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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02
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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02

a Raid in Mott Street. not make thelr
plants heard. There were tales told,
ghastly tales, but true, that made men
turn pale and clench their fists.
Perhaps the memory of these things
has little faded by now. But lest we
forget
The other day house was raided on
Mott street-not in the Chinese part
of that famous thoroughfare; the Chi
nese are more decent. The police found
it literal rabbit warren of hooks and
crannies where terroriZed women
might be hidden. There were closets
walled off from the ends of passages,
only to be detected by measuring the
floors and comparing with the rooms;
there were false floors with traps be-
meath which slender girls could lie.
Out of such crannies the men in blue
pulled eight women.
Later came an alarm that an Italian
girl. young, knowing no English, had
! been stolen. The police again visited
| the same house and with them went
this time an old reporter of the very
conservative Evening Post, which is
! often accused of slowness but never of
sensationalsm. The girl was not
found, but all the hideous machinery
of traps and secret passages was found
| lust as the earlier raid had revealed it,
No trace of the girl was found during
the visit, but il is evident that her cap
tors were well scared, for upon the
next day she reappeared. She had been
concealed behind trap door during
the search and next morning was led
into the street with little shawl
thrown over her face so that she could
not identify her whereabouts, In the
next street her conductor whisked
away the shawl and suddenly left her
blinking in the strong sunlight
Devery a joke! In one sense he is;
he could never be elected mayor ex-
cept in city of madmen. But it is
strange that even in city so big even
q few can take him seriously as a de-
liyerer. OWEN LANGDON.
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THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURY. PA

ats the newspapers that make De-
very" he said. "If theyd let him alone
he would drop out of sight in week"
"Why, you aren't afraid of him" |
asked.
"Well, If he should run for mayor,
really | should not be surprised If he
got $4,000 votes; and that might beat
the ticket"
This is Devery's reasoning precisely.
He will rule or ruin. He will assuredly
run for mayor as he threatens-in
which case we shall see If there really
are $4,000 fools and knaves combined in
the city-or compel Tammany to take
him into the fold as the leader of his
district
It's difficult position for Boss Muir
ply. Devery does control the district.
He masters the majority of the votes
there. His delegation was thrown out
of the democratic state convention at
Saratoga. but it was there with the
vote behind It. Now if Murphy yielcs
and surrenders to Devery the places he
covets, the vile character of the man
and his following may defeat the whole
Murphy ticket. If on the other hand
Murphy sticks it out and refuses to
recognize the ex-chief of police how
many votes will the big fellow draw
off?
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02

"Strong armed The Pretty Mlllners.
into coats too big for them and as
sured that 'it fits like de paper on de
vail" 1t was the kind of trading
that succeeded best with men partly
drunk, and that made the most of its
sales after people in other parts of
the city had gone to bed. The goods
were cheap, and if wisely bought not
bad bargains. Most of them were
secondhand, but cleverly faxed TO
conceal the fact. | have no doubt
that Baxter street was a boon to
many poor man who kept sober
enough to know what he was doing.
Fifteen years ago the system was
at its height The "pullers-in" were
brawny fellows, full of fight. Ere
quently they got into conflict over a
promising customer, when the poor
fellow would fare like an angleworm
seized by two fish at once. OF late
wears the police have been obliged to
interfere with such rough methods,
and one can venture into Baxter
street at any hour without fear.
Division street is less than half as
famous as Baxter, and until last year
1t was more than twice the fun. 1t is
the great East side millinery quar-
ter. Imagine a long succession OF
shop windows filed with the cheap
est possible hats and bonnets, and
in front of each door, instead of
brawny prize fighter, a girl skilled
in language and full of wiles. In
suits for her rival saleswomen, bland
ishments for the girl customers, sar-
casm for those who pulled them
selves free from the OBTAINING hand
and went their ways--oh, it was all
worth seeing!
It's all spoiled now. A sort OF trust
has been made up of the former rivals,
There is still puller-in before each
shop, but she seldom ventures beyond;
1--WE have some very nice hats, lady;
won't you walk in? 'Twon't cost you
nothin'," or some mild-as-milk obser-
vation Of that sort. In some ways the
town does get less interesting.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02
The "Arab" in Natal,

There is trouble in South Africa
regarding the colored labor problem.
The Hindu traders (called "Arabs'O
year by year become more impor-
tant element in commercial affairs
in Natal, That they are keen COM
petitors and possess many qualifi-
cations for commerce cannot be de-
MED. They live frugally, and can
save money where jew would
starve. Thus II is that many of them
are becoming wealthy men. posses
sing a great deal of property, and
in some cases even driving their
own traps, sometimes even with n
white coachman. A pet scheme OF
theirs appears to be never to pay
until full legal process, even to the
point of seizing their effects and
selling by auction has been resorted
to. Then they pay, and return next
day to the merchant to begin a new
| account.-South African Exports.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02
Joseph B. FORAKER.
Junior senator from Ohio who
stands Very Close to the Roose-
welt Administration.

