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Jtl VOL. XLIIL !NT0. 13,313. PORTLAND, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1903. PRICE FIVE CENTS. 1 CALL AETNA MINERAL WATER TABLE AND MEDICINAL ROTHCHILD BROTHERS Po?&Ugono.. Dark Room Special, BLUMAUER-FRAINK DRUG CO. EVERYTHING PHOTOGRAFIIIC. 142 FOURTH STREET. i I"STRONGEST IN L. SAM DEL, Manager, 300 Oresoalan DR. EAT AKtS B M "There' Life, and Strength In Every Drop". A BEVERAGE OR A MEDICINE rnr ! hr A!I Inunclrts. BlUMAUER & HOCH, Sole Distributers, Wholesale Liquor and Dgar Dealers JXOm KETSCHA1?, man aid msmronix sheets, fostum, mm ocaxob or hjlxjuj ement. . $1.00, $1.50, $2.00 per DT iJEaropeanPlkn : I Mala line of the- Northern Pacific Railway. Bound trip faro from Port land, only JS.ro. Do you appreciate Its advantage? The most curative waters known. Change to an entirely different dlnaate. a Perfection of service, with a large corps of skilled attendants all under direct medical supervision. We cure more than 90 per cent cf all our cases. For Information address Dr. J. B. Kloeber. Green River Hot Spring. Wash., or inquire of A. D. Charlton. Northern Pacific Railway Ticket Office. Portland. THE PORTLAND PORTLAND, OREGON American Plan Also European Plan. Modern Restaurant HEADQUARTERS FOB TOURISTS COST O.NK MILLION DOLLARS. Special rates made to families and single gentlemen. The manage , l ..III I nt- nil times to showrooms Jinrl (llur-nrlr A mnft dern Turkish bath establishment in QUALITY "We do not plve you a lot for nothing, but ire do Rive you the -very finest optical work done in Portland at a -very reasonable price, when you consider the quality. OCULISTS' PRESCRIPTIONS IS ONE OP OCR SPECIALTIES. Mnfg. Jenflcri and Opticians. FOR Lamps while they last, 20c JUIJ MTU THE WORLD Bulldinsr - - - - PORTLAND, Oil. FOWLER'S and M ALT USCLE C W. K50WLES, XsA You Will Be Carried Away By the beauty of N design and coloring in our 11CW X ail WdiiJtta. EXCLUSIVE CARPET HOUSE J. 0. Mack & Co. SO-SS THIRD STREET Opposite Chamber of Commerce "THE KLOEBER" GREEN RIVER HOT SPRINGS WASHINGTON The Health Resort of the Wesl $3 PER DAY AND UPWARD AKD COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS the hotel. H. C. BOWERS, Mgr IN OPTICAL WORK IS WHERE WE SHINE Cor. Third and Washington St. TOP CHIT Root Will Resign on Go ing to England. TAFT CAN SUCCEED HIM Question Whether He Desires to Be Secretary of War. CHANGE WILL BE HADE IN FALL Root Will Jtemaln. In Communication With the Office and Serve an Alas kan Commissioner He Longs for Private Life. WAR. SECRETARIES SINCE 1SGL, Date Xanie. A State. President. Pa. Lincoln. O. Lincoln. O. Johnson. 111. Johnson. 111. Johnson. X. T. Johnson. I1L Grant. O. Grant. Ia. Grant. O. Grant. Pa. Grant. Ia. Hayes. Minn. Hayes. 111. Garfield. 111. Arthur. Mass. Cleveland Vt. Harrison W. Va. Harrison X. Y. Cleveland Mich. McKinley N. T. McKinley X. X. Roosevelt Edwin M. Stanton.... 1S2 Edwin M. Stanton... .1805 U. S. Grant (ad. ln.).lSCT l. i nomas taa in.)...i&r.s Jno A. Rawlins.... Wm. T. Sherman. . Vt'm. T. Belknap... Alphonso Tart .... Jas. D. Cameron.. Geo. W. McCrary.. Robt. T. Lincoln..-..! Sl Robt. T. Lincoln 1SS1 Wm. C. Endlcott....lSS5 Stephen B. Elklns. Daniel S. Lamont.. .1S91 .1403 .18)7 Ruwell A. Alger .. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Aug. 1l For several months past there havo been rumors afloat that Sec retary Root is to retire from the Cabinet, and it is' now known definitely that his resignation will be tendered before he leaves for Europe to serve on the Alaskan Boundary Commission. It is understood that the matter of his successor has been discussed, and while nothing official can be obtained. It Is believed It will be ten dered to Governor Taft. While Secretary Root Is in London, he will remain in communication with the War Department, and matters pertaining to general staff and other important af fairs will be referred to him. If the sit tings of the Alaskan commission extend beyond December 1, It is probable that the Secretary's resignation will be accept ed, and his successor appointed at that time. The President is very loath to part with Root, for he Is one of the most valuable members of the Cabinet. The Secretary has been anxious to go for seme time, but he has desired to put his general staff law in operation before he retired. He also wanted the Philippine insular gov ernment on a firm footing before he relin quished control over the islands. Mndc Sncrlflce to Take Place. Secretary Root was called to the Cab inet by President McKinley, who Insisted upon having a lawyer of known ability to handle the problems growing out of the Spanish War. Root sacrificed a law practice of more than $100,000 a year in order to accept a place in