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The Detroit times., 1910-03-23

Helsingarc. Denmark. a city of IL.
600 population. gets its electricity
from Sweden through a cable under
the sea between the two countries.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-23
THE WEATHER

Detroit and vicinitys "Wednesday
night and Thursday. partly cloudy and
warmert moderate south winds.
Lower MIehigaat Fair aud warmer
tonights Thursday, partly eiondyt
warmer I'm southeast porffonS brtsk.
possibly high south aud southwest
" inds.
q. L. Freud has purchased 1f5 acres az
JenersOn-ave. and Fox creek fren<
George Hendrie and Mrs. Hendrie, for
5000 900. The property Will be sub
divided at once and placed on the
market Mr.. Freud represented sew
sral others IN the deal
The Detroit times., 1910-03-23

Job Printing aOne rsEht. Times
printing Co, rs John R-sL Cali Main
1875 or City sass,
The Detroit times., 1910-03-23

BusInes.-Iike Printing. No fuss and
no feathers. The plain, neat kind that
looks right. Times Printing CO., IS
John n st. Main 149S. or City 1855.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-23

nEssENGER-TAxIcAR MAIN $50.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-21

The official test of the new pumps
installed at the water works is being
made today and as it is believed that
they will fulfill all contract require
ments there is no danger that there
will be any shortage in the water sup
ply this summer no matter how much
is wasted during the hot weather. The
next big improvement to be made in
the operation of the water company
will be to put in meters for all con-
sumers and require every patron of
the company to pay for just what
water he uses. This will be putting
the relations between the company and
consumers on straight business basis
and will undoubtedly result in great
saving Of waste. With every con-
sumner paying for just what he gets
the water will not be allowed to run
when it is not being used.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-21

to take q long rest. He left Racine
to go to the Mountain Home in Idaho,
where he had made arrangements for
two months sojourn and he was on
his way to this place when he met his
death. The accident which resulted
in the death of Kradwell is shrouded
IN mystery. He was seen leaving his
seat IN the car and it is thought pos
slble that he attempted to cross from
one car to another just as the train
was crossing the trestle and lost his
balance and fell from the train and
over the trestle into the creek below
There were no marks of violence on
the body when it was found and the
money and valuables were found in the
pockets of the dead man. The re
mains were taken to Vail and taken
IN charge by the members of the Ma
sonic fraternity of which the dead man
had been an active member.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-21
MYSTERY SHROUDS ACCIDENT
Deceased Was One of the Owners of
the Store Of the Kradwel Drug
Company and He Had Started West
for Long Vacation.

Benjamin S. KradweH Of Racine, one
of the three brothers making up the
Kradwen Drug Co., owners of drug
stores in Racine, Kenosha and Corliss,
and widely known among people of
Kenosha, met an unusual death near
the little village of Vail, Iowa, on
Thursday night or Friday morning
when he fell from train running at a
high rate of speed. He fell off a
trestle into small creek near Vail
and the remains were recovered after
they had been in the water for more
than twenty-four hours. The first
news Of the death of KradwelI reach
ed Kenosha late Saturday afternoon
when Agent Parr of the Northwestern
road received telegram from the cen
trail offices Of the company asking him
to make an effort to identify the re-
mains of an unknown man who had
been found along the tracks of the
company at Vail. In the pockets of
the dead man was found one Of the
cards of the Kenosha store of the com
pany. Fred Baebenroth, the local
manager for the Kradwell company,
at once notified the brothers of the
dead man in Racine and Saturday
avanifC Frank KradwaI1 and Mr. Poo
benroth went to Vail to look after the
body.
Ben Kradwell was twenty-six years
of age. He had lived in Racine much
of his. life and had been engaged with
his brothers in the work Of managing
the various stores owned by the com
pany. For some time he had been in
failing health and a few days ago he
decided on the advice of his physicians
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-21

