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Murphy to flanteo.
The town of H idHvllIn was thrown
Infri considerable excitement Monday
when It wa announced that a niim
t)r of the. operatives of the Pacolrf
mills. In South Carolina, had ken
brought there and that thfy had
t-mallpox. A rigid and thorough ex
amination wa promptly made? by the
authorities and as a remilt 42 of the
purtlofl win- put In the pent houscj.
The operative from the South (arc
Una rottori rulllH which were dKtroyd
by th heavy rairiM of a w k ago
vi-nt to UddnvilU Sunday. There
were about :dxty five of them, sent
thr-rr by Mr. J. W. Marib-y, Riiperln
t'fid nt of tbe Kilna Cotton Mills, of
lit iilsvill", who was at the m ne ol
tbe wnrkcil niillvs. and who furnished
transportation for them. There wire
a hundred and t wenty five more of
then rady to Mart whn the khtc
tary an. treaHurer of the Kdna Mills,
Mr. J. It. I'lpiji, notified them not to
come.
The most hoirild" tragedy that has
ever ).( , n enacted in the memory of
the olil. vf Inhabitants of Ashe county
tooU i!;iei. Sun-lay, at the foot of the
Allei-any mountain range just Inside
of that county. Crick Davis, with an
axe, nit to piece h two men and hia
"' wire, Alfred Marker and son,
I.evl. from Virginia, liad stopped over
night with Davis, who had Insisted
upon t h ir staying, and while they
were a -deep Davis attaeked them, rut
Unit them to plec-w with an axe. Mrs.
Davis attempt d to prevent the deed
and was herself struck reveral times
witli the axe, j.n.l the attending
phyriielan mid kIk- would die. Davis
whs prol.-abty insane. He is in jail.
Clarence Smith, son of Capt. T. T.
Smith, of Charlotte, was held up in
that eity by three footpads Tuesday
"Uiit and wa.-i plven an exciting ex
perience for a short time. He had just
escorted a young lady home and on
his return up South Tryon, at the
mouth of a dark alley, he encountered
thh harrowing episode. A sack was
thrown over the young man's head and
his aptors began dragging him into
the alley. His rries for help were loud
iiou-h. dc-nito the eloth. to frighten
theni off before they could Bteal any
thing from hirn. The men could not
be found by the police.
V (barter is granted to the HLso
M iiu;u hiring Company, with head
i'.';rter at Charlotte. Its capital ia
J"-1 '!.!n), authorized and of this George
IV lli;:s. John M. Rhodes and I). O'Don
( i..lu;o ef.-ch owns SO shares. There is
to be common and preferred stock, and
the preferred Is to yield 7 per cent.
iMvidcn.K anything after these are
I-aid going to holders of common stock.
Th company's privileges are extensive
- to deal in and manufacture machin
ery, to make and doal in textile mater
ial: to own and develop and operate
water powers and manufacturing
plants.
At a meeting of tho board of trua
tMs of Greensboro Female College,
held Friday afternoon, It was decided
to close th! institution. For some
tir.ie this action haa been under advise
ment, but not until yesterday was the
matter definitely determined upon. At
t'ais meeting all but Ave shares of the
elook were represented, the following
IruPtees being present: Dr. Dred Pea
rock. C. H. Ireland, J. A. Odell. Proi.
O. W. Carr. of Greensboro; J. M. and
W. It. Odell. of Concord, and n. T.
Gray, of Raleigh.
The Seaboard Knitting Mill, of
Henderson, will resume work in a
fho;t time. The property has been
purchased by New York parties and
the plant wilt be enlarged and im
proved and operated on a larger scale
than before. This la the same con
pet n that went Into the hands of a re
ceiver some time ago. It employed
I about l."0 hands before and it 13 said
I that when the plant is enlarged they
win work nearly twice that number.
A charter is granted the Wampum
Cotron Mill Company, at Lincolnton,
capital $160,000. The mill will spin and
weave cotton emits f)f Its stork .T. A.
lAbernathy holds $130,000, R. S. Aber
jnathy $2.-,000, and T. F. Costner,
$3 000.
The Adjutant General has been notl
f ed that the War Department had al
lotted $23,030 to this State, available
tvr enrampment expenses. Some days
fl?,o the Department made a similar
apportionment for purposes of equip
ment. I The safe in the postoffice at Pin
nacle. Stokes county, was blown open
1 Monday night and robbed of from
-two to three hundred dollars in cash
and stamps. The burglars made their
escape.
