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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-10-17
WOMAN RAFFLES CONFESSES
MRS. RoMADkA, OF MILWAUKEE,,
ADMITS she Is A BURGLAR.
wife Of q Wealthy Man Says She
Robbed Homes and Gave Piunder
to Negro.

Chicago, Oct. 10.--Mrs. Charles J.
Romadka confessed Wednesday. ac-
cording to the police. that she had
robbed several homes in Chicago,
stealing diamonds valued at thousands
OF dollars. One robbery In Milwaukee
she acknowledged as her work.
Following her raids Of the homes Of
the rich. Mrs. Romadka said. she
turned the property over to the COL
ored man. Jones, now q prisoner
The startling confession which
clears away many of the recent rob
berries in the city. besides explaining
the mystery Of the wealthy woman's
arrest, was made to Francis Reno.
special agent Of the Fidelity & Cas-
ualty company Of New York, which
has been investigating the strange
case.
Following the confession the wo-
man told her story to Detective Ser
geants Howe and Conroy. Detectives
are investigating her story and expect
to recover at least $1,000 worth OF
stolen property.
Mrs. Romadka acknowledged rob-
bing the Clifford Beck home, 5540
South Park avenue, where $1,000
worth of jewels was taken. Those
jewels, she says, she gave to the negro
Jones, except those which she was
wearing when discovered dining with
a board Of trade man In the Baltimore
Inn, where she was first arrested.
She also told of entering a home at
about 1900 Sheridan road. where hun
dreds of dollars worth Of property
was taken; Of robbing home at
4517 vincennes avenue; of entering q
house In Logan Square and another
near $500 Yale avenue.
The Beck home was robbed by the
millionaire's wife about noon Septem-
Der 2. Mrs. Beck was asleep when
Mrs. Romadka, according to her own
story, entered the house, walked up
the stairway to the second floor and
stole the bag containing the $1,000
worth Of jewels.
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BrItton and HarpIs 90 Fres.

Sandy Hook. KY. Oct 10.--John
Waugh. commonwsalth's attorney of
this district. Wednesday nlsd . writ
ten statement In the case Of Common-
wealth against Bill Brtton and FL
bert Hargis. charged with complicity
In the murdsr OF Dr.. B. d. Coz at
Jackson. he substance Of which 10
that owing To the fact that he- has
been unable 10 secure thfss % the
non-rssident vitnespse it Yas imppe,
sibls for him v naks ont : osss ard
" theFelqre moved : dismlssai The
notioa Va suatAinsd ~ oDeeiat
yu6p ". = noo1y.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-10-17
rRlEs TO JUMP INTO OCEAN.


New York, Oct. 11.-Herbert Fletch.
er De Bon. Of Chicago. attempted to
end his life by jumping into the sea
in midocean. according to Q report
made by the officers Of the steamer
Moltke. which arrived here Thursday
from Genoa and Naples.
The Moltke was three days out
when De Bon made the attempt to
hurl himself into the sea. He was
caught before he had succeeded In
carrying out his apparent intention
and from that time until the steamer
arrived here he was kept under con-
stant observation.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-10-17
Mines SALTED;
SWIkDLE EXPOSED
sENsATIoNAL 100000 FRAUD 10
DISCOVERED NEAR LENDER,
WYO.
Investors Not to Lose-Thonss /. and
J. r. oreenouoh, Prime Movers In
Organization, VIII Redeem Al
Stock at Price Paid.

Helena, Mont, Oct. 1.-THE Record
publishes q story to the effect that
numerous Montana and Washington
investors have been mulcted to the
extent Of more than third Of mil
lion dollars through the discovery that
certain placer mines near Lender.
Wyo., had been salted and that the
property In question is worthless.
Thomas L. Greenough, Of Missoula.
and ]. F. Greenough, OF Spokane, who
were the prime movers in the organi.
cation, have notified all investors that
they will redeem all stock at the price
paid, thus assuming the loss.
Found to Be Worthless.
The discovery that the property was
salted was due to an independent ex-
animation conducted by Speaker e.
w. King, of the Montana legislature,
and j. r.. Neill, of Spokane, heavy
prospective investors, who found, after
removing a few inches of the shaft
walls. that the ground was valueless,
as were the tailings. although all pre-
vious experiments showed values
ranging from 20 cents to nine dollars
yard.
chlcagoans' Big Offer.
A Chicago firm was so impressed
with the future of the property that 1t
offered the Greenoughs $2,500,000 for
their interest, but the offer was re-
jected.
Water not being available, work had
been started from either end on =
tunnel through mountain 30 the
flow of the Pophoagie river might be
utilized. The discovery has created
the biggest sensation In the history
of northwest mining
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-10-17
ACTRESS SHOOTS HERSELF.
Accident Occurs on stage But Che
Finishes Her Song.

