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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-02
Strange Occupation of Young
Philadelphia Women.
HER DETECTIVE CAREER MOST SUCCESSFUL
Nearly 900 Ex-Soldiers and Sailors Placed in
Prison Through Her Efforts - Takes Up
Work Through Necessity-Some of
Her Interesting Experiences.

/ ever troubled Edith King-and that
without describing most women as an
gels of tenderness. or adorably soft
foolishness. Only there are things
that most women would balk at.
They would be appalled, at the tale
of the careers she has blighted in her
matter-of-fact, remorseless, unregret-
ting way. They would expect to find
one or two-only one or two In the
thousand odd-to whom she gave some
return of sympathy. just one or two
cases in which duty cost pang in the
doing. But, no-simply: When peo-
pie do wrong they have to take the
consequences; it's not my funeral"
She says as to her choice Of pro-
fession, 1t was case of had to-"
According to her own account OF her
self she comes OF Baltimore fam
lily. Her mother was Miss Hartford,
whose father at one time owned most
of Hartford county. Maryland, and who
was at her fathers death regarded as
great heiress. She married and was
soon widowed. Knowing nothing about
the management of property, It was
not many years before, through one
bad investment after another, she was
penniless. Her daughter. Edith King,
| was sent as child to the convent of
Notre Dame, and when she left there
with no practical education, but many
face to face with the problem OF earn
ing her own living and taking care
of her mother.
Beginning Of Her Career.
Mother and daughter came to Phila
delphia. and after weary search fol-
work Edith finally found employment
in small candy shop. 1t meant
standing all day long, and it wore the
girl out Her feet were so swollen she
| could scarcely stand. and her back felt
| ready to break in two. A customer
| noticed the girls exhaustion and after
talking to her bit volunteered to try
| and find her some easier work. A
| day or two later she came back full
of the detective idea. But Miss King
| told her it was out of the question.
Finally. however, she promised to go
and call on Mr.. Miller, a special de-
tective and her present employer.
She didn't do 1t. though. sne talked
it over with her mother, and her
mother agreed with her that she
couldn't possibly do 1t. But the friend
ly customer was very much annoyed
at her. And eventually, since Miss
King would not call on Mr.. Miller,
Mr.. Miller called on Miss King-and
talked SO convincingly that she prom
Used most reluctantly to try 1t. The next
day she reported to him for duty
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-02
SOLID REPUBLICAN, LINE.
There Ii No Break, as Shown in the
Recent State and Munic-
ipal Elections.

Many democratic papers throughout
the country are ratified by the raazle-
dazzle in several Of the states. and are
imagining vain things. They are saying
that the republican wave is at Its
ebb. and that the democrats have q
chance to carry the country In. 1908.
Ohio's and Pennsylvania's democratic
victories arc cited as evidence that
their party is Increasing In voting
power. II would be Just as sensible
for the republicans to point to the de-
feat of German In Maryland as an evil
dence that the republican tide was ris-
ing instead OF falling. That reduced
lead for the democratic candidate for
governor of Virginia could be cited as
an indication that. the republicans are
preparing for bigger victory In 1908
even than the one they won in 1904.
The republicans, too, elected their can
didate for governor In Massachusetts,
this year, although they were defeated
for that once last year.
In reality there was no partisan sig.
nificance in any Of the late elections,
says the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
When Ohio went democratic In the
state election of 1873. and William
Allen was chosen governor. many
democrats throughout the country i'm
agined they saw the end Of republican
power In the national government. The
republicans elected their president.
nevertheless, in 1876. Richard M.
Bishops election for governor of Ohio
in 1877 was hailed by democrats oil
over the country as sign that the end
of republican sway in Washington was
In sight. Hoadley's election in 1889
and Campbell's In 1889 did. indeed.
come shortly before a republican de-
feat in national election. although
Mckinley defeated Campbell in 1891.
when the latter ran for reelection. AS
a national organization, the republican
party was in far less robust shape than
1t is in now. and than 1t has been in
for several years past There is no
break in the republican line. If an
election for president we're held to-day
there is an excellent chance that the
republicans would carry every state
which they won in 1904.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-02

