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The times., 1897-09-03

Mr. Arlington is charged with ha wing
appropriated from the Government several
sums of money collected by him while
hunting other alleged defaulting postoffice
enrloyes. The evidence given yesterday
was Of alleged shortages ranging from
August, 1886, to July, 1897. The eyl
dence of the Government witnesses also
showed. however. on cross examination,
tnat Mr. Arlington had made good all
tie shortage mentioned and that his
statement OF the case was that he had
rceu sirnplycareless and negiigentin ma king
re turns al the proper time.
Mr.. Arlington S slightly built man.
with a small face and a heavy black
mustacbe. He sat next TO his attorney,
Mr. Andrew Lipsc0mb during the giving
OF the testimony.
Inspector Smith, the first witness told
OF the duties OF the accused as inspector
and OF the fact that large sums Of money
passed through his hands. De testified also
to the inspection OF the accounts 1T Man
rineton, W Va, in the Washington dis
trict, made in August, 1896, by Inspectors
Arlington and Dixon. His testimony was
to the effect that Arlington had re-
ceived $2,11579 from the postmaster
and his sureties on August It. 1895. or
this sum about 81 $50 was paid over by
him at tie time. but $3.50 or more was
not paid in until October and November.
Two hundred more was received 10y him
from he Warrington office ia February.
o97 and this sum was not turned over
until seventeen days after he had been
removed from the office of inspector in
charge last July. Then he did turn it
over, but, said Inspector Smith. onlY afer re-
peated demands from the Government
Two other similar cases in which the
amounts were smaller, and the receipts
given by Mr.. Arlington for the money could
no: he produced. were also taken up b. this
witness.
Nr. Andrew Lipscoub then took Mr..
Smith 1or cross examination. He asked
the Inspector what an inspector would
10 on tlc receipt of check from a post
office under investigation. Mr.. Smith hest
tated soiuew hat and finally said that it
was NOT the practice of the office TO accept
checks
But suppose a check was sent 10 you?
Suppose it came from people you did not
know aud was not certified, would YOU
pay the money out of your pocket on that
1 day aud put the check in bank for col
lection? As far as the facts of the mat
| ter 20, wouldn tit be absolutely necessary
FOR you if you were inspector in charge to
have private bank account of your own
( Tor just such caseS?'
! Mr.. Smith didn't think it would.
The times., 1897-09-03

Mr.. Lipscomb also brought out FROM
Nh Smith the admission that in all the
cases testified to by him, Mr.. Arlington
has squared his account with the Govern
ment.
The second witness was Mr.. George d.
Hamlet. the man who took the place made
vacant by Mr.. Arlington removal in July.
Mr. Hamlet said that when ne took the
office he found that many eases remained
over from Mr. Arlington, and that, although
that gentleman made positive statement
TO him then that there was no money due
on then, il was found, in the course or
investigation, that there was some $4,000
unaccounted for This was from ten or
more pcstoffices in Virginia, West Vir-
ginia, North Carolina and Maryland As
a case was taken up by him he would
fnd shortage ana then so to Mr.. Arring-
ton, who was still in the Postoffice DEPART
The times., 1897-09-03
ARMY AND NAVY ORDERS.

