The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-25
THE NEW COLLECTOR
Z. A. Mcdonald Takes Charge
Of Custom House.


The sev deputy collecaos Of customs scr
Seattle. Z. A 4cDonald. took possession
o. the once ysssssday aftsrnoon. Mr..
McDonaid visited the oil,ce in the norm
ans aad told D. 4 AeKensis. the rssiring
osputy. thas As vs. going 70 Tacoma 70
quarry ossors Judgs HanSord- Accom-
panied 81 J. J. Barns. deputy and in
epseeoe. b vent 70 Tscoma sad both quail
insd- John p. Lord, inspector. was to
nave accompanied shsn, bus missed the
city.
About O'Clock Mr.. McDona,d and NJ.
Burns went 20 the of6cs snd we're given
possession. the latter succeeding A. T.
Zimmerman. All the government prop
cry vas turned over to them and . ~
csips taksa for the same By NE. NcKensie.
Inc new deputy collector Was then e.
cofssd By Mr.. Mckenzie 70 echwabachsr's
wharf where the bonded warehouse was
turned over to him. There Was no for
maiity whatever about the business. and
the new appointscs we're given pointers"
about the routine Of the ONCE yesterday.
Both Mr.. Mckenzie snd Mr. Timmerman
viii remain in the olacs . few days. al-
though their pay has stopped. and cour-
teousiy show the new men how to par
form UneIs Sans business
d. A. Mckenzie took charge Of the
once Ocsober i6. 1891, leaving real estate
businesa. TO which he nov returns. Since
that date he and his aseistants have made
thirty-six seixurss Of opium, securing
l4s0 6vetaei cans valued at =. 67a They
have also seized one boat, some cigarettes
and other articles. and fourteen men have
bssn convicted Of smuggling. In that
time 16l Chinaman hsva been aYrested
and tried and ia Of them dsported.
Probably 80 other Cinnamon have also
been arrested aud held until they could
be examined. having bsen sst free after
showing that they we're entitled TO remain
here. From June 90. 1859. to the same
date this year sos import entries of mer-
chandiss have been made, in which the
nuty collected amounted to $57. 400.
Mr.. Saunders has several times remarked
that he Was greatly pleased With Mr.. Nc
kenxie's management Of the Seattle
Office, and Mr.. Wasson during his term a.
collector placed implicit confidence in Mr..
Mckenzie. and often expressed satisfac-
ton with the conduct Of the Seattle
customs house. No scandal whatever has
been attached 70 It. and Mr.. Mckenzie re-
tires with . record Of which any public
omcial may well feel proud.
HsssAises % Calssassy nsvlses.
u. y. Knox and . number Of other
calamity howIers addressed . meeting in
Pioneer place last evening. NJ. Knox
tried to persuade his hearers that they
we're starving and that the whole country
had gone to the demnition bow-wows.
His spsech was indammstory and incen-
diary in character. He wanted 70 find
5000 unemployed men 70 form into pro-
cession and march IL mp to the city hall
and demand work OF the dIty eovernnsat
He did not sugsest any plan for bringing
unemployed men from other cities TO form
his parade. and. Judging from the applause
his words and propositions received, he
could not get acorporal's flie 70 head the
line Of march from among his auditors
His TRADE contained susgsstions about
throwing those Who interferred with his
movement into the bay and others of .
like character. An unemployed printer, /"
who admitted that he was unemployed b.
cause the sheriff had sold his business for
debts. and two or three others Who are
professionally ''unemployed' addressed
the crowd. Every one attempted to point
. moral to adorn his tale Of woe to the effect
that the Peoples party would furnish Q
panacea to all the financial ills that poor
humanity is heir to.