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The Jones County News.
VOL. IX.
LOWELL STRIKE 0Fl ;
Mill Operatives Lose Fight
After a Long Struggle.
TO TRY SOME OTHER DAY
High Price of Cotton a Mitigating
Factor in Declination of Mill
Owners to Make Advance
in Wages.
The textile council in session at
Lowell, Mass., Sunday afternoon de¬
clared the great strike at the mills in
that city at an end.
Every union affiliated witn the coun¬
cil was represented and the vote was
unanimous. Mule spinners and loom
fixers were included in this vote, de¬
spite statements that they would op-
^•puse ^Wasted a return to work. The meeting
an hour. There was no dissen¬
sion. The situation was discussed
carefully and with no suggestion of ex¬
citement. The vote showed every dele¬
gation favorable to a return to work
at once.
When asked for a statement, Presi¬
dent Conroy said smilingly:
“We now worship at the altar of de¬
feat, but later we shall rise again and
conquer.!’
Agent William Southworth, secre¬
tary of the agents, said:
“It will be impossible to start the
balance of the machinery so as to em¬
ploy at once all who will come back.
Running with an incomplete force for
three weeks has disturbed the balance
that usually exists between stocks and
prices in the various departments. A
mill may have depleted stock in cer¬
tain kinds of yarns, and for that rea¬
son be unable to start al) of its looms,
even if the full complement of help is
available. It is for the selling agents
and the treasurers to decide in view of
the market, whether wo shall attempt
to run in full. ”
The strike began on March 30 and
Involved about 17,000 operatives. The
mills were shut down until June 1,
when the agents opened the gates and
the majority of the operatives went
mack to work. The strike has cost in
Jpfegos stood that about the $1,300,000. agents will take It is back under¬ all
the old help they have room for, and
wifumake no discrimination against the
leaders of the strike movement. The
high price of cotton precluded any
hope of the success of the strikers’
campaign for a 10 per cent Increase.
NO EXTRAS FOR PRISONERS.
Request ef Feudist Leader, Judge
Hargis, Turned Down.
A dispatch from Lexington says:
Notwithstanding Judge Hargis’ re¬
quest that Jett and White be allowed
“extras” at his expense, both men ate
a jail breakfast Saturday morning. It
was visiting day, but visitors were not
allowed to see the prisoners. Jailer
Robert Wallace says he intends to bo
present at every meeting in the jail of
any person who calls on Jett or White
and will take absolutely no chances on
any collusion with outsiders.
HANNA WOULDN’T HAVE IT.
If Nominated for Vice Presidency He
. , Would Decline to Accept.
.
In an interview at Cleveland, Ohio.
Sunday, Senator Hanna reiterated his
recent statement that he was not and
would not be a candidate for the vice
presidency, and if his nomination was
made he would decline to accept.
He said further, that his ambitions
■did not lie in the direction of the
white house and that nothing could
induce him to alter his decision in the
matter.
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More Probing to Be Done.
...A Washington dispatch says: An
investigation will be made of the moi,-
. ey order bureau and the dead letter
offices. Both of the bureaus handle
considerable money and the investiga¬
tion'is a measure of precaution. There
are' no specific charges.
♦ATLANTA’S PIONEER DEAD.
At Age of Ninety Years, George Wash-
Collier Passes Away.
■ (Jeorge Washington ' Collier, one of
the*oldest and wealthiest citizens of
* Atlanta, Ga., died Saturday morning at
1:45 O'clock.
M?. f Collier was nearly 90 years old—
.
. he wRuld have been 90 at his next
^birthday—and all the years of his long
Iffe Fulietf have, ‘cou&y.v’ been—passed in what is now
He was horn near
where-she died while the the Indians
were^atill hunting -in Georgia, and
■ when there was no thought of even
* MafThaSfllfe, let alone the present
city of Atlanta.
MISS CAMPBELL UNDER ARREST.
Georgia Woman Nabbed in Baltimore
Charged With Embezzlement.
