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The sun., 1903-12-28
MAD TO GUARD THEIR Money.
Chicago Merchants Feared HOld.tp ps
hanks Closed for Three DAYS.

CHICAGO, Dec 27-With all the banks
in Chicago closed on Christmas, yesterday
and to-day, hundreds of business men and
shopkeepers found themselves last night
in the position of having too much money
on hand. Some sat up with it
Big sales Thursday night and the after
Christmas bargain sales yesterday had
swelled their cash receipts to bulging pro-
portions, and many of them, with no places
of deposit open, we're obliged to guard an
unusual sum in their places of business or at
their homes One merchant, who was pro-
testing against the closing of the banks
all day yesterday, said he had $4,000 in his
possession.
On Thursday night the bank officials
set the time locks on the safes for Monday
morning, and it became impossible to open
them sooner. In cases where deposits
were received. they were placed in the
aultS
The sun., 1903-12-28
JAPAN WANTS C4VALRIMEN.
Offers OF Army Places said 10 Have Been
Made to Six Colorado 1Icn.

DENVER. Col, Dec. 27It is published
here that the Empire of Japan, through its
Minister at Washington, has made offers
to members of the Colorado National
Guard of places in the army for the threat
ened war with Russia. Three guardsmen
have been selected and three others will
be appointed within the week.
Japan wants six Colorado soldiers pro-
ficient in cavalry tactics and capable of
commanding regiment They arc to
report at Nagasaki on March /. War or
no war the offers will hold good. Gen
liam Chase and Serg;s. A. d. Marshall and
Gordon WsltArs a Troop {
The sun., 1903-12-28
PANAMA TO TAKE HER SHARE
or COlOn,bia's 3 Foreign Debt When Colombia
Recognizes Her Independence.

Mr.. Bunau-v -varilla Minister for the Repub-
lie of Panama, said yesterday that he had
notified the English Ambassador at Wash
ington, Sir Mortimer Durand, of the inten-
ton OF the Panama Government to assume
responsibility for part Of the Colombian
foreign debt In proportion to her popula-
ton This could not be done, however.
Mr.. Bunau- Varlla said, until the indepen-
dence of the new republic had been fully
recognized by the Colombian Government
According to this plan Panama should
undertake about one-sixtecnth of the total
foreign debt of Colombia.
The sun., 1903-12-28
BOILER BLOWS Up. KILLS TWO.
n. & q. Train Wrecked When the Engine
Went to Pieces.

AKRON, Ohio. Dec. 27.-Walter Hartley of
Cleveland, fireman, and an unidentified
foreigner were instantly killed, and Frank
B. Scott Of Canton. brakeman, was fatally
injured by an explosion of the boi Ter on
fast Baltimore and Ohio freight train,
about five miles from this city this aft err
noon.
The train was going at high rate OF speed
when the crown sheet Of the boiler burst,
scattering fire and steam, wreckng the
engine and two cars and throwing t he fire.
man and engineer fifty feet into ditch.
The fireman was picked up dead, but the
engineer will recover. The foreigner who
was killed was helping the fireman bank
coal
The sun., 1903-12-28
FATALLY HURT "FOOLING."
Neichhausen Dies After Beinx Punched
In the Sioma ch bX a Friend.

Henry Weichhausen, 3s years old, of
$50 Liberty avenue, Brooklyn. died in the
Kings County Hospital last night of in
juries sustained while "fooling' in the
rooms Of Henry Margrose at POSI- Fulton
street on Thursday night.
Weichhausen was skylarking with John
Barandon and the latter struck him ac-
cidertally in the stomach. Weichhausen
became unconscious but was revived and
went home. Yesterday morning he visited
DR.. Smith Of Arlington avenue, who said
he was suffering from peritonitis and sent
him to the hospital
Barandon. who is 20 years old and lives
at 285l Fulton street, was arrested on the
charge of hom icde
The sun., 1903-12-28
FRAUD IN ANDREWS PARDON?
Names Forged to the Petition for the
Release Of the Detroit Bank Wreeker.

DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 27,-Forgery and
fraud, it Ia asserted, combined to open the
prison doors for Frank C. Andrews, the
Detroit bank wrecker. The petition for
Andrews's release in which Gov. Bliss
placed such confidence that he gave the
noted plunger his freedom on parole, is
declared to be padded with the names OF
depostors of the bank who never saw the
paper.
In addition solicitors for signatures to
the petition had with them typewriter
letter purporting to bear the signature OF
Judge Donovan of the Wayne county bench.
This letter advised that Andrews be par
doned. Judge Donovan now says he never
wrote such letter and will start an investi-
CATION to uncover the fraud.
The sun., 1903-12-28
BROCKWAl'S TERN rs Up,
But for Failure TO Pa! His Fine He VIII
Have to Serve 80 Days More.

