WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, Friday, September ?, 1000.
A
RErO
lie
Describes the Military Situation as Being
Eminently Satisfactory.
No Order Has Been Issued for Withdrawal of Troops from Pekin
Chinese Authorities Arc Eager to Secure the Retirement
of the Allies' forces.1
WASHINGTON. Sept. A, very in
teresting dispntcli w a received today,
at ib War liepartment, 1 miii, Ceueral
Chafle. It desertf-cil? the military i. I -nation
.is eminently yatisfactory. and
woidd have I wen of, greater value but
for tlie omission, ctiiiiiiiiin to all of Hi?
,llicr oliU-ial dispatches from China
eamely, I he dale line.
I lowrvrr, taking into conidera t Ion
the. fad that a cablegram was receiv
ed by the State Dej-arlmett today,
dated live days ago from j Minister.
. Conger. Hie conclusion was; reached
that Ceneral Cliafit-o's 4l ti:fe t-l a'lsu
,was wnt from IV kin about August
tilth or yntli. I I
tJdieral CSraiTee asks Ha very jnt
pnitant que i Ion as to the withdrawj
;tl of the American troo; j The au
hHT 111 this question, ii is said, Itii.lit
have Imvh found in the Slate Depurt
liiehtV nw r lo the U'.zssiau evacii.l
tloii proposition. Rut that ausuer, or
rather the synopsis (' it, 1 was not
cabled to Oeeeral Chafiee until the
:'.oih, ami it h assumed that.1 allowing
for tin -same .time' in .transmittal as
was consumed by I ienei al 1 Chaffee's
(lispa f i-h itHi'iicil lixb.v, the S3mpsjs
has j-;-t r'-aelasl J:;ui.
it is stabs! it.at uo order has lneii
wilt lo b'i:eial Chaffee to 'leave IV
klti, us the .result" of any n-ccnl tlevel
opme uts. In fact, it would weiu that
the ar. Department is not able to in
struct him more srocilically on this
iliS .uiU il the decision of the powers.
lelalive to a general evacuation, is
known. It was staled at the War
J lepar'l iitent that our. position was:';uu
changel: if Ituss'.i wii intra ws -fior
troops, then IJciieral Chaffee will to
tie same. Meanwhile i! in gaihciid
that conditions iii China are UM dis
ordered, a I'd foreign lite and pi i rly
are still eiisafe.
iioim;i.i:s ctiNFrsioN.j
IjOJldoli. Septg 5. -Todav's tli -p.itches
from Shanghai and Tien Tsin refer to
the hopeless . conl'psitt'i a n m; -;i .iii
ngcmcut of (he Chinese b hgraph -js-tciu.-
vvnich may prolntbly account in
jpavt for the -delay in getting news
BRIG. GEM. TH0S. . BARRY
:$ 1 'fit-; j rttfy
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Caief of Stall to tfio (icneral comioanding in tlio lliiliTVpines. .lie
is one ol tho' cleverest volunteer; o dicers in I lio nnny. (Jeneral
Iiarry nmy soon bo onlereil to China to assist' Gallant CJeneral
Cuuilee.,
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CAUGHT BETWEEN ICEBERGS
AWFEE FATE OF THREE EITTEE
JNOIAN CHILDREN.
t!round to Eieer. by. Fio.i t ln- pa rts
of the Miiir Cl.icier ir the,'
" Alaska (Vast,
SKACWAY. Aug. 2tV via Seattle.
Wash., Sept. I.r 'I he news of &" aw
fill fate that Icfell three licti.Tn ciiild
reii a few days ago, nt the loouth of
;i:icicr bay. le.olniji in t tie area t .Minr
glacier, is brought hy T. J. lutiley..;;fvns of France, and soldiers first of
A party of sU Indian in a camw iWivlH ",;.v know how to keep our blood
0 nicks.
a ytir.aw aiid three .children.;
were ea-ught h-tnppn two 'giant let'-;
lKrgs. wttile on their, way across tlie
water. The glaciers, each an high
a 1 Hire the water as a huge steamship,
ground the ii nw to splinler. ! l he
' elder Indians escaed ou one of tb
iceltergs a'Ml were reseuel. but twoif
the little ones lropiel into (he waTtrj
The other chihl got upon the In-rg by
lrself atnl was supimsjcd to have Iwt n
carried out lo wa.
