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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-12

the attempt to shadow Mrs. Charles
and learn with whom she associated.
II the person whom | believed to De
the one who was getting the money
had anything to do with her actions
then certainly efforts at shadoWlng
would be beyond the question. he
would arrange for that. l consulted
nv case book and found the name
wanted, recorded there five years De-
FORE Then, late as it was, l stepped
to the telephone and put in long dls-
lance call for the warden of the state
penitentiary at Joliet.
"When did Alem Hail get released?
l asked when the connection was
made and l had explained my person
atty. There was a wait of few min
utes while the warden looked up the
records.
"'You mean the Indian fakir? he
asked at last.
Eyes. Sent up by me in the Clark
street raids five years ago.
1.-The same one,' said the warden.
He's been out about six months. We
gave him transportation to st. Louis
for his earned time in the peniten-
tiary.'
However, had a different BELIEF
about things as l hung up the tele
phone. The memory Of those gloves
was what had made me come to the
cion until the proper time came. we
had no information on which to WORE
there was only one thing which KEEP
me at the Job. my intuitive knowledge
that was working on the right traci
i and that sooner or later the person
desired would show up. But in tn
= meantime the detective and mysel
must find the key to this collection o
: material. We must know what to us
n for various persons and we must kno'
e the prices that were paid. Hour afte
= hour we spent that night, searchln
l. everywhere, looking even under tn
E. carpets for what we knew must b
n somewhere about the place. Alel
Is Hail did not keep all his informatio
,t in his head, We felt sure of that. h
er did not depend on his memory for tt
re earning of his money and we kne
ID that sooner or later we would find h
book of symptoms And sure enoug
n about 6aybreak, my detective can
n. forth from a closet, bearing with hi
NJ a small, closely written notebook. An
es iously we turned the pages. There
ia saw names, addresses, prices-in fa'
w. complete history Of every client WI
m followed the occult teachings Of Ale
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-12
HONOR MEMORY OF MASSENET
c,.v ~ Ct. Etjenne viii Erect Monu-
ment to Composer Who DIED
Last Summer.

St Etienne, France.-The city OF
Ct Etienne has decided to erect
monument to honor the memory OF
Jules Massenet, the famous french
composer who died in Paris last sum-
mer. The movement is being sup
ported by some Of the best-known
musicians. artists and statesmen OF
the French republic, and copies OF the
appeal are being sent out by the
French city where Massenet was
horn. Members Of the committee III
honor include such well-known French
men as Saint-Saens, G. Carpenter T.
Palodilhe. Vincent d'Indy, Caroius
Duran and Aristide BRAND.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-12
His Nationality.

Two old cronies had been sitting in
cafe on Cortland Street one Satur-
day afternoon for several hours and
we're pretty much the worse for their
lengthy tete-a-tete.
What is your nationality, any way,
JIM" asked one.
We'll, I'll tell you, Bob. My father
came from Glasgow, so I'm half
Scotch"
And the other half settler, guess"
put in his OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Journal.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-12

do that?' The woman's voice was pit
eous Won't you let me|
Spirits are vague, was the gut
tural answer of the pseudo Hail.
Spirits are vague
but you have promised-oh, so
many times. The spirits of life which
you said would bring him to me In
my dreams have not done it. Once
saw him-then he fitted away. You
let me talk to him and ask him if he
loves me. Why can't you let me ask
him what want to know-about that
other woman Halls voice seemed
queer. 1t was choking.
Tonight came his reply at last,
you can see him and talk to him and
hold him in your arms. The spirits
will it.
"a cry came from the woman. She
hurried into the seance room and
seated herself. could hear her hard
breathing. | could almost see heI
eyes cleaning in the darkness.
Then began the seance. Strange
lights played for moment as I pulled
the switches to the accompaniment Of
the chanting voice Of the detective
Hail. Then all was darkness. At las
a voice broke upon the stiffness.
"I have come to you. Esther. Wha
is it? What is it?'
"The woman half sobbed.
"HeEry, where are your
"I am close to you. Close to you
"A vague figure floated through tn
air. near TO the waiting woman, the
disappeared in darkness. Again
came forth, and this time it carrie
with it an uncanny glow, showing tn
dead face of man, his bloodless lip:
his staring eyes. The woman reele
: in her chair and thrust forth her arm'
The figure vanished behind the GU
tains again.
Once more the voice sounded. tn
a strange lights played again and agail
!. The woman was becoming hysterica
. She was screaming to Hail, begin
A that he allow the spirit to come to he
o to be held in her arms. There was
A answering voice. for Hail, the su
!. posed, was stretched forth upon II
v divan. his whole body hidden exec
" his arms and head. His eyes We
o closed. He was in a trance.
s. Music began to play. For the la
10 time the figure came forth, drift
n into the air and then settled itself in
ID the woman's arms. She sobbed alou
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-12
BOOK DESIGNATED.