TRENTON, n. j., Dec. 27.-The State
prison term of William B. Brockway, the
aged count erfeiler, expired to-day. and
upon the payment of fine of 81 900 he
will he liberated from the institution.
Brockway says that he has no money 10
pay the fine, and unless this be fort hcoming
he will have to serve thirty days more,
when he may be released upon subscribing
TO the pauper oath.
The authorities have no official know
ledge as to the report that the Govern
ment will remit the fine. They have heard
a report that he is { o be rearrest ed and t ried
for crimes alleged TO have been committed
in Canada many years ago, but have heard
not hing official about il.
The sun., 1903-12-28
Died In a Beer Drinking Bout.

TACOMA, Wash, Dec. 27.-At Colfax last
night Joe Richardson dropped dead just
after drinking his seventeen h glass OF beer.
Richardson had wagered that he could
drink twenty-five glasses of heavy local
made beer without stopping.
The sun., 1903-12-28
TIE FAKE DRAITON DYING.
swindler Now Under Arrest in Minnea pol
Has ('OllaDSed.

MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi. Dec. 27.-The man
known as j. j. Carlisle, who was recently
arrested in Washington on charge OF
swindiinG women and bre,.ght hare for
trial, and whose Identity as Harry Silber-
berg, q well-known swindler, who got an
international reputation by passing as j.
Coleman Drayton, the wealthy New Yorker,
was printed in THE Sun several days
ago, has collapsed. He is suffering from
recent exposure. and is believed to be
dying.
Silberberg Interested prominent capital
lists Of Oregon in his schemes while posing
as Drayton.
The sun., 1903-12-28
GEN. MAC ARTHIR BACK.
won't DISCUSS Hts Alleged Statements
About q Probable War With GERMANY

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 27.-Gen. Arthur
Macarthur. commanding tho Division of
the Pacific, returned to-day on the liner
Siberia from a months sojourn in and about
Honolulu. Gen. MacArhurs object in
visiting the islands was to examine and re-
port upon proposed sites for military posts.
Gen. Macarthur, while in good humor,
would not discuss his recent alleged inter-
view at Honolulu in which he was made to
say that war with Germany was probable
in the near future.
The sun., 1903-12-28
ESCAPE FROM RURNING Snip.
Captain md Crew Of the Bark Lady .JOicy
Reach Ponce In Small Boats.
Special Cable Despatch to THE 81

Special Gable Despatch to THE sun
SAN JUAN, Dec. 27The British bark
Lady Joicy, from Chile for Savannah with
a cargo of nitrate Of soda, was burned
at sea last Wednesday night, sevent y-five
miles south of Port Rico
There were no casualties. The captain
and crew reached Ponce in two small boats.
The sun., 1903-12-28

CINCINNATI Dec. 27.-At a luncheon
given at the St Nicholas Hotel the engage
ment of Miss Gretchen McCurdy Gala CHER
of this city, a society woman well known
as violinist, to Prof. John Morris Of Athens.
Ga, was announced in a novel way. A
little girl naked except for slight drapery,
and with gauze wings, represented Cupid
and told of the coming marriage.
The sun., 1903-12-28
JESSE SELIGMAN DEAD.
Member Of the Frankfort Banking House
Had Been III Several Years.

Special C1Df UeSp0fch 10 The SUN
BERLIN, Dec. 27--Jesse Selgman, for
merly a partner in the well known Selig-
man banking house Of New York, died
to-day at Frankfort.
The sun., 1903-12-28
sEABOARD FLORIDA LIMITED.

solid Pullman Train New York 10 ST. Augustine
composed OF double drawing room. sleeping cars,
compartment. dining and observation cars Will
W -l
The sun., 1903-12-28

Jesse Seligman was a member Of the
Frankfort house Of the j. and W. Seligman
4 Co. banking firm. He had been i'll for
about four wears. He was A years old and
a son of Henry Seligman. He had made
several trips to this country to visit his
relatives
The sun., 1903-12-28
Dewcys wines Arc Pure

Special assorted cases for Holidays. very
acceptable present send for descriptive price
list Dewcy's 1888 Fulton ST.. New York cry hdr.
The sun., 1903-12-28

