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very short time bring in a resolution
providing (or an lnmiirv lnt, i.. . .
bond issues of the government ar.d that
iwouia provide lor aa investigation
an mutters contained in the reso
lution onered by senators concerning
the financial stringency and the effort
vi toe government to relieve the situa
lion.
With thig assurance Culberson, ol
Tex ax, an.1 Clay, of Georgia, agreed U
permit tneir resolution to go to the
committee tor it a c moderation. Till.
man allowed hia reiolution on the same
uDect to lie ou the table until he
cure duta he dusirea to preent to the
senate
Senator Culberson today Introduced a
diii to prohibit corporation! from mak-
icg ciacuon Contributions or to iimke
contributions in connection with elec
tions.
Senator Fulton today introduced billi
approprl .ting 1100,000 for public build
ings at La Grande, Pendleton, Oregon
City, Albany and Iloseburgand $2,500,-
wu at rortiaud,
Monday, December 0.
Washington, Deo. 9. -The senate
waa In sesaion a little more than one
hour today, and did little business lie
yond the introduction of bills. The
resolutions of Clay and Culberson, Call
ing upon the secretary of the treasury
for information concerning the recent
bond issues and deposit of public mon
ey in national banks came up, but in
tho absence of Aldrich their considera
tion was postponed until another day.
Tillman introduced a resolution di
recting the committee on finance to in
vestigate the recent proceedings of the
aecretary of the treasury in connection
with the financial crisis, and also to
make inquiry concerning the clearing
house certificate. The resolution was
presented in two series, the first deal
ing wit i the operations of the Treasury
department and the second with clear
ing house certificates, each being di
vided into three subdivisions.
Washington, Deo. 9. In the house
today the bills Introduced included the
following:
By Hall, of South Dakota Remov
ing the duty from imports of lumber,
whether dressed or rough.
By Macoudrey, Missouri Making It
a felony punishable by Imprisonment
of from two to five years, or by a fine,
to publish or circulate any false or mis
leading advert isemoiit ; retiring on pay
roll veterans cf th Civil war who have
attained the age of 70.
By Fulton, of Oklahoma Prohibit
ing the mailing of any statement of
margin or other stock wagering trans
action, and making it a felony under
the Interstate commerce law to utilise
the teh graph for that purpose; direct
ing the secieUry of the interior at once
to place on the pension roll the names
of all survivors of the Civil war. wheth
er regulars or volunteers, who served at
least CO days, and to increasing pensions
that no such survivor shall receive lea
than $40 monthly.
Thursday, December 6.
Washington, Dec. 5. The senate
was in session today for an hour and
a half, adjourning at 1:30 o'clock until
Monday
Senator William P. Frye, of Maine,
was re-elected president pro tern of the
senate, Senator Daniel, of Virginia,
being given a complimentary vote or
the honor by hia Democratic col
leagues. The resolutions of Senators Clay
and Culberson calling on the secretary
of the treasury for information concern
ing the recent bond is-me by the gov.
eminent were allowed to go over until
next Monday, when thev will probably
be the basis of some debate. Most of
the session was taken tip by the intro
duction of bills.
Senator Fulton has been placed on
the committee on assignments.
The house was in session only ten
minutes and transacted no business be
yond agreeing to make response to the
greetings of the new state of Oklahoma.
The house also adjourned until Monday.
Federal Courts and State Law.
Wahinsgton, Dec. 11. Soto amend
the interstate commerce law as to en
able and require the Federal courts to
recognlxe and apply the provisions of
state statutes for the trial of Interstate
violations Is the object of a bill Intro
duced by Representative Sabath, of Il
linois. The purpose ia to obviate the
long delays In the conduct of interstate
commiwsee by lack, or declared lack, of
Jurisdiction In the Federal courts.
The punishment provided is a fine of
from $1,000 to $5,000, or imprisonment
of rom three months to five years.
Wants Caaes Advanced.
Washington, Deo. 5. Attorney Gen
eral Bonaparte today asked the Su
preme) court of the United States to ad
vance on Its docket the cases of the
United State against the Armonr, the
Swift, the Morris and the Cndahy pack
ing companies, in each of which a fine
of $15,000 was Imposed by the United
States District court for th Western
district of Missouri on a charge of ac
cepting relatf from the Chicago, Bur
lington A Qulnry Railroad company on
hoef ahipments from Kansas City,
Kan., to Kurope
Propose Mall Subsidy.
