davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24
Government P.O. Department
Making Every Effort to
Give Better Service
WOULD REDUCE EXPENSES

That the postoffice department is in
earnest in it's desire to reduce the cost
of carrying the mails is indicated by
the order which is being carried out by
the principal postofices of the country
for thirty day period commencing ON
Wednesday of last week. Kenosha is
included in the list of cities where
second class mail matter is being in
vestigated.
Every piece of second class matter
that cannot be delivered at the original
address on the package is to be
registered and Investigated.
During the week ending Wednesday
last, this record was carefully kept by
each of the clerks and carriers in the
Kenosha Office on special blanks sup
piled for that purpose.
During the coming three weeks, how
ever, no time record is to be kept, but
the number Of pieces and weight of all
second class matter that cannot for
any reason be delivered to the original
address will be carefully determined,
and at the end of that period the total
month results tabulated and for
warded to the department at Wash
ington.
Second class mail matter includes all
periodical publications, such as news
papers and magazines. An abuse has
grown up Of the privileges of this class
of mail Tons of mall it is said, have
to be remarked or returned because of
insuficiency of address or change Of
address For instance a carrier takes
magazine to the address Indicated
He finds the person to whom it is ad-
dressed has moved. He marks the
change, returns it to the postoffice, and
the package is thrown to the carrier
who takes it to the second address.
Sometimes that carrier cannot find the
addressee, and has to make another
change of address and return it to the
postoffice.
Under the test arrangements being
carried out at the present time each
clerk and carrier in the postofice
designated for that purpose is required
to count and weigh and time his work
By this method the government will
find out what it costs to deliver this
kind of mail, and some radical regula-
ton changes may be ordered il con-
sequence.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24
GIVES ASSOCIATION POWERS
Members Will be Made up of Citizens
of Kenosha Who May be Elected
by the Majority Vote of the Board
of Directors.

Attorney John c. Slater, Joseph A.
Pitts and G. e. Dewey named as a
committee to have charge Of cOmplet-
ing the organization OF an associa-
ton in Kenosha to take up the work
of securing new manufacturing con
Germs for the city have completed their
work and will report to the promoters
of the organization at a meeting to be
held at the court house on next Tues
day evening.
The committee has prepared papers
for the incorporation of the Kenosha
Industrial Association and it is ex-
pected that application for a state
charter for the organization will be
made to the secretary of state imme
diately after the report is presented
to the meeting on next Tuesday even
ing The articles which are drawn in
compliance with the Wisconsin law
provide that the organization be form
ed without capital and with the under
standing that no dividend Of any nat
uro shall be paid by it to any of the
stockholders. 1t is to have wide pow
ers as the articles of incorporation
give it the right to buy and sell real
estate, erect factory buildings and
make contracts with people for the 10
cation of manufacturing plants in the
city of Kenosha.
The members of the association are
to be elected by the majority vote of
the board of directors and any resident
of the city either male or female may
become a member on the recommended
ton of two members and on the pay
meut of the membership fee Of one dol
lar. The annual dues to the associa-
tion are to be the same as the entrance
fee. Members may be expelled from
the organization for on-payment of
the annual dues.
Tt is expected that the promoters
ST several manufacturing concerns will
be in Kenosha to attend the meeting
ON next Tuesday evening and it is
thought possible that by this time a
permanent organization will be effect
ed and officers named.
The present committee will simply
suggest the articles prepared, but there
is little doubt but that they will be
adopted.
City Attorney Slater has been in
vestigating work done by Promoter
Price aud he has received some very
favorable letters from towns in Hi
nois and Missouri where Price located
factories. At Morris, Illinois, it is
stated that through the work of Price
an organization was formed, factories
located and in a single year 24O lots
sold. The lot plan seems to meet with
favor in Kenosha and it is thought that
a proper time limit placed on the fac
tories proposing to locate might assure
the people of the city that the con
tract would be properly carried out.
Several other committees named at
the recent preliminary meeting will be
ready to report at the meeting on
Tuesday evening.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24
HEADS MEMS CLUB
w. j. Cavanagh Elected President of
Mems Club of st. Mathews Church

