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WITH SIX-SHOOTERS. Clobbers Hold Up a Pittsburgh & Gulf Train. That Bine tha IxeI or Way Safe Tubing frum It Evarvthinc of Valuj-, bat Make No Effort to Dial urb the Through Sa fa Police Harried to the Scene. Kansas Citv, Ma Jan. 5. After About three mouths of inactivity, Kan sas City's train robbers scored another brilliant achievement last night. This time the Kansas City. Pittsburgh & Golf road is the sufferer. The com pany's Port Arthur express,. which left the company's depot here at 6:40 last night, was robbed before it had passed beyond the city limits. Two men, whom no one but the express messenger seems to have seen, climbed into the express ar as the train left the depot. They overpowered the messenger, uound and gagged him and rilled the car before the train came to a stop. When the train slowed up at a railroad crossiug, known as Air Line Junction, near the southeastern limits of the city, they -climbed out of thecar and tlis.ip(earc(l. Nothing was known of the robbery un til a negro tram porter entered the car and found the helpless express messou er. After the train had been stopped and others of the crew hail come forward and released the express messenger, it was found that the robbers hail rilled the local safe, taking from it every thing of value. They had made no ef fort to disturb the through safe, which is protected by a time lock. From Air Line Juuctiou a telegraphic report of the robbery was sent to the city and the train proceeded south. The Wells Fargo company controls the express business on the Pittsburgh -& Gulf road. At the express company's oflioe here i K- Teas, the local manager, stated that there was not much of value in tie local safe, and that SMO or S'MO would probably cover the company's loss. In police circles, however, the impression prevails that the robbers secured several thousand dollars in money and jewelry. j The report received at the express j company's ollice here stales that the .robbers entered the express car as the train was pulling out of the yards having forced the rear door with a jimmy. 11 N. Hyde, of Kansas City, xrua the express messenger. L'pon turniDg from his work he looked into rihe barrel of asix-shooter. The messen ger offered uo resistance, though he was well-armed, and after the robbers iiad bound him one of the two stood -uard over him, while the other rilled the safe. The robbers are described as smooth faced young men, and the fact that both were extremely nervous while iu the express car is taken as evidence that they are new recruits to Kansas City's force of train robbers. At 7:10 o'clock last night a special train was sent to the scene of the robbery with a force of policemen aud marshals, and these men are now scour ing the country along the river banks in search of the robbers. Though this robbery is the first that has occurred on the Pittsburgh & tiulf line, it is the sixth crime of the kiud perpetrated in Kansas City within :5 months. There have been several ar i rests of alleged train robbers during1 - this period, but there has not been a -. single conviction. -A BIGAMIST AT BAY. Vlned and Sentenced In the Presence ot Three or Ills Victims. Chicago, Jan. 5. David E. Hates, ac cused of having six wives more than the law allows, and who. as a result of iiis arrest several months ago, has had steady employment at the Dime mu seum, was yesterday afternoon con victed of bigamy in the first of the numerous cases against him. He was given a fine of SI, 000 and an indeter minate sentence in the penitentiary. L'pon the announcement of the ver dict the examination of veniremen for a jury to hear the second charge against the prisoner was begun imme diately. It is also proposed to press a charge of perjury against Bates, based on admissions made by him yesterday on the witness stand. Three of the wives were present in court. RELIEF FOR CUBA. A Small Appropriation Made and an Urgent Call for J-'urther Donations. Washington. Jan. 5. The National .Belief association for Cuba has appro priated an additional sum of S3 JO to be sent to Consul-General Lee lor the reliel of the distress in the island. The association makes a renewed ap peal to its members and supporters throughout the country to redouble their efforts to secure donations of money, medical supplies and food for the suffering people in Cuba. In view of the opening of the direct and official avenue for relief through the govern ment, the association hereafter drops from its name the clause ' In aid of the American Ked Cross." THE ST. LOUIS BROWNS Xdkely to Become tho Property or John T. llrusb or Indianapolis, and Others. Indianapolis. Ind Jan. 5. Accord ing to the News, John T. Brush is Vkely to become the owner of the St. Louis baseball franchise. Accompa nied by