The chances of free mail delivery
from the local Office being extended to
the outlying sections Of the city which
have been after it for some time de-
pend very largely on the showing made
in the census which is now being taken
and that should be an added incen-
tive to the people living in the districts
which have applied for the service to
aid the census enumerators in getting
every resident in the outlying sections
of the city on the lists. While local
conditions are taken into account to a
certain extent in assigning additional
carriers to any postofice, the postof
fee department has fairly well estab-
lished rules of efficiency that are pref
ty closely adhered to in determining
the number of carriers allowed-so
many carriers to care for so many peo-
pie. There is of course no hard and
fast rule governing the number of peo-
pie to be served by any one carrier
and men are often assigned to thin
ly settled districts where there is
prospect of a rapid increase in the
population, but there are never enough
of these assignments made to bring the
average of people served per carrier
to very low figure 1t is probable
therefore that if the people in the out
lying districts want free delivery this
year they will not only have to make
a good showing in the census in their
own districts, but the city as whole
will also have to show considerable
increase in population. So far as the
other regulations of the department in
regard to condition of walks, etc., 90
it is expected that any part of the
city will be able to pass an inspection
on them just as soon as the walks call.
ed for by the new notices now being
sent out by The city are completed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-21

the. farm. This was the last seen Of
the old man until the body was found
floating in the creek on Sunday after
noon. The body was found by vii
liam Birch who had been walking
along the creek.
Little is known of the family Of the
dead man, but it is thought that he
has no relatives in this part of the
country. Since going to the poor
farm he has repeatedly told the officials
that he had no one to whom he might
apply for aid. His advanced age has
made it impossible for him to do any
thing in years and it is stated by in
mates of the poor farm that he had
been Respondent for some time and
had expressed the opinion that he did
not care whether he lived or died.
The remains are being held at the
Miller morgue pending the investiga-
ION by the coroner and the effort of
the officials to find some near rela-
tives of the old man.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-21
MANNER Of DEATH 4 MYSTERY
Old Man Had Left the Poor Farm on
Last Thursday and Was Last Seen
on the Streets of the City on Fri
day Afternoon.

The body of Fred Meyer, an old
resident of Kenosha and for the past
five years an inmate of the Kenosha
poor farm, was found floating in the
waters of Pike Creek just north of the
ice house just after two o'clock Sun
day afternoon. The condition of the
remains indicated that the old man
had been in the water for many hours.
Coroner Frank Andre called Jury
this morning to make an investigation
into the case but nothing has as yet
been found which will throw any light
on the manner of the death of Meyer.
An examination of the body fails to
show any marks Of violence and it is
thought that the old man either jump
ed into the river with view of com
hitting suicide or that he lost his way
walking from the city to the poor
farm and fell into the creek.
Meyer was said to be more than
eighty years of age. He had left the
poor farm on last Thursday in com
pany with Judd White and the two
had come to Kenosha. For years it
has been the custom Of Meyer to leave
the poor farm with the coming of the
first spring weather and when he failed
to return to the farm on Thursday
nothing was thought of the matter and
no effort was made to find him. It is
thought that Meyer found a bed in
Kenosha Thursday evening and he had
little money in his pockets when he
left the poor farm. On Friday af-
ternoon George Meyer, the keeper of
the poor farm, saw Meyer on the
streets, but he gave him no reason to
believe that he would not return to
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-21

The suggestion that each Of the
fraternal and benevolent organiza-
tions of the city assume the response
bility for the furnishings of a room in
the new hospital is timely one and
if carried out will undoubtedly result
in the hospital being completely equip
ped with no expense to the hospital
association. This plan should appeal
to all of the organizations and divided
up in this way, the expense to be
borne by any one of them will not be
felt by its members
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-21

The state is having about as much
trouble securing help as the farmers
and nothing shows the general pros
perity of all classes of the population
so plainly as the fact that steady jobs
with fair pay under the state civil
service are going begging. The civil
service commission has been obliged
to send out second call for appli-
cants for the numerous positions with
in its gift and there will have to be
a big increase in the number coming
forward to take the examinations to
give the commission any choice in the
selection of the men to fill it's long
list of places.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-21

