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NEW CURRENCY LAW PASSES THE SENATE BT MAJOR irr oe MNTr THE VOTE ON THE BILL AH the Democrats Voted for It, and So Did Five Republicans and One l^ogreslve Republican on the Final Vote on the Measure on Friday Night. administration currency re form bill, proposing a revision of the ?n 8y8tem ot the Unlte<* States and the creation of regional reserve act stabilizing elements m the banking aud financial work Friday night passed the Senate by a vote of 5 4 to 84. Forces that had fought together ror Improvement and amendment of the measure to the last divided when tne final vote came. Senator Hitch ?? ^mh? had led ,h# ??K?IUon to the bill, returned to the Democratic ranks, and Senator Week., one of the leaders on the Republican side, wittT five other Republicans, and Sonator Polndexter (Progressive) voted for the passage of the measure. Wide differences exist between the form of the legislation passed by the Senate Friday night and the bill that several months ago passed the House. Democratic leaders already have Partly ^Justed these differences however, and It was Friday night predicted that the bill would be com pleted by a conference committee and sent to President Wilson for his slK. nature by Monday night. adoptlon of the administration bill, known as the "Owen bill", fol lowed upon the formal defeat, by 44 ? .4 1 * of the "Hitchcock bill", which nad been endorsed by Senator Hitch cock and the five Republican mem bers of the ovenly divided Senate committee that passed on the legisla tion. The Senate previously had re ^,th0.Ut 0 ro" ca"' ? "central bank bill offered as a substitute by Senator Burton. The Senators who voted for the Owen bill were: Democrats-Ashurst, Bacon. Rank head. Bryan, Chamberlain. Chilton. Horn?' ?letcuher' Gore. Hitchcock. Hollis Hughes. James, Johnston. Kern, Lane, Lee. Lewis, Martin, Mar tine, Myers, Newlands, O'Gorman ' Overman. Owen, Pittman, Pomerene.' Ransdell, Roed, Robinson, Saulsbury Shafroth, Sheppard, Shields, Shlve Sm"h' ?' Arizona; Smith, of Georgia; Smith, of Mary land; Smith, of South Carolina; ? uanBon, Thomas, Thompson, Till man, Vardaman, Walsh and Williams Republicans ? Crawford, Jones. Perkins, Morris. Sterling and Weeks, O . Progressive ? Polndexter. Those who voted against the bill are: Republicans ? Borah, Bradley Brady, Brandegee, Brlstow, Burton. Catron, Clapp, Colt, Cummins, Dll jwlghom, t>upont, Qallinger, Qoff M^ntTr* tr?"?n' Keny?n..^aFolletto' Lippltt, MoCumber, McLean. Nelson. Oliver, P*ge, Penrose, Root, Sher man, Smith of Michigan, Smoot, Butherlan, Stephenson, Townaend Warren and Works ? 34. Absent and paired: Burleigh, Clark, of Wyoming; Cul berson, Fall, Lodge, Stone, Thornton Vacanoy? Alabama. Through the afternoon, when a vote on the bill was momentarily ex ited. Mrs. Wilson, with a party of friends from the White House, Sec retary McAdoo and Joseph P Tu jnulty, were interested spectators of I the Senate's proceedings. Galleries I and the floor of the Senate werH crowded throughout the day and pas Bage of the measure was greeted with unchecked applause from the jtal lerles. COTTON BKBI) STATISTICS. Figures Given Out by Census Thircau for This Season. Statistics of the cotton seed pro ducts Industry for the present cotton seABon, announced by the census bu reau. Thursday, show 289,1 18 running bale* Of llnters had been obtained and 2, 201,278 tons of cotton seed had been crushed from the crop of 1913 prior to December 1. The num ber of cotton seed oil mills and other dollntlng establishments active dur ing the period prior to December was 860. The number of active establish ments, tons of cotton Boed crushed and running bales of llnters obtained prior to December 1, by states, fol low: Rstabllnh Rtates .. mente Seed Llntors Alabama' . . . 81 192,49ft 23,663 Arkansas . . . 43 117,932 16,299 FlOrlda .... 4 13,806 1,397 Georgia ... .162 375,881 46,896 Louisiana ... 32 74,681 9,348 Mississippi . . / 69 196,700 23,076 Missouri ... 4 13,749 1,649 N. G. ... . . . . 62 109,862 11,762 Oklahoma ... 68 136,649 20,966 8. C 98 172,866 19,108 Tennessee ... 