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blind or of the halt in one section.
1t is their duty also To instruct nov
ices in the art of becoming good
grafters." With surprising success
they teach their pupils to simulate
paralysis. epilepsy. the loss of limb,
or the absence of sight, and when a
beggar is turned out of this novel
school he is usually an adept
''Whitey" is in reality an artist, with
a we'll grounded knowledge of hui
man nature and of how to start the
well springs of human sympathy To
flowing. The brotherhood of Graft
ers," quick to recognize talent that
can teach them new tricks when the
old ones have lost their effect, consid-
er him worthy of his hire, and he is
in reality their king.
"Whitey" produces blind men at the
rate of several day. He also teaches
his pupils how to throw an epileptic
fit and make il seem natural; he in
struCtS them in the deaf and dumb
language; hides an arm or leg as
naturally as though il had been clipped
off by a surgeon; in short, demon
strates all sorts of deceptions that will
result in getting money without work.
Epilepsy is easily simulated by a few
simple twists of the face and body.
The frothing at the mouth is produced
by chewing a small piece of soap.
By practicing these artful devices an
energetic beggar can earn from S1.59
to s.. 80 per day. "Whitey" gets a Ger
tain Der cent. Of this for furnishing the
brains and the rest usually goes across
the bar of the American hotel during
the evening. when most of the mendi-
cants give themselves over TO wild rev.
elrv. Those who make a particularly
good haul and feel inclined to hear
some music drift around to the Chat
ham club at Pell street. The club
is on the first floor of rickety building
and is furnished with about 100 chairs
ranged about the walls and few ia
bles. 1t boasts Of a piano and a con-
certina. In this place music and dane
ing are kept up all night. and the un-
fortunate mendicant of the day be-
comes the loud roysterer of the night
Here. also, the common beggars are
reinforced by "second-story men"
"pickpockets' and 'soft-shoe men,"
and there seems to be a certain bond
between the various branches of the
fraternity Of eyil-doers.
After having had as hilarious time as
they wish and dissipating the money
out Of which they have "conned" the
public during the day. the men return
10 No. Is Bowery, where most of them
live.
Many of them have made their
homes there continuously for years,
and il is seldom indeed that an arrest
is made.
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A CRIPPLE FACTORY.
New York Concern Which Is Real
ly School for BeggarS.
Pupils Are Taught to Simulate Pa
ralysis, Epilepsy, the Loss of a
Limb, the Absence .Of sight
and Other GRATIS"

In a dingy old building in New
York close TO the ugliness of Chat
nam square more than two score
OF men are made cripple or blind
every morning and are made whole
again at night.
These modern day miracles are per
formed upon a well organized gang
OF mendicants, who make their head
quarters in what is known DIS No.
10, and it is from heye that they
branch out over all of New York to
wax fat upon the credulity and GEL
eroslty of an unirquiring public. As
evening comes a stream of poorly
/ dressed men, bandaged OF on crutcE-
es, men who have lately stood
in some busy thoroughfare pitt.
able spectacles of misfortune.
blind or paralyzed, hurry up the din
gy stairways to living rooms, soon
to emerge without their badges of
sorrow as whole as any man anG
ready to enjoy the fruits of a day
spent IN befooling the easily hum
bugged public.
The place where these mendicants
are taught the art of deceiving the
public is known, according to the
Chicago Tribune, as the American ho-
tel. On the ground floor is a saloon
and above are the sleeping-roOms,
where these professional beggars as
sumo their garb of misfortune in the
morning and discard it again at night
The chief of the gang of motley city
bandits is a Bowery character known
as Whitley" He is a tall, well-built
man of 80, who never leaves the shad-
Ows of Chatham square and does not
beg himself. Ire is in reality business
manager and stage director for the
mendicants and directs their move
Iuents when they go QUITO beguile
people in the streets.
Whitley and two assistants map
out the city and assign the beggars
TO certain localities, taking particu-
lar care not to place too many Of the
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the wonderful tales of the diamond
fields in Kimberley. He reached there
but little in advance Of his future as
sOciate and friend, Cecil John Rhodes.
He made money at Kimberley in a
small way at first. afteTward increas-
ing bis store, until he came in touch
with Rhodes and helped the latter TO
perfect his great solidation scheme,
which placed the Kimberley mine own
ers in a position 10 dictate prices to
the diamond merchants of the world.
When Rhodes, Belt and the late Bar
ney BarnatO became life governors,
under the original charter Of the De
Beers company. they little thought
that the provision securing them
fourth part of the profits after divf-
denG of 80 per cent. had been paid to
the shareholders would prove IN itself
a source Of enormous revenue. In the
decade Immediately pres eding the B0ef
war this fourth part aggregated near
ly $4,000, 900, or ST, 900, 600 a year. In
addition to this income, Belt had the
dividends upon his De Beers stock, his
interest in the great banking firm OF
Jules Porges & Co, afterward succeed
ed by Wernher. Belt & Co., and pre-
pOnderant share in several enormously
lucrative mining ventures IN the neigh
borhOod of Johannesburg.
Not possessing an aggressive and re-
sistent personality Belt naturally fell
under the spell of Cecil Rhodes, whose
wealth was never more than fourth
of his own. In the strongly marked in-
dividuality of the Englishman the Ger
man recognized the very antithesis OF
himself and readily submitted to a
leadership which he knew it would
have been useless to dispute. Like
many other money lords Belt has been
credited with working harder than any
Of his employees and with leading the
life of an ascetic. All this is pure fic-
ton. He is not a hard worker, or at
least he has the faculty of accom-
plishing good deal without putting
forth any particularly strenuous ef-
fort. He spends much of his time in
entertaining. in a quiet way, at his
house in Park lane and in riding and
playing golf. His offices are the finest
in London and when their quiet, unob-
trusiye and diffident owner is there, in
difficult man TO approach. His staff il
said 10 be better paid than any other
in London.
The Washington bee., 1902-06-21
REAR ADMIRAL COGHLAN.
Bis Recent Promotion an Act of Per-
sOnRI Friendship on the Part Of
President Roosevelt.

