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Bellefonte, Pa., June 2i, 1907.
Penna. Capitol Contractors Charged
What They Pleased.
MISSING ARTICLES PAID FOR
Harrisburg, June 15.—How John H.
Banderson collected $5,000,000 from
the state for furnishing and equipping
the new capitol under his “per foot”
and “per pound” contract with the
board of public grounds and buildings
was told to the investigation commis-
sion in the report of the Audit Com-
pany of New York, presented through
James Cameron, the chief auditor.
The auditors found that what was
known as a “quantity book” was used
as a basis for making out bills for
articles as well as furnishing them,
the schedule upon which the contract
was awarded to Sanderson being ap-
parently disregarded in favor of the
compilation of quantities made up by
Architect Joseph M. Huston and ap-
proved by James M. Shumaker, who
was superintendent of grounds and
buildings during the building and fur-
nishing of the capitol.
Mr. Cameron said that in making
the audit he had not gone by the
“quantity bool” at all, as from the
records the contracts were based on
the schedule. But the “quantity book”
was what Sanderson went by and af-
forded him the means to make his
enormous charges.
Overcharges running into hundreds of
thousands of dollars were shown by the
auditors to have taken place under the
arbitrary fixing of prices by Sanderson.
Mention was also made of pen and ink
interlineations in the “quantity book"
on which large orders to Sanderson were
based. It wos algo brought out that in
the cose of carpet some one had marked
out “yard” and inserted “fect” in red
fnk in this hook.
The reg
ort recommends that Shumaker
sxplain the absence of cere
a ng them window seats
hich the state pald Sanderson, and
which the auditors were unable to lo-
cate. It was suggested that Shumaker
be asked to tell the whereahouts of mir.
rors which he had certified as having
been delivered in good condition while
he was superintendent.
The report also brought out these
facts:
The painting as done by Sanderson cost
the state 2904000 more than it would have
co:l if the contract had been awarded to
John Gibson the lowest bidder.
Mahogany on walls cost $880,000 and
should have heen furnished by George
F. Payne & Company. under their origi-
nal contract for the construction of the
capitol,
Sanderson was allowed to get in on
Payne's contract for parquetry flooring
under an order from Huston, and did
$45,000 worth of work before he was
stopped. Payne collected $114,834.50, in
addition to being paid for a yellow pine
floor under his original contract.
No known method by which designed
marble was measured and for which
Sanderson was pald $213,500 at the rate
of $18.40 “per foot.”
Sanderson collected $876,000.40 for ‘‘de-
signed’ furniture, one invoice for $618,-
$40.40 being pald for without affidavit as
to correctness being required.
Overcharge of $83,000 on desks, as they
were furnished under one item when they
could have been charged under another.
Sanderson also bid by the piece for the
furniture and other supplies, but he was
paid by the “per foot” and “per pound”
rule,
Ornamental desks for heads of depart-
ments cost the state $308, while Sander-
son collected $610 each for plain desks
supplied to subordinates. Loss to the
state on desks through this measurement
$133,312.50,
The “quantity” book called for 6) desks
more than were invoiced. In other words
the state paid for this number of desks
that it did not receive.
Sanderson collected $222,666.50 for 8054
chalrs under the “per foot” rule, an over-
charge of $70.20 per chair, or $214,362.75 in
the aggregate. The “quantity” book
called for 438 chairs that were not In-
voiced,
An overcharge of $46,170.20 on tables for
which Sanderson collected $51,244.
The quantity plans and “quantity book"
called for many items which have never
been invoiced, and include many other
ftems similar to those which have been
invoiced or which have been invoiced only
in part. These items alone at average
weight or measurement charged by the
contractor and at the unit price called
for by the “quantity book’ for the re-
spective articles or work amount to ap-
proximately $2,700,000. The report says in
conclusion:
*‘It is evident on the face of the records
that other claims for restitution of an
identical! nature can be made, and we
further recommend a general audit of
the accounts of all contractors In the de-
partment of the auditor genera! covering
that period at least wherein a reclaim
might not be defeated by the statute of
limitation.”