Miss Dora Campbell, aged 26 years,
and up to early in May iast postmis¬
tress at Maysville, Ga., when she re¬
signed, was arrested at the union sta¬
tion in Baltimore, Friday afternoon, at
the request of the federal authorities
upon a warrant charging her with the
alleged embezzlement of postal funds
LIGHTNINGANDDYNAMITE
Clx Men Who Took Refuge in a Hut
During Storm are Horri¬
bly Mangled.
I.ightnlng struck ft hut in which was
stored 3,000 pounds of dynamite at the
new mines now being opened near
Senccavllle, Ohio, twelve miles from
Cambridge, Saturday afternoon during
i storm, and killed six men and in¬
jured a score of others, besides ruining
the mine shaft and breaking nearly
ail the windows in Senecaville, a min¬
ing town of 300 people, ha if a mile
:rom the mine.
The men killed and injured wore
jarpenters and others employed in
opening the mines and building the
shafting. When the storm came up
the men took refuge in John
ber’s barn, seme distance from the
mine, and suddenly a blinding Hash
same and in an instant the barn was
demolished and the men scattered
within a radius of 100 feet.
The dead are: William Mahoney,
Samuel Hartup, Russell Hartup, Hiram
Wilson, Hayes Hutchison, Robert Wil¬
son.
Among tho injured are: Richard
Davis, two sons of Richard Bassford,
Burton Burton, John Green, William
Nelson, James Lowery, John Shears.
Charles Read.
DERBY WON BY THE PICKET.
Stake Worth $32 275 Gross Taken by
an Outsider at Chicago.
T!so Picket, a hcrce that never- be¬
fore flashed first past the post, won
the American derby at Chicago Satur¬
day. He ran the distance, 1 1-2 miles,
faster than it was ever run before in
the race. Ilis time was 2:33." Claude,
the winner of throe derbies was sec¬
ond. Bernays, the Cincinnati candi¬
date, was third. A crowd of 70,000
people witnessed tho event.
The derby was a record-breaking af¬
fair in more than the fast time that
was made. Nineteen horses went to
the post, tho largest previous field be¬
ing fifteen. The largest crowd that
ever gathered on a western race track
covered the Washington park grounds.
The race was worth $32 275 gross
value, the richest in the history of the
race, with one exception.
TO REBUILD GAINESVILLE MILL.
Contract Let to Massachusetts Firm
and Work Will Be Pushed.
The firm of G. H. Cutting & Co.,
Worcester, Mass., has been awarded
tho contract for the rebuilding-of (lie
Gainesville, Ga.. cotton mills which
were demolished by a tornado several
weeks ago.
Thompson A Co., an engineering
firm of Birmingham, Ala., was awarded
the contract for tne rebuilding of Clif¬
ton mills Nos. 1 and 2, in South Caro¬
lina.
A large wrecking force of hands will
at once begin the work of clearing tho
way for the permanent construction,
and every means will be employed to
push the work to completion.
SHERIFF SEIZES BATTLESHIP.
Uncle Sam, However, Is Prompt to
Give Bond for Release.
Secretary Moody Saturday received
a dispatch from Eiizabethport, N. J.,
announcing the seizure, by the sheriff,
of the cruiser Chattanooga, now build¬
ing at the yard of the New York Ship
building Company, one of the compa¬
nies of the United States Shipbuilding
Company.
The government will promptly give
bond for mease of the vessel.
MANY INDICTED FOR PEONAGE.
Grand Jury at Montgomery, Ala., Re¬
turns Seventeen True Bills.
The United States grand jury at
Montgomery investigating peonage
cases in Alabama, reported seventeen
indictments Saturday, making 163 in
ail thus far found.
Troops to Quell Strikers.
Governor Cummings, of Iowa, upon
receipt of advices that a crisis was ap¬
proaching in the street railway strike
at Dubuque issued orders Saturday
morning to mobilize three companies
of militia at that point.
