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RURAL Ml DELIVERY
IS CRIPPLED,
Postmaster General Payne Decides
Not To Extend Rural Free De
livery Service, Notwithstand
ing Machen's Promise
To Do So.
Washington. June I.—(Special.)—M. G.
S’pa.yne has created a panic among those
■ congressmen who had orders under the
Machen regime for the extension of tne
rural delivery system tn thetf respective
districts which were to go into effect July
1. The senators and representatives from
ell parts of the country are dally arriv
ing in Washington to ascertain what has
become of the promises they made to their
constituents, that the extension of the
Sural free delivery system wits 'to take
place at the beginning of the next fiscal
Just now there are more than a doxen
Southern representatives in Washington
who had secured from Mr. Machen offi
. cial orders that certain rural free de
livery routes were to be established in
■'their respective districts this year.
One of the most demonstrative com
. Viain..nts against Postmaster General
fj'ayn-“stop order" is Representative
A- <“i., , R.’-ti'-tt. ~r te-oi gia. Represen-
SHtative Bartlett is an indefatigtible work
, e to secure postal changes, public build-
SMlngs and other facilities for his constit
y '-uei.ts. Al the last session of congress ho
an appropriation for a public
-.bull,ling at Macon, and also secured of
-ltii.il ordei < authorizing the establish
"jmrut ■ a number of additional rural free
jrtefiw rv routes in his district. Mr. Bart
hs lett .ailed at the postoffiee department to
day and had an animated conference first
with Postmaster General Payne, and af
terw rds with Fourth Assistant Postmas
ter General Bristow, n 'W in charge of the
ratal free delivery system. Notwithstand
ing tin eloquence and persistence display
ed by Mr. Bartlett, explaining the Import
'at: <• of th. proposed extension of the rural
In" delivery system in h;s district, he
faied to have a favorable impression on
yciiher of them. Both of these officers
JL frankly told Judge Bartlett that in view
M of the recent developments in connection
with th- mismanagement of the rural free
iverj system under Mi. -Machen, all
»'< r.Jcrs previously is-n.-d to take effect
A July 1 are held up. and He re is no means
< ' estimating when, if ever, some of
tn -• orders will go into effect.
Lid Not Like the Information.
i bis was not gratifying intelligence to
ikgll representative of the Macon district.
$4 bl. he was satisied with the statement
Postmaster General Payne and Mr.
SHSBrisi'-.y. that the pending investigation
38 ■ f th' rural free delivery service has
'Cloped the fa t that the routes have
ii||bc<n established at considerable expense
MS o the government, vhi h are neither
o inanded nor justified by existing c ndi
lions. He was informed that in some
'instances immediate relatives of certain
■c, representatives had been appointed spe
>■'■■■ eial inspectors to locate and establish
rural free delivery routes in which cer
. tain legislator- were directly interested.
Since tlit investigation commenced re
ports are being daily received at the
.wf postoffiee department fiom newly as
signed inspe- t'irs stating in mw cases
»—at.iat routes hav- been established in New
V- England, in the west, and in the south,
-w h>ro there is pra. t • -ally no demand or
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THE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY,, ATLANTA, GA.
justification tor the establishment of
such service.
This condition of affairs is exceedingly
embarrassing to Representative Bartlett
and his associates of the house, who have
already selected persons expected to be
appointed to the rural deliveries ser
vice, during the coming month.
Will Cut Them Down.
Postmaster General Payne says that
instead of increasing the rural delivery
service the possibilities are that it will
be materially curtailed in all directions.
Representative Bartlett had several com
panions in disappointment at the
postoffice department today in Repre
sentatives Livingston, of Georgia;
Underwood and Richardson, of Ala
bama; Wadsworth, of New York, and
Representative Griggs, chairman of the
democratic congressional committee. All
of these statesmen left Washington a
month ago with assurances from Machen
that a certain number of routes would
be established in their respective districts.
The rescinding of these orders by Post
master General Payne may be easily
understood by statesmen interested, but
the latter will encounter the greatest
difficulty in making It clear to their po
litical friends and supporters at home.
VINDICATION FOR I. B. BROWNE.
Investigation Committee Reports the
Charges Untrue.
Tallahassee, Fla.. June 4.—(Special.)—
Several weeks ago a sensation rang
through this state occasioned by the adop
tion by the lower house of the legislature
of a resolution providing for a commit
tee to Investigate the alleged lobbying of
Hon. Jefferson B. Browne, chairman of
the Florida railroad commission, to se
cure the passage of a bill appropriating
SIO,(XX) for the purchase by the state from
Monroe county of the Key West armory
and site.