The War Department has issued orders
as follows:
Leave of absence for one month and ten
days, to take effect between September l
and 8, 1897 is granted Capt. John NJ. K.
Davis. First Artillery.
First Lieuts. John Pope, jr., and Arthur
Murray, First Artillery, VIII report in
person on September s, 1897, to Col. Royal
T. Frank. First Artillery, president OF the
examining board appointed to meet at
Fort Monroe, Va, for examination as to
their fitness for promotion.
Leave ofabsence for wo months, to :ake
effect on or about October 1, 1897, is
Sixth Infantry.
Leave of absence from September Is
TO October 81. 1897, inclusive, is granted
Major James M. ingalls,, First Artillery
The leave OF absence granted Capt. VIII
liam A Nichols, Twenty third Infantry, is
extended one month.
Leave of absence for two months, from
August IT, S9T, with permission to apply
for an extension Of one month, is granted
First Lieut.. Charles Miller, Sixteenth In
fantry.
The following transfers are made in the
Twenty-fifth Infantry: Capt. James Z.
ORD, from Company K to Company +;
Capt George Andrews, from Company
to Company X.
First Lieut. George W. Burr, ordnance
department, will make not exceeding four
visits during the month OF September,
1897, and four visits during the month of
october. 1897, to the Rome Locomotive
Works Rome, N. T., on official business
pertaining to the inspection of cast-iron
prejectiles.
The following transfers are made, to take
effect this date:
Second Lieut.. Joseph l.. Donovan from
the Seventeenth Infantry to the Twenty
first Infantry, Company D.
Second Lieut.. Charles D. Roberts, from
the Twenty-first infantry to the Seven
teenth infantry, Company G.
Lieut. Roberts will join his company
under tile requir ements Of general orders
from this office,
Orders have been issued by the Navy
Department as follows: Ensign w. D..
Maopeugal., detached from the Raleigh
and or dered to the San Francisco; Ensign
r. Pahin, detached from the San Fran
cisco and or dered to the Raleigh; Mate c.
]. Cooper is ordered to the. Constellation,
Chief Engineer a. V. Zane is ordered TO
duty at the Washington navy yard, Thomas
j. Shuttleworth is appointed acting gunner,
The times., 1897-09-03
K 3NNEY DESERTS HIS POST
First Precinct Policeman OFF for
Parts Unknown.
Family Troubles Said to Be the
Cause of His Disappea rance
Probably Gone to KlondiISe.

Policeman william Kenney, OF the First
serted froIl the force and left the ranks
of Washingtons finest" The story OF
the efficer's mysterious disappearance, al
told in the Evening Times last night,
caused considerable comment to he made
in police circles among his brothers in
uniform.
MI. Kenney left his home, No. 721
Seventh street northeast, about O'Clock
last Tuesday morning to go TO police head
quarters and draw his monthly salary. He
told his wife that he would return some
time before neon, az he was to go ON
duty again that day at l O'Clock in the
afternoon.
During the morning he signed the pay
roll and secured his check for $50, being
private of the second class. He was
seen by several policemen but to none
did he intimate that he did not .uteni
10 again 60 on his beat. He did not go
home, and his wife and friends have since
seen nothing of him, and so far as can
DE ascertaineG. no one in Washington
knows his present wherea bouts
, .
of the Eighth precinct. who is at Z loss
70 account for his brothers conduct. He
has been member of the force for about
twelve years, and has always sustained
AN honorable record, and made thorough
and efficient officer He has done duty
in Sc veral precincts, chiefly, however.
as a mounted officer In No. 8. For the
past year he has done duty on one OF
the downtown beats III the First pre-
ctncf
His disappearance while sudden X as not
wholly a surprise TO those who have been
intimately acquainted with the man. While
Mrs. kenney asserts that she is at a loss
TO account for her husbands absence,
| ana E1ggests that he has gone away Oh a
vacation and she believes viii shortly re-
turn, it rs nevertheless stated here Ey
those in position 10 know that kenney
has undoubtedly gone for good Domestic
discord of some years standing is alleged
| 10 be the cause OF his deseTtion, ana it is
asserted that he lived unhappily with his
| wife. The couple have no children.
A recent misunderstanding is alleged
| to be the Immediate cause OF his flight.
| About two years ago, on account Of family
| troubles, Kenney resigned from the force,
but subsequently was induced to withdraw
| his resignation He had evidently planned
| 90 leave town on the morning he left home.
| but, rot wishing TO excite suspicion, he
wore his uniform trousers and citizen s
| coat, vest and hat. The tro users he sold to
| a secondhand dealer ON d street for So
and in turn purchased plain pair Hts
/ belt, whistle and badge he had previously
| left, with 8 few other personal effects, at
No. / station. His other accoutrements
have not been accounted for, but are sup
posed TO be at his home
| Kenney has recently talked much of
| Klondike, and some of his brother Of
| ficers believe that he has gone there.
| For the past TWO days the missing officer
has been carried on the rolls as absent
without leave" but today Lieut. AInisS
| will report him as having deserted, and
| should he not return his dismissal will, OF
| course, follow.
The times., 1897-09-03
OUR COAST DEFENsEs.
Meeting of Board of Army Officers
TO Examine Them.

