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CUBA'S POSTAL SERVICE.
fiO B,," It II II A HIGH
STATU F EFFKIESCT.
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Fu of n Hnndfal of Rascal.-
Sospendofl PoMmaster Thompson
Insl.'gnant Mr. Rathbone'e Care-
lessncts -A Fnlsn Ilnmor,
Havana, May 15. Governor-Gereral
Wood, referring to-day to the postal
service of Cuba, says:
"Speaking generally, the postal ser
vice of the island of Cuba is in a high
state of efficiency. The service as a
whole should not be blamed for the
faults of a handful of rascals."
E. P. Thompson, the Havana post
master, who has been suspended, pend
ing inquiry into the methods 'of the
local office, came to the city thlB morn
ing, accompanied by a special agent.
In whose charge Mr. Thompson haa
been placed. He is very indignant at
the course taken with respect to him,
and he says he has friends who will
stand by him. He also declares that
he has a clean axe with which to
fight.
It is merely asserted that the ac
counts of his office show a shortage of
several thousands, which calls for an
explanation. This is not yet forthcom
ing. He had a long talk this morning
with Genera v.. a, the nature of
which has rmt be n made public be
yond the fact that Mr. Thompson offer
ed to assist in bringing the guilty par
tics to justice.
The rumor circulated yesterday that
the postmaster at Baracoa haa been
or would be arrested proves, upon in
vestigation, to have been false He is
looked upon merely as a tooi of Neely,
and as having acted innocently as the
business agent of Neely at Baracoa,
where he is in charge of Neely's coffee
and cocoanut plantations. It appears
that he used $2500 in connection with
the business from the postal funds and
then drew upon Neely for the amount.
As Neely's rauds here are now in the
hands of the Governor, the draft has
not been honored. It is understood
that there is no intention to arrest
this man. but he will have to refund
the money and may possibly lose his
position. A special agent will arrive
at Baracoa to-morrow with orders to
institute a thorough investigation. He
will also place a lien upon all of
Neely's property there.
The Lucha, the Cubano, the Post
are the only papers that say much re
garding the postal frauds. The Post
blames Mr. Rathbone for carelessness.
The Lucha takes his part. The Cubano
bitterly assails him for "his extrava
gant regime."
General Wood does not desire as yet
to make further arrests, because of the
necessity, as the law stands, to have a
preliminary trial within forty-eight
hours after an arrest. He believes that,
as it is impossible for the suspected
persons to escape, justice will be equal
ly well served by keeping those ac
cused under the surveillance of detec
tives. Washington, May 15. The Postmaster
General said to-day that Director of Posts
Rathbone ha not been suspended, but
declined to make any further statement.
It has been dec ided to detail three addi
tional inspectors for service in Cuba,
making seven in all sent from the In
spector's Bureau.
MR. CLARK'S It ESIGS ATIOX.
Opinions of Scnr o on Governor
Sprigs:" A Intment.
Washington, May 15. Senator Chand
ler, of New Hampshire, chairman of
the Senate Elections Committee, when
informed of Mr. Clark's appointment,
said: "I reckon the trick won't work."
Senator McCoroas, a Republican
member of the committee, said: "If
the report of the appointment is true,
apparently the case would depend upon
the fate of the pending resolution re
ported by the Committee on Privileges
and Elections in the Clark case.
"If that resolution should be passed
it would be a judgment of the Senate to
the effect that the seat was vacant
from the beginning of the term, and
we should then have the Clark case
substantially a repetition of the Quay
case."
Senator Caffery, of Louisiana, a
Democratic member of the committee,
concurred with Senator McComas, as
did Senator Jones, of Arkansas, Dem
ocrat. Senator Aldrich, of Rhode Island, said
that Senator Clark had made a mis
take in getting the appointment.
Senator Allison said: "If the ap
pointment is made under the statutes
of Montana I don't think it can be un
done by the Governor upon his return
to Montana. Moreover, my opinion,
without having had opportunity to in
vestigate the case closely, is that Sen
ator Clark's resignation takes effect
from the time it was tendered. I do
not believe that the fact that the resig
nation is tendered pending an investi
gation can have any effect. In the
Caldwell case, indeed, no further pro
ceedings were taken after Mr. Caldwell
tendered his resignation."
