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—*ISTS WARRASSEE' W Interested in Seaboard * Mie in Temporary Pinch. ■is not effected mM l is Issued by Advisory Board. SHulties Due to Recent Course of Stock Market. BMdstfrit rumor pervaded the &m district in Jialtimoru Friday S' local 11 rm of J. William Mid- Hi & Co., and J. 1.. Williams iz H Richmond, V'a., wore financial- Har rased. Those in Interest de- H.o discuss the matter during the ■>on and evening, hut lain Friday ■ alter a conlereneu wtileh lasted ftl hours, gave out the iollowing item: 1 view of the extraordinary and ■acted financial situation now ex- Lin New York, Messrs. John L. ■ms & Sons, of Richmond, Va., B William Middeuuorf & Co., of ■ore, have found it necessary to Hr temporary indulgence of ilieir Irs. H undersigned have, at the re- Hjf these two firms, consented to Him advisory committee to exam ■to (dieir condition and promptly gl an appropriate plan of txieu ; committee will proceed to performance of this gHHllic ine.inWhile they ii' he'-e the interest, of all concern- HTnoit'gal .or other steps he ta- Wy individual creditors to compll- Ihe sitthUion, but that the present Ijtfkuuld in all tespects he main •<r3B>Jiiniou proier-iiou and ;n-n 4 * * mn ■ i- 1 ? ~,'wiH i '• ‘ii’ i .i'i. i ''' '' eel.! . !i \ ;i \ : V H« m i; H'. yiur.i 1 1 ii -- H *i< * i ''Sjm ■* w m ■ [ Ai r t.::e . AEAH 1 hii:. mf4'j 1 " 1 ' , ' l A 4 "’- H ■ A'^Hi T ■ . ■ i 11 w ■j defraud th^j^WTnrnmn. I other two indictments were ftt Secitt Towers, who’has •charge V ot the principa sub-postoffioe ■ s in Kv ashington. He is accus- Baving received a commission on He of book typewriting machines ■ government. H R * PUTS ONI ll:S 0\ RIOTERS. arj. in Canadian Soo Resume VViihout \n> Irouble. from Sault Sic Marie, Street ear trattle in the Sik>, which has been sus the disturbed condition H incident io the closing of tin l H ; ci Take Superior Company was resumed Wedn >sday ■■emonstration. Colonel i;(U-h --;%,JBydved Tuesday night in T- ariimont $ - it : :x. TRIPLE ELECTROCUTION. Three Van Wormley Prothers Go to Their Death for Brutal Murder of Aged Uncle. A dispatch from Dannemora, N. Y., says: Without one unforeseen inci dent to mar the perfect and dignified execution of the death penalty impos ed by the trial court, sustained by the court of appeals and not interfered with by Governor Odell, Willis, Freder ick M., and Burton VauWormer, three brothers, were put to death ia fifteen and a half minutes at Clinton prison Friday morning, for the murder of their uncle, Peter A. Halienbeck, at Greendale, Columbia county, on Christ mas eve, 1901. There was not one sensational circumstance connected with the execution. The men walked from the doors of their cells with calm demeanor, but extreme pallor. Every precaution had been taken to hearing more than the departure of their brother from the room. The doors had been padded and the inter stices stuffed with cotton so that the steps of those who removed the life less body from the death chamber to the morgue coaid not be heard. Three applications of the current and further time was required for the execution of Willis, but only two appli cations of the full current were deem ed necessary in the case of Frederick, and in two minutes from the time he crossed the thershold of the room the doctors pronounced him dead. The bodies were carried out into the pris on morgue and the summons for the last brother was taken back by the guards. Burton was killed even more quick ly than the other.iwo. Only one ap plication was required, though it was retained slightly longer at full press ure than in the other cases. In most all respects the tragedy which closed' at Clinton prison with the electrocution of the three broth er& was uniqqe in modern criminal history. .Only once before m this state is it recalled that three brothers have gone to their death together for a murder in which they ware jointly con cerned. On Christmas eve, 1901: with their r cousin, Harvey Bruce, the throe broth ers drove from their, home in Kinder ‘hook, some fourteen miles toTfte ham let of Greendale, in Columbia’county, wiere lived Peter A. Hal-1 finback,- the .uncle of the' Van Wormcrs.V On the way they stopped at the Greendale shurclr. Thence they went on to Hal lenbeck’s house, where Mr. Hallen beek, his aged wife and his aged mother were sitting in the lamplight in their living room. Both the wo jken saw them drive past. In a lew there was a knock at the and Mr. Halienbeck answered, to Kid masked men before him, armed Kith revolvers. Burton Van Wormer Bd the way, and with him the old man At once the four began a ° r I )is iol shots, which tairly rl '° 1,0 -ly of Mr. liiilicnbcck. §pj£gjHHal!cnl»<vk. although mortally l»r. do' a wav from his assail ■HhßHv -:i: to the landing "f the Hral@PAi' lv ,!l> :1 "•"’'■''.i sho* Eff-'P I nil'. - sl« il.ttl get the The man tell to the |HH| 1 Tb young in "u: HHHii'i' ait -'e.:. i-er ra > a hv ■HNUB's in :he . acl he : ! h.ar !: h ' :11 1 ®" 1 - : ‘-' ■' H |j- - U -V-Hj • a;" ■ I Harv. > s ' r ' ' evai. a:i ! Sr *, p ;.H l ' ’ 1 '■ - : : of ’lie Via Worm . He swore ;ha* upi'ti from the of the of the brothers loasted of AHk siiot their uncle. O’l’rien. in writing the ui\anl ■HPUipinien of his ecu:'! against the (pronounced incredible the main Idea of defense