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THE SCRAJNOtt TIUBUNB-MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1900.
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STATISTICS OF
POSTAL WORK
State o the Service According to
Annual Report of Postmaster
General Smith.
MAGNITUDE OF DELIVERY
The Mails Carried to the Door of 31,
000,000 People Massed In Towns
and Cities Tho Task Presented by
Rural Delivery In Splto of In
creased Servlco the Deficit Is Over
a Million Dollars Less Than on the
Previous Year Estimated Expense
of Current Year How Revenues
Increase Abuses in Second Class
Mail Matter Statistical Informa
tion of General Interest.
l.itlmAtctl RtOM coil it.i.iiiMti'iniitSViOO"
Deduct ctlmatcI sivlnm from
illcontlmi.incc of fourth
cM oincci of 1.i...ininifcSi"u'M"''
Deduct ctlrnntnl wings Ircm
illHivntlnittmi1 of star
rotitM .., ..!.!. in '.!,.00,i"
Mciluct lnirenl rrcolpt!..., l,M1,U"t
. 0,T7a,.1TO
By ExclutltB Vlro from The Associated Prow.
Washington, IX'C. . According 1o
tho annual report of Postmaster Oen
nr.U Charles Emory Smith, tho postal
service during the year uinluil .Tunis ."0
cost $107."40,267.!i!) and the recclptK
were $102,nr)4,r.7t).2U, leaving u dolirlt of
5,385,683.70. This tlellcit Is Jljr-.OSS
less than that of the previous year,
and Ji.'(711,8U lesn than the average
annual deficit for tin- past Bight years.
Tho estimated expense of the current
year's business Is Jl"1.2i!,31!; anil the
estimated revenue, $11(5,6:13,012, leaving
an expected deficit of J4.C3 1,307.
Strongly endorsing extension of ru
ral' free delivery, tho report says:
We arc now carrjlne the posti'lllcc tn the din
f 31,0O),0i)0 of people in-iv-cil In towns and
cities. The task Infore us Is the mow iiinill
cnUd work of cairjlns the poslotllui; to the
door of about 21,000,000, E(.ittered ocr l.nuu.uo-l
square miles of territory. Wu are nlro.nly ioici
ing with rural delivery a larger arci than l.ng
land, nil effected within the past two years. By
the end of the current fieal jcar we shall nurli
one-sixth of the 21.000.0IX) to he set veil. What
lint already been Mili.tintlally ucmmplUIicd is
tertolnly capable of sixfold expaiiion.
On the 1st of July, 1W. then- weie !1 turn I
delivery routea In operation. Within the flsc.il
year, under an appropriation of sisii.Wiii, this
number was Incrcared to 1,2H, On the 1st of
July, MOO, the appropriatinn ot fl.TjO.nny be
came available, and on tlii 15th "f Snvcudur
2,014 routes had tieen lnratnl iin-1 (M ibli-hi'd,
01,079 miles in nirirri'SIti' length, loieiiin? liil.M'!
xquare miles, dhided ainoni; '14 stati-. and tcrri
iories, and serving n ppnl.ith'ii of T.aOl.lil.
The number of applications pending at t fiat date
and awaitlntr action or under InuM ic.it iini was
more than 2,100 nearly ciiotigti to double thi;
pjiisting 6crici and irry iiy brings innie.
The close of the preent fl.oal year will mo about
4,:i00 routes In operation, rnrrylm; tbe mail daily
fo the doors of not less tlian S,rrtl,00u u-iilftit-ot
the rural districts.
HOW REVENUES INCREASE.
The report describes nt length a
tborough test of rural free delivery
made In Carroll county, Mil., covering
an area of 4D3 square miles. The ex
periment began by the discontinuance
of 63 of the 94 fourth-class postofllees
Jn the territory and of 33 star routes,
and by the substitution of a free de
livery service with four complete pos
tal wagons and 2S rural letter carrleis
in their own conveyances. So radical
an Innovation, Involving the displace
ment of a number of officials, natural
ly at the outset excited some antagon
ism. But the service proved so satis
factory and the advantages of univer
sal delivery were so great that the op
position speedily subsided, and there
Js now an undivided sentiment of cor
dial support and approvnl. Mr. Smith
says:
The Inauguration of the (limine was followed
by an immediate and marked adwimc in Hi"
quantity of mail, Tbe Increase the tlrst inintvi
in the number of plecu handled n.n about V
per cent. With the means of tmnini-.ioii
drought to tho door more letteis wet" wiitlin,
but there was a rpccial nuKimwit it ! of tie
volume of iimvspnpeis, circulars and postal i.inK
Tho other facilities of the i-tal system wne
employed in liberal measure. In the tlrsi quar
ter of rural free dcllu'ry, aa coiupuul villi the
list quarter preceding, the luiri'.w nf ii'Rls
tered letters was 57 pel" cent., and of muity
orders 40 per cent. The liicrea-u'd iciclpts diums
tiie first quarter were $l,fj(l. or 2a p. r iint. As
the normal Increase is only about s per icnt.
