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peace
 Shanghai Rsjeiess.
 SHANGHAI. Dec. Sword has bee n received that the government has dis. patched a delegation to arrange for peace and the rebel generals have been notified to be present and attend the meeting. It Is believed that the end of the war Is in sigh, and a decided victory has been won by the people who are for a parliament and consti- tutional form of government.
 The city Is celebrating in honor of the great eveat for the Manchus are forced to sue for peace while tho reb- els have made no advances looking toward a settlement
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A. E. DANCE FRIDAY EVENING.
 Tho 4. e.'s will give one of their weekly daness Friday evening. Dc. ssmbse c Ser 4 o.'s and their friends.
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WE DO THE WORK

Peoples Laundry are making . sps- eialty of rough dry laundry Give vs . trial.
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LAST NIGHT coLoEsr SEASON.

It was 20 below zero last evening by far the ooldest night this year. With little snow to protect the houses the cold was felt in all auartsrA
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Special sale of bottled goods for one week. Seward Commercial Co
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Whoa Bill" Meet me at the Root Garden
The Nome daily nugget., 1911-12-09

Eagle dance Saturday night
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Shanghai RsIeiess

of the revoiutionists looking toward peace
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Roof Garden. December %
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Eagle dance saturday alsht
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-02
FINDS HARTNELL NcuRABLr,
Kenosha County Man Send to the Ra-
cine County Hospital for the Insane.

Henry Hartneli, former well known
young man of the town of Salem, who
was sent to the state hospital for the
insane at Mendoza for treatment some
time ago was today taken to the asylum
for incurables at Racine and he is now
declared to be q mental wreck and
there is little or no hope of his ever
recovering. The case of Hartnell was
an unusual one and his name has been
seen on the dockets Of the Eerosha
courts many times in the past few
years. Hartnell first came into the
limelight when he was arrested for set
ting fire to the Evans lumber yard in
the western part of the county ard lat
er it developed that he had a mania
for starting fires. When he was arrest
ed some time ago on charges of setting
fire to some stacks of hay in the town
of Salem his relatives insisted that he
was insane and that he be sent to a
state institution. At the present time
charges are pending against Hartnell
in the courts Of the county but 1t is
not expected that he will ever be
brought back for tria,.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-02
WOODEN MILLS IN TROUBLE.
Claimed that Store in this City VIII b.
Taken Over by Receiver.

Judge K. M. Lands in the United
States district court at Chicago yester.
day appointed the Central Trust Com.
pany Of Illinois receiver for the United
Wooden Mills, 100000 corporation,
upon the application of creditors, who
allege the concern is bankrupt.
The corporation operates many stores
throughout the middle west, and Julius
N. Heldman, counsel for the creditors
said he would bring ancillary proceed.
ings at several places today to protect
the interests Of his clients. While the
creditors who petitioned for the ap.
pointment of the receiver and ad.ludica.
tion on present claims amounting to
but little more than $10y500, Mr.. Held.
man asserts hs has other clients with
larger claims.
The officers Of the corporation are
Leo. S. Mossler president; Daniel W.
Fishel, secretary, and I. A. Mossler
treasurer.
The petition recites that the concern
is wholly insolvent and that it is un
able to meet it's obligations. &Attor.
ney Heldman said he would file peti
tions at Milwaukee, Grand Rapids, Kan
sas City and Toledo today. The petit
ton at Milwaukee will be to take over
stores at Milwaukee, Racine, Minnea.
polls and other cities. The petition at
Grand Rapids will be to take over
stores at Grand Rapids, Lansing, Flint
Pontiac and Kalamazoo. The concern
has a mill at Bonaparte, Ia, valued at
$4,000.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-02
BETS ALONE SUFFER
Crop Reports for Dist. Show
Rains Have Caused Losses
Only to Beet Raisers
OTHER CROPS SET RECORDS

