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The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-11-02
Negro Lynched for Theft Of rs Cents

Macon, Ga.-Passengers on the Cen.
trail of Georgia train, coming through
Byron, Ca, brought an account OF the
lynching Of a negro named John
Wilkes, at that place Sunday night.
The negro robbed two small boys OF
rs cents. When Marshal Johnson
made an effort to arrest him, the ne
gro attempted to shoot the officer.
Quick work prevented this, however,
and a general mix-up followed, with
the result that the negro was arrest
ed and locked up. At late hour,
unknown persons dragged the prisoner
from the Jail. and after carrying him
a short distance, the body was Iiddled
with bullets. 1t was then burned upon
a log fire prepared for the occasion.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-11-02
Pesslmis Believes We Are on the Eve
Of a Check to Our Prosperity.

Topeka, Kan.-E. r. Ripley, presi
dent OF the Santa Fe, who was here
on Thursday to attend the roads an
nual meeting gave out an interview IN
which he said: Il do not claim to be
q prophet, and do not think | am by
nature a pessimist, but l am In a po
sition where | cannot help seeing some
thing of the conditions which exist
over considerable portion Of this
country, and 1t has been perfectly evil
dent to me for some months past that
we were on the eve Of check to our
prosperity"
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-11-02
insurance Man Convicted Of Perjury

New York.-The first conviction in
the cases based on the disclosures In
the legislative investigation Of insur'
ance Affairs In 1906 was obtained by
the district attorneys Office here on
Thursday, when jury In the criminal
branch of the supreme court found Dr..
Walter r. Gillette, former vice presi'
dent of the Mutual Life Insurance
company, guilty of perjury in the third
degree. The verdict was accompanied
with a recommendation for mercy.
The maximum penalty for this degree
OF perjury Is ten years imprisonment.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-11-02
PLOT OF BOLD BANDITS
Fooled BY DETECTIVES
Seize a satchei Containing 5000, But
Both the Men and Money Are Cap
tured by the officers,

Philadelphia.-One of the boldest
occurred Friday, when two men tried
to get away with $4,000 which they
had seized from bank runner in the
United States sub.treasury. Both were
arrested and all the money was recov-
cred The two men had been hanging
around the sub.treasury for several
days and were being watched by bank
detectives and sub-treasury watchmen.
p. j. Cronin, runner for the Frank
lin National bank, was handed several
large bundles of money by a paying
teller in the sub-treasury. He placed
$4,000 in a satchel and walked to a
bench near by with the remainder,
amounting to $4,000. He laid the
money on the bench, intending to open
the satchel and place 1t with the other
money At the same moment one OF
the men being watched, and who was
standing in front of one of the sub
treasury watchmen, raised news
paper as If he were looking for some
thing and INSTRUCTED the view of the
watchmen. Then the other grabbed
the $4,000 lying on the bench and
started out of the front door. The
bank runner instantly gave chase,
raising the alarm as he did so. The
The runner was close to the thief
when the man who held the news
paper stuck out his foot and tripped
him and tried to escape.
He had only gone a few feet, how
ever, when the Waterman captured
him. Others in the sub.treasury
and he was soon captured.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-11-02
GRUEsoME EXHIBITS.
Skeleton to be Exhibited In the Steve
ADKINS Case.

Spokane, Wash.-A special to the
Chronicle from Rathdrum, Idaho, says
the exhibits in the Steve Adams case
were on Saturday turned over to ]
A. Foster, clerk of Kootenai county
by Clerk Fairweather, Of Shoshone
county to be used in the trial.
In the exhibits turned over are the
skeleton, alleged to be that of FREQ
Tyler, the murdered man. letters ad
dressed to him and found in the cloth
ing, also the clothing, a sack contain
Ing some canned goods and remains
Of other edibles, a picture Of Tyler
the hair of the dead man, and a
ledger containing number of names
hat was exhibited at the former trial
at Wallace.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-11-02
WILL NOT CHANGE HIS POLICY.
President Announces Determination to
Persevere In Present Course.

