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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-13
ASKS CHURCHES TO AID
Last General Order of Dead Commander
Urges More Patriotism


In general orders No. 7, Assistant Ad-
5utant General j. A. Watrous, by di-
rection of the late Department Com
maDder E. y. Coe, calls upon pastors
Of all churches in Wisconsin to preach
a patriotic sermon the Sunday before
Memorial day. The request is made
that in all Of the public and private
schools, University of Wisconsin, col
leges and normal SCHOOLS there be a
patriotic program carried out the Fri
day before Memorial day. Every post
is requested to attend public services
an some church on the Sunday night be-
fore Memorial day. 1t is hoped by the
department commander and the veter-
ans generally that Memorial day, which
this year comes on Monday, May 81,
will be more generally observed than
ever before.
Indications point to large attend
ance of representatives at the depart
ment encampment which begins in Eau
Claire on June IA and ends on June 16.
1t is also expeGed that there will be
an unusually large attendance of Grand
Army men on that occasion, as Eau
Claire is making special arrangements
For a grand reunion of Wisconsin
soldiers during the encampment
Several regimental reunions will take
place, including one by the Eighth Wis
eensin, whose Eagle company was rails
ed in Eau Claire. The Eau Claire post
is called upon to detail two messengers
for the encampment and the usual
guard for such occasions.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-13
DECISION To WHITE
Frank Conley Loses to Charles White
at Windsor Wednesday Evening

Frank Conley, the Kenosha fighter,
fought a fast battle with Charles White
of Chicago, at Windsor, Ontario Wed
nesday night and while the decision in
the fight was with White, Conley gave
a good account of himself. Conley
proved his mettle all during the fight
and while the Chicago boy showed more
science Conley showed that he was
game to the finish The men fought for
eight furious rounds and White made a
desperate effort to put Conley out, but
in the last round Cenley came up strong
and was in better condition than White
who had the best Of the earlier rounds
Men at the ring side declare that had
the battle been over a longer route
Conley would have. put White out. 1t
is probable that the two will be imme-
diately matched for another battle and
that the Windsor club will arrange to
stage it. Conley and his manager will
arrive home this afternoon.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-13
State Assessment Committee In.
crsases Tax Of Railways by
100000 for Coming Year
EkECTRlC GETS SOME RAISE
Action of Committee Win Not, How
ever, Raise Money Enough to do
Away With Regular State
Tax for Next Year

Nearly 0,000 more in taxes will be
collected from the railway companies
of the state this year than last year
in keeping with the valuation of the
properties of the company which has
just been made public by the State
Board of Assessment. The state treas
urer will collect a total of $3,142,886
from the railroads as taxes this year
as compared with 1908, 720.63 levied
In the preceding year. The four tele-
graph companies in the state will pay
$21 ,409.95 this year as compared with
$22, 409.l2 last year. The decrease in
the taxes Of the telegraph companies
is due to more equitable valuation.
The properties Of the Northwestern
Railway Company will pay more taxes
this year than any other railway prop
erty in the state and the tax to be
paid by this company will be the larg-
est tax ever collected by the state from
any public service corporation amount
ing in all to $1,0Uo,913.
All of the railways touching Keno
sha county show slight increase in
the valuation this year. The increase
in the Northwestern and the Chicago
Milwaukee & st. Paul companies is de-
cidedly large. 1t is interesting to note
that, notwithstanding the fact that the
Chicago & Milwaukee Electric road is
being operated under a receivership, the
state assessment committee finds that
it is worthy of much higher valuation
than last year and this year the valu-
alton of the property of the company
subject to taxation is placed at
$4,000 and the tax to be paid to
the state by the company will be
si5,431.
The increase in the railway taxes has
been looked for with great deal of
interest and it was expected that this
increase would be so large that it would
make an increase in revenue sufficient
to permit the State Commission to
eliminate the state taxes for another
gear. This is not the fact and it will
undoubtedly be necessary to levy a
state tax next year. This will come as
bad news to the people of Kenosha as
it will be an impossibility to provide
revenues for the city with one per
cent levy without a state tax. The
only thing that can prevent large
increase in the taxes of the people of
Kenosha will be a large increase in
the assessed valuation of the property
in the city and while the assessors are
making every possible effort to get all
the property at nearly its true value nc
large increase in the assessment is Elk.
pected,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-13
SETS new RECORD
April Weather Proves To Be Most
Unusual Known Since DAYS
of Noah and His Ark
~
FARMERS FIND WEATHER BAD

