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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-02
SOLVE A MYSTERY
Authorities Know Who 1t Was
That Robbed the Chicago
Postoffice of $4,000.
CLEARING UP A BIG FUR STEAL
Lets the Light on Daring Decd
That Has Long BafT7ed the
Secret Service

Chicago, March 2.-Attorney Rich
ard Wade was found guilty Saturday
of receiving stolen property and dis
posing of 1t. The value of the prop
erty is fixed by the jurors at $1S5,
entailing a penitentiary sentence. Wade
was on trial with Margaret Winters
and Thomas McNelly. Mrs. Lulu NToll
changed her plea TO guilty and was
q state witness. BY direction of Judge
McEwen the jury found McNelly and
Mrs. Winters not guilty and dismissed
them, leaving only Wade to be tried.
Wholesale Robbery of Furs.
The property in question was IL ship
ment of furs stolen in Clinton, Ia, by
Charles Mol, husband of Mrs. Moll.
Furs valued at $4,000 were shipped
from Clinton in one night. Mrs. AIoll
obtained the storage receipt from her
husband, and told Wade of it, He
said he coi:Id dispose of anything,
from a postage stamp to Il frame
house, for 90 cents on the dollar"
she said. and he and the woman Sc
cured the furs and shipped them to
Chicago. Wade then sold them to Il
State street furrier.
Solves Much Larger Problem.
All the foregoing. however. is only
the prelude to 4 more important mat
ter. Since the close of Wades case
States Attorney Deneen has an
nOunced that he has come into posses
sion of proofs showing who robbed
the Chicag go pOstoffice on Oct. 20. 1901,
of postage stamps valued at $74,601.
The states attorney, through a full
confession made by Mrs. Moll. learned
how the proceeds of the postoffice rob-
berry were divided. who dug the tun-
nels under the building, who bored
the holes in the floor of the steel
vault. and where the plunder was
stored
Bad Luck In Store for MolI.
Mrs. AIoll broke down on States
Attorney Deneen's Office and admitted
the truth of the evidence against the
postoffice robbers. Charles Moll hus-
band of Lulu Moll, and one of the
most daring and dangerous crooks
known to the police of the United
States, is now serving a term in the
Michigan penitentiary for burglary in
Lansing. Richard y. Wade sprang
into prominence when he defended
Prendergast. the assassin of Mayor
Carter H. Harrison.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-02
ADVISES WITH SOUTHERN MEN
As to All His Appointments South-WIll
Not Swerve a Hairs Breath.

Il have consulted freely with your
own senators and congressman as to
the character and capacity of any APP
pointee in Georgia concerning whom
there was question. My party ad-
visers in the state have been Major
Hanson, of Macon; Mr.. Walter John
son. of Atlanta-both of whom ex-
Confederate soldiers-and Mr.. Harry
Stillwell Edwards. also of Macon. 1
believe you will agree with me that
in no state would it be possible to
find gentlemen ADLER and more upright
or better qualified to fill the posi-
tions they have filled with reference
to me. In every instance where these
gentlemen have united in making
recommendation l have been able to
follow their advice.
Am l not right in saying that the
federal officeholders whom 1 have ap-
pointed throughout your state are, as
body, men and women of a high
order of efficiency and integrity? IL
you know of any federal oficeholder
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-02
TRANSFERRED PEACEFULLY
FIRST TIME IN FIFTY YEARS

San Salvador, March 2.-GeD. Regal
ado yesterday handed over the presi-
dency to Gen. Pedro Jose Escalon,
who was declared elected Feb. 10.
This was the first peaceful transfer
of the presidency in 80 years. Al
governmental positions are TO remain
filed as under the retiring executive.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-02
Men Accused of Murder
and Robbery
Caught
AT HARTFORD, CONN.
Get Away With S114,OOO
From Missouri
Town.

