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THE MOENING OREGONIAtf, THUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1900. JOHN PORTER CONFESSED SWEAT BOX BROUGHT OUT STOBT OB XtlMOir MUIUJEB, Police, However, Reins e to Give T7p tho Jfesrro Until Tney Can Confirm tne Story. DENVER, Not. 14. After withstanding the pressure of the "sweat box" at the City Jail for four days, John Porter, the 15-year-old negro, who was arrested Bun day, charged with the murder of little 11-year-old Louise Frost near Llmon, Colo., tonight broke down and confessed every deall of the crime. The little, girl, who was the daughter of a ranchman living four miles from Limon, attended school In town, driving back and forth. "Wednesday last, while on. her way home, she was waylaid, as saulted .and murdered, her body showing no less than 14 knife wounds. Sunday, Preston Porter, colored, and his two sons, Arthur and John, who had been working on the railroad near Limon, were arrested here en route to their home in Lawrence, Kan., and John Por ter was charged with the crime. Only circumstantial evidence was brought against "him and he told a straight story, adhering to it so tenaciously as to al most convinced the officers of his inno cence, Tonight, however, he weakened. The police department sent two men to Limon today to verify some of his state ments. They wish to be absolutely sure of his guilt before giving him up, owing to a strong belief that he will be lynched on his arrival at Llmon. Porter's confession was made to Chief of Police Farley and Chief of Detectives Armstrong. The fact that the clothes which he had shipped to Lawrence, Kan., and which had been brought back to Den ver, showed blood stains, seemed to un nerve him, and he broke down. He told the story of his crime in detail, and has since been on his knees In his cell. Por ter said he had seen the girl driving home from school, and the day of the crime waited for her at a lonely point on the road. He dragged her from, the buggy, and when she fought him he repeatedly stabbed her with a. small pen-knife. She finally yielded and afterward, to prevent her betraying him, he crushed her skull with his heel. He returned to the boarding-car, and attempted, by washing some of his clothes and burning others, to re move the evidences of his crime. Later in the week the Porters quit work and shipped their effects to Lawrence, Kan., their home. They came to Denver to draw their pay, and Sunday last were arrested by the Denver police on a tele graphic order from Sheriff Freeman, of Lincoln County. The greatest excitement was caused by the discovery of the body of the murdered girl, and rewards to the amount of $2300 were offered for the cap ture of the murderer, dead or alive. It was announced on all sides that the mur derer should bo lynched If captured, and one man who was suspected had a nar row escape from death. After suspicion became fastened upon young Porter, a pair of shoes which he had loft at the car were found to fit the tracks which led from the scene of the crime. There was other circumstantial evidence against him, but Porter firmly held to his story that he was at the boarding-car all the afternoon of the day of the murder. This afternoon the bag V. gage of the Porters was received from "iwrence, and a pair of overalls and a sbYt which showed stains of blood were Xould- "When confronted with this evi dence the boy lost his nerve and told the story. It Is rrt known when he will be taken to LinoolV County, but .Sheriff Freeman is said to hive expressed the belief that he will nevet be able to land him In Jail at Hugo, thounty seat. Under these clr cumstancffivthe police declare thaj they "Vaijtflif "gljup the prisoner except.upon a legal delftnd that will relieve them of any responsibility for a lynching. It is rumored aat the negro will be burned when taken fa Limon. GntherRT for the Lynching. DENVER, Nov. 15. At 1 o'clock this (Thursday) nornlng a telegram from Li mon sayfe the statements of Porter have bf en corrjoboated. He had told where he had thrown lis victim's pocketbook. and It was l Pie are j ro,undlns tourrf there by the officers. Peo ratEring at Llmon from the sur- o-untry, awaiting the arrival of lerer. If is now said that there the mtif Is! evidence that the father and brother of Johil Porter had a guilty knowledge Of the crime, and It is possible that if they pre taken to Lincoln County at the samemmo they may suffer the same pen ally, ITHB FAIRFIEIiD SWIXB-M3. Nextf- Tork Grand Jury Will Hand f Up an Indictment. NlfW YORK. Nov. 14,-It is said that the JnW8 Jury will soon hand up an. Indictment In the famous postoftice case "Whether Mrs. Byrd Q. Herrick will be included in the list is not certain as yet. Assistant District Attorney Unger deci'nes to deny or affirm the truth of the report that "Wilson, one of the pris oners, wanted to make a statement. He Bald that any confession either man might make would be of no use to his office, shich. had more than enough evidence to send both men td state prison for long tc?f?VrirS?A:P?e8 says: "Tho Postofflce authorities Jwerr acquainted with Henry Zelmer two years