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Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-01
FLY BIRD LANDED
IN ARIZONA JAIL
LARK BEATS BREAST AGAINST
PRISON BARS
One Of the Trio Of "charitable" Work.
ers Caught by the Police After
Experiment on Williams
Merchants

Mary Lawrence, one of the trio of
self-styled mission workers, who is al
legged to have fieeced wealthy Los An
geles residents last summer in collect
ing funds for q bogus mission, is again
in Jail in Williams, Ariz, on similar
charge. The game worked in Williams
was much the same, the women and
their male accomplice soliciting funds
for founding a "home for the aged" in
the name of the "Church of Zion"
The man who worked with the women
in Los Angeles claimed to be their
brother and was known as. Henry j.
Lawrence. They called themselves 1.-THE
Lark" 1.-THE Owl" and "The Eagle"
The man is "The Eagle" and is said to
have been the author of the schemes
which the trio worked. The Lawrence
woman is "The Lark"
The three are we'll known in the west
and have worked nearly all the large
cities in the country. Lawrence is re-
puted to be wealthy having acquired a
fortune, 1t is said, in the pursuit of his
profession, and since they left Los An
geles they have been constantly under
the eye of the police. At Long Beach
they began q laudable enterprise Of
founding home for the aged at Iona
and Anaheim streets. The police
reached out for them, but they had
fitted away. When Mary reached Will
liams the police were expecting her and
she was nabbed as soon as she made
her appearance.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-01
HOLY CITY TO Be
WELL PRODUCED
Sacred cantata VIII Bring Out Every
Resource Of Temple Baptist
Well Trained Musical
Organization

All the forces Of the Temple Baptist
musical organization will be called upon
Sunday night to make Prof. Bruce
Gordon Kingsley's production Of Gaul's
"Holy City" one of the finest ever seen
in local circles.
The sacred cantata is rather ambi-
tious undertaking, but Prof. Kingsley
has been training his chorus for sew
eral months, and with the addition to
this forces of Mrs. Bessie Ives Harri-
son he feels confident of the success of
the music.
The magnificent temple organ will be
heard to advantage in this cantata.
The production will open with a beau
tiful organ number, during the course
of which the sacred "Sanctus, sanctus,
sanctus," will be heard as If proceed
ing from chorus of angels in the dis
tance. This melody will be played on
the sweet vox celeste stop From this
the theme changes to the deeper music
of the unda maris stop.
Tn opening chorus, sung by Prof.
Kingsleys chorus of seventy voices,
will be mo Shadows Yonder." A fe-
male trio consisting of Mrs. Harrison,
Miss Longstreet and Mrs. Ward will
sing "At Eventide It Shall be Light"
During the interm1SSlon between the
first and second parts Of the cantata
Prof. Kingsley will play, by special re-
quest, the graceful music of the over
ture to "a Midsummer Nights Dream" ."
This introduces the dance of the
fairies in the moonlight and the blat-
ant tones of the ass in the midst of
the festivities as he interrupts the
sport. The number is a difficult one,
but brings out several Of the fine points
of the organ.
Among the solo parts is the soprano
'"These Arc They Which Have Come
Out of Great Tribulation." Mrs. Har-
rison will render this number.
The musical services will occupy al.
most the entire evenings program, DR.
Burdette having dispensed with his
sermon to give the musical director ar
opportunity to show the work of his
chorus.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-01
INTERPRETATIONS

Full Weight Fuel company. Direc-
tors: c. P. Heaton, Lee Chamberlain,
Paul Jordan, jr. Capital stock $50 900,
of which $500 has been subscribed
Wiltshire Hills Land company. Di-
rectors: F. w. Flint. jr., M. C. Adler,
f. A. Werner, ]. v. Baldwin, Fred
Latimer, j. o. Marsh, F. c. Horribly.
Capital stock $7O,OOO of which $500 has
been subscribed.
Jones and Ryder Land company.
Directors: L. e. Jones, L. ]. Ryder,
w. G. Harkins. Capital stock 100000,
of which $500 has been subscribed.
Silver Gate Cereal company. Direc-
tors. w. H. McDougall, w. S. Lair,
G. E. Walter. Capital stock $4,000, all
of which has been subscribed.
Fulton Marine Construction COM
rany Directors A. J. Mitchell, c. e.
Fulton, Frank Burns, G. J. Mitchell
c. Fulton. Capital stock $4,000, of
which $9S20 has been subscribed.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-01
FEW CITIZENS WISH TO
SERVE ON RUFF JURY
By Associated Press.

