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POSTOFFICE FRAUDS
IUG 81UJECT OF A REVIEW FROM
ROOSEVELT.
GUILT THAT HE DEDUCES
FROM THE REPORT MADE TO HIM
BV BRISTOW.
The "President Briefly Reviews the
.History of the Investigation of the
PostofUce Frauds Perpetrated Un
der His Administration and (lives
Summary Showing; What Has Been
Accomplished—Draws Moruls from
It All.
White House, Nov. 24, 1903. —Memo-
randum upon the various papers sub
mitted from the Department of Jus
tice and the Postoffice Department con
cerning the investigation into the cor
rupt practices obtaining in the Post
office Department, notably in the office
of the first assistant postmaster gene
ral and in the office of the assistant
attorney general for that department.
All the documents in the case are here
with forwarded to the Postofflce De
partment, and will be held ready for
submission to the Congress whenever
it may choose to ask for them.
It appears that in December, 1902,
Postmaster General Payne and Con
gressman Ip. F. Loud, chairman of the
Committee''on the Postoffice and Post
roads, held various consultations re
garding the postal service, and as a
result of these interviews it was de
termined that as soon as possible after
the necessary appropriations could be
made by the Congress an investigation
should be made of the service, both
Messrs. Payne and Loud agreeing as to
the need for the investigation and the
time it should take place. According
ly, an increase of $5,000 in the appro
priation bill reported in January was
made for the express purpose of car
rying on the investigation in question.
The reasons for the increase in the
appropriation were known only to the
Postmaster General, to Congressman
Loud, and to Congressman Bromweil.
Guve Him Information.
Subsequently, some time in January,
Information was laid before me by Mr'
Seckendorft tending to show improper
conduct by Beavers, general superin
tendent of the division of salaries and
allowances, and Machen, general su
perintendent of the free delivery sys
tem; and by Mr. William Allen White
tending to shotv corruption by or un
der Tyner, assistant attorney general
lor the Postoiiice Department. First
Assistant Postmaster General Wynne
also informed me that he had become
suspicious of the integrity of both Ma
chen and Beavers. After full consulta-
Bon with Mr. Payne it was decided that
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Bristow should make a thorough and
exhaustive investigation of the charges
in question and of all matters that
might be developed in connection with
them. Mr. Bristow’s report is a record
of as thorough a bit of investigating
work aS has ever been done under the
government. After this investigation
had been in progress for about two
months it became evident that legal
proceedings would have to be under
-SCHIO. of. the. offenders,
owing to the importance of the case
l! was deemed advisable that special
counsel should be employed, and Messrs.
Charles J. Bonaparte and Holmes Con
rad were chosen for this purpose.
Messrs. Bonaparte and Conrad, in their
review of the report of Mr. Bristow,
speak as follow's: “We consider the re
port an exceptionally able, candid and
impartial review of its subject matter
and that it shows clearly reprehensive
conduct, amounting in many cases to
Crime, on the part of a number of pub
lic officials. It Is a voluminous docu
ment, but this arises, not from prolix
ity, but from the nature of the mat
ters discussed. * * * We heartily
commend the report and deem its con
clusions fully justified by the facts it
sets forth; and while regretting in com
mon with ail patriotic citizens that
the grave abuses of long standing
which it reveals should have grown
up in the Postoffice Department, we
consider the exposure of these abuses
and the attempts made to punish those
responsible for them a W'ork of the
highest public utility, quickly and ably
Performed.” In all that is thus said of
the report of Mr. Bristow I cordially
agree.
Gross Corruption Shown.
The investigation made by Mr. Bris
tow discloses a condition of gross cor
ruption in the office of first assistant
postmaster general and in that of the
assistant attorney general for the
Postofflce Department. In the case of
the superintendent of free delivery,
Machen, the evidence shows that his
misconduct began immediately after
his appointment in September, 1893. In
the case of the general superintendent
of salaries and allowances, Beavers, it
began soon after he was appointed to
that place irj 1897. In the case of As
sistant Attorney General Tyner it has
gone on for a number of years, but it
is impossible to say exactly when it
began. A melancholy feature of the
case is that with one exception all the
offenders have been for a number of
years in the government service. The
following is a list of the fourteen post
cffiee employes in the service at the
time this investigation was begun, who
are apparently most seriously implicat
ed in the wrongdoing, together wdth
an account of the steps that have been
taken by the government in each case
and a statement of the date of orig
inal appointment of each man In the
service:
Those Who Were Indicted. (
(The case of ex-First Assistant Post
master General Heath, who left the
service July 31, 1900, is set forth in the
report of Hr. Bristow.)
