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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-11-23
High Roller Wrecked the Bank.

Assistant Cashier OF Institution In New
port, n.y., who stole s9OO, 900, Had
Wine, Women and Gambling In His
Repertoire.
The German National Bank Of Newport,
KY, is closed and Frank M. Brown, the
individual bookkeeper and assistant cashier,
is missing and there is a shortage OF over
5000, 900 in his accounts. Brown had been
trusted implicitly. His peculations extend
over a period Of ten years. The capital OF
the bank is only 100000 The first Ma
tional bank of Newport was wrecked two
years ago by Cashier Youtsey and there is
only one national bank left in the city.
Rumors have been current for two weeks
that Brown was short in his accounts, and
some people withdrew their deposits.
Three weeks ago the bank examiners made
a good statement and the officers allayed
suspicion by referring to this examination
and TO their last statement. Brown was
suspended on suspicion Tuesday. The fol-
lowing day he bought ticket for Odin,
Ill, and it was stated that he had gone on
hunting trip. He did not go TO Odin and
it is believed that he fled from the country.
The officers issued statements Of the banks
soundness up to Saturday, but the CONNER
cial Tribune would not accept them and
published an expose of the alleged defal-
cation. This caused a panic, with wild
scenes in Newport Sunday, and the bank
examiner had to take charge of the institu-
ton.
Brown is a widower with a son ten years
old. 1t is claimed that he has led wild
life, with wine, women and gambling in
his repertoire. He was a great poker
player, and the limit was never too high.
His bets on the races were frequently 50
high that the pool rooms in Covington, KY,
would not accept them, and he had brokers
in New York and Chicago. Brown was
finally exposed by jealous woman, who
was offended because another woman ac-
companied him on trip to Yellowstone
park. All of the directors of the bank are
wealthy and they will be able to make good
the deficit. One of them is Paris G. Brown,
the missing mans father. The senior
Brown is a prominent business man of Gin
oinnati, and ex-mayor of Newport.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-11-23

Three feet of snow fell along the line of
the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg
branch of the New York Central railroad
last Friday.
The age-herald., 1900-07-15
Man With q Scheme
From the IndianaDOliS Sun.

From the Indianapolis Sun.
 So you are an inventor, eh?"
 The clothing manufacturer turned in his chair as he spoke, and looked at a pale. thin young man in a frayed coat
 T am, sir" answered the latter q am an fnventor-an inventor of ideas and will come to the point at once Millions of dol lars are made every Presidential campaign py campaign button manufacturers You wish to make money in an honorable way. l presume?"
 He paused, and the merchant nodded.
 Then, sir he continued, T would sug- gest this: The clothing you manufacture must be supplied with buttons. Why Tot use, instead of the ordinary kind, these campaign buttons? Thus equipped and protected with a patent, your clothing sales would be enormous, and you would show the way to less enterprising competi- tors, besides doing a favor to the entire country. Men would rush over themselves in their haste to buy your line of goods. A man would not go to bed at night with a fear tugging at his heart that his cam paign button would get lost, as is fre- quently the case with the ordinary cam paign button. He could retire in peace, for fastened to his trousers on the bed post pictures of Roosevelt or Bryan would stare him in the face. His coat front and vest would gleam with them. What do you think of it, sir?''
 Take this and go and get a sandwich, young man." said the merchant, slipping a $50 note in his hand, and come back in the morning and we'll outline a plan that will revolutionize the clothing business"
The age-herald., 1900-07-15

ing perhaps, but he has some basis in fact that he can carry his own burden. All he wants is to be let alone; and this demand he purposes to emphasize, when threatened by foreign domination, if need be, in the last ditch cf an expiring nation.
 Christianity, with an exclusiveness in the domain of religion, in excess even of the demands of the Chinese themselves, unwit- tingly comes in a reinforcement of the idea that the foreigner wants everything, and is content with nothing less than the complete destruction of their national and individual ideas. The thoughtful among them have for some time made a distinc- ton between the real foreign missionary and others in matters of motive and con- duct, and their value to the empire has been recognized in high places.
 But the masses make no such distinction, and the ignorant fanatic and the designing politician, alike, attack and slaughter the noffensive native Christian being the pronounced native representative of that which is foreign in the empire. They slaughter native Christian just they would burn a foreign residence, or tear up railroad track. They are simply stamping out the foreigner. It is not that they are very religious, but that they are so very Chinese.
 In spite of all this, there have been times when, if the white man had only possessed ordinary wisdom and grace in assuming his Chinese burden, that that burden would have adjusted itself to his shoulder, and the toll and pain of it's car riage would have been less pronounced. But, now? An. he lost his chance yonder- and who can tell about the now"
The age-herald., 1900-07-15
Peacock Feather Boom

