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J CASHIER Jii BANK OP LEXINGTON, VA.. SYS TEMATICALLY ROBBED. THE CASHIER STOLE 1B0UT $150,000 fla Ha Bhi Stealing for Twenty-Ftvf YaarsTha Bank fcafl With Only ,0O0 la Cash UnslaeM la Par alysed en Account of tha Wreck of th Institution Many People) Suffer. . - JUCHHOND, Vs., Feb. 19. It IS HOW quite certain that G, M. Figgatt, the defaulting cashier of the Bank of Lexington, stole about 8150,000 from that institution 880,000 of the capital stock and nearly $70,000 belonging to depositors. The developments show that bis stealings covered twenty-five years and depositors are angry with tbe directors lor having failed to de tect what was going on. The bank is left with only 86,000 in cash. Lexington is a town of 3,000 popu lation and is the county seat of Rock bridge, a thrifty farming community. Business is almost paralysed on ac count of the wreck of this financial institution. During the time Figgatt had been stealing he had had many bondsmen and the situation is so complicated it will be hard to recover anything from them and it is likely that nearly everything will be lost There is no doubt that he had accomplices in the robbery. A director said the investi gation was sure to make some start ling disclosures. Some persons of Very high standing are thought to have profited by the embezzlement CHINA ASKS FOR FAVORS. Feaee Negotiation! May Be Held at Port Arthur for LI Hang's BeneBt. Ties Tsin, Feb. 19. The Tsung LI Yemen, the Chinese foreign officer, has requested Mr. Denby, United States minister, to suggest to the gov ernment of Japan that the peace en voys appointed by the two countries meet at Port Arthur or some dace near Tien Tsin in order to suit the convenience of LI Hung Chang, one of the Chinese envoys. The Chinese government has requested John W. Foster, who was selected to assist the Chinese envoys in the peace negotia tions, to meet Li Hung Chang at Tien Tsin. Mr. Foster, who is now at Shanghai, will probably leave for Tien Tsin as soon as communication between the two places is opened. A FRENCH EMBARGO NEXT. Carmen Call on the Ministry to Shut Out American Cattle. PABis,Feb. 19. A deputation repre senting the farmers in the depart ments of Pas do Calais and Nord vis ited M. uadauil, minister of agricul ture, ana pointed out to him the grave danger of infection to French cattle arising from the importation oi American cattle suffering from con tagious diseases. M. Qadaud informed the delegation that the matter to which they referred had been sub mitted to a committee of experts on cattle diseases and their decision would shortly be given. No Special Intervention. Washington, Feb. 19. It is cosi- lively denied at the state department that (secretary Oresham has inter vened especially in the case of Major Seward, one of the Americans under death sentence at Honolulu for trea son, or that he has addressed a spe cial message on the subject to Minis ter Willis, to be forwarded by the first steamer from Vancouver. Schooner and Sugar Cargo Lost. Philadelphia, Feb. 19. The Phila delphia barkentine, Sadie Thompson, Captain Mowatt, bound from Nassau for this port with 5,600 bags of sugar vaiuea at 8100.000, consigned to the sugar trust, has been totally wrecked on Memory rock, Bahamas. The ves sel is valued at 850,000 and together with the cargo was fully covered by insurance in local companies. The crew probably escaped. Women In Council. Washington, Feb. 19. The formal epenipg of the second triennial ses sion of the National Council of Women of the United States began at the Me tropolis hotel to-day, Mrs. May Wright Sewall, its president, in the Chair. The council is a representa tive body, composed of delegates from all of the twenty associations of women throughout the country. Foreclosure Resolution Presented. Washington, Feb. 19. The Julian resolution from the Missouri house of representatives was presented to the house by Mr. Dockery. It requests Missouri representatives and senators to vote for the foreclosure of the gov ernment's mortgage on the Pacific railroads. It was referred to the Pa cific railroad committee. Archduke Albreeht Dead. Vienna, Feb. 19. Archduke Al brecht died to-day at Arco, South Tyrol, of congestion of the lungs. He was in his 78th year. He was the oldest son of Archduke Charles, a brother of the grandfather of the Emperor Francis Joseph and Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg. Pool Operator Irwin Acquitted. PrrrsBTOG, Feb. 19. The sealed ver dict in the case against George M. Irwin for false pretenses was opened this morning. It found the discre tionary pool operator not guilty of the offense charged but ordered him to pay the costs of the case. , Flame In Siloam Springs, Ark. Siloah Springs, Ark., Feb, 19. Last night fire destroyed a brick block in the central part of the city and a stock of goods belonging to M. E. Hudson. The loss is about 830,000, partially insured. SEAL KILLERS NUMEROUS. H Traffiw Kmwmt So Grwst ae at FfMai Daeplta I ha 4(rnnfc Montreal, Feb. 19. Information nas