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a TIIK NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL : FRIDAY , DECEMBER 14 , 1906. ROBBERY CHARGE AGAINST NOR FOLK MAN NOT PROVEN. COMQS HAD MERRY TIME HERE Laborer Who Worked on the Railroad Extension Out of Oonestecl Tolls Hosv He Arrived , Got a Ticket to Jagvllle and Landed In Jail. Mmllson , Noli. , Doc. KI.Special to The Nuws : Fred UiiHhnoll of Norfolk , charged with rolililiiK William Comba , u railroad laborer from the IJoiiOBtool extension , WUH acquitted In dlalrlct court lant nltht ; and has HOMO homo a free man. Ho and ComhH , who wan hold HH a wit liens , hnvo lieen In Jail here for BOIIIO weeks , pending the trial , The toHllniony of the complaining witness wan very ummtlal'actory and the vor- diet wan brought In within a few mln- utoa after the case ondud. During the trial Comba admitted thai hu had como to Norfolk with inonoy , had Biunt | free ly for drinks and other things , and had ended hit ) ono long tremundonii npreo by bowling up with Huahnoll. Ho confessed that ho had fallen Into a Btupor , was not Hiiro that ho had any money In the llrat place , nor that any ono robbed him In the HOCOIH ! placo. In the third place ho thought Homebody had gonu through bla pock- ota , but ho couldn't he wire. Comlm said ho had a knife when ho left Bono- ateol. The knlfo was found In Huah- nell'a pocket. Comlm aald ho thought Homebody went through his pockets when ho was drunk. Ernest MiirHhal Bald ho aaw Uuahnoll In an alley , hla knee In Comba' back , boating the Bonoateol man. Hushnoll aald ho bor rowed the knlfo In the afternoon. On top of all thla Illmsy evidence , Buah- noil's wlfo ( for the boating of whom ho waa once In police court ) wua on deck with their little baby , to toatlfy In her huaband'a bohalf. The baby cried at critical momenta , Bushnoll apont a good portion of the afternoon In tnklng care of the wooplng little thing , and the jury aot him freo. Combs Had a Good Time Here. Comba , the complaining witness , who was rather an old man and a crip ple , testified that ho left the extension work near Uoncateol and started for Kansas City with money In hla joana. Ho got aa fiir aa Norfolk and baa been In jail ever since because somebody waa charged with robbing him. Hurt Mapes , attorney for the do- fenao , tangled Combs up In such a moss that the complaining witness waa glad to got out without being convict ed , hhrself , for various misdemeanors. Mr. Mapes took the complainant awnj back to the beginning of the trip from Bonoatool to Norfolk , and drew oul the story a mile at a time. K waa developed that before Combs reached Norfolk ho was pretty well 01 the road to Jagvllle. Ho bought i through ticket for that doatlnatloi when ho got to Norfolk , a ticket will stop-over privileges. And ho had i merry time. Very merry , Indeed There waa nothing that ho failed t ( take In. And ho was "going some' when ho met this Uushnoll. Thought He Had Money. Well , Comba thought ho had monc > when lie met Hushncll. Hut ho was not at nil sure about It. lie may have had $10 and he may have hud tei cents. Maybe not that much. He played cards with Uuahnoll. Specla Olllccr Williams , who had said Urn ho 'saw Dushnell cheating Combs litho the play , did not testify to that fact on the stand. At about supper time Combes say ho fell Into n stupor. Ho went to dreamland without being able to re call just what ho droannd . Ho think ho remembers having been out In th open and that somebody went throng his pockets. Ernest Marshal , llremai next door , testlllcd that ho came npo Hushnell pounding Combs and tha Bushnell , with vile names , ordered lili to make himself scarce In that vlcli Hy. So ho did It. The next thing Combs rememborc was the jail door staring him In th face , when ho awoke. When ho awok he was without money. Also his knlf was missing. The police found the knlfo In HushueU's pocket but Hush- neil says he borrowed It In the after noon , and Combs could not deny it. Mrs Uushncll , mother of the ac cused man , testified In her son's be half. So did his wife. So , but unwit tingly , did the little crying babe. And now Hushtull is free , and Combs , a merry time and a jail lodg ing to the good. Is also free. TRINITY