A me citing was held yesterday by tne
board of Army officers which was created
for the purpose CT examining into tue
question OF coast defenses- The board
consists of Col. John l. Rodgers, in CONF
mand at Fort Hamilton, n. y; Lieut..
Col. H. C. Hasbrouck, of Fort Monroe
and Capt. c P. Miller. of the quarter
masters department.
1t is the intention OF the board 10 pre-
pare a schedule OF the various batteries
at each port ard TO designate the nuinper
and position of the troops needed for
them. The board will also recommend
additional sites for batteries and repairs
and enlargement OF existing ones. The
redistribution OF the present artillery
force in connection with the new system
of coast defense, and the expense, will
be inquired into. The report OF this
board will be embodied in the annual
report of the Secretary of War 20 Congress,
Which viii be asked TO make an appro-
priation Sufficient 10 meet the new con,
dition OF things due to the establishment
of modern defenses, heavy guns, and
nortars.
The times., 1897-09-03

pleat al the timc, though h. had been re-
moved from his former position. When the
case was PIT very plainly before Mr.. ar
ringtoa he would Acknowledge that lie must
owe the Goyernme mt on IL and would make
good out OF his bank account.
After each occurrence of this kind Mr..
Hamle, said he would ask the accused IL
that was the last shortage and he would
state hat it was. The fourth assistant
postInast ter general was present on one
occasion when Mr.. Arlington stated that
his account was square, but after that
three Or four times new shortages were
shown, ana he had made them good. On
August :, 1897, the last payment was
made by Mr.. Arlington
Mr.. Hamlet put In evidence TWO docu
ments, one , type written report by his
secretary ef one of the conversations that
he and Mr.. Arlington held over new
found shortage, W hen the aecus ed acknowl-
edged the debt and said that it was the
last, and the other a letter written 10
him by Mr.. Arlington on August 3, ask
ing that he might be re- tain eG in the service
HI some capacity. In tiiis letter he said:
II ackno Wedge that | have been very
negle.tful and careless in my accounts,
but L wish TO call your attention 20 my
long service for the Government, and my
guod record"
on erosS-cXaminaiion it was shown that
a large part of this 50 900 was on current
July cases, in which Mr.. Arring gton had
only mad the money few days and might
presumably have intended to turn it over
These cases We're those taken up by him
as an inspeotc-, but after he had given up
his position as inspector in charge
In fact said Mr.. Lipsconb, the
money w as kept in Mr.. Arlington private
account, and not in the office safe. as
the new Officers Of the division are sure
it should be, aren't they2 He did not
have the same methods as you are trying.
Every new administration tries new meth
DDS. And. then, he was Democrat, and
you are q Republican.
Nit Taggart, The attorney for the Govern
Inent, playfUlly suggested that this showed
the folly of Republicans having Democrats
working under them, as the civil service
male necessary. And so the hearing ended
InerriIy, with promise of continued in
terest today ut / o'clock.
The times., 1897-09-03
STREET SWEEPING sHAKE-UP
Several Important Changes Among
Heads of the Depa rtmeDt.

