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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-29
ORCHID CRAZE IN JAPAN.
A Syndicate Offers 5000 Yen for a sin-
ole Leaf But Meets with Refusal.

The latest craze that has made its ap-
pearance I'm Japan is the orchid craze
and II reports are true the tulip craze IN
Holland of several centuries ago may
well look 20 its laurels. According TO
the Tokyo Asahi CAiorning Day., n new
variety Of a small orchid. Jointly owned by
the w~ell-known gardner OF Shitaya' Maru
Shin, and by two others, Is Mt present
enjoying the highest reputation. IL is
called "Amakusa." for every rare vari-
etv has its own special name. It's leaves
measure only four inches in length and
one and n half inches in width. this va
rietv being the only one now found In
.Japan. The leaves, only eleven In num-
Der. are whltish. with yellow ued stripes
very widely marked, and the whole ap-
Dearance exceedingly graceful inc tame
az the "Amakusa" has sent all the cir
clea Of orchid hunters into n hutter.
Numerous applications have been re-
ceived by the triple owners asking tnem
TO part with even one leaf. for orchids'
as IS well known, can be propagated by
root separation. But all these applications
have been courteously declined.
Tho other day. says tho Asahi. n dele
gate representing ten villages OF Chita-
eorI Dwarf. came up 90 Tokyo. They
were all men stricken with the orchid
mania. and hearing OF this rare variety
MHNNM .a@
each OF them subscribed 800 ven "a yen II
dftv cents IN United States currency
and one OF them. h head man OF the
village. arrived on the important mis-
sion OF purchasing a leaf. While the ne
gotiatlons were in progress the kyoto
horticultural Company despatched It's
president also on the Same erranA Inc
owners OF the precious orchids conferred
With each other. hut decided not 10 ac-
cede 10 the offers made them. for they
have IN mind a similar case OF another
rare variety which several years ago
brought tho fabulous price OF 10000 yen
So both delegates were obliged TO re-
,urn home crestfallen. and the Ashai
adds. "Even supposing that the owners
might be persuaded 10 part with their
orchid at 5000 yen a Leaf that Wouio
The price were to rise TO 1000 yen each
that amount would be doubled."-N. T..
Sun.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-29
BALDWIN'S GREAT
RAID AT ROSLYN.
TheWOnderfuI Exploit Of the Roanoke
Officer Recalled.
ARRESTED THREE HUNDRED MEN
with n Posse of Only Seven-Demol.
ished $4,000 Worth ofGambling
O~utfts-Some Thrilling Sto-
ries of Noted Crooks.

Il IS one thing 10 catch a thief and It
IS another thing 10 hold him. During the
meeting of the Chiefs OF Police OF all the
larger cities of the United States n
! Canada, which occurred at Milwaukee
the past week. there were "reminiscences
without number OF remarkable captures
and Of escapes which bordered closely
upon the miraculous. Tones of criminal
history were taken from the shelves ON
| memory and opened at chapters Of thrill
ling interest by the men who had been
| themselves the principal actors. His
tory? Yes, that Is the proper word, but
most men would pronounce II
'"The most remarkable escape from
prison that l can recall" said william
A. Pinkerton 10 a group OF Chiefs and
superintendent, was that Of Frank
Steadman from the San Quentin prison.
But IN not tell you about It, for here
Is John Glass, who caught Steadman and
sent him back 20 San Quentin"
Chief Glass Strengthened his six feet
three inches. and pinched the brown inn
perial on his under lip renectively for a
moment before he responded TO the looks
OF inquiry bent upon him by those not
familiar with the story.
AFTER A BANK ROBBER.
1.-THE escape TO which you refer. Pink
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Foreign Notes of Interest.