BY Associated PfeSs.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2S.-Judge
Dunno today dismissed the entire jury
panel of fifty selected last Tuesday to
try Abraham Ruef on the charge OF
extortion, and directed the clerk to ap-
pear in court later with the box con-
tanning the names of additional jurors
so that a new jury may be drawn
The reason for the dismissal was that
of the fifty chosen only forty-one could
be located, and out OF this number only
nine expressed a willingness to serve
The sherih's deputies explained TO
the court that they had great dinculty
in finding the men because practically
all Of them had lost their homes in the
fire and their present place of residence
is unknown.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-01
SAN CARLO SCENERY
ARRIVES FOR OPERA

Two carloads of scenery and proper
ties of the San Carlo opera company
arrived in Los Angeles yesterday. In
Guiding the equipment for La Gia-
conda" and "Rigoletto." The parapher-
MALTA is stored In the new warehouse
on Requena street, where an OF the
fireproof scenery OF the San Carlo
company win be housed while the COM
pany is playing at the Angelus palm
garden.
The stage building for the use Of the
cOmpanV Is larger than any IN the city
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-01
Launch Is Run Down
BY Associated Press.

ANTIOCH, Cal, Feb. 2S.-A launch
occupied by w. H. Meek it's owner,
his engineer and Deputy United States
Surveyor C. e. Webster was run into
and sunk by the launch Gwendolin last
night near Guttman's landing. Those
on board were rescued.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-01
BRAUN. COMPANY
CLERKS ARE FINED
CONFESSIONS SHOW CLEARING
HOUSE EXISTED
Men Admit They stole from Their
Own Departments Things That
Their Fellow Employees
Needed

The hearing of the eight employees Of
the +. w. Braun Drug company, ar
raigned in Justice Roses court yester-
day on charges of robbing their EN-,
ployers, disclosed an extraordinary sys-
tenn Of pilfering carried on by the young
men, who we're accused of the THEFT OF
goods aggregating $4,000 In value.
The youths were allowed to plead
guilty to charges of petty larceny and
their confession showed that they had
thoroughly systematized the art of pill
fering from their employers. Men In
different departments accommodated
each other by lifting" desired articles,
and by clearing house system of their
own they kept their wants supplied.
The clerks were fined $50 each, which
were paid by friends and relatives. The
following are the men who made ad-
missions of guilt: f. s. Harris, w. A.
Fryer, A. w. Greenbaum, Richard Nc
Intosh, Roy Sisk, James Johnstone and
Roy Carroll,
Families Are Grieved
The arrest and conviction of the
young men was a shock to all who knew
them as all had borne unquestioned
regulations and the court room was
crowded with their parents and friends.
The sight of the distress caused the
families of the young men was moving
in the extreme. Several aged parents
besought Mr.. Braun with tears in their
eyes not to push the prosecutions, and
it is thought that action has been
stayed in other cases on account Of the
grief of the parents.
Harris was assistant manager of the
store and had been with the firm five
years. Greenbaum and Johnstone also
had been with the firm the same length
of time.
The arrests of the men we're made by
Detectives Ingram and Beaumont, who
worked on the case several weeks be-
fore they discovered clew. Tuesday
night they secured evidence tending to
involve several of the young men in
the thefts, and this discovery later led
TO the apprehension Of the entire eight.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-01
Reduces Pullman Rates
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
TOPEKA, Kas., Feb. 2S.-The Kan
sas house OF representatives today has
been making a 20 per cent reduction in
Pullman sleeping car rates
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20
The Thinning Ranks.

