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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-26
SITUATION. CRITICAL LODzI

ST: PETERSBURG, June &c (3:55
A.. M.)-Beyond the bare announce.
ment that firing was again heard Sat-
urday night in the Jewish quarter at
Lodz and that the Jews are leaving
that city in great numbers. there Is al
most nothing known about the sltua.'
ton at Lodz and the developments of
Saturday and Sunday. Even an ade:
quate estimate of the magnitude Of
fridays fierce struggle in the streets
and the extent Of the casualties can.
not be obtained here as practically
all kilograms except brief and unsat.
isfactory messages to the agencies
are held up by the internal censorship.
The newspapers are without lnforma.
ton and Gen. Trepotf's adjutant told
the Associated Press that the chan,
cellor OF police had nothing to com.
municate. Ambassador Meyer also
is without news. though American
consuls are under orders to telegraph
Immediately happenings of impor.
tance in their districts. K
The lack of information prevented
any manifestation Of feeling on the
part of the workmen OF st. Petersburg,
many of whom are In sympathy with
social revolutionary doctrines and for
the same reason there Is little discus
sion in the clubs and cafes, most oi
the people not. being aware that any
thing unusual Is happening in Po
4 land. x, ".
]. When the details become known II
may be expected that the news vii
create the deepest impression in in
dustrial sections Of Russia and brint
about disorders, which would be par
tlcularly unfortunate coming Just a
this juncture when the government 4
bending every etfort5to induce the peo
PIE to be patient and to await the Is
suance Of a ukase announcing the con
vocation Of a national assembly, TIL
h proclamation regarding which 8canno
q he long delayed. The date for th
convocation was some time ago ten
'Itatiyely fixed for Juno 2s,S but the 5fina
lewiston \ for the project Is takinl
d longer than had been xpected 4 an
! the ulsase viii probably have to- u
X postponed. ys 3
a In Poland jitself, the events sat z Lod,
4 imay initiate an era OF open resistanc
T Ito the troops LASTING for onths n
1 sides LODI, ilish petrl
y koy and other raanufa aetufiag esl
e tiers have been on the verge of ii
I slarshyS for several men thss and distus
lances similar 10 those at Lodz On
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-26
REVOLT. is ON in WARSAW

and overturned, forming neucIei Of
such street defenses. Shops and stores
of the district have closed. Business
has suspended. BIoodshed threatens
to develop at any moment, as both
troops and people are in an ugly mood
Thirty.four hattalions Of troops are
encamped In streets, patrols are cir
culatlns everywhere. Slightest alter
cation Is all that is necessary to start
riotina.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-26

The. probable lineup Of the parade
for Fairmont's great celebration on
the Fourth Is as follows:
Platoon Of Police.
Band. Ii
Common Council.
h Fire Department.
N. G., S. W. Va, two companies.
Callithumpians and slubberdegul,
lions. u
Band. ggb
Grand Floral Parade.
Comic Vehicles.
There will be first and second prizes
for tho best decorated double vehicle;
for the best decorated single vehicle;
and for the best decorated single or
double pony rig. This floral parade
ought certainly to be one Of the finest
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-26
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{ BIG Fl IRE AT LEV vEEAkp.
Fifty Thousand DolIarsS Damage Done
ln5theE Heart lot the vtolesale
District

ID CLEVELAND, q. June 2s.-Eire
broke out shortly before 2so,clock this!
morning 1.-THE heart Of tie wholesale
dlstric. at the southwest corner 81 ST,
Clair street and North Water street
atsthet southwest corner of The willard
Storage Battery Company building
doing $50, 900 DAMAGE Fairbanks,
Morse e Company s building Is also
on fire and unless checked shortiy. a
aerce Sconaagra tion VIII ensue.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-26
WELL isN OWN uslNEss MAN
DIED sATs 8: so os C),cE ocK THIS "
gMolRIlNlNG.i
He WAS y Z L.sRU TsA VERY SHORT
e BEE RE DEATH
y cAME 80

The hole community was mex.
spressib shocked this ;morning ito
learn OF the death Of ! Mr.. Calvin w.
Arnett president Of the Falrmont
Trust Company.
Mr.. Arnett died at $3.50 o'clock this
morning, Of neuralgia Of the heart,
after an illness the seriousness Of
wIhich was Of such breyity that there
was scarcely an 3intimation that, he
was In q condition at all alarming
more than moment or 50 before
death claimed him. 4
Mr. Arnett had been under consid.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-26

ST. PETERSBURG, June Pa
telegram just received from Warsaw
says that the Hebrew quarter Of that
city is now in full revolt.
It Is expected that repetition Of
the massacres Of Lodz will occur in
the Polish capital.
Great crowds have assembled In
Warsaw streets. Barrlcades are be.
ing erected in various parts Of the
district. Street cars are being seized
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-26
He WAS ALLOWED TO PLEAD
GUILTY TO "UNLAWFuE &
sHooTlNe'-eo'T. III LIGHT l!t
SENTENCE. s5y !
SENTENCE.

