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Sanitary Officer
Diamond Rings From
A Woman
Chid Inspector W. R.
Clardy , of Charlotte,
Confesses to The Vilest
Crimes Committed At
Greenville , S. C.
Sold Jewelry to Local
Firm — City Authorities,
Who Believed Hts Testi
monials Were Good,
Investigating.
Charlotte News, Sept. 3.
An investigation is being conducted
to.lav by Chief Orr into the affairs of
William R. Clardy, chief sanitary in
spector, who was arrested in Green
ville yesterday charged with an as
sault with intent to kill and robbery.
The investigation relates particularly
to his connection with the city. No
official statement could be made today
in reference to this matter. The ex
amination of records will continue un
til the city officials are convinced that
Clardy left matters here in good shape.
Otherwise he will have to answer for
his conduct.
Mr. W. W. Clardy, of this city, broth
er of the man wno went wrong, has
gone to Greenville to make an effort
to have the matter down there settled
outside of the courts. His mission is
to see if "making good" the stolen ar
ticles will satisfy the prosecuting wit
ness, a woman of the town. It is gen
erally thought here that he will be suc
cessful in his efforts, and that Clardy
will be turned joose at once. First
Sergeant Thackston. of Greenville, has
spent the day in this city awaiting a
message from Greenville in regard to
this matter, but had heard nothing
when The News went to press.
Clardy is the second official of the
new administration who has been dis
missed. the former being Chief of Po
lice Grass, against whom the past was
brought up.
The Arrest in Greenville.
Clardy was arresteu yesterday in
Greenville, S. C., the news cf which
reached Uic early
ning, causing considerable commotion
among the city officials, who had re
garded the young man with favor.
First Sergeant Thackston, of the
Greenville police force, came to Char
lotte last night to secure further facts
about the man who is being held for
trial. His statements are to the ef
fect that Clardy was in Greenville on
the night of August 11th, Sunday night,
and was in the tenderloin section'of
the city. He went to a house where
Anna Gibbes lived.
The girl arose at G o'clock the next
morning and declared that she had
been drugged and robbed of two val
uable diamonds during the night. An
investigation revealed the fact that
the girl had been treated severely, one
of her fingers being badly lacerated,
it was also found that the young man
had escaped through tne back door.
Confessed to Crime.
The Greenville officers began to
make an official search for the man, I
without any clue whatever except the
lad that a young man of the city had
taken a glass of beer with Clardy on
that afternoon, and was able to give
an accurate description of him. Last
Sunday afternoon this same young man
saw Clardy on the streets of Green
ville, told Ella Gibbes and she inform
ed the officers.
Sergeant Thackston arrested him on
the corner of Washington and Academy
streets, told him of the crime for which
lie was wanted, stripped him of his pis
tol and locked him up. At first Clardy
denied everything, strongly asserting
•'is innocence, but later made a full
confession. He confessed to the fact
of taking the rings to Mr. Frank Gard
ner's, in this city and selling them for
$2lO.
Mr. Gardner Sold Rings.
This is the substance of the state
ment which is made in regard to the
ease by Sergeant Thackston, of the
Oreenville force, and he knows more
about it than anybody locally. Chief
Orr took up the case last night and be
gan a further investigation. He found
that the rings had been sold by Mr.
Gardner to two traveling men, and se
cured a promise that they would be
recalled and turned over to the right
ful owner. Mr. Gardner is out of the
' ity today and consequently could not
he interviewed by the reporter.
The Simple-Mindedness of the Man.
If Clardy was conscious of the ser
iousness of his past conduct, he used
little sense in his subsequent actions.
He has been spending every Sunday
in Greenville sincd* he was placed on
local sanitary force. He further I
showed little judgment when he offer
ed for sale the rings in this city. He
might, have known that the officers in
all near-by cities would be notified to
keep a watch for the valuable jew
elry.
His Credentials.
