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vw~~*' .. j ^ . j ' ^ Hovo | T Corporate Greed Uses j \ Pretentious Respectability j \' By Carl Schurz. J If : ' . ?#?#?? NE of the most striking features of this period?so we are J ? warned on all hands?is the inordinate pursuit and the un scrupulous use of wealth, and the worship of success as such, ill 2 Never has the use of wealth in the promotion of selfish? and sometimes iniquitous?ends been more unprincipled, ?tttlH>l> crafty and daring. And the power of wealth in subjugating to its schemes tttlUllu corrupt means public authorities, political organizations and citizens of influential position and pretentious respectability has never been farther reaching. Indeed, the revelations caused by recent scandals have not only disclosed startling instances of individual rascality, but opened vistas of rapacity without bound and of so widespread a aemoranzation and so utter an ansence 01 tne most eiemem<u$ scujv and duty among some members of the highest class of business men claiming * , public confidence that we fairly stare with amazement. And beyond this, throughout the world, we observe a rushing tendency toward ihe ruthless assertion and the rude enforcement of arbitrary power of the strong over the weak, of might over right, and that tendency is upheld and stimulated by the artful array of sarcastic sophistry which laughs mora! principles to scorn and sets up success as such, to whatever end devoted and by whatever means achieved, as the supreme goal to be striven tor and as the idol to be adored. It is tbe work of the university to combat this tendency. This republic should stand as the gentleman par excellence among nations?a gentleman scorning the role of the swashbuckler whose hip pockets bulge with loaded six-shooters and who flashes big diamonds on his fingers and shirt front; a gentleman modest in the consciousness of strength and carrying justice, forbearance and conciliation on his tongue and benevolence in his hand rather than a chip on his shoulder, if this republic is to endure and successful in its highest mission it must put its trust rather in schools thaM in battleships. ' ^ ^ Vp v? J Avarice Destroying } s Our Patriotism k ^ The Heart of the Worshipper of Mammon & Loses All Love for God or Country. ... ? HE besetting sin of Americans is avarice. Our mad rush for wealth is not an honest effort to increase the products of ( nature or the avails of human effort, but a hideous vice of 1 J ever-increasing and insatiable greed. Year by year we see a 1 it invading the government with ever-increasinfe audacity. W V Men cry out against tainted money?that has its vile record behind it What we have to fear is money which taints. ^which brazenly tempts men to sell their honor and then buys it. It may not be your fortune to enter public life. I am not advising you to enter it. for it is not the Garden of the Cods. The prizes are few. the temptations many, and it has been said that even republics are ungrateful. In our country, too, public men must endure the bitterest detraction and the most ' scurrilous abuse, while public office affords no adeouate pecuniary conipensa- j tion for the able and honest. I do not think that I exaggerate the case when J I say that almost any other way is an easier road to the -tars. otra Vice itc cviie Our nnrtirnlar evil, as I have told you. is avarice. | Let us not shut our eyes. This evil menaces us. It is destroying our patriotIsm. The heart of the worshipper of Mammon loses every sentiment of love for God or country. With its harmful influence in private life. I am not now concerned. I sneak of its baneful effects upon the institutions cf our country, when it succeeds in debauching the representatives of the people's right for the enrichment of the unlawfully privileged few. Let us m>t delude ourselves with sophistry. The man nho betrays his public trust %r money, by comparison, makes the crime of Benedict Arnold Einlrinto insignificance and lends a respectable hue even to piracy. Do not think me unduly pessimistic. Our evil has not spread so far that our destruction Is at hand. But the danger is here, and good citizens must ward It off. * # * * _ * 3 Hf+nr rr*hs\r\t ic 'Dnvt J y IC/ aurtl/l/t tu JL IXWTb I | * By Dorothy Dix r ? * ?