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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-11

him out. | alighted. and just as l
did so.he got into the buggy. 1t was
done soquickly that don't know how
1t was worked. The driver then said
he would drive his friend to the depot.
handing me the box, and telling me
TO take good care of it, and he would re-
turn. In moment they were off. lat
once realized | had been taken in, and
that there was no money in the box |
had, although ii was just like the
one the money was in. How they
were changed | don't know. but if |
had had revolver with me ! would
have shot and those fellows would
never have got away. | hurried
home and breaking the box found
stone in it. | came to town and
notified the officers. and this is all
there is of it,
The Money Secured from the Bank.
ltshould be said that Mr.. Case
did not draw the money from the
bank, but borrowed it on 5-days
time. He had intended to oct 81. 900.
but concluded $1,000 would DC
enough. With the interest deduct
ed, he drew $2.496. 10 which is the
amount the men swindled him out Of.
The men are described as both
well dressed. the first who called on
Mr. Case wearing n gray suit of
clothes and soft felt hat. being OF dark
complexion and having n black mus
tache. The other was dressed in
darker clothes and was light COM
plected and smooth shavcn. The
rig belonged to Wadsworth's livery
stable at Davenport
The Sherif's Pursuit.
Sheriff Gordon. Deputy Sheriff Sill
Wis. and Messrs. Ii. ). and c. +. Case
and f. 7. Wadsworth. started last
evening in pursuit of the swindlers.
going up on the c.. b. u z. to Bars
tow where they cut across to Colona.
where they learned the men had been
ferried across the river. Deputy
Sheriff Silvis and the older Case and
Mr.. Nadsworth went on to GencSeo.
from which place Mr.. Wadsworth
and officers from that city went out
this morning in pursuit Of the out
lit. Mr.. Silvis and Mr.. Case return
ing to Rock Island. while Sheriff
Gordon and Charles Case went over
TO Atkinson
The men undoubtedly belong to a
gang located in Chicago and which
has been working through Illinois
and Iowa for several months. and
from the fact that a different one
from either of those who came here
approached Mr.. Case while in Chi
cage it is apparent that they are do
ing business on scale that involves
several OF the fine workers who are
scrt out to deal with victims as oc-
casiun may arise.
The Rig Turns Up
This afternoon a letter was re-
ceiycd at Wadsworth's livery stable
at Davenport from one of the CON
tidence men named Simpson. by which
name he secured the RIG. and who
simply stated that the rio could be
found ut Orion. from which point the
men must have taken a train on the
C.. Is. " z. road for parts best known
to themselves.
Police Points.
Magistrate Schroeder Yesterday
held Charley Smith in bonds OF 5000
To the circuit court on the charge of
mbcZZlcment.
Emil c. Feitsch was held in bonds
of $1,000 to the circuit court by Mag
istrate Schroeder Yesterday for as
sault upon his stepfather, August
Matthey, and sent to jail in default.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-11
The Weather Forecast,

Fair weather. stationary tempera-
ture today, colder Thursday; east to
northerly winds.
+. j. WALL, Observer.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-11
CASES CASH.
Ho" the South Rock Island
Farmer Parted With It.
DROPPED S2,496 IN AN OLD SCHEME

