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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-10-10
MRS. MICHAEL WHITE DEAD
Well Known Resident of the City Ex-
pired This Morning at Her Home.

Mrs. Jane White, wife of Michael
White, died at an early hour this
morning at the family residence on
Congress street. Death resulted from
blood poisoning. Mrs White bad
been 1IIrsince early in the Summer and
a short time ago a small eruption ap-
peared on the feshy portion of her
hand. The small eruption continued
to grow despite the efforts of the doc
tors to check it, and it is supposed that
blood poisoning resulted.
Mrs. White was one of the best
known residents of the city and her
sad death will cause sorrow in many
homes. The deceased was sixty years
of age and had been a resident of Ke-
nosha county for the last twenty-five
years. Five years ago she removed to
this city from the town of Paris.
Mrs. White was a woman of many no.
bic qualities and greatly beloved by
all who knew her.
She is survived by a husband and
six children. The children are Mrs.
Phillip Schnen and Mrs. Andrew
Werve, of this city, Mrs. John Moran,
of Somers, Mrs. Andrew Midd1ecanp,
of California, and Michael and Will
White, both of this city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-10-10
ONE ON THE FIRST.

Comrade R. D. Brown, of Rock
Falls, Wis, who was here to attend the
recent reunion of the First Wisconsin
cavalry, has one good story at the ex-
pense of his old comrades-in-arms.
When he received the invitation to-
attend the reunion in Kenosha he
turned the matter over to his wife, re-
marking that he would like to go and
see the old boys but he guessed he
could see them ell in heaven. The,
wife at once became serious, and turn
ing to her husband she asked him if he
really cared to see the old members of
the First regiment. Brown replied
that he did, and Mrs. Brown began to-
pack his grip, saying as SIZE did so=
''If you really want to see the boys
again I guess you had better take no
chances, and go to Kenosha.''
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-10-10
Chicago Pitcher Wins the Game
With Burlington in the Contest
on Sunday Afternoon.
OUT SEVENTEEN BATTERS
Kenosha Players, However, Get Seven
Hits, While Burlington Batters Get but
Four-Final Score of six to Five.

Almost everybody in Kenosha went
out to Grand View base ball park Sun
day afternoon to see "Rube'' Wadde1l,
the new Kenosha pitcher, make his
initial bow on a Kenosha diamond.
"Rube" was with the enemy, the Bur
lingtons, but his splendid work in the
box was watched with no less interest
by the Kenosha fans. It was victory
for the visitors by score of to S,
but the Kenosha fans were we'll
pleased with the showing that the Ke-
nosha batters made against the fastest
pitcher of the National League.
There was never a better game of
base ball played in Kenosha. Wad-
dell was the one bright star of the con-
test, but the splendid showing made
by the Kenosha team was plainly no.
ticeab1e. Freitag pitched for the Ke-
nosha boys, and while his record did
not compare with the record made by
Wadde11, he held the Burlington play
ers down to four hits, while the Keno
sha batters touched up Waddell for
seven clean singles. In the matter of
strike outs Wadde1l made the record of
the diamond. He struck out seven
teen men and didn't exert himself to
any great degree. It was an interest
ing lesson in base ball to see Waddel1
pitch. He had perfect control of the
ball at all stages of the game and gave
only three bases on balls. Breen
showed his ability to play base ball
and took kindly to Wadde11. During
the nine innings he raped out three
clean singles. Freitag was credited
with a two Dagger and Eaton, Hen
derson and Hanks fattened up their
batting averages with q hit apiece.
The crowd was one of the largest of
the year, there being nearly thousand
people on the grounds. Wadde11 lacked
support and in critical minutes the
Burlington team always went to pieces
and allowed the Kenosha team to
make runs after the side should have
been retired. With Waddel1 in the
box and the gilt edged playing of the
Kenosha team the State championship
will certainly be won by Kenosha
when Appleton comes on Sunday for a
contest with the Kenosha team. The
following is the score of the game
Sunday:
Burlington. 20 0 2 90 4 O 90
Kenosha. ....'O 0 2 co. O-5
Batteries-Kenosha, Freitag and
Breen. lington-Wadde11 and
Ransome. Hits-Kenosha, 7; Burning
ton, 4. Two base hit. Freitag. Struck
out-By Freitag, S; by Wadde11-17.
Bases on balls-Of Freitag, 1; off
Wadde11, 8. Err0rs-Kenosha, .; Bur.
1ington, Z. Attendance-1,O 900. Um-
pire-Percente. Time of game, 1:5O.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-10-10
ST. JAMES WINS PIANO.
Piano Contest Closes With the st. James
school More Than 100, 900 Votes Ahead.