James N. Tyner, assistant attorney
general for Postoffice Department; ap
pointed special agent, Posto/flce De-
March 7, 1861; with intervals
of a few years has been in the service
ever since, and was Postmaster Gen
eral under President Grant for several
months; he was removed April 22, 1903;
he has since been indicted three times.
A. W. Machen, general superintendent
free-delivery system; appointed clerk
in postqfflce at Toledo, 0., March 1,
1887; continuously in service ever since
save for three years; removed May 27,
1903; has since been indicted fourteen
timer.
George W. Beavers, general superin
tendent of salaries and allowances; ap
pointed to clerkship in New York post
office January, 1881; continuous serv
ice ever since; resignation accepted to
take effect March 81, 1903; has since
been indicted eight times.
James T. Metcalf, superintendent
money order system; appointed postof
nte inspector Feb. 2, 1S82; has been in
postal service ever ainee; removed June
*‘•1903; has been indicted once.
Daniel V. Miller, assistant attorney,
r'ostofflce Department; appointed July
*• la( >8; removed May 25, 1903; Indicted
2° c ] 0 ' after one mistrial was retried
and acquitted.
Louis Kempner, superintendent regis
ry system; appointed clerk In New
postofflee August, 4886; removed
°ct. 21. 1903.
_ Charles Hedges, sujterlntendent city
ree delivery service; appointed ussls
i. t superintendent free delivery eerv
,v* July 1, 1898; removed July 22, 1903.
James IV. Erwin, assistant superin
tendent free delivery service; appoint
ed postofflce inspector June 27 1887- re-
Sept. 16, 1903; indicted once.
V\. Scott Towers, superintendent Sta
-1 C wr W u a , shington ' D - c -: appointed
i'er* 1, Washington postofflce November
1890; removed Oct. 1, 1903; indicted three
times.
Otto F. Weis, assistant superintend
ent registry division. New York post
olhce; appointed clerk. New York post
-19 03° S uue ’ 1*90; removed: Oct. 21,
. T. VV. McGregor, clerk, free deliv
ery division, in charge of supplies; ap
pointed Postofflce Department, March
11, 1891; removed, June 5, 1903; indicted
twice.
E. Upton, clerk, free delivery
division; appointed, July 1, 1900; re
moved, June 5, 1903; indicted once.
M. VV. Louis, superintendent supply
division; appointed Kansas City post
ollice, April 17, 1897; removed Oct.
21. 1903.
Charles B. Terry, clerk, supply di
vision; appointed Sept. 20, 1900; remov
ed Oct. 21, 1903.
As shown ir. Mr. Bristow's report,
and as partially Indicated by the ac
tions In the several cases, these oases
show widely varying degrees of cul
pability
Others Not in the Department.
Among outsiders indictments have
also been found against-—H. J. Barrett,
formerly in the Postoffice Department
from May 11, 1889, to Sept. 20, 1893,
and from June 1, 1897, to Dec. 31, 1900.
George E. Green.
Diller B. and Samuel A. Groff.
William C. Long, formerly in the
Postofflce Department from April 17,
1890, to Aug. 15, 1893.
Isaac S. McGiehan. .
George H. Huntington.
George E. Lorenz, formerly post
master at Toledo. 0., from Aug. 3,
1886, to July 9, 1890.
Martha J. Lorenz.
John T. Cupper.
H. C. Hallenbeck.
W. D. Doremus.
Eugene D. Scheble.
William G. Crawford, deputy auditor
Postofflce Department from June 12,
1893, to Sept. 15, 1897.
Maurice Runkle.
Norman R. Metoalf.
Leopold J. Stern.
Edmund H. Driggs.
George F. Miller.
Joseph M. Johns.
Several of the above have been in
dicted two, three or five times each.
The Three Leading Lights.
The three chief offenders in the gov
ernment service were Tyner. Machen.
and Beavers. The friends of Tyner
have advanced the theory that in his
case the chief offender was really his
nephew by marriage, Barrett, who was
his assistant in the office for a part
of the time, and that Tyner's offenses
are due to his failing bodily and men
tal powers. The facts set forth in Mr.
Bristow’s report do not tend to sub
stantiate the validity of these excuses
for Tyner, while they show literally
astounding misconduct in Barrett. For
Machen and Beavers no excuse of any
kind has been alleged. In the case of
Metcalf, the superintendent of the
money-order system the most vigor
ous protests were at first made on his
behalf by a large number of reputable
citizens, and also by others who were
at the time deemed reputable, but who
it has since been discovered were
profiting by Metcalf's misconduct. One
of them has been indicted In connec
tion with him. AVhen these investiga
tions were begun, some nine months
ago, many of the chief offenders who
have been indicted or dismissed, or
both, as above enumerated, were con
sidered to have excellent reputations.
