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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
VOLUME XVI
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1907.
NUMBER 7.
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CURRENT HAPPENINGS
FAITHFUL CHRONICLE OP ALL
IMPORTANT ITEMS.
IN JAIfc AS BURGLAR
'WU'E OF MILWAUKEE MILLION.
AIRE CONFESSES GVILT.
4Aa Poor Girl She Wed Man of Vwt
Weal tli, and Lrwyer Says New Life
Completely Turned Her Houd Ha
Operated Extensively In Chicago.
In a remarkable confession to tin
Chicago police Wednesday night Mrs.
Charles J. Romadkn, of Milwaukee,
wife of a millionaire manufacturer,
admitted that she was responsible for
a series of burglaries and petty thefts
that has baffled the authorities for
weeks. Mrs. ' Romadka's confession
was the latest development after her
arrest for a robbery committed at the
-home of C. F. Beck, when Jewelry val
ued at more than $1,000 was stolen.
She implicated In her confession a tie.
gro, Albert Jones, and a man known
as Ralph Smith. The former is under
arrest and the police are searching
for the latter.
. In her confession Mrs. Itomadka
says that her first theft was commit
ted in April of this year.
"I saw an advertisement in a pn
pershe said, "for a trained nurse.
I went to the home of Mrs. David
Pfaelser, 4514 Forestville avenue, and
secured the place. I stayed there
about a day and a half, stealing a dia
mond ring, a diamond bracelet and n
sllvt-r card case."
After detailing1 several similar ex
periences she said she had worked in
several different places for families in
this capacity. She walked In where
he found a, window open and located
a diamond ring in a wealthy hum in
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FIRE CAUSES A BIG PANIC.
Hundred of I Ax in Are in Peril in New
York.
Hundreds of lives were endangered,
,000 persons thrown into a panic, 125
of the cars used on several cross town
lines destroyed, and a- property loss to
the extent of $400,000 was caused by a
fire Jn the Fourteenth street car barns
In New York early Wednesday. Threa
hundred and fifty horses were taken
cut in safety. As a result of the burn
ing of the cars service on all the cross
town lines was greatly hampered.
The fire gained great headway be
fore it was discovered, and when the
.-firemen arrived the walls separating
the big structure from the adjoining
' tenement houses were smoking hot.
Instantly the word was given to clear
the tenements and the occupants pour,
d into the streets In a panic. From that
time on the police were busy attempt
ing to control the frenzied hundreds,
-most of whom were foreigners, while
the firemen were fighting the Rri
which was gaining headway with
jatartllng rapidity. It was not until
several priests attired in all their robes
'appeared on the scene and walked
through the surging crowd, imploring
'the peoj-i to calm themselves, that
anything like order was restored.
Firemen working on the fourth
aoor of the car barn barely escaped
(hen the floor above them came down
with a crash. A few minutes later the
Fourteenth street wall of the building
collapsed. From that time it was
merely a question of drowning out the
flames In the barn and several adjoin
ing tenements which had caught fire.
Die on Slopping Car.
Rev. Marcellus Blair, of Eldorado,
Kan., was found dead in his sleeping
car berth soon after the Ealtimore and
Ohio Southwestern train arrived in
Cincinnati from the east Wednesday
morning. Death was due to heart
trouble.
Rockefeller at Relative's Funeral.
It la stated that John D. Rockefel
ler paid another unexpected visit to
Cleveland Wednesday to attend the
funeral of his niece, Miss Laura R.
Rudd. Mr. Rockefeller is said to have
returned east Immediately after tha
Northern Pacific Dividend.
The directors of the Northern Pa
cific Railroad company Tuesday de
clared the regular quarterly dividend
of 1 per cent. u
May Sapp Murder Cane.
, The coroner's Jury Is still Investl-Katina-
the death of Mnv Sum. a farm.
W's daughter, who was found In her
father's yard at Moran, Kan., on the
night of Sept 27, with her throat cut
Sioux City Live Sunk Market,
Wednesday's quotations on the
Sioux City live stock market follow:
Beeves. $5.60 8.90. Top hogs, $6.25.
Ps-
Mrs. J. C. Breckenrldge Dead.
Mrs. John C. Breckenrldge, widow
of the late John C. Breckenrldge, of
Vxmlsvllle. Ky.. a candidate for presi
dent against Abraham Lincoln, died
Wednesday in New York.
