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ESTABLISHED IN 1? FORAKER TREED, - Seems to be a Tool Of Standard Oil Co. ? HE GOT CHECKS. Ooe Letter from Archbold Speaks of a Deposit of Fifty Thousand Dollars to the Senator's Credit.! What Foaker Says. la a speech at Columbus, Ohio, Hearst charged the Republican party with being the beneficiary of th? trust corruption. He said he had I legal evidence and documentary! proof. Hearst then read four letters j from Archbold, John D. Rockefeller's' right-hand man, to Senator Foraker. Of Ohio, who is now a member of j ihe United States Senate. The first j letter refers to two bills, one men-1 - tiosed as house bill number 500, inj relation to foreign corporations I against which he desired a demon-j etration made. Following It, 1? days' later, the second letter refers to the senator's favor for 515,000. The| third refers to "Another very objec-j tionable bill," which he hoped there I would be no difficulty in killing. The fourth is as follows: "Tweaty-six Broadway, April 17, 1900. "My Dear Senator: I enclose you certificate of deposit to your favor , of $ 14.500. We are greatly at a loss in the matter, but I send you this, and will be glad to have a frank .talk with you when opportunity of fers, if you so desire. "I need scarcely again express our great gratificaiton over the fav orable outcome of affairs. "Very truly yours, JOHN D. ARCHBOLD. "Hon. J. B. Foraker, 1500 Sixteenth Street. Washngton, D. C." What Foraker Suys. United States Senator Foraker Friday issued the following state ment in reply to the charges made Thursday night at Columbus by W. R. Hearst. - "I don't know whether the letters given out by Mrv Hearst are true or not, but I assume they are. for Z was then.engaged in the practice of, law arid was employed by the Stan dard Oil Company as one of its coun sel in connection with its affairs dn Ohio, where it was attacked in the courts and in the legislature. 'While I don,'t now recall the de tails, remember that I rendered the company such service as 1 could and charged for it and was paid. "The employment had no refer ence whatsoever to anything pending in congress or to anything in which the Federal Government had the slightest interest. "That I was so employed and presumably compensated *for my ser vices, was common knowledge at the 'time; at least I never made any ef fort to conceal the fact; on the con trary. I was pleased to have people know that I had such clients. "It had not then become discred itable., but was (Considered just the reverse to be employed by such cor porations." 5te?Mii Rffplie*. At St. Louis, Mr., Hearst on Fri day night in a speech said: "Mr. Foraker replies in charac teristic Republican manner. He ad mits that he did serve the Standard ,?? and is proud of it. His state ment Is .based on letters I read last ?igbt. If he had seen the. letter I am going to read tonight, he would hare denied the whole matter." . Tae first letter follows: "?? Broadway, New York. Jaauasy 27,/t$02. s "Sly Dear Senator: Responding to your favor of the 25,tb, it gives use pleasure to hand you herewith 'certificate of deposit for $50,000 la accordance with our understanding. Your letter states the conditions cor rectly, and I trust the transacion will be successfully consumated. Very truly yours. "JOHN O. ARCHBOLD. "Hoc. .1. B. Foraker. Washington. D. C." The second letter as read by Mr. Hearst was as follows: L'6 Broadway. New York. February 25, 1902. 'My I>ear Senator: I venture to write you a word re the bill intro duced by Senator .(ones, of Arkan sas, known as S. 04 9. intended to amend tbe Act "To protect trade and commerce against unlawful re straints and monopolies.' etc.. in troduced by him December 4. it really seems as though this bill is very unnecessarily severe, ami even vicious. Is it not much better to test the application of the Sher man Act before resortlug to a meas ure of this kind? I hope you will feel so about it and I will be greatly pleased to have a word from yon on the subject. The hill is. I believe, still in committee. ??With kind regards, yours very t ruly, .10MX D. ARCHBOLD. "Hon. -I. B. Foraker. Washing ton. D. C" ?'The bill referred to in tttis letter is the one introduced by Senator Jones, of Arkansas, in the United States Senate. Consequently Mr. Foraker's statement does not say when he had anything to do in Con gress. "There is no greater danger to this Republic than this power of money employed for evil. There !69. GIGANTIC SCitME PLAN BIGGEST WAREHOUSE L\ THE WORLD. The Prime Object of the .Movement Is to Control the Cotton