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Show , RESULTS OF POSTAL INVESTIGATION TK2 SPANISH FOIUC PRESS, ARDBXW BRAMttH JE7KX, MIUMk rOK. Fourth Assistant Postmafer-General- Congress of the results of UTAH STATE NEWS. theNoticing Investigation Into corrupt practices obtaining In the Postofllce deIk Nelson, a Moroni lad, fell while portment, President Roosevelt sent tho to the legislawalking along the sidewalk and frac- following memorandum tive body: tured his Jaw hone. be r, 1902, It appear that In I Bam T. Briley. formerly owner of a saloon In Balt Lake City, suicided on the 30th, taking a dose of morphine. Toquerville and vicinity Is experiencing a season of drought which Is not encouraging either to farmers or Payne and Congressman K. F. Loud, chairman of the Connnlttue o held and on the variout consultations regarding the postal service, and hh a result of these InIt was determined l hat a soon terview as possible after the necessary appioprla-tlon- s could tie made by I he Cimgress an in vest la Ion should be made of the seragreevice, both Messrs. Payne and stockmen. ing a to the need for the Investigation 100 The Z. C. M. I. will distribute and the time when It should take place. WW In the tons of coal this month as Its annual Accordingly, anhillIncrease of 15,In January reported upproprlalion Christmas donation to the poor of was made for Ihfl express purpose of currying on the Investigation In question. Balt Lake City. has been formed at Cethere the Iron to establish dar City The bank. county capital stock Is 315,600, which has nearly all been taken. Bishop Ablel Ieonard of this Episcopal diocose, who was widely known throughout the west, died at St. Mark's hospital, Salt Lake City, on the 3rd. James Slater of Huntsville was the Victim of a serious accident last week. While feeding a hay baler his foot was caught In the machinery and se- verely crushed. II. J. Grinin, fireman, was killed and Engineer Bogart seriously Injured In a collision between two light engines at Montollo, Nev. Both men were residents of Ogden. The new count in the contest between William Driver. Republican, and W. Rollo Emmett, Democrat, for councilman from the Fifth ward. Ogden, resulted In a victory for Emmett When the finishing touches have boea completed the Holy Cross hospital la Salt Lake City will have what Is said to be the finest operating room between Chicago and San Francisco. Moss Klfford, colored, of Salt City, charged with murder In the first degree, foy the killing of William Harvey, otherwise known as "Bad Alley," was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter. Aurora Hodge, the young woman awaiting Irlal for the murder of William X. Ryan near Salt Lake City last July, died at the Holy Cross hospital oa the 1st. from the effects of an operation performed for appendicitis. It baa been decided to establish at Lei and an auxiliary cutting station to supply the Lehl sugar factory with beet Juice from beets grown In the vicinity of Spanish Fork, Fayson, Benjamin and Salem. Professor Orson Pratt, the oldest child of Apostle Orson Pratt, and who baa lived In Utah for fifty years, being one of the foremost musical Instructors of the state, died at the borne of his son In Ogden on the 6th. For the offense of tying a can to the tall of company Gs mascot, a pug (log, two men of the other company which Is stationed at Scofield were confined in the guardhouse all day and made to do police duty the next A ! day. Fred Ilolmberg, a structural Iron worker, was Instantly killed at the Portland cement works to Salt Lake City on the 1st. he having accidentally come In contact with a live wire, the shock causing him to fall a distance of twenty feet, his skull being fractured. Rasmus Strate, a resident of Spring City, narrowly escaped serious Injuries In a runaway accident early in the week. Mr. Strate suffered several bad brulsee and wounds about the head, be having Jumped from the wagon, lighting on h!s head. In answer to the query from the Green River schorl district, Emery county, as to whether the school house may be uel for public dances, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Nelson has written a letter to the clerk of tho board of trustees In which he says "no." The toll lino of tho Utah Light A Tower company from Garland to Ogden, which has been constructed for the purpose of bringing power from the latter place to connect with the company's line at Ogden. Is completed, with the exception of the stringing of the wires. The secretary of tho Interior bas authorized tho grazing of 125.000 sheep and 15,000 horses and catto In tho Uintah forest reserve next season, sheep to graze front July 1st to September 20th, cattle and horses from May 15th to October Slat While picking coal from the right of way of the Rio Orando Western at Trovo, Hans Christian Anderson was struck by a passenger train and Anderson was a man instantly klll-nl- . 