By the restoration of his lost num-
bers, Joseph B. Coghlan. U. S. n, be-
came a rear admiral. This promotion,
OF course, means his immediate de-
Parture from Brooklyn, where, as cap
tain of the navy yard, he has been a
prominent figure for nearly a year.
Rear Admiral Coghian was born at
Frankfort, KY, December 9, 1884
Three years later he removed to St.
Clair county, III. He attended the COM
mon schools at Belleville, where he
received his appointment TO the United
States naval academy. which be en-
tered in 1860. After his graduation in
The Washington bee., 1902-06-21
FARMERS CONGRESS.
This Year 1t VIII Meet at Macon. Ga
for the Discussion of Many
Important Subjects.

1t is quite probable that farmers
generally do not fully realize the
scope and extent of the Farmers na-
tlonal congress, as otherwise they
would take much deeper interest N
II. The topics discussed are more par
ticularly those of national or inter
national character, quite different
from what is generally on the pro-
grammeS at farmers institutes. The
following is copy of the programme
for the 1902 meeting:
1. InterOceanic canal; :. National
irrigation; 3. ReciprOcity-hOw may it
The Washington bee., 1902-06-21

Several beauty doctors from Ne"
York are installed in fashionable quar-
ters in London, and are doing a rush
ing business in preparing faded dam
sells who desire TO look charming for
the corOnatio festivities. Wrinkles
are removed, sallow visages are given
the tint of youth, and 10 dull eyes
are impaired lovely brilliancy. The
beauty doctors promise TO do all this.
and are shrewd enough to get their
nav in advance.
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He TRUSTED RHODES
Alfred Belt Always Followed the
Englishman's leadership.
NOsV He Is the Biggest Man in the So
Called "kafir Group" and One
OF the Richest Men An
the World.

Now that Cecil Rhodes is gone the
attention of those political students
and spectators who are following the
course of affairs in South Africa is
naturally directed to the man upon
whom will devOlve the burden of car
rying out many of the enterprises left
unfinished by the dead dictator. For
Alfred Belt, the physically insignii-
cant son of Hamburg Jew, the secre-
tive capitalist Of Bishopgate street,
the mining king of Kimberley and the
Rand, is the central figure in the syn
dicate in whose hands now rests the
management of the Rhodes interests.
Some men say that Alfred Belt is the
richest man in the world, but that is
probably an eXaggeratiOn, although il
the South African war results in an
early settlement advantageous to the
British he will resume his money max
ing upon a scale which will probably
double and even treble. within few
years his present conservatiVely esti-
mated fortune of $3.50, 900.
1t is a coincidence worth noting that
Belt was born in the same year as
Cecil Rhodes. He was well educated,
for his father was a man of means. if
not of refinement, who understood that
the education denied TO himself might
be of inestimable value to his son.
When young Alfred left school Reit
pere got him a good place in bank
ing house. where the boy displayed lit
tie of the remarkable capacity for
money making which was afterward
to place him among the worlds multi
millionaires. He left the bank at the
age of %, drawn to South Africa by
The Washington bee., 1902-06-21
cnnt Nsnae Of Cole. H1de

A storm coat cf the automobile pat
tern. and exceedingly snowy in design
and material, recently caused a SEN
satiOn in Paris. The wearer was Mrs.
Alfred Harmsworth, the wife Of the
London publisher. It was made Of the
hide Of perfectly white colt. trimmed
with sable tails and having a large
collar. which could be turned up and
buttoned so as TO leave only the wear
er's eyes and the tip of her nose ex-
uOsed
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ne Reduced the surplus.

