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MORE HOT STUFF Puiitzer Comment^Sarcastically On Special Message. 'SKINS TEDDY ALIVE Says He*Is the Iliggost Liar and Meanest Demagogue That Has Ever Been Elevated to High Position by the Americans, Hut He Can't Silence the World. ? New York, Dec. 15\?The World in tiie course of its answer to President Roosevelt's reference to th/t paper in his special message to congress today says: "Mr. Roosevelt is mistaken. He can not muzzle The World. "While no amount of billingsgate 011 his part can alter our determination to treat him with judicial impartiality and scrupulous fairness, we repeat what we have already said, that the congress of the United States should make a thorough investigation; that the full truth may be known to the Aui^Rcan people. "The World fully appreciates the compliment paid to it by Mr. Roosevelt in making it the subject of a SMOf'i'lt nuiilB!! iro tr? t)>n r>/>ti - " x v?..e,i v.i->o ?ji the United States. "The World likewise appreciates the importance of Mr. Roosevelt.'? statement when ho declares to congress that the proprietor of The World should he prosecuted for lihel by the governmental authorities and hat. the attorney general has under consideration the form under whim the proceeding against Mr. Pulitzer shall he brought. "This is the first time a president. ever assorted the doctrine of lose majeste or proposed, in the absence of specific legislation, the criminal prosecution by the government of citizens who criticized the conduct of the government or the conduct of individuals who may have had business dealings with the government. Neither the king of Great Britain nor the German emperor would venture to arrogate such power to himself. John Adams' attempt to ohfocro the sedition law destroyed the Federalist party in America. Yet Mr. Roosevelt, in the absence of law. proposes to use all the power of the greatest government on earth to cripple the freedom of the press 'on the pretext that the government mis been libeled?and he is the government. "It is true that The World printed the public report concerning the Panama canal affair whim resulted from William Nelson Cromwell's an peal to the rtistriot attorney's ofTioo during tlio recent campaign to prevent I lie pnhlication of a story which was said to be in the hands of till Democratic national committee. It was Mr. Cromwell's own act which raised the issue in the campaign. "it is true that when Mr. Roosevelt made attack upon Pelavan Smith The World called atention to certa:n statements which Mr. Roose volt must have known to he false or misleading and appealed to congress to end all scandal l>y a full and imparted investigation. If this he treasoi, let Mr. Roosevelt make the most of it. "Mr. Roosevelt's lamentable habit of inaccurate statements makes is impossible to accent either his judgments or his conclusions. In his message lie does not state correctly even so simple a matter as tlie pretended causes of his grievance. The World has never said that Charles P. Taft. or Douglas Rahinson made any profits whatever. .Jr. Taft denied that he was concerned in the transaction in any way, which d 3nial The World published and accepted. it would have been equally glad to print Mr. Robinson's denial could it have succeeded in obtaining one from him as it frequently attempted. "The World lias no evidence that ho was associated with Mr. Cromwell and would accept his word to that effect, for Mr. Robinson is sin estimable gentleman of high character, whose reputation for veraeitv is inflnitelv hotter thnn tbnt r > f his distinguished brother-in-law. "If The World has libeled anybody wo hope it will be punished, but wo do not intend to be intimidated by Mr. Roosevelt's threats or by Mr. Roosevelt's denunciations, or bv Mr. Roosevelt's power. "No other living man ever so grossely libeled the United States as does this president, who besmirches congress, bulldozes judges, assnila he integrity of courts, slanders priY' ito citizens and who has shown himself the most reckless, unscrupulous demagogue whom the American people ever trusted with great power and authority. "We say this not in anger but in sincere sorrow. The World has immeasurably more respect for the office of president 0! the