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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-12-04

information was laid before me by Mr.
Seckendorff tending to show improper
conduct by Beavers, general superin'
tendent of the division of salaries and
allowances, and Machen, general su
perintendent of the free delivery sys'
tenn; and by William Allen White
tending to show corruption by or un'
der Tyner, assistant attorney general
for the postoff1ce department. First
Assistant Postmaster General Wynne
also informed me that he had become
suspicious of the integrity of both
Machen and Beavers. After full con.
sultation with Mr.. Payne it was de.
cided that Fourth Assistant Postmas.
ter General Bristow should make q
thorough and exhaustive investigation
of the charges in question and Of all
matters that might be developed in
connection with them. Mr.. Bristow's
report is record of as thorough q bit
of investigating work as has ever been
done under the government. After
this investigation had been in progress
for about two months it became evil
dent that legal proceedings would
have to be undertaken against some Of
the offenders. Owing to the import
ance of the case it was deemed ad.
visable that special counsel should be
employed, and Messrs. Charles J..
Bonaparte and Holmes Conrad were
chosen for this purpose. Messrs
Bonaparte and Conrad. in their ire
view of the report of Mr.. .Bristow,
speak as follows: 1--WE consider the
report an exceptionally able, candid
and impartial review Of it's subject
matter and that it shows clearly rep-'
rehensible misconduct, amounting in
many cases to crime, on the part of
9 number of public officials. It is
voluminous document. but this
arises, not from prolixity. but from the
nature Of the matters discussed. Ne
We heartily commend the re-
port and deem it's conclusions fully
justified by the facts it sets forth; and
while regretting in common with all
patriotic citizens that the grave abuses
of long standing which it reveals
should have grown up in the postof-
flee department, we consider the ex-
posture of these abuses and the at
tempts made to punish those respon-
sible for them a work of the highest
public utility, quickly and ably per-
formed" In all that is thus said of
the report of Mr.. Bristow I cordially
agree.
Gross Corruption.
The investigation made by Mr.. Bris-
tow discloses condition of gross cor
ruption in the office of the first as
sistant postmaster general and in that
of the assistant attorney general for
the postofice department. In the case
Of the superintendent of free delivery,
Macben, the evidence shows that his
began Immediately after
his appointment in September, 1893.
In the case of the general superin-
tendent Of salaries and allowances,
Beavers, it began soon after he was
appointed to that place in 1897. In
the case of Assistant Attorney Cen
eral Tyner it has gone on for a num-
Der of years, but it is impossible to
say exactly when it began. A melan-
choly feature Of the case is that with
one exception all the offenders have
been for number of years in the gov
eminent service.
Cases Of Chief Offenders.
The three chief offenders in the gov.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1903-12-04

Doeu 6nOWn IN the present luVoSl1Sa
ton, he was engaged In the corrupt
business for which he has now beer
removed and indicted. This is no re
] Election upon the committee who con
4 Quoted the investigation; for so skill
fully had Machen concealed his wrong
doing that 1t was only revealed afte1
months of laborious and exhaustive
work by trained inspectors.
heartily approve Of the recommen
dalton Of Messrs. Conrad and Bona
parte that the statute of limitations
be extended in the case of government
servants to period of at least five
years; for the persons who in such DO
sitions of trust engage in corrupt prac
tees can ordinarily conceal their guilt
ly hoped that it will be acted upon
for longer time than is covered by
the present short statute of limita
tons. This recommendation has been
laid before congress in the report Of
the attorney general, and it is earnest
favorably. Moreover. our experience
| shows that outsiders claiming political
influence sometimes sell their infu
ence to candidates for office. or in
other words, blackmail these candi
dates. There should be legislation
which will permit of summary deal
ing with such offenders.
However, the prime need is not new
legislation. but the punishment OF
those who offend against existing
laws. The postof1ce department is
making certain changes in the meth.
DDS of administration, notably in the
method Of inspection, by which the
service will be improved and the
chance of corruption existing without
discovery be minlmized; but the only
way to meet the real evil is to punish
the offenders, by removal in any event,
and where possible to prosecution un-
der the criminal statues. In any great
business, public or private, wrongdo-
ing is certain at times to occur. The
way to guard against it is vigorously
to scrutinize the character of those
appointed, carefully to supervise their
actions after appointment, and finally.
to punish with relentless severity
those who do wrong. All this is being
done.
The immediate reformation of the
service by the turning out of the Of
tenders is not in itself enough to meet
the demands of justice. The cases
against both those within and those
without the postofice department, who
by their acts have brought themselves
within the grasp of the law, will be
pushed with the utmost vigor.
No crime calls for sterner reproba.
ton than the crime of the corruption
list in public life, and of the man who
seeks to corrupt him. The hribe giver
and the bride takeer are equally gull
ty. Both alike sin against the primary
law OF the states safety.
Freedom is not gift which will tar.
~ long in the hands of the dishonest
or of those so foolish or so incom.
potent as to tolerate dishonesty in
their public servants. Under our sys-
tenn all power comes from the people,
and all punishment rests ultimately
with the people. The federation of
the wrong, not the exposure of the
wrong is the real offense.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-10
WASHED CITY AWAY.
TERRoRs OF A FLOOD IN SOUTH
CAROLINA.
Four Thousand People Are Out of
Employment on Account of De-
struction by Water of Cot
ton Mills-Many Home
less-Other News.

