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The Grand Army OF Capitalists.

According to the Democratic and Popu-
list sons Of calamity, tho fiery insides OF
MoLOCH arc continually fed with the
producing classes" and tho golden car OF
JuaGERSArH Is running overtime for the
sake of crunching the victims OF corporate
greed. THE rich arc growing richer and
the POOR poorer" that is the conventional
Democratic text. Bryanlte spouters, skin
ming their knuckles as they pound on Dol
lar Dinner tables, yell that the millionaire
and the tramp are tho products OF the gold
standard.
These Democratic homiies and howlings
come to mind when We read the report OF
tho Hon. CHARLES G.. DAWES, Comptroller
Of the Currency, as TO the number and
amount Of loan and deposit accounts, rates
OF interest and resources Of the banks ~
the United States July IL, 1889, banks to
the number OF 1908 reported depositors to
the number OF 6,7Os,971. June 80, 1899,
a,732 banks had II, 432, e36 depositors.
Toward the end OF the year 1899 the
Comptroller's estimate founded upon banks
that have made reports and upon statistics
as To other banks derived from tax returns
made tn the Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue is ~, So4 banks, with IL, 90, S74
deposit accounts.
Many depositors in the cities have ac-
counts in more than one bank, but making
good fat deduction for the multi-deposi-
tors, It will still be true that at least every
seventh person, man, woman and child, In
these United States has money in the bank.
Add to this array OF the thrifty the immense
number Of people who put their savings
into loan and building associations from
week to week, the many suspicious
hoardcrs who regard a stocking,
mattrass or n cubby hole as the safest
financial institution, the farmers who nre
putting their profits into stock. improve
ments and new acres, the holders OF small
life insurance policies, the members OF fra
ternal insurance organizations and the buy
ers Of real estate in installments, and the
grand army Of capitalists. in the banks
and outside the banks becomes enormous.
almost incredible.
Observe that in ten years, remarkably
scrawny and lean years, too. some OF them,
the increase in the number OF deposit
accounts has been almost one hundred
per cent.
Such, Mr. BRYAN, is the money power.
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after death, though he knows that his
body decays and is transformed into other
forms OF matter for he sees that process
going on daily. Unquestionably, however,
DIR. GROVE truly described Dr. ABBOTT as
an agnostic but so also Is DIR. GROVE, him.
self. They are the blind undertaking to
lead the Blind know nothing, yet under
take to teach.
DIR. HILLS OF Plymouth Churchi in Brook
Ign preached on the rather astonishing
theme OF The Strategy Of Providence and
the Worldwide Triumph OF Christianity"
Inasmuch as strategy is term of war and
implies in It's secondary sense the use Of
artiflce, stratagem, for accomplishing its
ends, its application to the government Of
COP cannot be regarded otherwise than as
homogeneous with Divine perfection and
omnisciencc. The use OF IL by Dr. HILLS
was unphlosophcal and irreverent.
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Movement for the Establishment of n
National Park In the south.

WAsHIN0roN. Nov 2O,--Congrcss will be
asked at lis meeting next month to look with
favor upon the request OF the people Of the
South for tho establishment Of national park
in the southern AIleghanes. probably IN the
Blue Ridge or Smoky Mountains OF western
North Carolina, preliminary convention will
meet ON Wednesday in tho ballroom OF the
will be taken TO bring the subject before the
Senate aud House of REPRESENTATIVE There
IL no National park except military parks In
the South. All that will be asked OF Congress
at present Is the appointment Of n commission
To- examine into the prorrieiy aud feasibility
OF preserving the forest regions near tho border
line ~ North Carolina aud Tennessee, with its
UNSURPASSED scenery and fish siorked streams
rs pleasure ground 10 posterity.
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The Protective League OF Salt Water
Fishermen has just issued n Proclamation
to anglers at large, 10 the public, to clubs
and to members. The document bears the
evidence Of haste in It's preparation, but In
substance II is sound from beginning To
end. II calls attention to the continuation
Of that nasty and long-standing outrage Of
dumping refuse in the bay from the city i
garbage scows, to the blocking OF the
mouths of creeks and bays by stationary
nets during the spawning season and to the
shameful waste Of food fishes for fertilizer.
To do away with these abuses new law is
needed, and the League will endeavor To
secure the desired relief from the Legisla-
ture. As the document truly SAYS, this
Protective League has among its mem-
Gers men OF prominence in all walks of life, -
and among them, II we are not mistaken,
is the Governor OF the State. Consequently
II ought to be able 10 do something, 10
the League OF American Wheelmcn We are
largely indebted for good roads Let us
hope that before long We may he indebted
to the Fishermcn's League for clean water,
restored fishing grounds and Kosher fish
in our markets.
The anglers want the public To under
stand that they do not propose To deprive
the net fishermen from making Il living,
On the contrary, they want to save the
meters from themselves, for IL they stick
10 their present wastcful methods, il cannot
he long before their profits in the waters
hcrcabouts will not buy crab net.
Thirty years ago il was asserted re.
pcatcdly that the cutlery against the
wholesale slaughter Of the buffalo was
all nonsense, and that it was utterly
impossible to cXterminatc the American
bison, But where Is he now? The
Keepers OF our geological gardens can an.
swer. We hear the same cry in regard Ia
the food supply OF our fishing grounds. In
times past New York Bay afforded some
OF the best fishing in the world, but in
comparatively few years It's fishing
grounds dissolved one after another.
uhtll now on the line between the Mar
rows and Sandy Hook scarcely one re.
mains, 1t took less than twenty
years TO accomplish that destruction,
Even at tho once far-ramcd Romer il is
doubtful II dozen game fish were captured
10y the anglers last season, unless blackfisb
arc 70 he counted among the game. And
the cause Of 1t all is plain enough. 1t Ia
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The Last of Family of Chants.