From the London Mail.
 The peacock's feather has become con- spicuous feature in our national rejocings
 Its introduction has brought about re- vival of trade in the commodity which has filled Mincing Lane with gladness and proved a windfall to thousands of Lon don's poor.
 For purposes of jublation the "eye" feather of the peacock has been rechris- tened "tiddler' and sold in millions to joyous public. Before the war the trade in peacocks' feathers was in comatose condition. Huge stocks were on hand and the prospect of a clearance seemed dis tantly remote
 Then some brilliant opportunist saw in the feather the very article for which an eXuberant public might be taught to yearn
 In the early days of our successes in South Africa the "tiddler," in the hands of the boisterous youth, instantly jumped into popularity, and while it added to the harm less gayety of nation, it's ready sale en- riched all who had foreseen the boom.
 A Daily Mail representative who made inquiries at the rooms of various feather brokers in Mincing Lane yesterday just had to mention peacocks feathers to tickle the entire district into a smile of ineffabe satisfaction.
 "Yes," said representative of Messrs. Lewis x Peat, cheerfully. "peacocks feath- CTS have revived wonderfully. Before the war stocks were exceedingly large, and the demand was very small. They could be sold a few months ago at Id. per bundle of 100 feathers. Now the most inferior sorts
The age-herald., 1900-07-15
Wesleyan Female Conege-oldest in worl,

This institution located at Macon, Ga Is the oldest Female College in the world. This is great honor to Georgia A diploma from such institutioA is worth having especially as the curriculum is among the highest in the south.
 The Music. Art and Elocution Depart ments are also of the very highest order The music faculty was reorganized at the last commencement, and is now considered one of the strongest music faculties on the continent. The renowned Prof. r4douard Hesselberg, one of the worlds greatest pianists, is it's director.
 There is no better to send a girl. Dr. J. w. Roberts, the president, will be glad to furnish information Advertisement else- where in this issue.
The age-herald., 1900-07-15

are fetching double the price, and the bet ter kinds 4d. and Cd.
 ''The middleman has been making fine profit, and so has the retailer, while the peddlers, who get Id per feather, must be making at least farthing profit on each.
 As to the exact number sold," he added "it would not be easy to speak with cer- tainty. We alone sold a Snillion feathers at two sales. You may safely say that many millions have been disposed of to the pub lie
 It has been blessing to everybody who had big stocks, for the normal trade was almost dead"
The age-herald., 1900-07-15
WHY THE CHINESE
 HATE F0REIGNISM
Continued From Ninth Page.)

often for months before they are put away while Tauist priests Qor a consideration tramp the burial places and examine spots for place where the Fung-Shui is of the regulation sort.
 It will be remembered that Staunton, when building the Alabama Great South ern Railroad had numbers of Chinese in his employ. It was at the time generally known that there was a clause in his con tracts with them that, in case of death, their bodies must be returned to their na tive land. American Fung-Shui could not possibly suit dead Chinamen. Moreover, no here would clean and white-wash the place. feed and provide a paper holocaust, and pay them the divine honors of worship at their graves in China.
 Now as to the bearing of all this upon the eXcluSveneSS of the Chinese toward foreigners, and their ofttimes mad frenzy against foreignments. Fung1Shai is con- trivance of nature, whose running gear is easily disarranged; and the dead are so powerful that they are ever to be reckoned with.
 Presence of Foreigners
 The very presence of foreigners might be menace to the existing order, as the barbarian with his barbarous proclivities, Is likely at any time, like smallpox, to break out into something unlocked for and dangerous. And when he stretches his
 
