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eHRONieLE. VOLUME XII, OA. VI DION, 8. C.. FRIDAY. OCTOHKU 1. 1909, NO. 38. I ih in ?d James Farnum Declared Not Guilty Last Saturday J. B, WYLIE STAR WITNESS Implicates Himself In Crime of Graft ?Give* Details of Rebates on AU Liquors, ?'Junibia, Spocia I. ?Declaring that out of idle curiosity ho had, marked one of the hundred dollar bills ten dered Henry Samuels, in payment of a draft /September 15, 190ti, and that '?is l?|| was returned for deposit by B. Wylie, along with bills to the amount Of $1,120, Hubert Gage, cash i? t of tlie Commercial Hank, of Ches 'r? witness for tliu State in the Far num case, sprung the first sensation Of the ?Ilt Ke<l Kraft trials in the Court <>i Sessions Tuesday afternoon. Tim State annouAciuL before calling Mr. to the stand that it would con jH'ct this testimony with tho accused. Jliis transaction is in line with the charge in the indictment that the de fendant sent Samuels tlie draft for $1,1-5 to bo paid to J. B. Wylie, who was then a member of the State board control. The testimony of Mr. (iW was (ho most important of tho opening day's happenings in the case of the State against James S. Farnum, which was being tried. . ? The selection of the jury, contrary to expectations, was quickly accpm 1 dished. The defendant, James ' 8. J'arnum, was in the Court room seated near his attorney, just back of Messrs. Nelson, Cochran and Hammond, who nre conducting for him the active de fense. Mr- Farnum appeared to be in the best of spirits during the progress of the preliminary work of the trial, and in tho afternoon exhibited much interest when the jurors were being s'clectcd, and later when the first wit nesses for the State were put on tho stand. Mr. Robert Gage testified again as to the payment of the draft for $1,125, and the State sought to trac^-Hbis instrument from -the -iiirie it was pre= scnted at the Chester bank to the of flve of tho accused at the Consumers' Beer Bottling Establishment. Wit-, ne^ses were placed on the stand, who testified that they had searched the! Jiles of this company upon which iun draft is alleged to liavo been drawn,' but that tjie alleged draft could not be found up to Wednesday. Tho defence used arguments of weight and came very near halting the State upon some of the questions involved as to tho procedure ;iand in-, troduction of evidence. This fight was waged hard an<"^ lowly, and was very technical at times. The separate points were ruled upon by. Judge Memininger with precision, and owing to the interposition of numerous ob jections the case did not proceed very rapidly during the morning hours. A number of witnesses were ex amined on minor connecting links in toe chain of evidence. Mr. Wylie was made a star witness. The witness stated in reply ^to Mr. Abncy that he was forty-one ye&rs of nge, and was a member of th6 State board of control in 1900, being elected in February and commissioned in March.- The list of awards made in the various meetings of the belaid were next introduced, Mr. Wylie stat ed that he as a member of the board, had dealings with tho defendant as to, bids nnd awards. Also that the do- 1 fendant at the time represented the Anheiifl?r-Busch Browing Company.', Mr. SVyiie named other cuucei u? : whom hr said defendant represented.! These included Gallagher & Burton, Richland Distilling Company, William Lanahan & Sons, John F. Backem & Co., Big Four Distilling Company, and awards wei'e found m the March 22 minutes for the Anheuser Com: pany. Other dales were taken, in cluding April 12, May 15, June 15, etc., and the awards were read. Tho concerns alleged to havo been repres ented by the defendant received ? awards according to the record, and the amounts were read to the Jury by Mr. Wylie. When this was conclud ed, .he oaiiic tedious process V7?s gone through as. to the bids, after Mr. Ab ney had explained to the jury th^ ptatus under which the board acted. The bids were found for the various times and awards made. The defendant was in the Court room during the entire day. He again manifested much interest in every stage of the procedures. The board of directors referred to by Mr. Wylie is tho last State disponsary board, composed of Jodie M. Rawlinson, chairman; John Black and J. B. Wylie. . j On Thursday admitting upon the witness stand that lie himself