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OFFICIAL VOTE OF NEBRASKA.
The Vote in Dcsail for Supreme Judges, Regents of the University
And Fifteen District Judges.
County.
K
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8
Adams l.G 17
Antelope 1,335
Manner 117
Jllalnu 107
Uouue 1,244
Hox Itutte... 4J7
Boyd SOS
llrown 392
Buffalo 1,703
Hurt i,3i!J
flutter 1,314
Cass 2,225
Ced.ir 1,350
Chase JtU
Cherry 712
Cheyuine .... 591
Clay 1.G51
Colfnx sit
Cumin 1.170
CusUr ...... i.aio
Dakota 630
Dawes j'jt)
Dawxon , 1,188
Deuel 331
Dixon 1.10S
Dodire 1.83S
DoukI.is S.C30
Dundy S26
Ktilmore 1,C0
VrauUUn fc79
Krontler 723
Kurnna 1,020
Gaie 3,030
alartleld M
'Joeprr 403
Grant 89
Greeley r.io
Mull 1.7S3
Hamilton ... 1,427
Harlan 019
Hayes 272
Hitchcock .... 440
Holt l.scr,
Hooker 62
Howard (34
Jofferron .... 1,437
Johnson 1,252
Kearnay 0X
Kflth 227
Keyn Paha... 3Gi
Kimball 105
Knox 1.477
J.ancflftcr ... 4D7
Lincoln 1,14.1
T.ojran ki
J.oup 1CS
.Mcpherson .. 74
.Madison l.TS'J
Merrick i73
Nance 847
Nemnha 1.60S
Nuckolls 1.231
Otoo 1,053
P.uvnee 1,240
Perkins 155
Phelps SC'i
If'lcrco 823
iPlatte 93 1
Polk 844
lied Willow... l.OtO
Ulchardson .. 2,123
Hock D7S
Hallne 1,789
Barpy ",S9
Saunders .... 1.933
Scott's Bluff.. S81
Howard 1,1135
Sheridan .... 502
Sherman ..... 618
Cloux 147
Stanton 623
Thayer 1,403
Thomas C2
Thurston ... 662
Valley 82S
Washington .. 1,30.1
Wayne 1.011
Webster 1.170
Wheeler 125
York 2,011
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1.654
l.Otll
ill
75
1.1C6
472
734
23
1.693
7f.O
1,712
1.923
1,144
245
4l!1
42')
l.BSS
1 IS7
1.101
l.SBiS
V)l
47')
1.I9S
234
K15
1,984
B.894
231
1,472
355
KOI
1.020
1.7111
21
435
79
".in
1.38s
1,343
7H3
231
423
1,021
48
l.OSS
1,041!
344
1)3 1
211
234
6")
1.1 Si
2 79 1
"'784
79
121
31
1,425
.X34
t',7ti
1,167
1,110
1,584
tlOl
184
764
791
1.9-iM
1.080
6W.
2,093
251!
1,577
78S
2,109
209
1,583
444
G30
119
78
1,163
75
693
678
1,087
804
1,02.3
168
1,523
1.629
1,213
146
91
1.277
574
671
891
1.702
1,412
1.425
2,219
1.227
297
721
637
1,704
848
1,136
1,895
681
534
1,17.1
3.l
1.053
1.722
9,354
2S9
1.711
85-)
683
1.132
3,188
261
31S
81)
490
1.638
1.323
797
297
3S
l,:!9.-.
40
876
1,595
1.312
952
225
341
120
l,:il7
6.055
1.170
91
151
56
1.640
99
912
1.586
1.273
2,1.33
1.391
175
1.056
75.1
1.011
932
058
2.215
435
1,891
685
1.925
362
1.657
640
419
154
037
1,660
86
703
73
1.376
974
1,227
122
2.UC0
1.686
'JS9
85
62
1,107
394
6K4
303
1,479
764
1,744
1,854
1,260
256
602
432
1,432
1,153
i.jm
1,770
602
476
1,161
283
792
2.192
7.600
259
l.oOJ
931
096
999
l.WU
212
442
45
779
1,313
1,235
786
20H
361
1,669
33
1.094
1,174
937
8S8
202
334
61
1,1 3'J
2.931
375
85
123
1.370
850
705
1.279
1.191
1,733
K6ti
Ml
815
740
1,966
1.122
677
1,933
210
1,603
807
2.006
24 1
1.661
650
631
165
654
1.171
79
196
761
1,061
824
1.102
17.)
1.6S5
1639
1351
119
115
1239
603
914
427
1S71
1421
1365
2277
137J
2a
721
626
1707
830
1200
1999
657
634
1268
350
1090
2043
3S78
327
1C91
876
725
1069
3011
268
413
96
534
18C6
1472
820
285
449
1294
62
856
149S
1287
952
229
363
10S
15(11
5255
112.1
78
163
69
1704
1)63
Mil
1676
1253
2051
1258
156
933
833
120.)