The retirement of Major General
Wade of the regular army. and his re-
mark that in little over three years
the last officer who saw service in tn
civil war will have been retired" calls
attention to an aspect of the nation
military establishment which is no.
without interest.
Ii is probable that most people when
they happen to think of the army a
all, connect it more or less vaguel,
with the great conflict which was ush
cred in by the guns that fired on Sun
ter and that ended ~ years ago th.s
month. with the surrender of AppOmat
tOX Yet a moments reflection show
the fallaCy of this Only the We =
young men who wore the uniform
when Grant was battling in the WI
derness are among the survivors of thu
war who are still on the active lis:
They are but a handful. all told. am
with the end of the first decade of the
10th century, the last one of them WI
drop out.
The army as it exists today is essen
TALLY a different organization. Evef
those who took part in the arduous In
dian campaigns of the seventies auj
the eighties are relatively few. eithar
as holders of commissions, or in thu
ranks. The record of General Wade
who saw 46 years service. first an
last was a creditable one.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20
Exclusion of the JAMS.

If the reported smuggling of Jap
anese into this country via the MeXi-
can or Canadian borders proves true.
il may result in reOpening the eXcll-
sion question between this country and
Japan. II is declared that large num-
bers of Japanese are slipping into the
United States via Mexico, especially
and Senator Flint of California. ac-
cOmpanied by Judge Morrow of that
state, already has paid Il visit to the
White house.
1t is believed that this influx of the
Japanese was the subject under con-
sideration. However, there is a decid-
ed lack of unanimity apparent on the
coast with regard to the Japanese
question. According to George w
SimOnS, a well known contractor Of
Portland. Ore. the feeling against the
little brown men" is not general on
the coast and is not noticeable in eth
er Oregon or Washington. Mr.. SimoEs
declares that the opposition is con
fined to the state of California, and is
entrenched in the labor unions.
In any event. now that the exclusion
order has been issued. the presideH;
will be compelled to make representa-
tons TO Japan if it is proved that thu
new law is being violated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20

tempt on the lie of the chief of police
at st. Petersburg. She has been living
i'll Paris under the name OF Annette
Beauchcmin. BY some she is supposed
to be the daughter Of prominent
Russian nObleman. by others peasant
and bT others the person who threw Il
bomb six months ago in Warsaw. One
of the clevcreSt of French detectives.
employed by the Russian police got on
her track by winning the confidence OF
4 young American who has been devot-
ed TO her
rs monsieur ill., asked the propri-
etor of the cafe, tapping Throop on the
shoulder
Throop stared at the man blankly
then staggered out of the cafe. He
followed the woman he had unwilling
ly betrayed to St Petersburg, but
found the lips of the police sealed with
regard TO her. He finally learned that
she was the daughter of Il noble and
had committed political crimes dis
guised under various garbs. once as Il
peasant girl. once as IL man. But
whether she was sent to Siberia or Sc
cretly executed he does not know to
this day. ESTHER BRERETON.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20
Penny POSTAGE.

A bill was recently introduced to per-
nit packages to be sent through the
mails as first class matter up to four
pounds, and the postage to be two cents
for the first ounce and one cent extra
for each additional ounce. This is the
first step toward penny postage which
must ultimately come. The first step
toward good health is made when the
sick man or woman takes>fhe first dose
of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters and if
given fair chance will ultimately
make them well again At least this
has been the experience of thousands
of others during the past So years, and
it is just as effective today. Start at
once. You'll find it excellent in cases
of fiatulency, cramps, sour risings, dys-
pepsia, indigestion. costiveness, female
ills or liver troubles. We guarantee it
pure.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20