Gallipolis. o.. Oct 12.-Miss Texas
0uinsn. leading lady with the Simple
Simon" Theatrical company. accident
ally shot herself In the side during
the performance In ~ local theater
Thursday night. How the revolver
came to be loaded is q mystery. Miss
0uinan finished the song she was
singing before being carried from the
stage. She will probably recover II
blood poisoning does not set In.
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Sixteen Haytiaps were sentenced -
death for conspiracy to overthrow
the government of the republic.
Paris doctors have discovered
method Of remedying birthmarks by
means Of an application Of radium.
Mrs. Coils p. Huntington, who ar.
rived at the port Of New York from
Europe, paid duty on $4,000 worth Of
goods
Kiev police arrested revolutonist
named Kruglikoff, charged with being
an accomplice in the Boris Nikitenko
plot to kill the czar.
At the direction of President Roose-
velt $50 soldiers will be detailed at
st. Louis to police the grounds and
aid in the international balloon race.
Jerome d. Gedley was appointed re-
ceiver for the Council City & Solomon
River railroad in Alaska by Vice
Chancellor Howard Of Newark, N. J.
Prof David Todd, who passd four
months in Chill with the expedition
sent from the United States to OBJ
serve Mars, believes the planet is in
habited.
Charles H. Nichols, wealthy real
estate man Of Chicago. aged so years.
married Miss Lillian A. Kinsella, aged
%, at Salem, Mass, the young wom-
ans home.
Rudyard Kipling. at luncheon at
Victoria, B. c., declared that Canada
should encourage the immigration of
British subjects rather than that Of
other races.
Four men were killed and several
others seriously hurt by the falling Of
q derrick where q new bridge Is being
constructed over the Cuyahoga river
for the Nickel Plate railway.
In dynamite explosion at wolcot-
Vile. Ind, Howard Roy, clerk in .
hardware store, had his head crushed.
and Charles Craft, q customer at the
store. had both his legs broken.
Mrs. Clifford w. Hartridge, wife of
one Of the attorneys who defended
Harry X. Thaw in his first trial, is
missing In New York. She was III
and It Is feared she committed suicide.
Michael Cronfn. one Of President
Roosevelt's Adirondack guides, and
the man who drove him f6 miles to
the station on the night President
Mckinley was asBassinated, has been
declared insane. nf o
The three-yearoId SON of Thomas
=. Leadon, a painter. 10 dead at his
home In New York from the effects of
nicotine poisoning. caused by eating
part Of cigar which his father left
on the sideboard.
One man was killed and several
persons injured when west-bound
Pennsylvania train plunged into q
crowd at Bourbon, Ind, where the
victims we're awaiting the arrival Of
an east-bound train.
Arthur Herbert Osborn, young
New York broker, asserted that in
1905 he was secretly married to
Helen Maloney. the missing heiress
who Is said to have married Samuel
Clarkson Of England in Montreal.
A Frenchman giving the name Of
Posse, but who later was identified
as Gotcho Spira. was arrested in Lon
don on suspicion Of being implicated
with the Thomases of Clermont.Fer-
rand. France. In the theft of church
treasurers.
A report has been spread In New
York that Rear Admiral r. D. Evans
will ask to be relieved Of command
after he pilots the Atlantic squadron
to San Francisco. CAL. where prspara-
tions already are under way for the
reception Of the feet
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-10-17
Separate Schools Proposed.

