CHIEF OF THE SECRET SERVICE
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From etcreocr l'li , oopyillflit. Uiulcrwooil & Unilorwood. N , Y.
Mr. Wllklo Is a former Chicago newspaper man who made a specialty of
criminal Investigation. He was appointed to his present position by Secretary
of the Treasury Gage In 1898 , and during the Spanish-American war succeeded
In driving from this country the chief Spanish emissaries and arresting many
of their spies. He la 47 years old.
TWENTY-ONE FORMER FINAN
CIERS AT LEAVENWORTH.
Are Serving Sentences In Government
Penitentiary In Kanoas Shown
No Favora and They Make
Model Prisoners.
Lcavcnworth. Kan. Capt. Fluvlus
.1. Tygard. the former Hutlcr ( Mo. )
banker , and the Iwcnty-llrst member
of the bankers' colony in the United
Slates penitentiary here , la In poor
health and has spent most of bin time
in ( ho prlHon hospital since his ar
rival.
The advent of Tygard has called at
tention to the number of former bank
ers now confined in the prison. There
nro 21 In all and they are rapidly becoming -
coming the most numerous class In
the prison , being exceeded now only
by the horse thloves andterritory lid-
lifters.
The ox-bankers arc the aristocrats
of the pricon life , most or them being
educated men of refined tastes and ac
customed to polite society. Hut now
they are shorn of all outward distin
guishing marks of respectability by
which they were Id'cntitlcil In the old
ABOUT 3,000,000 A MINUTE USED
THROUGHOUT WORLD.
Wood Supply for Enormous Demand a
Durning Subject Hundreds of
; Factories Engaged in the
Industry.
Washington. The nations of the
world strike 3,000,000 matches every
inlnuto of the 24 hours. Nearly one-
half of thcso nro Ignited In this conn-
try. Americans use up the enormous
total of 700,000,000,000 a year.
Hundreds of factories over the coun
try are engaged in this Industry. One
on the Pacific coast covers 240 acres ,
with 32 miles of railroad which sup
ply the match machines with 200,000
feet of sugar plno and yellow pine
logis a day.
For the manufacture of the match
the best grade of wood is necessary.
Bapwood , Knotty or cross-grained Urn-
her will not do.
The match manufacturers are as
much concerned over the timber sup
ply question as any others. It might
be supposed that because matches nro
flinall the makers of them would
utlltzo scraps and left-overs. This is
never the case. The match machine
takes the finest timber and what It reJects -
, Jects goes to the by-product yard.
Among the by-products turned out by
the largo Pacific coast factory are 1-
000 dours and 800 sunhes dally.
As a matter of fact , It would bo Im
possible to curry on the match busi
ness at all at present prices if the re
jected lumber wore not worked into
something else.
Tills country , although It has the
inout abundant material and the finest
machinery in the world , does not
manufacture enough matches to sup
ply the homo market. Thousands of
dollars' worth are annually Imported
from Germany , Austria , Fram * ' , Sweden -
den and other countries where they
are made by cheaper labor and poorer
machinery and usually from higher-
injlcert wood. The Imports are largely
safety matches which can bo struck
only on Uie box or other specially pro-
pnred surface.
Nearly every manufacturing com
pany hn machinery nrndo specially
for Ha use , and covered by patents ,
and It also employs processes discov
ered or devised by its own chemists
s , and kept secret to pro-
I
days before high finance sent them be
hind the bars.
They wear the prison uniform , they
walk loekntep In the convict march ,
they oat prison fare , they are liable to
lie himlicd Into the dungeon if they
become refractory.
Hut the 21 bankers are nut refrac
tory. They are model prisoners ,
every one of them. Most of the col
ony have attained the honor of being
made "trusties' and their work Is
clerical In Its nature. They Iceop the
prison hooks , check up the prison
laundry and otherwise look after the
records of the institution.
One long row of cells Is known as
"Hankers' Row. " It Is on the second
floor of the prison , where the deputy
warden has his office. Many of the
bankers occupy cells In that row , but
the same rule ; ! about locking up , lights
out , and hours of rising , prevail there
as elsewhere In the penitentiary.
