THE OMAHA DAILY HEEt SATURDAY, JULY 25. 1003.
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CURRENT NEWS OF IOWA.
COUNCIL BLUFFS.
BASK OF P1SGAII ASSIGNS
Failure of EetTf Bor owar to Meet Obliga
tion the Cau:.
FORMER BLUFFS MAN THE PROPRIETOR
Expects to Reorganise nlth Addi
tional Capital and Resume
Business In Short
Time.
member of the local esecutlve committee,
with a number of views of the city. Among
the read In matter will be a brief history
of the Pythian lodges In this city. The
program will, when completed, consist of
nearly V0 pages and copies will be sent j f
xo every longe in me nav some ume prior
to the meeting of the grand lodge here.
PREPARING FOR CAMPAIGN
Republican 8tate Committee Called to Meet
in Des Moines Next Tuesday.
HAS MONEY, BUT LIVES IN SQUM.0R
ottk Veterans Not Satisnea trim
Department Ruling on Inscrip
tion to Be Placed on
Shlloli Monuments.
Charged with Desertion.
Pearl Wrtgtrt, a young farm hand, was
arrested yesterday on a warrant from th
court of Justice Ouren, charged with de
sertion after betrayal and marriage, which
Is an offense under the Iowa' code. Two
months ago Wright was arrested on a
serious charge preferred against him by
The Bank of Plsgah in Harrison county, mm, r icicner, a wuman vi mm ,
. ... , . a .1 rt nltv hut ivrt Mi(l nrn.pni t Inn hv mfirrvlntf I
owned by h. J. jiuicninwin, " , , . ... . . ,, ' " : ments to begin the republican state cam-
ii uinir. h md. a deed of trust1 the complainant. Mrs. Wright alleges that mv"lB 10 y1"1 l" c"
" ' . , , . , . , , , . ... . ; naian
I m. tha mapplavA AnH with Itm vr.antliin
of 115 which he ave her has failed to pro- poentbly the candidates on the state ticket
vide for her and their baby. Wright gave
bonds In the sum of (300 and his hearing
was sat for August 7.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DES MOINES, Ju:y 24 (Special.) Chair
man Bpence of the republican state com
mittee gave notice today of a special meet
ing of the republican state central com
mlttee to be held In this city TueHday,
j July 28 for the purpose of making arrange
. I . 1 . I . . 1, n.llt K- -
7 . Vh- Z ofTredltors to Urooks Reed her husband has failed to live with her ' " " " " "
for the bneflt of creditors to " ,, k full committee meeting at that time and
this city, formerly city u cuum
of this city.
treasurer. The bank was started somo
time ago by Mr. Hutchinson and did a pros
perous business, but th failure of one of
the heavy borrowers of the bank to meet
bis obligations at the .stated time made
this atep necessary. This borrower went
to Omaha Monday evening with the prom
ise that he would raise the funds necessary
to pay his Indebtedness to the bank, but
as he failed to report during banking hours
Tuesday Mr. Hutchinson, to guard the in
Promotion for Macrae.
Dr. Donald Macrae, Jr., of this city has
received notice of his appointment as chief
surgeon of the Fifty-sixth regiment, Iowa
National guard, with the rank of major.
will be here. The campaign will be com
meneed some time In September, but there
U preliminary work to be attended to and
the organization of various matters to be
locked after during August and the early
part of September. The committee Is or
ganized this year very much as It was two
years ago, with a finance, committee and
an executive committee, these committees
i to have full control of the campaign man
agement. Headquarters will be In the
offices used last season In this city.
unmarried. These allow their money to ac- I crisis In Germany, there have been sugges
cumulate until they have such a sum as
will maintain them In comfort In their na
tive land for1 the remainder of their days.
This sum Is not great, as they do not re
quire either the comforts or the edibles de
manded by an American. Usually $1.00)
will answer, although many of them go
above this sum.
The men of family bank their money in
the same manner as the unmarried men.
They do not send their money direct to
their families, but, at stated Intervals, a
small amount Is sent to enable the wire
and children to get along. In many in
stances the family receives nothing until
the father returns home, bringing with him
what they call a fortune.
