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-. - J . ■ - ' -•; • i- • • • -*-<1 .. ... - Vv*' ■'*.•■ , ■ . ... . - ■ j~w~\ m _ Trirr D a r»An ^ n Y OF BRIBE! m m higher up Girt Will Give Particalan if Cmpiraqr ti Kik Umbs. WILLIAMS IS INVOLVED The Beoator State* He WU1 Give “Pall Details of a Scheme to Rob Indians of Three Million Dollars, in Substantiation of Charges Made by Him in I'nited States Senate. Investigation of charges made in the United States senate by L. H. Gore that he and a member of the house of representatives had been of- ferred a bribe of $25,000 each to foster a scheme whereby the In dians of Oklahoma were to be de prived of $3,000,000 profits due them through the sate of asphalt lands in that State, has begun. *T will tell the full details of the scheme hatched at Washington to mulct these Indians out of $3,000,- 000 through the sale of their lands,” said Senator Gore. "1 will give names, dates and other circumstan ce# relative to the bribe of $25,000 offered to me and to a member of the house of representatives to remove our opposition to the scheme which would pul that vast sum of money in the hands of public attorneys” The committee was appointed by the house of representatives to in vestigate what are known as the Mc- Murray contracts with the Chicksa* and Choctaw tribes of Indians. It is headed by Chairman Chas. H. Burke IN BHIOKRY CASK IS VICE-PRES IDENT SHERMAN. of South Dakota and convened on Thursday. Senator Gore was the first witness. The charges made by Senator Gore in the senate June 24, which are the basis of the present Investigation, are: That J. F. McMurray, of McAles- ter, Okla , and his associates had ob tabled 10,000 contracts with Chick asaw and Choctaw Indians for the sale of J50.000 acres of lands, esti mated to be worth $3,000,000 to $16,000,000. That ths profit of McMurray and his associates was to be 10 per cent, and a sum ranging from $3,000,000 to $16,000,000. That a New York syndicate al ready was prepared to take over the land at $3,000,000. That when opposition to proving the contracts arose in congress he (Senator Gore) was approaohed and told that $25,000 or perhaps $50.- 000 would be available to him and that a like sum would be available to a member of the house of repre sentatives. if all opposition was re moved. That if the contracts had been ap proved the Indians would have been deprived of 10 per cent, of the profits guaranteed them by the government and the money would have gone to pay ‘ attorneys’ fees" for which no material service had been rendered. Senator Gore also charged |hat ‘an • W-senator from Nebraska and ex senator from Kansas -were interest ed In the contracts.” “In my charges before the senate. I did not give any names concerning the offers of brl!>ery," said Senator Gore. “That and other information. I am ready to impart before the investiga ting committee. When the govern ment made its treaties with the In dians it agreed to sell the land and hand over the full profit to those Indians. It would be absurd for the Government to sanction a reduction of 10 per cent, to be handed out in the shape of attorneys’ fees. It Is especially absurd since no attorneys' services are needed.” Besides Mr. Burke, other members of the Investigating committee are Philip Campbell, of Kansas. Clar ence B. Miller, of Minnesota. John H. Stephens, of Texas and E. W. Saunders of Virginia. Chairman Burke said that the committee, after taking evidence, would visit McAl- ester. Oklahoma City and other parts of the State to obtain from the In dians direct information aa to how the contracts were obtained from them. Dennis Flynn, counsel for J. F. McMurray, said he would contend that the contracts were valid since the Indians were members of what ate known as the “Five Civilized Tribes” and as such had the right of citizenship to make the contracts. He said he would assert, however, that no offer of bribery had ever been made. v Cecil Lyon, chairman of the Re publican State committee of Texas, who was charged by Congressman A. D. Murphy on the floor of thf house with having assisted Mr. Murphy in asking for the approval of the con- traelf, is expected. + * * Bird Picks Out Eye. At Csrroltown, Pa., while he waa holding a crane which had been aiightly wounded, Joseph Warender, agwd 2$; was unable to dodge its beek, and the