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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-27

A brass band Of 20 members has been
organized at Wilton, and begun prac
tice this week. 1t will hardly be ready
for business. Memorial day, but when
he Glorious Fourth arrives the welkin
" i'll have to put in soma extra braces.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-27

The season at the Bangor Opera house
will close. June 2. after $50 perform
ances since the opening. Aug. %. 1904.
The ever popular frankie Carpenter
lid the biggest business of any attrac-
ton.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-11-11

S3 SS 0aA NAAAi,
Coquelin and other
famous singers and
actors, writes:
Gentlemen: / wish
as many suffering men
and women as I can
reach to know the ex-
cel1ence of Doan's
Kidney Pills. / was
greatly benefited by
this remedy Inc know
~ c,,ro1 covor,.1 -hr
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-11-11
GRATIFYING PRAISE.
Letter from Marcus Mayer, the Great
Patron of Music and Drama,

Marcus R. Mayer, who brought to
America Nine. Patti, Duse. Salvini.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-11-11
Traffic in Young Women i'm
America is Disclosed.
BECOME SLAVES OF MERCLESS MANDAR|NS
Lured to Dens in Chicago on Various Pre-
texts and Taken to Orient by Ring of De-
ceiving Notwithstanding Prac-
tice Barred by Secret Serv-
ice Officials.

ChicagO.-Recent astounding dis
closures have brought 10 light the fac.
that a traffic in human lives has beer
going or Tor some time in this coun
try and that this city has been the
recruiting point. Young America,
girls have been lured from home and
friends under various preteXts and
sold into living deaths in Chinese
haremS.
They are employed as Secretaries
and travelling companions witt.
promises Of big wages and the pay
ment of all travelling expenses. Once
within China they are delivered to
those who have paid in advance for
them, only TO be hurried to the in
terror beyond the reach of civilization.
to pass their lives il hopeless despair,
the absolute slaves OF mercileSS mas
terS free from the restraint of all law
and accountable TO no one for their
victims lives.
Local police and federal secret serv-
Ice officials who uncovered the opera
tons Of those engaged in |depOrting
the girls were surprised at the
extent and ramiications of the
system they unearthed. Instead
of involving a few women and
the depOrting of a few girls, it is now
admitted the Investigators are on the
track of half a score OF traffickers,
and the number of girls lured from
home may exceed 100 in Chicago
alone, to say nothing of the extent
OF the operations of the ring in other
sections of the United States and Can
ada.
Two Of the intended victims of the
traffic escaped from their captors after
arriving in Shanghai. They told an
officer Of the American navy their ex-
periences ana about the fate of their
companions. 1t is possible de-
mands for the liberation of the young
women BY the American consul may
make the affair international.
Astounding Facts Disclosed.
FOrty-nine American girls have been
sold into life slavery in Chinese
harems. Most of the white slaves de
llVeTed into the hands of Chinese mas
are lost to civilization and can
hope for no escape from their bond
7ge save by suicide. They are help
prisoners in Chinese interior
owns subject to the whims of man-
and wealthy Cinnamon who
we're enabled to. purchase them
through conniyance with a woman
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-11-11

