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f PA?iMA UM Ml RECORDS IN HAN 1)8 OF ROOSK VKLT ADMINISTRATION DE? STROYED? - y of legislation Authorising ami Oao?tructk?u of Canal Intrreatftrtg t 'haptere. Kaar York World? l*th. Efforts oy tha World to obtain from government official* In Washington Mmm raeorda turnet) ovar by tha new u fiatroe Canal corrfWny showing who Mat toe 140.000.000 patd by the United leWaoae tor tha canal hare aa far been nanvnUlag There are J^ajprial ru aaata that thoee portlona^V the rec? ta** oeatalnlng the aamjtof the ac lual recipient* of the f tjfoon.000 have deetroyed. ffc If thle la so It will be lmpoeolble to ccBcially aacertaJn the lames of the aaemeeee of the American syndicate Who are supposed to ha"e bought up the securities of tha canal company at treaj low prices .from the French holdere, confident < that William Ncl Apon Cromwell, because of his extra ?wrdlnnry influence with President Rooesvelt and yhw then secretary of war. WUHem n. Taft, eobld succeed In unloading /he canal on the Unites? | States at mf fancy figure which would Sire the ssjra ?cate a Hugo proflL coated yesterday that an al ember of the syndicate was R. Sheldon, the banker, of No. street, who la treasurer of the tattoo**) committee and 1s collecting campaign funds In bebaif of ?Taft A The appointment of Mr. Ion al treasurer of the committee i treasurer, and when Mr. Crom wel learned of this he telegraphed UaMed ftatcc and who la the directing bea* behind the throne of the Taft campaign Mr. Cromwell la E. H. Har? rt man s lawyer. Mr. Taft had selected yMefreeentattve McKinley as his cam V?Isfrn treasurer, and when Mr. Crow wMji elarned of this he telegraphed Mr,*Taft. who was then at Rot Springe, to Withhold the appointment until he coaid oee him. m\w. Cromwell reached Hot Springs following day and the same day Mholdono aj of the Rspublican national com fk Wae announced. Mr Cromwell and Mr. Sheldon are tractor* In some of the same corner tions. Mr. Sheldon Is the representa o of J. Pterpont Morgan In several tions and la rgarded as a organ man In the Wall street dastiiet. Mr. Cromwell Is an record, before taw fnteroeeanlc Canal committee of thn United SUtee senate, aa having he did not make a pan ay of out of the 140.000.000 oale out of his fee as counsel for the h Panama Canal company, h has failed to reveal any rec of hie having sworn that Ameri? ca** did not share In the $40,000,000 pnM by this government supposedly r to tad French holders of the French Caaal company. According to Information obtained aw the World yesterday the members C4T the American syndicate fourr It awceneary to relee a fund of only $3. g/#?4).000 to get a substantial share of Use aeanritlog of the French com ? pnnjr. There wae also a large sub? scription to the Republican national canrpalgn fund by which It la said the support of the late Mark Hanna wae woa over to the Panama route aa ngnlnat the Nlcaraugua route, which many engineers conceived to ho more feasible aad cheaper. Sena? ter Henna was at that time the most tafluentlal member of the United AHatee senate and he Is credited with V having won over the requisite num ^er of senators to practically com I ta\t the government to the route which Mr Cromwsll had for aale and my ml ich the American syndicate ex pcjced^ee reap a Mg profit. Mr Cromwell, as the selling agent of the canal, wae not Idle at this tlms. He had a literary bureau at work. I end It la said checks wers s-nt every month to 129 newspapers In the In? terior of the country in payment for printing the pmduct of the lltsrary bureau All of ^hls product was to! ohow the advantage "f the Panama route over the Nujarauguan route, and to build up a public sentiment In ^ favor of the former. \ Then the 8poon?.r ><-t wae passed, with the assistance of Senator Hanna and the senators whom 1^? rounded up *o Its support following the bis; contribution to the Republican cam? paign fund of 1000. The Spooner act la a marveWu-dy drawn statu!??. Many aagsjsjsal /anVl | with Mr CromwHI's n ir.iltio-:\ ??> phrase making and hi Wvy -tuf-nl" powers behind seemlnprU I irm'.ess si thorlsatlon*. declare th.t Mr. Crom? well himself ?li ? w ui .er act. ft committed the ggdjfon t > boll* Ing an .eteroceanlc canal h. ?1 Panama rout-, providing a clefcr t'tl ? I *nn ceeelons could ha obtained, the I sU of construction to b? $\\:, .?.ooa. K\ traordlnary fee tu reef were the poweri It conferred upon tr?e president William McKlnlfy was then pre*l deat of the Unfted States. A man familiar with wn)at went on at thai time within the [ Panama ring sah! yesterday that haU Mr. Roosevelt beet president the men who had^the Spoon er act phrased as tt waa would have hesitated to place such sweeping power In the hands of the president, notwithstanding their intense desire to sell the Panama canal