Youngstown News, 1902-12-26

              THE YOUNGSTOWN NEWS. VOL. XXII. YOUNGSTOWN, N. Y., FRIDAY. DECEMBER 26, 1902. NO. 47. MAN INSURED FOR $340,000 A Louisville, Ky., Business Man Dies in Suspicious Circumstances^ FOUND DEAD WITH GUN NEARBY It is Hinted That He May nave Committed Snicidc, Bnt His Friends Declare His Death Was Accidental—Obtained SS3!iO,OCO in Policies From Insurance Companies Within Sixteen Months. Louisville, Ky.—lt developed that R. C. Whayne, the manufacturer, whose body was found by his son within 200 yards of his home in Jacob Park, carried insurance on his life to the amount of $340,000 and had applications pending for $50,000 more. The policies were distributed as follows: Equitable Life Assurance Society of New York, $200,- 000, in four policies of $50,000 each; Provident Savings Life Assurance Society of New York, $120,000, in two policies of $00,000 each; Union Central Life, $10,000; New York Life. $5000; Northwestern Mutual Life, $5000. Mr. Whayne had applied for a policy of $25,000 with the Manhattan Company, and it was to be issued in a few days. Another application had been made to the Mutual, of Vermont, for an equal amount, and this policy was to be dated several days later. When Whayne's body was found there was a large wound in the left breast made by a charge from a shotgun which was found lying six feet away with one barrel discharged and with one trigger cocked. The suicide theory is opposed by the fact that the gun and the body were on opposite sides of a wire fence. Whayne's family and friends declare that death was due to accident, and that the gun was discharged while he was climbing through the fence. Mr. Whayne's policies in the Equitable Life are gold bonds bearing five per cent, interest. The face value, $200,000, is due at death, and in addition the company is to pay $10,000 annually for twenty years, but the company, in lieu of this, has the contract privilege of making a cash settlement for a total of $260,000. The first policy in the Provident Life was taken out in January last and was for $60,000. In February following another policy for $60,000 was taken out. Only the first premium was paid on these policies. At the time of taking out of this insurance Whayne had $150,000 in the Equitable Life, $10,000 in the Union Central and $5000 in the Northwestern, besides applications for other insurance. When Whayne applied to the Provident Life lie is said to have concealed the fact that he had other insurance.The first policy in the Equitable was taken out September 1, and on this a second premium had been paid. The second policy was taken out November 19, 1901. At the time the second premium was due on this policy Mr. Whayne asked Henry .T. Power, manager of the Equitable, to accept notes due January 1 for payment. Mr. Powell refused, but informed Whayne of the thirty days' grace under the contract for making payment. The third policy was taken out December 21, 1901. and the second premium was just due. The third policy was taken out May 10, 1902. Whayne's income was $12,000 a year. PHILIPPINE BILL PASSED. Tho Home Reduces the Oinßley Tnrlfl From 75 io 25 Per Cent. Washington, D. C. — The House passed the bill to reduce the duties on the products of the Philippine Islands coming into the United States from seventy-five per cent, of the Dingley rate of the present duties, to twentyfive per cent, of those rates. Discussion was accompanied by considerable maneuvering on the Democratic side to secure test votes 011 various amendments designed to lower the tariff barrier still further. Mr. Payne explained that the Philippine government needed revenue, and for that reason it was impracticable to totally abolish the dulies. Mr. Richardson, Tennessee, said he believed any duty was unjust, unconstitutional and un-American. He moved to recommit the bill with instructions to the committee to report it back amended so as to provide for free trade between the United States and the islands. The motion was defeated on a roll call, 91 to 122, a party vote, except Mr. McCall, Republican. Massachusetts, who voted with the Democrats for the motion. The bill was passed without division. ST. LOUIS BRIBERS CONVICTED. Five Ex-Delegates Sentenced to Five Years Each-.Ask a New Trial. St. Louis, Mo.