One of the most prominent men in
Ohio to-day is j. b. Foraker, and he is
a self-made man.
Joseph Benson Foraker was born on
a farm near Rainsboro, Highland coun-
ty, o., July 5, 1916. He is said to have
been a strong boy, being leader in
all fishing and swimming expeditions.
He took an active part in the civil war,
having enlisted at the age of Is with
the Eighty-ninth Ohio volunteer in
fantry, as a private, and serving clear
to the end of the war. In that war
he gave some intimation of his future
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years. His methods have been copied
over the whole continent, his name
is as old MS the Ragged Dick"
stories, and is made familiar by a
hundred farce comedy companies
touring the country.
Cohen must have been at IS years
Of age already famous. He has made
money. When his daughter was mar
ried few years ago to a swell He
brew merchant of the neighborhood,
the array of diamonds exhibited as
gifts for the bride was one of the
finest ever seen in the city upon such
an occasion. The old man lost much
money of late years. He went into
politics, which is a good way to get
rid of superfuous wealth. Worse
than that, he invested in a stableful
of race horses and went upon the
turf. However shrewd he may have
been in Baxter street, he was child
on the track, and presently failed
He drifted into the produce bust
ness in Brooklyn, and his native
shrewdness won him another fair
fortune, which he left to his eight
children and his "a grandchildren.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02
Rird Which nItes IA Hook.

Notable among the denizens Of the
Balkan mountains is a bird, called by
the natives the waspeater. Asits name
indicates, it is the enemy of the hive,
and the scourge of honey-bees, but it
has a decided preference for waspS.
1t pursues its prey with remarkable
agility, catching an immense number
of insects in its flight through the air
in an incredibly short space of time.
Strange to say, this bird is caught by
means of line, like a common gud-
geon. The children stick crooked pin
through the body of live wasp, fast
ening it to long stout piece of thread.
The insect scars aloft, and is pres
emily gobbled up by the bird Of prey
1t Is humiliating spectacle to see
the miserable waspeater struggling at
the end of the line like young carp,
while ii is being drawn down to earth.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02
RIVER TRADING BOATS.
Is Said to lie Coming Into
Vogue Again.

Queer-looking hatboats, varying in
size and capable of carrying many
tons of freight, having on board a rude
home for the owner, are again begin
ming to ply up and down the broad ex-
panse of the Ohio river and its tribu-
taries. One in particular has attract
ed the attention of the farmers
through whose lands it occasionally
wends its way. 1t has been fittingly
named "The American Trader" in
that it is veritable floating store and
junkhouse.
According to river men, the life Of
the water trader is far more pleasant
than that of the average peddler,
whose vocation necessitates the fire.
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quent cleaning and continual looking
after a horse. Then, again, there are
enough residents along the larger riv-
ers to make an inland trip altogether
unnecessary
The trading boats are supplied with
groceries and provisions of all kinds,
and take in exchange such articles as
butter, eggs, iron, wool and bones.
When laden it puts off to some town
and there sells its accumulation Of
stock.
It is said that long before the war
the flatboat was used to take produce
down the rivers, but that with its pass
ing came the modern barge, now al
most a novelty, yet often useful one.
As a general rule these traders" keep
TO the smaller streams, like the Wa
bash and White rivers, that are not so
easy of navigation by the larger steam
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02

shop. He sta
toned his clerks
upon the sidewalk
to waylay pass
ers- b y, drag
I h e m b y m a i n
strength into his
place, and see
that they did not
escape without
b Il y 1 n g some
thing.
These were the
unwilling custom
ers who would be
a.. ed. -
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success by his rapid promotion-he was
a brevet captain when peace was again
declared.
Mr.. Foraker graduated from Cornell
in 1869, and was admitted to the bar
and began practice in Cincinnati dur
ing the same year He was judge OF
the superior court in Cincinnati from
1879 to 1882, but resigned on account
Of i'll health. He was the republican
candidate for governor Of Ohio, but
was defeated at the election Of 1883,
to be elected in 1885 and 1887, and again
States senator since 1897.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02

two hundred and
tiftieth birthday,
has a notoriously
b ad m a n, the
friend and cham
pion of the foulest
characters and a
former protector
o I h e worst
abuses of the city,
begun a campaign
for election as
mayor.
Is it all n joke ?
May be; but al
ready | find Tam
many men becom-
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02

