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especially as he has some acquaintance
with Nicely. The statement that he is or has
been a business associate or partner, or
interested in any business enterprise with
Neely he denounces as an unqualified false
hood; they are mere acquaintances, no
more. Mr.. Lawshe has asked that this duty
be not imposed upon him, and his request
TO this effect is indorsed by Representative
Steele, who went with him to see the sec
retary of the treasury and the President.
No response to this request has yet been
made OF course, If he is ordered TO go TO
Havana and assume these duties, unwel-
come as they will be, he will obey the call.
Referring to the insulting statement made
in the Democratic press that he is the
"whitewasher'' of the administration and
had been selected for this duty on that ac-
count Mr. Lawshe said: 'T am neither a
'whitewasher' nor a 'sleuth.' If I am sent
to Cuba on this duty L shall do the best
can. No man, however skillful, could do
more; no honest man would do less The
selected for this duty because he is the best
available man, without any thought of the
State whence he came. He assisted in or
ganizing the postal system there, in the
first instance, and knows how ii should
work. He will be assisted by corps Of ex-
pert postoffice inspectors and treasury ac-
countants. There Is not the slightest rea-
son to doubt that he will perform this duty
honestly, thoroughly and satisfactorily, dis
tasteful as it will be to him, If his superiors
decline to heed his request that it be as
signed to another.
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No Charge of Fraud Against Him, but
Office Accounts Show q Short
age of Several Thousand.
SURPRISE AT WASHINGTON
WHERE MIR. THOMPSON Is REGARD
ED AS ABOVE SUSPICION.
Mr.. Rathbone Not Thought to BE I'm
Mission-PrOtest from Lawshe.

HAVANA, May 15.-Governor General
Wood, referring to-day to the postal serv-
ice of Cuba, says: Speaking generally,
the postal service of the island of Cuba is
in high state of efficiency. The money
order branch is especially useful, but all
the branches have made good records. The
service as a whole should not be blamed
for the faults of a handful of rascals."
Edward p. Thompson, the Havana post
master. who has been suspended pending
inquiry into the methods of the local office,
came to the city this morning accompanied
by special agent, In whose charge Mr..
Thompson has been placed. He is very
indignant at the course taken with respect
to him, and says he has friends who will
stand by him. He also declares that he
has a clear ak with which to fight.
1t is not asserted that Mr.. Thompson
the accounts of his office show a shortage
Of several thousands, which calls for an
explanation. This is not yet forthcoming.
He had a long talk this morning with
General Wood. the nature of which has
not been made public beyond the fact that
Mr. Thompson offered to assist in bring
ing all the guilty parties to justice.
The rumor circulated yesterday that the
postmaster at Baracoa had been or would
be arrested. proves upon investigation. to
have beeen false. He is looked on merely
as a tool of Neely and having acted inno-
Gently as the business agent of Neely at
Baracoa, where he is in charge Of Neely's
coffee and cocoanut plantation. 1t ap-
pears that he used $500 in connection with
the business from the postal funds and
then drew upon Neely for the amount.
AS Neelys funds here are now in the hands
of the government, the draft has not been
honored. 1t is understood that there is
no intention to arrest this man, but he will
have to refund the money and may possibly
lose his position. A special agent will ar
rive at Baracoa tomorrow with orders to
institute thorough investigation. He will
also place a lien on all of Neely's property
there.
General Wood does not desire as yet to
make further arrests. He believes that 1t
is impossible for the suspected persons to
escape, Justice will be equally well served
by keeping those accused under the surveil-
lance of detectives.
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APPOINTED SENATOR.
Clark to Present Credentials from the
Acting Governor.

HELENA. Mont, May 15.-Acting Gov
ernor Spriggs, tonight, appointed w. A.
Clark, of Butte, United States senator. to
serve until the next Legislature shall elect
his successor. Senator Clarks resignation
was fled early in the day with the Gov
ernor and tonight he was appointed by
Governor Spriggs to succeed himself. Mr..
Clark's reasons for resigning are fully set
forth in the speech he delivered to-day in
the Senate. Governor Spriggs has all along
been a friend of Senator Clark, during his
candidacy for the senatorship and since
although he preserved the utmost impair
tiality in his office as lieutenant governor
and president of the Senate during the SEN
atorial campaign. Governor Smith, a parti-
san Of the DAILY people. left the State two
weeks ago for California, TO attend TO some
mining cases in which he is retained as at
torney. At that time there was no thought
of Senator Clark resigning, and his enc
mics were confident he would be unseated
by the United States Senate. The resigna-
tion filed to-day came as a surprise TO the
people of the State. who had no inkling OF
the coup prepared. During the day Gov
ernor Spriggs received a great many tele-
grams from all over the State urging him
to appoint Senator Clark, alleging that he
was the real choice of large majority of
the Democrats and large proportion of
the Republicans as we'll. Governor Spriggs
was besieged all day by individuals and by
delegations friendly and hostile to Mr..
Clark.
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BuLLER OCCUPIES DUNDEE.