I While putting in a new boiler at the
eminary at Red Springs Tuesday, J.
M. Hargett, a machinist for the D. A.
Tompkins Company of Charlotte, fell
from a ladder and was seriously in
jured. It is feared he Is hurt intern
ally. Hewas taken to Charlotte and
is now at his home, at the corner of
Eleventh and Caldwell streets.
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The - thirty-third annual convention
t the grand lodge, Knights of Pyth
ias, of North Carolina, convened in
Wilmington Tuesday night in the
splendid new hall of the three Wil
Kington, lodges, In the Murchlson
:nk building. Grand Chancellor J.
Li Scott, of Graham, presided, and all
cuier officers and about 250 repre-
jutauves were present.
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Gov. Aycock delivered the address
Iff ore the literary societies of Van
.'.crbilt University In the University
cbapel Tuesday night. His subject was
'Education." Governor Aycock at
jnded the University commencement
terciseg "next morning and left for
t.attanooga In the afternoon.
The Winston Tobacco Association
V't Tuesday and elected a central
Immittee to act with Governor Ay
Sck In securing delegates to a State
invention to be held in Raleigh, the
fject of which is to arrange for a
brth Carolina exhibit at tho St.
buis Exposition.
A BLOODY CRIME IN ASHE
Two fieri and a Woman Chopped to
Pieces With an Axe.
Jefferuon, Special. The must hor
rlblo tragedy that has ever be..n en
acted Jn the memory of the oldest
inhabitants of the county took place
Sunday, at the foot of the Alleghany
mountain range, just inside of this
county. Crick Davis, with an axe, cut
to pieces two nun and his own wife.
The story of the crime runs thua:
Davis, who lived at the foot of the
mountain, was visited by two former
friends and acquaintances, Alfred
Ffarker and Ron, Levi, who lived near
Chilhowle, Va. They had Btopped at
his houe on their way to see'' their
relatives in thh section. Davis seem
ed very clever and insisted on their
spending the night with him. They
consented and when bedtimes came
every one in the house retired. The
two visitors occupied the same bed.
Davis and his wife occupied another
bed close by, possibly in the same
room. Hardly had they retired when
Mrs. Davis heard a noi.se, and on
looking toward where the Harkcrs
were sleeping, saw her husband with
tho axe, cutting the Barkers to pieces.
She sprang out of the bed and tried
to keep her husband from killing the
old man, Alfred, and immedjately
Davis gave her two blows that sent
her to the floor. Ivi had been
killed by the first blow, that had split
his head half open as clean as one
splits a hog's head in slaughtering.
Alfred had been saved apparently by
Mr?. Davis, as he had time to crawl
out of the bed and into a field of rye,
close by. Nevertheless, he was bleed
ing like a hog and will die, having re
ceived the axe up to the hilt in his
stomach and having his right arm
cut off. Alfred says that as he lay in
the field he heard the awful blows
that followed on the body of Mrs.
Davis, and heard her groans grow,
fainter and fainter. Rut the woman
was not yet killed, ad after the ex
citement had subsided Davis took his
wife in the house, washed her wounds
and washed himself. Davis' little girl,
with the baby in her arms, was the
one who gave the alarm, she escap
ing for her life at the outset.
When people came in they found
Davis sitting by his wife administer
ing to her wants, but the woman
seemed to be in such agony she paid
little attention to what was going on.
Davis said: "I guess I have killed
them, but I didn't know it." A sur
geon summoned from Mountain City,
Ten., gave it out that all would cer
taily die and the rumor is current on
the streets that the woman is dead.
Parties just from the scene of the
tragedy say that there is blood ev
erywhere, that ten heaves would not
have left as much blood scattered
around a slaughter" pen. No motive
can be found for the hellish deed,
though many theories have been ad
vanced. One la that Davis was in
sane, that he had been out of his
head only six months before. Another
is that Levi Rarker was once a sweet
heart of his wife and that this visit
stirred up jealousy. It is said that it
is true the man has been wrong with
his mind several times, but that he
wag really a very meen man and had
once before tried to kill a man with
an axe. The theory of jealousy ia not
believed owing to the fact that Mrs.
Davis was a woman of fine Christian
character and had never given the
slightest attention to Barker since her
marriage.
Davis is in jail here, having been
bound over to court.
Accident at Hamlet.
