POSTAL TROUBLES.
James T. Metcalf is Removed
from Oflice.
The Superintendent of the llotiey Or*-
drr SyMem Charged With India*
cretlon in itlmtern PertaiU'
Ina to Au*.rd of Con
tracts lor Printing.
Washington, June is.—As a result
■of alleged indiscretion in matters per
taining to the award of contracts for
printing the money order forms of
the government, James T. Metcalf,
for many years superintendent of the
money order system of the postoffice
department, yesterday was removed
from office by the postmaster gener
al. A full investigation oi the case
will be made later. The dismissal is
the result of acts of Mr. Metcalf in
opposition to the bid of Paul Her
man, of Rutherford, N. J., the lowest
bidder by $45,000, and in favor ol the
next highest bidder, the Wynkoop,
Hallenbeek, Crawford Co., of New
York, of which Mr. Melcalf's son is
an employe.
The story is briefly told in the fol
lowing letter of dismissal signed by
Postmaster General Payne at 5
o'clock yesterday afternoon:
Mr. James T. Metcalfe.—Sir:—You
are hereby removed from the posi
tion of superintendent of the money
order system. The charges upon
which your removal is based relate to
your actions in the matter of the let
ting of the contract for money order
forms. These charges were made
known to you this morning by
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Bristow and Assistant Attorney Gen
eral Robb. of the postoffice depart
ment, and a transcript of your an
swer thereto is enclosed herewith.
It appears from your answer that
when the proposals of the different
competitors for the contract for sup
plying money order forms were
opened. Paul Herman, of Rutherford,
N. J. (formerly employed as foreman
by the Wynkoop. Hallenbeek, Craw
ford Co., of New York, by which com
pany, it seems, your son is also em
ployed). was found to lie flic lowest
bidder, his proposal being $45,000 be
low that of the next higher bidder,
hamelv, the Wynkoop, Hallenbeek,
Crawford Co.; that the bid of Mr.
TTe rman as submitted was regular in
form, and that lie had deposited a
certified check for $5,000 as a forfeit.
It further appears that witjiin a day
or two the Wynkoop, Hallenbeek,
Crawford Co. filed a protest against
awarding the contract to Herman, al
leging that he was not financially re
sponsible; that a short time there
after Mr. Herman called at your of
fice and you advised him to withdraw
Tiis bid and re-enter the employ of
the Wynkoop, Hallenbeek, Crawford
Co.. understanding at the time that
such withdrawal would result in the
contract being awarded to said com
pany and consequently inn loss to
the government: that you offered to
write, and did write, a letter to sai/i
company, apprising it of your inter
view with Herman and using your
good offices in bis behalf; that yon
advised Herman that his $5,000 de
posit would probably be returned to
liim if he adopted your suggestion.
It further appears that you regarded
Mr. Herman as possessing the me
chanical qualifications requisite tc
the proper performance of the con
tract and that it was not any part
of your duty to pass upon the ques
tion of his responsibility, financially
or otherwise. Tt also appears that
you did not acquaint your superior.
First Assistant Pos'tmaster General
Wynne, with the fact that you had
endeavored to have Mr. Herman with
draw his bid. Tt further appears
that a hearing has been had before
Gen. Wynne upon the question of the
financial responsibility of Mr. Her
man; although it has developed since
the submission of your answer this
morning that you discouraged the
granting of such a hearing and mani
fested a desire that the contract be
awarded to the Wynkoop, Hallenbeek,
Crawford Co.
Very respectfully,
"H. C. PAYNE.
"Postmaster General."
Postmaster General Payne in an
nouncing his action stated that there
was no charge that Mr. Metcalf had
done anything that is amenable to
the law, but said that his conduct
was serious indifteretion that could
not be overlooked. Mr. Metcalf, he
said, always lias been considered a
faithful, efficient, painstaking and
honest employe.
<• reat Labor Demonstration.
Philadelphia, June 18.—Probably
the trreatest labor demonstration
ever witnessed in this city took place
yesterday when thousands of strik
ing textile workers marched from
Independence hall to the City hall,
w here a mass meeting was held. The
feature of the parade was the army
of children who are employed in the
textile mills. Each youthful parader
eariied a small American flag.
Company Held ltci<pon*lhlc.