It was alleged that Mr. Browne was to
receive SI,OOO of this appropriation to
“lobby” the bill through, and. being a
state official, his action was reprehensible
and should receive legislative investiga
tion.
The facts developed were that Mr.
Browne was consulted professionally on
the right of the county to collect a tax
to pay for the maintenance of an armory,
and, as he advised that the county had no
such right, under a recent decision of the
supreme court, to propose some method
by which the burden which the county
had taken upon itself in erecting tlie
armory could be borne by the state.
After several consultations with the
county commissioners, Mr. Browne ad
vised that the only way to reach the de
sired result would be tor the legislature
to authorize the state to purcliase the
property. I pon being asked what would
be bis charge to do this, Mr. Browne le
pli<d sl,2:«i. but he was offered ID per cent
of the amount appropriated, a proposir
tion which was accepted.
It was understood in the contract be
tween Mr. Browne and the board that, in
addition to rendering opinions, he was
to draft a proper bill to be introduced m
the legislature by one of the members
from Monroe county, and get up the data
necessary to be presented to Hint body,
and show the necessity for the county
having ar. armory, its cost, etc.; to make
arguments before the committees, if nec
essary; and to examine and report on the
title, and present proof of its validity to
the proper state authorities, to whom the
question of title would be refer’ed; and to
go into court with a bill to remove any
cloud from the title and cure all defects
In the same, if necessary.
The report of the investigating commit
tee completely vindicating Hon. Jefferson
B. Browne of alleged lobbying charges
was taken up by the house of represen
tatives tonight nnd adopted unanimously.
REMAINS OF EGAN ARE FOUND.
He Was Lost While on Hunting
Trip Last November.
■Melton. Mont.. June I.—The remains of
Superintendent B. F. Egan, of the Great
Northern railroad, who was Inst in the
mountains of Montana while hunting No
vember 4. were recovered today.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1903.
ARE CHARGED WITH
CONSPIRACY.
Alleged That the Conspiracy Has
Netted the Accused Men Nearly
$20,000 —Bristow Makes a
Statement in Regard
to the Charges.
I .
Washington, June s.—As a result of the
sweeping investigation of affairs at the
postoffice department, Thomas Vi. Mc-
Gregor, a clerk in charge of the supplies
of the rural free delivery service, and C.
Ellsworth Upton, of Baltimore, one of
McGregor's assistants, today were arrest
ed on the charge of conspiracy, with
Charles E. Smith, of Baltimore, to defraud
the government In the purchase of the
leather pouches furnished the rural car
riers throughout the country. Their cases
make seven arrests in all since the Inves
tigation began.
Other arrests are expected later.
Statement by Bristow.
The story of today's arrests is best told
in the following official statement given
out by Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral Bristow this evening:
“Thomas \V. McGregor and C. Ellsworth
Upton wi re arrested this afternoon upon
warrants sworn out in Baltimore b’y In
speetoi ’ J D. Sullivan and It. D. Sim
mons. charged with a conspiracy, with
Charles E. Smith and others, to defraud
th. United States government in the pur
chase of pouches from C. E Smith, of
Baltimore. The complaint sets forth that
McGregor and Upton agreed with Smith
t<> obtain for him orders for many thou
sands of leather pouches, such as are
used by rural letter carriers. '1 lie price
agreed' upon was 90 cents per pouch; the
actual value was less than .10 cents per
pouch. It is stated at the department that
the actual number of pouches which wore
purchased exceeded 20,000. for which the
government paid 90 cents each, or SIB,OOO in
all. Smith received and retained <‘f this
for Ids own use SIO,OOO, The remaining
SS.OOO was paid to McGregor and I'pton.
Tile government could have bought the
entire number of pouches from the man
ufacturers for $8,000.”
McGregor lias been In the postal service
since 1891. He came here from Nebras
ka as a messenger and subsequently was
promoted to a clerkship and finally was
appointed by Mr. Machen in charge of tlie
supply work of t’he rural free delivery
service. Mr. Upton is a Baltimorean and
has been in the postal service for thirteen
years. Both the men arrested tire mar
ried. They wore taken into custody at
the postoffice department shortly before
the close of office hours. I'pton asked to
be taken before a commissioner at Bal
timore instead of in this city, because
of his wider acquaintance there and bet
ter opportunity for securing bail. Accor
dingly he was taken to that city by two
postoffiee inspectors shortly before G
o'clock this evening, McGregor was taken
to the office of United States Commis
sioner Taylor.
