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TITE REPUBLIC: SUNDAY. OCTOBER 28. 1000. Tl r C!l Or Ms Thr Pune" rr Per Pnbl IV- F7 En COT IX) Tw-l Ib'n Ccrn Vol. w. the copt print all t beK Date 1.. S S 8.. .. C- S.. 7.. 8.. BB 10.. IS.. 1.. IS.. Ti Less In? N Avtl Am the I unso' T.I2 i flr Kotn. ten Pn the ment the I wlilc , r, note - : It 1 pomI ' Btntt the i (' frien I The 1 1 on tl elble to be fallt. Org camp Btren Worli will Kreati Mble brlns those Knq for ta i sary . jiooel i ' llRht ' Wli; , street All wrong Is not" ' pnddc to a payer. Ho eire tl do no romiu form lines I ' CIrcut to rer' nion . tlios . peojile The Bters preset fact 8 good -1 penin, JL J (W IS Ml css ewSa Promptly ato o'clock flonday Morninjr. the doors of THE BOSTON St. Louis' Host Modern Department Store will be thrown open to you. It will be a gala day in the history of St. Louis, and we wish you to take part in making it a memorable one. As we told you last Sundaj-, our store will be the very finest ana most up-to-date in the West. We uriiirr new methods of selling to St. Louis. Absolutely no red tape for you w hen you make purchases. Your money back at any time if you wish it. Anything you want you can secure here, ana at prices lar lower tnan you ever dreamed of. And remember, vou buy in our store will be absolutely NEW. Enough ot snop, nowever. ior use ui'ursirsu uat. we want to spend to-mor acquainted and renewing acquaintances. Handsome Souvenirs will be given FREE TO ALL! As a special attraction we have Seymour's Famous First Regiment Band iDlnetSSSSo Come and Hear the Best Music in toe Land. Come and Secure a Handsome Souvenir Free. Come and See the Goods and Remarkably Low Prices. If J - -If C&-l&:wz&t&2e 'Oil jy " -eta of them heavy enough to make up without linings regular 51.UU goods your cuoice ai uur wycuiug Price, the yard, only.". Soda Water and Candy on 1st Floor. 1,000 yards of Fancv Taffeta, in plain stripes. checks and warp prints 50c the yard would l-e tfco reiruUr price, but to jam car "" Stlte Ucpartrne nt U ondav we have s. Z L. ocl7 ...... .... , tho yard. o :.i. n..-A n.-. YnfYM.i- in fr-rr Oi.tilf- vmi rnnld nosililv desire these arc especially a-romng: attractive Trice, only, Our Shoe Dept. For Onr Opening attraction we will offer n Lady's All-solid Laced &hoe. One of the prettiest shoes on the market; they come in all sizes and for the )c Opening Day wc have marked them. . Ladies All-Solid Dongola Lace or Button Shoe, marked for the Opening Day at C"J ?Q the remarkably low price of P Ladies' Hand-Welt or Turn Vici Kid Shoes, with every style of toe the very best in thocity f LQ Openinc Price onlykPw " "OTTHoro Coj', ouli.'. Misses' and Children's Stn.cs tt prices that will surprUe i on. " tT-T 1 Tl rf t I I I I tf h AW WMMi. f-f ' kc w ssx x jmmci 71 i whatever -w - v i X y s f WM& WU) i' 1 row getting - NX 6V ;,. . .$& X - '1? - J, ,J Come! Vl' ll lfwil I 7T Ribbons. J iPftFl f r i: tfl f3 yt-5? The bargain par ex- .iS-ij Vy' X l P f f I !lllitPl W-DSU Fiftv cartons of Black 1 M wA 1 i' i EJL&AE Rg Satin and Velvet Rib- I ggl MrA ! I f t 1-L tt2 LU LUC UUiL. I rt P. -- bOBBKA lvJ WOH v 1: 14, -. ' wl ami lilt a for :....lj ' vk mmm is? 1.V -V V r I HSU i. x$k&J Hf Lrdies' High -Grade IlHlwil Jl R fc' SCI I' 1 Smarchen Kid Gloves, MiSliSoqP-M ' rOk VvViVbil Wit mm m W1 f Ira if 1 I i 1 I I if Ji T .. - - I r jjif 5T r T. . . . n s Kin r rji. ery nu tally wortii up 10 aoo 1 fii. 1:1) KJ tW?r;v. 5,f-v.-.V jJKjK-- g 19c ti,, ; , .l.nn.lnTiilitv sboiit our Dress Goods colored and black that invites confidence and patronage there are price concessions that vou CANNOT afford to overlook. 