had ac cepted various amounts of money t? influence his vote as member -of tho State dispensary board of control. Joseph B. Wylre directly connected the $1,125 draft previously referred to in the trial with the defendant, James Farnum, stilting that Hcnrv Samncla had cashed the draft for him and turned tho cash over. Put through ? tfrillinsr cross-examination by the: "nfenae. the witness gave ? b[sW! son for going on tlve stand -the assnr ance of his attorriey that if ho told the whole truth be would not be woe ecntcd. "I want to set myself right before the people of the State," de- 1 ^*r*d Mr. Wylie, "and I am going1 '<>11 the truth." ? Mr. Wylie 'a testimony was the sig iiiticuiit of the trial for t ho day. Tl?i?, however, wan not unexpected, as Mr. Wylie wan known to have appeared before the grand jury when the dis penxury indictuiouts were handed oat about two weeks ago. Mr. Wylie 'is testimony was in line with the charges made in the indietuieui. The tWfonee'a showing was an attempt to impeach the character of the witness by having him admit that he received gifts of money from agents of whiskey house*. This the defense succeeded in bring ing out forcibly, Henry Samuels was another witness for the State whose testimony was in keeping with the charges alleged, and ag ta'tho cashing of the draft alleged to have been sent by the defendant to Mr. Wyiio. The State closed its case at this stage. The defense gave Wylie a severe cross examination upyn which a re direct examination brought out start ling .figures. The alleged arrangement as set out by Mr. Wylie was: That on case goods bought from Farnuin's firms Wylie was to receive $1 per case, and upon bulk goods as follows : Upon liquor costing $1 47 per gnl lon, $1.50 }>er barrel On $1.50 whis key, $2 per barrel. On $1.00 whiskey, $3 per barrel. On $1.75 whiskey, $0 pe rbarrel. On $1.85 whiskey, $3 per barrel. On $2 whiskey, $13 per barrel On $2.15 whiskey, $15 per barrel. On $2.25 whiskey, $17.50 per barrel. On $2.50 whiskey, $20 per barrel. On $3 whiskey, $25 per barrel. These were tho rebates that witness stated that were agreed upon as !o whiskeys purchased and ordered out. On beer the alleged rebate wos $1 per barrel, and on champaign 42 per case and other wines 50 cents per case. Jim Farnum is "not guilty." So said the "jury of his peers," Satur day that tried the "beer king" of South Carolina, the flashing figure of the old dispensary (lavs, the man ac cused of bribing ? former ofilcers ^oi that happily dead institution, the State dispensary, the man who was shown to have received in six months $864;000 worth of business' from a concern that did a busiuess of about $:',000,000 annually. The jury was in consultation almost six hours. It retired just after Judge Memminger made his charge,, which consumed about 25 minutes; This was about 10:30 o'clock Saturday morn n/1 at UUU J UQW Uli^i IVUiV toil I l/t a i 4 o'clock for the afternoon session, the verdict was rendered. It could not bo Baid that the verdiot was absolutely unexpected, that is, be yond a doubt, but it was extremely surprising that it Bbould have been brought in such a comparatively short time. But as will.be seen from the statement of one of the jurors tho minds' of the men were practically made up when they went into the jury room. In consideration of lack of time at this session to try the other case against Farnum and a number of oth er cases on the docket the further procedure against . Farnum was laid over. It was learned from otie of the jury men Saturday night that thare was only one ballot Jaken, and that pn this the result was 11 to 1 for acquit tal, the vote being taken immediately after going into conference. He stated that the man who did not join his vote was not absolutely for con viction, but undecided as to certain .evidence* and that the reason that the jury remained for any length of time was because this man had to be talk ed to. The juror who gave this infor mation also stated that the chief givuuu* the j ui y had for sc^uitts! were because it believed that actual bribery had not teen proved, holding that while money had passed it ha<l not been shown to be corruptly unsed, but might have been passed in tho actual course of business. . The other cases in the dispensary scandal arc as follows: Caso No. 50 chargcs J. W. Rawlin^ son, J.s B. Wylic, John Black, James A. FarUum, John T. Early, Morton A, Goodman and H. Lee Solomons with conspiracy to defraud. " Case No. 51 arraigns M. A. Good man, L. W. Boykin, J. B. Towill, W. O. Tatum and Dennis Weiskopf for conspiracy to defraud tho State out of $32,500 in the label deal. No. 52 chargea John Black with ac 3, James S. Farnum is charged with bribery. ?