A 'MILITARY 'ORDER.
The Suicide of a Soldier Regarded as
' - Desertion. : I
New York-f Sept. 1. A dispatch to
the Herald fnni Pari sajs:- A curlf
, ous order of the day has leeu 'Issueit
rby Colonel Cl.imorg.tn, of th; See.jI
Regiment, of Mariiir.se It runs as fol
Jons: . - . " i
' "A soldier of the regiment contniitted
suicide some (lavs a fo at Kerhuoti. ; A
sicrgeant committed suicide this uirii- i
big in I lie ttarracks. It is l'tter that
their names should not lie meutioniNL
'I hose two deaths are a source of pn
foutid regret, as would 1 the deset-
tlou or crime of a comrade.
RT !.- rRORfl-iXHArrEE
from' I Vk In. Another reason for
delay doubtless is the auxiely of
Chinese authorities to procure
the
the
the
e .I'-Piitioii of tin capitaL .No rlHirt
is being spared by them to bring this
alMHit. Their idea is that, should the
fori hjui Ministers iu IVkiu le allowHl
frH' -oiutnuuir:itiou with tiieir tlov
riuiix'iits, the full extent of tbe enni
idirity of thu Chinese tJoverumeiit in
'he! anti-foreign outrages would le re
vea!el, and : would leave the allies to
decide to remain until retribution had
Loon exacted.
AH telegrams have to 1 conveyed
by ;courh r from Tsi Nan I'll to JVkin,
and probably all cipher .dispatches
hate been stopped.
Acconliiig to Shanghai advices. I-i
Hung Chang' wind the Chinese'-Minis--t
r, in I-onVn. Sir t.'hih , Shell
Fen: Luh. as follows:
u;- Xu I'etf rb-erir Minister hasi.
persuaded ltusshi to leave I'ekiu. Voti
.! useless ii you cannot persuade
K'tuland."
If. is. asserted Earl Li has-promised
Kussian three Manchuria provinces if
she secures withdrawal of the allied
Jones from IVkin and favorable ln-ac-terms
from Use powers. Uoth the
.Empress 1 lowager and Ei Hung Chang
art? said to be lavishing money to at
tain these objects.
There Is -no sign yet of any decision
on the part of the powers regarding
tl- Unsi;;n proposals. Japanese pa -jM'r.-
unreservedly condemn .the idea
of evacuating I'; kin. and hint liiat
iluifi iw ! ul'l'lil .-i tl t l f lkt4 '-., I
. " '":"',? .::;
ira ii.v ami missia 10 iiie iieirimeni
efrCreal itritain and Japan. . . I
I,;.. M(n, coneMoi.,iein oi t.e-i
Slai.-Iard. referring lo the horrible ste -
counts of Kusiii l.mtality at iUauo .
vrstelH-nsk after the lml.ardment. '
S;,K: i
"ii is rtmioreu tnai tin i ossaer.s -
mercilessly, butchi'ted ni'i. woin n
a ml children in the -villages on the h
Aii'1 river, and flung their corpses
into Use stream. Thse stork's are
ctuiiit tiieu ty an oiitctai onn r just is -
l ed. The iimssafres are describeil a -i I
cjHisett uy tiM1 exasperanou it;
troops against Hie Chipeso, -and
be ;
i ii
order threatens tht utmost s-verity of
ipjftriiai law for any l'utefe violence tt
mat ;ed, . ieae'f ill Chin i ne-n."
I
4
'Sui"ide for a soldier is ileserliou.
It i:; flight toward a country from
which mtttydy n-tnrns.
".Suicide is a crime. It is the abate
donniettt .f one's jnsi and flight be
fote the eireiny.
"For this reason it Is a painful but
a just cnstoui that ail military honors
sire -not rendered to suicides.
"A soldier who l-11eves iti iod and
who loVes his country would have no
temptation to coniuiit -suicide. It us
ttier'fore ! true believers and patri
ots in order that -a nolde hope may sus
tain us ilurifig life, and that all of Us
for the defense of the fatherland.'
MUTINY ON A TRANSPORT.