in February, 1901, from Montreal, ma
have met the same fate. These girl
were employed in the Hotel de Villa
Montreal. Two French women stOppe,
at the hotel as guests. They engage,
the girls to come to Chicago and lure,
them TO a resort. The young wOme'
were rescued from the dive and re
turned to their homes. Later it is re
ported they again disappeared. Th,
circumstances of their second diSap
rearance from home are supposed t
have been a second visit from tn,
sire to make reparation and hen sen
the girls to China for the dual pur
pose of getting a price of $500 apiece
for them and sending dangerous wit
neSseS against themselves out of the
country.
Chicago Girls Among C%aptives.
The names of ten more young WON
Ell that have disappeared from homes
IL Chicago and other American cities
and were shipped to Shanghai are in
'iAC pOcSCcoiOh VI liz IllOpCClOl vi IL
Chinese immigration bureau. The pO-
Ice of this and other cities are gath
ering evidence against the promoters
Of the slavery and their prosecution
will follow. On this point the govern
nent agents say they must rely Oh
the police and state authorities, since
there is no national law against ex-
porting women for such purposes.
American Consul James l.. Rodgers,
at Shanghai, has enlisted the coopera-
ton of the English and Chinese au-
tEorities in that city, and evidence of
many sales of American and Canadian
girls TO Chinese masters has been pro-
cured.
The authorities have unquestionable
proof OF the Incarceration in Chinese
Earems of at least a dozen of the girls
VINO were shipped from Chicago. Hill
da Olson, aged 20, is said to have com
mitted suicide on arriving at Shan
Gnai in order to escape the fate of be-
ing a slave to a Chinese master.
were shipped to interior towns,
they were held by ore master
after another, until they were finally
sold to Chinese, who took them so far
into the interior they could not be
The horror of the situation of the
girls. all of whom are young and were
selected because of their beauty, can
imagined when it is known that
he Chinese purchasers own them as
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-11-11

gone to China during the last fey
years and secured wealthy husbands,
she said. at is their w business
and | don't see why the authorize.
should raise any objections to thei1
going. They are surely better off thai
they would be here"
do they marry Chinese?" she was
asked.
ooh, no; they marry white men
There are thousands of single white
men in the Chinese cities who want
wives from their own lands"
The woman in question, it is said,
takes periodical trips to China and
receives and entertains women Wis
itOrS from the orient in the United
States, ostensibly to enjoy vacations
during the heated term in the Chi
nese city. The visitors, it is declared.
are the women who do the actual work
of transporting the girls from Amer
lea to China at so much apiece. They
visit San Francisco, New York, Phila.
delphia, Montreal, and every large city
where it is possible for them to pur.
sue their nefarious vocations without
too much police interference. The
woman does not deny her oriental &C.
quaintances, but she does deny that
girls are obtained by her and sem to
China.
Hard to Reach Offenders.
Washington officials first notified the
local authorities of the nefarious prac-
tice which was going on, as there is
no federal law under which punish.
ment could be melted out to the of.
tenders. They can be reached, how.
ever, under an Illinois law, and If
sufficient evidence can be obtained the
guilty one can be sent to the peni- |
tertiary on the charge of abduction.
The difficulty which has prevented
the officials from taking action is
that the victims shipped out of the
never return to tell the tale.
At Hongkong or some other Chinese
port they are met by agents of the
band and sold into slavery in the in
.erior far beyond the pale. of Euro
,ean and American civilization that
ringes the seacoast.
A number of persons have been sent
o the penitentiary under the federal
tatutes for importing women into
United States, but the authorities
ave never been able to reach persons
perating in the other direction.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-11-11

women have been RECALLED by storie
OF the palaces maintained by those O
their kind in the celestial kingdom
Year after year a group OF wOmel
formerly identified with Chicago
dark side have visited the city ant
departed with a band Of these women
who have never been heard Of after
ward.
Despite all this, the knowledge thai
girls are being sold into actual slav
cry and that the young and ~inexperi
enced are being lured from home to
supply the demand for white slaves
came as a startling surprise.
More than a year ago an inkling of
the system and its extent reached the
local police, and from time to time
the atrocities practiced by the inter
national band of slave traders caused
a ripple. Nothing was. done, however,
to investigate the situation and sup
press the traffic until the federal au-
thorities acted in this instance, send
ing the police Of Chicago, New York
and San Francisco into action stimuli
%taneOusly.
1t is believed that exposure will of
itself bring the operations Of the slave
traders to an end, save in the cases
of the very ignorant. Punishment be-
fitting the enormity of the crimes that
because of the absence of specific laws
meeting the situation and the fact that
most Of the offenders have placed the
Pacific ocean between themselves and
prosecution.
ct is true. this sort of thing has
been going on for some time," said
Chief Collins. 81 have detectives
working on the case now and expect
to do something before long. The in
came to me from Washing
first, and l then took the case up
with the government officers here, but
they could do nothing. l don't care
10 state what u next move will be-"
One Woman Suspected.
One oma against whom positive
evidence has been gathered as a GEN.
inquire IN this system OF kidnap-
ng, abduction and sale into slavery
S the wife of a recently deceased
Several others are wom-
who formerly conducted resorts in
and now make their homes
n Chinese treaty ports.
While 40 cases are charged against
he former, the latter are said to have
ecruited hundreds who have entered
pom a living death from which there
) no possibility of escape save by
The wife of the bookmaker, when
u~estioned, Indignantly denied the {
She lives. in a splendid apart
lent and is supposed to be wealthy.
The charges against me are prepos-
she said. ri cannot imagine
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-11-11

