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ESTABLISHED INT IS PRAISED THEM insurance Commissioner Lauds Mutual Fire insurance Cos. DOING A GOOD WORK He Says 'These Companies Have Saved Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars to the State and will Final ly Furnish the Very Cheapest In surance to Our People. Columbia, Nov. 10.?Insurance Commissioner McMaster yesterday made public that part of his report to ? the Governor referring to The mutual fire Insurance 'companies of the State, in which he says: "In the statistical part of my report will be found statements from a number of mutual fire insurance com ? panies. The majority of the compa nies have been chartered under the 'Mutual Protective Association' Act. Some few, whose charters antedated this Act, have their organization under special Acts. The statements of these companies are remarkable in a way, and the lessons to be learn ed therefrom are most encouraging, i? "I believe these companies show the way to secure insurance at low est possible cost, and point out the means whereby all money in ex cess of actual insurance cost may be kept at home, and In the pockets c* the people. Operated heretofore without supervision, and without that help and encouragement that should come from intelligent exam ination, the success of these compa nies has been truly remarkable, and they tell a story of honesty and fra ternity that entirely overshadows the failures of the few, which have been engaged in similar work, chartered under the same Act, but whose field of operations extended over the whole State. "It is the rule and not the excep tion that where these companies have confined their operations to the county in which organized, or .o that county and one adjoining coun ty they have proved successful. This has been due to an appreciation by the policyholders that they were in surers as well as insured. They have afforded protection at a remark ablly low cost, and I believe have taught the true principles of insur ance, i. e., simple indemnity against loss, and not speculation on fire risks, as nothing else could or would have done. Such instifutions must raise the moral tone of the commu nities in which they operate, and clearly they raise to th<J highest standard the 'moral hazard,' that bane of fire underwriters. "The statements of these compa nies are the more encouraging since they show the cost of insurance both in town and country. . j "Dieven of the companies have confined their operations practically to the country, four have their in surance entirely in the City of Charleston. As will be seen from the statements, the cost of insurance has varied practically from about 30j cents per $1.00 to about SO cents! per $100. "Without meaning to make any invidious comparisons, for there are others which have done probably just as good work, but because of its age, and the experiences through which it has passed, the Carolina Mutual Insurance Company, of Charleston, is deserving of special note. This company is now in its fifty-eighth year. ? It stands today with a clean record?all losses paid and $130,000 of cash ano invest ments to its credit. This company passed through the great fire of 1861 in Charleston. It paid its losses in full, and the loyalty of its members who, with almost one ac cord, met their heavy obligations then has been fully repaid by the savings the company has afforded them since. I am informed that this is the oldest mutual fire insur ance company in America today. "The Carolina Mutual and its fel lows, the Hibernian Mutual, the Germania Mutual and the Merchants Mutual, all of which confine them selves to the City of Charleston, have been the means of saving, I believe, without exaggeration, hun dreds of thousands of dollars to the citizens of Charleston. "There are ccrtaia amendments which I believe should be made to the Mutual Protective Association Act. The spirit of mutuality should be emphasized by making more spe cific the auuual meetings of the poli cy-holders and the election of di rectors by the po?cy-holdt rs. rt . quirements for stated meeting of the directors, who should be repre sentative of the territory covered, and the number of whom should be proportionate to the amount at risk. "The terms-of the Act should be extended to permit the organization of mutual .companies insuring'live stock, crops and probably health and accident, casualty and liability." The companies which have confin ed themselves