Win. II. Schmidt, Mr. Iirush left for St. Louis yesterday, hoping to close the deal which has been pending for three weeks. Mr. Schmidt took -with him certified checks for a large mount of money, and it is believed Chat the dual, all but paying over the caoucr. has been completed. IT PRESENTS ITS PLAN. Main Points in the Report of the Monetary Commission. Present. What It Con.lder. to Be Defeat in Oor Present Currency Sy.tei and Suggett. How It May be Kefornied. Washikgtox. Jan. 3. The report of the monetary commission appointed under authority of the convention of business men held in Indianapolis last January has just been made public. Following is a synopsis of the docu ment: It retains practically unchanged tbe existing metallic money. The existing gold standard on which business has been done since lbT! is maintained, on the grounJ that the industrial interests demand certainty as to what tha standard shall be- To this end, it is urged that tbe United Slates shall remove all uncertainty as to the meaning of "coin" in its obligations, thereby saving the taxpayer by the ability to borrow at a low rate of interest. No attempt Is made to remove the exi-.;.n;r silver dollars, nor to change their legal-lender quality; on the contrary, a place is provided for them in the circulation by forbidding the issue of any paper other than i.vcr rertiticatcs in denominations below ten dollars. A lHiigerou. 1'ractlce. It is regarded by the en. mission as danger ous to maintain the present practice of using government demand obligations as money. 1'hey were isu- d because there were no re sources in the treasury: anil so they depreciated, droi e out gold, furnished a fluctuating stand ard, increased the national debt enormously. , caused a change in prices whenever the credit ot the pap-r standard fluctuate), and by ca isiug unexpected e!:anges in the level of prices gave ne to extraordinary speculation, increased the severity of commercial crises, and placed the small producer at a disadvant age w.th the large operator. Should be Withdrawn. For these and other reasons the comnission strongly urge the government to withdraw its demand obligations now used as money, decline to provide gold for exporters and put the bur den and expense of maintaining a redeeinaole paper circulation upon the banks. In order to meet the demand obligations, the present re serves of gold in tha treasury furnish a sutn cient sum to be set aside In the division of issue and redemption; and to meet possible contingencies the secretary of the treasury is authorized to sell bonds whenever tbe re serves need replenishment. In this way. or from surplus revenue, the demand ob ligations (that is. United States notes and treasury notes of 1M o cm be removed in such a way that the cost to the country can be re duced; while this will also give the inestimable advantage of ceasing to use demand debts as money, simplifying o ir currency, and adding to conlldence in the certainty of our staudanl. By the plan of the c jiu:nii ,n the withdrawal of government paper is so arranged that contrac tion cannot possibly take place; if United States notes are canceled their place will bo taken by the gold paid out for them, or by the expansion of bank notes (under the new system proposed;. UtKiri Word for tho IBank Note. Tae demand obligations of tbe United States were not a money based on property; they were only a deot. On the oth r hand, a bank note is never issued (fraud, of course, excluded) except for a consideration in negotiable prop erty of equal or greater value. The batik note comes for;h as the se iu :1 to a business trans action, an.! is base! 0:1 the active properly of the country which is passing between pro du ers and consumers. Tuis property is always negotiable and always equal to tho duly of meeting the note liability. Hank notes are as sound as the business transactions of the country. The currency of Ihe country, moreover, should increase as the transactions of the country increase; hence the rigid un- vuuuMiug issues la me government mane tuem an inelastic part of the circulation, while by tbe very process of their issue bank notes alone can be automatically adjusted to the changing transactions of the business community. To Secure Almolule Safety. In amending the present national banking system, the commi ssion were actuated by a de sire to secure absolute safety to the note holder; to make the notes uniform and of equa. currency in all parts of the country, to create an elastic system, which, while expanding in re sponse to increasing transactions, :;uould healthily contract when transactions diminish: and which would help iu a better distribution of banking facilities throughout the western and southern states. In view of the scarcity of United States bonds, they cannot long be regarded as a basis of circulation Moreover, any bond security of a high character yields a low rate of interest; and in a time of stringency when borr -wer need loans and the market rate of interest is high, there is no inducement to buy these bonds to increase circulation. Hence, under the pres ent system, when notes should be most needed, it is least protitable to issue them. Plan or tht. Comiuissioii. While providing for a partial use of bonds for securing notes ii percent, of the capital) the commission proifcist.