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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-24
Pecu|ations Extended Over a Long
PERIOD Were Concealed Through Skill
full Manipulation Of His Accounts.

New oYrk, Oct. 2i.--Charles l.. Alvord.
the First National bank of this city, has
robbed that institution OF an amount es-
timatcd by the officers at 100000.
Whether that sum is all he took is not
yet known
Alvords position in the bank was that
of note teller.-His- operations have con-
tinued for long time, and have been
concealed through skilful manipulation
of his balance book.
Alvord is missing.
The bank is one of the strongest In the
city, and its loss is not seriously ols-
turbing II.
IL is believed by the bank officers that
A.vord has lost the amount defaulted In
stock speculation.
The First National bank is one of the
largest banking institutions I'm the city.
It's president is George Il. Baker, who
is also president of the Astor National
bank and "A financial adviser of the Astor
family The bank is located at No. :
Wall street and has capital of SoUVo'
"A surplus OF $5,O000O0, and undivided pro-
fits of 100000
shortly before 4 o'clock yesterday the
bank gave out the following statement;
'''The note teller. who has been I'm the
employ of the First National bank for
many years. is defaulter 10 large
amount. His operations have continued
for a considerable period, and have been
skilfully concealed through "A mablpula-
ton OF his balance book.
"'rhe discovery was made by one OF the
banks employees few days after the
completion of an examination Of the bank
by the United States examiners.
FREQUENT EXAMINATIONS.
During the continuance OF his pccu=
lations, periodical examinations nave
been made by several distinct corps or
examiners representing the comptroller
department, all expert accountants, and
the bank has also had frequent independ-
cnt examinations; neither OF which has
developed any irregularity.
The aggregate Of the false entries
amounting TO 800 900 has been charged OF
on the books of the bank out of the re-
serve fund. without diminishing the sur
plus and profits of the bank as reported
in its last published statement
"It IL expected that the shortage Will
be materially reduced by substantial
sum OF which there is fair prospect OF
recovery"
Alvord was capable and experienced,
and the discovery OF the defalcations was
"A complete surprise TO everybody. The
loss I'm money is hardly disturbing the
bank. which Is one of the strongest in
the city.
Alvord is about so years old and has n
wife and three children. His home was
I'm Mt Vernon, and he was respected there
as well as in the street. His habits were
good.
IL is believed that he lost money I'm
stock sSr~ulations and that some of the
money can be recovered. He disappeared
a week or ten days ago.
The crime has been known long enough
10 the officers now TO enable them TO say
with some assurance that Alvord did his
work alone No one else Is under sus-
pcion.
statement made by the bank on Sept
= showed
Capital. 100000: surplus. 5000 OO0: nm
divided profits. Si.ll4.2JO: deposits $50 e97. o.
seS. demand loans and cash on hand.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-24
SUDDEN DEATH.
Carey Expired Suddenly Just
After He Began Work This
Morning, at Arlington.

jeremiah Carey. so years old, OF Bos-
ton. Mass, who was employed by the
Union Railroad company as a laborer at
their building at Arlington, was taken
sick soon after going to work this morn
ing, and expired in a few moments.
Aeaiea4 Examiner Long fellaX- of -EranS=
ton was cSlled and said that death was
due to natural causes, and turned the
body over to Undertaken j. VIII Car
penter. A friend of the dead man went
to Boston this morning 10 make arrange
ments for the funeral.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-24
NEGRO LYNCHED.
This Time II Was Not by a
White Mob but by Members
Of His Own Race.

Vicksburg, Miss, oct. 2i.-Gloster
Barnes, negro. was lynched by mob of
his own people in the northern part of
this county last night
In "a drunken fury, Barnes murdered
his wife, stabbed and badly wounded a
negro who interfered and engaged in a ri
he duel with a white man who attempted
TO arrest him.
in charge of two colored deputies
Barnes was started for the county jail
here. on the road his escort was put to
flight by big crowd OF negroes who took
the murderer into thicket and shot him
TO death.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-24
Edith Barrett Not Har Husbands
Adopted Daughter.
THE NEWARK SUICIDE MYSTERY
Girl Was Of Very Romantic Temperament,
AMI Her Day Dream Was 10 Become
Foreign Princess,

