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The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-21
COLONEL J. NJ. GUFFEY
IN DIFFICULTIES
Millionaire Pennsylvania in
Receivers Hands.
IS SAID TO owe ABOUT s6,7oo,O0O.
Democratic National Committeeman
And Oil And Coal King OF Pitts
burg Has Unsecured Obligations
OF $3.50, 0,OOO-Worth Seventeen
Millions - The Colonel Declares
His Assets Double His Oblfga-
tions And That He Will Pay Every
Cent He Owes.

His Assets Double His Oblfga-
tions And That He Will Pay Every
Cent He Owes.
Pittsburg. Pa. Especially. - Col.
James M. Guffey. a multimillionaire
oil man. has gone into the hands Of
a receiver, who was appointed by
Judge Joseph NJ. Swearingen. in the
Common Pleas Court of this county.
The action was taken upon bill
in equity filed by ]. H. Galley and
John s. Willard. who is familiar with
Colonel Guffey's affairs, was named
as receiver.
The bill filed alleges that Colonel
Guffey's Indebtedness is about S6,-
100000, of which about $990,000
is unsecured; that the defendant has
no ready money with which to meet
the payments due, and that certain
creditors are threatening to sell his
collaterals and enter suits.
II is further asserted that Colonel
Guffey has assets of over $4,000
600, a large part of which is stock
of the ]. NJ Guffey Company and the
West Virginia Company, two coal
companies. which own 136,700 acres
of coking coal in the State of West
Virginia. These properties are as
serted to be worth at least 5,000,-
600, and the bill in equity maintains
that they are estimated to- contain
1000, 100000 tons of coal, which,
at a profit of / per cent per ton,
would realize $20,000,000. Other
assets of Colonel Guffey to the value
of S2,000,000 or $3,000,000 consist
OF stocks and bonds of other cor
porations.
All of these stocks and bonds are
pledged as collateral and the re-
ceiverhip as found necessary to pre-
vent sacrifice of this collateral.
The order of court restrains all
creditors from disposing of any of
the collateral securities or other as
sets OF Colonel Guffey pending fur
ther order of the court. Colonel
Guffey in a statement said:
Il very much regret that to con-
serve all of my estates, a receiver
ship became necessary This course
affords absolute protection for all of
my obligations. as ell as protection
for myself.
My assets are more than double
the amount of my obligations. l
don't expect the receivership to con-
tinue any great length of time. |
have properties of great value, and
it is only question of being per-
mitted 10 dispose of them without
sacrifice to pay all my obligations. "
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-21

A sanitary mouthpiscs for tsls-
phones Is made flush with tho trano
naitter case to avoid catchlhn
coGfncrs M ~
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-21

STOCK Exchange Seat For SU5,UUU.
New York Especially "A seat on
the New York Stock Exchange sold
for $4,000, which Is $1,000 less
than the price paid for the last seat
sold on the exchange.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-21
BALLOON BURSTS and
FIVE MEN ARE KILLED
A Frightful Aerial Disaster in
Rhenish Prussia.

Oscar Erbsloeh, The Inventor OF The
Wrecked Dirigible, Who Won The
International Cup At The St.
Louis Exposition Races, One OF
The Victims--The Balloon Had
Met With Two Previous Accidents
Gloom Caused In Aviation Circles
By Disaster.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-21

Deposits OF coal and oil on the
Island OF Trinidad are 10 be develop
ed.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-21
HE STOLE OVER
$4,000 A MONTH
And Kept This Up For More
Than a Year and a Half.
LOUISVILLE HAS A BIG DEFAULTER.

More About The Methods Employed
BY August Rople In Robbing The
Fidelity Trust Company-Would
Have Left Only An Empty Shell
If He had Not Been Found Out.
Was Very Economical In His
Private Life.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-21
OVER ONE THOUSAND
| HOUSES ARE BURNED
The Great ConAagratiOn at
CampbelltOn, N. B.

All The Mills In Campbellton, The
Largest Cedar Shingle Center In
Eastern America, Destroyed -
American Capital Largely Inter-
ested--High Wind And Failure OF
Water Main Makes 1t Impossible
To Stay The Flames-Neighboring
Forest Burning,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-07-21
THE MURDER OF
MRS. BELLE Gilmore
Detectives Hunting. DR.. Crippen,
the Actress Husband.

