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The evening world., 1905-07-29
NOT HUSBAND
OF HIS WIDOW
and PROVES IT
Painter Washburn Convinces
Court that He Is Not
the Real Smith.

Who got into Hen Smiths shoes
whom he was solemnly ard ceremoni.'
ously walked and buried In March, 1909,
was a matter up for adjudication before
Magistrate Fin in the West Side Court
to-day. The Court propounded that
Hen Is still as dead as he was Oh
the day he was walked. but Mrs. Bridget
Smith, who was Hens" good woman,
living at No. 44 West Forty-third
street. with her tears IN the evening Of
the wake. insists that he didn't die.
bu. Is embodied in the personality OF
Frederick z. Wnshburn. a sign painter.
OF No. 100 Bowc"v.
Willie Smith, aged eleven, who also
weDt at "papa's wake" backs his
mother In her claim that Mr.. Wash-
burn is the whilom Hen Smith. Mrs.
Smith was his %connubial companions for
fourteen years. and. wake or nc wake,
is certain she has made no error.
Their meeting tool place several weeks
ago, but the sign-painter managed to
escape from the untoward embraces OF
Her s rith's widow and her young hope
full. But Mrs. Bridget Smith was not
to be so easily frustrated. Her heart
still beat tenderly for the departed"
Hen. who nae been faithful for four
teen years until he died in the Seton
Hospital at Spuyten Duyval.
Some time after the wake friends had
informed her that Hen had somehow re-
sumed the mortal coli. Then what bet
ter testimony needed she than the viz
sion OF the mourned husband in the
flesh? h got n warrant. and began
camping, on the trail OF Mr.. Washburn-
Smith
She never let w in her search for an
hour and yesterday swooped upon the
substantial wrath Of her departed
Hen and had him taken into custody
for having so wickedly deserted her in
death. When the man appeared before
Magistrate Finn to-day. he seemed y
n daIe.
Washburn mnde a general denial md
was backed ny by a Board of Health
certifcate testifying to the death Of
Seton Hospital March "a. 1919. after 3
The Court decided. however. to dis
charge Mr.. Washburn. He left the
courtroom with winged heels and Y
she will have TO earn to sprint.
The evening world., 1905-07-29
NJ SEEK DEATH:
TALK OF A PACT.
Especial to The Evening Worldly

NEWARK. n. j., July 29.-T>wo women
dead from poison and gas and a third
a patient in 81. James Hospital here to-
day suggested a suicide pact to the
police. but Investigation showed that
there was no basis for such a theory.
The three women sought death Within a
period OF two hours.
These who succeeded in their attempts
were Maptha Blake, twenty-five years
old. OF No. los Nesey street, who was
lsphyxlated by gas, and Mrs. Emma
Ross, aged twenty-six, Of No. Is l-2
Rose street, who swallowed carbolic
Mrs. Jessie Pfeifer, tw~enty-four years
old, OF No. 1S3 Ferry street, also took
acid, but was discovered and taken to
the hospital, where 1t was said she
would probably die.
the refining works of the Harvey Os-
born Company, at No. CO New Jersey
Railroad avenue. She appeared at her
work unusually early this morning and,
aoing into the office, arranged a bed
on W chairs and. attaching a rubber
tube TO a gas Jet, placed one end OF II
in her mouth. and then turned on the
gas. Her body was found two hours
later by one OF the clerks.
The other women sought death In their
homes.
The evening world., 1905-07-29
NEW ORLEANS
BLAMES MOSOU ITOES
Mayor Says City Is Suffering More
from Qunrantines Than from
Yellow Fever.

NEW ORLEANS. July 90 The most
disquieting news in the yellow fever
situation to-day Is tho evidence that
panic is Increasing In the smaller towns
OF louisiana and mississippi and that
disastrous commercial guarantees OF
1897, when some OF the country towns
even refused TO receive Ice or hardware
from New Orleans.
Mayor Martin Behrman to-day gave
out the following statement:
New Orleans Is suffering more from
the rigid guarantees than from yellow
fever, of which The citizens here have
tho fullest control. The mosquito the
DRY Is accepted by our physicians
The evening world., 1905-07-29
GIRL
SPANKED BY
STAR BOARDER
Mother Looked On and Said
"Well Done," says Miss
Of Seventeen.