His e II e IN i e S
claim that it rep
resents the unhal-
lowed profits of
gambling houses
and worse places
where girls were
imprisoned + o r
purposes { h a t
make the heart
sick. With his
money Devery has
fitted out n fine
club house for his
or g a n izatio n,
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which he calls the Devery at the Pump.
"Bugs"-for no particular reason. This
is the parent "Bughouse." There are to
be, if all goes well or i'll, bughouseS all
over the city to provide for the need of
a general organization willing o stand
up and be counted in the support of
Devery.
The bugs are all young men: there
are over 400 members in the parent or
ganization, with others in other parts
of the city as charter members for the
branch houses. Perhaps not all these
men are so bad as one must at first
thought decide. Some of limited in
telligence may have been caught by
the coarse, rough and ready wit of the
big fellow. Here are some of his say
ings:
Republicans and fusionists and Tam
many are a lot OF grafters and the people
is tired of the whole lot.
1--WE ought to have more schools an do
away with lot Of them high salaried pro-
fessors.
Now amt no angel an may not go to
Heaven with pair O. white wings, but
none O. them political grafters that is run
min Tammany Hall can keep me from doin'
It.
Lows all right for head of college, but
not for head O. the city. He amt got the
executive ability"
Devery bothers Tammany in one
way. He knows what happened under
Van Wyck; where the money went,
who got the contracts, where the
"rake-off" finally landed. Suppose he
should tell!
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Deveryism meant.
The campaign
for fusion was
won in 1901 large
ly upon Devery-
ism as an issue, in
a great moral ris-
ing against a indie
scribab BILE wrongs
C o IN III i t I e d
a G a inst women,
p a r t j c Il ! a r ! y
a G a i n S t young
girls who speak no
English and can
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02

who died the
other day, was
but 62 years old.
Harris Cohen
was the pioneer
of the peculiar
clothing industry
of Baxter street.
He was SO famous
locally that q
whole brood of
initiating Cohens
forced him to en-
phasize the "orig-
inal" in his firm
n q n lin 90 Coz
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02
Did II Ever Occur to You

that your teeth are given to you for a pur-
poser If people would spend more time at
their meals and eat food which requires chew.
ing, they would have less use for physicians.
vt" is a new prepared cereal food which has
the natural flavor Of the grain, and on account
of its being cooked twice is easily dgested.
vt" is not a mush, but delightful, crisp
cereal of great food value. Try "Itn and
you will like .Zt". Sold by grocers. 2.I2 Iy
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02

ing very restive under it. A prominent
leader of that side of the house was
lately complaining Of this.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02
The Great Devery Campaign.

Never before in the history of the
city-and it has just celebrated its
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02
Learn the English Tongue.

Not less than four hours instruction.
in English is to be given weekly in the
Swedish national elementary schools.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02
The Reign of the PuIler-In.

1t was Cohen's discovery that
merchant did not have to stay in his
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02
The Darkest Side of Deyery.

] shall here, with apologies, hint at
the darker side of the conditions which
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02
TALKED ABOUT
! IN NEW YORK
The Topics That Keep the Tongues
! of Gotham Wagging.
Features of Commercial Life on the
East Sfde--Devery and His Pecu-
liar Candidacy for Mayor
of the city.

New York.-It seems almost in
credible that 1.-The Original Cohen"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1903-07-02
The "Bugs" and the "Pump."

BY whatever means obtained, Devery
has money-lots of it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-22
PEOPLE WHO APPEAR OLD.
How They May Preserve the Buoy
nncy md freshness of Youth.

How They May Preserve the Buoy
nney md freshness of Youth.
People who appear old must expect
to be considered so, and, If they apply
for positions with every appearance
that senility has struck them and that
they have gone to seed, they cannot
expect favorable consideration. If gray
haired applicants for positions would
only appreciate the value Of appear
ances and would brace up" when they
seek situations-gO well groomed
and we'll dressed, with elastic steps,
showing that they still possess fire,
force and Notwithstanding would
eliminate an obstacle greater than
their gray hairs.
We think ourselves into incapacity
by looking for signs of age and dwell
ing on them, and the body follows the
thought We should, therefore, avoid
the appearance of age in every posi-
BILE way-by dress, carriage, conversa-
ton and especially by our attitude to-
ward people and things. 1t is not diff
cult to preserve the buoyancy and
freshness of youth. but II must be done
by constant effort and practice. mu-
stefan who expects to make only one or
two important appearances year
must keep up his practice. Youthful
ness cannot be put on for day If old
age has had a grip on you for months.
1t is important to preserve the fire or
youth as long as possible, TO carry
| freshness and vigor into old age by
keeping, up u hearty interest in every
thing that interests youth. Many of
/ ftII
and pastimes are foolish, and before
we know it we get entirely out of SYM
pathy with all young life. and conse-
quently really Old whatever our years
We must think youthful thoughts, as
sociate with. young people and interest
| them. When n person ceases to inter
est the young he may be sure that he
is showing signs of old age.-Suecess.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-22
Administrators Notice.

