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The age-herald., 1899-06-20
TEN MASKED MEN
 BLEW OPEN SAFE
Robbers Made Rich Haul, Secur- ing Four Thousand Dollars.
THE EMPLOYES WERE BOUND
Tied Hand, and Foot, and Could Not Resist Depredators With Guard Placed Over Them-Receiver
 Frank Levan's Story.

Philadelphia, June 19.-A gang of masked robbers, probably ten in number, early this morning raded the receiving office of the Fairmount Transportation company at Bel mont in Fairnount Park, and after hold ing up the receiver and five other employees of the railway, blew open the safe, seeur- ing $4,O0O, the company's receipts for two days Frank Levan, receiver; Frank Wat son and Henry Whitehouse, conductors; Jas. Cavanaugh, fireman of the power house; Philip Eaves, electrician, and Will iam Cadmus, laborer, were bound hand and foot with wire. In addition to the men who actually committed the robbery, others operated miles away from the scene by de- stroying telegraph and telephone wires con nected with the trolley's main office.
 The Fairmount Park Transportation com- pany operates various lines of trolley lines through the park for pleasure riders. The traffic being unusually heavy on Saturdays and Sundays, the robbers evidently de- lclded upon this as being a good tune to make a big haul.
 The men above mentioned were all in the office when the robbers made their appear ance. Each intruder was armed with two reYolVers and they took the employees com pletely by surprise 1t was the work of a lew moments TOT Ine rODDerS 10 pllllOn the workmen who were rolled over to one side of the room with their faces to the wall. In ten minutes the safe had been cracked and the gang had disappeared. The entire detective force is on the case, but the gang left no clue.
 Frank Levan, the night receiver, one of the men gagged and bound by the robbers, told this story of his experiences:
 While l was standing at the office I heard footsteps in the rear. Turning, l saw two men with masks their faces. They had two big reVolVers and took me into the conductors room and tied my hands and feet with wire and laid me on the floor with my face to the wall In the room l saw Whitehouse was also being bound and gagged. Then we were laid on the floor; a man was detailed to guard us. In a few minutes in came another victim, who, think, was Watson, conductor, and went through the same thing. Then two more came in and were bound. The burglars worked quietly. They whispered whenever they said anything to any of their num- Der. It only took them ten minutes to blow the safe.
 The guards frequently threatened to shoot us if we made the least outcry or motion. l think they must have had wagon to take away the cash, because it was very heavy to get away with. Shortly after the money was taken our guards left. Finally the electrician got himself loose and he then released us. l tried to reach the city hall by wire, but the wires of both tel ephones had been cut and I had to run in the pitch dark across country to the Bel mont pumping station, where l gave the alarm, and they telephoned and informed the detectives"
The age-herald., 1899-06-20
RACE PROBLEM.
Need of More Churches for Negroes in
 the South

Chicago. June 19.-The southern race problems were discussed by the Presbyter- ian ministers at their weekly meeting here today
 Rev. c. Il. Trusty, of Chattanooga, ad dressed the ministers on the financial needs of colored education in the south and this led to long discussion of the race prob- lem. pr. Wherrel, president of DanVille college, Kentucky, said: "There is need of more churches for colored people under the guidance of educated men. The colored race seems to be cultivated to a higher degree of morality. It must be imbued with a still higher sense of religious duty"
 Rev. w. H. Claggett, of Dallas, Tex, said: "A Christian negro is better any day than a sinful white man. What the colored people need today is education as well as religion. Ignorance and politics have, done as much as anything else to retard the progress"
The age-herald., 1899-06-20
PRESIDENT HAS
 AN OUTING
Spends the Day at Northampton, Where He Was Given a
 Great Demonstration

Holyoke, Mass, June 19.-Notwith- standing that the day has been Q long and tedious one, both the President and Mrs. Mckinley stood the strain incident to the days entertainment very well, indeed. The morning was taken up with the visit to Northampton and Smith college
 Later the party, with the exception of sAirs Mckinley, were taken for an hours drive about the city. The president notic- ing a venerable gray haired man seated in chair near the curbstone, ordered his car riage driven near the spot where he shook .hands and spoke a few words to the aged -man. He was Benj F. Cook, 97 years of age, father of Frank Cook, of the United States cruiser Brooklyn. The trip to Mount Tom in the afternoon was a welcome re- lief from the turmoil of the morning.
 Tuesday will be given up exclusively to the commencement exercises at Mount Holyoke college, where the president will present the diplomas to the graduating class, and Governor Wolcett will address them.
 The president will remain at Adams as the guest of w. B. Plunkett until Wednes- day evening, June 2S, when he will leave for Washington
The age-herald., 1899-06-20
President at Northhampton