8711
1054
2191
410
1828
723
2118
3SS
1701
491
626
164
636
1423
69
678
S63
132S
1036
1187
136
20S5
1611
121S
104
112
12S7
489
872
411
1845
1382
1335
1327
281
675
600
1676
S3 4
1172
1933
614
696
1248
295
996
1983
9665
306
1645
850
695
1014
1945
255
395
91
soc
1810
1175
783
273
419
1274
43
837
1473
1244
914
215
357
41
1427
6174
10S1
I I
161
63
1674
937
903
1541
1217
1941
1243
152
937
784
1142
848
397
2156
403
1758
707
2057
367
1657
464
498
149
600
1398
65
647
820
1302
977
1191
127
2067
1612
1009
63
64
1079
425
677
247
1399
674
1629
1SCJ
nvi
221
434
:iS2
1435
1046
1335
1665
698
431
1081
194
748
1830
6543
226
1402
861
661
9S1
1587
197
412
65
702
1316
1322
764
2"9
397
1561
29
1084
993
912
847
13S
285
40
J! 23
2249
702
t2
11
27
1276
722
608
1135
1031
1503
683
169
683
751
1670
1044
603
1363
231
1470
741
1918
185
1645
407
600
144
671
1098
63
681
614
9C3
726
905
149
1465
1S39
927
47
57
1055
401
646
244
1148
'.46
1612
1831
1242
220
394
3.V
1478
986
1319
1612
675
414
1042
116
C59
1766
632
215
1393
833
652
933
1514
186
40,1
C2
672
1261
1295
727
204
377
1613
34
1072
967
882
819
1S4
268
40
1056
2308
657
74
116
24
1314
711
681
1090
1070
1299
657
168
657
713
1586
1022
667
1933
224
1418
704
1923
171
1517
385
667
127
633
1079
69
650
E89
925
CCS
966
143
1437
lfO 87 37 81
102 83 22 27
7 6 6 0
6 5 3 2
85 6 18 16
22 22 15 14
65 64 45 43
9 !l 14 15
86 78 76 77
37 37 11 11
99 84 11 13
122 105 111 112
54 46 t 12
17 16 2 2
31 26 22 20
28 24 12 13
82 84 34 82
26 22 21 18
27 IS 21 23
143 128 62 67
.15 29 27 28
21 16 61 63
87 81 26 25
V 7 2 4
91 73 26 29
83 73 49 60
228 223 1567 1575
17 14 9 3
49 47 30 31
63 61 28 29
36 30 45 40
64 67 11 9
241 228 60 63
9 6 8 9
.14 31 4 4
3 3 11
18 16 9 10
73 66 112 lit
70 68 18 16
81 81 65 67
8 C 19 18
11 11 9 9
110 105 63 66
110 0
41 42 28 27
60 62 44 42
87 82 6 6
69 49 25 26
9 8 4 4
29 27 21 23
12 7 3 3
84 61 29 25
346 32.4 3s 44
80 75 78 73
8 7 7 8
00 00 8 8
2 4 3 3
45 40 18 17
8G 86 12 14
25 33 4 4
75 78 25 28
40 '36 9 S
92 82 63 67
108 104 It 13
4 4 00 00
76 61 29 62
35 33 13 13
62 48 20 17
86 0 24 25
63 47 41 32
60 61 61 63
40 37 3 3
102 100 44 45
39 37 28 30
129 108 38 39
26 23 64 68
67 CO 7 8
45 40 11 11
23 13 38 37
11 8 7 7
19 17 4 4
80 77 14 14
3 3 00 00
10 9 20 20
48 47 15 15
64 47 110 83
13 12 11 12
C6 4 14 13
2 3 20 21
171 1C7 9 8
Hltchoork - 514 409
licit Willow 10.19 744
Totals 4919 232
Fifteenth District.
llarrlntr- West-
Counties Fisher. WIIN. ton. over,
ltox llutle .... 445 345 567 S7J
Iloyd 743 985 834 813
Drown 409 424 287 307
Cherry 661 606 479 63
Dawes 696 554 608 661
Holt 1239 1200 1778 1668
Keya Paha .. 367 355 311 330
nock 361 857 810 314
8herldan 438 331 479 710
Sioux 142 139 164 141
Total 6497 6305 6104 61CI
Total 96,991 87,864 98,91 80,334101695 0S2S2 79811 77361 6197 47C2 3823 3850
The Judicial Vote,
First District.
Coun A. II. C. K. W. II. E. O.
ties llab- Ilea- Kelll- Kret-
cock. vl:i. frcr. singer.
Cam .... 3228 2534 204S 1811
Jeltcrson 1537 1361 1101 1037
Johnson 1212 1100 1122 1018
Nemuha 1177 1292 1765 1312
lliwnee 1191 1021 912 805
Klch'd'n 1930 1785 2450 2194
TotaW ..10281 '9107 9409 8237
Second District.
Countlc. Paul Jesaw.
Cma 3181
Otoe 2344
Totnl C125
Third District.
I. Frort 6103
K. r. Holmca 6043
A. J. Cornish 6027
Fourth District.
Wash
Burt Dour- Sar- Ins- To
Ian, py. ton. tal.
Itedlck 1435 9S26 74 1336 13361
Rears 1447 8974 730 1310 12407
Sutton 1390 9101 781 1314 12894
Troup 1397 9100 727 1324 12638
Baxter 1766 14756 1257 1852 19631
Day 1703 14.S9 1273 1900 10025
Kfltcllo 1779 149-11 1256 1918 19894
Ferguson 6SI 7S95 716 D30 10128
1'nKO 637 7233 691 914 927C
Dickinson t36 8504 707 1058 11105
Bead 650 7796 708 U28 10085
Doano 2S0 2066 110 .144 2836
Yolscr 276 2110 134 300 2S20
Outer 15 1534 45 71 1668
Hubor 11 1517 28 76 1042
Jncohson 12 1571 38 82 1703
Miller 11 1557 36 7S 1682
Morran 0 1506 40 79 1831
NlcholFOn 10 1I&3 S3 73 1611
tipenccr 9 1479 37 70 1601
Fifth District.
