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"r '-* v ^ s V * I CALL FOR CARNEGIE! s iron Master Summoned to I Appear Before Grand Jury. I TO VIEW FORGED NOTES ft " I .. Light is Dawning on the Gigantic Crooked Financial Dealings En'\jL gineered by Mrs. Cassie Chadwick. t : Andrew Carnegie has been subpoen' ;4 ?' aed to appear before the United States v grand jury at Cleveland. ..Ohio, to swear that he never signed any of the famous Chadwick securities which have now reached the astounding total of $15,996,000. That this will be increased to $20,000,000 before Carnegie appears before the grand jury; seems certain, for the United States secret service agents are now on the trail of other notes disposed of by Mrs. Chadwick. The $15,990,000 represents only * the forged paper that has been recovered by the officials. There are positively known to be in existence another note for $500,000 disposed of somewhere in New Jersey and anoths . er one for $&UO,OO0 somewhere in Pittsburg. In addition to all of these tuere are said to be approximately (I $3,0o0,000 more forged notes in existence. To get Carnegie's testimony on the j alleged forged checks District Attorney Sullivan notified United States * Marshal Henkel, of New York, to - P^ice a suboena in the Iron Master's hands returnable in Cleveland Wednesday, and word was received later that service had actually been made. When the contents of the "myste.rious securities" held for Mrs. Cassie L. Chad wick by Iri Reynolds, in the Wade Park bank, are revealed to the outside it will be found that the signature of "Andrew Carnegie" has appa; rently been forged on notes and other papers to the total amouat of $13,750,000. The securities held by Reynolds, together with those that were held by the Citizens' national bank of Ober* Iin, and have already been made public, aggregate this amount. The mysterious "securities" held in trust by Iri Reynolds, concerning which there has been so much futile \ speculation during the past two weeks, consist of the following items: First. A note bearing the signature of Andrew Carnegie. Second. A certificate of trusteeship , "1 which states that Andrew Carnegie has-- in his possession bonds to the total amount of $7,500,000 held by him in trust. This paper also bears the signature of Mr, Carnegie. I These securities, supposed to represent the vast amount of $12,500,000, t s hare been for the past three years the ' \ n principal basis on. which Mrs. Chadwick has conducted her financial sysP? tern and on which she has borrowed ! j sums which, it is conceded, run up to | ; | millions. And these same securities are the | I I ; rock which wrecked the Oberlin bank j I j and caused the. ruin of hundreds of I iJ families and losses to- business men ! almost without number. r, ? Iri Reynolds, after his long course of faithful gaurdianship for the woman whom he trusted, now considers himself a dupe. It is said as a fact that I < Reynolds loaned Mrs. Chad wick prac- ; tically all ..the money he possessed, i His entanglements, however, involve ! only himself, the Wade Park bank be- j \ j ing in no way affected. It is understood the cerificate of ! trusteeship states the securities held j by Andrew Carnegie for Mrs. Chad- j wick consist of United States Steel Central railway stock. Consolidated and Northwestern railway stock, in England, the- three aggregating as \' above stated, $7,500,000. To put it briefly the great: Chadwick j bubble has burst. Unless help should i ' arrive from some unseen source the i creditors are hopeless and Mrs. Chad- ! wick has no resources. She must now ' face the storm that has been steadily i growing in intensity. ; NO EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS President Settles Important Question. h WH| Visit South in the Spring. No extraordinary session of con'' gress will be held next spring for a revision of the tariff. That has been , decided definitely. The question o 1 * 4 an extraordinary session next fall 13 in abeyance. j President Roosevelt announced this : v decision to several of his caliers Sat- ; urday. I In view of this decision, the pres- j ident told Representative Cooper, ol Texas, that he had decided to make a southern trip early next spring. MINERS MEET DOOM. Fifteen Lives Probably Snuffed Out in Coai Pit Explosion. A Tacoma, Wash, dispatch says: Eleven miners have been killed by an j explosion in the Burnett coal mine, i land it Is believed that the death list j will total fifteen. Searching parties were immeriately organized, and after j working incessantly ' for about