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! vBOLL WEEVIL WAR !* ..Begins With Big Convention | at Shreveport. | GROWERS MEET IN FORCE Object of Gathering to Devise AX r~0<. C. Chn>t i 14, (Tiva^ui vq vu i> v* >vi ? j Ravages of Dangerous Pest. After being almost hopelessly dead- ! locked in a parliamentary tangle over j the Question of permanent organiza- j . tion, the first session of the nationai j cotton convention at Shreveport, La., j finally adjourned to a nght session | without selecting permanent officers. ! More than four hundred delegates, : representing every cotton growing | state In the .south, assembled at the i Grand opera house at 3 o'clock Mon- j day afternoon for a four days' meet- i ing, to discuss the boll weevil situa- j tion and devise, if possible, ways and : ' means for the eradication or control j of the pest. . The convention was called to order ; by Judge J. C. Pugh, chairman of the >, ! execuuve commiuee, wuu > u?.cu mv/ j , purposes of the gathering in a ringing speech. Judge Pugh said that "the delegates had been called together to consider a question of vital importance to the welfare of the south, and, j ' indeed, to that of the nation. He j feared the gravity' of the situation had j not been fully realized by the people, j The entire cotton belt is threatened | by the boll weevil, he said, and unless ! decisive, prompt and energetic meas- j nres are taken to arrest its progress, ! the weevil will, in the course of time, j1 destroy one of the greatest money crops of the nation. Judge Pugh continued: "To me there are two phases of ; the problem for this convention to ; consider. "First, can we arrange to go out of i cotton for one year in the area at i present infested, and thus get rid of the entire weevil menace? "Second, In the event an extermination of the pest is impossible by any : method that can be suggested, let us j then adopt some recommendation that | will meet the issue in the very best j way and see that these recommenda- | tions are enforced by legislation, if j necessary, throughout the length and j breadth of the Infested "area." Temporary Chairman Bolton, in a ! brief address, made an earnest plea ; to the delegates for action. Mr. Bol- j ten then read the following telegram | from Secretary of Agriculture Wilson j at Washington: IpF"Hon. J. C. Pugh, Shreveport. La.? j jf^.- Br. Howard, entomologist of this de- { ~ partment, who has had wide ex peri- ; ence in boll weevil work in Texas, J goes to represent me at the Shreve- j BifeC; port convention. I would be with you i if my duties here did not imperatively i keep me in the city. I hope your de- j afe; liberations will be instructive, help- j ;>" ful and conservative. I go before the house committee on agriculture today gig- to urge the appropriation of a large g^-V amount of money to deal with the boll j IS* * weevil in the southern states, partic- ) gpp ularly Louisiana and Texas, for the ! coming year." } The reading of the message was ] greeted with an outburst of applause. Governor Blanchard, of Louisiana, j next welcomed the delegates to the J pb state. He said in part: 'The question that has brought you life * here to hold this great convention is not one affecting merely the cottongrowing region of the south. It .affects ?gt intimately and directly the whole country. If the cotton crop of the south is to cease as the result of the j invasion of this insect, it will prove a ! world-wide calamity. It will affect j & ruinously large commercial interests; j | it will affect clisastrousy every com- ; mercial interest and every line of ! trade the world over. More, perhaps, ! than any other single product of the i soil, cotton permeates and adjusts'! ? and regulates the balance of the I ui- world's trade." | COTTON SLUMP CLOSES BANK, j Institution at Wrightsville, Ga.f Fails j to Weather the Decline. The Citizens' bank of Wrightsville, | Ga., has suspended business. J. E. i ' Linder, the owner of the bank, at- j %' tributes his misfortune to the heavy i decline in cotton, having on band : something like 2,000 bales at high j prices. Since the announcement of his sus- j pension he has paid his depositors ! $10,000, having on hand $53,000 in de- j posits at the close of business last.; Thursday. It is the general opinion that he j will pay all creditors in full. Pension Bill in the House. ; After the reading of the journal f the house Monday went into commit-1 tee of the whole for the consideration 1 of the pension bills with Mr. Currier, | of New Hampshire, in the chair. :1 Cotton and Corn Carnival. ' ' The Mississippi Cotton and Corn j, Carnival was inaugurated at Jackson, j Monday, under the most