62 years of tee and very deaf, and he did not hear the warning whistle of the engine, Mrs. J. K. McClonahan, residing In Mt Pleasant, sustained some bad Injuries about her hip and body one day last week by falling from a trunk on whteti she was standing, and striking a chair before reaching tho floor. J $ho Is painfully Injured. CLEVEB ER DE MULE. Post-Road- Post-OlHc- I The Investigation made by Mr. Bristow disclose a condition of gross corruption In the office of tho Find Assistand In that of ant Poatniusler-tienoia- l for tho tho Assistant Attorncy-Oerioru- l Pout Olllce department. In tho case of the superintendent of free delivery, Mnrh-etho evidence shows that his misconduct begun Immediately after his appointment Iri September, 1593. In the caso of . salaries superintendent and allowances, Beaver. It began soon after he was appointed to that place In 1897. In the case of Assistant Altorney-(JenerTyner it has gone on for a number of years, but it Is Impossible to say exactly when It began. The following la a list of the fourteen Post Office employes In the service at the time this Investigation was begun, who are apparently must seriously Implicated In the wrongdoing, together with an account of the steps that have been taken by the Government In each case. Assistant (The case of Heath, who had left the service over three years before this Investigation was begun. Is set forth In the report of Mr. Bristow.) James N, Tyner. Assistant Attorney-Generfor the department: e deappointed special agent, partment. March 7, 1861; with Intervals of a few years has been In the service ever since, and was Postmaster-Genera- l under President Grant for several months; ha was removed April 22. 1993; he hae since been Indicted three times. A. W. Machen, general superintendent system; appointed clerk In at Toledo, Ohio, March 1,'18S7; continuously In service ever since save for three years; removed May 27, 1993; has since been Indicted fourteen times. George W. Beavers, general superintendent of salaries and allowances; appointed to clerkship In New York January, Dud; continuous service ever since; resignation accepted to take effect March 31, 19u3; hae since been Indicted eight times. James T. Metcalf, superintendent e inrder system; appointed spector February 2, 1882; hae been In postal service ever since; removed June 17, 1303; has been Indicted once. Daniel V. Miller, assistant attorney, department; appointed July 1, the -- st al Post-Offic- e Post-Offic- free-dellvepoet-offl- post-offi- money-o- post-offic- Poat-Offl- 1902; removed May 25, 1903; Indicted once; after one mistrial was retired and acquitted. Louie Kempner, superintendent registry system; appointed clerk In New York post-offi- a, isos, August, 1886; removed October Charles Hedges, superintendent rlly service; appointed assistant service July superintendent t, 1898; removed July 22, 1903. James W. Grain, assistant superintendent service; appointed inspector June 27. 18S7; removed September 16. 1903; Indicted once. W. Scott Towers, superintendent Station C. Washington, I). C.; appointed e clerk, Washington November, 1890; removed October, 1903; indicted three - free-dellve- y free-dellve- post-offl- post-offic- times. Otto F. Weis, assistant superintendent registry division. New York e appointed clerk. New York June, 1890; removed October 21, 1903. post-offic- e; post-offic- T. W. McGregor, clerk, division, In charge of supplies; appointed department. March 11. lttd; removed June A D3; indicted twice. C. K. Upton, clerk, division; appointed July 1, 19uo; removed June A 1903; Indicted once. M. W. Louie, superintendent supply die vision; appointed Kansas city April 17, 1897: removed October 21, 13uS. Charles B. Terry, clerk, supply division; appointed September 39, 1909; removed OcPoat-Offl- post-offic- tober 21, 1901 The three chief offenders in the Government service were Tyner, Machen and Beavers. As regards Messrs. Beavers and Machen the corruption took the form of bribery and blackmail In connection with tha purchnse of Government supplies. In the office of the Assistant Attorney-Gener- for the department, under Tyner and Barrett, far greater wrong