McGregor has been under the close sur
veillance of the Inspectors for weeks, and
has been subjected to a. close examination
for several hours a day a part of that
time.
The Inspectors say that today they
completed the evidence t'hey wanted be
fore taking decisive action.
Postal officials after the arrests would
not say whether their investigations in
any wise Implicated Mr. Machen, who
was general superintendent of the system
while the alleged transactions occurred,
in the present matter. Fourth Assistant
Bristow, when asked a question on this
point, declined to answer, saying that the
statement made public comprises all the
department cared to give out on the sub
ject at this time. Mr. Bristow also de
clined to say what action was likely to be
taken in the case of <’■ E Smith, the Bal
timore contractor, who is named in con
nection with the case. Mr. Bristow said,
however, that the two arrests close the
case for the present.
Later McGregor was taken before
United States Commissioner Taylor and
released on $5,000 bond. H, waived a
preliminary hearing.
Upton Is Locked Up.
Baltimore, June s.—Columbus Ellsworth
Upton was locked up In the Central po
lice station tonight and is held for tho
United States authorities. He will be
taken before United States Commissioner
Rogers tomorrow or Monday. Bail was
refused by the local police officials. Three
postoffice inspectors arc in the city, and
the police expect other arrests in connec
tion with the scandal i n the postoffiee
department in Washington,
Machen Is Indicted.
Washington, June B. -The grand jury
today reported an indictment against
August W. Machen, former superintend
ent of the free delivery service of the
postoffice department, who was arrested
several days ago charged with sharing
profits on government contracts for letter
box fasteners. The indictment was
brought for violation of section 5501 of
the Revised Statutes, the penalty for vio
lation of which Is a “fine not more than
three times the amount asked or accept
ed or received, and by Imprisonment not
more than three years.”
The amount which the Indictment finds
lie received illegally is $1 ■ 987.79. Mr. Ma
chen was in court will, his attorneys
when the grand jury reported and imme
diately gave bond in the sum of $20,000
for his appearance in < ■urt. The trial
will occur in October.
By securing an indictn nt against Ma
chen before tomorrow, Jie day set for
his preliminary hearing before Commis
sioner Taylor, the government has scored
a victory by thus avoiding the necessity
of showing its hands i! a preliminary
hearing. The proceed ’gs before the
commissioner will now : abandoned.
In discussing the e.iis with his friends
Mr. Machen explains t it certain checks
which it is maintained v.-re sent to Ma
chen in payment of us profits in the
Gross fastener, and w’.. have been se
cured by the postoffi - inspectors, were
sent him by his business partner, George.
E. Lorenz, of Toledo. Ohio. Mr. Lorenz
was formerly postmaster at Toledo.
Mr. Machen claims trit his partnership
with Lorenz was a 'tly legitimate
one and that the cheek transmitted to
him by Lorenz were in connection with
Uh: mining business will ii the firm con
ducted.
Mr. Machen further !rf>rms his friends
that he was not a partner of the Gross
Bros, concern, and th;:’. he did not re
ceive any of the profit- from tlie sale of
the letter box fastener the government.
His counsel tonight made a statement,
saying;
“Upon Mr. 'Machen's .-it rest we demand
ed an immediate hearii::;. which was op
posed by tlie government, and at tlie re
quest of tlie government a continuance
was had until June G.
“Mr. Machen and his counsel had every
reason to believe that the interim no
steps would be taken tc li-ny him the pre
liminary examination ' which he was en
titled. The authority responsible for
the Issuance of this warrant have seen
proper to bring charges now
pending before Coinn ei Taylor to
the attention of the grand jury. '1 he
grand Jury has In eo - quenco indicted
Mr. Machen before the date fixed for the
full hearing before the i't.il fl States com
missioner. If you wart ri- reasons for
this proceeding you will have to seek it
frem the prosecution. V - do not know.
W e an only surmi e t hat much the
public can as well do as counsel for tho
o. lense. Suffice It 1 . sr. that the. legal
effect of this course of olicy (which is
unusual and unf.'l’’ if n<“ inpreccdented
tn this jurisdiction) is tn ieprlve the de
fendant of an o: •; ; :! 1 • investigation
,nto tho truth of these charges, to which
he fs fairly entitled and which a sound
public policy vouchsafes to him.”