bird pecked out bis left eye. Because of sympathetic qirve trouble, it is believed that he may lose the other e/e. '• 'i* mi I- Twenty Are Boned. Twenty persona were serionkly - burned in. a Are destroying the Tex as Padfc pumping station at Iher- and caused s gasoline Senator Gore Testifies That Several Senators and Congressmen Were A ht the l>eal. What happened in the private offi ce of United States Senator Thomas P. Gore, at Washington at noon, last May 6, formed the basis of sensa tional charges involving the names of Vice President Sherman, Senator Charles Curtis, of Kansas; Congress man B. S. McGuire, of Oklahoma, and others, in a hearing before a special Congressional investigating commit tee at Muskogee, Oklahoma, Thurs day. During the thirty or forty min utes of a conference held in that office. Senator Gore testified that he had been approached by Jake L. Hamon, ’ormer chairman of the Ok lahoma State Republican committee, and that he had been offered a bribe of $25,000 or $50,000 to remove certain legislation pending in Con gress. so that $3,000,000 might be paid to J. F. McMurray, an attor ne\y at McAlester, Okla., and his issistants. The money was to represent “at torneys' fees” of ten per cent of $300,000, which was to be secured from a New York syndicate for 450,- 000 acres of coal and asphalt lands now owned by the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian tribes in Okla homa. Vice President Sherman's name was mentioned by Mr. Hamon, Sen ator Gore testified, as being interest ed in the deal to the extent of ap proval by Congress of what are known as the McMurray contracts with the Indians. What happened in another private room in Washington, and also where it was alleged Hamon made more "overtures” relative to the land deal, was told by Congressman C. E. Creager, of the 3d Oklahoma dis- liict. Congressman Creger supple men ted the testimony of Senator Gore. He said on June 16, last, he had been Invited by Hamon to meet him in a private room at the Occi- dental Hotel, In Washington. Having gone there, Mr. Creager testified, he was informed he could have a substantial "Interest” in the land deal if he would withdraw his opposition to the approval of tit® McMurray contracts by Congress. Senator Gore, In his testimony, as serted that the offer of bribery weut so far that Harmon said the $25,00u or. $50,000 would not be paid over In the form of a check or marked money, but that It “would be all clean, hard cash.” The committee that heard the charges was appointed by resolution of the House of Representatives to investigate the McMurray contracts, which are declared to have been made by McMurray individually with 10,000 Indians, each of whom agreed to turn over 10 per cent, of his pri nts from the sale of land, provided the contracts were approved by Con- giesa. Senator Gore teatifled that Han.o told him that a man “higher up” in tbi Government was interested in the approval of the contracts and. therefore, there was no reas jn »,uv Sennior Gore should not b« .hat when asked who was the man "high er up,” „Hamon had replied, “Vice President Sherman.” That Hamon told him Senator Cur tis of Kansas, wasl “interested'' in the deal. That Hamon told him Congress man McGuire, of Oklahoma, was in terested in the deal. That Hamon told him an employee of the department of justice at Washington was "intrested” in the leal; that he. (Senator Gore,) knew ths name of the employee, but would not divulge his name or the nan.e of his informant, especially because the latter would lose his position. BARNWELL. S. G, THURSDAY. AUGUST 11 1910. MAKESaEANSVEEP CANNON POLICIES WERE REPUD IATED IN KANSAS. Seven Out of Eight Insurgents Re elected te Congress by Good Ma jorities Over Stsnd-petters. Cannon policies and “stand-pat- ism” were repudiated by the Repub licans of Kansas Wednesday. Seven out of eight insurgent Con gressmen have bee-n nominated in spite of everything the Congression al organization at Washington and the” regulars in Kansas could do to save their men. Their majorities run from 500 to 3,500. Of the six stand-pat Congressmen who were seeking renomination, only one Is sure of having his name on the ticket this fall, in the third dis trict, P. P. Campbell defeated Ar thur C-anston, insurgent. In the first district the race is close, but late returns indicate that T. A. Mc Neil, insurgent, has won over Repre sentative D. R. Anthony, a strong adherent. Representative William A. Calder- head. Hi the fifth, leader of the standpaters. was defeated by about 2,000. votes. Victor Murdock and E. H. Madi son, insurgent leaders, had no oppo sition, and will be returned to Con gress. W. R. Stubbs, for governor, has been renominate with a majority ov er Thomas Wagstaff, of about 20.