Nebraska Newspapers

    THE NORFOLK WEEKLY . NEWS JOURNAL.
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BOLD DAYLIGHT ROBBERY AT
FARM OF JOHN K08T.
THE ROBBERS GOT ABOUT $20
REVOLVER WAS POINTED AT MISS
MARY KO8T.
r1 SHE FAINTED , THEY GOT CASH
The Countryside Southwest of Norfolk -
folk Was Aroused Thursday by an
Unusually Bold Daylight Hold-up In
Prominent Farm Home.
Miss Mary Kost , the slxtocn-year-old
daughter of John Kost living four
miles southwest of Norfolk , looked
Into n revolver in the hands of two
liouso-breakcrs and fainted. When
she gained consciousness the house
had been ransacked and robbed. The
girl was alone at the time. About 320
in money was missed.
The countryside southwest of Nor
folk was aroused Thursday by news
of a bold daylight robbery at the home
of John Kost near the noon hour.
I Suddenly Open Door.
Mary Kost was alone when the door
was suddenly Jammed open by two
men. Ono covered her with a revel
ver. Frightened by the alarming as
poet of the visitors the girl fell In a
faint. She was afterwards unable to
furnish the slightest description of
the men. So great was her alarm that
she said she could recall nothing be
j-ond the briefest outline of the occur
I'CIICO.
The father , John Kost , was absent
with the hired help and other members
bors of the family In n potato field a
half mile from the house. Hero the
girl went as soon as she had recovered
ored from the fainting' spell and had
found that the house had been ran
cnnlrrwl
An examination of the house dis
closed $21.50 to be mlBslng. A $20
gold certificate was taken from a
trunk upstairs while $1.50 had been
found in a bureau downstairs. This
was all that the search disclosed to bo
missing. In the country about there
Deemed to bo no trace of the men.
A $20 Gold Certificate.
The $20 gold certificate taken may
possibly lead to the discovery of the
robbers. The certificate was an old
bill , much worn. There Is a tear In
the center of the certificate where it
was folded.
Word of the robbery was sent into
Norfolk. Constable J. H. Conley left
nt once for the Kost farm and made
an examination of the premises. The
robbery , Mr. Conley thought , might
have been the work of two tramps
passing through the country.
Thursday afternoon Miss Kost was
still very nervous from the shock of
the morning. As near as the girl
could tell she lay unconscious for
annny minutes.
I ALLOWED TOJEDl'CE RATES
Nebraska Railway Commission Grants
Two Applications.
Lincoln , Oct. 10. Two applications
tor permission to reduce charges were
received and granted by the state rail
way commission. The Nebraska Tele
phone company has been allowed to
reduce rates at Red Cloud about 20
per cent. The Burlington railroad
aiked and received another granting
It the right to make a new classifica
tion on vegetable shipments. This
puts potato shipments on a lower
bash than other vegetables. W. W.
Broughton , general traffic manager of
ino ureai Aorinorn , cumuunuu mm u
account of an oversight his road has
failed to apply the 15 per cent re
duction provided by the commission
on coal shipments. H says the Great
Northern will correct Its delinquency
by lofundlng any overcharge it has
made since July 15 , whenever Its at
tention is called to such cases.
To Justify Its demand for a reduc
tion of 25 per cent In express charges
in Nebraska , the state railway com
mission announced the result of Its
Investigation Into the business done
by the different companies. This In
julry was conducted at Omaha , Lin
coin , Hastings , Grand Island and Au
rora and according to the figures of
the commission 69 per cent of tha
business Is purely state shipments ,
while 41 per.ccut Is Interstate. The con
tention of the companies was that
four-fifths of the shipments were In
terstate and that the reduction or
dered on the state b'islness was un
warranted and amounted to confisca
tion. The matter Is now in the su
preme court on motion of the attorney
ceneial to compel obedience to the
law by the express companies.
Body Identified as That of Wilkinson.
