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4'ftuclit In HI* Own Rear Trap.
"V" T'6T 1TL1 liis hair turned gray
\ /\ j in mi evening from terror
^ and his nerves shattered
so that he despairs
of ever being; a well man a grain. Floyd
J. Staitler. aged twenty-two, has come
out of tin' wilds of Northern Minnesota
after an experience thnt gave
him all lie wanted of the woods and
more, too. For several hours he was
caught in a bear trap in Beltrami
County ami surrounded by wolves tnat
threatened his life. His gray hairs
and shaken nerves are the result of
that experience.
He went into the woods with a party
of lumbermen. One afternoon he went
to visit a bear trap set some distance
from camp, lie followed a route different
from the usual one, and in consequence
reached the trap before he
was aware of It. In fact, the lirst notice
he bad of it was a click and a
snap, and then an excruciating pain
in his leg us the trap's Jaws closed on
Ids right leg just above the ankle.
The teeth cut through the trousers,
leggius and two pairs of socks, and
bit into tlie tlesh.
St u flier dropped ids gun, and Willi a ]
cry of pain knelt down to try to pry j
the jaws of the trap open. Then he re- j
ineinbered that It had taken two men !
10 set it, and that It was too strong for
liiin. liis efforts to free himself laeer- |
atcd his flesh. He thought of unfas- j
lening the chain and dragging the trap |
to camp, two miles distant, but when |
He tried ho round that It was Impossible.
Not only was the trap too heavy
for hint, but at every step Its weipht
brought the teeth deeper Into the flesh
of his leg.
Then he bethought himself of his 1
ritle, and fired several shots, hoping
the sound would /each the eamp, inutile
wind was blowing in the wrong
direction, and ihc effort failed. He
fouglit off a feeling of faintness that
eume over hint, for he feared that if
he fainted he would freeze to death.
\ As dusk drew on he fired several more
14l shots, as the wind had died away and
? . he hail more hope that the sound
would rcaeh on nip. Then he was eon
} fronted by a new terror.
He heard the pattering of feet iti the j
woods, and the sound of n long. |
mournful howl. Then eume answering j
cries from other wolves, drawing near (
or in answer to the call of the first
wolf. Soon the underbrush seemed
alive with them, and he could see j
their eyes shining.
He struggled to a sitting positiou
and tilled the chambers of bis ritle
with cartridges. The wolves drew
nearer. Suddenly about a dozen of
them trotted forth from the woods,
' and he could see their dark forms
scurrying about as they made a detour,
drawing nearer as they ran. They
seemed to ho planning; a final approach.
Stalllcr llrcd. '1'hc wolves scattered,
hut did not run away. They sat down
on their haunches and watched him.
Startler tired again and again, hut lie
was nervous and frightened ami shot
wildly.
Kvery time he ceased the wolves began
to draw in on him, and Startler believed
that it was only a questloti of
minutes before the wolves would be
tearing bis body. lie was almost
ready to turn the rifle on himself when
lie heard a human voice near at hand,
and lie sank back in n faint. As his
friends from the camp came to his relief
the wolves scattered, and several
were killed.
His companions made a stretcher
and carried him back to camp, where
I._ they dressed his wounds as best they
^?oti^d. "When they got into the light
of the fire one of tliein started.
"My (?od!" he exclaimed. "lie's
gray-headed!"
And lie was right. Startler's hair,
black that day, bad turned almost
white.
His comrades explained that they
ha?l heard his shots shortly after dark,
and thought little of them at llrst. belleveing
that he had either found a
hear in the trap and was despatching
It. or that he was shooting at other
game. When the shots continued they
became alarmed, and made their way
to the spot as rapidly as possible. It
is their belief that they arrived in the j
nick of time.
When Startler reached I>uluth on his
jkm way homo ii?? was supported by a big
SH woodsman, for ho was unable to walk
H alone. Ills snow-white hair In conHfi
trast to his evident youth attracted
HE much attention, and so did his story.