Beers Have Fled to Glencoe-Dis-
patches from the Front.
LONDON, May 15-The War Office has
received the following dispatch from Gen.
Butler:
Dundee, May Is, 1 p. m.-We have occu-
pied Dundee. About $500 of the enemy left,
yesterday, for Glencoe, where they en-
trained. Their wagons also left yesterday
by De Jagers drift and the Dannhauser
road. Their Kaffirs said they were going
to Laing's Mex. Almost every house in
Dundee Is completely looted. The Naviga-
ton coll.ery is all right The machinery Of
the Dundee collieries is destroyed. The
houses of the town are damaged, but are
structurally intact"
The War Office also furnishes, to-day
confirmation of the Associated Press story
of yesterday, telling of General Buffers
move on Biggarsberg. in a dispatch from
General Butler. dated Kemp's Farm, May
sent to Roberts, are now repeated to YOU
They begin under date OF May 13: In ac-
cordance with instructions to keep the en-
emy occupied at the Biggarsberg, on May
IL / concentrated the Third Cavalry Bri-
gade Of the Second Division and some corps
of artillery at Sundays river drift on the
Helpmakaar road, and directed Colonel
Bethune to advance on Greytown with the
Bethune Mounted Infantry and Imperial
Light Infantry. On May II we moved to
Waschbank and Bethune TO Pomeroy,
while General Hildyard. from Elangslaagte.
occupied indera mountain. On May Is I
sent General Haughton. with the battal-
ions. up the steep slope OF Withock hill.
The Third Cavalry Brigade occupied hills
on each side of the main road and Bethune
attacked by the Pomeroy road. from three
sides. The enemy hurriedly abandoned the
position, which they had strongly in
trenched. and retired 10 the Mex in front
Of Helpmakaar. whence we hope TO dis
lodge them tomorrow, as many of them
have retired. We have gained the summit
of the berg with the loss OF only a few
men wounded. advance tomorrow on
Beth. and Hildye-d moves on Vessels
Mex. Our small loss. think, was certainly
due TO the excellent troop-leading of Gem
erals Hamilton and Lord Dundonald and
Colonel Bethune."
A second dispatch. dated May IA, SAYS:
'The enemy evacuated Hepmakaarnek
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Baden-PowelI Says He Can Hold Out
Until June 10.

LONDON. May 15.-The War Office has
received the following from Lord Roberts.
dated Kroonstad. May Is, p m: Baden
Powell reports. under date of Mey z. all
going well. Fever is decreasing; the gar
rison is cheerful, and the food will last
until about June 10.''
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Lou
renzo Marques. dated Thursday. says:
There is now no doubt that there was des-
perate fighting at Mafeking last Saturday,
but IL is believed TO have gone in favor
OF the garrison. All that can be ascer-
The Beers. using artillery. attacked the
town Saturday. Very soon the Kaffir loca-
tion was in flames, some say as the result
of she'll fire. others the result of treach-
cry. Fighting at close quarters became gen.
eral. and in the midst of the confusion the
Beers gained possession of the Kaffir loca-
ton. from which point of vantage they
brought guns to bear on the town at close
range. By an adroit move the garrison. de-
spite it's attenuated numbers succeeded in
actually surrounding the party of Beers
who had captured the Kaffir location. Sc
we're fighting followed, but, according to
latest reports. the Beers still hold the loca-
tion, in which they are probably sur
rounded.
THE truth is, believe. that the Pre-
toria authorities. knowing of the progress
OF the relief column. gave orders to General
Snyman to storm the place. AS soon as
the location was in flames Boer bulletins of
victory were flying about every where to
encourage the weakened burghers. Beers
who came down here yesterday from Pre-
toria produced for the edifcation of in
credulous Britishers two kilograms by Of
ficials, one of which was signed by Sny-
man and said: L was lucky enough to cap
ture Baden-Powell with nine hundred. this
morning. There is no doubt about the
heavy fighting. A telegram from the Por-
tuguese consul to the governor general here
confirms this and there is little doubt of
the occupation of the Kaftir stadt. But
similar kilograms were published at Pre-
toria about Ladysmith and quite recently
about Wepener. just before Col. Dalghety
was relieved"
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NEELY IN NEW YORK.
The Alleged Embezxler to Have n
Hearing on Thursday.

