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v^m?S& ?ISA I WHOLE NUMBER, 16,243.
LATE NEWS:
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ItlCIIMOND, VA., SUNDAY, MAT 17,1003.
PRICE FIVE CENTS,
SUMRY OF DAY'S NEWS.
THE WEATHER.
WASHINGTON. May 111?Forecast for
Sunday ?mei Monday:
Virginia ?Pali- Sunday ami Mondnv;
fie-.-li east tee semi lii'iist wlnels.
North Carolimi ? Pair Sunday and Mon
1 day; fresh northeast to east winde,
Veslerday wok a typical late spring day,
bricht nini d'Ulto warm. The? Outlook for
to-day is ceintlnueil dear and warm
weather.
state ok tiii: thermometer
? ?? M. 7*?
lu M. ; ,. 77
S P. M. 79
fi P. M.',4, 72
?,??? M. ?S
U rnlelnlght . 60
Average .7H4
MINIATURE ALMANAC,
Mny 17, IM*).
Run Ilses. B.-Ol I 1IICII TI 013.
Bun eel?. 7:12 ] Morning.8:41
Moon rises...12:00 | Evening.-i:is
??? IS, 190.1
Sun ris-*. ?:'?] I HIGH TI|)H.
Hun fotn. 7!12 ' Morning. 9:29
Moon rises,..12:03 | Evonlng.10:11
RICHMOND.
M?thodiste nf Richmond begin to-day
relpbratlein of bl-centennlal of Jeihii AA'es
ley's birth-Reported Major Allen will
leave Madison ward-?May Pesti val be?
gins to-miirreAv at Broad-Street Park
Constitution inieis twe> members to Man?
chester Board Of Aldermen-Commercial
traveler e,r New Ye>rk ellos in room at
lintel-Review of ly>glslat tire's work:
new laws In force?Annual exhibit ol
Art Club begins to-morrow-Nei cemrt In
Amherst county to-morrow-L?? Camp
veterans, with Howitzers' Battery as es
eort, leaVo for New Orleans?Colonel V".
D. Ch?Sterman and Judge P. C. Minor
beitii bettor yesterday?Olympia won
ngriln In TwIn-.CIty League contesta
Mr. .latins II, Moser stronglv Com pi I;
ment:? work of Richmond Art Club-A
baker assaulted ?end robbed in broad day?
light In his own store?Or. Talcott AVil
llnnis.tn nddress friends of kln*lcrgnrtens
on Thursday-.Death of 13. S. Carduzo
after a brief illness.
VIRGINIA.
The strawberry Industry near Norfolk,
One center of the greatest trucking dis?
trict In the world-PIrst engine arrives
for Blackstoho and Southern Ballroad
Saloons, bridges and better roads dis
e incori In Be.>rryvllle?? i.Ittle tobacco on
Farmvllle breaks-New national hank to
be? organized In Staunton-The old Nel
rein bou??? at Yorktown a tine specimen of
colonial architecture-Increased steamer
facilities on the? R.y.pahannock-Com?
mencement exercises of Sulllns College? In
Rrlt-tol-Socleily letters from Norfolk.
Newport News. Staunton, Krederlckslnirg,
Danville, Old Point, Snleim. Petersburg
nnel elsewhere-General Assembly of the
Southern Presbyterian Church to ment In
Lexington this week-Big forest flics In
Highland?Many candidates in Lunen?
burg??New cannery In Staunton-Alex?
andria Confederate camp in Ita new home
-Copper mines In operation in Halifax
-Ch.-imbcrlln Hotel le-ase? large hunting
grounds in James City county??Jury In
Slaughter murder trial in Lunenburg un?
ible to agree-Stuart meeting's begin In
Petersburg to-day-Caboll memorlnl
scholarship at the University?Double
tracking railroad through Ashland
Norfulk trying Iron Instead of ahi ? as a
?water coagulant?Small-pox scare at
Beateton has | Hissed-Handolph-Macon
wIiih debate with Washington and Lee nt
Lexington-Dandiidge Spotswood, of Pe
teraburg, to marry a Bavarian princess?
Senator Qinv visit-? FrederlcKsburg bat?
tlefield--? Tyler-Elliott marriage In Hoan
<,ke--Corner-fitone? of new church laid at
Mineral-Programme of Elks' Home
dedication at Bedford City this week.
