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The Washington herald., 1908-05-17

ful head Of Liberty on the diverse, wear
ing a liberty cap, around the border be-
ing inscribed Confederate States OF
America" Below was the date 1855"
On the reverse were the words zone
Cent" IN the center OF q wreath en-
blematic OF the products Of the Southern
States and composed Of small ears Of
corn and wheat and tiny hogsheads, with
a miniature cotton bale in the middle OF
the wreath
IN tracing the origin Of the piece the
fact was developed that the dies were
cut BY a Philadelphia engraver by the
name OF LOVett. who. upon being ap-
preached IN 1873 concerning the matter,
admitted, with considerable reluctance,
that he had engraved the dies for the
coin upon a commission from the Con-
federate authorities.
Worked with Secrecy.
He said that the whole work had been
conducted with secrecy, owing TO the
probable unpleasant consequences TO him
self should the matter come TO the atten-
tlon Of the Federal authorities. He had
struck twelve pieces in nickel from the
dies two OF which had been lost and
these led TO the discovery Of the con-
templated issue. The dies were sent
down South, and Il is not thought that
they were ever used there.
Years afteFward the dies were agair
sant back to Philadelphia and a firm OF
coin dealers gained possession Of them
and made arrangements to strike limit
ed number OF pieces IN different metals
/ They planned TO coin seven in gold
twelve IN silver. and 800 in copper, but
T In striking the coins IN the last-nameo
metal the collar Of the dies burst upOT
making the fifty-fifth impression and The
I work was abandoned.
/ The total number of Confederate cents
/ now known 10 be IN existence Is seven IL
I gold. ten in nickel the other two OF tbs
/ original twelve having disappeared
/ twelve in silver. and fifty-five in copper
/ The gold specimens are valued at so
! each. those in silver and nickel at abou
/ S25, and the copper cents at from 81
upward.
/ The dies were Gefaced and later were
/ bought by a weIl-knOwn Chicago col
/ lector, Judson Bremen, who also has
/ specimen OF each coin in the four diff
| ferent metals.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-17
FISHER & co.'s SALES.
J. c. Malcolm Buys bungalow and
VIII Make 1t Permanent Home.

j. e Malcolm Buys bungalow ana
VIII Make II Permanent Home.
Thomas J. Fisher & Co. have sold to
J. c. Malcolm, one OF the new bunga-
lows In Chevy Chase, D. c.. located on
the north side of Northampton street.
east Of Connecticut avenue. The lot is
20 by IT ID feet. The bungalow is OF
Swiss Chalet architecture, and contains
on the first floor a large living room.
q ning-room. kitchen. three bedrooms, and
bath, and on the second floor. two bed
rooms, heated by hot water. Mr.. Nal
colin will make the property his resi-
dence about May %.
Fisher & Co. have sold another 100-foot
frontage on Connecticut avenue extended,
opposite section 8, Chevy Chase, and near
the Chevy Chase School. lot being lOOx80.
The purchaser is Mr.. B. G. Fuller
The property was bought for an invest
ment.
The same company has sold a small
tract on the line Of Sixteenth street ex-
tended. containing 2 1-2 acres. for MyrOn
NJ Parker the purchasers name being
withheld. The property is part OF what
was formerly known as Bessie Tract, "
part OF which was bought several years
ago by the government. for the Army
Medical Training School
The Washington herald., 1908-05-17
wnI InstnI1 EIectricitx.

The -Hosluns Company has
awarded a contract to the Westinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing Company. Of
Pittsburg. at about $4,000, for the cleo
trical equipment necessary for changing
Hoskins, Chadwick and Louise mills
from steam to electric power. The South
ern Power Company, Of Charlotte, will
build substation near the mills. The
Chadwick -Hoskins Company operates
1901 600 spindles and 2,300 looms.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-17
aseIected Onerings in Real Estate.''

The A F. Fox Company recently issued
a small booklet, entitled, Selected offer-
ings in Real Estate" It has within its
pages a description OF the properties held
by the company for sale, grouped under
appropriate headings, which enables the
.possessor of the booklet to find any
piece Of property he may desire. The
booklet contains the price, the location,
and other matters of interest TO the pro-
spective buyer. To make the publication
still more useful il has on the third
page a full index of the contents.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-17
New EIeetri. Line Planned.

