A SUM OF ROCK. It Occurred in a Tunnel at Kg gleston Springs, Va. Wne Urn WrrrKlllrd and Five Others lltJiirrd-Tlir Huge PtleofMoue Will Have lo br Uyiimiillrd Hi lorc Vlt'llmai ( an be Kearlied. Roanoke, Va., May 8. —Nine mm ■were killed an<l five others injured, three of them fatally, late Wednes day evening- by a slide of rock in the east end of tunnel No. 2 at Egglestnn Springs, (liles county, on the Norfolk <Sr Western railroad. Contractors were engaged in double-tracking the two tunnels at the point named, and •when the tunnelling force had re moved the earth and stone for the railroad tracks at the point where the calamity occurred a huge slide of solid stone gave way on the moun tain side and came down at an angle of about 45 degrees, striking the gang of laborers at work fairly »pd crushing the life out of nine men. This strata of solid rock was con nected only by clay seams and when the foundation was removed the -strata, some 50 feet long, fell with out warning, catching the men in a •death trap. One man was in a niche of the tunnel way, and was only grazed on the face and head, escaping with slight injuries. He was re moved without great difficulty. A (second man, who stood on the outer edge of the slide, was only slightly burt, but three others were more un fortunate and were injured so badly that it is feared they will die. The bodies of the other nine men are still under the mountain slide. A wrecking car and derrick was taken out from Radford, but thus far have been of no avail. There is no likelihood that the bodies can he re covered soon, as the rock will have to be dynamited and removed bit by bit. This is considered dangerous, as the length of the strata cannot be ascertained, and there is imminent danger of a second crash as soon as the base is removed, and a conse quent loss of other lives. Tt has been impossible thus far to secure the names of the victims. They are known only to the contrac tors. One thing that is known is that it was a mixed gang composed both of white and colored laborers. The accident did not delay traffic materially on the main line. The trains were delayed, however, by an other slide in Big Tunnel, at .Mont gomery, 20 miles east of Eggleston, and trains were held at this slide over four hour'. REFUSE TO WORK. Italian I.atiorcrN oil New York'* Sub way Itepndlate A rl>l (ration Agrcf incut. New York, May 8.- Sweeping aside the pleading of Chevalier liranchi, their consul general, and officials of the Federated I'nion of Labor, 15,000 striking Italian laborers voted almost unanimously yesterday not to re turn to work in the city subway un til they are assured of $2 for eight hours' work. This means that the arbitration agreement entered into by the committee of the federation and the subway contractors Tuesday is repudiated. Not a stroke of work will be done in tin 1 subway today, as was promised by the committee, and another handicap is enforced against the already crippled building opera tions of the city. •' Immediately after the meeting the police were called to suppress a demonstration at One Hundred and Eighteenth street and Second ave •nue. Only one thing remains to be •done, according to the sub-contrac tors. As soon as the formal reply of the union is received, they will seek non-union labor wherever it can be (found. This means, according to some authorities, other Italian la borers, who would be willing to ac cept for ten hours' work, or $1.50 for eight hours' work; negroes from the south and even from the 'West Indies. BURNED TO DEATH. A Dozen l.aborer* are Cremated at tli* ICeftiilt oT a COIIIMIOII on the < ana cllan Pui'lllr Railroad. St. Paul, May S. —Reports have Ibeen received of a serious accident yesterday at Dexter, a small station to n the Canadian Pacific railway, 50 .miles west of Port Arthur, Ont., in which 12* lives were lost. A large number of laborers were with a work train at. Dexter, where they had been loading ties. Their train was on a --side track and the men were at breakfast in the caboose, or boarding •car. at the end of the train. A pas senger train crashed into the ca boose where the men were eating, joverturning the car. The wreckage caught fire almost immediately from the engine. Of the men in the car 12 were instantly killed or burned to death in the wreckage, where they had been pinned by the overturning of the car. jEight others were seriously injured, •unil still others less seriously hurt. The wreck is far from means of re lief and details of the accident are •Incomplete, as the wires have been working badly and no further infor mation about the accident has been Tecei ved. J'aftfted ll* Second Heading. London, May B.