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DID B0HEMIAN WITH EVIL EYE"

Chicago. Dee. 27.-Herman Bilek.
 Bohemian fortune teller and hypnotist and alleged poisoner of six members Of the N1zal family, was taken before
 the municipal court today for pre-
 llminary hearing. Despite his pro- 1 testations of inocence he will prob lably he held to answer to a charge ! o1 murder in the first degree Positive evidence of the presence of poison in 1 the internal organs of several of Bill eks alleged victims has been dscov-
 cred Arsenic in sufficient quantities to cause the death of several persons
 was discovered in the bodies of two of the girls. and it is now considered . certain that all of the Vrzals were poisoned
 Not since Holmes, the monstrous ogre of Englewood castle, and Johann Hoch, the modern Bluebeard, ended their careers of crime, has Chicago had such sensation of mystery and murder as that caused by the arrest of the Bohemian hypnotist, whose icountrymen ascribe his influence over others to the evil eye'
 It is alleged that in the case of Bill elk, as in those of Holmes and Hoch, crime was the consequence of an in ordinate lust for gold. Mrs. Vrzal is said to have been insanely infatuated with the Bohemian hypnotist and is believed to have aided in the murder of her husband and children, so that she might collect the insurance money. Shortly after the investiga- tion into the death of the other mem- bers of the family was begun the woman was found dead ill her home. Suicide was the first theory of the po- ! lice, but it is now suspected that her ! death was due to the same mysterious agency that brought the other mem
 bers of the family to their graves.
 Martin Nrzal, the father, was the first of the alleged victims of the hyp
 notist, dying on March P, 1905. On July 2S of last year Mary Vrzal, P years of age, followed her father to the grave Tillie Vrzal, 20 years old. ] died about a year ago. For several months there were no more mysteri ous deaths in the family and not until August 26 of this year did the "evil eye" claim another life, when Rose 20 years of age, succumbed to the mysterious poisoner. Little Ella, 12 wears of age, was the next to die of arsenic poisoning. Mrs. Rose VrZal,
 the mother, died on December f. short ly after the police had turned their attention to the case. The only sur viving members of the Vrzal family are Mrs. Emma Nieman, the eldest daugh-
 ter. and her two children.
 The police also believe that Bilek
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was involved in the mysterious death of Standish NJ. York. a brother-in- law of Cassie Chadwick. It is al- legged that the Bohemian held se- ances in the woman's home and that she gave him 5000 of the money she collected from insurance com panies after York's death. York was wealthy hardware merchant of Cleveland, and carried life in- surance aggregating $22,00O.
 About three years ago Bilek came to this city from Cleveland. He was accompanied by his wife and three children and his mother, Barbara BIlek, who is also a fortune teller. The latter taught her son from in- fancy the mysteries of the "bIack art, and the wife is also a fortune teller. Bilek is about 40 years of age, fairly handsome and we'll edu- cated, speaking three languages. His eyes are black and piercing and his maner assertive and conceited to an extreme, accounting for the influence he has been able to exert on the ignorant and weak-minded.
 MartlnNrzal was a prosperous dairyman. His home life was exceed- lngly happy, his wife and daush- ters aiding in the conduct of the business. When Bilek came to Chi cago he moved into the neighbor- hood where the Vrzals resided. From the day the hypnotist first cast his beady eyes upon the comedy wife of the dairyman, the house of Vrzal became the abode of mystery and death. Martin Vrzal was as in- 1atuated as were the other members of the family, and Bilek became daily visitor. Within week Mrs. Vrzal was openly exhibiting signs of >nectlon for the handsome exponent of black magic" The husband ut tered no word of protest, not even when the relations of the reader of futures with his wife and daughters became public scandal Prior to this time the Vrzals had always oeen known as virtuous. hard-work- ing and home-loving people. "It is the Evil Eye" whispered the neigh bors, and shuddered lest they. too should fall victims. Slowly but surely the human vampire sucked the life blood of the Vrzals. From the blinded dairyman he borrowed" hundreds of dollars. finally leaving him penniless. It was then, accord ing to the theory of the prosecution that he matched the devilish plan to murder the entire family and secure the life insurance.
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mostly staple cotton. Demand very quiet, some reports small conees- Slohs on common staple lists. Trad Ing In futures settled around a.90 for March, Things are naturally quiet in all departments during the holiday week.
 Yours very turly.
 WALTER COTTER AND COMPANY
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HANRAHAN TO TAKE
 PERSONAL CHARGE
Grand Master of Brotherhood of Bremen to Direct Southern Pa
 cific Strike.