Crop, and Its Price. A dispatch from New Orleans says ; the New Orleans Cotton Exchange I and the cotton merchants and plan ters of that section of the country will ask the state of Louisiana to construct a gigantic cotton ware house o? the river front in the city of ! New Orleans. The plans are anr I uounced by W. B. Thompson, presi dent of the Cotton Exchange. The proposed warehouse will be the larg est in the world, and will be big enough to store the entire cotton [crop of the South. It will cost sev erak million dollars, i The prime object of the move ment is to control the cotton crop and the prices of the staple. In addition to the support of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange, It has the backing of the Southern Cotton As sociation. Discussing the matter. President Thompson of the Cotton Exchange, said that the plan meant millions of dollars saved for the people vof the South. j "We are convinced that the ware house should be a quasi-public insti tution, in which the city and the state will be interested," he said. J "According to our plans a commis sion would be appointed and will di I rect the affairs of the warehouse as other public commissions carry on the work alloted to them. "In the first place, we will have to convince the outside world that the warehouse which we have plan ned and which will make New Or leans by far the greatest cotton center in the world, is not a money making enterprise. If a company were organized to build the structure it would necessarily have to pay a dividend. No one would subscribe on a philanthropic basis, and it would have to be shown that a profit would accrue. "Therefore we would have to make a profit-making charge for handling the cotton." As a public utility the charges would be min imized. We would only want to charge enough to pay the interest on the bonds, the cost of mainten ance and certain reserve fund to pay for wean and tear. The ramifications of the ware house project which we have planned are more potential, considerable and numerous than that of any economi cal movement which has come to my attention within the last dec.-de. It would bring many millions of foreign capital here. "Now when the securities of lo cal companies, no matter how sol vent they may be. are offered to foreign capitalists, they do not know anything about the standing of local companies. Nor do they know any thing about the value of a cotton rflheipt from any warehouse com pany. Of course the people of New Orleans and the state know the standing of local companies, but this knowledge does not extend to all of the money centers. "But when the public warehouse [is built, the receipts will be as good las gold and will be accepted as such I by foreign financiers, as they will (have the guarantee of the state on jit. This will bring millions Of caj) jital here." * NIGHT RIDERS Wars Farmers Not to Haul ("ottos '?? '? ? " . ? to the Gins. ?A jdispatch from SandersviU?, :Mlss;.. \ says night riders . have ap peared in Jones county, and three prominent farmers received notic es Monday night to haul no more cotton to gin, or else they would "get paid" as they returned home. A general notice was also placed on the public roads warning all far. I mers to cease hauling cotton after September 14. Considerable ex citement prevails and farmers near I town are rushing their cotton in ! while those farther away have coas ted hauling to the sins. (sinners Alse Warned. . i A dispatch from Laurenceville, j Ca.. says night riders have posted written notices, painted with red hands on them in several sins of this county warning the proprietors that their uins will be burned to the ground should a boll of cotton be ginned liefere the price of cotton [reached 11' cents. !t i-; reported 'that simiiar warnings have been 'posted on many sins and oil mills over the county. Gin Insurance Cancelled, jj A special from Quitman, .Miss.. I says people in this section are very i much wrought up over the alleged Inighl riders who have been operat ing in the southern part of this county. The matter became serious today when it was learned that some of the insurance companies had no tified their agents to cancel then policies on cotton gins in this dis trict. * are no greater criminals than those trusts that corrupt the public serv ants. "The Republican party has long been maintained by these criminal I commissions." * OBANGEBUEG, NOW Prestc-eru rloo dt nas recently a ?ong of the American people. BRYAN THE MAN Senator Titlman Thinks the Dem ocrats will Win This Fall. ) GIVES HIS REASONS Which Was Published in the