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LETTER TO PHFRIDEXT HEITKRATISO m%9 STATE? MENTS That Roosevelt Hm Adopted nssUiwcs* >li thods In HI- Attacks? Vigor,*** language. Outhrle, Okie . Sept. 10.?Oov. Chae N Hahkell. formerly treasuror of the Democratic national commit? tees tonight gave out a long letter to President Roosevelt, repeating his published dsfense to the charges made against him. The letter In part Is as follows: "The serious character of your charg?? against me should have sug? gested to you tliat you. as chief ex? ecutive, should proceed with delibera? tion and certainty before making such hearsay statement your own dec? larations. ? Your attack upon me finally rested on my conduct toward the Prairie OH and Oas company of this State. 1 have said that you were reeponslbls for granting a franchise before state? hood, thereby creating veeted rights. You seek to evade the issue and create wrong Impression*. Y?>u said the Interior department had no power, ex sept where crossing the Indian res? ervation. Ton would have your read em believe that Indian Territory was then conducting Us own government and that only parts of the same were Indian reservations. "Mr Roosevelt, you know It Is not true; you know all the land was In? dian land without county, township or territorial government. What halo of Integrity surrounded you last weak, like the mint, has faded away and the Interior department holds the record which convicts you. *'You granted the franchise at the solicitation of Senator Depew and n few days thersaftsr received $2(0,? ?ft In cash for your campaign fund. "You chsrged me with having at? tempted to bribe th? attorney general of Ohio. That was presumably nine years ago. You have abandoned that position Charles P. Taft sey> through his paper that no evidence was ever produced that would con? vict use of the charge. "In touching on the State university question, you pretended to quote from the Outlook magrsaine. but how dir * honestly you enlargsd on ths mags atns article! That article charged me with substituting Democratic for Re? publics n professors for political pur 1 have shown that statement he false, hat I charge you with try to enlargs on that magaalne ar :le and give the world ths impree tnat we were Improperly using appropriated to conduct Institution, ir charge that I vetoed a child have not apologised for. Tading you know that I did the approval of union labor oar State constitution which was 'so bad your opinion Id not look well In print' re detailed child labor leg ell you have recom ?U New York legislature to the congress of the ???'es president and that 1 had ?PPatiH ^ ftcU of our Wglnlfk. ture (M^lflfn solicitation of union tabor. "You *aidf| four rtrBt Btat?mont that ? had .uHT||lt?ht m, to recover title * ^ ln^n Und I overwhelmed Hik^Ht BUteme?t. Adopting your umm$ mycy you flrr from that states^ wUhout Ju? id,.I?gy and adopt *se^ment now .hat It was governmental 8Ue lot. .hat you charged me ^ Wlng BU,d or. Yee, I believe I a* t gofendlllU s to certain ?overnmgs^^,, glu. ts th.it high Sut >ts In one of nearly 11.01 "u have had brought ?any different honorable ilnded cttlsen?, of this Htute *aTlnk i lie campaign year, end you < ndertake to deny that petty >r the purpose of Republicsnksng bout tO.oao Idlan voters was y^r ? ?le motive for having those aufcj ought; and I charge you with know, gt h ?t there has been no delay h " ess cases, escept that occasioned b ' t coart's deliberations, taken b meelf. as time he decmd necessar: consider whether or not there I y merit In the petition filed by you ?jrney. ?You say th it on that land qu?s> ? n yos will see that I get a heartni - court. Yes. sir, I will come to youi ?ring; call to your assistance al ? power that your high office com n Is, pr??sen in ?my forn i like. I am ready to meet It ann ore Its conclusion the people ol lerlca will be disgusted that the> r elected you presi lent of the iTnl States." < hnmiV Constl,mii|on Cured. ??ne who suffers from chronic 0Oe> ' ?atlosj I? In danger of many s?riou< n.-ntst Foley's Ort no Lanftthri es chronic constipation as It aid* estlon and stimulates the liver and eels, restoring the natural action these organs. Commence taking It ay end you will feel better at once, i ey'e Orlno Laxative does not nau fs f>r rrtr" I fid '* very piri-?"