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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-02
DRAIN ON THE TREASURY
Expenses of the Government Far
Exceed Receipts for August.
Shortage of Nearly $f.OOO,OOO-Cam-
paign in China and the Philippines
creased Cost of the Army and Navy
Civil and miscellaneous Account.

The Chinese campaign and the Philip
pine war are making heavy inroads mo
the Treasury The cost OF running the
Government was nearly 100000 more
than the receipts during the month OF
August The loss becomes the more APP
parent when compared with the condition.
of the Treasury during the month OF
August, 1899, when there was surplus
Of 81 500 coo. TIE relative loss according
ly is more than 100000 for the past
month. The cost of the Census and the
redemutioA of Porto Rican coins are
credited with causing part of the loss
The total receipts OF the Government
for the month just passed were S49,6ss,-
755. IS, as against $49, 97s, 173. As for August
OF last year. The expenditures were
$50, 500, 1851, which was s4,s47 ,ss7.61 moro
than during the same period year ago.
The expenses of the navy were increased
ss6s, 1855 and were $3.50, $3.50 for the
month just passed. The expenses OF the
army were $3.50. ao9.sO greater than in the
previous year. and were s15, 2s1. zoe IL.
The largest increase, however, was in the
civil end miscellaneous account, which
was 81 tse9, 1900 an increase of s4.sO5.-
5000 over the same budget for August,
1899
The monthly statement of the public
debt Just issued BY Secretary Gage shows
that en- August 81 the total interest bear
ing debt OF the United States amounted to
81, 0O1, 499. 26O. OF that amount $3.50. 421.t 90
was in the per cent consols OF 1890.
The funded loan of 1907. bearing PER
cent interest. has bonds amounting to
sS43. s22, $50 to its credit The per cent
loar of 190S-'1S and the loans OF 1925 and
1904, as we'll as a small parcel of refund
ing certificates, make up the balance OF
the interest debt issue of the nation
There has been lull in the exchange
of other dehentures for the new per
cert consols. The national banks. which
are chiefly interested in getting them,
have had most o: their wants supplied.
AS the chief value of the eonsols lies in
their use by national banks as bases for
circulation, the demand for them has &C
coreiDgly slaekeHed.
70 The gold reserve stood at S42I 500, S3S IS
last night. The available cash balance OF
the Treasury was S135. as. $3.50.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-02

tinuous stream. At the upper end of the
chain traverses a wheel fitted with series
of ropes or treadles, and ii is by working
these with the feet that the chain is made
to revolye.
Food. including hot and savory soup, is
retailed in the streets of Chinese cities
bowl costing generally about 1 cent
These vendors of hot victuals have their
regular customers whom they serve at
stated hours during the day.
The public scribe is also useful institu-
ticn, and this scholarly looking individual,
who is often rather a superior type of
Chinaman, is generally well patronized by
persons wishing to send letters or prepare
any kind of written matter. This scribe
would perhaps find II difficult matter TO
get along" on the exercise of his liter
airy ability alone, and SO he generally
combines also the avocations of fortune
teller and physician. exercising the former
gift in telling the effect and consequences
of the letter he is desired to write and
protesting In the capacity of doctor to
cure all human disorders. His table, chair,
and writing apparatus are portable and he
travels about from street to street in the
exercise of his varied occupations.
The Chinese barber is also an itinerant
character who travels about the high
ways and byways soliciting patronage.
His duties require, nevertheless, some
what more labor and skill than those of
our own tonsorial artists. for the Celestial
customer requires his head to be shaved
as smooth as a billiard ball, leaving only
the usual wisp of hair at the back 20 sup
port the tail. Besides this the barber has
to trim the eyebrows, and permanently
remove refractory hairs from places where
they ought not to be. The Chinese bar
bers outfit consists of a little cabinet upon
which he sets his clients. The cabinet
has four drawers, the first holding the
cash" the next the tiny instruments
rsed in the more delicate operations of
tine tonsorial art while in the lower ones
are to be found dozen razors or more.
The Manchus. as well as the Chinese,
make provision for their own dec.ase when
they become advanced in years. They de-
eide what kind of coffin shall carry their
remains 10 the grave, aud IL they can af-
ford it they viii have one made of SEE
chuan wood, costing as much as 81 500 in
American money The banners and other
paiSphernalia used at a Manchu funeral
are however. quite different from the Chi
nese. The hired banner men who take part
In the funeral procession are usually beg
CARS hired by the undertaken and dressed
up for the purpose. Should the under
taker. on any occasion, conclude TO dis
pense with their services. they will actu-
ally rush on ahead OF the cortege and
pitch themselves into the grave. declaring
loudly their determination TO be buried
alive rather than be cheated out of en-
ployment. The Manchu funeral is a strik
ing affair. but scarcely solemn or i'm
pressive from an Occidental standpoint.
Paper temples and furniture, even paper
horses and carriages and servants, elab-
orately guided. are burned in front of the
dwelling OF the deceased. the fire being
supposed to transform them into spirit
residences and retinue for the dead man.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-02
FLED WITH ANOTHER WOMAN.
A Jersey City Man Leaves His Wife
and Dying Son.

