THE BANKS BULWARK.
Secretary Gage Sees in Them a Guar
antee for the Future.
SPEECH TO NEW YORK BANKERS.
Poind Out the Great Change Which la Taking
Place la Our Pogition-From a Debtor Na
tion We Are Becoming a Creditor Nation--Bnnka
a Check Upon the Aggressloni of
Capitalistic Combinations
New York (Special). The annual
dinner of Group VIII of the Now York
Btate Bankers' Association, comprising
lending financiers of New York city,
wan bold at the Waldorf-Astoria. Col.
Alfred C. Barnes, president of the As
tor Place Bank, presided. At his right
at Lyman J. Uaso, Secretary of the
Treasury.
In Introducing Mr. Gage ns the prin
cipal speaker of the evening President
mimes Bfttii the Now York bankers
Joined with the Baltimore bankers in
what the latter recently said when they
hoped that Secretary Cage would re
main In office for four years more.
Secretary Gage in his address re
viewed briefly the history of questions
telatlng to public finances since the
close of thp Civil War, and called at
tention to the fact that many of these
questions must yet bo considered as
unsettled. Particular attention was
directed to the groat Intimacy now ap
parent between tho affairs of the
Treasury and the general operations
of business, which did not exist at the
close of that war.
'Under the financial exigencies of
that awful strain," said the Secretary,
"we learned to tnke tip people's goods
by Riving them an indefinite promise
to pay, endowing that promise with
the power to discharge the obligations
of private contract. Having discov
ered, or believing we had discover
ed, the 'greenback' to be a powerful
help in time of war, we were easily led
to believe In It as a blessed agency in
time of peace. The greenback became
associated In the sentiment of our peo
ple with things sacred.
"We now have in circulation among
the people nnd as a reserve fund in
the banks $,'4tl,000,000 of Government
notes. They constitute an enormous
public debt, payable on demand. We
have, or will soon have, substantially
1600,000,000 of silver or paper repre
sentatives of silver, whose parity with
gold value the Government is under
obligation to maintain. The ultimate
measure of this obligation Is the dif
ference between the commorlcal value
of the money metal and the face value
at which it circulates. This difference
Is not far from $300, 000,000.
"We have a system of bank note cur
rency whose volume Is but faintly re
lated to the needs of the community,
which a properly constructed bank
surrency most economically serves. It
Is now controlled as to volume by the
price of interest-bearing United States
bonds In Wall street.
"Our Independent treasury absorbs
the circulating medium when active
business most requires Its use, only
again to disburse it when falling reve
nues, the ofTect of Industrial dullness,
bring about an excess in expenditures.
Industrial activity Increases the public
revenue, but Is checked If not throttled
by Its enlarged contributions to the
Idle funds in the public Treasury.
"It Is these Influences," said the Sec
retary, "which have brought our Indus
trial and commercial life into a too
dangerous dependency upon our public
finances. This marriage between
these two whom God did not Join to
gether ought to be put asunder. But
not by any hasty South Dakota divorce
method Is the separation to be accom
plished. The children of this wedlock
must not be dishonored. Time, atten
tion and great care must be exercised."
CONGRESSIONAL MATTERS.
NEWS IN BRIEF.
What the National Legislature is Do
ing at Washington.
The report of tho minority of the
House Committee on the Reapportion
ment Bill was submitted. It Increases
tho representation to 386, instead of
357, as In the Hopkins bill.
The House Committee on Rivers and
Harbors pared down the bill.
Senator Jones, chairman of tho
Democratic National Committee, said
that he had no Idea of resigning.
The House passed the West Point
and Indian Appropriation Bills.
In the Senate Mr. Kenney, of Dela
ware, gave notice of an amendment he
will offer to the Army Reorganization
Bill, providing for a veterinary corps
in the Regular Army.
In the Senate Mr. Hale, from the Ap
propriations Committee, reported the
Urgent Deficiency Bill, with two minor
amendments. It was passvd without
debate.
Under a special order, the Senate
took up the consideration of private
pension bills on the calendar. Seventy
one bills were passed, Including two
giving a pension of $50 a month to the
widows of General John A. McClernand
and General John M. Palmer.
Representative Sutherland, of Ne
braska, Introduced a resolution for the
appointment of a special committee of
seven to Investigate the whole subject
of the government ownership of rail
roads in Europe, as well as In this
country, with a view to future legisla
tion upon this subject.
The House resolution authorizing
the appointment of Congressman
Charles A. Boutelle. of Maine, as a cap
tain on the retired list of the Navy was
adopted by the Senate.
The House Census Committee agreed
to favorably report the Hopkins Re
apportionment Bill.
The House committee completed the
Indian Appropriation Bill.
The House committee completed the
Military Academy Appropriation Bill.
It carries $099,151.
The Urgent Deficiency Appropriation
BUI was reported to the House. It car
ries $182,500.
The House CommUtco on Rivers and
Harbors has recommended an appro
priation of $2:15.000 to survey Chicago
Drainage Canal, with a view to mull
ing It a waterway between the lakes
and Mississippi River.
The appointment of Vice Chairman
Payne to a position In the Cabinet is
recommended by members of Republi
can National Committee.
