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VOLUME XXII.
MAYSVILLE, KY., FEIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1903.
NUMBER 264.
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THE
EVENING
FOR CONSPIRACY.
Three More Indictments in Con
nection With the Post Office
Department Scandals.
BEAVERS, GREEN AND TOWERS,
Tho Latter Appeared at the City
Hall and Gave Pond in tlio
Sum of S1O.00O.
The Expectation Is That a Number of
Otfier Post Office Indictments Will
Be Returned By the Federal
' Grand Jury.
Washington, Oct. 2. The grand Jury
of tho 'supremo court of the District of
Columbia Thursday brought In three
moro Indictments in connection with
tho post office department Investiga
tion. Ono was a Joint Indictment
against George W. Beavers, formerly
chief of tho salary and allowance di
vision of the post office department,
and Stato Senator George A. Green,
of Binghamton, N. Y. This indictment
was brought under Section 5440 of tho
revised statutes and Is on tho general
ground that they entered Into a con
spiracy to defraud the government.
This, It Is alleged, they accomplished
In the salo of time clocks from which
sale they were enabled to reap a re
ward because of Mr. Beaver's connec
tion with tho department by which tho
cloclcs were purchased. The former
indictment against Green and Bea
vers was under another section of
tho statutes and charged conspiracy
against the United States.
The other two Indictments were
nga'lnst Scott Towers, who has charge
of one of the principal sub-post officb
stations in Washington. He is 'accus
ed of having received a commission
on the sale of hook typewriting ma
chines to tho government in contraven
tion of Sections 1781 and 1782 of the
revised statutes which prohibit officers
or employes of tho United States from
receiving other compensation than
their salaries for procuring contracts
from tho government, or for services
rendered.
Immediately after receiving lnforma
tlon of tho indictment of Towers the
postmaster general Issued an order to
Postmaster Merritt, of Washington,
'dismissing Towers from office.
In Joint indictment against Beavers
and Green tho specific accusation is
that Green, as the agent of the Inter
'national Time Recording Co., made an
Agreement w4th Beavers to the effect
vthat If Beavers would allow Green to
have the contract for furnishing the
post office department with the time
machines Beavers would receive as
compensation for "his services 10 per
,cent of the sales.
.The two indictments against Tow
ers alleged that he received in all
about $1,800 for aiding a typewriter
company to procure tho contract for
providing typewriters for various post
offices and that ho received $50 out of
every $200. paid by the government to
the company. Henry J. Gensler and
Henry J. Gensler, Jr., are named as
the agents through whom Towers did
business with the typewriting firm,
which is a New York concern.
Towers appeared at the city hall
Thursday afternoon with his attorney
and gave bond In tho sum of $10,000
for his appearance.
The present grand Jury will adjourn
finally next Monday and the expecta
tion is that a number of other ost
office indictments will be returned on
that day.
" PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.
A Decrease of $6,171,812 During the
Month of September.
Washington, Oct. 1.' The monthly
statement of the public debt shows
that at the close of business Septem
ber 30, 1903, the debt, less cash in the
treasury, amounted to $917,752,545,
which Is a decrease for the month of
$0,171,812. The debt Is recapitulated
as follows: Interest hearing debt,
$912,539,440; debt on which interest
has ceased since maturity, $1,197,050;
"debt bearing no interest, $393,433,239;
total, $1,307,169,729.
This amount, however,' does not In
clude $902,700,869 In certificates and
treasury notes outstanding which are
offset by an equal amount of cash held
for their redemption.
Miners Voted to 'Strike.
Colorado Springs, Col., Oct. 2. The
coal miners of this vicinity, number
ing about 300, at a mass meeting voted
to strike because of the refusal of the
operators to grant an elght-hoUr day
,nu a 20 per cent. Increase.
Part of a Texas Town Flooded.
Brownwood, Tex., Oct, 2. Much
damage has been done by a rise In tho
river here, tho water flooding tho
whole Jower part of the town, from
which tho families have all moved.
A DISPOSAL SALE.
W. S. Barnes Will Sell His Entire
Stud October 16-17.
. Lexington, Ky., Oct. 2. W. S.