Chicago, March 2.-Fred Lewis and
William Anderson. alias William Ru-
dolph, the men suspected of robbing
the Union bank at Union, Mo-, and
numbering Charles j. Schumacher, a
Pinkerton detective, were arrested in
Hartford, Conn, yesterday afternoon.
The alleged robbers were courage
Gus to the last, however, and the tele-
gram which reached Chicago last
night says they surrendered only af-
ter a desperate fight with a Hartford
posse, led by George S. Dougherty,
head of the New York branch of the
Pinlerton agency.
The bank robbers secured S100,0
in securities and $4,000 in cash, of
which $S,6S5 was recovered. Lewis
and Anderson were tracked by means
of a bit of paper.
The robbery was committed Dec.
-, 1902. One Of the men stood out
side of the bank and fired at the citi-
Zens who were aroused by the eXplo-
sives which were used. The citizens
were intimidated and the highway
men escaped.
Detective Shot Down.
The Pinkerton agency at st. Louis
was notified and Schumacher, d
brother of the Chicago superintend-
ent of the Pinkertons. was detailed
upon the case. Accompanied by three
officers Jan % he neared the home of
Anderson. which was four miles from
Stanton. Mo.
The house was apparently deserted.
and the officers were upon the porch
h r.
and the detective fell to the floor.
st. Louis detectives visited the
house. In Il CRATE they found a
charred photographs. Upon the back
was written Hartford, Conn. 1t was
a picture of Anderson. Several other
bits of paper were found in the CRATE.
Upon one of the pieces Hartford,
Conn, was written.
He seemed to have it upon his
mind said one of the officers. The
picture was sent to the Connecticut
city. For more than a week there
was no clue. Then came word from
Hot Springs. Ark. that two men ans
wering the description of the alleged
muTderers had spent several days at
the winter resort. The men who saw
them said they had plenty of money
and were spending it freely.
Search at Hartford.
But all of this time Hartford was
being searched. Ten days ago came a
report that Anderson had been seen
in Hartford. The New York officers
were notified and Dougherty went to
Connecticut. He shadowed the men
for days and yesterday he saw them
enter a house. The officer disappear
ed and when he returned he had a
posse. y fight followed, but the men
were arrested and the $S,6S5 recov-
= cred.
Mrs Schumacher came to Chicago
Immediately after her husband was
murdered. She is now living at 1864
West Adams street. Her husband was
well known in Chicago. For years he
was the manager of a summer resort
at Burlington, Wis, and there met
many Chicago people.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-02
Mont CaIimo Sends
Forth Shower of
Stones.
PANIC AMONG PEOPLE
Several Severe Earth
quake Shocks Also
Felt.

Guadalajara, Mex, March An
other violent eruption of Mont Col
ina has occurred.
y river of lava flowed from the era
ter and ran down the western slope
of the volcano. filing Barrancas and
causing renewed terror among the
few people who had failed to desert
their homes in that locality.
\ peculiar feature of the eruptions
that is puzzling local scientists is the
shower of stones, some of them be-
ing of considerable size, which are
emitted at intervals from the crater.
Thrown Several Thousand Feet
These stones are thrown to height
of several thousand feet, and many of
them fell at the construction camps
of worllmen employed on the Man
zaniIlo4 line Sof the MeXican Central
railroad several miles distant. The
stones are blue in color.
Several severe earthquake shocks
were felt in the territory adjacent to
the volcano.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-02
ONE THOUSAND PAINTERS
STRIKE IN PITTSBURG

Pittsburg, March 2.-One thousand
painters struck today for an increase
in wages. Work has been suspended
on many buildings in consequence and
kindred trades will be affected.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-02
Thrown Several Thousand Feet
MISSOURI PACIFIC PASSENGER
COLLIDES WITH FREIGHT

Fort Scott, kans., March "A west
bound Missouri Pacific train collided
head-on with freight train four
miles west of Fort Scott last night.
Twenty or more passengers sustain
ed cuts and bruises, but none were
dangerously hurt.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-02
Seven Women Arrested.

st. Louis, Mo-, March 2.-Seven
women have been arrested on bench
warrants issued at the instance of the
grand jury, which has been investi-
eating the imprisonment of young
girls in dens of vice raided in the
Fourth police district several days ago.
The grand Jury will make a partial
report Monday, when it is expected
more indictments will be handed
down.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-02
TRAIN is DITCRED
AND TWO KILLED
Wreckers DeraiI Hast Freight on
Baltimore ~
Ohio.

