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12 THE AEG US, SATURDAY. MAY 25, 1901. THEYOUHGER BROTHERS History of a Remarkable Fami ly of Western Desperadoes. "WILL S003 EE SET AT LIBERTY. Their . Total Known Itobberlee Amounted to f 13.IM) Story of (be XorthOeld (Minn.) Raid. Their Wa terloo Fllslit aid Capture Their Good Reeord In Prison. Following is a list of the robberies known to have been committed by Cole, James nail Hob Younger, the famous outlaws, who will fouu be released from the state prison at Stillwater. Minn., and the James brothers, Jesse and Frank. How many others were committed by the gang will never be known: Firrt year afUr the war, Libert jr (Ho.) bank $7" 000 Oct. 30. Leiinrton (Mo.) bank 2.UJ0 Way 25. 1367, Richmond (Mo.) bank .. 4. OX) March 20. 1JS, RuasellviUe (Ky.) bank.... 17.000 June S. 1S71. Cory Jon (la.) bank 40.000 Columbus (Kt.) bank, data not known.... iUO 1tG2, Iuhim City exposition 10. OX) May 1. l-i 73. St. Genevieve (Mo.) bank.... ,1 July. 1S73. train robbery, C K. L and P.. io Iowa 0.000 Total known , $153,300 The last raid of this gang was their "Waterloo, says the New York Evening World's St. Paul correspondent. They got not a dollar, but death and capture broke up their depredations. They dashed Into NorthQeld at noon Sept. 7. 1S7C The gang consisted of Coleman. James and Robert Younger. Frank and Jesse James. Clell Miller. Charlie Pitts and Bill ChadwelL All had been Quan trell raiders. Three of the men rode into town, hitched their horses near the bank and stood and talked. A few moments later the other five dashed into town, yelling and shouting. The three on the corner called out to pedestrians, "Get off the street!" and people fled. The three on the corner Jesse James. Charlie Pitts and Bob Younger ran Into the First National bank. Haywood was the cashier. lie slammed the inner door of the safe. They drew a knife across his throat, but he refused to open up. Two clerks escaped, but In doing so tbey were wounded. Haywood heroically stood bis ground. Citizens by this time realized what was up and began shoot ing on the pang outside. One of the gang rushed to the bank door and called: "It's getting hot out here. Hur ry up." The three In the bank rushed out. One of them looked back and saw naywood taking something out of a drawer. Haywood was instantly killed. It has always been claimed that Jesse James did the shooting. Bill Chadwell and Clell Miller were killed on the ride out of town. Jim Younger's horse was killed, and Jim was wounded. In 12 hours posses were in pursuit. Other counties had 'been notified and turned out. The bandits were run to cover Sept. 11. four days later. They fought like caged animals. Frank and Jesse James escaped. Hob Younger, bis brothers wounded, stood by their side. Charlie Pitts was also there. Jim and Cole Younger loaded and handed Bob pistols, and he fired at the posse. They finally got away, but were trapped two days later, the 13th. Pitts was killed. The three Youngers gave up. At their trial they pleaded guilty and were sen tenced for life, there being no capital punishment In Minnesota. They were sent to Stillwater, Minn., the site of the state prison. There Jim and Cole have remained ever since. Bob died in prison of consumption in 1SS0. Only once did either ever open bis mouth as to the killing of Hay wood except always to protest that nei ther did it. The one time was when Jim said to a Cincinnati reporter: "Jesse James did not kill naywood. be canse he was not with us. He was in California." However, this was never believed by detectives who worked up the case. The writer of this sketch also knows better. At least be bad the word of one of the friends of the James boys. The record of the Yonngers in prison has been such as to win the confidence, esteem and sympathy of every official connected with the prison. Not a single mark Is against them. Bob's death was . actually a day of mournlng-ln the pris on. Cole has been a student of theolo gy for the past 11 years. Jim Is and bas been the