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The Post1 orni For North Caro lina: Showers. Temperature for the past 24 hours: Max. 90; Min. 70. VoL XII RALEIGH. -N. C.. THURSDAY , JULY 23, 1903 No. 42 NO- ' t : : I t . 1 ! Desire -lor Fer-diem- ' Cost fledges His Job engaged in traveling; on ' the business of the free delivery service.' " Assistant superintendents of the free delivery are allowed a per diem of $4 per day in lieu of expenses for eah day, enframed actually travelling on business of the department. Hedges false statements as to his whereabouts on these days were manifestly for the purpose of collecting the per diem to which he was not entitled. J There are many other Instances of Hedges .similar falsification. The facts were 'ost Office Official Who Tried ! to Be in Two Places at the Same Time Falsify ing His Diary is the Accusation GENERAL CLAY DEAD He Was of Great Age and Picturesque Character GOOD MAN WRONGED a' Serious Crime Charged Where None Was Committed Twister Washington. July 22. "Chas. as to i.iy re :peri.ifi: i :U .Isifying hi. K.iry and moved from the oflicc l -"""" ws''"i" , ,, - fsome uays ago, and he directed Hedges' vl ire U'.'iiu-iv iu , . 11 i i lur me reasons pci lunu. Mr. Bristow declined to give any : LVei!inir orr.im-M.n." further details, but Mr. Hedges volun- Thls i in. iiint was made latelteered the statement that he had been liv Fourth Assistant i delivery loaning s ri:on removed for doing what is being done 5t!i-.t- r fleiurul BrtMow who had in the post olliee department all the c..;, it rti e atf ut 4 o'clock with Mr. jtime In one for mor another. To the .d.f?. .Hid a few minutes later issued I newspaper reporters Mr. Hedges ex-rr..t--ment in regard to his removal I plained that his. offenses were only "t'ltai Hedge? was today remov 1 froni the o.llt e of superintendent of ee delivery for falsifying his diary and atdn his travelling commission. He ported himself at various places on iW! business when in fact he was Richmond, Ivy., -July 22. General Charlotte. X. C, July 22. Special tassius M. Clay, the-sage of Wnlte After a preliminary examination before Hall, diod at 9:10 o'clock tonight. a magistrate today, Rufus E. Holder. Cassius M. Clay was ninety-three Who was arrested last night on a war- years of a?e and wan only recently de-.rant charging h!m with attempted clared insane. He was one of the most ' criminal assault on two little white picturesque reminders of a past'gen'er- girls, was acquitted, there being no ation. Thoug.i hi parents were slave evidence of guilt. It seems from all owners he was converted by a speech that can" be learned, that Mr. Holder, of William Lloyd Garrison and became a good quiet citizen, has been done a an abolitionist. In 1845 he began to serious injustice by the reports circu Issue an anti-slavery paper here, and lated concerning him yesterday. The when the office w:is mobbed he issued little girls told straightforward stories it from Cincinnati. He was an officer and completely exonerated Mr. Holder. of volunteers in the Mexican war and The warrant was sworn out by the fath- inlnlster to Russia from 1S61 Tears Things up in a New Jersey- Town i Three Fatalities Result from the Tornado Havoc Wrought Among Mills and Dwelling Houses technical and he did not feel that he should have been removed at this time when the affair would be immediately connected with the more serious charges against other officials. He was particularly bitter in his denunciation of W. W. Valentine, a clerk In the H in those places on the dates men- j New York city post office, who had be-n his confidential clerk and in one sense his assistant. He attributed his discharge to Valentine, who, he declar ed, had turned over to the postal In spectors copies of his private letters and telegrams. It was from this correspondence that the officials secured the data that en abled them to check up Mr. Hedges diary and trace his actual movements during the three years that he served as assistant superintendent with an office in New York city. He 1iad been appointed to this office July 1, 1898, and though a native of Ohio, his ap pointment was credited to Texas. He was well known to Senator Hanna of Ohio and his uncle Is Harry TJ. Hedges, who for a number of years was a law partner of John Sherman. jne.I. but cl.'ewhere. In some Instan s hundreds of miles distant. On Oc br 23. U" he states under cath in diary that he was at Jop'.ln. Mo.. I 'extension of free delivery service. : ) fact he was at Mansfield. Ohio, at ndlng the funeral of ex-Secretary h:i Sherman. On December X, 5 rctorjs himself at San Antonio, exas. investigating carrier rervice, h'.le in fact he was in Mexico, exam ine mining property. In the month f VtolH?r. lyj. A. W. Machen. super tndent of free delivery, was sick 1th, tp!ioid fever, an I Hedges was t th department as superintendent. 