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Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1901-08-01

DR.. A. X. Suddoth, Christian
scientist at Memphis, refused to call
a physician when sick and died.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1901-08-01

The Louisville d Nashville road
will make extensive depot improve
ments at GAINESVILLE.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1901-08-01
Stops the Cough
and Works Off the Cold,

Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets cure a
cold in one day. No Cure, No Pay.
Price 25 cents.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1901-08-01

The Glen Mary Coal Company
will add so miners to its force.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-11
TWO CENTS.

that the sound of voices had been heard
issuing from the house and that late
at night the flicker of a match being
lighted was SEEN, The men, the report
stated, left the house during the day
but returned Saturday night, and again
Sunday night.
When they returned Sunday night the
suspicious of the neighbors were aroused
and Wheeler notified officer Hutton who
is on duty on that beat.
Hutton notified Chief Stahl who with
Sergeant McElroy and Officers Cannon,
Lucas, Pavey, Voiles, Carpenter and
Sergeant Goff Immediately drove to the
vicinity. The house was surrounded.
and Officers McElrOy and Smith went to
the front door, Smith pushed the door
and flashed his dark lantern through
the rooms on the lower floor. The search
was fruitless. The trap door leading to
the attic was discovered and officer
Smith prepared to climb through it. He
explored the attic carefully but none OF
the men were found.
1t Is not likely they were convfcts-
They were in the house too long.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-11
REFUGE IN BRUSH PATCH.
Convicts Entered a Small Orchard
But Were Not Followed,

One of the most startling things in
connection with the capture of Sheriff
Cook was the fact that no effort what
ever was made to apprehend the con-
victs after they had released Sheriff
Cook.
The Worcester home is situated on
the west side of the Santa Fe railroad
track only about a quarter of a mile
south of the Pauline station. When the
convicts left the house they marched
north toward Pauline and crossed the
railroad track directly in front of the
home of w. d. Paul They then entered
the Paul orchard through a hedge and
released Cook and Mrs Worcester The
orchard does not contain more than
three acres and is grown up with un-
derbrush. 1t is surrounded by open
country and could have easily. been sur
rounded but no effort whatever was
made to surround it and effort was
made to follow the convicts after they
entered the orchard.
Up to noon today the place had not
been searched
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-11

have been working over the country be-
tween here and Leavenworth. They
spent last night at Big Springs. Is miles
east. of Topeka. On arriving here they
were given the descriptions of the two
men and believe them to be Mullins ana
Robinson.
Guard Boone said this morning:
both the men are Englishmen If they
are the ones / think them to be and
the description exactly fits Mullins and
Robinson. Mullins. is a five year man
sent up for larceny. Both are from the
Indian Territory and are desperate
men,
Captain Telford and Guards Boone,
Schonberner, Lewis, Young, Andrews
and Voorhis left on the Rock Island
train at 1 o'clock. The ambulance fol-
lowed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-11
HEAD THEM OFF.
Prison Guards Will Try to Stop Men
Seen at Alma.

Captain Jackson, of the federal prison
at Leavenworth, with six of the federal
prison guards, left Topeka at 10:55 this
morning on the Santa Fe to go to
Usage City to get ahead of the three
convicts, two white and one black,
whom they headed off at Manhattan.
Captain Jackson and his guards went
to Manhattan from Topeka Saturday
night to head off these three convicts.
They turned before reaching Manhat-
tan, however, and started southwest
after crossing the river at Alma or
Rossville. Captain Jackson returned to
Topeka, and anticipates getting in
ahead of the men southwest of here.
The three convicts Captain Jackson
is after are the ones who stole the team
and buggy of a farmer named Martin
near Rock Creek and later another
team and buggy from Corder near Wa
mego, and last night shot a horse at
Mcfarland and stole two horses or
Charles Schwanke near Alma.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-11
SHOT a HORSE.
Three Convicts Stop Pursuit at Nc
Farland-Seen at Alma.

