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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-04-12
Jury in Suit Of John Zers as Adj.
ministrator Against X. C. q (.
Co. Find for the Plaintiff
THE CASE WILL BE APPEALED
Claim That Damages Allowed Are Ex-
cessive-Jury Brings in a Verdict
After Short Discussion
of the Evidence

| According to q verdict returned by
! a jury in the circuit court late Friday
afternoon, the Kenosha Gas and F1ec.
trio Co. must pay to John Zens, ad-
/ ministrator Of the estate Of Vincenzo
1 Petracci, the SUM of So, 500 as dam
| ages for the death of Petracci,
who was killed by touching live
wire which was a part of the electric
| system owned by the company. The
| suit of Zens, as administrator Of the
estate of Antonio Petracci, who was
/ killed at the same time, is still
pending.
The attorneys at once gave notice
| that they would file motions asking
| for a new trial in the case on the
grounds that the verdict of the Jury
assessed excessive damages and
claiming that the verdict was not in
keeping with the law and the evil
dence. If this motion is denied the
attorneys representing the company
will at once appeal the case to the
Supreme court of the state.
| The case was given to the Jury late
Friday afternoon and the verdict was
returned after an hours discussion.
| Under the instructions Of the court
little was left for the jury to decide
save the amount of damages which
| the plaintiff was to recover. The at
torneys for the defendant company
| did not introduce any evidence save
| to show the value of the labor Of the
| deceased Italian. Under the law the
father had the right to claim as dam
ages the amount of money that the
boy would earn up to the time he was
d years of age, and the attorneys for
the company insisted that this should
be the measure of damages. At the
time the boy met his death he was
about IA years of age and the jury
evidently decided chat his labor for
the next seven years would have been
worth about $500 year.
The suit still pending is brought by
Zens on behalf of the older brother of
Vincenzo Petracci, who met death at
the same time. This suit, however,
will have another element, as the de-
Tense will raise the question Of con-
tributory negligence. The two boys
met death in May of 1905 near the
corner of Grand avenue and Maple
street. Vincenzo Petracci was stand
ing on the corner and happened to
reach over and take hold of a guy wire
which had been heavily charged with
electricity. The older brother was
standing near the same wire, and
when crowd Of people was gathered
by the accident the brother attempted
to show the crowd how his brother
met his death and he was also killed.
The suits have been brought by the
administrator for the father of the
deceased boys, who claims that they
were his support.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-04-12
Pioneer Kenosha Manufacturer
Died at His Home in WauWa-
tosa Friday Afternoon
FIRST CORONER or COUNTY
Came to Kenosha in the Early Forties
and Was Closely Connected With
the Development of Kenosha
in the Early Days

Peter Fl. Wood one of the pioneer
manufacturers in Kenosha, and a man
closely connected with the political
life of the city in the early days, died
at his home in Wauwatosa Friday, at
the age of II years.
The death of Peter Wood, marks the
passing Of one Of the eccentric
characters of early Kenosha city and
county. Mr.. Wood has been IN feeble
health for some time and his death
was not unexpected. He is survived
by a widow and ones daughter, the
daughter being the wife Of Howard
Van Wyck the well known Milwaukee
attorney.
The funeral will be held from the
late residence at Wauwatosa at 2
O'Clock Sunday, and the remains
will be brought to Kenosha, reaching
the city at asa. They will be taken
directly to the city cemetery and laid
to rest in the Woodlfamily plat there.
Peter Wood was a native of New
York, and was born ins 1929. He re-
ceived good education in his native
state and in the early forties he came
West and landed at Southport. He
went from Southport Ito the town of
Bristol where he settled on a farm
which has since been known as the
old Peter Wood farm.
Late in the fortiesshejcame to Keno
sha and engaged Gin the hardware
business being associated with the
firm known as Carter and Wood.
From this business Che sbranched out
into the business of manufacturing
wagons, and his wagon shop in the
old building now usedaas the Mungen
livery barn was one of the busiest Of
the pioneer factories in Kenosha.
He remained IN 'the wagonabusines
for number ofGyears ands then took
up the manufacturer of shay rakes.
This business did not prove finan-
cia1 success and Wood left.Kenosha a
short time later and went to Kansas
where he engaged in the warehouse
business for number Of years. Later
he returned to Milwaukee and with
his wife went to live bWauwatosa.
During his declininglyears Mr.. Wood
had lived a retired life. Mr.. Wood
took a great interest in politics in
Southport and Kenosha. When the
first list of county officials was
elected in the fall of 1854, Mr.. Wood
was selected as the first coroner of
the county. He held this Office for
two terms and 1862 he unsolicited to
the Office of county treasurer, which
Office he held for four years. On the
return of Col. Hugh McDermott from
the war he was nominated against
Wood for county treasurer and was
elected after one of the most exciting
campaigns ever seen in the county.
Mr.. Wood was man known to al
most every one of the early residents
of Kenosha county DuringA his life
he made several fortunes 1and it is
said that he had considerable proper
ty at the time of his death.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-04-12
THE HOME DOCTOR.