Barnes will hold a disposal sale of his
entlro stud on-October 1G and 17. The
salo will bo conducted on his place,
Melbourne stud, a mile from the city,
under a great circus tent to be erected
with a seating capacity of several hun
dred. Tho salo will bo headed by tho
stallions Rainbow, Prince of Monaco.
Jim Goro and St. Julian. About a hun
dred of tho choicest mares In America
will bo offered, most of which were
bred by Barnes himself and retired to
the stud because of their blood without
being raced. About 20 yearlings and
40 weanlings nro to be sold. v
THE TAYLOR SOLDIERS.
'Money Paid Them Must Be Given to
the State.
Frankfort, 'Ky., Oct. 2. Judge Cari
trlll, "In the circuit court Thursday,
rendered Judgment against ex-Auditor
J. S. "Sweeney, o'f Paris, Ky., and his
bondsmen for all warrants Issued after
February 2, 1D00, the day on which the
legislative contest was passed upon.
The Judgment will amount to about
$17,000, being money paid to Taylor
soldiers. The decision also disposes
of a similar suit against ex-State
Treasurer' Walter Day, who paid tho
vouchers Issued from Rev. Sweeney's
office.
LIVE BIRD 8HOOT.
C. W. PhelllB Set a New Record For
Kentucky.
Austerlitz, Ky., Oct. 2. At the an
aual live bird shoot of the Hilltop Gun
club, situated on the famous Clay farm
near Austerlitz, Ky C. W. Phellls, of
Mechanlcsburg, O., equaled the world's
record Thursday and set a new record
for the stato of Kentucky by scoring
50 straight in a 30 yard boundary.
Heikes, of Dayton, O., scored 48; Gil
bert, of Spirit Lake, la., 47, and Hlr
schey, of Minnesota, and of Grand Am
erican handicap fame, 44.
Walking Arsenal Arrested.
Newport, Ky., Oct. 2. A walking ar
senal in the person of Hays Coyns,
from the moonshine district of Ken
tucky, was arrested In Park avenue,
Thursday, by tho police. When search
ed at the police station a revolver, a
dirk and a razor were found on Coyns.
He was fined for carrying concealed
weapdns. The -police kindly agreed to
keep this armament for him.
The Nagus-Lindsey Wedding.,.
Frankfort, Ky., Oct. 2. The wedding
of Miss Katherine Llndsey, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Llndsey, and
Wado Hampton Nagus, of Greenville,
Miss., took place here Thursday even
ing at the homo of the bride's parents
on the south side. Tho groom Is a
banker and a prominent society man
at Greenville.
Death Came Suddenly.
Lexington, Ky., Oct. 2. J. Tilford
Hawkins, bookkeeper for the large dry
goods firm of Mitchell, Cassell & Ba
ker, died very suddenly at his home
hero shortly after leaving the s'tore.
Mr. Hawkins had been In bad health
for a number of years, but had never
given up active work.
Sisters Buy Collins Estate..
Covington. Ky., Oct. 2. A- deal
which was closed Thursday will give
the Benedictine Sisters of St. Wal
burg's academy, this elty, one of tho
finest suburban sites for an education
al Institution in Northern Kentucky.
The property in question is the D. C.
Collins estate.
Tobacco Factory Destroyed By Fire.
Bowling Green, Ky., Oct. 2. The to
bacco factory of J. B. Tabor, of Hydro,
this county, burned. Over 50,000
pounds of tobacco, tho -property of a
Louisville warehouse, was burned,
Tho tobacco was insured for $2,500,
but there was no insurance on tho
building.
Contract For Waterworks.
Lawr'enceburg, Ky., Oct. 2. The con.
tract for erecting a waterworks plant
here was awarded by the city council
Wednesday afternoon to P. H. Porter,
of Louisville, at $23,750, Work will
be begun within twenty days and the
system must be completed In four
months.
Took Stamps and Money.
Prostonburg, Ky., Oct. 2. Robbers
sntered the post office at Falcon, Ma
goffin county, and tool: about $400 in
stamps and money order funds, It is
inougni tnis is tno same gang that
robbed the office at Bast Point, In
Johnson county, a few days ago.
Gets West Point Appointment.
Bowling Green. Ky.. Oct. 1. Tom J.
