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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-11
WOMAN WITH GRIT.
BY Goodness and Pluck She
Battles Some Miscreants,
GIVES OF OF THEM A DOSE OF LEAD

And Averts q Horrible Crime and Disaster
by Which Scores Of Lives Would Have
Been Lost-Harry Hayward Talks Calm
ly Of His Trial and the Probable Out
come-A Texas Mother Gives Poison to
Three Children and Kills Two.
DULUTH, March 1I.-Mrs. Lulu Reich
ards. who is the station agent and operator
at Kimberly, on the uluth-Staplcs di-
vision Of the Northern Pacific railway,
had a desperate battle with train robbers
at night and saved the through passenger
from the Pacific coast from being robbed
II not wrecked at the expense of hun
dred lives. When the Northern Pacific
train pulled into Duluth the passengers
were still nervous with the experience
they had had and at the thought that
only frail woman's life stood between
them and robbery and death. Mrs. Reich.
ards has been married short while and
her husband is night operator at the
Northern Pacific railway at Aitkin, only
few miles from Kimberly. Kimberly is
seventy-fve miles west OF Duluth.
She Listens to a Plan to Hob.
About II o'clock at night Mrs. Reich
ards was awakened by the sound of voices
close to the platform. She sleeps alone in
the station on the floor above the waiting
room, but her telegraph instrument is on
the same floor She listened to the men
outside, and was Mortified to learn that
they were planning to rob the eastbound
express, which passes Kimberly at 4:3D q.
IN. She was awake in an instant and
heard them argue some time as to the
best plan to get what booty there might
be in the express car. One wanted to put
ties on the track at n point where the
speed Of the train would be good, but an
other wanted to throw the train off the
east end of the long, curved bridge over
Rice river, contending that the passenger
coaches alone would go into the river,
while the express car would be thrown
only to the embankment.
Brave and Cool-Hended Woman.
This was the plan decided upon. When
the conclusion was reached the men, not
knowing that there was anybody in the
station, proposed to go inside and get
some tools. They commenced battering
down the door. Mrs. Reichards crawled
out of her bed to send the alarm over the
wire. but made some noise and the men
heard her They broke down the door
and rushed for the room where Mrs.
Reicharis was ticking on tho Instrument
to her husband at Aitkin. She had taken
the prccaution to lock the door to her
room and before this was broken down
the message had been sent and the train
stopped.
Pity She Wasn't q Better Shot.
Although nearly fainting with fright
Mrs. Rcichards picked up n revolver just
as the men entered through the broken
door Ono OF the men struck at her, but
she dodged the blow and commenccd fir
ing at the men. One of the men was
wounded and fell back in the doorway.
Mrs. Richards fired four more shots, and
the men picked up their comrade and
stumbled back down the stairway. Mrs.
Richards hastily piled furniture against
the door The men advanced second
time, and fired several shots, one of which
grazed Mrs. Richards arm, but she fired
back and held the fort.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-11
NLanG.ed by u Train.

CHICAGO, March 1l.-Wiliiam O'Hearne,
assistant street foreman of the Fifth
ward, was instantly killed at Stewart ave-
nue.. O'Hearne was standing on the track
when the For5 Wayne express came
along. 1t struck him and mangied him
horribly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-11

NEW YORK, March 1.-THE order Of
T. e Comrades of the Battlefield will hold
its annual meeting and memorial service
Cor the dead at the Chickamauga Military
park on Sept. 10 and 10, lSs5-the time Of
sLe dedication
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-11
IT'S a MILESTONE

A bout n young
mans neck TO be O
sufferer from ner-
vous exhaustion. ncr-
vous debility, impair
ed mem ory, low
spirits. irritable tenn
per. and the thousand
and one arrangements
of mind and body
that result from,
unnatural, pernicious
habits, contracted
through Ignorance.
Such habits result in
loss of manly mower
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-11
GEN. Harri.on R.pIdI, Recovering.

INDIANAPOLIS, March h11.-Ex-President
Harrison, after weeks illness, is rapidly
recovering and he will be out in few
days, 81 his physicians state.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-11

Parks Tea is great blood purifier
and cleanser. A pleasant herb drink
which moves the bowels without pain.
gripping or discomfort. Sold by Hartz
& Ullemeyer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-11
KILLED ON The RAILWAY LINE.
Woman Loses Her Life and n Child and
Another Woman Are Wounded.

s ST. JosEPH, Mo, March n.-At the
crossing where Mallory and Mcbride
were killed Thursday night Mrs. Thomas
Allen was instantly Killed last night,
Gcftfe (her ~ year-old daughtcr) danger
ously, and Martha Deacon, IL years old),
fatally in jured. The three persons were re-
turning from church and drove upon the
crossing just as the Missouri Pacific fast
mail from the east tnunierei up
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-11
2 Per Cent Loans.
Government Bonds.

