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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-14
KNIGHTS OF PYTHlAs.
The Story That Frank James Is a Member
OF the Order Denied.

The Story That Frank James Is Member
of the Order Denied.
We have received copy of The Birming
ham Qal Free Press, says The Pythian
Knight, containing the following statement,
with a request to contradict the same
Frank James, the bandit and bank robber,
and Arensdorf, the murderer of Haddock,
are both grand lodge Knights of Pythias."
We are not acquainted with the facts in
the Arensdorf case, continues The Pythian
knight, but if the statement is rs truthful as
Ffhose concerning Frank James, we need only
say that it is a SANDER. James last summer
happened to ride on u train containing K
Of P. excursion for the supreme lodge session
at Cincinnati, and the enterprising reporters
ofSthe daily press, getting scent of his presence
on board, at once made him, not only full
fedged Knight OF Pythias, but member of
the supreme lodge The lie has Travelled ever
since, and is finally rolled under the tongues
of Birmingham people as a sweet morseL Il
is Just the kind Of a lie that suits the people
of that place, where, two years ago, Red Gross
lodge, No l29, could not obt2in a hall in
which to hold its conventions, so strong was
public sentiment against all secret frater-
mites But the brothers went to work and
built a castle hall Of their OWL
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A,'pEFENsE OF SECRET SOCIETIES.
Some Reasons Why You Should Join a
Fraternal Order.

Some Reasons Why You Should Join a
Fraternal Order.
A man who does not belong to some secret
order in this era Of the order craze is very
naturally looked upon as veritable curiosity,
says Henry j. Mason in The Boston Sunday
Globe Invite such man to become mem
Der Of one of our benefit orders wherein he
can lay up $1,000 for his wife ard children,
and he answers: AFTER l am gone my fam
lily must look out for themselves"
Another reason why some men are not
members of any secret order is that their
names have been "blacl,ed" upon presenta-
ton in some lodge Of Masons, Odd Fellows or
Knights of Pythias. If there is anything in
this Torld that stirs up a mans animosities
towards secret orders il is to be blackballed.
a black ball is supposed to be used to keep
out unworthy applicants, but many man
lar down in the social scale has obtained adj
mittance to the mystic circles while others Of
spoJless reputation have been blackballed.
me method of accepting or rejecting candi-
SltcA'4s, like the jury system, far from per-
tecIion, In that the innocent often suffer for
tne guilty. If the casting of blackbau
through spite could be prevented by some new
? scheme of balloting. it would be an improve
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Since its organization the order has paid
upwards of s2,OO0,0OO in sick benefits to its
members, and has paid OFF 224 matured GER
tificateS The order now numbers 5000
members and 800 branches.
The Order Of the Iron Hall was ninety-two
months old Nov. %. During this time lo7
assessments have been issued
There has been quite boom in the order in
the west. 1t is now growing very rapidly,
especially in the state of Missouri The pay
ment of the final claims has done much to
boom the order. During the past year there
were but twenty assessments called The
sick Of the order were all taken care of and
over 500 members received their final. bene-
fits There were several death benefits paid
also. The bureau Of information is estab-
lished in nearly all the branches and has
proven its usefulness on seyera! occasions.
Assessment 100 is out and due on jan 49,
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PHlsfhias at Atlanta, and served two terms as
chancellor commander. He also served four
terms as chancellor commander of Friendship
lodge, No. z, Of Savannah, and was elected
grand vice chancellor of Georgia in 1876
That year he was also member of the re-
lief committee during the yellow fever cpl
demic in Savannah Ee assisted at the Or
ganization of the grand lodge of Florida in
1886, and was elected grand vice chancellor,
from which position he was subsequently adj
vanced to the position of grand chancellor
Bro. Bellisario is married, and during the
terrible plague which swept off several hun
dred of the people Of Jacksonville, his wife
nobly assisted him in the work of ministe-ing
TO the sick and afflicted, just as Mrs. Billings
had assisted G. c. Billings at Tampa during
the yellow fever epidemic in 1887.
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looking companions Of the ferry boat He
passed on to the next lamp post and looked
at his watch 1t was II: 40.
Just twenty minutes after that Lyman S.
Weeks was shot through the heart by a muir
derer, who made his escape under cover Of
the night.
THE FISHERMAN.
Inspector Byrnes took up the case after It
had baffled the Brooklyn detectives The fol-
lowing brief statament of the murder, con-
densed from daily paper, was all that the
inspector had to work on:
At midnight on the night of March Is burglar
entered the house OF Lyman S. Weeks. q clerk,
who lives at 1917 De Kalb avenue, Brooklyn, and
attempted to rifle the house. He had hardly got
to work when Dir. Weeks was awakened by the
noise and went down stairs to find out what
caused the disturbance. When he got to the foot
of the stairs he saw the form OF q man In the ad
joining room, and before Mr. Weeks could speak
or call for assistance the burglar leveled pistol
at him and fired. The ball entered Mr. Weeks
left breast and penetrated the heart, causing in
slant death. The burglar, after seeing what he
had done, ran away.
After rejecting on the case the inspector
arrived at the following conclusions:
l. The fish belongs to a lower order Of the fish
tribe He would not, if he had been skillful
creature, gifted with brains, risk the chances
Of twenty years in jail for the sake Of break
ing into poor clerks house and abstracting
few dollars.
!. The fish is a cowardly creature he would not
if he had been plucRy, have risked killing
man. He was cornered, and his first thought
of safety was to shoot.
g. The fish belongs to school
4. He has probably been engaged in nibbling at
some other bait Notebook up other rob
berries which have taken place recently iu the
vicinity.
5. The undercurrent Of iniquity in the Bowery is
probably likely place for him to be located
with others Of his species. tNote.-Send
some fishermen along the banks of the Bow
cry stream.
On arriving at these conclusions the inspec-
tor detailed eight men to fish for the muir
derer. Six of them he sent to different
streams of crime around New York and
Brooklyn; two of them be detailed to fish in
the Bowery. These two men soon located q
school Of suspicious fish who had been nib
bling in Brooklyn. They located four of
them, found out that they had committed a
robbery in Williamsburg and landed them
in Jail. Then Mr.. Chamberlain, the first
witness in the case, OPPORTUNITY turned up,
identified two of them as the men he had seen
on the ferry boat first, and afterward near
Weeks house Then it developed that Green
valid, one of the men, had disposed Of pistol
and coat in Brooklyn the day after the
murder Then one of Greenwald's fellow fish
gave him away. And thus gradually COM
plete chain of evidence that Greenwald had
Cred the shot that went through the heart of
Lyman S. Weeks was clearly established.
And thus it happens that on the 18th of
March the said Greenwald will depart this
mortal life by hanging by the neck until he is
dead, dead, dead
This is the way some wicked fish are landed.
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GREENWALD'S CASE.
He Is the Convicted Murderer of
Lyman S. Weeks.
A STRANGE STORY OF CRIME.
1t is Here Set Concisely Forth, and the Cues,
ton, How is Murderer Caught" Is
Answered in Detail.
How is a murderer caught