in the populous cintm, and lis than .1 pu
lent, in rural sections, these Agnus atti-t the
fflcacy of of rural ucliu'iy in snolliiii the
revenues. The sating clTectnl in tin.- disn.t.tluu.
ance of fourth-class ofllci. and star ruutrs
nmountcd for the quarter ti !-','jOj. Add in Ihi
the Increase in receipts, and we lute a unlit
account which veiy marly lu'auees tbe nut it
the mral delivery, thus showing that th ser
vices In Carroll county it uell-nli;!, si'lt-su-uti .
ing.
t
ESTIMATED COST OF HUliAL YUKK
DELIVEUY.
Dy a process of averages taken fn m
existing free dollverv routes represent
ing vnrying conditions the postmaster
general estimates that the gross annual
cost of extending rural free del'verv
over the 1,000,000 square miles of rea
sonably well populated rural tertl'orvi
Jn the united States would be 820,333,
000. He adds:
nut this estimate presents oidy one side of tin
account, In oiihr to nsierttiii the net io.it of
such a Eeiuial estenslon it i neces.uy to deduit
from tills unumnt the tatiiiKS elfoiteil by Hie
ili-continiiance of other wrtliv wli.'ii fieo ildlt.
cry di-places and the inercasid leielpts it may
be opectcd to hrlnif. 'Hie mini of tlu-e turns
tun only be inferred fioin the inilicalious alie.idy
clten. Wlnre a solid county senile his been
established It rilpcncs with atiout 7.1 pr lent,
ot the fotirth-clasii oilUcj, ami has done It with
little friction ut first and witli full and beany
roneurreneii in tho end. The iiilMltnlloii nt
tarrlcrs has ullaed any discontent tint Ins
crown nut of tho abolition of tho nlllics. (he
proportion whiili lia pioailed in tin full louiily
unlios thus far orKaulzed weie to lulc tlilouith
a general extension nf tiie ddlwr) It would
lead to tho ilUcontliuume vt il'J.lio mlUes, In.
oltlng an unnual satiui;, rctlioiihii; the ,ierai:o
iimipensation at 70, oi J,i.VI,oii, (in h Mllll,
basis thtre would bo a mIi nt -rJ,ri,oij
llirouuli tne uiat'oniinuamii ot star luulc...
The Incnase of retemiu wlilcli will bo illicitly
ctfecltd by free tlclitriy, ami v. tilt h nuwt bi
tiken into areoiint, can also be uppioxluialely
talcuhted. Tliu gross U'telpU of the poital f
lee far the jear ending June ;to, lnoo, were ijdUi,.
;UI,u70.20, Of this iiuiount, 8-.', I0.i,iri, oil ijiiu,
fiom presidential oiliies, leutinif .0,titil4b7,!M as
tho receipts o. the fourin iIuns ollleu. A criti
cal etaiuiration of the leporl show that the In-
reaco in the revenues hit )ear, outside of die
lelitery oflUes, was 2.PJ per cent. Hut the in.
irea.o in Carroll county altir the esUbli.linii'iit
of rural delittry, itn Kreater at first, was fully
10 pvr tent, for the )er, aliouliia- that an in.
enment of 7,fil wr tent, can be cu-dlicd dlrettly
to the introduction of tills seitlce. The Hkuiu
of other ckpirlmciiW coullriu this lalculatiou.
Appljinjr that percentage to ihu receipts of (lie
last lUcal )ear outside of free tlelitery otiliet,
its points as the Immediate fruit of the tscnenl
retention of rural delhery to un increase in
revenue of 1,011,070.00. As tho iwtcnslon would
rnjulic .1 cun.idi'iahk' peilod for its exeiutlon,
tho retrnucs would be constantly irruuln before
Its coinpleto lonsiiinniatlon, ami the proportion
atu increase would be tho fiealer. Hut taking
tha comervaine vxhibit, the net result of the
ritrntloo of rural free delhery to 1,000,000 .quire
nillctf, or (II the eligible portion of tbe country,
would stand thus;
Net annual rot of nual ftto tie
lbcry in,,,,,, it... l3,7fi2,i!JI
11 thus appearn that rural free delivery can lie
rtlenrlril practically otet the whole country nt
an annul! cost of lets than $H,00O,on0.
