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The Atlanta Constitution.
THE GREAT SOUTHERN WEEKLY.
VOL. XXXVI. NO. 20.
NO I >- c O.
Bodies ct the Dead Subjected to the
Vilest Indignities Authorities
Did Nothing To Protect
the Hebrews from the
Mob.
St Petersburg. May 11.—The minister
of the interior has circulated a long offi
cial account of the late anti-Semitic out
break at Kischenef. capital of Besarabia.
He says 45 persons were killed and 424
were injured and that 700 houses and 600
shops wore looted.
The minister attributes the rioting to
religious ill-will and reports of ritual
murders, leading to a clamor for an at
tack on the J ws. and says the immediate
cause of the outbreak was the ill-treat
ment of a Christian woman by a Jew.
The destruction cf Jewish property and
the murders followed.
The interior minister, on the direct In
Btruction of the czar, has notified the
governors that they will be held person
ally responsible for their failure to take
proper measures to prevent similar acts
cf vengeance.
Odes-' Mir in, via Vienna. M: v 12.
I.dspatclies from Tirospoi. a district town
in the province of Kherson, on the left
bank of the Dneister. scy i fresh massa
cre of Jews has taken place there similar
to the recent massaert of their cored
glonists In Kishenev. The dispatches state
that the slaughter of the Jews was con
ducted with great fury and that large
numbers perished. There is a large Rus
Flan fortress at Tirospoi. but the Jews
were unable to obtain protection.
Throughout this .ity. in Keiff and other
Important points in southwestern Russia,
elarmfng reports are circulating among
the Jews. Everywhere the unfortunate
bemites are preparing to hide themselves
end even to desert the cities where all
their interests arc concentrated. It. is be-
Jieved that the riots at Kishenev and ’ll
rospol. which were systematically organ
ized by unknown »:■ nts will be repeated
In many other places.
Letters from Kishenev say that a* least
20c Jews were killed there. Thirty seven
w t re 1 fright
bodies subjected to the vilest indignita s
The streets presented a horrible sight.
(Revolting ntre-cltios were committed. \V.
men and children fared no better than the
men The rioters w ore b.idg. s and ojre
-rated under the directipn of l.mlers The
e thorities did nothing and the governor
denied himself to all Jewish applicants
for protecti'-n Ever.' "ffi-iil appeared !■>
have an understanding with th< rioters
and to sympathize w ith their brutaliti. s
and mu’ilers.
Rivers of Jewish Blood.
Denver. Colo.. May 13.- From a letter
■written by his father in a hospital at
Kishinev. Russia. It. King, of Denver,
learrs that his m 'tiler. a sister and
brother mar have boon vi-ilms of the
re, ent massacre in w hich hundreds of
women and littl ■ lor--n were slaugh
tered by th» Russians.
Mr. King's father was badly Injured
and is now in a hospital
•J .in h.-rn nothing of yottr mother
er sister or brother." he writes ’ I fear
they are among the victims The streets
ran with blood. Children were dragged
from their mothers’ arms and buried
against the sides of bull lings. Women
■wore caught and slashed to bits by the
frenzied Christians The cry was.
Town with the Jews I saw a mother
cut open and her unborn :>abe thrown
against a railroad train. Women wore
hold by men while they were mutilated.
The number killed will bo more than
(tfn. Thousands of homos were burned
end all the pt ty destn>yed I) td
bodies lay In the streets in heaps.”
Horrors Becoming Known.
gt Petersburg. Tuesday. May 12. Ad
ditional details of the Kisheneff massa
ere of Jews are printed here daily, but
■ correspondents give the number of \
ftms us far buried in the Jewish com
eter. at’ I forty f.vr and sir that eight v-
'ln the J wish hospital.
The horrors report'd scarcely bear
r ■ itim w r ere
(driven through a woman's head in the
: floor, and oases of I-.."-, mutilation have
i been ant "nil it< ■: Ab- it SOO to 1,6 a per
sons wet
t having been sent from Odessa to deal
with the situat
i local authorities during the tw . days of
i rapine and murder appears t > linv been
fully cstabli-h"d
Hay Can Do Nothing.
"Washington, May 16 Mark- 1 copies
of Jewish newspapers and ppr-.n.al rep
‘ resentatlons are pouring into the state
department, all relating to the reported
killing and maltreatment of Jews li
Bessarabia. Some at least of these show
a misunderstanding of the powers of the
’ state department in dealing with the
matter. Ambassador McCormick has
been criticised for denying that any mas
sacre occurred. It is said at the de
partment that the ambassador made no
statement of his own on the subject; he
simply' transmitted actually the reply of
the Russian government to a request
made by the United States that relief
funds be admitted for distribution among
the sufferers. The Russian government's
reply, published at the time, was that
there was no such suffering as had been
reported and no occasion for relief. Mr.