Brrnetts Extract Of Vanilla
Ado
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-27
What Keeps the South Poor.

twenty-five years ago Mr.. Shurley realized
what we all now know that ignorance and pow
erty go hand in hand, and the best Investment a
State or community can make is to tax itself
to educate the young. Had some one asked him,
Are we not too poor to tax ourselves for
schools he would have answered: '0You are too
poor not to tax yourselves. A dollar properly in
vested In education, will bring a hundred fold in
return"
Mr.. Shurley knew and taught that as long as
the Southern laborer earned fifty cents a day,
and the New England laborer two dollars a day.
so long would the South remain poor and New
England prosper. That so long as North Carolina
sells the labor of her young men at ten, fifteen,
twenty or thirty dollars a month, and imports
young men from Massachusetts tosearn one hun
dred, five hundred or one thousand dollars per
month, so long will one State remain near the
foot and the other at the top of the ladder of
wealth. But he also knew and taught us that the
Southern laborer would earn as much as the New
England laborer whenever he could do the same
work, and his abiding faith in his own people,
made him believe the difference not in natural en-
dowment, but a difference in training. This train
ing was the work of the school-the work of educa-
ton. Although his opportunity to teach it was
poor, he knew the hand should be trained with the
head. He taught us self-reliance, diligence and
Bryant at the unwilling of the monument to the
late Prof. Shurley, of Carolina Academy, at Pleas
ant Valley, August 6, 1903.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-27

Dr. Walter H. Page, now of New York, is a man
Of National outlook, a man of large experience in
the chief centres of American thought and indus
try, and a man who is in daily contact with men
from all parts of the country Moreover, he is a
candid man, a man who believes that North Caro-
Ina should be painted as she is, warts and all.
So when DR.. Edwin A. Alderman declared at
Guilford Battle Ground last Tuesday, that "never
IN all her two hundred and forty years of history
has North Carolina bulked so largely in the public
imagination, never has she\held so large a place
IN public interest as to-day" it is not without sig
mhcance that DR.. Page punctuated the sentence
with a positive: "That's the truth. Men do know
more about North Carolina and talk more about
North Carolina now than ever before"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-27

"Boner's Lyrics" is the title of handsome lit
tie volume just from the presses of the NeaIe
Publishing Co., Washington, D. G.. It contains
all the best work of North Cardinals gifted son,
the late John Henry Boner. Much of his verse
found a place, in his lifetime, in the best maya
zines of the country, and many poems of no less
merit are published for the first time in this
book. Prof. Henry Jerome Stockerd regards Mr..
BOner as the most talented writer of verse that
our State has produced, and this estimate is
probably that held by most people capable of
Judging. A little later on we purpose making
some selections from this volume for publication
in The Progressive Farmer.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-27

aTbe annual report of the operations of the
Dead Letter Office for the fiscal year ended June
% 1907 says a press dispatch, "will show total
,ocpipts to have been more than 100000
Dieces, the largest in the history of the office.
commercial papers found, such as drafts, checks,
money orders, ETC., represented a face value of
sr49S.563." And yet if people would only heed
the simple and o~ft-repeated request that the
and address of the writer be written in
the upper left hand corner of the envelope, the
Dead Letter Office, with the loss, anxiety, and
hard feelings which it represents, would be put
out of business.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-27
How to Get Good Reads.

We want good roads, for they are the great
est compounders of comfort, wealth, progress,
'u higher civilization known to enterprising
Ien' The people are entitled to them. To build
Ien IS not only our privilege, but it is our duty
. civilized, progressive men. When / see the
PUSperlty Of the town, I think this prosperity
WI De greatly increased increased by the pros
t'.nS OF the rural precincts. 1t takes money to
UIo good roads. The best way to get that money
= y d bond issue. You can get money at 3, 4,
D . Per cent on good bonds for twenty years.
2olu your roads with this money, and so greatly
:.'eaSe Your taxable values Cat the same time
~ S''"Slng your tax rate) and so greatly attract
people that you will scarcely feel the expense
Paying these bonds. They will liquidate them
~. y sinking fund will grow out of the in
MI: s0u value and pay the bonds, as it has in
Al ISVp oounty-Chas, P. Lane, Madison Co.,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-27
Theft Galore.

