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The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-08
Can This Frau Little Music Teacher, on Trial
for Her Life, Be Guilty Of INDUSTRIOUS Crime?
Jury Told That She Return
ed Again and Again to
Finish With Knife and
Revolver the Lover She
Had Only Wounded in
First Attempt to Kill.

NAUGATUCK, Conn, Feb. Sit
is hard to believe that this sweet
faced girl of 20, this gentle looking
teacher of music, is guilty of muir
der the like of which for ferocity
and devilish cunning has seldom
occurred in this land of many MUIR
6ers.
Yet the authorities say Sophia
Kritchman slew Bronislaw Kulvin-
, skas, who loved hew bloodily and
/ without mercy, returning again and
, again to where he lay dying to
, stone him and slash him with
! knives, after having carefully
planned the deed, and that her
hand was nerved not by jealousy
or revenge, but for the sordid sake
of money--a scant 5000 Kulvinskas
had saved for the wedding.
Now she is on trial for her life
before the superior court in Water
bury, Conn.
All day she sits at the trial table
clad in schoolgirl frock of blue
that barely reaches to her shoe
tops. Her trailty has scarcely
seemed to justify the two Draw, y
deputies who walk, one on each
side of her, into the court room
day after day.
She seems a gentle girl, full Of
tears and soft signs, not a fiend
who would use her sex to lure a
stalwart man to a lonely spot and
then kill him cruelty.
Hanging is the penalty for muir
der in Connecticut. They have
never hanged woman in the
state. Yet if Sophia Krtchman
is found guilty by the IL men in
the jury box some cold midnight
will see hempen moose sugsti-
tuted for the dainty little lace col
lar she wears about her neck.
The allegation is that Sophia,
knowing of Bronislaw's 5000, pro-
posed walk to the woods. They
sat down on bank. She lulled the
giant with her poutings and ca
resses until he grew drowsy and
then she bade him sleep. She
smOothed her handkerchief and
spread it over his face.
ITO keep the flies off," she told
Bronislaw, the state alleges.
Because she could not look into
his eyes and do what she was de-
termined to do, was her real rea-
son." the prosecutor told the jury.
She bent over him with a re-
volver and poured shot after shot
into his body, it is alleged. Then
she fled.
The. prosecution is trying to
prove that she returned in the
evening to see if he was dead. He
was grooming. Then in a frenzy
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-08

There Are Times.
Can you conceive woman
with fine head of hair being un-
attractive?"
"Sure. Ever see one drying it in
the back yard?"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-08

piled the fashionable mistress. "Of
course, it is unusual, but this is
your home now, and If you have a
card, it is perfectly proper for you
to put your address on it."
Thank We, num-" said Erin's
brawny daughter. "An' l noticed
We had printed on yer cards, mum,
AT home on Thursdays Would 1t
be proper for me, mum, to have
printed on moline, Tuesdays OFF,
There goes a man who made
100000 last year." observed our
friend, indicating pompous indi.
yidual in a silk hat, frock coat and
other gorgeous raiment.
Struck the stock market right,
eh?" we asked, enviously.
mo. The chicken market. A
year ago he was poor as a church
mouse, but his uncle died and left
him a small legacy, which he in
vested in chickens"
Nonsense! Don't tell me he
made his money out of chickens.
Nobody makes any money raising
chickens.
That's true. But this man made
his by writing and selling a book
on how, to raise chickens
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-08

she stoned him and slashed his
throat with razor. Again the
next morning, after she had been
to church, she returned to the
woods. He was still alive. Accord
ing to the grewsome theory of the
states attorney, she shot him
again.
Hours later Bronislaw was found,
still breathing. His dying gasps
were to accuse Sophia and another
sweetheart of hers, Joseph Mitch
ell, aged %.
The mans accusation was re-
hearsed in the court room. The
girl never blanched, but she dabbed
her eyes with her handkerchief
and sobbed like an abused child.
She accuses Mitchell of every.
thing, saying he threatened to kill
her if she told.
The trial is the principal topic
of conversation in this part of Con
necticut. The people look ut the
girls generous mouth, her mild
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-08
POINTS:

