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The evening world., 1901-12-17

meeting Of the Board OF Directors
Of IN" National Bank % North America.
held to-day. Il MAS "otcd TO double tho
capital and surplus by Offering tor sub
"eription by present stockholders At ~
enough n"w shares to make O. capital
s.."0.G1 and the surplus s?.u.ncS. or
Si"r"n III all. n. object being TO Alb
-"rh III" business o, the Bank OF the
stat" Of New YORK The book value o.
the stock ~ IN. latter ns'!,u,Ior IL .03
.innunry I" See Change.
u vas announced after the meeting
That N" change sill go into effect IN
January. Tac work OF auie,;, i.;...::.at-
ing the Bank OF the State q. New York
VIII D" begun ns soon ar the necessary
legal rr1Uir.mrnts hav. been complied
with. anh all the business Will be trans
Jared TO IN" present Office. Of the
National Bank ~ North America. II
VIII he year or NOR. before III. new
building Is Completed
MI Morse j. firm believer In bank
stock. which he maintains IL the mos,
-iIn'" security enc can possess.
With his holdings In III. new coneolt-
dalton he il believed to b. the largest
individual stoCkho.der In banks and
trus' companies Ia the United states
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FIGHT FLAMES TO MUSIC.
Novel Incident Of small Blaze 10
InurrsOIi's Novelty StOre.

\ fir. ;hi- afternoon In Il. II. niger
soils novelty store ~ III. corner 81
Eleventh stree: ana broadway. created
q 5ilrsmda 40 ,Heiss,th otH4fTtpp
shopper. In the neighb6rhood. THE IRE
was in "A steel vault. where rubbish and
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VAN coTT CONFIRMED.
New York ana Dr"oLIsn Po.tnns-
tiers Acted On.

WASHINGTON. Dec 1.-THE Senate
to-day confirmed the nomination OF @ i.
Roberts Jr. Cornelius Van Colt and
CLAYTON McM!Cha.l TO be postmas.srs at
HrookIyu. New York and PHILADELPHIA.
respectively.
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IIngan Disnaissrd.

"'Hagan. you are dismissed from this
department
IIagan went direct from IN" office OF
Commissioner f.,ntry 10 the Tombs.
He vas white In The face when h" ar
rived. lie Went straight back 10 his
apartments and began packing up.
Just as the cloJk struck 4: he
came out 81 the main door with two
dress suit cases and a few bundles. out
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When i.lntry refused NJ threa'"n"!
that he had some things 20 ;cii. ana
that h. woald begin telling them rlSli
! then rInl.ss the Commissioner d!d a.
iilgan wanted. i.antry warned him not
10 talk IN shat strain. and then iiagnu
turned on me.
:" i druounce You as a sneak. a coward
ana liar. he SAID, I, r. au ease 10
my mind Ia Civ" vent 20 my feelings.
] stick 10 1t that you are sn"uh and
"A coward am AN American citizen
ami not a coward,
After standing this FOR som" time I
turned IL tho Commissioner m! SID
~ call your attention 20 the FAC;
tina; Hagan's language To his superior
constitutes grounds FOR his instant ais
mIssal.'
~ think so. too said the Commits
sioner. and turning TO iIagan he said:
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PARIS. Dee It'll. Temps today
publishes despatch from Crnsthrti-
uopl. which says: The First DraSo-
man %, the United Stn'"s Legation and
The secretary -! the missionary society
leave here tc-nignt with full powers 10
ucs,,tiat" with the br:cHnus Tor tile re-
lease ~ Miss Ellen VI. Ston" an he
paym.nt 81 EltnS ransom The meet
Ing will occur In Turkish territory.
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TAKEN TO SERv|A
BY THE BANDITS.
MISS STONE REMOVED FROM
BULGARIAN TERRITORY.

LONDON. Dec. 1.-The correspondent
OF the Daily Telegraph. wiring from
Sofia says that George WashDurn.
President OF Rob-r: college. at constan-
ilnopic. has asc"riain"d mat Miss Ellen
NJ Stone. the captive American mis-
s,nnHry, If not now IN Bulgaria. Mr..
Washburn also learns that the majority
o, the band holding Miss Stone captive
are Bulgarians II IL rumorei tina, Miss
= one IS now Ia S-rvIa.
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W""Idn't C"nI"n- Insult.

