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INDICTED KOR FRAUD
Bomtr Castle and Bank Associata
Held For Court
IACH HELD IN 12500 BAIL
Terpedobost Damaged By 8hot From
Her Own Tube?U. 8. Comptroller
Resigns?Kaiser Will Recalve Dr.
Hill?Babe Scalded to Death In Mud.
?er L Castle. Pittsburg, counsel;
R. F Asplnwell. Freeport, ill., treasur
K. Ford, president; Arthur
Hams and H. M. Raleton. direc?
tors, all of Chicago; Charles Hunter,
ef this city, secretary, and Dr. C. J.
Masslnger. Colllnswood. N. J., acting
treasurer and trust officer of th? Stan?
dard Title ?ft Trust company, which
failed to open its doors after organiza?
tion following sn investigation by a
bank examiner in March of last year,
were held in $2500 bail each for trial
In Philadelphia on charges of con?
spiracy to defraud In connection with
- operations.
It was stated that the company Is
sue<i literature showing that It had
f that the stock was
not assessable and the capital full
paid. It was also, said the company
?vs?<1 Its o**n building.
Albert ! a hank examiner,
testified that the bank was not per?
mitted to op?*n its doors because it
did not comply with the law In having
I ild capital, his ex
tion showing that the concern i
had In actual ras1
Mr Castle ha<! protested that he was
company, and
knew little of th?* operations.
for th?? r?*cclvers. who
brought the proseeatlen. upset this
contention by producing an agreement
bearing Mr Castles' signature. In
whlr? ils agreed to pool
th*!r Int?rcsts to the amount of 10.040
shar?*s. a rumori??.? of the stock, to con
trol the operations 'his secret
sgrornicr. rs of the syn
were to vot? ng to their
holding?, and ? the right to
vote by telegraph when not present at
?? syndicate. The charges
are based on complaints of Stockholm
era. who say th??y paid about $25.000
Into which never open
ed Its doors Witnesses produced cer?
tifie??? i'k, which, according to
the ; M on
the books of the company.
Kaiser Will Receive Dr. HIM.
tarn, ha? : fully
advised a? to tl ?dent
! Amer?
ican ; carding the alleged re-j
fuss! of his ma. Dr. David
Hill as American ambassador to
Germany ir ..rlemague
Tower, has recalled al! I ?slons
? sent to
Pre?! ? and would be
pleas? Hill as ambas?
sador
Th?* emperor has caused thla view
to be communicated to 1'rcsldont
Roos?
Baron Von Sternburg, the German
?ador st Washington, has, dur?
ing the last forty ?dght hours, b?
the (losest touch with the foreign of
flee, and has cabled fully concerning
tbe matter. He described the need of
a speedy arrangement of the affair
and President It's difficulties
In meeting the emperor's Inclination
and furthermore, the unpleasant effect
the whole controversy was having
upon American public opinion.
Mitchell Retires
After ten yean?' leadership of the
united Min?.? Workers of America. John
Mitchell on Tuesday retired from the
head of that organization and is suc?
ceeded by Thomas I,. I^ewls. of Ohio.
Mr Mitchell will devote his time to
regaining his health, which has given
away under the strain of office.
While Mr. Mitchell has been offered
many positions of importance, he will
undertake no work until his health
Improves. It la reported that Presi?
dent Roosevelt has offered him a
mission to Panama and that the Na?
tional Civic Federation wants to place
him at the head of a bureau to invest?
igate and promote the us? of trade
agreements. He has also been offered
positions of Importance with corre
spondeoce schools, Insurance com?
panies, banks and magazines, but he
will make no decision for several
weeks because of his health.
U. 8. Comptroller Resigna
*W. H. RIdgely, comptroller of the cur?
rency, handed his resignation to Presi?
dent Roosevelt and will become presi?
dent of the National Bank of Com?
merce of Kansas City. He will be suc?
ceeded as comptroller by Lawrence O.
Murray, present assistant secretary of
commerce and labor and former dep?
uty comptroller of the currency.
Mr. RIdgely will leave for Kansas
City In a few days to take charge of
the bank
Bsbe Scalded to Death In Mud.
The eighteen months-old daughter of
Archibald Miller, superintendent of the
Iaoysl Hanns mines at Greensburg. Pa.,
met a frightful death. A leak la a
Weak Man
Receipt Free.
Any man who suffers with nervous
debility, loss of natural power, weak
bar,;, failing memory or deficient
manhood, brought on by excossea,
dissipation, unnatural drains or the
follies of youth, may cure himself a
home with a simple prescription that
I will gladly send free, in a plain
sealed envelope, to any man who will
? f?>r It. A. E. Robinson. 5805
Luck Building, Detroit, Michigan.
steampipe line thr?
ma'.* a larg? caviti '. by a thin
crust. This gave- way with tho child.
and she was scalded to death In
eighteen 'aches of boiling mud and
wster.