ago, when he was the chief witness in the proceedings against the Fairfield Floral Company of Fairfield, Me., one of the largest mall-order swin dles ever run down by the Inspectors. The company's ostensible business was the manufacture and sale of artificial flowers, and he was the manager of the concern during its brief career. He pur ported then to be a lawyer, and rhowel that he had at least a smattering of law. He escaped Indictment. The con cern was taking in money at the rate of $100,000 a year. "The scheme was in the first place to advertise for persons to send two stamps and learn how to make from $12 to 518 a week by pleasant, easy work at tbclr homes. The plan was to make artificial flowers, and the applicant was Informed that a course of instruction by mall was necessary. This was worth 525. It was said, but was sent to applicants for 32 cents. The next step was to resammend that the applicant purchase samples of the flowers most in demand. "Thousands sen,t 32 cents only to re ceive a. letter stating that the business had grown to such magnitude that mall lots could not be handled, and that the applicant was asked to buy material for CO dozen lost, which would cost 5110 50. This staggered most of the applicants, and caused them to drop out of the mat ter. a it was intended that they should, but still a few did send the large amount demanded. ""When Postofflce Inspector James D. Kelley had found that letters were com ing in at the rate of .3000 a day, a great many of them enclosing the 2 cents, and more the 32 cents, he Indicted among them the women Miss Ray anTMrs. "Wing, and " S Sklaner. who was looked upon as the head of the concern. Zelmer, after testifying for the Government, was sub penaed by the defense. The trial was held In Portland, and all were convicted, but none was ever sent to the peniten tiary." BARGE OFFICE MYSTBRT. Discovery of the Body of a Missing Immigrant. yv'abtagsoa to the Tribune contains the following: "There Is a murder- mystery at the New Tork barge office. About four months ago a young man complained to the autborl es at "Washington that his, father, an tnmgjfrnat lust arrived, had disappeared while detained at New Tork. An investi gation by Inspectors of the Treasury De partment has resulted in the discovery of a man's body concealed In the barge office. The body is beyond Identification, but is believed to be that of the man. who disappeared. "That the crime of murder was com mitted by an employe of the National Government is not doubted by officials. They are, however, powerless to fix the crime on any one and the matter Is likely to be dropped. The report of the ln spectora in the case, as well as all infor mation concerning the mystery. Is with held at "Washington and all Inquiries are met by refusals to divulge anything about the affair. The father of the young man had some money and it is believed this led to his murder. "An Assistant Secretary of the Treas ury will probably make a statement re garding the matter." The substance of the above dispatch was told to Edward R. MoSweeney, As sistant Commissioner of Immigration, and he said the story was absolutely untrue. He said: 'T know of no mystery at the barge office. If the body of a man had been found there I would have known it. A body could not be concealed there. "Isidore Termini, an Italian aged 65 years, who came to this country as an immigrant last Spring, has been missing since he reached this port. How he dis appeared I do not know. My theory is that he arrived at the barge office in the afternoon when it was quite dark and that he was put aboard the railroad barge Instead of the one bound for Ellis Island. "The railroad barge carries immigrants who have been released and who are bound up the state to the place where they are to take a train to reach their destination. If the man got on a train he probably was put oft somewhere be tween here and Buffalo as he had no tick et and no money to buy one. "We have tried to learn the whereabouts of the man and have failed." IT TAKES NO NOTE OF TIME Vlllace In Alsace Where Clocks and Watches Are Unknown. Cincinnati Enquirer. "On my return from Belchen I looked upon the beautiful villages of the Lewen Valley," writes a traveler in Alsace, "and, being a tourist who likes to poke his nose into everything, I turned by chance into the church at KIrchberg. On coming out I took my watch to regulate It by the clock In the church tower. But there was no dock to be seen. I went to the village inn and there asked the time. But mine host could not oblige me. " You see,' he said, 'we have no use for clocks. In the morning we go by the smoke rising from the chimney at the parsonage up the hill. The parsonage peo ple are very regular. We dine when din ner Is ready. At 4 P. M. the whistle of the train coming from Massmunste'r tells us that the time has come for another meal, and at night we know that It Is time to go to bed when it is dark. On Sundays we go to church when the bell rings. Our par son Is a very easy-going man; he, doesn't mind beginning half an hour sooner or later.' " Jeffries and Sharkey Matched. NEW TORK, Nov. 14. A -match was made in this city today between James J. Jeffries and Tom Sharkey. The terms ai that the winner shall take the entire purse. The battle will be de cided next May before the club offering the largest purse. If the battle takes place In Nevada It will be a finish fight. Bids are to remain open until January 15. Marquis of Queensoerry rules will gov ern the contest and nve-ounce gloves will be used. Each principal deposited 52600 to Insure his appearance In the ring. The articles also contained the provis ion that should Jeffries make a match with either Fltzstaimona or Ruhlin, that battle would be decided before the pres ent one. The same conditions prevail in regard to a match being made between Sharkey and Ruhlin. ' . 