The evening world. Newspaper, December 3, 1902, Page 2

|. tb © MONEY PLAN c of the Treasury Suggests General Credits "as a Basis for the Cur- rency Instead of Con- fining It to Cash and Bonds. creta MONLY SMALL TAX NEEDED, _ This, He Says in His Report to '. Congress, Would Be Suffi- + cient to Safeguard the Gov- ernment Against Possible Losses by Shrinkage and Other Ciuses. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—The annual i Feport of Secretary of the Treasury Bhaw was presented to the House of | Representatives and read to-day. It contains nearly 30,000 words. His principal recommendations refer ta the actual condition of the currency yand*the necessity for a change in the Yednking laws which will provide for ad- ‘Gitional circulating medium. While in- , @iBting on no one plan, the Secretary ‘Mupwests that the Issuance of circula- © tion based upon general bank credits be properly safeguarded. - He also urges that Congress pass a Jaw making provision for the redemp- ) tion of sflver or its exchange with gold. “This would complete absolutely the gold- lardizing of this country, ~ B gives a statement of the Govern- ment’s finances for the year 1902, as compared with the preceding year, aE ing that rece!pts decreased $14,999, - a whereas expenditures decreased Phe public dedt was decreased $56,070. MME During the year national fanks * A thelr resources $418,581,617.54, Ba Seer stipply of specle decrensed 2 IIL. The total resources of the WAS $6,713,928,912.80, tho largest In : history of the country. ne jon is called to the fact that the 4 of the country increase! by $0,- while the exports decreased $106,- High prices at home, the in- home consumption, and the fall- of the corn crop, are given as the neinal reasons for this condition, DeThe report on immigration shows that > WW allens came to this country dur- the year. Of these 82,035 came tirst | cabin, ~™ Hedemption of Silver. Qn the question of the currency, the mPepert urges action by Congress looking to the redemption of silver and its ex- » ehange for gold. This would ward off a @anger which might arise in hard times when the Government revenue was less than ite expenditures. «Phere can be no valid reason, legal, @oonomic, or equitable, says the re “why the Government should not r Seem in gold all its own obligation, Swhether they be represented in paper, 200 per cent. flat, or in silver, 60 per cent. | When the Government ex easly guarantees its own Issue, no > can appropriately be urged a ring banks to pay their notes |i x: the contrary, 1 see many advantages | t@ be mained, especialy with respect to 2 nm commerce, oy making vv tlon between the Government and He, and between individuals, pa WM money every dollar of wnich equivalent of 2.8 grains of and on which @ demand n be directly or rectly predicated. fe also urged that, more subsidiary con be minted. The Treasury how supply the growing ds 4 limitation has been re MO—and the demand 1s $10. The mecretary: urges that o I uiting the colning of 15,000,000 ver doliars a month be repealed and adion given jo col subsidiary to the IHmit of the demand. JAS to changing the banking laws, the Aiscussing the question at length. circulation, Jt says, Is needed inches ure ‘not recommended plan is, the question belng left to Congress, but a suggestion is fee no objection to the issuance of Ln ed upon general credits, operly safeguarded. Nelthe i fe it necessary to make ou rn fanved A first Hen upon assets. A | mali tax upon circulation pull | lent to cover any possible joss. ie Government Actuary has de that a tax of oné-eighth « gent. upon circulation would dail loss from tue beginning of ational bank!n; yatem to ‘the time, had each bank maintained of circulation. Instead of call- @ tax, suppose It be called mon insurance,’ nt. the ‘underwriter,’ The ba be required to redeem their at reserve citlex and the ( would never suffer injury e ment as an Insurer aga pullimate loss. Low Tax Is Anked. lowest tax suggested by any one far exceed any possible loss, and Government could assume responsi- people and still realize a en thus guaranteed and pri- or inst | The House Committee on Judiciary, to which all antl-trust legislation must be referred in the House, has determined upon a sub-committee, and it Js this sub-committee wh: lestined to be- come known as the Committee.” Anticipating the Introduction of many trust and antl-trust Dilla at this ses- sion, the Jugiclary Committee, to which they will be referred by the House, will turn them over to the sub-committee for preliminary consideration, ‘The sub- committee Is expected to separate the chaff from the wheat, and in many ways the