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,rc,cr ,rroy FOR INDIAN TERRITORY

Washington Jon. 1.-THE Joint suo-corn' nI''ee'
O. ~. Senate and House which nave oeeh ioI eoY-
eral months trying 10 agree on ''e oas'
Iau. o.. 80 Indian Territory. to-day authorized
pa,-eso,,a.,vs Curtis TO prepare and introduce
Nh ,-o,,a,,, for the allotment OF the use OF the
Ips,ar land. FOR the regulation Of town sites 'or
,as oas,ng ot inruders and authorizing the PAYS S
coro,-iseiS- ~ prepare a roll Of ciuzens ne 90,
IN; - .abe,,re are not fully agreed on out
he committees vii have no m9is !o NH nieW ne
The provision IN regard 10 TOWN. s'e a,9ni, thero
10 pircbsse ;heir sites from the Indians Win me
cors4nt 81 the National Government granting
lease " time
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-,.c,xrrR KIRBY BREAKS Do"N.-rne
r.-.r,rent has been Informed of the break
~ down q Aesao KrSy Cne III sn saa been in
49,
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Midwinter-yet everywhere
a suggestion Of Spring to
the Users Of Lundborg's
perfumes.
yAVAL AND ARMY NEWS.

washington. January Is.
.,ocREss ON wARSHIPs-The report maze
~ 70 Chief Constructor Hichhorn' showing
non'".' ~ work on the warships now build
ire pss1.,.os that the big batte-ships the Kcar-
NE Tho Kentucky at Newport News are more
ts'e7 80 erishcd the exact figures being IS per
'h"n TIE hattle.ship Illinois AT the same place Is
cen" .,, advanced toward completion, while me
~ si the Cramps yards is IS per cent ana
r-,sconsin al the Union Iron Works Is % per
'ne ,o,g only one gunhoat Is In the builders
cent a'c .s princeton AZ Dialogues, which Is re
hanas - he o. per cent advanced towar n, coIn
pleton roirn,hian Iron Works Is reported as M per
a. ,ne completed on three Of the thirty -kho. 1oi
cent Co...ss M work has been done. Inc contracts
peio,oosa'S v.ere awarded 10 Harlan & HolngsWorth
iW3r Sevicker ard the Gas Ensine si snq in MIN
COMPANY, 1sy4ncei from % per cent in the case Of
nr,as1r,,s a, the Hcrreshofs', 10 the Rowan ~ per
N, .ss, a; Moran Rrothers
.xoryrR CHANCE FOR LIEUTENANT STE
Is TpA President has decided 10 give Lieu
W, Thomas II. Stevens. OF the Navy another
' w. ,or promotion 70 the grade OF heu'ehSn'-
e.orser report against this otfcer was re
Gently MAJ Eas approved the report he would have
tTs5 drop, ed from the service ne r WI,
eesn 10 rui on probation FOR four Hoh'ns
,,xrrp KIRBY BREAKS DOWN-The
na-.rtroert has been informed of the break
NS's p, ahsalor Kirby, Chief Ems inTer OF Inc az,
Nr so-e now Al Honolulu. re mas poe" -
ya1e1 noN0
x,v1. ORDERS Lieutenant A ". pono oe,
- fro-o the Monadnock February s. nome an"
- ,oo,,ns' leave with permission 10 oeaS ~
por,.ng home ,,.A,oar. may delay
Ensign W. A. Mo0eu 10 '"o
ore p NoGu!nne.s detached from the
L 1,oh-uo-v & and two months ieave, -.
AlherosS. NJ BeeCher detacheo llVi'i '
z-d
0SSq9.rv;;ers~f " 9 Miller detacheu I tU't
pa Ma cr l. Oi-nhau watch and DIVISION oIlc.'
Enssn or lieutenant Miller aet so -
on ~ t,~creer l J. Allen GensSs"., 80 he Union
ooi,i',ror.oi Iron Works ana oroe'eu - '
Iron WorKss, ~,s-.er A r Msckie detached from
Acuns Tc-k home and wait ORDERS.
,,,v OpDrRs The leave Of absence y
a. r,ad6eus " Jones. 10Th 'aVars' ~
'0p Z. extended three months
49,. ~ absence granted First Lleu'eIl" ~ =.
-, = Paxton. 10Th Cavalry. December ~ i
extended Two ~ Tor four months: to take enec,
LeaNe rai'ef from duty az DanTliIe iia~tenant
ulo' s0sr,il,A Va IS granted fHS'
SUI SUI : Rvron s'h Cavalry. r-,ret Lieutenant
JoTTsp' c,va Of absence granted l's x,snded one
month
cy,xcr OF LAW RECoMMENphD'->IC. &c
IN ,,o,y,stohn has recommended TO CON
,nA law Re changed so as 70 nave u
- oe7csrs for military instruC,Ioh ~ Snndred
tas o. O. .; where there are al eAsI oie
10 ln I,. walled N the military oePar'7"N
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-16
RECORDED MORTGAGEs