Provision Is made In the Rivers und
Harbors Bill for the restoration of tho
jcttlcH at Galveston, Texas.
The President nominated John C. A.
Irishman, of Pennsylvania, now min
ister to Switzerland, to be minister to
Turkey.
United States Senator Sullivan, of
Mississippi, aud Mrs. Atkins, of Wash
ington, were married, notwithstanding
a pending suit Instituted by a Mlssls
fdppl lady against the senator for $50,
000 for alleged breach of promise to
marry.
The House defeated the bill to give
1 noldlers and sailors who fought In the
c Spanish and Philippines Wars preter
it -nce over civilians In federul appoint
w ments. A bill was passed placing Rep
..unsrcKenlatlve Boutelle on the .retired list
atioU the Navy, with rank us captain.
Recorder Goff sentenced Henry Z.d
mer, one of the heads of a fraudulent
divorce bureau, to 10 years In state's
prison, and James Holden, alias Frank
Wilson, a professional co-respondent
to three years In state's prison. Mrs.
Byrde Herrlrk and Mary Thompson,
who said they had testified falsely In
divorce cases, were allowed to go under
suspension of sentence.
Netus and Claudius Jump were found
dead at their home, at Kings Ferry, N.
Y and their sister, Miss Susan, and
a servant, George Frank, were uncon
scious. They ore believed to have
been accidentally poisoned.
Judge Bond, In Boston, released on
probation Marlon Rogan, who had
blinded Dr. Frank L. Taylor, dentist,
by throwing vitriol In his fare. The
dentist had, by artifice, ruined the girl
and then boasted of it.
It now turns out that Henry Lewis,
colored, who was lynched In Gulfport,
Miss., for killing Marshal Richardson,
was the cousin of the murderer and en
tirely Innocent.
The United States Court, In Boston,
decided against the Western Union In
the latter's suit against the Bell Tele
phone Company for $12,000,000 for
royalties.
Dr. Hnrtigan, who was dismissed
from the West Virginia University, en
tered suit against President J. H. Ray
mond for $23,000.
Judge Holt, in Klngwood, W. Va.,
passed the death sentence on J. W.
Beatty, convicted of the murder of
David Mine.
Mr. Charlek H. Cramp gave his views
on American shipbuilding before the
Industrial Commission.
Ex-Governor Roger Wolcott, of
Massachusetts, died In Boston from ty
phoid fever.
John Owens was hanged In Paris,
111., for the murder of James Hogue.
The Security Title and Trust Com
pany of York posted a notice stating
that the defalcation of Teller H. K.
Weiser had not endangered the capital
or surplus of the company. Restitu
tion was made.
Tho Natural Bridge property In
Rockbridge county, Va., was sold by
the widow of the late Colonel Henry C.
Parsons to a company of which R. T.
Brooke, of Richmond, Is president
The Attorney General of Ohio asked
for the dismissal of the suits entered
against the Standard OH Company by
former Attorney General Monnett.
Justice Leventrltt In New York ap
pointed Jacques H. Herts receiver In
that State for the Order of Chosen
Friends.
Mrs. Chauncey F. Black, wife of
ex-Lieutenant Governor Black, of
Pennsylvania, died at her home in
York.
There were two natural gas explo
sions In Beaver Falls, Pa., In which
a number of persons were injured.
Governor Tyler, of Virginia, refused
to pardon Miss Annie Wyatt, accused
of stealing in Richmond.
Richard Adams, a farmer, living at
Chenango Forks, Pa., wa nearly killed
by a boa.
Senator Lodge explained In detail
the purpose of the amendments to the
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, and said they
were not dictated by hostility toward
Great Britain, nor were they a reflec
tion on Secretary of State Hay.
The River and Harbor bill as Anally
framed by the House committee appro
priates $221,000 for the Spring Gardens
improvement, of which $88,000 Is to be
appropriated for the first year's work.
Mrs. William F. Frye, wife of Sena
tor Frye, of Maine, died at Hamilton
Hotel. Heart failure was given as the
Immediate cause of death.
The Senate Committee on Commerce
continued the hearing on the Oleomar
garine Bill.
President Kruger has not yet aban
doned all hope of securing the support
of governments of the civilized world
In his demand for arbitration. He still
insists that the British are waging a
savage warfare, and wants the govern
ments viho signed the Peace Conven
tion at The Hague to urge Great
Britain to arbitration.
British reinforcements have been or
dered to sail next week from England
to South Africa. The Cape Colony
police will be Increased to 10,000. Aus
tralia and New Zealand have been
asked to send further contingents of
troops.
Numerous wrecks are the result of
the terrific storm along the coasts of
England and Ireland. A large steamer
was wrecked on the rocks off Sherkin
Island. The crew reached shore in
safety,
Advices from Pekln state that the
preliminary Jolut note to tho Chinese
government has not yet been signed,
contrary to reports cabled from Paris
and Berlin.
The Franch Chamber of Deputies
shelved the attack of the Nationalist
party upon the government. The ar
rest of Cuignet caused a sensation In
France.
The millionaire banker Sternberg, of
Berlin, was found guilty of gross Im
morality and sentenced to two and a
half years In prison.
The Chinese Emperor Is reported to
hnve started for Pekln.