3raltb, con of Col. T," J. Smith, of this
:Hy. has been appointed on the recom-
mendation of Senator James B. Me
Creary, cadet from tho state-nt-larso
to the' military academy at West
Point.
BYTHETHOUSANDS
The Organized Militia of Six
States Poured In on Camp
Young Thursday.
A QUIET DAY FOR THE REGULARS.
The Cavalry Brigade Spent the Morn
ing Polishing1 Up For tho Brigade
Review in the Afternoon.
Twelve Hundred Men From the 1st,
3d and 20th Infantries Were
Set to Work on a Series
pf Intrenchments.
Camp Young, West Point, Ky., 'Oct.
2. The organized militia of six states
poured in on Camp Young by the
thousands Thursday and by night tho
greater portion of the 9,000 or more
troops had arrived, although only
about half of them had established per
manent camp by nightfall. For the
regular troops already In camp the
day was rather a quiet one. Tho In
fantry put In a hard but uneventful
stretch of work at digging Intrench
ments. The cavalry .brigade spent tho
morning polishing up for a brigade
review, which took place In the after
noon. Twelve hundred men from the 1st,
3d and 20th infantries were set to
work early In the day on a series of
Intrenchments with a front of about
1,700 feet. The time consumed and
tho quality of the work were apprais
ed by Gen. Bates and the umpires.
The principal object in throwing up
the works, however, was that they
might be used for the instruction of
the officers of tho state guard.
The tovlew of the cavalry in the
afternoon was attended by Gen. Bates,
the umpires and nearly all the visiting
officers, including Maj. Raspapoff and
Col. Foster, the representatives of the
Russian and British armies. The
troops on review consisting of two
squadrons of the 7th, a squadron of
the 8th and two troops each of the 2d
and 4th, made a decided impression on
tho foreign attaches. After they had
passed in review the 7th was re-formed
in line and to the accompaniment
of music went through the first and
second series of movements provided
In the Butts manual for sabres.
A MONTHLY STATEMENT.
The Receipts and Expenditures of the
Government Last Month.
Washington, Oct. 2. The monthly
statement of the government receipts
and expenditures shows that the total
receipts for the month of September,
1903, were $44,969,818 and tho expendl
tures $38,430,963, a surplus for the
month of $6,540,000.
The receipts fell below those of Sep
tember, 1902, by $3,611,000. The re
ceipts from customs aggregated $23,
635,071, a decrease of $2,590,000. Inter
nal revenue, $19,201,229; decrease,
$588,479; miscellaneous, $2,133,515;
decrease, $431,000.
Tho expenditures on account of the
war department show an, increase of
$1,556,000, and on account of the navy
an Increase of $097,000,
The total receipts for the three,
months of the present fiscaj year ex
ceeded the expenditures by $5,590,375.
EVACUATION OF MANCHURIA.
China Insists That Russia Should Keep
Her Aoreement.
Washington, Oct 2. The state de
partment has been informed that
Prince Ching has determined to re
fuse to consent to any terms proposed
by Russia for a postponement of tho
evacuation of Manchuria, which might
be Injurious to Chinese soverefgnty
rights or the rights of other nations.
China insists that Russia, having giv
en a pledge to move out of Manchuria,
on or before October 8, should keep
her agreement without the imposition
of any further demands.
Called on the President.
Washington, Oct, 2. Charlemagne
Tower, United States ambassador to
Germany, accompanied by Mrs. Tower,
called on the president and Mrs. Roose
velt Thursday, The ambassador's mis
sion was simply to pay his respects to
the president.
Gov. Hunt Warmly Welcomed.
San Juan, P. R., Oct 2, -Gov. Hunt
arrived here Thursday from' the Unit
ed States and was warmly welcomed,
officials and civilians uniting in a dem
onstration in his honor. There were
no attempts to create disorder.
Appointed Vail of Beirut. .
Beirut, Oct. 2. Ignoring the unani
mous request of tho consuls, the porte
has appointed Khalta Pasha of Brussa
vail of Beirut It Is feared that elisor
dors. will ensue on the departuro of
Nazlih Bey; acting valt-
TRIPLE ELECTROCUTION.
Three Brothers Paid the Penalty For
Their Many Crimes..