In some cases, during the absence of the
head of the family In this country, the
wife and children sustain themselves
wholly by their o;n efforts and thus con
tribute to the making of the fortune.
The wages received by these men is $1.50
per day, with a time and a half allowance
for overtime. The Italians do a consluora
ble amount of overtime work.
Insane nnd Had Money.
Mrs. Amanda Anderson was today ad-
Major Macrae was assistant 'surgeon of
terests of depositors and creditors, decided the Fifty-fifth regiment, with the rank of
to close the bank and come to Council ; captain, lie served all through the Philip
Bluffs to consult with friends as to the i pine campaign with the Fifty-first Iowa
best course to pursue. As a result a deed volunteers. Major Macrae hopes that not-
of trust conveying all of his assets, said to i withstanding his promotion and transfer ! judged Insane. She Is an old woman who
exceed In value,the liabilities of the bank,; to me firty-sixth he will be permitted to. had been for years living alone In a hovel
was made to Mr. Heed as trustee, and he accompany his old regiment, now the Fifty- j In a poor part of the city. She was yes-
la now in possession. Mr. Hutchinson s
friends state that the present difficulties
will be speedily overcome and the bank
reopened with increased capital and even
brighter prospects.
fifth, to the maneuvers at Fort Riley
October.
In
Call Good Hoads Convention.
Colonel W. F. Baker of the Board of
Ileal Estate Transfers.
100
Jennings and J. H. Cole, slO feet
lot 6 ana nio reet lot 7, block 9, Bay
llss' 1st add., r. d 1,560
& Annis, loi Pearl street:
I George B. Folsom et al to Marraret
County Supervisor, and committeeman tor . TV
Iowa of the National Oood Roads assocla- ! Trustees of Aultman Miller & Co. to
tlon, and Ernest E. Hart, member of tha i Aultman & Miller Buckeye Co., lots
state executive committee of the Iowa I ;. j J oc k...6..Br.ya.nf,.
Oood Reads association, have issued a call Omaha Paint' nnd Cliass Co. to H.' j'.'
for a delegate convention of the people of j Jj6 d "w bC 22' Baylls"
Pottawattamie county Interested -In the johnmr t .-'i.w;n ' ii'a'rrv ' n ' ' Y.LLV.'
good roads movement, to be held in this ; s4, nw4, 17-74-43, w. d ! 6.6G6
cltv Wednesday. August 19. "?clv."" vl 'ey 10 m. u.
Notices have been prepared and will be
sent to the mayors and members of coun
cils of all the cities and towns and the
trustees, clerks and road supervisors of
the various townships of the county, all
of whom will be entitled to seats In the
convention. Each city or town council
and each board of township trustees Is also
authorised to select three additional dele
gates to the convention.
According to the call, the meeting Is for
the purpose of perfecting a permanent or
ganisation and to take such further action
to advance the good roads movement as
may be deemed best. The convention will
be held In
county courthouse and will be called to or
der at 2 p. m.
Congressman Walter I. Smith has ac
cepted an Invitation to address the con
vention and his remarks on the good roads
movement are expected to be especially
interesting, as he . has ' already announced
his opposition to government aid in the
building of roads. Other prominent speak
ers are also expected to address the convention.
terday taken from her hovel In a critical
condition from the ravages of consumption.
She had had no food nor water for several
days and was crying out in pain from her
These transfers were filed yesterday In 1 bed. The officers suspected that there
the abstract, title and loan office of Squire ; might be money In her house and put a
j guard over it last night. Today an exojnl-
nation of the premises was made and $S25
; was found hid In tin cans in her bed. It
Five transfers, total $7,327
MINOR MESTIOlf.
svs fells drugs.
Stockert sells carpets.
Crayon enlarging, SOS Broadway.
Expert watch repairing. LefTert. 40$ B'y.
Celebrated Meti beer on tap. Neumayer.
Diamond betrothal rings at Leftert's, 409
Broadway,
.J4? and 18K wedding rings at Lefferfs,
409 Broadway.
, , . - t - . .. tn. .Ming rinnpu urass toast tao-
the south courtroom of the I lets. Alexander's Art Store.
