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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-05

1lOated in the cheerful sunlight and van
ished. Flashing wrigglers swarmed be-
fore the mans eyes and disappeared
only to come again. Sullivan was freez-
ing. Away into the sky doomed Berth
oud, hOary with icy ermine and wrapped
in fieecy clouds. To SulIivan's hopeless
eyes the wreathing veil seemed smoke
and steam, curiously warm. He shud-
dered, locking his rafting jaws and
grimly faced the end.
Up on the summit the clouds were of
sold; the very top was red In obvious
majesty rose the Pass; but over and
about the tow heads sticking from the
SNOW single snowflake. flashing. daz-
zling. glittering. was waited like a
dancing diamond. 1t tickled Sullivan's
face then tumbled into the air in a
very ecstasy of whirls. The mans
head dropped. dipped. jerked back
dropped again, and hung pendulously.
Sullivan was asleep--warnr and comfOr-
q bic. With dull yell Of pain he
awoke. Black Jack had hit him in the
ear with a SNOWFALL.
Hang on. friend. Keep-a-scrapin
Don't give up" were the rough words
of cheer.
The carrier knotted his muscles,
shook off the torpOr as if it were the
tightening coils of cold snake. and
rubbed his burning ear
What's the use2 Well both be stiff
III three hours. Might as well have it
over with" replied Sullivan as If
speaking of a card game
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stamped on a log far below.
Same lOg," said the thief, got US
BOTH
Nothing more was said. They went to
work. The carrier mslung the mail
sack and laid it carefully aside. For an
hour both men strained. pulled. twisted
and dug with bare fingers until the pur-
pie ends were raw. Human fingers are
rot panther claws. Both men were
packed tight up to their armpits in solid
STOW. -Four feet below the surface of
the ruin their legs were fast between
two parallel logs as in a steel trap. An
inch closer and their ankles would have
cracked like pipe stems; an inch wider
and the men would have been free.
They were not hurt; merely held. Berth
oud had been kind only to be cruel
mo use" painted Sullivan, my trail
eEds here"
Mine don't. I wish it did" answered
Black Jack The hard teaes yssIss gone.
the voice was almost gentle. 'HeiFs
ahead of me- You're an honest man.
my friend, and have nothin to fear
from death; while T. and there was
silence for many minutes. ''Many's the
time I've faced il, but not when I had
to think it over-lilSe this" he con-
tinued, as if to himself
Then they waited. A camp robber
came like the blue angel of death. and
scolded within a yard. hooking them.
Lucky jay, you've got what I would
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whether they are desirable accounts to
reopen.
Those who withdraw accounts nov
also viii not get any interest on their
money We do not agree to pay inter
est on accounts, but as a matter of fact
we do pay 21z per cent In rush like
this it is out of the question to attempt
to compute interest. and we do not pay
il. All those presenting accounts in
this run are the depositors of savings,
and they lose the interest"
on this basis most of the accounts
having six months interest due on
them, the bank saves by yesterdays
stampede about $500, and as the run
promises to keep up for several days
there will probably be a handsome mar
gin of profit above the expense Incl
dent to handling the mob.
The psychological history of the pres
ent run is wrapped in mystery. Mr.
Kohn, the vice president of the bank
could advance only one possible ex-
PLANTATION for il.
good deal recently about bank fail
ures," he said. land there have been
several bank failures on the east side.
Then the Chadwick matter and the
charges against the City bank and Vice
President LOomis have been eagerly
read by the public. The air was charged
with this kind of electricity and II did
not need much of a conductor to bring
the fluid down almost anywhere.
The public was in a receptive condi-
ton and this east side population is
very volatile. That is the only explana-
ton I can give of il. except that the
large numbers of people coming to
make deposits by Jan. 10 TO come i'm for
interest may have started the excite
ment."
Inspector Titus, who was on the
ground with the police for good part
of the daV characterized the RIM as
the worst he had ever seen on the east
side. and he has seen good many
After Tuesdays excitement scores of
men and women hung about the neigh
borhond all night, to be first in line
when the bank opened Many of those
who did go home kept an aIl-night
vigil With the first streak of dawn
they were out in the street. The police
in keeping back the mob bOwIed dozens
of them over. out of one heap Rounds
man Blunt fished a woman who was
lying fiat on her back with a heavy
self unable to move because he was
pinned down by the weight of those on
top of him. The woman was dazed, but
not unconscious.
This was when the railing gave way.
Sergeant Kenney's billy i'm his pocket
was then pressed against his side so
that he was then badly hurt. Police
men Robinson and Blunt, the other two
men squeezed, were able to stick il out.
In several OF the rushes the police
drew their clubs and the more frantic
men in the mob ran away bowling but
Several of the more irrepressible We're
picked up bodily and flung out into the
roadway. In all instances they took the
hustling placidly and matter OF
course, coming back again dominated
by the one idea to get their money out
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HEBREWS RUN ON EAST SIDE BANK WITH
ITS UNUSUAL SCENES GRAPHICALLY DESCRIBED