1 his diary he states under oath that was it various places, namely. New ork. Philadelphia. Bridgeport. Conn., imicii. N. J., and elsewhere, 'actually ffie Pope Leaves His Property to the Church he Body of the Late Pontiff Carried in Solemn State to St. Peters -Preparing for the Conclave by two, behind and the Vatican prel ntes closed the long line, which with measured, melancholy tread, passed from the throne room, across the hall . : Clementina, down the papal stair case, through the ducal and royal halls. :nwl flnallv into St. Peters by the Charlemagne portico. The c;tthedrnl had been closed for some hours before, and when the sol einn cortege entered the vast sanctuary was empty and dim with the light of the fading day. The line proceeded to the nave, where a moment's stop was made while a prelate sprinkled the bier fwith holy water. Almost immediately ! .hereafter the slow march was resum- Ron.e. July 22. The cardinals, at e'r .-. ud i:.eting to-lay, considered e dispatt !; of condolence from for-pMfr.-" and approved Cardinal reKli-Vs drafted replies. Cardinals ithu .i.i.i Vivles Y Tuto thought at th r. t,!v to Prance was not suf- il to the chapel of the holy sacrament icr.tly .-ordl.il considering the Inter- j There the body was reverently placed t saonn in the pop through his ill- I ifpon a high catafalque, which was sur .... ..... t. ..,.nmpnf. The i rounded br a myriad of candles. Tour U,-z however. an almost unani- noble guards and a delegation of the ous ;h aj.j.ioM d Cardinal Oreglia's !ergy will remain on constant duty at ;,r. Cardinal Kampoila took no th bier. The body lies In a standing rt In the discussion. Iosltlon. the feet almost touching the The Tr'buna r?p-rts that there is i great Iron grill, through which it will in comment n nor.c me nutiiun trm.. vm.i. uu.iv. -4 ing to th fact that the messages : i;mpeixr William and I'resident '.oosevelt are much warmer isi their .presslor.s of sympathy than the for r. il communications from the sover eigns of other countries. It is signifi cantly added that the cardinals in the United Statts :-nd tlermany will re rive a heart v v !-.nie to Home. The rofjf-e votrd unanimously to three davs, beginning at six o'clock to morrow. Cardinal Oreglia's prominence as ca merlengo Is serving to concentrate at tention upon him as a possible pontiff, as was the case with Leo in 1S78. The campaign for and against Car dinal Itampolla is becoming intensi fied. He Is strongly opposed by almost nil the Italian cardinals, but these are divided into groups, which are still unable to. unite upon a single candi date, their desire to defeat either Car dinal Rampolla personally or any ! 1 th conclave in the Vatican. Kach :-lin.il will Iv accompanied by a , " .plain and a servant. The cardinals , 11 r.ot be permitted to receive food i i rr thn Mifii1 nrrorrflnp to the an- i .i v .rvna win nronari" ; tbelr allegiance Ir mels In the Vatican kitchens. ".I the cardinals will attend the con- -ve except Cardinal Moran, arch hop of New South Wales, and Car lal Ce!ia. archbishop of Talermo. . -.,,.., mi h unnlilo to arrive '. " ' ..... . . i i . .. . v. n ll u.r. to take nart In the e'.ec- ; -'"J' .-.u... nominee of his being stronger than to any special can didate. Cardinal Oreglia's magnanimity to Cardinal Rampolla In asking him to re main at the Vatican, which he was pre paring to leave, wins general approval The camerlengo bad the hearty sup- SEABOARD EXTENSION The System Will Soon In clude Six Thousand Miles New York, July 22. The consolida tion of the Florida Central and Penin sular, embracing SO? -miles of road in Georgia and Florida, with the Seaboard has become effective. Heretofore the Florida Central and Peninsular has been controlled by the Seaboard through stock ownership and operated separately by that company as a part of the system. By this merger the out standing 4 per cent first mortgage ponds of the Seaboard will become, a. direct lien upon more than 800 mile3 of additional