Northampton, Mass, June 19.-Northamp- ton was dressed in its best today to well come the president of the United States upon his arrival from Holyolte. Consider able effort at general decoration had been made. and the public buildings together with many residences were gay with bunt- 1ngs and flags.
 From every pole along the parade of the route were suspended large flags, while every few yards were long streamers run ming to each side and caught up in the sceiter of the trolley wires, forming a long bright arehway.
 The presidents train arrived on time MT William Writings the/presidents host at Holyoke. and Congressmen Gillett and Lawrence came up from Holyoke with the party.
 The preident's train arrived on time and was greeted fifth a salute of twenty-one guns. William Whiting, the presidents host at Holyoke, was with the party, and at the station here Mayor Mather and Hon. A. L. Williston, of this city; Hon. w. B. Plunkett, of Adams; Miss Helen McKin- ley, sister of the president: Miss Ella Buckingham, of Canton, O., and Mrs. G. K. Gidden of Boston, were waiting to join the visitors.
 A rousing cheer went up as the train 1came to a stop and President Mckinley stepped from the platform to enter the waiting carriage. This welcome was re- peated at intermals, and the President and Mrs. Mckinley were constantly en- gagged in acknowledging the cheers.
 Trip to tho College
 The procession was then formed and
The age-herald., 1899-06-20
A BILL AGAINST
 FEDERAL STEEL GO. Filed at Camden, N. ], Yester-
 day by W. R. Kern HE IS A BIG STOCKHOLDER Asks Court to Restrain Them from Pay ing Dividend on Common Stock
 at Present, and Especially
 Quarterly Dividend.
HE IS A BIG STOCKHOLDER

Philadelphia, Pa, June 19.-In chancery chambers at Camden, N. J., today attor- neys for W. R. Kern, of this city, filed 0 bill with Viee-Chancellor Reed asking the court to restrain the Federal Steel com pany from paying any dividend on the com- mon stock at present and especially to re- strain the company from paying the quar- terly dividend of II per cent. on the com mon stock of the directors declared June Is, payable July 20. Kern holds $25,OOO of pre- ferred stock.
 The vice-chancellor granted a temporary injunction against the payment of any div idends on the common stock until the fur ther order of the court, and ordered the Federal Steel company to show cause in the court of chancery at Camden on July 3 why a permanent injunction should not be issued restraining absolutely the pay ment of any and all dividends on the com mon stock until after the close of the pres ent fiscal year. In the bill Mir. Kern states that the charter of the company provides that the holders of the preferred stock shall be entitled to receive non-cumulatiVe dividends at the rate of, but not exceeding, per cent. per annum for the fiscal year, beginning January ], 1899, and that this div idend must be paid in preference to any dividend on the common stock during this year. He asserts further that the charter provides that the common stock shall be subject to the prior rights of the holders of the preferred stock and that the d1V1- dend on common stock can not be paid un- til after the close of the fiscal year ending December 1, 1899, and then out of the sur plus profits that then appear to have been made by the corporation. The bill alleges that the existence of a surplus Of net prof it's can not be ascertained until the end or the year, and that apy declaration or at tempted payment of any dividend upon the common stock before the end of the year is manifestly contrary to the terms ot the company's charter and detrimental to the rights of the preferred-stock holders
 MT Kern's counsel stated in court that every effort had been made to optaln a copy of the resolution adopted 'by the ol- rectors ordering the dividend, but that t1ey had been unsuccessful, and the ln- lorna ton regarding the text of the reso- lution was, therefore, based on newspaper reports. He also asserted that holders or $i6 COG, ,0gO of preferred stock join with AIT. Kern in the issue.
 The capital stock of the Federal Steel company is $200 ,000G00, one-haf preferred, lA4e other half common stock
The age-herald., 1899-06-20