Deaths-Henry P. Dldlako In Newport
News; Miss-Anna Fleming AA'ilklns in
Lawrenceville; Miss Rebecca AA'-hlte in
Chatham.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Inkstand of Daniel AVebster presented to
Senator Overman-Society letters cover?
ing the events of the week in Charlotte,
Raleigh. Asheville and AVilmlngton?
Miss Aille AMckorv crowned Queen of the
Carnival In Greensboro-Hnywood hear?
ing positioned at Raleigh until May 2Sth
_j c. Blackley, chargeel with embezzle?
ment, Is balled at Raleigh-Nathan Ses
fnnis, wanted In Greenville; arrested In
Norfolk-Police of AVIIson suspended or
removed In connect Ion with Jones shoot?
ing affair. .
GENERAL.
Mr. Tulloch submits .his charges of Ir?
regularities In Postoffice Department to
writing, anel while? they are not made pub?
lic, the; Postmaster-General publishes a
long statement Intended to be a refutation
,if the'in-Rev. William Morrison reaches
Ihis country nnd goes to Washington lo
[??.? before tlie State Department his rom
FO?1 lilVe1!-?V\t.'II iiiviiniuu UVUHIfl G,?'?.??
rrom safe In Union t'hkct office In Bir?
mingham. Ala., while the clerk slept,
within eight feet of It-Arthur Pugh
amounts to more
aieis lu?? t'< J- ? ' >n w...w...,.? v.. ...?..
trian J?iO.onn-IC. II. Harriman s at t acri of
?ppenellcltls Ih vory slight-A Strndvn
Hus, which had boon played before several
Czar's, and which was lost a year ago.
?_ t.A/... *r,nr\,inmtl_? G.1 nrl f.t, ?, <-3 I . . ? ? I . <
has Peen rcUUYCrvu?~ewnei ecu nn'Hl?
pompany moro than doubles Its capital
"tock.
MOBILE AND OHIO
STRIKE IS UNCHANGED
(By Asseiclaled Press.)
MOBILE, ALA., May 10.?There Is no
ihango in the Mobile nnel Ohio strike
situation at this point. Trains, both pas?
Bcngor and freight, are moving as they
have been for sevornl days. No fur?
ther breaks In tho ranks of tho strikers
ere reported.
The Mobile Commerclnl Club Iiiih de?
clined to Join With tho Commercial Club
of Jackson, Tenn., hi an effort to bring
about ii settlement of the strike, deem?
ing thu movement to bo unwise at this
time.
-?
CAPTAIN PERSHING
RELIEVED OF COMMAND
(Ity Ass?cliitcel Press. I
MANILA, Alay 111.?Captain Pershlng
Vis been relieved of the command of the
tianao expedition, and has been succeeded
by Lieutenant-Colonel Rogers, of the Fif?
teenth Cna'alry. Captain Pershlng, who le
|U, has been ordered to Zaniboungn for
medical examination and will probably
be sent home.
STEPPED FROM MOVING
TRAIN AND MAY DIE
(Special to Tho Tlmes-Dlspateh.)
?rJlilJKFlKI.D, AV. VA., May 16.? AV.
Mitehcil, proprietor of ice plant at Gra?
ham. V?,, near boro, alighted from a
train going 10 (piles por hour in the dark
end was seriously lnjure>d. lle was
(Wflught hero to a "Ospitai to-night, and
Viiy dl?.
NEW LAWS
THAT ARE
IN FORCE
Acts Passed by Recent
General Assembly.
THE AGGREGATE
OF APPROPRIATIONS
They Will Run Very Close to
the Half Million Mark.
MANN LIQUOR LAW
AND PURE ELECTIONS
These Among th.p, lost Important of
the Measures that Were Adopted.
Some Bills of Interest that
Failed for Various Reasons
to Bocome Laws at
this Session.
The ?xtrn session of the General As?
sembly, which has Just adjourned for a
recess until November 10th, has contin?
ued sinco November last, a period of six
montile. The regular session closed In
tho pprlng- of 1902, and a spoclnl short
tension to give political recognition to th..
new Constitution was held In. July last,
continuing about two months. The extra
session was Indefinito In length, owing to
tho necessity for a vast volume of new
l?gislation, made necessary to conform
tho Code nnd tho later acts of Assembly
to the provisions of tho new Constitu?
tion.
