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The Denver star., 1914-02-28

The Odd Fellows Endow-
ment Bureau this week paid
off the following Endowment
claims: Mrs. G. l.. Powell, Of
Pueblo, One hundred and
twenty five dollars; J. Sprag-
gins of Pueblo, one hundred
dollars; J. II. w. Brown, of
Denver, one hundred and
twenty five dollars. The Blu
eau of Endowment makes
hese payments promptly and
does not have to avail itself
Of the ninety days allowance.
Thursday n ight Arapahoe
and Denver lodges of Odd
Fellows had a joint initiation.
Several candidates got &C
quainted with the goat and
afterwards enjoyed a royal
feast.
The Denver star., 1914-02-28
Bethel A. M. E.
Church, Hutchinson,
Kansas.

The second quarterly con-
ference of Bethel A. M. E
Church of Hutchinson Kan,
which has just closed. revealed
the fact that the church had
enjoyed by far the best three
months in her history and the
further fact that the report
was just a little ahead of any
in the state so far announced.
One hundred and four mem
ders have been received in the
last three months as1the direct
result of great outpouring of
the spirit of God in our revi :
val just closed. The depart
ments reported as follows:
Trustees, $4o7.54; Stewards
S275.53; Sewing cirele,$2.77;
Stewardess Board, $24.7I; Sab
bath School, S2o.o5; Mite m is
sionary. $3.50; Bethel Forum,
S2o.oS; Allen League, $3.50;
Grand total $1,000. Large
numbers are turned away ev-
cry Sabbath on account Of the
church being too small to ac-
comodate the crowds which
attend. Therefore by unani-
nous vote Of the church the
trustees have been ordered to
erect a thoroughly modern
brick church the corner stone
of which viii be laid the first
Sunday in May by Bishop II.
Blanton Parks, ID d., OF Chi
cago Ill.
The Denver star., 1914-02-28

pie in the North and West pointing out the ono exsno
anc now rapidly increasing need for spiritual minstraton
petition through the General Assembly, that the Board
of Home Missions definitely extend work among such
people IN the territory where the Board of Missions for
reedmen permitted by its Charter to labor Over
tor coored people in the north asking Assembly ito call
the attention Of the Board of Home Missions to the need of
appointng coored minister Field Secretary look
alter the coored Presbperians large Northern cities
and save these people to church,
Your committee is pleased report Board closed
me last scal year with respectable the
ter meeting all obligations Receipts from the churches
l. societies. Sabbath Schools Woman Societies. Lepacies
ed to being decrease of $eI,oSSS compared
With receipts for The colored people raised or
all purposes the field $4o677o5 being an increase OF
$3.50 more than the year before.
On close investigation your committee finds the %
churches OF Denver Presbytery including aux
ares contribute n the aggregate this worthy
the church. the pttu sum of sos4o being average
So57 cents of the churches did not contrib
ute single And all those that ah offering did
not honor the deverance of the General Assembly in
rbuting their full quota
Your committee that Pastor and Sessions
)enver Presbyery give the Freedmen claim logical place
IN their annual budget That educational campapn be
entered into church. that canvass
may avoraby affect 'our contributions this particular
Board
That the resbytery take actionon overture from
the presbytery of Cincinnati the General Assembly
tor change OF from reedmen Board to tbe
Board Of Missions for Negroes, u. S. A.
hat the Pesbytery place its seal of approval
ure to the General Assembly for the appointing o Cooed
ed Secretaries the North East and West the pur
faith by providing them church homes who will otherwise
the Church. because of the scarcity coored Presby
terian churches in these geographical zones.
All of which is respectfully submitted
Rev. j. A. THOMAS HAZEL
REV. A. A FoNKEN
ELDER:-P PoLLlrz
The Denver star., 1914-02-28
GEORGE R. CRAWFORD DIES.
Prominent easinsss Man and Nell
Known Citizen Buried With Aonors.


