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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26
WAS TEACHER AMONG INDIANS
Kenosha Girl Who Became Popular in
Government Service to Wed Property
Clerk at Lame Deer Agency at His
toric Mission in the Early Fall.

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Announcement has been made at
Lamedeer, Montana, of the engagement
of Miss Blanche Elaine Adamson of
Kenosha and Fred E. Bartram of Port
Gamble, Washington. Inc announce
ment of the date Of the wedding has
not as yet been made, but 1t is to take
place in the early fall.
The announcement will come as a
great surprise to the friends Of Miss
Adamson in Kenosha and it comes as
the elimination of "a romance attend
ing work in the Crow Indian agency.
Miss Adamson was born and raised in
Kenosha and was for several years one
of the best known teachers in the city
schools. Many years. ago, she resign
ed her position as a. !. teacher in the
Kindergarten department. at the Weis-
kopf school to go to the Tongue River,
Indian agency as teacher. Miss
Adamson made, a great hit as teach
err in the Indian schools there and in
a short time she was the, most popular
parsonage in the agency and she was
requested to give up her work as a
teacher in order to go into the govern
ment service and she was appointed
| by President Roosevelt as one of the
assistant clerks in the Lamedeer agency
office.
The wedding is to take place at the
historic old St. Labres Mission at Ash
land, Montana and ita1s expected to be
one of the greatest social events ever
known in that section Of the country
Miss Adamson while teacher formed
many strong friendships with the In
dams of the agency and she has been
the honored guest Of the tribes at
many Of their tribal ceremonies and
the wedding will undoubtedly bring to
the little mission many of the leaders
among the Indians. During her work
as teacher the Indians showered the
Kenosha girl with gifts and she re-
eeived from them collection Of Indian
relics which is said to be one Of the
most famous in that part of the
country.
Mr. Bartram, the groom has been in
the Indian service Of the government
for some time and was recently trans
ferred from Port Gamble to Lamedeer
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26
TO SEEK BECKER
Capt. Murphy of Joliet Will Aid in
Hunting Horse Thief

Martin Becker, the attempted MUIR
derer of Police Chief Owen O'Hare
and the horse thief who stole the rig
of G. Adelmann of Lockport on July
2, 1909, which was recovered two days
later is also one Of the two bandits who
bound, gagged and robbed A. A. Hay
wood, farmer living in Lockport
township nine months ago according to
Captain Martin Murphy Of the detec-
tive bureau. Becker Is pal in the last
crime is also known to the detectives
and with the police all over the country
hot on .Becker's trail, solution Of the
series is near.
The Kenosha official has but recently
recovered from the bullet wound sus-
tanned in the revolver duel with
Becker on the night Of July 4, in which
the criminal was compelled to abandon
the stolen property of the Lockport
llveryman. He wrote letter to Cap
tain Murphy last week, detailing his
intent to make personal pursuit and
asked for the latters's assistance. Cap
tain Murphy replied Monday and Of
fered every all at his disposal in the
capture of the fugitive. The net is
closing about Becker, thinks the Joliet
sleuth and he believes that O'Hare s
mission will be crowned with success.
Joliet Herald.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26
Jury Investigating Death of
Peter Amsterdam Finds He
Took His Own Life
SON IS ONLY WITNESS HEARD


The coroner s jury called to>investi-
gate the death Of Peter Amsterdam,
whose Eody was found floating in the
lake north Of Kenosha on last Satur-
day evening, returned a verdict OF
suicide en- Monday evening. The only
witness before the inquest was one of
the sons Of the dead man and he told
the story of his fathers leaving home
and his notifying the members Of the
family that he intended to commit sui
eide. Everything in connection with
the ease corroborated' the belief of the
relatives of Amsterdam that the father
had carried out his threat aud in keep
ing with the evidence the jury return
ed verdict that the deceased had
come to his death on or about the 18th
day Of May Of this year by drowning
himself in Lake Michigan somewhere
near Chicago.
The son told the story of the disap-
pearance Of his father stating that he
had called up neighbor and asked
that his wife be called to the phone,
but that the wife was too i'll to go to
the phone md Amsterdam had commits
stoned the neighbor to tell tie members
of the family that he was going to
commit suicide. The members of the
family at once asked the police of Chi
eago to search for Amsterdam and a
search was instituted at once, but no
trace Of him was found until his body
was picked up off Berryville last Sat
urday.I The son did not look at the
bloated remains, but he stated that
the papers found on the person Of the
dead man left no doubt as to his identi-
ty and that the members Of the family
were satisfied that the remains were
those Of Amsterdam.
The remains were shipped to Chicago
this morning and they will be inferred
in one Of the Jewish cemeteries
there.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26
Little Son Of Leslie Leonard
of Bristol Meets Terrible
Injury on Saturday
FELL FROM 4 MILK WAGON