23 99,218 12.G13 Texas . . . .220 677,693 101,436 All other states 6 20,941 2,006 Helpless Man Pell Into Flrw. Falling Into sn Open fire when stricken with apoplftxy, Bernard F. DuROSS, a farmer of llonkensln, Del.,, was burned to death. The man was) found lying on the hearth, his face! burned to * Engine Turns Over. When a C. and W. C. engine turn ed over Tuesday morning at Foun tain Inn the engineer and fireman were painfully hurt. No oars were attsohed to the engine at the time. > ? *" ?earthquake at Seattle. A light earthquake shock forty seconds' duration was fait at Seattle. Wash,, at 6t45 o'clock Thursday morning. It 0td no damage. ^ ejH y > ti > e> a Train Kills Two. Dlllsrd Hunter* a farmer, and his nteee. Miss Nora Hunter, were killed near Nloholsvllle, Ky., Monday when the buggy In whteh they were driving was struck by a passenger train. COTTON GINNING REPORT GOVERNMENT ISSUES SEVENTH ] REPORT OF SEASON. This Season's Ginning* Are Fine, Hundred Thousand Ahead of This| Time Last Year. * The seventh cotton ginning report of the censuB bureau for the seaao&d isBuod at 10 o'clock Saturday niorn-| Ing, announced that 12,923,606 bales of cotton, counting round" as half bales, of the growth of 1913, bad been ginned prior to December 13, to which date during the past esven years the ginning averaged 89.5 per cent, of the entire crop. Last year] to December *13 there had been gin ned 12,439,036 bales, or 92.2 per| cent, of the entire crop; in 1911 to that date 13,770,727 bales, or 88.6 per cent.; in 1908 to that date 11, 904,269 bales, or 91 'per cent., and in 1906 to that date 1 1,1 12,789 bales, or 8 f> . 6 per cent. Includlng.in the ginnings were 91, 683 round bales, compared with 75, 772 round bales last year, 92,790 In 191 1, 106,486 in 1910 and 140,024 in 1909^ ^^-T^he number of sea Island cotton baleB included were 69.312, compared with 60,445 bales last year, 98.035 bales in 1911, 85.177 bales in 1909 and 80,316 bales In 1908. Ginnings prjor to December 13 by states, with comparisons for last year and other years and the percentage of the entire crop ginned prior to that date In those years follow; Alabama. Ginnings. P.C. *91 3 . . . . . .1,4 4 4,603 .... 191 2 2.23,4,755 93.0 1 91 1 1,561,1 36 92.1 1 908 1,265,953 95.0 Arkansas. 1913 .. .. 884,102 1 91 2 703,329 91.2 1 91 1 746,802 82.2 1 908 847,312 85.1 Florida. 1 91 3 ,63,032 .... 1 91 2 *52,895 89.0 1 91 1 81,952 86.7 1 908 64,131 90.8 Georgia. 1 91 3 2,213,426 .... 1 91 2 1,675,670 92.4 1 91 1 2,51 7.857 90.1 1 908 1,868,963 94.5 Yxmlslana. 1 91 3 391,266 .... 1912 361,1 23 96.4 1 91 1 340,304 89.4 1 908 435, G03 93.4 Mississippi, 1 91 3 1,084,584 .... ' 91 2 883,458 88.0 191 1 996.601 85.2 1 908 1,441,947 89.0 North Carolina, 1 91 3 706,252 .... 1 912 902,329 89.8 19H 913,944 81.1 1908 615,736 90.1 Oklahoma. 1 913 791,623 .... 1912 902,329 89.9 1911 862,838 84.9 1 908 514,535 93.1 South Carolina. 1913 1,276,402 1912 1,128,850 92.2 1911 1,423,383 84.1 1908 1,134,183 93.3 Tennessee. ' 1913 340,546 1912 230,239 86.1 1911 360,510 83.8 1908 302,627 90.6 Texos. 1913 3,627,410 .... 191 2 4,368,916 94.0 1 91 1 3,862,1 43 94.0 1 908 3,368,874 92.9 tOher States. 1913 99,760 .... 1912 77,81 1 86.4 1911 103,257 74.3 1908 63,956 87.4 Tho ginnings of sea island cotton, prior to December 13, by states, fol low: Florida. Georgia. S.C. 1913 . . . .24.1 26 38,806 6,380 191 2 . . . .1 9,505 35.418 5,522 191 1 . . . .35,585 68,008 4,442 1 909 . . . .26,807 37,952 10,743 AUTO KIIiLS HOY. Nowborry Tj?<! Run Over by Hlow Moving Machine. Zeddle Berry, the 9-year-old-son of Ed Herry of Newberry, was run over nnd fatally Injured Wednesday even ing by ^n automobile driven by Chal merB Brown, Bon of Dr. W. C. Brown* who Uvea In that county. Young Hrown was arrested but was exon erated by the coroner's Jury and thon net free. The little victim wan In a drug store and dashed out Into the street JUBt aB young Brown drove up In the automobile. j Though the machine wan going vory slowly and young Brown Boomed to ho driving very carefully, he was unable to Btop In time and the car struok the little boy, Inflicting Inju ries from which ho died about an hour later. Young Brown was arrest ed and the coroner made an Investiga tion, the Jury bringing In a verdict that the tragedy was puroly an accl dont. Filed to Kin Death. Pursued by one hundred passon gem through seven earn of a subway train in Brooklyn Sunday night, a youth aroused of being a plok pocket leaped from the front platform of the car when lie was about to be sur rounded and was crushed to death against a pillar of the tunnel. * \ ? ? ?? ? Plan to Head Off Doll Weevil. Government entomologists have warned farmers In South Carolina that the boll weevil may reach the State In two years. They are warn ed to take all precautions against the pest as lta ravages, with normal crop*, will cause a loss of from 92K.OOO.OOO to 180.000,000. / T*d Kills Ulster. While examining a rifle given to