been received at Ottawa from Vic toria, B. C, which shows that the seal killing Industry, far from being killed by the Bering sea arbitration arrangements, never was in a more flourishing condition than to-day, and never were more persons engaged in it up to date fifty vessels nave sailed for the grounds. One half are bound for the Japanese coast and the other naif to hunt in British Colum- Dia ana i'aciuc waters. On tbe ves sels which have gone to Japan are 60S nunters, nearly all ot whom are whites, the crun being used freely in hunting on the coast of Japan. On the other vessels there are 178 whites and 603 Indians, making a total of 1,885 persons employed in - tbe indus try, exclusive of those who will go to sea on tbe schooners still in port BARRIOS IN A DILEMMA. Either Disastrous War With Mexico m Revolution Must Be Faced. Citt of Guatemala, Feb. 19. Riots are frequent in many sections of the country. While no one is important, considered together they indicate universal discontent Should Presl dent Barrios be unable to divert the attention of the people bv a foreicrn warn js oeuevea that he cannot pre' vent a revolution, which will accom- Elish his overthrow. The malcontents ave no concerted plan yet, and they lack a leader with the confidence of the army and the people. AFTER THE TRUSTS. senator Leedy Calls for State Proseco tlou of the lUg Combines. xopeka, aan., ieD. 19. a concur rent resolution was introduced in the senate by Mr. Leedy to compel the enforcement of the law against trusts. senator Leedy names the sugar trust. 11 CI. .1 J .-.. vuo oi.auua.ru uu company, the soap trust, me cracker trust, the starch trust, the match trust and several others in his resolution and declares that they are operating in Kansas. The resolution will pass the senate. Big Exporters Unite. New York. Feb. 19. The long rum ored consolidation of two of the larg est nouses in the export trade of the United States Flint & Co. and Coombs, Crosby & Eddy has at last been consummated. The new con cern of Flint, Eddy & Ca has a capi tal stock of $3,500,000 and the consoli dation has been effected for the pur pose of extending the trade of both firms, which already includes seventy countries ana colonies. Two Montana Bllxsard Victims. Butte, Mont, Feb. 19. Reports of additional fatalities in the recent blizzard in the eastern part of the state are received almost daily. August bhaefer, agent of a stock company in Fergus county, started to assist the herders and got lost in the Diinaing snow, ms body was found within a lew rods of the house. A nerder for State Senator Swift, near Miles City, named Smith, was lost in the storm. No Drayton Case Hearing. Jersey City, N. J., Feb. 19. The Drayton case did not come up in the chancery chambers to-day as had been expected. There was a big crowd of spectators and newspaper men pres- ... . j , . . . . cui waning lor tne case to pe called. but shortly after noon Chancellor McGill announced that there had been no appearance of the interested peo ple, ana the case went over. To repeal the TJsnrv Law. Jefferson Citt, Ma, Feb. 19. Mr. Julian introduced in the house a bill to repeal the law passed in 1891 reg ulating the rate of interest on all loans, chattels and personal security. It is claimed by those interested that the usury law of 1891 has proved a narasnip instead oi a benefit to the borrowing classes. 40.000 Reward for Fraker. Kansas Citt, Ma, Feb. 19. The in surance companies who were defend ants in the suit brought by the heirs of Dr. George Fraker, which was re cently compromised in the United States circuit court, have offered $40,000 to any one who will produce mm auve during the next six months. Cllne Cameron's Rash Act. St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 19. At the female hospital of this city Cliue W. f , . - - . vameron, a, youm OI . 18. made a desperate attempt to end the lives of girl wife, Mamie, aged 17, and him self. His wife will die. Ihree Children Suffocated. Gratling, Mich., Feb. 19. Three children, aged 9, 6 and 4 years re spectively, lost their lives in a fire at Lewiston last night NEWS IN BRIEF. A suit has been brought at Colum bus, Ohio, to test the income tax law. Asa Mulford of Greenville, I1L, a classmate of uarHeld, hanged himself. The Irish National Federation passed resolutions denouncing John Redmond for voting against the Liberals. Lount de Castellane, who is to marry Anna Gould, will have a wed ding gift of 1,000,000 francs from his father. Bills are pending in several legis latures looking to the reduction of sleeping-car rates. The German government has raised the duty on imported canned meats sixty cents per 100 kilogrammes. The French chamber of deputies re fused 305 to S05, to order the separa tion oi cnurcn ana state. Because his wife upbraided him for gambling, Gus Batiste of Algiers, La,, snot ner dead in a gambling den. Professor Ernest Curtius, the emin ent archaeologist, was run over by a sleigh in Berlin and seriously injured. Ihe Wyoming legislature has ordered suit against ex-State Treasur er Otto