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ol way, to discharge such duties as
may devolve on him.
Much will depend upon the report of
the physicians upon the character of
the President’s injuries as to the ex
tent to which Mr. Roosevelt will dis
charge the presidential duties, if he
undertakes them at all, and it is al
most certain that in the absence cf
great emergency in public affairs, even
if called to assume these obligations,
the Vice President will coniine himself
in the exercise of his powers to the
discharge of the most routine and in
dispensable functions.
Army Officer* Confer.
During the early evening a confer
ence was held at the War Department
of such of the prominent army offi
cers as could be gathered at short no
tice by Gen. Gillespie
He informed them that he had com
municated with Gen. Brooke at Gov
ernor's Island and that the G.eneral
had replied that he would start imme
diately for Buffalo, where he expects
to arrive in the early morning to take
personal charge of all arrangements
for the guarding of the presidential
household. Meanwhile he had directed
that the troops which had been
placed as a guard around the
the hospital In the exposition ground
be transferred to the Milburn home,
where the President lies, to serve as
guard and keep back the public and
preserve quiet.
It was somewhat gratifying to the
officials here that the very first ex
pression of official sympathy should
come from the island of Cuba in the
shape of the following telegram:
••Havana, Sept. 6.—Adjutant Gener
al, Washington: Mayor and City
Council, of Havana have called, ex
pressing sorrow and solicitude for the
President and desire that his family
be advised of these expressions.
“Scott, Adjutant General.”
" GREAT ANXIETY PREVAILS.
Meager Information From Presi
dent’* Bedside Adds to Grief.
Washington, Sept. 6.—The greatest
anxiety prevails here as to the actual
condition of the President. The press
bulletins gave the local papers an op
portunity to issue frequent extras, but
there was a painful absence of official
information on the subject at the Ex
ecutive Mansion, where hundreds of
people gathered in quest of the latest
intelligence from those in attendance
upon the wounded President.
It was 4:30 o’clock when the first bul
letin was received at the White House
from Secretary Cortelyou. It came
over the long distance telephone. It
simply stated: “The operation is now
in progress; everything is progressing
favorably so far.” This cautiously
worded message afforded but slight
consolation to the throng of anxious of
ficials and others who gathered at the
door of the White House.
Shortly after 8 o’clock, a second mes
sage came from Secretary Cortelyou,
stating that the attending surgeons
would Rhortly issue a bulletin giving
the details of the operation. Also,
that the President had been removed
to the residence of Mr. Milburn, where
Mrs. McKinley is, and he is receiving
• the best surgical assistance possible.
All the members of the cabinet are
absent from Washington to-night, but
a large number of the diplomatic
corps and minor officials called at the
White House to seek information and
express their sincere regret at the
tragedy.
Telegrams from all parts of the coun
try are pouring in at the White House,
making inquiry as to the actual con
dition of the wounded President.
The government has taken exclusive
control of the telephone wire between
Buffalo and Washington, so that di
rect communication with the White
House and the sick room in Buffalo
may be uninterrupted.
CANDLER ’S~TeELING PRAYER.
‘•Coil Grnnt He May Be Spared foe
the Sake of Oar Country.”
Atlanta, Sept. 6.—When Informed of
the assassination of the President, Gov.
Candler was deeply affected. He said:
“I know the President well. I served
with him in Congress six years. He
was one of God’s noblemen. While we
differed in politics, there is no man in
public life I held in higher personal es
teem. He is a clean man, an honest
man, a great man, a patriot—broad and
liberal,
•’A federal soldier; all Confederate
soldiers respected and honored him.
His assassination is appalling; and to
say his death will be a rational calam
ity, will* but feebly express it. Such
a result would be a world-wide ca
lamity.
