The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, December 10, 1909, Image 1
VOLUME XII
CAMDEN, S. C.. FRIDAY, DECEA1HEK 10.
"t wua Chi IsUjjuh Kve. Tttft hiiow,
svliieii had bu?n falling all duy now
turned to rain. Tpe dre'ury drizzle
lent a chill to the alr.
Mra, Malllory stood at her drawing
rooui window, held back the durk veU
yet curtains and looked out on the
?llent avenue. There were few pedes
trians |u Bight. Now and then a car
riage came under the electric Mght,
and the watcher at the window
caught glimpses of the.dalnty rai
ment of the occupants as they whirled
(c?iyly past on their way to some
Christmas* festivity.
'Christmas festivity!" she repeated
aloud, and her voice wag low upd
tense uiid expfe'ssed her pent up scorri
and weariness of the whole Christmas
season.
She stood thus for a few moments,
Jtaring out into the night. The
damask portiere was pushed asido
with a quick, light motion, and a slim,
neatly attired maid appeared in the
doorway. Her eyeB fairly danced
with delight, and though she sppke
with a demure dignity It was evident
that something highly pleasing to her
fancy was afoot.
- "Does it please you that r come In
now, madam?" she asked, with a
Quaint little accent that would at once
mark her Parislenne- ? had her tlim
appearance not already done so. Mrs.
Malllory turned slowly from the win
-dow.
"Ye?, Janette, you may bring In ?
my Christmas gifts." There was a
? trace of irony in the last two words,
<but her manner was entirely haughty"
and indifferent. She crossed the room
and sat in a large armchair of raro
Italian hand-carved wood. The pale
violet lamp screen on the table beside
her shed a soft light, and the rose
light from the great open fire caught
i gleam now and then from the jewels
on her fingers. It was a curious
light, the combination of , the rose
and violet, but it was almost wierdly
lovely. Mrs. Malllory was a beauti
ful woman? a fe.tern, classic beauty.
"The folds of her blnok velvet gown
fell about her In simple stately grace;
her bare neck and shoulders gleamed
white against the dark chair. Her
hair was gray about the temples, apd
her deep dark eyes were at times In
expressibly sad. She was lonely, but
^?ho was proud, and none knew of her
sad Christmas Eve. She had refused
scores of invitations, and was keeping
her Christmas Eye as was her custom,
having her gifts brought to her there
In the dlmly-llghted drawing-room.
Her husband was keeping hi?
Christmas Eve? as was his custom, in
the great dense! forest. Mr. Malllory
was what the world calls ,an upright
man? ^-honored on the street, of a
flint-like lutegrity in his business.
His word was as good as a bond. He
surrounded his wife with every pos
sible luxury, excepting the one price
less luxury for which a woman would
sacrifice all others ? friendship and
j -comradeship. These he reserved for
va few old friends, men who had been
through financial battles with him,
' tvho had shared his college frolics and
studies.
That afternoon he had hurried , in,
gathered up his hunting traps and
started off. He had given his wlfo a
?check ? a princely sum ? and said:
"Just buy yourself a llttlo trinket,
Victoria, my dear, and have a nice
time at the Van Arden's tonight."
"If he had only bought me a little
something himself." she thought, sad
ly. "If It wpre only a -few flowers!"
Janette came In, followed by a foot
man in Korgeous livery (Tarrying a
large number of little packages of
?ll shapes and sizes. He came sev
~'?ral times and arra*vg3d the pack
ages as Janette directed. The maid
"was all little flutterlngs and happi
ness and flitted from this box to that
In a perfect whlrlwirtd of joy. Thia
was a rare treat, opening Madame'*
^._CJb.ri?tni8fT
"Oh, t
not
bo many! " she cried,
know whioh one te open
"I ?o
Girt after gfft was held out tb~Klf?. 1
Maillory, but she looked at each in- 1
5g&^irret?*FOy end sometimes impatient
ly. they w^re all given from a sense |
offcuty. she knew that. Climbers on
coolal ladder wished to be her j
tends, they might tfcrotigh herj
fhtenee open the olWd doom
clet.wS* TKbse n pet liked
as *ell as women who five foe
and society ns? capable ol
otm?U\
*H>r gwfSPfor she *|?j
to .respond to their calls.
tlif wnmen of her nr
she went personally to
the
? .{*' ' ? !