Is making millions at the expense of honor a
profitable occupation, in the minds of fnanciers
who are now being tried at the moral bar? To
form a vast combination, knowing it to be SO
watered as to be unsafe, and to bargain for your
own gains at the expense of those who trust
you-what is the name for that? No number of
technical schools founded by the executor of such
a deal can clear his record, any more than nav
kish moralizing and founding colleges can cleanse
the life of a man who has conspired against the
law, With the aid of bribery, to crush competitors.
1t is depressing to have a smirch on fnanclers
who have heretofore seemed faithful to their
trusts. If they were in such dire want of a few
millions more, why did they not say so, and let
us help them out, instead of giving another blow
to our confidence in them and in human nature!
With millionaries willing to be sharpers, in order
to get more millions; with politicians stealing
from the people, in city, State, and nation, and
habitually using men, women and children as
mere pawns in a private game to capture wealth;
with yellow papers p~lunging their readers into
dirt and danger for business and circulatlon-the
love of money may fairly be called a sickness IN
our country. Unhappily we can not call these
reeking instances exceptions. Other departments
in the Government are only less eaten with cor
%ruption than the pOstofice. Little cities nave
their rings. as well as big ones. The more that IS
learned about corporate methods the more uni
versal seems the Willingness to trick the public.
Corruption, caused by the opportunity which all
have. in this country, for worldly progress, and
bv the desire for fast advancement, IS undenlable
and vast. Leaders in business enterprise are
among the least excusable when they Juggle' Tor
tbey are men who have had opportunity to acquire
understanding which should forbid dishonest
gain. "These men," said Judge Grosscup' bring
nothing to humanity but suffering, and leave
nothing to mankind but disgrace" 10 send one
Of them to jail would do more good than the pun
;shment of a dozen walking delegates or gambling
kings.-Collier's Weekly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-27

The proposed additions to be made to the
:t1 Binding in Raleigh, at a cost of 100000,
oa FId he of immense convenience to our officers
" Iov-makers and would give us a State Build
81 which every North Carolinian might well
he proud. But let the education of the chill
Jren and the care of the insane be our first con-
S;Ioration. While we ought to have the enlarged
.onitol, it can wait awhile yet.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-10-27

Books have always a secret influence on the I'M
Outstanding; we cannot at pleasure obliterate
ideas; he that reads books of science, though with
out any desire of improvement, will grow more
knowing; he that entertains himself with moral or
religious t~reatises, will imperceptibly advance in
goodness the ideas which are often offered to the
mind, will at last find a lucky moment when it is
disposed to receive them.-Samuel johnson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01
ADJUSTMENTS.
At the 5ijou.

here will be a matinee performance at
 Bijou today and a performance as |ual tonight. The bill will be unusually goqA even for New Years, because of the faR that it is made up of all of the new est ideas in vaudeville, and right up to the moment in all that is good There are acts that would be great drawing cards in New York. Charles Crapewin, Anna Chance and cc~-0any in ''The Awakening of Mr. Pipp,@ X esent a number that is well in advance of any of the sketches yet nseen here. It shows a new idea for a
 >sy, and |. is ever so well told. MT,
 bewin is a good character actor, and
 attractive partner is a clever actress. he duo use no slap sticks to make
 ighter nor do they tell jokes. but they
 rk out good situations, and hand out
 hghs like a big newspaper press run
 hg full speed.
 bne of the best features Mir. Wells has Ter brought here, however, is the act If Moung Mya, the Hindoo juggler This remarkable East Indian was brought to America about ten weeks ago, and Mir. Wells secured his services for a series of six weeks, and put him in this bill as a card, and a card he is, for Birmingham people have never before seen such a Wonderful new act. The juggler does not 7use his hands at all, but juggles huge
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01
YEARS BANK CLEARINGS
 AMOUNTED TO $6,78l, ,O48

661.5O of Sliding were issued from the city engi H=er's office. The division for the twelv months follows
 January B9, GAO, February s201, ,311. March $64644, AWiI S129.S75. May 2,795, June $21z94O, y $14476O, August $75,OO0, Sep tember 36O. October ss2, PAS, November s103,962 cember $SS,126.
 Permi F. issued in June called for the largest #al monthly sum on the face of permits {he sum being $217,9
 Durir the previous year permits for a471 of building were issued. The amour of building permits is only one half O <he value of the buildings erected. ~ N%>>~<~~-~~s-< Critte en, outer guard; D. H. Marksteir, inner 1ard; J. W. Clay, past chancel- Tor.
 T. Moulton, P. H. Harris and A. Glhsi were elected trustees, and Felix Blacl rn as representative to the Grand Lode which meets in Birmingham this year
 Alp 100 members were present at the mee B. The public installation of of hcer Fill take place on the 7th of this mon when 1t is expected that a num- Der the Grand Lodge officers will be pre1 and participate in the ceremonies.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01
CASTRO ACCEPTS
 TIE ARBITRATION His Answer Is Received by Sec retary Hay at Washington. FALKE WILL NOT OPEN FIRE Story That German Cruiser Would Bombard Maracaibo Is Denied.
 Correspondent Interviews Cas-
 tro at Midday Dance.