Hamlet, Special. J. C. Haverley,
day operator at the north yard, was
run over by a switch engine, here
Tuesday morning at 7:20 o'clock and
injured so badly that he died four
hours later. There was no eye witness,
to the accident, but from a statement
made immediately after the occur
rence, it seems that he was walking
the main line, going from the depot
to the yard to work, and seeing pa
senger train No. 31 coming, he step
ped off on to the side-track, and the
switch engine running parallel with
No. 31, and which he had not ob
served, struck him. His right leg and
shoulder were badly mutilated.
Shipping Cotton to New Orleans.
Boston, Special. The Morgan line
steamer El Monte, is due at Mystic
wharf next Monday from New York
to take a shipment of 8,000 square
bales of cotton to New Orleans. This
cotton is now being received at the
terminal from the Tremont and Suf
folk -Stills. Lowell, and the entire
consignment will be in the shed by
the first of the week. This cotton, it
is said, is being sent back to the
South to cover the shorts in their
July delivery. A Philadelphia concern
Is said to be the purchaser of the cot
ton from the mills.
Aycock at Vanderbilt.
Nashville, Tenn., Special. Gov
ernor Chas. B. Aycock, of North Car
olina, delivered the annual address
before the literary societies of Van
derbilt University in the University
chapel. His subject was "Education."
Governor Aycopk will attend the Uni
versity commencement exercises and
leave for Chattanooga in the after
noon. Call For Temperance Convention.
The executive committee of the
North Carolina Anti- Saloon League
has called a convention in Raleigh to
meet July 7th. The objects are set
forth a3 being to unite and solidify
the temperance sentiment and pre
pare for a vigorous campaign against
the saloon. Plans will be devised and
committees appointed at this meet
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SUICIDE AT GASTON! -
Young Man Under Indictment Take
tils Own Life.
Castonia. Special. E. II Caldwell, a
joung merchant who had been arrcst-
u for retailing whiskey, late Wednes
day night, committed suicide In rear cf
his store near the Iray Mills.
Usually very little attention is civ
en by the public to the indictments and
trials before magistrates of those ac
cused by violating the whiakey laws.
This was the case, when it waa casu
ally mentioned on the streets of the
city that young Caldwell, who has been
running for about a year a grocery
store near the Loray Mills, bad been
indicted for this offense, tried before
a magistrate and bound over to court
under a $200 bond. Every one waj
thu3 unprepared for the startling be
iuel, when it became know that some
time during the night Caldwell
had committed suicide In toe
rear part of his store. It i3
supposed that the deed was com
mitted about midnight, as different
parties living near the place remember
having heard the report of a gun about
that time.
It seems that Tuesday afternoon,
Caldwell requested a friend to buy for
him a certain amount of strychnine,
but the request was refused, with the
suggestion that he mount his horsa
and leave the country, if he wished to
get away from his troubles. At night
he told -his wife that he was goinf,- to
his father's, to talk tho matter over
with him, and this accounts for the
fact that his body was not found until
morning. It seems that he secured a
shot-gun and placing it to that part of
his body just over the heart, pushcj
the trigger with a broom handle. In
stant death resulting. Before doing
this, however, he wrote a short letter
to his wife, declaring hia love for her
and the children, and stating that it
was all right with bim and his God.
Caldwell has been here for about two
years, for a time at the Dixie. Farm,
then at the Morrow Roller Mill. By his
conduct he had won the confidence of
all who knew him. Some months ago
he went into the mercantile business,
in which he has not been successful,
and then came the other troubles al
ready referred to. In his letter to his
wife, he stated that he could not stand
the lies that had been, and would be
told about him. He was only about 23
years of age, and leaves a wife, and
four young children. The remains
were carried to Gutheriesville, S. C,
where he formerly lived.
Tril to Proceed.
Wilson, Special. According to the
expectation of the majority of those
who heard the affidavits in the Jones
murder case, Judge Shaw renderd a de
cision that sufficient evidence for a
continuance had not been brought out.
In giving out this decision he said in
part while there had not been sufficient
evidence brought out in the evidence of
affidavit to show the existence of a
state of public sentiment as claimed by
the defendants, yet there had been
some sentiment sthred up by the city
papers and by the discussion of the
case on the streets, and if at any time
during the trial of this case it came to
the knowledge of the court that there
was any outside influence bearing on
the trial it would be continued until
the September term.
Daughter's D?ath Killed Her.
