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chen and Beavers. The friends of
Tyner have advanced the theory that
in his case the chief offender was
really his nephew by marriage, Bar
rett, who was his assistant in the Of
flee for part of the time, and that
Tyner's offenses are due to his failing
bodily and mental powers. The facts
set forth in Mr.. Bristow's report do
not tend TO substantiate the validity
OF these excuses for Tyner, while they
show literally astounding misconduct
IN Barrett. For Machen and Beavers
no excuse of any kind has been al
legged. In the case of Metcalf, the SUI
perintendent of the money order sys-
TEN. the most vigorous protests We're
at first made on his behalf by large
number of reputable citizens. and also
by others who We're at the time DEEM
ed reputable, but who it has since
been discovered We're profiting by Net
lscalf's misconduct. One of them has
been indicted in connection with him.
When these Investigations were be-
gun, some nine months ago, many of
the chief offenders who have been in
dicted or dismissed, or both, as above
enumerated, We're considered to have
excellent regulations. A number of
the most respectable people in the
land offered voluntary testimony on
behalf of Mr.. Tyner. So highly We're
| Messrs. Beavers and Machen thought
OF by those who had been brought in
to close connection with them that the
congress actually provided at its last
session for raising the salaries OF both,
| the salary in each case being raised
| $500, to take effect at the beginning of
the fiscal year on July last. By that
date they We're both out of office and
the department of Justice was taking
steps to have them indicted. During
| NIachen's term OF service be was twice
| investigated by congress. once by q
committee of the senate and once by
a committee OF the house, hut cleared
| on each occasion. Yer at that very
period, as has been shown in the pre-
sent investigation, he was engaged in
the corrupt business for which he has
now been removed and indicted. This
| is no reflection upon the committees
who conducted the investigation for
SO skillfuily had Machen concealed his
! wronodai,G that il WAS only raraal.,d
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! ii. 1881; removed June 5, 1903; indict-

v.
II, 1891; removed June 5, 1903; indict-
ed twice.
&c. e. Upton. clerk free delivery di-
vision; appointed July 1, 1900; remov-
ed June s., 1903; indicted once.
IN. w. Louis. superintendent sup
ply division; appointed Kansas City
postoffice April IL, 1897; removed Oc-
tober 81, 1908.
Charles b. Terry, clerk supply di-
vision; appointed Sept 20, 1900; re-
moved October 81, 1908
'.As shown in Mr.. Bristow's report
and as partially indicated by the ac-
lions in the several cases, these cases
show widely varying degrees of cul-
pability.
Among outsiders indictments have
also been found against;
III. j. Barrett. formerly in the post
office department from May IL, 1889
to September 20, 1898 and from June
1. 1897 to December 81, 1900;
George E. Green;
"Diller b. and Samuel A. Croft;
William G. Long, formerly in the
postoiiice department from April II,
1890, to August Is, 1893;
Isaac S. McGiehan,
George II. huntingdon;
George ID. Lorenz, formerly post
master at Toledo Ohio, from August
3, 1856, to July 3, 1890;
Martha j.. Lorenz;
John 7. Cupper;
Fl c. Hallenbeck.
NV. d. Doremus,
~ Eugene ID. Scheble:
wv Halfhs G.. Crawford, deputy au-
tiitor postoffice department from June
II, 1888, I'd Septeaibef a5. 1897.
!. Maurice sRunkIe, =:
Norman r. MerealHs '.s;-a -
;. Leopold j.. Stern;
Edmund H. briggs
George +. Miller
Joseph NJ. Johns;
Several of the above have been in
dicted two three, or five times each
Tyner, Machen and Beavers.
The three chief offenders in the
J govsrnnent serviee We're Tyner, Ma
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Strong Measures Necessary.


