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Newspaper Page Text-- T "- l THE MORNIXG OEEGONIAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1902. - j--; -i-sjfr A FOOLHARDY ROBBER MADE A DARING ATTEMPT OX A MEXICO CITV DANK. Killed the Cashier, nnd, Seclnsr That Cap tn re AViin Inevitable, niev Out His Own Brains. MEXICO CITY. Feb. 20. A daring and folhardy attempt -was made to TOt the London & Mexico Bank, one of the stron gest financial concern? In the City of Mexico, by an unknown robber, who. after killing: the cashier, and seeing that lie viould be captured, blew out his own brains.. At an hour when busings was slack, aid when no one but employes were in the bank, the robber entered the building and unobserved made his way to the vault, near which was the cashier, whom he covered with a pistol and demanded that he Rive up the money in his custody. Upon the cashier's refusal, the robber fired, the bullet striking the cashier in the head, kiilfng.him Instantly. Other em-r-oyes made a rush for the robber, who fired three shots at them without effect. The men continued to advance, and, see ing that his capture was Inevitable. ths robber turned his pistol on himself and sent a bullet through his brain, dying Ill s' .ntly. The deod robber hnd no papers or rtl (Vs on his body that would serve to iden t 'y him. and other thun he was an Amer 1 an, nothing is known of him. He was wrll dreseo, wore a full beard, weil trimmed, and was about 43 years o'd. Hl.s general apparance waa that of a well u-du business man. RICE "WILL KOltGERIES. Patriclt Hnd Models of the Million aire's Signature. NEW YORK. Feb 20. At the trial of A'bert T. Patrick today. Valet Jones testl fud that at Patrick' request he obtained and gave the defendant some of the Inks use.', by Rice in signing divuments March ii" l!k) Patrick said he v.ould have Short rnd Mcyr iwe different inks, but that Mr Rice's name was to be written with the ink used by the old man. Jones then repeated his storv of the visit to Pat r"k's omee, when the will of 10 was read to him. Patrick and Meyer and Short were present." Jones said. "Patrick said Short and Meyer were going on their vacations, and he wanted them to witness the will before they went, in case of Mr. Rice's death while they were out of the city. T2 t was in July. 1100. The will was not f'gned then." Jones said he aw the will shortly be fore Rice died, and then it was signed. J res said he and Patrick had a talk a1 nut the will Thursday after Rice's .ith. Two wills had been made, one j-'ited May 25 and the other June 30. Pat rick said he had destroyed the one dated Miy 20. Patrick also said that the names of the witnesses to the will of June SO were signed to the document the day after Rice died. Asked if Patrick had any mod el"? of Rice's signature, the witness re ined: "Yes. I gave him two checks signed by Mr Rice. I gave him the checks Mr. Jtloe signed for my July salary. I also gave him some blank checks. He said he could arrango for the signing. That was the expression he always used. I don't know If he meant ho would sign them l.ImselL" The feature of Jones' testimony was his description of the death of the old million tire late Sunday afternoon. The witness taid: "Mr -.ice was far from well, and fell once when he tried to leave his chair. I picked him up and laid him on his bed and he went to sdcep. I wrote a telegram and wint out to send it. I telephoned Patrick nd ho met me at the telegraph office. Patrick said it was tkne to give Mr. Rice the chloroform. Now that the draft had arrived from Texas and Captain Baker was coming, we should lore all we had gained if Mr. Rice was not put away at once. I objected that I had never agreed to do anything of that sort, but Patrick Insisted and I yielded. I made a cone of the towel, saturated It with chloroform nnd placed it over my own face. I felt the effect, and then put more chloroform on It and went Into Mr. Rice's room. He was still sleeping. I put the cone over 1 is face am' ran out of the room. There was a violent ring at the door bell just then and I looked and saw some one. I think it was a woman, but I was too ex cited to be sure. I went back to Mr. Rice's room. He was lying just as I left him. I took the towel off his face and put it In the lire. It burned. Then I opened r.U the windows and telephoned to Pat rick. 