?f ft ll'-ftl i? llbSlilU?mh -|h< l';. ig tor* FIRST STEEL BALLOON HOUSE. Government Erects Immense Skele? ton of Steel at Fort Omaha. From the Omaha World-Herald. Omaha has the first steel balloon house ever erected. It Is being built by the United States Government In ordsr that balloon experiments may be carried on extensively at Fort Omaha, which is strictly a signal sta? tion. This monster building is going to cost the Government $50,000. It Is erected by a Minneapolis company, and aa It Is the first steel bajloon house ever built Is something in the the nature of an experiment, there be? ing absolutely no predecent to follow. It is entirely of steel. Not an atom of wood Is in the building. Even the window casings are of steel. Ther are nearly 860 tons of steel In the monster balloon house, which Is 200 feet long. 90 feet wide and 75 feet high. Being altogether a new style v% architecture and the first of the kind ever erected It Is something of a sponslblllty. It is what Is known as the "Church truss" building, having an angular top, erlth a circular lower cord. From the spring line of the lower cord to tho ridge of the truss is 27 feet. One of the special features of the balloon house Is the sise of the doors. There Is but one entrance, facing the north. The doors to the entrance are mam? moth affairs, being 75 feet high and weighing 14 tons. Yet so delicately balanced are they that one man can move them. They are to be opened and shut by means of a lever, which can he operated by one hand. These doors follow the trusts slides In ?nape. The at el was brought to the fort In sections, held together by 14,000 steel rivets. The skeleton of the building Is to be covered with sheets of cor? rugated Iron, which have a new mode of fastening. The usual method Is that of purlin nails; but the Omahn building Is put together by means of 120,000 Norway Iren rivets. The men who ca:ch the rivets have a hasardous Job. Far aloft one of the workmen heata these rivets to a white heat in a forge on a platform. When it ia heated he shouts to the riveting crew and seising the hot rivet In a pair of tonga, aendi It hurtling through the air all the way from 10 to 40 feet. One of the riveting* crew catches It In a bucket. To catch a white-hot rivet is not exactly like catching a baseball. If the catcher misses it means a se? vere burn for soineone. The method of construction makes It practically Impossible for the building to be torn looae. Even the window caaea are to be of ateel and the satire affair la fire-proof. There la a continuous anchorage from the concrete piers, which go 7 feet below trade, to the spring line of the lower cord of roof trusses. The anchorages are 14 fest apart on alther side of the building. The rear of the building is anchored similarly. On either side of the front Is a high tower, which carries the doors. Theae towers are tl feet high. The total weight of the building Is 825 tons. Thsre are three parts of the building ?the central part, which is to hold big balloons, which have already ar? rived at the fort, and a shed on each side for storage purposes. The hydrotjen gas house la at the tight of the balloon house and will not be ready for work until September, when the experiments with the bal? loon will really begin. There will be at least two ballons. The Government Intends to spend any amount of mon? ey on these experiments, this being the first stael balloon house owned by the Government. A Jeweler's Experience. C. R. Kluger, The Jeweler. 1060. ?C. R. Kluger. The Jeweler, 1060. writes: "I was mo weak from kidney trouble that I could hardly walk a hundred feet. Four bottles of Foley's Kidney Remedy cleared my complex Ion, cured my backache and the Irreg ularltlea disappeared, and I can now attend to my business every day. and irecommend Foley's Kidney Remedy to ,1 ex 11 sufferers, ss It cured me after the .\soctors and other remedies had failed. I. W. Sibert. Jshn Merritt, a young white man. In Charleston as the result of ,nto?U* sustained by falling off I tr*Ut et Hranchvllle. *A ??1??. gnoa for anything where a *a,ve ??* be used?that's DsWItt'f Carbons* W|t(,h Hatel 8alv0. It cleanser thoroughly, keeps the pores tpSfi and k.Mm quiekjy, It Is good for anything wn%re a ga,ve ,? needed. It coo's and soothea and la especially good for piles, We 8cU and recom mend it. Sold by m\\ druggists. ?May*! Hon. v snd T;ir ettr#fl soughs .|iilckly. strengthens Ul,. lunm? an,, w. ft si colds. Get tho genuine |? a yel? low package. W. \y sib. rt. sit who never wntu, \nI1I never cross the sea. ?Do not forget that DaWltfl Lit? tle Karly Hlsfrs are the b? ?t p|||| made. They are pleasant little pills that are easy to take and are natfrnpt V. ? i ..no JT Ki 'ikk' A^W 7 ?