that the expedition of 'the four to Hallenbeck’s house was in the nature of a young men's prank, the fatal outcome of which had not been apparent. The court fixed upon the week of July for the carrying out of the death sentence, but the Van Wormers have been twice respited by Governor Odell. HarVey Bruce, their fellow in crime, for which they died, was tried alone and was sentenced to imprisonment for eighteen years. THE INCREASE IN COST OF LIVING To be Set Forth in Report from Newly Es tablished Labor Bureau. The bureau of labor, at Washington, will shortly issue the results of an ex haustive study of the increased cost of living during the last few years in relation to the increase of wages. The results show that there has been a striking similarity between the advance in wages and the increased cost of living, and that neither has gone forward as much as popularly •apposed. The current report that ommodities have Advanced 27 per cent -a shown to be wide of the mark. It will bo nearer 15 per cent. A PETTICOAT EMBEZZLER Theft of Large Sum is Charged to Woman Bookkeeper. MAY AMOUNT TO $50,000 Accused is Placed Under Arrest at In stance of Officials of Playing Card Company. Marie Layton Johnson, aged £9 years, the wife or Albert M. Jonnson, a dentist of Larchmont, N. Y„ with an office in New Y'ork city, was arrested on a warrant specifically charging her with the grand larceny of $2,000. The total amount of her defalcations, how ever, may, it is said, amount to ?50,- 000. The complainants are officers of the United States Playing Card Company, with home offices in Cincinnati, and a New York branch. Mrs. Johnson, whose maiden name was Marie Layton, was bookkeeper in the New York office, and in addition acted as private secretary to Manager R. H. McCutcheon. She was married to Br. Johnson in 1901, but did not leave her position after the marriage. In April of this year discrepancies are said to have ueen discovered in her accounts, according to the statements given out by Inspector McClusky, and an examination is said to have reveal ed a shortage of SIO,OOO. The woman’s modus operandi i 3 said to have been as follows: The accounts of the concern were kept in the Hanover national bank, there being a New York and Cincin nati account there. Cincinnati would send a bill of goods to New York which would be sold for $3,000 and that amount would be placed to the credit of the Cincinnati account. But, it is alleged, Mrs. Johnson would charge the New York office account with $5,000, taking the differene her self. To make the account balance she would then raise a mall bill of goods shipped from Cincinnati from say $9 to $2,009. Mrs. Johnson was discharged from the employ of the company in April. Further investigation was made into both the New York and Cincinnati ac counts, with the result, it is s-aid, that the defalcations now amount to s3s,- 000, with a possibility that they may reach $50,000. Detectives went to Larchmont Thurs day night to arrest her, out found the Johnson home locked up, and from neighbors it was learned that ell the furniture had been packed apparently ready for removal. The detective* then watched Dr. Johnson’s office on Fifth avenue, and arrested Mrs. John son as she was leaving the place in her husband’s company. It is said that Mrs. Johnson specu lated in Wall street and lost consider able money teere. RAILROAD’S TRACKS TORN UP. Row Occurs Between Seaboard and the Bw & B. at Ocille, Georgia. Thursday night about 12 o’clock, the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company ran a special train into Ocilla, Ga.. and a short time afterwards tore up the track of the Brunswick and Birming ham railroad where it crosses the Sea board tracks. Before the work of removing the crossing was completed a negro noti fied Chi°f Engineer Roberts, of the Brunswick and Birmingham, of what was taking palce. Captain Roberts, accompanied by Marshal Hall, hurried to the crossing and succeeded in ar resting W. Hale, of Savannah, who ia superintendent of tnat division of the Seaboard. The balance »of the erowcl escaped at that time, but returned about day light Friday morning, when twenty-one of them were placed under arrest. Hate Friday afternoon the prisoners all waived preliminary hearing and gave bond to appear at the county court to answer to the offense of misdemeanor and to the superior court to answer a felony charge. The Bruns wick and Birmingham train* from Ir winville to Brunswick crossed on the old Ocilla and Irwinville crossing after only a few minutes’ delay. All other trains are running on time. M’CLELLAND PITTED AGAINST LOW. Tammany Hall Convention Names a New York Municipal Ticket. A New York dispatch says: Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall, carried through his program at the democratic city convention held at Carnegie hall Friday night. The dem ocrats named George B. McClellan for mayor, Edward M. Grout for comp troller and Charles V. Fornes for pres ideut of the board of aldermen. Thou sands crowded the hall and thousands more were unable to gain admission. There were scenes of wild excitement within the buil'ding and a great crush in which many were Hurt outside. BRITISH CHARGE DEAD. Sir Michael Herbert Falls Victim to Consumption at a Resort in Switzerland. Sir Michael Herbert, the British am bassador