Hattiesburg. Miss, Oct. IA reso.
luton calling for separate schools for
Italians, Syrians and Russian Jewish
children In Hahtiesburg has been
adopted by the board of education. It
will be presented TO he city council
In an effort to obtain funds for erect.
ing separate school buildings. Recent
race antagontsm In this vicinity, es.
pecially against italians, is the cause
for the resolution.
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MISSING MAN FOUND DEAD.
Wealthy Coal Dealer At Hartws,l. o,
Apparently Was Murdered.

Cincinnati, Oct. 12.-H. B. Howard.
wealthy coal dealer OF Hartwsll. .
suburb. who had been missing for
more than ~ hours. was found Friday
afternoon In . railroad coal shed, ap-
parently murdered. The body had
been covered with sacks and pieces OF
coal and the head was battered In.
This ID the second murder In the Mil
creek valley this week. &
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-10-17
sANrA FE ROAD GUILTY.
Convicted Of RsbatIng In the Trial
At Los Angeles.

, Los Angeles. Cal. Oct. 12.--Aftsr
brief dsliberation the jury in the case
OF the Santa Fe Railway company,
charged with rebating shipments. FRI
day rendered q verdict OF guilty ON ali
counts enumerated In the indictments
found by the grand jury. nrs
The maximum fine for the oiRsnses
charged 10 $1.100.000 and the mini.
mum is $4,000.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-10-17

Seattle. WASH. Oct 1.-THE H. d
Reynolds bank at valdez Alaska,
closed it, doors Wednesday Seattle
bankers say the failure viii not AZ.
feet seattle's financial institutious and
that money Reynolds loves Seattle
merchants will she paid. Boston and
New England capital. furnishsd large
~ by school tsaohsrs. formed the
basis Of Rsynolds' nrst szploitAtisa In
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Mattoon. ILL.,. Oct. 11.-Bonansinga,
= balloonist Of Quincy. H.. was prob
ably fatally hurt here Friday by fall
Ing 200 feet from bursted balloon.
Ths parachute failed to open In the
short distance 70 earth. This Il
Bosanslpga's nrst serious accident IN
- years ef baiiseaiaG
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New channel Now Re.dy.

sauh Ste. Marie. Mich. Oct A.
Water was turned Into new chann 81
OF the st. Mary's river a& West Nee
bish. marking the complexion Of one Of
the biggest projects undertaken on the
great lakes since the building Of the
Poe lock.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-10-17
JOHN mitchell TO
QUIT HIS POSITION
MINERS PRESIDENT DECLARES
HE WILL NOT RUN FOR
REELECTION.
His Health is Too Poor-Announce
ment Is Made In United Mine
Workers Journsi-Anthracite Field
Men May Name T. D. Nichols.

Indianapolis, Ind, Oct. 11.-John
Mitchell, president of the United Mine
Workers, announced in the current Is
sue of the United Mine Workers Jour.
nal that he will not be a candidate for
reelection as president. He says in
his announcement that he does not
regard himself as well enough to at
tend properly to the office. None Of
the executive officers of the organiza-
tion was In the city Thursday, but
1t Is said at headquarters that Mr..
Mitchell will finish his present term
az president, which expires April 1
of next year.
Mr.. Mitchell underwent a surgical
operation about six months ago and
II is said that he has not fully recov-
cred and that II is possible II will be
necessary to perform another opera
tion. He went to Chicago Tuesday
and expected to 60 from there to La
Sale, ILL.,, Thursday, to consult with
ity Of another operation.
Text Of the Announcement.
Mr.. Mitchell's announcement is as
follows:
ITO the Officers and Members OF the
U. NJ. w. of A.-Greeting: Inasmuch
as notices calling for nominations are
being sent out from the once Of the
secretary and in order that all local
unions and members thereof may be
In position to express their choice for
the Office of president. herewith an
nounce that shall not be a candidate
for the presidency OF your organiza-
ton.
II am prompted to arrive at this
decision because believe that I am
no longer we'll enough to give your In
terests the consideration their import
ance demands.
II shall explain In greater detail in
my annual report to our coming con-
vention the causes which impel me to
give up the high office to which you
have elected me for so many years.
Il thank you for the confidence you
have reposed in me and beg you to
believe that the advancement of my
craft has been my highest ambition.
- JOHN MITCHELL,
president y. M. w. of A."
Mr.. Mitchell has been president OF
the United Mine Workers of America
since 1898.
Regret Among Miners.
wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct. 1.-THE
news from indianapolis that John
Mitchell president of the United Mine
Workers Of America had announced
NsiSat he will not be a candidate for re-
election because of the state Of his
health, caused regret among the union
mine workers and their sympathizers
throughout the anthracite coal re-
gions.
II President Mitchell cannot be in
duced to reconsider his decision not
TO again be a candidate for the presi-
dency, II Is said that the mine workers
of the anthracite region will nominate
Thomas d. Nichols of Scranton, Pa,
president of district No. /, as their
candidate for the office. Mr.. Nichols
last November was elected to con.
gress and will take his seat In Decem-
ber.
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Business Block Burned

