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The Development of the Moth. 1
The butterfly and moth lay eggs in a
uitable feeding ground during the
early summer. The hatched larva or
caierpiuar eais voraciously, gorging itself
until it can eat no more. Or. if too
fat for further exertion, it spins a
cocoon and makes ready for winter.
During the winter it apparently slumbers
in its snug quarters, nourished by
the plentiful supply of fat; it accumulated
during the caterpillar stage, and
at the proper time emerges a fullgrown
moth or butterfly, gorgeously attired
and bent on holiday making.
Proud Men.
The only man who is prouder than
the intimate friend of a United States
Senator is the intimate friend of a
friend of a Senator.?New York Press.
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->w-" An amusing incident occurred on a
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Debevoise, a well-known ventriloquist,
was bidding adieu to some
friends, when one of them presented
him with a little fox terrier, to which
he had taken a great fancy.
The train began io move, and there
was no time to get a dog ticket; so Debevolse
popped the dog Into a small
hamper which was labeled "Professor
Debevoise, ventriloquist-" In bold let
xers.
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looked at the hamper and then read
the label. Turning to Debevoise with,
a knowing wink and a broad grin he
said:
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that before."
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Whales TVirhont Fear.
Tlie whale is generally considered to
be a very timid animal, but there are
many instances where these huge creatures
have apparently been without
fear. A veracious fisherman of the
New England const informed me that
he had more than once been annoyed
by whales, the animal insisting upon
following the dory, rubbing against it
nnd lifting it out of water, and undoubtedly
would have tipped it over
had not the fisherman thrust an old
scythe blade, which it happened he
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How Glionts Vanish.
The majority of ghosts simpiy vanish,
like breath into the wind. Others
make their exits through bolted doors,
slamming them loudly. Many of these
doors are seen to open, but later prove
to be securely locked on the inside.
Numerous spooks have a habit of vanishing
as soon as spoken to. One
which haunts a lonely roadway fades
away in broad daylight and in tne presence
of several witnesses closing in
upon it from In fiont and behind. A
number of ghosts mp.ke their retreat
through the floor. One phantom
walked up to a man's door and disappeared
through it. Yet the door was
shut and locked. The man and his
wife, thinking the thing to be a visitor,
were following it close In the rear.
Other spectres disappear through solid
walls, penetrating them as though they
were atmosphere. Others, pursued in
the open, retreat to fences or hedges
and there fade from view. The shade
of an old man. customarily seen in an
arm chair of one haunted house, invariably
rises from his seat and vanishes
in the air as soon as the door to the
chamber is opened.?Washington Star.
Dlfceins in Greece.
j While digging the foundation for the
! new statue of Kolokotrones. the famous
"klepht and warrior," the workmen
have discovered a fragment of the
I ancient wall of Athens and a tomb of
the first century B. C., containing a
number of valuable objects. Sixteen
tombs of the Roman period, a wall covered
with frescoes and an ancient inscription
have been unearthed by the
German excavators at Orehonienos
which has now been completely excavated.
The French are about to resume
their excavations in the island of Tenos.
? New York Commercial Advertiser.
A Cnrloan Indian Cnstom.
A curious custom in India is that ot
"Ruk-sut liai" (You may go). In England
it is etiquette for an afternoon
caller to himself take the initiative in
the matter of his departure. Indeed, it
would be considered the height of illbreedine
if the hostess gave the slight
est indication of any desire to be re- j
lieved of lier caller's presence. In In- |
dla the custom Is reversed, and the na- i
tive will never leave the white man's j
presence until told he may go.?London I
Express.
Massachusetts has 1S09 prisoners per !
l.QQO.OOO population. N. Y.? 23
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Fully 2500 persons commit suicide in Rus- ,
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Luminous Ghoats.
Many ghosts are peculiarly luminous.