Augusta, Ca, June ga report
has reached here from Pacolet, S.
c., that Mill No. / of the Pacolet
company was completely washed
away by cloud burst. The Paco-
let river has overhowed it's banks
and Mill No. 2 is in great danger.
Many miles of lowland are flooded
and great damage has been done.
Reports conflict as to whether there
was any loss of life or not.
A later report says Mill No. 2
has been swept away and another
one further down the river has
been destroyed, while a fourth is in
danger. A church, hotel and liv-
cry stable at Pacolet were also de-
stroyed.
A later report says that 33 per-
sons were drowned at Spartans-
burg. S. C. Clifton Mill No. was
washed away in addition to the two
Pacolet mills. The greatest loss of
life occurred in the Clifton district.
All rivers in the western portion of
South Carolina are on a rampage.
Railroad bridges are washed away
and all wires are down. There is
80 feet of water in the Pacolet riv-
er, which is usually small stream,
barely large enough to turn the
mill wheels. The property loss has
already reached 81, 100000. Two
thousand bales of manufactured
goods were washed away when the
mills were destroyed. Western
Union Telegraph Company reports
the loss Of practically all it's wires
and poles in the vicinity of Spar
tansburg. Telephone communica-
tion is out of the question.
Columbia, s. G., June 6.-Re.
ports received here just now from
Spartansburg say the loss of life
will probably exceed So. The great
est number suffered death at the
Clifton Mills, above the Pacolet
Mills. A hotel and a number of
residences washed away by the wa
ter, which came out of the noun
tains like a giant millrace. The
mills were largely owned by New
England capitalists.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-10

Spartansburg, S. G., June g.
So many wires are down and com.
munication of all sorts is so thor
oughly demoralized that it is i'm
possible to form any definite cal
culation of the loss of life in today's
cloudburst and the resultant floods.
The mortality list may go to $50,
but the more conservative estimates
place it somewhere around 40 or SO.
The total property loss in the en-
tire section laid waste by the storm
is likely to aggregate $4,000, 900.
The loss at Pacelot is placed at ST.
100000. More than 500 people are
homeless and 1000 out of employ
ment.
There was no wind and no dam
age by lightning, the loss all being
by water. This fell in veritable
torrents, converting the surface Of
the earth into sheer lake of rag
ing waters; rivers overfowed their
banks to heights never before
known; creeks became rivers, and
small rivulets raging torrents, wip-
ing out everything in their course.
Railroad bridges we're torn from
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-10

Augusta, June 6.-The Herald's
staff correspondent at Spartansburg
gives the losses in the food district
as follows:
Arkwright mill, 20. POS spindles,
slightly damaged. not over IS, 900;
Beaumont mill, $3.50 snindles, dam
age slight; Clifton, Nos. 1, 2 and 8,
1O1, 1922 spindles, most serious dam
age of all, amounting to $7o0,O00;
Pacolet. Nos. 1, 2 and 8, 80, ,352
spindles, capitalized at 100000,
damages, $756,0OO; Whitney, 10, 600
spindles, damage 100000.
Thirty-fve lives are reported lost.
The bodies of these with two excep.
tions were caught floating in the
river at Clifton, ten miles from
Spartansburg.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-10

stone and iron piers; cotton mills
were crushed like straw before the
flood, and grist mills and immune r
able smaller industries and cot ia
ges were washed away by the an
cry waters.
Tonight scores of people wer
clinging to the branches of trees
Clifton and could not be reached
Unless help comes to them soon it
is feared that many will fall into
the water and drown.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-10

