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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY N 1C WS-JOURNAL : l-MUDAY , APRIL 20. 1007. f FJFTEEN YEAR SENfENCE IS CO ? DOWN TO THREE. ANOTHER CHAPTER IN YRAdEDY' ' .11. 1 J. - i i The , ; Penitentiary * Sentence of August vH. ' Mueller of Stanton , Who Shot " 'Wife and Her Patents , is Modified jbSupremc [ Court , The sentence of August H. Mueller of Stanton , who had been convicted end , , given flftpon years. In the peniten tiary for shooting his iwlfo nnd her parents , Mr. and .Mrs. Fred Hohnoko , HaV'taWn reduced 'to ' three years by inri supreme court of Nebraska. Muel ler's attorney , John II. Erlmrdt of Strvnton , announces that ho will inline- tUateJy appeal for R new trial. , Muol- Jcri < V bo has been in jail at Stanton QtocQt.tho shooting a year ago , will re- , mftlnt .there pending the decision of thet supreme court on the motion for n/ranearing. The supreme court modified the sen- , tofaco'Twhcn an appeal was made for i reversal In the case. The finding of I tbe Supreme court states that under t the evidence the jury would have been i JtwUfled in finding a. verdict for acquittal - ] tal 'but that , slnco a conviction was j brought , it will not be disturbed nnd i the sentence , which , is pronounced to have been greatly In excess , is modi- lied from fifteen years to three. His Wife Married Again. r Mueller's young wife , whom he-shot In the breast , Is now married again. A divorce was granted shortly after the shooting. Thirty days after the shooting it is said she was in Stanton to get a license to remarry. The woman - man Is thought to bo about seventeen years of age now , though her age has not boon definitely learned at Stanton. Attorney Erhardt , in speaking over the long distance telephone of the case , said : "The supreme court sim ply accepted the record instead of newspaper reports. The newspapers' ' have never been fair to Mueller. They created prejudice against him without getting at the causes underlying his shooting. Mueller could not have fired the first shot. If he had shot Hohneke in the arm , Hbhnclce would never have been able to grab his gun and shoot later. Hohneke , urged on by his wife , had been trying to get Mueller's wife , their child , away from him. Twice Hohneke had got the sheriff to arrest Mueller on an Insanity - ity charge. Once Mueller was brought' ' to town and then Hohneke declined to file a complaint. Mueller had been mistreated. He went over to get his wife. They refused to give her to | hhn. At this particular time he went , as he said , 'for blood. ' He had before gone over to take- his wife her cloth Ing. He had once taken lu'r cow over for her. She had begun action for di rorce and he was angry. He was jus tlfled in being angry. " THURSDAY TIDINGS. Hi E. > Gerecke left at noon for Fre ' mont. ' Fred Fuehrlng of Seward is In the city today. G. A. Eberly of Stanton is in the city today. John Pearson of Ponca is a Norfolk visitor today. P.A. . Froehlich of Emerson was in Norfolk yesterday. H A. Drebert visited relatives in i Pierce , yesterday. , 'p."iF. Tanabake'r of Wayne was In Norfolk yesterday. ' Nj-rJ. Weatherholt of Hoskins was Ini Norfolk yesterday. , > Wt A. Wltzigman returned at noon from a business trip to Tilden. E.tJ. Evans of Carroll stopped in Norfolk yesterday between trains. : I C. Burbank of Plainview was in Norfolk for a few hours yesterday. n lira. Rufus Barnes and her grand Bon Uufus Hanks of Crelghton , spent yesterday in. Norfolk , enroute for a visit at Central City. , , , . -/I * , Dr. , and Mrs. J. M. 0'Connell of ,4 - - ' - . p.onca visfted'lh Norfolk yesterday. Mrs. C. E. Greene and Miss Nina Walker left today for a visit at Oma ha , i Hi P. Peters and bride of Mlnneap i , j olift.are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. J I J1 < Ji Spellman. | , Misses Matrau and Herman returned yesterday noon from a visit at Lin coin * in Misses Stella Wright and Lorinda Wauser of Plainview are