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FORAKER MAT WIN OUT
In -right to Have Convention
Declare for Roosevelt.
HANNA SAID TO BE SORE
STRAINED OHIO SITUATION IS
FULL OF INTEREST.
Norty-Four Republican Editors Are
Said to Favor Indorsing the Presi
dent at This Time.
Epecial Dispatch to The Evening Siar.
COLUMBUS, Ohio., May 22.-It looks as
though Senator Foraker may win out in
fhis 'contention that the Ohio republican
convention shall declare for President
Roosevelt's nomination.
The Toledo Blade publishes answers from
fifty. republican editors of the state to its
inquiry on this subject.
All but six are in favor of indorsing the,
President now as the candidate for next
year.
Senator Hanna refuses to be interviewed
upon it, but Col. John C. Entrekin of Chil
licothe reports Senator Hanna as speaking
very bitterly to him of Senator Foraker's
course in insisting on an indorsement. of
President Roosevelt's nomination.
PRESIDENT OPPOSED TO IT.
Senator Hanna So Declares in Inter
view at Columbus.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 22.-Senator
Hanna, passing through Columbus on his
way home from the state centennial this
morning, took occasion to repudiate the
statement reported to have been made by
him to Col. John C. Entrekin at Chillicothe
yesterday to the effect that Senator For
aker's demand that the state convention
indorse President Roosevelt for the nomi
nation fo rthe presidency was Intended to
"smoke him out" and was "almost malic
ious."
"It is true," said he, "that I am opposed
to the indorsement, and shall oppose it un
til some one shows me a reason for this
year's convention doing next year's work.
"It is not only unprecedented, it is abso
lutely ridiculous. President Roosevelt him
self is opposed to it."
Senator Hanna will come to the conven
tion not only as the chosen temporary
chairman, but as a delegate from his ward
in Cleveland, so that he will have a right to
the floor, and he proposes to take the floor
in opposition to the proposed indorsing
resolution if it is offered.
CAUSING MUCH COMENT.
Proposed Indorsement of Roosevelt by
Ohio Republicans.
The issue being raised in Ohio over the
propos d indorsement of President Roose
velt's nomination by the coming republican
state convention forms the most interesting
phase of the political situation of the me
mont.
On every side wonder is expressed over
ti'e reported course of Senator Hanna's
friends in opposing such action, and there
is keen speculation as to their object.
The question naturally arises wheter
Senator Hanna de'sires to keep the way
open to his own candidacy for the presiden
cy, and it is being charged that Senator
Foraker's object is to force Senator Hanna
to declare himself at this time as to his
candidacy.
The Cincinnati Enquirer interviewed a
number of republican leaders who were ini
attendance upon the centennial ceremonies
at Chillicothe this week. Former State
Chairman klarry M. Daugherty, who has
been opposed to Senator Hanna in the
past and has suffered some discipline at
Senator Hanna's hands, expressed himself
in~ favor of indorsing President Roosevelt's
-*administration, but leaving open the ques
tion of his nomination. Mr. Daugherty
turther said:
Mr. Daugherty's Opinion.
"That would be construed by republicans
of She United States to mean that Ohio re
publicans had faith in him, and if his ad
ministration continued in the future to be
as brilliant and satisfactory as it has been
* up to this time it will Itself be an assurance
af Ohio's suipport in the national convention,
*.s Senator Foraker says, at the time the
misfortune occurred which made him
~ident there was much anxiety in the
suntry as to what course he might pur
sue. He has been at times considered a
man who, as Senator Foraker says, is
'ruick on the Vrigger.' That is not a very
dangerous disease in a man if he has good
sense, good judgment and is honest. A
man who is not alert and rather 'quick on
the trigger' nowadays hardly gets round in
time to see the tail end of the procession go
by.
. As far as I am concerned, I would feel
like indorsing his administration enthuslas
tically and leavin the declaration in favor
of his renomination for npxt year's con
vention, The support of Ohio will be as val
nable to him then as It would be to have
the convention. declare for his no..natm
now.
"As. I now feel I believe It would not be
the proper poliey to idors his eaimc~e
this year; however, I might change my
mind about it after fuller considerationu l
doubt if I will, though, 'and i nsaying this
I do not want it construed that I am at
this time, nor do I expect to be, opoe6 to.
his renomination, unless there should be an
Ohio andiadate. In that event K would' be
for the Ohio candidate, probably.
"I would very cheerfully support Senator
Hanna for the presidency, and while I have
the highest regard for President Roosevelt,
eeoussing the present situation I believe
Senator Hanna would he a strenger man
for the presidency than any man today In
the United States."
Nash and Gresymner T'alk.
Other interviews were as follows:
Governor Nash-"WeD, all I've got to say
about it is that the vast majority of the
republicans of Ohio are in favor of the re
nomination of the President, and it doesn't
'make much difference whether they nomi
nate him this year or next."