The conservation of Secretary Banger is the big
noise in Washington.
Another week gone and spring poet has arrived
Thanks
The Great Commoner is popular in South America
e is Spokane and other parts of the United States
Bryan certainly occupies unique position among the big
public men in the world today
John L. Sullivan, although former world s champion
has another match He married again last night
and to boyhood sweetheart How IS this for real
in pugstic circles.
p
President Taft the first presidential dancer in the
White House since the days of Arthur And yehe weighs
the heaviest.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-08
IN THE PUBLIC EYE

Mr.. WI says he will visit us
again in 1859. His precocious
craftsmanship indicates that he
will be a diplomatic wonder when
he returns with the mature expert
cnce he will enjoy in that time
Washington Star.
j. Pierpont Morgan appears to
be saving Senator Aldfich the
trouble of establishing a central
bank by organizing money trust
of his own.--Kansas City Times.
The British matron who secured
the cook that King Edward wanted
may be highly gratified at her
clever coup, but she seems sadly
lacking In British loynlty.--Cleys-
land Plain Dealer.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-08

How to Get q Good
Life Job.

should write letter like this:
"United States Civil Service Commission Washington,
d. G.
Please send me application Form 3O4 and special form
for ethnoogst examination March 8, 1910. Very truly,
etc.
That's all you have to do except be over 20 years old
and pass examination.
To pass the examination you will on March present
yourself at of the 200 places that the to
your letter about will tell you about There you will write
essay the ethnoogy of American Indians and also
tell about the ethnoogic features and literature of the
teaching. Then you submit list of original publications
manuscripts ethnoogy of which you the author
and that's ALL
You get the job unless somebody else does these things
better than you have.
Ethnology all know is the science of the of
men, their history, customs and institutions.
If get the job you work in the Smithsonian institute
at Washington, and it's for life during good behavior
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-08
"It's all right to talk Of
spending 100000 on the
i'm prov ent Of city
parks" said a citizen to-
H. Ssl,< %l,o ,>oo>lo g,
THE PUBLIC MARKET
PROPOSITION.

st0machs have got to be filled before they enjoy
ment places and fresh air.
This remark made apropos to the public market
proposition With the approach of spring. it is fit
subject for discussion The public market maintained last
the sidewalks and curbs at Second and
Washington street big success, far it went.
prices averaging about 20 per cent less than those obtain
ing in stores
The public market is to help lower the cost of
living There is always going to be plenty of room and
plenty of business for retail but big central public
market would help conditions in many different ways 1t
would help the producers in the rich country around Spo
kane, and it would help the consumers in this city
The city could not devote 100000 to any worthy
than this 1t is matter which has been talked
of before and it should be taken up again by the improve
ments clubs and all other organizations
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-08

HUMOR OF HIGH
PRICES

There are no more cheap calves
in this country, because of the
foreign demand" says a Chicago
packer. Huh! Go to the comic
opera and learn that we are i'm
porting more cheap calves than we
are exporting.-HOusto Post.
Hettie Green at restaurant
lately spurned beef at so cents,
lamb at 80, and took fish at Is.
This, however, Is no sign that she
has joined the meat boycott. It's
just her way.-Philadelphia Public
Ledger
How awful If this contagion for
boycotting should reach the cloth
ing trust!-Boston Herald.
1t requires a lot of audacity to
stand before a free lunch counter
and growl about the high cost of
living Blade.
A California doctor Is prescrib-
ing porterhouse steak as remedy
for rheumatism, which makes rheu-
matism one of the most expensive
diseases on record-Detroit Free
Press.
The New York Press heads an
editorial "The Cost of Living
Again" Never mind about that.
We are having trouble enough with
the cost of living this time with
out bothering about any subsequent
Observation-Disclosures News.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-08

brown eyes, the dusky hair falling
softly over her brow and they, too,
think if the guilt of the crime lies
between Sophia and Mitchell,
Mitchell is the guilty one. He will
be tried later.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-08

