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The Jersey City news., 1906-12-06

Four Children Then Expired and Mofhen
Committed Suicide-Prisoner Admits
Giving Drug to Head of sousehoId.
Strange Spell Said to tava Been
Cast Over Woman.
Chicago Dec. 6-Mysticism and the
'blaek art" following the sudden death
Of Mrs. Rose Yre@al, whose four chif-
dEen and husbaad have died under
stisaage Circumstances witnln3 nine
months. have entered into the bafHing
family tragedy which the police and
eeroner are rigldly ingesffga ting.
Herman Biliek. a hypnodst, fortuns
teller and exponent OF weird phenome-
na. was seized by The poiiea after the
death Of 1he woman. wilich f0iowed
within a week after the death o1 her
twelve -year-old daughter Ella.
Biilek Immediately becalae The CEN
tral dglire in tie investigation Of the
succession of deaths ia the Yrezai fa,n-
ily, his arrest having followed a dee
iaration by Airs F.alsla Niemanh.
surviving daughCei. Of the dead woln-
an, that be was With aer mother sliort-
iT efoge her collapse aud sist he had
given suauge msateine t9 hef father.
who died nd several o1 the eaildren,
who expired subsequently
Police Inquiry Ceases suicide.
twas believed Mrs A-rezal took poi.
son as 4 result Of worry over a police
inquiry into tle dash of her daughter,
Ella which lraReht 70 light the se-
ries Of deaths in the family since June,
1905, beginning with Martin yrezaI,
the father.
Though win found in the room Of
the dead mother indicates TO the po-
lice that she contemplated death, tie
discovery that Billelz had for years
been attached TO Mrs. YrezaI. was a
frequent visitor at the house and, ac-
cording to reports, held a strange spell
over her leads them to believe tlat he
may be able to throw considerable
light on the case
Prisoner VIII Not Taxi.
When taken to the new city police
station Billek, who is about forty
years old, refused to talk to the OH
GERS. Important admissions are ex-
peeted from the man before the inyes-
tigafion is. ended.
Billek admitted to others that he had
been a close friend Of the yrezal fam
lily and that helhad borrowed mon
ey from Mrs. Vrezal since the death
Of her husband. Some of the money,
he said, ne had paid back. He denied
that he administered any medicine or
drug to the woman, but admitted he
had given medicine to Vrezal before
his death and also TO Rose, one of tbs
daughters, who died in May, 1906.
The Jersey City news., 1906-12-06

The best protection against fevers, pneuno-
mia, dipbtheria, etc. IS ia building up the sys-
teEn with Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The Jersey City news., 1906-12-06
SLAIN BY "BLACE ART"
Chicago NecrOmancsr Accused
of Causing the Deaths of
Family of Six.
GAVE MAN STRANGE MEDICINE

Four Children Then Expired and Mofs,sF
Committed suicide-Prisoner Adnits
Giving Drug to Head of HousehoId.
Strange Spell Said to Hava Been
Cast Over Woman.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-24
PLANS FOR KETTLE MEETING
Irish-Americans Further Arrange
ments for Reception of the
Home Rule Speaker.

Irish-American citizens met yesterday N
the Paxton hotel to further arrangements
for the reception Of T. NJ. Kettle, NJ. p,
who will speak In Omaha on the evening
of January p at the Edward Creighton
institute hall on home rule for Ireland.
To the original executive committee Of
twenty were added the names Of Tom
Hector, T. ]. Mahoney, T. ]. Flynn, p. J.
Trainor and r. NJ. Doody. T. ]. Ma
honey, Tom Hector James Walsh, George
Parks, T. J. Flynn and John e. OHearn
were selected as a committee authorized
to receive and solicit subscriptions to as
sist in the final struggle for home rule for
Ireland now pending in the British Parlia-
ment. 1t was announced that those so
disposed may send subscriptions eirect to
T. ]. Mahoney, who will receive and ac-
knowledge for them.
p. c. Heafey acted as chairman and John
Rush as secretary Of yesterdays meeting.
T. ]. FitzmOrris Jerry Howard and Pat
rick Duffy were appointed on the printing
program and press committee for the
Omaha meeting.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-24
END OF A LONG WAR
One of Two Hundred and FOrty-Three
Years. Duration Brought
to a Close.

