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10 The Press and I3anner _T3 A -R.T sTnnniTD" - < < , 1 r ... ~ FARM BRIBED Drawing theTNet Tighter and Tighter About the Defendant. EVIDENCE VERY STRONG The Prosecution in the State Dispensary Cases Had a Regular Field Day?The Links in the jf Chain of Evidence Carefully Fit* ted Together by the State. The prosecution of the grafters In the State Dispensary matter is becoming very interesting. Before a Jury which is to pass upon J. S. i Farnums' guilt or his right to liberty n WvIIa swnre unreservedly that he had accepted bribes from Farnum. While Farnum is being tried for a particular offence, that of giving a bribe for $1,125 to Joe B. Wylie, yet the testimony took wide latitude and Wylie testified that this transaction was but an incident of a regular business connection with Far- ( num. He alleged that Farnum had i assisted in Wylie's campaign for ; election; that after being elected j Wylie was approached to use his in- i fluence in behalf of whiskey and beer ' concerns represented by Farnum; i that in pursuance of agreement Wylie ! exerted that influence and therefore > received the remuneration agreed up- i on. That Farnum had paid him in i money at time, and at other times 1 had given him drafts made payable 1 to a third party, Henry Samuels, I for there was an investigation com- < mittee trying to get hold of Information and Wylie didn't wish his ] name to appear in writing. TV>*> Hnfanto Qtfapberi Wvlio with- ! 1 11U UVIV UOV wtvuvuvu " ??v out vigor, but the general opinion of those who heard the proceedings was that while Wylie was preeented In a very poor light so far as his past conduct was concerned, yet his credibility was not impeached. The prosecution has pieced together what is considered a very strong case, and the defense will undertake to tear It down. Beginning with an unnamed draft presented for collection traced that instrument through the banks of Chester, CoI lumbia and Charleston to the very cash drawer of Farnum's place of business in Charleston. The defendant could not be forced to produce it. but the secondary evidence of its having existed is almost unimpeachable. Wylie swore than Farnum gave him a draft for $1,125 payable to Henry Samuels and Samuels later testified that the draft was turned over to him and that he cashed it and gave the money to Wylie. The motive for such transactions was also presented with skill. The "purchasing clause" of the old dispensary law was put in evidence, r as were books, minute books, records of purchases and of awards and ' 1-- mi? i0p invoice docks. i ue uiiuuics ui March. 1906, showed that the board of which Wylie was a member had c Bet out to "order out" whiskey only when two members of board signed J a warrant authorizing the commie- ' teioner to do jo. But in September ( of the same year a new rule was passed and the clerk of the board was authorized to order bulk goods ' when the supply on han dshould run ( low. The point was stressed that ' it was not making awards on bids ' that count*!, but in "ordering out" the stuff already nominally purchased. v, TbQTeftfre it was vorth , while for a whiskey house to have as a friend in court a member of ' the board. Wylie swore that it was ( in part settlement for ju6t such serv- | ices that he was given the $1,125 on September 14, 1906. When court reassembled Thursday 1 morning Wylie was on the stand He identified several books of record and then got down to the sensational testimony published elsewhere. Samuels Takes the Stand. Mr. Henry Samuels was then called. He is now mayor of Chester. Answering Mr. Abney he was 48 years or age and engaged in the mercantile business. He usually signed his name "H. Samuels." He had known Jos. P. Wiley for 15 or 20 years. In March, June and September, 1906, he was in Columbia representing whiskey houses. Mr. Samuels named a number of these firms. He was agent under W. D. Roy for some of these concerns. On one occasion he went up on the Chester train with Wylie and he was given a draft for $1,125 by this dispensary director. The bank gave him about $1,000 of this in bills of $100 denomination. A few days later he turned over this money to Wylie. The draft was signed by Farnum f and drawn on either a bank or a j firm, he could not rememoer wuicu. i It was given to him before Wylie; went to his home In Richburg. Af- j forwards he called up Wylie over i the 'phone and told him the draft1 had been cashed. "Keep it until Monday." paid Wylie. This was not the