3G to 41 inch Jacquards, Pebble Suiting's, bright plaids and other noveltv weaves really orth 4oc a yard Our Opening Price, the yard M-inch wide All-Wool Novelty Checks, blended with just enough color to give them that smart look yon like so well QQp thevard only WcU. Every hat shows a daintiness that you will soon learn is distinctly Ro- - A. t.,' i. T,t.j.i fi.:f a-. .Vifi Tii.lc. snnnired and shrunk IS- sonthal & I-hman's. Then. too. the fact that the v are OUR. hats mean that they inch wide Plaid-Buck Rainy-Dav Suitings 44-inch Black Poplin -W- are not only exclusive, but the very lowest priced. Impossible, of course, to do leading colors; these inch estra-wci"ht Venetians, ana Jo otner siyies 10 select irou: mauy jnsucc wt impcr, uui unc mc a icw m u uciy nuuuu. nre aii p-riect, nrst 7rC Millinery that was planned to evoke the admiration of every woman in St. Louis Millinery that excels in beauty and ei clusiveness all other exhibition'! in the MS jWM-X --"-V'OW -m i s iiloves. 63C Trimmed Hats In Glorious Profusion. 2,000 to Select From. A Grand Assemblage from SI. 00 lo $25.00. Here are a few prices to start the ball SILKS. pure I DOS': &F& S3l 69c SL90' S2-90' $3-90' 54-90 blS parrots: 1 o '....'.. ...f.-.. And they arc positively the best values the kind that always JLtC i:. ;..; --J .. ancy Feathers. win colder them a A Gigantic Purchase, bargain at, ILQq 100 Cartons Beautiful Ti. -4 pa,r- Sea Gulls. dcJLVv Finest qaality Ladies' actual value S1.25 jmp. Jiocha Gloves, in 250 Cartons of all kinds of new up-lo- black and colors; these the-moment goods, worth -4 J r are the highest-grade four times the JL fi W monev Jlcclia Gloves on the market, and are'S1.23 values; Opin-fQi- ing Sale Price, i -J W in Americx "Wliolo sell for 50c DF"axni3JLojs Cs&n S7xa,ca.o " Corsets. the Optnlas Day : Mr. John Clemens is In charge of our Shoe Department. m & LEHMAN' In the best and most fashionable shapes all the favorite corsets in the most exquisitely shaped styles for the coming season. For the opening we will make a special drive in long ana medium ilowcreu Corsets.as sortcd colors and very fine fitting, ' that usually sell for GSte; for our Opening Sale they are marked 39c Cutlery Dept. &. i3.-&LOja.iyT3Vj&r3: atst:p zrEtjaJsrXxxaxr. Carvers and Forks (American Manu factured!, crucible sice!, cuccwr and ntc&icil bl2J- ana regular! ("5 told a f 3o pair Ofenlnj jQ j Stag-Handle Carvers and Forks CiiEcteracd'sw-dffed bl3Jc n honestly worth l." Opcsiaj vC 5-aio I'riC", pair Highest Grade Hard Rubber Handle Cuneri and Fori.!, clmster-Trrded cmues worta Siiw a O & ritalr llnpn'r sa -5 Trice 9Sc About 500 fcolid Steel (nickel-plated) sciorn and Mieors asscria sme in cluding 1 err a op- Table bweds bolstered haadles sad worts. u f f fo set Opening Sals Price. tC tl C Der set ot slz .......... Rogers Solid Steel Hard Rubber Table Maclusi Knives Hollow bolster svedced. "wu oez. opeumj-i :l iiara itunaer xasie m ..$1.75 1 j ALYORD'S PHILOSOPHY THAT OF RUBAiYAT OF KHAYYAM, Soul of the Defaulting Note Teller Sought the Unattainable, So He Gambled. Declared to a Baak Director That the Game Was a God and His Employer Applauded Then He Took Omar's Cue and Stole. ItnPCBLIC ETECIAI New York. Oct. 17. "Wlicnils a bank not a bank?" romo one asked ot Ferdinand Ward, tho Xapoleon ot finance who en meshed the Grant fanUlj' ?orr.o jears aro and wrecked tho firm or Grant & Ward to tho extent ot 514.C0O.00a "Why, -when It it bankrupt." retorted tho clever operator, who subsequently fhed his Kenius upon tho dark walla ot Slng-SlnR Prison. Thin pleasantry of Ferdinand Ward meas ured the character of tho man. Ills philoso phy was Ibjht and airy. He plundered, suf fered tho penalty, and Is to-day a freo man, said to bo not only well-to-do, but wealthy. John C Eno was a man of much the same temDcnunent. though it Is doubtful if F.no really Intended to appropriate the minions charged against him. Hi- was merely weak. The latest defaulter. Cornelius I. .Alvord, Jr., eeemi to be a disciple of Ward, rather than of the others. In tho light of tho