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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-23
LONG A RESIDENT OF COUNTY
Had Been in Bad Health for Many
Weeks but Had no Premonition of
the Approaching End. Dies as He
Sleeps.

Charles Toner, aged IS years, one of
the best known of the pioneer residents
Of Kenosha county was found dead in
his bed in his room at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Charles R. Stanhope on
Park Bow at O'Clock Monday morn
ing. He had evidently died during the
night, death coming with peaceful
sleep that knew no awakening. Mr..
Toner had been making his home with
his daughter since the first of the year
and it is thought that his death is in
directly due to the explosion at the
powder mills. On the night of the ex-
plosion Mr.. Toner had been greatly ex-
cited and fearing that the property on
his farm in Pleasant Prairie might have
been destroyed he refused to take pro>
per care of himself and the exposure
of the evening resulted in his contract
ing hard cold which is thought to
have resulted in his death. Mr.. Toner
had eaten supper with the members Of
the family on Sunday evening and
when he retired for the night there
was no reason to suspect that death
was near. He was cheerful and seemed
if anything to be in better health than
he had been for some time. No sound
was heard from the room during the
night and this morning when members
Of the family went to the room to call
him to breakfast it was found that he
was dead. The announcement of his
death came as a great shock to mem
bers and friends of the family.
Charles Toner was one of the first
settlers of the town of Paris. He was
born near Utica, New York on April
20, 1886 and was son of Michael and
Rosana Toner. He was educated in the
schools of his native county and in
1915 came with his parents to this coun-
ty. They settled in the town of Paris
and Mr.. Toner remained as resident
OIL UHdU GOWl uIIGll lie removed TO HleaS-
ant Prairie some twenty-five years ago.
In 1868 Mr.. Toner was married to Miss
Ellen Ratigan Who died only a few
years ago.
The Toner home in Pleasant Prairie
had been one of the most hospitable
homes in the county and both Mr.. and
Mrs. Toner were widely known.
Up to the time he came to Kenosha
to make his home with his daughter
for the winter, Mr.. Toner had been ac-
tive in the management of his farm but
since the death of his wife his health
had been failing.
The deceased is survived by four sons
Henry and James L. Toner of Chicago,
DR.. Joseph Toner of Gary, Indiana, and
William Toner of Pleasant Prairie and
four daughters Mrs. Charles R. Stan
hope and Mrs. John, Evans of Kenosha,
Mrs. James Cavanagh of Cape Town,
South Africa and Mrs. Frank Hutchin-
son Of Chicago. Mrs. Cavanagh is now
on her way from Cape Town to Ken
osha but it may be several days before
she can be informed of the sudden
death of her father.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-23

The ma4elfacture of explosives al
ways has been carried On at great risk
and always will be, for people are care
less. Such calansities as that at Pleas
ant Prairie last week arouse criticism
far and wide; sometimes they lead to
the enactment of legislation intended
at The time to be remedial. But after
the excitement has died down the
world moves along pretty much as care
lessiy as before.
The effect of the Pleasant Prairie ex-
plosion, coming as it does, so soon af-
ter destructive explosion Of dynamite
and giant powder while in transit near
New York, will direct especial atten-
tion to legislation for regulating the
manufacture and carriage of explos-
ives. This will do good. There will be
accidents, always, but they need not
be so many nor so serious in the future
as in the past.
The property damage occasioned by
last week Thursday nights explosion
was extensive, but no doubt vastly ex-
aggerated in early estimates It is for
tunate that the loss of life was small,
The New York explosion was far more
dreadful in this respect.-Evening Wis
consin.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-23

The profits on operating the slot ma
chine gambling devices of all kinds are
said to be enormous but even so fines
to the limits of the law for the agents
of the slot machine companies coupled
with the destruction of all machines
captured will be apt to exercise de-
terrent effect. Knowing wha5 they may
expect in this county, the owners of the
machines may seek other fields where
the profits are just as large as in this
county and the risks not so great.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-23


That Pecks crossing in tie town of
Salem has always been VIGOROUSLY I'M
safe. IT is one of the blindest and
most dangerous in the county and the
wonder is not so much that there should
be some accidents there but that there
are not more of them. Undoubtedly
it's bad reputation has operated to keep
down the number for most Of the peo-
pie who have to use that road are very
careful when they approach this cross
ing Two very serious accidents in sue
cession recently, however, have shown
the necessity of doing something to
safeguard the lives of the people who
have to use this highway and reduce
the chances of accidents. It is prob
able that it will cost considerable to
make this crossing safe but the people
of the town will approve the expendi-
ture of the towns share of the expense
and the officials Of the town and the
railroad had better take up the prob
lem of remedying conditions at this
point without delay and see what can
be done.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-23
NEW ELECTRIC RAILWAY.

