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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1907-01-19
Prefer Their Own Way.

Thousands of men do not know
what is good for them, but you might
as well remember that the majority OK
them do not want to be told.-John
A. Rowland
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-11-02

to live with me she win never
live with another. We are going to
die together. Laura and Jim" But
the woman shot herself first. The
man missed his aim and then weak.
ened. Broken marriage vows, quar-
rels patched up and then renewed,
love one minute. hatred the next.
death for the wife, suspicion. arrest
and dishonor for the husband-md
all In the name Of Love!
Three bullets for sweetheart and
one for herself" is the tabloid form
in which Marie Balasi's tragedy was
written on Independence day. De-
ceived and ruined by Henry Stern. a
stranger in strange land. and desert
ed by the man she had trusted, poor
Marie Ballast thus ended forever the
new love dream In which Stern had
lost all sense of honor and obligation
to her.
On July 23 occurred one Of the most
sensational murders In New York's
recent history. Miss Esther Nor
ling discovered that Frank H. War
ner, once her business employer. later
her partner. was not worthy of her
trust and love, and thrust him out Of
her life. Drink-sodden and believ-
ing that the girl. by her act, had
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-11-02
CRIMES COMMITTED IN
THE NAME OF LOVE
A Strange Epidemic Of Murders in New York
City in Which Dan Cupid Plays the
Leading Part.

OF many admirers treated with CO
quettish federation by the belle Of
Carmine street and the Spring street
factory, but in time all fell back in
favor Of Vincenzo Lavorce. The be-
trothal OF the handsome couple was
announced, their wedding day grew
near-but with 1t came death. An
toinette, not content with her con-
quest, had later made fun of Ffglia,
who was small and unattractive, call
ing him "The Toad" On the twenty
sixth day of November THE Toad"
and the factory beauty met during
the noon hour at the water cooler. An
angry question, a taunting reply, four
reports from death-dealing pistol, a
once beautiful form lying In a pool Of
blood, a sullen man facing the officers
Of the law.
"She made fun of me. and killed
her. Now she won't marry any one,
and II l die, too, l don't care"
December, month of the Christ
child, passed without a murder In the
name of Love; but on January 2 the
police gathered into their drag-net Leo
Mitchell, who for more than four
years had been In hiding for the MUIR
der of Marie Lewrazzo, pretty girl
who had refused to marry him, after
he had paid her passage over from
Italy. To be sure. this was because
Marie had heard that Leo had an
other wife in Italy, but the jealous
Italian had passed the stage where
marriage vows counted against the
power Of the little god-and so he.
too, raised his revolver and shot the
girl through the heart.
Five days later George Fallen, who
ran a flower stand at Eighty-first
street and Columbus avenue, shot and
killed Mrs. Madeline Wiedman, the
wife of his business neighbor, John
Wiedman, a news dealer. Mrs. Wied-
man was striking brunette who with
her assistant, Miss Ratel, piled the
trade of manicuring at the Endicott
hotel. She lived at No. 80 West
Eighty-second street, whittier on the
fatal night George Fallen had been
hidden, with other guests, to celebrate
birthday. AS the guests separated.
Fallen drew Mrs. Wiedman aside and
again urged the unlawful love which
she had often spurned, and, being
spurned again, that love cried hoarse-
ly: I'm tired Of this nonsense. I
love you, and I'm going to have
you"
Then again the fatal shot and an
other at Mrs. Wiedman's assistant,
who came to her rescue, and still a
third and sharp knife at his own
throat. Another tragedy in the name
of Love had been written in New
York's criminal annals.
In the early dawn of March Anne.
tillo Gallo, a young bride Of Northern
Little Italy, went a-gunning for the
man who had stolen from him. at a
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-11-02

