THE MORNING OREGONIAS, MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1903.
STICKS TO CHARGE
the cherished fiscal policy of the kingdom
must undergo a radical revision. If this
LEVEE GIVES AWAY
be Conservative the orgihal meaning oi
the term is somewhat out of date.
Fifteen Men Lose Their Lives
Near St Louis,
OTHERS ARE IN GREAT PERIL
Black Walnut Islanders Are Rescued
Prom Perilous Position on Partly
Submerged Tract, and Taken
to Place of Safety.
ST. LOUIS. Mo.. June 8. Word has been
received here at 1 o'clock that a levee
near Madison. -on which gangs of men
were "working gave way, and 15 men. em
ployes of the American Car & Foundry
Works, lost their lives. About 150 men,
it is reported, -are Imprisoned on a section
of the levee, that is slowly crumbling,
and all means of escape has been cut off.
Word has been sent to the St Louis
side to rush the private yacht Annie Rus
sell to the rescue. The Annie Russell
started to Black Walnut last evening,
but could not force her way against the
current. It is feared she cannot make her
way to Madison.
A steamer from St. Charles succeeded in
reaching Black Walnut tonight, and the
200 Imperilled people, terrified and in great
distress for food and shelter, were taken
from the Island in safety. All were res
cued.
RELIEF YACHT Tl'RXED BACK.
Fierce Current of Mississippi- Cannot
Be Stemmed.
ST. LOUIS, June 7.-Llkc-a mlllrace the
swollen Mississippi is surging past St.
Louis with a' stage of 3G.9 feet at 9 o'clock
tonight, making a rise of f eet since the
same hour last night.
No word was received today from the 200
people imprisoned on a low island nt
Elack Walnut, northwest from St Louis
about 25 miles, and in peril of their lives
Irom the rising waters of the Mississippi
Rhvr. Word was received last night at
that time that the rescue must be effected
immediately or they probably be swept
away by morning. The river has spread
out around the Island until it is a veri
table sea with a swift current, and al
though every effort has been made to
reach them nothing was accomplished to
day, and there has been no- means of com
munication with them.
Between Black Walnut and St Louis
the Bellefontaine bridge stretches across
the Missouri, and the high stage of the
river precludes any large steamer passing
underneath. No steamer is available at
St Charles to go down the river to them.
The Spread Eagle, moored at Alton, 111..
abovo St Louis, was hurriedly manned
and started for the Imperiled colony late
last night, but was forced to turn back at
the Bellefontaine bridge.
A private yacht here was manned by
company of policemen today and started
for Black Walnut All steam was turned
on, but the yacht made no headway
against the current and after vainly
stemming the llooa for several hours
without making 100 yards, the ya'cht was
returned to shore and the venture was
r.benaoned.
Black Walnut Is located in a broad and
fertile valley opposite the Missouri, and
the land surrounding it is said to be the
richest wheat land in the state.
Aside from the loss of life, if such a
catastrophe shall occur, the property loss
will be very heavy, as the entire valley Is
under water and homos have been washod
away, farms destroyed and the stock
drowned.
REFUSE PAY TO WORK OX LEVEES.
Prominent Men Do AVork That Idle
Men Scorn.
ST. LOUIS, June 27. All Venice, Madi
son, portions of Granite City and 15,000
acres of rich bottom farming land are In
the grip of the flood north of East St
Louis. Houses have been swept from
their foundations and sent adrift The
damage already done is enormous, and
hourly th& flood reaches farther inland,
more and more crippling railroad traffic
and engulfing additional homes, farms
and factories. The approach to the Mer
chants' bridge Is reported severely dam
aged.
Reports of loss of life have been re
ceived. Men who were viewing the' flood
from the bridge approach report to have
seen a ,man on the roof -on a floating
house. The house was overturned by the
current during this afternoon and the
man disappeared.
Tonight a small steamboat with a pow--
eriui propeller, was secured and hastily
prepared for trip to Black Walnut to
rescue the people Imperiled there. As the
steamer swung out Into the current and
at once began to make headway a cheer
of encouragement arose from the spec
tators.