An electric railway is contemplated
from Oakland, Md, to Swallow Falls.
Nd, ten or eleven miles, where it will
connect with the narrow-gauge line four
miles long which also connects with the
Confluence ard Oakland branch Of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Krug
Nd. H. P. Tasker, of Oakland Nd, is
said to be promoting the electric line.
The Swallow Falls Electric Light and
Power Company win probably build the
road
The Washington herald., 1908-05-17
win Incrcnse Power PInnt.

The Winchester and Washington Rail
way Company. S. H. Hansborough. p1e.i-
dent. Winchester. Va. will double the
capacity OF its plant on the Shenandoah
River, at AIiIlville, w. Va. Contracts for
$4,000 worth Of machinery have been
awarded to the Westinghouse Electric
and Manufacturing Company. of Pitts
burg, and the Dayton Globe Iron Works
Company, of Dayton, Ohio.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-17
VIII Blow MIX Jars.

The Travis Glass Company, of Clarks-
burg. W. Va. will establish a plant TO
manufacture glass milk jars, with a daily
product of twenty tons Of finished goods.
The company viii erect furnaces, 80 by
800 feet; corrugated iron roof and sides.
wood frame: cost Of building, so, 900; cost
Of machinery, including molds, $1,000.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-17
May Come 20 washington.

A dispatch from Shepherdstown. w.
Va, states that capitalists Of Pittsburg.
York, Pa. and New Hagerstown. Md,
contemplate building an electric railway
from Shepherdstown to Martinsburg. W.
Va, and Winchester, Va. and thence to
Charlestown, w. Va, returning to some
point on the Potomac River, with perhaps
an extension to Washington, D. c.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-17
New Cotton NiIi Plant.

The Chadwick-Hoskins Company, of
Charlotte. n. c., has awarded the con-
tract to the Westinghouse Electric and
Manufacturing Company, OF Pittsburg,
for electrical equipment to drive three
eoIton mills. The Southern Power Com
psny viii build the substation and far
nish the electricity.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-17
Plan to Reclaim Leesburg swamp.

Arthur c. Freeman, jr.. Of Norfolk. Va,
and Thomas NJ. Fendall. OF Leesburg
have completed the preliminary survey
and submitted plans and specifications
for q drainage canal, seven miles long,
near LessbuTg. TO reclaim fourteen square
miles OF land and provide a waterway
for small craft
The Washington herald., 1908-05-17
STONE & FAIRFAX'S SALES.
Park Road Residence Costs Its
Buyer Sum Of $1,000.

Buyer Sum of $1,000.
Stone & Fairfax have sold for Francis
A. Blundon the three-story house and
lot at 1924 Park road for 5000. The pur-
chaser win occupy the house as his
home.
For National Savings and Trust Com
pany the three-story house at 2195 G.
street northwest. The purchaser will i'm
prove the property and occupy It as a
home.
For J. W. Block lot at southwest
corner Of Sherman avenue and Girard
street. which has been subdtvided into
five lots. each with a twenty-foot front
age on Sherman avenue. The purchaser
IS having plans prepared for the erection
Of five new houses on these lots, which
will be started this month. The houses
will be Of the two-story, six-rooYn variety,
and will be finished about October l.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-17
VIII Rebuild Burned Plant.

W. N. Blatt & Co. Of Milford. Va.
viii rebuild their excelsior plant. recent
Iy burned. The new building will be 100
by 80 feet, with engine and boiler room
So by IS feet. Plans are by Val Dannehl.
Fredericksburg, Va; contractor, Festus
Brooks, Milford. Capacity of plant one
car datiV
The Washington herald., 1908-05-17
NATION WASTING
RICH RESOURCES
Two Great Facts Presented
at Governors Meeting.
ONE WARRANTS HOPE
Great Britain Once Frightened
at Coal Consumption.

