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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-08
ROB AT REYNOLDS
Postoffice, Depot and Store
Broken Open and Postoffice
at Taylor Ridge.
PART OF THE SWAG DROPPED
Thieves Take Railroad Velocipede and
Ride to This City, Abandoning it
in the Outskirts.

Robbers, probably the same pair who
broke into the Coal Valley postoffice
and depot last week. committed a SER
les of robberies at Reynolds and Tay-
lor Ridge last night. Three places were
entered at Reynolds. one being the post
office. At Taylor Ridge only the post
Office was robbed A few stamps were
all that was secured, so far as is known.
The crooks borrowed Charles Wayne's
railway velocipede at Reynolds and rode
chine in the outskirts of the yards at
the west end of this city.
At the Reynolds postoffice between
$50 and $50 worth of stamps We're So
cured, but SIG worth was dropped in
Robert Maliett's hardware store, which
railway ticket office, which was also
broken into, the cash registers were
empty and nothing was secured. En-
trance to the hardware store was made
by breaking open a door At the other
places windows were broken open
strangers seen.
At Taylor Ridge a few stamps were
taken from the postoffice. Two strang-
ers were seen hanging about at Taylor
Ridge yesterday and it is supposed
they did all jobs, beginning at Reynolds
and stopping at Taylor Ridge on their
way to this city.
The thieves are supposed to belong
to the gangs that are being chased out
of Chicago and are overrunning the
country.
Reports HOIdup.
A. T. Wicks. 4 draughtsman residing
at 1924 Fourth avenue. reported to the
police that he was held up at o'clock
last evening by two men at Thirteenth
street and Fourth avenue. He stated
that 81. an opal ring. and gold
watch were taken from him. and that
when the men had taken his money
they returned the empty pocket book.
A cash register was taken last night
from the lunch room of Miss Allen
Fifth avenue and Thirty-first street.
The register was broken open and s.
taken from it, The broken register
was found near the railway tracks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-08
Navy Surneon Dead.

Washington, June S.-MeGical Direc-
tor Robert A. Marmion L. S ~ retired.
died today of apopleXy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-08
Draw Orchard Out on De
tails and Secure Many
Names of Persons.
OBJECT TOCONTROvERT
Chief Witness for State Sticks
to All Original Statements
on Direct Quiz.

Boise, Jnne S-The Haywood tri,l
was resumed at $50 fhis morning win
Harry Orchard still under cross exam!.
nation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-08
Was Not Molested.

The defense also tried to show that
because he stood in with the other
side Orchard was never molested by
the militia in Cripple Creek during the
strike Orchard admitted Scott had told
him that if the militia interfered with
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-08

The cyclone struck the village short
ly after supper. raging for several min
utes. Reports from points south of
here in Indiana say the storm was Sc
we're and several inches of rain fell to-
day doing big damage. Ma casualties $
are reported.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-08
CIoudbursf in Kentucky.

Louisville. June S.-A telephone
message from Grennsburg reports a
cloud-burst at Gradyville, Ky. early to
day in which ten or fifteen lives were
lost. Five bodies were recovered
Eight houses are reported washed
away.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-06-08
Over score Missing.

Twenty-one people are missing at
Gradyville. The storm began at 10
last night and increased in intensity
until after u, when its height was
reached. A cloudburst turned a big
creek into torrent which quickly
overfowed it's banks and poured great
volume down upon Gradyville.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-24

in connection with the operations of the company.
 The Storey Company ostensibly bought and sold cotton and promised to pay big dividends to investors. The books of the concern, according to the Federal authorities, show that in four years it collected $3,500,000 from inves- tors in all parts of the country and when the postal inspectors brought about its collapse in March, 1905. there remained s54000 to pay customers. all though $1,700.000 was due them on or iginai investments. Such dividends as were paid to investors. 1t fs charged, were taken out of the principal re- ceived from investors.
 The Prevalent Investment Company, an allied concern. collapsed with the Storey Company and the promoters all fled with the exception of Stanley Fran cis who was convicted on a charge of using the mails to defraud and is now serving a five years sentence Marlin was arrested in Buffalo last November.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-24
BIG CREST OF CASES
 IN RECORDERS COURT