Marguerite Adams. the pretty, seven
t~een-year-olI daughter OF Mrs. Therese
Adams. has left the maternal home at
No. 1883 Broadway. Brooklyn, for the
protecting hospitality of her friend,
Mrs. Dean o'B-ien, Of No. 1852 BroSl-
way.
Marguerite Doesn't find home happy
because her mothers star boarder, Err
nest thinner, spanked the girl last Sun
day, and the mother said We'll done"
So Marguerite stamped her foot to-
day and said: "Ill never go there any
more"
The cir! made a complaint against
thinner and told tho story Of her hu-
initiating treatment to Magistrate Hlg-
ginbotham In tn? Gates Avenue Court.
thinner is held in $500 bail for General
Sessions.
Calls spanker Beast"
A. her friends home to-day the pretty
girl told an Evening World reporter the
story of the Adams-Zimmer homes los
felicity.
That man (referring to Zimmer) is
a beast and We all hate him-that Is,
my three little sisters and l. Mother
thinks hos the whole show. thinner has
that idea. too.
Hes boarded with US a good while.
My father left home seven months ago.
He wouldn't stand for Zimmer's tenn
per II all. We children stuck to my
mother and I guess that's where we
were foolish.
Last Sunday thinner, who's a stinGv
old thing. went around swearing he had
lost some money-a misery i5 cents
he accused me of taking Il. / told him
l d!an,t need his old money.
wei. the entire family spent the
who.e day tearing up the house, looking
And that night. when l had fallen asleep
on my bed. too. tired to get undressed.
he came In and beat me and spanked
My mother said she was glad of 1t.
That broke me all UP. I've always
stood up fer her.
Choose Daughter or Boarder.
MY mother was mean all along and
here to so' Mrs, g o' BE- : nor me that came
She can choose between her boarder
and me. If YOU want to know the truth,
| think 1t was a put-up job 10 get me
out of the house. / mean. I DOM
think thinner lost any money, and his
beating was just to get me so mad that
I'd go.
What l wish now is that we children
had turned agains. thinner months ago.
at the start, instead of standing up for
him for mothers a You know your
mother is your mother, no matter what
She does, and though We all loved
father, IL wasn't his part we took.
Now I think we'd all be ready 10
leave mother for dad If he want us"
1t was Ernest Adams. the girl
father, who appeared with her in court
and the interest he shows In his daugh,
ter is fatherly. 1t is not improbab le
that Adams will claim the custody OF
his Children.
is employed by Tromners 1 Rrew Wn }
Company. all went well in the Adams
The father, a bartender. was support
ing his happy little family al No. 1867
Broadway. After thinner and his two
children came to board In the Adams
fiat Adams said he noticed his spouse
wants. 1t was thinner who drew the
best cuts of meat and the hottest pan
cakes. he says. So Adams said:
Choose me and the board
err"
IAN ann said" the daughter sa,d
to-day, was Ernie, don't be silly so
Ernie went to live in bachelor quar-
tiers again.
DO you wonder I left home when
this man spanked meg"
The evening world., 1905-07-29

bigger Mr., Andrews's share would be
and the more disposed he would be to
ist r.y husband OFT"
Story Of the Arrest.
Detective Riordan swore he went TO
the residence Of Pr; Harris, ON ths
at The request OF Mr.. Andrews who
Ole Them they were wanted to areet
Two ~swindlcrs The house was being
IL cornied and the detectives nut on
o%vcralls and disguised themselves rs
wNrklnCn.
%SIrlsnidor and a man named Mckee
entered The next room and talked about
mercy r,atters for halt, an hour TO Ha--
rls aud Andrews. Reardon said the con
I,rsuiIon MAS not clear to him, but nc
and Piatt arrested tho men wnen a'ked
'neardon swore that Andrews and
Harris tried 10 get the T,bO that Stro-
sn!der had on ,yie way down IN the
coach, thai Andrews ordered the driver
10 stop near Headquarters. and that A.
the PARTY was entering Headquarters
Andrews told Strosnlder and Mckel
that 1t was their last chance His tes-
timony was c~orroborated by Plat. the
other detective.
The evening world., 1905-07-29
KAISER URGED
CZAR TO PEACE
Russian Emperor Sought Recent
Meeting and Was Advised to Ac-
cept R~oosevelt's Ideas.

BERLIN, July 29.-1he Foreign Office.
81, Petersburg particularly those pub
lished In French and English journals,
authorized tho Associated Press TO say
that Emperor William, H. the inter-
Views of the Island of Hinerkoe. not
only did not encourage Emperor NiIh-
Influence dlr-ctly In favor Of I'resi-
dent Rooseyelt's peace policy.
The Foreign Office again. with the ut
most positiyenes5, says that the meet
Inc took place on the Wish Of Emperor
Nicholas.
The evening world., 1905-07-29
Mrs. David Martin Dies.