NEW YORK. May 15.-Charles F. w.
Neely, chief of the finance division of the
postoffice department of Cuba, returned to
this city to-day, reaching the Grand Gen.
trail station at p. m. He was dressed In
black, and as he left the train and went
out to the street he was not recognized
by those who were lounging about the sta
ton. He Immediately boarded a car and
rode down to the Office of his counsel, John
D. Lindsay, on Nassau street. Mr. Lind
say and Mr.. Nicely remained in conference
until p. m, when Neely started uptown.
There is absolutely nothing to say ex-
cept Mr.. Neely is in town, just where do
not think proper to mention" said Mr.
Lindsay. He has come to meet the charge
Of embezzlement and do not think that
he should be put to any bother. The hear
ing will be before United States Commits
sioner Shields on Thursday. AS to the
time of the hearing before Governor
Roosevelt 1 am not SO certain"
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AS VIEWED AT WASHINGTON.
The Administration Determined Il
Cr,ho Scandal

The Administration Determined to
Probe the Cuban Scandal.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON. May 15.-The action OF
the administration in ordering Fourth AS
sistant Postmaster General Bristow to Ha-
vana to take personal charge of the postal
system there was indorsed at to-day's
Cabinet meeting. The universal feeling
among the members Of the administra-
ton is that the Cuban scandal must be
sifted thoroughly, the blame placed where
1t belongs. and all persons guilty of crimi-
nal acts, If any there be, punished as the
law directs. There is no criticism OF Mr..
Rathbone for anything more than trusting
too implicitly to his subordinates and so,
failing to discover that there was anything
wrong in the administration of the system
of which he was the immediate and re-
sponsible head. So, without removing Mr..
Rathbone or even necessarily suspending
him, Mr.. Bristow, who Is his official su-
perior, will assume control of the Cuban
postal system from the day he lands In
Havana. Mr.. Bristow is expected to leave
for Havana tomorrow.
The suspension of Postmaster Thompson,
OF Havana, was a great surprise to officials
here. No suspicion had rested upon him, so
far as was known in Washington, and in
formation of the action of General Wood
in suspending him was wholly unexpected.
He was appointed strictly on his record as
an employe of the Indianapolis postoffice,
where he rose by merit from a. subordinate
position to postmaster. His record was that
of one of the most efficient postrnasters in
T-~sxo ,< 49,
this that he was selected for postmaster at
Havana. So far as the public has known he
has conducted the affairs of his office cred
itably, giving to Havana the best postal
service it has ever known. General Wood
has not stated the reasons that impelled
him to suspend Thompson. and the officials
here think the step was taken rather as a
matter of precaution than of punishment
Postmaster General Smith says he still has
faith In the personal integrity of Mr..
Thompson, and that his suspension must
be due to some irregularities in his office
that will not affect his personal character
However the revelations OF the past ten
days as to what has been going on in
Cuba unchecked have been such as to
throw doubt on every one connected with
the postal service of that island. The hope
that some grave mistake has been made,
which was quite prevalent at first. is dying
out in the fear that the worst has not yet
been discovered.
Deputy Auditor Lawshe. who has been
selected to go to Cuba to take charge Of
the investigation of postal affairs there.
has not yet gone. and will not go IL he can
help 1t. Being from Indiana himself. he
feels that he would be placed In position
OF difficulty and delicacy that would not
attach to an official from any oth-s State.
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Friends of Edward p. Thompson, the
Havana postmaster who is under suspen-
sion. are firm in the belief that he is inno-
cent of anything irregular in the manage
ment of the Office. They point to his
twenty-eight years service in the Indian
apolis postoffice and to his unblemished rep
utation as an honest man. Henry C. Adams
and Louis III. Gibson, who visited Mr.
Thompson in Havana, are particularly en-
phatic in their assertions that he will be
able to clear himself OF all suspicion. Mr..
Adams thinks it is the Cubans employed
in the Havana postoffice who have be-
trayed the trust imposed in them instead of
the Americans employed there.
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WASHINGTON. May 15.-Senators gen.
orally decline TO express opinions upon
the effect OF the appointment of Mr.. Clark
by the lieutenant governor of Montana,
saying the problem was too new for them
to discuss: that investigation would be nee
essary. Senator Chandler. chairman OF the
committee on privileges and elections,
would only say when informed OF the ap-
pointment: II reckon the trick won't
work. Senator Clark tonight received
the following telegram announcing his ap-
pointment:
.I have the honor to inform you that 1
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Conflicting Reports.

