A SGI),OfIO_STEAL. Employes of a Savings Bank Yielded to Temptation. ONE DIED NOT LONG AGO. His Fartner in Rascality Con fesses to the Officials. MONEY LOST IN GAMBLING. Tliey Tried to Iteat the Mall Street tiame mid an a .tinner of Course <>ot the Worst of the Ural—A Mentation at Williamsburg, N. V. New York. Kov. 16.—Defalcations, amounting, it is claimed, to SOO,OOO have been discovered in the accounts •of the Williamsburg Savings bank, an institution conducted at Wiliiams- Iburg, in the suburbs of Brooklyn. Gen. J. V. Meserole, the president ■of the bank, is authority for the statement that the parties implicat ed in the affair are Harry E. Corbett, a former paying teller of the bank, nvho died November 2, and George Zollinhofer, a receiving teller, who, it as alleged, gavj the first information leading to the discovery. The bank is fully protected, it is ;said, by the bonds of both Corbett and Zollinhofer. Harry E. Corbett had been in the employ of the bank for is years. lie was looked upon sis a man of exemplary habits and not the slightest suspicion attached to him up to the time of his death. According to Gen. Meserole on Fri day of last week George Zollinhofer, ■one of the receiving tellers, went to Cashier William Burns and confessed to him that he (Zollinhofer) and Cor •bett had for the past two or three years taken funds from the institu tion for the purpose of stock gam •bling, and that so far as he could es timate the amount that had been lost was between $50,000 and SOO,OOO. Cash ier Burns had Zollinhofer repeat his confession to President Meserole and si meeting of the trustees of the bank followed. The examination is not yet con cluded, but irregularities enough nvere found to show that Zollinhofer had not exaggerated the extent of the defalcations. Zollinhofer, after making his con fesion. placed himself in the hands of the trust companies and is aiding them in their investigation of the books. He was. with one exception, the ohlest employe of the bank, hav ing been with the institution for 33 years. lie is 00 years old. Corbett died at his home in Brooklyn, of pneu monia, on November 2. He and his wife were highly respected. The depositors are in no danger, las the bank has a surplus of over SB,- 000,000 above the deposits of $40,- 000,000. Zollinhofer has not been arrested, but will be under surveillance. Admit* Our Superiority. London, Nov. 10. —The Daily Chron icle publishes an interview with Eb •enezer Parkes, iM. I'., dealing with the •results of his recent visit to the Uni ted States. Mr. I'arkes confessed •that British traders were likely to ex perience more severe competition "than any with which they were yet Mcquainted. He expressed opinions resembling those of other British vis itors to America, as to the superior- Sty of American methods and the greater energy and ambition of both employers and operatives in the Uni ted States. He said that in the steel •trade particularly (ireat Britain was far behind. Neiveomb'it tiolct Holnl. Washington, Nov. 16. —The only jyold medal authorized by congress •for heroic conduct during the war with Spain was forwarded yesterday to Lieut. Frank H. Newcomb, now located at I'atehogue, N. Y. Dur ing the Spanish war Nev.eomb com manded the revenue cutter Hudson iind rescued the officers and crew of the torpedo boat Winslow from a very perilous position off Cardenas, ■Cuba. Each officer under Newcomb was awarded a silver medal and each •member of the crew a bronze medal. The medal sent Lieut. Newcomb con tains $750 worth of gold. Two I'iiilitx ill S«u!ii Africa. London. Nov. 10.—A dispatch from Lord Kitchener says that a patrol of yeomanry while recon noitering at Brakspruit was surrounded by 300 Boers and lost six men killed and 10 •wounded. The rear guard of Col. Byng's column was attacked near Ileilbron, Orange Hivcr Colony, No vember 14 by 400 Boers. After two hours' lighting the Boers retired, leaving eight dead on the field. Of Byng's column Lieut. Hughes and one man were killed, while three officers and nine men were wounded. Withdrew the Application. Topeka, Nov.l6.—The application to the governor for the parole of Km mett Dal ton, the last of the Dalton gang of bank robbers, who is serving a life term for murder committed <luring the raid on Coffeyville, Kan., in 1892, was withdrawn Friday, the popular protest, against the parole •being overwhelming. Starving Texan* !Mee«l Aid. Dallas, Tex., Nov. 16.