was Inflicted upon the publlo than could be measured by a pecuniary standard, fur In this office the corruption of the Government officials took the form of concerns and simfavoring ilar swindling schemes; in other words, the criminals, whom It was the sworn duty of these Government officials to prosecute, paid them for ei mission to fleece the public unmolested. I heartily approve of the recommendation of Messrs, Conrad and Bonaparte that the statute of huuiatlons be extended til the case of Government servants to a period of at least five years; for the persona who In such position of trust engage In corrupt practices can ordinarily conceal their guilt for a longer time man la covered by the present short statute of Umluthma. No crime calls for sterner reprobation than the crime of the corruptionist In pubita life, and of the man who seeks to corrupt him. The bribe giver and the bribe taker are equally guilty. Both alike sin against the primary law of the State's safety. All questions of difference In party policy sink Into InsIgnllUance when the people of this country are brought face to face with a question like this, which lire at the root of honest and decent government. On this question, and on all other like It. w can afford to have no division among good cltlxons, becomes a farce If Ills representatives of the people corrupt other or are themselves corrupted. Freedom Is not a gift which will turry long in the hands Of the dishonest or of those o foolish or so Incompetent a to tolerate iitnhonesty In their public servants. I'n-dour system all power come from the Post-Offic- e Water Supply Important. Many pooplo who build homos In tho country fall to realize, until It t ttx Into, that the question of water lupply la the most lmnnett problem with which they havo to grapple. The UOv Is that an abundant quantity of water thould be provided for before tbe location for house or atahle or garden la chosen. Every additional foot which water has to he carried Increase the expense and often diminishes the aupply. Country Life in America. "Drier". But vers, and and all punishment rests ultimately with the people. The toleration of the wrong, not the exposure of tho wrong. 1.1 the real o!T rise, THRU Dull K KUOS R V ELT. people, l. BRISTOW TELLS OF FRAUDS. Astounding Revelations of Long-Exist- ing Corruption. The report of Fourth Asdslant J. ster-General postal Investigation Postma- I,, fit (slow on is substantially the as follows: He first tak up the ruse of Michael W. Louis of flncinnull. appointed In 1897 Acting Kuperlntendent of the Supply Division. Hi amounted to peculations many thousands of dollars. He was removed In October. 1903. The administrative methods of Tyner and Bariett me i b urly Illustrated In a number of cass which were passed upon by tie ni. Mr. Bristow shows how many fraudulent schemes were accordrd protection by Barrett and allowed use of the mulls. These Include many small swindles hi the shape of lottery inducements, nt schimts. etc. Of the swindles Mr. Bristow says: E. J. Arnold & Co., of St. Louis, Mo., were conducting what is known as a scheme. On November 25. 1992, the Inspectors, having Investigated the company, recommended that a fraud order be issued against tt. In the meantime the company hod employed Barrett aa Its attorney and paid him a fee of 35,009. And Instead of Issuing. a fraud order Tyner gave the company a Two days aftci letter of commendation. Tyner wrote this letter Barrett received a check of 31.999 aa an additional fee. The company failed In February, 1903 assets. $75,090; liabilities. $3,120,776. J. J. Ryan A Co. J. J. Ryan A Co., of St. Louis, was a kindred Institution to Arnold & Co. In October, 1902, the Ina fraud order spectors recommended against this company. The company was given a hearing by the Assistant-Attorne- y General's Office and another Investigation by the inspectors was requested. In the meantime J. M. Johns, an attorney at Rockville, Bid., made a proposition to Ryan that for a fee of $5,999 he could help him. through his friend D. V. Miller, of the Assistant Attorney-General- 's Office. After some negotiations ft was agreed that $4,500 would be paid to Johnu by Ryan If he would give him a clean e bill" before the department. This Johns agreed to do, and Miller secured a favorable ruling for Ityan & Co., which he sent to Johns. As a result of this transaction Miller and Johns were Indicted. Rifling of the safe. On April 21, 1903. while the investigation of the Assistant Attorney-General- 's Office was In