G Contrary. to expect ations the yer
dict In the Protzman case was set
aside this morning by Judge Mason.
,Protzman was ibroush into court and
Epermitto lbleas a6i saplas;
fur shooting and was aente iced TO
pay d fine of $3.50 and TO serve six
months In jail s 1ss - + y ~ y 8
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-26

greater or samaller scale are to he
feared wherever; and whenever niili-;
tary conditions give the 1ightest en-.
enlargement.
Casualties during riots sttmated
today, were G51 killed, over seven
hundred wounded General shuttless
worth declaressth orders has beenfe,
stored.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-26
STARTS THIS AFTERNOON FoF
NEW ENeLAND-WiLL BE Il
AWAY SEVERAL: WEEKS. Ks
(By Publishers Press )

$50 IByT PUDIIsheFs. Presh.l lI5l4l
WASHINGTON, D. c., June 2G.-
President Roosevelt leaves Washing,
ton this afternoon for the remainder
OF the summer. He goes iirst5to Cam,
bridge, to attend Harvard commence.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-26
SECRETARY HAY
Is Suffering From Uraemic Conditions.
Resting Easy To-Day.
ny Publishers, Press.l

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NEWBURYlN. H., June 26.---secre.
tary Of State Hay is reported as be.
ing more comfortable. Specialist ply.
sicians. who came from Boston last
evening, returned this morning, leay:
ing, the. patient comfortable. with ply.
;sictans on the watch. They will re,
turn should Developments warrant an
operation. Mr.. Hay Is suffering
from uraemic conditions. t5
z 8. !. - & No
Aged Lady Dead.
ord hak reach led here Of the deSD
of1 Mrs. sdsanna Walls an aged sslats
We 9sas t's, q q
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-26

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ST. PETERSBURG, June 26.-Ne-
gotiations forSthe peace conference
have taken an important step forward,
proposition forithe date of the meet:
ing of the plenipotentiaries at Wash
ington having been submitted to Rus.
sia and being now under considera-
ton. The exact date proposed has
not been ascertaIned, but there is rea.
son to suppose that it Is some time
during the first. week or ten days of
August, which is about the earliest pc.
riod at which the Japanese ,represen.
tatives could be expected to reach
Washington. allowing reasonable time
for the acceptance of the proposal and
the interchange Of the nominations
of plenipotentIarles.
The emperor's answer Is not ex
pected for day or two, as the diplo
matte mills of Russia grind slowly
and the foreign office, as one Of tn,
secretaries puts it, "is not used t.
your hustling American methods" bu
1t is thought that~the date. will .be sat
isfactory as it will give ample tim
for NJ. Nalldoff, the Russian ambassa
dor at Paris, or other Russian negc
tiators, to reach Washington, and a
there will be little preliminary worl
for them to do until the Japanes
terms are submitted.
Whether the proposal, regarding
the date originated at Toxic or Wash
ington cannot be learned, but the fac
that the negotiations were conducte
through Ambassador Meyer may ind
cate that President Roosevelt has pc,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-26
PRESIDENT. LEAVES WASHINGTON

ment, thence 10 oyster Bay, reaching
there Thursday noon! He VIII remain
at Sycamore Hill until the latter part
Of. September, B \
p. Mrs. r ooseyelt y and chill ldren, ex;
cepting Miss Alice, left for Oyster
Bay this morning Miss "A Alice remains
at the White House until atnrday,
when she startsffors the Philippincs
with Secretary Taft,s party.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-26
TIME OF MEETING HAS BEEN
i SUGGESTED TO RUSSIAN
S AUTHORITIES.
SOME INTERESTING FIGURES ON
THE STRENGTH OF THE
TWO ARMIES.

