Racine Journal from Racine, Wisconsin • 11

THE BACrSTE JOURNAL, TTJESDAT, SEPTE3IBEK 22, 1908. 11 earth the itr ha bought HKU'IfflliD DIHK3S mm 9. f. GOVERNMENT JOSEPH TRAVENICK, PRISONER IX I COUNfY JAIL ENDS HIS LIFE WITH SUSPENDER." SENTENCE EXPIRED TODAY Man Waa Arrested for Drunkenness and I Ssrvln Fiv. -1- ILLINOIS WYEST! GATES ALLEGED GRAFT 1 1 Inspector Aytaer Dedaiei Eployee.of C.

N. W. Construction Gang ftot Abated by Foreman tad Can Find Ne Indication Employment Fraud. As the result of a complaint mads by a man, who claimed to have been -die eharged from the gang, and the conse- puMished 4 The -Journal Illinois Labor Commission has sent an inspector to Racine to investigate thsP1 "ition existing between the foreman and the men of the construction otnml the Chicago Northwestern mad. Th inspector, R.

Aylmer. came to Raelne In the guise of a laborer and spent several days at the camp, studying- conditions lM Mm nceaiing Ernest Smith Bradford, Formerly of Madi-son, Shows How Scheme Paris Out in Texas Different From Galveston Wan; 'the mentity rom tne foreman. Afterlou- 'g- two dav. at th, Mr. Aylward has Twentythree hundred pounds of dyna Working Out of New Form of Municipal Control of Great Interest to Every City in Country Personnel of of Boartl Opinions of Citizens Directly and Indirectly Interested-Has General Approval.

reported that the complaints made, gllmite exploded, the shock being felt in leging an arrangement between officials 1 of the road and the Western Boarding nd Supply company to have been un I Tbe original story was to the effect tnat the ana Supply company, I Chicago employment agency, shipped I men nere aauv ror wora on me new via- uuit ovrr nuoi tivtt. inen, wwr a lew a.yS worK.inemen were oiscnargea ana I new men sem to iae (neir piaces. i i i a i- i KntA aHUk bj 1. told that they had only earned enough i "n-1 enwreiy unirae, mat inm men are ireai-1 as at any grading camp, where I th lliboT necessarUy picked up among homeless and transient men, and tnat tne "oaraing ana nuppiy company aua i I X. iL.

TU i worn, uuv uiib icr i "uij uur uuasii I is a iffKii naieavvT: us aa. ami a' iium clares the men have good food, a good place to sleep and are not crowded with their work. K. W. representative of the Boarding and Supply company also visited Racine yesterday to investigate the former report, which waa apparently fminded upon the personal dislike of auldown into a crowd of person who were out the water and the service and tha preur are good.1 1.

The atreet railway? company, too, ia paying ita share of receipts and giving better serv- Several large taxpayers expreaaed their belief that it waa better to have the commission give their whole time to the city government, and be footed at large, one saying. "MTe depend iipon geivuig nn via payiiu; laetn wrij, and having them give all their time to theity is true that soma of our best men cannot afford to tie city eolnmiseioner for -the salary paid, but nevertheless, very good men can be had. Our government is not strictly Finance commissionaniika tas- ton are very valuable ia watching the city's expenses. The principal opposition to the new grwenrment waa said by several to come iron thr old-line politicians thrown out power by the change, of whose graft mii4 mismanagement under the old regime strong statements were made. DEATH ENDS LONG SEARCH! Rant of Robert Zander for brother Hen ry Comes to End Only With Death of Relative, Robert Zander was formerly a resident of Racine and resided at 1425 Clark street.

He bad a brother. Henry Zander, for whom he had searched all over the country two long vears. in an effort to locate him. but without success. Two or three months ago word came that his brother was living at 111., and he pulled tip and went to.

that city oalv to find that hi brother had been there and left for parts unknown. He despaired of ever finding his relative. Yesterday the chief of police, as stat ed in these columns, received a telegram from an underteker st Chicago, which st ted that "Hank" Zander was dead at that place and to notify his brother Rob ert Zander. The police department got busy and after seevral hours' work, ascertained that Robert Zander had gone to end officers of that city were in structed to not if him. If still there.