A great portion of tire work of the
seB-slon has been the revision of the Co?lc,
which was undertaken early In the ses?
sion. Tho entire Code- was divided
among tho regular standing committees,
whose duty It was to supply such sup?
plementary legislation us might be
deemed necessary and to amend or repeal
sections affected by the terms ot the
now organic laiv. This proved a prodi?
gious task, but one which the legisla?
tors have tackled with energy and pa?
tience. Much of the actual work had
to bo doho by the Committees on Finance,
Courts of Justice and General Laws of
the two bodies, for nearly all of that
drafted by the other committees had to
stand the scrutiny of the lawyers.
Laws of Interest
A vast deal of new statutes, some gen?
eral laws and others special, local and
private bills, were introduced and passed.
It is dlftlcult. In short space, to give
any complote resume of the work done,
but tho following are the chief laws of
general Interest passed at the session:
Appropriating J5,ooo for the Farravllle
-Normal, December 15, 1902.
Appropriating $5,000 for tho Homo for
Needy Confederate Women.
Appropriating JSO.OOO fir a AMrglnla ex?
hibit at the Louisiana Purchase Exposi?
tion at St. Louis and creating a commis?
sion therefor.
Passage of the Churchman bill regu?
lating the speed of automobiles.
.Several genera) laws authorizing tho
Governor to designate judges to act In
tho stead of other Judges who wero pre?
vented from serving for any cause.
An amendment of the delinquent land
tax luw, known as the land-grabbers'act
so as to give appeal to both sides.
Appropriating $10,0?? to the heirs ot J.
J. Aloran for services In securing tho
refund by tho general government of
Virginia's portion of the direct tax.
Protection of Dogs.
Amending tho general dog law In sev?
eral respects, so as to afford further
protection to sheep, and also to make
valuable dogs In cities personal proper?
ty.
Amending the Code ns to limited part?
nerships, tholr formation and dissolu?
tion.
Appropriating 15,000 additional to tho
(Continued on Fourth Page.)
DRUMMER DIES
IN HIS ROOM
Mr. J. P. Petty Passes Away
at Murphy's Hotel.
An exceptional! say death occurred at
Murphy's Hotel yesterday afternoon,
about 3:30 o'clock, tho victim being Mr.
J. P. Potty, a commercial traveler of
New York city.
Mr. Petty cam? to Hlchmond on April
30th and took room No. 71 at Murphy's
and began work hero for hLs house, which
Is that of Ed, C. Mix, dealer in dross
trimmings, laces, etc., Nos. 587 and 63U
Broadway, Now York.
Mr. Petty was a man of about forty
eight years of ago and was well known
tho road, though ho hud biaen to
Hlchmond only a few times.
Ho Bold a hill of goods to Menava. Thal
hlmer Brothers and was looklnf after
other houses In the sumo lino when ho
was taken ill,
Ho remained nt his hotel nnd was
thought to ha .recuperating, but whllo
preparing to tako the Seaboard Air Lino
train for Now Vork yesterday afternoon,
he roeled buck upon his bed in ilia act
of dressing and died.
Coroner Taylor was summoned and af?
ter viewing the body deemed on Inquest
unnecessary, declaring that death result?
ed from bruin trouble.
Mr. Potty told somo of tho hotel at?
taches during his illness Unit he mnrrli-d
a niece of a fornici? Governor of a South?
ern Slato and that lie had a daughter
la either Atlanta or Montgomery.
The remains wore turned over to Un?
dertaker VV. ?. Hennett and ho took
them to his rooms on West Broad
Street, whero they will bo kept for a
roivBonablo time, and If unclaimed by ???!
tittvoa will bo burled here.
SENATOR HANNA AN EXPERT JUGGLER, (cartoon by w. a. ?l^rso
WORST KIMD
OF SLAVERY
Rev. William Morrison Tells
of Deplorable Conditions.
TO COMPLAIN OFFICIALLY
Virginia Missionary Who Has Been ?n
Congo Free State is on Way to
Washington to Lay Matter Be?
fore State Department.
(Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.)
NEW YORK, May 16.?Rev. William M.