to the gov? ernment and the big profits such a transaction meant to them. The Spooner act makes the presi? dent absolute dictator of the whole canal building enterprise. He can change the commission and the en glneera at will. As one man express? ed It yesterday: "If President Roosevelt so wished he could, under the Spooner act, send hta eldest son down to the isthmus at a salary of $300,000 a year, and the treasury officials would have to honor the warrants for his salary even though he did nothing from one year'i end to the other." Some of the senators who favored the Nlcarauguan route voted for the Spooner bill, believing it would be impossible for the advocates of the Panama route to get a clear title and the necessary concessions from the government of Colombia, of which the canal was then a territorial part. Aa the Spooner act committed the government to building an Isthmian canal, these senators were confident the Nlcarauguan route would have to be taken in the end. Mr. Cromwell fooled those senators. Falling to get what was needed from Colombia la the way of concessions to give the clear title demanded by the Spooner act, he manufactured the revolution which - took- the Isthmus away from Colombia and created the republic of Pan ma. He promised the revolutionists that United States war? ships would bo on hand when want? ed, and they were there to the dot. That Mr. Cromwell had the assistance of President Roosevelt, Secretary Taft and other high officials of the Roosevelt administration In making a success of the revolution, which de? prived the little government of Co? lombia of a very valuable part of Its territory, has never beet effectively disproved. r The ready made republic of Pana? ma appointed Mr. Cromwell Its legal adviser, and he saw to M that It gave the United states everything It want? ed In the way of canal concessions Then the sale of the canal for $40, 000.000 was rushed through, and the money was turned over in May. 1904. to J. P. Morgan A Co. ostensibly for transmission to France to the French Panama Canal company for distribu? tion to the stockholders. That Mr. Cromwell contributed funds to the revolutionary party In Panama was admitted by Mr. Crom? well himself and In the presence of Secretary of War Taft This admis? sion was matje, It was learned yester? day, at a banquet given on the Isth? mus In December. 1904. Mr. Crom? well art Secretary Taft were guests at the dinner, also the leading officials of the republic. In his tpeech Crom? well referred to a provlnlon of the constitution of Panama which gave all financial contributors to the revo? lution the right of cltlsenshlp. Crom? well declared he had contributed largely to the revolutionists' treasury and was therefore entitled to cltlsen? shlp. The World's Informant stated It was well known on the Isthmus that the money given to the revolutionary party was used to bribe the 100 Co? lombian soldiers on duty In Panama on the day of the revolution so they would do no fighting and make the revolution a bloodless ore. In other words, the money thus contributed was used to make the soldiers trait? ors to their country. Of the $116,000.000 appropriated by the Spooner act to cover the cost of the construction of ths Panama canal, there has been spent up to date $90. 000.00. leaving only $36 000.000. The engineers In charge figure that the remaining $36.000.000 will have been spent by June 30. 1909 The $136. 000,000 did not Include the $40.000, HAINS BROTHERS ARRAIGNED. Slayer of Annla u* Formally Accused of Murder. New York. Oct. 20.?Capt. Peter C. C. Haina, Jr.. and his brother. T. Jen? kins Halns. were arraigned before Supreme Court Justice (iarnettson, at Flushing. L. I., today on an Indict? ment charging murder In the first degree in connection with the death ,,f Wrn. E. Annls. John F. Mclntyr counsel for the defendents, demurred M the indictment on the ground that the grand Jury had not been properly drawn. The principal objection being Ihn presence the Jury of a man MM to havq been a lifelong friend Ol Annls The court refused to take Up Iba p.iot whereupon Mr. Mclntyre cd for time to inspect the minutes the Jury before entering the ph a forVhls clients, ^ wu? then ftdJCWnad until tornonow. .1 f"r Ino censi property sold by CrawRwali The *V/rk pa far accompUj,ht.a It said to he tnnnlt.