* No. 54 on the calendar is the ease against J. S. Famum, J. M. Hatvlin Bpn, J. B. Wylie and John Black, con spiracy to defraud the State out of *4,800. No. 55 ia the ease against Dennis Weiskopf, perjury. No attorneys are named as yet. Of these, only the caso against Black for accepting a bribe will be tried at this term, it being set for Wednesday. Wylie Hakes Clean-Cut Confession, . Columbia*. Special. ? Testifying that he bad aa member of the 8C|S;j|ii-.. pensary board voted for purchase, -from tboee ho??c? wl?i?h ?fTcrodU Gill] paid rebates, Joseph B. Wylia, of Cheater, former memlcr of the bonrd. Thursday made a clean-cut confession giving not only the details of th* examination at the lunula of Col. P. 11. Nelson without flinching and with out deviating in any way from tho story told in hi* direct testimony. Ho declared that bet'oro hi* election to the board in 1906, Parnuin had ap proached him and *aid Wylio could make a good ?leal on the side of elect ed, and thai Farnuui had contributed lK>00 to his campuign expends, lie declared that there was later made an arrangement botween Farnum ami himself by which payments wom made through draft* payable to lleury Samuel*, now mayor of Chea ter, who cauhed the draft* and turned the proceeds over to, VVylie. He would merely tell Samuels to. Ret the money for him on an order and he knew that Samuels would get it. Sftpiuftle him-. s*lf represented liquor hobses in ono way or another. Mr. Wylie said that in eleven months' service on tlw hoard ho Imd made over $J8,000 in this way. When Iiq went on the hoard he was worth from $1 5,000 to $20,00, but could not *ay how much he is worth now, as he had apent a good deal of tho money made through tho dispensary. As to tho motive for his confession, his attorney, Mr. Paul Hemphill, of Chester, had assured him that if ho would tell tint .truth ho worn! not be prosecuted, but I:/* had not bo<*n promised immunity from civil suit to recover fhe money for the State. W1U tho Mayor Resign? Chester, Special. ? It is possible that a demand will be made on May or Samuela in a few days for his re signation, although it is not known in what shape or from what source this demand will come. The demand i* based on the revelations in Mr. Sam uel*' testimony while a witness on the stand in Columbia lust week in the Farnum case. Mr. Samuels, when seen and asked what he would do in case such a demand is made, said that he purposes to hold on to his ofllce. NEWSY GLEANINGS. The police In St. Petersburg broke up a meeting of Constitutional Demo crats. In Washington, D. C., the demand for national bank currency Is 100 per cent, above normal. London financiers exnect higher money rates owing to the demands for capital from abroad. Orvllle Wright made a new aero plano record with a passenger aboard above the T-OEfClfcof Field, In Berlin. Tvl r?. Delia M. Gilbert, Hnnaiilun Christian Science, launched the New' Christian Science Church in Brook lyn. President Tnft defended the drlch-Payne bill in the first ta-i ?T soeech of his western trip at Winona, Minn. The Emery claim, a long standing cause of friction between the Unit? I States and Nicaragua, was settled in Washington, D. C. Ex-Commissioner Bingham at tacked Mayor McClellan, and said ho had tried to use the Police Depart ment for personal and political ent'i. The Costa Rlcan Congrots has re fused the loan contract of the Na tional City Bank, of New Yo-k City, for funding Its external and Internal debt, President Taft, addreising the vli Itlng Japanese trade commissioners at Lake Mlnnetonka, Minn., ridiculed the predictions of a war between the United States and Japan. The Qerman Socialists showed signs at the recent convention at Lelpslc of aiding the Oorernment'a reform measures, with a view to the gradual reformation of society. Harry L. Buckley, a Philadelphia newspaper man, bearing a relay mes sage from President Taft to the Alas ka-Yukon Exposition, was killed near Reading, Pa., when his automobile was wrecked. PROMINENT