Washington, Dec. 11. -Ship subsidy
legislation la analn to be ttomp ed th a
winter. Not the old subsidy pln sd
rocated by the late Senator Hanna, but
I much modified bill, testrlctpl in Its
operations, and mor. POP0'''' "0t
,. a postal subvention act. At the last
congress each house of congress went
on record as favoring s ma.l obtMy
bill, but th bill was ny kh';
edby ft Democratic fili buster in the
senate.
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uay ana ail of them were referred to
committees, here they will be taken
up for consideration after the new sen
atora shall be given committee assign
ment. No other business of import
ance was transacted. Almost all of
these bills were conaider.! in the last
congress, and most of them are private
peuaion bills. The whole nnmlr in
troduced in the senate of the Fifty
ninth congress waa 8,627, and before
the Christmas holidays it is probable
that at leant half of them will again
be Introduced and leferred to commit
teea Among the bills introduced to
day were:
l!y Fulton Amending the railroad
rate law in such a manner that a
change of tariff filed with the Inter
state Commerce commission cannot go
into effect where objection is made un
til the commission has declared the
rate fair.
By Dick The administration meas.
nre providing for an increase of ray fo
members of the army, navy and marine
corps.
ny liansbrough Reneainir the tim
ber and stone act and providing- for th
sale of timber on Diiblio lands: also
Dill giving homestead entrymen th
right to be absent from tlitir home
steads during four winter months.
Hy La toilette Requiring that rail
road rates shall be fixed so as only to
yield a fair return on the valuation of
road e property.
lly Nelson Extending the free de
livery service to all towns having a
postal revenue oi ih.uoo.
Washington, Dec. 4. The newly sd
pointed house committee on nankins
and currency held its first meeting to-
lay, spending two and a half hours in
discussing the currency question in lev-
eial of its phases. At the conclusion
of the meeting several of the members
stated that as a result of the conference
the members of the committee were
now nearer together than they ever
have been before, notwithstanding the
same men, with the exception of three,
composed the committee during the
r Hty-ninth congress.
The only definite action taken at this
Initial meeting was the authorising of
the chair to appoint a sulcoriiraitte of
five to draft and submit a currency bill
to correct the present financial situa
tion. There will be no hearings befirre
the committee until the subcommittee
has finished its task and the complete
draft is in the hands of the chairman.
Cor damns Proposed Schema.
Washington, Dec. 7. The secretary
of war has sent to congress the report
of the army engineers, which will pre
vent the construction by the govern
ment of a ship canal connecting Grays
harbor and Puget sound. Such a cansl
would cost $15,000,000 to $20,000,000;
wouiu necetsiuite me construction oi
fourteen locks and Involve the clear ex
cavation of 40 miles of canal in addi
tion to much dredging of natural water
ways. In the opinion of the engineers,
such a canal would he of no particular
strategic advantage In time of war and,
because of the numerous locks, would
save no time to vessels enttring and
leaving Puget sound.
Prepare New Currency Bill.
Washington, Dec. 7. Chairman
Fowler, of the house committee on
banking and currency, has announced
the subcommittee of five, which wi
frame snd submit to the main commit
tee a currency bill. The stiticommittee
is as follows: Fowler, New Jersey;
I rince, Illinois Canlerbead, Kansas;
Lewis, Georgw, and Gillespie, Texas
The last two are Democrats.
Complaint on Missouri Pacific.
Washington, Dec. 7. The Brother
hood of Railway Trainmen has filed
with the postmaster general a com
plaint against the Missouri Pacific rail
way for maintaining tracks alleged to
be unsafe, thereby endangering the
lives of postal employe. The com
plaint was referred to the second as
sistant poM master geneial.
Statler Returns to Ankeny.
WashiPnt.m, Ioc. 7. A. F. Ptatter,
of Walla Walla, has resumed service as
private secretary to Sena'or Ankeny,
afier a season spent in Nevada.
Extend Powers of People.