East St Louis was unable to secure
enough men to work on the levee today.
Men apparently needy refused offers of
20 cents an hour to pile sandbags on the
levee. Levee officials and even prominent
men sprang Into the breach and worked
with a will to keep the water out of the
city, while crpwds of men apparently
needing employment stood about and re
fused all offers" of work.
Policemen invaded saloons to secure
workmen, but although the saloons were
crowded, a very small percentage of the
patrons were willing to help protect the
city.
KANSAS LOSSES ESTIMATED.
Over Tito Hundred Towns Have Suf
fered Damage.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Juno 7. Kansas
lias suffered as a result of the recent
floods more than any other state. No ex
act figures of the loss sustained can, of
course, be given, but the damage done in
the principal cities and towns is esti
mated as follows:
North Topeka. 5500,000; Lawrence, $250,
000; Salina. $200,600; Manhattan. $150,000:
Junction City, $100,000: Solomon, $50,000;
Abilene. $250,000; Llndsborg. $100,000; Hutch
inson, $100,000; Minneapolis, $100,000; Em
poria, $85,000; Florence, $50,000; Lincoln
Center. $50,000: Atchison, $100,000: Argen
tine, $2,000,000; Kansas City, Kan., and
suburbs, $S,000.000. Nearly 200 smaller
towns were affected by the floods.
The lowest estimate that can be made
of the loss done to crops Is $3,000,000.
BUSINESS WILL RESUME.
Kansns City Houses Will Open Today
Railroads Suffer Large Losses.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 7. There will
be a general resumption in all lines of
business Monday morning. The extent of
damage to the railroads operating In and
out of Kansas City caused by the flood
can scarcely be estimated. The loss In
freight flooded and burned up and down
tne river may amount to $2,ouo,000 or
$3,000.0000.
The Burlington estimates its loss in its
freighthouse alone at $500,000.
The American Apple.
New York Times.
The farmers of the United States are In
a fair way to learn how the principle of
"protection." for which so many of them
have faithfully voted these many years.
works against them in other lands.
Germany has already announced its in
tention largely to increase the taxes on
American wheat, flour and meats so soon
as her commercial treaties can be adjust
ed to the tariff adopted at the last ses
sion of the Reichstag. It now appears
that under the authority of the same
law, the importation of apples is to b
Hlk. W iiK'T' 'V' r' 'r ' " Ks4sjssBE6BssssisBssB
A.
entlrrfv forbidden, except in bulk. This
would shut out American apples unlesB a
radical and most inconvenient change is
mado in the modo of handling and ship
ment The exaction is irt direct accord
ance with the theory that the farmers of
a country are entitled to the home mar
kets. Neither in the case or tne ueman
farmers nor in that of the American
farmers does the policy work to the gen
eral advantage, but the German farmers
have this to say for themselves, that they
actually do profit by the tax laid on the
consumer. They cannot raise enough ap
ples, or grain, either, for the home cop-
sumption, and If import! aro hindered or
forbidden, they stand a chance for nigner
prices. The American farmers produce
far more than the home mamete can
take, and the protective taxes Increase
the cost of their living and their produc
tion without advancing the prices of their
products. If the Germans are greedy, the
Americans who vote for protection may
be greedy In desire, but they are in reality
hurt not helped.
"THE KANSAS GALS."
"With, a "Fairy Story" as a Text, a
Bluegrruss Editor Sermonizes.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
It has been with considerable impa
tience and no little anxiety that we have
awaited further Information in regard to
the report which came from Kansas the
other day that at a political election, the
women were "intimidating" the men to
such an extent that the latter appealed
for a special detail of police for "protec
tion." The dispatches have been singu
larly silent on the subject since the first
report, which briefly mentioned In addi
tion that "no arrests were made."
The inference is that not only the plain
male citizens were Intimidated, but those
In authority also, and possibly the tele
graph operators. The Kansas people see
now what they have done for themselves.