Wants the Department Purged
Washington. June G —President Roose
velt fully approves the action of the
postoffiee officials in pressing the investi
gation of the department's affairs. It is
.ns Intention that the investigation shall
be swee.plng and thorn igh and that, every
charge properly vouched for shall be
probed to the bottom.
The situation in the postoffiee depart
ment was conside r i In its general pliases
at the meeting of the abinet today, but
Postmaster Gehei.il 1 ayne did not go
fully into the d-'al’..-. This afternoon,
however, the pr< “nt and Mr. Payne
had a long confere: ■ during which they
considered the s ’• tl' 1. in the depart
ment at length. It tc understood that the
president express! to Mr. Payne the def
siro that the Inves: ,-rtion now being made
should be searchin;, as the Ingenuity of
tlie officials could n ake It and should be
pursued until the department has been
purged of even t • suspicion of dishon
esty. Immediately after Mr. Payne re
turned to the dep.ir ment from the white
bouse lie sent for Fourth Assistant Post
master General Bristow, whom he
acquainted with tlie presidents
views on the Inc • . ligation. Mr.
Bristow said tonight that ho was
not anticipating any important de
velopments in me in''‘s'.u.aiion tonlg it
or tomorrow. In vb ■ of the constant ac
tivity of tlie tweir live inspectors em
ployed In tlie work ml "f the president's
earnest approval of the investigation and
Ills Instructions to go to the bottom,
important action at any moment would
occasion no surprls'
The postmaster g' neral today dismiss
ed Thomas W. McG' gor and (' Ellsworth
I’pton, the rural free delivery clerks ar
rested yesterday. Officials decline to dis
cuss the status oft!. case of E. Smith,
the Baltimore coni actor who furnished
tin* supplies that fig c-d conspicuously in
the proc edlngs ag. nst McGregor and
I'pton. It is signii: mt. however, that
he lias not been am ced so far, although
tlie inspectors are !:. mich with him. The
investigating official' refused to answer
questions today as I- whether he was to
give state's evidence.
Commissioner Tay r toda.v dismissed
the case against A V Machen, former
superintendent of tl.m free delivery serv
ice of the postoffiee department, which
was pending before him. The dismissal
is due to the fact that the grand jury
indicted Machen, thi - rendering further
action before the unconstitutional.
Machen w r .as present with an attorney.
Upton Gives Bond.
Baltimore. June 6. <’ Ellsworth Upton,
of Powhat.tpn, Baltimore county, an em
ployee of the rural free delivery branch
of the postoffiee at Washington, who was
arrestej tn this city yesterday on a
charge of entering Into a conspiracy with
Thomas W. McGregor, another postal
employee, and Charles E. Smith, a trunk
dealer. o£ this city, to defraud the gov
ernment, was released on $5,000 ball this
morning. His bondsmen are two real es
tate dealers In this city. The ball was
fixed by United States Commissioner Rog
ers.
Upton and McGregor will have a hear
ing before Commissioner Rogers Juns
11.
Jovdte Tears Men to Pieces.
Elmira, N. Y., June 1 About 100 pounds
of Jovlte. a high explosive, caused the
death of throe mon. and seriously injured
several others, by exploding in tlie screen
ing room of tho Explosive Manufacturing
Company’s plant usar this city this af
ternoon. Hundreds of windows were
broker for a radius of 2 miles. The en
tire plant was destroyed. The loss is $25.-
000. Two bodies wore thrown 300 feet
and torn limb from limb.
Eleven Deaths in Collision.
Topeka. Kans.. June 4. -Eleven persons
were killed today at Stilwell. Kans., in
a head end collision between Santa Fe
passenger trains, which w. re running at
high speed on the Missouri Pacific tracks
on account of the flood. On the east
bound train eleven persons killed
and six severely injured.