And so the faithful search of the brother Robert for two years only result ed in finding that he was dead. Nothing known of the history of the brother here. SAVES GIRL FROM DROWNING Fred Lattish Plunges late Lake and Res ents Julia Krneger From Watery Grave Water Cold. Frederick lttih of Lincoln street. saved Miss Krueger.

of North Erie street. Ifl years old. from beiug drowned in lkr Michigan, on "Sunday afternoon, at the north harbor pier. The young girl wivh many others, was on the pier enjoying the cool wind from the lake, weather conditions being warm and close. Running along the structure, close to the edge, she tripped.

f'U and rolled over into the lake. At that point the water was fire feet deep and as the girl did not know how to swim and lost her head, she commenc ed to flounder sroiind in the water and also swsjktw much water and choke. Spertators were greatlv excited, and watched the girl struggling and drown ing. Mr. LattUh came up and took in the situation and leaped at once into the water.

The girl had gone and came up twce. As she came up the second time. Mr. Lettish gr.ped her by the hair and shoulder of her dress and started, to drag her ashore, but others came and assisted in hsuling her from the water, consider ably exhausted snd frightened. In a short time, although soaked to the skin, she was able to walk home.

TROUBLE AT GRAVEL PIT. Italian Seeks Protection From Murder us Companions. nn at ine gravel pit oi tne lnicCi A I I 1 Milwaukee Electric railway, located on the Bee be farm, there was trouble among the Italians and others yesterday. An gelo Cbermos. one of the Italians, came to the Municipal court and told a story of the indignities heaped npon him.

He wanted a warrant issued for one man who carried a big revolver, hut whose name was unknown atut lie got a war rant for another man named John Rrown, who had a knife as long as his arm and who committed an assault upon him Pheriff Roberts when he took the war rants, was warned to disarm the un known man when pointed out to htm. Sheriff Roberts secured an automobile and went to the gravel pit after the bad men from Italy. POLICE ARREST HA2ERS. Swoop Down on Students oa Kiot Call and Apprehend Fifty. CHICAOO, Sept.

15 The police, summoned to the Farragut boat house by a tiot call, arrested more than fifty students of Armour Institute of Technology, who were indulging in 4 scrimmage resulting' from the marooning of a score of freshmen by a larger number of sophomore in an abandoned yacht. Other freshmen came to the rescue of their companions and while the fight was in its height the police swooped down upon them. As a result of the shipbuilders' strike on the northeast coast and the among the organisations in other yards, it- estimated that fully 60,000 workmen are unemployed in tha British shipbuilding industry at tha present I time. wujuu H. Amtw.BiC Clerk.

Iti 7 C. CUmaes Tresssrsr. wusv.Jrts LHjilw. U. r.

Faw- i nLtrrrRTttORi. JJsAveynr Wr. H. Jane Sstn. WsrsV P.

J. Kcblmso-Third WH. Jsceb f. Mas Tevrth Wsr. Lars Mnrm nam, v.mi.

tow Slita Ward. Seventh Ward. It tiJi.B"a--EWh We4, H. Weeks Kiath Ws. tPm I.

AadsTMB beitiu WarC cm of BtrxuNaTOK. K. P. Prsseh-Clty Ckr. Elttma CH.

lcaum Gu-Aar. fUFSUlVIIOftS. E4wrrirM Wart frtt-seeB4 War. f. O.

KUia TbiH Wse. cawrt-rurtt War. VILUtO VHIOH J. W. rn-i, i Drure-Clar.

2 Jssss Asss sr. O. L. CVabb-Trftre. am Har4-tupMvtsee.

VILXA01 OP WATKXrOfUX Wm. Shssktabarg-prsslisaU Carwtfja. BerfeeClerk. r. B.