Collector Loeb, at a dinner in
New York. praised a certain GUS
toms inspector.
Ills success" said Collector
Loeb, lis due to his knowledge of
human nature. He is like boy l
used to know In Albany.
This boy got vaccinated on the
right arm, and the doctor gave him
q I've been vaccinated ribbon to
wear on his coat sleeve. But the
lad proceeded to tie the ribbon on
his left arm.
why said the doctor, you are
putting the ribbon on the wrong
arm
"'No.' said the urchin; you don't
know the boys at our school,
EXCUSE me, num-" said the fash
ionable lady's new cook. but would
you moind. now, II had this ad-
dress printed on me card?"
"Why, not at all, Bridget" re-
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-02-08

Uncle Sam is looking for
a couple of likely boys to
put on the payroll. At $500
per year each.
If you want the job you
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-04
COME, AND COME SOON
LOT MEMS LATE STYLE LONG AUTOMOBILE oRcoAT CHEAP AT $1,000

600 pair Ladies Kid Gloves, all
colors, all sizes, worth $685. $150
and 49, 90. Your money will not buy
better gloves. Come get your IN.
size. CHOICE ................ .... ....... 4 ~
30 Dozen Ladies Shirt Waists,
Good late styles, worth $1.50, $500,
$3.50, $500 $3.50, $40O and up to
$3.50 each. Your size and no.
YOUR CHOICE............. .....~- ION
305 Ladies Fine Trimmed Hats,
Fall and Winter 1909, Spring 1910.
Hats worth up to $1,000 each. Take
your choice. No one al O. 90
lowed to buy more than3 aD lsTO
One Lot Hat Pins, Jet and Gilt.
Large heads. Were 25c ones we
own. so we are satisfied with E.
EACH ................ ................e III
One Lot Fine Silk Ribbon, No. so,
worth % cents. Take what H.
you Want, the yard. ,.........~-.... / w
One Lot extra fine Silk Messaline
Ribbon, No. $50, worth 35c H.
Take what you want-................ i w
One Lot Furs, will be sold to you
for ONE-THIRD what they are worth
One Lot Children's Good Heavy
Fast Black Ribbed Hose, large o.
sizes. Worth l5c. Our Price ....-Ok
One Lot Children's Good School
Hose, regular 20 cent grade m
Our Price pair w
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-04

One Lot Fine Silks. most all colors,
just in. Regular so and &c DE-
grade, q in. wide. Our Price ZCN
Wool Dress Goods will be sold to y
you about ONE-HALF REGULAR
PRICE. Can't at this writing
describe.
One Lot fine Imported Cling.
hams. Regular 25c Grade. Our1O
One Lot Apron Checked Cling
hams. Regular 1-3 grade. E.
Our Price. ...,.....OL
One Lot fairly good bleached Mus
lin, worth l-3c. Our Price r
We know it is worth more. ~
One Lot Brown Muslin, very good
grade. Worth s l-3c. Our Price C
We know it is worth more. "
One Lot extra fine Bleached Mus
lin, worth anywhere 10 cents the
yard OUR PRICE -
This is worth SIC at the mills. 1 2
One Lot good Cotton Blankets.
White. Extra large size. Twilled.
Worth $500 the pair. O. 1E
OUR PRICE .................-..... aD Il sIO
One Large Lot Lace Curtains,
worth up to $500 the pair. Your
Choice the pair...............-.......... k0C
You will have to hurry Wv
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-04