A number of the most respectable peo
ple in the land offered voluntary testi
mony on behalf of Mr. Tyner. So high
ly were Messrs. Beavers and Machen
thought of bv those who had been
brought into close connection with
them that the Congress actually pro
vided at its last session for raising
the salaries of both, the salary in each
case being increased SSOO, to take effect
at the beginning of the fiscal year on
July 1 last. By that date they were
both out of office, and the Department
of Justice was taking steps to have
them indicted. During Machen’s term
of service he was twice investigated
by the Congress, once by a committee
of the Senate and once by a committee
of the House, but cleared on each oc
casion. Yet at that period, as has
been shown in the present investiga
tion, he was engaged An the corrupt
business for which he has now been
removed and indicted. This is no re
flection upon the committees w’ho con
ducted the investigation; for so skill
fully had Machen concealed his wrong
doing that it was only revealed after
months of laborious and exhaustive
work by trained inspectors.
Bristow Gives Details.
The details of the corruption are
set forth in full in Mr. Brisitow’s re
port and need not be recapitulated by
me. As regards Messrs. Beavers and
Machen the corruption took the form
of bribery and blackmail in connec
tion with the purchase of government
supplies. In the office of the assistant
attorney general for the Postofflce
Department, under Tyner and Barrett,
far greater wrong was inflicted upon
the public than could be measured
by a pecuniary standard, for in this
office the corruption of the government
officials took the form of favoring get
rich-quick concerns and similar swind
ling schemes; in other words, the
criminals, whom it was the sworn duty
of these government officials to prose
cute, paid them for permission to
fleece the public unmolested.
I heartily approve of the rec
omendation of Messrs. Conrad
and Bonaparte that the stat
ute of limitations be extend
ed in the cuse of government serv
ants to a period of at least five years:
for the persons who in such positions
of trust engage In corrupt practices
can ordinarily conceal their guilt for
a longer time than Is covered by the
present short statute of limitations.
This recommendation has been laid be
fore the Congress In the report of the
Attorney General, and It is earnestly
hoped that It will be acted upon favor
ably. Moreover, our experience shows
that outsiders claiming political in
fluence sometimes sell their influence
to candidates for office, or In other
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gives a fragrance to the
breath. Ask your dentist
about it. Druggists sell it.
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. NOVEMBER 30. 1903.
Sick Headache.
This distressing ailment results
from a disordered condition of the
stomach and is quickly cured by
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
Tablets. For sale by all druggists.
words blackmail these candidates.
There should be legislation which will
permit of summary dealing with such
offenders.
Punishment Is Needed.
However, the prime need is not new
legislation, but the punishment of those
who offend against existing laws. The
Postofflce Department is making cer
tain changes in the methods of admin
istration, notably in the method of
inspection, by which the service will
be improved and the chance of cor
ruption existing without discovery be
minimized; but only way to meet
the real evil is to punish the offend
ers, by removal In any event, and
where possible by prosecution under
the criminal statutes. In any great
business, public or private, wrongdoing
is certain at times to occur. The
way to guard against It is rigorously
to scrutinize the character of those
appointed, carefully to supervise their
actions after appointment, and finally,
to punish with relentless severity those
who go wrong. All this is being done.
The immediate reformation of the
service by the turning out of the of
fenders is not in itself enough to meet
the demands of justice. The oases
against both those within and those
without the Postofflce Department,
who by their acts have brought them
selves within the grasp of the law, will
be pushed with the utmost vigor.
Every effort must be made to see that
both the delinquent official and the
outsider who shares his guilt are pun
ished to the limit of the law. In pur
suance of this policy the individuals
above enumerated have been indicted.
In no case has the indictment been
sought save where the officials of the
government were convinced of the
man's guilt; and in every case the
government will exhaust every expedi
ent in its power in the effort to see
that justice is meted out to the of
fenders. Those in the public service
whose duty it is must ever be vigilant
in the detection of wrondoing, fear
less in its exposure, relentless in its
prosecution; but In the last resort,
when everything which the public offi
cial, whether legislator. Judge or exec
utive officer, can do has been done, it
remains for the Jury, drawn from the
people and representing the people, to
do even-handed justice, shielding the
innocent, but declining to be misled
by any plea into refraining from pun
ishment of the guilty.