stantly piling up, waiting for transporta- ton. At Stanley Pool there are a number of shipyards where the steamboats that come from Europe in sections are put to- gether, and all of these yards are now scenes of the greatest activity. Most of the engineers and mechanics are Belgians, but there is sprinkling of Norwegians and Swedes.
 Horned cattle are now raised at various places from Matadi.D the starting point of the railroad, to Stanley Pool, and the whites in the interior are beginning to have an abundance of fresh beef. Many white wo- men are living with their husbands at Matadi, Tumba and Stanley Pool, and seem to enjoy very good health in this region, where fifteen years ago the mortality among the whites was very large.
The age-herald., 1899-06-20
THE CONGO RAILROAD
Audacious Curves Permit of Only Three
 Cars to Train

From the New York Sun.
 Mr. Puttkamer, the governor of the Ger man colony of the Cameroons, has been making a trip up the Congo on the railroad which was completed in July last. He thinks the road is a great achievement and tells some interesting things about it.. The governor was surprised to find that there was not a tunnel along the 335 miles of the route, that the bridges span the rivers without any supports in midstream and that in the mountainous regions there are many sharp curves around which a locomo- tive is not permitted to draw more than three cars on one train. Passenger traihe run at the rate of eighteen miles and freight trains at the rate of ten miles an hour. The passenger trains leave each end of the route three times a week. They meet midway, at Tumba, where they spend the night. No trains are run in the night time, and freight trains are sent out irreg ularly and only when there are two or three car loads to be transported. Business re- quires several freight trains a week.
 There is not single native village along the route. The people do not like the noise of the locomotive or the bush steamer" as the Kru boys call the formidable ma chine, and so they have moved back into the tranquility of the country several miles away from the track Thousands of the natives. however, are in the employ of the Congo state making betterments in the road, but they all live at the state stations. The Bangala cannibals from far up the river from the larger part of the working force.
 The great need on the upper Congo is more steamboats. All the trading compa- nies and some of the mission stations have steamers of their own, and the state has fleet of thirty boats, but freight is con-
The age-herald., 1899-06-20
TAX COLLECTOR
 CANNOT ARREST  GambiII Deprived of DeputY'S
 Commission. SHERIFF FRANK P. O'BRIEN Forwarded Him a Letter Asking for the Return of His Credentials and
 All Warrants in His
 Possession.
SHERIFF FRANK P. O'BRIEN

J City Street and Poll Tax Collector A. A. Gamble has again been deprived of his authority as an arresting officer and in the future will be forced to call upon the reg ular policemen to make arrests in cases where parties refuse to pay their street tax after having been legally notified.
 Up to a short time ago MT. Gamble was a regular officer of the police department, and as such had authority to make arrests. At recent meeting of the police commis- sioners he was dropped from the roll, and was commissioned as a deputy sheriff by Sheriff Frank P. O'Bren, in which capacity he could arrest under warrants, in which case additional costs were taxed up against the unfortunate.
 The appointment of MT. Gamble as a deputy sheriff caused considerable comment throughout the city, and yesterday the commission was revoked by Sheriff O'Brien, who addressed 0 letter to MT. Gamble re- questing him to return the commission and all warrants that he had issued under it's authority as soon as he could get them.
 The sheriff explained in his letter that he had decided on the course of action after consulting his attorney and his own feel ing in the matter.
 The letter also stated that while there were a number of men who should be forced to pay their taxes, there were many cases where the collection of the tax amounted to a persecution, and he there fore asked that the commission be re- turned.
 In speaking of the matter Sheriff O'Brien referred to the good work done by MT. Gambill in enabling, through his prompt collection, the board of education to keep open the public schools as long as they did last year. After considering the mat ter he stated that he had concluded that 1t was not incumbent upon him as an off, cer of the county to issue a commission to an officer of the city.
 He also stated that it might be possible under the law that he could be compelled to issue a commission to Gambill, in which event the courts would have to be re- sorted to.
 MT. Gambill could not be seen yester- day afternoon, and 1t is not known just what position he will take in the premises.
The age-herald., 1899-06-20
OPIittIe imnortance.