—The joint trial of fire former members of the House of Delegates ended in a verdict of five years in the penitentiary for each man. The defendants. John A. Sheridan, Charles J. Denny, Charles Gutke, Edmund Bersch and T. E. Albright, -were Convicted on charges of bribery in connection with the passage of the Suburban Street Car bill, to accomplish which, it was charged, $75,000 had been placed in deposit to be used as required.The five defendants, after hearing the verdict, filed motions for a new trial, and each was released on bond. These cases make fourteen bribery cases which have gone on trial as the kesult of the investigation of municipal corruption, and thirteen convictions have resulted, one defendant being acquitted on the order of the Judge. STATE NEWS. Ida Thompson Free. Ida Thompson, the M'liss of the Do< ver Mountains, accompanied by hei benefactor, Farmer William S. Ketcham, whose barns she burned, causing him a loss of $10,000, appeared before a commission at Poughkeepsie. and submitted to an examination to ascertain her sanity. The commission was composed of Lawyer William H.Wood, Superintendent Henry E. Allison, of the Mattewan State Hospital, and Dr. •T. W. Poucher, a pension examiner. Miss Thompson answered all questions in a. straightforward manner. Miss Thompson was sent to St. Ann's Home for five years and was pardoned at the request of Farmer Ketcham, who offered to forgive her and provide a home for her. The commission found her sane and she went back to Dover with Farmer Ketcham, very happy and glad to have escaped the fate she feared was in store for her. Rattlesnake Hunter Dead. William Beams, the last and possibly the most famous of the rattlesnake hunters of a quarter of a century ago, died at his home in the Hemlocks, near Oneonta. Beams for many years made a business of hunting rattlesnakes upon the hill back of his late home, which in former days abounded with the dread reptiles. The snakes were hunted for their skins and the oil which their bodies yielded. The oil was believed by many to possess exceptional medicinal value and still brings a large price In many quarters. Lt is believed to have curative powers in rheumatism and similar ailments. Like many others of the hunters of these most venomous snakes, Mr. Beams had an antidote for the bites, but it is more than probable that his secret died with him. Old Man Burned to Death. liobert P. Owens's block, composed of stores on the first floor and flats on the second and third floors, at Amsterdam, was badly damaged by fire. Peter Fury, aged eighty years, was burned to death. The fire caught in his room and he perished before aid oould reach him. liobert F. Owens find W. H. Hobbins were painfully burned. The stores were occupied by Alderman John Kelly, Jr., cafe; W. H. Bobbins, undertaker, and A. D. Ogden, pianos and organs. They were damaged by water, the fire being confined to the Tipper stories of ■ the building. The total loss is $10,000; covered by insurance., Killed While Handling a Gun. ~ Charles Wolf, a farmer living at Lee Center, was instantly killed while handling a shotgun. Mr. Wolf told his wife that there was a strange cat hanging about his barn and that he was going over to Homer Tupper's to borrow his shotgun and would try to kill it. He returned and went to the barn, and soon afterward Mrs. Wolf heard the report of a gun. She went to the barn and thence into an adjoining shed, and there found Mr. Wolf dead. The charge of shot entered his left breast and death had been instantaneous. Anti-Saloon League Spies. The senior students of the Syracuse Law College have appointed a committee of three to investigate the cases of A. M. Wendall and M. H. Hall, law students, who have been visiting various resorts in Syracuse to gather evidence for the use of the Anti-Soloon League. The seniors contend that the two men are guilty of acts not in accordance with the dignity of their profession. Upon their evidence Frank Matty was held for the Grand Jury, charged with selling liquor on Sunday. Matty is an Alderman. "Work of the Fish Commission. The Forest, Fish and Game Com'■ mission during the past year distributed nearly 129,000.000 fish in the various waters of the State and saved 10,000 black bass from the canal when the waters were drawn off. Particular attention has been given to the supply ' of cheap food fish, especially including pike, perch and whitefish. The forthcoming report devotes especial attention to the hatcheries. Glens Falls High School Burned. The High School, at Glens Falls, was totally destroyed by fire and 300 pupils are without a place to continue their studies, as every other school building in the village is overcrowded. The fire is supposed to have started from the furnace. The building was erected in 18S5 at a cost of §40,000. The insurance is $25,000. Joker Drives Boy Crazy. Byron. Thrasher, a boy of Farmington' has gone mad as the result of a joke. Soine one started an unpleasant story about him "for fun." It was untrue, but all the other boys took it up and taunted him. Pie attempted suicide and became violent. He has bepn sent to Willard Insane Asylum. Many Bears in the Adirondacks. Bears are reported very numerous in the Adirondacks this winter. Old trappers say that not in years have so many been seen. All Around the State. |. Ithaca's fire bell is sometimes heard i at Dryden, eleven miles away. Orleans' Supervisors have fixed the salary of the county treasurer at $1200. His bond has been reduced I from $70,000 to $50,000. Joseph A. Campbell, of Elmira, is ; now on the pension list after forty years' active service in the fire depart, ineut, for many years aj chief engineer.The trouble between the Indians on the Cattaraugus reservation over their recent election has been settled. The recently elected officers have been sworn in. ALLIES AGREE TO ARBIIRATE Favorable Replies to President Castro's Proposal Received. CUT THEY WANT GUARANTEES Cermany Insists Upon an .Apology From Venezuela—Tlie United States Will Not Become a Guarantor Fortho Republic — Minister Bowcn to Act as a PeaceinaKer—A Blockade Declared. "Washington, D. C.