favorable aus-1 pices. ilfesa, . . .......... iKnMBBBBHHMaavaaajHMaaHannnwHaaDE MOVE TO HOLD COTTON. Delegates to Boll Weevii Convention in Shreveport Will Also Fight Wali Street Bears. The Georgia. South Carolina and Texas delegates in attendance upc:i the Boll Weevil Convention in Shreveport. Louisiana. conferred together Monday morning with a view to organizatiin in furtherance of a plan to hold cotton until prices re turn to the normal, that is IU cents, ic was arranged to bring the subject and plan to the entire body of the dolegates and secure adoption. Delegates report that 75 per cent of the farmers who have cotton on hand are In condition to hoid indefinitely for 10 cents, and will do so. The belief is general that the ginner's report will show a crop not exceeding eleven and a half million bales. The estimate by the government statistician is regarded as nothing more: than a guess, and is regarded as absoutely groundless. It is understood that southern bankers generally will cheerfully aid the farmers to hold by advancing, if desired, $30 per bale. The concensus of opinion is that farmers are more ready than heretofore to stand together and to make sacrifices if necessary to defeat the schemes of the bears who are seeking to despoil them. Most, experienced farmers declare that ordinarily the cost of production of a pound of cotton is 7 cents, with higher prices for farming implements, etc ; actual cost is 8 cents, and the producer is clearly entitled to 2 cents a pound for his labor, etc. Farmers have never shewn themselves more in earnest or more j determined to stand to their interest j tha nnow. They can thwart them. .All j they have to do is to stand firm and ; I united. South Carolina farmers have an inspector at work in each county now ; collecting crcp information that will j be reliable and of great value to pro-j ducers. In Texas ihe merchants who i make advances will require diversification of crops and smaller cotton acreage next year. The ruling spirit is that the boll weevil shall be killed and the bears j put to flight. The feeling, which has ripened inlr. i a conviction, is that if there is a 12--1 000.000-bale crop, every pound Is worth 10 cents. It is further proposed that arrangements be made next year that cotton obligations be payahlo in Tormar-tr ir?aroti.-i nf Optnhor an/! i/iv, A A A U U1A UU1 f ilikltVMVl V/i. VV, tV?-/V/? ?**' November. These are matters tha:. will be perfected in detail. I BOMBARDMENT CONTINUES. ! 1 Jap Guns From 203-Meter Hill Wreck ; ing Buildings in Port Arthur. Dispatches received in ToKio Mem day from the Japanese army beseiging Port Arthur report that the ininterior of the fortress was bombarded with heavy guns Sunday. The bat. tie ship Poltava, the transport Amur and the wireless telegraph statior! at the foot of Golden hill, were dam- j aged and the arsenal set on fire. The commander of the Japanese land battery, reporting Monday, says: "Four Russian battle ships, twe cruisers, one gunboat and one torpe do destroyer, lying in Port Arthur, are completely disabled. There is no further necessity for bombarding the Russian naval force. ! "Are now engaged in shelling th-: town of Port Arthur, which is being heavily damaged." i WESTERN UNION LOSES. i Railroads Have Right to Remove Poles Says Hieht Court Decision. The supreme court o? the United States Monday, decided the case ol the Western Union Telegraph Company vs. the Pennsylnvania Railroac Company, involving the right of the railroad company to remove the tel egraph poles from its right of way in favor of the railroad company. In the decision the court held that the congressional act of ISGo, which controlled in the ease, does not grant eminent domain to telegraph companies over the private property of railroads. VARDAMAN NOT BLACKLISTED. Mississippi Governor Will Be Invited to Witness Inauguration. Governor Vardaman has finally been given official recognition by the inaugural committee at Washington Monday. Brigadier General Harries, who is chairman of the committee on miltary organization, sent to the Mississippi governor the same friendly letter of inquiry concerning the military organizations his state will send j to take part in the ceremonies. This letter is a quasi invitation, and is just the same sent to the governors of all other states. VERDICT OF CORONER'S JURY, j I " ! Hughes Family Came to Death at ' Hands of Persons Unknown. I The jury of inquest in the Hughes i ease assembled at Trenton, S. C., ' Monday and, after two or three hours of testimony and consideration, re- ! turned a verdict that the Hughes fain- ; i!y came to death at the hands of par- : ties or persons unknown. i - . TRUSTS