One Is especially so when the moon !
shines on it. Blue lights have often j
beeu seen after dark along the country '
haunts of a daylight ghost of black i
hue. Blue light surrounded also the
ghost of a dead parent, who came to .'aform
his daughter that she had lost a
favorite aunt. The spook of a dead
friend appearing to another woman illuminated
her apartment at night until
it was as bright as day.
The Birthplaces of President*.
The birthplaces of the Presidents of
the United States are divided among
the States as follows: Six have come
from Virginia, Ave from Ohio, three
from New York, two each from Massa
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each from Now Jersey. Kentucky. New
Hampshire. Vermont. Pennsylvania
and Tennessee.
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HUNDREDS PERISH
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uouuuursi a weeps mruugu
Beppner, Ore,, Carrying
Everything Before It.
HEROES OF THE DISASTER
Horseman, Who Galloped Ahead of
Huge Wall Water,
Saved Scores.
TELEGRAPHER DIED AT KEYBOARD
child Saw Parents Swept Away While
She Was Left Uninjured In
Ballroad Station.
The Dalles, Ore.?The search la the
great mass of debris which was once
the town, of Heppner has caused the
conviction that the number of people
drowned in u.c "ood was at least 500,
and many of the bodies will never be
recovered.
The loss by the destruction of buildings
alone amounts to $1,000,000. One
hundred and fifty of the best residences
4-rtTTTn OTT'Onf OTTOIT T'lir.
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debris Is piled along the railroad track
in piles as high as freight cars.
Relief work is progressing satisfactorily,
but more supplies are being
asked for. An offer to send physicians
and doctors was declined, there being
but few injured.
Eighty-five Identified victims have been
buried. One hundred and fifty names
have been recorded on the list of the
missing, besides twenty visitors to the
town, whose names are not kuown.
The disaster developed a number of
heroes. An unknown horseman, who
rode at breakneck speed ahead of the
flood and warned the inhabitants of
Lexington and Iona in time for them to
escape from the valley, was one of
these. He has not been seen since the
flood.
Joseph Keitley, seventy years old,
used the roof of a house as a raft and
saved the lives of three persons who
were struggling in the water.
James Kernan, the Oregon Railway
and Navigation Company's agent, met
his death at the telegraph key while
trying to call Portland to inform the
niitcMii nf the Imnnndlnu pnl.im.
Ity.
His little daughter Katie, who was
saved by remaining in the station
house, said her father and mother were
lost In the whirl of waters. Katie
stood by while her father was calling
the Portland office, when the flood
swept in the lower floor and curled
around him. Mrs. Kernan rushed out
of the house and started for a high
pount of ground, but was drowned.
One of the most thrilling adventures
was that of Tom Shuter, who, with his I
family, was carried downstream in his
house for a mile arjd a half. His wife
and two children stepped into the upper
rooms. Below town the house was
shot across the creek to the west side;
where it lodged in debris. 150 yards
from the canyon banks. Shuter then
took his two little ones and swam 200
yards. He landed the children, and
then rescued his wife.
H. R. Baird, of Portland, lost his
wife and three children. They were
visiting her father. Mrs. Clarence Andrews
and three children, of Seattle.
are among the lost. Her husband is in
Sitka. Alaska. She is a sister of Mrs.
Baird.
R. D. Kelly, who escaped from Heppner,
says: "The rain was not falling in
Heppner, but could be seen some distance
away. Sharp flashes of lightning
were accompanied by the howling
thunder. Then, suddenly, the thunder
died away, and a low noise was heard,
very faint at first, but growing louder.
The city is situated on Willow Creek,
which makes a sharp turn above the
city. As the noise grew louder and
louder the people became frantic. Then,
in a moment, the van of the flood burst
into "iew around the curve of the
creek, carrying on its crest the cabins
nnd houses which stood in its path.
The people made a rush to the hills,
but were too late. The flood was upon
them. The little river in five minutes
was transformed into a roaring torrent
400 feet wide and twenty feet deep
Houses were lifted from foundations
and carried on the swirling waters.