eight 1 14 hears,. eleven burnt and mangled ] corpses were recovered. j MRS. CHADWJCK NABBED | Manipulator of Millions Must Answer I for Alleged Crooked Dealings Before the Courts. The climax ia the affairs of Mrs Cassie L. Chadwick came at Now York Wednesday, when she was placed under arrest in her apartments at the Hotel Breslin, charged with aiding and abetting a bank officer in embezzling ?12,500. The arrest was made after a lengthy conference between United States Commissioner Shields, Assistant United States District Attorney E. E. Baldwin, Secret Service Agent J. .Flynn and United States Marshal William Henki. Commissioner Shields issued the warrant, which charges a violation of section 5209 of the United States federal laws, relating to conspiracy. There was a scene in the woman's room when the officials announced to Mrs.- Chadwick that she was under arrest A maid opened the door, and when asked by Agent Flynn for Mrs. Chadwick, the woman appeared. Her son stood by and witnessed with a blank face the scene that followed. He stepped to his mother's side as she burst into tears, but said nothing. Marshal Henki. who with his deputies and United States Secret Service Agent William J. Flynn, grouped in x.i _r lue auur 01 aits, uuauwivi s apartment, had entered without knocking, found her in bea. Ke said: "Madame, I have an unpleasant duty to perform. I am obliged to serve a warant for your arrest, issued by United States Commissioner Shields, at the instance of the federal authorities of Ohio." "I'm very nervous and ill," repliedMrs. Chadwick. "What shall I do? I | certainly am unable to get up." "In that case," said tae marshal, "I shall be obliged to remain here and keep you under surveillance. You will realize that unpleasant as this is for both of us, you are a prisoner and I have no right to leave you here alone. I will do everything I can to relieve you of any annoyance, however." Y*Tien the conference was in progress a man, belfeved to oe Mr. Powers. one of Mrs. Chad week's counsel. entered the room, and began to advise her. He advised her to stay in bed, and under no circumstances to leave the room. Marshal Henki took exception to the advice, and said: "It Mrs. Chadwick needs any advice as a prisoner I will give it to her. No attempt will be made to move her from here tonight, but she must go before Commissioner Shields in the morning." The secret service men engaged a room adjoining Mrs. Chadwick'" suite, and established themselves there for tne night. CARNEGIE NOTE PHOTOGRAPHED Facsimile Copy of Mysterious Paper is Shown at Cleveland. A phootgre.ph copy of the famous note for $250,000 drawn in favor of C. L. Chadwick and signed "Andrew Carnegie," was shown at Cleveland, O.. Wednesday. The photographic copy and the plates from which it was made are In the possession of District Attomey Sullivan. A feature of this note is the fact that the date, figures and signature are all in the same handwriting, while the words "two hundred and fifty thousand dollars" were evidently written by another person. Following is the exact wording of the note: "New York, January 7, 1904.?One year after date I promise to pay the order of C. L. Chad wick two hundred and fifty thousand (.250,000) dollars at ray office in New York city for va|ile received, with interest at 5 per I cent. ANDREW CARNEGIE." Upon the back of the note is endorsed the name "C. L. Chadwick." ' < POTTER SHORTAGE GROWS. Affairs of Davisboro Bank Delved Into By Accountants. Vl^atest reports from the statement [ of-expert accountants in regard to the Davisboro, Ga., bank indicate a shortage of $20,000. M. S. Potter, the cashier, left Davisboro on November 16, after having been asked to resign by the directors on the 13th, and has not returned. SENATE DOWN TO BUSINESS. At Wednesday's Session First Regular Call for Bills, Etc., Was Made. When the senate convened Wednesday the regular call for business was > made for the first time in the session | and a large number of petitions, bills j and joint resolutions were introduced. ! Mr. Dillingham presented the creden- j tials of his colleague, Mr. Proctor, for the term beginning March 4th, next Among the bills introduced was one by Mr. Piatt, of New York, reducing the apportionment of congressional representation. SALE OF BONDS BARRED. Macon, Dublin and Savannah Road Re- i strains Coast Line. Papers have been served at New Haven, Conn., on Goodwin Stoddard, of Bridgeport, by Deputy United States Marshal Parmalee, in a suit brought in the United States court restraining the sale of bonds of the