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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
JACK THE SHIPPER"
CAUGHT RED-HANDED
Man With Scissors Takes
a Golden Curl.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. "a scream
rose out of the great crowd that stood
On Girard Avenue. near Twelfth Street
yesterday morning. while the mummers'
parade was passing. The scream had
been uttered by Elsie Marguin. young
girl, of 4036 Tacony Street. She held one
hand to the back of her head and pointed
TO a man who was making his way out
OF the crowd.
The man carried a pair Of scissors.
with which he had shipped off one of the
girls pretty Curls- He succeeded in get
ting away from The dense crowd and
took 10 his heels. pursued by yelling
crowd. The man was about to escape
his Pursuers when a policeman. who was
acting as escort TO the paraders, took
Up the chase and caught the man
The prisoner struggled and people in
the crowd Of pursuers made desperate
efforts 10 pummel him. Some of them
did land blows, but finally the policeman
and several citizens succeeded in get
ting the man to the Twelfth district sta
tion house, at Tenth aud Thompson
Streets.
In the meantime the girl took a car
and went TO her home Later in the day.
when her address was learned. the pris-
oner who gave his name as John Loud
enberg, aged thirty-one years, was sent
TO the TWenty-seveHth district station
house 10 be identified. Loudenberg
would not give his address.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
LORD ROBERTS TO
VISIT BOSTON TOWN
Accepts Ye ancient and
Honorable Invitation.

BOSTON. Jan. Lord Roberts, of
Kandahar. otherwise known as ''Bobs,"
the idol Of Tommy Atkins" has accept
ed the invitation of the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery Company of this
town to be their guest next September
Capt Thomas jefferson Oleys. Of the
"Ancients." made the announcement
last night
The Prince of Wales and his uncle.
the Duke Of Connaught. have received
warm invitations to attend It is hoped
that they viii accept The Prince Of
Wales has said, unofBcially. that be
may be able to run over.
The Honorable Artillery Company Of
London. commanded by Lieut., Col. Lord
Deisbeigh. Is coming in q body
The Boston Ancients went 10 England
IN 1896 on the Cunarder SeTvia. and
Britain welcomed them with open arms
The British Artillery Company was
Invited to return the visit, but the Boer
war interviewed and the gallant artillery
men went 10 the TransVaal instead
Now they are coming in all the ponp
OF their military splendOr.
The Boston AucientS program in
cludes a banquet for 1000 in Mechanics
Building and a company dinner to the
guests at Hotel Somerset. which is de
signed TO throw that given TO Prince
Henry Of Prussia into the shade. There
will be u Held day. a street parade, q
drill en- Boston Common. and a review
BY the governor
After that the guests VIII 20 sight
seeing On special train of new, stump
tUors PuIlmans. The cars are as YET
unbuiIt Capt Oleys said last night that
in honor Of the English visitors the
new cars would all be given English
names The tour viii include Montreal,
Toronto, and West Point
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
DOWNFALL OF BANK
OF ENGI- AND FORGERS

NEW YORK. Jan. agent William
J. Flynn, OF the local Office Of the Sc
cret Service, returned yesterday on the
Teutonic from London. where he Was
one OF the principal witnesses against
gang Of counterfeiters of Bank OF
England notes who have just been on
vleted and sentenced. The gang made
its headquarters in the Whitechapel dis
trict Of London, but the evidence was
gathered in this city.
The story Of the downfall Of the coun-
terfeiters begins with the arrest IN Now
York OF man who called himself Jacob
Stern On January p. 1902. Stern went
10 the State Bank in Grand Street with
what at first glance seemed TO be seven
perfect Bank Of England notes OF an
aggregate value of Gi55- He asked for
their equivalent in American money
Stern was asked to leave the notes until
later. when he could call and receive
American money for them He agreed
and the notes were sent TO c. b. Rich
ards & Co. OF 81 Broadway, who pro
nounced them counteTfeIts Of very
high order or workmanship
When stern returned TO the bank. the
Secret Service men nabbed him He said
he had found the notes. After eight
weeks in Ludlow Street Jail he was re
leased. The Secret Service men did not
let him get out of their sight, how
ever. and soon were on the trail Of TIE
men who had used Stern as a tool.
Two Russian Jews.
AGENT Flynn learned that two Rus
sian Jews. Hyman Bernstein and VIII
liam Barmash. had brought the coun-
terfeftg 10 this country and lad left
New York hurriedly on Storms arrest
These facts and others we're communi-
Gated to Scotland Yard and the Bank OF
England officials. and the result vas
that by early il the fall all of the gang
except Bernstein were rounded Up IN
and around London The latter was ar
rested few weeks ago in South Africa
ard will be brought back 10 England
and tried in March. Ali are Russian
Jews.
Philip Bernstein and solomon and
William Barmash. father and son, plead
ed guilty when they learned that Jacob
schmitt. the maker Of the notes, had
turned iuformer. They got sentences Of
twenty, fifteen, and ten years, reapec-
lively. Solomon Barmash became totally
paraIyzed from the waist down after his
arrest. and within an hour after he was
carried from the court room By attend
ants he shot and killed himself
Six Others Convicted.
Six other prisoners were tried together
and convicted. Four got eighteen months
each, one q year, and one a month. All
six played minor parts in The conspiracy.
schmitt, the manufacturer Of the coun-
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CHANCE FOR PRESIDENT
TO BAG BLACK BEARS
Maine Farmers Annoyed BY Unusual Number of Beasts.