Edward Cudahy. Jr., aged 15 years,
son of the millionaire packer of
Omaha, hus been kidnapped. rio is
held for a ransom of $25,000.
General Fltithugh Lee was the guest
of honor at the annual bauquet of" the
Commercial Club In Kansas City, Mo.
The cruiser Buffalo sailed from
Lewes, Del., for the Philippines.
Peter Sells, the circus man, was
granted a divorce from his wife at
Columbus, O.
The Italian steamer Vlneenzo Florlo
reported at New York having passed
the British brig Electric Light, wreck
ed and dismasted.
Franklin MacVeagh and Commis
sioner of Labor Wright were. the prin
cipal speukers at the conference on In
dustrial conciliation and arbitration
held In ChU-iijfo.
! Kdgar l . jntruz was piarea on irmi
In White Plains. N. Y.. on the charge
of murdering Postmaster Herbert B.
Fellows at Scarsdale.
I'rlted States marshals arrested
Samuel B. Latshaw and George IS.
Coast near Oil City, Pa., on the charge
of counterfeiting.
Judge Henry R. Beekman died sud
denly as he started from his home In
New York to go to court.
Edward C. Partridge, a New York
merchant, despondent on account of
bad business and Ill-health, commit'
ted suicide.
Paul Antolne, tho French consul at
San Francisco, who on Friday last at
temnted suicide by shooting himself In
the head, on account of the threat of
bis wife, whom he bad married ctan
destlnely, to expose their alliance, Is
dead.
Dr. Charles S. Taft, who attended
Lincoln when shot In Ford'B Theater
In Washington, died at Mount Vernon
N. Y., aged 65 years.
The Tenney House, at Asbury Park
wan burned. ,
SENATE ADOPTS TREATY.
New Convention Supersedes the Clayton
Bulwcr Pact.
THE OTHER POWERS ARE IGNORED.
The Foraker Amendment and All the Changes
Proposed by the Committee Adopted, and
All Othcri ReieccdThe Final Vole was
Fifty live In Favor of and Eighteen Against
Ratification.
Washington (Special). After spend
ing the greater part of the past fort
night in considering the Hay-Pauncefote
Treaty for the modification of the
Clayton-Bulwer convention of 1850, the
Senate Thursday consumed one hour
and ten minutes In amending It, and
ratified It as amended. During this
time there were six roll-calls and sev
eral viva voce votes. The first five or
the roll-calls were on amendments of
fered by Individual senators, and the
last one on the resolution to ratify
the treaty as amended. All thw amend
ments, except those offered by Senator
Foraker and reported by the Commit
tee on f oreign Relations, were voted
down by majorities averaging about
nineteen. The ratification resolution
was adopted by a vote of 55 to 18.
The Senate was in executive session
for about an hour before the time for
voting arrived, listening to speeches by
Senators Thurston, Galllnger, Wolcott
and Bard, explanatory of their atti
tude. The Foreign Relations Committee
amendments were rend first. .
The fiwt of these amendments adds
the words "which Is hereby supersed
ed" after the words "Clayton-Bulwer
convention" in the preamble to Article
2, making It read as follows: "The
high contracting parties, desiring to
preserve and maintain the 'gencra'i
principle' of neutralizing established
In Article 8 of the Clayton-Bulwer
convention, which Is hereby supersed
ed, adopt as the basis of such neutrali
zation the following rules, substantial
ly as embodied In the convention be
tween Great Britain and certain other
powers, signed at Constantinople Oc
tober 29, 1888, for the free navigation
of the Suez Maritime Canal."
The second amendment reported by
the committee strikes out Article 3 of
the treaty, which Is as follows:
"The high contracting parties will,
immediately upon the exchange of the
ratifications of this convention, bring
It to the notice of the other powers
and invite them to adhere to It."
Senator Lodge himself suggested a
verbal amendment to the first of thesi
to make the amendment read "which
convention Is hereby superseded." He
explained that suggestion had been
made that without the addition of that
word the amendment might be con
strued as applying only to Article VIII
(8) of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty,
whereas, he said, it was Intended to
apply to the entire treaty.
The amendment was accepted, and
the two committee amendments then
were both accepted without division.
All the amendments suggested hav
ing been acted upon and those of the
committee adopted. Senator Allen
asked for the reading of the treaty as
amended. This request was complied
with and the vote was taken upon the
treaty Itself, resulting as above.
NEW EXPOSITION PLANNED.
Atlanta Wants to Show Growth of South
ern Manufacturing.
Atlanta, Ga. (Special). Appreciating
tlie enormous growth of the South In
recent years In textile manufacturing
and desirous of demonstrating that
growth to the world at large, the lead
ing business men of Atlanta are pro
jecting plans for a gigantic exposition
to be held here In 1902, the principal
object of which shall be to advertise
and Illustrate the Smith's resources.
The Cotton States Exposition, which
ended with December, 1895, did much
to further this end, and trt it is at
tributed much of the development in
the cotton manufacturing and similar
Industries. The business men of this
section feel, however, that since that
time conditions have changed mater
ially and that the time Is ripe for an
other enterprise of large and more spe
cific scope. Col. W. A. Hemphill Is at
the head of the new movement. The
extensive buildings' and grounds used
for the exposition of 1805 are about to
become the property of the backers of
the present movement, and It la their
Intention to make many Important ad
ditions to the plant
While It Is planned to make the ex-
poltion especially a Southern affair,
bids will be made for exhibits from
every part of the United States, and,
for that matter, the world, and It Is
hoped that the enterprise will equal, if
not surpass, those at St. Louis aud
Buffnlo.