Morrison, of Lexington, ?'a., a member
of tho American Presbyterian Mission,
who has been In the Congo Free State for
tho last six years, reached New York to?
day on tho Cunard Lino steamship Etru
rla. He Is on his way to Washington,
where he -svili present to President Roose?
velt? and the State Department a care?
fully prepared report, which deals exhaust?
ively with tho system of forced labor,
amounting to the worst kind of slavery,
practiced by tho Belgians upon tho na?
tive blacks.
Mr. Morrison says the cruelties dealt
out to the helpless nativo women and
children beggar description. Those who
rebel against slavery ar? maimed in the
mest horrible manner. Not only uro the
men and women whipped with hippo
lashes, but tho llendlsh soldiers of King
Leopold often amputate their hands. This
Is a favorite form of punishment, and
has become so general that hundless men
and women may bo seen In the villages
ut all times.
CRUEL WHIPPING.
Tho whipping Is resorted to upon tho
slightest provocation. Tho victim Is sub?
jected to fifty lashes In tho morning and
fifty at night. Next morning his buck,
raw from the previous day's whipping, Is
lashed another nfty times. No medical
attention Is permitted, and the unfortu?
nate Is put back to work and expected to
do his full share.
The slave raids aro frequent. The sol
diere pounce upon a village In the dead
of night and drng the natives out of the.tr
homos. Families nro separated; never to
meet again. Mothers aro torn from their
llttlo children and pressed In the slave
service, sold for almost nothing. Young
girls can be purchased for ton pieces of
whlto dunking, eight yards oach in length,
costing In tho London mnrket two shil?
ling!? each. Two shillings aro added for
tho transportation of eaoh pleco of duck?
ing, bringing tho total cost of the young
girl slaves up tn fin. Men and nldor wo?
men may be hnd for half that sum.
THE KING RESPONSIBLE.
Mr. Morrison holds King Leopold per
BCnally responsible for this condition In
the Congo Freo Stato. He snys Leopold
has become the largest Individual rubber
merchant In tho world. He hns driven
out of tho Congo Stato practically all
the foreign traders, nnd has almost a
monopoly on tho rubber output. Tim
King deals with tho rubber trust hero.
Tho rubber costing him absolutely noth?
ing Is sold to thoTlrust at ? low figure.
Foreigners uro frequently thrown Into
prison, never to reappear. The authori?
ties Inform Inquiring grlends that they
havo died of the native fever.
RYAN'S PREDICTION
IS VINDICATED
When the House met nt noon yester?
day, Judgo W. 8. Gooch, the eulclent en?
rolling clerk, appeared with the last
batch of bills, which had been passed nt
this session and which wero promptly
signed by ? no Speaker.
This would seem to prove conclusively
that Speaker Ryan was right In his con?
tention on Friday that the Semite resolu?
tion extending tho session until Tuesday
ought not to bo agreed to and that the
General Assembly could pafely tlx Satur
day as the time for final adjournment.
Tho Senate has adjourned until Tues?
day and the House will have to continue
Its sessions until thatjtiine although Its
work ls completed.
CAPT. CARDWELL
IS VERY PATRIOTIC
Captain Vf. ?. Cardwell, of Hanover,
ls one of the House members who stren?
uously opposed carrylnfii ehe ?selon over
until Tuesday, or. the s.;>und that the
work of signing bills could be accom?
plished as well .yesterday nnd that there
was no necessity for tho extension'.
Following tills up Captain Cardwell in?
structed Paymaster Sullivan to cut off
his per diem after 12 o'clock last night,
saying he was rendering no service to
the State and therefore would decline to
take any pay.
ASKS THAT RURAL
ROUTE BE CONTINUED
(By Associated Press.)
AVABH1NGTON, May 1C?Senator Bato,
of Tennessee, to-day had a conference
with Postmaster-General Payne, and in?
formed the postmaster-general that only
two persons had partlcipateel in the inti?
midation of Carrier Allgood, and main?
tained that tho entire law-abiding com?
munity should not be held responsible for
tho Actions of tho two men. Ho urged
that the department restoro tbo scrvlco
on tho route.
? ?.
SWEEPING ORDER
AGAINST SCALPERS
(By Associated Press.)