Congressional action will be neces-
sary to secure the changes in the Gus
toms districts which will be required
to give the state full credits for its
export and import business, but the
Wisconsin delegation in congress
should have influence enough to get
the desired changes made AS mat
ter Of fact about all that the changes
amount to from the government end
will be change in the routine work
of keeping the accounts Of the Gus
toms department the customs officials
in Superior and Lacrosse reporting to
Milwaukee instead of the New Or
leans and Marquette. The expenses
Of collection will be no greater, the
only difference being that following
the re-districting this state will have
full credit on the books Of the revenue
department for all of the business done
at Wisconsin ports instead Of having
the receipts from two of the princi
pal cities of the state credited to
other districts. The claim Of Wis
consin for full credit for the business
done at all ports is a reasonable one
and would probably meet with little
opposition were it not for the fact
that to allow it would do away with
all necessity for the Marquette dis
trict.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-21
SEEK LARGE FUND
Y. NJ. G. A. Plans to Make Flying Cam
paign to Raise $500 for the Work

A meeting of fifty we'll known men
of Kenosha will be held at the Y. NJ.
.C. A. building on Tuesday evening for
the purpose of formulating plans to
raise fund Of $4,000 for the budget
of the association and to make addi-
tions to the equipment Of the associa-
ton. w. w. Vincent, general man
ager of the Simmons Manufacturing
Company, is to be at the head of the
movement and it is expected that the
money needed well be raised in week s
crusade. Many things are needed at
the association building in order to
further the work and the leaders in
the movement feel convinced that the
call for funds. will be met by the men
of Kenosha in the same cordial manner
as in former years.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-21

The movement for a sane celebra-
tion of the Fourth of July is growing
in strength all over the country, the
lists of the dead and manned being
long enough to impress even the most
Indifferent with the necessity of do
ing something to check the annual
waste of life and usefulness. Many
of the cities are already announcing
their plans for sane Fourth and if
the laws and ordinances forbidding the
use of dynamite, cannon crackers, toy
pistols, and other dangerous devices
are to be enforced in Kenosha this
year it is not too early to make that
fact known so that the dealers in fire.
works may take it into consideration
when ordering their supplies. The
local dealers who handle fireworks
must place their orders with the whole
salers pretty soon now and in making
out the lists of the stocks they will
carry they will be guided largely by
what they believe will be the attitude
of the authorities towards their bust
ness. The laws were partially enforc-
ed in this city last year and the
casualties were fewer and less serious
than for many years and if the same
course is to be taken this year the
dealers should know it before they get
stocked up with lot of expensive fire.
works which come under the ban. IF
they buy the prohibited goods the
chances are that some of them will be
tempted to take chances on disposing
of them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-21

The city is enjoying (?) an epidemic
of petty crime just at present, but the
work has none of the earmar1s of the
professional burglar and the police are
not going outside the city to look for
the criminals. They are inclined to
believe that the leniency shown youth
full criminals recently is responsible
for the present outbreak, but if their
theory proves correct they have moth
ing to reproach themselves with.
Enough boys are practically con-
demned to life of crime by being
sent to reformatory institutions with
out railroading" them for first
offense.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-21
THURSDAY, APRIL q, 1910

The Minnesota authorities who par
doned convict on account of his
ability as a poet are assuming con-
siderable responsibility. Suppose all
the other poets now break into Jail
in order to get hearing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-21

The owners Of gardens AMI expensive
shrubbery will agree with the headline
writer of a great daily who referred
to the drop in temperature as a
"affiiction.9
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-21

The first days work taught the cen
sus enumerators that they have not
been given any too much time to com
plete their work and in some of the
wards the enumerators will have to
have the cooperation of the residents
to get their lists anywhere near COM
'plete
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-21
A SACRIFICE LIST

Double fiat building at rs soutE
Oak street, $4,000.
Double fiat building, at III South
Oak street, $4,000.
Double brick fiat, 915-17 Market
street. $4,000
lots in E. S. Smith IS subdivision
each, 5000.
Lot 20, blk 3, Pennefeather S sub
division, $275.
8 lots on Salem avenue, all fol
$1,000.
Lot l, blk /, Crook s subdivision
Rowland avenue, 1900.
SO acres, y mile north of city, pei
acre, $780,
mi E. R. Head, News Office.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-21
Charming Draperies for Summer Homes
PRETTY SCHEMES FOR EVERY ROOM