- NV Gil lSd WITH III.
DROPPED S2,496 IN AN OLD SCHEME.
May BE Thankful He Did Not Lose M.
Farm Into the Bargain = How the Cor-
idence Men Worked Their Gau
Fine Piece of Rasca,ity as Ever WAS
Conceived aud Executed.
The scheme by which Supervisor
Henry 5. Case. of South Rock Island
was swindled out of nearly So. 500 in
cold cash Yesterday afternoon. rs re-
lated in las nights ARGUS. proved
one OF the most audacious and cIey-
erly conceived and executed that was
ever Perpet rated in this part OF coun-
try. and now that the thing is over.
and Mr.. Case has paid dearly for his
experience, he may get some conso-
lation ii he reflects. i'm the fact that
he still owns the 4-acre tract I'M Soutb
Rock Island involved in the
transaction. As told last nirbt.
Mr.. Case was SO much worked
up over the affair that he
could not describe to any one the
details OF game in which he PLAYED
such a losing hand Later in the
day, however, he became more com
posed, and an ARGUS reporter who
visited him Mt his suburban home
thoughts fully collected and in read
mess to relate the circumstances of
the deal. and incredible as it may
seem, MI. Cases description of the
matter and all the attending facts
runs a follows:
How They Worked It,
The man with whom had the
most talk" said Mr.. Case. First APP
peared at my place last Saturday.
He said he was seeking to purchase 4
tract OF lani for his sister who lived
in Chicago. and who was compelled
by i'll health to seek = country home
having the advantages OF quiet. He
happened, ne said. with his wife To
be visiting in the upper part of Rock
Island. and had improved the oppor-
tunity to look up such a piece of land
aS he thought his sister might like.
He had heard that had some prop
erty for sale and had come out 10
look at it. He had posted himself on
the names ot our bankers and several
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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-10-11
THE SCHOOL SYSTEM.
Last Nights Regular Monthly Meeting of
the Board of Education.

The board of education met in reg
ular monthly session last evening.
President Ferguson in the chair, and
all the directors present, except F.
NJ. Sinnett.
The finance committee reported
having secured $500 in loans since
the last meeting, and the renewal of
1886 for four months, which transac-
tions the board approved.
The report of Truant Officer
Sweeney was submitted, showing the
investigation of 40 cases of absence
and truancy during the month of Sep
TENDER. causing several to be en-
rolled. and 16 cases had to be looked
after considerably before the pupils
were again properly placed in school.
The teachers committee reported
the resignation OF Miss MAY l. Yates
teacher at building No. /. which was
accepted.
the insurance committee reported
having settled the loss on No. : coal
recently lost by f.e at $3.50 in the
various local AGENCIES
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-10-26

Are you going to keep up
with the times and have your
House lit up by Electricity,
or are you going to keep
right on in the same old rut
and burn OIL simply because
you have grown use to the I'M
comfortable heat, the strong
odor, to say nothing Of the
danger from EXPLOSIONS, and
bother of cleaning and filing
your lamps, ordering your oil,
etc.? Which is the easiest, to
have q switch at the head of
your bed and turn on a l6c.p.
lamp when the baby begins to
talk politics at l A. NJ, or to
get up, fall over three chairs
and pull off half th~ VI
nomo-4 -.enng for the match
safe and then be told, just as
the lamp is well lighted, to
"please put out the light,
baby is alright now ?"
In a few short months the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-10-26
Hawaiian
Electric


will be able to furnish all the
Light and Power the City of
Honolulu will require, and, as
we now have some six large
wiring contracts to begin on,
as soon as the Australia gets
in with a big lot of assorted
wire, we would call the atten-
ton Of those wanting ELECTRIC
LIGHTS in their Houses at an
early date to the ACCESSIBILITY of
having the wiring done soon.
AS only a limited number Of
good house wire men are to
be had, contracts for wiring
will have to be taken up in
turn in the order received.
fter the Australia gets in
we will have a complete line
of everything needed to wire
any building, including Elec-
troliers, Brackets, ETC., and a
large assortment Of plain and
fancy Shades.
@Leave your order ear
ly and have the satisfaction of
having your House ready for
the lights when the current is
turned On from the New Sta
ton now under way.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-10-26
in the Supreme Court Of the Ra-
Waiian Islands.
SEPTEMBER TERN, 1893.
kUALASA ivy VS.. YoSG YoUHG.
BEFORE JUDD, c. J., BIcKERToN AND
FREAR, u.

