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The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1909-05-08
ST. MARTINVILLE, La, MAY 8, 1909.
Smashes All Records.

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health builder no other pills can CON-.
pare with DIR. Kings New Life Pills
They tone and regulate stomach, liver
and kidneys. purify the blood streng-
then the nerves; cure Constipation. Dys-
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Chills and Malaria. Try them. 25c at
Labbe's drug store.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1909-05-08
WHOOPING COUGH.

This is more dangerous disease than
is generally presumed. 1t will be sur
prise to many to learn that more deaths
result from it than from scarlet fever.
Pneumonia often results from it. Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy has been used
in many epidemics of whOOping cough,
and always with the best results. Del
bert McKeig Of Harlan. Iowa. says of it:
My boy t"Ok whOOping cough when
nine months old. He had It in the win
ter. l got a bottle OF Chamberlain's s
Cough Remedy which proved good. l
cannot recommend it too highly" For
sale by all druggists.
Champaign, ILL.,, April IL. From
Louisiana to Sadorus, a village in
Champaign County, was the long
distance travelled On foot by a
bird dog, which staggered into the
home of his master. William
Horn, starved and with bleeding
feet.
Last February Horn give the
animal to Henry Good, who took
him South. The animal evidently
pined for it's old master and home
and ran away. The dog was tran.
sported South in a box car.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1909-05-08
Kills To Stop The Fiend.

The worst foe for 15 years of John
Deye. Of Gladwin. Mich, was a running
ulcer. He paid doctors over $4,000 with
out benefit. Then BuckIens Arnica
Salve killed the ulcer and cured him.
Cures Fever-Sores. BOils. Felons. Ecze-
ma, Salt Rheum. Infallible for Piles,
Burns, Scalds. Cuts, Corns. % cents at
Labbe's drugstore.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1909-05-08
Notice.

Notice.
Lost on April the 5th., the following
notes: One to Cleric Gauthier. Jr., for
$44.OO. One to LeOnce LOuviere for SIS,
these notes are not endorsed.
DR. EUGENE BAYLIS,
s. Marttinvlle. La. April 5th, 1909.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23
"THE GOVERNORS PARDON

An attraction of interest will be
"The Governor Pardon" this sea-
son s successful comedy drama pre-
sented Christmas Day, matinee and
night at the Rhode Opera House. In
this play, Johnny Tanning, one of our
brightest stars, adds new character
to the stage in his portrayal of the
title role of ''The Governors Pardon. d"
Around the title role the author has
woven a story Of more than ordinary
dramatic interest, using such types of
characters seen in the smaller towns
of Indiana with which to build up one
of the strongest character comedy
dramas of the day. The play is of
the same class as "Lover's Lane, "
"Way Down East" and "Sis Hop
kins," being good, pure, wholesome
comedy that makes one feel better for
having seen it. DIV
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23
MAxwELL-HALL STOCK COMPANY

The Maxwell-Hall Stock Company
which will fill week IS engagement at
the Rhode Opera House commences
next Monday night and will present
different play at every performance
which includes matinees on Wednes-
day and Sunday. Miss Gertrude
Maitland, leading lady Of the company
is said to be a very remarkable
woman in many ways. Besides being
an actress of really great ability she
is musician Of renown and bears the
distinction of being the only lady who
ever conducted a season Of comic
opera in New York City. In addition
to her acting and musical accomplish
ments she is graduate Of Radcliffe
annex to Harvard College and is said
to be one of the handsomest women on
the American stage.
With all her accomplishments Miss
Maitland is a most congenial person
to meet and unassuming in her man.
ners. She holds receptions on the
stage during the week. She is al
ways glad to form the personal ac-
quaintance of nice people. DIV
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23
MAY DETAIN coUNsELMAN
Warrants Asked to Prevent His Leav-
ing the State