The maid placed tlx* trinkets on' the
table for her mistress' Inspection of
hep jewels that should have the power
to give Joy to uay woman,, hut Mrs.
Malllory looked ut them Indifferently,
and toyed with them with her slender
whfte fingers.
8he frowned with displeasure as
the maid laid before her a wrap of
costly fur,
"My nephew should not have sent
me this,*' she said sharply. "Ho can
hot afford it. It was only because I
gave them their wedding silver."
The maid did not hear this, for she
was lost In ruptures over a firmly
maiiuce of reul laee and tyand-palnted
chiffon.
"Oh, the exauielte 'mouse.' " she
cried, with more enthusiasm than
knowledge of correct English.
Mrs. Malllory smiled little at the
maid's quaint happiness in the gifts.
She was ratlxer fond of Janette and
was often amused at the girl's extrav
agant expressions. Janette was a
happy, rare-free sot) I " and ' -always
ready to cat^r to her every mood.
She ran to her mistress with a veri
table little squeal of pleasure as she
untied one box. It was a fine gold
necklace with a butterfly pendant,
frail, jewelled, delicate as a breeze.
Mrs. Malllory read the card and her
face turned pale. < " ?
"Cat!" she whispered,
The gift was from a woman whom
Mrs. Mnillory thoroughly disliked,
and she had not tried to hide her feel
ings. The woman, through ambi
tions of her own, had persistently
clung to Mrs. Malllory. and bad used
her name as the entree Into many
fashionable gatherings. As she
looked at the Jewel, Mrs. Malllory
could huve crushed Its delicate beau
ty in her hand.
*******
' tho baby brother. Tho child had
whow*+d this pink ribbon proudly to
tho vUitor; l>er "Sunday ribbon," ahe
told hfcfr'" '
Tho great ludy Angered the Boiled,
gaudy piece of pink cambric and rib
bon gently, almost rovwrently, and
there wero tears In her voice ua ahe
said softly:
"Her one treasure, her bit of u rib
bon -ahe gave It to me ylie gave It
to me becauae It la Christmas."
With a sob that was half Joy, half
Borrow, ehe laid her head ovei* on the
queer, shabby little offering and wept
nway all tho grief and lonely heart'
ache, for In the gift of a little child
ahe had found her real Chrlamaa. ?
Iloston Globe. ***?> W . ..
A TOY TRAGEDY".
^hfcoiiw to \>\eo)c ? <jonp ^it-lie,
rrom jar qcvosj rljc jeo. s
? Her locKv <Jp<l tujjyiV
A doll <.^3) jbc
Her l;air vfo} like H;c rW<?i)'j Oin?\
Will) fapdril/ [^ror)<? to curl oi)<J <1^^
TTvy pul- her inV^Mup'^
At)d coldly; \ejft tyer mere \
A l%r ot)d o beer, v
Of coury,^)l)C jp<jpl" d dr<?ad/ul v .
A)d ipotij jjcr f)<iir w
? ^bui^ilfc-.Couricr-Jourpdl.,
MADONNA IN CONTEMPLATION.
. . The Stately footman canxThito the
room, the picture of shocked dignity.
Jauette was about to take the brown
paper; pa rceV which the Irate man hold
out stiffly f>efore him, then started
back with a little scream.
"The impertinence!" she cried.
"What does thk; mean?",, oaked
Mrs, Maillory, haughtily.
"A very ragged little girl left this
awful package, madam. She insisted
on its being given to you." *?
"Bring it to me."
*Tlie footman gave the crumpled
bundle to his mistress.
"Misses Malry," was written in a
round, childish scrawl.. A strange
feeling came over the woman. .
"You may go," she said to Janette
and the man, and tlie maid withdrew
reluctantly.
"? WD6n thd" hard Tinots of tbe atrlng
were finally taken off, Mrs. Malllory
exclaimed In surprise./ A little note,
written Jn the same childish hand,
was pinned to the curious pink cam
bric square.. The note ran
"Dear Mlssea Malry: You dopV
know mo but you c?.m to our house a
wile ag<? and brot things wheat Jbnfhfo ,
the-baby had mesles. You wuz good
to us, and wo like you. We wish you
a mery Chrlamue. The thing I made
you la for your hanJctrchuf.- ?