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 postotiice department. who
by their acts have brought themselves
within the grasp of the law, will be
pushed with the utmost vigor. Every
effort must be made to see that both
the delinquent official and the outsid-
er who shares his guilt are punished
to the limit of the law. In pursuance
of this policy the individuals above
enumerated have been indicted In
no case has the indictment been sought
save where the officials of the govern
ment We're convinced of the mans
guilt; and in every case the govern
nlent will exhaust every expedient in
its power III the effort to see that jus-
tice is peted out to, the offenders
Those in the public service whose
duty il must ever be yigilanI In thu.
detection Of wrongdoing. fearless in lis
exposure. relentless in its prosecution.
btu iI1- the hast res ort,, ~wiIeIr everything
Which the public official. whether leg
fsfator, Judge or executive officer can
do has been done, it remains FOR the
jury, drawn from the people and rep
resentiug the people, TO do even-hantl
ed justice, shielding the innocent but
declining La be misled by any plea
into refraining from punishment of
the guilty,
NO crime calls for Steiner repro
hatinn ttNan no crime af the rarrn1,-
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after months of laborious and exhaus-
tive work by trained inspectors.
Bribery and BIackmaiI.

tive work by trained inspectors.
Bribery and BIackmaiI.
THE details of the corruption are
set forth in full in Mr.. Bristow's re-
port. AS regards Messrs. Beaver and
Machen the corruption took the form
of bribery and backmail in connec-
ton with the purchase of government
supplies. In the office of the assistant
attorney general for the postoffice de-
partment, under Tyner and Barrett,
far greater wrong was inflicted upon
the public than could be measured by
pecuniary standard, for in this Of
fee the corruption of the government
officials took the form of favoring get
rich-quick concerns and similar swim
ding schemes; in other words, the
criminals whom it was the sworn
duty of these government officials to
prosecute, paid them for permission to
fleece the public unmolested.
Would Extend Time.
Il heartily approve of the recon-
nendation of Messrs. Conrad and
Bsonaparte that the statute of limita-
tons be extended in the case of gov
eminent servants to a period of at
least five years; for the persons who
in such positions of trust engage in
corrupt practices can ordinarily con-
ceal ;heir guilt for longer time than
is covei ed by the present short stat
ute of limitations. The recommends
tion has been laid before congress in
the report of the attorney general. and
it is earnestly hoped that it will be
acted upon favorably. Moreover our
experience shows that outsiders claim
ing political Influence sometimes sell
their influence TO candidates for Of
flee or In other words blackmail these
candidates. There should be legis1a-
ton which will permit summary deal
ing with such Offenders.
Need For Punishment.
However the prime need is not
new legislation. but the punishment of
those w.:o offend against existing laws
The postottice department is making
certain changes IN the methods of adj
ministration.. notably in the method OF
by which the service will
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be improved and the chance of corr
ruption existing without discovery be
ninimized; but the only way to meet
the real evil is to punish the often
ders, by removal in any event, and
where possible by prosecution under
the criminal statutes. 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
action after appointment, and finally,
to punish with relentless severity
those who go wrong. All this is being
done
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31
DIR. WALDEN RESIGNS.

DR.. j. W.. Walden, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church at Athens, has re-
signed his position and the congrega-
ton will pass upon the resignation to-
day. During the services last Sunday
DR.. Walden stated to the congregation
that he had received a letter from a
member of his church in which he was
asked to resign, it being stated in the
letter that in the Judgment of the
writer such a step would be for the
benefit of the church, as a considera BILE
amount of dissension existed on ac-
count of the recent affair in which the
pastor and Mr.. McGregor figured. In
view of the letter he had received and
the opinion expressed therein, DR.. Wal
den stated that he thought he should
tender his resignation as pastor of the
church. At the conclusion of DR.. Wal
den's remarks Prof. w. D. Hooper
arose and stated that he was the au-
thor of the letter, and that in his judg-
ment it would be best for the church
that DR.. Walden tender his resignation
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31
HIDES,
FURS,

