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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1902-07-10
YACHTS RACE TO KENosHA.
Eight Chicago Yachts Escort the Milwau-
kee Yachts to Kenosha.


kee Yachts to Kenosha.
For the second time in two consecu-
tive years the yacht Illinois won the
annual cruising race of the Chicago
Yacht club between Kenosha and Chi
cago. The race was made on last Sat
urday and nine boats of the squadron
made the trip. 1t was the prettiest
race ever run by the yachts Of the Chi
cago squadron. With a spanking
breeze behind them the boats simply
cut the water and the time of the win
ner of the time prize was only four
hours and eight seconds. The start was
made at 9 a. m. Every boat got away
under the Southwest breeze the Siren
taking the lead with the Hawthorne
and the Alice in second place. The
Illinois and the Minota, the two boats
of the A class, started eight minutes
later.
The Siren was the first to cross the
line at the Henosha harbor piers she
making the finish at 2:42, her actual
sailing time being four hours and
forty-two seconds. The Siren had not
been tied up to the docks before the
Alice and the Hawthorne crossed the
line and the Illinois was only a few
seconds behind them. The other boats
kept coming in during the afternoon
and the last boat made the harbor late
in the afternoon.
The great contest of the day was be-
tween the two schooners Alice and
Hawthorne. They crossed the start
together and for the entire fifty miles
the race was battle royal. At one
time the Alice led by more than three
quarters of mile, but just before the
finish the Hawthorne struck favorable
for another mile the Hawthorne would
have won out. The Alice crossed the
line only four minutes ahead of the
Hawthorne.
The Rosamond which was in the
class with the Siren failed to get
started at the proper time but she
sailed the course and her time will
probably be allowed. With this time
the Rosamonds.wil be only few sec
onds behind the Siren and her time al
lowance will probably allow her to
win the trophy offered for her class.
The Minota, which sailed in the
class with the Illinois, met with sew
eral accidents on the way up and fin
ished twenty-four minutes behind her
competitor.
Other boats of the squad ron which
made the trip were the Mawaja, the
Dolphin, the Vagabond and the
Badger.
The boats left Chicago as an escort
to the boats of the Milwaukee Yacht
Club. On Saturday evening the mem
bers of the different crews were enter
tanned at the Morgan Club house.
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ELOPE TO WAUKEGAN.
Miss Stella Bohmrich and Arthur Won Cotz-
hansen Have Jolly Close to Courtship.

RES Adjudicata. We are married.
and will return home Monday to stay"
That was the first announcement re-
ceived by Attorney Louis G. Bohmrich
Saturday night of the marriage of his
daughter, Stella, to Arthur Won Cotz-
hansen, young attorney of Milwau-
! kee, at Waukegan. a similar tele-
gram broke the news to F. w. Cotz-
hansen, of Milwaukee, the father Of
the groom.
With this spice of romance at the
beginning of their welded life, the
young couple returned over the Good
rich line Monday morning to receive
the blessings of the parents, which
was readily forthcoming. Their ac-
count of their adventure was that they
left Milwaukee Saturday afternoon for
Waukegan, where the Rev. DR.. Topp,
of the Episcopal church quietly mar
ried them at the rectory. They spent
the night and Sunday in Chicago.
The marriage was not unexpected,
though the manner of it was sur
prise. The young couple celebrated
their engagement two weeks ago, but
the marriage was set for no definite
time.
81 gave them my blessing" said
Mr.. Bohmrich. 'tWhat else could I
do? l was surprised, and of course,
would rather have had them married
at home, where we could all attend the
ceremony and give them a nice we'd
ding, but young people are impatient
and romantic. But they will be as
happy as if they had waited
The romantic little wedding of Miss
Bohmrich and Mr.. Won Cotzhausen
will cause great deal of interest in
Kenosha as many of the friends of
Miss Bohmrich here had planned to
attend the wedding which had been
scheduled for the fall. The young
lady is well known in Kenosha, having
been graduate of the High school
only year ago. Mr.. Won Cotzhausen
is also we'll known in this CITY he
having formerly been in the practice
of law here.
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A SUNDAY STREET FIGHT.
Charles Loescher Gets Into Jail for Caus-
ing Disturbance.

