Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, October 03, 1903, PART I, Page 8, Image 8
TITE OMAHA DAILY REE: SATURDAY, OCTOHEH 3. 1003. FIVE m HURT IN A RIOT ;MrsLa1 and Tepntt of Oxford, Ohio, Are Bath Wmndei ONE MAN NARROWLY ESCAPES MOB II la HanirO Several Tlmti, bat Each Time Is Let Ilonn Jaat Before I. He lias Be come Esllnct. OXFORD, O.. Oct. 2. Five men were eiioutly Injured and one narrowly escaped lynching several times as the result of 'last evonlng's' riot at this place. j Those Injured arc: ! John Woodruff, marshal of Oxford, be lieved to bo fatally hot. Jacob Mannxl, deputy marshal, seriously I Shot In the back and shoulder. IDrneet Jotten, a country school teacher of Monroe, O., believed to be fatally shot In the abdomen. Louis Splvey of Wagonvllle, Ky., ser iously shot In the back and breast, Joseph Splvey, skull fractured by stone, aviso of Wagonvllle, Ky. The 8plvey brolhers Here visiting Edward Richardson of Bolllnfrsvllle, Ind., Just .arose the state line from Oxford. They same to attend the annual street fair. Trouble Ucgtua In Saloon. The town was filled with strangers when the three men began carousing In a saloon. Tbey pulled their revolvers on the bartender, who ejected them, and then tbey proceeded to raise more trouble In wthar saloons. When Marshal Woodruff undertook to arrest them ho was mortally shot. A fu sillade of bullets In the crowdod streets fol lowed the shooting of the marshal. Deputy 'Marshal Manrod was shot twice when he took the place of his chief. During this fusillade In the street Ernest Jotten, while returning from his school to his boarding house, was struck In the abdomen by a stray bullet and Is now In a critical condi tion. After the shooting the three men ran In different directions, with crowds after each one, and each was hit in the head with .stones by those pursuing them. Louis Splvey was shot by a citizen. The excite ment was intense when the three men were Anally lodged in Jail, after running a mile from the scene of the shooting. Edward Richardson was dismissed after It was shown that he had nothing to do .With the shooting and was only accom panying the Splvey brothers. The crowd that bad been pursuing the three men In different directions finally concentrated about the Jail and battered down the door and took Joseph. Splvey out ' to lynch him. There possibly never was uoh an experience of anyone In the hands vft a mob as his. He was hauled from place to place with a rope about Ids neok and -wrung up three different times and yet es caped, with his life. In their haste the mob did not pinion his arm or legs and he managed to use them ma as to prevent strangulation the first time he was hung. At another time he Iwas let down so he might write a farewell letter to his wife and children and at an other time someone cut the rope. ' Before' the mob finally succeeded in hang' several shooting scrapes before, having served teims in the penitentiary at Frank fort for shooting to kill. They ancrltied the whole trouble at Ox ford to their drinking, which not only en uied th disturbance In the saloon, but also resisting the officers In the street. Jo seph Splvey, when asked today for his nearest of kin. replied that Deputy Sheriff Urannoa was his best friend. Jirannon is the officer who broke through the crewrt and cut the rope the last time Splvey was strung up last night. Deputy Ursnnon Is highly commended for his bravery and for preventing the lynching. STORY OF THE0UTLAW QUEEN A Trill Wild Flower, Only Twenty Three, with a Record of Stren uous Outlawry. Dora Fox, the queen of the outlaws of Oklahoma, has been caught. No woman ever led a stranger life than has Dora Fox. She is only 23 year old, but for eight years this slim, bronse-facod plrl, with a mouth and features that not even her life In out law camps has relieved of their beauty, has been the leader of an outlaw band. She had escaped from Jail under the eyes of her guards; she had led her band through a dozen fights with sheriffs; she had disguised herself and visited towns where the officers who were after her were resting, and now at last she has beon cap tured after a chase of years, which ex tended across three states and had been participated In by a dozen determined sheriffs. The story of this remarkable girl told by herself Is as follows: "My parents