of an anonymous letter to her chief who
is known as a man who runs down de.
serters. These letters come from all
sorts of sources. For instance, moth
cr-in-law informs on her daughters
husband. whom she describes as a good
for-nothing loafer, She tells where he
is living and describes his habits minute.
ly, telling just where he Is to be found
at given time.
their sons, because they wished them
returned and made to serve their terms
that they might be Free Wives have not
infrequently furnished information on
which their husbands were arrested, be-
cause they would not work when work
was offered to them and the women were
tired of supporting them. Most fire..
quently of all, perhaps, sweethearts be-
come jealous and in a moment of an
ger reveal the abiding place of the men
only to repent bitterly and weep hyster-
ically when the arrest follows.
Then there Is the professional desert.
er-the deserter for revenue only. who
enlists with the intention of deserving
at the first opportunity. even though he
has to make 1t himself, and trusts to his
own cleverness not to get caught-and
who almost Immediately reenlists
somewhere else and again deserts. Ev-
cry time he enlists he is furnished with
uniform and outfit worth S27 and
almost as soon as 1t is given him h.
plans to desert and sell 1t. One man, Rob-
crt Maccullum, gave the authorities a
great deal of trouble in this way, enlist
ing and deserving; enlisting and desert.
ing first in the army, then in the navy
under. OF course, a variety of aliases.
He had II such assertions to his account
before he was finally rounded up.
Deserter Captured Through Dream.
1t was Miss King who did 1t, and,
curiously enough, she lays his ulti-
mate capture to a dream. She says
that always she has had very vivid
dreams, seeing very plainly certain
persons and localities, certain houses,
streets and numbers. or late years
while she has not dreamed these
dreams 30 often, they have made up
in vividness what they lacked In fire.
quency. While she was hunting this
man one night she dreamed that she
was singing and dancing In the street
when from one OF the houses came
the man she was looking for. She
decided to see II there was something
In 1t, and the next day found the
neighborhood of her dream.
She got one Of the young men in Mil
ler's employ to help her out. He played
an accordion, and she took tam
BOURNE. and in the guise of street
musicians they repaired to the neigh
borhood in question in the early even
Ing. After awhile her companion
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-02
INDUSTRIAL ITEMS.

The European sugar crop this year
is estimated at between 6.550. 900 and
6,675, 900 tons. The German crop will
probably amount to 100000 tons.
England's first spinning mill to be
worked by electricity has been started
at Pendlebury. Manchester. 1t con-
tains $4,000 spindles. and has no chin
ney.
The first solid traih of canned peas
ever shipped from Al American can.
ming factory went ou1 from a canning
com2any's plant at Longmont. Col,
recently.
Last year 4S.0OO.OOo tons of cargo
were carried from all the seaports Of
the world. and out o. that total 81
100000 tons were carried by ships
Of Great Britain.
Growing OF grapes in graperies fur
nishes an important source of rev.
enue in some countries, notably Bel
GUM and the Channel islands. whers
large quantities are annually grown
and exported. The United States Is
q good customer for them. as high a.
35 cents to rs cents a pound wholesale.
and two to three dollars. and even
more. a pound retail being paid Tor
the fruit. Grape g.rwing in pots IS
much practiced in parts of Europe. and
especially in France where the vines
are largely used for decorative pur-
poses on festive occasions.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-02
An Absurd CHARGE.

The fanciful free-uade theory that
the United States protective tariff en-
courages trusts and other "combina
lions in restraint of trade" continues to
get blows on its solar plexus. In the
face of free-trade assertions one recalls
the declaration of James G. Blaine,
after an exhaustive study of conditions
abroad. that England is plastered all
over with trusts" That remark has ad
ditional significance just now in the
light Of the rumor that the new Anglo
japanese treaty is to be followed by a
combination of British and Japanese in
terests with a view to monopolizing the
shipping business Of the far east. And
from Germany comes the announce
ment that the sugar manufacturers of
that country are forming a trust, the de-
tails Of which they are now perfecting.
The foolish free-trade contention that
trusts cannot flourish outside the Ding.
ley law Jurisdiction is becoming very
absurd.-Troy Times.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-02

