of the steamer.
The big mat for the pitch was safely
slowed aboard as also all the rest of
the cricket dunnage In spite Of pros
poets for quite rough trip, everybody
looked happy and the last words that
MeGiu, the captain of the team, sa1o
were to the effect that they would most
certainly bring back victory with
them.
There has been quite a little talk
among the devotees of the British
game, as to who would make the big
gest score of the team. Some seemed
to favor Bob Anderson while others
refer. TO Lothrop Wilmington as the
mar who will probably carry off the
honors.
Wilmington made the highest score
in the match last Saturday and he is
a very brilliant bat Anderson is an
old stager at the game and is less
liable to being bowled than the young
err player There are other good bats
in the team. and there is every pos
sibility that any one Of the eleven
viii come out with the highest score of
the day.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-25
ISLAND PEOPLE WHO
ARE soon To WE'D

CalT-Another bride of the autumn
will be Miss Lydia Gibbons, whose
marriage with Gustave Schaefer of Ho'
nolulu will be an event of this month
and will take place, in fact, Friday
evening, August q, at the First Pres,
byterian church in this city.
The bride elect is the attractive
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles T.
Gibbons, and had not made her formal
bow to society when her engagement
to the prominent clubman of Honolulu
was announced several months ago.
The bride has selected green and white
for the color scheme at her wedding
and it is said that the gowns and de-
tails of the decorations have an origl-
nality quite unusual in the chosen
effect
The bride will be attended by her
sister, Mrs. J. Charles Green, as matron
of honor, while Miss Constance Cum
mings viii attend as bridesmaid and
George Brown of Honolulu viii act as
best man.
The wedding of Miss Cummings and
Ensign Joerns, u. s. n, by the way,
will be a later event of the season
and another wedding is remembered in
connection with this event, since
George Brown, who fills the office of
best man, is the fance of Miss Minna
Berger, who is visiting here from Ho-
nolulu with popular Miss Alice Mae
farlane. The Brown-Berger wedding
will be an event of December. The
wedding reception of Miss Gibbons
and Mr.. Schaefer will take place at
the Fairmont and viii be an elaborate
affair. The young couple viii live in
Honolulu.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-25
PRELIMINARY
TENNIS SINGLES

Promptly at 400 p. m. today the
preliminary round of the tennis tourpa-
ment for the championship of the Ha-
waiian Islands will commence on the
Beretania courts.
Sixteen of the leading players in the
islands have entered in singles and as
all have been practising consistently
some stirring matches may be anticl-
pated. and when the smoke has cleared
away the survivor Of the last and final
round will be formally declared cham
pion of the Hawaiian Islands for the
season of 1909.
AS is often the case in drawings, two
of the strongest players play IN the
preliminaries. On Court No. at 400
D. M, Mr.. P. E. Steere, the crack play
er from the Pacific Club will meet Mr..
E. S. Gee, the present holder of the
Wall cup and it is needless to say that
the match will be well worth seeing.
Mr.. Steere has always been one OF the
leading players in Honolulu and can
always be counted on to fight it out
to the finish while Mr.. Gee is playing
in great form and the player who beats
him will have to extend himself. An,
other match of interest will be between
f. E. Geenfeld the champion from
Eva and J. Atherton Richards. The
latter is the youngest player to enter
the tournament but plays an excellent
game and can be counted on to make
his more experienced antagonist ex'
tend himself.
Entries in ladies' singles will close
this evening at 500 p. M, and play
will commence on Thursday at 400 p.
m. Mixed doubles will commence on
Friday, the entries to close on Thurs
day, while gentlemen S doubles will be
held open until Saturday and in all
probability will not commence until the
early part of next week. Several en-
tries were received during the day for
the ladies singles and at least eight
strong teams will contest in mixed
doubles. In all probability, Miss Hall
will play with Mr.. P. E. Steere, while
Mrs. Kinds will play with ESonny'
Cunha, which will insure two strong
teams. At the last moment Mr.. Will
Roth has consented to enter in doubles,
his partner being W. w. Williamson.
Tennis enthusiasts will watch his re-
turn to the game with interest. w.
L. Warren being absent, Cunha and
Gee will double up; Anderson and Low;
Hemenway and Steere; Greenfield and
McKeever are all strong teams.
The drawings in singles are as fol-
lows:
First round-T. P. W. Gray VS.. P. R.
Bartlett; Major c. G. Long VS.. c. W.
Waterhouse; P. E. Greenfield VS.. J. A
Richards; j. Macconel VS.. T.. S. Con-
ness.
Second round-E. S. Gee VS.. P. E.
Steere; Noel DEER VS.. J. Macaulay; c.
r. Hemenway VS. Theodore Richards;
j. W. ". Brewster VS.. R. Sinclair.
Today S matches are as follows:
At 400 p. m.-Gee VS.. Steere; Long
VS.. Warehouse; Hemenway VS.. Rich
ards
At 4:30 P. m.-Greenfeld vs. Rich.
ards; Brewster VS.. Sinclair; Macconel
VS.. CONFESS.
At 800 p. m.-Gray VS.. Bartlett;
DEER VS.. Macaulay.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-25

try and persuade Tsukamote. the little
Jap who beat Nigel Jackson last July
at Hilo, to come TO Honolulu and
race again.
jackson declares that he wants a
longer distance. He states that he is
confident he can defeat the Jap if the
race were made over the regular
Marathon distance.
There are several long distance run
ners IN town who can give Tsukamoto
a good run for his money over the
shorter long distances, from ten to
nfteen miles and the management has
not by any means decided to make the
race long one. For several reasons.
Ihey believe that the public prefers
TO watch race that does not take
such long time. They believe that
they will have more even race by
having 1t shorter aud it seems to them
that the Jap should not be called or
to defend his title over longer dis.
lance than that which he ran when
he won.
A wireless is expected from the
agent at any time to state whether
Tstkamoto viii come or not As the
offer which was to be made to him is
an exceedingly liberal one, it seems
very probable that he will take il up.
The little Chinese milk wagon driver,
who made himself such a favorite at
the last Marathon at the league
grounds, by gamely running the whole
distance without proper training, viii
also be invited to enter and it looks
as though we might be treated to an
international race of great interest.