tongue. managed to work with those
gave those seances, we delivered the
love potions, and we threw In free OF
charge things of which Alem HAIL
had never dreamed. If ever there was
a. day of real mystic free-for-all TOM
foolery, it was that one. More than
once that day l gritted my teeth 10
keep from laughing. More than once
that laughter would be choked BACK
by a queer look in the face OF the Gil
ent-as fear would enter our hearts
that it was suspected that something
was wrong. that the real Alem Ha1l
was not before them in the dimmeu'
darkened room, after all. We were
playing a dangerous game, we knew
that. We felt that even though we
had arrested Alem Hail, that we had
sufficient evidence to send him over
the road again for being a fakir and
a thieying fortune teller, that we had
not vet saved the woman we had start
I, ed out to save. Did you ever knew
that such a person will trust the man
who is robbing her implicitly, no mat
ter what happens? We knew that II
we proclaimed to the world that Alem
Hail had been arrested and that he
was charged with stealing money,
there would not be one of the victims
who would come forward to testify
against him. More than that, there
would be those who would look upon
him as a martyr and who would even
furnish money to aid him make his
fight for freedom. And most impor
, tant of these was Mrs. Charles. We
| must wait for her. We must play the
: game to the best of our ability anC
( bide our time until the opportunlt!
Z came to set her so hard against Allen
p Hail that she would be willing to d'
v anything. now that her eyes wer
r opened. A week passed. Still w
q floundered on, giving palm readings
e gazing into the crystal globe and DC
e ing anything which the key book de'
n ignated as being necessary for thos
n who came to be duped- We gave az
q vice ON business matters-attemptin
o IN make it such advice that 1t woul
~ do no harm. We gave advice in low
Is matters. We handed out tablets an
h notions to make men and women hal
% nv and handsome, knowing that the
m were nothing but colored water
X bread pills. And all the time "
70 honed for that moment when Mr.
v Charles would come. We were al'
~ getting anxious for another reason
m that week or more of work we collects
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-12
The fob Of keeping

rnonev. Of course. The Job OF Keeping
hooLe on n so that IL might be re-
turned when the case was over n'U
fallen to me, and it was making hne
stay up late nights. o
"Tben came the test. The telephone
rang one night, late. | had Deen WI n
inc over my books, attempting 10
straigbtpn ont the list of persons VINO
had maid in money during the day
and to whom it must be returned.
looked at the clock, it STOOD eNdc1y
at midnight. A voice which seeneu
m have familiar ring to 1t came over
/ the phone. I'll 7
ALIEN Hail, please it said. l
reused the detective. He answered 'he
teIephone and | saw that the face was
wrinkled as he said All right ana
hung up the receiver.
What is it?' l asked.
"a woman he answered, VINO
merely said Il am ready. 10 you
suppose q
~ am sure of it, l answered. /
recognized her voice as being similar
TO that of her daughters. we mus'
get things in readiness. ,...,.
LONG had we studied that niue
hook of instructions. We knew every
line bv heart. Hastily we went u
the seance rooms, arranged the s'a'
nes of Buddha, fixed the lights Ihe
phosphorescent figures, the heaV!
robes and curtains and then "eh'
downstairs and sat down to walt
Nothing happened for about twenty
, minutes-and then there came STUNT
which caused us both to start IRON
our chairs. 1t was a knocking on 'h'
floor from beneath, three heavy taps
, each with a space of time between
then five short, staccato ones W.
stared at each other. Then my ueueo
tive with a lunge, pulled the rug iron
= the floor and threw it into one corner
. tran door lay before us. | hurried
r 70 the seance room, to arrange III
, nowders and Examinations that woul
Z end the spending of the Charles Ioi
o time AS | worked in the darkness
: shielded by heavy curtains, near
g the voices of the woman and OF IN
S supposed Alem HaJi.
81 have brought you twice as niue
money tonight the woman was sa.
, ing. 4 want to see him longer.
d want to talk to him about that thin
n YOU have kept me from asking MI
O about-what became of him. | wal
s YOU to let him come near me and K
h me hold him in my arms. Won't yo
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-12