road. j The further announcement is made that the Seaboard has just succeeded j in purchasing virtually all of the out standing minority stock of. the Sea board and Roanoke and arrangements have been made for the immediate merger of the company with the parent company, thus rounding out the con solidation of the entire system, em bracing at the present time about 2,611 miles of railroad. The Atlanta and Rirmingham division is now approach ing completion, and, with the several branch lines which are under construc tion, will increase the mileage of the system during the present fiscal yer to about 6,000. Paterson, N. J., July 22. A. tornado struck this city at 3 o'clock this after noon, traveling from the southwest to the northeast across the city, causing to 169. er of one of the children, and it is as- sreat destruction to property, render ing, about sixty families homeless, kill ing three persons, so far as known at present, and injuring scores of others. The storm came from the direction of Montclaire, down the Notch road. As it struck the outskirts of the city at South Paterson, those who saw it say that it did not have the rotary mo tion of a tornado, but a little further on there was no question of the char acter of the storm. It was "a twister" with a path about four hundred feet wide, and in its wake it left nothing but ruin and destruction. It was ac companied with a heavy rain storm, which lasted about twenty minutes. The whole city was in darkness for a For some time he has, by display of serted that his condition at the time arms, kept all strangers from his place the warrant was taken out is resporr- and lived alone. He attracted note sible for the injury done a good cit- several years ago by marrying Dpra zen. ' ' Rrock, a sixteen year old girl, who has since been known as his "child wife.j' TOWN BURNED OUT . . . . Business Section of Heath Springs Destroyed Charlotte, N. C., July 22. Special. News was received here this morning of a disastrous conflagration at Heath Springs, Lancaster county, S. C, which short time. practically destroyed the business por- The tornado came with terrific sud tion of the town. The fire was discov- denness and passed off almost as quick- ered at 1 o'clock this morning. Its ly. Men Who saw its approach say YOUNG WOMAN SHOWS COURAGE origin is unknown. The loss is said to be about $30,000, which was pretty well covered by in- surance. The individual losses could not be ascertained. The heaviest los ers are the Springs Mercantile Com pany, stock and store; Enterprise Mer cantile Company, store and stock; Bar ber & Company, merchants; Southern Railway, depot; livery stable; unoc cupied building, belonging to the South- that they could not estimate its speed. They had hardly time to run into their houses when it was upon them, wreck ing their homes. The tornado took the roof off the Miesch silk mill and blew down part of the walls. There was a panic among the employes, but only a few were slightly injured by the fly ing timbers. Houses rocked on their foundations,, some toppled over and their inmates crawled out, they know not how. As it crossed Main street Mctam T.rti A s5rtr!p H rn r n rl spvprnl T . , fv, cv,n,v, it blew down a house at 680 Main street, - k 1 tJ J " - o It i ; TiTs x- v,:t, uciungiiig iucici uuiica, wiiitu vvac being raised. Six workmen were in the building at the time. They all got Railway tracks. TOLD WITH TEARS out except Joseph Vandamm, &. plumb er's helper and assistant to Louis Scheele. Vadamm was taken out of the wreckage an hour later dead. Mr. Bones, the owner, was at the build ing lat the time, and although he was onjy slightly injured, he seemed to have gone insane, and now. he is iu SL Joseph's hospital in a straight jacket. v Jj The storm crossed Main street and struck St. Joseph's hospital where it did considerable damage to. the root and blew in nearly ail the windows. A number of people in the institution were hurt by flying glass. Five hun dred feet further on it hit the house of Edward Kevin in Straight street and blew the windows out. Mrs. Xe vin was sitting on the frottt stoop. She was about 60 years old, but apparently well. She was so frightened by tho noise and the rocking of the house that she expired where she sat. Across the street from the Xevin's house is the Passaic steel mill. This the storm hit with great force, unroofing a great part of the mill and blowing down a large