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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-05
Looking Through the Small End of
the TeIeScODe,

Verify, the principal of Central school rues
his disgraceful and, to sensible people, disgust
ing conduct toward us, and while an intelli-
gent community here condemns his actions
some of his friends out of town, who are
blinded with prejudice, attempt to apologize
for him, and enter the plea that he is poor
and prosecuted belng.-Lonaconing Reoie~.
If there is an infirmity which does
not afflict the JOURNAL it is prejudice,
whether of the mole eyed species or
not. Anyway, there is nothing in Lo.
naconlng, especially in the newspaper
line, that we PREJUDICE. We can pity.
but cannot hate.
Hence, it may be proper to affirm
that the JOURNAL has no interest IN
Mr.. Perdew further than to see as faras
it is able that he is tried upon his real
dement's and not upon the fictitious
indictments of his enemies. The in
tegrity of the school system and, more
than all. his rights as free citizen,
American-born, command the active
sympathy of all men who place any
value upon personal liberty.
The enormity of his last offence
seems to consist in the pretext it af
forded people who are willing to see
mountain in mole-hill. Bigger and
greater-we will not say better people
than the Reciew-are cartooned every
day before the eyes of nation of men,
women and children with little oruo
hurt to the subjects.
The JOURNAL does not, therefore.
sympathize with the Recie,o's effort to
extract from Mr.. Perdew's thoughtless
chalk exercise any more pain and suf-
ferlng than is warranted by all the cir
cumStanceS
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-05
GENERAL ITEMS.
Mid-Winter Excursions to Washing.
ton u

Mid-Winter Excursions to Washing.
ton, ID. G.
The B. & O. Railroad company will
lnaugurate a series of monthly ex
curslons to the National Capital from
Plttsburg. Wheeling, Parkersburg,
Lexington. Hagerstown and inter
mediate points along its lines as far
East as Washington junction, afford
ing an excellent opportunity for a
mid-winter jaunt to the National
Capital. The first excursion of the
series Is announced for Thursday.
January 10Th. The rates are remark
ably low and the time limit ample
enough to allow visitors an opportunity
to visit all the Public Buildings and
Institutions in Washington and make
side trips to points of interest in neal
vicinity.
We give below list of stations
showing the time of trans and rates
OF fare:
Time. Time. Time Rate
Piedmont. ..10;25 m CASA m 500 m So. &C
Cumberland. 80 IN 7:52a m o:3S a m 4.55
Correspondipgly low rates from
other stations.
Tickets will be good ten days. and
will be valid for passage from Wash
lngton to Baltimore at any time with
III the life of the ticket.
For Pullman Car accommodations
and guide to points of interest in
Washington, address nearest B. & O.
A gent
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-05
POETRY.
His Fate,

The man who cheats his newspaper
Out of a single cent,
Will never reach the Heavenly land
Where old Elijah went.
He'll never gain admittance there,
But be by demons driven,
And made to loaf his time about
Outside the gates of heaven.
He'll never meet pleasant face,
Or see one festive grin;
His only chance of happiness
Will be almighty thin,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-05
He Should be There Ouick.

The Cumberland Ne'cs hopes to see
The miners of Allegany obtain an advance
in wages without having to ask for it.
Amen.
But why so merciful to the many
miners and merciless to that one
teacher
Do the mistakes of many, uncon-
fessed, weigh less in the Netcs' scales
than that Of one, confessed
II 50, there ought to be cheek
weighman in the Ne,cs office.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-05
Why?

WHY!
The Cumberland Meas concludes one
of its eritiqes with the prospectus:
We shall attend to Mr. Perdew.
Will the Ne,cs ''attend ton Gen. Jo-
seph Sprigg also?
If not, why not
In other words
lnsatiate archer, why doth one suffice?
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-05
None Whatever.