visiting in Norfolk. , Mrs. F. E. Bollard and Mrs. I. W. Seaverns of Randolph were in the city yesterday. i \Mlss. Etta Curberry returned fiom Omaha where she had been for mod leal treatment. A little son of Sam Hnnun is sick with lung fever. Mr. Hnnan recently moved to Norfolk from Madison with his family. Frank A. Peterson , city superinten ' dent1 of the Crelghton schools , passed through Norfolk yesterday returning from Lincoln where he had been called " by < the death of his father. iRy C. Relnecke of the Sioux City firm of Reinecke & Jonkintion , one of ' the younger firms among western architects , is' In Norfolk submitting plans to the Norfolk board of educa tion .for the new high school building Word received from Deadwood states that Frank Hlrsch's Illness there resulted from an attack Of nsth ma affecting heart action.1 The ill ness wqs not serious' and , thougft con I fined to his room ; Mr. Hlrsch Is im proving. Mrs.1 Hir&ch , who left Nor folk as soon as word was received , Is 31 t with her husband. Lack of definite iformation ! In the first telegrams toll ing of Mr , lllfflch's Illness occasioned mich alarm among his frleiidH nnd gi\vo rise -to. Btreot rumors of , his loath. District court will convene In Knoxl county next Monday. Work has begun on ( he' now comqht , sidewalk leading to Ihe city hall on | North' P6urth street. ' ' | ' The Uulios guild of Trinity church' ' will mbct tomorrow afternoon at 2t20 , ' , vlth Mm , Welllftint the .rectory , i Al Wilkinson ImB Uoeiv rotnlnud by C , Fr.Horr & Co. , who have bought , out thOj depart non store of the Mrs. , Robert Craft company. Dr. O. It ( KtcrcnUli will entertain the young peoblo' of his Christian' ' church Sunday school 1)lblo class this evening at his'home. A four-ycnrroh } son of Mr. nnd Mrs.i A. Hyde-wan seized with an attack of cpnvulsions yesterday noon. To day the littleboy wa * } much.bpttcr , A small bridge over a slough one mile north of the Kost brkilgo Is be ing replaced , forcing' ' Rural Carrier J. ' R. Rouse to make a short detour in covering route No. 2. ' ' ' ' Foreman Hftrtford nnd a .cnbl.e gang in the service of { lie Nebraska Tele phone company Were exp6 < Jtcd In Nor folk' today. The amount of cable work to be undertaken in NoVfolk this spring lias not yet been determined by the company. . , . Mr. and Mrs. Ed C. Engle and daughter leave on the early train Fri day for Sioux Falls , S. D. , to attend the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. Englo's parents In that city Mon day , April 29. Mr. Englo will return | the first of the week and Mrs. Englo will go to Huron , S. D. , for a week's visit with a sister at that place. The following teachers have been elected to teach In the Tilden schools the coming year : Principal , William C. ' Green ; assistant principal , Miss Mlra L. Kerns ; grammar room , Miss Myrtle Bennett ; first intermediate , Miss ' Audrey Cloyd ; second Interme diate , Miss Emma Putney ; first pri mary , Miss Idelle Taylor ; second pri mary , Mrs. Nolle Bently. B. E. McKlbben , a brother of Mrs. O. R. Meredith of this city , sailed Tues day for Japan In. the interests of the International Fisheries company. Mr. McKlbben will have his headquarters In Japan but his territory will cover China , Japan , the Philippines nnd Man churia. He will spend some two years in the east. Mr. McKlbben is an old Hastings ] boy and later for three yeara was the western league baseball man ager at St. Joe. The Norfolk high school base ball nine ' will play a return game with the Neligh high school tomorrow afternoon at Neligh. Saturday the Norfolk ball season will witness the first regular game of the spring when the Pierce and ! Norfolk high school nines clash on the old fair grounds. The game will be called at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon. EstubrooU , Hoffman and Faucott will comprise the Norfolk bat tery Saturday. The Norfolk boys promise a speedy contest for the open ing game. C. C. Gow has decided to accept the