McCormick could not question the ve
racity of his official informant, and he
sent the denial along without comment,
distinctly placing it upon the Russian
government-
The state department feels that it can
do no more than it has done in the
cause of the oppressed Jews. It has
not learned officially that a single one
Os them Is an American citizen, so it
has no warrant for interference. There
Is no parallel between cases of the Jews
In Roumania and those In Russia. In
tne first case it is said at the depart
ment that the United States had a
ground for intervention because the Rou
manian government’s action was injur
ing the United States by dumping a
horde of undesirable immigrants upon
her shores It was not asserted that this
result follows the Russian act, which,
moreover, it is pointed out. is not of
ficial. It is precisely as if Count Cassini
should present himself to Secretary Hay
and In the name of his government pro
test against reported lynchings of ne
groes by mobs in this country, which
probably would result in a polite inti
mation to the ambassador that he was
going beyond the limits of his proper
business. That is the status of the case
officially, but it may be added that the
limited action taken by the United
States has served a purpose to make
known to the Russian government that
the great moral Influence of the United
States is directed toward securing an
amelioration of the conditions of the
Jews in Russia.
Count Cassini Talks.
Count Cassini, the Rus/an ambassa
dor, said today with reference to the
recent troubles In Russia:
•J am sure that the reports have been
grossly exaggerated The most drastic
measures have been taken by the Rus
sian government to prevent repetitions
of the troubles, and the government al
ways has done al! that Is possible to
prevent them The governors of prov
| Inces have been ordered to exert them
i selves to the utmost to preserve order
and have been notified that they will bo
I held responsible for the peace of their
I provinces. The guilty, ns apprehended,
will be dealt with to the full extent of
the law."
Punishing the Murderers.
st. Petersburg, Wednesday, May 18-
; The majority of the persons nr rested for
; participating In the ant! Semite out
, rages at Kishenev, Bessarabia, have been
i tried and sentenced to varying punish
| ments. Although they were mostly ar
rested on returning to their homes af
ter the second <la\ s pillage with their
arms full of plunder, all the prisoners
protested thrir Innocence and pleaded
that thev fourvl the things in the streets
and were taking them to the poll-e sta
tion.
CHINESE FOR SOUTH AFRICA.
Coolies Will Be Imported To Work
the Mines.
London. May 16.—The importation of
■ Chinese labor into South Africa was d
eld'd upon In principle some lime ago.
but no definite plans have been formed
regarding the number to be Imported
nor the conditions to govern the importa
tion.
j Colonial Secretary Chamberlain and the
big firms of the Rand are in agreement
that no other solution of the labor diffi
culty’ is possible. At pr< sent half the
stamps are idle because only 5(1,000 Kaf
firs are procurable, when 150,000 men are
required. As a consequence tile conditions
i at Johannesburg are d .lly growing worse
1 and business Is slack. While laborers
'locked there nt the close of the war
they w- re unable to find sotlsfactory * m
ployment and discontent is rife. This
suits th" Rand magnates, who arc loth
to accept the .sole responsibility for in
troducing yellow labor The trading pop
ulation of South Africa Is opposed to tile
importation of Chinese
DEATH OF SYBIL SANDERSON.
Noted American Actress Succumbs
To Piieumoni . t Taris.
Paris. May 16 Sybil Slid ■ .>n, the
well-known American opern singer, died
suddenly today of pi-ce.immia. resulting
from an attack of the grip
: The announcement caused a profound
! shock In file American col my Imr". where
, she was well known, ami throughout mu
sical and theatrical circles She return
ed to Faris from Nice six weeks ago
suffering from a slight attack of tin- grip.
Her condition was not regarded as se
rious. but she gradually gtew worse and
h.-r sickness finally developed into pneu
monia.
Miss Sanderson, according to report,
was to have married this summer fount
r.<ul Tolstoi, a cousin of the Russian nov
elist .
rite funeral will be held nt the Church
of st Hotwire d' Eylau Miss Sander
son was married in IX*. to Antonio Terry,
the Cuban millionaire, who died in 1X99.
Until herihusband’s death she spent most
of her time at his handsome chateau at
! Chenonceaux, and she had lived with her
| mother in spacious apartments here,
w here she re -T. ■< onh a few Intimate
friends Miss Sanderson constantly’ re-
I tallied her love of music ami the stage
j and occasionally’ lent her talents to char
| Itabls performances,
FLOWERY PATH FOR MONKS.
Capuchins Given an Ovation While
Going to Trial.
Paris, Max 15 The- government Is pur
suing actively the repressive Tin*;»sur< s
against unauthorized congregations.
; These measures are now principally con
fined to judicial action. Th opposition
. to them seoins practically to have ended,
although the manifestations cause'! by
the trials continue. Owing to the pre
cautions taken these manif< stations do
not assume t serious t haraoo r.
The trial of ten Capuchins at Lemans
• today drew a crowd of sympa thiz**rs
; around the court house. The monks were
cheered, many women strewing flowers
in their pathway. In < ••on the superior
i of the Capuchins made an eloquent d* -
1 sense, and was much applauded by those
■ pres'ent. The Capuchins, hr>w< vrr, were
sentenced to pax the minimum line of
jo ♦•ach Then th»-y were escorted back
| to their convent by the crowd, which
i chanted the "Magnificat on the way.