The District Court, in an action for sum
mary proceedings for possession Of
land. overruled defendants plea of
title and rendered judgment in favor of
plaintiff for possession OF the land
whereupon defendant noted an appeal
TO the Circuit Court without a jury and
remained in possession OF the land, but
did not file bond to pay the rent that
might accrue after the appeal;
Held, That the contention of the defendant
that his plea of title should he sus-
tanned, and that the District Court had
not jurisdiction to hear the case, did
not obVlate the necessity of his filing
the bond required by the statute, it APP
pearing to this Court that the case was
one within the jurisdiction of the Dis
trict Court under the statute for sum-
mary proceedings to recover possession
Of land.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-10-26

On many articles it less than cost but stock
must be reduced and willing to give time the
public for the next thirty days. regardless of profit
Selves do not regard this ordinary advertisement
former sales evidences that do just agree It
not to tell you that stock Dry Goods Mill
and Furnishing Goods is large and we'll
to patrons good fresh Goods Nothing will be held
back in this sale Everything will be offered at the large dis
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-10-26
Hawaiian Stamps
w ANTE

TWILL PAY CASH, FOR EITHER
Il large or small quantities OF used Hs-
waiian Postage Stamps, as follows:
CThese offers are per hundred and any
quantity will be accepted, no matter how
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-10-26

All kinds of artistic printing at
the GAZETTE Office.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-13
Brief Mention.

Business is increasing at the waltham
(Niass.) Watch company's factories.
Forest fires did $1,000 damage In the
Scotland hill region west Of Haverhill,
Mass.
The s4th annual fair of the Berkshire
Agricultural society opened at Pittsfield,
Mass.
The Plainville Methodist Episcopal
church In Attleboro, Mass, was dedicated
today.
Peter Keir. a manufacturing jeweller,
20 years of age, of Hartford, has mysteri-
ously disappeared.
Josiah G. Darling of New Haven, a
hachinist, SO years of age, out of en-
lloyment. committed suicide.
The worsted department at the Airing
oon mills, Lawrence, Mass, started work
at reduction Of 10 per cent in wages.
The S4th annual conference of the Asso-
citation of Congregational Churches Of New
Hampshire began it's three days. session at
Lancaster.
The Second regiment Patriarch Mill
tant, I. o. o. f. Of Maine, held field day
at Bangor, Me. There were three bat
talons and 10 cantons.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-13
A BAY STATE SCHEME.
Parallel Highways TO Extend From th'
Ocean to the State Line.

Parallel Highways to Extend From the
Ocean to the State Line.
HAvERHLL, Mass, Sept. 13.-The meet
ing of the Haverhill board Of trade this
evening will heartily endorse the move
ment started by the Lowell board of trade
for an improved road for vehicles and
bicycles from Lowell to the sea. This
scheme Is partly the fruit of the recent
visit of the state highway commission TO
the Merrimao valley, and partly the out
Nbms Of years Of agitation by prominent
citizens and by the newspapers. The
state commission among other things
proposes to gridiron the commonwealth
by several parallel highways. built on q
magnificent scale and running Longitude
nally from the Atlantic ocean to the state
line.
They will ask that the road start at New
burypoyt and traverse Salisbury, Ames-
bury, Merrimac. Haverhill, Bradford Neck,
Methuen, Lawrence, Dracut and Lowell,
and that 1t - made to sustain heavy loads
OF merchandise on broad tires as well as
pleasure vehicles and bicycles.
: After reaching Lowell 1t is intended that
the road continue west through Aver,
Fitchburg, Athol, Gardner, Greenfield and
across the Berkshire hills to North
Adam. forming ribbon Of macadam
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-13

the right thing at the right time She new
er wounds by these gaucheries which all
,unintentionally, yet nevertheless painfully,
remind us of thingswe had rather have for
gotten or tells us unpleasant truths that
are no less bitter because we know that
there is no denying them.
Tact passes over every faux pas and some
how manages to convert them into some
thing pleasant before the embarrassed per-
lpetrator has chance to raise blush at his
own awkwardness. All graces Of mind and
body seem embodied In that one word, for
a woman may be painfully plain, yet with
this virtue she becomes radiantly lovely in
the eyes of those whom her consummate
art has rescued from some dire strait.
She may be poor, but to those about her
the richness Of her nature atones for the
lack Of worldly wealth. Her gowns may be
dowdy, but as she dwells among us she ap-
pears to be clothed in garments Of radiant
light, and 1t would be brave spirit indeed
that dared to cavil at the makeup of a
woman whose gracious presence and tact
ful spirit had spared them many period
OF embarrassment. Above all virtues cul-
tivate tact for in il lies the secret of all
others.-Chicago Tribune.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-13
rendered 'Captain Jack" Adams by
Citizens Of Lynn.
THE WAR HERO BREAKS DOWN
At the Loyalty shown Him by Loving
Friends-The Castine's Trial rrip-A
Bay State Road Scheme Other New
England News.