BANGOR, Jan. BLACK bears have
taken possession of the country fifteen
miles east OF Bangor, IN the towns Of
Eddington, Amherst. and Dedham to
such an extent that the farmers there
are thinking OF organizing a bear hunt
ing league, and one enterprising agri-
culturist wrote President Roosevelt to
take a hand in exterminating the pests
In the old pioneer days every farmer
was obliged to keep his gun handy and
look sharp. else his hocks and herds
would go TO fatten the bears OF his
leighborhood, and it was no uncommon
thing for bruin to poke his nose in ar
the window of the little red schoolhouse,
thus creating a panic among the chill
dren aud giving the cause Of education
q setback that would last until the
men had taken a few days off and killed
what bears could be found in the vi
entity.
IN recent years. however, the bear has
subsided into peaceful, not to say sneak
ing. ways, eontenting himself with feed
ing upon berries in summer time, with
stray sheep now and then in the fall,
and retiring in winter TO I cave in the
rocks, or to the depths Of a hollow log.
10 sleep and suck his paws for months.
The State used 10 pay bounty of So a
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terfeit notes. told a highly interesting
story on the witness stand. The two
Bernsteins. he said. were the hackers of
the scheme. Through the Bar nashes they
got Schmitt to agree 10 make the notes,
and for this purpose Schmitt in 1901 rent
ed a cottage at Southsea- HiJher 5he va
rious principals went with their families
ostensibIy for an outing. but in reality
10 help along with the making Of the
notes. The gang turned out in all 400
{ 30 notes. and 200 each Of $40 and So
notes. These disposed Of they expect
ed to make another batch. OF this mi
tiaI installment, half of each denomina-
ton we're sent in care OF William Bar
mash and Lyman Bernstein to be laid
down ln this country The others were
to have been passed on the Continent
or in England. Strangely en2ughs tbs
seven notes presented 10 the state Bank
here were the first notes that ever came
to light, Stems attempt apparently be
ing in The nature Of a test.
Clever limitations.
The notes are regarded by Bank OF
England experts and Scotland Yard as
the cIeyerest limitations Of the real Bank
of England notes ever turned out.
The watermark.. said Agent Flynn
yesterday, is practically q facsimile Of
that in the genuine note. Schmitt's
method OF getting the watermark into
the paper is entirely different from any
thing that has ever come to the atten-
ton Of the authorities before.
Mr. Flynn says that the Bank Of Eng
land has minute private marks on its
notes, and that this mark, which should
have been on the lettering of schmitt-s
notes. was missing: otherwise it would
have been practically impossible TO de-
tect the fraud
Schmitt did not tell on the trial what
his process is. but the Bank Of England
people and the detectives know it, and,
10 Agent Flynn, It Is Of a most
remarkable nature. It is q secret that,
for obvious reasons, viii be carefully
guarded.
Old Bailey and the scenes in and about
it greatly interested Nj. Flynn. and he
was much impressed with the celebrity
with which the wheels Of British justice
move The Secret Service man Is a mild
sort OF . camera fend. and in spare min
utes he snapped a few pictures Of the
celebrated prison and his surroundings.
He wanted to get a snapshot Of the in
terror Of the courtroom IN action, but the
Scotland Yard men threw up their hands
in horror al the suggestion
he couldn't get used 10 the English
style Of replying. Yes mIord. and
No. mIord. TO the questions OF the
judge.
Yes, sir and No, sir. were good
enough for me. said Agent Flynn.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
WORLDS FAIR SCHEMER
ROBS EX-GOV. FRANCIS
Loses $3.50 While interviewed By an
Alleged Promoter.

CHICAGO, Jan Former Governor
David 4 Francis Of Missouri. viii look
with cold and gIarins eye upon pro-
motors OF Worlds Fair schemes who
come 10 him.
a stranger seized him by the hand in
a street car yesterday and began IN
folding a special tower" scheme
President 5. NJ FELTON,. Of the Alton
Railroad. was sitting beside Nj. Francis
The man talked for ten minutes aud
then jumped Of the car
An nouT later Mr. Francis was cashfrg
q check in the Auditorium. The Special
tower man had taken the Francis pock-
etbook with $3.50,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
BOY KILLED BY PENCIL.