—The Irish land bill lias passed its secoiwl reading in the house of commons Ivy 443 votes to 2f>2. Cannot Accept Money lor lllood. Rome, May 8. —'Replying in the elianiber of deputies yesterday to a demand for an explanation of the present, status of the investigation of the lynchings of Italians at Er win. Miss., in 1901, i'niler Foreign Secretary I'.accelli said that in spite of the activity of Italian Officials no convictions had been secured, owing to witnesses declining to make depo sitions. Signor Baccelli said the American congress had voted $50,000 for the families of the victims, but to this measure the Italian govern ment remained a stranger, as it could not admit a price for blood. ON ACCOUNT OF HIS COLOR. Armed and naiked lien Hold Up a Letter Carrier In Tenne»»ee. Washington, May 8. —The postoffice department was notified yesterday that John C. Allgood, the colored rural free delivery letter carrier, while making his regular trip near Gallatin, Tenn., was stopped by men armed and masked and that he and his colored substitute carrier were warned not to continue in the service under penalty of death. Postmaster General Payne has suspended service on the route pending investigation, and if the reports of the affair are confirmed summary action will fol low. The incident may become a second Indianola case. This rural devilery was putin ef fect March Ist last. There were five applicants under the civil service rules for appointment as rural car rier. The three men passing the high est on the, list were all colored. Un der the civil service rules the post master general says there is no op tion with the department except to appoint the person who stands high est on the list, therefore Allen F. Dillard. colored, was appointed. Tie resigned about three weeks ago and on the 20th of last month the civil service board certified the second man on the list, John C. Allgood, col ored. Postmaster General Payne yester day telegraphed Special Agent Con ger as follows: "Investigate fully case of John C. Allgood. rural free delivery carrier, who was stopped by armed masked men yesterday and his life threatened if he continued in the service, and report. In the meantime service on the route will be suspend ed until your report on the case is received." Postmaster General Payne said later if the facts were as reported only two courses of action would be open, namely, to abolish the route Rnd leave the people thereon without that service, or to send soldiers to the scene to protect the carrier in the performance of his duty. Mr. Payne said the former course was the more probable. He called atten tion to the civil service status of the carriers and said that the appointees are secured through the civil service commission, their selection therefore not being optional with him. It is said at the department that the pen alties provided by law for such of fenses was covered in Sections 356!) and 3005 of the revised statutes of the United States. The former reads as follows: Every person who willfully and ma liciously assaults anv letter carrier who is in uniform while engaged on his route in the discharge of his duty ns a letter carrier, and every person who aids or assists therein, shall for every such offence be punishable by a fine of not less than SIOO and not more than SI,OOO, or by imprisonment, for not less than one year and not more than three years." The other section provides that "any person who shall obstruct or retard the passage of a mail carrier shall for every such offence he pun ishable by a fine of not more than $100." It is pointed out that the difference between these penalties hinges on the wearing of the uniform and also the word "assault" within the mean ing of the law, contemplates just such an offense as that reported. The Potter*' Conclave. Wheeling, W. Va.. May B.—The first intimation that wages will be dis turbed through the annual conven tion of the National Brotherfjoood of Operative Potters was made Thurs day when two resolutions were in troduced, one providing for a sweep ing advance of 10 per cent, on pres ent wages, the other providing for a per cent, advance. Roth were laid over until today. The resolution favoring a three-year wage agree ment with the manufacturers was defeated after a warm fight. The convention decided that a three fourths majority will he necessary for the declaring of strikes instead of the present law requiring nine tenths vote. American* Captured Ten Itloro Forts. Manila, May 8. —C-apt. Pershing's column has dcefated the sultan of Amparuganu's force of Moros on the east shore of Lake Lanao, island of Mindanao. The Americans captured ten forts. One hundred and fifteen Moros were killed, 13 were wounded and 60 were made prisoners. The •Moros captured included the sultan. Two Americans were killed and seven were wounded. The ten forts con stituted strong positions on the banks of the Taraca river and from them the Moros vigorously resisted Pershing's advance. The American troops attacked the forts Monday and captured eight of them without suffering any hiss. A Strike I* Averted. New Haven, Conn., May B.