Unite-.l States than Theodore Roosevelt has ever shown during, the yours in whicn he, has reign of terror and villifled the honor and honesty of both public officials and private citizens, who opposed his policies or thwarted him in bis puropses. "So far as The World is concentrated, its proprietors may go to Jail, if Mr. Roosevelt succeeds, as (TIAIUJKD WITH SIX Ml'KDKllS lly Poison in the Last Three Years or So. Somerville, Mass., Dec. 17.?Pent! inn the result of an examination as to the sanity of Mrs. Mary Kelleher, of this city, now in jail at Cambridge, District Attorney lliggincs. has ordered) an investigation into the cause of the death of six members of Mrs. Kelleher's family during the past three years. The specific charge against Miv. Kelleher is that of arson, but the police called the attention of the District Attorney to repot us which were in circulation as to th.? deaths in her family. It is said that the insurance on the lives of the decided was paid to Mrs. II. Kelleher. The list of deaths and the causes ascribed follow: Mrs. Hridgot Knowh s. sister-inlaw, died June 30, 1905, rheumatism. Annie T. Knowles, sister-in-law, died March 1, 19 06, bronchi'la. Stephen V. Kelleher, husband, died May 15, 1 906, pneumonia. Mary Kelleher, daughter, died November 21, 1 906, bronchitis. William Kelleher, son died January 1 I, 190S, heart diaMse. Katharine Kelloher, daughter, died July 2?,, 1908, ptomaine poisoning. * ,jom:s ki.i i m;d bail. Chief Justice Dope Ucvcrsed by Other *1 list ices. Columbia, Dec;. IS. The Supreme Court today tiled its order in the ease of \V. T. Jones, refusing ball to the defendant-petitioner, and also tiled the formal order dismissing tieappeal from Judge llydriek's order refusing bail to Jones and sustaining Judge Hydriek. In the 'alter decision Chief Justice pope, and Associate Justice iiaiy and Jones all concur, but in the order refusing bail on the motion in the original jurisdic.tion of the Cont t. Chief Justice Pope does not concur. Associate Justice Woods does not sign either order, being unable to consider otllcial business by reason of i 11 in ss in his family. The result of these orders is that Jones must remain in jail at Union iiiit i 1 the n?xt term of the court, ol General S ssions at Union, hen the case in which lie is charged with the murder of his wife will be called Whether or not the case will then be tried is, of course, yet to be determined, as other motions may be mad?. * II/II v ' i in* i'ni? I.M ihii.'H 1 i ii-siii Wants American to Make l*rolits on Corn Crop. Washington, Dec. is.?An appropriation for some highly educated and thoroughly practical Amorican agriculturist is otTered h.v the roveniMont agricultural society of it *ssatabia, Russia, which wants such a man to take charge of an oxpoi meat station which it proposes to establish. The puropso of the svution is to demonstrate* the possibility of corn as a profit able crop for South Russian farmers. Special Agent Denuies, in a report to the Ruroau of .Manufactures says that the society will pay t ho right farmer $ 1,000 a year and furnish him gratis a comfortable home to live in. * Collapse ol' Fridge. Mat t lushin g, W Vs., Dec. 17.-Four in rsous were killed Wednesday in the collapse of a span of the new bridge across the I'atomac here. I'.lecv l*p Rank Safe. McAlester, Okla., Dec. 1.7.?Rodhers today dynamited the safe of th* First National Rank of Eufala, Okla., and escaped with a sum said to he $2,700. What a man likes about, gambling ih if he should happen to win lie could tell everybody it was twice as much, except his wife, who would want to spend it. Can Voii Heat ii? He held her little hand in his? She waited for the question; And do you know, the darn fool talked About his indigestion! Seven Men Drown. St. Pierre, Mcq., Dec. 1 f>.?Seven members of the crew of the French warship Admiral Aube, who started for the shore last night are missing, and it is thought all were drowned. Thirteen Men Killed. Vienna, Doc. 17.?Thirteen men wore killed in an explosion of tire damp Wednesday morning in a mine near Roslcza, Hungary. Keeps Mosquitoes Away. Chicago, Dec. 18.?Dr. Alorzo C Tennoy says that eucalyputs trees are a safeguard against annoyance by mosquitoofl when placed near human habitations. He has