progress. Mrs. J. N. Tyner, in a clandestine manner, admitted Mrs. Barrett and Mr. Hamner, a safe expert. Into a private room of the Assistant Attorney-General- 's Office, where ho unlocked the safe and took out all of the contents, which Mrs. Tyner carried off. What was In the safe no one knows but the Tyners. Mrs. Tyner stated that she went to the office and secured the contents of the safe under the direction of her husband, which statement he confirmed. As a result of this episode Tyner was summarily removed from the office of Assistant eneral and Chrlstlancy resigned. Vop sis smSr tynef administration certain favoied frauds and lotteries were given ftee use of the malls. Barretts scheme to resign and practice before the Office, and Tyners part In that scheme, us set forth In the hody of this report, was the climax of official perfidy, more evil In Its results and more to the public conscience demoralizing than outright embezzlement or open n "turf-lnvestme- Post-Offic- Attorney-G- theft. Tyner and Barrett were Indicted on October 6 by the grand Jury for the District of Columbia for conspiracy to defraud. The frauds In money-ordforms. In which James T. Metcnlf, superintendent of the money-orde- r system. Is Involved, and for which he was removed from office, are next taken up. A long list of swindles carried out by August W. Machen of Ohio Is enumerated. and the charge la made that he has been guilty of forgery. The schemes by which the government was defrauded Include carriers' satchels, the Groff fasteners for letter boxes, painting of Btreet tetter boxea. carriers' leather cases, the contract for street letter boxes, package boxes, the Montague Indicator, a device attached to street letter boxes showing the hours of collection, and rural carriers' er $45,599.30. "In 1901 an effort waa made by First M. W. Assistant Posimnster-Oenera- l Johnson and his chief clerk, John M. Mas-tereto reduce the price of these time corders. but the effort was afterwards abandoned. "H. J. Truesdcll, who was agent of the company at the time these clocks were first adopted, states that he paid Machen 51.900 for his services In securing their Introduction into the service. Criminal action on such payme nt is barred by the statute of limitations. By the purchasing of canceling machines for use In the postal service It Is shown that the government ha lost over which sum was divided among the conspirators Interested. Here again criminal action is barred by the statute of lim- $100,009, itations. Says Mr. Bristow: "The most Important contract for canceling machines was that for the Dore-muIts original promoters wers W. D. Doremus, the Inventor; L. T. Michener, member of the law firm of Dudley & s. e ! W as salable commodities, On work he concentrated all his mule- -" olo Brer Adam name de o. mule! O, muleyo! moughty cool He prokch dot critter size im wld er two fut rule. know Fn cose Brer Adam goiter dey ovagrow-- m Koccum dem yeahs mule he laff en 'low "Desso!" O. mule! O, muleyo! dah, ah guess--0, Sis' Eve she settln mule! O. muleyo! er dress. foh She sohtln tigleafs to sly Kb 'low Brer Adam bes In mule. eye. dat sh t say dey fightyo unnahstan , laff Brer Adam man He des lak ev'y urrer own he plan. En he gwins foller J, mule! O, muleyo! slz-- O He tek dat rule en git de mule! O, muleyo! eyes. Dat mule he squfnch dem enceltful feels-- At en prods Bier Adam plnts s Ug hee critter dat tech he las' f. En den dey come er big en er if Dat mule widout no sech er lit I Des gib Brer Adam O, mule! O, muleyo! Brer Adam light owdaeious hahd O. mule! O. muleyo! He drap down clah outside de yand He flop down talkin' by de kyahd! Ah aln' gwlne say des whut he call Dat mule fum out do gyahden wall But den de mule's mule, atter all! O, mule! O, muleyo! W D. N. In Chicago Tribune. Ma-che- n. Bird. The women of the Canary Islands have even more Moorish blood in their veins than their Spanish cousins. Their dark beauty is well set off by the white shawl covering the head and framing the face, a garment probably A Canary ni post-offic- de-gi- ee free-dellve- ty Chi-cag- ton-uag- be-co- hay-seed- . mrr qtq '' S 1 result jters. j Mail c Chinese of sum tt Ki' closed his , renown i5 on publication' book showed every sKn of noticed. The author, however hit on a unique way of advertising it wrote from Marseilles a letter An Indignant Republican" to thf thoritles In Paris, violently cenX the book as dangerous to nuhiu ality and demanding the ment of Its author. When were made, the writer and thetnr were found to be one and the person, but the writer's object 1 stud i&e ;obhers Hi j at and esc at ,:ed $ Russia's jlir.ost t ,iy for W the In a -- Cha be compa cars at accomplished. ka-blf- implicated. "Tha system of organized that has been disclosed began Incorruption 1S93 and continued until stopped by this investigation. The amount of money secured by the corrupt officials and their confederates Is small as compared to the total loss to the Government. To Illustrate: "Barrett received but $6,000 from Arnold, yet that company defrauded the badges. people out of over $3.000.000l Machen The report continues; probably did not receive more than $26.