Correction ot nbuses In second class
malt matter, as several times contem
plated In the tmitl bill, which con
grt'ss has rcpeatrdly defeated, and as
again advocated by the polni!stnr
general, would save the government
within n few thousand dollars or
enough to meet the uhnlo net co.t of
free delivery to the 21,000.000 people
who live on the farms of the United
Stntes.
STATISTICAL IN'F'OUMATIO.V.
The report reviews the postal opera
tions In the new dependencies, giving
a complete and candid review of th
postal frauds in Cuba, togetner wnn
tho steps taken to correct thorn and
to punish the guilty! and In various
places It presents tho ppended sta
tistical Information.
Money sent by money older s.tslfin last car,
$AVi,(i70,227.W, an Minute of .!0,7ll,OI4.
Number tree itcllury ollltw, 70, with 13,22
carriers, costliur U,3I2,IW.
Of the M.i'.ss postoltleis In the flitted iUIrs
SO.'i'i? are inoncj'Oiiler oll'.ies.
Numhir Inland mail unites 3.,!;Ji, huliig
icntth of iVVv lulhi", mi whhli the annual
tr.it el unoutited to ).Vi,2)".,771 milts, costing
"."(.llii.OJO.TO.
Tliere arc l,2iis Iini nf Itatelliur pnslofflces in
npuiithm throuslioul ilie nmntij. bailnn n total
length ot l7S,lii;n mllei ind nqiiirlnR the sei
ttces ot .s.T'.M clerks, who, in now. ti.neled a
illst.inie of 200,rt72,7si nilh-. '1 hi demind upon
tin i.iilway mail -miie leqtili.d the tie of
!l,i!S i us and parts of mis. 23 stieel ralhv.it
cars In lilli-, and "2 aiiartments on teainhoit
lini. It Is esilnialpd lint .l.7IIJ,Oi)7,tnO pieces
of ordiniry mill wu. handled, together witli
P'.s.',il,ItH p.uhiKi.-. i.i.e-, and ficks of reKisteml
iiu.ttir, and tin mors of all kinds amounted to
but one in cu r.i IU.K3 pieces distributed. Cani
alllet oteiinlui; in tin railway null t,crir
ainoiintnl .1 21, of wlilih I win killed, 57
sciloii.ly liijmid, mil 1.-7 nllghlly liijund.
Tin sum ot 2,olt,,"i!7.W wa cpi tided chi.-liiir
the j -ai foi tin ti inipi nation of forelcn miili.
','l.iu wen li,si,7U- pines of null nutter dis
liiiiiitnl In tiainit by 1 he clerks of tiie mean
mail siiiiee.
'I hen wue i.nried In tin rrpMeri il mails
during the icar, for the postottice deparlm-nt
,,nd tlie trnsurv department ulono, articles asj
;,':iiatlni' in value ocr one and one-half billion
dollars, and yet hut seu'iiken articles, of a
uliii of 4Jo7.,7, wue lost Statistics from tlie
nthir dipattinents. were ihey at hand, would
Kreall.i I'lhaneo 'his iredlt'ible showing.
I hi re wire 'H,K'i complaints lelalini; to tbr
lrs of ordinary mall received nt the dipartment.
A caielul inyestlgil ion, whiih was made in
M.i'Jh of lliese eases disclosed that in 12,Of'7
tlifre had been no uitual loss.
'Ibeie were 7, 12'i,!ioo,202 pieces of mall matter
of nil kinds handled in cur poslotfliea durinc
tlie yen. 'Iliese were dliided as follows: l.et
tei3, paid and fue, 3,30,"i4,ii07: postal cards,
3-7,l3,230; new.spipers and perioilieals, known
a-, s, cund-i l.ss mutter, J,;i.Vi,(,'iS,'ti7 ; fhliil and
touith cli-s matter t7,l,721,n(5,
Sei end-class matter was mailed by publishers
and niiis .tsciils to tin extent of !S2t3.w,'iiil
poutuN, and the postage paid thereon amount! d
to -),Mri,:!sti.!.i. To form .1 fiir e'timate of tlie
total amount of this 1 lais of in itter mailed an
nually, tlie weiithl of tliat which is mailed free
in lounlies ot pablliation should Ik iidileil. This
Kins a total of 4i0,on,-l pounds, which rep-le-ents
tlie cioss Wright of seeond-clasa matter
carried In the mail- last .tcir at the rate of
one lent a pound.