Buys Railroad Ties In Hawaii.
The Hanta Fe Railroad company
has contracted fur $3,500,000 worth of
ihlawood railroad ties to be delivered
from Hawaii duiin the next five
fears.
VICTORY IX) It PEACE.
Anglo-American I'lun Adopted - by
llaguo Committee.
The approval at Monday evening's
session by the committeo on arbitra
tion of tho Anglo-American project for
obligatory arbitration Is regarded as
great victory, especially for tho Unit.
ed States.
The first proposition on this subject
was presented to the conference on
July 8 by tho American delegation and
Joseph H. Choate.
The preject was approved by a ma
jority greater than was hoped for.
It Is essentially American, and Its
basis, the enunciation of compulsory
arbitration, was taken bodily from the
American proposition. The vote Mon
day was 31 yeas and 9 nays. Tne coun
tries In opposition were Germany,
Austria-Hungary, Switzerland, Bel
glum, Roumanlo, Greece, Turkey, Bul
garia and Montenegro.
Another great success for America
was the unanimity with which th(
countries 'of the American continent
stood firmly at the side of the United
States.
There was a long debate on the ar
ticle referring to other cases to be sub
mitted to arbitration, and it was de
cided to vote on each of these sep
arately. During the recess the chairman, M.
Bourgeois, asked Joseph H. Choatt
and Gen.Horace Porter to meet him
before the reassembling of the com
mittee to discuss the whole subject.
President NcdlloIT has approved the
draft of the final act of the conference
In which President Roosevelt's name Is
to be first mentioned ns promoter
of the conference. M. Nelldolt will
propose cabling to the president of tha
United States appreciation of his ef
forts in behalf of peace.
DELAY FOR INSURANCE MEN.
Temporary Pontponcntcnt of Trials la
Granted by Supreme. Court.
The trial of five former life Insur
ance company officials Indicted as the
result of the recent Insurance Investi
gation was temporarily postponed
when the cases were called In the su
preme court of New York Monday.
Motion for dismissal was made and
will be argued next week.
The counsel for John liegeman
president of the Metropolitan Life In
surance company, asked a delay of two
or three weeks. Tho district attorney
opposed the granting of the request
and the case was set down for next
week.
When the case of George W. Per
kins, former vice president of the New
York Life, was called the plea of not
guilty which had been entered was
withdrawn and a motion made that
the pending Indictments be dismissed.
Arguments on the motion will be
heard on Oct. 16, as also will the ar
guments on a similar motion made In
behalf of Charles S. Falrchlld, a for
mer officer of the New York Life.
Walter R. Gillette, former vice pres
ident of the Mutual Life Insurance
company, pleaded not guilty to the
charge of perjury and the hearing ol
his case was set for Oct. 17.
HARRLMAN GETS BUSY.
Several Surveying Parties Rushed Intc
Southeastern Oregon.
It Is reported that three surveying
parties of the Harrlman system have
recently been rushed Into southwest
ern Oregon. The paper also says that
surveying parties from both the Union
Pacific and Denver and Rio Grande
lines are being poured into northwest,
ern Colorado, locating routes parallel
to that of the Moffat road, which is.
building through that country into
eastern Utah.
It is deduced from that that the
Harrlman system and the Gould road
purpose to put up a stubborn fight
against the Moffat road In northwest
ern Colorado and by appropriating alt
available routes that the Harrlman
system Is endeavoring to keep compet
itive roads out of southeastern Oregon.
The Mt. Hood railway, now con
structing an electric lino between
Portland and Mt. Hood, is presumed
to be the western terminus of a new
trans-coutinental line, to be composed
of the Salt Lake, MofTat and Rock Isl
land systems.
KITE SENT UP 23,000 FEET.
bald to Be Greatest Altitude Ever;
Reached In Thin Country.
The greatest altitude ever reached
by a kite In this country, according to
Prof. Henry, of the weather bureau
at Washington, D. G, was that record
ed at the Mt Weather station, in Vir
ginia, when an altitude of slightly
morehan 23,000 feet was attained.
At that height a temperature of 6 de
grees below zero, Fahrenheit, was re
corded. It Is Prof. Henry's belief that
tho kite will yet attain a higher flight.