Numerous reports have been heard
lately concerning the harm done to
the farmers products by the recent
rainy weather which in many cases
have no foundation at all. About the
only thing hurt by the over abundance
of rain this fall has been the beets,
and despite the long continued dry
spell this summer the crops this year
have averaged very well.
Almost no corn is standing at the
present time, the entire crop having
been cut previous to the heavy rains
and probably one acre out of hundred
is being cut now. Also the ground
throughout this part of the country has
dried out enough within the last week
except in the very low places to permit
the use Of binders so that very little if
any is being harvested by hand as has
been reported. 1t is yet early to husk
the corn crop as it has not had time
to dry out thoroughly after the long
rainy spell, but the last few days have
been ideal for this with the cold dry
wind. Some little trouble is expected
this winter to keep the corn, as consid-
cradle mold is found, but few farmers
have noticed sprouting in the kusks.
The market on corn will begin to be
active in about week or ten days,
some being already on sale /.
Beet raisers are feeling down in the
mouth at preseat owing to the fact that
the sun did not shine at the proper time
when it was needed to mature the beets
and the rain which fell almost continu-
ously for SO long has made the average
of sugar in the beets less than was ex-
pected. Last years crop was so sue
cessful that the acreage was greatly in
creased this season, many of the farm
ers putting in two and three times as
much as last year. Wet grounds have
been delaying the digging and it is
only within the last few days that any
large quantities have been harvested.
This condition in the country is very
similar to the reports Of 1881 when a
hot, dry summer was followed by sea-
son of heavy rains which did much
damage both in city and country.
Taken as whole this has been a wear
which would compare very favorably
with past years. Although the dry
weather hurt the grain and the wet
weather hurt the beets, there was a
large output of potatoes and s. fair
sized crop of corn.
Even the farmers are coming into
contact with the new laws concerning
weights and measures which have re-
Gently been passed to take effect
January first. It viii be impossible
| to sell wood by the load after this date,
every sale being of so many cubic feet.
Also duplicate weight ticket must be
given with every load of coal, coke,
or charcoal, thus doing away with the
practice of dishonest dealers of giving
short weight.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-02

An ordinance carrying q $4,000 ap-
preparation is pending before the Bos-
ton city council which, if passed, will
create department for procuring and
supervising the wider use of the school
buildings. The department. will cost
the city little, as the appointees are to
serve without pay, and public spirited
citizens are ready to cooperate with. it.
1t is proposed to use the school build
ings for meetings of parents associa-
tions, junior civic clubs, popular lect.
ures, mothers classes, neighborhood
social musical functions. Proper reg
ulations are contemplated in the inter-
est of order, safety, economy and care.
The ordinance is expected to pass, The
reasonableness of much wider educa.
tional and social use of public school
plants that serve only the juvenile part
Of the population that has paid for
their construction and pays for main
tenance is now recognized in many
progressive communities. Chicago has
experimentally opened few buildings
and more will doubtless be opened, for
wider uses The idea is growing one.
Record Herald
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-02
JACOBS GETS LIBERTY.
Promises to be Good and Pay All Ke,
nosha Claims Against Him.

III. III. Jacobs, alias Harry Jacobs,
held in Kenosha on charges of uttering
fraudulent checks, walked out Of the
municipal court free man on We'd
nesday after he had made promises to
be good and had paid up every cent
claimed against him in Kenosha and
the court costs of the action that had
been brought against him. Jacobs
seemed very much in earnest and his
wife and his brother who were with
him at the diposal of the case gave
assurance that he would make good in
the future. The two checks which
Jacobs had passed in Kenosha were
held by Joseph Nelson and Joel Jacob
son and neither of the men desired
to push the prosecution. Jacobs re.
turned to Milwaukee with his relatives
Immediately after the settlements lad
been made.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-02
.D0NS|NG GETS DECREE
Somers Farmer is Divorced
from Wealthy Wife Late
Wednesday Afternoon
AIFE GIVEN LARGE lL|N0NY

In the circuit court late Wednesday
afternoon Judge E. B. Belden handed
down decree of divorce in the suit
| of Fred H. Donsing of the town of
Somers against his wife, Julia Gerry
Donsing, the divorce being granted to
the husband practically by default. It
/ had been expected that the case would
be bitterly contested but Mrs. Donsing
was not in court when the case was
called and she was Represented by her
attorney William G. Wise of Chicago,
who made absolutely no objection to
the granting of the decree, he being
present simply to protect the property
rights Of Mrs. Donsing. In his com
plant Donsing had alleged cruel and
inhuman treatment and little evidence
was given save the evidence of the
| plaintiff. 1t was shown conclusively
that there was no desire on the part
OF Mrs. Donsing to contest the decree.
The complaint showed that the
estate of the couple was valued at
about $4,000 and of this amount Mrs.
Donsing had been the owner of $50, 900
at the time she was married to Dons-
ing three years ago. The attorneys
had reached an agreement for the di-
vision of the property and it was slip.
ulated that Mrs. Donsing should have
as her absolute property all the prop
erty in Illinois which she owned at the
time of her rather romantic marriage
to the Somers farmer. Donsing was
given his property with the understand
ing that he should pay to his wife out
of his estate sum in the neighborhood
of $4,000.
The exact terms of the settlement
were not made public but it was stated
in court that the terms had been &C.
cepted by both the defendant and the
plaintiff. 1t was held that formal
order was necessary to give Mrs. Dons-
ing possession of the property she had
owned previous to her marriage ON &C
count of the fact that the laws of
Illinois give a husband a dover right
in property owned by the wife.
Mrs. Donsing it is stated will return
to Highland Park and give her time
to the management of extensive real
estate holdings there.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-02
WANTED IN CHICAGO.
John Dombrowsky Formerly of Keno
sha Sought on Statutory Charge.