George r. Crawford, who died re-
Gently at his home in Boston. was q
native of Lynchburg. Va. He was
widely known and highly esteemed by
his fellow citizens. His active career
as business man and useful citizen
extended over Il period of more than
thirty years.
He was caterer by profession and
an active member of the EbeneZer
Baptist church. a thirty-Second degree
Mason, Il member of the New England
lodge of Odd Fellows and of the Ellen
A. Blair Tabernacle, Order of Love
and Charity. The deceased had been
i'll for several months. and his demise
brought sorrow to his host of friends
and family.
He was brother of the famous
Crawford family-James B.. David E.
Joshua A. and Sampson 1. Crawford
and Madam l.. c. Parrish, the only
sister. He leaves widow, Alice A.
Crawford.
Funeral services We're held at tue
Ebenezer Baptist church. Rev. c. A.
Ward and NJ. A. n. Shaw officiated.
assisted by other clergymen. All
Masonic Odd Fellow and Love and
Charity rites were performed. The in
terment was at Woodlawn cemetery.
Cheering Words From Bishop Greer.
Bishop David II. Greer Is giving
splendid encouragement to the work OF
the eight schools in the south for Afro
Americans under the auspices of the
American Church institute. Iu re-
cent speech DR.. Greer said:
Il have so much confidence in the
capacity of the Negro to solve his own
problem and so much interest in his
welfare that IL l We're younger man
I would give up my episcopal office
and give all my years and all my time
to this work of the American Church
Institute"
The Denver star., 1914-02-28

Rev. ii. Franklin Bray, ID. ID.
The Sabbath school enroll =
ment has gro wn from as to 1877
I with an average attendance of
1oI. Presiding Elder S. Payne
said at the close of the con-
ference session that this is the
largest school in the District
and that the Sabbath School
and every department of the
church had more money in the
treasury than any church in
the district.
The financial system insti
tuted by DIR Bray has COM
pletely revolutionized things
financially so that a good sum
is kept in the bank at all times
from which every obligation
is met. The revival just clos
ed cost the church $ss.75 and
was raised without a single
nublic collection. This is re-
sult of our improved financial
svstem. DR.. II. Franklin Bray
IS regarded as being one of
- hos+ nastors in the connec
,tion. ~, .
Church
III B. OWENS.
Secretary Of Official Board
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-03-13
SYNOPSIS

Tommy North returning to his room In
Mrs. Moore's boarding house at 2:S0 a. m.
discovers the body of Capt. John Hanslka.
another roomer, with q knife wound on
his breast. Suspicion rests upon a man
giving the name OF Lawrence Wade. who
had been heard Quarreling with Hanska.
During the excitement strange woman
who gives her name as Rosalie LeGrange,
appears and takes into her own home
across the street all OF Mrs. Moore's
boarders. Including Miss Estrilla, an In
valid, whose brother was favorite
among the other boarders. Wade is ar
rested. Mrs. LeGrange. who, while plying
her trade as a trance medium. had aided
Police Inspector Martin MCGEE several
knows OF the crime. While she is there.
Constance HanSka, widow OF the murder
ed man, whose existence had been I'M
known. appears. Mrs: Hanska, says she
fact that Wade represented her and Wis
tied Eanska on the night of the murder
In an effort TO settle their affairs. She
admits Wade was In love with her. Wade
Is held by the coroner's jury for the death
OF Hanska Tommy North. who had been
held by the police. is released and re-
turns to Mrs. LeGrange's house. He be-
comes infatuated at once with Betsy Bar
bara, and at her urging prepares to es-
tablish the Thomas w. North Advertising
Agency. Mrs. LeGrange, with Inspector
MCGEE, examines the house where Han
ska was killed and finds on the fire es-
cape outside Hanskas WINDOW a red shoe
button. which she concesls. Mrs. Lee
Grange secretly examines the shoes or her
boarders in search OF one the red button
will At. She pretends to go into a trance
IN Miss Estrilla's room and communes
with SPLITS. Rosalie secures from In
spector MCGEE the services of an Italian
detective. to work under her direction.
Rosalie finds evidence to show that Es-
trflla's real name is Perez and that they
formerly lived in Port of Spain. RoSalie
goes into another trance In Miss Estrilla's
room and gains the young woman's con-
rdence. In succeeding seances Resale
leads Miss Estrilla to believe she Is talk
ting with the spirit OF John Hanska.
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service in their hands. AT this pCsl
also appears-though ever so slight.
the element of coincidence.
The new character is Skipper Mat
Baldwin of the schooner Maud, en-
gagged in the coastwise lumber trade
The Maud is lying at the dock, prepar
ing to sail for Halifax on the morrow
with return cargo. A battered and
pleasant old man, the Skipper Bald
win, with an eagle profile which de
notes his courage and soft eye which
indicates his gullibility. He was a
widower Of long and affectionate mem
ory; because of that and because of
his searchinss of the spirit on lonely
voyages, he became believer in spir-
itualism of the kind which Rosalie LIE
Grange used to practice. Rosalie was
his favorite medium-and his friend.
Toward the schooner Maud she was
now driving her taXicab.
The piece of luck was this: At the
very moment when the taXicab round
driver began to inquire for pier 161R,
Captain Baldwin was as near to pro-
family as his convictions allowed. AS
for the mate. he had no convictions
which prevented him from expressing
himself to the limits of his vocabulary,
over that unlucky accident, that tum-
BILE into the matches, which had sent
newly-signed Italian member Of the
crew to Bellevue hospital nursing a
broken arm. With all the heaven
condemned things they had to do be-
fore the improper cid sccw could be
cleared in the morning, how the sin
and sulphur (the mate inquired Of the
bright air. were they going to dig up
another sailor to satisfy the port regu.
lations?
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THROUGH THE SARGASS0 SEA
Captain Brings Report Of Spot So
Dreaded by Mariners In the
Days of Sails.