Socialists attempted a eounter mani
festation, but the sympathies of the
I crowds was evidently with the monks
‘ and order was not disturbed
Seven Redemptionists wo. arr 'ded to
day at Valence Surrhose for refusing to
i leave their convent. Th- x were led from
i the building by the police escorted by
; several hundred of their friends. The
• loliee finally took the monks to prison.
! Amid many manifestations of sympa
| thy several Capuchins were tried at
Blois, convicted and sentenced to pay
' a fine of $6 each.
Beaten Dead with Bible.
I Honolulu. May X, via San Eram isco,
; May 13- A case of a native Hawaiian
i who was beaten to death with a. I’.ible
j in the hands of a kuhuna, or native sor
cerer, is reported from the island of
Hawaii.
The victim was ill in bed. ami after
being treated by a regular physician sent
for a kuhuna, having more faith in the
native "medicine man" than in a doctor.
The kuhuna declared that the patient
■ was possessed of devils and proceeded
to cast them out by beating him over
the head with a Bible. The wife of the
sick man was also Induced to do some
beating, and then the kuhuna resumed
operations. The man died as a result of
the beating. The kuhuna has been held
for manslaughter.
Volcano Colima in Eruption.
Mexico City, May 13.—The government
authorities have received advices con
cerning the activity of the volcano Co
lima. Yesterday afternoon there was an
eruption equal to the most violent over
flows of former years. Showers of ashes
are frequent and yet no damage is re
ported from neighboring raimhes ami
haciendas. Loud noises underneath the
earth surface are reported.
MANCHURIA OPEN TO
ALL THE WORLD
Official Notice Issued That Province
Is Open to Foreigners—Pass
ports Are Not Required.
Statement About Evxacu
ation of New Chwang.
Shanghai. May 11.-The Chinese treaty
revision commissioners have received
from the Chinese foreign office Instruc
tions to decline further discussion with
the American commissioners on article
12 ow.f D IP proposed new treaty, which
refers to the opening of points In Man
churla to foreign trade. It is added that
such negotiations are inadvisable, owing
to Russian action The Chinese commis
sioners. reflecting the Indecision of the
government, suggested this was a matter
for settlement by interchange of dis
patches, rather tiipn by inclusion In the
formal treaty.
Fair Promises Made by Russia.
London, Moy 11 The under foreign
si cretary, Lord Crnnborne, announced m
the house of commons today that the
British consul at New Chwang had re
ported that there had been no reoccupa
tion of New Chwang by the Russians.
Friendly communications on the sub
cot. Lord Cranborne added, has been ad
dressed to the Russian government dur
ing the last few days by the United
S'.U.S ami (treat Britain independently
■Hid the Russian government In reply a id
intimated that It would adhere to its en
g ilf incuts to evacuate Manchuria, a
flio.igh the evacuation was temporarily
delayed.
Russia had also explained that site had
i.o intention of adopting any measuie
temling IO exclude foreign consuls or ol>-
■ trmt foreign (ummeree or the use of
the ports. Under these < iretimstan. es Hu-
British government saw no sufficient
reason for securing concerted action with
th' object, as suggested by his questionet.
Joseph Walton (liberal». "of artivfng at
a Je'inite agreement with Russia for the
prompt fulfillment of her assurances.'
Chinese Government Notified.
Faris. May 11. The French minister at
I ekln reports that Minister Conger, fol
lowing instructions, lias notified the Chin
. sc go' ei'iment of the assurances regafd
ing Manchuria which Russia lias given
the United States directly tlirougli Amtr
i< i.n A mi■ o -..<10r McCormick and also
I n rough Am ■ .s. ~ lor * a •nt im’ . ’ -the
Russian charge d affaires at. I’ekln Ims
given til* (‘liiuese (>ffieial« similar tissur
nnees. Tile French minister adds tluit
the Ulilmse Officials are not gravely con
eorn»d by Russia’s alleged designs or
Manchuria le-ing fully satisfied with the
foregoing assurances.
Russia Gives Assurances.
Pekin, M.iv 12. The Russian charge. M.
Plancon, has given reassurances regard
ing Mnncliurm He has Issued an offal.nl
notice that all Manchuria is open to for
sign travel and adds that passports are
no longer necessary.
There were 5W Russian soldiers at N p w
Chwang. who were removed about th"
date fixed for the evacuation, ami the
same number returned to New Chwang
It appear; that ‘b< Russian force which
returned to th" Liao forts, merely used
Hie forts as temporary resting places
while Journeying southward to their sta
tion on the peninsula.
The United States consul at New
Chwang has arrived here to confer with
Minister -onger.
Cong-er Sustained by United States.