They have put the woman on horseback,
bestride like a man. They have Invoked
whirlwind of petticoats. They have
strikers in skirts and bulldozers in bon
nets, veritable bullies in blue stockings,
If indeed, they do not wear socks and hob
nailed boots. Be there not also breeches
and bras knuckles and other masculine
appendages?
Let us know "where we are at" In Am-
buscambla or America, All along the
women have had a monopoly of our ock I
darning" and button" sewing, of piety and
pins, of laundry lists and of love. But
now they aro beating us at the ballot
Petticoats seem to have a "pull" on even
the popllce. Bosoms have become brow
beaters: band boxes are ballot busters.
When will corsets become corsairs, since
ribbons have become rioters?
But, seriously, does not this experiment
of woman suffrage In Kansas, with re
sults so earlyfcnd so ominous, afford an
admonition and a warning to both sexes?
If women devolop such brutal instincts,
adopting the methods of bulldozers and
bullies, in the green leaf, what will they
not do in the dry? Does it not all show
that instead of elevating politics and
establishing a higher standard In political
morals they only degrade themselves and
fall to the level of the roustabout and
the rounder? It seems to us that by keep
ing to their firesides and attending to
their babies, appealing always to the bet
ter elements in the natures of their hus
bands and sons and brothers they may
render a far better service to the purity
of politics, to the state and to them
selves. This tiresome cry for "rights" Is
delusion and a fraud; and, if it were
never so meritorious, they go the wrong
way and adopt the worst methods to se
cure them, both from a moral and prac
tical standpoint Let mo make the songs
of a country and I care not who makes
their laws" Is an old 6aw. But "let me
make the homes of a country pure, clean
and holy and I care not who make their
politics" Is a wiser one. This is the
housewife's task. It is a noble and most
exalted mission, and if she succeed in it
she will have accomplished more than
all the female politicians combined.
The City Boy on a. Farm.
Kansas City Star.
A farmer named Smith, living near Mar-
vinville, hired a city boy to help him
around the farm during the Summer. One
morning he told the boy to go and salt
the calt The boy took a quart of salt
and rubbed It all over the calf, working
It into the hair. A lot Of colts scented the
salt and hunted the calf up. They licked
all the hair oft the poor calf's back. The
farmer tried to catch the calf to wash It
but the calf, thinking he wanted to lick.
too, ran -through a hole on the fence and
disappeared down the road. The boy flow
stands up when he eats his pie. Moral:
Never be afraid to ask questions.
1
British Protest to Venezuela.
WILLEMSTAD, Island of Curacao, June
;. The British Minister at Caracas. H. G.
O. Baxironslde, has presented a protest lo
the Venezuelan Foreign Office against the
recent suppression of customs-houses at
the ports on the Orinoco and Gulf of
Paria.
Death, of Wcll-Knovrn Tarfman.
ST. LOUIS. June 7. Joseph D. Lucas,
president .of the Kinloch Jockey Club, and
cne of the oest-Known tunmen in tne
West died today. &sd 49 years.
HELL GATE, KLAMATH LAKE RAILROAD.
ESTIMATING THE LOSSES
SOUTH
CAROLIXA STREAMS ARE
FAST SUBSIDING.
Many People Are Unaccounted For
the Loss of Property Will
Be in Millions.
COLUMBIA, S. C, June 7. Though the
great flood of water la passing on to the
ocean laden with debris of every descrip
tion and the swollen streams are subsid
ing in the Piedmont region, the losses of
life and nronerty are increasing ana a
conservative estimate tonight places the
nronerty loss at no less than $3,500,000.
The most conservative estimate of the
dead is 80. At Clifton alone, 100 mill op
eratives are missing from the village and
all are believed to have been lost At
Converse 13 dead are reported and 41 at
Clifton No. 2 mill.
At Clifton No. 2, 26 homes are destroyed;
13 at Clifton "No. 1 and 20 at Clifton No. 3.
The loss at Clifton's three mills will ap
proximate $2,000,000.