LENOX. Mass.. July 29-Mrs. David
Martin, of No. Ia East sixty fourth
street, New York. died at her summer
home LeIe to-da She had been an
invalid for a number of years. She
ieaves one SON. Mudford Martin, of
rive, y. Y. and two daughters, Mrs.
i, IL, McCoon and Miss Edith Martin.
both OF New York City. She was sIxtJ =
oleht years cd
The evening world., 1905-07-29
NkS. Adams
CARLTON SAYS 1T
WAS HIS DOUBLE
Deceived WIVES
Continued from First Page.)

this fellow broke his finger, He has
also succeeded in creating scars hat
mirror the marks on my body.
When I was living with my wife in
Washington (Carlton did not explain
which one) this fellow came to my
nome while l was away. He took my
place in the household without my wife
having the slightest suspicion, and had
lived 80 for more than n week when /
came home one day and found him at
the head OF the b
All Victims Of the "other."
Now, ome that this man married
and wronged are coming forward and
Identifying me. l have been marked
with his bad record. for l admit he has
a bad one. How can ! escapee from
this terrible ~predicamentt Every day
some sin that this fellow committed is
dragged up against me. What show
have I got with the police hounding
me for another's wrongs?"
Carlton wrung his hands and paced his
cell. and he told this strange story: He
said that his mysterious double had at
one time gone to q safe deposit vault
ana lldIldSeN 10 get IL iot VI NaAuNiDIe
papers.
II will admit now" continued the
prisoner that ny right name Is not
Carlton. This cousin OF mine bore the
same name as / did and l had mine
changed to Carlton to escape the ig-
nomy OF being constantly charged with
his villany. II i only could find this
man ] could clear up everything, but I
don't suppose such a rascal as he is
ever lad a grateful impulse"
POLICE Finds Another Wife.
Cartons una zinR record as a Blue
beard was supplemented to-day when
the police discovered the record of
another marriage on the Board of
Health records, Inspector Cross has
detailed detectives to discover what
fate was met by this wife Of tho man
with the marrying habit; to learn II shs
Is alive or the manner OF her death.
The latest wife in the long list was
Miss Wi.etta Sherwood Bird, of No. 422
West Nineteenth street. She was mar
rled TO Carlton on April &c, 1891. she
claims. when he went under the name
OF James Edward Mccandless. He
gave his age at that time as twenty
three and his home address al Moberty,
Mo.
The evening world., 1905-07-29
UMRRIA DOCKS TOMORROW.

The Cu,7rd Line steamer Umbria
Liverpool and Queenstown FOR New
York. IL reported as having been In
comnunic alton by wroloss telegraph
with the station At ~Siascons"t. Mass,
ut noon, when the vessel WIS thirty
niles east of Nantucket Lightship. Tho
steamer viii probably dock about s A
"A. lu-l.id iDW,
The evening world., 1905-07-29
SEES
JAMES III. HYDE.

NEWPORT, n T., July 2o.-Paul Nor
ton. the new hcnd ~ the Equitable Life
Assurance Soc!otv. is the guest ~ +.
j, Bcrwind. II Is understood that he
had q conference to-day with James
II. Hyde. former Vice-President Of the
company, who Is the guest of \. Suf-
fern Taller, Ec'vihd and other promi-
nent fnanciers as well as Unitcd tSatas
Senator Nelson ". Atdr!ch were said
10 be n. tho conference.
The evening world., 1905-07-29

"But don't wan to go home! l
don't want 10 go hone!" the child con-
GUIDED. II am afraid. / am ashamed
TO face my fostcr-mOther."
Isabel was asked the name of the
man who had drugged her and lured
her from home.
''Th:lt | will not tell she said. for
never tell" she enrpfSa sized. and no
questioning could dmw tae secret from
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-20
PAUL REVERE.

CAccordinE to the Norsk Nightingale
Isten, Christina. and VA skoI hear
ABOUT midnight ride OF Paul Revere
Seventeen hundred and seVcnty-nve
Hardly g"ezer ban now alive
VINO live har ven Paul ban volunteer.
Some British fallers ban getting CAV.
50 raul NuSt giving his horse some hay
And say. Il skull max a grandstand PLAY
Den he tai Hohn Breuk-Yohn ban his
friend
who borrow vencver Paul skol lend:
'Hohn, yust go up har in old church,
tower.
And yust so sumo yu find out hour
British skol march. give me good val
And Ay skOl hustle and ride lax hail.
So up in the church go old Yohn Rrenk
II ban first time in his life Az tcnlt.
And ven desc English get busy. he val
And wave big lantern to his guide pal.
Macster Paul Revere, who yump on
mare
And of FOR Lexington he skol tear.
We, whiz." he says, after dis. Az guess
Az Sknl getting my picture in Success
pey skol tcnk Ay'm smart old son of q
gun
Ven Ay gallop into Lexington"
Val. he max dis ridc-yu bet yurc life
And fail"rs grab gun and drum and tifc
And march to scrap with desc British
men.
Macstcr Paul ban vollv brave hero den.
And back in the church-towcr old Yohu
BrcuE
drpnk'
Val. dis han all. Christina. dear.
Bout midnight ride of Paul Revere.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-20
BIG AUDIENCE WILL
HEAR BRYAN LECTURE
Large Advance Sale of Seats
For Engagement Here
Tomorrow

