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*• }^Wr •rzatk v-m «K wa .iy* RESULTS OF POSTAL INVESTIGATION ,- -? • - Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General, J. L. Bestow. Gives Details of the Fraudulent Practices Unearthed in the Postoffice Department---Memorandum ^ . o f t h e P r e s i d e n t . • ; llotffying the investigation into corrupt prac­ tices obtaining in the Postoffice de- partment, President Roosevelt sent the following memorandum to the legisla­ tive body: It appears that In December, 1902, Post­ master-General Payne and Congressman B. F. Loud, chairman of the Committee on the Post-Offlce and Post-Roads, held various consultations regarding the pos­ tal service, and as a result of these in­ terviews it was determined that as soon as possible after the necessary appropria­ tions could be made by the Congress an Investigation should be made of the ser­ vice, both Messrs. Payne and Loud agree­ ing as to the need for the investigation and the time when it should take place. Accordingly, an increase of 15,000 in the appropriation bill reported in Jannary was made for the express purpose of car­ rying on the investigation in question. The investigation made by Mr. Brls- tow discloses a condition of gross cor­ ruption in the office of the First Assist­ ant Postmaster-General and in that of the Assistant Attorney-General for the Post-Offlce department. In the case of the superintendent of free delivery, Mach­ en, the evidence shows that iiis miscon­ duct began immediately after his appoint­ ment in September, 1833. In the case of the general superintendent of salaries tuid allowances, Beavers, it began soon after he was appointed to that place in 1897. In the case of Assistant*" Attorney- General Tyner it has gone on for a num­ ber of years, but it is impossible to say exactly when it began. The following is a list of the fourteen Post-Offlce em­ ployes in the service at the time this in­ vestigation was begun, who are appar­ ently most seriously implicated in the wrongdoing, together with ah account of the steps that have been taken by the Government in each case. (The case of ex-First Assistant Post­ master-General Heath, who had left the service over three years before this in­ vestigation was begun, is set forth In the report of Mr. Bristow.) James N. Tyner, Assistant Attorney- General for the Post-Offlce department; appointed special agent, Post-Offlce de­ partment, March 7, 1861; with intervals of a few years has been in the service •ever since, and was Postmaster-General under President Grant for several months; he was removed April 22, 1903; he has since been Indicted three times. A. W. Machen, general superintendent free-delivery system; appointed clerk in post-office at Toledo, Ohio, March 1, 1887; continuously in service ever since save for three years; removed May 27, 1903; bS8 since been indicted fourteen times. George W. Beavers, general superin­ tendent of salaries and allowances; ap­ pointed to clerkship in New York post- office January, 1881; continuous service ever since; resignation accepted to take •effect March 31, 1903; has since been in­ dicted eight times. James T. Metcalf, superintendent mon­ ey-order system; appointed post-offlce in­ spector February 2, 1882; has beeh in pos­ tal service ever since; removed June 17, 1903; has been indicted once. Daniel V. Miller, assistant attorney, Post-Offlce department; appointed July 1, 2902; removed May 25, 1903; indicted once; after one mistrial was retired and ac­ quitted. Louis Kempner, superintendent regis­ try system; appointed clerk in New Tork post-office August, 1886; removed October 21, 1903. Charles Hedges, superintendent city free-delivery service; appointed assistant superintendent free-delivery service July 1, 1898; removed July 22, 1903. James W. Erwin, assistant superintend­ ent free-delivery service; appointed post- office inspector June 27, 1887; removed Sep­ tember 16, 1903; indicted once. ~W. Scott Towers, superintendent Sta­ tion C, Washington, D. C.; appointed clerk, Washington post-offlce November, 1890; removed October, 1903; Indicted three times. Otto F. Weis, assistant superintendent registry division, New York post-offlce; appointed clerk, New York post-office June, 1890; removed October 21, 1903. T. W. McGregor, clerk, free-delivery di­ vision, in charge of supplies; appointed Post-Offlce department, March 11, 1891; removed June 5, 1903; indicted twice. C. E. Upton, clerk, free-delivery divis­ ion; appointed July 1, 1900; removed June S, 1903; indicted once. M. W. Louis, superintendent supply di­ vision; appointed Kansas City post-offlce April 17, 1897; removed October 21, 1903. Charle%B. Terry, clerk, supply division; Appointed September 20, 1900; removed Oc­ tober 21, 1903. The three chief offenders in the Govern­ ment service were Tyner, Machen and Beavers. As regards Messrs. Beavers and Machen the corruption took the form of |t>rlbery and