Macon, Dublin and Savannah, of Georgia, by the Atlantic Coast Line, one of the mortgagee of the road. HAVOC BY JAP GUNS] I i i Russian Warships in Harbor at Port Arthur Riddled. ANOTHER FORT IS TAKEN! t Doom of the Great Fcytress Draws i Nearer With Continuous Successful Onslaughts of Mikado's j Determined Bsseigers. Advices from Tokio, under date of Wednesday, Dec. 7, state that the Jap- j anese troop3 occupied Akasaka hill, < fronting oh Port Arthur Tuesday. The commander of the Japanese j naval guns in front of Port Arthur, tel- j egraphing on December 6, says: "An observation taken from 203- j Meter hill, shows that the turret ship I Poltava is sunk and that the battle ! ship Retvizan is listing heavily to j port. "Observations taken December 6 i covered the results of the bombard-1 ment of December 5. Are now taking I observations from a hill near Shuis- j hiying. "Since December 2 we have daily i bombarded the enemy's fleet lying j south of Paiyu mountain. From that point only the masts and funnel .tops of the battle ships Pobeda, Retvlzan or the cruiser Pallada could be seen, but it was impossible to count the ! number of our shells taking effect "On other ships explosions resulting from our shells could be seen, but owing to their positions behind the hills, it was difficult exactly to identify them. "The total of our shells taking effect on the enemy's ships were as follows: "On a vessel of the Pobieda type, thirty-four; on the battle ship Retvizan or the cruiser Pallada, thirtyfour; on the turret ship Poltava, elev-1 en. Besides these, fifty other shells j struck from which explosions fol- j lowed. On December 5 fifteen shells ! struck the battle ship Pobieda and I about 3:20 p. m., a big explosion was j observed south of Paiyu mountain, re- j suiting from the- effect of our shells, j evidently on a powder magazine. "The successful result of the bom- j bardment oil December 5 is inspiring | our men to take greater efforts." A dispatch from Tokio under Thurs- J day's date says: Imperial headquar ters has made the following announcement: "The result of the bombard ment of Port Arthur by four large caliber guns on the 7th instant, was j very good. Many effective hits were made against the battle ships Peres viet and Pobieda and the protected cruiser Pallada. In consequence the j Peresviet caught fire and at 3:15 j o clock the Pobieda listed to star-! board." From St. Petersburg. Foreign telegrams received in St. j Petersburg stating that the Japanese ! have succeeded in mounting heavy j guns on 203-Meter hill, are regarded : as seriously significant, and have created a deep impression at the war of- j fice. If the reports of the sinking of the Russian warships in the harbor | of Port Arthur are confirmed, it de- i stroys the last hope of a sortie, and j when the end comes nothing but. to J sink those that remain in deep water j to prevent them falling into the hands : of the enemy. \ The importance of 203-Meter hill j to the garison is evidenced by General J Stoessel's desperate effort to recap- j ture it. ? GOOD ROADS BILL REPORTED, j I Senator Latimer, of South Carolina, | Presents Pet Measure in Congress. Senator Latimer, from the commit- j tee on agriculture and forestry, re ported favorably to the senate Wednesday, his bill for national aid to good roads. The bill provides an appropria-: tion of $24,000,000 to be divided; among the states according to popula-! tion. The states are to do the work of i constructing and improving the road? j and pay one-half of the cost, the gov- j ernment paying the ether half. i CALL TO COTTON GROWERS. | Effort to Be Made to "Tie Up" Product ; Until Prices Advance. President Harvie Jordan, of the \ Southern Cotton Growers' Protective \ Association, has issued a call fcr mass meetings of farmers in everf county, In all of the cotton states east of the Mississippi river, fcr December 17. The purpose of the meetings will be to reduce farmers "to tie up between 2,000,000 and 3.000,000 bales of this j crop until prices advance to 10 cents j per pound.' I CHILD LABOR LAW EFFECTIVE. I Boys Under Sixteen Cannot Now Work ! in Illinois Coa| Mines. Beginning Monday, the child labor I law of Illinois began to be enforced iD 'all the coal mines of the state. Un- i 1 der the interpretation of the law, nc ! boys under 16 years of age will ue j : permitted to work in the mine3. It is estimated the enforcement of 1 the statute will take 2,200 boys away i froui employment under grouud. . . . .. ' . . . LOOKS BAD FOR SWA'YNE 'r High Criir.e3 are Charged to Florida Jurist