THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 20. 1911.
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LONG SLEEP ENDS IN DEATH
Sam Polkiot Does Not Awaken from
Twelve Days of Slumber.
BAFFLING TO THE. PHYSICIAITS
First Case of the Kind Ever Reported
In Kebraaka Knows to the
Medical Frofeaalon aa
Poiemla.
After sleeping continuously for twelve,
days, Sam Polklos, scad M. a recent Im
migrant to this country, who had been
employed aa a day laborer by the Union
Pacific, died at St. Joseph's hospital late
Friday afternoon of a very rare disease
known by the medical world as poxemla.
The case, which la the first of Its kind on
record In this city, attracted the marked
attention of many physicians In Omaha
and It la porSJlble that an autopsy will he
held over his body by a number ot physi
cians In behalf of science.
Three weeks ago Polklo'a left eye became
infected In some niHnner unknown tb the
physicians. In a short time blood poison
set In and Ms condition gradually became
worse. A wer-k ago Inst Monday Just as It
was getting dusk he dropped off to sleep.
. When he did not awaken within two days
' be was removed I7 Pt. Joseph's hospital by
ordur of Dr. K. llolovtchtnor, who had Deen
- attending htm.
The day following his removal to the
hospital an operation was performed on
;' the patient's eye, but - he failed to come
j, out of his sleep. On last Friday he opened
' his t yes for about halt a minute, but did
O not talk, and then dropped bark to sleep.
. That wai the last time he opened his eyes
'.i. before he died yesterday afternoon. The
'' Infection, asserted lr. Holovtchlner, at-
fee ted the nerovus system of the young
man in such a manner that the peculiar
- sleeping sickness resulted.
Here a Short Time,
; ' Polklos came to this country about two
months ago. lie bad not become familiar
with the English language and Jived with
relatives in the north end of town. He se
cured work with the Union Pacific Rail
road company aftur having been In the
city but a few days. One night', after
having wurked for the - company a short
while, lie complained of hla eye Itching.
No attention was given the matter until
' about a month later It swulled to such an
extent that his eye was olosed and he
was compelled to quit work. It waa never
ascertained how his eye became Infected.
: The case of Polklos ts the fiiat one that
:' has ever been known to be reported in the
.', a'.ate of Nebraska. It Is a rare disease and
but few cases have been brought before
; the medical profession. Kvery effort known
was used In trying to awaken the young
Greek, but all had the same effect which
was none. Since the time he went to sleep
twelve days ago he had been fed with In
jections of milk, but the disease continued
to sap away his life, until at the time of
death he little resembled the healthy yung
man who had been brought to the hos
pital about two weeks ago.
The friends of Polklos are not willing to
turn his body over to physicians and they
say he will be burled Sunday afternoon.
The body U now at Hulse & Klepen's
undertaking rooms. The funeral will In all
probability be held Sunday afternoon from
the Greek church at Sixteenth and Marcy
streets, at 1 o'clock and Interment will b
in Forest Lawn cemetery.
ENGLISH RAILWAY
STRIKEIS ENDED
(Continued from First Page.)
' srnoon, two being instantly killed and the
: ether two mortally wounded.
This part ot Wales has been the acene ot
V; exceptional violence since the railway
strike was declared. There has been a
succession of conflicts with the police
Tcday a mob attempted to stop an I
, , coming train ana the police were unable to
disperse the angry men. The riot act was
read by a magistrate, but It had no effect.
The strikers continued their attack on the
' train and mounted the locomotive. A mlll
' tary otflcer discharged his revolver In the
air. but still the mob refused to quit.
Finally the troops, who had been sta
tioned In the vicinity to protect the depot
' and other railroad proptrtv, were ordered
'. to shoot. They fired three volleys. At this
the mob broke and fled, leaving four men
Btretc ed on the ground. Two were dead
when picked up and the others were dying.
DEATH RECORD
joku Motther.
Neb.. Aug. 19.-(6pedal.)-John
I.ORTON
Hot t her. a wealthy German farmer residing
near th's town, wss taken to a hospital In
.' Omaha lust Mnndsy and submitted to a
surgical operation. He raised away In the
. hospital Thursday evening. The body was
brought home Friday morning. Rev. C.