The little son of Mr.. and Mrs Leslie
Leonard, well known residents Of the
town Oh Bristol, met with an awful
injury at the village of Bristol on
Saturday and while the child is still
alive its injuries are of very seri-
Gus nature. The child who is Just a
little over four years fell from wagon
on which he was riding with his
father and one of the wheels of the
wagon passed over his head fracturing
the skull and making great scalp
wound. The little boy and his father
had left the Leonard home to deliver
some milk at a shipping station in the
village and as the boy had made the
trip with his father many times in the.
past the father did not feel anxious
about him. He was playing on the.
top of the wagon and the father did
not see him fall from the wagon. He
however heard little scream and a
stlfled groan and ieaplng from the
wagon found the nttle fellow lying I'M
conscious on the roadway with a great
wound in his head where the wheels
had passed over him.
As soon as possible the child was
removed to his home and DR.. F. E..
stevens called to attend him. An ex-
animation Showed that there was a
fracture of the skull. The accident
would undoubtedly prove fatal to an
older person, but the child has now re-
gained consciousness and the physi-
clans in attendance are hopeful that
his life WIZ be saved. Both Leonard
and his wife were Frustrated by the
accident.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26
GET LETTER FROM SEA
Letter to John @. Lyman of
Kenosha Recovered From
Wreck of the Finance"
SEVEN MONTHS UNDER WATER

John 9. Lyman, a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank H. Lyman of this city, who
rs now IN business at Cape Girardeau,
Mo-, will within few days receive a
letter Which has had memorable trip.
After laying on the bottom of the At
lantic Ocean for early seven months
and making the round trip to Las
Raj, Bolivia, it will be delivered to
Mr.. Lyman
The letter WIS from the First Ma
tional Bank in this city and it left
Kenosha Nov. 16, 1905 1t was ad-
dressed to Mr.. Lyman at Las Raj, Bo-
livia, S. A., and nothing further was
heard from the letter until yesterday
when it was received in Kenosha after
making the trip to South America.
Accompanying it was statement from
the postmaster general that the letter
had been in a package of mail dis
patched from New York on the steam
er Finance in November of last
year and that only short distance
from New York the steamer had sunk
in the Atlantic after collision with
the steamer Georgia. !" Only a few
weeks ago the divers employed by the
government recovered the mail from
the wrecked steamer 'fFinance. 1t
was sent to New York and from there
the letter, addressed to Lyman was for
warded to his address in South Ameri-
ca. Notwithstanding the fact that the
letter had been in the ocean for seven
months the address was still legible.
When the letter reached Bolivia LYMAN
had already returned to Kenosha and
lit was forwarded from that point to
Kenosha, reaching here Monday. The
letter was then ordered forwarded to
the new home of Mr. Lyman in Miss
ouri. There had been no complaint
made with the postal authorities on
account of the letter not being deliv-
cred and the manner in which the case
was followed up was simply in keeping
with the regular detail of the postoff1ce
department.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26
Drinkers of Intoxicating Liq-
uors in United States Are
Shy Seyen Billion Drinks
STATISTICS ARE COMPILED