Hon. William Jennings Bryan, who is
70 lecture at the First NJ. z. church to-
morrow evening on "The Prince of
Peace" yesterday afternoon addressed
a big mass meeting of men at the Chi
cago Central Y NJ. c. A. After his ar
rival tomorrow he viii be entertained
by the Tri-City Press club until the
time of the lecture. He will depart
for Lincoln Immediately after his lee
ture. The sale of tickets for the lee
ture is assurance that Mr.. Bryan will
be greeted by a large representative
audience. His lecture is given under
The auspices of the Rock Island Y NJ
.C. A
L. +. West yesterday afternoon ad-
dressed the b. G. n. meeting at the
Y. NJ. c. a, taking his subject as
Light" He gave a short scientific ex-
PLANTATION Of solar light and its refec-
ton by the small particles of dust. He
compared the sun 10 Christ. and drew
a comparison between the reflective
particles Of dust and the ministers.
missionaries and y. n. c. \ workers
Nho are doing what they can 10 spread
.be christian religion. Following his
ak the Christian church boys whist
Ing chorus rendered several selections.
The chorus is a unique organization
nat is proving very popular. Il is IN
der the direction Of Mr.. West
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-20
OLSON FOR MAYOR
Named to Head Ticket of the
Moline Peoples
Party.
HAUBERG FOR CITY ATTORNEY
City-Township Convention Held Sat
urday OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
in Country.

At the city-township convention OF
the peoples party, held in Turner hall,
Moline. Saturday evening, the follow
ing ticket was nominated:
Mayor-Andrew Olson.
City Clerk-Anton E. Froyd.
City Attorney-John H. Hauberg.
City Treasurer-H. c. Werlich.
Assessor-Frank Samuels.
Coiector-Gust Anderson.
Supervisor-Fred Sundeen.
Assistant Supervisors-W. NJ. Bat
ties, Alphonse Cant, Edward Brown
Justices Of the Peace-D. A Har-
rah. w. S. Stockman, Frank Pierson,
S. D. Hicks, G. w. Hamler.
Lees and Carey Renominated.
W. r. Carey and T. r. Lees, mem
bers of the county board. were renom-
mated at the caucuses held in their
respective towns. Hampton and Coal
Valley, Saturday evening. Mr.. Carey
by the peoples party and Mr.. Lees
by the democratic. AT the Hampton
caucus w. l. Black was named for
clerk. Paul Gerhardt for assessor,
James Maxwell for collector, John
Mosier for commissioner of highways,
and G. f. McNabney and w. H. II.
Dow for justices of the peace. Paul
Wadsworth was nominated for super
visor by the republicans OF Rural
township.
south Rock Island Republicans.
The republicans of South Rock Isl
and. at their caucus at the town hall
Saturday evening. named q. H. Rich
mond for supervisor, William Hoter
for town clerk. August F. Schmid for
assessor. w. P. Barnett for collector,
J. c. Hammer for highway commits
sioner. and John c. Young justice Of
the peace.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-20
CITY CHAT.

Try a "Zibia."
Call for Improved Zazaro.
Buy home of Reidy Bros.
The city council meets tonight
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
Insure with Goldsmith & Mckee.
Kerler Bros. your carpet cleaners.
For bus. baggage. express. call Robb's
For bus or express, Spencer & Trefz
The stage of water was go at 6 a
IN, and SO at noon.
WaIline 4 Hamilton, express and
transfer. Old phone 1870, new 1854.
w. II. Siemon Will do your tin work
1927 Sixth avenue. New phone $40
Peanut candy and taffy. 10 cents pei
pound, at Petersons, 1914 Third ave
nue..
Rabbi Fineshr!ber on Russia anc
Her Modern Problems at Burtis
opera house. Davenport March 90.
II YOU tire of buckwhoat. Try Mrs
Austin's pancake -four for 4 change
Made from the great food cereals.
The charter for the proposed loca
lodge OF the Elks was closCi today
There are 90 names on the member
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-20
IN FRONT OF A CAR
Christopher SWensOn, of Rock
Island, Suicides at Ham
mond, Ind.