The ex-bankers are not required to
oat with the mechanics and other eon-
. vlcts who do manual labor. Hut that
' Is not because of any sympathy. They
might get their clothes dirty sitting
by laborers and dirty clothes would
soil the books on which the bankers
work.
The penitentiary is a very demo
cratic place , hiii , nevertheless , the
bankers are recognized as the "upper
crunt" of the InmnU'B. Hero IB n list
of the members of the "Hankers' Col
ony. " with the sentence of each and
the work ho Is required to do :
JtiKttm L. Hrodrfoic , lOlkhurt , Intl. ,
clerk In chief clerk's olllce ; April ,
1901 ; ten years. December , 1910.
Walter llrown. Klkhart ; Ind. , bookkeeper -
keeper , custodian's department. April ,
1901 ; eight yearn. March , 1910.
Wilson L. CollhiH , Klkhart , Ind. .
clerk In storeroom ; April , 1901 ; six
years , September , 1908.
Cyrus K. McCrady. Seymour , Ind. ,
photographer ; June , 1901 ; six years ,
October , 1908.
Alfred C. Barker , Hedford , Ind. ,
clerk deputy warden's office ; June ,
1901 ; live yeuts , January , 1908.
John II. Wood. Matthews , Ind. ,
clerk , warden's o III re ; January , 1900 ;
eight years , December , 1911.
Frank ( ! . Mine-low. Milwaukee , Wls. ,
clerk , record clerk's office ; June , 1905 ;
ten yeais : February , 1912.
Henry ti. doll , Milwaukee , Wls.
clothes marker , storeroom ; May , 1901 ! ;
tun years ; January , 191 ! ! .
Itobert It. Taylor , Now York city ,
clerk In storeroom ; transferred from
Missouri state prison , November , 1905.
five year's : April. 1908.
Milton J. Fugiiiau. San Antonio ,
Tex. , runner for mall clerk ; July , 1907 ;
live years ; February , 1911.
Thomas K. LUIJ. Ilillbbuio , Te > : . ,
telephone operator ; November , 190G ;
five years ; July , 1910.
Frank M. Mabry , McGregor , Tex. ,
cleik to superintendent of construc
tion ; March , 1907 ; live years ; Novem
ber , 1910.
J. A. Krlckson. Mlnot , N. D. , coach
man ; March , 1907 ; five years ; June ,
1909.
Charles C. King. Scotland , S. D. ,
clerk In electrical department ; June ,
1907 ; live years ; February , 1911.
Charles 13. ( Jrotefcnd , St. Louis ,
AUTO FOR FIRE CHIEF
The fire department of the District of Columbia has recently purchased
several automobiles and their practicability will be given a thorough trial.
The above photograph shows the special auto for the use of the chief of the
department In responding to alarms.
vent rivals from obtaining and profit
ing by them. A single machine has
been known to turn out 177,920,400
matches In one day boxed and la
beled ready tor shipment.
Some matches are shaved with the
grain from sawed blocks , some are
cut both ways by HUWB. In yome fac
tories the blocks are boiled to make
'POSSUM LIVES IN TOMB.
Burrowed Into Grave and Made Home
In Coffin.
nickson. Trim. While some col
ored men were digging a grave nt a
burying ground out In the country
front nickson , an Incident happened
that has completely severed the friend
ship of people of their race and the
Tennessee opossum In this neck of
the woods. Some dogs that accom
panied the diggers bayed at a nearby
grave. Investigation revealed that a
smoothly worn hole extended from
the Hide of the mound to the Interior.
Into the hole a switch was thrust , and
was answered by a hideous , Bopulchial
Biowl , The switch was given a vigor-
clerk to captain of the guard ; June ,
1907 ; five years ; December , 1910.
Thomas Cogliill , Seymour , Wls. , clerk
In laundry ; October , 1907 ; live years ;
June. 1911.
Herman 10. Haas , Chicago , assistant
to mail dork ; transferred from Jollet
( III. ) prison ; December , 190G ; six
years ; April , 1909.
Flavins .1. Tjgurd , Hutler , Mo. , In
hospital ; November , 1907 ; live years ;
March , 1911.