'Patrick had told me to say if all was ever that 'Mr. Rice was very ,well.' and that was the message I gave. Pat rick -afd he would come over, but that he did not want to get there before Dr. Curry arrived. They reached the house together. I met them and told thorn 'He 1! dvad. Patrick exclaimed: Oh, my God! That Is the worst that that could have happened to me.' He told me beforehand that he Intended to say that to deceive Dr. Curry. The doctor said he would need an undertaker, and Patrick said: 'Yes. and a death certificate. Dr. Curry :nade out the certificate, and the under taker whs sent foi. Patrick visited the r iom where Mr. Rice's pajrs were kept and took away with him all the papers Ik coiild find. Patrick talked to me in Dr. Curry's presence, and gave no hint of any zlns wrong." PROOF OF HIS IX.VOCEXCE. "Wrong: Man I'nder Sentence of Denth tit Salt I.nke. SALT LAKE. Feb. 20. The attorneys of L. D. King, now confined in the state's j rison under a death sentence on the ..hirge of having been implicated in the murder of George Prouse during an at tempted hold-up of a gambling-house in this city two years ago. have secured an. other affidavit tending to show that King is entirely innocent of theAcrime of which lie Is charged. Today'? affidavit was secured from "Will iam Wittenberg, a messenger boy. who. during the trial, testified that after the shooting occurred h saw King run away from the gambling-hou-e and disappear In an alley. This testimony was considered an Important factor in convicting King. The affidavit was sworn to after a photo graiii of John Strange, the Colorado con vict, who is alleged to have confessed that he is the mifsing man who participated in the hold-up. was shown to Wittenberg. The boy iviid it was a picture of the man he had seen running away from the gambling-house the night of the murder. In I-is affidavit Wittenberg states that at the time of the trial he was not positive In his identification of King, but wan persuaded by others to believe that King was the man ho had eeen. Turner Surrendered. KNOXVILLE. Tenn.. Feb. 20. Lee Turner, proprietor of the "Quarter-House" near Middleboro, Ky which was burned last week, gave himself up to Marshal J. M. Mosley at Lafollette, and was brought to this city by Mosley and Sheriff Hughes, of Claiborne County. Negotiations were begun at once with Governor Beckham or Kentucky contending that Turner is a cit izen of Tennossee. had not committed any offense, and should not be take back to Kentucky, where, it is claimed, his life would be in danger. He disclaims any part In or knowledge of the plans for the assault on the officers of Wednesday of last week. John Doyle, who was shot In the "Quarter-House" battle, and Boone McCreary, wounded previously, are dead. Matteson Still in Jail. HELENA, Mont., Feb. 20. Herbert H. Matteson. the self-confessed defaulting cashier of the First National Bank of Great Falls, was brought to Helena and lodged in jail, in default of 515.000 bail. Matteson said In an Interview that he expected to furnish the bond in a day or two. "My uncle. A. E. Dickerman, of St. Paul." he said, "has notified me that he will furnish a bond. Whether it will be through local bondsmen, who will be in demnified as in the first bond, or direct. I cannot say. I suppose I shall remain in the custodj- of the Marshal several days, as the bond cannot be furnished immediately." Mnyor Shilling Acquitted. DECATUR. 111.. Feb. 20. The Jury In the case cf Mayor Charles Shilling, charged with malfeasance in office, today returned a verdict of not guilty. It was the first case of ihe kind tried In Illinois undei tho statute providing for a penalty of not to exceed J1000 fine and removal from office upon conviction. The charge was permit ting gambling-rooms to run. allowing Sun Cay liquor selling, making Illegal slot machine contracts and letting immoral shows give exhibitions. Skin Game Cnuscd HI Downfall. VINCENNES. Ind., Feb. 20. E. W. Roberts, an electrician, created a sensa tion In the suit against Matthew Kelly and Dallas Tyler, charged with causing the downfall of Richard Davis, ex-bank cashier, by unfair gambling schemes. He testified that at the direction of Kelly he placed a new battery In tho saloon and adjusted two saucer magnets under the bar where It is alleged that Davis lost JSO.OuO throwing craps. The eloctrieal work was done at midnight, and witness was warned by Kolly not to mention it. Stole Jewel From nn Altar. NEW YORK. Feb. 20.