PEOPLE). Colonel George Harvey's collarbone was broken In an automobile accident at Manahawkln, N. J. Y. Uchlda, Japanese Ambassador to Austria, is to succeed Baron Taka hlra at Washington, D. C. Justice William J. Gaynor was nominated for Mayor of New York cn** bv Wnntclnal Dnmocracy. * Prince and Princess knnt of Japai. were the guests of Dr. Takamlne at Merrlwold Park, Sullivan County. Now York. Professor Baldwin, of Johns Hop kins University, has resigned to take practical charge of Mexico's educa tional system. Dr. J. Q. Schurman, returning from abroad, asserted that England and America were far behind Germany in scientific research. Wu Ting-fang was a guest of honor at a dinner In New York City to Chas. R. Crano on the eve of his departure as Minister to China. John Bigelow sent a letter to the Hudson-Pulton Commission protest ing against the celebration and re fusing to lend his support to it. Dr. Norman Hahsen, a prominent Danish physician, says that Dr. Cook told him that Commander Peary took forciblo possession of his <Dr. Cook's) house and supplies at Annotok^. Senator Depew said that he would leave Europe for New York In time to take part in the mayoralty cam paign, and dsnied a report that he would make his home In California. Bliss Perry, author of "Walt Whit man," "The Amateur Spirit." aift ed itor of the . Atlantic Monthly/ sailed from New York 'City to serve as American. Jecturcr ior th cl ysar _l 9 0 I 10 at the Sorbonne Snd the Provia-' elal Universities of France. ; IAJCKY MAiMMA DIDN'T HEAR. "Papa, what is a masked battery?" I 1>slr WILL REFUND $30,000 Kentucky Distilling Company Volun teer* to Refund Amount of Over charges. ? Columbia, Social. Following a conference latti week between (he winding-up commission of ; t In* uM State dispensary and tlw? representa tives of the Hernhem Distilling Com pany of I?oui*ville, Ky., the company Monday announced that it will re fund to tho State overcharge on liquors amounting to $30,000. The company, which was reproseiU* fd before the State hoard of ooqj.ro! by Jaiues Furnuni, acquitted Saturday! of bribing Jospeh B. Wylie, then ? member of the purchasing board, to give the concerns represented by Far nun) the preference in purchasing liquors, admits the overcharges, and [says it is willing to make good thid inufh of the State's .loan. The refund is voluntary on the pan of the company, as (tie old State dis pensary board of control had tflfeetcd a Complete settlement with the con cern before the winding-up commis sion took charge of 1 1 vs affairs of the dispensary when the institution was legislated Out of existence and the company never has put in a claim for money due it for the liquors sold to tho dispensary, as has been done by many of the other houses which had been awarded contract# for liquors. Farnuni is under indictment for conspiracy and there are two more charges of bribery against him. What effect this admission by the liquor house that it secured contracts at ex orbitant prices will have on these car..'#, which probably will come up at the next term of court, is not known here. Governor Names Delegates. Columbia, Special. ? Governor An sel hna appointed delegates to the! Farmers' National Congress, which will bo held at Raleigh, N. C., com* inoncing November 4. Governor An sel lias been invited to attend the Con gress, but it is hardly probable that he "Will attend. The following are those that were appointed: II. McRce, Dil lon, 8. R. P. Ilamer, Jr., Ilarner; S. Gibson, Gibson; Dr. Wade Stack house, Dillon; D. L. McLaurin, Me Coll; Sheriff J. B. Green, Bennetts ville; Tom C. Hamer, Bennettsvillo, M. H. Ilaynesworth, Florence; R. P. Reed, Ebenezer; Waltor Gregfr, Mars Bluff; L. E. Corrigan, Society Hill; 1). T. McKethan, Darlington; E. C. Edwards, Mullins; W. B. Allen, Mal lory; YTm ^odbpldt, Marion, and D. W. Bethea. . Shipped the Liquor Back. Charleston, Special.? Chief Bate man, of the State constabulary, stat ed Saturday night that the forty-five barrels of liquor which recently arriv ed at Drayton Station, consigned to illicit dealers in this city, had been reshippod to Savannah Saturday via the Atlantic Coast Lino freight tTain. The shipment contained about three hundred and seventy-five gallons of whiskey of all kinds, valued by Con stable Bateman at about $1,100, al though it represents a much greater loss to the blind tigers in the city, who could not get it past the con stables statioced at Drayton for the express purpose of keeping It there. Man of Seventy Years Arrested For Bigamy. ?? Orangeburg, Special. ? A warrant has been sworn out before Judge C. P. Brunson of the magistrate court bv A. J. Jackson against one John HulT, charging Huff with bigamy. Huff was married to Jackson's daughter, a maid of about 19 years, January 10, in the presence of a large number of ? rnoMnnfa rjJ tllC ITil ! 