The Finding OF The Battered Body
OF The Once Beautiful Music Hall
Artist Covered With Quicklime In
The Cellar OF DIR. Crippen's House
In London---He Wrote His Wife's
Relatives In Brooklyn That She
Died In CaIifornia--They Were
Married In This Country.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-11-17

The report of the secretary of the
state board of agriculture which has
lust been filed at Madison shows that
the farmers Of the state will receive
about as large returns for their crops
this year as they received last in spite
Of the very unfavorable conditions
which prevailed for good part of the
growing season and attributes this re-
suit to the exceptional soil resources
of Wisconsin and to the scientific meth
DDS of the farmers. 1t is shown that
there is a slight decrease in quantity
in many sections but this loss is more
than made up in improved quality and
in the higher prices for products of
all descriptions and the returns to the
producers taken as a whole are about
up to those of 1902 The farmer is
still the man with the money to spend
in Wisconsin. In the light of the show
ing, made in this report of the board
of agriculture the calamity predictions
of the time Of the big drough in the
summer make interesting reading as
showing the natural tendency to look
on the dark side of things.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-11-17
10 ENFoRcE ORDINANCE.
Police Instructed to Arrest Property
Owners Putting Ashes on Streets.

Chief of Police o Hare issued an or
der to the members of the force to-
day directing that every property own
er in the city found putting ashes on
the streets be arrested and prosecuted
under the city ordinance. This ordin-
anee went into effect more than year
ago but the property owners seem to
think that it is a joke and violations
of it have been decidedly numerous.
In the past week scores of complaints
have been made against the streets be-
ing used for dumping ashes and the po-
lice have decided to put an end to the
nuisance. AS yet the law has not been
tested in court and the first chance
that the police get 3 test will be made.
The complaints are received almost en-
tirely from people residing on the dirt
streets.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-11-17
GETS OFF WITH A FINE.
Charles Mechewitz Another Defendant
in Koch Case Pleads Guilty.

Charles Mechewitz another one of
the men arrested in connection with
the sensational Koch case ended his
part In the case On Wednesday after
noon when he appeared before the mu-
nicipal court and pleaded guilty to
charges Of fornication. The defendant
had been accused of adultery but there
was reason to believe that the evidence
would not sustain this charge before
jury and for this reason the District
Attorney consented to allow the man
to plead guilty to the minor charge
The court sentenced the defendant to
pay fine of 800 and the costs of the
action. The fine and costs were paid
and Mechewitz was discharged from
custody. The only remaining defend
ant in the case is Joel jacobson and
he will be tried at the March term
of the circuit court
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-11-17
State Game Warden Seeks to
Stop Slaughter of Hunters
During the Deer Season
PROVISIONS OF GAME LAWS.

An effort is being made by State
Game Warden Capt. Rickeman to send
warning to all hunters to be careful
as to what they shoot at, and try to
eliminate all such accidental shootings
as have marred other hunting seasons
throughout the state. Captain Ricke-
man has suggested that the legislature
pass q law making it unlawful for a
hunter to shoot doe.
"The punishment for such an Of
Tense should be imprisonment, says
Capt. Rickeman. elf the hunters were
restricted to shooting only bucks, or
deer bearing horns, they would not
mistake human being for deer. All
hunters should wear red caps in the
woods to further protect themselves. -
During the season no deer can be
shot in Grant, Lafayette, Dane, Iowa,
Crawford, Richland, Sank, Columbia,
Dodge, Buffalo, Washington, Ozaukee,
Sheboygan, Fond du Lac, Green Lake,
Pepin, Marquette, Adams, Vernon,
Monroe, Lacrosse, Waushara, Winnie
bago, Brown, Kewaunee, Portage, Wau-
paca, Door, or Shawanee counties.
Deer cannot be hunted or killed at
night, by aid of artificial light, in the
water or on the ice by means of any
pit, pitfall, trap, snare or from scat
fold, or with the aid of a dog.
Any dog found running deer at any
time shall be declared public nuis-
ance and may be seized or killed. It
is unlawful to hunt any game OF any
kind with q dog during the month of
November in the counties where deer
are allowed to be killed, or to have a
dog in possession during the month of
November in or about hunting or
logging camp, where deer are allowed
to be hunted.
Any hunter, resident or non -resi-
dent in possession of hunting license
may Kill and transport one deer during
the open season. No deer can. be trans
ported before November IL or after
December 8. No deer or part of a
carcass of deer can be shipped, but
must be accompanied by the hunter
with coupon section ''B" of his license
attached to it. If nonresident, SEE.
tion r and G are to be attached to the
carcass or part of deer. Any carcass
or part of carcass of any deer had
in possession in or near any hunting
camp or found in transit without said
coupon attached may be seized and sold
by any warden, according to the law.
According to reports received from
different parts of the state deer are
plentiful throughout the north.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-11-17
Mrs. Matson Finds Mother
and Brother From Whom
She was Long Separated
A JOYFUL REUNION IN OMAHA