Peoria, Ill.,. Dec. 27.-At the Of fees of the Brotherhood of Locomo- tive Bremen on Wednesday. it was stated that John w. Hanrahan. grand master, would probably leave before the latter part of next week to take personal charge of the strike on the Southern Pacific, for a time at least.
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FIGHT OPENED
 ON GREAT NORTHERN Action Begun to Enjoin Railroad Company from Proceeding With Proposed Issue of Capital
 Stock.

St. Paul. Minn., Dee. 27.-Attor- ney General Young and R. A. Stone. assistant attorney general. has be- gun action in the Ramsey county district court, on behalf of the state of Minnesota against ~the Great Northern Railway company, asking for permanent injunction against the company, it's officers, agents and servants, from proceeding in any maner with the proposed issue of capital stock recently authorized by the board of directors in New York.
 The attorney general in his bill of complaints, after reciting the fact that the Great Northern is cor poration of the state of Minnesota, and that it's original authorized cap ital stock was S30, 100000, that be- ing the limit fixed by it's charter, says:
 ''That between Feb. 1 1890, and March <, 1896, the defendant made [ several large increases of it's caIN tai stock, until on March i, 1906, it's capital stock aggregated substan- tially $50, 0,o00,000. That all of the
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NEW YEARS DANCE.

The St. Joseph's club will give d New Years dance al their club rooms corner Main and Sixth Mon day evening. Admission 75 cents. Ladies free.
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QUOTATIONS.

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Fscaped pnck Of WoIves-

Samuel Johnson, an Indianapolis
man, SO years old. who was one of the
most enthusiastic old settlers at the re-
union at White City last week. tells of
an experience with wolves on Buck
creek that nearly ended disastrously
for him.
81 was out on a hunting trip about
twelve miles from Indianapolis on Buck
creek" said Mr.. johnson. There were
thick woods all around that part of the
country and few people near. I was
living in a house made of logs in the
midst of the woods and a fine place
for wolves. I never thought much
about the danger, though, and used to
go miles away on hunting expedition
without seeing a wolf or thing about
one
zone day went on a trip and stayed
out a little later than usual. 1t was
getting dark and as I got near home
the air was cold, and if wolves ever are
hungry they would have been hungry
that night. I hurried along trying to
get in the house beofre night and I
began to wonder if there were any
wolves near.
Il happened to look back and saw
big patch of black moving toward
me I hurried faster and just got in
side the door when the pack reached
the house. I barred the door and kept
I could hear the animals bowling and
scratching around. They must have
stayed an hour or more, but did not
try to shoot them and think they lost
the scent of me. Anyway they turned
suddenly and ran off down the road
and I never saw them after that time .
Indianapolis Star.
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JOURNAL ENTRIES

A good many mean things have
been said about Adam and none Of MS
descendants have defended the old
gentleman, but we insist that Anthony
Comstock Is mistaken when he says
that Adam hid behind Ewes skirts
It is our idea that If the Democrats
had adopted the Kansas hen as
party emblem instead of a rooster. 1t
might have won. The rooster gave the
eagle a pretty hard race. but rooster
makes some people mad Everybody
though, is friendly to the hen
A careful inspection of Governor
Hoch's Thanksgiving prociamatlon
shows very few flowers plucked from
the conservatory of the governor S
soul In fact, hardly a bud is visible.
From the remarks some people
make, we judge it is pretty hard work
to pay election bets when the result Is
so close.
A Pennsylvania young man Rugged
his sweetheart so hard that needle
sticking in her dress penetrated ms
heart and killed him. You can figure
out the moral yourself.
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Interrupted him coldly: Say no more.
Paul. I accepted your decision as
final, and you Will remember; and a
later Will leaves all I possess to the
Home for Aged Men,
She swept angrily from the room
Alger stood for moment as If stun
ned, then he laughed aloud. That's
good news! Now there's no money in
earth TO win the Ioveliest girl that
ever
Came out of the west.''' Quoted
merry voice, and the portferes parted
seat into the room.
Alger sprang forward hastily
Vera" eagerly, you've known all
the while that 1 love you
"A girl from the west-brought IN
on a cattle ranch ?" She questioned
holding him back with her hand on his
breast.
Il don't care where you're from. or
love me, Vera pleadingly.
"A girl who doesn't know a sonata
from a sandwich" mischievously.
Vera. forgive me for that. and say
you love mel
Paul. seriously, 1--WE loved Won,
ever since I was q little girl See!''
she drew a iocket from her bosom and
pressed back the cover.
Algert gazed in bewilderment. It was
his own face that looked up at him
Aunt Ruth sent that to my father
I claimed it as mine and have worn it
always"
Vera" with his arms about her.
Why have you been so cruel to me
when I've tried so hard"
feared you might propose to me
to please Aunt Ruth, and-and be-
cause of the money!
Here! HereI What's all this
about 2? Runt Rutn's voice sounded
harshly at the door.
They turned toward her together.
Vera has promised to marry me.
Aunt Ruth"
And my latest will she fairly
hurled the words at them.
We don't mind" they cried to-
gether, rapturously.
was never signeds'' added Aunt
Ruth, in a changed voice, and they
heard her laughing as she softI-- closed
the door and left them to their hap-
piness.- Copyright, 1906. by H. g.
Sutclif.)
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AN ELECTION REFLBCTToN.