suggested in an address that some of these (trees he planted in the proposed pnrk belt in Chicago. * he threatens; but even in jail The World will not cense to bo a fearless champion of free press and a free people." ROBBER KILLED. in m nmm; >iii>nk?iit fight hy OFFICIOUS. Thcll audits W'cro Getting Heady to Hob the Hanks of the Town ani ! Showed Fight. ; Greenwich, O., Occ. 10.?In a run- ' ning midnight encounter between a gang of safe-crackers and tlu> police of this village, Night Marshal Wood was hurt, and one of the burglars slain. The other burglar escaped, earr ing one of t hoir number. Marshal Wood accosted a man ( standing near the postoflice and act- j ing in a suspicious manner. In reply to questions, the unknown man sai l lie was a stranger in the town, but desired to leave on a freight train. The marshal escorted him to the raitlroad and just as tlioy reached the tracks four ot.h? r men suddenly jumped from behind a car and ordered the officer to throw up his . hands. lie complied, hut in one hand .) had an automatic revolver which h( fired, one bullet piercing (he liea?'t . of one of the quartet. The firing ( was returned by the other men an i tli" marshal was struck in the back. , As he fell, the men limit hi;-.i into insensibility and then escaped. I The firing aroused the- town and the wounded marshal was found in | the railroad yards. A posse searched the surrounding territory for the men. The dead man was about 3o years of age and well dressed. VAM'K OF OI K CKOPS. ItcA isnl Kstimate ef I'jirm Products for This Year. Washington, Doc. 15.?The pjoduction in 1908 and farm value of December 1 of important farm products, according to the final revised estimates of the department of ag rieulture, announced today, was as follows: ( Corn. 2,068,05 1,000 bushels; farm vallie, $ 1,61 0. 1 15,00b. Winter wheat. 407.908,000 bush- 1 els: value, 14 10,330,000. Spring wheat, 220,G'J4,000; $204,4 16,000. Oats, 807.1 5G,000 bushels; $3 81.I 7 I ,00b. Karley, 1 00,756,000 bushels, $92- 1 I 1 2,000. figures for other crops included: Uvr>, 31,856,000 bushels, $23,- ' 455,000. Buck wheat, 15,874,000 bushels; $ 1 2,004,000. Flax s"(d, 25,805,000 bushels, $30,577,000. Peas, 21.890,000 bushels; $17,77 1 .000. Potatoes, 27 8,985,000; $197,03 9,000. 1 lay, 70,798,000 tons; $035,423 0 0 0. Ti\!meen TIC A I'M AAA ?%? \ >? rwl ?? . . ... v. ? ', i ? ?,vu i i'/wv |M/u , $ 7, 1 a 0,0 00. CAN'T KCAUF JOSFPII. Pulitzer Says lit* Will I'<1 it Mis Paper From flail. X \v York, l)<e. 1 (5.?Joseph Pulitzer, of Tho World, in replying to t ho tirade of President Roosevelt, says: "So far as I am personally concorned, I was at sea during the whole or October and, in fact, piratically for two years I have been yachting on account of my health. ! never read a word or syllable of this Panama story, was not in connection with the paper and had t othing to do with it. Mr. Uoosevelt knows all this perfectly. He knows I am a chronic invalid and most!} abroad yachting on account of my health. 1 think his anger is simp'y due to the sharp attacks made by The World on him politically. For that perhaps, i am responsible; that is for the political criticism of Uoosevelt on public and political grounds solely. I am really sorry he shoul 1 ho so very angry, but Tho World will continue to critciso him without a shadow of fear, if lie should succeed in compelling me to edit the paper ironi jail. Til 10V lilVIOI) A ltrniarkahle North Carolina F11111ily of iViislancrH. TTendorsoville, N. C., Dec. 17.? C. M. Justice, who Is 75 years old, his brothers John and J. U., whc are 70 and 76 respectively, and Uieir father, who Is 95 years old, are all pensioners of North Carolina. Mr. 0. M. Justice, who Is still ex tremely active, is a resident of Hi is town. lie enlisted in '62, in Capt. T. P. Jones, company, and served his country until the surrender. Mr. Justice was in town last Saturday and received his Christmas gift from the people t>f North Carolina in the form of a pension claim.?The Hustler. Awful Experience. Sydney, N. S., Dec. 3 7.?Exhausted by eight days of toil at the pumps and 12 hours in an open boat, with the thermometer hovering around zero, seven men rowed ashore at Port Morion today and reported that the French schooner Marceline had foundered off the Cane Breton coas* at midnight on Tuesday. ( A CONVICT PROYKD IWOCKNT. 