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VOL. XI.
BILL ARP'S LETTER
He Urges the Preservation of Our
War Records.
CITES NORTH CAROLINA'S EXAMPLE
Bartow Sage Says fle is (letting Old
and Wants to See Our Noble Mis.
tory Preserved.
Bill Arp in Atlanta Constitution.
Carte8Ville. Ga.?Editor Constitution:
I am not well and may not write many
more letters for your reads and therefore
write this one to you to enlist
your interest and uearty cooperation in
a matter that is very near my heart
and I am sure would be as near to
yours if you were twenty years older
and had more time.
1 have received the five volumes of
history compiled and edited by Judge
Walter Clark, now the chief justice of
the state of North Carolina. This is no
ordinary work. It is on a higher plane
than any I have ever seen and is to
the land what "Service Afloat" is on
111 eea. For seven years of unremitting
tni I I nitcrn r-li-L. 1.-.. ?-1 ' !
.'< <??>* vkii n linn nui ivvu till
labor of love without pay or reward
save that which comes from the accomplishment
of a sacred duty faithfully
performed. Of course he has had
capable and willing cooperators who
out of the 254 sketches wrote 170 of
them. Judge Clark wrote all of the others
besides a full half volume (fifth) of
graphic events and comments that concern
all the southern states as much i
as North Carolina ami which includes
the first published history of the !
North Carolina navy the Albermarte
and Shenandoah am! Florida and some ;
other smaller cruisers and blockade j
runners. It Is worthy of mention just t
lu re that Commander Waddell. of tho !
'Shenandoah, was the last man to keep |
the confederate llag at the masthead. :
for his vessel was in the mid-Pacific \
ocean and he did not know of tho fall
of the confed racy until the 19th of j
August. lS<;r?. and had a sea fight with
the enemy on June 4. The volumes are
beautifully bound in gray and gold.
The paper and the printing is of the
host quality and their pages embellished
with over 900 portraits and
1 lA t tin TU- *
........ ..i-o, incest; ponraus are, or
course. a reproduction, eight to a page,
of th" old time photographs that the
mothers of tho dead and living boys
furnished to the engravers. These engravings
were reproduced by that patriotic
southerner, Major Patton. president
of tire University Publishing Company,
New York, without cost. Tho
volumes arc quite large, containing 800
pages each. Judge Clark selected the
best men to write tho sketches of their
regiments.
TRUTH OF HISTORY GUARANTEED
What a guaranty of thuth and culture
when we sec in this list of contributors
such eminent and patriotic names as
General I). II. Hill General Clengnian,
Governor Vance and his brother
Rob; rt. General Toon Moore (who compile
1 the roster twenty years ago). Dr.
Mores Hogo, of Richmond and captains i
and lieutenants by the score. And there
are ministers and privates mingled in !
whose work is well and ably done, j
There were eighty-four regiments and
twenty-eight battalions besides the
state troops (home guards) and every I
regiment and battalion had one or
more historian. It is a magnificent
work and if 1 were a North Carolinian
and lived far away I would purchase
a set if I hail to do without tobacco
and whiskey for a month, for the price
is only $5. There are 17,000 names indexed
in these volumes and I would be
sure that some of them were kin to me
or ray folks. What a wonderful state.
Their long forebearing people twice ;
sent a commission to Washington to
plead for peaceful solution and avoid
war, but got r.o promise or consideration,
and then they made war as one
man?and all the women. They had
nnly 115,000 of full grown het of 21
in the state, but they could not keep
the hoys out and 125,000 troops were
enrolled. What a sad comment must
come in here, for it is a matter of record
that of these troops 11,000 were
killed or died in the service. I have the
old roster before me in four volumes
containing 125,000 names and appended
to every name are significant letters
telling when he enlisted and where and
what became of him.
SOUNDS AN ALARM.
But why am I writing so earnestly
anout this? Because l wish our own
state to do something of the kind hefore
it is forever too late. It Is alarming
to rend in Judge Clark's "Review
. nnd Conclusion" how many of his contributors
died before they had finished
their sketches and either he or some
other had to take it up and complete
it. Now the cost*of this work to tho
state is $1 per volume, which is the actual
cost of the paper, printing-, binding
and engraving. The greater portion
U> as readable and fascinating as a romance
and will brighten up and fasten
the patriotism of our young men,
whether they be from Nouth Carolina
or Georgia.