NOVEL EVASION OF LAW.
Prize Fight Pulled Off on a Barge in
Middle of Mississippi River.
The first glove contest at Memphis,
for two years was held Wednesday
night on a large barge floating in mid¬
stream on the Mississippi river. The
fight was under the auspices of the
Memphis Athletic Club.
Owing to a prohibitive city law, the_
contest was only made possible by the
employment of the barge, which has
been fitted up by the athletic, club,
and has a seating capacity of 2,000 per¬
sons.
AGED PRELATE PASSES AWAY.
Cardinal and Archbishop of Westmin¬
ster Joins Silent Majority.
The Very Rev. Herbert Vaughan,
cardinal and archbishop of Westmin¬
ster, died in London Friday night.
Cardinal Vaughan was hern April 15,
1832, consequently was seventy-one
years of age at the time of bis death.
He became archbishop of Westminster
in 1892. He had been ill more than
three months.
GKAY, JONBS CO, GA.. THURSDAY. JUNE 25. 1903.
jy R fl R $ A VE$ JETT
One Lone Man Caused Ex-,
pected Mistrial at Jackson.
VENUE CHANGE IS MADE
Unable to Agree, Jury in Marcum
Murder Trial is Discharged,
Although Eleven Weie for
Verdict of Guilty.
But for one juror, Curtis Jett would
have been convie'ed at Jackson, Ky.,
Friday of the murder of J. B. Marcum,
and a ma J° rit y of the ^ also favored
the conviction of Thomas White. Both
are now almost 100 miles from home
in jail at Lexington and their next trial
will be at Cynthiana, more than 100
miles from Jackson, away from tho
mountains and in the blue grass re¬
gion, under very different conditions
from those existing in Breathitt
county.
The interest in the change of venue
was second only to the verdict. When
Judge Redwine refused to hear argu¬
ments on the change of location, it
was stated by many in the court house
that the presiding judge had heard
from Governor Beckham, who is gener
ally believed to have had something to
do with the change of venue to Harri¬
son county, which is in the eighteenth
judicial district of Kentucky, where J.
J. Osborne is the circuit judge. L.
P. Fryer is the commonwealth’s attor¬
ney and the sheriff and other court offi¬
cers are also favorably known.
With ruch general confidence in the
surroundings of the next trial there is
a general belief that^'everything is for
tlie best after ail.’’ If the verdict had
been one of conviction, ’the residents
of Jackson feel that violence would
have followed, and that it would have
extended to others than witnesses, ju¬
rors and those who had taken part in
the prosecution.
Colonel Williams was at Frankfort
Friday night conferring with the gov¬
ernor regarding the withdrawal of the
troops. It is understood that no num¬
ber of toops can stop the lurking fire
bugs or hidden assassins, but that at
least one company should be kept in
Jackson as long as Provost Marshal
Longmire is kept in charge of the
town. There is a feeling of relief so
far as old scores are concerned, but
there is still a reign of terror because
it is believed that others “have been
marked.”
Jury Couldn't Agree.
At 8 o’clock Friday morning the jury
in the Jett-White case filed into the
court room and Foreman Richard Mil¬
lard said:
“Your honor, we find there is no
chance of coming to an agreement.”
Judge Redwine said:
"I will have to keep you gentlemen
together until Saturday night unless
yo U get a verdict sooner. There is no
reason why a verdict should not be
reached in this case.”
Juror Millard said:
“One man has as much right to his
opinion as another and he may stick
to it.”
It was believed from this that there
was only one man between a verdict
of guilty or not guilty.
The scene after the announcement
of the verdict was in no wise exciting.
Some started to clap hands, but were
stopped by the court. The guards took
immediate possession of the prisoners
and they were closely guarded back
to jail. People gathered around the
court house in knots discussing the
case, but there was no disturbance
and no outward sign of trouble.