 letters" and digs up the earth and lays his iron roads, and thus disturbs the rest ing places of their sires, and runs his fire carriage and cuts the air and shakes the earth, bedlam breaks loose in the other world, and the FungShui is knocked into the middle of next year, and a writhing mass of indignant sufferers invade the homes of their unnatural descendants and cause sickness and death; sweep over their fields and devastate their crops; break into their stores and paralize business; sit in the seats of national counsel and confound legislation; camp on their battlefields, and Butcher does not get there.-
 Even the erection of a foreign structure a story or two higher than the Chinese buildings around, or the ringing of for eign chapel bell may prove obnoxious to an orthodox Chinaman. A whole neighbor- hood might suffer eXcruciatng tortures if the foreigner be given such free hand.
 And so every step of foreign progress in China has been stubbornly contested by prevailing superstition.
 Add to this the fact that the white man fin bearing his burden is not always partic ular how he picks up and carries his load, and that his very swagger conveys the idea that he thinks he owns the earth, and that people, the outer covering of whose bodies would indicate they were made out of a darker clay than himself, only squat ters upon the piece of ground they occupy, and we have much of the key to the sit uaton, the world over of the antagonism of the dark races to the white man.
 Overwhelming Conceit
 The conceit of the Chinaman is overween-
The age-herald., 1900-07-15
RICHES
By Robert Loveman.

By Robert Loveman. What to a man who loves the air Are trinkets, gauds and jewels rare? And what is wealth or fame to one Who is brother to the sum-
 Who drinks the wine that morning spills Upon the heaven-kissing hills, And sees a ray of hope afar
 In every glimmer of a star? What to a man whose God is truth Are spells and strategems, forsooth- Who looks beyond the doors of death For loftier life, sublimer breath Who can foreswear the state of kings In knowledge of diviner things, The dreams immortal that unroll And burst to blossom in his soul?
The age-herald., 1900-07-15
He Signed

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
 Sign your name here,' said the chief conspirator, and the money will be paid you at once"
 Sooner than let my good right hand sign that iniquitous document, said the virtu- ous government clerk, "I would cut it off But, fortunately, 1 am left-handed" And he signed it.
The age-herald., 1900-07-15
FUNERAL NOTICES.

The friends andsacquaintanceso of Mrs, R. Knauff and Alonzo Knauff and family are respectfully invited to attend the funeral of Alonzo Knauff from the residence of Mrs. R. Knauff, 313 Fifteenth street, north at ? o'clock Sunday evening, July 18th inst.
The age-herald., 1900-07-15
The Liquid Sort
From Puck.

From Puck.
 Mamma do Bobby, just returned from an afternoon party)-What kind of refresh ments did you have, dear?
 Bobby-Liquid.
 Mamma-Liquid?
 Bobby-Yes; us fellers all skipped out and went swimmin'' ''
The age-herald., 1900-07-15
Home for Sale.

Having decided to move into the city, will sell my residence at Woodawn, large new house, well built and completes splen- did water; corner lot, one block from two elecric car lies; desirable property. Terms reasonable. J. M- DEWBERRY.
 Office No. 2O12 First Avenue, City.
The age-herald., 1900-07-15
in The Age-Herald.

It is fa-' Superior" to any other brand-and a large can for lOc. Superior condensed Milk. Cut down expenses.
The age-herald., 1900-07-15

ElI I Novelties. Prices reduced. Dew
 berry's Book Store.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-12
BRYAN CLUB Met.
Third Ward Organization Votes
to Invite Mr.. German
to Address Il.

The William J. Bryan Club of Ward
held a meeting last night in Colonial hail
President William +. Barry presided
and there was a fair attendance of club
members, although the speakers adver-
tised were not present
President Barry gave an interesting
account of the convention OF Democratic
clubs which he attended at indianapolis.
He said there was enthusiasm for the
Democratic national ticket in Indiana
anu in New York. MIR. Barry spoke OF the
necessity of sending contributions TO the
national committee
Remarks on the national issues WIRE
made by Alfred Russell and others. It
was voted to send "A delegation to the
convention Of Democratic clubs TO be
held I'm this city on the 18th inst.
William II. Barry, James j. Nolan, Jr..
Alfred Russell. Thomas j. Flynn and Ed
ward Maroney were elected delegates.
Ii was voted TO invite Hon. Charles r.
German TO address the club at it's next
meeting. After the consideration of
many matters OF interest the club ad-
journed subject to the Call OF the chair.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-12
PLANNED
HER OWN
FUNERAL
Girl Dying of Typhoid Fever
Selects Six Girl Friends as
Her Pal! Bearers.