When the application of Clardy
reached the board of health some
weeks ago, it was soon believed that
the young man should be given a
'hanee as head of the sanitary depart
ment of the city. He had recommen
dations from the most prominent peo
ple in Anderson, S. C., his former home
and then, too, his application was writ
ten on Y. M. C. A. paper, which possi
bly went a good ways in the estima-
AND PRESS
tion of the health board. The board
board brought the young man before
them and questioned him lively as to
his record. They were told that he had
been a student at the A. and M. College
and of Clemson College, and was ac
credited as having an unusually good
education.
The board put Clardy on probation,
hiring him by the month and things
were rocking along in good fashion un
der his management when the news
of his crookedness reached the city
last night.
mUpon information, however, that
Clardy had been spending every Sun
day out of the city without permission,
the health board, through the chairman
of the special department, notified Mr.
C. C. Sledge yesterday morning that
he was in charge of the sanitary force
of the city, Mr. Clardy having been
suspended for neglect of duty. This
action was taken yesterday morning
and before tfle sun had set, the board
was informed that the former chief
wa 3 a criminal of the blackest sort.
' Clardy in Appearance.
It can be said in favor of the man
in trouble that in many respects he
gave evidence of being fitted for the
job given nim. He took a number of
magazines and read articles relative
to the work over which he had imme
diate control. He appeared to be .up
in his business. In personal appear
ance, Clardy was a handsome fellow,
tall, erect, and of military carriage.
CABARRUS COURT ADJOURNS.
Party Returns From Europe—County
Purchases Bloodhounds.
Concord, N. C., Sept. 3—Cabarrus
county superior court was adjourned
Thursday. The criminal docket was
gone through and finished. A few
cases of the civil docket were dis
posed of before the adjournment of
the court. The report of the grand
jury was very favorable.
Messrs. J. F. Eugene and Ross
Cannon and J. A. Skipwith returned
from a business and pleasure trip
to Europe. Among the countries they
visited were England, Germany,!
France and Switzerland.
Prof. W. W. Morris will open his
high school Sept. 9th. The public
schools of the city will open on the
16th. I
Messrs. Brandon and Afton Means
-have received Ironi Cpvij\gfr>p i Ky>.
two full-blooded bloodhounds?!' They
will be put in training at once so they
will be in readiness when there is
occasion to use a man-hunter.
Police Justice McConnell had a
full house this morning in his court.
Only about seven drunks, two as
saults and one offence for carrying
whiskey into Cabarrus county.
BRAVE MISSIONARIES.
Determined to Remain at Post of
Duty and Were Taken for Spies.
Tangier, Sept. 3On learning of
the determination of the American
missionaries , Clinton Reed and En
yert, to remain at Fez while all other
Christians were leaving there for
the coast, the populace of Fez was
convinced that they must not be
genuine Americans, but French spies.
In consequence of the fierce hostil
ity of the Moors at Fez to everything
French these brave pioneers of
Christianity in Morocco were eventu
ally compelled to abandon their
work in that city and are now travel
ing across the country, bound for
Tangier.
Hid Husband's Body.
Lynchburg, Va., Sept. 3.—Following
a domestic quarrel Joseph a
farmer, was shot and seriously wound
ed bv his wife, who then beat him over
the head. He died shortly afterwards.
The woman tied a wire around his
body, hitched a mnle to it and dragged
it into the woods, where it. is alleged
she concealed it in the bushC3.
The body was discovered Sunday and
the woman arrested and placed in jail
at Bedford City. The woman claims
she acted In self defense.
James Lewis a Suicide.
New York, Sept. 3. —James Lewis, a
civil engineer, known locally as the
"man with the wry neck" shot and
killed himself yesterday in his room in
Brooklyn. He gave himself his peculiar
nickname in a strange personal which
he had published in a dally paper last
June.
Lewis was an enigma to all who met
him, never speaking of his family or
antecedents except to hint that his
I father had been mordered and his
mother and himself maligned by the
! agents of some secret society, whose
enmity his father had incurred. It is
believed that fehe man was insane.
