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- ' -. -.5 -, - ; . . ' ! : , - - --I 4 ' . :v";i;r-. :-: . . . - : I IThe Moemkg Post. ,?s r RALEIGH. N. O.. SUNDAY JUSTE 1903-SIXTEEW PAGES mperature for 'vT, 24 hours: Mav 'in.50. No. 9 W asMngtdai I Office a Soft Siialp Appointments Made for Pol it ical Rewards Civil Ser vice Regulations Ignor ed and Violated a Without Con science Yrashington, June 13. Chairman J'rocior- of the civil service coramis- ion today submitted to Postmaster Sonera 1 Payne a report made by the on-; mission at the request of the post-?-.;iter general with reference to the . hs-:rge of violation of the civil ser- ice regulations in the "Washington j n Ft of lice. m addition to the report proper and i transcript of the testimony Mr. Proc tor presented a summary of the flnd i ,s5. This summary concludes as fol io -v?: 'A departure from the observance of the civil service niles appears in the -emotions of certain employes which .:;ve been directed by the department. 'The information disclosed seems to v arrant the statement that appoint- i rnts to eiassinea positions In tne Washington post ofnee, without ex ception, by the devious method of ap pointment in small unclassified or in offices about to be consolidated, and f-ub.-eqnent transfer, and the appoint ments of those laborers who were ap pointed and promoted during the ad ministration of the present postmaster, .f'-ow a wide departure in policy from 9 strict regard for the public interest and afford indications that the depart ment used the. Washington post office tor political and personal purposes1 to m extent which left the authority of li e postmaster in transfers and ap pointments of this sort but little more than nominal, and placed the office, in many respects, in the relation of a bureau to the department. "Most of the irreg-ularities herein set forth were directed by the department or requested or suggested by high de partmental officials, and in either case came to the postmaster with all the force of a direction. The employes who entered the ser vip by transfer and without examl r ,t:on are in general inferior to those ctpointed through competition. The appointments yesult in a con Ftion of the service, and when a re liction is to be made the employes ap . "inted for political or personal con sideration are cared for, sometimes at ti;? expense of persons appointed upon t, orit and without influence. In re Jrf 'ving the branches oflhe jservice thus -owled with empoyes, -transfers are r-.aie to ojrbaer parts of the service to th injury of eligiWes. ' The passing of the Avar emergency -t, the amendment of December 31, jrf,l, of the rule referring to trans-f-rs and new provisions of the revised Tuies which became effective on April I. -1303," will,' it is believed, prevent the continuance of these abuses in the tV.spified service, and the adoption, at t'i e-arliest practicable date, of regti l ions for the employment of laborers j the "Washington post office in ac t nee with the legislative order of March 26, 1903, will, there is reason to tope, put the employment of laborers fn the basis of fitness and the needs tf the service." MURDERED IN ODESSA A Naturalized American Citi zen Killed by Turks j Washington, June 13. The murder of; .Rn Quarekln B. Chitjian, an Ameri- can citizen at Odessa was reported bys telegraph to the state department to- day by Thomas Heenan, United States consul at that place. Mr. Heenan said the murder occurred today. - It was committed by three Turks who were rrested promptly. Rev. Mr. Chitijan Is an Armenian, rho was born in Harpoot In 1863. He came to this country when quite young arsd settled in Worcester, Mass., where -lie studied for the Christian ministry, end was ordained. He became a natu-i ralized citizen of the United Statesj hile residing in Worcester and lef( Ihere last September. The details- of th" tragedy are not known nere. , NOT A DOLLAR MOR Colombia Must Accept Our Terms or Get No Canal Washington. June 13. The . stron robahilitv tv.at th rnlombian con? rs -ess at the special session which- ;to meet the I'Oth of this month will, fil to ratify the Panama canal treaty! :caues President "Roosevelt deep eonf "t'-rn. He sent for Wm. Nelson Croi"n;.! the American representative djf ; "t! Xew Panama Canal Company f j . .ir.ee. todav. and witn nnn aiscutsvu canal sitiatiori in viev of ."the r"- west. Judge FricaTlSl' lnt advices from Caracas that thV.ston to congratulate the president on --.' , I . nilU : . tiureau opponents of ratification seem likely to defeat the treaty. The president takes the view that the government of . Colombia has no right to r, jet J the pending treaty, but lhat; a distinct obligation rests upon it tb ratify the convention. Precise ly why he holds that such an obliga tion exists is not explained, but the contention is supposed to rest on the fact that the Colombian government entered Into an engagement with the United States to give certain territory as an inducement to the selection -of the Panama route. It is expected that Mr. Cromwell