Capt. 8. A. Beauchant. commanding
Albyn steamship Thistletoe, has sent
q report to the imperial merchant
service guild of Japan on his expert
ence In a mysterious stretch Of sea
In the Atlantic, called the Sargasso
sea, which Is almost in line with the
Gulf OF Mexico, about 500 miles south
east of the Bermudas. 1t Is said to
have been discovered by Columbus,
who was involved in 1t for fortnight.
II sailed from Norfolk. Va, for Rio de
Janeiro, South America, on May L.
runs the captains report. ION the
next day we fell In with the gulf of
weeds, and day after day we passed
through large patches that were
spread all over the &C n as far as the
eye could see. About five p. m. on
May the temperature Of the sea wa
ter suddenly rose 20 degrees, and no
ticed that srall objects were floating
around the different patches of weeds,
and with the binoculars l found them
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-03-13
Celtic Race UNCHANGED,

Were st. Patrick to return today to
the land he loved to Judge his people
he would find them the same brave
race he knew. Time has brought
changes and reverses, but the Celtic
heart is unaltered in it's high ambi
tons and its lofty faith. And Ireland
is happy land Of romance and Of
legends, just as when the white-robed
harpers roamed with poets and min.
strels through it, and mighty deeds
were told by Celtic bards by the light
and faint blue smoke of the traditional
turf fire.
Fairies still fight among themselves
in wood and bog. Ghosts warn with
spectral messages. Galway looks forth
toward Spain With dreaming, touched
by glories of her old romance. Every
where the spirit of Irish sentiment
pervades the scene, where Meath OF
the pastures CLEANS In broad lands.
where the glens of Antrim are sweet
with hawthorne scent, where Tip
perary smiles golden vale.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-03-13
SAYS Ants Do Not Cooperate.

M. Cornetz, a practised observer Of
insect life, asserts that ants know
nothing of cooperation in their social
life. In proof he cites an experiment
which any one can repeat Offer an
ant a piece of cheese shaped like a
shuttle; 1t seizes the tip, turns 1t
about and starts dragging 1t in the d.
rection Of its nest. Other ants arrive
and seize the cheese by its sides. It
continues to advance. but more slowly.
There is no united effort; each ant
is trying to turn the crumb Of cheese
around. If we chase OF the ants on
the right the cheese will turn to the
right, for the other arts are pushing
it. Chase of those on the left and It
turns to the left for the same reason.
Chase off the one that Is pulling it and
it stands still. for the ants on each sids
counterfeit each other.
M. Cornetz holds this proof the
each ant 10 acting for himself aloAs
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her mind leaped from circumstance to
circumstance and rested on sus-
picion.
What has he" she said under her
breath, what has he to do with the
Hanska case?"
"Nothin' much-himself," said Rosa
lie, indifferently, "but great deal to
do with solvin' it. An it's important
that he should be delivered at just the
right time-as kind of Witness"
A new idea widened Betsy-Barbara's
eyes and made soft and wondering the
little mouth of her.
And what have your" she whis-
pered. Have you-all this time-and
/ never suspected"
Nov don't go cuttin' corners an
guessin'," said Rosalie LIE Grange.
1--WE been doin' my part. Don't ask
me any more, please. I'm just Dustin
to tell. I'm an old fool with my tongue,
an if spring the littlest leak in a
secret 1t all comes tumblin' out. Re-
member what I've told you. First, you
can help save Mr.. Wade as nobody
else can. Next, don't ask any ques-
tons. An Betsy-Barbara Lane, now
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-03-13
Pleasant Surprise.