By Congressional Investigating Committee. A Washington special says: The sub-committee of the house judiciary committee, iyhieh has been taking testimony in the case of Judge. Swayne. of Fiorida, reported* to the full commit tee Friday the evidence heard since the adjournment of congress. Representative Palmer, of Pennsylvania, chairman of. tixe -subcommittee, was directed to submit to the house a report for the full committee,- embracing the following: "The committee on judiciary respectfully report to the house the testimony taken in the case of ChaTies Swayne since congress adjourned, with the conclusion that in their opinion said testimony strengthens the case against the said Charles Swayne.' Representative Palmer, in the report which he submitted Saturdaysaid that the testimony showed that Judge Swayne, while the Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West railway was in the hands of a receiver, appointed by him, accepted the free use of a private car belonging to the company, stocked with victuals out of the funds of the company, with the company s con ductor and cook, and; traveled over Florida; also that Judge Swayne accepted the use of the same car to carry himself and a party of friends from Florida to California and back, and that he- accepted passes for the car and its occupants over other roads. Mr. Palmer's report will further-say that the testimony shows that Judge Swayne charged $10 a day as 'expenses actually incurred for every day he was away from home, while it will be added that the testimony of witnesses shows his expenses to have been les3 than that amount Mr. Palmer will incorporate in the report the testimony given by Judge Swayne in his own behalf, including that part in which Mr. Swayne justifies his use of the car. AFTER CARTER'S BOODLE. District Attorney Erwin Impounds Securities in Various Parts of Country, United States District Attorney Marion Erwin, of the Savannah, Ga., district, has been in conference recently with officials of the department of justice at Washington, and the war department in regard to the legal steps to be taken for the recovery of certain claims of the United States against the estate of Oberlin M. Carter, formerly a captain in the.army, who was convicted of embezzling funds of the United States in connection with the improvement of the harbor of Savan nah. Certain securities held by Carter, which it is alleged were purchased by money embezzled from the United States have been impounded in various parts of the country, and are held by the courts pending adjudication. It is said that the amount involved is considerable. WOMAN HAS NO FRIENDS. Mrs. Chadwick Forced to Spend Another Night in the Tombs. After a day full of disagreements with her counsel as to whether she should waive examination and go to Cleveland, Mrs. Chadwick finally consented to remain another night in the Tombs. Mra. Chadwick had made up her mind to ignore the advice of her New York counsel and go to Cleveland to stand trial there, when late Friday afternoon she received a telegram from her Cleveland counsel, Judge Albaugh, asking her not to return to Cleveland just yet. His telegram caused her to remain over night. better prices their object. Many Mississippi Farmers are Refusing to Sell Their Cotton. The checking of the cotton market decline during the past few days has given growers in Mississippi a renewal of confidence, and many of the largest holders announce that they are I not in the market to sell ?t existing prices. . 4 FEUDIST HARGIS A SICK MAN. Carried to Court on a Cot to Answer in Suit of Mrs. Marcum. At Winchester, Ky., Thursday morning, Judge Hargis, noted feudist leader, was carried to court on a cot for the trial of the case of Mrs. J. B. Marcum against Hargis and others, in which she asks $100,000 damages. Hargis was too ill to be brought into court, otherwise, and there was much delay while his attorneys held a conference with him in his room at the hotel. After the conference, Judge Ttonfron hoo-or? /-.rv. ? XI ?? cmyiiucnu^ me jury I for the trial of the case. MEETING OF EDUCATORS. Southern Association to Gather in Jacksonville, Fla., Dec. 29-31. The Southern Educational Association of which Chancellor Walter B. Hill, of the University of Georgia, Is the president, will meet in Jacksonville, Fla., December 29, 30 and 31. An elaborate and interesting program has been arranged and a large attendance of teachers is expected. [WOMAN INTOOMBS !Mrs. Chadwick is Unabie to Secure Rail of $15,000. iIN MOST PITIABLE PLIGHT j ' A,t Preliminary Hearing in New York on Conspiracy Charge, Juggle.