A 5000 bank teller Of New York city
had expensive habits which his salary
could not pay for. With coyetous
eyes he glanced daily at the banks
800 900 surplus. and one day he and
a quarter Of TIE surplus disappeared.
1t would have been cheaper for the
directors TO have paid him more gen
arOuS salary
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Man with along heard.

A wonderful beard Is worn by Jean
Conlon, Of MOntlucOn, France. II il
ten feet, ten and one-haf inches in
length, and nearly five feet Of it, when
he stands erect, rests on the floor. The
ends Of his austache hsAg bslOw his
waist
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1863 he served in various squadrOns
and on various stations until March,
1897, when he was ordered to com
mand the Raleigh. About eight months
later this cruiser was sent to reen-
force the Asiatic squadron under Dew
ey, taking part. as third in rank, in
the battle of Manila bay. The Ra-
leigh had, in fact, the honor of firing
the first gun-at a quarter past u
in the morning-On the famous first
day of May; also the last gun of the
main battle of Manila bay and the last
gun in the naval campaign against the
Spaniards in the Philippines, August
IS, 1898. Rear Admiral Coghlan COM
manded the expeditions Of.the second
and <hird of May, 1898, for the destruc-
sion of the batteries at the entrance
of Manila bay, captured the Spanish
gunboat Callao on the 18th, and on the
7th of July commanded the expedition
for the capture of the Spanish position
at Isla Grande, in Subig bay. Luzon.
He returned TO the United States with
the Raleigh III April, 1899.
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the Condor at the bOmbaTdment Of
Alexandria afterwards landing and
instituting a regular police system in
the citv. He afterwards served on
Lord WoIseley's staff in the Nile ex-
pedition of 1SS4-5. and was in COM
mand of the naval brigade at Abu Klea,
Abu Kru and Metemmeh, and in COM
mand of the expedition which rescued
Sir Charles Wilson's party. From Au-
gust. 1886. till January, 1888, he was
naval lord of the admiralty, was in
command of the steam reserve at Chat
ham from 1898 till 1896, was aide-de-
camp to her late majesty from Jan
uarv, 1897. to his promotion to flag
rank in September. and was second in
command of the Mediterranean fleet
from January, 1900, till January last.
Lord Charles sat for Waterford from
1874 till 1880, for East Marylebone
from 1885 till 1889, and for York City
from 1898 till 1900.
The Washington bee., 1902-06-21

affect agricultural interests? I. EI-
feet of present insular possessions on
the agriculture of the United States;
3. Preservation of forest and fruit
trees and reforestation; 6. Injurious
insects, insect pests and fungi; z.
What part of a mans farm does he
sell when he sells the crop? s. Postal
reforms particularly affecting the
farmer; 9. Mutual relations of north
ern and southern farmers: 10. Dairy
interests of the United States as re-
lated 10 the markets Of the world; II.
Farm products other than dairy prod
ucts in the markets of the world; 12
The labor problem from the farmers
standpoint; 13. How can we best build
up our merchant marine? The men
selected TO present these subjects are
acknowledged leaders.
The farmers national congress is
made up of delegates and associate
delegates appointed by the governors
Of the states. Every governor ap-
points as many delegates as the state
has representatives in both houses Of
congress, and as many associate dele
gates as he chooses.
The meeting will be held at Macon,
Ga, October 7-1O, and the people Of
that city viii give a hearty welcome to
all who attend.
The Washington bee., 1902-06-21

''No, sun. Mistuh DOctahnan," OBJ
jected the gentleman of color; no, sun,
doan' yo' go ahead en vacsumate dat
OF 'ooman er mine. Doan' yO' do hit.
Des plunk dat ar stuff in my bOte arms,
but doan' fix huh so she gwine ha0 er
soc arm, Ell cain ten ter de white
folks washin'; case ef yO' do, Use pint
edly got ter SO ter wuk. k."-Baitlmore
American.
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Dali Market for Horsrs.