revelations of the week he was clearly the master of Samuel C. Seeley. who robbed tho National Shoo and Leather IJank of JiCO.OW, and of tho score or more of notable defaulters of re cent years. Alvord'a phllorophy was Oriental. This Is shown in the dl-covery of the Ilubalyat of Omar Khayyam on h! desk the same desk, by the way. at wlilch Ferdinand Ward at In the old days whn tho Grants were financial factors In Wall street, Mndrnt of llnliatynt. The Rubalyat was opened at the page where run the quoted lines. Nothing could le more dellciously appropriate. The of ficers of tho First National Bank, contem plating their loss of $J.eoo, must have been Impressed when they read: Bcmo tlnh for t Glarlrs of This World: and Sigh for the Prophet's paradise to ccrae Ah. Uko the cash, and let the credit so tjor heed the rumble or a distant drem" " For eorae ire loved, the loveliest and the bK That from lhe Vlntace rolling Time hath pren Have drm-k their Cup a round or two before, And one by one crept elleiCr to reet. les, Alvord's pbllosopny was Oriental. Sitting at his desk in the great building at tho corner of Broadway and Wall street with Trinity Church framing his office window across the way, the note teller fumbled the morning mall, containing thou- u-bjo suuiens oi casn or Its equiva lent. Then ho glanced at the lines of tho Persian poet: "Ah, tako the cash and let the credit go." And ho took the cash some S70CMAO of It. There may have been distant drums, hut ho heeded them not, nor the specter of tho great gray building on the Hudson with Its striped minions and Its cages cf steel. No; Alvord's temiierament did not permit him to feo specters not at first at any rate. Luxury and Immunity from suspicion warped his Judgment. Ho became reck less. Tellrr'is Mental rroccMM. In a well-ordered Institution Alvord would have been detected within a week of his first theft, but It took tho First National Bank nearly six years to uncoicr this daring note teller, in a. well-ordered bar.k-in)j-houe the trend of Alvord's thought would have aroused suspicion, but this man's employers were blind to the mental processes of the note teller. One day, at tho height of his criminal career, Altord Bald to a director of the bank. In defend ing gambling: "Gamblers gamblo as levers love, as drunkards drink, blindly, irresistibly. Two sailors In a storm that wrecked their ship escaped death by Jumping on a whale. At uilco they took dice and cards out ot their Iockets and gambled. That btory is truer than the truth. Gambling moves terribly all the libers In audacious men. It lb nut a mediocre pleasure to tempt fate. It Is not a small delight to relish In oue day months, years, an entire lite of fear and of hope." Then ho went on merrily: "Do you remember tfco tale of The Man and the Genii' In the 'Arabian Nights' ot Payne's translation? A genie gives a child a ball of thread and says to him: 'This Is the thread ot jour lite. Tako it. When you wish timo to run lust for uu, pull the thread. Tho days will be long or short, according to our unrolling ot the ball.' The child took the tbread. He pulled it to become a man, then to bo a servant of his country, then to be married and found a family. He pulled the thread to avoid Ill ness, sorrow, the pains of old age. He lived for four months and six days. "Well, what Is gambling if not the art of attaining In a second the changes that destiny makes in many years? Gambling Is a hand-to-hand tight with destiny. It Is Jacob's battle with the angel; it Is Doctor Taust's compact with the drvil. The gam bler plays money money that i-t Immediate. Perhaps the card that be turns Is to give to him parks, gardens, fields, woodH, pal aces and towers. "Gauibllnj; In n God." "And you expect men not to gamble! If gambling only gave infinite hopes It would be lowd less madly. But It has diamond nails; It is