Ills Final Mornllzlng.
No crime calls for sterner reprobation
than the crime of the corruptionist
in public life, and of the man who
seeks to corrupt him. The bribe giver
and the bribe taker are equally guilty.
Both alike sin against the primary
law of the state’s safety. All ques
tions of difference in party policy sink
into insignificance when the people of
this country are brought face to face
with a question like this, which lies
at the root of honest and decent gov
ernment. On this question, and on all
others like it, we can afford to have
no division among good citizens. In
the last resort good laws and good
administration alike must rest upon
the broad basis of sound public opin
ion. A dull public conscience, an
easy-going acquiescence in corruption,
infallibly means debasement in public
life, and such debasement in the end
means the ruin of free institutions.
Self-government becomes a farce if
the representatives of the people cor
rupt others or are themselves corrupt
ed. Freedom is not a gift which will
tarry long in the hands of the dishon
est or of those so foolish or so incom
petent as to tolerate dishonesty in their
public servants. Under our system all
power comes from the people, and all
punishment rests ultimately with the
people. The toleration of the wrong,
not the exposure of the wrong, is the
real offense. Theodore Roosevelt.
HEATH OFFERS COMMENTS.
What the Man Who Is Censored Has
to Say.
Salt Lake, Utah, Nov. 29.—AA’hen
former First Assistant Postmaster
General Perry S. Heath, now proprie
tor of the Salt Lake Tribune, had read
the report of Mr. Bristow and the com
ments of the President to-night, he
said:
“I shall not hesitate to publish in
the Salt Lake Tribune to-morrow ev
ery word of this report, and also every
word of this memorandum of the Pres
ident, although there is not a syllable
in them except official comment, so
far as pertains to myself, that is news
to the public. 1 hope my enemies, as
well as my friends, will do me the Jus
tice of reading it carefully. The news
papers have been kept informed and
have been publishing it all during the
year past. That which has hitherto
been generally regarded as newspaper
criticism, it is now revealed, was of
ficial criticism in disguise.
"It is no surprise to me to see the
denunciation of me in this report. The
author of it, from the time he entered
the Postoffice Department up to the
present moment, has, in his official ca
pacity, pursued me personally in sea
son and out, as every one who has been
in public life In Washington during the
past six years knows. Innuendo is art
fully contrived and malice concealed
throughout the entire document, as ev
erybody familiar with t>ie facts may
see. Its very opening pages attack my
friend, M. W. Louis, an honest gen
tleman, as the report Itself Is com
pelled to admit him to be, and it closes
with Impertinent and intrusive ani
madversions upon my administration,
"The author seems to have studi
ously avoided mentioning the impor
tant fact thnt many, if not a large
majority of these offenses, occurred
after I had left the service, Nor Is
the slightest reference made to another
important fact that I had heaped up
on me ten times as much administra
tive and executive work, by reason of
the Spanish-Amerlcan War, as I
should have undertaken or the fact
that during the time most of the onus
of performing the military postal du
ties fell upon me, together with the
distribution of much of the patronage
of the service In the way of appoint
ments. and that we had to establish
precedents, as We had no military
laws; and lastly, the fact that If any
one conjured with my name for cor
rupt purposes, I could not know It ex
cept somebody told me. No Intimation
of the kind ever reached me till lately
through the press.
"Men like Louis, whose supplies were
purchased through a commtttee of
three appointed by the Postmaster
General, by public advertisement, and
the direction of the Postmaster Gen
eral, he being merely the distribution
clerk, are censured and made to suf
fer for responsibilities they never had.
"When Louis entered the service he
found hi* division in a demoralized
condition. A committee condemned the
Ink in use and recommended the Ink
purchased. The tremendous Increase
in the regular postal service required
the filling of thousands of new orders.
In new offices as well as old ones, and
the military postal service necessitated
the supplying of thousands of offices
in newly acquired territory.
"Because I c'annot be truthfully ac
cused of ever having received any re
ward in cash, bonds, stocks, presents,
or other form while I was in the de
partment or since I left It, my acts
while In the government employ up-
pear to be especially disappointing to
the author of this report. But since
much of the report is occupied with
the cases of men who have been tried
and acquitted, I am willing to trust the
public to draw its own conclusions. I
welcome the opportunity to publish it
in its entirety in the columns of the
Tribune."
REMINISCENSES
OF THE STAGE.
Rev. Mr. Ireland Telia How He
Meat on the Stone and How He
Lett It.