CHURCH MISSION. Dr. Westcott Speaks of Present Pros perity In America. The Trinity church mission services yesterday were attended by Increas ing congregations and interest is growing. In his instruction in the af ternoon , Rev. Dr. Westcott spoke on "Preparation for Heaven , " and in his sermon ho preached on , "Tho Good Fight , " taking for his text , "I have faught a good fight ; I have finished my course. I have kept the faith. * " Tuesday's Sermon. Ho Is a forceful speaker most earnest in his manner. Taking his text from the Sth chapter of Dent. , 10th and llth verses , the preacher drew a striking lesson on the dangers to bo faced by the Israelites on the lost stage of their long Journey through the wilderness before entering the Promised land and then went on to show that their chief danger of which Moses oven was warning them , when all tlioBO difficulties wore accomplished and they were aafoly In the Promised land , WUH the greatest of all danger , m danger of forgetting God. In the llderiuma the Israelite could not. caa- y forgot (5od. With the ash the algn f the presence of God , the perpetual gna of Clod's miraculous power round them , the manna from above , te water springing from the rock ley could not pnHBlbly forget Him ut when settled In the Promised land ml no longer HO visibly dependent on od , there wan the danger of forgot- ng him. The preacher In the course f lila Intereallng Bonnon went on to how that In the world of today , when nythlng startling occnra which seems ImoHt a miracle , our mlndn turn In- tliiellvely to God and religion. In 10 llnio of war especially when mailed with disaster and defeat , a I range aorlousneaa overtakes a na- on. Men then remember the King f Klngfi. Trials , poverty , atorma and ompeata force this on im but padded i luxury nothing dlaturba us and the Ivor of all blessings la forgotten , lore said Dr. Weatcott la a great lea- on for all good cltlzena of America hat In the midst of our national proa- orlty wo see to It that wo fall not to ender unto God the thlnga that are iod'a and give back to him something f what ho has given to ua. Speaking t Memorial day the preacher Bald the ecoratlng of the aoldlera' graves waa beautiful and pious custom , "Lest vo forget" those who fought for their onntry'a Hag. The great danger waa hat the true sentiment of the day hould bo forgotten and degenerate nto mere sight seeing and pleaauro. Taking the key-note of hla sermon. Ltjst wo foigot , " Dr. Westcott applied hem to the baptismal and conflrma- km vows , the innrrlago vows , the ob- orvatlon of Sunday , the Betting aside f Friday aa a day of fasting and pray- r and the obeying of the captain's ylng command In the Institution of ho Holy communion , "Do this In re- nombranco of mo. " The preacher concluded hla eloquent ormon with tho- following worda : Follow not men but Christ. Imitate great men , but only ono Is perfect osus the Incarnate ono apply all Ills cachings to your dally lives. Romem- tor ho sympathizes with you. Strive o llvo a noble life. Bo ready when 10 calla. Bo at work. " OMAHA'S WATER PROBLEM. Municipal Ownership Faddists are For Building Another Plant. Omaha. Dec. Jit. Special to The News : . Thla city's municipal water- vorka system , which has caused so nnch trouble and loss of money In ho courts for the past four years , haa akon a sudden turn and Instead of mvlng a single system , Omaha may low llnd Itself with two complete wa- or systems In Us streets , both of them lolonglng to the city and both being operated In the usual slipshod maiv lor of a municipally owned public utll- Ity. Ity.The The Omaha water board has just ap pointed a committee to lay'plans foi Lho construction of a now water ays uOin , without regard to the plant whicli Is now supplying Omaha and the sub urban towns with water. The prcsonl system Is a private corporation , but for the past llvo years the city has lieon making unsuccessful attempts al purchasing this system from Its own ors. In fact , the city council , foui years ago , passed a resolution to bu > this plant and the city voted $3,000.00 ( for that purpose , but with the oxcop tlou of a mountain of debts Incurrei In law suits , costs of appraisements lawyers' fees , salaries of water boardf