invited her in. saying that Preston
was Lot there, but perhaps she could
tell where to find him. Then she
volunteered to lead the girl to GER
tain resort of the "navvies," and even,
in a burst of generosity, to introduce
her to some of her own gentlemen
fren's." She took her into room
full OF smoke and bad language and
half-drunken men.
To Miss Kings embarrassment
there were a couple of marines there
who recognized her. and wondered
what she was doing in a place of that
sort Her LADY fren'" noticed that
they were eying her, and asked her
If she knew them guys" She said
she did, but they were awful shy"
and she'd better go over and talk to
them first, kind o. prepare them"
and then she'd introduce them. So
she went over and prepared them, told
them just what was forward, and en-
listed them in her service. Then she
took them over and introduced them,
and they bought drinks. She confined
Herself to lemonade, much to her lady
fren's" disgust, who concluded that she
was not a real sport.
For three nights she kept up this
lemonade orgy, and her man never
showed up. Then she went back to
Philadelphia, and few days later
landed her prisoner. She got herself
UP as a messenger and went to his
home and said she'd forgotten the
name Of the man she was looking for,
and could they help her out. He lived
somewhere about there, and he was
looking for work, and such and such
a frn had sent her up to tell him to
come down and they'd give him a
job. The mans sister said she
guessed 1t was Hen they wanted. And
his mother said: my son is out look
ing for work now; but he'll be back
by noon. and you can see him then"
But he didn't come back. He went to
New York in irons instead.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-02

Philadeiphia.-Whi Uncle Sam Is
not 4 particularly hard task-master
ire Is very strict in some respects
enlisting under his banners In the
army or navy must serve the full
term OF their enlistment Many there
are, however. who tire Of the service
before the end OF their term and de-
sert With these, IL they are ever
captured. little mercy is shown and
they invariably end their terms In
military prison.
In experimenting these descrters
Uncle Sam has his trouble.. but In
pretty little Edith King. Philadelphia
girl detective, he has found useful
ally. 1t seems remarkable that this
frail young woman of rs should have
been the means Of placing almost 1000
ex-soldiers and sailors in lgnoblc con-
.fnement, yet such Is the case.
Girl Detective Is Crafty.
For the past FIVE or six years now
Hiss King has made speciality OF
ferrcting out these deserters. She Is
not at all the Amazon type of woman
that one would imagine, and 1t IL
alone by her wit. beauty and invention
that she has been so successful
1t Is her boast that the majority
are so far from suspecting her instru-
mentality that they write her the
friendliest sort of letters from their
prison cells.
1t is certainly an unusual vocation
that fate has shaped for pretty girl
In this workaday twentieth century
She plies 1t attired sometimes as a
woman of fashion, sometimes in rags.
most frequently probably in the
tawdry finery affected by a certain
class. She gets them by Irritation,
woman's strongest weapon in the un-
equal fight against mankind. Why
does she do It? Because-most potent
of all arguments woman must
live"
She Is pretty girl, this Edith
King. At least one would think her
so II one could overcome ones natural
repulsion to her business. She Is
about rs now. with an almost Greek
profile, and the sort OF mouth Burne
Jones likes to paint. She Is grace
full, has golden hair and hazel eyes,
delicately modelled nose, and not a
great deal Of col0.. She Is rather
quiet as to manner. not at all of the
hail-fellow-well-met type that one
would expect; but rather of that sort
of reserve that does not suggest Sc
cretiveness and rather inspires con-
fidence by not seeming to force it.
She has the air of listening with all
her heart and soul, and 1t Is this fiat.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-02
WOOL AND THE TARIFF.
Free-Trade Democrats Feel
Badly.

A democratic paper printed in New
England Is so sorry that this country
keeps up the tariff on wool and thus
kills the wool industry that 1t assures
the public that 1t does not trouble the
farmers OF the east very much, because
they raise sheep chiefly for mutton, any.
how, and are keeping about the same
number they have had for years. But
the sheep raisers of the west are dis
turbed by the tariff, the paper says, be-
cause 1t has not made a market for
their wool. The fact is, says the Wor-
cester Telegram, that the price of wool
Is higher this year than for long
time, and people who follow the mar.
kets know that there has been a long
session of hunting for wool enough to
satisfy the demand, and that the ex-
pected fleeces have been bought up in
advance more than for years. The
suffering of the western sheep raisers
Is like this. as told in the figures
quoted by the same democratic paper:
The number of sheep in the northern
Rocky mountain region was 100000
in 1903. There was small gain in
1898. though tie unfortunate collapse
Of business during the democratic
period. when Grover Cleveland was
president, ran the number down for
several years, but in 1904 that same
region had 100000 sheep, all doing
well and producing wool that is worth
more per pound than for many years
That Is the industry which makes the
democrats feel badly because the scar
city of wool imported makes the manu-
facturers use more shoddy. they claim
The democrats want the tariff taken
off wool so that the sheep men can
raise more for mutton alone and the
wool raised in other countries be i'm
ported cheaper, stopping the use Of
shoddy in the mills.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-02
SELDOM SEEN.
author who desires fame.

