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THE MORNING- OREGONIAN, MONDAY, JULY 27, 1903. EPLY TD SHIT Civil Service Rules Were Broken. DEPARTMENT 18 TO BLAME Chairman Proctor Exonerates Washington Postoffice. DUMP FOR THE INCOMPETENTS Rapid Growth, of Free Rural Deliv ery Obviated the Removal of Men Appointed by Previous Post master in Excess of Needs. John R. Proctor, president of the Civil Service .Commission reiterates his charges against ex-Postmaster-General Smith. There was no differ ence of opinion on the board in bring ing returns, he says. As tor the charge brought by Smith in the Philadelphia Press, that Proctor sought exceptions to the civil service rules for friends and relatives, the president of the commission says he has no relatives, eo far as he knows, In the service, and emphatically denies that he ever asked for favors that would infringe upon the law. WASHINGTON, July 25. Chairman Proctor, of the Civil Service Commission, .has made reply to the recent letter of oc-Postmaster-GeneraI Smith concerning the latter'a attack on his report on the Investigation of the Washington Postoffice and also to an editorial article In the Philadelphia Press. The reply to Mr. Smith's formal letter Is as follows: "The Honorable, the Postmaster-Gen eral: Sir My attention has been called to the letter dated July 14 of Hon. Charles Emory Smith as It appeared In the pub lic press of July 20, commenting on the recent letter of the commission in regard to the administration of the public serv ice In the Washington Postofflce. If this letter were based upon the facts dis closed by the records or could be read In connection with the commission's letter and the report of the Investigation, upon which It was based, there would be no necessity for remark or reply. Under the circumstances, there are certain parts of Mr. Smith's letter which seem to demand attention. "The relevancy of a portion of the commission's letter has been denied by Mr. Smith, although the essential facts It contained have not been controverted Concerning the question of. relevancy. It may be stated that the Postmaster-General requested the commission to Inves tigate and report whether the civil serv Ice rules were being violated in the Wash ington Postofflce, and that as the investi gation disclosed facts regarding the re lation of a bureau to the department in ' the matter of appointments and other changes, -some of the departmental af fairs necessarily came within Its scope. Puts Blame on Department. "This was especially true with regard to persons appointed to outside offices for the purpose of classification and after wards transferred to the Washington Postoffice, and later to the department, as well as in the cases of persons appointed as laborers, but irregularly assigned to classified duty in the Washington Post office who wereafterward appointed in the rural free delivery system Just before its classification. "Me. Smith states that the one thing of Mr. Proctor's letter which immediately concerns the Washington Postofflce may properly be left to the answer or the Post master-General, whom it directly con cerns. The facta as disclosed by the in vestigation show that the department and not the Postmaster was responsible for most of the violations and evasions of the civil service law and rules In the Washington office, it is therefore an evasion and not a refutation of the 'facts recited in this part of the letter, to say that It may properly be left to the an swer of the Postmaster. The answer of the Postmaster is already recorded in the report of the Investigation in statements signed by him. When questioned as to the responsibility for the infractions of the civil service rules in the Washington office, he said: 'As most of the appointments of the people who have in any degree "violated the civil service regulations have been dea lgnated or made by the department. It seems to me hat the responsibility for violation of the regulations should be located with the parties directing the ap pomtments. "Again he said: 'People that had proved Inefficient in the department had been unloaded upon the Postoffice on several occasions, as is instanced in the case of Inefficient Gotten Rid of. "The Postmaster also stated that, in his opinion, his office could have been run with the same degree of efficiency, but with much greater economy, if the department had left the personnel of the force to his own selection. "In commenting upon that part of the commission's letter which deals with the classification transfer method adopted by the department to evade the rules, he avoids by a safe margin, the facts dis closed by the investigation. He says: " " It is the statute, not the department, that puts the clerks of new free delivers' offices into the classified service. Their classification