section of the wall. John Saunders and John Connolly, workmen, were se verely injured and had to be taken to the hospital. Many of the workmen were cut by the flying debris. The tornado did great havoc among the frame dwelling houses in Clay and Chestnut streets in the sandy hill sec tion of the city. One three-story building owned by, James Burns was demolished. Mrs. - Burns was ironing i'1 one of tho rooms on the third floor. She was blown out of the window, but was not seriously injured. , Hichard Hancock, a boy ten years old, living at 73 Chestnut street, was running to get into his home, when a large section of a roof hit him on the head, opening the skull and killing him instantly. A- two-story house " at the corner of Oak and Huron streets, known as "Noah's Ark," was turned upside down. It now stands with its peaked roof in the ground and its bot tom in the air. Its inmates were ter ribly shaken up and bruised and cut but they all got out alive. bhe Pursues a Negro Who Had Struck Her Down ancf Robbed Her Richmond, Va., July 22. The negro tramp who attempted to assault Misses Thurston and Clement at Centraliaj a suburb of Richmond, whs arested this morning near hero and: lodged In jail In Manchester. The whple country vas aroused ant scores of men, armed with shotguns, spent last night in pursuit of the assailant. Full particulars j of the affair were only learned this morn ing. The crime was committed within seventy-five yards of the Centralia post office. With one sweeping blow both ladles were felled. A purse containing and letters v3 taken from Mjss Thurston. The ladies screamed lustily and Miss Thurston immediately upon regaining her feet started, in pursuit of the negro, who, frightened by the outcry, was hurrying off. The brave young woman followed the brute about twenty yards until he drew a pistol Miss rBallard Relates Story . of Her Terrible Experience Asheville, N. C, July 22. Special. John Barnard, the negro charged with having attempted to commit a crimi nal assault upon the young daughter of K.v. Willis Ballard, was today given a preliminary hearing and was held without bail. Much indignation was aroused in the j crowded court room when Miss Minnie Ballard related: with tears in her eyes, the story of her terrifying experience. She said she was first awakened by the negro when he took hold of her feet and hands. For a few moments she was palsied with fear, and then, regaining to some, extent her self control, she told the negro she would call for aid if he did not leave. He then walked toward the window, keep ing his eyes fixed upon her all the while, and it was through this win dow he leaped when he heard some one approaching the room. The evidence against the negro, while circumstan tial, was of a conclusive nature. interest Revived in the Xjreene and Gaynor Case British Privy Council Opens the Way for Taking Up the Matter of Extradition. Important Intimation by the Lord Chancellor LEFT IN ASHEVILLE Washington, July 22. John F. Gay- nor and Benjamin Greene, implicated with Captain Oberlin M. Carter in de frauding the government out of a mil lion or more dollars in engineer work for the war department in the Savan nah fGa.". harbor, it is believed are almost certain -to be extradited. They succeeded in defeating the efforts of the government for a long time, but the machinery of the United States has have come from them for a settlement of the case, but'the government has refused to settle or "; listen' to any plan of settlement. " Run Over by a Train Charlotte, N. C, July 22. Special. Alfred Li neberger, colored, an em ploye of Wallace & West's livery -table in Mount Holly, was run over by local freight No. 13 this morning at the crossing just above the station at Mount Holly. The negro was horribly crushed about the shoulders and legs. Death relieved h'im of. his sufferings about two hours after the accident occurred. . , Took Strikers1 Places Richmond, Va., July 22. Special. Four experienced street car men from Charlotte, N. C, reached Richmond today and applied for positions given up by the strikers. They were able'to show good recommendations and were- been relentlessly at work to get the Jat once put to work at higher wages Excursionists from Charlotte Mistake the Schedule Asheville, N. C. July 22. Special. Charlotte exuersionists, who came here several hundred strong, are immensely pleased with the land of the sky, and this is