SAILORS ON A RRITISH VESSEL
REFUSE OREDIENCE.
American Mule Drivers, Alxtnrd the
Vessel, also Implicated- Forty
i
Ale.: Sent to Jail.
CHlCAtJO. Set. 4. A
Cto-ouicle from New
sjx'eial to the
Orleans. Iwi
tays: -; - . . -
: :- instead' of? having nbtiined a goml
Ktart on her . long Journey, the Rritish
transport Montcalm, with IP mules
for South Africa, Which --cleared Sat
urdiy night from this port; has .been
auehored in midsireaiii a few miles
Indoor New Orleans " for forty-i ight
hour. A mutiny on hoard caused the
delay In tlie sailing of the transport.
English wtokers refusett lo work along
side of Danish stokers and -Chicago
Iniwleteers reln11ed against the quality
of food furuished
.Ml day the acting Rritish Consul at
this port. Mr. Donnelly, the agents of
the vessel and a commission or Rrirish
ship captains wrestled with the prob
lem which coufroiils the big steam-
1 I
A. ,
. .' - S-l
I ship.. La te last : night cos of ? the
ringleaders of the mutiny were placed
In? prison. ; -. : ; f ? ,
The sMontealin ; ilea ml Saturday
night and dropped down the river a
few miles, intruding to start for the
tJuIf ou Sunday. , Sunday, however,
tlie British stokers refuwd to o to
w'ork. They liad learned tliat four
Hanish stokers had beeu given places
on the ship's crew and they refused to
handle a ishorel of coal uutH they had
lieeu displaced. Then a complication
develoiMHl in another quarter. Seventy
ir.ideteers had been shipped, and of
the seventy thirty hailed from Chica
go. ' The Chicagoaus bad had one
meal from ship's fate and went ou a
strike. Efforts at a compromise fell
Hat.' '-. " ? -V
As a last resort, the troubles were
riotted to the acting Kritish ConsuL
fThi latjter t-alUnl in a conunissiou of
British ship captaios, who hapieuel
to be in iort, and orderetl them to -sit
as a eoiumbssion uimju the ship's stores
They did so and rc.orted theiu t-leau
and wholesome. ' ' -
.The ajreuts said that the Danish
stokers shoirid may, and tin; captain
was ordered at once to start for sea.
lie attempted to tarry out hi orders,
but the men relielled. The muleteers
began to.niake ail kinds of threats and
a' riot was lu pi ogress on ixwnl wlicu
rthe law was appealed lo and a whole
sale round-up of the ringleaders was
inaugurated. 1
At tirst he reiort came from the
point off which tin 'Montcalm was an-clfU'dcd-
ttiat wventylive men hail
I't-eu m.nle prisoners, but only forty
were marched to jail. Tl.ey were the
liritish' stokers. It seems that the
Anglican muleteers got wind of what
was going to happen and made their
escape. Tin? stokers are being held
on the. charge or contemplating a
Preach of the pence until the acting
I": it ikIi consul and the captain of the
Mohtcalni have decided utioti what
cot'rso to uursiie. ;
YANrEKBIIrS ASIRITIOX.
He Would ESke to Make the Iluu for
J Congress.
New York Sept. 4. Cornelius .Van
ih iiilt. fourth of his name in the Yan-
ideHult family, wo.tihl not Ik? unwilling
'to riei f-i' t'onsress. aeeordiug to a
jdlsjialch to the Times from Saratoga.
Ileis-rt tlelegate to the Republican Con-
vein i..n
from the 21th New ork dis
trict. Iu response to a quest iou, Mr.
Yam'erhilt said :
"i iaV(. ( thought of otHceholdiug,
V)., , v!loul.l not beaeise iu lvprese'ni
', ., ,nns, jltteiiev in Congress (r in
ly ,,.,. Ia). islallve i,0,iy. lint I am
iiot : eking anv oilice. I simply waul
,,, ,t ..... (i.,f v ., f t y i, n,lt
care
(o say; much ou this subject. I
m only a inn ice."
" Would you li'ki; to go to Congress?"
-Certainly." he answered, "but it
js ror
,,t i otiestion
to pass upon thai sort
If called on I shall re-
sivuel
i -
M VIE IN CENTRAL AFRICA.