Walter J. Cavanagh was elected
president of the Men s Club of ST.
Matthews parish at meeting of the
club held at the Guild Hall following
the mid-week lenten service at the
church on Wednesday evening. Fol
lowing the election of officers plans
were discussed for the year and re-
freshments were served. The follow
ing is the list of officers:
President-Walter j. Cavanagh.
Vice President-Fred Seymour.
Secretary Theodore Abel.
Treasurer-James III. Blair.
Executive Committee. w. E. Rod
gers, George Allen and Morgan w.
Price.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24
DEATH OF THOMAS DELANEY
Dependent on City Died at City Poor
Farm on Thursday Afternoon

Thomas Delaney, about forty-five
years of age and a dependent on the
city for some time, died at the Keno
sha city poor farm on Thursday even
ing after a long lines from asthma.
The deceased had been at the poor farm
for some time and he had been confn-
&c to his bed there for the last two
weeks. Little is known in regard to
the relatives of the man, but it is said
that he has two sisters living in Brook
Ign, New Yorf. The officials of the
city are making an effort to get some
word to these sisters.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24
HELD ANNUAL MEETING
Albert Ferry Elected as Commodore of
the Kenosha Yacht Club

The annual meeting of the members
of the Kenosha Yacht Club was held
at the club house on Thursday evening
and Albert Ferry was elected as com
modore of the club for the coming sea
son. Plans were talked over to make
the season very busy one for the
yachtsmen of the city and a large
number of races will be arranged with
in the next few months. The yachts
are all tied up for the winter, but the
owners are getting them ship shape
for the opening of the season. The full
list of officers elected for the year fol
,ws:
mmodore-Albert Ferry.
Vice Commodore-Edward Nolan.
Secretary Ben Robinson
Treasurer-H. Semb.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24
SEEK THOMAS LONGSTAFF
Believed to Have Resided in Re
nosha or Racine

A communication has been received
in Racine inquiring for the whereabouts
of Thomas Longstaff, native of Will
mington, England, who left England
for America % years ago. In 1890 he
was in Kansas City, coming to Chicago
later. AS far as could be learned in
that city, he left there prior to 1895
for Racine or Kenosha
The inquiry is being made by the law
firm of Proud, Robinson & Rodan,
solicitors of Bankside, Durham, Eng
land, who claim that they are holding
property in his behalf, willed to him
by his father, Thomas Longstaff, Sr.
The only Longstaffs residing in Racine
at the present time, are Mr.. and Mrs.
Harvey Longstaff, and they have no
relatives in Wilmington. England
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24
DEATH OF MRs. THERESA PAS
Well Known Pioneer of North Side
Died at Her Home on Wednesday

Mrs. Theresa Killing Pias, aged 81
years, widow of the late Christopher
Pas and one of the best known of the
pioneer women of the north side of
the city, died at her residence 154 Bron-
son street on Wednesday afternoon af-
ter a long illness from complication
of diseases. The deceased was a
daughter of the late Allows King and
was native of German, where she
was born, October Is, 1912. She came
with her parents to Kenosha in 1852
and had since made her home in this
city. Seven children survive her
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24
SMALL CONSUMERS HIT HARD
President of Great Company Declares
That Ice Harvest is the Best on
Record but Sees no Hope of Lower
Prices.