The progress of the South In cotton
manufacturing has been marvelous in
the last five years. Prior to that time
the bulk of the Southern cotton crop
went to New and old England to be
transformed into finished products and
resold to the inhabitants of this sec
tion at greatly advanced prices. A
campaign of education along this line
was Inaugurated, and as a result a
large part of the staple Is now sojd to
local mills at good prices. Cotton goods
have decreased In price to the local
consumer and money that formerly
went abroad stays at home.
In addition to this, the South Is
reaching out and selling its products
In foreign countries. South Carolina
and' Georgia do a thriving trade with
the Orient In the matter of rough cot
ton goods. If plans at present under
way are matured and there is every
prospect of such a consummation
many local capitalists will so Increase
their facilities that goods of a higher
grade may be manufactured and the
foundation laid for the capturing of
the bulk of the trade of this ami other
countries.
Loot to be Sent Back.
Pnrls (By Cable). In addition to the
order directing that the cases filled
with Chinese loot, sent to President
I.oubet and others by Gen. Frey, com
mnndcr of the French marine forces
In China, shall be embargoed at Mar
seilles, when they are unshipped, the
government has decided that all ob
jects, unless materials of war, which
have been seized or shall bo seized by
the French expeditionary force In
China, shall be restored, whether be
longing to the Chinese government or
to private Individuals.
Bank Robbers Secure $15,000.
Hope, Ind. (Special). Kennedy's
Bank was burglarized by three men
who destroyed the vault with a heavy
charge of nitro-glycerluo and secured,
It is said, $15,000. o quietly was the
job done that the robbers secured their
plunder ana were entering a carriage,
which they had In waiting In a dark
ened part of the main street, on which
the bank was locateu, wnen tnetr ac
tions were observed by tho operator In
-harge of the telephone exchange. Tht
alarm was quickly spread and a pusse
of citizens began at once to scour the
surrounding country. No trace of the
robbers baa yejt been found.
THE CHINESE MIX-UP.
Question Now Is, Are the Terms to Be
Irrevocable.
London (By Cable). Mr. Choate, the
United States Ambassador, had a long
conference regarding the Chinese situ
ation with the Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs, the Marquis
of Lansdowne; and subsequently
Mr. Henry White, secretary of
the United States Embassy, pnld
a visit to the Foreign Olllee. The
greatest secrecy Is maintained ns to
the outcome of these consultations.
What could be learned from British
and American sources varied consider
ably, the former expressing annoyance
and anxiety the latter maintaining
that nothing serious was developing.
Some explanation, however, was
gathered of the extraordinary tangle
In which the Chinese negotiations have
recently been mixed up, and some
reconciliation of the contradictory tele
grams that have emanated from Pekln
and various European capitals.
It appears that over a week ago, the
Powers came to an agreement to elim
inate the word "Irrevocable" from the
Joint note. Then, when it was be
lieved that everything had been set
tled, objections were raised; and Great
Britain, for the sake of harmony, al
though much against her will, agreed
to reinsert tho "irrevocable" clause. In
this, It Is believed, she was supported
by the United States.
Once more the Jolut note seemed on
the verge of signature, wben a mis
understanding arose In Pekin. This
confused the governments and formed
the subject of the dispatch from Sec
retary Hay which Mr. Choate trans
mitted to the Marquis of Lansdowne.
The United States Embassy, while
non-committal, hopes that the confer
ences will clear up the muddle and
bring about a signing of the Joint note
In Pekin within a few days.
On the other hand, the British For
eign Office Is not quite so hopeful.
Officials there profess to be rather at
sea as to whether the conditions are
to be Irrevocable or otherwise. Indi
cations point to their being Irrevocable.
British officials admit that . they
gave in under protest and with a dis
tinct reservation that, although the de
mands are irrevocable, this In no way
necessitates an enforcement of the de
mands by European troops. To such
a course Great Britain cannot and will
not agree.
Consequently, compliance with tho
"Irrevocable" clause will be somewhat
of a farce on the part of Great. Britain,
and this feature of the case becomes
more interesting when taken in con
Junction with the statement authorita
tively made that Great Britain and the
United States are In the same boat In
the Joint-note negotiations.
WOUlTnOT BE TAKEN ALIV.
Hunted Down and Surrounded, Train Robber
Barnes Takes His Life.
New Orleans (Special). With a gap
ing wound In the back and another in
the left wrist, Inflicted by the police,
Channing H. Barnes, train robber,
drew tho keen edge of a hunting knife
across his throat in a swamp near this
city and ended his career.
Since tho holdup of the Chicago lim
ited mall on the Illinois Central in the
suburbs of this city, officers had
searched in vain for two men who had
escaped from them after a running
fight near the scene of the holdup. It
was known that oue was badly wound
ed and that he was compelled to drop
a United States mall bag In hid flight.
In a swamp near by all traces of the
men were lost, however.