-d that notes beyond this should be issued on all, instead of a part of, the resources of a bank; and within a few j years that no special bond security should be i required. Hanks may issue notes up to o tier ceuL of their capital without restraint; for issue beyond bo p r cent, an 1 up to M per cent, they pay a tax of two p,-r cent.; for those beyond fW per cent, and up to P per cent, they pay a tax of six ht cent. These notes would be a prior lien upon all the resources of the bank, and, in addition, upon the stockhold ers' liability. Moreover, all banks issuing notes contribute live per cent, of their circula tion as a permanent guaranty f unit For daily reiiemptions. banks should keep a live percent, redemption fun. I in the hands of the comptrol ler of the currency. Banks of ,000 capital may be established in places of 4.U0U inhabi tants; and branches of banks are also per mitted. BECAME A BARONET. From Indigence to AfBuenco In a Single Vhj. Portland, Ore., Jan. 3. Clarence Dan vers Davenport, a young English man, who has been leading a hand-to-mouth existence in Portland since Au gust, has become a baronet. He re ceived a cablegram announcing the death of his uncle. Sir Richard Dan vers, of Dan vers' court, Lincolnshire, England, and informing him that he had succeeded to the estate and title. Money for the trip to England was telegraphed him by American agents of tbe estate, and he left to take pos session of his inheritance. Davenport drifted into Portland last August. II had been in Chicago, San Francisco and a number of other American cities, existing somewhat Drecariour.lv Two rival manufacturers of French coffee met before a judge. The latter took up one of the contestant's empty cans. "I do not consider," affirmed the judge, "that this is an honest label. On the front you place, in large letters, "Pure French Coffee,' and on the bock, in small letters, in very small letters, you print: A Compound of Chicory, etc." The person thus addressed mused for a moment. Then he said, quite meekly: "Cut will your lordship kind ly explain to the jury by what means you distinguish between tha front and back of a round can?" BETTING ON A PROFIT. What the Letter. Are Doing In Connec tion with Their Wheat So Truth In the Report, of Male. They Say It i. a Wait of Time Id Their Present Frame of Mlud, and Their Views, to Talk or Selling at Present Prices. Chicago. Jan. 6. Rumors which were persistently circulated Tuesday night to the effect that Joseph Leiter had closed contracts for the disposal of the greater part of his vast accumulation of wheat to New York and Baltimore exporters, who had placed it in Europe, were positively denied by Broker George It. French, who represents the Leiter interests. On account of the known fact that numerous bids have lately been received from exporters for the high quality wheat in the posses sion of the Loiters, the reports were received with some credence. Mr French stated emphatically, however, that there was no truth in the reports. If the Leiter wheat has been sold, the price paid for it, judging from the reception given to some of the buying orders for the cash article, was much higher than ruling quotations. An of fer to buy 100. Odu bushels from a prom inent holder atabout two cents over the May price was refused, the broker be ing told that his bid would have to be about ten cents over the present May price to get the wheat. The Leiter people say it is a waste of time in their present frame of mini, and with their views, to talk of selling their wheat at the present prices. They add that they are betting on a profit, aud can alford to see if their views are not right. l'rivate advices from the east indi cate that behind the Leiters is S:;u.0l)0, 000 that will eventually own and con trol over u0.Ouu.OU0 bushels of cash wheat for better prices. If this be true, the refusal to sell cash wheat would indicate that they propose to hold on to what wheat they now have, aud to increase their hold ings very largely or large enough to discourage to a greatextent, short sell ing as a business. DEFICIENCY ESTIMATES. Some Items to lie Inserted In the Urgent Iletlclency Kill. Washington, Jan. 0. The secretary of the treasury sent to congress yes terday deficiency estimates of .appro priations for the current fiscal year to be inserted