Underneath the stream of city life which
sun and the healthful influence Of publicity,
there is sluggish undercurrent Of crime.
Honest people who float along on the top Of
this stream know little of the uncanny Great
ures that lurk beneath. Some of these Great
ure5 rise to the surface sometimes and get
caught Then another crime is chronicled
by the press.
Then there are fishermen-detectives fit
ted by nature and training for catching these
wicked fish. Some OF them are landed with
q hook and line and some with nets
The fishermen bring up some strange fish.
The manner of catching them differs It
depends upon the kind of fish, the state of
the water and the fisherman; but the process
is always interesting. Take the murder Of
Lyman s. Weeks, who was put to death in
Brooklyn nearly two years ago, as an illus
tration.
Here we have Inspector Byrnes, New
York's famous detective, as the fisherman,
tho sluggish undercurrent of iniquity run
ming through the Bowery, New York, as the
fishing ground, and one Greenwald as the
fish The story of the crime was published
at the time, but it has long since been for
gotten by most people. The murderer was
convicted il New York the other day on his
second trial At the first trial he was sen
fenced, but the conviction was set aside by
the court of appeals, Greenwald stays
aside-will be put to death on March IL, just
two years, lacking three days, after the muir
der was committed
Now let us see how the fish was caught.
FIRST ACT IN THE TRAGEDY
On the night of March Is, 1887, Mr.. Adolpb
B. Chamberlain, a respectable citizen of
Gotham, went over to Brooklyn to call on
some friends While he was sitting in the
smoking room of ferry boat his attention
was attracted to two disreputable looking
men who sat opposite. One of the men was
scraping his feet on the floor, which was GOV
cred with sand. The man couldn't keep still,
and Mr.. Chamberlain's placid temperament
WAS perturbed by the noise.
He wished the man would stop ard then he
examined the two men moro closely. He
made up his mind that he would remember
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maica, Dec. ., 1899,
and came to New
York city in 1856.
Three years later
he removed to Sa-
vannah, Ga. where
he continued TO live
until 1872, when he
became q resident
of J ackso nville,
Fla. He became q
III G m b or of the
order in Forest
City lodge, No. l..
at Savannah, in
1872. The follow
ing year he eS-
tablished the first
- T:l.e
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Figures Which Show That tIe Orders
Prosperity Is Increasing.