One Lot Ladies Good Heavy Fast
Black Hose, regular 15c ones o.
OUR PRICE ........... ....... DO
One Lot Ladies Good Heavy Black
Hose, regular zoe ones IN
OUR PRICE ........................... W
Now Ladies, Listen. One Large
Lot Ladies Burson full fashioned
Seamless Fast Black, some mercer
lied, some lisle-these are regular 25c,
35c and SOC goods. Take what r
you want at the pair u
One Large Lot Ladies White Hem
med-stitched Handkerchiefs.
Not cents each, but............... IL
One Lot Ladies Pure Linen Hand
kerchiefs. Worth loo. -
OUR PRICE ....................... ~
One Lot Ladies Fine SILK Rain
Coats. Some Mories. A good assort-
ment. Regular $500, sl7OO and
$3.50 ones will be sold to o. M
you for EACH, $3.50 and DC.UU
One Lot Ladies Cloaks. Were
$3.50, $3.50 and SO. Our O. IN
Price $500 and............-.........DksCU
One Lot Ladies Cloaks. Were $40,
$3.50 and $1,000. Out O. IN
they go at ... ..........,............. spO.OU
One Lot Ladies Coats, were $3.50,
$3.50, 500, up to S25. o. M
, YOURS FOR ......................DO.UU
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-02-04

One Lot Mems Good Dress Shirts,
Worth SOC and IS cents. 90
Yours for .............-....... ............ DOC
One Lot Of Mems fine blue Madras
Shirts without collar. Were 40.
75c and S1.OO. Yours for4CC
One Lot Mems Suspenders. About
Half Price. At this writing can't
enumerate, but come along. We
shall not disappoint you.
One Lot Mems Good Heavy Work
Socks. Not 10 cents, but e.
The Pair. ......... DC
One Lot Mems Fine Thoroughbred
Hats, all colors, most any shape.
Right up in style. Regular O. IN
$500 hat OUR PRICE. y .CU
One Lot Mems Good Heavy Cotton
Flannel Gloves and Mitts
Not 10 cents, but ...................O &c
Mems Good Heavy Overalls. SOC
ana 10 cent grade 90
OUR PRICE ......................
Mems $500 and $3.50 o. En
Overcoats. Our Price. DZ.OU
Suits cut to the core. You will buy
one, two, three. You can't resist.
Bring in the boys and be on hand
yourself.
One Large Lot Ladies Extra Fine
Patent Leather Goodyear Of 0E
Welt $3.50 Shoes. Only. y l.1O
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-02-13
1880 Cigars.

The number of cigars made and
sold during the month of jan
uary by the Columbus Cigar Man
ufacturing Company amounted to
1880. Mr.. Neil Lawrence was
the lucky winner of the box of ten
cent cigars, while Mr.. r. E.
Cheatam got the box of five cent
smokers, which were given away
free by the Cigar Company for the
nearest correct guess as to the
number of -ci gars they put out
during the month of January. With
every Is cent purchase of home
made cigars a chance to guess is
given, and again on March l, the
same kind of prizes on the same
conditionswill be awarded.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-02-13
Rev. Ramsey Coming

Rev. Z. b. Ramsey. Pastor of the
Mississippi Boulevard Methodist
Church of Memphis, Tenn, will be
the guest of the Pastor of the
Second Methodist Church Feb.
10Th. to 22nd. He will preach at
both services Sunday 20th. and
Lecture Monday and Tuesday eve
nings, 21st and 22nd. The Lectures
will be in the interes tof the Local
Home Mission Society and the sum
charged for admission will 90
through the Treasury of the So
ciety for their Parsonage I'm
provement Fund.
The Subject of Monday Eve
ning's Lecture will be The Man
and the Mule, and for Tuesday
Evening, "The Kind of a Man TO
Marry. Both Of these lectures are
full of wit, humor, philosophy and
common sense. 1t is sincerely
hoped that a large audience will
greet Mr. Ramsey for all four of
his talks. An admission fee of
twenty five cents will be charged,
for the Monday and Tuesday
evening lectures; ten cents for
all children under fifteen. No
charge will be made for children
under twelve years of age. Bring
the children along and enjoy an I
evening of laughter and restful, Z
moral sentiment. Hear /
the lectures and help the cause.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-02-13
NEGRO HIGHHAYMER HERE.