The voting contest for the Kim ball
piano, which has engrossed interest
in Kenosha for the last three months,
ended Saturday evening and as re-
suit the piano will be installed at ST.
James school. The count of the votes
was completed Sunday morning, and
it shows that the ST. James school
leads its competitors by total of over
a hundred thousand votes. The last
week Of the contest was a record
breaker, and more than three hundred
thousand votes were voted in that time.
The final result shows that the mer-
chants of the city interested in the
scheme did a great bulk of business IN
the last three months, the 372, O26 votes
representing business of nearly one
hundred thousand dollars.
The final result of the contest fol-
lows:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-10-10
DEMANDS HEAVY DAMAGES
Edward Barnes Demands Ten Thousand
Dollars For False Imprisonment.

Edward S. Barnes, the young man
who was arrested in this city week
ago while on visit to young lady
friend here and charged with grand
larceny by DR.. T. w. Graham, of Chi
cago, has employed Attorney E. S.
Trude, of Chicago, and has Instructed
the attorney to bring suit against
DR.. Graham for ten thousand dollars
damages for false Imprisonment.
Barnes was arrested in this city on
September Goth. At that time it was
claimed that he was visiting with
sweetheart in Kenosha, but Barnes
now declares that the sweet heart
story was false and he simply came to
Kenosha to visit friend. Barnes
was charged with stealing Sis from
DIR. Graham. Graham was member
of the Evanston Golf club and short
time before the arrest of Barnes sum
of the doctors money disappeared
from the club house at Evanston
Barnes was alleged to have disappeared
the same time and the officers at once
started to find him. He was located
on the following Saturday in Kenosha
and Police Officer O'Hare placed him
under arrest. He was turned over to
the Chicago officers and taken back to
the city for a hearing. The trial OF
the case was held in the criminal court
on last Wedn esday and there was abb
solutely no evidence against the Ke-
nosha boy. He was promptly acquitted
and at once instructed his attorney to
start a suit for damages.
DR.. Graham, who is the defendant in
the action demanded by Barnes, is one
of the best known doctors in Chicago
and is very wealthy man. He is we'll
known in go1fing circles.
Young Barnes has returned to Ke-
nosha and stated to a reporter today
that his arrest was an outrage. Barnes
comes of a good family and is said to
have plenty of financial backing in
his suit against Graham.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-10-10
REV. DORNFBLD MAY ACCEPT.
No Action Is Taken at the Meeting of The
German Lutheran Church Sunday.

The Rev. E. F. Dornfeld has not as
yet announced his intention in regard
to the acceptance of the cali to Mil
waukee to take charge of the Mission
airy work in that city, but at the meet
ing of thee church held yesterday to
take some action on the matter, Mr..
Dornfe1d practically stated that if the
work ia Mi1waukeefdema his ser
vices heSwould ask for his release in
the near future. ia conference of the
ministers ofsMilwaukee and Mr.. Dorm
field will be he1dsin about three weeks,
at which rtime theE0work of the new
missionary will be fully discussed.
At that timesMr.' sDornfe1d will make
some decision in regard to the accept
ance or refusal of the call.
The memberssof the local church are
very unwilling to give up the services
of Mr.. Dornfeld, but if he should de-
eide to go into the new work they will
grant his release.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-10-10
HELD. A REUNION.
Companies and I Of the Thirty-third
wisconsin. Enjoy Meeting Sunday.