Commissioner Ross mas taken baud
in the reorganization of the District serv-
ice and yesterday announced a number OF
important changes in the department OF
street and alley cleaning
Alexander G. Mckenzie, superintendent
of the department has been reduced To the
rank OF inspector, while Warner Stutler,
former assistant superintendent, has been
promoted to superintendent
Thomas {. Quantrell, inspector, has been
ordered dr0pned from the rolls, and Mr..
Mex enzie transferred TO the inspector
ship thus made vacant. The office or as
sistant superintendent and chief clerk OF
the department from which Mr.. Stulter IS
promoted, is to be filled by Mai. A. II. 5.
Davis, transfer from the office OF Dis
trict Assessor TrimbIe. o. II. Herring,
recently dismissed from the assessors
office, IS reinstated into the position held
by MAJ Davis. The changes were decided
upon wednesday afternoon, but Were an
nouuced ard went into effect yesterday.
When seen by Times reporter yes
terday Commissioners Ross would give no
The times., 1897-09-03
IIEIS.

FLOYD-Departed this life on Thurs
day, September =, 1897. ALBERT MIL
TON FLOYD, aged five years, beloved
son of French l.. and Annie E Floyd, nee
Albert
Funeral Friday at D. m, from tho
residence Of his parents, No. S2T twenty
fifth street northwest. Funeral private
1t
FERGUSON ON-On Thursday, September ~
1 1S97 A. J. FERGUSON
A precious one from Us has gone.
voice we loved is stilled.
a place IS vacant in our home
Which never can be filled
God in His wisdom mas recalled
The boon His love has given,
And though the body Sium DeFS here,
The soul is safe IN heaven
By his daughter, hAIlE-
Funeral from his late residence. 5l3
Eighteenth street northeast, Frlday, sep
teInber 3, at a. m Relatives and friends
are invited to attend. Item
MOORE-On Tuesday. August 81, 1887.
at i2 o'clock MRS. MARTHA ANN
MOORE. the wife OF George Moore aged
sixty one years, born In Madison county
va. Residence, No. Johnson court \
street, between Twenty-first aud twenty
second streets
Funeral Friday o clock from First Bap-
tist Church, Georgetown. Item
The times., 1897-09-03
81. 90
ROUND TRIP
SI.oO.
A FoREGoNE CONCLUSION.
Attorney General McKenna win sus

sain a discriminating Tariff.
Attorney General McKenna viii pr'J5-
ably render his decision Saturday as TO
the right OF the United States To enforce
discriminating tariff 1t is understood
that the decision VIII be brief and thai
IL w;u be IN line with the attitude as-
sumed hy the Treasury Department. which
insists that under the present tariff law
the United States may discriminate III
the enforcement of duties
The Attorney General has had the as
Astance OF all his subordinates ia prepar-
ing this decision, and it is salt that
theirinsEructions have been &c find law and
precedents which will enable the Attorney
General To decide that the position main
tained by The Treasury Department is the
legal one. 1t is also understood that tr
Judge MeKenna makes such decision that
the railroad companies most affected viii
carry the matter into court TO obtain
decision Of the Supreme Court in the mat
Tar
The times., 1897-09-03
HAWKINS HARD TO FIND
No Clew to the Supposed Tax Of
fee R0bber.
May Have Gone to Canada, Where
He Has Relatives, or Be IN
Hiding In the City.

NJ information has yet been received OF
Thomas varick Hawkins, the colored mes
senger who decanped last Tuesday night
with nearly $4,000 of District funds, stolen
from the safe in Collector Davis office.
There are many theories as to his prob
able whereabouts, but no important clews,
though this is not because the detectives
are not diligently looking for him.
NJ one has yet been found who saw
Hawkins after he left home, about o. clock
on the night of the robbery, and the fact
that colored man with so many marks
of identity by which he could be recog
nized, should thus battle the efforts OF
the police TO follow him is considered most
remark able.
Hawkins is now given credit for being Il
more intelligent man than any one ever
supposed him to be. The fact that he
succeeded in studying out the combination
to the safe and then escaped with the
funds and successfully covered his tracks
has materially raised the estimate of his
ability ii the minds of those who knew
the negro.
There are two plausible theories as TO
his present location. one is tnat he has
gone to Canada, where he is said to have
relatives. He could easily have done this
by leaving Washington on the night OF the
robbery and thus arrive In Buffalo about
the time of the discovery of the theft He
mad a start of fourteen to eighteen hours.
Thence to Niagara and across the border
| would have been an easy matter
Another theory Is that he is still hiding
in some near by place, waiting for the
matter to die out, when he will proceed
| to his intended destination. This, how
ever, is not SO likely to be the case, as his
| appea ance would lead to his detection.
The times., 1897-09-03
BICYCLES on THE BORDER.
Treasury Considering Application
of Tariff to Canadian Wheels.