Only during the holidays are more penitents seen on the mourners' bench than were present in the Recorders Court yesterday afternoon. There were sixty-three in all colors. sizes and sex. From the job lot the city collected $27s. with $1s3 yet to come. Not bad two days work for the po- lice.
 It was after o'clock when Recorder Baber listened to the last '1t was dis way, jedge," and scratched his sigma ture to "l0 or 26."
 Of the Saturday night and Sunday roundup, there were eighteen charged with gaming, nine with vagrancy, six with lettering, fifteen with drunken ness and disorderly conduct. five with sleeping in a restaurant, two with as- sault and battery, two with assault with intent to murder, one with lar- ceny, one with cruelty to animals, two with violating the revenue law, one with violating Section 1908 of the City Code, one with violating the automo- bile ordinance.
 Many of these cases were continued until today, aud if there is a propor- donate number of convictions then, the amount of money realized by the city will be considerably larger.
 Saturday night three crap games were .raided, one made up of white Inen ana Lue OtneT two OI Hs6TOSS Each of the eighteen captured in these three games were fined $I0 or twenty six.
 N. Eunice, a Syrian, who was arrest cd Saturday on a charge of vagrancy, was fined $25 or dfty-six days. Flu nice. was formerly in the fruit busi- ness with his mother, but when she left Montgomery about three months ago, he stopped working altogether. The police got after him some time ago, and Friday he started selling ba- nanas on the street. He knocked off Saturday, however, and was picked up as a vag.
 For failing to have proper licenses, Jake Regall and Sam, Singer, two white men. were fined for selling fruit on Che street Segalls had license but it was in the name of another man. He explained that the other man owed him some money and that he took the license in payment. His failure to
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-24
WHISTLERIS EXCITED
ATTEMPTED ASSAULTS BY NEGRO
 AROUsES PEOPLE.
Nose Dossett, Who Was Lynched, Wis ffed Two Homes--Omcer Smith Tells of His Experience
 With the Mob.

Mobile. Sept 23.-(Special. )--During the excitement In Whistler Sunday, fol- lowing the night of the lynching, 1t became known that Nose Dossett, the negro who was hanged. had made his way into another white woman's house Immediately after he had been fright- ened away from the home of Mrs. An drew Beeder.
 The other lonely white woman who had been picked out by the negro Dos- sett as an object of attack was Miss Cherry Ann Few, sister of Blackman Few, a well known fisherman. Pos sibly the only thing that saved her from the negro's clutches was the fact that she left home to spend the night
 Deputy Sheriff Charles Smith of Whistler. who caught the negro Dos sett, and who had to give him up to the angry mob. tells of his experience in the swamp after Mrs. Beeder had identified the negro.
 T deputized Hutchinson Adams and he and I got in a wagon and started to jail with the negro. The horse was balky and the roads were bad and we had a hard time getting along. We started to take the Conception Street road. but decided not to do 1t, because I thought if any mob should follow us they would take that road.
 "So we went this other road, and when we had gotten near Finley Mo- Faydens house I saw a lot of black spots in front of us like umbrella cov- CTS. This was about 12:30 o'clock. When we moved little further, men jumped out from each side of the road and demanded the prisoner. They took hold of him, and laid hands on him again, and pistols were showed in my face, and Hutch and myself were told to beat 1t down the road. I don't know what else happened"
 According to Mir. Smith and other Whistler people, the mob came near lynching Richardson and Sneed, friends of Dossett. and there is now much talk of running them out of the place.
 It was talked around Whistler yes- terday, among the negroes, that some white people would be hanging on the same limb that held Dossett. before morning The town was very quiet last night, and few people were seen on the streets after church hours.
 Mrs. Beeder is one of the oldest res- idents of whistler. She is said to be ss years old. Despite her age, she is portly and could not be called feeble woman. but her hearing is bad, as is her sight
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-24
A MATE IS DROWNED
BODY OF JOHN s. vIRGIE TAKEN
 FROM RIVER.
Wife and Child of officer of British Schooner Alexander Black Were With Him on
 VOyaRe.