An author who desires fame.
A wife who has cont to her name.
A lawyer who thinks he has no case.
A woman who has something to wear.
An egotist who ever considers him.
self.
An old maid who wants to be mar
ried.
A college graduate who does not know
It all.
A philosopher who applies his phtlos-
ophy.
A bachelor who is dissatisfied within
state. +.,7
An once seeker who really desires tho
ONCE.
A widower who can supplant his nrst
spouse.
A lover who Is not going to be true
forever.
An inventor who il not going to be-
come rich.
A spellbinder who is not telling the
bald truth.
A politician who is in the business for
the spoils.
A bride who ever would look at an
other man.
An editor who does not yearn for tho
unknown genius.
A correspondent who does not write
her letters In haste.
An amateur author who does noe
think he Is turned down" through
jealousy.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-02

passed his hat and got about $50 from
the crowd that had collected, but no
sign OF their deserter. Some one sug-
gestsd: Give us one MORE" and the
pseudo musicians agreed. Just as
they finished house door opened and
out came their man. Miss King let
her dancing feet lead her aimlessly in
that direction, her partner following
and In few minutes handouts had
done the rest.
Experience In Chinatown.
She tells, too, OF an experience In
New York's Chinatown, when she was
after a couple OF deserters from the
revenue steamer Franklin. Matters
were simpiifed by the arrest OF ore at
the entrance of Brooklyn Just as she
arrived on the scene. She took her
cue from that, and dressing for the
part went over to Chinatown and
raped on a certain door. A shrill
won ans voice answered from within.
asking who was there and what was
wanted. A hesitating answer came to
the effect that Harry Eldriksen had
just been arrested on Brooklyn bridge,
and she was his girl and had mes
sage for his partner.
Her interrogation opened the door .
little and peered through. She saw
a slouchy young person with untidy
hair, a battered old sailor hat set we'll
down over one eye, sailor waist of
one4ttme CANDY color, but now faded
and soiled, and sagging untrimly over
her skirt around the front and gaping
widely behind. She concluded that
this looked like the right sort, and
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-02

had sense enough to pare apples. Al
most In tears she assured him that shs
needed work desperately and was will
ing to try anything. He told her to go
home and take OF that finery and re-
port to him In the afternoon and he'd
see what he could do.
She was put to work in the coring and
pairing department. Utterly unfamiliar
with the machinery, she soon had her
fingers sliced and cut In every direction.
Almost incapacitated. less attention
was paid to her chatting with her fellow
workmen than would otherwise have
been. She soon had the confidence OF
the men she was looking for. with all
the necessary details. Mr. Miller had
told her she might keep whatever she
earned in the factory, and she and her
mother planned joyously what she would
Iuy with It. At the end of the week she
had earned just SO cents at the factory,
but her two men were safe In Uncle
Sans keeping.
That was the beginning. and since then
Mr.. Miller, who makes specially of de-
serters, has used her almost entirely
and always successfully on cases OF this
sort. She Is given description ofeyery
man who deserts from any army post In
the country. or from any vessel in the
service, and in q general way she is on
the lookout for all of them, while In a
special way she Is tracking some one Of
whose whereabouts she has some
Source of Clews.
This knowledge comes In a variety of
ways, but most frequently in the shape
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-02

tering attention, to the story Of each
mans life-or rather to the version OF
it that he has prepared for publica.
tion--that has made so many men
talk sentiment TO their peril, and con.
fide secrets to their ultimate undoing-
Little Sympathy Shown.
II she could be persuaded TO tell
the story Of the last FIVE or six years,
as they really we're, she would tumble
out an even more confused heap OF
memories Of failures. OF successes, OF
laughter and tears than most women
who told truly of the Eve years that
lie between 20 and rs But for the
salvation Of the race. most women arc
AFFLICTED with more human compassio-
for bumanity's unwisdom than has
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-02
ODD PLEAS FOR DIVORCE.