N'e.v York, June is.—A coroner's
jury in Jersey City yesterday found
that the North Jersey Traction Co#
was responsible for the death of
Walter L. Williams. The jury held
that the fender of the car was not
constructed properly for the protec
tion of the public and that incoirffie
tent help was employed.
Itcllimre lll»iibled.
New Vork, June is. The topmast
of the Wcliaucc broke off ten feet
from the masthead yesterday just
after that yacht, together with the
( on litutiiiu and ' oluinliia, had cross
ed the sinrtltltf line In a race for a
eup off' reil by Commodore F. T.
Vll nlll n' the Lnrchmont Yacht club.
HiilluiO Sliruron* t|cel.
Indianapolis, hid., June H The
sixteenth annual meeting of tin. |n
teriiatlonul \~iochition of liuilway
Wurj.' in i in cssjon here. One
hundred and flftv are expected to it*
tend today' ~c . ,lon.
RAILROAD REPORT.
Single Truck Hallway Jlllcasf In*
rreaned 5,43-1 Mllea L,a*t V« ar.
Washington, June 16.—The inter
state commerce commission has pre
pared a summary of its report on the
railroads of the United States for the
fiscal year which closed June 30, 1902.
It shows that the total single track
railway mileage on June 30 in the
United States was 202,471 miles, hav
ing increased during the year 5,2;;4
miles.
The total number of employes was
1,189,1115. The amount paid in sal
aries and wages was $676,025,5U2. The
compensation of Hie railway em
ployes for 1902 is equivalent to 60.50
per cent, of the operating expenses
of the railway companies and 119.16
per cent. of their gross earnings.
The number of passengers carried
was 64!),575,505 and the number of
tons of freight 111,089,347. The gross
earnings of all the roads for the .year
were $1.72(i,.'i50,267 and the gross ex
penses $1,116,24-8,747. The total divi
dends declared for the year was $185,-
421.239.
The total number of casualties to
persons on account of railway acci
dents, as shown for the year was
73,250, including 8,588 killed and 50,-
524 were injured. The number of
passengers killed was 345 and"the
number injured 6,683. One out of
every 4(11 employes was killed and
one out of every 24 employes was
injured. One passenger was killed
for every 1,883,706 carried and one
for every 97,244 carried.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SPOKE
He Al*o I.lstcncd to the Concert of the
Northeastern Nttrnscrbiind.
Halt ill)ore, Md., June 16.—A vast as
semblage was present in Armory hall
last night to listen to the grand con
cert of the Northeastern Saenger
bund.
Every one of the 9,000 seats in the
auditorium was occupied, 6,000 sing
ers were on the stage and standing
room was at a premium.
President Roosevelt occupied a
magnificently decorated box and his
appearance was the signal for un
bounded enthusiasm and prolonged
applause.
After the delivery of his address
President Roosevelt resumed his seat
and spent nearly an hour listening to
the choruses and solos. He was par
ticularly anixous to hear some of the
singing, and when the schedule of his
trip was being made he arranged it
so that he could spend at least an
hour in the armory. Some of the
best choruses of the week were
scheduled to take place while the
president was here, after which he
quietly left the building in time to
i-atch the train for Washington.
BUNKER HILL DAY.
Annual Celebration ol tlic Kutile I elc
bratcd at Charleston* Ma**.
Boston, Mass., June IS.—With
Philadelphia's famous relic of revolu
tionary days, the liberty bell and thu
memento of the civil war, John
Brown's bell, from Marlboro, Mass.,
as features, the annual celebration of
the anniversary of the battle of
Bunker llill, at Charlestown, assum
ed unusual interest yesterday. Fol
lowing the carnival and military pa
rades there were literary exercises
and speech making at Bunker Hill
monument.
Mayor Weaver and a special com
mittee of (lie city government of
Philadelphia, who accompanied the
liberty bell, were guests of the Bunk
er Hill day committee of Charles
town and of the city of Boston. Gov.
Bates and Lieut. Gov. Guild and a
number of the heads of state depart
ments and federal officers were also
participants in the day's exercises.
Attempted to Hob and Utirder.
South Haven, Mich., June 15.—Three
young men, it is alleged, attempted
to rob and murder Benjamin Fransc
lin. of No. 960 Washtenaw avenue,
Chicago, while on board the steamer
Kalamazoo in the middle of Lake
Michigan Saturday night. Franklin
says he was walking outside the
cabin when he was assaulted by the
men. who attempted to rob him and
throw his body into the lake. He
fought himself free and notified the
steamship officers, who accompanied
him back to where the fight took
place. In spite of the presence of
the officers, it is said, the three men
again assaulted Franklin and at
tempted to throw him into the lake.