At Pacelot the loss is near $1,000,000. The
greatest want among the survivors is at
Clifton where 500 are. destitute.
FIFTY LIVES LOST.
SHU People Cannot All" Be Heard
From.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, June 7. Today's
development in the devastated mill settle
ments at Pacolet and Clifton, on the Paco
let River, in South Carolina, do not lessen
the horrors of the situation there, al
though It is believed that the loss of life
will not exceed 50 people.
The destruction jof property by the flood
was far-reaching and yet a number of
mill points, where it is feared damage,has
been done, cannot be heard from on ac
count of the prostration of telephone and
telegraph wires. The town of Union, S.
C Is today Isolated. The Lockhart mills,
located below Pacolet for whoso safety
fears have been expressed, are but slight
ly damaged.
A" 200-foot section of the Southern Rail
way bridge over Broad River between
Spartansburg and Columbia, gave way to
day, stopping traffic between those points.
Three other Southern bridges are gone.
RAISING MONEY FOR SUFFERERS.
Spartannburpr, S. C, People Go Down
in Their Own Pockets.
SPARTANSBURG S. C, June 7. The
latest reports tonight are that approxi
mately 53 persons were drowned In yes
terday's flood at Pacolet and Clifton. No
list of the dead is yet available here, but
it Is supposed that most of them were mill
operatives.
The bodies of four unidentified white
persons were taken from the river below
Clifton today. A conservative estimate
of the loss to the cotton mills in this
county is $3,000,000.
A mass meeting of citizens was held
here today and $3500 was. subscribed for
the relief of the flood sufferers. Many
generous offers of assistance have also
been telegraphed from other cities.
GUARD CHAUNCEY DEWEY
Battle Expected With Settlers Where
Covrboys Are Moved.
DENVER, Colo.. June 7. A special to
the News from Colby, Kan., says:
Chauncey Dewey and his cowboy asso
ciates. McBrlde and Wilson, charged with
the murder of Daniel Berry and his two
sons on the latter's ranch,, are tonight
under arrest and guarded at a hotel by
the Sheriffs posse and Company K. Sec
ond Regiment of the Kansas National
Guard. Tomorrow morning the march
across the range to St Francis will begin,
with the militia and Sheriffs posse as
guards.
At Berry's ranch, six miles west of the
O. K. ranch, owned by the Deweys, 150
armed settlers are encamped. This Is on
the line of march the soldiers will take
with the prisoners, and another battle In
the hills is likely. The march will con
sume two days, and as there is no means
of communication by the way, the party
may not be heard from until St Francis
is reached Tuesday night
aonight much excitement prevails.
Dewey and the others were taken from
the O. K. ranch unknown to the settlers,
and were brought here. They were kept
in the hills near the town, guarded by the
Sheriffs posse until the militia arrived.
Immediately on the arrival at St Fran
cis the prisoners will be given a prelim
inary hearing. The troops here are from
Osborn. and are commanded by Captain
Cunningham and Lieutenants Hildebrand
and Thompson.
DETERMINED TO HOLD DEWEY.
ivaaaH Citizens Will Not Let
Ac-
cased Murderers Escape.
TOPEKA, Kan.. June 7. A message
from St Francis says: Chauncey Dewey
and hla cowboys, under arrest for the al
leged murder of the Berry family last
week, are yet safe. Too settlers have
formed a sort of military organization,
it is understood, and arc outspoken in
their determination that Dewey and his
men shall not escape.
A military company from Osborne Is
now on Its way to St Francis. It will
be Tuesday before they can reach there.
NEW STAMPS.
Portraits of Napoleon, Jefferson, Mc
Klnley and Loubet.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Shall Napoleon Bonaparte be accorded
the unparalleled distinction of representa
tion upon one of the postage stamps of
the United States
That the portrait of the once mighty
Frenchman shall adorn the postal gallery
of the United States Is more than a pos
sibility It Is, in fact, quite probable.