the- Cabinet, and did so largely through patriotic mo tives, and also because' he felt he was summoned as a lawyer, to perform a great Government service. When he was first offered the place, ho told McKinley he knew nothing about the War Department or the Army, and. there fore, was unfitted for the place, but Mc Kinley was of a different 'opinion, and his judgmejit was -wise, because Root now knows more about the Army, from practical standpoint, than any other man. Routine Work Is Annoying. Root does not retire from the Cabinet so much for the monetary consideration. because his law practice has been kept up to a certain extent, and he had accu- mem mm mm Secretary of War Root. mutated some means before he left New York, but having solved the more im portant problems that confronted him when he became Secretary of War, he desires to return to his former life. The routine of the department, the small things like bridges, harbor lines. Army contracts and petty details that constant ly harrass a Secretary of War. have been very annoying to Root, and he will be glad to leave the department on that ac count. These matters might be attended to by subordinates, but every Secretary of War has found that subordinates are generally too much prejudiced to handle even the smaHer affairs within their de partments. Tnft "Will Be Tendered Position; Whether Governor .Taft will accept the -. m .1 posltlon of Secretary of War as It now seems certain it will bo tendered him Is an open question. His health has not been very gccSd, but his knowledge of Philippine affairs may make it desirable that he should take up the -work that Root gives up, especially in the matter of the government of the Philippines. While the salary is not as great, the ap pointment would be a promotion, because the Philippine commission is now under the direction of .the Secretary of War. Taft, or any other man that follows Root, -will find the position hard to fill, as Root is a man of great force and a tireless worker. Taft may take the place, because It might tend toward "his ad vancement to the Presidency at some fu ture time. Miles' Incident Had Xo Effect. It can be positively stated that the Miles incident had nothing whatever to do with Root's retirement. He had de cided to retire long ago. The arrange ments for his; teriderlng his resignation were made alpyster Bay on the occa sion of his recent visit, some time before Miles retired. Another matter that can be positively stated is that the subject of Miles' re tirement was not discussed at the inter view between the President and Secretary of War on his recent visit. The so-called snub of Miles, If snub it was. in not con sidering anything of his record In the or der of retirement, was decided upon by Root, but it no doubt had the approval of the President. The Secretary has been annoyed at the criticism that is passed upon the Administration on account of the Miles' incident, but the criticisms have had no influence In his determina tion to retire from the Cabinet. The appointment of Taft as Secretary of War would necessitate the appointment of a new president of the Philippine Com mission. In all probability General Luke Wright would succeed to the presidency of the commission, his work as a member of the body having been eminently satis factory to the Administration. Some oth er changes also would be involved In the appointment of Governor Taft as Secre tary of War, vbut nothing definite con cerning tnem can De saia at una urne. ALASKA 3IAV TO GET PLACE. Commissioner to St. Louis Fair Proves to Be a Salaried Position. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, D. C Aug. 1l Under a decision of the Controller of the Treasury rendered to-day, holding that the Secretary of the Interior can appoint a commissioner from Alaska to the St, Louis exposition on salary provided he. Is not already In the employ of the government. Secretary Hitchcock has determined to appoint some Alaska man agreeable to Governor Brady, and generally acceptable to the people of Alaska. Assistant Secretary Ryan, heretofore holding the office of commissioner, will become merely the Interior department's representative In th expenditure of go ercment fund:' T Xcvr Clark County Rural Carrier. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, D. C, Aug. 1L Delbert S. Van Camp was to-day appointed regular rural carrier and Elizabeth Van Camp substi tute carrier at Camas, Clark county. Wash. Sugar Trust Buys Into Flnnt. SAGINAW, Mich., Aug. H. A deal was consummated here today whereby the American Sugar Refining Company, of New York, has acquired a one-half in terest in the Valley Sugar Factory, one of the largest ia the Saginaw Valley, The company is capitalized at $500,000. CONTEXTS OF TODAY'S PAP2.t Foreign. Eighty-four bodies of victims In Paris train wreck are recoverinc and death list Is ex pected to reach 100. Pace 1. Macedonians deny stories of atrocities and hold that Turkey Is spreading them to poison the mind of Europe. Page Pope Plus falntlnc spell was due to heart trouble and doctors order all audiences sus pended. Page 3. Domestic, Secretary of War Root decides to resign from the Cabinet. Page 1. Disastrous hurricane which swept Martinique is now moving toward Cuba. Page 11. National Building Trades Council Indorses W. R. Hearst for President. Page 2. Cashier of New Holland, O., bank Is missing- and Is short about $T5,000, which he lost by gambling In grain. Page 3. Sports. Portland ring experts pick Jeffries as the win ner of big fight. Page 11. Scores of Pacific Coast League: Portland 18, Seattle 10: Sacramento 4. Los Angeles 0. Page 11. Scores of Pacific National League: Los An geles 12. Seattle 2: San Francisco 2, Tacoma 1; Salt Lake 8, Butte 0: Spokane C, Helena 5. Page 11. Guy Rogers, a well-known quarter-rider, meets death In race at Seattle. Page 11. Pacific Coast. Governor Chamberlain welcomes aid of Secre tary Cortelyou In suppression of tailor boarding-house evils. Page 4. Roseburg Board of Trade will prepare protest on immense forest reserves. Page 4. Counterfeit token money made in Portland passed on California Mining' Company. Page 4. Oil will be used in Oregon City mills as fuel Instead of wood. Page S. Commercial and Marine'. Oregon and Eastern weekly crop reports. Page 13. Stocks at New York, close near the top. Page 13. Wheat closes a shade higher at Chicago. Page 13. Sen Francisco produce quotations. Page 13. , Government accepts Laldlaw's bid for trans portation of lumber to Manila. Page 12. Portland fc Asiatic will charter extra steamers for Orltntal line. Page 12. Columbia River pilots to sound two rivers. Page 12. Portland nnd Vicinity. Portland firm will get contract for enlarging Postofflce. Page 1. Moran reluses city's terms and will not build Are boat. Page 14. Arrests for maintaining powder-houses at MII- waukle. Page 8. Father compelled to give bond not to kidnap his daurhter. Pace 14. Tom- Richardson, of New Orleans, discusses Trans-Mississippi Congress. Page 10. Officials to be elected at next state and county election?. Page 8. Firebugs attempt to start more fires. Page 14. Portland Hoo-Hoo will go after 1005 conven tion. . Page 14. Live salmon exhibit at St. Louis abandoned. Pare 14. Krac-Jorgcnsea rifles for O. N. G. arrive. Page 10, TAKE OUT Victims of Paris Wreck Now Number 84. LIST WILL YET BE SWELLED One of Survivors Describes the Terrible Panic, NO AMERICANS AMONGTHE LOST Premier Will Ask the Ministers to Vote Aid to the Stricken Fam ilies City "Will Bury the Dead. PARIS, Aug. 1L Eighty-four bodies have been recovered, and the death list will probably exceed 100, in an under ground railway disaster which occurred on the Metropolitan Electric Railway last night. The disaster assumed the propor tions of an awful catastrophe during the early hours today, when more than four score of bodies of the burned and suffo cated victims were removed from the subterranean passage. The work contlunes. Eugene OHIever, one of the few sur vivors, described the terrible panic which occurred in the darkness. The people, he says, rushed and fought with one another. madly seeking to get away. He was sick. but, nerved to desperation by the situa tlon, managed to get through the strug gling mass. As he went, he passed over the bodies of those who had fallen ex hausted, but it was impossible to ren der them aid. Survivor Describes Panic. Another survivor named Jules Bouat describes the struggle during the panic in the tunnel as terrible. Women were screaming, "Save me, save me." An old man fell suffocated at his feet. The women screamed until they fell asphyxi ated. The names and occupations of the vic tims give evidence of their humble con dition. The names are characteristic of the French working classes, and the oc cupations ore given as painter, 'mason, plumber, tailor, seamstress, locksmith, etc. Outside the workmen, about every third name is that of a woman. Pitiful scenes were enacted at the morgue throughout today as the relatives gathered seeking to Identify the bodies, which were ranged In long lines on white marble slabs. The clothing of many of the victims Is torn, showing the fierce ness of the struggle. M. Blenvenu. the chief engineer of the Metropolitan Railroad, says that from the technical view every precaution to avoid danger had been taken. The chief mis fortune was that the employes did not organize assistance with sufficient rap idity to permit the passengers being quickly drawn out. A large fgrce of mounted guards Is at the