' Eller conducted the funeral services Batur
' day, which were very largely attended.
Doceased is survived by a widow, two
. daughters and three sons.
Sirs. Jcaale Tkoaws.
' Mrs. Jennie Thomson. agd ti years, ttCti
, Californln street, died Saturday ' morning
t After a long illness of catarrh ot the atora
. achy The funeral will le held this
afternoon from Crosby's charwl at I
aslack. Interment will be In Springfield
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husband, A. C. Thotnaen.
Sutley is Cleared
of Robbery Charge
Automobile Driver Wu Unfortunately
' Made Victim of an Annoying
Circumstance.
Al Butley, the auto driver who was sum
moned to the police station, having been
accused of robbing Hugo Leh, with the as
sistance of a negress, has been clearly ex
onerated. It was on Lien's Information
that Sutlej waa haled before the offi
cials, but it develops that Leh was mis
taken. Butley. asserts that Leh put himself
In the position of being robbed by making
friends with the netsro woman, He ex
plains the true situation thus:
"Leh and the negro woman rame up the
driveway from the Union station, locked
In each other's arms, at 11 :XS o'clock
Thursday night. They said they wanted
to go to Tenth and Jackson. When I
arrived there the woman said that they
wanted to go to Twelfth and Jones, and
just as X turned the corner to go down
Twelfth they started to fight. I asked
him then If he got his money back and
he nodded an affirmative, being unable to
speak Kngllsh. The woman got out at
Twelfth and Jones and went west. I thd
took Leh to Sam Deuman, manager of the
Lang. He talked to Leh In German and
learned that he got all of his money back.
Yesterday morning lie went to the station
and claimed that I was In on the deal.
There has been no complaint filed at the
station whatever, Ioh being unable to es
tablish his claims."
BLAST ENDS EAGLE'S FLIGHT
Mllllou-to-Oae Ckase by Whleh
Soath African Bird Lost
Its Life.
It was 11:30 o'clock on a hot, breathleas
morning. Not a breete moved to cool the
perspiring Kaffirs who labored In the mine
high up on the hillside; only the top of the
hammers or the rumble of loaded trucks
broke the silence. High above, a mere
speck against the blue sky, soared a huge
"lamfanger" or lamb catcher (a speclea
of caKle which Is most destructive to the
young flocks of sheep and goats, measur
ing In some case six feet from tip to tip
of the extended wings). Buddenly It drop
ped like a stone and eesmed about to fall
right Into the open face of the workings.
but ere It had quite reached the topmost
level It awerved to one side and shot up
ward again and remained hovering about
100 feet in the air.
l'he overseer in charge of the Kaffirs
brought his rifle out of hi room and fired
at the great bird, but with no attest, aave
a slight swerve and a rush upward till it
semed to vanish Into space; The overseer
waa disappointed as he much wanted to
obtain a set of claws or talons of the bird
in question, but had so far failed to do so.
As he was preparing to blast some doaen
holes charged with dynamite the bird
again swooped down and passed so close
above his head that he felt the rush ot air
It caused.
Looking around the overseer could see
the eagle far oft over the next hill, and se
swift is the flight or swoop of these birds
that the eye can hardly follow them. Light
Ing the fuses one by one with a practiced
hand, the overseer made a run tor shelter
from the flying stones and pieces of rock
that must follow the explosion.
As he did so the sky was darkened for an
Instant, and the eagle once again swooped
over the mine, paused, and again came
gliding down the air at a paoe that seemed
to the watching man quicker than light
ning. Juat at the second whan the great
bird was over the explosive In Its rapid
glide the first charge of dynamite went off.
- " uuiniog oouia
be seen but dense fumes of amoke and
to 1 du,t "ml tlvln Pertlclea of rock, but when
It cleared the overseer was both pleased
and astonished to aee the body of the eagle
lying a tew yards off on a ledge of rock.
Surely a miracle had happened, for, as '
the overseer himself said when displaying I
his prise to his mates later In the day, "1 1
reckon, mates. It was about a million to
once chance of that bird being l.uOO yard j
away when the charge exploded, but these 1
loug odds don't always come off." Coun- j
try Side Mouthly.
lfaniBtoa Bays Vatlaar Macblaea.