will apprise the leaders of the Colombian government, through the French com pany's agents at. Caracas, of President Ito)sevelt's feeling in regard to the tieity. it will be set forth that the United States I will never consent to lajf a larger jirice for the canal right of pay an;d that the president and the state department insist that there is an'g. obligation on the part of -the Co omjjian government. The Colombians will also be reminded that the" . United States will, in the evfnt of rejection of the treaty, never allow any other nation or individual to dig a waterway across the isthmus of Panama; and that it is wholly a question of whether Colombia shall get teS millions of dollars or get nothing. GHASTLY GRIME The Body of a Woman Found Badly Mutilated jMiddlepwn, Conn., June 13. A Polish woman known; as Mrs. George Smith was found last evening horribly muti lated on the floor of her room. On her head were gashes and her body was a mass of bruises She had probably died wjiile fighting to have her honor. Sus picion points to Albert Jambreck, a former boarder, who was sent away for insulting Mrs. . Smith. The murdered woman was a native of Austria. i4 years old and had been married five years. The scene of the murder is a lenely house, four hundred feet from the highway. The husband works in a factory in this city, . ard they kept several boarders." One of the boarders found her: body,' but indica tions are that she had been dead sev eral hours. - ' ' Jambreck had been heard to threaten to get even with Mrs. Smith because he refused to; receive his advances. : NONE TO CONDOLE Therefore the Prssldent Will j Send No Message to Belgrade 'Washington, June 13. The president has decided not to send any message of sympathy in connection with the 3eaths of King Alexander and Queen pjraga. The only person to whom sucn ij-a message could with decency be ad ! dressed is ex-Queen Natalie. The Uni j ted States government will, of course,' recognize-the new ruler of Servia when he shall have been officially installed. L John B. Jackson, United States min ister to Greece, who is also accredited to Servia, and who left Athens Tues day for Belgrade, telegraphed the state denartment today from Vienna that he I had reached there and would proceed to the Servian capital. GLARKSON SEES THE PRESIDENT ,-- Washington June 13. James S. Clark son, ex-first assistant postmaster gen eral' ex-chairman of the Republican national committee, and now surveyor of customs at the port of New York, called on President Roosvelt today. There was a 'report around the post office department later in the day that Mr. Clarkson had come to Washing ton to tell the president that further stirring iip of the post office scandals would injure the Republican party in the political campaign next year. Mr. Roosevelt, however, has declared that he wants the. matter sifted to the bot tom, that nothing must be concealed, and that every guilty man must be brought to justice. PRITCHARD AT ; THE! WHITE HOUSE V; A ' - Washingtonj June 13. Special. Judge I'ritchard called at the White House this afternoon to thank the president lor his appointment as judge of the district court. It was the first time the judge had seen the president since his appointment, which was made Jm mediatevi before Mr. Roosevelt went - - . the success of the trip and the- en thusiastic reception he received. Ex-Judge E. W. Timberlake has been here in the interest of A. H. Baker of Franklin county, who wants a pardon from the president. Baker is serving an eighteen months sentence for viola tion of the internal revenue laws. He has completed six months of the term. Judge Timberlake failed to see the president on this trip. It is contended that Baker is an innocent man and that he is badly afflicted. Postmaster A. L. MacCaskill of Fay etteville came here to see the post of fice department about the extension of the city delivery service in Fayette ville. He obtained the promise that a special agent would be sent to Fay etteville to Investigate the need for the increased service. NATIONAL LEAGUE BOSTON 3. ST. LOUIS 4. St. Louis, v June 13. The cardinals again defeated Boston today, but it took an extra inning to decide the con test. The score: R. II. E. Boston 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 03 9 1 St. Louis' ...1 00000020 14 12 1 Batteries: Pittinger and Moran; Dunlevy and O'Neill. Umpire, Holli day. PHILADELPHIA 3, CHICAGO 2. Chicago, June 13. Philadelphia and Chicago traveled along neck and neck today until the eighth inning. Here, with one out, Keister hit to Evers and the latter shied the ball twenty feet over Chance's head. The score: R. H. E. Philadelphia .0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 03 6 3 Chicago .. ..0 0 01 0 0 0 1 0 02 7 5 Batteries: Sparks and Roth; Taylor and Kling. Umpire, Moran. NEW YORK 4, CINCINNATI 0. Cincinnati, June 13. Mathewson Is greater than ever, for today he held the Cincinnatis down to no runs and one hit. ; . The score: R. H. E. New York ...0 0000103 04 9 3 Cincinnati ...0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 1 1 Batteries: Mathewson and Bower man; Hahn and Bergen. Umpire, Johnston. . Pittsburg Rain. American League CHICAGO 0, WASHINGTON 10 Washington, June 13. The Washing tons scored -their, first victory' of the week, duplicating their feat of last Sat urday,' when they shut out St. -Louis. Today Orth had the White Sox com pletely at his mercy, not a single man reaching third base. The score: R. H. E. Chicago .. ..0 000000000 4 2 Washington 32000320 x 10 13 0 Batteries: White, Dunkle and Mc Farland; Orth and Drill. Umpire, Sher idan. CLEVELAND 1, PHILADELPHIT 12. . Philadelphia, June 13. Today's game was a jug-handled' affair, the Cleve- landers being -unable to do anything with - Lenders' delivery. The audience was limited only by the size of the ground, the sale of tickets being dis continued at 3.15. Attendance 24,277. The score: R H. E. Cleveland ...0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 3 Philadelphia 40016100 x 12 15 0 Batteries: Dorner and Abbott; Ben der and Powers. Umpires, Hassett and Caruthers. ST. LOUIS 0, BOSTON 7. Boston, June 13. The defeat of St. Louis by the local team today by a score of 7 to 0 was due to the terrific drubbing that Powell, who was In the box for the visitors, received. St. Louis .. ..0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 4 1 Boston 0 1211110 x 7 14 3 Batteries: Powell and Kahoe; Young and Criger. Umpire, Connolly. DETROIT 2, NEW YORK, 3. New York, June 13. In a brilliant game New York defeated Detroit to day. The features were the excellent work of Left Fielder Lush of the visit ing team, who twice stopped runs at the plate by his great throwing, each time scoring a double play. The score: y R H. E. Detroit 0 0110000 02 7 4 New York .. 11000000 1--3, 6 1 Batteries: Deering and Magulre; Chesbro and O'Connor. Umpire, Mc Loughlin. t - r Steamboat Sunk Cleveland, Ohio, June 13. After many hours of fierce battling against high seas and wind on Lake Erie, one life was sacrified and seven men had a narrow escape from death, while the little steamer Charles H. Davis was dashed to pieces in the shallow, choppy tvntpr between the west arm of the breakwater and the crib this afternoon. The engine had refused to work, toe boat became unmanageable and soon sprung a leak, which caused the sail ors to work frantically at the pumps. The boat soon filled with water and sank after breaking in two. Postmaster Paid Up Norfolk. Va., June 13. When the case of ex-Postmaster Samuel L. Burroughs of Portsmouth, indicted for shortage in his accounts, v. as called for trial in the United States court today, a surprise was sprung by District Attorney Lewis asking that a nolle prosequi be entered. This was done and Burroughs left a free man. The government has been reimbursed or all money taken by Bur-loughs. CHICAGO HOTEL STRIKED FAILURE New Help Taking the Place of the Cook's and Wait ers Who Are Out Chicago, juui liWith every union waiter, cook and lesser employe in every important kotel in the" city out pn strike, nearly all the hostelrles are pro viding for their guests in a more or less satisfactory mannet," and applications for work are coming in s so fast that hotel and rertaurant men declare the strike will be broken within twenty four hours. Meanwhile help is being imported from near by,' cities. About two hundred men and " women reported in the city today: and went into various hotels and restaurants. . Advertisements -appeared In all the newspapers in the trig cities of the country this morning, calling for hotel help dt all kinds, promising good wages and steady employment. The responses were so heavy that John Vogels said this afternoon that, nearly every hotel and restaurant could be running "with full force Monday,! although it was probable that the opening of the res taurants would : be postponed until Tuesday. . ' , READY TO RETIRE The Northern Securities Com pany Will Dissolve Voluntarily, New York, June' 13. It is stated by the New York American the the North ern Securities Company will be volun tarily dissolved and that the stocks of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroads wtll be distributed among the shareholders. In this maimer '. the properties men tioned will be returned to their former owners. That" preparations are beine made for the dissolution is declared by the American to fcave been learned on the highest authority, but officials of the company Refuse to either confirm or deny the statement. It is said, however, that the appeal now pending-; in the United States , su preme court wilt be carried to its con clusion, so as to T establish" -the legal status of such-companies by the court of last resort; ." .,.