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VOLUME XXXIL, NO. pniMC in PUiPAnn 305 library 01 POUlibHrBilflVlt, SAYS PASTOR i MANY REMEDIES ARE SUGGESTED Coroner Traeger, in Annual Report, Saysi Carrying of Concealed Weapons Is One Great Cause of Homicides Official Statement Has Startling Figures. DR. M'AFEE BLAMES LAXITY OF OFFICERS Bf DrcUrn "the Whale Sailr Blae Politics" Is Benlnd iMTrnni Era of Lawlenarii" Which Exists fa the" City of Chlcsso Kara. Maa Cam Do Tbr Thing's.

Coroner Traeger yesterday Issued bis annual report on crime In Chicago. The Rev. B. McAfee, pastor of the Forty-First Street Presbyterian church, preached a sermon on Chicago's reign of crime, taking as his subject "What Personal Action Can Be Made Effective Against Lawlessness?" The coroner's report presents the cold facta and statistics of crime. The pastor's sermon, prompted in large measure by the death of a trustee of his church at the hanis of a hold-up man, deplored the conditions set forth in the report, condemned the lax enforcement of lair, which makes such conditions possible, and suggested remedies.

One to Concealed Weapons. Coroner Traeger's report shows a striking Increase in the number of cases of homicide during the year, and lays the blame for over 60 per cent of the fatalities upon the practice of carrying concealed weapons. "The case Investigated by this office during the current year were greatly in excess of lact year," says the coroner. "I am deeply Impressed with the number of homicides, and. from the investigations made by this office, I am strongly of the opinion that a great many of them are caused by the indiscriminate carrying of concealed weapons.

Men have resorted to the use of fire arms at the slightest provocation, and the most trivial quarrels have often resulted seriously on account of the combatants being in possession of revolvers. "I have no hesitancy In saying that co-operation with the city council In enacting, and enforcing such legislation -as will, much as possible, prevent irresponsible persons from procuring ans carrying deadly weapons, will remove one of the chief causes of crime in this I believe that ii every (rearer in nre arms was compeuea 10 take the name and address of catch purchaser of a revolver and forward the same to the '-chief of police daily. It would restrict their sale, and, while It may not eradicate the evil, It would doubtless be a tep in the right direct lion." Statistics on the subject appanded to the report show that out of 118 cases of homicide, 11 of which were found to be Justifiable, 78 deaths were caused by shooting. Altogether 91 persons were" held to the grand Jury for murder and 12 as accessories. Politic Behind Crimea.

"The whole nasty bU3fnesa of politics Is behind this era of crime in Chicago," declared Dr. McAfee In his sermon last night. "I grant that the poll je department is in-. efficient, that It needs thorough purging, but there Is something behind the police department. "I have begged a high official of the police department to tell the public all that he has told me about conditions in his department, and conditions back of the department which are directly responsible for the inefficiency which does exist.

But a man who has been In the service for many years Is disinclined to tell these things. He thinks that If he does his best the public should have no complaint to make. "I am not sure the chief of police Is doing his best, or that the mayor Is doing his best, for the whole nasty business of politics is behind the workings ofthe police department and Is hampering the work of the department. Lame Are' Hot Eaf.md. "We have laws enough, but the laws are not enforced.

The dragnet Is a belated effort. The dragnet should have been Instituted weeks ago. The dragnet Is a drastic measure and It may succeed In stopping the present outbreak of crime, but drastic measures" will not cure crime. "Crime Can be cured only by the spread of the gospel and the steady enforcement of the law, "Each man can do three things in his effort to check the carnival of crime: He can cease his defense of all crime; he can In-sict on an enforcement of the laws as they now are, and he can throw himself with all bis power into the many movements which make for the increase of the spirit of righteousness In the city." J. A.

Fallenwtder Bnrled. A large gathering of representative citizens attended the funeral yesterday of Attorney James A. Fuilenwlder. the la.te.fe victim to fall before the revolver of the assassin in the thief-Infested streets of Chicago. The funeral was from the Forty-First Street Presbyterian church.

The Rev. W. J. McCaughan of the Third Presbyterian church, of which Mr. Fuilenwlder was for twelve years a member, delivered a short eulogy.

The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. McAfee. Church officers acted as pall bearers. The active pall bearers were Martin Howard, H.