The occasion for this possible departure
from established custom lies In the pros
pective Issue of stamps by the Postoffice
Department to commemorate the purchase
of the Louislanp. territory from France in
1S03. The decision to Issue a special
series of stamps has not been finally
reached, but from the highest authority
it is learned that there la practically no
doubt of an- affirmative decision.
It is understood that the commemorative
series of stamps will comprise but four
denominations 1, 2, 5 and 10 cents. The
details of size, shape and design, have not
been considered officially, ,but suggestions
as to designs have been -made and filed
for future use. Among the ideas advanced
Is that of placing upon the four stamps
portraits of the leading factors In the ne
gotiations in 1803 and In 1S03.
In the first class Jefferson and Napo
leon, of course, stand alone and undis
puted In- title. It is suggested, and the
department officials consider the Ideas a
valuable one, that Thomas Jefferson's
bust appear upon the 2-cent value, which
Is distinctly a domestic stamp, and that
Napoleon's portrait adorn the 5-cent val
ue, which carries letters to all countries
within the postal union.
In view of the fact that it is contrary to
the regulations of the Postoffice Depart
ment that the portrait of any living Amer
ican shall be placed upon a postage stamp.
President Roosevelt is barred. However,
President McKInley was the Chief Exec
utive at the time Congress authorized the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition and made
liberal appropriation therefor, and It is
hold that his official act In approving and
signing the act Is ample warrant for plac
ing his portrait upon one of the proposed
stamps. This view of the matter Is fur
ther borne out by the action ofCongress
in authorizing the minting of 250,000 gold
dollars, to be sold as souvenirs in con
nection with the exposition, each bear
ing the bust of either McKInley or Jeffer
son 125,000 of each having been coined.
Carrying the scheme to Its logical con
clusion. President Loubet of France,
would be entitled to the fourth place.
At this point however, the regulations
of the Postoffice Department loom up,
This rule, as stated, is to the effect that
no living American shall be represented
upon "United States postage stamps. Presi
dent Loubet is, of course, not an Ameri
can, but he Is alive, and the question Is,
would the Postoffice Department consider
the French President eligible?
In this connection It may be remarked
that up to this date there is no record that
any nation save the United States has
ever issued a postage stamp bearing the
effigy of a sovereign of another nation.
At the time the department determined to
place the portrait of Martha Washington
upon the S-cent stamp of the series re
cently issued the claim was made that
Martha was the first woman to be thus
honored by this Government, and this
statement was accepted as true until a
"stamp collector directed attention to the
fact that the ? stamp of the Columbian
series, issued in 1S93, to commemorate
the World's Fair at Chicago, bore the
portrait of Queen Isabella of Spain. This
was the furst and in fact the only time
such an honor has been bestowed by any
nation uron, the earth.
Fur Garments to Be Higher.
San Francisco Argonaut
The fur auctions held in London every
Spring determine the price of fur gar
ments for the following Winter season. A
report of the sales published in a trade
Journal Indicates that sealskin furs will
be more expensive than last Winter, but
ermine and sliver fox will be 50 per cent
higher, and mink, otter, beaver and bear
will also increase in price Alaska sable
has gone up. It wil be news to most
people to learn that the "harmless, neces
sary cat" also lends his skin to keep the
cold out At all events "domestic cat"
is quoted as being 25 per cent higher in
price than at the last Spring auction.
One Hundred Decrees at Woodhnrn
WOODBURN, Or., June 7. (Special.)
This has been the hottest day ever known
in Woodburn at this -season of the year,
the thermometer registering 100 degrees
in the shade.
The action of Carter's Little Liver Pills
Is pleasant mild and natural. They gently
stimulate the ilver and regulate tho bow
els, but do not purge.
The merit of Hood's Sarsapartlla Is
Brorea by the wonderful cures It affects,
Photo by the Baldwin Studio, Klamath Falls.
POLONIUM IS AN ELEMENT
CHEMICAL COKGRESS AT BERLIN
SEES EXPERIMENTS.
Marvelous Povrer of Small Bit of
Metal Over Electricity Other Met
als Give Greenish Glow.