Washington, Ind, March 2.-Trnin
wreclcrs ohtched u fast freight on
the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern
near Lebanon. Ill. 3ast night. Fire
man Joseph HugheN of Washington,
and Harvey Friend kf Odin. ILL.,. were
killed and Brakeman Lucas was seri-
ously injured.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-02
HIS NAME CONNECTED
WITH THE PRINCESS LOUISE

Dresden. March Il. y. Obrien, an
American dentist. has been ordered to
leave the kingdom on account of his
supposed relations with the former
Princess Louise. He sails with his
wife and four children for America
Thursday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-02
SURVIVOR REPORTS HIS SHIP
WAS CAPsIZED AND SANK

Hamburg, March "A carpenter of
the British ship Cambrian Prince was
picked up in the North Sea. He re-
ports that his ship capsized and sank.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-02
KNAPP, THE FIEND,
PLEADS NOT GUILTY

Hamilton, Ohio. March 2.-Alfred
Knapp, when arraigned today in the
police court for the murder of Han
nah Goddard, pleaded not guilty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-02
TERRY M'GOVERN DOWN
WITH GRIP IN BROOKLYN

+. New York, March 2.-Terry MeGov-
ern is seriously i'll at his home at
Brooklyn with severe attack of the
grip.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-02
Four Persons Lose Lives
BY Drown
ing.
RAILS WASHED OUT
Residents of LoW1andS
Compelled to Aban-
don Homes.

Toledo, Ohio, March although
the danger of a serious flood in To-
ledo was passed today when the ice
moved out of the AIaumee river, it is
not true of other towns in this sec
tion of Ohio.
Specials from northwestern Ohio
towns show the situation is serious
.at Findlay. Lima. Titfin. AIarysville,
Upper Sandusky and neighboring
towns.
At Findlay, Sam Moffatt, Nelson Ja-
cobs and Henry Thomas were drown
ed
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-02
WRITES OF POLICY
President RooseVelt's Letter to
Editor Howell Relative to
Appointments South.
WONDERS WHY ALL THIS TROUBLE
Defends His Course and Says He Does
Not Propose to Swerve One
Hair Therefrom.

Atlanta, Ga, March ,. - The fol-
lowing letter from President Roosevelt
to the editor cf The Constitution in a
reply to a request for an expression
concerning the recent letter from Har-
ry Stillwell Edwards, of Macon, in
which Edwards made a statement of
the presidents position in the matter
of federal appointments in the south,
holding that the president had been
misunderstood. President ROosevelts
letter is dated Washington, Feb. 24,
1903, and says:
What the President Claims.
Dear Mr.. Howell-As to federal
appointments in the south, frankly it
seems to me that my appointments
speak for themselves, and that my
policy is self-eXplanatOry. SO far from
feeling that they need the slightest
apology or justification. my position
is that on the strength of what have
done l have the right TO claim the sup
port of all good citizens who wish not
only a high standard of federal serv-
ice, but fair and equitable dealing to
the south as well as to the north,
and a policy of consistent justice and
good will toward all men.
Principles That Govern Appointments.
In making appointments l have
sought to consider the feeling of the
people of each locality so far as
could consistently do so without Sacri-
ficing principle. The prime tests
have applied have been those of char
acter. fitness and ability, and when
l have been dissatisfied with what
has been offered within my own par
ty lines 1 have without hesitation
gone to the opposite party-and you
are, of course. aware that 1 have re-
peatedly done this in your own state
of Georgia.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-02
Which is Devastating the
Northern Portion
of Japan.
10000 DESTITUTE
The Steamer PAX Ling
Brings News From
the Orient.

Victoria. g. C., March 2.-The steam
er PAX Ling from the Orient brings
details of famine which is devastat-
ing five prefectures in the northern
part of Japan.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-02
Deaths Are Numerous.

There are in all 10000 persons com
pleteIy destitute and many deaths are
reported from starvation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-02
Highest In Twenty Years.

David Divley lost his life at Fre-
mont owing to the high water. All
rivers are higher than they have been
for 20 years, steam and electric rail-
way tracks have been washed out and
bridges are in danger. Persons living
in the lowlands have been forced TO
abandon their houses.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-03-01
: : ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S FIRST :.
PUBLIC BANQUET IN WASHINGTON