8orn
Countlcs. Evans. Smith. Good. berKer.
Butler ....1611 1324 177B 1430
Hamilton .1403 1436 1462 1462
Tolk 892 842 1147 ,1108
SaundeiH ..1944 1893 2371 '2243
fiowurd ...16S3 1633 1059 1603
Torlc 2122 2927 1003 1431
Totals ...9669 9104 10072 3387
Sixth District.
Coun- Bco- Stln- Grim- notion-
tics. lrr. sou. I.son. beck.
Colfax 815 705 1243 1176
DodRO 1770 21C5 1761 2157
Merrick ...1057 923 752 842
Nanco 961 878 CR4 655
Plutta 1507 1024 1512 1736
Totals ...0149 6685 ' 5852 65CS
Seventh District.
Counties Hurd. Stubh.i
Hay 1076 1CS4
Fillmore 1650 1605
Nuckolls 1175 1297
Ballno 1805 1763
Thayer 1413 1270
Totals 7718 7601
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
HoDtter Meeting; of Chicago Unlonltts
Ilamand Municipal Ownership
While negotiations looking to pcaco
la tbo Chicago street railway strlko
wcro In progress a monster mass meet
ing waaheld at TattcrsaM's to plan as
sistance for the Btrlkors. Nearly every
union In Chicago was represented and
It is estimated that fully 15,000 peo
ple wore present at tmo meeting. Tho
men formed in procession In different
sections of tho city and marched in
bodies to the hall in SbrtennUi street
Eighth District.
Counties. Iloblnson. Graves.
Cedar 1547 1332
Cumins 1191 1502
Dakota t 078 774
Dixon 1112 960
Stanton 015 742
Thurston 283 876
Totals 555G 6186
Ninth District.
Conn tle:i. Boyd. Cones.
Antelopo 1036 8S9
Knox 1629 1200
Mndlson 1842 1490
Pierco 828 919
WayiiH 10S2 801
Total 7016 6293
Tenth District.
Evcr-
Countlos James. Adams, son.
Adiimi 1781 1714 34
Franklin 877 1054 32
Ilnrlun 743 959 70
Kearney 810 1111 31
Phelps 93S 925 22
Webster 1155 1171 10
Totuls 0304 0334 133
Eleventh District.
Thump- Arm
Counties. Paul Ilnnna. uon. stronR
ninino .... 121 80 10K 64
Boono 1367 1295 1179 1134
Gurlleld ... 292 203 217 101
Grant 92 St 98 07
Greeley .... 6tl R43 753 420
Hnll 1S10 174S 1713 1431
Hooker .... 4H 41 69 34
Howard .. 997 841 1163 1030
I-oup 180 157 141 124
Thomas ... 73 56 77 CI
Vnllcy 913 825 695 667
Wheeler .. 15S 147 184 146
Totats ...4592 6389 6377 C229
Twelfth District.
Counties Hontctlur. Hand.
Buffalo 2215 1388
Custer 2019 1913
Dawson 1394 1191
Slu-rmun 666 022
Totals 6194 6114
Thirteenth District.
Counties. Grimes, Parson.
Banner 150 63
Chcycnno 615 301
Deuel 4G3 130
Keith 284 182
Kimball 139 67
Lincoln 1311 SCO
Logan ,. 110 77
McPhereon 108 25
Perkins 108 178
Scotta Bluff 438 243
Totals 3922 2172
Fourteenth District.
Coun- It. C. J. .
ties. Orr. White.
Chaxe 314 235
Dundy S63 223
Krontler 75R 657
Furnas 1144 1026
Gosper 426 433
Hayc 362 206
Four Firemen Killed In Omaha
In a disastrous fire in Omaha In the
warehouses of Allen Bros., wholesale,
grocers, and of tho Pacific Storage
company, ou lower Jones street, four
firemen lost their lives and damage
amounting to not less than 500,000 re
sulted, Tho firemen who were burled be
neath tons of burning debris wcro Wil
liam Burmelstor, William A. Barrett,
Horbort O. Uoldsborough and Ieroy
W. White, all members of engluo com
pany No, 2.
RESULTS OF POSTAL INVESTIGATION
Fc..rth Assistant Pcstmastor.Goneml, J. L. Bristow, Gives Doltvils of tho Fraudulent
Practices Unearthed in the Postoffico Department Memorandum
of the President.
An Innocent Lincoln Man Arretted
Kred II. Harrison, claiming to In
formerly a law-partner of Judge A. W.
Kicld of Lincoln, Neb., at tbo in
stance of O. W. Hewitt, of 1G15 Chcnt
nut street, St. Louis, Mo., faced tbo
police court Judge, charged witti nuv
inf ctnlpn nn nvorcoiit. Hewitt, it
seems, pointed out Harrison on tbo
street as wearing bis stolen overcoat,
and despite his protestations of inno
cenco ho was taken to Jail. He catilly
convinced tho Judge of bis Innocence,
exhibiting letters from Judgo Field
and others ondorslng him. Tho deputy
banded him back the cont, wnicn n
Bald bo had worn several winters.
Harrison broko down and cried like a
child after his acquittal. Ho said It
was tbo only chargo over made against
his honor.
Ho went to St. Louis several weeks
ago on tho advlco of his physician,
giving up his law practlco, hoping
travel would benefit him, and ho had
a position at the world's fair lu view.
ThatikclrlnK nr Toot Ilall Scores
Following aro tbo prominent
Thanksgiving day football scores:
Nebraska 1G. Illinois 0.
