The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-18
THE cENrRAIIA posToFrIcE.
continuation OF the Effort To Have Mr.
IafuWay Removed.

Washington City. Feb. l0.-Speeial.-If is
stated GA the authority OF Washington
Democrats now here that the postoifice
department has determined to have the
case Ne. 7,7s5 d reopened and all the pa
pers In the case have been ordered from
the files 10 the desk of the chief OF the
bureau Of postofsiee inspectors. NO. 1895
~ - otherwise John T. Laraway, post
master at CeBtralla, Wash, where the
department has heretofore conceded that
a burglary was committed on December
~. 1854. on account or which the 9epart-
meat, on June S 1886, allowed Laraway
credits as follows: Postal fund, sits. post
age stamps. siS2i0: money order fund.-
S--iSs: total, SS55.sT. Postmaster Lara
WAYS claim asking fer these credits on ac-
count Of the burglary was fled on January
~. 1850. and after ave months OF inysstiga-
ton and consideration. allowance Was
made as above stated. What has come TO
be regarded a curious feature of the
case and which viii account for the pro-
posed reepeniEg Of II, is the fact that on
December =. 1884. the day succeeding the
burglary. I@araway vas able by telegraph
TO the department TO state the exact
amount Of credit he should have, and to
make division Of the total amount claim
ed into its proper funds. In the language
or the department. by actual computa-
tion." whereas the invariahle practice OF
the department shows this to be well-nigh
impossible. as the division of the total
OF the burglary or robbery into Its proper
funds can only be made from "reasona-
bic estimates" Another curious feature
Of the case is that Laraway or some one
acting IN a way that he supposed would
be In his interest. had caused TO be fled
in the postoffice department copy of the
Post-Intelligeucer Of January y last, sur
rounding with a heavy blue pencil mark
dispatch from Chehalls headed THE
ftsFFgf4r-aff~ an "a xxh
u is set out that Chairman Drum knows
nothing about the dissatisfaction regarding
this postofiice. Now. however. Il IS stated
that If inquiry should be made of the
chairman Of the Democratic state central
committee he viii be found not quite so ig-
norant as In January last.
Another curious feature or rather coin
cidence in this case i that Senator Charles
J. Faulkner. OF West Virginia, chairman
OF the Democratic congressional commit
tee. hearing that there was likely 10 be a
change in the postoffice at CentFalia. filed
an application with the department askinE.
for the appointment Of a certain well
known gentleman residing in Lewis coun-
". near Centralia, who in his youthful
days had been a friend and school COM
pani0a Of the senior senator from West
Virginia and that on the same day this
request was fled a letter was received
by tho department from john J. Malone.
a weli-known wholesale liquor merchant
and Democratic politician Of Tacoma. re-
questing. in view OF the proposed removal
OF Larawav. the appointment Of the same
person named by Senator Faulkner In
the newspaper filed in the department.
I.sraway says. s'He has refused all Of
fers OF help from his neghbors as he is
not IN need OF any assistance" X is
thought he viii soon have 10 seek all the
help he can possibly get.