A little turpentine added to the bath
water Is said to be good for rheuma-
tism
A pinch OF salt in a glass of warm
water Is good for bathing weak or
tired eyes.
To treat a cut finger brush across the
cut with collodion and keep the lips
Of the cut together till the collodion
dries.
UNDERGONE beef and mutton are not
unwholesome, but underdone veal or
pork is very unwholesome indeed and
often causes illness.
1t is we'll to remember that a fresh
cold In the head may sometimes be
broken up Immediately If treated early
by snufing warm salt water up the
nose from the palm Of the hand
A good poultice for a boil is made
as follows: Two tablespoonfuls Of fax
seed -four, a lump Of lard as large as
a walnut and one white onion. Mix
with sweet milk, stew until the onion
Is soft and apply warm.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-04-12
CRYSTAL WEDDINGS.
An Appropriate Way TO Celebrate
These Anniversaries.

An Appropriate Way TO Celebrate
These Anniversaries.
The crystal wedding" commend
rates the fifteenth anniversary Write
your invitations with a very pointed
stick wet with mucilage. then sprinkle
diamond powder" which is pulyerized
mica, over the paper and let it stand
until the mucilage is dry Dust it off
carefully, and you will find that the
diamond powder has stuck to the
letters. Have as much glass on your
table as possible. Very pretty dishes
of pressed glass can be bought for q
small amount Make a horseshoe Of
white glass beads and hang It over
the table and run long strings of white
glass beads from the chandelier to the
edge of the dining table Buy small
white paper heart shaped boxes and
fill them with candy. On the lid Of
each box write your husbands and
your initials and the year Of your we'd
ding 1890 and 1906 and sprinkle this
over with the pulverized mica, says the
Philadelphia Press. You could give
one Of these boxes to each Of your
guests as souvenirs Of the occasion.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-04-12
SHORT ITEMS
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Sands M. Hart, president of the
big Racine Wooden Mill company, was
arrested on Friday, charged with per-
hitting Joseph Sietz, under 10 years
old, to work in the factory over ten
hours day. The defendant paid a
fine Of $40 ane costs.
| Fond du Lac property owners are in
a row with the common council over
the question of laying brick pave
| ment. Some property owners threaten
to enjoin the city from beginning
work on Fourth street. There are
many property owners, however, who
are in favor of a new street.
| Anton Rivers, of the village of Fair
water was arrested at Princeton Wen
nesday night on the charge of assault
upon Frank Tates. The alteration
| between the two men arose over cleo
ton and in the fight Tates was ser
iously cut about the neck and face.
He is nown in serious condition.
| The 4 year old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John J. Johnson, OF Caledonia,
entered barn and walked up behind
/ two horses. the animals became
frightened, kicking the child IN the
face, breaking her jaw and rendering
her unconscious. The father at
tempted to rescue the child and was
also kicked, two ribs being fractured
and internal injuries sustained.
| City Clerk Frank A. Bartlett, former
County Clerk Arthur Schuessler and
John handkerchief, former superin-
tendent of the Fond du Lac insane
asylum and poor farm, who were ar
rested on Wednesday on indictments
returned by the grand jury charging
embezzlement, have been released
from the custody of the officers. bail
being furnished.
President David Starr Jordan of the
| Leland Stanford university severely
| denounced war in his address before
the students and faculty of the Uni
versity Of Wisconsin on Wednesday.
He declared that war resulted in de-
lgeneration of races, sapping the best
blood Of the nation and bringing rae es
of warfare down from first rate to
second rate. 1.-The Blood of the Ma
ton" was his subject.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-04-12
How She Conquered.