The following is a partial
list of completed gilt-edged
first mortgage loans on hand,
which we offer for sale, sub
ject to previous selections,
for their face and accrued
interest. These loans have
been carefully selected by
us. and are first-class in
every respect. They are all
z PER CENT net to the inves-
tor. We have many other
loans to offer, if these are
not in amounts to suit the
investor:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-11
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Corrected Daily by Slater Montrose
1920 Second Avenue.

Stocks, Bonds. Grain and Provis-
ions bought and sold. Private wires
to Chicago and New York.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-11
Drowned by an Oyster Schooner.

OXFORD, Nd, March IL. - The
oyster dredging schooner, Ida V.
Stewart, Ccapsized in Broad creek
this morning, and seven men were
drowned.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-03-11
HAYWARD MUST HANG.

The Minneapolis Murderer Sentenced to
DIE In June.
MINNEAPoLIs. Minn., March. IL
Harry Hayward was sentenced this
morning to be hanged ia June. He
was not moved in the least by the
sentence.
The Washington times., 1895-03-25

termination of the saloon, for political
and official honesty and social purely.
Temperance, honesty and purity cannot
exist, he said, in the political atmosphere
of many localities. There are thousands
of young men, he declared, who would
cast their first ballots next year, and
each succeeding year, for the principles
laid down in the Christi an Endeayor
platform.
The society has on its rolls over 2 600 900
workers in America, and l 2 500 900 in the
entire world, including this country, for it
encircles the globe. Its members are not
drawn TO it, he declared, by pink teas, nor
yeellow teas, nor oyster suppers, but by the
idea that there was something forthemtodo.
REFERS TO ELECTION RESULTS.
He referred to the result of the last election
in New York as encouraging to Americans
4usupuss p5zIuopuIoAsI II souls 'pRoIqR
there concerning the stability of the Republic,
a sentiment created by the undisputed pub
lication of the prevalence of corruption,
riot, murder and disorder in this country.
The effect upon sentiment abroad, he de-
clared. was not the result of the success of
one party over another, but was due TO the
triumph of reform.
Honesty in the body politic,'' he added,
lis what all good citizens should contend
for"
The good citizenship committee of the
District, under whose direction the meet
ing of the afternoon was held. is composed
of Judge A. S. Taylor, Herman c. Metcalf,
who is its secretary. W. H. PennelI, George
A. Birch, s. +. Kramer. c. w Chiids, Rev.
j. E. Font, and Andrew Wilson.
The day was duly observed in many
Others of the Washington churches at
some of them special services being held.
Among these may be named Emory Chapel,
Keller Memorial Lutheran, Ryland Metho-
dist Episcopal, Memorial Lutheran, First
Methodist Protestant, Vermont Avenue
Christian, Mount Tabor Methodist Protest.
ant, Ninth Street Christian, Eastern Pres
byterian, Maryland Avenue Baptist, First
Presbyterian, E Street Baptist, Metropoli
tan Presbyterian, Anacostia Baptist, Peck
Memorial Presbyterian. United Brethren,
and Sixth Presbyterian.
The Washington times., 1895-03-25
STUDYING ANCIENT HISTORY.
Second Occupation OF Canaan by the Jews
Discussed by Prof. Ramsay

Second occnpation-of Canaan by the Jews
Discussed by Prof. Ramsay.
Prof. Samuel Ramsay read a paper on
"The Second Occupation of Canaan by the
Jews" before quite a distinguished au-
dienee at the home OF Miss Clara Barton,
corner of Seventeenth and F streets north
west, yesterday afternoon. The talk was
one ola course of Sunday afternoon subjects
that are beng discussed by Prof Ramsay,
and proved very interesting.
The causes and events that preceded the
the second reign o f the Jews in Canaan were
thoroughly studied, and the lecture proper
was followed by general discussion of
the matter in hand The time of the diff
fereut occupations OF the Holy Land COW
cred period o I over six hundred years, and
brought into view the lives of the great
leaders ofthose ancient times.
The conclusion arrived at was that the
world is not SO much worse now than it
has always been. Prof Ramsay's subject
next Sunday will be 'tQuantitive Reli-
gion,'' and Miss Barton has extended in
vitations To all who are interested in It.
After the subject of Prof. Ramsay's
lecture had been disposed of, Miss Barton
read an extract from Samanthas Race
Problem. Miss Leavitt and Miss Myrtis
Barton delighted the company with some
musical selections.
The famous old house was decorated
III the coors of the Red Cross Association
and the flags of more than forty foreign
nations, which latter had been sent by
various other national associations, and
palms and evcrgreens were seen on every
side.
Some Of those present were: Mrs. CloUgh,
wife of the Governor of Minnesota, Mrs
Robbins, of st. Paul, Mrs. Reed, of Boston,
Miss Nettie Tanner, Miss Mckay, of New
York, Mrs. George IL. Brown, Mr.. B. II.
Warner, Mr.. George H. Pullman, Mr.. Bel
don, and Mr.. Lewis.
The Washington times., 1895-03-25
DESTINY OF MAN,
TheosophicaI View in Contrast with That
Presented by Or. Stafford.

