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BANR SNORT $4,000.
The Bond of the Defaulting Treasurer.
Who Died Recently, Can't Be Found.

The Bond of the Defaulting Treasurer.
Who Died Recently, Can't BE Found.
NORWAY. Ne. Oct. 27.--It was learned to-day
that $4,000 had been stolen from the funds OF
the Norway Savings Bank. Of which Seward 8.
Stearns was treasurer for five years UP to the
time Of his death last August. An Injunction
restraining the bank from doing business has
been granted by Judge s. c. Strout OF the Su-
prems Court. and for month q careful exam
ination OF the banks affairs has been going on.
To-day the bondsmen OF the late treasurer
we're called upon to make good the shortage.
hut the bond supposed to have been In the
hands OF the trustees OF the bank cannot be
found.
Several Of the bondsmen have refused to pay
unless the bond can be produced and the bank
officials find themselves in peculiar position.
Stearns was elected treasurer on May Z. 1894.
to succeed Henry N. Bearce. who died on that
day and who had been treasurer many years.
careful auditing OF the books before Stearns
took charge OF the bank showed that tho funds
were iatact. Bearce for long time before
his death had been unable to give his
to sicEqess, and. stearns, whose ONCE was
had mad" managed the affairs Of The instItution.
time of his death was Judge Of Probate for OK.
ford county Under President Harrison he was
deputy internal revenue collector for the Sec
his position for an alleged shortage of 81 .5OOin
his accounts.
The Norway Savings Bank. according to the
ss sn Of PAM sapeas hed
about $1,000. 1t is understood tonight that
the directors will be asked to make good II.
the the paper bearing tic names OF the treasurers
bOnuSmen cannot be found.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE sus-Sr: May be per
mitted through THE SrS. to say few words TO nv
fellow Democrats OF this city who believe in the
honest administration Of municipal atiairs. There
ia no reason why, in my opinion the Democrats of
this city should not vote the Fusion or independent
ticket, headed by Joseph F. DAILY and John g.
Crosby. Tho election Of the Fusion ticket will not
only strike terror to the Tammany Organization"
but 1t will dcmoralize the forces OF the enemy nave
the way to the complete overthrow of political abso
lutism and bring about reorganization of tho
Democratic party OF Tins city Democratic lines at
the primaries next year
Nocing the sentiments Of thousands OF Democrats
of the borough OF Manhattan from whom have
heard in the past few months, many of whom are
me mbers OF TAmmany Hall. Democrat and as A
follower Of the democracy OF Jefferson. of jackson
and of Tiden, here repudiatn and denounce the 30
called democratic" organization of this city. an.
peRlng to our Democratic citizens 10 their best
efforts at this time to purge the Democratic party of
its present corruption.
desire to call attention to tho following extracts
from the Primary Election law. in answer TO tho alb
surd statement whereby it is elaine that in order
to take part in the Democ attic primaries neNt year
It is absolutely necessary this year to vote the Tam
many ticket. Provision is made in the Primary law
for the enrolment of all those who wish to night
within party lines" AFTER he election thus ysar and
pr,or 10 IN, prlmdr1rS of 1900. as will be seen from
the following
ANY time during the months Of May and June,
and IN amp vsdr lOhsn President Of the I'M ed States
is 10 be elected, IN the ninth Of February Also an
elector who registered voter at of said
four meetings for registration in the preceding year
but who did not then enrol with any party may
become enrolled in. and have his name added to
the original enrolment books Of, any party in the
election strict which he resides and still resides
NC. Section 3. subdivision I. Primary Election
Law.
Further, section OF same law says;
NO organization or association OF citizens for
the election of city officers shall be deemed politi.
cal party within the meaning Of this act and mem.
bership in any such organization or association
shall pTsrent an elsctor troD. ling Wth. and
acting as a member n. a politics. party"
300 WEST 1871 STREET. DANIEL BROWSE
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Tho Next Session of Congress.