welfare of any*such measure will rest largely with this sub-committee, Representative Littlefleld, of Maine, will be Chairman, and his associates will be Representatives homas, of Low: and Clayton, of Alabama, Mr, Little- field has not yet gained the reputation of a “trust smasher,” but ince he has been in Congress he has introduced sey- eral bills having for thelr object the better control of the trusts, Judge Thomas, of Iowa, Mr. Littie- field's Republican arsoctate on the com- mittee, Is not considered as opposed to trusts. He is a shrewd and aggressive Jawyer. Mr, Clayton Is a Democrat and Ppored to all trusts ‘The real trust-smasher of the Judicl- ary Committee Is Representative J. J Jenkins, of Wisconsin, who haa ‘been | unanimously recommended by the other | rs for the chairmanship to suc | | not: smashed fi THE WORLD: WEDNESDAY ceed Repr who. res entative Ray, of Ne: York, ntme! kins but he has any trusts ye a desire to do 80. expressed redeemed by: the Government at » of the bank of fasue, cur- al assets would be | And ag secure as. the | t national-bank notes based on specific amwets, doubt, however, the wisdom of f the Issuance of Wtof the bank's T would fe: THURBER MUST PAY in a most unf exuards will meselves and need In thia report.” LEAVE CANNON h WALKOVER, His Choice as Speaker Virtually, Assured by the Withdrawal of Payne and Dalzell. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—The election of Representative Joseph G, Cannon, of nots, as Speaker of the House has been assured by the withdrawal of Con- gressmen Payne, of New York, and Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, In his favor ‘his action leaves him al free Meld and every State delegation, that of Maine, has pledged its’ eupport in cau- cus tothe Hlinols Congr Mr; inky jexation in the Ways and Means Ci mittee room. ———— n the Conatitation, pa Stayn WIFE COUNSEL FEE. Mrs. Ellen Thurber Wins First Point in Her Fight for Abso-| * lute Divorce. Supreme voklyn, 1 fee unify Court this. Justice morning M of Maddox, awarded wife Mis H. ‘Thurber, who ts suing him for absolute divorce An application was made for allmony and counsel fee, but the Court res decision as to the amount of al Mrs. Thurber, who married t fendant on Aug 4 last, bases her aotlon Upon a charge of misconduct In a house in Stite street, Brooklyn. She says that after their marriage they lived at No. 76 Franklin avenue for three months, when they separated. She al- leges that her husband 1s very wealthy, lives high, rides in automobiles and owns race horses. Bhe declares that he has a large income from a grust fund and 1s known in the sporting world Gilbert V, Maruu. Mr ‘Thurber in the answer he filed in the sult denies his wife's charges and al- legos that Re was forced to léave her because of her extravagance, Further than that, he declares that she wore expensive cloching and Jewela which she secured f some source unknown t him. 5 gen that when they tte ried she had a nine-year-old ttle girl by a vious marriage, and that ber only geasnn for bringing the suit was Ao free herselt trom hk tn onder’ to marry again. - 5 ee Iive Wire Kills Policeman, SENECA FALLS, N. ¥,, Deo, 3—While on duty this morning Polleeman McKeon came in contast with electric wire and was instantly ki! ———__— Dropped Dead Carrying Coal, Michael t vears old homeless n CONCORD, Hh, Deo, 38, H Everett, of shua, as an avowed athelst prog tiret_ amendment in the Constitutional Convention yeste: day. Tt was a res: ; out of the State it was lad on the tub! —— 830,000 for St, Loutx Fate, PARIS, Dev. 3—The Chamber of Depu- tles has by to 20 votes decided tn |favor of a credit of $3000 to provide {for the participation of the Service of Public Instruction and of Fine Avis in the St, Louls Exposition id this ng Wh arrying REPRESENTATIVES LITTLEFIELD AND OTHER MEMBERS OF ANTI-TRUST COMMITTEE. POOL-ROOM QUEEN BAILS W.HLM NUTT He Was Under Arrest on the CHANT INDAY, BURCLARATNICHT Remarkable Story of George Dickinson, the Philadelphia Business Man, Who Is Also a Clever Housebreaker. LONG CAREER OF CRIME. This Up-to-Date Jekyll and Hyde Has For Years Successfully Car- ried On His Depredations While 2 Posing as a Reputable Merchant. PHILADELHIA, Dac, 3.