'S WASHINGTON, o. c, June 2s.-
The following statement was given out
at the White House this afternoon:
"The President has received from
both Russia and Japan statements
that the plenipotentiaries Of the two
countries will meet in the United
States during the. first ten days OF
August, and the President has ex,
pressed to both governments the wish
that the meeting should take place, II
possible, on the first Of August, and II
not on that day, then the earliest date
thereafter"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-26
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-05-04

below the limit of tolerance. Bags
are often found light from this
cause when the general count is
going on, and the coin found defc-
lent, either gold or silver, has to be
recoined at the expense of the gov
eminent. The duck bags in these
instances are burned, and the resi-
due, whether it be gold or silver,
saved and used again by the mint.
1t is hard for the avera ge person
to realize the amount of money there
is in the treasury. The coin alone
amounts to 5000 tons. The gold
alone amounts to over 1000 pounds.
Each million dollars worth of
gold occupies seventeen cubic feetof
space, and weighs one and eight
tenths tons. There is about $780,
600 in gold in the treasury. If this
amount We're converted into monu-
ment, shaft two feet square and
thirty five feet high could be built.
If the 5000 tons OF coin in the
treasury were put in coal carts hold
ing ton each, the line of teams four
abreast would reach from the navy
yard to Georgetown.
Each member of the corps which
will count the money will have about
100 tons of coin alone to handle
that is, if the work is handled by the
same number of men as in 1897.
Though this amount sounds great,
though many might dread the under
taking, the count will go through
so smoothly the employees themselves
will hardly realize the stupendous-
ness of their task.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-05-04
WOULD SPOIL LIFE.
The Enemies of Coffee Strike at
Man's Happiness.

Some one, who must be a friend,
sends us several leaflets In an
unsealed envelope calling attention
to the fearful havoc that coffee
is making among the misguided
humans on this globe. Perhaps it
is nice to be snatehed fromra syawn-
ing grave and have the feet once
more press the solid rock of sound
living, But our coffee, that hits us
solar plexus. Why, coffee has
been our solace for years and years.
When friends proved untrue, when
the world seemed full of severity.
doubt and perplexity, the soft Ara
bian smell of coffee in the kitchen
has called us back to the battle and
given us a new lease on vim. And
here this dear unknown friend wants
US to saw off quit; for coffee is
deadly, yesldeadly but can we not
choose our manner of departure
from this mundane sphereY Nor
down further it says IL win De sui
cide'to do'so. Here westand between
the devil and the billowy brine.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-05-04
FITZHUGH LEE DEAD.
The Prominent Southern Gen.
eral No More.

General Fitzhugh Lee is dead
While the nation viii deeply regre
the loss of this valiant man, VIII,
fought for The southland in the ciyi
war, and with the boys in blue j.
1885, TIE south viii mourn the dealt
81 one Of the fighting Lees Of yir
ginis: the nephew Of the idol Of the
southland General Robert f. Lee
In the civil war General Fitzhugh
Lee was enc Of the dashing cavalry
headers, trigadier general Of abil.
ity and great bravery, be was
wounded several times, and at Shen.
andoah had three horses shot under
him.
President Cleveland appointed
General Lee consul general at
Havana and be played an important
part in the negotiations that ended
with the declaration of war against
Spain
President Mckinley used General
Lee as an object lesson TO the south
in demonstrating that the civil
war was over; its scars had healed
and that there was unity the land
over.
He Immediately commissioned
General Lee major general in the
solunteer army, and Lee then became
the first ex-confederate to return to
the blue. General Wheeler also
received his commission TO the army
and the southland reared its appro
val with a rush to the flag that would
have furnished The full quota needed
for the army.
When the war was over, President
Mckinley appointed General Lee
governor general of Cuba, and later
made him major general in the reg
nlar army, from which he was
retired some time ago.
The south appreciated these cour-
tesles and the recognition to one of
its bravest soldiers. 1t was grace
full act of the executive and one that
won him the hearts of the southland. |
General Fitzhugh Lee was one of
the few living generals Of the FAM
Gus line Of leading x-confederate
captains. Joe Wheeler still remains.
The death Of John B. Gordon caused
deep regret throughout the south
the loss Of their favorite Lee will |
touch the people of that section to
BIC ucdft. ~A3y Ftf III
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-05-04
CASH MUST BE COUNTED.
Change in Treasurer's Make a
Whole Lot of Work.