<">'<' Y DEAR girl, if you have the necessity of earning your 1 ivJ * ing, go forth as bravely and earnestly as you may, and God kj* help you; but if you have a good home, and a father willing % * 2111(1 al)le t0 support you, for goodness' sake stay in it, and behave yqurself. Every- woman who has a "career" pays for * +** *+4* it with youth and health and strength and tears and loneliness> aDd 11 lsn t worth the price. Don't worry about knowins too much, or think that your fine education will be wasted. You are liable to need all that you know, and a little more, just in common every day life. The country* is full of mothers who are slaving over cooking stoves and toiling over sewing machines that Sallie may not only be educated in some fine college, but that she may have the college colors and the college ring and the class pin, and do as other girls do. It is always the same story. Everything is to be all right when Sallie comes home to diffuse light and knowledge and be a comfort and stay and pleasure. But. alas! how often is Sallie a disappointment! Her poor, foolish head has been turned. Nothing suits her. She corrects the family manners, and revises the family pronunciation, and sets the house by the ears. She doesn't consider it worth while to take any trouble to please her parents. Her father may have spent thousands of dollars on her musical education, but she won't even play him a ballad in the twilight. She may have had the best masters in elocution, but she won't read him a column in the daily papers. Many a man must have looked at his daughter as she came from school, and thought he got precious little for his investment. My dear girl, just as a matter of common honesty and gratitude, spend a little of your time and attention and enthusiasm on your parents.?AJnslee's. * * * * . ? - JJ jy T }few Dream for Cities 1 ^ By Charles Mutford Robinson. _ c P==ri HERE has appeared in the last three or four years a new Tand exceedingly interesting municipal movement. Its results, which seem very promising, will be watched with the keenest regard. There never has been anything exactly like it before, and its recent rapid spread suggests that its deHvelopment is destined to go far. Reference is made to the matter?one may almost say ? to the custom?of securing expert plans for the physical improvement of cities. This Improvement is not designed to be one merely of aspect, though that phase is receiving more and more consideration. but it includes problems of circulation, adaptability, recreation, and site, these involving the greater convenience of the city, the increased effectiveness of its public buildings, a greater economy in the transaction of its business, and enlarged facilities for the pleasure of its citizens. The improvement has various development. Different places throw the special emphasis on different phases. In New York today's demand is the relief of congested street traffic; in Chicago it is the acquirement of an outer park system; in Washington it is the increase of the urban stateliness and beauty. In one place the making of the plans is entrusted to a committee of ?1? + infornoto of tlio mmmnnitv at hpnrf Rlspirhorp if is ClUZt;ns v>nu iiaiv iuv uibvivovo v* wv M. ^ ?w??MV.v .v .w . secured at the expense of the business men in the board of trade or tihc chamber of commerce. Again, it is paid for by the municipality. Realist and Romanticist. Forbidden Guest. A rpreit interviewer of Dr Henrv The following verse from a recent poem A receat interviewer or ur. nenrv on ..0ur Christmas Guests" discloses a Van Dykmdiscovered among histreas- delicate little hint: ures a photograph of Rudyard Kipling Comp from that darkonod corncr! Tou.r<) upon which Kipling had written this the imp who in my ear odd aphorism: "As a matter of cold For af8ea^hisperedfact, the man who calls himself a real- That the thing to get was money, the ^ 1st is in the nature of things a libelous Don.tslthink arm ''longer''blinded by the and unconvincing romanticist; where- glamor of your lies. ... v.? ?n _ For you're a mighty liar, and the thine as ^he man who, admitting all men * -t0 keep ls heaith. are liars, joyously sets out to write And it has a value greater than all your v bOfistcd WGtilth * accordingly is the only real realist? And another one is honor, and some more is so because human nature is con are truth and right: . ? I can hardly bear your presence amongst .tranous. I rav guests to-night. SOUTH CAROLINA CROP BULLETIN Weather Conditions Given Out by the Department Observer. The South Carolina section of the climate and crop service of the Department of Agriculture issues the following ollicial bulletin of weather and crop conditions for the past week: The week ending Monday. September 11th. was from two to three degrees cooler than normal, with weekly extremes of a maximum of degrees at Hlackville on the 7th and a minimum ol" f>4 degrees at Greenville on tiie -"ith. The weather was generally elear and the air dry with somewhat more than the usual amount of bright sunshine. There were showers, some quite copious. in the eastern and southern counties, but over the greater portion of the St ite there was no rain, or inappreciable amounts. The general absence of rain was favorable for general farm work, but was unfavorable on pro win*' erops which ilcterioatcd slijrhtly over all but the coast counties where there was improvement. Late corn needs more moisture in the central coun ties. There was no marked change in the condition of cotton. In some localities there was a slight improvetaent and the plants continue to fruit, :hile in others