Hfi He Is now resting at home, and it will
H he a long time before lie will seek the
W woods again.?New York Sun.
HE The Strsndlm; of Myrtlr rardy,"
H One of tiie most notable surfniou of i
9B * the Atlantic coast is Captain Albert 11. {
H Myers, keeper of tiie life-saving sta
Hj tlon at Quoddy Head, Maine. Myers ,
MS first Iteeaine famous when the schoon- i
HB er Myrtle Turdy stranded near his sta- i
HB *'on on January f>. is,sti. She was seen
H drifting, helpless, in a violent snow
WB storm, and after ordering out his erow.
B -with their apparatus, Myers hurried
EE down to the beach to locate her when
Mr she should strike the sand, and so be
able guide the crew who had
H struggle along slowly with their gear
B on aeeount of the snowdrifts and lee.
H As it happened, the alongshore curB
rein" carried the schooner ta little thing 1
B of ei&hty-flve roo>? further than antfl
paled. and when she hnaily came to
Hi the rocks the life-saving i-rew were out
Mj of sight and hearing. The snow ohBjj
sen red everything more than too yards
away, in fact, hut Mvecs was direct
op, usite the vessel when she stranded.
SB l eering through the snow and spooum
drift, Myers saw that the schooner's '
yawl was towing astern by a painter,
though full of water, and that three
men were vainly trying to lift It out of
the breakers. A moment later one of
the men slipped on the ice and pitched
overboard, while the two remaining
stood dazed 011 the deck.
The peril of the man who had fallen
over was deadly, because the cold was
so intense that the water was covered
with floating ice out to where the
schooner lay, and the yawl was bobbing
up and down, with the unfortunate
man clinging to it, right in the
outer edge of this lee.
At sight of that Myers leaped to a
roek at the edge of the surf and
plunged in. lie sank to his neck at the
tirst jump, hut he was able to strug
glr through and reach the yawl. Into
that ho clambered, and. grabbing the
sailor, strove to haul him In also. But
the sailor's log was caught in a rope
under water, and it eould not bo freed.
Mvors then bawled to the men 011 deck
to cast off the painter, but they were
too dazed or dumb to obey, and, perishing
with cold. Myers was obliged to
return ashore for help.
As he .scrambled up tlie beach lie
met two of his neighbors, but he was
so covered over with lee tlint they did
not recognize him until lie begged tlieir
help, when they knew his voice. .Inst
then the life-saving crew arrived, and
at that Myers turned to the ice-covered
waves once more, and with four of his
men struggled out and got the sailor
and the yawl ashore, and then saved
the sailors on the schooner.
According to the myths of the Eskimo
Indians the spirits of the wicked
a re doomed after death to struggle forever
and ever in a hell of frozen surf
like Hint through which Keeper Myers
struggled to save the sailor of the
schooner Myrtle Purdy. ? Collier's
Weekly.
Pnr*u?-?1 liy ? ttrignnil.
When the grapes are ripening in
Ihe Tyrol, men called sallncrs are stationed
in the vineyards to guard the
fruit. Eocal custom allows them to
levy a toll upon the passer-by. who is
then free to gather as many bunches
as he will. Wonderful is the dress of
the salt net*, his head crowned with
fur and feathers, and ids broad chest
ornamented by the tusks of wild boars.
Ho onrrlos a spear, and behind linn
runs a very sharp-looking dog. who
"yaps" at the appnmoli of intruders.
One day. writes a lady from Aleran.
an Englishwoman invaded a vineyard
liere, and began her slow, duck-like
walk up the slope. Suddenly from
i lie vines before her emerged the snltner,
and began (irmly but quite re
speetfully to explain I lial she must pay
her "footing" before she could go on.
Itui he was not allowed to proceed.
The lady uttered three shrieks, in quick
succession, threw something at him
and tied. Down the steep and rugged
footway she ran, while the tuan.
amazed, doffed his plumes, passed his
hand over his bewildered forehead
and then stooped to pick up her missile.