The Mt. Weather bureau has been
conducting experiments In kite flying
with a view to determining the weath.
er conditions at various altitudes. For
Instance, a temperature of 40 degrees
was recorded at the top of the moun
tains at a height of 1,000 feet, while
t a height of 3.000 feet the tempera-
j re was S degrees warmer.
Smallpox at University.
The university hospital of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania has beep quar.
antlned because it was discovered that
Henry Yankun, a patient, had devel
ped smallpox.
Street Car Employes Meet.
About 310 delegates, to the tenth bi
ennial convention nf the Amalgumnto
Association of f-'treet and Eiectrlc
Railway Employes it America met Ip
peavention at New Orleans Mondcy.
TRUST SECRETS OCT.
Cae Again Oil Trust Conclusive,
Says Prosecutor.
From statements culled from ledg
ers and books found In the offices of
the standard QIl company Frank B.
Kellogg, counsel for tho United State,
government, succeeded In placing on
Tuesday's record of federal proceed-
ings against the company the pro
cesses and stages through which thej
combine prased In Its changes from:
the Old Stnndard OH trust to the pres-i
ent Standard OH Company of New!
Jersey. Out of the maze of figures'
developed from the company's books
and from testimony given by Clarence
G. Fay, assistant auditor of the Stand
ard Oil company, called as a witness
Tueslay, the government's coun
sel says he believes he proved the
federal allegation that the Standard,
is an illegal corporation, and by de-'
vlous devices has maintained its entity,;
and that it Is under the same owner-!
ship as when it was formed.
Mr. Kellogg says he Is of the opln-.
lno that notwithstanding the govern
ment was unnblo to discover the trans
fer books and stock ledgers of the 11-:
quldatlng trustees the evidence ad
duced Tuesday shows that the so-called
oil trust only affected to dissolve
under the order of the Ohio courts in
1892, and that its direction is still' held
by those who had to do with the for
mation of the Standard Oil trust.
SHE HAS Hint GRAVE DUG.
Wisconsin Woman Makes All Prepar
ations for Death.
Mrs. John Matzke, of Eau Claire,
Wis., has just completed her funeral
shroud and her husband, with his own
hands, has dug her grave in Forest
Hill cemetery. Mr. Matzke is a wealthy
old resident and the proprietor of
Matzke's hall.
Mrs. Matzke has been in poor
health for six months and visits to
other sections have failed to give her
any relief. She then decided she
would make preparations for the time
when she was to leave all things earth
ly. She began working, making her
burial shroud and last week completed
it.
After urging her husband somo
time he finally consented to accede to
her wishes and dig her grave in Forest
Hill cemetery. The gruve ha3 been
walled up and Is covered so as not to
be visible. The style of capket has al
so been docic'.ed upon and the stone
upon which an inscription is to be
carved has also been selected.
Mrs. Matzlce speaks very calmly nnd
in a businesslike manner of the ar
rangements and says that in her na
tive home In Austria thieh were not
uncommon.
CORRUPTION IN BOSTON.
Grand Jury Will Investigate State
ments Made by Senator Lodge.
As a result of statements concerning
corruption alleged to exist in the Bos
ton city government, made by United
States Senator Henry C. Lodge at tho
Republican state convention Saturday,
the senator, at the instance of Dis
trict Attorney Morgan, will appear be
fore the grand jury and tell what he
knows of the situation at the city hall.
He was directed to appear at the coun
ty court house next Monday. In his
speech Saturday Senator Lodge said:
"The government of the city of Bos
ton has sunk to a point of degrada
tion unknown In the annals of tha
city. ,
"The air is heavy with stories of
corruption at the city hall, of offices
sold, of percentages taken, of pay rolls
loaded, of loans made to sportsmen In
idleness, of widespread frauds at the
Fallot box, which should be rigidly in
vestigated and brought to the light ol
day."
To Regulate Rallrouds.
Gov. B. B. Comer announced that
the Alabama legislature would be con
vened In extra session Nov. 7. The
call will embrace nothing of Impor
tance except further regulations of
the railroads, said Gov. Comer.
New Lumber Concern to Open.
A new enterprise, which has a sub
stantial capital and first class business
ability back of it. Is the Smith-Minor
Lumber company, which was recently,
incorporated and which will enter Into
the lumber business In Bemldjl on an
extensive scale.