first time drafts had been given him in his name to be cashed for Wylie. Wylie told him that Farnum had settled with him (Wylie). The witness bad no interest In the matter. He had traveled In May, 1906, for Farnum "whooping up ^onjr Horn f gin." He was paid $250 a mont and expenses and Farnum had ee tied up promptly at the end of thr< weeks. Faruum represented a number < houses, including the Richland Dii tiliery Company, Lanahan, the Bi Four and others. When workin for Farnum he visited the dispenser induced them to order the stuf He 6ent a copy of this order to Fai taum and another to the State dis pensary. Under the cross-examination San; ueis said he came here very ofte several years to visit a woman c ill repute. He gave this woma money to build a house. He als played cards sometimes for monej "I got no rakeoff on this draft," h cause I got my orders and mad my money on these commissions pai me." The witness got checks froc Farnum in 1907 and 1908, the larg est being for $500. In 1906 th only check he received was for $300 This was for work of three week but Farnum and Wylie fell out ove the manner of shipping "Long Horn1 to dispensers. He paid Wylie on 150 cases o goods one-half of the commissloi amounting to $300. "Nobody could get any buslnes: down there unless they paid com missions to the board," said the wit ess. The witness evidently had consld erable trouble with the dlspensarj commission. He was summoned t< appear, according to his statement and at once consulted an attornej now connected with the defense This attorney said there was no 00 :aslon for a lawyer in a case when Samuels had been summoned as ? witness. The witness after consid ?rable questioning finally admitted the testimony brought out above He said that he had been advised by his attorney, Mr. Paul Hemphill :o tell everything and it would probible be to his advantage. "And you are not going to b? prosecuted?" queried the defense. "I understood that's what it mean! jut I have never been told so. Mj attorney told me not to worry," fvas the response. Samuels produced a little memo andum boob showing the commisdons paid and the schedule required >y the hoard. Wylie had prepared the schedule md he, the wltneEs, always paid the ate fixed by Wylie. The book was introduced in evilence and then there was a pleasant ittle spat between the attorneys on he admission of the book. Judge Hemminger ruled that it was evilence. The commissions paid were siven to Wylie. He was also paid by i^arnum for work done among the :ounty dispensaries but this amount>d to little. J. A. V. Schmidt of St. Louis was hen called and testified that he is ?mployed by the Anheuser-Busch Brewing association. This was all isked the witness. Mr. Stevenson then announced that he State rested its case. GIVES TEX MORE YEARS. ro a Man Who Has Spent Thirty Years Behind the Bars. After serving nearly thirty years )f his life in prison on charges oi . ounterfelting and passing bogus noney, James O'Learey, alias "Jack Vlulvey." an aged man, was sentenced in tbe United States District rourt at Philadelphia on Wednesday o ten years in the Government pris3n at Atlanta, Ga., on a slmllai 'harge. He pleaded guilty, but ask?d for clemency on account of his ige. Judge McPher?on in passing sen tence said that he belived O'Learj to be beyond reformation, and in th< best Interest of society thought h< should be given a long term. Th< only witness at the trial was a se cret service operative, who recog nized the prisoner as an old offend er from a photograph taken a scon of years ago. WILL SERVE HIS TIME. Murray, the Former Congressman Arrested in Chicago. Geo. Washington Murray, coiore< who in the nineties represented th< Sumter district in Congress, an< 'ieing held in Chicago at the reques of the South Carolina authoritie to serve a sentence of three year for forgery, refused to return her without requisition papers. Appll cation Cor requisition was mad to Governor Ansel. Murray fle while the Jury was deliberating tip on his case and the sentence wa imposed in his absence. He ha been in Canada since his flight. Mui ray has divorced his negro wife, j is said, at his home, and marrh a white woman. Tigers Pay Big Money. Thirty-one alleged violators of th dispensary ordinance have bee "pulled" by the Charleston polk since September 1, the failure of tt defendants to appear for trial in tt Recorder's court netting tne cn treasury tbe sum of $1,750, ear owner of an alleged blind tiger fo felting ball to the amount of fifi dollars. Now