Wilmington, Special. A peculiarly
sad death occurred at Point Caswell,
near Wilmington Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Ludwig Vollers, wife of a leading
German citizen in that section, upon
learning of the death of her daughter,
Mrs. George Haar, of Wilmington, the
morning previous, suffered a collapse
and died within two hours. She leaves
a large family of sons and daughters,
as well as her aged husband, for
whom the community feel the deepest
sympathy. The funeral of the daugh
ter who died in Wilmington was held
here and members of the family and
friends left immediately for Point Cas
well to attend the funeral of the
mother there Wednesday afternoon at
4:30 o'clock.
Dr. Venable Honored.
Philadelphia, Special. At the com
mencement of the University of Penn
sylvania the honorary degree of doctor
of laws waa conferred upon President
Venable, of the University of North
Carolina.
False Rumors.
False rumors of the death of Pope
Leo were circulated in Vienna and
elsewhere.
State Brevities.
The list of books recommended for
use in the rural public schools free
libraries is almost prepared. There are
300 books in the list. The list which
was first is3ued, three years ago, con
tained only" one hundred books. Re
vised rules and regulations regarding
the libraries are also being sent out.
Under the nev; law the books for use
in the schools must be selected from
the list officially approved by the StaVo
beard of education.
Applications for new lodges of Odd
Fellows at East Durham. Old Fort, and
South Greensboro are in the hands of
Grand Secretary Foodell, and he has
clso an application for a Rebekah
Lodge at Hot Springs.
From Plymouth comes the news 01
a terrible affair at the home of Mr.
Whit Harrison, near that town. Two
little boys went from the field to the
housoand one of them looked for
something to eat. He found it cn top of
a cupboard, and taking a chair got In
the latter in order to reach the food.
As he got in the chair his brother took,
a gun and told him if he did not get
down he would shoot him, and in an
instant fired, the wound proving fatal,
fne boy who was killed was aged 10.
His slayer ia 12 yea Pd. - -
LOWELLSTRIKE ENDS
loaf Fijbt of Mill Operatives Coses
to a Close
TEXTILE COUNCIL DECLARES IT OFF
The Strike Began on March 30th, In
volved 17,000 Workers and Cost
liny fliliioni of Dollars.
Lowell, Mass., Special. The textile
rmmcii Sunday tlfclcrec fLe grrat
strike at the Lowell mills at an end.
Every union affiliated with tht council
was represented and the vote was
unanimous. Mule ppinners and loom
fixers were included In this vote. The
meeting lasted an hour. There was no
dissension. The sitcation was discuss
ed carefully and with no suggestion of
excitement. The vot ahowed every
delegation favorable to a return tc
work at once. When asked for a state
ment, President Conroy said smiling
ly: "We now worship at the altar of
defeat, but later we shall rise aga!n
and conquer."
Agr-nt William Scuthwork, secre
tary of the agents, said: "It will be
impossible to start the balance of the
machinery so as to employ at once all
who will come back. Running with
an incompltte force for three weeks
has disturbed the balance that usually
exists between stock and prices in th?
various departments. A mill may have
depleted stock in certain kinds of
yarn and for that reason be unabte ta
start all of its looms, even if the full
completement of help is available. It
15 for the selling agents and the treas
urers to decide, in view of the market
whether we shall attempt to run in"
full."
The strike began on March 30th an 1
involved about 17,000 operatives. The
miils were shut down until June 1
when the agtnts opened the gates and
the majority of the operatives went
back to work. Th? strike has cost in
wages about $1,300,000.
It is understood that the agents will
take back all the old help they have
room for and will make no discrimina
tion against the leaders of the strike
movement. The high price of cotton
precluded any hope of the success of
ine strikers' demand for a 10 per cent.
increase
War Against Mad Mullah.
Simla,. India, Ey Cable. Major Gen
eral Charles Comyn Egerton, who has
been in command of the Punjaub
frontier forces since 1890, has been ap
pointed to the command of the Somali
land expeditionary force which is op
erating against tho Mad Mullah, su
perseding Brigadier General W. H.
Manning.
General Manning who took command
of the British exuedition in Somali
land last November, after a reverse
suffered by Colonel Swayne, has not
proved successful in his campaign.
Columns detached from the force have
been badly mauled by the Mullah's
followers, tho most serious British de
feat being the ambushing of Col. Plun
kett's flying detachment of 208 men,
with two maxims, on April 17, when
Col. Plunkett, all his officers and prac
tically the entire force were wiped out.