1 VlllilJJC HCTC. Before the marriage Huff was asked whether he" was married and he denied it, but lately he has admitted possess ing a wife in Georgia. Be gave bond in the sum of $200. He is 70 years old. Sea Island Ootton Outlook is Oloomy. Charleston, Special.? The reports from the islands about Charleston show anything but a favorable stato of the growth and development of the long, staple cotton end the planter* are much disturbed about the pros pects. Already it is said that the crop is off about 20 per ccnt and with un favorable weather conditions and the ravages of insects, there is no telling how much more damage will bo done. Builds School House For His Em ployes. Rock Hill, Special. ? Hamilton Car hartt, the great overall manufacturer of Detroit, Mich., and owner of the Carliartt Cotton MiJIs of this city, ha# commissioned Mr. N. G. Walker of this city to draw plans for a modem and thoroughly up-to-date uchool house for his mill village here. The building will be 50 by 50 feet. Mr. Carhartt is doing this entirely on his own initiative and will ask no help from the school board or any one else. He makes no boast about what he does bnt just goes ahead and does it. Hurt By ' ' Merry -Go-Hound. ' ' Rock Hill, Special. ? Luther Deas, a white boy* was very, seriously in jured on the merry-go-round. He i?mped.on pno of the horses while the. maehino was in motion, and just barely escaping the wheels. One of the projeetiona from^the wheel axle struck th6 boy, tearing a great across his breAst^ from shonWer to shoulder, severing completely the main muscles in that region and miss ing his left lung only by an inefa. DR. FREDERICK A. COOK'S JOYOUSWELCOME HOME Brooklyn Greets Arctic Traveler , With Pride and Affection. "I HAVE COME FROM THE POLE!'' Afler Two YemV AWiio? (ho ICxplor* ! ,-sr In (i reel (Ml at His Home \Vllti j Vuprcrecle tiled Kitthufci<i*iki iiml i bl.lciidlU C'oiilUIem-e, Rrooklyn, N. Y.^-Anald shrieking : (thistles and tumultuous cheers, Dr. j Frederick A. Cook returned homo on ' tho Occur II. from his two years' ab sence In llio arctic. From tho mo ment th? exnlofer In tho morninft ?. replied from tho steamer to (ho small Uih In >s I) Icli )ii>> wjfo had wono down | tho hay to meet him until Ion/? u f o r j nightfall Dr. Cook was hulled by bla ' admirers as. tho discoverer of the North Pole, and a homecoming wel come was accorded to him the nl.a eer ily of which, could not be doubted. In Interviews, brief as they were, which Dr. Cook pavo ia tho day ho * declared he had hraa&ht br.ok with him ample proofs that ho was the dis coverer of tho North Pole, Tiieae proofs he was asked to produce, bat ho said ho would sor.d thorn to tho University of Denmark, at Copenliri Ben, whero tho Danish sclent istti would make them public. Already, Dr. Cook declared, his story of hiB dash to tho pole had been approved by Daegaard-Jenfton. In spector of Danish North Greenland. I The Governor, of Upernavik has us Bured tho Danish Government of his conviction that Dr. Cook had reach od tho pole." It Was upon this indorse ment, Dr. Cook said, that the Diinii'li people accepted his story. Dr. Cook was silent as to tlii chal lenge to his assertion niado by Com mnnder Peary. Ho declarod that ho would not answer Commander Peary's criticisms until Peary had come to New York City, when, tho explorer said, he would Do willing to confront tho Commander. Reminded that Commander Peary had Insisted that Dr. Cook had "never been at the North Polo or anywhere near It," and that he "had Cook nailed," Dr. Cook merely replied : "When Mr. Peary comes to town I will answer him; not before." The Oscar II. lifted her anchor off Flro Island just nfter sunrlso and ?low'" atpnrVtM to Quarantine, rpac.h ?a? lueio ueiaru 7 o'clock. AHont the time the Oscar II. wua starim* for Q?nrnrittnrt th? tucr John C Oll klnson, with Mri>, Cook, the explor