"He is a brave man, a man not only
of unusual physical, but also of rare
moral courage. He has always been
brave enough to speak what he believ
ed to be the truth, and too brave to
countenance what he believed to be un
true. He haa, too, had that rare cour
age, like Gladstone, to abandon error
when he has discovered that he has
fallen Into it. In a word he is a patriot
and gentleman; gentle as a woman,
brave as a lion.
"He has done more to bridge the
bloody chasm between the sections
than any man since Lee and his veter
ans surrendered. He has always recog
nized the Southern people as a brave
people who fought for their convic
tions, and he has never manifested any
bitterness toward them. He was wise
enough to know at the beginning of
the war with Spain that they
are as true to the' republic as the
people of his own state, and he trusted
them to the same extent, knowing that
the national honor was safe in their
hands.
"God grant that he may be spared
for the sake of our country and for the
sake of republican institutions, and of
human liberty throughout the world."
GLORY IN THE CRIME.
In Bumpers nf Beer Paterson Anar
chist* Drink Assassin's Health.
New York, Sept. 6. —Asa whole the
anarchist group of Paterson, N. J., ex
press no regret at the shooting of
President McKinley. On the contrary,
there was a great gathering of the
members to-night at Bartholdi Hall in
that city, and Czolgosz, who shot the
President, was toasted in beer time and
time again.
All of the talkative members of the
group say Czolgosz, or Neiman, is un
known to them. One of them said:
“We do not know him, but he is
one of us. He did w hat it was his duty
to do and we honor him, while person
ally thinking his effort might better
have been employed across the ocean,
upon some crowned head.”
They ail deny there is any truth In
the report that at any time President
McKinley was Included in the plots to
assassinate the heads of the nations.
They claim that President McKinley's
life was never declared forfeited by
them, and that the work of to-day is
that of another brunch of their organ
ization.
Petro Esteve, who In the past has
gloried In each killing of a head of a
aati.on or in any attempt, yeas Xp ry
loud to-night in his denials of any par
ticipation by the Paterson group in the
affair *t Buffalo this afternoon. Esteve
even goes so far as to deny that the
man is an anarchist.
“I never heard of him,” Esteve said.
“He is probaibly some German lunatic
and fool.”
The first question asked in Paterson
when news of the shooting of the 1 resi
dent was received, was whether or
not the assailant was from that city.
The teeling among the citizens outside
of anarchist cirlces is one of the deep
est indignation.
A NATIONAL CALAMITY.
Attempt l pon Pn*ldent' Life So
KefiHiiled in England.
London, Sept. 6.—The news of the
attempt upon the life of President Mc-
Kinley spread slowly in London. The
first ticker reports were discredited;
then, with the confirmation and gen
eral dissemination of the news arose
a far-reaching feeling of sorrow and
indignation, which, wherever Ameri
cans were gathered, almost gained the
proportions of a panic accompanied by
feverish anxiety for further details.
The thousands of Americans now In
London were mostly at the theaters
when the news arrived; and returning
to their hotels found anxious groups
of Englishmen and Americans discuss
ing what, without distinction of race,
is regarded as a national calamity.
The announcement of the attempted
assassination Was received too late for
extra editions of the papers to an
nounce the news to the mass of the
English people, and they will not learn
until they take up their morning pa
pers of the President's accident.
Ex-Gov. Brown of Georgia, Mr. and
Mrs. Nat C. Goodwin and other Amer
icans, who were to have dined at the
Carlton to-night, cancelled their en
gagement on hearing the news, and all
the orchestras ceased playing. Crowds
surrounded the bulletin boards.
THE HAYMARKET RIOTS.
Secret Service Men Think Welmait
Belong* to That I!nu(l.
Washington, Sept. 6. —It is the opin
ion of the secret service officials in
this city that the shooting of the Pres
ident is an outcropping, in some ob
scure way, of the Haymarket riots,
and that it will be found eventually
that Neiman, the would-be assassin,
has some connection with the group of
persons associated In the Chicago an
archists riot.