General J. E. Stuart of Chicago, is
still silent in regard to the arrest of
the woman who is alleged to have
forged the signature of Mrs. Lulu NJ
Counselman to a registered letter re-
ceipt at the Kenosha postohiee. At
the same time it is possible that writ
will be issued against Willis Counsel
man, the husband to prevent his leav-
ing the state of Illinois until after the
hearing on the re-opening of the di-
vorce case which is scheduled for Fri
day morning. The men employed at
the Kenosha postoffice have not been
asked to go to Chicago to be present at
that hearing and it is not thought that
the federal authorities will take any
part in the divorce matter and that
any action taken in regard to the al
legged Kenosha forgery will be separate
from the case in the Illinois state
courts.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23
Warming Sent Out to People
Who Have Christmas Trees
to Watch Out for Fire
MANY FIRES DUE TO CHR|sTMAS

Although there is vast difference
in the character Of Christmas and
Fourth of July celebrations, there are
dangers common to each holiday. The
Christmas tree, the Christmas turkey
and the tallow candle are dangerous
to life and property almost to the
same extent as the skyrocket, the
blank cartridge and the giant fire.
cracker.
On the glorious Fourth there are
many fires. Careless young Americans
are burned by explosives and physi-
clans are Immediately called. But
there is no certainty that the Christ
mas casualties will end with the day;
far from it. Those who gorge them
selves with turkey, Christmas candy
and cranberry sauce are i'll for few
days. The danger of fire begins short
ly before the holiday and lasts for sew
eral weeks afterward. Whenever a
tree is lighted there is risk until the
trees become too much withered to be
beautiful
A fire in the business district may
result from an electric wiring in show
windows. The use of cotton as imita-
ton snow is more likely to cause bad
fire than the discharge of cannon
crackers. The dumping of excelsior,
of tissue paper, such as Christmas
goods are packed III, in rear buildings is
apt to cause a blaze. 1t is safer to
shoot skyrocket at night than it is
to place an electric light near paper
or cloth.
Set your Christmas tree this year
we'll away from the wall; set it on a
solid base, and brace it so that the
children cannot knock it over, and
be careful when you light it.
Don It lose your presence of mind if
something should catch fire. Don It
drench everything in sight with water
the first thing. Take every precau-
ton possible to avoid a blaze, but have
an old blanket or bed quilt handy to
smother the flames if fire should
start. Have all the fun you can, but
throw your tree away before the blades
begin to drop off.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23
MUST GET GOOD ENUMERATORS
Directory Men Declare That If the
Census is Properly Taken in Keno
sha it Will Show Population Much
Larger Than Anticipated.

The city of Kenosha is nearing the
$4,000 mark in population and 1t IS
expected that when the national census
is taken the first of next April it will
show that Kenosha has made one OF
the largest gains IN population to be
credited to any city in the state OF
Wisconsin. The agents Of the Wright
Directory Company of Milwaukee are
now completing the work of getting
the list of names for the new directory
and these men declare that the popula-
ton of Kenosha at the present time
is between 24,4OO and 24,50O. This
would mean an increase of nearly 5000
people since the state census was tax
en- in 1905.
The director in charge of the col
lection of the names for the directory
in speaking of the matter said: 81
feel certain that Kenosha will show
a larger increase in population next
year than is anticipated by the people
of the city. Our figures are never
far from correct figures and we find
that there has been very large in
crease in the population Of the city
since the last directory was made. The
main difficulty for Kenosha will be to
get enumerators who will get all the
people. This will be very difficult
matter for the city has large foreign
population and these people are herd
Ell together IN way that wiz A2@e
it bad for the census enumerators to
get all of them. Only this after
noon one of my men found a house
on the west side of the city in which
thirty-six men were living. Now the
census enumerator would have to spend
several hours in that house to get all
of these people properly enumerated.
The steady increase in the population
of Kenosha regardless of the financial
conditions is decidedly remarkable and
Kenosha will stand high in the country
in regard to advance in population if
the enumerators are enabled to get all
the people of the city counted"
At the time the last general census
was taken in the spring of 1900 Keno
sha had a population of 1866 and at
that time it showed an increase of
more than eighty per cent over the
census of the former period. When
the state census was taken in 1905 the
city had a population of 1925 and
during the past five years it is thought
that the growth of the city has been
larger than in any previous period of
its history.
At the time of the taking of the
state census the city showed larger
numerical increase in population than
any city in the state with the excep-
tion of Milwaukee and Madison.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23
OLD PETE rs BACK
Harbinger of Christmas Season Makes
Annual Appearance at Court House