Rev. William Francis Ireland spoke
at the First Baptist Church last night,
und spoke interestingly on "Reminis
cences of the Stage.” He told how
he had first conceived the idea of go
ing on the stage. He was one of the
performers in a church benefit enter
tainment, and attracted so much at
tention by his clever Impersonation of
the character assigned him that he re
ceived a nattering offer to go on the
road. He accepted, incurring the dis
pleasure of his father, who forbade him
to enter his home, again until he had
renounced the stage.
"I struggled oil,” said Mr. Ireland,
"earning much money with much hard
work. We went from city to city, of
ten traveling under conditions the
most soul trying, and at least produc
tive of disaster to the physical system.
All night -ides to be in the next city
in time for matinee, early morning re
hearsals, poor accommodations and the
most nerve racking work on the stage
drove many to drink, out of sheer aban
don. Many started to the cup for tem
porary relief. They needed stimulants,
and sought the aid of alcoholic stim
ulants. From that it was but one step
onward. The surroundings were not
what the audience sees from in front of
the footlights. Behind the scenes the
scene was in marked contrast. Curs
ing. shouting scene shifters and stage
hands, often assisted by the actors
themselves, made sensitive souls shrink
in horror.
"I gradually, like the rest, began to
look on religion as rules governing the
church, a society. Young girls started
out at the opening of the season with
all the hope and ambition in their souls.
Too often they finished on a level with
those immoral characters who have as
sisted to make the stage what it is, a
death trap to morality.
“My conversion came when I had
listened to a good old preacher expound
the truths of the gospel, and I was
called on, as were many other strang
ers, to testify. I asked him if he want
ed me to say what I thought of what
I had heard him say. He said yes. I
then told him very frankly that I did
not believe a word that he had said,
although I believed that he had been
sincere In It himself. I could not get
the picture the old man presented when
I said this out of my mind, and a
few days later I decided to take the
Bible and prove all its teachings wrong,
and let me tell you, my friends, it
made the biggest fool you ever saw
out of me, und I was forced to be
l.eve rhat it was the best thing in the
world to follow, and I have been fol
lowing it ever since.”
Mr. Ireland announced that he was
in the South in the interest of his
heiith. He ha3 pulmonary troubles,
already having suffered one hemorr
hage. He has his wife with him, and
will spend the rest of the winter in
Sou*hen cities.
ARRESTED FOR THEFT
OF FIRE CHIEF’S COAT.
For the theft of a coat from Fire
Chief Maguire about a week ago, Hen
ry Pinkney, colored, was arested yes
terday by Mounted Patrolman Behr
man and is held a prisoner at the po
lice station house. The negro will he
given a preliminary examination by
Alderman Grayson in Police Court this
morning.
LOCAL PERSONAL
Mr. AV. M. Legg of Batnbridge is In
the city.
Mr. AV. G. D. Long, Jr„ of Bartow,
S. C., is in the city.
Mr. G. T. Smith of Atlanta is regis
tered at the De Soto.
Mr. J, S. Briley of Thomasville spent
yesterday in the city.
Mr, N. Bodenheim if Atlanta spent
yesterday in the city.
Mr. H. H. Rountree of McLeod is
spending the day In the city.
Mr. T. J. Morrison of Augusta is a
guest at the Screven House.
Mr. D. L. Lynch of Florence, S. C„
apent yesterday in Savannah.
Mr. AV. C. Fowler of Columbus la
stopping at the Pulaski House.
Mr. AV. F. Cummings of Hampton,
S. C., spent yesterday in the city.
Mr. R. W. Ladd of Charleston is
registered at the Pulaski House.
Mr. AV. B. Harrison of Talladega,
Ala., Is visiting friends In the city.
Mr. AV. D. Boatright of Vidalia was
among Savannah friends yesterday.
Mr. Charles F. AVhlte of Jacksonville
is ambng the guests at the De Soto.
Mr. M. C. Vandiver of Atlanta is
among the guests at the Pulaski House.
Mr. A. J. Cohen will leave over the
Atlantic Coast Line for New York to
day.
Messrs. H. R. Daniel and A. O. Cole
man of Swalnsboro are in the city to
day.
Mr. William Schley Howard of At
lanta spent yesterday among Savan
nah frineds.
Red and Illnck Editor*.
Athens, Ga., Nov. 29.—The Red and
Black editors for the next term have
been chosen. They are as follows;
Editor-in-chief, T. W. Connally; as
sociate editor. W. B. Shaw; business
manager, Winshlp Nunally; assistant
business manager, Roy Dorsey; athle
tic editor. W. G. Englnnd, Jr.; local
editor, J. M. Hull, Jr.; exchange edi
tor, B. H. Askew, Jr. This is one
of the ablest staffs the Red and Black
has aver had.