IeiiaI deliu ry stamps wue iwed to the
tabic of ti27,b74.!U, and the expenses of this
siiilie aniounted to .l77,lil.!i7. Mter dtiluctliijr
tlie ust of maniil'iii'tme and incidental etpenri,
it i shown that the iti-ternuicnl rcalired a prolil
of "tl7,SJi)03 from the spi'iial delitrry irnlce.
'there were tt.tjOu postoilli'iv, established during
the je.tr, liiinir an nnre.ise of ofij, and dision
tinuanus ".in made tn ihc luiniber nf l,1)!!!,
wblih i 107 iiioie than limine lxst jear. Within
tin same piriod 13.-I12 postmasteu were afi
pointul, of which 707 wen ot the presidential
grade and 11,1;:; of the fouith ihisj
In the lour-c of tin ji ir n total of 1,320 ai
riMs wue made for tiolatioiui of tlie postal laws.
Of tills number IP) wue postmasters, W assUt
nut poslnnsters, is deiks in postolh(is, 8 rail
way postal clerks. !i) letter carriers, 39 mail
ranii'is, 1!) iniploii's in minor pasltioti". Tlie
iiinaindei were not intintcted in any way villi
ttu senile. The majorit.v or theo cases were
tiled in tlie ltiited !-lites lomts; in rM, con
tletloi)'. witi seiuteil, and 3'Jit iasps weie pend
ing at the dose of tin j eat. In the state courts
HI uses wire di.posnl of, enmictions risultilu;
In in, and 2 wue hit pi'mllii;,'.
The iiuinhei of tirsl-class postofTiies is lot;
seiond-il.ns, S'iJ; ihiiil-iliis.s. :(.lt-7, and foiir'.h
clai, 72,r",.
Duiiiu ilie last fisial junr fl:! ilnims of post-uia--tirs
for Ins-cs iisultinx lioni burglary, fire,
or other uiiiioiddile easuillj were considered.
iiinl allow.u.ios made to tin amount of ls0,2 iO.SO.
Of tin total amount tin losses, M2.777.77 was lor
pot.il muds, 31.i'iV.'.ti.i lot pn-tat'e tainps and
siaiiipcil 1 si pel, and -ll,7i!i..',s for itioni.v-onli r
fends. Mbi. Mm, nt -i;.lJ t2 was allowid for
los-is bj tlie, t"i',tls.7s lij biireluij, S.l,07ll..s2 bj
ii'libeiy aiid I.iuuij, il,li.!i2 while in transit
Iroiu pusmtllteK to liipo.ituij litflii's, and s783.0.l
bj inisctltineous laust.:.
i.ctiiii.viiii.N 'i:i:ui;i).
The- following rec-onimendatlons for
leplsiiition by oongiess lire renewed:
Mini .111 ail be pj'sul to punih peisons who
by foiu attempt to filter a 1 11 01 apaitiutnt in
J lai Used for the distiibutlon in null. 01 who
may assault a i.iilwai mail ilerk while in ll.c
dl-ihiiM ot his dutiis is smb.
Mint a statute lie matted pmtiiliii'r lot the
ei.mpulson sepaiatiiui by pulilMiiis ot sieond-il.;-s
mill matter.
'Ill 11 the lliteistiili-uiimiiiiie Uw be auii'iiil'd
10 prohibit lomiii'iu taiiliis, tn wit, lelegiaph
and evprevs lompanles, 01 any of their emplojis,
lioni nldlnit and .ibi'ttlmt in tiie giuu pio.li 01
lottery swindtn. 01 anj ulner vliuiie lanlid 011
pailly by mail and partlj by iiimnion cuirlcr,
mid width is in violutlon of the pu.tal laws.
That .1 stuf u be uiailid authorirll.j: poslof.
lice iii-pei tors to take out seaich wjirants wheii
etei the same nui be uu,s.iij in the pioscui.
lion of I heir otlicial duties.
M'lut .111 appiupii.ilon In mule lot purpose
id iiuistruiilng luiil.niiis in possum., wlmcvci,
in thi nplnhiii in Ilie postmaster geiivral, tliey
mil Isi in ok il.