—The more the record of George Dickinson, the merchant-burgiar, 1% gone into the more remarkable man ho Is found to ‘be, He has not made a single admis- lon concerning hts {entity since his arrest after a struggle lasting an hour, by Policeman Carroll a week ago, but the police have traced his history and have learned that he worked ener- xetically pushing a legitimate business in the daytime and at night he worked as energetically in burglarizing the homes of the well-to-do. He has entered as many as five houses In @ night and the value of the Joot he has accumulated cannot be approxi mated. Dickinson {s the true type of criminal, He comes of a good family in Syracuse, N. Y¥., 1s well educated, has a skill in mechanics that amounts almost to genius, is the possessor of sound busi- nese sense, is an interesting and con- vincing talker—and yet he could not help being a thief. He has spent terms in the Charleston penitentiary in Massachusetts, in the New Jersey pent- tentlary at Trenton and has been ar- Tested before in this city, and atill his instinct to steal urged him to @ career ot crime. Once « Burglar, Alawys a Burglar. Police officers have found that once a man adopts burglary ae a business he sticks to it as long as he lives. Few burglars reform, but instances corre- sponding with the life of Dickinson are rare. He had no need to steal, because he could make a good living in honest endeavor, He stole because it gave him Charge of Swindling a Map Out of $13,000. Guesle McKee, popularly known as “The Pool-Room Queen,” came to the rescue of Broker William H. McNutt, wanted in Chicago to answer a charge f swindling Willard S. Block out of $15,000, and furnished a bond of $6,000 to-day for his release. She pledged her residence at No. 18 West Forty-seventh street. While the papers were being made out. at the Criminal Courts Butlding the wo- man eald “The dear boy, trouble. I Just heard of his Of course, he {ts perfectly in- nocent. Anyway, I will do all I can for him. He Is a der, sweet fellow and de- serves all he can get.” She sald she had known him about fen years, and that he was always a "good Cello A Chicago detective 1s here to take McNutt back, but an error was found uisition papers and a delay of ys Was necessary to correct ur after McNutt had been otlve Roche, of Chicago, ar- the Criminal’ Courts: Bullding with a requisition paper for McNutt As the man had disappeared Roche wili have to walt until he appears in court | again. PLEADED GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER McKenna Was First Sent to In- sane Asylum and Then Tried for Murder. Jaiies J. MeRéiina, a formér” Pollce- man, pleaded guilty t eo mranslnustitec io the acd AUBO aldere Judge Newburger to-day MeKenna, in a drunkew brawl, shot ani killed George Renk omtside a bar- roqm on the West road, one Aight In August, 1899 On Dec. 4 of that year ha, pro- Pounced Inaane add petit Hakneawan Asylum, T Feats later Ren ‘was brought back to the Tombs and ried for murder In the fr angPe. ¥ Mrs. Gitnon fm Gihnom- rietakes, RICHMOND, (Vai., Dee O 2. 3frs. Choses Daha Gibson will be one of the loading presenta- tion of th at Char- into the cellar at No. % Tenth avenue. lottesville to-night. Lee and other notable pei e. pleasure to prowl at night, to enter strange houses and raneack them. If Dickinson could be persuaded to write or tell of the impulse that bent him to crime the result would be most interesting reading, for he !s a man of alert mind, Dickinson differed from the common type of burglar in that he generally worked alone. It 1s not belleved that he had @ partner in his criminal opera- tions for three years past. His skill as a mechanic enabled him to make his own tools, He melted down the gold and silver he stole in crucibles such as Jewelers’ use, and was up-to-date in every respect. He did not carry a revolver in his burglarious operations, He did not wear “sneak’’ shoes, nor did he leave behind him a trall of burned matches or can- die grease, such as the unskilled bur- glar leaves, He carried an electric dark- Jantern, of his own manufacture, and this was his only weapon when Police- man Carroll came upon him trying the door of @ house in the suburbs at 2 o'clock in the morning, Made Up as a Gentleman. Dickinson was well dressed, He wore a derby hat, a neat suit of dark ma- terial and his linen was: spotless. His shoes were polished, he was cleanly shaved, and altogether his appearance carried out the quick explanation he Was forced to make to the policeman. “I took a young lady from the house to the theatre, had some supper after- ward downtawn and have just brought her home," sald Dickinson. "I just left the house as you came up.” “If you're on the level,’ sald the po- Neeman, “you wont object to golng back to the house and letting the young lady corroborate your story." “Certainly not,” replied Dickinson, without a moment's healtation. ‘The suspicions of the policeman were pated. The stranger was so frank, so apparently sincere, that he was about to let him go. But the cau- tlon of a good policeman camg to his afd and