Notwithstanding, the officers felt
sure the wounded man had not gone
far, and In the midst of the swamp,
they found his body. It bore two bul
let wounds, one In the back, the other
In the wrist. With a hunting knife,
the robber, knowing that his wounds
were fatal and that escape from the
swamp was impossible, had cut his
own throat.
In his pockets were found the watch
of the conductor of the mail train,
many registered letters, and a quantity
of dynamite.
Farmer Frozen to Death.
Canaseraga, N. Y. (Special). Judson
Smith, a well-to-do farmer living at
Burns, was frozen to death under cir
cumstances peculiarly distressing.
Smith drove to Faulkner's Mill, about
one mile north of town, to get a grist
which he had there. After going a few
rods past the mill he drove over the
high embankment along the Canaser
aga Creek and he and his team fell a
distance of about fifty feet. Smith fell
under the wagon and was pinioned t
the ground in such a manner that he
was unable to extricate himself. The
night was Intensely cold. Smith was
found In the morning by some men
who were going to work. No bones
were broken, death being caused by the
extreme com.
Cracksmen Make Rich Haul.
Columbia, S. C. (Special). The store
of Dick & Salley, merchants and cotton
buyers, at Sallys, was entered by
cracksmen, the safe blown open, and
between $7000 and $10,000 takvn. No
trace was left by the robbers. A gang
has been systematically working small
stores and post-olllces in this State for
months, but this Is the largest haul
made by them In South Carolina In
many years.
FOKEIUN AFFAIRS.
Professor Karl Becker, the famous
German painter, died of Influenza.
Severe gales and a number of
wrecks are reported along the British
coast.
It was reported In London that 200
Christians were killed by Moslems in
Turkey.
A pitched battle Is reported to bo
Imminent between General Clements
and General Delarey.
General Knox was forced to abandon
tin? pursuit of General Do Wet and give
his uttentlon to the situation In Cape
Colony.
Major Culguet, who figured In the
Dreyfus trial, has been arrested and
imprisoned In Frnu'V.
In a speech at Amsterdam President
Kruger said he came not as a fugitive,
but by order of his government.
Count Estethazy, who figured in the
Dreyfus case, hus written to his wife
from Iondou that he Is penniless, and
will die of privation unless ho ends bis
life with a bullet.
All the Scandinavian missionaries to
Mongolia were killed, while those of
the Schuet mission were saved by Rus
sian forces who, by a hasty march, ar
rived just in time.
General MacArthur issued a procla
mation In the Philippines declaring
that hereafter amigos giving support
to tha rebels will be considered as
traitors and treated accordingly.
The French government offered the
cross of the Legion of Honor, to Lieut.
W. S. Sims, of the American Navy, to
give emphatic denial to tho charge that
he was responsible for disclosing the
secret of the French gun.
Lord Edward Cecil, son of Marquis
of Salisbury, who returned from South
Africa, received torchlight welcome.
The suppression of leading news
papers In Finland Is an evidence that
the Russlflcatlou of Finland is being
accomplished.
HE PAID THE RANSOM,
Millionaire Packer Cudahy Hands Over
$25,000 in Gold.
HIS SON WAS THEN LIBERATED.
Money Lett In a Sack at a Designated Place
on a Lonely Road-Several Plans to Capture
the 'Abductors Considered, But Finally
Abnndoned-The Lad Was Well Fed bv
His Jailers.
Omaha, Neb. (Special). Twenty
live thousand dollars in gold was the
price paid by Edward A. Cudahy, the
millionaire packer, for the return of
his son, Edward Cudahay, Jr., who was
abducted by a gang of kWnnppers.
About noon, and several hours af
ter a letter had been left on the
lawn of the Cudahy residence,
another missive was delivered to Mr.
Cudahy. It came through the malls
and contained a proposition to return
the boy, safe and unharmed, provided
the sum of $25,000 was paid that night.
In the letter were full directions an to
where the money was to be left, and
the assurance was given that the miss
ing boy would be allowed to return
homo within a few hours of the time
when the cash was received.
. A consultation was held, and the
matter was gone over In detail. Plans
were discussed for capturing the ban
dits when they should make their ap
pearance at the rendezvous that had
been designated. But one after an
other these plans were dropped as be
ing impracticable. Finally, Impelled
by the strain under which the entire
household was laboring, Mr. Cudahy
decided to comply with the terms of
fered and ransom Ills son.
A trusted messenger, sworn to
Secrecy, was sent for tho money,
which was brought to the Cudahy res
idence. ' After dinner Mr. Cudahy had
one of his horses harnessed to a light
buggy and, taking the money In It
with him, started alone for the
designated place at which tho money
was to be left. In the buggy he car
ried a red lantern. He drove five miies
west of town, in the Sherman-avenue
road, until he came to a white lantern
hanging on a short stick beside the
highway.
Alighting from his buggy, Mr. Cud
ahy deposited the sack containing the
money near the stick bearing the
white light. Then, without seeing any
one, he returned to his home. Mean
time, the abductors had seen the red
light coming up the road, aud as soon
as tho buggy disappeared, they took
away the money and prepared to keep
faith with the father. The boy was
bundled Into a cub and set down close
by his father's house about 1 o'clock
a. m. Where he had been he was un
able to say, but as near as he could
conclude ,he had been taken five miles
south of South Omaha. There Is ab
solutely no clue to the Identity of the
men. ' "
NATIONAL BANK FAILURE.