! order ought to be printed in capital let
| tiers. What? Never heard of it? If
you'd tell a New England Yankee thar
you'd never heard of Cooley House
| custard pie he'd shoot you as a suspl
cious character. Cooley House Gus
tard Pie-with a capital P. if you
| please. How many a wandering son Of
Massachusetts, forced as an exile to
struggle along on plum pudding and
other inventions of the evil one, has let
his memory drift back along a line of
long ago digested dinners until it lit
and fingered on the fiaky crust of Coo
ley House custard pie, and both his
mouth and his eyes watered.
"A bit of cheese with your pie? Very
we'll. Wen have to drop in on old
Mother Pratt at Chillicothe, O., for
that. Mother Pratt is the proprietor
of little village eating house, but the
cheese she makes with her own hands
in the fall and puts away to ripen till
the coming of spring makes the strong
est and most pungent of foreign brands
taste foolish.
For our coffee we'll go down to St
Louis. There's one place down there
where for some utterly unknown rea-
son they make the best coffee in the
world. I hate to say it after the way
st. Louis has slandered our drinking
water but the truth must be told. ANY
way, I'll leave it to you.
And now-to conclude-well drop In
at the absinthe parlor on Market street
in New Orleans, and have glass of the
yellow absinthe, sucre-an accent over
the final e. That's right. Pour in about
an inch of the yellow nectar. Now
balance your absinthe spoon in the
rim. Put two Jumps of sugar on the
spoon and pour the cold water over
them slowly. so that the sugar will
gently dissolve. Now sip the milky
mixture and thank heaven you are not
like most Americans, who treat abb
sinthe as if it were drinking water or
a dose of medicine.
Great Scott! But what an appetite
I've worked up. Why, I'm as hungry
as a bear. Isn't it a shame that the
airship isn't perfected yet? Meanwhile
l suppose I've got to eat to live. If
you happen to have dime to spare III
just step across the street and get a
glass of beer and ham sandwich.
Thank YOU, kindly "
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31
Shipping Memoranda.

Brunswick, Ga. May 29.-Arrived,
steamers Rio Grande, Johnson, Mobile;
Comal. Woodward, Galveston; ship
Humberto, Estdade. Valencia; schrs B.
Hall. Hall; Nettie Shipman; Carrie E.
Veazie. all New York; Iona Tunnel,
Hall. Boston; Hattie Dunn, Thorndike,
Philadelphia.
Sailed, steamer Comal Woodward,
New York; schrs S. G. Haskell, Rich
ardson. Boston, Laura NJ Hunt,
Moody Fernandina.
Philadelphia. May 30.-Arrived,
Berkshire. Savannah; schr Nantasket,
Brunswick.
Baltimore, May s0.--sailed, steamer
Lexington. Savannah.
Nice. May 23.-Arrived, Maylands,
Pensacola, via Madeira and Marseilles.
Honfeur. May 27.-Arrived. Norwood,
Pensacola.
Cuxhaven. May 2S.-Arrived Inch
keith. Pensacola, via Antwerp.
Nantes, May 2s.-Arrived. Nymphae,
Port Tampa, via Sa. Nazaire.
Charleston s. c.. May 30.-Arr!ved,
steamer Iroquois. Watson, Jacksonville.
and proceeded for New York.
Key West Fla. May 30.-AFrived,
steamers Concho. Evans. Galveston,
and sailed for New York; Mascotte.
Turner Havana, and sailed for Port
Tampa.
Fernandina. Fla, May. so.-Arrived.
bark Anti (Rus), Jansen. Port Natal;
sehr David Baird, Fisher, Boston.
Punta Gorda. FLA. May 30.-Arrived,
steamer Hugoma, Taylor, Sew York.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31
Decision on Collision.

Steamer and Schooner Meeting
in Fog.-FNailure to Keep Proper Look
out.-A steamer and a schooner came
into collision 100 miles southeast of
Sandy Hook lightship, in a dense fog,
on meeting and nearly parallel courses
The testimony from each vessel showed
that she was going at moderate speed
was properly manned, and that fog sig
nails were regularly sounded; but Meth
er vessel heard the signals from the
other until Immediately before they
came in sight of each other, when 400
feet apart, and when it was too late
TO avoid the collision. Held, upon such
evidence, that O) each vessel duly
sounded fog signals; (2) each vessel
was running at proper speed; 90
neither vessel kept a proper lookout;
that such fault on the part of the
schooner did not contribute to the col
lision, because it would have been her
duty to keep her course under the cir
cumstances, if she had heard the sig
nails, but that the steamer must be
held solely liable as the burdened YES
sci, and because she might by the exer-
else of due care have avoided the col
lision.-The Gadsby, 120 Fed. Rep. GU.
So S51
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31
SALES DIsAPPRoyED.