- 000 of 2,000 more than he had over Leland two years ago. Stubbs is an Insurgent, Wagstaff a regular. Speaker Cannon made several speeches in Kansas in l>ehalf of the Regular Republicans, but it seems that he did more harm than good, as nearly all for whom he spoke were defeated. NO DENTAL FROM CRANK. First New Cotton. Georgia s first bale of cotton was carried to Albana Wednesday night, but not by Dean Jackson, the negro farmer, who for years has been the 'first bale man.” This year the bale was raised by M. A. Rainey, of Bak er JCounty, and was sold for 30 cents per pound. The bale weighed 412 pounds, and was graded mid dling. Again the "Unloaded" Gam Believing that a shot-gun was un loaded. the 6-year-old son of County Commissioner I. D. Harrelson, of Funston, N. C. 4 . while playing with three other children, in his father's home, late Thursday, picked up the weapon, pointed it at hia little sis ter, iged four, palled the trigger, and killed the child instantly. Suicide Identified. The identity of the American wno comm‘ , *ed suicide In the Seine at Paris un July 2$, v hose body waa nObvered Sunday was finally estab lished aa William Starlln, a lawyer of Chicago, who had been la Europe for the past two years. He auffered from neurasthenia and tnsomia. But the Senator Declines to Disease Ballinger Matter. Senator Crane returned East Wed nesday after his conference in Min neapolis with Secretary Ballinger. He would not deny the report that he had asked Mr. Ballinger to resign from the Cabinet, merely saying: "I have nothing to say.” Senator Crane passed through Chicago Wednesday. When asked if he had gone to Minneapolis to re quire the resignation of Secretary Ballinger, he replied: “I have nothing to say. I went West on a mission, and have been to Minneapolis, and am now return ing East. 1 saw Mr. Ballinger, but not by appointment. We discussed matters in general, and thaia'all there was to it.” When informed that it had been reported that he had been sent to re quest the resignation of Secretary Ballinger, the Senator replied: "What I was sent West for, if I was sent West at all, is not of pub lic business or interest just now. I will not discuss Mr. Ballinger, poli tics or anything in relation to why I am here. ’ When asked again If he had ask ed the Secretary to resign, Sena'or Crane would neither aftirm nor deny, but simply repeated: “I will not dis cuss it.” THEY WIN IOWA > . i. liMntab bftae Emjtfaf uri Ke- pfak to Tarif. BRANDED AS A FAILURE WORE CROSS AT TRIAL. Confederate Veteran Rebuked for So Using It. At Savannah. Ga., S. S. Bessinger, a Confederate Veteran, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in Chatham Superior Court Wednesday, at the end of his trial for stabbing Janies Payne to death, on the eve ning of May 30, last. Bessinger wore a Confederate cross of honor in Court during his trial. No objection was made to this, and Judge Charl ton, in sentencing Bessinger to two years in the penitentiary, said in regard to it: T do not like to see a veteran wearing a cross of honor in court when be is on trial for a crime. You could have worn it for only one pur pose, to work upon the prejudice of the Jury., Practices of this nature would tend to make the Confeder ate badge a common thing.” Bessinger and Payne formerly were partners in a grocery business. They “quarrelled over money, and Bessinger killed Payne in the pres ence of the latter's wife. Deed Maa Wins. ( Secretary of Stats of Oklahoma died of heart disease at Oklahoma City on Wednesday. He was a can didate for nomination for state aud itor on tl»e democratic ticket and is fworally concerted to ftave won i* • - ■>. ^— Suicide Attempt Foiled. Caught on a high trestle just be yond the Burgin tunnel, on the Sou thern Railway, between Asheville and Old Fort, N. C., Miss Nellie Smith, of Rutherford, that state, threw berqelf between the rails in front of passenger train No. 36 Thursday morning and miraculously escaped death when the engineer brought his train to a standstill ov er her prostrate body. Had Narrow Escape. M. Olleslagera, who hokU records fqnr duration flightf. had a narrow escape from death at Brussels. Bel gium. Wednesday. Through some feet In the motor, hia mono: dropped to the ground from a height of 65 feet and waa wrecked. When to hr do tie aviator was helped, from the wreckage It was found that he wag uninjured.'' ..V-vK; With Majority of Three Hundred on . i „ Every Question •’Jnsurgents” Con* 4 trolled low* State Republican Con venlion.