The last advices received In London,
June 16, were to the effect that General
Manning himself was surounded and
unable to assist Colonel Cabb, whose
column was in a serious position at
Callaby, and on half rations. One of
the causes of the non-success of the
expedition has been the cowardice of
the native Somaliland regiment, of
vhich so much was hoped when it was
formed recently. Only a few days ago
news came that the native cr.mel corps
had mutinied. The operations against
the Mullah, who first raised the tribes
against the British in 1899, have al
ready cost $2,000,000. A desire has
been manifested to abandon the cam
paign, but in view of the predicament
of General Manning's forces, it has
been found necessary to order British
troops in India, and when they arrive
the British expedition in Somaliland
consist of 800 British, 1,200 Indian, and
native troops.
Safe Blower Blown Up.
Noblesville, Ind., Special. George
Marvin, said to be from Chicago, is
in the county'jail here in a dying con
dition, as a result of an alleged at
tempt to blow the safe in a general
store at Jolietville. Citizens of the
village who were awakened by a ter
rible explosion found Marvin lying un
conscious near the store, with one arm
blown away from his body, otherwise
so terrible mangled that he connot
live. When the citizens approached
another man ran away, making his
escape. The accidental dropping of a
can of nitroglycerine was the cause of
the explosion.
Guilty of flurder.
Omaha, Special. The jury in the
case of Line Linnier, Company I,
Twenty-fifth Infantry, charged with
the murder of Sergeant Robert Yours,
of the same company, has brought in a
verdict of murder in the first degree,
but eliminating the sentence of capital
punishment. The verdict under United
States laws carries with It imprison
ment for life. The killing occurred 3t
Fort Niebara, Neb., April 17, 1903.
Resignation Accepted,
Rome, By Cable. The King has ac
cepted the resignations of Interior
Minister Gielitti and Marine Minister
Bettele. Premier Seanardelli will tako
the interior portfolio et ad interim,
and Vice Admiral Merin will be Ma
rine Minister. The ether ministers
have been confirmed in their present
positions. A royal degree was issued
today convng Parliament for June
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CLEVELAND NOT A CANDIDATE
New York World Publishes aa later
lcw With the II i'.csldcat.
New York, StMrclal. The WorU pub
lishes a dispatch frem lriacrion. N.
J., quoting former Iresldcn Cleveland
as saying:
"It is perfectly absurd to suppuac
fur an Instant that 1 have any d-aire lu
reenter public life. Nor have I c-mott-ly
entertained the thought since I
left Washington more than six years
ago. Th matter is ms far from uiy
thoughts as it was in when all
r;urt itc '.: not i:hl. tur
hcadng or sight. I have no higher
aspirations than to pa.s my daya la
peace with my family around me unl
to take no part in politics which any
private citizen cannot take with utmost
propriety."
"I have never spoken to anybody on
the subject cf a fourth candidacy. I
have never written a single political
f 1 tend one wayor the other nor have 1
before been written to or spoken to bj
them. There U not a political leader ot
ony prominence endeavoring to ad
vance any rjovement to nominate nie
ir. any State, so far as I have been ad
vised, nor do I tniicipate that any
such effort will be made by any leader,
prominent or obscu:e, ia any locality
in the country.
"I have on several occasions within
the year undertaken to perform the
labor which usually falls to the private
in tLe rear ranks but there has njt
lurked within me the hope of any re
ward save the consciousness of having
made an effort to assist in bringing
about salutary conditions in the par
ty."
C ouid Nut Agree.
Jackson, Ky., Special. The jury in
the case of Jett and White, charged
with the murder of Lawyer James K.
Marcum, wis discharged, having been
unable to arcc. At S o'clock the Jury
filed into the couit room and Foreman
Richard Millard said:
'"Your Honor, we find no chance of
coming to an agreement."
Judge Itedwine said:
'I will keep you gentlemen until
Saturday night, unless ycu get a ver
dict sooner. There is no reason why a
verdict should not be reached in this
case."
Foreman Miliard said:
"One man has as much right to his
opinion as another, and may stick to
it."
It is believed froa this that there
was only one man between a verdict
and it is conceded that only one juror
then was for conviction. It is said the
question of punishment had not been
considered.
Later the jury again reported that it
was unable to agree, and shortly after
9 o'clock it was discharged, so there
will be another trial.
The dominant faction evidently ex
pected acquittal. There waa at least
one juror who held out against thi3.