The secret service officials are of this
opinion because of the name of the
man, and the fact that he is probably
from the same general section of the
country as some of the Haymarket
participants. The secret service bu
reau had the Paterson. N. J. group of
anarchists very thoroughly under sur
veillance, and are confident that Net
man has no association with these
people.
Three secret service operatives were
in Buffalo about the President at the
time of the shooting, and another was
on the way to Cleveland. While the
theory of the secret service here is as
stated, at the same time no facts con
cerning the matter are at this time
known to the secret service bureau, so
it Is conceded to be but a surmise at
present that they belong to the Hay
market gang.
LOYAL SOUTHRONS MOURN.
i ______
Hampton Camp of Confederate*
Voice An lion’* Sorrow.
Columbia, S. C., Sept. 6.—At a meet
ing of Camp Hampton, Gen. Wade
Hampton's camp of Confederate Veter
ans, to-night, the following resolutions
offered by Comrade Brooker, heartily
seconded by others, were adopted unan
imously:
"Whereas, the appalling news of the
attempted assassination of William
McKinley, the President of the United
States, this day at Buffalo, N. Y., has
Just been received in this city, and that
our nation is greatly apprehensive of
serious results therefrom,
"Resolved, That in view of this de
plorable news Camp Hampton do ex
press to the nation through the press
their sincere regrets that such a vio
lent dispensation should befall our
chitf executive, and that we pray God
in His infinite mercy, if He so will it,
that such a calamity as the death of
the faithful head of our government
be averted, and that the President may
yet be spared to fulfill the great mis
sion in the government for which he
has been appointed by its people, and
which he has so far so faithfully per
formed.”
DEWEYGRIEF STRICKEN.
Calamity May Cause Postponement
of Court of lntinlry.
Washington, Sept. 6.—Admiral Dew
ey arrived in Washington early in the
afternoon. He proceeded at once to
his suburban home and was occupied
with the details of the approaching
Schley court of inquiry when the news
reached him by telephone.
The Admiral found himself unable
to express his feelings at the news,
and all that could be extracted from
him was that he was plunged in grief
too deep for utterance at this time.
He said that he could not now ex
press an opinion ns to the elTect that
the calamity might have upon the
court of inquiry, or even whether it
would result in the postponement of
the approaching sitting.
WORDS OF GOOD CHEER.
Governor of Month Cnrollna Wires
the President.
Columbia, 8. C., Sept. 6. —Gov Mc-
Sweeney wired to-night the following:
“His Excellency, President William
McKinley, Buffalo, N. Y. Thp people
of South Carolina were shocked to-day
to learn of the attempt to assassinate
your excellency.
"Our deepest sympathies go out to
you and your family, and we sincerely
hope and pray that the Giver of all
good will spare your life to our nation
for years to come. I am sure in thus
speaking that I voice the sentiment of
the people, not alone of South Curolina,
but of the entire South.
(Signed) “M. B. McSweeney,
"Governor of South Carolina.”
No Cooking!!
Just a little
cream or milk,
a little sugar
and
GRAPE-NUTS
are ready.
Sold by all Qrocers.
THE MOKNTNG MEWS: SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 7. 1901.
ENDANGERS OUR GOVERNMENT
Pre*ldent’* Character Entitled Him
to Protection E vary where.
Austin, Tex., Sept. 6. —Gov. Sayers
said the attempted assassination of the
President cannot be too strongly con
demned. His excellent personal char
acter entitles him to the most com
plete protection wherever he may go.
“The assault upon the President so
deadly and premeditated in its nature,”
said Gov. Sayers, "greatly endangers
the form of our government and the
character of our institutions. Every
true American and all good people
everywhere will rejoice if the Presi
dent’s wounds do not prove fatal and
will earnestly hope that his restoration
to health and strength may be be soon
and complete.”
rooseveltlhears news.