! A stupendous task will begin Jun
80, when Ellis II. Roberts, treasure
OF the United States, retires fror
office, and thus makes necessary tn
recounting of the money in the treas
ury, formality gone through ever
time there is change in treasurers
Every piece of money, from tn
insignificant copper TO the Sl0,00'
notes and the $4,000 bonds, vii
have to be accounted for before Mr.
Roberts is released from his bond
and receipt given him for tn,
amount, which will be considerably
over a billion dollars.
Mr.. Roberts has been treasurer
eight years, having been appointed
by President Mckinley. In speak
ing Of the count Of the money in the
vaults, Mr.. Roberts said:
In july, 1897, when 1 came into
Office, the work was begun and com
pleted by corps of fifty clerks,
selected from the various parts of
the treasurer's office, where counting
is carried on. There was nearly
SS00,000,000 in the treasury at that
time and the work was not finished
until February.
The bills are counted by hand,
and the gold. silven and other coins
are weighed, The gold is, put into
eight-ounce duck sacks, each hold
ing $1,000. and the silver into SINH.
lar bags, with 81 900 to the bag.
The method is to count out the
amounts of gold and sill
yer for one bag of each kind, and
use these bags as the standard of
weight that is, weighing the other
bags against them. Should the
slightest deficiency be found in any
bag, the coin is turned out and
counted, piece by piece. Where The
bags have been used any considera-
Die time and are found to be worn,
new bags are substituted, and then,
also, the contents is counted separ
ltely.
''How fast can an expert count
)illsY
"Well, sixteen thousand bills is
good days work in the |
'ffice. The number counted depends |
N the condition of the bills when
We receive them. Sometimes they
re torn and ragged, and then they
AVE to be patched. This takes
much time, of course.
Are men or women more prof
lent in the work.
That cannot be accurately
because there are expert
of both sexes. The
Employees of the cash room proper,
shere most Of the counting is done
sithe daily routine Of business, how,
yer, ARE all men. $780,
Will the task of counting take so
ong as seven or eight months, as it
id before? tlqa
mo, ! do not think so. Ii all
epends on how much money has to
e counted by hand. In 1897 there |
7ere found evidences Of some lead
a the bags, and this necessiated the
bunting by hand of most of the sill
or money.
did the count and the amount
hown by the books corresponds
no, there was deficit of $500.
N act was passed by congress
elieving my predecessor of that
mount.
1t has been found that when coin
bagged several years, and it has
cen necessary to remove the con-
ents frequently, it has lost consider
bly, by abrasion, even being, light
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-05-04

FOLLOW
in the
will be beached much
Then follow the rake with
the possible
and be The
% centero Of the
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-05-04
1T. GOODWIN.
.DEALERIS
REAL ESTAT z.

Partieswho wish to sell land are soIicitf
TO list II with me as /, am well know.
throughout the country and with me 20
are assured a square DEAL X now ha,
some OF the best in Day county for sal,
also vacant lots and residence property
the city. Come and see me II You wish
buy or sell land,
Office I'd ave. u block from court hous'
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-05-20

Because | believed somebody above
Mr.. Bigelow should know" replied the
clerk, significantly.
Questioned by the surprised director,
who thought the matter trivial, the
clerk said:
81 was told to enter the amounts of
u cash accounts in the Chicago
banks. 1t was part of my duty. AS
sistant Cashier Henry Coll stopped mc
and said he would attend to it. Mr..
Coll has taken charge of other work
of mine and changed entries. Mr.. Bige-
low has turned certain other men on
my work"
On Saturday Pfster personally d.
rected a hasty examination of the
books identified by the suspicious
clerk.
The false entries were quickly ap-
parent. Other clerks each declared
President Bigelow responsible.
Staggered by his discovery, Pfster
ran back to the presidents Office, burst
through the door ~unannounced. and
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-05-20