(low, some of us old veterans wish
the Constitution to start this ball in
motion. Your great paper can do it.
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Kind out how many veterans are members
of tlio legislature and how many
outsiders like Tip Harrison and
Charles Kdgeworth Jones and Governor
Candler and General Evans and
Evan I'. Howell you can enlist as cooperators.
We cannot make as large
and complete a book as Judge Clark
has made, but we can certainly make a
roster, oven though Senators Clay and
Bacon and Lon Livingston have to
have a bill passed giving our agent the
use of the confederate archives. Judge
Clark had to do that. Now please take I
the lead in this matter, for it is a sac- I
red duty we owe to our children and j
their children. 1 asked an old private
the other day how he could prove his
service. \L<Jdi," $aid lie, "there are a
i uiiii avico i rail piuv^ u nv.
"But when they are all dead and you
are dead, how will the children prove
that their father or grandfather was a
confederate soldier?" Ho looked
thoughtful and said: 'I reckon, major,
the thing would be lost then."
l^et's let tho nigger and TedjJy alone
for awhile and work on a bigger thing.
But I am not done with Toddy yot?not
until he retracts and apologize^,
Your friend.
CHARL.ES H. SMITH,
(Bill Arp.)
LABOR WORLD.
Strikes are unknown in Japan.
Toledo mliiot telephone girls may organize.
Pbionsre Janitors to the nuuibu* of
."tor, have formed a union.
Do Tt'-'-os in minors" wages in English
Federated distrieis aOVeted ".'JI.OOO I
mnP.
OlnoyvHle it;. I.? weav. "s elaiin that ,
snlestm 11 ?><" wOoIimi gi ids will strike
next.
Tel -g.'u<rs throughout the eonntry
are organizing and will deinaml higher
vagi s
Sinn nv iiis in Seollnild io th1 liU'U
r op. a i. o v?Iiii.i..ii. tn.
in pay
1" < iron :>"d -dee] \v?v';rrs
in S*?m'h Wales have 1- a granted an
increas ' in wain s.
'l'ln American Steel ami Wire t'otrn:\ny
will erect a hospital in < aeh <>f
its plants fi>" einergeimy cases.
At Everett. Wash.. the sir, of ear
company lain voluntarily raised tl?o
wages id" its conductors ami motnrmer
Ii is believed thai between 171 UOtiand
20.pon nam liave boon brought frntfn
England to Panada In I; dp harvest I ho
wheal crop this season.
The strike of 1 toil or makers at San
Bernardino and The Needle- t'al.. has
ht?en settled. The men will receive |
thirty nine cents an lionr
East illnehill. Me., tpiarryinon have i
agreed t<> return to work at the scale I
offered hy the operators. The strike
began May 1.
The Norfolk (Va.l building trades '
strike has ended: tlio strikers lost all
they contended for. including shorter
hours and higher wages.
Physicians in Itoaiioke. Vn.. formed |
a conihination and raised prices for
professional service. This was followed
hy 2.1PO mechanics in the railroad
shops devising a plan hy which
they will employ two doctors for their
families at monthly salaries.
A lli'llcil in (icriiiiii) Treintury.
Tile vJermau Treasury operations for
the year show a deficit of .S12.l2o.tKRt.
There is a possibility that an imperial
income tax will lie resorted to to meet
tile difficulty.
Mexico to Import our Cercnln.
Corn and wli at will have to bo imported
into Mexico from ilit* Culled
Statfs next u inter.
\ Arm I?nb(iv in Grout Deinmid*
l.alxii is in unusual demand in the
vast farming sections of our country,
whence great harvest reports come.
Woman M y ?t erloutd v Murilrroil.
The body of Miss Olive llrond. who
resided on the outskirts of Cornish. I
i Mo., was found in a clump of hushes j
with the skull crushed. The wounds !
j showed that the woman had been
j murdered.
Three Kilted in it ISaee Itiot.
Iu a race riot at Shannon. Miss.. [
three negroes were killed. Eight were
placed in jail at Xcttleton. Miss. One
white man was shot, hut not dangerously
injured. All the trouble grew
out of a negro stealing corn.
Shot Wife find Killed llluiKfdf.
rmrnged because of religious differences
with li is wife, Clin lies ('. Itubsnin,
a Bronx business man. shot li is
wife and then killed himself at their
home in New York City. Elsie Kithpam,
a daughter, witnessed the shooting.