died when' I was very little. They left nothing. I had lived all my life on the plains. I knew horses and cattle, and I knew nothing else. Naturally, I turned to the cattle camps to earn a living. That was when I was 14. I cooked and sometimes I helped the cowboys. A year after this I commenced the life that has brought me here. I was working on a ranee In eastern Texas. There was a pretty hard crowd of boys on the ranch and at last I overheard -a conversation which showed me that three of the men on the ranch were Martin, Jack Simmons and Bert Casey, all notorious outlaws. They were planning a raid one evening and I overheard the whole thing. In my ex citement I made a little noise and they discovered me. I was seized and In half an hour I was galloping over the range In the direction of the rendezvous with my arms bound behind me. "When we reached the place Simmons told me on account of what I had over heard I would have to remain a prisoner In ttie camp or become one of the gang. 'Take your choice little girl,' he said. 'I know you well enough to know that If you take an oath to stand with us you'll do it like a man. Don't do It though, unless you want to.' At first It seemed an awful thing for me to do, but I had no other friends, so I swore to be true to them. I had not been with the gang two weeks when we were surrounded by a posse and we had to fight our way out. I had com mitted no crime, but I was pointed out aa the most desperate woman on the range. There were stirring years after that. We were in Old Mexico and all through the southern states. Half of the time posses were on our trail, but we fooled them time after time. Once we were cornered and had to fight again. Three of the boys were lag him until he was dead the officers captured, but Simmons and I escaped. For mUbed him and rushed him off to the 7ear" 1 w compelled to wear men ciotn ibifcr orlnrm. where the mob was held at bav ln' disguise. After the fight we were yCUr some time and finally order enough was Dr"r we" "ro"n UD wenl l r (Secured for speeches to be made by ex- - """"" Ulnjror Tlanaaran. Rev. Dr. Thomas J. Pot- I recognized me and I was captured. for and the brother of Marshal Woodruff. "Tney 1 m n outlaw. They aay I BWtula the speeches were being delivered m theU' lessor of train robbers, horse the officers spirited the Splvey brothers thieves ana muraerers. wen. i aont care Unto the cellar of the Jail and then out ,Kut Tnat- Tney 1 m cruel- They through a coal chute and made good their heecape with them to the Butler county Mail at .Hamilton, O.. a distance of fifteen Knlles. P., Hob Finally ' Disperses. ft, Tbe-mOb than finding that It had been Ipoeten, dispersed and the village was quiet Muring the latter part of the night r This village with 1U three large lnatlru- Ptions of learning Is noted- for Its culture iVand order, but It was the scene over a year "ago of the lynching of Henry Corbln, a negro, for the murder of Mrs. Horner and a striking feature of the attempted lynch ing last night was the part taken by the negroes, who protested every time the rope was slackened and Joseph Splvey was let down to say his prayers, write to his wife ' and children or for any other purpose of - mercy. . Some of the negroes raised quite a dls i turbanoe while proclaiming that If the man had been a' negro he would suraly hare been lynched In the first place without any one having given heed to his appeals. The ' mob was without a leader at any time, hut say I have no womanly Instincts. That Is a lie. I am not cruel, and even though I have lived my life on the prairie and In hard camps I have a woman's heart." Kansas City Journal. RECORD SHOOTING 'ON INDIANA Believed the Old Battleship Has Eclipsed All Rivals at Target Practice, Again the record for battery practice with guns has been broken, if the Jubilant claims of the officers on the battleship In diana be well founded. It was Just a week ago that the battle ship Alabama came into port from the battery practice grounds of Menemsha Bight, and it went abroad how that fine vessel had again sustained Its high reputa tion In the annual record practice. Saturday the battleship Indiana, last of the fleet to complete Its work at the targets, came in from the Bight and on board were many exultant claims that this old veteran till it would not have been foiled but for tn8 w nad eclipsed even the record the appeals of Woodruff's brother to let I mada bT straight shooting gunners of the law take Its course, Alabama. And this fine result. It was fur ' . . .... I ther Urged, had been accomplished under I conditions that were nowavs favorable. HAMILTON, O., Oct. l.