"A pleasant surprise" said Senator
Frawley Of New York, apropos of a
charge that had been exploded against
a brother legislator. "A splendid sur
prise indeed. 1t reminds me of Smith.
"A halF dozen of Tvs sat gossiping in
the club one afternoon when Smith en-
tered.
"'Oh. dear mel I grcaned Here's
Smith. Here's Smith. just back from
a three-month European tour. He's
going to bore us to death with travel
talk. see 1t In his eye
Smith, sure enough. came straight
toward us. He sat down, lighted a
cigar, beamed on us. and said:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-03-13
VALUABLE MONKEY IS LOST
Johns Hopkins Hospital Misses Little
Animal Holding the Key to Very
Rare Disease.

A small monkey, which scientists OF
the pathological department OF Johns
Hopkins believe holds the key to the
solution of a rare and fatal disease,
mysteriously disappeared from us
cage In the Hunterian laboratory ano
no trace of it has been discovered.
Whether the animal was stolen or
escaped from its cage and intel!igenty
closed and fastened the door behind II
remains as much a mystery as the all
ment with which 1t was believed to
have been inoculated. and from which
there have been five deaths at Johns
Hopkins hospital In the last year.
DR.. Harry Schmeisser. who has been
making the experiments. said that ne
did not believe the animal could COM
municate the malady to humans. 1t
showed evident symptoms OF the dis
ease. according to Doctor Schmeisser.
and he Is practically certain his expert
ments have been successful. He be-
gan them early this year.
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A PRAYER.
(By st. Patrick, Apostle of Ire
land, at Tara's HilI.)

At Tara today! the strength
OF God pilot me; the power of
God preserve me; the wisdom of
God instruct me; the eye of God
watch over me; the ear of God
hear me; the word of God give
me sweet talk; the hand Of God
! defend me; the way of God
guide me. Christ be with me;
Christ before me; Christ after
y me; Christ in me; Christ under
me; Christ over me; Christ on
my right hand; Christ on my
I left hand; Christ on this side;
Christ on that side; Christ at
my back; Christ in the heart
Of every person to whom |
speak; Christ in the mouth OF
I every person who speaks to me;
Christ in the ear of every per
son who hears me. At Tara, to-
day, ! invoke the mighty power
of the Trinity. Salvation is the
! Lord Is the Lords.
Salvation is Christ's. May thy
n salvation, o Lord, be always
I with US!
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and fetching for establishments OF
your class. How's this for a line:
Our eggs straight from the hen-our
coffee grew on vine-our boarders
stay till they die"
mo, thank YOU" replied Rosalie,
dimpling upon him. And then, with
the air of one who has no time to
waste in airy persifiage, I'm here on
business, though. Mr.. North, l want
to borrow the services of your stenog.
rapher for day."
"Me?" inquired Betsy-Barbara.
"You," replied Rosalie LIE Grange.
She turned back to Tommy North
then; and the flash of her dimples dis
armed any possible resentment.
''Mr. North, haven't you got five or
ten minutes of business somewhere
else? Like buying your days cigars
or something? When two ladies want
to talk something over alone, they
hate to talk in the hall"
ooh, certainly" replied Tommy
North, rising and reaching for his
coat.
1T amt every young hoarder," said
Rosalie LIE Grange, "who is intelligent
enough to let his landlady boss him.
Now you be back in just ten minutes
by the clock, that's an obedient boy"
Tommy cast one look at Betsy-Bar-
bara as he went out of the door; and
Betsy-Barbara smiled as though to re-
assure him.
Rosalie proceeded to the heart of
the matter without any of her GUS
tomary circumlocution.
"Betsy-Barbara Lane" she said, 81
believe you'd go for friend to the
place we amt supposed to mention.
except in church. Wouldn't your"
What has happened?" asked Betsy.
Barbara, her color departing with a
rush. HAS Constance"
Constance is perfectly all right,
treasured Rosalie. "She was tryin' to
read-poor thing-when / left her fif-
teen minutes ago. But I've got my an
swer, you would"
81 think | would give my life If it
would help now," said Betsy Barbara.
What I'm askin' then" continued
Rosalie LIE Grange, may seem only a
little thing. But it's important.
can't tell you how important. 1t may
save him-you know, Mr.. Wade-if
you play your cards right"
Betsy-Barbara was on her feet now.
What is It? Quick!" she asked.
mot beatin' about the bush," re-
piled Rosalie LIE Grange, 81 want you
to spend the day firth perfectly out.
rageous with Mr.. Estrilla."
In spite of herself, Betsy-Barbara let
her pink blond coloring suffuse her
cheeks. But the color flowed back as
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-03-13
Saint Knew Persecution.