BERLIN, June 7. At today's session of
the chemical congress Professor W. Mark-
wald, of Berlin, showed to the electro
chemical and physical section a smudge
of dark powder on a piece of paper,
which was the first time .that any of
those eminent scientists had seen the
metal polonium discovered by Professor
and Madame Curie, of Paris. The latter
doubted whether polonium was a primary
element, or related to bismuth, but Pro
feasor Markwald demonstrated that it
was Indeed a primary element
He exhibited a bit of metal weighing
015 of a grain, which was produced from
two tons of uranium, at a cost of $75. It
IS:moro sparsely distributed in uranium
than xenon, the most rarined gas, is in
the atmosphere.
Professor Markwald proceeded to give
a marvelous exhibition of the powers of
his- speck of polonium. It Intercepted a
strong " current of electricity- passing
through the air from the generator to
the receiver, the air ceasing to be a con
ductor for the flashes. The room was
then darkened and pieces of barium.
platinum and zlncblende, placed near the
polonium, glowed with a bright greenish
light The assemblage of chemists were
thrilled with astonishment It appeared
to be a miracle.
POPE GIVES DAILY AUDIENCES.
Except as the Heat Affects Him, His
Health Is Good.
ROME, June 7. The pope continues to
give nrlvato audiences almost dally, and
except for the slight indisposition, mostly
due to the heat, his holiness is In excel
lent health. It may be taken as an indi
cation of the pope's general health that
his physician, Dr. Lapponl did not find It
Tiecessarv to see him either Friday or
yesterday.
He went to the Vatican today because,
as he told the Associated Press corre
spondent It is his custom to visit the
Pontiff on Sunday. Receiving the patrl
arch of Jerusalem 'yesterday morning,
Pope Leo said, smiling:
"You are now in a position to report
how well I am."
Find Pope Looking Well.
LONDON, June 8. The Dally Chron
Icle's correspondent at Rome telegraphs
that Cardinal Capeclato, from Capua, has
had a 30-mlnute interview with the pope,
and was gratified at finding him brighter
than a year ago.
PLAGUE EXPERIMENTS STOPPED
Austrian Government Alarmed at Dr.
Sachs' Death.
BERLIN. June 7. In consequence of
the death from plague at the'Berlln Hos
pltal of the young Vienna physician. Dr,
Milan Sachs, the government naa aecio.
ed to issue a decree forbidding further ex
periments with plague germs, the risk o
spreading infection being considered more
dangerous to the public health than the
knowledge' gained in atuaying a aeaaiy
microbe justifies.
'Callao Free of the Plague.
LIMA. Peru. June 7. The Supreme
Board of Health has declared the Port of
Callao free from bubonic plague.
Three More Aoadads.
New York Evening Journal.
Mrs. Camelu, who lives in the apart
ment in the Central Park Zoo between
those of the four Mrs. Zebus and the twe
Aoudads. has cause for much worriment.
Additions to the families of her neigh
bors have appeared, and, while the babies
are quiet and make but little disturbance
Mrs. Camel is naturally a bit nervous
with nine Infants In such close proximity,
Three little aoudads appeared
Thursday last and Friday another of the
aoudads gave birth to another set of trip
lets. One of the first batch died, so there
arc but five left but all are In good health
and the Zoo people hope to raise the entire
quintet
Four baby Zebus arrived Friday. The
four mothers occupy the same lnclosure,
and each is as proud as a peacock of her
offspring, parading It in front of the
other motners as if asking tnem to com
pare their children with her lncompar
able.
Costly Fire at Buffalo.
BUFFALO, June 7. Fire- early today
destroyed the Buffalo Carting & Storage
Company's plant and contents, causing
loss of $400,000. The building was Tised by
the Lake Shore Railroad. It was niiea
with machinery and other goods stored
for manufacturing- concerns of other
cltle-
Ex-Postoffice Cashier An-,
swers Merrill's Letter.
ULL0CH DEFENDS HIMSELF
After a General Statement of Things
He Has Heard, He Winds tip by
SayinR He Would Sot Have
Any Postoffice Job.