"MAMIR O DONNELL -
~ "What does rn? child ws?rr
thought ^lalllory in great sur-l
priee, _ ; I
^The she remembered. The O'Don- 1
iteils were on her charity list, ijhe |
l^iked at the glft.'Tf 9 ffnit fc^th
brlc square, the Tour corners ittWed
baek-, ami tied wKh^a ribbon. The j
stitches were large "and uneven, the]
brlc waa soiled and the ribbon
:ed closely at the ribbon.
>t had se4r evldw?t*y tke-* ha*
ribbon. Sudden!* a thought came to
the woman, ? she remembered the day
wmmmm
?HH
JBt
,-r$vn
'I'waa the liiglit before (Jnriiftmutf, when all
through the hou^e
Not a'vrrejfttli'e" VaV stirring"? flot cveh a
mouse; _
The stockings were hung by the clumncy
with care.
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would bo
there.
Dinner
for
Christ masi
Tide
CMRlSTttAS MENU ?
Olivfcj Celary ?
_Ve2*J0**
fiojncd Fbrafocj ? .
Dokcd TVxcaronl and Qvccjc
"Tim^o jarui LcM'utc^ajod
'niony
fUCC*3olQ
mm
Chrijtmo) TZddit^
Nufj . Clffiea ;R*i>Irv>
?nlWhwiri>ltet^g:
Hcfcf. > fcrrad-and-CUittier *
Aarm?Ude
V-n-n >\ n rv nT\irvr\ *> r\-r\
. ? ' ?' ? I, r
CliriNtuiHH '\V?y llOUn Houtli. 'v
You hear dat fiddle's music? de tlappin' of
do hau'ti?
Dey beats dc jubilation of do Itulleluia
MQ'tl
You hear dat rto' a-crcakm'? . En don' you
hear de call:
"JiaUnce ter yo' partners, en swing yo'
lad.es all!"
Chria'inus times, good people!
lleol en t</? you lif!
Yander come do white folks
Ketch' cm "Chris'inus Git'!"
Who dat 'way off yander, rackin' down d?
road?
I)e ole-tiine, gray-head deacon* wid a con
gregation load!
De meetm'-houso is empty ? can't miss do
Ghris'iuus chance ?
Dey muster hecrd de music, en dcy comin'
tcr de dance!
Conic in (far, you pcoplo.
En awing aroun' da hail! s
Heel en toe, en roun' you go.
Kn "Chris'inus Oil'' . ter all!
De wry backlog's d.anein', en up do rod
s|>arks j^o,
Eu poll de hit nts wid lire, whar doy moan
in' in de snow!
Pey hcyer U\ko dt> J'Ottd home, cn hunt do
holler tree,
For din here tune is Chris'inus, cn do
fiddle's fly in' free!
Watch out fcr dat miatlctoo!
Ketch you, 1 be boun ! - '?;>
Kiss her fcr dat "Chris'inus Gif'"?
Swing yo' sweetheart roun'!
Come ip? de wjiole plantation? *?n jinc d4
daiicm' feet,
En glimpse dat' peaceful 'possum? dat tur
key, brown en sweet ! .
De table piled wid plenty !?? come in, en
take yo' place, ?.
En see tie deacon smack his uiouf cn say
amaxin' grace!
Aain't dis .Italleluia
?r-'. ? Tcr d?r sold er you? -u ? * ?
'Pears like. Heaven come down ter airth
En tell you, "Howdy do!"
Chris'inus times, good people! Dei let do
. 4 w nitikic roll!- - ?? - ?*
De snow done' hide de medderfl, but do
summer's in you' soul!
1 fan's roun' ? de ole Ferginny Reel! en let
de sliadde.rs creep
Like ghostp acrost do snowfjel's ? but we'll
aance. 06 stars' tcr sleep!
Chris'inus times, good people -
lies' time senee de fall!
Glory hallelviia, . f \ i
En "Cnris'mus Git' " ter all!
?Frank L. Stanton, in the Saturday Even
ing Post.
~ - ? ?e LIT Tin Horn. ?
Sho' cz you bo'n,
Dey gwino ter he fyn wid d^ li'l' tin ho'n!
En pome folks'll growl, iri de ol'-fashion'
\A._. way, . ^ ^ .. ' ' , \
tCase if iJtlie Vm fuin res' at dc breakin'
or dry!