The county officials had real har-
binger of the Christmas season on Tues
day with the return to Kenosha of Old
Peter Larsen, an old time resident of
the town of Paris, who for years has
made it his custom to reach Kenosha
in time for the celebration of Christ
mas and he has arranged to remain in
this county until the opening of the
warm weather. Larsen is a county
charge, but he seldom bothers the of
6cials during the summer and autumn
months, but as regularly as Christmas
comes around Larsen gets back to Ke-
nosha and stays here until the middle
of April. Last year the officials made
provision for Larsen to be cared for
at one of the lower class hotels in the
city, but this year arrangements are
being made to have him sent to the
Racine County Poor Farm. He is
more than 70 years of age and as he
has established residence in the coun-
ty it is up to the officials to take care
of him during the winter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23
Saloon Men Will No Longer
Enter Pleas of Guilty of
Selling to Minors
MUST coNVICT IN COURT

Saloon men in Kenosha have an
agreement that in the future there will
be no pleas of Hguilty" entered in
cases where they are arrested on
charges of selling liquor to minors as
the saloon men have been advised by
their attorneys that the decision of the
supreme court makes it mandatory upon
the common councils Of cities to re-
woke the license Of all saloon men plead
ing "guilay" to such charges. On
the other hand if they are convicted
Of the charge after a trial in the NUM-
becomes discretionary with the mem
becomes discretionary with the mem
bers of the council.
Wednesday the cases Of G. B. Sor-
rensen, Charles Erley and Michael
Paulson charged with selling liquor to
minors were called in the municipal
court, but the hearing of them was
adjourned until next Wednesday morn
ing 1t is declared that these men
charged with selling to minors will
plead that they sold no liquor to Will
liam Lindstrom, the complaining wit
ness, but to Harry Hanson, his cam
panion. This will open pretty fight
for the district attorney. Under any
circumstances the saloon men will in
Sist on the prosecution of Hansen and
warrant charging him with giving Ii
quor to a minor has been issued in the
municipal court and it will be served
upon him just as soon as he is released
from serving short term in Jail.
The saloon men Of the city have a
complete understanding in regard to
these matters and while the Liquor
Dealers Association has taken no part
in the fight or the defense of the men
arrested for selling to minors it is
understood that they are watching the
outcome of the cases very closely.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23

Business for the Coming Year Promises
to be Larger Than at Any Time in
the History of the Chicago Kenosha
Hosiery Plant.

A message of prosperity was brought
to Kenosha on Tuesday evening when
the annual dinner of the statesmen and
officials of the Chicago -Kenosha Hosi-
cry Company was held at the Guild
Hall of st. Matthews church and
twenty-five statesmen representing the
company in every part of the country
came to Kenosha for the annual re-
union and to talk over the business
for the coming year. The meeting
was the best in the long list of
banquets given by the managers of
the company to the travelling sales
men during the past twelve years and
the great growth of the business of the
company was shown by the number of
new faces about the banquet board.
In honor of the home coming of the
statesmen the Guild Hall was beauti-
fully decorated. This is the first time
that the banquet has been held outside
the plant of the company, but this
year the increase in the business of
the company has been so large that
the banqueting room at the plant has
been used for manufacturing purposes
and 1t was necessary to find some other
place to hold the banquet.
At the table covers were laid for
forty and all Of the officials and lead
ers of the plant were present After
a seven course dinner had been served
by Jessen of Milwaukee, Frank Slos-
son, president of the company, acted
as POSTMASTER and nearly all Of the
trasvelNig S lesnen of the comp ta.s re.
sponded~tof toasts during the evening.
The toasts were decidedly interesting
in that they showed something of the
conditions surrounding business in
every part of the country and all of
the statesmen brought a message of
prosperity. The year just closed has
been one of the record years in the his
tory of the big stocking making plant
but notwithstanding this fact the sales
men stated that the outlook for next
year was even better than it had been
year ago. This fact they urged may
make it necessary to operate the
hosiery works both night and day dur
ing the coming year and if such a plan
is decided upon there will be a very
large increase in the number Of men
employed at the plant.
Reports from the field showed that
the competition in the stocking MAX
ing business had grown more keen dur
ing the year just passed than in any
other time in the history of the bust
ness but the output and sales of the
Kenosha plant are still larger than
those of any other similar plant in
the country.
The statesmen of the company will re-
Imain in Kenosha for the next few days
arranging their new lines of samples,
but all of them will leave in order to
be able to spend Christmas at their
homes.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23
BLoNDIN WINS CHAMPIONSHIP