Thai piiiiislcu Ir made or the pajmint of
incidental iSiin.es Iniuiml ,j mal otilurs or
nlluih in tin aiust, detention, ami kieplng ut
piisomrs (luigeil with tlol.iilons of t ! postal
laws until muIi piLiinns can be traiisierii'il to
tin custody of a 1'iiittd Slates marshal.
Scranton Carpet and Furniture Company, Registered.
Scranton Carpet and Furniture Company, Registered.
From the debris of the Old arises
The Company.
John G. Owens, Manager, for-
merly with
Kerr & Sicbecker a man of many years
of practical experience.
f d win H. F. Conrad, infch?se
'- of Up
holstery and Drapery Department, for
merly with Marshall, Field & Co., Chi
cago, later with Siebecker & Watkins.here
Henry D. Morse, '" char ?f
Carpet Mak-
ling and Laying Department, formerly
with S. G. Kerr & Co. Over 20 years of
practical experience in the work. "
ALSO
ARCHIBALD B. HAZLETT,
SAMUEL a. WILCOX,
F. E. NETTLETON,
And SARAH PHILLIPS, Widow of tho Late
D. I. PHILLIPS.
w
the magnificence of the New
. tHEN THE EXPLOSION on the night of August 4 shook the citv
THE EXPLOSION on the night of August 4 shook the city
from oneto the other and leveled to the ground the busi
ness of the Merchants' and Mechanics' Bank, the D. I. Phillips
rurniture Company and the Scranton Carpet Company, there
was little left to tell the tale, save a mass of splinters, broken furniture, dis
hevelled carpets and the like. The wreckage was complete. What the hidj
den elements had done could not be undone. It was setting back "into
the harness," some way, some how. So the business interests of the D. I.
Phillips Furniture Company and the Scranton Carpet Company were mar
ried aud became as one. The big and splendidly equipped building at No.
406 Lackawanna Avenue, containing four floors and basement, adaptly
suited to the requirements of such a business, was leased for a long term of
years, and there was launched
The Biggest, the Best and the Most Thoroughly Complete Furniture
and Carpet House in This Section.
s&,
IN THE BASEMENT.
Metallic Hods, odd pieces of
Furniture, etc.
ON MAIN FLOOR.
Display of lino Furniture,
Art, Brioa-Ilrao. etc.
ON SECOND FLOOR.
nrussel." and Ingrain Car
pets and Hus, L'pholstcrj,
Curtains, etc,
ON THIRD FLOOR.
Parlor Fnrnituie, Couches,
Fancy Chill's. Morris Cliaii-.
Library Tables, Hall Hails
Sireens. etc.
ON FOURTH FLOOR.
Offiio Desks, Chairs, Roll
Tops, Window Shades, Cu
pet Workrooms and Dipait
nient for Jte-upliolstei inir.
Furniture.
The stock is new in its entirety. It represents a collection wisely chosen, by men whose ex
perience teaches what is best and most modern in Home Furnishings. The store is now at its
best. That you may see and appreciate the spirit of this gigantic enterprise, we invite the
public to a
Grand Holiday Opening
- Wednesday, December 1 2th
When the five floors of the building will reveal to the admirers of the artistic and beautiful in
Furniture, Carpets and so forth, a stock that has no peer in any city in the state. A candid
statement, made without exaggeration.
Special Offerings for fbe Opeoin
The Following Specials Are for the One Day Only. You'll Find Them Wei! Worth Coming Af.er.
I
t
l Q ---'- $sB. MstA -
for $2.a5 Rugs These are very nobby patterns in Axmin-
$ 1 ,5 sler Rugs, of rich patterns and new designs. They are 30
in. by 60 inches, fringed at ends, and naturally worth $2.25.
for $1.75 Tabourettes An appropriate holiday gift, These
$ 1 .00 come in both solid oak and rich mahogany, of good size,
solidly constructed and sold nowhere less than $1.35.
for S3.00 Sweepers These are the famous Peerless, mule
$2.25 by the best factory, cyco bearings, easy running, easy to
clean, sell adjustable an sold in all stores at $3.00.
for India Stool3 One of the prettiest and most useful or
$1 .00 ornaments, direct to us from the importers Vantine & Co.
Sold by us for just one day at half their actual worth.
1 IC for $1.50 Rockers One of the unusual baig.ii s of the day.
P 1 . 15 A lot ol more than .1 hundtrd Rockets of very 1 1 h oak fin
ish, stylishly cut and lirmly constructed. Never sold ui nt.v store tv
less than $1 50.