Washington, Dec. 11. The new state
of Oklahoma Las offered through Rep
resentative Fulton, to engraft the prin
ciples of the initiative and referendum
and the recall npon the constitution of
the United States. One of several bills
introduced by Mr. Fulton provide that
in "all general elections for representa
tive or delegate in congress, the voters
shall have the right to have printed on
the ballot and to exer.-ise their judg
ment npon any political questions."
Request for the submission of questions
must be by petition to the president.
Retire Mora Officers.
Washington, Dec. 6. The following
officers have been directed to appear
before the Davis retiring board, Wash
ington, Decemler 20, for examination:
Lieutenant Colonel John C. Muhlen
berg, pay corps; Lieutenant Colonel
Dan C. Kinman, corps of engineers;
Major Frank J. Ives. Surgeon Patrick
J. Hart, Chaplain Hiram M. Chitten
den, corps of engineers. The Iavls
board has had under consideration the
canes of nearly 20 officers who failed to
take the horsemanship efficiency test
ride ordered by President Roosevelt.
Msy Fore Tariff to Front.
Washington, Dec. 6. A caucus of
the Democratic member of ths house
to consider a plan for forcing the tariff
qner-tlon to the front has been called by
Chairman Clayton for tomorrow even
ing. It Is generally believed that Mr.
Hay, of Virginia, will re-offer his reso
lution Instructing Democratic member
to object to all unanimoua agreement
on th floor of th house, unless the
Republicans agre to bring in ft Urifl
bill.
RAILROADS REPLY.
Say New Lumbar Rata la Not Eacee
aive as la Charged.
Washington, Deo. 6. The Inter
state Commerce commission tcday re
ceived the answers of the Ilarriuiat
rjd, the Astoria A Columbia Kiver
Hind the Belliughatn Bay A British Co
lumbia roads In the eomnumt recently
filed by the lumbermen of Oregon and
Washington against the new rates on
lumber from the Pacific coast to inter
ior points.
The answers are along similar tin
Each road denies that there waa an
omawiui agreement in fixing the new
rates, and as specifically denies that
there is any agrrement between the
Hill and llaniman systems uude
which the Northwest ii parceled out,
Mr. Hill to control Washington am
Mr. Harriman Oregon.
In defense of the recent increase
they allege that the old lumber rat
was extremely law am! tion-corupensa
tory, made at a time when the Pacific
Northwest was undeveloped and lum
hermen needed a low rate in order to
reach out into competitive territory
Since then, they allege, the lumber
business has assumed euoiuiuua proijor
tions, yielding a handsome income to
those engaged in it, and the cost of
transportation has correspondingly in
created, rendering It necessary for rail
roads to get a higher rate for handling
lumber.
PETITION CONGRESS.
Rivers and Harbors Convention Wants
Canala Constructed
Washlngtoa Dec. 8. A committee
of 60 of the delegates to the recent con
ventlon st Memphis of the Lakes-to-
the-Gulf Deep Waterways association
led by President W. K. Kavanaugh
called ou Vice President Fairbanks and
Speaker Cannon at the capltol yester
day and presented to each a memoria
adopted by the convention praying the
support of congress to the project for a
ship canal from the great lakes to the
Gulf of Mexico and another through
the Atlantic Coait states and recom
mending an annual appropriation of
$50,000 000 for harbors and waterways
ImDrovementH. aa proposed by the
Rivers and Harbors eongrcaa.
In receiving the memorial, the vice
president said he would take great
pleasure in presenting It to the senate
and in referring it to uie proper com
mittee at the earliest possible moment
Mr. Cannon greeted the committee
cordially and at once went to the point
by asking whether the memorial re
commended a bond Issue for the pro
posed expense. Mr. Ma lone of the
committee replied that, while some of
the delegates to the convention expect
ed such a recommendation to be made,
it had been omitted.
UNITING AGAINST JAPAN.
European Bankers Anxious to Secure
Lion's Share of Loan.
Fekln, Dec. 6. Several foreign bank
ing firms are in active competition for
the Chinese loan which it was planned
make to secure moner to meet the
sinenses of the t hinese administration
of Manchnria. This money was to1 be
pent, among other things, for the con'
strnrtlon of modern government build,
ings and to raise the nucleus of a mod'
em army In Manchuria, to consist nlti'
mately of one army corps. The viceroy
proposed recently that this loan be
raised.