ARE UNEASY' I I I I They Fear an Attack From j the White House. I PRESIDENT RAISES ISSUE j I I I Chief Executive's Recommendation j Anent Interstate Commerce Com- j mission is Causing Apprehension. * ; A Washington special says: En- j largcment of the powers of the interstate commerce commission is one of i the questions which will oe pressed i vigorously at the present session of i congress. It can be said that in the ! mind of President Roosevelt no prob- ; I lem more important than this to all ! the people of the country is likely to j engage the aUeniion ot congress this i winter. In conference with members of both ! the senate and the house of represen- ; tatives, the president has emphasized j the arguments he advanced in his mes- i sage in favor of an extension of the ; powers of the interstate commerce commission. With several members 1 ho discussed the subject Friday, ! ? ->'i {vt ?Vi/-J r-v/immonri n 1 V C. U V lJUVs i vv-viiwiv MV ? tions contained in his message. To ! two paragraphs in the message he has ! directed particular attention. In a taik with Representative Graf, of Illinois, he indicated these points of the message: Above all else we must strive to keep the highways of commerce open to all on equal terms; and to do this it is necessary to put a complete stop to all rebates. a I do not believe that, as a fair security to shippers, the commission should be vested with the power, where a giv- I en rate has been challenged and after j full hearing, found to be unreasonable, to decide, subject to judicial review, what shall be a reasonable rate to take its place; the ruling of the commission to take effect immediately and to i obtain until it is reversed by the court of review. Until 1897 the interstate commerce commission exercised the power to regulate ranroau rreigm. ractas, urn. me | supreme court then decided that under j the law the commission had no such I authority. Western members of congress, especially, have urged on behalf of their constituents, that the power recommended by the president be conferred by law on the commission. They have told the president tha?. no question is of greater importance to the people than this, and that they really arb more Interested in it than [ they are in the proposed revision ot j th tariff. The president is in entire agreement with this view and proposes to exert his influence to bring about j consideration of the subject at the present session. Trusts Grow Apprehensive. Three possible reasons for the pres- ; ent demoralized condition of the stock ' market are talked of in Washington, j The first is the inflated values of many ; stocks from which it is claimed, has ; resulted a natural reaction; the sec- ; ond is the recent interesting tactics of Thomas A. Lawson, of Boston and ! the third, to which the most signlfi- j cance is attaches apparently, is the j president's recommendation in his an- j nual message for an increase in th'e J powers of the interstate commerce ! commission. , { The persons who put forward this ! latter view say that the jig financiers of the country are really apprehensive of nroceediucs inimica. to their inter- j ests as a result of the president's attitude, and that the panic in stocks is the natural and logical result. Neither the president nor Mr. Cortclyou .these same men assert, made f any promises to the trusts of immun- ! ity from molestation cf any kind at- j tendant on their gorgeous contributions to the republican campaign fund in the recent contest, but other republicans, so high in the councils of the party that- their assertions carried much weight, did make such promises and the trust interests relied upon them. ! MANY HITS BEING MADE. I Japs Keep Good Account of Bombardment at Port Arthur. . | A report from the commander of the Japanese forces at Port Arthur : dated 3 o'clock Friday morning, was as follows: "As the result of our oaval gun bom- j bardment Thursday the Bayan was hit; six times and the Amur fourteen times, j The Amur is sinking astern. "Our cannonade directed against the ' store houses and arsenals at the north-! east base of Paiyu mountain resulted in thirty-six hits, causing great dam- j age." 1 i i CARMACK SEEKS INFORMATION. j I Wants to Know How Money Was CoU , lected for Campaign Expenses. In the senate Wednesday, Mr. Car- j mack, of Tennessee, introduced a joint resolution providing for the appointment of a commission composed of members of the senate and house to investigate collection and expenditure of money by national committees in the interest of presidential candidates. / ; y-a v;-' THOSE BOGUS SECURITIES Contents of Packages Left By Mrs. Chadwlck With Iri Reynolds, of the