Lincoln II. S. 0. Omaha H. S. 0.
Michigan 28, Chicago 0.
Minnesota 17, Wisconsin 0. .
Kansas 0, Missouri 0. xj
Iowa 12, Washington 2.
Carlisle 28, Northwestern 0, .
Knox 23. Bcloit 0.
Noitb Carolina tC, Virginia 9,
Washburn 2;i, Highland Tark, Ifi,, Oi
Kentucky 25, State College 0,
Dartmouth G2, Brown 0.
Pennsylvania 42, Cornell 0.
Georgetown C, Lehigh 12.
State College 23, Washington and
Jcfferton 0.
South Dakota 23. Mornlngsidc 0.
Ames 1G, Drnko 0.
ICarlbam 3, Hose Poly 0.
Notre Dame 31, Wnbasb 0.
Simpson G, Iowa College 24. ,
Pen Moines 12, Oskaloosa ft.
Nebraska's goal was crossed but
twice during tbo season, and then not
for a winning score.
A crowd of 4,000 pcoplo voiced their
Thanksgiving praises as the corn
buskers nailed the scarlet and cream
one notch higher in western football
circles.
Strikers Threaten Violence
Governor Peabody and Adjutant
General Bell of Colorado have received
threatening letters within the last few
days. Ono of the communications to
General Bell snys:
"You will be 'popped off' if you ever
come to Cripple Creek."
Another letter wnrns the officials
of tho existence of a plot to blow up
the' wing of tho capltol where tho
governor's and tbo adjutant general's
offices are situated.
General Bell dictated the follow
ing statement for publication:
"Wo will fight It out In Colorado if
it takes every able-bodied man in the
state, and somo who aro disabled, to
tbo end that order bo maintained and
socialism, anarchism and Moyorism bo
wiped off tbo earth, disturb or in anji
manner interfere with tho commercial
conditions and tho peace of Illustrious
Colorado."
Kxtra Hevslon of Congress Will Continue
Until tho sennto cither passes tho
Cuban bill or rejects that mcasuro no
proposition to adjourn the extra ses
sion of tbo fifty-eighth congress will
bo entertained by tho house of repre
sentatives. This Is tho declared posi
tion of the leaders of that body." As
this fact has become understood by the
lenders of tho senate, there Is likely
to bo no effort mado by that body
to bring tho extra session to an end
until it lapses into the regular ses
sion December 7.
In making their stand against ad
journment of tbo oxtra session until
tbo Cubnn legislation is disposed of,
houno leaders declare that they are
simply emphasizing the purpose for
which tho session was called.
Speaker Cannon's work on the make
up of tho house committees is pro
gressing satisfactorily and may be an
nounced soon.
Fltxslmmonn Whips riiirtlner
Fitzslmmons out-boxed and out-gen-eraled
Gcorgo Gardner for twenty full
rounds at San Francisco. FItzslramoni
wns as awkward and ns cunning as of
yore, nnd apparently realizing that ho
must foster his strength, there was not
a moment when lie wuh not carefulness
personified. While the old man could
avoid punishment from Gardner, ho
could not knock Ills opponent out, al
though ho landed a number of vicious
blows. Gardner landed on Fltzslm
mons once In u while, but Fltzslmmons
was always going away from him, and
tho blows were harmless. Several
times Fltzslmmons apparently bad
Gardner nlmost nut, but ho was either
too tired or lacked his old strength
and could not land a knockout puucii.
Fltzslmmons was skilful in blocking
and dodging Gardner's blows and In
tho clinches and breakaways was care,
ful.
Tho Grain Hate Question Settled
The Chicago Great Western expects
no further trouble over the grain rates
out of Kansas City and has come to
an agreement with tbo grain men un
der which better feeling exists. Com
missioner Trlckett of tho Kansas City
transportation bureau has submitted
to General Traffic Manager Stohr the
principal grievance of the grain Inter
ests and baa received assurances that
tho Chicago Great Western will con
sider them.
Some men waste a dollar's worth of
time trying to save 5 cents,
Notifying CongtosH of tho rcsultH of
tho investigation into corrupt prac
tices obtaining In the Postoltlro de
partment, ProsidiMit Itoosvvi'lt sent tho
following memorandum to tbo legisla
tive body:
It appears t tut t In lii-ei'iubcr. 1902, lwt.
ninatcr-Gcueint Payne anil CoiiKrewmm
B. V. l.ouJ, chairman of the ('oinmlttcn
on tlio Posl-litllro unit INwt-lloaiK held
various coiiHullallimM icKanllnK Hie lx
tnl norvlce. unit uh i rvjtili or (live In
terviews It wan determined tlmt iih -ioii
ns possible after I hi' neicnni-y iiipuirlit
tloim could lie mmle liy the t'oimi'r 1111
luvcKtlKMtlnn slmulil he mail, of the mr
vice, both Momsm Payne and l.oiiil nuiee
lllR ns to the ti.'nl for tli- lnvt MlK'itlnti
and the time when It thuulil take place,
Acrordlniily, nu Incieane nf .',0 In the
appropriation Mil icpmtcil In .Iiinuuo
wua made for the i'Miithi purpnHc of cur.
ryttlK on the Invc.HtlKxtleu tlctlnii.
