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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21
DELAY IN KOMP CASE
Attorneys Fail TO Receive Any
Notice Of Decision Of the
Supreme Court s
K0MP is AT WORK IN PRISON

Attorneys interested in the release
OF Frank S. Komp, the Kenosha
banker who is now serving term in
the state prison at Waupun, are be-
ginning to smart little under the de-
lay OF the state supreme court, for
while the motion for the new trial of
Komp and his discharge from prison
was argued considerably over a
month ago no decision has been
handed down by the court. In few
days the court will adjourn for the
regular summer vacation and if the
decision is not handed down before
this adjournment Komp will be
forced to remain in Jail until the first
meeting Of the court in the fall.
District Attorney Baker is not
worrying in regard to the decision.
When asked in regard to the case he
stated hat he could not account for
the delay in the decision unless the
court was in dead lock, four of the
judges favoring Komp and four the
state.
Konp has now served considerably
over six months in prison and if the
decisson is delayed until fall, even if
he should be released, he would have
served half of the time of his SEN
tence. Komp was sentenced for two
years and half and the good time
that will be allotted to him will re-
duce the term to little less than two
years.
Komp has been a model prisoner.
He is employed in the Offices of the
prison as bookkeeper and is prov
ing to be valuable man for the state.
He is, however, urging his attorneys
to secure action as he is anxious to
get out and make another attempt to
secure his freedom in court
The attorneys in the state are TAX
ing considerable interest in the case
before the supreme court as it touches
an important point in regard to the
taking Of oaths. Komp's appeal is on
the fact that while he morally swore
to the affidavit on which the perjury
charged was based he never held up
his hand and thus acknowledged the
oath. The supreme court will set
again next week and it is possible
that the decision will be brought in
at that time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21
CONNOR rs COMING
State Chairman Of the Republican
State Committee to Make
a Personal Canvass

Several of the leading politicians C
the city this morning received letters
from State Chairman w. D. Conner of
Marshfeld, stating that he had ar
ranged to make a personal visit to
this county within few days and
that at that time he desired to meet
the politicians for a conference over
the state situation. In his letter Mr..
Connor urges the faithful to hold the
fort until he arrives. The visit of
Mr.. Connor will not be with flare of
trumpets and rattle of drum, as he is
coming for a quiet conference with
the leaders of the party, to make an
effort to swing them into line for the
Davidson-Connor slate.
1t is expected that he will personally
visit every town in the county. AS
Governor Davidson has announced
that it is beneath the dignity of the
head executive of the state to go out
campaigning for an Office in prelimi-
nary campaign, the hard work for the
ticket will have to be done by Mr..
Conner and such men as he can
muster in the different counties. Con
nor has visited number of places
during the past few weeks and he is
laying the wires for harmony CAM
paign.
In the meantime Mr.. Lenroot, the
Superior candidate for the nornina-
ton is keeping busy and while he has
made no arrangements for visit to
this county he has announced that he
will make speaking trip through
every county in the state.
The coming Of Mr.. Conner is re-
garded as important among the party
leaders as they are anxiously watch.
ing the effect of his visit. Some OF
the men who were hard fighters il
the last campaign are still supporting
Lenroot and it is thought that Con.
nor's persuasive eloquence may pos.
sible bring them into line for the
harmony program. s,g
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21
DEATH OF MRS. osTERMAN
Aged Resident of the West Side Elk
pired Late Tuesday Afternoon

Aged Resident of the West Side Ex-
pired Late Tuesday Afternoon
Mrs. Eva Ostermann, widow of the
late John Ostermann, and resident
Of Racine and Kenosha county for
many years died at the home of her
daughter Mrs. August Werner on
Middle street late Tuesday afternoon
after long illness from pneumonia.
Mrs. Ostermann was a daughter of
Peter Bauer. She was SO years of
age. She was native of Germany
and was born Feb. S, 1928. She came
to this country when young woman
and resided for many years at Burling-
ton. Several years ago she came to
to this city to make her home. She is
survived by two sons and daughter.
Funeral services will be held at St.
Georges church on Friday morning
after which the remains will be taken
to Burlington for burial in the family
plat there.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21
PLUMBERS ON A STRIKE