Mashlngton. May 12. The state depart
ment fully sust lined the action of Minis
ter Conger and his associate commission
ers in effecting an agreement with China
for the payment of the indemnity arising
from the boxer troubles on the basis of
the rate of exchange in 1901. The conten
tion of the other powers, parties to the
treaty of Pekin, if sustained, would re
quire China to pay almost double her
debt ami Secretary Hay took the posi
tion that it was unfair and Inequitable
to require that most unfortunate coun
try to make good the heavy losses raised
by the depression of silver. As the United
States has stemifastly Insisted on being
treated on an equality with other powers,
■however, tt follows that the United
States must either accept their indemnity
on the basis arranged b> Mr. Conger
v. sterday or Insist on payment nt the
present rite of exchange, in which latter
et ent the United States would also be en
titled to her proportionate increase.
WILL NOT TALK TO FERDINAND.
Emperor Francis Joseph Refuses Au
dience to Prince.
Vienna, May 13 - The Austro Hungariar
squadron has been ordered to leave Sa
lonlca. The turret ship Wien, however,
will remain there.
The request of Prince Ferdinand of
Bulgaria for an audience witli Emperor
Francis Joseph has apparently been re
fused Prince Ferdinand passe ! through
Vienna and Budapest, returning to So
fia, where he arrived today. While there
he had no communication witli the Aus
trian foreign office.
Recent happenings in Macedonia have
by no means strengthened the prince's
position The danger in Hie Balkans is
now thought to lie In the turbulence of
the Turkish porulntion, whose fury
against the Christians threatens to start
a conflagration. The attitude of the Turk
ish government is viewed with much <l,<j
trust by diplomats here. It is feared
that Turkey will permit the massacre of
Christians, thereby "nabling the Moslems
to expend their wrath.
Immediate developments are await<»i
with the greatest anxiety.
WANTON WIFE BURIED ALIVE.
Horrible Punishment. Meted Out to
Unfaithful Wife.
Baku, May 11. —A stone mason was at
work on an old wall in the center of the
town when a carriage swiftly drove up
to him, two masked men Jumped out.
threw a bag over his head, bundled him
Into the carriage and galloped away.
After an hour’s drive, the mason was told
to alight, the sack was taken from his
head and he found himself in an n,<|-
tashioned court yard. He was pushed
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, MAY 18, 1903.
through a door into n corridor and in
an empty room he noticed an opening
In a stone wall, in which was Wedged
a woman trembling nd with terrified
face.
The men who had brought the mason
pointed revolvers at his breast and or
dered him to wall up the opening with
the woman behind it. threatening to shoot
him dead if he refused. Stones, inortar
and trowels were in the room. He was
told that the woman v-.-s a Mahometan
who had injured her hn.band. The mason
built up the opening, the sack was again
drawn over his head and three-quarters
of an hour later he was put out of the
carriage at a. lonely part of the (’ity.
As soon as he could fre-- himself of the
sack he did so, but the carriage had dis
appeared. He went Immediately to the
police and told his story, but although
the police are ransacking the houses in
the Mahometan quarter, they can find
n<> trace of the locality of this horrible
crime.
SKIFFS AND LAUNCHES
PLY FLOODED STREETS
OF JACKSONVILLE, FLA.
I Jacksonville. Fla., Miv 13.—The rain
I which had been falling intermittently all
I day yesterday and all last night assumed
I this morning about daybi -.ik almost the
proportions of a cloudburst and when
the citizens prepared to eave for their
places of business man.-, of them found
their homes completel. surrounded by
water.
Bat these were not <he unfortunates.
Many were driven from their residences
or forced to go to upp i stories by the
water that in some (■■ ■■? reached the
level of the first story windows- In all
as much as one square mile of the. town
was under water. Fully half a mile of
Bay street. Hie prim ipal thoougiil'ore of
the city, was under water and much
I damage was done to st >"ks of goods.
! tin tills street a mule ilile >■ 1 ‘o a wagon
| got heyoiui its depth and was drowned.
, and the driver, attcqipting to cut it
, from the vehicle, ncr!' lost his life.
' Skill's and filter in ’ "■ day a naptha
; launch w- re plying on :iy street re
moving people from tnir submerged
i homes.
I Tiie water was 2 feet -I- pln the wait
i Ing room of the union depot and every
I railroad track entering ilc clt> wis un
■ der water. One train eai'h over the
i East Coast line and Atlantic Coast line
I came into Jacksonville in the morning
j mid one rich "ver lu *wo roads and
■ the Seaboard 'hi'' E -t ' oast train u-
I parted at. night.
: The damage to the railroads in and
near the city Is consi ii r; >le, but it is
. believed that it will be i • p ired by morn
ing and that trains v;'. n’ake. their reg
ular schedules i <m<>rv">v. The rain in
Its intensity seem"d t■ ,-’.. local and th"
i railroa d are not , ;ed except in or
! iumEL th" tty.
I The city is in total darkness tonight,
j The water was a foot deep in the »lec
i trie light power house and stopped the
i dynamos. The damage to the electric
light plant, which belongs io the city,
' is estimated at s.'i,boo. H will take prob
ably .yio.nno to put the streets and bridges
i in repair.
The railroads suffered losses probably
I amounting to The losses of in-
■ dividuals cannot he accurately estimated.
Many bridges in the county were washed
away Th< s «ill probably not
i be less than $400.(100.