Plsek, near Budwels. in Bohemia, is
dogless. A case OF h%ydrophobia in tho
town has led the authorities TO have
every dog killed and TO forbid the impor-
tatiOn Of others.
'Blllingsgate' 10 describe bad language
is no longer a correct term, the voca-
bulary OF London's great frsh market
having been improved by the exertions OF
the London City Mission.
NataTS appropriateness are extinct
The last herd was protected by the Gov
eminent on a reservation near Durham.
but did so much damage to the sur
rounding sugar plantations that orders
were given 20 AVE II destroyed.
Palm Menier. an old time melodramatic
actor. died recently in Paris at the ago
OF seventy-nine years. His most celebrat-
cd part was that Of Chopart. the horse
healer in 1.-The Paris Mail" lie was
the author Of several successful melo-
dramas.
DIR. Roux, OF the Pasteur Institute an
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too. in order 70 keep abreast OF the
multiplying methods OF tho criminal
class. We rave to hold Just as many
cards in the game as the other fellow
and IL we want 10 be sure 20 win, IL IL
n good plan 10 have one or two cards
up our sleeve. / rave In operation at
present what I call my fly CELL. IL Is
something / would not exploit the loca-
ton Of through tho newspapers for the
world. for that would kill its effective
ness. One OF the great troubles every
police department experiences is in get
ting men 20 talk. A holpup occurs In a
certain section. We know just what
characters were in the locality about the
time Il occurred. BY the time the affair
IS reported 10 headquarters and officers
are sent out 10 make the arrests tho
plumber has been stoves away m
where out OF reach. The men arrested
refuse 10 talk. They say we have moth
ing for which we can hold them. We
run the heaviest sort Of bluffs as 20 the
dead sure case we have against them.
hut without success. l q racked my
brain over the proposition as 20 how 20
get such men to give up, and without
much success until I hit upon my fly
cell scheme. II ds merely n small. double
cell OF the most ordinary kind. and there
is not one single thing I'm or about II
that would arouse lhe SuSpicioH VI INC
most vii ythief. The secret res In the
ceiling. and tho cell is I'm reanty nothing
more thar a gigantic telephone receiver.
When two pals are arrested and We
want 20 learn something about them
thev go into this cell. Then I can SIT In a
room on the fourth floor and hear every
word That is spoken between them. I
experimented with this cell for a long
time. built and rebuilt II. and finally II
works 10 a charm. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
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So. and II patriotic Italians doubt 10. they
are at liberty tO climb the 15.7S1 feet and
see for themselves.
THE historian COrcelle meanwhile pub
fishes an interesting review of the situa-
uon. lie starts by saying that one-half
of Mont Blanc belongs undoubtedly to
ITALY. or. more precisely speaking. TO
Piedmont. The oldest map OF Mont Blanc.
De continues. states that the summit IS
an Italian possession. on that map. made
by "a French government engineer. Long
champs. and printed IN Paris In 1892. the
summit was marked TO the right Of the
French frontier. but as Longchamps. at
the same time. adorned his map with a
highway leading from Courmayeur, Italy.
over the Col du Grant. the Glacier du
Tacul and the Mer De Glace into the Arve
Valley. the correctness Of his whole I'M
dertaking appears doubtful.
NAPOLEON DIDN'T CARE.
In 1876. says Corcell.e the French gov
eminent Of the Mont Blanc Department
made an effort to have the summit de-
c.ared a French possession. but Napoleon
refused 90 send an expedition 10 the top.
IN his opinion the glaciers were not
worth the money such an undertaking
would require. Thus the summit remained
without a territorial lord until 1850. when
Savoie was annexed by France. But tho
French and Italian diplomats OF that
time seemed TO think as Napoleon had
thought before them. They marked tho
frontier by the usual zigzag line, but
without going 90 IN" trouble Of surveying
the territory. A survey was attempted IN
tie preliminaries TO the Treaty Of Turin.
but the matter ended where 80 had start
ed. as the two countries could not agree
upon appropriating the required sum OF
money. in the end that old zigzag line
was retained. with certain notifications.
Tho territorial aspects were thereby
regulated after a fashion. but the people
living on the mountain side refuse 20
accept his lax division. According to an
old unwritton law the summit OF a noun
tain belongs 20 the community which fur
nishcs The path leading TO #. Mont Blanc
WAS first asconded I'm 1856 by Jacques
Halonat. a native OF Chamonix. which
latter place belonged ?lready 10 France.
TOLL DEMANDED.
Some years later the people OF Cour-
maycur. an italian village. near the foot
o. The great Mountain. sent up an ex-
petition 20 the top and made a rude road
leading mp 10 81. The c0mmunes 81. Ger
vais and Les Houches. both OF them
French. followed suit In the course OF
time. and now all OF them insist that that
top belongs TO them ana that
anybody ascending II ought 10 pay them
toll Covrmayeur. Il is understood, will
Try It's luck in a civil suit by which the
peasants mean 20 compel the sojourners
fn the observatory 10 pay them oomnu-
pal taxes. The taxes DO not amount 20
much. bat Il wiz DO interesting 10 watch
the case. Courmayeur contends that the
boundary line. stipulated In 1851. ought 70
be revised, FOR" say the village au-
thorsues. "our sacred rights OF possession
ssrs arbitrarily set aside By the treaty"
n es ~ T. t<ae by . Jury, and the
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-29