-Seven of me pre cious stones In the altar of the Tiffany Chapel. In the crypt of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, on Catludral Heights, were remned by thieves curly Wednesday morning, the fact becoming public tod-v. The value of the stones and Jewelry a: d the particulars of the robbery are withheld by those In charge at the cathedral. That the thieves were familiar with the nature of the altar is evident, for they unhesitatingly selected the most valuable Jewels Mnrder and Attempted Suicide. PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 20. Confined to her b?d with a badly Injured ankle, the result of a fall last week, Mi-s Gertrude Goethle. aged 22 years, was hot dead today by her lover. Georg Sutton, aged 19. Still standing beside the bed. Sutton sent a bullet Into hlo own breast, but he will recover. The young couple had been friends for yean, but differences in re ligion, youthfulnefs and parental objec tions prevented them from becoming mar ried. Escaped From Leaven-worth Prfnon. JACKSON. Miss.. Feb. 20. A prisoner In jail here under the name of J. L. Le land, charged with burglary In Smith County, in this state, has been identified as one of the convicts who escaped from the Federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan., last November. His real name is James Seymoure. In addition to the Smith Coun. ty robbery, Seymouro is accused of burg larizing the safe in the office of the Sher iff of Newton County, securing SSOOO. Plot to Destroy a Depot. GREAT FALLS. Mont.. Feb. 20 The po lice of this city have unearthed what is believed to be a plot intended to destroy the Great Northern depot and adjoining projerty of the railroad company. A box containing fiQ sticks of giant powder was found concealed beneath some brush near the depot. The authorities are working on the case, but thus far have succeeded in securing no clew. Express MceiiKer Robs HI Car. MONTEREY. Mex.. Feb. 20. The offi cers along the border are watching for Frank McCarthy, a Wells-Fargo messen ger, who is alleged to have robbed his car at San Luis Potosi. Mex. He jumped from his car just as the train was leav ing San Luis Potoel, and, it is alleged, took with him between $33,000 and 540.000. Accused of Murder, Out on Dnil. BUTTE. Mont., Feb. 20. Thomas Pooley, charged with the murder of Thomas Little john. his son-in-law. and Mrs. Lydla Littlejohn. his daughter, was today liber ated on ball. Two bonds were furnished amounting to 5750. Pooley has been In jail for nearly two years, and his caso has attracted widespread attention. CUBAN POSTAL FRAUDS. Fiscal Score Rnthbun in Hli Sum mi iifr-Up. HAVANA, Feb. 31 Tho Fiscal began summing up for the prosecution today in the cases of the Cuban postal frauds. He withdrew all the charges against the two Cuban stamp clerks, Moyo and Mas. cara. He withdrew the charge against Este's G. Rathbun of Issuing duplicate warrants, and charged the issuing of these warrants to W. H. Reeves and C. F. W. Neely. He maintained the charges of conspiracy and extravagance against Rathbun, and said these cases were the most important that had ever come be fore the Cuban courts. He declared there was no doubt from the testlmonv of the experts that 5122.000 had been stolen. He said that Rathbun had full powers for the organization of the postal service In Cuba, and was only responsible to the Postmaster-General, and that if the serv ice had been properly organized the ma jority of the frauds In question would not have occurred. The facts that Rathbun did not deposit the funds, as required by the postal laws, the Fiscal declared, alone rendered Rathbun liable to Impris onment for six months. He said that Rathbun must have known of these ir regularities or stealings. He also Intro duced letters to show the Intimacy which had existed between Neely. Reeves and Rathbun. COMING EVENTS. University Glee Club TonlKlir. The University of Oregon Glee Club, which is touring the Willamette Valley, will arrive from Forest Grove this moral Ing, and sing at the Y. M. C. A. Hall this evening. The club is composed of the following students: First tenors. L. A. Henderson. '03; S. A. Pennlck, '05; C. H. Starr, '05; William Martin. '05. Second tenors: J. A. Gamber, '02; T. L. Williams '03: Elmer M. Wright. '04: John Frost. '05. First basses: George Eyre. '03; George Day. '05; Seth Kerron, '05: A. R. Tiffany, '03. Second