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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-15
JOHN RuFFToN DEAD

John Button, justice Of the peace
in the town of Salem for many years,
and one Of the pioneer residents of
the town, died at his home there on
Thursday after a short illness from
pneumonia. "Judge" Button, as he
was widely known about the county,
was sixty-fve years of age. He was
a native Of England, but came to Sa-
lem in the pioneer days and had been
there ever since. He was in the shoe
business for many years and was also
active in politics. He was elected
justice of the peace in 1895 and had
been in this office almost continually
since that time. He also served the
town in the capacity of town clerk
for number Of years. He is survived
by a widow and a large family of
children.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-15
SEEK ELoPERs IN CHICAGO
Police Asked to Look for Louis Den
man and Mrs. Ernst Schultz

Ernst Schultz, residing at 666 Crate
street, has appealed to the police for
the arrest of his wife, Alma Schultz
aged 10 years, who he alleges fed
from the city on last Saturday morn
ing with Louis Denman, married
man, who resided near the Schultz
home. Mrs. Denman, the wife of the
missing man, has not asked the police
to take any action In the matter. Ac-
cording to the story told by Schultz to
the police on Thursday evening, the
couple left Kenosha last Saturday
morning and it is supposed that they
are now in Chicago. Neither Denman
nor Mrs. Schultz have any children.
1t is claimed by the friends of the
woman that the fact that Denman is
Is years of age and Mrs. Schultz but
10, made it an easy matter for him
to get her to go away with him. Mrs.
Schultz is a daughter of A. Petersen
and is well known in the city Den
man was a caster employed in one
of the Kenosha factories. The fact
that the two were missing from the
city has been matter of gossip in the
neighborhood for some time Chief
o'Hare has asked the police in Chi
cago and sheboygan to aid the local
officials in the search for the clippers.
1T is generally believed that they will
be located in Chicago as both the
woman and Denman have relatives
there.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-15
Gustav WeIIman, Old Resident of
City, Hanged Himself at His
Home on Garden st.
RESULT OF FAMILY QUARREL
Unconscious Man is Cut Down by His
Relatives and is Now Recovering
at the Kenosha Hospital
Wave of Suicides Here

Gustav Wellman, 65 years of age,
a German laborer residing at Ga
Garden street, attempted suicide at an
early hour this morning by hanging
himself to a lattice work at the rear
of his residence. He was cut down
by one of the members of the family
before life was extinct and there
seems to be some reason to believe
that he will recover.
Wellman and members of his family
had bitter quarrel last night and it
is said that the old man repeatedly
during the night declared that he
would prefer death to his life and
just after three clock this morning
he got out of bed and dressed. The
people in the house had no warning of
what he was going to dc, but just as
he rushed from the house he declared
that he was going to commit suicide.
Wellman went to the rear Of the house
and found a piece of cotton clothes
line and with this he formed a moose
and placed it over the lattice work.
A minute later his step-son, who had
hurriedly dressed and followed him,
found him hanging. He rushed out
and cut him down, but the old man
was unconscious and black in the face.
AS soon as possible the police Office
was notified and the police ambulance
went to the Wellman home. In the
meantime City Physician Spalding had
been summoned and when he arrived
the police were working over the
would be-suicide in an effort to revive
him. DR.. Spalding aided the police
officers until Wellman was revived
and then had him removed to the Ke-
nosha Hospital Wellman was still in
a dazed condition when he reached the
hospital but this afternoon his condi-
ton was favorable ard Dr. Spalding
stated that he would recover.
Wellman was not adverse to talking
to the men who aided in reviving him
after his attempt at suicide and he
upbraided them in no uncertain terms,
declaring that he preferred death to
his life at home. Tt seems that for
some time Wellman has had trouble
with members of his family and it is
claimed that he had been drinking
last night before ihe quarrel which
resulted in the attempt on his life.
/ Wellman was arrested short time ago
by the local police on minor charge,
but was released on the payment of
the costs of the action. AS the man
lis member of one of the best known
of the old German families Of the city
the attempt made upon his life caus-
ed profound sensation in the section
in which he lived.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-15
NEARING ITS END
Legislative Investigation of the
Primary To Be Finished on
Next Saturday Evening
BIG SMOKE WITH LITTLE FIRE