From he LOui1piN, fourisr.JOurndi.
PARIS. Ky, Nov, l+,--Natthew Howard. aged ~
the last member ofthe famous Howard family, died
this afternoon n: his home near Paris. He was a
bachelor and left large estate. He was the last Of
nine children, each ~ whom was over sx feet IN
height. The father was six feet four aud weighed
200 pounds; the mother was SIX feet and ON, half
inch and weighed 2s5 pounds. Tho height Of the
parents and nine children aggregated seventy feet
and onc'halt inch, and their aggregate weight WAS
2,20s pounds The four women aggregated twenty
four feet seven and half inches and aggregated
in weight 700 pounds The seven men aggregated
forty.Ave feet hve inches in height and L.u
pounds in weight, The mother had twelve brother.
each over six feet in height The height and weight
of this family was probably without parallel in the
world.
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From a. Nne,nnon Enaui.,r.

TERRE HturE. Ind. Nov. 17.-Dr. Lindley OF The
chair OF psychology in the Indiana University La.
brought to the institution Arthur Griffith aued ~
for the purpose Of investigating the limit Of tho
youths remarkable power ~ lightning calcu.
latlr."
knowledge of the squares up to 1870, aud the cubes
10 100. He knows the fourth powers up 10 twenty
His particular skill Is in finding short methods or
operation. lie ha devised forty seven method. OF
multiplication. SIX Of division six OF addition ma
three OF subtraction. He can multiply two fve.plAce
numbers in siSseconds, Although not having studied
algebra his mind has appr1Simated the binomial
theorem. Grlfith WAS horn in Milford. Kosciusto
county. DIR. Lindley says he is not simple cAlcu.
lator, but that lie belongs to u higher class.
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Man..

To THr EplrOR or the SUNNI Your editorial
on "Fowlers aud Fishers" touches lightly one
phase 0f avery broad subject, subject which has
practical NV well sentimental side. The stolid
Indifference With which man looks On and sees
species " beautiful birds and useful animal. yip,l
from the face ct the earth II sad commentary alike
upon his sense Of justice and has common tensr
The worlds history RIGHTLY Interpreted shows that
man with his wonderful intellect man who is only a
little lower than the angels in spite Of his philosophy
and his religion, II often more cruel than he savage
beast ~ the forest or the Jungle; that he is more
often the most unreasonable, and IL always the most
immoral"f animals. +. PuwEEs.
WFsrrOHT Conn.
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$ICO 900 Already Raised for tho D-we,
Arch.

