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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.