11 un Already Served 'IVii Yours ol Ills hcnU'ticc. Raleigh, N. C., Hoc. 17.? Judge Thomas H. Sutton, of Fnyettevillo, has affidavits that go to prove the Innocence of A. P. Norton, who has served ten years of a thirty years sentence for murder. Affidavits signed hv men who were issocinted with Thomas White, who recently died at the Northampton state farm set forth that White confessed that he was guilty of the murder for which Norton is imprisoned. The crime in question was committed in 1S9S, in Robeson county, when Jesse K. Telar, a white tenant >f White's, was shot and killed whib peaceably entering the door of White's home. White and Norton, [mother t.enanj), -each charged the >ther with the killing, and Judge Sutton sentenced both to the penientiary for thirty years. DROPS DOMDS \nd Shows llow a City Could he I test royed. Los Angeles, Dee. IS.? To denionv.rate how easily a hostile force equipped with a lleet of airships might destroy an American ci y, Hoy Kmibenshue, th navigator, last night circled over Los Angohs in his dirigible balloon and from the larkness above dropped harmless hombs on the roofs of the c'-y hall, ihe courthouse and other public buildings. Wither Knab ushue nor his craft could be seen from the street, the only intimation ol his whereabouts coming from Ihe bombs, which took tire as they fell. * J\11.I.KD Willi.K lit NUNC. Prominent Young Lawyer Meets With Accidental Death. Blackshear, Ga., Dec. 17.?10. Law ton Walker, newly elected solicitor general of the Brunswick circuit, this state, was almost instantly killed in the hunting field this afternoon, near Walkersvilie. Mr. Walk? r ami three friends were following up a seateia d covey of birds when the load from the gun of Dickson, one of the hunters, entered Mr. Winker's head just hack of the right ear. He fell to the ground unconscious and died within a tew minutes. The shooting was entirely accidental. * \\ ise Words. Worry is half of weariness. Tarn dine is not to t:, t l>v lU- ing fi . lit pain. K? veug never is so sweet as w hen fr- regone. The criti'-al eye rema.ins longe t in ignorance. No man is undone as long as he has a work to do. You cannot bless men until you I believe in them. He is lost already to whom stirciAce appears as folly. Tile t'l'i imi'\' iii...i "i" i - , .. ....... ... . i.i i ,? i.-i i urn <m i? ; intc ruled hy our pleasures. The sltm we wink at today am the ones we wed tomorrow. Spiritually the most hlpless ar* those who refuse to help. Life harriers that resist ail force crumble before friendship. The fool is known by offering Ins forothough after t lie event. Tomorrow's burdens always prove too much for today s hack. You have no right to set up youi fad as another man's faith. Keep the heart healthy and happiness will take care of itself. Nothing heals our own wounds quicker than helping others. Men are to ho known by thoi>' aims rather than hy their origins. If you would he fur-righted you must leant to live on the heights. It's a sad day when a man lots his interests determine his principles. The secret of success lies somewit re between wishing and willing. The weariest man in this world is the one who is running from work. Some times fleeing from tlx- devii is only a pretext for fleeing front duty. Religion lins no homo in the man who docs not sho whis religion at home. Our own sins grow fast behind our backs while wo are gazing at the faults of cur neighbors. It is better occasionally to do a foolish act of charity than to com 111 it the folly of an uncharitable life. The Little Hoy's Itaby Prayer. Hoar Ood, T need You awful bad; I don't know what to do; My papa's crops,, mwniamma's sick; I hain't no fren' but You. Them keerleas an*- Is went an' bring, 'Stld of the boy I ast, A ween hy, teenchy baby girl. I don see how they dast! Say, God, I wish 't You't take her back. She's Just as good as new; Won't no one know she's seoon'hand, Hut. 