er's wife, their two children, the ex IjJorer's two brothers, and Dr. Ros weil St6uWn?j chairman of the Recep tion Committee 'oT't^Arctl.c Club of America/ left the Battery, iTiC arrived at Quarantine Just as the steamer loomed out of the gray fog. There was a blast from the alren of tho Oscar II. and a shriek from the tug'a whistle. Mrs. Cook, stand ing on the deck of the smaller craft with her children, raised her hand to her eyes and peered over toward tho dimly outlined Oscar II. for a glimpse of her husband. Thero were prob ably a thousand passengers at the steamer'B rail, all watching to Bee Mrs. Cook, Dancing around the Oscar II, were half a dozen tugs carrying reporters. A revenue cutter was slowly drawing up alongside the Steamer. Dr. Cook, on the etearoer'8 deck, espied the John 0. Gilkinson. He lifted hie derby hat and waved It. HIb wife responded with a wave of her handkerchief. It took only a few minutes for the tug to reach the side of the steamer and for the gangway steps to be lowered to it. Dr. Cook stood at the gangway eager to board the tug. As he stepped down ho was met by his youngest daughter, Ruth, who flung herself into his arms. Then his wife caught him In her embrace. The explorer made ready to trans fer to the steamboat, tut before he ? f J. T tuurn ui j b kj iuioo aua tiouuinuui daughter of the treasurer of the Arc tic Club, jumped to thff tug's deck and rut a wreath of roses about Dr. Hook's neck. Dr." Cook indicated hf?? thauka. Then, with tne nuge wreatti In danger of being torn away, he went down the gangplank into the arms of a f-antlcally cheering throng. "This- is almost as bad as fighting your way to the pole," he gasped, his faco wearing a broad smile. "Oh? you, Uncle Fred!'" cried a feminine voice, and Miss Lillian Cook, the explorer's niece, edged her way through the crowd. Dr. Cook strug gled against the crush until ho had made a path for her. She kissed him and the crowd cheered again. Then while he was hemmed in at the gang way to the Grand Republic he turned to a member of the committee and asked him to give out a statement he had prepared for the newspaper men. With that he took some fifty typewritten copies from his pocket and handed them over. Hero is the statement: "On Board tho Oscar II. ? After one of the most delightful trips of my life across the Atlantic, I am in deed glad once more to gee the shores of my natlvo land. I have como from the pole. I havo brought my story and my data with me. The public has already a tangible and a specific record of that trip. In a very short time the narrative, with all Lhe ob servations, will be published and placed before tho world for examina tion. "It it as easy for you aa for me to understand why I cannot, on the im pulse of the moment, read off a man Bloodhounds Ran Down Slayer. Jam ob King, who is charged with ftMAMinatlnir Charles tfcrlbner from ambush near B?atty ><?.. was captured by a ot i^iiicnri wltu j bloodhounds aWrT clilM" 6f ' Jv?" days. King, It fa reported, heft con- 1 fees ?<! to the killing, tj/J'SiM ~ Fairbanks Lwtar?? hi Manila. Fonner Vice-President Fairbanks .or* of President McKlnJ.y. I I uncrlpt which covers the. work of two years, As uald upon several occasions, all the charges, accusation# and ex pressions of disbelief aro based upon entire ignorance of tho supplementary data which I peases*. No one who has spoken or .written ou tho subject In opposition to my claim known of tho fac t --i with ' which .such work of exploration is measured. All of the rrllic'.f !B? have b?'<jn bused upon oh vlous triors In the reproductions of my fu>t dispatch, < r upon tho discus sions of peUy side issues presented by II I! f I P Ct JtiC?. "Th? expedition was private. It was Btnrted out without tho usual imbUe bombast. Mr. John. K. Brad ley furnished the money and I shapod tho destiny of the venture. k For the tlmo b< It concerned ua only, but tho r)5uiu wore bo Important, that tip returning I at onco placed before tho public a report containing tho main outline of the work. I have not corno homo to entor Into arguments with one mm or with fifty nietr, but I nn here to present n clear record Of a piece of work over which 1 hav? n'rteht to display a certain amount of ?i>nu. . When sclent 1 hi r study the de tullid observations and tho narrative In lr? ronKPcutlvo onlft", I am certain Oiat In the