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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-06-06
GETS BIG DAMAGES
Judge Be1den Enters Judgment Against
italian Fruit Dealer

In the Circuit Court at Racine
Wednesday Judge Belden rendered
Judgment of So, 900 in favor of Alvina
Ruppecht, the Kenosha woman who
sued Joe Pacini, the Italian fruit
dealer, for that amount Of damages
accrniug to her during the several
years residence with the man under
the belief that she was his common
law wife.
The story of the case is an interest
ing one. The woman came to this
country when Is years of age and
meeting Pacini was persuaded by him
to live with him at his home. He
promised to marry her, but failed to
do so, and year ago, after three
children had been born to the woman,
she discovered that Pacini had wife
and family in Italy.
Suit was brought and the case
ended in the woman's favor, and
Wednesday morning judgment was
rendered for her. Pacini, who is
claimed to be worth, $4,000, is still
under arrest on criminal charge.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-06-06
MUST MOVE FAST
A Slight Decrease in Lake Traffic
Owing to Cold Weather and
Late Opening Of Navigation
MUST MOVE THE IRON ORE

In order to move the 100000 tons
of ore scheduled for this season on the
Great Lakes, the shipments during
the remainder of the season will have
to approximate 6,O00,0 600 tons for each
month. Compared with last year
there has been slight decrease in
this traffic thus far owing to the cold
weather and late opening of navi
CATION. With the exception of coal,
the movement of freight in general is
not as heavy as it was last year at
this time.
There is no adequate measure of the
port to port commerce of the Great
Lakes, but men in position to know
believe that the freight handled last
year will be increased by several mil
lion tons this season. 1t is assumed
that more than half of the commerce
of the lakes passes Though Sault Ste.
Marie, where reliable records are kept
for the government. The canal at
that point passed 81, Isl, C8O net tons
of freight last year, an increase of II
per cent over the year next previous.
For this season seventy-one vessels
are scheduled for launching, of which
fortys6ve are bulk freighters. Great
interest attaches to these in marine
circles because of the influence the
increase tonnage is expected to WELD
in freight rates.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-06-06
GET BEAU BRUMMEIl
James Rankin, Hero of the Plains
and Sawdust Circle, SPENDS
Night at County Jail
PROTECTION FROM WOMEN

James Rankin, hero of the plains
and former devotee of the sawdust
ring of the circus, who has been
causing sensations galore in Kenosha
during the past few weeks, landed at
the county Jail last night and spent
the night with Sheriff Pfennig. There
was no charge booked against Rankin
and he was offered his liberty this
morning but he insisted that he hid
taken liking to a horse that t,.e
sheriff owned and that he would pre-
fer to remain at the jail and take care
of the horse for the next sixty days.
At the jail this morning Rankin
blushingly admitted that he had sone
trouble in keeping the girls away
from him, for as he put it, when he
togs up and puts on his perfume it is
Ia hard matter for any woman to with
stand his charms. He admitted that
he paid $40 bottle for his perfume
and that when he starts out to have a
good time he always has $500 IN his
clothing. The sheriff and his men
NAA hO1 AAO Liz P7OOs Out THIS Is d
mere incident of the daily routine of
the county Jail.
Rankin admits that in trampiug
about Kenosha and giving exhibitions
he is little off the beaten path laid
out for him, IS he is a most COM
petent circus performer and up to the
time he quit the circus he was pulling
down his two hundred week with a
complimentary mentiou from the
owner of the show after each per-
Torrance. Yesterday noon Rankin
gave little exhibition of fancy shoot
ing on Wisconsin street and for a
time it was thought that the real
thing had come off the plains and that
Kenosha was to be ''shot up at lasts
but Rankin Gained down after he
had emptied the revolver and went
into livery stable and started in to
rub horses again. Money is no OF.
ject to Rankin and he is willing to
stay anywhere so long as he can have
horse to take care of and proper ad-
vances from the fair sex. His stay at
the jail was officially declared at an
end this morning, but he has the Linz
ger longer spirit and he may remain
with the sheriff for several weeks.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-06-06
MYSTERIOUS ATTACK
Residence Of Mrs. Lillian Davis
on Bond Street is Stoned
BY Unknown Parties
WOMAN HAS NARROW ESCAPE