him as a Christ, as present, John Larrabee, of Washington, La., aged It years, late Sunday accidentally shot and killed his sister, Mrs. H. L. Clemming, a hrlde of two months. Yo\ing Larrabee said he did not know the weapon was loaded. THEY COME ACROSS TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COM PANIES GIVE IN WIU DISSOLVE TRUST miorney-General JHcKeynolds Stops Litigation When Big Corporation Agrees to Dispose of Its Holdings in Western Union ? A Complete Victory for the Government. Attorney-General McReynolds Fri day night made public details of an agreement for reorganization of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company ? the "Telegraph Trust" ? which will prevent the litigation to dissolve that corporation under the Anti-Trust Act, and under which competitive conditions will be restor ed in the telephone service of the en tire country and the combine will dis pose of Its holdings In the Western Union Telegraph Company. The reorganization plan originated with the company, although it follow ed many reports that a suit against It might be filed. It was Friday night regarded by department of justice of ficials as the most striking indication offered in a decade that "big busi-| ness" has come to the conclusion that It is better to conform to the Sher man law than fight it. The plan met not only the approval of tho Attorney General and his Thief "trust buBter," G. C. Todd, and offi cials of the subsidiaries of the com bine, but was heartily approved by President Wilson. In a letter to Mr. McReynolds the President expressed his admiration for the attitude of the telephone company and his conviction that such conduct on the part of bus iness men meant a building up of bus iness on sound and permanent lines. Coming on the heels of the an noucemont that Postmaster General Burleson is seriously Interested in Government ownership of telephone lines, the action of the department of Justice took on an added significance and some officials went so far as to express the opinion that It indicated that legislation to acquire the coun try's telephone business w'ould not be pressed by the Administration at the present session. In briof the agreement provides that: The American Telephone and Tele graph company will dispose promptly of its holdings in tho Western Union Telegraph Company so that each con cern shall bo under distinct manage ment and so that all shall be entirely Independent. The company hereafter will not ac i|ulre control of other telephone com panies, and where control of tele phone companies has been acquired, but no actual physical union has been pffeeted, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company will submit the course it is to pursue to the Inter state commerce commission and to the department o/ Justice. The company promptly will \nake arrangements by which all othu- tel ephone companies in the United Staes shall have access to its toll lines. Department officials declared that the plan gave the Government every thing and more that it could have hoped to obtain in Court. Officials were particularly pleased with the last part of the agreement, by which the Pell company gives long distance service to subscribers of other com panies. The agreement will not afreet tha suit entered several months ago to dissolve the connection of the Bell Company with the Pacific telephone and Telegraph Company, the West coast branch. President Wllsop's letter, written to tho Attorney General Friday was one of the most interesting docu ments made public in connection with the settlement. It rends: "My Duar Mr. Attorney General: Thank you for lotting me see tho let ter from the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. It is very grati fying that tho company should thus volunteer to adjust Its business to the conditions of competition. 'I gain the Impression more and more from week to wook that tho bus iness mon of the country are sincere ly deslrious of conforming with the law, and it is very gratifying, Indeed, 10 have occasion, ns in this instance, to deal with them in complete frank ness and to be able to show thorn that all we desire is an opportunity to co operate with them. So long as wo are dealt with in this spirit wo can help to build up tho business of the country upon Bound and pormanont linos. I "Cordially and sincerely yours, "Wootlrow Wilson." Mr. McRevnolds, In accepting the American Telephono and Telegraph's offer, wrote to N. C. Kingsbury, vice president of the company, as follows: "Pormlt mo to accept