The attitude taken by Japan In the
matter of loans and concessions in
Manchuria, namely, that she must be
a partner In anything that is done, has
resulted In a coalition oi the European
money lenders against her. These
firms make special objection to the
fact that Japan should be both a bor
rower from and a lender to China.
Plague Nearly Beaten.
San Francisco, Doc. 6. The sanitary
campaign that is being prosecuted by
the rederal authorities in co-oiieration
with the local health board for the
eradication of the plague in San Fran
cisco is proving effective. There has
been a mint decided Improvement in
the situation. Only one death from
plague has occurred in the past eight
days, while the average number of
cases reported weekly has decreased
over 75 per cent as a result of the cam
paign of sanitation inaugurated by the
United States marine brspital corps.
gin Enjoins Lumber Ra'e.
Helena, Mont., Dec. 6. Judge Wil
Ham II. Hunt in the Federal court here
today signed an injunction restraining
the Great Northern railway from col
lecting the excess over the old rate on
the new lumber rate which went into
effect November 1, until the Interstate
Commerce commission has decided as
to the merits of the new rate. The new
tariff only affected lumbermen of Flat
head county, who brought the suit al
leging that ulterior motives influenced
tie (treat Northern In increasing the
tariff 30 per cent.
Roosevelt Order Troops.
Washington, Dec. 6. President
Roosevelt last night instructed General
Funaton to dispatch a sufficient force
of regulara to GoldfieM, Nev., to con
trol the situation there. Thia action
waa taken upon receipt of a telegraphic
request from the governor of Nevada.
The troops will proceed from San Fran
cisco and the strength of the expedition
is left to the judgment of General Fun
aton. Goldrleld is abont 14 hours by
rail from San Francisco.
Canal Diggers Beat Record.
Washington, Dec. 6. Colonel Goe
thals, chief engineer ct the Panama
canal, cabled the canal officers In this
city Way that all records were again
broken for th month ol November In
the n atter of excavation on the isth
mus. The total amount of earth re
moved during that month was I,a30,
4 SB cubic yards aa against 389,407
cubic yards in November, 1906.
Two States Exclude Provident. '
New York. Dec. 6. It was officially
announced last night that word had
been sent by E. . Rittenhonse, com
missioner of insurance for the state of
Colorado, and Otto Kelsey, New York
state superintendent of insurance, to
the Provident Savings Life Assuranc
society to cease the tranaactlon and so
licitation of any new business In these
two state.
HUNDREDS lilE DEAD
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End Comes Sodiieiilj to Miners
In West Virginia.
OMT FIVE ESCAPE m LIVES
Explosion of th Deadly Black Damp
6lays 400 Mun and Wracks
Two Coal Mines.
Monongah, W. Vs., i. 7. That
not less than 400 mi nun re killed by
an explosion of black damp in mines
No. 6 snd No. $ of the Consolidated
Coal company, of l'ltimiie, at this
place yesterday, is bow conceded by
those who take the must hopeful and
most conservative vluw of the disaster.
Five badly injured cica iLaJe their way
to the suiface.
Of the victim! six dead bodies bad
been taken from mine No. 6 at mid
night and 65 more ware piled up in
the entry awaiting completion of faoil
ties for bringing them to the surface.
From mlna No. 8 at tli tame hour, 14
bodies had been removed and a number
of others are ready to be brought out
as soon aa arrangements can be com
pleted. There Is mncb speculation as to the
cause of the explosion, but the most
generally accepted theory la tha,t it re
sulted from black damp, scientifically
known as methane. It is believed thai
miner attempted to set off a blast,
which blew out and Ignited an accum
ulation of this deiilly gas, and that
this In turn ignilrd the coal dust, a
highly inflammable ml stance fonnd
in greater or lees quantities in all West
Virginia mines. However, all expla
nations uf the cause up to this time are
necessarily speculative. Only a thor
ough Investigation after the mine ia re
opened will discloee the cause, if It is
ever a-cerlalned. The explosion affect
ed both mines, and so far as now known
appears to have done about as much
damage in one aa in the other. It naa
not been ts abliahed in which mine it
originated. ,
Three of the livins men. while nnable
to give any detailed report of the disas
ter, slate that Immediately back cf
them, when they began their frantic
niggle for liberty, there wai a large
umoer of men engaged in a similar
truggle, while still further b tck in the
workings there was a larger number of
whom they know nothing. It is the
opinion of the mine officials and others
familiar with mining that these men
nail not penetrated the mine as far as
hal the majority of the day shift, when
the explosion oocurrtu, tD( that they
headed for and reach,) the main en
trance before the he. ewvw-ln that
now blockiut tfca siummio not more
than a few hundreJ feet from the en
trance.