* of Millions is Bound Over for Trial. Mrs. Cassie L. Chadwick was arraigned before United States Commissioner Shields in New York Thuiouay morning and held in $15,000 bail, which she. was unable to furnish. All day long lawyers representing her interests had sought in every quarter for some one own.ng real estate in Manhattan who would sign her bond, and the marshal had, out of sympathy for the woman, kept her in his office hours after she could have been removed. The endeavors of the lawyers were unsuccessful, rendering her imprisonment necessary. To add to her cup of wee, it was learned that a charge of forgery would very likely be made against the woman in Ohio, based on the Carnegie notes and other papers given as securities for loans. Thursday night Mrs. Chadwick occupied one of the scantily furnished cells in the Tombs. After a truitless search all day for bail, her attorneys gave up the fight. Mrs. Chadwick was wan, tired and j almost fainting. They were driven directly to the Toomb3. Arriving there Mrs. Chadwick was half carried up the steps into the building. Warden Flynn met the party, and after the usual preliminaries had been attended to, the woman asked permission to have her nurse remain with her. This was denied, the warden saying that she should have no privileges not allowed other prisoners. Already the country has been startled by the disclosures which have followed one another in quick succession since Mrs. Chadwick's affairs were brought before the public view, less than two weeks ago. Since that time, Mrs. Chadwick's known indebtedness has grown from less than $200,000 to more than $1,000,000, and her counsel has said that claims against, her may amount to $20,000,000, for all he knows, j The validity of some of the claims, however, said the attorney, was another matter. The strangest feature of the mystery has been the use of the namo of Mr. Carnegie. What reason was offered to explain why Mr. Ca negie, who has an income of more than $10,000,000 a year from United States Steel bonds alone, should be giving notes has not been brought out. Probably not in the history of the United States has there been anything i similar in the unusual cireumstanres ! and magnitude to the Chadwick borrowings. It is known by the statement of President Beckwith, of the failed Citizens' national bank, of Oberlin, Ohio, that notes for at least $1,250,000, indorsed by Mrs. Chadwick, are outstanding; the securities said to be iieid by Iri Reynolds, of Cleveland, figure to the extent of $5,000,000; Herbert Newton, of Boston, has claims for $190,800, and Thursday it was asserted by those conversant with the strange case that a number of banks not yet mentioned in . public made large loans to Mrs. Chadwick. NO JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION. Proposition Does Not Meet the Approval of Congress. The house committee on industrial arts and expositions, at its meeting Thursday, decided not to recommend to the house the authorization of an industrial exposition to be held at Jamestown, Va.. in commemoration of the first English settlement there or to report my bill authoribing the appropriation of money for an indusj trial exposition there. | ' MANY CHANGES PROBABLE. | President Expects Resignations of All j Ambassadors and Cabinet Members, j That there may be changes in the diplomatic service and possibly in the cabinet is evident from a statement made by a high official of the state department Friday replying to an inquiry in which he said that the president expects all the members of his cabinet and ail ambassadors and ministers to send in their resignations be tiveen now and the 4th of March next. I I\o o.Sicial announcement of this expectation has been made, nor is one ' deemed necessarv. ' ! SECURITIES ARE WORTHLESS, j ' Mrs. Chadwick's Five Millions Shrink j to Less Than Five Cents. According to a story publisned in Cleveland, O., the package of securities belonging to Mrs. Chadwick and in the possession of Iri Reynolds, supposed to contain $5,000,000 worth of collateral, was opsned Friday morning. It is declared that while the face value of the securities was $5,000,000, the actual value is rot one cenL DOWN WITH TH? CZAR! 1 ! Gigantic Demonstration in St. Petersburg Against Further Continuance of War?Heads Battered. I A St. Petersburg special says: A | popular anti-government demonstrai Uon, the participants in which in- - Jg j eluded large numbers of students of both sexes, began at midday Sunday in the Nevski prospect and lasted : about