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The Yale expositor., 1911-12-07
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sea, to blow up the emperor, but it
had been discovered by the police and
the scheme frustrated. The second at
tempt was made by Anthony Solovieff,
former school teacher. From read
ing the theories of socialism, he had
gradually accepted the doctrines of
that order and finally became Mill
list. The perseverance Of the man may
be understood when it is known that
he learned the trade of blacksmith in
order that he might come into close
communication with the class of peo-
pie whose wrongs he sought to right.
He journeyed to st. Petersburg in the
summer of 1878 for the purpose of
killing the emperor, and haunted the
palace in order to get the opportunity
of carrying out his design. On the
second of April, 1879, he was in
hiding when Alexander came out to
walk up and down the sidewalk in
front of the palace. Solovieff fired four
shots at the car. He was seized i'm
mediately, tried in the following June
and hanged before the month was
over.
The third attempt on the life Of the
emperor has already been detailed in
the beginning of this article.
Drenteln's first move was to make
personal investigation of the house
from whence the tunnel had been dug
under the railroad tracks near Mos
COW. 1t was a trif1e better than
PEASANTS cottage. 1t was sparsely
furnished, the floors were bare and
the beds and tables and chairs were
as plain as 1t was possible to make
them. In the front room he picked up
a copy of "The Will of the People,"
the organ which represented the
Party of Terror" composed of the
most extreme Nihilists.
That, in itself, was not very tam
gible clew. Copies Of that paper, as
well as Of Land and Liberty" the or
gan of the most conservative Nihilists,
were constantly being picked up in
different parts Of the empire. The
publication Of these papers was treat
ed as treason. Presses were confiscat-
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A Relic of
Saint Ann

The fathers of the most blessed
sacrament, who have been the keep
ers of the precious relic of st Ann.
since 1900, were tireless in their
preparations for the opening of the
annual novena of st. Ann when thou
sands of worshippers will begin the
nine days pilgrimage to the shrine
where the relic is kept in the little
church of st. Jean Baptiste, in East
10th street. The crippled, the blind
and the afflicted in body and soul will
come, as in previous years, to seek
the "favors" Of the sanity relic by
pressing it to their lips and having
it applied to their ailing members by
the priests.
Many miraculous cures are record
ed in the annals of the church as a
result of the application of the relic.
The cures are spoken of by the priests
of the order of the blessed sacrament
as "favors" obtained from God
through the intercession Of st. Ann.
Two large racks filled with crutches,
braces and other implements used by
the deformed stand on either side of
the shrine of st. Ann, in the base
ment of the church, as mute testi-
monials of the efficacy of the powers
Of the relic. The priests said that
they had burned hundreds of these
tokens of misshapen humanity, which
were left after the pilgrimage of last
year.
The novena, or nine days Of prayer,
Is held in preparation for the feast
Of st. Ann, July 26. The celebration
Of the novena this year has a pecu-
liarly pleasant significance to the
priests of the order of the blessed
sacrament at this little church, as it
marks a years progress toward the
construction of a large new church
of st. Jean Baptiste almost directly
across the street from the. present
small brick edifice. The gifts of
money received during this novena
will be applied to the fund for the
new church.
Starting without funds, but with
the profound belief that divine Provi-
dence would provide, this little band
of devotees fearlessly pledged them
selves year ago to build a great new
church, which would be the purest ex-
ample of the classic Roman style in
this city, the total cost of which was
estimated at $750,000. They have ac-
complished much within a years
time. All Of the property on the site
needed for the new church, at the
southeast corner of Lexington avenue
and 10th street, ha1 been acquired
and the excavating work for the
building Is nearly completed.
The new church will be receptacle
for the relic of ST. Ann.
The relic of st. Ann Is a portion
of one of the small bones of her wrist,
which was brought from France 20
years ago by the French-Canadian
priests then in charge of the church
here. 1t has been exposed to the
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-07
Insnecfed hN PAT.

The commanding officer of a corps
was much troubled about the persist
ent untidiness of one of his men. Rep
rimand and punishment were unavail-
ing. The man was incorrigible. A
brilliant idea struck the colonel: why
not march him up and down the whole
line Of the regiment, and shame him
into decency?" 1t was done. The
untidy warrior was ordered to ex-
hibit himself, and march up and down
the entire regiment, and the men told
to have a good look at him. The I'M
abashed Pat halted. saluted the col
onel, and said in the hearing Of the
whole corps, with the utmost sang
froid: "Dhirtiest regiment liver in
spected, SORT"
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-07
A Wiley WitticIsm.