Cruisers Off for Target Practice.
The armored cruisers Charleston
aond St. Louis, with torpedoboat de
stroyers Perry and Prenzel, sailed
from San Francisco Tuesday for Mag
dalena bay via Santa Barbara.
Haiti's President Critically DL
Gen. Nord Alexis, president of the
republic of Hayti, is so dangerously
ill at Puerto Prince that his life is de
spaired of, according to private ad
vices received.
Admits He Murdered Child.
Joseph Woods, aged 16 years, who.
was arrested on suspicion in connec
tion with the murder of 9-year-old;
Ethel Nevlns, of Camden, N. J., mado,
a confession In which he admits hav
ing murdered the child.
Dies at Age of 117.
Joseph Guettieres, aged 117, died
Tuesday at Yaleta, a few miles below
El Paso, Tex. He drank whisky up
to 70, when he found It "was not good
for man." Deceaxed was never mar
ried. Rebels Beaten in Ik'uudor. I
A large bund of Eeuadoreun rebels
has been deflated by a detachment
of Peruvian police near the city ot
Plura, pirn.
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j FATHER FINDS MISSING GIRL, i
Yankton Child E1i-d with MnrrledJ
I Man.
I Little Clara Pails, the Yankton, S.
D., school girl who fell in love with W.
L. Williams, a married railroad brake
man, so desperately that she was will
ing to give her parents the pain of
mourning her as dead that she might
go with him, was the happiest girl in
the world when her father clasped
her in his arms and promised to take
her home.
Not until Clara's father. E. I Calls,
arrived In Omaha did the full story
of the little girl s elopement become
known. The plot releaved Is amazing
In its cleverness. Tho child left home
Sept. 18 with her younger sister. On
the way to school Clara feigned sick
ness and said she would return home.
A few minutes later she had Joined
Williams and with him was on her
way to Omaha. A note addressed
"Dear Papa and Mamma'' vn found
In her school books which reuds:
"I am leaving school to go to the
river. I Intend to drown myself and
hope my body will never be found.
Mamma has mnde me work too hard
at home. I can't stand It longer;
goodby. Clara."
WOMAN LAWYER TOO THRIFTY.
.Iiiliu St. Cyr Accused ol Tutting Ille
gal Fee.
Judge T. C. Munger at Omaha over
ruled a motion to quush the Indict
ment against Julia St. Cyr, a Winneba
go Indian, who Is credited with being
the only. Indian woman lawyer In the
country. She Is charged with taking
an exorbitant fee for securing a pen
sion for an old Indian squaw. She is
ald to have taken $356 os a fee for
securing back pension amounting to
$1500. The law allows a fee of on.'y
$10. The motion to quash was based
on the ground that more than one of
fense was charged In the Indictment,
In which it was set forth that she de
manded, received and retained the ex
cessive fee complained of. A Jury
was impaneled and the case proceed
ed to trial on its merits. Jullu St. Cyr,
although never admitted to tho bur,
has studied law, and her ability along
this line is so well recognized among
tho Wlnnebagoes that she has coma
to be an arbiter among them, and In
many cases her Judgment Is consider
ed final.
SUICIDE DIK-TO JEALOUSY.
Admirer of His Rrlde Followed Pair
to Omulin.
Herbert G. Cushing, soldier In tho
Spanish-American war, committed sui
cide because of Jealousy over the re
lations of his wife, formerly Mrs. Wal
lace Clark, of Sioux City, and a print
er wlo followed her to Omaha, and
was jailed by the police of Omaha us
a "plain drunk."
This was not the verdict of the cor
oner's Jury, but this fact developed
after the Jury said "Herbert O. Cush
ing came to his death by carbolic ueid,
administered by his own hand."
The coroner's Jury decided that
William Gallugher, the man found
dead In his room Saturday morning at
the Windsor hotel, came to his death
from heart trouble. The body is being
held by the coroner awaiting instruc
tions from some of the dead man's rel
atives, who have not been located a
yet
LIVE STOCK SHOW AT ASHLAND.
Hundred and Fifty Animals Entered
t for First Annual Event.
' The first annual eastern Nebraska
live stock show at Ashland was held
recently. Several thousand people at
tended. Over 150 animals were enter
ed and judged by Prof. II. R. Smith
and Dr. T. H. Gain,' of the State uni
versity. One of the prize winning
hogs belonging to John Hammer, of
Ashland, was purchased by Prof.