The chief use of the Square Deal
question was to put members of tn
legislature on record concerning certain
measures not mentioned IN the Repub-
hcan state platform. As stated in these
columns recently. they also furnished
an excuse for certain radicals to line
up for the Republican state ticket ard
there were probably several thousand
such radicals in the state; but the
members of the legislature.
The answers which candidates on the
state ticket gave to the Square Deal
questions were evidently little consid-
cred by the voters. On the other hand
their supposed attitude on matters in
general. regardless OF what they said
about the Square Deal, had great
weight.
This can be seen from the election
returns. James NJ. Nation was one CT
the two or three candidates on the
state ticket who said nothing about the
Square Deal questions. He did not an
swer them one way or the other Yet
1t is stated that his plurality is about
$4,000, close to that of Chief Justice
Johnston, who heads the ticket. Some
voters may have neglected to vote for
him because he did not answer the
NNSo SAO4tSs OON many more voted
for him specially because of the record
ne has made as assistant state auditor
Another who did not answer the
questions was Charles w. Barnes. yet
he ran almost as well as Mr.. Nation
On the other hand Governor Hoch
answered the Square Deal questions
satisfactorily to the Square Dealers,
and w. J. Fitzgerald and the railroad
commissioners came out fiat for them
Yet all OF these candidates were
scratched. Among the very best an
swers given to the questions were those
of Fred s. Jackson. yet Mr. Jackson
ran considerably behind some Of the
candidates. Other candidates who an
swered the questions ran we'll
Nevertheless the people took a great
interest in the Square Deal questions,
especially the anti-pass and direct pri-
mary propositions. Simmered down,
these are really the only questions on
which there can be any dispute All
agree that railroads should be assessed
on the same basis as all other pro-
perty, and there is no dissent from the
proposition that passenger rates should
be as low as they may be made and
still be constitutional and commensur-
ate with good service.
These are questions for the legisla-
ture to deal with rather than the ex-
ecutive officers of the state, and for
that reason the voters did not espec-
tally consider them in voting for the
individual candidates for state Offices
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KANSAS COMNEHT
A SERMON.

Ny tightwad friend. I wish you would
ten me what you are going to do with
an this money you are boarding up
py Ialr means and by foul. You may
not know It, but you have already bar
tered away your soul for gold Your
nina s eye has become so fascinated by
the luster of money that you have al
lowed everything else about to become
warped and out of shape. Get out from
under the spell and look about you. You
VIII nnd that you are in the midst OF q
GOOD deal OF wreckage. The people
about town shun you all they can. They
know that 1t makes no difference what
Is In the balance against money, with
you money always wins. Your voice
Is never raised for public progress. YOU
nave never been known to help the dis
tressed and weary; your relatives will
never rise I'D and call you blessed
When you stand before St. Peter you
VIII be worse off than the poorest devil
you ever skinned. He Will wave you
aside and you will stand there and see
hundreds Of people you know pass ii,
and each one of them will give you ths
morse laugh as they go by. About
that time the fumes of sulphur viii be-
gin to fill your lungs and a few min
utes later it will all be off with you
Osborne Farmer.
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QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