basses: Rea Norrls. '03; F. A. Strange. '04; H. B. Densmore. '03; Pat W. Murphy. '03. Pianist. Arthur L. Frazer,. '02: monologist, Ross Plummer. '02; direc tor. Professor I. M. Glen. Professor Glen and Mr. Eyre will have special numbers on this evening's pro gramme, and there will be numerous other special attractions. The concerts In the Valley towns have been highly success ful, and the advance sale of tickets for tonight's performance has been quite good. After the concert this evening the Glee Club will be given a reception by the members of the University Club. m Recommends Chnmnerlnin's Couch Remedy. "I have used Chamberlain's Cough Rem edy for a number of years, and have no hesitancy in saying that it is the best remedy for coughs, colds and croup I have ever used in my family. I have not words to express my confidence in this remedy." Mrs. J. A. Moore. North Star, Mich. For sale by all druggists. It may not be generally known thnt there is a New York In Scotland, and within a short distance of Glassow. This vlllase is marked on one of the maps of the Caledonian and L. & X. W. railway tourist guide for the present year. It Is situated on the west shore or Loch Awe. directly opposite Portinlsberrlsft Hotel, on the east aide of that loch. IT IS BREEDING TRUSTS PROTECTION THE EXEMV OP AGRI CULTURE. Tariff on Imports Fall Heaviest on Those Partlcnlnr Industries That Furnish Exports. BOSTON. Feb. IS. The New England Free Trade League issues the following paper by Hon. William H. Fleming, mem ber of Congress, of Augusta. Ga.: The Republican party has always adopt ed an economic policy that was distinctly sectional and hostile to the South. Its first task was the abolition of slavery; and no sooner was that accomplished, at fearful cost to the South, than It beenn its high-tariff policy, which was a less open but equally effective, method of carrying on an economic war against the .. THE BUILDING WILL BE bouth scarcely surpassed in material hardship by the Republican pension policy under which the South pays her propor tionate share of J150.OJ0.O30 annually to the common treasury, only to see It paid out among beneficiaries residing mostly be yond her borders. Being in the minority, she could offer no successful resistance. Previous to the Civil War the average tariff rate varied from 5 per cent in 17S9. to 20 per cent in 1S1C, to -JO per cent In IKS (known as the "tnrlff of abominations"), to 24 per cent in 1S12. to 27 per cent in 1S47, and to 25 per cent in 1S57. Then came the Republican tariff of 1S51. about 30 per cent, of 1SG4-G5, about 47 per cent, of 1ST0 about 30 per cent, and finally the DIngley tariff of 1S97, estimated at about 57 per cent. This Republican legislation (especially in Its Inception) was not Intended to benefit the South. Had it borne equally upon all sections it would have failed In large part of its purpose. It was framed by a hostile sectional party that took special care of its own local Interests at the expense of the minority section though in later years there has been an eagerness to enlist re cruits by sheltering a few Southern prod ucts, which are certainly entitled to equal favor In whatever discrimination Is to be made now or In the future. The Federal Congress, with its Northern majority, will never pass a tariff bill In whose special privileges the South will be permitted to participate on equal terms with the Nortn. Our best hope lies in cutting down the special privileges, rather than in trying to grab our share of the spoils. Whatever benefits the South may have derived from the uniformity clause of the Constitution In reference to taxation, they were wholly disproportionate to the bene fits received by the North. This disad vantage was not due to kny foult or want of wisdom on the part of the generation of Southern people then In life: but to our social, financial and material environment created by forces operating before that generation was born. It is important in this connection to bear In mind ono of the simplest and plainest truths of political economy namely, that a tariff on Imports is In ef fect a tax on exports. Whether a given tariff on Imports pro duces an exactly equivalent burden on exports may be open to doubt, but that a tariff tax levied on goods coming into u country' lessens the exchangeable value of goods going out of the same country is not denied, so far as I am aware, by a