Minneapolis , Oct. 10. A body found
floating in the Mississippi river was
Identified as that of F. D. Wilkinson ,
\vho left Oklahoma recently taking
- ' with him. The pollco are work-
the case.
Spencer School Accredited.
Spuncor , Neb. , Oct. 10. Special to
The News : State Inspector of High
Schools A. A. Ucoil was in Spencer
yesterday Inspecting the high school.
Ho llnds It worthy of being placed on
the list of schools accredited by the
Htato university. The normal training
department , supported and directed
by the state , has been added. Not
many towns In the state can boast
greater school advantages.
PHOTO GALLERY AND FEED
STORE DESTROYED.
OPERA HOUSE ALSO DAMAGED
Elgin Is Without Waterworks or Fire
Protection But the Fire Occasioned
a Mee > . to be Called for Thursday
Nigh' r p/ - is Plan.
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Elgin'h. % 10. Special to
The News : Eib 'fsto * ' ' 'B ' flro > 'cs"
terday , which destu SJ//V / o buildings -
ings , endangered others , ° /j-A caused
the loss of some property.
The lire started In the photo gallery
building belonging to L. Bennett , but
occupied once a week by Photogra
pher McGlll of Albion. His regular
day Is Tuesday , but ho had stayed
over by special request to take the
picture of a wedilng group. In the
morning at about 9:30 : ho built a fire
of light pine wood in the gallery stove.
When ho went to dinner a few sparks
of lire remained In the stove , but be
fore ho returned the building was in
( lames. The theory is that the culm
noy was defective , as the Ore seemed
to catch between the celling and roof ,
and had probably been smoldering fort
some time before it broke out. The
building was a total loss , and the fire
was soon communicated to a small
building a few feet to the south be
longing to Col. Colby , thence in short
order to the flour and feed store and
Implement warehouse of Ludwlck &
Wllcox on the next lot to the south.
This was on the corner , which pre
vented further progress of the fire In
that direction , although several houses
across the street were In some danger
from flying sparks carried by the ra
ther high northwest wind. The brick
opera house block a few feet to the
nnrtli nf Mm nlmtri Inttlillnir wlinrn tllfi
fire , started , w s In great danger and
Its south wall was greatly heated and
somewhat damaged. The glass In the
south windows burst from the heat ,
and the window casings were soon In
flames. Photographer McGill's loss
was about $50 , the damage to the
opera house , which was probably In
sured , may reach several hundred del
lars. The gallery building was a com
plete loss , but was Insured. Bennett
& Son had flour stored In the back
part of the building. Most of the
flour was saved , but corn meal , a
cream separator and other articles
were burned , causing a probable loss
of $200. The Coldby building was not
a valuable one , loss perhaps $100. The
Ludwlck building and stock were in
sured but most of the stock was saved ,
Including flour , twine , Implements , etc.
to the value of $2,000 or more.
Elgin has no system of waterworks
or flro protection , but a meeting has
been called for Thursday evening to
discuss the waterworks question , and
something will likely be done. It la
high time.
NEW SPENCER HOTEL
$7,000 Structure is Being Built in That
Thriving City.
Spencer , Neb. , Oct. 10. Special to
The News : A new $7,000 hotel Is be
ing built and equipped with all mod
ern conveniences by John F. King who
thinks steam heat , water and sewer
connections and gas light none too
good for the town. Spencer Is all the
time making some valuable Improve
ments , growth being the watchword.
Fred Sedlacek Is erecting a pop fac
tory from cement blocks.
ANTI-SALOONJEN ARE BUSY
Planning Campaign Against Derelict
County Officials.
Lincoln , Oct. 10. J. B. Carnes , su
perintendent of the Anti-Saloon league
of Nebraska , and Elmer E. Thomas
of Omaha , were in consultation with
Attorney General W. T. Thompson
and later they spent considerable time
in the state library looking up the law
govcmlng quo warranto proceedings.
While not stating their purpose , It Ii
surmised here that the anti-saloon
forces of the state are lining up to
enforce the Slocurab law governing
the sale of liquor and that they Intend
under a law recently enacted , to force
county legal officers to take a stand
on the matter or undergo prosecution
for failure so to do anu suffer poislbla
removal.