TlsdaJI A aasaaoe. Buctslts Trre. A. A TUsa-ioprlsee. TCWW OP BVKUKOTON.

JJ. H. Arars Chairman, p. O. ftarllara D.

A. at ii baa. VlfMO. J- vichtr-Trasarr, BarKastea. osa YsABey Assessor.

BarUasvsa. TOWN OP CAUCD3KU. Cartatfan ita -S Caieooaia. J. Tmaibuil CUrk.

R. K. 91 DC Frank Kvaall Tmiiw rraoksrUl. Baaos Assessor. R.

K. Ksw 8. a TOWN OP DOVER. H. Bmira Ckslnaas, bmurllls Elsise Quirk Clerk.

CaoMSTtll Charley alsaly Traarar, WsssrfarA W. O. Hsrry Asuascir. sUaaMvUta. TOWN OP SIT.

PLBUiAXT. Gee. C. Petersoa Cksirmaa. West Rscta.

J- D. Jooee-cisrk, A. No. Aaela. W.

K. JoMt-TnunMr SI No A. mm H. Craas Asssssoc. R.

R. Na. TOWN OP NORWAY. Albert ABdsrsan n.lm.. a.

W- Waiertord. J. I. Rnrlish flark R. K'.

W.f. EdmoaS JokiMn-TnuuM a Walarfora Albsrt HansOB-AswMor. A. N. XX, Watsrtard.

Z7 TOWN OF RATMOXrX 3. II. KaotDsr Chumr wJ Ks. M. FrMkivlU.

W. O. fihumwsr. Clark. Ki it CmU donia.

Gora JokuM-trmifM w. ia FranksTtlia. M. la rraakevUi. TOWN OF ROCHXtTCR.

W. H. DalteD-CSUmsa. Rsrkstr. Wtlham at.

tie Tlstk. Rsoassur. rfeha Labmaa TrsMarar, Rocks US, J. A. KilptrlU Sua or.

Racks lar. TOWN OP WATXRrORXX ZZZZ7V? a. aaiita TTvaaarar R. R. Xa RL Wswrtore.

J. Beaasu Assessor. R. R. Ks n.

ku UagiOB. TOWN OF TORKYIIXS. William Tacksr Caalmaa. CaUMS Grov. Tin Mkisis flar Mo a Isa Grors A- A.

Fritcaoa Treasurer, t'alea Or, r.cbait Nsgtst Ammi. taiea Orsra. t' DIC I AX. AND CO I' NTT 8FFTCXR3. Judf et Circuit Court E.

B. fldv Clark of Circuit Court r. Ousa. Deuuty Clark of Court Httoa Births Judf ef Prebat Cun Usi W. Hck.

Rsttstsr la Probsts Mmste Heck. Juice af Municipal Cettrt-WUllaa 8MU Irs. Jr Clork or Nueteiral Ccart Oo. tc SCUkt. County Trsosuror W.

J. Hay. Ratiswr of DssSs Jsssos oMta. Deputy Bsaioter too Kataa fftefai Coaaty Clerk Wllllaxs BaU. lieputy CUrk Helen BstL Dtstiict AtNrax Falta Taoatssoa.

tSertS D. Clmor Robona. lSrberl8 Ouatav Pwrlca. County aurvoroe H. Kalckl Corooor 'Joaso Korla.

Supomsor oi Aso'eat W. Draw. Co. Supt. of Schools O.

J. RlBtSMrBBSBb F. Vaa C-s SVPERINTSNDKXT8 OF TUB POOR. Esstsrn Olsuiet Pot or Urora. atiat MK.JIO Olotnet C.

H. Taoasaoom. Kmtmm GroTO. sstsru District -a. M.

Reiaaray. BsrUac too. COCNTT POOR PHTSICIAK8. Eastern Distrirt M. J.

Brskm. Radsa. Burltsctoa District O. R. Fray.

Burttag' Us. Western Dfatrtct Coas. not, WktartktuV Pt RCHASINO AGENT. Fetor Myor. Ractave.