—Cummins awd Ikolliverf A. Divide Honors. J V. Republican Iowa wr /r'" herself vigorously progressive W dnesday at a Convention, which wal in uproar most of the time. Dollivef and Cum mings and the insurgent delegation at Washington was enthusiaUlcally endorsed. The new tariff was branded as a failure, in the light of the party pledge of 1908. President Taft re ceived only a lukewarm endorse ment. A sep to harmony was flung out in the endorsement of Governor Carroll. Senator Cummins was temporaril- iy chairman. Senator Dolliver per manent chairman. The progressive majority ranged close to 300 on ev ery question. The resolutions com mittee was progressive 6 to 6. The foregoing ig a synopsis of the day's events. To it may be added cheers and jeers applause and hisses, music and howls of discord. The appearance and disappearance of the "steam roller” was one of the diverting Incidents of the day. It came about through the Insistence of the standpat members of the plat form committee, in demanding an unqualified endorsement of the Taft Administration, the legislative acta of the 'regulars'”’ and hostility to Cummins and Doliver. What may have been an attempt to stampede the delegates in favor of the stalwart resolutions was made when former Congressman Rominger hoisted a portrait of President Taft amid standpgt cheers. But the oth er side answered with silence, or with jeers. Later another delegate among the progressives exposed a peture of Col. Roosevelt, occasion ing a demonstration. The Taft portrait was again hoist ed and the two likenesses held so as to confront each other. The de monstration interrupted a roll call for several minutes. The stand-pat members went down in defeat with their keys riveted to the mast. Tehy fought in every com mittee where a fight waa possible, in sisted on roil calls and battled eveiy inch for their principles. — Their resolutions Incorporated in the minority part of the platfomi and voted down by the Convention refer to: The record of achievement of President Taft's Administration and the 61st Congress as unequalled in our history and endorses the Tnft policies in fulfillment of the work inaugurated by his predecessor and congratulates the party and count y upon its achievements In securing railroad legislation and declares that Taft s Administration is entitled to the unequivocal support of every Republican. It also indorse the action of Pres ident Taft In approving the tariff bill,” and commends his ' prudent, business-like and economical Admin istration of all the affairs of the na tion ” In conclusion it endorses the Iowa delegation in Congressf or all efforts in support of the Administration and of the President, and for such aid and assistance as they have given him in carrying forward his admin istrative and legislative policies. Former Congressman Hepburn read the minority report. As the purport of the concluding paragraph became apparent his voice was drowned in a chorus of jeers and hisses It was only after a pound ing of the gavel by Senator Dolli- ver that Mr. Hepburn was able to conclude. He moved the subatitu- tion of these planks for those of the same application in the major ity report, and the motion was lost, 568 to 815. Judges Horace E. Deemer and W. D. Evans were nominated for re-el ection to fne Supreme Court Bench by acclamation. A. M. Deyoe was the choice on second ballot for State superintendent of public instruction. The platform adopted renews its allegiance to the doctrine of protec tion; It fatrors a non-partisan tariff commission and expresses the belief that when the tariff is again revised its “schedules should be considered seperately, so that each subject can be dealt with upon its own merits, and thua secure fair and impartial action