there was a steady deterioration due to rust and the premature opening of small bolls. The fruiting season is now ovtw as what fruitage is taken on after this time is very unlikely to mature. On sandy soils the plants are shedding leaves and have stopped growing, while on clay soils, and over the western counties generally, the plants continue green except where attacked by rust. The mature bolls are opening rapidly and in many places half or more, of the crop has been picked Sea Island cotton has improved and as pickini; progresses the yields are better than anticipated, while the lint is excellent quality. Some open cotton was injured by heavy rain in a few central counties, but generally > ' J tne mil nas own savcu ju uuc <1 it ion. And Tint very late corn lias been stripped of fodder. Haying1 made good progress. Truck is coming up well in the southern districts and poorly in the northern ones. The general condition of minor crops is less promising though still fairly good.?J. Y\". Bauer, Section Director. Killed For Cause. "The death of Mr. Joe Ben Coleman was caused 011 account of the discovery by me of intimate relations existing between Mr. Coleman and Mrs. Bleas".'? Swell is the statement of State Senator K. S. Blease concerning the deplorable matter that has shocked Saluda County and the entire State. The two men had married sisters. the wife of Coleman having been dead for about two years. Blease and Coleman having been the closest of friends until the report of the criminal intimacy between Coleman and Blease"s wife reached Blease's ears. Then followed a few sharp words at tiieir first rreeting with the sequal that Coleman was shot to death. The matter has caused general regret. Greenville Graft. Greenville. Special.?Six former members of the county board of control who have overdrawn their salaries in amounts varying from $30 to $(>22, four having paid the money back to the county treasurer and two refusing to pay; one beer dispenser due nearly $1.000 on August 1, which he lias since paid; another beer dispenser the grand jury thinks is due about $">0 ?and the case is referred tlm cnlifiimv former register of mesne conveyance sln?rt about $470 which lie has since paid; one magistrate due county $42, which he has since paid; recommendation that special committee investigate books of former registers of mesne conveyance; only two or three magistrates making monthly reports and returns to auditor and treasurer as required by law. The above are some of the items that go to make up one of the most'sensational grand jury reports that has been handed in for a long while. In the Charter Mill. Four commissions were issued by the secretary of state Saturday as follows: Winyah Traction and Power company, which promises to give a street railway to Georgetown, six miles long. The intitai capital is $50,000 and the ultimate capital $100,000. The corporators are: ,T. B. Steele, W. W. Taylor, E. \V. Kaminski, W. H. Andrews, L. Mouzon, n% of Georgetown. Peoples' Bank of Chester, capitalized at $35,000. Corporators: G. B. White, D. J. Macau lev, John Fraser, M. H. Wachtcl, W. A. Corhill, C. C. Piln-firds A charier was issued to the Farmers' Union Warehouse company of Hock Ilill, capitalized at .fj.OOO. The officers are: It. S. iStnnris, F. II. Barber, vice-president, and W. W. Miller, treasurer. The other officers are: J. B. Johnson, John Steele, W. B. Wilson. N. B. Williams, John T. Roddey and I). P. L. Leslie. Daniels Island Mercantile company of Daniels Island and Charleston, capitalized at $1,000. Corporators: T. M. Mordecai and William Austin. The Thompson company of York ville, capitalized at ^)U,UUU. C'orporators: Jas. F. Thompson and John F. Love of Cast- nia, II. P. Stowe of Yorkville. Senator Jillman Speake. Senator Tiilman sjx>ke last week at Tirzah, in York County, at Lancaster and at Lexington on the dispensary question. He advocates a continuance of the system with such changes in the law as will remove the temptation to fraud and graft, and insure an honest administration. 111 Nearly Six Hundred Kill In Deepe THE ADMIRAL WAS NOT ON BOARD In Lasebo Harbor Sunday Night, the Japanese Navy Department, Announces, the Battleship Mikasa Was Destroyed by Fire Starting at the Base of the Mainmast and Subsequent Explosion of the Magazine. Tokio, By Cable.?The Navy Depart-j ment announces that the battleship Mikasa has been destroyed by fire and the explosion of her magazine, causing; the loss of 590 lives, in.luding men of other ships who went to the rescue. The fire started from an unknown cause at midnight Sunday night, September 10. Before the officers could be rescued the firo reached the aft magazinc^vhich exp oatd, blowing a hole in the/port side c; the vessel below the water line and causing the ship to sink. An investigation is now being held to determine the cause of the fire. TOGO NOT ON BOARD. Admiral Togo was not on board the Mikasa when the disaster to the battleship