Treasury Considering Application
of Tariff to Canadian Wheels.
Treasury Department officials are in
great trouble over the bicycle. Un der
the DingIey tariff bill Canadians cannot
ride their wheels across the border without
paying a duty on them, although the riders
may intend to have their wheels in the
United States but few minutes.
The Treasury Department has been asked
to interpret the section of the Dingley
bili relative to bicycles, go that customs
officers may know whether they must in
sist on duty OF bicycles that viii remain
in the United States but few hours, or
not
1t is estimated that there are several
hundred thousand wheels along the Ca
madam border, and 1t is claimed that 1t is
hardship To the owners to be forced to pay
10 per cent duty on them for the privi
lege of crossing the line. The matter Will
lie referred to Attorney General McKenna
for advice
The times., 1897-09-03
Petition TO show canse.

Thomas n. Hopkins, appointed admins
traitor Of the estate of Bartholomew Han
nan, deceased, yesterday filed petition
asking that William o'Brien, who claims
10 be next OF kin, be called upon to show
cause why the estate should not be turned
into the registry Of the orphans court.
Hopkins alleges that o'Brien promised TO
establish his kinshfp to the deceased but
that he has failed 10 do so.
The times., 1897-09-03
Jumped FROM Brooklyn Bridge

New York, Sept 2.-While the feat Of
Ieaping from the Brooklyn bridge has lost
the charm OF novelty, there is still enough
notoriety in it 10 tempt an occasional
idiot to essay the leap for that cause.
Herman often. a German sailor, made thu
aerial trip today, but for causes unknown
He lies IL the Hudson Street HospitalCncou-
scious. The doctors say he win probably
recover lie wss hurried TO the hosPftaL
and If lie recovers viii be prosecuted FOR at
tempted suicide.
The times., 1897-09-03
1864. 1857
Spencerian Business College
NEW AND BEAUTIFUL HALLS.

In academy Of Music Bqildina:, =.

In Academy OF Music Building,
Ninth street, ctsrher q, nv EnICdhce 403
Ninth st.
ThiTty-third scholastic year. Day and
evening sessions. The leading business men
Of " dsningtOn Were trained III TINS cOllege.
and send their sons and daughters and
candidates Tor employment here for train
ing.
Rapid writing. English, rapid calcula-
tiuns, hOokkee ping. laws. AMI ethics OF
business, science OF " edIth, science or cit
izeuship, vocal and physical culture, the
art Of expression tIelsarte me1nOdl, short
hand ana tYpswrittng-
Terms reasonable, but no comp etitton
win cheap schools.
si- ofs-l v.-. -aISiasss day and night
throughout the year.
Call or send for new announcement,
'9T -9S, Containing address u Hon L y
man J Gage, al college commencement,
and names. occupa tions and addresses OF
S58 graduates Of : b C.
Mrs sara |. SpenCer.
au2l- iul-em Principal and PFop.
The times., 1897-09-03
RoelsefelIer Reaeems His Promise.

Boston, Sept. 2.-J. D. Rockefeller has
redeemed his promise TO the American Rap
list Missionary Union and the American
Baptist Home Missionary Society, and has
sent has check for the balance of tha
S250.000 promised by him upon the con-
dIUon that the two societies would rails @
S236 ,o0o. The American Baptist Mis-
sionary Miss an In this city has received
a check from him for S121 ,267. The
American Baptist Home Miss ionary So
ciety, whose headquarters are in New
York city, received check for the bal
anoe necessary to cancel its Indebtedness
The soci cites are thus enabled TO wipe
out totalindebtedness of about S4S6 900.
The times., 1897-09-03
NO INTENTION TO DEFRAUD
Inspector Arlington Answers The
Charge of EmbezzlemeRf.
ADMITS He WAS CARELESS
Accused Man Given Preliminary
Hearing Before Jrdge Mills
Moneys Due the Government
Case Continued 20 This Afternoon.