—-It is said at the general office of the New York, New Haven & Hartford rail road that the car workers of the sys tem, numbering about 2,000 men, have voted to accept the increased offer of pay made by the company to take effect May 2. Ry 1.1.is action ail danger of a strike is removed. Clark Ifii >ft .tlore 'line*. El Paso, Tex., May 8. — Senator Clark of Montana, has bought from Sol Charles, of the Rosurio mines, the famous Guadeloupe group of mines in Chihuahua, Mexico. Uncon firmed reports say the price was $500,000. It is known that Senator Clark offered $450,000 for the prop erty. A Small Hlot at toll lie 11 111 nil'-. Council Bluffs, la., Mav s.—A small riot occurred on .Main street yester day as the result of striking team sters attempting to force a non union driver to return to the barn with his team. The driver's team was stopped several times by a large crowd of strikers, who finally forced him from his wagon and clubbed liiin severely. Another driver drew a re volve.* and was arrested. A number of wagons loaded with goods destin ed for Omaha anil others coming from that city were stopped at the Broadway and forced to re turn. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1903. MUNQER'S INJUNCTION. The Judge of ■ Federal Court Take* • Hand In the Omaha Teamalera* Strike. Omaha, Xeb., May 7.—On petition of a number of complainants, includ ing the principal transfer and deliv ery companies involved in the team sters' strike, Judge Munger, of th« federal court, last night granted a temporary restraining order enjoin ing the officers and members of Team Drivers' union Xo. 71 from doing cer tain acts calculated to interfere with inter-state commerce, and command ing them to appear in court May 20 to show cause why a temporary in junction should not be granted. The petition was filed by attorneys representing seven delivery com panies, five coal dealers, one lumber company, one jobber and a depart ment store. In their petition the complainants recite the terms of the contract the Team Drivers' association asked them to sign and their particular ob jection to that clause therein which provided that : "'No teamster shall be discharged, laid off or docked in his time or pay for refusing to haul goods to or from any house for a firm, corporation or contractor de clared to be 'unfair' by the union," nnd then goon to relate particular instances in which by threats, intim idation and violence the strikers have interfered with their business. It is alleged that a threat wag made by one of the strikers that if Walter .lardine undertook to do business with non-union drivers lie would be assaulted and killed. It is further alleged that, inter-state com merce was interfered with when the strikers stopped goods in transit from Omaha to Council Bluffs and from one freight depot to another in Om aha. The order issued by Judge Munger is of the most sweeping nature. More than 300 members of the Team ster's union are named in the order. Forty horseslioers were locked out during the day because they refused to shoe horses of firms whose driv ers are on strike. About . r >o freight package handlers went on strike in obedience to an order issued by their president. Fifty teamsters in the. employ of ice companies are ordered out. The Standard Oil Co. has noli, fled its city customers that the com pany will deliver no more oil until quiet shall be restored and the strike shall be over, fearing to allow its oil and gasoline wagons to be driven on the streets while the trouble lasts. Moth sides are settling down for a prolonged contest and neither shows any signs of yielding. It is esti mated that more than 3.000 men am Dow out and labor leaders claim they will be able to call out several hun dred others. Lincoln, Xeb., May 7.—Gov. Mickey has notified the employers at Omaha who had signed an appeal to the state for protection, that, lie could not, call out the troops until the Omaha city and Douglas county au thorities had notified him that they were unable to cope with the situa tion. THE KENTUCKY TRAGEDY. Jlo»»i'iii[iT V»a* Sent to Warn Attorney .llaremii ol the I'lot to Kill Him. Lexington, Ky„ May 7.