secretaryship of the Norfolk Commer cial club , having been ejected to that position at the Tuesday morning ses sion of the directors. At the time Mr. Gow was notified of his selection to the position of secretary , he asked for time to weigh the. matter in his mind. Mr. Gow felt that if he should accept the responsibilities of the office he would feel bound to devote to his new duties the attention that they would demand and that this time could ill be spared from his own business. Af ter consideration , however , -Mr. Gow Has informed the Commercial club that be Is prepared to take up the work of the secretaryship , taking time from his business to meet its demands. WOMEN'S CLUBS OF THIRD DIS TRICT ASSEMBLE. NORFOLK DELEGATION -THERE The Third Congresclonal District's Federation of Women's Clubs Is Holding Annual Convention for Two " Days In Stanton. With a large attendance from Nor folk nnd other towns In the Third , dis trict , the district convention of the woman's clubs of northeastern Nebraska braska convened In Stanton Wednes-n day afternoon for a two days session. The Ladies' Literary club , Sorosis and ! the Fortnightly Culture clubs of Stanton - ' ton were hostesses to the visiting del egates. Mrs. John R. Ha vs. Mrs. S. F. Er- skine , Mrs. A. H. Vlele , Mrs. J Baum , Mrs. .1. C. Stltt , Mrs. George B , Chris- toph , Mrs. E. M. Huntlngton , Mrs. Hurt Mapes and Mrs. O. R , Mapes were among the representatives of the Woman's club of Norfolk at the district convention at.'Stanton. Mrs. W. E. Reed of Madison , dis trict vice-president of the Third dls- "trlct , accompanied by Mrs. Mary E. Ottls nnd Mrs. J. E , Hugg of Hum phrey , and Mrs. Arthur Anderson and 'Mrs. Charles Miller of Genoa were in Norfolk over night , leaving for Stanton - ton at noon. Had Snow on Rosebud Yesterday. Gregory , S. D. , April 2-1. Special to Tile News : > A blizzard stnick the Rosebud country at 0 o'clock this morning. A Driving wind and fine snow from the northwest ore raging. Give that "hurry Job" to a classified ad. if you have nothing easier for It ! CITY COUNCIL HOLDS SPECIAL SESSION FOR IT. II JARE | ONE sSrEp NEARER PAVING ii City Attorney Weatherby Says That as Soon as It Is , Definitely Determined Whore Street Intersection Paving Cost Comes From , Things Start , Only the cost of paving street Inter sections now stands In the way of pav ing Norfolk nvonuo from Seventh street to the North fork bridge. At a special session of the city council last evening the last of the technical steps preparatory to 'paving Norfolk avcnuo were taken. When city funds can bo found available for paving the street intersections the city , according to City 'Attorney ' Wi'nthcrby , will bo In a 'position to call for bids on the con tract for paving the avenue. A proposition that the cost of street intersection paving should bo assessed against the paving districts encoun tered opposition from Norfolk avcnuo property owners present nt the spe cial session of the council last even ing. The meeting of the council was held for the purpose of arranging to assess the cost of the proposed paving ngnlnst adjacent property. To carry out the requirements of law it was voted that the property In tlio paving district should be valued at tlio stun of $100 per front foot for the purpose of the assessment to pay for paving the dlE'rlct The resolutions adopted also pro vided that the cost of paving the street Intersections should bo paid by the city. Exactly where this money Is to come from was not known , but the mayor and counnllmen thought that the necessary money could bo made available In some way. This task will probably fall to tlio lot of the new city administration. The rest of the council's time last evening was consumed In detail mat ters connected with the new sewer system' ' . The special committee of the council reported that they were farther than ever from reaching nn agreement with Gust MHchmuellcr re garding the matters under dispute bet tween Mnchmueller and the city. For