/\ hatke&co / i*ST r in i^"1.1. Motif 11 fix LOCATED IN THE HEART OF* RICHMOND, VA, um DISTILLERS and shippers^ j| I I IMlil^ffl HIB 1BBB.1HBS SOUTHERN EXPRESS PROMPT SHIPMENTS Tho above is our shipping house where we have been doing business for more than forty years. Boing next to the express office gives us the best and quickest shipping facilities. All orders, are sent out same day received. We make losses and breakage goc-d 1 Gal. 2 Gals. 3 Gals. 4% Gala. HATKE'S VIRGINIA MOUNTAIN RYE?A whiakey we have bean rolling for forty years - SL 50 $4.50 $6.50 $9.00 PRIVATE STOCK CO N ?'Tis mild and mallow, try it onos, than always .... 2.50 450 6.50 9.00 HOLLAN "> GIN?Bast Gin sold at this low pries - - - - - - 2.50 4.50 6.50 9.00 APPLE BRANDY?Thla yeara orop, but It la PURE BRANDY. 2.50 4.50 6.60 9.00 PEACH BRAN DY ? Mads especially for us in Maryland. - - - ..... 2.50 4.50 6.60 9.00 \ "ADO 10 CENTS EXTRA PER GALLON FOR ANV OF TOE ABOVE BRANDS IN FULL QUARTS," 24 Pint* or 48 Half Pint* of Any Above Brand* In Plain Cases STM. We prepay express Charges at these prices and guarantee safe delivery. Write for complete price list, as these are only a few brands. Send Money Order or Registered Letter with order. A. HATKE & COMPANY, 800-802-804-806 e. cary st., box 3t1, Richmond, Va. DANIELS ASKS QUESTIONS. Democratic Press Agent Writes a Let? ter to Bonaparte. Chicago, ill., Sept. 30.?Josephus Daniels, chairman of the Democratic press committee, today made public a letter written to Attorney General Bonaparte at the Instance of, the Dem? ocratic national committee, asking the Attorney General how many of the 287 so-called trusts of the country have been proceeded against 'in the Courts by the Federal Government, and how many more cases he expects to file. Mr. Danlels's letter takes only one hundred words, but appended to It Is a list of 287 alleged trusts taken, he says, from a list In "Moody's Manual of Corporation Securities." He also asks for the amount of fines collected from defendant "trusts" and the amount of fines standing against them, but not collected. In connection with this letter Mr. Daniels, made the following state ment: f, 'It is generally known that under Republican administrations the Oil Trust had a monopoly of the old oil fields and that under the Roosevelt administration it has been able to dictate the production of oil in new territory Is a matter of 'common no? toriety.' "The Standard Oil Trust has not been put out of business nor reduced the price of Its product. Of the 287 trusts in the United States there have not been prosecutions of but few, and the aggregate fines collected will not exceed $150.000. The fines in effect In trust cases may be said virtually to be a license paid to continue the vio? lation of the law. The public has paid the fines against the Meat Trust ten thousand times over. If 287 trusts ?an go on contrary to law and only be fined it may be asked of Mr. Roose? velt: 'Would not deeds speak louder than words?' The Democratic com? mittee today will send a letter to At? torney General Bonaparte with a list of 287 trusts and ask him to mark those prosecuted and also ask him why he did not take up the Steel Trust, which receives more benefits than any other from this Government and contributed the most to the Re? publican campaign fund." Exi>ectc<l Some Cussing. A West Philadelphia husband had Juf*t comfortably seated himself for his after-dinner cigar the other even? ing when his good wife arose and took the parrot from the room. This done, she picked up a couple of envelopes and approached the old man, all of which occasioned that great surprise. '?Mary," said he, "what in the world did pou take that parrot out of tho room for?" "I was afraid that you might set him a bad example," answered wifey. "What do you mean?" demanded the wondering husband. "i mean," answered wlfey, handing father the envelopes, "that i have Just received my dressmaking am' millinery bills."?Phlladlphla Tele? graph. "Now than 1 recall the fact," he observed with a cunning smile, "my third gn at aunt on my mother's side had a stepfather who caught the grip while shingling a house on the out? skirts of the battle of Gettysburg." "We thought as much," exelalnied the crowd trlumpathantly, hurrying him on to Washington. - Smart Set. J. T. Martin, aroused at Orange burg of attempting to use the malls for the purpose of practicing fraud, |h?a been released on bend In th?a SENATOR FORMER'S DEFENSE. WOULD CLEAR HIS CHARACTER IX OPEX COURT. Asserts That There Was No Harm In His Accepting Employment From Standard OH Company. Cincinnati, Oct. 1.?That the law should be invoked against him if ha has done any wrong is the conclusion