BANK ROBBERY AT HAMPSTEAD.
Front of Office Blown Out and Thoroughly
ShittereJ.
Westminster, Md. (Special). A bold
bank robbery was perpetrated at
Hampstead, at two o'clock In the
morning. The Hampstead Bank Is a
young Institution, which began opera
tions about the 1st of last October. A
building for its accommodation has
been in process of erection, but Is not
yet quite ready for occupancy. In the
meantime tho bank office has been lo
cated and Its business conducted in a
room in Charles V. Tipton's furniture
store, a frame building near the rail
road depot. A safe, loaned by the
York, Pa., Lock and Safe Company,
which Is constructing the vault for the
new building, has been used for the
safekeeping of the books, papers and
a small sum of money, the principal
portion of the bank's funds being re
moved to more secure quarters at
night.
A few minutes before two o'clock
persons living In the Immediate vi
cinity heard a slight explosion, follow
ed quickly by another of terrific force,
which was heard general!? over the
town. The portion of the office in
front of the safe was blown out and
thoroughly shattered, pieces of broken
window frames and weatherboardtng
having been hurled to a distance of
fifty feet or more.
Tho doors of the safe were blown
open and Its lnsldo shattered. The
books and papers it contained were In
a badly mutilated condition, the books
being rendered entirely unservlcable.
The little money left in the safe,
amounting to $00 or $70, was taken uy
the robbers beore their hasty '
arture.
BOLD ROBBERS THHSE.
They Made an Attemi t to Rob the Treasury
of the State ot Nebraska.
Lincoln, Neb. (Special). An attempt
was made to rob ,the State Treasury
here. Two men, possibly three, ap
parently had gained entrance to the
Capitol building through an outside
window. They were, according to
Night Watchman Good, discovered by
him In the treasurer's office and In
terrupted In their work at thret
o'clock. Good said two shots were fired
at him by the robbers, one passing
through the lapel of his coat He fired
twice in return, apparently without ef
fect, and the robbers escaped without
having opened tho treasury vault oi
scoured anything of value. A general
alarm was turned In and almost the
entire police force and men from the
sheriff's office hastened to Iho Capitol
The only evidence of the attempted
robbery found by them was the marks
of bullets In the corridor wall, point
ed out by the excited watchman and
Janitor. The officers were joined
shortly after by State Treasure!
Mescrve, who found his office In a
state mt disorder; but the steel vault
was uninjured and nothing of value
missing. No truce of the would-bt
Husband and Wile Shot,
Chicago (Special). John Snydei
and his wife were found ir.tally
wounded at their home here. The
man, with two bullet wounds In his
head, was In his bedroom, and the wo
man, similarly wounded, was In the
dining-room. Husband and wife art
unconscious, and no one has been
found who knows who fired tho shots
Mrs. Snyder has been living here some
time. Mr. Snyder had Just came frorr
Lasalle, 111., where he is employed, tc
visit her. They are not known tc
have quarreled.
Drowned In the Storm. ;
Norfolk, Va. (Special). Tho drown
ing of Captain Lamson and two seamen
of the schooner Jennie Hall, bound from
Trinidad for Baltimore, Is tho death
record of the storm. The property losi
is quite large. There were several
wrecks In tho Immediate vicinity ol
Norfolk hrbor and the port of Norfolk
The wreck of the Hall, off Dam Neck
Mills, eight miles south of Cape Henry
Is the most appalling disaster of the
winter. Tho bodies of tho men losi
were not recovered. It was barely pos.
sible to save the living from tho deatl
by freezing or drowning which threat
enod thorn. ,
tecclver for American ol Baltimore Appointed
by Comptroller ol Currency.
Baltimore, Md. (Speelal).The first
intlonal bank failure In the history of
Baltimore was announced when a tem
porary receiver was appointed for the
merican National Bank, which Is lo
:ated at the corner of Gay and High
streets. It has been known for some
nonths that the condition of the Instl
.ntlon was not a strong one, but the
lirectors and the financiers Interested
n the bank hoped that the difficulties
'.otild be tided over and the Institution
placed on a sound basis. The support
if the Clearinghouse was given to It
is long as possible, not only from the
leslre to protect depositors and stock
holders from loss, but also from a
ense of pride In upholding the reputa
.lon of Baltimore as a city In which a
intlonal bank had never gone under.
Finally, however, the strain became
.mi great, and It wns realized that It
jvas of no use to put off the Inevitable,
ind further credits were refttsed by the
Clearinghouse. As a result, Cont
roller of the Currency Dawes was re
uotantly compelled to close the bank,
it is hoped thf the depositors can be
protected from loss, although It Is
leared that the stockholders will not be
o fortunate.
Express Trains Collide.