NEW YORK. Sept. 1.-The Jersey City
police have been asked to find William
George Beck. fifty years of age, formerly
OF 225 Communipaw Avenue. and Miss
Eva Schmitt, twenty-three years old,
daughter Of Jacob Schmitt. baker Of SCI
Jersey Avenue. They both disappeared
the same day about five weeks ago. Beck
left behind him a wife and a son, George.
twenty-five years old who was a con-
sumptive George Beck died on Saturday
last and was buried two days later. After
the funeral Mrs. Beck. who has suffered
much through her husbands disappear
ance, closed up her house and went to
stay with friends Her present address Is
unknown TO her former neighbors- II is
said in the vicinity iu which the Backs
lived that the fathers disappearance
FASTENED the death OF the son.
The story Of the alleged elopement wsS
learned this morning from Jacob sehnitt.
father OF the girl.
There is little doubt" ne said. that
nv daughter and Beck have gone away
together. They disappeared at the same
time. l never suspected that she cared
anything for Beck. | do not care whether
my daughter Is found or not- Under GER.
tain conditions only would l again re-
ceiys her under my roof.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-02
ONE ITALIAN sTABs ANOTHER.
The AssaiInrt Said 10 Have Formerly
Been n Bandit.

NEW YORK, Sept 1.-Angele Minaldo,
an Italian who did odd Jobs for various
shopkeerers in Mulberry Street in the
nefghborhood of Mulberry Bend Park was
stabbed, probably MORALLY, this morning
by Giovanni Pizzi, ar Italian butcher.
The stabbing was the result of quar-
rel which had taken place early in the
morning between the two men over cut
ting some meat That, at least, is what
Piszi told the policeman who arrested him.
Those who knew the two men well, how
ever, say that the cause lies further back
than this. They say that the man who
was stabbed was quiet and harmless fell
low, who had long had trouble with Pizzi.
Pizzi has big slit in one OF his ears. The
slit was made by an officers sword when
Pizzi escaped from prison in Italy. He was
a brigand over thera. they say, and the
police had reason to know him well. This
explains, in a way, why Minaldo was
stabbed at 10 O'Clock this morning, and
apparently without having given offence.
Pizzi was committed TO Jail without bail
The wife of the man who now is dying
left Naples today with their children to
join her husband in this country.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-02
FELL FROM A MOUNTAIN.
Man and Woman BADLY Hurt by n
Gazing ROadbed.

CRESCENT CITY. Cal, Sept. Mr..
and Mrs L. Cole. of Redding. were brought
to this city yesterday, the latter in crit
ical condition, as the result of an '.cci-
dent on the coast wagon road in Curry
County. Oregon.
The couple were returning from a visit
to Gold Beach when on grade cut in an
almost perpendicular -louLtain slope. the
roadbed gave way and the wagon and its
occupants and team. consisting of horse
and mule, were precipitated. the woman
to the ocean beach, about 1000 feet be
low. and the wagon and team with Cole,
TO Judgment against tree some fifty
feet under the grade. Mrs. Cole first fell
in the top of q myrtle tree. Thence she
tuTnbled the remaining nine hundred feet
to the beach over the ragged surface Of
the dcciivity Mr.. Cole escaped with Sc
we're bruises and the mule was unhurt.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-02
THE MINE WORKERS FIRM.
Operators Must Meet Their Demands
to Avoid n Strike.