NEW ORLEANS, I.A., May 10?Judge
Boardman, In the Federal Court, to-day
issued a sweeping Injunction against tlie
local ticket-scalpers, forbidding thorn to
deal In any way in the reduced tickets
sold for tho Confederate reunion in tins
city.
VIRGINIAN TO WED
BAVARIAN PRINCESS
Engagement of Mr. Dandridge
Spotswood, of Petersburg.
to Baroness Franciska.
(Special to t??! Tiraoa-UUnoteh.)
PETERSBURG, VA., May 10.?Peters?
burg society ls much Interested In tho
announcement of the engagement of Mr.
Paiulrldgo SpotSWOOd, formerly of Peters?
burg, and a lineal descendant of Governor
Alexander Bpotswood, and Katharine
Krunelska, Baroness vein AVolf, of Munich,
Bavaria,
Mr, Spolswood le a broker, with offices
In the Mills building, at No, 35 Wall
Street, New York, ""el ls Well known on
Ihe streot and In exclusivo society.
Ills tlanco, who lives with her aunt,
Frau vim Alleluimi, In Munich, Is a iiloe-o
of the present Minister of Justice of Ba?
varia. Though of a German noble fam?
ily, ?ho was born in Philadelphia, HC
grandfather, Baron von Wolf, was a well
known lawyer in Munich, but owing to
strong republican tendendosi entered a
conspiracy to overthrow the government,
and upon its discovery wns banished and
hin estates declared feiit'elteel. His son,
who was a physician, practiced medicine
for a time in Philadelphia, where tho
l'ltroness von AVolf was born. Upon the
ilei.th of her father nnd mother sho re?
turned to ?lcrmany, and last winter was
Introduced by her aunt at the Bavarian
r-r.urt, where? her beauty made ? great
sensation.
Mr Bpotswood met the Baroness when
the? 'was Visiting in New YOrli City, and
when sin? Ufi ^America tliey were en?
Bilged, The e-ni'a|;iiiient,-though known In
Munich has ""l ,u'e'? announced in Now
York nnel II Wiw through the Indiscre?
tion o? ono of Mr. Spolswood'H friends
that It leaked out.
Though engage'ineiits of American heir
( ? ? (??? to. Buropeans Of title leave becumo
to,, ireqm'nl l<? OXOlta comment, that of
mi untitled American to a p)uv?peait no?
blewoman is u. wry unusual occuiTti-tWA
Unknown Man Assaults and
Robs S. S. Sculnick.
AN OLD QUARREL LIKELY
This Believed to Be Solution of Daring
Day-Time'Attack on IVIan in Own
Store on Main Thoroughfare.
He May Die?Warrant Out.
Whllo he was engaged arranging the
stock In the front of his store. No. ISO?)
East Franklin Street, yesterday morning
at 10 o'clock, S. S. Sculnick, a baker, was
assaulted from tho rear with a scale
weight by an unknown person, knocked
down and his placo robbed of 525, the
cash drawer being rlflod. As a result,
Sculnick Is now at the City Almshouse
at the point of death, tho blow having
rendered him unconscious. Ho is uncon?
scious, suffering from a number of cuts
and bruises about tho faco and body.
The assault and robbery Is ono of the
boldest that has been reported to tho po?
llco in a number of months, and a detail
of oilicers from tho First District, and
Detectl'i'e Captain Tomlinson and Detec?
tives Wren and Gibson are engaged in
trying to ferret the mystery nntl locate,
If possible, the daring assailant. The mat?
ter wns reported to them shortly af?
ter it occurred, and before noon they
were engaged on the case, but at a late
hour last night no arrests had been
illude.
Tho bakery In which tho assault and
robbory occurred is located next door to
LaEsltfr's sale stables, nnd tho thorough?
faro nt this point Is usually patronized
by numbers of pedestrians. That none
of them witnessed the daring hold up
Is a mystery to tho officers, and the in?
jured man ? Ulto.
A BRUTAL ATTACK.
Sculnick was In tho front of tho storo,
near the door, nt tho time ho was tsruck
nnd brutally beaten. It is certain the
assailant approached him from the roar,
entored from an alloy way, an?l that
ho was beaten with a scalo wolght is as?
sured, Hiioh a dnvleo being found neni
where the man lay. It was covered with
blood.