At mill No. 8 one.half of the
picker room and five stories on the
left side of the main building were
washed away. The main building,
supported by thick wall, is still
standing. The dam at No. 3 is in
tact. The boiler room has gone,
but the smokestack is yet standing.
All the machinery in this mill is
ruined. At Glendale four ware.
houses filled with cotton and cotton
products were swept away along
with the dam across Lawson's Fork
and the trestle Of the City Electric
Railway. The mill at Glendale
was not materially damaged.
At converse the main building of
the Clifton factory collapsed, and
the food rose till the second floor
Of the mill was under four feet of
water, 40 or so feet above the or
binary stage. The Converse mill
is utterly demolished, nothing
standing but the picxer-room build
ing. which is badly wrecked. Cliff
ton mill No. 8 also lost its boiler
room, engine room and smokestack.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-10

Washington, June 6. - The
Christian Herald today Transmits
ted to Assistant Secretary of State
Loomis check for $4,000 for the
establishment of relief fund for
the famine sufferers in the Chinese
province of Kwang Si. Mr. Loomis
deposited the money here and no.
titled United States Cousul- G sneraI
'McWade at Canton that he may
draw for the amount of the check.
Every report that comes to the
State Department either by mail or
cable, contains the most pathetic
stories of extreme destitution pre-
vailing in Kwang 81. leading to the
commission of unnatural crimas,
such as the sale of daughters into
concumbinage, and there are even
hints of cannibalism.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-10

Morristown, N. j., June 5.-A
little fox terrier created commo-
ton here in the store of George G.
Smith today. The dog had been
hanging around all day and sud-
denly went mad. He began chas-
ing Mr.. Smith and the clerks. They
barricaded themselves behind crack
er boxes, cheese boxes, ETC., and
.relted him with lemons and canned
goods, but failed to drive him out.
The police were telephoned for. A
fat sergeant and fatter roundsman
came on the scene and were more
badly frightened than the men in
the store.
just as the policemen turned
and ran, the dog jumped into an
open cracker box. The lid was
slammed down before he could
jump out. Funeral services were
conducted in the grocery store yard.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-10

Only mills Nos. and 2 were
completely destroyed, at Pacolet,
but No 3 was seriously damaged.
All that now remains of the scene
of wrecked mills is mass of brok-
en- and twisted iron and stone in
dishsveled heaps. Most of the
drowned people were operatives of
Pacolet River mills. So suddenly
did the water rise that they were
unable to escape from their homes
and went down in the torrent with
their houses.
Anaconda, Mont, June 6.-News
from Glasgow tenight is that a
general Jail break took place there
to night. Villa M Hardee, a con-
demned murderer, awaiting execu-
ton, fatally wounded Jack Will
liams, his death watch, with 3o-3o
Winchester rife which be secured
in the jail kitchen. He and the
only other prisoners in the Jail then
took the keys and escaped. The
uOu d1O WOl4 dlluCus
They swan the Missouri and are
now surrounded in bend of that
stream by big posse.
The prisoners who escaped from
the Glasgow Jail were: William
Hardee, under sentence of death
for killing George Snearly; Jack
Brown, serving six months for as
sisting in former Jail break, and
two other short term prisoners.
Under-Sherif Rutter was on
guard in the cell where the four
men were confined at the time.
Jailer billiard came to get the sup
per dishes. The prisoners seized
him and Rutter and overpowered
them. One of them went to the
kitchen and secured the Winches-
ter and lay in wait for Jack
Williams, one of the guards, who
had been down town. When he ap-
peared he was shot through the
body and fatally wounded. billiard
and Rutter were then beaten al
most into insensibility.
A posse was soon in pursuit and
caught sight OF three men on the
opposite side of the river. Hardee
was not among them. He was eth
er drowned in crossing, or left the
rest of the party, which is thought
more likely.
Hardee has the rife and as he is
to be hanged on June 26th, it is
not thought he will be taken alive
or until he has killed some of his
pursuers. The supreme court has
refused him new trial.
Hardee was to have been hanged
several months ago, but escaped
with horsethief named Jackson
and was at large for some time. He
became exhausted, partly by the
lack of morphine to which he was
a victim, and was recaptured and
reese ntenoed, Jackson never was
The posse in pursuit of the men
whe got away tonight will work in
two parties, one going after Hardee
while the other will 60 after the
three men now surrounded near
the river.
Sacramento, CAL, June 6.-Gov-
ernor Pardee issued today war
rant of arrest upon the requisition
Of the governor of Oregon, for
Charles Lame, alias Book; Josiah
Smith and his son, Adelbert Smith,
all charged with having committed
perjury in Astoria, for the purpose
Of obtaining damages alleged to
have been sustained by Laine. The
parties are in Jail at Oakland, Cal
ifornia.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-10
For Sale.

