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ESTABLISHED ENT 16 FARM WANTED "The Beer King" Has Not Been Arrested, Yet But WARRANT IS ISSUED For His Arrest, and Has Been Out Two Weeks.?His Present Where abouts Is Unknown, But His At* i torney Scoffs at the Suggestion That Farnum is a Fugitive From Justice. Where is J. S. Farnum? Is he a fugitive from justice? Or is he out on a business trip? Is he a man of such unbusinesslike methods that his employers do not know where he is? Is he aware that the dispensary commission has had issued a warrant charging him with conspiracy? Has he seen no South Carolina mewspapers in the last few weeks, Jaas he received no statement from his ?wife,, no notification from the An aeuser Buscn Brewing company? If he did know of the existence of the warrant, then has he not treated the commission witb> contempt in evading service of the warrant? These are the questions propounded hypcthetically in the meeting of the dispensary commission on Thursday morning says The State. It was published in newspapers cir culating as widely as F. S. Farnum is known that the warrant was is sued for him on the 16th day of January, and the officers of the law know not his whereabouts. When the commission Thursday resumed its investigations, the case of the Anheuser-Busch Brewing as sociation was first on the docket. It ? Jaad been stated that there would be a bookkeeper from that concern who woulJ produce books of record. He was not In e?idence at 10 o'clock. At 10:30 the commission was formally convened. Three times the marshall, in reg ular court fashion, cried the name of the defendant. No response. Three times the name of J. S. Far num was called No responce. It was reported that a lawyer, the same who had represented W. D. Roy, and others at a former meeting, had communicated with the Anheuser Busch association, to inquire if they wished to be present to establish the validity of their claim. This attor ney had not been advised to proceed with the case. With something of mock distress in his tones, Col. T. B. Felder ad dressed the commission: "Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: We were hopeful, though not san guine, that Mr. Farnum would be present on this occasion. But he is not. However, I will assume the bur den of proof In this case and will establish by documentary evidence that the plaintiff has no just claim against the State." Continuing, Col. Felder said that he wished to go just far enogh into the matter to show that this "Bud weiser claim" as he referred to it "is reeking with filth and fraud and is one of the basest conspiracies on re cord in all the annuals of this coun try." "Under the laws of South Caro lina," he added, this commission is as much of a judicial tribunal as the supreme court itself. This commis sion is vested with the right to serve writs and to compel attendance. If the parties who are notified by regis tered mail that the claims are to be examined fall to present their books, then this court may proceed against them as it sees fit." In concluding his opening remarks Mr. Felder said that after consulta tion with the attorney general he might ask the commission to take this action. "Call a case in its order on the docket and when the plaintiffs are in default by not being present and when there is prima facie evi dence of guilt as to graft and brib ery, then the attorneys would record a request that judgment be entered on behalf of the State. There being no answer when the names of the plaintiffs were called, Mr. Felder put in evidence a card, which he stated was the legal ac knowledgement of the Anheuser Busch Brewing Association that they had received the registered letter in which the claimants were notified to be here at this time with certain books of record and of expenses to show that their claims were just and valid. This notification not only au thorized and directed and invited the Anheuser-Brewing association tion to produce the books, but also ordered them to produce J. S. Far num as their agent. Except for the card indicating the receipt of the letter from the South Carolina com mission, there was no acknowledge ment or other statement from the St. Louis brewers. John B. Carr, deputy sheriff, who was sent to Charleston with the war rant then testified that the paper had been placed in his hands at 10 p. m. by Sheriff Coleman and that he had taken the train at 2.15 a. m. for Charleston, that being the most noto rious place of abode and of business of the said Farnum. A visit was made to the abode of J. S. Farnum at the Charleston hotel. Farnum was not there. A second visit and search of the premises was made. Again no Farnum. The latter's wife stated that Farnum was away on a business trip. Mr. T. Houltrie Mordecai, attorney iaeo ? 