in Jail. Young Watson Burnette, tbe rm charged with embezzling the bar , at Graniteville and who was arree ed, in Chattanooga, wag brought ba< and landed In Aiken jail. * i'DR COOK CROSS-EXAMINED ;e >f THE POLE FINDER SUBMITS TO sg GRUELLING INTERVIEW, g s, Forty Newspaper Men Fire All Kinds rj_ of Questions at the Explorer, but Can Answer Them All. in Dr. Frederick A. Cook, seeking ^ rest and seclusion with his family n after the boisterous welcome of 0 Tuesday, denied himself to intere views Wednesday and remained In e his suit at the Woldt>rf-Astoriu, J in New York, until late Wednesday afternoon, when he submitted cheer.. fully to oue cf the severest crosse examinations since he announce:! his it disaovery o? the North I'o'e. The B ordeal of the interview, which was r conducted by forty newspaper repre sentatives, including several from foreign newspapers, proved at least 1 that he was not afraid to meet the j public. Incidentally the city of Naw York offlciaily recognized his achieve3 ment Wednesday when the board of aldermen passed a resolution, commemorating his diacovery and providing for a plabile welcome at the City Hall. The date of the recep7 tlon will be anntunoed later. ' j As the questioms asked were put ' by laymen they did not go deeply ] 'r into the scientific aspect of the ex- I peditlon. But Dr. Cook was ready ' ' ' it -1 i_ XI 1 to answer anytmng pwruuwut iu tuts % issue. ' The most Interesting phase of the interview was reached when Dr. j Cook was asked Jf he would object to showing his diary. He immedi| ately consented, and after retiring to his room, returned with a small ' octavo note book, which he showed freely to all. It was a thin book, containing 176 pages, each of which * was filled with fifty or sixty lines of pendiHgri writing of the most ; minute character. , The book, he said, contained considerably more than one hundred thousand words, while he has besidep. other brinks embracing his ob' serrations and other data. Tnterrir*prs Severe. The interviews were rather severe ! In regard to detais. but nothing in ' fiicated that the Polar travellers' woo of fault ovon in the UlVLLlVtJ npo %*V ^ most minute particulars. Some t times when a petty question indi- t cated ignorance, he smiled with good g ( humored sympathy at the lack of technical knowledge displayed. ' Not once did he refuse to reply. ? except wnen the name of Commander 1 Peary was broached. Even then he said that he had always and did now consider Peary as his friend, 1 1 hut controversial subjects in connec- D 1 tion with his rival he avoided entirely, saying that they could wait. When requested to say what had occurred at his meeting wlfth Harry j ' Whitney, the New Haven, sportsman, he said he preferred to let Whitney tell his own story, a? Whitney was quite unbiased. His rea- . son? in imposing secrecy on Whitney, , on Pritchard, Commander Peery's v cabin boy, and the Eskimos, were ? nrompted by his desire to be the first to tell the world his discovery. 11 ! T-Tf- Lad done thp work, he said, an'' * was entitle to relate how it. had 8 1 been carried out. 1 Some of the Questions Asked. Some of the more important ques- r ; tions pat to Dr. Cook during the r interview, and his replies thereto, c ] follows: T Q. Did anything ever occur in * the life of yourself and Mr. Peary 1 * that would create ao enmity or bit- ^ tern ess between you? r " A. Nothing that I know of. t Q. Would you be willing to meet } Peary in a debate when he gets c I here? 1 ' A. As far a? I am concerned th?lT Pearv incident is closed. Mr. Peary ^ is not the dictator of my affairs, and r [ T do not care to say anything fur- r ther about him. * Q. Did you know Mr. Whitney f when you met him on your return to Etah? f A. No; he-introduced himself. f Q. What caused you to have such I confidence in Mr. Whitney that you < entrusted your instruments to him? i 3 A. T knew him by name, and p circumstances that arose while I I j was with him justified my confi- t t dence. 1 gave him the instrumcn s S s to bring back because I thought thev I s would be less liable to injury on i e board his vessel than if f took them [. across glaciers and rough ice-cover- i e ed country. j Q. What is your opinion of the >. story told by the negro Henso-i of 8 tbe information he obtained fr;im ] s your two Eskimos? A. Weil, tne EsKimos were ro'.jn.j [t do*n by me not to teli nnyon-* where a ibev had been. I should liko ypn to ^ imvr Henson nci<. ?