The couple had for a long time
had religious differences, growing out
of the fact that Mrs. Emma Uuhanm
was a Catholic, while her husband was
a Protestant. Huhsatn wished to bring
his three children up in the Protestant
faith. Kubsain was thirty-eight years
old and his wife was forty.
To Tree l'rinonem nt (Initio.
Acting Secretary Sanger, of the War
Department, at Washington, has issued
an order for the return of the prisoners
at (inapt to Manila. The most important
of these military prisoners is Mablni.
They are to be released under the
terms of the President's amnesty proclamation
of July 4.
Killed Krnui Aiobunh by Kmploye.
William Jlronson, superintendent of
the Cummer phosphate plant at lvokouio,
11a., was shot and killed from ambush
by ope or the negro employ
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)RT MILL, S. C WED]
A BIG GREEN GDODS HAUL1
Said io Be First Time a Whole Plant;
Was Ever Captured.
A "COME-ON'' ALSO ARRESTED
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Koine of tile Arrest* Were M?tle in New- !
ark, N. .1., ami Some in New York City |
? Victim l'aitl S.too in Cunh For SoOOO
in Itill* l'rinteil From Stolen Oovernineut
l'l?te>?lloul Siicce**tiil Kaiil.
Now York City. -One of the most successful
raids ever made on "green
goods" operators has just been accomplished
through the combined efforts
of ilie postotHee inspectors of the New
York. Boston anil Philadelphia division.
under command of Chief Inspector
T \V. Swift, of the local tlivision.
The raid was made in Newark, to
where several of the operators had
been trailed, and following it came the
arrest of two prominent "green goods"
men. members of the "green goods"
trust.
As a result of tlie raid Ceorge T.
Bradford, alias "Nigger Baker." Elmer
Brown, alias "Kid l.olunan;" Samuel
(Jottlieb. alias "Sheeny Sam." are in
jail in Newark. The tirst two named
were held in .*?."< >on bail each to await
requisition to this city, while the third
is held in Sjnnn hail for examination be
iiiri* i uiifii ci.'ncs i oinuussioner
Whitehead.
The nvn arrested hero are Kdwanl
1 .eland. alias "Sheeny MetJuiro," and
.Tames MeVickers. They were commilied
in default of hail by I'nited
States Commissioner Hitchcock
In addition to the prisoners the authorities
also have a large ipiautity of |
green paper rut in size of hank notes; |
small t hesis similar to those given vie- ;
tints in which to ship home their supposed
wealth after they have heett ]
duped, and also several "gold lirieks." j
showing t hot the swindlers were work- I
ing the "yellow" as well as the "green" j
game.
All of these-things were found in the
(iottlieh apartments in Newark. The
parti. nlar prize in the way of evidence
that the authorities have is a small \
wooden chest ahout four hy eight (
inches, which Inspector .1. T. t'ortelyoti '
got in the Adams Kxpress olliee in \
Newark. It had just Iteen left there ity j
Anthony t'aporissi. of New Ilaven. i
Conn., a "eotne-on." wlio had heett j
swindled out of hy the gang a few
minutes before in the West street
house. It ttas supposed to contain '
S.'oito in hank notes, made from plates !
supposed to have been stolen from the I
Treasury I tepartment.
The inspectors, who had heett watch- !
inc tlic srans for weeks, followed two I
of tli > rohr anil tlteir vietlui to the ex- j
press otliee. and then, after securing ,
the "green Roods." followed the pair J
and the "eoine-on" to the IVnnsylvania
depot and arrested them.
The Newark house was then visited. |
and from evidence found there and
froi i infi rination in hand, the other
three arrests followed. Caporissi is
beiiiR held as a witness.
It is the first time in either police or
pustoi'icc history that an entire plant
iiad he* n captured, and also with a
frontline ''come-on" as a victim Capet'ossi
said lie paid $">00 for the money,
a. (1 saw SotMMi of it counted tut an I
olaced i . the lilt 1<? trunk.
PRESIDENT IN NIW ENCLAN".
irnOTt.ll Heartily (ireeteil l>v Immense
Crowds on Hi* Tour.