In the second tight he was severely
injured before the men were placed
in custody by the chip's officers.
Shanghai, June 16.—The terms of
the Mancliurian commercial treaty
have been accepted except the clause
providing for the opening of two
Mancliurian ports. The treaty abol
ishes 11 interior trade barriers in the
shape of internal taxation of goods
in transit in China or Manchuria, ex
cept the duties collected by the na
tive custom houses at the treaty
ports under foreign customs man
agement and allows surtaxes of 1 \/ t
per cent, in import duty and % per
cent, in export duty.
I'nltcd State* Ship*. Will lie l''iul«licd.
New York, June 16. — President
Nixon, of the United States Shipliuild
ing Co., issued a statement yesterday
in wliieh he said the present reorgan
ization and receivership proceeding*
of the company will not interfere
with the progress »>f the construc
tion of United States \c -els n«»w
building at the Crescent yards.
I,ocliotit Called till*.
Pittsburg, Pa., June 16. The lock
out ordered by the Master Contrac
tors' ussochition and the Stone Con
tractors' ;i -ocintion and approved by
The builder: ' league, and which
threatened lo throw about *>o,ooo men
out of employment indefinitely, was
railed off \(Milerdav.
Mr». Porter Hurled.
Long llrunch, N. J., June 16. The
body of Mm, Soph!e Kiny; Porter,
wife of t'binice Porter, ambassador
to France, who •• death occurred in
P;irl in \prll In I, wu - buried in the
Li II'» brunch «emeterv >e -terdny.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JUNE 25. 1903.
BERVI A'S NEW KING
Prince Peter Karageorgevitch
Jlus Been Selected.
The Senate and Skup*htliin In Joint
&>c**lon. With itluch Ceremony,
I'ormally Elect 111.11 Sue*
I'euor to the .Murdered
Klnti Alexander.
Belgrade, June 10.—With scarcely
the excitement which marks an ordi
nary fete day in the capital, Servia
yesterday instituted a new dynasty.
Within less than two hours from the
time of meeting in the wing of the
royal palace, where King Alexander
and his queen were shot down, the
senate and skupshtina in joint ses
sion hail legally and with due formal
ity elected Prince Peter Karageorge
vitch king of servia and had notified
him by telegraph of the feet.
The senate and skuptsliina on as
sembling yesterday listened to a
proclamation signed by all the minis
ters, which vas read by President
Velimirovitch and which was as fol
lows:
"Everyone knows of the events
which took place hist. Wednesday
night, wher the late King Alexander
lost his life Servia remains without
a king or liei? to the throne. The
friends of the fatherland, having
heard of the event, met to discuss
what should be done for the country.
The result of their consultation litis
been the constitution of a govern
ment.
PRINCE PETER KARAGEORGEVITCH.
(Successor to the Throne of Servia )
"The government having under
taken the task of administering' the
country, considered its first duty was
to maintain peace, law and order and
convoke parliament to elect, a king,
in order that the election should oc
cur in accordance with the constitu
tion, the government has putin force
the constitution of April 0, 1001 with
the addition of the laws existing be
fore the coup d'etat March 21 last.
"In opening parliament the govern
ment recalls to the people's represen
tatives their first duty to the father
land, namely, to elect a king and a
constitution.
"The government hopes th-» coun
try will achieve happiness and pros
perity."
The members then proceeded to
church, returning a little later the
palace. The ceremony of electing
the king was conducted in the Salle
Des Fetes, which had been specially
arranged for the occasion. The met
ropolitan of Belgrade and the bishop
of Nish in their full robes of office
lent the sanction of their presence.
The members of the provisional gov
ernment and the presidents of the
chamber and senate sat at the head
of the white and gold decorated hall,
while below them were grouped the
members of the senate and tho
skupshtina.
The formal motion that Prince
Karageorgevitch be elected king of
servia was moved by a radical deputy
named Nesehies. who was attired in
the national costume. Immediately
about arose from the assembly of
"bong live Karageorgevitch." Each
member was then called by name and
rose quietly from his seat and gave
his vote of "Peter Karageorgevitch."