Attorney Byrd, after a consultation
at 10 o’clock, made a motion for a
change of venue. Judge Redwine re
fused to hear arguments, but of his
own accord changed the venue to Cyn¬
thiana, Harrison county, at the next
term of court. He surprised the spec¬
tators by at once ordering t"he prison¬
ers sent to Lexington under a detach¬
ment of soldiers and accompanied by
Elisor Jones. They left Jackson at 2
o’clock and were placed in Lexington
jail for safe keeping at 7 o’clock Fri¬
day night. It is stated from semi-offi¬
cial sources that the jury stood eleven
for conviction and one for acquittal in
the Jett case, and seven for conviction
and five for acquittal in the White
case. Fitzpatrick, the man who finally
stood out for the acquittal of Jett,
says he did not base his opinion on the
argument of the attorneys, but on the
evidence in the case. He said there
was in his mind not only a reasonable
doubt of Jett’s guilt, but there is also
reason to believe that he had nothing
to do with the murder of Marcum.
First American Baby Born in Guam.
Advices from Guam announce the
birth there of the first American child
on the island. It is a girl and its fath¬
er is Paymaster Ryan. The christen¬
ing was marked by a big celebration
in which the entire community joined
MUST PUNISH ASSASSINS.
Czar Recognizes King peter, But Says
He Must Avenge Murders.
An official note was published in
The Gazette at St. Petersburg, Russia,
recognizing Prince Peter Karageorgeo-
vitch as king of Servia, and'welcoming
his accession. The note declares that
it is incumbent upon King Peter to
avenge the assassinations of King
Alexander and Queen Draga.
REPORTER CALLED
Alleged Interview, Widely Published,
Causes Ex-President Cleveland
Worry and Brings Denial.
A Princeton, N. J., dispatch says:
Ex President Grover Cleveland, on be¬
ing shown the alleged Interview re¬
ported by Mr. Bailey, Washington cor¬
respondent of Tno Galveston News,
made tho following statement to the
Associated Press correspondent Fri-
day:
"I am very much astonished to see
snch an outcome from the visit made
to me by one who only gained friendly
access to be my reason of his being a
representative of a paper formerly con
ducted and owned by my deceased
friend, Colonel Belo, and now conduct-
ed by his son.
“I don't know whether Bailey intend¬
ed it or not, but he has given a very
erroneous impression of what occur
red between us.
“If I had dreamed (hat he would at
tempt to construct an important int >r-
view, dealing with important subjects,
out of what was satdon the occasion of
out of what was said in the occasion of
od, according to my habit, upon its
being then and there reduced to writ
ing and submitted to me. Instead of
gaining the least Intimation of sucb an
intention on his part, his first words
were that he knew an ex-president v.-ns
not a person to be interviewed and ho
left me without the least hint that 1
had been interviewed for publication.
“All I care to add is that the sub¬
stance of the Interview as published
is. in some respects, grossly Inaccur¬
ate. There are statements in it attri
bated to me that I certainly would not
have made to a person no nearer to me
and no more in my confidence than Mr.
Bailey.”
The Alleged Interview.
Mr. Bsil-v, to whom former Presi¬
dent Cleveland alludes, spent Thurs¬
day at. Princeton, and when he arrived
in Washington prepared an account of
his conversation with Mr. Cleveland.
The correspondent believes Mr.
Cleveland deeply in earnest til two
things. The first, that his name shall
not be considered in connection with
the democratic nomination. The,sec¬
ond is his hearty desire for the nity
of the party and success of democ atio
principles.
According to Mr. Bailey, Mr. C^eve-.
land made tho following statement;
“I have never spoken to anybody on
the subject of a fourth candidacy;
have never written to a single political
friend one way or another, nor have 1
been written to or spoken to by them.
There is not a political leader of any
prominence endeavoring to advance
any movement to nominate me in any
state, so far as I have been advised,
nor do I anticipate that any such offer
will be made by any leader, prominent
or obscure, in any locality of the coun
try.