A little cable dispatch Of not more than
fifty words from The Hague. IN Holland,
tells in matter-of-fact fashion Of the end
ing Of a war which has lasted 24S years,
probably the longest in the history of the
world waged ceaselessly, decade after dec
ade, by the stouthearted, logged Dutch
against the savage Macassars for the pos
session Of the diamond-dusted, gold-crusted
island Of Celebes in the East Indies.
This war was begun when New York had
been settled by these same Dutchpen only
thirty years before Peter Stuyvesant was
then stunning about its half dozen streets
edging the bay on his wooden leg, lOrding
It over the handful of people who, before
the war was ended, were to become the
100000 OF the great metropolis Of the west.
The Pilgrims had been in Massachusetts
only forty years. A locomotive was as UNI
known as a flying machine or an automo-
bile, electricity was not dreamed Of and
steam was not driving a single wheel any
where. The world has awakened from a
great sleep and girded itself with the my
Rad modern devices while the Dutch have
been subjugating these far eastern Macas-
sars.
Charles H. the profiigate, was riotlng on
the throne OF England in the beginning OF
the restoration; Napoleon, who was to
change the map of Europe as only julius
Caesar had before him. was not to be born
on the little isle of Corsica for another
hundred years; England was only beginning
to realize II ut Shakespeare had just COM
pleted the greatest literary work in the
language; Rembrandt Murillo and Velas-
quez were painting their masterpieces in
different parts OF Europe, and Queen Vic
toria, still to be born might have been
merely a little, insignificant German prin-
cess, instead Of queen of Great Britain and
Ireland, by the grace of God, defender Of
the faith and empress of India" If William
Henry, the stakeholder of Holland, who be-
gan the war against the Macassars, had not
become William III Of England.
The last thousand Of the dusky Malay
tribe, driven back foot by foot from the
southern coast of the island, made their
final stand in a wild fastness on the top
most crag OF the crater Of one of Celebes'
extinct volcanoes. With it's natural bat
Elements of solid rock and up on the roof
of the world" 1t was more like an eagles
eyrie than fortress
But the Dutch soldiers, trained to meet
their enemies by the lessons Of the almost
interminable war, pushed their way up the
mountain side, through the tangled tropical
forest and ringed themselves around the
crater.
At last the natives surrendered, ending
war Of more than two centuries.-New York
American
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-24
SHOPPING CROWDS ORDERLY
Little Disturbance This Year BY Thieves in
Stores OF on Streets,
MULTITUDE BEHAVES WELL SATURDAY
Omaha - Not wild and wOOlIy
Western Town ut All, Says
Visitor from East I'm
city.

Not one case Of pocltet-picking, not one
purse snatched, not one person arrested
for shoplifung and only one small burglary
reported. How's that for a record for an
orderly city with thousands Of people on
the streets Saturday night?' said Chief Of
Detectives Savage Sunday morning when
asked how people behaved on the last Sat
urday shopping night before Christmas.
But, say, I'm thankful Christmas only
comes once a year" commented the chief.
81 was on my feet until midnight Satur-
day watching the crowds of shoppers and
] might just as well have been home asleep
in my trundle bed for all the business there
was doing"
Every detective and available officer on
the police force did duty In the shopping
district Saturday night until midnight and
all were unanimous in expressing the opin-
ion that 1t was the most orderly crowd
with which they had ever been called upon
to deal. But it was a tired bunch Of blue
coats that went home that night. In ad-
dition to the regular detective force OF the
larger department stores and the detail Of
patrolmen on duty at the stores for the
last few days, several patrolmen and detect
ives were on the streets and mingling with
the throngs at the doors. A few persons
were caught in the act of slowing away
articles without going through the formal
fly Of paying for them, but were allowed to
depart after returning the stolen goods.
with the thousands crowded IN the aisles
of the stores and constant jam of human-
fly on the sidewalks, it is considered sur
prslng that pckpockets failed to get in
their work. Christmas time is usually the
halcycon opportunity for pickpockets, sneak
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-24
ANGELS BRING TID1NGs OF JOY
Rev. NJ. l.. MeIick DIscOurseH on
Message of Starry Host