of a statement given out by United States Senator Poraker today. Be? fore making this suggestion hj sums up the various charges that have been made and discusses briefly the legal ethics as to service for various clients. The statement in part follows: "The questions In this whole matter In which the public is concerned are: "Whether I was emplo>ed, which was never concealed or denied; and "The character of that employment, whether it had any relation to my duties as senator or influenced me In any manner In regard thereto. "On all these points I have answer? ed fully In my former published state? ment "I have not until now spoken of the compensation I received, because if the employment was improper it would be no defense to show that It was a small sum, but if, on the other hand, the employment was proper, the compensation concerned only the company and myself, nobody else. If my former statements are true, as I know them to be, the employment was entirely proper and legitimate, and therefore the question of com? pensation is one I do not feel called upon to discuss with Mr. Hearst. "In view, however, of the import? ant character of the services rendered, the ability of the company to pay, and if it may be considered, although unforeseen, the disagreeable experi? ence to which I am subjected, I think it would be difficult for Mr. Hearst to show that I was overpaid, but if he should, that would be a matter for the company to complain about and not Mr. Hearst. "My employment was confined to the affairs of the company in Ohio, including Its organization ?fter the decision of our supreme court dis? solving the trust, and It was ended long before the company had become in any way the object of legislation by congress or the subject of attacks of any kind In the courts or other? wise by the United States government and such employment has never been renewed, although, as'heretofore shown, again tendered and declined in 1906. "If I did not have a right to accept that employment, I should probably be criticised for having been for years employed by the Ohio Traction com? pany; or perhaps I shoulI be con? demned for oncv. representing the eQntral Electric company, al? though that was before I was elected to the senate, or to the Cinc innati Tel? ephone company, by which I was em? ployed for many years before and for some time after I was elected to the senate, because it is a branch of the Bell telephone company, and these companies?the General Electric and ihe Bell Telephone?have now beta charged, according to newspapers, with a violation of the anti-trust laws, anil arc to be oiviiiv and criminally proceeded against by the attorney gen? eral of the United States. "When 1 was employed by the Standard OH company there was no more knowledge or probability of thai company's being legislated about by COQgreal or proceeded against in the federal courts, so far as anybody was then aware, than there wa* and has been as to other companies named at ? *if\ 4tr>lP" When T respectively r?yTn ted th#tn< "Lawyers, at least, fully understand that when a professional service has been rendered and has been paid for all obligation ceases on both sides and that no lawyer is bound by rea? son of a previous employment to show any favor at any subsequent time as attorney, as public official or other? wise to any one who may have been his client. "Finally, if I committed any offense against the law, let somebody speci? fically point It out and proceed against me. The courts are open and although they have been severely crit? icised, yet the people have confidence in them and will accept and be satis fled with their judgment. If there be any just basis for this reckless, whole? sale defamation and attempted assas? sination of character let It take some tangible, open and fair form of pro? cedure, where all interested can ap? pear and be fully heard." PROHIBITION FIGHT BREWING? Legislator M. L. Smith Busy Gather? ing Police Statistics. j Spartanburg, Sept. 30.?At the re? quest of M. L. Smith, member of the House of Representatives from Ker shaw, Chief of Police Hall has fur? nished figures as to the number of ar? rests made in this city for the two ( years prior to the closing of the dis? pensaries and for the two years since the dispensaries were closed. I From January 1, 1904, to January ' 1, 1906, there were 4,215 arrests, &> I 666 being for drunkenness. From January 1, 1906, to January 1, 1908, I there were 4,002 arrests, 785 being for ! drunkenness. Mr. Smith is securing comparative statistics in all the cities or coun? ties that have voted out