LYNN, Mass, Sept. 13.-"Captain Jack"
Adams, commander-in-chief of the Grand
Army, can be said to own the city of Lynn.
The largest crowd ever known in the his
tory Of the city gathered last evening to
welcome home the newly-elected COM
mapder-in-chief Odd Fellows hall was
crowded literally ito the roof" by men,
bers Of post 8 of Lynn, the visiting CON-
rades and the general public.
When Captain Adams entered the hall,
escorted by his home post (post 81 and the
Lynn Brass band, the cheering was tre-
mendous; men rose to their feet. waving
flags, hats, handkerchiefs-in fact, any
thing of q movable nature, and checred
him again and again. II Is question IL
any other man ever received from the peo-
pie of Lynn such welcome, and he was
vissbiy Affected by It.
John S. Parker. editor Of the Lynn Item,
acting as toastmaster of the occasion,
called the meeting to order In . short
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-13

perhaps fiat against blank brick wall q
few feet away. Now remember that the
average girl has no mental resources such
as people of liberal education enjoy. She
cannot sit down and read absorbing books
or otherwise employ her leisure moments.
She cannot see anything on the street. She
can't hear anything going ON in the house.
To all intents and purposes she is In the
penitentiary, for she has cell and hard
work only as alternatives.
1T is n cell and hard work, hard work
and cell-solitary confinement in some
families, for some mistresses talk very lit
tie to their servant and say less before her.
The girl has the relief of her day out, butif
she is in the habit Of associating with other
servants the weekly comparison of notes is
apt to make her still more unhappy when
she returns to her lonely cell on Sunday
night. She can scarcely be seriously blamed
II she wants a change. The kindness of the
mistress, the comparatively easy work, the
fair wages, often fail to balance the dread
full loneliness and other misery of such an
existence. New York Herald.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-13
The Courtship of Lord burton.

In Lady Burton's life of her husband
Burton's courtship Of his wife is very pret-
tily told. II was one Of signs and portents
and of much opposition on the part of her
family, who thought he was not her equal
in social position, and who In any case OBJ
jected to his supposed want of faith. But
the lady had made up her mind. 1t was In
some sort Othello's courtship--she loved
him for the dangers he had passed, and he
loved her that she did pity them. At
length the lady wrote a decisive letter to
her mother: "He is the only being who
awes me into respect, and TO whose com
mand / bow my head, and any evil opin-
ions you may have heard of him arise from
his recklessly setting at defiance conven-
tional people, talking nonsense about re-
ligion and heart and principle, which those
who do not know him unfortunately take
Deriously, and he amuses himself with
watching their stupid faces.
"Once lie is married to me he will be the
favorite of our family, and you will all be
proud of him and have implicit confidence
In him. And let me tell you another thing
you and my father are immensely proud
of your families, and we are taught tn be
the same, but from the present to the fu-
ture believe that our proudest record will
be our alliance with Richard Burton. !
want to live / hate the artificial exist
ence of London; hate the life of vege-
table in the country; want a wild, row
ing, vagabond life. / am young, strong
and hardy, with good nerves; like rough
ing IL, and I always want to do something
daring and spirited. You will certainly
repent IL il you keep me tied up" Finally
Cardinal man'sintervention smoothed
away all difficulties.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-13
Every Girl should Work.