HAMPTON. U.. Auk. ll.-Krl,l k-
lltampton Is the first of the smaller cities
1 of luwa to adopt the votina- minting
Twenty voting machines have been con-
,rc';- '"r ' . These
marhlnea will be delivered In April, Mt,
and each la provided for nine political
parties of forty candidates each, one row
ot forty devices tor voUng for parsons not
nominated, a row for yes and no pointers
of sufficient capacity to vots on twenty
questions aad a devtoe for voting at pri
mary elections.
Father Waal Via It.
A little lad was desperately 111, but re
fused to lake ths medicine the doctor had
left. At teat hta mother gave him up.
"Uh. my buy will die; my boy will dU-. '
she so Lib 4. But a voice spoke from the
btd. ' l)on't cry. n other. Father'll be
home soon and he'll meke me take it."
Woman s Hume Companion.
. The liook lovers' Contest Is now oal
JACKSONIANS FAVOR WILSON
After Ion; Period of Inactivity They
Sally Forth.
WILL FLAT DAHLXAN DRAGON
Are Opposed the Kadorsneat Pat
T broach by the Psklaiss De
mocracy Some Time A so
far llarmoa.
Tired of resting In peace the Jacksonlan
club has bestirred Itself to smooth out the
wrinkles caused by Mong slumbers and la
preparing to to forth and slay the Dahl
man dragon by endorsing Woodrow Wilson
for president. Letters of invitation were
sent out to democrats asking attendance
at a meeting to be held last night in
the club rooms In the Patterson block.
When asked where the meeting was to be
held the members look grieved and sur
prised, and then would Say, "Why, in the
club rooms, of course," ss If the club rooms
had not been vacant for many moons.
C those who received letters of Invlta
tlonasome are old members of the Jack
sonlsjis and some are not. but all are asked
out to consider "the endorsement for the
presidency of Woodrow Wilson."
As soon as the letters appeared there
were some democrats who thought they
saw in the movement the calculation of
Lincoln's most prominent cltlsen. H. S.
Daniel, who succeeds Ed fterryman as sec
retary of the club, denies this. "The idea
of holding a meeting and endorsing Wilson
originated among the members of the club,
and there has been no interference from
outside," said Mr. Daniel. "We would like
to have Mr. Bryan's support In endorsing
Mr. Wilson, but have had no assurance of
it other than the fact that the editor of
the Commoner included the governor of
New Jersey in his list of ettgtbles."
LABORER GROUND TO DEATH
Italia Member f Extra Gasg
Throw a I'nder Wheel ( Cob
atrac-tloa Trala at Falrbary,
rAlRBURY. Neb., Aug. . 8peolal.
Giovanni Andriccoll, an Italian extra gang
laborer working on the Burlington rail
road near Reynolds In the southwest part
of this county, met a tragic death by being
pitched headlong from a ballast car by the
sudden stopping of the locomotive, He was
then ground to death under the wheels.
The wheels passed ever the upper part of
the body, .crushing It, practically cutting
it in two parts.
Coroner Bodge and Sheriff Chtrnslde of
this city were summoned to the scene ot
the accident and they viewed the remains
and pronounced the death accidental.
Andriocoll was to years of age and during
the last three years has been employed
as section laborer. His family lives In
Italy and he has ben trying to acquire
money to send back to tbetn. He has a
brother living in Chicago and the body
will be disposed of according to his wishes.
ACCIDENT PROVES FATAL
Swan Jskxios Kx sires at Oothenbara;
from lajury Wbts Strode
Strark by Car.
GOTHENBURG, Neb., Aug. l.-Speolal.)
Swan Johnson, who waa struck by a
freight car on July IS, died yesterday at
the Erlckson home In this city. He never
fully regained consciousness since the acci
dent. Funeral services were held yesterday
morning. -
Deceased was born In Sweden' In 1833 and
came to Nebraska in 1873. locating south of
Brady. He hkd made his home with the
Erleksons many years and and moved here
with them last fall. He waa 7R years old.
SAUNDERS COI'KTV
INSTITUTE
Enrollment of 2:t Shows Sarplaa of
Twestr Teachers.