single reputable thinker or writer on the subject. Any business man can make his own practical application of this truth. From that truth It necessarily follows that a tariff on Imports falls with special severity on thoe particular lndustrie.9 which furnish the exports given in ex- change for the Imports. "What industries have borne this special burden? In 1S21 agriculture furnished SI per cent of our total exports, and with slight vari ations It still furnished In IS5) as high as 82.25 per cent. One of the most Important Items was the South's great contribution of her raw cotton, which, from the first, was essentially nn exported product, nnd which was greater in proportion than the exported product of any other section. It Is easy, therefore, to fix the status of the cotton-grower as a burden-bearer under the tariff. But in recent years we have turned to manufacturing our raw cotton, and have already gone beyond the capacity of the home market. In ir00 our exports of un colored cotton goods (such as we gen erallj make In the South) amounted to 113.229.443. Of the same kind of cloth we Imported only $357,004. a mere bagatelle showing not only that our mills need no protec tion In this line, but that a tariff rate on these manufactured cottons would not be of any practical value, no matter how high you might fix It on paper. No man can devise a tariff scheme that will materially help a heavy exporting industry operating under the laws of com s of pom. 5 petition. If It can undersell Its rivals in foreign markets, it can certainly do the same thing in its home market, with freight charges In Its favor. Our manufacturers of uncolored cotton goods are. therefore. In the same situation now with the growers of raw cotton, and in that fact there is- much hope for those patient plodders of the soil who have tolled so long to make others rich. And they are not without other prospective allies: for every Industry that reaches a vigorous exporting development becomes Ipso facto an economic enemy of a high tariff, excepting always, and, of course, those brigands of commerce, the trusts, that are able to crush competition at home and exact for their goods a premium in the home market over and above the price asked In the foreign market. No two industries in the South are more directly antagonistic to the Republican high tariff than cotton-growing and cotton-manufacturing. In view of this fact, how strange it seems that this new move ment to Republicanize the South should apparently be fathered by the cotton mill f ItiWlfi WV F '0- &SlM?ate "i : 3 . III! Ill III fPL fn it Li .- WA&MW rsa Kits I'ilteiA: ktim-v wr -rsT Mti&B&EMMti 4ik? &itis& presidents of our neighboring states of North and South Carolina! Perhaps the stockholders will soon apply the proper corrective. It is possible, too. that the men behind the looms may have some thing to say about it. The Democratic party has always favored our access to the markets of the world. The Republi can tariff helps to shut those markets against us. What haa been said of cotton-growing and cotton-manufacturing is relatively true of Southern coal and pig Iron, both of which have outgrown home consump tion. The "oil gushers" of Texas cer tainly need no protection. That recent meeting of manufacturers In Detroit, at which foreign markets were demanded for surplus products, and tariff reductions advocated, gives abundant proof that many other industries in other sections of the country have reached the stage of exportation, which, economically Interpreted, means tho stage of tariff re duction. From the present Indications the ex porting Industries of the United States will soon be In a position to demand a re-form of the tariff, and to enforce that -.- NEW PORTLAND CUSTOM-HOUSE AS IT APPEARS TODAY. TURNED OVER TO THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT APRIL 15. . demand at the ballot-box though they will be bitterly foutlit by those trusts that have monopolized the home market and that sell to foreigners cheaper than to home people. What our cotton producers nnd cotton manufacturers most need is a market for their products. Such is the volume of our output that no sufficient market can be found without going to foreign coun tries. The chief obstacle to foreign markets is our exclusive tariff system, which bears so unequally upon us. We cannot sell permanently to other nations unle.ss we permit them