New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-30
THE SUPPLY QUICKLY EXHAUSTED.
SUFTLl
4 CROWD BEsIEGEs THE INTERNAL REvENUF
OFFICES AND TAKES ALL THE
STAMPS SIGHT.

The Tract society's Building. at Spruce and Mas
sau sts In which located the offices OF the
Second Internal Revenue District was oesie9ed by
an army Of stamp-seekers yesterday. The crowd al
! o n numbered nearly one thousand people ana
thew stood in a long line. which stretched down the
stairway and into the street 1t was an interest
ing crowd. made up Of representatives OF nearly
every class Of business In the great metropolis The
rich banker and the wealthy brewer were cheek oy
jow with the poor Chinaman and East S'de shop-
keeper and they were all backed up by bank clerks
messenger boys and typewriting girls from business
bouses Every man woman and child in the elOn-
gated throng had apparently but one object in life
and that was the acquisition Of a generous supply
OF stamps
The internal revenue officers were not surprised
apparently at the size Of tho crowd They evident
" expected something of the kind. and had done
the best they could to prepare for It. They had
asked the authorities a. Washington for large
supply OF stamps which It was hoped would arrive
yesterday in time TO supply the wants of the be-
sieeers Only three million stamps arrived. how
ever and they divided up among the crowd
as equally and as rapidly as possible.
Deputy Collector Wendell declared early IN the day
that the stock o; stamps hand would be ex-
haustcd quickly. but that some could still be pur-
chased from the banks. Mr.. Wendell also called
attention to what he termed the patriotism Of GER
tain corpora lions. He said that some o. them
might have evadcd the tax on dividends falling due
on July by dating them June 20. but so far as he
knew none OF them had done so.
The first man Who reached the cashiers office
yesterday wanted two million stamps Instead Of
two million the man got thousand stamps. but
he MAS happy at getting even that many. the
other applicants were treated IN the same fashion.
One man from 4 National bank wanted $500 worth
o. stamps but when the situation vas explained 10
hin he sladly took 5000 worth.
ne stamps which arrived yesterday were docu-
rnentarv stamps They were ordinary two-cent
With i,ffa
upon them This class Of stamps VIII be placed
on sale at mos, Of the banks in the city for the
convenience Of the public. Orders for these stamps
were supplied first yesterday a; the Internal Rev
Orders FOR from Ten s thousand TO iSeay- 9s
inousand Saqps T.re Gd 1Gr r snG pi1s Na
,ional Bank Gansevoort Bank, New-York County
tional Bank. Tradesmen's National Bank. Green
witch National Bank. Mechanics and Traders Bank'
Postmaster-Iitn,rai Smith has sent out a eau
,ioE to The public not 10 use ne STAMPS MN me
STAMPED will be regarded as unpaid ,,.o -, .o,r.
cans were sui waiting o be Sr9d With
in the Tract socletys Buildns, The cashier :
came on, Of his private once with biz. armful
Of stamps. which were divided up among the crowd
as far as they would go H. then announced that
no more stamps would be given out until to-day,
Tseh 5g rs ws pfevd ifo from
ton saying that one million iwo-cent check stamps
day. and that four million would be shipped to,
day. reach here tomorrow. Il was also said
that a large supply OF proprietary stamps would
be sent here to-day and tomorrow.
The Office Of the Collector Of Internal Revenue
OF the Third District. a. Fourth-ave. and Four
feminist. also busy place yesterday. about
noon big two horse truck drew up IN front Of the
Office with "A large consignment Of stamps. All
kinds OF stamps were included IN the consignment,
but the supply was quickly exhausted.
The Western Union Telegraph Company sent
out notice Yesterday Announcing that tax OF
ore cert would he levied on ali telegraph messages
after July The sender Of the telegram must
pay for he stamp. afx II 10 the message and then
cancel It with his name apd date OF cancellation.
The telegraph company's officials said that the
company had only limited facilities for handling
stannps. and that only limited supply would be