4 nOunces the discovery OF an ancient cure
! for loclJaw. The antitetanic serum
used IN Germany would not work till
Dr. ROux hit on the plan Of injecting 1t
into the brain under the MEMBRANES. His
plan has been tried with complete sue
cess on a man.
Naples Castel NuoYo. the holder Of the
Argentine Kings, lying between the royal
palace and The harbor. is TO become Wis
ible TO the people by the removal Of the
inclosing walls and the shops built up
against them. Under the Bourbons he
castle was used as a dungeon for politi-
cal prisoners. many Of whom were shot
without trial in the castle ditch.
Unterwalden Oh dem Wald In SwitZer-
land, though only n half canton. is strict
~ moral. The authorities have inflicted
a fine Of sixty francs on a newly mar
ried young man because an addition
came 90 the family three months after
the wedding. Hise plea Of lack Of 1uris-
diction. owing 10 his having courted his
wife outside the canton at Lucerne, was
not allowed.
A French engineer lleusenant. near
Toulouse. becaume convinced recently
that one OF his men had stolen. As the
soldier would not confess. the Lieutenant
ordered him 20 be shot, and put him
through all the forms OF n military exc
cution, save that the firing platoon used
blank cartridges. The lieutenant has
been court martialed and sentenced TO
two months imprisonment.
They do things queerly in England. A
Surbiton ratcatcher has sued a gentle
man for ESQ for catching hats in his
house. He testified that he had spent
n whole Sunday afternoon, aided by two
men and seven ferets. on the job. His
employer pleaded that the man had kept
tho rats. that they had a market value.
and that ne should have been glad 20
caach them for nothing. The rat catch
or won his suit.
Luigi MasettL an Italian long-distance
bicycle rider, has mapped out a route
covering tho extreme points OF Europe.
which no expects TO cover In six months.
He viii start at Cape Trafalgar in Spain
and wheel through Madrid. Paris, Copen-
h~agen'and Stockholm 10 the North Cape
from there ne VIII go through Lapland
20 ST. Petersburg and the Crimea. ending
at C~onstantinople. The distance covered
win be $500 miles.
Mn Gladstone's portrait, painted by
the late Sir John Millais for the Duke OF
Westminster. has been presented 10 the
British nation by Sir Charles Tenant.
the owner. He became the pOssessor of
tho picture when the Unionist split took
place in the Liberal party as the Duke
OF Westminster was so enraged with Mr..
Gladstone for his Irish policy that he
would not keep the portrait in his gal
lery.
A man named Cooper. OF Newark-on-
Trent asserts that he is the first person
that ever voted for Mr.. Gladstone as a
Parliamentary candidate. lie was an en-
thusiastic Conservative at the 1892 cleo
ton. and presented himself at the polls
long before they were opened. BY a
biunder the booth In front OF which he
stood was opened four minutes before
the legal time. so hat Mr.. Cooper's vote
was ta6en before the other booths had
oosno0v
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-29
FAMOUS MOUNTAIN
NOW IN DISPUTE.
Ownership Of Mount Blanc May Upset
the French Exposition.
NO "GENUINE SWISS VILLAGE"
For Fear Of Pcrpetuating the "Old
Swiss Lie" that IL Belongs 20
switzcrland-Francc all
Put Out over IL.