the reason that Mr. Mnchmueller re fused to put what the council thought to bo a fair price on the dirt neces sary tocover the 700 feet of sewer pipe extending across his land to the river , that part of the sewer contract providing for the covering of this part of exposed pipe at 21 cents per yard of dirt was ordered canceled. Con tractor agreed to have the section stricken from his contract and thought that the city would save mon ey by waiting for a more opportune time to have the grading done. The question as to whether or not Contractor Herrlck had a right to ex tend private drains Into the new sew er without taking out n plumber's li cense was brought up but no action taken. Contractor Herrlck Is to put in several house connections with the new sewer within the next few weeks. All councilman were present at last night's meeting save Craven , Stafford and Spellman , $15,000 IS DISTRIBUTED WEDNES DAY AT NIOBRARA. $35,000 MORE ON SATURDAY Government Is Liquidating to the Red Men for Great Sioux Treaty , Relin quishing Rights of Tribes In Black Hills Country. Nlobrara , Neb. , April 24. Special to The News : The Ponca Indians will receive about $15,000 today , or $114.5,0 each. Friday and Saturday the * Sant'eo Indldns * will receive about $35,000. This is' part only of the pay ment that the government is to make these Indians , all payments to minors land adults not found capable of tal- ing care of themselves being delayed If for further investigation. This move is in settlement for the interest these Indians had In the great Sioux treaty that relinquished any rights they had In the Black Hills country and nil territory ritory west of the Missouri river north of < the NIobrnrn river. BOUNTY ACT OF MARCH 4. Instructions to Vetrans Seeking Pay ment From Government. Congressman J. F. Boyd Is Issuing the following official circular letter for the Instruction of claimants ns to bounty under the act of March 4 , 1007 : The act of March 4. 1907 , applies to soldiers of the civil' war only nnd makes Jio provision for the payment of any bounty other than that previous ly authorized by law. It does not authorize the payment of any new bounty , Nearly all soldiers , or their heirs , haVe already fec'elved all bounty duo un'der existing' laws. The following coses only are affected by this act : L Where additional bounty under the act of Julyi28 , 18CC , has been de nied because Jt was not ; claimed'be fore. July 2 , , J80lt mayinow , bo nl lowCjd. ' This , bpunty. ( is not u up in any case w'hcre the pojdior 'has , , receivpd more than $100 bounty altogether for his services , and is never allowed to any but two or Hiiro years' men , It IM not payable to u Holdlcr dlftohnrftoiV hoforo ho Ims solved two yours to ue- C.vPt promotion , or fora disability IH.T Until wounds UHiulvrd In nnil In Him of ditty , or to .drafted substitutes , 2. When a soldier received nn ud < viinro Instiillinent of the $1100 riiortill bounty , or of Hio $100 Veteran bounty ] ' n\w \ wn's roqulicd to Refund , ' or pay buck t , $2ti of that hdvoncu liiHtnllimuilj becnilHo t ) ho was dlschnrgcd by : ilroiiun tlon t , or othnrwlno before n sorvlctt of ; two I yours as nn onllHted man/ mild , $25 may bo allowed. This law does not apply to sailors who served In the navy only. , In nil tetters to this office the full' nninu of the sohllor , and each company and ( regiment In which ho nerved , with thu dates of enlistments nnd discharge ns near us can be given , should be stated. If the soldier lU'doiid the rela tionship of the nearest of kin should also bo given. SCHOOL B6ARD WILL ERECT ENTIRE - TIRE NEW BUILDING. LATEN8ER WILL DRAW PLANS Board of Education Took Final Action on Norfolk's Building In Secret Ses sion Last Night , Excluding News paper Reporter From the Room. The Norfolk board of education voted ed lust evening Hint from the best advlco at hand and after a careful ox- nmhintlon they deemed the founda tion of the old high school building unsafe to build upon , that the