—Responses have heen received from Berlin and London to the proposal of President Castro, made through United States Minister Bowen, to arbitrate the differences ■with Venezuela. .Secretary Hay has received partial responses from the governments of Great Britain, Germany and Italy respecting the proposal to arbitrate the Venezuelan difficulties. Great Britain is favorable to arbitration with proper safeguards; Germany accepts arbitration in principle, but finds a multitude of small adjustments to be made before entering into the agreement; Italy, as the junior partner of the*allies, declares that she is favorable to aribtration, but will probably be bound by the action of the senior partners. To secure these results the American embassies at London, Berlin and Rome have been working energtically in carrying out the instructions of Secretary Hay to ascertain how the proposal would be received. So far as England is concerned, the safeguards referred to are believed to relate to the question of guarantees, which is full of difficulties. The German position presents the greatest difficulties, for not only does it involve a demand for apologies, which are extremely repugnant to Venezuelans, but also presents so many points requiring adjustment that it is evident that many days, or perhaps weeks, must elapse before the adjustment can be effected and the case prepared for arbitration. And the danger of delay in the face of a blockade which seriously cripples neutral commerce and invites hostile collisions With the Venezuelans cannot be overestimated. The efforts of the United States, therefore, must be directed toward hastening Germany's action on the arbitration proposal. The Italian position is, of course, of less concern than that of the other allies. The Italian Ambassador here has been extremely moderate and considerate, giving Secretary Hay the impression that he is disposed to second any effort of the United States to terminate the present dangerous situation.Secretary Hay laid before the Cabinet meeting the latest phases of the Venezuelan situation as shown by the correspondence he has had with ambassadors and the Foreign Offices at London. Berlin and Rome, and also acquainted the members with the substance of the verbal exchanges which hacl taken place with the ambassadors from those capitals in Washington. After a thorough discussion of the question the Cabinet gave its unqualified approval to everything done by Secretary Hay and to his plans for the future so far as they were outlined. Mr. Bowen, the United States Minister at Caracas, was clothed by President Castro of Venezuela with full power to effect a settlement with Great Britain, Germany and Italy. The allies gave notice of a war blockade of the ports of La Guayra, Porto Cabello. Coro, Maracaibo, Carupan and Barcelona. It is announced that the United States will not guarantee payment of claims by Venezuela. A semi-official announcement now places tho Italian claims against Venezuela at $2.000,000. WORTH $100,000, BUT BEGGED. Clothing of Man Who Died a Charity Patient Contained Wealth. Toronto, Ont. — Eli Hyfnan. who begged for admission to the General Hospital here a few days ac:o, is dead. An examination of his clothing resulted in finding in an old handkerchief scrip worth 517.000. In the lining of his pocket other scrip to the value of $14,000 was revealed. Other papers showed Hyman's income from his stock and other transactions to have been 33000 the last year. In all the estate, it is expected, will aggregate 5100,000. For twenty years Hyman had slept in sheds and stables. He sold papers and begged money and food. He has a wife and a daughter, who live, it is thought, in San Francisco. 400,000 FINS ARE STARVING. Terrible Destitution Follows tho Failure of the Crops. St. Petersburg, Russia.—Four hundred thousand persons are reported to be destitute and starving as a result of the crop failure in Finland. The Anglo-American Church here has undertaken to feed and clothe the school children of four Finnish parishes, and Pastor Francis has issued an appeal for assistance in this work. Pastor Francis say the conditions today are worse than those of 1867, when 100,000 persons died. A Birthday Present of 4480 Pennies. Squire Herbert celebrated his eightieth birthday at Hiawatha, Kan., and received from fifty-six relatives eighty pennies each. There were coppers enough to fill a coal basket. To be certain of the amount, Mr. Herbert counted them, consuming four hours in the .work. He found the total to be 4480. he said. MARCONI'S GREAT TRIUMPH He £ends Complete Wireless Messages Across the Ocean. WORDS FLASHED QVER2OOO MILES The Inventor Announces That He Has Keen Completely Successful in Establishing Communication Between Cape Breton and Cornwall, England—Old and New Worlds United by Electricity. Halifax, N. S.