occurred. The disaster to the battleship has cast a gloom everywhere. The Mikasa was Togo's flagship and was endeared to the hearts of the people. The ship was at anehor in Sasebo harbor when the fire started at the base of the mainmast at midnight. It spraed with great rapidity, exploding the after magazine an hour after the fire had been discovered. The Mikasa sank in shallow water, and it is believed that the ship can be repaired. Rescuing parties were sent from the various warships in the harbor and there was heavy casualties among them. CAUSE OF FIRE NOT KNOWN, i Various conjectures are current as to the cause of the fire. Some attribute it to an overcharge of electricity. Great relief was felt throughout Ja- J p|p when it was learned that Admiral t?v ?.?o r>n hnarrt thft shiD at the ' IUqU ? no avt VU k/wv.. ? ? m _ time of the fire. The Mikasa was a first-class battle ship of 15,200 tons displacement. She was built in England and was launched i in 1902. The battleship was 400 feet ! long, had a speed of over 18 knots and carried a crew of 935 officers and men. She was heavily armored and carried i four 12-inch guns, 14 six-inch guns, twenty 12-pounders and a number of small rapid-fire guns. She had four submerged torpedo tubes. In the battle of the Sea of Japan the j Mikasa was the heaviest loser of all j the Japanese ships, having 63 killed ; and wounded. She approached nearer to the the Russians than any other bat- 1 tleship. The Mikasa was also the flagship of Admiral Togo after the great naval \ battle fougnt oir i'ori Arcnur uu au- , gust 10, 1904, on which occasion the j Japanese flagship also suffered the j most, but continued in the fighting ! line. On that occasion the Mikasa had ' four officers and 29 men killed, six officers and 29 men severely wounded ! and four officers and 29 men slightly ! wounded. Appointed District Attorney. Washington, Special.?L. L. Lewis, United States district attorney for the eastern district of Virginia, has tendered his resignation to the Department of Justice and it has been accepted. Robert H. Talley, of Norfolk, has been appointed to the vacancy. Mr. Lewis is the present candidate on the Republican ticket for Governor of Virginia. 150 Union Printers Strike. Indianapolis, Special. ? Committees *:r union printers and for employers of I Indiananolis having failed to agree on an eight-hour day to commence on January 1, the local typographical union has ordered 150 members in Indianapolis to strike at once. President James M. Lynch, of the International typographical Union, said: "I have instructed unions in various cities to demand contracts immediately for an eight-hour day, to commence on January 1. Wherever the demand for the eight-hour day is refused the union printers have been instructed to strike at once." Witte ?.nd Rosen Sail. 7 York. Special.?The Russian 1 cc^ Jssioners who successfully con-1 ducted a treaty of peace with the en-; voys of Japan at Portsmouth. N. H., 1 started on the return to St. Petersburg Tuesday, sailing on the Kaiser Wilhelm II. Before leaving the city, Mr. Witte and Baron Rosen made a farewell caH j upon the Japanese diplomats. Baron Komura was unable to see the Russians because of his illness, but through Minister Takahira he sent them a cordl?.1 message of farewell. Catholic Church Not French. Rome, By Cable. ? At the present i time the Catholic Church in Japan is suffering from the imputation that it I is a French institution, and France, being the ally of Russia, the Church comes in for a share of popular disfavor. To counteract this, it was suggested that the Pope should come for-! ward as a sovereign and appoint a representative at Tokio, at the same ' time requesting the Japanese to ap- i point a minister to the Vatican. The! suggestion wao well received by Hie j Holiness. J I -JJ--PP 1101 IP * I ed and All Japan Now st Gloom BEY AN NOT A CANDIDATE. Says That He Is Not Now a Candidate For Any Office. Chicago, Special.?"I want to make mv position perfectly clear; i want t? say to you that not only am I not announcing a candidacy, but I am not permitting a candidacy." In these words William Jennings Bryan administered a check to the enthusiasm which, at the Jefferson Club banquet given in Mr. Brv an's honor, greeted the speeches advocating his nomination for the third limj for President. "I am not now," said Mr. Bryan, "a candidate for any office. I have never said that I would never again be a eandiate for office, but I want to say now that talk of candidacy for office does not affect me as it once did. I believe that my place in history will be determined, not by what the people are able to do for me, but by what I am able to do for the people. (Applause and cheers.) I think it is row too soon to choose a eandiate for President to make the race three years from now; it is too early to pledge ourselves to any one man. I trust that before the time comes to name a man for the next presidential race light