there Is shall be Il wrecked man, for
l feel that my very life is dependent
upon l.er am gaining her affection
that l know-but if there is any OBJ
stacle to marriage what will it he
worth to me-
II will give you plan by which YOU
may find out all about her." said Mar
chand. IF you can contrive to put it in
practice. y woman'S history is writ
ten in her clothes. Get Il sight of her
wardrobe. and you shall know all"
The idea, at first secuted. took hold
of Throop. and one afternoon, having
called on Mile Beauchemin when she
was not at home. lie told her maid that
he would wait for her to come in. The
maid was about to go out herself but.
knowing of TROOPS intimacy with her
mistress, left him in the apartments.
The temptation was too great to be re-
sisted. He went into the different
rooms and inspected the wardrobe.
The costumes varied. y few were
rich, others ordinary, and there was
one that he thought should have be-
longed to peasant. What surprised
him was fur trimmings on most of the
garments. and fur wraps We're in alum
dance But when he came upon n
mans suit. with hat and boots. he was
astonished, dismayed.
Returning to the living room. he
wrote with a feveriSh hand Il few
words on his card giving an excuse for
not waiting and hastily left the apart
ments. From there he went straight
to his friends rooms. Marchand no.
ticed that there was something on his
mind, but waited till he should ex-
press it. The confidence did not come
at once. but Throop final4 told the
whole story, asking at the finish:
What do you think it meansF
ut is mystery indeed" replied
Marchand, land looks bad. | would
advise you To cut mademoiSelle out of
your heart. Go home to America and
marry some one who doesn't need peas
ants dresses and mems suits. And
now l must leave you. Tomorrow l
expect to go away from Paris. not to
return for some time. Goodby."
Throop was too intent upon the rev.
Citations and their possible consequences
to himself to think much about his
friends departure.
The next morning he arose and went
TO cafe for breakfast After giving
his order he languidly opened his pa
per. One of the first items that arrest
ed his attention under an appropriate
heading was the following:
AT midnight an arrest was made of
a woman Cho is charged with-an at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20
The St. Louis End Of Illinois Water
WAYS.

st. Louis Republic: The appel:
ance in the Illinois legislature of bill
which looks to the making. by the
state of Illinois. of a deep waterway
from Chicago to the Mississippi river
has no other meaning than that if the
United States do not soon get busy 70"
IA feet through the valley the work
will be started through state action.
In fact. if discrimination against IL"
rtois and other states of the middle
west remains persistent in Washing
ton. it is wholly within the power II
Illinois to continue its deep waterway
from the Illinois river to East st. Lou
is. and even to Cairo by canal parallel
ing the Mississippi.
Such system of waterways would
lie wholly within the state. 1t would
no more infringe upon the federal
power over interstate transportation
than does the Erie canal for enlarge
ment OF which the state of New York
is now spending $100.000,O00.
In augmenting the commerce and in
dustry of its cities, the deep water
ways would repay Illinois twenty fold
the cost of their construction within a
few years after their completion. State
ownership of the electric power devei-
oped in the dams and locks of the
Illinois river would. moreover. annually
pay the interest on large part of the
bonds which it would be necessary u
issue for the work.
The Erie canal gave New York lis
first good start toward the preemi
nence in population, industry, com
merce and finance which it hold;
among the states. George Washington
dreamed of doing as much for Virginia
by means of the Chesapeake & Ohio
and James river and Kanawha canals
both of which, unfortunately, proved
failures
Whether built by federal or state
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20
DAILY STORY
A BLIGHT.


lOT!SinaLl
Elmer Throop at school and college
was promising young man. After re-
cciving his education he went abroad
TO complete medical studies i'll Paris
At his departure he was full of hope
life, vigOr. He returned changed
man. His eXuberant spirits We're re
placed by melancholy. He stunned
social life and for several years instead
of practicing his profession did moth
ing. He never will he the man he
would have been because of an episode
that occurred 10 him while abroad.
In Paris ThroOp fell in with FLIP
Marchand, man ten years older than
himself, with whom he became init
mate. Marchand was not n medical
man. He appeared to be n gentleman
of means, mailing from the south of
France. He and Throop usually dined
together at cafe and when not other
wise engaged visited places of amuse-
ment in company. One evening after
Throop had been out TO n social gather
ing he called at Marchands rooms in
an ecstasy over a woman he had met
there-Mllc. Annette Beauchemin.
what is she like?" asked his friend.
Tall. fair, hair light as 4 Swede's,
blue eyes. But all this is nothing COM
pared with an Understandable expression,
an expression that denotes a depth of
character TO fit her to be queen"
Throop did not rest till he had called
upon Mile. Beauchemin. His infatua-
ton did not cool. On the contrary, it
grew apace, fed by a mystery that
hung about the lady. Her name was
French, and she claimed to be a
F'renchwoman, but she spoke the Ian
guage with an accent She explained
this by saying that she had lived much
in other countries. She was about
Throop's age and lived alone with a
maid in an apartment whose furnish
ings denoted that she was possessed of
considerable means. What people she
knew We're of the best, but she knew
very few and did not seem to care to
know more. For one so well fitted to
shine in society she seemed singularly
ayerse to it. Indeed, Throop found il
impossible to induce her to appear with
him in public.
All this the young doctor commune
Gated to his friend. 81 fear something
wrong about her." he added. land if
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20