But de li'l folk*, say dat (ley never shill
keer-? T " ,
^"Crib'ji^b des eoipe yncfc a year!" .
Sho' pa you bo'n,
Dar't> de life er de worP in dat li'l' tin
ho'n!' ' .
_dg Jif&a'jev- sighty".-^!} de.purt>cst. too,
s Vleni rosy-red ? regimen t? march in' ter
-? you!
folks, dey may growl, but dc chillun
don't kccr-~
""Cria* nv:? des contoontr a year!"
Christmas Eve.
For fear one waif, thi/? winter night,
* Should iHck' a gatiti6nt'tf fold,
lirinj; iqrth fair vesture, warm and bright,
l/<tet the dear Christ-child go ?old!
** ? ;..t V '*
Nor let one hungry from- your door
Fare sorrou"f?T^* irnfed.7 ~
The whitest loaf bring from your store.
Lest the' Christ-child faint for bread!
llur.h miHh, to hark, this blessed eve,
' k'l he tV^ndorei*V \Vtfakest' rt v? - ? ?
The homeless at your hearth receive,
Lent the Chrjnl -child puss you bv!
?Edith Hope Kinney, in Youth's Com
, panion, ? . ? ? ?
J mrr *. r > v ' ? \ ? ? J ? v .
IM11 in Pudding.
This Is a good recipe: Crumble a
-am all' loaf of rnilk-bVead and pour
over it one pint of milk. Soak until
soft, then add three well-beateu eggs,
one. cvtpfu) of dark UroWh nug)ftrr one'
cupful of chopped and cr?Jirnrfed suet
with all the stringy substance re
moved, .one pound 'of seeded pud
chopped raisins, one pound oif cur
rants, one-fourth of a pound of finely
chopped citron, one-fourth of a tea
spoonful each of cloves, allspice and
grated - nutmeg,- and one-half tea
spoonful each of cinnamon and gin-,
ger and one-fourth of a teaspoonful
of salt. Boll four hours in a well
buttered moid. ThiB recipe may be
made in doublo the quantity, as it
Will keep for a long time. When
ready to use, steam well until heatfed
through. Decorate with holly sprfgs.
Servo with hard sauce, made by
creamlrifc one-third of a cupful of hut
too With .one cupful .of light brown
sugar, and adding drop by drop,
creaming It In, one teaspoonful of
vanilla. Pile on a dish in a pyramid.^
and dot ^lthi candied cherries^ and
blanched almonds. -
"** , 7; /'f ?,'~ ,$t JI. ? ? ? ?.? ' ' ? 1 1 T
!
The Christmas Pbiut.
Tfoo poinsettla. or Christmas plant, !
as k is better known, ts ono of the |
most useful for Christmas d^cora
"tftffis; "till! 'Dfl^Tll fed ol'lHo flowers
and green of the foliage giving the
true Christmas colors. This season
the plants appear lower then former
ly, and consequently are better suited
_?sJ; t?b!s cn:aipaaU?tio&. A* a rule,
from six to twelve of tlje plants
come in one low,;irM* pot, which t*
often incased in ^ red basket, a
NATIONAL
CONGRESS
FIRST DAY LARGEY A SOCIAL
AFFAIR
PRES. TAFT WAITED UPON
? > 7 ' " ' ' ' ? ' "
Deaths of Representatives Lasaiter
of Virginia aud DoArmond, of Mis
souri, Reported aud House Ad
journs Through Respect to the
Dead.
Washington, Special. ? The two
houses of Congress convened Mon
day for the lirrtt regular sssion of tho
Sixty-first Congress, but I In* day's
proceedings were in great part of a
social nature and practical}'. no bus
iness was transacted.
Brief as was the Senate's J. '{-min
ute fission, it was enlivened by an
unsuccessful effort on the part of
Senator Bailey to defeat the passage
of the usual resolution that the daily
sessions begin at no<Vn, suggesting
that the Senate should convene in
stead at 2 o'clock. Mr. Bailey suid
he would like to see the Senate hold
night sessions in order that Senators
might devote the day to individual
business. No objection was offered
when a. similar resolution- was intro
duced in the liouse,
A joint committee was named by
both houses to wait upon the Presi
dent and to inform him that Congress
was in session and ready for any bus
iness be. might wish to lay bel'orv it.