There is already some discussion OF plans
for the organization of new committees to
take care OF expansion and insular affairs
in the Fifty-sixth Congress.
That Ia well enough. There is sure to be
O multitude OF bills introduced for the gov
eminent OF our new possessions. An appro-
pirate depository for these measures will be
needed whether such bills are referred to
one OF the existing committees, or to
committee created on purpose to receive
them.
But 1t might rs we'll be understood now
as later that the likelihood Of Legislation
next year for the settlement OF any OF the
greater questions arising from the war
with Spain and expansion is exceedingly
small.
Some people have forgotten that the
margin by which the Republican party
controls the House OF Representatives has
narrowed from about fifty, over all, in
the Fitfy-flfth Congress to less than ten,
over all, in the Fifty-sixth.
II the Populists and Silverites and such
should combine with the Democrats in the
House, over which Mr.. DAVID b. HENDER-
son is to preside, and this combination
should oppose unitedly any measure
adopted by tho Republican caucus. they
would need, in full House, only tivo Re-
publican votes to defeat that measure.
Bear in mind the arithmetic Of the situa-
tion when considering the probability OF
important permanent legislation affecting
Porto Rico or the Philippines. With Hawaii
the case may be different.
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KENTUCKY PRIVATE BAyK FANS.
Tho Firm OF ID. a. Sayre & Co. of Le1ing-
ton Goes to the WALL

LEXINGTON. Ky. oct 81 - The banking
house OF D. A. Sayre 4 Co.. founded in
1920. and the oldest institution OF its kind
west OF the Alleghanies. made an assign
ment to-day. Its President T. D. Sayre.
Sr, died on Sunday. He owned $1,000
stock in the bank. His sons. j. Will and +. D.
Sayre, Jr.. owned $4,000 each. The capital
stock was S37 900. The deposits reach $l45.-
600 The bank was established by the late
David A. Sayre. a Scochman and itnerant
slversmith who could scarcely read and could
only write his name. He amassed a fortune
established the Sayre Female Institute here
aud lett 100000 to T., d. Sayrs. Sr.. his
nephew. who was his confidential adviser and
bookkeeper.
About eighteen months ago the bank lost
heavily, hut its dopositors and other creditors
feeling that r. u. Sayre. Sr.. was backing the
house and would use his private fortune to
keep it from failing, continued to do business
with tho bank. and its deposits actually in
creased
On Saturday last Milton Young cashcd a
check for nearly S15,OUO Yesterday there
was slight run on the bank. so that when
business closed last night there WAS Onlv
$4,000 in cash in the house, j, vii!
Ssyre. cashier, consulted with friends, and
tried to borrow SD. 900 to carry over the bust
ness to-day. but failed. lie op4ned the bank
this morning. but an hour or a half later he
closed and made the assignment, In an in
toryiew tonight he said that tn" ASSIGNMENT
would wipe ont all his legacy from his father
and that lie and 4. d. Sayre. Jr., would he
ppnnleSS.
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Reversing the Vanderbilt Will.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUNNI: Il there not An in.
teresng question OF ethics brought up in the case Of
the will OF the late Cornelius Vanderbilt? His will
was plainly expressed. and after mature delibera.
ton It was unchanged. that his eldest son should
receive only relatively insignificant part of his
fortune because Of what the father regarded as I'M
hlial conduct on his part Yet the younger son at
once proceeded 10 act contrary Il his fathers wish
and will by making free-wll gift to his brother OF
six millions Of the money his father wanted to keep
from him. Now. here two sentiments or duties ca me
into coniict-the duty imposed by hlial piety tho
obligations Of the young son to his father and tho
duty or impulse Of fraternal affection. Which
should be more binding on the conscience. tho
obedience to your father and the execution of his
will or frAtsrnal affection which compelu contrary
course1 ETHICS.
NEW YoRH Oct. 81.
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To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sr: The
Rev. DR.. Savage Is OF that type OF Uni
tarans who natter Themselves that they have
achieved reasonable religion" by simply
holding and advocating opinions directly OPP
posed to the doctrines of historic Christianity
Much. however. as he talks on 'rationalism'
In the nobler use OF that word" it is evident
that even he cannot escape from the funda-
mental fact OF religious consciousness. as de-
flned in your columns. or an ultimate authority
that is not reasoned but assumed.
Where. ask any logical m ind. do we have the
slightest warrant for DR.. Savags's new con-
ception OF God" which involves. as no has re-
peatedly stated. that God is "immanent" in
nature. working Himself out. as 1t were. and
unable to break ono Of His laws without con-
tradictinR HIMSELF" Is it not quite as logical
to assume with Christian theology that the Or
der and uniformity OF nature were established
by transcendsnt and omnipotent God. in ac-
cordanee with the secret counsel and good
pleasure OF His will?"
DR.. Savage assumes that. In accepting his up
to-date evolution revelation. he is warrante in
holding that all things are precisely as he
would like to have them. and. further on the
basis Of this authority" he thinks hmsef safe
in procaiming the utter overthrow OF Christian
theology. But tho task 10 not so easy. Tho
Westminster Confession warns us against the
false hopss and carnal presump tions" OF those
who vainly deceive Themselves that they are
in the favor OF God and the estate Of salvation !"
and no truer comm entary could be made on
such opinions as DR.. Savage propounds. He
has not established new universe and n ew
conception OF God :" he erely assumes a new
authority. as 1t peases his taste. and breaches
new set OF dogmas. no moro reasonable. 10
moro philosophical and ne more scientific than
those that went before.
Finally. DR.. Savage goes to the extreme Of
proposing modern Spiritualsm as an authority
for demonstrating Immortality The oracles
OF modern dogmatism have decreed that
devils. familiar spirits" and Lying demons"
cannot possibly exist In the same universe
with expanding monkeydom; consequently he
has no hesitation in declaring that tho things"
with which he has conversed are the spirits OF
his dead friends and not the lying tempters
the world has known from the beginning.
NEW YORK, Oct %. ROBERT LAWRENCE.
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LABOR UNIONS MADE CoMPLAINTA
They Caused the Ares. of sho Three Com
tractors on the New Court House.