Philadelphia. Pa, oct 12-With as
much calmness and deliberation as she
might have shown in selecting her
bridesmaids, Miss Sarah j.. Irwin. chose
the pallbearers who escorted her body to
the grave yesterday.
There were six of them girls OF her
own age, all dressed in white and with
bands of crepe around their arms sup
porting white roses
Miss Irwin was beautiful girl, 10 years
old. She died i'm the Presbyterian hospi-
tai of typhoid fever.
She had been i'll two weeks. and near
the last insisted that the attending ply
scians tell her the truth about her con-
ditlon.
She was so brave, so sensible and earn
est the doctors told here there was no
hope for her recovery.
Then. turning 10 her mother, I'm voice
firm as her weakened condition permit
ted, she said: 81 wish you would hold
my funeral in the churCrl, and / want the
girls To carry my coffin. Then, l think
l would like TO have the choir sing
Peace. perfect peace"
Have the girls wear white dresses.
with roses to match" She then named
her pallbearers. who were Miss Sarah
Wilson. Miss Margaret Wilson and Miss
ELLA Watson of the Womans branch, Pa
triotic order Sons of America: Miss Re
becca Stevenson and Miss Mary Collier.
OF the Auxiliary OF ST. Barnabas Athletic
association, and Miss Rebecca Young,
the dead girls most intimate friend.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-12
LIpTON'S CUP.
Trophy Offered for 7O-FOotsrs
Arrived at New York on
Steamer GermaniC.

New York. oct. 12.-The White Star
fine steamer Gcrmanic which arrived
this morning from Liverpool and Queens
town. brought the Upton cup for 90
footers which was won by the Rainbow.
The cup was handed over to the care OF
Purser n. y. Palmer by Sir ihomas Lip
tons agent and will be delivered TO Lip
tons agent on this side
The new challenge for the Americas
cup Is not known 10 be on board of the
Gcrmanic by her officers.
Capt EIaddock said that Hugh Kelley.
the secretary OF the Royal Ulster Yacht
club was passenger 90 Queenstown on
her last trip MIR Kelley aid not say any-
thing of an intended challenge. No rep
resentative of sir Thomas Ilpton IS a
passenger ON the Gtrmanic
II the challenge Is on the Germauic 60
came I'm the mail
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-12
WARREN.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph ". Carpenter Of
East Greenwich are visiting relatives In
town for a few days
Mrs Charles w. Greene has gone 10
New Bedford 10 visit her aunt.
The condition OF Rev. oliver Dyer re-
mains extremely critical. lie is attended
by DR. Eaton OF Providence.
Mrs. Mary Rodman simmons Is on a
visit 10 friends i'm New Bedford.
Daniel A. Wightman is confined to his
home with a severe attack Of Indigestion.
Fifty-eight scholars have been register
ed at the evening school in Conway block.
George Baker has sold lot on Meta
com avenue to Mrs George W. Chonis OF
New Shoreham.
A special meeting of the COMMITTEES hsv-
ing I'm charge the first annual fair OF ~.
Mary's Temperance Society was held in
Institute hall last evening
The work OF replacing IA. front OF thu
store in the Gilbert Simms block on the
corner or Main and harkete streets has
begun.
sowanseTf Lodge A. o. Z. W, will
meet Ga odd Fellows hall tonight
The fOllOWins rifle team represented ths
Warren artillery at the state range Ia
competition FOR the Telegram trophy
Lieut. Charles W. Grecne. Lieut. Law
renee 4. Smith. Sergt. Sandford g. white.
Sergt Ernest ". Crswley and Private
Charles Johnson. serst. Charles ~ Ma
hey and capt. Benz Church will act as
substitutes
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-12
he DIDN'T STEAL.
John Collins Found Not Guilty
Of Larceny From the Person
Of Edward Richardson.