The President's .response constitu
ted his annual message, the rejaing
of which will consume practically all
of Tuesday's session of tho two
houses. . '?
The JJkrtise session continued forty
minutes, during which W. \Y. Mc
Credie, the new representative from
'the scond Washington district, who
succeeds the late Francis W. Cush
iiKin, was sworn in. The greater part
of the session was taken Up "by the
roll call.
Although only 341 members re
sponded to their names, ulmost' ?a
full membership appeared on . tho
House floor and there were few
among them that did not have one or
? moi'e bills to ofTer. These included
one by Representative tjnrner of
Pennsylvania- , for an investigation by
Congress of the entire customs ser
vice particularly in regard to sugar
frauds recently brought to light; one
by Represntative Hitchcock of Ne
braska/ for the establishment of pos
tal savings banks; one "by Represen
tative Maun of Illinois for Federal
regulation of., the "white slave
.trade," and another by Mr. Mann
for the free admission of wood pulp,
and one by Representation Hamil
ton of Michigan to grant Statehood
to New Mexico and Arizona.
The leaders of the majority and*
tho minority were there and con-*
versed amiably, all of the bitterness
engendered by the tariff fight of last
summer apparently having been for
gotten for the time being at least.
Resolutions of respect for the
memory of Senator Johpson of. North
Dakota and Representatives DeAr
mond and Lassiter. who died during
the reeess, were adopted, and as a
further mark_of respect the two
houses adjourned until noon Tues
day, the Senate at 12:13 and the
House at' 12:40 p. m.
A round pf npplausc greeted the
Speaker when ho entered the cham
ber with his customary red carnation
For a moment ho stood in* his place
nervously fingering tho gavel. While,!
the applause was subsiding the gavel
descended with a resounding left
handed whack.
The blind chaplain of the House,
the Rev. Henry Nv Calhoun, then of
ferdo tho prayer, in which lie im
plored the divine blessing upon the
members of Congress, especially the
Speaker and for the President and
his adversers, lie prayed for tho pro
tection of the President and his Cab
inet "from all personal violence and
from the machinations ol designing
men." The chaplain in alluding to
the tragic death of the late Reprc
sctnafive I)eArmoi\d of Missouri, who
was burned to (death in his home,
prayed- for consolation for his col
leagues, friends and especially the
stricken wife and children.
For the ne:-:t ten minutes or more
the chamber was again filled with'
chatter, while the roll was beiug Call
ed. Tho Speaker announced that as
341 members , had responded to their
names, a quorum was present juid the
Houso was ready for business. -.'vffiV
R?pF?snt-at ives Jones of Virginia^
informed the House of the death of!
his C0l!&&?U.c, Francis R. I>assiter and j
offered- a suitable rsolntton'^ which
was agreed to. & similar resolution,
Offered by Representative Clark of
Missouri announced the - death of !
David DeArroond. ^Tf Avds also
? T ** W A ..'Mil ? ??'???< ni?M ? n . T~|1T y W?d
agree dpt o. ^ v-?::
W. W. McCTedlo, the new Reprc
scntative frotn Washington; elected
to su weed the late Francis W. Cush
:ttm?f^prMcnte4 BUr *rcdentmla and
was sworn in.
The House, as a further mark of
' ' tha k ? ' * ~
respctt to
fdied dnrin
at 12:40 p
SOUTH CAROLINA AFFAIRS
The Croam gf News Items Gathered
From All ^ K)vor South Carolina
and Boiled Down.
_/ Commission Pays Sums Due.
Columbia, Special. Chuirmuu Mur
ray of the dispensary commission
Thursday supervised the paying out
of the la. st ?f the liquor claims al
lowed by tho commission 'h recent
judgments. Tho amount paid out
Thursday wan +1 17,874.47, the larg
est amounts being $0."j,000 to CltU'k
liros., $45,000 to Flei^chnmun and '
$18,000 to the Schlity, beer people.
The only claim allowed remaining
unpaid is that to the liig Springs
Distilling Company, which is sus
pended pending appeal. This was tho
only concern allowed anything which
has appealed, The commission 1ms
h'lt about ,+ !;>(? .000, which includes
about #(00,000 " coscicn.ce money,"
halt' of which {foes to the lawyers.