Senator Butler, Populist, of North
Carolina, said: "I don't think that the
Senate can refuse to seat Mr. Clark.
According to all precedents, vacancies
occur when a resignation Is ten
dered." PLACED IN COMMISSION.
Newport News. Va., May 15. The
first-class battleship Kentucky is now
a part of the United States navy, hav
ing been placed in commission at the
yards of the Newport News Shipbuild
ing and Drydock Company to-day. The
new battleship, which is a duplicate of
the Kearsarge. is commanded by Cap
tain C. M. Chester.
FATALLY WOUNDED.
Richmond, Va., May 15. News
reaches here of the shooting in Lee
county of R. B. Young, a former mem
ber of the Virginia House of Dele
gates. He was shot by a man named
Horton, and his wounds are thought to
be fatal. No particulars are given.
"Fortune favois the brave."
It is also favorable to those who
purify their blood at this season
by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla.
THE ARMOR PLATE FIGHT
THE ftESATE FATOIW BI ILDIKG
AM AB3TB FACTOMY.
After Olarnulnc tbe Heainre Four
Daj. the Proposition U Agreed to
hy tUe ,.. e-To Pnrcbase Five I
H0ii.,i Tr,dn RD...Th. Vs.J
Washington, May 14 After a discus- !
Sion lasting five full days, the Senate
to-day passed the Naval Appropriation
bill. Practically four days were devoted
to the considerat. on of the armor plate
proposition, which was agreed to final
ly as reported by the committee, with
the exception that the Secretary of the
Navy Is authorized to make contracts
only for such armor as may be needed
from time to time. By the committee'3
amendment to the House bill the Secre
tary of the Navy is authorized to pro
cure armor of the best quality at $445
per ton; but if he be unable to ob
tain it at that price, he is then au
thorized to pay $545 per ton for the
armor for the battleships Maine, Ohio
and Missouri and proceed to erect an
armor factory to cost net to exceed $4,-- !
000,000, one-half of which amount is I
made immediately available-.
To-day, after the rejection of the
pending amendment offered by Mr.
Chandler, the committee's proposition
Was agreed to by a vote of 32 to 19.
The Secretary of the Navy is directed
to purchase five Holland torpedo boats
at a price not exceeding $170,000 each.
The "free homes" bill was passed
without a word of debate.
An act to provide for sittings of the
Circuit and District Courts of the
United States of the Southern District
of Florida, at Ocala, Fla., was passed.
A bill providing for the appointment
of a collec tor of customs, at $4000 per
year, for the customs district of
Hawaii and for such deputies as neces
sary, was passed.
The Naval bill was then called up.
Mr. Chandler's amendment, the pend
ing question, substituting in Mr. Till
man's amendment $425 for $300 as the
price for armor, was rejected, 25 to 27.
Mr. Hoar offered an amendment pro
viding that- if under the committee's
proposition no government armor plate
manufactory is built the Secretary of
the Navy shall submit to the next
Congress a detailed report with esti
mates as to cost of equipment of such
a government plant and time when the
best plate could be delivered thereby.
The Senate agreed to this amendment
and the committee's proposition as
amended was agreed to, 32 to 19.
The next committee proposition was
for the purchase of five Holland sub
marine torpedo boats at $170,000 each.
Mr. Stewart offered an amendment in
creasing the number from five to ten.
Mr. Daniel thought the Holland boat
presented the solution of harbor de
fense. "If it be true," said Mr. Dan
iel, "and I may say I do not share in
the belief, that some foreign nation
has its eye on us and proposes, as has
been feared by some Senators, to test
the Monroe doctrine, then this boat is
the thing we desire for the defense
of our harbors and our coasts. He
would, he added, vote for twenty of the
Holland boats to be built to allay the
sensitiveness and apprehension of our
seacoast cities, and he would there
fore support the amendment of Mr.
Stewart."
Mr. Hale, of Missouri, proposed that
the committee's proposition should be
so changed as to make the purchase
of five of the Holland boats manda
tory instead of discretionary with the
Secretary of the Navy.
Mr. Stewart accepted this and with
drew his amendment. The committee's
proposition was then adopted.