1 In addition to this It is feared that
■ Bridge street viaduct, which cost $250,-
000. ha.s been made dangerous b\ the
i flood. The water of McCoys creek was
i all day rushing under it in a broad and
i rapid stream and it is feared that the
, supports of the bridge hav<> been so
w akened that it will be unsafe. How
ever, it was soon to have been replaced
by a new one. Ropes were stretched
across the viaduct to keep the crowd off.
Whether it was weakened seriously can
not be determined until after the waters
subside.
—
NEW TERRITORY FOR ENGLAND
Capture of Sokoto Will Add Largely
To English Domain.
London. May 12. 'Col"'ial Secretary
Cbamberlain announced in the house of
commons that as a result of the British
| military operations in the Sokoto and
i Kano districts, ending witli th" capture
'of the Emir of Kano. 100.000 square miles
' of territory had been add- d to northern
! Nigeria and would bo administered by
the government "1 tlxit territory.
Interesting details have been received
i here of the capture of Sokoto, March .11
by the British column, . >mmand' d by
(Colonel Morland. The engagement lasted
' two and a half hours. Tin- British nnm-
I bere-d about 500 men. with four qiilck
| filing guns and four ma x ms. The ene
i my’s horse and foot w :■■ estimated to
I number some 6,'»hj men, their »iflemen
i ueiug arm. 1 with modertt rilles and
i using smokrless powder The British
camped during the night of March 13
one and a half miles trom Sokoto after
a hard march of let) miles from Kaura
with but little waler and having passed
through a difficult country. At day
break. March 14, the British moved in
square formation toward the valley in
whicii Sokoto lies, immediately after the
British appeared over a ridge the Eu
I lanis charged with fanatical bravery,
| undeterred by a withering maxim and
; tide tire. They had no proper 1- adership,
! but the isolated hauls continued to ad
i vance over heaps of dem! and dying.
I often only’ individuals reaching within a
i yard of the square, where, refusing quar-
I ter, they were shot down while shouting
| "Allah" with their last breath. The
j main body of the natives was finally
' routed, leaving a. remnant of about till:
i ty chiefs around the. Emir'- great white
flag. Tile chiefs were defiant to th"
i last, and their corpses were f nmd around
the stamlffrd when the British .ii'Xi
■ ed the city, which consisted mostly of
thatched houses,
•
LEBAUDY AIR SHIP SAILS.
Another Successful Test of the Craft
Is Macle.
! Faris. May 15. The Lebaudv air ship
made another ascension today and an
-1 swered her rudder readily. She covered
over 7 1-2 miles in twenty-five minutes.
! Part of the course was against a brisk
. wind. A slight accident to the ventilator
i did not interrupt the success of the trip.
COTTON GROXVING IN AFRICA.
London, May 16. -M til advices received
, from Bathurst. British West Africa, say
■ F. E. Severs, an American cotton grow-
I ing expert, lias arrived there, after mak
' ing a trip up the River Gambia. He
I says cotton growing in the Gambia colony
I lias a grand future. Mr. Severs has al
ready ordered large qimntilies of seed for
i trials on an extensive scale.
PAYHE SCOFFS AT LIST
OF SCANDALS
But He Admits That There Are Some
Things Which Need Investiga
tion. and He Says He Will
Continue To Use the
Probe.
Washington. May 16. The formal charges
of Seymour W. Tulloch, cashier of |ho
Washington city postoffice for many
years, until his removal four years ago.
alleging Irregularities in the postal ad
ministration. was submitted to Postmaster
General Payne today. Mr Payne and
Kourth Assistant Postmaster General
Bristow went over the statement in de
tail Postmaster General Payne, review
ing the charges of Mr Tulloch, said:
“The great bulk of the irregularities of
which Mi. T ill'" h complains was the re
suit of the government taking over the
postal sOrvir -of Porto Hiro. Mr. Tulloch
refers to troubles caused bv the pay
ment of the Porto Rican accounts through
the Washington city postofHec. and mak* s
some other insinuations, as. for exam
ple. the promotion of letter box schemes,
etc., but there is no evidence, nothing but
words. All that will be of any service
whatever to the department in looking up
matters In connection with the investiga
tion Is comprised in three pages.
‘ The bulk of th.- statement, however,
consists of an airing of his own grlev
ane"s and of comments on his own re
moval. He deals in glittering generali
ties in criticising px Postmaster General
Smith. Ik: refers to vouchers and pay
ments of certain people, which he claims
to have been illegal and makes a pret
ty severe a’tack on Qie comptroller of
the treasury. He makes some reference
to the alleged smothering of the exam
ination of accounts of the local postffice,
but offer:' no new evidence or documents
to substantiate hl? a negations, merely re
ferring to -min beetle, certain vouch
ers and certain accounts.
“There are no particular lx new points,
except an explanation of what he here
tofore has safd in a. general wax. ] am
greatly disappointed that the document
will not boos any great help to us.
Papa. Send a Transport.
“Mr. Tulloch mentions a rumor about
the department that- cablegram had
come to the departr:»r it which said:
•papa. sei. I a ti cusnort here quh-k f
m m sick,’ but trmt Is given only a? h.
rumoi'.