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Killed liy a. Train.
Griffin, Ga., Nov. 29.—Lark Mays,
colored, was run over and horribly
mangled by a Central Railroad train
last night, dying from his injuries this
morning. It is thought he was stealing
a ride when he lost his hold and fell
on the track. He never regained con
sciousness after the accident.
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LINDSAY & MORGAN’S
DAY OF DEVOTION
SPENT BY THE SOUTH GEORGIA
CONFERENCE,
SCHOOLS AND THE LEAGUE
HELD A JOINT RALLY AND HEARD
AN ADDRESS.
It lx Expected That To-day Will
Witness the Adjournment of tlic
Conference—There lx Much Inter
est in tile Appointment to Wesley
Monumental Churcli ut Susannah.
Speculation a* to the l’uxtor Who
Will Be Appointed.
Sandersvllle, Ga., Nov. 29.—The joint
rally of the Sunday-school and JTp
worth League Boards has proven one
of the most enjoyable events of Hit
conference, the address of the occasion
being delivered by Dr. Atkins, Sun
day-school editor of Nashville. The
address was a most profound, instruc
tive plea on the "Development of Child
hood.”
Rev. J. M. Glenn, secretary of the
Sunday-school Board, presented the re
port of the year's work in the Sunday
schools throughout the conference. The
holding of institutes, the dissemination
of literature, the visits of experts dur
ing the year have borne fruit. In point
of attendance in new schools organized,
and in money collected there has been a
most decided increase over former
years.
Ilev. W. N. Ainsworth, president of
the Epworth League Board, submitted
the following figures of the work ac
complished in this department: Senior
Epworth Leagues, 105; membership, 4,-
270; junior leagues, 48; membership,
I, raised for all purposes, $3,688;
contributed to building of a church In
Fomento, Cuba, $757.59.
Ax to AVesley Monumental.
Perhaps no appointment to be fill
ed is creating more talk and specula
tion than Wesley Monumental. While
the Bishop has promised the presiding
elders to secrecy, yet some of the
"knowing ones” suggest that it is
more than probable 'that either a
young presiding elder, who has made
a most flattering record since being in
this office, or a strong young man
for the leading pastorate of one of
the churches in an adjourning city will
be appointed.
The love feast conducted by Rev.
George G. N. MacDonell, at 9:00
o’clock was largely attended.
Rev. B. Anthony said: 'This has
been one of the happiest years of
my life. I have preached more ser
mons this year than in three years
of my pastorate in Savannah. You
know that for years their has been an
Anthony on the roll. I have prayed
God that this may continue, and I re
joice to say that my brother's son
is to take work in our ranks this
year.”
Rev. E. H. McGehee rejoiced that
for forty-five years be had answered
every roll call.
Mr. R. B. Iteppard said: “I sought
to be converted instantaneously. I did
not find it that way. There sits the
man (pointing to Rev. George G. N.
MacDonell) that took me Into church.
I rejoice now that I have the old
time religion.”
Bishop Key Preached.
Before 11 o'clock, th'<i befur tot preach
ing. the Methodist Church was filled
to overflowing, although, the pulpits in
the other churches were supplied with
visiting ministers.
Bishop Key took for his text; “The
Parable of the Tares In the field.”
The sermon was thoroughly enjoyed
by all present. At its close several
young preachers were ordained dea
cons. A memorial service was held at
3 o'clock In memory of the late Rev.
J. W. Hinton, D. D,, for years an
honored member of the conference.
Suitable addresses were delivered by
different members of the conference.
It Is quite likely that the conference
will adjourn sometime to-morrow.
The pastor of the Methodist Church
here, Rev. J. M. Outler, has been
nbundant in labors. Asa host he Is
a decided success. The hospitality of
the citizens of Sandersvllle, Irrespec
tive of creed, has been unbounded. Each
home has vied with others In en
deavor to entertain the strangers.
ARCHDEACONRY MEETS.
Kplaropnl Clergymen <;the r at
Americas—hew* Notes.
Ainericus, Ga., Nov. 29.—The Arch
deaconry of Albany assembles in Amer
icus this week in annual convocation.
Archdeacon Harry Casstl of Bruns
wick officiated at Calvary Church this
morning, and will deliver dgily lec
tures during the session. Rev. J. L.
Scully, recently of Savannah, but now
of Columbus, will deliver the mission
ary sermon on Thursday.
Many addresses and discussions up
on pertinent topics fill the long pro
gramme. Bishop Nelson may like
wise attend the session some time
during the week.