Drinkers in the United States, from
the chronic "souse' to those who oc-
casionally and lightly daily with the
foaming stein or the sparkling wine
glass, have "gone shy" seven and a
half billion drinks in the last two years
according to statistics issued Monday
from prohibition national headquart-
ers in Chicago. In the same period
l ,40S,09S men who were wont to take
an average of four portions of grog
each day have become total abstainerS.
If the seven and half billion drinks
that were missed had gone across the
bar for consumption they would have
cost $464, AS, 997.15 at the regular
retail prices, while if they had been
poured into tank of sumcient capa-
city they would have foated fleet
of battle ships.
The statistics were compiled by
National Chairman Charles R. Jones
from an advance report Of the United
States internal revenue bureau for
the fiscal year 1909, and they were put
forth as a counter to the assertions of
the Texas Brewers Association that
prohibition never prohibits and that
more liquor is sold in "dry" than in
"wet" territory.
Chicago representatives of the liquor
interests asserted that the prohibi-
ton statisticians had been Juggling"
the figures and that the revenues
from malt and spurious liquors during
the last two years have increased in
stead Of decreased.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26
KUPFER rs DISCHARGED
Enters Plea of "NolIe Contendere'
and the Case is Dropped

William NJ. Kupfer, arrested week
ago on charge of violating the regu-
lations of the state bakery inspectors
appeared in the Municipal Court this
morning and entered plea of s'Nolle
Contendere and tie case against him
was dropped on the payment of the
costs of the action. Mr.. Kupfer ex-
planned that he had not had time to
become familiar with al the laws pass
ed at the recent session of the legisla
ture and that for this reason he had
not complied with some of the .regula-
tions of the department as early as the
state bakery Inspector had expected
him to. He stated, however, that he
had ordered the screens in question the
same time he received notification from
the inspector and that they had now
been placed in position.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26
NEW Law TESTED
Officials Do Not Like New Plan for the
Drawing of Coroners Juries


Drawing Of Coroner's Juries
Is the new law governing the draw
ing Of jurors to serve on coroner S
inquest a success? In the opinion Of
many posted along those lines it is not
and is classed as expensive and trou-
blesome. Formerly a coroner was per.
mitted to look up jurors, or he could
call the marshal, policeman or sheriff.
Under the new law it is necessary for
the clerk Of the court to draw twelve
names from the jury box and hand
them to the sheriff, who in turn is
obliged to hunt up six of the twelve.
Business men who are summoned by
the sheriff claim that it is an imposi-
ton, for they are bound to serve no
matter how busy they are on urgent
business. The other way coroner
could excuse them from serving.
Fathers of the bill claim that it was
enacted for the reason that coroners
packed juries and that some men be-
came professional jurymen.
Possibly there will be an eff
fort made at the next session of the
legislature to repeal the measure.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26
new FRIEND TAKES MONEY
Injured Man Picked Up Unconscious
and Farmers Search Through Fields
in Hopes of Finding His AssailaAt
but He Escapes.

John Butchcal, thirty-eight years of
age and a Chicago man, lies at the
Kenosha hospital suffering from cou-
pie of bad wounds in his head which
came as the result of his encounter
with a kold-up man near the village of
Woodworth late Monday afternoon.
Sheriff Gunter and his deputies are
searching through the town Of Bristol
in hopes of locating the man. But
chcal had been working IN one of the
ice houses in the western part Of the
county and had formed an acquaintance
with a man whom he knew as "Jack. =
With this friend he left Twin Lakes
on a way freight on Monday to go to
Chicago. The man bought ticket to
Chicago and had eighteen dollars left
from the wages he had earned at the
ice house and he wrapped his money
and a new suit of clothes in a package
and started for home. He met Jack
just as he was leaving for the train
and che purchased drinks just to show
his good will. Jack got glimpse of
the eighteen dollars and the new suit
Of clothes and he decided that it
might be profitable to accompany
Butchcal at least for part OF the
journey. When the two men reached
Woodwork they left the train and
walked down along the track and Jack
rudely kicked his friend in the head
and while the latter lay in the high
weeds unconscious the ether man made
away with his new suit of clothes, the
$18 in money and the portion Of the
ticket which was to have carried the
victim FROM Kenosha to Chicago.
Clarence Yonk, store keeper at
Woodwork, saw the assault and hur-
ried down the track. At his approach
the man who had assaulted Butchcal
ran away, but Yong hurriedly sum-
moned some fifty people from the vii
lage and the surrounding territory and
they started out on hunt for the as
sailant, but he managed to get into
corn field and escaped. Sheriff Gun
ter was notified and he at once went
to Woodwork and brought the injured
man to the Kenosha hospital. He
was still unconscious when picked up
by the sheriff, but an examination
showed that his injuries were not of a
serious nature. The men at Wood
worth thought that the man s skull
had been fractured, but the examina-
tion at the hospital shows that his
wounds were Of a superficial nature
and Butchcal will be able to leave the
hospital this afternoon and go to his
home in Chicago.
The officers have good description
of the man who assaulted Butchcal,
but as he is pretty well supplied with
money it is hardly possible that he
will be taken.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26
Many Kenosha People Attend
Anniversary of Rev. and
Mrs. VIM. Streissguth
PIONEER kENOSHA MINISTER