Tired of the pleasures of life, Joseph
Dwight. son of Professor Thomas
Dwight of the Harvard Medical col
lege. has become monk and has en-
tered the Trappist monastery of Our
Lady of the Valley at Lonsdale, r. |.
He is only y years old. His decision
did not meet with any opposition from
his parents. His life at the monastery
will be that of recluse. Silence j.
mandatory among the Trappists, with
the exception of the morning saluta-
ton. "Memento MORT
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20

The German emperor's latest motor
car is a thing of beauty and also OF
utility. The car is painted cream
white and is picked out in gold and
blue; it is upholstered in red leather.
On each of the inner sides there axe
small cupboards containing all smok-
er's requisites: then there ore a NOV
able table. inkstands and stationery.
II may be mentioned that in order to
enable the emperor to enter the car
with his helmet on his head the toC
of the car has to be raised.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20

money the Illinois waterways would
do as much for St. Louis and Chicago
as the Erie canal has done for New
York City.
So important carrier of interstate
commerce ought upon every consider
alton, to be provided by the federal
government. But if the government
fails in this duty. nothing is more GER
tain than that the valley states Will
start the ball rolling, as the state of
Michigan opened the way for traffic
through the Saulte Ste. Marie by dig
ging the first canal there before the
federal government took hold of it,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20

Telegraph pole: made of cement, wifi
an iron rod through the center to il
sure against hrpakagp are the latNs'
novelties in railway and telegraph,
construction. officers of the telegraph
and operating departments of the Penn
sylvania lines and of the Western Tn
ion Telegraph company recently in
sppcted poles made of this material in
Il test yard at Rochester, Pa. Manu-
featuring these poles will form new
industry for the PittSburg district.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20
rheumatism Cured in a Day.

Mystic Cure for rheumatism and
neuralgia radically cured in one to
three days. It's action on the system
is remarkable and mysterious. 1t re-
moves at once the cause and the dis
ease Immediately disappears. The first
dose greatly benefits; IS cents and 81
Sold by Otto Grotjan, 1901 Second ave.
nue., Rock Island; Gustave Schlegel &
son. 220 West Second street, Daven-
port.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20

Thomas H. Clay. grandson of Henry
Clay. has just died at Lexington. Ky.
He was 90 years old. and for many
years was one of the editors of the
Youths Companion in Boston. He had
devoted much time in late years to writ
ing and had nearly completed a bio
graphy of his grandfather
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20
ARRANGEMENTS have heen

Arrangements have been all but
completed for a notable swimming
match next summer on the Massachu-
sets coast. The contestants will be
Miss Eleanora Sears of Boston and
Baroness Elizabeth Rosen, daughter CT
the Russian ambassador to this coun-
try. Each of the girls have won dis
tinction as a swimmer and in other
lines of outdoor sport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20
Asbestus Farmers Crop,

Augustus Baker on his farm. near
Gettysburg. Pa. has found lot Of as
bestus. exceptionally fine free from
foreign matter of any kind and from
grit. 1t is pure white. and nowhere Is it
more than three feet from the surface
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20
THE ARGUS.

Published Daily and Weekly at 1924
second avenue. Rock Island, Ill. tEn-
tered at the postoflce as second-c'Sss
matter.1
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20

1t was after the election. l will be
membered, that Senator Cullom ven
tured the declaration that Hartman
should be in prison.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20

Bring in the interurban roads. They
are essential 10 Rock Islands CONNER
cial prosperity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20

When Vice President Fairbanks de
MES anything it is, of course. on the
highest ENTHUSIASTICALLY speaking.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20

Saloon advocates in the Illinois town
which burned Immediately after going
dry" will doubtless say, q told you
on
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20

There are more factories on the
way Now for the down town tracks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20
Saturday. April 20, 1907.

Boost for Rock Island every day la
the week.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20

If you can't lift, don't lean. Stand
up for Rock Island.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-04-20

By THE J. w. POTTER CO.