WAHOO, Neb.. Aug. (Specie,!.) The
Saunders county teachers Institute closed
today ' with an enrollment of 302, which
made up the largeet and most successful
Institute ever held In the county. This
gives Saunders county an excess of twenty
teachers aa only 182 are needed for the
schools. The surplus will go to Other
counties less favored. '
The Institute waa in charge of County
Superintendent Mrs. E. B. O. Williams, as
sisted by City Superintendent C. N. Walton
of Wahoo, City Superintendent H. M.
Oarrett of Ashland and Miss Newman of
Lincoln. Addresses were given by State
Superintendent J. W. Crabtree, E. O. Oar
rett of Fremont and Prof. R. H. Watson of
Wahoo. The afternoon sessions were held
Jointly with the Wahoo Chautauqua on the
school grounds, which has a record-breaking
attendance this year.
Heavy Storm Da ma ere at Gaady.
OANDT, Neb., Aug. (Special.) Last
night between and 10 o'clock ths wind
blew In the windows of the meat market
and the Hill company store. Several wind
mills were blown down. An auto carrying
four men ran Into a telephone wire that
had blown down and the two men In the
front seat were caught undtr the chins by
ths wire and thrown from their seat.
tit
About an Inch and. a half of water fell
In leae than ten minutes, floddlng every
thing. Iamasw to the amount of about
tMJO was done to fences and chimneys.
PIONEER DAYS OF RAILROADING
llaapy-Ga-Laeky Style ef Trala Opr.
raflea rarty Tears
Am:
Eighty years ago there were ninety-five
miles of railroad in operation In the
United States. Today there are over 542,4:8
miles, a length that It extended In a single
line would encircle the earth more than
nine times.
The enormous growth of our railroads
has naturally been accompli;,' d by the ex
pansion or Increase of else of the American
locomotive, but with this difference, that
while there is practically no limit to the
extension of a line of railway there is a
well defined limitation to the slse of the
engines, which must be kept within ths
measurements of the track and the height
and width of bridges and other permanent
struoturea. These rigid dimensions are
known as the loading gauge, and are sub
stantially the same t.day as they were
at the beginning of railroad history. Thus,
the problem of designing engines to haul
the constantly Increasing weight of trains
Is one of exceeding difficulty, and Its solu
tion may be regarded as one of the great
est achievements of modern engineering.
In the year lStl Matthew Baldwin, the
founder of the famous Baldwin Locomotive
works, received an order for a locomotive
from the Philadelphia, Oermantown eV Nor
rlstown Railroad company, whose short
Una of six miles was operatled by horse
power. In designing the engine Baldwin
was guided by the plans of the "Planet"
engine designed by George and Robert
Stephenson for ths Liverpool Manchester
railway in 1830. When completed the en
gine was christened "Old Ironsides," and
was tried on the road November 28, 1832.
"Old Ironsides" weighed something over
five tons. The driving wheels were four
feet six inches In diameter. The cylinders
were nine and a hslf Inches in diameter
by eighteen inches stroke. Its tractive
effort was about 1.J00 pounds. It attained
a speed ot thirty miles aa hour with Its
usual train, but It only ran under favorabls
conditions, for In rainy weather the cars
were drawn by horse.
Purine the next seven years great Im
provements were made In American loco
motives, and the leading truck had oome
Into use. A representative engine was built
at the Rogers Locomotive works. Engines
of this class ran on ths Jersey City & New
Brunswick railroad in 183$. The cylinders
were eleven Inches In diameter by eighteen
Inches stroke. Driving wheels four feet six
Inches In diameter. Weight about ten tons
Tractive effort about 1,000 pounds. The
cylinders were Inside the frame and the
valve gear, having the hook motion, was on
the outside.
The time during which this engine was
In service was an Interesting period of rail
road history. Business was increasing
faster than the means for hauling it. Our
railroads were like a boy of the awkward
age who is constantly outgrowing his
clothes. Thay were getting unmanageable.
Rough-and-ready methods of handling
trains well enough for the pioneer days
were causing bad wreoks that alarmed
even the free and easy American public.
The writer hss Interviewed old railroad
men (some of them scarred and maimed by
fearful accidents) whose memories go back
to the forties, and a recital ot their experi
ence would be truly surprising.