IT HE first social event in the life o.
President Lincoln. in this city
was a banquet given in his
honor by Hon. Eldridge C. spaulding.
1t was held in what is now the cafe in
the National Hotel
The supper was enjoyed February 2S.
1861. just three days before the Presi-
Dental Inauguration.
The following invited guests we're
present. just as they stand on the orig
inaI list:
President-elect Abraham Lincoln
Vice President-elect Hannibal Ham
lin.
Gen Winfield Scott
Gen. James Watson Webb. of New
York
Thurlow Weed. of New York
Judge Ira Harris. OF New York
Hon Salmon p. Chase. Ohio; Hon.
Edward Bates. of Missouri; Hon. Caleb
B. Smith. Indiana: Hon. william Dodge.
of New York; Hon. David Davis, of IL
linois
Senator'S William II. Seward. Simon
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Tom" they approved of her and her be-
longings. They looked about the little
drawing room hung with ivory brocade
and furnished in gobelin. They saw the
good water colors on the walls, the pink
roses in the tall vases. and the friendly
wood fire, and they decided that the
Prestons were nice
They found out that every record be
hind the Prestons was nice" Here
were dignity, breeding. beauty. and mon
ey. In two months Edyth Preston and
Tom Dinwiddle we're engaged. and the
whole town was saying pleasant things.
Dear Edyth is so young and has been
so devoted to her charming mother that
she has never been properly presented
TO society" Mrs Dinwiddie told every
body.
All the men slapped Tom on the shoul-
der. wished him Joy. and asked him how
he had done Il. The two people most
interested were proud of each other and
as perfectly happy as two people could
be-
The week before Edyth was married
was the coolest. snowiest season OF the
whole winter. Mrs. Preston had asked
me to come and stay until Edyth came
back from the wedding journey. She
was so timid she disIiked staying alone.
she said.
"Mamsie needs a prop" Edyth said,
holding her thin shoulders and smiling
fondly into her mothers eyes. When we
went out into the hall together after
ward she turend to me and added seri-
ously:
Il believe mother misses my father as
much today as the day he died l have
seen her look at the door as though she
expected him to walk in. I just re-
member him-such a glorious big man as
he vast"
Edyth was TO be married on Tuesday
morning. and after an informal recep-
ton 70 few old friends Of the Din
"iddies. who were Edyth's new ones
they were to start for Florida
On Saturday Edyth went down to spend
the day with Toms married sister on
Long Island. The elder Mr.. Dinwiddie
was 10 take her.
They had started of in a gale OF mer
rimont in the morning. and Edyth was
TO come home 10 dinner It was little
past the hour and her mother and l were
waiting for her. with only one gas Jet
and the cheerful logs to give US light.
when We heard the bell.
That's Edyth now" I said. and then
there were sounds OF an alteration in
the hall. Some one was insisting upon
seeing Mrs. Preston. We both arose.
The portieres were put aside and there
stood before them a figure that looked
most incongruous in that exquisite
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Weekly Religious Exercises
Looked Forward TO With
JOY By Nearly All InVOI-
untGrU inmates OF The
Huge Prison over on The
DreQY Marshes OF the
Eastern Branch.