Dannemord, N. Y., Oct. 2. Tho tri
ple execution of the three Van Wor
mer brothers was completed within 15
minutes Thursday. At 11:29 tho wit
nesses started for tho death chamber.
At 11:32 Willis Van Wormer was sum
moned to tho chair, which had already
been tested. Ho entered tho chair at
11:34, and at 11:35. tho current
was turned on. Ho was declared dead
at 11:37.
Frederick entered the death cham
ber at 11:40:30, the current was turn
ed on at 11:42 and Frederick was dead
at'll:'43.
Burton entered tho death chamber
at 11:47, received tho current at 11:48
and was. declared dead at 11:48:30.
This arrangement of tho order of
death was agreed updn by tho boys
themselves, after a long discussion.
They decided that Willis should be
permitted to go first, because of his.
ill-health and consequent weakness.
Willis, throughout his long confine
ment, here, has been afflicted with lung
trouble.
Early In life tho three brothers de
veloped into a capacity for crime that
would have qualified them for mem
bers In the worst gang of bandits that
ever infested the western frontier.
For nearly two "years before the cul
minating atrocity which has brought
down upon them the extreme penalty
of the law, they literally were bandits,
open and defiant.
Their crimes culminated in the mur
der and robbery of their uncle, who
had several times saved them from ar
rest by paying their victims.
TEXAS LYNCHING.
Walter Davis, Colored, Hanged to a
Tree By a Mob.
Marshall, Tex., Oct. 2. Thursday
night a mob of .several hundred men
forced their way through the brick
wall of the city Jail with tho aid of a
telephone pole and with sledge ham
mers and crowbars took out Walter
Davis, a Negro, and marched him to
tho west side of town, where he was
hanged to a tree.
The lynching was the result of the
killing of Constable Hayes Thursday
morning, while ho was taking a Negro
to Jail. Hayes was shot from ambush,
being literally riddled with bullets.
Shortly after killing the constable
Walter Davis and two other Negroes
were arrested and lodged in Jail at
Marshall. A mob formed during the
afternoon and attacked the Jail. The
Marshall Musketeers were ordered out
and arrived at the Jail. after the mob
had secured the Negro.
CHICAGO CELEBRATION.
It Ended With a Banquet to Visiting
Mayors and a Concert.
Chicago, Oct. 2. A banquet to tho
visiting mayors and a concert by the
United States marine band, followed
Thursday night by a public gathering
at the Auditorium theater, at which
Mayor Seth Low, of New York, was
tho principal speaker, and brought Chi
cago's centennial celebration-to a close
with the exception of the fireworks,
which will be displayed Friday night.
Mayors of a score of cities sat down to
the evening banquet In their honor,
attended by more than 400 residents
of Chicago. At 7:30 o'clock the Unit
ed Stntes marine band of Washington
begnn a concert In the Auditorium
theater andone hour later the ban
queters took seats on the platform to
listen to Mayor Low's speech on "Civ
lc Federation."
A NINE ACRE LOT.
Its Value Is $2,000,000 and Now Be
longs to Columbia University.
"" New York, Oct. 2. Southfiejd" a
nine acre lot lying opposite the Co
lumbia library, Thursday became the
property of the university. It is val
ued at $2,000,000. Up to last year it
was owned by the New York hospital.
It was bought from the hospital by a
syndicate, which promised to hold It
for one year and then sell it to Colum
bia at cost price.
Value of Foreign Coin.
Washington, Oct 2. The quarterly
statement of the changes In the value
TDf foreign coin, issued by the director
of the mint, shows an average increase
In the value of silver of .03197 cents
an ounce.
Circulation Statement.
Washington, Oct. 2. The monthly
circulation statement of tb'e controller
of the currency shows that at the close
of business September 30, 1903, the
amount of national bank n6tes In cir
culation was $420,420,535, an increase.
Silver For Philippine Coinage.
Washington, Oct. 2. The director of
the mint Thursday purchased 75,000
ounces of silver for account of Philip
pine colndgo at an average of 593-10
oents an ounce, to. he delivered at tho
Sin Francisco mint
IN NICK OF TIME,
Prompt Work of Officials Pre-
vented the Lynching of a
Kentuekian at Oxford, 0.