People were caught in their homes and
forced to crawl on the roof. Then, as
the house moved down the stream,
they caught on to the trees and hunc
there until morning, when they were
rescued.
"The depot was left standing; also
two warehouses containing 2,300,000
pounds of wool."
Elias Connor, a stock raiser, of lone,
one of the latest to leave the scene of
the disaster, said:
"One hundred and fifteen corpses
have been hastily buried in wooden
boxes and some were merely wrapped
in blankets. There were still several
wagon loads of dead on their way to
the cemetery when I left. Heppner
Itself has now been pretty well
searched, except in piles of debris,
Made New Governor of Klshineff.
Prince Urosoff, hitherto LieutenantGovernor
of the Government of Tambof,
lias been appointed Provisional
uoveruor or Bessarabia, m succession
to Governor Von Iiaaben. who was dismissed
as a result of the Kishiueff
massacre.
Steamer Wrecked and Looted.
The steamship Ilaussa. of the ElderDempster
line, has been wrecked off
the coast of Liberia. Natives looted
the cary:o. The crew has lauded at
Las Talmas. Canary Islands.
Prominent Feople.
Senator Ilanna denies that he intends
to leave the country this summer
for his vacation.
Emneror William of Germnnv and
Czar Nicholas will be in Vienna simultaneously
in September.
Several Americans of influence, it is
stated in London, are trying to bring
about a visit of King Edward to the
United States.
King Edward has awarded the royal
gold medal for the promotion of architecture
to Charles F. McKlm, the New
York architect.
where it is thought great numbers of'
bodies will be found.
"Between lone and Heppner there
are great piles of debris, but the flood
passed so quickly that the roads have
not been seriously damaged.
"It looks strange to see the heavy
steel rails bent and twisted like corkscrews
and the heavy timbers splintered
like matchwood.
"In Heppner itsek* the flood swept a
clean path a mile long and two mocks
wide through the town, following generally
the course of Willow Creek."
Portland. Oregon. ? Hoppner, county
seat of Morrow County and a town of
about 1500 inhabitants, and Lexington,
a village of 300 population, eighteen
miles northwest of Heppner, were destroyed
by a flood which resulted from
a cloudburst.
The people were caught in their
houses with no chance of escape. A
heavy rain had been falling all afternoon,
and the residents were in their
houses. Without warning a wall of
water twenty feet high came tearing
down Willow Creek, on whose banks
the town is located, and the next moment
the houses were wrecked and
carried away, a mass of ruins, on the
crest of the immense wave.
Many persons were killed outright.
Others were drowned after iieroic etforts
to save themselves. Bridges
were swept away like so many matches
and all means of communication by
wire was destroyed.
The buildings which were not carried
away were moved from their foundations
or toppled over. Hundreds of
horses, cattle, sheep and hogs that had
gone into the creek bottoms for water
perished.
As soon as the first excitement had
subsided the survivors went to work.
Messengers were sent out to the neighboring
towns and relief parties were
organized as rapidly as possible.
Heppner is the centre of a large
farming and stock growing country.
The town is built on the banks of Willow
Creek, in the neighborhood of the
converging point of four other mountain
streams that drain a large area of
rolling and hilly country that reaches
from three to twenty miles to the foot
hills, and along the course of Willow
Creek itself for a distance of twentyfive
miles to the base of Blue Mountain.
The greater part of the business ana
residence section of the town, lying to
the west of the creek. Is a low bottom
covering an area of about 1500 by 1200
feet.
City incorporation was effected in
1887. and since then the town has
grown, having a fine hotel, a good substantial
bank, good public schools and
two immense wool houses. Morrow
County is a great grazing country and
Heppncr furnishes the principal outlet,
so that the wool-cjrowing industry is
the mainstay of the place, and during
the season large sums of money are
handled.
IRISH LAND BILL THREATENED.
Redmond Warn* Government That Concession*
Most Be Made.