>nd cross- jv-esMon him yourself. Hon-ron's testimony is entirely founded on hearsay, j Q. Knowing that a ship was comie ing North this summer for Whitney. , n why did you not wait for that sh'p '? and come direct, to New York inie stead of going to South Greenland ie and sailing from there to Copen* ty hagen?. h A. I knew that the Danish Gov* r- ernment ship would get me home bety fore Whitney's ship. Lay In State. Gov. Johnson's body was carried in to St. Paul, the capital city of Min)k nesota Wednesday and Is in state it- in the capitol building. He was the ;k first, native of his state to become It's chief executive. A DOUBLE CRIME A Greenville Man Kills His Wife and Blow: Out His Own Brains. ? MAN USED A SHOT GUN The Tragedy Took Place in tin Woodside Mill Village Near Green, ville and There Were Only Small Children in the House When it Was Enacted. A dispatch from Greenville to The State says one of the most horrible domestic tragedies that has ever taken place near that city in a number of years, occurred at Wciodside village Friday morning when G. W. Gallaway, a mill employe, shot and Instantly killed his wife, and then blew his brains out with the same weapon, a double-barreled breech loading ahotgun. The crime was committed about 5 D'clock, and there were no witnese2s, save two small ohlldren, who can not give a coherent account of the terrible happenings. It is supposed that Gallaway an^ tils wife had b^en ou unfriendly terms for a long time, having haci: jharp words about their son, Ben. There is also a rumor that tha lusband was suspicious of his wife* 5Vhen found by Deputy Justice otf :he village the two bodies were lying cuddled up on the bed, side by tide. The woman was shot through the jack of the head and the entire ace of the man had been blown ino a mass of bloody flesh. In the irm of the man lay the weapon which lad been the instrument of the trag(dv. a short dr>nh1fi-hnrr?1pri hroorli oading shotgun, in which were two Uncharged shells., A lamp was burning in the kitch;n. Tiny clots of blood and brains cere scattered over the bed and over >oth bodies. Neighbors heard two shots in the? arly morning, one within minute or wo of the other. No notice was aken of them, however, until about t o'clock, when the older daughter if the Gallaway's came frightened md crying to Deputy Justice sayitig hat her father and mother were lead. The officer immediately went to he house, took in the situation, fend loitlfled the coroner. * THEY' BUNCOED HIM. L Maryland Farmer Loses Big Som| in an Old Game. William A. Moffett, a prosperous, laryland farmer. Is out $5,000, thej lctim of the Spanish hidden treasure wtndle, which has been operated or many years. He is at his home, lear Hanover, having just returned rum opain, uewamng nis rate ana e^klng some plan whereby he may ecover his lost money. Mr. Moffatt some seven weeks ago ereived a letter bearing the postanrk of Madrid, Spain. The writer\ laimed to be a Russian nobleman, rho had robbed the bank of which ie was president and fled to Spain, ^hr money was hidden In a satchel. Vhile In Spain the Russian was ar-| ested for political reasons and | brown into prison at. Madrid. Suspecting that he was In danger >f being arrested, he had previouslyi 1 idden the satchel. The letter pro-i >osed that Mr. Moffatt come to Spain vith ao much money as he could aise to secure his release and the ecovery of the money, one half of vhich was promised him for his joodness. Gathering all the ready cash he :ould lay hands on and borrowing rom a few friends, who were taken nto the secret, Mr. Moffatt journeyed to Boston and thence to Eu ope. This was six weeks ago. What happened after he arrived n Madrid is not known, as Mr. Mof'att refuses to tell. lie handed 52,800 over to the man dsignated n the letter, and never saw him tgaln. After waiting in vain for some days, he realized that he had )een swindled, and set out for home. PEAIIY FLUNKS. [nstead of Making Good His Charge Secludes Himself. A dispatch from New York says he sudden determination of Commander Peary to remain in seclusion at his summer home at Eagle island, Maine, indefinitely, has caus 3d considerable conjecture. It was believed that Commander Peary would hasten to New York and submit to the public the proofs which be said be possessed that Dr. Cook had not reached the pole. While it is not known just how long Commander Peary will remain in spclusion it is believed that he will wait until Dr. Cook has submitted his data to the University of Copenhagen, and it is made public. Dr. Cook is at work on this data now, and it is