founda tion should bo ordered toin down , that such portions of It as are fit should bo cleaned and piled up for future UHO and that the grounds should bo pre pared for a new building. The board of education also voted last night that of the plans for n new high school building submitted to the board , the plans drawn by John Lat- siT of Omaha should be selected as the general plans for the new buildIng - Ing , that Mr. Uitenscr be asked to appear before the board this evening and that If ho can furnish the plans within such time and work out the details satisfactorily to the board thu boaid would enter Into a contract with him as architect for the new struc ture. The above action , discarding tlio foundation of the old high school building and calling Architect Laten- ser of Omaha to furnish detailed plans for the new building , was announced this morning ns the final action taken by the board of education last evening In the special meeting held In Dr. Colo's office. It was also stated that Secretary H. C. Matrau alone voted In opposition to the motions adopted. News Reporter Excluded. The final decision of the board to erect a now building awity from the old foundation lines was taken last evening In executive session , The News representative by special mo tlon being asked to depart from the deliberations of the board. AH 'soon as tho.meeting was called to order last evening President Cole announced that a motion to pass into executive ses sion would be entertained. Matrau and Hnzen , did not appear to favor such a course but Dr. Colo's sugges tion prevailed nnd after two months of discussion the final decisive action of the board wns'taKen 1'n closed ses slon with the details of the final meet Ing barred from public print. Action Ended , Censorship Lifts. Members of the board who favored the executive session last evening said this morning that the procedure had been taken for fear that the debate might take on a personal nature and also In order that the members might be at liberty to give freer expression to their opinions with the meeting closed ngalnst reporters. As for to night's session the censorship prom ises to be lifted , The News having rp ceivcd nn 'invitation to be represented , at the meeting this evening when Architect Lntenser Is expected to meet In conference with the board. The plans presented by Mr. Luten ser for the ) card's approval were ac companled by nn estimated cost of $35,000 excluding plumbing. The plans as approved may be modified by later action of the board. As pre sented by Mr Lntenser the new plans follow the general outline of the Blair high school. The work of preparing the grounds for the new building will , it Is understood , continue under the direction of A. Morrlhon. Convention Notes. C. F. McGrew , vice-president of tlio Omaha National bank , loft on an early morning train for Omaha after attend ing the Northeast Nebraska bankers convention In Norfolk. Mr. McGrew has participated in practically nil of the state conventions and attended most of the district gatherings of Ne braska bankers , hut he said lc.st even Ing before leaving Norfolk , "That wf si the most elegant nnd the most success fill , banquet that I have ever attended in connection with a bankers' convent tlon In Nebraska. " "We certainly want to come back to Norfolk , " said Harry A. Cheney , pr9 dent of the Security bank of Crelghi ton before leaving for honfo Tuesday. "Tho royal entertainment , tfie merits qfi'Uioi ' program and tho'TOcoril break intf tattcndanco ofi thai Arbpr'day-meek jOKfl has won us ttq N.orfok ) OB a con- vcntloii city. " Mr , Cheney was ( elect' , ed to the vice presidency of the asso ciation. . , WITH QUICK EYE , NERVE AND AN EMPTY REVOLVER. t < v i i . TRAMPS LAND IN POLICECOURT t -N ( * SHE SAW THEM..STEAL THREE PAIRS OF TROUSERS. THEN-USED GUN WITH EFFECT Norfolk'Woman's Courage and Quick Wit Proved'To'o ' Much For a Bunch of Shoplifting Hoboes Who Tried to Steal 1From ( Her. , Mrs : Robert Craft'armed ' with