in the deficiency bill. The additional items include: Salaries aud contingent expenses in the office of surveyor general of Alas ka, SSV-JO'J. Examination of public land surveys, S-'0,000. Bureau of American republics, &il, (leologieal survey, S'H.til'J. Indian service, Std.Otid. I'ostmaster-tioneral Gary has asked for an additional item of S-0,000 for the enlargement of the space of the Nutv York city post ollice building in the way of widening the streets removing a sidewalk, etc. The postmaster-general also has sub mitted additional estimates of S'.Mi.OTO on uccotiut of the effect of the sale of the Union Pacific railway on the ap propriations for the fiscal yeur iS'JJ. SECRETARY LONG. The Secretary or ttie Navy Keplles to Per tinent ItlrHlloil. "kiv Yohk. Jan. (i. Secretary of the Navy Long, who was in this city, was asked if. the Chinese complications would render it necessary to have the United States more strongly repre sented in Asiatic waters. "No, I don't think we will require any more war vessels over there," he plied. "We always keep a pretty good tleet in those waters." When asked his opinion of Senator Teller's declaration that this country should interfere to prevent the dis memberment of China, Secretary Loug said: "As far as complications are con cerned iu foreign countries, we ought to follow the advice of George Wash ington."' Regarding the armor plate for the Alabama, liliuois and Wisconsin, Sec retary Long said that it was not yet ready, and that some provision ought to be ma le for it at once. Secretary Loug said that iu tiie future he would not ask governors of states to designate some one to name battleships. "I think 1 will let contractors attend tc that matter hereafter," he said. DR, SCHENCK'S DISCOVERY. Important ir True Must .Starve the Both. ers to Replenish the Kanks or the Army. New Yokk, Jan. 0. The medical fra ternity iu this city is much interested in the report from Vienna that Dr. Schenck had discovered the secret ol exercising an influence over females so as to fix the sex of their offspring. Dr. George F. Shrady, editor of the Medical Record said yesterday: "I think Dr. Scheuck's discovery is probably a revival of the old theory which holds that the sex of a child is determined wholly or partly by the manner in which its parents are nour ished. The study of animals hasshown that the female, when confined to a low diet, if it conceives at all, will bring forth a male. Contrarily, when the diet is of high nutrition the issue is likely to be a female. The breeders of all sorts of animals have gone to great length to indubita bly prove this theory, and to a certain extent the results bear it out. Of course there are exceptions. HAWAIIAN ANNEXATION. The Idea Growlne Iu Favor In View of Recent European Moves. Chicago, Jan. 6. A special to the Times-Merald from Washington says: "The outlook for ratification of the Hawaiian annexation treaty is now considered very bright. The friends of the measure believe they can secure for it 62 votes, or three more than are needed. "There has, it is said, been a marked cbaDge of sentiment since the Euro pean powers began their aggressions In China." MOTHER. How swjet the accents of that tender word Upon the dewy lip of infancy! It strikes all vibrant on the deepest chord Of human hearts, quick'ning to melody Whate'er the tongue a savage language crude. Patois, or polished language of our age. The appellation which greets motherhood. Like blessed balm with bit'rest grief as suage. Whisper It to the hero on tho field. And mark the sof t'ning of his blazing eye; Speak It to him who did his honor yield. His mouth will droop repentant, wist fully; Repeat it to the king, e'en he will yearn To change for footstool his canopied throne; Unto the orphan breathe it. he will turn His eyes to where a saintly form has flown. Tre feel of childish hands upon the breast. The tear-wet lash, the smile of purity. The rose-leaf cheek our saddened lips have pressed. Merpe, bud In bloom, to rich maturity. But, ah, there is a spell, a mystic name That bridges o'er the years and tempers fate. Th incense born of love's holiest flame. And deeds unscltish mothers immolate. Ida Cole, in Farm and Fireside. if DRINK RUINED A MINE. H j THE COAL BOAT CAPTAIN WEHT ON A jf SPRZE AND FAILED TO RETURN. S; A LAKE SUPERIOR ste.T.ilx.at cap tain took several drinks too many. :iile lie was enjoying- his intoxication his boat was tied up. When lie recov ered from it his boat was fiw.cn in the ice. The managers of llic richest sil ver mine in America waited patiently for the captain to come with the thou sand tons of coal which the boat had on board for the operation of the nine's engines. The engines ran out of fuel and had to be shut down. The pumps stopped, the mine filled with water, several hundred workmen were thrown out of employment, a village w as depopulated, and a scene of life, ac tivity, and industry was turned into a desolate group of decaying houses and rusting machinery. For 13 years the water has stood in the shafts, the levels mid the winzes of tho mini. And all be cause a boat's captain would take to drink. It is the story in a nutshell of the abandonment of the Silver Islet mine off Thunder Cape, on the north shore of Lake Superior, which in 14 years produced .l.noo.dnn ounces of silver, val ued at $P.,r.i)d,!