separated him from the last hope OF
earthly happiness or all connection
with decent life, Warner shot and
killed her in the very door OF the
store where she was employed as
cashier, at No. West Forty-second
street. Then, blood-crazed, he dashed
down town and killed lifelong
friend, John G. Wilson, a millionaire
hat manufacturer Of Waverley place
and Greene street, who was in the act
Of loaning the crazed man money.
A doughty and strong-armed minis
ter of the gospel saved a young wom-
an from a hated marriage and per-
haps from actual death at Asbury
Park on September 10. Belle Grouse,
daughter OF Presbyterian minister
at Stanhope, N. j., was engaged to
Percy c. Bissell, student at the state
normal school, Trenton, N. j., when
rumors reached her that her intend
ed was a confirmed gambler. Her IA
ther found that the rumors were only
too true and the engagement was
broken of. The Crouses went to
Ocean Grove, whittier young Bissell
followed. The two young people met
on the street, and surreptitiously Bis
sell displayed revolver and ordered
the girl to accompany him to the pas
torate of Rev. c. M. Grimm, pastor Of
the Ashbury Park Methodist church.
In the middle of the service Miss
Grouse began to scream. asking that
she be protected from her too anxious
lover. Whereupon, the clergyman,
being strong Of arm, pinioned the half
crazed youth, and Miss Grouse es-
capped to the bosom of her family.
But the end was not yet, and friends
OF the family assert that Bissell should
be confined, as the girl IL not safe
30 long as he is at large.
And last comes julius Hoffman,
married, formerly lieutenant in the
Austrian army. who for love and
jealousy killed Draga Siegel. For he
had given up wife, children and
friends. HOFFMAN and his wife had
come from Australia, bringing with
them Draga, who had been an appren-
tice in Mrs HoRman's dressmaking
establishment.
In New York they all prospered an-
til love, blind. irresponsible. unreason-
ing love, took a hand in the game.
Mrs. Hoffman left her husband and
Draga went to live with family
by the name of Lucas. Hoffman
| lived alone. Mrs. Hoffman brought
suit against Draga Siegel, who In an.
other year would como into an inher-
| itance OF 100000 for alienating her
| husbands affections; and Draga IN
turn brought suit for defamation Of
| character. In the midst Of this con
fusion Jealousy and death appeared
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-11-02

That there Is really an epidemic of
crimes In the sacred name Of love
might well appear from the recent
startling record Of fatal tragedies, a
large proportion Of which have had
their scene In New York.
Il killed her because thought she
was not true to me-" said Julius Hoff.
man, as he looked from the New York
police to dying Draga Seigel.
'Will you take me back?" demand
ed Henry Fischner Of Johanna Hoefer,
an attractive young waitress who was
on duty at her uncle's lunch room, S21
Tenth avenue, and as she didn't re.
ply he shot her down in cold blood,
then turned the weapon on himself
Thus. on the police blotter, within
"a hours two more murders were
charged to the blind little god, Love.
Why has Cupid traded his well.be-
loved and gentle weapons, the bow and
arrow, for the more formidable revol.
YER?
In the days when Love was young,
and the simple life an actuality, not a
theory, Cupid tipped his arrow with
golden love-songs and aimed 1t with
a laugh. To-day, in New York, with
its strange commingling of foreign
elements. its nervous tension, its gilt
tering pleasures and its appalling
loneliness, Cupid ofttimes loads his
newly acquired weapon with death
dealing bullets and sends them flying
to the accompaniment Of groan or a
curse. Within the past IL months
Loves hand has aimed more deadly
weapons than Bacchus, or Greed, or
Revenge, or Hatred. Race-hatred, sud.
den fury following on the heels of a
business quarrel, these and all other
causes must give Love precedence as
the power behind the gun, the knife,
the stiletto.
Just q year ago. In an obscure down
town hotel, Louis G. Hampton. a man
of family, social and business stand
ing. shot and killed first the woman
he loved and then himself. The wo-
man In the case was Victoria Tacz-
kow, beautiful salesgirl in depart
ment store. She was 80 years the
junior Of her wealthy and influential
admirer, who was an official of the
United States Trust company, of Wall
street. She did not know he was mar
ried. She was waiting for the death
of his aged mother to relieve him of
certain domestic responsibilities and
set him free to marry the girl he
loved. Her name was above reproach.
Her family knew Of her love affair and
approved of the supposedly prospect
i've marriage.
What happened between these two
behind the barred door of the obscure
hotel no one known. Perhaps the girl
had learned the hideous truth, and
told the man she no longer loved him
that she was leaving him forever.
Three sharp reports, scurrying foot
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-11-02

hand in hand. From Australia came
some childhood friends of the pretty
Draga. She did the honors Of New
York to her former playmates. HoR-
man heard and armed himself for re-
venge.
Il gave up everything. wife. family.
standing, for love OF you. You shall
belong to no other man."
Again the fatal shot. Again q wom-
an pleading that she loved only the
man whose hand held the smoking re-
volver. Again the rage-dimmed eyes
that somehow regulate fatally true
aim. Again the rush Of excited peo-
pie, the clang Of the ambulance bell,
the shouts OF oficers driving back
the curious throng-and another
crime Is laid at the door OF poor,
twentie4h-century worn Cupid.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-11-02