IN' examined it; lie roared after her
to return, and then, as she paid no attention.
he set forth in iiot pursuit.
Easter and faster they tlew until,
reaching the leading thoroughfare of
Meran, the salt net* dropped into a
walk, although still keeping the woman
in sight.
She reached the hotel, and more dead
than alive, thing herself on the hull
porter's shoulder, explaining In gasps
that she had only gone out for a little
walk, and had nut the most frightful
brigand.
"He chased me," she cried, "even
though 1 had tlung him my purse at
once! I never knew I could run so
fast!"
Meantime the honest saltncr appeared,
to return tIn* mad lady's purse.
He left It with the concierge, and then
returned to his vines, n bewildered
man. He could not grasp the concierge's
explanation that It is feathers
had frightened the lady; for were not
those very feathers what his own people
most admired? lie could only remember
having many times heard
that all the English are mad.
Sli-Yonr-Old Hero.
In the down-town Italian quarter,
where every one is romantic, the ardent
love of Ralph IVtrono. aged eight,
for Louise Veloza, aged six, has been
for some time a subject of remark.
Ralph saved Louise's life, hut in doing
so was run over, along with Ids sweetheart.
Both lie in little beds at. the
Pennsylvania Hospital, but the doctors
say they will recover. Wlieu they do
l.itte Italy will fete them.
Kalph lives tit No. 7'JC> Pltzwater
street. Louise at No. s:?(5, five doors to
the west. Tliey have been together
always, ever since Ralph's sister, to
whom he was devoted, died. Yesterday
afternoon the two took a little
walk in the direction of the river. An
alley, near Third and Kitzwater
streets, attracted them because there
was a slide on it. Tired, after sliding
awhile, they walked slowly up the alley.
hand-in-hand. A wagon came
along which they did not hear. The
horse knocked Louise down, and in a
second she lay directly in the track of
for wheels.
Ralph then became n hero, nis hand
still clasping hers, ho pulled his hardest
to :rei lior out of danger. Then ho
took her hand in both of his. and
dragged iter out of tlie way of sure
death, hut not of injury.
The wagon ran over both ehildron.
The little hero lay beside his little
friend, uneouselous in the narrow alley.
His head had been badly out.
The girl's injuries were less serious.?
Philadelphia Record.
f.orwjn tioliliori T?n|:tit to Sirtm.
he German Army lias swimmingeltool
for troops, where every one
u .ist learn to swim. The best swim.
u s are able to cross a stream of sev,
:-i iiu:.di-ed yards width, even when
eurr>u?g tlieir cloiblu*, ritle ami uuimunition
' S . ' . -.
Vir ? I r-; v ?.
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE
jTORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.
I?n|inrflniiahli> ? Her ConTliii'iiie Argviment?Ou
the Contrarj?Lliiiltulloiit?
Couldn't Account For the Lack ? A
tiood Suggestion?Writ I.arnr, Etc.
He held her in his arms 'awhile
She struggled to be free;
At last he let her go and said:
"I pray you pardon me."
Ho had not kissed her. had not made
Her struggle hard?she sighed!
"Ah. no. I cannot pardon you."
She bitterly reolied.
Cnicago Times-Herald.
Her Convincing Argument.
He?"Oh! You can't believe half
what you hoar."
She?"But suppose some one else
hears it, too?'*?Puek.
On tlie Contrary.
Forge?"Are you matrimotiially inclined?"
Fen ton (who has just heen discarded)?
"No; declined."?Philadelphia
Itccord.
I.imltat ion*.
First Cavalier "The king can do no
Wrong!"
Second Cavalier ? "-tli. yes! And
what a wearisome life a kind's must
he. to -lie sure"'?Puek.
Couldn't Account For I lie l.nck.
Fditor "Your story lacks action."
Author?"It ought not to; I thought.