rFrom the Philadelphia Record.J
Cupid is not always match for GU
pidity.
1t must hurt for a hen to sit on an
egg and Ratchet
Almost any bigamfst can get of on
the plea of insanity.
Most theories will work like a charm.
A charm seldom works.
In football it isn't always the pun
ster who makes the best punt
The fisherman who takes a bottle
along at least comes home with a reel.
There are more ways than one TO
kill cat In fact, there must be nine
WAYS
NO, Maude. dear. barnacles do not
grow on barns, any more than car
buncles grow on cars
Money may not buy happiness. but
lots Of people are very we'll satisfied
with the imitation article.
Old maids may be disappointed in
lovers, but it takes a married woman
to be disappointed in love.
Mrs. Scribbler-"Don't you think my
hat is a poem2" Mr.. Scribbler-''Gee
Is it as cheap as all that2'
Blobbs--Doesnst the sight of blood
make you ill?' Slobbs-''Not on your
life. always shave myself
Wigg-aI wonder Why Henpecklxe
doesn't apply for a divorce" Wage
He says he would, only his wife wont
let him"
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AN ARsORRTNG ToPTc.

A worm in search of modern culture
Removed his hat and asked a Vulture.
Excuse me, sir, I'm rather green
But what's the difference between
The process called Financial Dealing
And plain, old-fashioned, honest Steal
The Vulture merely shook his head.
Please crawl away, I'm tired" he said
But SIR" the little pest persisted.
II know my views are rather twisted
But why, when you're considered great,
should be merely used for bait2
" ny should I be the butt of Nature
When you control a LEGISLATURE
The Vulture rufIed up a wing,
Squirm on" he said, you tender thingl'
"Ob1ge me. please the poor Worm gug-
gled.
with Rebate Cases oft I've struggled
. pray elucidate to me
Inc way the Rebate Cases be-
mere came pause-and very neatly
The Vulture ate the worm completely,
Remaarking. Whence this useless de-
am Trust and you're a Rebate"
wallace irwin in Success Magazine. ,"
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GLOBE sTGHTs.
IFrom the Atchison GIobe. I


Vengeance is net the object Of law
Every Sunday, women saw. ..I do
day"
When we run across two men areu-
Ing religion, we run away as fast as
we can.
After a man has earned your bust
ness, don't give it to the other fellow
just to be contrary
The greatest tragedy that can hap
pen TO some women is to fail to get
their washing out on Monday.
Out in the country. the popular idea
OF society woman Is one who is away
from home as much as a turkey.
1t is test of a good housekeeper If
she can light a lamp, and the house
doesn't Immediately begin to smell of
kerosene.
If woman buys fifty chickens to-
day and turns them loose, she can tell
every one of hers from the neighbors
by tomorrow.
What has become of the old fashion
ed man who thought it all right to eat
cheese with shippers in, so 'Iong as
they didn't bite back
Men should practice running grace
fully In their bathrobes; the only time
they are seen in them is when they are
running through the hall
When Father is told the company is
for him, that is one sign the company
is bore and the rest of the family
want TO get out OF entertaining him.
When the fire department makes a
run past a church, 1t has been known
to break up the services. but If It stop
ped at the house and began to turn on
the water 1t couldn't break up a wo-
mans card game.
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JAYHH WKER JOTS

The bucket shops have been driven
out of both Clay Center and Concordla
by the local papers.
THE voter" says the Mankato Mon
itor. goes into the booth with his lead
pencil and his conscience and 10! there
is a terrible mix up"
Bert Walker: While all men profess
to dislike the rabbit. notice that the
rabbits outnumber the lions in about
the same ratio that the Republicans
outnumber the Populists in Kansas.
Row Tapley, who is a married man
himself saws a large number of mar
ried men in Lawrence have subscribed
to the Ministerial alliances lecture
course there, hoping that the course
lectures will be different
Ralph Tennal gives this hint to ms
subscribers: our wife has already
ees,.Y-e5 notice IN us that she expects
Christmas present, and that she VIII
not accept any dinky little JrlnKet,
that she wants a surprise phat VIZ IL
make a noise like ten or nIteeh oOllal
We have been notified that the old oluI
of saving up to go on big Trip u
worn out. and that the goods must pc
delivered on Christmas. OAlSss
can exchange excuses with some man,
and get a good one, we are down anu
out
Atchison Globe. They tell Of an AZ
cbison man who has had money saved
~, four times to bury him. the nfst
time 1t went for a party ms VIE saNI,
the second time 1T went for a pa
given by his daughter; tne liAl l.. 49,
a,,+f7+ and the fourth time 1t Went ~
send q daughter away to schooi- ne
~,oa,,s wife excuses this attack on tle
funeral fund by claiming thet IL s aies
the family's heart to think o 80
f,1T.,i77r Dear Pa and the money ldlu
I'LL -, him is always q source
of grief -.,.,,1.
conos observations by Frank Jarrell:
Good clothes won't make the man. pue
thew Improve him lot = - - -
azi1e asks in a headline. Does ne
- c1,Ib need a defense2' MOI d.
man e.u If every man
o az to as much as his motne-
$50 ho does we would all be running
ehlIlf A-ss. ne - There is this,
$50 to be said for the women IN In, .r.e
country towns: They don carry 80 -,
Women who have to cream uP
etc., batloween parties should start d
az -, To have the date changed TO
sing,lar series of misfortunes nave
befaIlen a family named Mc1nlyLe, ,ltt7,
tzaDta IF wellington A leM N,, -
- = daughter. Mrs. Maggie FoWel, -
sso,. 3 MO was injured IN an az
.sr-a+ IN +he Frisco road and VIII pLoD,
49, 49, ~ ! cripple for life. Last WEI
49, v9other Mrs. Alice Mcln1ylS, ~.
ne ltr l1ios If apoplexy and died N Icy
n aon Dsna M s1tsaE Of 0f nea G4nG dis
20 and came near dying Las ria
go his wife gave birth 70 Q 80
hlch lived only rev nool7' WILL
WlliSn attine> on the mother Dr- w II
, wnie H %b the attending physician ana
was was stricken with heart Loo alseaS On the
exnired in an adjoining toUs'' died also.
following day Mrs Mcln-S- -
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FROM OTHER PENS