—flov. Sayres yesterday received a letter from F. W. Seabury. a member of the legis lature, in whose district Zapata coun ty is situated, saying the people in that county are starving, and unless immediate relief reaches them nearly the entire population will die. A Terribly I'atd Earthquake. Rffij Tifiis, liussia, Nov. 16. —Erzeroum has again been visited by an earth quake. Altogether there were 50 shocks, ten of them being very vio lent. Twenty-two persons were killed and many buildings destroyed. TARIFF REVISION. Will Not be .tlcnllonril In Ihe Presi dents nicmngc to — Steel Aatorlatlon Oppose* Iloclprorlt jr. St. J'aul, 'Minn., Nov. 14.— S. 0. Haynes, publisher of a commercial newspaper in New York, speaking at the dinner given by the Northwestern Manufacturers' association here last night, stated that President Koose velt had given positive assurance that his message to congress will contain no reference to revision <A' the tariff. The president had said that this omis sion 'would be made in the interests of conservatism. The president stated, however, in the interview, that he favored placing Ihe tariff on a strict business basis, keeping it apart, from political manip ulation. Mr. Haynes felt assured that another and more determined effort would be made at tlie coming session to secure tne appointment of a tariff commission. Many senators and congressmen had expressed a desire to bring about a revision that would meet the requirements, impose no hardships on present business in terests and furnish a ivay to make changes without the prospect of en dangering the present commercial prosperity of the country. Philadelphia, Nov. 14. —The Amer ican Iron and Steel association lias officially notified Theodore i. Search, chairman of the committee of ar rangements for the coining reciproc ity convention at Washington, that it will not be represented and its man agement asserts that every subsidiary organization in those trades has taken similar action. At the head quarters of the American Iron and Steel association it is announced that all in the trade are strongly opposed to having any subject brought before the coming congress fhat will affect the present tariff laws. THE WEARING DOWN PROCESS. Hrltltli War Secretary Saj'« It Will he Carried Out to the I£nd of the Strug gle In South Africa. London, Nov. 14.—Mr. Broderick, the British war secretary, speaking last night at a banquet given in Lon don in his honor by the ■Carlton club, declared that the Doers were hiding their tracks by murdering Kaffirs be hind them. "Lord Kitchener wired to-day," he continued, "that the cold-blooded murder of natives had become fre quent of late, and that two dead na tives, their hands tied behind their backs, were found November 10 at the bottom of a mine shaft." Later in his speech Mr. Broderick said Great Britain now had 42,000 Boers in custody in the concentration camps and on various islands, and that 11,000 more had been killed or wounded, or had left the country on parole. He added that the number of Boers now in the field was about 10,000. "The country has set its teeth and intends togo through the process of wearing down," he exclaimed. "We intend to provide Lord Kitchener with fresh troops to replace the tired ones. Only to-day a certain colony made an offer of help." A SCHOOL OF CRIME. A Chicago Junl: Dealer la Alleged to Elavo Keeu Km Teacher. Chicago, Nov. 14. —An alleged "school of crime" with nine small boys as members and James Kolis, a junk dealer, as captain, has been discovered in the (ilietto. Kolis and all his boys were arrested last night. Warrants were sworn out at the same time for several junk dealers who are said to have some of the stolen goods. The boys say that Kolis would not let them goto school, that he threatened to kill them if they betrayed him, and that sometimes he would give them revolvers and tell them to shoot anybody who cauf>*it. them while on their thieving expeditions. That certain boys might not be compelled to attend school, and that they might nave full time for the rob bing of houses and the conducting of a complete course in crime, the death of Patrolman Franeesca S. Capparelli, a truant officer of the board of educa tion was planned. Officer Capparelli, against whom the plot to kill was aimed, owes his safety to information given him by a 6-year-old girl. MURDER MYSTERIES. Police of Kvansvilte, are I'nahle to Locate the Slayer of Two Women. Evansvilie, Ind., Nov. 14.—A1l ef forts of the entire police and detec tive force of this city to find a clew to the murderer or murderers of the two women whose dead bodies were on Tuesday found lying in ditches by the roadside in opposite directions from this city have proved unavail ing. Several suspects are under sur veillance, but developments in the murders have not been sufficient to warrant the police in making ar rests. While it is evident that both vic tims were killed about the same hour, it is believed the women were slain by the same fiend. John Kifer, a young railroader, was arrested as a suspect. He was with Miss Uenner Tuesday, but Kifer suc ceeded in convincing the police that he was innocent of the crimes. Startling, It True. (Providence, It. 1., Nov. 14.