The acene after the announcement
was in no wise exciting. Some who
started to clap their hands were stop
ped by the court. The guards took im
mediate possession of the prisoners
and they were closely guarded back to
jail. People gathered around the court
house discussing the case, but there
was no disturbance or outward sign of
trouble. ,
Attorney Byrd, after consultation.
maUe a motion for a change of venue.
Judge Redwine refused to hear argu
ments but of his own accord changed
the venue to Cynthlana, Harrison
county, at the next term of court.
Cynthiana Is not in Judge Redwine's
district. He surprised the spectators
by at once ordering the prisoners sent
to Lexington under a detachment of
soldiers accompanied by Elisor Jones.
The Battleship Muddle.
The battleship Galveston, which was
almost completed at the Trigg ship
yards at Richmond, Va., was seized by
order of the State court to satisfy
creditors. A Washington special of
Friday says: The time of the cabinet
meeting was consumed in large part
by the consideration of the legal ques
tions involved In the decision of the
United States government to disre
gard the decision of he. court of Vir
ginia and seize the incomplete gun
boat Galveston at the Trigg shipyards
In Richmond.
Ex-Postmistress Arrested.
Baltimore, Special. Dora Campbell.
26 years old, formerly postmistress ol
Maysville, Ga., was arrested here od
the charge of embezzlement of postal
funds. She resigned her position Is
Maysville, it is said, last May, and
came here for treatment at a hospital.
where she registered as Dorothy Hern
don. Misa Campbell is held at police
headquarters tor the action of the
United States authorities.
Trains Crash.
Bristol, Special. At the Bluff City
crossing of the two railroads at Bris
tol late Monday night a freight train
on the Southern railway plunged
through a Virginia and Southwestern
freight train. One engine waa derailed
and turned over and several cars were
wrecked. The crew of the Southern
train jumped to safety. No one waa in
jured. .,- -
live items of news.
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Maay Matters of Oeaeral latrrrst fa
Short Paragraph,
lowa la D ale.
Judge Emory 8rr lattroctrd tli
Inderal granj Jury at Macon. Oa ta
Investigate rhargra that a j"ac
system prevails In Gntrcia.
The Jury in the Marcum murder
trial, at Jarkoa. Ky rrportej Hj tn
ability to agrev. but waa M-nt bar m
deliberate.
A Raten. N. M.. dipatch says: T.ve
cien wne killed by an iploioa tich
wrecked min No. 2 of the Itatrn Cul
v,(!k' ComtaT. at Bleburg.
A Lexington. Va , dipaUh .
"The commencement citrle of the
Virginia Military Institute Ugtn Sun
day. The battalion InnpotNm as the
feature of the day. The board of vi
Itors approved the reports of the beaj
of departments."
Chrrstor.her IavU. living near Hem
lock. Ashe county. N. C. tn a siijj. .1
fit of insanity Is reported to have
klllesl lvl Barker with an aie anl
badly wounded Alfred Barker and the
wife of Davis.
At The National Capital.
It Ij said the President has :rK 1
the District Attorney to expedit the
preparation of indirtmc-nU in the
Postofflce Department luge-! Ration.
The Attorney General has adUd
Secretary Moo.y that, if
he can use force for the removal of
the Galvepton from the Trigs', ship
yard, Richmond.
Booker T. Washington anked the
President's advice on lxrd Gray' In
vitation that the negro Investigate
racial conditions in Sou'h Africa.
At The North.
Arbitrators have settled th" dim
culty between the Webster Coal Com
pany and its employes, of Altoona.
Pa.
The suit of Isidor Wornrser to break
the Metropolitan Interurban Railway
deal in New York elicited mine lestl
mony relating to alleged blackmail.
The funeral of Mhss Helen Bishop,
victim of a criminal assault, was held
in Wilmington. Del.
The third floor of a bulldinr in New
York occupied as a Imx factorv caved
in. burying about 30 jx-rson In the
debris.
A Glasgow. Mont., dl-s natch
"News has reached this city that Jus.
tr.in . . .
incniiiney .me iai or the (.Is-kw
fugitives, was shot to death after he
had made an ineffectual attempt to
kill Miss Darnell, who had discovered
the outlaw hidinz in her fath.-r'n
house."
The gold output of Alaska. ttO.M-'t-
000 per year, will be gre atly increased
by the early building of a new rail
road from the' sejuthern toast at
Resurrection Bay. northward to the
Tana river, definite announcement
of which was made here today.