169. TERRIBLE CRIME. Committed at New Burn; N. C. by Two White Wife of Prominent Citizen Held at Their Mercy?Posse Aiding in the Search for the Brutes. \ I A special from New Bern, N. C, Monday gives the particulars of a horrible outrage by two white men, perpetrated early Monday morning on Mrs. S. L. Buck, the wife of a prom inent citizen of New Bern, at their home in the principal residence sec tion. The men called at the home of Mr. Buch about midnight, and Mrs. Buck) finally answered the5" repeated knocks for admission. When she opened the door and they learned from her of her husband's absence, they choked her into submission and repeatedly outraged and assaulted her. A posse of citizens are helping the officers in searching for the men. HELD FOR TRIAL. The Alleged Safe Cracksmen Given a Preliminary Hearing. J. T. Leonard, C. Frank Shaw, Jas. Scanlan, Charley Williams and Henry S. Hallon, the alleged safe crackers who have been in jail at Lancaster since the arrest at Van Wyck, a month ago, were given a preliminary hearing before United States Com missioner Paul Moore Thursday. The charge was robbery of the postoffice at Dunn, N. C, on Dec. 28, 1907. The examination was conducted by United States Postoffice Inspectors Gregory, Bulla and Mosby. A large number of witnesses in and near Dunn and Smithfield, N. C., were m attendance at the hearing. The witnesses for the government were all cross-examined by the ac cused, the questions being mainly asked by Scanlan, who never took his right hand from his mouth to keep a snap shot picture from being taken of him. The evidence against them was that when shortly after the robbery at Dunn they had In their posession dynamite caps, fuse, soap and other articles used in cracking safes. It was also found that they were all seen in and near Dunn a short time before the robbery. At the con clusion of the hearing the commis sioner announced that he would send the case up to the United States Court for tral. Court for trial. t THAW NOT GUILTY Of Murder, But Goes to the Disane Asylum. Acquitted Saturday at New York of the murder of Stanford White on the ground that he was insane at the time of the homicide, Harry K. Thaw was ordered by Justice Dowl ing to be committed to the Manhat tan asylum for the criminal insane until such a time as he can convince the state lunacy commission that his being at large will not endanger the public safety. Both Thaw and his wife, the latter being the only member of his family in ocurt when the jury unexpected ly returnd its verdict after a delib eration of 25 hours, seemed pleased and satisfied with the outcome of the case. Thaw stood and smillingly bowed his acknowledgements to the jurors as they filed one by one out of the box. District Attorney Jerome also seemed satisfied, as he has con tended ever since the'crime was com mitted that Thaw was medically if not legally, insane. Thaw's counsel thanked the jury with a hearty hand-shake for each one of the twelve men. Attorney Littljohn filed an exception to Justice Dowlng's decision in retaining Thaw in custody and committing him to the asylum. OVERDOSE OF MORPHINE. Brooklyn Drug Clerk Saw Apparition of His Daughter. Believing that he had seen the ap parition of his daughter and that this foretold of the nine-year-old girl suffering from scarlet fever Albert Mocller, a Brooklyn drug clerk, took an overdose of morphine and died in a hotel. Moeller is said to have seen the haunting vision on Sunday eve ning. He left home on Monday and nothing more was heard of him uutil he was dying in the hotel. t Negro Killed dn .Manning. Walter Davis, colored, was killed at Manning lriday night at a negro dance, although there were quite a number in attendance no one seemed to know how the killing was done. The coroner empanelled a jury and the testimony was heard, but the jury thought it advisable to postpone its findings. t for J. S. Farnum, called the State on the long distance 'phone Thursday night and stated that he had heard I in Asheville the allegation that Far nun: is a fugitive from justice. 'The charge is ridiculous,' said Mr. Mor decai, 'The fact is that Farnum is on, one of his regular business trips and on his return to Charleston will sur render and cive bond, and I so stated to the attorney general, Mr. Lyon. "Any charge that Farnum has closed out the greater part of his business in Charleston and in com pany with his family, has left the State is absurd and I wish to deny ORANGEBUR* "And -II t: THE APPELT BILL To Impose a Tax of $5,000 on Liquor Drummers. Posses, the Senate by a Large Ma jority?It Will Exclude Whis key Drummers From the State. At the night session of the senate Thursday Mr. AppeU's bill providing for a license tax upon liquor drum mers passed a third reading and was ordered sent to the house, but not until it was amended by providing that the tax shall be $5,000 instead of $1,000 as proposed in the original bill. The bill was taken up under the head of special orders shortly after the night session was convened. Be fore there was any debate, Senator Graydon moved to strike out the en acting words, the vote on that motion being as follows: Yeas (to kill the bill)?Bass, Black, Clifton, Earle, Hough, Laney, Raysor, Stackhouse and Williams. Nays (for t!ic bill)?Appelt, Blease Brice, Brooks, Carlisle, Car penter, Crouch, Gibson, Griffin, Har diu, Harvey, Holliday, Johnson, Mauldin, McGowan, McKeithan, Otts, Sinkler, Smith, Sullivan, Talbert, Toole, Townsend