He I* Too Grieved and Shocked to
Talk. ,
Burlington. Vt., Sept. 6.—Vice Pres
ident Roosevelt, on his arrival here
from Isle la Motte, started at once for
Buffalo. To the Associated Press rep
resentative, he said:
“I am too shocked and grieved to ex
press my feelings.”
A few r minutes later when a bulletin
was handed him, saying that President
McKinley's w r ound was not fatal, the
Vice President sent word to the gath
ering:
“Like all our people and like the
whole civilized world, you will rejoice
to hear this good news.”
THE PRESIDENT WAS WARNED.
But Ills Confidence in the People
Wa* Pnnhaken.
New York, Sept. 6.—Ex-Attorney
General Griggs, in discussing at Pat
erson, N. J., the shooting of President
McKinley, said:
“I warned him against this very
thing time and time again. I asked
him, for the country’s sake, if not for
his own, to have a body guard when
he went out. He refused.
“He laughed at me. He insisted that
the American people were too Intelli
gent and too loyal to their country to
do any harm to their chief executive.
He had supreme confidence in the peo
ple.”
Rutland, Vt., Sept. 6.—The train on
which Vice President Roosevelt was a
passenger stopped here for an hour
while Mr. Roosevelt hurried to the
residence of Senator Proctor to obtain
his articles of wearing apparel left
there yesterday.
In an hour he was back on the train,
which started for Buffalo via Norwood,
N. Y.
CLEVELAND WAS HORRIFIED.
••Mnst Have Been the Act of a Crazy
Mali,” He Says.
Winsted, Conn., Sept. 6.—Ex-Presi
dent Grover Cleveland was fishing at
Darling Lake in Tyringham, Mass.,
when he received the news Regarding
the shooting of President McKinley.
Mr. Cleveland was horrified at the
news and said:
"With all American citizens, I am
greatly shocked at this news. I can
not conceive of a motive. It must
have been the act of a crazy man.”
MASS MEETING AT MACON.
To Express I’nhlie Indignation nf
Dastardly Attempt.
Macon, Sept. 6.—A mass meeting has
been called for to-morrow night to ex
press indignation at the attempt to as
sassinate President McKinley.
■ Sorrow pervades the entire commun
ity at the shocking calamity. Mili
tary companies have flags at half
mast. In churches to-night where ser
vices were held prayers were offered
for President and Mrs. McKinley.
AMERICANS BOW IN REGRET.
So Says Governor Jefferson Duvin, of
Arkansas.
Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 6.—Gov. Jeff
Davis said the attempted assassination
of President McKinley is to be deplor
ed. All true Americans, regardless of
political faith, bow in deep regret at
this sad occurrence.
In behalf of the people of Arkansas
he desired to express to the bereaved
family the sympathy of the entire state
in this sad bereavement.
FAIREST OF PRESIDENTS.
Tyler Says McKinley Has Done Most
to Allay Bitterness.
Richmond, Va„ Sept. 6.—Gov. Tyler,
who is at his home in East Radford,
was informed by wire of the shooting
of President McKinley, and telegraph
ed the following:
"It is with a shock of deep regret
that I learn of the wounding of Presi
ciept McKinley and I sincerely hope he
may recover. In him the South has the
fairest and kindest President under
Republican rule. He has done more to
allay sectional feeling and restore com
mercial relations between North and
South than any other.
“I recall the feeling he showed at
Philadelphia, when he expressed a de
sire to have Confederate veterans
march beside those of the Union cause.
1 believe his earnest desire was to have
sectional feeling obliterated.”
HIM SISTERS HEAR THE NEWS.
Ilotli Bear Up Bravely Under the
Shook.
Cleveland, 0., Sept. 6. —The news of
the attempted assassination of the
President was broken to his sisters,
Mrs. A. J. Duncan and Miss Helen Mc-
Kinley, both of whom live in this city,
by a son of Mrs. Duncan, w*ho hurried
to the home of his mother, and gently
as possible acquainted the t\vo sisters
of the President of the terrible happen
ing.