Mobile, Sept. 23.--(Special.)- l.)-Float- ing stiff In death among the sticks and timbers at the bow of his schoon- CT, the body of John Starr Virgie, mate of the British schooner Alexander Black. was found by his father at o'clock this morning.
 virgie left the vessel to go ashore Friday afternoon about o'clock, and had not been seen since by his father, the master of the schooner, or by any of the men until his dead body came to the surface this morning. It is supposed that coming back late Fri day night to the schooner, the mate tried to climb aboard at the bow, and, slipping in the darknesss fell between the wharf and the vessel. g Evidently he fell head foremost and, falling struck the heavy wooden fender hang ing on the vessels side since bruise was found on his head. It is supposed that the blow on his head rendered the mate unconscious and no cry for help or any noise of any kind warned those aboard the ship of his fall into the river.
 The wife and little girl of the mate were making this voyage on the Alex ander Black and though they were uneasy when he did not return to the vessel, they did not fear anything seri- ous.
 The drowned man was 30 years old. and was a native of Annapolis Nova Scotia. The little girl aboard rhe schooner Is the only child he leaves.
 The body was turned over to under takers by Captain Virgie this morn ing and the funeral was held at 2:SO o'clock this afternoon, interment being made in Magnolia Cemetery.
 The first sight of the experienced seamc V floating dead in the river sug- gested Ioul play. Coroner Hirschfield was summoned and viewed the body. but as Virgie's gold watch and about S5 were found in his pockets undis- turbed, it was concluded that the dead man had met with no trouble ashore, and only a misstep in climbing the vessels side in the darkness of the night had caused him to fall to his death.
 The schooner Black Is lying at the Louisville and Nashville wharf where she has been loading lumber for about a week, expecting to sail In about two weeks. All work was stopped today out of respect to the dead mate.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-24
PEACE IN MOROCCO
DELEGATES OF THREE IMPORTANT TRIBES ACCEPT TERMS.
Tue Terms of the Peace Agreement VIII Be Carried Out and All Hosfflifies Are Now at
 An End

Paris. Sept. 3.-Peace has been de- clared in Morocco. The delegates of three important tribes have accepted the French peace overtures inaugural ed today, and will see that the terms of the agreement are carried out. Hos tilities are now at an end.
 The Government this evening re- ceived with great satisfaction Q dis patch from Rear Admiral Philibert, the commander of the French naval forces in Moroccan waters. saying that as a result of the conference today at Gem eral Drude's headquarters between the French naval and military command CTS and nineteen Caids representing the Ouleseeyan, Zanata and Zyaida internationally the peace terms of fered by France. These are as fol- lows:
 Hostilities shall cease from today; General Drude may make military re- connoisances throughout the territory of the three tribes to satisfy himself that the pacification is complete; the tribes engage themselves to disperse and chastise all armed bodies that may assemble in their territory with hos tile intent; every native detected in smuggling or using arms shall be pun ished. The delegates to the tribes un- dertake to surrender the authors of the outrages upon Europeans on July 8. and pending judgment their goods shall be seized and irrespective of the indemnity which is to be paid, the amount of which shall be fixed by the Moroccan Government, the Chaouia tribes shall pay large indemnity, the part of each tribe to be apportined according to the length of time 1t re- sisted the French.
 In addition the Chauoia tribe shall pay a contribution towards the har- bor works at Casa Blanca. To secure the carrying out of this convention, two notablss of each tribe shall be given up as hostages.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-24
Dragged Into a Paving
 Sensation.
WAS E. E. KERsH BRIBEDs
Mobile CounciImen Hear Interest
 ing Testimony.
Managing Editor of The Register avvearn That. Bithulithic Man wanted to Buy its Editorial
 Columns.