After beating Sculnick to ihn floor the
robber pilfered the cash drawer, taking
away with him all that was on hand,
W.
Tho condition of tho assaulted] man
Was discovered and tho First
Pollco Station notified forthwith.
Captain Shlnbergor Investlgntod tho
affajr In . person, and cletnlled
several officers on tho caso, In
the meantime tho City Hospital had been
notified, and the anihuliiiioc responded
with haste, In chnrge of Dr. Sycle. Tha
Burgeon discovered nt a glance the se?
llini? condii Ion of tho injured mnn, and
he was gently lifted In the wagon .and
carried li| tho publie Institution, where
DvorythlOB oosslble was dona to alleviata
his pulii.
Police hfndriuurters was . apprised of
the aeunult and robbery, and soor. Gap.
tnln Tomlinson, with his two asslatants,
Wren ?nil Gibson, was worklnc on tho
enso.
'??? officer? are satisfied they know
the ninne of the nssiilluut, who la said
to havo beeu ? White mnn boyomt tho
peiiidventuio of a doubt.
l.nlo last night a wnrrnnt was sworn
out )iy. Acting Sorgoant Drown for the
arrest of 6. Pln.cue, ? former buslnoss
partner of Sculm?ck. These men roeently
hud a dilllculty aired tu ilio Pollco Court.
and llif pollo?) believe Unit tho difficulty
between tho mon woe not then settled.
l'Incus oould not !>?- found labt night,
Handsome T.-D. Badges
For Our Boys and Qirls.
The Tlmes-Dlepntch, with a view
to cultivating literary and artletlo
talent among Its Juvenile readers,
proposes to organize a club for boya
and girls under the ages of sixteen.
It will be known a? the T. D. C. C.
?Times-Dispatch Contributors? Club.
Memborshlp will be open to any boy
cr girl not over sixteen who promises
to contribute, from time to time, short
stories, drawings, poems, puzzles,
problems, enigmas or anything of thle
kind.
There will be no Initiation feo ??
dues. On the other hand, wo have
had several hundred handsome mem?
borohlp badges prepared, and one of
those will be sont to each boy and
girl who makes application for mem?
bership and senda In a story, poem,
puzzle or drawing worthy of publica?
tion,
Send your applications to Editor
Children's Page, Tlmes-Dlspatch,
Richmond, Va.
CULIAR
Thousands Taken from Safe
While Clerk Slept.
KNEW THE COMBINATION
Men Were All About Union Ticket Sta?
tion in Birmingham When tho Rob?
bery is Supposed to Have
Taken Place,
(By Aisoclal?! Proa?.I
BIRMINGHAM, ALA., May ?d.?Bur?
glars entered tho privato ofllce of Jack
W. Johnson, tlckot agent at the Union
Passenger station, at an early hour this
morning nnd abstracted ?7.000 from the
safe. At the timo tbe burglary Is sup?
posed to have tolteli placo, A. R. Cook, a
clerk, who was on the night watch, nays
ho had taken a nap, as no trains wore
going out at that hour. Thoro wero throe
or four watchmen In tho station at the
time, howevor, and thero were several
men sitting In teh waiting room, into
which the ticket ottico opened. After se?
curing ?overal small boxes ?n tho safo,
containing valuables, tho burglar or bur?
glars escaped through a small window,
which opens on Morris Avenue. The rob?
bery was riot discovered until 5 o'clock
when Mr. Cook wont to tho r.afe to make
a deposit. Several railroad detectives and
three or four special men from Birming?
ham pollco forco wero put to work on the
case, but so far have not obtained ?
clue. They kept the matter a secret, and
It was not known generally until late
this evening.
The Btolen property consisted of $I,50C
In endorsed checks, besides greenbacks
and coin.
The tliloves evidently wore familiar with
the office, as they opened the safe by the
regular combination, and did not dis?
turb the clerk, who was sleeping a fow
feet from thorn.
Tho loss Is shared by tlio various rail?
roads entering Birmingham, nnd each
of them now has a special detective work?
ing on tho case.