is a matter of law. Their transfer Is a matter of rule.' This statement begins the question. It is a civil service rule promulgated, by the President, which provides for the classification of clerks at free delivery offices, and the commission construes this rulevas recognizing only bona fide em ployes as acquiring a classifiable status. It was the department and not the statute or the rules that placed the names of 18 residents of Washington or its vicinity on the rolls of postoffices In various parts of the United States without reference to the needs of those offices; for the sole purpose of getting them into classified positions In the Washington Postoffice or lag these appointments, wiHjout doubt re verted to the practice which the civil service act .was designed to prevent, and to this extent nullified the law. Mr. Smith says in reference to the same sub ject: Statements Xot Substantiated. "In 1897, before I became Postmaster- General, some persons were appointed to offices about to be classified, and after classification they were transferred to other parts of the service. Thl9 prac tice thus introduced continued in a lim ited degree.' "As a matter of record, there were only four such appointments made during the latter part of 1837 and the early part of 1898, prior to the appointment of Mr. Smith and 124 under his administration. Mr. Smith says: !No rule, even at this time, forbids transfer at any time of the exactly par allel case where small unclassified offices are classified by being consolidated with larger classified offices.' "This assertion Ignores the fact that section 8 of civil service rule 2 forbids the classification of an employe in any office which Is to bo consolidated with a classi fied office unless he has actually served therein during the 60 days next preceding the consolidation or was appointed through competitive examination. "He also quotes in his letter of Decem ber 27, 1900, to the commission, in which he agreed that admissions to the service should, so far as practicable, be made upon examination, and stated that direc tions had been given which would remove all Just grounds of complaint. Mr. Smith now states his belief that the commis sion never received this letter and de clares that he will not comment on the 'peculiar candor whlch made necessdry acknowledgment of the removal of ail Just ground of complaint then, and seeks to suppress the truth about It now.' Practice Cut Short. "A sufficient reply to this statement will be found on page 300 of the 17th an nual report of the commission published in the early part of 1901, in which statement follows the full quotation ,of Mr. Smith's letter. It is gratifying to the commission to be able to state that since the date of the above letter but one case of this kind has occurred. "The letter of December 27, 1900, was a declaration of Intention on the part of the department to observe of the Intent of the law after six written appeals from the commission, ranging from May 16. 1898, to May 24, 1900. two references of the matter to the President and the appo'nt ment and transfer of 124 employes by the objectionable method. Mr. Smith resents the statement that the rural free delivery service was packed with employes in the interests of the in dividuals, just before classification, as in dlc&ted by the fact that 56 were appointed in the 26 days Just preceding classlflca tion on November 27, 1901, while only 17 were appointed between that date and May, 1903. He attributes the large num ber of appointments Just before classi fication to the great increase of work, as Indicated by the fact that the aonronri- atlon for the rural free delivery service for the year ended June 30, 1902, was double! the amount for the preceding year. "He does not explain why, although the appropriation was again more than doubled for the year ended June 30, 1903, it was necessary to appoint but seven persons in Washington from November, 27, 1901, to May, 1903. It seems a fair In ference that the appointments prior to classification so far exceeded the needs of the service that few appointments were necessary, even when the appropriation was more than doubled for the year end ed June 30, 3503. HeTadde: "Why Appointees Were Jfot Dropped, " 'You have been Postmaster-General year and a half, and you have not dropped one of them. If the service was "packed how faithless you have been to your duty. This heedless critic did not see that this blow was aimed at you as well as me.' "Mr. Smith apparently failB to recog nize the fact that the rapid growth of the rural free delivery service under your administration would speedily receive this condition without recourse to removals. "He cites the fact that 41 of a certain group of 68 employes mentioned in the commission's letters were women, as in dlcatlng that the