—A messen ger who left the interior of Breathitt county at dawn Monday to bear a warning to Attorney J. R. Marcuin that a plot to kill him had been formed the night before, reached Jackson a few minutes after an as sassin's bullets had crashed through Marcum's brain and heart as he stood in the court lioupe door. Dur ing Sunday night Edward Strong, a friend of Marcum, was Informed that a conspiracy had been entered into at a meeting of several desperate men at a blind tiger three miles from Jackson to assassinate Marcum on Monday. At daylight lie sent a mes senger to convey the information to the attorney, who lay dead when he arrived. This statement was made yesterday by Mrs. Marcum. Any investigation must be strictly within legal bounds and it may be impossible, even then, to make peo ple feel secure in telling- what they know. A newspaper man who ar rived from Jackson last night de scribes the situation there by saying: "The town may be compared only to a man sitting on a barrel of pow der in a shower of sparks. When the explosion will come no one knows, but I believe it is inevitable. At least three men know who assassi nated James Marcum, and though they are silent it is believed their doom is sealed. Such knowledge in Breathitt county means death or ex ile. There are also others left who know who assassinated Jim Cock* rell. They will not be overlooked. If these people remain, or there is the possibility of a rigid investigation by the law, I believe that they will be put out of the way at an early day. Several families are preparing to fol low the example of more than 50 peo ple who. during the last, six months, have fled the country. Male members will leave immediately and when they have found a home the women and children will follow." A dispatch from Jackson, TCy„ says that the people not involved in the feud contemplate calling on Gov. Beckham to bring neaee to Breath itt county. It is expected that the contingent with which Marcum was allied, which Includes the influential family of Postmaster Burst. Mar cum's father-in-law. are linitinsf against the Coekrcll family with a fair show of precipitating a figlit. A Fortunate Kexeue. Xew York, May 7. —Twenty-three survivors of the crew of 2fi of the French fishing brig- lie Dc Terre Xetive, of St. Ser,van, France, arrived here yesterday on the steamship Phoebus, from ITam'burg. The lie I)e Terre N»uve was swept by a hurri cane on April 2fi and seven of her men were washed Of these four were rescued and three drowned. On the 29th the wreck was sighted by the Phoebus and the survivors were taken on board the steamer with much difficulty and the brig was set on Are. PULSE OF TRADE. Imall Mrlkri ltl»turl> Important In duntrlal I ndcrtakliiK». Xew Y<»rk, May 9. —R. G. Dun & Cn.'s Weekly Review of Trade .says: I nrest in the ranks of labor has in creased rather than abated since May J. when difficulties of this sort usual ly culminate. Xo single struggle of great magnitude is in progress, but the frequeneyof small strikes is dis turbing. and in the aggregate a large force is idle, while important indus trial undertakings are checked. Good reports are received from footwear factories, shipments from Boston for the year thus far sur passing all records, and clothing makers receive duplications of spring orders in addition to getting out fall samples. Prices of commodities de clined slightly during April. Rail way earnings in April were 1.1.4 per cent, larger than in last year. Cancellation of orders where deliv eries failed to be made according to contract and new business at lower quotations indicate a tendency toward more normal conditions in pig iron. This is highly desirable and gives assurance that present ac tivity in iron and steel may be main tained. Pending contracts for about 50.000 tons of structural material have been closed, and other orders are only postponed by uncertainty regardintr the labor situation. Rail way requirements appear to have no limit, and the proposed extensions will consume large quantities of steel. Billets are one of the scarce articles at present, even imports being arranged with difficult}'. Im plement manufacturers are surpass ing all records in their purchases of merchant steel, machine shops are working at full capacity, and there is a brisk demand for plates, pipes and tubes. Textile manufacturers at the east have not improved their positions during the past week. Jobbers are buying only small quantities, exer cising a discrimination that indicates dull markets elsewhere, and sales men are being withdrawn from the road. With large jirint mills closed, there is no activity in print cloths, nor is the movement of brown sheet ings and drills of any account. More woolen mills have closed, and the market is featureless, but the new wool clip is firmly held. Failures the past week numbered 17.1 in the United States, against 218 last year, and 22 in Canada, compared with 24 a year ago. SIGNIFICANT MANEUVER. Itu»«la Itcoccuplen New i'hwanij In Itlancliiirla with h Largi l Force. Peking, May 8.