form what is known as the depart,
ment Of communications. Although
this department has had only few
years in which to build up the tele-
phone service 1t has made such prog
ress as to put the Japanese system in
a condition which makes 1t 30 much
superior to others in the east that 1t
is not for a moment to be compared
with them, says the American Tele-
phone Journal. In fact the Japanese
telephone men have adopted many
ideas In connection with the building
and operation Of their plants which
show that they could give valuable
pointers to many Europeans in charge
Of telephone systems under govern
ment control
Their progressiveness, for example,
In the use of telephones to aid in
army maneuvers is known to the
whole world. It Is acknowledged
everywhere that In the late war with
Russia they developed field telephone
service to point of greater efficiency
than has been reached by any other
army.
Toxic has, as would be expected,
the largest telephone system Of any of
the Japanese cities, and the general
features of construction and operation
there seem to be typical of the prac.
tice throughout the country.
Out Of population OF nearly mill
lion people about $4,000 are subscrib-
ers for telephone service. The lines
are divided between five Offices. The
rates are 66 yen (about $33) for
either business or residence stations.
All lines are individual, party limo
service being esteemed unsatisfactory.
Cleanliness Is the most noteworthy
thing which impresses itself upon o
visitor to one of these central Offices.
The reason for the absence Of dust 10
made apparent to the stranger by the
request that he shall remove his
boots before entering, which II
courteously made at the door. Al
though q pair Of slippers 10 provided
az q substitute for the foot covering
worn out Of doors, the shape Of these
shoes IL 30 peculiar. that the writer
has in some instances found Il more
convenient to walk In his stocking
feet. The advantage Of this oriental
custom Of removing the shoes before
walking upon the floor of . room II
shown clearly enough by the results.
| The Japanese of1ces are By lons
odds the neatest the writer has ever
been In IN any part Of the world.
All the operators are sirls. The snd.
less suoceseion Of challenges, "laah'
BAN (numbsr). Il spoken d WEN
| modulafed tone Of voioe ana all Ua1la
seem to b answered promptly.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-11-02
Lightning Marked Tree.

The peculiar pranks played by bolt
Of lightning on an oak tree attracted
hundreds Of people to Wissahickon
avenue, near Lincoln lake. says the
Philadelphia Record The tree, which
was fully 125 feet tall, was struck dur
ing the electrical storm recently and
was split down q distance Of rs feet.
the halves falling In opposite direc-
tions. Fifty feet Of the upper part
was stripped Of bark. and most pc
culiar thing was that the roots were
torn completely out Of the ground and
hurled considerable distance, while
circle Of bark four feet high was lon
standing.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-11-02
THE STORY.

~ HOU art the mani" The words
j rang out clear and distinct, filling
all the great audience room of the
palace. With finger pointed In the d.
rection of the startled king the proph-
ct Nathan stood. His stern face and
tense bearing betokened the towering
moral strength Of the man Of God
in that trying hour.
In obedience to the command OF
God he had come to bring King David
face to face with his awful sins. And
Notwithstanding the possible danger
to himself as result Of his unwel-
come message. yet he delayed not but
boldly entered into the presence Of
the king and told his parable about
the rich man who had taken the one
little eve lamb OF his poor neighbor,
Notwithstanding the rich abundance
of fiocks and herds with which he
had been blessed And the king had
listened with rising wrath. Perhaps
the burden of guilt In his own heart
made him the less tolerant. and ~
the prophet ended his story he
thundered:
"As the Lord liveth, the man that
hath done this thing shall surely
de-
+ Then II was that the prophet, draw
Ing himself to his full height and
pointing his finger at the king, cried,
with intense earnestness:
Thou art the mani"
\ The king recoiled a. though struck,
his face grew ashen and bis form
trembled a. though be would fall. Z
THE man shah surely disi.--
Thou Art TIE mani" y y ~ ny.
He had pronounced the Judgment
upon his own head.
( He grasped ~ eide of ne throhe 10
steady hinsel& and WITH bowed head
and ayerted face he liG)ened whilo
Nathan reviewed III the black. record
Which, hs haA written asAln1t hl1
Ne. Il We ~ Rue. Hs did not
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-11-02
seRMoNETrE.