General Charles H. Grosvenor-"I think it
would he a wise thing for Ohio to indorse
Roosevelt and declare herself as supporting
him at as early a date as possible if it
- can be done Without a flght in the conven
tion. I should not like to see that occur.
Nlow that it has been talked about, Rloose
weit asould be indorsed in the coming con
venation. If he is not indorsed it may be
taken to mean that Senator Hanna is op
posed to his indorsement and he may ap
aras a candidate hinme.f Of course, If
Is a candidate we are all for him, but
if he is not a candidate bse should not be
plesed In an equivocal pstion where he he
ostructively against oseet"
- Manna, Kelfer ad Eulteanu.
Senator Hmann was asked it he would
myF -a abe mm4er 4mhe%
declaration for the immediate Indorsement
of Roosevelt.
"No," he replied. "I will not say any
thing about politics.~ *I did not come here
to talk politics."
Judge Moses M. Granger of Zanesville
"Individually I think. it Is imprudent- to
talk of . indorsing Roosevelt at the. next
state convention. At the same time I wish
to say I am very fond of Roosevelt."
General J. Warren Keifer-"I don't think.
as a usual matter, it's a good thing to In
dorse a ma'n so far in advance. However,
It may appear to be proper In this instance.
It does not make much differerce,. anyway.
Roosevelt Is going to be nominated."
Bishop B. W. Arnett. A. M. E. thurch
"One thing might be right, but sometimes
a thing is right and not good politics. It is
not always good politics to disclose a stani
too early: It gives the opposition a chance
to organize against It, and further than
that, it may put a certain class In a false
attitude. I refer to the class who- might
favor the main Proposition and yet be op
posed to the declaration of the proposition
at a certain time. Upon the point, for in
stance, on which you question me, an early
declaration might mean that some people
who are really not opposed to Roosevelt
might be made to appear as opposed to him.
However, I'm out of politics and you must
not consider this a political interview. Of
course, I'm for Roosevelt.
Murat Halstead-"I think the national
issue is between Roosevelt's administration
and socialism. I' think the Issue might as
well be declared now as later."
THE EUROPEAN STATION
DEPARTURE OF THREE CRUISERS
FOR THE ORTENT.
The San Francisco to Join, Admiral
Cotton-The Brooklyn to Re
place the Chicago.
Important changes in the organization of
the European squadron were announced at
the Navy Department today. Three pro
tected cruisers, the Albany, Cincinnati and
Raleigh, recently attached to that squad
ron, sailed in company from Villefranche
yesterday bound for the orient, where they
will be attached to the Asiatic station, un
der the general command of Rear Admiral
Evans. The three vessels are under the
temporary command of Commander John
A. Rodgers of' the Albany. the senior of
ficer of the small fleet. They will proceed
direct to Port Said and then continue their
voyage through the Suez ,canal, the Red
sea, the Arabian sea and the Inflian ocean.
On reaching the Asiatic station they will
be joined by the proteted cruiser New Or
leans, now In those waters, and the four
vessels which are of the same type and
class will constitute a separate division
of the Asiatic fleet. It is not yet settled
who will have command of this new divi
sion, but it will undoubtedly be some of
ficer on the station.
Will Be Joined by San Francisco.
The departure of these three vessels re
duces the European squadron to the flag
ship Chicago and the gunboat Machias,
last reported at : Marseille. The snall
squadron will soon be joined, however, by
the protected cruiser San Francipco, which
vessel has just sailed from Santiago de
Cuba for Lisbon, Portugal, where -she will
await orders from Rear Admiral Cotton,
commanding the European squadron, and
will join him at a place yet- to -be appoint
ed. On her way across the Atlantic the
San Francisco will stop at Bermuda for
the purpose of receiving'supplies which
have been forwarded to her by the supply
ship Culgoa, which sailed from New York
yesterday for that purpose.
Brooklyn to Replace Chicago.
Another change contemplated in the Eu
ropean squadron is the substtition of the
armored cruiser brooklyn, now repairing at
the New York navy yard, as the flafiship
of Rear Admiral Cotton in place of the pro
tected cruiser Chicago, which.it is said, is
to be brought to the United States for
needed repairs. This change, however, will
not be made for several months.
It is said at the Navy Department that
no orders have been sent from there for
the European squadron to visit the German
port of Kiel, but as that port Is within the
limits of the station commanded by Rear
Admiral Cotton he can visit there at his
own discretion at any time without asking
the authority of the Navy Department.
OFF FOR PUGET SOUND.
President Roosevelt Left Portland at
8 A. X. Today.
PORTLAND, Ore., May 22-President
Roosevelt and party left here at 8 o'clock
this morning over the Southern Pacific for
Puget Sound.
The President was cheered loudly by the
crowds of people along the route from the
hotel to the station.
STRIKERS ON RaMPAGE.
Hundred Italia==, With Wives, Attack
Gang of Workmen.