upon the part of Congress” The platform commends “tro the nation the type of statesmanship ex hibited by Senators Dolliver and Cummins and heartily endorses their work upon the tariff bill, the rail road bill and the postal savings bank bill.” In referring to combinations, the platform insists that “there shall be such comMtitlon as will protect the people ajpist the exactions pt un restrained',sraiice and greed.” ft alrt ' (Bongratulates 'the country upon the success obtained in the reg ulation of oar common carriors.” hut they leal that there is ranch yet secure reaeo: and charges to wh The platform concludes nith an ion FIGURES ON COHON CR4M* OF THIS STATE ESTIMAT ED AT 1,030,000 BALES. -J ‘• Pen - • -i ' - - ■ ' ■ - ♦ Oil Mill Men Hold Meeting in Coleiv- " bUT to Ascertirtn Ooi^ Gondlttoes Throughout State. - That, with favorable conditions ffom now until the season opens, the cotton crop of South Carolina may equa. that of last season—1,- 050,000 liales—Is the Joint opinion of the South Carolina Seed Crush ers Association, which held a meet ing in Columbia with a view to as certaining the crop conditions over the State. The Crushers made another esti mate of the crop for the 1910 season. This is 1,008.000. The manner of arriving at this estimate was by compiling an average estimate from the number of estimates submitted at the meeting. At the annual meeting of the crushers, held at Wrlghtsvilie Beach recently, the estimate of the yield for the present year for this State was 957,000. It is thus seen that the stock of the yield in the opinion of the crushers has gone up 51,000 bales. It had already been pointed out, In reports from various communities, that the cotton crop has improved considerably in the last few weeks particularly in the last two weeks, the cessation of rains to some extent and the general hot weather has aid ed the growth of the plant remark ably. Old farmers are shaking their heads and wondering how the change has been brought about. From an apparently gloomy outlook, crop con ditions may now be said to be fair, in some communities very good, and in others, good, the general average running now up to good. A poll was taken by the crushers of the crop conditions In every sec tion of the State. It was found that there Jiad been material improvement from now on, the crop will equal that of last season.” said Secretary B. F. Taylor. <Mr. Taylor is presi dent of !he Inter-State Cotton Seed Crushers' Association. That the crop will reach the 1,- 050.00 mark, the 1909 crop will de pend on favorable conditions from now on, was the opinion expressed by mem tiers of the Association. How ever, the average guess was 1,008,- 000 bales for 1910. In 1907 the crushers guessed 090,000, and the actual 500-|K>und bales were 1.068.340; in 1 908 crushers guessed 1,184.214 hales, and the actual crop was 1.118.460 bales: in 1909 the crushers estimat ed the crop to lie 1,133,551 bales, and the actual crop was 1,050,280. Thus the crushers cam? close to the actual yield in their several guesses, made in lune and July, proceerRng the opening of the cotton season. Who Must Serve Twewty Years la the State IVniteetlsry. For the killing of C. P. Pteh- burne, a dispensary constable at Rav- enel statlaln, In Colleton county, J. W. Mesaervy must serve 20 years Ip the State penitentiary. The Su preme court Thursday rendered a decision In which the verdict of the Colleton county court was affirmed. This means that Mesaervy will have to spend practically the remain der of his days In the State peniten tiary. Mesaervy is a man over 4u years of age and a cripple. He ha* iteen at the State penitentiary since his conviction. The opinion is by Chief Justice Jones and deals at length with the case and the testimony presented at the trial. The crime took place on the evening of July 6 last year. C. P. Flshburne. who was employ ed as a county dispensary constable, was killed while trying to arrest iMesservy and seize some alcohol, a mule and wagon. The shipment had just been received by Messervy at the station at Ravenel It was claim ed that the alchohot had been pur chased by his wife, L. W. Messervy, from a firm In Cincinnati. Mesaervy was tried at the Novem ber term of court for Colleton coun ty last year and was found guilty of manslaughter. He was sentenced to 20 years In the State