-0from the Groff fastener. Yet the "In August. 1897. George W. Beaver was appointed chh f of the salary and alhas paid approximately $130,000 lowance division. Bt avers' methods have for that device, which represents a net be. i reckless and without rule or rrgu-Isince the Department continued, lo, by the term of the contract for letter Ity. Increases of allowances for clerk e were boxea. In to pay for the original fasteners. made ns mathits Heaver and his associates received less ters of favor regardless of the necessities of the service. were frePromotion than $20.ono from the automatic cashier. quently made without consideration of Yet the Department expended $74,275 for tills wholly unnecessaty machine. The the merits of the cleik promoted. Longtime lea.. for po.d office premises Were total amount that the perpettatora of canceled and the rent Increased upon the tluse frauds thrmsclvis received can not be definitely learned, but It will agtre-Mll- e ri coninn nd itlon of prominent political leiideis. sometime Without lig.ild to the between $199,000 and $ too 090. While the loss to the government. consulei tug rental value of the premises." In the list of Beavers' misdeeds are the unnee. ssary supplies that have been Included the sole of promotions, and the purchased and the Inferior quality of those furnished by ftaudnlent contractA CANAR B1R P padding of pay rolls for cleik hire, operors. cun not be estimated with any ations wlil.ii tutted Beavers many thouderived from tho of dollais. Moslem veil. Cut sands of accuracy. ". tho gross abuses The report shows that the government have been the whites of tho large, lustrous eyes has been swindled out of a vast amount brought to light they l.nve been promptare whiter than the shawl. of money by fiau.lul.i t liases. Twenty ly corrected by the proper departmental In of officer. clte.l. nre all Contiacts where which fraud Beavers has been ions Holds Old Commission. was Implicated, and which have been disiovercd have been annulled. The revelations In this "The results of the Investigation demIn August, mi. S. P. Richmond of fully proved. onstrate thot all traveling agents of tho Freetown, conneetUm. and In the case of the purMass., was commissioned a chasing of large amounts of "Brandt Department such as assistant superinAutomatic ftisbier." are astounding. tendents of salaries and allowances, of lieutenant In Co. O, Third regiment, Mr. Bristow the service, the Railway M. V. M. Col. Richmond believes ho Mall Service, and tho registry system, holds tho oldest "Ellmh.. ting tram consideration all Incommission la the dications of fraud and passing upon the and Inspectors should bs placed under M. V. M. In that section of the state. case wholly rs a question of administraone otganizatlon. tive Judgment. It appears to mo that this "A number of -- nges should be mad In the organization of the Department In Immense Cross on transaction would have tustlfled the sum-maEnglish Church. removal from ottlcs of Mint Assistorder to provide a more perfect check The church of St. Alban. In Hoi ant Postmaster-Genera- l Heath and on the operation of various divisions, and some restrictive legislation affecting tha born, Eng., ha a cross over twenty-fiv- e George V. Beavers. feet In height, which Is "But the clrnii nt of fraud can not be divisions of salaries and allowance, of supposed Men of ordinary lot. lllgence rutul free delivery, and possibly others to be tho eliminated. largest In England. It waa What the service given by tho rarely waste the public revenues In such may be necessary. UuKo of Newcastle'. a manner without a personal motive. A most need, huwever. Is honest. Intelff. bribe of 112. too was paid Congressman gent, and vigorous administration. The Edmund II. Ihlgg to secure tne order corruption disclosed la not du to lax Wrote After Many Years. A part of this money for 250 machine. laws, but to the dishonesty of those who Mrs. Lucy