Three negro highwaymen got
in their work Friday night,
when Messrs. Oscar Wales and
Joel Marshall, two young men
from the Melbourne neighbor-
hood. were held up at the point
of a pistol and robbed of their
possessions near the compress
shortly after 10 o'clock. Wales
had a watch and S6 and Marshall
81 and a pocket knife. They
were unable to see enough of the
to describe them to the
police when they reported the
case Immediately afterward. and
a search was made the
were not found.
One of the negroes was the
gun-man, it seems, while the
other two got the goods they
sought.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-02-13
DEMAND FOR COTTON
BOOSTS THE MARKET
SPOTS IN GREAT DEMAND
STOCKS ARE SMALL AND ALL MARKETS
SHOW ADVANCE AT THE EMO OF THE
WEEKS TRADIN6

Developments in cotton, spot
demand, small offerings and firm
holding of the small unsold rem
nants for higher prices are the
only active bull forces at present,
it is said, but they are causing
a slow steady ad vance in the
market.
The market closed yesterday
at net gain of ten points over
the Saturday before. The New
York market was closed yester-
day, it being Lincoln's birthday.
New Orleans May closed at
49, 80; July 15;45.
Liverpool sales of spot cotton
yesterday were 10000 bales, a
record breaker for a Saturday.
Friday the leading spot markets
showed the largest business at
any tir1e before for many weeks
and quotations were advanced,
all markets quoting middling
above Is cents Mobile and
Houston advanced 1-8. Spot
prices are above future prices,
particularly those of New York.
The total Liverpool stock now is
1. 060, 900 against 1,549,000 last
year at this time. These figures
are given as explaining the large
demand for actual cotton and
the anxiety to secure raw mate
rial and the consequent advance
in scot prices.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-02-13
Henry Belts Hangs.

Henry Belts, the negro who
murdered Mr. j. w. Smith last
September was hanged Friday at
11:45, in the court house yard. II
was 1905 before a physician pro-
nounced him dead.
When Sheriff. Prowell brought
Belts from the jail he was out
wardly calm and he walked up
the gallows steps without hesi-
tation. Belts was a large negro
and while he stood upon the trap
door, after his arms and feet had
been tied, and as the moose was
about to be adjusted, pin of the
trap gave way and he dropped
to the ground. Before the trap
was sprung to shoot him into
eternity he made a brief statement
to the effect that he wanted to be
saved. Father Yeorg of the
Catholic church performed the
last rights. Only a few persons
besides the officials witnessed the
hanging.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-02-13
MASONIC ORDERS OF STATE
COMING FOR 4-DAY SESSION
SEVERAL HUNDRED MEMBERS WILL OPEN GRAND LODGE
TUESDAY At COURT HOUSE WITH IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY.
AN INTERESTING PROGRAM FOR THE PUBLIC

The Masonic Grand Lodge of
Mississippi, tringing several
hundred Masons to Columbus,
formally opens its session Tues
day morning in the court house
and closes Friday night with
ceremonial session Of Hamasa
Temple at Odd Fellows Hall
The followia% officers of the
Grand Lodg are expected to ar
rive in Columbus today, rooms
having been engaged for them at
the Gilmer hotel:
Wiley H. Clifton, grand mas
ter; James NJ. Buchanan, deputy
grand master; Walter M. Conner,
senior grand warden; John S.
Brooks, junior grand warden;
Robert A. Clark. grand chap
lain; Benjamin V. White, grand
treasurer; Frederic Speed, grand
secretary; Allen NJ. Hicks, grand
lecturer; VIM. M Murry, senior
grand deacon; Nathan A. CASTOR,
Junior grand deacon; Chas. c.
Buder, grand marshal; Jones L.
Williams, grand sword bearer;
Joseph J Brooks; grand pursui-
want; Frederic Gordon Speed.
grand librarian; Julius Yaretzky,
grand tyler.
The four day program en-
braces numerous events of in
terest to the public. At 10
o'clock a. m. Tuesday public ex-
ercises will be held at the court |
house preceding the opening of
the Grand Lodge, Mr.. w. H. !
Carter master of ceremonies.
Below is the complete program /
of the day:
Invocation .-....,.-....--..-.Rev. T. w. Lewis.
MUSIC.
a. Mary, Mary y..-............. Farmer
Funiculi, Funiculi i--.-..-.. .Denza |
IL. & G. Glee Club. (48 voices).
ADDRESS.
w elcome from Columbus .......... --.
....... Hon. E. S. Donnell, Mayor |
MUSIC.
Mississippi ply Mrs. John P, Mayo. I
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-02-13
Martin luther.s Room.