Mrs. W. L. Harris and children are home
from a visit with relatives In Oakland.
Ia.
Mrs. W. L. Williams of Mynster street
Is home from a visit to southern Iowa
Mrs nrnhlm nf XT'. -II,,,. T. I- .1 i
. v. un...,,B, m.. id i ;ic guest
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Foster,
of Avenue G.
was also found that some years ago when
she was ill she had persons come to the
house to wait on her and she afterward
claimed to have lost several hundred dol
lars, and this was the reason she had re-
i fused to allow anyone to come to her house
1 at this time. A guardian was appointed
j for her and she was declared incompetent.
I She was living In extreme poverty and
' filth and Is also too ill to leave her bed.
Inscriptions nt Shlloh.
Governor Cummins will send to the sec
retary of war a statement In conjunction
with that of the Iowa Shlloh commission
relating to the inscriptions on the Shlloh
monuments and urge upon the secretary of
war that he reopen the case and overrule
the decisions of General Alnsworth, chief
of the record and pension department. In
regard to the history of the two Iowa
regiments of soldiers that were in nervlce
at Shlloh. The formal statement of the
Iowa commission was forwarded by a com
mittee of the commission today. It re
cites the history of the controversy be
tween the state and national authorities
in regard to this matter, and shows that nil
the. official' records as well as the state
ments of the survivors of the two Iowa
regiments support the position taken by
the state commission. The matter is re
garded as so important that all work on
the . monuments will be suspended until
after it is settled. A difference of two
STATUE TO BE OF BUTTER
One of the Exhibits to Be Sent from
lovra to the St. I.onls
Fnlr.
MANCHESTER. Ia., July 24. (Special.)
The World s fair at St. Louis will give
spare to some interesting exhibits from
Iowa, and one of the best, which shows
the development of the. west, will be a re
production of the John Stewart creamery
which was established here In the early
next nnd was the first In the world. The
exact building will be reproduced, together
with the crude machinery used In making
butter. A large glass case will contain
a life-sized statue of John Stewart, made
of buttter and kept frozen throughout the
fair period. Mr. Van Dusen, the first
creamery butter maker in the world, who la
living, will be honored by a life-sized
photograph of himself in the exhibit. He
Is over 80 years of age.
The butter made from this creamery took
prizes at the Centennial at Philadelphia
and it was from this advertisement that
the creamery business gained such promi
nence in the west.
GERMANY'S SINEWS OF WAR
Government Has Thirty Million Dol
lars Laid Aside In Case of
Hostilities.
Joseph Palmer has been annotated nn trnl
man at Cut Off lake In place of Thomas
Eaton, resigned. ,
Mrs. John P. fntdv .nd VTn .... t--
Wheeler of Avenue B have returned from : hour the time the regiments are al-
Barbers Want to Close Sunday.
If the union sanctions it there will be
no more shaves or hair cuts on Sundays
In Council Bluffs. At a meeting of the
hnna barbers last night In the Grand hotel two-story frame cottage on Glenn avenue.
It was decided to ask the union to sanction For rent, office room, ground floor. One
,. fc,, n -hon until mldnlKht I or 1 . mo8t centrl location In the business
the keeping open of shops until mianigm porton of tn, cUVi Apply to The Bee
ttaiuraay ana wie musing m ujj u;mv:v, vuy.
a visit to Washineton. D. C.
Colonel Alexander Hogeland will address
the congregation of the First Congrega
tional church Sunday evening.
George Gerner took out a building per
mit yesterday for the erection of a Il.BUO
day. This will be asked for In lieu of tne
recent order of the union closing shops at
9 o'clock Saturday nights and 11 o'clock
Sunday mornings. A committee of three
was appointed to lay the matter before
the union.
The boss barbers also decided to form a
permanent organisation and a meeting for
this purpose will be held next Thursday
evening In the Grand hotel.