When the legislature meets again
the time limit Of the joint committee
/ to investigate the senatorial primary
will have expired and the committee
will Immediately formulate it's report
for submission to the legislature.
Whether there will be a continued in
vestigation under the Bray resolution,
or a separate Investigation by the
senate will depend largely upon the
testimony disclosed at this week S
meeting Of the committee.
Developments thick and fast are ex-
pected this afternoon, when the com
mittee reconvenes. Six members of the
legislature who have either said pub
Icly that they knew something of cor
rupt acts during the election by the
/ Legislature, or whose absence from the
joint convention assisted in electing
Senator Stephenson, have been sum
moned to appear today.
I Three Democratic assemblymen, Far
rel, Towne, Ramsey, are expected to
give the most sensational testimony.
Their absence from. the chamber on
the day of the election March 4, re-
duced the total attendance to such an
extent that Stephenson secured a ma
jority of one. Zimmerman, and Leuch
made public charges against the cam
paign methods used and Domachowski
is said to have told Zimmerman and
Senator Pearson that he was offered
81 500 to absent himself from the floor
of the house.
These are the men the senate in
vestigating committee had planned to
call after April 10. The coming in of
this evidence in advance, if the mem
bers obey the subpoenaes, will in a
way check the whole investigation and
several members Of the legislature
claim that it will bring the drama to
close.
/ It is not known whether any prose
cutions will grow out of the investi-
cation or not. The testimony of
former State Game Warden Overlook
has never been certified to the gov
ernor. But the investigation is said
to have had wholesome effect upon
the people Of the state. Assembly
man Bray says the ward heelefs will
not be so anxious to obtain money
and the people will be more skeptical
about the use Of money in politics.
j = is said that law will be framed
and passed at this session limiting ex-
penses in campaigns, as a result of the
disclosures.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-15
Claims Against the kenosha Trust
Go. Liquidated at Rate Of
81 Cents on a Dollar
8ONDlNC COMPANY PAYS UP
Last Chapter in the History of the
Financial Manipulations of Frank
S. Komp Written in Ke-
nosha This Morning

The final chapter of the story Of the
financial manipulations of Frank S.
Komp, founder Of the Kenosha State
Trust Company, was written this morn
ing when final settlement was made
with the Fidelity and Deposit Company
Of Maryland Of the claims against the
Kenosha Trust Company.
The company had contested their
liability under the bond by which the
affairs Of the bank and trust company
were turned over to them when Komp
was closed out by the state officials in
1908 and the settlement was in the
way of compromise The claims
against the Kenosha Trust Company
were all for deposits that had been
made with the company and the bond
ing company under the settlement
made today pays these creditors of the
company sixty cents on the dol
lar. This offer was accepted by Attor-
ney A. E. Buckmaster, who represent
ed the creditors and the check for the
amount was received this morning.
The total claims against the Keno
sha Trust Company amounted to $2,230.
The largest claim against the company
was held by Helen Sorrensen in the
amount of $1,000 which had been de-
posted only a few days before the
business Of the company was closed
up by the state bank examiner. Other
large claims were one of $500 of Eli
"a Reinolds, one of $400 Of Clara Run
kel. Among the list Of smaller claims
one Of 800 made by Jacob Kroncke.
This was funds of the order of Mod
ern Woodmen, but the amount was re-
paid to the order years ago. Lin
coin Bowen, the agent of the Bonding
Company, has been working with At
torney Buckmaster for many months
to settle these claims against the com
pany and it is said that the settlement
reached is satisfactory to the credi-
tors.
The Kenosha Trust Company was or
gained only few weeks before
Komp's bubble in Kenosha bursted
and it was thought that he would be
prosecuted as a result Of the manner
in which the business of this company
was carried on. However, after the
matter had been turned over to the
bonding company Komp was arrested
on charge of perjury, convicted and
sent to the state prison for a term of
two and half years. He proved a
model prisoner and was released after
about eighteen months Of prison life
Komp has never been seen in Kenosha
since the day of his conviction and he
left prison to return to work in Chi
cago and it is said that he is now
connected with brokers' office in
that city. Komp had no hand in the
settlement Of the affairs of the Ke
nosha Trust Company and was never
consulted in the matter
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-15