The IliVe.MtUMtluii made l .Mr. Ili'M
tow dliclnxcH a condition of kimikh ciii
ruptlnu lu the tiilhv or the Klixt AfHltt
nut PoMimiMcr-dcnornl and in that nf
tho AhhIMuiii Adonic (li'tienil for the
l'ost'OHUe t i:trtiiii'tit. lu Hie ease of
tho miperltitcudcut of fiee ilellwrv. .M.ieh
on, tho evldeneo shown thai hh ntlweon
duct began Immediately uflei hix appoint
ment In September, ivct. In the ence of
tho Kcucrnl mipcrlnlcmlctit of fnlarlen
and allowance. Ileaei 1, it Iickiiii coon
after ho wax appoint d to Hint place In
IKI7. In the ca-e or VKotntiini Attorney-
General Tyner it Iimn none on for 11 num
ber of enr. but It Is Impossible to eny
exactly when It bcfc.wi 'Hie fellow III),' Is
fi Hut of the fourteo-i I'o'i-uillee em
ployes In the service ni the time this hi
vestliuitlmi wax hci;in, who nil appar
ently moHt wrlmisly linpllcntid lu tho
wrongdoing, toKilher with an net mint of
tho ntepx that have lie 11 tnl, 111 by the
Oovorniuciit In each ww.
(Tho ciirfo of ex-Klrsi Ai-hNIuM Post.
inntitcr-Uoucral Heath, v. ho lt.nl leit the
Hcrvlce over time jeais Itefote this In
vcstlKiitlon was l kmii. I .set foith la
tho report of ,Mr. lit i-jiou )
Jitnicx N. Tynir. AbM.diitit Attorney,
(ii'tieial for the Pout (Hide department,
appointed ttpcclal it;eiit, I'ost-nilli e d -partmeiil.
March 7. lyCI; with iulcmil.s
of a few yoarn Iiiik been In the Hervlee
evor Hlnce, mid wan I'nsiiuastoi.iieucrnl
under Pte.sldent ttiant for i-evi nil
monthii: ho wa.s removed Apt II 22, I'M:
ho hn.s .since been Indicted tbtee times.
A, W. Jlachen. uenernl utipetlnt 'tnli lit
free-delivery nyxt"in. appointed clcik lu
poHt-oIUco at Toledo. Ohio. March I, 17;
continuously lu tervlee t-wr cltiee mo
for threo yearn; removed May 27, 1UU;
luin hIiico been Indicted font tern time
Gcorgo W. lleavoifi. kciiciiiI miperln
tendent of nnlarloa and allowances; up
pointed to cterkHhip lu New- Yotk post
office January, ISM; coiitluiioii nervlee
over Mince; icnlcualion accept) d to take
effect March 31, l'.KO, luin sluio been In
dicted clriht timed.
James T. Mctcalf, nuperliilcndent innii-cy-ordor
nymeni; appointed post-otllce lu
Bpnctor February 1'. li-'; ban been in pox.
tal scrvlco ever nluce; removed Juno 17,
1003; hnH been Indicted once.
Daniel V, Miller, tmil.staut attorney,
I'oflt-Olllco dapartnicnt;-nppo!ntfd July 1,
1902; removed May IS, IIKH; Indicted once,
utter ono mistrial wuh retired anil ac
quitted.. Louis Kempncr, Fupnrintetidcnt rcls
try ByBtem; appointed clerk In Nuw York
IKtst-otlleo AUBUHt, lisfcG; removed ouobtt
111, 1903.
Charles llodgcn, superintendent city
frce-dollvcry service; appointed itHtJut.iut
Hiiperlntcndcnt froe-tlellvery wrvlco July
1,' lSiiS; removed July 22, IHOJ.
James W. Krwlti, nnHlntnnt superintend
ent fn-o-dollvcry itcrvlcc; appointed post
nlllce iuspoctor June 27, 1SS7; removed Hep
tcinbcr 1C, 1103; Indicted once.
W. Scott Towers, mipurlntc.udeut 8tn
Hon C, Washington, I). (.'.; appointed
cleric, WnHhingtoti nont-ofUcu Novembr.
190: removed October, 1W3; Indicted three
times.
Otto P. Woln, nsalstant nuprrintendent
registry division, New York post-oillec;
uppoLnted clerk, Now York poHt-olllco
June, ISM; removed October 21, 1W3.
T. W. McGregor, clerk, free-delivery di
vision. In chargo of Mipplle: appointed
I'oat-Ofllce department, March 11. lb'Jl;
removed Juno 0, VM3; Indicted twice.
C. E. Upton, clerk, lreo-dellvtry divis
ion; nppolntcd July 1, 1900; removed Junu
fi, 1903; Indicted once.
M. W. Louis, superintendent supply di
vision: appointed KansaH City poMt-oilko
April 17. 1697: removed October 21, 1903.
Charles IJ. Terry, clerk. nupply dlvlnUin;
nppolntcd September 20, 1900; reinowd Oc
tober 21, 1903.
The threo chief offenders In tho Govern
ment Bcrvleo were- Tyner, Maehen and
Heavers. As regurtlB Messr?. Ueavcrn nnd
Maehen tho corruption took tho form of
bribery and bluckmall In connection with
tho purchnso of Government supplies. In
tho otllco of tho Anslntnnt Attorney-General
for tho Post-OIIIco department, under
Tynor and Harrett, far creater wrong
was inflicted upon tho public than could
bo mensured by a pecuniary ntuiulard,
for in tills olllco tho corruption of thu
Government oillclnln took tho form of
favoring get-rlch-qulck conccrnH and sim
ilar swindling wchomes; In other words,
tho crlminnlH, whom it wns tho sworn
duty of theso Government officials to
prosecute, paid them for ionnlslon to
llceca tho public unmolested.