! specific offers for cash was one of ST.
! 100000 from the Citizens Central bank,
/ another of 100000 from a Brooklyn
/ bank and others by the dozens for
any amount needed"
But the State bank needed no help.
II sent down its $4,000 yellowbacl1
| bills to the subtreasUry and brought
back in exchange bags of silver by the
t'uckload for depositors. The bags
We're dumped into the steady grinding
hopper in the basement, where the run
vas being met, and then ground out
into the grists for which the bank
books called.
It's only a question Of physical en-
dJranCe on the part of our tellers,"
said Manager Arnold kohp. We did
think of getting a force from our
Brownsville branch and keeping up the
Payments until o'clock in the even
irg- But that is unnecessary. We will
open an hour earlier and keep open
! an hour later tomorrow and till the
run ends. / suppose. though that this
rush viii keep up into next week. and
is effects Will probably be felt for
two or three weeks. We've had five
runs i'm all and we know these volatile
east side people thoroughly"
I'VE have put out no statement of
any kind" said President Oscar l..
Richard. Our experience is that ii is
Y. orse than useless. Tell these people
anything and il only arouses their sus-
piciOn the more. The only thing that
talks to them is money.
The most trifiin2 cause is sufficient
to start a run here. In 1895 a man fell
in an epueptic At on the front stoOp.
or course a crowd gathered, The sight
% the crowd Sprung the idea in some
bodys mind that the bank was in trou-
be. and in no time we had a run on
, our hands. 1t kept up for days.
In 1893 a Yeddfsh newspaper that
Circulates here printed one day the
headline, 'Neb. State bank fails and
below il an account of the failure of
the Nebraska state bank. Now. in Yed-
dish there is Il word nebbig. II means
poor. The readers of the Yeddish news
paper interprs ted 'Neb.' i'm the head
line as an abbreviation of nebbig. and
they read il. Poor State bank fails.
( That was enough. They came down to
us like a deiuge and We had a run that
/ lasted two weeks.
ION another occasion a boy i'm front
SC the bank shouted 'Fire,' a crowd
gathered and again we had a run on
cur hands.
so in this case We have issued no
statement. and viii issue none, because
/ il is of 10 earthly use The only no
tiCe we have put cut is the one you see
in the window whichSsimply announces
that until further notice the bank will
open at O'Clock in the morning in
stead of 10. and win close at in the
afternoon instead of 4. AS long as the
rush continues we viii continue paying
accounts in full, and will make no par
tial payments. Wfthdrawers must take
all or nothing. Our payments in sill
yer serve TO Identify those who with
draw accounts. Those who come 10
open accounts hereafter and offer TO
deposit silver viii be Identified as
among these stampeders, and we viii
exercise our discretion then as to
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HEBREWS