practically to one county, and the disbursements, in cluding losses and expenses for one year, and the amount of insurance carried by each are the following: Abbeville-Greenwood Mutual Fire, of Abbeville, ? amount, $1,541,930, and total disbursements last year, $9,667.1 4. Anderson Mutual Fire, of Ander son. $326.522. Carolina Mutual Insurance Com^ WANTS TO GET LOOSE Prom His Father-in-Law Who Holds Him Fast. Spartanburg, Nov. 20.?Willie Tucker, a seventeen-year-old white boy, throngh his attorney, J. B. Atkinson, has brought habeas corpus proceedings before Judge Klug ask ing that he be delivered from the control of Peter Lindsay, his father in-law. The case is a most unusual one, the young man charging that he has been kept at work on Lindsay's farm, near Campobello, and hired out to work on the farms of other men In >thie community, and ithnt he has never received any compensation for his services. Tucker says that for the past nine months he has been living with Peter Lindsay, and while living with Lindsay he was persuaded to enter a marriage contract with Lindsay's daughter, Miss Mary Lindsay, but ?since his marriage he and his wife have not been allowed to occupy a separate room from other members of the family. Tucker further says that he has been required to work on his father in-law's farm without pay, and that Peter Lindsay has frequently hired him out to work on other farms in the surounding country. The young man alleges that he has often attempted to leave his father-in-law, but was threatened with violence and prosecution, and that he has been dreadfully abused and mistreated. ? CAUSES SIX DEATHS. Underground Fire at Red Lodge Mine Fatal to Workers. Butte, Mont., Nov.- 21.?Fine in the Northwestern Improvement Com pany's mine at Red Lodge today caused the death of six miners and entombed many others. Members of the fire department and volunteers rescued more than 100 men, many of whom were in jured or completely exhausted. All will recover. Tonight it is stated by the res cued miners that at least 64 men are still in the most dangerous part of the mine and it is impossible for the rescuers to get near them at present. The fire is terrific, judging from the volume of smoke and flames emitted from one entry. Coal cars and lumber are ablaze and the dam age to property will be heavy, j An iron pipe was laid into the mine and there is now a flow of wa ter playing on the flames. The'fire itself is said to be confined to a small area, but- the gas and smoke have spread to the various work-' Ings. The company operating the Red Lodge mines is controlled by the Northern Pacific railroad* Most of the miners employed are foreigners. A similar disaster at' this property cost the lives of eight miners. RESCUED FROM SCHOONER. Captain of Six Sailors of the John M. Brown are Picked Up. San Juan, Porto Rico, Nov. 23.? Capt. Stevens and six sailors of tue American schooner John M. Brown, which foundered at sea on October 30, were brought into Arroyo .three days ago by the schooner Brookline. The John M. Brown left Bruns wick, Ga., on October 15. She en countered a gale and it is believed that she rammed a floating logg. She gradually filled and when the captain saw that her condition was hopeless the crew launched a naph tha launch on board, stored It with provisions and put off from the sink ing vessel. The men were five days In tne launch before they were sighted and picked up by the Brookliae. pany, of Charleston, $4,404,090, and total disbursements last year, $8, 649.59. Farmers' Mutual Fire m Insurance Company, of Gaffney, $500,000.' Farmers' Mutual Insurance Asso ciation, of Walhalla, $280,000. Farmers' Mutual Insurance Asso ciation, of Newberry, $397,783, and total disbursements for last year, $1.210.36. Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of Union, $818,000, aad total disbursements last year, $1. 2S3.24. Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of Winnsboro, $200.000. Farmers' Mutual Insurance A*w> ciation of Chester, $375,000, and total disbursememti last year, $S00.75. Farmers' Mutual Insurance Com pany, of York, $751,125, and total disbursements last year $2.617.74. Germania Mutual Fire Ineurance Company, of Charleston, $1,123,950, sad "total disbursements laut year, $4.897.96. Hibernian Mutual Fire Iasurance Company, of Charleston, $1,547,S00, and total disbursements laat year $7,451.25. Merchants' Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of Charleston, $334,46?, and total disbursements last year, $629.74. .Farmers' Mutual Iusurance Asso ciation, of Hartsville, $3 65,030, and total disbursements last year, $454.10. Pee-Dee Mutual Fire Insurance Assooiation, of Mullins, $349,673. and total disbursements last year, $3.974.77. OBANGEBTJBC SUDDEN DEATH Reaps Awful Harvest In a Brook lyn Street Friday. TWENTY-FIVE DEAD Catestrophe Caused by the Ignition of Gas?Leaking Pipes, Admit ting Flame, Responsible for the Disaster?Fire and Geysers of Wa ter Spurt in Air Through Debris. New York, Nov. 20.?Twenty-five persons are believed to have lost their lives and an explosion of gas which tore up a great section of Gold street, Brooklyn, today. It is de finitely known that. 15 persons were buried under the hundreds of tons rf earth.And timber that were thrown into the air by .the erplosion, and 10 more persoas are reported as missing. The exact number of dead can not be determined until tomor row, for those working to recover the entombed bodies nv!<=t dig through 50 feet of dirt, rock and a tangle of pipes and timbers. Th? explosion occurred '.n an ex cavation 50 feet deep that hid been made in Gold street between York and Front streets, where a wat-sr main was being laid. The gas main recently sprung a leak and in a manner unknown a spark came in contact with escaping gas today. Immediately there was a terrific ex plosion that lifted the surface of the street for half a block In both directio?s and hurled dirt, paving stones and debris into the air. When the smoke and dust cleared away it was seen that the street had been opened from doorstep to doorstep over an area of nearly a block. The loosened earth and de bris had fal'on int ? the excavation, burying the score of laborers who we>-. a* work when 'he accident h?i> nenod. Great tongues of flames shot out of crevices in the street and be tween them geysers of water spurt ed into the air from a water main that had been shattered by the ?>? plosion/ Two bodies were sticking out of the wreckage. Gold street was crowded with scshool children when the explosion occurred, and that scores of children were not killed or injured was re markable. A woman and three children were almost opposite the excavation when the earth crumbled under their feet and they were swept down into the hole under tons of wreckage. Two other children were on the opposite side of the street when the street caved in aud they lost their lives. Samuel - Trout, foreman of the gang of laborers who were laying thi water main, was near the women and three children who lost their lives. As he felt the street tremble he rush ed forward in an endeavor to save them, but he lost his life in the at tempt. Trout's body was roasted to a cinder. Only four of the men working !,i the excavation escaped and their escape was remarkable. They were digging near the opening of a fotu foot sewer and the force of the ex plosion blew them to the entrance of it. Arthur Strand was hurled far therest and he pulled the other three men after him. Water from the broken main be gan to pour into the sewer and the four men, in danger of being drown ed, started to run toward the river, where there was an outlet to tne sewer. The explosion shook houses for blocks around. Thousands of per sons were attracted to the scene. Women living in the neighborhood, whose children had been on the street when the gas main blew up, rushed to the secne and ran about the excavation wringing their hands and calling for their little ones. Ia many instances they found their children after a brief search, but a number of boys and girls had been taken into a school nearby and thei' parents were frantic by the time tuey were found. The gas and water supplies werj turned off shortly after the explo sion. A force of 100 firemen was then put to work digging for bodies, but the task was necessarily slow be cause of the nature of the wreckage which had to be removed. Those known to be dead are. Samuel Trout, foreman; Fred ScheU meyer, inspector of sewers; Charles Farrell, foreman of concrete works; Gustav? Anderson foremau of car penters. Misiiug: Unknown woman who was with children; unknown girl, about 5 years of age; John O'Grady, G years old; William Dalton, C years old; Vincent Doherty, 7 years old; Clarice Brady, D years old; Alex ander Johnson, laborer; Chris Cos ingo, laborer; Emil Bachman, labor er: Francisco Armando. laborer; John Armando, laborer; Charles Nel son, laborer; Gus Wallo, laborer: Felix Green, laborer, Gus Kane, lab orer; Samuel Ahrams, laborer; John Crane, laborer; laborer known as Francisco; two Italian laborers known as No. 51 and 52; laborer known as Christopher. The police arrestcnl seven men who were attached to the city depart ments ia charge of the work being done. m i. 8. C. TUESDAY. NOVl HALF A BILLION EARNED IN NINE YEARS BY STANDARO OIL. Rockefeller Teil? of Financial Situ ation of Giant Combine?Agree ments With Transportation Corn New fork, Nov. 20.?For over five hours today John D. Rocke feller, witness for the defense in .ue government suit to dissolve lae Standard Oil Company, faced an un ceasing fire of questions from the f ederal counsel, Frank B. Kellogg, and when adjournment was taken until Monday he was still being cross-examined on the charge tha.t the company in early days accept ed rebates to the disadvantage of its riyals. The enormous power of the oil combipation was sharply brought out today when Mr. Rockefeller, after stating that the Standard had paid dividends amounting to 140,000, 000 in 1907, said it had earned as much more and that this was added to the company's surplus, which was stated by the government's counsel to be $300,000,000. It was further stated by Mr. Kellogg that the com pany within the last eight year3 has earned over half a billion dol lars. The rapid fire interrogations of the prosecutor wero always met wii unshaken imperturability and read iness to answer, except when, as Mr. Rockefeller explained, "it is quite impossible for me to remember after 35 years. I do not recall." Mr. Rockefeller was questioned closely regarding rebates which the Standard was charged with receiving, but with the exception of the agree ment with the Pennsylvania railroad, which Mr. Rockefeller explained, gave the Standard a rebate because it effected an equalization of oil ship ments. Mr. Rockefeller could not recall any other rebates, though he. thought It was likely that he might have heard of it at the time. "You have been prosperous since the beginning?" asked Mr. Kellogg of Mr. Rockefeller when the latter resumed his testimony. "Yes." He was asked about the (trust agreement of 1882, and whether the trust certificates did not ish'ow a value of $70,000,000 and the stocks held under the agreement an actual value of $55,710,698. Mr. Rocke feller said he believed those figures were correct. "The record phows that up to 1906 the net earnings of the com pany were $551,922,904. What was the dividend in 1907?" "I should say about 40 per cent " "That was about $39.000,000?" "That would be a million in favor of the poor old Standard," said Mr. Rockefeller. He added, that the net earnings for 1907 wer e approxi mately $S0,000,000. He assented to Mr. Kellogg's fig ures showing that the company earned $490,000,000 from IS99 to 1 906. Adding the earnings of 1907 would give a total earnings of $57u, 000.000. "Then where does the hazard of the business come in?" asked Mr. Kellogg. "In the first place, s:ice the first refinery was built more than 50 years ago, we have been prepared at any moment, day or night, to hear Ih ? fire alarm. We are dealing with n very explosive product. Fires a*j constantly occurring. "But your profits were above your fire losses, which have beea charged to profit and loss account?" "Yes, sir." Mr. Kellogg then asked Mr. Rock efeller about the Standard Oil agree ment with the Pennsylvania railroad in 1S77, in which the Pennsylvania agreed to pay back 10 per cent of the freight sales which the Standard paid. The witness said this agree meat followed the rate war between the Northern and the Southern lines and that this was an agreement whereby he was to equalize the amount of freight distributed be tween the different ranroade. Replying to a question whether the Standard Oil Company was the only one to get the rebate, the wit ness said that the greater volume of business given by the Standard was given in part for tne r.ebato and in those dar? it was the custom for large shippers to reoeive coaslder ation. "Did you know of the contract whereby the Stidard waa to obtaia 20 cents a barrel In rebate on out side shipments?" "I may have known of it-generali;' at tha time. I had nothiag to do with the contra?