The coal mined in the South, iu-
GLIDING Maryland, in 1880, amounted
to 6,049,0l0 tons.
In 1894 over 30 millions,
What is the use Of striking against
crowd OF consumers that can get all
the coal IN the country they want
Or, If they can't get it inside, can
make foreign importation practicable
and perpetual, tariff or no TARIFF
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-05
HalfDOinss.

Among its New Year good wishes
the Cumberland Neeos includes this:
The revival of trade and commerce and the
disappearance of the tramp.
All of which will be utterly vain if
the calamity newspapers do not dis
appear with "the tramp"
No use to pull up the weed if we are
going to leave the roots.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1895-01-05
n GlitterinH Generality.

For 1873, and thereafter, doubtless,
the Cumberland News wishes
An equitable settlement of all labor dis.
putes without resort to strikes.
Would it not be far better for pro-
lection to do for labor elsewhere what
1t does In this region give it what the
law of protection provides9
The JOURNAL has looked INTO that
subject with more ea,nestness than
any other, and it is prepared to affirm
that this Is the only region in tile country
where the employers give their labor
all that protection provides.
There is, therefore, no possible justi-
tication for strike in this region, and
has not been for many years
Hence, while strikes elsewhere NAV
be incontestable proofs that, after
labor Is protected by law, it mas to
fight outside of law for its own-here
II strike for wages which the tariff
does not provide and domestic compe-
tltlon does not allow. is stark madness.
The wish of the Ners is, therefore, a
mere platltude. We lave :!the eouit-
able settlement with US always.
namely-our companies give all the
wages they can, and
Who does the best his circumstances allow
does WE'LL acts nobly-angels can do no more.
Can't Get Away From Ii.
The high protectlonist of home in
dustrles winces under exposures of
the very low protection he is willing
to afford home education
He knows that his consistency wont
hold water, and that is the reason why
the Cumberland Ne,cs disposes of the
contrast by characterizing it as
Nonsense, arrant nonsense
The fact still remains that we nav
~ known taxes, and the Lord only
knows how much unknown taxes. to
support home industries, chiefly in
New England, and kick against less
than dollar apiece for home educa-
ton wholly at home.
1t Is fact which it would be mon
sense, drrant nonsense" for the Neecs
or anybody else, even James Colonel
Campbell, "to try to attempt to essay
an endeavor to make an effort to wipe
out"
"Own the corn old friends, "or
hide the shucks.n
New-York tribune., 1895-12-29
REAR OF TIE BURDEN HOUSE

through IL the door had not been loc@@i. NIT
stevenson got home from the opera ABOUT Hlu
nigh and in less than half an hour attrrwaru
Cronin went home leaving Alexander 10 s'eep III
the stable BY that time. OF course. the roDpeis
had left the Burden Lcise. ,n
The most intense interest IN the robbery oi the
gams was felt at the Hotel Brunswick all dsE
yesterday. The corridors OF the Motel were
crowded with policemen. detectiVes' heWSpaPri
men and curious onooKers and guests. Inc ur-
tectiyes went to work In the most thorough man
ner TO see II any OF the employees or IN"
guests I'm the Brunswick had anything 10 40 WIN
the robbery. The manager on me mouse was
called upon 10 furnish q duplicate copy OF inc
ledger for the night and the name oi every guest
,b.t vas In the house or had a room there FRIDAY
night The police though that II was more than
nroha HE that some one had secured room III
The hotel for the night and used this room as
rsans of gaining access TO the halls or the hoteis,
from which II was easy u pass out in'0 tne un-
used kitchen and thus effect an entrance INTO the
Burden house
THE RRVNswICK's BOOKS EXAMINED.
The manager readily turned over his books
20 the detectives but whether they found any
evidence or not Is not known. So far as could
ne learned no person who was in the house
Friday night came under suspicion Nearly
all of the guests OF the hotel live in the house
Ali the time as the hotel Is largely family one,
and many OF tire best-known society people In
New-York made II their home. The Burden
family In fact. lived In the lately closed Victoria
New-York tribune., 1895-12-29
THE WORK OF EXPERTS.
2OBERT 4. PINKERTON OK THE ROBBERY
SOME FACTS ABOUT THE METHODS OF CLIMBERS
OR SECOND STORY WORKERS