Chicago, June 19.-The injunction asked on behalf of the preferred stockholders in the Federal Steel company to prevent the payment of the dividend declared on the common stock is looked upon by the ofil- cers of the company as being of little inn portance. One of the officers said he un- derstood the preferred stockholders ob- jected to the payment of the dividend on the ground that the company might not be able to pay the full dividends on tho preferred stock this year. He said the company had set outside out of it's earn ings a sufficient amount to pay the entire dividend of 6 per cent. for the year on the preferred stock, and that for this reason the preferred stockholders had no grounds upon which to ask for any injunction.
The age-herald., 1899-06-20

moved through the streets to the grounds of Smith college.
 The senior day chapel exercises were nearly concluded when the company rived in the college grounds.
 When the chapel was reached the presi- dential party was given seats upon the platform, while the seniors occupied the front Tow of the chairs of the auditorium.
 The exercises were opened with singing and prayer, and an address was made by President Seeley, of the college. He spoke of the triumph in the struggle to remove the almost universal and unfair prejudice against higher education of women, and turning to President Mckinley, said the college felt that the chief executive, by his presence, had given practically a national sanction to the higher education of women. He added that he considered the visit of the chief executive fitting and Crownins event of the last year of the nineteenth century.
 The speaker, on behalf of the college, ex- pressed admiration for the national admin sistration and the determination to give the blessings of free and enlightened govern be called to rule.
 He then requested that the president be given the salutation of the assembly and stated that at the request of the president he would not call upon him to make an ad- dress
 The exercises closed with singing Amer ica."
 Presented With a Cup
 The seniors then marched to the yard, whore the president watched the ceremony of planting the ivy; meanwhile, in one of tho rooms of the colleges, Mrs Mckinley was presented with beautiful cup by the Bethseda chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, of which she is a member
 Mrs. General Hastings made the presen- tatien speech, to which Mrs. Mckinley re- sponded briefly. expressing her pleasure and appreciation of the gift.
 As the president passed through to re, join his associates, Gen. B. E. Cooke, 96 years of age. who commanded a brigade Of the state militia about fifty years ago and father of Captain Frank A. Cooke com mander of the cruiser Brooklyn during the Spanish war, was introduced to him.
 As soon as these incidents had been con- cluded the president and his friends took carriages and were driven to the residence of Captain Harry Williams, and after light lunch the party participated in a short drive through the city. Their course took them by the High school buildings, where the students assembled upon the lawns and were revived by the president who was given a salute by the pupils, each waving an American flag.
 As the presidential party returned from company and escorted to the station. As for Holyoke were given by the spectators The weather was delightful, adding not little to the pleasure of the occasion.
The age-herald., 1899-06-20
Life Imprisonment for Assault

Columbia, s. C., June 19-Abraham Davis, young negro, has been sentenced to life Imprisonment for an assault on a nine year-old negro girl in Hampton county. The white jury took only a few minutes to find a verdict, but attached to 1t recom- mendation for mercy, which has the effect of changing the death penalty to life im- prisonment.
The age-herald., 1899-06-20
DREYFUS FEN ROUTE
Dupuy Will Not Let Mrs. Dreyfus See
 Him

Paris, June 19.-The French second class cruiser Sfax, which is bringing Captaln Dreyfus to France, anchored off St. Vim cent, Cape Verde Islands, at o'clock Sun day afternoon. Her commander cabled, "All well on board"
 After coaling the cruiser will proceed for the Azores, where a short stop will be made. It is said that M Dupuy has refused the request of Madam Dreyfus to see her husband on his arrival.
The age-herald., 1899-06-20
THE ILLS OF WOMEN
And How Mrs. Pinkham Helps
 Overcome Them.
Mrs. MARY BoLL1NeER, 1101 Marianna

Mrs. MARY BoLLINGER, 1101 Marianna St., Chicago, H., to Mrs. Pinkham:
 "i have been troubled for the past two years with falling of the womb, leuoorrhea, pains over my body, sick headaches, baclsache, nervousness and weakness. I tried doctors and various remedies without relief After taking two bottles of your Vegetable Com pound, the relief obtained was truly wonderful I have now taken several more bottles of your famous medicine, and can say that l am entirely cured"
 Mrs. HENRY DoRR, No. s06 FhdleySt., Cincinnati, Ohio, to Mrs. Pinkham:
 "For a long time I suffered with chronic inflammation of the womb, pain in abdomen and bearing-down feeling. Was very nervous at times, and so weak was hardly able to do any thing. Was subject to headaches, also troubled with leucorrhea. After doc toring for many months with different physicians, and getting n relief, had given up all hope of being we'll again when I read of the greatgood Lydia E. PinkhamS Vegetable. Com pound was doing. l decided immedi- ately to give it trial. The result was simply past belief. After taking four bottles of Vegetable Compound and using three packages of Sanative Wash can say feel like a new woman. deem it my duty to announce the fact to my fellow sufferers that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable remedies have entirely cured me of all my pains and suffering. have her alone to thank for my recovery, for which am grate- full. May heaven bless her for the good work she is doing for our sex"
The age-herald., 1899-06-20