WILKESBARRE, Pa, Sept Fired c..
Dilcher, member OF the National Execu-
tive Board of the United Mine Workers,
who came here today to address gather
ing of 5000 miners, denied emphaticaIly
that the threatened strike in this region
is for the purpose of benefting the soft
coal trade. He said:
I'm case of a strike here not pound Of
soft coal will find its way into the an
thracite markets-not II we have to shut
down every soft coal colliery in the coun-
try 1t is our desire that there shall be
no strike; but there will be a strike I'M
doubtedly If the operators do not meet US.
The position We took at HaZleton and the
reform We asked showed the fairness of
our position. The delegates favored a
strike at once. but we advised them not to
take hasty action. If the operators do
not meet US the consequences of the strike
will be on them"
Asked If the union was strong enough
to tie up all the mines in the anthracite
region he said:
"If there has to be strike we can
close down every colliery In three anthra
cite districts, from Carbonate to Shamo-
kin. despite all reports to the contrary.
This anthracite district-No. l, the Wyo-
ming VALLEYS now one of the best
organized, over 5000 new members having
joined the union during the past week. One
local, which formerly had thirty-five mem
bers, increased to 900 in two weeks The
first district is now the best organized and
We can close down every colliery in forty
eight hours"
The executive committee of the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western Miners
Union, which is a separate body from the
United Mine Workers Of America. has APP
pointed deputation to wait upon Superin-
tendent LOOMS on Tuesday next to make
demand for an increase of 10 per cent in
the wages of all the employees of the COM
pany in and around the eighteen collieries
of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
company.
1t is claimed that the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna aud Western union really represents
the conservative element CT miners and
that The Increase will be granted, and 9TH
er companies will follow on a similar basis.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-02
FROZEN GROUND IN MARYLAND.
Farmers Story of Remarkable
Spot In Aiiegauy.

CUMBERLAND. Nd. Sept. 1.-George
Stafford, a farmer and country school
trustee. residing on the Williams road,
six miles east OF Cumberland. while in
Cumberland told of remarkable freak OF
nature. on his farm. in Allegany county.
cave dug years ago. used for preserv-
ing vegetables and other edibles, kept
them SO cool that Mr.. Stafford's sons con-
Guided that there was cold spring near
the surface. In June last the boys started
to dig. but were amazed to find the ground
f-azen SO hard that they could not pene-
trate It.. The present month another at
tempt was made but the ground was
found to have thawed only two inches. be-
ing frozen hard beyond that point. One
day this week third attempt TO dig was
made. to find the condition of the ground
unchanged. Mr.. Stafford is of the opinion
that there is a lake Of ice under the
ground.
He says the soil is OF the gravel variety
and the ground is frozen until there are
big cracks out of WHICH cold air rushes in
great volume.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-02
FLEEcED JOHN W. GATES.
The Steel Maennte said to Have Been
Yictimized.

NEW YORK, Sept IAN evening
paper says that John w. Gates, President
of the American Steel and Wire Company.
was feeced out OF $4,000 with marked
cards on the steamer Kaiser Friedrich, &C
cording to a story told by fellow pas
senger who arrived with Gates on the
Deutschland from Europe today. Gates
went to Europe last May on the Kaiser
Friedrich and the narrator of the story
was his fellow passenger on that steamer,
as he was on the. return voyage. Two
card sharps laid a plot to fleece Gates,
the story goes.
They engaged passage on the Kaiser
Friedrich. They marked deck OF caris
with pin pricka, AMI gave these cards to
a smoking room steward, first having
sealed them up SO that the package looked
unbroken. They tod the steward to keep
the cards. that they would call for them
later. When, according to the account.
Gates proposed game of poker, the
sharpers suggested new deck of cards.
Bring us n new deck of cards they
said to the steward
The steward delivered the marked deck.
It was worse than any bear raid in Wall
Street, it is said, the way Gates lost
When he was out $500 he sprang to his
feet. saying:
I've been robbie. Look at these cards.
They are marked. Now, somebody at this
table is crooked. Who is it?''
There were five or six persons in the
game. Two young men rose calmly and
replied:
1--WE are the ones We have your 81, 500
Now, what are you going to do about II?
We marked the cards"
The captain of the snip was sent for.
The young men refused to surrender the
NOR ey. They said they had read IN the
papers about Mr. Gates and did not feel
any more in,. ined to give up their win
nings than did the winner in big stock
manipulations. They kept the money and
got off the Kaiser Friedrich the next day
at Plymouth.
The steward, an innocent party, his
associates claimed, was discharged on the
complaint of Gates. This same steward,
according to the narrative, Gates found
on board the Deutschland and against
him he made another complaint.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-02
SEEKING BURIED TREASURE.
Iowans Excited by n Mississippi Riv.
Mans Find.