Il nave nothing :urthrr TO say on the
matter" declared Commissioner Ian
cannot AFFORD to let him insult ne IN
a public Office"
H.. was asked II Warden Fillou woul.
remain In charge Of the Tonbs.
NO. shall place Deputy Warden
Flynn III charge.
Asked II he would SIN permit Deputy
Commissioner flaming to continue his
Investigations. II. said:
i viii inv-s;igat. myself FalloH goes
back to IN" p"uitrntIury ur BluckwclHs
Island
The secretary OF the department was
ordered to max. pr Warden IiaEaH'-
dismissal when this has beer done 1t
was Immediately signed by conmi-.
siOn.r 1.gntryt
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REMARKABLE CHAIN
OF MORSE BANKS.

The >nti""nI Hank "T North
America.
THE Hr"ndwu, \niionni.
rhr nnni. nf Sew \m.rr-
diam.
The Gnrnrid Nnti"nnI.
rh- Commercial <ntinnRl.
rho -iuh Ward bank.
III" .nn-->""rt Hank.
The Cora E>rhnunr bank.
III" iinroiu >nti"uni.
The spr,Eur NATIONAL. ~
isr"oLi>u.
The Ninirrnth Ward Hnni..
rh~ Nnrirk HAM.
The CT, Trust C"mpn",.
The evening world., 1901-12-17

Mors" and viii Withdraw from tn" Pres
tdcncy although h" VII continue 10 l."
1 hLr..rL nr
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-12
THE PERMIT GRANTED.

The permit to hold the Jeffries-Ruh-
lin fight has been granted to the Tween
tieth Century Club. There was no OPP
position to the permit going through
from any source whatever, and the big
fight is now assured. Jim Kennedy of
New York has been quoted as saying
that the event would be pulled off on
Nov. 8, but directors who are in San
Francisco, give assurances that the
date has yet to be selected While
Nov. might be agreeable to the fight
ers, the club people look upon it as
unsatisfactory, because it would bring
it too close to election, which absorbs
the public mind for a week or more.
The club says that the fight will be
held nearer Nov. Is. Now that the per-
NIT has been granted, Champion JEFF
fries will be expected to put his for
felt of $4,000 up right away.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-12

According to the statements made
oy ex-Champions Bob Fitzsimmons
and James J. Corbett, Gus Rubin,
matched to fight Champion Jim JEFF
Tries in San Francisco next November,
Is already a defeated man. Fitzsim-
mons was the first prognosticator in
the field. The ink on the signatures to
the articles of agreement had barely
dried before Bob's diagnosis of the bat
tie and its outcome appeared in print
and predicted an easy victory for the
man who defeated him. Bob fought
both men, says he is on to their fistic
wrinkles and, therefore, better able to
select the winner than all other fight
prophets. Corbett, not to be outdone by
r1tzsimmons, also unloaded his knowl-
edge on the public and picked Jeffries
as a sure winner. There is no doubt
Bob and Jim have a good fistic line on
Jenries and Rubin, and are probably
Better able to judge of their merits and
aemerits than other fight critics, still
believe their predictions are bit pre-
mature" says George Siler 1.-THE match
Is barely three weeks old, the date OF
the contest at least nine weeks distant
Jeffries' forfeit of $1,000 has not been
posted and no permit for the contest
has been granted by the San Francisco
supervisors. Furthermore the contest
ants have not as yet stripped for train
ing. Those are small matters, however
as the match looks a certainty and nc
doubt will take place as contemplated
Still the uncertainties of big cham
pionship battle taking place are al
ways before u.s.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-12
SPORTING NOTES.

George Sutton, the Chicago billiard
list, has accepted George Slosson's chal-
lenge for an 1S-inch balk-line billiard
match, provided the latter would agree
to make the amount of the side wager
$50 side instead of $1,000.
Three times in his career Charlie
Wittmer has met Wrestler Dan Nc
Leod and each time he has left the
mat a cripple. In their match at Buff
falo recently Wittmer had one of the
muscles of the calf of his leg ruptured
aud the doctors pronounce the injury
a serious one. In his first contest with
Mcleod Wittmer had his shoulder
broken and the next time he faced
the Scotchman Wittmer had two ribs
caved in.
That there is something odd about
the timing of bicycle racers is made
more evident by the time given out as
official for the second mile of the re-
cent Walthour-Nelson race in New
York. The first mile was announced
at 1877 rs, the two miles in 1905 1-5.
This would make the time for the sec
ond mile 1877 As, a speed that has
never yet been attained upon the Mad
ison Square garden track, and which
experts say is impossible upon it.
The racing wheelmen have little
cause for complaint this season. At
this writing upward of $4,000 has
been paid out in purses, exclusive of
amateur prizes. 1t is estimated that
about 100000 will have been con-
verified into race winnings before the
close of the season. which is fully
double the amount hung up" last sea-
son. OF this total the makers are
supplying one-eighth to the general
earnings of the speed merchants. No
wonder our men are not seeking for
eiga gold.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-12
MODERN SHIP WREoKERs.
Their Business Instead of Destroying
Ships Is to Save Them.