II st. Patrick's conversion of Ireland
was without persecution in the ordi-
nary sense of the word, as used In the
history of the church, yet he assures
US: 81 went about everywhere for
your sakes in many dangers, even to
the furthest district, beyond which no.
body lived. and where no one had ever
gone to baptize or to ordain clerics
or to encourage the people; by the
help of the Lord have done all these
things most faithfully and freely for
your salvation" He tells us even
that ION certain dreadful day they
tried most earnestly to kill me :.
and they threw me into chains. But
on the fourteenth day the Lord deliw
cred me from their power"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-03-13

Tossing belief in and invoking the
Blessed Trinity. Our Lords incarna-
ton, resurrection and ascension;
calling on the powers Of heaven, of
earth, ETC., invoking Christ for himself
and all Of his.
From other works not surely COM
posed by ST Patrick, though probably
rejecting the beliefs and practices of
his times or those soon after him in
Ireland, the synod of st. Patrick is
composed of 81 canons. The twelfth
is entitled: On our obligation toward
the dead. And In the eighteenth Is
given an original Interpretation Of
the three different degrees Of fruit
fulness of the gospel seed, declaring
that those who are to reap a hun
dredfold reward are the bishops and
doctors, who are all things to all
men; those who are to have the sixty
fold are the clergy and widows; the
thirtyfold shall be received by the
laymen who are faithful. He also
places monks and virgins with those
who shall have the hundredfold.
He who does not receive commun-
lon at Easter Is declared to be not a
faithful" (Canon 22).
It Is interesting to note that the
Gynod forbids . man 70 take his dead
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-03-13
CHAPTER XVI.
The Last Sesnce.

ne Last SCGnCC.
Fortunately for her plans, only three
of Rosalie lie Oranges regular board
ers ever came home to luncheon-Con-
stance, Betsy-Barbara and Professor
Noll. OF these, two were disposed OF
for the day. Professor Noll found
three strangers already placed and eat
ing. Two young men, powerful and
slow-moving, sat at either side of the
hostess. At the other end of the table,
in Miss Harding's accustomed seat.
was a matronly woman, gray-haired
but alert of motion and eye.
"Mr. Kennedy-Mr. Hunter-Mrs.
Leary-I want to introduce Professor
Noll. The professor is one of my regu-
lar boarders. This lady and these gen.
tlemen are transients; they'll be with
us just a few days." said Resale LIE
Grange. The two men nodded and fell
to their luncheon, of which they con-
sumed vast quantities. Mrs. Leary
however, smiled upon him an expert
enced smile.
Mrs. Leary," pursued Rosalie LIE
Grange, "has got some foreign views
I'm sure you'd like to see. You won't
be droppin' in this afternoon, will
your"
NO." said Professor Noll, sorry,
I'm making up the paper today. l
won't get home until just before my
dinner. My habit" he added, address
ing Mrs. Leary, always to dine just
at seven. The human intestinal sys-
tenn is a machine, admirable, well-bal-
anced, nicely calculated to its uses.
Now the minute study of scientific
management has proved that a ma
chine" And so Professor Noll, hav-
ing mounted his hobby, rode blithely
away upon it.; and Mrs. Leary, with
all the ready tact of the experienced
police matron that she was, vaulted
to the pommel and rode with him. Ro-
sale had learned all she wanted to
know. Professor Noll would not trou-
BILE her again that afternoon.
The chimes of the Metropolitan
tower rang the hour of two. At the
| first stroke, Resale, as one who finds
relief In action, ran down the base
ment steps and opened the back door.
Inspector Martin MCGEE, dressed In
plain clothes and carrying small bag,
was waiting outside.
"All set?" he asked under his breath.
"Everything's ready" replied Rosa
| lie as she led the way across the base
ment.
But Inspector MCGEE stopped her at
the stairway.
"Say, it's all right to let you have
your head and do things your own
way. Grimaldi reported back for
other duty at one o'clock, just as you
told him. But I'm running risks when
| take your word that you'll deliver
this Estrilla when we want him-or ]
would be, if it was anybody but you.
Why can't you tell me?"
"See here, Marty McGee," said Ros.
allie, i've got ready to put one Of the
biggest feathers in your cap you ever
wore An I've done 1t by goin' my
own woman's way. If 1t hadn't been
for me, you'd been barkin' up the
wrong tree yet. I've acted this way
because l do things woman-fashion.
an there amt single mutt man alive
that would ever say I was on the right
track-until delivered the goods. The
hardest thing l know is to tell what
| I know-that's habit. Are you goin'
to believe me when / say that l can
put my hands on this Estrilla when.
ever / please? Are you goin' to leave
that to me. just like you've left the
whole thing so far?"
CTO BE CONTINUED.)