TheosophicaI View in Contrast with That
Presented by DR.. Stafford.
DR.. George NJ Coffin, President of the
TbeosophicaI Society, lectured last night
at the hall. No. 419 Tenth street, on the
theosophical view of the DESTINY of Man,"
contrasted with the views now being put
forward in a series of sermons by Rev.
Dr. stafford
Mr.. Coffin devoted most of bis attention
to the second dictate postulated in Dr.
Stafford's first sermon, namely: THAT
man can not go on forever; be must reach
some conclusion; and that the soul shall
live forever and shall reach a permanent
state. That man can work out either his
ruin or eternal salvation, but by either
course he shall live forever and reach a
permanent state"
Mr.. Coffin argued that if according TO the
orthodox church view man had a finite
beginning at his birth into this life, it
is irrational to believe that he will have
eternal existence henceforward; and that
a belief in an existence eternal
in the future necesSitated be-
lief in an eternal pre-eXistence prior to
birth. which is taught by theosophy and by
the ablest and most spiritual thinkers in
the worlds history.
AS 10 the future life, man could reason
only from the known to the unknown, and
the result of ali observation of life in the
manifested universe is the unvaryiDg cyclic
law OF perpetual change or transition,
action and reaction, motion and rest. eve
The Washington times., 1895-03-25
RIPE FOR SALVATION.
Rev A. A. Brooks, of Massachusetts,
breaches At All Souls.

The services at Ali Souls Church Were con-
Quoted yesterday morning and evening by
Rev. A. A. Brooks, of Greenfield, Mass.
Mr.. Brooks textlast evening was takenfrom
st. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, thirteenth
chapter and eleventh verse: For now is
our salvation nearer than we believe
Mr. Brooks said: Salvation in the earlier
days of Christianity was not such pressing
matter as it is to-day Then the human
family was more closely affiliated by their
tribal and patriarchal mode of life than ii is
in the present day, when it is mad rushfor
bare existence. 1t matters more to the few
men and women who feel al heart the nee
sites in a spiritual sense of the whole hu-
man race what the ultimate result is to be to
their brothers and sisters i'll God, whose
quest for earthly comfort overshadows the
Importance of providing for the comfort of
their souls.
Once it was thing of Sundays, now ii is
a matter of every day. The idea held
among some Christians of predestination
is a false one. 1T is the doctrine of fatal
ism, one of the most degrading conceptions
possible TO humanity.
Another idea OF salvation is that of death
The Washington times., 1895-03-25
ToILING IN VAIN.
Many Misspent Life VIII Lie Wrecked
on Eternity's Shore.

on Eternity's Shore.
The morning sermon at the Church of
the Epiphany yesterday was preached by
Dr. ]. H. Elliott. of the Church of the
Ascension, who took his text from st.
Luke Y, 8: I'VE have toiled all the night
and have taken nothing"
DR.. Elliott drew picture of the scene
on the shore of Lake Gennesaret, when
the words of the text were spoken. He
siad that Simon Peter and the fisher
men from two ships had come in from
their fishing when Jesus said unto them:
Launch out into the deep, and let down
your nets for a draught." Then it was
when Simon answ cred that they had
toled all the night and had taken nothing.
The time is approaching when the dawn
Of eternity shall come upon the world.
The voyage of life VIII be over. When
that last day comes, wretched will be
the man who VIII say, u have toiled all
night and have taken nothing" The
applause of the world, fame, honor and
riches may have all been his, but they
VIII prove an empty bubble, unless his
life has been spent in the service of the
Master
In the heyday of success one may mock
at the IN iseTere' of the text The
yeanings of the soul for heavenly food
may be hushed, but some day all which the
world gives must be laid aside. The
keel of life's vessel will CRATE harsh
~ on eternity's hidden strand. Your
life VIII be a story of wasted toll. Plain
tive indeed viii be the wall: Il have
toiled all night and have taken nothing
How much better to be able to say with
the apostle Paul: Il have fought the good
fight; have finished my course; l have
kept the faith
The Washington times., 1895-03-25
REPLY TO A REVIEWER.
Rev. Alex Kent Combats Some Of the As
sertious of Prof. Herron's Critic