FUGATE is a twelve-year-old boy living in a town of I
VV 200 inhabitants in the Pecos River Valley, New Mexico, on the I
.Wk ]j ne of the Santa Fe Railroad. He had a broncho, but had grown I
tired of riding “bareback” and wanted a saddle. He read of a I
B cmMw b °y in an Eastern town having made money by selling The Saturday
JB 4 Evening Post, and wrote for information. His neighbors did not
(Kh know' much about The Post and he sold only two copies out of
Ml » Vc’ftF the ten received. <J Most of the trains stop at Willie’s town for water «
an d h e wandered down to tlie station “to see the train come in.” I
C?. When he saw a number of passengers step out of the train a thought I ,
N struck him. Mounting a pile of tics, he announced in a loud voice: I
yta\ •KLJfoMrfllk “You won’t have a chance to get any more reading matter for 1
2.50 miles you’d better get a copy of this week’s Saturday 1
Evening Post.” In about two minutes he had sold the other 1
eight copies and could have sold a dozen more. That night he |
yr Tr A wrote for 50 copies for next week and sold every one. I
> r During the next month he sold over 400 copies and bought “not 1
/ only a dandy saddle but a blanket.” Since then he has sold an 1
average of about 125 copies a week and each month won one of the 5
| j cash prizes offered to the boys who do good work. He writes: “He have more coyotes than people I
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ROOSEVELT IS BACK 111
MMN,
Largs Crowd Was at Washington
Depot To Greet the Return of
the President from His Two
Months’ Trip to the
West.
Washington, June 5. —President Roose
velt returned to Washington tonight
from his memorable trip of over two
months throughout the west. He was
given a hearty reception by the people
of the capital, who fined the sidewalks
as his carriage, escorted by the battal
ion of High School Cadets, was driven
to the white house.
The president cordially responded to the
greetings given him and repeatedly stood
up in Ills carriage and waved his hat and
bowed his acknowledgements. He looked
the picture of health.
There was a large gathering of officials
at the Pennsylvania railroad station
when the president arrived. Drawn up In
line was a detachment of Spanish war
veterans.
Promptly at 7 o'clock the train bear
ing the president and his party rolled
into the station. There was a shout of
“Welcome home." as President Roosevelt
made his appearance on the platform and
it continued while the president was
in or about tlie station. The president
spent a very few minutes in exchanging
gieetings with the assembled offlcia s. He
talked longer with Postmaster General
Payne than with any of tho others, tho
latter throwing ills arms about the pres
ident and apparently whispering to him.
The president, accompanied by Captain
Cowles in full uniform, then entered a
carriage and with his party was escort
ed by the battalion of High School Ca
dets along Pennsylvania avenue to the
white house grounds.
At the entrance to the white house
grounds the cadets halted and the presi
dent and his party passed them in review.
The avenue was lined with people and the
applause which greeted the president on
every hand was outspoken and cordial.
The marine band gave a concert in the
white house, grounds. The president made
a brief address of thanks for the greeting,
saying one thing had struck him during
his trip and that was the “substantlalness
of the American people.”
The trip just completed has been tn
some respects the most remarkable a
president has ever taken. Mr. Roosevelt
and his party traveled over 14.v00 miles on
railroads and several hundred miles in
stage couches and carriages, but not an
ai.eident marred their journey. During
the sixty-live days that the president
spent on the road he made 265 speeches.
One of the remarkable features of the
trip was the non-partisan spirit display
ed in the reception of the president every
where. Democratic as well as republican
mayors united tn extending him a wel
coming hand. While at Springfield, Ills ,
former Yice President Stevenson rode in
the carriage with tho president. The
crowds in the different places visited
were orderly and friendly and gave the
secret service men Utt e cause for con
cern.
Roosevelt Visits Lincoln Home.
Springfield, Ills., Juno 4.—-President
Roosevelt spent four hours in Springfield
today, during which time he dedicated a
new state arsenal and armory and ad
dressed the McKinley-Lincoln Veterans
Association of the United States. Tlie
president said:
“It Is a very great pleasure for me to
see you today, you, the veterans, In a
double sense, you who represent the
navy, the union and army and all else to
which Americans should without regard
to any minor differences, be one in the
allegiance.
“Let me say one word, it seems to mo
eminently fitting that the guarci around
the tomb of Lincoln should be composed
of colored soldiers. It was my own good
fortune at Santiago to serve beside col
ored troops. A man who is good enough
to shed his blood for his country is good
enough to be given a square deal after
ward- More than that no man la en
titled to and less than that no man
shall have. ,
President Roosevelt at the dedication
of the arsenal today spoke In part as
follows:
“It Is a good thing for you to pay
homage to the memory of Abraham Lin
coln but it is an infinitely bettor thing
for us In our lives to pay homage to
his memory, in the only wav which that
homage can bo effectively paid, by seeing
to It that this republic's life, social and
political. Civic and industrial, is shaped
now in accordance with the ideals which
Lincoln practiced and which all his life
long he practiced. Tlie greatness of our
forefathers must serve not as an excuse
to us for failing to do our duties in re
turn but as a spur to make us feel that
we are doubly recreant to them as well
as to ourselves if we fail to rise level
with the standard they set. To the men
of Lincoln’s generation the supreme gilt
was given of being true to themselves
in a great national crisis. Theirs was not
the life of ease, the life of comfort. For
their good fortune they were given a
duty hard to perform, but supremely
well worthy of performing.”