IMMIGRANTS TO BE
TAKEN TO DESTINATION
(By Associated Pr?s.??.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 18.?Secre?
tary Shnw has wired Instructions to In?
spector Stump, at Newborn, N. C?, to
convey the passengers and crew of tho
abandoned Portuguese bark Vera Cruz
to New Bedford, Mass,, by rail and to
employ guards, If their assistance is ne?
cessary. Mr. Stump transmitted a recom?
mendation to Surgeon Glover that the
transportation bo by water, hut tho sec?
retary was unahlo to mako arrange?
ments for such conveyance.
VIRGINIA GETS
CHAMPIONSHIP
Mrs. Courtland Smith's Ex?
hibit and That of Mrs. Chas.
Hurkamp Were Winners.
(Special to Tho Tlmus-Dlspntcli. 1
BALT1MOR.K, MD., .May l().-llalti.?ior?'s
Horso Show closed to-day after a suc?
cessful season. To-day, us on piovluua
days, Coui'tlanil H. Smith's exhibits wuio
prominent among the Winners of prises,
Ill thu Huniers' Corlnthiuii Class, Mr;-..
Smith's brown guiding, Chupple, Loe, took
second prize. Mr. und Mis. Smith had
four olhor exhibits In this class, in hunt?
ers and Jumpers, Mrs. Charles Hurkmnp's
ruun goldlng. Hornpipe, took first prize,
Wolle Coiirtland H. Smith's bay main,
Lucy Suiiderland, was third. Mr. and
???-s. Hmltli had two other entries lu
this class,
In horse?, carriages and appointments
Hire. Tilomas DeliOrd's bay mari?, Lu?
cinda, was aeeond. In clubs 11', ?.or,.'?,
carriages and appointments, for the chal?
lenge cup, ?Mr. Thomas Del-Ord's d lUble
team was third. Mrs. Coiirtland Souths
i.'h ipi'io tyee took first prias lu class -l.
Indien' huniers. In class S2, four-ln-handa,
for Iho p?.-?...p?-?.? cup, Ml'?, l'humus Do
Ford's turnout wim third.
Unnpple Loo, owuoil by Mia. Cuuitlami
Smith, took ni'Mt prize in iho champion,,
etili? for hunters and Junipers, while hor
bay gelding. Tip-Top, wus second, In
the ?'humploiishlp for hiuileis and junip?
ers, Mrs. lfurkuiup's Hornpipe wns first?
In the ludleu' hunters class. Mrs. i-ang
lioniy ShniVs Queen Peo was ridileii by
Mra. Liideiiburgt of Now York.
Mr. Payne Gives Out a
Long Refutation.
NOTHING BUT WORDS,
SAYS THIS OFFICIAL
Postmaster-General Is Very
Sarcastic in His Comments, i
INTERESTING RUMOR
SAID TO HAVE COME,,
It Read : "Papa, Send a Transport Here
Quick; I Am Sick"?Mr. Payne Save
that Investigation Will Bo Pushed
Vigorously Into Every De?
partment? Will Be No
Calling Off,
(11/ Aimocl?tael Prcas.)
AArAS??INGTON, Slay 10.?Tho iormM
ohargos of Secretary Boymour AAr. Tuk
looh, cashier of tho AVashlngton city post?
otflco for many years, until his removal
four years ugo, alleging Irregularities In
tho postal administration, wore submitted^
to Postnmstor-Goneiral Payne to-day. Mr,.
Payne and Fourth Assistant Postmaster??
Conerai Brlstow wont ovor the statement
in detail. Poatmaster-General Payne re-e
viowing the charges o? Mr. Tulloch,.
said: - . .
"Tho groat bulk of the irregularities o?
which Mr. Tulloch complains was the re-,
suit of tlie government taking over tha
postal service of Porto Rico. Mr. Tul?
loch refers to troubles caused by tho pay?
ment of the Porto Rican accounts through
tho AA'ashlngton city postonico and maltes
somo other insinuations, ns for example,
tho promotion of letter-box schemes, etc.,
but thero la no eviijence, nothing but
words. All that will be of luiy sorvico
whatever to tho Department In looking
up matters In connection with tho in?
vestigation is comprised In threo pages. '
"Tho bulk, ot tho statement, however,
consists of an airing of his own griev?
ances and comments on his own removal.