Two Michigan Banks Fall.
Kalamazoo , Mich , Oct. 10. Bank of
Rlchlr.nd , and the Bowman bank of
this city , private Institutions , have
closed their doors. Liabilities are
$195,000.
Held for Counterfeiting.
St. Louis , Oct. 10. James Kelly ,
poet cdventurer , who was arrested
here two months ago by Bva Herndon -
don , a feminine detective who hod fol
lowed him from Chicago , was Indicted
by the federal grand jury on a charge
of having In his
room molds for coun-
tbrfaltln ? and nlsin
fnr hnvlnp- nniin.
JOHN LINKE , PROMINENT STOCK
MAN , BREAKS ANKLE.
FRACTURE IS SERIOUS ONE
Well Known Stockman Living Twenty
Miles South of Bassett Was Trying
to Clear Fence to Get Out of the
Path of Enraged Steer.
Uassett , Neb. , Oct. 10. Special to
The News : John Llnko , a prominent
stockman living twenty miles south of
here , sustained a broken anklu last
night trying to clear a fence in fleeing
from nn enraged steer.
Bassett physicians were summoned
and they pronounce It a very bad
break.
Bassett Revival.
Bassett , Neb. , Oct. 10. Special to
The News : A series of meetings Is
being held In the M. E. church by Rev.
Clark of Lincoln. Ho Is a very Inter
esting and Instructive speaker and
considerable Interest Is manifested.
ALL READY FORFRIOAY GAME
_
Large Crowd Is Desired , for the Sake
of the Crowd ,
While the rest of the world is on a
nerve strain over the world champion
ship series of the league pennant win
tiers Norfolk is going to take an after
noon off Friday and settle once for all
the t season's championship dispute be
tween t the Sturgcon-Beels trade sliov1' '
ers and Mapes' "own. "
Norfolk's amateur championship
contest c will be called at 2:30 : o'clock
Friday I afternoon at the driving park
diamond. Each team has taken one
game and the rubber will be'sensation1
|
nl In many ways whatever direction
the game takes.
The special weather forecast for
Friday afternoon is "fair. " In fact n
warm , delightful autumn day is prom
ised when everyone can sit in the sun
shine and enjoy "positively the last
game of the season. "
The men who will fight for final hon
ors Friday afternoon will be the same
business and professional men who
have already graced the local diamond
twice this season. But the game will
be more strenuous than previous con
tests for the amateur honors of the
season are at stake.
It Is said that the baseball manage
ment desires a large attendance be
cause they are kind hearted and don't
want Norfolk people to miss the joys
of the game. The library committee
of the Woman's club is also anxious
for a big attendance because they ex
pect the Mapes-Mathewson club to run
away with the trade promoters again
and In that case the proceeds go to
the public library.
The admission to game and grand
stand has been fixed at one charge ,
fifteen cents.
PRINTS HELPJT FIRE PANIC
Calm the Crowds While Firemen Sub
due New York Blaze.
Now Yoik , Oct. 10. Hundreds of
lives were endangered , thousands of
persons were thrown Into panic , 125
electric cars used on several crosstown -
town lines were destroyed and a prop
erty loss of $400,000 was caused by
a fire in the Fourteenth street car
barns.
The fire had gained great headway
before it was discovered , and when
the firemen arrived the walls sepa
rating the big structure from adjoin
ing tenement houses were smoking
hot. Instantly the word was given to
clear the tenements , and the occu
panta poured Into the streets in a
panic. From that time on the police
were as busy attempting to control
the frenzied hundreds , most of whom
were foreigners , as the fireme were
In flgntlng the fire.
It was not until several priests , at
tired In their robes , appeared on the
scene and walked through the surging
crowd imploring tne people to calm
themselves that nnvthlni Him nrdor
was restored.
DIVORCE SUITJAUSES MURDER
Ohloan Shoots Wife and Takes Acid
Because Case Was Pushed.