Hartford, ('mm. President Itoosevel;
begat his t nir of New Km land amid ^
scenes >i* remarkable enthusiasm, i
I .a: m1 in tr from the yaeht Sylph, at New
Haven. It is progress to this city was a ,
continued ovation In tlie eveninjr lie I
addressed an audience of more than !
r.O(H) persons in the Coliseum here.
touchiiiR upon national questions. *
At all three places where the President
slopped elaborate arrangements 1
had been made for his reception. At
.New Haven Mayor John I'. Stiidlcy.
with his secretary, and a coimnitlc<- !
from tlie Hoard of Aldermen, greeted
him. and conducted hint through a
roped passageway to the carriage in ;
waiting The New Haven program
provided for nothing hut a drive, and
i the progress of it took the distinJ
guished visitor through the slums the
factory quarters and the centre of the
I city. The city was gayly dressed in
. flags and hunting.
Meriden was reached at .1 o'clock. A
I salute of guns was tired and the hells in
the town were rung, while 120,000 poo- j
: pie lined the streets. The program in'
eluded singing hy 1O0O school children
stationed on the lawn in front of the
Methodist Church and a greeting to the
President hy the local veterans of the
(irand Army in front of the City llall.
Just liefore departing President Itoosovelt
addressed the crowd briefly from
the rear platform of his car. the Mayflower.
thanking them fcr the reception
tendered him.
On his arrival at Hartford the President
was welcomed hy a committee of
representative citizens, and then taken
for a drive around the city In a handsome
victoria automobile. He was enthusiastically
cheered all aloug the
route.
The President expressed his satis
faction at the substitution of drives
foi conventional handshaking. This
method of entertainment seems to have
given the people the opportunity desired
of seeing hint.
In Pope Park the President was
greeted hy 10,000 workiiiginen, who
presented him with a magnificent
ttornl horseshoe inscribed. "Workingmen's
Welcome to Our President."
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NESDAY, AU(il"ST 27
GEN. FRANZ SIGEL DEAD:
Famous Fighter of the Civil War
Expires in New Ycrk City.
lip Wim u I.emlrr of ArmioN in III* Nu- j
tive l.Htnl Hint Adopted Counlrjr?
A Noted (iprmitn-Aim rican.
Now York- mtf_fIn.wo.nl I.' -
gel. a dislinguished figure 011 the Union ;
side in tli?? Civil War. ami one of the j
leaders of the revolution in Southern '
i
derma ny during tin- days of ISIS, dioil |
at ins homo in tlio Rrotix.
tJeneral Sigel was a restless spirit, a
man of varied experiences. ami lie impri'sscil
his personality on whatever lie
undertook. He had been a soldier, politician
and ditor. and his career oil
two continents was a remarkable one.
Known as the hero of the battle of
l'ea Ridge, the tieneral was promoted
to tlio rank of Major-tletieral by reason
of his brilliant assault <01 the enemy in
that engagement. During the early
days of the Civil War he was joiued
by hundreds of Hermans who. like himself.
had fought for liberal principles
in Uermany.
"I light uiit Sigel," was one of the
rallying cries in those days.
tJeneral Sigel would have been seventy-eight
years old in November. 11 is j
death is ascribed to general debility. ]
Although lie had been led only on
liquid food for two weeks, his vitality I
was so great that it was hoped that his
life could lie maintained for many
months longer.
Around the deathbed were gathered
Mu ch' of tSciiornl Ki^el's suns Robert.
P.nil Mini Rudolph and liis widowed
laughter. Mrs. Leila Seln-hl. TlietJon?r:il.
almost to liis last, was able in reeiirnizc
and converse with lliosn aroMiid
liin. Finally lie sank into a deep sloop,
'roin which ho never awakened, lie
oa vos a widow.
<>i><>vwiI Ki.ro) look a proininont part
n the tJorinan rovnlniion of ISIS. In
|si7 ho was challenged lo a duel. so- J
rerely wuiindod liis antagonist, then
resigned from the army, lie oanio to
li" 1'niloil Stall's in 1K.VJ.
AI the outbreak of the t'ivil War lie
"iccanto Colonel of the Third Missouri;
n May. lKtil. was oninmissioiied Krijrtdier-t1
eneral. and avoii the hattlo of
Part Imp* on July ."i. lie was made a
MaJor-tiVnoral in March. l.StiJ, and
'outrlii airainst tlcricral Price at Pea
didire. Mo.. AViuniiiK the battle. In
IStlT he removed to tliis city. ?
In 1N71 tlenoral Sijrel was appointed j
r'olle -tor of Internal Revenue. and in !
lie same year lie was elected Register !
if New York County on the Committee
At Seventy ticket. in 1NSC. he was
lindc pension agent by President Cleve- J
'and. lie was for years Preside it of j
'.lie Society of ( 'ermati Patriots
SCHWAB SAILS FOR EUROPE.