Labor Day at Greensboro
Greensboro, N. C., Sept. 3. —There
was an immense turnout of all the
people here yesterday to witness the
parade of the labor unions which had
charge of the Labor Day celebration.
Almost every industry in the city
was represented by appropriate and
handsome floats, and the procession* of
the different trades and industries was
imposing, being nearly a mile long.
Postmaster Robert D. Douglas was the
orator of the day, and he made a very
J timely address at the close of the
parade.
, Many of the stores, all of the banks,
many factories and the government of
fices were closed in observance of this
state and national holiday, the post
office observing Sunday hous.
HICKORY, N. C„ THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 1907~
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LABOR DAY SU
License of Negro Jockey
Revocked By Jockey Club
New York, Sept. 3.The stewards of
the Jockey Club at a meeting held yes
terday acted on the report of the stew
ards of the Empire City Trotting clubs
meeting on the Yonkers track, in re
gard to the riding of the negro jockey
Leroy Williams, and after full investi
gation revoked Williams license as a
jockey. The action taken is equivolent
to a ruling off.
The specific complaints against Wil
liams were in connection with his rid
ing of the horses Carthage, Woolstone,
and Lillie Turner.
Leroy Williams is about the last of
the negro jockeys who have achieved
any success on the race tracks of the
Metropolitan circuit. He came to New
York from California a little more than
a year ago.
EAGLES AT EXPOSITION
Over One Thousand Delegates Attend
Convention of The Order.
Norfolk, Va., Sept. 3. —The annual
convention of the Grand Aerie, Fra
ternal Order of Eagles, convened here
with an attendance of upwards of
1,000 delegates.
Addresses of welcome were made by
Governor Swanson and Mayor Rid
dick, of Norfolk, and George Storming
ger of the Norfolk Aerie.
MANY KILLED IN WRECK.
Over 250 of the 300 Passengers
Were Injured.
Orangeville, Ont., Sept. 3. —The
Canadian Pacific Railway special
train carrying over 300 passengers
bound for the Toronto exhibition, was
wrecked this morning at Horseshoe
Falls, nine miles south of here.
Six people were killed their names
being unknown, and over 250 were
injured.
ONE KILLED IN EXPLOSION
Fatal Explosion in Powder Mill Re-'
suits'in Death to One and Injury to
Another.
Cleveland, 0., Sept. 3.—A terrific ex
plosion occurred in the powder mill
of the Austin Powder Company today,
resulting in the death of one man
and the fatal injury of another. The
cause of the explosion is not yet known
The financial loss is small.
Rev. W. O. Anderson is Chosen.
Greensboro, N. C., Sept. 3.—Rev. Dr.
J. C. ICilgo, president of Trinity Col
lege, supplied the vacant pulpit of the
First Baptist Church here Sunday. He
preachpd a powerful sermon, both
morning and night to large congrega
tions. The church has supplied the va
cancy caused by the resignation of its
former pastor, Rev. H. W. Battle, who
has accepted and taken charge of the
pastorage at Kinston. N. C.
At a congregational meeting yester
day morning Rev. W. O. Anderson, of
Springfield, Mo., was chosen, a commit
tee being appointed to notify him of
his selection and request his accept
ance of the pastorate. Rev. Mr. An
derson is expected to pay a visit here,
before deciding upon the acceptance of
the important charge.
Primary in Nebraska.
Lincolnton, Neb. Sept. 3. —With fair
weather all over the state, the pros
pects of a large vote at the primary
election today are excellent. The con
test in the Republican party is bitter
and a great effort will be made to poll
a large vote. Two factions are fight
ing for control of the party organiza
tion, the nomination of supreme judge
deciding the contest.
Sale of New Town Lots.
Billings, Mont., Sept. 3. —A public
auction sale of town lots in the town
sites in the Huntley irrigation project,
east of here, recently opened to settle
ment, was begun today by the register
and receiver at the Billings land office.