Smith for the university pens. Prof.
E. A. Burnett, dean of the State Agri
cultural college, addressed a large au
dience on "Problems of Agriculture "
Ball games between Greenwood ana
Memphis were played both days and
there was a program of races. One of
the features was the parade of prize
winning animals, decorated carriages
and automobiles and novellties.
Old r go of Abduction Fulls.
Mrs. Tillie Lannlgan and Henry Ha
vens had their preliminary hearing at
Central City upon the charge of ab
ducting 14-year-old Clara Hunt, of
Silver Creek, and at the conclusion
of the taking of testimony Judge Lu
cas decided that the evidence pre
sented was insufficient to hold them,
and ordered the case dismissed.
Mayor Una Twelve Children.
. Mayor and Mrs. J. M. Grace, of
Mascot, are the parents of a pair of
twin girls born to them last Sunday
evening. This makes twelve children
for them, all of whom are living. The
mayor Is manager of the ball nine
there and will probably start out next
summer with a bloomer nine.
Ruling on Pure Food Iaw,
Deputy Food Commissioner Johnson
has sent out a letter saying that where
a retailer sells butter packages not
properly stamped as to weight he will
not be prosecuted if he has a written
statement of the correct weight from
the wholesaler, providing the latter Is
a resident of the state.
Cattle Bellow Over Doby.
Crofton citizens are worked up over
the finding of a baby about a day old
In a pasture near town. The bellow
ing of some cattle drew people to the
spot A flock of crows rose as thr
place was approached and the badly
mutilated body was then discovered.
Lincoln Boomers I'l Hills.
The Lincoln manufacturers and job
bers are on a trade exeurslon jaunt in
to the Black Hills. The boomers will
spend a week in North western railway
territory.
MOHLER OH TIME OF TRAINS.
Union Pacific Gcnf.-nl Manager Write
Rcllr-jad Board.
The railroad jommlsslon has receiv
ed a letter f tm General Manager
Monler, of tho Union Pacific, In which
he says the station agents of his line
should notify tho public of tho time
of trains. He says there w' .iio excuse
If this Is not accurately done, as In
each station In a blackboard for this
purpose and It should be oj used.
The board wrote to Mr. Mohler af
ter receiving complaint from Nebras
ka traveling men that station agents.
frequently made misstatements of the
time of trains, causing them much loss
of time and often needless financial
loss. It was t'tated the agents would
not notify the public of the lateness
of trains or would frequently give
wrong Information. Often trains would
annulled when all the Information
given out ty tho station agent was
they were but a few minutes lato.
As for the lateness of trains in start
ing, Mr. Mohler said this wss necessi
tated by reason of late through trains.
local trains wnltlng for east and west
connections. He promised to look Into
the manner In which station agents
ore giving out information, but did
not fee how, tho matter could bo rem
edied. FIRE AT LINCOLN SCHOOL.
Union College Suffers Loss of Over
Flttei'it Thousand.
Fire destroyed the boiler house,
power plant and heating plant of Un-
Ion college, at College View, a short
distance from Lincoln. For a tliiio the
tlames threatened the sanitarium,
where a large number of patients are
quartered. The flumes were discover
ed between 8 and 9 o'clock and the
origin of the flro Is unknown. With
the exception of the Bonltarlum, which
has a private plant, the entire town
und all the college buildings were
soon plunged in darkness.
Firemen buttled with the flames,
nnd, in spite of a serious handicap,
prevented tho destruction of the sani
tarium. The loss Is estimated all the
way from $15,000 to $30,000. Some
of the machinery may be rescued from
tho wreck while the handsome brick,
boiler house Is a total loss.
About 500 students attend Union
college. It Is one of the most impor
tant Ailventlst colleges In the middle
went.
REPORTS ON STATE LANDS.
Almost Two Million Acres, All ot
Which Is Under liouse.
Land Commissioner Katon has com
piled n report on the educational lands
of the state. On 25,669.95 acres ap
praised the county appraisers placed a
valuation of $335,586.59. This was in
creased by the state board to $416.