A committee was also appointed to wait
on the union and request that the boycott
ordered on the three shops Thursday be
declared off. ,
The meeting last night was presided over
by Henry Herman, with Frank Silvers as
secretary. Proprietors of seventeen shops
were present -- ' ' -'
Captain A. J. Merrltt of Mi nnpflnoHn an.
r1 """"inn oi me Aiinnesota eoluiera
leged to have been on the field Is the chief
matter at stake, but there are other and
minor differences between the two com
missions. A cemmlttee of the commission
will also go to Washington to urge the
matter on the War department.
To Pnh Sanitarium Project.
The delegation from Des Moines to the
grand lodge, Knights of Pythias, at Coun-
ell Bluffs will give assistance to the Colfax
P?mi!: 'UwieOAvenuT'" M j fT?' In Ur?'n Up0n the d
uciuiun Bi-uun De taaen at tne meet
ing next month on the project which has
Dlscoatlnae Business Agent,
The Council Bluffs Trades and Labor as
sembly decided last night to discontinue
the office of business agent at the expira
tion of its present contract with J. A.
Raabe, which will be at the end of this
month.
Thomas R. Drake of the Typographical
anion was elected president for the en
suing halt year. Other officers elected
were: Vice president. W. H. Shelley; re
cording secretary, F. E. Marlowe) financial
secretary, F. A. Spencer.
The action of the grievance committee
of the assembly In sanctioning the action
Of the Barbers' union in declaring a boy
cott against the throe shops which refused
to observe the closing hour schedule or
dered by the union, was approved and rati-Bed.
Druggists Return Thanks.
The following resolutions thanking those
who assisted In making the meeting of the
State Pharmaceutical association such a
success have been adopted by the Council
Bluffs Retail Druggists' association:
Resolved, That the thanks of the local
organisation of dnirglsts of this city as a
fart of the Iowa Pharmaceutical asmicU
lon be tendered to those who so liberally
assisted us In the entertainment of the
Iowa Pharmaceutical association, whose
ronventlon met In 'this city July 14, 15 and
18. Among those who especially assisted us
In making the convention u success ws
would mention the street railway company
the Grand hotel, the John O Woodward
company. J. F. Wilcox, the Harle, Haas
Drug company, the Groneweg A Prhient-
Jan company. Stewart Bros., the Pergny
Moore company, the Council Bluffs Row
ing association and the Council Bluffs lodiie
Of Elks.
We Contract tn lrn nnhlln n .,.(,.
houses free from ronolies by the year. In
sect Exterminator Manfacturlnr company.
Council Bluffs. Ia. Telephone F634.
Cecil Mae, the 5-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. D. W. Pope, 1201 Eighth avenue,
died yesterday from brain trouble. The
remains will be taken to Oakland. Ia..
for burial.
C. A. Kneedler of Sioux City, who, with
his wife, has been the guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Murphy, 824 Avenue B, left
yesterday for Denver. Mrs. Kneedler will
remain here during his absence.
Rev. Frank A. Case, pastor of the First
Baptist church, Is delivering a series of
bible lectures before the Pine Lake (In-
uiautw mauiMuquu, in luiniiment or an en
gagement made before he was called to the
luuiiurate nere.
The case against . Michael Klldare and
others, owners of the saloon at the corner
of Fifth avenue and Pearl street, charged
by Colonel W. H. Knepher with violating
the mulct law, was continued In Justice
Ouren's court yesterday until Monday.
J. W. Huffman brought suit In the dis
trict court yesterday against Llllle Diner
Dill and other heirs of J. C. Huffman, de
ceased, asking the court to have certain
lots In Hall's addition sold and the pro
ceeds distributed. The plaintiff Is one of
the heirs. ,
Children and matches gave the Are de
partment a run shortly after noon yester
day to 1710 High street, where a barn on
the premises of Max Kreidler was on Are.
The quick response of the department
saved the barn from total doatrut-tlon.
Children playing with matches set fire to
the straw In a manure heap and the flames
spread to the barn.
Mrs. Emma Edwards caused the arrest
yesterday of William Vrooman on a charge
of perpetrating a gross fraud on her In
connection witn the sale of a wagon. Mrs.