There was absolute unanimity, 110
other name but that of Prince Kara
georgevitch being pronounced. The
result was greeted with loud cheers
and to the minister of justice, M.
Sehiokovieli, hastened to the balcony
overlooking the street, and announced
to the people: "Peter the first, of
the dynasty of Karageorgevitch is
your new king."
At 7 o'clock last evening a tele
grain to the government arrived from
the new king. It ran:"The splen
did proofs of devotion for my be
loved people, my faithful army and
patriotic government have deeply
touched me. From the bottom of a
true Servian heart, I thank provi
dence, which has vouchsafed me, by
God's mercy and through bis will to
ascend the throne of my famous an
cestors. I beg you. the premier and
jour colleagues in the government to
accept my royal acknowledgment
with the assurance of my particular
good will."
Will Not be IIIMNOI ved.
Minneapolis, June 16. Lewis Hill,
son of James J. Hill, president of the
Greater Northern Railway Co, and
who is assistant to his father in the
management of the Great North
ern was interviewed yesterday as to
the reports that a dissolution of the
Northern Securities Co. was contem
plated. Mr. Hill said: "The North
ern Securities Co. will not be dis
hoheil even if the United States su
preme court upholds every conten
tion made in the rases that have
been brought against the company."
Shamrock 111. Arrive* Safely.
New York, June 1.1. Safe mid
sound, after a rough pas-age from
Gourock, Scotland, of ill days and .'3
hours. Sir Thomas Upton'- latest
challenyer for the \uiericti'' cup. the |
Shamrock 111, i now lying at n itch or
of loiupkin v|||e, S|;ill*n I land,
v.here he arrived it lit: ■ 1 ye tcrday I
inorninir. In with the -team j
v.tchl Krlit that had towed her most
Of the way M«re the Utantle, aai
by the S! annuel I, towed by the
ttVithth tug I ritUer. The ISO men j
AX INJUNCTION.
Work on tho Cruiser Galveston
Ordered Stopped.
ftc*traiiiin<; Order Granted by a Vtr-
Ulnia .Indue 011 Supply Creditors'
Petition - Navy Department
Will Not Interfere Willi
the Court's Order,
Richmond, Ya., June 10. —Judge
Oriniian, of the Richmond chancery
court, yesterday granted an injunc
tion restraining Lieuts. Theiss and
Grossbeck, United Status navy, from
proceeding further towards the
launching of the cruiser Galveston,
under construction in the Trigg ship
yards here.
The injunction was granted on peti
tion of S. 11. I [awes & Co., of this
city, supply creditors of the Trigg
Co., now in the hands of a receiver,
and restrains the government officials
and all others from in any way in
terfering with any of the property
at tiie Trigg yards under control of
Li I burn T. Myers, the receiver,
Washington, June 20.—Except to
announce that "The Galveston mat
ter is in the hands of the attorney
general an,-! nothing on the subject
will be said at this department,"
Secretary Moody refused to discuss
yesterday's cabinet meeting or the
probable action of the department in
view of the revised opinion of Attor
ney General Knox. He desired to be
placed in the attitude of saying noth
ing on the subject and he recpiested
Rear Admiral Bowles, who advanced
the contention regarding the rights
of the government to be equally
mindful of the president's wishes as
to silence on 1 he subject.
Modification of the attorney gen
eral's opinion which, in its ull revised
form already had been communicated
to Secretary Moody, somewhat dis
arranges for the moment the pro
gram of the department as to show
of force. He thinks show of force
under the circumstances will be inex
pedient and the navy department
therefore must content itself with
waiting for the advice of the depart
ment of justice in the matter. Mean
while it has instructed its agents at
Richmond not to interfere with tho
order of the court until officially in
structed by the department.
Secretary Moody yesterday request
ed the attorney general to instruct
the proper district, attorney to enter
into a stipulation regarding the
cruiser Chattanooga, which has been
attached by creditors of the New !
York Shipbuilding Co.. that the gov
ernment's rights may be inadequate
ly protected.
DEROUSSE LOCATED.
lll»«lni{ PommaKtcr ol'Caniden, N. .!.»
Said to he ji'i.lllM) Shy In Account*.
Camden, N. J., June I!).—Louis T.