ing Disturbance.
There was great excitement on Main
street Sunday afternoon when Charles
Loescher was arrested by Chief of
Police Tinme on a charge of fighting
on the street. The trouble occurred
near the corner of Main and South
streets about half past one O'Clock, and
a great crowd gathered to witness the
trouble.
Loescher and a companion had gone
into the fruit store of Charles Pacini
to buy some bananas, and had given
the dealer five cents to pay for the
fruit. After the bananas had been
given to Loescher he demanded twenty
cents change, claiming that he had
given the dealer quarter. This is
alleged to have caused the trouble, and
the fight followed.
Loescher and his companion attacked
the Italian, and citizen who was
passing, seeing the uneven contest,
pulled Loescher off and insisted on
fair fight. He turned on the civilian
and called him foul name, whereupon
the man went at Loescher. He was
knocked down three times and was
bleeding profusely from a couple of
wounds on the face and head.
The Chief of Police hurried to the
scene of the battle and ordered Loes-
cher to get off the street and go home.
This the Ter refused to do, and he
was at oifce placed under arrest and
taken to jail. Loescher was taken be-
fore Justice McCarron this afternoon
and fined 81 and costs.
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ELY SEARCH ABANDONED.
No Further Search Will BE Made For Flor
ence Ely and Frank Rogers.

No Further Search VIII BE Made For Flor
ence Ely and Frank Rogers.
The search for Frank Rogers and
his aunt, Florence Ely, who dis
appeared from Evanston year ago,
and were thought to be in hiding
in Kenosha, has been abandoned.
1t is rumored that the case is no
longer a mystery so far as the
family and certain police officials are
concerned and that the boy is now in
a private school in the East.
"A letter written 70 Mrs. Rogers and
found under rug and other letters are
the basic facts on which the theory is
built. In these letters there was talk
of a man whom Miss Ely is supposed
to have admired, and in the missive
discovered under the rug there was
a declaration that she would cross the
ocean and was sorry TO leave the boy
behind. About month ago James F.
Rogers, father of Frank, went to New
York. The popular theory at Evan
ston connects Mr.. Rogers visit with
the letter found under the rug and the
Partisan address in letter found in
the secretary. After reference was
made to the letter in which Miss Ely
spoke of crossing the ocean Capt.
Merch, of the Evanston police, went to
Rogers home and asked to see the let
ter. After reading it he returned to
the station and said to Sergeant Valid
ron that there would be no more
search for Frank Rogers by the police
of the station. The captain said he
was pledged to absolute secrecy.
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500 WORTH FOR s76.

George Barber is now located in the
home place at 37o Exchange street and
he wishes the public to understand
that he has large stock of NEW fur
niture as we'll as second hand goods of
all kinds. Larger and better than
ever. If
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$4,000
dw.j11

A brick house and brick barn, CEN
tra1ly located, four blocks from Main
street. Lot 66x150 feet. and alley ia
rear; sewer, water and gas connections
in and paid for, salso new furnace.
Everything in first class shape. All
for 81 900 E E. HEAD,
dwtf News Office.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

On account of the raise IN the price
of the Weekly Inter Ocean, we will
have to change the price Of the TELE-
GRAPH-CoURIER and Inter Ocean back
to SLIGO for both papers for one
year. w1O
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ENVELOPES.