-d ptas p hsis al 2 It NJ # sei,s'
Psiiev Pauline 81 ana Frederick. 70 kopeV
Todd " 3 Forest ave 2as # Of l66th ct.
year ,o5, - Tranc,. D Dowic,. refefee
corner pecatur-aye and 18Th 81. yenfs 49,
Dtener John 81. 70 Isaac Blumberg Am
Deli Paoli Aliesandlo 10 Lucy Buhler' No ""'
poneesn, william to Mary C. McNicoe. n 's'h-
s., 100 II Of Columns ave va ", OOH
grimm John 70 Jessie Grim. 10 @l3 West 2'"h-
usvos fEm,je TO John Douglass and anoth,r'
.secu,ors etc " corner Elton ave anc l"''h-
Ks1'nedy carrie s. to Charles II Gilman.
II7tS-et 27e I, E Of Amsterdam ave. year.
Kane William &. to John flos' e''h-e'
IA :, . % Amsterdam ave. years.
1anrdon Nina A. TO Martha Foggin. a. trustee
e,o q 81 owen Place. lots 40 Al, - ana 40
man 10 i of south Mount Vernon PARK. Gran
IL, t9,o I prUps' 70 rleanor Taber Vctor-st
ys. 4 Of Columbus-ave. 2ith MsT1 H. = yesfs
saI-., 800 T. " Of Is, ave. years al;
Moruches samuel. 70 Elijah Miller y" q" Moi
'eqss91e 10 the central Trust Com
I,iny ~ New-YoGk. as trustee etc No IoS'
NJ frsgces' and DANIEL Kuhn 10 Jacob J and
Henry Dorm. 25,h-st. lot 81. map Of bele
Me- Tbonas K to David r Oppenh.imsr end
Joseph Hsmerchlsg. SIS lllth-st $50 It ~
Ruth. ssmutl j. to bernard GalewsM. No $50
Grand ave YEAR ..-.-...-..... :..'-.
R? s7s q 1o x%snas q iD ysafs '"'
Rant Margaret 70 jeremiah Kierdan. s'th-
s,sI- Waiter D. 70 Freieric Middebrcok. No
468 Amsterdam aye. 3 years ~. oo-
steers Catherine T, 70 Es'slie Hasherg No 800
Van e;elGsr Emma and John Arthur L Mer,,
Ram "a : l8G'h-st. 200 II of "iii'-aNe'
v6 nap Pap. Ernst. 70 Joseph Bearns. No ss
w TGnsyah Tbomsss sA' to John Lair iosh-e.
- :, . ~ MeroseA demand ..'.'..'.'''''
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NEW BUILDINGS.

plans and alterations been filed AZ me department
~ Buildings fooWe
$~N buildings. main once . $500. =,
,o.,h =, : 100 II " % Amsterdam ave for
,b,.e rvo story brick fe;s. with store 29xs@'i
Jenlans 70 % 1eI>r ave srchit.c, ~ SIS 900
proor,e No a. f0f six story hrick nat.
H..tb 10 2SysA. Wilsm Wirn. u No 10
reiansee, - o~htr, Is i''1'r ROM 1000
,1atb st : " cor Central Park West for seven
s.ort iricE nat 81 lrG2x 100. Hallshan
Abesrn owners. Nr,lie < Bagge. 20 FL oooo
West i25th-s, architects -.... -''''
..,b - + " cor Southern Bouey0rd for seven
stor, brick na' with store. '"frl"p, Aie&anar'
Walk.r - 20 ~ 80 49, 'l ar i',fe-, ~ $50 40
pa,s,t- a. . cor Mstt.si a six -s'ory hrtfk
"a, win store lsH7O samuel Asronson. y ~
Henri = o" Itr5,s sSe'e'asi a n''.-' 5oco
t.sr,n,., No. 81 and 49, FOR slxsiOry brisk
e.. r-,,b stores 25xs5 g. We'll * Mayer. No
20 tasi "''n .. 81 90
,cs,eaey- ~ 7 HTHTHTHTHTIITHT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-16
REAL ESTATE.
AN IMPROVEMENT SHOWN BY THE
WEEKS BUSINESS