CLINTON. Iowa. Sept. Capt seach C.
suter. a weli-known Mississippi River
man, while digging for fish worms in a
cellar in Leclaire Thursday. unearthed
an iron pot which contained twelve double
gold eagles and two pieces of silver. The
silver coins bore the dates of 1910 and
1918. The latest gold piece was dated
1850. At that time a saloon stood over
the place where the gold was found, and
IL is thought 1t was buried there by some
desperate who feared to return.
Several residents of LeClaire are dig
ging up the bottoms OF their cellars in the
hope OF finding more treasure.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-02

'-one Of the most striking sights in Chi
na,'' said traveller who has recently re-
turned from that country, is view
of the local history OF a town written up
on the smooth face OF the large rocks that
abound in the vicinity. Around the har-
Dor of Annoy are many of these rocks, bold
and imposing in appearance. rising
straight up as they do from the waters
edge here are indeed TO be found ser
mons in stones for the whole history of
town written on the rocks in glazing let
tiers. may be read by the traveller as he
approaches"
Criminals exposed in chains, or in the
frightfuI torture cage. are to be seen or
bridges and populous places in many Chi
nese cities. The torture cage is only
used as punishment for the worst
crimes. 1t is so constructed that the pris-
oner has to choose between suspending
himself by the neck. in order to take his
weight of his toes. which barely touch the
bottom of the structure, or standing on
extreme tiptoe in order to relieve his
drawn and breaking neck. TIE culprit
can thus rest only half his weight upon
his toes. and 10 do this requires the most
fearful exertion. the alternative being, Of
course, death By s;rangulation. Murder
ers are exposed in these cages in public
places. and passers-by are forbidden TO
minister TO the wants OF the miserable
wretehes even 10 the extent of giving
them a glass Of wafer Very often, before
death relieves their sufferings, the occu-
pants OF these cages 20 raying mad, in
which case they usually strange them
selves in their rawlings. This torture
evinces a fendish refinement of cruelty
which surpassed. perhaps, any device in
use among Western nations during the six
teenth and seventeenth centuries
The cangue, or collar OF wood, is a com
mon punishment In China for minor Of
fences, such as petty theft. The collar very
much resembles the stocks with which We
are familiar in old pictures, only instead
OF being fastened 10 the ground. the pris-
oner bears the whole weight of woodwork
around his neck. Written upon the collar
is the history of the culprit's offence and
TO make still further "the punishment fit
the crime the attending individual IS
chained to the very spot which was the
scene Of his wrongdoing.
The Chinese employ treadmil labor for
AAc HoAH4A-ts VI nIo-4iHts loi ETAkallou- An
example OF this is 10 be seen on the Han
River above Swallow. The banks OF this
river are very high up from the water
during the dry season. and at such time
chain pumps of extraordinary make are
employed for irrigation. and worked or
the treadmill principle. This pump con-
sists of long, square wooden tube, into
which an endless chain is fitted carrying
series OF wooden diaphragms separated
about six inches from one another These
diaphragms descend over guiding ropes
above the tube, and return again with a
rapidly sufficient to raise water in con-
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-02
CLEARING UP A MYSTERY.
Man Thought to Have Been Drowned
Probably Murdered.

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 1.-The mys-
terry OF the sudden disappearance of Cor
neIius Preston, aged forty-four years. who
left his home in Westville. n. j.. on
March 10, 1899. to go to Camden by way
of Gloucester City and whose body was
found in Timber Creek about one week
later, will probably soon be cleared up by
the Camden police.
When Preston's body was found it bore
marks of violence. The coroner's jury
rendered verdict of death by drowning.
Developments Of the last few days go to
show that Preston was assaulted, robbed,
and then thrown into the creek by some
of the desperate characters who infest the
Gloucester beach. The police have the
name of a witness who declares he saw
Preston assaulted. He has already told
the name OF the man who he claims struck
the fatal blow. 1t is probable that an
arrest will be made in few days.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-02

doubtedly was the first to venture to ex-
press independently of the masters before
him, the inspired message nature confided
to him, but It was Monet, whose work is in
itself.a revelation, who founded the new
school of impressionists. In the name Of
no school have SO many atroeious things
been painted and exhibited, but aside from
all that impertihent trash the true, sue
cessfui impressionist picture proves that
art in the last twenty-five years has gone
a grand stride nearer to 1.-The open Sc
crei." JAMES HENRY MOSER.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-02
Circulation Of Bank Notes.