Tears were shed, but both ladles bore
up under the shock and showed much
bravery. They had both feared an at
tempt upon the life of their brother,
and their fears were at last awfully
realized.
McMILLIN FINDS IT STRANGE.
One So Gentle Should He the Mark of
an Assassin.
Nashville, Sept. 6.—Gov. McMillin of
Tennessee, when seen to-night in re
gard to the shooting of the President,
said:
"I have known the President long and
intimately, and it is strange to my
mind that one so gentle by nature and
so uniformly courteous and kindly to
all should become the mark of the as
sassin. I join with all in wishing that
he may recover.”
Brother In Told Snd News.
Denver, Col., Sept. 6.—Abner McKin
ley, with his wife and two daughters,
w’as notified late this afternoon of the
shooting of the President. lie at once
started tor Butfaiq
COMMANDING VALUES BRING
QUICK AND MAGNIFICENT RESPONSES.
We are breaking September trade traditions all over the town.
Men’s Clothing,
Men’s Trousers,
Y onth’s Clothing,
Children’s Clothing
and Men’s Furnishings,
But not enotsgh of any particular thing to make much talk over.
See them without delay--the sooner the better.
The Hawes $3 Hats,
Alpines and Derbys.
Are in the lead this year. Why pay Five Dollars for a Hat when you can get
as good a Hat for THREE ?
ST jgg .
3 BROUGHTON H 5 TRSF T WFST
SAVANNAH -—
“IT CAN’T BE POSSIBLE!”
Snlil Senator Hannn, When Told of
the Attempted Murder.
Cleveland, Sept. 6.—“ My God, it
can’t be possible!” cried Senator Han
na this afternon, when the Associated
Press dispatch was read to him say
ing that President McKinley had been
shot.
"It is terrible, and I am too shocked
to express my feelings.”
“The Senator was prostrated by the
news and begged that all dispatches
relating to the condition of the Presi
dent be telephoned to him as fast as
they arrived.
LIKE A Till NDERHOLT.
So the Awful News Seemed to Pier
pont Morgan.
New York, Sept. 6.—When J. Pier
pont Morgan was informed of the
shooting of President McKinley he
stood as one thunderstruck. For a few
moments there was utter silence and
then Mr. Morgan turned to Mr. Sat
terlee, his son-in-law, and communicat
ed the news to him.
At the time Mr. Morgan was told of
the shooting he had his hat and cane
in hand ready to go home. He at once
went into conference with his part
ners and remained Inaccessible.
ROOT OFF FOR BUFFALO.
Accompanied by Specialist He Hast
ens to the President.
New York, Sept. 6. —Secretary of War
Root left the Grand Central depot at
11:10 o’clock to-night for Buffalo In a
special train. He was accompanied by
Dr. Dixon, a specialist, whom he Is
hastening to the bedside of the Presi
dent.
TRADE CON[)7fIONS GOOD.
I.nst Year’s Cotton Crop Bronglit
Biggest Money on Record.
New York, Sept. 6.—Bradstreet’s to
morrow will say: Trade advices are
as a rule very good. Fall demand, now
in full swing at the East, West and
Northeast, compares well with last
year, and business continues to ex
pand at the South. Specially marked
features are the reports of a large sea
sonable distribution, heavy shipments
and improved collections from lead
ing Western centers.
All measures of trade demand point
to the maintenance of general business
on a scale not heretofore equalled for
this time of year, while failures, though
more numerous than last year, are less
hurtful than one or two months ago,
and really reflect only the normal fric
tion inseparable from the conduct of
business in a large volume.
Industrial disturbances are not cut
ting the figure they did earlier. Prices
for the fourth successive month have
advanced, and are now well up to the
highest of tlie year. ,
The cotton trade is in an interesting
position. The actual yield In the sea
son Just closed was 10,383,000 bales, val
ued at nearly *500,000,000, the largest
value ever received for an American
cotton crop. The latest government
report shows that on 17.000,000 out of
27,533,000 acres planted the condition is
bettor than a year ago, and the out
look Is, therefore, for a somewhat larg
er yield than last year’s.