may be thrown upon our party's pathway and that a man may be chosen who will be able to do for the party more than I have yet Leea able to do." Further Insurance Investigation New York, Special.?Selling $SOO.OOO in bonds one day and buying them back the next but one, a holiday intervening, in order to keep within statements in the New York Life Insurance Company's report to the Superintendent of Insurance, was the sensational disclosure made at the session of the executive insurance nvestignting committee. The fart was drawn from Edmund IX Randolph, treasurer of the New York life Insurance Company, late in the day after Attorney Charles E. Hughes, of counsel to the committee had labored for over an hour to get a direct answer from Mr. Randolph to a direct question. The inquiry had dragged through a mass of figures almost the entire day, but it was not until near the hour for ending the session that the sensational feature was brought out. Earlier in the day Mr. Randolph had handed Mr. Hughes a schedule of syndicate underwritings and transactions of the New York life for the last ten years. This statement was to show, and a footnote to the schedule so stated. that the company had participated in no syndicate transactions that had been closed out at a loss. Among these transoctions was the underwritings of the navigation syndicate, *r International Mercantile Marine. 30 Killed; 70 Wounded. Tiflis, Caucasia, By Cable.?A hundred social democrats were killed or wounded in a conflict with Cossacks at the town hall and many were trampled to death in a subsequent panic. Two thousand social democrats had forced an entrance into the town hall, which was closed owing to the celebration of a religious holiday, the beheading of John the Baptist. Revolutionary speeches were made and the chief of police ordered the meeting to disperse. Part of those present obeyed, but the - ?? ?r PAmo rf?vnl\'ArS remaincer rem3tra uuu own.v. were fired. A large force of Cossacks drawn up outside ihe building then fired a volley into the crowd time and time again, killing 30 and wounding upward of 70. In the ensuing panic many persons fell and were trampled to death by their comrades and the pursuing Cossacks. Two Good Swimmers Drown. Tampa, Fla., Special.?A Tribune speciaj from Fort Myers, Fla., says P. J. McNally and M. Douglass, white residents of Fort Denaud, were drowned while crossing the Caloo6atchi river. Their boat capfeized in midstream and although both men were good swimmers they could not reach the shore. Their bodies have been recovered. $2,500,000 Dividend Declared.New York, Special.?The dirc-cUirs of the Sloss-Sheffleld Steel and iron Company* declared a scrip dividend of $2,500,000 common stock, payable to the common stockholders of the company October 2 next. The regular quarterly cf 1% per cent, on its preferred stock and the usual semi-annual <4i<rMon,i nt 911. npr pent, on its com* mon stock also were declared. J. N. Wallace, president of the Central Trust Company, was elected a member of the executive committee, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William E. Strong. Don't Want Negro Redmen. Nashvilie. Special.?At Tuesday's session of Great Council of Improved Order of Red Men of West Virginia, a delegation offered a resolution protesting against the organization of negro tribes of Red Men and and requesting that the ritual of the order be copyrighted. The California delegation introduced a resolution commending President Roosevelt for the part he took in bringing about peace between Japan and Russia. Mexican Cotton Crop Larger. Mexico City, Special.?Last year's cotton crop was 75,000 baies. me lowest estimate for the present year is 90,000, and possibly 100,000 bales. The cotton produced in the republic is about one-third of the quantity required for native mills. The annual increase in acreage is smaller. Reports of the experiments with the cotton treeare not very satisfactory and it is not J likely that cotton from this source will for a long time be had in quantities to affect the market . B TOE YELLOW FEVER STATUS T A Good Many New Cases Developing at Different Points. New Orleans, Special.?Official report to G p. m.: New cases, 49; total to date, 3.4G2. Deaths, 6; total to date, 329. New foci. 15. ? - - ? oi/? TNT Cases under treatment, .no. ms>I charged, 1,817. There was nothing new in the local situation beyond the increase in number of new cases and deaths. There were really seven yellow fever deaths, but one of them does not appeal- on the record. It is the case of an Italian, who, in the delirium of his fever, secured a revolver and blew his brains out In the country, the situation in Tallulah is improving under the management of Drs. Chassaignac and Von Ezdorf. The people there have asked the State board of health that Dr. Chassignac be assigned to remain there and conduct the campaign to the end. This has been referred to Dr. Chassignac, who will determine later what