nn inloadi'd rovofVor , ' hol'd it snenk thief ind his partner lit bay In her Junc tion iitor.o Wednesday morning tintII help arrived from without thu store. A woman's courage and a woman's hand grasping the threatening but inrmleHH revolver prevented the OBI capo of the two men , one of whom hud been detected In the act of trying o "lift" thrOe pairs of trousers from Mrs. Craft's department store at the Junction. ThoKO two men with a third partner , all transients of doubt ful character pusHlng thiotigh the city , were turned ever fo Officer Living stone nnd lodged In the Norfolk Jty Jail to await trial. The Three Tramps Enter. Mrs. Craft's sloro was visited by the three strangers ut nuoitt ! ) : . ' ! 0 o'clock Wednesday morning when Mrs. Craft and a snleHlndy were alone In the de partment store. Under the apparent niHo of mulling small purchases , ono of the men WUH afforded an opportu nity to flush three pairs of tioimcrs from the clothing stock Info safe hid ing under his overcoat. Quick us the light fingered man performed his act It did not escupo detection. Cowed by Her Pluck. Events followed with rapidity and disclosed a Norfolk womun's courage1 and ready wit more than a match for the rascality of the shop lifters. A quick Jerk at flic oveicout brought the stolen properly tumbling to the floor A step behind the counter and the siu'ukthlef nnd one of his partners who had not " " escaped were "covered" with the stoio revolver. One man backed against a stove and pleading for meicy , his companion trembling besldo a counter , the two looked Into the barrel of the revolver until Junc tion men rushed In to the relief of the little woman who hud more than the best of the situation. Gun Was Empty And when the police hud the three men In custody and bended for tin city Jail and when the stoie was back in the routine of business , Mrs. Crnft confided that she had been neither brave nor frightened , Hint the sltun tlon had been without danger because , she said , "I knew all the time that that awful tevolver was not jonded , " LateIn the afternoon the men made captive by an empty revolver were hauled before 'Justice lilseley , giving their names us Frank Ho'wurd , Frank Martin and Hurry Williams. Prepara lions made for trial proved unneces sary , Howard pleading "guilty" to the chnrge of petit larceny and Martin and Williams to aiding and abbetlng in the crime. Each man received a soil' tence of thirty days In the county jail nt Madison. At the Junction the spring move ment of tramps hah1 set In , seven mem hers of Wednesday's party being re ported In the city by the police. YANKTO.N & SOUTHWESTERN OF- FIC.IAL IS HERE. OPTIONS NEARLY TO NORFOLK William Poppe , Right of Way Agent for the Yankton & Southwestern , Was In Norfolk and Said He Had1' Options to Within Ten Miles. William Poppo of Ynnkton. right-of- way agent for the proposed Yankton & Southwestern railroad that has been surveyed past Norfolk , was In the city today. Mr. Poppe Is securing options for the right-of-way from Yankton south to Norfolk. Before leaving for Pierce , 'ho stated In Norfolk that oj - ttotis covering- the course of the road had been secured to within ten miles of the city from the north. An effort wl | | ) | p made to secure at once the re maining options required to complete tbor , right-of-way to this city. " " ' Harry Ward's Minstrels. 'Boise City News. , March 15. "Harry Witrd with' His Big White 'Minstrel company , was the attraction nt the Columbia theatre lost ovenlngu Harry tuau old timer Jn these- parts , and Ho ) town turned out to greet him in the same old way It has for the past fifteen years. The company Is com posed of a strong cast , nnd many now and InloreHtlng features were Intro- iltuied. Tlio Jlludc Diamond ( | iiartotto di'MiMVo Hpooful 'mention. The purmlii WUH ono of tjio nenlt'Ml , nnd IIIOHI In- ioHlliiK uvor Neon on Ilin Hfioots of lHo. * ' Tills iiHrnctlon will lie at (1m ( Auditorium In Norfolk Monday night , April 21) ) . HeulH on mile