—After eight experiments conducted with the greatest secrecy Marconi announces that he lias solved the problem of wireless transoceanic communication and has successfully transmitted wireless messages from the shores of Canada to the coast of England. The formal announcement of this achievement was made by the inventor himself when he said that the wireless messages had been successfully transmitted and forwarded from the Governor-General of Canada to King Edward VII. of Great Britain and the King of Italy. Prior to December, 1901, the greatest distance covered by wireless telegraphy scarcely exceeded 100 miles. Early in that year Marconi visited Newfoundland, and from Signal Hill commenced experimenting with Cornwall, and on December 12 and 13 faint signals of the letter "S," repeated several times, were caught by ear only with the aid of telephones. Later on Marconi, on board of the steamship Philadelphia, bound for America, succeeded in establishing communication with Cornwall, a distance of 2100 miles. The following message was sent by Marconi: "Glace Bay, C. B. "Hon. W. S. Fielding. Minister of Fi" nance, Ottawa: "Regret you were unable to visit station here. Governor-General sent me message for His Majesty, King Edward, which I have already been able to transmit to England by wireless telegraphy with complete success. Should be glad to send short message from Canada to Government if desired. I leave here very shortly for my Cape COd station. MARCONI." Ottawa, Out.—Wireless telegraphy as a means of communication across the "A < Untie is established. There is 110 longer any doubt about the value of Marconi's system as a means of transmitting messages over long distances without the use of wires. The Italian inventor's efforts have been crowned with a success that seems to be complete.A telegram was sent from the station at Table Head, Cape Breton, to the station in Cornwall, England. It was a message of a congratulatory character, addressed by His Excellency the Governor-General to His Majesty the King, and had been at the Table Head station for some days awaiting transmission whenever communication should be satisfactorily established. The instruments at Poldhu, Cornwall, and Table Head were brought in complete magnetic sympathy, and the message of Lord Minto was duly transmitted. His Excellency accordingly received the following message from Marconi: "Glace Bay. N. S. "To His Excellency, the Governor-General, Ottawa: "Have the honor to inform Your Excellency that your message to His Majesty has now been transmitted by me from Cape Breton to Cornwall, wireless telegraphy, and has been forwarded to its destination. "MARCONI." Text of the message of Lord Minto to His Majesty is not available. Being addressed to the King it can only be made public by His Majesty's express command, but, as stated, it is understood to be a brief message of a congratulatory nature. To Mr. Marconi's telegram Lord Minto replied: "Ottawa.—To Marconi. Glace Bay. N. S. Delighted at your message, just received. Warmest congratulations on your splendid success. MINTO." The news of the successful operation of wireless telegraphy from the Canadian shore to that of the motherland was received in Government circles with feelings of elation and a certain degree of national pride, inasmuch as it was from this country and its Government Marconi received his first substantial encouragement on this side of the Atlantic in the form of a grant of $SO,OOO toward the construction of his station at Table Head, in consideration of which reduced rates are obtained for Government messages and liis system is to be worked in connection with the Government telegraph system in sighting ships. Hon. W. S. Fielding sent a telegram of congratulation to Marconi, and Sir Richard Cartwriglit, acting Premier, has cabled to England congratulating the British people on the new method of communication between the two countries. CATTLE DISEASE MASTERED. No Longer Danger of Its Spreading, Says Secretary 'Wilson. i Washington, D. C.