two hours. Hundreds of police / i and mounted gendarmes, who were i hidden in the court yard of the public : buildings, emerged suddenly and ! charged the crowd at full gallop, driy* ffigj j ing the demonstrators in headlohg jam * confusion upon the. sidewalks and into ! adjacent streets. This led to serious |j j encounters, fifty persons being mors , or less severely injured. Large numi bers were arrested. Not since the riots of 1901, when "M ' -v?B9 I Cossacks stretched across the Nevski ! prospect from building to building, charged down the boulevard from the -vis .Vj; Moscow station to the Neva*, his the 'Russian capital lived through such | J a day of excitement as ibis. The an- j^|S | | thorities previously got wind of < ! big anti-government demonstration | planned for Sunday by the social demi ocratic labor party to demand an im- -Mgm I mediate end of the war and the con- ' ! vocation of a national assembly and in -j I every leading paper in black-faced i : type was an explicit warning to the ' people at their peril to desist from I congregating to the Nevski prospect ; near the Kazan cathedral. . J5 v The newspaper warnings, however, | by giving notice to those not apprised I of the prospect of a demonstration, I defeated the very object for which i they were designed, attracting seem* JmK i ingly the whole population of the Jg ^ ! vast city to the broad thoroughfare; j and long before the hour fixed, ^ : spite the pleading of the police, who 'fjj literally linfd the' sidewalks, the throngs on the pavements were so dense that movement was almost im Iii throngs on the sidewalk were practically the whole student body of the capital, including many young women, who have always been promi- ^ nent in Russia in liberal revolutionary movements, and thousands of work- z'M J men belonging to the social labor parThe police recognizing that the critical moment was approaching, tried 1n ?jj >3 vain to keep back the human tide. . ^ | Then, when there was not a single mounted policeman in sight, on the 51 stroke of 1, from the heart of the thickly wedged crowd a blood red > jjral flag like a jet of flame suddenly shot ?|S:| i up. It was the signal. Other flags | appeared in the crowd, waving fran- 7|B j tically overhead, and they were greet- |?S ed with a hoarse roar, "Down with anj tocracy." The students surged into . '-J|| J | the street singing the "Marsellase." : % ^ Dismounted police made a single | ; attempt to force their way into the >|j ? j crowd to wrest the flags from the ! demonstrators but the students and ^ | workmen, armed with sticks, stood -WtK j close and beat back their assailants. / J . : Then, like a flash, from behind the ! Kazan cathedral, came hordes of gend- M :Jj i armes. The doors of adjoining court- la -! | yards were thrown back and batal- '^| | ions of police came out and furiously 2?| | cnarged the dense throngs. - ONLY HULKS ARE LEFT. i Japs Have About Annihilated Russian Fleet at Port Arthur. A Tokio dispatch of Sunday says: ;:3S j The Japanese continue to batter the .*;Jj ; I Port Arthur fleet, and there is little . ground for expecting that it will ever -3# ! again engage the Japanese. A majority of the sunken warships received the bulk of the fire across their port sides. To make sure of the destruction of the Rusian warships the Japanese continue to drop shells into the sunken hulks. . Rusians Are Fleeing Hither.' Eight hundred Russians, most of if? whom allege that they fled form their homes to escape military service in Manchuria, left London a few days $| ago for Liverpool on their way to ^Jg America. ROOT AND CORLON WINNERS. Six-Day Bicycle Race at New York Comes to a Whirlwind Finish. ;v|g Madison Square garden was crowded with bicycle enthusiasts Saturday night to see the finish of the six-day bicycle race for the purse of $2,500. The teams finished as follows: Root .Ja and Dorlon, Stol and Vandorstuyft, Samuelson and Williams, Keegan and , Logan, Krebs and Fogler, Breton and Gougoltz. TVn .A/in.J ~ n n?? auv- icuiu xwi uxc ciuiu was miles and four laps. The teams were " i; on the track 342 hours and the race 3 was concluded at 10 o'clock Saturday .4 SEEKS CONFISCATED DIAMOND* Woman Appeals to Roosevelt for Return of Valuable Gems. President Roosevelt has now under p consideration the application made by a woman, Mrs. Phyllis Dodge, for remission of the forfeiture and the res- ^ toration to her of the diamonds aggre* gating in value about $40,000 brought to this country by her about five yean ago and seized and confiscated by the custom officers at New York.