Ice will be no1Gheaper in Kenosha
next summer than it was last. Last
summer the price went up because of
crop shortage. This years crop is
one of the best ever harvested, and
there is soGmuch of it that the COM
panies have more than they can find
room for, but if you think the price
should 60 down for that reason you
have another think coming.
President John S. Fields of the
Knic kerbockeF Company, which has Of
fees in Kenosha, explained the ice sit
uation: al4tG53sfa
"The price Of ice to the small con-
sumner will heeho cheaper this year than
it was last, he said. "The contract
buyers, however, already have been
notified thatathey are to have substan-
tial reductions We sent out let
ter to ala our customers in November,
notifying them of reduction. In
January, after we saw we were sure
to have a good crop, we sent out an
other letter in which we gave notice
of still further reduction.
But none of these letters reached the
small consumer--the man whose ice is
placed at his back door each morning.
For him the same old rate will pre-
vail
"The cost to us is largely one of
delivery" Mr.. Field explained. "When
we can deliver a carload or even wag
Unload lots we are enabled to sell at
about half what we have to charge
when we parcel it out in fifty or 100
pound pieces.
cit costs in the neighborhood of
$40 day to operate an ice wagon.
This allows for the wages Of two men,
cost of feeding the team, and wear and
tear. The wages of the men, which
of course lis the largest item, will not
be any more this summer than they
were last, as. we have all our men I'M
der a three year contract which has
two years yet to run. -
Mr.. Field admitted the ice crop was
one of the best in years. He said the
Wisconsin lakes never yielded better
supply and that his company already
had stored all it possibly could have
use for.
"Chicago requires in the neighbor-
hood of 100000 tons of ice annual
ly,' he said, "and this amount already
is in the storehouses adjacent to that
city. And it is of the best quality.
Some of the ice we got from the lakes
in Indiana is two feet thick and as
clear as crystal. 1t has been ban
ner year for ice harvesting"
Mr.. Field said his company had met
some difficulty in securing enough men
to harvest the crop. Ordinarily, he
said, about 10000 men were employed
through the season, but this year, be-
cause idle men were scarce, not to
exceed half that number could be Sc
cured.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24
Low COLONIST RATES
TO PACIFIC COAST
Daily From March 1 to April IS

For daily and personally conducted
tours, via the Chicago, Union Pacific
& North Western Line.
Personally conducted California tours
in Pullman tourist sleeping cars leave
Chicago every Tuesday and Thursday.
Double berth Chicago to the Coast
500.
For full particulars write S. A.
Hutchinson, Mgr Tours Dept, 212 Clark
St., Chicago, or apply to ticket agents
North Western Line. w-th-dw43
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24

Tonight the O'Donnel andl Topaz
teams of Kenosha will bowl. Friday
night the Horlcks and Klinkert Colts
of Racine and the D & D. team of Ke-
nosha go on.
The tournament closes February 2l
and the individual and two-men
matches can be rolled at any time be-
tween now and the closing date-Ra-
cine Journal.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24
TER-sTATE TOURNEY ON
Kenosha Bowling Teams to Meet Mil
waukee aud Racine Teams in Racine

The intercity bowling tournament
opened last night at the Kraynik al
legs on Main street, with the All Stars,
a Kenosha team, bowling. The P.
johnson team of this city and the Nc
Valleys of Milwaukee, were also
scheduled to bowl but for unknown
reasons failed to put in an appearance
at the alleys. They will bowl at some
later datet Oh nueuer The scores
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24

A number of Kenosha sports went
out to Burlington Wednesday evening
to attend cock fight scheduled to be
pulled off in that neighborhood, but
they returned to Kenosha this morn
ing tired and disguised. The cock
ing main failed to materiaIize
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24

Fred R. Petit spent Thursday after
noon in Chicago
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24
THE OFFICIAL DIRECTORY

Packed in regular packages, 10c; also il.
family size packages, 2c. s.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24
SURPRISE j. G.. RHODE

Joseph G. Rhode was the victim of a
very pleasant little surprise at the
meeting sof the Kenosha Lodge of Elks
on Thursday evening. He was pre-
scented with handsome watch fob bv.
the members of the lodge as an appre-
citation of the successful manner in
which he as chairman of the committee
managed the recent annual Charity
Ball. - 49,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-02-24