lll-Fated Oberlin Bank. I Attorney A. A. Sterns, represent- ; ins Herbert D. Newton, of BrooUline, i Mass., made an authoritative state- i ' i ment. at Cleveland, O., Saturday, con cerning the securities that were found in the packages left with Iri Reynolds by Mrs. Chad wick. Package No. I, contained a note . made payable to Cassie L. Chadwick,! dated May 20, 1902, for $5,000,000 and I payable in fifteen months. It was | signed with the name of Andrew Carnegie. In package No. 1. was also a trust agreement, dated February 27, 1901, and signed "Andrew Carnegie," purporting to be a receipt for securities delivered to Andrew Carnegie by , Frederick R. Mason, deceased, uncle; * ^ ' - T r*i a ,.1. ^ OI uassie ^iiiiuwiCR, Liie vaiuc \>s. tbe securities being placed at $7,500,-' 000, and to be productive of income. These securities purported to be bonds of the United States Steel Corporation. the Caledonian railway of Scotland, and the Great Western railroad of England. Package No. 2, contained a dupli-; cate copy of tbe trust agreement. J Package No. 3, contained a promis-! sory note for $1,800 signed by Emily and Daniel Pine, and made payable to Cassie L. Chad wick, and a mortgage securing the same. Saturday's developments of the financial transactions of Mrs. Chadwick disclosed the fact that she had in her possession directly or indirect- j ly, alleged securities with a face value of nearly $14,000,000. These all bear the name of Andrew Carnegie, and are as follows: Note held by Citizens' na * "* 1- - at 1. * rr\i\ aaa uonai uaiiK. ol uueniu..? ouu,vvu Note held by Citizen's ' national bank of Oberlin.. 250,000 Notes admitted to exist by President Beckwith 500,000 Notes held by Ira Reynolds 5,000,000 Certificates of trusteeship for securities held by Reynolds 7,500,000 | Totals $13,750,000 With this backing Mrs. Chadwick was able to obtain large loans during the last two or three years. The only financial institution that has so far as is known been compelled to close on account of the woman's dealings has been the Citizens' national bank of Oberlin, the president and cashier of which are now under indictment and under bail on the charge of mis-, application of national bank funds. The inducements offered the Oberlin bank oflicers were said to have been the promise of Mrs. Chadwick + /-* r\ 1 t ? 4- V* o /I Cr\/\n ? ^1% tu auu. opcai iu<il UiCii bank was to be made the trustee of Mrs. Chad wick's $15,000,000 estate, and that the bankers were each to receive a yearly salary of $10,000 for their services. An additional bonus of $40,000 was promised to the bank when the loans were repaid. j i CA3BABE WORMS KILL SIX. | ??? Whole Family Dead in Illinois from Eating Poisoned Vegetables. James Rankin, aged 60; Mary Rankin, aged 56, and four children, living near Siddell, 111., are dead from the effects of eating poisoned cabbage. ! Cabbage in the garden was found tc j contain worms about the size of a j thread and 8 to 10 inches long, about; the color of the cabbage. The cabbage was cut up and fed to animals and all died. Neigboring farmers are destroying their cabbage. Child Labor and Eight-Hour Law. ^ A proclamation has been issued by Governor Poole, of Montana, declaring the adoption of the amendments to the state constitution, relating to child labor and the eight-hour law, voted at the recent election, and these ar? now in full force and effect. i I GEORGIA GRANITE GETS PRIZE. J Samples From Elbert County Receive j Award of St. Louis Fair Judges. ; The jury of awards at the St. Louis exposition has awarded to Dr. N. G. Lcng, of Elbert county, Ga., first prize in monumental and building granite, j The contest was waged by parties from nil rxtroi* fha trnrlr? ?*A1 IT VA*U? The specimens Dr. Long had on exhibition were sold by him for handsome prices, and many leading arcnitects and builders from all over the ; country, including government in-1 spectors, requested samples and gave orders. BANK OFFICIALS AS THIEVES. Warrants for Larceny Sworn Out Against Men at Buffalo, N. Y. At Buffalo, N. Y., warrants charging grand larceny in the second degree have been granted against former President Emory, Cashder Paul Werner and Assistant Cashier William Luedeck.. of the German National i Bank, vhich was closed by the state 1 banking department several days ago. - <r^sire 2 SOUTH CAROLINA i. !? jf STATE NEWS ITEMS. ^ At Hands of Unknown Parties. jo TIto -iiTrv r?? innresr in tVw? Wiiprhpe I f( J Ui J V* ** v-w j case assembled at Trenton last Moil- > day, and, after two' or three hours of E testimony and consideration, returned s a verdict that the Hughes family came \ S to death at the hands of parties or ! persons unknown. * * Surrenders After Killing Negro. t< Will Hill, colored, who was shot In near Newberry on November 11th, by j a B. H. Amick, white, has died from 1 i: the effects of the wound. j rr Immediately after the coroner's in ! a quest was held Amick surrendered to j b Sheriff Muford. He is now lodged in | tl the county jail. (C i! Federation for Charleston.