blackmail in connection with ithe purchase of Government supplies. In the office of the Assistant Attorney-Gen­ eral for the Post-Offlce department, under Tyner and Barrett, far greater wrong was inflicted upon the public than could IMI measured by a pecuniary standard, for in this office the corruption of the Government officials took the form of favoring get-rich-quick concerns and sim­ ilar swindling schemes; in other words, the criminals, whom it was the sworn duty of these Government officials to prosecute, paid them for permission to fleece the public unmolested. X heart y approve of the recommenda­ tion of Messrs. Conrad and Bonaparte that the statute of limitations be extend­ ed in the case of Government servants to a period of at least Ave years; for the persons who in such positions of trust engage in corrupt practices can ordinarily conceal their guilt for a longer time than is covered by the present short statute of limitations. No crime calls for sterner reprobation than the crime of the corruptionist in public 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 par­ ty policy sink into insignificance when the people of this country are brought face to face with a question like this, which lies at the root of honest and de­ cent government. On this question, and on all others like it, we can afford to have no division among good citizens. Self-government becomes a farce if the representatives of the people corrupt others or are themselves corrupted. Free­ dom is not a gift which will tarry long in the hands of the dishonest or of those so foolish or so incompetent as to tolerate uishonesty in their public servants. Un­ der our system all power comes from the Water Supply Important. Many people who build homes in the country fail to realize, until it is too late, that the question of water supply is the most important problem with which they have to grapple. The face is that an abundant quantity of water should be provided for before the location for house or stable or gar­ den is chosen. Every additional foot which water has to be carried in­ creases the expense and often dimin­ ishes the supply.--Country Life in America. peOpta,* and all punishment rests uMKC mately with the people. The toleration of the wrong, not the exposure of the wrong, is the real offense. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. BRISTOW TELLS OF FRAUDS. Coal Is Scarce. When the opportunity presents itself tq. heap coals of fire on our enemies' hefrd3, remarked the observer ch events and things, we usually find our­ selves a long distance from the coal- tlC station.--Yonkero Statesman. Astounding Revelations of Long-Exist- ing Corruption. The report of Fourth Assistant Post­ master-General J. I* Bristow on . the postal Investigation is substantially as follows: He first takes up the case of Michael W. Louis of Cincinnati, appointed in 1897 Acting Superintendent of the Supply Di­ vision. His peculations amounted to many thousands of dollars. He was re­ moved in October, 1903. The administrative methods of Tyner and Barrett are clearly illustrated in a number of cases which were passed upon by them. Mr. Bristow shows how many fraudu­ lent schemes were accorded protection by Barrett and allowed use of the mails. These include many small swindles in the shape of lottery inducements, land- investmeiit schemes, etc. Of the "turf-investment" swindles Mr. Bristow says: E. J. Arnold & Co., of 8t. Louis, Mo., were conducting what Is known as a "turf-Investment" scheme. On Novem­ ber 25, 1902, the inspectors, haying inves­ tigated the company, recommended that a fraud order be issued against it. In the meantime the company had employed Barrett as its attorney and paid him a fee of $5,000. And instead of Issuing a fraud order Tyner gave the company a letter of commendation. Two days after Tyner wrote this letter Barrett received a check of $1,000 as an additional fee. The company failed in February, 1903-- assets, $75,000; liabilities, $3,120,776. J. J. Ryan & Co.--J. J. Ryan & Co., of St. Louis, was a kindred institution to Arnold & Co. In October, 1902, the in­ spectors recommended a fraud order against this company. The company was given a hearing by the Assistant-Attor­ ney General's Office and another investi­ gation by the inspectors was requested. In the meantime J. M. Johns, an attor­ ney at Rockville, Ind., made a proposition to Ryan that for a fee of $5,000 he could help him, through his friend D. V. Mil­ ler, of the Assistant Attorney-General's Office. After some negotiations it 'was agreed that $4,500 would be paid to Johns by Ryan if he would give him a "clean bill" before the Post-Offlce department. This Johns agreed to do, and Miller se­ cured a favorable ruling for Ryan & 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 prog­ ress, 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 he unlocked the safe and took out all of the contents, which Mrs. Tyner carried ofT. 