The embe=Aement case against Mr.
Thomas NJ. Arlington, formerly Inspector
in-charee OF ihe Postofrice Department.
III the Washington district, was before
Judge Mills on a preliminary hearing all
II developed much more Of interest than
Judge Mills had expected, and he was
obliged TO postpone several other hear.
inEs.
The times., 1897-09-03
OBITUARY NOTES.

DR.. Rufus Bratton, Of Yorkville, S. c.,
is dead. He entertained President Davis, of
the Confederaey, at his home when with his
Cabinet Mr.. Davis vas retreating to Wash
ington, Ga. A speech from his veranda
was the last made in public life by Mr..
Davis, as PtesideEt of the Confederaoy.
DR.. Bratton was in charge of the Milledge-
vile, Ga, hospital in the latter part Of
the war. He was leading spirit in the Ku-
Klux organization, and was once in tue
clutches OF the Federal authorities, but
escaped TO Canada, where he was in exile
from 1870 10 1873.
Capt oetayius c. Henderson diedin Alex
andria, Va, last night, aged fifty-seven
years. He was the son OF Gen. Archibald
Henderson, and grandson of Alexander
Henderson, q Virginia leader of the Revo-
luton, who, with James Madison, had to
unite the Virginia and Maryland boundary
commission. Octayius Henderson gradu-
ated from the Virginia Military Institute
in 1859, and commanded the First Virginia
Battalion of regulars at Bull Run, both
times. and went through the war to
Appomattox.
State Senator Joseph Muliin, OF New
York, was found dead in bed in a room
on the third floor'of the University Club,
Madison avenue and Twenty sixth street,
New York, at 1 0 O'Clock yesterday morn
ing. Heart disease is supposed TO have
been the cause or death. Senator MuIlin
was one of the conspicuous Republicans
who opposed many of the me easures of the
State machine, which made the sessions
Of 1896 and 1897 ones of unusual in
terest. He fought on the floor of the
Senate andin tile party conferences against
the Raines liquor law and its amen dnents
and against haste in dealing with the
Greater New York charter.
The times., 1897-09-03
An Eccentric Farmers Death.

Chnlioothe, Mo-, Sept. 2.-Joseph NJ.
Lieley. Il wealthy farmer, died last night
Of paralysis. Lieley was a peculiar man.
In ] 96S he took to his bed when ap-
parently In the best Of health and lay
there twenty one years.
He eontended that IL he raised his chest
abtye certain angle lie would instantly
die. Ideiey suddenly left his bed eight
wears ago, and had been engaged in busi-
ness ever since.
The times., 1897-09-03
where Applicants Can Be Coached.

Articles OF Incorporation were filed yes
terday in the office of the recorder OF
deeds for tie Civil Service Correspondence
College, to be al institution OF learning
upon the correspondence plan. The in
stitution IS 70 be divided into numerous
departments corresponding to the various
branches of the governmental service, and
is intended to prepare applicants 20 pass
tile civil service examinations.
The times., 1897-09-03
4 New Japanese Diplomat.

The japanese Legation has notified the
Department of State that Mr.. JiniiFo
saEata has been appointed an attache to
the Japanese legation, and that Mr.. Hino-
kiem Mutsus tlird secretary. has been re-
heved and VIII return 10 japan imme-
diately.
The times., 1897-09-03
No Change of Cars.

10 transfers. No ferries. Through
trains TO Atlantic City. Great excursion
via Pennsylvania Railroad next Saturda Y
and Sunday. se3- 2t
The times., 1897-09-03
If Nnn MANI 20 -

Through 10 Atlantic City without change
OF cars. take the Pennsylvania Railroad.
Only aIl-ran route $500 excursion sat,
urday and Sunday. se3- 1t