After having been separated from
them for twenty-five and a half years
due to unusual circumstances, Mrs.
Victor Matson of Winthrop Harbor
has finally, through sheer good luck,
located her mother and brother at
Omaha, and left today to join them,
the happiest woman in this part of the
country barring none.
The story is one to make the aver
age man and woman believe every de-
tail of the old-fashioned novel, com
bining as it does hard luck, fate, dis
lance and accident, until finally the
balance went the other way just Sat
urday, and now the horse shoe sign of
good luck rules.
It appears that Mrs. Matson, whose
maiden name was Dora Johnson, orig
inally resided at Omaha, twenty-five
and half years ago. Her mother
became widowed with two small chill
dren, and one Mrs. Boehn volunteered
to take "Dora" and adopt her.
Mrs. Johnson agreed, keeping the
other child, boy, and Dora went to
live with the Boehns. Afterwards it
appears that Mrs. Boehn was widowed
and she in turn came east and married
again. She is now living in North
Chicago. Mrs. Matson, then unmarried,
came with her, of course, and lived
with the family as an adopted daugh-
ter. Then she became the wife of Vic
tor Matson Of Waukegan, now ma
chinist for the Municipal Engineering
company at Winthrop Harbor.
Recently Mrs. Matson became curl
GUS to find her mother and brother.
She unearthed the clue that they had
lived in Omaha and, writing to the
chief of police of that city, found, only
Saturday, when letter came from
the long lost, that her brother, Albert
johnson is prosperous artist of ON
aha, and that her mother, remarked
and now bearing the name Richardson,
is prosperous, even wealthy, and over
joyed to hear from her. The identif-
cation is fully established by pictures
and an exchange of notes and the re-
union at Omaha is to be an extremely
happy one.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-11-17
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Office of the Street Assessment Com
mittee, Kenosha, Wis, Nov. 3, 1910.
Sealed proposals will be received at
this office until the 18th day of Nov.
1910, at 200 p. m. for building about
$500 lineal feet of concrete curbing in
Ashland avenue, from Strong street to
the city limits.
Bidders must propose 10 do the work
according to the specifications and de-
tails on file in the Office of the Street
Assessment Committee, stating therein
price per Ineal foot for building con-
crete curb in place.
Ali bids must be written on blanks
prepared by the undersigned for that
purpose and prices should be stated in
writing and in figures.
All bids mrst be marked on the en-
velope, "Street Assessment Commit
tee' with the name of the street mark
ed thereon on which such bid is made,
and fled IN the Office Of The Street AS
scss1nent Committee in fhe city engin-
Ger IS office in said city
n. B.-Blanks for proposals and
blank contracts viii be furnished on ap-
piication to the city engineer.
The said committee reserves The right
to reject any and all bids
M. ]. scholey,
r. H. Moth,
George r. Wade,
w29 Street Assessment Committee.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-11-17
CROPS HOLD GOOD AVERAGE.
Secretary Of State Board of Agricul
ture Shows 1910 Quality Better.