Mrs. sstairi of Milwaukee, Wis
tied Kehosha friends Wednesday af-
ternoon
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-06

blaze that smoldered most of the
night and broke forth in the early
morning gaining headway slowly at
first and then marching onward, de-
stroying everything in its path.
Signor Muscat q musician, who
with his wife and three children
have been living in the north flat
of the block narrowly escaped death
by suffocation. Firemen Edward Fet-
ter discovered the woman and little
ones at the second story windows,
crying for help with the avenue of
escape shut off by smoke and fire
and their own apartments so filled
with smoke that all were nearly
overcome. Fetter put a ladder up to
the window and carried the woman
and her little ones to safety. The
woman was but scantily clad while
the little ones were in their night
clothes. Signor Muscat escaped by
leaping to fire escape and crawling
down only partially dressed. Prac-
tically all Of their effects We're either
burned or destroyed by water and
smoke. The Muscats We're cared for
by people living in the vicinity.
Chief Mcfarland, of the fire depart
ment was at breakfast when the
alarm was sounded. He made a fast
run to the scene and took charge of
the battle with the flames. The fro
spread to the stairways on both sides
of the balcony and swept downward
to the first floor and upward to the
gallery cracking windown and sky
LIGHTS aud yixTinug a oil tinp nf
air that in less than an instant put
up the flames beyond the control of
the fire fighters.
Water Pressure inadequate.
About 5000 feet of hose We're laid
under the direction of the chief. A
strong north wind carried the smoke
southwark and made 1t necessary
for the department to fight from the
north side and the front of the
building. In fact had there been as
strong a wind from the south ii
would have carried the fire to the
adjoining building, across the mar
row opera house alley and perhaps
resulted In one of the worst con-
flagrations that the city has ever
known
1t was soon evident that the water
pressure was inadequate for the needs
OF the department. Every foot of
hose on the wagons was laid and
lines Of hose stretched to the points
of vantage but the pressure was so
light that good work was impossi-
BILE. Saving the adjoining buildings
then became the chief object of the
fire fighters and it required efficient
work to accomplish this.
The fire king as If jubilant In his
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-06

Fire, of unknown origin, but
thought to be of an incendiary ma
ture or caused by tramps sleeping
in the building and carelessly throw
ing, cigaret or cigar stumps on the
floor, destroyed the Grand Opera
house building this morning making
a ruin Of what was but yesterday
one of the prettiest playhouses in all
Ohio.
Discovery of the fire was made by
Miss Davis who is employed in the
Electric Supply company's office in
the front part of the building Miss
Davis opened the door and in an
instant the draft caused thereby filled
the room with smoke and nearly
suffocated her before she escaped.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-06

Six dozen Mems and Boys black
and white Y. NJ. c. A. Gym. Shirts
All sizes 07o
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-06
Girls Raincoat Bargain!

Two dozen girls black and
white shepherd plaid and tan
Rain Coats with fancy plaid lin
ed hoods Sizes s, 10, -, Ct or
IA. Wednesday ..... WIiOu
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-06

She telephoned the alarm to central
who flashed 1t to the department. A
general alarm was turned in, sum-
moning every department in the
city and all of the minute men.
Damage to the opera house and its
equipment will probably reach $4,000
The Culhane stock company, play
ing a weeks engagement at the
theatre, lost all of its scenery and
baggage, entailing a loss of 100000. 1t
is probable that other losses will
bring the total to the $4,000 mark.
The building was insured for $4,000
only fraction Of what IL was
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-06

worth. The salvage on the building
will be very small. due, those in a
position to know, say to the entirely
inadequate water pressure. At time
when the fire was burning at its
height the pressure was but 20 pounds
according to the register in the water
company's office, whereas pressure
Of not less than 65 pounds was
needed Lack of pressure rendered the
fire department practically helpless
and prevented them from saving the
east end of the building and the
front part.
Fireman Rcscues -Four.
When the firemen arrived on the
scene the fire had gained good head
way and had the appearance of a
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-06

Continued on Page -Four.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-06
MONTHLY STATEMENT
BY COUNTY AUDITOR
Nice Balance is Now TO the Credit of
The County.