HE WAS STRUNG UP BY THE MOB
A Deputy Sheriff and ills Assistants
Hushed Forward, Cut' tho Ropo
and Escaped With Prisoner.
Five Persons Were Shot and Danger
ously Wounded 'Previously In a
Fight Between. the Prisoners
and tho Officers.
Oxford, O., Oct. 2. Five persons
were shot and dangerously wounded
Thursday night In a fight between offi
cers and several strangers from Ken
tucky who were shooting their revol
vers on tho streets during the fair.
Two of tho Kentucklans were named
Joseph and John Splvey. Marshal
John Woodruff and his deputy, Jacob
Manrod, endeavored to arrest them
and were shot, Marshal Woodruff In
tho right breast and Deputy Manrod
In tho left wrist. A crowd started in
pursuit of tho Splvey brothers and
overtook them. Joseph Splvey was
shot In tho' right side with a load of
buckshot and his brother was knocked
unconscious with a stone thrown by
some one in the crowd of pursuers.
During tho fight a stranger who re
fuses to give his name was shot in the
abdomen and is in a dangerous con
dition. Tho Splveys were arrested.
A large crowd followed and soon
-surrounded the Jail. They had secured
a ropo and endeavored to take both
Louis Splvey and Joseph Splvey out
of the officers' hands, but they were
frustrated by tho officers. .The mob
also had no recognized leader, and
wero Ineffectual In their desires. Fl'
nally Everett Woodruff, tho father of
tho wounded marshal, appeared on tho
scene and expected the mob to avenge
the murder of his son, himself direct
ing the mob, the door of the Jail was
battered down and a long ropo was
fastened around the neck of Joseph
Splvey and ho was led forth. Fully
one hundred men had hold of the rope
and they dragged him through- the
street In the direction of the public
park. Splvey begged and cried for
mercy and Implored the mob to allow
him to see his wife and children be
foro they hung him. Epithets and
curses were heaped upon him, and he
wus dragged by the Infuriated mob to
the public pnrk. When they came to
the tree where 11 years ago a mob
had lynched Henry Corbln, the Negro
who killed Mrs. Horner, and murder
ously assaulted her daughter, a voice
cried out to halt and to hang him.
This tree was also the sceno 25 years
ago of a lynching of a Negro who had
also assaulted a lady. The rope was
swung around a limb and Splvey was
Jerked Into midair. In their hurry tho
mob neglected to tie Splvey's hands
and ho grabbed the rope above his
head and saved himself. He cried plti
eously and begged to be allowed to
write a letter to his wife and children.
A voice in the mob cried out to leave
him down and the mob released' the
rope, and Splvey was given a pencil
and paper. He vainly endeavored to
write, but It was utterly unintelligible.
A voice cried out, hang him. and the
rope tightened and Splvey was again
suspended In midair. Ho again grab
bed the rope above his head and be
tween strangulations begged and plead
ed for an opportunity to write a letter
to his wife and children. Ho whs
again let down but only repeated his
former miserable effor.ts. There wero
In the mob a number of Negroes and
they were greatly excited. A colored
man raised his voice and said that If
Splvey wero a colored man, he would,
have been swung into eternity long
ago. Tho rope again tightened nftd
Splvey was suspended for a tlilrd time
in midair. There was a sudden Jost
, ling, and Deputy Sheriff Urannan and
a few" assistants rushed forward, . cut
tho rope and dashed down the street
with the prisoner.
Ho was rushed to the Jail and Jibs
been spirited out of town.
John Spivoy is dying with a bullet
through his head. The stranger lives
at Monroe, 6., and will die. " The mar
shal and deputy will recover.
Fell Over a Precipice.
AlbertvIIIe, Franco, Oct. 2. While
tho 22d Alpine battalion was engaged
in maneuvers near Selongey tho troops
wore lost for a timo in a heavy storm
whllo approaching the edge of a precl-"
plco. Capt. Alzloli fell over tho preci
pice and was killed.
To Buy the Flrgfc Year'o Crop.
Lexington, Ky., Oct. 2. The Sequrl.
lies Warehouse Co., of Now York, has
irranged to lend $10,000,000 to ftio
Kentucky Burley Tobacco Growers'jis.
lociation with 'which to buy the first
rear's crop from the srrowers.
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