Mobile, Sept. 23-(SpeciaD-The Jett-Rockwell investigation held in the City Council Chamber tonight may not have substantiated the charges made by contracter J. T. Jett against pr. Rockwell and members of the councli on the paving question, but the in- vestigation WI ung from Dr. Rockwell as Mobile agent of the Southern Bitu- lithic Company. the admisson that he had employed EdwaIl E. Kersh, city editor of The Register, to work for bitulithic paving; that kersh had con fessed, in the presence Of Councilman John Craft to having had carried out the forgery ot the name of the presi- dent of the Bitulithic Company to note promising to pay him Sloo ana one cent yard on all pavements to be laid in Mobile.
 T. c. O'Connel, managing editor of The Register, voluntarily took the wit ness stand, and under oath said that Kersh had nothing to do with the policy of the newspaper. He further testified that pr, Rockwell had ap- preached Paul E. Rapier, of the busi- ness department of The Register, about buying the editorial columns for the support of bitulithic paving. In con- clusion Mir. O'Connell. asked that Kersh not be taken as an example of Mobile newspaper men. E.
 4ne investigation was thorough. under the direction of Chairman Eos ter K. Hale and the excitement of the jam of people, as testimony was heard. was intense
 The committee at Il o'clock ad- adourned to meet Wednesday night to give the Jett side a chance to intro- auce Kersh, who. it is said by Jett's attorney, will give important and sen sational testimony in the case.
 Kersh was absent from the investi- ration tonight on account of sickness.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-24

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 We do not ask you to take our word :. We are willing that you should try our treatment and decide for yourself. Send to the Pyramid Drug Co, 93 Pyr- amid Building, Marshall, Mich, and you will receive free trial package by re- turn mail After you have used the contents of this package you can se- cure exactly the same medicine from any druggist for 50 cents. or, on re- ceipt of price, we will mail you same ourselves, if he should not have 1t.
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 Isn't 1t worth trying?
 Thousands have been cured in this easy, painless and inexpensive way, in the privacy of their own home.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-24

have the City Council properly trans- fer the license cost him s15. sam Singer said that he had but recently come to Montgomery and decided not to take out a license until October l. He was fined s1o..
 Bill Scrutchens, the ncgrol who cut Lewis Red, also a negro. with razor in a light near the brewery Saturday night. was discharged. It was shown that at the time Scrutchens pulled his trusty and started a leak in Reds jugular. that the latter had assumed a belligerent attitude and was attempt- ing to brain Scrutchens with a brick.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-24
Opportunity GiDen to Secure
 Handsome Drinking Fountain.

Louis M. Weaver. Secretary of the Humane Alliance, is touring the South and incidentally establishing In the Southern cities some of the drinking fountains for which the Alliance is famous. The city of Montgomery. if proper application is made, would have an excellent opportunity for securing one of these fountains. {.
 The last fountain to be/ located by the Alliance is being erected at Co- lumbia. s. C.. It .s of stone, with bronze trimmings and will cost $2.S0o
 It is six feet in height It contains a drinking fountain for horses five feet in diameter and smaller fountains
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-24
--------------------------- VALIDITY IS SUSTAINED.
Grand Jury Which Indicted Prise,
 Graftera Was LeGal.

San Francisco. Sept. 23.-The State Supreme Court late today rendered a decision upholding the validity of the so-called Oliver grand jury. On this decision depended the fate of the in- dictments found subsequently to March l, last.
 The attack was made on the grand jury by William M Abbott of the United Railways. Frank c. Drumm, John Martin of the San Francisco Gas Company, and other defendants to test the validity of the indictments charg- ing them with bribery. They con tended that in February last, the names of a new grand jury were drawn and that while the Oliver jury has not been discharged. it's powers lapsed with the first step taken to en- panel its successor. Justice McFar- land filed dissenting opinion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-24
WILL WORK FOR oRPHANAGE.
Baptist Ladies VIII Help Furnish In
 stttution at Evergreen.