New damask tapestry panel effects suitable for wall o.
hangings and for porteries at yd - 49,. . j JG
White House creonnes in old time patterns quaint and o.
picturesque floral stripes, at yd o.
Cottage daperies and cloths suitable for bed
SETS curtains and wall hangngs 20 and ~ Z u
Skolenes beautiful showing of the spring pat E0
terms in splendid color range, at yd .. . / Z2G
Monk CLOTH crash sus and printed chntz suitable for En-
table covers pillow tops and scarfs, IS to- - Jul
Box coverings Several thousand yards of pretty print
ed box coverings at very low price. .u... .. 1G
Plain scrns We offer fine scm So inch wide in white
and this will prove interesting offering, at I'd o.
Russia Linen We offer good wide heavy Russia Linen for
porters, table and scarfs remarkable value or
at yard ...... 49, -. ..u 49,. -. -. -. 49, 4 jG
Burlap in most complete line of colors full yard wide
at yard . 49,. -. 49,. -. 49,. - x1U
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-21

NIGHT HAWKS WIN TWO
Defeat the Eagles Two Out of Three
on Friday Night

In the Kenosha Bowling League on
Friday evening the Night Hawks de-
feated the Eagles two out of three
games, losing the last game by two
pins Powell had the score of the
evening with 243. The following is
the result of the match:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-21
A Case of White Rose
Bed Spreads

This offering represents one of the best
known spreads on the market, a pure white
closely woven, strong durable spread, full
size and weight, regularly sold at 4 0E
1.50, special at. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. w
Fringed cut corner spreads, full 4 AE
size special value at..................... 10
Scalloped cut corner spreads in 7E
beautiful patterns at....................... ~
Imported Marseilles spreads with = m
BIB Feather pillow, pure live geese = m
feathers at Z.UU
% inch Silk Floss sofa pillow, strict Or
~ odorless Observation-Disclosures.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-21
April Supply Sale for
Home DreSSmakerS

Dress Shields, perspiration proof. IOC
Ajax Hook and Eye, rust proof. ...........3C
belongs Atlas Hook and Eye ............5C
Duplex Mohair Betting, yard .................4c
Pearl Buttons, all sizes, doz..................4c
Austrian Cut Pearl Buttons, doz.,...,......o &c
Colored Embroidery Trimmings, yd.......4c
Large Spool Basting Cotton. .................4c
Magnet Salty Pins. card...........".........".5c
Ajax English Pins, Observation-Disclosures
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-21

Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Black of Aurora.
Ill, spent Thursday evening in Keno.
sha.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-14

helpless. Capt. Scott and Maj. Webb
worked with feverish haste to drag
the torn bodies of the men to their
launch while the old Waterman played
a hose on the burning magazine. But
the fire had not eaten its way to the
magazine when the last Of the bodies
was piled into the launch and the two
brave officers and the old Waterman
followed and put out through the ice
toward Fort Hamilton. Before they
reached that destination they saw
Lafayette Island blown up by the ex-
plosion of the magazine.
The brave conduct of the two Off.
GERS became known. Nor was
their bravery rewarded in great meas
ure by the result of their work Of res
cue. Only one of the men they
dragged from the flames on Lafayette
Island survived.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-14

world. Alfred Bernard Nobel was an
oil king second only to the present
day magnate, John d. Rockefeller, and
in being an oil king second only to
the great John D. he accumulated an
immense fortune as oil kings general
ly have a habit of doing. Upon his
death some $1,000, 900 was left behind,
of which small legacies we're given to
his already wealthy relatives and the
interest on the remainder which &C.
cumulated during a year was then d.
vided into five equal parts and is an
nually awarded as prizes to the per-
sons who shall have made % the
most important discovery or invention
in the domain of physics, (2) in
chemistry, 60 in physiology or medi-
cine, az who shall have produced in
the field of literature the most dis
tinguished work of an idealistic ten
dency, and 90 who shall have most or
best promoted the fraternity Of ma
tions, the adjustment or diminution
of standing armies and the formation
and increase of peace congresses.
The awards for these prizes are con-
trolled entirely by Swedish courts.
The winners of az and (2) are Sc
lected by the Royal Academy OF
Science in Stockholm; (3) by the Car
oline Medical-C hirurgical institute in
Stockholm; "a by the Swedish Acad-
envy in Stockholm, and (5) by the
Norwegian storth.ng (parliament).
The Nobel prize fund is a fine phil
anthropy, bringing out the very best
in the man who is making an effort
for the prize and gives the people the
benefits Of his masterpiece In science,
art or literature.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-14
Orchard Brings Big Price.