PARIS. April 0.-French exposition au-
thoriues have refused room for a gen
uino Swiss village" on the ground that
the environment chosen suggests a repcti-
ton OF the "old Swiss lie" that Europe's
highest mountain. tho Mont Blanc, be-
iongs TO Switzerland.
The Swiss. Of course. object 70 such
discrimination for the sake Of French
patriotic sentiment. and politicians, dip
lomats and professors have taken up tho
question. who owns Mont Blanc?'
All The Swiss handbooks reckon and
have always reckoncd Mont Blac a Swiss
possession. The Italian handbooks are as
fully determined hat the Mont Blanc Is
Italian The French Republic claims Mont
Blanc by the right OF the %couqueror.
AS a. matter Of fact. all three countries
are part owners OF this great pile. Switz-
criand stnl retains its most nothern
ranges. and tho Fronch-Italian boundary
line runs across the summit Of the gla-
ciers. Janssen's observatory stands al
most in the center Of the Mer de Glace
dee Sea. but keeps strictly within French
territory. AT least. the Frenchmen say
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erton. was made after I sent Steadman
to San Quentin, and not before. l was
not the fortunate one TO get him AFTER
that last wonderful break. And 10 ten
the truth, l have never taken 10 mysel
much credit for taking him the time l
did for it was to a considerable degree a
matter Of good fortune. You see, we
were Just at that time keeping our eyes
open for a bank robber by the name OF
Barnes who had gone into one Of the
banks out there, covered the one man
who happened 10 be alone in the place
at the time, locked him up in the vault,
and then coolly walked out of the bank
and out OF sight with all the funds he
could get his hands on.
zone day a man answering closely the
description we had Of Barnes stepped off
the train at Los Angeles. We took him
in tow at once. but found we did not
have the bird we were after. However.
we managed TO hold him long enough
10 find out that he was Frank Steadman
who had become notorious even at that
time as a successful jail breaker. He
had four or five escapes from prison
In southern Indiana credited 20 him.
a got away from Joliet, and had still
seven years to do at the Illinois prison,
had also been at san Quentin. and had
escaped from there with FIVE years I'M
finished.
STEADMAN'S PLAN.
"Steadman was a machinist by profess
sion and a burglar by inclination. When
no was sent back 10 San Quentin 20
finish his time he was put TO work with
other cOnyicts IN the engine room. II
was mere that an idea came into his
brain that for absolute daring and fear
lessness was typical of the man. He had
noticed that every evening at the time
the men working in the engine room
were lined up TO be marched away, the
machinery was stopped at exactly the
same moment. He had observed as well
that q window leading 10 an adjacent
roof was not far from the top OF the
big driving belt of the engine. From
that roof IL was possible to reach the
outer wall or the prison. Beyond the
wall was freedom. lie had escaped so
many times tina ais mind reverted again
and again TO the window high up on the
wall OF the engine room. Apparently dt
was beyond all possibility OF being
reached. No ladder was 10 be obtained.
Had such a thing even been standing
IN place against the wall. 20 break from
the line and scale II with catlike dex-
terity. although the work of but a few
seconds. he well knew would be futile.
possibly fatal. Bullets travel faster n
legs, and the guards were not bad shots.
But desperate deeds demand desperate
means. Some minds may work with an
ingenuity born OF despair. but Stead
mans was Of a different calibre. His
plans were the outgrowth of steadfast
optimism. He never ceased to scheme
as he never CEASED to hope for liberty.
zone day there came to him. as n by
Inspiration, the thought that the big belt
might be the means Of carrying him 10
his goal. He found that It was impossi-
BILE TO count the revolutions of the driv-
ing wheel, but there were iacings IN the
broad belt. which he was able to dis
tinguish as . sort 6 blu a. II passed
Q given noint TOE days ana days he
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Farragut 10 Dewey.

said the Goddess of Fame to tho pedes-
tailed shade
OF Farragut looming on high:
Move over a bit on your pedestal. man.
For a twin-born Of Fame draweth nigh.
Move over a bit, give him room at your
side.
A trihe OF space you must spare
For the first OF the sons OF the sea Of
our day.
SO make room for Dewey up there"
And who is this Dewey?" the gray
shade replies.
HE IS one Of your sailors said Fame,
"And the sea winds that blow on both
sides Of the world
Are loud with the sound OF his name.
Without losing a ship. or a gun, or a
man,
SPANS navy n sunk in the sea"
Said Farragut then to the new Son OF
Fame.
Approach and come up here with ne!'
Sam Walter Foss, in n. Y. sun.
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Total par and market value Carried ut at market value)""."..". ceSus
BONDS STOCKS AND ALL OTHER SECURITIES EXCEPT MORT
CAGES INTOXICATED AS COLLATERAL SECURITY FOR
CASH LOANED, THE PAR AND MARKET VALUE OF SAME
= AMn .MALNr LANnn
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lawyer for Courmayeur makes motion 70
send tho twelve good men and true on
the top OF Mont Blanc 20 decide the case
by its merits" some tall h%ustling will
have to be done. CARL MEYERS.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-29

Montreal plasterers wos a strike for
22l3 cents an hour.
Buffalo structural steel workers struck
for 90 cents an hour.
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capital.

Amount Of capital stock subscribed. ."..... ..... mum. 80. '".>''
Amount Of capital stock paid UP in cash......". ..''"". .'"' '''' ''''''
u-ASSETS.
Value al re estate owned b. the cOmpany....... ""... ...''.' 49,
Loans on mortgage duly recorded and being the first Hens OF Il zee
simplel mon which not more than one years interest Is de: 49,
Loans on mortgage Orst Heps) upon which. more than one years inter-
est is due (f which $1,000 Is in process or fOrecosurel.... ...,...s
Interest due on all said mortgage loans, &,@1O6; interest accrued
Value OF lands mortgaged, exclusive Of buildings and pensh9s9ie jim ma no
value of buildings mortgagcd Ensured for Sl92GO as cohat- u
z . carrie, ,rst5o :, OK on
ACCOUNT OF BONDS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND OF THIS
STNTE AND or OTHER STATES AND ALSO OF BONDS OF
INCORPORATED CITIES IN THIS STATE, AND OF ALL OTHER
BONDS AND STOCKS, OWNED ABSOLUTELY BY THE co.
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Presideut-E c. IRWIN.
VCe-President-T. II. CONDERMAN'
SecrCtary-BENJ. I. HEitkNIlSS.
Principal office. 47 and 400 Walnut street -.-- ,,.o,,hor : ts-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-29