A Missouri horse dealer who went 20
Washington 10 sell horses is reported
TO have explained his ill-luck Of dis
posing Of his animals as follows: 'eThe
people travel these on cars run by cable
or electricity and don't need draft or
roadsters; they ride on bicycles and
automobiles and don't need fast trot-
ters; they gamble by wire and don'e
need race horses and the government
is run entirely by iackasses, SO there
you are"
The Washington bee., 1902-06-21
ATTENTION La S
Hair RestOrer.-

All VINO are dersirous of having
a beautiful suit of hair, or if your
hair Is falling out. you should get
a bottle OF HairOl;ne. better known
as the Renowned Hair Restorer
Oriental Complexion Gre m 40
cures all skin diseases and makes
the skin ike velvet. Price, 25c to
75c per bottle,
Treatment of the Skin and
Scalp
The Washington bee., 1902-06-21
STRENGTHENING 1 SPECIALITY.

All kinds Of implements and
toilet articles for sale.
1894 4th Street Northwest.
Agency at THE BEE Office.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-22

Holy week. the most solemn period
of the Lenten season, will begin to-
morrow, and the members of the
Catholic church in Rock Island have
arranged solemn exercises to last
throughout the seven days ending
with the glad hosannas of Easter
morn. These holy days are also call
ed the Great Week, the Painful Week,
the Week of Sorrow. the Days of the
Cross. Tomorrow. Palm Sunday, the
church commentaries the trium-
phant entry of Jesus Christ into Jeru-
salem. on which occasion the inhablt-
ants of that city cut off branches
from the trees and strewed them IN
the way through which He was to
pass. 1t is in memory of this triumph
that the palms are blessed. distrib-
uted to the faithful and CARED IN sol
emn procession.
There will be services as follows IN
Rock Island churches tomorrow:
First Methodist, corner OF Firth
avenue and Nineteenth street, Rev.
Il. y. Williams, pastor. Services at
1875 a. IN. and 7:45 p. IN. Morning
subject. Call How To Abound. In
the evening Presiding Elder Frizzelle
will preach. Sunday school at 9;lS
Junior League at 2:3O p. IN. Ep-
worth League at 6:3O p. IN.
German Methodist, corner of Sixth
avenue and Fourteenth street, Rev.
F. L. Iitzrodt, pastor. ,Serylces at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-22
Where to Worship

1O:45 a. M. and 1880 p. m. Sunday
school at 9:15 a. m, j. j. Helg, super
intendent Epworth League at z.
Junior league at 2 p. m
Edgewood Park Methodist church,
Pew. j. b. Rutter, pastor. Temporary
services corner Fourth avenue and
Third street, Moline. Preaching at
1o:45 a. m. and 1880 p. IN. Sunday
school at $3.50.
African Methodist, Thirteenth
street and Fifth avenue. Services at
IL n. IN. and 1880 p. M Sunday school
at 1890 p. IN.
Free Swedish mission, corner of
Eleventh street and Fifth avenue.
Sunday school at p. IN. Services
at $3.50 p. IN. Prayer meeting We'd
nesday at p. IN.
German Lutheran, corner of Twen-
tieth street and Fifth avenue, Rev. c.
a. Mennicke, pastor. Services at 10
a. IN. and 1880 p. m.
Grace English Lutheran, corner of
Forty-fourth street and Seventh
avenue, Rev. L. a. Hoffsten, pastor.
Services at O:45 n. m and 1880 p. IN.
Swedish Lutheran, corner of Four
teenth street and Fourth avenue.
Services at 1890 n. m. and 1880 p. IN.
Rev. j. a. Nywall, pastor.
Zion Swedish Lutheran, 1926 Sew
enth avenue, Rev. j. q. Dahlberg, pas
tor. Services at 1O:45 n. IN. and 1880
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-22

p. m. Sunday school at $50 a. m.
German Evangelical, Ninth street
between Fifth and Sixth avenues, Rev.
F. FREEZER, pastor. Services at 10: so
a. M. Sunday school at a. m.
First Baptist, corner Third avenue
and Fifteenth street. Services at
1O:45 a. IN. and 1880 p. IN. Sunday
school at $3.50 a. m, J. 5. Woodin SUI
perintendent. b. Y. p. L. at 6:3O p. IN.
Emanuel Baptist Mission, AT Forty
fourth street. Sunday school at 2:30
p. M, j. w. Welch, superin-
tendent.
Swedish Baptist, corner of Twenty
first street and Fifth avenue. Preach
ing at 10:45 n. IN.
First Church of Christ, Scientist,
Iwenty-third street between Seventh
and Ninth avenues. Services at 10:45
a. IN. and 1880 p. m. Subject for
morning and evening. Reality"
Sunday school follows the morning
service. Wednesday evening meeting
at 1880. Reading rooms open every af-
ternoon except Sunday from ? to 4.
= Trinity Episcopal, corner of Sixth
avenue and Nineteenth street, Rev.
r. f. Sweet, S. T. d., rector; Rev.
George Kaltenbach, assistant. Sun
day school at 9:15 n. m. Services at
1880 and 1915 a. m. and 1880 p. m.
Every day next week there will be
services-at 10 a. m. and 1880 p. m.
Trinity Episcopal, corner of Fourth
avenue and Seventh street. Rev. Il. f.
Sweet, S. II. D., rector. Even song
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-22
AHnrrihIe Ontbreak