A meeting OF the Executive Board Of the
Citizens Committee for perpetuating tho
Dewey Arch was held yesterday in the st.
Paul building. Col, William G. Church. chair
man Of the committee, reported that 500. 900
OF the necessary fund was already on hand
lie said TINT this sum had been subscribed
since Oct 10 Col, Church stated that he had
received SloOOo from wcll-known New
Yorker whose name ne could not AZ present
additional contribution should II be necossarv
Edward Il. JohncS. chairman Of the Com mitteu
OH Organization. reported halt ~ the sub.
committees 10 be organized IN the different
trades and professions were already actively
engaged in the work OF raising funds The
others are In process OF formation
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-21

From NE ud'hinVioH PoR
The Senate financ. Committee. ~ instituted las,
year, contained a majority ~ silver men. This will
he reversed. The only gold'staudsrd supporters
now on the committee are Aldrlch. Allison Burrows
Plat ofNewfork aud Plat Of Connecticut wolcot OF
tolofado, the remaining Republican. 10 binictall.t
while Jones OF Nevada is n Silver Republican Ac.
'ord!ng To the present programme, the Democrats
will be forced to content themselves with four
members-Nest, Jones OF Arkansas Daniel and Chi.
ion-leaNng the two vacancies caused by the retire.
'hcnt OF White AMI Tnrpio TO b, filled by goId.
standard Republican" III committee would TIA, n
stand nine Republicans to four Democrat OH general
questions. hut seven gold to six silver OH financial
issue.
No prediction cAn yet be made a. to tho two xold.
standard Republicans who will be named to ali IN.
vacancies caused by the outgoing of two Demo rats
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Admiral Dewey to he Invited to Visit CO.
lumbuS, Ohio.

WAsHISGToN. Nov, 2Q-A delegation Of citi-
IONS OF Columbus, Ohio. arrived in Washing
ton this afternoon for the purpose OF present
ing an invitation to Admiral Dewey to visit
Columbus on his Western trip. Tho invitation
is handsomely engraved on gold plate The
delegation Will lunch with John Il, Mclean
to-morr2w' and the invitation will be presented
To Admiral Dewey at his home later in this
afternoon. In the delegation are q. 4. Miller.
Cen, IL. 4 a Kline, Capt William Folton. Dennis
Kelley, IT, Is; kMrtz, Olia NJ Evans, Samuel J.
t. SwartZ, John Il. Bassett and &. c. Born
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-21
Geese EMPLOYED as Gold Miners.

From he Cincinnati Commercial Tribune,
WAsHINGToS, Nov 10 .-Accordng to the American
Consul at Chingtng China, the people OF China are
not so far behind the procession may he thought
Al least Mr. Smithers grayely reports to the State
Department that. in the department called Yuny.
pei, Chlh'li Ting, gold IL found in abundance by
washing in the valley near tho city The btants
OF the neighborhood teep large nooks OF geese TO
work the gold fields for them. when the geese are
found to DO very heavy they arc killed. and their
oraws emptied OF the gold contained therein, A
flock or geese 10 sometimes worth a good deal OF
money but geese dressed ready for eating are yer
cheap, indsed-from is to 20 cents each. ''
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-21
The Largest Patent once Gaz.tt..

WAsHINGroN, Nov. 2O.-The current issue NJ
the Patent OHce GdzSite is tho largest ever
sent out. the drawings or illustrations alone
taking IN 322 pages. The volume contains
the record OF 535 patents, ~ o! which were Of
one classification and issued 10 one assignee
all but four OF the latter being granted a. Oni
applicant; These % patents alone contain
l,5'3 claims. The work OF printing the vol
was employed to allow its issue Oh schedulS
time
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NEW ~ STiR pHOTOGRirHr.
Pref. brashe"r Pleased with the Results oi
HIS Test Of Curved Plates.

PlrlsDrgG, Nov. 20 Prof. John \ Brashear
has developed tho curved plates on which he
photographed the sky one night recently when
the meteors were expected TO appear The
plates are 81 his own design. Three lines on
the plates were probably made bv met"ors
Prof. Biashear said:
While the night was very bad for photo
graphic purposes the pictures OF stars which
obtained were the best have ever seen. We
covered ten times the area that was possible
with ordinary plates. aud the pictures OF stars
are we'll defined. and continue 80 clear 10 Ia"
edges OF the plates II condition which IL was
formerly impossible to obtain. The time and
labor which we expended IN preparing TO
photograph the meteor. was not wasted. be-
cause II mas shown that curved Plates are tho
md have opened up new possibilities in this
field
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senator pln,t,. rlyins VISIT to Ms.hinr,on,