—Light from decayed meat is the latest dis covery which may startle the scien tific world. Prof. Gorham, of Brown university, claims he has succeeded in extracting from an over-ripe porter house steak sufficient illumination to enable him to make photographs of laboratory apparatus. iHMued an Injunction. Louisville, Ivy., Nov. 14. —On appli cation of the Keineeke Mining and Coal Co., a corporation operating coal mines in Hopkins county, Judge livans, Oi the district court, last night granted an order restraining 20 men named in the petition and all others from interfering with the business of the company or its employes, or re sorting to intimidation or violence, or inducing its employes to quit work or refuse to work. The order re strains all persons from destroying the property gf the company and from holding meetings within gun shot of the mines. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1901. MISS CATHERINE GOGGIN. This modest woman, for many years a teacher In the public schools of Chlen&o. hns rigurcd prominently In the newspapers of latt . With Miss Margaret Haley, an other Chicago teacher, she lias been deeply instrumental in forcing a recent de cision of the supreme court of Illinois calling for the taxation of the intangible values of corporate bodies in the state. This decision means a saving of 25 per cent, in the taxes of tiie comparatively poor and throws the burden of taxation upon rich corporations which have hitherto, by hook or crook, avoided the payment of legiti mate and proportionate taxes. BARBER'S FASHION PLATES. There Are Style* in Hair Cntilng Janl an There Are In the Cut. tiug of Clothes, Barbers, like tailors, have fashion plates, and in various suburban shops the latest plates l upon the ways to wear the hair are now pasted up, says the Philadelphia IJecord. The plate devotes itself to six styles, the "legal," the "medical," the "French," the "pro fessor," the "student" and the "busi ness man." The pictures are interest ing. The "legal" style shows a smooth shaven young man with his' hair cut very short and parted and brushed up in a smooth, lustrous wing over either temple. The "medical" picture is of a foolish-looking person with an im mense nose and with liffht hair parted on the side and brushed back far off the brow. The "French"shows a youth with his hair a mass' of small cork screw curls. The "student" has lon<* hair,parted in the middle and smoothed down almo,st to his eyebrows. The "professor" has what is called a round cut; hisi locks, that is to say, end at a certain point on his neck in a round ed mass, and beneath this mass the shaven neck of the professor looks very white and clean. The "business man." according to the fashion piate, wears his hair short at the back and sides and long on the top of hi»s head, and his parting is in the middle, this ar rangement making a kiijd of scaliop, or double semi-circle, of hair upon his forehead. "What kind of a cut "will you have, sir?" the suburban barbers now say. "Shall it be medical, legal, etudent, French or what?" And they point with their combs at the fashion plate and wait blandly for the custom er's reply. Metalx That Flow. It is perhaps not generally known that one of the most important prop- TYPICAL IRISH MUD CABIN. An Irish-American who has recently visited the land of his birth thus describes the mud cabin shown in the picture: "Its substantial construction is immediately noticeable. In nine eases out of ten it is an uninviting place. The two family goats have eaten most of the 'quicks' 'r the hedges Inclosing the cottage: the plot of ground, which goes by the pretentious name of garden, is overrun with weeds, and tiie hard snout of the half-starved pig has "hooked' It into unsightly roughness. But in the inside there is an air of tidiness that surprises the casual observer." erties of metals employed in striking coins and metals and stamping and shaping articles of jewelry is that of flowing under pressure, says the Youth's Companion. Standard silver is remarkable for this property, which precisely resembles the flowing of a viscous fluid. The flow takes place when the metal is subjected to rolling, stamping or hammering, and the par ticles of the metal are thus carried into the sunken purts of the die with out fracturing, and a perfect impres sion is produced. Kiielnnil'n