Ten thousand textile strikers In
Philadelphia held a street parade and
mass meeting.
At a celebration of Bunker Hill day
In Boston the Liberty Bell and "John
Brown's Bell' were canted In
parade.
From Across The Sea,
8erTla'8 new King Is expected to
reach Belgrade on June 24.
In Russia's note of congratulation
to King Peter I of Servla he was
strongly urged to punish the assassins
of King Alexander and Queen Draga.
An explosion of lyddite wrecked
the Woolwich arsenal In England and
killed 14 persons.
Brazil and Bolivia have arranged a
modus rlvendl In the Acre dispute un
til October 1.
The Socialists, according to com
plete returns of the German election.
elected 54 members of the Reichstag.
Dr. Lapponl. the physician at the
Vatican, saya the Pope Is wonder-
fully well." considering his age.
United States Ambassador Tower
will glve'a dinner to the German Em
peror during the coming naval
maneuvers at Kiel, toward which port
Rear Admiral Cotton's squadron
6ailed.
A Berlin diapatch says: "The United
States European Sqaudron arrived at
Nyberg. Island of Fuen. Denmark. Sat
urday, and will remain there until
Tuesday. The warships will anchor
off Kiel Tuesday afternoon."
Miscellaneous Hattera,
Lick Observatory observers have
found that the variable star Omlcron
Ceti Is undergoing extraordinary
fluctuations.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Sage, of New
York, planned a mausoleum at Troy.
N. Y., to cost $30,000.
President Vrceland. of the Metro
poll tan system, and J. H. Schiff testi
fied in New York in the suit of Isldor
Wormser to break the Metropolltan
Interurban Railway deal.
The one hundred and forty-seventh
commencement of the University of
Pennsylvania was held In Philadel
phia. Senator Hoar addressed the ' stu
dents at the University of Iowa com
mencement. David M. Parry, president of the
National Manufacturers' Association,
reports that a company Is to be
formed to Insure emplovers against
labor strikes.
President Roosevelt regards the
settlement of the differences between
the coal miners and the operators In
Pennsylvania as a vindication of hi?
policy In Intervening last year.
The President has appointed Col
Georre F. Elliott commandant of the
Marine Corps, to succeed MaJ. Gen
Charles Heywood.
Postmaster General Payne dismissed
from the service of the Government
James T. Metcalf. superintendent of
I tbe money-order division A the Post
oOce Department.
THE INVESTIGATION
litotfcePostilFmJs JUJ: fcMk
I) U DtfirlQcal
IMEtESIhG FACTS GIVE 0U
Developed That N hlrai Mtaling
Mas I'.eca tiolag e Through .ly
t cars.
Wsh!2Sttnx. ff Ui IN v.r.itrr
General Pane's ir.i:4ti -t t- Mr
lirUtow. in regard to tt.e hrt !
Sryir.our Tol loch, fnrrr.tr tlier ! U
Yt s!itug'.'.i Cty p . int.J t;
the trresuUrll.fi In tLe -l.a:n
hlritu-n. and a! ;: of iLr la
;t:'a ssl iavi:t ati.a cf ti
Tah(r.sto3 pM!orv.t ty 5r,. ...
tten Jum l. tT.i J'T 51.
!VeM. toother :ta the trr..f:it i-'
Ibe Tuilvn t hr;r lui'.r me rr
seio anl Ihe ,,i luin Uer-.-n thtt
r ache 1 by !': jr.i: r i Btl 'b t l
Emery Smith Tl e px;-r. .. r ;te
t far ll- n.'t s:gn:n .ant Jo ;,-rr.u
) t mad- pub:.v as a t t f t!.e
"ping ;tMal lnvrMci;.ia 1 be r-
o:i ie r !. - ,f u.ti lr-
l gularltlrs during ti.e jr!r! In
vtdve-d. The ?i tor bo ln t air 1
the lrr SuUr :ti. n utt ihr r.i
cf the poetofTNe rM r r.i di.crt
rrdcrs frcm s':perW r t...i!ty l -t te
Ctbure;n nt X all tl f ; i-t i inb.
1'ea.s rit'-J. Tie t.T 1:1 il.r
the rpor:blliiy f r il n i
epno.ntn.a uta. i!i pajt.. nt .' t l
tiles to e i.e and the umr ir t anl
the dibuie n.enf f t? II.'mkoii.' ?
dollars for wbl h r I . al no or? e
wa p :f..rm d. !.ut J ! t ,a r ' !-:
It Top rly I 1 ti; an I tl.e i.uny
ibu-s correct 4."