'i Submarine Boat Plant. NEW TORK, Nov. 14. The Electric Boat Company, of Manhattan, has con tracted with a new Suffolk, L. L, firm for a site for a basty. for( the purpose of establishing a permanent testing plant at the place. The company controls the torpedo-boat Holland. A breakwater and basin will be built, and half an acre of new land will be obtained by throwing up back of the breakwater the sand from the bay bottom. A frame machine shop, 20x50 feet, and a large engine-house, will be "rec-ed. About 50 men will be employed during the coming season. It Is stated next yr six boats of substantially the same pat tern as the Holland will be built, and there will be experiments of various kinds in Peconlc Bay. i Major Charles A. Booth Dead. LOTISVILLE, Ky.t Nov. It Major Charles Alfred Booth, Quartermaster of the United States Army In charge of the United States arsenal at St. Louis for the past four years, died here .today of pneumonia at the homo of hie father-in-law, Ex-Governor John Toung Brown. Major Booth entered the volunteer serv ice, in 1863 from New Tork. He was pro moted to., Major in the Quartermaster's department in 1896. Official Vote of Sherman County. GRASS VALLET. Or., Nov. 14. The offi cial vote of Sherman County for Presi dential Electors Is as follows: Ford, rep, 443; Fullerton, rep, 451; Fur nish, rep, 448; Paxton, rep, 444; Kroner, dem. 370; Pierce, dem, 3S5; Stuart, dem, 377; Whltaker, dem. 371; Davis, pro. 82; Jenkins, pro, 86; Mills, pro, 86; Spaulding, pro, 83; Embree, pop, l; Henry, pop. 1; Hill, pop. 1; Luce, pop, 2; Folen, soc dem, 6; Melndl soc dem, 8; Porter, soo dem, 8; Rutherford, soc dem, 6. , Deckhand on Steamer Drowned. 6T. HELENS, Or., Nov. ,14. Word was received here today In regard to the drowning of a deckhand on the steamer Bailey Gatzert at Rainier Landing, yes terday. In pulling In the gang plank he slipped and fell Into the water. Deceased was a Swede, about 22 years of age. It Is said that a good swimmer could have rescued him. The river is being dragged, but without success up to this time. Vancouver Athletic Club Affair. VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 14. At a meeting of the Vancouver Amateur Ath letic Club last evening for the purpose of discussing the proposition of reorganiz ing the club, and have it include commer cial and business features, the principal business transacted was the appointment of a committee to formulate a definite plan of organization and report at a meeting to be held November 22. Will Inherit Fortune. VANCOUVER, Wash., Nov. 14. Arthur Halne, of this place, received a cable gram today from his brother, Vice-United States Consul Halne, at Antwerp, Bel glum, notifying him of the death of an uncle, a canon of the Catholic church In Belgium, and stating that he (Halne) would inherit a share of a fortune left by deceased. Tfeir Inmate at Asylum, SALEM, Or., Nov. 14. Job,n Vatrubee, a resident of Baker City, and formerly of Portland, was received at the Asylum today on a commitment from Baker County. He is 39 years old, unmarried, and a machinist by occupation. Murder and Snlclde. VICTORIA, B. C, Nov. 14. Thomas Connell. who shot and killed W. Ashley, at Esqulmalt, Monday evening, shot him self as an officer was about to arrest him. He fired three shots at the officer, but missed. He will die. Curry County Election Returns. GOLD BEACH, Or., Nov. 9. Complete unofficial returns -for Curry County give McKIaley 311, Bryan 145. THE K. OF L CONVENTIONS RIVAL FACTIONS i STILL HOLDBfO SEPARATE) SESSIONS. Courts "Will Decide the Merit of the Controversy Other Ifevra of tho Labor "World. BEKMINGHAM. Ala., Nov. 14. The Parsons and Hayes factions of the Knights of Labor are still holding their separate iconven.tiona without Interfer ence with one another. The Hayes wing Ignores the Parsons faction, and the Par sons wing is waiting for the ultimate de cision to be reached in the courts, when the merits of the controversy come up for hearing. The Hayes faction replies to the charge that It cannot be regular without the official books and papers by stating that the books and papers of the order were shipped from Washington be fore the court order forbidding their re moval, etc., wa3 Issued, and, they can not be in contempt of court. It assumes emphatically to be holding a regular con. ventlon. While the entire board and officers of THE VOTE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. Partial Est. Partial Est. Partial Est. vote. plu. vote.' plu. vote. plu. "k-? "i-? a g s ? 