Companies and I Of the Thirty-third
wisconsin. Enjoy Meeting Sunday.
There was a pleasant reunion of
number of the members of Companies
H and I, of the Thirty-third Wisconsin
infantry, at the home of H. A, King in
the town of Pleasant Prairie Sunday.
The reunion was arranged by Mrs.
King as surprise for her husband and
when Mr.. King returned home from
church he found that his old comrades
had taken his home by storm. A din
ner was served at noon, after which
the membera of the company spent the
time in recalling incidents of the war.
Those present at the reunion we're:
Capt. and Mrs. George Hale, of Keno
sha; Mr.. and sMrs. S. B. Crop1ey, of
Pleasant Prairie; Mr.. and Mrs. James
Eddy, of Bristol; Mr.. and Mrs. H. E.
Benedict, of Richmond, ILL.,, and
Messrs. David Pierce, of Bristol, r. E..
Drom, Julius Kidder and T. G.. Kearns
of Chicago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-10-10
Well Known Young Lady OF Somers
Disappeared on Last Friday Even
ing and Cannot Be Found.
FEARED THAT SHE HAS ELOPED
carl swartz, a. Peddler, Also Missing and
1t is Thought Possible That the Two
Went Together.

The police of che city are searching
for the whereab bouts of Miss Emma
Becker, the sixteen year old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Becker, who dis
appeared from her home in the town Of
Somers on last Friday evening. The
case seems to be most peculiar one.
Miss Becker left her home shortly
after supper stating that she intended
coming down town to attend church
service at the German Methodist
church. This was the last seen of the
girl by her parents. She arrived at
the church and remained until after
the service was over when she presum-
ably started for her home but never
arrived there. In hopes that the
daughterl0would return the parents
made 20 complaint Of her disappear
ance to the police until Sunday even
ing when the anxiety became so great
that the parents could stand 1t no
longer. The police started work on
the case at once and it was discovered
that Miss Becker left the city on FRI
day night, going north on the 11:4O
train. Following this clue the police
at all the cities north of Kenosha have
been instructed to search for the girl.
The second chapter of the story de-
veloped later when the police were no
tilted that Carl Swartz, junk peddler,
had also disappeared on Saturday.
He was last seen about ten o'clock
Saturday morning and it is alleged
that Swartz took a north bound train
The pedd1er left a wife and family be-
hind him and in some manner the po-
lice have connected the two disappear
ances and they believe that if Swartz
.ae located Miss E9cl1er Will b
found with him.
Miss Becker is a pretty, attractive
little girl and has always been a favor
tie in German circles in Kenosha. It
is not known as TO whether she was
we'll acquainted with the missing ped
dler, but she is said to have known
him.
The friends of the young lady are
greatly worried and searching parties
were sent on both Saturday and Sun
day evenings ton1ake an effort to To-
cate Miss1Becker in this city. The
police have been working hard on the
case but as yet they have found abso-
Iute1y no trace of the girl or the ped
d1er.
New Developments in the case this
afternoon seem to indicate that it is
possible that Miss Becker was forcibly
removed from the city. On Friday
evening when she was at church she
evidently had no intention Of leaving
the city and she asked that the mem
bers of the Epworth League of the
church come in a body to her home
this evening to attend a surprise party
which was to be given in honor of her
brother. Among the effects of Miss
Becker was found a large picture of
Swartz and for this reason it is feared
that Swartz may sbe with the young
lady.
Mrs. Becker, mother of the missing
girl, is Frustrated on account of her
daughters continued absence.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-10-10
ELECT OFFICERS.

The following is the list of officers
elected by the Literary society of the
College of Commerce:
President-James Charles, Jr.
Vice President-Frances Gleason.
Secretary-F1orenc Benedict.
Treasurer-Edna Forman.
rgeant-at-Arms- Smith.
The business meeting was one of
the best the society has had. The lit
erary programs have been unusually
good this term and with the aid of the
many good musicians enrolled prom
Use to be the most entertaining in the
history of the organization.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-10-10
PERCENTE GETS A GO.
Local Light Weight Will Meet His ola
Rival, Adam Ryan, at Opera House.

Local Light Weight Will Meet His ola
Rival, Adam Ryan, at opera House.
On Thursday, Oct. II, high class
boxing entertainment is to be given at
Rhodes opera house under the man
agement of Howard Carr, better
known as ''Kid'' Howard. The main
event is 1O-round contest between the
local light weight, Joe Percente, and
Adam Ryan, of Chicago. The boys
have met once before, Ryan securing a
hair line decision in ten red hot
rounds. Ever since that time Per-
cente has been laundering for chance
to even up matters with Ryan and he.
thinks he will be able to reverse the
referees decision and show his local
admirers that he is as good if not bet
ter than some of the more prominent
1ightweights.
The management has also arranged
two good preliminaries. Kid Wins1er
and Mike Mensic, both rivals for ban
tam weight honors, ought to put up a.
cracking good go, and Jack Gill and
Billie Mcnamara ought to furnish a
lively set to.
"Rube" Wadde11, the famous Ma
tional League pitcher, will referee the
contests.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-10-10
WANT A NEW GYMNASIUM.
Boys of High School Petition Board of Edu
cation for Use of Assembly Hail.