April, 1909, may not have been the
warmest April since the days Of Father
Noah, but it is long ways the wettest
April since any records were kept in
this vicinity, and if any of the old in-
habitants recall any that can equal it,
they have not come forward.
The precipitation for the month was
$50 inches, nearly triple the general
average, and over twice as much as
fell in any previous April IN the past
fourteen years with the exception of
those of 1903, with 1862; 1904, with
1921, and 1908, with 1892.
The dryest April was in 1899, when
the precipitation was .35. So severe
was the drought on this occasion that
| it proved a serious set back to veg
litation, and most of the crops were
from two to three weeks late. The
greatest precipitation for twenty-four
hours during the month just past. was
vi tuG IGIA WITH over du luCn ana a
half fell.
This year the farmers are in des-
perate straits. The oat crop has been
retarded and acres upon acres have
been drowned out. The stand is poor
and many farmers who have the time
to spare are going to plough the land
for corn.
For as far back as thirty years we
have not had as much rain and cold
weather, as we are living at the
present time" said one tiller of the
Fsoil this morning
The season today is over month
behind. The condition of the ground
lis such that the farmer can not even
pillow. In some places, particularly
north along the rivers, the fields are
under water and at the very soonest
with the best of weather conditions
would not be fit for ploughing for
over week.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-13
ROYAL LEAGUE TEAM WINS
City Bowling League Finishes Series
on Friday Evening

The Kenosha City Bowling League
closed its contests for the season on
RFriday evening with the Royal League
team in first place. The winning team
has won 40 games and lost 80 while
the Night Hawks, who finished in
second place won A and lost 81
games. The finish was a decidedly
Eciese one. The other teams finished in
the following order, Eagles, All Stars,
knights of Columbus and Blue Jays.
The Royal League team had led the
league since the first ball was rolled
hlast October and there was never a
htime up to the last week Of the league
season that the winning team was out
of first place. The members of the
WINNING team were Lansdowne, Lewis,
DERRY, Tanning and Ryan. The sue
cess Of the league has been so great
THAT it is certain that a new league
series will be arranged for the next
season.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-13
MAY SECURE DR.. BRONSON
Evanston Man Selected to Act as Per
n1anent Supply at Park Ave. Church

The Rev. S. c. Bronson of Evanston,
will probably become the permanent
supply as pastor of Park avenue NJ E.
church until the meeting of the Wis
consin conference next September. DR..
George IL. Trevor was selected some
time ago to take the pastorate of the
church, but he has found it impossible
to accept the work and DIR. Bronson
has been selected by the members of
the congregation. The matter is now
in the hands Of the district superinten-
dent and he is expected to act on the
question of calling Or. Bronson before
the close Of the present week. DR..
Bronson is connected with the North
western university. He is a scholarly
man and is well known to many Of the
members of the church. He has filed
the pulpit on several occasions since
the death of the Rev. W. w. Stevens.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-13
AT TIE LIBRARY
Many New Books to be Found at Gil
bert NJ. Simmons Library


Fiction
Bartlett-Web of the golden spider
Benson-Climber.
Bower-Lonesome trail.
Brown-Story of Thyrza.
Butler Cheerful smuggler.
Chatfeld -Taylor-Fame S pathway.
Diver-Capt Desmond, Y. G.
Dougall-Paths of the righteous.
Grant-Chippendales.
Bulge and Toddie.
Hall One Immortality.
Harris-Bishop and the boogerman.
Johnson Eternal boy.
Kinross-Joan of Garioch.
Kiping With the night mail
Knapp-But still man.
Lancaster-Altar stairs.
Lane-Katrine.
Observation-Disclosures Miss Du
Jane.
MacNaughton- Three Miss Graemes
Mayo--Polly Of the circus.
Orcutt-Spell.
.Phiilpotts-Three brothers.
sheldon-Coffee and a love affair
Silberrad-Desire.
Thurston- Mirage,
Tompkins-Open house.
Wells-Tono- Bungay.
Non-Fiction
Abbott-Home builder.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-13
lIull-TMo Hagne conferences.