The Church of the Redeemer (Unl
versallst) of Amerlcus, has called to
the pastorate the. Rev. E. H. Webber,
of Oldtown, Maine, who will arrive
this week to ussume his duties as
pastor.
The cotton season in Amerlcus Is
rapidly drawing to a close. The crop
here has been marketed and the major
portions of It sold. Already some of
the farmers are hauling out guano and
making preparations for the next
year’s cotton cropj
Police Officer John Monahan, while
on duty late last night, was assault
ed and very severely knifed by Charles
Underwood, a white man. whom he
had previously locked up on the charge
of drunkenness. Monaham received
several cuts, none of which is very
serious, as a heavy new coat probably
saved him.
The primary election for members
of the City Council on next Wednes
day arouses much local interest, as
it has grown very largely into a fac
tional fight. Three members of Coun
cil are to be elected, and there are
seven aspirants for the vacancies. Al
ready 700 voters have registered.
OBITUARY.
Edward O. Richmond, Chattanooga.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Nov. 29.—Ed
ward Gould Richmond, one of the
leading capitalists and manufacturers
of this city and state, died at his home
here to-day from heart trouble, after
an illness of more than a year. He
was a son of Dean Richmond, who
made for himself a national reputation
and was one of the influential men of
the times. Mr. Richmond was a na
tive of Batavia, N. Y.. where the inter
ment will take place. He moved to
Chattanooga in 1887, and at the time
of his death was a stockholder In and
the president of a number of impor
tant manufacturing companies. He
accumulated large wealth and leaves
a widow and two children.
Jolin Ax Turner,
Mr. John A. Turner died yesterday
at his home, at Jefferson and Thirty
ninth streets, after a long Illness, from
rheumatism. Mr. Turner was a Chris
tian Scientist, though not a member of
the church, and died in the Christian
Science faith. He had been nearly
blind for nearly six years, blindness
having added to the affliction of rheu
matism.
He was a native of Lexington, N.
C., and was 42 years old. He leaves
a wife and two children. His funeral
will take place from his late residence,
No. 303 Thirty-ninth street, west, at 4
o’clock this afternoons
Mrs. Annie Powers.
Mrs. Annie Powers, died yesterday
morning at her home. No. SIX Zubly
street from rheumatism. She was
a native of Ireland; was 69 years old
and had been 111 seventeen years. She
leaves a son, Lawrence F. Powers and
a daughter, Mrs. M. Mahoney. She
was a member of the Roman Catholic
Church. Her funeral will take place
at 3 o’clock 'this afternoon.
11. 11. Dixon.
Mr. H. B. Dixon died at his resi
dence, No. 336 Montgomery street at
12;35 o’clock this morning. He had
been ill only a short while. Mr. Dix
on was manager ot the Savannah Fur
niture Company, and quite well known.
The funeral arrangements have not yet
been made.
Jefferson Randolph Anderson.
The friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ran
dolph Anderson sympathize with them
in their bereavement of their Infant
boy, Jefferson Randolph Anderson,
whose death occurred yesterday after
noon after a short illness.
David n. Brunner, Reading, Pa.
Heading, Pa.. Nov. 29.—Hon. David
B. Brunner, who was a member of
Congress from 1883 to 1892, died here
to-night, aged 68 years. Mr. Brunner
was well known as a historian and
mineralogist.
Edward Mackey, Bradford, Pa.
Bradford. Pa., Nov. 29.—Edward
Mackey, the leading man of the Ben
nett-Moulton Dramatic Company, died
here to-day at the Bradford Hospital
of typhoid fever. He was 30 years
old.
INSPECTOR ARRESTED.
Charged With Selling Smuggled
Lienor at Key West.
Key AVest, Fla.. Nov. 29.—Charles
Shavers, custom inspector, has been
arrested here on a warrant sworn out
before Commissioner Locke, charging
him with selling liquor, brought into
the United States, contrary to law.
The evidence produced alleges that
Shavers gave in payment of a debt
a demijohn of aguardiente, which did
not have the internal revenue stamp.
After hearing the testimony Commis
sioner Locke pluced the prisoner un
der a bond of SIOO to await the ac
tion of the United States court.
The faction to which Shavers belongs
claims that this arrest was made for
political purposes.
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Consultations and correspondence
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SAVANNAH, GA,
DEPOSED PRESIDENT
LANDS AS AN EXILE IN UNITED
STATES TERRITORY.
WOS-Y-GIL IS AT SAN JUAN.
HE DISCUSSES CONDITIONS IN SAN
TO DOMINGO.