—Secretary Wilson believes that the danger of the spread of the cattle foot and month disease from New England to other States has passed. A careful investi-j gation by the Government experts has! failed to reveal a single case of thej disease in Connecticut, although that State was included in the general order imposing the quarantine. "In a few weeks," said Secretary Wilson, "we shall have destroyed every animal infected with, or exposed to, the foot and mouth disease." PROMINENT PEOPLE. Dr. Sven Hedin, the Swedish explorer, is now lecturing in Russia. Rudyard Kipling has arranged to spend the winter in South Africa. The Sultan of Jahore Intends to make a tour in the United States in 1904. Lord Rosebery's eldest daughter, Sybil, is engaged to Mr. C. Scott, of the Scots Guards. , Samuel Gompers was re-elected President of the American Federation of Labor without opposition. Benjamin Ividd, the economist, thinks South Africa is a richer Country than the Western United States. Judge Henry S. Dewey, of the Boston Municipal Court, lias resigned his seat and will retire to private practice. Count Boni de Castellane has purchased the Chateau de Grignan, formerly the home of Mme. de Sevlgne. The death is announced of Dr. Avison. the French physician, who discovered an alleged cure for creeping paralysis.Lord Milner has a genius for languages, and learned Dutch so well in a very few weeks as to be able to talk fluently with Oom Paul. Officers of the American fleet in the Caribbean have presented to Rear- Admiral Crowninsliield, for his wife, a beautiful silver loving cup. Dr. Coudin, the blind chaplain of the House of Representatives, may succeed Dr. Milburn, the blind chaplain of the Senate, who will shortly resign. Count Tolstoi and an ecclesiastic known as Priest John of Cronstadt have been nominated honorary members of the University of Dorpat. Professor Garner, the anthropologist, who recently returned from Europe, says that during an absence of two years he has been mainly in the jungles of Africa studying the monkeys and apes. He has brought back 200 phonograph cylinders of monkey talk. He spent weeks in a cage in the jungle taking records and declares he has made some important discoveries. SPORTING BREVITIES. Many of the students at Columbia have taken up fencing. Prince of Endurance has won the Palmetto Sweepstakes at the New Orleans race track. H. M. Ticlienor & Co.'s Flocarline has won the Preliminary Derby Handicap at the New Orleans race track. Yale lias issued a call for heavyweight wrestling contestants for the wrestling matches to be held in March. It is announced that Major Taylor, the colored bicycle racer, has started for Australia, where he will race all winter. The Henley Regatta Committee has decided to exclude all crews coached by professionals within a month of the regatta. The Board of Review of the National Trotting Association has expelled the pacer Norseman and his owners for ringing. Harry Pulliam, formerly with the Pittsburg Baseball Club, has been elected Presiuent, Secretary and Treasurer of the National League. Delehanty's salary with the New York National League team next year will be $8000 a year for three years. He is said to have received one year's pay in advance. Formal notice of its intention to compete for the international trophy has been mailed by the Automobile Club of America to the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland. The National League of Baseball Clubs has named a committee to meet with an American League conference committee relative to the settlement of the baseball war. Th schedule for IDO3 was also adopted. The winnings of Gold Heels, one of the most popular horses in training, amounted to $20,150. Racing in the colors of McLewee & Co., he won the Advance Stakes, Suburban Handicap and Brighton Handicap, and was easily the champion four-year-old of the past season, when lie broke down. LABOR WORLD. Chicago chauffeurs are organizing a union. Buenos Ayres, Argentina, has forty labor organizations. A Japanese railway company has girls as waitresses for their passenger trains, and intends to employ women in the ticket service. Foundry workers at Tacoma, Wash., have secured a nine-hour day without a decrease in wages. The minimum scale is now $3.50 a day. Twenty-three per cent, of children in Saxony, Germany, are forced to work. Of 604,600 children of school age. 137,531 are employed in trade. Silvei-smiths at Baltimore, Md., have organized a union and have been granted a nine-hour day at the s&me wage previously paid for ten hours' work. The strike of National Boot and Shoe Operators at Glasgow, Scotland, has been settled, wages, hours of labor and other disputes having been adjusted. A general increase of wages of trainmen on the Southern Railway, beginon the Southern Railway, averaging about five per cent., has been granted. The Illinois State Federation of Labor will make a fight to have the Legislature pass measures looking toward taking convicts out of competitic : with free labor. The Intercolonial (Canadian) Railway telegraphers are understood to be satisfied with the proposed advance in wages of $3.00 a month. They now receive $38. Street car employe.! at El Paso. Texas, have been granted an advance of five cents an hour. They demanded twenty-five cents an hour, but compromised on twenty cents THE HUMBERTS ARRESTED Madrid Police Capture the Precious Gang of French Swindlers. THEY PROMISE REVELATIONS ■Will Rival the Panama Scandal*, They r^ay—All Classes, From Ministers Down, Are Involved—How the Greatest Iloax of History Was Made Possible—Got 513,000,000 From the Game. Madrid, Spain.