Urentcnt Oak. The Cowthorpe oak is the largest in England. It is reputed to l»e over 1,600 years old, and its branches cover half an acre. At the close of the seven teenth century it was 78 feet in cir cumference at the base of the trunk. Sine then a quantity of earth has been placi d round it as a support. It is es timated to contain at th# present time 78 toes of timber. WATER REVIVED HIS WRIST. Sew Idea of n Telegraph Operator Who Had WorUed Hard and I. out. Ahern, the telegraph expert, put his brawny arm over the launch's side and let it drag through the salty water. lie had half a dozen report ers in the launch, all armed with spe cials to file at the Highlands of Nave sink, and after the launch had slipped through four miles of the Shrewsbury the operator withdrew his arm and looked at his wrist, says the New York Mail and Express. "There," said he,"l am good for 10,000 extra words," and he rubbed the wrist in a patronizing way. Somebody asked him for an explana tion, and lie said: "I have found that by placing the wrist in cool water for half an hour any operator is able to double his en ergy and endurance for the following 12 hours. The wrist is the main ma chinery of the telegraph operator. Its muscles and nerves are dependent upon perfect action. This immersion in the sea is worth considerable mon ey to the company. Not only can I send quicker, but I can send better and with great endurance." JAPAN'S INTEGRITY. Her People Are Proud to Serve Their Government for n Pit tance. The modern Japan which Mar quis Ito's policy has brought forth was made possible by the religious devotion of nobles and coolies to the emperor, which made the imperial wishes law; by the intense patriot ism and the official integrity ni the retainers of the Diamyos, who have become the officers of the armv and navy and members of the civil serv ice, writes Frederick Palmer, in Scrib ncr's. As an occidental, I should place integrity as tiie first cause. When you have official servants so proud that even the postman will not accept a Christmas present, a states man knows that, whatever his errors of construction may be, the timbers are sound. As long as men become policemen on less than a coolie's pay for the honor of serving the govern ment, it will never lack for first-class ability to fill its offices. Japan may well reverence her old military aris tocracy, with its false punctilios!, llird-llmitiiiK on Horneliack. Kentuckians of the blue grass region hunt birds on horseback. A Ken tuekian's hunter must not only be will ing to stand while the owner dismounts and goes to look after a covey of birds, but must also allow the owner to lirjft a shotgun from its back. DIED fN A BURNING MINE. PIT* Iflfn Killed «iul 25 Injured in the Haby nine at Focahoiita*, \V. Va. Minefield, W. Va., Xov. 15.—Five dead bodies have been taken from the Haby mine at Pocahontas, W. Va. Sev eral other persons are unaccounted for and 55 persons have been rescued more or less severely burned. At 3 o'clock Thursday morning it was discovered' that the Baby mine of the Pocahontas Colliery Co. was on lire. An alarm was sent in and the fire company responded promptly. In a short time after the fire fig-liters had reached the mouth of the mine and were attempting to extinguisn the flames, some of the firemen and others having rushed inside of the mine to ascertain the extent; of the trouble and to assist the miners en tombed therein, a terrific explosion occurred and many miners and their friends were more or less injured. It is supposed that the mine caught fire from a defective electric light wire. Five bodies had been recov ered up to 0 p. in., and it is uncertain how many more are dead, though it is known that there are several, per haps eight or ten men, still in the mines, unless they succeeded in mak ing their escape through the Tug riv er entrance. Twenty-five persons have been res cued, all more or less burnt, some seriously and perhaps fatally. The injured were carried to their homes in wagons and all -the physicians in Pocahontas were busy all day attend ing the injured. One or two other explosions followed that of the early morning and others are hourly ex pected. The mine is still burning, and clouds of smoke are constantly issuing from its mouth. The fan has been stopped and as soon as possible the mine will be re-entered, with hope of extinguishing the fire. In 1884 Pocahontas experienced a like occurrence in which over 100 liveS were lost. The dead so far re covered are: Louis Woolwine, John Bernhart, Will Montgomery, M. 1). Koontz and an Hungarian named Urico. Woolwine, Montgomery and Koontz were killed while attempting to bring out a dead body. UNCLE SAM IS NOT LIABLE. Tlio Government llel'iiwes to I*ny til« Ilonpital Kx|ifn«r« ol' It* lCmployen. Washington, Nov. 15.