Rev. Alex Kent Combats Some OF the As
sertious of Prof. Herrons Critic
A review of the writings of Prof. George
D. Heron in the Presbyterian and Reformed
Review, was the subject of DR.. Kent's SER
mon at the Peoples Church yesterday morn
ing. He said the criticism called TO mind
the reception given to Christ by the Scribes
and Pharisees. They al first heard him re-
spectfuIly as a man Of force and eloaueDce,
but as soon as he rebuked their Journalism
and selfishness and righteousness they
rejected him
The reviewer finds that DR.. Heron is "a
speakero of remarka BILE power of rare insight,
and with frankness and courage worthy
of all commendation,' yet he is not the lead
er needed. He calls DR.. Heron 'vituper-
ative and hysterical" because the doctor
writes: THE moral manhood Of the race is
revolving against the church which wells its
neglect Of the poor and ignorant, it's falsity
TO the Divine commission, with pious SEN
tments; that seeks to put orthodoxy in the
place of brotherhood and to conceal worldi-
ness with social respectability.
''The time is going by when luxurious
church can uphold the cross as its protection
X
inhumanity toward man and its infidelity
to the gospel. The sword of God isflaming
in the slly beseeching Peter or a Luther
TO take it and snite the church that thinks to
deceive the Holy Ghost with money. And
there shall no the eleftonestoneupon another"
The critic further says DR.. Herron's Ian
guage is ''vicious in the extreme that it
does not differ from the incendiary utterances
ofprofessionallabOra agitators andanarchists,
while the Christian religion is the relgon of
peace"
That is true, DR.. Kent said, but the Prince
of Peace was the ofdisturbers
of the social quiet that any nation ever pro-
duced. He wanted peace, but He wanted
peace that was rooted in justice. His teach
ings were full of predictions of the downfall
of the then existing order.
Because Dr. Heron is no logic chopper his
critic charges him with enmty % the church,
citing the following in evidence: The
church mus traise up men who will obey the
spirits voice or if must get out OF q DDS way,
for what cares God for churches if they OBJ
struct the march of the Divine purpose"
DR.. Kent closed by calling attention to the
common mistake OF the theologian and the
materalist-St. Augustine and Herbert
Spencer-that there is an antagonism be-
tween nature and virtue, and by urging that
God and man and all the forces of nature are
harmoniously and in unison working out the
development of the human race and bringing
about the Kingdom of God.
The Washington times., 1895-03-25

luton and invclution. II this be the i'm
mutable law oflife on the manifested plane,
TO which man with the rest OF creation is
undeniably subject now, what grounds
have we for assuming that his future life
Will not be subject to the law ofchange?
Again, as theosophy adopts the teachings
of Jesus that the Spirit of God dwells
within man and works under his law Of
cycles, it is not rational to assume thatmau,
who is but the manifestation Of this spirit
can ever arrive at and remain in any state
of eternally permanent rest. The idea
of eternal damnation postulated by DR..
Stafford, Mr. Coffin utterly rejected as
inconsistent with any human idea of the
justice of 3n all-powerful God who freshly
creates human souls at birth with iq-
herent original SIM sufficient TO con-
sign these souls after death to eternal
punishment.
He maintained that the pTe-existence OF
souls before birth and the theory Of rein
carnation furnished the only solution to the
great problem OF life, why the differ
enccs between the conditions of mankind
are so great 1t is only through successive
lives on this and other worlds that man
can acquire the experience necessary to all
knowledge, and have the opportunity of
repairing the mistakes and failures which
he makes through ignorance of divine law,
or the law of nature.
He achieves the grand destiny OF coming
to God, the only source of his life and
being by helping his weaker brethren to
live up to the higher law of their nature, or
by living the life of unselfishness as opposed
to that selfishness which appears to be the
present law governing society.
AS the church has always claimed the
right to be the spiritual guide OF man for
nearly 1000 years. il must accept the
responsibility for the presesIt unspirtual
teachings.
Mr.. Coffin concluded by an earnest appeal
TO the churches 10 discard their dogmas
and creeds and put forth tie simple teach
ings of Jesus, which are in accord with
all the other great spiritual teachers and
saviors of humanity
The Washington times., 1895-03-25