Three Men Employed at the Goodman
Shop go Out on Peculiar Proposition
There is an unusual strike on at the
Charles Goodman plumbing establish
ment which has prae tically tied up
the business of the shop. Two men
employed as plumbers and one as a
gas filter have quit work. There is
no grievance as to the amount of
wages paid, as Mr.. Goodman has con-
sented to pay the union scale, but the
trouble comes on account Of the fact
that the men object to handling pipe
cut on pipe machine. The Good
man shop has the only pipe machine
in the city and the pipe is cut by the
foreman of the stock room.
The men insist that they be paid
for the time needed to cut the pipe
and Mr.. Goodman has declined to
stop the pipe cutting machine.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21

TIE State Geological and Natural
History Survey has joined the good
roads movement, and a careful inves-
tigation of all the roads in the state
will be made under its supervision.
The results of this investigation and
study Will be given out to the people
from time to time, and it is hoped
that the work of the survey will aid
greatly in educating the people up to
the point where they will see the ne
cessity of improving the highways
and the need of trained road builders.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21

THE election Of Colonel Du Pont,
head OF the powder trust, to seat in
the Senate, has aroused the indepen-
dent powder manufacturers to action,
and charges Of enormous graft in the
government powder contracts are
openly made, the allegation being
that the government is paying the
trust rs cents pound for powder that
it could make itself for IS cents.
Inasmuch as the Secretary of War has
already notified Congress that the
government must accumulate a re-
serve supply aof 100000 pounds of
powder, on which the rake off for the
trust at present prices would be $12,-
000,000, it looks as if a searching in
vestigation was in order, to be fol-
lowed by an appropriation for govern
ment factories whose output shall be
large enough to supply all demands
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21
First publication, June q, 1906.
STREET ASSESS MENT NOTICE.

once OF Street Assessment COMMITTEES,
City of KenOSha, June %. 1905.
Is ssIlie Gomuion Council of the City OF Kenosha
having decided that it is expedient and neces-
sary. that Exchange. st. from EAGLE St. to Park
Row be improved by curling with concrete
curb, Park St. from So. Chicago St. to Ridge
ST., Crate ST. from Se11c1I Ave. to Prairie Ave.
Rowland Ave. from Salem Ave. to Prairie
Ave, to be improved by grading, paving with
vitrifed paving brick, curbing with stone curb.
and otherwise improved at the expense of the
real estate to be benefited thereby. and having
ordered that the Street Assessment Committee
view the premises and determine the dan1apes
and benefits which will accrue to each parcel
of real estate affected by Sucl change and i'm
provenle1t, the entire cost of the contemplated
work or Improvement upon said portions of
said streets. and the amount that should be as
sessed to each parcel of such real estate as bene
fits or damages accruing thereto by such cot
ten1p1ated work or Improvement.
Now, therefore, notice is hereby gwen that i'll
pursuance of said order plans and Specifications
for said work have been prepared and ap-
proved, and the entire cost of the Improvement
contemplated in said plans and specifications
determined, that we have viewed the entire ter
ritory and each parcel of real estate affected by
and benefits which will accrue to each parcel of
real estate by reason OF said Improvement, and
the amount that should be assessed to each par
eel of real estate as benefits or damages accru-
ing thereto by such contemplated work or inn
proven1ent.
Notice is further given to all persons inter-
ested that said report is OH file and open for re-
view i'll the Office of the Street Assessment Com
nittee, III the City Clerks Office III the said city,
and will be so continued for the space of twenty
days after the date of this notice, and that on
O'Clock in the afternoon, the said committee
will be in session at their said office to hear all
objections that may be made to said report
JAMES GORMAN,
r. III. MOTH,
]. II. O'BRIEN,
w10 Street Assessment COrlfnittee
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21
GETS CONSCIENCE MONEY
. A. Dewey Receives an Unusual
Package Through the Mail