H. Kennedy, E. K. Hertick. Dr.

Charles W. Leemlng, Ralph E. Pratt. Albert C. Terry, and Alfred C.

Taylor. The elders of the church were the honorary pall Remedies Sna-arested. Leading citizens Interviewed yesterday declare that a remedy for the present era of lawlessness must be found and that speedily. The interviews follow: Judge Longenecker There must be something desperate done. I believe that an amendment to the parol law Is needed.

It should be made possible to send minor offenders to the penitentiary for a fixed term. Bad home Influences and the placing of evil literature In the hands of children Is to be considered as tending to produce crime. Judge Freeman I agree that rigid en-. forcement of the law is needed. The trashy novel, evil associations, and the yellow Journal are all factors In bringing about crime.

Legal amendments would facilitate the work of the courts. Laws Shoald Be Enforced. A. D. Eddy Better enforcement of law Is one of the best remedies that can be used for the suppression of such criminals as those who terrorize pedestrians who venture on the streets after dark.

Heavy fines for carrying concealed weapons and the apprehension of all suspicious characters without visible means of support would tend to awe the criminal classes. The saloons which harbor crlm-lnals act as a powerful hindrance to the sup-" (Continued on Paga 1, Column 1) 258. CHICAGO, MONDAY MORyryg, inn BRAVE GIRL SHOOTS Mortally Wounds Outlaw. Katie Ronbona-n, Telesrmpker, Hot Tet SO, Alone In Railroad T.wtrf De fends Herself from Attnek. Fpectai riapateh to The Inter WILLIAMSON, Dec Miss Katie Roubough, not yet 20 years Id, tele-, graph operator for the Norfolk Western railway at the little town of Tbacker, in this county, late last night sat alone' In her cheerless tower, the inhabitants of the little hamlet asleep and the telegraph instrument monotonously clicking off train orders, when the shadow of a man was.

thrown upon the table In front of her. She up Into the face of William Howardson, a desperate character, well known in the lumber camps near-Thacker. ''What can I do for you?" asked Miss Roubough. "7' Intruder Demands a Kiss. "Come, give us a kiss," replied the desperado as he reached out his arms as If to embrace the pretty telegrapher.

He was not quick enough, however, for in an Instant Miss Roubough had slipped from her chair and stood facing him holding In her hand a revolver, she had snatched from the table drawer as she arose. Here eyes flashed, her lips were tightly drawn, and her arm quivered not a bit as she pointed the weapon at the Intruder and ordered him to leave. -J "Not until I get a kiss." responded he with a leer as he stepped toward the girL "Get out of here or I will shoot you!" answered his intended victim. "I guess not," said Howardson, as he again attempted to embrace the girl. Girl Shoota Desperado.

There was a shot, and another, and another, until four had been fired and two bullets had pierced the desperado's chest. fell mortally wounded. No on saw the the town was asleep and the slim gtrl had to rely upon her pistol, backed by her coolness and nerve, to save herself. The girl, after firing the fatal shots, called up the. telegraph operator at Williamson, related- her experience, and told him she would no longer be on duty that night.

She then walked a quarter of a mile In the darkness and surrendered to a magistrate. Miss Roubough ltves near Pulaski, Va. She was released on her own recognizance. "LEG StR ETC IN TO AI WEIGHT; flOSTOMGIRLS' TAD Mr. "Jack" Gardner Defends Urr.lt Treatment Groond That Tall Vanes Are'More Attractive.

Special XMppatch to Th. Inter Ocean. BOSTON, Dee. 6. Among the latest fads of Boston society girls of short stature is having the ligaments of their legs stretched a little to make the longer and the girls taller.

Mrs. "Jack" Gardner excuses this striking fad, if she does not advise it, summing up her views by saying that most young society men are Infatuated with tall girls, of the stately, queenly type. The short girl, as popular as her sister until this fashion of height came In, mourns her lack of Inches In vain. The society youth pursues the tall girl and passes by the short one, who, made desperate by the situation, has adopted a desperate remedy. Mrs.

"Jack" does not think that the fad will last a year, however, and that the short girl will soon reign equal with her taller sister. CHINESE TURN TO MEXICO. Arrangements Made for Direct Trade Between Two Conntrle. MEXICO CITT. Dec.