'copln' me an' You; An' pick a boy, dear Ood, Yourself. The nicest In Yer fold: Tint please don't choose quite bo young. I'd like him f? years old. 5JJ52,f? * ' ?Llppincott's. TEDDY FOAMS I Roosevelt Uses Strong Words In Message cn Panama, SAYS PULITZER LIES ,\lm>111 and Slanders (lie Nation When lie Charges a Ileal in lite lluying of the Panama Canal and Suit W ill he liroiight Against llim Says the I resident. Washington, Dec. 15.? President ItoosevclL today sent to the Senat a statement concerning the purchase of the Panama canal property by the Pr.ited Slates, denouncing in stroi ;; language the charges that there was anything wrong in the acquisit Ion by the Pnlted States of the canal property. "Those stories," he continue <. "were first brought to my attention as published in a paper in Indianapolis called The News, edited hv Mr. Deiavan Smith. The stories wo < scurrilous and libelous in char n t< and false in every essential particilar. "Smith shelters himself behind tin excuse that he merely accepted ' h sta'em nts which had appeared in a paper published in New York 'The World' owned by Joseph Pulitzer." Summarizing the charges made in this connection the President says in part: "Thise statements sametimes appeared in editorials, yoim tinus in the shane of emit cihni ioe from individuals, either unknown or known to he of had character. "They arc false in every particular from beginning to end. The wickedness of these slanders is oi: 1 ?* surpassed hy their fatuity. So utterly hasel >ss are the stories th: t apparent ly they represent in pavt merely the material colleeteil foi campaign purposes and in part stories originally competed with a view of possible blackmail." The President adds: "Now there stores as a matter of fac,L. n< d no invi stigation whatever; no shadow of pr< of has be n or can he produced in behalf of any of tbein; tliey ccsist simply of a string of inianio...-, libels. In form tbev are in p.ut libels upon individuals, upon M Taft and Mr. ltobinson. for instance; but tiny are in fact wholly and in form partly, libel upon the \"nlt? I Stat?i government. 1 do not believe we should concern ourselves with the partieular Individuals who wrote the lying and libelous editorials, articles from correspondents or articles in the n ws columns. "The real offender is Mr. .losej h Prlit. er, editor and propri tor <>f 'The World.' While the criminal off- use of which Pulitzer has h> :i gui'tv i in the form of libel upon individuals, the great injury done is i:i hlaelc ning the good name of the American people. It should ivu l?e left to a private citizen to sue P<dit/.? r for 1 ilx*l. 11o should prose ciitod for libel by tho g >vorninontnl authorities." Tim president continued: "It is therefore :i high national duty to bring to justice this viiiifler of tie* American people." The President says: "The Attorney General lias under consideration the form in which tho proceedings against Mr. Pulitzer shall lie brought." Tho president then explains tho method of concluding tin* purchase, saying tho transaction was carried through by the then Attorney Clfeberal Knox and not by Mr. Hay or Mr. Root. The President accepts till tho responsibility for carrying onf the will of Congress. lie say-that his government. had nothing to do with the distribution of the $40,000.(too. He also includes a copy of the statement made by Cromwell on December 11. PIT lirsKA.NI> IN J A IK And Then Ran Away With a Male Hoarder. Bristol, Tf'iirt,, I)cc. 17.?William Hudson, who spent last night in th.i city jnil hero as tlie result of n warrant sworn out by his wife, who charged that lie had threatened her life, awoke to the full meaning of his incarceration this morning when h1 learned that his wife had eloped with Rd Hyatt, a man wlto had been rooming in his home and who assisted Mrs. Hudson in having her husband locked up. Upon learning the sequel this morning, Mayor Rice ordered the release of Hudson rrom prison and (he latter wont immediately in search of his only child, a baby who was taken by the (doners. -c I Shot In His Store. Hampton, Ark,, Dec. 17.?Charles Abbott, a merchant of this place was shot and killed and his brother, Dunk Abbott, county treasurer was wounded by two negroes at the store of the former today as a result of a disagreement as to a business trans! action. Intense excitement prevails and posses are in pursuit of the n'>?roe? >.? vIa'-IMAHU". BEATS THE RECORD ONK MAN FATIIKK <>I FOHTYOXH ('III I.DItKN. Ho II hI Three Wives uiul Is Now Only Forty-One Years of Age. Is of Neula rry County. Columbia, Dor*. 