Edwards complained that Vrooman sold
her a wagon for $30, representing that the
vehicle wus In perfect condition, whereas
In fact it was an ancient and decrepit
affair, which had been painted to hide its
defects. She complained to Vrooman and
he offered to put on a new set of wheels,
for which he chanted her 112 and rrfuan.t
to let her have the wagon again until she
paiu ine money, vrooman, who Is a black
smith on West llroadwav. denlva the
charges made against him by Mrs. Edwards
aim gave uonu lor nis appearance In Jus
tice ouren s court next Wednesday.
K. Y. Plumbing Co. Tel So. Night, F667.
Plumbing and heating. Blxby A Son.
Booming Pythian Vrand Lodge.
The meeting of the. Iowa Pythian grand
lodge In this city next month Is to be widely
advertised throughout the state by the
local executive committee. One form of
advertising will be the Issuance of a book
let in which will be set forth the attrac
tions of . Council Bluffs and containing a
number of views of the picturesque scen
ery for which the city Is noted. The com
mittee is alio working on a souvenir pro
gram which It Is expected will be the finest
thing of Its kind ever Issued for a con
vention In. this city. It wl'l contain half
tone portraits of the officers of the grand
lodge, officers of the uniform rank and
Is located
Ia., July 24.-(Speclal
Bigamist
WEBSTER CITY
Telegram. ) A. E. Isenhart, the Marshall
town bigamist, who was married in this
city last week to Miss Emma Mitchell of
Clemmens Grove, was located this morn
ing In North Bend, Neb. They were found
through the medium of a letter written
by Miss Mitchell to her parents. She is
Ignorant of the fact that her supposed
husband Is a bigamist. The girl's brother
left this city this morning with the offi
cers to make the arrest. Nothing haa been
heard from them and it la now feared
that he may have escaped, as, had they
made the Journey as planned, the arrest
would have been made early this after
noon.
LEWIS CUTLER
MORTICIAN.
IMPeejtCouocllilUf
'Pbs
been before the grand lodge several years
ior tne establishment of a state sanitarium
for the Pythlans at Colfax Springs. The
project has been approved by the grand
lodge and a committee la at work on de
tails for the same and Is expected to make
definite report at the next meetlna-. Th
delegations will ask that the matter be
disposed of and either the sanitarium
erected or definitely abandoned.
Cherokee Hospital Needs.
The following are recommended as the
needs of the State Hospital for the In
sane at Cherokee in the biennial report of
the superintendent filed with the Board of
Control:
rarm cottage ; $20000
Infirmary for both sexes ,' t'koo
Furnishing Infirmary g'oon
rire aepartment building go)
Deen well and tow
n-v,-!. i. ,w
unco buu waier cisierna inn paii.
neciions ima
Repair and contingent 10 000
lp to October, 1901, there had been ex
pended for the hospital $466,435.66. The last
general assembly appropriated $132,000 to
complete the Institution.
New loirs Corporations.
The secretary of state today received and
recorded the articles of Incorporation of
me interstate Land and Trust com nan v
of Des Moines, with a capital of $100,000;
r. r.. tirooKe, president; Horace M. Re-
bok, secretary. The Iowa Security com
pany of Davenport was incorporated with
ijW.ooj capital, by U. D. Eddy, president;
H. T. Batty, secretary. Tha Ra
Plantation Company of Dubuque was or
ganized, with $600,000 capital; H. C. Reche
preaiueni; j. M. frits, secretary,
Dr. D. Macrae of Council Bluffs, has been
appointed surgeon of the Fifty-sixth regi
ment, Iowa National Guard, vice Dr. G. L.
t-ray or Lake City, resigned. Dr. Macrae
was with the Flfty-nrst Iowa in the Phil
Ipplnea.
Mother Vincent Heads Order.
OTTL'MWA. la.. July 24. (Specials
Mother Vincent, formerly of Davenport,
has been choen mother by the order of
Slaters of Humanity of Iowa, with head
quarters tn this city.
Detroit Lako,
Battle Lake. Lake CUtheral, Bemldjl Lake.