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 un­ der the direction of her husband, which statement he confirmed. As a result of this episode Tyner was summarily re­ moved from the office of Assistant Attor­ ney-General and Chrlstiancy resigned. For six years under Tyner's adminis­ tration certain favored frauds and lotter­ ies were given free use of the malls. Barrett's scheme to resign and practice before the Office, and Tyner's part in that scheme, as set forth in the body of this report, was the climax of official per­ fidy, more evil in its results and more demoralising to the public conscience than outright embesslement or open theft. - Tyner and Barrett were Indicted on October 5 by the grand Jury for the Dis­ trict of Columbia for conspiracy to de­ fraud. The frauds in money-order forms, in which James T. Metcalf, superintendent of the money-order 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 enumerat­ ed, and the charge is made that he has been guilty of forge'ry. The schemes by which the government was defrauded in­ clude carriers' satchels, the Groff fasten­ ers for letter boxes, painting of street letter boxes, 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' badges. The report continues: "In August, 1897, Georg* W. Beavers was appointed chief of the salary and al­ lowance division. Beavers' methods have been reckless and without rule or regu­ larity. Increases of allowances for clerk hire in post-offlces were made as mat­ ters of favor regardless of the necessities of the service. Promotions were fre­ quently made without consideration of the merits of the clerk promoted. Long­ time leases for post-office premises were canceled and the rent increased upon the recommendation of prominent political leaders, sometimes without regard to the rental value of the premises." In the list of Beavers' misdeeds are included the sale of promotions, and the padding of pay rolls for clerk hire, oper­ ations which netted Beavers many thou­ sands of dollars. The report shows that the government has been swindled out of a vast amount of money by fraudulent leases. Twenty cases are cited, in all of which Beavers was implicated, and which have been fully proved. The revelations in this connection, and in the case of the pur­ chasing of large amounts of "Brandt Automatic Cashiers," are astounding. Mr. Bristow says: "Eliminating from consideration all in­ dications of fraud and passing upon the case wholly as a question of administra­ tive judgment, it appears to me that this transaction would have justified the sum­ mary removal from office of First Assist­ ant Postmaster-General Heath and George W. Beavers. "But the element of fraud can not be eliminated. Men of ordinary intelligence rarely waste the public revenues in such a manner without a personal motive. A bribe of $12,500 was paid Congressman Edmund H. Driggs to secure tne order for 250 machines. A part of this money has been traced to the bank account of Beavers. Farmers' Interest In Roads. sIt costs the farmers of the United States nearly three times more to get their crops to market than it does the farmers of Europe on an equal ton­ nage of farm products. This is be­ cause the roads of Europe are three times as good as the roads of this country on an average. The enor­ mous cost of transporting crops to market can be reduced only by im­ proving the highways over which they are hauled. The better the roads the less the cost.--Leavenworth Times. "Drifts*. BeanM,. and Milter have been Indicted by the Federal grand jury tit the city of Brooklyn, N. Y." The report continues: "In 1890, while John Wanamaker waa Postmaster-General, an efTort was made, to introduce the Bundy time recorder for use in the postal service, but it failed. Later, during the administration of Post­ master-General WUsonyvupon the recom­ mendation of A. W. Machten, It was adopt­ ed. Maohen estimated tfc^t the entire free-delivery service coulQ be supplied for $45,599.50. "In 1901 an effort was made by First Assistant Postmaster-General W. M. Johnson and his chief clerk, John M. Mas- ten, to reduce the price of these time re­ corders. but the effort was afterwards abandoned. "H. J. Truesdell, who was agent of the company at the time these clocks were first adopted, states that he p&ld Machen $1,000 for his services in securing their introduction into the service. Criminal action on such payment is barred by the statute of limitations. By the purchasing of canceling mac chines for use in the postal service It is shown that the government has lost over $100,000, which sum was divided amone the conspirators interested. Here again crim­ inal action is barred by the statute of lim­ itations. Says Mr. Bristow: "The most important contract for can­ celing machines was that for,the Dore­ mus. Its original promoters were W. D. Doremus, the Inventor; L. T. Mlchener, member of the law firm of Dudley & Michener, of Washington, and