6. President Eng Hok Fong of the China Commercial Steamship company and Lyman Mowry, general counsel for -the company, left tonight for San Francisco. They have arranged their business with the government, and on their arrival at San Francisco will make arrangements to dispatch their steamer to Hong Kong on time. They expect that Chinese of wealth will come here to enter business, bringing millions of dollars with them. Capital In China earns little, and the opportunities for investment here are alluring to the Chinese.

Mr. Mowry regards It aa feasible to open up large direct business between this country and China, besides bringing here great numbers of Chinese laborers, so much needed in mines and on plantations. There are already nearly 10,000 Chinese laborers in the state of Yucatan and American planters on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec will take large numbers of Chinese, as native laborers there arc scarce and not satisfactory. W. GATES, SINGLE-HANDED, KILLS BEAR IN TEXAS THICKET i Bruin, Forgetful of Professional Ethics, Was About to" Attack Noted Wall Street Operator When Bullet Stopped Him.

8pcial XHspatch to Tha Inter Ocean. MATAGORDA, Texas, Dec. Louis Mer-den. who has arrived here from the cane brakes near the mouth of the Colorado rivef, which was the scene of the exciting bunting experience of John W. Gates and party two days ago, tells In an Interview a story of Mr.

Gates' encounter with two bears. The noted Wall street plunger killed one of the bears, but the other one got away from him after It bad been closely cornered. Mr. Merden says that Gates was separated from the rest of the bunting party when he came across the first black bear. The dogs were on the trail and Gates was plunging through the dense cane brake In an effort to keep up with the chase when be suddenly came face to face with the bear.

The animal had doubled on its tracks and was making for the denser thicket of the river bottom. The trail was so narrow that both the bear and Gates could not pass, and for an Instant they stood facing each other In mutual alarm. The bear. Instead of giving way to the Intrepid hunter, rose on its hind legs and In CHILDREN ARE HOT POPULAR IIUOWll Education Held Responsible for Steady Decrease in School Enrollment of That State. i TENDENCY TOWARD r.

SMALL FAMILIES Too Maeh Intellectuality Is Constd ere-d the Explanation? for Lack of Desire for Offrprlnsr President's laflnenco ta Ckaage Conditions. Special Dlipaten to The Inter Ocean. DE3 MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 6. Too much intellectuality and education Is responsible for the steady decrease In school population In Iowa, according to the biennial report of R.

C. Barrett, state superintendent of public Instruction. For several years there baa been a startling falling off in Iowa's school census, despite -the Inauguration ofa-compulsory education statute and a crusade by President Roosevelt in favor of big families. succeeding report of the state superintendent has brought forth a large amount of comment from numerous educational and philosophical societies, and also from women's clubs throughout the state. Small Families Favored.

Superintendent Barrett hitherto refrained from commenting on the situation or attempting an explanation, and that suggested by him this year la a novel one- The record shows that the enrollment for 190J In the public schools was only 560.202, as against 660,173 the year before. The high mark was reached in. 1900, when the enrollment was 666,000. The' loss has been variously explained In the past," but Superintendent Barrett makes the explanation that the tendency' where literature Is high is to have small families. Children are unpopular where education Is advanced among the people.

Element of Immigration. Then there Is the element of Immigration. It is well known that many families have moved from Iowa to Canada and the Western states In recent years, and generally the immigration Is of persons with families seeking places large tracts of cheap lands can be Mr. Barrett -ax jiects that as the result of the preachmentrt President Roosevelt this deficiency will be remedied In a few years. CHEATS DEATH ON RAIL, wl BUT DOESNT REALIZE IT Farmer's.

Team la Strnek by Engine and Ho la Carried Mllea la Belief JIs SUU UDrlTlag, .7.. lo The Owu. i 'HAMMOND. Dec Charles Stahl-bohm. a farmer, wont care to risk-duplicating the lucky experience that he had last night whlta.

driving home' from Dyer, where he had been buying stock yesterday afternoon. He had met too many friends in Dyer, and as with hla team. Beared the Monoa railway, fifteen miles south- of here, he did not notice, a fast freight train until It was upon him. The train killed both horses and made kindling wopd Qf the wagon. Stahlbohm fared7 miraculously.