The night that famous men debated,
at the National Press club, in Wash
ington, on whether whiskers or bald
ness formed the greater handicap to
great careers, the speeches were limit
ed to ten minutes each, and DR..
Harvey w. Wiley, the pure-food ex-
pert, was timekeeper.
"Only one minute more!" he called
out to Representative Nicholas Long
worth, who was arguing that bald
head is a fine thing to carry through
the world.
Does that minute include these un-
solicited Interruptions asked Long
worth.
you bet 1t does" replied Wiley.
80 far, the Interruptions have been
the best part of the speeches. "-Popu-
lar Magazine.
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for newly arrested persons. Some
eight hundred prisoners, under a
strong escort, were sent from Odessa
to Siberia. In the same month the
trial took place at Kieff of the persons
who, about year before, had resisted
the police sent to arrest them for be-
ing in possession of a secret printing
press.
General Drenteln had determined to
impress the entire population with the
fact that law and order was to be es-
tablished and the emperor's safety as
sured. He succeeded, apparently, be
cause it was many years after that
before the hand of Nihilism was raised
against anyone in authority in the Rus
sian empire.
In the meantime Goldenberg, after
having betrayed hundreds of his asso-
ciates, was seized with fear and re-
morse, and one morning ended the
whole sombre tragedy by committing
suicide.
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Clock Made From Scrap Iron.


A coronation memorial was dedi-
Gated at the parish church of Wootton
Rivers, near Marlborough Wiltshire,
on Sunday, and the memorial is a re-
markable proof Of the ingenuity of the
villagers. There were not sufficient
funds to pay for a public clock such as
was desired by the people of the viii
lage, but Mr.. Spratt, who began life
on a farm and who is self-taught, Of
fered to make a clock free of charge
If he could get some one to do the
heavier work and If the villagers
would bring him all the odd iron, lead,
steel and brass available in the viii
lage with which to make the more
delicate parts.
The villagers entered into the spirit
of the project with zest, and Mr..
Spratt's cottage was soon the scene
Of a collection of heterogeneous arti-
cles-parts of agricultural machinery,
bicycles, perambulators, bedsteads,
fire irons, brass weights and other
odds and ends. The two great wheels
of the clock were taken from disused
separators, while the hammer, which
strikes the hours on the largest bell
of a peal of five is a governor ball
taken from a steam engine. The three
dials are made of iron, enameled with
a white background and black figures
and hands On one dial is the inscrip-
ton GLORY be to God" instead of the
usual Roman numerals.-London
Standard.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-07
Records Music.

An electrical music recording ap-
paratus, invented score of years ago
by Swedish engineer, has been late
ly put into practical form by a Stock
holm firm. The photograph" as It is
called, is attached to a piano, organ or
other keyed instrument and as the in
strument is played in the usual way
the attachment registers the tune on
music-ruled, chemically-prepared
ribbon, having a wax-like coating. The
record may be used for photograph
like reproduction, or the impression
can be read off and transcribed In or
binary musical notes.
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!: !: !; !: !: !: :: g:
R0 N the first of December,
6 1879, the railway carriage
M carrying Alexander H., the
~ car of Russia, was dyna-
4 4HNJ mited at point near Mos
WV COW and several persons
were seriously injured
fortunately, the cars train preceded
instead of following the baggage train.
and this miscalculation on the part of
the conspirators saved the life of his
imperial majesty.
An investigation showed that a mine
had been dug beneath the railway.
TWO secret service men descended
into the hole made by the explosion
and came to subterranean passage
which led to a little cottage close to
the railway on the outskirts of Mos
COW. The inhabitants had fled, and
the police found an untouched meal
on the table of the dining room.
The car was so startled over this
dastardly attempt on his life that he
determined to use unusual means to
discover and punish the perpetrators
of the outrage. The ordinary protec-
ton, with which he had surrounded
himself, had proven insufficient. The
police of Moscow were remiss in per-
hitting the digging of the mine under
their noses, so to speak. In this
crisis he sent for General Drenteln,
the chief Of the secret police, and
charged him with the commission of
bringing the would-be assassins to JUS
tice.
General Drenteln was we'll fitted for
the task. He was hard, cruel and as
remorseless as death itself, and had
been the cause of sending many pris-
oners to Siberia. Once a prisoner
tried to escape, and the penalty an
nounced by the general was hanging.
His personal bravery was unques-
toned; he exposed himself in public
places without fear. Six months be-
fore the Moscow attempt on the cars
life Nihilist, named Mirski, had shot
at the chief Of the secret police and
had escaped. Drenteln had taken the
thing with characteristic calmness.
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Living in Japan.