Baptist Ladies VIII Help Furnish In-
 stftution at Evergreen.
 At the meeting of the Ladies Aid Society of the Clayton street Bapti> church vest yrday afternoon at the church. plans were discussed for the furnishing and completion of the Baptist Urphanage at Evergreen.
 The Sunbeams will work in fur junction with the Ladies Aid in fur nishing the necessary curtains. dishes, etc. which are badly needed at the Orphanage.
 The ladies promised that their con tributions to this branch of church work would be larger and that more would be done this year than last towards the furnishing of this chartt- able institution.
 After the business meeting refresh ments were served.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-24

at the base for dogs.
 The National Humane Alliance has in recent years devoted itself especially to this form of philanthrophy. It has large sum of money at it's disposal for the erection of drinking fountains. The city making application for foun- tain can secure 1t under only one con dition. The site must be furnished and the fountain must be kept in good con dition. With no further conditions than secured.
 It Is thought probable that Montgom- cry may make an application for one of the fountains.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-24
FATE NEEsE RUNS AMucK.
Goes to Opp from Country and Has
 Fight.

opp, Sept. sS.-(special )-Fate Neese. a white man.. who resides out in the county, came to Opp Saturday night fired his pistol several times in the street, had two fights and escaped from town after the Mayor had sworn in a special police force to arrest him.
 Neese's first difficulty was with w. T. Moxley. Then followed a difficulty with J. S. Wright. against whom, 1t Is said Neese had a grudge. Wright knocked Neese down and Neese began shooting at him. Wright returned the fire, but neither was hurt. Neese es- caped to the west side of town and found refuge in a house. la1t
 The Mayor organized a special force of policemen to capture him. When they approached the house Neese es- caped in a buggy that was driven hur- rfedly to the door. As he fled, he fired a volley of shots at the posse.
 It is said that Neese was overtaken two miles from the city and that he was shot in the side. but this report has not been verified. He was not brought to Opp.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-24
noDY Is IDENTIFIED.
Police Solve Mystery of GruesOme Find
 in a Trunk.

Tn a IEuuAs
 Seattle Wash, Sept. 23.-The police tonight identified the body of the wo- man found stuffed into a trunk cast on the beach of South Alki yesterday morning as that of Mrs Agnes True man McCombs Cevington, 1T years old.
 The woman had been strangled to death. She was the wife of Frank Covington, for several months employ ed as salesman in Seattle. Covington is missing and the police are looking for him. The body in the trunk had been dead at least a week. Mrs. Cov- ington was the daughter of Trueman McCombs, who lives near Vernon, B. C. Covington Is about 23 years old. He is said to have come to Seattle two years ago from. Louisville, Ky.
 A letter from St. Paul, under date of April II, 1908, apparently written by Covington's sister Edith. was found in the trunk with the body. The let. ter was addressed to Frank Covington and the publication Of excerpts from the letter in the morning papers led to the woman's Identification.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-24
Appeal From Louisiana.

Washington, Sept. 2S-The appeal of the Railroad Commission of Louisiana in the case of the commission against the Cumberland Telephone Company involving the right of the commission to fix telephone rates in that State was docketed today in the Supreme Court of the United States.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-24
n.. r.,te.in III.

Paris, Sept. 2S--Mrs. Levi z. Letter. widow of the capitalist. and mother of the late Lady Curzon, is confined to her room, at the Hotel Ritz here, suffering from liver trouble.
 Mrs Letters physicians have or dered her to take e complete rest
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-24
UP TO COMMISSION.
Bankers Want Government to Protect
 Bills of LndiuG

Bills of Lading.
 Atlantic City, N. J., Sept 23.--Mem- bers of the bill of lading special com mittee, appointed to settle on a uni- form bill of lading to be recommended to the American Bankers Association today put the entire question up to the Interstate Commerce Commission.
 This body. they declared, should be held responsible by the country for the furnishing of the bills of lading so pro- tected by the government as to give confidence to fnanciers and make them safe in advancing money on paper showing crops or other commodities to he in the hands of the shipper.
 The present bill regulating freight age and shipping of crops Is declared to be entirely inadequate and conflict ing
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-24
MISS WOODRUFF.

Will resume the exercises of her school. at her residence. No. POI corner of Lawrence and Alabama Sts.. Monday, September 30. Telephone 30l.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-24
BIRMINGHAM DIVINE.

Rev. R. T. Tyner Holding Services at
 Forest Avenue Church.
 Rev. R. T. Tyner of Birmingham arrived in Montgomery yesterday and held services at the Forest Avenue Methodist Church last night. A large congregation was present to listen to this eminent divine.
 MT. Tyner will hold services the re- mainder of this week at the Forest Avenue Methodist Church at 10:30 am. and Q. m daily