How Rain is Collected on inc nOSr
nand W. who, in order to attract Id
habitants to a spot otherwise some.
what uninviting, proclaimed 1t an asy
lum to murderers, swindlers anF
thieves, and promised to levy nc
taxes on imports and exports. In l5l
the second siege took place, when Ut
Arabs under Ismajl ben-Ferez
tackled it, and were defeated. In lS'1
however, the governor, Vasco Pafs
de Meira, having allowed the defenst
to decay, was obliged to capitulate
Mahommed w. Almost immediatei
the fourth siege began, under Altons'
XII of Castle. 1.-The Avenger. III
attempts, though heroic and pertlns
cious. were in vain; and he was OF
.iged to content himself with trib1
ate for the rock from Abdul Meier
of Granada In 1910, October 20, a
leader of The allied armies of II
Christian Kingdoms of Spain, he VIC
| the great victory of the Salado ovT
/ thu kings of Granada and Morocco.
after which the booty was so greaS
that the value of gold fell one-six'
teeatn. He followed up his successes
in I342 by laying siege to Algeciras
whore for. the first time In Europe
cannon we're used-by the Moors de
Tending. After a two-year siege they
capitulated. on condition OF ten-yeal
truce: but the king of CASTLE brok'
hu hQQiQQinf
Gibraltar. This, the fifth siege, u
shifted in the transference of Gibraltss
from the possession of the king q
Morocco to that Of Yusuf iii. G
Granada The seventh, undertaken b
Enr,co de Guzman, count of Niebls
proved fatal to the besieger and n
forces. In 1852 success attended u
efforts of the Spaniards under Alonf
de ARGOS. and in August of that yei
the rock was lost to the Arabs foreve
BY the ninth siege the rock fell
the duke of Medina Sidonia. who We
II from the Spanish crown; In IA
Henry w. was constrained to declal
his son and heirs perpetual governo
of Gibraltar Ten years later FerS
nand and Isabel created the secok
' duke Marques of Gibraltar; but
1901 Garsilaso de la Vega was
dered to take possession Of the re
for the crown. and it was formally =
corporated with the Spanish dd20
ions. After the death OF FerdinsT
!. and Isabel, the duke Don Juan tri
in 1906 to recover possession, q
added a tenth siege to the list; his
tempt was in vain. The eleventh sic
: took place in 1910, when the pirates
:. Algiers tried to regain it for the
g lem cause; the conflict was seve
=. but resulted in the repulse Of the
r siegers.
W During the war OF the Spanish
9 cession it was taken by comb
n English and Dutch feet under
q George Rookie.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-12
First Brides to Cross the Rockies.

Marcus Whitman, M. D., who saved
Oregon to the United States, was
born September 2, 1902, at Rushville,
n. Y. He married Miss Narcissa
Prentis, of Angelica, n. Y, in Febru-
ary. 1896, and their wedding trip was
to cross the continent that year in
company with Rev. H. H. Spaulding
and his young wife. The brides were
the first women to cross the Rocky
mountains. They made the journey
of $500 miles in seven months.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-12
Ministers, Vacation Scheduled

Flushing, N. Y. Ministers
have arranged a vacation schedui
prevent a repetition of last ye
trouble when there was none lief
ofticiate at weddings and funerals
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1913-07-12

O our right, the great,
age-greened statue OF
George Wa S h i Il & I o II
held itself aloof from
the steps of the Treas
ury Building. The star
ing eyes we're far down
the street, to where
marching figures IN the
costumes of Colonial
DAYS we're threading
a
The Washington herald., 1913-05-18

i Or to have her here we should have
tried;
D But now, out of spite. she hath done
Il this thing
Oh, woe unto me for a careless king
(Rising and holding up his hand
i solemnlO:
II any one uses a spindle, now
q Then, off with his head! is my kingly
| vow.
(He sits down and weeps with the
u rest)
The Washington herald., 1913-05-18