= HE storm which gathered about the
State bank in Grand street on
Tuesday afternoon burst with full
fury upon that institution yesterday
morning. When the bank threw open
its doors at o'clock, an hour earlier
than the usual time more than 900
excited depOsitors were gathered in
font of il. and all day long there was
= night 10 prevent the bank entrance
from being rushed.
When the bank opened twenty
policemen We're around il ready To deal
with strenuous conditions, but il was
not until three had been hurt by being
squeezed against the area railing that
the police got the mob in hand. Ser
geant Kenney Of the Delaney street
station, was so badly hurt that he had
&c be relieved from duty for the day.
In the mad rush on the bank there was
accident. The iron railing against
which the three policemen were
squeezed gave way at one end. and the
stone cuTbing in which il was set was
warped several inches out of plumb.
Had the rail wholly given way the pO-
Hcemen and thirty CT forty men and
omen would have been piled in heap
L. the area below, but just at this
critical moment the police gained the
mastery over the mob and forced it
back
The bank officials had realized what
they had to face and We're prepared for
it. They had drawn $4,000 from the
subtreasury. $75. coo of which was in
si,Ved dollars. They had an extra force
of paying tellers with stacks of bags of
silver piled around them and all pay
ments up 10 $500 were made in these
pOnderous coins. Above $500 the pay
n,ents were about twO-thiTds in silver
and one-third in 81 bills.
Payments continued for an hour
after the bank doors were closed to
f eSh relays Of panic-stricken deposit
tors and about $4,000 in sums ranging
rom s. 10 81, 500 WAS put out. Some
thing like a ton and half in silver
" ent over the bank counters.
A wide zone of the east side was in
undated with silver. involving in many
tenement a vigil over the treasure TO
keep thieves away.
The bank would not let those who
withdrew their accounts re-deposit
81 EN-. HTake your money. go away
and don't come back again was what
the institutions line Of action meant
translated into words. and it was rig
idly adhered TO, Notwithstanding the
fearful entreaties of many who. hav-
ing seen and touched their savings.
we're content and wanted to put them
back in the banks safe keeping.
Meantime the bank was doing a roar
ing business on the incoming side Of the
account. The first deposit was made by
Harry Fishel. The amount was S23 $50.
Ia. a few minutes there came another
deposit of more than $4,000. Thus the
swelling tide OF income kept up until
at the close Of business SAC. 900 had
been deposited as against about SIS. 900
Withdrawn. In addition there came by
telephone and letter offers of assistance
f. ON. ali told. more than fifty banks
and individuals in the city. Among the
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Why the Hot Sul[phur Mail Was Late

and yet not hurt. Freeze like a cock
roach in the iCenOuSe. cool. my boy,
cool-keep cool Don't lose your mead
don't get ratified, or you're a dead man
Nows when you need all your brain.
Keep cool-though you'n be cool enough
all too soon.
Sullivan's head disappeared in the
panther-dug hole. Slowly the end OF a
small log ten feet away rose into the
air and tell aside. Up Strengthened the
grizzly head of Black Jack, one side
daubed with a red slush.
''Well-I-be-dam This don
look much like he'll; still it's pretty
good imitation, growled the desperate
as he gazed around on the confusion.
He noticed the straining mail sack
Black Jack waited silently until the
carriers haggard face again came
above the rim. The two men looked
into each others eyes.
Hurt" asked Sullivan.
Don't think so. Both feet fast.
How's yourself?'
''One leg in vise-can't move it.
What d'you think"
Were done for
Guess you're right. Hpw's the snow
around you?"
None t all-all ice. Solid"
Hold still. I've got one foot httie
loose exclaimed Sullivan as he
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of the bank.
At 1880 o'clock the first truckload Of
silver came from the sub-treasury. The
crowd had to be roughly handled to
keep them away from it Old men and
old women tumbied over each other to
touch the truck or the horses, as
though to satisfy themselves that they
were real and not a dream. Fifty sacks
containing $4,000. each sack Weighing
fifty-fve pounds, were on this truck.
They came with four armed bank en-
ployes, and the crowd was pushed back
while stalwart porters staggered with
the silver into the basement
When the police had the crowd in
something like order a rope was
stretched along the curb, and the
crowd was kept outside of it To get
inside long whiskered patriarChS tried
TO kiss the pDlicemen's hands. Others
whined pitiful tales about needing
money for food. 1t was noticed that
women with children in their arms got
into the line first, and then there was a
rush of women homeward TO get their
babies or even to borrow ba bieS for the
occasion The men were kept in the
rear rank, but it was first come first
served at last. with men and women,
babies or no babies
The women were sent down into the
bank basement in patches of twenty. 1t
was thought there was faVoritiSm on
the part of the cops and this started a
rush, in which the weakened railing
was again tnreatene And thus for
hours depositcrs, bank books in hand,
went down into the basement and came
! up again staggering under a weight Of
bullion.
TIL scene down in the basement has
never been matched before even in an
east side bank run. The sixteen tellers
stood in TWO cages with bags of silver
dollars stacked up around their feet.
| Three men in each cage did nothing but
| count out money-ten silver dollars in
a pile ten piles in row-S1, 900 per
1 tray As fast as the contents of a bag
was thus counted out another was
! emptied on the counter. and all day
/ long this went on. the tellers never rest
/ ing and the constant clink. clink. clink
/ of the dollars as they counted them into
the little heaps. keeping up like the
! rhythmic beat of piece OF machinery
Along a railing waiting their turn
| to be paid stood the doubling Thorn
ases their eyes fairly ahame with mon
/ ely greed as they looked through the
wire netting at the heaps OF wealth
within.
] 1t was often staggering problem
/ what to do with the money when ne
/ had il. Ii had to be counted. and
each piece had to be examined and
often bitten before it was counted One
woman. who had drawn 1856. all in sill
yer. sat on the floor with her heap be
4 fore her for more than an hour al
| this task In the window seats and
/ wherever a place could be found. others
were at the same job.
When Beckey Cohen of 227 Broome
street got her pile she seemed stunned
She had LOSS coming. The teller
slapped out $1.00 sack to her and
/ So in ten-doIlar piles She finally
slowed away the eighty-five siller dol
lars in her clothes. wrapped the heavy
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Hard Wear.