Washington, December 31.-Secretary dent Castro to the proposal of the powers to arbitrate the Venezuelan difficulties before The Hague tribunal President Castro accepts the general principles of the proposition. His answer will be trans mitted from here to London, Berlin and Rome sometime today.
 Caracas, December 31.-The report that the German cruiser Fake is threat ening to lombard Maracaibo Is untrue. In the first place the cruiser cannot en- ter the lake of Maracaiho and as Mara caibo is ten miles from the bar 1t would be impossible for the Fake to lombard 1t. In the second place, it is asserted in Maracaibo that the postmaster there has not withheld the mail of the German merchants. Maracaibo is quiet.
 The blockade is working injury to com- merce, and especially to American in- terests.
 Germany Still Silent.
 Berlin December 31.-The German gov- eminent reservations, in agreeing to sub init the Venezuelan claims to arbitration, continue to be undisclosed in their en- tirety. From statements appearing today, however it seems to be confirmed that Germany excludes claims which are sub ject to arbitration demands amounting to $500, ,000 for seizure of property and out rages upon German subjects under the circumstances are deemed so clear that it is useless to call in arbitrators. This sum will not be demanded In cash at ,..t- Rf, ,afaf xHFtlI be insisted upon. Great Britain preferred claims are the equivalent to $5OO,0OO, hence the statements made abroad that Ger many is asking more than England are not true. Germany valves an apology for what are here called diplomatic insults, asking only material reparation.
 It is now stated that the German cruiser Superba will sail for Venezuela January 16.
 The Lokal Anzeiger, the only German newspaper having a special correspond- ent at Caracas, prints dispatch from Caracas, dated December 29, relating to the correspondents experience In inter- viewing President Castro. He found him at General Alcatraz's estate at La Vic toria, dancing at monday. General AL catraz, who was waiting with bundle of dispatches, remarked to the correspond- ent that 'it would not do to interrupt the Presidents pleasure eFer with state business" But the correspondent says he spoke to the President between dances and after a conversational reconnois- ance" inquired if he intended to give the powers satisfaction.
 "Why, mo-" replied the President "I am the one demanding satisfaction for in- sults.''
 At this remark, the correspondent con- tinues. "a lady slapped the President on the back and said: That's the way to talk, old body
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01
bvERNoR VISITS FLAT TOP.
mpanies Convict Inspectors to F Sloss-Sheffield's New Mines.

he board of convict inspectors ac- qhpanied by Governor Jelks, President
 c. Maben and General Superintendent 1H c. Culverhouse of the Sloss- Sheffield s4el and Iron company. visited the Sloss coal mines at Flat Top yesterday, where about 250 state convicts are em- ployed. The state officials found the stockades in excellent condition and the health of the convicts good.
 Governor Jelks said last night that the board had not yet decided upon a super intendert of the convict mines. It Is be- lieved, however, that the appointment of superintendent and otltr officials nec- essary In conducting the mining business under tie new plan, effective today will be made within the next day or two
 Governor Jelks will leave for Mont gomery this morning but the members of the convict board will remain here until tomorrow. President Carmichael and Dr. Bcagy will probably visit the Tennessee company's convict mine at Pratt City today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-01-01
NEW DEPARTMENT
 IN HOWARD DCOLLEGE
DR. A. p. MONTAGUE WISHES TO
 ESTABLISH DEPARTMENT OF
 PRACTICAL SCIENCE IN THE IN. STITUTION AT AN EARLY DATE.

The authorities of Howard college, at East Lake. are now contemplating the es- tablshment at an early date of a depart ment of practical science, in which shall be thoroughly taught civil, mining, cleo trical and mechanical engineering.
 The president of the college, Dr. A. P. Montague, is deeply interested in the pro- posed new department, and he thinks the demand for it is pressing.
 In speaking of the matter yesterday, Dr. Montague said
 I've are very anxious to secure the CO., operation of your paper and all interested in the development of the Birmingham district.
 We believe we can now meet a de- mand which is evident and pressing that we supply to the great industrial interests of northern Alabama capable, thorough men, trained to develop our resources and to lead in the vast commercial enter prises which are making our state the great commonwealth of the south.''