WEEKS BUSINESS.
Ffty-s,x parcels OF real estate were sold at pri-
vate contract last week and the considerations
ported in sixteen Of the sales make total Of
$3.50 50o-a noticeable improvement the total In
the previous week In addition to the sales severa,
interesting leases for unusually long periods were
reported. The purchase of vacant lots in The
Bronx and In the northern section OF Manhattan
was again the feature Of the market.
In all there were only twenty three parcels Of
fered at auction at No. Ill Broadway Twenty, In
GLIDING a ferry franchise. offered in fore
closure. and OF these three were withdrawn and
the sales Of four were adjourned; The plaintiffs
bought eight of the remaining thirteen. so that
the week was dull one.
LATEST SALES BY BROKERS'
Frederick z,te has sold for Korn Brothers and
Ottinger Brothers four lots the north side OF
Thirty fourth-st l75 feet west Of Seventh ave. to
Egan Haley. who erect there TWO seven
story apartment houses Tho sellers gave in
change FIVE private dwelling houses. No. H Edge
combe-sve, and Nos. 80, 81 81 and S. Edgecombe,
ave. The Thirty-fourth-st. property was purchased
several months ago from the Rabbit estate
Fos som Brothers have SOLD for Charles n Bal
dwelling No sc West Twelfh-st. 1s.4xlo5 g. on pri-
.ory n 9as sed N p af t Rs
cRanee 70 no @ west hs eye5 svas IN
enth-st., a four-story brick stonefront fathousA
Cornish & Anderson, have sold for Thomas Ma
hundred .and-twenty sixth.st. The buyer gives in
John p Kirwan has sold for NJ. A. Gordon
the fvestory brick and stone fathousa. with store
No. 7S3 Ninth-ave size 2jxssx1Oo, private terms
The three story building No $50 Grand st. on a
lot 25xleo has been sold ny Bernard Galewskf to
Samuel j. Ruth, for improvement.
Max Marx has purchased from Sideli Tfeghman
the Robinson estate of thrty-three acres at Cry
ders Point. Whtestone. Long Island The
details OF the transaction are withheld.
STATISTICS OF THE WEEK
The following tables compare the conveyences
mortgages and buildings projected in Manhattan
and The Bronx last week and in the corresponding
week Of 1897:
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pPOcFFDJNGS ~ THE HOUSE.

Washington. Jan 15-The House aeVo'en wv
hours 80 es.-al debate on the Army Appropria ton
bill and The remainder OF the day 10 eulogizing the
lie and public services Of the late Representative
Seth NJ Mnliken Of Maine. who served for four
teen wears in the lower branch OF Congress
The following bills introduced.
BY Mr. Cromwell Of Ohio-To make al empioyee
on public enqineering works intrusteG 20 the en-
cheering department. except In the employ OF con,
tactors appointive by the ofncer 81 the coaPS , -,
Bv Mr. Lewis Of Washins tonic establish the
eisht-hour lsv in all States and Territories
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-16
BIG ADDITION TO THE STATE PARK.
THE FOREST PRESERVE BOARD BUYS 10" ACRES
oN WEST cANADA CREEK

THE FOREST PRESERVE BOARD BUYS 10" A'1'r8
ON WEST cANADA CREEK
Troy. y y Jan l6.-"The Troy Press says
"A real estate deal has been negotiated. by which
p. J. Marsh Of Lansingburg has sold 70 the PEG
pie Of the State Of New-York, through the fores'
Preserve Commission. over 1000 acres OF virgin
Forest land situated in Arthurboro and Nopie-
borough patents covering the upper waleIsh'n
OF the West CANADA Creek in Herk'mer ana nam
Nton Committee fo- the sum Of $4,000 The land Is
Purchased By the State 20 protect the Adirondack
forests. The property consists Of five parcels OF
ahd. which were purchased by Nj Marsh many
ysais ago when the property was noi cohsineii@r
aIos In many instances II was pousht a. "a" =,
Gle ana for nominal amounts th9Se ho.n!,g u, ~
.ohsidefing Il not sufficiently valuable 10 sIainn
.se thY payment OF taxes TIE deeds were oeIv-
- Albany today 10 - Rest ComHlssi0"'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-16
,.pnoVrD RY THE PRESIDENT.