H. J. Truesdell, of Binghamton, N. Y. The company was organized August 3, 1899, and capitalised for $100,000, divided into 1,000 shares of $100 each. Truesdell was on Intimate personal relations with Beavers, and in 1S99 an order was given for 100 machines, at $150 each. Long before all of the 100 machines had been delivered the department received numerous com' plaints from postmasters stating that they were worthless; and on account of the 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 efficien­ cy. on June 30, 1900, contracted for 100 of the new machines at $225 each. Model No. 2 also proved a failure, and Model No. was made, and Beavers promptly gave an order for 100 machines of that model at $225 each. "Of the 200 machines purchased of mod­ els Nos. 1 and 2 but 39 are now in use, the remaining 161 being practically a net loss. "Six hundred and seventy-one of these machines have been ordered by the de­ partment, at a net cost of $143,475. This is a repetition of the story of automatlo cashiers and Elliott & Hatch typewriters, except that it is on a larger scale. "In 1901 Truesdell and Green became es­ tranged and Truesdell left the employ of the BuiTday company, and also sold his interest in the Doremus canceling ma­ chine. When Interviewed by the inspec­ tors Truesdell stated that before the sec­ ond order on June 30, 1900, was given for 100 machines Green told him he had transferred to Perry S. Heath, First As­ sistant Postmaster-General, $20,000 worth of his stock. In consideration of receiv­ ing an order for not less than 900 ma­ chines. "Heath refused to make a written state­ ment, but said verbally to Inspector Sim­ mons that he never received any stock from the Doremus Canceling Machine Company OF any remuneration of any kind, directly or lndirctlye. "On October 5, 1903, indictments were found against Green, Doremus and Beav­ ers for conspiracy to defraud. "The evidence against Heath was also submitted to the district attorney, who decided that it was not sufficient to war­ rant his indictment. "The administration of Beavers was, if possible, more demoralizing upon the in­ tegrity of the service than that of Ma­ chen." In conclusion the report says: "For the purposes of this report, the investigation ordered by you on March 7 has been completed. In the preparation of cases for trial where Indictments have been found, information may be secured which will necessitate further investiga­ tion and possibly involve persons not now implicated. "The system of organised corruption that has been disclosed began in 1893 and continued until stopped by this investiga­ tion. The amount of money secured by the corrupt officials and their confeder­ ates is small as compared to the total loss to the Government. To illustrate: "Barrett received but $6,000 from Ar­ nold, yet that company defrauded the people out of over $3,000,000. Machen probably did not receive more than $26,- 000 from the Groff fastener. Yet the gov­ ernment has paid approximately $130,000 for that device, which represents a net loss, since the Department continued, by the terms of the contract for letter boxes, to pay for the original fasteners. Beavers and his associates received less than $20,000 from the automatic cashier. Yet the Department expended $74,275 for this wholly unnecessary machine. Tb* total amount that the perpetrators of these frauds themselves received can no* be definitely learned, but It will aggre<« gate between $300,000 and $400,000, while the loss to the government, considering the unnecessary supplies that have been purchased and the inferior quality of those furnished by fraudulent contract­ ors, can not be estimated with any de­ gree of accuracy. "As the gross abuses have been brought to light they have been prompt­ ly corrected by the proper departmental officers. Contracts where fraud has been discovered have been annulled. "The results of the investigation dem­ onstrate that all traveling agents of the Department--such as assistant superin­ tendents of salaries and allowances, of the free-delivery service, the Railway Mall Service, and the registry system, and inspectors--should be placed under one organization. "A number of changes should be made in the organization of the Department In order to provide a more perfect check on the operations of various divisions, and some restrictive legislation affecting the divisions of salaries and allowance, of rural free delivery, and possibly others may be necessary. What the service most needs, however, is honest. Intelli­ gent, and vigorous administration. The corruption disclosed is not due to l«* laws, but to the dishonesty of those who have been charged with the responsi­ bility of administering them." A Prediction. Some day, somewhere, in Syria or Kgypt, there will be found manuscripts representing the Gospels in their orig­ inal form. What a find that will be. --Boston Christian Register. Few English PrAyer Meetings. a notable