I heartily approve of tho iccomineiidn
tlon of McssrB. Conrad and Jloiinpnrto
that tho stntuto of limitations bo extend
ed In tho case of Government servants
to a period of at loaHt five yeais; for tho
persons who lu such positions of trust
piirurc In corrupt practices can ordinarily
conceal their guilt for n Jointer tlmo than
Is covered by tho present short statute of
limitations.
No crlmo culls for sterner reprobation
than tlte crlmo of tho corruptlonlst In
publlR life, and of tho man who seeks to
corrupt him. The brlbo giver and tho
bribe taker aro equally guilty Hoth alllto
sin jiuiilnHt the primary law of tho htato's
aiuoiy. All questions of tlirfotenco In par
ty policy sink Into InslKiilllcaticn when
the people of this country nre Inoimlit
faco to faco with n question like this,
which lies at tho root of honest and de
cent government. On this question, nnd
on nil others llko It, wo can afford to
liuvo no cllvlslun anion: good citizens.
Belf-government becomus ti fnrco If tho
representatives of tho people corrupt
others or are themselves enniiptcd. Free
dom Is not a gift wilcli will tarry long In
tho hands of tho dishonest or of those
so'foollHh or M) incompetent as to tolerate
utshotiesty lu their public servants. Un
der our system all power comes from tho
NWWWW
Water Supply Important.
Many pcoplo who build homes in
tho country fall to reallzo, until it Is
too lato, that tho question of water
supply is the must Important problem
with which thoy have to grapple. Tho
fact is that an abundant quantity of
water should bo provided for beforo
tho location for houso or stablo or gar
den is chosen. Every additional foot
which water has to bo carried in
creases tbo oxponso and ofton dimin
ishes tho supply. Country Llfo in
America.
people, nnd nil punishment rests ulti
mately with the people. The toleration of
tho wroiiK. not the exposure of tho wronc,
Is the reul offense.
TIIKODOKM UOOHIiVBI.T.
DRISTOW TELLS OF FRAUDS.
Astounding Revelations of Long-Exist
Ing Corruption.
The tepoit nf Fourth Assistant Post-tnasier-Geueral
J. 1.. Ilrlstow 011 the
postal Invest Inn t Ion is substantially ns
follows
He tlrst taken up tlte ease of Michael
V. t.uils of Cincinnati, nppolntcd In 11.97
Aotlnit Hiipetliitendent of tho Supply Di
vision. Ills peculations amounted to
many thousands of dollars, lie wan re
moved In October. 190.1.
The iidmlnlstiatlve methods of Tyner
ami llarrett nte clearly Illustrated lu a
number of eases which were passed upon
li) them
.Mr llil.slow shown bow many fraudu
lent (leliemes weto necotded protection by
llatiett and allowed una of tho malls.
These Include many small swindles In
the shape of lotleiy Inducements, land
Investment schemes, etc
Of the "turf -Investment" nwlndle.s Mr.
Ihlxtow as.
i:. J. Arnold Co,, of St. Ixtuls, Mo.,
we 10 conduct lint what Is known as a
"turf-Investment" scheme. On Novcut
bet :'.'., l'.nij. tbo Inspectors, ItavltiK inves
tigated the company, teeommeiided that
a ft anil older bo issued tiKaluut It, In
the meantime tho company had cmployid
ll.uieU :m Its atlniney itutl paid him 11
fee of I.V0AO. Ami Instead of Issuing a
fraud older Tjuer gavo tho company n
letter of commendation, Two das after
Tyner wtote this letter llartett received
a chock of 11,000 us an additional fee.
Tho eompativ fit lied In Febriuuy, 1903
assets. $"..1100; llitbllltlcn. .J3.120.77C.
J. J. Ityiin & Co. -J. J. Itynn i Co., of
St l.ouK was a kindred instltuUon to
.Si::"'d & ''". In October, 1303, the In
.p(clois 1 e. omtni tided rt faulld order
ngnlnst tills company Tho company was
itlven a linirlm; by the Asslstnnt-Attor.
itev Gem nil's Olllco and another Investl
Kill lam by the insiicctors wan requested,
In the meantime J. M. Johns, an attor
ney at llockvllle. lml , made a (imposition
lo Kynn that for 11 fee of $5,000 ho cCiuId
help him. ttuouKh his friend 1). V, Mil
hi, nf the Assistant Attotney-Gciietars
(Mllee After some ncKotlatlonM It was
nun i (I that fl.f.OO would bo paid to Johns
by Ilvnii If he would give him a "clean
bill" befoie tho Post-Ollleo department.
This Johns iiRleed to do, and Miller se
em d a f.tvoiable 1 tiling for lljnn V: Co.,
which he sent to Johns. As 11 result of
t hi a transaction Miller and Johns vveio
Indicted
UlllliiK of the safe.- On April 21. 1903.
while the luvcstliitlou of thu Assistant
Attorney. Gciieinrii Olllco wan In pnK
renst, Mis. J. N. Tyner. In a clandestine
maiiutr, adiuitled Mrs. llurrutt and Mr.
Mnmner, a safo expert, Into a private
loom of tho Asslvtant Attorney-General's
Olllco. whero tie unlocked tho safe mid
took out all of the contents, which Mm.
Tyner enirleil off. What wuh In tho safo
no ono knows but the Tyncna. Mrs.