"a
Hull-Two Hague conferences.
Hyatt-Commereial and other spon-
ges.
King Seeming unreality of the
spiritual life.
Lair-Louise de la VALERIE
Leeky Historical and political es-
says.
Littlefeld -Handwork in the sunday
school.
Locy-Biology and its makers
Mackinder-The Rhine.
Martin-In q new century.
Meade-story Of gold.
Newman--Richard Strauss.
Newsholme- Prevention Of tubereulo-
sis.
Osler-Alabama student.
Pencil - Life of James Mcneil
Whistler.
Podmore-Na Naturalization of the SUI
pernatural.
Ricbards-Cost of cleanness
Ritchey-Pattern making.
Ritchie-Blackstick papers.
Rogers Shell book.
Rowe-Problems of city government.
schelling -Ehzabethan drama.
Sherman Memoirs.
singIeton-switzerland as described
by great writers.
smith-Ocean carrier.
standage-Decoration of metal, wood,
glass, exc.
Simpson Foundry work
sweet--sounds of English
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-13

Titchener-Lectures on elementary
psychology and feeling and attention.
Tracy-rIane surveying.
Trotman-Leather trades chemistry.
Van Dyke-out-of doors in the Holy
Land.
ein-Herculaneum.
Observation-Disclosures Mansfield.
Yeats-Unieorn from the stars,
Zayas-Porfrio Diaz.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-13

Now that the city has served official
notice that all bills presented against
che CITY shust be accompanied by
vouchers for every item it might be in
order for some of the new chairmen
Of the committees responsible for the
largest expenditures to look over some
Of the old bills for the past year.
There may be. whole lot of inferma-
tion In Che files that would be of in
teTest to theepeople of the city and al
though the money will never come back
At may be some comfort to some, of the
tax payers to know who got it--that
Is to sey who got it in the first place,
fnrthep than that the records will not
Show Of course.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-13
DEATH OF JOHN srEM-AcH
Well Known Kenosha Young Man Dies.
in Detroit, Mich, Thursday

~ - ~~-~S 49, Ses-A5 @sAoh14 LAWS
in Detroit, Mich, Thursday
John P. steinbaeh, senior member of
the firn Of Steinbach & Bloxdorf,
agents for the Schlitz Brewing Com
pany in Kenosha, oied at Detroit, Mich
on Thursday after long illness from
dropsy Mr.. Steinbach was at the
home of friends in Detroit when he
died. He had planned to return to his
home here on Saturday of this week.
but was suddenly taken with severe
sinking spell which resulted in his
death. Mr.. Steinbach was thirty years
of ago. He was son of Peter Stein
bach and was born and raised in Keno
sha spending his entire life in this city.
He had been associated with his
father in business ventures since he
attained his majority and was widely
known in both the city and county. He
is survived by widow and three child
rem.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-13
HAD QUIET WEDDING
Well Known Western Union Manager
Married to Miss Eina E. Ellis

Married to Miss Eina E. Ellis
The marriage of Miss Eina E. Ellis,
a well known young lady of the city,
and James {. McNally, the manager of
the Kenosha office of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, was quietly cele-
brated at half past seven o clock We'd
nesday at the reetory of st. Matthews
church. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. Fred Ingley, rector of the
parish, in the presence of a few friends
of the contracting parties. The bride
was given away by her brother and was
unattended. Mr.. and Mrs. McNally
will make their home at sos Market
street and will be at home to their
friends after June l. Many friends in
Kenosha will be pleased to extend con-
CALCULATIONS.
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Walter Burke who has been i'll for
several weeks, is able to be at his
desk at the office of the Kenosha
Realty Company again.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-13
Evolution in Italian art.
Amundsen-N Northwest passage.
Anet-Through Persia in mot,

Allen-Evolution in Italian art.
Observation-Disclosures passage.
Through Persia in motor
car
Baikie-Story Of the Pharaohs.
Baker-Following the color lire.
Beers Mind that found itself.
Benson-At large
Brereton--Life of Henry Irving.
Brooks As others see US.
Bruce Historic ghosts and ghost
hunters.
calvert-Granada present and by
gone.
carlton-Educatio and industrial
evolution
Carnegie-Problems of today.
Chapman-Camps and cruises of an
ornithologlst.
clarke-Brownipg S England.
Cole-Accounts.
Coolidge-United States as a world
power.
Davenport Jewellery
Dawson-Anamels
Draper Recollections of varied
career.
Dudeney-Ca Canterbury puzzles.
Foster -Cyclopedia Of civil govern
ment.
Gasquet-Greater abbeys of England.
Gordon-Home life in Italy,
Hall How TO get position and how
to keep it.
Harrison-Rsalities and ideals.
Hulbert-Niagara river.
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Geo. Harrington, Jr., has returned
home after two weeks visit with his
grandmother Mrs. F. f. Heinzeman of
Chicago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-13

Miss Charlotte Stahl entertained at
her home on Ashland avenue Wednes-
day afternoon in honor of Miss Martin.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-13

The weather man certainly did his
part to make the celebration of Arbor
day success.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-05-13

Want ads bring results.
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=. Want ads bring result
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-04-23
ALL READY FOR DRAINAGE WORK
Commission Has Surveys, Plans and
Estimates Prepared.

