Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-07-10
THE SECRET SERVICE
Chief Wilkie Makes q Report IL
Secretary Shaw.
Much ACTIVITY IN "RAISIyC" NOTES
Arrest OF Persons Charged with Various
Ohenses Against the Federal Statutes
Report Of the Comptroller Of the
Currency on National Bsnka

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 otfenses
against the federal statutes, New
York leading with IS prosecutions.
OF the offenders Alb 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, Q five-dollar silver GER
tifcate, 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 o change and marked
improvement in the New York dis
trict, where the circulation of "all-
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 = speciality,
and It is pointed out that this crime
might be prevented by the adoption
of q distinctive size for the notes
OF smaller denomination-the ones
and twos, to be, say, an inch shorter
and one-half inch narrower than
those Of five dollars or over.
Report on National Banks
Washington, July 3.-Mr. Ridgeley,
the comptroller of the currency, yes
terday made the following statement:
During the year ended June 30, 1902,
there were added to the national
bank system 437 national banking as
sociations with aggregate authorized
capital stock Of $50, 4O7, 900 and with
bond deposits as security for circu-
lation of $6,ol2,75O Organizations ef-
fected under the act Of March IA,
1900, |. e., with capital stock of less
than $4,000 Tin a large majority Of
cases the capital being $25,OoO) num-
bered 273, with authorized capital
stock Of $7,247,OO0, the average capt.
tai of these associations being ap-
proximately $26,j4O. Included in the
total number Of organizations IRE 1874
banks with total capital of $23, 16O,-
BOO, the individual capital ranging up
ward from a minimum Of $4,000.
in connection with the foregoing
1t may be stated that since the pas
sage OF the act OF March IA, 1900,
there have been organized 1,06l banks
with aggregate capital Of SG2,34o,O0O
and with bond deposit of $l5,4i2500.
Banks of the smaller class were or
yaniled to the number of 7O2, with
,apital Of $1s,404O00, and TO the num-
Der of $50 Of the larger class with
aggregate capital of $43,9i5,O00.
During the fiscal year in question
he net increase Of national bank
ng associations was 1868, as three as
ociations failed and were placed in
harge of receivers and 66 closed by
oluntary liquidation. Since the es-
Adjustment Of the system there has
'een organized 6325 banks, Of which
$40 are in active operation, 1892
laced in voluntary liquidation and
81 in the charge Of receivers,