GILLETTE EXECUTED
Slayer of Grace Brown Put to Desth
In Electric Chair.
Auburn. ? Y . March HO.?Chester
te was executed in the electrle
chair at Auburn prison for the murder
of his sweetheart, Grace Brown. In
Big Moose lake In the summer of ltOd.
- Hughes declined to Interfere
any stay the execution Gillette, with
his spiritual advisers at his slds. went
to his doom.
Gillette passed Sunday Quietly in
his roll, and there was no deviation
from the regular routine since be has
? Auburn prison. The condemned
man was permitted a farewell visit
lils father, mother and aunt. Miss
le alternately read
and ? 1 a statement
whii-h. It is I will be made
put
? red to t fully
?<nd In s stete?
ment givvn out by his spiritual advls
era In
is !n<licat??d that h?? had made a oon
f his guilt.
I was made known after the
a s re. Mo?
Ilravy ar. - spiritual ad?
ln th Ing announce?
ans?? r? ionshlp with
w*> do
< make a detailed
wish to say
thst no legal mistake was made In
his e.
8PLIT IN GOULD FAMILY
Mme. Gouid Engag?e Counsel and
May Attack Father'e Will.
N-w York. Hell?
.-:an ann - at he will sail
for France on U Provence on April 9,
and I hi and her children
will return to Europe juxt as soon as
an attack of bron
she was overcome
Mr. ani Mrs Tyl.'i
s on Mon?
day It was Stated that Mme. Oould'l
condition was in no way alarming,
announcing that he would soon
depart for home and that Mme. Gould
:rn to Paris when bor health
aid at
th?? Waldorf A I want to deny
emphatic; I that we bava
That Is false
not speak for tho fatai
that Mme
idert Br
as p? : after hei
of Jay Gould
?i received, he
Id that the codicil
any ol j!d marry
'ho majority ol
f the aal ' le-hall
? would not withstand
an attack In ti.
TOWER RESIGNS
Dr. Hill Nominated as Ambssssdoi
to Germany.
Washington. April 1.?The president
sent to the senate the nomination ol
ivid Jayne Hill to be ambassadot
to Gatsaaay.
The resignation of Charlemagne
Tower as ambassador to Germany has
been to take Bafael June 1,
Dr. Hill will assume his new
duties.
The attitude of the administration
Is that Mr. Hill's standing has not
at slightest Impairment, in
view of the disclaimer of the German
em ?. ? or of any adverse expression re>
garding him.
At the German embassy It was said
that nothing more is to be heard ol
the Hill matter from that quarter.
Work For 300,000 In Next 60 Dsys.
Chicago, April 1?In the nsxt sixty
days the railroads of the United
States will have to find between 250,
000 and 300,000 men to mend their '
tracks and the roadbeds, and another j
large army to go into their shops and '?
repair their care and locomotives. The !
railroads centering in Chicago alone
will require more than 100.000 labor?
ers Work will start in light on tho
roads which are the best favored by
climatic conditions, and will be in?
creased rapidly until June 1, when re?
newal and repair work will be in full
swing on every railroad in the coun?
try.
Bald 30 Years, New Hss New Hair.
Columbus. NT. J., March Si.?Henry
Gilbert, seventy eight years old. of
this place, is a puzzle to his neighbors
and to local physicians. After remain?
ing bald for thirty years, Gilbert has
blossomed out this spring with s new
crop of hair that covers his entire
cranium. A peculiar thing about Gil?
bert's baldness was Its perfection, not
a single blade of hair having appeared
to shelter bis pate in the last three
decades. Gilbert lest his hair after a
fever. What has caused it suddenly to
return he is st a great loss to explain,
aa are the doctors.
Dog Gets Glass Eye.
Glen Ridge, N. J., March SI.?John
O. Newel], a golf player and society
msn of this place, presented his favor?
ite bull terrier with a glass eye. A
whizzing auto had hit the dog and,
literally, knocked bis eye ouL J>r.
l**rederich C. Artopeous sucoessfaTiy
Inserted a glass eye la the empty
socket.
BUSINESS MAN'S TEN COMMAND?
MENTS.
1 Thou shalt not in any wise boast,
brag, bounce or bluster, or the wise
man will bold thee in low estooni.
2. Thou shalt not permit thy wife
to be living at the rate of $1.000 a year
thy business is ? ldlng
than $'.".<;?; ? iiou with?
hold from her the business lnforma
?vhlch. as a helpmeet, she Is en?
titled to .