Figures Which Show That the Orders
Prosperity Is Increasing.
We decidedly disagree with those who
think that Odd Fellowship is on the decline,
says The Dominion Odd Fellow. The figures
tell another story. There has been a steady
yearly increase in membership and wealth
During the years lST7-79 there YVES a slight
decrease; but since that period the advance
has been continuous
In 1879 there were 40, 7S3 members re-
ported; for 1856, the number is $50, 500; or in
GLIDING Australasia and Germany, 547 SOB
An increase of about 100000 in seven years
does not look as though Odd Fellowship was
in u very feeble state. In 1879 the revenue of
the order amounted TO 81, 39l ,215; for 1886
the figures are $500, I'D, or, in othe: words
more than million and quarter in excess
of what it was seven years ago.
\ Nor does the exhibit of our beneficial work
SHOW any decline. In 1879 our relief ezpendi-
ture was 81, IA, los, and in 1856 it was s., POI,
324; or in other words our annual outlay for
relief is half million more at present than it
was seven years ago.
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those two faces.
Mr.. Chamberlain
paid his call and
was returnin 6
home through a
quiet street when
he noticed two fig
ures lettering near
a lamp post The
men tried to avoid
his glance, but he
eyed them sharply.
Mr.. Chamberlain
was an observant
man. He recog-
nized his two evil
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-14
IN SECRET SOCIETIES
Grand Chancellor Knights of
PythiaS NJ. NJ. BelliSanO.
NEW YORK'S NEW MASONIC HALL,
The Knights Who did Such Noble Work Dur
ing the Reign of Yellow Jack in
Observation-Disclosures Items.

--ssduch has been said in the daily press, as
well as in the various fraternal journals,
of the noble work done by the members OF
secret societies during the terrible visitation
of yellow fever at Jacksonville, Fla.
Among the braveSt Of the workers there Is
always mentioned the name Of Grand Chan
celor NJ. NJ Bellisario, whose picture is given
herewith
NJ NJ. Bellisario, says The Pythian Knight,
was born in the city of Kingston, island OF ia
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Don't Get Caught

This spring with your blood full of impuri-
ties, your digestion impaired, your appetite
poor, kidneys and liver torpid, and whole
system liable to be FRUSTRATED by disease
but get yourself into good condition, and
ready for the changing and warmer weather,
by taking Hoods Sarsaparilla. 1t stands
unequaled for purifying the blood, giving an
appetite, and for a general spring medi-
cine. 252
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SHOULD girl return all presents in case
the engagement is declared Off" asks The
Philadelphia News, She certainly should.
The Teller wants them for the next girl.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-14

The Royal ArgosY now has a membership
of 100, divided into eighteen lodges.
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READ F. Auerbach & Bros. new large
advertisement
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Universal Order of Security.
A Perilous Style.

Tho number of ladies in the order wa:
doubled during November.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-07

Chas. Baekoff, one of Pilot Knobs oldest
foremen, returned from Montana few days
since.
Jos. Penhall, the foreman of the drilling
department, resigned his position on Janu-
airy 31st, on account of i'll health. Joe has
lots of friends left behind.
Herman Held was promoted on February
1st to foreman of the drilling department.
Well done, Herman.
Nick Jay was under the weather with a
severe cold last week. As 1 see him at his
post to- day (Monday) suppose he must be
better.
The mine is again running, after the mon
sterous fall of roof which took place on
Tuesday. The Captain says everything will
be safe until he takes out ID or 90 pillars
more, which will take several months work
to accomplish.
The ore that was exposed by the falling of
the summit will amount to several hundred
thousand tons. 1t is number two grade,
and will no doubt De of great value to the
Company the mining was mostly accom-
piished by the hill sinking from s to 10 feet.
Several of tn best miners have resigned
their positions in the mine to follow the more
lucrative employment of engineers on the ore
dumps. There are several of them getting
to be experts at the business. To see them
run their engines (wheelbarrows) one would
think they were professionals from Ireland.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-07
FOUND
THE WORLD TYPEWRITER.