SOME FACTS ABOUT THE METHODS OF CLIMBERS
OR sECoND-sToRy WORKERS
Everybody in the uptown hotels cafes and thea
ere obbies talked abodt the great Burden didhioHu
rohh.rv Yesterday a., ternoon. Ddnraven was for
gotten. and theories as to how the ROBBERY was
committed were as plentiful tips on the stock
mo,ket The Poh.e Department was at sea. aud
could find no positive clew to the robbers ROBERT
pinkerton who is ole OF the foremost thefcatchers
+, tne world who has Lnravelled many or the
tangled mysteries that have enshrouded great
crimes and who IL familiar with the methouS
OF the different classes OF crooks any man IN the
world made the following statement TO a Tribune
reporter Yesterday afternoon:
Crime has as many grades and classes as any
n, the Legitimate callngs The Burden robbery Is
perhaps the greatest OF Its class that has occurred
in this city in twenty years. or all the criminals
In the calendar the known climbers. or
second-story men are the most difficult to detect
There are Instance. however, where robberies
committed by persons familiar with the place where
the robbery was committed that have been at
trlbut.d 10 EXPERTS or second-sto men. that
only detected by pure accident. Now in the
Of the Burden affair there Is nothing unusual about
II except the enormous value OF the jewels stolen
The second-story man. or climber. Is a cut higher
than the average bank roober or sneak money
iropper There Is perhaps sixty Of the higher
class OF climbers In this country, and an equal
number In Europe. The entire band is composed OF
Americans. The founder original second-story
man. was known Troy Dennis. lie was killed
while engaged In robbery by stepping the
Intel OF a door that gave way with him and the
fall caused his death Troy Dennis bafiled and
mysthed the police OF every important city In this
country He committed large number OF rob-
berries and left cleg. as he carefully closed
New-York tribune., 1895-12-29
OFFICERS or TRE \. y 1. C..

The Nominating Committee OF the New-Gork A,h-
let!c Club finished It's labors yesterday and the foi-
lowing ticket posted last aight President,
James Whitley vce-president. Thomas l.. Watson;
secretary. John c. Guck: treasurer. cnarfes f.
Goodhue. captain, Hugh II. Baxter. governors g
years-B =. OConnor. W ). Baldwin
Robert d. Winthrop. Seneca D. Powell benjamin c.
Williams. James A Lynch, Robert NJ. thompson.
Douglas Henry.
This ticket is not likely to have much opposition.
The election will be held OF January -.
The smoking concert which held in the GYM
nas.lm OF the clubroons last night OF the
most successful entertainments the club has ever
given. The assembly large and apprecistiye.
Among the entertainers Sherman and Nor
rssey, Sadie Fox. Murray Brothers. the Helene
sisters the Gotham City Quartet, Poile Holmes,
Ar Wilson, kittie Nelson. Her. Burke and Randall
and Miss Lille Towner, sccompanist.
New-York tribune., 1895-12-29