-The physicians Captain W. H. Emory commands Indian attending the Splvey brothers, two of the He was not on board, but his other officers Bve men Injured In the riot at Oxford last told of what the shlD had dona in the nrao- venlng, report both today in a serious con ditlon. . . : , Louis, who was shot by citizens that were Misting the officers. Is in such a serious condition that the physicians cannot probe for the bullets. Joseph Splvey, who may recover, presented a horrible appearance. Both ears are torn and his neck Is raw and swollen from the effects of the rope, while tils faee is also disfigured. His most serl one Injury Is a scalp wound which was caused by being hit by a stone. told of what the ship had done In the prac tice work Just ended. These related how thle hard hluina- old battleship had estab lished a new record for guns of the 8-inch type now one seaman, Treanor, a gun pointer of one of these 8-Inch guns, had made four straight hits In two minutes and sixteen seconds. These 8-lnch shells were hurled at a tar get l.COO yards distant and whose bull's eye measured only four feet In diameter. Every one of tliese four shots struck the bull's -confessed today that , they had been Gold Medal At Pan-American Exposition. ' mvf i mmy i vfjff I 39B3S GREEN TRADING STAMPS WITH ALL PURCHASES House Fur nishings.... ensnennnnnnnunnnnnnnnennnunnnnunnunnnuunu Paints! Paintsl Liberty Brand ready mixed house paint Per gallon..... 198v Half gallon 60c, Quarts 28c Large Steel Range with 6 8-in. holes, large 18-1 ii. oven, high closet. $26.50 $4. 50 wringer waBh bench $3.98 11.50 curtain stretcher. .. 1.25 Four-fold clothes rack .... 38c 2-blade slavr cutter.. ........ 22c BASEMENT. IS' fo) 1 Y A m kie):aswas! Kaufman's OiTheetra will give two coiii'orn Saturday, 2:30 tn 6:00 after noon, and 7: to 10:00 evening. Saturday Attractions VH QIVR TTIADINO STAMT8 WITH F.VKRT rURCHASB IV EVERY DEPARTMENT. WE ANTICIPATE OVERWIIELMINO BrSINESS SATURDAY AIT OVER TUB HOUSE. COMB EARLY. THIS A 13V E RT1 8 EM ENT INDICATES GREAT BARGAIN GIVING, AND THE TRADING STAMP PLAN GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY OF FURNISHING AND DECORATING YOUR HOMfl WITH THE CHOICEST AND MOST CHARMING ARTICLES THAT ANY HOME OF TASTE COULD POS8ESS. WE WANT YOU TO SEE THE WONDERFUL ELECTRICAL SIGN IN OUR HARNEY STREET WINDOW. IT IS A TRIUMPH IN 1T8 WAY. BEST TO BEE IT. ON EXHIBITION SATURDAY MORNING Main Floor Bargains in Dry Goods 50c 89c 75C QUALITY BED BLANKETS FOR FORTY-NINE CENTS A PAIR. 11.50 QUALITY BED COMFORTS FOR NINETY-EIGHT CENTS EACH. loo AND 15o FANCY OUTING FLANNEL FROM 10 TO It O'CLOCK-TWO CENTS $1.00 QUALITY FEATHER PILLOWS FOR FORTY-EIGHT CENTS EACH. ir,C QUALITY KIMONA FLANNELS ONLY TEN CENTS A YARD. 5oO QUALITY PRETTY SILKS ONLY TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A YARD. KG QUALITY 6S-INCH DRESS GOODS, VERY HEAVY ONLY, YARD. 60 CENTS BIG TABLE OF 25C. AND S'.C EMBROIDERIES, ONLY, A YARD. 12ft CENTS BEST QUALITY ATRON GINGHAMS PER YARD, s CENTS. A Bares In In Pettlooets. Fine Fleece Cloth, at J1.26, riiaw MA,MriuH utn.n .xtra henvv and vim r.iiirranwn, at ..ia, i.u, 1.4o, iV.1:.1.0:..:.. 50c French lelaln, at 17.95. 16.95. A "& W.50, 6.6o and w.U Oriental Silk, at 15.60 and lounging Robes An elepant assort ment to select from. Come and get one. Ladles' Neckwear. On Snturday we make a special sale of ladles' neckwear, Including stork collars, collar tops, four-ln-handK, Bscotx, scarfs, postillion stocks, Windsors, etc. Goods worth up to eacn, d'ic ann ,,, A YARD. Quality, five ruffles, a one twenty-flve skirt, at Silk Petticoats. Fine taffeta, colors black, white, Hsrht or ruffles, black and all A QSi leading colors, from J8.50 to.."1-' 611k Waists. Fine grade taffeta, accordeon pleats blue, royal blue, pink, gray, red and fancy-worth $5.00 O QH 2.95 f, 00 Saturday s Sale Women's Dresalnac Racks Klmonaa. Ladles' Hoae. DO dozen samples of ladles' fancy lisle hose. In lace and plain fancy. All this season's goods and worth up to 9kc a pair. On ale S.itur- Rftr