Nashville, Tenn.-President Roose-
welt, in his address at the Auditorium.
on Tuesday, said:
"There has been trouble In the stock
market. in the high financial world,
during the past few months. The
statement has frequently been made.
that the policies for which l stand
legislative and executive, are respon1
sible for that trouble. Now, these pol
icies OF mine can be summed up in
one brief sentence. They represent
the effort to punish successful dis
honesty, doubt If these policies have
had any material effect in bringing
about the present trouble, but IL they
have 1t will not alter In the slightest
degree my determination that for the
remaining sixteen months of my term
these policies shall be preserved in
unswervingly."
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-11-02
Uncle Joe Cannon in the Race.

Chicago.-Speaker Joseph G. Can
mons official campaign for the presi'
Dental nomination was started on
Monday at meeting OF fourteen I'LL
nois Republican congressman at the
Auditorium. 1t was decided to place
Speaker Cannon In the race whether
he acquiesced or not, but when the
speaker was called in at the end of
the three hours conference he said:
We'll, boys will be boys. Do as you
please" Five other Illinois congress
men who were unable to be present
are also back of the movement.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-11-02
King Alfonso's Lungs Affected.

Madrid.--The alarming reports cir.
culated earlier in the month regarding
the health of King Alfonso appear to
be confirmed. The king, who will
travel under the strictest incognito as
Duke of Toledo during his coming
visit to London. will submit to the ex.
animation of a specialist in tubercu.
losis. from which disease his father
died. The kings open air life has
thus far kept the hereditary dispose.
tion In allegiance, and an operation
was performed on him recently In the
hope Of checking the growing symp
toms OF consumption.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-11-02
To Prevent Bubonlc Plaque.

Seattle.-Dr. M. J. White Of the
United States marine service has re-
ceived a wire from Surgeon General
Wymans at Washington authorizing
DR.. White to carry out his recommen-
dalton that all vessels on this sound
be fumigated at once. This applies to
ferry boats and every vessel large
enough to hold rat. The state board
Of health met and notified all the
county boards of health to take strin.
gent measures to clean up their dis.
tricts and keep vigilant watch for
suspicious cases.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-11-02
Utes Again Troublesome.

Washington.-The tribe Of Ute In
dams, which more than year ago
wandered away from their reservation
in Utah and created trouble in Colo
RADIO and Wyoming by threatening tc
take the war path and raid ranches.
Ia reported to have again broken out
on the Cheyenne river reservation In
South Dakota, where the tribe was
given temporary quarters. At the re-
quest OF the secretary Of the interior
the war department on Thursday or
dered troops from Fort Meade, s. D..
to the scene OF the trouble,
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-11-02
Russian General Killed by Woman.

st. etersburg.-General Maximoff.
sky, director of the department Of
prisons of the ministry of the interior
was shot and killed on Monday. The
general was the first responsible Of
fetal connected with the Russian
prison and 1t is supposed that this was
the reason he was selected for assas-
sination by the terrorists. A young
woman who has not been identified,
presented herself at the weekly recep-
ton of General Maximoffsky and re-
NAMED quietly In the crowded ante
room until 1t was her turn to enter the
generals private Office. When she
was in his presence the woman drew
a revolver and fired seven shots point
blank into the. generals body.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-11-02
GERMANS ARE CONFIDENT.
Believe Now is the Time to Buy Amer.
lean Stocks.

Berlin.-The violent financial squat
in the United States is regarded here
as having passed as quickly as 1t came
up. The great Berlin banks are as
suIirg their customers that the crisis
which for a week has gripped New
York. is relaxing and that conditions
In America are so sound that no deep.
seated consequences can follow. A
representative of powerful Holland
financial interests, who happens to be
here, has sent word to Amsterdam
that now Is the time to invest In
American securities, and many Berlin
brokers In their letters to customers
advise them to go in for American
stocks now, while they are under
pressure that probably is only tenn
porary. It is the large offers made in
Europe by American holders that have
caused American exchange TO rise to
426, rate which the Vossi3che lei
lungs financial reviewer says is with
out precedent
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-11-02
Ohio Bank Closed and Cashier Takes
His Own Life.