Hatuulay. opular pi lee , line , C > ( ) c and 750. Letter List. Lint of lettoru rolnnltiliiR uncalled for at the pontolllco nt Norfolk , Nob. , April 2i : , I1M7 | ; MHM | Flora Adlur , Robert lloettu'or , Miss Hlrdlo Curry , L. F. Ivans , MlK * Clara RnuHch , MIH , Enitnii Taylor , MlHii Hnillu Whltnoy. ' ' If not called for In flfioon days will ho iient to the dead letter office. Parties calling for any of the above plenao nay "advertised. " John IL llnyu , P. M. Got In touch with your , by looking over the nds. MISS ANNA LYNCH IS VICTIM OF FATAL FIRE. AN ALCOHOL LAMP EXPLODED CARRYING IT OUT , HER CLOTHING WAS IGNITED. SHE RAN OUT INTO OPEN AIR Miss Lynch Was Day' Nurse In Wo men's Infirmary Ward Was Heating Parafflne Over Alcohol Flame for Floor Polish At Breakfast Time. Miss Anna Lynch , aged twenty-two , day niirHo In tlio Infirmary ward nt the Norfolk Insane hospital , WUH burned to death at the Institution Wednesday as the result of an alco hol stove explosion. She was carryIng - Ing tliu flaming Htovo toward a bath room when her doming bucamo ig nited from the fire which enveloped the steve and which was fanned to- wnnl her as she ran. Miss Lynch lived six hours after the accident . It was at a quarter before 7 In the morning , just when patients on the ward weio eating breakfast , that she was burned and at 12:15 : nliu succumbed. Her clothing was liiirnud out holy off before aid could i each her. She was terribly burned about the breiiHl and limbs. Her bend became a IIIIISH of Maine when her hair caught the Hie and was burned off. Was Heating Parafflne. It was In the second story of the cnttngo that thu tragedy occurred. Miss Lynch , who had been engaged in Institution work of this kind fonsovcn yeuiH , was heating parafllno ulth which to polish the floors. She was holding the floor wax over the alcohol flame when the little stove exploded. Seizing It In her hands , MKH ! Lynch raced toward n bathroom but was aflame herself before she had reached her destination. ' ' With her clothing ubla/e , Miss Lynch became panic-stricken and ! ) * gun to run about the room u.s though seeking to escape the flame but , in reality only fanning It Into greater volume. Ran Out Upon Porch. After desperately circling the large ward , the young woman dashed fran tically out upon the porch , In theopeh air and before assistance could avail her clothing had been destroyed and burns so deeply Inflicted that recov ery was Impossible. She was taken at once to her apart ments where Dr. Young , superinten dent , nnd Dr. Singer , physician , gave her all possible euro but before noon she had lapsed Into unconsciousness nnd fifteen minutes before 1 o'clock life became extinct. Home Was at Yankton. The home of Miss Lynch was at Yankton , S. D. , nnd the remains will be taken back to that place. A''bro h- cr-ln-law will reach Norfolk tonight to accompany the remains homo. Funer al services will be held nt the hospital here. Word was Immediately sent 'to Ynnkton Informing relatives that Miss iLynch's recovery was doubtful. Queerly - ly ' enough , news of the accident did not reach Norfolk Itself until queries begun coming from Ynnkton to Nor folk friends regarding the matter. Had Been Warned Against Lamp. Dr. Young , superintendent , said that the iihe of nn alcohol lamb in heating the parafllno was contrary to the regulations of the hospital and that Miss Lynch had been warned not to pursue this practice. "Tho hospi tal regulations , " said Dr. Young , "re quire that the floor wax shall be heat ed In hot water and not over an al cohol lamp , for fear of just such an nccldonL" Patients Remain Calm. It Is said that patients In this ward remained calm In spite of the sight of the nurse burning to death and her terrific sufferings. Hose Company Out. , T.he hospltnlt > l\oso \ company * assem bled , prepared 'to fight flame > ln the building , should It , develop. It was at first thought , when the burning girl rushed out upon the porch , that the building was in flame.