-. for $10.00 Couches The biggest bargain ever offeie.l in
P5.yj5 Scianion. Have solid oak (tames, heavy mmi.iI sj r,,i.s tin I
upholstered in finest velo'iis nore than 20 patterns, lively couch t,a,--iinteed
lor live years, and never sold anywheie for less than S 10.00.
$ff Af for D00 R" Want something fine (or the home?
jD.)j l'hs-se are e'iiuisite pat'citK in li ".'law Arlin 'u:i .mA Ax-
liS
HI M Fn I
I L
minsters , o by 12 feet in si:;
Iins, rich in finish and histic.
Tne designs are copie. ot the olJ.-t Go'ie-
They have never been sold lor les-, than $53
Fine Furniture Suitable for Holiday Qivi
to
Book Cases
Get the case first and the books
come easily. Here they are in large
assortment, doth plain and combina
tion writing desk styles, with open
and glass fronts, from 2 feet to 8 feet
wide. Prices that rise by easy stages
from 5.00 to 50 00.
Sideboards from $14.00 to $150.00
Dining Tables from $4.00 to $40.00
Dining Chairs from 65c to $13.50
Bedroom Suits from $15 to $i-;o.oo
Parlor Suits from $20.00 to $85.00
Hall Racks from $4 75 to $40.00
Library Tables from $12.00 to $70.00
Fine Couches from $6.oo to $45.00
China Closels
China Closets are becoming pref
erable to Sideboards in many re
spects. Here are corner and straight
back closets, in both oval and plain
fronts, plain wood and mirror backs.
Big variety of them in prices from
$20.00 to $37.00.
ScrantoD Carpet and FiirolKire Co.,
Registered,
406 LAOKAWANNA AVENUE. SCRANTON. PZ.
TO HEAR ARGUMENTS
IN NEELEY CASE
DEATH OF MltS. M'LEAN.
Mother of Mrs. Dewey Expires nt
Washington.
Ily Kuliislw Win (mm Tin) Assoilttisl l'risy.
Waalilntfliiu, Dec. . Mrs, Mmy U
.Mt'l.i-un, tlm mother of John It. Mi.
Loan, of thi Cincinnati Kiuiulivr, ll,-il
here nt her it'.sliU'nro this mornlrm of
ucute henrt iUTcution. .Shu hud foo'u 111
flnett Krltla, Inst, nml from tho dent at
tack ht'i llfn wiih ikHi-alretl of, At the
hetlalilt tir Mik. Jlisl.oun when tint oii'l
ennui wi'ti her iluUKhters, Mrs. Dewoy
and Mt'H. I.tiillow, the wife of Hear Ad
mlrnl.l.uillowi her son, air, John R,
MelA'iin, and Admiral Dewey,
Mrs. Mcl.euu was a native of Ken
tucky, hut jnevlnus to comlnj? to
"WashlnBton, seycutl years ago, ntie
Hpent moHt of her life In Cincinnati,
She was the widow of tho late Wat-h
ItiBton McLean, proprleim: of thu Cin
cinnati Enquirer, Mrs. McLean was In
hur tseventy'SecouU year,
Johannesburg Fenced in.
By I'tcluiive Wire fiom TIk Auocltted l'ria.
London, Per, V. drriijttli from Jblumii-n-buri;
u- the tonn U3 Lien fonciJ aruurj with
Urbcd wire to irevnt tbe luhabitiuU Kvttlus
food to the Boen.
Supreme Court Will Consider the
Bight of United States to Ex
tradite Neeley.
By Excluilic Wire fiom The Associated Presa.
WashlnBton, Dec, 9, Tho mtpreme
com t tomorrow mornlnt; will hear ur
BumentB In the case of Neeley vermis
Henkel, Involving tho right of the
United States to extradite Neeley for
trial tn Havana for tho alleged embez
zlement of the Cuban i-ostu! funds.
The court has Hpcciully asHlsned It for
argument tomorrow and It Is at the
head of tho call.
Neeley was arrested
SIX-DAY ANNUAL
BICYCLE RACE
In New York
for the allt'Ked emuezsilement of $0",iQ0
entrusted to him as the llnance airi'ttl
of the department of posts, Cltvult
JuiIko Lacombe held that the evidence
disclosed probable cause aud orderod
Neeley's detention pendlni-; the asllon
of the executive. Neeley then applleil
for a habeas corpus on the ground that
the act of connress authorizing- tho ex
tradition was unconstitutional, as It
wits an uttempt to legislate for a for
eign country with which this country
Is ut pence Tho case, therefore, invol
vuh tho question of constitutional rela
tions between the United States nn.i
tho Island of Cuba and will be thu lit it
of tha cases which will determine ?hn
power of this government to uovern
temporarily or permanently tho isl
ands acquired through the treaty of
Paris. Tho grounds set forth In tho
application for the writ are that slncy
the treaty of Paris the United BtuU-.i
Is without authority to occupy or con
trol Cuba and that the military govern,
mont which there exists by order of
the president is Illegal and In viola.
