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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-12-17
MAKES HAVOC
Bursting of a Steam Pipe at Residence
of Mrs. U. ]. Lewis Leaves
Home a Ruin.
DAN HEAD OVERCOME BY STEAM.
Aged Resident of the City Found Uncon-
ed With Escaping Steam.
(Erom Tuesdays Daily,)

The bursting of steam pipe at the
residence of Mrs. u. J. Lewis on Park
avenue last night or this morning has
rendered one of the most magnificent
homes in the city ruin, and damage
to the amount of more than three
thousand dollars was done before the
steam and water could be shut off. The
heating of the Kenosha Gas and Elec.
trio Company.
During the prevalence of the escap-
ing steam in the house, Dan Head, the
aged resident of the city, was found
unconscious in his room completely
overcome by the steam. AS soon as
possible he was removed from his per.
ilous position, but he has not yet re-
covered from the action of the steam.
He was able to sit up in his chair this
afternoon, but seemed to be dazed.
A visit to the house this morning re-
vealed picture of abject ruin. The
splendid drapipgs and costly tapestries
many of which had been imported
when the house was first furnished,
were dripping with water; paper and
pictures had fallen from the walls
while the rugs and carpets were COW
cred with an inch of muddy water that
had escaped from the pipes. The
bursted pipe seems to have been under
the parlor, in the southwest corner of
the room, and this apartment with all
its furniture and fixtures is completely
ruined.
The ceilings of the house made of
splendid panels of quarter-sawed oak
are cracked and broken and the wood
work is SO damaged that it will be
practically impossible to make any re-
pairs without rebuilding the entire in.
terror of the house. The loss to the
owner of the house is made greater by
the fact that many of the pieces of
furniture and bric.a-brac had value
as mementos. The oil paintings of the
Head family which were on the second
floor of the house were ruined by the
steam and they were found dropping
from the frames when the flood was
discovered this morning.
1t is thought that the pipe burst
shortly after ten o'clock last night and
the fact was discovered by Dan Lewis
at four O'Clock this morning. Mr..
Lewis heard the escape of steam and
went to the basement of the house to
find the cause of the trouble. When
he reached the basement he found that
it was flooded with boiling water. He
attempted to reach the main supply
pipe and in walking through the water
his feet were terribly sca1ded and he
was not able to leave his bed this
morning. Mr.. Lewis called his mother
and brother and the two hurried to
the room occupied by Mr.. Head. AS
soon as he had been released from the
steam filled rooms the members of the
family made an attempt to stop the
flow of the water. Agents of the heat
ing company we're hurriedly summoned
and the steam was shut off from the
house. The damage had already been
done. Pig
Efforts were made this morning to
clear away the ruin made by the flood
but it will take several days to get the
rooms in any kind of condition again.
Mrs. Lewis will claim damages from
the company for the flood.
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.'FIyer" on the St. Paul Road DeraiIed
at Ranney Monday Morning
And Traffic Was Tied Up.
PASSENGERS ARE BADLY SCARED.
Rails Spread and Engine. Baggage and Mall
Cars Leave the Track-Engineer and
Firemen Stay at Their Posts

The fast mail train on the Chicago
& Milwaukee road was wrecked at
Ranney Junction in this county at an
early hour Monday morning, and
consequently all traffic about the juno
tion was tied up. All the trains on the
Western division of the Northwestern
and on the ST. Paul road were delayed
on account of the wreck and several Of
the Milwaukee trains were sent
out of Chicago over the Nortwestern
lines
fortunately the train was running
very slowly when the wreck occurred
or there would undoubtedly have been
great loss of life. The train was just
pulling out of the junction when a
spreading rail forced the engine and
the baggage and mail cars to leave the
track. The fireman and engineer in
charge of the engine remained at their
post ard reversed the brakes, stopping
the engine almost at once. The train
was crowded with passengers and the
shock was so great that many of the
passengers were thrown from the seats
and Slightly injured.
Special orders have been sent out to
the train crews in charge OF North
western trains ordering them to run
with great care on account Of the liza
bility of wrecks from spreading rails.
The trains running through the cold
counties ia the North on this account
are not making any effort to keep to
the schedule, preferring safety to fast
time. Three wrecks were caused Sun.
day by spreading rails ard more are
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-12-17
TRAMPs FLOCK TO COUNTRY

Driven from Chicago by Police, They
Swarm In Small Cities.
The counties near Chicago are being
,overrun with bands of tramps driven
from the city as the result of raids by
the flying squadrons" of police. The
men who have taken to the road are
seeking shelter and food at the differ
ent county farms, but they show dis
inclination to do any kind of work,
and the superintendent of the Lee
county farm will put them on the stone
pile or compel them to move on.
The fare furnished at some of the
county houses near Chicago is good
and the tramps have learned this. The
superintendent, however, will refuse
to care for any man able to do a days
work.
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NOTICE.