Derousse, postmaster of this city
and twice speaker of the New Jersey
house of assembly, who disappeared
Wednesday, hits been located at Bal
timore. He is said to be 011 the urge j
of a physical and mental collapse i
and is under the care of a physician.
His whereabouts were learned
through a telephone message from
Baltimore to J. Hampton Moore, city
treasurer of Philadelphia. Mr. Moore
notified Congressman Loudenslager,
of Camden ,who with Isaac Moffitt,
collector of customs, and W. J.
Browning, clerk of the New Jersey
house of the legislature, left for Bal
timore yesterday.
Former Judge Pancoast and H. IL
Voorliees, Air. Derousse's bondsmen,
are authority for the statement that
the postal inspectors have found a
shortage of $2,000 in the accounts of
the postmaster. Judge Pancoast
said today that he had been informed
that, the postmaster was leading a
double life. He summoned Mr. De
rousse and demanded an explanation
which was not satisfactory. A meet
ing of the postmaster's bondsmen
was held last Monday and it was de
cided to notify the postal inspectors.
There Will be No Strike.
Vitoona. Pa., June 19. —The trouble
between the Webster Coal and Coke
Co. and its men, which foreshadowed
a strike of 10,000 miners, has been
settled amicably. The arbitrators,
James Kerr, for the company, and
William 1!. Wilson, national secretary
treasurer of the United Mine Work
ers, for the miners, who Wednesday
night heard the evidence touching
on the grievances, met at Cresson
yesterday and speedily adjusted the
differences.
Loll!! Strike Settled.
Glens Falls, N. Y., June If). —The
strike of 1 lie operators of the Weil
llaskcl shirt faceory, which has last
ed for nearly ten weeks and which
involved 700 persons, lias been set
tled. The company agreed to take
back as many of the old employes as
they could find work for under the
same conditions as prevailed when
the strike began.
t.en. Whcaton Head,
Washington, June 19.—Maj. Gen.
Frank Whcaton, United States army,
retired, died here yesterday, aged 7t>
years. A widow and two daughters
survive him. Death resulted from a
general breaking down in health.
The Hate Set.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., June 19.—The
miners and operators on the board of
conciliation will meet in this city for
organization on Thursday next, '
June 25.
Will Ho Nothing About It.
Washington. June 19. Because the
executive committee of ll'Nai B'ritli,
the Jewish organization which sent
to the president a petition to be for
warder to the emperor of Russia rel
ative to the Kishinctf incident, ne
gleeted toiillix any signatures to the
petition, the state department can
huve no official knowledge of the
■ourcc nf the petition. However, it
Is pretty Lfetterally understood that
thi gotci i'iucnt will make no repre
sentation directly or Indirectly, to
KM iu. it the matter concern* her
internal affair*.
TROUBLE AVERTED.
Anthracite .11 liter* Select Heprrxenla
tlve* on Hoard of Conciliation ltuer
Satisfied Wltli Their Action.
Scranton, Pa., June 17.—There was
no strike in the anthracite region
growing' out of the refusal of the op
erators to recognize the credentials
of District Presidents Nicholls, Fahy
and Dettrey, selected by 1 lie joint ex
ecutive board of the United Mine
Workers as the miners' representa
tives on the board of conciliation.
The convention of the United Mine
Workers yesterday elected the three
district presidents by districts as
their representatives and the opera
tors through President George F.
Baer, of the Reading Co.. announced
that this action was satisfactory.
When the miners' convention ad
journed Monday afternoon it was for
the ostensible purpose of giving the
committee on resolutions opportu
nity to frame a report embodying the
sentiment of the convention as ex
pressed in the motions and speeches
of Monday afternoon's session. Dur
ing the night and early yesterday
morning Mr. Council, of the concilia
tion board 011 the one hand and Pres
ident Mitchell 011 the other commu
nicated with one another through
| Dr. Charles P. •,'elll, who was sent
here as a peace envoy bv some mem-
I tiers of the strike commission, and
the result was a tentative agreement
that if the miners in the three sep
arat district conventions elected rep
resentatives. those representatives
would not be objected to by the op
erators. When the convention open
ed yesterday morning President
Mitchell read the report of the com
mittee on resolutions providing for
the election of conciliators by sepa
rate district conventions.
The report was adopted unani
mously, but with absolutely no show
of enthusiasm.
President Mitchell then announced
that the three districts would next
vote separately on the selection of
representatives on the board of con
ciliation. While the delegates of otic
district were voting, he explained,
those of the other two districts
would remain silent.
