SHREWD BIGAJT11ST.
Attempt to Keep Two Families
Ends In Grtef.
AXIOMS EVOLVED BY A BIGAMIST.
When a woman gets hold of a man
coat, he might aa well give up and
marry up.
No man who marries two women on
small salary can affcrd cigars. Let him
make cigarettes ; it's cheaper.
If a man marries two women, when
the first one scolds at night be had bet
ter turn over and go to sleep.
No man ought to try to fool a lot of
women.
Most any man will marry a woman if
ehe begs long enough and bard enough
and furnishes the money fur the wed
ding.
Two women are no good. They both
er too much and make trouble.
If a man's first wife is good to him
he will like her better than any other
woman.
Chicago, Sept. 13. The above philo
sophical deductions are made by Stan
ley Sobienzcik, confessed bigamist, in
relating his experience with two fam
ilies on a salary of $13.50 a week. By
philoHophy and strict economy Sobiesz
cik managed for four months to exist in
apparent happiness, dividing his time
between two WeBt Side homea. Out of
the discovery of his dual life has come
the imprisonment ot Sobieszcik, the
grief of two women who believed him
true and a life of hardship in future for
one of the women and her five little
ones.
There was no system about Sobiesz-
ick's expenditures on the two homes
He spent his money as he got it and
when it was gone he went without com
plaint until he got more.
"If there were any shortage any week
I made my second wife stand for it," he
explained at the county jail. She had
friends. My other wife had nobody to
help her. I thought it was right to take
the best care of my first family."
Sobieszcik declares his second mar
riage resulted from a street flirtation
Three years ago he worked as a black'
smith in West Lake street. Across the
street was a factory where Kate Galus
worked. They met on the street once,
ha sav. and there began the acquaint
ance which ended in Sobieszoik's being
drawn into a bigamous marriage.
"I couldn't get out of marrying Kate,"
paid Sobieszcik. She would have me.
I finally married her to keep her from
jumping in the lake. There's no eense
of a man trying to get awav when a
w o m a n gets hold of him. It's all off
then."
It was three days after the marriage
with Miss Galus at St. Wencetilas
Church before Sobieezcik could get free
to return to his Paulina-street home.
" 'I suppose you've been away having
a good time with your friends acain,'
my wife remarked to me," said the
prisoner. ''I did not eav nnythin;
back. I turned ovr and went to sleep "
DM she keep on talking ?"
"Women always keep on talking,"
said .Sobieszcik, "and when a man's
wife talks he better keep still. If I'd
talked hick she'd have knocked my
hetd with a poker. I kept quiet and let
her talk."
The prisoner insisted he would not
have staved away from his children any
longer than the three days be gave up
to tua honeymoon with hib new wite.
Ti;e new Mrs. Sobiesczik proved a
jealous woman. On his return to her
hone, after three days at his first home,
she demanded tearfully to know where
hjr husband had been.
"I would just laugh at her when ehe
wanted to know where I stayed," said
Sobiesczik. "I wouldn't tell her any
thing. Then sh M talk and Fcold for
hours. A jealous wsoian is like a tom
cat. She will youl all night and let no
body sleep.
"The more women a man has the
more trouble. They all want money.
I got along all right, though, for, when
I was out cf money, that was all there
was to it. I was short all the time, but,
when I was, I had to stand for it.
"Mv worst trouble was arranging my
hoars so the women wouldn't learn
about eaoh other. I got a good system
worked out. I would go to see Kate af
ter work and stay until late in the even
iDg. Then I'd go home, and the next
evening I'd go home for a few hours and
then go back to Kate. But it was no
use ; they found me out at last and
don't know as I'm sorry. The business
of trying to keep two women happy al
the time was too much for me. It made
me neryous."
Sobiesczik's wives met and compared
notes in Justice Severon's court while
waiting for a chance to testify against
the man, who is held in default of
$3000 bail, Each had an infant and
they learned there is only nine days
difference in the ages of the children
who have been named Walter and John
The little ones so closely resemble one
another that some persons in the court
room thought them to be twins.
OWES LiIi'E TO BANDIT.
Why Stephen B. Elklna la Friend
IF to Younger.
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. Cole Young'
er. the promoter of the electric railway
from Kansas City to Lone Jack by way
of Lees Summit, says that the money to
finance the project is being furnished
by Eastern capitalists. Mr. Younger
refuses to name his backers, but there
is a well-grounded report that the
greater amount of the needed capital is
being furnished by Senator Stephen
B. Ell; ins, of West Virginia. In this
connection the story of how the Young
ers saved the life of Senator Elkins is
being retold.
When the Civil War began the El
kins family was living in Missouri.
