Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-07-03
The SECRET SERVICE
Chief wilkie Makes q Report to
Secretary Shaw.
MUCH ACTIVITY IN "RAlSIyC' NOTES
Arrest Of Persons Charged with Various
Ohenses Against shs Federal Statutes
Report Of the Comptroller Of the
Currency on National Bsuks

Washington, July 3.-The annual
report of Chief Wilkie, of the secret
service division, submitted to Score.
tary Shaw, shows that during the
year there were arrested 573 per.
sons charged with various offenses
against the federal statutes. New
York leading with IS prosecutions,
OF the offenders 413 were Of Ameri.
can birth, the next largest number
OF offenders being Italians. Sixty
three per cent. of those arrested were
convicted. The report records the
fact that during the fiscal year but
one dangerous spurious note was put
in circulation, fve-dollar silver GER
tificate, while there was only one
other even passable counterfeit, q
one-dollar silver certificate, whose
makers, with their complete plant,
were captured in Chicago the same
day they attempted to put one Of
their notes into circulation. The re-
port refers to change and marked
improvement in the New York dis
trict, where the circulation of "sll-
silver" counterfeit coins has been re-
duced more than so per cent, as COM
pared with the previous year.
Reference is made to the continued
activity among criminals who make
the raising" Of notes q speciality,
and it is pointed out that this crime
might be prevented by the adoption
of a distinctive size for the notes
of smaller denomination-the ones
and twos, to DO, say, an inch shorter
and one-half inch narrower than
those Of five dollars or over.
Report on National Baaks
Washington, July 3.-Mr. Ridgeley,
the comptroller of the currency, yes
terday made the following statement:
During the year ended June 80, 1902,
there were added to the national
bank system 437 national banking a.
sociations with aggregate authorized
capital stock Of 3O,4O7,OO end with
bond deposits as security for circu-
alton of $6,ol2,75O. Organizations ef-
fected under the act of March "A,
1900, i. e., with capital stock of less
han $4,000 lin a large majority Of
'ases the capital being $s5,OOO) num-
)ered 273, with authorized capital
stock of $,247,O00, the average capt.
al of these associations being ap-
,roximately $26,540. Included in the
otal number of organizations are 1854
ranks with total capital of $780,
0O, the individual capital ranging up
ward from minimum of $4,000.
"ln connection with the foregoing
may be stated that since the pas
age of the act of March IA, 1900,
here have been organized 1861 banks
With aggregate capital of $50 ,349OOO
nd with bond deposit of SIS, 800 |
tanks of the smaller class were or
anized to the number of 702, with
apital of Sis, 900, and to the num-
er of $50 of the larger class with
ggregate capital of $43,945,OOO.
During the fiscal year in question
he net increase of national bank
lg associations was 1868, as three as
ociations failed and were placed in
barge Of receivers and 66 closed by
liquidation. Since the es-
lblishment of the system there has
cen organized 6,325 banks, of which
546 are in active operation, 1899
laced in voluntary liquidation and
" in the charge of receivers.