For the week business failures num
ber 169, as against 188 last week and
154 in this wek a year ago.
THE PROTOCOL IN EFFECT.
Ry Sept. 17 It Will Be Signed by All.
Washington, Sept, 6.—A cablegram
received at the State Department from
Commissioner Rockhlll announced that
the evacuation of the city of Pekin and
of the province of Chi LI is expected
to be completed on the 17th and 22nd
of this month, respectively.
Mr. Rockhlll also announced thnt the
signing of the final protocol will be ef
fected on Sept. 17.
—Gov. La Follette of Wisconsin, who
was reported a month ago to be dying.
Is now rapidly recovering. His Illness
luas brought on by overwork.
IRISHMEN W ERE VICTORS.
They Defeated New Jersey Riilerucn
at Sea Girt.
New York, Sept. 6. —The Ulster team
defeated the representatives of the
New Jersey Rifle Association by 62
points in the special challenge match
at Sea Girt. The final scores were Uls
ter, 1,620; New Jersey 1,558 points.
SHOEING FOR A NEW PLAY.
Footwear a Big Item in a Stage Pro
duction, Costing From I*l,ooo to
SI, 00*0.
From the New York Post.
Through some oversight the manager
of a theatrical company that is soon
to “try” an elaborate costume play
upon an Eastern city has neglected to
make arrangements to have the com
pany shod, and the anxiety into which
the cast has been plunged by this
carelessness gives some idea of the im
portance which attaches to the matter
of shoeing for a modern stage pro
duction. The actors who have been
engaged for this one took it for .grant
ted that the usual arrangements has
been made with the usual bootmaker
for providing them with the proper
footgear, and all they would have to
do would be to drop in any day and
leave their measurement. That is the
way th**y have been accilstomed to
buying their stage shoes, and they
have been dropping into a little shop
m Union Square, which has practically
a monopoly in theatrical bootmaking,
every day for the past week. The wo
man who is in charge of the shop dur
ing the proprietor’s absence says; "It
will teach them all a lesson.”
A man who, from dress and man
ners, was obviously from stageland,
entered the shop, and with an air of
assurance took a chair and announced
that be had come to be measured.
"For what?” asked the woman.
"For what?” repeated the actor,
“why, for the shoes I am to wear
in mentioning the title ol the
play.
"We know nothing about the boots
you are to wear in that piece,” said
the woman; "but, possibly, if you will
leave your order we can get them out
for you in time—what style is it you
want?”
The actor’s easy assurance gave
way instantly to bewilderment, and
from beliwderment to mental stam
pede. “Style,” he echoed, gazing help
lessly around him; "why classic, Span
ish, Louis XIV' —I don’t know, how
should I know? Something like that
thing there in the showcase,” and he
pointed to a black satin Spanish slip
per with high heels slashed with yel
low and trimmed around the top with
silver, "that’s what I want, Isn’t it?
something on that order, anyway.”
The woman told him that it would be
impossible to fill an order from so mea
ger a description, and advised him to
go around to the costumers’ and ob
tain details. The actor humbly prom
ised to do so.
When he had gone the woman turn
ed to another customer. "That man.”
she explained, "would have known all
about the boots he Is to wear. If he
had seen them; that is if we had made
them for him he could have pointed
out where they were historically and
otherwise wrong. As it is, you can see
how Ignorant he Is, and how helpless.
It is customary for a manager, when
anew play is to be put on, to leave the
order with a bootmaker for all the
footgear that are to be worn by the
cast: the style and the designs are
sent to us by the customer, or in some
cases, are left to ou own Judgment.”
“What does it cost to shoe a com
pany for a first-class production?” in
quired the customer.
"From SI,OOO to $1,600,’’ the woman
answered. "This present production
will cost about $900.”