How many ot us who travel in the lux
uriously appointed trains of today, with an
almost perfect service, know or stop to
think of the hardships and 'dangers en
dured, not'only by the' railroad men, but
by the traveling public, who often paid
higher rates of fare than they do today,
and for accommodation and service so
greatly Inferior, that a detailed description
might well be doubted ss true.
The engines bsd thin holler plates, with
lap Joints and single rivets. There were
no pressure gauges, and the only way to
estimate the boiler pressure was to raise
the lever of the safety valve by hand and
Judge by the sense of feeling, so that, In
the words of an old engine man. "If the
lever was easy to raise we hsd 100 pounds;
If it was not so easy, we mlRht have 75
pounds. If It was hard to raise we didn't
know how much we had, nor did we know
how much we had when It was blowing
off." Under these conditions, is it any
wonder that explosions were not uncom
mon? Freight trains were sometimes forty-
eight hours late on a run of less than too '
miles, and the train had to be sidetracked
to enable the crew to get some sleep In
the engine cab. What would our shippers
havs to say about this kind of service,
when freight trains today travel forty
miles an hour to deliver the goods t
Turning to ths passenger servloe, what
would the modern traveler think of riding
on a railway not protected by either tele
graphs or signals T In the absence of tele
graphs the superintendent was In profound
Ignorance ot the position of trains, and.
In case of accident or delay, trains were
"lost" and no man knew their where
abouts. Sometimes man Went on horse
back to look for the missing train, but
usually the superintendent sent a man out
on an engine. This proceeding was at
tended with danger, as there was a
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ARRIUED IH GHANA YESTERDAY
Formal announcement of its features
and qualities will be made in The
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vmch for AnnouneEMOT
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ohanoe of meeting the belated train head- )
on at some sharp curve. We may thus
compare the conditions with those of our
own day, when the train dispatcher knows
the position ot every train on his division,
and. In some eases, can even communicate
with the conductor of the train by tele
phone 4tolentlfle American. i
GREAT BATTLESHIP PLANNED j
Preparations Under Way for Laying; 1
the Keel ef tha I)ra4aeskt j
Kew York.
The work preliminary to the laying of j
tha keel a few weeks hence of the dread- j
nought New York, which will be, with Ita '
slstsr ship, ths Texss, the Mrfeet and
most powerful battleships the world nas
over seen, was begun at the New Tors navy
yard. The cradle In which will rest ths hugs
frsine ts prepared, the traveling cranes are
ready to travel whenever the word Is given,
and workmen are busy every day placing
In position the plates that are to form ths
outer bottom of the J8,000-ton battleship.
The keel of the battleship will be laid with
simple ceremonies early jiext month, and
In September, 1912, some fortunate young
woman, who will probably be designated by
Governor Dlx will smash a bottle of wine
on ita boa- and christen It. Early In the fall
ot 11I the New Tork should be ready to
take its place as one ot the five Units of
the first division of the Atlantic fleet, of
which It will probably be the flagship.
Not only in slse, but In the caliber of
the runs at their main batteries will ths
New Tork and Texas be the moat formid
able battleships ever built. Up to the pres
ent time the thtrteen-lnoh gun, which has
not been used on any of the newer ships
ot the navy, has been the limit In caliber
of naval gun. The New Tork and Texas,
however, will each carry ten fourteen-lnclt
guns, mounted two In a turret, and so
arranged that all of them can be tired la
a broadside, or forward, or aft, at the same
time.
The arrangement Of three turrents aft
and two forward of the bridge la the work
of the naval construction corps of the
United States navy. Great Britain has fol
lowed thla dealgn In Its new dreadnoughts.
and this Is considered one pf the highest
compliments ever paid American deaigners
and constructors.
The New York Is to be built entirely by
the construction corps of the navy at the
New York navy yard, of which Commodore
Robert Stocker, IT. S. N., Is the head. He
recently succeeded Captain William J. Bax
ter, who built the flagship Connecticut, the ;
dreadnought Florida, and the collier Nep-
tune. Naval Constructor John Eliot Bailey
will be Commander Blocker's principal as
sistant. New York Times.
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