KEEPER OF COCNTT H)C(2. H. Hsaklapea. Caloa Grev. BOL.D1ER8 RELIEF COM ONERS, Robert Boll.

Rocis a. W. Outkrw, Rsclao. Aadrew Haas, BurUagtea. JVRT COMMISSIONERS.

F. W. Klia. Racia. H.

C. WUItam. t'aioa Grcv. W. E.

Hoyt. Roehtc. TRCJTPBt tVBANB ASTLCMj Prosiaoat Wiaian SakoraV Wataea tori. 8orotry rt. r.

wouauoa. jsorb c9a, Potor Nolsoa, Rsrlau. suportattoueat-Silas H. Bull. Rsetsa.

Vistuas Fayslctaa Or. 1 Borsaaoa, Xa eta. BOARD OF SUPERVISOR CITT OF RACINE. First WsrJ-A. McAvoy.

ereod Ward H. tsac. Third Ward P. Koblssaa. Fourth Ward J.

i Hlao. ruth Wsrd-L. MeasBsea. Srsth Wsrd-Wis. 0.

Dow. Sonlk Ward II. Miller Rtchlh Wsrd-N. HsBsca. Nlsik Wrd-H.

H. SSks. TsDik Wsrd Ptr Mont. Klstnta Ward-N. F.

A4rea. CITT OF BCRUNOTON. p-irst Ward Hsary Elvara. Soeond Wsrd-Oo, Fratl. Third Wsrd Kloia.

FoaT.h Ward Bchwartv VI1XAOES AND TOWN a Village Vnioa Grove-Jasso Hard. Villas of WatrtoeWA. Tnus. Toua of Burliala-N. Asrs.

Tuwa ef Csleats Canslisa ErB. Tewa af lutw-J. H. Rmita. Ta Mt.

Ploassat Go. C. rereaa Toua Nerwsp A I sort Asdoeaoa, Tos of Rockesisr W. II. Dalle.

Twa of Rsrssoad Ksmpor. fiwa WHor.W. O. Heal, STANDI NO OOMMITTttE judirtsry-A. aar.

MeBoo. S3aUi risoo-Rhlnis. riersa. Hiaaa. tout u-tth Shont BBd TrsirrAyuea MsAvor, Tltua.

Sottt with AtoBl Poor cku iwena Satta AsTruM-Hcalr. Weeks. Tieker. yustic- ssd Coastahles Frail. Msrtts, Tas aaa Tss Titl-aac.

Tttua, Me ABM-Ksfaeer. Merits. Fratt. Sottla waa Rtisr ef Do4r N. F.

Aa CtrsoB. TirW, wi Rauullssttoa Daltea. Dow, Edusrdv Baa son. Tucker. Highways Brldgoo arnltX Erhe.

ersaa. The Milwaukee News stks "And tha people wanting Brown, should not' their w-i 11 prevail0 It should or els the law.meao It- may "dry summer ia one way, but in aet ViVrf dryae4s has i OXW.jCttjWtD AJID JOBX JURIED VX( EXPLOSION. AT ASHLAND. OTtr Tea of Din'je'ro'os Product is Ex pleded, tie Jar Being Felt for Miles la SurTounSine Country Pecuniary Dam age Not Large. MILWAUKEE, Sept.

15. A Wisconsin special from Ashland, eays: One roan was killed and the general superintendent injured in aa explosion the, plant of Atlantic Dynamite company, ilee from Ashland today. u. k. veoer employed in toe neutralta ing plant, waa blown to pieces.

The general superintendent, s. i. Beero, waa brougt to Ashland on a special train a compound fracture of his leg. 1 surrounding country. The pecuniary damage is not large tftV A aMatfaAf suMiwn Fnnutive Vehicle Driven Through Streeta By Caledonia Farmer.