The committee amendment to the
House bill appropriating $250,000 for
the purchase of Gathmann guns and
ammunition therefor was withdrawn.
Mr. Tillman offered an amendment
providing that no armor should be con
tracted for in advance of its acual
requirement by vessels in construction.
It was agreed to. The bill was passed
without division.
A bill was also passed appropriating
$150,000 to erect a public building at
Portsmouth, Va.
At 8:45 p. m. the Senate adjourned.
SOLDIERS PROTECT A NEGRO
FROM A MOB.
Richmond, Va.. May 14. At Martins
ville, Henry county, to-day a special
grand jury indicted Charles Hairston,
charged with attempted criminal as
sault upon Miss Gauldin. The prisoner,
who was removed from the Martins
ville jail Saturday to prevent trouble,
was relodged in jail there to-night un
der the protection of the Lynchburg
Home Guard, the Roanoke Light In
fantry and the Piedmont Rifles. The
people of Martinsville are intensely in
dignant, but have determined to give
the law a chance to take its course.
Rumors had pained circulation of a
threatened uprising of negroes to rescue
the prisoner, but there was no truth in
it. A Martinsville special says that, to
the contrary, the better element of the
negroes are with the whites, and when
excitement ran hip,h many of them ex
pressed the opinion that Hairston
ought to be lynched.
FORCIBLY SEIZED BY GERMANY.
London. May 15. Lionel Decle, who is
conducting a Cane to Cairo expedition
fitted out by the London Daily Tele
graph, sends by wire and steamer from
Uvala, north of Lake Tanganyika, the
following: The situation here is criti
cal. The Germans have forcibly seized
all the Congo Free State territory up
to Rusizi river, occupying 3000 square
miles of Congo territory with 1000 sol
fi'ers, fifteen officers and cannon. The
Belgian officer withdrew from his sta
tion under threat of instant attack.
The Germans burned the station. Their
officers acted on instructions from
Berlin.
THE ST. LOUIS STREET CAR STRIKE.
St. Louis, May 14. An amicable adjust
ment of the strike difficulties on the Sub
urban railway and the only line not con
trolled by the St. Louis Transit Company
and on which a strike was inaugurated
ten days prior to that on the Transit
system, was effected to-day, and the men
resumed work. The union receives full
recognition. The Transit officials and rep
resentatives of the 3600 striking employee
also held a conference to-day and mat
ters were shaping themselves for a set
tlement when one of the citizens' commit
tee Interjected a proposition that pre
vented further progress.
j THE FiGBT AT CATLBIG.
DETAILS OF THE BLOOD V
THREE DAYS' EMGAGEM EST.
the Heaviest Loos or I lfo tbe Ameri
can Army H nt Sastnlne! In Any
One Engagement In the Philippine
Islnntls Ti.e Streets or tbe Town
Covered With Dead Insurgents.
Washington, May 16. The officials of
the War Department, after waiting for
nearly a week to hear scmething from
General MacArthur at Manila, couflr
BHttory of the press report of the bloody
three days' engagement at Catublg,
which resulted in the heaviest loss of
life the American army has sustained
In any one engagement In the Philip
pines, yesterday cabled General Mac
Arthur a request for information. The
answer was received to-day confirming
the press reports, and adding some in
teresting details. General MacArthur
transmitted a report from Henry T. Al
len, a major of the Forty-third Volun
teers, who commanded the United
States forces on the island of Samar. It
appears that the force was divided
among several ports of Samar and,
while details are still lacking, it Is be
lieved that this particular force was
besieged at Catubig and was command
ed, not by a commissioned officer, but
by a sergeant, either George or Hall,
both of whom were killed. Catublg,
where the engagement occurred, is a
feeaport town of nearly 10,000 inhabi
tants. General MacArthur's cablegram
is as follows:
Manila, May 16. With reference to
your telegram of 14th. The rumored en
gagement in Samar reported cablegram
of General Otis, May 4th, has been con
firmed by reports recently received
from Henry T. Allen, Forty-third Regi
ment, IT. S. V. I., commanding Samar
island. That detachment of thirty-one
men stationed at Catubig, were at
tacked April 15th by 600 men, with 200
rifles and one cannon. Our men were
quartered in a convent, which was fired
the next day by burning hemp thrown
from an adjoining church. The detach
ment attempted to escape by the river.