9 i .g ? J 9 oomraEa if Jljl S3f.HU? d? B'P: 3: w 5 sre,o . s.; . p w . o. t!3o:': ? : ? ' : : : : : ? : : : Adams 4623ln"lf3S3 697214 ,440,446 520 529 ... SO Asotin 398 329 60 ... 350 363 ... 13 337 379 322 .3a Bo ... Chehalls 18621003 769 ...16451278 367 -.. 1S27 17S6 1079 1084 J. .00 ... Chelan 422 442 ... 20 390 511 ... 121 295 2S9 312 313 ... 23 Clallam """""I!:":"":" 671 440 231 ... 631 480 151 ... 671 671 410 44 j 230 ... Clark 16451 993 652 ...15181262 256 ... 1611 1 1611 987 567 " ... Columbia 896 712' 184... 837 76S 79 ..-.gfSgfWJ ff L Cowlitz -. 1171 610 561 ...1104 681 423 ... Il41l5fl 621 624 540 ... DougiM :::. :::r. ::::::: m m .-. 101399 ea... 227 & gi6 skk... i Ferry 413 36o! 901 ... 536 432 416 'Slfl $t$ -. 400 GarfleW11 VS.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 523 437 91 ....'Hi 601 ".'.'. 60 50S 500 426 427 jj Island 150 .'. 100 ... ... g ; SliST-rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrriooQ6 ocfii "isrsae.... muomiwGi 400.." hatskp 884 499 885 ... 807 666 242 ... 451 63 494 517 3oO ... Kittitas 1165 923 242... 9461125.... 179 200 .... Klickitat 899 496 403 ... 560 644 306 ... 893 97 492 4S6 400 ... Lewis 19041371 633 ... 17941511 2S3 '... 470 ... Lincoln 11471345 ... 198 10521716 ... 66412541256 14301426 ...280 Mason 614 466 69 ... 463 476 7 ... 494 497 456 446, 43 ... Okanogan 467 628 ... Ita 372 72C ... 356 4S9 484 608 602 210 Pacific i.?.....: - 792 387 414 ... 665 401 264 ... 700 703 33) 3ll ' 0 ... Pierce 59703549 2.421 ... 47215118 ... 39? 60155681 3204 3062 2,715 ... San Juan 433 263 170 146 .1 153 ... Skagit .".........'.......; 17951186 609 ... 159C 1365 231 ... 1691 16S7 1167 1176 530 .. Skamania 176 203 ... 2& 165 202 ... 37 173 168 199 19. . SO Snohomish hS78 2372 650 ... 2501 2761 ... 275 ... ... ... 600 ... Spokane 1539415033 3611 ... 4548 5872 ... 1324 5264 5328 50S6 4983 262. Stevens 11211612 ...491 987 1743 ... 756110311095 16111596 ... 600 Thurston '.. 1297 -977 320 ... 1353 912 441 ...12861287 976'963 316 ... Wahkiakum 370 201 169 ...260 209 61 ...I 345 346 211 210 234 ... Walla Walla 21231541 682 ...1907 1577 330 ...(2055 12074 1455 1457 C10 ... Whatcom 2692J 1444 L250 ... 2670 1954 700 . ... 900, Whitman 1236612326 ... 4602060 3123 ... 1063 2358 2344 273512706 ..377 Yakima 1607 10G6 441 ... 1364 1200 164 . 13S21475 10361034 400 ... Totals C. .....'.. 1U01 19alr7? 4666 6596 ... 11,473 2080 Net plurality 12.1B0J ...l'. I....ll931 ,.... 9.393J..., the Parsons faction, are here, the Hayes faction has the best of it in the number of delegates present The Parsons wing explains this by stating that Hayes, being in possession of the books, papers and money of the order, secured a large at tendance by providing mileage and ex penses, while the Parsons faction was obliged to travel at Its own expense. At the sessions today, routine business was transacted and strong resolutions were adopted. The Parsons convention. In lta resolu tions, denounced Simon Burns, of Pitts burg, a member of the executive board of the Hayes faction, for advising non union men to take the place of men who were on strike: removed the disabilities placed on ex-GefleraJ Master Workman pow .dfrly by tjie Hayes .faction, und indorsed the .action of the general officers elected by the Boston convention in their ef forts to secure control of the property of the organisation. The Hayes convention, adopted a res olution condemning the Industrial Com mission, denouncing contract labor and the convict system In the South, and pro testing against any Increase In the standing- Army of the United States. Both conventions adjourned until to morrow. THE IJTDIAWA STRIKE. Miners Object to the Action of the Hoisting Engines. TERRB HAUTE, Ind., Nov. 14-The strike of the hoisting engineers In the coal fields of this state Is becoming more complicated, and an early settlement Is not predicted. The 7000 miners in Indiana do not feel that the engineers were Jestl fied in forcing Idleness upon them at such, a. busy time of the year. The miners are under contract with the operators to work until April 1 and it would be a difficult thing for them to refuse to work If non union engineers were employed at the mines. The interests of the miners und the operators are radical and It is be lieved that the miners will remain neu tral. The striking engineers, as a- rule, remain firm, and but few have disregard ed the order of Chief Taylor, of the En gineers Brbtherhood. Tho coal operators held a meeting at Brazil today and passed resolutions en tering into an agreement not to recognize the striking engineers as an organization. It was also decided to secure engineers to take the places of the strikers and be gin operations immediately. THE TELEGRAPHERS' STRIKE. Difficulty Officials Had in Calling It Off. CHICAGO, Nov. 14. The Tribune says: Five minutes before tho strike of tele graph operators west of Albuquerque on the Santa Fe Railroad system was called, J. M. Barr, third vice-president of the San ta Fe, informed M. M. Dolphin, president of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, that