NEW YORK, May 22.-One hundred
striking Italians, with their wives, today
attacked a gang of men at work in a
trench on 2d avenue. There had been no
strike at this point and no Italians had
been employed in the work. When the
or-ly policeman at the scene tried to dis
perse the crowd and was roughly handled,
the reserves were called and four men
and two women were arrested.
PEKING, May - a-The Ameriea who
'were sheltered at-the -BribW lagatiem Mr
ing the iee- have - preatef a, brass
lectern to the chapeL Minister Congr.
enmae a speech in behalf .of the Americans
and 1umanu Umeretary Csehburn and Cha
tekin- essie et the Bitisk lea=n,bo
siege vesesns -epne.
Reliance' Work a Utaggerr.
LAMIASH, Island of Arran, Scotland,
May 22-The leading Clyde yachtsmen, who
are now cruising in this vicinity, were
somewhat staggered by the cable reports
of the Reliance's fine performance against
the Columnbia yesterday. They ezpressed
the opinion that the new American boat is
a more formidable antagonist than psevious
reports indiented.
New Bauding for Midde.
Epeial Dheteh to The Evesing Star.
ANNAPOLIS, Md., May a2-The third
temporary building Is now being erected at
the Naval Academy for midshipemen's quar
ters. Although temporary it Is complete in
all details of heating apparatus Ights aui
plumibing. The building is 28 feet loing
and 38 feet deep, Writhk wings at either s1Um
and occupies a total space of 480 feet, -It
will contain 106 room'and will =aeo-.
date about 2I% cadets.
Amatenu- golfOhm.n tp
* UDINBUROH, Scotland, 35y. ,L-B.
Msaye a' ifaamone young. Vertb sws
hlye?,wo the Bitishaaa ne ffah
PRSIDEN'S RETUR
Sifheduled to Arrive Two
Weeks From Today.
VACANT POSITIONS
mfm iE TO Em EM) WE= RX
GTS BACE
Two Assistant Secretaries and a Civil
Service Commissioner-Three More
Trips in Prospect
President Roosevelt will return to Wash
ington two weeks from today. He is sched
uled to arrive at 7 o'clock in the afternoon;
and 'as presidential trains reach a point
on time almost without exception, his train
will no doubt be turned into the Pennsyl
vania depot at that hour. The scheduled
itinerary pf the President has been carried
out precisely so far, and the journey has
been made at all points on time.
Just how long the President will spend in
Washington upon his return is not known
at the White House. The -supposition i
that he will not tarry many weeks at his
offices, and that he and his family will be
Installed at their summer home in Oyster
Bay early in July, probably by the first 0f
that month. There is nothing in oflicial
affairs to detain the President here later
than that time, It is stgted. With the ex
ception of some rather important appoint
ments, which may be quickly disposed of,
there has not developed much of importance
to hold him here during the hot months of
the summer.
There are three good places that ought
to be filled upon the return of the Pres
dent, if he does not see fit to fill them be
fore that time. These are assistant secre
tary of the treasury, assistant secretary of
commerce and a civil service commissioner
to succeed Mr. Garfield, who was put at the
head of the trust bureau of the Department
of Commerce and Labor. The President of
fered the position to a Minnesota man, and
has received a declination of the offer lince
he began the present trip. It is believed
that offers have been made in both of the
assistant secretaryships, and that answers
have bepn received, or will soon be received,
so that the President will be able to make
announcements upon getting back here.
Assistant Secretary of Commerce.
For assistant secretary of the Department
of Labor and Commerce there was strong
ground some weeks ago for believing that
President Clark of the Order of Railway
Conductors had been tendered the -position.
The labor interests of the country, or
rather some of them, felt that labor ought
to be recognized by. a place In the new de
partment, and the President is known to
feel that there is .not a better or more con
servative man- in labor circles in the cotui
try. than Mr,. Clark, who wa's a ineniber of
the coal strike commission. "'
The status of the place of assistant sec
retary of the treasury, to fill the vacancy
caused by the retirement of Milten K.
Alles, is believed to be that an offer of the
position has bgen made to some one and
that the offer has been under consideration.
Inside of -the Treasury 'Department there
has..been great unaninlt of feelrt'that
Wallace Hills, chief clerk of the depart
ment, was the propeir ign 'for the place,
by reason of his wide ai4'ialdabl9 iriowl
edge of -the department and its personnel.
Mr. 11l119 has made no candidacy and has
not permitted his friends to push his name.
Secretary Shaw saw the President about
the position about three weeks ago, and
the fact that an immediate tender was not
made to Mr. Hills, inasmuch as the press
rig work of the department made it im
portant that the position- should be speed
ily filled, has led the friends of Mr. Hills
to fear that the President and Secretary
Shaw have made other arrangements and
have offered .. the position elsewhere. A
story has recently been printed that the
position is to go to some one who has
been named by Senator Aldrich of Rhode
Island, and the story of Senator Aldrich's
opposition to the appointment and .confirm
ation of Robert B. Armstrong as assistant
secretary of the tre-asury to succeed Gen.