terrible; it Kites, when It please", mkory and shame. ThH Is why It 1 adored. For the attraction of dancrer Is In tho depth of all great passions. Pleasure mingled with fear Intoxicates. And what Is mon terrible than gamblinc? It gives, it takes; Its reasons aro nut our reasons. It Is dumb, blind and deaf. It can do every thing. It is a god. It has devout admirers who love it fur ltlf. If It despoils them cruelly, they Impute the fault to thmFelve-i and fay, 'I plaj ed badly." They accuso th"msclc, not their sod." Full two years ago Cornelius I. Alvord, Jr., gavo expression to this Foptlstry. Im ngino the efrcet upon an rmployer of tin ealller of John D. Iiockefeller or Mr. Fag9 ?ure-thlng gamblers who play for mill ions end consider It llsltlmate. Tho noto teller, with his salary of J5.CC0, would go In a twinkling. Not o. however, hi thU case. Tho director listened, en tranced, and when Alvord had llnisbed ho slapped him on tho back and said: "Bravo, Alvord! You talk like a book. But you would not be so WO'iuent. of course. If you had experienced the thrills jou de scribe. Vou are a. splendid obsenpr." Alvord replies! promptly: "I am an Invet erate gambler." Is It any wonder that the First National Bank is shy of a trusted noto teller and O0.0J0 In caph? Is it any wonder thit the olticlals of this Institution hesitated to hunt donn the defaulter? Is It any wonder that strar.jro ttorles of a compromise by which Alvold will bo permitted to Join Ward. Kno and Seeley without suffering the punibh inent inicted upon theso men are In circu lation? Jtanlc Ofdrcrs Blind. Alvord revealed his character In many w.ija to the bank, yet the olticlals were blind. Tho rcaMn Is not hard to Iind, and It may account for the dilatory effort to locato tho missing man. The FIrrt National Band at has been stated. Is controlled by Wall Street opera torsmen vastly more interested In the market for securities than they aro in tho banking business. TLey left the banking to Aliord, who had a valuable fund of knon ledge of Its details and Intricacies. For u Decade the man was honest: then ho began to cam ass the possibilities. Omar gam him his cue: "Ah, take tho cash and let the credit go." Tho note teller pondered tlds philosophy, made his lirst misstep anil soon found steal ing easy. His peculations date from that time. From an tumble apartment In this city ho took his bride to .Mount Vernon, .i pleasant suburb in Westchester County, and built a inanlon which has since teen Known as "Castle Hill." About HO.Ouu was linested la this property. Alvord posed as a banker la Mount Ver non und lew, f any, of his neighbors knew of his real position. When his young wito appeared a year or tv.o ago resplenuent la et-AinoiHis valued roughly at imjm, Alvord explained that he had "make a killing" In tho stock market. When Mrs. Aliord's stock of diamonds Increased, the rumors spread that Cornelius L. Alvord, Jr.. had purchased an Interest in one Of the most Important diamond house-s on Fifth avenue. r.vcry new evidence ot wealth was .ex plained In some such way. Now that tho j crash has come. Alvord's neighbors are dis posed to excuse his wrong-doing on tho ground that he lavished his money upon h's wifo and children and that the otl.rer of the Fim National Bank aro to blamo anv il ay. Alvord Wn Xot l'npiilnr. Alvord was not overiopul.ir In Mount Vernon, hut he ranked n the leading citi zen of the town, and he Is not lacking for defenders In his adversity. His wife and children li lanced his own unpopularity whereier It etUti-tl. Aliord is said to havo been a follower of Ingerso'.l. lie fought tho Methodists In the tillage when they planned to build a church neir his home, lli.s wife and children, after tho light had been wen and lost. Joined tho church ami haie been regular attendants. Alvord comes of good mock, lie Is n na tive of Syracuse, ilis