the company would grant the men's de mands. President Dolphin hurried to the train dispatcher's room, which was next door In the Great Northern Building, and started to send a message to Albuquerque calling the strike off when the clock struck 12 and the keys became silent. President Dolphin worked the key him self. He "called" and "called," but no amount of "calling" resulted in re-establishing communication. Every operator on the line from Albuquerque, N. M., to Los Angeles. Cal., a distance of 88 miles, had evidently left Ms post of duty. Dolphin hurried to the Western Union Telegraph Building and after an hour and a. half succeeded In reaching the representative of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers at Needles, Col. To him he sent the follow ing message: "Call the strike off. Tho railroad com pany baa acceded f-o the demands of the men. Use your utmost influence to get men back to their places and to re-establish traffic at all points." But the man at the other end of the line refused to accept the message. "How. do I know you are Dolphin7" he queried. President Dolphin sent back the secret sign of the order and then the answer came "O. K." That practically ended the strike. Within an hour President Dolphin re ceived a number of telegrams from all parts of the United States, Canada and Mexico, where the organization has a membership, congratulating him on the victory. For a week a committee of the order has been in the city negotiating with tine tMrd vice-president, J. 3L Barr, for a settlement of the scale of wages. This committee included M. M. Dolphin, St. Louis, president; J. A. Newman, Wichita, Kan., chairman; A. C Carpen ter, Needles, CaL; H. V. Hoopengorter, Williams, Arlx.; J. W. Rogers, Los An geles; X W. Hayes, Bayview; H. B. Per ham. St. Louis, secretary and treasurer. President Dolphin was' happy ' over ha outcome of the brief strike last night. He said: -. "West of Albuquerque Is territory newly acquired by the company and the men In that section have been working for small wages and were on call In some places 24 hours a day. We made up a new scale and asked for eight hours rest out of the 24. The advance In wages asked for and granted will amount I to nearly 520,000 a year to the men and the eight hour rest has been granted also. "After we formulated our demands, we could get no satisfaction in the West. At length, a week ago, we came to head quarters here In Chicago and entered into direct negotiations with Mn, Barr. "In the meantime the men out West be came Impatient at our delay and took the matter into their own hands. In tho morning I received a message from the West stating that the men would go on strike of their own accord at noon Tues day, Chicago time. "I notified Mr. Barr of the message at 11 o'clock. He waited until within five minutes of the appointed hour and then told mo our demands would be granted. It was then I tried to get a message through to stop the strike, but the men quit Just as I was sending It." Washington Notes. The new electric dynamo purchased by the Centralla Council for the use of the city lighting plant, has arrived, .and is be- ing placed In position. It cost the city 51500 delivered. N ' A Chehalls correspondent says the wheat acreage In Lewis County will be diminished next year, Walla Walla will hulld a new City Hall. Land Commissioner Bridges has or dered the sale of the Lake Washington shore lands put off until after the election. A meeting of the Walla Walla Valley Pet & Stock Assoclatldn was held Sat urday evening to make preliminary ar rangements for holding the second annual show at Walla Walla. The large Bteam flouring mill of Gray &.Gray, at Palouse, nas. been destroyed hy fire. The milt proper, with, all ma chinery, a large amount of flour and, soma grain, is'a completeMopa. ,.,.. Snohomish County Fxult Inspector Pro fessor Von Hplder,beke is making a geri eraf tour of the county Inspecting newly, planted fruit trees. He reports that the new trees on the whole are, In perfect condition. Mrs. Glllett's boardlng-houso In North Republic was destroyed by fire Sunday morning. The building was a total loss. It Is supposed the fire was caused by a defective flue. The building was one of the oldest landmarks. - The financial report of the Walla Walla Valley Fruit Fair Association . has been made public. The total receipts were 57293 a, and the expenditures $6517tiO,-leaY- Ing a balance In the treasury of 577o 71. This Is the best showing made since the fair was originated, four years ago. The striking linemen of the Sunset Tele phone & Telegraph Company are still out. with little or no prospettof an early settlement. The cbmpany Has employed several nonunion men to take the places of the strikers and Is endeavoring to keep up its construction and repair work. The Everett Improvement Company and the Rucker Brothers are the owners of a 25-acre addition to the City of Everett, lying south of the Hotel Monte Crlsto, which Is now being slashed and cleared. It Is expected the lots will 1)e put on the market by" January 1. Tho streets will be laid out In winding park style. A rear-end