understood that it will be on its way to Denmark within two weeks. Peary's action indicates that he is not so sure of his ability to prove his charge against Dr. Cook. kt. ! COMMIT FOUL CR'JE I aiX PERSONS ARE MXRDERED D 3 BAND OF ROBBERS At Hurley, W. Va., Who Born tl Honse |of Their Victims Wit Five of the Bodies. An antlre family of six. person ? were murdered and the bodies c all but oce of the victims were bcri ed with tiieir home at Hurley, Bi I chauan co-uuty, Virginia, early Thar: . day. T'ae imotive was eveidentl robbery, as the owner of the hous< an agpd woman, known as "Aun , Betty" Justis, was supposed to hav , kept a large sum of money abou , the plancc. Mrs. Justice, her son-in-law George Meadows, his wife and thei three children were the victims Meadows' body, badly mutilated waa found lying In the yard of hi destroyed fcome, the funeral pyre o his loved ones. Two ballet hole (through the body and a ghastl: wound lfc the neck, which almos severed the head from the body qptve the discoverers their 'first evl flence of the extent of the tragedy . A search of the ruins of the hous< disclosed a sickening spectacle. Th< blackened masses of half burnet flesh and charred bones of two wo ; men and three children were founc : beneath the debris, each body bear ing evidences of murder committee before the house was destroyed bj fire, evidently for the purpose oi hiding the crime. The elder woman't skull was upturned some distance from the remainder of her ball burned body amid the smouldering ruins. Another daughter of Mrs. Justif told the police that her mother had a large sum of money buried under the sill of the house, and they succeeded in digging up $950 in gold land silver. The murderers are sud posed to have secured the $600 which "Aunt Betty" always carried on her person. Bloodhounds were rushed to the scene and in a short time they took the trail of the supposed murderers In a cornflpld which joined the Justls homo. Th?re the foot prints of three nirn were found impressed in the soft soil. A posse of citizens, heaviJy 'armed, are following the bloodhounds, bent on lynching the murderers if they are captured. YOUNG MAX GONE WRONG. Rnhe nrnnkrltlp Rnrilr rtf Thousand Dollars. The Augusta Chronicle says the Bank of Granitville is short $7,800, and the shortage is charged up to E. C. Burnett, a son of Dr. H. J. Burnett, of that town. Mr. Burnett was a bookkeeper in the bank, having charge of the personal ledger. When confronted with the accusation he admitted most of it and his people have promised to make the amount good. It is stated that young Burnett has been extracting money from the bank for some time but it only became known to the bank officials while the young man was away on a summer trip. On Friday a warrant was isBued for the young man, but he had left the community. Sunday Mr. W. A. Giles, president of the bank, received Information that led him to believe young Burnett was in Chattanooga. He communicated with the police of that city and Monday Mr. Giles was informed that Burnett was being held in Chattanooga awaiting identification. Mr. Giles at once delegated an officer qualified to identify Burnett and also to bring Burnett back to Graniteville, if the prisoner proves to be he. Mr. Giles denied that the Bank of Graniteville felt any embarrassment from the shortage of $7,800, charged to young Burnett . He says that the statement that a State bank examiner will try to prevent a run on he bank is absurd. Whatever loss the bank may sustain from Burnett's alleged misconduct may be readily absorbed by the bank's surplus. A dispatch from Chattanooga says E. C. Burnett, formerly teller of the Bank of Graniteville, S. C., was arrested there on a telegram from Graniteville stating that he was wanted there for embezzlement. nnrnpH is in 1ail awaitine the ar rival of officers who will take him bacq to South Carolina. Murderers Executed. At Valence, France, three men were gullotined on Wednesday for a series of atrocious crimes in the department of Drome which created a reign of terror. No less than twelve murders and 2<">n robberies are laid to the doors of these men. They often tortured their victims with red hot irons. A great crowd witnessed the executions and applauded wildly every time the knift fell. Burned to Death. At Redding Cal.. Mrs. J. E. Handing. nurBe. was burned to death and Miss Constant Rainsberry, the matron, was periously injured in i fire (hat destroyed the St. Carolina Hospital Sunday. Seven patients jsn pus nonBtn am Xq panosa.i aj0.