-<The Russians have reoccupied Xew Chwang with a large force and have also put garrisons in the forts at the mouth of the Liao river. They are further reported to be making extensive warlike prepa rations. The news of Russian activity adds that on their return to New Chwang the Russian troops brought with them several large guns. A large force has been ordered to reoccupy Tien Chwang Tai.. The Russians have 14.000 troops be tween the mouth of the Liao river and Port Arthur. The Russians are reported to be constructing forts on the hills near Liao Yung, commanding the road be tween there and the Yalu river, anil they have arranged to have a large quantity of provisions delivered at Xew Chwang. Russia's coup has caused profound surprise here, as recent developments had led to the expectation that Rus sia would compromise her demands, since they had been revealed to the powers. The latest maneuver is in terpreted as being intended as a re ply to China's refusal to grant Rus sia's demands and as a declaration that sbe is ready to fight in order to maintain possession of 'Manchuria. It is considered significant that the Russian army reoccupied certain strategical posts at, just about the time naval reinforcements were reaching the Gulf of Pe-Chi-Li. HELD UP THE MAILS. Cliar-ie Brought by Street Railroader* Again*! Their ICmplufera. Pittsburg, May 9.—The convention of Amalgamated Street Railway Km pioyes of America wound up its business last night with the election of officers. One of the most important actions taken by the convention was the de cision to address a communication to the president of ttie United States, reciting the use of the mails by dif ferent street car companies and ask ing him to demand of the postmaster general that lie enforce the postal laws and correct the abuse. Some grievances were recited by delegates over the manner in which the United States mails were used in San Francisco and Xew Orleans dur ing the time the street car men were having trouble with their employers on account of organizing divisions of the union. It, was asserted that in the former city the mails of the street car men were held up, that letters were opened anil photographs were taken of the contents, which in many cases were posted by the em ployers at the various car barns. This was done, it is alleged, in order to deter employes from joining the union. In Xew Orleans similar meth ods were practiced in order to sup press the forming of unions. The convention denounced this sort of use of the mails and appointed a committee of five to convey their dis approval of such practices to Presi dent Roosevelt. A lllji Strike IN lleclared. Pittsburg, May 9.—A1l of the union bricklayers in western Pennsylvania, the members of the International Stone union, the members of the Na tional Association of Brick and Tile Makers of America, their helpers ami the clay miners and their helpers, all of which are affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, will quit work at noon today. Fully 50,- 000 men will be idle until a setle ment is effected and all construction work in western Pennsylvania will be stopped. This was decided last night at a mass meeting of the brick layers and the stonemasons. ROOSEVELT'S TOUR. Che Fre«ldent Knlhii«la»ll<-iilly Re* eelved by the Wentcm Feople. Grand Canyon, Ariz., May 7. —Ari- zona welcomed President Roosevelt hqre yesterday and the welcome it gave him was a warm one. A special train from Flagstaff brought a large crowd and people also came in from the surrounding country on horse back and in wagons. The president's train arrived here at 9 a. m.and un til it left at (J o'clock in the evening he was constantly on the go. Horses were in waiting at the station as the train pulled in and after the presi dent had greeted a number of mem bers of his old regiment he mounted and took a 12-mile ride. Then he re turned to the hotel, where he made a brief address to the people and pre sented diplomas to the graduates of the Flagstaff school. Redlands, Cal., May S. —President Roosevelt, was formally welcomed to California yesterday before a crowd estimated at 10,000. The president's special left Barstow at 8:30 a. m. and arrived here at noon. In front of the Hotel Casaloma was packed a mass of humanity that stretched for two blocks east and west. The en thusiasm displayed must have re minded the guest in whose honor the demonstration had been planned that California's hospitality really was what he cared it to be. At the east side of the grounds Company G. Cali fornia national guard, was stationed, uniformed in blue, with campaign hats, leggings and guns. The New York society was at the south, and along the west were formed the Y. M. C. A. Cadets in uniform. On the corner opposite the balcony from which the president spoke 1,500 school children were seated. As the president approached each of the children waved a flag and then their young voices were often raised in cheers. They also sang the national airs. President Roosevelt, was pre sented to Gov. Pardee and Lieut. Gov. Anderson. The party then took their places on the balcony, where all the members of the legislative commit tee, ladies and local committeemen were seated. Just below the balcony were ranged the Grand Army veter ans. while nearby were "Teddy's Ter rors," uniformed. Los Angeles, Cal., May 9.