WAsuINGroN. Nov 20 Senator Platt OF New
York arrived In Washington this morning. but
remained only n few hours. starting for home
again this afternoon, He was on his way TO
the White House when he met President
daily morning walk, Mr.. Piatt Joined the
President on his walk and later went 70 the
War Department.
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4 fine collection of Bryanitn thinkers
has been summoned 10 Chicago. When We
read the names 81 the Hon. JiM JoNEs. Col.
jim GuFFEY. the Hon. GEORGE FEED Will
LIAMs the Hon. JoE BAILEY. tho Hon. RICHARD
FRANKLIN PETTf0REw and tho Hon. CHAMP
CLARK. we are more than ever impressed by
the power. the beauty and the MAJESTY % sill
Yer craftsmanship.
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The Hon. julius TUcHBASp. an Illinois
expansionist. has a high ambition. He has
decided to fight imperialism within the limits
NJ the Teutonic race" He expects TO have
Illinois thoroughly canvassed and all natural
lied German voters and Americans OF German
descent enrolled into clubs" before spring
The Hon. julius TrCHBAND has boon too busy
TO ponder the election figures from Onto and
Inwn
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Mr.. BRYAN IL mere man and not u gol.-
M,mphiS ton,m'rci1l tbp,di.
Faithful Democrats will resent this assertion
No mere man could produce the Colonel's out
put OF speeches. addresses. lectures. articles
views and interviews. He must lie the god of
wind
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From n, IndidHdpoiis s,niin,L
ELwooD, Nov, I7.-BenjAmin Hodson, residing
north OF this city has three children and has given
them peculiar names. Tho girls are Sunshine and
Delight and the boy is named Pleasant. when asked
to the reason for such suggestive names the
father sad he wanted to make things cheerful about
the house.
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Mobe Is Better still,

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUS-Sr: The word
automobile Is too long and too classic for this
jumping sgo-besides don't like It. propose the
word Automobe . = substitute. VIA
DRooKLYk, Nov. ~
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HORHONISH IN RROOKLrN.
a Conference of Elders who Say Its ON til,
Increase,

The elders belonging TO the Brooklyn Con-
ference OF the Mormon Church met IN secret
session yesterday in the Amphion Theatre
building. where reports on the mission work
in that field were read, j. 4. Stuart. Jr. prcsl-
dent Of the conference, presided and William
II. Smart. president OF tho Eastern States Mis-
sion. was there There ara fourteen elders ia
the conference. Of whom eight carry on mis-
sion work in Brooklyn. After the meeting was
showed q fiourishing state OF affairs and that
the number OF converts was greater than any
other conference could show. None OF tho
elders would furnish figures.
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He Is.

To THE EDITOR or THE sUN-Str: Is not Yost Hi,
OF this village entitled TO recordi J. BI.xr
INV CANAAN. Conn.,. Nov. ~.
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n our friends cho favor US vih manuscripts for
publication nih 10 hare rJ,c,d articles returned. h,p
must IN all case, send stamps for hat purpoN.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-23

Then began a long and not a hopeful
chase. The Rev. Mark Thompson had
disappeared and the name vanished from
ministerial circles. But the detectives
were sure he would remain in the minis
try, and In that channel they looked for
him. Thorough inquiry was put on foot,
with the result CT learning that the hunt
ed man was born in Kewanee, H., and
had been admitted to the bar in Iowa;
that he had been a newspaper reporter.
had practiced law, had been Prosecuting
Attorney at Wichita, Kan, and a little
more .han ten years ago had become a
minister of the Congregational church.
He had been a rolling stone" and was
possessed by an uneasiness that kept him
moving from place to place.
From church to church and from one
religious society to another the detectives
went without encouraging results. Sew
eral times they received a tip that the
Rev Mark Thompson was at such a
place going under such name. Off would
go a detective. shadow the innocent object
of suspicion, inquire into his past and
learn that he was not Mark Thompson.
Then would come report from some
other place or from two more other
places, and the detectives wuld hurry to
Investigate them, without the desired re-
suit
There are many perfectly honest and
upright ministers In half dozen States
who unknowingly have been under the
searching eye of a dstectve during the
last three years.
Piling Up Forgeries.
Mark Thompson could not be found.
Days became weeks, weeks became
months and the months piled into years.
But the patience of the successful detec-
tive is without limit and he never rests.
Clews We're sought and the search con-
tinued Other cases were being attended
TO, but as the several detectives went
back and forth from one end of the land
to the other, were at scores OF hotels in
as many towns, met criminals, brother
detectives, old and casual acquaintances,
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-23

