'v." TOE 0HEG6K DAILY JOUIWAL.Y POItTLAND, TJIITIISDAT J5VJZNTNQ, JUY 23, 1003. 8 i . i . VERY BOLD HEDGES' WERE THEFTS Superintendent of Free Delivery in General Post- office Department Is Audacious in His Manners Since His Removal- WASHINGTON. July 2S.-The re moval of Charles Hedge from the office af superintendent of free delivery In the Postofflce Department has caused all kind of comment since yesterday, and i while the accused nmn does not deny the serious chances made against him. It Is said he has the bad taste to say that he does wot believe his removal is warranted. He Is accused of charging the 14 per day allowance for traveling expenses when he did not make the trips sworn to in his report. The general comment on the matter ' Is that scandals In the Postofflce Depart ment seem never to abate, but mat each week adds another case to the long list of Irregularities. Republican politicians more outspoken than other, say that the matters should be suppressed until after the coming Presidential campaign, as the corruption now being exposed will have a dis agreeable effect. Persons who have fully acquainted themselves with the circumstances, do Dot hesitate to say that Hedges was bold In his stealings and showed little tact. In his report on the matter, Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General Brlatow ays: "On October 15. 100, he (Hedges) tates under oath In his diary, that he waa at Joplln. Mo., on 'extension of fre delivery service,' when In fact he waa at Mansfield. O., attending the fun eral of ex-8ecretary John Sherman. On December T. 1(00. he reports himself at San Antonio, Tex.. 'Investigating car riers' services,' while, In fact, he was in Mexico on a mining property. In the month of October, !. A. W. Machen superintendent of free delivery, was sick with typhoid fever and Hedges waa at the department acting aa superintend ent. In his diary he states under oath that he was at various places, namely, New Tork, Philadelphia, Bridgeport. Conn.; Camden. N. J., and elsewhere, 'actually encaged In traveling on the business of the free, delivery service. "Assistant superintendents of free de livery are allowed a per diem of H pWr day In lieu of expenses for each day encaged actually In traveling on busl ness for the department. Hedges' false statements as to his whereabouts were manifestly for the purpose of collecting per diem to which he was not entitled. "There are many other instances or similar falslflcstlona. The facts were submitted to the Postmaster-Oeneral some time since, who directed Hedges removal for the reaaons sat forth. Hedges has been In the service since July 1. 1898. being at that time ap pointed from the Tenth Congressional District of Texas. His salary waa IS.000 per year, and he was under the super vision of A. W. Machen, now under in dlctment for fraud. When seen laat night Hedges had little to say, except a bungling attempt to make It appear that he had a right to charge per diem rates In order to bring up hts salary to the point of Machen. whose place he occupied when that official waa 111. ): t l.: i! Tr M) ilk .. -ir 3 ' an ii mm 1: ft $ - t ft t K mm GRAND LODGE ABOUT READY TO ADJOURN. HERE IS A NOVEL IDEA Photograph by Wright, In Leslie's Weekly. ' 1SABX KAHVA AHD JOSV MXTCKEX.&. FOLLOWED STARS; ATE HORSE FEED COMPANY RECEIVES PROPOSAL OF CITY Railway People Will Take Up Bridge Franchise at Di rectors' Meeting, Crazed by Religion Bert. Dross from Missouri! Was Found Without Qothing in a . . Barn Near Hood River (Journal Special Service.) HOOP RIVER, July 2S. An lnsplra ftion which he believed to be heaven sent and which caused htm to attempt to follow the beckoning of a star, has taken Bert Dross into tne road which leads to the asylum for the Insane. - Stark naked and almost totally de ranged mentally, he was found In a barn on the Frank NefT farm near this place and has been taken to The Dalles for ,xa,mlnatlon. ! Dross had attempted to wade .through ,th ley waters of Hood River, called lr ralstlbly. he claims, by tha star toward which he haa been making his way for weeks. Finding It Impossible to rord the stream he had stripped off his cloth lng and taken shelter In the stable, where (he was making a meal off the chop feed which had been given to the horses. Tha man Is evidently a religious fan atle, and when arrested had with .him a Bible which had seen much service, and from which a few of the last leaves were missing. When his attention was ailed to this book he began to whimper. "What can I dor he walled. 'The last leaf is gone! I've lost the last leaf! J hav committed a great sin!" Later he said he had studied psychol ogy and stood half-way between Ella Wheeler Wilcox and 3. Jj. Adhlnson. He "had made a study of the Book of Gene- The officials of the City and Suburban Railway Company have notified Mayor Williams of the receplt of the city's proposition regarding the proposed al U rat Ions In the Morrison street bridge franchise and state that the communi cation will be considered at the next ses sion of the Board of Directors of that corporation. Further than that, no In timation has been given as to how the sis and was trying to live up to its company received the suggestions made teachings. Cam from Missouri. Although he speaks In broken and disjointed sentences and Is hard to un derstand. It was gathered that