with nothing to manage , etc. , Omalu has absolutely nothing to show for 1U plunge Into the ownership of Its owi waterworks. If the Intentions and instructions of the water board are carried out that body will Immediately begin the con struction of a now waterworks sys tem. tem.And And the old waterworks company Is now In United States court with a suit to force the water board to pur chase the present system at a cost which most people declare Is far In excess of Its value , but ono which the appraisers appointed by the board and by the company declared to bo a fair valuation. The latest action of the water board came In the way of a resolution re scinding Its action in attempting to make terms with the Omaha water company for the present plant , al though that action was originally tak en because of a vote cast In favor of so doing by the tax payers of Omaha. Whether or not the water board has the right to overrule this vote is a question which must also bo taken Into consideration when the action fi nally comes up In court. Although the case has been In court for four years already , the latest ac tion of the water board bids fair to make rich pickings for the lawyers , at the expense of the city and tax payers , for a number of years to como. And if no more successful In con structing the now plant , than In get ting possession of the old ono at a fair price , the city will bo without any water plant at all. Instead of having two of them on Its hands Mcantlce. the citizens themselves are heartily tired of the expense to which they are being put by the at tempts of the municipal ownership fad dists to force the city into a business with which a majority of the citizens arc not In sympathy and do not want. For Contract Fulfillment. Madison , Neb. , Dec. 12. Special to The News : The case of Frank Wintergreen - torgreen , nn implement denier of Now. man Grove , vs , Samuel Kurpgowelt of Madison , suing for fulfillment of con tract on the purchase of n cream sep arator , was put on this morning. KELSON D. 8WEITZER OF NIO- BRARA IN THE RACE. ENDORSEMENTS TO WASHINGTON tate Wide List of Strong Endorse ments are Backing Prominent Nebraskan - braskan for the Appointment to Suc ceed Commissioner Richards , Nlobrara , Nob. , Dec. 12. Special to The News : Friends of Nolaon H. Swell/or forwarded this morning a trong Htnto endorsement to the No- miska delegation at Waahlngton nek- ng for hla appointment na conimla- loner of the general land olllce. Ho haa been for years employed by ho gonornl land olllce In ndjuatlng ; ovornment surveys and la said tonn- lorataiid thoroughly the many Intri cate queatloiiB of Hold work. Ilia land illlco record IB Bald to bo of the high- eat order. The endorsement comprised leading nen and politicians In the Htnto , who eel that Nebraska la entitled to thla mportant appointment. Mr. Swcltzcr a son of the late General Sweltzcr and la a native of Nebraska. THURSDAY TIDINGS. II. 13. Owen came up from Omaha aat night. F. M. Gill of Shoshonl , Wyoming , la n the city. Chaa. Pllgor left for Omaha Thurs- ; lay morning on business. Mra. C. A. Goltz of Wlnaldo , waa a Norfolk visitor yesterday. George W. Momgor of Pllgor was a rtaltor In Norfolk Thursday. Mr. Hitchcock of Omaha was doing business In the city Thursday. W. II. Marshall of Osceola was In the city on business Thursday. Edward Peterson wont to Minnesota seta on a land deal yesterday. Mr. and Mra. W. N. Huao returned last night from Excelsior Sprlnga , Mo. .1. G. Rhoadea came down from Stu art yeatorday on his way to Haatlngs. Royal Hudapoth , the Newport boost er , went to Council Bluffs yesterday. James Hlalr is in the city from Linwood - wood to look after his farm south of town. Mrs. Goodspced and party of five came down from Plalnvlew Thuraday morning. F. .T. Dlshner , a prominent landman of O'Neill , was In Norfolk yesterday ' forenoon. Ralph Sutllff loft yesterday fpr Ha- warden , Iowa , where ho will visit un til after Christmas. Paul Krahn of St. Ansgar , Iowa , la In the city to spend the holidays with his uncle , C. II. Krahn Harold Gow returned to Lincoln yes terday after being homo to appear as a witness In the DIetz trial. Harry Lnntls of Nlobrara was In Norfolk Thursday forenoon. He has been In