with appre ciation your lotter of December 9, outlining the course of action which the telephone companion composing the Hell system obligate themselvos to follow In the future. "Your frank nogotatlons In re spect of thoso matters compel the be lief that what you propose will bo oarrlod out In good faith; and It seems to me cloar that such action on you part will establish conditions under which t\iero will ho full oppor tunity throughout the countryfor competlon In the transmission of In telligence by wire. "May I take this occasion to say that the Administration earnestly de sires to co-operate and to promote all business conducted In harmony with law; and that, without abating the Insistence that the statutes must, be obeyed, It always will welcome oppor tunity to aid In bringing about what ever adjustments are necessary ror tne ro-establlshmont of lawful con. II tlons without litigation." ntirnotl to Death. Mm. James Ooylo, 3fi years old, fell Into a fireplace at hor homo near Oowpens Monday morning and was burned to death. There was nobody else In the room at. the time. It Is supposed she failed. Two Ifnrt by Kxplonlon. Miss Harah W. Wiley and her nephew wefe seriously Injured In Chicago Tuesday when a holler explo sion and fire wrecked the apartment houfte In which she was visiting. HUERTA SLOWLY FALLING PLANS TO RELIEVE NATIONAL LM PO VER18HME N T. Provisional Government May Last Many Months, but Its Final Fall Seems Certain. National Impoverishment &nd an increasing organization among scores of rebel bands have reduced the pro visional government to what appears to be a desperate situation, but con servative residents of the Mexican Federal capital profess to see, in the recent military operations and the continuation of provisional President Huerta to secure money, even though In driblets, evidence that the govern ment may not fall for many month9 unless some unexpected turn for the worse occurs. Saturday past was pay day for govT ernment employees, and In almost all departments there was little delay In meeting the pay rolls. That the gov ernment may not be able to float an other loan generally is conceded by Mexicans, but none has lost sight of the fact that the country 16 rich and that Gen. Huerta, as a last resort, would not hesitate to take money where ho can find it. Already a drastic measure has been discussed by the Cabinet ? that of the confiscation of the property of all In dividuals who are known to have ar rayed themselves against the Huerta government. The measure has not yet received the full approval of the ministers, but If adopted It will prove] a rich resource. Collections that fall little short of being forced loans have| been made In cities outsldo tho capi tal and provisional President Huer ta's new order for the establishment of a militia at the expense of busi ness men generally in the various states is in line with his policy to draw directly from the country the revenue necessary for carrying on tho war. The failure of Gen. Pancho Villa to mnrch south from Chihuahua because of the undeBlrabillty of leaving the forces of Gen. Salvador Mercado and Gen. Jascual Orozco In his rear; the failure of the rebels to take Tamplco; the reoccupatlon of Torreon by gov ernment soldiers, and the presence at Monterey of 5,000 Federal troops are construed by military men as indica tions that tho swinging advance of the rebel army has slowed up and that from now on, as their campaign is carried farther into the heart of tho republic, their progress much slower. , The banking situation continued bad, State bank bills still being re jected, except In limited amounts, at tho Central Rank. The run on the Hnnk of London and Mexico, though slightly diminished, continued thru out Saturday. The committee of bankers, which has been attempting to solve the financial situation, has not yet suc ceeded in going beyond the point of making suggestions, although It Is believed Gen. Huerta, in the end, will issue a decree forcing the acceptance of the State Bank note?r>thus enlarg ing the volume of medium of ex change in the business world. The National Bank of Mexico hf\$ an nounced that .on account of 't$R> ex* istlng conditions and aB a measure of prudence," it would not pat the semi-annual dividend due this month. KILLED IN CAR. Dillon Merchant Loses His Life In Auto Accident. . W. Aaron FaaB was Instantly kill ed and Miss Mary Moore was serious ly injured Sunday afternoon at six o'clock when an automobile in which they were riding ran into a deep ditch one-half