-, rt'" - '"'' "The Northeriaf - Seitrlties Company was incorporated in 1901 with a capital of $400,000,000. Its formation was the outcome of a struggle for' control of the Northern Pacific. WRECKAGE FLOATS IN . ; Evidence of a Big Schooner Having Been Lost j Old Orchard, Me., June 13. A large amount of wreckage is coming ashore from off Cape Elizabeth, evidently from the new five-masted schooner Washington B. Thomas, launched at Thoniasson, Me., a month ago. Includ ed in the wreckage were new life pre servers marked "Washington B. Thom as," in black letters. A trunk full of personal effects bears the name "J. B. Foster, master." Pieces of small boats, stateroom doors, railings, riggings, etc., have also come in. Nothing has been heard of the Thom as, which was due off the cape, bound from Norfolk, with coal. A big crowd was on the beach watching an unknown four-masted schooner ashore at Strat ton's Island, when they discovered the wreckage coming ashore.' The debris did not correspond with what should have come from the four-master, so it was concluded that another big schoon er had been wrecked off Cape Eliza beth, possibly on Richmond's Island, as it was an easterly wind that drove the wreckage ashore. The storm last night was very severe with the waves running mountain high. NEGRO LYNCHED New Orleans, June 13. Frank Du ore. a negro aged 21 was lynched to day at Long Leaf, in Rapids Parish, La. for the assasination of H. Dil ter, a white mam The - assassination was a very cruel one, Dupre stepping up behind Dilter and beating out his brains. While the prisoner was un der arrest and on the way to the par ish jail yie deputy sheriffs in charge Albanian Troops Revolt in the Sultan's Palace Berlin, June 13. The Tageblatt re ports that a serious revolt was begun today by the Albanian troops garrison ing the sultan's palace in Constantino ple. A fierce fight occurred within the walls of the Yldiz Kiosk between the revolters. The Albanians were finally overpowered after several had been killed and many wounded. The inci dent, following so closely on the assas sination at Belgrade, ; caused a big panic in the palace and the city. . There ae 20,000 troops in all gar risoned in Constantinople. These in were waylaid by a mob at Forest H11L ! The prisoner was taken from them, hanged from a tree and his body riddled with bullets. It developed that Dupre was a semi-idiot which is the only ex planation of the assassination. Wallace Rose Is Dead New Bern, ,N. C, June 13. Special. Mr. Wallace Rose, a prominent busi ness man of this city and a member of the city board of aldermen, died this morning at 6:30 o'cteck? of abscess on the liver. Mr. Rose was 41 years of age. He leaves a wife. The funeral will, take place from the Middle Street Baptist church. Competing Line Wanted Portsmouth, Va., June 13. The wealthy truckers of the Norfolk county market gardening district are consider ing the establishment of a steamship line to New "i ork in competition with the Old Dominion Steamship Company. A committee of truckers has been ab sent for some time perfecting arrange ments for securing a fleet of fast ves sels. .All the northbound lines have recently increased rates 25 per, cent on the truckers.. It is this they are fight ing. WHITE MAN OR NEGRO? Tillman Discussed the De-i mand of Ohio Republicans Augusta, Ga., June 13. In an inter view tonight Senator Benjamin R. Till man said: "The negro has reached his status in this country and the repeat of the four teenth and fifteenth amendments is in evitable. The thing that is interesting the country is that Ohio platform, and we are only waiting to see how they are going to play their cards or to show their hand ' before we make a move. There is a question as to whether it is a local or a national measure. It the Ohio platform is made a national issue, requiring the guarantee of those two amendments that the negro shall govern where he is in the majority, or the white representation in that sec tion be reduced, it is certain to cause a revival of the ante-bellum days. I don't mean that it is going to be a repetition of the days of the sixties. Then it was a question of slavery; now it will be a question of the white man or the negro. This is a white man's country, and the white man is going to govern it. , - -- 4.1 don't know what the bill Congress man' Haidwiek intends introducing fo the repeal of these amendments Is,; bat I reiterate that the repeal is Inevitable from the fact that the country is find ing out the standing of the negro. When the hand is played, if it is found that the Ohio platform is more than a local measure, the matter of repealing these amendments will most certainly be taken up at the coming convention. Speaking of presidential possibilities, Mr. Tillman said he had never seen the country so barren of material for the Democrats to work on. He mentioned Gorman and Parker, and said the latter had in his favor the lack of a past record. . ' COGKRAN IN LONDON He Prophesies Bright Futue for Ireland London, June 13. The Irish National ist party gave a dinner in honor of Bourke Cockran in the House of Com mons restaurant this evening. John Redmond, leader of the Nationalists, in offering a toast to the guest, expressed the wish that Mr. Cockran would join the party. He' could represent any constituency he liked to select. Mr. Cockran, in" response, criticised Mr. Chamberlain's tariff proposals. They meVnt, he said, either