Miss Josie Wanous, the only woman
pharmacist who runs her own drug
store In Minneapolis, has made lit
tie fortune out Of a shampoo bag Of he1
own invention. She has refused $685..
600 for the patent. She was the daugh-
ter of Bohemian farmer, and the first
money she earned was So a week al
the stationery counter of a village drug
store. She studied pharmacy and got
her license and then encountered the
obstacle which rises before most young
women endeavoring to enter the pro
LESSONS. No pharmacist would EN-
ploy her as clerk. She worked at 9th
er things until she acquired the cap
ital to start tiny store Of her own
and now has q handsome and commo
diOus store, IN which she employs
twelve assistants, In one Of the best
sections Of Minneapolis.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-04-12
CARE or THE FACE.
How 1t May BE Improved In Texture
and Complexion.


and Complexion.
If more faces were really clean q
great improvement both In texture and
color of complexious would be noticed.
Even the woman who does not patron
ize the beauty doctor can make use Of
up to date methods OF cleansing her
skin. After day spent in CRIME and
smoke the skin Is In a condition that Is
beyond the reach of water, and unless
one is careful as to soap and softeners
it may do more harm than good. A
good cleansing cream Is necessity,
and 1t should be applied after day
spent In the open air and after leaving
it on little time washed off with d
soft rag. After the cleansing cream a
good astringent lotion may be sprayed
in, as this completes the cleansing
process and freshens one more than
would be believed. The comfort Of a
clean face quite apart from its looks is
altogether delightful, and, as one pa
iron Of the beauty parior declares, 1T
makes me feel rested and refreshed and
in a good temper"
When the pores are filed with a
black accumulation Of long standing
steaming Is necessary, and this is also
something that one can do without pro
fessional help. Rub in the cleansing
cream, and after it has been on for a
little while lay towel over the face
that has been dipped In water as hot
as you can possibly bear, holding it
first over one part of the face and
then the other.
The face especially Is in need Of
treatment Of this kind after exposure
to strong winds, which dry and crack
the skin and put in many wrinkle.
Many a bad complexion is from neg
Letting the proper cleansing processes,
and the improvement both in color and
frmness that results from keeping up
the habit Of cleansing it properly al
most is past belief. Exchange.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-04-12
Commit Starts Work Early to
Provid Tor a Great CeIebra-
ton Of the 18th of July.
BUSINESS MEN AT THE HEAD
Plan Provides for an Old Fashioned
Celebration sucl, as the City Has
Not known in Many Years-Gov-
ernor May Be a Speaker.

Plans are being made for a monster
celebration of the 4th of July in Ke-
nosha, and while it may be as yet a
little early to arrange for details the
committee which has had charge of
the celebration in Kenosha forIseveral
years started to work this r1ornipq
and every business man in til. d = ! s,
to be asked to take part in III even
Justice George B. McCarrou, the
president of the old 4th of July ce1e-
bration committee, is leading the
movement for this year and this
morning he called upon the leading
business men on Main street and
asked them to give their aid to the
plans for the celebration. Ever man
visited gave encouragement t the
movement and a meeting of the COM
mittee will be held early next week
at which the plans will be outlined.
1t IS the plan of the promoters of the
association to make the celebration in
Kenosha this year patriotic carnival.
In the past three years Kenosha has
day and no efforts have been made to
furnish entertainment for the people.
This year it will be different. The
plans include an old fashioned cele-
Drat1oD with great parade in the
morning and speaking in Eiche1man
park in the afternoon. 1t has been
suggested that the Hon. James O..
Davidson, governor of the state, be
invited to deliver the address of the
day and it is thought that the Cover
nor will accept the invitation.
/! The committee also plans for a
parade which will show the great
industrial growth of the city. The
manufacturers of the city have been
approached on the matter and they
have promised to give their aid to
make the celebration success if it is
placed under business management.
Not a single city along the North
shore has as yet arranged for a ce1e-
bration of the day and it is thought
that Kenosha will be alone IN her
glory, and that the city will keep open
house for the entire North shore.
The old committee has a small sum
of money on hand from the last ce1e-
bration and this will be turned over to
the new committee to defray the pre-
liminary expenses. It is the plan of
the committee to make the celebration
one that will be a great advertisements
for the city.
The business men of the city seem
to be unanimous in the opinion that
Kenosha has failed to keep up with
other cities in the state in the matter
Of celebrations of independence day
and for this reason an effort will be
made to make the coming celebration
record breaker.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-04-12
w. R. JOHNSON. Agent.
First publication, April 5, 1906.
NOTICE TO CREDIrORS