The report also states that If the quan-
titles as placed by the “quantity book"
rule the items painting and decorating,
designed bronze metal for gas and elec-
tric fixtures, etc, and designed special
finished white metal gas and electric fix-
tures, were contemplated at the time of
the award of the schedule, Sanderson's
bld exceeded that of the lowest bidder by
$1,992,080.76.
After Mr. Cameron had finished the
reading of the report, Sterling H.
Thomas, a representative of theAmer-
ican Car & Foundry company, of Wil-
mington, Del, was called. He testified
that his firm had furnished Payne
wainscotting for the attic for $8000,
and that Payne had secured some of
its office stationery and made out a
bill to the state for $16,000. Sanderson
collected from the state $545,136.80
for cabinet work, which had been fur
nished to him by the Wilmington con-
«ern for $86,073.
CAUGHT SCANNING
Former Penna, Treasurer Mathues Sur.
prised In Midnight Visit to Capitol.
Harrisburg, Pa., June 14.—A sensa:
tion was caused here by the discov-
ery that Willlam L. Mathues, a for.
mer state treasurer, who figures in
the new capitol scandal, was detected
at work on the books of the treasury
department at midnight Wednesday
night with one of the clerks of that
department and a political lieutenant
of Mathues from one of the other de-
partments. The discovery was made
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by Patrick McGrann, a clerk under
Berry in the treasury. McGrann sald
he heard John E. Stott, a clerk in the
auditor general's department, te¥
George F. Young, of Gettysburg, a
clerk in the treasury, who was origin-
ally appointed by Mathues, that he
should be around, “for we are going
to pull off a job.”
McGrann says the perspiration roll-|
ed from the face of Mathues, who had
presence of mind enough to offer the
him and his associates a clgar and
shake hands with them. Mathues,
Young and Willis left the department
soon after. Young was immediately
discharged.
When seen Mr. Mathues declared:
“Yes, it's so. I was in the treasury de
partment with Mr. Young. I had met
him on the street, and asked him how |
he was getting along under Mr. Berry.
He said, ‘first class.’ Then he took me
inte the treasury to show me some of
the books that he had kept. That's all.
I had no evil intentions.”
There are no indications that the
books had been tampered with. i
MIDDIES’ BODIES FOUND
Three Victims of Launch Disaster
Discovered in Chesapeake Bay.
Newport News, Va., June 18.—Clad
in full naval uniforms and with face
and hands fearfully mutilated, the
bodies of Midshipmen P. H. Field, Vir-
ginia, class 1906; W. H. Stevenson,
North Carolina, class 1907, and F. P.
Holcomb, Delaware, class 1907, were
found in Chesapeake bay. The bodies,
after being examined and identified,
were taken by the naval tug Potomac
to the naval hospital at Portsmouth.
All the vessels of the fleet have their
flags a. half-mast. The bodies of four
of the 11 men drowned in the Minne-
sota’'s launch a week ago have now
been found. The one discovered in the
launch was that of a fireman, G. W.
Westfall. The bodies of three mid-
shipmen and four seamen are still
missing and launches and tugs are still
searching the lower bay and roads for
them.
On account of the fact that the bodies
found had drifted 10 or 12 miles from
the scene of the tragedy gives rise to a
fear that all of them will never be
found. Others may be picked up in
the bay, but the body of Midshipman
Holcomb was drifting rapidly seaward
when it was found, and some of the
others may have been carried past the
capes into the Atlantic ocean. The
identification of the corpses was cone
firmed on board the Minnesota.
THE DUMA DISSOLVED
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Second Russian Parliament Comes to |
Sudden End.
St. Petersburg, June 17.—Empero!
Nicholas affixed his signature to an
imperial ukase abolishing the present
duma and ordering that the elections
of members to its successor, which is
to meet November 14, be held under
the new election law, which provides
against the “submergence of the edu
cated classes by the uneducated
masses.”
This act constitutes a virtual coup
d'etat, and overrides the specific pro-
visions of the fundamental laws of the
realm, solemnly proclaimed by his ma.
jesty on the eve of the convocation of |
the first duma, which declared that the
electoral law couid never be changed
without the consent of parliament it
self.
The dissolution of the second duma
was received throughout St. Peters:
burg with perfect tranquility, thanks
to the precautionary measures, and in
no place in Russia, so far as is known,
were there any serous disturbances.