Hon of tho constitution.
John D. Lindsay and De Lancey
Nlcoll, of the New York bar.'wlll argue
the case for Neeley and the govern
ment will be represented by Assistant
Attorney General James M, Deck.
Tho Start Is Witnessed at Madison
Square Garden by an Audience
of 0,000 Fourteen Starters,
Ily INilusivi W'lre fium Tli AuOcUtn! l'iei.
New York, Dec. 9, Tho sixth annual
international six-day blcyclo race ut
Madison Square Garden was started
at midnight tonight beforo over C,00n
people. The race Is held under tho
auspices of the American Hlcyclu Rac
ing association and fourteen riders of
International reputation began the 142
hours' grind, They represented as
many pairs who will race for six days
as teams. No man will be allowed to
ildo on the track more' than twelve
hours In any day, hut tha two men In
euch team may relieve each other at
any time that suits themselves. At
the end of the six days racing $1,000 in
prizes will be distributed among thu
riders,
Tho. following are the pairs who worn
counted In to stnrt In the race, the man
first mentioned In each pilr being tho
into who started first for tho team:
C. V. Miller, Chicago, and Hubert
AValthour, Atlanta; Hugh McLean,
Scotland, and Alex, McLean, Scotland;
Oscar Aronson, Sweden, and Oscar
liabcock, New York; W, O, Stlmon,
Hoston, and Prank Waller, Germany:
'John DuDnlH, Urooktou, and P oyd
Krebs, Newark; II. D, Kikes, Glen
Pulls, and Floyd MoFurlnnd, San Jose,
t'al.j II. R. Uloecker, Brooklyn, and
Hrank Albert, New York; Jean Gott
goltz, Prance, and Caeser Slmar,
Prance; Earl Klser, Germany, and P.ltz
Ityser, Germany; Jean Fisher, Bwltrer
land.and Michael FredetJck.SwItzsrland;
Itudolph Miller, Italy uud II. Aucou
trlor, Italy; Charles Turvllle, Philadel
phia, and Louis Qlmm, Pittsburg; T,
J, Colgon, Trenton, and DIckerson;
Hums Plerco, Boston, and Archie Mc
Eachern, Toronto. The Lawson broth
ers, John uud Gub, sent their entry In
too late and did not start. Prltschka
aud Llngenbclter, the German team,
Maresca and Snssard, the Italian tsum,
and Nlkodnn and Hoffman, the Ilerltn
team, failed to quality and were not
allowed to start.
THE BIGGEST LIAR IN ARIZONA
W, K. Cuitis, in tlio Chicago lltconl.
One of tha stock stories related by
Captain Hanee, the veteran guide at
the Grand canon of the Colorado, who
admits that ho Is tho biggest liar In
Arizona, concerns an adventure which
took place some years ago. Tho cap
tain says that ho was pursuing u. Hock
of mountain sheep, which Jumped over
the preciplca Into tho canon, right at I think so ylt
the deepest part, where you can look
down over ti.000 feet. Ho saw his dan
ger baforo he reached the brink, but
it was impossible to stop his horse so
suddenly and over he went after the
taheop. While he was falling, the enp
taln says, he was very much fright
ened, but it occurred to him that If
jump the canon. We tried it onco nnd
ho failed, and he never was himself
after.
"That horse hated to he beat worse'n
any human bein' you ever saw, and he
was terrible mortified that time that
he failed to Jump the canyon, for there
v. as a lot of bets up, and a big crowd
ot people standln' round, most of 'em
Mowln' that he couldn't do It. I didn't
feel so bad about It myself, although
they gimme the laugh," said the cap
tain, as ho wriggled all over and ges
ticulated with his arms and head, as
he always does when telling a story.