to sell to us. Trade In its last analysts Is an exchange of products. In most lines we have now passed be yond the stage of "Infant Industries." and the national welfare no longer demands such sacrifice. It is an economic wrong, and ought to bo, for any free people, an intolerable in justice that they should be taxed to pro tect an Industry that sells Its products In foreign countries cheaper than at heme. Why should we pay a premium in order that our trade competitors may get a dis count? To illus-trnte. Southern Russia Is now en tering into competition with us In the pro duction of cotton. But American steel rails to equip a road In Russia to open un cotton lands can bo boucht in tho English market cheaper than those same rails can be bought in the American mar ket to equip a road through cotton lands In Georgia or Texas. The steel company Is only one of the many thus sheltered by the tariff. These trusts, like the serpent In the fa ble, are biting the breast that warmed them Into life. Our government expenditures are too colossal and our Industries built up on protection scaffolding are too many and too Insecure for us to talk seriously now about demolishing the tariff system, but common sene and common Justice cry ouf for reform of Its abuses. The Republican party. Judged by Us past. Is not competent for this work. It would be dlfTlcult for good American citizens to find better employment Just now than knocking bricks off the top of the tariff wall. DID NOT WANT THE POSITION Mr. Sclieydeelfer Did Not Apply for the 1'arUUeeporslilp. FULTON. Feb. 19. (To the Editor.) "Will you kindly do mo the favor to cor rect an error reported In the Evening Telegram of Friday the 7th. of the present .' month. It mentioned that I had made ap plication for the position of Parkkeeper, to take the place of the late Mr. Meyers, which Is erroneous, for I never Intended to make such an application. The truth Is that, early last Fall (by writing) I offered the gentlemen of the Park Com mission my services as "landscape archi tect," for such is my qualification, as proven by diploma from the Old Country, in ense they needed any work done in surveys, drawings of plans for parks, squares or other public pleasure grounels, roads, boulevards and driveways, esti mation of cost of any projected work, specification and estimation of cost of plants to be planted In any creation, and ! an klnd of technical work pertaining to this art. I had even laid before the hon orable board different sketches for the beautifying of the city blocks, of which the city has, as it is in the present status no ground to be proud of. My sketches found unanimous approval, and tho only objection that they were too rich and their execution too costly for the present means which the board has at its disposal. This was what I pro posed to the honorable board, for which offer I received no answer, but never ap plied for an appointment as Parkkeeper. I have sufficiently proven since my 23 ears of citizenship in Portland that I am not ashamed to perform any kind of honest labor. I have performed contract work and handled, myself, pick, shovel and wheelbarrow, laid out cemetery grounds, have been real estate agent, teacher In languages, and laid out some pf the most beautiful parks and pleasure grounds In Portland and at large, and given satisfaction. I have done all this because I had not always sufficient work In the line of landscaping and loved the country too much to return to the Old Country, where I had truly more remu nerative enterprises than In a new coun try like this, to put myself on the line with people of doubtful qualification and skill to compete for a position for Park keeper, which any man with ordinary skill can hold. M. SCHEYDECKER. George Levy Convicted. BOISE. Idaho, Feb. 21. A verdict of murder in the first degree was returned at 2 o'clock this (Friday) morning by the jury In the case of George Levy, a Frenchman charged with tho murder of Davis Levy, In this city, October 3 last. ONE R00FT0 COVER MM FEDERAL OFFICERS SOON TO BE IX SEW CUSTOM-HOUSE. Place for All Except Postofflee ana United State Conrt Structure Ready by April 15. In less than two months, the Federal office-holders will be comfortably quar tered In the new Custom-House building, which Is rapidly" nearlng completion. A large force of men is busy putting on the finishing touches of the Interior, and cleaning up the