Spaulding, is recalled. The published report
declares that Senator Aldrich, by reason
of the fact that he finally withdrew his
opposition to Mr. Armstrong, is to be al
lowed to name the man to fill the existing
vacancy. Secretary Shaw and other offi
cials at the treasury do not discuss the
filling of the vacancy, and so far as known
Secretary Shdw has not talked with any
one at the department about his inten
tions or the purposes of the President.
The Canal Commission.
It is not thought to be likely that the
President will take up upon his return the
appointment of an isthmian canal commis
sion. The appointments involved in this
commission are the best that *ill be open
to the President in many years. At least
the politicians and former office holders
thnk so. The President has said that the
question of the route for the canal wopid
have to' be settled and other arrangements
made before he will appoint' a commission.
The settlement of the question of the route
appears to be as far away as ever, it is
pointed out, and there is not much prob
ability~ of the President anticipating some
thing, in the doing of which he might make
a mistake. The appoIntment of a canal
commission now looks to be a long ways
off. The Colombian congress is to assem
ble much. later than was thought several
months ago, and the opposition in that
country to the ratification of the canal
treaty is so great that the proposition may
never go through with the sanction of the
COlmim .songres
Thsee Men FseuMai e rps.
Pruet Deesefh is scheduled to mah
thee ames presidential trips .almest Im
masee after :getting back to Wasbing
ten.- He haa accepted the. blaUSttio of
Senator m=n= to attend the wedding- of
his daaghter and Mr. Ma~nick of Chi
cago, and will go to Cleveland on the 10th
of June. .He will have little time in his
office before he makes the Cleveland trip.
Directly after getting back from Cleveland
he is to go 'to Baltimore to take part in the
festival of the Saengerfest. The day of his
vist in Baltimore is June 1M. The next day
-June 16-the President is to attend the
commencement exercises of the University
of Virginia at Charlottesville. The two last
trips will be short ones, but will prevenh
President attending to business in hs c
for several days. It is probable that the
President will have a meetang of his cabinet
between the time of his return here, two
weeks from now, and before leaving for the
ana-McCormick weadtne. Her has, seen
a few of his cabinet advisers sanc leaving
Washingon, but the majority of thhavse
not oh hid1m with businems and will
want to preseit some matters for his ad
vice and dcfeion soon after he resumes his
duties in the executive offices.
glecretary Shair -will leave here some
time next week to join the President for a
few ays vetor to his return. HedB
Apnd hree -or feur daym with the Pess*
on n the return tib of the ehief enes
before July 1. and -M there
with her childret' .i1-k t a the
President Is - eildrem
will all be out of. middle-of
June, -and will to et away from
Washington as. their parents.
Oyster Bay Is a l 1ae to them.
With the' President Y IiAt 1pd fish and
swim and sail asjd og their summer
vacations to the . The President
a acompani tgearseimrons.
NEW iuO 2STATION
T"l WORK @ .O ~01MUMON To
na.-et Anz ea urr h*a3 of Penn
sylvania Ramfroad - Information
Conveyed to 0ol. Biddle.
Work a. the new uhion station building
will-begin July 1, ac rdingifo.the p.resent
plans of Mr. D. H. Btgn ham, the architect
of, the ennsylvinia nta lrod, who has the
matter In hand. Thisihfoffttilon has been'
conveyed to Col. John' dd, the Engineer
CommissIoier, in a le .r -_ r Mr. Burn
ham, who is at prtesev at is home offices
In Chicago.
"Our working drawings will be completed
in about two weeks," brites .the'architect,
"and bids will Ie tal at once. The ac
tive work of putting.-n fmacdiations may
begin July .1, IS; at which. time the -sew
ers, water and gas pipes that iiterfere with,
said foundations shuld - e removed.
*Please send us your pew layout' of sew
ers, water and gas. glipwing how you run
around our loeation with 'these pites."
Mr. Burnham asks tMt the new a.rrange
ments of pipes be made Af as wsfly i date
as possible. Colonel Biddle irill call the
matter. at once to the tentOion: of the gas
eompany, while the Jistrct works, the,
sewers and water pipe will be readjusted
forthwith. There Is vY little work to be
done in this line in the icinity. of the sta
tion, as the neIghbothod is not thickly
populated.
LA VE ACTIX SERVICE.
Lieuts. C. 3L Jones qgd N. X. Dough
erty Quit the Af2uy.