Referee Proudft at Macon has
disapproved the sale of the Eat
onton Electric Company plant.
The property was bid in by the
Equitable Loan and Savings Company
of Atlanta for $36,725. The purchasers
held mortgage on the property. The
referee ordered the plant to be resold
He said the price bid did not corre-
spond with the real value of the plant.
The Equitable Company were the only
bidders. The referee has also disap-
proved the sale of the Quintette Mill
plant to the Equitable Mortgage and
Security Company of Atlanta for $3.50.
The referee in his disapproval of the
sale said that the amount did not rep
resent rs per cent. of the appraised
value of the property, and was there
fore wholly inadequate. He ordered
Trustee Green to again expose the
property to sale, either publicly or pri-
vately.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31
ARE GOOD FRIENDS AGAIN.
n. G. d st. l.. and Brotherhood o
Firemen Are on Terms

n. e. Il st. l.. and Brotherhood of
Firemcn Are on Terms.
Nashville, Tenn. May 30.-A reconcil-
iation has been effected between the
Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis
Railroad and the Brotherhood of Lo-
connective Firemen, after an estrange-
ment of ten years. The Brotherhood
was placed under the ban at the time
of the Pullman trouble, for the reason
that many of it's members violated
their contract by going out on a SYM
pathetic strike. All of the mem bers
were discharged by the road and none
has since been employed.
The order was never able to organ
ize the Nashville, Chattanooga and St.
Louis firemen until the Tennessee Cen
trail announced it's intention to recog-
nize the brotherhood. The result fol-
lowed that many of the Nashville,
Chattanooga and st. Louis men began
to affiliate with the organization.
This act met with the disapproval
of the railroad authorities, and nine
employees prominent in the brother
hood. were discharged for offenses
which formerly had been overlooked
or penalized. This action brought on
a crisis and a visit of Grand Master
Hannahan and Vice Grand Master
Shay to Nashville followed The grand
officers held a conference with General
Manager Thomas, with the result that
the discharged firemen will be rein
stated, and an agreement was formu-
lated to recognize the brotherhood.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31

Charleston. S. c., May SO.-The Blue
and Gray Memorial Association at
Florence, the site of the former prison
and the national cemetery, celebrated
Decoration day by placing flowers on
both Confederate and Federal graves.
At the Confederate cemetery Rev. ].
b. Shoup, a Union veteran, of Fftz-
gerald, Ga, offered the prayer. At the
National cemetery, where most of the
exercises were held, Capt. j. o. Laid,
formerly of the United States Army,
read the @. A. r. orders. A national
air was sung, and Col. ]. P. Thomas,
a Confederate veteran. delivered the
GRAFTON. Rev. Mr.. Shoup also made an
q address.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31

From the Chicago Tribune.

AOiiA bAlC N~ilCd6O 1llOuIlCs
Many who are not sluggards have
gone to the ant and considered her
ways, but the diligent little woman's
store of wisdom is not vet exhausted.
Woman is correct and so is "her"
for most of the ants. as we'll as the
bees, and all the workers of both spe
cies, are females. And of these females
all but the queen are old maids, es-
chewing matrimony as a nuisance and
an impeachment to useful work. Now
the astonishing discovery has been
made that their celibacy constitutes no
bar to their perpetuation of the spe-
cies, at least for several generations.
1t has long been known that virgin
queens, both of bees and of ants, lay
eggs and it has become known more
recently that the workers, which never
mate, do the same thing, but it has
been assumed, from imperfect obser-
walton, that these eggs always hatch
into drones or males, never into fe-
maleS of either the queen or the work
er var ETY..
German naturalist named Reich
enbach has been putting the matter to
simple test, which, however, has oc-
cupled several years In the spring Of
1899 he imprisoned eleven worker ants
in an observation nest Soon they laid
NS6S, WhlOll hdlCIleu IlOI INTO Hldlesi
but into workers. Later in the season,
at the natural mating time in July,
few males were Matched out. The same
thing was repeated next year. Then the
colony had increased from the origi-
nal eleven to some three hundred, only
two or three dozen of which were
males. The process was repeated in
1901, but the colony had begun to
dvindle, and in 1902 it persisted from
unknown causes" and thus put an end
to the experiment.
No perfect females (queens) were
produced, although the insects were
provided with an abundance of food
which is commonly supposed to favor
the production of queens. But the
workers were far in excess of the
males, which, according to the pre-
vailing theory, should have constituted
the entire product.
The remarkable fact is that these
workers, instead of producing only
males. which cannot carry on the spe-
cies without mating, produced work
ers like themselves, which could and
did do so. This went on for several
geneT atoms.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31
Supervising inspectors to Meet.