Washington. Jan. I6-The President granite 10.
parSon 10 clyde Mattox who is now serving -. 90.
.sn,Ance :, the Kansas State Penlteh'ia'' -
murder committed in the Indian Territory n
49, go. mas highly sensational He was trieo
.oA 80 80 - IN ise4 was sentenced 10 oeath.
Psdsn Cleveland gave sa[sfs made H by
~ IE 80 .Ssyox in June lsh. commuteo this
sentence % Imprisonment TOT ne
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the money ives paid over by the State Treas
RETALIATION IN ONTARIO.

AMERICANS EXCLUDED FROM WORKING ON SUR
sIDIzED RAILROADS.
Toronto. Jan. l5.-The Ontario Legislature ad-
jourred last night In It's closing hours II pa ssed
bill providing that persons shall be employed
in the construction OF subsidized railways in On
taro who subjects Of any country which has
an alien labor law that practically excludes Cana
dams from employment public other works
This means that Americans need not expect work
on Ontarios railways.
The Legislature also passed the new timber regsi-
lations, which require that all sawogs in On
tario hereafter shall he made into lumber In Can
nd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-16

rv.xGE OF LAW REcoMMENpEp, - Con-.
Secretary Meiklejohn has recon'''e - nav. de-
sTes' for military instruction mace 3 3nS
,a'S Restrictions where there sre a, Sapartment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-16
Gitn Drouertp tor Sale.

=; ~ - 80
n Immediately, near 1T4th St. and Jerome Ave- ono
block from trolley and speedway; s26 cash. SID in
o. days. '''' j R0MAiNE BROWN. 50 Vert s3d-st
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LONG Island.
EImhurst, l.. |.
Conntrn Dropertn 90 Get.

fTNO RENTTine house: II rooms: Jamaica ave. Flush
i ing: perfect order; fine views and grounds H. &
HOWELLS. Flushing
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-04
CLIMATE NOT CHANGED.
Why the "Oldcst Inhabitants" view
Cannot BE Depended Upon.

From the Monthly Weather Review
A correspondent in Mortified, Mass,
desires our opinioneon the question, Were
the winters of fifty or seventy-five years
ago much colder, or were the snowfaHs
deeper than at present? The opinion is
widely held that the winters were colder.
and the snowfalls deeper, but can find
nothing to warrant the belief except that
in the first part of the century a much
larger percentage of the population lived
in the hill towns or In the Interior which
are both colder than the valley or the
coast towns"
On the general question as to apprecia-
BILE changes in climate the EDITORS opinion
is that there has been no such change in
any respect whatever so far as meteorolo-
gy proper is concerned If we divide our
records Of the weather recorded in North
America since the days of Columbus into
two periods, viz, before and after the
year of 1900 we shall find that every ne
culiarity, such as remarkable storms,
winds, rains, Hoods, frosts, etc., recorded
in the current century can be matched by
a corresponding remarkable event before
the year 1900. The popular impressions all
luded tG by our correspondent result al
most entirely from the imperfeetions of
our records and especially of our memo
ries. There is a large class of persons
whose habits of thought are so crude that
when they experience any very remarka-
bic weather they jump to the conclusion
that the climate has changed, forgetting
that they themselves have had such
limited personal experience that they are
not fair judges of the weather over the
whole country or of the climate OF a CEN
fury 49,
Our correspondent seems TO suggest thai
a certain change in the habits of the PEG
pie such as the removal from the interior
10 the coast, or from forests to prairies
or from country to city, or vice versa. will
partly account for the widespread errors
in respectful the climate The suggestion
is excellent, but the editor would be in
clined TO interpret the phenomenon some
what differently. The general movement
of the population in the past century has
been from the Atlantic states westward
and from the country to the city, or quite
Opposite to the movement suggested by
our correspondent. In fact we find no
real agreement in the so-called ponular
traditions with regard to the weather. We
have met with quite as many persons who
think the winters are more severe as with
those who think the. winters are less Sc
we're than formerly. Everything seems to
depend upon how and where the '.oldest
inhabitant" lived when he was a boy. as
compared with his present condition. The
average climate of New England so far
as the weather is concerned, has not an
probably changed since the DAYS zen
her oldest forest trees were young san
lings and that carries us back nearly 5oo
VeG-g.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-04
SUCCEEDS GAMBLER.
FORMER sAvANNAHIAN MADE SEC
RETARY OF STATE.