mile from Dillon. MIbb Moore, daughter of John B. Moore, of I,atta, was rushed to Dillon In an automobile, whore she waB given modlcal attention. Mr. Fass is a well known merchant of Dillon and is a native of Now York. A spoke on tlio steering whell severed the jug ular vein of Mr. Fass. Mr, Fass and Miss Moore had been for a ride through the county and were returning to Dillon late Sunday afternoon. Just after passing the Maple dairy the machine swerved sharply to the right and plunged Into a ditch. The car was badly damaged. Koveral persons in an automobile pnssing 3 0 minutes later found the .wrecked car. Mr. FasB was dead and Miss Moore was unconscious. Those who viewed the wreck were un&hle to account for tho accident. It in sup posed that the steering gear broke, sending the machine into the ditch, which is about six feet deep. The car was overturned. Killed In Collision. A. C. Parker, oged 40, of Mlllen, fia., clerk of tho superior and city courts, was Instantly killed Monday night In a motorcyclo collision on the outskirts of tho city whon Mr. Park er, who was on his way home, col lided with Mr. T. W. Aaron, who was riding Into tho city. Wnrslilps Rave Town. Possession by the Mexican federal forcos at Tampldo of two gunboats, It hns been made clear, has forced the Constitutionalists who have been be selglng that port foi* the last two weeks to abandon the undertaking notwithstanding they far outnumber tho enemy. ? Auto ()oes Wronjf. One person was killed and two were Injured Sunday night when an automobile traveling along a drive way In upper Central park, New York, dashed over a low stone cop ing of a bridge and dropped 26 feet to a foot path bordering tho drive. R*t>eln Repulsed. After four days of fighting the Mex ican federal garrison at the soAport of Tamplco reinforced by the arrival of gunboats with troops, amunltlon and dynamite Sunday drove the at tacking Constitutionalist* out of of their guns. Riot kt I /os Angolc*. Rafael Adams, a Mexican, was killed and five polltfomen were Injur* ed Thursday In a Hot at the Plar.a, Los Angeles, Cal., when the police started to break tip a meeting of sev eral hundred unemployed and hun gry men. THREATENS TO EXECUTE VILLA SAYS HE WILL COURTMAR TIAL LOOTEKS. Declares Right to Confiscate Rests With Constitutionalists Alone Shoots Six as a Warning. "Any one who hereafter loots or molests property of foreigners or Mexicans will be executed. The right to confiscate property will rest only with the Constitutionalist govern ment." Gen. Francisco Villa Issued this or der Sunday as showing his intention to maintain Btrlct military discipline. As an example he executed on the plaza a band of rebels who had been found guilty by courtmartlal of sack ing the home of a wealthy Mexican. While the six rebelB were marched before the firing squad, the stolen goods were returned to the owner. All stores confiscated from the ex pelled Spaniards Sunday were closed and sealed. Orders were given that no more goods are to be taken from them. This action was believed to have resulted from the protest of the United States against the seizure of Spanish property. Already great quantities of the goods, valued at sev eral million dollars, had been utiliz ed by the rebels. The remainder of the property Is to be held pending an Investigation as to whether the own ers aided the Huerta government. Gen. Villa said his forces were be ing strengthened by desertions from the Federal troops. He proclaimed amnesty to Federal soldiers, who would surrender and give up their arms. Many Fedoral troops are re ported to have joined the rebels. Three hundred thousand rounds of rifle ammunition and 500J)00 roimds of artillery ammunition were recov ered east of Chliiuahua. where they were hidden by Gen. Mercado's evac uating Federals. Telegraphic ajid railroad communi cation has been extended as far west as Mlnaca and as far south as Berme jlllo. If there Is no Federal Inter ference, Gen. Vtlla expects soon to have the states of Chihuahua, Sonora and Slnaloa as freely open as In time? of peace. Raoul Madero, brother of the late president, conferred with Gen. Villa regarding the formation of civil government. Mr. Madero Is to bo an adviser to Villa. WEDDING BUREAU. Sensational Story Tells How Foolish Men Wero Fleeched. Martin W. Farris of Princeton, Ind., who with his wife and daugh ters, Louise and Ora, were Indicted there on a charge of misusing the malls in operating a matrimonial bu reau, Wednesday told Judge A. B Anderson In federal court that Louise