5S4.C9, an increase of $80,
9118.10. on December 1. 1906,
the state Had on hand 1,842,402
under leuse. . Dec. 1, 190C, there was
due the state on salu contracts $258,-'
742.17. After Jan. 1. 190S. the prin
cipal on contracts will draw 6 per
cent Interest Instead of 6 per cent.
DATE FOR S11UMW.VY TRIAL.
Nov. 0 Alleged Slayer of Mrs, Martin
to Face Jury.
Judge Jvelllgur ut Beatrice fixed
Nov. 6 us the date for trying Robert
Mead Shumway, the alleged slayer of
Mrs. Saruh Martin, of Adams. The
court appointed H. XV. Habin as Shum
way's counsel, as defendant filed In
the county court an affidavit to the ef
fect that he was without means
with which to employ an attorney.
Sheriff Trudo went to Lincoln to serve
a copy of the Information filed against
Shumway.
HALF OF OXFORD BLOCK BURNS
Fire Loss In West Nebraska City Will
Aggregate Hundred Thousand.
A half block In the central part of
Oxford burned recently, resulting In a
loss of $100,000, In part covered by
insurance.
The fire started in the office of Dr.
Cone over the drug store of Lance
Hooper. It spread with rapidity, hav
ing a good headway before being dis
covered. Aid was asked of the fire de
partments at McCook and Holdrege,
but the fire was under control before
the firemen At eithgr place were ready
for the trip.
Settling: I'p Race War.
Tony Giglloi-ii, one of the men mixed
up In tho race scrap on Broad strnet at
Fremont, was arraigned in Justice
court recently on the charge of shoot
ing M. C. Brooks with Intent to wound.
A plea of guilty of assault was accept
ed and he was sentenced to pay a fine
if $100 and costs.
Bryan Starts Tour.
William J. Bryan left recently for a
speaking tour of the south and east
which will occupy most of the month.
Mr. Bryan addressed a Y. M. C. A.
gathering at St. Louis, and from St.
Louis ho went to Kentucky, where he
will eld the Democrats In their state
campaign.
Golden Wedding Observed.
W. R. Smith and wife, of Valentine,
celebrated their golden wedding annl- .
versary at their home with their six
children. Mr. and Mrs. Smith were
married In Keokuk, la., Oct. 2, 1167. j
Qelng of a roving disposition, Mr.
Smith and his wife lived In many com
munities. .Sheldon Inheritance Tax.
The new law. in regard to inherit
ance tax Is being enforced In Cass
bounty and the treasurer proposes to
tee that ull taxes due are paid. The
'ast payment was from the estate of
Uwaon Sneldon, father of Gov. Shel
lon, and the Otoe county treasurer Is
ahead $128.63.
Beaver City Adds One tirade.
The board of education of Beaver
City has added tho third teacher to
the high Echool. Beaver City now has
twelve grades and a good equipment of
apparatus. Prof. W. T. Davis has
done much to prepn.ro the school to do
normal training.
BuptlHt (.utlier at Hustings.
Tha preliminary eesttons of the
aptlKt state convention were held at
Llncoin. Tho board of manuers of
the Young I'eoilu's ui.lcm met in con
ference. ,
MAGILL TRIAL OPENED.
Clinton (111.) flunk OHIcl.il and Wife
Fare M order Charge.
Fred II. Mnglll, a fonneV banker ol
Clinton, 111., and tils child wife, Fay
Graham Magill, were pl.ieej on trial
nt lkvutur, 111., on
the charge of mur-H-rln
Mrs. Pet
iMngilt, first wife of
the accused uina
E Ighty wltnesftei
were summoned by
the state and forty
by ttie defense.
Mogul's first
wife wiw found
red h. maoii.u dead In her home
May 30. 1907. The Coroner's verdict
was "death 'due to heart disease, su
perinduced by. chloroform." A num
ber of letters were found purporting
to have been written by Mrs. Magill,
and these were so unusual that a ques
tion was raised as to their authorship,
State's Attorney Miller announced hit
belief that n suicide never would tnk
the time or the jhiIim to write so many
letters, or to recommend to her bu
bnnd to marry a rival, Fare Gruham.
The suicide theory was accepted,
however, and the case would hav
been forgotten but for the fact that
Magill and Faye Graham were mar-
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PET UAQUX.