Francis II. Wright , Dundee , 111. , run
ner at east prison gate ; transferred
from Jollet prison , December , 1900 ;
five years ; November , 1907.
Charles II. Thornton. Chicago , 111. ,
clerk In deputy warden's oftlcc ; May ,
1907 ! live yeuis ; January. 1911.
It has been reported from time to
time by guards who have been dis
charged and by ex-convicts that the
ex-bankers have what Is termed in the
prison "a fat snap , " but such is far
froink being the case. Regarding this
loport Warden McChiughrey says :
"These men are held to the same re
quirements as to uniform , table priv
ileges , marching and other regulations
that the other convicts arc- bound by
and In no icspect have they privileges
that cannot bo earned by any other
prisoner ; bo he a horse thief or a
murderer.
them cut easily. TJy some machines
a boiled or steamed log Is revolved on
Its own axis and a shaving the thickness -
ness of a match Is cut round and
round. This shaving la at the same
time cut Into lengths and split into
match sticks. Round mutches are
made by forcing them through dies.
Thi Japanese make paper matches.
ous t\\lst and wlthdtnwn , and on' '
with It came a big , fnt opossum. The
old varmint hud burrowed Into the
grave , gnawed through the collln and
there made Its nest. The grnvo was
n little less than a year old. The old
fellow was almost white , and gave
evidence of having been an Inhabitant
of the tomb for some time.
Buys Saloon to Get a Drink.
Wallace. Idaho. Jack Frederick , a
mining promoter , invited prospective
Investors to have a glass of boor. Ho
found the barroom locked , so bought
It for $5,000. The party drunk five
glasses of beer and then Frederick
sold the saloon buck to the origlna
owner for ? 1,500.
FIERCE ARCTIC MOSQUITOES.
Calcium's Crew Found Them a Pcet
In Greenland ,
Philadelphia. The captain of the
Hrltlsh bark Calcium , which arrived
In port recently from Greenland ,
brought the ilrst news this year from
that frigid country. Tim bark loft
hero on August 25 , and , notwithstand
ing the fact that Hlio was the lust of
the cryolite fleet to sail , she waa the
first to got back. Her sister ship , the
Alkaline , was forced , through strean of
weal her , to put Into Newfoundland in
distress.
The natives reported last winter an
unusually stormy one , and dipt.
Xiireker , the master of the Calcium ,
found that the summer had not been
unpleasant , with the exception of at
tacks by swarms of bloodthirsty mos
quitoes. The gengral idea that mos
quitoes nre not to be found In the arc
tic circle , the crew stated , Is a great
mistake , as the pests frequently forced
the men to retreat while she wan load
ing a cargo of cryolite at Ivlgtut.
The Calcium found on her arrival
off Greenland that the coast was Ice
bound for a distance of 50 miles , but
despite this barrlor , she managed to
work her way to her loading berth at
Ivigtut. Hy the time the vessel waa
loaded the wind hud changed and
driven the Ice far to seaward , leaving
a clear channel , and there was no fur
ther ( limculty. The Alkaline , a sister
vessel , which has bc n all summer
making the run , is expected home this
week. The Calcium niado the return
tiip In 3H days.
SAW B'AR IN TREETOPS.
Did Circus Act , According to Farmer
Noted for Veracity.
Hoston. Alclblades Hrown , truthful
Hurlingtoii ( Vt. ) fanner , almost got
into n flght with his wife when he as
serted that he had "seen the h'ar"
that has been wult/.lng In the North
U'oburn thickets during the past few
days.
Alciblados , crestfallen , hurried away
to the center to tell the folks at the
store what he saw In the woods
earlier In the day.
Hrown , according to the story , was
taking a cow to the pasture just after
sunup , when u loud "Gr-r-r-r-rr" from
the top of a high pine tree made him
look up. It was the b'ar he had hoard
lo much about.
With an angry toss of the head the
animal bit. off a few branches , turned
three complete "foetsprlngs" and land
ed safely in another tree , where it
snarled and grinned In turn. Then the
b'ur stood on its nose and wiggled its
feet in the air with gloo.
It Is the belief of Hurllngton resi
dents , judging from Alclblades' de
scription of the animal's mirth , that
the bear is glad to have reached the
town and Is preparing to take up win
ter quarters there.