Tyner stated that nho went to tho' oltlco
and i'cctircd the contents of tho safo un
der the direction of her husband, which
statement he confirmed. As a result of
thin episode Tyner was summarily re
moved from the otllco of Assistant Attorney-General
and Chrlstlancy resigned.
For six yeais tinder Tyner's admlnln!
tratlnn certain favoitd fiauds'and latter
let vveio given free uso of the malls.
Barrett's scheme to renlijn nm practlco
beforo the Olllco, and Tyner's part In
that scheme, as set forth In tho body of
tills icpnrt, was thocllmtix nf olllclal per
fidy, more evil In its results and inoro
demoralizing to tho public, conscience
than outright embezzlement or 'open
theft. .
Tyner and llarrett wcro Indicted on
Ootobt i- R by the Brand Jury for tho Dis
trict of Columbia for conspiracy to de
fraud. ,
Tim frauds In money-order forms. In
which Jamea T. Metcjilf, Hiiperlntcndcnt
of the moncy-oider system, Is Involved,
and for which ho wan removed from
olllco, aro next taken tip.
A long list of swindles carried out by
August W. Maehen of Ohio Is enumerat
ed, nnd the charge Is inadn that ho has
been guilty of forgery. Tho schemes by
whlih tho government was defrauded I11
clualo carriers' satchels, tho Groff fasten
er 11 for letter boxes, painting of street
letter boxes, carriers' leather cases, the
contract for street letter boxs, packago
boxen, tho Montaguu Indicator, a device
attached to street letter boxes snowline
tho hours of collection, and lurul carriers'
badges.
Tho teport continues:
"In AuKtist. 1897, George W. Heavers
wns appointed chief of the salary and al
lowance division. Ilenvets' methods have
been luckless and without rulo or regu
larity. Increases of allowances for clerk
lilro in poht-olllees weio mado aa mat
ters of favor regardless of tho necessities
of tho service. Promotions, were fre
quently mado without consideration of
the merits of tho cleric promoted. Long
time leases for post-ofllco premises wero
canceled and tho lent Increased upon thu
recommendation of pi eminent political
lenders, sometimes without repaid to the
rental valuo of tho premises."
In tho list of Heavers' misdeeds nro
Included the sain of ptomntlons, nnd tho
padding of pay mils for clerk hire, oper
ations which netted Heavers many thou
sands of dollars.
Tho report shows that tho government
has been swindled out of a vast amount
of money by fraudulent lenses. Twenty
ciscb nro cited, lu all of which Heavers
was Implicated, nnd which liavo been
fully proved. Thu revelations lu this
connection, and in tho easo of tho pur
chasing of Inruo amounts of "Hrnndt
Automatic Cnshlcts," are astounding.
Mr. Ilrlstow says'
"Kllmliiatlnir from consideration all In
dications of fraud and passing upon tho
raso wholly as a aiuestion of administra
tive Judgment, It appears to mo that this
transaction would liavo Justified tho sum
mnry lemoval from olllco of First Assist
ant Postmastcr-Genoral Heath und
George W, Heavers. ,
"Hut tho element of froud can not bo
eliminated. Men of ordinary Intelligence
rarely wasto tho public revenues in such
a manner without a personal motive. A
brlbo of 112,r,00 was paid Congressman
I'Mmund II. DrlKgs to securo the order
for 2.0 machines. A part of this money
has been ttaced to tho bank account of
Heavers.
FarmersMnterest in Roads.
It costs tho farmers of tho United
States nearly threo times moro to get
their crops to market than it docs tho
farmers of Europo on an equal ton
nage of farm products. This Is bo
cntiso tho roads of Europo aro threo
times as good as tho roads of this
country on nn average. Tho enor
mous cost of transporting crops to
market can bo reduced only by Iny
proving tho highways over which thoy
nro hauled. Tho hotter tho roads tho
less tho cost. Leavonworth Times,
"Drlftui, Tien vers, and Miller have been
Indicted by tho Federal grand Jury In the
city of Brooklyn. N. T."
Tho report continues;
"In 1S90, while John Wsnsmnker w
Postmaster-Genernl, nn effort was mada
to Introduce the Humly time recorder for1
uso In the postal ncrvlco, but It falted.
letter, during tbo administration of Post-miister-Giitierat
WlUxon, upon tho recom
mendation of A V, Maehen, It was, adopt
ed. Maehen estimated that tho entire
freo-alellvety service could bo supplied for
HT..KI9.M.
"In 1901 an effort win made by First
Assistant Postmaster-General V, M.
Johnson and his chief clerk, John M. Mas
ten, to reduce tho price of these tlmo re
corders, bub tlw effort was afterwards
abandoned
"II. J. Truesdell, who wns agent of the
company at tho time these clocks wcro.
first adopted, states that he paid Maehen
lt.000 for his 'services lu securing their
Introaliictlnn Into the service, Criminal
action on such payment Is buried by thn
statute of limitations.
lly tho purchasing- nf canceling ma
chines for use In tho postal scrvlco It is
shown that thn government lias lost over
(100,000, which sum was divided nmong tho
conspirators Interested, Hero tiKiiln crim
inal action is barred by the statute of Urn
Itutlmifl.
Hays .Mr. ilrlstow:
"Tho most Important contract for cati
eollnir machines was that for tho Dore
iiiun. Its 01 Initial promoters wcro W. D.
Dorcmus, the Inventor; L. T. Mlchcner,
member of tho law nrm of Dudley &
Mlchener, or Washington, nnd II. .1.