He was thrown on the en-tfne pilot and so tightly had he grasped hi lOJc that he still held parts of them, as weflfcas the whip, when the train pulled into Hammond at 10 o'clock last night. There he was found by the engineer, who did not know of the collision. Stahlbohm evidently thought he was still driving, for he was seated upright, with the blanket around his knees, and the remnants of the lines still outstretched In his hands. When Engineer Bellinger shook him out of his stupor, he angrily accused the trainmen of stealing his cap and his horses, and had to be held from fighting them. PROVES MOVEMENT OF EARTH.

Poaeaalt Demonstration to Be Made Before Teachers at aprlaajfleld. Special DUpatch to The Inter Ocean. CARBONDALE. 111., Dec 6. There is to be demonstrated at the coming golden Jubilee celebration of the Illinois State Teachers association In Springfield, the rotary movement of the earth by means of a 300-foot pendulum.

The experiment Is known to the scientific world as the Foucauit demonstration, which was first made by Foucauit in tha Pantheon at Paris in 1861 with a pendulum 220 feet long, composed of piano wire, attached to which was a fifty-six pound bob, or weight. A steel stylus was fixed to the bob, and beneath if on the floor was placed a round table, upon which the points of the compass was marked. A little heap of sand was run around the table, and, as the pendulum swung across the table cutting a trench through the sand, each swing widening the trench slightly until the table appeared to be revolving. The arrangements for the experiment are being made by the East St. Louis high school.

The pendulum at Springfield will be attached to the dome of the capitol building, and. when set in motion will swing ten hours. The wire will be 300 feet lbng and the tabla, eight another Instant Mr. Gates expected the animal would make a charge upon him. He saved his life by bringing his gun to his shoulder- and with quick aim sending a bullet through the body of bruin Just below the left fore paw.

It was a death wound, but Mr. Gates fired a bullet Into the brain of the animal to make sure. He was within tea feet of the bear when he fired the fatal shots. The animal was a magnificent-specimen and weighed 800 pounds. The hide was taken off and will be taken north by Mr.

Gates as a souvenir of the exciting encounter. The following day Mr. Gates was hunting In the cane brake when the dogs routed another big bear. It was chased Into close' quarters at a bend In the river. Mr.

Gates was Just resdy to take a shot at the animal when it was tumbled off of the bank by the dogs, and fell Into the river. It disappeared in some mysterious manner and Is supposed to have found refuge in the dense undergrowth bordering the stream. The dogs lost the trail completely. Mr. Gates was the only member of the party to kill a bear.

He Is very proud of his exploit. He says thst he will return to this place next season with a large hunting party DECEMBER 7, 1Q03 AV1TII ANN UAL BOOR, 1 STEAh; OR RUBBER? Police Judge to Decide Tare Men Who Ordered Fori erhoa.e JBny.They Didn't Get It and Caase v'v Haw 1st Bestaaraat. I "Is It a porterhouse steak, or Is it a piece of rubber doormat?" This is the puzzling question that has arrested the attention of the Englewood police. Tho steak is securely locked up In the safe at tha police station. Three men are locked up In the cells below.

The men are James McNuIty, Patrick K11-gallon, and John Murphy. All are positive that the steak Is not a porterhouse. It was these positive assertions which got them into trouble. The three men yesterday entered the restaurant of Clara Anderson, 5504 Wentworth aw-nue. They were exceedingly hungry, as they had had nothing to eat.

since leaving South Chicago early in the morning. Eagerly they grasped the bill of fare. Porterhoaie aleak Ordered. "Good porterhouse steak for only 35 cents," cried one of the men. it can't be true," Jointly said the other two.

"If it is, it Is Just what we want." The steak was ordered and served. But the three did not eat; instead, they protested that the steak was not as ordered. "This Is not porterhouse, by a longways." declared the men. "No pay for this," they added. With this they attempted to leave the restaurant.

Mrs. Anderson protested, and It Is alleged that they became disorderly. Policeman Doyle was summoned. Steak aad Men Locked I'p. "Look at the steak.

I will never admit that that steak is porterhouse," said one of the men to the policeman. "We will decide the matter at the police station," said Doyle, and he summoned a patrol wsgon. "We will pay for that steak for no other reason than to have it analyzed." said McNuIty. The steak was taken along, and the desk sergeant was asked to lock it up. This morning the men will appear before Justice Hennessey.

think the men will go to the bridewell," said Lieutenant Barrett last night. "They can take the steak along if they want to." CHRISTIAN SCIENCE BLAMED. Coroner's Jury Places Responsibility for Child's Death. gpaclal Dispatch to The Inter Ocean. DAVENPORT, Iowa, Dec.