Showing the average yield per acre
of the fifteen principal crops in Wis
consin to be nearly equal to those of
1909, the quality as good or better,
and the average price as high or high
er, Secretary John NJ. True of the
state board of agriculture has filed
his last crop report for the year.
Compared with the corresponding
report of 1909 there is light fall
ing off in the average yield of oats,
buekwheat, beans, clover seed and a
considerable loss of cabbage and hay.
But increases in the yields of wheat,
potatoes, corn and tobacco easily makes
up the deficiency.
In addition, the average price on
the home market is materially high
er than a year ago, which more than
makes up for any deficiency in yield.
In his report, Mr.. True says:
'The final crop report for Wisconsin
for 1910, as whole is quite satisfact-
Dry. When we consider that the past
season has been remarkable for ex-
tremely unfavorable weather condi-
tions, that at time threatened disas-
trous results, the showing made it
alike creditable to our soil resources
and the skillful methods of the farm
ers of the state.
"Some sections suffered so severely
during the protracted summer drouth
as be unable to regain their normal
standing after the fall rains came. As
a result, yields of certain crops vary
widely when different counties are com
pared.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-11-17
RAIL ASSESSMENTS MADE.
State Tax Body Fixes Assessment of
Kenosha Electric Railway Company.

The preliminary valuation of the
railway and lighting planes in the state
was announced by the Wisconsin State
Tax Commission today. Hearings will
be held during the next two weeks af-
ter which the final assessments Of the
companies will be announced. The
Kenosha Electric Railway Company is
valued by the commission at $275,000,
a slight increase over the valuation of
a year ago. The valuation made of
other railway companies touching Ken
osha county is as follows:
Chicago and Milwaukee Electric Rail
way Company, $1,7oo,0oo; Chicago and
Northwestern Railway Company, $685.
100000; Chicago Milwaukee and St.
Paul Railway Company, $90,o00,000;
Wisconsin Central Railway Company,
$30,900,000; Kenosha Electric Railway
Company, s275,o00; Milwaukee Elec-
trio Railway & Light Company, $24,-
100000; Milwaukee Light Heat and
Traction Company, $6,950,0oo.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-11-17

When the city ordinance covering in
toxication cases is amended in accord
ance with the more advanced and hui
name ideas of this day and age, as has
been suggested by the city attorney,
and the judge of the municipal court
has been given discretionary powers in
dealing with the DRINKS brought be-
fore him, it might be good plan to
so a step farther as has been done in
other cities and try the effect Of send
ing the majority OF the DRINKS home
few times instead of arresting them.
Leaving the old topers out of consider
alton, and with them drunkenness is
more Of disease than crime, the rec
ords of the courts will show that THE
fines assessed against the greater num-
Der oil DRINKS in the police courts in
flict more of hardship on the wives
and children of the men rrested than
it does on them, Of course in eases
where the DRINKS are making nuisanc-
es OF themselves and annoying citizens
or when they have reached the state
where they are dangerous to themselves
or others they will have to be put
out OF harms way but the great ma
lority of the cases are not that kind
They are perfectly harmless as rule
but they have to be locked up because
there is no provision made for the DO
lice to care for them in any other way
When they are brought into the court
In the morning they are guilty of an
otfense against the city ordinances as
they stand now, and must be fined,
even though the fine takes the bread
out of the mouths of their wives and
children. Every man and woman in the
city who has ever engaged in any char
liable work knows of dozens of eases
OF this kind The pa ice are as lenient
as possible with these cases but when
there is no means of sending them
nome and no place for them to sober
up but the Jail an arrest must be made.
The experiment of having this class
OF drunks sobered up somewhere or
sent home without making arrests,
would be worth trying and the charit
able organizations which have to sup
port their wives and children while
they are working out fines might get
better results for their expenditures
by cooperating with the police in Civ
ing some plan Of the kind trial for
month or two.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-11-17
AUCTION

| do not care what you have to
sell or where it is, some one
wants it. Remember that moth
ing attracts the attention of the
public like an Auction Sale. In
the hands of a capable auction
ear your sale is bound to be q
success. Are you thinking of sell
ling your property, your bust
ness, your household goods or
anything else. See P. B. John
son, the Peoples Auctioneer.
2719 Elm Ave. Zion City, Him
DIS. Phone 2138. For references
see Matt Stahl, Kenosha, Wis.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-11-17
MAY NOT DRAW TWO SALARIES
Attorney General to be Asked to Rem
der an Opinion on Mayor Remaining
in Office Here and Going to Mad
ison.