(i. The history of the mine dates back 52 years, when Joseph Woods took out a location which included the site of Silrr islet, a barren little rock, which was to become famous as the richest spot in the world. This location was transferred to the Montreal Mining company in lir, which in 170 trans ferred it to an American company composed of many men of national fame. They were E. P.. Ward, of De troit, the famous millionaire whose daughter has figured so sensationally in European life: Edward Learned, of Pittsfielil. Mas?.: Alexander II. Sibley, of Detroit; Charles A. Trowbridge, of New York; Peleg Hall, of New York; William P. Frue, of Houghton. Mich.; George S. Coe, of New York, and Ed ward Prentice, of Montreal. The Americans had not liought n mere prospect, either, for under the direction of an agent named Thomas Macfarlane, the Montreal company had done enough work on the islet 1o show that the vein was surprisingly rich. In the summer of lSl'.S Macfarlane had lK-cn exploring ail the locations of the Montreal company, and while at work on the Woods location a purveyor named Drown found a vein of metal on tiie rock that has since been called Sil ver islet. Macfariane examined it himself, nv.d set two men to work un covering the lead. It was found to be 20 feet wide on the north side of the island, and on the south it divided into two branches, each of which was seven feet wide. A member of the party soon discovered some silver nuggets in the west branch of the vein. A single blast was sufficient to detach, all the vein rock carrying ore above the sur face of the water, but the ore was tiaccd some distance out into the lake. where the scattered nuggets of silver were replaced by large patches of l;niestone, rich in galena, intermixed with small particles and large nuggets of native silver. The vein varied in its richest part from two feet to a few inches. Some rich pieces of ore were broken off with crowbars under the water. A shipment of 1,336 pounds of ore which was shipped to Montreal was found to contain 2.0S7 ounces troy of silver to the ton. No more work was done on the islet in the season of 1SCS, but the next year saw operations in earnest, though the workers were hampered by the situa tion and extent of the islet. The American company was about to begin operations at the islet in 1S70, when a certain James Seymour, of To ronto, undertook to jump the mining claim and caused them much trouble before he was quieted. Capt. Frue, having been appointed superintendent of the mine by the American company, left Houghton, Mich., on August 30, 1S70, with a boat load of mining im plements nnd machinery and 34 men, arriving at the islet on September 1. As soon as the supplies were unloaded the islet and its surroundings were ex amined, plans were laid, and the con struction of cribs was begun. The island was so small that it was neces sary not only to build cribs to protect the shaft, but to get a foothold for the various structures which the successful operation of the mine entailed. As de scribed by Frue, the islet was "a small barren rock, the greatest width of which was 70 feet and length SO feet, nnd in no place rising more than eight feet above the water; its position be ing about three-quarters of a mile from the mainland nnd being exposed to a weep of 200 refles of Lake Superior." A new breakwater was begun, fac ing the southeast, which was the most exposed part of the island. It had a base of 75 feet, strongly framed, with five separate bulkheads, and was given an angle of 45 degrees on the outer face, the highest point being 13 feet above the water. At last a structure had been reared that defied the strength of the waves, but it was not high enough to prevent great volumes of water from rolling over into the enclosure. To pre vent this water from pouring into the mine, a system f water-tight timber ing was constructed, and the space be tween the timber work and the coffer dam was filled with stone and hy draulic cement. Notwithstanding interruptions to mining nearly $1,000,000 worth of ore was taken out in 1S71. During the period of navigation in 1S72 nearly $000,000 worth of ore was shipped. In 1S73 the shipments declined to $42C, 000. In the fall of that year the lake carried away 350 feet of submerged cribs, 20,000 feet of timber, 