Although the work of destroying
derelicts at sea falls upon government
shoulders, it is not little remarkable
that the work of salvage-the work of
raising wrecks, and of rescuing dere-
licts. when possible, from destruction
is entirely in the hands of private
corporations.
1t is an interesting experience to
spend a morning in the Offices of one
of the great salvage "wrecking" COM
panies, which have now become SO es-
sential for the welfare of a maritime
nation. not only because they save
the majority of fine vessels that are
driven into positions of peril, but be-
cause they keep clear channels in all
the worlds ports.
On one of the walls a large slate
will be noticed which tells the exact
position of every ship that has re-
Gently been disabled. If the day hap
pens to be stormy, with great seas
rolling outside the harbor, the tele-
phone and telegraph wires are kept
busy.
Instructions flash over the wires;
specially constructed boats, fitted with
every necessity, from divers to der
ricks, are dispatched with all haste
to the scene of the accident; officials
hurry to the fatal spot, while the
company's photographer puts his
traps together to be able to provide
pictorial reports of the work as 1t pro-
crosses.
From rendering assistance to har-
Dor tugs which have run aground--a
task which occupies only few hours
the work ranges to saving great
liners or disabled ships of war, invol-
wing operations on gigantic scales, not
likely to be completed within weeks,
or even months.
The old-time word "wreckers" has
today completely lost its original mean
ing and fascination. The wreckers OF
romance ana history lived by plum
dering wrecks, for which they them
selves were responsible as often as
not. The wreckers of today live by
an honorable calling, for the wreck
ing of ship now means the saving
of ship and cargo for the benefit of
her lawful owners.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-12
STRANGE PROFESSIONS ADOPTED
BY WOMEN.
endeavor.

Women bread winners have chosen
strange careers for themselves in vari-
GUS parts Of the earth. Their example
may inspire others, if not to adopt
like professions, to act upon the prin-
ciple which guided them to choose the
one thing they could do that was near
at hand.
For example, in Georgia a woman
not only personally delivers mail over
q 40-mile route, riding over the scant-
lily settled region of Montgomery coun-
ty thrice weekly during the entire
year, but manages a large farm as
well, doing much of the manual la
Dor, such as ploughing, narrowing,
sowing and harvesting, and supports
by her energy and courage a family of
four, relates the Utica Observer.
Not 20 miles from Savannah there
resides a widow who has for the last
two years made more than a comforta-
BILE income as a government contrac-
tor, bidding for the removal of wrecks.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-12
RIDER OF YANKEE.

John E. Madden's Yankee, at to 1
In the betting, won the classic Futurfty
at Sheepshead Bay, the richest fixture
OF the American turf. He won by a
length and half from what was per-
haps the best field that ever ran for
the stake. 1t was a great race, nobly
won, before a record breaking crowd
OF 10000 excited people. The day was
perfect for an outing, and thousands of
lovers of thoroughbred horses were on
hand for the great race. Society was
out in force and the big grand stand
was packed to overlooking, while the
broad lawns and infield were black
with people. All the celebrities of the
sporting world were present, and every
walk of life seemed to be represented.
1t is estimated that the bookmakers
took in over s1,000,000, of which they
retained $35O,OOO. Nasturtium being
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-12
He Makes
Sick Well

Another divine healer has sprung
up, this time in Illinois. He is
Swiss hermit, Bernhard Wourth, who
lives at Eight Mile Grove, little set
Element near Rock Falls. Hundreds
have visited his cabin that he might
place his hands on their heads and
cure them of their Affections. Accord
ing to Rock Falls correspondent,
his healing is simple All that he
does is to ask the seeker what disease
he is suffering from and then. after
pronouncing his first name three
times and muttering a few mysterious
sounds. says, you be cured" and the
patent walks away well.
Wourth was born in Switzerland So
years ago and came to this country
when young and has been farmer
almost all his life until he accident
ally discovered his power by placing
his hand on the head of a sick child,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-12
puFFY,s CLEAN CUT VICTORY.