lvn Byrd Moale of Baltimore, ana her family was
one Of the oldes and wealthiest In the Monumental
CITY Her sister is Mrs Robert L. Cutting the
cmttine has for many years made her home in
Frarce Mrs. Burden is fne-looklng woman anu
Is considered OF the best dressed women III iash
Mr and Mrs Burdens family consists Of Miss Eve
lvn Burden / Townsend Burden Jr.. William
Burden ana q little girl Gwendoiine Burden Mss
Evelyn Burden. since her introduction INTO soclety
mos; popular girls IN the exclusi = socli. circles
She is considered one OF the ben dres5;h yoahs
bridesmaid for Miss Sloane a, the time OF her wed .
ding last June to Mr. Burd@n IN Len0H' Mas; anu
also attended Miss Consuelo vanderbilt as pToes
maid on the occasion OF her marriage To the DUKE
arborough in ST Thomas Churco anso as, sdar mpn D.
Il beautiful one. filled with rare tapestries anu
works Of art. but IN comparison ta!tiaWn H. , onel1 ~
summer home in Newport Is iniintey snpei'Cr or, u, III
point OF elegance. The salon and ballroom al falr
the kind in Newport The latter room extends across
the front OF The house. and Is IN me Louis w l
OF this room and one which adds considerably to its
beauty especially when Il Is lighted, Is that the
ten large mirrors inserted in the panelled walls
Above each OF these mirrors are garlands and
beautiful room The painted nymphs and cherubs
on the arched ceilings are the work OF a fTvii2n %
VIII viii white bow knots on each The wall hung
with reseda brocade damask. and on each OF them
I'm panels are fine paintings. copies OF FAMOUS
n,astsrs n, The gas brackets the wall are OF ;-sld
bronze and the furniture. purchased IN france. haS
gold frames and Is upholstered In pale green ana
- .o,a,. fo- o,c,
,oncv by th, family of Mr.. and Mrs. Burden, they
lie nned splendid ball. and had sent out cards for
,ha entertainment AT which their daughter, MISS
purder was TO have made her formal debut IN
society. everything was arranged for the parry
when Miss Burden and her younger Drolner. VIII
ism were stricken with typhoid fever me INVITA-
lions were cancelled. and the ball did not take place
Miss Vl,rden and her brother were extremely III
until lac I'm the autumn. Mr.. Burden Is one OF ,ne
nm Patr,archs and with his family has attehoe
Cor manv wears the important fashionable so'lll
entertainments OF the season here ana IN N""po'-
New-York tribune., 1895-12-29
MIR BURDEN DOES NOT SUSPECT THE SER
WANTS.

Members OF the Burden family had niue 10 say
about the robbery yesterday. Mr. Burden saiu
he had placed the case in the hands or the ponce
and thought that every possible effort was beihs
made TO trace the stolen gems ana capture '"V
thieves He also declared that he ola not enter
tain any suspicion that any Of the servants III
the house had been in colus'on with the rooo7'S
Mrs Burden remembered yesterday that she
failed to lock the safe after taking out some oia-
Tnonds to wear 10 the opera on Friday eVeniiis
Young William Burden. who has been attending
a school near Boston and is home on his vacation
said that he thought the robbers must have neeh
AZ work IN the house when he went 70 bed peiore
II o'clock. He contradicted report that he was
playing cards In the house before he went 10 oed
Several friends OF the Burdens went TO the
house yesterday to express their sympathy win
Airs Burden on account ot the loss OF her dia-
monds which had been so much admired Many
people stopped in front OF the house and looked
at Il curiously Detectives Valley and Evanhoe'
.: the Central Office. remained In the house a
good part Of the day. talking with the servants
and cross-ques:ionng some OF them In the nope
OF gaining some Information If value watch
was being kept on all OF the pawnshops ~ 'he
city in the expectation that an attempt hiight ps
made to pawn some o. the stolen Jewels ana
New-York tribune., 1895-12-29
THE BURDENS ~ SOCIETY.