Il should like to look at a stOve-pipe
hat" said the man who guided by
his wife in his shopping tour
He thinks. explained the wife to the
salesman, that he viii look crate in
StOve-pipe hat
We have quite range of styles in
them said the salesman he flue 10
open the boxes.
you think" asked the wife. when the
man had tried on the first
Il think il is a nice lid, slangily de-
clared the clerk
Il suppose the high price is because of
the skillet takes to make the hat ven
tured the husband
Yes" answered the salesman; and
then, you see, this hat is not oven ordi-
nary shape"
TN take it." announced the husband
IF youn cash a draft for me-"
The boss wood-fire me If l did re-
piled thc clerk.
Then that puts damper on the whole
scheme. asserted the wife, taking her
husband by the arm and leading him
away.
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Ridiculous Man.

eff your Dorcas society really wants
to accomplish a good deal of work why
don't you buy a sewing machine?" he
asked.
''Why?'' she asked in surprise
Because one machine could DO as
much as half a dozen women, at least"
NONSENSE y sewing machine can't
gossip
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Rombardment.

Stubb-I read that the ancient suitors OF
Egypt used to inscribe their love letters
on bricks
Penre-Goodness, Suppose the girl got
angry ard returned all the letters by
throwing themt
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Copyright by the 8 s Mcclure Co
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-04
Beautiful booklet,

The Union Pacific Roilroad Company
has just issued an illustrated booklet
on the Lewis and Clark Centennial,
which is complete guide to Portland,
the exposition and the Pacific North
west generally.
1t tells you the shortest way to
reach the Exposition City, what is to
be seen enrOute, and of the return trip
through California.
Those who intend to visit the Great
Western Fair will find in this publica-
tion rare fund of general inrorma
tion.
Send two cent stamp Id your request
and the book will be mailed promptly.
Address e. S. kinsman, Agent.
Julesburg, Colo.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-04
Welded at Home of Bride

Last Sunday evening at 5 O'Clock
Miss Merrel D. Short and Mr.. II. A.
,Underhill were united in marriage hy
Rev. r. n. Smith, pastor Of the Jules
burg NJ. L. church. The ceremony
was performed at the home OF the
brides parents, ten miles west of
Julesburg. 1t was witnessed by the
immediate relatives OF the contract
ing parties.
The bride has been a resident of
this county but few months, having
moved here last spring with her par
ents from Weld county.
The groom has resided in Sedgwick
county for three years during which
time he has been engaged in teaching
school and farming.
Mr.. and Mrs. Underhill will make
their home on the A. f. Pfau farm,
west Of town.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-04
The JuIesburg High School

The board OF directors Of the Jules.
burg school district held a meeting
last Saturday evening in the office OF
the secretary and completed arrange
ments for conducting high school
along the same lines as the county
high school was conducted last year.
Prof. G. v. Parker was hired as prin-
cipal and Mrs. Parker as assistant.
Prof. Parker will act as superintend-
ent of the lower rooms, in addition to
being principal OF the high school.
Teachers for the grammar, intermed.
late and primary rooms Eave not yet
been secured, but number OF appli-
cations for the positions are being
considered, and the places will be FL
led within the next few days.
The decision of the directors of the
district at the meeting Saturday even.
ing was emphatically in favor of max
ing the district high school equal to
any high school in the state Under
the direction of Prof and Mrs. Parker
the county high school attained high
degree of efficiency last year, and this
standard will be maintained in the
district high school.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-04
Petersen & LOve1and.
DELICATEUR.