Martin Duffy's clean cut and decisive
victory over Tim Kearns at Toronto
places the clever Chicago boxer in the
second division of lightweights. Mar
TIN met in Kearns veritable glutton
for punishment. fairly clever, hard
hitter and, withal, tough man to
beat. That is, he was during the palmy
days of the Horton law. He may have
gone back since then, but even at that
Duffy, considered an outsider by east
ern fight critics, did more to Tim in
eleven rounds than any one else ever
did in twenty rounds. Martin might
net have administered more punish
ment on the cowhide anatomy of
Kearns than have some of the hard
hitting pugs who have snapped
punches with Tim, but it was the artis-
tse and mechanical style in which Duff
fly handled the tough easterner that
makes his victory stick out so strong
W. Kearns, even If he has refrigerated
bit, is undoubtedly the best man
Duffy has met and Martins high-class
performance will surely bring him rec
ignition in the east.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-12
DULL DAYS FOR sHARKEY.

These are rather dull days for
Thomas Sharkey. The sailor is sorely
disappointed because of his failure to
arrange match with Jeffries. The lat
ter wouldn't fight Sharkey, Rubin
would not fight anyone but Jeffries,
Fitzsimmons is out of the ring, and
Corbett and Mccoy are not looking fol
anything in the fighting line at pres
emit. So it's up to the sailor to lay low
and wait. There are many critics of
the opinion that Sharkey has seen his
best days in the ring, and that his bat
tie with Jeffries is the cause of his
fall. 1t must be admitted that the sail
or still has his confidence, and has not
shown any disposition to be afraid of
anyone.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-12
VALUE OF OLD MAIDS.

Certain lives seem destined to ex-
ercise the noblest self-control and the
most surprising self-effacement with
out adequate acknowledgment, says
the New York Evening Post. The po-
sition is anomalous; the inclination
set aside is only known to the heart
which never permitted itself to speak
its wish aloud and the work would
fall from its high level of human en-
deavor If performed in the light of
day, where it could be praised of
men,"
In many home, that woman of va
ried endowment, the maiden aunt,
plays her quiet role of unrecorded and
most valuable service, and her bene-
ficiaries are scarcely aware of her sac
rif1ce Of time or personal enjoyment,
or of the check she has to put to her
individual preferences or opinions in
order to carry out the family rule,
which often she does not approve or
sympathize with. She is ever ready
to take the helm when illness or alb
sence forces the heads of the home to
yield it to other hands.
Her Charities.
IL she has an independent income,
this boy goes to college, and that girl
REEVES the musical education for
which she longs. Too often, even in
grateful young hearts, no inquiry is
made as to what might have come to
her single, and in some ways. lonely
life, had she used the money to graft
fly herself. She is dear and good and
generous-they fully understand that;
but where she would have travelled,
what she would have taken delight in
| ossessing-books, pictures, a home
which was her very own, in which to
express herself-they do not think or
dream of these. How could she be
happier than she is?
Beside sickbed she keeps her close
and tender watch, and when the moth
er, refreshed by sleep, made beneficial
by her perfect trust in the care which
supplements her own, returns to hel
post, she sees with unjealous eyes the
Joy with which the patient welcomes
back the best-beloved. Never to bt
the bestowed, and yet gladly and
cheerfully to fill all the Offices IL
which many brave and high-heartet
woman serves her family, calls forth
the very highest type of character and
belongs to the noblest class Of human
endeavor.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-12
EMMY EIGHT.

The funniest thing that has come up
in pugilism in years is the proposed
glove contest between Welter-weight
Tommy Ryan and Heavyweight Tom
Sharkey. Salt Lake City sports are
promoting the affair, and if they sue
coed in bringing the two Toms togeth-
er, the Mormons will witness a fierce
contest, with reverse english" Shar-
key has been leading us to believe he
wants to fight with nobody but Jeffries
and Rubin. He has lodged Joe Wal
colt repeatedly, and even cut Peter
Maher off his list. The least said
about Sharkey and Ryan anent their
proposed meeting the better for the
game.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-12
Illinois Has
Thaunatursus
I'm Swiss Hermit

which became better Immediately. The
fame of the cure spread and at first
Wourth was Jealous of his power and
afraid of losing it or offending the
source from which it came, and even
now will refuse certain kinds of food
at the table. because | lose the pow
err" he says.
He has visited Chicago several times
at the urgent request of his followers
who live there. His appearance is
always signal for a large gathering
Of the curious and those who come to
be cured. He refuses all pay for his
services and his disciples who have en-
deavored to slip coin into his pocket
unnoticed have been rebuked harshly
Those who have been cured say there
is a tingling sensation felt when be
places his hands upon them, after
which they are entirely free from pain
and their disease vanishes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-12