Commission Has Surveys, Plans and
Estimatea Prepared.
All preparations for a big seasons
work of they state drainage commits
sion have been made. Everything has
been planned, bitches surveyed, all es.
t1mates made and maps and plans
drawn. Work will begin in earnest
Immediately after the passage of the
appropriation bill fixing the amount
available for drainage.
The commission expects no less
than it received from the last legisla'
ture two years ago, when it was given
100000 for each year.
All bitches for draining state lands
have been surveyed in St. Louis, Ait
kin, Hubbard, Marshall, Roseau, Kit
son and Polk counties.
About ten cooperative ditches
which are built by the state with the
cooperation of counties in the i'm.
provement of river channels. have
been planned.
The state land bitches, built by di
rect assessments in which the state
pays > pro rata portion of the cost
have been surveyed in localities where
the lane if drained, will be immedi
ately available for agricultural pur
poses.
No bitches have been planned sc
far in lands heavily timbered, the
work being confined to meadows and
swamp lands.
Several of the projects under con
slderation will, if carried out, entire
ly exhaust the appropriation for one
year. Contracts have been DELAYED
awaiting the appropriations and will
not be let for about two months. This
wait has caused a delay in the entire
system of the work.
The commission is at present seek.
ing a plan whereby the work will not
be needlessly delayed pending action
by the legislature. 1t is thought that
the appropriations can just as we'll be
made several years in advance.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-04-23
ROCHESTER SWEPT
BY FIERCE FIRE
Several Sections of City De-
strOyed, Causing Damage Of
About Half a Million.
FAMILIES ARE HOMELESS
Miiitiamen Guard the Burned Districts
Several Firemen Hurt by
Falling Walls.

Rochester, N. Y. April 15.-Swept
by a twenty-five-mile gale. fire yester-
day destroyed several sections of the
city and did damage estimated at half
a million dollars. For a time it was
thought a great portion of the city
would be swept, and aid was summon
ed from Buffalo and Syracuse.
One hundred families are homeless
and militiamen are guarding what lit
tie the people saved Of their house
hold effects.
Call for Relief.
Mayor Edserton has issued a can
for relief funds for these families.
Some are Quartered in precinct
houses. and a large number are spend
ing the night in a public school. A
heavy rain set in at 6 o'clock last
night. and while it helped in eXtin-
gushing the smollering ruins, it was
q hardship on the homeless. Thiev-
ing, which started early in the day,
has been stopped by the militia.
Because of the numerous fires in
Rochester recently the board of fire
underwriters has Increased rates here
81 all buildings except dwellings 25
cents on every 500. The increase
went into effect at 5 o'clock yester-
Cay. The Palmer building, a four
story brick structure devoted to man.
ufacturing interests, at Main and
Gibbs streets. was the starting point
ct the confagration, which spread
oven a wide area, and then jumped
neally a mile and started a second
series Of fires.
Fifty Homes Burned.
Buildings destroyed, in addition to
about fifty residences, were the Pal.
mer building, Temple Birth Kodesh,
First Reformed Church of America,
the Ward apartments and First Ger
man Luther Zion church. The St. Pc.
ter's Presbyterian church, the Palmer
lumber yards and several small firms
on Main street were damaged.
Several firemen were injured by
falling walls or were overcome by
smoke, but none was seriously hurt.
Rochester is tcrrorstricken. Yes.
1erday's cOnfiasration was the culmi.
nation of an uninterrupted series of
fires, many Of which have been chare.
ed to lncendiarism. The flames are
stlll snoldering in dozens of places
and the wind is increasing in veloc
ity.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-04-23
news OF WEEK SUMMARIZED
important Events at Home and on
Foreign Shores Briefly
Told.
PEOPLE TALKED @ u

