The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-05
HISTORIC
iron SAFES
The Internal Revetlue Office Dis
X cards an Old One Used for
Ialf Il Century or More.
HELD CONFEDERATE FUNDS
Old Herring Patterr, Now Only
Of Value as Historic Relic.
Court Officers to Alexandria.

since the opening of the now vault
In Lie revenue offices Of the Federal
building In this city, two Of the five old
safes In tho office Will be discarded.
One Of these Is a valuable reic OF BY
gene days, having been used by the
treasury department Of both tho Con-
tolerate and the Federal governments.
There are two Of these ancient and
primitive safes of the Herring pattern,
which work with key instead OF q
combination. They are Of the Herring
rutent OF May 18th, 1852 and were sold
b. 3. W. knowles. agent. Richmond.
va. One Of these old safes Will be re-
tanned. but the other will be discarded.
n is believed that this old safe used
.by the Confederate treasury department
could be had by tho Confederate Museum
almost for the asking, and would make o
vuluabi, relic Of the brave days Of old.
The safe is about five feet in height,
four feet wide and three feet in thick
ness. 1t is no use to the government,
and is of little practical value, but might
nsye a historic value. Now that the new
vault ia In use these old safes that cum
bev UP thu, Office are to be removed, three
OF them
One of these old Herring safes, accord
INK to rough estimate mado yesterday
by a deputy collector. has been the re-
CT, tacLs since It has been In use OF
more than seventy millions Of dollars.
iINCRIASD IN DISTILLERIES.
The season for the fruit brandy dis
tjliers Of this internal revenue district
is now about over for the year. Since
the Mann bill became operative there has
beer an Increase Of dist!lerles. OF fruit
randies from 6S to 1o3, and correspond
Ing increase in the, output Of brandies,
chiefly apple brandies. Besides these
there are fifteen grain distilleres. an In
crease Of six or seven over the year 1907.
Thcs,. distilleries are supervised by dep
u.Y collectors.
The Wholesale trade in liquors and
b,andies during the year just ended
shows a steady and substantial increase.
The government imposes specific tax
on who .,sale dealers and graded tax
on rectifiers and brewers.
PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY.
A petition in bankruptcy was filed In
the United States District Court clerk 8
Office yesterday by Ernest H. Chalkley,
a travelling salesman, and formerly q
merchant Of this city, who mazda an as
signmeht in January, 1880. The petition
was filed through counsel, David Meade
White. The aggregate liabilities ore
s;n, $50. Is and the q ggregate assets $40.
Among the creditors named by petitioner
and the amounts Of their claims are the
5fo!lowing: j. A. Aug usttne. 81 ,461.l2;
Alexander Hierholzer, $40. 576.4S: L.. c.
Younger. trustee, s3,0e&1o: Merchants and
Planters Bank, s46S.75.
POSTOFFICE RECEIPTS.
Cashier Marriott Of the city postofHce,
furnishes the following statement OF
pcstofflce receipts. with com parison with
Dccemb Der, 1902: For Decem Der, 1905, So.
3310: for December. 1902; $50, 2c7. 3S The
Increase Is more than six and nearly
seven per cent. The office force Is now
receiving remittances from fourth
class postofiices IN Virginia and North
Carolina, and making out checks fol
nearly four hundred rural free delivery
carriers.
The United States District and Circuit
Courts will convene in tlne city OF Alex
andria to-day, and the term will proba-
bly, last all of the week, If 1t does not
extend into the coming week. Judge
Edmund Waddlll Jr.. District Attorney
L. l.. Lewis. MurshaS Morgan Threat,
Stenogra phcr Whitaker and Deputy Mar
shall u. NJ. Bland will so up from this
city to attend tho session.