Akron, O.-The Dollar Savings bank
has been closed by orders Of the d.
rectors until after the funeral of Fred
Boron, its cashier, who shot himself
An investigation of his accounts is go
ing on and movement is also on foot
to have the other banks Of the city
take this institution over. According
to members of the directorate. a de-
felt of $4,000 has been discovered.
The sixty-day notice is enforced on all
savings accounts In the Dollar bank.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-11-02
New Workers Want a Holiday.

Albany, N. Y-Governor Hughes on
Friday received a number of tele-
grams suggesting, with more or less
urgency, the propiiety of his declaring
by proclamation legal holiday, durs
ing which the financial situation might
be relieved. The governor acknowl-
edged the receipt of all these mes
sages WITHOUT indicating In any way
his intention in the matter. He would
not discuss the question, but there Is
good reason to believe there is no i'm
mediate probability of his taking this
radical step.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-11-02
Plan to Rob Paymaster That Failed to
Work.

Pittsburg.-With four armed men
with Winchesters lying In ambush on
Saturday to hold up the paymaster OF
the Crescent Coal Co.. of this city,
at Pierce station and rob him Of the
money, amounting to $4,000, Joseph
Arkwright, the paymaster, frustrated
the attempt by alighting from the
train at a near station and driving
thence to the mines. The plot was
known to the company officials, and
they say this was the second attempt
to carry II out.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-11-02
Governor Sparks Comes to the Rescue
Of financial Institutions.

Goldheld, Nev.-A bank holiday
throughout Nevada was declared by
Governor Sparks on Thursday. to last
Eve days. All the banks Of Goldfield
were closed on Thursday in conse
Quence. The proclamation came as 0
great relief to local banks. The State
Bank & Trust company had already
closed It's doors. At noon Wednesday,
o big run was in progress at the Nye
& Ormsby bank. when banking hours
closed, and the run probably would
have continued had the bank opened
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-11-02
Two Thousand Men Discharged by the
New York and New Haven.

New Haven, Conn.--The New York,
New Haven and Hartford company
mas announced that Immediately more
than 1000 hands upon the steam sys.
ZEN will be laid Off. besides several
hundred more in the Rhode Island
trolley service. Work upon a large
number of improvements will either
be stopped or largely curtailed. The
curtailment is indefinite and depends
somewhat upon the general financial
situation. It is largely precaution
airy measure.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-11-02
NewIands Wants Conference Of Inter.
ests Connected with TRANSPORTATION.

Washington.-The summoning by
President Roosevelt of a national con-
ference of the various interests con.
nected with the transportation ques.
ton, with view to restoring the con.
fidence of investors. was suggested in
speech before the University club at
Washington by Senator Newlands. OF
Nevada, vice chairman of the Inland
Waterways committee. Mr.. Newlands
has just returned from the trip down
the Mississippi with the president and
the commission.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-11-02
FLING OF LONDON PRESS.
Views Of Leading Weeklies on the
American Financial Situation.

London.-All the leading weekly
newspapers, discussing the American
financial situation, generally take their
customary attitude that it is due to
the unsoundness of commercial meth
DDS. The Statist says:
The lesson of the crisis is not that
American commercial honesty is less
than that Of other countries. but that
the opportunities for successful dis
honesty are more abundant and more
tempting.
The Saturday Review describes the
situation as the bursting of the Amer
lean. bubble.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-11-02
San Francisco Banks Are In Good
Condition.

San Francisco.-Banking and finan.
cial conditions in this city are report.
ed as excellent. No failure has oc.
Cured on change. and none is antic.
fpated The movement of crops In
active progress, and as consequence
the volume of money In circulation
has been increased by Withdrawals
from the banks during the last thirty
days. The shortage OF cars has de,
layed deliveries and the return OF
money TO the banks, therefore, viii be
slow. However, the supply of money
Is ample for all purposes.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1907-11-02
MEAT PRICES COMING DOWN.
Reduction Of 10 Per Cent Is Made b,
the Omaha Packers.