Baltimore. Nd, Dot. 1.-THE barge
block, In the business section OF this
town. was destroyed by fire. Five
firms. including the plant Of the Rock.
bridge County News. were located In
the building. Loss $4,000.
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Estate Of wesley q. OumminUs deosased.
quaiincd 8 sdmiSissrssors q tSs S sssS.s sea q
Wealey q. cumming lAte Of Highland
County, Ohio. deceased.
loU. w. A. CREHD.
O. ~. RHoAD8.
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El Paso. TG-. Oct l4.--Disoouraeed
by III health Cen. Inero Botan, com
mandant Of the Braves dlgtrick Of the
Nsxican army. cothm1tt>d Saic1de y
hts quarters Il Juarg ~ shooGipg h1m
en-
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Baltimore. Nd. Ovt. 1.-THE barge
Saxon. lumber laden, from Georgetown.
8. c.. to New York, stranded 30 miles
north OF Cope Hatteras. The captain
and two men Of the barge were
drowned
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Estate OF james n. Garnett deceassd-
The undersigned has been appoiutad ana
qualined a. adminiatratrix of the eseAhs Of
Ohio, deceased. tFH4 49, T1ll{fi
! dated this 18th day Of septsmber 4 d 1907.
MARrHA @. HpoBas.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-10-03
The Largest Federal Prison.

AT the federal prison at Leavenworth,
Kan, 965 prisoners are engaged in build
ing around an over them the very
prison in which they will be confined.
This institution, when completed, will
be the largest and best equipped feder
al prison in the country. Itwas begun
in 1898, and will probably not be finish
ed for several years. 1t has a frontage
of 800 feet, with depth of 900 feet in
the rear. The wall which surrounds
the building and encloses sixteen and
one-half acres will be thirty-one feet
in height The entire reservation in
cludes TAO acres, 100 under cultivation
and an equal amount in pasturage, the
rest being still covered with timber
The prisoners are white, colored, In
dian and Japanese. Twenty are
military prisoners, while the others are
offenders against the civil law. The
majority Of the Indians came from In
dian Territory, and their crimes are the
result of too much bad whisky The
Mexicans are being punished for SNUG
gling-one of them, shoemaker, hav-
ing sent in several hundred dollars
worth of Mexican opals hidden in the
Innings of shoes. The two japanese
were caught seal poaching off st. George
Island last year. One hundred and
ti,raa ara Sprvipu lifea captapnac Ana
hundred and thirty are 'trusties,"
entitled to wear the blue uniform and
white numbers and allowed more free
defn in their movements in the prison.
Gray is the regulation uniform of the
federal prisoners, and stripes are worn
only by refractory men as punishment
for habitual dlsobedience to the rules
No women are sent to Leavenworth
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-10-03
Teddy and the Bears.

The president will go to Louisiana to
hunt bears A dispatch from Lake
Providence says that several noted
bear hunters have been on the ground
for more than month, preparing a
place for the camp, cutting tracks,
ETC."
We should think that the president
wOnld prefer to hunt wild BEARS If
they are constructing bouevards and
thrashing around the country for a
month or so beforehand, they should
have either tame bears or no bears at
all by the time Mr. Roosevelt and his
gun arrive on the scene. Surely we
haven't been under a misapprehension
as 20 the proves of the president in
the Staying Of wild animals we have
known. We should be pleased to hear
from DR.. Long, or some of the nature
experts, on the length of time it takes
to educate an ordinary bear to the
point where he will rise promptly at
dawn and march down specially pre-
pared and macadamized promenade in
to camp and be shot.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-10-03
Girl is Missing.