> je James Leonard, of'New Orleans, or- j v ganizer of the American Federation j y of Labor, is in Charleston perfecting j tne organization 01 tee locai oram;ii ui : lj his order. The unions are fairly well j r< organized in the city, but Leonard was j ii sent on to strengthen the organization it) and will be located for some days, en- jf; gaged in this work. ; t] 1 * ! * * l Jailed for Concealing Goods. Leon Kornblut and Julius Leviscon.; merchants of Latta, were convicted fl of concealing goods from the trustee tl in bankruptcy after a trial lasting C five days in the United States dis- e trict court at Charleston. The mer- v chants were sent to jail pending the d motion which will be made Tor a new p trial ti ? v Wil| Improve Charleston Terminals, r President Erwin, of the Atlantic u Coast Line; Third Vice President m Culp, C. H. Ackert, general manager: a T. C. Powell, freight traffic manager b of the Southern were in Charleston a few days ago for conference concern- ii ing betterment of Charleston termin- w als, now owned jointly by the two a roads. Improvements asked for are d to meet the increased commerce of b the port. v . 'IV ' ' i,! Aarcn Prioleau Convicted. I it Aaron P. Prioleau, colored, republi- j m can candidate at the last election for j r congress in the first district, was convicted in the United States court at < Charleston last Monday of violating section 3891 Revised Statues, interfer- 2 ing with and opening decoy letters ^ while a railway postal clerk, in 1902. < The jury, including one negro, first 4 stood eleven to one for conviction, and later brought In a verdict of guilty with recommendation to mercy. F * ? Big Crop on one-Horse Farm. To mitxvt* seventeen oaies 01 cot- ^ toil, tweacj-iuiu* iwo-norde iou.u.3 01 ^ tuia, isji'tj-uio Dusnexs 01 peas, thir- j lv-ii,ur UUUui'ctL OuUa.cS Oi iuuuw*, iiw* ^ biuto otaer luiage, aiiu raise lor Kin- ^ ing SxX nugs NVxiii.ii n>ill average oo?J ^ poaiius eacn, is quite a line reeoru uuiie cy o. S. Auams, wno^ uvea g aoou: luur mnes irom sancucK. Mr. Aaams was very mouest when ^ telling a press representative about it . when in union a tew days ago, tnougn it is a reccra mat any iariner mignt be proud of, and others mignt emu- ^ late; especially as all the work was * done by Mr. Adams and his four 2 young sons, aged respectively, eight, eleven, thirteen and fifteen. * * * Claim Method Injures Trade. At a recent meeting the Charleston j 1 whang? adoDted the following I resolutions and sent a copy to the 1 chief starician for manufactures, een- c sus bureau: 8 "Resolved, That it is the sense of * this exchange that the methods adopt- 8 ed this year by the census bureau in J issuing the report of cotton ginned in 1 installments, instead of in sum total, I as done by said bureau in previous 1 years, has been a serious detriment to t the cotton trade this season, unset- f tling the market value of spot cotton * and creating erroneous impressions as to the final outcome of the cotton gin- { ned. And it is further "Resolved, That the chief statisti- ^ eian of the census bureau be respectfully asked and requested to issue all future reports of the cotton ginned in a monthly form in its entirety, as was a his manner of doing, same in the pre- . vious season." ( ( * * ( May Have Operated in South Carolina. * I It is thought in Charleston that in . the large number of alleged bank rob* ~ * Vin/? bers who nave oeen ruuuucu up anu arrested in Baltimore,/on the charge i of robbing a bank in Maryland, there j I are some of the gang who have been ^ operating in South Carolina during the ^ past year and a half. The postoffice inspectors are inves; tigating the matter, and some of the . ! men mav be held for trial in this state. I ** I Are Fed From Table of Jailor. ' | The alleged lynchers of the negro ] Bookhart, Palmer, Andrew and Ben ! Martin and S. A. Edon, of Eutawville. 3 i i who were comifRtted for trial by Mag- ; istrate McCoy, at St. 