A Cleveland man Is suing his wife for
divorce because she threw a seashell at
him when he read aloud. Obviously she
was in the wrong. A seashell is not very
hard.
A Pennsylvania woman who is suing
for divorce finds no consolation in be-
Ing the wife Of nan who has broken all
records in one line. he having deserted
her 35 times in AZ months.
Trenton IN. j. woman wants a d.
vorce because her husband. whose name
is Finnegan. won't ask the legislature 10
change it. When woman marries ii Is
time she ceased trying to change her
name.
woman in Logansport Is suing for
divorce. one of her complaints being that
her husband Is too loving ard hugs her
with too great constancy and exuber-
ance. She should have a tackling dunn
my rugged up and make her spouse try
out his energy on 1t before being admit
led to the house.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-02

OThe Dingley tariff is the hardest
tariff to find fault with that ever was
made. It is easy TO ~criticise in gen.
eral, for those who don't know what
they are talking about, but when they
come to particulars, one by one, care
full inquiry demonstrates that that par
ticular article cannot stand a reduc-
ton. And II goes right on, clear to
the end. Mr.. Dingley made that tariff
to stay. and 1t is going to stay be-
cause II is rational--not greatly high
or low at any point. Mr.. Dingley knew
where loud-mouthed reciprocityites
guess. Lebanon IN. H. Free Press.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-02

When Commissioner Garfield went
to tie Chicago packers and asked per.
mission to inspect their books. the con-
dition was made that no information
he might obtain therefrom would be
used in court proceedings against
them.
Mr.. Garfield gave this pledge, 1t IL
stated, and the packers allowed him
to study their business In all its de-
tails from the inside.
Now, It Is announced, the results OF
his study have been turned over to the
government department of justice to
be employed in legal prosecution Of
the packers.
Commissioner Garfield would not
have ventured to give the pledge that
was demanded by the packers without
instructions from Washington. He
pledged, not his own word, but the
governments. It is not his good faith.
but the governments, that is In ques-
ton now.
The Journal has no concern for the
packers, except as they are citizens or
CnlCAROs IL ~ Cdn Oc RtVvS0 sAAHs sA-~S
are guilty Of engaging in conspiracy
in restraint Of trade. they ought to b
punished.
But their guilt, II they are guilty.
must be fairly proved. They must DO
given a square deal.
Since the government has elevated
its vision to such a height as to over
look the nest Of defiant criminal trusts
in New Jersey, almost within the
shadow of the capitol dome, In order
to fasten itself thousand miles away
upon Chicago, the government and the
President cannot be too careful to
avoid suspicion that they are moro
anxious to prosecute western Offenders
than offenders in the east.
Some of the methods already en-
ployed in this case have not been par
ticularly distinguished for decency.
When the government breaks into q
mans house and steals his private pa
pers, when It drags the wives of pack
ing-house employees into court and
puts them under heavy bonds. It is
hardly dIgnifed. not to say honorable.
nor even respectablc.-From the Chi
cago Journal, Nov. 9. 1905.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-02
What Trustr

"Yes,' remarked Senator Sniffkins,
when we buried my colleague we put
over his grave these words: He was
always loyal to his trust"
And did you mention the name of
the corporation?" inquired Senator
Steele, with much est.-Chicago
Sun
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1905-12-02
Her First Assignment.

Her First Assignment.
Her first assignment was to find two
deserters from the United States army.
She was told that they we're believed to
Unemployed ina certain factory in Phila-
delphia. and she was instructed to apply
for job in this same factory and to
shadow the men and try, II possible, to
gain their confidence. Believing firmly
in the moral effect OF clothes, she put
on her Sunday best before applying for
work-with the result that The foreman
looked at her in amazement aud asked
her what she thought she could do in
q place of that sort. Then, noting her
white hands, he asked II she thought she