Iowa for some time. .T. S. McClary left yesterday for Ev ' nnston , Wyo. , to visit his sister. He will remain until after Christmas. Conductor S. L. Miller Is In Excel sion Springs drinking the waters there In hopes of helping his rheumatism. S. G. SJoblom of Gregory , having been out on a land deal for n few day was In Norfolk , Wednesday and Thura day. , W. H. Hlakoman left last night foi a trip through the Black Hills coun try. Ho expects to bo gone several days. days.Mrs. Mrs. It. S. Shele of Brocksbnrg ac companled her niece to her homo Ir Iowa Thursday to visit during the hell days. Clarence Moss returned Thursday from Atkinson where ho has been to see his parents , to resume work as postal clerk. James Reynolds of Alnsworth , with his family , was In the city awhile yes- terday. They will visit at Wagner , South Dakota. Miss Tena Bowers , bookkeeper for the Rosebud Lumber company at Greg ory , started to Sutton Thursday to remain over Christmas. W. M. Breckbill , messenger for the American Express company between Norfolk and Chadron , has moved to Norfolk from Long Pine. Miss Anna Craig , traveling chief operator orator for the telephone company , who has been in Norfolk for the past few- days , left yesterday for Wayne. M. T. Post an attorney of Monowl. returned yesterday from Omaha , where ho had been looking after In dian affairs in the United States court. Judge McCutchan , attorney-elect of Hoyd county , went to Lincoln Thurs day to consult Attorney General Nor- rls Brown before his term of olllco be gins. J. K. Brown of Crelghton had cattle on the market at South Omaha yester day. IIo says the market Is good just now , but thinks a heavy run Is In sight , that will break down the price. State Veterinarian C. A. McKlm was in Norfolk Wednesday to moot his as sistant , J. E. Antrim , who has been examining horses for G. W. Bell , John Van Horn and J. W. Howell at Brls- tow. tow.Tho The Northwestern territory west of the Missouri river haa heretofore con stituted ono division , composed of three districts , the South Platte , the Eastern and the Black Hills districts , but will now bo known as two divi sions , the Eastern and the Black Hills divisions. Julius Salzwedlo and family are hav ing their share of sickness. Mr. Salz- wedel and the two girls arc Just able to be around alter a sick spoil , and now Mrs. Salzwedlo Is down sick. Engineer Murry Tyler of Chadron took dinner with his aunt , Mrs. W. M. Jock , yesterday and wont through to Jattlo Creek , where ho Intended to top off and visit with John Lund bo- ere returning homo. W. Right , tha night dispatcher of Jattlo Creek , and his family have moved here and Is now working In the upply yards under Mat Shaffer , Jr. Pat Crotty is having his cellar re- nodeled a little and some other re pairs made on the house. Miss Bertha Brown la In Albion via- ting with friends , Mrs. E. W. Apfol wont to Pierce to- lay to have her oycs treated. Coony Campnmn la under the iveather a little this wcok. Harry Clay of Long Pine la visiting with W. M. Beck and la having some luntul work done. Rome Miller has a gang of carpon- era at work this week making some mprovomonta on his dairy barn , put- Ing In air boxes that the cattle may uivo plenty of freah air while being loused 'up during the winter. Ivan Wllllama , assistant road fore man of engines , from Missouri Valley , was looking after the company's Inter ests here yesterday. Fireman Watson Is spending a few : laya In Omaha this week. Luthorn Alexander of Oakdalo la lero visiting with his brother , Harry Alexander. The band boya will give their second end dance on next Tuesday evening , n Marquardt hall. The aoggy weather continued In Nor folk , n light rain having fallen In the night. The "Old Arkansaw" theatrical com pany arrived In the city to play at the Auditorium Thursday night Mrs. George D. Buttorflold haa Is sued Invitations for a luncheon to bo given at 1 o'clock on Saturday of this week. The now addition to the switchboard has been installed In the telephone of- ( Ice and numbers above 400 aie being put In. Rov. J. C. S. Weills has Issued Invi tations to a few men for this evening at the rectory , to meet Informally Rov. Dr. Westcott. Advices from the Bonesteel branch are that