Every item of everyday life is as
costly in Japan as in Europe or Ameri-
ca, says Japanese paper. A respect
able looking three-story house can be
rented in London at ESQ year, while
the same money can rent only a
wretched cottage in Tokyo. Bread,
meat, milk, electricity, gas, perhaps
with the exception Of eggs, nothing
is cheaper in Japan. 1t costs far more
to run house In Tokyo than in Lon
don. Wages and salaries are lower
because of misuse Of labor and over
abundance of laborers. What the Eu-
ropeans move with the derrick men
and women carry on their shoulders;
SO necessarily a great number of them
must be paid for.
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Rernhardt Thought She Was Honored.

Bernhardt Thought She Was Honored.
Nine. Sarah Bernhard was the tri-
umphant victim of a mistake two or
three years ago. She had just re-
turned to Paris after one of her Lon
don visits, and King George of Greece
happened to be at the Care du Nord
waiting for an outgoing train. The
great actress was overwhelmed.
Sire" she said, sweeping a pro-
found bow, you honor me. cannot
sufficiently thank you for your cour-
tesy in coming here to meet me-" The
king accepted the dramatic situation.
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generation of the faithful and applied
to the sick every day since that time
at certain hours of the day. During
the novena it is applied all day long
from o'clock in the morning to 8
o'clock at night and it is during this
nine-day period, the priests say, that
the greatest number of "favors" are
accomplished-New York Tribune.
The Yale expositor., 1911-12-07

Mrs. Newsom rushed to the tele-
phone and Newsom made his escape
downstairs. The next moments Mrs.
Newsom exclaimed, the receiver to
he ear: THE 10th? You're sure?
The day you brought Betty's baby
over and the flat was so lovely and
warm? You're quite positive?"
Mrs. Newsom flew downstairs and
breathlessly confronted her husband
as he lighted the gas in the base
ment. 1--WE are both wrong" she said.
ut was Oct. TO- Mother remembers"
In silence Newsom consulted the
card. 1--WE started the furnace fire
last year on Oct. 20-exactly one year
ago today" he announced. "Come on,
Kitty. I'm ,ravenous."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-01
MISTAKEN SCIENTISTS.
Newcomb Said the Aerop!ane Could
Never Be a Success.

Sir Humphry DavyS dogmatic pro-
nouncement against gaslighting is not
the only instance of clever scientist
being hopelessly wrong. The early
history of submarine cabling furnishes
two striking examples. Consulted on
the scientific side OF the project. Fara-
day asserted that the first cables were
made too small Then he said that
1.-The larger the wire the more electric
ity would be required to charge it,
and in this quite incorrect opinion he
was supported by other eminent scien-
lists. As result OF this dictum the
current was increased until the opera
ton "electrocuted" the wire and the
cable broke down. 1t was Lord Kel
vim who by sending messages through
heavy cables with incredibly weak
electric currents proved that Faraday
was mistaken.
Airy submitted the project TO mathe-
mates and arrived at the conclusion
that a cable could not be submerged
to the necessary depth and that If it
could no recognizable signal could ever
travel from ireland TO Nova Scotia.
In aviation the late DR.. Newcomb.
one Of the most distinguished mathe-
maticians the world has ever pro-
duced. declared that he had mathe-
maticauy investigated all the condi-
tons operating against the heavier
than air machine and was convinced
that the aeroplsne would never be
any more than a scientific toy. and
the possibility Of an aeroplane motor
being reliable in the reduced atmos-
pheric pressure above 1900 feet was
by several experts said to be out OF
the question.-Harper's Weekly.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-01