A large and appreciative audience
witnessed the pool match between E. j.
Blondin of this city and L. Greer, cham
jon of Waukegan at the Dunnebacke
billiard room last night. The match
consisted of $50 balls and was for a
purse and the inter-city championship.
Blondin won by $50 to ITO and played
great game, his position play being
almost perfect. His high run was "a.
Greer couldn't get the balls going his
way and was nearly so balls behind on
the first 100 balls. Blondin is open
for challenges for the city champion
ship.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23
Overseer of Zion City Taken
to Jail at Woodstock, ILL.,,
to Serve Long Sentence
HAS NEGRO FOR COMPANION

WILDER Glenn Voliva, successor to
Dowie as overseer at Zion City, was
lodged in the McHenry county Jail at
Woodstock last night as a result of
his failure to pay the $4,000 judg-
ment obtained against him by Will
liam Mothersill in suit for libel.
Charles Mandrake, sheriff of McHen-
ry county, arrested Voliva shortly af-
ter he arrived from Chicago in the
evening. The order directing the
sheriff to place him in Jail came at the
end of protracted court nroceedings to
secure his freedom on writ of habeas
corpus.
After he had been placed in cell
Voliva declined to make statement,
although it was admitted by Attorney
David Smiley, his chief counsel, that
an appeal would be taken to the state
supreme court. It was said by D. r.
Joslyn, states attorney for McHenry
county, that Mr.. Smiley and George
W. Field had gone to Springfield,
where they would appear today before
the supreme justices.
With Voliva when he was taken was
"Capt" Walker, his faithful friend
and body guard. Walker accompanied
him to the Jail, and sat with him sew
eral hours in his cell. For cellmate
Voliva was given negro charged
with theft. Walker obtained permits
sion from the sheriff to take a small
table and some chairs into the cell, and
the trio seated around the table, spent
hours last night in conversation. The
negro joined freely. in the talk.
States Attorney Joslyn said last
night he did not believe the overseer IS
attorneys would be successful in their
efforts to stay the Jail sentence this
time.
Attorneys Orvis and Beaubien for
Mothersill, declared Voliva's troubles
would not be ended after his six
months jail sentence had been served.
They said yesterday they would harass
him in every way possible after he gets
out of Jail, and that they would at
tach every piece of property over
which he gets control.
The libel suit against Voliva grew
out Of statements printed in the Zion
paper, Leaves of Healing. Mothersill
who is an attorney and leader of one
of the anti-Voliva factions in Zion city,
alleged the overseer slandered him.
The suit was filed over a year ago,
and was fought out in the courts at
Rockford, Waukegan and Chicago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23
HOME OF MANY DAMAGE CASES
Clerk Of the Circuit Court, is Asked
to Furnish Data on Al Personal
Damage Suits Tried in This County
in Three Years.