rubbish In and around the entrances. In less than 30 days the high board fence that has surrounded the block will be torn down, and the offices of the architects and contractors removed. j It Is not .nown Just when the different officers will move Into their new quar- i i ters. but Superintendent Edgar M. Laz arus says that the building will be turned over to the Government by April 15. At present a large number of men is at work, adjusting the doors, laying the terazzo flooring and putting In place the Iron nnd marble fixtures of the lower staircases. The plumbing apparatus and heating plant have been installed, and ested. and the big elevators placed in their positions. Bids are now being taken for th& hanging of the clocks and the furnishing of fuel and other supplies. The ofllce which Superintendent Lazarus occupied during the construction of the building, was the old McCraken residence, which stood for 45 years on the nrooertv I where the new Custom-House now stands. The old house has been purchased by "W. H. Blaney, who will move It away and remouel It for a residence. Tho new hll'ldlntr cfnrwl rn y t.ln,.Ti- boundd by North Seventh, Park. Davis and Everett streets, and faces Park street. on the west. It Is made of granite, stone and pressed brick, with ornamental tiling, and covers almost the entire block, which is 2u0 feet square. Most of the material used in the building was of local pro duction, although the Vermont marble and Michigan oak used on the interior finishings were brought from the KasL The structure Is well designed, and is both substantial and ornamental. .ittQM rtlcl,l o .... ., .,,. hr.iMinn. t.ff i- nr Tfc , k J . ,1( "f "" l3net of i.hhe handsomest nni,w 2S,m ,vi .i, Hi , ,S finlshte. in elegant style, the marble wains- -wnii;s.-, iui(,u urv uuma wiu null ruimifjs giving it a splendid effect Ground was broken for the building al most three years ago, and has progressed steadily, except for one early delay that was unavoidable. The total amount ap propriated by Congress was $750.OX. of which $165,000 was used in purchasing the ground. The building will be occupied not only by the Custom-House officials, but all other Federal officers In the city, with the exee-ption of those of the postoffice and the Federal Courts. On the ground floor will be located the offices of the appraiser, the examiner and lis! A i i w iJ m vhi sg SvS m it Hi snaps Wi sltlj Greatest in leavening strength, a spoonful raises more dough, or goes further. Working uniformly and perfectly, it makes the bread .and cake always light and beautiful, and there is never caused a waste of good flour, sugar, butter and eggs. With finer food and a saving of money comes the saving of the health of the family, and that is the greatest economy of all. PRICE BAKING POWDER CO. CHICAGO. the inspectors, while the big room on the easi siae win oe usea as a warenuiuje n" examinlng-room. On the second floor there will be offices for the Collector of Cus toms, and the Weather Bureau, and the tnlrd story will be occupied by the Col lector of Internal Revenue, the Lighthouse Inspectors, the United States Engineers and durveyor-General. The Bureau of Animal Industries, the Hydrographic of fice and the Weather Bureau will be lo cated on the fourth floor, as well as the office of the resident architect. The foundations of the building rest on thA river bedrock. 3.000.000 pounds of brick and stone having been used for the construction of the pltrs. .. .- ,, j i A ' A WAIL FROM VANCOUVER. An Enlisted Man Malces Serious Ac cusations Against Petty OUlcers. VANCOUVER BARRACKS. "Wash.. Feb. IS. (To the Editor.) It Is well that the public should know, as they are the ones who are paying the expenses of the Army, the wrongs that occur in it, and some of the causes that make men desert. The privates are the ones who desert In the great majority of cases, as they are the ones who get the hardest knocks. The men who are smooth enough to get "to be non-commissioned officers (It is smoothness, not ability. In a great many cas-es. which gain them their stripes, for we have some over at this post now who can neither read nor write), havo a softer time than the privates, and therefore hardly think of deserting. Now thu principal causo of discontent at this post at the present time is heavy duty: men are going on guard with only two and threu nights between tours. In addi tion to other duties