Estate of William NJ Mounts deceased.
The undersigned having been appointed
administrator G. T. A. of the estate of Will
liam NJ Mounts, late of the county OF Rock
Island, state of Illinois. deceased, hereby
gives notice that he will appear before the
county court of Rock Island county at the
county court room, in the city of Rock Is
land. at the August term. on the first Mon
day in August next, at which time all per
sons having claims against said estate are
notified and requested to attend for the
purpose of having the same adjusted.
All persons indebted TO said estate are re-
quested to make immediate payment TO the
undersigned.
Dated this 18th day of May, 4. ID. 1903.
JOHN F. MOUNTS, Administrator, c. L. A.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-22
CLOSE OBSERVERS.
Savages Note Things to which Civil
liked Eyes Are Blind.

Savages Note Things to which Civil
liked Eyes Are Blind
Savages are supposed to have keener
senses, especially a keener sense OF
sight. than civilized races. The author
of Idle Days In Patagonia does not
accept this theory. He believes that
savages have no keener senses, but
that they pay closer attention to what
comes within the range of their percep-
ton. AS an instance of quick response
to an impression he tells the following
story:
On March II. 1861. a company of
hunters were camping beside grove
of willows in Patagonia. About .
o'clock that evening, while they were
seated round the fire roasting their os-
trich meat Sosa suddenly sprang to his
feet and held his open hand high above
his head for some moments.
There is not breath of wind blow
ing" he exclaimed, yet the leaves or
the trees are trembling. What can this
portend?''
The others stared at the trees, but
could see no motion, and they began to
laugh at him. Presently he sat down
II
! again, remarking that the trembling
had ceased, but during the rest of the
evening he was very much disturbed in
| his mind. He remarked repeatedly that
such thing had never happened In his
experience before. for, he said, he could
feel breath of wind before the leaves
felt II, and there had been no wind. He
feared that it was Il warming of some
disaster about to overtake their party.
The disaster was not for them. On
that evening occurred the earthquake
which destroyed the distant city OF
Mendoza and crushed $1,000 people tC
death beneath the ruins. That the sub
terranean wave extended east to the
Plata and southwark into Patagoni;
was afterward known. for in the cite:
of Rosario and BuenOS Ayres clock:
stopped, and n slight shock was als'
experienced in the Carmen on the Ri'
Negro.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-22
In Rankruptcy.

In the district court of the United States
for the northern district of Illinois-6outh-
ern division.
In the matter of the bankruptcy CT william
N Martin, Themas Martin and James
First, partners under the firm name of
First & Martin Brothers, and of the said
William n. Martin. Thomas Martin and
James First as individuals. In bankrupt
CIV Before Adair Peasants, referee.
10 the creditors of the above named CO.
partnership and Individuals:
Notice Is hereby given that the above
named william n. Martin, Thomas Martin
and James First, partners doing business
under the firm name and style of First &
Martin Brothers. and the above named per
sons as individuals were and each OF them
was adjudicated bankrupt on the 18th day
of June. A D., 1908. and that meeting OF
the creditors of them and each of them VIII
be held at the ONCE OF the undersigned in
the city of Rock Island, county OF Rock Is
land. state of Illinois. on the northeast cor
ner of Second avenue and Eighteenth street
on Monday. the ed day of June. A. D.. 1908.
at the hour of IL O'Clock a. m. for the pur-
pose of proving claims, selecting irus-
tee and doing such other business as may
properly come before said meeting.
ADAIR PLEASANTS. Referee.
Dated at Rock Island. Illinois, this 18th
! day of June, A D 1905
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-22
Administrators Notice.

Estate of Daniel Brennan, deCeaSed.
The undersigned having been appointed
administrators of the estate OF Daniel
Brennan. late of the county OF Rock Island,
state of Illinois deceased, hereby gives no.
lice that she will appear before the county
court of Rock Island county at the county
court room in the city of Rock Island. at
the August term. on the first Monday in
August next. at which time all persons hav-
ing claims against said estate are notitie d
and requested to attend for the purpose OF
having the same adjusted.
All persons indebted to said estate are re
Quested to make Immediate payment to the
undersigned.
Dated this 1st dav of June A. D., 1903.
MARY BRENNAN, Adm iniStratriX.