influence leading to these appointments were not present. The commission has not claimed that the in fluences which prompted the numerous ap polntments under consideration were all present, nor will anything be found in the letter or report which necessltaes an an alysls on the bass of sex. It is a fact. however, that nearly all of the persons, men as -well as women, appointed or em ployed in evasion or contravention of the civil service raw and rules, who were ex amined during' the investigation, were ap pointed through the influence of Senators end Representatives or high officials of the Postofflce Department. Their names atad the names of the persons who urged their appointments appear in the report of the investigation. "Mr. Smith states that the department was engaged for several weeks with the Civil Service Commission in framing a system and body of rules for the appoint ment of the rural letter-carriers, and that in this work Mr. Proctor proved so un reasonable, so dogmatic and so lmprac tlcable that he had to be overruled by his own associates and eliminated from all part in the construction of the frame work. No Friction in the Commission. "This statement will be amusing, as both Mr. Foulke and Mr. Garfield were aware of the fact that it was at my request that Commissioner Foulke took up the ques tion of the examination of rural letter carriers with the Postofflce Department, There was never the slightest difference of opinion between the three commission ers with respect to the advisability of making the examination for entrance to these positions as simple and practicable as possible. "Mr. Smith's letter closes with the statement that 'Mr, Proctor's innuendoes Justify a personal statement which will be more becoming in a less normal paper, "An editorial in the Philadelphia Press of July 20, 1903, presumably contains this personal statement. The article Is given almost entirely to abuse and vituperation, One or two exceptions will be noted In a supplementary statement I shall give to the public press with a copy of this letter. As the matters under considers tion had their origin prior to your indue tion into office, this letter cannot proper ly be regarded as referring in any way to your administration of the department. "very respectfully, "JOHN N. PROCTOR, President." Jfo Relatives In Service. Mr. Proctor's reply to the editorial, in the Press answers a statement that he sought exceptions to the civil service rules In behalf of his relatives and friends. He pronounces this charge untrue and cays he never asked exceptions for relatives or friends, and so far as he knows has no relatives in the classified service. Legratioa. Desles Japanese Appeal. PARIS, July 28. Reports having been printed to the effect that the Japanese Prince Impahama was coming to Paris, charged with a mission from the Emperor of Japan, to ask the mediation of France "between Russia and Japan, La Patrle has interviewed & high official of the Japanese Legation who denies the report. OPE'S WILL OPENED Family No Claim on Property Held as Pontiff. ' ARRIVAL OF CARDINAL GIBBONS Proposition of Italian Sportlnfr Men to Make Books on Papal Election Is Refused by the Government Disagreeable Chile Incident. ROME, July 26. Several thousand of the faithful crowded St. Peter's today to pay their tribute before the sarcophagus con taining the remains of the late pontiff, on which Is the following simple inscription In gilded letters: "Leo XIII, Pont. Max." Meanwhile requiem masses continued In the Chapel of the Sacrament as well as many other Roman churches. The will of Leo was read today. While nominally leaving the estate of Carlpento to his nephew, Ludavico Peccl, it really makes no change, ns the whole family property, amounting approximately to $120,000, had already been divided among the three nephews. Count Camlllo having already sold his share. The congregation again today made fur ther progress with the arrangements for the conclave. Cardinal Gibbons arrived today but did not attend the meeting. A wall Is being buHt around the apartments Where the conclave will be held. It is al ready 10 feet high. Some of the Italian bookmakers here proposed to conduct public betting on the chances of the papal candidates and In order to obtain permission to do so offered to donate their gains to charitable insti tutions. The government, however, re fused the request. OARDIXALS IX SE5SIOX. Incident at SantlnRO, Chile, Dis- agreeable One. ROME, July 26. At the sixth meeting of the congregation of cardinals held today, 45 cardinals were present Cardinal Delia Volpe, voicing also the opinions of some of his colleagues, criticised the cere monies in connection with the Interment of Leo XIII last night because the car dinals did not participate in the . entire procession and complained generally