Rev. NJ. L. MeIick DIscOurses on
Message of Starry Host.
Behold, l bring you tidings Of great joy,
which shall be to all people. For unto
you is born this day in the city of David
Saviour, which is Christ, the Lord"
These words, from the second chapter of
St. Luke, formed the text of Rev. NJ. L.
Melick's sermon at Grace Lutheran church
Sunday morning.
THE message delivered in the text was
spoken by one angel" said Rev. Mr..
Melick. But that angel was accompanied
by great host, for the tidings were too
great to be borne by one only. That host
of angels is still here. 1t was an immortal
throng, which still is ministering unto
men in every walk of life, in every part Of
the world.
THE glad tidings of Christmas are uni
versal in their scope The birthday of the
Saviour OF mankind is observed among the
lowest savages and in the most refined
homes, among the poorest and among the
richest of the earth, upon ships far at sea
and about the firesides safe on land. Every
where there is the same JOY over the
redemption that has come to man. Re
demption is a gift, free, great inexhausti-
BILE and poured out by the gracious Father
with unequaled bounty 1t is free alike
to king and peasant. wise and unlettered,
great and small.
''The anniversary which is about to be
celebrated is that of the greatest event
the world has ever known, and yet the
world comprehended it not. There was no
room at the country inn for the infant
Jesus to be laid, but thousands of angels
sang hosannas in the sky at His birth
and wise men came from afar to do homage
at the Manager where He lay, while star
moved through the heavens as a celestial
guide to those seeking the way.
''The same was true throughout the Mas
ters life and is true today. Men despised
Him, but angels were His companions. His
own city rejected Him and refused to
mourn His death, but the sun hid it's face
and the earth was clothed in darkness when
He died. .-I
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-24
without change and
KANSAS CITY to HOT
SPRINGS, ARK.

without change Many OF the other cities
and winter resorts OF the south and south
east are reached just as easily and COM
fortRbly by this train. Passengers should
arrange to leave Nebraska and Iowa points
in the forenoon, in order to connect with
the above mentioned train, Any ticket
agent will cheerfully furnish through
rates, and arrange to reserve through
sleeping car berths. For additional infor-
nation and pamphlets concerning Florida,
address ]. C. Lovrien, Asst GsnI Passen.
ger Agent, Kansas City, Mo.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-24
TURKEY NOTE PAID WELL
Girls Thanksgiving Letter written
Fourteen Years Ago Brings
n Legacy.

Because she put a Thanksgiving letter
in a turkey that was going to market four
teen years ago, Mrs. William ]. Rodden of
Lowell, Mass, who was then Miss Margaret
McCord of Fort Cavington, N. Y, is the
recipient of 5000 by the will of the man
who bought the turkey in 1892 and who, by
means of the epistle, made the acquaintance
OF the dainty country maiden.
Romantic, indeed, is the story, which
has its present sequel almost fourteen years
to a day Miss McCord, then Is years Of
age, and living at Fort Cavington with her
parents, was at neighbours one day. The
farmer had just dressed a lot of turkeys
for the market. and one or two of the
girls had written notes that were stuffed
inside the birds Margaret was persuaded
to do likewise, and wrote very pretty
note, in which she wished long life and
happiness to the finder OF II.
The turkey went to the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwin T. Smith OF Hudson. Mr..
Smith, who was man OF considerable
wealth, had no children of his, although
he loved them, He asked Mrs. Smith to
write a letter from him 10 the address,
which was given. A correspondence en-
sued, and afterward Miss McCord visited
the Smiths many times. They were deeply
In love with the charming young girl
| Four years ago Mrs. Smith was taken seri-
/ ously Ill. and she sent for Margaret to
come to her. Miss McCord was then study
| ing to be a trained nurse at the Lowell
general hospital. She went to the home
OF sickness, and was with the woman up
| to the time of her death.
Mr.. Smith afterward kept up his CORE
/ spondence with the girl, who had become
Mrs. William J. ROdden OF this city. after
] \ ~
tends the hospital estate. He often called
at their pretty home in PawtucI1etville
! here, and the Roddens visited him in Hud-
son whenever they could.
/ -Four weeks ago Mr.. Smith died. leaving
an estate valued at something like SEQ COO.
In his Will he left one-third OF the prop
erty to an adopted daughter, another third
! TO the Iatter's son, and the last portion
| to be divided among three other benefici-
aries, one OF them Mrs. William ]. Rodden
! OF Lowen.-Boston Herald.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-24
In MEMORY OF BETHLEHEM
Advent Of Savior is Recalled with Anthem
and Sermon.
SERVICES SUNDAY IN LOCAL CHURCHES
Christmas Themes Chosen, Songs OF
Praise sung and Programs Honor
ing the season Given by
Young People.