. Second Lieut. C. Roan4pne, 1st Cav
alry, has been honorbir 4ucharged from
the service under the' Vct . Congress ap
proved October 1, 1iwigeh pays that If
an offlcer shall fail In.WqzaWination for
promotion for an other geas.n than disa
bility contracted in linget sy he 'shall
be suspended from prouwnoq1r one year,..
when he shall be re-ei9.ined.,nd in case
he fails on such re-eainafn he shall
be honorably dischaf4 Ivitk one year's
pay, from the army. LEt. ;es was'ex
amined for promotion 0 Having
failed professionally, 11 ended fr
one year and was re-e ine ay 9,103.
He failed in his profesn :galIcations
on this re-ekcarinalgn therefore.
discharged under. t 10 of the act.
cited. Lieut. JoncE nsylvanla.
He enlisted as a pA I* 1st Penn
sylvania Volunteer 4nf may, ismt.
and in the followiited
second lieutenant vli q,#
and honorably muste t. y. ,9U1.
.soon after which Ae. ed second
lieutenant In the lqt alry.
The resignation -o .Hery
M. Dougherty 22t* . Bt. IPitt
Ethah lign eon ibl She
Secretary .of ar lt tke u t at once.
Lieut. bougherty is'a 4M of the West
Point Military, Aca deny ofU-he clai of
I9Iand *Was *one of the oS4bers who In
ktituted legal procepdlnip against. the Sec
retary of War to 'a~vance his number in
the lineal list of his '.e. In. eplaAation
of: his resignation he Wid that -he had an
ofter of private erzplq'yment which *ould
pay him more In a year tlaha his salary
In the army would aamount" to for aany
Srears to come.
HIS STATEMXEI NSENTED.
The Eiusian' Amoasader Receives
K1any Letters f Criticism.
Numerous letters ar no' 'appearing In
the mails to- the RusslaR ambassatdor, Count
Cassini, criticising his pgefances -and at
tacking. his argumen where they touch
the character of the safan Jews. Secre
tau-y Hay is' also gettifg hs share of such
communications, but' hey gve no serious
concern to either party, and, in -fact, owing
to the watchfulness .4 private secretaries
these letters do not ofte' each the persons
to whom they are addre
Count Cassini' had -*teided to leave the
United States next TWeday en a vacation
to be spent in Rusig, but .~' now finds
himself obliged to remsin until June 9. Sec
retary Hay and the arabassadeor. had a long
conference this morning, - presumably with
reference to the status of' the Jews in Rus
sia and the utterances of- the. American
newspapers in that o9nnecitou- As things
now stand It is said tha~ there Is nothing
for' the State Depart nt to, do, for the
Russian government 4uasto .have acted
along its ustral ins jpeaceful condi
tions are reported tar eldst in '*esiarkbia.
It Is felt that there Isngt, any phance of a
recurrence of anti-Jiewish outbemaks. there,
for the Russian ~'eut has given
atriotest orders to t - local authorities,
who will be held personally resonsible for
any other further diatmpc.
As to the threaten ipg'ajn Into the
United States of swre.~ Joeih refugees
from Russia, It is p1 at $5e State -De
partinent Is not now ca1lupon to act and
must await an apel imate Treasury
Department if -that E4pr~02nds'itself
unable even by a qtgle sleeto of the
Immigration laws, to ke.gtobjectionable
ime mIant gt~~ua~u
Assistant Blacre~ has re
tu td o his "desk et 't y Depprty
mat after d.abses =q~i days in
Iowa.'
"Uverything appe as go ghae
in the west," sa* . pf - 'udg
'lag from the best ,h gti teho by
me, I think the ee rInbetie
cosdltion. se
to aditonaldu t awbor Is
landWarraor course
of ~ ~-et rntuto a oie
Caain oGf .
MACHN CALLED 01
Asked to Explain His De
ficiency Estimate.
WILL END IN OONGRESS
ERQUEST "OE FUNDS WILLBrigG
IEVESTIGATION.
End Not in Sight-Delay Causing
Politfrians Uneasiness-Replies
to Tulloch Being Prepared.
Postmaster General Payne today asked
for an explanation from Mr. Machen of his
$20,000 estimate of deficit, in view of the
mucr larger amount that has been discov
ered since Mr. Machen was relieved from
duty.
It develops today that the letter of First
Assistant Wynne to Mr. Machen, asking for
a statement of the'condition of the finances
in his bureau was dated May 5 last. Previ
o us to this Mr. Machen had reported that
the appropriation of $40,000 for the making
of maps. of- the rural free delivery routes
had been exhausted. It was this report
that brought the letter of May 5 from. Mr.
Wynne. In it Mr. Machen was requested
to state the condition of other items in the
gurrent fiscal year. Mr. Wynne also asked
to know. if any item of appropriation was
likely to become exhausted. And then a
final sweeping request was made to know
the probable condition of all funds to the'
end of the fiscal year. It was to this let
ter that Mr. Machen reported a $20,000 def
icit, and it is of tnis report that the Epst
master General desires further information.
Up to Congress.
