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.
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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.
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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.. Nov.
14. Dr. Edward Ross, head professor in
the department of economics and soclolo-
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sition on account of opinions be has ex
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Porto lUcaa Letter-Garrler Assaulted
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.-Tho first In
fraction of th postal laws under the
American regime In Porto Rico is re
ported in a cablegram to the Postofflce
Department received from the Inspector
In Charge, Leatherman, at San Juan, an
nouncing th arrest of Antonio Qulnnonea
for assaulting a letter-carrier, Jose Major,
with Intent to rob. The assault occurred
last Monday. The carrier will probably
die, and Qulnnonea has been held under
$10,000 bond to the grand jury.
Jag Cur-? Law Is Invalid.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 1L Tho State
Supreme Court has decided that the so
called "Jag- cure law" is unconstitutional
because it appHes only to comities of
over 88,000 people and it is limited In its
benefits to a certain number -in eacx
county, one per year to e&oh 10,000 o
people.
Victory for the Theaters.
DENVER. Cok.. Nov. 14. In the action
begun by Dean Hart to prevent Sunday
theatrical performances. Police Justi a
Thomas today decided In favor of tbo
theaters, holding that the cKy ordinance
on the subject is void.
Oregon Lumber Sent to Pern.
ASTORIA, Or,, Nov. 14. Th Peruvian
bark Francisco Toso cleared at the Cus-tom-Houfee
today with a oar go of 529 x 4
feet of lumber, valued at $873176. Sr a
was loaded at the Knappton. mills, and
goes to Callao, Peru.
Dnily Treasury Statement.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. Today's
statement of the Treasury balance 3
shows:
Available cash balances $136 4s9c'"i
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