The lots are embraced in the townsites
of Huntley, Osborne. Vallantine, Word
en, Cartersville, Anita, Pompeys Pillar
and Bow Mountain.
Mother And Seven
Children Drowned
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Albuquerque, N. M., Sept. 3. —News has
just reached here that Mrs. Louisa
Hill Carabajal, wife of a farmer, and
seven children were drowned in a flood
!
resulting from tfie heavy rains in Ala
mo Creek, Sierra County, Friday. The
flood caused damage estimated at $60,-
000.
TO BUILD HIGH SCHOOLS.
Blockader Captured and is Released
on Bond.
Statesville, N. C., Sept. 3—The
county commissioners and the county
board of education were in session
yesterday and transacted routine
business. The county .commissioners
gave the congregation of the First
Methodist Church privilege to wor
ship in the court house after the
Baptist congregation gets into their
new church, which is nearing comple
tion.
The board of oducSUon decided to
build two high schools in the county,
one at Troutman and the other at
Harmony.
John Williams, the Yadkin county
man, who was wanted for blockading
and who was arrested and placed
in jail last Wednesday by Deputy
Marshal Wright ,has been released
on bond until September 23d, when
the case will be heard before United
States Commissioner Cowles, of
Statesville.
DR. STEPHEN B WEEKS RETURNS
Held the Chair of History at Trinity
College Before Going West For His
Health.
Greensboro, N. C., Sept. 3. —Dr. Ste
phen B. Weeks, who left the professor
ship of Trinity College, the chair of
history, ten years ago on account of
his health, and went West, has arrived
to take up his residence in Greensboro,
completely restored to health.
Dr. Weeks comes from San Carlos,
Arizano, where been the super
intendent of the government school
there.
The state will get the benefit of his
splendid historical and literary talent
by reason of his having been associat
ed with Mr. Charles M. Van Noppen
and Captain Samuel Ashe, ii\ preparing
sketches of eminent men for the North
Carolina Biographical History and oth
er publications. Mr. Van Noppen is
interested in it as a publisher.
PINKERTON'S FUNERAL.
Remains of Famous Head of Detective
Agency Arrive on the Bremen.
New York, Sept. 3.—The - body of
Robert Allen Pinkerton, former head
of the private detective agency, will
arrive today on the steamer Bremen.
The funeral services will be held at
the First Reformed Church, Brooklyn
on Thursday. The body will then be
taken to Chicago for burial in Grace
land cemetery.
Mr. Pinkerton was traveling to
Europe on the Bremen in search of
health when he died sea. The
body was taken to port and shipped
back on the same vessel.
Will Join Secretary Taft.
Grand Rapids, Mich., Sept. 3. —
Thomas J. O'Brien, United States am
bassador to Japan, accompanied by
Mrs. O'Brien and Miss Fanny Hazel
tine, leaves here today for Seattle,
where he will join Secretary of War
William H. Taft and party, sailing for
the Philippine Islands Sept. 10. The
ambassador expects to reach Tokio
about Oct. 1, and will immediately en
ter upon his new duties, Ambassador
Luke Wright having already left Japan
on his return to America.
Investigation of Rebating
Charges Postponed
Chicago, 111., Sept. 3—The grand
jury investigation of the charges
against the Chicago & Alton railroad,
in connection with rebates, said to
have been granted to tne Standard Oil
Company, was postponed until Septem
ber 24th.
Special Term to Try
Negro on Grave Charge
Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 3. —Governor
Glenn today ordered a special term of
Franklin court for September 20, for
the trial of Thomas Upchurch, a negro,
in jail at Louisburg, charged with
criminal assault upon Miss Lizzie Per
ry, on August 30.
A requisition was issued by the Gov
ernor on the Governor of Ohio for Will
Harris, alias Lee Kirk, under arrest at
Columbus, Ohio, for the murder of
Joe Moreiiead. at Greensboro, on April
10 last.