THEIR SPLENDID HONE IN NEWPORT AND THE
ENTERTAINMENTS GIVEN THERE
Mr. and Mrs !. Townsend Borden have been prom
inont IN New York and Newport society for many
wears Their entertainments at Fairlawn. their
summer home at Newport have been among the
most elaborate given at that place by any OF the
summer residents. Mr.. and Mrs. Burden have al
ways been very fond of giving dinners and their en-
,ertainments at their home in Madison Squere nave
never been than dinner parties for between
twenty-five and thirty guests. Their house does
not admit OF giving a large dance or ball. Fair
lawn the summer home In Bellevue-ave. Newport,
which was formerly the summer retreat OF Governor
Levi T. Morton and his family. is now one OF the
finest places IN The City by the Sea" Mr. Burden
snce he purchased II from Mr.. Morton. has 30 en-
tIrely altered and enlarged IL that the place ana
the grounds to-day bear very little resemblance
to the original house which stood on the place
Air Burden who IL a brother OF James Aber-
crombie Burden whose son, last June. marriod MISC
Sloane a daughter OF MI. and Mrs William Douglas
Sloane and a granada lighter Of the late william ~.
Vanderbilt. has occupied the present home IN MAO
son Square for nearly twenty years lie succ'
his father I'm the Burden Iron Furnaces al troy.
n y an industry established there many years
ago by his grandfather. lie Is very rich man he
is a member OF only one club. the Union.
Mrs. Burden was. before her marriage. Miss Eve
New-York tribune., 1895-12-29
nrrECTIVES IN THE DARK.


40 ,pera. and the opening Of the safe was for
..,,s hours a mystery The front basement door
:, the house was found 10 be unlocked. although
.,s hutler was sure he had locked II as usual be-
80 going 10 bed The detectives when they
s.san to Investigate. said there was no mystery
.,ou, the unlocking of the basement door. as the
surr,srs doubtless had gone out that way. The
,-,,h,e was 10 find out how the thieves had got
into the house
HOW DID THEY GET INs
vo locks on doors window fastenings had
,sen broken. The police examined the windows
:, the second story and found that all of the rear
,sodows were unfastened Mrs Burden could
~, tell II the windows had been fastened before
N. left the house in the evening i; would have
seen easy to get in at a eecond story window
,-cn the rear yard the police saw a. q glance
-here Is q one-story extension In the rear Of the
hsuse and the roo; Of the extension is close IA
orc OF the rear windows OF the house. Once on
me roof Q, the extension. the burglars could have
..epoed directly through a window into the room
rhere the safe stood The yard In the rear Of the
hovse might have been approached from two d.
reclions.
Several windows OF the Hotel Brunwick over
,o,k the yard. one is window with stained
class al the end of small hall on the first floor
os tse Nolel lNle WINDOW IS only a rev rect
above the tagging OF the yard. 1t would be easy
Cor any person TO raise the window and iump into
the yard. but such thing could hardly be done
without attracting attention. the window Is
IN plain sight from the passenge. elevator. On
the second floor OF the hotel is kitchen which
Is used only when there dinners In the large
banqueting hall. a window of the kitchen is
close 10 The roof of the extension Of the Burden
house Next to the kitchen is a room in which
nurses employed In the hotel take their meals
and it also has a window through which person
can easily step TO the roof OF the extension. The
stairway leading to the kitchen Is accessible from
either the barroom or the biiard-room Of the
hote.
EMPTY JEWEL BOXES FOUND.
Next door to the Burden house on the east
"a the house Of Mrs. David Stevenson. and the
fence surmounted by an iron railing. The hotel
building blocks the end OF the Burden
yard but the Stevenson yard runs TO the pri-
vate stable which fronts on Twenty -seventh-st.
The police said II possible for thieves to
set through the stable and climb over the
fence to the Burden yard. The discovery OF
some empty jewel boxes in the Stevenson yard
increased suspicion that the robbers had got
in that way Mrs. Stevenson also at the
opers on Friday night and her coachman
took her home about midnight. The coachman
and his assistant who sleeps in the stable. de-
New-York tribune., 1895-12-29

aided by some person who had thorough knowl-
edge Of the house and of the habits OF the occu-
pants, and they were searching for person who
formerly was employed a servant IN the house
They also thought that the robbers had gained
access TO the Burden house through the Hotel
Brunswick
ONE THEORY OF THE WAY THEY GOT IN.
John Cronin, Mrs. Stevensons coachman. and
his assistant, Alexander. were questioned closely
by the police on account Of the theory that the
burglars had been admitted through the stable In
Twenty-seventh-st. Cronin said he drove Mrs
Stevenson to the opera and waited with tne FOOT
man to drive her home again. The stable was
locked In their absence and the big ST. Bernar1
dog would have prevented any person passing
New-York tribune., 1895-12-29
Mr.. JASPER REDUCES HIS ESTIMATE.