alone .was responsible for what Charles W. Miller, district attorney, characterized as one of the biggest matrimonial swindles operated in this country. Mr. Miller, in outlining the gov ernment's case, declared that the plan of the swindle was for Louise to write letters to men who wished to marry her. Mrs. Farris mulled the letters, he said. Ora - warned away prospective brldgegrooms and if they became Insistent the father threat ened them. Five men who had pro posed to Louise arrived In Princeton at the same time, Mr. Miller said, and at times she was engaged to 50 meiL One of the victims who sent Louise $100 was a prominent pugilist, the district attorney asserted. According to Mr. Miller there al ways was a scramble at the Farris home In Princeton when packages or letters arrived and the first member of the family to open a package or letter kept Its contents. Mr. Miller told of many prospective bridegrooms who had sent diamond bracelets, dia mond rings, money and railroad tlckefts. Louise, who confessed her part in the scheme. Mr. Miller said, told him that she wrote to the dis gruntled lovers threatening to have them arrested for trying "to lure a young, innocent girl away from home", if return of money or Jewelry was asked. SAVES TIIS LIFE. Pennsylvania Minister's Blblo Stops Bullet Flre<l at Him. What Is believed to havo been an attempt to assassinate tho Rev. It. E. McClure, president of tho Indiana County Anti-Saloon League, residing at Blalrsvllle, Pa., failed late Satur day night when a bullet penetrated a Bible which ho carried under his arm and made a slight abrasion upon Dr. McCuro's side. Dr. McClure had made a sick call and was returning homo when fired on. As tho minister roachodVjio street leading to his homo ho saw two men. As he approached them a whistle sounded and one of tho mon fired a revolver at him. The minister pick ed up a stone and hurled it at the men, running toward them. As tho assailants retreated the mpn with tho revolver fell. Before Dr. McClure could reach him tho man had regain ed his feet and fired a second time, tho bullet tearing through tho min ister's niblo and clothing. Both men then fled. Sentenced to Walk 70 Miles. Edward Leo and John Nolan, 17 year-old boys of Now York city, who ran away from homo, wore arrested at Mlddletown, N. Y., on a charge of illegal train riding. They were re leased on their promise to walk the 76 miles back to their homo. Had Concealed Weapons. At a hearing of a strike case at Calumet., Mich., the witnesses de manded that those In the crowded Court room be searched for weapons. When tho Justice told the bailiff to seok for weapons twelvo men rushed from the room. I/osen Two Fingers. While testing a toy cannon which he had bought for his son, Charlos' Yoagor, a diver, of Charleston, lost two fingers In tho resulting explosion Saturday. ? I Apply for Membership. Banks In Union have appllod for membership In the rosorve system of the new currency law. ADMITS IDENTITY i SPARTANBURG SUSPECT SAYS BE IS MCKINLEY PARDONED LAST MONTH Is Now III Jail Hound Over on the I Charge of Burglary and Attempted Safe-Cracking ? Strong Ch&in of Evidence Has Been Gathered About Him. After a strong chain of evidence connecting hitn with the robbery and the attempt to blow open the safe of Kenard C. Frey, who runs a Btoro at Kalrforest, Spartanburg County on the night of December 10, had been wound around him, William McKln ley, alias "Dayton Scotty," alias John* Kenny, was Monday aflernoon bound over by Robert J. Gantt, maglsltrate of Spartanburg, on the charge of bur larg and attempted safe-cracking to await the action of the grand Jury. Tho prisoner admitted that he was William McKlnley, one of the leaders of tho notorious N'olan-McKlnley band of yeggmen which operated in this State in 1902-1903 and was pa roled by tho governor on November 27. McKinley took the decision of the magistrate nonchalantly and did not seem to be at all worried. It was established by witnesses that Frey's store was broken into by tho door being prized open with somo sharp Instrument. The safe showed evidences that an attempt had been made to blow it open, and around the edges of tho door and In the cracks soap was Btuffed, and on top and front was some liquid, supposedly nitroglycerine. When tho robbery was discovered In tho morning, Mr. Frey found a box had been emptied of men's woolen undershirts, size 3 8, how many ho did not know, also one pair of wo men's and one pair of men's Bhoes wore missing. Insldo tho store were found a hammer