collision of two freight trains on the Great Northern occurred Monday at Winchester, in -which eight or ten cars were smashed. J. E. Casey, pump repairer for the road, who was so badly scalded at Harrington some weeks ago, was In the caboose when the collision occurred, and was so badly hurt that small "hopes are entertained of his recov ery. Work was begun last week on the rotary mill and milling plant at Everett, which Is to be built on the Great Northern Railroad between Thirty-fourth and Thirty-sixth streets, facing Cedar street. The machinery Is In Seattle, and will be shipped as soon as buildings can be erect ed for Its accommodation, which will be within the next 30 days. There will be constructed two 80x50 feet buildings, one for the sampling and concentrating ma chinery, and the other for the manufac ture of sampling and testing machinery. In addition to these, a third building will be erected, to be used as an assay office. Two suits were filed In the Superior Court In Whatcom Monday, add tho trials. It Is said, throw considerable light on the methods used In the organization of the Pacific American Fisheries Com pany, In 1893. E. M. Wilson is plaintiff In the first one, and C. J. Frygang In ths second. Wilson alleges that he was to receive for his services In getting the company started 2V& per cent of whatso ever amount Mr. Onffroy should get, ana he asks Judgment for 514,200, or 2 per cent of 5568,000, which, he alleges, was Mr. Onffroys profits In the transaction. Fryeang Is more modest, merely asking 51000 for the hand which he took In the affair. E. B. Webster is also made a defendant In the last case. He was Mr. Onffroy's confidential agent In the nego tiations. Commission Again Investigating. NEW YORK, Nov. 14. The Interstate Commerce Commission opened 'a hearing today on the complaint made by the Pafmers' Dock, Hay & Produce of Trade against the Pennsylvanlan Railroad Com pany. Fifteen days were given in which to sum up the case and present briefs, and the case was adjourned. This hear ing was followed by a generaV Ipaulry into underbilllng of merchandise in an ef fort on the part of the Commission to learn to what extent underbilllng was practiced. , Charted Sixty Leonids. NORTHFIELD. Minn.. Nov. 14. Pro fessors W. W. Payne and H. C Wilson, at Goodsell Observatory, with, assisting students noted and charted 60 Leonid me teors between midnight and daybreak. Some of them 'were of grand magnitude and briinancy leaving long trails of soarkS' behind them. It teas lmnosslbla to make any satisfactory photographs. UNCLE SAM'S MONEY BOX NEW STOREHOUSES FOR NATION'S GROWING WEALTH. The Care and Cost In Constructing Vaults Xotf Bnilding, Wherein Fortunes, Will Be Housed. Uncle Sam's treasure-boxes are under going some Important alterations. They are not at all up-to-date In the mode of their construction, nor burglar-proof by any means, and It might be a good thing if they were torn out altogether, and re placed with vaults of the proper kind, such as safe-deposit companies have now adays. But that would cost a great deal of money perhaps as much a3 a million dollars and the Government would prefer to avoid 6uch an expenditure. Away back In 1892 this question was agi tated, and Congress went so far as to ap point a special committee, with an appro priation of 530GO, to make an examina tion of the vaults In the treasury and re port on their condition. The report was decidedly unfavorable, condemning the arrangements as practically obsolete, but nothing was attempted In the way of sub stantial Improvement says the Washing ton Post. It was In the same year that an expert came on from New York, and, at the request of the Treasurer, with on ly a few ordinary tools of the kind used In saferepalrlng, opened one of the big strongrooms In a few minutes. Seventy-five thousaand dollars bos been appropriated for the present alterations, which consist In part of a new vestibule and Btrong doors for the great silver storage vault This vault cost $30,000 originally, and extends under the terrace at the south end of the Treasury Build ing. It contains a mighty box of steel lattice-work, 89 feet long, 51 feet wide and 12 feet high, filled chock full of silver dollars. Visitors are permitted to walk around" tho mass of treasure, following a narrow passage which runs between the sides of the box and the steel walls pf the vault A Hundred Millions In Silver. This lattice-work receptacle holds 101, 000,000 dollars in silver, which Is packed In wooden boxes, two bags of standard dollars to a box, and each box weighing 120 pounds. Formerly the coin was sim ply stacked up In bags, but, notwith standing the walls of steel dampness rotted the bags and the money ran out of them. This made extra trouble, re quiring fresh counts, and It Is no small Job to reckon over such a gigantic sum In metal. Hence It was decided to pack the stuff In boxes. Each sack contains 1000, and so long as the Treasurer's seal on It Is Intact its contents do not hav to be verified on occasions when recounts are made. The bond vault Is to be enlarged great ly, doubling Its capacity a change made necessary by the Increasing