* I‘hero are some things that of course
look, on th- r face, to be wrong and
that need explanation. The bulk of the
offense alleged is that vouchers wore
charged eo the wrong accounts. AH of
the items which were n >t allowed by the
eompi)oiler were finally audited except
Jess than SIOO. Wo will look into the
records of these matters, of course”
the charge that physicians w-re carried
on the rolls of the postotiices without
authority, that there had been fifteen or
twenty such cases In the I nited States.
’This was a mattei of pol
i<’\, Ip said, and entirely within the prov
inee of the postmaster gpn« ral; but that
he himself last autumn restricted the cm
ployment of physicians to p< »s i ■ iliccs
whasu revenues aggregated sl.ooo,o<Xl a
yea r.
' Me. Tulloch.” continued Mr. Pavn*',
"refers to the return postal card scheme
of the Economic Postage Association,
which never was adopted, and insinuates
we are not unprepared to find Mr Bcav
»rs and Mr Machen recommending the
plan. Mr Tulloch charges that there
Is a ring in the salaries and allowance
division of the department with
out whose approval nothing could be
done, saying the ring consisted of the
head of the division, the first assistant
postmaster general and the post master
genir.il- Well, those officials were the
only on<s who had anything tn say
about such matters, anyway. He says
that some man was carried on two pax
rolls, but the laws specifically provide
that an employe can draw from two
paj rolls if properly authorized if his
aggregate snlar.v docs not nx ’ped $2,500.
Junkets of Officials.
"Mr, Tulloch nirn(l"os alloßorl 'jnkets
of officials? and employer"? who went to
Cuba and Porto Ri ■ > to install the postal
service there How does Mr, Tulloch
assume to pass on the question whether
these gentlemen simply went on a junket?
He refers to a man who was appointed
to a place in Porto Rico, but, who got
drunk In New York on the way. Welt,
once in a, while a postmaster defaults
and gets drunk and is dealt with ao
cording to his deser'. Mr. Tulloch has
made the statement, that the Cuban ad
ministry tive troubles were as nothing
compared to Porto Rico. There has been
only one ease of wrongdoing of an ad
ministrative official in Porto Rico and
that was a clerk in the Ponce postoffice,
who defaulted about $3,000.
"Mr. Tulloch refers to appointments of
laborers, charwomen and cleaners as
evasions of the civil service law. These
pla- ' s w"i> mil in th" civil service He
says that the? either performed no du
ties at all or often did work along lines
not. authorized. We are now investigat
ing a charge that three women carried
on the rolls as charwomen preformed no
service Mr. Tulloch says that the
finance clerks drew more money than
they ought to have drawn under the
l.iw Most of these were employed un
dor an emergency appropriation for Por
to Rico, We will investigate tins mat
ter. It is also charged that most of the
postofiices in Porto Rico were in arrears
at the time of Mr. Tulloch's removal
Wo had to employ natives there and
some not natives, and. in view of the
conditions that confronted us, is it likely
that we would have had an administra
tion as smooth and accounts as clear as
in the states?
“I want to say here that any irregu
larities complained of in the Washington
postoffice were investigated at the time
by postoffice Inspectors, who made a re
port to the postmaster general. They
found some irregularities, but no robbery
or defrauding of the government. Ex-
Postmaster General Smith and Postmaster
Merritt, of this city, state in their letter
to mo tfi.at they corrected the evils com
plained of as soon as their attention was
called to them.
■Will Investigate Charges.
"All that indicates any wrongdoing In
th" postoffic" department or in the Wash
ington postofllce, involving loss to th" gov
ernment or integrity of an official, will
be investigated by Mr Bristow, but l ain
not going to Investigate a stump speech.
Much has been made of the statement
that Comptroller Tracewell called off one.
of his men from an inspection of the
Washington postofllce accounts, bec-.’iuse.
It was alleged that he was reaching what
might be called 'pay dirt.' Comptroll r
Tracewell, in his letter to me, says that
the inspection had been fully completed
before the man was taken off and that bis
report, was already in and all the informa
tion wanted had been gotten. Mr. I race
well says he himself inspected the New
York positoflice accounts
"Now once for all. 1 want to say that
this investigation of the affairs of the
postofflr-e department will go on tn the
end. will reach into every place and in
every direction where there Is reason to
believe any wrong may be found. The
investigation will b" pursued relentlessly.
Any thought of hushing up the. investiga
tion is a pure gratuity on the part of th"
person who furnishes such Information."
NEW RURAL ROUTES SHUT OFF
No More Will Ba Established for the
Present.
Washington. .May 12 Postmaster Gen
eral Payne today announced that there
would be no more establishments of rural
free delivery- postal service until the
beginning of th" n xt fiscal year.
This is one result of the investigation
of postoffiee .’iff"irs and of the discovert
that at the present rate of Increase In
the number of routes there would be a
d< licit of $20,000 in the rural free delivery
service by the end of the fiscal year.