ADAMS, y y, Jan 2-Ivan Grim
shaw. young son Of Charles Grimshaw.
of This village, fell on the floor with a
pencil in his mouth Tuesday The pen
ell penetrated the back OF his mouth
and the boy died IN few hours
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-01-02
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BIG GRAIN ELEVATOR BURNED

FORT DODGE, Iowa. Jan. 1.-The
grain elevator OF the Great Western Ce-
real Company with a capacity Of 175 GOO
bushels. was burned yesterday. causing a
loss of $1O0. goo, fully covered BY insur-
ance.
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Six Others Convicted.

Six other prisoners were tried together
and convicted. -Four got eighteen months
each. one a year. and one q month. All
six played minor parts in The conspiracy.
schmitt, the manufacturer Of the coun-
The progressive farmer., 1903-06-02

time getting a paper once a week,
and children in the back country
districts are learning more of the
world than others who live in cities
and who enjoy all the opportunities
of metropolitan life. For country
people read. They have time and
inclination for it. They are not so
absorbed with trifes that take the
time and attention of our youth in
towns, who see and hear so much,
but read and reflect so little. It is
sending into the dark places a
stream of light that is going to tell
nightly in the years to come. We
get our big men from these country
places anyhow. They are not found,
as a rule, in our towns and cities,
and the r. F. D. will find them
quickly and stir them to action.
The Government is wise in thus pro-
viding the means for finding and
bringing to it's service these strong
country boys who, having learned
how to manage stubborn "critters"
on the farm, the sooner and the east
er learn to control the more stub
born elements in public life-Char-
ity and Children.
The progressive farmer., 1903-06-02
The Telephone Monopoly.

The absorption of the independent
telephone exchanges by the Bell Com
pany goes quietly but steadily on.
Some months ago the Bell Company
swallowed half a dozen small lines
in South Carolina at one gulp, and
now the Greenville papers tell us
that the exchange there has gone
the same way. The purchase price
is said to have been $75,OOO.-Ashe-
vile Citizen.
The absorption will go on until the
Bell gets possession of all the phone
lines and is in entire control of the
situation. Then, the telephone hav-
ing become a necessity, all of us
will pay whatever rates the Bell peo-
pie ask and accept whatever service
they choose to give us, and if we
raise any objection they will probably
ask us what we are going to do about
it? There will be kicking enough
after the screws are put on, but the
kicking will accomplish little then.
The time to help the matter is now
if it can be helped at all-Statesville
Landmark.
The progressive farmer., 1903-06-02
The r. F. D.

The Government of the United
States has been exceedingly wise in
its policy of increasing and improv-
ing the facilities for delivering mail
in the rural districts. The Rural
Free Delivery, which some of. us
thought a great humbug when it was
first announced is proving to be a
wonderful blessing to many a neigh
borhood and affording people remote
from the centres of thought and life
advantages which were never dream
ed of few years ago. Daily pa
pers are now going into many a
home which heretofore had hard
The progressive farmer., 1903-06-02
Prof. Pearson on the Audubon Bill.


Prof. T. Gilbert Pearson in re-
sponse to a letter of inquiry as to
the advantages-of the audubon
Bill" writes the editor of the Ashe-
boro Courier under recent date as
follows:
"First, the valuable song and in
sect-eating birds of the State which
number about three-ffths of the
three hundred and fourteen species
found within its borders are protect
ed by law, and no class of people
should rejoice of this more than the
farmers, for it is a fact well known
to any observant person. that the
average wild bird does far greater
good by destroying insects and their
larvae than it does harm in any way.
Second, provision is made for the ap-
pointing of game wardens whose
business it is to see that the laws of
the State are enforced and particular
attention will be given to that law
which is so often and so fagrantly
violated regarding the shipping of
birds out of the State. Third, and
very considerable good which in my
opinion is sure to result, is that
Northern sportsmen now have some
assurance that there will be a sincere
effort to enforce the game laws and
will come in greater numbers to our
State for the purpose of shooting
partridges. 1t is the custom in many
sections to lease farmers land for
this purpose, thus paying the farmer
a good price for shooting privileges,
and in practice doing the farmers
birds very little harm and doing the
farmers pocket-books much good. A
distinctive gain for the people of the
State will be the result. The new
law does not interfere with the ex-
listing game laws in any county in
North Carolina. The spirit and sole
objects of the Audubon Bill besides
protecting the insect-eating birds are
to enforce the county game laws,
such county laws as may exist or may
hereafter be enacted of like nature,
and the popularity of the law is re-
peatedly being demonstrated as peo-
pie become acquainted with its OBJ
jects and merits. Letters with ap-
plication for membership to the So
ciety are received daily. You have
probably noticed that the Charlotte
Observer, the Raleigh News and OBJ
server, and The Progressive Farmer,
the latter particularly, have been
strong advocates for this measure,
and I have yet to find the first per-
son who, clearly understanding the
meaning of the act, does not consider
the law a good one"
The progressive farmer., 1903-06-02
WORST OF ALL EXPERIENCES,