Dross came West from Forlstell. St. Charles County, Mo. How long he has been In making the, trip could not be learned. He said he had a step-father named Burllngame, and that he was a barber. Beyond this he could tell nothing. He Is about 23 or 24 .years of age and has been hanging around this section of the country for some time, running wild. Several days sgo he was seen at Dufur, and a little later he went to Cloud Cap Inn, on Mount Hood. At the latter place he was given a coat and hat, aa he ap peared to be too lightly clad to with stand the rigors of the high altitude. Here, also, he ate chop-feed with .the horses. His face was covered with scratches and small wounds and when questioned -concerning these he said that he had tried to faint and had fallen and hurt himself. In his Incoherent but pathetic utter ances he stated that he had stolen a horse in Arizona snd was now atoning for his sin. He also said he. had come to Oregon with the Intention of settling down and living a better life, but that he wanted to get married. by the city. It Is not thought likely that the con sideration of the proposal will be de layed much longer, although the exact date when the directors will meet Is problematical. One or two of them are out of the city at present and no session can be convened until their return. . ANNOUNCE THE WEIGHT "Have you weighed anchor yet?" de manded the new commodore of the (yacht elub. : i j "Aye. aye. sir," answered the petty officer, touching his hat , "Then, why." thundered the commo dore, "don't you announce the weight?", Hardware Reporter. A FEW LEFT' Easterner Well. you Jayhawkers have at last got rid of Populism, pes simism and all your other Isms, have you? you? . Kansan No, not all. We still have some alcoholism aad quite a bit of rheumatism. Kansas City Journal. 5 r,, ... . . ----------- . Secretary Of State John Hay, who has written to the Seattle Cham bar of Commerce thanking that body for its 'assistance In securing and preparing evidence to be placed before the Alaska Boundary Commission, when It meets in London. , WANTS BUSHES CUT DOWN The Offending Clomp at East Eleventh and Clinton Streets Conceal Bell wood Car Bobbers. As a matter of precaution Patrolman Isak'son. who walks the beat whereon the Sellwood car robbery occurred last wek, wants to have a elump of bushes removed. The offending shrubbery Is at the . . a 1IH.HH comer or Kast mievenin nu liuhuii streets, but a short distance f rora. wnere the bold, bad bandit flagged the unsus pecting motorman and relieved the 40 or more passengers of their money and valuables. Patrolman Isakson lrf his dally report to Chief Hunt suggests that the bushes be cut down by the owner of the prop erty, because he thinks that behind these small trees the highwaymen hid themselves while awaiting tho approach of tho street car. The suggestion has been rererrea to the proper persons. DEATH OF ALBERT HAGLUND Albert Hairlund. a laborer residing with his family at 3BS Chapman street. died at Good Samaritan Hospital last lirht. the cause being Bright s disease. Hi' had been a patient at the hospital for 0 days. The body was taKen to hoi- - ... f . 1 man s undertaiung rooms. me lunemi ill take place today. Tne interment will be in Lone Fir Cemetery. tabor Bay Celebration. No definite plans for the celebration of labor Day have as yet been decided upon by the committee appointed by the Federated Trades council to mane tne necessary arrangements for the event. A meeting .was held by the committee last evening, but nothing was accomplished. To Eleot Officers. A meeting will be held at the Lewis and Clark's Fair headquarters tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock .to elect a presi dent three vice-presidents, secretary and treasurer. The electing of an audi tor will have to be refered to the finance committee. THE DOCTOR'S ADVICE The humorist. Marshall P. Wilder, was. not unnaturally. In the best of spir its at his recent wedding in New Tork. One of the things he said was this: "I am going to tell you about an ex perience that an IrtRhman had with a doctor. This will be appropriate, ror tne reason that my wife la a doctor s daugh ter, and I thought seriously of studying medicine in my youth. "There was an Irishman who rushed, late one night, to a doctor's house in great haste and terror. He rang the doctor out of bed, and he said, nearly weeping: " 'Doctor, doctor, dear; my little son Pat has swallowed a mouse. What In the world Is to be done?" ifl .11.. - n wv.maA V. n b V. n a.M OWaitUWrU a. 1IJ " V. n . , iiv. ou.u I the doctor, gruffly. 