Rockvllle, Md. (Special). A hcad
nd collision of express trains occurred
it Gaithersburg, this county. The en
ilne of the cost bound train was badly
wrecked,, and one fireman and a lady
passenger were painfully, but not serl
jusly. Injured. That the accident did
not assume more serious proportions
was due to the effective efforts of the
engineers of both trains to slacken
peed when each saw that a crash was
mmlnent. The westbound express left
:he switch at Gaithersburg, as a result,
t Is said, of an accidental signal from
the operator at. that point, which the
engineer "Interpreted to mean '"go
ahead." The train was moving slow
ly oft of the switch when the collision
occurred.
Rockefeller Gives $1,500,000.
Chicago (Special). At the convoca
tion exercises of the University of Chl
!ngo President Harper announced that
lohn D. Rockefeller had made another
;lft of $t,500,000 to the Institution. Of
this sum, $1,000,000 Is to be used as
in endowment fund and the university
Is to derive the benefit of the Income
ftf It from year to year. It Is also
stipulated that $1,000,000 Is to bo In
the university's name and Is to be con
ddered Its absolute property for all
lime. The balance of the gift Is to be
used for immedlnte purposes anil for
jeneral needs. Mr. Rockefeller sug
?ests that $100,000 of the. $500,000 be
jsed for the construction of n univer
sity press building.
THE KEYSTONE
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Millions for Aged Farmer.
Dubois, Pa. (Special). Creighton
Wandrell, a farmer, aged about 70
rears, living at Pennfleld, has unex
pectedly fallen heir to $3,500,000. Wan
Irell had an uncle, who ran awav from
'lome In 1834, at the age of 13. He be
?ame a sailor, and later a shipowner,
ind accumulated a fortune of $15,000,-
wo. He died in New York in 1893.
leaving his millions to three brothers
ind his nephew, Creighton Wandrell.
For seven years an attorney of Al
oany, N. Y., had been advertising and
earohlng for Wandrell's heirs. They
(vere discovered a' few days ago, and
will come Into immediate possession of
;he fortune.
I
Selected His Coffin.
Chicago (Special). W. H. Derr was
o sensitive that he. did not care to
:ause anyone trouble not even over
his own obsequies. He strolled Into
the undertaking establishment of Buf
fum & Perigo, In Wabash avenue, and
aske'd to look at the caskets, casually
Inspected several and then picked out
one which ho said would do and paid
for it. Then he took out a pistol and
shot himself dead. The body was
placed by the undertaker In tho casket
Derr had selected.
Death of Congressman Wise.
Newport News, Va. (Special). Hon.
Richard A. Wise, Republican con
gressman from the Second District of
Virginia, died at his home at Williams
burg of Brlght's disease. His demise
was unexpected, though he had been
111 for the past six months, and he him
self believed that the end was not dis
tant. Dr. Wise came home from Wash
ington several days ago to spend the
holidays.
Threw Herself Into the River.
Philadelphia (Special). Lydla v W
Decern, aged twenty-flvo years, of Had
donfield, N. J., a member of one ol
New Jersey's most prominent Quakci
families, committed suicide by Jump
ing Into the Delaware River from the
deck of a ferryboat. The young woman
lived with her widowed mother, and
about a year ago was seriously 111 with
typhoid fever, whtch' left her mind at
times unbalanced.
Ex-Congressman Bruwer Dead.
Trenton, N. J. (Special). Ex-Congressman
John Hare Brewer, deputy
appraiser of the port of New York, died
at his home, In this city. He hud been
ill for about a month. Mr. Brewer was
a member of Congress from 1881 to
1885. and he and President McKlnley,
on tariff matters, and became fast per
sonal friends. ,
The Death Sentence.
Morp'i'town, W. Va. (Special).
Judge Holt passed tho death sentence
iiiiciu .7. V. Beatty at Klngwood. He
n il! bo hanged at Moundsvllle on Feb
t ii.iiy Ki f.;r the murder of David Nine
of which lie was convicted In the Pres
ton County Circuit Court,
both representing pottery dlstrlrts
were much associated with each other
Ocii. Davis (iolng to Manila.
Washington (Special). Brlgadlei
General George W. Davis. U. 8. V..
who commanded the Department oi
Porto Rico up to the time of Its dis
continuance, a few weeks ago, has ar
rived In this city preparatory to his de
parture for Manila by way of San
Francisco. He has been assigned to
duty ns inspector general of the divi
sion of the Philippines, and will serve
on the staff of General MacArthur,
General Davis spent most of the day at
the War Department, in consultative
with the officials in regard to tho con
dition and needs of the military service
Burglars Torture a Womaa.
Sharon, Pa. (Special). T,hrea mask
ed burglars visited the home of Mrs.
John Bell, a widow living near Coal
town, and attempted to force her to
open a safe in the house. Mrs. Bell
told tho men that she could not open
tho safe, as she did uot know tho com
bination. The robbers then twisted her
arms, threatened to burn her feet and
otherwise torture her. They carried
her to the safe, got a can of oil and
threatened to pour It over her and
touch a match. Then they became con
vinced that the woman did not know
the combination and left after taking
(8 and all tho jewelry they could And.