prison librarian. Cole (Thomas Coleman) Younger Is 57 years old and has a captivating manner. He Is said to look much like Senator Han na. lie never married. He bas been -wounded 20 times, 11 the result of the Nortbfleld affair. James Is 51 years old. He Is a man of fine physique and prepossessing manner. He never married. He has been wounded six times. Four were received In the NorthQeld affair. Here is a tabloid form of their early history: Born In Jackson county. Mo. rather, judge. legislator, wealthy farm er. In the beginning of the civil war the family was loyal. Kansas jay hawkers raided their farm and killed the stock. Cole. 17 years old. lmblt tered. joined Quant re 11. who made him ' a lieutenant. After Quant roll's death Ceneral E. Eirby Smith sent Cole to Louisiana to command forces there; 1SC3, commissioned by Confederate government to raise a regiment In Cal ifornia. While so engaged Lee sur rendered. Jim joined Q can tr ell's flag after Cole, and he and Bob. who was also a Quantrell raider, remained with, Cole to the end that Is, until all were cap tured near NorthQeld. On the return of Cole from California he found a price - bad been set upon his head. Then he, with his brothers and others, began a guerrilla warfare on the bor der and a system of looting banks, railroad trains and stagecoach rob bery which has no parallel In the. his Mr it) it it it i t it) it) it it) it t) it) to t) t) ti it it it it) it it it it t it it it it it) it) it it it t) it it it it vi tory. qr any; wanpi. juxZLirt I Sr He From 31 j Frlenda. This saying Is commonly attributed to Voltaire, who at Feroey when pes tered by professions of Insincere friend ship H:i!d. "I pray God to deliver me from my friends; I will defend myself from uiy enemies." The thought, however. Is attributed by the French to Marshal Vlllars. wh.'e Kaut discovers it in an Italian proverb, and a German collection of proverbial wisdom gives it In a modi-lu-d form. Ar.tigonus. one of the gen erals of Alexander the Great, offered sacrifice that the gods might protect him from his friends and at the same time declaring he could look after his enemies himself. Churchill bas some thing of the idea In the lines: Croat ly his foes he dreads, but moat Ma frlenda; He hurts the most who lavishly commends. THE BLACK VENU&. ai Virly Stone Flg-nre Worshiped by Peasants of Brittany. Even false religions die- bard, and there are reminders of all extinct faiths still existing in the world. One of the most curious relics of paganism which are still worshiped In a Chris tian country is the gigantic black stone figure of a woman which Is to be found in a forest of the district of Morbiban. in Brittany. It Is known as the "Black Venus," but probably dates far back of the time when the Greeks and Romans worshiped that goddess. Antiquarian assert that this ugly Idol belongs to the age of the serpent worshipers, one of whose subterranean temples Is in the neighborhood. This would make the figure far older thau the Christian era. The statue Is that of a huge, un couth woman, with a sullen, angry countenance, her form enveloped in a loose mantle. The superstitious Bretons have al ways worshiped the figure, asserting that It has power over the weather and the crops. If the idol is neglected, they declare that the grain dies on the ear. and If the anger of the black woman Is further roused a tidal wave sweeps over Morbiban. Twice the stone was cast Into the sea by pious folk who hoped thereby to put an end to this idolatry, and twice the peasants dragged it back and set up an altar before It. About two centuries ago Count rierre de Lannlou, on whose estate the figure stood, in order to save the statue from both friends and enemies, dragged it by 40 yoke of oxen to his own chateau and set it up In the courtyard. He cut an Inscription on the base of the pedes tal, declaring the figure to be a Venus carved by Ca?sars soldiers. The count and bis chateau are both gone, but the huge black woman, over grown with moss, still stands in the forest, and the