PORTLAND, OBEG02T,:" THURSDAY, 'JANUARY- 17, 1907,
FBICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL. XLVI. XO. 14,387.
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DEAD TOTAL
Earthquake and Fire
Leave 90,000 Home
less in Jamaica.
RICH AND POOR ALL ALIKE
Negroes Loot Ruins and the
Stench of the Dead Ag-
gravates Horror.
extinct Volcano revives
Britain Grateful for Prompt
Aid of America.
EVANS HAS GONE TO SCENE
Two Naval Supply Ships Hasten to
Carry Food Breaking of Ca
bles Still' Shuts Out De
tails of Disaster.
ST. THOMAS. D. W. I.. Jan. 16,-Re-
ports received here from Jamaica say it
Is estimated that lOOO persons have been
killed .by the earthquake and Are and
that 00.000 persons are homeless. The
dimaire to Klnsstoa Alone Is 'placed at
fully 10.OOO,00O.
Advices received from Jamaica declare
that all people have been warned to keep
away from Kingston. The stench is de
scribed s awful. Money is useless. The
banks have been burned, but the vaults
are supposed to be safe.
The misery on all sides Is indescribable.
Rich and poor alike are homeless. Pro-
visfons of all kinds are urgently needed.
It is impossible to say where anybody
can be found.
Sir James Ferguson, vice-chairman of
The Royal Mai! Steamship Company, Is
among? the killed. The dead are being
burled under the smoldering ruins.
The mercantile community suffered
nwt severely, warehouses falling on
them. Many men are dead or injured.
The nejrroea ar looting. Ghastly scenes
are being witnessed.' All the shops have
tiern destroyed and all tlie buildings in
and around Kingston are in ruins. Very
few of them ar safe to live In.
The Governor and his party are safe.
It is reported that an extinct volcano
-in the pariah of Portland Is showing
siR-ns of activity, but this has not been
verified. No news has yet been received
from other parts of the Island of
Jamaica, communication being very dlffl-
GLOOM SPREADS O'EH LONDON
iratltude to Amcrlcii for Aid Jones'
Story of Disaster.
IlNDOX. Jan: IS The brief dispatches
reeeived her. tonight, including some
from Kingston direct, declaring that 100
nnxonq hud been killed in the earthquake
of Monday. 1 ea v e the country apparently
to renewed suspense as to the facts of
Jamaica's capital. Earlier , reports, in
cluding government dispatches, had tend
ed to mill mljte the -worst features of the
first messages received, and. although
there is an Inclination still to credit these
official accounts in the Absence of eon-
nrmation of the latter reports, the relief
frit this afternoon tends to give place to
despondency at the possibility that the
worst fears will he realized when the
rull accounts of the disaster come to
hand.
Two thlnps stand out ot the general
Bloom and brlnir Intense satisfaction to
the British DUbllc. The first is the tact,
confirmed tonight in a dispatch from -Sir
Alfred Jones himself, that the .members
of the Jones party are all safe. The
necond Is found in the prompt and active
steps taken by the American Government
to investigate the real conditions and
afford the necessary succor to the un
fortunate cltyt
Grateful for American Aid.
Special appreclntion is f.Mt at Secretary
Metcalfs decision to act without waiting
far Congress sanction. All possible steps
arc being taken, here, but his generous
action ! none the less appreciated.
The King and Queen and also the Pre
mier. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman,
have hastened to the expressions of the
country's sympathy and are arranging to
hold meetings to express their- sympathy
nnd alTnrd relief to the victims.
Up to a late hour tonight the Colonial
Office had no further news to eomrnun.-
r-n te and the public find satisfaction In
the belief that the casualties among the
KngllFh residents, In the islands had been
few. At .the. time of the writing of this
dispatch, however, a dispatch was rf-
KINGSTON
A THOUSAND
celved from Sir Alfred. Jones., addressed.
to Elder, Dempster & Co., which confirms
the worst fears. The message follows:
Jones Sums XTp. tli Horrors. -
"Kingston was overwhelmed by an
earthquake Monday afternoon1 at 3:20. All
the houses within a radius of 10 miles
have been damased.,.wi. almost all the
city is destroyed.
"Fire broke out after the . earthquake
and completed the destruction. It is esti
mated that 100 persons have been killed
and 1WQ injured. The public offices ana
hospitals are tn ruins. '
'Araona- the killed are Sir James Fergu
son, many prominent merchants and many
natives, There were no fatalities at the
Constant Springs Hotel.