His Last Scheduled Speech.
Danville, Ills.. June 4—President Roose
velt delivered the last scheduled speech
of his trip today at Danville, the home
of Congressman Cannon. Notwithstand-
ing the inclement weather, he was greet
ed by a large crowd. The stay at Dan
ville was only 20 minutes, and at 6:40
o’cloCK his train left for Indianapolis,
whence it will go direct to Washington.
The last day of the trip was in a
measure an easy one. Calls were made
at l,iU’ ciln, Springtield, Decatur and Dan
ville. The principal speech of the day
was delivered at Springfield in the new
armory building.
The president this evening was the
guest at dinner of the members of his
party.
The meal was served In the dining car
Gilsey, the guests, besides tlie president,
being Secretary of Agriculture Wilson.
Secretary Loeb. Senators Beveridge and
Fairbanks, of Indiana; Surgeon General
Rixey, and Assistant Secretary flames.
Do You Suffer with Pi’.esP
Do they protrude?
Do they bleed?
Do they pain you?
Do you have mucous or bloody dis
charge's?
I can certainly cure you. Write me
fully. Advice perfectly free. Dr.
Tucker, 15 Broad street, Atlanta, Ga.
JOHN BASSETT MOORE LEADS.
He Will Probably Be P -esident of
Virginia’s Univrsity,
Washington, June 3.—-(Special.)—Be-
cause he was said not to be "sound” <ti
the negro question, there was a hint
some weeks ago that Professor John
Bassett Moore, of Columbia university,
who is being pushed for the presidency
of the University of Virginia, would not
be In the running. ITromas Nelson Page,
the well-known writer. Is one of th; most
influential of the university’s alumni. He
said today that he knew of no opposition
in any quarter against Mr. Moore for
his alleged views on the negro question,
and that Virginia alumni both here and
in New York are working nard for 1
election. The election occurs June 13 v. 1
Mr. Page is one of many who predicts
the choice of Mr. Moore.
John Bassett Moore is today probably
the greatest living authority in America
on International law. Time and again
the state department has looked to him
for counsel and advice since he left public
life to accept a professorship l'i Colum
bia. He is the author of many well
known books on international law and
is himself a most attractive personality.
Not only among the alumni, but among
the students themselves, ft is said a
strong sentiment in favor of Mr. Moore
is developing.
PEACE RESTORED IN COLOMBIA.
This Will Have Important Bearing
on Canal Treaty.
Washington. June 4.—A cablegram re
ceived at the state department today from
Enlted States Minister Beaupre at Bogo
ta. dated June 1. reads:
"A decree issued today declares pub
lic order restored throughout the nation.”
This announcement is believed to have
an important tearing upon the pending
canal treaty, for it is supposed to indi
cate the suspension of martial law and
the removal of the constitutional objec
tions to the assembling of the Colombian
congress under other than peaceful con
ditions. The officials feel that this would
not. be done were not the Colombian of
ficials reasonably- confident of their abil
ity to carry through congress their pro
gramme relative to the canal treaty,
How Our Bible Takes,
The Premium Bible came to hand last
W \Ve' are delighted with It and consider
it the most complete work that we have
ever seen.
We shall always appreciate it as a
Christmas present from you, as the cost
Is too small to count, compared to its
real value. L. L. HINE.
Miakka, Fla.
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SALVADOR TO PAY $500,000.
Final Step Taken To Settle Arbitra
tion Award.
Washington, June 3.—lt is learned here
that the final steps have been taken for
an amicable settlement of the award of
half a. million dollars rendered by the ar
bitration against Salvador in the case of
El Tilunfo. an American corporation,
whose franchise was adjudged to have
been invaded by the Salvadorean govern
ment.