In a summary o! tbe rcral r; ?
the I'oktrr.sfttt t General nw: "1h
charge of Mi. Tiillo h i !r :t '..
KFairt rr-l!i;t MK:nly anl I " t -
marter Genrsl Sa-lth. fjr. !. m !
Kinlry Ik t lcmf'-r l.ving. rr : ;. 'r
Ge.jt ia i:i.ih. who carried OJt I'ie1
"u' MiKtnby-' id;. U
for hl.XMlf. With rg4lii tbe f rr-
nt manit&rit.e-fct eT hr wanirgija
pstoflb anl the o.nlmt of ai;y anl
nil men 1 barged with vn :K-di.:rg
Lave tn In tbe poitlal a-rvbe :!dr
tie prcrnt adm'.n'.i-trat .r. a tr'.-ugU
and Matching ;tjv n;ti.i Is t-'r, 1 -Ine
made.
The I 'ot master Oio-za! ! ;iy
"it will 1- iern that t ie wb-ilf a i'.v . t
van tal:e:i up by I'uolmit'fr i;-ni:I
Smith anl lnvtlrMd !y him. Ail
c xien1itiir s referred to were allow., I
ly tbe Auditor anl t'n:nptrolr, w.t'j
the exception of f !'."
rietcalf I)'.mUcd.
Wrfhlnkton. Sj-elal As a ftu't
of alleged Ind'f c : ti-n in mt ia -t-taliilng
to the award of contra' ts f r
printing th money order f"ri.jt eT
the government. Janu-n T. Metralf. fo
many years superlnte nlent of th
money order system ef th- (tof?.cf
iK-partment. sas on Wednesday
moved from office by the IVtmatr
General. A full Investigation of tb
case will be made later. The dismissal
Is the result of acts cf Mr. Metcalf la
opposition to tbe bid of Paul Herman,
of Rutherford. N. J., tb lowest Ud
der by 145.000 and In favor f tha
next highest bidder, tbe Kjnkop-Halle-nbeck-Crawford
Company, of
New York, of which Mr. Metralfs son
Is an employe. The story la trie a y told
In the letter of dlamiaal lgoed ty
Postmaster General Payne.
Navy Appointments.
Washington. Special. Aftr a con
ference with tbe President. Secretary
Moody announced the following ap
pointments to the nary, all of the ap
pointees being from New York: CapL
Chas. E. Rlee to to thief of bureau f
steam englne-ering upon the retire
ment of George W. Melville In Augu;
next. Pay Director Henry T. Harris V
be paymaster g'neral upon retire
ment of Rear Admiral A. 8. Kenney,
Ueut. Col. George F. Elliott to t com
mandant of tbe marine rorpa mbea
Major General Charles Hey wood re
tires next fall. Col. Elllctt is a tatlve
of Alabama. He Is now In command
of the marine barracks at Norfolk-
Jews Attack an lid I tor.
SL Petersburg. By Cable. Krousbe
van, tbe notorious J-w Later and tb?
editor of the Antl Semite organ In
Khscbineff. tbe Basaarab-tz. the ar
ticles In which are believed to bate
been largely repoIble for tbe mas
rare of the Jews in Khwbfr, was
attacked by a party of Jews la the
street here. He was stabLed In the
neck by one of tbe Jews. Tbe wound
is not believed to be fatal. His as
sailant was captured and proved to b
former student of the polytechnic
school at Kleff.
Chkszo Strike Settled
Chicago. Spetlil. An amicable ad
justment of th hotel and lestaursnt
strike hire was reached and the strik
ers will return to wcrk Friday morn
ing, afttr two wroks of Idleness. All
differences between employer tzi em
ployes arc ts be settled br artltrall-r.
The obstacle, which ror tie pss-. v.c
has prevented a settlement, ise c
roand of the J'nt board cf the striker
ttat union workers only be ersploye !.
was waived by the rtriters.
Evidence Secured.
It la now said that District Attorney
Jerome, of New York, la person,
secured the first evidence against
Richard Canfield'a splmdld gambling
house in East 44th street. Disguised
m a white wig and pretending to be
an elderly visitor from California he
obtained admission to the place aal
still retains some ot tho chips ho
bcrught oa the ereTilng of his rtelt.
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