"The bUKlncos quarter of KinRSton is
now smoldering ashes. "We -are thankful
that our party is all right."
This message from Sir Alfred is prac
tically iden-tieal with other messages re
ceived from Kingston, including one from
a correspondent of the Standard, who is
with the Jones party, with the exception
that all the others give the death list as
"several hundred." while a dispatch of a
United States Kenator F. WetiMn,
of .Rhode Island, Who Is Hanng
Hard Contest for Ke-dertion,
similar purport received by the direct
West Indian Cable Company says the loss
of life was "heavy," and adds that Port
Antonio was not badly injured-. At the
present time, therefore. It is quite Im
possible to form 'a reliable idea of th
number of lives lost from the information
available. "
King Cables Sympathy.
King- Edward, through the Karl of
KIsin. Secretary of State for the Colonies,
telegraphed to Sir Alexander Swettenhatn,
Governor of Jamaica, as follows:
' "I am commanded, by the ".King- to re
quest you 'to express to the inhabitants
of Kingston the horror with which his
majesty and the Queen have learned of
the terrible catastrophe "which has -befallen
tlie town with the loss of many
lives, and the deep sympathy ot their
majesties with' the sufferers and the rela-
tlons of those killed.'
The Karl of Elgin, and Sir Henry camp-bell-Bannerman
also have telegraphed to
the- Governor of Jamaica assurances oi
the government's sympathy, with requests
for the fullest particulars of the disaster.
At a meeting of Jamaican proprietors
held in London tonight, at which Sir
Nevill Lubbeck, chairman of the West
India committee, presided, resolutions of
sympathy were adopted.
Hall Calnc Appeals for Relief.
'At the Adelphl theater tonight, during
the performance of "The Bondsman,"
Hall Calne came before the curtain and
announced the safety of Sir Alfred Jones
party. He said also, that the t-ord Mayor
of London, Sir William Treloar, probably
would open a relief, fund tomorrow,, and
expressed the hope that the mimic repre
sentation ' of the desolation of -an earth
quake in "The Bondsman'"' would" open
the purse-strings of the audience.
Personal .messages were .received here
during the day. announcing the safety of
lvord and Lady 1 Dudley, Lord Mountmor-
res, Ilennikcr Hcaton, II.' P., and others.
1 AXO JURE AITKK SHOCK
Governor Leads ' in Rescue' Work.
Many Flee to Hills.
NHW YORK, Jan. Sonic additional
details of the disastrous earthquake that
overtook Kingston. Jamaica. were . re
ceived here early today. It is estimated.
tneso details slate, that one-sixteenth of
the city -was destroyed y the shocks and
the fire that followed. Tthe number of
killed, is placed at 30 and the injured at
m. . -
Many structures went down in the lower
section as a result of the first shook and
iflre started along: the wharves. - The ex-
cltemcnt and confusion ana the debris,
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Spokane Hears of Wa
ter Competition.
RAILROADS LOSE BY CODDLING
Vast Tonnage Brought by
Steamer to Coast.
STEAMSHIP MAN'S STORY
Takes Traffic From Railroads Be
cause Their Rates to Portland
and Spokane Are the Same.
Many Jobbers Oppose Suit.
BY K. W. WRIGHT.
SPOKANE, Wash.. Jan. It5. (Staff
Correspondence.) The prosecution in
the Spokane rate case before Inter
state Commerce Commissioners Prouty
and Lano today drifted still farther
away from the nolnt on which its com-
plaint was based. The distaste tor
testimony touching on discriminatory
freight rates was so pronounced that
both of the attorneys ,for Spokane
made strenuous objection to the intro
duction of evidence showing: the mag
nitude, of the water traffic between the
Atlantic seaboard and the North Ia-
cific ports and the remarkably low
rates at which it was carried.
Mr. Jackson, traffic, manager of the
American-Hawaiian Steamship Line, or,
as the competing railroads facetiously
term it., "the American highwayman"
line. was. the . first witness that has
been put on by the Coast Jobbers and
the figures he presented were of striking-
significance. The prosecution ap
parently scented danger for its cause,
for it insisted that any testimony given
by Mr. Jackson would have nothing
of importance in connection with Spo
kane, rates." . ' " .
Spokane Already Flavored.
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- J. N. Teal. -on. behalf of" the Port
land jobbers, said' that he proposed to
show that the Coast was not now gret-
in the rates to which she was en
titled, and that a monopoly had been
ariven the Spokane Jobbers in certain
territory by favorable rates not war
ranted by natural conditions.