—Presi dent Roosevelt made his entry into Los Angeles Friday afternoon. The enthusiastic welcome that has greet ed him at each stopping place in Cal ifornia reached a climax when the special train drew Into La Grande station. Los Angeles had for many days been preparing for him and she was ready, dressed in her best. The annual fiesta de las flores, the chief feature of which is the elabor ate floral parade, was arranged tlii. year to coincide with the visit of the president. The parade occurred Fri day afternoon and was reviewed by the president. The presidential train left River side at an early hour. On the way over the Santa Fe a half hour's stop was made at Claremont, where the president spoke to the students of Pomona college. From Claremont the train ran through the pictur esque San Gabriel valley to Pasadena, where a stop of two hours was made. On the way to the Wilson high school, where the president delivered a short speech, he passed under a floral archway which extended for two blocks on Marengo avenue. The front of the archway was a solid mass of flowers from base to top. with festoons of vari-eolored roses draped across from curb to curb. AN OCEAN TRAGEDY. An American Schooner and 15 I.lves Lout on the 4'oaM of Nova Scotia. Canso, N. S., May 7. —The American fishing schooner Gloriana, Capt. (ieorge Stoddart, of Gloucester, Mass., ran ashore during a thick fog on the cliffs at Whale Cove, near White Point, late Tuesday night and 15 of the crew, including the cap tain, were drowned out of a total of IS. The Gloriana left the northeast bar of Sable Island Tuesday after noon, bound for Canso. There was a heavy easterly gale blowing, with .thick fog. The vessel was kept un der short sail, and it is presumed •that Capt. Stoddart believed he had plenty of sea room. When the (ilori ana struck on the tedges she passefl over the outer ones, but brought on the inner reef, butted against a cliff of rocks and then fell off into the sea. When the vessel struck the cliff, Richards, Leblaite and Nieker son were on deck and they ran for ward. rushed ont on the bowsprit and elimped up the cliff of rocks to a place of safety before a receding wave carried the vessel off again. Others of the crew who were below rushed on deck half clad and started to lower the dories. As soon as each boat touched the water it was smashed to pieces. The high seas were breaking clean over the vessel and she swung broad side on the ledges and commenced pounding heavily. Lines were thrown ashore from the schooner several times, but they were either broken or torn from their fastenings on the rocks by the surging of the vessel. Four of the crew jurjjiped overboard, and attempted to swim ashore, but they were caught in the breakers, dashed against the rocks and killed in the attempt. The others who were on the vessel took to the rigging and clung there while their strength lasted, but the enormous seas were more than they could battle against and one by one they were swept away. Faulkner I* Allowed to |{c«l£ii. Washington, May 9.—Secretary of War Root has accepted the resigna tion of First Lieut. Charles I'. Faulk ner, of the Eighth infantry, endors ing his action "for the good of the service." Faulkner while serving in Alaska was charged with misappro priating funds belonging to enlisted men and also with being short in his accounts. The money losses were made good by the young man's father, ex-Senator Faulkner, of West Virginia. Leniency was shown because of the good record of the officer in the Philippine" MACHEN DISMISSED Superintenilentof Free Delivery Succeeded by Mr. Fosnes. Mr. .Ilarlifn Hun Item I ntli r flr« tor u Number ol .tloiitli*-Tlic l*»»t --ina»lor lirnrrHl An* I pun Kecemiiiriiflatloii ol ITIr. lirlMlotv. Washington, May !).