Stephen enlisted in the Federal Army
At that time the Younger bo?s and
Frank and Jesse James were members
of the Quantrell band. It happened
that in one of the Qnantrell expeditions
ElkinB was captured.
Quantrell ordered Elkios turned over
to a squad of men and taken to the rear.
The order to "take to the rear" in
Qiantrell's parlance meant death
While Elkins' custodians were conduct
ing their prisoner to the rear, Cole
Younger and Frank James, both of
whim knew Elfcins well, stopped the
party :
"Hello, Steve," eaid Frtink James.
"Hello, Frank. Hello, Cole," re
plied Elkins.
When James and Younger found out
what w is about to happen to a former
friend they tried to prevail upon the
guards to turn him over to them. At
tirt-t the guards fefusrd, givlDg as a rea
son that the cnptain had ordered El
kins "taken to the rear."
Finally Jamea and Younger, promie
ng faithfully to be responsible for the
prisoner to Quantrell, succeeded in p e-
vaihng upon the tuard to turn h'm
over. While the company was riding
along leisurely, with Frank James, C le
Younger and Elkins well to the rear, a
bug'e call was blown and the horsemen
were soon in a gallop.
"What does that mean," asked E1-
kins. Cole Younger replied: "It
means that we are going to have a fight,
Steve."
In a few minutes more the entire
company was in full gallop, then it was
that Cole Younger tamed to Elkin9 and
said :
"About ha!f a mile fu,th r we a e go
ng to come to the forks of tl e road.
We will take the right hand. You put
the spurs to your horse and make the
eft or you are a dead man as sure as
your name is Steve Elkins."
Elkins needed no further encourage
ment. When the parting of the two
ways was reached, he lay down flat up
on the horse's back and plunged tie
purs in and got well out of danger be
fore he was missed by anyone except
the men who connived at his escape.
An engagement followed soon thereaf
ter, and Quantrell was under the im
pression for a while that Elkins had
been killed.
Elkins never forgot the eervice ren
dered by Cole Younger and Frank
James. After the Youngers bad been
rent to prison for life be was ever ready
to aid them in any possible way. He
made many trips to St. Paul to inter
cede with the Ooyernor of Minnesota
for them, and it is now said that he pro
poses to assist Cole Younger in his par
pose to build an electric line from Kan
sas City to the former home of the
Youngers.
No Hatred of Foreigners.
Washington, Sept. 16. An official re
port concerning the recent anti-treaty
riots in Tokio was today received by
the Japanese legation. On the basis of
this report, Mr. Hioki, charge d'affaires
of Japan, said today:
My advices from Tokio do not at
tempt to minimize the importance of
affairs as they existed.
The immediate provocation of the
riotous outbreak was the action of the
police, who sought to prevent a politi
cal mass meeting, and not the slightest
hostility toward foreigners in general
and Americans especially entered into
the spirit of the mob.
Of course there are many Japanese
who are disappointed at the terms of
the peace treaty and it is natural that
they should express their disappoint
ment, but the majority of the thinking
class of my country deprecate the riot
ous action and regret the injurious im
pression created by these disturbances,
which apparently led some people to
regard them as an indication of a feel
ing of hostility on the part of Japan
toward the United States.
I am authorized to Bay that, notwith
standing what differences of opinion
may exist in Japan over the terms of
peace, there is a strong, united and
friendly feeling toward the United
States and deep appreciation of trie
earnest, impartial and sincere good
will which has attended the efforts of
President Roosevelt.
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Gasoline Motor a Success.
Omaha, Neb., Sept. 14. In justfcix
minutes less than the schedule of the
fast oveiland limited the Union Pa
cific's second gasoline motor car on a
trial trip carrying officials and repre
sentatives of Eastern roads, today cov
ered the 38 miles from Valley to Omaha.
W. K. McKeen, Jr., its builder, was at
the throttle. Fifty-two miles an hour
was reached in places.
Motor car No. 1 has but four wheels
with one truck, while the new car has a
double truck, enabling it to turn the
sharp curves on the hilly track west of
Omaha with perfect satety. This is the
first all-steel passenger car, Its weight
is but 56,000 pounds, as compared with
cars on the New York subway of stetl
construction which weighs 78 000.
The visiting railroad representatives
declare the Union Pacific has solved the
problem; that the motor car is no
longer an experiment.
Car No. 2 will go into service on a
Nebraska branch line. Five more are
being built.
Dear Gas : I have solved the mother-in-law
problem, just give her regu
larly Hollister's Rooky Mountain Tea.
It will make ber healthy, happy and
docile as a lamb. 25o Tea or Tablets.
W. P, McMillan, Lexington, Or.
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