The men getting into a boat were kill
ed; the remaining men entrenched
themselves near the river and held out
two days longer, facing the most ad
verse circumstances until rescued by
Lieutenant Sweeny and ten men. Over
200 of the attacking party (many of
them are reported having come from
Luzon island), are reported killed and
many wounded. Lieutenant Sweeny re
ports the streets covered with dead in
surgents. Killed: Sergeants. D. L. George, Wil
liam J. Hall; Corporals, Herbert H.
Edwards, John F. J. Hamilton; Cook,
Burton E. Hess: Musician, Burton R,
Wagner; Privates, Treffiie Pomelow,
Otto B. Loose. Stephen Apperti, Joseph
Noel, John E. Kuhn. Ralph Zim, Ed
ward Braman, Chester A. Conklin, Wal
ter E. Collins, Joseph J. Kerins, Henry
Dumas, Philip Snling and George A
Slack, all Company H, Forty-third
Regiment, U. S. V. I.
Wounded: Privates Lester Ruch
wrorth, Harry C. Lee, Michael J. Faron,
James H. Clancy, Company H, Forty
third Regiment, U. S. V. I.; Corporal
White, Company F, Forty-third, U. S.
V. I. Copy of Henry T. Allen's report
forwarded by mail yesterday. Iloilo
(Panay) cable is brnken by earthquake.
Difficult to procure more definite infor
mation. (Signed) M'ARTHUR.
Washington. May 10. It appears from
late mail advices from Manila that the
prison officials of Bilibid prison, at Ma
nila, are under investigation on a
charge of exchanging and releasing
prisoners and receiving bribes. Bilibid
prison, the largest in the Orient, con
tains thousands of prisoners. The
Americans were obliged to continue
Alcalde Benito and other officials in
charge because they themselves know
nothing of the prison methods or the
Filipino language. It is alleged that
prisoners were freely exchanged; that
natives with money were allowed to
employ substitutes to serve their term
and that various other forms of corrup
tion existed.
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A POLICEMASi SIOBBED.
Eighteen Drnnkeis Xegroe Threaten
to Kill rVcry White Nun at Four
Onks S. C.
Charlotte, N C, May 16. Eighteen
drunken negro railroad hands and tim
ber cutters v ent to the little village of
Four Oeks, threatening to kill every
white man. They were . armed. The
crowd commenced to curse and raise
disturbance. The town policeman at
tempted to arrest a negro for disorder
ly conduct, whereupon the negroes
mobbed th. poli eman, who was named
Sanderlin, and beat him insensible. His
face was badly disfigured and he was
bloody almost from head to foot.
Some white men attempted to aid the
policeman, but were knocked down or
Shot at. Much mischief would have
been done but for the action of the
white merchants and railroad em
ployees of the town. Several negroes
were woundt-d. out not fatally, and
several white men injured. The negroes
sent word that they intended to visit
the town again and kill the policemen.
The whites will be rt-ady when they
come again. The action of the negroes
was totally without excuse or provoca
tion and was a complete surprise to the
whites. At least fifteen or twenty peo
ple on the two sides were injured.
"The Noblest Mind
The best coutenttneut has.''
Vet, however noble in mind, no
man or woman can have per
fect contentment without phys
ical health. The blood must be
kept pure and the stomach and
digestive organs in good order.
The best means for this pur
pose is Hood's Sarsaparilla. It
promptly cures all blood humors
and eruptions and tones up the
system.
The favorite cathartic is
Hood's Pill's. 25c.
ai. i oi:.m;ral (omesesce.
Hie Antl-Citnteen l.nw-Fmvor Aboli
tion or the Flsne I unit for Metno
dint Prenchere.