Chairman Murray said that after all
attorney's fees are paid and all
other expenses met 1 lie commission
would turn in to the State about
$320*000,
Most of tho firms ???'id off Thurs
day were represented by ex-Speaker
of the Kentucky 1 louse of Repre
sentatives A. .J. Carroll, whose fees
will be lar^e and .juicy. Mr. Carroll
gave the commission much valuablo
assistance in t lie way of evidence.
Biff Blow to Liquor People.
( 'hurlcst on Special, ? In Bending his
monthly report to tin? Stat o Govern
ment in Columbia concerning (lie
umoiint ol' seizures made in Charles
ton, city and county, during the hisff'
thirty days, Chief Constable Bate
nnin hud tlu> distinction of having
been uble to forward the best month
ly report of any raiding constable iu
this city since the beginning ,ol' tho
dispensary law in this* State. , Tho
report showed that an oven 1,000
gallons of whiskey, of all grades
and quulitics, had been seized by the
raiding squud during the moitth of
November, together# with a total* of
0,500 bottles of beer. This immense
amount of contraband liquor is vul
ucd at between $2,400 und $2,500 to
the county dis|>ensary. It is stated
that these figures do not. ivpresent
I Iip actual loss to the blind tigers and
illicit, liquor dealers ontaijed by the
?seizure of the liquor. Hud the amount
seized by the const ables been sold
in blind tigers, it would in all prob
ability have netted about $.'1,200;
Hend-On Collision at Park's Station.
Laurens, Special. ? A head-on col
lision between trains 52 und 53 on
the Columbia, Newberry & Laurens
railroad occurred at Park's station
Wednesday afternoon at about 2 :30
o'clock, result in" in considerable
damage to the two engines, severe
bruises to Engineer Dan McCraney
of Columbia and a thorough shaking
up for all the passenger**. It is
learned that, every -passenger was
thrown - frpiu his scat.
The collision was the result of En
gineer Joe (lute's confusion of Tues
day's and Wednesday's puss orders,
so it is reported. He hud both OrderB
in his pocket und read the wrong
one. "... - -
Orangeburg Stables Burned.
Orangeburg, Special.? -At 3 o'clock
in the morning, fire was discovered
by Policeman Fickling in the West
End stubles on South Broilghton St.,
owned by J. II. Albrecht, and burned .
so rapidly that notwithstanding this J
the fireman arrived in good time aud
did heroic work, the flames spread
in two directions, consuming three
small buildings and their ooutents.
The stables and burns wei'e totally
destroyed with eleven head of horses,
eighteen buggios, three carriages and
twenty-five sets %f harness, besides
about $2,000 worth of feed. Ten
of the eleven horses were the proper
ty of Mr. Albrecht, and one was 'that
of a stranger who left the animal
with Mr. Albrecht on Saturday night.
Dies of Injuries Caused by Prema
ture Explosion. *
CJuflfney, Special. ? A young white
man named Lanier was injured last
Wednesday night at the works, at
the. Ninety-nine Islands by a prema
ture explosion of dynamite. The
young fellow lingered until Sunday
morning when ho died. His rela
tives believed that it was the result,
of carelessness and - have en ployed
counsel to investigate the facts in
connection w"#tth ^h^Jtefcidetft-.
Five Firms File Appeals.
Columbia, Special.? Only five no
tices of appoalfo the Supreme Conrt
have been filed from the findings of
tho dispensary commission. Thp
time is out, and therefore, only about
$60,000 of the scaling? of $226,000
will bo contested: Among the most t
.notable appeal* is- that "of ttie'CfiRT- J
Una Glass Company, of this city,
whose claim of over $23,000 was i
wiped out and an over- judgment of |
nearly $30,000 found. The other eom
6 tiles who have appealed aro the
ng County Big Springs Distilling;
Company, Jiwk Cranston Ctftspatiy
aud William Lanahaiv &
JEfeto Uu* OhagJ* Buiu.
? Sj>0 C
Jur*ction Company
transferred to E \
'then
taidl
UNGRATEFUL OFFICIAL.
George P. Shcldon^tbo President, is
Charged With Overdrawing His
8 alary, Uuloadlug Doubtful Securi
ties on the Company and Using the
Company's Assets to Secure HU
Personal Speculative Accounts.