A well bred driving mare, harness and
buggy, Will sell. all or any. En-
.quire at this Office.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-10
CORVALLIS & EASTERN
RAILROAD.
I Time Card Number 21.

For Yaquina:
Train leaves Albany. $3.50. .I2:45 p. m
+" Corvallis. ..... 200 p. m
ss arrives Yaquina. a........ o:25 p. m
Z Returning:
Leaves Yaquina. ........... Gas a. N
Leaves Corvallis. 1890 a. m
Arrives Albany. .I2:I5 p. m
3 For Detroit:
Leaves Albany. ............. 700 a. m
Arrives Detroit. t................I2:05 p. m
from Detroit:
Leaves Detroit. oit.............I2:45 p. m
Arrives Albany. y............. 5:35 p. m
Train No. arrives in Albany in time
to connect with S P south bound train,
as well as giving two or three hours in
Albany before departure of S P north
bound train.
Train No 2 connects with the S P trains
at Corvallis and Albany giving direct SER
vice to Newport and adjacent beaches.
Train for Detroit, Breitenbush and
other mountain resorts leaves Albany at
700 a. M, reaching Detroit at noon, CIV
ing ample time to reach the Springs the
same day.
For further information apply to
EDWIN SroNE,
Manager.
Fl. II. Cronise, Agent Corvallis.
Thos. Cockrell. Agent Albany.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-10
EAT HUMAN FLESH.
FAMINE IN CHINESE PROVINCES
PRESENTS TERRIBLE CON-
DITIONS.

Illinois People Hang and Then BurE
A Negro Schoolmaster-He
Had Shot the School
Superintendent and
the Burning was
White Mems Re-
venge.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-10

Belleville. ILL.,, June CIV. II.
Wyatt, negro school teacher, was
lynched here tonight for shooting
and mortally wounding County
Superintendent Charls Hertel, of
iSt. Clair County. Hertel had re-
fused to renew the teaching certifi-
cate of Wyatt, and the negro cana
into his office and attacked him.
Wyatt was Immediately arrested
and taken to Jail. Two hours later
"a mob swarmed the Jail, secured
the negro and despite the appeals
of the mayor and other officials, he
was hanged.
Superintendent Hertel was re-
moved to the hospital, where tha
physicians probed for the bullet,
but he stated there is no chance
for his recovery.
A young man named Fielder was
in the Office when the shooting oc-
CURED. He grappled with Wyatt,
but the negro beat him off with the
butt of his revolver, inf1icting se-.
we're scalp wound. Before he was
hanged Wyatt asserted the shooting
was the re suit of political grudgs.
The mob hanged Wyatt to tels-
phone pele in tne public square.
Even while his body was jerking
in the lthroes of death from stragula-
tion, members of the mob began
building fire at the foot of the
pole. The flames fared up and
licked at the feet of the victim, but
this did not satisfy the mob, and
another and larger fire was started.
When it had been burning briskly
the negro still half alive, was cut
down and afie1 being covered with
coal oil, heIwas:: thrust into the fire.
Means of pain were heard from the
half dead victim of the mob, and
these served to further infuriate his
torturers. Theysfell upon him with
clubs and knives and cut and beat
the being almost to pieces, and not
until every sign of life had departed
didthey desistand permit the flames
to devour the body. As the fire
lighted up the scene the members
of the mob stood around the fire
hurling more fagots of wood into
the flames and denouncing the ne.
gro for the shooting.
The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-10
For Sale.

A small bnt good paying business, in
Corvallis. Inquire at T1MEs office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-27
ARGUMENTS CONCLUDED.
Question of Appointing Collectors for
Mckay Estate Under Consideration.