Tl.e iMist master gs-neral of ttie Ilrit
ish Central " Africa protietorate Ives
,iir or two in! crest Jug Items id' news
iu his latest report. The. mails are
still conveyed for the most part tiDon
tin- beads ami backs of native post
teen. The men' are recrvited chiefly
from -the Vao and Tonga trilM-s and
w-ar a uniform. Fully :5(mi hags oC
mail :r made uj each monih at the
different postofti-oM Pi t lie prlectonite
for c:iveyatic' by thi'se men. the total
distance traveled being close upon
le.tM t mile per mouth, the cost of
transit Itclug less than a half-penny
ir ml!e ;ht b:.
ERINTINti WHICH DISAl'I'EA RS.
Vy a new tier-man process written
or priiitd characters are inad; visible
by heating and disappear on cooling.
The paepr Is tti'aliil with a siflution
of haloid suit of cobalt, glycerine and
guru arable. The writing or printing
is done with a solution of rock salt.
Iu oi'tler to show w'hmi the paper has
Ix'fU onci heated marks may 1m mad"
with a sympathetic ink. which b:
coiees permanently visible on Iv.-ing
heated.
THE EOERS AC! IVE.
Cro-odil River X'alley. Transvail.
Sunday. Sept. 2. Jeneral Fuller bwlay
tecoiMioitered 'I Ik I'.oer Msitioii i:i the
li-oonlains verlHkiug I.jih'iiburg.
ticncral I'otha and 2hm burghers had
pi evioitly joined the forces hold'ng
tin pass. The Roers -opetid with
three Long Toms and tired continuous
ly all day long. The Rritish had few
easeallies. :
MUST till F.ACK.
Englh
h I
Ii-
awyer Ibid for Extradi
r; in San I'rancisco.
San Fratn-isco. Sept. -1.--Judge De
Haven, in th Fnited States circuit
court loday. held Julian It. Arnold, an
English lawyer, a sou of Edwin Ar
nold, n.'cisd f emliezzliug funds of
clients, for ex tradition.
THE UTILITY OF THE ORCHID.
Orchids are famous foreauty ami
general attract! reness, but it N not
generally known that thev have a
place In the; arts that minister to the
pliyrleai wanw of man. Rut Iu some
parts of: the tropics where orchids
alound a. delicate ller b preparetl by
the natives which they use In the
preparation of the many ornaments
thes races prepare for trade. with the
paler races of men.
COFFERS AND COUfJHERS.
"Our coffers." exclalmetl the treas
urer of the - painpaisn, "are exhaust
eiE"; '
Tlie boss w-as seenii ugly undisniayiHl.
"How nlMHit our cotighers? " he
aked. wittily, tilrning to tlie chief
fat fryer. - . ; .
Of coh rue, while yet the eougliers
-iughetl, all were wclL Detroit Jonr
nal. .-
KNEW ' WHAT TIIKY
A ROUT.
WERE
- "Why don't you make your loy read
Shakespeare instead of all those prn
rient French novelsT
"We are Itttlns bhu to be n theatri
cal ujauaser.? J .
Bn tlit ''n(, Ym Ha hrm eor
' i If
Tlit ELECTION i
Ifi VERMONT
Local Issues Cause a Shrinkage
In Republican Majorities.
STATE CONVENTION IN NEW YORK
lla Adopted Its Platform ami Will
Kenoniinate Most State Oflicers ?
Bryan on the Stomp.
WHITE KIYEIl JUSCXIONV.VU
Sept; 4. The state Issues, of which
that of local optlou was the most Im
portant, caused a '2U per cent dtvrease
in the Republican Vote today In the
state election, and a large proiortIon
of that loss went to the Democratic
party. The Republicans; of coursi",
carried the state by an. iiniaeuse mar
gin. It is likely -to fall at least 10,000
under the vote of ISO;, but at the
same time it is probably about 5000
ahead of the Juberuatorial vote two
years ago. The vote for Governor, in
liRJ cities and towns out of 'J W in the
state, gives Stiekney (Republican! o.,
IT71; Senter, (Democrat) lo.bbT; others
1127. The same cities aud towns -in
l.S!Mi gave CJrout ."(Republican.) 4O.O04;
! Jackson tDeuiocrat) 11, HIT; all others.