-simai oompnfol with that rVmalnlnff to be 0oiie. HOW gSOCh the (tailed States government will have to sjMBd In all ns | rtM1|t uf Mr. CtwasWell'sV $40,000.000 ?m1 nn* not vet been Sdennttely ee?MaVted. UHx na )AAi ! m Whether \ j-jjfrnal when completed will be wonJrDle for a large number Of ships every day In the year is also a disputed question. Many eminent I engineers declare the lock system can never be relied upon to work perfect? ly, that a disarrangement of the ma? chinery of a single lock will disable the whole canal. Even with the me chaniclsm of all the locks working perfectly the greatest number of ves? sels which can pass through the canal is figured to be 12 a day. If the canal costs between $400, 000.000 and $500,000,000, as some en? gineers expect, its earning power will be, It is declared, largely insufficient, even under favorable conditions, to pay the interest on the bonds issued by the government to defray the cost of construction. By those who know the inner se-1 crets of canal affairs it is declared that the lock system was forced upon the country by President Roosevelt in the face of a report recommending a sea-level canal made by a ma' rity of the engineers who were appointed to determine that Important matter. A lock system or high level canal was favored in a minority report. The reasons which influenced thv? president to Ignore the majority re? port of the engineers and adopt the minority report are peculiar. Mr. I Cromwell and Secretary Taft were his closest advisers in this matter. The sea-level canal would have cost I $300,000,000 to build, whereas the re? port of the minority s who recommend? ed the lock system, declared it could be built within the $135,000,000 stipulated by the Spooner act. It was pointed out to President Roosevelt by I Mr. Cromwell that if the $300,000, 000 sea-level plan was decided upon the Spooner act would have to be re-1 submitted to congress and another congress, in drawing up a new canal law, would never give him the extra- I ordinary powers which the Spooner I act conferred upon the president I when William McKinley held that of-1 flee. The power of Mr. Cromwell in canal 1 affairs at thla time and throughout Mr. Taft's term as secretary of war, I was deemed strange. Though he was merely counsel for the Panama repub-1 lie and Its fiscal agent und otherwise a corporation lawyer and private citizen holding no official position under the United States government, he was really the chief power in canal affairs and possibly may still be. Mr. Cromwell's power was defined I by Secretary Taft himself in the statement he made following the res- I Ignatlon of John F. Wallace as chief engineer of the canal on June 5, 1905. In a formal statement explaining why Mr. Cromwell was present when Mr. I Wallace Insisted upon a private Inter view with the secretary of war, Mr. I TaR said: Mr. Cromwell for some time had been charged by the president and the secretary of war with general ad- I vlsory dutls In all Panama canal affairs. Thought President Roosevelt and Secretary Taft berated Mr. Wallace publicly for resigning, charging him I with deserting an Important govern-1 ment post for a higher salary offered by a private corporation, it Is known that Mr. Wallace's real reason for resigning was his refusal "to be a tool of Cromwell" In canal maters. Hold- I Ing no official position, and being re- I sponslble to nobody, It Is said that Mr. Cromwell's word was luw in all mat- I ters pertaining to the canal, by rea son of the strange confidence reposed in him by the president and secretary of war. Some light on Cromwell's power was thrown by the investigation of the Isthmian Canal commission. When John F. Wallace was a witness on the stand the following testimony was elicited: Q. Where were you when you were I appointed a (canal) commissioner? A. I I received my appointment In New York?that is, it was handed to me I by Mr. Cromwell after my arrival I from the Isthmus. . My com- I mission as commissioner was signed I by the president and Mr. Cromwell I met me when I came up from the Isthmus in New York and I was ta- I ken to his office and sworn In as a commissioner and my commission giv? en me. Q. By Mr. Cromwell? A. By Mr. Cromwell. Further testimony showed that Mr. Wallace, who was then chief engineer of the canal on the Isthmus, had been ordered by cable to return to Now York by Mr. Tuft. His Steamer ar? rived at night but Mr. Cromwell was on the pier to meet him, and notwith? standing the lateness of the hour t< ok him In b carriage to his office at No. 19 Wall strcel and there swore him in as an Isthmian canal commissioner und gave him his commission. How the New York lawyer came to get the power to do nil this was not explain? ed. For Chronic Diarrhoen. ?"While In the army In 1S6U I was taken with chronic diarrhoea*" sayi Oeorgc M. Feiton? of South Gibson, pa. "I have since tiled many reme? dies, but without any permanent re? lief until Mr. A. W. Miles, of this place, persuaded me to try Chamber? lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, one bottle of which stopped It at once." For sale by nil druggists. One Shall be Left. Grown are all the others, some of them almost old; Put the one that died when a baby is mide to cuddle and hold. Married away are the others into their worlds apart, But the