As a result of the coroner's inquiry into the death of Carrie Glessner, the 8-ycar-old daughter of Frederick Glessner, the grand Jury may Indict Miss- Anna Mandevllle, Christian Science leader, and the parents of the child, who are earnest Scientists. The Jury says the child died from diphtheria, and that the parents willfully denied proper treatment, aided and abetted by Miss Mandevllle, and that Miss Mandevllle has professed to treat and cure disease, contrary to law. The Jurors say that they will use all efforts to have the grand Jury return indictments. ITALIAN OFFICER IS SLAIN. Assaall on Fori fa somnlllaad, Africa, Is t'aaaceeaafal.

ADEN. Dec 6. Lieutenant Commander Charles Grabau, an Italian officer, commanding an armed dhow, landed a partly of friendly natives at Darbe, Somaliland, Africa, and ordered the Italian flag hoisted on the fort. The commandant of the fort refused to permit the order to be carried out unless it had the sanction of the Sultan. Lieutenant Grabau thereupon gave the commandant two hours to obey the order, and at the expiration of that time, the commandant not having complied, flreupon the fort.

The fort replied with shell, killing Grabau. The dhow then put to sea and was picked up by the Italian cruiser Galilee, which landed the officer's body hsre. i in ii Gil you recognize me," CONVICTS IN TEARS Touched by Mrs. Booth Prisoners at Jollet Kavei fcy Her Address, 1st -W hich She Pleaded wltn iThons Lead Better Sfictal Dtapatch to The InUr Ocaaa. JOLIET, 111., Dec.

With tears and protestations -of repentance convicts in the Joliet penitentiary-crowded up to Mrs-Maod Ballington Booth today to shake her hand or touch her dresa. while they offered them-selve as recruits to her prison volunteer league. 1 'x'vS- "God bless you. Mrs. Booth! You have touched my heart and shown me the as I never before save it." were the- werAs spoken by many of the men In stripes at the close of an address which was applauded? the listeners in spite of the Sunday Listeners Moved to Tears.

Hardened mm who had passed through arrest, trial, and Imprisonment with sullen Indifference were moved to tears by the appeal of the speaker te promise to lead better lives in the future, and when the 'call for recruits to the prison volunteer league was asked ISO responded. Searly All Inmates Present. Mrs. Booth, whose work is entirely among the prisons of the aountry. in addressing the prisoners and enrolling members of the prison volunteer league, is so popular among the Inmates of the Joliet prison that all the 1,300 Inmates were present to hear her, except a dosen sick In the hospital and one man In solitary confinement.

RUSSIAN FEAR OF CHINA NOT CONSIDERED GENUINE Alarm Believed to Be Asannaed as Pretext to Prepare Wister Defeases River Llaa. Special Cable Dbipatcb. to TheInter Ocean. PEKIN. Dec.

6. Reports have been received from the Consuls at Kewchwang saying that the rumors of the movement of Chinese troops In the province of Chlhll to the Manchoorlan border have alarmed the Russian military authorities. It Is believed here that this fear Is assumed simply as a pretext by the Russians to prepare their winter defenses, such as mining the river Lisa at Newchwang, which work they are about to begin, maintaining that there is danger of their being attacked when the river freezes over. Besides Increasing their forces at Llao Tang, 3,000 Russian troops will winter at Halcheng. In the Mukden region the Russians have taken the artillery from the Chinese troops.

China Mar Protect Chlhll. LOSDON. Dec 7. The Dally Mall's correspondent at Toklo says that, according to a dispatch from Pekln, the Chinese government contemplates the rslslcg of an army of men to protect the province of Chlhll, In tho event of hostilities. The Pekln dispatch further states that Hoo-Wei-Teh, the Chinese minister at.

St. Petersburg, has telegraphed to Pekln that Russia Is disposed to pursue a peaceful policy. SAYS ENGLAND NEEDS THIBET. Professor Declares She Mast Aeq.nl re It to Retain India. VIENNA, Dec 6.