Deerwood. are a few of many of the North
ern Pacific's lake raaorts Write Chie. 8.
Fee. G. P. T. A.. Northern Pacific Ry..
8U Paul. Minn., for rates and information.
WORKMEN SAVE THEIR MONEY
Thrlfiy Habits of Austrian and
Italians Employed on Illinois
Contra.1.
WEBSTER CITY, Ia., J-uly 24 -(Speclal.
The Italians and Austrlans who are
working on the Illinois Central In the em
ploy of both the road and tha McArthur
Bros., contractors, are an exceedingly
thrifty set of men.
There axe about 400 of them and on a pay
roll of about $18,000 a month they put about
$9,000. or one-half, In the bank each month.
These men are engaged In making the Cen
tral's famous $3.(00,000 grading cut acrosi
the state.
The method of banking used by them is
at once unique and Interesting. They do
not send their money back to Italy or
Austria direct from here, as la generally
supposed. Instead they place It In the
banks at New York and Philadelphia,
where they keep a standing account.
The Italians all place their money In the
New York banks, while the Austrlans u?e
the Philadelphia banks. The former class
are In the direct employ of the Illinils
Central Railroad company, wh.Ie the latter
are In the employ of the McArthur Bros.
Many of the men of both nationalities are
A correspondent of the Washington Post,
wilting from Berlin, says Germany has had
$30,000,000 in Idle, glittering gold hoarded for
thirty .years In great Iron boxes for the
sole purpose of launching' its mighty army
and nnvy against the first enemy that dares
to challenge the kaiser's legions to battle.
The cash Is In Germain coin -10 at.d 20
mark pieces but It Is French money, be
ing part of the collossal Indemnity Of $1,000,
000.000 which Bismarck and Moltke wrung
from the humbled Frenchmen at the end of
the war of 1870-71. Having won that cam
paign because of the merciless, dn.lng
rapidity with which they pounced upon t!;e
French at the beginning of hostilities, the
Germans thought It grimly appropriate that
the fruits of their victory should supply
the means with which similarly to crush
their next great antagonist.
This bagatelle of 320.000.000 marks does not,
of course, represent the funds upon which
Germany would solely rely In war time. It
Is, in fact, only Its mobilization money. It
expects It to last but six days, Just long
enough to equip the whole nation for actual
fighting. At a cost of $6,000,000 a day for
that length of time the German war man
agers figure that theycould arm to the
teeth every mile of Germany's frontier and
coast with men, gUnSKaod ships enough to
offer irresistible defense and crushing at
tack. . I ,
The war chest is contained In the historic
Julius tower at Spandau, a fortified town,
fifteen miles out of Berlin, which consti
tutes the capital's strategic point of defense
on the west. Spandau has a stirring mili
tary history. It was savagely attacked by
the Russians and Austrlans In the seven
years' war, but gallantly and successfully
defended by the grenadiers of Frederick
the Great. In 1805, however, a coward
Prussian commander surrendered it with
out defense to the troops of Napoleon, who
held It for nearly a year. Again, In 1812,
French soldiers held the town during Na
poleon's retreat from Moscow over Berlin.
Prussian troops under Major General
Thueme subjected Spandau to a terrific ten
days' bombardment In 1813. at the end of
which most of the .town was destroyed and
the French driven out.
The Julius tower and the fortress In
which It stands are too or 600 years oIJ,
having been erected In the days of the
mark of Brandenburg by Albrecht the
Bear. The tower was formerly known as
the Judenturm." because was first in
charge of a Jewish custodian. Although
the earth fortifications of Spandau are
now In process of gradual demolition,
being too vulnerable for modern artillery,
the town Is heavily garrisoned and alive
with the troops of two Infantry regiments
and one regiment of field artillery. It ia
also the seat of several great arsenals and
ammunition works. ;
The war chest was Bismarck's idea. In
1874. after the cost of the French cam
paign had been provided for, the Iron
Chancellor determined to devote the surplus
of the Indemnity to an Inviolable mobiliza
tion fund for the German army, and the
citadel of Spandau fortress was chosen as
a fitting receptacle. The fortress stands
upon a picturesque wooded island at tha
Junction of the Rivers Havel and Spree,
and is approached by old-fashioned draw
bridges. At one end of the fortress rises
the unpretentious red brick Julius tower,
a circular pile some twenty-five feet In
diameter and sixty feet high, in which the
great hoarding of cash is kept.