laughing baby that died lies cradled upon my heart. Life is crueller than death, for life !s a subtle thief, Stealing by slow degrees, till tall past the heart's belief. The men and the women go?yea, even the memories Of childish faces and forms are stolen by slow degrees. But the laughing baby that died, the one little child I gave Into death's outstretched arms, is the one little child I save? Kinder is death than life?oh, lone is the twilight gray, With empty arms would I sit had my heart not broken one day! ?Fanny Kemble Johnson, in Youth's Companion. The fellows who were born tired are those who are apt to get punc? tured. DR. CHREITZBERG DEAD. Oldest Man In South Carolina Con? ference. Rev. Abel M. Chrelzberg died yes? terday morning at 10 o'clock at the home of his son-in-law, Mr. George King, at 1507 Bull street, after a very brief illness. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 5 o'clock at the Washington Street Methodist church. Dr. Chreitzberg was suddenly taken ill Tuesday afternoon with acute indi? gestion and during the night his con? dition grew worse, lbs end coming peacefully'yesterday morning. About I one year ago Dr. Chreitzberg received a fall which made him a cripple, but In other respects Dr. Chreitzberg's health was good. The deceased was in his 88th year, having been born in 1820, and his work in the ministry, active and as a superannuate, was carried on for about 57 years. The long and faithful ministry of Dr. Chreitzberg was attended with great success. No man was held in higher esteem by the conference and by citizens generally than was this good man of the church. He was highly honored by the conference with appointments to positions of trust and responsibility. In all the positions to which he was appointed he proved himself worthy of the confidence and esteem reposed In him. Though he was on the superannuated list, Dr. Chreitzberg preached whenever the opportunity afforded since his super? annuation. Dr. Chreitzberg is survived by his second wife, who was Miss Harriet Kilgore of Newberry, now residing in this city, and by the following chil? dren: Rev. Dr. Hilliard F. Chreitz? berg of the North Carolina conference, the only surviving child of the first marriage, Mr. C. K. Chreitzberg of Rock Hill. Mr. A. M. Chreitzberg. Jr.. of Washington, D. C, Mr. H. R. Chreitzberg of Williamston and Mrs. George S. King of this city.?The State, Octv 22. MAKES ASTONISHING CURES. Ml-o-na Tablets Cure Dyspepsia bv Promptly Removing the Cause, or Money Rack. Dyspepsia cannot be cured by tak? ing a digester, such as pepsin, because pepsin sln\ply digests your food arti? ficially, and not all of the food either, for it has no effect at all on starchy food, such as potatoes, rice, oatmeal, bread, etc. There is Just one way to euro dys? pepsia and stomach disorders, trivial or serious, and tbat is to tone up or put energy into the stomach walls, so that they will be able to properly mix or churn the food. Ml-o-na tablets cure stomach trou? bles by putting strength and energy Into the stomach. They ouickly atcuse the stomach from its Inaction, nnd In a short time it is able to W>rk i roperly. Ml-o-na is successfully used in vom? iting of pregnancy, in car and sea sickness And boar In mind that When Ihr. stomach i In * ? od condition, consti? pation dtsappi ".rs, also nervousness, d: iwsiness, night sweats, heartburn, Doltorme's Pharmacy, the druggtsts, | sells Ml-o-na tablets at 50 a large box, under a rigid guarantee to do all that is rial mi <i for them, or money hack. 10-20-22AW28 Where Bullets Flew. ?David Parker, of Fayette, N. Y., a vet.ran of the civil war, who lost a foot at Getysburg, s;iy. : "The good Electric ruter-. have done is worth more than $r.no to me. 1 spent much ii oney doctoring fnr a hail case of stomach trouble, to nttio purpose, l then tried Electric Bitters, and they cured me. I now take them as a tonic, and they keep me strong and well." 50c at Sibert's Drujg Store. / / / f The superlatively satis? factory Southern standard cooking-fat that has made the South famous. Pure cotton seed oil, super-re? fined by our exclusive Wesson process. The acme of purity, whole someness, and economy. vTHE ? SOVTHER.N ? COTTON ? OIL ? CO ? ? TfewYorkSavannahMtlavta JJewOrleans-Chicago TILLMAX ON HEARST LETTERS. "Glad That the Light Has Been Turned on the Commercial Democ? racy Gang" In tills state Washington, October 21.?Senator and Mrs. Tillman arrived in Washing? ton last night en route home, after an absence of five months in Europe. When seen at the hotel this morning, Senator Tillman was surrounded by half a dozen or more newspaper men and other friends who had called to welcome him home, and to get his views on the Presidential campaign and other matters. Senator Tillman is naturally very deeply interested in the outcome of the