bond This matter was referred to
the committee on bonds pending the
fling Of a new bond by the constable.
There was considerable discussion of
possible plans for providing street
sprinking for the various paved
streets, but if the property owners
want these streets sprinkled they
must get in petitions and have the
work done in accordance with the old
plan.
The Council canvassed the vote of
the election on Tuesday, but the can
vass showed no change in the vote as
announced on Wednesday.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-15
DANGEROUS FAKES
Tricks to Introduce Alum Baking Pow
ders Which Should be Exposed

ders Which Should be Exposed
There has recently been attempted
at some of our grocery stores, and
also at dwelling houses, by agents who
are trying to sell alum baking powders
what the exhibitors call baking pow
der test. They pretend to show by
some boiling test that pure cream of
tartar baking powders contain some
thing which every woman Of intelh-
gence knows they do not.
It does not need a chemist to ex-
pose this trick. Cream of tartar,
which is the chief constituent of the
best and most wholesome baking pow
der, is originally clear white crystal.
This is ground into fine, creamy flour,
in which form, mixed with baking So
da, it is present in the baking powder,
Cream of tartar, when mixed with
water and boiled, simply returns to its
crystalline form, and that is all there
is to the so-called test.
The matter Of special interest to the
public is to know what these people
offer in place Of cream of tartar pow
ders Of wellknown purity and estab-
lished reputation against which these
ISLANDERS are directed. They are of
fering a baking powder which official
analyses have repeatedly shown is
made from alum, a drug SO well recog-
Inized by physicians and scientists as
injurious to health that in many coun-
tries its use in bread is entirely pro-
hibited. So cheap and inferior are the
ingredients of this powder that it costs
to make less than three cents a pound.
No prudent housewife will knowingly
put such stuff as this into her food
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-15
voLIvA HAS HOLD OF ZION
Loss of Supervisor in Election Shows
Strength Still Exists in City

While the victory Of Supervisor
elect Hiram Ferry, Jr., of Benton, in
which Zion City is located, over Vo-
Iva IS candidate, O. w. Farley, was
a decided defeat for Voliva, the show
ing was such that it appears Voliva
still has control of the city of Zion
sdespite claims to the contrary.
Ferry, an old resident of the town
ship, was the strongest possible can
didate the opposition to Voliva could
put up and he won out by about 35
votes. In Zion City, he was tied
with Farley, hence it is shown that
his victory was possible through his
strong hold among the farmers, his old
friends of the town and that his vic
tory was a victory Of an outsider and
not member of a Zion faction.
| His tie in the city shows that Voliva
ran neck and neck there and that is
where Voliva's fight will come in the
| city election-not in the district out
side the city as in the town election.
/ So # Ferry, backed by the anti Voliva
crowd in Zion, was able to merely tie
IN the city, it is natural to think that
in the city election, when the fractional
lines are more closely drawn than
yesterday, Voliva will likely swing the
thing by small majority.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-15
TAXES HOLD OF JOB
Major @. S. Bromwell Immediately
Plunges Into Duties of Office

Major Charles S. Bromwell, appoint
ed by President Taft to succeed Major
William v. Judson as chief engineer
Of the Ninth lighthouse district, with
headquarters in Milwaukee, arrived in
Milwaukee Monday night to assume
his new duties. His family will re-
main in Washington, where the major
was formerly stationed, until the end
of the school year, when his wife will
bring their children, who are attend
ing school in the capitol, to Milwau-
kee to live.
Major Bromwell was at his office in
the government building Monday
morning, prepared to plunge into the
work which awaited him.
IT know nothing whatever of con-
ditions in the district = he said. "As
soon as find how Things stand,
will take up Major Judson s projects,
and pursue them to the best Of my
ability. The city is also strange to
me, as have never been here before.
I like what little I have seen Of it,
however, and trust that 7 will be able
to get along all right
Major Bromwell denied the report
that he intended to resign. "I don t
know where the newspapers got the
story, but there is absolutely nothing
to it" he said.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-15
SEEK MILITARY CONVICT
Kenosha Police Onicers Seeking fol
Man Missing From TT. Sheridan