*." The witness eaid he ?ould not re call whether Mr. Cassatt had tesii fled that these rebates were paid to the American Transfer Company. Mr. Rockefeller said he had no doubt that tho fcSato of Pennsylvania brought suit in 1879 to oust th" United Pipe Line Company from that. State on the ground that, it was in eonspiraey with the Penneylvanv. railroad to obtain preferential ratu.s and drawbacks. He conlu not recill that Mr. Cassatt testified that the Pennsylvania railroad paid rebates to the Standard Oil Company, the American Transfer Company and thei United Pipe Line Company. Mr. Rockefeller's attention was; called to the agreement with the South Improvement Company and] tho rates provided therein for rebates on oil. * "Is it not a fact that to all other parties, according to this agreement, EMBER 24, 1908. BRYAN LEADS In Late Election All Candidates in This State. OFFICIAL RETURNS Received by Secretary of State?Only a Few Counties Are Missing?The Bryan-Taft Vote as Compared With Presidential Vote fn 1904. Some Other Figures. South Carolina gave William Jen nings Bryan at least 61,288 votes and William Taft 3,847. The Stat^ says the above figures give nearly the entire vote of the State, although the clerks who have tabulated the vote have not yet completed the ad ditional for the Independence and Socialist party. In 1904 Alton B. Parker received 52,563 votes and Theodore Roose velt received 2,554 in South Caro lina. In 1904 D. C. Hey ward, Democra tic nominee for governor, received 51,907. In 1908 Martin F. Ansei, Democratic nominee for governor, re ceived 59,986. In 1906, with no presidential election to bring out the voters he received in general elec tiodNo^?l. The figures given above for 1908 do not include Hampton county, which is still missing. Thye returns are also Incomplet as to the constitutional amendments, which were voted favorably. With Beaufort, Georgetown, Hampton and Sumter missing, the amendment al lowing the town of Gaffney to in crease its municipal indebtedness gave 21,000 for the amendment and 10,769 against the change. For the amendment to the consti tution changing the name of the office of "adjutant and inspector gen eral" to that of "adjutant general," 21.758 voted for the ohange and 10,266 voted against it. Votes for the State officers with Hampton county missing were as fol lows: Gov. M. F. Ansel, 59,986; Lieut. Gov. McLeod. 58,909; Attorney Gen eral J. Fr?ser Lyon, 59,597; Secre tary of State R. M. McCown, 59, 926; State Treasurer Jennings, 59, 661; Comptroller General Jones, 59, 623; State Superintendent of Ed ucation J. E. Swearingen, 59,559; Adjutant General J. C. Boyd. 59, 596; Railroad Commissioner B. L. Caughman, 59,703. These figures as compared with the totals given for solicitors in the 7 2 circuits and the presidential vote would show that all of the State officers w^re scratched to a certain extent. The total vote cast for so licitor was 60,501. The congress ional vote, both Democratic and Re publican, fell far behind this, the jotal being 51,013, of which the three Republicans received 1,087. The Congressional Vote. The vote for congressmen by dis tricts is: First district?Legare. 5,759: Prioleau, 601. Second district?Patterson, S.440: Myers, 58. Third district?Aiken, 10.724. Fourth district?Johnsen, 10,800. Fifth district?Finley, 9.468. Sixth district?Ellerbe. 9.035. Seventh district?Lever, 9,950; Richardson, 998. The" small votes given above in thro? of the districts are for Repub licans in the hope of securing the $2,000 contest fee. For Solicitor. The rote for solicitors resulted as follows: P. T. Hildebrand, 4.70S: J. V. Byrnes. 4.032; P. H. Stoll, 5,650; J. M. Spears, 3.526; W. H. Cobb, 2.771; J. K. Henry, "5.202; T. S. Sease, 6, 929; R. A. Cooper, 6.409; J. H. Peurifoy, 3.619; P. A. Bonham, 7, 648; G. B. Timmerman, 4.S85; W. H. Wells, 5.072. The order given above shows thi respective circuits, ther e being no opposition to any of the nominees of tho Democratic party for this po sition. * STUDEXT OF LONGEVITY Thinks Man Can Live For Ever by Bight Mode. New York, Nov. 23.?Man ougt to live forever if the proper "spirH life" is cultivated, according to Charles Brodie Patterson, who has made a special study of longevity. This rather startling statement h ! made at the Waldorf-Astoria during a meeting of the Medico-Logical So ciety. Authenticated ca?. s of extreme long life he pointed out to support hit theory, adding that with proper care even the longest spans of lifo as now measure might be increased twenty or thirty years or ev n in definitely. Another speaker said that he knew of a man in Bngland who livad to the ripe old age of 130 years, and that those who wish nullit du the