\s assistant, Miss Bertha Lampkin. FRAUD ALLEGED y against the dorchestf board op registration. Governor Ansel Makes Rigid I h vestigation and Issues an Ord to Show Canse. is Charged with malfesance in offlc >f general misconduct and negligenc i- the board of registration of Dorche i- ter county has been summoned t J- Gov. Ausel to appear in Colurabl y to show cause why they should n< i' b? removed. A dispatch to Tfa lt State from St. George gives the fo e lowing about the matter: lt The board of canvassers took co{ nizance of the discrepancy and mad r' a report of their findings to the go^ r ernor. As the result of this repoi I Solicitor Hildebrand, at the requet b of Gov. Ansel, came down to Si f George a couple of days later 1 s order to conduct an investigation ir Y to the affair. He made a thoroug t and complete examination, goln , through all of the records in th - matter and his report confirmed tha . of the board of canvassers. ? One day this week Mr. W. H 3 Towsend of Columbia, former as 1 Bistant attorney general, was here fo . the purpose of further looking int I the matter. He secured a mimbo . f affidavits as to the handling o I the books [Immediately prior an< j after the election. Immediately afte f Mr. Townsend returned to Columbii ] the summons were sqfct to Sheril 5 Owens for service and they were ser [ ed on Wednesday of last week. f The board of registration is com posed of Ellas Doar of Summerville i Bunk Limehouse of Beech Hill am [ A. W. Rumph of Grover, the firs named being chairman. Mr. Doai . Is cashier of the Bank of Dorchestei I and Mr. Limehouse is a prosperou' . farmer. Mr. Rumph, who is ahou' i 7ft voars of afire 5s an ov.nnnfodiirofi soldier. An effort, was mai3e to r-ecure ar i Interview from Mr. Doar over long distance phone but he could not be i got. on account of the fact that th* wires between St. George and Summervllle are down. The alleged false entries are supposed to have beeu made on the first Monday in August, this being the last regular meeting of the board before the prohibition election. At this meeting Mr. Limehouse wa? not present and Mr. Rumph, according to some of the affidavits, authorized O. B. Limehouse to act in hi? place. Mr. Doar, it is claimed, wa? the only member of the board in Dosition to issue the certificates. It is claimed that the majority of the additional names were negroes and that they did not appear in person to get the certificates ap is required by law, but that they were secured by other parties. The precincts where the irregularities are alleged to have occurred are all in the lower section of th-"1 county. The affair has cseated no little interest in Dorchester county and the action of the governor, it is understood, will employ attorneys in order to defend themselves against the charges preferred agalnrt them All three members maintain theiT Innocence. KILLS HIMSELF AND WIFE. Chester Negro the Principal in a Dual Tragedy. Jack Davis, colored, shot and killed his wife, Belle Kennedy Davis, early Monday morning on the plantation of Mrs. E. B. Jamison, near Blackstock, Chester county, and going into the woods near the house, where he killed the woman, ended his own life. The body of the Davis woman was found early Monday morning, when another hand went to summon her to work. Word was sent to Sheriff Colvin and Deputy Sheriff Dye, and others went down from Chester to pursue the fugitive, but later in the day (telephoned back that Davis' dead body had been found in the woods where it is supposed that he put an end to his own existance shortly after killing his wife. The two had lived apart since June, and the dual tragedy is supposed to have been the outgrowth of domestic unhappiness. FRENCH AVIATOR KILLED. C-apt. Ferber, of the Army, Crushed Under Aeroplane. At Boulogne. France. Capt. Ferber. an officer of* the French army, was killed Wednesday morning, white testing an aeroplane. While in ttve air the machine turned complflftKjy \over and (then dashed to the. ground. Capt. Ferber was crushed to death by the motor. After making a short flight the captain attempted to alight. A wing of the aeroplane touched the ground, however, and the aeroplane turned a somersault and crashed to 'the earth. roiir years ago Capt. rerber was in the United States to examine the Wright aeroplane on behalf of the French government. He opened negotiations for the purchase of the American machine, but without suc1 cess. SIXTY KILLED :r New Orleans and Sorronnding Country Struck by Harricane. - PROPERTY