The police of Kenosha have received
a telegram from TT. Sheridan asking
them to make an effort to arrest
Charles L. Free, a military convict
who escaped from Ft. Sheridan on
Wednesday. The man is thought tc
have come toward Kenosha and as
there is reward of $50 for the ar.
rest Of the convict the police will
leave no chance for his escape. AL
officers have been notified to look out
for Free.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-15
Red Cross Lodge of Knights OF
Pythias Will Build Cottage at
vaImora Ranch, New Mexico
AID IN GREAT NATIONAL FIGHT
Cottage to be Erected by Local Lodge
to be for the Exclusive Treatment
of Members from Kenosha
and Their Relatives

A1Cu OlOoS LOuS0 VI AGuOoud piOl-
ises to be one of the pioneer lodges
of the Knights of Pythias in the great
fight that the order is making for the
eradication of tuberculosis among its
members and last night the members
of the Kenosha lodge by unanimous
vote decided to at once begin the work
Of the erection Of a cottage for the
care of tubercular patients at the Val
mora Ranch at Watrous, New Mexico
The cottage will be part of the great
institution for the care Of consumptives
which the Pythians of the United
States are now erecting on the ranch
and it is expected that it will be
equipped and ready for the reception
of patients before the end of the com
ing summer, DR.. W. T. Brown Of Chi
cago, the representative of the Pythian
Order in the big work that is to be
done to fight the "White Plague, :"
was present at the meeting last night
and explained to the members Of the
Kenosha lodge the plans that were be-
ing made by the order throughout the
country to make the great sanitarium
a success.
Several of the lodges in Wisconsin
are now considering the plan of unit
ing in the work and the Kenosha lodge
will be among the first from this state
erecting cottages near Las Vegas. The
cottage will be erected at once and
the members Of the lodge have started
plans to provide the money fol- the
work. The cost of the cottage will be
in the neighborhood Of $500 and the
equipment of it will be of the most
modern to be secured. It will be for
the exclusive use of Kenosha members
of the order and their relatives and
the lodge will make some provision
for perpetuating the work. The local
lodge has several times in the past few
years taken care of members suffer
ing from tuberculosis and after the
cottage is completed it will be posi-
BILE for the members to be sent there
before the disease has gained too
great hold upon them.
The fact that the national order is
cooperating in the work with the
smaller bodies will make it possible
to assure to the members the best pos
sible care and the cost will be reduced
to minimum. Before the end of the
year it is expected that large num-
Der of the lodges will join in the work
and provide for the building of cot
tages on the ranch. Already twenty
cottages have been pEilt on the ranch
and it is expected that the Kenosha
cottage will be among the first added
to the list this year
| In order to raise funds for the cree
ton and maintenance of the cottage
the members of the local lodge have
arranged to give minstrel show at
Germania Hall on the evening of
April 20. Many of the best known
musicians of the city have profered
/ their services for this event and it
/ will be made a decidedly noteworthy
musical event.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-15
INSTITUTE NEW TRIBE
Have Merry Time at Institution of
Kenosha Tribe No. AZ

Fifty-two pale faces were initiated
into the mysteries of Redmanship at
the knights of Columbus Hall on
Thursday evening as members OF the
new Kenosha Tribe No. Az of the
order The initiatory work was done
by G. Holmes Daubner of Waukesha,
assisted by the members Of Tippecanoe
Tribe, No. Is of Racine The work
was dorle in a splendid manner and
the members Of the new tribe are en-
thusiastic over its prospects. The fol
lowing officers were elected and in
stalled for the year:
Sachem-Frank j. Becker.
Senior Sagamon-C R. Stanhope
Junior Sagamon-E. G. Miller
Prophet-M J. scholey.
Chief Of Records Henry F. De
Berge.
Keeper Of Wampun- Michael F.
Gems
Trustees yearsl-John B. Orth.
Trustee e years. Martin Stein
metz.
Trustee q year, Ernest Anderson.
The charter list Of the tribe will be
closed on next Wednesday evening
when a class of Is will be initiated
with the Racine officers doing the
work
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-15