We have fifty thousand good heavy
Manila envelopes for sale, ali printed,
at 81 per thousand. Size, 31Sx51z in.
jy8 HEAD & SIMMONS.
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the legislation of our country, in
which we rejoice, but because they. as
well as all others of us, are fully adj
vised concerning the merits of the
propositions we shall make.
Z. That said com mittee immediate
~ telegraph formal invitation to the
commission to visit Kenosha, and that
on their acceptance of it suitable pre-
parations be made for their comfort
and entertainment while here, includ-
ing facilities for their inspection of
our harbor, coast line, proposed sites.
etc.,
In keeping with the resolution the
mayor appointed committee consist
ing OF the members of the common
council and the following named gen.
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The weather man can still see rain
clouds in the vici4ity Of Kenosha.
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lL4dE hGuOSu64
had entered the list of cities striving
Tor the honor will not come as a sur
prise to the commission as the pro-
motors of the plan received telegram
Monday evening from Congressman
Cooper in which he stated that he had
called at the Department and had pre-
seuted the plans of Kenosha to the.
commission, and had been instructed
TO have the committee in charge IN
kenosha send its data to Washington
at once.
In speaking before the council one
OF the men interested in the Jacobs
Island property urged the city to take
every possible step to put the claims
of Kenosha before the commission
He declared that no other city on the
lakes could offer the Nation so UNIQUE
location for a Naval Training
School. The two sites that win be
suggested to the Government are
Jacobs Island, now owned by the
Island Company, and Washington
Island. Either of these sites is better
suited for the use of the Government
than any site that has been mentioned.
Within d few days a call will be sent
out for the meeting of the com mittee
appointed last evening, and as this is
matter that the entire city should
take deep interest in it is expected
that every member of the committee
will attend the meeting and do all in
his power to advance the interests OF
Kenosha in this great fight for the To-
cation of Naval institution here.
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III Keeping with the resolution the
Mayor appointed committee consist
ing OF the members of the common
council and the following named gem
tlemen:
G simmons, Dr. w M Pugh
Geo Yule, CA Tarbeu,
G G Brown, r n Tiron,o
Frank Slosson, M IT Tsarnon,,
Jas Cavanagh, Albert Zens
U AS1ooII' = E1chelman,
j Jackson' MalOney
II VanIngen, VIM Crosby
- -, M 4, C q, f H Lyman,
w cooper Matt Huck,
Col j Hoyt, HI Ficbalnoan
heatl1g, Myron Hale,
r w Morgan r H Sl5sson,
DR. W H Saunders, MI Baker
- W ~ Z T at Rev L Mallory,
James Go1nan, Rev W w Stevens
Capt Charles Frantz, Raw Fl 7 Poobo
II Oorcofan g F Cooper,
hHleen, &c Theirs,
0otOlfeosen' R Head.
=, = Iu qlos Simmons
p WlnuSor' G w Allen
4 ) Engilsn' E L Grant,
W - $3.50 y So Col w Caruth
Peter Fisher, DrN I,a- 0s'
Philip Lentz, par, ca1.-"It:S "a
j Mayer, Geouo1a
Matt Werve, D n H.,
q Simmons, Jr, T { Rar
&c., = IL. Robinson
Na'tndn "a allon' j Meyers,
DR. J L Clearly, OMpo++it
w Marlatt, CEpo
DR. Hernsheim, ~ . Tofsa..-
John O'Donnell Tos 49,
"A f., . "'Ain"0'er CH Gonnermann
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-08-07
KILLED THIRTY-ONEl
Many Startling Crimes Committed
by Jane Toppan.
Administered Morphine and Afro
pine To Her Nictims-Passion to
tlay and Burn Developed
in Childhood.

Not since the days of Lucretia Bor-
gia and the other subtle poisoners
of the middle ages has there been
known equal to Miss Jane Toppan,
who has been locked up in the Taun-
ton, Mass, insane asylum for. poison
ing Mrs. Mary ID. Gibbs at Cataumet,
Mass, last August. BY her own con-
fession the nurse has killed 81 sick peo-
pie who were under her care during the
past ten years. Some she murdered
by giving morphine and atrophine, and
Others with poisons she cannot re-
member, and when not gratifying her
passion by killing people she set fire
in the houses where she was a guest,
or was employed in professional
capacity.
When Judge Bixby, Miss Toppan's
senior counsel, first visited her she
told him sher dreadful story without
eliminating the revolving details, and
named 81 people whom she had killed
by administering poison. She seemed
to gloat over her success in hiding
from the physicians the true causes
of death in these instances. and then
she wanted to know of the lawyer how
she could be insane when she knew
she was doing wrong every time she
killed any one.
Miss Toppan began her revelation to
Judge Bixby by admitting at once that
she had poisoned Mrs. Gibbs, Mrs. Cor
don and Alden p. Davis. just as the
three indictments against her charged.
Doses of morphine and atropine were
used, she said.
Then she told how Mrs. Davis had
called upon her at Cambridge las,
June to collect a note. She said that
she was seized with a paroxysm to
kill, a recurrence of the oft-repeated
influence. In this state she gave NOR.
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NICKNAMES OUT OF STYLES.
II Is Vow Counted Almost q Crime To
Call Even an Intimate
Friend by One