peasants still beseech her to bless their crops. Pipes Froaen by Warm Spell. It is a curious fact that water pipes under ground will often freeze during the warm spell that follows a cold A Dad Jadse. Rome years ago King Edward VII. then Prince of Wales, was a guest at a country house In Kngland, and. pick ing up a sjHirting paper In the billiard room one morning, was soon deep In Its contents. A clergyman, also a guest, noticed this, and, sidling np. asked lu n tone that was meant to carry reproof, "Is your royal highness really Interested In that paper?" The prince glanced around. "I never readanytbing I do not feel Interested In." he remarked. The clergyman, though, would not be denied. "Do yon know,' your royal highness, that one of my friends has lost hundreds of pounds by betting on horse racing and has never won any thing?" he asked. "Well." said the prince as he turned to another column, "he must have been a very bad Judge of horseflesh." The Rector's) Prophecy. A party of gentlemen, including Pro fessor Bailey and Hector Roberts, a divine widely celebrated for his wit and the audacity of his puns, were crossing the campus of a well known university. The reverend gentleman, comment ing on the fact of his recent elevation to the greater dignity aud the assump tion of the more resoundinx title of a canon of the church, exclaimed. "And now that I am a canon I suppose I shall be a bigger bore than ever." snap. The explanation Interesting phenomenon YOUNG . , . . . 7Vl7 Trtycm-in 1 ILC JUI gLlUl, Warmni' It is time to lay in your supply of Summer Waists, Corsets and Muslin Underwear. Every article that the very Best Material, under Strictly Sanitary- Conditions! NON-SWEAT SHOP GOODS ! White Linen Waists. made in the newest styles, plain and tucked, fancy em broidered fronts, all over lace and open worked embroider ed Inserting fronts and dotted Swisses, at $3.50, $2.93, $2.25. $1.98, $1.75, $1.63. 11.25 and 98c Colored Shirt Waists Grand showing of all the late Shirt Waists In all the new exclusive fabrics, $1.98, $1.75, $1.58, $1.39, $1.25, $1.18, 98c. 75c, 45c : 35C White Suits Women's Sanitary White Linen Suits, fancy tucked skirts, with full sweep and flounces, beautiful styles In Waists to match, at for entire suit, t . o $9.50, $7.25 and Cf.yO Muslin Underwear Take special notice to these extra low prices. See window display. - for Embroidery Trimmed . 45 NteM Gowns. for Embroidery Trimmed Cambric Gowns. for Hemstitched ' I 25 Drawers. .''K. for Hemstitched and Lace Trimmed I Drawers.. ' for Epibroldery Trimmed 75C Skirts. 08 for Tucked and. Lace Trimmed Ji- i -i iStSS S'-Si -riuS iS-s sS-S jS-t -S cold wave a'large quantity of heat 3s taken from the ground In the work of changing the frozen moisture into wa ter, and thus, on the principle of the Ice cream freezer, the pipe Is chilled, enough beat being takeu from it to freeze it. The Red Fla. The red button and the red flag have been the emblem of labor and revolu tion for more than ",0(10 years. In the ancient world the favorite colors of the aristocracy were white and azure blue, while red was plebeian. .Minerva and Ceres, the goddesses of labor and agri culture, were always represented as dressed In flaming red. and the ban ners of the Greek and Roman trade unions were of the same color. The red flag nowhere in antiquity meant feroc ity and slaughter, but rather typified the fact that all men. whether slaves or masters, had In their veins the same blood and in their nature the same hu manity. But In the frequent servile wars of Italy and Greece the red flag gradually became the emblem not of labor, but of revolt. At one time when the rebel lious slaves and gladiators under Spar tacus defeated three Roman armies the red flag was on the point of supplant ing the eagle In the imperial city itself. It is related that the labor soldiers were ro fanatically devoted to their flag that It was the custom of their generals when In battle to hurl it far Into the enemy's ranks and so compel Its devotees to rush forward and recov