Three boys went to Sam Marks lodging
house on South Main street last Satur-
day night
They were John Collins, Edward Prev
and Edward Richardson. Prev belongs
here; but the others are non-residents and
Prev escorted them 10 the lodging house
intending then to go home.
The three slept on one bed. and during
the night Collins and Prev, so Prev
swore went through Richardson's pockets
and relieved him Of $375 Botn were ar
rested Sunday morning
Prev "peached' when arrested. but Col
Inns insisted that he had none OF the mon
ey. When Collins cell was searched s.. so
was found i'm the water closet basin.
In the course Of Collins trial i'm the
Sixth district court today, he said that
the money found was his own and the
Richardson boy proved that it was. He
was therefore found not guilty OF larceny
from the person.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-12
Republican
Primary Meetings

At a meeting OF the Republican City
Committee of Providence. held Wednes-
day evening. October 10TH 1900. the fol-
lowing call for Primary Meetings was or
dered:
The Republican electors OF the city Of
Providence are requested 10 assemble in
their respective wards on Tuesday even
ing. October 23d 1900 according to the
provisions of the Caucus act, at O'Clock
y. m, polls to be open until $3.50 p. m, and
elect five delegates to represent each ward
i'm city convention. held pursuant to the
call hereinafter ordered Also. TO nomin
ate in each ward a candidate for member
of the school committee for three years.
The Republican electors of the city OF
Providence, qualified 70 vote for members
of the City Council, are requested TO as
semble I'm their respective wards on
Thursday evening. october 18th. 1900, ac-
cording to the provisions of the Caucus
act, at 200 D. m, polls to be open until
$50 y. m, to nominate candidates for AL
dermen and Councilmen To represent their
wards in the City Council. Said candi-
dates to be voted for Tuesday, November
9Th. 1900.
The electors OF the 1st ward will meet
i'm Pioneer Hall, South Main street.
The electors OF the I'd ward will meet in
What Cheer Hall 6i3 North Main street.
The electors of the Sd ward will meet In
Ward Room. North Main street
The electors of the 4th ward will meet
In Ward Room, Fountain street
The electors OF the 9Th ward will meet
I'm Ward Room. Beacon avenue.
The electors of the 9Th ward will meet
IN Ward Room, Public street
The electors of the 9TH ward will meet
I'm Ward Room, Greenwich street.
The electors of the Sth ward will meet
in Odd Fellows Building. 279 Planfeld
street.
The electors OF the 9th ward will meet
i'm Ward Room. Pallas street
The electors of the 10th ward will meet
I'm Ward Room, Academy avenue.
FRANK n. OLNEY
Chairman Republican City Committee.
LOUIS r. CADY, Secretary.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-12
EAST PROVIDENCE.

pair OF horses owned by Frasier e.
Son broke through Frasier wharf yester-
able difficulty that they were extricated.
Fortunately they were not much iniur-
ed.
The attendance at the revivsis OF the
Haven NJ. y. church under the direction
OF l.. B Greenwood is very good. being
larger each evening.
The front OF the town hall Is hid from
sight by skeleton frame Of timber ana
has caused many 60 wonder what ~ 80
happen. "a use. new rain cutters
HeaIth OfhCer Wood has removed a
diphthsris card from . house Ola Orchard
street
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-12
YOUNG
ASF0R 4
Citizen.
Fathers Act in Becoming a
British Subject Does Not
Affect the Son.

New York, Oct 12.--Waldorf Astor, not
withstanding that he resides in England
and that his father William Waldorf
Astor, has renouuced his American cit-
zenship and sworn allegiance to Queen
Victoria, has been formally acknowledged
a citizen of the United States.
This action was taken yesterday, when
Surrogate Thomas appointed the young
man, who has only recently attained his
majority, an executor of the will OF the
original John Jacob Astor
William Waldorf Astor, Of London.
and Charles A. Peabody. Jr.. of New
York the surviving executors, applied
10 Surrogate Thomas last summer for the
appointment of Waldorf Astor as CO.
executor of the will of the founder OF the
Astor fortunes
Then arose the question whether or not
young Astor was an alien by reason OF
his father having become an Englishman.
All doubts on this score were sci aside
yesterday when MIR. Peabody presented
to Surrogate Thomas an affidavit I'm
which he swore that Waldorf Astor had
never performed any act which would de-
prive him of his rights and privileges as
Atftertesttt- ttfzcrr- rcTritrrrs tfrfs
affidavit Surrogate Thomas signed the de-
sired order.
The fees OF he executors amount 10
many thousands of dollars each year.
William Waldorf Astor. by selecting his
son 10 act i'm conjunction with him in
the management OF the estate, not only
gives him an opportunity for training
in the control of millions, but at the
same time keeps the large fees in the
family and enables the young man 20 add
TO his income.
Waldorf Astor has lived I'm England
ever since he was boy and IL is said
has become very English In his ideas and
his ways, socially and politically.