The deficit disclosures In the free deliv
ery branch of the Post Office Department
yesterday, it is declared, - will throw the
whole investigation up to Congress as
soon as that body convenes. 'he Postmas
ter General will be under the necessity of
asking an immediate emergency appropri
ation. He has already Indicated that this
will be his course of action. This will give
Congress an immediate opportunity to call
for the result of the investigation and to
Institute, if it desires4 an independent
investigation into the administration of the
'post office by specially appointed commit
-tees of its own members for that purpose.
This result is looked upon as politically
hurtful by republican politicians who have
beeh 'urging a speedy conclusion of the
whole matter that the mind of the Ameri
can voter might not be disturbed by any
spspicion of scandal In any portion of the
present administration.
It is puggested by the opponents of Mr.
Macben that had he been relieved- from
4ity at the inptant an investigation of his
iureau was decided upon, the present large
dellelt would iot -now 'be starifig the de
partintt in -the face.- Mr. Mabbin Ut'al
pr' Vered the whole' defnbit at that
tme. e added deficit .of .mere Ihan $1 -
to1 h t e y the establishmept 'o
"o rural free delivery routes. Most
of ditional rdutes ere ipM 'a 4'
ii- tliest of May. Stil thers ' were
schd diled for the~ 1st of June, add a num
her of others were ' to be opened on 'the
15th of June. At the ratio the deficit In
creased from April to May, it is figured
out thaft by the end- of the fiscal year it
would.-have amounted to between three
and- four hundred thousand dollars.
Investigation Drags.
-Fourth Assistant Bristow states today
that tpe completion of his report is not yet
in sight. He declares it to be absolutely
Impossible for him to .fix any definite time
as the probable end of the investigation.
Some days ago Postmaster General Payne
stated that Mr. Bristow's final report
would'be in by the 1st of June, and would
be the. first official document to be placed
in the hands of the President upon his re
turn to. Washington. From what Mr. Bris
tow says today, however, the Inference is
that the report will be much later than
this. At the audieence with newspaper men
this afternoon, Mr. Payne stated that aside
from settling the Tennessee Incident, there
were no new developments of any character
in the investigation. The reports from offi
cials requested to make reply to the Tulloch
charges, are looked for in the immediate
future. Auditor Castle has completed his
reply and laid it before the Postmaster
General tomorrow. The answer of Con
troller Tracewell is understood to be well
under wiy.
The Galatin Incident Closed.
. Postmaster General Payne today accepted
the resignation of John C. Allgood, the
colored rural free delivery carrier on the
Galiatin, Tenn., route, ordered- the service
to be continued, and applied to the civil
service commission to certfag list of eligi
bles from which a carrier may be selected.
The formal announcement of the .settling
of the Gallatin incident is contained in the
following statement, 1which the Postmaster
General made public this afternoon:
"In the case of John C. Allgopd, rural
free delivery carrier, who reported that he
was lpd up by masked men while in the
discharge of his duties, on the 6th Instant,
an investigation was made by Inspectors
Conger and Damne. From their repart it
appears that the carrier was stopped by
two men and warned not to- continue in
the evice. The papers In the case show
that thib lawless act is not approved or
sustained by the people living ot route
No. 1, or by the people in that vicinity, and
that the persons guilty of the act are alone
responsible.
. "It isr believed by the inspectors that'
carrier .A~g.od can safely resdme- the de
livery of the mail on this route and as
evidee of that fact it appears that a
nefghbering route is now, and has been
ains -the instalIation of the free delivery
service, served by a colored man..
"Under all the circumstances the Depart
tsent is not disposed to hold the people on
route No. 1 responsible for the act of the
two men refdsred to, ,who~were gunty et
the thetndissault'upon th.lstte ar
reai t would ba unjust to ereGst
of thernail facilitieq under thec ilou
of C loorrl etr ke.be
ace,ted. and tht .evice..n the....te be
resumed at once.M
-- -aee at Weik in Oiasa.
P1133m0, C0o., Mtay 2,-namptes
Doran and Bimithers of. the Post Oe De0
parts are base inv--ang alsgee
wislas. or the potaI laws, seveeer-n
sossfegl have r000d9i4 deuenrs adve
tis:Gra ottry ambur&g~naarimy:
belathe ~ t t6 16w. *s~ -i
"I shoom have-ashed Cengw', be add
ed. "Ser a larmer sam than $100to0. wich
was-WVetdat the IB session for the pros
et 4sual year. The pressure Sor more
rura" goutes wa Very streng, and I yielded
to It-beyond what the appropriation really
r .- The - - ng has been done
in years gene by. and Congress has always
r voted the money necessary to make
up thfdeact."
"Lees Adia t "- Bays "aAY.