County Auditor C. L. Allen has pre-
pared the monthly statement of the
condition of the treasury, showing
that the county is far from being near
the bankruptcy court, The following
is the condition.
Balance, less overdraft. November
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-06
K l. Z N wi a | Z r s

1st, $7S.257OG.
Receipts for November $27633.44.
Expended during November $2O,-
S61.79
Total balance $S3,574S3.
Overdrafts $3,546.12.
Net balance $S0,O2S.71.
Outstanding warrants $1,31O73.
Amount in the treasury $11,4G4.S4.
Amount in repositories $6s.SS1.S3.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-06

The latest improved EDISON and
VICTOR monographs; also a full line
of the latest records now on sale at
f. ID. Behtz, 226 east Center street,
Phone R-4b1. e-1I-tf
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-06

might. grcedily marched on sweeping
everything in his path. Within thirty
minutes after the fire was discover
ed, the whole auditorium was in
flames the pit and the galleries, a
seething furnace that could not be
checked until II had burned itself
out The fire reached the roof and leap
ed out fifty feet above the building
and far out of the windows famed by
tNe draft thus procured.
Walls Crumbled.
Early in the fight members of the
Culhane Stock company tried to get
on the stage and rescue their belong
ings but this was impossible as the
stage, while some distance from the
fire, was filled with dense smoke
and no one dared to enter.
AS the fire ate its way through the
building IL soon reached the stage and
1t was but a few seconds after that
the stage, with its large supply Of
scenery and equipment, was a roaring
furnace, famed by draft that Moth
ing could check.
Then the roof fell in, carrying with
IL portions of the south and west walls
and the giant steel beams, becoming
red hot, were twisted in that fiery fur
mace like so much straw. Yet the con-
struction of the building was such that
the fire, burning with all of its in
tensity did not damage the walls and
cause them to crumble as might be
expected The falling away of the
supports however, caused all the walls
to sag and all of the walls with the
exception of the front of the building
are now likely to collapse at any mo-
ment and If rebuilding is to be done,
they will probably have to be razed.
Great crowds gathered about the
scene of the fire on all sides. Men
closed their stores, women forgot their
housework and children forgot all
about schools, attracted by the fire
and its progress. The crowds were
so eager to see everything that they
got too near the structure and 1t was
all the police could do to keep them
out of the danger zone.
Fireman owen Sifritt was overcome
by smoke in the window of the Mus
cat apartments, while handling n line
of hose and had to be carried down
and revived. He later recovered and
gamely returned to duty. The firemen
and many volunteers. without whose
help the chief and his men would
have been unable to do half the work
that they accomplished, were covered
with ice and drenched to the skin In
spite of rubber coats, hats and boots.
Gains q New Hold.
After the burning of the auditorium
and the stage it appeared as though
the fire had run its course and the
front part was to be saved. But in a
few minutes the flames crept along
under the roof, out of reach of the
columns of water, which would not
throw a stream any higher than the
second story windows, and famed by
the high wind, reached the front of
the building on the third floor. The
fremen were helpless to meet this
new peril and IL was but a matter of
minutes until the interior had been
gutted, the roof had caved in and the
whole third story was In ruins. The
hremen were able to put enough water
into the second story to prevent the
flames coming down and finishing the
work of destruction so well done In
Continued on Page -Four.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-06
FIRE FIEND LAYS CLAIM TO
MAR|ON'S BEAUTIFUL PLAY HOUSE
THE CLASSIC LITTLE S TRUCTURE is NOW
NOTHING BUT PILE OF STEAMING RUINS.

The Total Loss of the Build ing Can be Attributed to
Nothing But an insufficient Water Pressure.
Principal Owner And anager, M. j Sullivan
Cannot Say Whether The Company Will Rebuild.
Four Persons Are Carri ed From the Second Story
BY Fireman Edward Fetter-Loss Will Probably
Reach $65 Building Insured For only $4,000
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-06

Four dozen boys and girls knit
Mitts. Red, brown. blue and white
Wednesday 10.
NJ 's'..'s...... ................ %o
Two dozen Infants knit stocking
Caps. Pink and white and baby blue
and white. Very pretty. 17o
"Wednesday .................. lIG
Three dozen boys llsle thread sus-
penders. Extra good qualities T.
Special price Wednesday ...... ~
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-12-06

Six dozen Boys Leather Belts.
Black, grey and tan. All sizes from
2G to 30. Special An.