Huron, Sept. 2S.-Up to this time the
only trace Of Miss NJ. L. Crane, whose
mysterious disappearance has created
no small sensation in this locality, is
that the lady OH August 80 went east
from here as far as Mankato A letter
from Miss Crane to Dr. Holmberg at
st. Peter, postmarked August 80, on the
Omaha road, establishes this fact and
also that the lady did not visit friends
in Huron as intended, stopping here
only between trains in the morning of
August 30 ID. z. Crane, father of the
missing girl, expresses the belief that
his daughter has not met foul play and
that her mysterious action is probably
the result of mental arrangement. Mr..
Crane is of the opini N that he will be
able to locate his daughter within a few
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-10-03

lutionized. If prices continue to rise
there will be more and severe labor
struggles. The cost of living has so
advanced that labor in the midst of
Astounding prosperity, is face to face
with adversely, The reason that there
has been so far no more suffering is
because all labor is employed. The
whole family is at work, where before
perhaps but one member was wage
Garner But let prices continue to rise
after the whole family is at work, and
it will be reduced to the same condi
ton it was in 1884.
An elastic currency would increase
credits and with that increase would
come further rise in prices. The
tens of thousands of salaried people
and wage earners in the cities can
barely live now at the present prices
and any further rise would mean sui
fering and want among them The
housewives are today at their wits end
to make the two ends meet They can.
not make them meet if there is a fur.
Their advance in food stuffs, cotton and
WOODEN goods, and everything the
household requires.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-10-03
Trade With the Black Hills.

The Commercial Club is arranging
for an excursion of business men to
the Black Hills over the new line of
the North Western road from Pierre to
Rapid City. The plan is to go Oct. Ia,
The expenses will be moderate and the
trip will require about four days 1t is
proposed to have special train and it
is desired that a company of at least
seventy-five take this trip.
1t would hardly seem to be necessary
to suggest to business men of Mime
apolis the Importance of paying a visit
to this rich field for commercial opera
lions, now for the first time made di-,
rectly accessible from our city. The
Black Hills is one OF the richest spots
OF equal area OH the globe. 1t has a
number OF important and thriving
cities and should be a valuable addi-
ton to our commercial territory
Heretofore Minneapolis has been at a
business disadvantage in that region
because of the roundabout route neces-
sary to reachit. Now we have ii line
which makes the Black Hills practical
ly as near Minneapolis as it has been
accessible to Omaha. Men who Join
this excursion and manifest sufficient
interest in the commercial Importance
of the Black Hills to make the ac-
quaintance of it's business men are
likely to be those who will enjoy the
largest share of.the trade to be had in
that section. Minneapolis may be first
in the field after the opening Of the
new line and her business man should
improve their opportunity. Minnea.
polls journal.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1907-10-03
The Rise in Prices.

The national association of bankers,
meeting AT Atlantic City, Endorsed the
soca'led "elastic currency" but there
were western bankers present to make
a very earnest protest.
The United States is facing seri-
GUS question in this banking PROPOSE
ton. Mr.. Roberts in his speech in
Omaha called attention to the fact that
at present the credits of banks are ten
to one That is condition that never
existed before and it is a dangerous
condition. The danger does not arise
from the prospect Of panic, but from
the continual rise in prices. These
bank credits have exactly the same in
huence on prices as the addition of that
much money thrown into the volume OF
circulation. Prof. Walkers assertion,
and there is no higher authority, that
"the thing that does the money duty is
the money thing is true, and the great
imitation of prices comes as much from
the increased output of fold, or the
rapacity of the trusts.
a constant and unending rise IN.
prices will produce as great a reyolu-s.
ton as a contraction of the currency,
and in the end its effects will be just as
disastrous. The continual rise in the
price Of paper will bankrupt many.
large newspapers, or their methods OF
doing business must be entirely reyo-