'George's sev- ; 1 i ;_ry . ral days ago, have been lodged in ail at Charleston, although they are . A iven full liberty about the prison . nd are given their meals from the ible of Jailer Graddick, rather than artaking of the prison fare. It is understood that efforts are beig made to secure bond for the prisners and this may be arranged be- * f )re their departure for the jail at lonck's Corner, the sounty seat of- j.. terkley, where they will have to an- j4 wer to the charge of killing the ne1 * * * Superintendent Martin Criticised. W The proposition of State Superiii- fe ?ndent of Education Martin to re- -J love the South Carolina Military caderny to Columbia and consolidate ;? , with the South Carolina college, laking a state university, has caused '* sensation and the superintendent is ' :M eing criticised, not because he favors ae removal of the institution from harleston, which he is conceded to 9 ave a perfect right to recommend", *; t on account of the unkindly refer- 5 cces which he makes to the city, ;&?? 7hich has stood by the institution fop - ears. He refers to the pending of the peti- . -i ten of the board of visitors for the pmoval Of the police station, which Is. ^ 1 close proximity to the citadel, by tie city council, and charges that by * ?iiure to act promptly the city shows nor n /vo /?tt t c nnf xsronfoh v ' ^.v/s >*tic liitr ovauvui; 10 uvg *? muwvu* *n52B : ;l ? * Charleston's Railroad Troubles. Charleston is about to have another. . | ght against a railroad on her bands, ' ais time the Charleston Terminal * Company, which has practically reftttf- " 3 d to repair certain wharves and proide the storage and berth facilities emanded by the best interests of the gi ort. i Importers have recently had much. : ; ^ rouble in securing berths for theiressels, being forced to pay demur-. ^,1 age in some cases because of the fail- : re of the corporation to repair harves and provide the automatic i|l|| ppliances necessary in unloading \J ulk cargoes. ';.v f9 The business fit the port is increa% % H lg on account of it being-the deep ater port of the South Atlantic coast; nd the only port where the deepest raft vessels can enter easily. The rsiness people argue that unless the 11 harves are kept up and deep water. rovided in the slips, a deep channel 5 of no use and the municipal author- / ::es have started an investigation f ,bich will doubtless end in the rail- ' ; oads being carried into the courts. 1 Congress to Recess After December 21 The house has adopted a concur ent resolution providing that whea : im he house and senate adjourn Wednes . lay, December 21, it be until Janu&r? , 1905. % . . A PREACHER IN THE CASE. V' lev. Eton Indirectly Aided Mrs. Chad- , wick in Her Nefarious Work. CA Boston dispatch says: With ref-v|||M irence to the statement of Rev. Dr. i Charles A. Eaton, of Cleveland, that te assisted in having introduced Mrs. vfe J. L. Chadwick and Herbert D. Newon, though he was not acquainted eith the woman said Saturday:- "" "All I've got to say is this: I don't ee why, simply because a man hap- j.-.i ens to be a minister of the gospel, te sould not step forth in man fash- . on and take his medicine like the est of us." , . , Concerning the report crediting Mr. | '} tfewton with hoping for,a settlement hrough John D. Rockefeller, on.the ^ issumption that he would not wish -j o have his pastor's name dragged * ' - ? nto the affair, Mr. Newton said: "There is no truth in that report. 5 have had hopes of a settlement, but ' | tot through Mr. Rockefeller. "Mrs. Chadwick represented to me - , hat she had certain securities in the ' ! are of Iri Reynolds, and I was showa in affidavit signed by him, stating j hat he had in his possession stocks md bonds belonging to her valued at >5,000,000. A list of them was fur- lished me, and this list was accom- - ^ >anied by a sworn statement that W Irs. Chadwlck's semi-annual Income " ^ . rora the securities was $175,000. The '< ace value of the securities was much ' ; nore than $5,000,000. ' 1 ' : . .;< 1ARNEGIE REITERATES DENIAJ-. ??r? Keel King Emphatically Declares -i - ' M that He Never i\new mi?. vuntniwv } r Andrew Carnegie's secretary was. %r isked Thursday whether Mr. Carnegie '. vould make public his reply to an inluiry from County Prosecutor Keeler, * )f Cleveland, asking formally If 5V- ' i Carnegie had signed his name to notes tor $1,250,000. Mr. Carnegie's secre- J ary said Mr. Carnegie would not nake public his reply. "Mr. Carnegie can only say what he said at first," said the secretary, "that le does not know Mrs. Chadwick; that > le has had no dealings with her, and " J :hat the connection of his name wfth :he case is absurd." | County Prosecutor Keeler, at Clever . j land, Ohio, received the following telegram Thursday from Andrew Carne- \ jie, at New York, in reply to an to- |j lulry as to the genuinennss of the slg- j; natures: . "Never signed such notes; have no notes out now; have hot issued a note for many years,. -You can arrange to have any necessary affidavits executed 1 < here. ANDREW CARNB0?E>? '