Alma, Kas., Nov. 1.-THE three con-
victs who stole the wagon from Farmer
Martin at Rock Creek, and later stole
two horses near Wamego, met some
young men near Mcfarland Sunday af-
ternoon, and in an exchange of shots
killed horse ridden by one of the men,
and were next seen at Alma about $50
Sunday night, when the three rode
down the main street of Alma and
headed south. They were mounted on
two horses, one horse carrying two of
the men. They were regarded with sus-
picion, but no one tried to stop them.
At the farm of Charles Schwanke,
four miles south of Alma, they stole two
more horses and went on toward the
south.
1t is supposed that this gang of con-
victs is the same which was headed off
by the posse which went to Manhattan
ward for the purpose of crossing the
river at the Rossville bridge. 1t is sup
posed that they are now heading for
the Indian Territory.
The three convicts were seen by a
number of people when they passed
through Alma, and a posse was at once
organized and started in pursuit The
posse was in charge of a deputy sheriff
OF WabaunSee county.
FARMER IS HELD UP.
A special from Wamego Saturday
night said: w. ]. COder, who lives four
miles east of town, was held up about
one-half a mile from his home at els
this evening by two of the escaped con-
VictS from Leavenworth. They took his
coat, OvercOat, hat and what money
he had, and his fine team and buggy,
was seen going west quarter of ii
mile north of town about an hour later
Citizens organized posse and started
in pursuit. They secured the country
for three hours in the dark, but could
not track the convicts and finally gave
up the chase for the night.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-11
ANOTHER SHOT.
Convict Lawrence Lewis Fatally
Wounded Near Quenemo.

Kansas City, Nov. 11.-Another of the
convicts fleeing from the military prison
at Fort Leavenworth was laid low this
morning near Quenemo, 40 miles south
west from the penitentiary when Law
renee Lewis, white, aged twenty, was
fatally wounded, receiving a bullet in
the back while attempting to escape
from the city marshal of that place.
This makes a total of thirteen prisoners
captured since the outbreak on Wednes-
day last, leaving thirteen still at large
To date three of the mutinous convicts
have been killed, and five, including the
two who yesterday made captive of
Sheriff Cook of Topeka and then
escaped, have been wounded. Lewis
death will make the fourth fatality.
Lawrence Lewis, the conviC. shot to-
day, was received at the penitentlary in
October, 1900, under five year sentence
for larceny
Lewis was surrounded in the timber
near Quenemo. He was ordered to sur
render but refused and attempted to
escape. Officer Alexander shot him on
the run, bringing him to the ground.
Bleeding profusely and mortally
wounded, Lewis was taken to the city
marshaPs office, where he will be held
awaiting the arrival of authority from
Fort Leavenworth to remove him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-11

been difficult to obtain. The one usual
ly designated as 1.-The Indian" wore a
white hat, Prince Albert coat and dark
trousers. The other also had a white
hat and dark clothing. The white man
had a stubby beard of a few days
growth, and wore a red handkerchief
around his neck. 1t is believed that the
man with swarthy complexion is the In
dian, l.. Switzerland who was reported
having been wounded during the out
break. The smaller of the men who had
charge of Sheriff Cook had been wound
ed in the heel and arm.
THOSE WHO WE'RE THERE.
The posse which went from Topeka to
the assistance of Sheriff Cook at
Pauline numbered ten men. Chief Stahl
took with him in the patrol wagon Ser
geant c. A. Golf. Patrolmen Asher,
PARCELS, Pavey and Voiles and Jailer
Carl Lawson of the sheriff's force. Chief
Stahl also took w. Fl. Carpenter, who
used to be his first sergeant and who
was removed from the force by the po-
lice committee of the city council. Jesse
Cook, son of the sheriff, and George
McClintock followed the policemen in
buggy.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-11
ON WRONG SCENT.
Police Investigate Report of Suspi-
cious Characters at Shorey.

Three men supposed to be convicts
were seen in the vicinity of Shorey Sun
day evening but escaped. officer Smith
of the city police force climbed through
q trap door to the attic of a vacant
house belonging to c. H. Wheeler at 1928
North Taylor street, in a search for the
men but they had gone.
Soon after the chief of police and his
officers returned from Pauline, a tele-
phone message from North Topeka call
ed them to WheeleF's residence in
Shorey It was reported that Friday
night neighbors had seen three men en-
ter a house that Wheeler had recently
moved onto his place. 1t was reported
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-11
MAY HAVE BEEN ooNvIcTs.
Two Roughly Dressed Men Steal DR.
Stewards Lap Robes.