“In this respect the situation is more
than pleasing. In earnestly desiring
the democratic party to become strong
and united as of old, committed to the
simple traditions and sound principles
which made it aggressive and vlcto
rious, no thought of personal interest
has disturbed me.
“I have on several occasions within
a year undertaken to perform the iiiofir
which usually falls to the private in
the ranks, but there has not lurked
within me the hope of any reward save
the consciousness of having made an
effort to assist in bringing about salu¬
tary conditions in the party.”
Mr. Cleveland, Mr. Bailey said,
would talk no more politics, but in re¬
sponse to a remark that southern peo¬
ple were pleased with what ho had re¬
cently said on the race question, tho
face of the former president kindled
with interest as he said it was indeed
gratifying to him to know this. Ho
said he had received hundreds of let¬
ters conveying klntrily sentiments from
the southern people since he had spok¬
en on the race problem, and, believing
he has fairly appreciated the difficul¬
ties with which the southern people
had always to contend, it was all the
more a pleasing reflection that he had
the commendation of people for whom
he had ever entertained respect and
admiration.
SECOND LANDSLIDE OCCURS.
Southern Has Great Trouble With
Blockaded Tracks on Saluda Mt.
A dispatch from Asheville, N. C.,
says: Another landslide has occurred
on Saluda mountain in the same rail¬
road cut that was filled by the slide of
over a week ago and railroad author¬
ities say that it will be at least a
month before the track can be cleared
for through traffic.
Five Miners Killed by Explosion.
Five men were killed Saturday by
an explosion which wrecked mine No.
3 of the Raton Coal and Coke Com¬
pany at Blossburg N. M.
HOTEL STRIKE 8ETTLEO.
Chicago Waiters and Cooks Return to
Work Pending Arbitration.
An amicable adjustment of the hotel
and restaurant strike in Chicago was
reached Wednesday night and the
strikers will return to work immedi¬
ately after two weeks’ idleness. All
differences between employers and
employes are to be settle by arbitra¬
tion.
TALK MEANS DEATH
Witnesses in Jackson Dare
Not Reveal the Guilty.
TERROR SEIZES UPON ALL
Captain Ewen Lionized by Young Wo¬
men in Lexington, Who Desig¬
nate Him as “the Bravest
Man in Kentucky."
Tho Herald, of Lexington, Ky., has
received the following letter from Mr.
Iladdix, the nmn who testified in the
arson case al Jackson to seeing cer¬
tain named parties leaving Captain
Ewen’s home just before tho fire broke
out Sunday morning, it is apparently
written in his own handwriting and
is a pathetic testimonial to the deplor¬
able state of affairs in Jackson:
“Jackson, Ky,, June 17, 1903.—To
Tho Morning Herald, Lexington, Ky.—
Dear Sir: i will call your attention to
the fact about the mailer about me
burning of B. J. Ewen’s house on the
14th of June, 1903, i left the house
next door to B. J..Ewen’s hotel, and I
saw one of the party come out of the
gate in front of the Ewen building a
few minutes before the alarm of fire.
He walked away from the gate, went
down the railway ami ever since I
have been afraid to stay at home. The
second night after the burning two
men cstmo to my houso carrying some¬
thing in their hands. Their friends
say if I tell on the guilty party 1 will
go the same way Ewen or Marcum did.
I lived in the miners’ camp, and every
other miner knows the same that I
know if they would ten. But they are
afraid their houses will be burned up
by—friends. 1 remain yours,
“GRAY HADDIX.”