Paris Edition of the New' York Herald. The Senator May Tnke a Hand in the Campaign on His Return. Dr. J. w. Babcock brought back with him from his European trip a number of newspapers and news paper clippings, one of which is o: considerable interest. R is an in terview in which Senator Tillman on the -22nd of August expressed his belief that Mr. Bryan will 'be elected president. .Dr. Babcock says that Senator Tillman is deeply interested In the campaign and wishes to come back and get into it. The Senator's 'pla,;s at present are to sail fdr America on the 17th of October. The ipter.yiew referred t.o was sent b}' Mr. Crockett. London correspon dent of the Paris edition of the Xew York Herald- and is as follows: Among all the jirophets of .Dem ocratic success at the coming elec tions, none is more confident that United State Senator Benjamme R. Tillman of South Carolina. who, after an extensive continental to-ir. is enjoying his first visit to London. "It muy be that the wish Is father to the thought," said Senator Till man, when I encountered him at the office of the AmericaVi.-Express > Oopmany. 'but it looks to u*a as If; Mr. -Bryan has a powerful ..k'Opd, T.france tii- cleaning up the other crowd this itime. Iu tbr first place he has be/ta nominated in spite of the best organized newspaper fight; against him cv&r known, thus demon strating his Inflate strength with the rank and tile of tfce DtsmocnU^? party. "Mi* Taft, on the contrary, has been uominated solely at the dicta tion of Mr. Roosevelt and aga?n?U the wishes of the masses in the Re publican party. While Mr. Ta'.'i. it-' a lovable character In every way, and 1 don't wish to be construed as saying anything against him as ;? man, his self-obliteration and whi< ? I should call the element of sub serviency shown in his visit to Oyster Hay to have his speech revised, ate not in his favor. ; ? . ,'i ?? i '?er fact s t bat inns' appeal in the people. If. for :n , stance, we are going to Mexic.'iniy...' ; our country by having a presideul [appoint bis successor, througgh tin* machinery of the Republican pnrlj land the use of officeholders lo stock ja nominating convention it is simplj Igoing to make a great slump down ward in the history of the American republic. A gain, if the count n is really in love with, and anxious to have carried out the reform-, which Mr. RooseveU stole from the Democrats and proclaimed as 'my policies.' the people will recognize that Mr. Bryan more fully repre sents those ideas than does Mr. Taft. "Then, again, the vice presidential nomination of the Republican con vention is an insult to the name of reform. Eevrybody in Washington is familiar with Mr. Sherman's align ment with the plutocratic influence of the country, and unless I mis take the character of the people generally they will consider that his notriuation was a surrender to plu-1 S. C. TUESDAY, SEPTEl rIE TELLS US WHAT WE SHAL WILL BE HUNG. For the Monier Which Led to the Springfield Rioting. Joe James, the negro slayer of Clergy A. Ballard. of Springfield, Illinois, must pa ythe penalty of death upon the gallows for his crime. The fixing of punishment at death was returned at 6:10 o'ciock last afternoon, after the jury had deliberated since I0:4.r> in the morn ing. The prisoner was in the court room and beard the verdict of the jury. He could not u'ter a sound and took the report of the twelve men without a tremor. Clergy A. Ballard, the mine engineer, was killed on the night of July 4th. Blanche Ballard, 24 years old. was awakened late at night by the negro [in her bed room. Her screams at tracted her rother, who rushed to I her assistance. Ballard in his night clothes was unarmed, helpless and was stabbed to death. The removal of James and the negro Richardson from the jail by Sheriff Werner pre cipitated the bloody riots in which r seven Ives were lost. * FOUR MUX LOST. I Deserted From Their Ship and Was [ Lost. The barkentino Fremont, which arrived from the Arctic at. San Fran cisco Friday, brought news of the probable death of four members of the crew, who deserted on May 16, and started to reach Unalaska-. They were Manuel Irrens, Leon Walzer, .John .lorgenson and James McDon ald. They started on the perilous trip late one night during, the height of a storm. A search was made for them but without success,- and sev eral days later the Dory they had occupfe^raww picked up at Dublin Bay. It is:believed that all, of .the men perished. They. had been dis satisfied for some time over the amount of their spring allowance.