to the United States, died Wednesday at Davos-Platz, Switzer land, after a long and plucky fight against consumption, which terminat ed with tragic suddenness. Sir Michael had been at Davos- Platz about five weeks. When he re turned to Lordon from America, he confessed that he felt far from weil; but his physicians still held out hopes of his conquering the consumption. The ambassador expected to leave Da vos Platz a week or so ago, in order to greet the Alaskan commissioners in London; but he contracted bronchitis. Of this he wrote, only a few days ago, quite slightingly, saying it was only annoying because on account of it the doctor insisted on his not going to London to see his American friends. Lady Herbert intended to leave Switzerland a short time ago with her children, but she apparently changed her plans and remained at Davos-Platz, though tee resort is deserted at this time of the year. Lady Herbert was formerly Miss Letitia Wilson, daugh ter of Richard T. Wilson, the New York banker, and is related to The Van derbilt, Ogden, Goelet and Astor fam ilies. The following statement, by author ity of President Roosevelt, was issued at tlie white house: “The president is deeply shocked and grieved at the death of Sir Michael Herbert, both because of hi 3 personal affection for Sir Michael and because of his high appreciation ot him as an official.” President Roosevelt sent a message of condolence to Lady Herbert, as did also Secretary Hay. Mr. Choate, our ambassador at London, was instructed by the state department to convey to the British foreign office an appropri ate expression of the Washington gov ernment’s sympathy. TREASURER ROBERTS MAKES REPORT. Shows Enormous Receipts n . expendi tures of Uncle Sam for the Year. H. Roberts, treasurer of the United States, has submitted to Secretary Shaw his report on the condition of tho treasury June 30, 1903, and its op erations during the past fiscal year. The total net revenue for the year was $560,396,074, an increase of s3s>&Sß,- 439 ever the year preceding* and the total expenditures $500,099,007, an in crease of $35,762,034. The surplus was $4,297,887.,. as com pared with $91,267,275 ia 1902, In. th-e receipts there was an Increase of up ward of $30,000,000 from customs, and a falling off of over $41,000,000 from internal revenue, the latter being the reeult of legislation enacted with, that object. On the side of the ex.tLiadl tures there was an increase in j-'ery important account, except pen ions and interest, in which there Lvere slight savings. The expenditures fer the two military departments, which together amounted to $191,237,554, forming by far the heaviest outlay for any sing'e purpose, were upward of $21„000,000 greater than the year be fore. \ The aggregate income, including Re side the revenues, the receipts froPi bonds, notes and coin certificates, w»s $1,211,394,097, and the aggregate outs-o $1,122,647,665. At the close of the year the treasury held $593,065,869 in goi\ and silver on deposit against oatstami, ing certificates and treasury notes, he 1 side the $150,000,000 in gold which forms the reserve against United States notes. Treasurer Roberts places the mono- 1 tarv stock of the country on June 30, 1903, including gold and silver, Uni ted States notes, treasury notes and national bank notes, but not certifi cates, at $2,686,149(621, an increase of $124,852,963 for the year. The in crease in gold was $60,137,401,. and in national bank notes $56,998,559. The total estimated stock of gold was $1,252,731,990. The increase of the money in circu lation during the year was $121,740.- 752, of which $59,776,462 was in gold and gold certificates and $54,520,193 m national bank notes. The share of money for each person increased £9 cents and the proportion of gold to the whole rose to 42 per cent, the highest ratio ever recorded. There has been a continual increase in the proportions of paper currency of the denomina tions of $lO and under in circulation, but the growth hardly keeps nace with the demand. The supply can be in creased if congress will authorize the issue of cgld certificates for $lO and remove- the restriction on the issue of $5 notes by national banks. To meet the constant pressure requires stren uous effort. The national bank note 3 presented for redemption during the year amounted to $196,429,621. or 51 per cent of the average outstanding. The figures show that the tens and twenties remain in circulation Vyogcst. lull Li jUirte rUto, Thd best calculation that «tn be made si m*jvs that the average number of cbildr«i iu the white native family a century ago in tho United States was more than six; in IS3O It had fallen to less than five; in IS6O to less than four; in 1872 to.less than three; ia 1900, among the “upper classes-” in Boston, to less than two. & Itcvnr's Thi»? YVe offer One Hundred Dollars Rewardfo? »ny case of Catarrh that cannot be cured b/ Hall’s Catarrh Cure. F. J. Chexcy & Co., Toledo, O. We, thoundarsnfned, have knownF. J.Che tey for Ujelast 15 years, azsd believe hifnper loctly honorable in aIL business tranavctloas and financially able to carry out any obliga tions made by their firm. West & Tboax,Wholesale Dmggists,Toledo, Ohio. Wau>i!((i,sixsA>-&MAKYix, Wholesale Drug gists, Toledo, Ohio. 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