"You see, I believe et was a bigger
teat than jumpln' tho canyon, and I
I dlsremember when It
Jt-lCSf.
was, nut it couldn't nave uecn more
than twenty yours ago that wu tried
It, Wo went back on tho plateau n
mile or so to git a good start, I
hitched up tho saddle gear and tight-
cued tlie cinch and got a good, firm
seat before we started, and then I hit
him go. Ho went at the rate of u miU
darned (Wh line tied to my boot
Then, all at once, that thundorln' fish
concluded he'd go down to the bottom,
and I aspect lit? dove live hundred feet,
dragglu' mo with him, fur, of course,
I couldn't do nothin' but go too. The
lino was tied to my leg and stretchcu
so taut, and wu goln' to fast, that by
the time I could reach my hnnd over
to git hold, the leg would lie lit tin
next uauutity; but when that llsh
struck bottom, he seemed to icckuu
he'd rest ;t spell, nnd there wo laid
quiet five or six hundred feet, 1 can't
tell you Jest how fur, below the top
of the water. That gac me a chance
to reach over aud ketch hold nf til.
line, which 1 did mighty careful for
four of hkecrln' the iMi, "
"Hand over hand 1 gradually gath
ered In tho line until I got cloe to tlm
beggar that hud made all tho trouble,
He was a calllsh as long as a tele
graph pole, and he had a head blgger'n
ii Hour barrel, When 1 was putty
close to him he opened his mouth ti
ho could got out of thu saddle just n minute until he came to the rim of i yawn, and, by ginger, 1 thought I win
beforo the horse struck the ground ha tho canyon, when I could feel him
might save himself. So he took his gatherlu' his strength as ho left tho
feet out of the stirrups, and When his I ground and snared away Into tho air,
faithful animal was ubout llvo feet
from the bottom of the canon ho threw
himself off and landed safely on a big
rock, with no Injury except a few In
significant bruises. Tho horse, how
ever was crushed to fragments. There
was not u single bone In his whole
body left unbroken.
Captain Hance, however, Insists that
he had another escape oven more mar
velous than this, and it was with tho
same horse, a favorite animal, which
was famous as a Jumper,
"That horse, when ho was feelln'
good," said Captain Hance, "could
jump over any tree on the Colorado
plateau, und many a time he has made
better than a mile a minute with me
on his back, and I weigh about ICO, I
have ridden him bareback, blanket
back aud slda-saddle, uphill and down,
and he never stumbled, nor balked, nor
whimpered, although many a time he
went a week without food or water,
I had never seen such a horse beforo
or since, either for Bpeetl or Intelli
gence, and for Jumping he could beat
anything In Arlzoneeia, but he couldn't
but he naiin t got more n half way
across tho chnsm, which Is about four
miles wide at that place, when ho
seen he couldn't do It. The Job was
too much for him; the Jump wns too
fur; so, like a sensible horse, he Jest
natruly turned around and came back
and said nothing about it,"
"I should say there was, You Jest
ought to seo mo thu duy 1 had a tussle
with n catfish. They ain't much but
catfish in the Colorado, but they're ter
rors, and some of 'em as big as whales
or what-db-you-call-'ems. I was flsh
ln' one day 'bout four summers ago,
and got terrible sleepy, It did seem
to me as If I couldn't hold my eyes
open another minute, so I jest natruly
hitched my line to my boot-leg and
sez to meself we'll have a snooze.
"JIow long I slept I don't know, but
when 1 woke up I was slldln' 'long on
the top of tl(u Colorado river like a tor
pedo shot out of a gun, feet fust. I
must have went a mile or so before I
tcallzed what had happened, and then
It came to me nil at once that I was
bcin' towed somewher.e with the gosh I
a goner, fur he kind of suekcdMn nn
I had to swim pretty lively to keep out
of the current. I seen that my hook
was last In his viinls wlien ho opened
his mouth aud there worn't no usi
trying to save It; so I Jest kind ot
liatully 'haudoned II there, aud took
my knife out of my belt and cut the
line just as close as I could without
wurrin' tho crlttur,
"I didn't wait to coll the line. I jest
liatully gave a good shovo and started
toward the top of tho river without
saying good-bye, tur I don't want no
fuss wlh a fish, particularly a 'cat
tish. Cutllshcs Is stupid and mean and
have bad disposition1. The catils)ies
in the Colorado rlvur Is particularly
unfriendly to white men, They've gut
a grudge uglu me, too, for sumthlu' or
other, I 'sposa I am to blame, but
then tight 1 reckon I ulnt' treated them
any worse tliun other people. It was
lucky for mo that the wuter In the
Colorado was rlly thet day, so thut
that particular catfish didn't recognlzft
me, 1 knew him soon us I seen him.
He's the ugliest of tho whole lot, and
for some reason or 'notlier I could
never find out why he's got a grudge
uglns t your bumble servant."
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