Omaha.-The packing houses of
Omaha on Monday reduced the prices
on all kinds of meats 10 per cent. and
expect still further reduction. Ed
ward A. Cudahy, of the Cudahy Pack
ing company expressed the belief that
the prices of all commodities would be
reduced and that the present financial
furry would result in a general reduc.
ton of vaines, although he does not
consider conditions serious.
The Washington herald., 1907-12-03

PRIVATE INSTRUCTION ~ MATHEMATICS.
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CHAPTER XXI.
CORN Castle.

James Kahn was not long in hearing
that Jacob Romer went every day to see
Vida Bryan at the little cottage at Glebe
End Considering the exaggeration COM
mon 10 all small towns, and which m
creases in inverse ratio as they tend TO
become villages, this was fairly correct.
Jacob Romer did not go there every day.
but he had been twice in three weeks.
Since Vida's illness, after the affair of
No. Pit, her friend, Miss Nunsby, had
been with her continuously Rose had
left her father and % Dudley-gardens to
the cares of Leeby Callum, whom he
daily abused continuously IN language
quite inComprehensible to her. This did
not hurt Leeby Callum. She was glad
when the 'maister relieved himself II
showed he was not 'keepin' anything up
against her"
Still. even two such visits were too
much for James Kahn to consider with
equanimity- To- his distorted imagination.
it seemed that his master was not so con-
fdential with him as he used to be He
had noticed, also, that Jacob Romer had
directly consulted young Calmont-a mere
tool Of Morrison more than one occa-
sion.
Doubts harassed James Kahn on every
side, Since it was his nature always to
play q double game (or. indeed several
az time), he suspected that others were
doing the same thing-perhaps a safe be-
lief enough, but not one which makes Tor
personal popularity.
What, for instance. II Johnemann, who
had been on the Good Intent with him.
recognized Vida? he had certainly looked
very strangely at him the day Of the Dit
disaster Might he not forestall him with
Jacob Roner by presenting the old dotard
with a long-lost daughter. thus earning
his gratitude? Certainly Johnemann had
better be looked after.
Then the Serb fell 20 relecsIng on the
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synop.,. of PrerIou. chspter..

Synopsis OF previous ChApNGr1.
The story opens at the home Of Jacob Romer. Of
CORN House the Firth Of Cantyre. He Is a ship
owner and mine owner AID very rich Wanting 10 be
nd Of his wife Caroline he has intrusted the task
10 his brother Thomas Of getting her incarccrated
IN an insane asylum. This fails because Of the tes-
umony Il Jacobs daughter. Vida who. however,
can rot believe that she is really his daughter Jacob
sends one a his ships after them but Tire Good
Intent - wrecked and Vida and her mother thrown
ashore. Vida renounccs her father and becomes
Vida Bryan. the adopted daughter Of Billy Bryan.
the keeper Of one of the coast lights James Kahn.
supercargo and confidential man Of Jacob Romer. is
schcming to get possession Of the R0mer mines and
millions In the meantime. Vida is living happily ~
hirktOWn and two sWains attentive 20 her. Plal
CalmOnt and Vic Morris. The story now takes up
the past life Of Jacob Romer: tells ot his secret
marriage % Caroline secret because Of the fear Of
the displeasure Of his rich uncle. and tells how.
Keeping his wife concealed. he had fallen IN love
with Hiss Georgiana Bunny. which has caused HIM
90 try and GET his wife incarcerated IN insane
asylum The story taxes up its main thread and
shows Vida happy IN kirktoWu. and her father
noting her success in the church choir. Although
the rivalry for Nidas affection continues Vic Morris
gives Phil Calmont place In his Office. Billy Bryan
rcso!Fes 10 stop smoking. and proceeds 10 explain
10 D;ck Finnan the working Of Skery Light. Vida
appears upon the scene and IS sure that the two
men have been discussing her. which she promptly
resents She is wrong. however, as Developments
prove Vida retres 90 her room. wniie. IL the mean
time. they talk about present she IS 20 receive.
The story takes up Nidas life day by day until the
time when James kIhl. with an eye 90 the Romer
millions, proposes 10 Vida. Billy Bryan shoots
at him. thinking him a rUbbor but Kahn explains.
and Nidas guardians listen 20 Der suit. She re-
fuses Kahn but Cne knows whether it IS Vic
Morris or Phil Calmont with whom she Is really IN
love-
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ENGINE NO. 10 WINS TROPHY.
Receives Prize for Best Condition
Truck No. First in Class.