Nominating resolutions similarly
worded, except as to nominee and lo
cality. were presented in turn by
delegates previously selected from
each district and with rousing and
unanimous "ayes" the three district
presidents were duly elected as con
ciliators.
In answer to an inquiry to one of
the delegates, President Mitchell
stated that no increase had been
forthcoming for May under the pro
visions of the sliding scale because
the "average price" of coal had not
advanced to $4.55, although the circu
lar price was .$4.60. He had seen the
figures, he said, and presumed they
were correct. The average price had
only gone up to $4.52. The .Tune
price, he thought, would reach $4.62
and the miners would have a 2 per
cent, increase coming to them.
A DAY OF ACCIDENTS.
Three Electric Car Collision* Occur In
Greater New Vork.
Xew York, June 17.—Three electric
car collisions occurred yesterday in
as many different parts of Greater
New York, in which more than a
score of persons were injured, one of
them probably fatally.
In the Williamsburg section of
Brooklyn a Broadway car crashed
into a truck, throwing the driver and
several other men into the street. The
driver is believed to be fatally in
jured. Five other men were serious
ly hurt.
Three persons were injured in a
crash of two cars in Gravesend ave
nue, near Tenth avenue, Brooklyn,
after a wild run down the Gravesend
avenue hill.
Three persons were painfully in
jured and a score were slightly hurt
in a rear-end collision between two
Madison avenue cars in the Park ave
nue new tunnel in this city.
Peonage System In Alabama.
Washington, June 18. United
States Attorney Reese, of Montgom
ery, Ala., was at the department of
justice yesterday in response to a re
quest from Attorney General Knox,
who wished to confer with him in re
gard to the progress of the prosecu
tions of persons in Alabama for peon
age. Although the attorney general
is not disposed to discuss for publi
cation the status of the cases, the
extent of the peonage system in Ala
bama. it is known that a large num
ber of cases are under investigation
and that in addition to the arrests
already made warrants will lie issued
soon for a still larger number.
Want* l'ay for Service*,
Boston, .lune 17. —A suit for SIOO,-
000 was filed in the United States
circuit court yesterday by Mrs. Eva
A. Ingersoll, of New York, adminis
tratrix of the estate of the late Rob
ert G. Ingersoll, against Joseph A.
Coram. of Lowell. Mass., and others,
heirs of the late \ndrew J. Davis, for
services which the libellant claims
was rendered by her deceased hus
band. .Mrs. Ingersoll also petitions
the court for a writ of injunction
against the heirs to restrain them
from transferring the estate or per
sonal property of the late Mr. Davis,
and for the courts to appoint a re
ceiver.
|ll!llz« Water Power.
Alpena. Mich., June 1H. —George P.
Smith, of Syracuse, N. Y„ has pro
moted a project for eastern capital
ists for the utilization of the
power of Thunder Bay ri\er.
Ilcctlon Judge* round «■ 111 > .
Chicago, June 17.-—Three judges of
election who officiated in the Eight
eenth ward during the recent judicial
election were yesterday found guilty
of contempt of court and sentenced '
by Judge Carter to three months' im
prisonment in tlx* county jail. The
guilty men arc John J. Kelly, Hurry
O'Donovan and lliram It. Sherman.
They were charged with having per- !
milted men registered from lodging '
him i" to vole repeatedly itid to iru- '
personate deceased person* ulioe
names appeared on the registration 1
ll,' 1
I Ml' Oil TED (.(KIDS.
Samples of Them Will he An
ill)zed Upon Request.
Pur« food Luiv, Approved March :i«
11HI3, Will <>o Into « l 111 July
Adulterated liood* to lie l';\>
ported I inter < iiKtoin* Nu
p«rvi«loii or llemro] ed.
Washington, June 20.—Assistant
Secretary Armstrong, of the treasury
department, yesterday issued a cir
cular letter carrying into ett'ect be
ginning July 1 the pure food act ap
proved March 3, 1903.
Under this act t lie secretary oft lie
treasury has authority, upon retjuest
from the secretary of agriculture, to
direct drawing by oflieers of the cus
toms of samples at any custom house
from original packages of imported
food products, drugs and liquors, and
to refuse to deliver to the consignees
any such commodities as the secre
tary of agriculture may report to
him a* found, upon an analysis, to be
dangerous to health, or which are
forbidden to be sold or which are
restricted in sale in the countries in
which they are made, or from which
they are exported or which shall be
falsely labeled in any respect in re
gard to the place of manufacture or
the contents of package.