They Caused the Ares. of she Three Com
tractors on the New Court House.
1t was learned yesterday at the Factory In
spectors Office that the arrest on Thursday OF
Charles T. Wills. contractor for the new APP
rellate Division court house. and OF sub-con-
tractors Nichols and Dieter for violating the
labor law regarding the hours otlabor and the
pay OF the men. wore made on written COM
plants by the delegates OF the wood-workers
and other unions whose members were Al
work on the Job. Deputy Inspectors Gernon
and Ash. who made tho arrests. have been
specially assigned to carry out this duty in the
Factory inspectors department and cannot act
except on written complaint.
Daniel O'leary. Superintendent OF Licenses
for the Department. said that the com plants
had been ma te at meetings OF the unions and
were then taken up by tho delegates.
IT took the two deputy inspectors four
months to Investigate the complaints before
they undertook 20 act" he said. Maps had to
he prepared and large number OF atfidavlts
obtained"
Superintendent OLeary said that the ON
pIOvt"s did not act ia the matter except by
making COMPLAINTS at union meetings, The
representatives OF the union were the ones
who took action.
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Outlook for Capital.
From the Atlantic Monthly.

The accumulation OF saved capital is now so
much more rapid than it was even a quarter OF
a century ago, and the world 10 so much more
completely equipped with the machinery Of
production. that something more than a new
invention or an important war will be required
permanentyto raise the rate Of interest, There
are indications. however. Of several possible
openings which NAV absorb surplus savings
and AFFORD moderate return for several de-
CAdeS to come.
one OF these is the universal application Of
electricity as motive power; a second Is tho
extension OF railways over tho undeyeloped
countries OF Africa and Asia. and a third is the
equipment OF these cnuutrieswlth the machin-
cry OF production. These openings for capital
promise TO absorb many ninIons within the
next ten or twenty years,
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THE LIBEL SUIT AGAINST MRS. EDDY.
Counsel for Mrs. Woodbury. Says He Has
Won Preliminary Move.

Boston. Oct 27.-F. W. Peabody counsel for
Josephine C. Woodbury. in her suit against
Mary Baker Eddy. says that the articles In the
newspapers this morning give an erroneous
impression in that they contain NO reference to
the overriding Of Mrs. Eddy's demurrer which
alone raised vital questions. Mr. Peabody says
of the matter
ION Oct Is there was hearing before Judge
Fessenden OF Mrs. Eddy's demurrer. which
raised seven objections to the legal sufflo-
iency Of Mrs. Woodburys declaration. and Of
Mrs. Eddvs motion to expunRe the fret o. K
teen paragraphs OF the declaration. Yesterday
Judge Fessenden sent for counsel and an
nounced that he had decided to override Mrs.
Iddy's demurrer aud to grant her motion to
cXpunGe. to the extent OF fifteen OF the sixteen
Introductory paragraphs. Tho first sixteen
paragraphs constitute less than quarter Of
the matter contained in tho declaration and
are all in the nature OF introduction. or ex-
PLANTATION, which the law calls nducement.
The Courts decision overru ing Mrs. Eddy0
demurrer was. in effect. that Mrs. Woodbury.
case was completely and perfectly stated with
out the Introductory, or explanatory aver
winch to amend her declaration by eliminating
the superhuous matter. so that it shall conform
to the opinion Of he Court
Judge FeSSenlen ) decision Is highly salts
factory to Mrs. Woodbury. and her counsel. as
it suStnins her declaration upon all the legal
points raised hy Mrs Eddy's counsel Ths
decision goes further than ] had ventured to
It necessarily implies that In the Courts
opinion the language com planned OF 10 libeloua
OF itself. which is the highest kind OF libel and
does not require explanation
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TH4CHER KEEPS THE UAMPCMS.
Celebrated Case Decided Against the Six
Nations.