Gov. Atkinson Appoints the War
horse of the wfregrass to Fiji the
Unexpired Term-Mr. Clifton Not to
BE a Candidate for the Full Term.
Had the Endorsement of Col. Har-
din and Senator COOk-Sketch of
His Career.
Atlanta, Ga, March S.-Hon. William
Clifton formerly Of Savannah, but now of
Darien, was to-day appointed Secretary of
State to fill the unexpired term of Col.
Allen d. Gambler whose resignation takes
effect April /. Col. Gambler retires to de-
vote all his time TO the prosecution of his
candidacy for Governor.
II was expected from the announcement
of Col. Gamblers resignation that Col.
Clifton would be appointed as he was
widely endorsed. and in addition was a
close personal friend of Gov Atkinson.
Col. Clifton came to Atlanta to-day and
received his appointment in person
Col. Clifton asplred only to the unex-
pired term, and win not be a candidate
for the office in the general election. On
this account he was endorsed by both Col
Hardin and Senator Cook, the candidates.
The appointment will be general APP
proved, for the successful candidate is
man of great personal popularity, and
faithful Democrat
Col. Clifton was born In Tattnal county
AZ years ago. He removed to Chatham
and from 1883 to 1892 represented that coun-
ty in the state legislature. He was also
chairman of the Democratic executive
committee of the First congressional dis
trict. Six years ago he married in Darien
and year later removed 10 that place
He was a candidate for Secretary of State
in opposition to Col. Gambler the present
incumbent, and though he only entered the
contest about three weeks before the con-
vention was held, he made a surprisingly
good race, being narrowly defeated for the
nomination. He was elected secretary of
the Senate four years ago and reelected
for the succeeding term. He will proba-
bly, be a candidate for the same position
this year.
No man in Georgia is better known or
more widely popular than Col. Bill Clifton
His personal magnetism is great 1t has
made him friends innumerable. From
one end of the state to the other his strong
handed clasps, ever ready cordiality and
unfailing good humor are known and APP
preciated.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-04
Carlsbad.

This season of the year is the
most suitable for the use OF the
well-known Carlsbad Sprudel Salt.
Since FIVE centuries it has been
acknowledged by the medical
faculty to be the best and most
effective mineral salt for all
ailments of the liver, catarrhal
affections of the stomach, bile,
bile pigment, gallstones, tenn
porary and habitual constipation.
&c.
Millions of people all over the
world have been cured by the use
of this celebrated spring, and it
deserves to be made known to all
suffering from above and kindred
diseases who have not heard of il
or used it before. 1t acts mildly
without pain, and regulates the
secretions of the stomach. The
genuine imported Carlsbad Spru.
del Salt has the signature OF
Eisner & Mendelsoh Co., sole
agents for the United States, on
the neck of every bottle.
Office. I52.I54 Franklin ST.
New York.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-04
A REMARKABLE PENSION CLAIM.
In Behalf of the Widow of a Soldier
Who Served Eighty-Five Years.