the dispen? sary. ANDERSON GINNER WARNED. Notice Signed "Night Rider" Found on Callioun Prultt's Gin. Anderson, Sept. 29.?The gin of Mr. Calhoun Prultt, a prosperous farmer of Varennesr Township, eight miles I south of Anderson, was posted last night by supposed night riders. The notice warned him to close down the i gin and threatened that the night rid- | ers would burn it if the command was not obeyed. Mr. Prultt came to this city this af? ternoon and brought the notice with him. It waf written on part of a polit? ical circular, with an indelible pencil, and the writing Is without doubt the work of some very ignorant person. The Incident created some excite? ment at the scene, but the gin was not closed down. People in the city do not know what to think of It. The notice reads as follows: "Notice.?Mr. Calhoun Prultt. If you gin any more cotton you will be burnt out. We mean business. From advance Night Rider." Would Mortgage the Farm. ?A farmer on Rural Route 2, Em? pire. Ga.. W. A. Floyd by name, says: "Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured the two worst sores 1 ever saw: one on my hau l and one ~>n my leg. It Is worth more than Ita weight in gold. I would not be without it if i had to mortgage the farm to get it." only 25c. at Blbert'a Drug Store. Three members <>f the Rtchland Volunteers were convicted of violating military rules, and were given the option of paying a fine or serving a Jail sentence. Fifty Tears a Blaekamlth, ?Samuel R. Worley, of Hlxburg, Va.. has been shoeing h oses for more than 60 years. He says: 'Vhamborlain's Pain Halm has given me great relief from lame hack snd rheumerlem Tt ?s the be l Iti ?> ? i > ? \- r used.'* For TEDDY HAS ENOUGH. WILL XOT ANSWER NEBRAS KAN'S LATEST COMMUNICA? TION. Says Bryan's Letter is Personal At? tack?That He Sees No Reason for Rejoinder?Has Not Determined to Take the Stump. Washington, Sept. 30.?President Roosevelt will not reply to the latest letter of W. J. Bryan -given out by him last night at Rock Island, IU. Secretary Loeb stated today that the> president felt that inasmuch as Mr.. Bryan's letter was simply an attack, upon him personally there was no reason why he should answer It. Secretary Loeb today also made the statement that President Roose? velt hod no intention at present of making a speaking tour in behalf of , the Republican candiadte for presi? dent. Many invitations had been re? ceived by the president, Mr. Loeb said* but Mr. Roosevelt has never stated that he would take the stump. When asked whether, if the situation took such a turn that the president might consider that making a speaking tour would materially aid the Republican cause, the president in that event would take the stump, Mr. Loeb re? plied that he might or might not do so, and added that no one could tell what the future would bring forth. AWFUL FLOOD IN INTHA. Hyderabad Overwhelmed and Thou* sands Are Left Dead. e. Hyderabad, India, Sept. 30.?The catastrophe that overwhelmed Hy? derabad, the capital of the Xazama Dominions, and left in its trail thou? sands of dead, was one of the most sudden and most appalling of many visitations on India. In the Xizama Dominions are many tanks or lakes, the largest of which communicate* with the River Munsi. Tremendous**1 rains caused the lake to overflow into the river, which in turn burst ita banks. A flood of water sixty feet high swept down upon the city, car? rying everything before it, and com? pletely devastating several quarters of the city. Thousands of tons of water crashed in a dense mass against the houses, burying under the ruins the natives of a number that cannot bo> estimated. / When the flood subsided a vast quagmire of black mud, out of which arises a poisonous stench, marked the* spot where thousands of people lived. Bands of natives are now searching; this rool for the bodies of their rela? tives, and the scene is sickening. Many of the bodies have been re? covered and all of them are badly mangled. Many are burled In the debris of masonry and twisted irons. The flood actually wiped out a district a mile long and half a mile wide. Awful. Mary, aged live, and Stella, erao was about the tame age, were talking about their future dreams. "When I grow up." sai l Mary, "I'm. going to be a schon1, teacher." "Well. I'm going to be amother with Tour children," said Stella. "Well. when they come t > my school I'm going to whip them, whip them, whip them!" "You mean thing!" sail Stella, as the tears same into her eyes "What have my poor ehildn n ever done to rou ?" Mrs. John Sawyer, while at work ?n by a rattl <ste?v#