PROSPERITY FOR THE
Secretary Hamilton i lllMnM J
wir nans Accounts An t. 1
Margaret O'Keele Lost Htr ,,,, "
UIOUUMU--UIIB cpiosioa Shun
Ktofl
Hon. John Hamilton 9,
Agriculture, has made hi.
report for the yf.ar. )h.pr'c
says the year hnx lj,.Pn "
perltyfor the farmer,,
The prices of all farm pVo?,''
been above those of thr:':
and with the exc,.p,.onPr;
yield has been up to tho
other years. Improve ,ar'v
Pennsylvania has a.lvan,,i ,
and there is no lak , ,a
farms that are at nil favor.!'1
and In good conditio ,
V"n l'CTPtnry Hamilton'. .,
devoted to the admlnl.strs, ,
Dairy and Food Division t I
ment. The principal topic 1
oleomargarln. The lnw
sale of the product Is haur!
viewed, and Its defetu mJ
the enforcement of tho aw th
says: "Ever slnro tho ,i,rH
Supreme Court declarta that
clause of the act of ism j,
tlonal, was handed lllWn , ';
orons and dctermlnod ,-i,n"u
made to discover offender,
bring them to account for ,
the law. If oleomargarln if !
substituted for butter In this '
would mean a direct lm n
llcle alone, of from thirty "to f..
lions of dollars per yonr, and i
fits of the new Industry, 'inn,.-..
Ing distributed among ii
people, would bo retained in t
of a very few, rendering the-'
nately rich at the expend
whose Industry they had fa
To subject of preserving an I
Ing the forests of PeniiKjivat ;
cussed at length. The wr
Forestry Commission In the
of Innd, etc., Is shown In the 'i
statement: "The Commlsv.
Forestry reports that at this
State Is In possession of 10
uu o sullen, lniri'Oasi'd U)
acts or 3Uth or March, 1897 i
28, 1899. There have lie.n'n
In addition, by the Forestry J
sion, unuer act m May 25, li
acres nnd 12 norrhi nv.l-ir
of 98,370 acres an ill pertri
uiuonai lanus navs Been re;
the Commission, amountlni
542.71, which If approved,
the State the owner of 115
and 23 perches."
In summing up the worko!;
the Secretary suggests tha
other things, the following I
is needed by the several ilk
the department, In order to
their efficiency and enable :
properly pursue their work.
Power to the Dairy and F
slon to enjoin from selling i J
tide while suit is pending (o
tion of the law; to enter prm
search for adulterated goods ;
samples for analysis; an appr
of $100,000 to enforce the la
An appropriation of $:5,0i)ii
for Farmers' Institutes.
As the result of the burnii
dwelling of David Hewitt t
ford, the remains of Mrs. I
O'Keefe, one of the oldest re
that city, are at the morgue
daughter, Mrs. Hannah H
dead, having sacrificed her I
futile attempt to save hi
mother from a horrible death
were six members of the fa:
Miss Anna Mamie 1). Hon
Miss House discovered siwik
from the kitchen door, as ?hr
scending the stairs to pre;
morning meal, all were
dressed except Mrs. O'Keefe.
an Invalid and unable to muw
assistance. Charles Hewitt,
cupled a room across the t
his grandmother, at ouee ni l
her apartments t carry ue
out of danger. He was soun
his mother, who had hurried
through the flames which wer j
attacking the stairway. i;
frantic appeals, the aurd
ishly objected to being handl'
ly, and her rescuers beat I:
treat as the flames burst thr.
partitions. Kicking owen U
the son tried to lower Mrs. !:
snfotv. hut she fell heavily fr
five ribs and sustaining lot
Juries, from which she died,
escaped with severe burns,
mains of Mrs. O'Keefe were
by the firemen, after the ft
been extinguished.
Burglars entered the
office and blew .open the sail
ing the windows compM",
than $500 worth of oue and
stamps were secured, ti',:
...nviii rr.o-lutf.rf.il nacliages a
able securities belonging W P'
John G. Coblor, amounting t
$1000 and $1500. Stamps "
nominations amounting ''".!
able sum were ovrn e
Inru unnrrl In rubber-tiM I
It is believed the same mrf-
the unfn In the county in
flee In the courthouse ai-ri'i
months ago.
V.t Th.mms llllfg ID
damages for the loss ui w
while employed ni r
..hir... Vi v (hi. Pittsburg
Brass Company of WtiJ
ed mute but powernu -persons
of twelve boys
with him, and each f 1
from one to three tlnP
punch. Tho suit was
than Hogg, father ut
witnesses ranged n "ft,,,,
17 years, nnd all Untitled tw
fiiiLTrs while operating tw
chine or one similar to
An autopsy was made on ;
Charles UocUcl, the ,
chant who was foiim ''
house at Mountain'"'';
the fact that, the old "''l.
ered to death in bed W "
In their search for ni (
pulled down a lot ' ,,
o-.i one of these was f1'"!"
The Lehigh Valley TJ
posit Company offered ,
for the arrest ana i
.ntui'l I 111' Vyitui'w ,
'offered a mto am"""" -
family.
Tno roiisviiin ki
. ,.,hiv, ..neratca '"
I
I .. i. i i ......vntO
many, wnicn i' 7. the !
r trouey rouu
Schuylkill county-,
branch from Port
Philadelphia, i H
long, and is a pa"
which Is to extcna "
Two dwellings
two children pohsIIW ' ,
and several P" sou" Vjplrj
are me resun
m.nurred In Beaver f"'.'-.
- . ,r..na
the oath as comml10""
revenue.
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