how they originated. / have been "a
China once. Then / visited a married
lady friend in Hongkong. There is
delightful colony of Americans in
Hongkong. l found life there charm.
ing. Most American women who ga
there do. There is much wealth and
money Is spent freely. But white
women no more associate with Chinese
there than they do here. l never
heard Of any American women being
married to Chinese there.
"As for my being connected with a
band of slave traders, the charge is
absurd. On my only voyage l was
unaccompanied. l have never sent
anyone there.
II have told stories of the fine eli
mate and Of the splendid times WON.
en- have there, but | do not know of
anyone who has been Influenced to 90
by my yarns.
1.-Two of my friends have been
dragged into this scandal. One is the
wife of a German banker and the other
the wife of a merchant. Both were
Chicago m They went to China
as single women and married there.
Every summer they come back to Chi.
cago and stay with me at my fiat.
They make this trip to escape the
heated term in the orient. They are
wealthy women, and left only a few
days ago after a months visit with
me. l have never heard of any women
returning to China with them.
II know Of a large number of Chi.
cago women Of legal age who have
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-11-11

had kidney trouble so badly they were
agonized with pain in the back, head
and loins, rheumatic attacks and urin-
airy disorders. l am glad to recommend
such a deserving remedy.
(Signed) MARCUS r. MAYER.
Sold by all dealers. so cents q box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-11-11

chattel slaves, may sell them &c
others, or may keep them as long as
they please, and in event of their dis
pleasure order their heads cut off, al,
without mourning the risk of trial OF
punishment. d.
Prices for Girls Vary.
The fixed price for Chinese girl
slaves at Shanghai is from $3.50 to
$500. The price paid by the Chinese
men for the American girls betrayed
into their hands by the two women
engaged in the traffic varies from $500
to $1,000 apiece. A young woman Of
special beauty and accomplishment
brings a higher price than palmer
and less accomplished one.
The "levee" section of the North
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-11-11

side sec rs to BE- tho headquarters OF
the slave" traders. Detectives an6
secret service officers have investigated
a number Of externally unpretentious
houses and have discovered conditions
they believed could exist. To
step within the portals of these houses
is like being transported to the orient.
Rich rugs, tapestry, Chinese and Jap
anese bric-a-brac, virgin gold and Jade
ware studded with diamonds and pre-
cious stones, greet the eye of the Wis
itor.
Lured by Tales CT Wealth.
1t is into these dens of splendor that
Cnsuspecting girls have been lured.
Wild tales of the wealth and pleasures
that will be theirs in the orient are
poured into the startled ears of the
Sirls by women SO schooled that the
unsuspecting victims really believe the
glowing promises that are made.
You will find. scores Of wealthy
merchants and business men in Chi
rese cities who are far from home"
say the deceivers. "They are seeking
wives from their own land"
Another story is that wealthy orien-
tails want American companions and
e~overnesses for their children who are
to be trained for college courses III
the big universities of this country.
Traffic a Surprise.
That Chicago has been used as a
recruiting station for tba rocortc 20
treaty ports and the frequently
visited spots Of the orient has ] ng
been known to the under world, whose
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-11-11

whose identity is. well known to the
government authorities.
The dealer who delivered the girls
into their slavery resides in Chicago
n has a confederate in
Shanghai, China, who is also known
to the government secret service
agents.
These astounding facts were dis
closed by the local immigration bu-
reau, which received complaint of the
sale of4ouise Miller, a girl from Mon
treaI, Canada, to the agent of a Chi
Iese official in Shanghai.
Other evidence obtained indicated
that Eva Canlpeau, Maggie Drouin and
Victoria Stamour, three mattresses
Who were Induced to come to Chicago
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-11-11
ITCHING SCALP HUMOR.
Suffered Tortures Until Cured bv
Cuticura-Scratched Day
and Night.