Postmaster Payn stated that
Mr. Mben would be given an opportunity
to make s exah aationu as to the great dier
ence between the defcit be reportea and
that disoovereq by Fourth Assistant Bris
tow. m present opinion of the de6cit he
expressed as follows:
"It is very reprehensible for a bureau
offeer to have a deficit- of $200,000 relied
up on the 1st of May. It was bad, very
bad administration. A bureau officer should
not incur a deficit witnout congulting his
superior officer, the Postmaster General.
I cannot stand for that kind of administra
tion, and I do rit approve of it. An ofilcial
must be held to a more strict accounting.
I do not say that there was anything crim
inaT nor'anything wrong in Mr. Machen's
action, but It wks certainly loose adminis
tration, and he should have had his business
more In hand. I believe, however, 'that
Congress will quickly vote the money to
cover the deficiency."
HAVOC BY LIGHTNING
CAR STEUCK AND PASSENGES
NAihmWLY ESCAPED.
Xuch Damage Done in Diferent Parts
of Ohio Valley-Trafe
Iapeded.
CINCINNATI,' May 22.-Reports today
show that much damage was done last
night In different parts of the Ohio valley
by cloudbursts and lightning.
No lives were lost and no one was seri
ously injured, but many persons were
shocked by lightning that struck houses.
barns and telegraph poles.
The ipterurban electric lines are still bad
ly disabled.
A car on the Mill Creek Valley line was
struck by lightning and set on fire at Car
tbage and the passengers narrowly es
caped death, all being unconscious for a
short time.'
Another ear was sent for their relief.
Much damage was done at Delhi, Home
City and Fernbank.
Many telegraph, telephone and trolley
poles are down.
AISAITTDMDR. LYEAN A3EOTT.
Colored Girl's Essay Cheered , by
Whites and 3lacks.
Speial Cormepfndenee of The Evening Star.
RICHMOND. Va.,' May 22.-A breezy in
14ent last night marked the commence
1~pt exercises of Hartsborn College, an
I# nfor-celored gisp
Naprys oinel rilatto of
estreetion, in ser _essay ciit~
which met here.
be possessed of
"took issue with
Ae6 te * s by Dr. Lyman
Abitt hiid opent ch&leuiged them.
The gist of her -erg'anent was that the
blaft* aree fully. caabl of receiving and
maping good use of higher classical educa
tion. - 4,"
T mied cormpany of whites and blacks
appluded the. eker and she received
mant -insti
Urges Cessation of Sererities in Mace
donia.
SOFIA, May 22-The new ministry has
made representations to the porte on the
severities practiced in ]Kacedonia, urging
their cessation as a means of bringing
about more cordial relations between
Turkey and Bulgaria. The Bulgarian gov
ernment will also appeal to the powers for
their mediation.
NORTON'S ECCENTRIC WILL.
Friends Will Have a Good Time at His
Funeral.
LOUISVILE, Ky., May 2- -The will of
the late Captain W. F. Norton, Louisville's
eccentric capitalist an! landed proprietor.
who died recently at Coronado Beach, Cal.,
was filed for probate today. Bequests to
friends here amount to $71,000, and the
residue, which will probably be 100,000, is
left to the -Baptist Orphans' Home of Louis
ville.
The will, which is characteristic of Cap
tain Norton, opens with quotations on life
and death from Shakespeare, Byron and
Prier, and its second clause provides for
his funeral in the following words.
Provided, that no services of a -religious
ratr he held at his funeral. that a
eiltrain of Pullnans he cbartered to
take his reains from Louisville, where he
has for so long been buried alive, to Cin
cinnati;'that the buffets of the ears be weli
stocked with good things to eat and drink;
in order that his friends do not ~thirst or
hunger; that while the remmais= are in
cremated at Cincinnati an orchestra rne
a. pregram of popular ad sneect amusc.
rhe program is attached to thb will, and it
is stipulated that when an intermission is
repsbe the friends ak the orchestra te
loi themn *1 drenkrtng my ban, voyae.''
1UNNBAL, 013 1.. UONM.
Formse Depubliena Natie.=1 Chairan
Bute at Alehey
PrrTIDURO, Pa., May 22.-The funeral
if Baenmi l!akM Joes was theld at
10 o'clock .today freem his late resianein
atlegbeny. It w' largely attended. The
Rtev. Dr. -~Nat.,a aem...ar ..m...e.
the services, wstich were ocet ang asi.p
The Rev. JohnI 4. Erwn, a Mllodeg OMend
if Mr. Joes, and at ene thee hais paster,
a see pesr.21e -nepnn was
iS...mmr
Nr. nyler oR *wi4meInia nba*.
300BWSE, Va.; Kay R-aameametm Be
thew~~ b Trsasurn. L Tepper and
SFr.reputaMe ad 01-11hg a
asedium u so good aS aew
r with a ia - mfay w
=prPatrng;.d
other newspae in thewoM
has so large a regular perma
nent 'house-to-house cifrela
tion in the city where it is
printed, In proportion to the
tion hereof, as that of
Evening Star in Washing
ton.