—The investi gation of the affairs of the postoffice department, which has been dragging along for two months, took a sensa tional turn late Friday afternoon when, by order of Postmaster Gen eral Payne, August Machen, general superintendent of the free delivery system and one of the most widely, known government officials in the United States, was relieved from his duties and Postoftice Inspector M. Fosnes was designated to take charge of that office. The change will take effect today, when Mr. Fosnes will assume charge of the free delivery service and at the same time that service will pass under the control of the office of the fourth as sistant postmaster general. Hereto fore it has been under the jurisdic tion of the first, assistant. The action of the postmaster gen eral was taken on the written rec ommendation of Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow. who is directing the investigation of the af fairs of the department, that the transfer of Mr. Machen's bureau to his jurisdiction and its administra tion by a postoffice inspector will ex pedite the investigation. In order ing the change recommended the postmaster general gave Mr. Machen "leave of absence until the investi gation is concluded." Mr. Machen promptly acquiesced in the decision of the postmaster general, taking oc casion to say in doing so that he courted the fullest investigation of his official conduct. 'Mr. Machen has been under fire ever since the investigation began. Charges of various kinds have been preferred against the administration of the free delivery branch of the postal service. These included alle gations of collusion with letter box manufacturers in the furnishing of boxes to postoffice patrons, particu larly on rural mail routes; the fur nishing of advance information re garding the selection of routes and the appointments of carriers, etc. There also has been a conflict be tween Mr. Machen and First Assist ant Postmaster General Wynne ever since the latter assumed office. Mr. Wynne charges Mr. Machen with in subordination. The strained rela tions between the head of the free delivery service and other officials resulted in an embarrassing state of affairs, and for several months cor respondence between the general su perintendent of the free delivery ser vice and his immediate superior, the first assistant postmaster general, has been conducted, on the part of the former, through one of his sub ordinates. Mr. Machen came here from Toledo. 0., in 1893, and qualified as superin tendent of the free delivery service on May 6 of that year. Since then the office has grown to immense pro portions and the rural free delivery mail service has been introduced and extended to cover all parts of the country. Mr. Fosnes is one of the best known inspectors in the service. He is chief assistant of Mr. Bristow in the investigation. He is a native of Norway, where he was born in ISSI and his home Des Moines, la. He was once a special examiner of the pension bureau , and subsequently served as postoffice inspector at Philadelphia, Chicago, Helena. Mont., and St. Paul. He is still postoffice inspector in charge of the St. Paul division. He is best known in connection with his investigation of the postal frauds in Cuba. On the sensational dismissal of Estes G. Ratlvbone, Mr. Fosnes was appointed director gen eral of posts of Cuba, assuming that office on .Tune 23, 1900, and holding it until May 20, 1902, when the United States sovereignty on the island ceased. Ex-Representative Loud, of Call fornia, who was chairman of the house committee on postoffices and postroads, has spent much time dur ing the past two or three days in conference with Postmaster General Payne, First Assistant Postmaster General Wynne and Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow. Mr. Loud and Mr. Machen have been at odds for nearly two years and it is believed that tlie eouflsel of Mr. Loud figured in Friday's develop ments. TiiNcaroru to Patrol tl»e l.uke*. Washington, M'ay 9.—-Under orders of the treasury department the Tus caro-ra, one of 1 lie new type of rev enue cutters, will proceed shortly to the great lakes for service in those waters, with headquarters at Mil waukee. She carries a crew of 01 men and six officers. She will re lieve the cutter Fessenden, which will be brought to the Atlantic coast. A Jlynlerj IN Solved. Niagara Falls, X. V., May 9.—The body of Charles Dennison, of the firm of Sidney. Shepard & Co., of Buffalo and Chicago, who mysteri ously disappeared from a Buffalo ho tel several weeks ago, was found Friday in the Niagara river below the Falls. l*ciiii*y Oefeut* t'ollllllllla, Philadelphia. May 9.—The dual track meet between the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia uni versity on Franklin field yesterday was won by Pennsylvania by a score of OS to 49 points. The most inter esting performance was the half mile race, in which Orton and Klaer, of Pennsylvania, and Kohii and Tay lor, of Columbia, four of the best half-mile college runners in the coun try, were matched. Klaer and Tay lor set the pace, but near the finish Orton and Kohn spurted, the former finishing first, with Kohn, who passed Klaer, a close second, in 1:59% 3
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