The police had a real mystery put
up to them this morning when they
were asked to investigate an attack
on the home Of Lillian Davis on Bond
street just after midnight this morn
ing. After the attack was over the
house looked as if it had been struck
by tornado as the windows in the
front part of the house were smashed
into thousand pieces and the furni-
ture in the rooms was badly broken.
Three large stones, any one of them
large enough to kill a woman, were
found in the room after the attack
was over and these were turned over
to the police as clue to the guilty
parties.
Mrs. Davis resides at 482 Bond St.
with her children and she had re.
|ceived no warning of any attack on
her home. Just after midnight Mrs.
Davis was awakened by the sound of
breaking glass and as she attempted
to rise from the bed a great stone
came crashing through the window
and struck the bed in which she had
been sleeping. A minute later an
other stone followed and it was evil
dent that it had been carefully aimed.
The coverings of the bed saved the
woman from serious injury. When
she saw the second stone coming she
protected herself with heavy cotton
comforter and the stone dropped on
the bed. Another stone struck Mrs.
Davis but she was only slightly in
jured.
Early this morning Mrs. Davis re-
ported the case to the police officers
and to District Attorney Baker. She
stated that she could give no clue to
the perpetrators of the outrage, as
she did not know of any enemies who
would seek to take her life or to kill
her children. The police are at sea in
the matter and the only clues that they
can find are the broken windows and
the stones gathered up on the floor of
the house. It is evident that the peo-
pie who threw the stones paid little
attention to the damage that might
have been done and that they were
aimed directly at the bed in which
Mrs. Davis and her children were
sleeping.
Mrs. Davis has been considera bly, in
the lmelight of publicity. She was
the principal witness for the state in
the sensational Regh conspiracy
czsas. and since that time she had not
been heard of in court or at the police
Office until the report was made Of the
stoning of the house. So far as she
knows she has no enemies in the
neighborhood and she declares that
she is entirely unable to account for
the mysterious attack on her home.
The police are ;nvestig ating further
and If the parties can be locy d ar
rests will follow.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-06-06
Eternal Fitness Of Thinas.

The mistress of the house is a cult
waited Bostonian of much musical
taste, and the whistling of the foot
man, who believed himself alone in the
house, fretted her artistic soul.
"Joseph," she called at last from the
head of the back stairs, please don't
whistle those vulgar ragtime things!''
'Yes, men," returned Joseph meek
". 81 knew, men," he continued, with
unexpected spirit, ''but you can't ex-
pect a rhapsody Of List with cleaning
the knives. That will come later when
Tn polishing the silver" Youths
Companion.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-06-06
MAsoNs MEET SOON
sixty-Third Annual Communication Of
Grand Lodge of wisconsin

slxty-Third Annual Communication Of
Grand Lodge of Wisconsin
The sixty-third annual cornmunica-
ton Of the grand lodge Of Masors of
the state Of Wisconsin will be held IN
the Masonic building, Milwaukee,
June IL, IL and 10. The first two days
viii be devoted to the school of in
strnction in addition to the grand
lodge session. During the commune
cation a class of candidates for Mil
waukee lodge, No. 261, will be
initiated by the officers of that lodge
in charge Of Grand Lecturer Jacob
Dreher.
The apprentice degree will be con-
ferred the morning Of first day, the
fellowcraft degree on the evening of
the same day aud the master Mason
degree Wednesday night, June II.
Ihe afternoon session on Tuesday
will be devoted to the Legislative bust
ness Of the grand lodge, and if neces-
sary the meetings will continue
Thursday morning to admit of in
stallation of new officers.
The present elective officers of the
grand lodge: Grand master, Edwin
]. Farr, Eau Claire; deputy grand
master, Spencer M. Marsh, Neills-
vile; senior grand warden, James E.
Durgin, Racine; junior grand warden,
Alvin T. Webb, Madison; grand treas
urer, John Corscot, Madison; grand
secretary, w. w. Perry, Milwaukee.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-06-06
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-06-06
Gentlemen In Court.

At an assize court Justice Maule was
engaged in passing sentence on a pris-
oner when one of the officers Of the
court annoyed him by crossing the
gangway beneath him with papers for
members Of the bar. Don't you
know" cried the judge, severely adj
dressing the official culprit, 'that you
ought never to pass between two gen
tlemen when one of them is addressing
the other?" Having thus relieved his
mina, the judge proceeded to pass SEN
tence Of seven years penal servitude
on the other gentleman. London
World.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-06-06
Louis DilIas, EmpIoye Of Chicago
Brass Co., Met Unusual
Death Friday Evening
DEATH CAME WITH LAUGHTER
Piece of Meat Lodged in Windpipe of
the Man and He Died Before a
Doctor Could Be Summoned
To Attend Him