result of the recent Daily News census of church attendance in London is the discovery that prayer meetings, which were once regarded as the vital breath of the life of the Church, have almost ceased to exist. Production of Gold. The United States furnished $80,000,- 000 of the $295,000,000 worth of gold which the world produced in 1802. Col­ orado produced $28,000,000, California $16,000,000 and Alaska $8,000,000. The Next Necessity. Congressman McAndrews of Chi­ cago sent a lot of seed to his consti­ tuents a few days ago and very soon afterward received a reply from one of them, which read: "After taking one package of your grass seed I've be­ come a hay-seed. The corn yotk sent has been planted in the vacant lot near the bank building. It is nine inches high now and all the people re­ fer to it as McAndrews park. Try to send us a few trees and a watermelon patch." Roasted Coffee a Germ Killer. Crane and Friedlander, who have ex­ perimented on its bactericidal prop­ erties. find that roasted coffee is a de­ cidedly active agent in the destruction of germs, including some of the more serious and important ones. HARRIET HUBBARD AYER DEAD OF PNEUMONIA AT NEW YORK DAILY DOINGS IN HAlLSOFCpRESS Matters Before the Senate and House Are Briefly Set Forth* Harriet Hubbard Ayer, journalist, author, linguist, traveler, lecturer, business woman and former society leader, is dead. Sbe succumbed to pneu monta in New York, Nov. 25, after an illness of four days. She is survived by two daughters. Mrs. Hubbard's career was one of the most romantic in contemporary history. The wide range of her activi­ ties and her versatile talents brought her into touch with many notable per­ sons, and her successes and misfor­ tunes attracted the attention of the en­ tire country. Commencing life as the pampered child of wealth In Chicago, sne became prominent as a social leader, reigned as such for a few brief years, was plunged into poverty by her husband's failure, entered commer­ cial life on her own account and dem­ onstrated the possession of business abilities equaling any woman of her time. Apart from her commercial success, she was known as the friend and con­ fidant of Adelina Pattl, Mme. Mod- jeska, Clara Louise Kellogg, Fanny Davenport, Mrs. Potter and others prominent in the realms of art and was welcomed Into the circles of the literati and the beau monde of London and Paris. She spoke French and Ital­ ian fluently, and was finely read. Her taste in decorative art was praised by the esthetic poet, Oscar Wilde, and Blanche Willis Howard, the novel writer, in her home in Stuttgart, Ger­ many, entertained Mrs. Ayer on sever­ al occasions and raised to maturity her youngest daughter during the pe­ riod of the mother's many troubles. Litigation, domestic discord and the drug habit so clouded her brilliant mind for a time that she was com­ mitted to an asylum. Joseph Choate, now ambassador to Great Britain, was among those who figured in legal bat­ tles over Mrs. Ayer's property, and the world-famous Lilly Langtry rented her house for a season when she went to Europe for rest. MR8. SILAS BRACKIN CREMATED. Once "Most Beautiful Woman" Dies In Fire at Murfreesboro, Tenn. Mrs. Silas Brackin, who as Miss May Belle Gregory was a few years ago pronounced the most beautiful woman in America, was burned to death at Murfreesboro, Tenn., Nov. 25. The Brackin residence was be­ ing remodeled, the family occupying a cottage near by. Workmen discovered the flames but were unsuccessful in their attempts to extinguish them and Mrs. Brackin was cremated, before she could be rescued. It is thought her clothing caught fire from an open grate. Sev­ eral years ago a New York newspaper as the result of a contest pronounced the then Miss Gregory the most beau­ tiful woman in America. Fortunate Workhouse Inmates. Inmates of St Asaph (Eng.) work­ house possess a pony and phaeton, a piano, and a library of over 600 to!> umes, all provided by generously-dis­ posed persons In the district. Persian Statesman in America. One of the most celebrated Persians of modern times has arrived in San Francisco for a tour of this country. He is Mirza Ali Ashgnar Khan, former­ ly grand vizier of chief minister of his country, who rose from humble station to prominence by sheer force of ability. He is now about 45 years old and is regarded as the most pro­ gressive and enlightened man in all the dominions of the shah. King Keeps Clear of Politics. Numerous attempts have been made of late to learn whether King Edward is a protectionist or a free trader, and some politicians would give a~good^ deal for a correct answer to the ques­ tion. Subtle efforts have been made to •draw" his majesty, but he has warily avoided giving the slightest hint as to his opinions on the topic which is now uppermost in Great Britain. Sudermann to Visit America. Hermann Sudermann. the German author, Btarts soon on a journey around the world, going by the Si­ berian railroad. The tour is for his health, but he will visit Japan to look for new subjects. He expects to reach San Francisco in May. He contemplates delivering a series of lectures in America on the dramatic art if his health allows. Lincoln's "Double" Is Dead. J. Wayne Ames is dead at Gypsum City, Cal. Mr. Ames was known over a large section of the w^st and espe­ cially in Kansas, as the exact double of Abraham Lincoln. He was a news­ paper man nearly all his life. Mrs. Ayer was the youngest daugh­ ter of the late Henry G. and Juliet El­ vira Hubbard, respected pioneer Chica- goans. She was born in that city in 1854, and was educated at the Sacred Heart Convent. She was fond of read­ ing, and it is sajd that at the age of 4 she could memorize pages of poetry. Almost as soon as she was graduated she was betrothed to Herbert Cope- land Ayer, a member of the great iron firm of John V. Ayer's Sons of Chi­ cago and Youngstown, Ohio. She was less than 20 years of age when the big fire of 1871 burned her Chicago mansion. With her mother and her remaining child she then took an extended trip to Europe. She be­ came a friend of Sir Drummond Wolfe, and when the fever scourge broke out In Rome it was this English statesman who sent his private car and servants to Mrs. Ayer that she might safely fiy from that stricken city. The failure of the great iron firm of which her husband was a partner oc­ curred in 1881. About this time came the couple's reparation, caused, it is said, by Mr. Ayer's admiration for a woman whom he followed to Paris. For awhile the deserted wife supported herself by selling household decora­ tive goods, and in 1886 obtained a di­ vorce and the custody of her children on the grounds of desertion. She then established a purchasing agency in New York. It was soon afterward that Mrs. Ayer came before the public in the role of high priestess of the beauty cult and feminine captain of industry. She began the manufacture and sale of face preparations, the recipes for which she claimed to have bought from a relative of the famous French beauty, Mme. Julie Recamier. In four years she cleared about $200,000 from this enterprise, and not until litiga­ tion wrecked the company did it be­ come known that the Recamier for­ mula was entirely the invention of the fertile brain of Mrs. Ayer. PUT 8TOP TO HUNTING. Miss Brewer, Aged 60, Chases Sheriff's Party from Land. Charles E. Sellers, sheriff of Dauphin county; Richard V. Fox, president of Harrisburg's select council; William Rexroth and William Critchley, com­ posing a party which went to Frank­ lin county to hunt, were driven off a coveted hunting grotind near Kaiser- ville, Pa., by a spinster, who armed herself with a club. When Miss Amelia Brewer, who is 60 years old, saw the hunters, she first ordered them off her land. Sheriff Sellers stopped to argue. She hit him over the head with a club. To appease he^r anger the huntsmen left her in un­ disputed possession. ^ Granddaughters as Flower Girls. Col. John Hurst, aged 67, and Mrs. Lizzie Elliott, aged 65, were married the other evening in Louisville. Two married women, daughters of the bride and groom, acted as brides­ maids, their husbands being the grooms' attendants. Two little grand­ daughters of the bride acted as flower girls. The happy couple are both of Clarksville, Tenn., but were married in Louisville to avoid the notice they felt the event would attract in t^e city of their home. Youngsters to Be Entertained. In addition to the usual request from the white house for a list of their families and friends who may be with them by which to regulate -t^e issue of social invitations all con­ gressmen have this year been asked to furnish a list of their minor child­ ren. It is understood that the "grown ups" are to have no monopoly of official society's pleasures from this time forward to the end of the Roosevelt children's stay in the exe­ cutive mansion. Pension for German Author. On the occasion of the recent eight­ ieth birthday of the German author, Rudolph Von Gottschall, the emperor sent him a letter of congratulation, with the announcement that he was to receive an annual pension of $500. Veteran Ohio Engineer. William L. Calhoun, 76 years old, was licensed as an engineer at Cleve­ land in 1845, but is still actively en­ gaged in that capacity in a pottery at East Liverpool. He is the oldest en­ gineer in Ohio. OUTLINE OF THE PROCEEDINGS Text of Bills Introduced in Both Branches of the National Legisla­ ture, Together With Pithy Portions of the Speeches That Are Made. providing for a national (military parlt commission to consist of five civil waf Veterans and two from the confederate army and a bill restoring the army: canteen. Adjournment was voted at i:20p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 24. The Panama canal question was the principal topic before the senate, and Senator Morgan continued his argu­ ment against the proposition. He