The annual meeting of the Pleasant
Prairie Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany will be held at the Town Hall on
Tuesday, January S, 1904, at 2 o'clock
in the afternoon, for the purpose of
electing a Board of Directors and the
transaction of any other business
properly belonging to such meeting.
WA S. B. CRoPLEY, Sec'y.
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MARRIED IN KENOsHA.

Racine. Quietly Married In Kenosha.
A quiet wedding took place in Keno
sha Monday afternoon the contracting
parties being Berndt Knudsen and
Miss Mary McLesky, of Racine. The
groom was formerly well known
mason in Kenosha and he returned to
this city for the wedding. After the
wedding ceremony little wedding
dinner was held at the Hotel Racine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Knudsen will make
their home in Racine and they go to
housekeeping with the best wishes of
many friends in Kenosha and the
Belle City.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-12-17
Buffalo Man Still Insists That He Can
Furnish kenosha Good Gas For
Thirty.fiye Cents a thousand.
COMPANY IS NOW BEING FORMED
Buffalo Promoter Sends Figures to Keno
sha In Regard to Production of Cheap
Gas.-Franchise In Thirty Days.

Raymond W. Poat, the Buffalo man
who is claiming to be able to supply
as to consumers in Kenosha at rate
Of thirty-five cents a thousand feet,
has written second letter to Mayor
Pfennig in which he explains his plans
for the manufacture of gas in the
cities of the country. With the letter
Poat has seat many pages of figures
which are calculated to convince the
most skeptical that gas at low price
is possibility. The letter which is
self explanatory follows:
BUFFALO, N. r., Dec. 10, 'O3.
Mr.. Chas. H. Pfennig, les Market
street, Kenosha, Wis.
Dear Sir:-Your favor of recent date
received, for which please accept
our thanks. AS we have perfected a
very valuable apparatus for manufac-
turing gas, we took this way of finding
out whether or not, the country at
large would be in favor of cheaper
gas system. Since we have people
who are ready to finance this into a
very large corporation, we thought it
better to get the general will of the
Mayors throughout the United States.
We expect TO be Incorporated within
the next thirty days, and at that time
be able TO satisfy you that our fnan-
cial standing, and everything else is
favorable, and that we will be able to
furnish such bonds and other matters
pertaining TO getting franchises. O.
Enclosed you will find an analysis of
the several gases also the gas which is
manufactured by us, also the cost of
the same, as we base all our estimates
on the price Of natural gas, and after
considering the cost of the piping and
bringing the same from gas fields into
our city, we have come TO the conclu-
sion that gas can be furnished for
lighting, heating and manufacturing
purposes at 55c per 1000 cubic feet at a
good profit to the investors.
Thanking you and awaiting your
further pleasure I am,
Very truly yours,
r. w. POAT.
In his statement of the process to be
used for the manufacture of the gas
Poat shows that gas manufactured
under the process contains more heat
units than gas made IN any other way.
He also shows the cheapness Of the
production claiming that 100000 cubic
feet of gas can be made In an hour at
the price of SO. At
Mayor Pfennig will keep in close
touch with Poat and his company and
if the plan is of any value Kenosha
will undoubtedly be one of the cities
included in the circuit of the company.
The members of the council are all in
favor Of cheap gas if 1t can be secured
and there will be no trouble in secur-
ing the passage of a franchise for the
company when they make good.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-12-17
For Rates Christmas and New Year.

The Nickle Plate road will sell tick
cts December "a, Is and 81, 1903, and
January LIST, 1904, at rate of fare and
a third for the round trip, within dis
tances of $50 miles, good returning to
and including Jan. 4th,E1oO+. Individ
ual club meals, ranging in price from
35c to 81, served in dining cars. No
excess fare charged or any train on
Nickel Plate road. Chicago city tick
ct Offices Ill Adams street and Audi
tor1um Annex. Depot, La Sale and
VanBuren streets, on the Elevated
Loop. Phone Central 2057. wa
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-12-17
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Recorded for the Week Ending Wednes-
day, Dec. 10th. 1908.