number of National bank&f which deposit bonds In the Treasury. Many private and state banks, taking advantage of the recent act of Congress, are coming in as Na tional banks. A new and thoroughly modern storeroom Is to be bulllt for the Register's office, to hold canceled paper money that Is awaiting destruction In the macerator. Meanwhile the subtreas ury In New York Is putting In two addi tional vaults, one for gold and the other for sliver, the latter measuring 47 feet In length by 28 feet In width, and 12 feet In height Gold and silver are pouring In there by tons dally, and there Is no place to put all of It At the present time that subtreasury has on hand 5170, 000,000 in gold coin and 558,000,000 In sliver coin. There are now 152,000,000 sliver dollars In the Treasury at Washington, but only $6,OSOf00O In gold coin. The Treasury nev er keeps much gpld on hand there, the great stock of the yellow metal being held in New York and at the mint In Philadelphia. If one wants to see crude sold In masses he should visit the mint in the Quaker City, where he will find It stacked up In heaps of bricks tons on tons of It all ready for conversion Into coin. At the present moment there Is 553,000,000 worth of gold bullion at this mint, with $37,000,000 in gold coin not to mention 5160,000,000 in silver bullion and coin. Safety Lies In Weight. Notwithstanding the fact that tho Treasury vaults compare so poorly with the Impregnable steel-clad structures now used by great private concerns that have valuables to protect, the government feels fairly secure as to the safety of Its stored wealth. The best safeguard for coin Is Its weight. Just to Illustrate this point it may Be mentioned that the 5152,000,000 In silver now held In the strongrooms of the Treasury weighs nearly 5000 tons. A million dollars In gold coin weighs about two tons, and It would take a very strong man to carry off $50,000 worth of the yel low stuff. Though a gold brick the shape and size of an ordinary building brick rep resents 58000, Its "heft" Is something as tonishing. Suggestions have been made that It might be practicable to burrow beneath the treasury by tunnel and thus pillage Uncle Sam's coffers by a sort of rathole method, but, even If this were compllshed, It Is difficult to Imagine how It would bo practicable to remove much of the coin. There was quite a scare a few years ago when Gllfillan was Treasurer, because the vault in the cashroom, where the ready money Is kept, refused to open. It Is always set for 8:30 A. M. with a time lock, but on this occasion something seemed to be wrong with the mechanism and the steel doors remained obstinately closed. Nine o'clock arrived and still the money was locked up. For once Un cle Sam's bank was obliged to suspend payments. Experts were sent for and came with their tools to break open tho vault hut before they got there the big safe had opened of Its own accord. It turned out that the time lock had been set by accident for 9:30. In this vault not only gold and silver, but many millions In paper money are al ways kept If thieves could obtain ac cess to It they might easily walk away with an enormous sum, the notes and certificates being done up In packages and neatly labeled with the sums they contain In large red figures. Each parcel holds 4000 notes, and In size Is Just about a foot cube. If the denomination Is J500, a single such pack age represents 52,000,000. However, If any body did succeed In getting away with cash in this shape he could hardly fall to be caught, Inasmuch as the numbers of the bills would be advertised Immediately and every bank In the country would b. on the lookout for them. Robberies in the Treasury. Burglars may be practically excluded, but the Treasury does not claim to be theftless. On an unlucky day In 1870 a visitor came Into the Treasurer's room with a large Panama hat in hla hand. The Treasurer's attention was distracted by some other people, who were trying to talk to him, and the man dropped his hat carelessly over a package which contained 2000 510 notes, lying on the desk. It was one of several such pack ages, and the loss of it was not noticed until Bome hours later, pf course, the .notes were advertised, and some time afterward a part of them were deposited in a New York bank. The depositor wag arrested, but nobody was punished for the crime. A singular immunity from punishment seems to have attended thieves who robbed the Treasury in such ways. In J1875 a clerk named Benjamin Hallock passed a package of 5300 notes, represent ing 547,000, out of a window In the cash room to a saloon-keeper named Ottman. For some time the robbery remained a mystery, hut later on one Theodore Brown was caught betting on the, races at Saratoga with some of the missing $500 notes. 