London.?The Irish leader. John Redmond.
during the debate in Commons
on the Irish Land bill, made the declaration
that unless the Government
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mum price at which the landlord may
sell It would be impossible for the Irish
members to represent the measure as 1
acceptable to the Irish people.
Chief Irish Secretary Wyndham declared
that he considered that limits
on bargains were essential precautions,
and was unable to accept Mr. Redmond's
proposal to raise the minimum
reduction to fifteen per cent, in case of
second term rents, and twenty-fire per
cent, in case of first term rents. Mr.
Redmond said he was afraid the parting
of the ways had been reached, and
further consideration of this point must
be had. otherwise ninety-five per cent,
of the Irish members wouM be found
in the lobby against the Government.
Sir. Wyndham further replied that
he realized the gravity of the situation
hut- thp minimum reductions must
remain ten and twenty per cent., respectively:
SLAIN BY POLICY VENDER.
Superintendent of Antl-Crlme Society Shut
Down In Coait Corridor.
New York City.?William Spencer, a
negro policy player, shot and killed Superintendent
S. A. McFarlane, of the
Goddard Anti-Policy .Society, on the
General Sessions floor of the Criminal
Court Building.
Spencer's arrest was secured by his ;
victim seven weeks ago. and he was
about to be tried before Judge Cowing j
on a charge of violating the policy law. 1
Philip Bray, Assistant Superintend- I
ent of the Goddard Society, who ac- 1
comnanied Superintendent McFarlane.
was shot in the arm in attempting to 1
seize and disarm the murderer. Spencer,
who was speedily overpowered,
was taken to the Police Headquarters
at once and the Grand Jury was in- 1
formed of the case.
Within an hour of the shooting Spen- ,
cer was indicted for murder in the first I
degree. He has a very bad criminal
record. McFarlane leaves a wife and j
child. !
FIVE BURNED TO DEATH.
Four Children and a Alan Victims of Now
York Firebug*.
New York City.?Five persons were
burned and suffocated to death In what I
is believed to have been an incendiary
fire in a four-story tenement in Har- |
lem. Two persons were removed to ,
Harlem Hospital suffering from burns.
The dead are: Theresa De Clcco.
four years; Camillo De Cicco. two and
a half years; Alfredo De Cicco, four
months; Francisca Stafino. eight years;
Guisseppe Cipriano, twenty-four years.
The injured are Angela De Cicco.
mother of the dead Do Cicco children,
nnH PMnrnrm Ktnflnn inOfllPr nf the
dead Stnfino child.
The police say that the hallways of
the basement were soaked with kerosene
and that bundles of oil-soaked
raps also found. v
Chaplain of the Lost Maine Resigns.
The Rev. John R. Chadwick. who
was chaplain of the battleship Maine
when the vessel was destroyed in Havana
harbor, has resigned from the
Navy. He was one of tile first Catholic
priests appointed in the Navy. It is
understood that lie will be appointed to
a large New York City parish.
Liberty Bell Goes to Boston.
Thousands lined the path of the Liberty
Hell in Philadelphia as it started
on its journey to Boston. Mass., accompanied
bv a military and civil parade.
The Army Supreme In Servia.
Servians Government seems liKoiy ro
be a military dictatorship, with King
Peter as the nominal head of the country.
Quiet prevails at Belgrade.
Court-Martial For Navy Paymaster. *
Secretary of the Navy Moody has
ordered the court-martial of Assistant
Paymaster Philip W. Delano, charged
with embezzling $1800.
Cholera Reappears in the Philippine*.
Cholera has again appeared among
the United States troops in the Philippines,
six soldiers having fallen victims
of the disease.
4
ELECTED OF SEBVIA
The National Assembly Unanimously
Chooses Prince Peter.
NEW CONSTITUTION LIBERAL
A Revival of Tliat of 1888?Prince Peter
Accepts the Crown and Sends a Message
Praising the Servian ministry?A
Resolution of General AmnestyAdopted
?Powers of Europe Walt.
Belgrade, Servia.?Prince Peter Karageorgevitch
has been unanimously
elected King of Servia by the Senate
and Skupshtlna in joint session.