Instructions have been given to Fourth
Assistant Postmaster General Bristow to
curtail expenditures bv discontinuing the
daily establishments of routes, ami it is
expected that the threatened deficit will
be averted.
It is not intended, however, that the
m\ "Stiga I ion of proposed routes shall b"
suspended, and th.- field work, therefore
will . onlinue. Mr Payne .-stiniated that
the total number of routes fairly en
titled to bo established in the entire
country would b" .’.sJ l ' ll . and thafi’t th"
preseni r ite of in- rens-e this would be
reached two years hen.-e.
Mr Fax ne said t .night that lie had
asked the civil service commission to
have its representativi's make an invest!
gallon of the Washington postoftiee in
addition to the investigation already
made bv postoffic" ire -ctors He said
tills action was taken on account of
charges of violations of the civil servlet
iaw in that offi'". The civil service men.
he said, will make their report tomorrow
PAYNE LISTENS TO PROTEST.
To Get Rid of Negro He Abolishes
Maryland Postoffice.
Washington. Jlny 1! -Postmaster Gen
eral Payne he.- rescinded ;.n order creat
ing a postofli. " it. Quimlocquia. Md.. for
which Andrew J. Da”, a negro, was
slated for appointment. This .was done
on representations from Congressman
William H. Jackson, republican, of th"
flirt Mar? 1(0(1 (iUfriet. who deems the
estebl'.shme' i of ,i postoffiee at Quindoc
• luta. unm
to b ■■ inelii'b <1 witi’io the tlnjits of th"
rural free deliveix service.
It has been -aid the opposition to
Da.v s apiiointment was the fact that h"
was a negro, and the town of Quindoequia
hail two citizens of tie name Andrew
Day one whit" and one colored and that
by mistake the .’ijipointment was about
tn bo given to the negro. Postmaster
General Payne said tonight that, there
was nothing on record in th" postoffic'
department to show whether it was pur
posed to appoint a white man or a col
cred man. that he knows- nothing of the
man s color, except what had boon told
him. and what had boon published in th"
papers.
PAYNE BOUND TO BACK NEGRO.
Will Probably Discontinue a Rural
Route in Tennessee.
Washington, May 11 Postmaster Gen
era! Payne has received a letter from W.
F. Conger, special agent of the rural fre"
deliver-, service at Nashville. Tenn . who
is investigating the intimidation of All
wood, th" negro mall carrier, near Gal
latin. Tenn. Mr. ('onger reports an al
most unanimous sentiment at Gallatin
deprecating th" and a genera:
willingness to clear the situation and t"
fix the responsibility upon th" guilty par
1 les.
“The people as a rule." Mr Conger
says, 'regret the affair and the conse
quent stigma »n :iie comm un it y All
wood fins .in excellent reputation among
his patrons, th" only objection to him ne
ing Ills race. '
Mi (’onger says tli" community is an
int I'lgent and law abiding one His for
mal ii-pnrt is expected to be in by .sit' r
fitly. Postmaster <!< ii. ril Payne said tn
ilaj that th" route probable will be dis
continued.
MILES TAKING ROOT TO TASK
General Wants Information R-egard
ing - Publication of Report.
■Washington, May 13. Secretary Root
today received a letter from Lieutenant.
General Miles asking what portions of
his repor were given to the press, by
whom made public and to whom fur
nished.
The secretary called In the officers who
furnished the reports and gave directions
to them to prepare a statement showing
what had been done.
The reply to General Mlles will be
sent tomorrow and will show that the
adjutant general's office furnished copies
of that portion of General Miles’ report
bearing on the military conditions in the
island-, and of th" report on cruelties
and atrocities, together with replies of
the heads of bureaus to whom the report
had been referred for remarks concerning
the tnattois under their direction.
it has been charged that, all of Gen
eral Miles' report was not furnished to
the press by the war department.
MONITOR STUCK IN RIVER MUD
Arkansas Can't Go Down Mississippi
Until Spring Flood.
Washington. May 11.—Lieutenant (’lies
ter. one of the watch officers of the mon
itor Arkansas, arrived at the navy de
partment this morning firom St. Ge
nevieve, where the vessel is lying, and
reported that in his Judgment, it will
be impossible for her to make her way
down the Mississippi river until next
spring, unless an unseansonable flood oc
curs.
The navy department will make its plans
accordingly. Some of th" vessel’s crew
will be transferred to other warships- in
the east and those remaining on the Ar
kansas will put in the summer and fall
in th" comprehensive drills which will
probably make, the boat an object of at
traction to t>. western people. The \r
Kansas was finally accepted by the act
ing secretary of the navy today, having
fulfilled all the requiii ments us her eon- ;
tract. I
PKICE: FIVE CENTS.
HBIMBAim
CLEVELAND.
Grover Will Allow Sentiment for
Himself To B<« Nursed, but
Just Before the Conven
tion He Will Declare
for Harmon.