'A. If tin; same ratio should be
maintained iu the remaining towns,
the Republican majority will be about
H.l,(MIO.
NEW YORK CONVENTION.
Saratoga, N. Y Sept. 4 The Pre
liminary work of the state Republican
Convention was completed today., with
ithe adoption of the platform. I here
' only remains tlie formal naming of the
j candidates, and. -these have already
! been agreed 'upon. The ticket will be.
headed by Benjamin R. O Dcll. of New
burgh,- for tJovernor, and Timothy L,
Woodruff, for Lieutenant (Jovernor.
All the rest of the present state ot!icer
will be re-uoiuiuated by acelatuatiou.
il-'OU GOLD STANDARD. ,
Provo, Utah. Sept. 4. -The State Re
publican Convention, at ils session
here today, adopted a platform which
says on the money question:
"We believe and atlirm that t.he un
precedented prtMluction' of gold
throughout the world and the marvel
ous foreign sales of our products of
field, farm and shop, have so" increased
he available supply of money iu tin?
United States that, for -the present,
there is no question of currency to b
considered by tlie citizens."
"We are continued l.;thls;positiou
by the acts and vvord'&gtiMDeniO'
era tie party and its standard bearer."
The following nominations wore
made: For 'Congressman,! Jeo. Suth
eiland; for Ooveruor, Ileber M. Wells.
re-noniinateil: for Supreme Judge, ;
W. Part eh; for; Secretary of State. .1
T. Ilamuioiid. ric-iiouiinatcdi; for At
torney tieueral, M. A.' Rreeden; for
Supeiintendent of Public Instruction
A. C. Nelson; for Treasurer. J. D
Dixon; for Auditor, C. S. Tiugey.
A HOPELESS EFFORT.
Seattle. Wash.. Sept. 4. The State
Prohibition Convention was held here
today. R. E. Dnnlap 'was nominated
for tiovernor, and C. T. Hall for Lieu
tenant liovernor; I. A Adams. of
North Yakima, and tJuy. Possbu, of
Seattle, were nominated for Coagress
PdiYAN IN MARYLAND.
Cumberland. ; Md., Sept. 4., The
opening ojf the Deuiocralir campaign
for the states :of Maryland and West
Virginia, at this place tought., was
rendered memorable by the appearand
on the same platform of the Demo
cratic National standard -hearer," IIou.
W. J. "Bryan, and United States Sena
tor Ceorge Wellington, who was elect
ed as. a Iepublican. Both these dis
tinguisheil gentlemen were in good
voice and both spoke Vyilh their ac
ciistimii'd foreo. Wellington's speech
marked his formal renunciation of
party ties, on; account of the issues
growing out of the war with Spain.
He had for this reason prepared .his
speech with care, and he read it from
typewritten manuscript. Mr. Bryan
spoke without notes.
The journey of the Presidential can
didate across' the stale was not devoid
of labor for him. for, though he left
the Irain but once on, the journey, he
made a number of brief addresses
from the rear platform. During-tin
day Bryan's a t tent ion -js called to an
extract from a New York Republican
newspaper, saying that Bryan had
made more money out rf the oat crop
raised on his farm the present season
than the entire farm had cost him,
putting I he result at $I40 on I. ".o acres
of laud. Commenting upon this stale
incut Mr. Bryan said:
"The entire farm contains only
thirty acres, ami cost me nearly SloiX).
although the land is not worth that
intteii today. ; Instead of having 120
acres in oats,; I had only 5 acres in
oats, and the-oats have not yet Iwen
threshed. -They will hardly yield 40
bushels lo tin,' acre."
Senator Wellington made the first
speech of the evening. lie was listen
ed to Willi interest, and yas f reqijrintly
applauded, a tt hough, at -times .there
were very pronounced hisses. The
Maryland senator hist jno lime in de
claring his opiHJsitloiij-to the present
Administration, and his Meterfnina
tion to snpport Bryan. He had taken
this position, he said, because of his
views upon the Spanish war and Its
consequences;, and because of his op;
position to Imperialism. ; -
At the mention of the probability of
Bryan's election the h!ss which h1
for wnii- time been growing In vol
ume. Itecame ferocious. The Senator
Rtopped shoft In his SHech and 4ild:
"Did yon ever hear that there wer'
three tilings that hiss now and trteh?