Dpnlm That lie liitrinln to Itenlc" I'renlilnncy
of Cor|>orution.
New York City.Charles M. Schwab.
President of the I'liltetl States Steel I
Corporation, sailed on board the j
"Tench liner T.a Lorraine for Kit rope.
.hi. oi-uvi iiii uciiieii lion 110 HIT onus |
:o resign :is President of tin* Steel
'orporation. anil saitl that ho was filing
?ni his vacation, anil that ho did
not know how long ho would ho awav.
ilc tiink with liim liis ohauft'our. as ho
xpocts tu tour Franco in an automobile.
The report that ho was about to form
1 Kuropean stool trust Mr. Schwab
characterized as absurd.
Mother Kilt* U?hy mill Self.
Mrs .11'sse Uiiinaek. of Sharpsvillo.
Ind., Killed her one-year-nhl haliy ati.l
herself while insane.
Cut on Ilia Wife'* Until.
James Ilupe, a fanner, living seventeen
miles west of F.ufaul. was arrested
at .Muskogee, Ind. Tor., having confessed
to ill.- murder of hrs wife, lie
had forbidden tlie woman to join a certain
secret soeioty. but she ignored his
toinmnnd. anil when she returned
home from the lodge at night he met
her at the dour in their room and
chopped her liead oil with an axe.
Army Autumn Mitneuvrn*.
Both regular and State troops will go
into eamp at Fort Ilile.v, Kansas, lor
autumn maiiouvres ft u .v.n --
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the President will review them.
Minor flentioii.
Brooklyn lias signed First Basemen
Joins, of York, l*a.
ltrnnsiield ran bat well either rightUninleil
ot left-handed.
Tenncy, bong and Carney have resigned
with Boston for next year.
Piteliet1 Jaek Taylor, of t'liieugo, is
one of the best pitieh hitters in the profession.
If it has stimulated popular interest
in a wholesome anil exhilarating spun
like lawn tennis, the ping-pong fail lias,
lone at least one bit of admirable
work.
Wheat Prices Advance.
Wheat prices show an advance for
the week of one to two and a half
cents a bushel, due eliletly to the crop
situation. The tJovornment report indieated
a total yield of spring and winter
wheat of 050.000.000 bushels. While
general exportation has placed the production
at somewhere near 750,000,000
bushels.
I'ulma Opposed to C'niian I.nan.
President i'alma is opposed to the
proposed Cuban loan of .Sua.ooo.ooo, and
it is doubtful if an attempt will be
made to Host the issue.
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HI I STATE PRISON
inree murderers Attempt to; rorcp
Kentucky's Penitentiary.
HELD GUARDS AT BAY FOR HOURS
llnriiiK llio Itlnt Tliroe Convict* Wcr*
Wounded, One Fitfully?Ttie ItrKpern(Inm
Finally Ylrlilcil In file Warden
and Slx'y Men Who Had Surrounded
Tliem?ICIncleader sliol For Treachery.
Frankfort. Ky. Klred l?y n desire to
paiin t lieir freedom. Wallaee Uishop,
Thomas Mulligan ami Idifayetto
Krooks. all murderers arid desperate
criminals. m.iilc a fntilo attempt to escape
from tho Stale penitentiary. As a
result Hisliop is dead from a Indict
wound through liis heart; I?rooks is
shot through the shoulder, and Alfred
Itnnsniiie. eolored. a laniisvllle murderer
who for n few moments essayed to
follow tin- ihree diirimr leaders, is snf
fering from a wound in tin* shoulder.
Tin* mutiny, which lasted for four
and a half hours and elided in an ignominious
surrender by the eon v lets,
eaused great excitement within the
prison and among the people of Frankfort.
The eonviets chose the breakfast
hour for their dasli for liberty, when
the.v Imped to stampede a large number
of prisoners.
The rioting started while brooks.