—lime. Humbert, other members of the Humbert family, and M. and Mme. d'Aurignac, the brother and sister-in-law of Mme. Humbert, "who became notorious in connection with the great safe frauds in Paris, have been arrested here. They had been in Madrid since May 9. The police made a clean haul of the whole family. Mme. Humbert, her husband; Eva Humbert and the three d'Aurignacs—Romain, Emile and Marie. The prisoners protested that they were the victims of infamous proceedings. They threatened to "get even" writli certain persons in France, and said they had come to Madrid direct from Paris. The police made an inventory of the contents of the apartments and found a parcel of jewels valued at $2000, a couple of lottery tickets and about $115 in cash. Seals were then attached to the house and the whole family were removed to jail and were placed at the disposition of the French Ambassador. The police suspect the Humberts of having disposed of important papers while delaying the entry of the officers. The family tried to escape by the windows, but failed, as the house was surrounded.According to published interviews, Frederick Humbert declares that the revelations to be made by the family will rival the Panama scandals, and show he and others were the victims of robbers who exploited them. He says that all classes in Paris, from Ministers down, will be involved. Mme. Humbert claims to, have in Paris documents which compromise prominent personages.Paris, France.—The news of the arrest in Madrid of the Humberts and M. and Mme. d'Aurignac, the brother and sister-in-law of Mme. Humbert, has caused something of a sensation, because the general public had coineto believe that the police did not care to find the biggest swindlers of the age. It had been reporteed that some powerful political influence was protecting the band, and the sensation caused by the swindle had almost died away. On May 10 the safe of Mme. Humbert, at Go Avenue de la Grand Armes. was opened by the authorities and found to be empty. All France was waiting in breathless anticipation, for the band had fled a few days before, and must have gone directly to Madrid. The empty safe was supposed to contain $20,000,000 left by Robert Henry Crawford, an American millionaire. This vast sum was supposed to be held in trust by Mme. Tlierese Humbert, who, under Mr. Crawford's first will, was made his sole heir and who, on the strength of her title to this vast estate, had borrowed about 512,000,000 from bankers, money lenders and others in France and Belgium. The greatest of swindling games the world has known puts in the shade all the stories of Dumas and Gaboriau. The story of a bogus heritage has been before the French courts for nearly twenty-five years, during which time the author of the bold invention, Mme. Humbert, the daughter of a Toulouse linen merchant, and daughter-in-law of M. Humbert, once Minister of Justice, had succeeded in borrowing the enormous fortune. She was reputed to be one of tlie richest persons in France and her family lived in regal style and was much courted by the highest society.The bubble was burst by Le Matin ,nnd the attacks on the family were said to be blackmail and were resented by all Paris. The paper kept on and insisted 011 an investigation and finally the family disappeared. The gigantic swindle was made possible by the law. which provides that civil courts are permitted to seal up property in litigation without examination or making any inventory. The history of this great fraud began with the death of Mr. Crawford, supposed to be an imaginary person, who is said to have died in 1878. In 1888 Mme. Humbert bought the house, which later contained the safe, the Chateau des Vive Eaux, near Nelun, and the Coloran property, near Narbonne. Then she produced a copy of an alleged will of Crawford in which she was named as the sole legatee of the estate valued at $20,000,000. Then she brought out another document which stated that the property be divided into three equal shares for the benefit of Marie d'Aurignac, her infant niece, Henry Crawford and Robert, with the provision that enough money be invested in France to provide an income for Mme. Humbert of $6000 a month. Not long after that she produced another document, which was an agreement that all the property be sequestered in the care of M. and Mme. Humbert until the child should come of age, when she was to marry one of the Crawfords and thus unite the families. It was on the strength of these documents, after the courts had placed a seal on the safe supposed to contain all the fortune, that the Humberts went out and borrowed right and left. She hired a lawyer, who had nothing el se to do but negotiate loans. Several bankers were taken in to the tune of $500,000 apiece, and one was out an even million. $Aa Independent Re-# * pnblican Paper. J A A \ The Brightest and Best \ !" County Paper. J $1.00 Per Year in Advance, f Advertising Bates on Application.