* tocrtiay/ while'i "Mr. Taft's- friends are denying 'everything that is cal culated to lose him any'votes. ! Tnere is still another important consideration which will influence the election of Mr. Bryan. The panic of last winter has le!'t only unpleasant recollections and an amount of dnmnge to business which is now relatively small. Things seem to be aTmost normal at present. But whatever It was, the harm re sulted with Republicans in possession of the branches of the government in spite of a protective tariff, in spite of a sold standard. "The money question Is no Issuf *ie\v, and can nol be made one. Mr Bryan's altitude in ISflll and I'.iOG wouldn't Inlluence even ;; uervom baby much less a sensible voter, am! unless Hu- American masses are ;?t* solntely besotted, of which, in my opinion. ihere is nol the slightest indicat ion, they will realize thai t ? allow one party to remain in powei indefinitely is nol healthy or foi the good of the country. Conrider. besides, the disaffection in the \V:-si over the tariff, the clamor for Mr. Roosevelt's programme, which Mr. Bryan represents, and yon will see thai Mr. Bryan can't keep from ?Vin ning "I don't think that much car In done with the tariff next session," said Mr. Tillman in answer to a qmstion. "Two-thirds of the .-en ate is against any reduction, and !f there is to be a change this iilc majority would a'.hc: favor tin -n crease. Every if a Democratic pres ident and house were elected, wouldn't Mr. Aldrich just sit there in the senate and laugh at any tar iff bill sent from across the way?"* ABER2-J. 1?(>8. L SING! \_ 'f-^j' 35.:. Republic" should become the national ?p in N?w Orleans Timea-Dameerat. LOCUST PLAGUE. Wide Areas in South America Made Desolate by It. . NO REMEDY IS FOUND Five Governments Fighting the Fest, Which Is Yearly Getting Werse. Swarms of Locusts Sixty Miles Long and Ten Miles Wide. A cable dispatch a while ago de scribed how in the province of Catamarra, Argentina, many women had fallen to the ground in convul sions of weeping and for a lime were almost bereft of their senses, repeat ing over and over only the words: "The locusts, the locusts!" It was the third successive session in which they had seen the skies darkened with clouds of locusts that settled down upon their fields and plains, destroying the crops and every ves tige of the vegetation on which their cattle and sheep subsist. No other part of the world has in recent years suffered from such a plague of locusts as the agricultural State of sub-tropical and temperate. South America?Argentina, Bolivia, Southern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay share the affliction. . In these reelons the swarms have been steadily increasing, for a num ber of years. They are supposed to originate in tho southerly part of the Amazon basin and tar the Chaco, of Bolivia, and of Northern Argen -?xa. ff- ?-'."' They 'come from - the- north in clouds that sometimes';, darken the sun and some of the swarms have been estimated to be sixty miles long and from twelve to fifteen miles wide. But these billions of flying Insects, are only the forerunners of the greater mischief to come. They make desolate the area in which they settle, but often jump wide areas in their flight. Before they take to the wins they lay bill ions of eggs In the warm earth which in a few weeks become hoppers. It is this young, voracious brood, be fore it can fly. that utterly strips the land of ereryhing green as though it had been burned over. All the Governments are lighting the evil. Two years ago the Argen tine Government organized a bureau tinder th'- name of dofonsa general igriecia para for the destruction of he loeust. Lasi year the Argentine Congress placed $4,.riOO.0(Ml at the lisposal of this commission. Sub-committees represent the u.-u ?ral commission in every department exposed to these invasions and they extend from the northern limit of agriculture in the republic to the Neukuen River, almost to Patagonia. Evervything possible is done to min imize the damage. A fine of 100 pesos is imposed up on any settle:- failing to report to the sub-committee in his district the presence of iocust swarms or hop tier eggs on his land. An organized .service embracing thousands of men L in readiness at any moment to send a force to any place where danger is reported; The most ef fective war is wagedj uga'inst the young hoppers. The official report is that as many as 52.000 hopper eggs have been counted in a space less than three and a half feet square. A prodigious ??3 SOME HOT TALK HASKELL CALKS HEARST A LIAR AM) Offers tc# Prove It If the New York Editor Will Give Him a Chance / Refoie an Impartial Jury. Governor Haskell, of Oklahoma, who is treasurer of the National Democratic Committee, Sunday night gave out at Chicago the following telegram, which he said he had sent to W. R. Hearst: "William R. Hearst, care New York American, New York, N. Y. "Sir: You are stating in speech and press in substance that during the year 1899. when Attorney Gen eral Frank S. Monnett. of Ohio, had several cases pending in the supreme court of that State against the Standard Oil Company, that I sought to influence him to dismiss those, suits. I have said, and now repeat that your statement Is absolutely false, and that I never had any re lations of any kind or character1 with the Standard Oil Company. Our conflicting statements prove nothing. You, as newspaper man, may and should desire a reputation for truthfulness; I, as a public of ficial, demand that those who ac cuse me stand forth and make known their proof. You know that a suit against you for civil damages, or a criminal procecution for libel, means long delay and affords your char acter of journalism a chance to cover your expenses before being called upon to settle. do mot want your money; simply desire to expose you to the public as a false accuser who has distorted public records and manufactured statements for base political purposes. For the purpose of forever settling this infamous slander which you are circulating in your newspapers and on tue stump. I now propose that a com mittee of five or any three of them, contused of the editors of the Springfield. Mass., Republican, the Chicago Journal, the New York World, the Indianapolis News and the St. Louis Republic, be selected to hear you and me under oath and all other evidences they may de sire as to the truth or falsity of your charge, at the earliest possible moment, and render their decision to the public in 'writing. Should this committee lind your charge sus tained I shall withdraw from all connection with the present presiden tial campaign. Should the verdict be against you. as I know it will, there need be no other penalty than the public contempt due every as sassion of character. C. H. HASKELL." 0 Greek Stabbed Greek. At Birmingham. Ala.. Sunday, Peter Ponotebr, a Greek, was stabbed to death by George Colefas, another Greek, at the former's lunch stand on Nineteenth street. How the difficulty started is not known. A small butcher's knife was used and Ponateor's body was literally slashed to pieces. Colefas escaped.* number of the young msecjs are destroyed soon after hatching by means of sprinkling carts filled with 1 iguicjH. SU1J many Pi tfteni escape and tho country they cover is too vast to be entirely treated with the sprinkling process. Fortunately the young hoppers have a habit that fa cilitates the destruction of millions of them. By the time they are two weeks old they have develpped an enormous appetite. But they do not set out to eat up the world in thin ?rray-'?r scathered detachments. . . They collect here and there .fn compact .masses to move forward on the food, and when an army of hop pers advances from one space to another, there Is nothing left to eat on tjje ground they have desert ed. They cannot fly, they move for ward only from 400 to COO feet ? day. Now is the time to trap them. In front of them a trench is dug about six feet deep and wide and 100 to 200 feet long. From each end of the trench peaces of sheet tin about seventy-five feet long and a foot and a half high arc stuck into the ground, forming two lines of fence spreading fanlike from the ends of the trench. These fences are etended lill their outer ends are hundreds of Teel apart, wide enough ? to enclose the flanks of the invad ing army. Then all is ready for the drive. It is hol work, beginning at sun ' rise, and nil ihe selllers and the Government tuen sent to their ;iii| I take psiri in ir with weapons that ate effective, though they arc only pieces of cloth, with which they flap the ground and urge the hoppers forward. Very often darkness falls and the rear guard of the hoppers has not yet reached the brink over which they tumble to their fate. The [hoppers w'l| not stir till sunrise, and then the Happing of the cloth is I resinned rill ths particular army is I engulfed. The crops and grass just I ahead are safe for a while. : Bui such work as this spread over ? several counties is enormously ex pensive and is only a palliative of the terrible evil, not a remdey for it. A remedy has not yet been found. Can the plague of locusts be quenched if attacked at its head sources-.' Is there any parasite or natural enemy of the insect that can lie introduced to quench the plague or mitigate it? Such ques tions as these are now being anxious ly discussed in South America. ? *1.50 PER ANttUM. IMMENSE CROWD Hears Bryan In Nr* YjrJtSil Friday Hight GREAT ENTHUSIASM* | Shown on AH Sides as the Demo cratic Candidate Opened the Cam paign in Greater New York at Carnegie MaU. i democratic presidential campaign, in> greater New York had its advent Friday night when William J. Bryan at a mass, meptfhg'under the auspi ces of Tammany. Hail spoke before enthusiastic thousands who fllted '?Gaaegie-v'JIall .