And only one charm can undo the spell:
It's the kiss of prince. Hope: All will
be we'll.
Thanks to you, thanks to you. Viola, dear,
For saving Our Princess, and giving US
cheer.
King:
At this happy moment it is most fit
That we cross not the bridge till we
come to it"
Well try to forget, for the present, at
least,
And now, gracious friends. to our chris
tening feast.
ACT SECOND.
(Scene: A room in the palace - the
same as in act first, but with couch
to the right Of throne. Spindleshanks
is spinning near centre.
Enter Princess Rosalind, who is
now sixteen years old).
Princess:
Good morrow, good dame! Oh, tell to
me. pray,
And why now, so busy, in here all alone9
Spindle:
Come hither, fair Princess, and see how
tbs done,
This wheel am turning. so swift and so
true,
Will spin thread for weaving-will you
Princess:
Yes, please let me try it It's fun, am sure
And I'd love to make linen all snow
white and pure.
(She approaches the wheel Spindle
shanks shows herr
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-01-28
IN THE OLD OHIO DAYS WHEN
A DEMOCRAT SUNK ALONG

Under the general title Forty
Years OF It," Brand Whitlock, Mayor
Of Toledo, begins in the January
American Magazine a series of per-
sonal "reminiscences. Following is an
extract showing Whitlock as a boy in
Urbana, Ohio:
One of the perplexing and con-
founding anomalies of existence was
the fact that our neighbor Mr.. L.
was Democrat. That fact perhaps
explained to me why he walked so
modestly, so unobtrusively, in the
OF Reynolds Street, with his head
bowed. | supposed that, being a Dem
ocrat, 1t was only natural for him TO
skunk along. He was a lawyer and
gentleman; my grandfather spoke
with him, but from my mind ! could
never Danish the fact that he was
Democrat, and to explain his bent,
thoughtful attitude imagined anoth-
err reason than the fact that he was
meditative, studious man.
Lawyers, of course, were Repub-
leans, else how could they deliver
patriotic addresses on DECORATE III
Day and at the reunions of the 6Sth
regiment? It was natural for the
Young men to be LAWYERS then tn
be elected prosecuting attorney, then
to go to the legislature. then to Con-
gress, then-Governor, Senator. Pres
dent. They could not, Of course, go
any more to war and fight for liber
ty; that distinction was no longer,
unhappily, possible, but they could
be Republicans. The Republican par
ty had saved the Union, won liberty
for all men, and there was nothing
left for the patriotic to do but to ex.
tol that party, and to see to 1t that
its members held office under the
government.
I'm those days the party had many
leaders in Ohio who had served The
nation in military or civil capacity
during the great crisis; scarcely a
county that had not some colonel or
general whose personality impressed
the popular Imagination; they Woo
looked up to, and revered, and In the
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-01-28
ELK FROM vELLoWsroNE
ARRIVE IN MINNESOTA

st. Paul. Mimi, JAM. 26.--Three
carloads Of ak from Yellowstone
national park, shipped out to provide
wider grasing area for remaining
animals. arrived here today.
One of the cars was consigned to
Clearfeld, Pa. another to Remove,
Pa, and the third to Warrington. W..
w. Recently two. cars Of elk were
taken to Reddins. Cal. by g. c. Nc.
iCrea, past exalted ruler Of the Order
Of Elks Of California.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-01-28
" WOMEN ONLY KNEW
What . Heap Of Happiness Il Would
Bring to Logan Nomss 49,

Hard to do housework with IN
aching back.
Bring you hours of misery at lei
sure or at work.
II women only knew the cause
that
Backache pains often come from
weak kidneys,
'Twould save much needless woe.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak
kidneys,
Read what . Logan citizen says:
Mrs. Anna L. Cowley. 40 North
Fifth West street, Logan, Utah,
says: 1.-TWO years ago I was sudden.
ly taken with bad attack Of kid.
ney complaint and had all the pains
and aches that accompany this trou.
BILE. My, back became weak and lame
and my health was run down. Moth
ing did me the least good until I
began the use of Doan's Kidney Pills
They proved of such great benefit
that I have no hesitation whatever
In advising their use to other kid.
ney sufferers.
For sale By all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's, and
take no other.
Advertisement.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-01-28

political campaigns their faces, pale
or red in the fare of the torches OF
those vast and tumultuous process
sions that still staged the political
contests in the terms If war. looked
down from the festooned platforms
in every public square. And yet they
we're already remote. statueslue, or.
acular. and there was the reverent
sense that somehow placed Sem in
the ideal past, whose problems htd
all been happily solved, rather in. he
real present." ....
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-01-28
THE VISIT TO THE u. A. c.