day, at, per pair CJVW I.nd lea' I ndrmrar, 60 doien ladles' "fall weight" knitted underwear, "gray color", taped neck snd crocheted finish, "shaped". garment. On ifln a and We Invite careful stock of kimona line Is enormous. Inspection of our i and sacks. Our we have the 80o, on sale Saturday, at Worth v sale Saturday, each Kid Gloves. Our "Leila" kid gloves. In all the new ran shsdns. Fitted to the hand, and worth $1.35 pair, f r( a. v vr warranted. Saturday, per pair Attractions in Pictures See the New Amsterdam picturea They are beautiful. They are exquisite. They are charming. They are burnt on leather and ar hand colored. Pricea are very low. Up from 38c Pyroraphy Outfits up from $2.25. Every point guaran teed to give every satisfaction or will exchange for another one. We have the largest and most complete stock of every thing in pyrography supplies to be found west of Chicago. Look over our line. It will pay. Art Department Second Floor. At the Meat Market The most tempting meats In town. Trices positively less on basis of quality than anywhere. SATURDAY SPECIALS No. 1 Fresh Dressed Spring; Chickens, per pound Itonat Focf. per pound Bo and V Shoulder Steak, 4 pounds for :'3c Mutton Chops, i pounds for 2oc Mutton Hnast, per pound 4o Fresh Rlhlied Bulling Href, per pound ,V Home made Corned Hecf, per pound No. 1 SugHr Cured Hnin IH'ji' No. 1 Hugar Cured California Hams, hot brands. Winchester or Rex, per lb.....TVi' Boiled Hams, tier pound 11 Un Three pounds Rendered Lard c Bait Pork, per ).ound ts: llic Saturday Specials in Parlor Furniture Friday we place on sale two carloads of Parlor B'urnlture Just r cclved. All are the newest creations of the tipbolsterc-r's art. consisting of 5, 3 and 2-plece suites, odd Divans, Arm and Reception Chairs, Corner Chairs, etc. The frames are made from genuine roahofrany and imita tion, highly polished. The coverings are all silk damasks, tapestry and imported velours. You must see them to understand their charm. This sale continues one week. Of many of the choice pieces there are but one of a kind, and we nudge you with the trite saying, "First come, lirst served," . Suites Regular price 13 reduced to ... .116.60 Regular price $Z7 reduced to 122.50 Kegular price 130 reduced to IWi.OO Regular price $.13 reduced to lift. 75 Regular price $:if reduced to $30.00 Regular price $i reduced to $33.00 Regular price $4o leduced to $H5.00 Regular price $43 reduced to $37.00 .Kegular price $t reduced to. Kegular price $u& reduced to. ..$39.50 ..$49.W Divans Regular price $11.75 reduced to.... I 8.75 Regular price $14 reduced to $11.60 Regular price $1 reduced to $15.00 Regular price $'J0 reduced to $lti.26 Kegular price $21 reduced to $17.75 Regular price $23 reduced to 118.25 Regular price $13 reduced to $19.26 Kegular price $27 reduced to $22.00 Window Seats Regular price $3.25 reduced to ....$2.15 Regular price $4.00 reduced to $2.95 Regular price $8.50 reduced to $5.95 Regular price $10 reduced to $8.25 Regular price $11.25 reduced to.... $8.75 Regular price $13.60 reduced to.... $10.00 Regular price $15 reduced to ..... .$12 20 Corner Chairs Regular price $3.25 reduced to. ...$2.45 Regular price $8.00 reduced to $5.98 Regular price $8.75 reduced to. ...$6.96 Regular price. $12.00 reduced, to.. $8.95 Regular price $13.50 reduced to.. ..$10.60 Regular price $15.00 reduced to. ..$13.50 Regular price $17.00 reduced to... $13. 75 Carpet and Rug Dept. Third Floor - Another large shipment of Oilcloth received from an overstocked Jobber comprise the finest qualities that regularly sell at X0c, aro and 40c a yard all goods well seasoned. To make room for our regular stock we will place these on sale In two lots- Lot No. 1 18c square yard Lot No. 2 23c square yard Bring your measurements. A larae selection of Rrussels Carpets In all the new colors and designs and among these are some excellent hall and stair patterns at, per yard ' A ten-wire Brussels Carpet border to match noted for durability and for holding color up-to-date parlor patterns with or without boorder :sn per yard .' UOfc. lH-yard samples of Brussels, Velvet and Azmlnster Carpets ends bound make splendid rugs each , 27xM-lnch Jute Wilton Rug both ends fringed each $1.28 27xt3-lnoh Belvldge Smyrna Rug heaVy wool fringe both ends $1.75 9-Oxl2-0-foot RruBKels Rug woven In one piece regular $17 value our price $12.48 9-0x10-6 BruHsels Rug In medallion centers small Persian design $12.00 t-OaU-t Velvet Rug made In Turkish designs and colors $17.j0 ,59c 69c Stock Rugs These are mado from remnants of Brussels, Velvets, Axmlnsters and Wilton Velvet carpets and are marked regardless of the original cost of the carpets. A saving of from on-thlrd to one-halt the regular price. We carry a full and complete Hoe of the Kissel's Carpet Sweeper. Prices, $2.25 and up. Groceries We save money for you on all grocer ies and give you the freshest, best and largest selection. Courteous service, quick deliveries. Tostal cards FUEK. A Tancake Special, 2-Ib. package 8c Hundreds of packages Just received. Asparagus, new, l ib. can itc Waking Powder, 1-2-lb can 13c Lobsters, 1-2-lb enn 20c Table Syrup, 10-lb. can 3Tc Mince Meat, 3-lb. puckage 25c Fruit Butters, Jar ioc Baked Beans, 3-lb. can ioc Wheat Breakfast Food, 2-lb pkg.,..10c Good Tomatoes, 3-lb. can ioc Green Teas, 2-lb. can 7C Breakfast Cocoa, 1-2-lb. can 20c Imported Sardines, per can ioc French Mustard, .bottle 5C. Olives, bottle 9,, Butter rrom the Best Dairies Every Day Fresh Country Butter, per lb 10c Bennett's Capitol Creamery, sweet as a nut 25c Big line of bulk pickles at low prices. Medium Sour, pint Be Small, sour, dozen 8c fine Values in Teas Coffees and Spices Imperial Japan 25c B. F. Japan, Gunpowder, Oolong and English Breakfast 38c Roasted Santos Coffee 12c Toppy Seed, per potind 10c Bennett's Capitol Coffee, finest on earth, per pound 2Se Millinery As we have the name of having the prettiest nnd most becoming as well as the best assortment of hats to be found anywhere, we now offer for Carnival week some of our best numbers at astonishingly low figures. Their equal cannot be found, in quality and price. We give FREE the Hperry & Hutchinson Trading Stamps and in return or the stamps your choice of hun dreds of beautiful articles for the home. These are a few of our specialties: A black Welvet hat, the latest shape with a heavy Jet sequence edge, tbree ostrich plumes on side, satin or silk ribbon trim- gr f med, worth $12.00 OU The new boat shape In black velvet. 2 long ostrich Amazon pm f plumes and Jet buckles, worth f 11.00 A JJ A black velvet Gainsborough, Taney black braid on edge, trimmed with three glossy black ostrich tips, Mack ribbon and Jet f OE buckles, worth $10.00 OsrfO White scratch felt hats, trimmed In black velvet, worth 4 A f $3.00 nnd 3.50, for Is4v A nobby hat. In oxford brown and gray, the best scratch felt, bound and trimmed In silk panne velvet, with gold or steel ornaments, -4 rr worth $3.00, for Is 5" A Great Dintierware Sate See our bargains iu dinner sets at $9.75, $7.48, $6.88, $3.48, $4.98, $3.88. Many of these sets are worth more than double. Come early for the best values. Finest line of dinnerware in city, prices from $3.88 to $00 Our line of white China for decorating more than trebled in last two weeks. Artists should inspect our new things in this line. Belgian Trescut glass salts and peppers with sterling silver tops, ea 10e Haviland & Co. 100 piece dinner sets in pink or blue. Sterling $40.00 values, for this sale $23.50. White China salts and peppers for hand painting, Just about one-half price, each 10c. Fancy cut water pitchers, ree them to appreciate them, each OSc. Best Redwing Stoneware. 1 gallon Jugs or crocks, each, 5c. Cut glass olive or Jelly dishes, nice size, worth double, each, 9Sc. Remember to Fill your Stamp Book Tomorrow and Get First Choice of Premiums PVA. a. deifTfess) of BPPIiruPV which t hsk nfflnara 1U DPiv7 Drovers. wn .r. .n j.n urn, , th ,h)p malntaln ha, never been , ' ' I nellen In nv n vi This tnAana A hits of 1.7S a minute, which Is a new stand ard for this type of gun. It was not alons with Its 8-lnch, but with all of Its guns, that Indiana did fine work, and there was the Jubilant assertion that when the final records have been worked out it will be shown that when the old fashioned type of guns which It carries has been taken Into consideration It stands at the head of the navy for all-around ex eellence. Its final average of nearly four hits a minute fur each un with Its 6-lnoh rifles has yet to be equaled, whereas with each type of heavier pieces It has, accord tng to Its officers, done better work than any ship having guns of the same