Can anything be worse than to
feel that every minute will be your
last? Such was the experience of
Mrs. S. II. Newson, of Decatur, Ala.
"For three years." she writes, "I en-
dured insuferable pain from indiges-
ton, stomach and bowel trouble.
Death seemed inevitable when doc
tors and all remedies failed. At
length l was induced to try Electric
Bitters, and the result was mirac-
ulOus. l improved at. once, and now
I'm completely recovered" For Liv
er, Kidney, Stomach and Bowel
troubles Electric Bitters is the only
medicine. Only so cents. It's guar
anteed by all druggists.
The progressive farmer., 1903-06-02

Nature has her own remedies for
the ills to which flesh is heir, and it
is our province to search them out.
Could we ask her, I believe she would
tell us that pure air, healthful food,
absence from worry and laughter are
her favorite remedies, or preventives,
which amount to the same thing.
We do not laugh enough. Good,
hearty laughter is often of more
value than twenty doses of medicine.
Ella Bartlett Simmons.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-20
MIA. Rooseyelt,s Handkerchief.

Charleston News and Courier,
The most pronounced display Of very bad man
rors that we have noted in long time has been
credited to the account Of some OF the society
nconlc Of Dallas Texas An entertainment has
been given in that city in the interest OF the
local kindergarten. Mrs Roosevelt, the wife
OF the president was requested to make con-
trihution In compliance with this request, and
without understanding what was wanted or
what was In contemplation as an entertainment,
as Mrs Henry c. Coke of Dallas, explained the
other day. she sent handkerchief to be sold
for the benefit OF the kindergarten association.
AS the story goes the handkerchief is cotton,
machine hemstitchcd and some assert that IT
could be duplicated in any cry goods store In
Dallas for 10 cents or three for a quarter. A
majority Of the people in charge OF the enter
tainmcnt resolved, after much heated discus
sion, that Mrs. Rooseyets gift should be re-
turned TO her, after it had been exhibited at SO
much per lock at the reception
. We agree with Mrs. Coke that Mrs, Roosevelt
did not receive fair play and her gift IN aid
Of the entertainment at Dallas was far better
than it deserved, There was no reason in the
world why she should be asked to make any
sort Of gift in aid Of kindergarten fair any
where aud particularly in community which
she has never visited, and in which She can fee
no especial interest She was asked to make
contribution to the Dallas fair because she hap
pens to be the wife of the president OF thu
United States and she assumed doubtless that i
was not the intrinsic value OF the gift she made
but the gift Itself that woud be OF interest t
the Dallas pcople II the beggars felt otherwis
.hey ought to have stated in their letter reques
ing a contribution that no contribution would b
received unless it was worth SO much. 1t is no
an evidence OF the best breeding to value gif
according to the price marked on the tag Til
Texans ought 70 have told the lady how niue
, they would expect her gift to be worth in dollar
| and cents
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-20
SOME PosTscRlpTs.


In some Of the Partisan cemeteries there are
omen vauts connected with electrical appliances
10 prevent the burial Of persons VINO may DC
only In a trance
The manufacture Of glass In Germany has be-
come thriving industry. The number OF iae
tories has reached 500 and they give employment
10 about $4,000 worlsnien.
A total Of 1904 conscripts from Alsaee- Lor-
fsine have failed to join the eolors and nave
been declared outlaws in consequence All ther
property reverts to the crown,
In bog on the island of iceland. Denmark'
a yotiye bronze chariot has been found with the
image OF horse ten inches high in front ana
With an inlaid gold sun one side
According to the last Federal census the mum
b.f Of natives OF New York in Chicago was So
600. and the number Of natives Of Ohio $1,000,
Chicago has large population OF Ne" England
ancestry,
With the object Of dverting the stream OF
er,ierants that now travels to America via Ger
many the Hungarian government proposes TO es-
] tahlish line 81 steamers running between
| Flume and the United States
| The most widely separated points between
which a telegram can be sent are British Coum'
| b,a and New Zealand telegram sent from
! one 10 the other would make nearly circuit oil
! the globe and would traverse over 10000 mie'
| in doing Sc.
movement is on foot in Sioux City Iowa
for the erection Of monument to War Eagle
! an Indian chief who was friendly to the early
settlers when others we're hostile, and who wa'
awarded a medal by the president Of the unitee
States in recognition OF his good othces