Recorded for the Week Ending Wednes-
day, Dec 10th. 1908.
Following are the real estate trans
fers recorded during the past week.
Reported for this paper by Charles A.
Tarbell, abstracter, real estate, insur-
ance and loan agent:
Joel Jepson and wife to John
MILFORD. The 10 acres Of
n 20 acres of w so acres Of n
or of sec Is, t 2 I 20 e; war
ranty'deed; consideration. s. $50 90
Richard Gorst to Frank Som
mers. The or of e or
sec u, t 2, r 20 e, except 2
rods of the e side; warranty
deed; consideration. ........ 2490 90
Edward A. Benson and wife to
John MILFORD. s hf of or
Of e or sec LIT . r 20 e, also
2 acres on end of hf Of
wqr of sec 10, IL 20 E.; war
ranty deed; consideration /. $50 90
Clara j. Smith and hu band to
Margaret C. Tuper. Lot
blk z, Holmes & Nicols addi-
ton; warranty deed; consid'n 1900 90
William Schroeder to Mary
Schroeder, Part of S or of
sec 81, 2, % e: warranty
deed; consideration. .... 90
Henry w. Reith and wife to E.
Post. The W 48 fit of lot 4.
blk of Bain's subdivision;
warranty deed; consideration 400 90
d. Selleck to Fritz Tanck. Part
of or sec 1, t / p e; war
ranty deed; consideration. 5000 90
Calvin E. Clark to Martha
Rennie. The part of lot 10
in the village of Salem; war
ranty deed; consideration. 500 90
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-12-17

The Ladies of Dorcas Society of the
Swedish Lutheran church will hold
their annual auction sale on Saturday,
Dec 1o, at the church parlors, corner
Third and Pearl streets. All are cor
daily invited to attend this sale of the
roany useful and beautiful articles.
Refreshments will be served. Admis-
sion free. DIG
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-12-17
NOTICE.

Came to my place Nov. IS, one red
heifer about one year old. Owner will
please make claim and pay charges.
H. E. BLACKMAN, Burlington road.
*w33 Two miles west of Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-12-17
ADVERTISED MAIL MATTER.

The following is list of the mail
matter remaining uncalled for in the
Kenosha postoffice, Kenosha county,
Wis.,, for week ending December II,
1908, and which will be sent TO the
Dead Letter Office at the expiration of
two weeks, unless called for:
GENTS LIST.
Master Herbert Bennett p Cax. Nick
Farr, Dennis Mclaughlin, Szcrepan Rachel.
Robert Trenary Jas P N Brown. G Decker,
Ed Johnson, Arthur Nelson, N Ringelberg,
FL Wheeler.
LADIES LIST.
Mrs Tracy Nuban, Mrs F Ohlgart, Mrs OH
Mason, Mrs Chas Whitaker, Mrs Jennie
Waller, Mrs Minnie Walker.
To obtain any of the above mail
matter, the applicant must give the
date Of this list.
CHAs. FRANTz, p. M.
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NOTICE OF CHANGE OF CORPORATE
NAME.

Notice is hereby given that at reg
ular meeting of the stockholders of
The Chicago-Rockford Hosiery COM
pany, held at the Office of said company
in the City of Kenosha, in the County
of Kenosha ard State of Wisconsin. on
the 18th day of December, 1908, the
name of said corporation, The Chicago
Rockford Hosiery company, was duly
changed 10 The ChiCago.Kenosha
Hosiery company.
w. w. COOPER,
w35 Secretary.
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CENTS LIST.
TWO FOR PRICE OF ONE.

The TELEGRAPH COURIER and Chi.
cago Inter Ocean for SLIGO per year If
paid in advance. wtf
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-12-12