penitentiary by the late Judge Dantzler. At the trial a motion was made for a new trial, which was refused. Later an appeal was taken to the supreme court. Soon after the trial Messervy was brought to the penitentiary for safe-keeping. Of general Interest in the appeal of the case to the supreme court was the exception affecting the Carey- Cothran act. It was the contention of tiie defense that the dispensary bad been abolished and that It was necessary for the governor to appoint constables for the enforcement of the act. C. P. Kishburne bad been commissioned by Gov. Ansel. He had not filed his bond. The position was taken by the State that it was only necessary to show that Flah- burne had been commissioned. ws Si ill ■ fM AGAINST OLD BOSHES. FALLS FAR TO DEATH. Aeroplane ( a|wizlng Aviator Dashes From Height of 050 Feet. Falling from a great height, Nich olas Kinnet, the Belgian aviator, was instantly kill Wednesday after noon at Brussels. Only three weeks ago his cousin, Daniel, was killed in a similar manner at Ghent. Kin- net was flying at a height of about 650 feet when he was caught In s squall. A rear wire of his biplane snapped and becoming entangled in the motor stopped the engine w.iu a suddenness that turned the aero plane on its side. The mecJitne crashed to the ground and Kinnet was crushed under it. His wife and brother were among the witnesses of the accident and rushed upon the field. The wife fetl unconscious beside the body, while the brother, in a-fit of grief, threw himself headforemost on the wreck ed machine. Farmers of the Northwest Will Not Be Foloed. “Uncle Joe Cannon, speaker of the house of representatives; United fitates Senator Aldrich and other rel ics of political bosaism have few friends among the farmers of the Northwest,' said E. M. Smith, lec turer for (he State Grange of Wash ington and secretary of the Progres sive Poli’ical Alliance, in an inter view. He added: "Fifteen thousand farmers In Washington belonging to the grange and 10,000 more affiliated with the Farmers Co-operative and Education al union are deeply stirred with the spirit of insurgency, and are deter mined to put an end to the autocratic control of state and national poli tics by agents of the interests. "Scratch a farmer on the back and you will find a man who wants Cannon kicked out of the office and Senator Aldrich retired from pub lic life, and, what Is more, who is willing to exert his own political In fluence to the aocomplishment of these ends. Also you will find a man vrho can no longer be blinded by appeals to his prejudices made by corporation lawyers. They are out with the ‘big stick,’ and they will make themselves heard. ’ The Independent t clary Ticket see's “Parduetaf't Goverwor ed in tine of the Most • * *.y •' Contested Betties Ever The Independent Democrats elect ed their jedictal tickets la Tenaeeeee Thursday In one of the most ercit ing an hard fought political contests ever known In the State. Following are the successful tickets: Judges of the Supreme Court- Eastern division, John K. Shields. Middle division, D. L. Lansden, Matt M. Nell. State-at-large W. IX Beard, Graf ton Green. Judges of the Coart of Clril Ap peals, eastern division, H. V. Hughes. Middle] division, Joseph €. Hig gins. 8. F, Wilson. " State-st-iarge. Frank P. Hall, Job. M. Taylor. A V, The Independent headquarters at Nashville claims that the majority will opprnximate 40.600 votes. Ths regular Democrats, whose ticket was defeated, claim these figures win be cut by 10,000 or 15,000 votes, and their leaders allege fraud in many places. They also charge that they were dented representation aC the polls by the election commissioners, dominated by the Isdependent fac tion. The letter represent, In a 1 _ measure, the State-wide prohibition element of the Democratic party, which has. been vigorously opposing Governor Patterson since his able campaign with the late ator E. W. Carmack for the Guberna torial nomination. It took an added strength when the State committee ordered n blank et primary for comlantlon of bot| judicial and State officers. Three members of the Supreme Court, Chief Justice Beard and Justices Neal and Shields, end Judges Wil son and Taylor, of the Court of Civ il Appeals, refused to enter the prim ary. and the Independent was on. Judges McAlister and Ball, of th# Supreme