his course will be. Among other country reports were: Patterson, 20 cases, 2 deaths; Kenner 8 cases, 2 deaths; Clarke Chenier, one death; Bo wick, one death. Four More Cases at Pensacola. Pensacola, Fla., Special? Two deaths and four new cases is the report officially announced at the board of health headquarters, all of the new cases being in the infected area. The first man to die was H. D. Brooks, a draughtsman, ?vho came here several weeks since to take a position in an abstract office. He had been sick five days, but during the first period of sickness refused to take medicines prescribed. On account of objections made by Governor JelKS, of Alabama, the Marine Hospital Service camp, which was to have been established near the Alabama line, has been abandoned. It will be located at another point. Mississippi Fever Summary. Jackson, Miss., Special.?The Mississippi yellow fever summary for the past 24 hours is as follows: Soria City, a suburb of Gulfport, one case discovered by Surgeon Waslin. Mississippi City, one new case. Vicksburg. two new cases. No new cases developed at Gulf Port, nor did Natchez, Pearlington nor Hamburg report any new cases during the day or any deaths at any time of the infected pointi Surgeon Lavender reports that the sickness at Kemp's Landing, Va., is not yellow fever. No New Cases at Natches. Natchez, Miss., Special.?Not even a suspicious case of yellow fever was reported. Six patients are under treatment. Drs. Lavinder, Aikman and Sessions, who went to Kemps, La., today to diagnose five cases at that place, reported that they are nat even suspicious. Vicksburg, Miss., Special.?Two new cases of yellow fever in Vicksburg. Total cases to date, 28; deaths 3. Seven patients are under treatment now. Patert Medicine Decision. Washington, Special.?The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has rendered a decision that will seriously affect a number of patent medicines composed largely of distilled liquors. He has reversed a ruling of his Department made many years ago and now decides that the manufacturers of these medicines must take out licenses as rectifiers and liquor dealers and the druggists and others handling them will have to pay the usual retail liquor dealers' licenses. The commissioner, in a letter of In strurtion to collectors of Internal revenue, says that there are a number of compounds on the market going under posed chiefly of distilled spirits, withthe names of medicines that are comout the addition of drugs or medicines in sufficient quantities to change materially the character of the whiskey. Farmers in National Council. Richmond, Va., Special.?The Farmers' National Congress met in its 25th annual session here with a large audience in attendance, representing almost every section of the United States. The body was called to order by its president, Harvie Jordan, of Monticello. Ga., and was welcomed to Virginia and Richmond by Governor Montague, Mayor McCarthy and J. C. Freeman, vice president of the Richmond Chamber of Commerce. Responses to the welcoming addresses wero made on behalf of the congress by First Vice President Bennehan Cameron, of North Carolina* and Second Vice President Joshua Strange, of Marion, Ind. Chinese Bride in Norfolk. Norfolk, Special.?H. J. Goon has returned from New York bringing a 17-year-old bride who had just arrived from China Sunday. She is the only Chinese woman here and Goon, who is a laundryman in Cumberland street, keeps her bidden, according to the Chinese custom. She is pretty and Goon is proud. Report of Final Engagements. St. Petersburg. By Cable?Telegraphing to Emperor Nicholas under date of September 5. General Linevitch reported that the Japanese, September 4, started to advance along the mandarin road and commenced constructing entrenchments, but retired after meeting the Russian artillery fire. The general oico rAnnrtPfi an offensive movement by several battalions of Japanese accompanied by cavalry and artillery In north Korea September 3. but the result was not announced in time to be sent off in the dispatch to the Emperor. Killed by LightningIndianola, Iowa, Special.?Four men [ were killed, six were seriously burned I and a dozen more were stunned by lightning which wrecked a crowded poultry exhibition tent at the county fair hera The lightning struck the , tent pole, splitting it in two. and tearing the sides of the tent into shreds. Hundreds of the chickens on exhibition j were killed. MADHARGHiS| The New York Life Insurance Cc WHS pany's Political Contributions \ . WAS AFRAID OF THE DEttOCRAJS George W. Perkins, Insurance Com- >' pany's First Vice-President and Member of the Finn of J. P. Morgan & Co., Divulges the Meaning of a Check Made to Morgan & Co. Last Year. / New York, Special.?George W P?kins, member of the firm of J. P. gan & Co., and first vice presideM of v" the New York Life Insurance Company, was the star witness at Friday's ) session of the special legislative com- . 