that the colonies surrendered their independ ence to England or vice versa. Never had a suggestion been made so fatal to the integrity of the empire. Re ferring to the Irish question, Mr. Cock ran said he believed that no struggle in the history f the world could be compared to the fight which had been waged tb the verge of success. America would not now be free but for the intervention of France, (and instead of supporting free institutions it would now have been the scene of proscrip tions, violence and oppression. He thought ha could say that the victory of the Irish Nationalist cause was as sured. He hailed the twentieth century as Ireland's opportunity. He believed that before it closed Ireland would be found awakened and holding aloft the lamp of progress, morality and justice throughout the world. clude two regiments of Albanians, which are usually given the place of hondr nearest , the sultan. Since the trouble in Albania, however, the sultan has added two Asiatic regiments to his body-guard as an offset for any possible disaffection in the Albanian ra.hks. The immediate person of the sultan is not ! guarded by troops, but by about a score of palace officials. The report placing the fight in the Yldiz itself is probably an error as to location. The revolt may have occur red in one ot the court yards near the palace. Storm Center Has Shifted to New York Mob Was Too Late Chicago, June 13. A dispatch to the Record-Herald from Greenville, 111., says: , "The second attempt at lynching in Illinois within a week was frustrated last night by the vigilance of the au thorities who had removed the object of the mob's fury to a place of safety. A crowd of citizens went to the jail to secure Ben Lee, colored, accused of assaulting a white woman. The mob broke in the doors and found the pris oner gone, Sheriff Floyd having taken him away about 7 o'clock." TROUBLE IN SHIP BUILDING TRUST New York, June 13. Lewis Nixon has resigned as president of the United States Shipbuilding Company. In a statement issued today he said: "I am not personally in accord with the policy of the organizers, my ad vice In regarJ to taking new work and making bids having been disregarded. I am not satisfied to remain longer at the head of the company and have re signed, to take effect the 1st of July." Charles M. Schwab raid In reference to allegations made in the New Jersey suit against the company that he went into the company at the beginning-only at the earnest solicitation of Mr. Nixon and Daniel Lerry Dresser and to fur ther the interests of the United States Steel Corporation, the organizers of the shipbuilding company agreeing to pur chase all their steel requirements from the corporation. He then subscribed for $500,000 stock. He concluded his state ment with this offer: "If the first mortgage bondholders cannot appreciate the sacrifice which I am making in this situation, they can not too quickly accept from me all the securities which the shipbuilding com pany issued to J. P. Morgan & Com pany and to me, or arrange that I pro ceed to foreclose and retake the, Beth lehem property. I am assuming in this reorganization plan large cash burdens j from which, I should be glad to be re lieved. If, tht- first mortgage bond liplders sympathise with the complain ants in. this suit I shall withdraw' from the reorganization. . . , NO PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER OF KING AND QUEEN Belgrade, June 13. In an interview today M. Stojan Protitch, minister of the interior under the provisional gov ernment, said nobody would be prose cuted or punished for the assassina tion of the king and queen and min isters. Queen Draga's sisters, It is stated, will inherit any money she had invested abroad. London, June 13. It is still uncer tain"' whether civilization, as represent ed by the great powers, will give any expression of. its detestation of the savage atrocities at Belgrade. More appalling than the crime itself is the evidence of the non-existence of any moral sense in the country at large which was exemplified by the j callous rejoicing oyer the event. The friends of Servia abroad are endeavoring to explain this by alleging that the out ward signs of satisfaction were insti gated by fear of usurpers. The latest telegrams from Belgrade indicate that there Is a rapid growth of republican sentiment among those who approve of the assassination. Vienna, June 13. A dispatch from Belgrade says that M. Kaljevitch, the Servian minister of foreign affairs, in an interview today, said that Great Birtain, France and Austria had in formed the Servian agents at their re spective capitals that they saw no rea son why the powers should Intervene in affairs fn Servia, provided public order was maintained. PAY DAY AT LAST Lowell Mill Employes Re ceive Sixty Thousand Dollars Lowell, Mass., June 13. In theneigh borhood of $60,000 was paid this morn ing to operatives who returned to work in the six cotton mills for the week ending June 6. This is the first pay day in eleven weeks. The mills continue to run, and according