Upon the conclusion Of arguments by coun-
sci this afternoon. Justice Anderson of the
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
took under consideration the question
raised in the matter of the estate of the
late Col. Nathaniel Mckay as to whether
a collector should be appointed to take
charge of the personal property. or whether
the alleged will should be admitted to pro-
bate. The hearing was begun yesterday
and was based on the application of GER
tain persons. who claim to be creditors OF
the estate for the appointment of a col
lector in view of the delay in settling the
estate and because of the fact that
caveat has been filed by Mrs. Jenny W.
Pope Mckay, attacking the validity OF the
alleged will
1t is contended in behalf of Mrs. Wieder-
sbein and Mrs Knesley, daughters of Col.
Mckay and also in behalf of Mrs Mabel
Grace Mckay that the will should at once
/. argued. that Mrs. Jenny w. Pope Nc
Kay is not possessed of interest en-
titIing her to contest the Will, and that all
the other interested parties are agreed as
to it's validity.
The court will consider the question OF
whether Mrs Jenny w. Pope Mckay Is In
a position to legally contest the Will IL Is
explained that in the event or decision
in favor of the latter a collector VIII De ai'-
nointed pending the general controversy.
However. should the will be admitted 10
probate it is stated that the executors
named therein will be required 10 inline-
diately qualify in order that the creditors
NAV have their right to settlement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-27
AFFAIRS IN GEORGETOWN.
General and Personal News Gathered
West Of Rock Creek.

In the presence of large assemblage
composed largely Of the members of George
C. Whiting Lodge. No. %. F. A. A. NJ.
funeral services were held over the re-
mains of the late Mai. John E. Weyss, at
o'clock yesterday afternoon. at the family
residence, 1916 Potomac street northwest
Maj. Weyss died Wednesday morning of
heart failure, in his eighty-third year.
The obsequies were conducted by the
Rev. Frederick B. Howden. rector of st.
Johns Episcopal Church, and by the men,
bersof Whiting Lodge, according to the
ritual of the Masonic order, under the di-
rection of Worshipful Master E.. Harry l..
Myers. The pallbearers were selected from
among the members of the lodge as fol-
lows: Messrs. William Schwennecker, 8. 7.
Thomas, Robert Butler. Benjamin Sins
heimer, r. b. Travers and Frederick Scha-
fer. The interment was made in Oak Hill
A pretty wedding occurred at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Houser on Grant
avenue. Tenleytown. Thursday evening
when their daughter. Miss Della Houser.
and Mr.. Samuel r. Burrows were married
in the presence of large gathering Of the
friends of the contracting parties.
Miss Sarah A. T. Wills and Mr. Charles
Edward Bishop were married Wednesday
evening at the parsonage Of the Tenley-
town Baptist Church by Rev. G.. w. Nc
Cullough. the pastor.
There seems to be considerable complaint
among the residents of Georgetown over
the present condition of the roadway of
stated that the driveway Is full Of large
holes. which render bicycle riding danger
Gus and cause much damage to vehicles.
George Burns, cOlOred 1abOrer. fifty
one years of age. had his right foot crush
while at work on the 30th street wharf.
He was treated at the Georgetown Univer-
sity Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-27
DOMESTIC DIFFICULTIES
Morris c. Harris Fined $50 for A.
saulting His Wife.

motifs c. Harris. colored who was ar
rested yesterday afternoon by Detective
" Brlen after he had fired two shots from
revolver in his store on 18th street AZ
stated in yesterdays Star. appeared in the
Police Court this morning and entered a
plea of not guilty to a charge of having as
saulted his wife
Did this boy assault your" Judge Scott
asked his wife
Hes my husband" she Informed thu
court.
How old are your" the court asked the
prisoner.
''Twenty-Seyen years"
What did he do to your"
He said he tried to kill himself"
Mrs. Sarah Carpenter who lives in the
adjoining house. told the court that the
man pursued his wife into her house and
dragged her out. She heard him say: Tn
fix her.. few minutes later she heard
the reports of the pistol shots.
Detective o. Brien said he was told that
the weapon was discharged accidentally.
and afterward shat the man tried to kill
himself
MY wife threatened to leave" said Har-
ris. land I told her if she did 1 would kill
myself; that could not live without her."
The prisoner declared that he was fool
ing with the pistol and it went off acci-
dentally.
When did you conclude you would not
kill yourself?
After we had made up and settled our
trouble"
He denied that he had ilI-treated his
wife and concluded: II love my wife dear
~ and don't want to live without her."
Mrs. Harris was recalled and questioned.
She said her husband was not drunk. The
woman entered a plea in her husbands
he had assaulted her and fined him $50 or
six months in Jail