A huf a inn vicinit of the Junction thi, wKo urgmg it on with a The animal did not sosra to fear anything. Street cars and automobiles he paaoed he had been in the city all his life Th. fn Bome bu. WM fid to drive to town ior Jw thev wwlld ron iw from nin) The team, be said sighed, when hitched, more than two tons and were as sent as kittens. He "-i1" but a mer in thU Citv EAGLE ATTACKS SMALL BOY Bird Swoops Down and Plants Its Talons on Victim's Heck.

NEW YORK, Sept. 15. Swooping watching a recent baseball game near Port Richmond. S. L-, an American eagle attacked John Pollackson, 8 years old.

A group of men sat upon the bird and George Pollackson, father of the boy, ran to hia home; procured a shotgun and, re turning, shot the eagle. The game vu in full swing and young Pollackson waa stretched out on the ground absorbed in the contest when the eagle descended and planted its claws in hia neck. The boy yelled and the lad immediate neighbors tried to grasp the eagle. This waa no easy matter, but several oi me men nnaiiT release the boy and to cateh the eagle by its talons, and hold it until Mr. rol lacKson reiurnea win mr pin.

The eagle measured 7 feet inches up io tip. i m.nK injured beyond a few scratches. BEET INDUSTRY GROWIHG. Production of Denatured Alcohol Will Aid Sugar Plants. WASHINGTON.

D. Kept. 1 The department of agriculture has just published the report of Special Agent Sav ior upon the progress of the heet sugar industry in the I'nited State for the Ut calendar year. Mr. Savior reports that the ontlook" for" extending the industry continues bright and that speculative poe afbimie have taken the sugar industry Co the west and he thinks the beet will grow faster in that section of the eoun try.

He' call attention to the production i of alcohol aa one of the industries related to 'the beet sugar industry, and statea that 'recent legislation is promoting the production or denatured alcohol will re dound to the sugar industry. It Is further reported' that in the northern half of the country, the beet sugar industry is now distributed from the Atlantic to the Pacific. CBITTJART. -Ilicholr. Caroline Emetia, beloved wife of Pid- I nev H.

Nichols, passed away at her home years, and body waa laid to rest in Mound cemetery. Mr. Virhola was Well known to manv in Racine and vWnity. She was a wo man of lovable disposition, and made and held the friendship of all who knew hOr. Her.

religion waa part of her daily Ufa and from early womanhood until failing health prevented, she was active in chureh and Sunday school work, fcihe was. a great lover tha beautiful in art and nature, and was skillful with pal lets and brush. Uer home life waa beau tiful; all who-met her there were greet ed witk aa earneat cordiality never to be forffotten. Although her lost Illness cor ered a period of over four years, it was borne with a sweetness and patience that never wavarad, and which waa a wonder ful Christian fortitude. li Death came to her as a friend, and may thof Msho.

raournv be try the thought that she ia at rest In her Hear enly-Hom'e. Yerdsn. 2 -fcoV tomorrow afternoon. aVAL'tfil laoor lesosr, ma vising American union labor unite, it may- be as sured nothing of the sort will hsppe a. 1 I orous and aggressive, and a man of some prosperity.

James Thompson waa an alderman under the last previous admin istration; before that he was a printer. He is elassed by citizens with Rice aa a eoiobinatio of politician and business man. lie need ot tne water, ugni aftd tvMith depart meat. .1. Z.

Gaston, popularly known as the father of the commiseion system in Houston, is -merchant, and was also formerly an alderman. He fought for the new plan when it had few friends, and after it won was placed in charge of the finances. "That man uuiton," said a cituen, "saves us a lot of money every year. He and the others refused to pay the brick trust two prices for paving brick, and finally brought a shipload rpm New York to prevent paying extortionate prices." James R. Marmion is a' somewhat younger man, and la in charge of streets.

bridges and public grounds. Marion used to be a blacksmith in the fifth ward tie was a runds-sc boot scholar and a good base ball player; and later a good blacksmith. Then he made a good jus tice of the peace and now he's a fim class 'explained a cttiaen. James Appleby is chairman of the po lice and fire committees of Houston. He is the fifth of the commission which goe by the name of "mavor and citv coun cil." Differences in policy have developed in the board, the most marked being ov er the question whether to save money and leate streets unswept and anpaved.

or to issue bonds and make improve meats. Such a difference of opinion Is bound to arise in any board and a refer endum to the people, as to bond issues is wisely provided for. All franchise must be referred to popular vote, when aver five hundred voters so petition. Houston, then, has the Galveston plan in substance, but modified. A commis sion of five, still called mayor and coun eti, pass ail laws and ordinances, ap point ami remove city officers and em ployees, and grant franchisee.