HO CAUSE-FOR ALARM
Ambassador McCormick Says
Russia Is With Us
INMANCHURIANPOLIOY
GOVZN=MUNT DOS NOT WA"
PORTS CLOSED.
Relations Between the Two Countries
at Present Time Most Priend
ly, He Says,
LONDON. May 22.-Ambassador McCO
mick is here for a few days on his way
from St. Petersburg to America. He sails
on the steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm Wednes
day with his wife and Miss Patterson.
The St. James Gazette today prints an in
terview with Mr. McCormick in which he
is quoted as saying:
"One of my last official acts before leav
ing St. Petersburg was to interrogate the
Russian government on its policy toward
Manchuria. I was assured that Russia had
no desire to see the Manchurian portS
closed to the United States or have its con
suls excluded.
Open,Door Policy.
"The Russian government was emphatio
in declaring that it was as one with Ameri
ca in the open-door policy in China, and
what applies to the United States must
apply to every other power. Your govern
ment also received and gcoepted simiar
assurances.
"I know M. Witte is a firm advocate of
the open door, and I have every reason to
believe that Russia is quite sincere in the
matter. She points out that it is to her
own interest to support that policy, and I
think that is the case.
"The Russian statesmen are very anxious
that the Siberian railway shall be a suc
cess, and to be so it must get freight, and
freight in large quantities. Russia cannot
of herself supply sufflcient to make the
railway the desired success."
No Cause for Alarm.
"You do not consider, then, that the situ
ation in the far east is in any way serious
on account of Russia's policy in Manchu
riar' Mr. McCormick was asked.
"I do not. I can see nothing at present
which need alarm the United States or any
other country."
Mr. McCormick added that the relations
between the United States and Russia at
the present moment were of a most friendly
character.
"Do you think - the United States will
view Mrs Chamberlaia's policy in regard to
protection with disfavor' was the report
er's next question.
We rAve Set wE'ampa.
"I do not see why it should. We have st
ou thte exmple. Thg aaggei va
give preferential treatment to the colonies
is your own affair. Cahao, mnay one day.
be able to glv6 you all the wheat pyesipqt
but not for some time., . - -.
"1n the United Statee, too, ift aWe a grow
ing nation, and we are consalning more of
our own products. I believe the n1pited
States w.ll iot always send their raw me
terial in cotton to England, piut will offhr
you the finished article."
TWO DAYS ARAD 4" TIE.
Ipton's Squadron of Four Vessels Will
Sell for United States.
GLASGOW. May 22.-Sir Thomas IUpton's
squadron of four vessels will sail for the
United States May 28, two days ahead of
time. Sir Thomas himself will sail for
New York between June 15 and June e.
LOCUSTS, GBASSHWOPPERS, SNOW.
Montana in the Grasp of a Pestering
Triple Alliance.
BOZEMAN. Mont., May 22.-One section
of Montana is eaten up by locusts, while
another is under three feet of snow.
Prof. A. C. Collier of the Agricultural
College has received word that a district
forty miles square east of Forsythe, is pes
tered by the Rocky snountain grasshopper,
which has eaten up ev'erything.
Cattle have to be removed from the in
fected sections as there is nothing for thema
to feed on.
DTOYIGW. U. LIU
penndvania Railroa Regins the
Work et Demolition.
PHIIADELPHIA, May 2.-The Western
Union Telegraph Company today has ot a
wire working on the lines of the Pennsyl
vania railroad In this state. Om~eai of the
Western Union say, however, that the corn
pany is keeptog up with its basins== by
using wires along the Balthimore and Ohio
and the New York Central railroads.
The work of removing the Western Unles
poe and wires from the lines of the rail
road was continued today.
NEW YORK, May ' 22.-Investigation
shows that aotwithsta==ln= the destructieq
of Its lines along the Pennsylvania railway
the basines.. of the Western Union Tele
graph Cpmpany Is being mnoved with pree
deafly no delay. AM essiges for des.isa- .
tes em the lhne of the Pemavea raM
way are being delivered with usual op
The eutting of Western Union
poles, as a melat ot the esinof .1Jdge
Joapr Dunam . wiBi not be eaginlet
Jesy City. Thecisanan eavers emly a
part of New Iemy, the southern part. and
the -oe ate being cut em the West Jersey
and Usa==enae raimend ia that setism.
PmLranar Pa. May IL-Om~~
et the Pensmmyvania - Ramma Campany
said today that the esv weute mOe
pemtt thme Piestal Telegraph nCompany er.
any ether eorporat~ieS eagain seeseliet
held on the Pemeaptraaa systesa ot roAM.
bee
"We propsoe to replace the Western
Union telegraph -oe wihc are now being
out denr with w - owe pos. Thse 3estes
nnmipany wt be gsso the E~ht whase
==ey~' to ting its wises on the near
-inst the r..ta.s.uess WE be et ee
ate as to psche dsp5e