my scalp was covered with little PIN.
Piles and | suffered fortunes from the
itching. was scratching all day and
night, and I could get no rest. l washed
my head with hot water and Cuticura
Soap and then applied the Cuticura ONT
ment as a dressing. One box of the ONT
ment and one cake of Cuticura Soap
cured me. Now my head is entirely clear
and my hair is growing splendidly. |
have used Cuticura Soap ever since, and
shall never be without it. (Signed) Ada G..
Smith, 800 Grand ST., Jersey City, N. j."
OF course, you can fool some people all
the time, but when you consider what kind
they are it hardly seems worth while
Puck.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-11-11
Amber in New York CITY.

Large masses of amber have recent
Iy been discovered in cretaceous strata
on Staten Island, now the borough o.
Richmond of the city of New. York. Tho
deposits are being commercially worked.
1t is thought that some OF this amber
may be the product of sequoia-trees
that grew on the.Atlantic coast in Gre
taceous time.-Youth's Companion.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-11-11
New Industry.

Agent VIII just leave this prospectus,
sir, and when you read it through care
fully, you will see that you cannot pos
sibly do without our company, if you
want to make sure of the future of your
wife and little ones.
Business Man-What's your speciality
wv insure you against loss on your life
insurance policies. baltimore American.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-06-23
ON A..

wnen ne heard what said, his con-
science touched him deeply. He did not
believe, though, that be would have had
the courage TO change his order II the
waiter had not appealed 10 him at that
time. and If be had not known that We
were looking at him. He went straight
home 20 his mother after leaving De-
troit, and from that cine ON there was
no return OF the old temptation. last
week he 6ied-died q triumphant Chris
tian. Before be passed away he gave his
mother the address be had copied from
my note book. and asked her 10 write
and tell me about H."
BY this time both girls we're weeping.
you don't know, Jean." Adelaide
went on, bow thankful | am for my
part In the matter. What II had kept
quiet2"
Dear" Jean returned, huskily, "you
remember what | said about your being
too particular about little thlngsg Well,
/ have come to the conclusion that in
matters Of right and wrong there are no
little things. s."-National Advocate.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-06-23
MOI OVERDRAWN.
Why the Criticism Of the Statements
Of Temperance Reformers
Is Not Just.


The frequent snecr of extravaganza
over statements and Incorporate Ian
euage used concerning questions OF
lnebriety always reflects on the failures
of critics TO understand the subject.
Physicians, laymen and the press seem
20 regard all emphatic expressions OF
writer's on these subjects as unreliable
and hacking IN truthIulness. This Is
seen ln other directions, particularly In
science, here every new discovery IL
received with doubts and denials. Even
explorers Of a new continent are dis
credited at FIRST, and their statements
considered extrayagant Why every
advanced teacher OF writer on this sub
ject should be considered incapable OF
fairly representing the facts is a mys-
terry. One Of the largest class OF per-
sons who writes on this subject are
those who have suffered personally or
in their families from the evils follow
Ing from the use Of spirits. The Ian
guage OF such persons is often very In
tense, and their word descriptions re-
feet this experience which they can in
no way exaggerate except In the estima-
ton Of persons who have not had such
experience. Another smaller class
are composed OF physicians and re-
formers and persons who have thought
fully watched and studied the effects OF
alcohol IN the wrecks Of individuals and
communities; such persons write With
an eagerness and supreme confidence OF
the accuracy OF the facts In both OF
these classes their earnest burning
words are not the product Of distorted
views or exaggerated imaginations. but
conceptions Of realities described In
terms unknown 10 those who have never
realized the meaning Of these drug
states. The literature Of persons who
describe their experience has q very
deep, psychological meaning, which
has never been studied. The supposed
exaggerations and Incorporate terms
are reflections Of impressions made on
the bfain, the accuracy OF which cannot
be disputed. The student who has
followed the movements Of the psyche
logical laws and forces which move with
unerring certainty becomes emphatic
and dogmatic 10 others without this
knowledge In both OF these classes
there IS a message, the truthfulness OF
which Is prophetic, and can only be
stated IN the strongest possible terms.
The old-time criticisms Of the early
abolitionlsts sound childish at this
time. and yet they were expressions OF
intuition and coming events unrealized.
Il rs unwIse 10 sneer and condemn the
language Of the Yenormers and pioneers
whose means Of knowledge exceed our
Own, and the personal condemnation OF
statements Of experience and study "a
but cheap critctsm.-Journal OF lne-
/ briefly.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-06-23