to mill agents they will continue to do so. At the Merrimac Mill yesterday ap plicants were turned away. The. im pression prevailing among the opera tives who are on strike, however, is that the mills can not run more than a week or two longer without their aid and that they will be compelled to shut down. Consequently the union spirit is strong. There are indications that there will be a break Monday morning and the forty or more will return to work. Indictments Expected to Em phasize the Idea of Rot tenness in the, Post Office Department, v Vague Intimations Given Out Washington. June 13. General inter est in. post office department scandal has been temporarily transferred front Washington to New York. While high officials of the department were vers; reticent today In discussing the status, it can be-stated authoritatively ' that those in charge of the inquiry believe that the crisis of the scandals will be roarhn nrlv In the cominsr week. Th developments that are expected and . they are said to be the most sensation al of the entire scandal will probablr result from the action of the federal grand jury which, according to present information at thve department, will meet in New York Monday. Just what matters have been, brought to its attention for action can not be definitely learned, but are said to con- cern contracts made by the salary and allowance division of the department' for the nurchase of time clocks, cash registers and cfl-ncelling machines in general use in the postal service. Prin cipals In the various deals are said to live in New York; and hence are with in the jurisdiction of the federal grand Jury of thatstate. It Is freely" predicted at the depart ment that wholesale arrests will result" and the developments will be such as to astonish even those who have con , tended that the post office department, was rotten In all its branches. ; Considerable Interest has been manUH tested ' at the department in the cash, register contracts, concerning which so many serious charges have been made. This was brought to fever heat today when it became known that a payment , of more than $7,000, due to the cash register company In question, had been help up at the . department. It was even Intimated that th facts , in the case were such that the payment to mild never be made. - , It is said that the cash regtbter scan dals implicate a number of , prominent men in' a system of graft connected" with the sale of tbeBe registers, or "au tomatic cash registers," as they are, sometimes called. Postmaster General Payne said thii afternoon that he hoped to receive the report of the inspectors of the Wash ington post office, recently completea, in time to make public its points with in two or three days. However, if ther was delay- In receiving tnis report, nj said, the other papers in the case wilv be made public as soon as they can be prepared. They will cover the repijF of Mr. Brlstonr to the letter of the postmaster- sreneral asking for information, concerning the so-called Tulloch-. tJ . . l - lit. iU. aKww f Charges, logetner wnn ure ivv - the Inspectors, made at the time of the transfer of the Washington office from Postmaster Willett to Postmaster Mer ritt, July 1. 1899, and also the report ofl the inspection of the Washington office made July 1, 1900. The order of the. post office department in consequence of such report and the action of Post-, master Merritt, the action of Postmas ter General Smith upon the charges made by Tulloch, and upon the report of the Inspectors at the time, will be given to the public WATSON LIVED FAST Officials Locate Only a mere Trifle of His Stealings Washington, June 13. James M. Wat son, Jr., the district employe who wu arrested Wednesday charged with em bezzling $75,000 of funds deposited for permit work, has as yet been unable to secure acceptable bail. This district officials have succeeded , in locating only about $1,000 in cash and an up-to-date automobile out of the $75,000 which it is alleged Watson made away with, and these have been attached, including accounts st two banks. Payment has also been stop ped on one check for $200 which he gave before he was arrested, and not yet paid. The automobile was - the, third on owned bv Watson, the other having been in -turn disposed of in the course of a few months. His hign rate of livinsr aDnarentlv attracted no sus-. picion at the district offices, as hi father-in-law is supposed to be weal- . thy, and Watson, according to his own j statements, was realizing handsomely, on numerous enterprises upon which he had embarked. To carry out these ideas he was accustomed to draw hl' salary from the district treasury only; at intervals of fojir or five months. A Geographical Myth ' Cape Town, une 13. The Gauss ex, pedition to the Arta'crfc h-vS dissipatexI, the tradition about the existence d'( Termination Island. The GauT 'passed over the alleged site of the in'.d. The greatest -cold experi&r-cel "sr&a znlnua 76 fahrenheft. r I . 1 1 -3. r i- I if.: v
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