of the lack of order. Cardinal Oreglla re plied that he had already noticed this and that he would punish those who were re sponsible. Monslgnore Merry del Val communl cated to the cardinals the report from Santiago, Chile, of the Incident which occurred there during the celebration of the requiem for the late pope, which was attended by the President of the republic and all the authorities. According to the report, Monslgnore Uguarte, in delivering the eulogy upon the late pontiff, protested against the usurpation of papal territory by Italy, whereupon Count Cucchl Boas- son left the church and lowered the Ital ian flag, which had been hoisted at the Legation as a sign of mourning. The incident produced an unpleasant Impres sion upon the sacred college, being the first discordant note in the universal mourning. The ceremonial of the conclave estab Hshed by Gregory XV is to be followed at the coming meeting. The cardinals have decided during the conclave to eat in common In order to facilitate their work. A local paper quotes the response of Cardinal Svampa to a question as to whether he believed the conclave would be of long duration, as follows: "On the contrary, I think It will be very short. I believe that two days will suffice to reach an agreement," Another paper quotes Monslgnore Fran clsca Nava as to the possibility of the election of a pope who would reconcile the Vatican and the Qulrlnal thus: "No pope ever hated Italy. The gov ernment must reconcile itself to the pone. Certainly Italy, on the occasion of the death of Leo,, showed herself well dis posed for a reconciliation." The will of the late pope was read to day, after the meeting of, the congrega tion of cardinals. Only that portion which deals with the matter of the per sonal papal estate was made public. The religious testament was not disclosed. It was opened by Cardinals Mpcennl, Cre tonl and Rampolla, the executors. That portion made public is as follows: Pope's Last Testament. "In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, as the end of our mortal career Is approaching, we put on this holograph with our last desires. Before .all, we humbly supplicate the infinite bounty and 'charity of the blessed Lord to condone the faults of our life and re ceive benlgnantly our spirit in the beatific eternity which we specially hope, through the merits of Jesus, the Redeemer, trust ing to his very sacred heart, an ardent furnace of charity and fountain ot splr Itual life and humanity. We also Im plore as mediators, the blessed Virgin Mary, mother of God and our own much beloved mother, .and that legion of saints whom in our life we venerated in a spe cial way. "Now, coming to dispose of our prop erty, which is according to the deed of division drawn up by the notary. Curzlo Franchl, December 17, 1SS2, we appoint as heir of this patrimony, our nephew. Count Ludavico Peccl. From this property must be deducted that already donated to Count Rlcardo, another nephew, on the occasion of his marriage, according to a deed of 1855. by Notary Franchl. Equally from this property must be deducted all the estate in the Carppento Romano be longing to the holy see, according to i declaration on our chirograph of Febru ary 8, lfXX). In this our testamentary dis position we have not thought of our other nephew, Camlllo, and our nieces, Anna and Maria. For them we have In life pro vided decorous maintenance on the oc caslon of their marriages. We declare that no one of our- family can claim any right In anything not contemplated in the present document, because all the other belongings of whatever nature which have come to us as pontiff consequently are, and in any case we wish to be, for the property of the holy see. "We confide the exact execution of this. our disposition, to Cardinals Mariano Rampolla, our secretary of state; Mario Mocennl and Seroflno Cretonl. This de cloratlon Is to be our last will. "The Vatican. Rome, this 8th day of July, 1900. $ "GIACCHINO PECCI, LEO Xni." Cardinal Gibbon Arrives. ROME, July 26. Cardinal Gibbons ar rived here today, accompanied by Father Garvin, his secretary. -He was received at the station by Monslgnore Kennedy rector of the American College at Rome, and Father Hertzog, procurator-general of the Order of Sulphlclans. They drove to the Sulphiclan House, where mass was celebrated.. Being tired and the hour be ing already late. Cardinal Gibbons did not attend the meeting of the cardinals this morning. 