1 mittee probing life insurance company methods, and his testimony was rfrnloto ruith novnJntinna in fiMncA As an. plied by insurance companies. f Mr. Perkins was ?rst called just previous to the hour for luncheon. He resumed immediately after the recess. and was on the stand when adjournment was taken for the day. The climax of the day came when Mr. Perkins was asked concerning an entry of $48,702 in a ledger, marked "Ordered paid by the President" Mr. Randolph, the treasurer of the Neir ' York Life Company, who had been on the stand earlier in the day. had been ~> sharply questioned as to the purport of this entry, but he was unable to j explain it He thought no one but the ' ? president could. Mr. Perkins had been called to testify as to some other trans- -:Jj actions and after a recess he was I ed to produce the check. It was made out payable to J. P. Morgan & Co., and -;? Mr. Perkins frankly stated it was ft contribution to the national Republl- . g| can campaign committee and had been paid to Cornelius N. Bliss. Mr. Perkins said. "This payment was made after very , "'fa careful deliberation. It must not be ' considered an ordinary contribution |jfl to the campaign fund. It was paid / * because we felt that the assets of the New York Life Insurance Company ? would be jeopardized by a Democratic success." Mr. Perkins said contributions were also made in 1900 and 1896. As an illustration, witness said the first con- ^ tribution made was in 1896, by Presi- 'J. dent McCall, who is a Democrat. "He contributed money to the NMcKinley campaign fund and voted tor Jag McKinley because he felt it was iiT-*-^3 the best interests of the policy-holders of his company." This bomb caused ^ a murmur of conversation about the room, which had become packed with spectators. Standing room was at a / . premium, and everyone bent forward to catch the testimony. This was U hardly necessary, for Mr. Perkins jjs spoke distinctly, in a voice audible throughout the school room. He paced f; the small platform upon which the witness chair is placed, just before the committee's rostrum, and accom- ^ pamea nis expiduauuua *? ,. gestures, often times suggesting questions to the counsel. Pursuing the check inquiry further, 3 Mr. Hughes brought out that this expenditure was never brought to the ^ 9 attention of the finance committee, the Z* witness terming it a "purely executive .;J1 action." It was charged against cash on the books of the Hanover aBnk of- H flee or financial department. The witness did not know on what account the other contributions were-* made, but he would furnish data. Mr. Perkins here interposed: "I would like to make one statement. The fact that the check is drawn to J. P. Morgan & Co. has no significance. . v J I paid out the money and it was merely because of a convenience of re-payr ment that the check was made payable- ^ to J. P. Morgan & Co." "What other contributions to politl- tfcgj cal campaign funds have been made by the New York Life?" "Is there no self-restraint allowed the officers in these campaign contri- ,'J8 buttons ?" "None; to my knowledge." Accident to North Carolina Party. Wichendon, Mass., Special.?An automobile containing members of the .^g party accompanying Governor Glenn, of North Carolina, plunged over a bridge on the road to Royalton here . and landed at the bottom of a ditch, pinioning the occupants underneath. The injured are: J. C. McNeill, of The Charlotte Ob- * server, badly cut about the head. Guy Townsend, of Wichendon, seriously hurt. Selectman Henry N. Raymond, of Wichendon, haed cut and bruised. s0 Owen Hoban, lawyer, of Wichendon, ^ knee injured and back sprained. Purchasers Announced. Norfolk, Va., Special.?An announcement was made of the purchase of the Pamlico, Oriental & Western Railroad, running from Bayboro to Newbern, N. C., by the interests in control pt the Virginia & Carolina Railway, wnich is to run a line from Norfolk to Beaufort, ' $ N. C., through the lumber section of ? ? .. ^ !!_? TV.lt, lino will he used Norm uaraiua. xu.o ? as a branch of the main line to Newbern for additional terminals at that The Potter Trial. Sandersville, Ga., Special.?The State closed its evidence in the trial of Mr. S. Potter and the defense will put him on the stand to testify. No other witnesses will be called. The books of a Savannah bank were used in evidence. The charge against Potter is the embezzlement of some $20,000 of the funds of | the Davidson Bank, of which the young man was cashier. ;? w . m Gov. Glenn Entertained. ^ Boston, Special.?Gov. R. B. Glenn, of XJorth Carolina, was entertained at ' dinner at the Algoquin Club. The dinner was given under the auspices of the American Invalid Aid Society, S. S. Pierce and General Charles H. Taylor. Freight Depot Burns. Bristol, Special.?The freight depot a here, owned jointly by the Norfolk ft gjgk Western and the Southern Railways, was destroyed by fire. The loss will i probably reach $50,000. J d