honored and successful ~financiers; to-
day as he walks the streets by virtue
of a bail bond, he is pointed out as
the man before whom the black walls
of the grim prison are slowly rearing.
Others Involved.
And as we ask the questions we are
reminded that Banker Bigelow is not
the only one who is playing a part in
this startling drama. On the stage
with him there appears at least one
of the bank clerks, Henry G. Coll, as
sistant cashier, who helped to falsify
the accounts to cover the ~defalcation.
We say he appears on the stage! We
must qualify that statement and say
that fguratively speaking for the p1r-
poses of this story he appears. But the
fact of the matter is that he has dis
appeared, and the police in every city
I'm the United States and Canada are
looking for him, and it is not known
how much money disappeared with
him.
Disastrous May Wheat Deal.
The May wheat deal, in which it is
said hat John w. Gates. the manipu-
lator of the attempted corner, did
and did not lose a fortune, figures
q good many million bushels, it is
thought, in the story of the bank
losses, either by the direct plunging OF
Banker Bigelow in his frenzied effort
tn make good the millions lost in
wall street, or the piunging OF his son.
Gordon Bigelow, whose financial back
er be hiss apparently always been
The latest story is that Gates got on
of the deal with a whole skin ald
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-05-20
Looting of First National Bank of Milwaukee.
by President Frank q. Bigelow.
SPECULATION and RECKLESS SON BRING RUIN
Man in Whose Hands Had Been Placed Vast Trusts
Proves Faithless and Is Self-Confessed Defaulter
to the Amount of Millions-May Wheat
Deal Figures in the Crash.

handsome profit to boot, and tESt the
heavy losses caused by the breaking
OF the corner and the dropping of the
price of May wheat from $1.2112 to
9Sh cents, fell on the tailers whose
holdings in some cases were enormous,
as is evident from the fact that n
line of 700, coo bushels for an outsider
was bought as S1.19, nearly the maxi
mum price reached. And it is more
than likely that Bigelow was caught
for a big sum-, and it was this loss
which precipitated the exposure. If
John w. Gates made by the deal, there
are those who are firm in the belief
that Bigelow's losses helped to cover
the Gates losses and leave the latter
a handsome margin. And so the
sensational May wheat corner, which
is a story OF fascinating interest by it.
self, figures in this drama from Mil
waukee. 1t is one of the side lights
that throws in fresh colOring and gives
increased dash to the scene. .
The Lessons.
And then the clerk that uncovered
the steal, the directors that brought
the t-ransgressor face to face with his
crime, the frenzied public which
stormed the doors of the bank to re-
cover its money, the flight of Chicago
bankers with millions to the rescue Of
the imperiled bank, these all play
their thrilling part in this remarkable
drama. Such it is as it has been
played on the stage of life. Perhaps
some playwright will here catch the
inspiration which will enable him to
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-05-20
GORDON 6/GEZ ON

present a strong drama, whose lessons
shall be the necessity of honesty and
integrity, the danger of speculation, es-
pecially with other peoples money, the
certainty of a harvest from the sowing
of wild, reckless and dishonest seeds,
and the absolute truth of the Divine
declaration: BE sure your sin will
find you out"
Nearly $4, 900, 600 Losses.
The revised schedules show a total
liability on the part of Mr.. Bigelow OF
9 ,277, 900, of which 81, 970, 900 is wholly
or in part secured. Of the remainder
81. ITO, 900 is a secondary liability on
notes and bills discounted, in which
Bigelow figures as indorser. These
items are notes of the National Elec-
trio company, the Grand Rapids Ed
son company and S. w. Watkins, and
are evidently connected with the
financing of the National Electric CON-
pany. The balance, 1892, 900, repre-
sents unsecured loans, the largest one
being an indebtedness of 100000 TO
the ESTATE, VI which De-
low was executor.
Schedule Filed by Bigelow.
The schedule of assets and liabilities
fled by Mr.. Bigelow is as follows:
First national bank, Milwaukee. 81. 800, OO
kee 10000
Second Ward savings bank, Mil
Germ merican bank MilWaa.
IKE kee 10000
Marine national bark, Milwaukee. 200
National City bank. New York.. 60,00
YORK eo,ooc
First national bank, Chicago....... 0,00(
National Park bank, New York;. 0Q.GV
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1905-05-20

"However much prejudice there may
appear to be at times against bankers,
our business Is of the utmost useful
ness and Importance and the right pur-
suit of 1t, in it's broader and better as
poets, requires all the courage and all
the conservatism we car demand"
Then he recited Robert Louis Stew
ensou's prayer:
To be honest, to be kind; to earn a little
and to spend a little less; to renounce when
that shall be necessary, and not TO be en-
bittered: to keep a few friends, but those
without c~apitulation; above all, on the same
grim condition to keep friends with himself
here Is a task for all that a man has OF
fortitude and delicacy.
To-day he stands self-confessed to
having done all that his utterances or
last yea forbade.
Then he quoted the old ines:
Our little systems have their day;
They lave their day and cease to be.
Now for the Reckoning.
His System" has had its day and