Ho disais in glittering generalities In crit?
icising ex-Postmaster-Ueneral Smith. Ha
refers to vouchers and payments of cer-,
talu people which he ciatms to have been
Illegal and makes a pretty severo attack
on tho Co'mptroller of tho Treasury. Ho.
makes somo roference to tho alleged
smothering of the examination of ac?
counts of tho local iioatotlice, but offers
no now evidence or documents to sub?
stantiate ills allegations, merely referring
to certain people, certain vouchers and
certain accounts.
"Thoro arc no particularly new points,
excepting explanation of what ho hereto?
fore has said In. u general way. I am.
greatly disappointed that the document,
will not be of any great help to us.
PAPA, SEND A TRAN SPORT.
"Mr, Tulloch mentions a rumor about,
tho Deparenient that a cablegram had
Vfiiiiei to the Department which said:
'Papa, send a transport here quick,
I am sick," but that ls given only as a.
rumor.
"Thoro nre somo things that, of course,'
look on their faco to be wrong and that
need explanation. Tho bulk of the of?
fenses alleged ls that vouchers were,
charged to tho wrong accounts. Ail of
the Items which wero not allowed by tho
Comptroller wero finally audited, except
less than $1M). AVo will look into tho!
records of these mutters, ot course."
Postmaster-General Payno said, as to,
tho chaigo that physicians were carried! ?
on tho rolls of postofliees without nu-'
thorty, thnt there had been iifteon ori
twenty such cases In tho United States^
This was a mutter of administrative pol?
icy, he said, and entirely within tho prov-,
lnce of the Postmaster-General, but that:
he himself last autumn restricted tho em-l
ploymont of physicians to postofllcea!
whoso revenues aggregated U.O?O.OOO ?'
year.
"Air. Tulloch," continued Mr. Payne,,
"refers to tho return postal curd scheme
of tlie Economic Postage Association,
Whloh never was adopted, and Insinuatosi
'we are not unprepared to find Mr. Beav?
er.) anil Mr. Machen recommending the;
plan.' "
SALARIES RINO.
Air. Tulloch ohorges that there le a
ring in the Balarles nnd allowance divis?
ion of tho Postonico Department, without
whoso approval nothing could be done.
saying tho ring ennslsteel of the head of
tho division, tho First Assistant Postnms
tur-Goneral nnd tho Postmaster-General.
AVell, thoso officials woro tho only ones
who had nnythlng to ?ay about suoli mat?
ters anyway. Ho says that .?omo man
whs carried on two pny rolls, but Ihn
laws specifically provide that an employe
eun draw from two pay rolls If properly
authorized, if bis aggregate salary does
not exceed J2.Pl?. Mr. Tulloch mentions
alleged Junkets of officials ?ml employes
whei wont to Cuba and Porto Rlf? to In?
still the? postal service there. How does
Mr. Tnlleieh assume to pass on tho ques?
tion whether these gentlemen simply went
on ? junket 7 Ho refers to a man who
was appointed to a pince lu Porto Rico,
but who irot drunk In New York on tha
Muy. AVell. pnce In ? while a pnstmastor
defaults and pets drunk and ls lisait with.
according to his desert. Mr. Tulloch ha*
limile th<! .statement that tho Cuban ad?
mlnlstrntlve troubles we're n.i nothing
compared to Porto Hlco. Thiro has been
only one rase of wrongdoing of an lulmtn
letratlve offrala! In Povtn Klon, nnd that
weir, a elreik in the Pone i pn?toilire, who
defaulted with ahout $3.00.1.
HIDING LOOKED INTO.
"Mr, Tulb>ch refers to appointments of
laborers, charwomen and cleaners ns
evasion? of the civil servie? law. These
piai?.?? were not In the civil Ferviee. He
?avi thnt thoy either performed no du?
ties nt all or orten did work along lines
not authorized. AVo nre now luveitlgntlnq
a charge that three women esrrled on thn
roll* ns charwomen performed no sur?
vice.
Mr. Tulloch says that the finan?a
elerks drew more money than they ought
to havo drawn u.nelor the' law. Mo.it of
the mon were? employed under an ?.'????
gency appropriation for Porto Rino. AV*
will investigate this mutter. It !? elsb
ehurgud that mont of tha poiitortloe? in
Porto Itlco were In arrear* at'the time
of Mr. Tulloch's.removal. AV? had to ein?
pjoy natives there, and some not niitlvori,
vend In view ot the condition? iha.t cor.