That Bribe Offered to Ewen,
From a staff correspondent sent to
Jackson to learn definitely I he facts
as to the offer of $5,000 made to Cap¬
tain B. J. Ewen to alter his testimony
as to seeing Jett in tne corridor with
pistol in hand when Marcum was as¬
sassinated. The Herald has received
a sensational dtspatph. It says:
"From a source that is reliable and
authentic, it has boon learned that tho
full dejails of the offer of $5,000 to
Captain Ewen to perjure himself, was
communicated to State Inspector
Hines upon his last visit hero, and
that he reported those facts to Gover¬
nor Beckham last week. The facts, in
substance, are tnat a man went to Cap¬
tain Ewen, made him tin* proposition
to pay him the sum slated if he would
either leave the county, or would
swear on the witness stand that he did
not recognize Hie assassin of Mar¬
cum. Captain Ewen told him that he
would liavo to think the matter over,
and made an appointment for the man
to come to his house and told him to
bring the money. Arrangements wero
made that when t.ie emissary returned
everything he said or did’ could be
heard and seen by witnesses. He re¬
turned at tho appointed hour and
brought five $1,000 notes. He repeat-
with him live $1,000 notes. He repeat¬
ed his offer. Captain Ewen refused it
and told the man to take the money
back and that ho could not use it.
Upon his refusal, the emissary lost his
temper and said it was the worst mis¬
take Ewen ever made; that he would
bo burned out, destroyed and absolute¬
ly wiped out of existence.”
Captain Ewen Lionized.
Captain B. J. Ewen was escorted to
tho Elks’ ball in Lexington Wednes¬
day night and given an ovation, lie
was brought into the room by a Knight
Templar, whose lodge was giving a re¬
ception in honor of the sponsors and
maids of honor from all over the state.
Tho dance was stopped short and a
rush made for the feud refugee.
Scores of young women clasped
hands with him and declared him the
bravest roan In Kentucky.
‘‘You are right, everybody is for
you,” was the chorus.
Captain Ewen was asked to go
where the wines were flowing freely.
He went, hut would not drink. He
has never tasted intoxicating liquor
nor used tobacco.
Captain Ewen announces that on the
advice of friends he would go to Frank¬
fort as soon as the Jackson Jury re¬
turned a verdict and lay all the facts
before Governor Beckham. Ewen
would not. give out what he would tell
Governor Beckham. Men close to him
say it will reflect on men high in offi¬
cial life in Breathitt county, and may
form the basis of warrants for bribery.
Big Oil Company Bankrupt.
The Adams & Barber Oil Company,
of Cleveland, Ohio, filed involuntary
bankruptcy proceedings In the United
States court, in that city Thursday.
The assets are placed at $171,000; lia¬
bilities, $331,000.
RUSSIA IS HEEDING PROTEST.
Czar Takes Action to Ameliorate Con¬
dition of Persecuted Jews.
The Russian government has taken
cognizance of tho protest against the
Kishinef massacres. Great, concessions
have been granted to the Jews, which
will relieve their terribly confined con¬
dition in the large cities, where they
are herded togther and constantly un¬
der the eye of the government officials.
t i Cream of News. I
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Brief Summary of Most
Important Events
of Each Day.
—The Gainesville, Ga., cotton mill is
to be rebuilt at once, the contract hav¬
ing been let to a Worcester firm.
1 —A. I,. Tanksley, of Nashville,
Tenn. ,was drowned near Savannah
Sunday. Miss lhipont, of Savannah,
who tried to save him, came near
drowning.
-—S. B. Wilder, of Phenlx City., Ala.,
died Sunday from hydrophobia, caused
by the bile of a mad dog.
—No street cars were run In Rich¬
mond, Va., Sunday. During tho after¬
noon the strikers held a big meeting.
—Attorneys for J. II. Tillman,
charged with the murder of N. G. Gon¬
zales at Columbia, S. C., on Monday
moved for a change of venue.
—The cotton mill striko at Lowell,
Mass., has been declared off. Tho
strikers lost out.
—Major James B. Pond, well known
manager of lecturers and slngere, at
Boston, is dead.
—Among the graduates at Yale were
soven young men from Georgia. Ala¬
bama, South Carolina and Florida.
—Mine opirators now claim that the
union men interfered with the non¬
union men, which is in violation of tho
award of the commission.
•—White Eagle, chief of tho Poncas
Indians, resigns in favor of hls son. In
honor of tho event, soven hundred
ponies were given away as presents.