Sin, however great, 10 az moth
Ing when the forQlvlng grace Of
God 10 taken Into account.
"Where sin abounds, grace
doth much more abound"
II 10 an awful thing to be
great sinner, but there 10 more
awful thing, and that 10 for the
sinner to know no repentance.
David sbnned, Oh, 90 grIevous-
Iy, committing almost every sin
In the decaIogue, but he repent
ed most gIoriousIy, and herein
10 to be found the bright side
Of this dark picture.
Out Of the depths Into which
his sin had cast him David
) looked up into the face Of a
forgiving God and found help.
And notice how his sense Of
guilt shuts out every one but
God.
Against thee, thee only, have
! sinned."
This was not literally true,
neither did David mean II 20.
But what he did mean was that
sin when committed Is first Of
} all and above all committed
against God.
Such consciousness Of tho re-
lation Of the soul to God 10 the
) evidence Of true repentance. To
realize that first Of all the sin
} has been committed against God
and that II 10 there that the
soul. must first come for forgive
ness and cleansing prepares and
fits the soul for the further
steps Of true repentance, which
arc open confession, az COM
plete restoration az 10 possible
to those wronged, and reconciI-
Iatlon with man az we'll AZ God.
True repentance also means a
turning from sin, or AZ the little
girl put Il: Feeling bad enough
} 70 quit.
Yes, Davld's sin was great,
) but his repentance was great,
also. And herein, ! am per
suaded, was one Of the eIe-
ments Of his character which
made him q man latter Gods
own heart" Il was because Of
) his desperate need that he
could In faith claim so much Of
} God. AZ Christ said, In rebuke
to the seIf-righteous Pharisee
) when the sinful woman came
weeping, washing his feet with
) her tears and wlplng them with
the hairs OF her head: "Her
sins which are many, are for
given; for she loved much; but
to whom little is forgiven, the
same loveth little.
II man is a great sinner, God
, has provided q greater Saviour,
whose "blood cleanseth from
ALL sim"
The sum Of human guilt 10
never equal to the sum Of the
Divine mercy.
Paul, the apostle, saw himself
the chiefest Of sinners, but at
the same time he saw that
Christ was "able to save unto
} the uttermost."
This, then, 10 ever the bright
. side Of the picture Of human
guilt: Sin vanishing before the
cleansing power Of the blood Of
Christ.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-11-02

steps and bated breaths in the hall
Z way without, and within-C Cupid weep
ing over his deadly work.
? November--and the Thanksgiving
spirit abroad In the big, bustling city.
But no such spirit In the heart OF
y Giuseppe Figlia. Working with him
in the same factory at No. 81 Spring
street wzs beautiful Antoinette Macio-
cie heastiful = A Ita1lan woman lis
oily It the age Of 10. F1glia had
( l$sed and wood her, had been ono
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-11-02
Mari. cersIIl pIspisassd.

Marie Correlli is greatly annoyed
by a little story now going the roundS
Of tho press. The form It generally
takee II this: ,"She was asked the
other day Why she does not marry.
She replied: Il have three pets at
home y which. together answer the
same purpose. have dog which
gSowls al the morning. I parrot whieh
sweafs all the aftefnoon and = 90
which stays ont q night Miss Cor
reIn possesses neither { doe nor =
parrot. not cat ant-she hrs nevor
yet met anyole beld enough 70 ook'
her why she Il unnnaxrisd
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-11-02

dance in the New Star Casino, One
Hundred and Seventh street and Lex
ington avenue. the belle Of the ball.
Sandra Giovelli. But his rival shot
first. Shots we're almost as thick as
Italian curses. and for the love of one
girl Gallo died and six men were held
as his assasins.
June II, James wardell and his
wifc, Laura, entered into q suicide
pact, AZ the note found In their room
proved: "As long as Laura II going
The L'Anse sentinel., 1907-11-02
TELEPHONE USED BY JAPs.
Government Owns System Which Has
Many Up-to-Date Features.

In Japan the telephone system IL
operated by the government. Tele-
phone. postal and telegraph services
are all under one head, being con-
trolled by a group of ofiicials who
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-01
Will Succeed Major General
Wood in Command of Fore
eS There July /.
WOOD is COMING HOME
CHARGE OF THE ATLANTIC d.
VSIoN-INCREAS OF CUBAN
RURAL GUARDS.

Washington, Jan. 31.-After a con-
ference at the White House this aft
ernoon, between Major General Bell,
chief of staff, and the president, it
was announced that Maj. General John
c. Weston would succeed Maj. General
Wood in command of the forces in the
Philippines on July 1. On his return
from the Philippines, Gen. Wood will
probably be assigned to command the
Atlantic Division with headquarters at
Governors Island, y. Y
1t was also announced that the adj
ministration had decided upon an in
crease in the rural guard of Cuba
from 5000 to 10000 men. This, it is
thought. will provide ample means for
preserving the peace during the COM
ing campaign and elections in that is
land without making it necessary to
send any more regulars from the Unit
ed States.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-01
ORDINANCE TO Be
TESTED IN COURT
Attorney Robbins Prepares tor
Pending Litigation of the
|. & E. Company.
STILL HAULING FREIGHT
1T HAS BEEN SUGGESTED TO
TRACTION OFFICIALS THAT
FREIGHT SHEDS BE BUILT ON
FT. WAYNE AVENUE.
STILL HAULING FREIGHT