Mr. Rogers wanted no $1,000 li cense issued in any prohibition coun ty He did not want to license drum mers because they may be debarred by federal legislation. Mr. Appelt fought this and wanted his bill kept intact. Senator Crouch was strenuous in his support of the bill and favored a $5,000 license. Mr. Carlisle said the courts have held that a license fee will stand the tests of the courts and he fav ored the bill. Mr Rogers' amendment to prohibit licenses in prohibitio.n counties was killed Mr. Courch had the license fixed at S"),()o0 per county for soliciting liquor orders, which is deemed ab solutely prohibitive. Mr. Rogers was persistent and wanted Marlboro county excluded from the bill No license to sell li quor has ever been issued in that county for 50 years, and he seriously opposed any aud every license sys tem Mr. Brice said a drummer could now solicit liquor orders in dry counties and as he saw it the prop osition was simply to collect a li cense from outside drummer1? \v! now solicit orders without paying a cent and he felt the $5,000 license would keep drummers out of the dry counties Dr. Biack was opposed to any Fort of license; he was not in favor of these drummers coming here at all. He felt that this license would give the semblance of authority to solic it business. He wanted them barred from the State. Mr Rogers' amendment exempting he windowa of my heart I open to the a: Marlboro county from the Provision? of the bill was adopted by a vote of 20 to 11. T'ljft bill was amende] r.o as not to apply to Lancaster as well. Mr. Raysor offered an amendment to make it a criminal offense to silie it orders. That he urged would avoid the objections as to a license system. Mr Otts thought this would not stand the tests of the courts. The Raysor amendment was kilted. The bill was finally ordere.l sent to the house providing for a $5,u?0 license for drummers soliciting li quor orders for Interstate shipment. This license is applicable in each county in which such interstate ship ment may be solicited. Senator Ar. pelt thinks his bill will do much to kill the promiscuous soliciting of li quor orders, which he declared had become a nuisance in his section. t HE PROTECTED HER. Married His Cousin to Prevent Her Marrying Another. A special to The Augusta Chroni cle from Albany, Ga., says the con tracting parties to a marriage Sun day were Miss Lemmie Giddens and Mr. B. T. Giddens, both of Worth county. Miss Gidden's father objected to her receiving the attentions of a cer tain young man of the neighborhood. He ordered his daughter to remain in the house day and night. B. T. Giddens, a third cousin, went to her father, and offered to co-operate in the plan to save her from the objec tionable suitor. Young Giddens kept his part of the bargain so far as other men were concerned, but he construed the agreement liberally in favor of him self and married the girl. t GOES UP FOR LIFE. From the Lunatic Asylum to the State Penitentiary. John Beard was convicted at. Gainesville, Ga., of murder on last: Thursday an: ordered sent to the! penitentiary for life, for the murder: of w. 0. Hammond, his father-in-j law The killing occurred three years ago. On the first trial Heard entered an insanity plea He was sent to the otate sanitarium at Milledgeville. Lately he was declared by the au thorities there ha have been restored lo mental health. He was brought back to Hall county jind arraigned! for the killing, conviction result-, lug. tj MAN DROPPED DEAD And the Shock on Seeing Him Killed His Ncice. At Millville, N. J., Thursday, Rollin Nlckleson, a well known oyster ship per, dropped dead Thursday as he stepped from a train on his return home from Savannah, where he had been ill from typhoid fever. The body was taken to the home of a brother near the railroad and when Mildred Nickelson, a niece, saw it [she collapsed and died in a short i time. t iRUARY t, 1908. r ^.'f r 9--* . ' . -Williams in Philadelphia Ledger. DEATH IN A CYCLONE. Six Persons Killed Ou right and Several Others injund. Laid Waste a Strip of Fanning Conn try Three Quarters of a Mile Wide | and Several Miles Long. Six persons were killed outright Friday afternoon by a cyclone which laid waste a strip of farming coun try three-quarters of a mile wide and several miles long just north of Wes son, Miss. Four persons were probably fa tally wounaed by the storm, and many others were slightly hurt when their homes were blown down. The following persons were killed: Mrs. Ben Martin and her small children. Dave Martin. Fatally injured: Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Maddor. Unknown negro man Seriously injured: Wm. Allen, Miss Allen. The tornado struck about four o'ebek. Foi a distance of twenty miles in a northqsaterly direction the wind tore a pathway nearly a mile wide, partly or wholly destroy ing nearly every building in. this area. Scores of dead farm animals lit tered the storm's track. The resi. deuce of Mr. and Mrs. Maddox was blown completely off the promises and Mrs. Maddox's back was broken. A negro was found fatally injured In