and a chisel and on the outside a punch. These were recognized by V. I,. Shores ns the ones stolen from his blacksmith shop *Kvhlch is not far from Mr. Frey's store, and on tho night an attempt was made to blow open the safe. In tho blacksmith shop Mr. Shores dis covered a button, to which was at tached a tuft of cloth. When examined in prison McKln ley was found to havo one button missing from tho rear of his trousers. Another was taken ofT by the sheriff, compared and were found to be Iden tical. Mr. Shores recognized one of them as being that which was found in his blacksmith shop. Thus the button was traced from tho black smith shop through tho robbed store to the trousers of McKlnley. Near the place where McKlnley was ar rested on the night after the robbery, a bag, containing an undershirt, a blue overshirt, a coat, an empty vial and a syringe, was found by O. S O'Shlelds on December 14. The ar ticles of apparel were Identified by Mr. Froy as the ones stolon from his store. The most Important testimony was given by Elmore Wright, himself a pnrulod murderer who was serving a life term In the state penitentiary when he was released, and who Is now In jail for shooting hla cousin some time ago. He testified that Mc Klnley swepped him an undershirt in exchange for the one which Wright had on, saying: "A store at Falrforest was broken open, and some things wore taken out and they are searching for them. They might search me for them and I do not want to have the shirt on." This shirt was Identified by Mr. Frey as one which was stolon out of hlB store, because of Its size, make and the word, "Sanitary," branded on It. Gertrude Williams, a negro cook who sleeps In , the Frey residence which Is only GO yards from the Btore testified that she heard two explo sions on the night of the robbery, the flrBt of which, she thought, was about 1 o'clock In the morning. William McKlnley, when put on the stand stated that he was not guilty explaining that ho found the shirt he gave Wright under the coal chute at Spartanburg Junction and put it on. McKlnley admitted he was the noted yeggman, whom the governor paroled from the State penitentiary on Thanksgiving day. Ho said as soon as ho was released ho 'made track* to get away" and wont to Georgia Through excessive walking, ho says, his foot became sore and began to Bwell, and whon arrested, ho was making his way to Baltimore where he hoped to enter a hospital. ? Hlto Out of Hospital. J. Marlon Hlto, tho Patesburg bus iness man who was shot and serious ly wounded In his own homo on tho night of December 6, has loft tho hospital. His condition Is said to bo unfavorablo, his right arm and shoulder being Impnlrod. KocovrrH Stolon Horso. Hearing that a negro had sold a horso for $5 cash and a mortga^o Sheriff Mlllor ordered tho horso to bo held ponding an Investigation. It proved to ho an animal stolon from Mr. P. F. Huffman, a farmer of tho Dutch Fork section. ? Fireworks Factory Mown 1'p, Tho explosion of a fireworks fac tory Thursday In tho province of Naplos, It*Uy. killed many persons. Fourteen d%jul and fivo Injured were removed. It Is believed many other bacllos aro covered by tho debris. Dcstltnto Men Aro Kwl. Two thousand destitute men of Portland, Ore., wero guests of the Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation company at dinner on hoard a river steamer. They fod In relays of 200 each. Train Kills Nojfro. Nlm Pomar, an agod nogro. wns struck by a train on tho Southern Pallway, near Wolford, Sunday night and killed. Ho wns drinking. Pile* I'puldo Down. 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WORK SLICK GAME NEW YORKERS FILL OFf VISE TAPPING TRICK ENDS UP WITH HIS CASH Wealthy West Indian Visiting in New York Meets Stranger ? They Be come "Friends" and Get Iteady to Win a Fortune, but It Doesn't Work Out. Tho New York Sun of Tuesday publishes the following story of a " wire-tapping" swindle, played In the same old way on tho confiding stranger In New York: Right In the midst of District At torney Whitman's campaign against wireless wiretappers and their police confederates anu while Deputy Police Commissioner Dougherty's assertions that he would take drastic action against such gentry were still re sounding. the professional gentlemen who tip credulous persons from out lying parts to good things In horse races put one over on a visitor from tho West Indies, who contributed $2, 500 in cash to tho ancient enterprise. This was on December 2 and In spector Faurot hoard of It two days later when