duo course of events all will be co;n:itdl' d to adu.it tho truth qt my EtilUffiftQl. "I am p - rftctly willing to abide by tho jVn'a-l verdict -of this record by competent judges.. That must bo the last word in tho discussion, and that alone can satlf-fy nv> and tho public. "Pui'Lhcriuor?. not only will my rc? port be before you Jn black aud whits, bat I will nlso bring. to America hu man w itnorge* to prove that I have l>e?n io tii" pole. "FKK1J10FUCK A. COOIC." f.'ydncy Welcomes IVary. Pydney, N. H.?? The Hooaeveit, fly ing from her naff u big American flag, crossed by a broad white bund, upon which in lottoiB of black appeared tlio words "North Pale," came up the harbor hero and dropped anchor off the main wharf of tho town. Hofove he had bf?>n aahore thrpe hours Com* inandt'C Peary received a telegram from Herbert L. Hridgmnn, the secre tary of tho Peary Arctic Club, of Now York City, and after reading It ho dictated tho following statement, to bo given to nil tho nowspaper corre spnndcntH In Sydney: "Acting on the advico of General Hobbnrd and Herbert Jj. Prldgman, tho pj-PBident and secretary of the Peary Arctic Club, I wish to ecpreRi my thanks to nil my friends for their j kind offers and invitations, and also I beg to Bay that I prefer to accept no invitation to a public reception or ovation until the present controversy has b3en settled by competent author ity." I .... ? HOUTIIKKN STORM IA)S9, Flvo Dead nt New Orleans, Two at Jackson ? Property Damage Heavy, Louisville. Kv. ? Central In MIbbI*. elppl and swinging northward at the ante of 200 miles n day. the hurricane whlf?I? >-W&pt tho Gulf Coast left a trail of ruin t h rVutfr^lJ^?: In New Orleans five persons wore killed. A million dollars will not re. pair the damage done to the city. It Is said that to replace the plate glass alone will cost $100,000. It Is believed that the timber de struction In Mississippi will equal that of four yearB ago, when moro than $5,000,000 worth of limber was felled. From the summer colonies on tho Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf Coast come tales of devastation and fears that many lives have been lost. The summer tourists who own pleasure craft are wont to spend much time upon them, and It i? possible that msny have been lost. Jackeon, Miss., the capital of the State, was cut off from the coast points. Two lives were lost thore. Tho dome of the new Caoltol wa? wrecked and the old Capitol was un? roofed. The streets were a tangle of live wires, and the fallen trees and debrU make tho highways lmpassa* ble. m At Vlcksbnrg two vessels wore sunk and a third was driven asborr. Their passengers were rescued. One vessel lies across the channel and blocked navigation. I brthtol, va., declared "wet." i ? Recent Loonl Option Election Con? firmed In Courf. Bristol, Va. ? Judge Kelly decided the recent local option election wag "VaTfmind that the town Is wet. Prep aration for opening several raloons Is now under wav. The contest case grew out of the local option election of July 8, which the "wets" won by thirty-two votes. The "drys" claimed 170 votes wero cast by alleged non residents. Struck III* Flirting Wife. Frank O'C&nnor went strolling along Michigan Boulevard, Chicago, with his wife. He was watching au tomobiles go by. and he avers his wife was watching tho men. He asserted that when a peculiarly dashing pe destrian passed she smiled on him and then said: "Isn't that a hand some man?" He struck her and both were arrested. Whon arraigned before Judge Fake O'Connor ex plained the case. "A woman's eyas and words should be (or her husband alone," quoth the Justice. "Dis charged !" y Taf t Meets Japanese. **.?re,l!ent T*ft met? at M1*?naapoHs, Minn., the party of Japanese business men touring the United States, and spoke pleasantly of the relations of the two countrlea. Woman Smoker, 02, Barns to nmth. At P?oria. HI., Mrs. Mary ltlordan, ulMtyiwft. died in agony as the -re* an it of liurn*. flhe ww* smoktne * pl0?% wne> some tooaceo bumtkh alighted on her dress, creating ft b\azo which enveloped her. For eiiihty years she had lived in Illinois. r Jj*? jfe first Oonncll In Canada.* J ""Tire first Catholic plenary council j - - - ? Canada finished Its mk 1 .to recently. Latest News. BY WIRE. rri>?UU'Ut Appoint* Treasurer. Washington, D. C. ? Lee McClung, treasurer of Yule University, hu? been appointed by President Tnft ob Trcau urer of the United States, to eucceed Charles II. Treat, who recently re? signed. , A l<] For Stranded 100. Washington, n, C. ? Stranded at Nome, Alaska. 