1 In the afternoon he drove to the Vatican and paid his respects to Cardinal Oreglia, who received him most cordially. He had a conversation with the latter, in which the camerllngo informed Cardinal Gib bons of the conditions made by the con gregation with reference to the conclave. Cardinal Gibbons will receive no one ex cept cardinals until after the conclave. Lisbon ASair Unimportant. MADRID, July 26. Reports have been published here of excesses indulged In by sailors of the United States squadron at Lisbon. Tbo Associated Press, correspond- cnt learns from Lisbon that the affair which gave rise to the report was quite unimportant and that It has been satis factorily adjusted. BOY NOT PIT -FOR A KING Servian Raler's Son PreBOBKcei st Dcgreaerate. ST. PETERSBURGTjuly 26. A special ist on the treatment of backward children, at the command of the Imperial govern ment, examined and observed Prince George, the eldest son of King Peter Kara;. georgevich of Servia, during the past week, and has reported to the Emperor that the boy is a degenerate. Prince George Is 16 years old. On June 12 a Berlin dispatch to the Lon don Times said that King Peter might abdicate In favor of his son. DEPOSITION OP FERDIXAXD. Union of Bulgaria and Servia Under ICarnReorKevich. VIENNA, June 26. The Universal Bucharest publishes a sensational story of an effort tp bring about a union of Servia and Bulgaria, which Involves the deposition of Prince Ferdinand and the substitution of the Karagcorgevich dynas ty, and which would also, according to the story. Incidentally result In the settle ment of the Macedonian question. According to the report, a secret meet ing was recently held at Belgrade of Bul garian Parliamentarians, prominent Ser vians and Macedonians, at which details of the scheme were agreed upon. They wero said to Include a military conven tion and a customs alliance. The plot ters are said to have resolved to carry out their programme. If possible, by legal means, including a voto of the Bulgarian Parliament. The. plotters are said to have argued that such a united kingdom could overthrow Turkey, end the Macedonian troubles and guarantee a greater future for Servia and Bulgaria. The story is discredited here, being re garded as fantastical. BURXBD UP THB WOMEX. Fiendish Crime of Lustful Laborers In Don District. LONDON, July 27. The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Dally Mall sends a report that near the village of Schala- Jafa, In the District of Don, 33 female field laborers were burned to death in a barn, where they had locked themsolves to escape molestation by male laborers, who, in revenge, fired the barn and watched the burning without heeding the" shrieks of the victims. AFFECTS LONDON MARKET Pubic, Fearful of Results, Ceases to Buy. LONDON, July 26. The Influence of Wall street, combined with tho threaten ing aspect of affairs in the far East, speedily dissipated the hopeful feelings with which the stock market here closed the previous week, and threw gloom Into all the markets during the past week. The public ceased to buy, and was disin clined to touch any new ventures. The fall of consols adversely affected all investment stocks. Foreign securities were fairly steady, being supported by Paris, where less importance was at tached to the Manchurian difficulty. One feature of the week has been the heavy selling and decline of Japanese securities. Americans were completely dominated by Wall street, and closed somewhat firmer, In the hope that the worst was over. THAMES FLOOD DAMAGES Underground Railways and Press rooms in Water. LONDON, July 25. Heavy rains Satur day night over the South of -England caused serious floods"and great damage in London. The underground railway was flooded and many printing-rooms of Lon don newspapers buili. In the underground ujst.net Deiween ijieet street ana me jan bankmcnt were flooded and unable to print Sunday editions until late this afternoon, The heavy rains coincided with a high tide on the Thames, Inundating several lowlylng districts. THE DAY'S DEATH ROLL. John M. Clancy. NEW YORK, July 2G. News of the .sud den death In Butte, Mont., of ex-Congress man John M. Clancy, one of the most widely-known Democratic politicians in Brooklyn, reached his relatives. In that borough today. Mr. Clancy went West recently with Miss Anette Bacon, a niece He was In excellent health when he left Brooklyn. Robert H. Poedcrer. PHILADELPHIA, July 25. Congressman Robert H. Foederer, of the Fourth Penn sylvanla District, died at Torresdale to day, aged 43. He has been ill for Borne time from a complication of diseases. Sir John Rlsliy. LONDON, July 6. Sir John RIgby, ex- Lord Justice of Appeals, is dead. A- Choice Between Deaths. Boston Herald. "It Is plain that no Democrat satis factory to Mr. Bryan can be elected Pres ident, and, if Mr. Bryan Is determined that no Democrat not satisfactory to him shall be. the condition of affairs is at least simplified. The Democratic party is to be defeated In the next Presidential election, and the only question Is as to how it shall bo defeated. Shall it be defeated under Cleveland or under Bry an? 