After the Senate and Skupshtlna assembled
the members proceeded to
church. Upon reassembling in joint
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general amnesty, and then proceeded
to the election of a King. The presiding
officer of the joint session then proposed
the election of Prince Peter as
King. Loud cheers greeted the proposal,
-which were repeated on the announcement
that the vote "was unanimous.
The Minister of Justice hastened to
the balcony and announced the fact to
tho waiting crowd. The people received
the notification with loud cheers
and a royal salute of 101 guns was
fired.
At 7 o'clock p. m. a telegram to the
Government arrived from the new
King. It ran:
"The splendid proofs of devotion
from my beloved people, my faithful
army, and patriotic Government have
"PALACE "S*S
(The scene of the assassination of King
An
deeply touched me. From the bottom
of a true Servian heart I thank Providence,
which has vouchsafed me. by
God's mercy and through His will, to
ascend the throne of my famous ancestors.
I beg you, the Premier and your
colleagues in the Government, to accept
my royal acknowledgment, with
the assurance of my particular goodwill."
The resolution adopted by tne National
Assembly have practically
granted Immunity to all concerned in
the coup d'etat; the attitude of the
army has been recognized and, approved,
gratitude has been extended to
the Government for the patriotism displayed
in such a fateful crisis, all the
Government's measures have been indorsed,
and it has been empowered to
conduct affairs until King Peter's arrival.
NEW KING ACCEPTS.
lis Emotions as He Kpceived Congratulations
on His Election.
Geneva, Switzerland.?Prince Peler
Karageorgevitch has telegraphed his
acceptance of the Servian throne. He
has also telegraphed to the Emperors
Df Russian and Austria and to the King
of Italy announcing his election and
acming mnt ne nopes xo wons iur me
good of Servia.
The King received calmly. but with
evident satisfaction, the telegraphic
notification of his election. Subsequently.
as he received congratulations,
he became more excited, laughed hysterically,
marched vigorously up and
down the rfloni, and finally flung himself
into a chair, trembling with excitement.
His acceptance of the throne is stated
to be subject to four conditions:
First?That the action of the Skupshtina
is constitutional and entirely free
from bribery or force.
Second ? That those directly implicated
in the assassination and revolution
should be exiled.
Third?That the civil list be in-;
creased.
Fourth?That an official delegation
come to Geneva to confer with him. j
King Peter, in an interview, announced
that he had accepted the
crown of Servla and would assume the
title of Peter I.
"I am profoundly touched," he said,
"at the confidence shown me."
ALEXANDER LIVED IN TERSOR.
Queen Drasra Mad Prepared For Flight,
Independent of the King.
Belgrade, Servia.?It is now known
that King Alexander lived in a state
of terror during the last weeks of his
life. Nightly soldiers belonging to the
Pioneers division searched the palace J
Street Fight In Belgrade.
? ~ I-_J t'i ?
Geneva, swuzenuuu.?mus icio it-,
ceived a telegram from Belgrade announcing
that a sharp tight had taken
place In the streets between the partisans
of the new King and those of
Milan, the legitimatized son of King
Milan. Young Milan has recently been
living in Constantinople. His partisans
posted a proclamation 011 the
walls of Belgrade, and it was torn
down by King Peter's supporters after
a free light.
A11 Embezzler a Suicide.
Confessing embezzlement that may
reach $4000, Ernest Naoraji killed himself
in the safety deposit vaults of the
Prairie State Bank, at Chicago, 111.
Negro Slay* Two Teanlnc Boyi.
Enraged by being teased by them.
Will Avants, colored, shot and killed
the two sous of Dr. Davis, at Neeley
ville, Mb.
May Tax Game* of Chance*
It is proposed in France that all
games of chance be taxed eight per
cent, of the money.staked, a revenue
of $2,000,000 annually being floured on. 1
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from roof to cellar, peerlrijlnto all
dark corners for bombs. Elh night
the King was locked In his b^hamber
by the adjutant in the preseie of the
palace commander."