=. A. Dewey Receives an Unusual
Package Through the Mail
Y. A. Dewey, the we'll known Main
street hardware merchant has taken a
new hold on his belief in the honesty
Of the people. This morning Mr..
Dewey received by mail mysterious
package. It contained no writing and
the postmark was so blurred that it
was impossible to tell from whence it
had come, sbut when the wrappings
had been torn away it was found that
the little box contained quite sum of
money.
It is supposed that the money
Vas sent by some one who had left
s1e city owing bill at the store many
years ago and the person took this
method of getting square with the
world. Mr.. Dewey is keeping the
money and asking no question.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21
John MaIIoy Picked Up Uncon-
scious Along Railway Tracks,
Dies at kenosha Hospital
MAY HAVE BEEN HIT BY TRAIN
Suffered From Conclusion of the Brain
and Coroner Robinson Decides to
Make an Investigation of
the Mans Death

John Mal1oy, supposed to be a Chi
cago man about 80 years of age, died
at the Kenosha hospital late Tuesday
afternoon under circumstances which
seem to warrant an investigation on
the part of the coroner of the county.
Malloy had been at the hospital since
Monday evening, and he seemed to
suffer from conclusion Of the brain.
The man was unknown in Kenosha,
and so far as can be found he had no
friends in the city. The coroner and
other officials are now making an CT
fort to find some of the friends of the
man in Chicago, but nothing was
found in his pockets but a card bear
ing his name and the name Of a Chi
cago drug store, and for1this reaso |
the officials. are working under a
heavy handicap.
Ma1loy was found lying along the
tracks of the railway company just
south Of Prairie avenue about :
O'Clock Monday evening and was
taken to the hospital in an ambulance.
He had been lying alongathef tracks
since early Monday morning, but the
men who had passed him supposed
that he was sleeping of drunk and
paid little OF no attention to him.
Late in the afternoon Of Monday 10
seph Loef went Out aud took look at
the man and found that he was not
drunk, brit sick, and the ambulance
was called. Ma1loy was found to be
unconscious, and it is thought that he
had been unconscious Or many hours.
He was taken to the hospital and DR..
J. r. Eastman called to attend him.
Every effort was made to revive the
man, but it was Of no avail, and he
d4ed in a state of stupor just after 8
O'Clock Tuesday. There was not a
cent of money in the pockets of the
man and nothing in the way Of jew
elry.
Dir. Eastman stated that the man
autcd as if he was suffering from con-
cussion of tile brain, but there were
no marks on his head to show that he
had been hit with anything. Coroner
Robinson took charge of the remains
this morning and an effort is Being
made to find out something in regard
to the whereabouts of the man before
he was found along the track. 1t is
thought possible that Hhe fell from a
railway train, but the fact that the
body shows no marks of bruises seems
to disprove this theory. The physi-
clans seem to think it possible that
he was struck on the head with club
and robbed and left along the tracks
to die.
Ma1loy wore the clothes of la
borer and from his appearance he had
evidently been tramping through the
country. The remains are now at the
Hansen morgue, being held pending
the location of the relatives Of the
m n
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21

THE officials of the Chicago, Keno
sha, Milwaukee and Lake Geneva
Street Railway company contend that
the dollar and half a running foot
they offer to pay in cash for the use Of
Ashland avenue and other streets
will pay for all the paving on the
streets outside of the right of way
paved by the company, but a little
Investigating should be done before
any such proposition is considered.
1t may be that the officials of the road
are right, but if they are the property
owners have been awfu11y stuck on
some of the old paving contracts.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21

ANOTHER indication of the "pros-
perty" of the city is the number of
applications for saloon licenses. The
percentage of saloons to population is
as high or higher in Kenosha than in
any other city in the state. On a
basis of 10000 population the applica-
tions for licenses figure up one saloon
for every 20 people, and it takes big
wages and steady employment to sup
port saloons at that ratio.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21
MRS. EASTMAN DEAD
Mother Of DR.. Eastman Passes Away at
the Home of Her Son IN This City