LOSS MILLIONS ' v 0 ... Damage to t ps Incalculable?; e, s_ Dwellings, Cotton Gins and Sugar "VH >y Mills Levelled?Miles of Territory la Laid Waste?New Orleans RetOV)t e ering from the Wow. 1- Gradually New Orleans and the territory surrouu-.ug the Crescent 5- City is recovering from the first efe feet of the tropical hurricane, which, r- starting Sunday, continued through-t out Monday and Monday night, it Sixty-three human lives are now t. positively known to have been clalmn ed as victims of the storm, and for i- ty others are reported to have been h lost in lower Terre Bonne Parish, g but as yet this report , has not yet e been authenticated. t The property loss will run into the % millions. [t Miles and miles of territory have been laid waste. Crops have pracr tically been ruined. , Dwellings, cotton gins and sugar r mills have been leveled. New Orf leans is sadly crippled in the way j of railroad facilities and telegraph r and telephone communication with j the outside world. It was not until r Wednesday night that the Western Union Telegraph Company was able to get a working wire out of the city. For two days the city's only communication with the outside j world was over an improvised long distance telephone circuit of the AsSOClfllAri Prpsa fVio r Central and the Louisville and Nashr ville railroads have suffered heavy I loss, miles of their tracks having ' been washed away. It will be several weeks before the Louisville and Nashville will again be running 1 trains over their own tracks. From ' early Wednesday morning, the death ! list in the lower portlpn of Terre 1 Bonne Parish increased as details ' of the hurric'ane's deduction were , hourly received until Wednesday aight it numbered twenty-nine. It is reported that at least fifty others are missing, they are said to have been drowned or crushed in tbd flying debris of wrecked mills, dwellings and fishing camps. Thrilling tales of narrow escapes and daring rescues came from the storm swept area. One of the victims of the storm in Terre Bonne Parish was M. F. Smith, of New Iberia, who .with bis brother, A. F. Smith, and a dozen friends, made up a fishing party at Beabreeze. The brother of the irowned man reached Houna, La.k Wednesday, bringing the news of his brother's death. Pleasure craft and shipping of all mjiuh hi iui' uuvuh jmeia were locally destroyed and the loss will be heavy. Store houses sugar mills and other villages suffered. heavily and scarcely a structure was untounched by the hurricane. The damage' done by the etorm at Grand Island, Chenlere, Camlnda, was very heavy, but at these places there was no loss of life. The crops of these Islands were totally destroyed and the orange groves were stripped clean of fruit and foliage. The first news from these Islands was received Wednesday when the mall steamer Grand Isle reached New Orleans. It was feared before ^.he arrival of the boat that hundreds had lost their lives. In the tropical storm of 1893 no less than fifteen hundred were drowned on Chenlere Camlnds. One man lost his life at Bay St. Louis, a fisherman, name nnknown, who was drowned Monday. A number of other places are yet to be heard from. The long railroad of Dov Cf T SMI in In o ui 1U5C a l uaj ui. juuuio ao a tuiii" plete wreck, and will be weeks before It is repaired. > When the storm struck this bridge Geo. Dohertv, a Western Union lineman, was attempting to repair the wires. He and three negroes were carried down. "The waves were running at least fifty feet high," said Dohetry, "and if we had not lashed ourselves to a raft with wire we would have been drowned. The bridge went down Sunday and we were washed around in the bay until Monday afternoon, when we were picked up by a fishing schooner." Refugees were arriving in New Orleans all day Wednesday. List of the Dead. Terre Bonne Parish, La., definite 29; reported 40. New Orleans, definite 5. Frenier, La., definite 4, Desair, La., definite 3. Jackson, Miss., definite 2. Baton Rouge, La., definite 1. Mandeville, La.. definite 1. Bay St. Louis, Miss., definite 1. Donaldson, La., definite 1. Gramercy, La., definite 1. Grand Point, L^., reported 4. Barataria Bay, La., reported 1. Pass Mauchae, definite 8. Total definite 83, reported 45. Morgan City. La., definite 10. Kastfbrd, Miss., definite 7. Doing Much Damage. Tt has been discovered that an insect known as the Red spider is doing mtich damage to the cotton crop in Lexinsrton and the Department of Agriculture will send an expert to investigate the trouble.