as­ serted that President McKinley fa­ vored the Nicaragua route, and de­ clared the present situation due to the present president's ambition. to have a unique administration. The statement regarding McKinley was disputed by Senator Hanna, who said the late president had no personal choice. An invitation from the gov­ ernor of Louisiana, asking the senate to attend the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the transfer of Louisiana territory to the United States, was presented.' The question of whether concurrent resolutions of congress required the approval of the president was discussed without a de­ cision. Mr. Carmack's resolution for the investigation of the conduct of the postoffice department was re­ ferred to the committee on postoffices and post roads. The question of com­ mittee assignments was postponed, as was also the motion to reconsider the vote on the Newlands joint reso­ lution concerning the annexation of Cuba. A brief executive session was held before adjournment at 4:30. On the motion of Mr. De Armond it was decided that the house, when it had transacted its day's business, should adjourn until Friday. The in­ vitation to the Louisiana purchase celebration was read. The resignation of Mr. McClellan as a trustee of the Columbian Deaf-Mute asylum of the District of Columbia was announced. The house adjourned at 12:40 p. m. Wednesday, Nov. 25. The Senate completed the appoint­ ment of committees for the Fifty- eighth Congress, adopted the motion providing for the reconsideration of the vote by which the Newlands joint resolution for the annexation of Cuba was referred to committee, and made the Cuban reciprocity bill the unfin­ ished business. The first speech on the merits of the Cuban bill was made by Mr. Carmack (Dem. Tenn.), who opposed the bill and said nothing less than the general tariff revision would give the relief needed. There was further debate between Mr. Hale (Rep. nfe.), Mr. Teller (Dem. Col.) and Mr. Newlands on the Newlands resolu­ tion. In which Mr. Newlands further outlined his views and Mr. Hale de­ precated all agitation on the subject. Mr. Teller declared Cuba was in no sense a dependency of the United States. After a brief executive ses­ sion the Senate at 2:16 p. m. ad­ journed until Friday. The house was not in session. Friday, Nov. 27. Alter a brief session the Senate adjourned until next Tuesday. The business was confirmed almost exclu­ sively to the introduction of relief bills. Senator Daniel introduced a bill appropriating $5,000,000 for the erection of a patent office east of the capitol, the site to cost $600,000. The Cuban reciprocity bill was laid before me Senate, but as no one expressed a desire to speak upon it Mr. Cullom at 12:22 p. m. moved an executive ses­ sion, and three minutes afterward the Senate adjourned. When the House convened a mes­ sage from the President transmitting correspondence relative to Panama ad­ ditional to that forwarded to the House in response ..to a resolution was re­ ceived. Mr. Payne (N. Y.), the Re­ publican floor leader, then moved that when the House adjourn it be until next Tuesday. Thereupon Mr. Will­ iams (Miss.), the minority leader, and Mr. De Armond (Dem.. Mo.) twitted the majority upon dilatory tactics and asked for a definite statement of party policy. In the course of his reply Mr. Payne said the Republicans would hardly care to take up the question of tariff revision and disturb conditions on the eve of a presidential campaign. He also said the time was not oppor­ tune to consider reciprocity with Can­ ada. There was a party alignment on the vote adopting the motion to ad­ journ over, the Democrats noting against it, the vote being SI to 63. Mr. Patterson (Dem., Tenn.) introduced a bill to abolish slavery in the Phil­ ippine archipelago and to abrogate the treaty with the Sultan of Sulu. Mr. Hepburn (Rep., Iowa) introduced the pure food bill which was reported to the last Congress by the committee on interstate and foreign commerce. Mr. Parker (Rep., N J ) introduced a bill PITTSBURG BANK TO REOPEN Old Management to Take Hold of Fed­ eral National. Pittsburg. Pa., dispatch: It is an­ nounced that the Federal National bank, which closed its doors Oct. 21, will reopen Dec. 7 under the old man­ agement. President J A. Langfitt and a committee of the directors are now in Washington arranging details Ac­ cording to the report of the receiver to the comptroller of the currency the bank is solvent and its capital unim­ paired. Indian Slays Seven. Winnipeg. Man., dispatch: A South Piegan Indian, under the influence of liquor ran amuck on the South Piegan reservation. Before be could be se­ cured he had killed his wife and six other members of the tribe. ALDERMAN IS GUILTY . OF ELECTION FlOTtl Chicago Solon and His Companion? Face Terms in Jail for Violating V State Law. Chicago dispatch: Verdicts of guit< ty for the violation of election law# were returned by the Jury