11 out while I was walking the lloor
with the twins when they were cutting
their teeth."?Brooklyn Life.
A CJood SucKi'Milon.
"Can you let mo have that ten dollars
you owe me?" said Thornton to
Perkasie.
Perkasie shook his head
"But I really need the money."
"I h? as 1 did borrow."?Puck.
Writ I.urj-c.
"I tell you there's something in it.
That fortune teller looked at the palm
of my hand and said I'd hud a laird
life."
"Creat Scot I. she could read that iu
the callouses!"? Chicago Tribune.
A Sudden TIiIiir.
Strawhor ?"It's wonderful liow suddenly
you can stop an automobile."
Singerly?"Isn't it. 1 was twenty
miles front home the other day ami
mine stopped so suddenly I had to
walk home."?Detroit Free Press.
Its .Toys.
"Why are each of you Unlies so desirous
of becoming President of your
debating flub?"
"It saves time," answered Miss Cayenne.
"When you are in the ehair,
you are able to snub so many people
at once."?Washington Star.
I.cttliiK Vn? llowa.
Roberts- "Have you heard anything
about Thompson's affairs sinee the
failure? Wbeu does he expect to resume?"
l'eters?".lust as soon as the creditors
become reconciled to the fact
that they won't get a cent."?liar lent
Life.
l'artlnlly Correct I>lngnni<la.
"1 don't like your heart action," the
doctor said, applying the stethoscopo
again. "You have had some trouble
with angina pectoris!"
"You're partly right, doctor," sheepishly
answered the young man. "Only
that ain't her name."?Chicago Tribune.
Itulo of the Minority.
"I?o you boli< ve minority rule can
be successful?"
"Of course. Kor example. If the
father and mother like you and the
girl doesn't, there you are; but if the
girl likes you and the father and
mother don't, there they are."?Chicago
Record.
Well-Merited.
"1 understand Miss Ooode took piano
lessons at the conservatory."
"Oh, yes. She's got a gold medal."
"Yes. 1 was navintr a visit at her
house hist. night and she positively
refused to play; said she had decided
to give it up."
"Yes. that's what, she trot the sold
medal for. The neighbors gave it to
her."?Philadelphia Press.
Woman him! Woman.
in a moment the injured girl opened
| her eyes.
"Where am 1?" she gasped.
I was about to answer with the
street and number, when my wife silenced
me with a look.
"Here!" whispered my wife, bend*
ing over the couch.
"But why am I here?"
"Because!"
A look of. sweet contentment eitme
over the girl's face now, and pres -nt*
ly she fell asleep.?Detroit Journal.
Wtiv He C'tuicklrtl.
"Come along, old fellow, 1 want you
to come and celebrate the event by
having dinner with me."
"Why. what's happened?"
"My rival is dead."
"Rival? 1 thought you were n arried."
.-n i iiiu, nui i vc nan n rival, nevertheless.
He's ?r< though lied
this meriting in ;ny wife's arms."
"(Jreat Casenr! Arc you tin* kind of
man to stand that." Welt, you surprise
ute. Who was he V"
"She loved nim before we were married.
aui^ she brought biui to the
house. He was a complete stranger to
nie rben. arid we've never heon very
good friends at any time. Rut he's
g< ne, and I'm glad of it."
"Well. well. If you are not the
great st idiot what was his mm. '
"Fido."
Au<l thoy weut oil together churl;ling.?Tit-Hits.
ARP REVIEWS WAR.
Death of "Tige" Anderson Causes a
Backward Glance.
TO BARTOW'S OLD BRIGALE
Georgia, Virginia and Kentucky
Troops Formed the Brigade Which
Genera! Lee Had.
General G. T. Anderson (old Tlge)
nnd Colonel Tom Taylor have just
passed over the river. They wero
near the same age and were close
together during the civil war. General
Anderson was our brigade comm.ind?T
and Colonel Taylor commanded
one of his regiments, the First
Kentucky. Since the war one of
them was made chief of police of Atlanta
and the other Louisville, Ky.