Truesdell, of Uliigltninton, Nc Y. Thn
company was orKiinlr.ed August 3, 1899.
and capitalized for 1100,000, divided Into
1,000 shares of J10O a-nch. Truesdell was on
Intlmali) personal relations with Heavers,
and lu lS'j an order wns given for 100
machines, at $1M each. !,onir beforo all
of the 10) machines had been delivered
tho department received numerous com
plaints from postmnstors stating tlmt
they wero worthless; and on account of
tho great dissatisfaction With this tlrst
100 known ns Model No. 1 tho Doromus
company established a factory of Its own
III Washington nnd created Model Nn. 2,
and Heavers, without testing Its efllclcn
ey. on Juno 30. 19W, contracted for 100 of.
tho new mnrhlnos at K'l'S each. Model No.
2 aloo pruved a failure, and Modol No. a
wits made, and Heavers promptly gavo an
urder for 100 machines of that model at
'.W each.
"Of the 20o machines purchased of mod
els Nos. 1 mill 2 but 39 nro now In use,
tho remaining 101 being practically a not
loss,
"Six liiindri'd nnd soventy-ono of thesn
machines have been ordered by tho de
partment, tit 11 net cost of 1113.475. This Is
a icpctltlon of tho story of nutomatlo
cashiers nnd Ulllott & Hutch typewriters,
except that It Is on 11 lamer scnlo.
"In 1901 Truesdell and Green been mo es
tranged and Truesdell left tho employ of
thn Huuday company, nnd nlso sold bis
Interest lu the Dorcmus canceling ma
chine. When Interviewed by thu Inspec
tors Truesdell stated that beforo tho seq-.
nnd order on Juuo 30, 1900, was given for
100 machines Green told hint ho had
transferred to Perry 8. Heath, First As
sistant Postmaster-Genernl; U'O.OOO worth
of his stock, lu consideration, of rccclv-Ina-
an order for nut less than 300 'ma-'
china's.
"Heath refused to inako a wrlttoq state
ment, but said verbally to Inspector Blm
molts that he never received nny stock
from tho Dorcmus Canceling Machine
Company 'or nny remuneration of any
Kino, uiroctiy or' inuirctlye.
"On October f.', 1903. Indictments wero
found against Green, Dorcmuti and Heav
ers for iionsplriicy to defraud.
"Tho ovldonco against Heath was nlsb
submitted to tho district uttornoy, who
decided that It was not aulllclent to war
rant his Indictment.
"Tho udmliilstrntlon of Heavers wns, If
possible, more demoralizing upon tho In
tegrity of tho service than that of Ma
ehen." In conclusion tho report says:
"For tho purposes of this report, tho
Investigation ordered by you on March
7 has been completed. In tho preparation
of eases for trial whero ImllctmetitH have
been found, Information may bo secured
which will neressltntu further Investiga
tion nnd possibly Involve persons nut now
Impllcuted.
"Tho system of organized corruption
that bus been disclosed begnn lu 1893 and
continued until stopped, by this Investiga
tion. Thu amount of monoy secured by
tho corrupt officials and their confeder
ates Is small os compared to tho total
loss to tho Government. To illustrato:
"llarrett received but ti,000 from Ar
nold, yet that company defrauded tho
pcoplo out of over 13,000,000. Maehen
probably did not receive morn than $2G,
000 from tho Groff fastener. Yet tho gov
ernment has paid approximately $130,000
for that device, which represents a net
loss, slnco tho Department continued,
by thu tcuns of tho contract for letter
boxen, to pay for tho original fasteners.
Heavers and his associates received less
than 120.000 from tho nutomatlo cashier.
Yet tbo Department expended $74,270 for
this wholly unnecessary machine. Thn
total amount that tho perpetrators of
these fiatiUs themselves received can not
bo dclluttcly learned, but It will airirra
gate between 1300,000 nnd HOO.OOO. whllo
tho loss to tho government, considering
tho unnecessary supplies that havo been
purchased atW tho Inferior quality of
those furnished by fraudulent contract
ors, can not bo estimated with any de
gree of uccurncy.
"As tho gross abuses havo boon
brought to light thoy havo been prompt
ly corrected by tho proper departmental
ofllcors. Contracts whero fraud has been
discovered liavo been annulled.
"Tho results of tho Investigation dem
onstrate that nil trnvellng ugenta of tho
Department such ns assistant superin
tendents nf salaries and allowances, or
tho free-delivery service, the Hallway
Mall Hervlee, and tho registry system,
nnd Inspectors should bo placed under
une organization.
"A number of changes should bo mado
In the organization of tho Department in
ordor to provide a more perfect check
on the opeiatlons of various divisions, nnd
B'lmo restrlctlvo .legislation affecting tho
divisions of salaries and nllowanco, of
rural free delivery, and possibly others
may Iw necessary. What tho scrvlco
most needs, however, Is honest. Intelli
gent, nnd vigorous administration. Tho
corruption disclosed Is not duo to lax
laws, but to tho dishonesty of thoso who
havo been charged with tho responsi
bility of administering them."
The Next Necessity.
Congressman McAndrows of Chi
cago Bent a lot of sood to his consti
tuents a few days ago nnd vory soon
afterward received a reply from ono of
thorn, which read: "After taking ono
packago of your grass seed I've bo
como a hay-seod. Tho corn you sent
una been planted In tho vacant lot
near tho bank building. It Is ulna
Inches high now and all tho pcoplo re
fer to it as McAndrows park. Try to
send us a fow trees and a watormolou
.patch." 1
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