The boys of the Kenosha High
school want gymnasium. For many
years the boys have been forced to be
satisfied with a small basement room,
but they now have a desire for better
gymna SUM and to this end they are
out with petition to the Board of
Education asking for the use of the
big assembly room on the third floor of
the high school building for a room for
physical training. The room would
make an ideal gymnasium and it could
be fitted up for the use of the boys and
girls with very little expense to the
School Board. The hall is one of the
largest in the city and offers abundant
space for the gymnasium purposes.
It is large enough to house all the ap-
paratus needed in the gymnasium and
leave abundant room for the laying
out of basket ball courts, hand ball
courts and an indoor base ball dia-
mond. With the present gymnasium
as a start they could in the near future
fit up the rooms in a perfectly modern
manner.
ne use Oh the assembly nall as a
gymnasium would not in any way in
terfere with its use as an assembly
room, as there is plenty of room for
storing all the gymnasium equipment
in case the room should be needed.
The young ladies are as much in favor
of the move as are the young gentle
men and they will probably file sepa-
rate petition with the Board asking
that the room be converted into a
gymnasium.
At present the gymnasium for the
use of the High school pupils is stu
ated in the cellar of the building and
it is not only poor place for the gym
uasium but the room is entirely too
small for the large number of boys
and girls who are forced to use it.
With the coming of the winter season
the boys will have absolutely no place
for athletics and athletic sports and it
is hoped that the board will look upon
the petition with favor.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-10-10
ELIJAH PRoCLAIMs TRIUMPH.

Dowie Says Sale of Zion City Lots Proves
He's the Reincarnation of the Prophet.
John Alexander Dowie wishes it
understood that he is still doing bust
ness at the old stand, although he is
not receiving as much public attention
as he was few months ago. At his
Sunday meeting at the Auditorium
Dowie announced that 1000 people
were now making their homes in Zion
City, and that all the lots there were
sold. This, said Dowie, proved be-
yond peradventure that he was in
reality the reincarnation of Elijah, the
proclaimer of the second coming of the
Savior.
1.-THE scoffers are diminishing in
numbers" shouted Dowie, while the
ranks of those who have seen the
light are rapidly increasing"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-10-10
Y. M. c. A. NOTES.

In the bowling match on the Y. M.
c. A. a1leyssTuesday night the Black
Cats defeated the Nits two out of three
games. Total pins, however, were
won by the Nits, gthe score standing
2O38 to 1899. Both high. scores were
made by Sam Anderson, 191 for single
and 500 for totals.
Tonight at 800 the Badgers and the
Amateurs will bowl their first game in
what promises to be vigorous con-
test.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-10-10
Buffalo Pan-American TICKETS

Via the Nickel Plate Road, $500 for
the round trip, good IS days; $1,000 for
round trip tickets, good 20 days. Three
daily trains with vessibu1ed sleeping
cars. Meals in dining cars ranging in
price from IS cents to $1.0O Address
John Y. Callahan, general agent, Ill
Adams street, Chicago. WIS
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-10-10
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the firm
and copartnership heretofore existing
under the name of Head & Hewitt is,
by mutual consent, this day dissolved.
Ali accounts due said firm must be
paid at the Office of the Telegraph
Courier, Kenosha, Wisconsin, to the
new firm of Head & Simmons, by
whom all debts of said old firm will be
paid.
Dated, Kenosha, Wis, Aug. 31st, 1901.
EUGENE r. HEAD,
DIV GEORGE P. HEWITT.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-10-10
FRED PETIT CHAMPION.
Golfer is Awarded the Championship r 70,
ply at the Golf Grounds.