Put. in Bay, Ohio. May 13.—(Special.)—
The Kentuckians who a.re stopping at
Middlebass Island, and among th-mi theru
are some prominent politicians, sprung
this story today as to Grover Cleveland's
nomination:
Cleveland will make no statement about
his position until shortly before the con
vention. Meanwhile, In anticipation ofj
bls candidacy for the nomination, a senii
i ment for him will be nursed by the demo-
I crats who arc opposed to Bryan. Cleve
land will then declare himself positively
out. of th" race and will indorse Judson,
Harmon, of Cincinnati, for the noniina-
' tlon.
Said Hannon last night: “I can't say
anything about the story at this time.
Before a presidential year the friends < t
, every man of prominence trot him out."
Harmon is Cleveland’s chum at ths.
I island. They occupy the same boat while
! fishing every day.
Gorman Off for London.
New York, May 16 -Senator Arthur P.
Gorman was a passenger today for Lon-
GOOD SOLDIERS, BAD OFFICERS.
General Miles' Letter on Cruelties in
the Philippines.
New York. May 15.—The Army and
■ Navy Journal will print tomorrow a let
ter from General Nelson A. Miles, in
which th" writer says that he went to th ■ ■
Philippine islands, not as a tourist, but in
an official "harm-ter, and that the in
structions addressed to him as lieutenant
■ general ’’•■ommanding the army” came
i from the highest authority, viz., the.
president, in which he was directed to
: give, especial attention to the instruc
tion discipline and supplies of the army.
in ‘referring to his offi tai report on the
Philippines, General Mlles says that "no
hav" a more sacred regard for the
honor of the army than myself."
Coming to the subject of cruelties 1n tho
Philippines, General Miles' letter reads
i as follows:
'lt .; idle to assume that campaigning l’i
•he ) •: oin 's his conditions that war
rant resort to medieval cruelty and a de
parture from the honorable method of
nducting v.arfare. ami that, such de
nartures as have existed should be over
look. d and condoned.
"It is most gratifying that the -"Tious
offenses have not been committed by the
soldiers unless they were under the
.In-- tu n of certain officers who were re
sponsible. Soldiers have withheld fire
when ordered to shoot prisoners, protest
ed against acts of cruelty and written to
rclatiV' S at. home urging them to <ake
action to put. a stop to these crimes. It
will ever be one of the glories of th:>
army that such deeds committed >.■■’
whatever authority are abhorrent to the
American soldi. . The officers who are
restionsible for using cruelty- to th" Mac
cabbees do not. by any means, consti
tute the Amori.an "rmv, and ther" must
boa very unmistakable lino drown b«
tween the groat body of honorable and
faithful officers ano bravo soldiers who-?
ree-nds h-iv b.-on commendable and those
of whatever station whose acts have re
reived, and should receive, the earnest
condemnation of all honorable men.’’
MISS STONE WANTS DAMAGES.
Presents Claim Ag-ainst Turkey to
the State Department.
Washington, May 16, The state de
partment today received a long lette
from Ellen M. Stone, demanding
ag l s front th" a iirkish govornmen* <n
account of outrages perpetrated on her
by the brigands who captured and held
her prisoner while she was in the Turk
ish empire. Mi .. Stone does not fix any
amount as a basis of h"r claims. Th"
letter is written from Kear Portage On
tario. Tn the published ■ .rre- I>. ,ndei;.-"
between this government ami furkev
no suggestion of a claim for damag. .<?
was mod" There is intimation in i
note from Spencer Eddy that fndemnitv
might be 'lemanded forth" amount f
ran om of Miss Stone, but ■ -
never has been pressed.
SCHWAB’S GIFT TO HOMESTEAD
Formal Opening- of the Free Indus
trial School.
Fl t tsburpr. May -All business v.a?
suspended at Homestead today and tbp
town folks took a holiday in honor f
th.- dedication nf fun <• Schwab
industrial school and the formal opnnin?
of the institution built and to bp main
tained by the president of the steel • m
poration. who but a few years was
an employee of the Homestoad ste»~l
works During the morning M: Schw 1 b
and his Now York guests inspected the
magnificent building and at nonn tlrn
paiix sat down to a luncheon ’ Teparel
by tbn pupils of the domestic science de
partment as their tribute to Mr.
Srhwa 1s generosity.
FEVER PREVAILS ON ISTHMUS
General Haines Says It Is of a Ma
lignant Type.
Washington. May’ 11 General Hain"s,
a member of the isthmian canal commie
sion. who has just returned from the
isthmus, says that fever is prevalent
there, and that it is quite dangerous to
white men. He says it is either yellow
fever, or such a malignant type of ma
larial fever as to be as bad as yellow
fever. The condition can be improved,
but it would require control by the gov
ernment of sanitary measures. He thinks
it would take about a year to place the
canal region in proper sanitary conditions.
Wisconsin Is Ordered to Asia.
Washington. M.-p 12 Orders directing
the battle, ship Wiscunsin to pro? to
the Asiatii station havo boon issued by
the r. ivy dnpartmont. ’I”;.' 1 department
<»fh<_ials sax - the departure <‘»f the vessel
for the far east at this time is without
ape ini sjgnifi-ance and that tin*’ ars
simp).' putting into effp -t a programme
announced some time ago.