HELD IN PEONAGE,
Grave Charge Braught Against
8ervic Commissioner.
Civil
New Orleans, La., Dec. 7 That
John Avery Mclllifnny, member of the
United States civil service commission,
holds more than 1,000 ignorant foreign
ers in a state of peonage, and that bru
tality and crneltry are practiced to force
these people to remain on Avery Island,
La., where the Mcllhetiny interests
opera fe vast oyster canning and tobai-oo
manufacturing properties, Is the charge
brought by Stephen Joxca, special com'
missinner of the Aiistro-Hungarian gov
eminent, to which nationality most of
the alleged peons belong.
The stories of peonge in certain see
tions of the South recently were called
to the's ttention of the Austro-Hnngarlan
government, and official warning waa
given Intending emigrants of the dang
ers ahead, of them. Mr. Jozca who is
assistant secretary of the Louisiana state
board of immigration was sent to Av
ery Island by Kmlle Hoehn the Austro-
II unitarian consul in lew Orleans fol
lowing complaints made by one of the
immigrants who escaped the Mcllhen
ny guarda.
Co-operate Mors Closely.
Washington, Pee. 7. To effect I
closer tie between the department of
commerce and lalor and the commer
cial bodies of this country, a conference
was held today in the office of Secre
tary Straus. Besides Secretary Root
and Mr. Straus, who initiated the
movement for the conference, there
were present dleitei from the cham
bers of commerre, boards of trade and
other organisation of New York, Chi
cago, St. Louis, lenver, Galveston
Portland, Seattle, Ban Francisco and
other cities.
Big Bank Closes.
Kansas City, IVC. i The NatlonaJ
Bank of Commerre. me second financial
institution in Importance in Kansas
City, announced its suspension instesd
of opening yesterdsy morning, after a
steady run of six weeks, during which
the rnk had pai.i on 119,000,000 of
its deposits, reducea its l iens $3,600.
000, cnt down its cash resource $1 1,-
750.000. and sold sz.uikj.ooO of hiirb
grade bond in an effort to meet Ihe
demands upon it. Ths controller of
the currency appointed James T. Brad
ley temporary receiver.
Maintains State Rights.
Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 7. The State
Supreme eonrt in a 4eiion handed
down last night reversed judKe Long,
of the Superior eonrt, jn the tter
of the $10,000 fine imponed on the
Southern Railway compsny for selling
passenger tickets at a rate in excess of
2'4' cents, the state rats. At the Mm
time the decision affirms the act of the
court and the constitutionality1 of the
legialativ act prescribirn pnrijghment
of agent and any officiali 0 tn, rt)td.
Two Ship Reach PtPU.
Callao, Tern, Dec. 7-The A met lean
crnlseri Washington to(1 TennpgB
which lv. arm.!, iU nwmia a
week. takiDC On oai. Tu K..th mnn.
diUoni aboard th ships trs excellent.
HURT SMALL STORES
Country Merchants Oppose Par-
eels fost Suggestion.
CAWON IS AGAINST HFASl'RE
Postmaster General Informed That
Tim Is Not Rip for Postal
Savings Banks, Either.
Washington, Dec. 6. The energetic
work of Pi'Stma-tcr General Meyer for
the extension of the paicela poet and
the etsablisbuieiit of a p staftavlnga
bank ia dwtired to come to naught in
thia session of congress. The postmas
ter general baa thrown his whole heart
into thia movement, and it baa been
heartily indorsed by various postal or
ganisations and by some other bodies
throughout the country. But Sui.r
Cannon has broadly Intimated to Mr.
Meyer that he doea not consider the
time ripe for either project to be enact
ed into law.