Professor Vambery, In an article In Die Zelt on the possibility that the British expedition te Thibet will lead to international complications, declares that Great Britain must acquire Thibet unless she wishes to lose India. FEARS FOR THE KAISER. Reason to Expect Reerndeaeence of Hla Throat Tronnle. LONDON, Dec. The Daily Mail understands that there is reason to fear a recrudescence of Emperor William's throat trouble, and that it may be weeks before the Emperor regains the use of his voice, although the doctors are agreed that the trouble Is not of a malignant character.

DUMBER. i Uncle? GRIEF KILLS DOG Pet Pines for Ills Master "Jack, Maacot of tha Twentieth In. fa a try, ta Be Given Military Faneral. r' 1 To the sound of military dirges, muffled drums, and a soldier's last-tap," Jade; the regiment dog and na scot, -left Jjehlud by the Twentieth infantry when the regiment went to Philippines. twovweeks ago, will be wtirled today at Fort Sheridan.

'Jack ended his military career yesterday, Grtef was responsible for his death. Abandoned by his friends, left at home while the regiment went off to war. In the hew possessions across the Pacific, humiliated and perhaps, the big-brown collie pined, To Bej Given Military Faneral. The soldiers of the Second cavalry, now at Fort Sheridan, will hold a military funeral In honor of the departed mascot of their brother regiment this afternoon. To him will be accorded the same rites that belong to a.

dead comrade. For Jack was a comrade and a favorite about the barracks and the "loops" and the Officers' club during the three years that the Twentieth was at Fort Sheridan. In the little burying ground at the north end of the reservation, where scores of soldiers are lying. Jack will be buried, and over his grave "taps" will be sounded and a last salute will be fired. Cheered" Hla Comrades On.

When the train bearing the soldiers of Colonel McCaskey's regiment left Fort Sheridan on Nov. 20 the regiment dog made aa affecting demonstration. Running behind the train he barked to his departing comrades until they were out of sight- When he returned to the fort he wailed and cried pitifully for a whole day. Since that he had been pining and had refused to eat regularly. He endured the separation for fourteen days, and then, nnconsolable, died.

FOUND WANDERING IN STREETS. Man Reeeatly III with Typhoid Fever la Dellrloas Caadltlan. Charles Hacker. 41 years old, was found early yesterday morning by a policeman from the Attrlll street station wandering aimlessly about In the vicinity of Milwaukee and California avenues. He was taken to the police station, where he gave his name and address.

His wife was notified and went to the station. She said her husband was suffering from typhoid fever, and asked that he be sent to the county hospital." It is thought that while In a delirious condition Haoker left the house and went to the place where the policeman found him. Hacker is a laborer, married, and has four children. INDEX TO THE NEWS. Page.

1 Sernaon nnd report on erlaae. Girl shoota desperado. Children nnpapnlnr in Iowa. Steak taken to police station. Joliet ronvlcta la tears.

Doa; dies front arrlef. John IV. Catea kills a Rtdea with wife's corpse. Barke ticket la elected. Shoot las; follows labor dlspnte.

8 Coroner Trnesier anhnalta report. Blarnt fnaallies baraed oat. Mlaers strike la aaaettled. City beaatifal far Scotland. For boycott an City Tyner's pnthetle nppeal to Prealdent Editorial.

Rldsrely'o report aaearreaey. Work laid ant for Consrress. Philip Klaars fiaaaeial review. Root makes aannnl report. 8 How Ynnkees snved dny nt Panama.

Deba defends Soelnlisna. Sewi sf the crest lakes. Scarlet fever Is 0 Local financial review. Sltaatlon in whent nnd corn. More bnylnsr of pisT Iron.

Reports on live-stock markets. PRICE TWO: CEXTS. TAKES RIDE IFE'SM Fred Qanka Leaves Sara toga Hotel Before Day light with Body of Woman Who Had Committed Suicide a Short Time Earlier. ROMANCE ENDS WITH POISON Mrs. Oanka, Who Was Rosa Bemls, Only IS Years; Old, Seeks Reconciliation with Husband and Kills Herself Hatel People Said to HaV Hurried" Body from House.

With the shrouded corpse of his wife beside him In a cab early yesterday morning. Frederick Ganka. whose elopement three years ago with Miss Rosa A. Bemls. heiress and niece' of Henry V.