well, for there has been an en- and threatened to blow her brains out. forced prolongation of their visit. That re in m of the new pope and the latter Is ! i i .. tit ! als In all matters at yesterday's and today's meeting's. Cardinal Oreglia's a .! V. x wNrAe TV-Ill Wi Vrf1 rt iwn...n .i .. ''-T the other cardinals, who do not desire any tr ine mruinais. i n hi own hand In 101. It bequeiths 1 his poss uding such donations a were ised to hae been sent to him pe nally, amounting, it Is believed, to great sum. The testator adds: "J-et l one challenge this, as I have nl- I long pontificates. There is a growing l ItnnrAoiInn fhif milnrltv rt tVia T 1 1 1 -t i. . V. - In. f 1 t '."ions m uic nm..., i k nf i ht, r.- tv, only other candidates who continue to be discussed are Cardinals Gottl and Vannutelli. It Is expected here that Cardinal Gibbons of Baltimore will support Cardinal Rampolla on account ady rrovided adequately for thoe,of his attltuje toward the American wing claims of Mood or friendship.' The cardinals In a body pnid n vMt the bier "in the chapel at 3:30 this "tntng. Two hour later a procession Is format and the pope left the Vnt in for the last ti;v.e. It was a spec z almost Identical, so far as the fsor.n! was concerned, with that of t great jubilee procession, when the P last vifi'cd St. Peter enthroned th p-ip.il pomp. Thore who formerly rriM him jiIv their heads on hi rr. tni;t lore his bier. First rr.e tw nm-i, and boys of the tine hofr ch.intlntc the miserere, and I clergy and cation of St. Peters, .en followed the bier, flanked bv a Uchrr.cn t of the noble guard In full church and the pines. ituatlon in the Philip- Wilson's So'd.'er Boys Wilson. N C, July 22. Special. Our well equipped and admirably drilled Wilson .Mght Infantry, under the com mand of the brave and chivalrous C'apt. McCraw and his efficient and gallant officers, left today for More head City where they will be In en campment for ten days, and we feel no hesitation In saying that no town In the state will send forth a nobler organization orone composed of a liiH-r group of men, for they are the v : . flower of our young manhood 5??. The cardinals, clad In violet and j affable, i'ourteous, courtly and polite; ulr. torches, walked slowly, two "brave, manly, noble and gentlemanly. Meanwhile a fittle negro boy gave the alarm and Centralia's male popu lation was soon hot on his trail. Tele grams were sent far and wide and the vobds were thoroughly beaten for the i fugitive. I The negro just before had attempted an assault on an aged lady two miles away. She was ill, having just return ed from a Richmond hospital. The fiend choked her. Her cries brought assistance. A party from her plaice also joined the others in the chase. There is reason to believe this tramp negro is a member of the same party who attacked former Legislator Shel ton and Miss Mullan in the western suburbs a few days ago, when both were terribly injured. The courage displayed by Miss Thurs ton was remarkable. Returning home, she started with a gentleman friend in purusit of the negro, armed with ja shotgun, and would unhesitatingly have shot her assailant had she encountered him. Both the ladies are of excellent social standing. is . to say, some of them are still here. A railroad man is authority for the statement that, according to the word ing of the contract, both sections of the train were to leave at 5:30 o'clock. Many visitors were under the impres sion that the last section would not leave until eight, with the consequence that many are still here. Bid for Spanish Coin - Washington, July 22. The war de partment has directed Governor Taft to accept the highest bid, amounting to J131.5S2. for the subsidary Spanish coin which was found in the treasury at Manila when the place fell into the hands of the Americans. This is about half the face value of the coin, and it Is said that the purchasers, if the sale is completed, expect to make a hand- . Unorganized Negro Labor Newport News, Vat., July 22. A strong effort is being made by organ ized labor here to organize the negro laborers of the city. Fully 65 per cent, of the 7,000 men employed at the ship yard are negroes, and, as they work very muclt cheaper than White men, they cut many white men out of work. The negroes do not want to organize, and will oppose every effort made by the whites to have them do so. The shipyard officials are said to claim that they