WASHINGTON, June 7. Seymour W.
Tulloch. ex-cashler of the Washington
City Postoffice, under date of June i nas
written a letter to .rostmasier-enerii
Payne, In response to replies received
from Postmaster Merrltt. of the Wash
ington Postofllce. and others to tne
eharres of maladministration made by
Mr. Tulloch against the management of
the Washington Postoffice. A urge part
of Mr. Tulloch's letter Is In defense of
counter-charges made by Mr. Merrltt
against Mr. Tulloch;
Mr. Tulloch says that the ctsarge mat
under his regime as cashier of the Wash
ington Postoffice quarterly payrolls were
required to be signed In blank, even If
true, would only "produce a smile In
Washington, where probably the greater
portion of Governmental employes sign
payrolls In blank.
The charge that "a false voucner" naa
been nut In while Mr. Tulloch was cash
ier, he cays, was only an attempt to dis
credit him. and "even Mr. aierritt aamits
that the transaction was directed by the
Postmaster, recognized by the Assistant
Postmaster, and the money retained was
aid to persons duly designated.
The facts, he says, are that suostitutes
amed by the Civil service commission
seryed the Postoffice without pay, ex
cept that when they filled temporarily the
places of clerks and receive their pay.
As some clerks failed to pay their substi
tutes, the Postmaster directed that pre
lously to payment of clerks wno nau
teen absent the signed receipts In full oi
the substitutes should be put in the
clerks' pay envelope and the amount
called for be retained and paid
to his substitute by his division
suDerlntendent The particular in
stance cited by Postmaster Mer
rltt he says, was where an employe after
drunken spree was flned rather than
dismissed and the money divided by his
superintendent among substitutes for
services rendered, the Postmaster bywnt-
ten order directing the cashier to do this.
Mr. Tulloch declares that while in office
he did report irregularities to his imme
diate superiors and the inspectors. He
denies the charge that he was mercenary
with the late Postmaster Wlllett, and
saysMr. Wlllett himself suggested pay.
ment to the writer for settling his ac
counts, and that Tulloch offered to do it
for Mr. Wlllett personally for nothing.
tut later It was arranged that some of
the clerks snould do the work, which re
lated chiefly to Porto Rico. Mr. Tulloch's
letter then continued:
"In closing I may state that it has not
been shown to the contrary in any of the
replies you have published that Irregular
payments were made from local funds in
stead of by the proper disbursing officer
of the department; that an attempt was
made to cause all employes to bond under
single blanket a bond with some of the
favored companies; that the regulations
of the department were' violated in forcing
letter-box in which prominent officials
were said to be interested upon the pub
lic, even to the unauthorized use of the
Postmaster's authority and against his
protest; that payments were directed for
articles not delivered; that persons were
paid two or three- salaries and performed
little or no service; that a physician was
illegally appointed, whose position was a
sinecure.
"I have been told that a $300 operating
table was purchased for private use and
charged to the department as postal fur
niture; that promotions were suggested
upon the proviso of division with high
officials in the department; that persons
were appointed from whom no service
was required upon a complimentary roll;
that arrears In Porto Rico were not fully
olscovered; that useless junkets were fre
quent to Porto Rico and Cuba; that per
sons paid from the military postal serv
ice had their salaries continued for months
after ceasing all service, and that salaries
were also continued after service had
ceased to take up irregular expenses." As
to the reply of ex-First Assistant Postmaster-General
Heath, Mr. Tulloch says:
"All that Is necessary is to compare
my specific charges withxhis general de
nial." He then reaffirms that his representa
tions remained In all essential particulars
true and not disapproved, and closes with
a denial that there is any office within
the gift of the Postoffice Department that
he would accept, or that he ever author
ized his friends to seek his reinstate
ment. Conservatives That Are Radical.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The name "Tory" has disappeared from
the language of polite politics In England
and "Conservative" has taken Its place.