Taylor was next to tho
6urv iving colonels of that brigade.
It was General Bartow's old brigade,
composed of the Seventh. Eighth,
Nintii and Eleventh Georgia regiments
and the First Kentucky and a
Virginia battery. The regiments
changed their colonels many times,
and of the old Eighth only one (Colonel
Towers.) who was its fifth colonel.
now survives. None but the veterans
know how numerous were these
changes of commanding officers. The
records show that hut one of the
Georgia regiments that went into scrviee
in 1 Si? 1 and 1SC.2 brought back
the same colonel it took out. The officers
of the companies were changed
oftener than the colonels. Deaths
resignations and promotions were ever
going on. Captain Twigg's company
of the First Georgia regulars
had twelve different captains during
the service. The personnel of the
privates was also continually changing?"discharged"
or K. I. B. (killed
in battle) is appended to more names
than half the first muster rolls, and
recruiting was constantly going on to
till \ip the files.
But 1 was ruminating about old
Tigo and Tom Taylor, for after General
Bartow was killed 1 was trans
ferred to General Anderson's staff
and followed his fortunes for nearly
two years in the Army of Northern
Virginia. He was every inch a soldier.
lie never questioned the wisdom
of an order hut obeyed it
* 'u o n*?i lu n-pi v ;
Onis not to reason why:
Ours hut to <U> and dio."
was his motto. I do not believe ho
ever experienced the emotion of fonr.
We thought that sometimes he was
too daring. I remember that on one
morning during the battles on the
Chlckahorr.iny lie wished to make a
personal reconnaissance of the position
of tiie enemy on its left (lank,
and asked Major Aver and myself t ?
ride with him. Tin re was a wide,
open field between the armies, probably
1.000 acres, and our wing was
entered by the forest of thick woods
curving round the open speace in the
form of a semi circle. Wo kept covered
by these woods until we had got
far around and were as near tlie federal
batteries as we dared to go.
The general said: "Well, there is no
use going back the long way that we
eame. T.ct us take the diameter of
this circle and pave a mile or two."
"They will see us and open fire." said
1. "I.et them shoot." said he, "they
c an't hit us. We can outride their
halls; come on; follow me." We did
follow, but we didn't want to and
there was no necessity for tak!i>g
such peril. I will never forget that
ride. The federal batteries opened
fire quickly as we (lew along the
plain. The six-pounders sent their
halls over i's and behind us and before
us and some of them hounded
along the ground quite near us.
but the general only waved his hat
ami smiled. \\ e were all well-mounted
and inado the trip safely. but I
never made* another reconnaissance
with him. One evening our brigade
was at rest on the bank of the ltnppahannock
We had made a l<>i'.g
march and were awaiting. orders.
The boys were sitting down or lying
down upon the grass. The enemy
were massed behind the mountain
range thai skirted the opposite bank
of the river.
We could not see them but we
knew that they were there for their
batteries amused themselves by tiring
over the mountains and dropping
their shot and shell at random over
us and be;, ond us. They exploded in
the air and did but little harm. We
were not alarmed and watched them
as we would a pyrotechnic display.
Oeneral Anderson was stretched at
length upon the ground and we were
not far away. His fine horse was
cropping the grass and the general
held him with a long rein that, was
nttftrhed to the bridle. While we
wore chatting quietly a shell exploded
directly over us and a murderous
fragment struck his horse on top ef
the head and killed him instantly.
Our nearness to the danger atoppe I
all eonvers.ition. but the loss of his
horsy aroused and excited old Tige
beyond measure. looking at his
ho: -o that was dying at his feet he
used language according to his anger
and indignation. His anathemas
were featful. "We will pay them for
liiat." he said. "1 would have given
rnv right arm for that horse. But we
will nnv them hack two for one. We
have conip here to fight. and old Hob
will give us a chance to pet even.