100 American ?v?ii and women will be Drought back to Seattle, Wash., on a revenue cutter. Official advices a ay the party, who aro respectable Americans, were brought to Nome by the Alaska Development and Investment Company, which hna not paid them their season's wages. Mouth Opened Attain. Oranvce, W. J. ? Misa Jllanche Glow ski, of No. 1 Nassau place, laugheg ao heartily at a Joke that aho dislocated her Jaw. A doctor camo and put It back In place. Then she yawned; aho yawned wider and wider until her Jaw was dislocated again. Same doctor; samn process; but this time he tied it to it would stay there. J.oiip; Hurt Costs Foot. Maryvllle, Mo. ? Mrs. E. Calvert, ot McFall. Mo., was brought to Mary vflle and taken to St. Francis' Hospi tal to have an operation performed on her foot. Mrs. Calvert, who is'sixty nine yeara old, met with an injury to her foot when a small girl, and has Buffered onlv slightly from the effects of tho accident until now, when it be came so serious an to cause an ainpu-. tat Ion of part of the foot. For Canal In Ohio. Toledo, Ohio. ? To push the pro ject of a deep-water canal from To ledo to Cincinnati an organization with more than 100 members has been formed. ?> : ' ? " . * ' ? ' 1 Got* Hero Medal, Washington. D. C. ? A gold medal has boen officially recommended for Hugh F. Doherty, formerly in the D?^ partment Of Sewers, Drooklyn, N. Y , for saving the life of a boy in tho East River on June 3, 1907. ? Drowned In Barrel. Elizabeth, N. J. ? Henry Gleeman,. two years old. son of Mrs. Henry Gleeman, tumbled into a barrel and was drowned. . No Foodj Asks Divorce. Washington, DA C.? ^Declaring her htisband to be a devotee of the "an* iiuui Imtii" CU?tt ariu tiiftt, though worth $50,000, he provided a ten-cent j.le nnd a box of biscuits for their first meal on arriving from New York City, after their marriage, Mrs. Hen rietta Newman filed suit for a limited divorce from Mayer B. Newman. < ?1? Trump an Heir. ' JvTtiB9.---That he knew Dan iel Blake Ru^r^^t^OT? ?* Dftnlel Blake aa a member of of horse thieves In Malone, N. Y., dttft Ing 188? and 1889, was a part of the testimony given by former Deputy Sheriff Lowell, of Malone, concerning the Identity of Daniel Blake Russell, claimant to half the fortune of $7(Q,? 000 left by the late Daniel RuseeUf i? Nominate General Grant. ' ;?V Detroit. Mich. ? Alfred Lowther, chairman of the Prohibition party, te booming Brigadier -General Frederick D, Or ant, aon of former Preeident U. 0. Grant, ae the Prohibition candidate (or President la X9 12. v Latham Filet Over Berlin." Berlin. ? Hubert . Latham made a trial flight of ten minutes in the pres. ence of distinguished German officers, and later in the day flew for half an hour over in* TduiylouO" * p^r&dc ground, cheered by a rait assemblage, French Crowd Applauds Guillotine. 1 Valence. Drome, France.-? A triple execution^ by guillotine took place in this city at daylight. Three men, Berruyer, David and Llottard, were decapitated for a series of atrocious crimes in the Department of Drome which created a reign of terror. N<> less than twelve murders and 200 robberies are laid at the doors of these men. They often tortured their victims with red hot irons. A great ' crowd witnessed the executions and applauded wildly every time the knife m i The Ranster Leaves Genoa. Genoa. ? The Massachusetts nauti cal training ship Ranger, with a com plement of cadetB on board, left here tor Gibraltar. Makes Successful Flights. Lucerne, Switserlsnd. ? A new American aviator. Pane Hurlhurt, has made several successful aeroplane flights here. t Postal Service For Tibet. , Pekln.? The Chinese Government has decided to send a postal delegate to Lhassa for ^he purpose of extend ing the postal service to Tibet. . Fleeing Prisoners Killed. Osb, Asiatic Russia. ? A group of nineteen prisoners attempted to es cape from the local Jail. Nine were killed, nine wounded. by the guards and one escaped. Criticises Italy's Navy. Rome. ? The Trlbons. Win menting on what it terms the i qtiate Italian representation Hudeon-Fultorf colsbrattec appointmont Brochettl dl< and it ref< the ] With France/ Q| - m. ' V .Vrm * sL'JL