Two roughly dressed men, who may
have been escaped convicts were seen
last night in the neighborhood of
Eighth and Tyler streets.
The two men were seen to come from
the alley behind Dudley's barn. They
crossed the street and stole two lap
robes from the buggy of DR.. s. G. Stew
art. The men kept in the shadows as
much as possible and went south on
Tyler street. AS soon as they turned on
Tyler street they ran. They were seen
by the family of Rev. M. T. McKira-
han.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-11

fell made off into the country east of
Pauline using him for a shield
This was after they had been chased
by the sheriff, his deputy, Hal Williams,
and half a dozen armed farmers; after
they had been hemmed In the home of
Sylvender Worcester with Mr. and Mrs
Worcester, hostages, and after an addi-
tional posse of armed men numbering
thirty in all, had joined those already
surrounding them
Sheriff Cook, Chief of Police Stahl and
all the officers armed to the teeth and
the posse of farmers finally after long
suspense made good their escape from
the two wounded convicts.
Both of the men were wounded in
the desperate struggle which they made
for liberty They have not been in
tercepted- Worcester. in whose house
they took refuge. was roughly treated
by them but aside from an ugly scalp
wound in the back of the head a iacer-
ated hand and a few minor bruises, he
was not hurt. Mrs. Worcester tainted
numerous times during the afternoon.
but aside from a severe fright was un-
injured. The Worcester home is
quarter of a mile south of Pauline near
the railroad
ternoon when Sheriff Cook and Under
Sheriff Williams armed themselves with
Winchester shotguns and went to
Pauline in response to a message saw
ing that two suspicious characters were
lurking near there. They drove out west
of the station a quarter of a mile to Big
creek, accompanied by five or six far
mers, tied the team and started south
along the dry bed of the gulch where
the parties had been reported seen On
the farm of Carl Englar they were sud
denly discovered and accosted by Eng
lar himself with the interrogation, .sWeIl.
boys, did you get much game?" The
men instead of answering wheeled and
started to run southwark along the ra-
vine.
BY this time Cook, Williams and the
rest were coming up in time to witness
the flight Englar had started across
the prairie and was heading them off.
They saw it and ran up out of the creek
bed and turned eastward across the
open. They made in the direction of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-11
COOKS cAProRs KNOWN.
They Are Gilbert Mullins and Fred
Robinson.

Guard Boone of the federal prison be-
lieves the two convicts who captured
Sheriff Cook at Pauline Sunday are No.
rs, Gilbert Mullins, and No. 547 Fred
Robinson. Both are Englishmen and
desperate. Robinson is a large and
powerful man and supposed to have
some West India blood.
Captain Telford, with five guards
from the federal penitentiary at Leav-
enworth, arrived in Topeka this morn
ing with four mule ambulance. They
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-11

kept the men in sight for time but
they disappeared on road going east
and no one followed. A posse com
posed of Mayor j. w. f. Hughes, Po-
licemen Pavey and Lucas. Deputy
Sheriffs Lawson and Stewart and Ar
thur Massey armed themselves with re-
volvers and shotguns and on horseback
and in carriages started out from town
on the trail of the men
1t was reported to the posse near the
old starch factory that the men had
gone east. Policeman Lucas with the
carriage went east on the Sixth street
road. Stewart took the river road and
Hughes, Pavey and Massey deployed
1Cnntinuad ON sixth PaRa.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-11
THEY WERE vAaRANTs.
Men Seen Near Starch Factory Not
Convicts

1t was reported at the sheriff's office
this morning that two suspicious char
acters who might be escaped convicts
were seen near the starch factory this
morning about II o'clock.
A large crowd gathered in the neigh
borhood of the old starch factory and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-11
Sheriff Cook Is Captured by
Two Wounded COnVictS.
Held as a Prisoner For Over
Three Hours.
POLICE HELPLESS.
Have House Surrounded But
Men Walk Away.
Leave Front Door UnOppOSed
by Anyone.
ARE NOT FOLLOWED
Officers Apparently Glad to
Escape With Lives.
Very Much Like Game of
"Pussy Wants a Corner.
Another Convict Captured
Near QuenemO.
Very Much Like Game of
"Pussy Wants a Corner.
Another Convict Captured
Near QuenemO.