Columbus , O. , Oct. 10. Before the
eyes of his two children , Fred Butt
shot his wife to death at her home.
Then he turned the smoking revolver
against himself and pulled the trigger
and slightly wounded himself. Pull
ing nn ounce bottle of carbolic acid
from his pocket he swallowed the con
tents. In an unconscious condition he
was rushed to the hospital. Ills death
Is but the matter of a short time.
The man was a hard drinker and beat
his wife and she had separated from
him and applied for divorce.
"Wont you live with me any more ? "
he asked , when he had forced himself
Into the room. "No , " she replied , and
he shot her and swallowed the acid.
Students Burned Seats In Park.
Dos Moines , la. , Oct. 10 Thirty
four girls and boys of the
Eophomoro class at Drake uni
versity were arrested for de
stroying public property. They
used the seats In Grand View park
for bonfire material. When they em
barked on a homebound car the park
ofllcer called for the assistance of the
motovman and conductor and when
the car stopped It was at the police
station door , After a reprimand by
thn nloht PR lit n In thnv wnr * trlvfin
REV , .GALLABHERJATALLY HURT
Thrown From Buggy In Runaway
While on Way to Hit Wedding.
Marjhalltown , la. , 0ct. 10. Drlvlne
from this city to the homo of his
bride-elect , Mlas Ida jteene , to whom
ho was to have boin married last
night , Ilev. LeKoy E , Gallagher was
thrown from his buggy In a runaway
and received Injuries which may
prove fatal.
IPs brother , Ilev. IS. I ) . Gallagher ,
ofVnhpcton , N. I ) . , escaped unln
jurod. The Injured i inn , who wni
brought to a hotel h re , has not reMiss -
Ralnod consciousness , Miss Keeso was
summoned and Is at h s side.
KELLOGG THROWS MORE LIGHT
ON TRUST LIQUIDATION.
JUGGLE AFTER THE OHIO SUIT
Trustees Liquidated Only Enough
Certificates to Give Them a Major
ity of Stocks of Twenty Companies
Tllford on Witness Stand.
Now York , Oct. 10. The method
throfgh which the trustees of the
Standard Oil trust liquidated the company -
pany In compliance with the order of
the Ohio courts was further unfolded
when Wesley H. Tllford , treasurer
of the Standard Oil company of New
Jersey , was recalled to the witness
stand In the suit against the Stand
ard Oil trust. Statements compiled
from stock books of the various sub
sidiary companies during the period
of the trust liquidation were placed
on tUe record , and from these- and
from Mr. TJUord the government
counsel , Frank . "ltellogg , says that
the government's charge that only a
pauedo liquidation was effected
and that the trust continued Its other
operations as an entity and under the
same control as at the time of Its In
ception In 1882 , has been proved.
Mr. Kellogg was able to develop lhat
the liquidation trustees and their as
sociates liquidated only enough trust
certlllcntes to give them a majority
of the stocks of the twenty subsid
iary companies and that they voted
these stocks as Individuals and main-
tnint , ! n rnnstiuit control over the in
tegral companies. The dividends de
clared on the stocks of these compan
ies were paid to these holders who
had liquidated the tru"t certificates
and to the trustees who held the
stocks against the unliquidated certifi
cates of the trust. Mr. Kellogg showed
that the trustees and one or two asso
ciates were the only certificate hold
ers who liquidated their shares In the
Id Standard Oil tiiist.
OH Trust Lender of Millions.
Mr. Tilford denied that the crosstown -
town pipe line under Central park ,
\vho e ownership has caused consid
erable perplexity to the federal coun-
tel when It did not nppoar on the
books of the Standard Oil company
of New York after 1'JOC , was still
owned by the New York company.