Wox-y-GlI Says the Impatience of
the People Wax Rexiionnihle for
llie Revolution That Resulted in
Mix Being Fired Out of tinier—lt lx
Believed He lx Trying to Hnve a
I Kited States Protectorate Over
Snuto Doni I ago.
San Juan, P. R., Nov. 29.—Gen.
Wos-y-Oil arrived last night on the
German cruiser Falke. The Falke
started at daylight this morning on her
return to San Domingo, in the course
of an interview with a representa
tive of the Associated Press, Gen.
AVos-y-GlI said;
"No significance attaches to the fact
of my traveling on the cruiser Falke.
United States Minister Powell offered
me passage on the gunboat Newport
to New Orleuns or Kingston, Jamaica,
but I preferred to come to San Juan,
and the German officials kindly offered
me transportation.
"Regarding the overthrow of my
government, I can only say that It
was due to the impatience of the peo
ple. If the new government starts
constitutionally my people will agree
with It; if not, they will try another
evolution rather than revolution. I
bad the chuir through peace; I do not
want It through war, which is demoral
izing to the country.
"The future state of the Domican
republic hinges upon the recognition of
Ihe protocol signed by the Vasques
government with Minister Powell. I
never wanted the protocol ratified un
less the Dominican Congress accepted
It; my acceptance of it was forced
when the revolution came. This proto
col demands the arbitration of certain
differences between Santo Domingo and
the United States. In accordance with
President Roosevelt's agreement with
me, personally signed by the President
and received In Santo Domingo, Mr.
Roosevelt cannot accept any other ar
bitrator than mine. Signor Galvun,
who was appointed by my government
and is now in Washington. I do not
cure to say more now.”
Gen. Wos-y-Gi! will remain here two
months. AVhen asked if he were con
templating urging the United States
government to establish a protectorate
over Santo Domingo, the General
placed his finger upon his Ups and
waved his hand significantly, his entire
manner indicating the truth of the ru
mor that such a step was the object
of Senor Galvan’s mission to President
Roosevelt.
PLAN TO BUILD AND
LEASE TO THE CENTRAL
Report Thnt Would Indicate Pensa
cola as an Outlet.
Pensacola, Fla., Nov. 29.—The Inter
national Land and Harbor Company,
which was recently Incorporated un
der the laws of New Jersey, with a
capital of $5,000,000, has purchased the
entire plant, lands and log road of the
Skinner Manufacturing Company, ten
miles east of Pensacola.
The property Includes over 100,000
acres of the best tract remaining In
this section of the state. It Is stated
by parties who are In a position to
know that the land and harbor com
pany contemplate an extension of the
log road to Andalusia, Ala., connect
ing with the Central of Georgia and
bringing the latter into Pensacola.
Only about thirty miles or rood bed
Is necessary to form the connecting
link. Plans of this extension have
already been drawn.
It is also claimed that the company
will build from Pensacola to Mobile,
leasing all of the road to the Central
of Georgia.
SAPP KILLED BY SMITH.
Madison, Fla., Nov. 29.—About 1
o’clock Saturday afternoon Ben L.
Smith shot and killed Joe Sapp. They
both belong In the Cherry Lake neigh
borhood. Sapp was killed at Smith’s
gute. Both are prosperous farmers.
Smith Is under arrest, but has not yet
been brought to Jail.
War Minister Resigns.
Tangier, Nov. 29. —War Minister El
Mencbhi has resigned, owing to the In
trigues of certain court officials who
accused him of Instigating the unpop
ular pro-European policy of the Sul
tan,
BUSINESS LOCALS.
H. H. Peeples & Son, 125 Congress
street, Is a splendid place to buy your
hardware, stoves, implements, firearms,
cutlery and builder’s supplies, guns
and ammunition.
Attend the Richmond Business Col
lege. They fit and prepare you for the
every day duties of life, making your
success sure and certain. Act at once.
George Wagner’s Son, florist; never
before In the history of Savannah have
the people had the opportunity of get
ting such beautiful cut flowers. Bull
street.
Frank Werm, jewelery store, 111 Bull
street, is showing a beautiful line of
ladies’ watches and chains at ponular
prices. Save money by buying at
Werm’s.
Chas. A. Cox, the practical tin-plate
and sheet iron worker; tin, slate, tar,
gravel and tile roofing; best work; low
est prices. 142 Barnard street.
Stove mats, oil stoves, wicks of all
kinds, mats and stove elbows and pipes
at cut prices. Savannah Crockery and
Hardware Company, 303 and 30$
Broughton, weak
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