be relied upon In the Auburn matters. But this we know, that politicians can and do sacrifice and blast all the nobler forces of the world when such forces are op- posed to their ends. We therefore beg you for Gods sake and for the youth of our land to rescue and keep our schools from the polluting, whitening, damning in- fluence of political traders.
The age-herald., 1899-06-20
AN OPEN LETTER
Talladega News-Reporter.
From the :,

From the Talladega News-Reporter.
 To Governor Johnston: We have had lit- tie to say about your repeal leg station, inclining to your position in the matter; we have kept hands off in the Montevallo muddle, not knowing sufficient about it to discuss 1t knowingly. Nor do we know how much of the dire press prophecy may
The age-herald., 1899-06-20
Almost

From the Chicago News
 Some people are always just falling short of doing great things.''
 'I know it; I almost got a seat in South Side cable car yesterday"
The age-herald., 1899-06-20
Successor to Robert Cox

Edinburgh, June 19.-In the parliamentary election today the Southern division of Ed inburgh. to fill the vacancy caused by the death, on June ?, last, of Robert Cox, who had represented the constitution in the lib- eral unionists, the radical candidate, Ar thur De Ware, defeated the liberal union- ist candidate Major General A. G. Wau- chape, carrying the division by majority of S31 votes This is a liberal and radical gain in party representation in the house of commons. The voting was as follows: De Ware. radical, 5,S2O; Wauchope, liberal unionist, 4,9S5. Radical majority, S31.
The age-herald., 1899-06-20
Not self-Conoeited

From the Chicago Record.
 She-No; I wouldn't marry the best man living!
 He-Well. I'm not asking you to.
The age-herald., 1899-06-20

Which will produce results is the paper in
The age-herald., 1899-06-20
MOST VIOLENT GASES HAVE

a dang Rerous
 
 reSurn violent deadly treatment from whn-the vestge of
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-23

Counsel-I insist on an answer to
my question. You have not told me
all the conversation. ! want to know
everything that passed between you
and Mr. Jones on the occasion to
which you refer. Reluctant Witness
I've told you everything Of any conse-
quence. you have told me that you
said to him. Jones, this case will get
into court some day Now, l want
to know what he said in reply" well,
he said: Brown, there isn't anything
in this business that I'm ashamed of,
and If any snoopin', little, yee-hawin',
four-by-six, gimlet-eyed lawyer, with
half a pound of brains and sixteen
pounds of jaw, ever wants to know
what I've been talking to you about
you can tell him the whole story ~
New York Herald.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-03-23
The Kaiser's First Yachting Trip.

An eminent nautical authority re-
lates how the Kaiser and his brother,
Prince Henry, first acquired the germs
of that passion for the sea which has
had so potent an influence over their
lives. In 1871 the Grown Princess
Frederick took her two elder boys for
change of air to Wyk, primitive
little bathing place on the Schleswig
coast. Just at that time Herr Went
eel, of Hamburg, had built for himself
a sixty-ton yawl, the first sea-going
craft that ever flew the pennon of the
Nord- -Deutscher Regatta Verein. While
cruising in the North Sea he anchored
the yacht one day off the fshing-vil-
lage, and the two young princes, who
had never enjoyed a near view of such
vessel, displayed a keen interest in
all that concerned it. This came to
the owners knowledge, and he ven-
tured to offer to show them over his
yacht and to take them out for a sail.
Their mother graciously gave her con-
sent, with the result that Wilhelm and
Heinrich had such treat as had never
been thrown in their way before. For
they were kept very strictly to their
work as lads, and their pleasures were
purely of the domestic order. For
months they talked of nothing but this
experience, and the highest flight of
their ambition was to possess yacht.
Vanity Fair.