Chicago. 111., Mny 14.-The Method'st
Episcopal General Conference Committee
on Temperance adopted a resolution to
day, which. Jn the minds of the mem
bers of the committee, at least. Is a di
rect slap at President McKlnley because
of his acquiescence In the decision of Attorney-General
Griggs, declaring the laws
Ineffective. The resolutions are a portion
of the report of a sub-committee, and
were adopted in the face cf a motion to
substitute for it a minority report from
Dr. Jacob E. Price, of the Now York
Conference, after a two-hours debate, in
which the members alternately arraigned
and championed President McKlnley in
his stand on the anti-cat 'eon law.
The report read as follows : We are,
however, chagrined, humiliated and exas
perated by the purile and absurd con
struction placed upon the anti-canteen
law, so caller" by the Attorney-General vt
the United Ftad s, and with all due re
spect to his exalted station, we record the
fact that we are pained and disappointed
at the course of the President In accept
ing as final, and satisfaction an opinion
without binding force. Such an abuse of
power is nullification In its most danger
ous form.
Upon the President, as eommnnder In
chief of our army, rests the responsibility
In its most dangerous form. Upon the
Prcrident, as the commander In chief
of our army rests the responsibility for
the canteen saloon, an evil which he has
ample power to suppress.
We urge upon the President an early
exercise of the power vested in him, to
the end, that the authority of the govern
ment, instead of being used to place
temptation before soldiers shall be used
to save him. as far as possible, from the
moral hazzards incident to military life.
Discussion of the report of the com
mission on the revision of the constitu
tion and the rtport of the committee of
Rule of Conference elections, took up the
most of the time of the Conference after
the mcrnlng recess.
The report of the Committee on Elec
tions recommending that the election of
Bishops be h Id ;mder the two thirds
rule, was adopted by overwhelming vote.
The report number two of the committee
on Episcopacy, recommending that the
whole list of present acting bishops be de
clared effective, was adopted.
The committee on Itinerancy to-day
voted S2 to 21 to report in favor of the
abolition of the time limit for Methodist
preachers.
After a stormy session the Committee
on Episcopacy to-day decided to recom
mend the election of two new bishops to
provide for poss'hle deaths on the board
during the next four years. The body
voted down a report from a sub-committee
in favor of petitioning the Conference
to elect a colored bishop. The result is
taken as a defeat of the movement to se
cure the election of a colored man as
bishon.
THE ISA!' I 1ST ASSOCIATION.
A Colored !l imionary Thrills tbe Vast
Assnitl:!ce
Hot Springs, ArK., may 14. Another,
Booker "Washington appeared at the last
moments of the Southern Baptist Con
vention this evening. He was the Rev.
Charles S. Morris, a young man of brown
skin and with eloquence that thrilled ths
big assemblage. He is a missionary
among the blacks of Africa, and had been
granted a few minutes to make a pie
for missionary work in the dark conti
nent. It remained for the negro to stir
the great gathering to tumultuous en
thusiasm, when, with a splendid elo
quence, he told his hearers that Carey
was not the first modern missionary, but
that the pioneers were the godly women
who took charge of the slaves when they
landed in old Virginia and clothed aud
fed them and gave them the gospel. It
was some time before President Northen
could obtain silence, after the negro's
speech. The crowd, however, could not bo
restrained, and broke forth Into fresh ap
plause. Crowds pressed forward and
struggled to get near enough to throw
money on the platform. Several hundrsd
dollars in silver and notes were thrown at
Morris' feet. He asked the audience not
to give money to him. but to turn it over
to the treasurer and have it used to send
messengers throughout the South to
arouse the colored people to co-operation
in the mission work in Africa. The out
pouring of money was so spontaneous
that even after the eloquent black orator
had refused it. it was flung at his feet.
The convention adopted resolutions to
report upon the relations sustained by thS
denominational papers. There was a good
sized collection taken up for the South
ern Baptist Theological Semirary. The
finance report showed an increase Ot
more than 2") per cent, for fore'.gn mis
sions over the previous year.
The report discussed by ten prominent
delegates and the Rev. Dr. Pitt, of South
Carolina, read the report of the advance
movement. The Rev. I. J. VanNees read
the report of the work among ths ne
groes. The Rev. W. M. Vines, of Asheville,
N. C, submitted the report on frontier
work, and the Rev. T. S. Totts, of Mem
phis, presented the report on ciUes,
while the Rev. J. E. White, of North
Carolina, made a report on the work of
the mountain regions. The report on the
enlargement of home mission work recom
mended that 1050,000 be raised for home
missions.