The circulation of national bank notes
on August 81 aggregated 1924. 223. $40, which
was an increase of S4,2Os,4 for the month
and of $50, 15201S since August 81, 1899
The amount of United States bonds de-
posted with the Treasury by national
banks to secure circulation and deposits
of public funds is 1884 $50, $50. of which
1905, 319, $50 are new per cent funding
bonds,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-02
eensus onlee RuIIetins.

The Census Office has announced the fol-
lowing population statistics: Elmira, NJ.
Y. SOP, an increase since 1890 of 4,7T9.
or 1547 per cent Sioux City, Iowa. SO, III,
a decrease of 1865. or 1910 per cent: ns-
venport, Iowa. 1924. an increase of S,3S2,
or 81. 10 per cent.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-02
THE Open SECRET OF ART
Vision of Things as They Are and
Not as They Seem.

Short Cuts to Artistic Knowledge
Which Have Come Into Vogue Dur
of Landscapes Realized by First
Impressions - Thoughts on Trees.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-02
QUEER Chinese CUSTOMS
Local History of Towns Inscribed
on RGcks.

Celestial Treatment of yiolatcrs of
the Law-TreadmiIl Labor-PubIic
literary Functions the Avocations
Of Telling Fortunes and Healing.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-02

Now you want to drink Heurich's prize medal
beers Maerzen and Senate have been awarded a
medal for purity aud par excellence Phone est
Arlington Bottling Co., for case.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-02

Box Calf, Casco Calf, and
Black Wei Kid Double Soled
Nobby Shoes, in half a dozen
shapes; look like hand-sewed,
and soles can be sewed on if re-
pairing is required. Don't fail
to see these Shoes.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-02

Two new styles just in of
handsome Laced Boots, made of
soft black kid, with genuine
welted soles, extension edge
spade shank soles, with invisible
cork soles; superior to any
shoes ever before sold at $3.50.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-02

Ladies' $3.50 and
81 Tan and Black
Kid oxfords; sum
mer and fall weight
soles.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-02

No lady who ever wore a pair
of these famous Shoes would
think of buying any other kind,
for they have no equals under s.
for wear. style, and comtort-15
fall styles.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-07-01
PERSONAL MENTION.
People Coming and Going and Old
 Acquaintances.

Mrs. Helen Thomas, a professor of music from Butte, Mont, who is on her way to the interior, will this morning give vio> lin solo at the Io:3o mass of the Catholic church. She has chosen as her number Robert Schumann's 'Abendlied," |" and from what the Montana newspapers say of her professional ability. her playing ought to attract all the music lovers in town to this mass.
 The Yukon field force, numbering 100, will come out from Dawson on this eve ning's train.
 The DAILY ALASKAN will be found on sale at the Hotel Northern news stand in Seattle If
 The Pioneer cigar factory of Skagway, wholesale cigar and smokers supplies. tt
 S. C. Kaufman goes east this week to select the very latest styles for the fall trade.
 George E. Bent, one of the most famous and best known mining experts the world over, was passenger on the Queen ac- companied by Mrs. Bent, who has travel. ed everywhere with him. flea
 Price of baths cut to z5 cents The Principal, opposite U. s. Barracks 2SIm Gents silk mitts at Clavson',. Tz 2I t Attorney C. H. Cosgrove, of Ketchikan arrived on the Queen, to attend court, and accompanied the court on that vessel to Sitka.
 The Seattle saloon is One Place in Skag- way which is absolutely for gentlemen only, and serves Roast Beef and Cheese Sandwiches Dav and Night to patrons .tt Porcelain baths at Occidental. Price as cents. w. B. Gilson, prop. 224Tm
 MT. Markham, general passenger and ticket agent of the Southern Pacific R. R. at Portland. and R. C. Nichol, general agent of the Denver & Rio Grande at Portland, and his wife, were among the Queens excursitnsts yesterday.
 Parker & Aggers commission house on Fourth a enue between State ard Main al ways have 'resh fruit and vegetables.
 H J. Price, of Orange county, N. Y., leaves for Dawson tomorrow.