There Is not the slightest doubt IN the
minds OF Rev. and Mrs4 Forrest f. Emer-
son OF this city that the beautiful Edith
Barrett, who killed herself Monday night
in Newark. n. D., by taking morphine.
was the girl they knew. but never
adopted, as has been enormously stated.
some years ago. and who had against
their earnest wishes chosen a stage career
and assumed stage name.
Rev Mr.. Emerson received informat ton
yesterday afternoon of her death from
Newark and Boston almost simultaneous
ly. The telegram from Boston urged Mr..
Emerson TO go to Newark and identify
and ,ake proper steps for the disposition
OF the body, but he needed no urging, for
the 4 o'clock train bore him out OF Provi-
dence TO the scene OF her untimely end.
NOT ADOPTED DAUGHTER.
Mrs Emerson was seen at the Emer-
son residence. "a Benefit street, last eve
ming and upon being asked whether Miss
Barrett was the adopted daughter of her
husband, she said no" and added that
he was out OF town, having gone TO New
ark for a third party" whose name she
felt i'm honor bound not TO divuge.
According TO the disjointed admissions
secured from Mrs. Emerson, the family
came here from Newport several years
ago. Rev. Mr.. Emerson having retired
from active ministerial work.
Edith had never resided here, but had
come over "A number OF times from Bos-
ton while she was employed as governess
I'm the family OF Augustus r. Loring. She
had caused the Emersons many anxious
days since attaining her majority. but
had never given any indication OF suicidal
tendencies
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-24
Ste o mer Rhode island.

Beginning Tuesday, Oct. %. the steamer
Rhode Island will arrive at and depart
from Pier S6, North River, Foot of Spring
street, New York, instead OF Pier Is, n
r., Foot OF Murray street. Steamer will
continue To leave New York at 800 y. m
as at present.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-24
What Shall We Have for Dessert ?

Thi. erestion arises n the family sv-
cry day Let us answer II today. Try
Jeil-O, A delicious and healthfui des-
cert. Prepare I'm two minutes. No
boillrgi no baking! simply add boll-
4 water and set 10 cool. Flavors:-
Lemon. orange. Raspberry and straw.
today. 10 Gems. = y = --l-.-'
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-24
WHO is HER HUSBAND?

She had been married, but who her
husband was could not be extracted from
Mrs Emerson. She was about % years
OF age, and OF very romantic tempera-
ment Her married life was made un-
happy II is stated, by her own sensation
al doings, and Il did not last very long
after the honeymoon.
Just before her wedding ~ was the ev-
ery-day dream of the romantic girl that
she would some time I'm her life drift
away to some foreign cline and become
a princess.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-24

SO, ,S79. .276; time loans, 1854 $40, and stocks
and bonds. $20,llO 400. In this statement
the banks total resources were placed
at e. 662 2a4
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-24

Rc-openinR OF the Central Hotel vino
Rooms. Z. q and N Canal street. Best OF
everything that the market anords
-. CANANNAJCI
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-24

Manager A. M. Palmer, who NAV be
considered something OF an authority in
such matters said. after witnessing a
performance Of Trenton" by John w.
Albaugh, Jr., and his company. that the
play was one OF the very best little
dramas In one ac, he had ever seen. and
told bigger story in its brief half hour
than many a pretentiOus melOdrama in
whole evening. "'rhe climax H. really
ihrilliug aud Il stirred eXer4 drop al
patriotic blood in my veins Keith
patrons this week are realizing all that
Mr. Palmer felt. for Mr. Albaugh's play
H. the best thing Of its nind that has
ever been offered in vaudeville. 10 il we'll
staged and the entire company act well.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-24
DRAMATIC NOTES.

The absence of Mr.. Robert Pollard from
the cast seems to have made no differ
ence in the popularity OF the Bachelor
Club at Keiths this week; and It is scor-
Ing hit of emphatic proportions at ev-
cry performance.
The act has as clever setting for a
vocal quartet as could well be imagined.
The singers drop IN one after the other,
and happy little satire on club life en-
sues. One is testy old fellow, who
fumes and frets, while the younger set
alternately tease ana conciliate him. lie
Is particularly mad at one young cub"
who insists on playing the piano while
he Is telling a story. The racket finally
leads TO a notice from one OF the board
OF governors 20 shut up the piano. where
upon the indignant "old-clubber" enters
INTO common conspiracy with his previous
tormontors, and a number OF songs are
rendered TO the enthusiastic applause OF
the audience.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-10-24
ENTERTAINED LAvIsHLY.

Alvord has long been considered ono of
the mos prominent men of the town. Hi-
family entertained layishiv aud gave
lsrse sums 10 charity. lie stood high In
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-07-14
SKULKING AWAY.