Mr. Kellogg again tried to find out the
reasons for the large tolls , amount-
lug to several millions , for the usa
of the pipe line. Efforts to ascertain
the nature of these tolls by tie fed
eral counsel at a previous hearing
developed nothing of moment. That
the Standard Oil company of New
York was a lender of millions of its
surplus funds was testified by Mr. Til-
ford. From a statement of the com
pany It was developed that over $32-
000.000 was loaned laet year to "Inter
ests other than the Standard. " What
these Interests were , or the nature of
the loans , Mr. Tllford was unafXe to
Bay. Mr. Kellogg said he would call
William O. Rockefeller , the treasurer
of the company , to throw light on
ihcss loans.
FORD HELD FOR THIRD TIME
Jury Finds Him Guilty on One Count
of Secreting , Intending to Embezzle.
Chadron. O. , Oct. 10. R N. Ford
was lound eulltv on one count in the
indictment which charged him with
wrecking the bank at Burton , O. The
Jtuors found the banker guilty on the
fourth count of the Indictment , which
charges him with "secreting with In-
lent to embezzle. " Ford was
once before convicted but released by
the circuit court The Button bank
failed four years ago for 11,250,000.
The jury was out nearly t\vtnt-four
houis This was Ford's third trial.
President Locates Game ,
Stamboul , La. , Oct 10. Not since
early this morning have any tidings
been received from the president's
part } and that was confined to a mere
statement that the president and
party had located game nearby.
King Leopold Is III.
Brussels , Oct. 10. It Is declared
In ministerial circles that King Leo
pold of Belgium IK 111.
University Regent Resigns.
Iowa City , Oct. 10. Attorney W. E.
Lamb of Cedar Rapids , regent of the
University of Iowa , is about to re
sign his post and leave Iowa He has
been offered and has accepted the po-
Bltloa of special counsel for the Inter
state commeico commission , and will
remove to Washington to fulfill uli
new duties ,
Football Injuries Fatal ,
low * City , Oct. 10. Leo Strohmoyer ,
the high Bcliool athlete whotm back
CHICAGO DOWNS DETROIT IN A
HARD FOUGHT GAME.
PFIC3TER AND MULLIN PITCH
r.ossman's Batting Is Feature of Second
end Contest for World's Champion
ship Chicago's Winning Runs Conic
In the Fourth Inning.
Chicago , Oct. 10. The Chicago Na
tlouals duieutod the Detroit pennant
winners of the American league In the
second of the series for the world's
championship. The score was 3 to 1
Slow pitching and several slight ac
cidents caused the contest to drag
out over two hours , Uie delays trying
the patience of the big crowd which
agalu tilled almost every Inch of seat
ing loom. After the first four and a
halt Innings hud dragged through an
hour and thirty-title yOinuTcs | tome
sparkling fielding and sharp hitting
and base running hastened the contest
to an ond.
Mullln and Pfloster were the pitch
ers , and Payne went behind the bat
In place of Schmidt. Schmidt's re
tirement was due to his inaccurate
throwing , but in this respect the
change brought no Improvement , as
five stolen banes credited to the local
team tcitlty.
Playing condltlona were Improved ,
the crowd numbering only 21,191.
Rossmnn , whose bitting was tin
real feature of tli contest , scored the
first run of the contest In the second
inning. Ho hit a grounder toward
Tinker which bounded away from the
shortstop and rolled far out to left
field , the batsman making three bases
the alt. Coushlln struck out , but
ayne lifted a short fly to left field ,
which Tinker might have caught , but
left to Shecknrd. The ball fell safe
and Rossman sccred. Pay no stole see
end , but O'Leary and Mulitn could not
briBtf him homo and lot Chicago tia
tha score in their half. Mullln was
given quite an ovation oa his pitching.
Kline , Bvers and Shulte singled In
succession , filling the bases with none
out. Then Tinker drew a base on
balls , forcing Kllng homo. Right there
Mullln suddenly regained control of
hlfl arm nnrl nn nna plan rpnnlinil
home. In the next three Innings De
troit batsmen reached first base with
none out , but poor base running and
inability of following batsmen to find
openings in the Chicago defense
stopped them.