Christmas tree she had prepared for her
children, she was a verltable pillar OF
fire. For breath Of fresh air she ran 70
the window overlooking the back yard.
At that instant Mr.. Lawson was re-
turning home. Her screams attracted
his attention.
Jump into my arms" he cried to her
as she extended them. In an lnstantshe
leaped out and together man and wife
rolled on the ground. With his coat
Lawson finally put out the fire, but not
until his wife had been fatally burned.
An ambulance was called and she was
hastened to the city hospital, where she
died at nine o'clock.
Lawson disappeared and has not been
seen since by friends.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-06-23
celluloid for Skull Bone.

Cinclnnati.-Within few days an op-
Grafton will be performed which will add
TO William Reardon's anatomy powder
puffbox I'D. The puffbox I'D, which will
come from one Of the celluloid powder
boxes commonly used By the fair sex,
will be inserted in the top Of Reardon's
skull. after 8 section Of bone about the
size OF a silver dollar powder puffbox.
The city hospital surgeons have decided
10 try the experiment Of using the piece OF
celluIolf IN the place Of a silver plate TO
protect Reardon's brain from injury.
About a year ago he was hurt by fall.
and his skull was fractured.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-06-23
Living IN Gods Time.

A number Of years ago Frances f.
Willard made a temperance address In
Boston. During her stay In the city
a young man happened 70 call upon
Wendell Phillips. who entertained him
until late IN the night telling OF the
old aboiitionst days, and showing him
relics Of their struggle. AS the young
man rose 10 depart be said to Mr..
Phillips:
"Mr. Phillips, think II had lived
IN your time would have been heroic.
too"
Mr.. Phillips. who had gone to the door
with his caller, pointed 10 the saloons
down the street and his voice was keen
with indignation.
Young man" he said. you are liv-
ing in my time, and Gods time. Did
you hear Frances Willard last nightf
BE assured that no man could have bees
heroic then who Is not heroic now.
Good night"
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1905-06-23
CREMATES HERSELF
TO ERASE HER SIN.
Woman Lights Her oil-soaked Dress
with q Candle from Christ
mas Tree.

ST. Louis, Mo. - In the belief that
death by fire would wipe out her sins and
insure her escape from the pains Of pur-
gatory Mrs Mary Lawson burned her
self to death at her home 1908 Carroll
street. She saturated her clothing with
kerosene. lighted the oil with candle
from her children's Christmas tree, and.
as the blaze leaped up TO her face she
jumped out OF a window into the arms
OF her husband, 10 perish, despite his
heroic efforts to save her.
For several days Mrs. Lawson had
been declaring that life was not worth
the living. but her husband thought she
was suffering only from one Of her accus-
toned spells Of dependency, and soon
would rally. About IL o'clock In the
morning, however, while Michael Law
son was visiting nelghbors, she decided
to carry out her Oft repeated threat In
an instant after she had lighted her oil
soaked dress with a candle from the