mouths of the tunnels. Premier AVH1 Propose Relief. Premier Combes descended Into the tunnel and made a personal Inspection. He asked the Chief of Police for a report of the causes of the disaster and a list of victims, and announced his Intention of proposing at a council of Ministers measures for the relief of the poor fami lies of the victims. The flag over the Hotel de VHIe has been lowered to half mast as a sign of the city's mourning. M. Gauthler, the magistrate for the dis trict, says one of the main causes of the loss of life was that those escaping took the wrong exit, one passage letting out to the street, while the other was barred. and It was used for admitting passengers. Many of the victims sought the barred exit, and were found massed against the wall, where they had slowly been sutfo- cateu. The firemen have gathered a collection of torn clothing, battered hats, twisted umbrellas and blood-stained handker chiefs, showing how desperate was the underground struggle. At me American consulate it was learned that there were no Americana among the victims. The Prefecture of Ponce confirms this. President Loubet has telegraphed to the President of the Municipal Council, saying he shares the profound grief into which the city has been plunged. Humbert Trial Forgotten. The catastrophe has caused great ex citement throughout the city, even the Humbert trial being forgotten in the widespread feeling of horror and grief. At noon Conolen Meaux St. Marcon, on be half ot President Loubet, visited the morgue, and Premier Combes went to the scene of the disaster. M. Hurteaux. Pro curer of the Republic,- and Judge Jolliot, of the Seine tribunal, have proceeded to Les Couronnes Station to open a judicial investigation into the affair. RECOVERING THE DEAD. Positions of Bodies Disclose a Fierce Fight for Life. PARIS. Aug. 11.! At 3:10 o'clock this morning Sergeant Ahrens. wearing a res pirator, succeeded in making the descent into the tunnel, after many others had failed. He remained seven minutes and Drought the. first Information to the er tect that corpses were strewn all about the roadway of the tunnel. Then he col lapsed and was taken to the hosnltaL Twenty minutes later flremen forced their way down through the tunnel sta tlon at Menllmontant and returned soon afterward with seven bodies three men. two young boys and two young women. Three persons had been asphyxiated, as their positions showed they had been groping their way through the smoke when they were overcome. The work of bringing up bodies went on steadily after that, under the personal direction of Prefect of Police Le Pine, who summoned a large reserve force to bold back the surging crowd. Including the relatives ot the victims. Long lines qf ambulances were brought Into requisi tion and the bodies were carried to the morgue and the near-by military bar racks. After daylight the crowds at the entrance of the tunnel increased to enor mous proportions, obliging the police' to form a solid cordon through which were admitted only those seeking to identify their relatives among the victims. The failure of many men. women and children to return home during the night gave many the first news of the catastro phe. Fathers and mothers came hurrying to the mouths of the tunnel to try to Una the absent ones. At the second descent the firemen found a great number of bodies massed near the ticket office of the station, where many had evidently been overcome while seeking tickets. They had been surprised by the columns of smoke and had sought to run back up the stone stairway lead ing to the streets. A struggle had ensued and some escaped, but the others had been trampled upon. One woman had fled within the ticket office, where her body was found. The ticket seller herself suc ceeded In escaping. At the station of Les Couronnes the same scenes of death and despair had been enacted. The accident occurred mid way between the stations, so that the work of rescue proceeded from both ends of the tunnel. In addition to the blinding smoke, the tunnel belched forth a terrific heat, as one of the trains was slowly burning within. The firemen suc ceeded in throwing several streams ot water In the direction of the wreck, while some flremen and military engineers pushed on Inside in the tunnel. They brought out two bodies and shortly after wards three more. Farther on the flremen stumbled upon a terrible mass of bo'dles: These were the passengers of the burned train. They had leaped from the coaches when the fire broke out. and, groping through the suf focating clouds of smoke, sought the exit at Les Couronnes Station. But the tunnel makes a sharp turn near the scene of the disaster, and at the angle the entire 'mass of humanity apparently became tightly