The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-05-01

Tyner, who accompanied her on the ex-
petition, is the mother of Hamilton j.
Barrett, late law clerk of the Postoffice,
whose conduct is now under investigation,
because Of his known association with a
turf investment company, some OF whose
officers have been recently sentenced to
terms in the renitentiary for fraud. 1t is
alleged in some quarters that the object
of the raid was the abstraction of papers
which would have incriminated young
Barrett.
The loose methods pursued by the Post
master General are shown in that, not
withstandng the fact that this division
has been under investig 'ton for over a
month, by order of the President, there is
no record Of the papers in the Tyner safe
and now that the case has been turned
over to the Attorney General for prose
cution he has no evidence with which to
refute the claim Of Mrs. Tyner that she
removed only private papers belong ing to
herself and her husband. 1t is alleged
that practically the same thing occurred
in the case of Superintendent Machen's
safe which, when examined by the inspec
tors, was found to contain very few docu-
ments. Another remarkable feature Of
the Tyner incident is that Assistant and
Acting. Attorney General Christiancy
failed to notify the Postmaster General of
what was going on, although aware of the
presence of Mrs. Tyner and her associates
for fifty minutes, and not until Mrs. Tyner
had had ample time to leave the building.
1t is predicted that there will be further
sensational developments after the Presi
dents visit to St. Louis this week.
There is CONSERVATION in the State De-
partment as a result of advices from hina
to tue effect that Russia has refused to
withdraw her troops from Manchuria, has
demanded partial sovereignty over the
province and has further demanded the
exclusion of all other nations. This is
regarded as in direct violation of traaty
pledges made to the United States, as well
as to European nations and the situation
is regarded as serious, although it is not
likely that this country would go to war
with Russia even if the latter violated hel
treaty obi cations. 1t is more than posi-
Bile, however, that the United States will
join with the European powers in an en-
phatic protest, but that remains for the
President to decide Secretary Hay says
he will submit the case to Mr. Roosevelt
at St. Louis.
A party of forty six German agricultur
lists will arrive in New York the first week
in May and will make 10000 mile tour
of the United States, studying the agri-
cultural methods Of this country. The
expected visitors are members of an "up-
to- date" German agricultural society,
whose members make an annual excur-
sion to some foreign country with view
to learning improved methods and being
able to estimate the competition which
confronts them in the various departments
Of agriculture. The party will be accom-
panied in this country by representatives
of the Department of Agriculture who
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the country They will first visit the
rthwest, then 60 on to the Pacific slope
and return through the southwest section
Of the country.
Scientists who have been in session in
Washington recently have advised Secre-
tary Hay that if the original Declaration
of Independence is to be preserved it must
be stored in light and air proof safe and
in the State Department, where it has
rested for one hundred years. Many of
the signatures are already illegible and
the text of the instrument is rapidly fading
away. This fading is said to be due to
the poor quality of ink used and also to
the fact that it was submitted to the pro-
cess of letter copying some decades ago
in order that the original signers might
each possess fac smile copy.
1t is learned at the State Department
that Mr.. Andrew Carnegie has added to
the long list of his benefactions by donat-
ing 81 100000 for the erection of a build
ing to accommodate The Hague Tribunal.
Mr.. Carnegie has long been most earnest
advocate of peace and of arbitration and
his generous donation is only concrete
expression of his great qualification at the
establishment of an international arbitra-
ton tribunal A rumor to this effect was
in circulation some time ago but no def
mite action had been taken at that time
and only last week did Mr.. Carnegie put
his offer in writing.