The circular says that on the re
ceipt of requests from the depart
ment of agriculture, through the
treasury department, for samples of
such imported commodities, samples
of solid food products not less than
two pounds each, and samples of
liquids not less than one quart each,
and samples of drugs in quantities to
be designated at the time they will
be drawn and forwarded by express
or mail to the department of agri
culture, Washington, I). ('., marked
"Chief of Bureau of Chemistry."
The cost of the samples will be re
imbursed to the importer antl the ex-<
press charges will be paid to the for
warding companies by the depart
ment of agriculture on presentation
of proper vouchers.
The samples will be accompanied
by a statement giving the name <-t
the commodity, the names of i mi
porters and consignee, name of im- n
porting vessel, dates, etc.
The liquidation of all entries o|
goods sampled will be suspended un
til sampling, which will be done un
der the direction of the department
of agriculture with all possible expe
dition.
Commodities which are declared
adulterated will be exported undei
customs supervision, under bond,
conditioned for due landing abroad
and in default of exportation, de
struction under customs supervision
must follow. Two flays are given
owners, importers or consignees of
articles sampled within which they
may present written testimony as to
the harmless nature of articles im
ported. Provision is made for the
legible labeling and branding in Eng
lish of importations coming within
the act and also for appeals to the
secretary of the treasury.
AFTER SURRENDERING
15. J. Arnold, Proprietor of the Arnold
liiventmeiit Co., f>ive» Kail.
St. Louis, .lune 20. —E. J. Arnold,
proprietor .if the Arnold Turf Invest
ment Co., chief of the exploded "get
rich quick" concerns, appeared at the
Four courts shortly after 11 o'clock
yesterday and surrendered himself.
Arnold, who is charged in indict
ments with fraud, has been missing
since his company went to pieces in
February. Attorney Thomas J.
Howe accompanied Arnold to the
four courts.
Arnold's manager, Lumpkin
Is also under indictment and has been
missing from the city.
Upon surrendering himself, Arnold
announced that he was ready to givl»
bond to answer the seven indictments
against him. The bonds on each
charge were prepared and latter
being signed, Arnold, accompanied by
his wife, attorney and bondsmen, leffc
the court room and drove away.
The indictments charge Arnold
with embezzlement as bailee, the
same as that returned against John
J. Ryan, of the company bearing his
name, which was dismissed last
week. Arnold's appearance has been
expected since the charges against
Ryan failed.
Want tlie Hate dimmed.
Niagara Falls, X. Y., June 20.—The
state encampment of the (i. A. I!, yes
terday adopted a resolution urging
the national department to have the
date of Decoration day changed to
the last Sunday in May or the first.
Sunday in June, the idea being that
by the change of date the growing
tendency to make a holiday for sport,
etc., of Decoration day would be done
away with and the day would again
assume its original import.
'file Jury DIM Allied.
Jackson, Ky., June 20.—Thf jury in
the ease of .Ictt and White, charged
with the murder of James I>. Mar
rum, was discharged yesterday, hav
ing been unable to agree. Judge lled
wine decided to transfer the Jett
,i hite case t.i Cynthiana for the next
trial.
Judge \V 11 1 >I% 11 li ft IHCM.
Washington, Juue *6O. —Judge R. A.
I). Wilbanks. of Mount Vernon, 111.,
died here suddenly last night of
heart disease, aged.V! years, lie was
30 years clerk of the supreme court
of Illinois.
l''uvor I'lan of Arbitration.
New York, June 80, DfllegitM
from the 21 unions, the so-cnlled
skilled luborers who seceded from
the united board of building trades,
met here je-terdtiy. \ rcMilutioit
was adopted which "favors an\ prac
tical plan of arbitration to eliminate
general trlkes or lockout - on build
ings."
Charged Willi llill IKS/le lueli I .
llnltiiuore, Mil., June Dorn
Campbell, 'ii \enr old, former |>.i-t
--inihtre.-.* of ilin trille, 0u„ was .ir
re-ted her.* yrt-ti-rdav on the li.tii-u
of finbc//ll' ; postal fund
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