Flrsr. Is th serpeuc: settmil the go.,
and third the fm.L't This sally brought
out a roar of applause, -which was foI
lowed by a still larger volume of hls-s
es. "..-,' T ' . ' ;
CANNOT FUSE.
Boise. Ida.; Sept. 4. The rupulists
ami-Democrats seem 16 Ik in a , dead
lock. .Tonight there does not seem to
be any prospect of reaching, an agree
ment. I The :ronuliits are nividetl
anion? themselree, and no arrange
ments can be reached. The Democrats
apiK-ar to 1m !wlllln)r to make a deal,
but the- "project is blocked ty a divis
ion In the ropuNsts ranks. They are
still laboring but there is manifestly
lesn hopefulness among those who
have worked for "fusion.
rSl'IT DEIER BlfiMD AT LIBERTY.
lleavj- Ixjss on the Iuman'Parm The
Eire lbdieved to Have Originated
from the Furance.
tEroiu Iiatly Statesman, Sept. 5.
The fruit drier lelonging to C. M. In
iiian. locatetl abotit mile, northwest
o-f the Ltlierty school house, caughf
fire at 2 i o'clock yesterday morning.
ar d burned to the ground within a very
short tune. The origin of the fare is
hellered to have l;eeu fron a crack lu
a wall of i the furauce, used for heat
lug water to dip the prunes in before
they were '.put in the drier.
Th drier was In oiieration until
aliotit 12 o'clock, midnight in Monday
night, when Mr. Inman exliiigttishel
the lire anil went to his house.-About
2 o'clock J the flames were discovered
coming from the drier and the neigli
bora fonie to try to put out the tire
but their efforts were iu vain, and the
drier with its contents, alrout fifty
en rib ofj Wood." and 210 bushels of
fruit was destroyed.
'Hie drier was a 24 stack affair of 15
trays to i the stack, and had a daily
capacity of alnnit l.Vi bushels. T-i"
loss amounting to from $1200 to $15iK)
w as coverwl by iusuranee. There was
on the drk'r; ?25o on lixitires and
$lo0 on fruit. Tlie policy was in the
Eire Association of Philadelphia.
COUNTERFEIT C0IXS.
Skillful Work in This Line Done
Some of the More Expert
Connterfeiters.
by
"It is not always easy to detect
cot'iiterfeits of gold and silver coins,"
said Director of the Mint Roberts,
"especially where they are of good
weight and extra tine lini.-h. and the
peculiar' slippery -surface' by which
nany counterfeits may be detected is
ibsent. -
"The public in their haste in lite
exchange of money should rind time
o scrutinize with care each coin as it
s handled. There is alwavs much
ottntcrfeit oin in circulation; uo
note now, perhaps, than in previous
.-ears. The Secret Service agents
iave !neii especially active' reccutly,
md their ellorls have been jitiMluctive
jf the most grat trying success in de
;ecting lountcrfeits and securing con-.-)!
ions.
"I liir presses at tlie mints are ex,
reno'jy heavy. weighing . i:.iu
Kin (ids. Naturally a 'piece of gold or
silver Struck from their dies is as
nearly erfect as it is possible to make
i coin.! Yet counterfeiters, with their
igl)t presses and dies, tnaiuige to do
wMHw-Very clever work. The product
tf moulds, a favorite method, with th
smaller fry of counterfeiters, is i'fe
rior to that of the dies. The ab
-iciee of the clear-cut appearance of
genuine coin, the defective Weight.
:he ititierfe"-t lettering and milling
md the indistinct reading on the outer
dge of the coin are the distinguish
ing characteristics which guide the
iiblic in detecting .coins thus made.
Italians are the greatest offenders
igainsl the law with, mould-made
oi'iiterfeits. The most expert turners
' nit of metal' counterfeits have .been
.vgular makers of dies who wanted to
;ot rich quickly.