mail cars of the Rock Island, while per-
forming his duty for said company, and
it was recommended that the Rock Is
land be held responsible for the death.
koepke was born in Germany, Sept.
4, 1875 He came to America when a
boy of Is, and has been a resident of
this city ever since. He has been en-
ployed by the Rock Island road for
the past 10 years. He was married
to. Helen Rushman of Minnesota
four years ago. He Is survived by his
wife, a daughter. Helen, his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs John Koepke, both of
this city, brother. Charles Ohms, of
Taylor Ridge, and four sisters, Mrs.
Elizabeth Tim, Mrs. Dora Haalk, Mrs.
Theresa England of this city and Mrs.
Odelia Johnson of Milan. Funeral ar
rangements have not been made.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-01
Quick Relief for rheumatism.

says: DR.. ,DeJchon's Relief for
Rheumatism has given my wife Won
derful benefit for rheumatism. She
could not lift hand or foot; had to be
lifted for two months. She began the
use of the remedy and improved rapid
ly On Monday she could not move,
and on Wednesday she got up, dressed
herself and walked out for breakfast"
Sod by Otto Grotjan. 1901 Second ave
nue. Rock Island: Gust SChlegel &
Son, goo West Second street, Daven-
mort
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-01
INSULT GUESTS OF
HOTEL; ARE BEATEN
Pair of Travelling Men Intrude Upon
Young Ladies i'll Il Local
HOsteiTy.

Early this morning at about ! o clock
two travelling men from Davenport en-
tered a local hotel and going upstairs.
insulted TWO of the lady guests. The
ladies telephoned for help, and the
night clerk, coming up to Investigate,
vas made the object Of a number Of
vile and obscene remarks b. the tray
cling men, who started out 10 clean
him up. Whereupon, the clerk. step
ped in and proceeded to whip the two
Washers. Then turning the men over
to one OF the guests of the hotel. the
clerk started 10 make inquiries OF the
TWO young ladies in regard TO the Jrou-
bic. One Of the principals in the case.
fearing that he and his com aDiCn
would be turned over 10 the police. Of
tered a bribe of $500 TO the guest If he
would free them Nothing doing ,
was the reply. The two young ladies
We're then brought before the men,
and the Washers were profuse in their
apologies. AS the ladies did not wish
TO appear against the men. they We're
freed after being informed that their
efforts 10 pull off any coarse work
around that particular MOTEL would
not go. The men. badly battered,
hen took their departure
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-01
REYNOLDS CASE
ISNOLLEPROSSED

On motion OF States Attorney l. NJ.
Magin this afternoon, the case against
Night Captain OF Police James Rey-
nolds. in which he was accused by
Mabelle Barnett OF having aided her in
committing a criminal operation. was
nolle pressed. The defense entered
objections and attempted to get the
court to instruct the jury to find
verdict of not guilty. contending that
the defendant had been placed in
jeopardy by the swearing in of the
jury. The court held otherwise, how
ever, and overruled the motion.
WANT INDICTMENT QUAsHED.
Following the opening statement
of States Attorney L. NJ. Magill this
morning in the Reynolds case in the
circuit court, the defense, through
Attorney s. r. Kenworthy made a
motion to quash the Indictment and
free the defendant on the grounds
that the Indictment was insufficient
and not specific enough.
Arguments by both sides followed.
Mr.. Kenworthy claiming that the
state while making one charge was
seeking to sway the jury by infer
| ence and proofs of other alleged
crimes contained in a statement
made by the complaining witness.
SCORES THE COUNSEL.
At the conclusion of the argu-
ments, Judge Ramsay took occasion
TO score the counsel for the defense.
intimating the filing of the motion
at that time to be in the nature OF
sharp practice. He said that the mo-
ton to quash should have been made
before the jury was secured for said
he IF it is bad now, it was just as
bad then and in justice TO the prosec-
utrix and to the people it should
have been made then. If through
fault in the indictment / am compel
ed to throw il out, this defendant
goes scot free and cannot be brought
back to answer to a good indictment.
This is unfair to this complaining
witness whose reputation is as much
at stake as the man who is bein.
tried. l have no desire to force the
conviction of an innocent man, but
the court will not look with favor
upon a move which will prevent
trial in this case"
HAVE SECOND INDICTMENT.
The Judge then ordered that court ad-
journed until o'clock in order that
the various points involved in the mo-
ton of the defense might be investi-
gated.
In addition to the Indictment for aid.
ing in criminal operation, the state
has another indictment against Rey-
nolds, in which he is charged with
causing witness TO abscond from the
jurisdiction of the court.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-01
ESTHER TUCK FILES A
DIVORCE SUIT IN COURT