Flast their infernal batteries! All
they dare do is liide behind a mountain
and shoot over it." We did pet
even and old Tlpe was comforted;
for in a few days the second battle
of Mnnasses was fought and a great
victory won. Forty-eight thousand
troops under Lee utterlv routed and
vanquised vn.oOO under Pope.
I never think of General Tom Tavlor
but what ! think of the great battle
of Prainsvllle. In which he figured
and a smile comes over my memorv.
The fun of that battle lasted >ur
boys a long time, and Major Aver at
Rome is not dune laughing at it yet.
Th#' valley of l>ralnsville was neutral
ground and the harvest of hay was
great. The two armies were in winter
quarters und wanted it. Jeb Stuart
assured General Johnston that if
he would furnish the wagons and
teams and a regiment of infantry he
would go for the hay. He said that
the owners were mostly southern
men and wanted us to have it. Old
Joe was suspicious, but consented.
The federals were nearer to i' and
had a large force of cavalry in their
camp. Tom Taylor was sent along
with his regiment and Major Aver
put in charge of 400 wagons with
four-horse teams to each. It was
about fifteen miles to the valley over
a pike road that was generali., wid?
enough lor teams to pass each other,
but was very narrow where cut
through the hills. Many of these
cuts, a hundred yards long, were not
more than ten feet wide. The day
and the scheme was kept profoundly
secret. One morning about the break
of day our boys were aroused by the
unearthly rumbliug sound of 400 wagons
rolling over the pike, but that
MMiiMi was noming to me roaring in
tlioso wagons on their return. The
train of wagons was nealy four miles
long and l?y the time the head of the
column got fairly Into the valley and
the major began bossing the loading
of the foremost teams Tom Taylor
with his men. wore resting In the
suburbs and Jeb Stuart, with il.uoo
cavalry, were parading on a hill overlooking
the valley. Just then t?,000
federal cavalry came charging down
from some hiding place behind tinwoods
and for an hour or more Stuart
and Taylor had their hands full. Tinfederals
had an artillery company to
help create a panic- and they were
after tin- wagon train in desperate
determination. In the confusion
that followed the surprise Stuart ordered
the wagons that, were loading
hay to countermarch in double quick
and they performed that maneuver
with great alacrity until the head ?>f
the procession reached the- pike an 1
could get no further, for the body
and tail of the train blockaded tinhighway
for two miles hack. Then
came the great stampede. "Then
rushed the steeds from battle driven.'
All along the line the alarm was given.
whips were popping. teamsters
bawling. "Turn, men; turn and save
your teams." exclaimed the major.
"Tin- yankccs are coming." And
tin y did turn, but to this day nobody
knows bow. Some of the wagoners
swore afterwards tliey tlew over and
some crawled under and some turned
n fou.--horse team in an eight-font cut.
Cedonol Taylor ordeyrcil liis men '<
guard the wagons but they couldn't
keep up with them. Stuart's 111 u
wore in a hand to hand fight with
the enemies cavalry and slashed them
with swords and shot them with small
arms: hut tlifty were outnumbered
and had to tight and fall hack at every
charge.
It was about the middle of the af
tornoon when the roaring of the
stampeding train reached our campground.
"Id .Joe Johnston heard it
for the sound thereof was like the
sound of many waters. lie under
stood it at once and ordered a whole
brigade and battery to double quick
tip the Drainsville pike. "I told
Stuart," lie exelaitn* d. "that they
would triek if he didn't look >ut
Those rascals in that valley are nearly
all union men and they got w?ud
to the enemy. I'm afraid we have
lost some of our wag. us, and It will
he a hard joke en Stuart." Later on
we p< rceived great clouds of dust
gathering over the pike and the roar
ing came louder end louder and nearer
ami nearer, and by and by. with
the aid of field glasses, we could sec
Major Ayer rise over the top of a
distant hill anl halt. He is ft lln<
rider and was astride a fine horse
whose name was Selim.
lie saw the brigade coming to the
rescue and slowed up the* long pro
cession behind him. Man and beast
we're dripping with streams of sweat
that would have turned a saw mill.