Two escaped convicts from the federal
prison at Fort Leavenworth took Sheriff
Porter S. Cook prisoner and held him all
Sunday afternoon and when darkness
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-11-11

Continued on Sixth PaSs-a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-19
a Cursing Contest.

A professor of languages some years
ago on returning from India remarked
ifpon the paucity of Objectionable
phrases among the British working
classes when compared with the abun-
dance supplied 10y the Orientals of sim
liar rank. To prove this he gives n
case which came under his own notice.
He had dismissed Il manservant for
dishonesty. and the next morning at q
O'Clock he sought an interview with his
former master. He fIourished n cary
ing knife. with which he plainly in
tended to emphasize his remarks.
When he found it impossible to gain
admission. he sat under the window,
and the swearing" process began. He
cursed the professor along the gene
illogical tree back to the first ancestor
of his race. Then he dwelt upon every
detail of his anatomy, from the top of
his head to the end of his toes. For
three consecutive hours he sat there
and swore," says the professor. with
out once repeating n phrase"
While travelling on the underground
railway in London party of working
men entered the same compartment
and interspersed their remarks with
the commOnest forms of swearing"
The professor politely asked them TO
desist, whereupOn he was told to mind
his own - business. He at once COM
menced to translate into English some
specimens of eastern Oaths which he
had heard n Calcutta merchants serv-
ant use to n missiOnary's servant. The
men sidled from him as IL he had the
plague and at the next station sought
another compartment.-Live Post.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-19

If 4 traveller were to announce that
he had discovered i'm some remote part
of the globe an animal whose tongue
was rooted in the front of its mouth,
the tip pointing down the throat, and.
further, that the creatures manner of
breathing was so peculiar that the sur
est way of suffocating it was to keep
its mouth fixed open, there would be
some little curiosity about the find"
If the discoverer went on TO say that
the creature began existence as fish.
breathing by means of gills and hav-
ing n heart of only two chambers, but
had undergone transformation. discard
ing gills and gradually acquiring lungs,
adding a third chamber to its heart,
and so in the truest and most literal
sense passing from the order of fishes
to the order of reptiles. the public
might even become excited about this
extraordinary animal-until it came out
that IL was no other than the common
or garden frog. Then probably I'D per
sons out of 20 would Instantly cease to
take any interest in the subject, If they
did not feel some resentment against
the man who had contrived TO draw
their attention for a time to such a
common reptile.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-19
CONTRACT Is AWARDED
FOR THE 'DOSIA BRIDGE

The bridge committees from the
Rock Island and Whiteside boards of
supervisors, consisting of Supervisors
Wood, Filbert and Fitzpatrick, of this
county, and G. A. Westerley, of Ster-
ling. Bert Besse, of Prophetstown,
and j. w. Ross, of Fulton, met at the
court house in this city yesterday
afternoon and awarded the contract
to the King Bridge company, Of
Cleveland. Ohio, for a 1S0-foot steel
bridge to be placed across The Mere
dosia one mile east of Hillsdale. The
contract price is 81, 800.
The committees held the first Joint
meeting April 1. when bids were adj
vertised for. May another meeting
was held to open the bids. which were
found to be a. follows: Joliet Bridge
, company. SIS $50; Clinton Bridge
company, s.. 1919; King Bridge COM
paDy. IS. $50. All bids were rejected
and the contract entered into yester-
day was the result Of a revision of the
latter comPany's figures IL was
thought that the two counties could
not unite for the construction of a
bridge costing less than So 900. but 8
compliance with this law has been
| obviated.
The committee from this county
also. in conjunction with The
road commissioners of Black Hawk
let the contract for three iron bridges
10 be placed on the Andalusis road
west of Milan. at a cost of 81 24O
The county and township will divide
the cost equally.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-19

Der who came few weeks ago, is
somewhat suggestive of cholera NOR
bus. but for all that all eyes brighton
at the sight Ct the new comer's ro-
tund exterior.
Among the special features of the
meetings Low in progress at the Sal
walton army halt, 1909 Second avenue.
Saturday night next at 8 o'clock Miss
Martha Wing. of Davenport. deaconess
of the Zion church, will speak and
give her experience regarding her
restoration to health. Miss Wing is
an excellent speaker.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-19
CABLE SUNDAY SCHOOL
CHILDREN SEE THE TOWER.