Louis Dillas, Lithuanian about
thirty-1ive years of age, met with an
unusual death at his boarding house
at 521 Elizabeth street just after six
O'Clock Friday evening, when he
choked to death while eating his sup
per. The man had attempted to
swallow a large piece of meat which
lodged in his windpipe and he died
before medical aid could be sum
moned. The remains were removed
to the Hansen morgue and an inquest
was held over them by Coroner Andre
this morning.
Dlllas had been in the best of health
and spirits during the day and had
remained at work at the plant of the
Chicago Brass Works until after six
O'Clock, when he went to his board
ing house just across the street from
the plant to eat his supper. He was
late to supper and the other men at
the house had finished eating when
he came IN. He was the only one at
the table when the accident, which
resulted in his death, occurred. The
other men, however, sat about the
room and were laughing and talking
with Dillas, who was a general favor
lite among them.
Dillas had nearly completed his
supper when one of the men made a
remark which caused him to laugh
heartily and even while he was
laughing he fell from his chair to the
floor. The men thought that he had
been overcome by laughing but when
he failed to get up off the floor they
rushed over to see what was the mat
ter. They discovered that the man
| was black in the face. There was no
struggle on the part of Dillas and the
men believing that he had suffered a
stroke of paralysis hurried to the
telephone and summoned DIR. H. A.
Robinson. When the doctor reached
the boarding house Dil1as had been
dead for some time. DR.. Robinson at
once made an examina ton of the
throat of the man and found piece
of meat nearly an inch square stick
ing in his windpipe. The meat had
p1etely clogged the windpipe and
the man died almost instantly after
swallowing the meat. The coroner
was at once notified and he sum.
moned jury to view the remains
after which the body was removed to
the morgue.
The death of Dillas under such
tragic circumstances caused a pro-
found sensation among the men liv-
ing at the boarding house aud
Especially among the men who had
worked with Dil1as. The dead man
had been IN the employ of the com.
pany for many years and had worked
at the plant at Ansonia before coming
to Kenosha. He was an expert
annealer and was one of the best
posted men employed in the brass
mills. Dillas has wife and two chill
dren living at Ansonia and during the
last few weeks he had been making
arrangements to have the wife and
children come to Kenosha. The rel.
atlves of the man we're notified of his
sudden death Friday evening.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-06-06
AN INHUMAN FATHER
John Summer Arrested for Un-
mercifulIy Beating His Son Who
Is But Nine Years of Age
SHOWS WOUNDS IN COURT

John Summer, a Bohemian resid-
ing on the north side of the city, was
arrested by the police of the city
Thursday evening on charge of IN
mercifu1ly whipping his son, Carl
Summer, boy years of age, aud
the case was one Of the most unusual
ever heard Of in Kenosha.
Thursday afternoon the boy was
taken to the police Office and when he
undressed to show his condition to
the police officers the men in the Office
were surprised to see that such an
example of cruelty could be found ia
civilized country. The legs, arms
and hips of the little boy were laid
open in great gashes where the father
had applied horsewhip to him and it
will be weeks before the boy RECEIVERS
from the effects of the whipping
There we're more than dozen wounds
on the body of the little fellow and
blood was still flowing from some of
them notwithstanding the fact that
the boy stated that it had been nearly
week since the father had laid him
over a chair and administered the
whipping.
When Summer was arraigned in
Court he declared that the boy was
incorrigible and that for this reason
he had whipped him. He said that
he had seven other children and the
justice, fearing that the support of
the other children would be thrown
upon the city or county, released the
father with fine of SIS and the costs
of the action. The boy, however, was
taken from the father and placed Ia
the county jail for safe keeping.
This afternoon the case was laid
before Judge Slosson in the County
Court and an effort will be made to
have the little fellow sent to one of
the state institutions for care and
treatment. 1t is certain that the
child could not stand another thrash
ing such as was administered by the
father. The condition of the boy
aroused indignation among bystand-
ers az the police Office Thursday af-
ternoon and it is pretty certain that if
these men could have got hold of
Summer the injuries done to the
child would have been fully avenged.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-06-06
RAILWAY FIGHT ON
Chicago, Kenosha, Milwaukee 8
Lake Geneva Electric Road
Begins Legal Action
co STRAIGHT THROUGH CITY