—Mr. Trace well, comptroller of the treasury, has rendered a decision upon the claims of Keeper Shields and First Assistant Keeper McCauley, of the Squaw Island light station, for medical at tendance and surgical services. On December 14, 1900, Squaw Island light was closed for the winter and the keeper, two assistants and the keeper's wife and niece left the island in a sail boat for St. James, iMich. Shortly after leaving the island the boat was capsized by a squall. They all succeeded in reaching the over turned boat and were lashed to it ex cept the second assistant, who re fused to be lashed. About eight hours afterward the two women diec from cold and exposure and about midnight the second assistant, be numbed from cold, lost his hold on the boat and was drowned. The fol lowing day the keeper and his first assistant were picked up and taker to a hospital. Both were terriblj frozen, especially the keeper, who re quired long medical care. The comptroller holds that undei existing laws there is no authority for the payment by the government of the hospital expenses incurred bj tne keeper and his assistant. The comptroller holds that the govern ment is under no legal obligation tc provide for the care of sick or dis abled officers or employes. IT LOOKS SUSPICIOUS. It In Believed that a Train lloldiif wan < oiitoinplatcil. Omaha, Xeb., Xov. 15. —Twenty-four sticks of dynamite, a piece of fuse and an explosive cap were found by a boy near the bridge of the Burlington road at Haveloek, Xeb., last Sunday, j be matter was not reported to the railroad officials at once, however, and it is feared the would-be crim inals have escaped, but a force of de tectives is at work on the case. An attempt at train wrecking and rob bery is supposed to be the explana tion of the explosives being placed at the bridge. Lincoln, Xeb. Xov. 15.—Local offi cials of the Burlington admitted last night that since the first of the week their night trains leaving Lincoln have gone out with a guard armed with Winchester rifles. This precau tion was taken following the discov ery last Sunday of 24 sticks of dyna mite, together with a number of masks, hidden under a bridge just outside the city. Sunday night three men attempted to board the express car as a train pulled out of Lin coln for the east, but they were driv en off. (Monday the same three men were at Ashland, and an effort was made to arwst them, but they disap peared. A watch has been kept on the bridge where the dynamite was stored, but no one has come to claim it as yet A«ked lor an Injunction. Springfield, 111., Xov. 15.—Henry Crawford, acting for the Union 'frac tion Co. and t he Chicago Consolidated 'fraction Co., 'has filed in the United States circuit court an application for an injunction to restrain the state board of equalization from assessing the franchises of the corporations for the year 1900, as per the writ of man damus recently issued by Judge Thompson. Told a tlneer story. Oskaloosa, Kan., .Nov. 15. —William 11. Klusniire, a farmer, who is being tried here on the charge of murdering his wife, took the stand yesterday, lie said Ilia wife had threatened to leave him. lie told her that if he was in the way he would leave. She said if he went away she wo ul (J. kill all the children and burn the h use. lie missed her during then flit, and going to the barn found her hanging to a rafter. To avoid the. di. Trace tnat would follow publicity he hid the body in the hay, burying it the next night and told a story of her death ta Texas. VICTOR AND VANQUISHED. Botli Were Honored by New l'orkeii llanquet* are Given to Sella Low and Illrliurd Croker. New York, Nov. 15. —The election of a fusion ticket on November 5 was celebrated last night by a din ner given by the City club in the Mad ison Square Garden concert hall. Five hundred and twenty members of the club and the guests were seat ed at the table, while 400 people were in the boxes. The dinner was given to '.Mayor-elect Scth Low; President elect. of the Hoard of Aldermen t buries V. Form's, Comptroller-elect Hdward M. Grout atid District Attor ney-elect William Travers Jerome. The first token of the jubilation of the evening was lusty cheering when Mayor-elect Low and Justice Jerome arrived. This demonstration was re newed when the two ascended the stage a few moments later and took their places at the guest table. Whee ler H. Peckham, president of the City club, presided, while at the table were men prominent in the fusion move ment as well as many from out of the