Gramm and his bondsmen for $56,000 lost in the S. A. Kent bank at Cheyenne, which failed in July, 1883. The north wing of Music hall. Buffalo, N. Y was damaged by fire to the extent of about $50,000. iw ill DEBATE iiiuii milium in GRAY OF DELAWARE DEFENDS THE PRESIDENT. REPLIES TO ATTACKS HADE OH HIM. Mr. Stewart Criticises the Bond Coa- traet and Declares There la Mo Au thority In Law for the Transac tion Tbs Delaware Senator Sharply Bebnkea Congrats for Inaction. , Washington, Feb. 19. The senate was the center of interest as a result of the warm- discussion of the finan cial question and the personal criti cisms of the preside t Saturday. Mr. Vilas of Wisconsin had a roll of manuscript and a ile of books be fore him, ready to esume the finan cial debate where it was left off. Mr. Stewart of Nevada was the first to continue the criticism of the bond contract by callini? ud his rpKnlntmn declaring that the government had no legal authority to buy gold coin in preference to silver coin for any cause whatever. He spoke of the humiliating position of tha TTnitAd States in being held by the throat by a gold commission, which had the power to "coerce and squeeze" the country up to next October, when the contract expired. Mr. Gray of Delaware, who is rn. ognized as close to the- administra tion, expressed surprise that th n. ators from Massachusetts, Lode-e. and .1 - 11T 1 , . , . . . O ' wturauu, vvoicoic ana Teller, had gone so far out of their way to in auige in a violent assault nnnn t.h executive. The president had per formed a duty incumbent on him by stating tnat the law was such that. any evasion of it would have been a piain dereliction of duty. Con gress nad made this law. It maae it necessary to maintain ine parity between th mo tola oy reaeeming in either. No sooner naa con cress assembled than tho president applied to it concerning the cuuuiwons. a bill was formed on the lines suggested in that message, ana the house saw fit. tr, ject it Again the president applied w congress, air. Urav read from tha president's message urging patriotio buu uuparusau action to meet the emergency. -uoes ine senator f.hinir jeciea Mr. &tewart, "that the presi 1 -.a- . .a. M.AM kBl- dent has re-established confidence in affairs by hiring the assistance of a loreign syndicate" CONGRESS 8HARPLT REBUKED. ray said he would full con sider that point later. PrnnA1in, with the president's message, he read the specific statement that the law did not provide for bonds payable in gold. At that time Mr. Lodge had not complained of the condition clear ly set forth by the president, but had waited until now to present a scath ing denunciation. "Having thus ap plied to congress." continued Mr. Gray, "having thus presented the sit uation to both branches of congress in appeals almost pathetic in their earnestness the president was left alone to struggle with the condition ape. to meet it." The senator told of the drains of gold from the treasury. running up to $7,000,000 in one week shortly before this contract was made. From December 1 last 11 n rn the time of the contract $17,000,800 had been withdrawn and of this only one-half was exported, showing that mo umer uu.ii was hoarded at hnm. "lias the senator lost sio-ht nf tha fact," asked Mr. Wolcott, "that the secretary of the treasury has reported to us that he had used $105,000,000 of that gold for current expenses?" This did not divert Mr. Gray from his line of argument as to the gold withdrawals for export and for hoard ing at home. "Right here I want to ask." Mr. Peffer, "is there any law which compels the secretary of the treasury to pay demand notes in gold instead of in silver?" I have not said there was anv such law," replied Mr. Gray. 'T know of no such law. But the obligation to maintain the parity between metals makes it absolutely ininm. bent to treat these metals eauallv" Mr. Hill rose at this noint. t. u that the question of Mr. Wolcott Bhould not go unanswered. The sec retary of the treasury had not re ported to the senate that he had used $105,000,000 of the gold for current ex penses. Mr. Teller wanted to read the s- retary's report, but Mr. Gray would not yield. "And this drain of irold continued." resumed Mr. Gray, "until the sub treasurer at New York reported that they could not bold out another day. Then came the great question. Was the country to go to a silver basis be tween sundown and sunup or was it to secure the gold absolutely neces sary to maintain the parity and ex changeability between the two metals? What would you have said if the president had not met that emergency and performed his duty? Would we have heard such animadversions, such as those of Sat. nrday for not rescuing the country from the grave crisis then presented? Action was imperative and quick ac tion. It was to be done in tha twin. ty-four hours. What time was there to advertise for bids for gold?" Mr. Gray forcibly ursred the irravitir of the condition which eomnpllfld speedy action and an appeal to thosa who had the srold. Mr. Wolcott here came forward with another