In the' grand niedee Colonel Tayloi
got rut oft from his command for the
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wagons. Itiit they all ramo up in -ho
course of time and received the plan
dits of their comrades. Stuart worried
the enemy so bad that they left
the valley with nary wagon and Maj >r
Aver left it with nary hay. Hut th \v
gut it later, for old Joe got his back
up and swore he would have it.
Those 400 wagoners were for a
long time the heroes of the camp
fires, one of them, Jim Wilkerson
our former marshal, lives here now
and still declares that he turned his
team in an eight-foot cut and passed
two more In a ten-foot cut and had
liked to have heat the whole train to
camp. His driving was like the driving
of the Jehu, for he drove furiously
The hig battle of Drainsville never
got into history, hut. it was camp talk
at Centerville all that winter. During
the revolution of 17T*? there was
a great battle called the "battle of 'he
kegs" that caused infinite merriment
to the continental army and it was
set to verse by a humorous poet,
Francis liopkinson. hut this is known
to Virginia veterans as the "battle
of the wagons."?Hill Arp in Atlanta
Constitution.
Mr. Carnegie and the fcditor.
Mr. Carnegie iu fond of telling how
lie was once asked liy the editor of a
popular magazine for an article on Organization
in Business.
"Well," said he, "I think I could
write that article. But I'm afraid the
price I'd have to ask you would be too
hich."
"Oh! no." said the delighted editor,
with a vision of a magnificent "feature"'
in an early number: "I'm sure we
could arrange that satisfactorily.
Name your own figure."
"Well." roplied Mr. Carnegie. "I
could hardly afford to do It. for less
than five million dollars." fie smilei
a little at sight of the editor's fare,
and then went on : "No. I must withdraw
that. What 1 should put into it
has cost me much more than that, and
o? course you would not. expect me
to sell It to you at less than cost."
As the diplomatist puts it. "The
negotiations fell through." ? The
World's Work.
in isso. six weeTra ro California, tn I
10?0. fire days to California.
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SUICIDE OF Iras
President and Cashier, Fearing Arrest,
Die Together.
BOTH MADE A FULL CONFESSION
ifail Wrerkmli) Hunk in VKnrimvi>r,W?i>h.. ^
?n<1 j? I'nu.f nf Itrpoailora U'lt* SrarchInjj
For Tltpm?Tlielr Hixlioa Found on
tlio ItiimUlilc?I'm*)! the Satne HeroUtr
?.1 Sliortnue of SKl.OOO IMwovprril.
Vancouver. Wasli. ? Charles Brown
And K. I.. Canity, President and Cashier
respectively of the First National
i'.anlt of Vancouver, which was closed
by the Controller of the Curreucy.
eommitted suicide by shooting themselves
with revolvers. Their bodies
were round lying together in n small
clump of hushes near the eity. Roth
used tin> saint' weapon, anil Canity evidently
tlietl lirsl, as tne revolver was
found in Brown's hand. Kacli put the
muzzle of the revolver in his mouth
and blew the top of his head off'. The
faet that Brown's ldeyele and CnitBy's
umhrella were found a shi?rt dista.'ice
out of town loil to the belief that tlie.Y
had taken their lives. A searching
party started out, and after several
hours* search the bodies were found.
Following the arrival of District-Attorney
Wilson U. <Iay a warrant was
issued by Judge Miller, of the Superior
Court, charging Brown and Canby
with thf einbczzjenient of $10,0b0 of
tne funds of the bank on January 18.
l'.lbl.
The eoinplaint contains charges of
embezzlement and misapplication of
the funds of the bank, falsifying tho
books of the bank, and issuiug false
reports of the bank's condition to Mie
Contrcdler of the Currency.