The big fight of the Chicago, Ke-
nosha, Milwaukee and Lake Geneva
Railway company to get a right Of
way through the city of Kenosha was
begun in earnest Friday, when
the attorneys for the company filed
an action in the Circuit Court to con.
denim the right of way for the road
through the city. There are fifty
four pieces of property named in the
petition to condemn and the company
asks for strip of land varying in
width from thirty to fifty feet. The
attorney for the company stated after
filing the petition for condemnation
that the company would seek to in
terfere with the property owners as
little as possible and that for this rea-
son no land would be condemned that
is not absolutely needed for the right
of way. The petition states that the
land is needed as the right of way for
the main line of the company and
that it is the intention of the COM
pany to begin the construction of the
line as soon as possible.
1t is stated that the company now
owns the right Of way for the road
between Waukegan and Kenosha and
that it is the intention to extend the
line through Kenosha city and county
to Milwaukee. The first piece ofland
named in the petition is that owned
by Henry S. VanIngen and situated
just south of the limits of the city.
The road then follows the line of the
Chicago F& Northwestern Railway
company and the land demanded in
the petition is all located just a few
feet east ofSthe right of way of the
Northwestern.s The last piece Of
property mentioned in the petition is
the land owned by the Pennoyer
Sanitarium Company and situated
just northgof the north limits. All
lands between these two points, save
the lands that have been purchased
outright by the company, are men
toned.
No order has as yet been issued by
the Court as ito the time for the ap-
pointment of commissioners to set
the value on the lands to be taken by
the company, but it is expected that
such commission will be appointed
within the next ten days. 1t is said
that the railway company is anxious
TO have the damages and benefits as
seessed as soon as possible that the
work of building the line may be
started. While the officials of the
company have declared that this line
is in no way part of the Beggs sys-
tenn, the fact that no land is sought
beyond the Pennoyer Sanitarium
seems to indicate that the line is to
stop at that point. The company is
not seeking to use any of the streets
of the city of Kenosha save in points
where the line crosses the streets.
The remainder of the right of way is
over private property.
The petition is one of tke largest
ever filed for condemnation purposes
and it is estimated that the land
sought by the company will be valued
by the commissioners to be appointed
by the Court at from 100000 to $780,
600. The company has twice asked
the city for franchise rights and the
attorneys claim that right of way
can be condemned almost as cheaply
as for the company to get a franchise
from the city under the conditions
that would exist.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-06-06

Fred Rapp and George johnson
spent Memorial Day in Delavan, Wis.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-06-06

Edward English and Mat Seigers
spent Thursday in Chicago.
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GA DIR EAo
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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-06-06
DEATH OF MRS. PIEHL
Well Known German Woman of the
City Died after Long Illness

- ~~OAAe
Mrs. Wilhelmina Piehl, wife of
Charles Piehl and one of the best
known of the German women of the
city, died at her home on Ma pie street
on Wednesday evening. Mrs. Piehl
suffered stroke Of paralysis five
years ago and never recovered from it.
She had second stroke on Wednes-
day and this brought her death. The
deceased was born in Germany, March
8, 1843, and came to this city when a
young woman. She is survived by
her husband and a large family of
children. The funeral was held
from the German Methodist Church
at half past two O'Clock Sunday after
noon and interment was at the city
cemetery.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-08

"HGre lce are at the Red Pig"
go and miss would fOllcr, an miss an
missus together would take their joy
of the Towers an shops and Nine.
Tusord's and SIGH like, Mr. Hay allays
lookin' after EN-
Did they ever visit Mr.. Hay In
July?'
"No, they didn't" snapped Matilda,
with a change of tone which did not
escape Hurd, land 1 don't know, sir,
why you arsk them questions"
MY good woman, ask no questions
If l do, you need not reply. Let US
change the subject. Ny sister tells me
you make good curries in this hotel"
''Hokar do, me bein' but a plain
cook"
ooh! He's an indiana"
'Yes, he is, sir. A pore Indian cast
away as missus took up with when he
come here drenched with rain and
weary. All, missus was allays good
and kind and Christianliker'
Privately Hurd thought this descrip
ton did not apply very well to the lady
in question. but he was careful not tC
arouse Matilda's suspicious again by
contradicting her. He pretended tC
joke. Il wonder you don't marry this
Indian and keep him here always tc
make the curries have heard of"
me marry a black" cried Matilda
tossing her rough head. ''Well, sir,
! never" her breath failed her, IAN hin
goin' about the country"
What do you mean by THAR
"What 1 say" said Miss Junk. Hell
stop here, Christianlke. for days ant
| then go OFF to sell things as 'awker
Ny par was 'awker, sir, but a white
white man Of the finest"
Hurd was about to ask another CUES
| ton, when a husky voice was heart
singing somewhat out of tune. whats
thatT asked Hurd irritably
Tor. sir, wot nervses you ave
'Tis only Cap'n Jessop maxim hisseli
'appy-like."
Captain Jessop~ Hurd laughed. He
had run down his man at last.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-08
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.

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