INC home OF her Son ia lnIS City
Mrs. Mary Russell Eastman, mother
of DR.. J. r. Eastman died this morn
ing at the home Of Ter son on Chi
cage street. Mrs. Eastman, who had
been sick for some time, can1e to Ke-
nosha seven weeks ago IN hopes that
the change would benefit her health.
Death resulted from complication of
diseases. Mary Russell Eastman was
born at Clyde, Ohio, April Z, 1843 and
had resided at Tif6n, Ohio, since her
marriage in 1864, where she had many
warm friends, who will be greatly
shocked to hear of her death. Besides
her husband, Mrs. Eastman is sur
vived by two children DR.. J. r. East.
man Of this city and Mrs. ]. C. See
mann Of Vermilion, Ohio.
The remains will be taken back to
her old home for interment.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21

MosT people had forgotten that the
city ever had such thing as a fire
cistern until the one on Market
Square was repaired. It costs very
little to keep these cisterns in repair,
and it was mistake ever to fill any
of them up. They may save the city
from disasterous fire some day when
the intake is blocked with ice or there
is break down at the pumping sta
tion.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21
First pf b1ication Jrre d, 1906.
NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS

Office of Street Assessment Committee.
City of Kenos1a June %, 1905.
Notice is hereby given to the property owners
Interested that the City of Kenosha and its
Street Assessment Committee is about TO enter
into contract for the construction of sewers on
West street from Elizabeth street to Pomeroy
street.
To be paid for in part by an assessment
against lots, parts of lots and parcels of land
fronting and abntting on the said sewers. That
said assessments will be made at the Office of the
Street Assessment Committee in the City Hall
of the City of Kenosha County of Kenosha,
State of Wisconsin, on Friday the 18th DAY of
July 1906 at 300 O'Clock i'll the afternoon of said
day.
Notice is hereby irrther given that all per-
sons interested may appear at the said time and
place and be heard upon the matter of the as
sessment and the apportonment of the expense
to be assessed against all lots, parts of lots and
parcels of land fronting and AUDITING on the
said sewer.
JANIS GORMAN.
r. III. MOTH.
J. FL. O'BRIEN.
W10 Street Assessment Committee.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21

THE second concert of the Zion
band showed even more plainly than
the first one that Market Square is a
poor place for the concerts. The
auditors are disturbed and the finer
effects Of the music married by the
noise of the cars and one accident and
several narrow escapes last night
show that it is dangerous to gather a
a big crowd in the Square.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21

STATE OF WISCONSIN,,
COUNTY OF KENOSHA, Sss
City of KenoSha.
Notice is hereby given that the Board of Re
view for the City Of Keuosha will meet at the
Office of the undersigned, clerk of said city, at
the City Hall, on the 18th day of June, A. D.,
1906, at O'Clock in the forenoon, for the pur-
pose of reviewing and examining the Assess
ment Roll of Real and Personal Property in
said city, and ali sworn statements and valua-
tiors of real and personal property therein; ard
of bank stock, and of correcting all errors in
said roll, whether in description of property or
otherwise.
Dated at Kenosha, this 10Th day of June A. D.
1905.
GEO. w. HARRINGTON,
City Clerk.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21
HAVE YOU OLD COPIES?

The Gilbert M. Simmons Library is
about to have its daily copy of the
KENosHA EVENING News bound. The
files are short the following numbers;
1908, July 20; 1901, Jan. Is; 1900, Sept.
10, 10, p; Oct. s, %, "a, ~; Nov. |;
Dec. 8.
If you have any of the above dates
you will confer a greatIfavor by de-
livering them to Mrs. Barnes at the
library. ow
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21
WILL ENLARGE STORE
William Fisher Buys Ha1berstadt Store
Adjoining His Main Street Building