peace on Earth, Good VIII 70 Man."
was sung at the Omaha churches Sunday,
and the spirit Of Christmastide breathed
over the whole city.
The preachers made their sermons COM
memorative Of the advent Of the Christ
child to Bethlehem, and appropriate musical
programs were offered at most of the
churches. In some cases the children Of
the Sunday schools and the members Of
the young peoples societies gave programs
of music, recitations and drills The
churches we're beautifully decorated with
holly and evergreen.
A cantata entitled 1.-THE First Christmas"
was given in the evening by the choir Of
Trinity Methodist church. The choir Of
St. Mary's Avenue Congregational church
presented an impressive program at the
vesper service, the attendance being so
large that only those who had cards of
admission could get seats. Gauls sacred
cantata, 1.-THE Holy City" was sung by
quartet at the First Presbyterian church
in the evening. Gounods st. Cecilia mass
was sung at Kountze Memorial church.
one Of the features being the solos by
Earl Prahl, the boy soprano. The Sun
day school of Seward Street Methodist
gave Christmas program. Gospel service
was held in the afternoon at the rooms Of
the Young women's Christian association.
Some of the churches will hold services
on Christmas day. A midnight mass to
usher in the day has been announced by
the pastor of the church Of st. Philip the
Deacon. On Christmas morning at St.
Philomena's cathedral the anthem "Adeste
Fideles" will be sung by a quartet COM
posed of Mrs. Thomas Cobery, soprano;
Mrs. Michael Hart, contraltO; Clinton r.
Miller, tenor, and Thomas s. Swift, bass,
with Miss Margaret Swift, organist.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-24

idlers who profit on the tolls OF others
and their infinite nothlngness In the great
fabric Of our social economics2
THE idler Is not a social being. He has
no part I'm the great work OF the world
1t Is the workers that make this old world
habitable. BY workers / mean all who
work; all who strive for the betterment
OF the condition Of mankind. The idler is
an outsider in this great work OF world
making, BODYBUILDING and comfort
contributing social order
Have you ever thought Of the great
throng OF sick manned and crippled OF
this world, whose number is so great that
their tread would shake North America?
Christ told us to heal the sick. Then there
are the morally sick We have on our
hands great body of these that must be
taken care Of. In the old days the pun
ishment for the morally sick was swift
relentless and sure. In this modern day
we look upon these unfortunates as victims
OF disease rather than purposely criminal
and find that It is better to forgive than
punish and to seek to make better men,
women and children of them. No man can
do single thing without affecting someone
else, be It good or evil
You cannot suffer alone, no more than
rejoice alone. A man who cannot help or
sympathize with the downtrodden is not a
member Of the body polite, but is drone
and an alien to society. Take your fellow
man by the hand and lift him up. Be a
comfort to all men and do your part to
bring about the great brotherhood of men,
May this church do its part in establishing
that brotherhood that shall In the end &C
complish the redemption Of the world. Let
us do our part that 1t may be said Of us:
Here are men whose places IT will be
hard to 1ll'"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-24
DRONEs ARE ALIEN TO SOCIETY
Only workers Hold Any Place in the
Great Body Polite.

Only workers Hold Any Place in the
Great Body Polite.
christian Sociology was the subject OF
the discourse OF Canon r. B. II. Bell at
the Church Of the Good Shepherd, Twen-
tieth and Ohio streets, Sunday morning.
Social obligations as well as society in
general are very imporl,-Lt things in the
worlds economics" said Canon Bell.
every social body is related TO some
other body. We are workers in the great
social organization of the world and diff
fer only in the way we work. Have you
ever thought Of the man who on an Inv
come of $3.50 or 80 day supports a family
OF five or six children? Have you ever
thought Of the children of such a family,
especially the more fortunate of you, who
have less anxiety for the comforts and
necessaries Of life, of the toll that is en-
tailed upon some peoples who delve to
supply you with these comforts? Have
you ever thought of the toilers in the
mines that supply you with the coal that
keeps you comfortable? Or Of those who
work in the great shops OF the cities, and
how the toll Of the lowly must be and is
incessant in order to bring about your
comfort and the worlds Unsuitable neces-
stiles? Have you ever thought of the
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-24

thieves and purse snatchers, but not one
case q lose from these sources IL known to
have occurred.
The only burglary Saturday night was at
the home Of y. W. Dudgeon, Su Daven-
port street, which was entered by burglars
sometime before 1913 p. m, while the fam
lily we're shopping downtown. The burglar
unlocked the front door Of the house with
skeleton key and stole a gold watch val
ued at $50.
After being buneted by the crowds for
hours, Detective Drummy said he derived
some consolation from what was told him
by an eastern travelling man, who said
Anyone who tells me that Omaha is a
wild and woody west city will be handed a
few by me. Why, II you had this crowd
back east ia what are called some Of the
well regulated cities, there would be hun
dreds OF pockets picked and the thieves
would carry of quarter Of the goods dis
played in the stores"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-24
MORAL TRAINING IN SCHOOL
International Movement for Better Devel
opment Of LitiEenIhip,
AMERICAN BRANCH is ORGANIZED
President Nicholas Murray Butler Of
Columbia Heads Executive Com
mittee and clifford Barnes of
Chicago IL Secretary.