The officials of the Kenosha Gas and
Electric Company have made an of
fetal announcement that the letting of
the contract for the street lighting to
another company will not interfere
with the business of the heating plant.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-15

Mrs. Henry Schultz, who died re-
Gently in Racine, was the mother and
not the wife of Henry Schultz, the
well known Racine musician.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-15

The new Municipal Court is slated
to open for its first session on the
first day of May. Judge Randall will
name his clerk before that time.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-15

Alexander Bailey, the veteran post
master of the town Of Salem, is again
very critically i'll and his friends fear
that he can survive but few days.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1909-04-15

Mother says there's only one ssbest''
nour. cold Medal Flour. JOHN
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-15
Old Time Salaries.

How often clerks and other employ
ees Of big firms are heard to complain
Of the small salaries they receive! YET
II they realized that Columbus drew q
salary Of only just over f66 a yea'
they would, perhaps. hesitate before
grumbling ut their f1OO or ESQ per an
mum. Prominent clergymen have ~
ceived as much as and more than f1D,
600 I year. and yet John Knox only
got les. Sd. a week, and that was IS
"a. more than Scottish judges Of his
time. It must be confessed, however
that at this period Of small salaries
money went a long way. Fpr instance,
4 good Christmas dinner for q family
OF six during the sixteenth century
could be provided for an outlay OF
about eightpence halfpenny.-I london
HtAn1ar7 3 &
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-15
THE LUMINOUS HALO.
Psychic Explanation of an OFT Wit.
messed Phenomenon.

was summoned one day to the Salt
petriere in Paris to see Il woman who
lay in a bed in the dark. She was a
woman whose body. nerves BRAIN had
been teased and tortured fer years in
psychic and occult experiment. What
mental perturbation was racEing that
brain I did not know. and the physi-
clans at her bedside did not know.
With 'clinched hands and teeth and
eyes open wide the woman lay there.
Her breathing was irregular and not
Deep What we saw was this: A lumi-
nous halo of Il vague orange hue that
circled her head, even as in the old
pictures of martyred saints you see
the heads mooned with faded gold. This
halo was fluctuant. 1t came and went.
1t was light that flickered. grew.
faded, formed itself anew.
A miracle. this aureoled head?
If, you want to call it that Words
are not Of great Importance. 1t was a
miracle when it glowed around the
head Of a martyr tortured In the arena.
so tortured by pain and fear that his
ASSOCIATED psychic centers produced
the phenomenon Of the exteriorization
of luminous energy.
Perhaps it were better to call 1t at
once a miracle and Il prescientific fact
"a fact. that is which is occult hut IS
In the way Of becoming known.
I asked DR. Frere what he thought
Of this miracle
II have often seen it." ne said. The
field of his experiments was the mad
house at, Ricptre There many neuro-
pathic patients abide and often IN
cases Of severe. headache or of reli-
gious ecs+aSy he has seen these ttnctu-
ant aureoles around the head.
!'"The rays are often twenty centime.
tiers in extent, quite regular. forming
perfect aureole." he explained.
There is. then. a form Of energy en-
dowed with luminous properties ema.
mating from the human body under
certain conditions.-Vance Thompson
In Hampton's Magazine.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-15
A Queer Dish.

A great dish at Egyptian harem
feasts is that of lamb roasted whole.
After the manner Of nest Of Chinese
boxes. each smaller than the other. the
lamb is stuffed With whole turkey.
the turkey with chicken. the chicken
with a pigeon. the pigeon with quail
and the quail with a becafico, the
smallest bird known. except a hum
ming bird The lamb is roasted over
a slow fire until 1t Is almost ready to
fall to pieces.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-05-15
Live and Learn.

Among the words given out for
analysis recently by a district school
teacher in Pennsylvania was ''bank-
note" The Instructors establishment
may be Imagined when one male pupil
turned in the following unique paper:
Bank mote Is a compound. primitive
word, composed Of bank and note
Bank Is 4 simple word. meaning the
side Of a stream: note to set down.
'Bank-note,' to set down by the side OF
a stream.~-Lippincott