cornhuskers receive flvo and In some cases six cents per bushel for their work. Deputy United States Marshall Sides Included In his Itinerary for Wednes day and Thuraday Loup City , St. Paul , Columbus , Norfolk , Meadow Grove and Butte. Frank Morse of the Naper Enter prise was In Norfolk Thuraday morn- Ing. Ho was In company with Joseph Leatherman who is going to Phoenix , Arizona , for his health. Both these gentlemen were on the ground ten years before Hoyd county was orga nized. The Sugar City Cereal mills have enlarged their ofllco rooms and have made several improvements which make the work in the ofllco more con venient. General Superintendent C. C. Hughes of the Nebraska & Wyoming division of the Northwestern , will be away on his vacation for another month. He Is enjoying his rest In the south. Mra. L. R. Pritchard of Meadow Grove and Mrs. E. O. Bartlett of St Paul , Nebraska , separated at Norfolk for long trips Thursday morning , the ono for Minneapolis , and the other foi Loa Angeles. The household goods of Assistant General Superintendent Braden of the Northwestern have arrived from Chicago cage and will be moved Into the house on the corner of Tenth street and Pasowalk avenue , soon. Mrs. Braden has not yet arrived , and Is now visit ing with friends in Chicago. Letter List. List of letters remaining uncalled for at the postofllco at Norfolk , Neb. , December 11 , 1903 : Mr. Robert Byrnes , Mr. Earl Bono , Mrs. Nelson "Best , Mr. Louis Caboto , ottago Homo Hotel , Miss Laura Chamblll , Mrs. Florence Davis , Earl Hamilton (2) ( ) , Dr. J. J. Harrison , Miss Myrthlo Johnson , II. B. Lewis , Mr. R. E. MacMartln , Mr. E. II. Miller , Mrs. Elizabeth Nichols , Mr. W. J. O'Neill (3) ( ) , Miss Hattlo Preuss , Mr. Thomas Smith. If not called for in fifteen days will bo sent to the dead letter office. Parties calling for any of the above plcaso say "advertised , " John R. Hays , P. M. Sue for Check Payment. Madison , Nob. , Dec. 12. Special to The News : The case In which Dr. Frlnk of Newman Grove is sued by the Bank of Canada for payment of a check , given by Dr. Frlnk to a real estate man named Davis as compensa tion for land which Frlnlc later deter mined not to accept , followed the Dlotz case on the docket. Frlnk telegraphed the bank that ho would repudiate his contract and not pay the check. Davis had given the check to the Bank of Canada In settlement for n debt owed to the bank by him. The bank now sues for payment. Judge Boyd took this case away from the jury and has the matter of the decision under ad- vlsemont. DR. NICHOLSON TO BE WITNESS Former Assistant Superintendent of Hospital Arrives. Dr. Nicholson , formerly assistant su perintendent at the Norfolk hospital for the insane , but now of Lincoln , has arrived In the city on his way to Madison , where ho will bo called as a witness In the cases against four for mer attendants , charged with assault with Intent to do great bodily Injury , Dr. Alden , who was superintendent , will not bo present to testify , as ho IB spending the winter In southern Cali fornia. THIS , MORE THAN DEFICIT , CONCERNS - CERNS CORTELYOU. WANTS INCREASED SALARIES Regarding Proposition of Chicago Man to Operate Postal Business , Post master General Says Efficiency , Not Money-Making , Is the Ideal. Washington , Dec. 12. Against a loficlt of $11,572,581.13 In 1905 , the iinnunl report of Postmaster General George B. Cortolyou shows a decrease .o $10,510,995.91 In the fiscal year Just closed. Receipts of $152,820,585.10 for 1905 are eclipsed by Mr. Cortolyou's llguros of $107,932,782.95. With the project of a Chicago man to give the postal business of the United States Into the hands of a pri- rate corporation , and thus escape the annual deficit , before him , Mr. Cortol you says : "I repeat what I aald n year ago ; that whllo It would bo a gratifying clr- cumatanco if the postofllco department were self-sustaining , I am loss concerned corned about the deficit than the effi ciency of admlnlatration. By a proper system of accounting , the department can bo placed upon a better business footing and Incidentally credited with work for which it now receives no credit. And as a result of these and other needed changes the deficit , which is , in fact , only a paper deficit , can bo altogether eliminated. Prog ress toward these Improvements will open the way for Investigations to de tormlno the feasibility of the adoption of many Important policies of admin istratlon reduction of postage , both domestic and International , postal sav ings banks , parcels post , postal tele graph and telephone , and others the morlta and defects of all of whicli should have In the not dlatant future the fulleat consideration. " Urges Salary Increases. Of chief Interest among the recom mendations of Mr. Cortelyou Is his plea for increased salaries in the post al service. Good men are leaving the service , bo says , because the rate of pay Is far below that given employes of the same relative worth In private service. Then , he adds , the salaries paid are too small to induce an intlux of com petent men sufficient to meet the de mand. Po&toffico clerks , railway-mai ; clerks , city and rural carriers and fourth-class postmasters are includet in the plea for increased salaries , with the increase In the cost of living , the good of the service and the increases granted employes of railroads and other largo corporations as arguments In behalf of the railway-mall clerks further recommendations of relic : measures are mado. Commenting on the dangers to which these men are subjected , he suggests that the gov ernment continue clerks disabled litho the performance of their duty , on the rolls at a proportion of the salary they were receiving at the date of injury not exceeding 50 per cent. , this to be supplemental to the relief measures already provided. Asks a Deputy. The creation of the olllce of deputy postmaster general , to bo the ranking officer of the assistants of the post master general , Is recommended. Neetl of agents 'to study the posta systems of other nations is empha sized. Mr. Cortelyou reports that 27,794 women are employed in the postal ser vice. Ho says nothing of their value Of this number , 253 are employed as rural carriers. The work of the postmaster at San Francisco In the trying days after the earthquake and fire and his employes Is praised. Attempts to nso the malls to defraut were severely dealt with during the year just closed. Fraud orders numbering boring C30 wore issued , which eclipse the figure of the previous year by sev enty-one. Schemps of almost evorj conceivable variety were nipped. Burglaries on Increase. The number of burglaries of post offices during the year was 1,802 a notable Increase over the proviou year , when the figure was 1,581. In this matter the postmaster general de plores the weak federal laws , saying that ofttlmcs the robbers arrested ar turned over to the state courts , as th sentences usually are more severe. Declaring that the commission ap pointed by congress to Investigate th charges of the railroads for carrying mall did not delve deep enough Into the matter , Mr. Cortelyou ventures th statement that "while my impressloi is very strong that wo pay a grat dea too much for transportation , I shonl not-bo warranted In making a recom mendatlon based merely on such a Impression. If the government Is pay Ing too much for the carriage of th malls , that fact should bo dctormlncd. The government's ownership of th pneumatic tube systems used In th mall service la recommended. Aids Postcard Craze. Urgent need of the Improvement o the foreign mall service la emphasized "Tho unprecedented expansion o trade and foreign commerce justific prompt consideration of an adequat foreign service , " Mr. Cortolyou says Expenditures to this end scorn full warranted , also from the stnndpoln of a proper naval establishment. Inas much as the vessels performing ser vice are so built ns to bo readily con verted lute auxiliary cruisers. Favor able legislation on this subject Is urg ently needed. Illustrated postcards yield porhap Calumet Powder Porfoot In quality. Hlodoroto In prloo. greater proportion ot revenue than ny class of mall matter , says Mr. Cortelyou , and an Important recom- icndatlon on behalf of the collectors s made , as follows : In order to gratify , a widespread do- land on the part of the general pub ic for permission to scud a written icssage on a portion of the address Ide , so as to keep the Illustrated