The committee to select the place and
time of holding the next convolution rec
ommended Asheville, N. C, buf the dele
gates selected New Orleans, ai d the Fri
day before the second Sunday of r. xt
May as the time. The Rev. Dr. Mullens,
president of the seminary, was elected to
deliver the convention's sermon next year.
The convention then adjourned.
BRYAN WILL CARRY THE SOUTH.
Chicago. May 14. The Hon. Clark How
ell, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, and
a member of the National Democratic
Committee from Georgia, who arrived In
Chicago to-day. believes Bryan will carry 1
the South in the coming election, and
says the Nebraskan will receive the vote!
of every Southern State in the Kansas
City Convention.
T believe." he continued, "that the
Democratic Convention at Kansas City
Will nominate a straight ticket, without
regard to what has been done by tbe
Populists or what may be done by any
other convention. While Mr. Towne may
be a strong man, it will not do for the
Democratic party to take Instructions
from any other party In the selection of j
a man for the Vice Presidency. For the
good of the party I believe that the action
taken by the Democrats at Kansas City
Will be concurred In by the gentlemen
Who have been making the campaign for
atr. Towne."
CUBAN P0S.iL FRAUDS.
rOftTMAftTER THOMPOlt (OX
F EASES TO IP. K I ; M. A RITI I t
In foanertlt n With Ills Department
Atlrolls I kin.- Honey from tbe
Money Order Fnnds to Meet His
Heeds -Ills Career In the Postal
Havana, May 16 Postmaster E. P.
Thompson, of Havana, local officer,
tias signed a sworn statement. In which
he says that Si ptember 16th last, being
in need of money, he took from the
money order funds $435, giving his
memorandum as a receipt for the same.
When the Inspections were held Mr.
Thompson ordered a clerk In charge of
the money order department to place
remittances received that day which
would not have to be accounted for
Until the next day sufficient to cover
the amount of his receipt, which was
then withdrawn until after the Inspec
tion. This was kept up until April 7th,
when the special agents unexpectedly
discovered the receipt which Mr.
Tho ;:pson then paid. He also admits
that Charles F. Neely, late financial
agent of posts at Havana, indorsed a
bill for 5"0, whi h Thompson had dis
counted by the North American Trust
Company. Thompson admits other ir
regularities In connection with his de
partment. It Is asserted by lawyers that on Mr.
Thompson's own statement he is liable
to arrest for embezzlement, according
to the provisions of the postal law,
which are very explicit. Much sympa
thy is expressed for him, however, as
it Is felt that nothing would ever have
been heard regarding the action of
which he has confessed had not the
present Investigation, growing out of
the general postal frauds, brought the
matter to light. His friends are posi
tive that the money would have been
repaid, the memorandum receipt taken
up and tbe Incident thus closed.
As the affair stands now, Mr. Thomp
son's career in the postal service must
necessarily cease, even if 11 escapes a
term of imprisonment. Moreover, his
action in giving orders to postal clerks
to alter figures regarding stamps at the
request of Carridon Rich, without noti
fying Mr. Rathbone, makes things look
worse, even f lie acted ini cently in
the belief that everything was cor
rect, t
Four postal inspectors arrived this
moi! ing, and after conferences with
General Wood and Mr. Rathbone, im
mediately begun work.
Ht. Rathbone declares that there Is
not the slightest Jealousy between the
military authorities and the postal de
partment here, and that General Wood
and himself are working In perfect
ha:mony with reference to all steps
taken.
The local papers praise General
Wood for the indefatigable manner in
which he has handled the investigation.
Early developments connected with the
frauds, it is asserted, tends to show the
far-reaching influence of Neely, and
every man who is placed under arrest
brings to light additional facts. Each
one seems willing to tell all he knows
regarding Neely, while endeavoring to
exonerate himself. The only person,
however, who will be accepted by th2
authorities a. a witness for the State
is Carridon Rich, who will not be
placed in jail, but will be closelv
watched, as it is felt that his testi
mony is absolutely indispensible.