A. Davis of Canton. has laen ttucvd to the lank account of have been charged with th responsi-billt- y has received a letter from her Me., of administering them." Beaver. brother, George Huttorfield Smith, who for over thirty year lias not been heard Farmers' Intereit in Road. Th Next Neceity. from by his relatives. It comU tbe farmers of the United Congressman McAndrew of o states nearly three tlinei more to get Wild Animal sent a lot of seed to M constiAmong Farmer. Mr. Severance of their cropa to market than It dnea the tuent a few day ago and very oon Greenwich, Mas., e of on an equal farmer afterward received a reply from one of Europe panihpr8 iii,yi,,s a w of farm product. This Is be- them, which read: After one moving mornings ago, Bnil the cause tho roads of Europe nre throo package of your gran seedtaking aro getting I've times as good as the roads of this a Tho corn you sent country on an average. Tho enor- ha been planted In the vacant lot mous cont of transporting crops to near the bank building. It ta nlno ACNort,lieUriC,a,m' Sol Hnor. market can he reduced only by Im- Inches high now and all the people re-freJirtM Cn,nn" ,nnn who 1,a Just wi over tch to it a McAndrew park. Try to proving the highway they from Gettysburg aro hauled. Tho better tho roads tho send u a few tree and a watermelon less tbs cost. Leavenworth Times, a flag flying over the patch." battlefield. u: & lCC!sco recognition, but and H. J. Twenty-Thre- e Michener. of Washington, Key. Truesdcll, of Binghamton. N. Y. Th the most famous torture of Onq 1899, 3, was organized August company Is slt- and capitalized for $109,009, divided Into chambers of the Middle Ages on 1,000 shares of $100 each. Truesdell w Intimate personal relations with Beavers, and In 1899 an order was given for 1CJ machines, at $150 each. Long before all of the 190 machines had been delivered the department received numerous complaints from postmasters stating that they were worthless; and on account of tho great dissatisfaction with this first 100 known as Model No. 1 the Doremus company established a factory of its own in Washington and created Model No. 2, and Beavers, without testing Its efficiency, on June 30, 19v0. contracted for 100 of the new machines at $225 each. Model No. 2 also proved a failure, and Model No. $ waa was made, and Beavers promptly gave an uated at Cuenca, East Spain. It counthe known throughout order for 100 machines of that model at widely $225 each. try as No. 23. So great was the dread Of the 200 machines purchased of modroom that the fatal els Nos. 1 and 2 but 39 are now in use, of the particular the remaining 161 being practically a net number 23 was synonymous for many loss. years with unspeakable cruelty. The Six hundred and seventy-on- e of these door of the room was locked with a machines have been ordered by the dewhose face formed the numerals. partment. at a net cost of $143,475. This Is key a repetition of the story of automatto The key, which is still preserved, is cashiers and Elliott & Hatch typewriters, a very ponderous affair. New York except that It la on a larger scale. Herald. "In 1901 Truesdell and Green became estranged and Truesdell left the employ of the Bunday company, and also sold his Underground Marvels. Interest In the Doremus canceling maParticulars have just been pubchine. When Interviewed by the Inspeclished of a wonderful series of undertors Truesdell stated that before the second order on June 30, lino, was glvon for ground caves In the Stalden district 190 machines Green told him he had of Canton Schwyze, in Switzerland. transferred to Perry 9. Heath, First AsThe existence of these places had besistant Postmaster-Genera- l, $20,000 worth fore been vaguely known, but they of his stock. In consideration of receivhave now for the first time been fully ing an order for not less than 3u0 machines. explored by a party which went down "Heath refused to make a written statewith 5,000 yards of rope ladprovided ment, but said verbally to Inspector Simmons that he never received any stock ders, acetylene lamps, rugs and profrom the Doremus Canceling Machine visions for eight days. They were Company or any remuneration of any underground for two full days, penekind, directly or indirctlye. On October 5, 19u3, Indictments wers trating for a distance of 2,500 yards found against Green, Doremus and Beavthrough vast halls, brilliant with stalers for conspiracy to defraud. actite and other crystals, and with oth"The evidence against Heath was also submitted to the district attorney, who