Mr. Adams retorted that he bad no
authority from his clients to admit
that water transportation had anything
to do with fixing rates. As the prose-
cution had from the first day been
shying away from the. discriminatory
feature of the ease, this was the first
time that the conflicting jobbing in-
teres ts had clashed during the orator
ical melee.
Mr. Cotton Interrupted long enough
to state that, "inasmuch as we are
merely the trustees for these gentle
men, J hope that they can agree on
the division of the spoils." He also
said, "I do rot fhink it will result in
much Rood to either, but they may
succeed In upsetting- our whole system
ot Coast freight rates." ,
The Boston attorney for Spokane
continued his objections until Com
missioner Prouty. Quite peremptorily
stated that Mr. Jackson would be
heard.
Extent of AVater Competition.
2Hr. Jackson's testimony was a reve
lation to the few Spokane jobbers who
were In attendance, and will undoubt
edly prove- -urprisina- to most of the
Coast jobbers. The prosecution made
a wak attempt to prove tliat tlie bus
iness wan in effect under the domina
tion of the r)lroads, hut the testimony
was so clear on all points brought out
by Scth, Mann, attorney for the Coast
jobbers, that there was practically
nothing on which the testimony could
he attacked.
Mr. Jackson showed that his line in
1906 carried from New York and Phila
delphia to Paclflc Coaj-t ports 116. OOO
tons of freight.- while tramp steamers
and regular Panama liners carried an
additional 60.000 tons. He further
stated that double that amount would
have been carried had they had the
capacity for the offerings. lie Htated
that with the improved service of the
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W. E. Borah. Idaho.
Tehuantepec route, the company would
this year handle more than , 250,000
tons of westbound freight By copies
of manifests of freight, for Portland.
Seattle and ' Ta.com a., he- showed that
the steamers were now carrying- prac
tically all. classes of. freight that could
he shipped by rail, more than 90 per
cent of the- commodities . appearing on
the transcontinental rail tariffs being
in cargoes carried by his line, the only
exceptions beliur explosives-and perish
able Roods.
Kates Lower Than by Rail.
The sensational part of his statement
was that this frelsrht was carried from
Atlantic to : Pacific terminals at rates
20 to 60 per cent lower than the rail
rates. As an illustration, he toolc the
first item on a. Portland manifest for
freight in a steamer now enroute. This
item was caustic soda in drums, and
the rate was 45 cents per lOO to Fort
land, compared with 75 cents per 1O0
by rail to '"Portland or Spokane, the
inland city on this, as well as a large
number of other articles,, enjoying the
same rate as Portland'
Mr, 'Jackson admltitd that they had
no fixed rate, but made rates enough
lower than the rail rates to fret the
business. He admitted that at times.
when it was necessary to fill a ship,
he would cut the rate as low as he
pleased, and that in such emergencies
he had taken freight as low as $4 per
ton. He explained that It was this
privilege of changing rates on a mo
ment's notice that enabled him to take
freight away from the railroads at
points as far inland as Michigan and
Wisconsin, the sea rate always being
governed by circumstances, but never
approaching within from 20 to 60 per
cent ot the rail rates. This testimony
put the Coast jobbers' lmpregnabe nat
ural position before the Commission
In the clearest possible manner.
Spokane Has Better Rates.
- At its conclusion the railroads again
took up the case, and by cross-exam-
ination of the prosecutjon's own rate
expert, completely refuted yesterday's
testimony of M r. Gordon, a wholesale
grocer. . They showed that he enjoyed
more favorable rates than Portland in
the Ooeur d'Alene country, and that
and south for a distance of from 100
to 200 miles. One of Spokane's Rail
road Commission chickens came unex
pectedly home to, , roose when Mr.
Stephens complained that a recent rate
from Seattle to Montana points had
wiped Spokane off the map in that
district. M r. . Prouty . asked Harry
Adams, Western trarnc manager or the
Great Northern, for an explanation.
and he demonstrated quite clearly that
the new rate was the result of a re
adjustment ordered by the Washington
Railroad Commission, in applying Its
new distance tariff. Mr. Adams also
explained that Walla Walla had also
secured a Jobbing acne by reason., or
a. ruling; of the Railroad oinmission.
M'oodworth Cjoos Into History
Ill the presentation of railroad history
aiAl actual facts leading up to the estab
lishment of at -jobbing- zone 4n Spokane.