The parcels post extension, the
apeakerhaa told Mr. Meyer, will not
rrceive the consideration of congress
during this session, nor will the postal
savings bank proposition, according to
the Information imparted to Mr. Meyer
by the speaker. The speaker says that
with the talk of tariff revision preva
lent, and with the financial condition
of the country in not too satisfactory
condition, he does not think it would
be wise for congreaa to institute Inno
vations which might result in extraor
dinary expense, espcially ss the postal
aervice has never paid for itself.
The extension of the parcels post has
aroused the most bitter tppoltlon from
the small town merchants, who have
been beseiglng the speaker with peti
tions not to permit congress to take any
step which would facilitate the exten
sion of the mail order business in the
rural districts. The meichants tre
generally aggrieved over the extension
of the rural free delivery.
They also maintain that it has Injur
ed their business by facilitating the
proc si of pnichaslng by mail from
houses in the large cities, which offer
a far greater variety, do business for
cash and sell at considerably lower
prices than the local merchants can
quote.
Just where the opposition to the
postal savings banks comes from is not
known, but it is believed to emanate
chiefly from the same sources, and also
from the banktrs of the smaller towns.
The farmers are now obliged to go to
town to make their deposits or to draw
cash, but if the rural postal service
placed these conveniences at their doors
they would have still less occasion to
vitit their local metropolis.
OPEN WATERWAYS.
National Rivers axd Haarbora Con
gress Wants Improvement.
Washington, Dec. 5. Prominent ofll
cials of the national government, gov.
ernors of states, representatives of for
eign powers, members of the senate snd
house of representatives and leaders in
all walks of civil life in America partlo
ipated yesterday in the opening of the
convention of the National Rivers and
Harbors congre-s. Nearly 2,000 dele
gates, representing every state in the
union, were present. It was not ex
pected that any definite or concrete ac
tion in promotion of the projects advo
cated by the'ecngres will he taken,
but it is hoped that the work of the
congress will to impress the national
congress, now in session, as to induce
it to make adequate appropriations for
the implement of the rivers and har
bors of the country.
It la the desire of the delegates to
secure such action by the congress of
the United States as will promote the
trade and commerce 'of America. It it
not a special project that the congress
has in view, but the adoption of a pol
icy by the government looking to the
extension of the transportation facili
ties of Ihe United States.
Will Conv ct Ford.
San Francisco, Dec. 6. "The graft
prosecution will go right ahead. Ford
will be tried again in due time. There
will be no let-up," said Francis J.
Heney yesterday in coin men ting npon
the acquittal of Tirpy L. Ford on the
charge of having bribed ex-t-upervisor
Jenninirs Phillips. Mr. Ileney's state
ment was echr.d by Rudolph Spreckles
and Willian J. Burns. The acquittal
of Ford was due to the failure of the
nroeecutlon to place Ruef on the stand
This was the statement made ty nearly
every member of the jury.
Government Exhibit at Seattle.
Washington, Dec. 6. Senator Piles
yeeterday introduced a bill providing
for government buildings and exhibits
at the Seattle exposition, as recently
agreed npon by the exposition manage
ment; also hills to erect a iigniiioiise
at the entrance of Bellingham hay. to
appoint an appraiser of merchandise
for Puget sound and authorising the
appointment of two additional judges
for the nintn judicial circuit.
Ankeny introduced a bill appropriating
$30.000 for a publle boildjng at Wal
la Walla.
Schmlts Pleads Not Guilty.
San Francisco, Dec. S. Former
Mayor Eugene Schmils pieaiei not
guilty to two charges ot Drioeiaaing
yesterday before Superior Judge Dunne.
The first case was relstive to the over
head trolley deal, the romlpalnt aver-
ring that he accepted from Tirey h.
Ford and Abraham Ktier i-ht,uo.f. u
second was a gas deal, in wrncn ne is
accused of taking a bribe of $.1,20 frrm
Frank Drum and Abraham Kuel. in
case went over for two weeks.
Troop for Goldfield.
Washington, Dec. 6. President
Roosevelt yesterdsy issued orders to
have Federal troops in readiness to aia
n tMtorina older at Uoiuneia, evaoa.
Thti action was taken npon represents
tidn from Gevernor Sparks, of thst
state, that the miners at Goldrleld ar
i. ,.olt and riot. Nevada ia th on
stat which has do itaU militia.