We are glad to hear good reports from the Wis
1t of the joint committees of the legislature to the
U. A. C. and congratulate the administration at
the college the program outlined and far
carried out Doctor Widtsoe has proceeded along
the line Of asking for necessities, and respecting
existing laws in other words, his requests have
been modest, though mertorious. and in the long
a law passed apportoning much Of the
states funds to the general maintenance Of the
Y. Of U. and the U. A. c. While We felt that the
proportion given the U. A. c. was not what it
should have been at the time, yet We note that
the school has lived within the apportionment and
before the legislature at the present session
with no murmurings. This law did not build.
ings and other improvements, that being a matter
for the legislature to adjust from time to time.
Aside from the revenues that will be received
for the running OF the school, written in state
and federal statutes the trustees are asking for
$4,000 for buildings and improvements. When
one looks the figures and the school, and
takes into consideration the good 1t is doing and
the way It is making farm and home and school
friends and neighbors the amount asked for is a
mere pittance, and should receive the hearty ap.
rroval of the legislature.
Judging from the way the legislature has sup
PORTED the school in the past think there is no
question about its being cared for along the lines
suggested in the report of the trustees to the Gov
ernor of the state.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-01-28
A COLLEGE STUDENT
EioHvv-TWo YEARS OLD


In the Interesting People" depart
ment appears an article about Mrs.
Amy Winship, who, at the age Of
eighty.two, is q regularly enrolled
college student at the University Of
Wisconsin. She has grandchildren
who are college graduates. She is
known az the Oldest junior in the
world" Following Is an extract
from the article.
The old saying. Never too old to
learn never in the world had a more
interesting example than Mrs. Amy
Winship Of Racine, Wisconsin. She
is the mother Of son sixty years
old, now q successful physician, and
the grandmother Of children who are
college graduates, and with students
Of the third generation. she attends
college to quench her Unsuitable thirst
for knowledge. This little grand.
mother, eighty years old, is a regu-
larry enrolled student of the Wiscon'
sin State University. With face
that is wrinkled but always sweet
and smiling; robed in a dress that
is usually of lavendar color, and with
poke bonnet like grandmothers
wear covering her fine white hair,
she makes a most pleasant, pictur-
esque sight as she moves about the
campus, the sweet spirit of some
ones mother'-but no ones mother
who needs at any time any assist.
ance from the youth about her. In
deed, she walks up the college hill
every morning side by side with
more agile but not a mite more Gag
er professors Of the second and stu.
dents Of the third generation. Never
more earnest student attended col
lege than this white-haired old lady.
Usually II anyone remains at the end
Of lecture to ask questions 1t Is
the grandmother student. Forceful
OF expression and vigorous in ges-
ture, she will sometimes make point
that will cause the professor to yield
his theory TO her wealth of eighty
years Of experience. The professors
| enjoy and commend her seriousness
| and alertness of mind.
when Mrs. Winship registered in
the university and was asked to fill
| out the question, From what school
did you graduate?' she put down. A
log school house in Northern Illinois
1S47.' Mrs. Winship taught school
at sixteen. When she tells the pros
pective young school teachers at the
university that she actually received
salary of $3.50 every week as
teacher they congratulate themselves
that it Is the year 1913 and not the
year 1S47 in which they are living.
| IF anything, the grandmother stu
dent has surplus of mental endur-
ance. She never misses lecture;
she is always present at recitations.
| When one of the girls Of the univer-
sity asked her on the day before a
holiday il she wasn't glad that there
were to be no lectures the next day,
she replied I am not! | don't want
| to lose a day. ! haven't much time
left to learn. You are young, and
you have"
.