class. The battleship carries four U-lnch guns in Its forward and after turrets, and one of the gun pointers of these big rifles. Cox swain Reldel, succeeded tn making four straight hits In five minutes and twenty ' one seconds, or at the rate of .76 hits a I minute. The officers assert that the vessel's score with the slx-pounder guns Is equaled by only one other vessel tn the navy the bat tleship Illinois. Summing up, they think that Indiana now stands at the head of the navy for all-around excellence In target practice. By reason of the Intimation which re cently came from Washington that these target records should not be made public, that scored by the battleship Illinois has not been published. New York Herald. t Unlike Any Others! TUe full flavor, the delicious qual ity, ttie absolute Purity, of Low nys Breakfast Coco distinguish It from all othurs. no -Treatment- wun aiKanea; bo adulteration with flour, starch or ground 00 co shells; nothing but the nutritive and digestible product eX the chotoeat Cocoa Beans. Ask Your Dealer for It Jtew ftaasa tor rtes. "This pie Is entirely too affectionate." complained the Cheerful Idiot. "What's that?" Inquired the pussled waiter girt "I say It's too affectionate the upper crust la stuck on the lower. Bring me some of that dropatlich pie over there." And after some difficulty It was beaten Into the bead of the distressed maiden that he wanted some of the cranberry pie with the lattice work cover. Baltimore I America . FINANCES OF THE NATION ' ' s Eeview of Eecsnt Operations of th Se-ore- . tary of the TreaBiry. $30,000,000 ADDED TO THE CIRCULATION Successful Precaution, Measures to Maintain the Financial Eqnllle rlara of the Conntry Bond Calls evnd Cash Deposits. "Holland," the noted correspondent Of the Philadelphia Press, writing from New York concerning the operations of the seo retary of the treasury, reviews the finan cial situation aa follows: If the secretary of the treasury, Mr. Shaw, were not convinced that there ought to be relieving or at least precautionary measures In line with those he has so often and courageously taken. It Is presumed that he would not at thla time offer to redeem bonds that have still four months to run, and that pay t per cent Interest, I20.0O0.0O0 In all. The Inference la that If there be present or Impending stringency and the expe rience of yesterday In the securities mar ket Indicates that there Is fear of danger of that kind then the holders of these bonds will be glad to offer them for re demption, so that this $20,000,000 may speedily pass into circulation. There la to be no loss of Interest, since Secretary Shaw knew well enough that comparatively few of these bonds would be offered for redemp tion If a rebate of the Interest were ex acted But with the rates for money at what they are quoted, and with the demand for It sure to be maintained during the fall. It would apparently be a profit-making temptation for the holders of these bonds to accept the secretary's offer and convert them immediately Into cash. Offer Is Rene reel. The really Important feature of Secre tary Shaw's announcement of Thursday la a renewal of the offer made aa soon as congress adjourned to refund t per eent and 4 per cent bonds Into the more valu able paradoxical aa It may seem I per cent bonda These I per cant bonds have greater value than the others because they are now practically the sole basis, and must continue to be, of the national bank ing system. After the adjournment of congress, with out having adopted the temporary remedial legislation which It was hoped the so-called Aidrich bill would perfect, Bee retail thaw was convinced that the Treasury depart ment should take Immediate steps to en courage an increase of national bank circu lation. The premium quoted for the 3 per cent and 4 per cent bonds made them un available, or almost unavailable, for use as security for Issues of national bank cur rency. The secretary, after consultation of an Informal character with bankers of New York, Philadelphia and Chicago, believed that he would be justified In offering to re fund t per cent and 4 per cent bonds, not in excels of 1100,000,000, Into t pvr cent bonds, the actuaries of the Treasury de partment so figuring on the rate of ex change that there would be a temptation to make that exchange, while at the same