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"Did you kuow that the smallest
ank In the world Is right here In St.
Louis?" asked au official of one of
:he large St. Jxmle bauka. "There Is a
xma fide banking Institution In thli
?lty with total deposits for the whole
period of 1U exlstnuce of only a little
ver fisuu, and Its entire business Is
roikliK'ted by one woman. It U the
rhildren's bunk In the Ghetto, and
:hougli It Is one of the most Interest
ng financial .Institutions lu the city
It is such a tiny affair that you could
ally put the 'whole works' In your
lat and still hnve room for your head."
The little bank referred to la an In
lerestlna Institution Interesting for
:he originality of the Idea which it
lemoustrates and for the educational
ind ethical work It has already accom
plished, and though small lu desalts
ind deiiosltont no child over 14 years
)f age la allowed banking prlvilcgea
here it la very far from small lu the
cope of its Infiuence, and Is really
ne of the most Important economic en
terprises now being carried on In St.
Louis. Through Its Influence 500 clill
lren have learned many lessons of
tconoruy, self-denial and generosity,
esaous which they are putting Into
lal)y practice, to the great benefit of
ill with whom they come In contact.
By means of the system employed by
the bank the Juvenllo depositors are
ilso being taught accuracy and orderli
ness, and If they are old enough to com
prehend the Instruction are given an
Insight Into the elementary principles
of modern business methods. Through
the agency of this little bank many"
poor families of the Ghetto hnve had
pleasures and comforts hitherto un
known to them, because the pennlei
that formerly went for tudlgeatlble
vvccta or big fat pickles are now siiV'
ed, 'and when a sufficient number of
them have accumulated they are used
for other larger and more lasting en
joyments ; snd there la one case in the
bank's brief history where a boy saved
enough money $32 to go Into busl
uess for himself. Tout boy Is now
educating himself and also adding hi
inlte to tne genernl fund for the sup-
tort of his mother and three small sis
ters. Ijenn thnn a yer ngo Philip L. Se-
mnn, superintendent of tlio Jewish Kdu-
ntlonal Mission nt Ninth and t'nrr
streets, established the bank for the
purriose of tenchlnc economy and lude
liendence to the children among whom
his association works.
The Penny Provident Bank ts really
.1 remaraaiiie institution, and Is the
only one of Its kind In the world, sxi
far aa Is known. Its dejsisltora are
all children tinder 14 years of ago, and
many of them are scarcely more than
biibles. The youngest d 'posltor at pres-
nt Is Israel Fellinnii, who not only
annot sjieiik Knglish, but Is as yet un
able to converse Intelligibly In any l.in
Kiinee. He Is not yet tl months old.
and his a'-count to dnte amounts to
nearly SO cents. Many of the dcpnsl
tors who appear regularly on banking
days and stand lu line patiently milt
ing; their turn to deposit the money
which they hold tight In their sticky
little fists, nre so tiny that only their
eyes nre visime snove ine cashiers
table. Some of theju 'mil make out
their own deposit slips, and some can
uot, but all know very well what tlwy
are doing and why they do If, and
the child who brings two (lennlea lays It
down with his book with as much of
an air ss do those who can boast of
having a "whole big dollar" to ex
charge for the fascinating colored
stamps that are pasted lu the bank
books.
Htamps sre used to register tlie de
posits Instead of the usual entry sys
tem, because they sre not only more
easily understood by the children, but
tbey seem to have a stimulating ef
fect. The height of every child's am
bition' eeeins to be . to get a yellow
stamp (the XI stamp) in bis book,
and It Is one of the regular events of
banking hours for the children to go
off In ' little group to compnre books
and which bus the most yellow
stampk) The stamre differ In color ac
cording to their denomlnstlons, and
even those children estimate their own
accounts by adding the stamps In their
books In this wise:
"Two nickels. That's s dime, sln't
lit Two pennies, one penny, two more
pVnnlen. That makes s nlckVl. I jfnt
dlnie snd s nickel In my bank hook !"
No amount Is too small to be sc
ripted by this little bnnk, snd the
amounts shown by some of the deposit
slli'S would le really ludicrous If they
were not so pathetic. Many of th de
positors seem to hsve no acquaintance
with any but copper coins, and a few
of the bank books show unbroken lines
of 1-rent stamps.