Thomas v. Morrison, a deputy sheriff
from Chicago came to Kenosha this
morning and is making an effort to get
some trace of John Dombrowsky, a
former Kenosha man who is wanted in
Chicago on a serious statutory charge.
The much wanted man slipped out of
hicago couple of days ago and the
officials there claim that they are GER.
ain that he came to Kenosha. The
an has relatives IL. ,Kenosha but these
PEOPLE declare to the police that they
have seen or heard nothing Of him and
that he has not been in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-02
SETTLED OUT OF COURT.
Suit Of Title Vandenberg Against Ke
nosha Electric Railway Co. Ends.

Jurors in the circuit court will have
another disappointment when they come
into court again as the suit of Title
Vandenberg against the Kenosha Elec-
tr1c Railway Company has been drop.
ped from the calendar. In her suit
Mrs. Vandenberg has demanded dam
ages to the amount of $4,000 for per-
sonal injuries received on Milwaukee
avenue near the corner of Orange street
on December Is, 1910. She alleged that
when she attempted to alight from a
car Of the defendant company that the
car was started SO quickly that she
was thrown to the pavement and suf-
fered injuries which have proved to
be permanent. No statement of the
manner of the. settlement is made in
the official stipulation fled by the at
torneys, but it is said to have been
settled in manner satisfactory to
both of the parties to the litigation.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-02
SEEK ELoPERs HERE.
Libertyville Couple Thought to be Hid.
ing III Kenosha.

Deputy sheriffs from Lake county
came to Kenosha this morning and are
working with the Kenosha police in an
effort to get some trace of Herman
Hagen and Mary Stoleman, both of
Libertyville, who are alleged to have
eloped from that city late Thursday
afternoon. Hagen left wife and sew
eral children behind him and a war
rant for his arrest has been issued. It
is claimed that the pair left the Illinois
city and drove to Kenosha county and
they are supposed to be hiding either
in Kehosha or in some OF the villages
in the western part Of the county. The
police here have not bern able to find
any trace Of a couple answering the
descriptions given.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-02


KenoshN county is about to be creat-
ed to an exhibition of the beauties of
tho civil service as applied to purely
political offices. The attempts which
have been going on internationally for
the past two or three years to GUST the
present deputy game warden for Ke-
nosha county are coming to head and
a fight over the oil inspectorship is de-
veloping and the prospects for lively
times are improving every day. The
failure of the present incumbents of
these offices TO recognize their obliga-
ton to play the game OF politics in the
OlG way and get out when called upon
to make room for the henchmen of the
men now in power promises to put the
leaders who are after their political
scalps to considerable trouble before
the desired readjustments of jobs can
be made, The jobs have always been
regarded rs sinecures to be parceled
out to the faithful as rewards for past
services, but the present incumbents are
standing on their rights under the civil
service and they have invited the men
who are trying to put other men in
their places to show cause why they
should be removed. Under the old sys-
tenn OF "to the victors belong the
spoils" the men who are now resisting
:eMoval would have been thrown out
neck and crop, but since it has been
proclaimed far and wide that these de-
partments have been "divorced from
politics. and put under the civil serv-
ice it is necessary to do a certain
amount of backing and filing to save
The faces of the politicians who are
after these jobs for their friends or
supporters before these places can be
npportioned out. A way will doubt.
less be found sooner or later whereby
these offices can DO declared vacant
under the civil service rules. The re-
suits will be practically the same as
lnder the old system, but these delays
and trials and hearings must be very
annoying to the men in power and to
the men who are waiting for the Jobs.
As a matter of fact a good many PEG
pie are dissatisfied with the workings
of the civil service as applied to this
class of jobs. These jobs are the re-
ward of political service, have always
been that and nothing more, and why
not have them filed without so much
red tape. So long as the legislature
refuses to abolish lot of these sine
cures and they are to exist as part of
the spoiis of a successful campaign, why
run any civil ervice bluff about them.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-02
MARX SAID TO Be FAVORED
Former County Treasurer is Said 20
Have the Support Of the Administra-
ton Men for the Appointment TO
Succeed Harry e. Grace.