THE SWORD PASSED THROUGH BLACK
Boards BODY.
other man has ever done. This was
Edward Teach, otherwise Blackboard.
When Edward Teach left Bristol,
England, on his first cruise he was a
mere sailor. Morgan. the famous buc-
cancer and priyateer, had already in
troduced piracy as "gentleman's" vo-
cation, and until King Charles IL. gave
him command of Jamaica as governor
he had created widespread consterna-
ton. The next king was not so friend
ly, and Morgan is said to have re-
turned to his loot. Teach was by this
time his boon companion and lieuten-
ant
After the death of Morgan, Teach re-
turned to England, where he squan-
dered his gains. With the support of
one Kornigold, an old mariner of Nor
gan's fleet, Teach was enabled to fit
out vessel and go into piracy for him
self. With an excellent training in
cruelty under Morgan, Teach began a
career which is without parallel. 1t
was left for him to adopt Monaghan
methods, numbering women and chill
dren with relentless cruelty.
Teachs first action on leaving the
English coast was to follow the gulf
stream straight to Carolina, where he
made for the sounds. On the upper
bank of the Pasquotank he planted a
colony, accessible from the sound.
The house which the pirate built Is
now occupied by well to do farmer.
1t is two stories high, with deep base
ment, walled in by rocks, which have
given way to time, exposing the base
ment to view from the outside.
Teach obtained the title of Black
beard soon after he became an indie
pendent pirate. He made for himself
a horsehair beard, which represented
! a fiendish and unnatural growth OF
1 nature, as a means of spreading terror
among those who fell into his hands.
This beard was tied in red ribbon
bows and had the desired effect.
Blackbeard's end was tragic. While
the pirate was in winter quarters and
most of his cutthroats had scattered
over the Spanish main Governor
Spotteswoode of Virginia sent Lieu
tenant Maynard Of the British navy
with about thirty picked men to seek
Blackboard. The latter is said to have
had seventeen men with him.
Maynard went to the pirates home
in a small vessel.
Seeing the armed craft approach
Blackboard, with his usual daring
went out after it. After an exchange
of broadsides and a battle OF short du'
ration the English vessel suddenly pre-
scented a scene OF alright The men
became frantic and rushed below deck
giving the ship up 10 the pirate.
Blackboard was caught IN a ruse and
boldly grappled with his opponents
boat Mounting the "gun'als,' the VI
rate crew dashed recklessly on tbf
eaptured English vessel, AZ command
the hatcbWays were thrown paek, epf
swarm Of expert sgordsmen daslie'
10 meet the buccaneers,
terrible battle followed. Black
beard led BIS men with bis usual ~
trepidity. Al the last when tlel0il
seemed within the grasp " blaek
heard. a sword entered hls body an'
he fell wounded, so thai hls men los
heart ana were nearly aN hlled
The head of Teach was severed lfqn
ihe body. ana With ms trophy mourn
I'd On the hoYsprlt ihe English llel'ep
ant returned to KlrelAl2
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1903-12-12

Lasf FYbf
HoeU Bfockbeard, the No
forious Buccaneer,
Msf His Fare.
Lured by RuSe 10 sbe Side of
an -<qrmed Vessei. He and
His Freeboofers Were
Cur 10 Pieces.

Within two miles of Elizabeth City,
n. c., there still stands the former
home OF the greatest pirate that ever
infested the American coast, man
who in the early part of the eighteenth
century made himself master Of the
high seas and forced the world to ac-
knowledge his naval supremacy as no
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-03

cers or most cases of cancer. The violet ray requires long time for treatment, but the cures are so perfect, leaving So little scar that the time may be com paratively disregarded.
 The violet ray Is the violet ray of the
 white light; and for therapeutic pur- poses is produced by the arc electric light. The method of treatment is sim pie, The patient is placed near the lamp and the lenses are so manipulated that the violet rays are focused on the diseased spot, while the less refractory heat rays are distributed to the outer circle. Treatments are continued twen- ty to thirty minutes. as there is no dan- ger of over-exposure as there is with the X ray.
 Dr. King declared that from his ex- perience with the violet ray in the Flower hospital he was only prepared to say it would cure lupus vulgaris, and perhaps erytheniatosa. and 1t had affected to very slight degree sec ondary carcinoma. With numerous other cases of cancer, however, iil which it had been tried no results whatever have been manifest, and in tuberculosis of the bones it had not even deodorized the discharge, let alone decreasing 1t.
 Regarding the experiments with a rays in the Flower hospital Dr. King said that secondary cancers have not, yielded so readily to the treatment as primary ones. yet there had been large per cent. of them cured. If glands were involved of course, the prognosis was the more grave, but not necessary fatal. In deep seated cancers, such as in the bones and in the abdomen. the doctor was not prepared to say that they could be cured, but there was not the least doubt that the pain could be greatly relieved and that life could be very much prolonged. The doctor be- lieved that. taking the ordinary run of cancers, a much greater per cent could be cured by the X ray than by operative measures. In fact eight cases had been cured which had been operated upon, which had returned to the hospital and in which the surgeons were utterly helpless to do any more. pr King was not. prepared to speak positively in re- gard to the use of the X-ray with tuber- culosis of the chest, but in one case which was treated the cough disappear ed to such an extent that it was im- possible to secure any sputum from which to make 8 test to see if the tuberculosis had disappeared, and which had been found in abundance before the treatment was begun New York Tribune.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-03
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.