It Is also stated that fc several
A', mk
v/fi
KINO PETEB I. OP SEBXA.
(Descendant of a swineherd tmnimously
elected to the throne by ti National
Assembly.)
,
weeks the late Queen Dragahad prepared
for flight, lndependei of the
King, who is supposed to fcve been
gradually growing reconclld to the
project of his divorce from Jraga and
his marriage with Princess Xenia of
Montenegro. The conspiratcB are reported
to have learned this, nd, fearing
that this marriage woul: prove a
continuation of the Obrentjitch dynasty.
hurriedly commencedthe task
of extermination.
In the King's desk there tis found,
In addition to various intenting private
papers, about $10,000.
iLGRADE, SERVIA.
Alexander and Queen Draga >y the
ay.)
| The latest information as t<the ex
tent of the casualties during the up
rising is that flfty-flve persas wer<
killed or wounded.
No Menace of Sympathy
Washington, D. C. ? The Iresideni
has decided not to send any nessag<
o{ sympathy in connection Tith th<
death of King Alexander ant Queei
Draga. The only person t< whon
such a message could with deency b(
addressed is former Queen Natilie, bu
for the reason that she does no occupj
any official position and a conmunica
tlon to her might give offens to th<
Government of Servia. none will b<
sent. The United States Gov>rnmen
will, of course, recognize he nen
ruler of Servia when he skill bav<
been officially installed.
The New Constitution.
A commission for the revisloi cf th?
Servian Constitution, consising o
eighty-five members, met in Belgrade
under the Presidency of King i'llan. ii
November. 18SS. The Great Assembl;
was practically forced to acbpt th
Constitution as drafted by tie com
mission. This Constitution is now t
be revised.
The direct active franchise uider th
Constitution is given to all citizins pay
lng fifteen dinars in direct ta?es, am
the passive franchise to persons whos
taxes amount to thirty d'nnrs. Ever;
elector is eligible to election to th
SJrnnelitinft
In the place of deputies appohted b;
the King a class of official depities 1
created, consisting of the inenbers o
the Council of State, the Bishops. Ger
erals on the retired list, and tip Presl
dents of the Courts of Cassatou an
Appeal.
The Skupshtina has the initiitive i:
legislation. The Great Skipshtlni
consists of double the number depn
ties in the ordinary Assembly, and it
functions comprise the consUeratioi
of Question affecting the thr?ue, th
election of a Regent in case oi its va
ca'ncy, and constitutional reviston.
The Council of State consists of eigh
members nominated by the King an
an equal number chosen by th
Skupshtlna for life, -whose duties are t
draw up bills and administrative d
crees and to nominate candidate fo
I Ciinfflmrt Pnm-f OTlil t
U UUgta VI mv kJU|nciiiv vuuii uuu V ?
Courts of Cassation and Appetl.
The courts are absolutely iadepen'J
ent. and the Judges irremovable.'
The liberty of the press Is guarac
teed, and newspapers may be fouiulP'
without the deposit of caution money.
No citizen Is to be arrested or hav
his house searched without a varrant
Foreigners may possess any kind o
property in Servia and may be en;
p!oy< d in the State service.
Six Death Sentence* Confirmed.
The State Supreme Court of Ale
bama broke all records by handln
down opinions in the cases of Fell
Hall. Sidney King, Albert .Tones, YVi
Stnrks, Alex. Means and Jim Stuar
affirming the action of the lower cor.r
eonvictiug them of murder and sei
tencing each of the prisoner.; to deatl
Trouble on nn Indian IleserYntl'Mi.
An attempt of an Indian agent t
collect taxes 011 herds of more than U'
cattle is causing trouble on the Fial
bead reservation, in Montana.
Austria Unre}?rfl?ente<l at World's Fair.
The Austrian Foreign Office lias ol
fieialiy notified the United States En
liassv that the Austrian Governmei]
lias definitely decided that it will nc
lie represented at the St. Louis Expos
lion.