New Mines Discovered Have Added
TO Visible Supply of FueI-Turbine
Engine Reduces Strain Upon Coal
Rins-AppIicatiOnz OF Electricity
Distribute Power Over Wide Field.
Falls Hnrnessed to Run Machinery.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-17
WHY FACTORIES DO
NOT LOCATE HERE
Legal Restrictions Said to
Be Too Drastic.
SOME READY TO CONE
Former Kentuekian Says They
Are Driven from States.
SOME READY TO CONE

Chamber of Commerce Starts In
quiry as TO Feasibility of Reiiev-
ing Certain Zone" from Opera
tiOns of Smoke LRyy-ReguIatiOEs
Governing Installation of Elec-
trtcaI Machinery PFObibitiye.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-17
wIn start 3 stave sIlII.

FagIey Bros, of Juniata, Pa. viii es-
tablish stave mill near Jetersville. Va.
the cost of machinery to be S1,Soo; ca
pacity, lo.ooo staves daily.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-17
bids Opened for Intercity Road.

The State geological survey commission
Of Maryland has opened bids for work
on different sections Of the Baltimore
Washington boulevard. Fisher, Riley &
Carozza. OF Baltimore. 612 American
Building, were the lowest bi6dsrs at
1898 Is for the section between Be..s-
vile and College Park, and at aS592. IS
for the section between College Park and
Hyattsville Thomas Strouse vas the
lowest bidder, at 81, ,s22. 80, for the section
between Elkgidge and Wesley Grove.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-17

Continued on Page z, Column ?.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-17

That the Confederate government had
planned the issue Of a cent piece came
to light accidentally. Some time between
1876 and 1870 a nickel coin was submitted
to a coin dealer in Philadelphia for ex-
animation.
It was OF about the same size as q
United States cent. aud showed a youth
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1908-08-26
MOVimlentO de buuues.

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prOCsdsnts do Espana , saldT6 81 miBmo
dfa para to HAbRna, con OaEgs y pa0RIs
Eog.
vapOr frances "Prouidopto" % supora el
26, Balisndo el miImO dia para Saint Tho
mfG.
Vopor "MontDosl". LlsgAr6 del 8 al 4
do Sstiembrs = aRldFh 81 mi1mo dfR para
ruerto Plata: admits CsEga y pAuagsrov.
VapoF OBpAliol "Juan FoTgaH". Haoia
el "a del OOEFisnto ll0gsr6 & Ponce procs'
d0Dta de CanaRiaI , Eeguir6 diEectamanta
Santiago de Cubs, Habana, C6rdenRU,
CienfuegoB y Nav Orleans.
VspoF egpafiol "PueEto Rico. .-sali6
de Barcelona Ol 18 de AgOato para Cana
riaD, San Juan, MaysgGss, Pouco, Sam
tiago dc Cuba, HabanR y Nav OFleanR.
Vspor sBpsfial "MaEtin sasnz". Sal
dF6 Ol do SstiembEq de Barcelona para
OanRriaB, San Juan, Ponce, Santiago de
Cuba HabRn8, MatauEa8 Nav OrloRnR.
81 microbes ssIdPG & las 3 y media 81
vRpOF COFFeo para los ELtado1 Unidog.
So eBp0TR sl San Juan 81 Jueveg.
GOlsta "Carmen" CaTgando para Fn'
iaTdo.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1908-08-26
ANUNCIO De SUBAS1A.
DOparlanOHtO dol Interior.

Ofoina del 6uperintsndsnts De OBr0o
PGbEScoa-sa Juan, Puerto Rico, Agoato
20. 1908. PFoposiEiOns8 en- plisgOs C6FFs.
dos para 10 a3judicaCi6n On p6bliCa Bubas.
ta dc laB obFas de suminigtrO, modida y
ontrega de dos loto8 de pisdEa, de /. 200 N.
ctb. CadR uno, con 6oGtin0 6 10 CarrsteEs
de AFsOibo & OamuJ; RisndO 81 lots No.
dc pie5Ea tPituRad6 Kma A so = el Iote
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admitiF6n sn aBta ofiOina haHta las 10 q.
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gir en 10 ContFats = podrGn EsC0gsE IOu
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CioneE.
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81 gobsEnadoE hRbfa dicho 10 Comiai6n
republicans que Ie habia viHitsdo pRgR
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GstR8 n0tRgs
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OoEE0BpOns0I, tRmbi6n, de ''La Corr0B'
pondenCis de Puerto Rico.
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Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-03-07
That Bank Robbery