"And who pays for all that?”
"Why, the actors, themselves. It costs
each one from SBO to $10*), according to
the number of chnnges he or she has
to make In the course of the play. The
supers, of course, do not have to pay
for the shoes they wear—they are In
cluded In the company's property.”
The popularity of historical plays has
made the high kid boot extending
above the knee and known to the trade
as a ’’knickertaur," in greater demand
than any other style. Other costums
boots vary In price from $8 to S4O a
pair.
“How many dancing shoes,” said the
woman in the shop, "do you suppose
that young woman there—(pointing to
a photograph of a woman balancing
airily on one great toe) —how many
shoes do you suppose she ordered here
yesterday? Two hundred pair. Almost
as many as some people wear in a life
time, isn’t it? She's going to Australia,
and she doesn't want to run short of
shoes.”
The shoes which the young woman
had ordered and which are kept in
stock were quite shapeless and heel
less affairs. A pronounced box toe ex
plained the ease with which ballet
dancers pose for minutes at a time on
them. “And all the ‘glittering tinselled
sham’ ” continued the shopkeeper,
"which you read about as existing be
hind the footlights, does not apply to
these wares. They are of the best ma
terial and best workmanship, and cost
more than any shoes of any sort in this
country.”
OWNERLESS GOLD BARS.
Worth n Qunrtcr of a Million Dollars
and the Mystery Never Cleared Up.
From the Washington Star.
“The recent theft of $30,000 worth of
gold bars from the mint in San Fran
cisco and the robbery of over a quar
ter of a million of dollars, also in gold
bars, from the Selby smelting works
near San Francisco, calls to mind the
discovery of a large but unknown
quantity of gold In bars In a house
which was being demolished in Oak
land, Just across the bay from San
Francisco,” said a Washington corre
spondent.
“I was engaged in newspaper work
on the coast, at the time in Oakland,
in fact, and I am conversant with the
particulars from personal knowledge,
though the discovery at the time excit
ed but little local interest, and so re
markable was it that it was doubted
in some quarters. Subsequently, how
ever, the truth was developed. The gold
bars, to an estimated quantity of $250,-
000, were actually found, but to whom
they had originally belonged or by
whom they were stolen, is still a mys
tery. As it happened abbut ten years
ago I .cannot recall the names of the
parties with accuracy, though I once
knew them, every effort, of course, be
ing made at the time to keep the ‘find’
a secret.
"A two-story frame house on Tenth
street, in Oakland, was owned and oc
cupied by a family the head of which
at the time in question, nnd for a great
meny years, over twenty, I think, was
an employe in the San Francisco mint.
1 remember the house well. The old
man died suddenly and the house was
at once sold by his heirs. The new own
er began tearing it down, intending
replacing it with a business structure.
In digging away the lower walls an
Italian laborer came upon a gold bar
hidden in the foundations. He covered
the bar up with earth and went on dig
ging, but soon unearthed so many oth
er secreted bars that his.find was dis
covered by three other men employed
with him. They at once entered into a
secret compact to collect the bars
themselves and inform no one else, es
pelally the contractor and the ow'ner,
of the great and unexpected wealth
with which they had so suddenly be
come possessed.
“The men were all laborers, two be
ing Italians, l think. They were suc
cessful in getting the gold away from
the premises unobserved by others. The
first Intimation that something of an
unusual nature had happened to these
feur men was that they quit work for
good and made heavy investments in
real estate. Their purchases excited
suspicion as they all had been very
poor men. To cut short a long story,
however. It was ascertained that they
had in fact found the gold, and they
were, under legal advice, converting it
into other property to prevent the pos
sible owner from laying claim to his
original property.
“In this they were all successful. In
fact, luck appeared to be with them. No
one came forward to claim the hidden
treasure for the very good reason, un
doubtedly, that tl.e only other person
on the face of the earth who had
known of its whereabouts was dead.'