In an unofficial, but authorized manner
representatives of the Salvador ’-i gov
ernment have been in core spondem e
with tlie attorney for tho Trlunfo com
pany, and this correspondence has
progressed to a point where the Salva
dorean representatives have proposeci to
settle the judgment directly with the
claimants, which proposition probably
will be accepted.-
Will Recognize Castro’s Decree.
Washington, June I.—lt Is probable the
United States government will recognize
the legality of President Castro's decree
closing the ports In Venezuela now In
the possession of the insurgents. Techni
cally tills decree does not constitute a
blockade, but practically the consequence
of its enforcement would be similar to
one No notice has been yet received
here of the reported English protest
against the decree, but something of the
kind Is expected.
Yellow Fever Reported.
Washington. June 4.—Acting Surgeon
Hamilton, of the marine hospital service,
who is oil duty in Mexico, reports that
yellow fever has made Its appearance
at Progresso.
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HILLS STOLES THE
RACE PROBLEM.
Denounces Grandfather Clause ar, ’
Says That Men Have “Slunk
Back Into Copperhead
Mood” and Forgotten.
Weak.
Providence, R. 1., Juno 3.—The formal
welcome of the Providence churches to
the Congregational Homo Mission Socie
ty, which began its seventy-? -,-entli an
nual meeting here yesterday was tendered
today by Rev. A. M. Krom, of this clt
The president of the society, the Rev.
Newell Dwight Hillis, D.D., of Brooklyn,
responded. At the woman's meeting.
Mrs. H. S. Caswell Broad, of Topeka,
Kans., gave a glimpse of the Anglo-
Saxon south today and pleaded for the
immediate and rapid extension of the
work of the Home Mlssionar. S clety
among the white people of the south.
The services of the evening consisted
of the annual sermon by the presid' at *
the society. Rev. D. Newell Dwight Hil
lis. of Brooklyn. His subject was 'The
Republic and Its People, and the Insti
tutions That Are Fit to Americanize and
Christianize Them.”
On the negro question he said.
“A law with its grandfather clause
makes it possible for illiterate whites '■ ■
vote, but not all Illiterate blacks. The
men who ought to-be public leaders a *-
saying 'Let the south settle the prob • •
in its own way. We are sick and tired
of the whole agitation. If the white
people on the ground have taken aw: •
the elective rights, responsibility is with
them.'
“But how can you educate a child rare
save by throwing them on th“lr own
resources? If we want to fit the Italian
and the German and Pole for suffrage
we must permit them to vote and stiff’-r
In consequence of their error.
"The colored race has reason for hope
When God is carried to the cemetery it
will be time for the colored :• : ■
become despondent. Men have slunk
back into the old copperhead mood and
leaders who once had great con* icti ihj
and loved the people have forgot the
debt of the strong to the weak
DUPKTE HOLMES IS AT HOME
Offers No Explanation of His A tion
in Leaving Home.
Augusta, Ga.. Alaj 31. iSp'Wtl 1
pree Holmes, tne Jefferson co ::t;. :: i
whose alleged murder at the h.-ods
Leroy Gibbons, a negro, W" lid : . c
been avenged by the lynching of tl - ne
gro had he not so 'ceeclccl in making s
escape, today walked into his home with
out so much as a scratch upon him.
Holmes disappeared last Tuesday Ha
had gone to the home of Gibbons to co.
b et some money ami when his hors- canes
home alone suspicion was at onea
aroused.
Gibbons denied any knowledge °f
Holmes, but under tno persuasion of the
lash his wife “confessed” that Gt.>' 1 “
had killed Holmes with a hoe and thrown
his body into Brier creek. Gibbon- was
at once taken in charge by a posse and
when it was given out that ha had es
caped the old. old ruse was suspected.
However. It later turned out that he had
really escaped, as he surrendered to tha
sheriff of Jefferson county.
Naturally the efforts to find Holmes’
body In Brier creek proved fruitless. Hi
says that after his horse left him ha
walked to a saw mill 10 miles distant,
and that he was tiiere taken sick and
has been in absolute ignorance of tha
sensation that his disappearance occa
sioned.
MURDERED BY HER STEPSON.
Mrs. Addie Lyons Shot and Instantly
Killed.
Loogotee. Ind., June 5. Mrs. Addie
I,yens, wife of Joseph Lyons, of Kflleon,
was shot and instantly killed by her step
son last night. The young man escaped
and a search Is being made for him. He
recently returned from a long stay in
California. Three bullets entered Mrs.
Lyon's body. No cause Is known for ths
crime.
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