A new electric railway may strike
Kenosha as articles of incorporation
for the incorporation Of the Peria and
Milwaukee Electric Railway company
were filed at Springfield, ILL.,, on Fri
day. As yet the route of the line
through Wisconsin has not been laid
out.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-23

News has reached here of the death
of John Osborne and his wife Anna Os-
borne former residents of Kenosha,
which occurred in England. Mr.. Os-
borne died on Feb. Il and the death
of the wife occurred on March 6.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-23

The members of the Kenosha Chap
ter of the Ancient Order of Hibernians
entertained at K. G. hall on Friday ev-
ening. a very pleasant time is report
| ed by all present.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-23

f. L. Grant returned home Friday af-
ternoon after spending a portion OF the
winter in California. Mrs. Grant will
remains in ia vest for another fort
night.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-23

Willis V. Hall formerly of Kenosha
has been elected Clerk of the city OF
Paw Paw, Mich, defeating William v
Mason who had held the office for more
than twenty years. The former Ken
osha man was the candidate on the re
publican ticket and he was the only
republican returned victor at the
polls.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-23

Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Allen and daugh-
ter, Mr.. and Mrs. Nathan Allen and
children who have been spending the
winter in California will return to
Kenosha the first week in April.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-03-23


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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-22
A Supreme Epoch 

The opening of the Panama canal
 marks supreme epoch in the history of
 mankind The celebration of that event,
 # there is to be one, must pay heed to
 the historical meaning of what is being
 celebrated Otherwise it will all be per version, a violence and vanity.
 The canal means, first of all, that our
 land joins the two oceans and looks out hJ Janus-faced toward it's rights and it's risks
 on both For the exercise of it's rights
 and the facing of it's perils, it must unite
 the waters of the two. oceans. It Is one
 nation, and it's two oceans must become
 enc highway. Our existence hitherto has
 been shapen by our position on the At
 lantic facing Europe it is likely that the
 coming years in increasing measure will
 take their form and color from our posi-
 ton on the Pacific facing Asia The
 opening of the canal yields its significance
 in terms of our nations new outlook
 through the Golden Gate upon the west
 ern ocean, and it is only at the Golden
 Gate that the event can tell it's meaning to the world.
 And there is a second consideration. When Columbus started across the seas he was seeking not America, but the old orient-of India and China and their gold and spices. Men had always desired the east and the goll and the pepper. There was nothing new about the object of the search. All that was new was the direc- tion Columbus went west. Judged in terms of its original purpose, his voyage was total failure. He started straight for Asia, but ran upon the long, broad dyke of land we now call the Americas. It has cost more than four centuries for him and those that swarmed after him to traverse and conquer the hindering dyke which arose in his path and forbade him Asia. The opening of the canal is the first cutting of this dyke-the averaging of Columbus-the end of the four-century halt-the resumption of the advance to- ward the orient It would be pity and shame to celebrate this eevnt from be- hind the bunker. We have been there 40 years Let us out now into the open air of the Pacific.
 But there is third consideration weighter than all. The civilization which we inherit, in which we are shapen, and made to be what we are, and to do what | we do, had it's origin in the valleys of the Euphrates and the Nile and on the hill- sides of Syria and Greece. With its back | turned toward the old orient of India and China, 1t passed from Greece to Rome, to Spain and France and Germany, to England and to America across the seas The opening of the canal means that it has entered the Pacific and this is the arena in which the two world halves, the orient and the occident, are to stand no longer back to back, but face to face, and no mar can foresee the issue thereof. But every man who sees and thinks can
 know that with the opening of the canal the history of the human ra res passes to it's last and final phase. Such an event
 must be celebrated at a place where 1t has significance-where the races meet, where the arena, be it mart or battlefield, Is prepared and fixed where the look is straight out westward toward the ..uty which awaits this nation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-22
Answering the Emperor