Compare it with the most costly
type-writers in the market. It's not
one whit inferior as to speed, legibilIty,
alignment. 1t can be operated at once,
and after weeks practice, can write
from 35 to SO words per minute. It is
absolutely simple, strong as iron, never
needs repair, has no weak points, and
always works perfectly.
Business men. clergymen, steno-
graphers, travellers, poor writers, and
children-all need it. You can have
any style of type you like-half dozen
ifyou wish, and change instantly. Ex-
anime it and be convinced. Call on or
write me, and will be'pleased to show
you a machine and take your order.
Price of single case. $40 100. Double
case, $500. c.. e. BOWMAN,
Agent for Iron County.
Pilot Knob, Mo.
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Karr-SiZemOPe.

Married, at the residence Of the hFide's
mother, near Sinkin Post Office, January
oath, 1889, by Rev. B. H. Lanham. Mr..
GEO. w. KARR to Miss FLORA SIZEMOEE,
all of Shannon county.
Mr.. Karr is one of the very successful
farmers and STOCK raisers OF this vicinity,
being extensively engaged in hogs, cattle and
sheep. Miss Flora formerly of Granitevile,
although she has not been here but ten or
eleven months, has made many warm friends,
and is highly respected by all. The happy
couple were the recipients of many valuable
presents, which we will not take pains to
enumerate. Hoping their future may be as
happy as the present is the wish ofa
Sinkin, No., Jan. 81, 1889. FRIEND.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-07
Des Are Public S,.hooI.

This afternoon closed very pleasant term
Of school for teachers, and we hope for
scholars.
During the year we enrolled Ill scholars
and closed with a full attendance. The pu-
pills of the highest classes were examined.
and the following averaged above 80: Mum
son Morris, Reta Belmar. Bessie Morris,
Addie Farrar, Mary Farr, Cora Fitz, Maude
Hackworth, Jimmie Morris and Chas. Chill
ton.
A prize was awarded for scholar ship, and
won by Munson Morris, a member of the
highest class, and ii years old. We hope
the vacation of our scholars will be as pleas
ant as we tried to make their school profit
able. ELIZA RONALD.
MAMIE FITZ.
Des Arc, Mo-, Dec. 81, 1883.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-07
Personal.

Mrs. DR.. Goulding and daugher, Irene, are
visiting friends in Fredericktown.
Mrs. j. N. Bishop and little daughter,
Mamie, are visiting in St. Louis county.
NJ. NJ. johnson will remove to Poplar Bluff
this week.
Geo. l.. Moore is confined to his room with
the mnmps.
Rev. y. G. DAVIS was in Macon City last
week.
Jos. F. Lindsay, Piedmont, was in town
Wednesday.
Miss Clara Grandhomme was in st. LOUIS
last week.
Geo. Ii. Marks, St. Louis, was in town
Thursday.
Miss Marie Gratiot, Arcadia, has returned
from visit to De Soto.
Miss Emma Wadlow, Annapolis, was the
guest of Ironton friends last week.
Mrs. Chas. G. Davis went to St. Louis
Monday.
Hon. J. w. Emerson was in town last
week.
Mr.. w. A. Ryan went it "alone" to St.
Louis Tuesday morning. When we get (a)
Flush" We'll ''follow suit"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-07
Admiu,strator's NOtlce.

Notice is hereby given, that Letters
Of Administration on the Estate Of
Sam. Mayherry, late of iron county, de-
ceased, have been granted to the un-
dersigned, Gordon Mayb by the
Probate. Court of the County of Iron.
barring date the 2Sth day OF December,
1888.
All persons wing claims against said estate are
required toexhibit them TO me for allowance with
in one year after the date of said ietieI. or tEey
may be precluded froI, an4 seneIt q such estate;
ana II sEcir Claims re not exhibited within two
Years tom the fRs of the of this not
ice, they will he forever barred
GORDON MAYBERRY, Administrator
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-07
Intention to Post.