A Convert to Woman Suffrage.
Governor Garvin, of Rhode Isianc
has put himself on record as a believe
iu woman suffrage.
Increase In French Imports.
French imports in the last fe^
months increased $22,382,200, while c:
i Dorts decreased $99,700.
PROOF Of POSTAL MPS
Payne Gives Out Bristow Letter anil
Inspectors' Reports,
tVIONEY ORDER CHIEF REMOVED \ J|
Jame? T. M?tcnT l? nifmlwl Fr?-r? th? vjfc
Postal Servlci* ATer a Bearluc? I**- _ ^
discretion In Icer^rd to a Contract ttis
Came?'Talloc'i1!) Clutrzes Ars Full/
Snutalried?lteporf* ou IiTe*tlLaritip?.
Washington. D. C.?Postmaster-Osa- ' J
eral Payne lias made public all papers,.. ^
and documents connected "wiih the investigation
of the Washington post- 'J
office in 1899 and 1990. as a result
charges preferi-pd at that time by Sey- $
mour W. Tulici.h. former cashier of v||
the Washington postoffice, which were
recently repeated by Tullooh in a for- -t?
mal communication ta the Postmaster- : 0|
General.
The most Interesrice xer.rure wu
tflined In thp d^euments. which cover
fifty typewritten pases. negTesatin* 4"
30.000 words, is the admission of ;-y*?
Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General -i;
Bristow that ho rc-mrr ended to Post- jg
master-General Smith that the office of ? ^
First Assistant Postmaster-General --M
FleatL he invest'sated. This wn#|?ilp
charged by Tul'nrii. who also charged
that the Invest'^ati^n requested had vv3
been "called off." The papers showt^M
however, that lr.t<-r tho investljfa^on
was made and a number of irregulari- ' $
ties corrected.
The document? mMe nubile by Post- - .. y
master-General Pavro Include his let* .' ^
ter to Fourth Assistant Postmaster-.
Gpneral Bristow under date of Mar 1.
1903. calTns att^ntiqn to the Tullocli
rharjres. and for an explanation:
Fourth As?'?tnnt Postma?tPr-Gen- ">-2
eral Bristow's !e"rr in rer'.y: the report
of the insnpr^-s who transferred - #4
the Washineton fity po3toffice to the- - n,
present postmn?tf>r. John A. Merrttt:
the renort of I^n->?tor Little, under. $%f?
dntp of July 31. 1iW>. end the result of >
| the investigation bv Postmaster-Gen- Mia
eral Smith of t'ir> chorees contained in ,'Vthe
confidential r^irt of Juno 30.1899 j v
In concludinz b!? statement Postmas- -SAlB
ter-General Payne s*>vs:
The papers .?* <> filed without rctlon 8pM
for the reason fl-^t thev relate to hi?','
business of a prlo- administration. Th<>
subject-matter of Hie complaints 1s ?
four years old. and nil action tbercnnder
was closed nv?'' two rears r,go. Tlip . .a
charse of Mr. Tri'^ch j<? in its essence - 'J
against Presidert A?Kln.ev and PoRt- "J
master-General S^iMi. President Mc Kinley
is no lonee- livinc: ?est master- .
General Smith, wb? carried ont PtpsI- g
dent McKin'ey's policy, has answered
for himself."
The special report of July 6. ir, ..e by
CaDtain Smith, d'closed. Mr. Brlstow
says, what seftnnl to hp j?!".n'T.g irreeularities.
and he submitted It pertou-, ,l->j
allv to 1he Postr/aster-General. susr- \^k
gesting that it ccntainM matter
which Postma?t?"-Gener:ISmIt = might S1?
want to etve his -*onal attention.