sldo f the card free from disfigurement , ml following the action of the prln- Ipal countries of Europe , I have or dered that from October 31 , 1900 , post ards bearing written messages upon ho left half of the front of the cards , ml otherwise conforming to the pro- lalons of the postal convention re- ently concluded In Rome , mailed In orelgn countries and fully prepaid by lostago stamps , shall bo delivered to addressees In the United States with- jut additional charge for postage , and hat on and after March 1 , 1907 , such cards shall bo admitted both to the In- crnatlonal and to the domestic mails of this country and treated as post cards. " The postmaster general approves the \ lomand for a postal note. Need of reforms in the rules gov erning secoud-claas matter is Indicat ed , the recommendation of the com- nission investigating this question bo ng called to the attention of congress. Mr. Cortelyou united with the sec retary of agriculture In asking an ad equate appropriation for good roads. RIVALS CRIMES OF HOCH. 3olsonlng of Deceived Girl , Latest De velopment. Chicago , Dec. 12. An unknown girl ias entered Into the Vrzal poisoning case , opening up a line of inquiry Into Herman Blllek's career that led the lollce back five years , and may unveil a series of deaths similar to that which followed In the train of the arch wife nurderer , Johann Hoch. Blllek is icld charged with complicity In poi soning the Vrzal family. Lieutenant O'Brien has received in formation that five years ago Blllek was present at the death of a young I Bohemian girl whom he had Induced : o believe that he would marry , de spite the fact that he had a wife and children. This girl , according to the police In formant , had money , and the relations between her and Blllek had progressed to such a stage that they went to a store in South Halsted street to pick out the furniture for the home they were to establish. Fell Dead In Store While looking over furniture , the girl dropped dead. Her death was laid to heart trouble and stomach disor ders , but the symptoms , as far as the police have learned , were Identical with those displayed by the six mem bers of the Vrzal family , who have died since Billek became'the "family friend. " Those further facts in connection with the Vrzal family have been pried out of the various witnesses : Billek at ono time worked In a chemical shop In Cleveland , and was acquainted with the uses and natures of poisons. Gave Pills to Vrzals. He gave pills to other members of the family who died , besides the fa ther , Martin Vrzal and the girl Mary. Ho was alone with Mrs. Vrzal for twenty minutes the day she drank the potion that ended her life , and when he came to the house the second day ho Immediately asked for "the bottle. " On two different occasions Ella and Bertha Vrzal , the youngest two chil dren , barely escaped death from as phyxiation by gas under circumstances which now point to an attempt at murder. "That Billek used hypnotism is more than probable , " said Assistant Chief Schuottler. "Ho is a criminal by his own admission and admits only such things as wo can prove. The whole case now rests on the examina tion of the bodies. " WORKMEN ELECT OFFICERS. Ancient Order of United Workmen Hold Social Session Afterward. The Ancient Order of United Work men elected officers last night for the ensuing year , as follows : E. E. Fair banks , re-elected master workman ; L. M. Ogdpn , re-elected foreman ; John Koerber , ro-elected financier ; M. Moo- lick , recorder ; John Quick , receiver ; William Bland , overseer ; J. Adams , guide ; Dr. Salter , Dr. Holden and Dr. Hagey , re-elected medical examiners. The election of a trustee waa post poned until the next meeting. After the lodge mooting , the mem bers adjourned to the Zlrfns restau rant and enjoyed oyster stow and ci gars. The social session was much enjoyed. r Engineers Accept Scale. Now Haven , Conn. , Dec. 11. An nouncement Is made that the long standing trouble between the Now York , Now Haven and Hartford rail road and Its engineers over the ques tion of wages is nt an end , the engl- neors having agreed to accept the scale of wages submitted by the com pany. 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