'He was arrested and implicated Ottman and' Hallock, but Brown was .JjoeYer tried, and tho other two were not finally convicted. Of tho stolen money 520,000 waa recovered. v It has been sold that no trust com pany would accept the responsibility of the Treasurer of the United States, for the $6000 a year salary which he gets. He Is responsible for all money that may be stolen, and on more than one occasion Congress has been obliged to" relieve by formal act an official In that position who would otherwise have been liable for the repayment of large losses. On one occasion two men, named Marden and Johnson, the latter an assistant paying teller, took 562,000 by collusion. The Gov ernment got back $12,700 of this money and the offenders escaped with a year in prison for each. There have been a good many thefts in the redemption di vision, where the temptations are excep tionally great the most famous of them being perpetrated by a woman who In vented a method of making nine notes out of eight, incidental to the process of putting together scraps of torn bills sent in for redemption. Nobody ever knew how much she stole, though it was probably a very large amount, but she gave up a portion of her Ill-gotten gains and was not prosecuted. Loss of a Million Dollars. In 1S65 there was much excitement over tho loss of 51.000,000 In paper money, which had been shipped from Washing ton to tho Assistant Treasurer In San Francisco. The shipment was made by a sailing vessel called the Golden Rule, and consisted of 1000 51000 notes. Unfor tunately the ship was wrecked on Ron oador reef, and the safe that contained the cash was lost with it Nevertheless. a conspiracy was suggested, and a the ory waa formed to the effect that the ves sel had been deliberately cast away for the sake of stealing the money. If this had been true, some of tho notes would certainly have turned up later, but as a matter of fact none of them has ever been seen since, and It may therefore be taken for granted that the missing wealth still lies at the bottom of the sea. Of course, being only paper money. It was no loss to Uncle Sam. Immense quantities of gold are Bhlpped nowadays across the ocean, and the dan ger of loss Is so small that tho precious stuff may be insured at so low a rate as .1 "bt 1 per" cent It Is insured Just like bo much grain, and the documents, writ ten In old-style legal phrases, guarantee Its safety against all perils of the sea, in cluding "men-of-war, fires, enemies, pi rates, rovers, thieves. Jettisons, letters of marque, reprisals, takings at sea, arrests and detainments of all Kings, Princes," etc Every large trans-Atlantic steamship has on board a treasure-room, which Is a great steel box built much like a vault on land. Shipments of gold coin frpm this coun try to Europe have been extraordinarily large recently. The banker In New York buys It from the Subtreasury there, re ceiving It in sacks of $10,000 each. It Is carefully weighed, because Europe will accept our gold only by weight though the quality of the coin Its purity and degree of fineness Is guaranteed by Uncle Sam's stamp. Usually It Is packed In casks that are much like herring casks, 10 sacks to each cask, which weigh ISO pounds when thus filled. Thefts on the voyage are practically unknown, but In 1894 a cask of gold coin was lost on its way to Paris, being finally located on the platform of a railroad station between Havre and Paris. The station agent had thought It contained white lead. Itoolza Bad for Durham. LONDON, Nov. 14. The Stewards of tho Jockey Club heard evidence yesterday and today in regard to the allegations made by Lord Durham against the run ning of Richard Crokcr's horse, The Scotchman II, at Doncaster, when, with L. Reiff up, the horse was badly beaten by Lord Durham's Gerolstedn. The Scotchman II later, with the same Jockey In the saddle, defeated Gerolstein at Liverpool October 9. Much testimony was taken. Relff and Wlshard, the American tradner, were examined at lengths The investigation was not con cluded, but there Is reason to believe Lord Durham's charges will not bo sus tained. Kentucky Fox Hunt. IRVINE, Ky., Nov. 14. The second trial of the Derby race wag run today by tho National Fox Hunuters Associa tion on the bank of Kentucky River. The hounds were started at sunrise at a. point four miles from tnis place. There are 26 dogs in the race today, three having been Injured yesterday by reckless rid ing. A fox was chased Into a wild dis trict where it was Impossible for the hunters to ride and the hunt for the day was declared off. 'Another, trial of the hounds tomorrow will be necessary to determine the winner. Carnegie's Philanthropy. PITTSBURG, Fa., Nov. 14. Andrew Carnegie, it Is stated on unquestionable authority, has another surprise for Pitts burg, Involving the expenditure of several million dollars. His purpose Is said to be the establishment of a polytechnic school for the , instruction In practical mechanics and the industrial sciences. The amount of money which, It Is said, will be spent by Mr. Carnegie In founding and endowing the school Is $3,000,000. Details of the proposition are expected to be made known tomorrow. Voted Against Revision. PHnjAiDELiPHLA, Nov. 14. The Pres bytery of Philadelphia North, which covers Penrosylvanda as far north as Reading, voted 67 to 7 against revision of the Confession of Faith. Professor Ross Resigned. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal.. 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