being a release from sin. This is not true.
There are some things that even God cannot
do and one of them is To save from the con-
sequences ofsin. God nplacingusinheayen
does not make us happy unless before death
we have the consciousness of having been
free from sin. The essence Of all sin and
crime is selfishness. A man Will not COM
nit sin unless there is some selfish motive
behind it. 1t is the love OF power, wealth,
social position or any of the motives which
tend to self advancement that cause man
to sin.
If we could only get the Golden Rule bred
in our bones sin in all its form would soon
be done away with. No nation has right
TO be selfish any more than man has
right to build up his business TO the detri-
ment of his neighbor The time is now and
the field is ripe for salvation for US all and
the continued. effort toward the right VIII
brm gitto earlier thanwe believe rexpect.
The Washington times., 1895-03-25
sleeninc az lac in the Road.

A hurry call for the patrol wagon was tel
ephoned to the First precinct policestation at
man Walter S. Jones, of the Monument
grounds. Policeman Taynan and Driver
Samuel Cook quickly responded with the
police vehicle. Instead OF a case of suicide
or murder, the officers found William Bean,
a middle-aged white man, stretched across
the roadway sleeping off jag in the
most isolated portion of the grounds near
the government fish ponds Bean Will ap-
pear in the police court this morning charged
with tresspassing on public park.
The Washington times., 1895-03-25
May Prove 10 BE oostIy Eun.

Policeman Riley, OF the Ninth precinct,
win bring before the police court this morn
tng William Hamilton, respectable look
ing sixteen-year-Old boy, who was found
parading about Northeast Washington with
q revolver in his hip pocket. William says
he was just carrying the ganforfun.
The Washington times., 1895-03-25
Fell Aeairst the Peace Mouument

Fell Against the Peace Monument.
Mamie Brown, a thirteen-year-old girl,
residing at No. Gil X street, had her face
badly lacerated last evening by falling
against the Peace Monument at First street
and Pennsylvania avenue. AT the time Of
the accident she was skylarking with sew
eral playmates. She was removed to her
home in private carriage that was pass
ing at the time.
The Washington times., 1895-03-25
PoLIcERARs MARROW ESCAPE,
Prisoner John Beckett Was Armed with a
Long -bladed Carving Knife

Prisoner John Beckett Was Armed with
Long -bladed Carving Knife.
Policeman Hanley probably owes his life
10 the quiclness of his eye. On Saturday
night he attempted TO arrest John Beckett,
colored, for raising disturbance in the
wicked precincts Of ''Foggy Bottom
When the officer placed Beckett under
arrest he res sted fiercely and drew from
under his coat long -bladed carving knife.
Before Beckett could use the weapon, the
policeman gave has arm n wrench, which
caused him 10 drop it, Beckett then fled
precpitately towards the river, making
good his escape.
Last night Policeman 0'Brien. Of the
Third precinct, who was looking for
Beckett. discovered him in a hovel in the
bottom and placed him under arrest.
Policeman Hanley secured Becketts long
bladed knife and viii use il as evidence
against him in the police court to-day. the
charge being carrying concealed weapons.
The Washington times., 1895-03-25

The poor you have always with you
KRUMBs OF KoAFoRT-such as these
but once in lifetime,
The advocate., 1895-03-27

BANK and mercantile failures an
nounced in the dispatches every day
remind Us that prosperity is abroad
in the land. It was promised on re.
peal of the Sherman law; the prom
iee was renewed when the tariff
should be revised; but it was reserved
for the government bond issues to
make it absolutely sure.
The advocate., 1895-03-27

ONCE in q while, not often, some
village paper in Kansas ventures to
remark that what Kansas needs is
''hlgh protection and honest money"
They all know better but they say it
just TO get quoted by Eastern papers.
The advocate., 1895-03-27

SINCE Gresham has thus far been
unable to get a quarrel ont of Span,
he can turn his attention to France
and sec how much buncombe he can
make out of the Waller India rubber
outrage. He may be able to extricste
Waller from prison.
The advocate., 1895-03-27

The failure Of Stevenson & Co.,
the largest mercantile establishment
in this city, calls to mind the fact
that Kansas has been redeemed. Be-
fore election we were told that this
redemption would increase the value
OF all Topeka properly so per cent.
Stevenson & Go. must have slipped a
cog somewhere, and fsiled to ''catch
on'' to this so per cent rise.
The advocate., 1895-03-27

ment Of his anti. election pledge. He
Heckoned without his host. Sops out
break brought the governor to time,
and all is now serene. The Chief
will now take it all back.