Pomona ranch, including 100 acres
of bearing apple orchard. in the Touchet
in southeastern Washington, has
been sold by J. L. Dumas of Dayton,
former president of the Washington
State Horticultural association, to Dr..
c. +. Schlitz Of Wenatchee, Wash
formerly Of Canton, Ohio, and L. NJ.
Vanniee and F. s. Hubbard of Dayton
for S150,0OO. In addition to the bear
ing orchard the sale covers 40 acres of
land, 30 acres of which are in young
trees. The fruit ranch eventually VIII
cover 200 acres.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-14

their villa on the shore of the beauti-
full Italian lake, the body afterward
being found in a trunk in the lake.
The murderer fed to America and was
arrested on arrival. Then arose the
question of his punishment. Italy hay-
Ing refused to eXtradite several OF her
subjects who had committed murder
In the United States and escaped to
the mother country, the Washington
government declined to send Charlton
back to Italy for trial. AS the crime
was committed abroad, Charlton
could not be tried here. 1t is this mis-
carriage of justice that Capt. Scott has
fought against.
Cant. Scott has a very fine army
record. He was one Of the four army
officers sent to the city of San Fran
cisco at the time of the earthquake
and he worked there so successfully
In an effort to bring order out OF chaos
that he earned the commentator OF
all those who were actively interested
IN he work of rescue and reorganiza-
ton. He has a great many letters from
San Franciscans praising his work n
thanking him.
An interesting story concerning the
bravery of Capt. Scott has just come
n light. Some years ago the news
napers we're full Of the story OF an
explosion at Lafayette Island Ne"
yorl, and the killing of seven men
7 ofavette Island is a storage place lor
navy explosives. The explosion oc-
o,rred one winter day when a work
man was drawing the fuse ron an
| oigbt.inch she'll landed at the lsiand
NV the Brooklyn. The news came 10
~ outside world through the tele-
obona when a watchman-the one man
-. +ba island not injured by the eA-
| nIosiou--telephoned the news 10 foI'
IIor,uton When the news came TWO
iamoars volunteered to 60 to the rescue
- nc injured men. 1t was perlious
~ for the island was full OF eA'
r,o-iros and a fire was raging when
rigbt communicate with them at any
n,iDrte The volunteers were capt
Scott and Mai. Webb, now on Ine re.
So let these two manned a steam
- and broke their way through
49, "a toa from Fort Hamilton to Lafay.
Iue leland which was a small piece Of
go almost entirely covered by iortl
alt The interior Of the fort was
.ss If flames and in the midst o.
t-e Law eight mangled bodies. one
L head had blown to the roof and
u1 5nad here. But the other men were
1--WE, though fearfully manSieu H
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1910-10-14

There were once two retail grocers-
bitter competitors-who lay awake
nights figuring out ways to best each
other.
If Jones sold Bipke hea : at regular
prices Smith would cut.
One day Smith put a card in his
window, Guaranteed Eggs-3Oe a
Dozen" Jones saw him and dropped
to 25c a dozen. Smith cut to zoe. Jones
slid to 1se-aud the neighborhood
walked up and reached for its pocket
book.
Smith hung a ham on the safety
valve, and reduced his price to Zoe a
dozen-Jones matched him with & du-
plicate sign.
By this time the whole town was on
a ham and egg diet, and each dealer
had a steady line of callers.
After two days of this Smith wore
a worried lOok-he was $3.50 out. Jones
looked cheerful and mysterious.
Three days-Smith losing weight
out $3.50; Jones holding back a laugh
with both hands.
Four days-Smith on verge of nerv.
Gus prostration; sends his nephew to
find why Jones is cheerful. Boy tries
to buy eggs-and is told he has been
sold out for four days, but that "Smitf
across the way-will sell him all ht
wants at 1Oc a DOZEN
This rang down the curtain on the
price surgery.-Butterick Trio.