Hut thev give all their time: the mavor has a ve to and large powers of appointment snd removal, being, to some extent, inde pendent of the other commissioner and franchises and bond issue must, in eer tain cases, be submitted to pouhir vote System ts Popular A large number of citizens were inter viewed concerning the new government and the conversations brought out an as tonishing unanimity of favorable opin ion. Among others. Chss. Dillingham cashier of the South Texas National hank and Horace Booth, Assistant Gen eral Freight Agent. I.

A G. N. R. declared emphatically that the present government is the beet Houston has ever had; and 8t one wall Bond, of S. Cot ton A fire insurance; J.

M. Dor ranee, cotton broker; and A. 1 Van dervoort, cashier of the Lumberman's National bank, were equally positive in their statements that the commission system is good and a great improvement over -the old wnv Others, lawyers and merchants, em phaeize the business-like character and efficiency of the commission administra tion, one declaring that the commission has saved Houston thousands of dol lars each year on the one item of pav ing brick, and that "the city could well afford to pay the directors 84,000 a year each, and the mayor twice what he now receives, purely a a business proposi tion. Another stated that under the old regime taxes were higher than they are now, yet the city was heavily in debt; now, though taxes are lower, that debt has been paid, and the streets are better cared for and they, with the sew erage system, are being improved. Among other comments it waa said that graft has been done away with, and that the people have confidence in the honesty of the administration, one citi sen saying that he returned his proper ty for taxation at a higher valuation than he would hare given under the old government, because b.

had confidence that the money would be well spent; An Other thought that the small number of the council, which makes it possible to a a a a a noiti mem strictly accountable, con largely to bringing about this business efficiency, and that the aboli tion of ward lines waa' a help; and he waa oi toe opinion that the fact tha the commissioners give all their time to pity business la a very important factor in efficiency "Ia former days," he said, "the, water, pressure waa so weak that, seven or eight years ago, when a manufacturing plant bumed, the firemen could not get water Discovered Thia Morning. Had to Be Cut from Insane. I With one strand nf hi. I eph Travenick, a farm hand 43 year old. r.

ended his life in the county jail some lime last night, by hanging himself from tne grating of a cell window, the sua- pended body being. discovered at 6:15 o'clock this moraincr hv Michael Rnn. I prisoner. Joseph Patrick, jailor, was 1 I called and he summoned Coroner Hoyle, who hurried to the jail and cut the body down. Travenick was arrested last Friday on the north side by Policeman Martin Johnson, on charge of intoxication.

A call waa sent in from box 24 for the patrol wagon. It went over and hauled the man to jaiL The following morning he waa arraigned before Judge William Smieding ia the Municipal court and sen tenced to Are days in the jail, not hav ing money to pay a One. His time would have been up tomorrow morning. From the time he waa locked up he I did not appear to be right, acting as though ha might be a little insane or suffering from a mild attack of delirium I tremeas. Thought He Heard Music he became worse, and when he heard i.

i water running through the pipe in the drunk department, on the south lower floor, he imagined that it waa a phono jrrapo and stood and listened for an howr. Securing a broom he marched up and dawn the corridor of the row of cells and I beat time, laboring under the halluoina tloa that he was in Bohemia and Was a music teacher. These actions he kept up until 'late in the night and when he was quiet he walked back and forth. Tn the department was Robert Wheel ar, the colored man, awaiting trial for burglarizing the Corliss barber shop and who was implicated in the attempted iall delivery Saturday morning; alo Mi chael Ryan, serving five days on charge of drunkenness These men went to sleep after 10 o'clock and Travenick was still up and arOund. 'What time he took the suspen der and hung himself, of course is not known, but the condition of the body in dicated that he had been dead several hours.