Election of Officers Of Ezel Lodge
 The following officers of EzeI lodge No. 3, K. of F.. were elected on We'd nesday evening at its lodge room in Masonic building, corner of Chapel and Union streets: chancellor commander, Ernest Warden; vice chancellor, Walter W. Wood; prelate, Thomas Stanley; M. Of w., William F. Costello; K. R. of S., Charles T. Pellert; M. of F., O. S. Guild; M. of E.. B. c. Diekerman: NJ. of A., Edwin c. Stearns; inside guard, M. E. Walker; outside guard. Joseph EIley: organist, B. c. Dicikerman; trustee for eighteen months, M. Flanagan; 1st rep resentative to grand lodge, O. S. Guild; second representative to grand lodge, William F. Costello.
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-----------------------~-------- THE LIGHT THAT CURES.
Use Of the Violet Ray and x-Rays Ii

Use of the Violet Ray and X-Rays in .%g the Flower Hospital.
 Important experiments, in the treat ment of tuberculosis and cancer with the violet ray and the x rays have been conducted for months past at the Flower hospital, sixty-third street and Eastern Boulevard. by pr. William H. King, the consulting physician of the de- partment of electro o-therapeutics At his home, GA West Fifty-first street, yesterday, pr. King gave to Tribune reporter the results of these experi- merts. #{
 Hundreds of patients have been treated for cancer, tuberculosis of the bones and lupus vulgaris, which is con- sumption of the, skin, since the violet ray experiments were begun year ago, and the results have demonstrated con- clusively to the doctor that the violet ray is excellent for treatment of tuber- culosis of the skin and few other skin diseases, eight patients suffering from lupus vulgaris, considered incurable. having been greatly benefited or wholly cured by this treatment. It has not been found however, to be good for tuberculosis of the bones and joints, ui-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-03
THEoDORA CIRCLE.
Installation Of oficers Last Night
 Those Installed

Installation of Officers Last Night
 Those Installed.
 Theodora circle. Companions of the Forest, held a largely attended meeting last night, and Grand Master Frederick Westerman and Deputy Mrs. Hulda Pecht installed the recently-e elected of- ticers, the latter being as follows. W Q. F. Johanna Klaussner. ' U. Maria Ahehault.
 Right guard Augusta Bittner.
 Left guard Katrina Geider.
 Inside guard Susanna Oregon.
 Outside guard Elizabeth Pfenne- becker.
 After the installation ceremonies re- treatments were served. they having been provided by Mrs. Pecht in honor of her fiftieth birthday and also in hon. or of becoming a grandmother yester- day for the first time. son being born to Mrs. Radeng, her daughter. A num- Der of visitors from Rising Sin and New Haven circles attended.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-07-03
YALE FRESHMEN SECOND.

(Continaed from First Page.)
 a point near the finish when bad steer. ing lost them the contest by two feet. w. A. Meikleham of New York ane William Innis Forbes of Philadelphia refereed the races. While one referee was making race down the river the other was getting the next crew start ed.
 Following is a summary of all events not made up exclusively of local men: E Eight-oared shell. Won by Argonaut R. o.. of Toronto, Canada, Reiffenstein, J. N. Mackenzie, w. ID. F. Herdisty, Parmenter, Kent, Hamber, D. R. Nc Kenzie, Weight, Reed, coxswain; sec ond, Yale freshmen, Heckscher, Sven son, Morse. Scott, Whittier, McMahon, Weeks, Whitney, Muzzy, coxswain; third, University of Pennsylvania, Boars, York, Shoemaker, Drayton. Bo- gardus, Williams, Zanes, Shishler, Reg ister, coxsWain; fourth Union Boat club, Boston. Time 6:3S.
 Single souls. Won by Ernest George, Boston; second, Robert F. Blake, Union B. C., Boston. Time 9.22 3-5. A. w. Pape Of Dolphin B. e.. San Francisco, entered but did not finish. Claimed a foul by George but withdrew the claim.
 Four-oared shells without coxswain. Won by University Of Pennsylvania; second, Arieli B. C., Baltimore; third, Detroit B. c. Time 7:53.
 Eight-oared shell race for school crews. Won by Boston Inter-Scholas- tic; second, Philadelphia Central high school. Time 7:16. Only two entries.