SYRACUSE. Oct. 27.Justice T. H. Hiscock
to-day handed down his decision in the
suit brought against John Boyd Thacher
former Mayor OF Albany. by Te-Hes-La. an
Onondaga chief. as relator. in behalf
OF the people OF the state OF New
York and tho Ho- De- No. Sane. or the Onon-
daga Nation. to recover the wampum bolts
OF the Six Nations. which. it was alleged, had
come unlawfuly into Mr. Thachers posses
sion Since the beginning OF the action Chief
Te- Hes La. known also as Daniel Laforte. has
died The wampum belts were sold for SO
before the Columbian Exposition by the late
Thomas Webster. alleged to be tho official
wampum keeper Of the tribe. to Gen. H, b..
Darlington. Supervisor OF the Indian Census.
From him they passed into the hands Of tho
Rev Edward Crane. u. D.. Of Yale University.
who exhibited them at Chicago and sold them
to Mr.. Thachsr for 50, 900.
Justice Hiscock holds with the plaintiff that
the Five Nations. now the Six Nations. is still
in existence and that the wampums in Mr..
Thatcher's possession wero once used by
them He holds. however. that when the belts
were obtained from Webster by Darlington
the IroQuois league was not active and the
wan pumu had lost their original sign icance
and had become merely relics and curioS ties.
Websters ownership of the belts had been
ac1uesced in and he had the right to sell
them. MIR. Thacher bought them in good
faith. and Judgment is therefore found In his
favor,
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Col IKE Hill, a celebrated statesman Of
Newark. Ohio. seems to be the most enthusl-
astic Bryan man at present. Various Demo-
cratic orators have compared Col BRYAN to
JEFFERSON. WEBSTER and CLAY. Col. HILL
outdoes all these comparers and shows him
self to be master Of hyperbols. He says that
BRYAN is the greatest man before the people
this country ever produced. He is bigger than
GEORGE WASHINGTON. THOMAS JEFFERSON.
ANDREW JACKSON and ABRAHAM LINCOLN all
rolled into one" Col IKE HILL should be
appointed poet laureate and historiographer Of
Col BRYAN
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THB MANY OWNERS OF CORPORA
TIONs,
widespread Distribution of Shares In the
Great Combinations of Capital.

widespread Distribution OF Shares IN tho
Great Combinations OF Capital
To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: The state
ment Of President Stuyvesant Fish ofthe ILLINOIS,
Central Railroad Company before the INDUS
trial Commission the other day. in which he said
that out OF the 8.52b stockholders In his COM
pany barely one seventh OF them own over one
hundred sharos apiece. was the most In
terestng part Of his testimony and will no
doubt surprise many who are unaware how
widely railroad and other corporation securl-
ties are distributed to-day. Yet the stock
books OF the Illinois Central are only typical OF
those Of our other great corporations.
or the 10000 ockholders in the Atchison.
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad one-fourth. or
5000. are women. and not a single person holds
a sufficient amount OF stock to elect himself
director
Out Of the 10000 stockholders In the Penn
sylvania Railroad. which has the largest num-
Der Of stockholders Of any corporation in the
United States. 40 per cent. are women.
The last annual report OF the Western Union
Telegraph Company shows that it's stock and
that Of its leased lines is distributed among
15.43S holders. The shareholders Of the COM
rany proper number 9.1S2. About one-half OF
the stock is held by women, and large pro-
portion Of the names have been on the books
Of the company for more than twenty years.
There are $4,000 persons holding stock in
the burlington. 2l.277 in the New York Gem
trail, and the books Of the other railroad COM
panies disclose n similar large number OF indi-
vidual stockholders
The fact is that any person with either large
or small capital can to-day buy an interest in
any American railroad. sleeping car or tele-
graph company or in any other corporation
which has its shares listed in the open market.
The man who works and saves can have an In =
terest in these big properties. The small sum
OF 500 will enable a man to become a partner
upon the same terms as his Weather neigh
Dor.
This growing and widespread distribution OF
CORPORATION securities among all classes OF our
people seems to me a natter OF more than pass
Ing interest. 1t 10. at any rate. a standing
reputation OF the ever-repeatsd assertion that
our great industrial organizations are CLOSE
corporations" LEONARD DARBYsHIRE.
New YORK. Oct 90
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FREDERICKSBURG RATTLE PARK.
Commissioners Ask Secretary Root to Ap.
prove the Project.