The present fashion of using the full
Christian names of persons Young or
old. when addressing them, instead of
a nickname, is used to be the rule, is
more sensible thing to do than fash
ion usually prescribes, but why it
should be counted crime for an init
mate friend, in moment of forget.
fulness. to revert to the old nickname
it is hard to understand.
To call her child "Bsssie" as once
she was called. rouses the ire Of the
parent of "Elizabeth. "Anne" brings
YOU up with a frown and a sharp re-
minder should YOU call her Annie" ."
though you may never, in her case.
have learned of the change from the
old style. will" as a rule, doesn't
care fig himself what you call him.
but be quite sure his mother does. and
will say to you reprovingly: william,
if you please il you chance to call
him willie" Two persons who had
been close friends had quarrel which
parted them for life over ones per-
sistence in calling the child of the
other Babe" instead of "Gladys," ="
which was her name
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shape, open on two sides for the free
passage of the wind, with a lamp in
each end Of the frame for night use
and central revolving wheel which
carries n number of mirrors to reflect
the light across the field it is desired
to protect. The fanges on the blades
are shaped TO catch the wind on one
side only, and even slight air current
will set the wheel in motion. Any or.
dinary lamps or lanterns may be used,
those shown being partially protected
by metallic hoods, which also serve as
ref1ectors, with openings only on the
sides towards the mirrors. When this
scarecrow is in use at night it throws
streams of light round and round the
field, while in the daytime sudden
flashes of light from the sun serve the
same purpose.-Louisville Courier
Journal.
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Dumas born In Nartiniuue

Something in the soil or climate of
Martinique has in the past operated
to produce great people. In addition
to its having been the birthplace of
Empress Josephine, it also produced
the greatest of modern novelists. Al
eXandre Dumas. pere. Dumas was
the son of retired French officer In
a mulatto. He left Martinique early
in life and spent the balance of his
days in Paris, for the reason that,
owing to race prejudice, there was no
chance for him to rise in the world
or to become famous in the literary
profession in America or the Ameri-
can islands.
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phine to Mrs. Davis. The old woman
partially recovered. but before she was
well enough to leave for her home at
Cataumet Miss Toppan was melted to
try again, and this time death followed
the injection of diluted morphine and
atropine.
First she spoke of recent cases. those
of whose deaths Judge BiNby had read
deaths of Mrs. \. o. Brigham, daughter
of Mrs. Toppan, the woman who had
taken her from an insane asylum; Miss
Florence y. CalliinS, the housekeeper;
Mrs. Edna II. BannisteN sister of Mrs.
Brigham; Miss Myra Connors, of the
Episcopal theological school at Cam.
bridge, the woman who had given her
employment at the institution hospi.
tai and who had giver her summer 5
outing at the marine biological station
at Woods Hole, and Mrs. McNear. of
Watertown, who had bef&endcd Miss
Toppan in many ways.
She went back over the preceding
years and mentioned the names of
the others whose lives had been put
in her professional keeping by doctors,
but which trust she had violated.
The lawyer said: Miss Toppan.
you must be insane"
Insane she repeated. How can
I be insane? When killed those peo-
pie l knew that was doing wrong. |
was perfectly conscious that what |
was doing was rot right. Inever, at
any time, failed to realize what | was
doing.
Now, how can a person be insane
who realizes what she is doing, and
who is conscious of the fact that she
is not doing right? Insanity is com.
plete lack of any feeling of responsible.
ity, isn't it?"
YES" said the lawyer, "that is so.
But you have no remorse, have you?'
no" declared the nurse. Il have
absolutely no remorse. | have never
felt sorry for what have done. Even
when / poisoned my dearest friends
as the Davises were did not feel any
regret afterward. do not feel any
remorse now. l have thought it all
over. and l cannot detect the slightes,
bit Of sorrow over what have done
Upon successive visits of her counsel
Miss Toppan added details to the mar.
rative of crime. She supplied no ad.
ditional names.
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king, Prince George was made com
mander in chief, and in 1855 he was APP
pointed n Prutsian field marshal by
Emperor William H. He wa. married
on May II, 1859, to Infanta Maria of
Portugal. She died in 1854. Six chill
dren were born to them.
King George has taken an active in
'terest in the politics of his country,
and has filled many important govern
ment posts, figuring prominently in
the tax reform laws. No important
changes are expected To follow his
succession.
The new king of SaXunv is known for
his military tastes ana cons:derate
treatment Of private soldiers. He
sternly put down the mistreatmert Of
soldiers by officers and severely pun
ished petty brutalities on the part of
GERS. His secret decree on the subject,
in 1891, attracted great attention when
the Norwaerts divulged il. The king
IS a capable musician, plays the piano
has good taste and technical finish,
and often gives musical parties at his
house, where he and his daughter.
Princess Mathilde, play duets. King
George has attended chamber music
concerts assiduously, and Is the patron
OF many musical undertakings.
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TOOK DOWN THE WALL.
Drum-Mnker Made q Bass That was
Too Big to Get Through
the Door,