Court, entered the primary and were oa the regular ticket. Judge Barton, of the Court at Civil Appeals, waa also a nominee preme Ceurt Jnitice. AM the elected are Democrats, art lute the present supreme Tennessee. • ef 11 52 THIRTEEN JAILED. Many Are Drowned. A St. Peteraburg. Russia, dispatch says under the direction of the mil itary department the work of rescue was taken up on th# River Amur, near Nicolaiesk, where 200 fishe - men are known to have been drown ed when a typhoon wrecked their boats on Wednesday. It is feared the death list will exceed that num ber. Authorities Arrest White Men Conneetion With Race Riots. In la ranch jnable n I.eft a Fortune. A telegram from his father In Laurinburg, N. C.. brought good news to W. M:, McEachern In Sav annah Thursday morning, for the message was the first intimation thaf he had inherited property' worth more than $200,000. t McEachern’s benefactor was hia uncle. Killed by Lightning. Spencer Lockrow, a Saratoga. N. Y.. farmer, and two harvest helpers, Andrew Ecker and Simon Watson, were killed by Hgbtn.'ng, the team they drove waa also shocked to death Thursday. bank bill. Th# policy of conserva tion of natural resources, income tax and good roads are upheld United States Senators should be elected by direct vote of the people. It la urged that the present With two additional arrests on Thuraday In connection with recent race riots, h total of thirteen while men are In jail at Palestine, Texas, charged with murder. The list is as follows: James Spurger, John Bish op. Walker Ferguson. Isom Garner, Mack Reid, Booxe Wise, Andrew Kirkwood, Steve Jenkins. Alvin Oli ver, Frank Bridges, Horace Bush, Morgan Henry, George Bailey. The gand jury investigation la progets- ing, hut no developments are given out. Forest Fires Raging. With a wall of flames eight miles long eating its way over the Mon tana-Idaho divide fflto Montana, with another fire raging the head of Cedar creek and others reported In varioqs sections, a cry for help was raised Tuesday by the officials of the fordat service. Governor Patterson entered the lists tor the regular ticket art < stumped the State for ft. Hia ene mies Heed up solidly with the In dependents. The Cooper case, charges of attempted coercion . of the Su preme Court by the Governor decision of the famous trial ap pardon of Col. Cooper pleyeT Big roles it. the campaign, and serv ed almost to make It a fight of Pat terson and Anit-Petlereon. ;• ^ The Republican leaders, Xtwwtl Senders sad H. Clay 8and«-s. ti tered the fight for the Independents, and it has been charged there was a deal following a conference at tha White House, in which Preefdeat Taft participated. The endorsement by the Republican committee of *h* independents was followd by a break ' In Republican ranks and the vote, it waa alleged, was solidly for the regular tlrkat Negroes were registered more free ly than ever before and they paid their taxes. The revolt In the Re publican ranks was led by the Hon. I* Jesse Littleton and many of the #*• groea followed him, hut It seems sot In the numbers that have been pre dicted. Enemies of Governor Pet claim the result win have disastrous effect on his political futurf. He la a candidate, bat aa yet the opposi tion has not shown ltd hand as what steps will he takes/In putt out a ticket against him e btung by By At Woodbury. N. J-. Hendrickson waa frfg by Itees When she wi t>ean patch. The John Pinza, a n er had Mrs. Hendi ing when t stinging her t even through a large e liiMr Carlton htfnUy stand Six Mes Killed. Six men were killed and fourteen injured, several of them fatally, in one of the worst torpedo boat disas ters on record, according to navy re ports Thursday. The accident oc curred at Kronstadt, Russia. V- . r > It to od of repreaetttetioa in rates I ventions heart rh^h ft is entiqrt. Congress tp unfair, concludes with salon tha basis of party Strikes Are OaeUy. coating 01 m.rtOA >' her, ■ _ h her hair, art t » “rat” aha wore. , Froxew to Death. Frozen dead with the er at 105 In the shade, 1 of a Mexican at Meriooj carload of tee had bees the depot platform tad a heavy tarpaalin. The man. seek ing sleep and nncape from the terri fic heat, crawled beneath the tra- paulin, where he was found the next morn the te maintain troops la Columbus d fear V .V-I I jftMs * V-v-' / ■ Jf Ing the street m