are usually attended also by the en-
ployes at the jail. who stand OF sit in
groups and listen to the sermons and
the songs. Strangers in the city who
happen to visit the Jail Oh Sunday al
ways remain and attend the religious
services. They appear to be particularly
interested In the singing. for some of
the prisoners have fine. strong. although
uncultivated. voices which can plainly
be heard above those of the 200 or more
persons who generally take part in the
congregational singing.
Later Dinner on Sundays.
Aside from the religious services sun.
day is the same as any other day to
the prisoners, with the exception that
the dinner hour is a little later. There
is no particular change in the bill OF
fare. There is only one thing that a
prisoner in the District Jail knows about
the next meal that is coming to him.
It is that it will be plentiful. no matter
of what IT consists In such iustitu-
lions the bill of fare is not generally
very varied. but sufficiently so for
healthfulness-
Since Captain Harris has been warden
OF the jail he has instituted many i'm
provements Among the most impor-
tant tc the prisoners has been the es-
Establishment of a bakery where bread is
baked for use in the prison
Taken all in all. the District Jail is
A model institution. II was built in
1875 and contains 800 cells. which are
sufficient 10 comfortably house the Dis
trict prisoners without crowding.
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Cameron, Preston King. John P Hale
Zachariah Chandler.
Representatives Elihu B. Washburn,
Henry w Davis. William Pennington.
John Sherman, Charles T. Adams. John
A GurIey, John J. Crittenden.
All this distinguished company have
now passed away. The last to die was
Hon. John Sherman.
Senator Preston King of New York
committed suicide by jumping from a
ferryboat while crossing the East River
on November Is. 1865 He was then
collector of the port of New York.
Senator Zachariah Chandler. of Michi-
gan. was found dead in his room in a
hotel in Chicago. He was yet a SEN
ator. and had spoken at a great po-
htical meeting the evening before.
OF the tragic fate OF our President we
are only too familiar.
Gen. Winfield Scott practically died OF
a broken heart, feeling that he had been
crowded aside by younger generals.
All the others died surrounded by
friends and home and in the full sun
shine Of political honor. Their lives
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Catholic clergy are always largely at
tended and the sermon is listened to
with deep interest by the congregation.
The midday services which are con-
Quoted by the Rev John Roberts, col
ored. who has been doing mission work
at the jail, are always attended by all
the prisoners. These services as we'll
as those conducted by the members OF
the Epworth League in the afternoon are
impressive An organ which has been
provided for use at the midday and
afternoon service is placed in the cen
ter of the rotunda on Sunday and around
this the Christian workers congregate.
Looking east as one stands in the center
of the rotunda. the north wing is on the
left. the south wing on the right, and
the east wing directly in front. In the
east wing are confined all the women
who are prisoners at the Jail. From the
ground floor great iron staircases wind
to the ceiling. To secure the safe keep
ing of the prisoners these stairways are
enclosed with a wire netting. 1t is from
behind this netting that the prisoners
listen TO the Word as it is spoken to
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were spent in earnest endeavor for their
felIow-men.
Thurlow Weed. of Albany. n. Y. one
OF the greatest journalists or his sge.
had more to do in helping others to office
than any other man oa his time. He
never sought one for himself
Hon. William E. Dodge. of New York.
was one of the greatest philanthropists
of his age
Hon E C. spauIding. host of the occa-
sion. secured the passage of the law
providing for the national currency bank
bills, and the greenback or legal tender
act This latter gave him the lasting
title of Father OF the Greenback."
Salmon P Chase succeeded Chief Jus
tice fancy on the Supreme Bench. He
presided at the trial of President An
drew johnson.
Elihu B. Washburn. from his official
position in Paris during the Franco
Prussian war, was a prominent actor in
the stirring scenes at the siege of that
city. He also entered largely into the
subsequent troubles Of the commune. He
died October q. 1920.
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them and take part in the congrega-
tinnal singing, which usually constitutes
a greater part of the midday and after
noon services. The scenes presented at
the midday and afternoon services are
very impressive. There are seen men and
women. both black and white. accused of
all degrees of crime. from petit larceny
TO murder, elbowing each other from side
to side for an opportunity to hear the
word Of God preached to them. Then
comes the congregational singing. in
which the mission choir is assisted by
all the prisoners, who sing in voices
which seem to be strengthened by the
influence of the words they utter. In
the selection OF the hymns the mission
workers are always careful to choose
those which are known almost by every
one, in order that the unfortunates will
be able to join in at least the choruses.
Some time before the hour for the
services TO be commenced the prisoners
begin taking their places on the steps
of the great iron stairways. They pay
the strictest attention 70 every word
that is spoken, and when the service is
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child's- The tears were on my cheeks.
Mrs. Preston drew aside her skirts.
Get up" said said. 'and go! If there
is one fiber of manhood left in your body.
you will continue to let my child think
her father dead and honorabIe,"
He lifted himself painfully 10 his feet
and walked. tottered. out through the
portieres that chung to his wet coat as
though they pitied and would warm him.
] looked from the window. Coming
up the steps I saw Edyth. Rosy. hap
py. the snow crystals elinging to her
furs and 10 the feathers IN her big hat.
she was an incarnation OF radiant youth.
sprang toward the door and her moth
er moved with me. The man was on the
step and the door was open. We held
our breaths-
Edyth stopped for an instant. wander
ing at the sight of beggar coming from
the front door. The man did not seem
to notice her. She spoke to him. and as
he looked u2 he met eyes that were the
eyes OF his own youth looking at him
with an infinite pity.
you look Ill" Edyth said. What
can 1 do for your"
She opened her purse. He nut one
hand up over his mouth as though he
feared that he might speak, and push
ing away with the other the coin she Of
fered he moved down the steps.
As he looked back in his feverish eyes,
his dying eyes. was the look of the soul
who has seen Paradise and knows it lost