J. O. Woodworth, traffic- manager of the
Northern Pacific, was the most interest
ing witness yet on the stand. He went
back to the time when the Northern Pa
cific, in order to build up traffic along
the Spokane ft Falouse branch, had given
Spokane a preferential rate over Port
land. He told of the readjustment of
rates made necessary by the arrival of
the Great Northern at Spokane and Of the
strife provoked, which resulted in all of
the - Northern Unas withdrawing: ifrorn
the,' Transcontinental Association. He
touched briefly on the rate war brought
on by the San Francisco jobbers In
retaliation, for the liberality of the North
ern lines, stated that not until 1S9S had
there been a restoration of rates and even
then the general policy of rate-making
was in a. somewhat chaotic condition.
The matter was again complicated In
1900 "oy the substitution- of steam for sail
on the round-the-Horn route, and in 1904
a boycott by Spokane against the north
ern lines brought on more trouble.
Spokane Kate Always Factor.
Mr. Woodworth stated that through all
those turbulent years there was hardly
a rate of any consequence made between
the Missouri River and the Pacific and
between the Mexican border and Canada
in wliiea the. Spokane rate was not in
volved to a ffrcter or a lesser degree.
The present jobbing: rate under which
Ppokano is operating went into effect,
after the - readjustment which followed
the row or lW.
In answer to a -Question of Mr. Prouty
as to how he justified the making of a
lower rate to I'ortland than to Spokane
from' Chicago, which was, so far inland
from water competition. Mr. Woodworth
stated that the Chicago manufacturer"
were in competition with those on the
Atlantic peahoard in many commodities
and the low rate given from t. Chicago
west was In effect a meeting f the
water competition. For illustration, he
mentioned steel rails, which, he said, they
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STATES SENATORS ELECTED
' X'orrli Brown, Nebraska.
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Woman Heads List for
Carnegie Awards.
DOG SHARES GLORY WITH HER
Helped Her to Save Two Girls
From Drowning.
OREGON CITY MAN HONORED
Stowe Rewarded for Saving George
Hcmmingrer at Portland TJast
July Three Men Save Otl-
crs, but Lose Own Lives.
PITTSBURG. Jan. 16.-(3pec!al.)-Ore-
firon fissured prominently today- in the
awarding, of medals and money from fhe
Carnegie hero fund.
One of the most interesting awards
of the day was that of a silver medal to
Mrs- Mary Gertrude Black:, of Gardiner.
Or., whose dog not only saved the life
of his mistress, but that, of Beulah Bal-
dersee, aged 11. as well. -Mrs. Black
jumped Into a river to save three women
friends from drowning. Her dog went
with her. Ruth Baldersee, aged 16, was
saved and Mrs. Black and her dog went
back for the others. They pulled Mrs.
Black to the bottom of the stream' and
she was drowning, when her dog dived
and she clutched him by the collar. The
dog- swam to the shore, taking- both his
mistress and the girl, whom she, held.
The other woman was drowned. The
event happened at Sampson, Or., on July
23, 1904.
A bronze medal was awarded to S. M.
Stowe. asred 26 years, of Oregon City, Or.,
who saved 3eorg Hemmlnger, of Port
land, Or. from drowning on July JO, 1906.
Thomas A. Harris, of Ogden, Utah,
aged 17, was given a. bronie medal and
SJOOU'for educational purposes for rescu
ing Ivy G. Blair, aged 1, from drowning:,
George H. Foci!, of Grand Island, Jeb.
received a bronze medal and $250 for sav
ing- a child from -being run over by a
locomotive. He w&er crippled permanent-
ly by his act.
Other awards worthy of especial men
tion were CHne Horton, John H. Young,
James Lukins, of Illinois; Ieo H. Nokes,
of Iowa; Herman Zick, .of Wisconsin;
Morris A- Xourse, of Iowa; the parents
of Benjamin "Willetts, of Missouri: Jere
miah M. Donovan, of New Tork; the
widow of Herman J. petzel, of St. Louis,
and the father of Luther H. Wagner, of
Pennsylvania,-
. .Willetts Petzel and Wagner sacrlfled
their lives in saving others. .
Ten. silver and eight bronze medals
besides S9Z10 In cash, were awarded.
GREAT 0AM IS IN DANGER
ALLEGHKNY ItlVEIS FLOOD
WASHES AWAY HOtSES.
Current Near Pittsburg Eats. Out
Banks and Government May
Blow I'p Dam.