II ENOSHA COUNTY COURT:-Ln Probate.
IA In the lnatter of the estate of John
Longman, deceased
Notice is hereby given that the claims and
demands of all persons against John
Longman, deceased, late of the town of
Salem, in said county of Kenosha,
will be examined and adjusted by the County
terms of said court to be holden at the
County court room, in the City of Kenosha,
in and for SAID county, on the first Tues
day Of June, 4. D. 1906, and on the
O'Clock A. M. of those days; also that the time
until and including the first Tuesday of
October, A. D. 1906, is the time allowed and
limited for creditors of said John Long q,
deceased, to present their claims for
animation and allowance
Dated at Kenosha, the I'd day of April.
A. D. 1906. By the Court
RUSSELL n. SLOSSON,
VS. County judge
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-04-12
HAIR AND COLOR.
Red Is Much Nearer Allied to Black
Than to Blond.

Red Is Much Nearer Allied to Black
Than to Blond.
The color Of the hair, says the Grand
Magazine, is usually transmitted from
parents to child. This is especially true
when both parents have the same com
uncommon where children have hair
black as ebony, while the hair Of both
parents is burning red. Instead of
disproving the theory that child takes
after it's parents, so far as the color of
the hair is concerned, this fact, it has
now been ascertained, is all in favor of
the doctrine Red hair, in fact, is by
its structure and composition much
nearer to black hair than to blond
Very often if the hair of a very dark
complexioned person be examined at
tentively a few quite red hairs will be
detected in the mass. On the other
hand, it would be time wasted to seek
for black hairs in the locks of a fair
person Similarly it is not infrequent
to notice children whose hair red at
birth, becomes as they grow older quite
dark. When, too, after some serious
illness, the production of the coloring
pigment of the hair falls off, black hair
becomes not blond, but red Fair hair,
which to casual eye appears to have
much more affinity to red hair than to
black, is, on the contrary, quite dis
tinct
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-04-12
The Girls, Den.

To girls who work or who are trying
to improve themselves in any way a
den is necessity. This Is place
where work may be left about without
fear Of its being spirited away by q
tidy maid, where every sort Of industry
may be carried on whole heartedly and
without fear Of interruption. The moth
er Of the family should consider the
den as the property Of her daughters
and only visit it at their urgent invf-
tation. 1t Is well for the different
members of family to keep some
place to themselves, for the mother s
boudoir to be sacred place to which
the husband and children feel 1t an
honor to be admitted. for the daugh-
ter's room to be sweet. homely place
where the whole family, IL the girl
wishes 1t, may assemble when the days
work Ia done
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-04-12
WE'D AT GREEN cay
Secret Marriage of Kenosha Couple
Made Public After Many Weeks


Secret Marriage of Kenosha Couple
Made Public After Many Weeks
Announcement has just been made
in Kenosha of the marriage of Miss
Gusta Johnson and Elmer Savage,
we'll known young people of this city,
which was celebrated at the home of
Mrs. George Lyle, sister of the bride.
in Green Bay, on the afternoon of
Feb. 21. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. J. Siegrist, pastor
of the German Lutheran church.
After the ceremony the happy
couple returned TO Kenosha but they
decided to hold their marriage as a
secret from their friends, and they
were most successful. The announce
ment of the marriage came as a great
surprise to the friends and relatives
of the bride and groom in Kenosha.
Mr.. and Mrs. Savage will make
their home at sos Park street and will
be at home to their friends after the
first of May.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-04-12
Beef and Drawn.