The Idaho Democratic papers,
politicians and spell binders are 60
ing to whoop it up for Bryan and
free silver this summer just as hard
as they did in 1896, but there will
be an absence of spirit and sincerity
in their voices. Every intelligent
Democrat in the State knows that
the Democratic party has began to
skulk away from silver and that
before another National convention
is held, silver and Democracy will
he so far apart and estranged that
each will swear that it never knew
the other. When we contemplate
that 16 to was saved to the Dem
ocratic platform by only one vote,
and that vote was cast by one of
the victims of expansion-the dele
gate from Hawaii-wc may realize
how slight is silver's hold on the
Democratic party. Our Democrat
ic friends complacently tell us that
other questions of more pressing
and immediate importance have aris-
en-. How is it possible that any
thing could be more pressing than
pressing the cross of gold on the
brow of labor? Has not Mr.. Bry-
an very recently announced that
the issue of all issues is the contest
between the man and the dollar?
Has he not iterated and reiterated
innumerable times that there could
be no happiness, no prosperity, no
freedom in these United States un-
til the money of the Constitution
was restored to the people? But
admitting that more important
questions have arisen, is that any
justification for the attempt made
by substantially one-ha1f of the
Democratic party to exclude 16 to
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-07-14

In this issue we reproduce two arti-
cles from Moscow papers which
purport to give some of the inside
facts. All good citizens must de-
plore the iniectment of personal
and political affairs into the man
agement of the States foremost in
stitution, and it is to be hoped that
not SO much of it has been done as
the articles mentioned would indi-
cate. However, the regents have
not as yet seen fit to give the pub
lie definite statement of the caus-
es which led to the removal of
President B1anton and his assist
ants. They say that there was dis
agreement among members of the
faculty, and that it was deemed
wise to remove all the discordant
elements. According to the state
ment made by the regent who edits
the Montpelier Examiner the disa-
greement seems to have been be-
tween President B1anton and mem
bers of the board of regents involv-
ing question of veracity. Presi-
dent Blanton says there was no dis
cord among the faculty, but corrupt
practices On the part of certain re-
gents. The North-Idaho Star
makes clear and specific charges in
support of President B1anton's con-
tention, but the excuses offered by
Mr.. Harris On behalf of the regents
are vague and intangible. Some
thing more substantial must be pre-
sented in justification of the regents
or the general impression will pre-
vail that they were guided purely
by personal and political considera-
tions. The threat conveyed by Mr..
Harris through his paper to the ef-
feet that appropriations may be
withheld from the University unless
greater respect be shown to the de-
cisions of the regents is entirely out
of place. The University is State
institution and must be literally
supported. It is no more a Mos
COW concern than is the Asylum a
Blackfoot concern or the peniten-
tiary a Boise concern. The ac-
tions of the board of regents are
proper subjects for public criticism
and severe condemnation if merited.
Probably the chief cause of trouble
at the University is the failure to
select as regents men OF sufficient
breadth and integrity to manage an
institution of such character.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-07-14

encourage and uphold the mayor in
taking steps along this line. But
we must be sure of the wafer, and
OF that we cannot be sure until the
Pioneer Irrigation District is as
stred. If this town is to live and
flourish, it must work for its living.
Ii it is to be a beautiful, homelike
and permanent place, it must work
to that end. 1t must have parks
and shady avenues, orchards,
gardens and lawns-the things
which draw and attract and make
people love and admire the place
and abide continually in it.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-07-14

from the platform? Is silver less
vital because imperialism is more
immediate? But grant that, for
the moment, silver should be SUBJ
ordinated to this new issue, why
should it be made to step aside and
fall III behind trusts and tariffs?
What honest excuse can be offered
for taking silver from the head of
the platform and attaching it to the
tail together with miscellaneous
and perfunctory declarations about
currency schemes, b1ack1ists, new
States, Boer s1obber and war tax?
No doubt, though, good Democrats
will see nothing inconsistent about
this. They have become so used
to setting up paramount issues for
one campaign and skulking away
from them in the next, that they
religiously believe it is the correct
and patriotic thing to do. The.
heart of Democracy is not nearly as
sinister as its head. =sss ,s-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-07-14

the back of a Missouri catfish, and
Harry Teller wept and Dubois
crawled behind the committee.
There is nothing left of the Silver
Republicans but a melancholy Inc
facet, and nobody is afraid of that.
So the matter stands like this:
Those who staid are not to blame
for it and those who came back
couldn't help it, It's a square
stand off, and it is time to call for a
new start with every toe on the
same line. None shall be handi-
capped or favored on account of
race, color or previous condition.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-07-14

establishment and employment Of
the blacklist by State authority is a
constitutional function or it is not,
and 1t is up to the Republicans Of
1daho to say what they think
about it. -...
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-07-14
STATE UNIVERSITY.

THE TRIBUNE has refrained from
commenting On the action of the
regeuts of the State University in
removing President Blanton and
two other professors, because we
desired to obtain more definite in
formation respecting the subject.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-07-14
IN PRIVATE.