FAYE HAQ11A.
rled at Deliver a month nfter the first
wife wns fouud dead. Tula aroused
resentment and a demand for the la
vostlgatlou of the death of Mrs. Mugll)
No. 1.
The arrest of Maglll and wife No. 2
occurred nt Snn Diego, Cal., while thej
were ou their boueymoou. The prison
ers pleaded not guilty, and seoffa1
the charge of murder. They are con-
fnletit of a prompt acquittal, and de
clare that the (State will be unable to
Introduce evidence of a convincing
character. They admit that they did
wrong lu arranging- such a hasty mar
rlage, but plead as their defense tu
dying Instructions of the first wife.
The wealth of the Maglll family, on
of the richest In contrui Illinois, Is be
bind tuo defcuue, and the counsel en
gaged Is the most prominent lu Di
Witt County.
'getting rid of tramps.
Illlaola Will Undertake m War
Elimination.
The tramps, like the poor, we bav
always with us, but in several quarter!
a determined effort is golug to be mads
to suppress the former. Perhaps no
State in the country bus suffered mors
from the evils of trnmpdom than Illinois,
for its great city of Chicago has been th
refuge of myriads of those who particu
larly dislike work, as it has been th
refugs of tae criminal class generally.
A movement has just been instituted
to drive the tramps out of Chicago,
Previously this has' been found impos
sible. An amendment, however, to tut
law, which weut into effect recently,
giving police officers power to arrest eith
er on warrant or on view any person not
having visible means of support, is
thought to give promise of relief.
There can be no question that ths
tramp is a xcuulne evil. The idle man
easily becomes vicious, the idle rich man
no less than the idle poor man. 'Work
of somo kind Is necessary to give one that
healthy interest in life which will keep
him sound at the core. The tramp soon
loses all interest in things which are true,
bouest, pure aud of good report. Ths
enmity which society justly feels towards
him in reciprocated, and a criminal ba
Is almost certain to become. Whether.it
is possible to cure the tramp evil By
means of acts of legislation alone is
doubtful.
There is some danger that thsnew
law in Illinois may be applied in such
a drastic manner as to work barm and
hardship. Not every man walking fa
dusty road or beatiug bis way in a freight
car is a tramp. Mauy a man often looks
for work, which, In our present Imperfect
state of soclolugical development, be finds
It bard or impossible to obtain. To ba
without ylsible means of support is
misfortune and not a crime.
Commercial Wireless Service.
Sig. Marconi, who la now in Nova
Scotia, is preiwring to open a station at
Cape Breton for commercial wireless tele
graph service in ubout three weeks. It
is his intention to commence the active
work by sending message to two or three
of the trans-AtlautIc papers, lie is quot
ed as saying: "We bave overcome all ob
stacles, and are sure ot success,. The
weather will have no effect on our doing
efficient work, uuless our poles or masts
should be damaged. Lightning will not
bother us at all. We bave successfully
got over the bad weather difficulty." No
effort has been made for speed. For the
present about tweuty words a minute will
be sent, although the possibilities are
much greater. Tbe tariff, as published, la
10 cents per word for general messages
tod S cents for press work.
access of Ulit Hi-others."
The amazing success of children's aid
movement on novel linos Is described ia
the Pircle Magazine. It is based upon
the Idea that each man who volunteers la
tbe service will take a personal Interest
in just one boy of the slums who bos
come to notice thrown u some trouble or
petty crime aud help him In a sort of big
brother fashion. Hence tbe name of tba
organization which is known as the "Big
Brothers." It started quietly two years
ago with forty voluuteers, and now 409
men are ensured in the work.
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WORK AT PANAMA. ,
Sis? Dtlek Mar Be Da Karila TUb
the Sehedafed Iat.
Official figures from Panama Khow
that the work on tho canal Is belne
pushed with considerable rapidity.
Whl I o tho total auiount of digging- on
the Culcbra cut wns 183,000 cubW
yards in l'.KM, 9)4,000 In lOOS, and 2.- '
303,000 In 1000, It wns 4,085,000 la )fT7
for the seven months which expired'
with August., Thus more work waft
done In seven months of 1907 than wns
done la the preceding thirty-Ms
months, and not far from doable
much as was done Jn 1008. These rec
ords will be partleulamty gratify log to
the country.