Oneof the most dangerous and thrill
ing feats ever attempted by a hui
man being is scheduled to occur on
Sept. 25 next, when Cora Beckwith, a
slim English girl. who is now doing
swimming feats in the Pan-American
exhibition, will. according to her own
announcement, throw herself into
the Niagara river, at the head of the
Whirlpool rapids, in the firm belief
that she will emerge at the other end
alive and well.
If she succeeds she will have accom-
plished what was never done before.
says the New York Telegram. SWIM
ming experts declare she cannot make
the trial and live.
Cora Beckwith says she can.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-12

anchoring of buoys, building of jssties
and dredging.
Few persons riding over this New
London Northern railway are aware
that the company employs the only
woman train dispatcher in the world.
Her responsibility is great. her hours
from O'Clock in the morning to in
the evening, her duties a continual
nervous and mental strain. Recently
the directors OF the road complimented
her upon her efficient service. and 1t
Is pleasure to add she receives the
same compensation paid the men oc-
cupying similar positions.
A Virginia girl has made a wide
spread reputation. as well as a good
bank account. as a trainer of saddle
horses.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-12
A OWL WAR HORSE RACE.
A Story That Goes to Show That War
Is Not All Tragedy.

Is Not All Tragedy.
War is not all tragedy. Our boys"
en- both sides in the civil war found
plenty of time between battles to
amuse themselves with a variety of
sports. In Kentucky there was some
sort of horse race every time an army
paused to take a long breath. On one
occasion Lieut.. Saunders, of the til
Kentucky, matched his BLUE Grass"
thoroughbred against a wiry little
mustang owned by Capt. Garland, of
the til Texas, for $500 a side.
Saunders was to ride his own horse,
but the captain, being a large man,
had to find a jockey for his mustang,
and in looking among the troops
chose a young private in Saunders
own regiment, Louisville boy of the
name of John Eston Keller cousin
of the famous author Of John Eston
Cooke.
The race was called on the follow
ing day at o'clock. Saunders was
promptly at the post with his splendid
brown mare, but no rider appeared for
the Texans mustang. 81 got a young
chap to promise to ride last night,
said Capt. Garland to the judges, "but
he hasn't turned up. l don't remem-
Der his name and don't know where
to find him" Keller advanced from
the crowd, saying I'm the person
you are talking about, l reckon, but |
thought the whole thing was joke.
Do you mean that you really want me
to ride that mustang against Lieut..
Saunders mare?" "Of course l do"
returned the captain. 81 mean bust
ness. It's bona fide match, and if |
don't run I'll pay forfeit. Get up!"
"Any tricks?" mo. Perfectly sensi-
BILE little horse and as honest as you
are yourself. Do all you ask of him. y
When the signal was given the mare
led off, with the mustang at her with
ers.
1t was half-mile track somewhere
in the southern part of the state, and
the race being mile. the horses had
the course. leaving only a narrow
lane for the contestants. Passing the
judges on the first lap. the mustang
was lying easily alongside the mare,
not having lost an inch. Capt. Gar
land shouted to Keller: Get at him
with your whip! He'll stand punish.
ment all the way home! Let him
have it," Mr.. Keller, telling of the
race the other day, said: 81 knew he
was a good little horse. with the de-
termination and grit of bulldog, so
l lit into him. I flogged him every
step of the way home. In vain the
mare tried to shake him off. Saunders
whipped and spurred. rode with his
head, hands, arms and knees. My
mount gradually crept up, and when
he finished was just short neck In
front. reckon was the most sur
prised man in the regiment, and in a
few minutes the saddest, too. BY win
ming that race l had broke every man
in the command. The poor boys had
bet their three months pay on the
mare, and all their tobacco, sugar.
etc, blankets, poeket-knives, and
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-11-12

Elkes covered 3S miles and 1 lap in
the hour, breaking the track record
from the S6th mile. Walthour finished
second, lap ahead of Stinson. The
race started with Stinson in the lead.
He held 1t until the 10th mile, when
Elkes went to the front. Elkes Tapped
Stinson in the 18th mile and Walthour
in the goth. He kept on gaining, and
Tapped the other riders on an average
OF every five miles.-Utica Globe.