THE TRIBUNE would like to
have private word with that
army of lifelong Republicans who
never fa1tered a falter, scratched a
ticket or slipped cog. You who
are constructed on these fa1terless,
scratchless, slipless plans are great
and happy and transcendenta1 Great
ures. Ye are the salt of the earth
but it is not your fault. The good
God, excluding a few notifications
and improvements tackled on by
your parents, made you as you are,
and you are no more responsible
for your moral and political virtues
than you are for the wart on your
nose. Your gracious souls and
your keen inte1lects are as much
subjects of divine ordination and
heredity as are your physical graces.
So do not worry about them. DO
not parade them On the highways
and in the public places. The
world will find you out and place
you on pinnacle soon enough if
you just keep still. At the State
convention, which comes off on the
the 18TH instant, you will be there
and it is good to have your pres
ence in prospect, but please try to
refrain from e1ectrifying the con-
vention by announcing that you
were the only man in your precinct
who stood by the guns in 'o6.
Don't say anything about that.
You simply followed your inclina-
tions and a sucking calf could do
no less. If your great grandfather
had been born in the third quarter
of the moon, your inclinations
would have radically differed, so
you see, your great, great grand
father is the responsible party, share
and share with your maternal an
cestor Of the same degree of con-
sanguinity. Don't disturb their
venerable repose. They couldn't
help it it either. By the way, a
private word to those brothers and
sisters who slipped some cogs in go
but have got into the meshes again
and are clicking along smoothly:
There aint any garlands for your
brows, there aint any fire works or
fatted calves or sucking pigs, just
because you saw fit to come in out
of the wet. A good many of you
would have sneaked into the other
tent if yon had not been smashed
on the nose every time you insert
ed it into the slit in the canvas.
You came back because you felt it
was about the best thing you could
do. You came back because y0u
wanted to not because 7e'e wanted
you to. Of course, we are right
glad you did come back and we are
going to treat you fair and square,
but we are not going to move cut
in order to demonstrate our Joy.
You must not expect that. We
want you to come in to help us
keep house, not to be entertained
as honored guests, and retained on
" as chief cooks and bottle washers.
Some of as have marked talents for
these responsible and honorable
posts and we want chance to dis
play them. Now, don't come into
that convention with the announce
ment that unless this or that thing
is done, the Silver Republicans will
get on their ears and go to slipping
cogs again. You can't work that
gag, because there aint any Silver
Republicans since the Kansas City
convention took Charley Towne by
the heels and smashed his head on
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-07-14
MONOPOLY.

On June rs, the Idaho Stock
Growers Association was formed
at St. Anthony, and its declared
object is to advance the interests of
the stock growers in Idaho and ad-
joining States and Territories. It's
proceedings are to be secret, and
the penalty of expulsion attaches
to any member convicted of divulg-
ing any of its proceedings. We be-
lieve that such an organization is
all right and probably it meets with
the hearty approval of majority
of the people of Idaho. It is just
as well, however, to divest the
Stock Growers Association of all
sentimental c1oaking and look at it
just as it is. In the first place
what are the things which will
most advance the interests of the
members of this association, seeing
they are strictly confined to persons
owning or controlling cattle, hors-
es, mules or asses, and engaged in
the business of breeding, growing
or raising the same for profit? The
thing of first Importance is a mo-
nopoly of the public ranges, and
that was probably the controlling
desire in the heart of every individ-
ual who g1owed with noble i'm
pulse to effect organization. Down
deep in the recesses of his soul ev-
cry man engaged in the business of
exploiting cattle, horses, mules and
asses, for profit, cherishes a pious
conviction that when the God of
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob ordained
bunch grass and mountain ranges,
He wrought for him alone, and the
fence making farmer, likewise the
sheepman are the enemies of God
and man. The Idaho Stock Crow
ers' Association will monopolize
the public ranges if it can. The
next thing tending most to advance
the interests of stock growers for
profit is the ability to control prices,
and that thing the association will
promptly and religiously do if it
have the power. 1t is fair to OBJ
serve that the sheepmen are trying
to do exactly what the cattle and
horse and mule and sheep and ass
men would like to do. So are the
lumber men and the coal men. So
are farmers and merchants, doctors
and lawyers, tinkers and tai1ors-in
short, the whole living, breathing,
thinking, praying, working, grasp
ing world. They are all, every
mothers son and daughter of them
striving honestly, cheerfu1ly and
rehgiously to monopolize and con-
troll the universe. There is not a
man on top of Gods green earth
who does not want to put his hand
OH the throttle lever of the engine
that moves the planets and the heav-
ems and all the things which are, or
are to be, created. It is said that
the first Yankee who went to heav-
Ell, about George WIS time, has
been plotting ever since to disp1ace
Saint Peter in order that the said
Yankee might get monopoly on
the gate receipts. Deceased was a
New England Democrat.