A North Carolina minister is on the
outs with his congregation because its
mem bers want him to limit the length
Of his sermons to thirty minutes. Ad-
herents of both sides of the question
are wrong. The congregation isn't
supposed to attend church for enter
tainment, but to hear the gospel. If
the minister is not able to make his
intended application of the gospel to
his text in a half hour, he should be
accorded a longer period. But mas
much as a sermon or address of more
than a half hours length tends to be-
come tiresOme to the auditor, the
preacher is likely to reach more peo-
Die by a short, pfthy talk than by
long, wordy DISCOURSE springfield
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Johnny-What is the submerged tenthf
Pa-The fellows under their autos.NNev
York Sun.
,Edward--Why did Grace marry Frea9
She wasn't the least bit in love Ffiith-
heavens no! She thought Ada wanted
him--Judge.
Percy Sapp-By Jove. she said remind
ca her OF the Greeks candy sign. I
wonder II she meant I was so sweet ?
Miss Tabasco-No, guess she was ali1Id-
ing to the Fresh Every Minute part'[
Chicago Daily News.
7 want you to lose no opportunity in
get5ing my arguments to the public
the worker: which kind nf answered
Do you want me to handle. Campaign
Come, Willie" said his mother. don't
pc so selfish Let your little brother play
WIN your marbles a little while" But
pIotesIed Willte, he means to have them
always" "Oh. I guess not Il guess
yes. cause he's swallered 'en. 9'ZPhii-
adelph1a Ledger
Eastern Housekeeper-Do Won have aD,,
diiiLc5u,lty IN keeping good girls in the
vest! Western Housekeeper ffrom a
once in a while a girl let's the gas run
TOO long before lighting it, and we have.
looking for the old one-New YORK
Weekly. Urn
ShezyBefore we were married you de-
cared your Willingness to do anything
even to die, for my sake. HeNVVelI f.
mine isn't a living death 1 don't know
what is.-ILustrated Bits
Dora7So you're actually going TO marry
MIN! DO you think you can reform HIM
EloraI1es- broke him of one bad habit
DoFa-What habit2 FIoraSPron aa, 70
every girl ne meets--Cleveland Leader
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS
FROM the Chicago News'I -,

rFronn the CnlcdSO -,
ch~oric borrowers are more OF less
t0T Tra5ns of thought have many head
on collisions. ia ,ronerlv
,,ossad as sfdelights- -.
o'z $40 people take things as tne icy
30 5ol's and others grab they as tney 20.
Fortunate is the cam mq ee Without Ma8 h" fry
ing. .,,,c bandshaker;
:, D ss ant to develop into a legpuller
lAe r. life is burden to you it's +o v saIe
bet that you are Duroen II so1-
bachelor says that ., T. he Ss ha adu f9
chooz sT ne one with the most money
woman e more Or s Or ief nai sxeeF doae9
SAYS = nan ii Is to control one hireo
girl. - +,,nlx they can
,,,@cbase a mansion in the SKIES on
he installment PLAN SO sn Vsis at eyer v
.1e,nv into the contribution plaee SNeAS
sunday.