/ CHICAGO, Dec. 23.-In England, France
Germany, Switzerland, Italy and the
United States there has been a steadily
growing impression that the schools are
not being as well utilized as they might
be for the purpose Of moral training and
development of citizenship. conference
to consider the whole matter was held in
London last autumn, resulting in the or
ganization of the association for the pro-
motion Of moral training in the public
schools.
The American branch has just COM
pleted its organization by the election Of
the following executive committees:
Nicholas Murray Butler, Columbia uni
Xersity; Edwin A. Alderman. University of
Nirglniai G.. Stanley Hall, Clark university;
X, n. Jesse University Of Missouri; Ben
fornia; H.. II. serley, Iowa State Normal
sSho9Ii Edwin q. Cooley, Chicago; James
A. A.. CIR Greenwood. Kansas city; Andrew s
YORK. and Clifford Barnes, Chicago.
! Clifford Barnes of Chicago has been
chosen to act as secretary and executive
officer and James Speyer OF New York,
treasurer.
The English committee includes Sir OIL
yer Odge, the lord bishop of Ripon; Sir
Edward Frye, Prof Michael e. SadIer,
the bishops Of Hereford and Sopney and
II. J. B. Patton, while the advisory coun-
ell includes some of the most notable peers.
| members of the House Of Commons and
heads or representatives of all the great
colleges and schools in the United King
| dom.
! In France the work is headed by M
Lizard, vice rector of the University of
Paris and the leader of the educational
system of that country, and by NJ. Lang
lois, director Of the Musee Pedagogic Ger
many, Switzerland and Italy are being or
ganized to take part in the movement.
| This year the International association
| is to make a systematic effort to collect
information as to the best work being
done in moral training in the schools Of
Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Italy,
America and Japan, and for this purpose
will send out several expert commissioners.
These reports will be published in the
autumn Of 1907. An international congress
is to be held under the auspices of the
association, either in New York or Lon
don.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-24
COMPROMISE LIFE's GREAT DANGER
Turn from Jerusalem to Bethlehem,
Says Rev. Bucius o. Baird.


''The Trouble at Jerusalem" was the topic
of the Christmas sermon by Rev. Lucius
o. Baird at ST. Mary's Avenue Congrega-
tional church yesterday morning. The
service in commemoration of the season
was enriched by special music by the
vested choir.
1.-The trouble at Jerusalem grew out of
a compromising life," said Rev. Mr.. Baird.
"Herod was an expert at carrying water on
both shoulders He could be magnanimous
with his enemies and absolutely Eunscrupu-
lous with his friends. He couldfreceive the
wise men cordially and at TIE same time
be plotting the death Of the Innocent babes.
wherever this compromising Nspirit is
found it will be troubled with the news of
the birth of the Child King at Bethlehem.
At Jerusalem compromise was king. At
Bethlehem a little later we find Christ
was in control.
'Ierod was not the brute at the begin
ming of his reign that he was at its close,
and this is the history Of a compromise
life. The problems of the shepherd of the
disciples and the early Christians were not
the problems of today. But the problem
of Jesus Christ is as vital today as 1t
ever was. Today we have the problem of
Jerusalem over again. The danger of our
social, religious and political life today is
compromise. 1t is easy for us to go with
Jerusalem. The boy is in danger of staying
in Jerusalem with Herod, when he begins
to compromise.
How different we find it at Bethlehem.
It is rugged, it is simple, it is plain; but
the air is good and pure. There was the
answer to Jerusalem. There was the place
of peace. There was the power Of God.
Today we need to get away from our
Jerusalem long enough to learn the mes
sage of Bethlehem. People dolnOt cut their
coats according to their cloth, but too
often according to their neighbours cloth.
But the people who have lived the Bethle-
hem life have blessed the world more than
the men who have lived the Jerusalem life
One thing more is necessary in our lives
than living the simple life. 1t is the sur
rendered life. The men who will surrender
their lives to Christ will lead the blessed
life of Bethlehem"
Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-24
SCOTS BURY DONALD KEMP
Clan Gordon Holds Services for Home
less Man Who Died in
Hospital,

Donald Kemp, the homeless Scotchman,
who was taken i'll in front OF the New
York Life building a few days ago and
died in a hospital. was buried yesterday by
Clan Gordon, order Of Scottish Clans The
funeral was held at the undertaking rooms
of Bradley & Dorrance at o'clock, con-
Quoted by Rev. A. S. c. Clarke. Services at
the grave were conducted by Chaplain
Trenche. The pallbearers were Chief Will
liam Kennedy OF Clan Gordon, Peter Gerrie
John Syme and John Acorn. Mr.. Kemp
was a well known figure about Omaha and
South Omaha. The funeral expenses will
be paid by subscription.