er great recesses branching from them. There were also found swift decided that It was not sufficient to warrant his Indictment. subterranean torrents, powerful "The administration of Beavers was. If enough to work great industrial possible, more demoralizing upon the In' tegrity of the service than that of In conclusion the report says: "For the purposes of this report, the Investigation ordered by you on March 7 has been completed. In the preparatioa of cases for trial where Indictments bavs been found. Information may be secured which will necessitate further Investigation and possibly involve persons not now 8erou story of an aui hor who polled to resort to aui,irfu Was W,n or to get his book into notlCt being told In Paris had fought for many "years poverty and but".1 never less had produced several which were considered hV had rend them to le !?, i, Miller have been hull. It i by tha Fid. ml giaml Jury in the city of Brooklyn, N. Y." The report continues; was "In ls:0, while John Wanamaker an effort was mailo Postm.ister-Oenerato Introduce the Bundy time recorder for use In the postal service, but it failed, loiter, during the adrolniatration ofrecomWilson, upon the mendation of A. W. Machen, It was adopted. Machen estimated that the entire service coulo be supplied for Au, Book as Dane Public Moral. A J. L. Bristow, Gives Details of tha Fraudulent , RUSE OF Advertised His Practices Unearthed in the Postoffice Department-Memorand- um of the President. UTAH. A company DE NAMIN' tors wei Tramp Gets Fortune, ffet Dame Fortunes fickle waye v city been Illustrated once more by c jshed case of a vagrant reported froffli ring the of lOu enna. A vagrant named Stoeller found last January, half froMI1 The Chii Buda-PestHe came from Apr ,:e the where he had often been punished i pen t misdemeanors, and ultimately he In t U, . Buda-Pesthexpelled from There h facu from arrived however, Agraa as7 he vocate to ask on behalf of Stoe if Brum that the order for his expulsloa canceled, as he has inherited 1 1 j class tune of $150,000 from an uncle hlladelp Salzburg. Stoeller begs to he illov to settle In Buda-Pesth- , Ryan and promir to conduct himself properly in the agreed ture. tor the !i I America Freak Stone House. It Is safe to say that there ti more substantial summer house lit world than one a titled Englishm made for himself at Derbyshire is carved, or, rather, dug out ol c solid rock. A huge triangular bovld. fifteen feet In height, was selected the purpose. The .house compk consists of a large room, which ti tered by a spacious doorway, a hea n cai ey ;ence Y bed to bur Jly he Wes ear cut g e ' of Pai froi :iie h the m: ( of vines S tbu Jns, Vinblo c life t was esidei light Is obtained from no less thus windows, also cut through the tu j The summer house Is said to be aim 1 cool aud comfortable, even In the te test weather. New York Herald. A Rosebush Worth . f Having. Hiram Stone has a rosehuah at b home In South Charlton, Mas3,xMc.' Is now sending out Its third crop 0' bright red blossom for this It stands in a sheltered place, ui June bore many bright blossoma bfAt July It brought forth another croir and Is now yielding some choice lie soms, which are as bright and bar' as those of early summer. gjj I Japanese Cats In Japan almost universal: have short tails, and If a cat come Into the world with a Icngtl' It is usiucaudal appendage for tho Japs detect chopped off, likeness to snakos In the long u and cannot endure It The Japatf cat has the usual number of bona Its tail, but they are not develop Short-taile- d Cats Deer Dispute Right of Way. An Eastbrook, Me., srhoolmf t who was returning homo from mot was days duties recently, three deer, which disputed the way. Aftr a lengthy arguing5 tho schoolniarm gave In and loft deer In possession of the road. f To an Old Pen. I can sympathize with you, Cnet off Htul lying there; With nothing left to l". You rust, but who will carer Whnt of the thing youve dona Who jtivp'i you ciortU. wy! You cnut away, ana itont mins yeii ler The the: ires f fr. aier '8cl Ml nJu Ha a thought lor you of rt'Cj There may have been word" That jnq gave to those wno tear The hungry orphan' have tlriea, You Acn the Url may perohanue Ivo scratched for a Itvlnir. p.mr Old rusty pe- n- m through! They'll forget nt whsnr I I'll he even you Klfg Met After Thirty-fou- r 1 to. v,rJ4Jl Joseph Gcro of nnd Mrs. James Rugan of , Mo., lit ulster, met lat wee Jear' first time In thirty-fou- r had believed hint dead. B lost 11 trnek of her. ' its Jo Obj 1, j,i Hr hit |