city. Mr. Low and the other candidates made speeches and the mayor-elect made the statement that, no use of patronage, however skillful, could in | sure the success of the next admin istration, and also that no person or (organization could demand patronage as a right. There was some laughter when he said that he did not mean that be would select associates of the enemy, and there was more ap plause when he announced that while partisanship on his own side would not bar the way to appointments, yet aspirants must base their hopes chief ly on merit. Richard C'roker was the guest of honor last night at a dinner tendered him at the Democratic club by the board of governors and the officials of the club. Covers were laid for 24. At the conclusion of the dinner a handsome silver jardiniere was pre sented to Mr. Croker. President John Fox, who presided at the dinner, made the presentation speech. Dur ing the course of his remarks, Presi dent Fox, speaking on behalf of the club, thanked Mr. Croker for his serv ices as leader of the democratic party in this city, and for the work he harl done in behalf of the Democratic club. 'Speeches were made by nearly every one present. Each had a word of gratitude to say to Mr. Croker for the work he had done in the past on •behalf of the democratic party. The trend of the speeches was to the ef fect that Mr. Croker would undoubt edly act as the leading spirit in the movement to unite the democratic party in the state and to lead it again in the municipal election. OWES $3,000,000. A Financial Statement Itftued by tbe I'un-.lmerlrnn ICxpooltlon Co. Buffalo, N, Y., Nov. 15. —The direc tors of the Pan-American exposition Co. and a number of creditors con ferred yesterday and listened to the reading of the financial report of the. company prepared by the auditor. The report shows the total liabilities of the company at. the present time to be $3,326,114, assuming that the assets of $146,454 are collectable at face value. The company owes for operating expenses and on construction work $577,945, which item is, of course, em bodied in tlie total liabilities. An interesting fact shown by the report is the total cost to the exposi tion company of the exposition. The cost, according to the report was $3,- 860,575. The total receipts from ad missions after May 1 were $1,467,066 anil the receipts from concessions were $3,011,522. The balance due to the first mort gage bondholders is $174,97!) and to tsecond mortgage bondholders $500,- 000, both of which are included in the liabilities as given above. A GOOD THING FOR OMAHA. Dinpute with IHlou Pacific Itullroud 1* ICndert and Big Improvement* are to be .Tladc. Omaha, Neb., Nov. 15.—The Union Pacific Railroad Co. has settled by agreement with tbe city of Omaha a matter which has been in litigation for :s0 years, lly its terms both sides make substantial concessions and the railroad will make local improve ments involving the expenditure of $2,000,000. The litigation has been over the occupation of certain streets and other city property and the building of viaducts. The city has agreed to vacate the streets for several blocks and the road will build its own via ducts, subject to conditions laid down by the city. The road will also erect new shops at an aggregate cost of $750,000 which will employ about twice the number of men now at work. The right, of way line of the road between Omaha and South Omaha will be fenced and trains will run at full speed between tbe two towns in the future. Will Itusli the Canal Kill. Washington, Xov. 15.—Representa tive Hepburn, of lowa, and Represen tative Sherman, of New York, had a conference with the president yester day about isthmian canal and Pacific cable legislation. They announced that it was their purpose to press legislation on both subjects at the earliest possible moment. The canal bill which passed the house at the last session, will be reintroduced. Col. Hepburn told the president that the bill undoubtedly would command a large majority in the house. Argument* in ttic itlolineiix Cane, •». New York, Nov. 15.—Two former governors of New York, David B. Hill and Frank S. Black, met in argument yesterday in the court of general sessions on the motion to quash the. indictment charging Uoland B. Moli neux with the murder of Mrs. Kath arine .1. Adams. Mr. Hill opposed in behalf of the state the motion to quash and Mr.'Black pressed the mo tion in behalf of the alleged poisoner. The argument of the case was con cluded late in the afternoon. Mr. ilill submitted his brief and Mn. Black was given one week witlfio which lo submit his brief. 3
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