A charter was issued to the Farring
ton Mercantile Company, of Chapel
Hill, N.C., at a capital of $20,000 by
R. A. Honeycutt and others. Another
charter is for the Elmore Cotton Gin
ning Co.. of Laurinburg, at a capital
of $3,000, by T. B. Elmore and oth
ers.
TWO DESERTERS CAPTURED
Had Escaped From the Battleship
Franklin.
Greensboro, N. C., Sept. 3. —Officers
here yesterday arrested two white men
who were asleep under a tree near
Proximity. One of the men, Michael i
Fox Jones, proved to have escaped
from the battleship Franklin at Nor
folk on July 25, and is advertised as a
deserter from the navy. The other
one, Crawford Wagoner, is also sus
pected of being a deserter. A reward
of $25 will be paid for each. Both
are in jail awaiting instructions from
Norfolk.
Jones admits his guilt, and says he i
is anxious to go back and serve his |
penalty, while Wasoner is momentar
ily expected to make a confession of
desertion. He exactly corresponds with
a description recorded in the police
record reward book.
IMMUNITY AGREEMENT.
Government May Not Press Case
Against Chicago and Alton.
Chicago, Sept. 3. —District Attorney
Sims will read to the Federal grand
jury a letter from the Department of
Justice telling of the immunity agree
ment entered Into by the government
and the Chicago and Alton.
The letter was written by attorney
General Banaparte.
Further procedure in the case then
will be optional with Judge Landis,
who called the special grand jury for
the prosecution.
RAN AUTO THROUGH GATES
Negligent Chauffeur Drives Marquis
and Lawyer to Death.
Magenta, Italy, Sept. 3: —Marquis
Pallavicini and a lawyer named Nal
mano were killed in an automobile ac
cident ypsterday. The chauffeur, not
noticing that the gate at a railroad
gradf crossing was closed, ran his car
through the gate and upon the tracks
just as a freight train bore down. The
machine was wrecked and NalmanO
was killed outright. The marquis died
a few minutes later.
First Cotton Bale.
Concord, N. C., Sept. 3. —Mr. R.
C. Kiser, of No. 10 township, brought
to the city the first bale of new cot
ton. The bale weighed 494 pounds at
the platform and he got 14 cents a
pound for it. The purchaser was
White, Morrison & Flowe Co. There
was no premium paid on the first bale
on the Concord market.
The first bale of cotton sold here last
year was brought in on September 7th.
Ten cents was paid for it.
Gymnasium Classes Begin.
The gymnasium classes in the phy
sical department of the Youhg Men's
Christian Association will open Sep
tember 16. The following schedule
will go into effect at that time:
Young Men's class, Mondays and
Thursdays at 8:15 p. M.i intermediates
i Tuesdays and Fridays at 8:15 p. m.;
j class A, boys, Mondays and Thurs
days at 4 p.m.; class B, boys, Wednes
days 4 p. m., Saturdays' 10 a. m. Bas
■ ket ball and other athletic work will
'be arranged for after the classes are
i all under "way.
Life of 1 he S
Oil Company Involved
In Trial B
WIDOW MAY GO TO JAIL.
'New Development In Sensational
Case.
Chicago, Sept. 3.—Guy McDonald
will make a formal demand upon State
Attorney Healy that the estate-of his
father "Mike" McDonald, former gamb
ling king, be released from the $50,-
000 bond of Mrs. Dora McDonald, in
dicted for the murder of Webster
Guerin. Young McDonald announced
this course of action definitely yester
day. It means that the widow either
must return as a prisoner to the county
jail or secure new bondsmen.
Mr. McDonald's protest will come as
the crisis of a dramatic situation pre
cipitated by the invasion by Mrs. Mc-
Donald of her late husband's residence
at 4501 Drexel boulevard. She contends
that as the widow she has a right to
live in the house. Whether or not her
claim is legal will be decided tomor
row when "Mike" McDonald's will is
probated. Guy McDonald ask Judge
Cutting either to oust his step-mother
from the dwelling or force her to pay
rent to the estate.