'WelTco bnck home and tell him to swallow a cat." " Cin cinnati Post. COLOR BLIND Ex-Judge S. P. McConnell of the George A. Fuller Construction Company is credited with a story about an ac quaintance, a dapper, conceited young chap, who has an aversion to negroes. This acquaintance boarded a northbound Eighth-avenue car at Thirtieth street one Saturday 'night not long ago. The car was crowded and after a few blocks had been passed the young fellow found himself in the aisle Just behind a fat negress with a baby. For the Infant's comfort. It was slung over the mother's shoulder. It was a jolly little thing, smiling and trying to talk to all around It. Suddenly It saw tne prim young man and all at once Its fat little arms shot out and its black little fingers wig gled Invitingly. "Papa! Papa!" gurgled the babe. "Goo-goo! Pltty papa!" The chuckles and giggles of the on lookers became guffaws when the mother, glancing backward, said in a reproving tone: "Hush yo' mouf, fool chile. Dat's not yo' papa." Then she turned to the young fellow and apologized thus: "I'se noticed hit befo', sah. an' now I'se suah ob hit This baby's suttlnly color blind: he la, lndeedy. Too bad, suh. hain't it?" The young fellow d.W not wait to reply, nor does he know just how he got oft the car. New York TJmes. HARD TO FIND AT HOME Editor C. P. Townsley, who Is visiting New Tork, writes to his paper In Kansas as follows: "We had the pleasure of calling on Mr. Vanderbllt a few days ago. but regretted to find him out of town, so the distinguished-looking gen tleman at the gate Informed us. I thought he was a fresh duke Just ar rived, but on asking him his name he said It was James Thompson, the man who was in charge of the premises dur ing Mr. Vanderbllt's absence. I find It almost impossible kto catch any of the 400 at home this season. They are either at some summer resort or in Europe. The next time I come to New York I shall try the winter, bo as to, find peo ple at home." NOTHING TO BOAST OR Country Visitor (to town resident) Doesn't your town boast a football team? Town Resident No; we used to boast of It, but we have "to apologize for It now. New Tork Dally News. Question-of Assessment Is Still to Be Settled and 0f-)A. ficers Installed. ' A Newspaper Bargain Day, by Which The Journal Proposes to Secure 10,000 New Subscribers by Mail in One Day Offer Is Open to Old and New Subscribers, on the l Same Terms, and Covers Either the Daily, SepA Weekly or Weekly Issues Prizes and Awards to Those Who Send in Largest List Under thepffen This morning's session of the A. O. U. W. Orajid Lodge now meeting In this city waa spent In discussing the pro posed chang In the assessments mads by th order. It Is not' known whether the question will be settled, until late this afternoon, or until tomorrow. Many of the delegates are urging that It com to a vote at once, so that the publio may know Just how the lodge stands, and so that the older members ol the order irtsv soon know whether they are to be as sessed more than they are at present A number of speeches were made at this morning's meeting In favor of the additional assessment, while many ear nest workers for the good of the order spoke apalnst the proposed change. Th delegates appear to be enjoying their stay in this city, but all of them seem to want the vexed question settled at once. Th following Grand Lodge ofBcera were elected yesterday . ariernoon; George H. Durham of Portland, , Grand Master Workman; F. Berchtolds of Cor vallls. Grand Foreman; W. J. Clark of Oervats. Grand Overseer; Newton Clark of Portland. Grand Keoorder; R. I Dur ham of Portland. Grand Receiver; Philip Gevurts of' Portland. Grand Guide; W. H. Warner of Albany. Grand Inside Watchman; 8. A. Roaks of Oregon City. Grant. Pass. Grand Tru.ieej Represent- JHE JOURNAL follOWlntT the eXamDle Of Wlde-flWakfl flllH cohen". Ralph FeeneyTnd wifnara smuh. enterprising rfierchants, who have faith In printer's lnkf pro- The deTeVatetend .nnua, PS 10 16 tigM VUM Ul8 dM meeting of the Grand Lodge of the De gree of Honor spent this morning In dis cussing the various changes that have been proposed for the existing laws of the order. No action waa taken on any measure of importance, but this after noon the Grand Lodge will Vote on all measures that have been proposed by the arlous committees this session. The meeting will close tonight. The new grand officers will be installed this afternoon. Among tho questions to be voted on today will be one regarding the levying f an assessment so that a reserve fund may be made a feature of the order. Another important question to be voted on Is that relating to the work of the j deputies. The following are the new omeers of the Grand Lodge: rand Chief of Honor, Mrs. Addle Colvfg, Jacksonville; Grand Lady of Honor. Mrs. Sarah Fasta band, Astoria: Grand Chief of Caremo- les. Mrs. Hattle McCormlck, Marsh- fleld; Grand Usher, Mrs. Hattle Mooney, Jefferson; Grand Inside Watch. Mrs. Harriet Davis. Tillamook; Grand Outer Watch, Mrs. Mattle Smeed. Heppner; Grand Recorder. Mrs. Ollle Stephens, Portland; Grand Receiver, Mrs. Mary Randall. Portland; Representatives to Superior Lodge, Mrs. Laura A. Smith, Baker City: Mrs. Ollle Stephens and Mra Margaret Herrln of Portland. THE JUDGE ALSO RAN Judge Holman of Indiana, famous for years as the "watchdog of the Treas ury," was one of the picnickers from Washington who went to see the first battle of Bull Run fought. He drove down with many other members of Con-1 gress, firm In the Idea that the union soldiers would make short wOYk of the confederates, and. with the rest, waa panic-stricken when the confederates chased the union soldiers back In con fusion. Years later he was telling, of his ex periences. "I was there," he said, "and pretty soon the soldiers and cltlsens be gan to come by, running fit to kill. I watched them for a spell, and then I thought I'd better be a getting along home. "Did you run?" asked Judge Culber son. "I hastened a bit," confessed Holman. "Which wayr To tell tho truth," said Holman. "I veered a trifle to the north." 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