George Herbert McCord, a we'll
known landscape artist. died from
apoplexy in his studio in New York.
Mrs. Fanny Friedman is dead in
New York at the age Of 112 years.
She was born in Hungary Jan. 8, 1897,
and has been i'll only a few days.
Gen. Sir O'Moore Creagh has been
appointed commandments in In
dia. to succeed Gen. Lord Kitchener
when the latter retires in August.
Rev. James Stuart Dickson, CORE
spending secretary of he college
board CT the Presbyterian church..
died at East Orange, N. j. He was
fifty years old.
CO.. Samuel H. Stone. former state
auditor of Kentucky, died at his home
in Louisville, aged tifty-nine years.
He was one of the most brilliant men
in Kentucky.
Ohio Herbert Dilley. musician, di-
rector and composer OF popular
songs. died from consumption at his
Lcme in Sfnecavil!e. Ohio. He was
thirty-fve years old.
Joseph II. Russell, who went to
Montana as a prospectCr in 1867. is
dead at Helena. At n time he dis
posed OF mining property to James j.
Hill and the late Col. B~rOadwater for
$1,000.
The president has withdrawn the
nomination Of William G. Wheeler to
be United States attorney for the
Western district of Wisconsin. Mr..
Wheeler has accepted a more lucra-
tive POSITION as attorney for the Chi
cGco & h-Westeln railway in
Wisconsin.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-04-23
ACCIDENTAL HAPPENINGS.

A slight scratch from a nail on his
thumb nearly a month ago resulted
in the death from lockjaw OF DR.. J. O.
Jolly Of dixon, Neb.
Three men were killed when 100
quarts CT nitroslycerin exploded in
the construction camp of RoXley &
CARPENTER at Blue Sulphur, w. Va.
When driving neal Laporte, Iowa,
Benjamin Brandt, sixteen years old,
was killed by a bolt of lightning that
also killed the horses and demolished
the buggy.
John OFT of Heidlersburg, a suburb
of Pittsburg. carried his father and
mother out of their burning home only
to find that his father was badly burn.
ed and his mother was dead
AS a result of playing with matches
Stephen Keefe, three years old, was
burned to death in Washington. Mrs.
Mamie keefe. his mother. was badly
burned in an effort to save his life.
Will l.. Payne of Lansing, Mich. a
etockman, was killed and six others
injured, n seriously, in a rear-end
collision between two Union Pacific
stock trains in the yards at Fremont,
Neb.
The establishment of the Zellerbach
Paper company in North Los Angeles
was burned, the loss being estimated
at $500, 600. The fire for a time threat
ened the center of the wholesale dis.
trict.
When trying to save her two chill.
dren, Mrs. Grazia Pettinate of New
York was burned to death, following
the explosion of a can of kerosene.
with which she had attempted to
quicken the kitchen fire.
Kenneth English, a junior in the
Marion. Iowa, high school. while at.
tempting to board a moving freight
train, lost his footing and was struck
on the head by a car and received in.
juries from which he died.
Mary Stottenberg. the fo]urteen-vear.
old daughter of Fred ~Stottenberg a
farmer living near Mason City. Iowa.
was run down by an auto. Both
wheels passed ove her body and ply.
slclans say she will not
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-04-23
MAKES NEW BUTTER PRIZE.

A new feature is to be added to the
butter scoring contests this year, and
known as the improvement contest.
The idea is to give a prize to the con.
testant who shows the largest per.
centage Of gain this year over his
record for last year, irrespective of
whether he stands neal the ton or the
bottom of the list.
The state dairy and food commission
believes that this will supply an in.
centive to the man who did not win
any prizes last year to strain every
nerve to better his dairy products this
year.
Last year about 200 hutter and
cheesemakers took part at different
times, although only eighty-ive en-.
tered in all six contests. The first
prize in each Of the three classes,
whole milk. butter, hand separator
butter and cheese, was a trip to New
York, and the second a trip to CHICAGO
Arrangements are now being made for
the contests, the first Of which will
probably be held at the Booth cold
storage warehouse, st. Paul, about the
middle of mex month.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1909-04-23
CRIMES.

Armed with a revolver, a man
smashed the window of Groth's Jewel
ry store at Montreal and escaped with
a tray containing diamonds valued at
$4,000.
Two little girls We're injured in a
fight between opposing factions of the
German Evangelical church at Globe
vile, a suburb of Denver. A dozen
shots were fired.
Five years in the Fort Leaverworth
~penitentiary was the sentence imposed
upon Thomas NJ. Hayes. former re-
ceiving teller Of the American Nation.
al bank of Washington, convicted o.
ENLIGHTENMENT.
Discovery was made at Columbus,
Ohio, that two safes in the Office Of
H. G. Fitzgerald {, Co. dentists. had
been picked by professionals and rob
led Of gold filling material, said to
he worth $4,000.