time It would rot be made to the dis advantage of the Treasury department. That entailed computations of the delicacy and nicety of those which the dealers In foreign exchange, who are the most skillful experts, are compelled to make. Caused Comment Abroad. When the secretary made the announce ment In March it caused more comment across the ocean than In this country In the offices of so-called financiers. It Is known Informally and privately that It was a subject of earnest discussion by the British government. Here there had been far more comment, not a little of It re proachfully, because of the apparently daring announcement of Secretary Shaw last fall that he would receive, as part security for national bank transactions, other than government bonds. In the winter a financier of New York who was visiting in London learned that there was astonishment Ihere that there should have been any criticism of Mr. Shaw for so reading the statute as to find In It authority, in his discretion, to accept other security than government bunds. In this country criticism was publicly voiced by Jacob Schlft, but after a year's ex perience In this departure It must be ap pareat to Secretary Shaw that his reading of the statute has been Justified, and that there should be no clogging of the treasury relations with the national banks because of a most technical Interpretation of a statute, or a too rigid adherence to pre cedents. For It Is now announced that the secre tary proposes, at his discretion, to receive what are called colloquially savings banks bonds that Is, bonds which any state In which savings banks have been highly de veloped permits these banks to hold as se curity for government deposits. Not a word of criticism worth heeding has been heard with respect to this announcement. Brilliant Government Flannrlasl. la Europe, wheat tle United States Treas ury department proposed to float (200,000,000 of 2 per cent bonds at par, the proposition was looked upon with amaxement. Nothing like it ever had been offered by any gov ernment of the old world. It was regarded as- a test of the financial strength of the American people. In the sense , that there would have been no surprise had the propo sition failed, and there would certainly be amazement If it were shown that the Amer ican public was about to absorb so great an Issue an that, and especially if It were done without disturbance In the financial markets. If It were truly a test, then It must he regarded as most satisfactorily met. So far as the public was concerned, there was no knowledge of this magnifi cent piece of governmental financing while It was under way. Why It Succeeded. It would, however, have been unsuccess ful, and In fact would have been unthought of, had the banking system of the United States not been under the authority of the Treasury department, and even, as one Ju dicial decision has affirmed, actually a part of the treasury. The secretary of the treasury knew that the customers for these, new 1 per cent bonds would be the national banks. Furthermore there has been a tacit understanding that all government bonds bearing a higher rate of Interest might be refunded Into per cent bonds, so that ultimately the entire permanent debt of the government would be on a 1 per cent basis, this debt being the ground work upon which, so far as national bank circulation Is concerned, the banking sys tem is to stand. Secretary Shaw's announcement tn March reminded the financiers of Europe of the Interest which the Issue of the first large loan st 2 per cent had caused. But the later announcement was of a different char acter In severs I respects, one being that the secretary. In a semi-official way, ex plained that this was a refunding proposi tionsomewhat of an emergency charac terand definitely planned so as to provide the means by which national bank circula tion could be Increased. Bnnkers Support thaw. Secretary Shaw was most ably supported In this proposition by a group of bankers, who could do what the secretary himself could not do. The bankers could, by letter and by personal appeal, urge the holders of 3 per rent and 4 per cent bonds to make the exchange. These appeals met with speedy responses, 'and offerings came to the Treas ury department very rapidly and In large amounts, so that before spring was ended it was