The business of the bank ts carried
on exactly like that of a regular baok
Ing Institution, modified to come with
in th range of comprehension of child
ish minds. Each child must make out
a deposit slip and present it with the
money and the back book to th
? A " ..1 V 1V . V$ 14. !7AlWll
WOT
Bar:
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cashier. Miss Jeannette
Itels. If he
of his money
and sign and
wishes to draw out any
he um.-t fill out a check
Indorse It Jifct a he would In
any
day
other bank. At the end of the
the business Is checked up and en
tered iiniii the hank's ledgers, ami each
Individual account Is carried In tlie
card Index file so that sny debitor's
balance may be. ascertained at a mo
ment's notice.
The children who cannot write ar
helped In making out their slips and
checks by some of the older children.
but everything that tbey can do for
themselves they do and take the keen
est delight In It. Some of the Ixsiks
are grimy pn.st belief from frequent
counting of the stamps, but as Mr.
Hemnn says, the pleasure and benefit
which the children derive from that
which the book represents to them
mor than compensates for a little dirt.
Miss Jeannette (tela Is president,
cashier, paying and receiving teller,
bookkeeper and clerk, all In one, of this
little bank. lusteiid. In the eyes of
the hlldren she Is the bnnk.
The rule that not more than 10 rents
can he withdrawn, unless rne cnna is
accompanied by the parent, tenches ths
children to consult and sdvfcie with
their parents, and often prevents use
less expenditure of money that may
be of vital Importance later. St. Ixmlf
Globe-Democrat
ABOUT THE WEDDING KINO.
Woman' WblH lo Wear II O Mills
Plnger Haines lllaple.
Ouly a woman's whim! Hhe wouldn't
have the wedding ring on the third fin
ger; she Instated our the bridegroom
placing tt on her little finger.
Only a whim, but It has made Mrs.
John Tyler Wheelwright, who was mar
ried in Washington tho other day, out
of the, most talked-of women in tin
country.
Mrs. Wheelwright's bund was small
and chubby. The narrow gold band ol
bondage looked better on the fourth
finger, ao she asked rnilMslon to au
wear It from the austere Itev. Dr. No
land Cotton Smith, who was to crforn
tin nmrrlirve ceremony.
Itefore he would sanction the ilopnr
tnre the Itev. Dr. Smith consulted with
the bbthop of Washington. The blfliop
viewed the request lightly, as a bit ol
feminine fancy, mid aiiiuic seed.
And sn It cntne about that Mrs
Wheelwright held up a chubby treniu-
"4"'r- ' it
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MHa. W ll i rtiUUHT.
luus little finger when the ceremony
reached the ring-fitting stage, and
Washington society gasped In nstoulnh
ment and whispered ecctnntiy.
As society was astonished the clergy
wns slKs ked. ' l're( Ident Is prcce(.'etit,
peculiarly so with the clergy. Wlae
faced gentlemen of the cloth sre shak
ing their beads doubtfully.
Under the rltunl of the English
church the ring must be blessed and
placed uim the third finger of the left
hnnd. Th bishop of Ijoudon may be
asked If this was a violation.
Opponents of the little finger Idea
cite Archbbtbop Fur ley's recent refusal
to participate In departures from rules
lo regard to third finger rings.
In Euro Catholic clericals hsr
been ordered by the Po to permit tu
more such departures. '
' east Cards.
It seems that the piisalou for rsr
playing among Jewish women Is not
of re-ent dste. More than s centuri
ngo Miss Iteheccs Franks wrote:
"The lailles of Philadelphia hart
more cleverness In the turn of an ey
than those of New York have In theli
whole coinMiltlon. With what east
have I seen a Chew, a I'eiin, an o
wald or an Allen and a thousand otii
era tntertaln a large circle of boil
sexes, the conversation without tin
aid of inrds never Hugging nor seen
lig iu tht least strained or stupid
Here In New Tork you enter a root
with a formal set courtesy, snd aftel
the how dm things sre finished. All Ii
dmd cslin until the cards are Intro.
ilucrd. when you aee pleasure dancing
In the eyes of all the matrons, and
they seem to gala new life." Ucbrus)
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