Presidential election, and although he has been absent, and not in close touch with the management of the campaign, yet his general knowledge of the situation leads him to believe that Bryan will be the next President of the United States. He does not in? tend to enter the campaign, but will rest from his travels, and be ready | for the approaching session of Con? gress in December. To the News and Courier correspon dent\the Senator said that he had read the Archbold and McLaurin dis? closures, and that the light had been turned at last on to the acts and do? ings of the "commercial Democracy gang." With unusual vigor the Sen? ator said: "What I would like to know now is this, 'what newspaper in the State received any portion of that five thousand dollars from the Standard Oil, and why is it, the dlf ferent detective editors within the State have not taken the trouble to ascertain what newspaper supported the commercial Democracy ging, and publish the list so that the people could know who the beneficiaries were." Continuing, he said: "Certain news paers have been very vigilant In 'raking up' past records. Now let them come forward and give the peo? ple the names of the bobtail papers in the State that were knocking at the doors of the Standard Oil treasury for 'lubrication.' Had it not been for the unexpected death of President Mc? Kinley it would be difficult to say just how much harm would have been done to the Democracy of the State by the sleuth-like editors bf South Carolina so long as they were receiv? ing 'substantial support.' " ?Bees Laxative Cough Syrup always brings quick relief to coughs, colds, hoarseness, whooping cough and :ill bronchial and throat trouble. Mothers especially recommend It for children. Pleasant to take, gently laxative. Sold by Sibert Drug Co. Sept-3m President Harris of the State Farm? ers' Union, has issued a call for a con? ference on the cotton situation on Wednesday night, Oct. 28, during the State Fair, at the court house, In Co? lumbia. He invites representatives of ?11 sections of the State and all inter ests. Senator-elect smith will speak. 'Tore Than Enough is Too Much. ?To maintain health, a mature man or woman needs just enough food to repair the waste and supply energy an l body heat. The habitual con? sumption of more food than is neces? sary for these purposes is the prime cause of stomach troubles, rheuma? tism and disorders of the kidneys. If troubled with indigestion, revise your diet, let r< ason and not appetite con? trol and take a few doses of Cham? berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablet, and you will soon be all right again. For sale by all druggist. ?Foley's Honey and Tar cures cough, quickly, strenghtens the lungs and ex pels Colds Oet the genuine In a yel low package. W. W. Sibert. TAX NOTICE The County Treasurer's office im Court House building, will be open for ihe collection of taxes without penal? ty, from the 15th day of October to the 31st day of December, 1908. The levy is as follows: For State, 5 1-2 mills. For County, ordinary, 2 3-4 mills. For Sinking Fund loan of 1907? 1 mill. For Sinking Fund loan of 1908, 1-4 mill. For Constitutional School, 3 mills. Polls, $1.00. Capitation Dog tax? .50 cents. Also Special School tax as follows: School District, Xo. 1, 2 mills. School District, No. 2, 2 mills. School District, No. 3, 2 mills. School District, No. 4, 2 mills. School District, No. 8, 1 mill. School District, No. 11, 2 mills. Schood District, No. 12, 3 mills. School District, No. 13, 3 mills. School District, No. 14, 3 mills. School District, No. 16, 2 mills. School District, No. 17, 3 mills. School District, No. 18, 2 mills. A penalty of 1 per cent, added for month of January, 1909. Additional penalty of 1 per cent, for month of February, 1909. Additional penalty of 5 per cent, until 16th day of March, 1909, when the tax books will close for the collection of taxes for fiscal year, 1908. T. W. LEE, Co. Treas. for Sumter Co., S. C. 10-7-mchl5,09 GRIND Laxative Fruit Syrup Pleasant to lake The new laxative. Doe* net gripe or nauseate. Cures stomach and liver troubles and chronic con? stipation by restoring the natural action of the stom? ach, liver and bowels. Refuse substitute*. Prion 60* SIEBERTS DRUG STORE. KILL he COUGH AND CURE the LUNC8 w? Dr. King's New Discovery FOR C8?&H8 ? AND ALL THROAT A^D LUNG TROUBLES. i G CARANTEED SATISFACTORY OR MONEY REFUNDED. PATENTS SROCURED AND DEPENDED. S?ndmod?l, rawing ?>i photo, for expert n-arvii an<l inn.' rvport. I Frtt- adrtea, how to obtain patvnUv tra?U> marks, | Cop.vriKhta.eU-., | f\| ALL COUNTRIES. 0SJ*ta?M direct tvith Washington saves time^ wri.v. y anJ, ft.-n the patent. Patent and Infringement Practice Exclusively. Wnto or oomo to u* at CSS KinU? 8trwt, opp. TJulUd Statw Patent Ofloa,' WASHINGTON, D. C. GASNOW 8c