Hade Plans Well. The deed was committed in the ex treme west cell, where the water closet ia located. The end of the suspender was tied tight to the inside grating and the I other end adjusted about his neck. He then sat down and the suspender be came tight and strangled him to death. It was so tight around his neck that it could not be untied and had to be cut.

jailor aincK m.i waa brought in and sobered up he readily ve and epelled his name, said his age Waa 45. that he was a sinele man and mnlnved as a farm hand on a farm in town of Caledonia. To all appear ancea he had been a hard drinker. Countv Physician Brehm made an ex amination of the bodv and said that a7 t. ick had been employed on the farm of Edward Makowsky.

situated on the four mile road, near the river, in Caledonia townshin, The body of the suicide was removed to the undertaking establishment of the Patter FuraiUure Co Coroner Hoyle, after consulting District Attorney Thompson, decided that an in oiiest would not be necessary man had been a resident of this county twenty year, coming here from Bohemia. He was a first class man when saber. Every cent he got went for liq nor. HAD LARGE PLURALITY. naai COUM oi unvassuB soaro wit.

otepnensvo oig 1 MILWAUKEE, Sept. 15. United BUtea Senator Isaac Stephenson of Mar-J inette waa the victor over tamuei A. Onok of Neenah. his nearest competitor in the recent primary election, oy a piu- rality of 8.880.' This Is the result of the official can vass of the votes in all the counties except Milwaukee county, where the of- flcfiti canvass has not been completed.

In this county the official result wilt doubt- Jeaa within a dosen or so votaa of the unofficial count as maae immediately after election. iBhe Democratic race, Seal Brown Of Wausau has a lead of 13,413 over M. A. Hoyt of Milwaukee. State Senator Jacob Hummel oi Milwaukee received a total of 3,834 votes in the state, as far aa returns have been received, many Votes east It ia evident there will-be no such excitement this present campaign as in former years, but this does not prove the people are not interest sd.

of a I 1 I Individual. WANT DEPOTS BEAUTIFIED park Board and People ia General In-1 censed That Railroad Refuses to Add to Civic Improvement wiiii. the memhers of the nark board I tv citv MRrti. wnrkinv k.rH to ht.utifv the citv so far I as its ark svstem is concerned, coaeid- erable complaint is heard because of tha inHiff.rnt of th Chiton Mil. I waukee and 6t.

Paul Railway company, with reference to the looks of its grounds I in connection with the Racine -Junction I and Racine depots. Up at the Junction there is a block of arn.ttlA th.t mvertad in hand9onie Md beautiful park, but not a moye ha9 eyer mtd thafc tjftn there Hlmcmt haf Mock Qf wjth ni uns of earth and is an eye sore and -disgrace to the central section of the town. Under these conditions it is no wonder that the city officials and the railway people do not get along well, when fav ors are asked, such aa tha vacation of st reeta at the fooC of Ma hv street. The railway company receives the largest cine, netting it thousands of dollars and netting will not expend a cent to help beautify its property and the city as WslL Attention is called to tha handsome manner in which the company has fixed up its grounds at Corliss, seven miles om the city arid then the people com pace the beautiful appearance of things at the Chicago and North-Western rail way depot and the Main street grounds of the fit. Paul Co.

MATRIMONIAL. Morey Morey. This evening at 6527 Lexington avenue, (Madison State Journal) Texas, had no great storm; no such crisis aa that at Galveston confronted her. and her adoption of the commission government was due not so much to the need of the hour as to the example set by her neighbor city and a desire for better government. For thia reason Houston's experiment and her success under normal and usual civK conditions means much to the overage American city.