15,000 pounds of bolts nnd 5,000 tons of rock. The blacksmith shop was completely demolished, great stones were hurled around the island like beans, and an accident to the pumps allowed the mine to begin to fill with water. Put after a continuous fight with the water in and out of the mine the crib work was restored and the pumps put in shape. Desides the great expense entailed by the ceaseless combat with the ele ments, the company had to build houses on the mainland for its men. construct docks and wharves, harbor breakwat ers and lay in large stores of supplies. Heretofore all the ore utilized was "packing ore" that is, the very rich est ore to be found in the vein. In 1S74 and 1S75 the company erected a stamp mill and began the reduction of the poorer ores. Though the stamp mill was not so successful as it w.-is expected to be, the mill produced $22j,1sO dur ing the last half of 1S75. The vanners introduced into this mill by Capt. Frno have been gradually adopted the world over and bear his name. The output of silver from the mine in 1S73 fell to 145.002 ounces, and the total product of the first six years of its operation was 1.54U.S22 ounces of fine silver. The continued decline in the amount of the product and the enormous expenses of operation re sulted in a deficit in lS7o, and a conse quent examination of the mine by a special committee. At that time, the ninth level, which was reached by a winze 14S feet south of the shaft and directly under the lake, was 024 feet below t he level of the w ater. The com mittee found that all the silver-bearing indications kept up as far as the vein had been followed, but that the silver was not as prevalent in Ihe vein as it had been. Put as the mine had been decidedly "pockety" from the start, it was felt that the poor quality of theore at that time was no reason for dis couragement. A rich pocket of fabu lous extent might be struck at any time. Pet ween the sixth and seventh levels a corner near the shaft had yielded 05 tons of ore valued at $113, 0(io. This report resulted in the reor ganization of the company tinder the name of the Silver Islet Consolidated Mining .v Lands company. This was effected in April, 1S77. The new company soon had its faith rewarded. It had just been decided to undertake the work of removing the roof of the mine, where it was known there was about $400,f:00 worth of ore, when the work of exploring the differ ent levels and pushing them in the di rection indicated by drill holes result ed in the discovery of immensely rich deposits. In this year, with a produc tion of 721,023 ounces of silver, was the high-tide of the mine's prosperity. Put 1S79 witnessed a big slump and in IsSO the production fell to 30,374 ounces. The two following years were even worse and the hunt for new pockets was unsuccessful, though the silver bearing vein was still as well defined ns ever. In Is3, when the lowest level was 1,200 feet below the surface of the lake, the directors undertook to se cure some assistnee from English cap italists, but were unsuccessful. Mr. Tretheway. the superintendent of the mine, was still exploringand searching for the bodies of wonderfully rich ore always in prospect. Then it was that the coal boat's cap tain went on a spree nnd became ice liound. Vainly the islet people watched for his coming. March 1 drew near, the engines were reduced to the small est possible ration of coal, and the water gradually rose in the shaft. The water crept higher and higher against the feeble pumps, and still no coal steamer came. Then the pistons of the last engine made their last stroke, the waters filled the first level and rose to the top of the shaft. A feeling of despair settled upon the little com munity whose world had been centered in the mine. The mine was aban doned. With the opening of navigation all of the inhabitants of the town that had been built upon the main shore moved nwny, leaving the streets and the build ings, the mills and the boarding-houses as silent ns was the little cemetery. To-day James W. Cross, caretaker of the property, which long since was foreclosed, lives there alone. Like the caretakers of all abandoned properties, he believes that some day operations will be resumed. There was a flutter of hope last summer when Ilenry S. Sibley, one of the trnstees, visited the mine and examined its condition, with an. eye to inducing an English com pany to start the pumps going and to undertake the nerve-straining and ex pensive search for "pockets." Put so far there is no assurance that the little island will ever recover from the effect of the lake captain's fateful one drink too many. Chicago Record. Wlien a person gets over a spell ol sickness, folks say he would have got well withont a doctor. WashiugtoB Democrat. 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