Every man has his price. Just how
to reconcile the price with the right
man has been source of trouble at
the Utah National bank for two
months.
If the size of the man who stole
that money from the reserve chest
may be judged from the amount he
stole, he is whole lot bigger than
the general public gave him credit for
being when President Mccormick
made the suave statement that $4,000
was stolen!
Forty-three thousand?
There has always been some won
derment at the statement that bank
officials had replaced every cent that
was stolen with money from their
own pockets. 1t is likely this was
done to insure the solvency of the in
stitution and to let the depositors and
the general public know that no man
could jeopardize the destiny of the
Utah National by the theft OLA mere
$4,000.
The uppermost question in the
minds of many people conversant
with the general affairs of the bank
Isl Why should President McCor-
nick say that $4,000 was stolen and
then hasten to assure the public that
all of il had been paid backf
Why if all of it was replaced, did
not the bank officials state the true
amount? The institution would have
remained as safe.
If 100000 was stolen, and if it was
replaced from the personal fortunes
of Mr.. Mccormick and Mr. Nelson,
Or by the stockholders, on pro rata
basis, what harm could have come to
the institution from the publication
of the fact?
The Pinkerton detectives have been
busy on the case for nearly two
months. They are almost as near to
a discovery of the right man as they
were when the money was missed,
although there is prolonging prom
Use that the thief will be detected and
exposed, and that each day the sleuths
are drawing nearer and nearer to the
man who made his getaway with the
tall wad.
The reporters for daily papers have
woven nets and spun webs and al
lowed the shadow of detective hands
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-03-07

to fall upon the shoulders of the cul-
prit and have said the state bank ex-
aminer inspected the reserve chest,
whereas no one but the federal bank
examiner had such right, and have
listened to President McCornick's
appeal for silence on the plea that
publication Injuries the institution.
Then the reporters have gone out.
formed their own theories, published
general assumptions and lodged in
eliminating statements, leaving the
bank just as safe as il was, without
harming any one and without shaking
the confidence of single deposition
Reporters have been Swallowed by
detectives on the expectation that a
clew might be obtained by their talk
ing with some bank official. Chat
the bank have been quizzed and out
of it all-what is there?
One man connected with the bank
tells the story that he compelled
President Mccormick to give him a
clean bill on the threat that he would
tell the truth about the amount of
money stolen.
A detective comes along and says
he will dig under the house of the
man who stole the money and turn up
the loot The fact that the man re-
ferred to by the sleuth lives in a
hotel didn't seem to affect the prom
Use to dig up the gold.
Stories about the Utah National
bank fly faster than wildfre. Rum
ors are carried to the bank officials
and then disseminated through the
detectives and others until they reach
every part of town and some parts Of
the state. Sometimes it is all bunk"
and sometimes it isn't.
The story was given general circu-
lation that one of the daily news-
papers had a story in type which
pointed directly to the man who stole
the money, and that, after being set
up, the story was withheld and de-
stroyed. A detective worked week on
the mechanical department of the pa
per and found out that the story was
false.
The detectives are still theorizing,
the bank officials are still hoping, the
thief has still got the money and the
public is still waiting for something
to turn UP.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-03-07