MAYOR SCHMITZ OUSTED
Removed From Office By San Fran-
cisco Supervisors.
San Francisco, June 18, — Mayor
Schmitz was formally removed from
office by the supervisors. Supervisor
James Gallagher was named as acting
mayor in his place.
This is the first step taken by the
graft prosecution In the execution of
the plan to restore good government in
San Francisco. The ground on which
Mayor Schmitz was removed is that,
owing to his incarceration in the
county jail following his conviction on
a felony charge, he is no longer able
to perform his official duties.
THE ROPE BROKE
Half-Dead Negro Was Quickly Placed
on Scaffold Second Time.
Roanoke, Va., June 15.—John Hardy,
a negro, who shot and killed Police
Officer Robert M. Beard, last October,
was hanged in the Roanoke jail yard.
The rope broke, when Hardy shot
through the trap and he rolled over
on the ground, half choking. He was
again placed on the scaffold, and the
second drop broke his neck. He was
pronounced dead in five minutes.
Beard and other policemen were
searching the Allegheny institute for
thieves when Hardy shot him.
Shot Wife and Called Police.
Buffalo, June 17.—Frank E. Jack-
son walked up to the door of his
house and rapped. His wife opened the
dour and Jackson stepped inside.
Then he shot the woman three
times and she fell dead at his
feet. Locking the doors to the
room in which the murder occurred,
so his little children could not come
upon their mother's body, Jackson went
to a neighbor's house and telephoned
to the police that there was trouble at
his house. Then he walked out to
meet the officers and gave himself up.
They had been quarreling.
Duchess of Roxburghe Robbed.
London, June 18. — The Dowager
Duchess of Roxburghe had a jewel
case containing gems valued at many
thousand of dollars stolen from her
during a reflway journey from London
to Doncaster.
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YEAGER & DAVIS.
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Artificial Marble.
The lack of marble in Denmark bas led
to many attempts to produce a substitution
which would equal in decorative effect the
natural product, and would not exceed it
in cost,
Some success has been achieved in the
mauufactare of this article 10 Sweden, but
the thin slabs would vot keep their shape,
inclining to bend and warp. The veins
were stiff and angular, and the soft transi- |
tions of color which make variegated war- |
ble a thing of beauty were wanting. f
A significant advance has heen made in
this indostry by a Danish master builder |
who is producing a stove of such delicate
transition of tints and play of color that it |
is impossible to distinguish it from the real |
product ; while as to cost of manufacture,
it can compete with all other artificial mar- |
bles. The imitation of the more expensive
species does not exceed in cost that of the
The inconvenience hitherto met with, |
| that the mass had to be greased to prevent
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The process of manufacture is simple and |
easily learned, aud the cost of the outfit |
does not exceed $175. The article can be |
produced in any form—columns, plain or |
flated, and capitol—as readily as flat slabs.
It is claimed that even pictures may be |
made of this material. It seems to bave
the durability of genmine marble, but its |
cot is only one-tenth as much. At the
present state of the development of the in-
dustry the maker is able to produce a slab
abont one-inch in thickness at about 14]
cents per square foot. The inventor's |
name is Schingaard.
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Ants as Foes of Rabbits.
The most curious plan yet proposed for |
combating the rabbit pest in Australia is |
the employment of ants, which was recent. |
ly advocated in the Journal of the Depart- |
ment of Agriculture for Western Aus-
tralia.
As is known generally, the rabbit has
multiplied in parts of Australia almost be-
yond man’s comprehension so that it is
difficult to raise many crops and resort
must be had to rabbit-proof fencing, poison.
baiting, ete.
Itis now proposed to introduce from
South America a red ant which is not afiaid
to attacl: living animals, especially the
very young. Just now a large number of
these ants are under observation in their
vative habitat for the par of definitely
establishing their feeding habits so that no
miigke will be made in their iotroduc-
tion,
It is just possible it will be found that
their carniverons appetites may lead them
to attack domestic animals, in which case,
should they obtain a foothold, the proposed
remedy would doubtless be worse than the
sense.
——*Dou’s let the gallery cause you to
lose your temper,’ cautioned the old
actor.
A illd bey fi
tr the gods w estroy they first
make mad.”
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