As a concession to the modern demand
for brevity and conciseness we are accus
tomed to speak of the present English
government as "conservative," although
It Is really a coalition body composed of
members of the Conservative party, and
recruits from the Liberal ranks who have
never formally announced their conver
tlon to Conservatism. The name Con
servative implies a desire to move with
deliberation, to respect tradition and to
abstain from the pursuit of novelty until
novelty is proved worthy of attainment
In short it suggests anything but enter
prise in legislation or in policy. Now the
whole course of the Conservative party
in England within the last decade has
been Just the reverse of this. The party.
which is nominally the party of ortho
doxy and repose, has been, even in do
mestic affairs, the party of heterodoxy
and unrest It outraged the free trade
ideas of the people by putting- a war tax
on corn. It divided opinion throughout
the kingdom by effecting a reform in the
school system. It has thrown down the
gauntlet to the anti-Irish prejudices of
its Liberal Unionist allies by formulating
the most liberal agrarian scheme ever
devised for the benefit of Ireland, and
through its leaders it now declares that
Ayer's
Hah Vigor .
Makes the hair grow
because it is a hair-fbod.
It feeds the hair and the
hair grows, that's all there
is to it. It stops falling
of tthe hair, too, and re
stores color to gray hair.
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HEDGEHOG LEGISLATION.
Charming Comedy of Errors la lbtr
State of Maine.
Chicago Tribune.
A comedy in four acts with & fifth id
come, in which the hedgehog is the lead
ing motive, recently has been enacted in,
Maine. It signally illustrates Yankee
alertness and resource In an emergency.
At the last session of the Legislature a,
bill was passed giving a bounty of 25
cents a head upon all hedgehogs killed
within the several towns. As soon as
the Governor signed the bill It stimu
lated the industry of hedgehog destruc
tion to such an extent that In ono town
orders were honored for the slaying of
210 of the animals. This was on April
21. Then some 'one discovered that tho -
Jaw was not operative until May 1, so
that the bounty on the 210 was so much
money thrown away, and the second act
began. The Town Clerk asked the parties
to refund the money, but they refused, and
this led up to the third act
The astute Town Clerk hunted up a
musty law which imposes a fine of $5 for
killing hedgehogs between October 1 and
June 1. and. as this law Is operative until
tho new law goes into effect, he com
plained of the men who had killed tho,
210 hedgehogs and a local Justice fined
them $5 and costs for every offense. Tho
hunters did not relish this transaction.
For each 23 cents bounty they had re
ceived they had to pay a fine of $5 and
$i costs, so that for each hedgehog whose
forepaws and nose had been brought la
they were $s.75 out of pocket
This Is not the local Idea of a bargain.
even. In hedgehogs. Furious over the loss
of their money, the hunters began looking:
the laws over and found one which pro-,
vides that any man who had any part of
dead hedgehog in his posaesslod be
tween October 1 and June 1 was llablo to
fine of $5 and costs. There cou'.d be no
doubt the Town Clerk was liable under
this law, as the noses and forepaws were
In his possession, so tho Clerk was haled
before the same Justice and found guilty.
The court fined him $1060. and added $62 as
costs. The fifth act of the hedgehog com
edy will come off In the higher courts, to
which the Clerk has made appeal.
As a business venture the situation now
stands as follows: The town paid $52.50
for the hedgehogs, and the hunters paid
the town In fines and costs J1SS0, so that
it Is $1S4S.50 ahead. The Clerk Is out of
pocket thus far $1112, and perhaps mora
before he gets through. The 210 hedge
hogs which have caused all the fuss have
lost everything. So Clerk, town, people
and hedgehogs all have got Into trouble
for lack of a little legal carefulness. In
deed, In that particular town where the
210 bowed before the majesty of the law,
troubles just now are as thick and sharp;
as "quills upon the fretful porcupine."
Official. Canvass of Jackson County.
ASHLAND, Or., June 7. (Special.) The
official canvass of the vote of Jackson
County in the special Congressional elec
tion gives: Reames, 1326; Hermann, 1146;
Ingle, 159; Elmore, 77. '
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