Taken up at my farm, two miles east OF
Ironton, the following described stock
One steer, five years old: reddish roam; spill
or half crop on right ear, an upper bit in
left. One heifer one year old or past: red.
dish roam: marked crop and hole i'm each
ear. One roam cow or 8 years old; mark
ed crop in right ear. If they are not re-
claimed within ten days it Is my intention to
post same aeeording te law. ,.E'tsi
III. y. HUFeHfNs.
Ironton, Mo-, January 20 1889,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-07
Final Settlement,

Notice is hereby given to all creditors and
others Interested in the estate of Mark
Owen, deceased, that the undersigned admin
iStrator of said estate, intends to make final
settlement thereof at the next term of the
Probate Court of Iron county, to be held at
the courthouse in Ironton, Iron county, Mo-,
on the frat Monday In February next-same
being The 4th dav of February, A. D., 1880.
ian1OD97. J. T. AXE. Administrator.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-02-07
Final Settlement.

Notice is hereby given to all creditors and
others interested in estate of Martin Block,
deceased. that the undersigned administrator
of said estate. intends to make final settle
ment thereof at the next term of the Probate
Court Of Iron county, to be held at the court
house in Ironfon. Iuon county, Mo-. on the
first Monday in February next-same being
the 4th day of February. A. D, 1889
iar3n' LOUISA BLOCK. Adn'x.
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Union Labor Meeting.

GLOVER, y. o.. Feb. 9Th, 1889.
Notice is hereby given that the County
Central Committee of the Union Labor Parry
of Iron county, Mo-, will meet at the court
house in Ironton, on Saturday at 2 O'Clock
P. NJ, February 10th, 1889; and all concern.
ed in the Labor movement are requested to
attend. By order of
B. f. BONE, Chairman
County Central Committee U. L. p.
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LIST vi unclaimed letters remaining i'm the
31st, 1889: ' ''iS
DuSoIo francesca Morrison Josepb
Bodge James II Parks NJ
/ GaidoS Mike RnoIIo
Jones John ShcartaD NJ
Kamholz Mrs w Wai,nooy NJ NJ
| Lenard n P hiss ahnie
/ Il not called for within thirty dave tbov
will be sent TO the Dead Letter Of;oa
Z. FL. JAQUITH, P. NJ.
/ we this week publish from the Farming
ton Times an account of the accident which
resulted In the death of Wm Bennett at Sye-
mite week bfore last. sad fatality seems
10 nave pursued the members of this family.
ABOUT nine months ago the deceased had a
orother Killed on the dump at Pilot Knob by
runaway car. And some three or four
years ago their father was one of the victims
OF fatal explosion oni the Knob hill. The
former 1ellow-workmen and neighbors ex-
.end tnelr sympathles to the family in their
late affliction.
Mrs. III. b. Peck received a telegram
tuesday afternoon announcing the death of
her son MIR. Thos. A. Robertson, at Fuerth,
bavaria, where he bias been stationed AS
Consular Agent of the United states for the
past two years. Mr.. r. has been In bad
heaith for some time, suffering from con-
sumption, and it has been feared for sever.
al months past, that his death was merely
question of time. The deceased was a
talented young man, well-known here in the
'aitey where he spent the greater part of
his life. We extend our sincere sympathy
to the bereaved mother.
Capt. p. r. Crisp has just receyed-direct
from the manufacturers in the East-the
most extensive, elegant and exquisite sup
ply of Perfumes ever brought to this mark
ct, ana no one, in search of anything in this |
iine, can fail to find what they want if they |
Will call at the Drug store. Also a large, |
varied and choice selection Of Beautiful |
valentines, has just arrived, and the lad |
who chooses from this stock is sure TO he
greeted with a sweeter smile bv his fair
one after the 14th. Go and see and then
vouch for the truth of these statements
yourselves. The captain and his good lady
VIII take pleasure IN serving you.
The invitations to the Grand Bal Masque
at the Academy of Music, on Monday night,
February l1th, were issued last week, and
all the arrangements are about perfected.
The attendance promises to be large and the
hope to make the affair one Of the
most successful of the kind ever given in
the Valley. The gallery will be reserved
for parties who wish to ''look on" but do
not care to dance, and an admlsson fee
Of p cts. will he charged thereto; ladies, of
course, free. We have been requested to
state that positively no person will be ad-
nitted to the ball room without an Omit
lance ticket or, unless he or she (aS the case
may beg unmasks for the doorkeeper. No
deviation will be made from this rule and
al will do well to keep it in mind.
List of letters remaining in the Ironton
post office for the month ending January
n At 1850. ,