One man bought a ranch in the central
part pf the state for $70,000. The Ital
ian living in Oakland bought a flue
new house, furnished it luxuriously,
paying SI,OOO for a piano, and bought
his wife an unlimited quantity of dia
mond jewelry.
“The old adage, however, that stolen
gold brings to its possessor bad luck
in the end proved true. In less than
five years the ranch owner was bank
rupt, and the ranch had reverted to its
original owners on foreclosure. The
Italian lost all of his property and re
turned to live in the little cottage in
North Oakland he had vacated for his
fine house. The only thing he preserved
to remind him of the days of his fleet
ing wealth was a Turkish rug worth
about $1,500, which he placed on the
floor of the cottage, and would not sell
when all else had gone.
"The third man dissipated all of his
wealth in fast living and gambling and
died a pauper in a hospital in Seattle.
The career of the fourth man I cannot
recall accurately, but I know that he,
too, lost all that he had. The ranch
owner, by the way, died a miserable
death alone in a cabin on the Sacra
mento river and was buried by the
town in the potter's field.
‘ The gold, of course, did not right
fully belong to the man who secreted
l<i In the walls of the house. It was
stolen from someone, and if It had
been taken by the man who had for
merly owned the house his heirs put
in no claim for it for the reason that
they knew it did not rightfully belong
to him. It was considered Improbable
that any person other than he had se
creted it, however, as he had lived in
the house for many years, had built
it himself, if my recollection Is correct.
"Since he had been for so long an
employe of the mint the general Im
pression at the time was that he had
stolen the gold, a bar at a time, from
the mint vaults, bringing it home when
he quit work at night. While this ex
planation was the one generally ac
cepted the singular part of the mystery
Is that If It were true the government
made no effort to run down the thief
nor was any such large shortage of
gold bars ever discovered and reported
at the San Francisco mint nor has t
been reported to this day.”
A Millionaire's Kitchen.
Mrs. Crßwford’s Paris Letter to Lon
don Truth.
Anent American mflllnrdaires, John
Ashbury, of California, is spending
£200,000 on the kitchen and cook's cel
lars of his new house at Philadelphia.
The cellar walls will be faced with
enamelled tiles and contain the best
refrigerators in the world. Milk, meat,
game, fruit can be preserved in them
for clays and weeks. The fruit-room is
to have a special kind of ventilation.
The chef and his staff will be provided
with a dining-room where they will
be able to enjoy coolness In the hottest
Philadelphia weather. The ‘‘coppers’’
are to be lined with silver, according
to the bimetal patent, as are those la
the Czar's railway train. In point of
cost the Ashbury kitchen will out
strip the famous Vanderbilt one, which
was got up at an outlay of £40.000
only. The Shah beats in expense the
American milliardaires. His kitchens
at Teheran were furnished at a cost of
£BOO,OOO. But the Shah seldom buys
without being cheated. In purchasing
the American is pretty sure to have the
worth of his money.
Saw Three Coronations.
From Tit-Bits.
Peter Robert Burrell, fourth Baron
Gwydyr, of Stoke Park, near Ipswich,
and high steward of tlye borough of
Ipswich, has lived under five sover
eigns—George 111, George IV, William
IV, Victoria and Edward Vll—and is
believed to be the only peer now liv
ing who was actually present at three
coronations. He was born In 1810, and
a boy went from Gwydyr House,
Whitehall, to the speaker’s steps in his
grandfather's state barge, rowed by
liveried oarsmen. He saw George IV
crowned in Westminister Abbey and
the great coronation banquet in West
minster Hall. One incident ' which
made a great Impression on his mind
was the appearance of Henry Dymoke.
the royal champion, who rode in
through the great doors of the hall
and flung his gauntlet on the floor,
with his traditional challenge. Lord
Gwydyr was also present at the coro
nations of William IV and Queen Vic
toria, and, as official secretary to the
great lord chamberlain, was associated
with many state functions.