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FATAL CRASH IN FOG Twin City Limited and Fast Freight Collide, TRAIN ORDERS ARE MISREAD Four Men Are Killed and More Than a Score of Passengers Are In Jnrcd, None of Them Seri ouslyTraffic Delayed, ST. PAUL, July 26. Two trains met la a head-on collision on tho Chicago Great Western' this morning and the result is four men killed and 25 to SO passengers Injured. The dead are: CHARLES MERKERT, engineer passenger train, Minneapolis. H. CODER, fireman who was riding In tha cab of the passenger engine, but not on duty. H. HELM AN, engineer ot the freight train. FRED HORTON, Dodge Center, Minn., pas senger. The seriously Injured: H. J. Hickey, fireman of the passenger train. Fred Horton, the passenger -who was killed, was said to have been standing on the vestibule or the front sleeper talking to a friend and was Instantly killed, while his friend escaped injury. The two trains were the Twin City Lim ited and a fast freight. The limited was running as a first section to Minneapolis. The second section consisted of an ex cursion train running from Des Moines to Minneapolis and was three hours be hind time. The fast freight, south-bound, received an order at Dodge Center ready ing that the second section of the passen ger train was three hours late and the crew evidently missread the order and attempted to make Vlaslty Siding, be tween Jjoage center ana Hastings, juinn., thinking that It was the limited that was late. Meanwhile the limited was pounding along at regular spee'd and met the freight head-on Just after it had rounded a curvo at Vlasity. The morning was foggy and neither engineer saw the other In time to stop, although the engineer of the limited had applied the air brakes. That the two trains came together with terrific force was evidenced by the fact that both engines were badly damaged and the baggage and buffet cars were completely wrecked. 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Price $175.00. , Willi ;ry In leather- $5.00 Port and Sherry, Geyser, 2 In., 50 ft., $4.49. Tho accommodation train was drawn by an engine, which was backing and was running at a good speed when It crashed into the trolley car. The Impact caused the coaches to break loose from the en gine, and they did not leave the track, but the engine left the rails, ran about 200 feet on the ties and turned over on . Its side. Engineer Roy and Fireman Hlgglns stuck to the engine and were burled In the wreckage. After being removed, Engineer Roy died at tho hospital. Fireman Hlg glns Ib bo badly Injured that he cannot live. The two were pinioned under a Jet of scalding steam, and their screams were agonizing. Nothing could be done until Jackscrews were secured and the engine was raised. Roy and Hlgglns begged to be killed 'outright that they might not suf fer the torture they were undergoing. When they were Anally taken out, both were literally parboiled. Beattle and Lenharth, the two other men who were killed, were standing on the platform of the street-car when the crash came. They were hurled almost 30 feet and were picked up dead. DEATH AT OPES SWITCH. Engineer and Fireman ou Santa Ke Killed. PEORIA, 111., July 26.-The Santa Fe limited, out of Chicago for the West, was wrecked nt the crossing of the Rock Is land near Princevllle, last night The ac cident resulted from an open switch. Ed O'Brien and Fireman Charles Vo gel, both of Fort Madison, la., were In stantly killed. Express Messenger R. I. B. Budway and his assistant, Ed Farsh all, both of Chicago, sustained minor In juries. Incendiary Start Fatal Blaze. ALTON, 111., July 26. Fire believed to have been started by an Incendiary today destroyed a steam laundry, a row of flats and a lumber yard, and resulted In the death of one person and Injuries to six others. MIsa Ruth Myers was burned to death. All the Injured . were badly burned but George Alchln, who was hurt In jumping. RUNAWAY GIRLS CAUGHT They Climb Fence of Good Shepherd Home, btit Liberty Is Short. Daisy Goodell and Lizzie Igell, two run away girls from the house of the Sisters of the Good .Shepherd at East Twentieth and Irving streets, were cleverly captured yesterday afternoon by Detective Hawley and Officer Price. While in the yard at the Home on Saturday afternoon, the girls climbed the high fence unobserved,, and, without hats or wraps, walked down Into town. They were not missed for an hour or more, and by that time had got safely away. The Misses Goodell and Igell evidently Sarsaparilla Your grandmother's doc tor ordered it for your father. It's the same old Sarsaparilla today. Tested and tried for 60 years. If constipated, use- Ayer's Pills; gently laxative), purely vegetable. T. O. ATXS CO., LwU. KHI. Avers Quarts, 25 Cents, This Week: Woodlark, lA In., 50 ft., $5.59 knew where to go. 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