er it. New Y'ork Post. The Chinaman Relies on "Chops." Traders In the east say that "chop" is the Chinese equivalent for "trade mark." The importance of a good "chop" in eastern trading may be real ized from the fact that tlsa Chinaman Is most averse to buying manufac tures with whose character he may be unacquainted from sample. He de mands to see the whole consignment before he will purchase. But if the goods are of a "chop" with whose mer its he is familiar he delivers his order with the greatest confidence. Wills In Ancient Greece. Wills were Introduced Into Athens by Solon, though in many other parts made for this Is that after a 1723-1725-1727 Second -Yfii&ref ' We Treat all alike. What is good for one KJUS&r O: Inspect our New Line of Wash Goods just Weather Corset Covers Good Quality Ladies Corset Covers, about fifty styles to select from, at $2.00, $1.75, $1.48, $1.25, 98c, 75c, 69c, 54c, 42c, 39c, 29c, 25c and 5C Summer Corsets Summer Corsets, made from good French Net. all colors, medium and shoit lengths and good fitting styles, at 98c, 45c T ft and Wash Goods Department 50 pieces fine Dimity, in all the new blue, pink, lavender, yellow and grays, dots, stripes and scroll patterns, worth up to 25c, all In one lot . . per yard 32 inch Imported Fine Zephyr d!nghams, the 25c quality, for this special sale, per yard 26 Inch wide Long Cloth, for Children's and Ladles' Skirts and Underwear, special, 25c, 15c wyn and 12 Black India Linen, for Ladles' Shirt Waists and Dresses, 20c quality, for this sale, ;f per yard 9z 11-4. Extra Heavy Crochet Bed Quilts, fringed on in assorted patterns, $1.35 quality, r gr special for this sale vpl.W 11-4 Extra Heavy. Crbchet Bed Quilts, fringed on four sides, regular price fl.85, ff. sale price Colored Dress Goods 40 Inch Novelty Dress Goods, 50c value, for this sale, per yard , ..29C .65C B0 Inch Gray Homespun, 85c value, for this sale, per yard S You m ti, r - a", r of Greece itbey were aiscounieuancu. Diogenes Laertlus gives copies of the wills of several celebrated men. such ns Plato. Aristotle and others. Before Solon's law no man was allowed to make a will, the wealth of the deceas ed belonging in certain proportion to the members of their families, and even after Solon only an Athenian citi zen had the privilege of bequest, the estates of slaves and foreigners being confiscated for the public use. All the Tear Round. Monarch over pain. Barns, cuts, sprains, stings. Instant relief. Dr. Thomas' Kclectric Oil. At any drug store. V j R O K WN E O C G I C HA L A F U O B F eSTHE McCOMBS Ave., Rock Island, Illinois. Black Dress Goods 4G Inch Black Pure Syrian Mohair, double warp, will not slip, patent dye, will not crock, $1.00 qual ity, sale price, -rrr per yard 73" 4 i inch Black Mohair and Wool Figured Poplins, to be found nowhere under $1.25, for this s sale, per yard 75 44 inch Black Cheviot, 65c value, for this . -" sale, per yard First in Style Millinery Lowest in Price. Our Trimmed Hat Department is overflowing with Fashionable Millinery. Here you see the latest, and marked at one-fourth and one-half the prices you have to pay elsewhere. At $1.49 for Trimmed Hats, your choice Monday of over 100 Hats to se lect from, and worth up to sj.au, for $1,49 LOT 2 $2.49 Take youn choice of Hats, worth up to $5.00, for $2.49 And many like Bargains for this day only. Hat Trimmed Free. House Furnishings Clinton Wire Cloth In green or black, all widths, per sq. foot, by the roll lie Galvanized Poultry Netting, all widths, -nr per 100 sq. feet, by the roll LAWN MOWERS The Celebrated F. M. & Co., war ranted, 12 inch, for this (P jr sale 434y 6x2-6 Screen Door, black or green, sale price, 69c 6-8x2-8 Screen Door, black or green, sale price 69c 6-10x2-10 Screen Door, blk or green, sale price 69c Other Fancy Doors, Screen Windows and Frames at underselling prices. Hand Ergishes for this sale at 1c We are agents for the Celebrated Peerless Ice Cream Freeser; freezes cream in 3 minutes; price from $1.18 up, according to size. Kice xtooi acruu muu, 4c. Agents for Heatn & Minigan tje;eurateu ru.'