—In several cities of France Sunday
there wero conflicts between the cler¬
icals and anti-clericals.
—Italian parliament is to assemble
by decree of I tie king. The now cabi¬
net has not, been completed.
—King Peter received Servian depu¬
tation at Geneva Sunday and express¬
ed himself as pleased with tho pro¬
gram arranged at Belgrade for his re
ception.
—By a collision of passenger and
freight trains on Hie Illinois Central in
Iowa. Friday, (on men were killed.
—Tho cabinet has decided lo dis¬
regard the action of the Virginia stale
In the regard to the cruisers Oalvo3tcn
and Chattanooga.
—A mistrial was doclared in tho case
of Jett and White, accused of the mur¬
der of Attorney Marcum at Jackson.
Ky. Eleven jurors favored the con¬
viction of Jett.
—Former president Cleveland slates
lie has been misrepresented in Inter¬
view procured by a representative of
The Galveston News. Mr. Cleveland
says he did not talk for publication.
—MIhh Dora Campbell, the Mays-
vllle, Ga., postmistress, charged with
a shortage,was arrested In Baltimore
Friday.
—The meeting of the Georgia
Federation of Labor at Macon closed
Friday with the re-election of Presi¬
dent Kilburn.
—Lieutenant Colonel Grayson, of tho
military advisory board, denies that
there wns any secrecy in drawing the
new military hill.
—At. Clarksville, Ark., Friday, I wo
men were hanged for the murder
of Sheriff Powers.
—Mrs. James Lovely, of Lafoyotte,
Tenn., a bride of three weeks, is charg¬
ed with poisoning her husband.
—Before the Alabama Bar Associa¬
tion, Friday, Edward M. Shepard, of
Now York, declared the south able to
settle the negro question.
—Leading Columbians are publish¬
ing strong articles in favor of the rati¬
fication of the canal treaty.
—Lord Grey, of the South African
Company, regrets that Booker Wasii
lngton has refused to go to Rhodesia.
Lord Grey says Washington has found
the key to the race problem.
—Lord Lansdowo, foreign minister,
has announced that Great Britain will
not recognize the new government of
Scrvla because of the butchery of
King Alexander and Queen Draga.
—S. B. Brown, of Albany, elected
president of the Georgia bankers' Ac
sociation wt its twelfth annual session
in Atlanta Thursday.
—Announcement made by Governoi
Terrell at closing exercises of the
Georgia Technological school ' of the
gift, of $M0<) to the Tech by William
R. Ilearst, of New York; commence¬
ment addresp delivered by Congress¬
man James M. Griggs, and diplomas
awarded.
—In a charge to the federal grand
jury at Macon, Ga., Thursday, Judge
Emory Speer urged toe investigation
of charges of Involuntary servitude.
—Tho cotton mill merger meeting al
Charlotte, N. C„, was very lightly at
tended.
—Two county officers were wounded
in a fight on an excursion train in
east Tennessee Thursday.
—Street cars were rocked at Rich
mond, Va., Thursday by strikers. The
disorder followed the arrival of strike
breakers.
—The poste ffice department has do
cided to resume the establishment ol
rural free delivery routes.
—Booker Washington has beer
—Charles Hedges, superintendent ol
the Washington city delivery service
of the postal department, must answei
charges of wrong-doing which pave
been preferred.
NO. 31.
METCALFACRAFTER
Another Employe of Post-
office Department Gets Ax.
BRISTOW MAKES REPORT
Second Indictment Against Machen Is
Probable—Charge Is Forgery.
Great Scandal Still
Grows. 4
.
A Washington special says: As if
result of alleged Indiscretion in mat¬
ters pertaining to the award of con¬
tracts for printing the money order
forms of the government, James T.