question. "Does the senator know of any one other than Bussell Sage who has hoarded gold?" Mr. Wolcott asked. "I do not." said Mr. Gray. "But I do not know Russell Sage or any of his kind, and it would be no pleasure if I did." Mr. Gray then ured support of the Hill resolution lor paying in the best money in use. Mr. Gray declared that the real at tacks on the credit of the countr were not from the president, but from senate who proclaimed L their criticisms to the world. He closed with much vigor. "We have uvea dutno during this grave emerg ency. We have left the president to fight this battle alone for the credit and honor of the United States. And the people of this country will not forget that the American congress deserted the president in the hour of trial." Mr. Sherman secured recognition after a brief attention to routine business and took up the thread of tbe financial debate, bemg accorded the closest, attention. . "The real question," said he, "is, shall this gov ernment pay its obligations in gold or in some other coin. I wish to point out that in every act, every loan, every sale of bonds since 1869, this government has demanded void." Mr. Grays statement that had it not been for the bond contract the United States might have gone to a silver, basis in twenty four hours created something of a stir. When asked about the matter after his speech he said that every thing that he had said on that point was substantially stated in a tele grom from tha sub-treasurer in New York. TO MEET THE DEFICIENCY. Senate Appropriations Committee Pro vides for Certificates of Indebtedness. Washington, Feb. 19. The full senate committee on appropriations to-day decided to report an amend' men i to tne sundry civil approona- lion bill lor $100,000,000 of certificates ..... of indebtedness of denominations of $0, to run for two years and draw three per cent interest and to be cood oniy ior tne purpose of supplying the treasury aenciency. Ihe amendment is regarded as direct assault upon the president, and excellent opinion seriously auestions whether he would sign as an accepta ble measure of relief one containing bucn an indirect airront. Mr. Reed says that, if the adminis tration is opposed to the provision, it will probably pass. The silver men say that they would resist it with the utmost endeavor. Mr. Bryan does not protest that he would die, but does 6ay that he would sit in his seat till noon of March 4 obstructively. Livingstone echoes the statement with effusive protestations of de' fiance. Suspension Day In the House. vABiiiJNTON, reo. iv. This wat suspension day in the house. Under the rule, if a second was ordered, any oui could be placed upon its passage after thirty minutes' debate. Several miuor measures were men passed, as was also a bill to raise the rate of pensions of Mexican war veterans tc $12 a month. Electrical Workers Locked Out. New York, Feb. 19. Nine hun dred men of Local Union No. 3 of the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in this city are locked out by the Elec trical Contractors' association, to head off a strike proposed by tha workers. The fiVht is for a reduction of the working hours from nine to eight, at $3 a day. Brooklyn I roller Strike Cost A3, 090,00 0 Brookltn, N. Y., Feb. 19. The trolley strike which has lasted thirty- four days, has cost an enormous amount of money. Three million dollars is considered by those in volved a moderate estimate. Father M. A. Finn at Rest. Leavenworth, Kan., Feb. 19. Father M. A. Finn, Catholic chaplain of the soldiers' home and of Vincent's orphan asylum, died yesterday morn ing at the orphan asylum of pneu monia. No Action on the Teller Bill. Washington, Feb. 19. The confer ence on the Teller bill ended without result Another meeting will be held and the conferrees will try to patch their differences. Detroit Saloons Closed. Detroit, Mich., Feb. 19. Owing chiefly to the efforts of the Civic Fed eration recently organized in this city, all the saloons in the city were closed yesterday. Lord Randolph Churchill's Successor. London, Feb. 11. Mr. Fardel, Con servative, has been returned without opposition as a member of parliament for bouth faddmgton, in succession to the late Lord Randolph Churchill. 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National Bank, a corporation of Beward. Nebraska. Defendants. I To Charlotte N. Darlington. H. A. Maxwell Company and D. B. Welch, first name unknown, non-resident defendants: You are hereby notified that on the 12th dav sf December, 1894. Nancy L. Sargent, the plain till herein, filed her petition In the above entitled eanse of action in the District Conrt in and tot Lancaster county, Nebraska, against tbe defend, ants.Carlos C. Burr, Mary E. Burr, bis wife; Char lotte N, Darlington, D. B. Welch, first nnme un known; S. A. Maxwell ft Company, The First Na tional Bank, a corporation of Seward, Nebraska, the object and prayer of which are to foreclose a certain mortgage executed by the defendant, Carlos C. Burr and Mary E. 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