Chicago missed a similar chance in
the third when a double play and a
strlko-out loft runners on first and
third. The winning runs came in
the fourth , Tinker's hit bouncing off
Mullln's glove. He went to second
on a sacrifice and stole third. O'Leary
fumbled Slagle's grounder , Tinker
scoring. Slagle stole second and came
the rest of the way on Sheckard's two-
base hit past first. After Chance had
popped out Sheckard was caught tryIng -
Ing to steal third. After that fast
fielding prevented either side scoring.
COMMERCIAL JVIRELESS SOON
Marconi Han Perfected Arrangements
for Service with Old Country.
North Sydney , N. S. . Oct. 10.
With the arrangements tor a wireless
service between Europe and America
so far progressed that the transatlan
tic Eorvlce may be taken for an as
sured fact , William Marconi , the Ital
ian Inventor , will within a fortnight ,
Icavo for the station at Cllfden , Ire
land , the European terminal , where
he intends to conduct further experi
ments looking to the transmission of
aerial messages direct from Europe to
the Pacific coast. A itiUlon will be
erected at Vancouver , B. C. , as e. part
of this plan , which Is Intended as one
of th * preliminary stages of wireless
communication around the world.
SWAOOER STICKS FOR WOMEN
New York's Elite Are NOW Carrying
Them to Assist Their Progress.
Now York , Oct. 10. Canes and
swagger sticks for young women are
the latest fad here. Several of the
feminine exponents of the Idea have
been seen In Fifth avenue carrying
slender canes. The new walking sticks
are not more than half an Inch In
diameter. It Is stated that it is con
sidered proper to carry such canes
with severely tailor made suits with
short skirts , and those who have them
are not suppoied to carry even a
purse.
Body Believed to Be Jack Slmpklns.
Spokane , Oct. 10. A body snld to
be that of Jack Slmpklns , the missing
member of the Western Federation of
Miners , has been found near Pierce
City , Shosl ono county , Idaho , badly
decomposed , the only means of iden
tification be ng n gun bearing a sliver
nama plate and Siinpklns' name.
Discontinue Raids on Jews.
Odessa , Get 1 . The Unionists vol
untarily dib ontinued their raids upon
the JowlBh people which have bu n
going on for the past few days. In
the course of these disorders nearl ;
fifty persons were wounded and many
seriously. Six persons were hanged
hero by court martial.
Conaregatlonallsts Oppose Union ,
Cleveland , Oct. 10. A decided op
position of the detailed plan of
uniting with the Methodist and
United Brethren churches developed
THE CONDITIONOF _ THE WEATHER
Temperature for Twenty-four Hour * .
Forecast For Nebraska.
Conditions of the weather ns record
cd for the twenty-four hours ending
at 8 a. m. today :
Maximum 1uG
Minimum 32
\vcrage 49
Barometer 29.90
W. E. BRIDGEMAN IS APPOINTED
POSTMASTER.
THEY KEPT THE INDIANS AWAY
Until Now No Effort Has Been Made
to Boom Lnmourenux Lest Reds
Might be Drawn Into That Locality.
Alloting Now About Done , Boom on.
I imourcmix , S. D.p Oct. 10. Special
to The News : A postofllco has been
established nt Lamoureaux with W.
12. Bridge-man as poRtmaster. It was
badly needed as there are a largo
number of people who got their mall
here. Settlers for twenty miles make
this their trading center.
W. II. Thomas , one of the promoters
of Lamourcaux , was hero and stated
that an effort would bo made at once
to establish a county organization to
glvo the town a llttlo extra energy.
Staving Off the Red Men.
For some time past the promoters
have been slow to make any push or
boom as that would have had an lnllu
cnce tending to Induce Indians to flic
their allotments In this locality , which
would have been a great disadvantage
to the future prosperity of the town.
As It stands , there nre but very few
Indian allotments In this locality and
those that arc here arc prosperous cit
izens.
BIGELOWMAKESFULL CONFESSION
Motive Was to Obtain Rewards by
Warning Intended Victims.