A deal was concluded on Tuesday
by which William Fisher purchased
the Ha1berstadt building on Main
street now occupied by the Pofahl
bakery, and as soon as possible the
building will be improved and made a
part of the Fisher store. The con-
sideration was private.
Mr.. Fisher stated this morning that
it was his intention to enlarge his
store as soon as possible, but that he
did not know just when he could get
possession of the new building. The
purchase will give the Fisher store
forty feet on Main street, making it
by far the largest store building on
the street. The plans Of Mr.. Fisher
provide to add an absolutely np-to-
date store for the people of the city.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21
DANCE AT soMERs

The Bachelors club will give a
dance at M. w. A. hall, Somers, Wis,
on Friday evening. Buses will leave
Main street at $3.50 O'Clock sharp.
Those wishing to attend the dance
will please leave word at Grosvenor's
Cashman's or Mungen's livery on or
before Friday noon. j22
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21

EVERY one Of the city funds is GO
ing to need larger appropriation
next year, and if our expenses keep
on increasing the assessors will have
to work hard to get the assessment
up high enough SO that an increase in
the rate will not be necessary.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21
Fourth of July Excursion Rates,

Via the North Western Line. Excur-
sion tickets will be sold at reduced
rates July 8 and 4, good returning un-
til July 9th, inclusive, to all points
where one-way rate is $3.50 or less, on
the North Western Line, including c.
St. P. M. & Q. Ry., to points on Union
Pacific r. r. east of and including
Cheyenne, Wyo., and La Sale, Colo,
points on Colorado g. Southern, Orin
Jet. to Cheyenne, inclusive, also to
points on D. S. S. & A. Ry. and Min
era1 Range r. r. Apply to agents
Chicago & North Western R'y. DIV
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21
CENTRAL PARK SUNDAY

The Topaz baseball team will cross
bats with the Kentucky Giants on
Sunday, June "a. The "Giants" are
a good team and there will be some
thing doing. You are invited to be
there. Admission Csc. Ladies free.
Lots of cars. j23
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21

THAT campaign against the boys
and young men who are killing the
song birds should have been started
long ago. The birds are one of the
attractions of the city that money
cannot buy, but if they are not pro-
tected there will soon be none left.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21

ESTIMATING the population at 10000,
if Kenosha is to support "a saloons
every nah, woman and child in the
city will have to put up nearly two
dollars to pay the license money not
to mention any profits for the BUSH
ness
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21

TIE packers do not care who pays
the expenses of more rigid inspec-
ton of their products. They are pre-
pared to take it out Of the farmers or
the consumers, just which happens
to be most convenient.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21

STATE CHAIRMAN CoNNoR will find
some of his old crowd rather nom
committa1 when he visits this county.
They much prefer to wait until they
can see which way the cat is going to
lump.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21

EITHER the national stomach is alb
normally strong or else these adu1ter-
ated foods are not half so poisonous as
the scientists say they are. The
stories of the harmful effects Of
adulterants in foodstufs must have
been greatly exaggerated or we would
all have been dead long ago.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21

TIE board Of police and fire COM
nissioners now has no lack of appli-
cations for places on the force, and
good many men are apparently com
ing to the conclusion that the police
mans job is not such bad one after
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21

HURRY up the college commence
ments. The Kansas farmers are
sending up loud wall for help to
save the wheat crop.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21

A TECHNICAL, defense as to what
constitutes bribery may clear Mr..
Houser before the court, but it will
hardly satisfy the people Of Wiscon-
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21
THURSDAY. JUNE q.

EVERYTHING in Kenosha comes in
threes, SO we are due for couple
more automobile accidents in the
next few days.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21

THE aspiring aud prespiring poll
ticians promises to be the most prom
inent feature of the old settlers pic
mic this year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21

The raise in insurance rates has
not yet struck Kenosha but it is liable
to come any time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21

IN Mr.. Houser's case his air Of in
nocence does not sgosvery we'll with a
technical defense.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21

Chas. H. Jones and w. w. Craneall
spent Sunday at Silver Lake.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-06-21
First publication June 81, 1906.
BOARD OF REVIEW

Street Assessment Committee