ANN7rAr srATEuENT FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 81. 1891 OF
THE CONDITION AND ATsAIRS or. THE FIRE AsS9OlSIILiAPP TTTrrh 7 AVS
OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLNANLA \ III ItW,l RfpcTTfA IN PUP-
SUANCE TO THE LAWS or VIRGINIA '|
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-29

TO CURE COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Taolsts
Al drureists refund the money II II raj
10 cure. 2Jc. The genuine mas L. D. " VI
each tablet.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-03

a woman to do this, it must be remem- bered that in 1735 great ignorance pre- vailed as to the conditions of Arctic life. The equipments of the Arctic ex- petitions on the miserable little sail sleep upon. were extremely meager and could in no way bear comparison with the carefully fitted up ships sent north in this century.
 The party of Pronchistshef lived through the winter, suffering from many fearful privations, and in the spring they broke loose from the ice and headed the ship back. And here. near the mouth of the river Olenek on this homeward voyage, the courageous little bride died. Her death was fol- lowed in two days by that of her brave husband, Lieutenant Pronchistshef. Thus ended the first Arctic romance.
 This exploit remained unparalleled for over a hundred years when Mme d Aunet. in 1889, visited the island of Spitzbergen, on board the ship La Re- cherche. sent out by France, and com- manded ny Captain Fabvre. There was also on board committee of scientists, who accomplished much valuable work La Recherche sailed to Magdalena Bay, Spitzbergen, which is 19 degrees 35 min utes north, two degrees farther north than Mrs. Pronchistshef and one and half farther than Mrs. Peary Mime. scribes the cemetery of fishers in Mag dalena Bay, the men who lost their lives on that bleak coast. It is the
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foolhardy officers who have invaded their strongholds have been disarmed, dlSmounted and sent home.
 An instance of this kind occurred just after the raid on the coal company at Price. Two deputies traced Cassidy and Ferguson to the lair at Robbers Roost. They were fully twenty-four hours behind, and their approach was known long before they arrived at the narrow trail leading up into the ren- deZvous. Cassidy was in jovial mood, and he conceived that it would be more run to capture the deputies and make sport of them than to kill them. So he acted accordingly.
 The deputies were about half way up the trail when, just at bend around sharp point of rocks. they heard the sharp command Hands up."
 Half dozen runs were staring them in the face not twenty paces away The deputies realized that not to obey meant sudden death Up went their hands. Cassidy stepped up to them, roaring with laughter.
 You're couple of fine dubs to come and catch peaceable citizens, ain't you?" he cried. Gimme your guns. Here, Buck calling to one of his men. search these tenderfeet, and if they've got any tobacco you can keep it.''
 The outcome of 1t was that the depu- ties. relieved of everything but their clothing, were bound hand and foot to their horses, conducted to the foot of the pass and sent about their business. To add to their discontinue a rudely
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AN AMATEUR BAKER.

There is woman now in New York who has had most serious misfortunes and yet, in her grief and helplessness has shown rare perseverance and ener- gy at the critical moment
 Only few weeks ago she and her husband lived in a comfortable home in a western city. They owned the prop erty and had been moderately we'll to do. But the husband died very sud- denly. Then the insurance on the house ran out, and soon the widow found 1t necessary to dispose of the property. Pending the negotiations, the house burned to the ground, and although the widow escaped, everything in her pos session had been consumed She had to borrow clothes before leaving for New York, where she had friends.
 She resolved not to allow her grief to have serious effect upon her, but to find some immediate source of SUD- port. and took the first opportunity that offered. She had made a specially wholesome graham bread for a friend here who was suffering with indiges- tion, and his appreciation of it at once suggested a means of support-she would bake and sell bread. Calling at neighboring residences and boarding houses, she at once took orders for all she could bake, delivered the bread tho same day, and secured regular custo- mers. With the proceeds of successive sales she took in a large supply of ma terlals. and is steadily increasing the profits. She declares that with her ambition she will not remain poor long. and will soon make big success of her undertaking.