Mulligan and bishop, one of whom
hail a pistol concealed about his person.
were leaving the dining room to
answer a hospital enll. < hie of the convict.-,
suddenly drew a weapon and
cmnpiMh d tJiinnl A. II. bill to give up
his arms. tittard F 1". burst, who
rushed to < Jill's assistance, also was
captured by tlie eonviets. Captain Mat
Madig.iti. acting warden, then rushed
forward with -t\ guards, who tired an
ineffectual volley as the eonviets ran j
across lite yard. At the entrance to
the eh.iit factory they captured -Charles
Willis, a foreman. blueing him between
themselves and the guards they
retreated into the chair factory, from
which place they coultl command a.
good view of the i utile yard. At a
window t hey stationed W illis, and
brooks, with a revolver in his hand,
took a position just behind the captive,
resting Use muzzle of the weapon on
the foreman's side. They then dolled
Warden l.illard. shouting that they i
would kill the foreman at the lirsi |
move made against them.
by this time several hundred citizens, |
llblllV ??!' t I) ? ?111 !??% ? V i 1 \* iii'imiil ]?.?.! .roil.
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ered :il the prison gates. but tin- warik'ii
denied admission to all. He issued
orders l'or all the shops to elose and for
nJl the prisoners to lie returned at once I
to their cells. He then placed a guard
of sixty men around the building, in i
which the desperadoes had harrieaded
themselves, and called oil them to stirrender.
At SI o'clock the convicts offeted
to surrender if the men were insured
safe delivery to the cell house.
Later tlicy agreed to surrender, lirst
sending their weapons down liy Brooks. 1
Warden Lilian! prepared to accept j
the terms, and. accon anicd by eight I
men. proceeded to the loot of the stair j
way.
The prisoners emerged as they had
promised, with hands up. but as they
proceeded down the stairway Bishop
dropped his hands to his side as if to
draw a weapon, lie hardly had made
the motion when one of the Warden's
party tired, th> bullet striking Bishop
in the breast, indicting a fatal wound
and also wounding Mulligan. Brooks
and Mulligan begged the Warden to
save their lives, and at 10..'50 o'clock
tlio two desperadoes. heavily shackled,
wore placed in their t ells and quiet had
lieell restored.
BURNED HIS FLYINC MACHINE.
IIvo Wnitli of an Ohio Inventor ltceiiuno
It Wouldn't Kly.
Ciiiciniiati, Ohio. Skimming above
the grotui I for alioiit tifly feet a flying
niaeliliie. invented by M. Mallory, a |
pattern maker at the Itullock electrle !
plant in Norwood, dived suddenly to
ilie ground ami was wrecked on the
lawn of Youoiitc Inn, Kennedy |
Heights, a suburb of this city. The i
disgusted inventor, unhurt, carried the
machine to the I.ouisville and Nash- i
ville station and sent it up again, this j
time in smoke.
The wings, twenty-five feet from tip |
to tip, were made of glazed calico, !
stretched on cotton >/cod frames, cov- |
ered with a network of flue wire.
These and a rudder were operated by j
both hands and feel. During the (light
the machine rose about live feet from
the ground. The inventor says he
failed to loosen a guy wire.
ALGER OUT FOR SENATOR.
If Mic-liiRitii Wants Him. He Says, He's !
Willing to lie Chosen.
Detroit, Mich. (Jeiicral It. A. Alger
has issued the following formal statement
concerning his candidacy for the
vacant Seiiatorship from Michigan:
"1 will not seek the appointment or
election to the "office of I'nited States
.Senator to till the vacancy caused by
the death of Senator McMillan. The
otlice nhd honor an* too great to be
thus gained. Should, however, the
people of Michigan, through their Legislature,
see lit to ele *t ine to that high
otlice, 1 will accept it and till it to the
best of my ability."
The announcenica". followed a consultation
of the < d uctal's political friends
and advisers, and is ;akeit to mean thai
a vigorous campaign will at ome he
instituted.
;s.
NO. 23.
3A.MBLING ib PKOHlbllED
leoretary Shaw's Order the Treasury
Department Clerks.
rhre<> K?Mlu?-tMl i" Sirtiiry ?nd
TrniiHfrrre.l Kmimx ? < Over liulul
Rrncp in I'okfr-Horrowprn M ar.lfd.
Washington. T"? C.?There Is In bo ntT
end to poker and t<> the playing of I lie
races by clerks in (be Treasury Department.
AM games of elinnee aminil
gambling are to be abolished
Secretary Shaw lias issued a general
edict against practices of tiiis sort by
clerks in the department, where each
person employed lias great financial
responsibility.