Denver , Colo. , Oct. 10. A telegram
from his father , a school principal al
Farmer , O. , brought from the lips ol
Knmn V. niaelow. a vounir clerk , a fill
confession of his dynamite operations
in Denver and a repudiation of hie
earlier stories that he had overheard
two men discussing n plot to kill u
number of prominent citizens ami thai
he had been hired by two strangers
to mall infernal machines to Governor -
ornor Henry A. Buchtel , David II
Moffat , Charles B. Koumtze and Lawrence
renco C. Phipps. Young Bigelow ad
rnlttud that ho alone/mado and sen
the infernal machines and that the
dynamite found at the home of Ed
ward Chase was placed there by him
Hla object , he said , was to obtain
rewnids from the men whose lives
had been endangered by giving warn
Ing of an alleged plot to kill them.
CHURCHMEN JVANT HANGING
New Jersey Members Protest Against
Further Reprieve for Schuyler.
Trenton , N , J. , Oct. 10. A delega
tion of church members , headed by
the Rev. C. S. Woodruff of Fleming
ton , has visited Governor Stokes to
protest against further executive interference
terforence in the hanging of John E
Schuyler , convicted of murder In
Hunterdon county , where the delega
tlon came from. Such action Is unpro
ctdonted In the history of the state
Schuyler has been reprieved thrc
timo-j. A number of other Hunterdon
people do not want their count
smirched with what may be the las
hanging In the state. Bchuylcr Is on
of two men likely to be hanged fo
murder. All other capital punlshmcn
must be Inflicted by electrocution a
the state prison , this city , according
to the new law.
i
Many Registering for Land , |
Pierre , S. D. , Oct. 10. The reglstra
tion for the Brule lands opening Is
8,166.
FIREMAN KILLED IN HIS CAB
Head Out of Window Is Struck an
His Neck Broken by Freight Care.
Omaha , Oct. 10 Leaning far oui o
the window of the cab on his engine
to see the signals ahead , Flrema
Charles Schick of Shenandoah , la
was Instantly killed as the Burling
ton freight from the youth approache
Gibson.
Engineer nawker saw his flroma
fall from hla scat to the floor. He sup
posed the man had fainted , but fount
his neck broken and life gone.
It Is supposed a string of cars on
side track had been left too clohe t
the main line and Schick struck one
when he leaned from the window.
Lusitania Is Trying Again.
Nfw Yoik , Oct. 1) ) . WlrelGus re
port platu * the Liibliaii a's position
220 miles east of San ly Hcok bar.
Should this s | red he nuunttuiiHl the
would bo off the bar at 1 o'clock to
nlRlu. This would make her time
four days , sixteen hours and thirty
iiiliuittB. At all exents she ciin hardily
fail to beat all tranbutlantlc records.
Rogers Applies ( or Parole.
Dua Moines UU 10 W C Rogers
of Puttawuttnmle county , a int. ter ol
the Burner gang and under twenty
five years sentence for murder in the
second degree , IB one of the 123 ap
pllcants for parole from the now
board of pardons Ho began his sen
tenrf Marrli 1 1001 Tip > n > az.caj < JL&J.
MILLIONAIRE'S ' WIFE ADMITO
SERIES OF BURGLARIES.
NEGRO ACCOMPLICE ARRESTED
Wenlthy Milwaukee Woman .Would .
Got Positions as Nurse and Steal
J.welry Female "Raffles" Hns Baf
fled Chicago Police for Weeks.
Chicago , Oct. 10. In a romiirknblu
confession to the police Mrs. Chnrloa
J. Roruadka of Milwaukee , wife of a
nllllonalro manulncturcr , admitted
that pho was responsible for a HOI lea
of burglaries and potty thefts that him
baffled the authorities for weeks. MVs.
! lomadka' confession was the latest
development of her arrest for n rob
bery committed nt the homo of C. W.
Bock , when Jewelry valued at moro
than $1.000 was stolen. She Im
plicated In her confession a negro , Al
bert Jones , and a limn known as
Ralph Smith. The former Is under nr-
iot and the police arc searching for
the latter.