the debris of Robert Littleton's farm house. The cotton gn and store of Ras Matthews were almost wholly destroyed. At Georgetown buildings were blown down and at Hazelburst, two saw mills were destroyed, many fences and several small buildings were blown over, and some loss of life is reported Messengers reached Hazelhurst late Friday evening from the region swept by the storm in quest of phy sicians, all those available at that point going to the scene. - Consider able damage is reported to have oc curred at Millsays, twelve miles southeast of Hazelhurst. Darkness settled down 50 quickly after the cyclone that only an in complete estimate of the destruction "to life and property was obtained. Men in carriages arc driving through the district offering aid to the suf ferers, t Heavy Damage Reported. A cyclone is reported to have done I damage over a territory of consider 'able extent north of Brookhaven, j '.Miss., on last Friday. t| The Kentucky Deadlock, Tho joint assembly of Kentucky 'took one ballot for United Stales sen ator on Friday, which resulted as fol lows: Beckham 58; Bradley, 57; i Allen 7. . t PROHIBITION KILLED The House Refuses to Pass the Nash Prohibition BUI W. C. T. ?. Delegation Appears in Gallery Prepared to Assault the Legation With Hymns. The Nash bill to provide for State prohibition was killed by the House Thursday, the vote being nearly two to one During the progress of debate on the bill a delegation of W. C. T. U. members appeared in the gallery and took seats They had open hymn books in their hands and it was evi dent that they were prepared to sing hymns at the psychological moment. The attention of Mr Nash was called to their presence, and at his reauest the Rev. A. N. Brunson, of the itlain Street, M. E. Church, of Columbia, went to the gallery and suggested that it would be better not to make any demonstration Meanwhile Speaker Whaley had in structed the sergeant-at-arms to strictly enforce the rules and sup press any demonstration at once. The ladies, however, acceded to the suggestion of the prohibitionists on the floor and there was no expres sion whatever The vote on the motion to strike out the enacting words was as fol lows, the ayes being opposed to the Nash prohibition bill and the nays in favor of it: Ayes?Speaker Whaley and the following representatives: Ayer, Bal lentine, Banks, Beattie, Boyd, Brant ley, A G Brice, F M Bryan, Cannon, Carson, Carwile, Cosgrove, Cothran, Cox, Croft, Culler, DeVore, Dick, Dixon, Doar, Dowling, Fraser, Frost, Gary, Glasscock, Gyles, Hall, Harley, Harman, Harris, Harrison, Hughes, Hydrick, Kellahan, Lawson, Legare, McMaster, Miley, Miller, Nickols, Mckolson, Richardson, Rucker, Saw yer, Saye, Sellers, Shipp, Slaughter, K. P. Smith, Spivey, Stillmell, Stubbs, Thomas, Todd, Von Kolnitz Van derhorst, Wade, Wallace, Wiggins? 62 Nays?Arnold, Bailey, T S. Brice, W. D. Bryan, Carrigan, Clary, Clink scales, Courtney, Derham, Dingle, J. B. Dodd, Douglass, Epps, Gause, J. P. Gibson, Goodwin, Greer, Hardin, Hlnton, Johnstone, Jones, Kershaw, Kirven, Lane, Lester, Leitner, Mc Coll, McKeown, Mann, Morrell, Nash, Nesbitt, Niver, Norton, Parker, Pat terson, Reaves, Ricnards, Robinson, Scarborough, Scruggs, Sharpe, D. L. Smith, J. E. Smith, Verner, Wanna maker, Wimberly, Woods, Wyche, Yeldell?51. The following pairs were announc ed: Bethume nay Garris aye; Gibson aye, Tatum nay; Major nay, You mans ye; Aull nay, Tompkins aye. The clincher was then put r-n the motion to kill. t HUMAN* LOTTERY Theatre Management Advertises to Give Away a Little Baby Incensed at what they term an "insult to motherhood," certain wo men in Minneapolis, Miss, are band ing together in an effort to compel the manager of a local theatre to desist from his denounced plan of giving awuy chances on a six-weeks old child to all women who attend a matinee performance at the play house in the near future, and as a last resort declare they will attempt to secure an injunction from the court to prevent it The theatre maintains that it is a legitimate advertising scheme in which many women who wish a child will be more than willing to partic-* ipate. The baby has been provided, and if nothing happens to prevent, the human lotrery will take place as outlined, the child going to the hold er of the lucky number, but the in dignant mothers say that the "san ctity of the American home" is at stake and they think they can stop the lottery. t NINE MINERS PERISH. Killed by Explosion in West Virgin ia Coal .Mine. Nine miners Thursday met sudden death in the New River Valley col lier known to miners as the Lower Boone Mine, near Hawys Nest, W. Va., in an explosion that partly, wrecked the mine. About 25 men were in the mine at the lime of the explosion. Those who escaped suffered only slight in jury. One of the bodies was thrown out of the mine and into a tree sev eral yards from the shaft Bowles, one of the dead men, who was blown j down the incline was the only man not instantly killed His arms and | legs were blown off. 11 KEEP TO THE RIGHT. The Duty of ChalTeurs is to Be on the Lookout. A decision by the district court of