Brown and Catiby, when eonfro*i?ted
by Maxwell with false entries in flic
books, made a full confess ion. Canlf>
remarking: "Well, you have caught tne'
this time. Maxwell: that is a false entry."
Then, picking up a pistol front'
tee ooutiicr. lie remarked as lie held
the muzzle toward his head. "This is
the only way I see out of the difficulty."
Maxwell remonstrated with him
against his apparent suicidal intent,
waen Canby lowered the weapon a nil
1 i the room by the rear door.
In answer to an inquiry from Maxwell
if lie was implicated in the criminal
entry. Brown replied: "Yes, I am
equally guilty."
Beside Brown's body there was
found a package containing .$25 and a
note saying that the money belonged
to his daughter. 1'pon Canity's body
tlie following brief note was found:
"My Dear Wife: I feel that what I
am about to do is for the best. For
give mo ii you can. ami iry to live lau
our dour childrcu. Clod bless you all.
(lood bye. Net!."
Iirown, who was fifty-four years of
aire, bad lived in Vancouver since 1SCC.
Canby was fifty-two years of age, and
was well connected.. A brother committed
subdue by jumping <?#T the
wharf at Vancouver several years ago.
It is known that the bank lias loaned
a large sum of money on insufficient
security. According to the report to
toe Controller of the Currency, there
is a shortage of J?Kl.(iOo in the banks
accounts, and it is understood that a
considerable portion of this amount
was loaned to Brown and Canby on
their personal botes. About a year
ago the bank reduced its capital stock
from SIOO.OOP to SolMHlO. At that time
about half of the so-called find assets
were "charged off." and have been carried
as an asset since that time. According
to the last statement, issued
in hebruary, the bank had deposits
amounting to about S-IUI.OOO,
District-Attorney Clay stated that
there is evidence that the criminal
acts of the two officials cover a period f
of several years, and only by n tlior- i
nugli investigation of the books ran i
the full extent be known. M
Washington, I>. C.?The Controller
of the Currency announced that the
First National Bank of Vancouver.
Wash., closed its door by his order. /
This action was taken on the reconimendation
of .1. \V. Maxwell, National
llank lOxaininer, who reports that
upon a recent examination of the
hank he discovered a shorlage of
about examiner Maxwell
lias been placed in charge as temporary
receiver. The Vancouver Bank
bad a capital of nr.n.OOO and deposits
of ."S'J.'SO.fiTff. Its surplus and undivided
profits amounted to
ENTIRE TOWN IS COOD.
Owing to tlio (irntt Ili-vlval tn Hiawatha
Han., Criminal Courts Arc lillr.
Topeka, Kan.?The .fudge ?>f the District
Court, when he visited Hiawatha,
the county seat of Brown County.
found no criminal cases on the docket.
Heretofore front twenty to forty
of these cases were tried at every term.
In January a great religious revival
was held at Hiawatha and GOO tiersons
were converted. Since that time
no dunces have been held, two shows
have been frozen out and the Police
Judge lias only had three trials in
as many months.
Hiawatha is a town of MiOO people.
There is not a place-in the town where
liquors are kept for sale.
riporti During March.
Foreign trade is of good volume, hut
exports of the principal commodities
during March increased very slightly
over those for the corresponding
period last year, as gains in bread
stuffs, provisions and mineral oils
were offset by smaller exports and
lower prices of cotton.
Mm. RailclllTr, of Denver. Acquitted.
Mrs. .?. A. Hadcllffe. of Denver. Col.,
who was arrested on the charge of voting
illegally at the city election. April
was exonerated. Justice llyncs.
after hearing all the evidence in The
ease, dismissed the complaint.
MmiiIIit Fraud* Cx?cK*rnte><l.
The War Department, at Washington.
has uiadc public a dispatch from
M-.ijor-Hencral MucArtbur, saying that
the press reports of the commi9?anr>
frauds at ).,a;iia have been grossly
exaggerated.
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