uncle-. Thomas W. Aliord, Sr., was or.ee Taeute-nant Governor of New York and !s n memberod affection ately In the northern part of tho State as "Old Salt," from tho fact that ho did moro than any other man for the salt Industry in this State. All of the Alvords have been promlntnt In business and politics and Cormlius I.. Alvord. Jr.. obtained empluy ment with tho First National Bank of New York through political inilue-nc. being re-commended by well-known men ot both par ties. Just where tho ml-wlng man may be is knoun only to himself. It Is certain that his relatives have no knowledge on tho subject. To-day an attachment was Issued against tho property of the noto teller, but not be fore the wife of Alvord hail stored her Jew els In a rafe-de-po-tt vault In this city. AMERICAN SEAMAN WAS BURIED ALIVE, COMPLAIN OF GARBAGE COLLECTION IN WEST END. Another Killed by Wild Tribesmen of Philippines, Who Sucked Blood From His .Veins. Manila. Oct. 21. via Hong-Kong. Oct. Z!. Tho Filipino captain. Novicio, has been tried by a military commission at Balar, Northern Luzon, charged with burying alive a seaman named McDonald of Lieutenant Gilmore's Yorktown party. Novicio was found guilty and sentenced to death. The commission's decision Is now In tho handn of General MacArthur for approval. Testimony was produced at the trial Ehowlng that Novicio also caused the death of Veuiill, another member of Lieutenant Gilmore's rarty, by delivering him Into th hands of the native tribesmen knoun a3 Iggorotev. who, undr the pretext cf E-;ins fishing, lured Veuiill Into the wood and murdered him with two Spanish friends, who were Veuiill's fellow captives. The tribesmen bound Veuvill, opened his ve!n and sucked his blood until he was dead. The evidence also showed that Noiiclo killed a Filipino named Kodrfguez. who wai suspected of being friendly to tho Americans. General Whcaton has arjiirovcel tfca eatiunission's sentence. Leaking Bin at Grand and Bell Avenues Reported. REFUSE ON WALK. Numerous complaints have been made by residents In tho western part of tho city about the way tho garbage Is handled. Complaints aro now being made by tho rosl-ih-nts of Bell aienuo. Just east of Grand, that the rJdenalk on Bell avenue In front of tho "Hilton" is frequently littered with garbage, through which they have to walk whenever they havo occasion to pass tho place. Tho garbage collectors. It Is declared, spill a uuantlty of tli garbage over the pave ment when thy sl.oiel It from tho bin and then let it tay there. The sun beatlns down on it all day causes nn unbearable odor to uri'o from tho refuse, which Is ex tremely annoying to tbo residents of tho 1m mediato neighborhood. Mr?. Ella Hilton, who conducts the Hil ton, said thit she used lo keep her garbage in a private alley between her house and the 1'aramore Hats. The alley was closed re-cently and sho rcmovesl the barrel which had been tho receptacle of the garbago to tho end of tho alley on Bell avenue. Tho b-rrcl belr.x an unsightly object, sho de cided to replace It with a bin that would keep the garbage hidden from ilcw of th pasu:rs-by. "If the garbage litters' the pavement." said Mrs. Hilton. "I am sure tho man that collects it does not uso proper care in -e-moung It to his cart." Charles Itcbman. who lives In tho down otair Hat adjoining tho Hilton on the cast, said that the garbage on tho pavement aa a great annoyance to himself and other persons on th-! block. "I haie frequently called tho attention of tho policeman on tho beat to the disgraceful condition of tho streets." ho said, "and asked him to enter a . mmilViIMM RW. rL-4r7 ill i fifj - :J33HMaa:"" Garbage bin erected by Mrs. Ella. Hilton at tho side of her house on Bell ave nue, at Grand avenue. complaint for mo at the station. Nothing has been done to remedy tho tvil, however, and the garbago collectors continue to throw the retuso around. IT more care U not taken by tho garbago collectors we will complain to the Health Department." The city ordinance requires that garbago receptacles bo placed on the sidewalks with in easy access of tho garbago collector. ASTOR'S GIFT TO CAMBRIDGE. Has Given o0,t)00 to the Univer sity's Benefaction Fund. London. Oct. 17. William Waldorf Astor haa given 10,oo to tho CarabrUge L'nl lierslty benefaction fund. JO.