lists, also the Tree of Knowledge; that
we eat sometimes of Cne, some often
OF the other; that the fiery cherubim
is the law which guards the Tree of
Life, and it is only through the broken
body the veil Of Christ. we can ap-
proach to eat of the fruit Of the Tree
of Life, which is Christ.
L am now relating to you how these
thoughts first struck me and in the
order in which they did.
Well, 1 thought there were two trees
actual trees-which had been sacra-
mental, and had ceased to be so; and in
Praslin, near Seychelles, and only there
in the whole world, is a magnificent
tree, curious beyond description, called
the Prince of the Vegetable Kingdom; !;
1t is unique in its species, and on earth
the Laodicean Seychellarum, or Coco
di Mir. This, l believe, was the Tree
Of knowledge. l then thought if the
one tree is to be found, so Is the other.
and this l think is the Artocarpus In
elsa, or bread fruit; it is a humble
tree, OF no great distinction. yet to an
observer it is as unique in its kind and
among trees as the other. This last
tree is only found in the Indian Ocean.
1t is DEMONSTRATING tree, and like the
other, it is full of Scriptural types.
Having thought that these were the
two trees then the question arose,
Where was the Garden of Eden? And
first came the information that Sey-
chelles is of granite, and all other isles
out here are volcanic, granite being the
more ancient formation. Then the Rev.
D. Bury mentioned casually that the
verse Genesis ii:10, could be read that
the four rivers flowed into Eden, not
out of it. 1 have been at the sources
of Euphrates, Tigris, ETC., and unless
the rivers were forced to flow back
ward no spot could agree to central
basin in those lands, while food does
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-23

ing that Mr.. Thompson was the pastor of
the Central Church in Toledo and that
he was on a vacation. Further informa-
ton was given that Mr.. Thompson was
undoubtedly visiting with the Rev J. NJ
Lewis, who was the esteemed Congrega-
tional minister at Sandwich The letter
closed by requesting that the Sandwich
Bank pay to Mr.. Thompson the $500 called
for by the draft
Mr.. Parrish had prepared the draft
written and mailed the letter and followed
ii in person to Sandwich. He called on the
Rev My. Lewis and introduced himself
as the Rev. Mark Thompson, pastor of the
Central Church OF Toledo. Mr. Lewis
saw before him an intelligent. clerical ap-
pearing young man. not quite 40 years
old, who by plausible talk and correct
knowledge Of current religious affairs at
once gained his confidence and received
an invitation to spend the night with him.
After an evening of religious conversa-
ton and night of rest the kind-hearted
unsuspecting Mr.. Lewis went with his
guest to the bank and introduced him as
the Rev. Mark Thompson Of Toledo. That
was the last needed link in the chain
forged by Parrish, and he got the wanted
$500.
lie thanked the bank officers, thanked
Mr.. Lewis for his "brotherly act for
fellow minister and went on his way Sc
cretly rejoicing.
After the Forger.
In a few days the draft was returned
from Toledo dishonored. The bank that 1t
was purported to be drawn by was
myth. The Sandwich Bank had lost $500
and the Rev. Mr.. Lewis suffered the deep
modification of having innocently been
dragged into q fraudulent transaction.
From that day until Parrish was arrested
Lewis did not cease in doing his utmost
for his detection.
The Sandwich Bank. being a member of
the American Bankers Association placed
the matter in its hands, and it in turn
placed 1t in the professional care of the
detectives.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-23

the detectives. It was q letter purport-
ing to be written by James Lee Barton,
treasurer of the American Board of Com
missioners for Foreign Affairs, recon-
mending the Rev. DR.. George R. Parrish
10, the deacon of a Congregational church
at Wanwatosa, Wis.
ne letter was dated at Chicago, and
the writer said while he was "loitering'
in that city he had heard Of tie Wan
watosa vacancy and hastened to recon-
mend his friend
"A1r. Parrish, whom 1 have known from
has boyhood, the letter stated was edu-
Gated for the bar, is a broad-minded
scholar and a natural orator-in fact, one
Of the ablest speakers to whom I have
ever listened; while in social and execu-
tive qualities he excels. being, in short,
just such an all around man as to fit
him for service in such field as yours 1"
Mr.. Parrish was not called to Wanwa-
tosa, but, unfortunately for him, the dea-
con to whom the letter had been sent
met James Lee Barton shortly after its
receipt and expressed his regret at not
having been able to comply with his re-
quest.
Mr.. Barton was more than surprised.
He said he had never written such a let
ter, and had not been in Chicago for a
year. Then the forged letter went into
the hands of the detectives
This was written by the forPer of the
Sandwich and Watertown drafts" said
the detective who had passed his tud~
ment on the second instrument the mo-
ment he looked at it. For years the hand
writing of these drafts hau been retained
in his memory.
Run to Earth.
That Parrish" would likely keep thct :
name until the discovery of his recent