Mrs. Esther Tuck, through her at
torney, ". c. Allen, has filed suit
for divorce in the circuit court
against her husband, Fred l.. Tuck,
and in connection has secured an in
junction restraining the defendant
from disposins of certain property
of which he is possessed until such
time as the case is settled and the
alimony if any is fixed. The couple
we're married Sept. 26, 1910, and
they separated Monday. Desertion
and cruelty are the grounds for the
divorce
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-01
Personal Points

William ". Dodge of Washington, D.
c. was a business visitor in the city
yesterday.
George J. Swift OF Chicago spent a
few hours in the city yesterday visit.
ing friends.
Miss Mary Schroeder of Boone,
Iowa, has returned TO her home after
spending two weeks at the home OF
her cousin, Hans Schroeder.
NJ. T. Stevens left Yesterday for an
extended western business trip
through Colorado and Idaho, in the in
terest OF the Modern Woodmen.
j. A. Wendell has returned from
New York where he went on business
and where he attended last Saturday
the dedication of the new Elks' home in
that city, as representative of Exalted
Ruler Arthur Huesine of the Rock Is
land lodge Of EIks.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-01

8 o'clock, Rev. F, j. Lockney of1ciat-
ing. Burial will take place at st.
Marquerite's cemetery, Davenport.
CLAUDE CRONK.
The death Of Claude Cronk of 202
Sixth street, Silvis, occurred last
night at 1850 following an illness
of pneumonia of scarcely more than
a week. He was born in Geneseo
June 10, 1886. Surviving are his
mother, Mrs. E. Cronk. two sisters,
Mrs. Albert Skinner and Mrs. B. S.
Killmer of Silvis and a brother, Otis
E. Cronk of Rock Island. Burial
will take place at Geneseo with fun
eral services Thursday morning at
the home in Silvis.
THOMAS SCALLEY.
Thomas Scalley, who has been
making his home at ST. Anthony's
hospital for the past two years, died
early this morning of the infirmities
of age. He came to the hospital
two years ago from Dewitt, Iowa,
and the remains will be taken to that
place for burial.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-01
WIFE AND HUSBAND
BECOME RECONCILED
Hans Bjorkman and His Spouse
Leave Court House Arm in Arm
and Will Live Together.

Hans Bjorkman, the Moline man
who was arrested Saturday on CON-
plant of his wife who charged him
with failure to support herself and
three children, Yesterday after
noon effected reconciliation
with his spouse and the two
left the court house arm in arm to
live together again. Their united
families will give them six children
TO care for but with harmony be-
tween them they expressed the
belief that they would be able to get
away with the task. Bjorkman,
however, must pay his wife 1927 in
monthly installments of SO as the
result of his having failed to pro-
vide for her during the time they
were separated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-11-01
CAUGHT BETWEEN
BUFFERS OF CARS
Herman Koepke, Employe of
Rock Island Road, Crushed
to Death.
END ALMOST IMMEDIATELY
Body Falls TO Ground When Switch
Engine Pulls Two Mail
Coaches Apart

At about o'clock this morning. Her
man koepke, coach cleaner and eX-
ira inspector for the Rock Island road
was caught between the buffers of two
mail cars in the yards al the Thirty
first street depot. His chest was
crushed and he was killed almost in
stantiy. Switch engine No. - pulled
the cars apart and the body fell TO the
ground. The injured man was car
ried into the baggage room. where he
died almost Immediately, never regain
ing consciousness.
Koepke. who lives at 2714 Eighth
avenue. had been sick for two days
and had not worked, hut this morning.
feeling better he decided 10 report for
duty. Switch engine No. n went to
the cleaning track at 4:36 this morn
ing 10 get a number of cars with
which to make up the different trains.
These cars We're on track >. and at 6
O'Clock the engine was coupled 70 d
mail car. and several other cars were
attached 70 the switch engine. aud the
order Was given 10 back and take up
tho slack