same. Alcholic stimulants, declared an other sp aker, cuts, short many a life that would otherwise be loug. w re to be charged the full gross rate?" "Probably so." "Were you a stockholder of the South Improvement Company?" "I never received the certificates as far as I can recall." * YOUNG FIRE BUGS. Three Little Boys Arrested for Set? ting Houses Afire. Norfolk, Va., Nov. 20.?Three in fantile fire hugs, the revelations of whose operations arip startling to police and iireraen, have been arrest ed here. Commencing a month ago, and continuing for ten days, the out break of fires in the city, recurring i with alarming frequency, kept the firemen working overtime. Incen diarism was suspected and the police kept a close lookout for the cul prits. An unsuccessful atempt to burn a saloon at the corner of Monticello avenue and Washington street, yes terday afternoon was followed by the arrest of three boys. They are Doc Baum, son of Mrs. Rosa Baum, of 24 Fenchurch street; Samuel Ep stein, son of Morns Epstein, and Herman Addison, son of Thomas Ad dison, of 57 Cumberland street. The boys have made partial confessions, in which they involve each other to a much greater extent than they themselves are aware. Samuel Epstein, who is b?t six years old, without fear, told Police Ca j. tain Ford and Fire Chief Mc Laughlin, of how his brother, five years old, started a fire at the corner of Monticello avenue and Washing ton street that destroyed the life of ?an infant and burned buildings, which, with their contnets, were val ued at $34,550, on October 19th and 20th. Each of the others under ar rest admitted having been present at the starting of at least one fire. It was in these confessions they im plicated each other in the starting of each fire. ? BROKE DISPENSARY LAW. Col. Thompson, of Spartanburg, Con victed in Sessions Court. Spartanburg, Nov. 19.?Col Aaron Thompson, a bachelor and wealthy citizen of this county, was convicted in the court of general sessions yes terday on the charge of selling liquor. Sentence has not been im posed as counsel for the defendant has given notice of an appeal. Col. Thompson lives at Inman, in the up per section of the county, where he has an elegant country home, and ?is famous for entertaining his friends. Several weeks a^go he w:?.s suspected of being engaged in the whiskey business, and special con stables made out a case agaiust him on the evidence which they secured. The case was to have been investi gated at Inman, but was aransferrel to Magistrate Golightly at Holly Springs. The hearing did not go lightly for the colonel was bound over to court. The case was tried this morning and the jury returned a verdict of guilty in fifteen min utes. * HUGE FERTILIZER TRUST Forming to Give the Farmers Some Taft Prosperity. New York. Nov. 19.?Representa tives of the leading independent fer tilizer companies of this country and abroad will hold a series of meetings in this city during ithe next few days to perfect plans for the forma tion of a $50.000,000 stock company under the New Jersey law. That the projected corporation wiil be of an international character if, suggested by the intimation that Herman Schmidtmann, of Germany, is to be its first president. It was stated today that the capitalstock will be divided evenly in perferred and common shares, and that no bonds will be issued. The Tennessee Copper Company and the banking house of Lewisohn Brorhers, of this city, are understood to be the prime movers in the project. * CHILI) KILLED BY TRAIN. I Little Samuel Campbell Loses His Life at Greenwood. Greenwood, Nov. 20.?Little Sam uel Campbell, the 4-year-old son of Mr. J. S. Campbell, section master of the C. & W. C, was killed by the north bound passenger train on that road yesterday afternoon just in front of his parents' home. The body was carried to Helton today. The death is particularly sad. as Mr. Campbell had a son. a conduc tor, who was killed a month ago yesterday at Piedmont. It is sup posed that tli" little '? iy ran out as the train went by and was too clo.