A number of the members Of the
German Lutheran church in Kenosha
who were members Of the church when
it was organized nearly fifty years ago
went to Milwaukee today to attend a
i little informal celebra zion Of the nifty
first anniversary Of the marriage of the
Rev. and Mrs. William Streissguth
The veteran church worker was one OF
| the first pastors of the Kenosha church
and he has always been held in high
esteem by the members Of the congre-
CATION. The celebration took place
at the Streissguth home in Milwaukee
and during the day many people from
different parts Of the state called to
extend congratulations
Mr.. Streissguth was born in Lohr
Germany, April 10, 1927, and has
reached the age of 80 years, months
10 days. After attending the prepare
tory schools in Lohr and Ludwigsburg
he entered the University of Basel, and
graduated from the theological depart.
ment in 1850.
The same year he came to America
For five years he was with the Luth
eran church, New Glarus, Wis, for one
year in Newton, Manitowoc county
and then he went to Milwaukee to acl
as pastor of the st. John s Lutheran
church, where he served from 1856 to
1868.
In 1868 he was again called to out
side fields. Seven years were spent
in Fond du Lac, eight in st. Paul
Mimi, and six in Kenosha. After
thirty-six years Of uninterrupted serv-
ice he was forced to resign in 1886
on account of i'll health. He return
ed to Milwaukee and has lived in that
city since. Although not actively en-
gagged il the ministry, Mr. Streissguth
has filled over 700 pulpits in the alb
sence of his colleagues during the last
twenty three years.
Mrs. Streissguth was born Jan. 81
1884, near Strassburg- in-Alsace, Ger
many She was educated in the
Strassburg teachers seminary and fol-
six years previous to her marriage
taught French in one Of the public
schools of her native city. She is a
sister Of George Brumder of Milwau
kee.
Of the five children, three are boys
and two are girls, They are Herman
and Otto, connected with the STRESS
guth Petran Engraving Company in
Milwaukee; Theodore, merchant il
Arlington, Mimi. Mrs. Carl Ross and
Mrs. Bertha Maercher, OF Milwaukee.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26
NO MYSTERY IN CARNAHAN
Man Whose Suit Case Was Found at
Electric Station Working in Dakota

The police have dropped the investi-
CATION into the whereabouts of w. N.
Carnahan, the Marquette, Mich, man
whose suit case was found at the sta
ton of the NJ. r. & K. road week
ago as they have learned that Carna-
han left Kenosha week ago to go to
Dakota to work in the harvest fields
It is evident that the man decided that
the suit case would be handicap to
him on the trip and for this reason left
it in Kenosha. 1t is thought that
some of the friends of Carnahan will
advise him that his personal effects are
in the hands OF the police and that he
will return for them late =
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26

That the wages of sin is death, 2
is proven in a most dramatic manner
in that play of absorbing interest,
'sThe Little Homestead which will
lie seen at the Rhode Sunday afternoon
and night
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26

DR.. Findley John of Chicago, was call
ed to Kenosha on professional business
Monday evening.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26

The MahoHey Bros. base ball team
defeated the STANDARD Oil Company,
managed by Ray Williams, Sunday BY
the score of 4 to /. Ihe feature Of
the game was the pitching Of Frank
Irving who struck out Fl men.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26
Business meeting at p. m. sharp.
Entertainment at 2 p. m.

Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Wilkerson and
son of Chilicothe, Mo-, are here for
a visit with DR.. and Mrs. L. E. Kalten
bach.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26

Leslie Holbrook the well known Wis
consin street jeweler, is i'll with typhoid
fever 1T his home on Prairie avenue.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26

Announcement has been made Of the
approaching marriage of Miss Joe
Sands to Elmer VIM. Jacques which is
to take place the early part of next
! month.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26

Mrs. Thomas Moore Of Plattenville,
Wis, is the guest this week at the
home of her brother, Prof. Trenary.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26

Mrs John McKune and Miss Mary
McKune are visiting with friends and
relatives in Evanston.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26

Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. schall recently
married in Bristol have left for Butte,
Montana, where they viii make their
future home
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26

Mr.. and Mrs. E. IS. Todd, R. L. Todd
and Miss Mary Todd, Of Aurora, Ill,
spent Monday afternoon in Kenosha.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Lynn Hannahs have a
new daughter. She arrived on Mon
! day afternoon
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26

!. T. Miller Of Milwaukee, spent
Monday afternoon in Kenosha<
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-08-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Burton, of Au-
rora, Ill, spent Monday afternoon in
LKenosha,
The Newtown bee., 1909-02-12

was a guest, last week, of MT and Mrs David F. Taylor.
 A. C. T. Wheeler of Hoyt's Hill, who hat the misfortune to fall in his home hitting an GLOW and badly straining the fragments of the ann, which laid aim up for few days, is now able to be at his work at the Fay & German hat factory.
 William Ellis, of the Ellis Maru- featuring Co.,, was in Newtown, last week Thursday, on business.
 Mrs Charles Smith of Elm street has returned home from two weeks visit with friends in Washington, D. c.
 That the electric lights installed by the borough for the lighting of the public thoroughfares are giving the best of satisfaction in almost every section, is proven by the manner in which they are praised by not only the citizens of the town, but those from outside as we'll In fact iu is claimed by not a few that Bethel is better lighted at the present time than many otber places much larger in size. While it will undoubtedly be necessary to readjust few of the lights, the majority have been found to be well placed and to give good service. The all-night service IS also something which is especially appre- ciated by everyone.
 Dr A. E. Barber has had a tele- phone installed in his home on Gen. ter street.
 Mrs George E. Beard of Center St., is in Stockbridge, Mass, spending a few days with her sister, Mrs Charles Tucker.
The Newtown bee., 1909-02-12
Bethel.
NEW RAFTING FIRM.

A new hating firm has been or ganized here, forming a company to he known as the Alert Hat Manufact- uring Co. The members of the new firm are Samuel Wilson, Edward White, j. Fred Sterile and Harry c. O'Connell. The officers of the con- pany are. Samuel Wilson, president; Edward White, vice-president; J. Fred Sterile, secretary and treasurer, Harry c. O'Connell will act as sals- man for the company. Inc new firm has rented the building on Beaver St., owned by Chauncey Donald, which he formerly used for a cider and saw mill, and are putting this building in first class condition for the hating business and expect to start work at once. The company for the present will buy hats in the rough and finish them up. They began getting out samples last week, and expect to have business rushing in a few days.
The Newtown bee., 1909-02-12
SOLDIER BALKS DEATH PLOT.

It seemed to J. A. Stone, a civil war veteran of Kemp, Tex, that a plot existed between desperate lung troubIe and the grave to cause his death. q contracted stubborn cold" he writes, "that developed a cough that stuck to me, in spite of all remedies for years. My weight ran down to 130tbs. Then began to us e Dr Kings New Discovery, which restored my health complete ly. I now weigh 17Stbs." " For se- were Colds, obstinate Coughs, Hemor- rhages, Asthma, and to prevent Pneumonia it's unrivaled. soc and $1, Trial bottle free Guaranteed by R. H. Beers & Co.,, Newtown; Taylor Curtis & Co.,, Sandy Hook;P. J. Gar yin, Bethel; |. Goulett, Stevenson; H. W. Osborne, Easton; W. B Flaw ley, Sherman; Smith Bros., Corn wall Bridge; Connery Bros, George town; R. F. Smith, West Cornwall; 5. J. Blackman, Hawleyville; c, w. Hurlburt & Co.,, Roxbury; Allen Joyce, Roxbu1y Station; G. w. Hatch, Bridgewater; W. N. Noble, New Milford; E. H. Beardsley, New Preston; Wetterau & Williams, Washington Depot; Harry Brown, Southbury; c. F. Williams, South Britain; Perkins Bros, Warren; w. N. Hurd, Long Hill; Penfieid & Craig, StepneY Depot.