are enabled to bfd upon govern ment work more cheaply than other yards because of the splendid negro la bor at their command. Twice Sixteen to One - Berlin, July 22. Two resolutions were unanimously adopted at the conference of the American and Mexican interna tional monetary commission and the financiers appointed by Germany to discuss the commissioners proposals. One was that a uniform circulating medium in China is urgently desira ble, and. the other that, provided there is-no serious alteration in the value some profit through the shipment iof of silver, the uniform value of coins in the coin to some of the South American l-sllver-using countries should be in re- republlcs where It is current. L " than they were getting: in Charlotte. . . . . i : 3 men, ana tne intelligence aniveu i the department of justice today by cable from London that the privy council of Great Britain has granted the government leave for an appeal from the decision of Justice Caron of Quebec, who released- Greene and Gay nor on habeas corpus proceedings. The cable message today came from Donald McMaster, special attorney for the United States in the ! Greene and Gaynor case. He cables that the gov ernment has not only been accorded the right of appeal from Justice Ca- ron's decision, but that the lord chan cellor states that the offenses of the men are clearly extraditable. The lord chancellor adds that one judge of a Canadian court cannot interfere with another, as Justice Caron did in so serious a matter. Officials of the department of justice are jubilant and say that "the decision clearly foreshadows the extradition ol the two men who are wanted for their conspiracy with Carter. They are also charged with having received a large portion of the money that was obtained. Carter is serving sentence at Fort Leavenworth. He. was an en gineer official of the army and made a long fight against conviction. When Greene and Gaynor were ap prehended in Quebec they resorted to efery kind of legal expedient to pre vent extradition. Officers kidnapped and took them to Montreal, but they succeeded in preventing being brought to this country. Their case was before an extradition commissioner who had not passed upon the merits of the case when the attorneys for the men brought habeas corpus proceedings be fore Justice Caron of Quebec, who gave the accused their freedom. Further efforts In Canada were apparently fruitless by this government, which vent to the highest court that can ! handle the appeal. The department of justice will now prepare an appeal and, judging from the remarks of the lord chancellor, it expects a victory in the case, which has become one of the most noted In this country. Greene and Gaynor have spent thousands of dollars in their Ie- gal fight at Quebec. Indirect offers ! than they were geting In Charlotte. Dog Knew His Business Salisbury, N. C, July 22,. Special. The employes of the Spencer shops were paid off Monday afternoon. While the men were receiving their pay a small dog was seen making his way to the Wachovia Loan and Trust Compa ny with a piece of paper In 'his mouth. The paper proved to be a check for $37. The dog was met atthe bank by his owner and the check was cashed. TOBACCO SOLD IN WILMINGTON r Large Quantity on Warehouse Floors at' First Sale Wilmington, N. C, July 22. Special. Wilmington's tobacco market waa for mally opened today with a big break at the warehouse pf the Wilmington Tobacco Warehouse Company. Over a thousand people were on the floor tc witness the sale, which was a curiosity to the majority of them. Mayor Wm. E. Springer delivered a short address appropriate to thsv occasion, after which the sale vwas begun. It Is es timated that 150,000 pounds of tobacco was on the floor and over 75,000 pounds of it was aold by the auctioneers. The remaining amount will be sold tomor row, 'me average was a low grade or tobacco which Is . usually the case at the first of the season. The prices paid range from two cents upward, the highest price being 31 cents. The average was about six cents. veea was sold from every county in the eastern part of the state and the planters seemed very well pleased with the prices. Many buyers were pres ent. This has been a big day in Wilming ton. The warehouse men are highly pleased with the opening. The future of the Wilmington tobacco market looks unusually, bright.
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