LOURENZO MARQUES, May 15.-Tele-
grams received here report very heavy
fighting at Mafeking. Pretoria reports that
Mafeking has fallen and the Netherlands
Railroad Company has issued statement
that Colonel Baden-Powell has captured a
large force of Beers. A war bulletin posted
at Pretoria, May IL, announced that the
British were advancing to the relief of
Mafeking.
Other advices say the Beers, on Satur-
day, occupied the Kaffir location at Ma
feking. They were in turn attacked dur
ing the night of Saturday and on Sunday
found themselves surrounded. The Beers
lost seven killed and seventeen wounded.
heavy.
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PLUMERSCAMP. May A. via Ootsi.
May 7-Natives who have arrived here say
that the bombardment OF Mafeking on May
1 was not heavy. Twelve hundred and
eighty refugees from Mafeking have
reached here. Patrols who have returned
from the northern borders of the Trans
vaal say they saw no sign of Beers. All is
quiet here. The Beers regularly patrol the
neighborhood of Mafeking, but do not seem
to be disposed to he aggressive.
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ficers who are passing through are showing
him courtesies. The Lisbon Cabinet is un-
derstood to count on British protection in
the event of Boer aggression.
The War Office yesterday issued an abb
stract of British casualties since the begin
ming OF the war. This shows a total Of
SO,1OO. exclusive of sick in the field and in
valids. including the wounded sent home
who number S,901
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LONDON, May 15.-Lady Sarah Wilson
has wired to her sister, Lady Georgiana
Curzon, from Mafeking. under date of May
8, saying: "Our breakfast consisted of
horse sausages and lunch of minced mule
and curried locusts All WELL"
A special dispatch from Lourenzo Mar
ques says it is reported that large force
of Beers has been captured by the British
at Mafeking. Pretoria, 1t is added. reports
on the other hand, that Mafeking has
fallen.
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MEN OF e. A. R.
THOUSANDS OF THE VETERANS ARE
GUESTS OF THE CITY.
DiversIHed Entertainment Has Been
Provided for Their Bene-
Mt To-day.
FIRST BUSINESS MEETINGS
WILL BE HELD MORNING AND
AFTERNOON IN ToMLINsoN HALL.
The Imposing Parade VIII stay-
Promptly at Two O'Clock
This Afternoon.
THE CAMP FIRES TONIGHT
WILL BE HELD AT ToMLINsoN HALL
AND ROBERTS PARK CHURCH.
PersfmmOn Brigade Entertainments
Women Hold Receptions-The
Days Proceedings.
The Imposing PGrade VIII stay>
Promptly at Two O'Clock
This Afternoon.
THE CAMP FIRES TONIGHT
WILL BE HELD At TOMLINs0N HALL
AND ROBERTS PARK CHURCH.
Persimmon Brigade Entertainments
Women Hold Receptions-The
Days Proceedings.


places.
Meeting Of credentials committee at Room
., Statehouse, until 3 a. m.
a. m.-Opening of twenty-first annual en-
campment Department OF Indiana, O. A.
r., in Tomlinson Hail.
$3.50 a. m.-Opening of encampment Ladies
of q. A. r., Room II, Statehouse.
10 a. m.-Opening of encampment Woman's
Relief Corps at Roberts Park Church.
p. Information of parade at Meridian
and New York streets.
Immediately after parade second session
of encampment in Tomlinson Hall.
p. m.-Camp fires at Tomlinson Hall and
Roberts Park Church.
p. m.-Persimmon Brigade reunion. Grim
inal Court room.
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now extend from one ocean TO the other.
employ thousands OF men and pay them
generously for their labor. have occupied
many positions of honor and trust. / was
never in all my life charged with dishon-
orable act. and propose to leave my chil-
dren a legacy worth more than gold. an
unblemished name
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FOR THE GOLD STANDARD
No BACKWARD STEP; No HALTIyc. xo
HALFWAY MEASURES