Bemls. president of the Bemis-Richelien Importing company, -stirred West Side society, drove from the Saratoga hotel to the home of Mrs. Katbryn Woodruff, 418 Washington boulevard, grand- -mother of Mrs. Oanka. This was the homecoming of the U-year-old girl, who Is believed to have adopted suicide as the solution of a shattered romance-Wrapped In blaaAeta and borne by the young husband and two hotel employes, the body of the young woman was carried from parlor In the Saratoga hotel to a waiting cab in Dearborn street The body of the beautiful suicide -was placed Inside, the vehicle in a sitting posture.

Ganka climbed In after it. and the weird ride to Washington boulevard was begun. On arrival at the former home of his wife. Ganka, aided by the driver, took tha body from the cab and carried it Into the home of Mrs. Woodruff.

Twelve hours before Mrs. Ganka had been In the same house alive and; I The peculiar ia connection wttathe death of the 'girl prompted the arrest of Ganka early In the forenoon. Criticism was aronoed by a late notification to the coroner ah poUcev Ganka was later released at the instance of H. V. Bemls, formerly manager of the Richelieu hotel.

Ganka at the time ot his marriage was a shoe clerk In a State street store. When 15 years of age Miss Bemls eloped with. Ganka to St. Joe. Mich.

Ganka, himself, was only 20 years old. and the affair caused astir among Mrs. Osaka's relatives and friends. There Is little doubt that resulting nnhappl-ness caused the girl to take rat poison whicls caused her death yesterday morning. Letters left by Mrs.

Ganka bear out this theory. Last July Ganka and his wife separated, and later Mrs. Ganka Is said to have filed bill for divorce, alleging cruelty. After a visit to her grandmother Saturday evening Mrs. Ganka is said to have called her husband from his place of employment on tha pretext that their baby was 111.

Asks Hasband to Take Her Bark. Then she told him that nothing was tho matter with the baby, but that she would like to live with him again, and wanted to know It he would consent Ganka said that he would. Then he asked his wife to go to tho theater. She agreed. Both went to Ganka' home at 354 Jackson boulevard, and while ho was changing his clothes It Is thought that Mrs.

Ganka purchased poison at a drug store. Later they went to the theater and thn to the Saratoga hotel. Later Mrs. C-antaT" left the parlor which her husband had engaged and went to the lavatory. Alarmed by her failure to return Ganka went to seek his wife.

He found her lying on tho floor suffering agonies from rat poison which she-had swallowed. He summoned employes of the hotel, and. with their aid, carried his wife to their room. House Physician Davis was called, and he cared for the woman for an hour, until she had apparently recovered from the effects of the poison. He left and was later called again when Mrs.

Ganka's condition grew worse. When he arrived at the hotel shortly after 8 A'clock yesterday morning: the woman was a "W'nnts Body Takes Anwny. The physician left; and then, Ganka says, a man representing himself as being in charge at the hotel, proposed that the body be removed from the hotel to avoid newspaper notoriety. This waa agreed upon, and Ganka and two employea of the hotel carried tha body Into a cab In Dearborn, street. The Woodruffs live In a beautiful home at 418 Washington boulevard.

The body lies upon a couch wrapped In the blanket in which It was placed when taken from the hotel. No attempt has been made to prepare the body for burial until the coroner vlews-the remains, whh will be this af ternooon. "Mrs. Ganka as my niece," said Clarence E. Woodruff last night.

"She Is only 18. She-ran away to St, Joe, three years ago. when she was only 15. and married Fred Ganka. Her maiden name was Rosa E.

Bemls. She waa an orphan and lived with usher ore she waa After her marriage-she secured a small Inheritsnce left by ker father, and with this Ganka went into business at Albion. Mich. The business did not prosper, and after he had failed my niece and he had a misunderstanding and they separated. She returned to us with her little-baby, which la only 18 months old now.

Wife Saes for Divorce. "After she had been here a while she started suit for a divorce, charging her husband with cruelty. He returned here and secured. work In Streeter Brothers store on Stato- street. My niece has never been despondent, and, in fact, of late has seemed even mora cheerful than usual.

I can asslgr no reason for her awful act, unless it be that she was temporarily "My niece left home about 6:20 o'clock Sat urday afternoon, ostensibly to visit her.