L. C. Wharton, a West Indian chemist, who was stopping in New York on his \^ay homo from England, camo Into police headquar ters and told the story. Wharton ar rived In New York on November 3 0 and went to the Hotel Albert in Uni versity place. That same day, Sun day, he went for a walk. On Fifth avenue he met a stranger who bor rowed a match and Introduced him self as Karl B. Linton, a mechanical engineer from Montreal. The new made friends saw the sights tho- rest ? of ? that day and the next and tho next. By then they wero Intimates. On Wednesday fol lowing they took a walk and mot, at 17th street and Fourth avenue, one F. Burke, a friend of I.inton. from Charleston, S. C., and, according to the Canadian, a "bear on doping the ponies". P.urko was feeling pretty prosperous, having Just won $?o on the Charleston races and invited tho others to go and see how ho did it. They went to a poolroom In a fur nished room house In East 24th street, Just off Fifth avenue, and started in to break the bookies. Wharton plunged to tho extent of $5 and won $.">fi. a second dash with $10 brought him $20 and a third mad venture of $2.r> netted another $50. Tho West Indian thought he'd like to go on forever. AJlttle later Burke whispered that he had a sure thing, a hummer, and he was going to It strong. Ltnton and Wharton could do as they liked. They stepped on his heels In their eagerness to place the money. Burke put up $7,500 and Linton $8,800. Wharton produced $300 In billB and made out a check for $5,000. Noth ing doing on tho check they told him, so ho hurried downtown to his bank and camo back with $2,500 In real money. Burke took the pot and gave it to Linton, with Instructions to bet it all on a cortaln horBO for place. Whar ton and the plunger waited with bat- d breath. Linton came back pres ently. Tie thought ho had been told to bet on the nag to win and the nag had lost and ho wns out $8,800, not to mention his friends, and It cer tainly was rought going. "You thick-headed, thieving, low down Ignornnt aniline," shouted Rurke. "I told you to bet on the horse for plnce." "Don't talk to mo that way, you dog," shouted Linton. "I won't take It from you or any man." They clinched and went down 'n a cloud of dust. Wharton hopped around on tho outside and bepged them not to forget they were gentle men. Finally Linton remembered, and getting up went away with the peacemaker. Tho Canadian was very soro on Burke and sail ho would make good Wharton's losses, giving him a note for tjio $2,500 and then disappearing with a promise to re turn and cash It tho next day. The Went Indian waited two days, then began to read tho papers antl hustled to headquarters. Lieut. Fiannelly and some men from tho East 22nd street station havo been working on tho Job since. Monday nlpht thoy arrested four men, thoutrh they won't say where they got the prisoners, except that it was near the alleged poolroom. There they found a suitcase with tho usual wireless wire wiretappers' outfit of Morse k'vs and newspapers done tip like bundles of money. Tho prisoners a re : John IT Hr-wlv, 23, bartender In lhr? I, eland lintel, Manitoba. The police say ho Is known to them as William McRberry and Franklin Hud son, that his picture Is In various rogues' galleries and that ho has served several terms In prison for green goods operations. He Is sup posed to havo taken tho part of Burke. Charles Carbell, 43, of 147 West 10th street, who the police say was In Ring Sing for thrpo years and who used to work with Larry Summer fleid Ho had $1,870 In cash In his pockets. .Tames T. Burton. of 112 West 1 2 5 1 )?, stroot, f.O years old. and known to tho pollen as John 1 Fitzgerald, lie nlso has been In prison there and other places, tho police sav. He Is supposed to have been Mr, Sulllvnn. the bookmaker In the plot Henry Nadlson. f> r. veors old, of 40 flrovo street, Jersey City, known also as Horace Norton. The police say he sorved tlmo In Ailentown, Pa., for disposing of ereen goods. He wns a booster of tho poolroom, making fake bets Tho four are held an suspicious characters until Wharton, who has left tho cltv, but. who Inspector Fau rot snvs will be produced In good t4m<\ enn have a look at them Tho $2,500 Is still nmong the missing. Rhoots Mnn ?n<1 Kills Helf. William Murphy, 40 years old, was shot dead In front of his home, In NWest Philadelphia, by Catherine Wltmnn. 25, Wednesday nlfcht. Tho woman then rnn to her homo, a block nway, and committed suicide by shooting Just before tho police broke open tho door of her room.