Now that Mayor N. J. Scholey has
been elected as member of the legis-
lature from Kenosha county the old
question of his right to draw salary
as a member of the Assembly and as
Mayor of the city of Kenosha has been
raised and the Attorney General of
the state has already been asked to
give an opinion in regard to the mat
ter. Victor Berger the social demo
cratic alderman at large in Milwaukee
who was elected to congress on Tues
day has announced that under the law
he will resign his Office as alderman
at large as his attorneys have advised
him that he will not be able to draw
two salaries from the people of the
district. If this holding is made in
Milwaukee, Kenosha attorneys believe
that the same will be held in the case
of Mayor Seholey. Of course the May
or will not qualify as a member of the
legislature until the first of next Jan
uary and he will have until that time
to make his decision in regard to his
right to hold both offices.
The Mayor is planning to take an &C
tive part in the democratic work of
the legislature and on Wednesday af-
ternoon he announced that he would
make an effort to secure the place as
minority leader of the lower branch
Of the legislature. 81 am going to
seek the nomination Of the democratic
party as candidate for Speaker of
the Assembly, said the Mayor, "and
you can bet that l am going to be in
the game from start to finish The
Mayor is fortunate politician and it
would not be surprising if he would be
selected as the minority candidate for
speaker. Of course there is no chance
of democratic speaker of the AS
sembly as the progressive republicans
will be In complete control. However,
the activity of the Mayor in seeking
leadership in the minority may result
in his being placed Oh some of the i'm
portant committees of the assembly.
Should the Mayor take an active part
in the work of the assembly it will
be impossible for him to continue as
head executive of the city as all of his
time will be taken up with the work at
Madison. 1t is pretty certain that the
Mayor has no intention of resigning
his office as Mayor and that if there
is new Mayor elected it will be after
the Mayor has exhausted legal means
of holding on to the job. Of course in
the absence of the Mayor, Alderman
Peter Pirsch the president of the eoun-
Gil would be practically Mayor of the
city.
In case it should be held that the
Mayor can not hold both offices it
would be necessary for the council to
call special election as in that event
the president of the council would
not be able to succeed the Mayor with
out an election. 1t is probable that
the opinion of the Attorney General
in the matter will be announced within
a few days.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-11-17
RECEIVES LARGE SUM.
Heavy Increases in Sale of Stamp Tax
es on Beer During Month of October.

The report of Henry Fink of Mil
waukee, collector of internal revenue
for this district, for October, shows
a heavy increase in stamp taxes on
beer compared with the same time a
year ago. These taxes aggregated
$346, $3.50, as against 1921, 1866 for
October, 1909. The taxes on beer in
September were $3s9,9S6.
The total receipts Of the Office for
the month were 65o,53o24, divided
as follows: Penalties, $561.53; special
taxes, $4,34725; tobacco 39,484.36;
cigars, $1s,l95.o6; spirits, s24O,O73.54
and beer, $346,868.5O.
The total receipts of the Office in
October, 1909 were 72,745.73
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-11-17

The usual notification that property
owners will not be allowed to use the
streets of the city as a dumping
ground for ashes or other refuse has
been sent out but it will depend on
the manner in which the first cases are
handled whether or not this practice
is stopped. The police will have little
difficulty enforcing the ordinances if
they start right in and make an ex-
ample of the first offenders.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-11-17
GOES TO SUPREME COURT.
Field Case Against Electric Railway
Company Goes to Higher Court.

Company Goes Go Higher U0uIt.
An appeal to the supreme court has
been taken in the suit brought by Hen
ry Jordan as administrator of the es-
tate of the late George 0. Field against
the Chicago and Milwaukee Electric
Railway company and the papers in
the case were sent to the Clerk of the
supreme court today. The case was
tried at the September term of the cir
cult court and the defendant company
was granted non-suit on grounds of
contributory negligence. The argument
of the case in the supreme court will
be taken up at the January term.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-11-17

The men who are advertising the
commercial possibilities of the bi-
plane and being laughed at as vision
aries may live to see all of their dreams
come true. Most men living today can
remember when the automobile was
regarded as an interesting toy but I'M
practical for any great development.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-11-17

Another indication that there has
been political campaign on in the
state this fall is the heavy increase in
the sale of stamp taxes on beer as
shown by the report of the internal
revenue collector but the local men to
whom campaign is generally pleas
ant season of free drinks say that this
county is responsible for very little
of the increase, if any.