WARRINGTON. Oct. 27-Secretary Root was
waited on to-day by the members OF the Fred
ericksburG National Park Commissions with
Gen. Horatio c, King as chairman. The COM
misSioners explained to Secretary Root their
desire TO have the Government form national
park twelve miles square at fredericksburg to
commemorate the Civil War battles at that
place. They called attention to a bill now be-
fore Congress asking for an appropriation OF
sos, 900 for that purpose and to a report made
by Col. Bird OF the War Department. who in
spected the proposed site and reported favor
ably upon the PROPAGATION Gen. King asked
the Secretary of War to approve tho re-
port OF Co. Bird. Secretary Root replied that
he would give the matter i'm N dlAte consider
alton. and remarked that he was favorably in
cned toward the idea.
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More Information as to the Course of tho
Colombian Revolution.

WAsHTNGToN. Oct. 81 Information has been
received at tho State Department confirming
the statements made to ii yesterday by re-
Hpunstbe persons in this country that
American interests In the United States OF
Colombawere endangered by the revolutionary
outbreak in that country, The State Depart
ment has not notified the Navy Department
that the presence Of warship in Colon hian
waters is desirable, hut it will probably do SO
this notification is received by thu Secretary OF
the Navy he will order the cruiser Detroit now
at LaGuayra, Nnnezuela. to proceed to Colon
heavily in the CartaGena and Magdalena Rail
road in Colon bia. which runs from Cartagena
to CalahAr on the MagdalSna river Represent-
ations have been made TO the state Department
that the property Of this company 10 likely 10
pv NJ " anu .taLnc IN Ilr Tohu inter-
10 prevent damage To the cnmpany'a interests
the will also take active measures to prevent
and interruption OF traffic across the Isthmus
OF Panama
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time has been set for the erection OF tho
new Liberty Pole.-Ncn Hduen Ersnlno Register.
Good. provided the pole is OF the correct sort
Every new liberty pole set up in an American
town OF any prete ns ions should be OF the sym
metrcal patent topmast-housing species
lately introduced by the yacht Columbia. After
her victory and after the demonstration OF
superior beauty in the arrangement OF her
spars town raising a tall mast of any other
pattern will be behind the times unpatriotc
and unsportsmanllke.
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DEWEY NOT GOING TO CHICAGo.
His Health Won't stand 1t and Anyway He
Is too Busy In Washington.

WASHINGTON, Oct 27-ReplyinG To- Chicago
citizens committee who called on him this
morning. Admiral Dewey said he would be
Obliged To insist on the cancellation OF his
engagement to visit Chicago some time
between Nov. II and Nov 30 Regard for MS
health made III - decision necessary. but a noye
any personal consideration he must place his
duty TO the phillnpines: For tho next few
weeks. he said. his whole strength would be
required for his WORK as a member OF the
commission. and ali personal cncagements
which would call him away from Washington
.must DO indefinitely postponed
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Hundred-Foot Telescope.



Last spring plan was proposed at the observA-
tory for tho construction of telescope OF unusual
length for the purpose OF photographinG tho stars
and planets. Anonymous donors have now fur.
niShed the means by which this experiment may be
tried Tho plan will. therefore. take definite shape
and it is expected that telescope having an Aper-
turs Of twelve inches aud = length of a hundred
feet more will be ready for trial at Cambridge in
feW
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Prosperity Too Much for the Streets.

From the Kansas CiiV Journal
The EmporiI Street Commissioner says II the PEG.
pie Of that town want the streets kept In condition
they viii have to vote the Democratic ticket Under
Mckinley and prosperity lie cannot ind the men to
work on the street. He has spent some time and
hunted all over town for hborers aud cannot ind
than
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Remains OF an Able Eater.

From the 81. LOIE Gt0,S. D,nocrd'
SANTA FE. y. NJ. oct - The remains Of Q
gigantic prehistoric animal, which naturaliSa
here are unable to classify. was found tina
morning AT IrsuGue. Its unrcr Jaws consists
OF twenty LAYERS OF bones overlapping eArn
human molAra.