A special meeting of the board of
supervising inspectors of the Steam
boat Inspection Service has been called
to meet in the office of Supervising In
spector General Uhler in the Treasury
Department on June for the purpose
of making a general revision of the
rules and regulations of the inspection
service and of formulating recommen-
dations for amendments to the existing
laws so as to make them correspond
with present requirements, says the
Marine Journal. Among the subjects
that will receive special attention are
the regulations governing the naviga-
ton of steam vessels in thick weather,
and efforts will be made to incorporate
in them additional safeguards. The
rules relating to the construction and
test of marine boilers will also be
completely overhauled and made to
conform to the best modern practice.
Builders of steam vessels and marine
boilers will be invited to send in sug-
gestions or to meet with the board and
offer suggestions. All suggestions COM
ing from them or from any other per-
sons in regard to amendments of any
of the existing rules and regulations
will be welcomed and will be given con-
sideration.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31
To FEDERAL DEAD
HONORs WE'RE PAID THE GREAT
COUNTRY OVER.
WITH FLAGS AND WREATHS
THE GRAVES OF THE BRAVE SOL
DIERS WERE DECKED.

Solemn and Impressive Ceremonies
Marked the Observance of the
National Decoration Day at WASH
ingtOn-ThrOughOut the City Bust
ness Was Suspended - Exercises
Were Held at ArlinSIOn-Address
WINS Delivered ny Charles Emory
smith-Old Issues Are Buried.
Washington. May SO.-With solemn
and impressive ceremonies. Memorial
Day was observed in the National Cap
ital on a more elaborate scale than
ever before. Business was suspended,
not only in the departments of the gov
eminent. but also throughout the city.
People of all classes united in perpet-
uating the memory of the heroic dead,
who, in countless thousands, sleep
peacefully in the eight national ceme-
teries in the District of Columbia.
Notwithstanding the absence from
the city of the President, who usually
is a conspicuous figure in the Memo
rial Day exercises at Arlington, the
arrangements were elaborate and beau
tiful They were under the direction
of the department of the Potomac,
Grand Army of the Republic, and in
cluded a parade of Grand Army of the
Republic posts, the Old Guard, other
patriotic organizations, and the mill
tia of the District of Colum bia, headed
by the Marine Band; decoration of
monuments and graves. and addresses
L.,
After a short march through the
city, the organizations in the parade
boarded electric trains for Arlington,
the most beautiful of national ceme-
teries. overlooking the historic Poto-
mac, where the principal exercises of
the day occurred. Already the $4,000
graves in the cemetery had been
strewn with flowers and each marked
by tiny American flag. A touching
feature of the ceremony-a feature
typifying a country thoroughly reunit-
ed-was the decoration of the graves
IN that section of the cemetery where
lie the Confederate dead.
At the conclusion of the ceremony of
decoration of the graves. a great
crowd gathered in the amphitheater
Hon. Charles Emory Smith, editor of
the Philadelphia Press, delivered the
GRAFTON of the day. He spoke, in part,
as follows:
1.-THE issues which bred the strife of
sections have been settled The old is
sues have passed away. There are new
questions of deep import-question
which come in part as legacies of the
old and which may tend in some meas
ure to excite the old feeling.
There is the problem Of dealing with
a race which has been emancipated
from slavery and yet not admitted to
the privileges of freedom. The ed
vocational, the industrial, and, in some
degree, the political aspects of this
subject demand the most serious con-
sideration. The burdens and the re-
sponsibilities do not belong alone to
either of the old sections. We may
not all agree on the elements of the
problem or on the true solution But
may we not approach the question
IN the spirit of mutual forbearance?
May we not discuss it in a temperate
and rational frame of mind? Nav
We not seek to understand each others
point of view and each others rela-
ton to the subject with fair and rea-
sonable consideration of the various
aspects which are entitled to weight"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-31
FLORIDA.
WON INSURANCE CASE

A verdict has been rendered in the
Circuit Court at Jacksonville for the
defendant in the case of DR.. J. c. LEN
gle VS.. the Scottish Union and Ma
tional Insurance Company The YER
dict was ordered by the court. DR..
L Engle sued for $500, the amount of
insurance on two two-story dwelling
houses which were burned May 8. 1901,
The objection to payment was that
after this insurance had been secured
another policy for 81, 500 had been taken
out in another company on the same
property.