Some of the hnniooso gala In the
pushing of tike canal la undoubtedly
due to the new experienea whlah la
constnupy being gained, but the great
er part of It Is probably caused by t he
Increased efficiency of the military
regime over the civilian managetuettC
A large part of the civilians' energy
apearcd to have been consumed la ,
talks for the press and In equabblcs
between the various members of the
commission at Panama and each other,
and between the heads of the commis
sion and the authorities la Washing
ton. Since the entrance of the mili
tary men early in 11K)7 the procedure)
has changed. The order of the day
now Is work, and not talk.
If the work continues to be left la
the bands of the army the prediexlont
about the time of the completion of fhe
cannl may have to be rtiortened. Ac
cording to the guess made recently by
Secretary Tnft the boats will begin to
run through that short cut between ttio
two oceans In 1015 or hereabouts. JVw-'
slbly this consummation may eonie a
little sooner. New Orleans was recent' -ly
talking about getting up aa exposi
tion to commemorate the completion of
the caual, aud fixed 1013 as the date
for It. The chief reason why 3013
was selected by Mew Orleans wns that .
that would be the 400th anniversary of
Balboa's discovery of the Panama Isth
mus, lie was te first white mint
who, from any polut ou tbo American
continent, looked dowu on tha South
Sea. For sentimental as well as for
practical' reasons the world wonld re
joice to see boats run through Balbon'a
Istjuuus ou tbo big anniversary. That
date la only six years away, but if the
authorities at Washington do not ham
per the soldiers who are doing tho
work, the joining ot the waters of t!ie
Atlantic und the Pacific may Cake place
as early as that year.
A MY8TERY CLEARED.
Badr of MUslnsr Brooklyn BHUkia
alr Found la Montana Cave.
After a little more tbaa a year tha
mystery surrounding the disappearance of
Abraham Gill, a millionaire Breoklynite,
was cleared the other day whea his rela
tives In New York City received a die- .
patch from Sandusky, Mout., tbat his
remains had been found in a care near
the ranch which he had sold the day he
disappeared. The body lay in kcap of
ashes and the belief is that he wss robbed
by bandits, who bound him awl then toss
ed him upon a pile of faggots to which
they applied the torch.
Gill, who was a young mss, was a
aradMte of tha Polytehcnic Instltass bim
a member of many exclusive clubs. Af
ter graduation he went te Montana, where
he purchased a ranch to raise live stork.
In 1900 Gill returned to Brosklya, and
after arranging for beginning life anew
ia New York, he. returned to bis rancb
and sold out to one George Oobia. Be
fore doing so, however, aa a Doited States
marshal he succeeded in breaking ap the
most dangerous gang of thugs la M0B7
tana. This led the authorities to believe
that tbe gang had killed bun.
The day of tbe sale GUI rode at nibt
to tbe home of a friend, several miles
from tbe ranch, to have ths deed legally
registered. This accomplished, he and
Cobln, who Is said to be a member of tbe
gang Gill bad exterminated, started bark
to tbe ranch with tbe money be had re
ceived from Cobln. He never again was
seen alive. The day after GUI disappear
ed bis horse was found Bear the point
where bis master had disappeared frou
view. It was within 100 feat of the cave
where the charred bones of ths deputy
were found.
The voice of the coal bis is beard In
tha land.
This year's peach crop went before it y
came.
This is a sevea-billion-rop year, in
cluding the hayseed.
There are new styles la kata, bat I he
same old atyles in heads.
A little tar and feathers is a saad eure-
for marriage by "affinity."
Tbe prevailing mode of homos tftsiine-
tion nowadays is to have come evsr la the
Lusltanla.
A Wisconsin woman died of overwork
at 84. These young girls always da over
tax their strength.
From tba way they are followe-i the-
JtooaeveU children must think American
are a nation of "rubbernecks."
Now that it is lawful in Kngtand Str
a man to marry bis deceased wife's sis
ter, wa suppose that tbe old cnor-n f
flirting with a pretty aister-la-laar baa
vanished.
Motoring-Improves tbe lung. It is aula.
because motorists must yell at e?t other
when tbey converse. It also improves the
lungs ot other people wko fed called oa
to yell at them.
A Maryland convict says his wife ban
disgraced him by eloping with another
man. Owing to tba confining nature of
bis occupation, It la bard (or a convict to
uphold tba family beuar. .