evident that this wss to be success ful flnsming. Just as the secretary ex pected would be the case, there was a large Increase of national bank circulation secured by these bonds, and on the last of July 380,000.000 of refunding 2s had been ex changed for a like amount of 8 and 4 per cent bonds. Bank circulation had been In creased In excess of $30,000,000 by this trans action, and It has been spoken of as an ex ploit unsurpassed In brilliancy of concep tion, and In the success which It met. Hot Euouarh Currency. By reason of the enormous drains upon the currency resources of the country, to say nothing of the straining of credit by the demands of those who promoted Industrial combinations and by the railroads In Im provements and In other colossal ways, the floating capital of the country has been absorbed. It was discovered In the sum mer that the Increase of national bank cir culation would not provide all the addi tional currency needed, nor did Secretary Shaw, content with that one transaction, re main passive. He had, with the facility of financial statesmanship, foreseen possible, If not probable, emergencies In the fall, and he had a very clear understanding of the unprecedented liquidation In the se curities market. But not until the end of summer was there knowledge of some of his purpose. Then It was announced that he had some I , 000, 000 In cash, which had been received for government taxes, and which. In his discretion, was available for deposit In national bank depositories. This money be purposed setting free In this wsy. Then there happened a moat unlooked-for development. Instantly the premium of I per cent bonds Increased) because it was presumed that there would come a great de mand from the banks for these bonds to secure the proposed deposit of 50,000.000. Banks which had used z per cent bonds to secure their own circulation began to surrender circulation, so that they might receive sgaln their I per cent bonds and market them at a higher premium. There could have been, under the law, no sur render of circulation In excess of $3,000,000 a month, but the very demand for the bonda might so Increase the premium as to make It unprofitable to accept govern ment deposit with these bonds as security. It has been estimated that the profit on government deposits, say of 1100.000 se cured by t per cent bonds at a premium of 104 Is 760 so that If the premium on these bonds Increases this profit Is wiped out. Secretary thaw's Pwrpose. Secretary Shaw might offset this by ac cepting a larger amount of savings banks' securities. Now It Is evident that the sec retary does not rely on that method of off set it rig the increase In the premium on, the I per rent bonds, but that he proposes to otter the opportunity for the Increase of cash In general circulation by buying Imme diately the 5 per cent bonds approximately 120,000,000 In amount and next he offers to Increase the supply of S per cent bonds by refunding operstlons not to exceed 130,000, 000, similar In character to that so success fully carried on In the spring and early summer. If holders of t per cent and 4 per eent bonds up to 120,000,000 can be persuaded tn make that exchange, then there will be provided a new supply of 2 per cent bonds sufficient, doubtless, to meet the demands of the banks which desire to receive gov ernment deposits. If the proposition should fall, that would not Impair the Judgment of the secretary of the treasury. He will have done his part, snd, to speak colloquially. It 1s "up to" the financial community. If there be such financial distress as Is alleged, to take ad vantage of the opportunity be offers ts) the community. Stories About Great Hen. As Jonah fell overboard with a loud splash, he encountered the whale, and the following dialogue took place: "80 this Is your place of business, is It?" asked Jonah. "Yes, sir," replied the whale. "Won't you drop in for a momentf" Not now. but I may call a little later." "That'll be too late. I'm Just . closing up." "Well," said Jonah, "I'll Just step In long enough to dry my clothes a little and have one round. Will you Join me?" "I believe I'll Just take one nip." said the whale, suiting the action to the word. . Ths rest Is history. Milwaukee Sentinel. There Will Be no Strike. NEWARK, N. 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