In the meantime Mrs. McDonald with
her mother, Mrs. Feldman, a maid and
a nurse, is Intrenched in the gray stone
house. She arrived there unannounced
last Friday and has defied the efforts
of Guy McDonald and the other heirs
to eject her.
A mysterious stranger, who declares
he is in the employ of no one but is
actuated simply by friendship for Mrs.
McDonald, has taken up his residence
in the house to see that no harm be-
I falls her. The stranger has declined so
far to tell who he is.
KETCHELL WINS IN 32 ROUNDS
Knocks Out Joe Thomas, Who Admits
"The Best Man Won."
San Francisco, Sept. 3. —Labor Day
gave to the world a new welter
weight champion. In the thirty-sec
ond round of a scheduled forty-five
round contest at Coffroth's arena at Col
ma yesterday afternoon, Young Ketch
ell, of Butte, Montanna, Knocked
out Champion Joe Thomas, of San
Francisco, in the presence of 8,000 peo
ple. Not until the champion had gone
to the floor four times in quick succes
sion -did his seconds throw up the
sponge.
Thomas had to be carried to his cor
ner and it was several minutes before
he recovered.
"The best man won," was Thomas'
frank acknowledgement when the
breath that had been pounded out of
him came back.
The suddenness with which the end
came in the thirty-second round took
many by surprise. They clinched
and broke away and Ketchell drove
Thomas to the floor with a left in the
stomach, followed by a terrific right
cross on the jaw.
I Thomas took all the count the rules
allowed, and when he got up it was
plain that the end was at hand. Three
times he down under a rain of
right and left swings, the force of
which put him out so effectively that
his seconds mercifully tossed up the
sponge. Both men were severely pun
ished.
"NOT GUILTY" IN BLOOD
Mysterious Message Written By
Would-be Suicide.
Pittsburg, Sept. 3. —Groveling on the
floor in his butcher shop in Allegheny,
with blood pouring from a self-inflict
ed wound in his throat, S. J. Seitz. a
butcher dipped his finger in the blood
and scrawled on the floor the words
"Not Guilty." The greatest mystery
surrounds the incident, and the solu
tion may never be known. It is be
lieved, however, that Seitz was tempo
rarily insane.
The man's attempt at self-destruc
tion which the man made was most
sensational. It is also wonderful that
he is still living after his terrible treat
ment of himself, but he may recover,
even in the face of the chances which
now seem against him. He is at St.
Francis Hospital and is being constant
ly watched by the physicians and nurs
es for fear he may renew the attempt
and succeed.
Seitz flourished his knife whilo fac
ing a crowd of about a hundred peo
ple who had gathered, many of them
wishing to give him aid, but fearing
to make the attempt on account of his
desperate attitude. After he had in
flicted the deep gashes in his throat
he was overpowered by policemen who
had been attracted to the scene. Even
with the great loss of blood, four men
were required to hold him.
ROBBERS BLOW UP SAFE.
Enter Town in Wild West Style
and Rob Post Office of $3OO.
Tekosha, Mich., Sept. 3.—At mid
night last night three armed robbers
rode into this village in wild west
style and held up the night watch
man. Two citizens were likewise
held up at the muzzle of guns. Then
the robbers broke into the post office,
and blew up the safe securing $3OO.
They rode out of town, firing their
revolvers to intimidate citizens who
had been aroused by the explosion.
A man named Godfur Hellovaplas
has applied for naturalization papers,
but if there is an ariti-profanity socie
ty in existence, it should take steps to
make him change his name before re
ceiving them.
THE BE3T JOB "PRINTING OP 4
ALU KINDS AT THI3 OFFICE. '
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Suit Brought by The Gov
ernment Against Stand
ard Oil Co. of New Jer
sey Begun—Seek to Dis
solve Corporation.