MATER water Thompson replies pungently n III,
holds that 'une- He
s1SjaI1Ilng sentmentality about the rno,e -.
-IsIhOndireS and SDeCulatOr as ,oIaey or the
money Of the peOple'' is the sr,,, 1sdlnst 'the
- iIsoSue and the enemy OF social orjo-0i the
A"T money of the people is necessariI,- ~
cbaeiS tne most stable that OF the iarreS5 OsSt
Under the gold STANDARD or5 -. ~
s tration wages have steadily fncrasSa5 Ad-
purchasing power " '"'ney but in
ShaII the Republican party now shrf,t e.
living up the work both of education ana .o-
raIIou TOT fear that denagOeues ana FoI ISIS
their defeato N'' "iVusht ABOUT
e god republican pledge of 1896 to maintain ~
Siren L ari meant any thing it meant the
'-ie pIdCtlce or over sixty wears. ~ VI
II Is true that Mr.. Bryan and a friendly Conv-..-
5 OuiI repeal or change the law So could 49,
tba So anu Ihleves, If they obtained control ~
80 80 11EeriInent, repeal the laws which i1tao.t
Iere with their practices OH inter-
my not destroy the endless chain svster, v,r.
apj Is yet time? Why leave IL to be a msnsca
ana danger to the land? 0ilaee
Mr.. Winchen thinks that qo1d 5o0sr,. d.,
t Wneh ~ Is IN the vaults Of a bank Manifsstto
oldC EoIu belongs to the depOsitor and 81 49,
az GineCks are drawn against 1t, it is actfvaiss
All the silver that has baaD oot,. :, -,
serving the purpose OF subsidiary cirftltsaAy
Tue experience of all civilized nations sLaL
fS tue subsidiary circulation is not presentsS
LoI redemption except for replacement yYLeouu
business demands e'7I tnan
Let there be halfway measures Put ~, A.
9drs as last and as high possible Then ~
done our duty. - having
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"less he shall have been citizen of one Of the
United States three years, and be a resident in
''the district" or resident in the district two
years, and In either case with a freehold Of two
hundred acres within the district.
1t is quite unnecessary to say that similar pro-
visions, if adopted to-day with respect TO Puerto
Rico, Cuba or the Philippines, would deliver the
little power possessed by an Assembly TO the
citizens of this country who might migrate
thither. But the Assembly could do nothing
without assent Of the Council and afterWard of
the Governor, and the act expressly provided:
NO bill or Legislative act whatever shall be OF
ANY force without his assent. The Governor
shall have power TO convene, prorogue and dis
solve the General Assembly when in his Opin-
Ion, it shall be eXpPdipnt." These are cited be-
cause they show with extraordinary distinct
ness what kind of rules and regulations the
trainers of the Constitution expected Congress
10 make respecting such part of the territory
belonging TO the United States was then
thought likely to become ultimately qualified for
political organization. and afterward for adj
mission a State. The Northwest ordinance
was indeed made obsolete by the adoption of
the Constitution as respects such provisions, but
the very same founders of the Constitution who
first turned over absolute control of the afore
Sdiu property 10 IL uGNtlllDl, ENttIttdiS anu
three Judges appointed by Congress provided in
the Constitution that Congress should make all
''needful rules and regulations respecting the
territory belonging to the United States
Thus the United States is held the poSseSsOr
of the land and its inhabitants They are reCog-
niZed nowhere except as belonging to the United
States. and no provision is anywhere found for
their participation or representation in the gov
eminent of the Union until If ever, there should
grow up a State thought worthy of admission
10y Congress. This was the ground taken by
founders of the Government moreover, not tow
ard far off islands of the sea. nor toward regions
beyond the Mississippi and the Pacific Coast,
but toward territory forming part of Ohio,
Indiana. Michigan. Illinois and Wisconsin. OcCu-
pied by settlers from the original States. Even
for them there was provided government de
cidedly more imperial than Great Britain gives
to her colonies, and reserving more absolute
power 70 the Congress representing the original
States Ii is not too much to say that there was
not even the shadow of self-gOvernment prom
ised in the provision for a local Assembly. since
no act could take effect without the assent of
Governor appointed by Congress Imperialism
is exactly what the original States proposed to
establish over all the territory and other prop
erty belonging to the United States" and in the
Constitution they gave power to Congress to
maintain 1t as long as the original States
thought fit.