Consternation lias been caused in
the department because of the recent
reduction of salaries of three clerks
who hare been too fond of poker, and
who have also been transferred to positions
of less importance. In case of
a repetition of the offence they will be
dismissed frotn the service. Tn one instance
a clerk who had been drawing a
salary of ? 1 SOU a year was reduced to
. spMHi. Ho and one of tin* at Iter clerks
were employed in a bureau where the
currency of the country is handled.
The wife of the man who was reduced
to $ 1 ftOO called at the Treasury
several days ago and requested that
jwrt of the salary of her husband be
paid to her. as sin* was actually deprived
of household necessities. Another
of the clerks wrote to the Secretary
complaining that a clerk owed him
Sir. and would nni pay him.
Tile clerk alleged to owe the money
stated that he and the complaining
man had been in the habit of going /
out of the city each afternoon to play
poker, that they had lest considerable
money, and had a difference as to a
proper division of their losses.
In vesligaton revealed that" three
lories used to fake a f rolley car out of
tile city nearly every afternoon to play
poker, neglecting their families to indulge
in the game. They would probably
have been dismissed altogether
Ion for consideration of neglected
wives and children. se> they were reduced
and transferred.
Others of the clerks have been in the
liabit of "playing the races" at the
iracus. tnrougli I no pool rooms, and
elsewhere Tlicsi' clerks iirvcr seem
lo will iiidI :i! ) perpetually borrowing
money from their follow clerks. which
thoy ?In not pay hack. Mr. Shaw has
his eye on this evil also, anil is going
to lake measures to stop the borrowing
mania among the Treasury "sports."
A number of these have been warneil
to stop borrowing or get reaily to leave
tlie departniont.
FIVE LIVES LOST IN FIRE.
Tim Women Hint Thrw Clitlilrcii lliirttril
lo llt'iilli ill New York Otty.
New York City. In a tenement fire
on tlii- east side two women and three
children were burned to death, another
woman was burned severely about the
body and fiioc and a man had three
ribs broken by jumping from a window
to tlie pavement.
The injured woman is Mrs. Ttosa
Moses, and tie name of the man who
jumped is Jacob Moseovitz. A woman
named Mrs. Hannah Ralothin could
not be found after the lire, and it is believed
that one of the burned bodies
found was hers.
Nathan l.iebowitz reported to the polie
that his four children. Moses. Julius.
Louis and Sallie. respectively
three, live. si\ ami eight years old.
were missing, and a search of the
building resulted in the timling of the
badly burm d bodies of two children.
I | |.. I I- lill'llllll II/, 1111' 111 II I V
of :ii I'liii rly woman al>o wns found
The cl:iii!;iu'i' m property is estimated :it
S HUM I.
NEW YORK FlRE CH EF i.AID OFF.
C'rokcrV So|>l?i?\v Simpt*I rom I>nt?
I?y C*??iiiiiil*Hioii?%r Stur^i*.
New York City. ? Kdward Crnker,
Chief of the Now York City Kiiv 1 ><?
l>;iriiiit-iil wns suspended from duty
iiy h'-re <'oinmissioiu'r Sturgis Mr.
Crnker who is a nephew of Richard
Crnker. had been absent on :i vacation,
hut returned to ihc city unexpectedly,
saying he did so to resume his duties,
on iidviee of his attorney.
Mr. Crnker said tliis advice was
given because his name had heen mentioned
in connection with the hearing
of charges against Chief of Construction
Ryan, of the department. The
Chief found his hooks had heen carried
away
Tmiih Shi-plmril Killed l?v n Meteor.
Ramon Cruise, a shepherd, was
struck on the head and killed by a
fragment of a meteor while herding his
thick near Kllis, Texas, in Kdwards
< 'ouuty.
tSwrl of IMullev Sworn In.
The Karl of J*utllt>y was sworn in as
I.old Lieutenant of Ireland (in sticcession
(o Karl Cadogan. resigned!. in Hie
Council Chamber of the Castle, in Dublin.
I.nrgn Cr?murrj> Foil ore.
The failure of the Klgin Creamery
Company. operating l.'{."> creameries in
three Western States, was reported,
with 10,000 creditors, mostly tanners.
Snow on Mount M hhIiIiikIoh.
At Mount Washington, N. II.. rain
turned to snow, and there was half an
inch of snow on Hi" ground, with the
thermometer at thirty four.
Hotter F.\|?lo?loii Kill* Three Men.
The holler in Simpson's saw mill at
New Liberty, 111., exploded, killing tiuy
Huberts, James Jeffords and l.ester
| Johnson, and live others are seriously
Injured
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