In accordance with law passed by the last Leg
islature obligng the city TO provide text books for
the public schools dealing with the effects OF
alcoholic stimulants on the human system. Super
interdent Jasper. OF the Board OF Education, Al the
meeting OF the Board OF Estimate and Appor.i .ion-
ment last Thursday asked for appropriat on
OF coo for the purchase OF the books. The mem
bers OF the Board OF Estimate were Of the opinion
that this sum was excessive. and In letter wrtten
by Controller Fitch 10 superintendent Jasper at
the suggestion OF the Board the latter was asked
10 reduce his estimate to &j.0O
superintendent Jasper has replied to Controller
Fitchs communication. saying tnat with appro-
New-York tribune., 1895-12-29
messages sent to the police Of other cities to
keep n similar Watrh

keep Similar watch.
CAPTAIN O'BRIEN's STATEMENT
Acting Captain O'Brien. OF the Detective Bu-
reau. made this statement In the afternoon:
Il am not prepared TO state whether the rob-
berry was the work Of professionals not At
present Detectives McCauiey. Valley. Evanhoe
Clark, Holland and Cun are working on the
case. or course the entire staff on the look
out. and the pawnshops are being visited 10
see II any OF the stolen jewels have been
pledged. l am notifying the police all over the
country to look out for the diamonds. a list
Of the stolen goods and descriptions OF the
Jewels being sent q the out-of-town police
At present 1 cannot Say whether my men have
succeeded Ia obtaining any clews to the perpe
traitors ot the robbery
MIR. PARKER ON THE SUBJECT
Police Commissioner Parker made the state
ment:
Every effort will be made TO discover the
Burden thieves l have watched carefully from
day to day alike the statements OF the public
press and the official reports o. crime In his
city. In periods now. as In the past. an iso
lated crime group of crimes OF n particular
character are liable TO occur. II Is not impos
siole that some criminals may have gathered
the impression that New-York City at present
furnished q good field for their activity. They
may have got that impression from the tone
New-York tribune., 1895-12-29
THE WEATHER REPORT.
I'D WAVE COMING RAPIDLY EASTWARD.

A COLD WAVE COMING RAPIDLY EASTWARD.
Washington. Dec 2s.rhe pressure has risen with
great rapidiy middle and Rocky Mountain
districts. The has moved eastward slowly and 10
Lake superior. tnder those conditions
winds developed along the cntireJ
Rocky Mountain slope from the north border southward
to Texas cold has formed In the Northwest
viii probably advance to the eastward ana scuthward
during SUNDAY. II viii not howeyeF. reach the Atlantic
coast before Monday all The precipitation the
twelve hours has been confined 20 few snd widely
scattered localities Generally fair weather Indicated
districts possibly with or lees cloudtness
CLOUDY weather. with light
OF IN probable in the Mississippi and
Missouri valleys and adjacent regions Of the South
temperature Will prevail In the middle and
upper Mississippi Valley the western lake regions and
he
New-York tribune., 1895-12-29

of some of the newsra pers which have very
strongly asserted tina; to be fact, cons
sidered the many very inadequate sentences
lately imposed upon professiona, criminals by
some Of the Judges. II they do entertain any
such views they viii! be speedily undeceived."
Whatever views were entertained al the Central
Office. the police OF the Nineteenth Precinct We're
Of the opinion that only professional thieves of
the longes: experience and hardest nerve could
have committed the robbery in the Burden house.
They also thought that the burglars had been