French No. 452l4. American Stud
Book No. 2SsSs.
Imported 1902. Shipped to Colorado
spring of 1904. Now owned by the
Sedgwick Horse Company. Is Black
Percheron Stallion possessing great
size, large bone, good style and action.
Until this notice is changed Delica-
teur will make the season of 1906
Mondays at the stable of Mark Gyger
in Sedgwick. Tuesdays at L. b.
Davis ditch camp. Wednesdays at
William Vernon's: Thursdays at
Frank Sherman's. Fridays and Satur-
days at the Cottonwood ranch.
TERMS: To insure living colt
$500, payable when colt stands and
sucks. For the season $1,000 payable
September lst, 1905. All fees become
due on removal OF mare from the coun-
ty. Care will be taken to prevent ac-
cidents, but owners will not be respon'
sible should any occur.
Extended pedigree may be seen at
G. F.. .Parkers office in Ju!csburg, or
copy of same by calling on Lyman
Dnty, keeper.
PRIZE: A $25 90 premium will be
given the owner of the best colt sired
by this horse during the season OF 1909,
contest to be held at Julesburg, No
vember 3, 1906. +;
FRANK SHERMAN, Pres.
CT. PARKER, Sec'y.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-04
Notice of Final Settlement.

In the Ma tier OF the Estate OF Joseph u.
Close Deceased
Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday the
jth day OF September a. ID. 1905. being one of
the regular days of the July term OF the
County Court OF Scdgwck county. In the
State OF Colorado, |. John q. Close. adminis-
traitor OF said estate. will appear before the
Judge of said Court. present my final settle
ment as such administrator pray the approv-
al Of the same. and will then apply to be dis
charged as such administrator. At which
time and place any person in interest may
appear and present objections to the same {
any there br.
Dated at Julesburg. Colorado. August End,
1905.
JOHN q. CLOSE. Administrator
OF the estate OF Joseph b. Close. deceased.
LIST publcation in The Grit-Advocate August
4. 1905. Last publication September |. 1905.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-04
R05EMBERT

French No. 54794. American Stud
Book No. 40383
Tie Imported Black Percheron Stall
lion owned by the Julesburg Perchern
Horse Association, is typical draft
horse OF the highest quality, possess
ing great size, heavy bone, and above
ali the high quality and extraordinary
action found only in the Percheron
breed. His breeding is the very best;
his ancestors on both his sire's and
dams side being the most noted prize
winners aud breeders that ever lived
in France.
This horse will make the season of
1905, ON Thursday OF each week at
j. Ii. Parker's ranch, south Of the
river; balance of the week at the barn
OF Williams q Evey, in Julesburg; will
breed at 10 O'Clock q. IN.
TERMS: To insure mare in foal,
$l5.OO, payable ten months after last
service. Care will be taken to prevent
accidents, but owners will not be
responsible should any occur.
Extended pedigree may be seen by
calling on e. L. Brownlee, Keeper.
C. V. PARKER, c. NJ. HARRIS,
Secretary. President.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-04
puhlic Is Amused

The puqlic is aroused to knowl
edge of the curative merits Of that
great medicinal tonic, Electric Bit
ters, for sick stomach, liver and kid
neys. Mary H. Walters, Of 546 St,
Clair, Avenue, Columbus, Ohio,
writes: For several months l was
given up to die. l had fever and
ague, my nerves were wrecked; could
not sleep, aud my stomach was 50
weak from useless doctors drugs, that
l could not eat. Soon after beginning
to take Electric Bitters / obtained
relief, and in short time l. was en-
tirely cured" Guaranteed at the
Juiesburg Drug Company's store.
Price 90 cents.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-08-04
AIouchtng Story

is the saving from death Of the baby
girl of George A. Eyler, Of Cumber-
land, Maryland. He writes: "At the
age OF eleven months, our little girl
was in declining health, with serious
throat trouble. and two physicians
gave her up. We were almost in de-
spair, when we resolved to try DR..
Kings New Discovery for Coughs and
Colds. The first bottle gave relief;
after taking four bottles she was cur
ed, and is now in perfect health. f"
Never fails to relieve and cure a cough
or cold. At the Julesburg Drug Com
pany's store. SO cent and Sl.00 bottles
guaranteed. Trial bottle free.