-e to the track, the steps of the engine striking hini on the bead. Death was instantaneous. This inquesl will be completed Monday when the engineer will be here to testify. * DISPLAYED EGRETS PLUME. Spartanburg M??ncr Fined f >r Vio lating State Game Law. Spartanburg, Nov. 19.? J. Mc Goodlett, proprietor of a fashionable Hast End millinery store, against whom a case was made on tho (harte of displaying In his show window a bat trimmed with a pi time from the snowy egret, which js a non-game bird, in violation of the laws of the S.ate, appeared before Magistrate Coan this morning and pleaded guilty. A fine of two dol lars was imposetr, which Mr. Mc Goodlett paid. * $1.50 PER ANN?M. MONEY RECEIVED By the National Democratic Cam paign Committee to Pay ELECTION EXPENSES Total Amount $020,044, All of Wliich Was Expended Except $1,234.71, Whicjb Is Left ou Hand?Itemized Record to be Filed With New York Secretary of State. Chicago, Nov. 2-.?The Democrat ic national committee received in all $620,644.71, and spent $619,410.06 during the recent Presidential cam paign, leaving a balance on hand of $620.644.77, and spent $619,410.06 made public tonight by the officers of the committee and the itemized statement "'ill be filed for record in the office of the Secretary of State of New York in compliance with the resolution adopted ?y the national committee at Lincoln, Neb., last July. The statement made public by the committee tonight includes a certi ficate of adult by Myron D. King, auditor ol the national committee. The statement is as follows: Chicago, 111., Nov. 18, 1908. To the Democratic national com mittee?Gentlemen: Following is a statement of all the receipts and ex penditures: Total amount of money received by the Demo cratic national com mittee for the year 1908 .$620,644.77 Total amount disbursed. 619,410.0'J Balance on hand . . . $1,234.71 In compliance with the election law of the State of New York we have filed in the office of the Secre tary of State, at Albany, a complete hSt of all receipts and expenditures of the headquarters at New York. And in compliance with a resolu tion of the national committee, passed at Lincoln, Nebraska, last July, we have filed in the office of the Secretary of State at Albany a list of over 25,000 names, represent ing over 100,000 contributors, who contributed through newspapers, clubs, solicitors and other organisa tions, whose names are on file in the office of the chairman of th<j Democratic national committee at Buffalo, N. Y. The auditor's report confirming the abovt is attached thereto. Yours respectfui'y, Norman E. Mack, Chairman; Urey Woodson, Se-retary; Herman Bid der, Treasuerer; John E. Osborne, Vice Chairman, Finance Committee: John W. Cox, Assistant Treasurer: John B. Doolin, Assistant Treasurer. Chicago, 111., Nov. 16, 190S. Auditor's Office, Democratic National Committee. Hon. Norman E. Mack, Chairman, and Herman Ridder, Treasurer, Democratic National Committee. Buf falo, N. Y.?Dear Sirs: I herewith submit the following report of the records of the auditor s office, show ing vouchers drawn on requisitions of the heads of departments and duly authorized bills. The classi fications of all of said disbursements by vouchers is shown by departments as nearly as possible. In addition to departmental exhibit I have in cluded in the itemized statement the cost of telesnaras, postage and ex press charges, separately. I respectfully suggest that the national committee give attention to the great importance of a well di rected I ms in ess system for the gov erance of future departments of the committee in the work of a national campaign. The proper selection cf a person to fully prepare such sys tem as I deem necessary to urge would prove a saving of a larga amount of money. Respectfully submitted, MYRON D. KING. Auditor Democratic National Com-^^ mittee. Distribution of disbursements fBSj vouchers shown by departments o? the Democratic national committee, 190S. Auditor's office.$ 866.50 Secrta-y's office. 4.108..* t Treasurer's office. 5,073.21 Commercial Travelers . . 158.60 Club organization bureau 5,020.76 Labor bureau . 37.401.36 Advisory com mit t ee . . . 3.020..!);' Organization of States.. 129.053.62 Purchasing agent dept.. 1.340.73 Finance committee .. .. 26,586.5-1 Congressional committee. 3.625.0? Publicity bureau. 88.899.43 Ex-t reasurer's account. miscellaneous sight draft on Oklahoma Bank . 4.010.55 Seargeant'-at-arms .. .. t.oll.37 Documents. 142.537.25 Chairman and vice chin. 6,430.00 Reproduction bureau .. 5.115.00 Speakers' bureau .. .. 33.786.9a Genera! fund. 38,111.80 Rent of headquarters .. 13.746,73 Telegrams . 13.761.90 Telephones. 2.199.30 Express charges. 13.061.1" Postage . 37.452.54 * Total.'? . ,$619,410.06 Missouri Bank Robbed. Sedalia, Mo., Nov. 22.?The Bam; of Sweet Springs, Mo., was robbed of $5,500 in currency early today by cracksmen. . ? .