1t was In the days when big bass
drums were in vogue, and the bigger
they could be made the more they
were appreciated. says the Baltimore
sun. 1t was n common thing then
to see great bass drum moving
along behind the band, apparently on
a pair OF little legs. vigorously pound
ed by little arms and completely hid
ing the man. There was great ri
valry among the bands to have the
largest drum, and the makers would
stretch the skin to the fullest extent
to make it cover the barrel Of the
largest circumference.
One ambitious drum maker, deter
mined to outdo all previous perform
ances, got his material together in a
back room of his little one-eye house
on narrow street and built his
drum. 1t was the largest, certainly,
that had ever been constructed, and
its tone was as deep and sonorous as
a cathedral gong. There it stood, the
pride of East Baltimore and monu-
ment to the fame of the engineer
who constructed it. But, unfortu-
nately, the engineer had failed to
take measurements of the door and
window. The small room was nearly
filled with the immensity of the prod
vet of his laborious zeal in good
cause. But it was of no earthly use
there. and to land it on solid earth
the maker was finally obliged to re-
move part of the wall, and the cost
of this Caesarean operation greatly
reduced the profits of the production.
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THE ADMIRAL CHUCKLED.
Head of Bureau of Navigation Had
an Amusing Exerience with q
Fresh interviewed

Deservedly or otherwise Admiral
Crowninshield has the reputation Of
being grim and unpleasant in his
bearing toward newspaper men. One
day a correspondent, u newcomer in
Washington, called upon Secretary
Long at the navy department in order
10 obtain from that official whom he
knew personally, an introduction to
Crowninshield, then head of the bu-
reau of navigation. Long was out but
Crowninshield sat beside his chiefs
desk awaiting the secretary's return.
The correspondent miS,ook the bureau
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CORN FOR THE SILO.
When the Ears Are Just Thinking
About Glazing Then Is the Proper
Time to Cut Them,

My time for cutting the corn for the
silo is as near Is may be when the
ears are just thinking about glazing.
When it is too old for me to eat, it is
old enough for my silo. l do not in
tend to run counter to the scientific
fellows by saying am not robbing my
silage of dry properties it might have
acquired II I had not interfered, but
I have imprisoned for my cows the
sweet juices and favors so much rel.
ished in the hangers, writes Penn.
sylvanian to the National Stockman.
II the corn lacks moisture in the lat
ter part of its season the lower blades
will dry and drop before the harden
ing process is operative at the ears.
Then that corn should be cut. for
what it may gain in dry matter above
it is losing in dry matter below. If
one has a small silo and a few acres,
and the filling is small matter of two
or three days. then ne can bide his
time and cut when everything appears
to be just right. We have 16 acres
growing for the silos. and as we like
to fill slowly, our cutting will extend
over period of possibly three weeks.
BY filling slowly we consider We get
about 20 per cent. more in our silos
than by simply filling them and pass
ing on. Silage does not begin to do its
business settling for about a week.
and it is our rule to cut quite RAPIDLY
for two or three days. then proceed
more slowly by stopping day and cut
ting a day alternately. We use low
wagons and corn harvester some
times, hut when an acre turns off 90
tons or more the harvester we have
doesn't succeed in getting it in very
far. We have a man in the silo and in
struct him to keep the outsides some
what higher than the center. This
man is supposed. as Rob Seeds would
say, to keep a-goin', keep a-goin'."