In her confession Mrs. Homadka
says that her first theft wna commit
ted in April of this year.
"I saw nn advertisement In a
paper , " she said , "for a trained nurse.
[ went to the home of Mrs. Dwld
Pfaelzer. 4BH Forrcstvlllo avenue ,
and secured the place. I stayed there
about a day and a half , stealing a diamond
mend ring , a diamond bracelet and a
silver card caee. "
After relating several similar ex-
perlnnces , she iald she had worked
In several places for families In this
capacity. She walked In where she
found a window open and located n
diamond ring In a wealthy homo In
this city. u
"I went lo Milwaukee to my hOTntf
for a time and succeeded In stealing
a sealskin coat from Mrs. Cady , at
1GC Eighteenth street. 1 shipped tha
coat. " she continued , "to Jones and
he sold It for $1S. I found out hovr
easy It was to steal whllo I was In
Milwaukee before coming to Chicago.
I got a Job as nurse Blrl and ono day
whlU the woman wa out I noticed
( Vint atm litft hnr IntVAlrv on her flrunn
ing table. This gave me the Idea 1
could got position and steal Jew
elry just as easy as not. I camu to
Chicago laht April. I mot Jones In
April In 2030 Wabash avenue and
later he told me how to do the Jobs.
He gave me two trunk kejh and
showed mo Just how to get Into a
house. 1 I would take the stuff and
Jones would sell it. I don't know that
he scale anything himself. "
Attorney J. F. Donovan of Milwau
kee , who represents the woman's ' hus
band and who will defend her In
court , said that Mrs. Romadka went
to Milwaukee from Oshkosh when she
was nineteen yearn old. Then she
married Romadka. According to tha
nttorn'ey , the now life into which her
millionaire husband Introduced her
turned the woman's head. After a
short period of travel , she insisted
upon l either moving to New York or
Chicago. After much opposition the
husband permitted her to come to
Chicago. She brought with her her
daughter , then a. baby , and was kept
well supplied with money by RWH
madka.
Mr * . Romadka was arrested last
Saturday evening at a down town res-
taur.mt after Jewelry which she was
wearing had been fdeutlfted a
stolon.
CASSIE CHADWICK VERY SICK
Woman Bank Wrecker It Falling
Rapidly In Prison.
Columbus , O. , Oct. 10. Mrs. Cassia
Cha Iwlck was reported much worua
ut the women's hospital ward In tha
Ohio ( penitentiary' . Her pulse la very
weak and she Is partly delirious. Phy
sicians are making all preparations
to attempt to stay any sinking spells.
They decline to say how long she will
survive.
Mrs. uiiauwicjc is serving a ten-year
term In the penitentiary for wrecking
the First National bank In Oberlln ,
O. For some days she has been unablu
to ictaln nourishment and she U
seemingly indifferent to her fate , and
apparently resigned to the fact Unit
her end Is fast approaching. She hii.-t
been In the penitentiary since Jan. 12.
1006 , and with good time to her credit
would have gotten out Nov 20 , 1911 ,
had the fatal disease not seized her.
GIRL'S ' DEATHNOT SUICIDE -
Physicians Assert Miss Sapp Did Net
Cut Her Own Throat.
Morau , Kan. , Oct. 10. Miss May
fcapp , whoHe dead body was found In
her father's yard here on the night of
Sept 27 , with her throat cut , did not
commit Eulclde , according to the opin
ion ot two ph > slclans who testified
befo'e the coioner's Jury In Moran
Samuel F Whitlow , th i married man
iiow being held at lola for Investiga
tion , has told the Jury in that city
that the ghl killed herself because be
refused to elope with hor. The doctor
testifiad that the cuts were too deep
lo Indicate self destruction , and the
two cuts Indicated murder.
New Method of Handling Cotton.
Atlanta Ga. . OU 10 When the
pian adopted the
by International con-
fc-renco of cotton growers and tpln-
ners goes Into effect the cotton Indus
try of the world from the time of the
planting of the see ' to the time of
f h