-iEVS UHFKAT CONCEDED. Dallas Cipro. Srcys Inrfucntlnl Ile Iiubllcnns Are Dumb m O) stern. REI'LULIO ril'KtTIAU Dallas. Tex.. Oct. I7.-Tho Dallas Expre s-, the leading Kepubllcan r.e-v.-Sjiaper of Texas. In Us lisuo of to-lay. practically concedes in advance the defeat ot W C. Jones, the Kepublican t.omlneu for Congress In the Tenth (Galveston) District. The Express sayj It has Information that the Hawley la- f.ucneo has not been exerted In tao Interest of Jones, and that Doctor Fly. the gold Democrat of Galveston, who was the prin cipal factor in Congressman Hawley's suc cess In the district. Is openly supporting George. Burgess, the Democratic nominee. tt ba-also stated that buch influential ltepub llcans as Ifos-nthal and McLemore "aro dumb as oysters," und that the negro leader of Southern Texas, Henry C. Ferguson, has suddenly learned that silence 13 goluen. ith this ciaotle condition among tenth District ItepubUcsns, the Democrats feel confident of redeeming the district and tvndlns a tolid Democratic delegation to Congress from Texas. rreellvt Brjnn'a Election. ItETlTLLIC SPECIAL. Tcxarkona. Tex., Oct. 27. Minor Wallace of Magnolia. Ark., spoke here to-night to a large Democratic gatherlm:. Ho tnnejmt up tho 'errors of the Republican party, con- J WHEN A HOUSEWIFE crce tiic TOinc V OU.O MIL IHKUI.- c-, en Agate-Wars n is Safa ta Eur, and net 1111 then. KoPOISOMcaa lurk la Asata Nickel Steel Ware, but-tsy mark there Is no immunity from danger. A recent anal ysi.srriadeon7 tl 1 f terent makes Eh aw ed in every in st.inre ona cf tneseinreo poison1. asc-rr nirt of thf ire-oatinp. V-t !.. viz.: ARSENIC. LEADV and ANTIMONY. KjJ, Each Cooiiag UtcasU :': (sre saxs 5000 dilf erent Lf ' VWalcfth"I..A-.fi r' Aeats Tficksl Steel wars has, besides this Trada-SIaii burntiatfcocBirctl, e label attached with Chemists' Ccr-i tificato as a guar antyci ABSOLUTE 3AFETY. ' iic: Itr cm fcoJlltr. 0! rtil ; irtrrot t rt'T beautirtit. . mc t aar t&rtsf. K I nlinrpRflr.nIsp.Mf? f!n HewYoit.B3!taa.CliicaioSs, . 91 - --.JJ &?Ki smAi'sW- mW0m i?&xj&3k mWt demned trusts and predicted ths eltctlaa Bryan and Stevenson. KANSAS CITY HORSE SHOW. A Matinee Was Given for Enter taimnent of the Children. K.ir.s.1 CMv Mn Oet. K. The VJ?Z KruniriiH far thn hnrw how mat nee to-- was inie for the horse how mat nee WTTJ m.Klo nn o.I.h thotl.ni.' of enteTtaiElB the little folks, am" one of the t-atureii Jg was hfcjhly pleasins to the many cJgtt preseuu ilia oiue riouon was ":"VF,;1i Irince. belonging to ltosa lluinn of Sj ITItv flfhoi- nlnn ir DCn i ',' i. present. Thu biu ribbon was awar"'-, .J. Jli;L ...tl.lV. .. ry 1 pair. Asniana vv. ami ,Dyrl) hert 1 Wov.livard tlnards's Limestone fuj.i ert iAaKcnan s uouy anu ucorge? i. lijmf. Ituth IaOBscoh. j.nrl . Duck and Mack, the Fire DWffiSIl ivoriii- i-ir winners, (rave a""","j' the performance given in Paris and W"; 111. II..H.. e... irnnnrn. Jefferson C.ty. .Mo.. Oct. - '""iS-Sof I eioe-E, tnouKnr to be a weaiicy "'?.' ban 1 ranctsco. Cal.. was r.iunu ueu -a. bed at the Nichols' Hotel here to-dar- 91 ocei at tne A.icr.ois iiotei i.ere iu-vi-,..9 was on his way to Chesterton!. i-hSjawfc-,! prove his claim to a valuable esutevrrj stopped here because he was euneriiM." 1 heart disease and felt ill. jxaispatcn trom san iTancisco ?w - 1 name of John llundock does not aPPKil the cilv dlr--tnrv of Ban Francisco. I5SJ ins isiknown of any wealthy man v Barne."