he started for the house, which {s occupied by a family of the name of Colina, Dickingon walked deside him, remark- Ing on the unpleasantaess of the night. Tt was but a few steps to the door of the house, and ae they reached the house Dickinéon dropped behind the po- lcemar, who reached for the door-bell. Attacks the Peltceman, Here was the burglar's opportunity. Quick asa flash he had drawn his bur- glar's lamp, a heavy tube about two feet long, and with all the force of his powerful arm he brought !t down on. the policeman’s head. Carroll's heavy helmet protected him, but he was mo- mentarll stunned, When he turned, Dickinson was run- ning across the lawn. Carroll sprang from the porch and fired three shots Sitter the fugitive, ‘Then he started in pursul Tenth and Arch streets GEORGE DICKINSON, WHO WAS MERCHANT AND BURGLAR. revolver had not come near him. A few seconds more and he would have been lost to sight in the aarknes: Some {nexplicable impulse prevailed and he turned and ran back toward the policeman. Heedless of the revolver, which was inted at him, he leaped on Carroll and there ensued one of the fiercest struggles between an officer of the law and a criminal that Philadel- phia ever heard of. Dickinson took Carroll's revolver awa from_him and shot him in the foot with it. Then he beat the policeman on the head with his lamp. Carroll drew a murderous blackjack and pounded the thead and face of his antagonist. For an é@ven hour they fought. and when help arrived Dickinson was on the ground struggling, with the policeman on top of him, beating him weakly with the blackjack. Seventeen Victims Report. Dickinson gave the name of Westcott. The police found that a burglar giving the name of Westcott was arrested in thia clty two years ago. From this clue they ran Dickinson down. They found hfs residence at No. 1602 Sprinj street, where he lived quietly as a busl- ness "man. In his rooms they un- earthed Jewelry and other property worth nearly $3,000. ‘This Is on display in the City Hali, and already seventeen householders have identified property stolen from their homes in the past few montha, It was found that Dickinson was the juntor partner in the firm of Wes! &] Dickinson, manufacturers of novelties at Abraham Weyl was shocked when he learned that his partner was a burglar. Ihave known him for two years, said’ Mr. Weyl . “He worked for me as salosman and showed rare ability. ‘Two months ago he proposed that I take him in as a partner, He had money and bought an Interest in the concern, “He was here every morning bright and early, and all day Jong the paid strict attention to business. I I had secured so diligent a never had a suspicion that h thing but a business man, although I he occupied himself a gre: fashioning of tools. I as- eribed tis to his taste for mechanics. In a suit case belonging to Dickinson in the office of the firm the detectives fovnd much valuabie stolen silverware and two crucibles. Tt Is belleved that Dickinson has buried thousands of dol- lars worth of treasure in the cellar of the store and a search of the cellar is belng made to-day. $$: — — Heber R. Bishop No Better. At the home of Heber R. Bishop. at No. &81 Fifth avenue, it was sald this morning that Mr. Bishop was not as well as he was yesterday, $< Famous Austrian Is Dead. VIENNA, Dec. 3—Count Richard Bele- knew that deal in the real, who was Premier at the time of the Austro-Prussian war, died at Gmun- Aen thie morning, He was born in 1823. rejoiced that y] el STRIKE BOARD STILL HOPEFUL Chairman Gray Asks that Both — Operators and Miners Con- tinue Their Efforts to Settle Trouble “Out of Court.” COMMISSION WILL HELP, When Investigation Is Resumed To Day It Is Stated that Any Agree ment Must Be Ratified by the President's Representatives. SCRANTON, Pa., Dec, 3.—After mn ad- Journment of days, during which time the representatives of the operators and the miners were kept busy at work preparing evidence for submission to the Anthracte Coal Strike Commission, the arings of the miners’ side of the controversy were resumed to-day. In opening the proceedings Chairman Gray made an explanation of the attt. tude of the Commission regarding the efforts at an outside settlement. He sald there had been a misunderstanding jin some quarters, The tdea had gone out that the whole matter would be dis+ missed if greement was reached. This, he sald, was Incorrect. He read a statement made by the sub-committee, in which it was ald that the Commission would not abrogate its duttes, and that \t would stand re- sponsible for any agreement it approved or award ft made. 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