The chamber of Martin Luther at
'VartbuTg has fallen into a state Of
suiu Admirers who have visited the
R,trerhaus of Voburg, where the
s-secfar Frederick the Wise offered
4 80 S .hc IefoI-.er. have allowed
f2; rsal - exceed their discretion.
err. vandal like, have carved their
uag1es with their pocket knives on
the sable, and Clipped of bits from
= X bedstead so that to restore it
eoiild necessitate making it anew.
The same has happened with the
alaster on the wall. and the famous
n K stain has disappeared completely.
4 is high time that measures should
be aiken to make an end of these
scandalous depredations. - Jenaer
TClksblatt.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-02-13

Beginning Wednesday night,
March 9, there will be a great
Laymen's Rally at the First
Methodist church in this city.
Three addresses will be deliver
ed on missions the first night.
Hon. Thomas B. King, a success
full business man of Memphis,
will speakItwice on Thursday, and
Mr.. John R. Pepper, the banker
and capitalist of Memphis, will
speak Thursday night. $50 men
from the territory outside of Co
lumbus will be here. 1t will be
a great occasion. Hon. w. V.
Connell of Mayhew, district lay
leader, will preside. Rev. r. p.
Neblett of Second church, will
have charge Of the singing, ani
Rev. j. E. Thomas, presiding
elder, will be general manager.
The pastor is to be host, assisted
by a large committee of men.
Remember the date, March Gil,
1910.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-02-13
156 SINK WITH STEAMER.

Palma, Island of Majoroca.
Feb. 11.-Driven helplessly from
her course in one of the widest
storms that has swept the Medi-
terranean sea for forty years.
the French Transatlantic Steam
ship Company's steamer General
Chanzy crashed at full speed, in
the dead of night, on the treach-
erous reefs near the Island of
Minorca, and all but one of the
157 souls on board perished.
The sole survivor is an Alge-
rian customs official, Marcel
Rodel, who was rescued by a
fisherman and who lies tonight
in the hospital at Ciudadela, raw
ing, as result of the tortures
which he has passed,
and unable to give an account of
the disaster.
In the ships company there
were 81 passengers, of whom 80
were in the first cabin. The
crew numbered 20. 1t is not
thought any Americans were
aboard the liner. The ship was
in command of Capt. Cayol, one
Of the most careful officers of the
ine. In his long experience he
mas never before met with an
accident.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1910-02-13
w. o. w. Meeting.

Queen City Camp, No.2 w. o. w.
held their regular meeting last
Wednesday night, with a good
attendance. The protection de-
gree was conferred on the fol-
lowing applicants, D.A. Alexan-
der, W.N. Covert, A. B. Davis, Har-
ry A. Fredrickson, Launnie CHM,
Leon CHM, John Gaines, CHI.
Hale. PIX. Holder, L F. Mclean.
J ]. Smith, d A. Thomas, and G. w
Ottley Nine other members were
elected, and the protection de-
gree will be conferred on several
other members at the next meet
ing. Due notice will be given.