Mrs. Lillian Plunkett Of the San Fran
cisco Women's Press association writes:
A girl should be trained to be self support
ing just as carefully as boy and taught to
look upon marriage as happy possibility,
but not the end and aim of her existence.
Many women are physically unsuited to be
mothers of race Must they therefore lead
idle, purposeless lives, dependent ON IA
theirs or brothers for supportf
Women should be treated with courtesy
and consideration, but they need not bo
treated like dollhouse plants and denied the
experience that business contact with the
world would bring. Could any woman
with particle of ambition or energy bo
content to depend upon relations for sup
port If she were left q widow without
meausP And what il therewere little ones
to provide fori
There is nothing which can so broaden Q
womans mind and bring her TO realizing
sense of the struggles of humanity as per-
sonal association in business with the
breadwinners of the community in which
she lives. respect and admire the girl or
woman who earns her daily bread in pref
erence to life Of lazy dependence.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-13
Health In Bare Feet.

AS to the healthiness of going without
shoes or stockings there can be no question.
Some of the healthiest children in the
world are found in the Scottish highlands,
where shoes are seldom worn at an earlier
age than IL and 13. The negro and cooly
laborers, who work barefooted, are usually
in robust health. Brown, in the History
of Man." tells of an African monarch who
suffered from what appeared to have been
a cold in his head, besides other ailments,
while his people were always as well as
possible Can it be that the reason was
that, by the laws of his kingdom, he alone
was permitted to clothe his feet, and that
he gratified his vanity by always wearing
gorgeous sandalsf
1t is probably generalizing too much to.
state as medical fact that the barefooted
races are the healthiest. But it is certain
that bare feet are healthier than badly shod
feet. In our English village children are
constantly sent to school In wet weather
with holes in their Shoes They sit for
hours with damp feet, and illnesses are the
result. IL their parents would send them
off barefooted, as is done in Scotland and
Ireland, their feet would dry by evaporao
tion in short time, and 1t would be found
that no harm followed.-LondonH Hospital.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-13

There are at least two sides to every ques-
three OF four. One OF the
latter kind Is the servant girl question.
2 "Tll tell you one fruitful source Of dis
satisfaction among servant girls In New
York. especially among those who do gen
eral homework" !" says woman who runs
an employment agency. 1T is the close
confinement and unbearable dullness Of
Cat life. A great many fats here are moth
ing more than narrow prisons. The girl
has the far end Of the concern, away back
IN the rear. in hole AS hot as Tophet by
day. and dark cell to sleep in. She must
usually sit in the kitchen. The kitchen,
besides being small aud superheated, looks
elt upon dark, psrrew. nfeless opuyh q
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-09-13
ACTED LIKE A MADMAN.
a Newark Man Uses HIS Teeth with
Disastrous Eject.

Disastrous Eject
NEW YORK, Sept. L. Charles Lied
mann, Newark baker, became enraged
over a remark made by his wife yesterday.
He first struck her in the face. She
screamed, and as he was about to strike
her again his father -in-law, Mr.. Henry,
went to assist bis daughter. Liedmann
turned on the old man and buried his
teeth in his fhther-in-law's wrist. Lied
mann seemed to have completely lost con-
troll Of himself, and began to froth at the
mouth.
Mrs Henry went to her husbands aid
and Liedmann seized her hand and. put
ting the fingers into his mouth, began to
chew them Mr.. Henry, Mrs. Liedmann
and Mrs. Schlager sprang upon Liedmann.
AS they did so he released his mother-in-
law and attacked Mrs. Schlager He
tried to get her hand in his mouth, but
she succeeded in getting away after re-
ceiving a severe scratch on one OF her fn-
gers, where 1t grazed his teeth.
Liedmann broke away from the women
and ran into the street Two policemen
were approaching the house. Liedmann
tried to escape, and chase was given by the
police, but Ledmann got away. One off,
Ger remained in the vicinity. aud just be-
fore daylight this morning Liedmann re-
turned. He hsd a loaf Of bread under each
arm and was acting strangely. He was
arrested