. w. Drapery Department New Line of Lace Curtains and Ruffled Swiss Just arrived, from COc up. Odd Curtains at Half Price for thi3 sale. Matting, 20c quality, this sale 12Vc Floor Oil Cloth and Linoleum, from 35 Inches to 4 yards wide. Window Shades. 7c and up. 0r r5'-$ f$'r$ r'r 1 for the good of the tobacco or because the maker offers a cheap premium which you never get? If you chew to bacco for the consolation; for the satisfaction of it, you will find Wetmore's Best by far the best you ever tasted. The leaf is the best; the blending is perfect; the fla voring is pure. The worth of the tobacco is "all in the quality" and you pay no more for it. Ask the dealer for WETMORE'S BEST. Made only by u. c. wrmoRE TOBACCO G0.v Sf. Louts, Lto. The largett independent factory in America. 3 HI 6 . t 3 1 1 1 $200.00 CASH, FREE We will give the above award to soy person who will fr 1 1 v nrranCA tha . Krt.M lnttArs til snAll Ihsi names of Three Important American Cities. What aro Uiey7 ach line represents one city. You may be the fortunate person to secure at least a portion, if not the full amount. For should there be more than one set of correct answers, the ironey will be equally divided. For instance, should five persons send in correct answers, each will receive W0.CU: should ton persons send in correct ans ers, each will receive t-AMJO; twenty persons. $10 (TO each. This offer is made to advertise and introduceonr firm quickly. 'K DO SOT WAST AVK t'EST OF YOCR HOKY. THIS t'OVTEST 18 r'REK. As soon as you have arranged what you suppose are the correct names, send them. A postal card will do. and yon will hear from ns promptly by return mail. Those who have tried other contests and failed to secure any thine, try this one. All can secure an award if they wish to try, without any ex pense whatever. HOME SUPPLY CO., Dept. I., DETROIT, MICH.8s . . . is good for all. Come and Received. (ft enters into this sale is made of W : m Men's Furnishings . People who are not familiar with the extent and merit of our vast Men's Furnishing Department should become acquainted with it now, while our Summer lines are in the fullness of their beauty and variety. Summer Snirts An admirable assortment of tasteful, up-to-date patterns in well made Shirts. The large in crease in oun sales In this line speaks eloquently for the public appreciation of our goods. Men's Summer Negligee "Monarch" Shirts, of Madras Cloth, Oxfords, Cheviots and Canvas Cloth, in the latest patterns, with cuffs detached, plain -F Jf- $I.OO and pleated fronts, for $1.50 and , Men's Summer Neglieee Shirts, in Percales and Madras, with two detachable collars and one pair of cuffs, an e ndless variety of the latest mmrxr patterns, at 58c and ' Boys' Summer Negligee Shirt3, in Madras and Per cales, with two collars and pair of cuffs to match, in latest patterns, for C only JOC Men's Summer Underwear, fine combed, Egyptian Ribbed Shirts. French neck, hemmed tail, 3 pearl buttons, Prussian silk binding; Drawers, French straps, suspender tapes, double gusset, 3 pearl but tons, others ask 50c for thi3 garment. a n our price only gC Men's Summer Underwear in odds and ends; Shirts and Drawers, mostly Drawers, manufacturers' sam ples, while they last, mlr' only 25" Men's Mercerized Cotton Half Hose, looks like silk, aoout 50 dozen in attractive assortment of fancy stripes, reduced for this sale to 25C Men's Lisle Half Hose, In all fancy patterns of stripes and plaids, regular 25c values, reduced for this sale to only lyw Men's Belts, "Spring 1901." IV inch cowhide leath er, lined and stitched, nickel side rings, with leath er cup, nickel buckle, -CSc and 50C Men's Belts, 1 inch cowhide, nickel rings and buckle, with belt piece, assorted" tan v--r and orange Special Discount Sale of Wall Paper. To every person purchasing Wall Paper of us this week, we will give a Special Discount of 20 per per cent oft the bottom of your hi'!. Figure this out, that means one-fifth off. IVsCV m m to $ (?) m m m m to rn m torn-