TO FLY LIKE A KITE.
The "String" to Bell's Machine to Be
Attached to a Tug.
Haddock , N. S. For the purpose o
conducting the preliminary tests o
Dr. Alexander Graham Hell's first fly
Ing machine a float baa been con
structcd which supports a cradle
capable of being tipped in either di
rection. On It \\\ll \ bo placed the air
ship , and the float will then bo towed
behind a powerful tug , and while go
ing at high speed the cradle will be
tipped and the airship , exposing for
the first time its Immense area of
silken surface , will rise so the In
ventor says. A flying line from the
, ug will provide it with the necessary
nomentum to keep It In the air.
The navigator will be stretched out
n the place provided for him , and ho
vlll be employed in making obsorva-
Jona. Hy taking Into consideration
ho velocity of the wind and the pull
MI the flying line of the ship the exact
power required of the motor will bo
determined.
NO HOARDING BY PRESIDENT.
Monthly Salary of $4,166 Deposited
. Regularly in Bank.
Washington. Theodore Roosevelt
s doing his part , as a private citi
zen , to maintain the national banks on
a sound foundation. Ho gives an ex-
iniple on the tii-bt of every month of
the foolishness of hoarding money by
depositing in one of the leading na
tional hanks of Washington the full
amount of his monthly salary as presi
dent of the United States.
On the first of each month a treas
ury warrant is drawn to his order foi
$4,1GG.GG. The president Indorses it
on the back and it is sent to the bank
Owing to autograph fiends , the
president is never able to tell the
amount of his balance. Scores o !
checks signed by the president ful
into the hands of souvenir hunters
uml are never presented.
Chickens to Pass Judgment.
Columbia , Pn. It will soon bo
known whether the adage "Chickens
como homo to roost" is as sound legal
. 'y as it has long boon mataphorlcally
Justice C. II. Stover , having bean
three witnesses on each side swea
respectively Unit seven chickens ho
longed to Farmer H. Miller and Mrs
A. M. Sherk , has resolved to see whlcl
three witnesses are lying.
The justice will take the chickens
just before dusk , to a point midway
Between the Miller and Sherk homes ,
scatter feed enough to keep them busy
for a few minutes , retire from the
jicene , and observe which roost they
go to. Then ho will enter judgment
for either the plaintiff or for the de
fendant , according , us the fowls shall
direct.
MRS. PATTI LYLE COLLINS
Employe of the dead letter office in Washington , D. C. , who handles all
the letters addressed to Santa Glaus.
WHISKERS SOLE MEANS OF WINNING -
NING NICE FORTUNE.
Old Lady Who Forgot Name of Her
Favorite Nephew Left Money to
Twin with the Hirsute
Appendage.
South Hoyalton , Vt. Allen Pike , a
former resident of this place , now liv
ing ut Appleton , Wis. , has n $15,000
beard. At least Air. Pike Is that much
richer because of his whiskers , ac
cording to a letter received here by
one of his relatives.
There is nothing particularly won
derful about Allen Pike's beard except
the fact that It grow on hla chin In
stead of upon that of his twin brother
Hiram. This was what meant $15,000
to Pike , for an elderly aunt with a
poor memory left her fortune to the
twin with whiskers.
The Pike brothers' grew up near
here. They were as much alike as two
peas as far as appearances went , but
when it came to dispositions that was
another matter. The neighbors said
that Allen was kindly disposed and
easy to get along with , while Hiram
vas mure assertive N'lturally the Int
er made more mcnsy than the former
nd when the brothers moved west
Allen was In Hiram's employ.
Among the many relatives of the
Mkes was Mrs. Abigail Wilson , a fru
gal woman who Inherited some prop
erty and who saved all of lyr prin
cipal , as well as considerable interest ,
lor one peculiarity was her Inability
o remember names and she was nl-
vuys mixing up Hiram and Allen. She
openly confessed that she liked the
assertive Hiram best and once confid
ed to a friend that when she died her
fortune- should go to him. Allen was
o be given the household frunlture.
