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THE MORNIXG OEEGONIAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1902.
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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
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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. New HvnlA C Chapman. Mich
ji Appeioaum. Cintl H J Brlgss, Tacoma
ju' ammar, 5 F J F Amy. do
v n. mung, i'nua
B Wright, do
E L Paraon. do
F G Gillette. SeattI
Athletic Club
W T Stelner. do
F S Battle. X Y I
H A Lay. Ma.i
A W Rothschild. N T
J P Norton. ." Y
M Goldsmith. X v
I Tom Bowers, do
vt it .n KleruIfT,
USiET Pope, do
IS I Robeson, do
V Rott. do
Chas F Andrews,
Vancouver Bks
II L Talbot. Boston
T H Clayton. Phlla
F W Klrske. X Y
fL, M OOU, CIO
M Lewis, do
J P Wilson, do
Al Hilbrunner, do
. A O Prmifv An
t E Bronson. Wis
A J DIehl. Ann Arbor N Anderson. Wash,
Vl. H JIurlburt. city C M Well. Chgo
Miss Gei.y. Salem H H Henricl. S F
U J Pine. Chgo 'a Bollack. S F
J C Orr. Phlla ,M B Travis. Chgo
Frank Chambers. Chgo B Pollak. do
Vm A Bernheim. S F )F W Pettygrove, S ?
J R Paine, USA J R Norrls. Chgo
F Joslin. Seattle L H Satterlce, Tacoma
A E Goodsell. Denver
THE PERglNS.
W E Frazler. city J B Beardsley, Los
Ike Rosenblatt. S F ) Angeles. Cal
L B Hendricks, city H L. Cook. Aberdeen
"" a MenancK. do' J L Braden. Salem
Vvm Mosgrove. Athen.i.J W Spencer, San 1
Fr
Dora Downing, Condon!
X J Martin. St Paul.
Mrs O'Brien. San Fr
R M Robinson.Tacoma
Mrs R M Robinson, do)
-Minn
Julius Green. Chicago
B F Davis. Lexington.
Xeb
. rumier, xeKoa
Mrs C A Painter, do
C C Smith. Walla W
Mrs C C Smith, do
Wm Hoarse. Tekox
D Q Leltch. Tekoa
Frank Sloan. Echo. On
-Mrs u v Cutts. Xew-
berg. Or
Miss, Cutts. Xewberg
W H Harrison, do
J O Stewart. Hoqulam
C W Stlne. Hoauiam
A W McEawen. do
E D Johnson. Salem
T L, Rogers. Spokana
Mrs II F Smith. SeattV
Julius Green. Chicago J
B F Pike, Moro. Or
Mrs Wm Peabody.
Warren. Or
J W Booth. Wasco
Mrs J W Booth, do
C W Stricklin. Grass
Valley
Mrs C W Stricklin. do
Arthur Gownler. Chco
Robt A Jone3, Marsh-
Ruth Little, do
Dexter Rice. Roseburg
jos ijrown. Kainler
Mrs Jos Brown, do
R F Lytle. Hoqulam
Geo McKenzle. do
G B Palmer, Pomeroy
Wash
J II Ros. Toledo. Or
A J Johnson. Astoria
Mrs A Gownley. do
k. u netchesr. Chicago
Rtvpe M Greenhall, Mc-
Minnvllle
H B Burnham. Kan Cy
W Weyright. Chehalls
J J Rohertz, Heppner
D O Justls, Heppner
Mrs D O Justls, do
J B Williams. Spokana
W L Reed. Spokane
Mrs W L Reed, do
N W Bush. Sumpter
Sadie E White, do
Ella F Martin. Sump-;
ler. or
D M Calbrcath. Park
er. Or
Mrs Calbreath. do
P Marin. Alaska
X O Surher, X Dak
Mrs X O Surher. do
E L Parson. Chicago
Mrs W F Slaughter,
t Helens. Or
J E Black. Maygers
Mrs J E Black, do
THE IMPERIAL.
C. W. Knowles, Manager.
A H Harder, Tacoma ID K Herron. Olympla
Mrs Harder. Tacoma 1C L Ireland. Moro
Walter H Fearnley. StiS B Huston, Hlllsboro
Louis
M A Baker. McMinnvl
Robt Mclntoih. city
J B Wilson. Walla W
J Lankota. Memphis
Mrs Lankota. do
J A Cunningham,
Westminster
M Moore. Marietta. O
J X Williamson. Prlne-
vllle
J W Scrlber. Los Ang
Ella M Hendrlck. Mc-
Mlnnvllle
Alice Link, do
Dr T W Harris. Eu
gene Wm Marsh. Olympia
J Slmmond S F
Mrs Simmonds. S F
W A Slirgerland.
E C Apperson. do
H J Harris. San Fran.
Thomas Lynch, city
E Ames. Granite Mtn
Mrs Ames. do
W G Blair, do
Mrs Blair. do
v D Simpson. St Paul
Paul Swenson, New
Westminster
L M Holden. Tacoma
Jas Waggener. Jr. Van
i T Itenlck. Chicago
H II WIntzer. St Loula
1 Levitt. San Fran
Wm Gray. Romeo.
Mich
Wm Krane. Jr. St L
Jas Hagadom. city
W G Rowland. Tacorrm
Hoou Klier
Arthur Seufert. Dalles
C w Cottam. San Fr
THE ST. CHARLES.
R M Moore and wf. jMrs Warren. Salem.
Tyler Mrs Smith, do
W it Randall. CarrolI-iF E Harding. McMlnnr
ton
F A Smith, do
F A Smith. Mist
A E Thomas, do
J B Yeon. Rainier
W R Pearl, do
W E White, do
Fred Groner, KInton
R C Hall. Or City
W L Houston. Junc
tion City
D W Haley. Indp
Wm Redfeld. Gray's R
Mr Anna Jones, do
Blanche Ring, do
E M Saxon. St Helena
H Savldge. do
G A Mackey. Toronto
John Hull. Grant
Mrs H W Norwood, do,
R Champion. Long Ba
Ed Davis, do
C L Wheeler, Spokane
Chas Pearce, Klickitat
T W Shean. SprlngfldjW H Oliver, do
A Magney. Mist
P Oliver, do
Frank Malenbrg, do
Mrs Magney, do
J II McCune, Moro
J L McCune, Albany
D Jennings, Dalles
H E Turk. Mt Pleasnt
Mis C Summers.
Scappoose
Dr II Henker. Everett
R T McCaskey & eon,
city
Lizzie Bebee, Kelso
F Bbee. do
F Hornback. do
Mrs M Callaway,
Brownsville
Mrs C Gray, do
F M Barrett. Hubbard
Dr D Lindwiy. do
M L Barrett, do
L Bradburn. PendletniAllle Taylor. Los Angr
H Froman. Albany Geo W Taylor & lam,
G Froman. Mohler Los Angeles
Hotel Ilrnnswiclc. Seattle.
European, first-class. Ratea, 50c to $1,501
One block from depot. Restaurants neax
by.
Tacoma Hotel, Tacoma.
American plan. Rates, $3 and up.
Donnelly notel, Tacoma.
European plan. Rates BOc and up.
Richmond Dry Goods Store Burned?.
RICHMOND, Va.. Feb. 20. The larga
dry goods store of Cordes & Mosby, on.
Broad street, with the entire stock, was
destroyed by fire tonight. Loss, $120,000.
Baking
powder