PITTSBURG, Jan. 16.-Three add!-
tional houses were swept away tonight
by the high water in the -Allegheny
River at . Sprlngdale, Pa., near here,
which broke the dam and is now flood-
ing the.lowlands.
The water Is now over 300 feet Into
the land around the west end of th
dam. According to the United, States
Kncineers, who were preparing to dy
namite the dam, the water Is washing
the river bank, away a t the rate of
SO Icet an hour. Already the damage
done exceeds $50,000.
FLOODS IX EAST AND SOUTH
Weather Bureau Also Predicts Storm
on California Coast.
iXTAOtrrVnTANT Tan 1fi Tha w9h-
1 er bureau tonight issued flood warn
YESTERDAY
.-, F, Frje, Maine.
iriRn, indlcaMnp a"-rise in the Colorado
River -and moro serious floods below
the mouth of the Little Kanawha River
and in the lower Mississippi-River.
Special fq recast : Storm warning's
are displayed on the,, California coast
. Flood , Threatens Kentucky,
LOUISVIIyl.l-X Ky.,.Jan. W.-The east
ern half of Kentucky Is facing a flood
situation which .threatens to become
grave. Every stream is out of its banks
and rising rapidly. Only a sharp cold
snap can prevent serious damage. Beat-
tyville, on the Licking River, is threat'
ened with a costly inundation.
Two States Are Slseet of Ice.'
ARKANSAS CITY. Kan., Jan. 16.-
Southern Kansas and Northern Oklahoma
are covered -with ice today. Xtain fell
last night and the temperature dropped
below the freezing point Conditions are
had for stock.
Wires are down and
trains are late.
Storm Prostrates Missouri Wires.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Jan. lti. The most
severe sleet storm in 20 years prevailed
Edwin 9. Htaart, Former Mwwwiyw
Boy, Inamrated as Cover nor of
Pennsylvania.
last night and today in the middle and
northern portion of Missouri. Scores of
telephone and telegraph poles were car
ried down under the welprht of Ice. ren
dering wire communication impossible.
Trains from the East and North were late
today.
CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER
The Weather.
TKSTDRuAY'tS Maximum temperature, ' UB
ckgrces; minimum, 17 degrees.
National.
Senator Carmwk defend w discharge of
Brownvll le rioters. Page li.
Senate Committee proposes lease of coal
land. Page 3.
Defense of Roosevelt' action on Japanese
Question made In Hou Pbgo A.
Roosevelt speaks on relations with Ameri
can republics and ship subsidy. Page a.
Foreign.
Division among' French bishops on church
reparation law. Page 3.
Desperate right follows Russian jail-break.
Page a.
Smallpox breaks out among Chlnew famine
sutferers. Pae 'J.
More facts about Kingston earthquake en
larger! dcathrol). Page 1.
Politics.
Gurcr-nhfilm is eloctod Senator and resigns
all business connections. Page 4.
Batley suffers reverse in Texan. Page -4.
IKunml le.
tfa.kin writes on growth or tipping evil.
Page 1.
Wheat and flour shipment of Portland and
other porta. . Page -Two
Oregon heroes awarded medals from
Carnegie fund.
Floods in Eastern rivMi Fage 1.
tShipprw-onmmltte appeals to Roosevelt on
car shortage. Page 4.
Oregon legislature.
Opposition to railroad legislation will cen
ter In Senate. Page 6.
Clerkship graft reduced to harmless pro
portions. Page tt.
Ancient calendar graft killed. Page tt.
State schools demand - large appropriations.
Page 6.
New county to be called Deschutes to be
formed. Page T. '
Fellow-servant rule to be abolished. Page 7.
; Paelrle oast.
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Steamboat man givos strong evidence at
Spokans rate hearing;. Page 1.
(jitlzftist of A.Ua,mr. Or., bold up train and
Ktral conl. I'age . ' , " '
Ex-Ooverrug- Pardee v makes ," sensational
speech.. Pflgc 3.
President Lucas. of North west Baseball
League, to turn outlaw. Page US..
Portland and Vicinity.
New anrountant will probably be named to
expert city s. booka. Pag 10. - . ,
Japanese girl and abductor returned from
Taom- Pago ; 14.
Grooera ann mrrohantu meet to, form state
association. Page J-.' '
Judging begun at poultry show. Pag 9.
C'omnenial and Marine.
Good outlook In prune marXct. Pago 13.'
Narrow fluctuations in Chicago wheat mar
ket. Pago 12.