The gentle lamb-like manner in
which March made its debut leads to
the belief that, like Wall street, it
will be a bear before the month ends.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-03-07
TRUTH

once with "Mr. Chairman: l shall
object, sab, to being paraded dis
tinctively as defeated candidate,
sab; it savehs too much of punish
ment after death, sah."
Mr.. Harris prominence as a poll
tician reached its zenith in 1000, when
he made the tour of the state with
Brigham H. Roberts, the democratic
candidate for Congress. Mr.. Roberts
was charged with being the father
of a pair of twins by plural wife
He did not deny the charge and the
twins became the slogan of the cam
paign. Mr.. Worthington was then
cartoonst for the Tribune and in his
fertile imagination introduced Mr..
Harris as the wet nurse for the myth
ical twins. He was day after day
cartooned in the role of nurse, out
landishly clad in the hatiliments of
female with a lacking comb pro-
truding from the back of the head.
The twins, according to the magma
ton of the artist were always pevish
and cross, and were source of end
less anxiety and vexaton upon the
part of their foster mother SO clev-
err was the work of Mr. Worthington
the imagery was assimulated by the
readers of the Tribune, and it was
quite natural for them while Mr..
Roberts was at the foot lights enun-
ciating the never dying principles Of
Jefferson and Jackson, that Mr.. Har-
ris was somewhere hid behind the
scenes having the DEVILS own time
with the twins. In the minds of the
people he was real nurse.
But he took it all in good part and
had as much fun out of it as any
one else.
Fisher Harris has for several years
been the secretary of the Commercial
club, and I believe is yet, notwith-
standing his great handicap in the
loss of his voice. / shall not say
that he is honest-it is not worth
while. Nobody has raised this qucs-
tion-nobody will, nobody can. The
world is better and richer because he
is living. 1t will be poorer when he
dies. In my friend, Fisher Harris,
| have found all the traits of gen
tleman, and the qualities Of good
citizen and every requisite for friend.
First, last and greatest of all is, he
is a man.
Mr. Editor, shall make no apol
ogy for this innovation.
Sincerely,
WARREN FOSTER.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-03-07

A recent Geographic dispatch was
headed: Taft speaks" That tele-
graph editor was an unconscious hui
morist.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-03-07

shall speak of him as | know him.
When first l met Fisher Harris he
was clerk 1t the Knutsford hotel
in this city. How long he had filled
the position at that time l do not
know, l only know that l was struck
with his fitness for the place. He
knew every guest by name, for each
of whom he always had smile and
kind word. Nothing was palmer
to the observing mind that his every
movement was natural rather than
acquired. One thing that appeared
to me was the readiness with which
he talked, and being a Southerner
myself could not help falling in love
with his marked southern accent.
remember on one occasion while
speaking of this subject he said:
when fust come to this country,
sab, talked exactly like AN old
Virgiah niggah, sab, but I have man
aged to break myself of the most OF
it, sah."
If there was one thing in the whole
world that he could do better than
any other it was to talk. Let me
digress here enough to say that |
use the past tense for the terrible
reason that short time ago he had
the misfortune to lose his voice The
sweet tones are heard no more
only whispers. Let him and us all
hope that he may yet recover it. To
him the loss of voice was a tragedy,
to us it is calamity.
I have just said that Mr.. Harris
could talk. Well, so he could, the
purest and the sweetest of English.
He, with an ease that was proven
bal, could always find the right word
and put it in its right place | doubt
exceedingly that he had an equal in
the state; indeed I feel warranted in
saying that it has not been my pleas
ure to meet his peer at any time or
place, for plain Anglo-Saxon.
In matters political, Mr.. Harris is
a democrat. On number of occa-
sions he has been the nominee of his
party for the office of Secretary Of
Sta.e The only reason why he was
not elected was because there were
not enough democrats. 1t was no
fault of his. Here is a good place i'll
this article to relate little incident
illustrative of the readiness with
which he could formulate an answer
This was at the time of the admis-
sion of the state of Utah. A lot OF
prominent citizens were holding
meeting for the purpose of arranging
a program for the day of the celebra-
ton. One of the questions grapplel
with was the number of carriages to
be provided for the parade. That
brought up the question OF who
should ride in carriages. 1t was
agreed by all that there should be
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-03-07

Utah's summer skies in midwinter
has writ on the memory of many
tourists that even the heavens smile
on this land of prosperity and plenty.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-03-07

Cigars-The best.
Whiskies-Also the best.
Anything in the good smoke line.
Everything i'll Whistles, wines,
liquors.
RIEGER & LINDLEY,
The Whiskey Merchants.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1908-09-26

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