Christopher Swenson. aged 80 years,
said to have been from Rock Island.
Friday suicided at Hammond. Ind. by
throwing himself in front of a street
car. Two weeks before his birth,
Swenson's father ended his life in sim
liar fashion. and when the wife of the
young mans father heard Of the lat
ters tragic deed she ran from her
home and hurled herself in front of a
train. but was rescued. Now, 30
years after. the son dies as his father
lid and as his mother sought to. The
city directory does not contain the
name Of Christopher Swenson.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-20
The Vital Question
Most Names by Which Diseases Arc
Known Are Merely TechnicaITerms
to Distinguish Slight Differences.

Chronic maladies are due to two
conditions: First, to poor blood and
disordered circulation; second, to a
lack Of nervous force and unequal dis
tribution OF It. In other words, We
may look to the blood and nerves for
most Of the lingering ills that weaken.
plague OF wreck human kind. This
explains why DR.. Chasc's Blood and
Nerve Food cures so many diseases
that bear distinctive names. II puts
the blood and nerves right, and
through them the whole system
comes right. This concentrated Food
IS a blood builder, which SO improves
the vital fluid that II thoroughly nour-
ishes every part OF the body. II is
also a powerful VitaliZer, that gives
an abundant store of energy to the
nerve centers, which is distributed TO
every part, according to its needs.
Price so cents. five boxes, enough to
give # fair trial, $500. Weigh your
self before taking it. Book free.
Sold and guaranteed at T. H. Thorn
as pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-20
TRIAL OF Lee SUIT.
Asking $4,000 for Injuries
Sustained at Republic
Steel Plant.

The circuit court was convened this
afternoon at , o'clock by Judge Gest
and the case of William Lee against
the Republic Iron & Steel company for
s.. 900 for personal damages was taken
up. w. r. Moore, of Moline. repre-
sents the plaintiff, and B. F. Peek, OF
Moline, and Richard Jones, of Chica,
go, appear for the defense.
A motion has been filed for the de
Tense for a new trial in the case OF
James Cox against the c, NJ. & St p
railway. The jury awarded d verdict
OF $3.50. The motion will be heard the
last of this week
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-20
sult Eor PeraonaI Damaoes.

Anton Lundberg has begun suit In
the circuit court to recover 81. 800 dam
ages from Charles Heidemann, OF the
former building firm Of Heidemann &
Schroeder for injuries that he claims
70 have received while working as car
penter for Mr. Heidemann. Lundberg
states that he was stationed on a scat
fold that was not properly secured and
that il gave way. precipitating him 10
the ground, and causing a fracture OF
an ankle. Lundberg's attorney is G.
c. Wenger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-03-20
MYSTERY OF A PIN
Miss Bertha BoWlen Arrested fol
Alleged Theft of Last
Fall.
PRESENT FOR HER LOVER
He Claims to Have Returned Jewel &c
Her - Says She Found
Jewel

Miss Bertha Bowler was arrested
Saturday afternoon by Detective Rich
ard Carnes for the alleged theft of a
Mosenfelder, while employed there as
domestic last November.
Miss Bowler was stopping at the
home of friend on Third avenue, be
tween Seventeenth and Eighteenth
streets. when taken in charge by the
officer She was packing her trunk
preparing to leave the city.
She did not deny that she had had
the pin at one time, but stated that
she had given it to her sweetheart.
Adolph Strotenberg of Moline, shortly
after it came into her possession.
Strotenberg was seen by Carnes and
claimed that he had returned the pin
TO the young woman, after having worn
IL for a month.
Miss Bowler was not regularly EN-
ployed at the Mosenfelder home, hav-
ing been engaged to assist in house
cleaning. When the pin was missed
it was not known whether il had been
lost or taken by some one of the per
sons employed by the family.
Finally circumstances began to point
to Miss Bowlen as the one who had
taken the jewel.
Finds Ii In Back Yard.
The case was placed in the hands of
the police. who traced the pin to the
girls admirer in Moline. Miss Bowler
AYERS that she did not steal the pin;
that she found it in the back yard at
the Mosenfelder premises. She said
that she did not know whether il be
longed to a member of the family or
not, and when there were DO fmmedi-
ate inquiries made for It. she assumed
that 1t had been given up as lost and
she thought there was no harm in car
rying it off. Besides it was getting
along towards the holiday season, and
she saw how she could make good with
her beau in Moline
The young woman was held under
800 bond to appear tomorrow after
noon at O'Clock before Magistrate
Johnson TO answer to a charge of lar
ceny. The bond was not furnished.