The synopsis of the report of tbe Id'
restigation of Jr ?> 30. 1S99. shows 4$
? that an item of $50.30 for traveling
expenses to Georg? W. Bearers, and ;.*^S
of G. D. Fisher, a cl?rk under Beaver*. ' $
to Philadelphia :mh1 Hartford, was paid
c out of the funds of the Waebineton
city postofflce on order of First Assist- ?
- ant Heath, altlmujh the expenses '
i formed no pa^t of the legitimate ex- y
i pensos of the Washington cifico.
- The report shows that Robert G.
t Willett, son of the former Washington
r city postmaster. ^rew two salaties
from July 3 to December 10. 1898. one
- as a laborer, at *600 a year, and one as ,j?
- a mechanic, at S2 a day. on special roll , JS
t for the free delivery service.
r The confidential report of Inspector
? Smith nnmes Kdward S. Allen, ap- v
pointed at $1400 in 1899 as an expert 'v>
mechanic: H. A. Oummines. appointed
at $900 and promoted to $1000 on the <
9. military roll; D. M. Monroe, placed on
t the military roll hy First Assistant
Perry S. Heath, and Frank E. Murray, v
a on the military roll at $1000 a year,
7 and says:
e "None of the ai>cre named appear rM
' to have performed any service in -con* $
o nection with the military postal mat- V
ters. and no srond reason appears either
e for their orisinal innointment or con- '
tinuance on the rolls."
3 On January 2 and 10. 1S99. First Ase
sistnnt Heath transferred twenty
7 clerks from tlj" clevlcs' roll to the mlie
itary roll, and"p:;t these neopl* to work
in the Washington r>jtv postoffice, and ^
y naid them from the military appropria- is
tion.
?
Washington. P. As a result of an
' indiscretion in matters pertaining ,to
2 the award of contracts for printing the ).
money order forms of the. Govern11
ment. James T. Metcalf. for many
a years Superintendent of the money or'
der system of the Postoflice Depart- Yj-jj
s ment, was removed from office by the J
n Postmaster-Genera!. A full investiga- 4
e tion of the case will be made later. y
* The dismissal is tbe result of acts of m
Mr. Metcalf in opposition to the bid of fl
t Paul Herman, of Rutherford. N. J.. M
A the lowest bidder by $45,000. and in fa- H
e vor of the next highest bidder, the .
0 Wynkoop-Hallenbeck-Crawford Com
v?T?T Vnrk Citv. of which Mr. ^
pan v, ul *11?? ?
r Metcalf's son is an employe, for the v>fc\
? contract of printing money order ^
blanks anil books.
I* Postmaster-General Payne, In an- .
nouncing his action, stated that there ..
' was no charge that Mr. Metcalf had
^ done anything that Is amenable to tho
law. but said that his conduct was a
e serious indiscrption that could not be
overlooked. Mr. Metcalf. he said. flL*
ways has been considered a faithful. ' '*
efficient, painstaking and honest ,m- ^
ploye.
Mr. Smith "Will Tot Rep'y. '
'* Philadelphia, Pa.?Former l'osnras >. ,
S tor-General Smith was informed of
x Mr. Bristol's letter in reply to the.Tnl- ;|
'? loeh statement and of Ps variation from
t his own reply. When asked if lie had I
t. anything to say hi- answered: "There I
i- is uo occasion for im> to reply to Mr. J
i- Bristow. and I will not." I
Spider's Bite K!!ls a Woman. I
,j Mrs. Katf Rice, of Harleysville. I'a., I
t. was recently bitten !>y a spider while I
picking strawberries. A few day? ogo I
she died of bSoo-.i prismiing.
f- Kenay Gleanings. I
*' A red-colored solution now obviates I
the need of a dan; room in puotog- I
raphy. I
!' A bill to abolish State lotteries is to
bo introduced shortly in the Dutch
Parliament.
i Antiseptic toothpicks, warranted free i
r of germs, are being .supplied by rnc ?
large hotels and resti- urauts iu London.
J
Within three and out-half years 1
T eighty-two trusts hav.? jteu formed. I
c- haviug an aggregate capital of I
00T) <>48 I