Fred r. Petit has been officially de-
clared the champion golf player of the
Kenosha links, and with the close Of
the season Monday the splendid trophy
offered by ex-Mayor o. M. Petit for
the best score of the year, was formal.
ly awarded to the young golfer. The
best score was rs strokes for the eigh-
teen holes. G. c. Allen, for two years.
champion of the links, got an 80,
which was the second best score for
the season just closed. Pettit's record
of the course, together with the "bo-
COY" score, follows:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-10-10
Half Rates to Minneapolis. MINI.

Via the North Western Line. Tickets
will be sold at one fare for round trip
October 9, 10, II, II and IA, limited to
return (by extension) until October 81,
inclusive. Apply to agents Chicago &
North Western R'y. w22
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E. D. Coz,
C. c. CALDWELL,
H. c. PUTNAM,
Committee.

AT the close of the camp fire, after
the adoption of the above resolutions,
President Canes moved a vote of
thanks to. Miss Runa1s and Mrs. Tan
ner and to Comrades C1eary and Boy
ington for their most acceptable con-
tributions of music and speech during
the evening.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1901-10-10

GUS. JACOB, City Clerk.
Evening star., 1901-01-26

and Bachelor and Upton and Kruesi. c. 8.
Bradley came with US a little later, on our
central station work.
We'll We sent out and bought some cot
ton thread and carbonZed it and made the
first filament. We had already managed to
get pretty high vacua, and We thought
maybe the filament would be stable. We
built the lamp and lighted 1t; 1t lit up, and
In the first few breathless minutes we meas
ured its resistance quickly, and found 1t
was 275 ohms-all we wanted. Then we sat
down and looked at that lamp; we wanted
to see how long it would burn. There was
the problem solved-if the filament would
last. The day Was-let me see-October q.
1879. We sat and looked, and the lamp con-
tnued to burn, and the longer 1t burned the
more fascinated we were. None Of us
could go to bed, and there was no sleep for
over forty hours; we sat and just watched
it with anxiety growing into elation. 1t
lasted about forty-hve hours, and then /
said II 1t will burn forty hours now l
know / can make it burn hundred
There we were. We saw that carbon
was what We wanted: the next question
was what kind of carbon. l began to try
various things. and finally l carbonized
little strip of bamboo from a Japanese fan,
and found that that was what We were
seeking
Evening star., 1901-01-26
TOOK BOARD WITH AN IDOL.
Shipwrecked Sailors Lived on the Of
ferinHa to a Heather Deity.

Shipwrecked Sailors Lived on the Of
ferinHs to q Heather Deity.
From the Columbia IS c. State
Captain Murray. a Port Royal bar pilot
who has followed the sea since boyhood and
visited nearly every section Of the habitable
globe, is full of interesting "reminiscences Of
happenings in distant lands In which he
participated. The old pilot is fond Of relat-
ing an incident which occurred near CAL
cutta, India. The vessel which he COM
manded. fine clipper ship, was wrecked
in typhoon in the Bay Of Bengal and all
hands, save himself and two companions
who succeeded In reaching shore in the
ships gig. were lost.
The three exhausted men Immediately
sought food and shelter, and while thus en-
ployed came upon an immense wooden I'M
age, which they correctly surmised to be
All Indian idol. Night was upon them and
the tired men bivouacked near by and their
attention was soon attracted by the appear
arce Of score of low-caste Hindoos each
of whom carried in his hands q savory dish
which he placed before the inanimate god
After each native had deposited his offering
with profuse signs and words they depart
ed, and when the hungry sailors were salts
fed that their strange visitors had retreat
ed for the night they greedily devoured the
Murray and his companions remained in
the nelgbborhood for several days, subsist-
ing nightly on the offerings brought by the
Hindoos as tribute to their god and re-
naming concealed in the daytime.
One night about ten days after their ship
wreck two natives suddenly surprised the
three men while they were in the very act
OF making their usual meal and fight en-
sued. The natives proved no match for the
resolute and well-armed Americans and
soon beat an ignominious retreat, leaving
the latter complete masters Of the situation
The captain and his companions. fes ring
that the natives would return In force and
massacre them. made their way to Calcut-
ia. where they secured passage In a home
wardbound vessel
Some fifteen years subsequently Pilot
Murray recognized in Captain Cole of the
ship Kirklm, which called here for a cargo
one OF HIS old companions In the exciting
encounter In far-off India. The recognition
was mutual, and the two men were delight
ed to renew their acquaintance after half a
gentYatton.