Who Served Eighty-Five Years.
From the New York Post.
Washington, Feb. 19.-The private PEN
sion claim of Mrs. Clarissa Collins Moore,
recently disposed of by the pension COM
mittee in the Senate, brings to light the
career of a soldier who served in the army
longer than any other man in the history
of the country. and, in the opinion of some
war department officers. broke a worlds
record In that particular. Lieut. Michael
Moore, for that is his name, was for elgh-
ty-five years continuously in the military
service of this government. counting tie
period of retirement, during which, ac-
cording to the rules of war, he was still
a soldier. He died in Brooklyn, in last
August, in his ninety-eighth year. He was
born in New Yorl1scity on the 4th of July,
1900, and came of military stock. His faith
er was with Washington al Trenton
Just before the braking out of the wsr
of 1872 young Moore, in company with an
elder brother, left home and walked to
Albany, where both enlisted under Col
Peter B. Schuyler in the regular army
Moore's first appointment was as drum
AlSr DOy, anu ne participated IN the assault
and capture of Fort George, the battle If
Stony Creek and many other fights. AT
the close of the war he Immediately re-
enlisted in the regular army, becoming a
member of the Second Regiment of Infan-
try, commanded by Col Hugh Brady. lie
followed the career of the regular army In
Indian and other warfare, and was for
many yeare before his retirement, in 1872.
stationed at the Bedloes Island recruiting
agency.
Lieut.. Moores death last summer was
due to extreme old age. He was twenty
two years older than Gen. Grant, twenty
years older than Gen. Sherman, twenty
four years Older than Gen. Hancock, and
thirty-one years older than Sheridan He
was nine years older than Gladstone, and
had been a soldier three years when Bis
marck was born
Lieut.. Moore's widow, in a recent letter
to the chairman of the pension committee,
said: II am not the young wife of an old
soldier, but am 50 years old, and, if my
husband had lived one month more, we
should have been married sixty-three
years. If the pension is granted, 1t will
not be for long, as l am twelve years past
the allotted three score and ten" The
bill provided for SIS month pension dur
ing her lifetime, but the committee found
upon examination that under an act pro-
viding for widows of soldiers of the war of
| 1872 she could secure a pension of about
the same amount, under general law, dat
| ing from the death of the soldier. and
| Commissioner Evans offered to make the
case special one and give it prompt con-
| sideration.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-04
MURDER AT ADA A MYSTERY.
MOTIVE FOR THE CRIME MAY NOT
HAVE BEEN POLITICAL.

widow of the Dead Man, However,
Asserts That He Was killed TO
Keen Him out of the POstoiiice.
walter johnson Refers Her Appeal
For Aid to the Postmaster Gcner-
nI-Two inspectors Now Making an
Investigation.
washington. March Authorization
reached Washington to-day by way Of
Atlanta, TO the effect that Postmaster
Freeman, who was recently murdered at
Ada, Ga, was not a victim of political
prejudice. as has been asserted, The kill
ing of Freeman is not denied, nut an OH
cial investigation shows that his enemies
may have been prompted to take his life
by other than political reasons.
Postmaster General Gary was to-day
shown a telegram setting forth this new
phrase in this now celebrated case, and he
appeared to be greatly surprised. He says
the only information on the subject in The
possession of the department is a letter
written by the widow of Postmaster
Freeman to Walter johnson, the Repub-
lican referee in Georgia, stating that her
husband was killed because he was a Re-
publican, and had recently been appointed
postmaster at Ada. Widow Freeman in
sinuates that the friends of the present
Democratic postmaster are responsible for
the killing of her husband. and she APP
peals to Mr.. johnson to help her in her
distressed condition. Mr.. johnson prompt
ly forwarded the letter 10 the Postmaster
General, who at once called in Assistant
Postmaster General Bristow and Chief
Postoffice Inspector Hamlet The subject
was investigated, and il was found that
MIR. Freeman was appointed postmaster at
Ada several weeks ago upon the recon-
mendation of Walter johnson. Although
MIR. Freeman's appointment was made in
due form, at the time of his death he had
not furnished his bond, and had not re-
ceived his commission, hence he was not,
technically speaking, an officer of the fed
eral government.
IT have no other information on the
subject" continued Postmaster General
Gary lin addition to Mr.. Johnson's letter.
but have sent two experienced postof1ce
inspectors to Georgia to make thorough
investigation of the case. l am very anx-
ious TO learn the facts, and the inspectors
I have detailed for the work will get them
without doubt. l am looking for their re-
port al any moment for having called the
attention of the President and country to
the case, am anxious TO know why man
should be shot down in cold blood without
a moments warning. I am not combining
the investigation to the Ada affair, but
have also instituted an Investigation of
the Lake City, S. c.. murder, which IL
even more heart-rending than the killing
of Freeman. So far as I am able. ] pro-
pose to bring the perpetrators of these
dastardly crimes TO justice if the combin-
ed efforts of the postoffice department and
the department. of justice can locate the
offenders"
AT the department of justice. nothing
has been received from the federal Off
GERS in Georgia who are Investigating the
case