The money is packed In 1,200 wooden,
iron-bound boxes, each containing 100.000
marks and weighing 107 pounds. The tower
Includes two stories. Inclosed within thick
stone walls. Three Immense Iron doors
lead to the rooms In which the gold is
Bto-ed. Each door has two different keys,
which are In the keeping of different men.
so that tne money can oniy i viewea
In the presence of six persons with the
keys to the various locks.
The precious keys are In the custody of
the Imperial chancellor, the secretary of
the trensury, the commanding general of
Bpandau garrison, a member of the Reich
stag finance committee, and two subord
inate officials of the War and Treasury de
partments. These six functionaries Journey
to Spandau every January to make an
official Inspection of the war cheat. They
do not bother to count every mark, con
tenting themselves with weighing half a
dozen boxes chosen at random.
A regiment of field artillery Is stationed
upon the Island immediately adjacent to
the tower, but only single sentries guard
the rich treasure citadel day and night.
Around the base of the tower, which rests
upon deep sunken stone foundations, are a
series of small cellars of rough rock con
struction. These are Inspected dally by a
regimental colonel, to make sure that the
approaches to the strong box are intact.
There has been much speculation as to
whether the war chest could not be robbed
by an Ingenious process of tunneling com
menced far away, but the government has
rendered such an achievement practically
Impossible by acquiring for. military pur
poses most of the land In the neighborhood,
and the Spandau country side for miles
around is patrolled by troops.
Periodically, during times of popular dis
tress, particularly during the late Industrial
tlons thst the Spandau war treasure be
tapped for the relief of the poor and un
employed, but such appeals have never
been any more seriously considered than
the occasional complaints against the
economic waste Involved In kteping $3J,
OnO.OOO Idle a fund which would have by
now almost exactly doubled Itself If It had
been put out at Interest at the modest rate
of 8H per cent. Patriotic Germans can
conceive of no mere money compensation
equal to the advantage of having ready
cash enough to enable them to loose the
dogs of war with the deadly promptness
that proved France's undoing..
Modern Germany, with Its high credit
abroad, would probably experience little
trouble in financing a war, although it
would add terrific burdens to Its already
heavily taxed subjects. Immediately the
kaiser had declared war the Rrlchsttg
would be asked to vote a war loan, which
would be offered for subscription In the
usuul manner In the money centers of the
world, notably New York and Chicago,
should the enemy happen to be European
and the markets of Ixndon, Paris, Vienna,
St Petersburg and Amsterdam prove averse
to helping to foot the war bill of the
fatherland.
How much It would cost to feed, move
and fight the 2,000,000 soldiers and sailors
the kaiser would command Is problematical.
It may be taken for granted, however, by
Intending antagonists that the kaiser's ad
visers, Moltke-llke, have that Item as
clearly calculated and provided for us they
have arranged a future Invasion of Fr.mce
or Russia, which Is so minute as to Indicate
the very hour train loads of German troips
can be rushed to specific points' on the
French or Russian frontier. '
In this connection It Is worthy of note
that Germany's military budget for the
year ended March, 1W3, was $142,0,000 and
her navy cost $22,000,000.
The accomplished secretary of the treas
usy and chief financial officer of the Ger
man empire Is Baron Max Guldo Franz
von Thlelmann, who Is well known in the
United States and a profound admirer of
America and American Institutions. He
served as German ambassador at AVnsh
lugton for several years preceding the
arrival of Dr. von Holleben. Baron von
Thlelmann is an up-to-date, keen man of
affairs and has the world's financial sit
uation at the tip of his tonguo. His pe
culiarly Intimate acquaintance with Amer
ica has made him a valued member of the
kaiser's cabinet during the late years, when
the "American danger" has been such a
continual nightmare to patriotic Germans.