"The standard of gold' made by our
nints is'jo line, or 21.10 karats. The
English standard is JMO line. A new
13 counterfeit is probably a counter
ell of gold. -opiel' and s-ilv'er. tlie
fold being' of low grade. I iiave, how
vcr, " known of counterfeits which
were ,Shi line, and they range down
o li. The facsimiles are often
piite perfect, with a clear ring and
diarp. well-appearing lettering ' and
mining, being well calculated to de
ceive thos who are not ued to the
handling of coins.
"Counterfeit gold coins jnay be ex-"
tdeil with such exquisite precision
hat they will pass muster under the
eyes of bank tellers and others used
o the handling of -oin-s. though the
ivvifige teller generally defects a
quirious coin mi sight. -, But none get
by our Treasury" experts. Their fae
dty. the result of years of study and
handling of i-oins. in detecting a
counterfeit is marvellous. They seem
lo know a spurious coin by instinct,
though it is really the r-qtlt of train
ing. Yet even these men. as skillful
is they nrc, of-casioitally have doubts
raised in their minds as to whether .i
coin Is cut In half or not. If suspicious,
the coin is cdt in half, or it is nsayiii
here in the tuni'liiig. and its exact
weight and fineness iteiermined.
M'oins are now-and then turned into
he Treasury '.upon, the support hri
hat l hey are counterfeits. be-auye
I hey fail to give that peculiar clear
ring of a genuine gold 'piece though
i bey present otherwise the apoaranee
of iM-jug -genuine, "nils singular in
congruity Is accounted for by he fad
that the coin 1ias a small blowhole ill
the Interior of the metal, or yie-daw
-oiisits of a crack or split near the
edge.) Experts know where to look
for thes" iiiiperfeclioiis imperceptible
to others, and with a powerful mag
nifying glass they are quickly made
nr.uifest.
"If the public will remeinlHr the
three cardinal points In determining
the spurious from Hie genuine, which
are Used by the Treasury -expert. Jt
will be a difficult matter to i;iss off a
counterfeit niton one who is accus
tomed - to .handling-.-money.' - We call
them: the lest of -weight, diameter and
thickues.
"It; has lteen demonstrated that
counterfeiters do not combine 'these
thret rep;ii sites with spurious, iqeta Is.
One or the other, or all, are sufficient.
Pear this test Iu mind, nole carefully
the weight, ring, -size. Impress, milling
and reeding, all of which requisite.
may le taken In with a ciance, atel
one will always t-arrv attout with him
a pretty good detector. "
"The meu who make it their busi
ness to cheat the Oovertiment out of
gold adopt several processes. I maw
a coin recently which had beeu tilled
so cleverly that tie- fraud was ap
parent only niton the closest examina
tion. The ten-dollar and .--twenty-dollar
pieces are mostly used for this
-operation.'- The coin was sawed
through from tlie edge by a taw of
minute proportions and exquisite fine
ness, the interior "removed and the
cavity tilled with platinum, which
brought the piece up ' to standard
weight, though'' it lost . three-quarters
of its value. It gave forth a 'good
ring. If it had been filled wirh a
base metal other than platinum it
would have lacked the ring and le; u
of light weight. ;
"In j?oiue of these filled coins the
exterior walh of gold are as Milu jis
oidinary ! writing palter. Once the
cavity is filled the sales are damped
Into the original ios:tion and brax-d
together. The edges , are skillfully
recovered with gold, the reeding t)r
the minute- corrugations or ridges on
the edge; restored, and the -oin will
pass readily iu the hands of the mi
suspecting. Sometimes, only half ,r
the interior will le removed. The re
reeding may be done with a line hie
or a machine. ;
"The . most dangerous tampered
coins are those which have b-en
plugged. I don't mean pluggid us
the word Is ordinarily accepted ami as
we see every day in the silver coins;
but where the hklllful counterfeiters
get out as higli as one-six tli of the
weight of a ten-dollar or -twenty-dollar
piece. The coiu is pierced by bor
ing a hole in the etlgt and 'the-gold
extracted from . this diminutive apcrt.
lire. It is tlitn plugged with platinmu;
the surface of the aperture covenil
witli genuine metal and the reeding
restored with a file. Iuasiiiecli as the
coins are genuine and -the minute hole
in the edge- so adroitly covered, those
tampered with pieces pass from hand
to hand until the gold on the edge
wears off and the deception becomes
apparent.