Kenosha county seems to be the home
Of the personal damage cases and recog-
nizing this fact the members Of the
special industrial insurance committee
Of the state legislature Of which Wal
lace Ingalls, of Racine is the chairman,
has sent to the clerk of the circuit
court Of this county for record Of the
personal damage suits fled during the
years 1906, 1907 and 1908. The records
will include statement of all the cases
tried and of those settled out Of court
so far as the facts in these cases may
be known to the clerk of the circuit
court. Special blanks have been pre-
pared for the reporting of the different
classes of cases. Schedule "F' asks
for report of all cases in which per-
sonal damages are sought against cor
porations engaged in manufacturing
The record of the cases must be COM
plete, giving the number, the outcome
if any recovered. In case the plaintiff
failed to recover damages the cause for
the failure must be stated provided it
is of a technical nature. The second
schedule asks the same questions in
regard to damage suits brought against
steam railway companies and the last
in regard to the suits against intefur
ban or local electric railway companies
The clerk is asked to make an effort
to get at the cost of the trial of the
cases and to this end he is asked to
give the number Of days of the court S
time consumed in the hearing of these
cases and the approximate court costs
to the county and to the itigants.
1t is declared that these records will
be the most important to be considered
by the special insurance committee in
recommending new legislation for the
state at the coming special session of
the legislature.
In the three years to be covered by
the report more than fifty suits for per-
sonal injuries have been filed in Keno
sha county. Many of these cases have
been taken to the supreme court before
final decision in them were reached.
It is declared by attorneys that Keno
sha county sends more of this class Of
cases to the supreme court than any
county in the state with the exception
Of Milwaukee county.
The compilation Of the records will
require quite little time on the part
of the clerk but it is expected that the
records will be in the hands of the
committee by the middle of January.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23
ELECT NEW OFFICERS
Mutual Aid Society Elected H. Mueller
President for the New Year

The annual meeting of the Mutual
Aid Society of the German Lutheran
Congregation was held on Tuesday
evening and the following were elected
as officers for the new year:
President-Herman Mueller.
Vice President-Ernst Clausen.
Secretary-Rudolph Haubrich.
Financial Secretary-Robert Flug.
William Seitz.
Trustee for 8 years-Gustave Quandt.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-12-23
IS QUALIFIED FOR POSITION
Mr.. Karnes Will be Expected to Look
After the Wards of the Juvenile
Court And Compensation Must be
Placed by County Board

James II. Karnes, the efficient agent
of the Kenosha County Humane Society
had Christmas present this morning
in the way of an appointment by Judge
Randall of the juvenile court as proba-
ton officer of the court. The appoint
ment carries with it no salary, but it
after the wards of the court and the
compensation for his services will be
fixed by the county board probably at
the January session. When the law
creating the municipal court was drawn
it included the provision for the organi-
zation of a juvenile court under the
state Juvenile court law and this law
gave the court the power to appoint his
probation officer. This law does not fix
the salary of the probation officer and it
is left to the county board to fix such
salary. Judge Randall had not in
tended to name the probation officer
until after the January, session of the
county board, but there are many cases
coming up in the court and there is
already demand for the services of
such an officer,
Mr.. Karnes under his appointment
will also act as truant officer for the
city schools. For many years this
work has been done by the police Of
fcers of the<city but it is pretty GER
tain that the board Of education will
unite with the municipal court in seek
ing to, take this work away from the
police officers and that at an early
meeting Mr. Karnes will be named as
truancy officer of the board of educa-
ton.
There were several men suggested for
the position but Agent Karnes is pecu-
liarly fitted for the office. Since his
removal to Kenosha from Bristol sew
eral years ago Mr.. Karnes has served
in the capacity of agent for the Keno
sha County Humane Society and in this
capacity his work has attracted wide
attention. In fact it was declared by
the state superintendent of the work
at the close of the last year that the
report of Agent Karnes was one of the
best if not the best sent from any
county in Wisconsin. There is no man
in Kenosha who knows as much about
the homeless and dependent children
of the city as Mr.. Karnes. Some peo-
pie declare that it is his hobby to take
care of homeless children and it is not
unusual for him to have three or four
of these children eating at his own
table. His enthusiasm in looking af
ter work of this nature knows no
bounds and he keeps at it every hour
of the day.
In the work of the Humane Society
Mr.. Karnes has practically given his
work to the society as no provision
is made for payment of any salary and
the work is carried on entirely by free
will gifts. AS the cost of carrying
on the work has been considerable moth
ing has been left for paying the agent.
Mr.. Karnes has already expressed his
willingness to accept the post as proba-
ton officer and he will begin the duties
Of bis now office at onca