^and overflowed Into, the streets. The ovation ac c'orded:- to* the presidential candidate was a brilliant climax to a day in which a united party .paid Mr. Bryau a conspicuous reception. Mr. Bryan spoke for over an hour on "Republican Tendencies" at Car negie Hall, aud for over 10 minutes his audience applauded his appear ance on the platform. Before the meeting the candidate spoke from a cart tail to an over flowing gathering of New York's thousands who stormed the line of / police to gain admission to the hall. On his arrival in Now York Friday, Mr. Bryan spoke at a noonday meet ing and during the afternoon held constant levees at his hotel where Democratic, leaders in the city and State called upon him. Previous to the Carnegie Hall meeting Mr. Bryan was entertained at dinner at the home of Milbert E. Cary. On approaching Carnegie Hall a little later Mr. Bryan was given an ovation by a crowd of 10,000 or more persons who could not get in the hall. The candidate was taken to a flag draped cart and from it he made a brief speech. He was cheered re peatedly, especially when a man in the crowd tried to argue with him and Bryan made a squelching reply. "I can speak to you only briefly, as* I have a long speech to make inside," said Mr. Bryan. "Let me call your . attention to the marked difference between the Republican, platform and ours. The Republican platform is different especially in not outlining necessary legislation. Our platform tells the public what we think of what ought to be done. We take the people into our confidence and thus we show not only our faith in the merits of our policies hut also in the intelligence of the voters. ; "Now there are four propositiona as to labor fes which we stand. First, we believe that there should be a department of labor with a eab of the trust law. "Second, we believe that labor should be taken out. of the operaion of he rus law. "Third, we believe that an indus trial dispute should not be sufficient cause for the Issuance of an injunc tion. "Fourth, we believe in trials by jjury In case of indirect contempt." A man who claimed to be a union iron worker here attracted the atten tion of Mr. Bryan and asked him if It were true that he had used the expression that workmen were a lot of- beggars when be was in congress: #1 speak as a representative of or ganized labor." the man added. ??No, you do not." shouted Mr. Bryan. "My record is well enough, known, so tbat.no representative of .organised Jabor would have to 8? ? me such aV<iuestioo." ?? . ? [:.>pid oi: did-you not, use that ?t 'pression?" insisted the man. Bryan^nswerpd:^'! shall not un dertake now or. at .any other time to answer any and-every.-statement that may be made by .those who are try ing to* help the Republican party until they get.an endorsement from the Republican party or Its repre sentatives." Mr. Bryan then left the cart and went into Carnegie Hall. When Secretary Smith of Tam many Hall called the mass meeting to order every seat was taken and every inch of space was filled. It was an enthusiastic audience and when Chairman Herman Bidder was I introduced the crowd applauded for 'several minutes. Mr. Bidder dwelt on tariff reform. While Congressman Sulzer was !speaking Mr. Bryan and his party stepped from an ?titranee upon the I stage. It was the Bryan demonstra tion of eight and twelve years ago that followed. .Men leaped to their ?chairs and yelled and shouted while the hand played lively tunes. Chair . man Bidder's voice was lost as he briefly introduced the Democratic candidate. When quiet was restored, alter a 10-minute outburst of enthusiasm. Mr. Bryan begad his speech. WANT TAFT DEFEATED. Mchigan State Federation of Labor Denounces Him. At Lousing, Mich., resolutions de nouncing William H. Taft, as an enemy of labor and local prohibi tion as an invasion of the personal reports of ctizens were adopted by the State Federation of Labor in ses sion Thursday. Only one dissenting vote was received when the anti- i Tafter's name "was offered.