10.?The Record of yesterday afternoon stated that Klmcr Mayor, of Newberry county, who is serving a serttence in the penitentiary for complicity in tho burning of a barn, is the father of forty-one chlldr n. The man has practically lived in obscurity, and the wonderful story came to light, only my chance, and the world might never have had t he knowledge of the unusual case of a prodigous family had not a r porter learned of the ftcis through a casual conversation as he passed through the capitol grounds where Mayer is working With Other fellow eon ?!.. ?? When Mayer I? ir;i?i to give ;v few facts about his 1 if and made the astounding statement that he is thi father c?f nearly half a hundred children, the reporter Imgan to sit. up and take notice and a few words of inquiry brought forth th? following remarkable facts: . .lohn .Vie r, the hero of the ?tory. is forty-one years of age, and has lived ia N berry county all his Mfe. I Ms home is in the country, No 7 township. He hps taken unto himself as many as three wives?, which also adds another interesting feature to his life. Ifrotn the first, marriage 'Jo children were born, ten sels of twins. High teen children resulted from the second union, the number also being twins. The third wif'. who is now living in Newberry county, is the moth*;* of thirteen children. The children at birth were all normal in size and the youngest, a bov. \vf ighed 1 SS pounds at the age of 11 vein's, which is another remarkable feature of thl1-' wonderful large family of children. Mayer thought there was nothing unusually interesting In connection with lbs life, so lie never told the president about it. or had his picture printed in the. papers at the lime when Ttoosevilt's neted rema ks before the woman's congress brought forth many stories of large families to prove that the nation's chief magistrate. Was in rnor whon he uttered his warning against rao suicide. lie toijs day l?y day with tlx* guard's gun always in sight, the garb oT a felon about him. a constant reminder oC his violation acainst liis gauntry's laws, and bearing his distInc.!ion. in sil nee. * WANTS J1IM TO SITU'II'V. House ol' Hepresentativrs ('alls on Teddy for I "acts, Washington, Dee. 1 7.?The llouso ol' IIicptcscntativ< s tod y by unanimous vote, adopted a resolution requesting the president to supply it with any evidence that may lie in liis possession that will justify tho tateinent i 11 his last anntptl utessag" :.ti relation to the attitude of members of congress toward a|)propria Hons for the seeref. service of tlio goverimp nt. Following is the reset nt ion: "itesolved. That the president tie requested to transmit to the House any evidence upon which he based bis statements that tiie 'chief argument in favor of the provision was that the congressmen did not themselves wish to be investigated bv secret service men,' and also to transmit to the House any evidence connecting any member of the lions > of Representatives of the tinth congress with corrupt action in liis of()?(..? . : i n|Nki iiy mm 10 in: or in the 1I on Re whether he has ins-t it.nt r rl proceedings for the punishment of any mi eh individual by the courts or has reported any such alleged delinquencies to the House of Itrepresivtativos." * T.xrr ts m:\irnly gkkktkd. Great Throngs Surge About Mini Upon His Arrival. Augusta, Dec. IS.?A vociferous Georgia welcome was extended to President-elect Taft on his arrival here. The train shed was crowded with people who cheered lustily as Judge Taft appeared on the car platform. Official w; Icome was extend* (I him by a large committee. Mrs. Taft also was cheered by the crowd which surged around the party on its way through tho station to the waiting automobile of Mr. and Mrs. Thome,'whose house guests the Taftg will be until Monday when they will occupy the Terret cottage. As the automobile moved away a company of Georgia's mounted militia fell In behind as an escort of honor. Taft acknowledged the demonstrations both at tho station and as he was driven through the citv by raising his hat and making a plentiful distribution of tho "Taft smile." * There's nothing makes a girl's father so suspicious if a man is tryl ing to marry as for the fellow not to be abl? to support her.