New York, ftpeeisl/? Th* Phoenix
Insurance Company ot Hropklyn ? its
under investigation for 1 regularities
which it is believed have impaired
its surplus a< least $1,000,000 and to
have reulted in conditions which
Superintendent Hotel) 1ms of the
State insurance department,, laid be?/
fore tho dint rift attorney Monday
for possible , criminal^ action* It is ?
charged that the president has over
drawn his salary, that he has ft n loud -
ed doubtful scurities on tho company
ami thai hi! has used the company ?
asset* as collateral to seuro his owtb
personal K|M!fulative account**
In a formal statement iumied Mottr
day night Mr. Hotobkiss admits that
the pri'sent investigation is still un
completed. ' ,
George P, Sluddon, a member of
many clubs, and, as chairman of tho
laws and legal committee of the mv"
tionol board of tiro underwriters^ it i
oiio of Hit best known insurance men -
in the country, has been pre si dent of
the Phoenix since 1.887, and it,, is
charged that undor his adnilnistru
tion Ihe annual reports of the com
pany made to tho insurance depart
ment during at least the last ten
veanj, and prohahly longer, aro fulnu
ni more than one particular.
The insurance department alleges
that it finds that questionable securi
ties originally sold to the company
by Mr. Sheldon have, yeuy after year,
bussed through "Wash Hales"'r and
by this method have boon concealed
in the annual report.
Speculative accounts have been
maintained by President <Sheld*i, ac
cording to Mr. llotchkiss, in iff least
one brokerage, house, and the nsBots '
of the Phoenix liavo 'been put up as
collateral to cover his operations. It
rs charged iilso that for several yeaw
the president 's sulary account , has
been overdrawn and now is. paid up
in full to October 1, 1910.
NATIONAL EXPENSES CUT.
Grand Total of Estimates For 1911 fm
$103,370,303 Less Than the Appro
priations For the Current Fiscal -
Year? New Work Authorized Only
Where Regarded as Absolutely
Necessary ? Salisbury Will Got
$60,000 For Public Building.
Washington, Special. ? That there
has been a careful scrunity of th* "~
estimates of appropriations for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1011, is
shown by the figures submitted to> the
Ilousc at' Representatives Monday by
Secretary of tho Treasury MncYeagh,
The grand total of estimates ,fer 1911
is $732,323,075, which is $103,370,303
less than the appropriations for the
current fiscale yeur,. and $123,000,403
under the estimates submitted a year
ago for 1010. A genei-al cut ho? bton* \
made wherever possible, the now
work authorized only where regarded
as absolutely necessary*
Largo reductions in the estimates
as compared with t he appropriations ? ?
for ' tho current year are: In the
Treasury Department a decrease of -
$12,000,000 for public works, in the
War Department about $6,000,000 in
the military .establishment, made up
of decreases in the estimates for reg
ular supplies, construction works for
the army, mounted equipment, trans
portation, ordinance and manufacture-?
of arms, and $2,500,000 for public
works, exclusive of tho Panama can
al; in tho Navy Department $26,
000,000, due partly to tho fact' that
Secretary Meyer lias not asked for
any money for new ships and that
only $4,000,000 is required for armor
and armament as against an appro
priation of $12,452,000 for this year;
in the Pestoffice Department a reduc
tion of $5,000,000 in the estimated de
ficiency in -the postal revnues, and in
the: Department of Commerce and
Labor a decrase from $10,000,000 to */
$2,000^00 on account of the thir
teenth census.
Oale Over British Isles.
I^ondon, By Cable.? -In a terrifie
gale that raged ovefr the British Isles,
tho steamer Thistlemor went to her
doom oft Appledere, In "Barnstable
Bay. It is believed that her entire
crew of thirty men perished. Four
bodies from the steamer already have
typen washed ashore. The Thistlemor
was' in command, of Captafti?Yeo and.
'??? - bou ivd- from- fcrr erpo*rt for ~ "
A m ericarvPQjri.^.
? ' '\?riny . *:
>? Canal Work Suspended^ ^
Baltimore, Special. ? Mr. Frank A.
Purst, of the Furst-Clark Dredging
Company, which has the contract for
the Cape Cod Cnrral, said Sa'turdj
that all work on the water end of tl
undertaking will be suspended un.
spring. This deeJaLoiv. was rtarfu
atterHnie fearfnl experience of tl
dredge Oeenral McKenaie, wh
caught in a gale "
"hour and which
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more than .
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