The Macfarla4d trophy flag. which is
annually awarded 10 the best conditioned
engine company in the District, was yes
terday again won by Engine Company
No. 10. Maryland avenue, between Thir-
teenth and Fourteenth streets northeast
The committee Of inspection. which con
sisted Of Messrs. John L. Weaver, Henry
". Reed and s Duncan Bradley. COM
mended highly the efficiency OF this COM
pany, which is under the supervision OF
Capt Charles z. Schrom.
Second honOrs went 20 Engine Company
No Is. Ninth and X streets southeast.
The committee rated Truck Company No.
>. OF Congress Heights as deserving OF
the first position among truck companies.
The committee took occasion TO say
that the fire station houses, especially
the older ones. need much more extensive
repairs than they have had, and they
strongly recommend improvements. par
ticularly in the roofs and plumbing
The Washington herald., 1907-12-03

adopted as fundamental and thus. TO all
intents and purposes, form part of the
Constitution. James Monroe did this.
When he announced I'm an annual mes
sage that the State Department was
progressing in It's correspondence with
the Emperor of Russia concerning the
Russian possessions IN Northwest Amer
lea, he might have stopped. That fact is
forgotten. But when he declared in COM
menting on that fact. that the United
States would not tolerate the further ex-
tension of European dominions I'm the
Western continent, he made himself i'm
mortal The Monroe Doctrine is as much
part OF the Constitution as the bin of
rights. Goth We're put in after the Con-
stitutiOn was made. one by formal amend
ments and the other by a President 5
message.
The most popular President the country
had in the old days was Andrew Jackson.
He was the first President TO grappIe
with the money power" His messages
dealing with the bank question and de-
claring the basic principles Of sound
money" have been guiding stars of every
succeeding President who has discussed
the same questions, whether in oppOSi-
N4pA 'i oNlptIl OF JuEhSOn lueOf4-
Jackson, like Washington. wrote a for
nal farewell address. Jackson's was
much concerned with the financial ques-
tion Of the moment. but there is little
doubt that the present Congress Will
hear quotations from it. such as this
sentence for instance: 1T Is one Of the
serious evils of our present system Of
banking that il enables one class of So
ciety-and that by no means a numerous
one-by its control of the currency. to act
injUriously upon the interests OF an the
others, and 70 exercise more than its
just proportion Of influence in political af-
fairs"
While the question is now dead and
forgotten. no President Of the days be-
fore the civil war could wholly ignore
the constant fear that the Union might
The Washington herald., 1907-12-03

Lieut.. Commander ". p SCOTT. to navy yard.
Washington. duty naval gun factory.
Asst SIngs H. L. LANGNECKER, A J. TOU-
Ion. d. 6. SUTTON, and f. W. BROWN
appointed.
Paymaster's CLERK G. McBLAIR, appointed for
duty at navy yard. Pensacola. Fla.
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ARMY AND NAVY.
Army Orders

Private CHARLES l.. SILCoX Troop G. Eighth
Cavalry, Fort Iellowstone. transferred 10 signal
Corps, 20 Fort Omaha. for duty with Company
ID. Signal Corps.
Caut. DAVID y. CASE. ccmmissary. from Fort
Riley, 20 Chicago. report to purchasing COM
missary as an assistant in his offer
Capt. SOLOMON AVERY, Jr. Coast Artillery
CORPS. from Tenth Company 10 unassigned list
report 70 COMMANDING officer, artillery district Of
san Francisco fer staf duty