Bar raid In storkn at N-w- Tork. Page .1 -V.
British .nark Galena - on tatsop spit Is re
ported to he leaking, rage 14.
CoentlnK steamers tfd - tip at AfltoHa on
account of ice. Page 14.
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PAID OUTIN TIPS
People Pay Blackmail
to Get Attention. .
HONEST LABOR IS DEGRADED
Pullman Compels Patrons to
Pay Porters' Wages.
BARBERS' GRAFTING TRICK
Waiters Fay for Their Jobs and DI
vide Tips All Along Line Euro
pean View of Subject an
Insult to Americans.
BY FREDERIC J. HASKTX.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 16. CSpecl&I
Correspondence.) The manner In
which the people of the United States
are borrowing the pernicious tippinir
habit from Europe la a matter for
grave concern. Already the annual
sum we are spending to oil each oth
er's palrrvs runs Into the millions, and
the practice Is Increasing- so rapidly
that goodness only knows where tt will
end if something is not done to remedy
the evil.
Take the case of your smiling- friend,
the Pullman porter. Do you know that
the dimes and quarters and half-dollars
given him by our traveling public
every year amount to more than $2.
000,000; that we present him with 6)00
every morning before breakfast? Let's
figure It out. There are about 8000
porters in the employ of the Pullman
Company. It the total amount received
by each of them was a dollar a day,
that would be SS000. . But In order .to
make allowance for time off and for
stjngy or frugal travelers who give
little or nothing-, suppose we knock
off a couple of thousand dollars ever?
morning. That would make $6000 a
day, or 'f 2,190,000 for the year.
Goes Into Pullman' Coffers.
This generosity on the part of the
traveling public would tie all right II
the porters grot the benefit of it. But
they do not. Under present conditions,
the tips are merely another source of
profit for the already fattened coffers
of the Pullman Company. One would
suppose that all the time of a grown
up man. In most Instances with a fam
ily to support, would at least be worth
$10 a week or $40' a month to a rich
concern earning millions in dividends.
Rut the porter Is paid only i - a
month and is left to get the remainder
from the public. Therefore the Pull
man Company, on account of tti tlp
given Its employes, makes a savin fir ot
115 per month on each one of them,
amounting: to $120,000 a month, or $1,-
4 4 O, OOO a year. This Is as much of a
"pick-up to the sleeping-car trust as
if it found that much money lyin? .
around loose somewhere'. Tt makes
that savins; In the salaries of Its men.
simply because the public steps up and
foots the bill.
After the thousands of passengers
arriving; at their destinations in this
country every morning turn over $6000
to the Pullman porters, they give away
another $1000 to station boys who car
ry their baga out from the trains. Be
fore they Ret comfortably settled down
to the breakfast table another donation
of $2000 or such a matter is made to
liark-drlvcra. Thort the waiters pro
ceed to "jyot theirs.' After the porters
no other class of servants drpend to
much upon tips as the waiters.
Trie-Its of Walters to Get Fees.
In many of the large establishments In
the cities the attendants have a perfectly
orRanixed system for sccuririfr and sharing-
the proceeds they g;et from the pub
lic. One way of working It Is like this:
When you enter the dinlne-room for a
first meal at a hotel the head waiter
places you at a table and then -watches
carefully when you leave to see If you
fee the waiter. If you leave some chanfc
the head waiter claims part of It. If
the one who attended you should refuse
to dfvide. the next time you enter the
dining-room you will toe put at some other
table presided over by a square" man.
Sometimes the only way a waiter can
Ket prompt service in the kitchen for a
favored truest is to "see the server.
Thus, when you leave a quarter under
the edge of your plate it does not always
go into the pocket of the man who at-
tendeM you, as you might suppose, but
Is distributed among a number of em
ployes with whom you do not conic In
contact. If you fail to leave any chan
under your plate and remain at that
hotel for any length of time, you will
be likely to receive scant consideration,
for the servants will be busy looking
after those people who are not absent
minded when they finish their meat".
Cream Only for Tippers.
One hotel proprietor told me about art
experienee he had with a new waiter
who came to his place. Xhe new man
came on at the breahrast hour( and In
the course of tim was sent to wait upon
the manager without knowing who h
was. Instetfd of serving a small cup of
cream lor the cotice he Drought milk
with it. The manager said to him:
"Here, take this mil It back and bring
me some cream. "We have no cream,"
said the newcomer. Tn? surprised man
tCoBcludetl on Pats lO.i