Baron von Thlelmann fsed to spend his
summers at Lenox, Mass., where he learned
golf, Mid he Is now president of the most
aristocratic golf club In the empire at Ber
lin, where he lrequently plays as a
competitor of Ambassador Tower, Consul
General Mason, and other leading Ameri
cans who belong to the organization.
Like England and France, Germany's
official financial transictions are managed
by a state bank, known as the Relchs
bank. The paper currency of Germnny
consists of Rclchjbank notes, which are
outstanding at present to the amount of
11T) 00O.OCO marks, a total ?xactly redeem
able with tho Idle chest finds at Fpa-ifau.
Ge?many's policy of keeping her savings
In her stocking, so to speak, is, of course,
rather behind the times. Put It it a sur
vival of a custom that used to be well
nigh universal among tne nations, and
that exists even today in Persia. The
shah has his war chest In a strong room
of the palace at Teheran, where he keeps
$50,000,000 In gold pieces to be used only in
case of war or some other great emer
gency. Like most of the up-to-date sov
erelgns, he is believed to have a com
fortable balance for a rainy day at the
Bank of England, nnd, of course, In ense
of necessity, the royal Jewels, of which he
has more than any other monarch, could
be pawned for. enough cash to enable him
to begin a respectable war. But in spite
of these resources, it is said that not a
single coin has been removed from the
war chest In the palace during the present
shah's reign.
In this connection It is interesting to
note that the destruction of the 'old citadel
at Mete the other day unearthed the war
chest of Emperor Charles V of Germany,
left behind In his hasty retreat from the
siege of 1652. In addition to a large sum
In gold coin It was found to contain a
great variety of watches, of which the
king was an enthusiastic collector. The
value of tho whole is estimated to be
little short of $1,000,000.
England used to have a war chest, too
a strong box filled with gold that was car
Tied about in every campaign to pay the
army. The only reminder of it today, how
ever, is what Is called the "treasury cheat
fund," a government deposit of $3,760,000
that Is always kept at the same figure at
the Bank of England; used only as a
convenience whenever ready money Is re
quired, and at once restored by whatever
department adrew upon It. j
I have heard that Austria and Italy both
have an actual, literal war chest, filled
with gold for an emergency, but Inquiry
falls to evolve any definite sum or location
out of the haze of mystery in which the
subject Is carefully kept
GOSSIP OF COMMISSION ROW
Freak Berry Appears on Market Just
to Be In Line with Cir
cus Iden.
Tha circus haa had its effects on the mar
ket Yesterday the representatives of
the vegetable kingdom were doing museum
features. For Instance, for the edification
of the retailers there were fifteen or twenty
quarts of a berry which is a combination of
the strawberry and the raspberry and a
perversion of nature fully worth tha price of
admission. This berry grows oa a thorn
llko tho raspberry, but its fruit, while hav
ing the rounded drupes over its surface, as
In the raspberry, is In shape, stze and color
a strawberry. Its flavor is not very satis
fying. The blackberries have been selling too
cheaply and find they have been losing
money, so on Monday or Tuesday they will
go up from $2.60 to $2.75 or $3. They will
be scarce from now on and after about ten
days there will be no more. There Is an
occasional box of strawberries to be seen
and a few red raspberries drift in at inter
vals from Denver, but even these will not
last two weeks. Ordinary raspberries have
been all tn some days now.
The rude and Impulsive Santa Fe railway
has done something which will probably
cause a shortage of peaches on the market
Saturday. It has ditched ten cars of Cali
fornia fruit out somewhere in the woolly
and among these were at least two for this
port. The market has been cleaned up
again after having a whole car of tomatoes
dumped on It and Is ready for another car
Saturday. These are tomatoes It la a pleas
ure to eat and they have gone at 75 and 80
cents. The next lot will be from Tennessee
and will be cautiously taken up by the re
tailers until It Is seen that there Is no feud
to be worked out on northerners. The lem
ons have taken a tumble off the shelf and
hurt themselves. The price Is down 25 cents
and will not go up again until warmer
weather.
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