As matters turned out , however ,
\llen became 111 with throat trouble
and upon the advice of his physician
10 grew a beard. This developed Into
he duplicate of Hiram's.and when Un
heard got Its growth folks who were
lot exceedingly well acquainted with
the men got them badly mixed. This
greatly troubled Hiram who , being the
moneyed member of the family , dis
liked being mistaken for his brother.
He , therefore , cut off his beard.
The transposing of whiskers was
not reported to Mrs. Wilson , then liv
ing In South Mend , Intl. , ami she al
ways thought of her favorite relative
as supporting a beard. This appears
< o have led to n. most unusual error.
About a month ago Airs. Wilson was
suddenly taken 111 and , learning from
her physicians that she probably had
but a few hours to live , she sent for
her lawyer and made her will. In her
weakened condition she could not re
member whether Hiram or Allen wua
her favorite , but she did know , or
thought nhe knew , that the object of
her affection wore a beard. She there
fore willed all her property , save her
household effects , to "the son of my
cousin , Samuel Pike , who has a black
beard , " and the remainder of her es
tate "to the son of Samuel Pike who
has no beard and who is a brother of
the one with a b ard. "
At first Hiram declared he would
contest the will , but it Is now said ha
will allow It to be probated without
protest. .
PADEREWSKI FEARS WOMEN.
Kervouc Diser.ce Takes This Form and
He Is Closely Guarded.
Washington. Ignace J. PadercwskI
Is suffering from fear of women. It is"v *
a form of neurasthenia , a disease with \
which the pianist has been afflicted
until recently. His managers says
that PadorewsU lias rocovcied from
the disease , but this one symptom re
mains unabated.
When Paderewskl Is on a tour all in ,
his retinue see to It that the stage en
trances aie kept guarded while he is
on the plutloim so that no woman can
enter. If at the completion of a per
formance ho sees a woman in the
wings or waiting to speak to him any
where he will not como off the stage.
Padorewhki was in the city the other
day , and this fact about him bccamo
known through Inquiries made as a
result of the extraordinary precau
tions taken to prevent his meeting
any women.
Should be the " Simmer On. " I
Original Story of Naming of CImarron
River in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma City , Okla. Many stories
as to how the CImarron river in Okla
homa was named haye been told.
It Is claimed by some that the name
Is an Indian word and It means red.
It Is true the river looks red when It
is nigh and the whirling water stirs
up the red sand at thebottom. , The
moat likely story , however , Is tluu
i elated :
Alany jours ago a band of explorers ]
and hunters , probably from New Yorker
or Hoston , were going over this coun
try and came to this river , where
they camped for several days. While
in camp a large pot of beans waa
prepared for boiling , probably to
break the monotony of the fresh meat
which had been about their only food
for some time.
A man was left in camp to look
after the beans , and the others went
for tholr dully hunt. On returning to
dinner the cook Informed his com
rades that the beans had not cooked
enough and would not be ready for
eating Vforo supper. Accepting the
Rll.iatlon as best they could , the llttlo
band ate dinner and all except one
returned to tlmir hunt. The fire waa
kept going under the pot all after
noon , and the hunters , with their ap
petites keenly whetted by the day's
exercise , felt thai they would certain
ly cat beans for supper.
Hut on lot liming to camp In the * n qff-
evening the same story greeted them
as at noon. They were disappointed
and resolved to cook those beans , it
it coulddbo done , livery possible ef
fort was' made , but to no avail. After
the third day they decided to break
camp , and as the crowd was taking
its departure they looked back at the
beans , which were still cooking , anil
all joined in " "
haying , "CImnr-ion.
The exact place they stopped is not
known , but It was there they told
their story , and horn that day to this
the river has been called the Cimar-
ron.
Wild Rides to Test Engines.
Lima , O. Kive men will be shot
thiough space at cannon-ball speed in
a test ol locomotives to bo made by
the Pcnnsjlvunla railroad on the Fort
Waync-Crestline division in n few
days. The men will be placed in
specially-constructed boxes on the
pilots of the locomothes and will
make observations while the engines
are going at top speed. A call for
volunteers for this service met with
many responses from brave railroad-
ers. Five locomotives of different
types will bo tested as to tholr respec
tive merits as to speed , coal consump
tion and steam pressure.
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