From the Buffalo Express.
 If Emperor William will persist in mak- ing foolish speeches about the divine right of kings and the principles of absolutism he must expect. not merely to be an- swered, but to be answered in 0 manner that will promote the growth of the so- eialst party in Germany. That party had 72303S members at the close of the fiscal year in July, 1910, according to statistics reported to the German socialist congress It's membership has very nearly doubled since 1906. When a movement distinctly and avowedy anti-monarchial is making such rapid headway as that the emperor cannot afford to give 1t unnecessary provocation.
 The socialists have decidedly the better of the argument in the interpolation on the Emperor's speech that is now under discussion in the reichstag. The conten- ton that if the Emperor insists on talk ing he must not prosecute others for replying appeals to the human sense of fairness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-22
FRAUD IN KOSHER MEAT
New York Jews Stirred Up Over Wide
 spread Deception
rom the American Hehrew.

From the Amerioan Hebrew.
 It isa we'll Known fact in this city that there is a great eal-of fraud per petrated in the sale of kosher meat by retail butchers. The fraud lies in the provision of meat by butchers which they call kosher but which is not, really so, and although orthodox Jews pay a larger sum for this meat. they have no means of discovering whether it has actually been prepared according to the ritual laws.
 Benjamin Bastyogel, president of the Kosher Butchers Retail association in this city, states that probably 65 per cent of the kosher butchers in New York practice this fraud.
 The fraud is not practced by the wholesalers. but by the retailers. Prac- i tcally all the live stock that is killed | in New York Is killed strictly accord | ing to the ritual laws. In their kosher | departments the wholesalers employ the most prominent castside orthodox rab bis to supervise the preparation of the kosher meat.
 The part of the steer that Is sold as kosher is in other communities the cheapest part Of the steer, the fore quarters. But in Jewish centers of this and other cities. because 1t is ! lied and prepared kosher, the wholesalers and retailers can get far higher prices for these parts of the beef that they can In other communities
 The result is -hat a great temptation lies before the small retail butcher. and this is what he does: He goes to the wh olesalers and buys small amount of kosher meat. Having done this. he steps to the other department of the wholesalers. where the meat Is trefa, and buys exactly the same parts of the beef but at a much lower price To his customers he calls 1t all kosher. and gets the hign prices which he can obtain for kosher meat, thus illegiti- mately securing greater profits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-22
The Artists Model

New Idea Woman's Magazine
 To the girl with imagination the call ing of artists model lures like siren. 1t is the most wonderful make-beieve game that was ever invented. An ac- tress plays but one role, while a model plays half dozen in day. Within F hours she may be an Indian maiden, a lady of the old French court, an athletic girl swinging tennis racquet, or a goddess of summer winds floating a cloud. /
 When the day is over and the artist puts away his paints and brushes, and the tired model steps down from the stand and goes out into the prosaic every day reality the make-believe just begins. As she takes her way home she can see herself everywhere.
 In an open space she stands in bronze, a splendid heroic figure. She becomes for the moment the embodiment of all the ideal qualities the figures represents, just as she had that day at the studio, when the sculptor found himself while she thrilled with the same inspiration that was guiding his hands and held the pose rntil she was stiff and lame with fatigue
 Farther on, in the lighted window of ;,n art shop, she seeS herself again, this time frolicking on a sandy beach, with half dozen fat babies around her. And she forgets the city street, and feels the warm sun and the fresh salt breeze of the picture.
 Before another window she pauses again to look at drawing by a man for whose first real success she had posed. He was sure of himself now and bit arro- Gant with success. When she posed for him last he had said: Never mind what you are supposed to be. Just stay where I put you. That is all you need to do. .' As she looks at the drawing she smiles and remembers when he was struggling W ith that first success and he said to her: Wont you please try to look a little more as though you were fighting against winter wind? I know 1t is warm here, but please try. It is very hard for
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-22
The Tip in Advance