Attorney John +. Robbins, local le-
gal representative of the Indianapolis
& Eastern traction company, yester-
day filed in the circuit court, a trans
cript of the proceedings in the city
court in the cases of Oliver E. Hill and
Riley Cook, motorman and conductor.
wherein both men were fined for vio-
Iation OF the ordinance prohibiting the
running of freight cars on Main street.
1t will be through the medium of the
appeal of these cases, that the COM
pany will test the legality of the ordi-
nance, and not by filing a petition for
an injunction, course of action which
it was at first supposed they would
follow
The hauling of freight from the
Eighth street station to car barns at
West Richmond continues, and while
this arrangement is rather inconven-
lent for the jobbers, the majority Of
them endorse the stand that the city
has taken in this matter. Several
wholesale men it is said, have suggest
ed to the officials of the company that
freight sheds be built on the site of a
piece of property on FIT. Wayne ave-
nue., which was at one time occupied
by a carriage repair shop, but whether
this suggestion will be adopted, re-
mains to be seen.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-01
GROVER CLEVELAND
AGAIN A PRESIDENT
Chosen as the Head of the Re-
Gently Organized Insurance
Association.
WILL ALSO BE COUNSEL
FOR HIS LEGAL SERVICES HE is
TO BE PAID $3.50 A YEAR-AN
OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Is
MADE.
IPuhlishers. Press. I

New York, JAN 31-RecenrIy or
presidents is to have an exalted head,
none other than Grover Cleveland,
former president of the United States
and at the present time one of the
trustees of Thomas F. Ryans major
ity stock" of the Equitable Life AS
surance society, which that financier
acquired by purchasing from James
Hazen Hyde, following the insurance
revelations. Mr. Cleveland is also to
be chief counsel of the recently or
ganiZed association and for this latter
work he will receive one-half of the
salary he drew while president of the
United States, $4,000 year.
This news leaked out tonight and
caused a decided sensation. The as
sociation of life insurance presidents
was conceived by Paul Morton, who
left President Roosevelt's cabinet to
become president of the Equitable,
At the time he sent the notices out
calling upon the heads of the various
life insurance companies to meet he
was severely criticised, the assertion
being made that the proposed organ
cation would really mean the forma-
ton of a gigantic trust, inasmuch as
its avowed purpose was to secure
concerted action for the benefit OF
life insurance companies" Mr.. Nor
ton replied to this criticism by. issuing
statement in which he declared the
object Of fha accociatiop uac IN have
members intelIigently cooperate with
each other for such reforms as would
benefit the policyholders and cheaper
the cost of insurance.
While this was accepted in most
cases at its face value, there was
still considerable criticism of the COM
bine, persons interested in insurance
claiming that MIR Mortons ACTIVITY
was due to the urging of Mr.. Ryan
who desired to keep the value of his
equitable stock up to the highest pos
sible notch. Now comes the an,
nouncement that former President
Cleveland is to direct the affairs of
the association. If the plans of the
executive committee of the associa-
ton go through Mr.. Cleveland's asso-
ciate as secretary will be j. V. Barry,
state superintendent of insurance, of
Michigan. In an official announce
ment of this fact given out tonight,
it is said Mr.. Barry has been tender
ed the position and inquiry among
those most vitally interested reveal
ed the fact that he is expected to ac-
cept.
The official announcement of the
selection of the official of the associa-
tion was made public here tonight.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-02-01
LOCAL PATRONS NOTIFIED.
LOTTERY THING OF PAST
Honduras Company Sends the Tip
Here that There Will be Ne More
Doing with Game of chance-Thc
Government Took a Hand.

Locai patrons of the HONDURAS Lot
terry company have received a tip that
this gigantic game of chance is a
thing of the past, and that the money
of those who invested in the February
drawing, Will be refunded, as the big
wheel will make no further revolu-
tions. IL is said that after the recent
wholesale raids by government offi-
GERS at Mobile, an account of which
appeared in the telegraphic columns
of the Palladium, the officers of the
company decided to discontinue oper-
ations. Although the lottery bust
ness was not conducted openly in
Richmond. it is said that considerable
money found its way into the Golfers
of the Honduras people from this To-
cality each month.