Also an Attempt to En
join it From Receiving
Rebates And Discrim
inating Rates.—John D.
Rockefeller Dependent.
New York, Sept. 3.—An important
legal proceeding which may have far
reaching results was called in the
federal building today. The case is
the suit in equity brought by the
government in St. Louis against the
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
and to enjoin it from receiving re
bates and discriminating rates. The
defendants are John D. Rockefeller.
William Rockefeller, John D. Arch
bold, H. H. Rogers, C. M. Pratt and
seventy corporations of which the
New Jersey corporation is the hold
ing company.
This includes the Standard Oil Co.
of Indiana, jvhich was recently fined
more than 129,000,000 by Judge
Landis.
Former Judge Franklin Ferriss, ap
pointed by the United States circuit
court of St. Louis, will sit as master
to hear the testimony that is to
be taken in this city. The govern
ment's chief lawyer is Frank B.
Kellogg, of St. Paul, who has been
appointed a deputy attorney general
for the purpose of conducting the
examination of witnesses. He is as
sisted by C. B. Morrison, ex-United
States attorney of Illinois. Many
witnesses have been subpoenaed,
and it Is likely that some prominent
men are included, but who the wit
nesses are will not be divulged until
the hearing is in progress.
The Standard Oil Company is rep
resented by a array ot
counsel. "HTwaa reported that
they would ask for a postponement
on the plea that they had not had
sufficient time to prepare their case,
but the government officials have in
dicated that they would fight against
an adjournment.
The proceedings, it is stated, will
involve the very life of the Standard
Oil Company so that a battle royal
is expected. Hearings will be held
in several cities v :after the work here
is over.
Case Postponed.
When court convened United States
District Attorney Sims asked for a
postponement. He said that, "In com
plance with the suggestion of the court
made at the time of convening of the
present grand jury, the facts and cir
cumstances in connection with the
matter under investigation had been
submitted to the department, and I
had expected to be able to report to the
court this morning its views and find
ings. Very recently, however, a situa
tion has arisen which, in my judg
ment, makes it highly desirable that
I have time to submit to the depart
ment certain facts and circumstances
in addition to those already submit
ted. For these reasons I request that
further action in the matter be post
poned for three or four weeks. I re
gret the necessity for asking the court
for this postponement, but it seems to
me, in view of what I know in connec
tion with the case, to be unavoidable."
Judge Landis then excused the
grand jury until September 24.
Prince Generous With Tips.
New York, Sept.-3.—From all ac
counts Prince Wilhelm, of Sweden, dur
ing his week's stay here was as gen
erous with his tips at the Hotel Astor
as General Baron Kuroki of Japan was
when he stayed at the same hotel
about two months ago. If reports be
true the man who opens carriage doors
at the main entrance of the hotel, re
ceived in all about $lOO in gratuities
from Prince Wilhelm; a head waiter
received $lOO after a dinner given by
the prince to some friends; the cham
bermaid who took, care of the prince's
suite of rooms, received $5O, and bell
boys, elevator men and other attend
ants from $5 to $2O each.
Capt. Freeman Guilty.
Norfolk, Va., Sept. 3. —Capt. I. P.
Freeman, of Savannah - Baltimore
liner Allegheny, burned atsea July
17, was found guilty by the super
vising inspector of the steam vessels
of the charge of negligence and un
skillfulness in endangering life, but
in view of this being the first acci
dent against Capt. Freeman's record
during 13 years he has held his
license and in view of the further
fact that no life was lost, his license
is only suspendeu for 90 days from
Aug. 14th.
Torpedo Boat Destroyers.
Washington, Sept. 3. —Bids were
opened at at Navy Department today
for the construction of five torpedo
boat destroyers. The lowest bids
were those of Cramp & Son for two
boats at $750,000 each; the Bath
Iron Works two at $584,300 each and
oFre River one at $648,000.