appeals at Los Angeles, Cat., recent ly declares in effect that automobil ists are obliged to look out for the pedestrians and keep from running them down and that pedestrians can not be charged with contributory negligence: if they do not keep ot't of the way of automobiles. The de cision confirms a judgment for ?T, 000 damages awarded Stanley King who had been run down by an au tomobile of E. K. Green. t 0 81.50 PEB ANNUM. KING SHOT DOWN The Crown Prince Also a Victim otthe Assassins. KILLED ON THE SPOT Were Three of the Murderers, and the City of Lisbon Was in an Up roar?The Tradegy Occurred While King Carlos, Queen Amelie and Their Two Sons Were Riding in the Streets of the City. King Carlos, of Portugal, and the Crown Prince Luiz Phillippe were as sassinated Saturday afternoon while riding along the streets of Libson on their way from the raiload station to the palace. The King's second son, the Infanta Manuel, was slightly wounded, but Queen Amelie, who strove to save the Crown Prince's life by throwing herself upon him, was unhurt. A band of men waiting at the cor ner of Praco Do Commercio and the Rua Do Arsenal suddenly sprang to ward the open carriage, in which the family were driving to the palace, and leveling carbines which they had concealed upon them fired. The King and the Crown Prince, upon whom the attack was directed, were o.ich shot three times and they lived only long enough to be carried to the ma rine arsenal near by, where they ex pired. Almost at the first shot the King fell back on the cushions dying, and at the same moment the Crown Prince was seen to half arise and then sink back on the seat. Queen Amelie jumped up and threw herself toward the Crown Prince in an ap parent effort to save his life at the cost of her own, but the Prince had received his death wound. The guard fired upon the assassins and killed three of them. A strong guard was in attendance because of the recent uprising in the city and the discovery of a plot to assassinate Premeri Franco and ov erthrow the monarchy. But the band of murderers had selected the most advantageous spot for the com mission of their crime, for they were concealed from the eyes of the police until the carriage had wheeled into the Praco Do Commercio, a large square. Before any of the guard were aware of what was happening the assassins leaped toward the car riage and instantly a fusiade of shots rang out. Ia a moment all was terrible con fusion, the King and Crown Prince was shot down without the slightest chance to save themselves Police guards sprang upon the regicides, the number of whom is somewhat un certain, and killed three of them and captured three others. One of these committed suicide after being placed in prison. It is charged that one or the murderers was a Spaniard nam ed Cardova The news swept through the ci{y like fire through dry grass, and the populace is panic stricken, not knowing where the next blow may fall. There is the greatest dread for the future of the country, which seems on the verge of being 1)1 tinged into the awful throes of a revolution with all the attendant horrors and bloodshed Throughout the city consternation reigns, and all the houses and business places are. barricaded. An examination of the wounds oT the King, who was already dead when he reached the arsenal, showed that three bullets had found their mark. One wound was situated at the nape of the neck, a second in the shoulder and the third, which was the fatal wound severed the carotid artery. The Crown Prince, who was stll breathing, but who died almost im mediately, after admission to the ar senal, had suffered three wounds in the head and chest. Two bullets had struck Prince Manuel, one in the low er jaw and another in the arm. Queen Maria Pia, the mother of King Carlos, the Duke of Oporto, his brother, a number of the ministers and Court officials hastened at once to the palace when the news reached them of the attack upon the royal family. The cold blooded murder has sent a thrill of horror throughout the country. King Carlos was the son of the late King Louis and spouse, the Princess Pia, daughter of King Victor Immanuel, of Italy, and was born on September -S, i.He succeeded to the throne October 10,1 SS9. Ho married in 1 SOG the Princess Amelie, of Orleans, the daughter of the Count of Paris, and had two sons, Prince Louis Philippine, Duke of Braganza, the Crown Prince, born in 1SST, the Prince Manuel, Duke of Beja, born in 18S9 A dispatch from Lisbon, Monday says: A reign of terror exists throughout the entire country. Most of the people think revolution is cer tain and that the country will be plunged into the throngs of civil war. The city is swarming with troops. Many of these, it is feared, are dis loyal and this adds to the confusion and terror of the people. Guns have been planted in position to cover all approaches to the royal palace, the Paco des Necssldades. Squadrons of cavalry are stationed at various points, ready to charge mobs in any part of the city. Troops are guard ing the residence of Premier Franco and the homes of all the principal government officials.