"Of large sores on my little daugh-
ter's head developed into a case of
scaId head" writes c. ID. Isbill, of
Morganton, Tenn. but Bucklen's Ar
Mica Salve completely cured her. It's
a guaranteed cure for eczema, tet-
ter, saIt.rheum, pimples, sores. ulcers
and piles Only 25c at Hartz &, Ulle-
meyers drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-22

Clear Havana Z. L. ID.
For insurance, L. j. Burns.
Buy a home of Reidy Bros.
Dunlap hats at Lambert's.
Spilger for furniture bargains.
For that spring suit see Emig.
Homes for sale. y. Rush & Co.
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
Morning light. Union made cigar.
Comfortable shoes at Dolly Bros.
Buy your Easter novelties at Brook
mans.
Dressed wild ducks at Hess Bros
this evening.
Fancy Strawberries at Hess Bros.
this evening.
Fine wines. quality guaranteed, at
Simon Lewis.
1t will pay sou to read p. J. Lees
ad. on page z.
Summers Il Co.
Have your wheel cleaned aud re-
paired at Wilcher's.
This seasons blue grass and clover
seed al Summers & Co.'S.
Full line of fresh vegetables at
Hess Bros. this evening.
Sterling silver % cent brooches )
cents tonight at McCabe's.
New fancy Easter 35c neck ribbons
20 cents tonight at McCabe's.
All kinds of upholstering work done
in frst-class manner at Spilger's.
New designs 30 cent fancy pillow
tops % cents tonight at McCabe's.
Life of Mckinley with so cent
can of baking powder at Bartlett
Bros
Miss Byrnes' millinery opening
Tuesday and Wednesday, March %
and 26.
Mems for p cents linen collars
. cents tonight at McCabe's. Speak
quick.
New dimity siIkoIfnes ; cents
yard tonight at McCabe's. Worth 10
cents.
Money to loan by the Home Build
ing d Loan association. w. {. Mauck-
er, secretary.
r. w. WiIIerton. day clerk at the
Harper, is confined to his bed with
slight illness.
For you spring suit. overcoat or
trousers see Emig. All the latest
styles and patterns.
Grand millinery display next Tues
day and Wednesday at the Branden-
burg millinery store.
Ask to see Hamburg Bros. make of
fine clothing, fits like tailor-made, at
Ullepeyer q Sterling's.
All wool ingram carpets 40 cents
a yard at CIcmann & Salzmann's- The
largest line ever shown.
Young e McCombs' millinery open
ing Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day, March p, % and 27-
Get your Easter wines at Simon
Lewis \ fine bottle Of wine free
with each dollar purchase.
The steamer Henenpin and barge
passed up through the draw of the
Rock Island bridge today.
Black and white brocades and plain
china silks % cents tonight at Nc
Cabe's. No explanations.
Fine marshmallows. 1872 cents:
KIondike Nuggets - cents per pound
at McCabe's. BE prompt.
Call the II. /. Electric Construction
Co. for estimates on. all kinds of
electric work. Phone 1850.
Go to CIIemeyer & Sterling's for
Hamburger Bros. clothing; also the
latest in gents furnishings.
Let the Gem do your laundry work
for you, either shirts, collars and
cuffs, or your family washing.
Miss Kate Byrnes is in Chicago to
find the very latest in fine millinery
Watch for opening notice later.
Young & McCombs' millinery open
ing Tuesday. Wednesday and Thurs
day. March -. 90 and 27.
If you intend to get a spring suit
Hy/I@ NJ - 80
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-22
The Weather.

Partly cloudy tonight and
Sunday; moderate tempera-
ture.
j. NJ. SHERIER,
Observer.
Temperature--At7 a. 10. 3S;
at $3.50 p. m, 46.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-03-22
SPECIALS
For Tonight at 1IcCabes'.

New dainty silkolines, yard, 90.
Mems linen collars, PC.
Plain and brocade china silks yard,
25c.
soc fancy new pillow tops, 25c.
35c new fancy neck ribbons, zoe.
25c sterling silver brooches. SC.
Klondike nuggets. strawberry and
vanilla flavors, per pound. 15c.
Fine marshmallows, i2Hc.