Metcalf, for many years superintend¬
ent of the money order system of the
postoifice department, was removed
from office Wednesday by the post¬
master general. will
A full Investigation of the case
he made later. The dismissal is the
result of acts of Mr. Motcalf In opposi¬
tion to the bid of Paul Herman, of
Rutherford, N. J., tho lowest bidder
by $45,000, and in favor of the next
highest bidder, the Wankoop-Hallen-
beck-Crawford Company, of New
York, of which Mr. Metcalf’s son is an
employe.
Payne Very Much Affected,
Postmaster General Payne in an¬
nouncing hls action, stated that there
was no charge that Mr. Metcalf had
dono anything that is amenable to the
law, but said that his conduct was a
serious indiscretion that could not be
overlooked. 7tr. Metcalf, he said, al-
ways has been considered a faithful,
efficient, painstaking and honest em¬
ploye.
Bristow Report Made Public.
Postmaster General Payne Wednes¬
day made public the reply of Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General Bristow
(o the chargcn of Seymour W. Tulioeh,
former cashier of the Washington city
postoflleo, regarding the irregularities
in I ho postal administration, and also
reports of inspection and investiga¬
tion of the Washington postofflee by
inspectors between June 80, 1899, and
July 31, 1900, together with the trans¬
cript of the Tulioeh charges made
some years ago, and the conclusions
thereon then reached by Postmaster
General Charles Emory Smith. These
papers constitute by far the most sig¬
nificant documents yet made public as
a result of the sweeping postal inves¬
tigation. The reports show the exist¬
ence of many irregularities during the
period involved. The inspector who in¬
vestigated the irregularities reports
tnat. tho flies of the postoffice cashier
show direct orders from superior au¬
thority for tiie disbursement of all the
questionable Hems cited. The inspec¬
tor urged “Dial, the responsibility for
the many Illegal appointments, the
payments of two salaries to one and
the same person and the disbursement
of thousands of dollars for which prac-
tlcally no service was performed,
should bo placed where it properly be¬
longs, and (lie many abuses corrected.”
More Trouble for Machen.
It is believed that the grnnd Jury
will shortly be asked by the postoffice
authorities lo find another indictment
against A. W. Machen, 'he former su¬
perintendent of the free delivery ser¬
vice.
The charge, it is said, will lie for¬
gery based on tho cashing of a check
for $359, drawn by the cashier of the
New York postofflee in favor of Henry
L. Lorenz, of Toledo, Ohio. Mr. Lo¬
renz has declared that the signatures
both on tho check and voucher accom¬
panying it arc forgeries. He declares
that he has not received a cent of the
money and has no knowlege of the
transaction.
The forgery with which Mr. Machen
Is charged is alleged to -ave occurred
In 1894, when Henry 1. Lorenz, as a
commissioner of the court of claims,
was engaged In adjusting the claims of
letter carriers.
Employers Refused Conference.
Tho employers at Norfolk, Va., re¬
fused to consult with a committee
from the striking marine engineers
Mividay. The engineers had no defin¬
ite proposition to make.
LIFE SENTENCE FOR EASTERLIN.
Florida Youth Convicted of Murder in
Trial at Newberry.
The jury in the ease of John Easter-
lin, charged with Ihe murder of Tom
Clark, at Newberry, Fla., last October,
brought in a verdict Wednesday morn¬
ing of murder in the first degree with
a recommendation for mercy. This
verdict fixes tho penalty at life Im¬
prisonment in the penitentiary.
Dewey’s Cousin Bound Over.
Chauncey Dewey and Ills compan¬
ions were bound over at St. Francis.
Kansas, Wednesday, without bail for
the murder of the Berry family.
SLAYERS OF SHERIFF HANGED.
Two Men Go the Hemp Route in
Clarksville, Arkansas.
At Clarksville, Ark., Friday, George
Durham and Frederick Underwood
were hanged for the murder of Sheriff
John H. Powers, one of the most wide¬
ly known and competent officials Ar¬
kansas has ever had.
The trap was sprung at 11:10 and
the necks of both men were broken by
the fall.