"Of (hie twenty-dollar piece (here are
four welbkiiown counterfeits of the
respective issues, fourteen of the ?Ki,
thirty-live of tlie $", and sevciiteenjif
the ?2.Mi, The oiie-ilollar gold piece is
out of general circulation,' but nine
issues were counterfeited.
'"For example, there are two'-enuii-tcrfeits
of the live-tlo!Iar Issue of 1SI4.
made of platinum; diameter, , thick
ness and weight up to; the standard
and heavily gold plated. -.Counterfeits
of .", dated 1S;2 and. ISO. are struck
from -a die. weight and thickness cor
rect, and made of gold plated 'plati
num. Those dated l.SM and ISS2 are
the most dangerous we have. The
weight -of 'a live-dollar gold piece- is
120 grains. These counterfeits weigh
bin three tenths. of a grain light and
were worth, assayed value. Si. !.". Tin
assay value of many oT the counter
felt pieces is from to ifvJ.rio.
"Some of the counterfeit coins are
heavier llian standard weight, though
this will strike the average person as
improbable. The counterfeit of t ho
dsite of lSoTt weighs seven' grains ,in
excess and lias a line aiiitcarauc.'.
These he'll vv coins are made of plati
num. Of the $2.." jiiece look out f..-;
those dated 1S02. ' It is within nuc
half a grain of standard 'weight, com
posed of platinum, lcavily gold piateo.
ami can be detecb.il only by observing
"die edges, where the gold .may be'
Worn off."
IN NICK OF TIME.
The
Lega t ions
Pdown U
in Danger of Being
When Relieved.
New York. Sept. 1. A dispatch to the
Tribune from Tondon says: No pre
cise news of the state f affairs at
l'ckiii is yet- forthcoming, although
telegrams received last night . give
some indication of the situation down
to ;i ink airol
Several members of the customs stair
at Pekin arrived at Shanghai yester
day. They state that the relief of the
Legations was effected most oppor
tunely, as it was afterwards discover-
c'l mat proitaitiy w iiii me i-u-uiu'luium
of some traitor a mine had been driven
through. i shrill section of the bound
.try. and through this mine the Chin
ese intended to lire on the following
day. i
The -same ' correspondent says it is
impossible to exaggerate the feeling of
amazement, and disgust in Shanghai
at Russia's proposal to withdraw lom
I'ekiu. The Times' corresitoinlent in
I'ekiu has received from a friend holil
ing a high diplomatic position, a let
ter in 'which it is stated that, the origin
and motive of liussia's rit-ent action
, . t(, lu, f.otoil In fi ifi.lr. If. orre't
tlie impression provided by Emperor.
William's .statement that the appoint
ment of Von Waldersei to the chief
command of the allied armies- was
largely due to the initiative of the
-jui r.
This statement was not In acr.-,-d-ance
with the facts, ami could not -be
formally contradicted, so Russia adopt-.,
i-d the cxK'dient of promising ev;e-u:i-tion
of Pekin ias an Indirect inetlioil
of frustrating Hcrmany's schemes. ,
THE REBELLION ENDED.'
Chicago. Sept. 4. A dispatch to tli
t... .. . i r . . f . . ........tr
innini 1 1 001 .iiuTHiy kijh, .1. ij'"'
conn s froiii Tch-ran I'liat. after a de?; .
peraie light. Ali Mohamet -Bey, Uli.c
rebel who. at the head of a few llUle
dr-d followers, has been trying l ff
jtos.scssion of the Persian throne, li;t
lteen defeate by the (!o.ssa ks liastJy.
summoned to oppose his man-li'mi tli
ctpitiii and ha Ih-ch thrown in" !..
uieb-rgrouml dungfh. When cau'tui-
nrl TTi. ..l. !.. a I w.,1l fli.il ill ll'lfl
lu'ibored any inteution of ', iistirpins
the Shah's tlirone.
The prevalence of a tate of war in
so many parts of the world recall-
the many prophecies that have lteen
made in the i-etitury of a war among
all nations in l!oo. The most famous
of these were "Mother Shiplon's
Pt onhei ies" In 1S1.
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