It is said Of Kean, the actor, that he
ate mutton before playing the part of
lover, beef before playing that of muir
derer and pork before assuming the
character OF a tyrant. That may be
merely a story or fact, but it is a
well known truth that beef will enable
more exhausting muscular work to be
done than will mutton, so there may be
something IN the roast beef of old
England" IN the eighteenth century
this was one Of the English "gods,"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-04-12
DIED FROM PARALYSIS
Isaac Rodgers, Father of Well known
Shoe Dealer, Died at Hospital

Isaac Rodgers, father of John w.
E. Rodgers, the we'll known Park St.
shoe dealer, and pioneer resident of
Racine; died at the Kenosha hospital
this morning at the age of ~ years.
Death resulted from paralysis. Mr..
Rodgers suffered a stroke of paralysis
on last Tuesday morning and never
regained consciousness. The deceased
was native of New York and was
born in 1929. He came west many
years ago and had spent much of his
life in Racine. He came to Kenosha
five years ago and had since made his
home with his son. He is survived
by two sons, J. w. E. Rodgers, of Ke-
nosha and, Rowell Rodgers, who is
now living in Texas. The remains
will be taken to Racine and the
funeral will be held in that city on
Monday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-04-12
valued Religious Relics.

The collection Of religious relics to
be seen in the church of the Corsican
village of Sisco is undoubtedly unique.
The inhabitants of this pretty little
place are exceedingly devout and very
simple, which probably accounts for
the possession of such a remarkable
collection. A writer in Independence
Beige gives the following list Of the
principal items: The horn used by Mo
ses to call together the children of Is
rael while in the desert, a tuft Of that
red hair which was the pride Of Esau
and the despair of Jacob, a piece of
the nail Of the little toe Of the left foot
the statement is very precise Of
Enoch, the patriarch; tie bib worn by
the infant Jesus, the curb and crupper
of the ass that took the holy family in
to Egypt and several relics Of various
saints.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-04-12
STATE NEWS IN BRIEF
Short Items of Interest From Various
Parts of the State


The Beloit college musical clubs
gave their home concert last night.
The sale of seats was large and the
audience was enthusiastic.
George Hogan, aged As years, fell
dead at Beloit on Friday. He was a
brother of the late City Marshal John
Hogan, of GAINESVILLE.
Fire on Friday destroyed the Mon
tel1o house at Monticello, with a loss OF
$4,000, fully covered by insurance. A
new, modern hotel will replace it at
once.
A petition signed by large number
of taxpayers is to be presented to the
board of education of Waupaca to
eliminate dancing from the public
schools.
Application will be made to Gov
ernor Davidson for the pardon of AL
fred Hunt, sentenced from Racine in
July, 1905, to Waupun for term of
two years on a charge of burglary.
John F. Clancy has sold his in
trests in the big coal yards Of ]. f.
Clancy & Co., located on the North
Racine river front to ]. w. Depsey, of
Manistee, Mich, son of millionaire
lumberman of that city.
The state board of control went to
Wales, Waukesha county, on Friday
to inspect the site chosen for the new
state tuberculosis hospital. It is gen.
orally expected that the site will be
approved by the board
Elaborate plans are being made by
the local chapter of the Daughters Of
the American Revolution for a rare
celebration Of the fourth Of July in
Fond du Lac. There will be a morst-
er parade in the morning, picnic din
ner at noon and games in the after
noon. A sham battle between Com
pany E. of that city, and Company D..
of Ripon, will take place at 5 o'clock
and in the evening there will be a
water carnival on Lake Winnebago
near Lakeside park.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-04-12
Two Layrnen rave Been Popes

Two Laymen E1ave Been Popes.
The canon law does not lrescribe
that the pope must be cardinal or
even a cleric. Nevertheless since the
election of Urban VI in 1878 the sue
cessful candidates have belonged to
the members OF the sacred college, al
though as late as 1853 a noncardinal
was voted for several times. At least
two laymen- John XIX. Q024) and Ad-
rian v. (1276)-have occupied the papal
throne, and there is today nothing to
prevent laymen from being created
cardinals, although they are not emit
tied to vote in the conclave unless they
can produce special permit from the
late pope.
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Critic have seen many a red COW
on green grass, but this is the first
time l ever saw a green COW on red
grass. Is it an impressionistic depar-
ture? Irish Painter-Not at all; it's a
patriotic impulse-I wanted to keep the
green above the red. Exchange.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-04-12

Justice Blanchard, Of the New York
Supreme court, a graduate of Ripon
college with the class of 1871, has
presented the college with fine por-
trait of former President Merriam,
done by a New York artist. The
picture reached Ripon Fiday.