between guards, sucn as company and post work (fatigues). The Army regulations require that men shah have at least five nights between each tour of guard, except, of course, in a great emergency, which does not exiat at this post at the present time. The duty men (that is, of course, the privates) attribute a great deal of their troublo to two worthies who are in some authority here. One, whose name is Ser geant Rupp, and Is Provost Sergeant, has charge of all the working parties, both prisoners and others, and one, Ser. geant Martin, who Is a Post Quartermas ter Sergeant. Sergeant Rupp Is partly under the letter's Instructions. This fel low Martin Is a new fledgling, an acci dent of the war. Post Quartermaster Ser geants havo to pass an examination be fore a board of officers before they get their appointment. Martin passed his while he was in Manila, and. from the way he appears to perform his duty the board that passed him must have had the Island fever when his case came before It. However he Is full of tricks. He tries to cheat the companies out of their Quarter master's supplies, of which he has the distribution. "When a company is entitled to draw 20 lamp chimneys and wicks, for lnstanco. he puts them off with from six to eight: that Is. If the First Sergeant of the company is green and lets him. This 13 only an Instance. He has got on to the ways of the grafter during his short career. He gets his minion. Ser geant Rupp, to send prisoners or fatigue men to his house to chop and carry In his wood regularly. Now this Is in direct violation of Army regulations, as one en listed man is not allowed to perform duty or work for another. While this Irregu larity Is going on there are men being tried by court-martial (through the me dium of these two men mentioned, Rupp and Martin), some of them perhaps for missing only an hour or two of fatigue, whereas. If Justice was done, these men would be tried themselves for utilizing the fatigue parties for such work as chopping wood for Sergeant Martin and the other non-commissioned officers. If the Quartermaster was out of bed and making his rounds about 2 o'clock A. M. on Sunday morning last, he might have seen one of the Government ambu lances going out to Vancouver Heights, nearly two miles from the business part of Main street, driven by a sleepy and ' thoroughly disgusted poor private soldier. for the purpose of taking back a load of soldiers wives from a party which they had been attending. But the Quartermas. ter was not making his rounds at that hour of the night, or morning rather, and of course did not see it, nor could It bo expected, and no doubt this order was lven w"ut " Knu; 'e( Q"?ftem ' ulfUions in rePard to G.,ve.rnn?ent "l i DP UPCIl lur .y iiuiuiiii.i.uiiu.ir.-. xi.v- ' sleepy and disgusted driver did not make anvlZmelal rep0rt of this, matter, as ho Is something of a ladies' man and did not the wornen-s future pleasure J of such possible trips; but he let it leak out an tno same. I wonder how tho taxpayers will like to bo paying for mules and wagons for the purpose of hauling soldiers' wives J fyom parties in the small hours of the ( niornins? There are a great many wrongs In the Army which causes the poor pri vate to desert (who has to bear the brunt of them), and the preceding are a few exlstlng at this post, and they ought to be nipped In tho bud. Reports of Irregularities mnde to the officers havo no radical effect, and the reporter does not somehow find it very pleasant for himself after, but the mighty Cream For forty -years the favorite Note. Many mixtures, made in imitation of baking powders, are upon the market. They are sold cheap, but are dear at any price, be cause they contain alum, a corrosive poison. J press ah that Is different. And In thit free land, thank God, it Is open to every body, even a poor private soldier, Yours, very respectfully, ENLISTED MAN. AT THE HOTELS. THE PORTLAND, g Grafmueller. XT F H Gowan. N T R L Delapenda & wf.C C Hayes. N T T,NW" York .Mrs A C Chapman. R T Bretz. Seattle I Michigan H D hitman. St L, C H Chapman. Dallas liiina .lonlr. c; t iti tt ,. . - Louis Menke. s p H J Wackerllne. Ft Benton Harris Gray, do O J Wackerllne. do l vr- Seattle H H Smith. S F i n. icamiey, at Lt (Miss ilay Thompson. cuy C P Freeland. S F W Summers. St Jo A A Fountain. Chgo a Sherwood. St Paul .i la.:.es. 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