in the trial of Alderman John J. Brennan, CharleF McCarle, and Herbert E. Kent Sun­ day. Judge Gary opened his chambers 1% the Criminal Courts building at 11 o'clock to receive the judgment of thfr jury, which had been out since 11 o'clock Saturday morning. The penalty, if the verdict stands, is a term in the count}' jail of from three months to a year for each of the three defendants. The verdict evidently surprised them, as it did their attor­ ney, W. S. Forrest, who was smiling confidently as the jury filed into court. Alderman Brennan gazed in a help­ less stupor when the announcement was made, and his two companions appeared stunned. The three defendants were all found guilty on the same counts--violatiofjt of the election laws. The three et» caped imprisonment in the peniten­ tiary, however, as well as subjection to fines, which, had the verdicts held them guilty of conspiracy, they would have received. Henna Visits Herrick. Washington special: Senator Han­ na made a hurried trip to New York and conferred with Governor-elect Her­ rick of Ohio, who has been there lor several days. AVENGES DEATH OF DAUGHTER Who Missouri Father Kills Man Caused Girl's Suicide. Sedalia, Mo., dispatch: Frank Dun- ton shot and killed Emil Meyers be­ cause Dunton's daughter had com­ mitted suicide and left a no.te charging Meyers with her downfall. The girl's father was not at home when the sui­ cide took place last August and did not return until Saturday night. Sun­ day morning he interviewed two wom­ en who knew of Meyers' relations with his daughter, went to the church of the minister who preached her fun­ eral sermon, went home to dinner and then walked to Meyers' home, called him out and told him that he wanted to hear his side of the story of the girl's death. Meyers made a threat and Dunton shot him three times. Dun- ton is in custody. QUANTRELL'S BONES ON VIEW Kansas Historical Society Exhibits the Legs of Notorious Guerrilla. Topeka, Kan., special: The Kansas Historical society, it is learned, hie the thigh bones of W. C. Quantrell, the notorious guerrilla leader, who led the massacre at Lawrence in 1863. They were left with Judge F. G. Adams, un­ til his death secretary of the society* in 1888 and have been preserved in secrecy until now. The death of Quan- trell's mother at Springfield, O., per­ mitted the society to register them and put them on exhibition. The bones were presented to the society by W. W. Scott of Canal Dover. (X. with the consent of Mrs. Quantrell. on the condition that they should not be exhibited until after her death. FIGHT WORKMEN WITH WATER Kenosha People Use Hose Against Tel? ephone Company's Employes. Kenosha, Wis., dispatch: w£tnf from four lines of hose in the hanott' of citizens drowned out the teleohoee ^ workmen. They retreated ignominious- • ly and made no further attempt to set poles. The Kenosha Independent Tel- ephone Company took advantage of the day to attempt to run its lines on - Ashland avenue. The property Mlli? ers protested to no avail. Then filled up the post boles and thrpat>ned V' the workmen with violence. The men persisted in the iace of threats, so the^)^®^, citizens resorted to the water cure, which was effectual. M ADJOURN COURT TO DIG GOLD Judge and Others Excited by Bonanza Discovery in New Mexico. Denver, Col., special: A dispatch from the Sierra county bank at Hills- boro, N. M., said a bonanza discovery has just been made near HillsboKK Many large nuggets have been found- The dispatch says that the third ju­ dicial court adjourned and everybody, including Judge Parker and other court officials, have rushed to the scene of the discovery. Football Injury Is Fatal. St. Louis. Mo., dispatch: Harvey Chase, aged 16, who suffered injuries several weeks ago in a game of foot-, ball, died at his home at Kirkwood. The boy's arm was hurt during the game. Blood poisoning set in, result­ ing in death. Watch for Stolen Jewels. a Philadelphia dispatch; The police force is watching every pawnshop for a valuable collection of jewels, stolen, from W. H. Harrison, a millionaire. ALCHEMISTS MAY BE SUSTAINS!! Latest Discovery Backs Up Theory || Transmutation of Metals. London cable: Sir William Ram­ say, the celebrated chemist, in the course of a lecture delivered here, in­ scribed a number of experiments made by him which had resulted In the discovery that the gaseous emana­ tion from radium was really helium. From this discovery Sir William said it might be concluded that the trant* mutation of metals was not after alt so absurd a theory. '3$ Woman Fights Duel. Roxton, Tex., special: A dnel wtfik pistols was fought near here between Mrs. James Bush and William Oglee- by, a farmer. Both were fatally wounded. Mrs. Bush recently sued Oglesby for slander. Has Skull Fractured. Stamford, Conn., special: Wffflasa E. Street, for forty years an employ* of the Pennsylvania Coal Compamy. waa fatally injured In a rvanwn& U| skull being fractured. .<i\S