wedged in. The panic which took place at this point within the dark subterra nean Dassace must have been terrible. M. Le Pine summoned a' large force of doctors and municipal officers, who super intended the moving of the bodies. The number of corpses brought up from the angle where the mass wedged was so large that four and eight bodies were placed in each ambluance. Many of the victims had handkerchiefs, stuffed in their mouths, they having evidently tried to keep out the asphyxiating smoke. The faces of the dead were red and congested. Some women held their children tightly ln their arms. About 7 A. M. the bodies of ten women were brought out together. The bodies of two little girls and three infants were found with them, clinging to their moth ers. Many poor people claimed the bodies of their children and tried to take them home but the police insisted on the bodies being taken to the monrue and barracks. in order that the magnitude ot the catas trophe might be determined. At the Hotel De VHIe. the President of the Municipal Council announced that the City of Paris would bear the entire expense of the funerals of the victim?, FIRE IS STARTED BY MOTOR. Third Train Crashes Into Bnrnlnir Manx iust an People Seek Outlet. PARIS. Aug. U. The train which caused the accident came from Porte Daupine, at the entrance to the Bois de Boulogne, in the western part of Paris. After circling the northern quarter of the city, where numbers of workmen were picked up, the tram reached the neighborhood of the Cemetery of Pere la Chaise, where the electrical motor failed to act properly. The train then waited at the station of Les Couronnes until the arrival of a second train, which pushed the crippled train forward, making a total of 16 coaches. After proceeding about 200 yards toward Menllmontant Station, the damaged motor set fire to the engine of the first train. The fire burned fiercely. Simultaneously the electric lights on the trains went out, leaving the passengers in darkness except for the light of the burning engine far ahead. This impeded the progress of the trains toward Menllmontant. The terror- stricken passengers got out and tried to grope their way back. The powerful elec trical current carried by the rails is be lieved to have stunned or killed many. A number of passengers managed to reach Les Couronnes Station, but the main body of the passengers was overcome by the heat or smoke. A terrible panic occurred among those behind, and the horror of the situation was increased by a third train crashing into the flory mass and adding another crowd of panic-stricken passengers to those seeking an outlet. The cars con tinued to burn until 20 were consumed. The burning debris gave forth a fierce heat, which puffed out of the mouths of the sta tions of Les Couronnes and Menllmontant. The escape of most of the trainmen was due to their superior knowledge of the subterranean passage. A number of heroic Incidents occurred. Several soldiers, fire men and employes of the road nearly lost their lives in seeking to aid the victims. The chief statlonmaster at Les Cour onnes, M. DIdler, says he saw the flames running along the gear of the cars when the first train passed through the station. and called out to the engineer to stop, say ing there was not time to reach the next station, but the engineer declared he had ample time, and proceeded. A few min utes later a large blaze flashed through the tunnel, followed by a violent detona tion. Looking into the mouth of the tun nel, M. DIdler could see flashes from the burning cars. King; EdvrarC ExpresseN Sympathy. LONDON. Aug. 12. King Edward, through the British Embassy at Paris, has sent a message of sympathy to the French Government on account of the Metropolitan Railway disaster. The catastrophe has produced the deep est impression here, and Intense anxiety exists concerning the safety of the Lon don underground roads. Interviews with the managers of the different lines pub lished In the morning papers are reas suring, however, all describing the pre cautions adopted against fire. Fire on Another Car Cnunen Panic. PARIS, Aug. 11. Fire broke out this evening in one of the cars of the road at Tomes Station. There was a panic, but only two women were slightly injured. PORTLAND AFTER IT. Catholic Foresters Convention Is Wnnted hy Four Citle. DUBUQUE, la.. Aug. 11. The bi ennial convention of the Catholic Order of Foresters opened here today. The fight for the next convention Is between Ta coma, Wash.; Portland, Or.: Boston and Erie, Pa. The proposition to exclude llqupr dealers from the'order will be defeated by the convention, but the dealers will be put In the hazardous class. Portland Firm Will R( model Postoffice. IT NAMES LOWEST PRICE Offers to Complete Work in Twenty-One Months. WILL BEGIN NEXT OCTOBER Landlord z AVnlkcr Almost Sure tat Win, Though Action Is Not Taken One Month for Removal to Temporary Building:. Langford & Walker are the lowest and best bidders for the remodeling of the Postofflce building. They offer to do It In 21 months for $140,000 and work will Begin about October 1. The contract will probably be closed about September 1 and It will take a month to prepare the temporary build ing; and move Into it. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Aug. 11. The contract for the ex tension and remodeling ot the Portland Postoffice and Courthouse building will. In all probability, be awarded to the Port land firm of Langford & Walker within a few days, that firm having submitted the lowest bid of any of the competitors under the recent advertisement. The four bids received, with the time in which each bidder can complete the work, are as follows: Amount,. Time. Firm of Bid. Months. Langford & Walker, Port- land $140,000 2t Stewart & Wlnslow, Port land 1(3.170 20 Congress Construction Com pany. Chicago 145.SD3 24 Shockleton & Whlteway, Butte, Mont. 149.00.V 24 .A telegram was received by the depart ment August 6 from Yakefleld & Bridges, of Portland, stating that they had that day mailed proposals on this same con tract, but up to the time of opening tho bids today their proposal had not been received. If it should turn out to be lower than, that of Langford & Walker it may pos sibly be considered, but even then it la doubtful If the award could be made, ex cept after a prolonged controversy. The Treasury officials are delighted to find the bids running so low, all being well within the appropriation of 5173,000. They are also pleased to note that the lowest bidder is a local firm, something that seldom occurs on Government work; of this kind. The fact that Langford & Walker are $7000 lower than the next lowest bidder is quite an Inducement to award the con tract to the Portland firm, and If, upon examination, they are found to be com petent and reliable, there is little doubfc about their securing tho award. Stewart & Winslow propose to complete the work in less time than any other bidders, but their price is so much above that of other bidders that this advantage is outweighed. Unless unforseen compli cations arise the contracts should bo closed by September 1. although the Treasury Department is not advised as to whether the building can be turned over to the contractor by that date. Postmaster Bancroft stated last even ing that he will recommend tho accep tance of the Portland company's bid aa soon as he receives official notification; that is, unless a lower and more desir able bid has been presented In the mean time, which is regarded as improbable. While the contract may be closed Sep tember 1, as proposed, Mr. Bancroft stated that It will not be possible to have the postoffice ready for the contractors before October 1. All preparations are being figured on at the postofflce for a quick change to the warehouse at Sixth and Ankeny streets, -which is to serve as quarters while the postoffice is being remodeled, The warehouse Is now used by the Pa cific Coast Biscuit Company, which will have new quarters ready by September 1. A force of men will then be put at work plastering the bare walls and fitting in the different partitions necessary to the various departments of the postoffice. This work. It is estimated by contractors, will occupy about a month. The task of transferring the fixtures can be ac complished in less than a week. Postmaster Bancroft ia greatly pleased at the low bids offered by contractors, and especially at the fact that a Port land Arm appears to be billed for the contract. ' "I had counted on no bids of less than $130,000," said Mr. Bancroft, "and would not have been surprised If they had all hovered close to the appropriation limit of $175,000. I doubt very much If anyone can underbid the offer of the Arm of Langford & Walker, and, if not, I shall recommend that their bid be accepted, as I know them to be perfectly reliable, Mr. Langford being one of Portland's veteran contractors, with a reputation for careful work. Twenty-one months In building Is more time than I had figured on, but that can be overlooked consider ing the low contract price." The proposed alterations, as provided for by Federal appropriation, consist practically of the .complete remodeling of the present building. The west wall will be removed and extended nearly to the sidewalk, while the Interior will be completely worked over and fitted up in modern style, with metropolitan fixtures and appliances. This work is not Includ ed In the present contract, although it must be paid for -out of the original appropriation.