From Lippincotts. f.
 A lively-looking porter stood on the rear platform of a sleeping car in the Grand Central station. when fussy and choleric old man clarnbered up the steps | He stopped at the door. puffedi for minute and then turned to the man in uniform t-4r
 Porter, he said. Tn going to Chi cago. I want to be well taken care of I pay for it. Do you understand?'
 Yes, sir; but Never mind any 'buts. You listen to what I say. Keep the train boys away from me. Dust me off whenever l want !, you to. Give me an extra blanket, and If | there is anyone in the berth over me, slide him into another, l want you to-"
 :. But, say, boss, I-'
 'Young man, when I give instruc- tons I prefer to do the talking myself. You do as I say. Here is a two-dolar bill. I want to get the good of it. Not a word. sir"
 The train was starting. The porter pocketed the bill with a grin and swung himself to the ground.
 All right, bossr he shouted. You can do tn talking if you want to- I'm powerful sorry you wouldn't let me tell you--but I ain't gon' out on that train"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-22

where "conventionalites' were speedily placed at their disposal. Hesse was mor- tally wounded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-22
Rapacity of the Pike

The pike has the reputation of being particularly cruel and voracious; hence one of its appellations. the water wolf" There have been many instances of pike being found dead, choked by their own species, and these fish not infrequently attack another pike which has been hook ed by an angler. The action of pike at times closely resembles a cat when It plays with a mouse. The pike seizes the anglers bait and keeps dropping and al- lowing it to escape-one can picture It's delight in the terror of its victm-but does not forget to leave the marks of it's teeth behind when 1t eventually makes off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-22

me when you look as if you were sit fling in rocking chair at a summer resort.
 And she remembers how hard she tried, and how she succeeded, until even now she feels that wintry wind tugging at her skirts, and her face takes on the strained, anxious look of the woman in the story.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-22

Another student has died of wounds received in a duel near Halle, Arno Hesse. A member of the Leipzig Uniyer- city Students corps received a slight in- suit from a fellow student. whom he challenged to a duel With heavy sai1res. Since no student dueiling is allowed in| LeiuzIs. the disputants went to Hello.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-22
Age and Youth

Fror, the Washington Post
 w. D. Howels, the dean of American letters, said of old age at one of his Sun day afternoons:
 Age Is modester than youth I've oft en noticed that, when tell a mother that her daughter is the image of what she was herself at 19, the mother is de- lighted but the daughter looks startled" :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-22

The Tagebatt reports that three work men employed at local steel works were smothered with molten metal from a vessel which dropped from It's hang ings In the casting room. Their bodies are eplbeded in the mass of metal, which will Probably be buried, as 1t is impos- sble to recover the mems remains from
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-22
IMMIGRANT LABOR TARIFF
Minimum Wage For Aliens Suggested Common
 Labor Bankrupt-Real Protection For Laborer Needed


if this were so the group remains-60 per cent of the whole force In steel produc- ton, for instance-and, unless there Is a change in industrial policy, hundreds of American towns. will permanently bear the stamp of hdusehold life at under $2 a day.
 We say. in our child labor certificates. that a child cannot go to work until he Is II, and until he has gone through a certain grade In school. Why not have an immigrant labor certificate and pro- vide that until an alien is naturalized he cannot be hired for less than a living wage, say S2.50 per day If he wants to sell his labor for a song after that he can do as free American citizen but while he is a greener, his helplessness could not be used to cut down wages The adaptation of this principle of the Australian minimum wage might, it seems l.. the writer be made the basis of na- tional programme of immigration control more comprehensive and simple than any yet advocated. As 1t would involve aliens, who may be disposed to have a different constitutional status from natives, it would seem that measure could be framed which would avoid the question of freedom of contract in It's ordinary form.
 The measure might also be limited to corporate employers (and contractors for corporations who are recipients of spe- cial legal advantages notsspossessed by individuals, and might therefore be sub jected to the imposition of this restric- ton in hiring. By such Q provision the plan would not interfere with the minor employments of farm and store which absorb a proportion of each yeard's new absorb a proposition of each years new alignment to the forces for and against immigration restriction In this country.
 The various patriotic organizations which are opposed to shutting off Amer ica a refuge for the oppressed would find in such law no impossible barrier, and at the same time it would tend to bend their energies toward constructive schemes for distributing their co-religion- ists and fellow countrymen throughout the country and upon the farms. Its con- ceivable reaction on American industrial conditions would be even more import ant
 If s250 worth of labor had to be got ten ojlt of a man in a day, the work would be put into his hands as a de- veloped stint and not as piece of lum- bering drudgery. The effect on the or gani1ation and pay of skilled labor would be cumulative; nor would the change come at once in such a way as to dis locate industry.