The announcement of the probable
retirement of Harry E. Grace from the
Office of deputy inspector of illuminat-
| ng oils in Kenosha has caused great
stir among those politically inclined
and already there are a half dozen
candidates in the field for the position
and the governor is being stormed with
letters and petitions which seek to Sc
cure his influence in the appointment
of a successor. While the law pro-
vides that the appointment shall be
made by the state oil inspector from
lists furnished by the civil service
commission it is generally believed that
Governor McGoveru will dictate the
appointment in this city and county. It
is not improbable that the scope of the
duties of the new deputy will be en-
larged SO as to have him take in the
work of inspecting oils in other parts
of the state.
| The fight between Grace and the de-
partment is not yet well started, but
the candidates for the position who
were slow to get in on the ground
floor feel convinced that Grace viii
ultimately be removed and for this rea-
SON they have already begun the in
vasion of Madison. Fred G.. Babcock
left early this morning for Madison
and he is credited with being an open
candidate for the position. Babcock
has had lot of experience in the po-
litical line and has been regarded as
la progressive among Progressives. He
has been very active in his support of
the present administration and did
lot of political work during the last
primary election and in the general
election which followed.
However, it is declared that the ad-
ministration leaders in Kenosha county
have not slated Babcock for the posi-
ton and that their preference is form.
er county treasurer, Frank A. Marx,
who was the Republican candidate for
mayor of the city some time ago. Mr..
Marx has not made any open announce
ment that he Is seeking the position,
but it is understood that he would ae-
cept 1t if it were offered to him. The
Office is regarded as real political
plum. It pays salary of about $1,000
a year and only takes little of the
time of the holder of the Office.
Babcock and Marx are the only two
men definitely mentioned for the posi-
tion, but it is Certain that before Grace
is removed, if he ever is removed, that
there will be a lot Of other candidates
in the field. Mayor \Scholey is in
Madison and he is credited with going
to the capitol to use his influence as a
member Of the legislature to secure the
retention Of Inspector Grace in Office.
It is probable that State Senator Isaac
T. Bishop will have considerable to do
with the naming of the successor to
Grace as he is closely in touch with the
present administration. The support Of
Commissioner of Banking A. r. KuoIt
is also eagerly sought by prospective
Candidates as he is known to be closer
to the governor than any other Keno
sha county man.
The attorney for Grace has not as
yet received any reply to his demand
for a hearing in the matter, but it is
probable that an early date will be set
for such a hearing.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-11-02
STATE Institutions FRAUD
Crane Not Only. Takes Shot at the
State University and It's President
but Levels His Guns on Other Col
leges of the State.

The University of Wisconsin, which
has cost the state millions of dollars,
but has been recognized as one OF the
greatest educational institutions In
the United States and from which
tens of thousands of people have
graduated, is declared by r. T. Crane
of Chicago to be a fraud and he de-
clares that he can prove his assertion
from the records of Charles r.. Van
Hise, president of the state university.
While there have been many sensation
al reports sent out regarding the Wis
consin University, they have never
been proven.
r. T. Crane, a wealthy Chicago
manufacturer, who recently charged
widespread intemperance in universe
ties and who thinks all universities
are wasting immense sums in fruitless
efforts, has now issued pamphlet
in which he replies to the critics Of his
book. In this he sought to show
that the whole system of higher educa-
tion in the United States is failure
and that most of the large universe.
ties are nothing more or less than
frauds. The pamphlet is written for
the edification of those who have not
read Mr.. Cranes book and whose
knowledge of what it contains has
been CLEANED from the newspaper re-
views of it and the criticisms of Mr.
Cranes views that have appeared
from time to time in various publica.
ti0ns.
In opening Mr.. Crane announces
sarcastically that he has made q dis
covery. This is that "these higher
educators are made of ordinary clay
like other people, He now makes
his criticisms more specific and charg
es the various university periodicals.
with falsehood in claiming that theil
technical graduates are in demand il
industrial business. Of Wisconsin
State University he says:
"As to President Van Hise of the
University of Wisconsin, who sale
that he would not read my book, OF
course that is his privilege, and / can
not make him do so. Taking his posi-
ton, however, prevents him from
knowing how l prove that his insti
tuition is great fraud, from his own
records. If he could prevent the PEG
pie of Wis consin from reading my
book he might still continue to pe.pe
trate the fraud ON the public. AS tt
the milk testing device that the,
make so much of, I don't see what
that has to do with education.''
Of Beloit college he says: 81 sym
pathiae with the people of Beloit col
lege in their inability to prove tina
their institution has merit, which, al
they say, is in consequence of tn,
death of the one person by whom the,
could have proved it. This man dice
some fifteen years ago, and it seems
to me they are very neglectful not t,
have employed man to take hi
place before this.''