As the cases are for the civil courts
it has been decided that it would be a
mistake to confine the arrested persons
in a military 1 Ison, either at Cabanas
fortress or elsewhere. Consequently,
when the men now under arrest, who
are temporally detained at their
homes, are placed in Jail, they w 1 be
sent to the Carcel. Probably this will
occur to-morrow.
New York. May 15. Edward Jone?,
3f this city, has been appointed special
assistant United States Attorney-General
in the matter of the proceedings
against Charles W. Neely and other
officials and employees of the United
States Government in Cuba.
In speaking of the Neely case to-day
United States District Attorney Bur
nett said that the hearing set for to
morrow before Commissioner Shields
would most likely be adjourned for a
week, and the extradition hearing In
Albany postponed for a day or two.
Warrants were issued this evening
for the arrest of E. P. Thompson, the
Habana postmaster; W. H. Reeves,
deputy auditor of the island, and Ed
ward Morra and Jorge Masoaro, Cuban
clerks in the stamp department, and
by 7 o'clock all were lodged In the
Vivic, the tombs of Havana. This was
done under the advice of the postal in
spectors who arrived to-day. It is con
sidered now that Reeves is equally
guilty with Neely.
Investigation into the record of the
clerk in the military department who
handled several hundred dollars' worth
of stamps, proves that the transaction,
so far as he is concerned, was legiti
mate. The stamps were purchased at
the request of his brother, who Is a
stamp collector in the United Sttes,
for $800. They were of the old issue and
Were obtained from Neely.
The arrest of Mr. Thompson caused
great surprise in the city. It is looked
upon as the precursor of many other
arrests. General Wood felt, as did the
postal inspectors, that it would be bet
ter to have the suspected persons ar
rested and to give th m an opportunity
to obtain bail than to keep them In
definitely umb-r close supervision at a
time when the detectives are badly
needed for other work.
Washington, May 16 Fourth Assist
ant Postmaster-General Bristow re
ceived his final instructions to-day and
left at 3 o'clock for Tampa. Fla., from
which place he will sail for Havana,
reaching there early Saturday morn
ing. ADMIRAL DEWEY AT HOME.
Washington. May 16. --Admiral Dewey
end Mrs. Dewey returned to Washington
ihla afternoon from their Western trip.
Tns iepot was deserted. They drovs at
SBC I Bouvctr. their Summer hon.e Tut
pesty accsmuUted a quantity of seuveata
trip.
CENERil PR"' K MORE DYING.
llich-aond. Va., May 1. General
Kit Pridemore, ex-Congressman from
the Ninth District, Is reported dylnx ''
sVee county.
Editors Awful Plight.
F. M. Higii-.s, K'iitor Seneca
(Ills.,) News, was afflicted fbi
years with i".!cs that no doctor
or remedy helped until he tr ed
B cklen s At 1 1 a .!u I . e
w rttel two bi .s wholly cine!
him. It's the stir tjit pi 1 cuteon
earth and the b:t salve i" the
world. Cure guaranteed. Only
25 cents. Sold by Standard Phar
ntacy.
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FISH,
Riehmond, .
Consignments of North Caro
lina Herring solicited, and pro
ceeds remitted in cash
On account f oui intimate
acquaintance and frequent trans
action with the jroccr trade ol
the W est and South we an abl
to handle N. C. Fish to h be t
possible advantage, an I
known every where as h lai
est distrihu is iu this market
established ISCl.
Saml ML Lawder& Sons
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Fresh. ; Iisia
Soft Crabs Terrapin Etc.
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Ouick Sales ! Prom pi Returns !
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Agency, Win. Hooper & Co.,
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Johson Com pan y.
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MO. 7 FULTON FISH MKT,
New YorK
Marence G, Miller,
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Application.
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IXIOW YOHK.
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:st of the Southern fishermen
ban any house in the business.
If your Stencil is not in good ct'ci
et us know.
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FRESH FISH
Terrapin and Game.
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Prompt Returns. Quick Sales.
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and the Trade iu General.
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E. W.ALBAUGH & SON
Wholesale Commission Merchants
fbbsh mm
TERRIPIN AND GAME1
fNo.W Light Htreet Wharr.1.
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Prompt Returns, Quick Sales-
:REFRENCE.
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