The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-07-05
DEATH OF CHILD THE CAUSE
Aldermen Claim Little West Side Girl
Died from Hydrophobia and For This
Reason No Further Chances Should
Be Taken With Dogs.

The canine population of Kenosha is
threatened with extinction. The most
stringent regulation for dogs ever pro-
posed in any city in Wisconsin, if not
in the United States, has been pro-
claimed by the Common Council and it
is pretty certain that the enforcement
f the proposed regulation will result
n the dog-the old true friend of
mankind being made a forgotten
feature in the life of Kenosha. The
council voted at the meeting on Mon
day evening to increase the license on
all dogs in Kenosha to fifty dollars and
the committee on judiciary was in
structed to draw new amendment to
the ordinance providing for the licens-
ing Of dogs to this effect. Nor is this
all. The council voted that the new
amendment shall provide that all dogs
in the city must be muzzled at all times.
The strict regulations were adopted
by the council practically without di-
vision, there being but two votes
Aldermen Wade and Mayer against
the proposed resolution.
The embargo on the dogs came as a
result of an impassioned plea made by
Alderman Bounsall. He declared that
on Sunday little girl had died in his
section Of the city after suffering the
terrors of hydrophobia. He declared
that the dog which had bitten the child
had never been located by the
police and that it was probable
that it was running wild seeking
another child victim.
The child referred to was Eleanor
5Lindnerars At -thea time of her death
physicians were asked in regard to the
suggestion that she had died from the
dread hydrophobia and they asserted
that this had not been the case. The
physician attending the child declared
that she had died from form Of fever
and not from hydrophobia
Relatives of the child declare that
she had been bitten some time ago
That the decorations made by the dog
had healed but that some time before
her death she had growled like a dog
and had snapped at her food. That
the sight of a dog had driven
her into Mysteries.
Alderman Bounsall was dramatic in
his appeal for the s5rong embargo on
canine life and finishing his appeal to
the council he declared 1.-THE life of
one baby in Kenosha is worth more
than every damn dog ever fondled
IN an automobile. =
The action of the council will be
effective on more than thousand dogs
In Kenosha. Tt is going to make an
awful difference in the money in the
police pension fund as a large ma jority
Of the dogs owned in Kenosha are not
owned by people who can afford to pay
fifty dollars for the pleasure Of keep
ing them Several of the aldermen
held that the embargo on dogs was a
proper conservation move and that Che
dogs should either be paid for in license
fees or that they should be killed.
The members of the police depart
ment are considerably exercised over
the proposed examination. They are
demanding that the council, with the
passage of the ordinance, order the
purchase Of a lot Of ammunition and
appoint a special dog slaughterer as
they hold that one man will be forced to
give most of his time to this work.
The troubles of Fido and Hector and
Towser and Kaiser are going to be m
mediate, for pending the boosting of
the license fee the council has voted
that all dogs be muzzled or killed.
The muzzle order is to be enforced by
the council at once.