3. Thou shalt not mock the unsuc?
cessful man. for he may be richer In
his poverty than thou art in thy boast?
ed abundu:
4. Thou sha"/, not carry the count?
ing house into the domestic circle,
nor in any wise spoil the children's
hour by recapitulating the bank?
ruptcies of the day.
6. Thou shalt not hobnob with Idle
persons nor smoke with them, nor en?
courage them, nor approve their evil
life.
?. Thou shalt not keep company
with an unpunctual man. for he will
certainly lead thee to carelessness and
ruin.
shalt not forget that a serv?
ant who can tell lies for thee may one
day tell lies to thee.
8. As to hours of slumber and sleep,
remember the good old rule:
lires Ava,
?? is??ven;
J-AZineas tak?? Bal
And wick? dries? eleven.'*
9. Neither a borrower nor a lend
well bestowed
right cheerfully.
10. Be honest In copper, and in gold
thy honesty will be sure.?Philadel?
phia Inquirer.
SIS HOPKINS' 8AYINGS.
y s man's pile started with the
A man's eye can snap without bis
being broke.
lous how great liars always say,
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Ma says many a goose is without
wings or ?? .
..aya a feather is light, but a
irred
pinching In Kalama
? girl we see in the ?
ris thln'r
Katie Ila
-tere are among the
things which may be classed as uu
canny.
Pa BBya that waiting for s train
Isn't half so mortifying as to step on
A man's wife believes every word
lie says?when he talks In his
It is a great deal easier for a boy to
bitch a ride than ride a hitching post.
?Rose Mellville. In St. Ixjuis <?
Democrat.
THINGS TO KNOW.
Over 6,000.000 Frenchwomen, half
of them married, earn their own liv?
ing.
Almost 90 per cent, of Am?
households possess one or mor?
bles
The yoi:? hen the better she
lays in the winter, when eggs are
high?
The father of seven or more chil?
dren is practically exempt from tax?
ation in France.
In this country the annual butter
consumption?25 pounds a head?is
the highest in the world.
The world's largest bee farm Is at
Becton, in Canada. There 19.000.
000 bees turn out 75,000 pounds of
honey a year.
In the time of the Puritans it was
common to bear such names as v.
not Rilling, Kill-sin Pimple. Fight the
good-fight White, Meek Brewer, Earth
Adams, Stand-fast-on-hlgh Stringer,
fruit Fowler. Goodglft Gynnlnges,
Fear-not Rhodes, He-courteouo French,
and Seek-wisdom Hadley.
A FOOL MIGHT 8AY
That tbe one to whom the laurel
Is given necessarily deserves it
That the glitter of gold la better
than the gray grab of brotherly love.
That It does not pay to be forgiving
In a world which so rarely forgives.
That a million dollars is more to be
chosen than a humble and happy
home.
That the plaudits of the mob are
better than the appreciation of those
who see most clearly.
But what would you expect of a
fool??Alfred J. Waterhouse, In Suc
Magazlne.
Ne, It Is Because They Are Busy.
The bees of the United States pro?
duced $11,000,000 worth of honey last
year. That exp?ales why they are so
peevish when disturbed at their la?
bors.?Washington PosL
? Revelation.
TM ? BOOK OF SEVEN SEALS BY
LUCINDA YOUNG,
Who in the year of 1890 laid on
her bed twenty-four day? and
SAW DREAMS AND VISIONS,
was commanded by God to write the
wonder? she saw Into a book. This
book tolls also about
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work f.i. - where. It
may ? ? rork *t i ant, and it
may ? which we de?
sire t ? it will ? .iture
comfoii?. sad that le a great deal, says
Home (ii.it Most of us have to do
unpleasant things, from time to time,
but it is quite possible to do them
cheerfully.
Ancient Houses Well Built.
As a result of re<?-nt excavatloM on
the site of Jericho the historic city
wall, constructed of burned lima brick
upon a foundation of stone, has been
laid bare, together with rows of
houses, some of which could well be
used for dwelling places for all the
centuries which have passed since
they were built.
World's Best Clock.
The world's best timekeeper is said
to be the electric clock In tbe base?
ment of tbe Merlin observatory, which
was installed by Prof Foster in 1865.
It Is inclosed in an air-tight glass cyl?
inder and has frequently run for pe?
rioda of two or three months with an
average dally deviation of only fif?
teen thousandths of a second.
Sociology and Speculation.
A sociologist of genius who hap?
pened to care about money could prob?
eb.., make a fortune on the stock ex?
change, where knowiedge of humanity
Is the creatisi fbl.iK Henrik Ibsen
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