For three years Houston observed how well the plan waa working in Gal-' veston, forty miles away, on the Hull she noted (ialveeton's steady rise to her old strength and population, and finally decided to adopt the same form of government for her populatkm of There waa a struggle before the citizens succeeded in persuading the Mate legW- ature to arrant the new charter; but, in spite of vigorous opposition, it was at last accomplished. The new plan waa snbmitted to popular vote in December, 1MU. and. though the vote was small. the propositi! carried by a good major ity; on March 18.

190A, the new charter waa granted and the first election under it took place three months later. The absence of any sudden and sweep ing change is shown in the retention of many of the old form, though the sub stance is new. Houston hss five com missioners. as ha fialveston. but they are still called the "Citv Council, Mayor and four aldermen." As in I veston, the commissioners are elected at large and not by wards.

In (lslton they 'give only part of their time; in Houston their whole time is required and their salaries are twice what the other city gives 2.400 each, and 84.000 to the mayor. The committees still stand nominally a before, on finance and revenue, police and Are. water, light. and health, having each a chair man and three other members; but as a matter of fact the chairman is the ad ministrative chief of his department and the other members of his committee leave the msngement of the business entirely to him. There are certain other differencea.

one of which is the greater power of the Mayor of In Galveston the mayor-president is only one of live, the chief, it is true, hut with oply a single vote and no veto. In Houston the mayor has both a "right to vote as a memler of the city council, and a vfto on every ordinance. Moreover, he posscases the power to appoint all heads of departments, subject to con nrmation bv the four alderman, and mav appoint and remove whenever, in his judgment, the public all officers or employees for caqse, interests demand and no officer whose office is created by or-dins nee hil hold the same for any fixed term, but shall always be subject to removal by the mayor, or may he remov ed by the city council," The "city coun cil includes the mayor; here is power enough to satisfy the bead of any cor poration. The city council "may increase or diminish the compensation of all officers," except themselvee, and "ab olish entirely any oiice at any time except a above mentioned. The rity council may "establish any offios" necessary, tfx its salary and define its but "any incumbent of any office, except the controller, may be removed at any time.

by the mayor, with or without the concurrence of the council. Houston is try ing the experiment of a commission of on nf whom, the mayor, has great power. He may be suspended or removed from office, however, by a ma jority of all the aldermen elected tthree out of five.) Sessions Are Short. The commission as in (Jalveston, mav be convened at any time. Its sessions are often vary short.

The meeting I attended was unusually brief, lasting not quite two minutes. The proceedings re business-like and' there is-none of the old-time spearh-maklag "for the benedt of the public" -The bqard meets, trans acta ita business, and adjourns. That the people hare confidence ia their commission is evident from the fart that a proposition to purchase and operate a municipal water works plant, overwhelmingly voted down In August, 1903, was carried a majority of three to one in May, 1908, sfter Un months of the -new The personnel of the commission la of H. B. fliee, mayor, and Jiead of the 'present commission, waa mayor previously, but 'waa unable to accom pHsh much- tinder the old system.

He la a politician of considerable ability yig- Chicago, will occur the marriage of MiMlirt Oak Park, Aug. 81, 1908, aged 73 Edna Louise Morey to Abe P. Morey. The bride ia the daughter of Mr. Mra.

Alfred U. Morev. whose home la the abore The groom is the son tf John Morey of College avenue in this city and is Cook county aent of the rrhoenix Insurance with office's in Chicago. Arthur Morey, brother oi the groom will act aa beet man. Sixty sor ority girls, friends of the bride, will be present, some of them to act as tha bride's attendants.

Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Morey will be at (home after November 1st, at 518 East Srxty-fifth street, Chicago.

A. P. Morev was born and lived for yfan, jn Baclne. He craduated from the Racine high school and has since resided I in Chicago, I Btach-Eriekion. I At 8 o'clock last eve nlnir Miss Rernlce Heach of the town of York villa, and Mr.

I Edward ICricksonof this city, were quiet- united in marriase at 905 State street. by Rev. .1. T. Chynoweth of the State! groom is an employe oi tne J.

1. leeu. 3. ij wVr resiae iuz elate ins weatner bureau predicts abundant ram coming. Let it come.

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