The Peoria road handled another
Sunday school excursion today, about
four hundred people from Cable and
intermediate points en- the Mercer
county branch being brought to BLACK
Hawks Watch Tower to spend the
day. A special train Of seven coaches
was run. reaching Sears at about 9
O'Clock this morning. A good pro-
portion of the excursionists found
their way to this city during the day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-19
Can't Cali Home.

Towne-That's Perkins. Looks like
tramp, doesn't he? Well. he's quite
wealthy, i understand.
Browne know him very well. Why,
he hasn't place. really, that he can
call a home.
Towne-Oh. you're mistaken there.
Browne-No; I'm not. He's an Eng
lishman. and he invariably calls it
"'ome. "-Catholic Standard and Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1901-06-19

Partly clOuay and possibly
MuRderStOrmS tonight and
WUrSday;; lille change IN
temperature.
J. 81. SHERIER, Observer
Temperature at Z a. M. 6S,
at $50 D. M. IS.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-09-06
MILLIONS
by King
Edward.
Payment of His Debts
a Problem.
Syndicate Will Take A.
fair In Hand.
Expect to Put Him on His Feet
ln Ten Years.
Expect to Put Him on His Feet
In Ten Years.

London, Sept 6.-(Spl. THE problem
of the payment of King Edwards
debts has been solved by Lord Far
ouhar, a member of the banking firm
of Herries & Farquhar, who has ac-
cepted the post Of controller OF the
royal household.
When a multitude of the obligations
of the Prince of Wales came due upon
his accession to the throne, Lord Far
ouhar formed a syndicate to liquidate
the debts, stipulating that they should
control the royal income and make
such retrenchments as We're desirable
in the royal expenses. The first pay
ment on an obligation of $1,25O,OOO
has been made by the Farquhar syn
dictate to the Prince of Wales hospi'
tai fund, to liquidate a debt to the
late Sam Lewis. the money lender.
Lord Farouhar says that in less than
10 years he will save, despite the ex-
penses of the coronation, a sufficient
sum to reimburse the syndicate for
its advances and pay five per cent
interest without the King being made
to feel the retrenchment.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-09-06
How Tom l. Johnson
Rose to a High Place.

proved the road and put it on paying
basis. He improved the passenger
accommodations and reduced the ex,
penses.
''Three years as superintendent of
the road made him long for wider
fields of action. He told his employers
that his scope was too limited. Mr..
du Pont had every confidence in his
protege. He knew that the ambitious
young man would try to succeed hon
estly.
"One morning the Office boy told
Mr.. Johnson that Mr.. du Pont wanted
to see him. Johnson entered the pres
dent's office, little dreaming of all
that was in store for him. Without
rising from his chair, Mr.. du Pont
handed his youthful superintendent a
certified check for $4,000, with the
information that he was honorably
discharged, and could try his fortune
in the open mart.
"'But the security? queried Tom
Johnson.
"'Your word is enough for me- said
Mr.. du Pont, If you live l know you'll
pay it back; if you die, why, I'll be out
Just so much. But you'll live, Tom;
and now go in and win
Later Tom Johnson had the pleas
ure of associating two of Mr.. du
Points sons in some of his many
business ventures. With the gener-
GUS loan the young financier organ,
lied a triumvirate for the purchase
of the street railways in indianapolis,
making the first step in the course
that enabled him to absorb the street
car lines of Cleveland, Detroit, St
Louis and other cities"
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-09-06
THE APPENDIX.
Western Doctor Says lie Ha.
Found Its Use.

Denver, Colo, Sept. 6.-(Spl.)-Dr. e
p Hershey, of this city. at the meet
ing Of the Rocky Mountain Inter.
State Medical association, Wednesday
asserted that he had found function
for the veriform appendix. He claims
that it is a secretory organ, the func
ton of which is the fabrication of the
caecum, or the beginning of the large
intestine.
The doctors paper drew from the
delegates strong protest.