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__NlG Cning S VOL. XIV M IANN ING9,. C. WED-N- ESDAY, SEPTE31B1ER 2,10 O -num and another to the Sae dis pensary. Under the cross-examination Sam ue1s said be came here very often several years to visit a woman of ill repute. He gave this woman money to build a house. He also played cards sometimes for money. *1 got no rakeoff on this draft." be cause I got my orders and made my money on these commissions paid me.' The witness got checks from Parnum In 1907 and 1908. the larg est being for $500. In 1906 the only check he received was for $300. This was for work of three weeks but Farnum and Wylie fell out over the manner of shipping "Long Horn" to dispensers. He paid Wylie on 150 cases of goods one-half of the commission amounting to $300. "Nobody could get any business down there unless they paid com missions to the board." said the wit ness. The witness evidently had consid erable trouble with the dispensary commission. He was summoned to appear. according to his statement. and at once consulted an attorney now connected with the defense. This attorney said there was no oc casion for a lawyer in a case where Samuels had been summoned as a witness. The witness after consid erable questioning finally admitted the testimony brought out above. He said that he had been advised by his attorney. Mr. Paul Hemphill. to tell everything and it would prob able be to his advantage. "And you are not going to be rosecuted?- queried the defense. "I understood that's what It meant but I have n-ver been told so. My attorney told me not to worry," was the response. Samuels produced a little memo randum book showing the commis sions paid and the schedule required by the board. Wylie had prepared the schedule and he. the witness. always paid the rate fxed by Wylie. The book was introduced in evi dence and then there was a pleasant little spat between the attorneys on the admission of the book. Judge emminger ruled that It was evi ence. -The commissions paid were -ven to Wylie. He was also paid by Farnum for work done among the rounty dispensaries but this amount -d to little. J. A. V. Schmidt of St. Louis was then called and testified that he is employed by the Anheuser-Busch Brewing association. This was all uked the witness. Mr. Stevenson then announced that :be State rested its case. COOK LANDS IN NEW YORK. ge Is Greeted by an Immense Cowd of People. Dr. Cook, the discoverer of the 'orth Pole, landed in New York fesday afternoon after an absence >f nearly three years. On landing t made a rush for his wife. For he moment he even missed the hildren, who stood a few feet away. mtil his wife silently led him to hem. Then, as he lifted his young St daughter there to his shoulder. he silent watching crowd broke into a storm of cheers. "I have come from the pole. I tave brought my story and my data ith me. I have not come home to -ter into arguments with one man r with fifty men, but I am here to resent a clear record of a piece of ork over which I have a right to isplay a certain amount of pride. "I am willing to abide by the Snal -erdict of competent judges. That lone can satisfy me and the pub "Furthermore. not only will my -eport be before you in black and hte, but I will also bring to Ameri -a human witnesses to prove that 1 ave been to the pole." Such is the subr-tance of the first ,esae Dr. Frederick A. Cook rouht home in person to Ame'rica 'esday. -answuering his critics the -orld over. GIVES TEN MORE YEAR&. o a 3Mn Who Has Spent Thirty Years Behind the Bars. After serving nearly thirty years f his life ~In prison on charges of ounterfeiting and passing bogus ioney, James O'Learey. alias "Jack tulvey." an aged man, was sentenc -1 In the United States District 'ourt at Philadelp~hia on Wednesday Sten years in the Government pris n at Atlanta. Ga.. on a similar arge. He pleaded guilty, but ask 4 for clemency on account of hi-. ge. Judge Mchro in passing sen ence said that he belived O.Leary o be beyond reformation. rnd in the -est Interest of society thought he bould be given a long term. The -ly witness at the trial was a se ret service operative, who recor' -.ze the prisoner as an old om-.d r from a photograph taken a score f years ago. WILL SERVE HIS TIME. turray, the Former Congressman. Ar-rested in Chicago. Geo. Washington Murray. colored ho in the nineties represented the ~umter district in Congress. and -eing held in Chicago at the request if the So,:th Carolina authorities~ o !erTve a sentence of three years or forgery, refused to return here itout requisition papers. App! -aton for requisiten was mad' o Governor Ansel. Murray ded~ chile the jury was deliberatIng up in his case and the sentenca was mpo5ed inl his absence. Hie ha en in Canada since hIs nlight. Mur -ay has divorced his negro wife. is said, at bis home. ard mari,' 2 w-bta 'roman. DR COOK CROSS-MAM THE POLE FINDER SUIMITS TO GRUELLING INTERVIEW. I Forty Newspaper Mea Fire All Kinds of Questions at the Explorer. but Can Answer Them Al Dr. Frederick A. Cook. seeking rest and seclusion with his family after the boisterous welcome of Tuesday. denied himself to inter views Wednesday and remained in his suit at the Woldbrf-Astorie. in New York. until late Wednesday afternoon. when he submitted cheer fully to one cf the severest cross examinations since he annonn.r his discovery of the North Po'e. The% ordeal of the Interview, which was conducted by forty newspaper repre sentatives. Including several from foreign newspapers, proved at least that he was not afraid to meet the public. Incidentally the city of N3v York officially recognized his achieve ment Wednesday when the board of aldermen passed a resolution, com memorating his discovery and pro viding for a public welcome at the City Hall. The date of the recep tion will be announced later. As the questions asked were put by laymen they did not go deeply into the scientific aspect of the ex pedition. But Dr. Cook was ready to answer anything pertinent to the issue. The most interesting phae of the Interview was reached when Dr. Cook was asked if he would object to showing his diary. He Immedi ately consented, and after retiring to his room, returned with a small octavo note book, which he showed freely to all. It was a thin book, containIng 176 pages, each of which was illed with fifty or sixty lines of pendIlled writing of the most minute char-eeter. The book. he said, contained eon siderably more than one hundred thousand words, while he has be sides other books embracing his ob serations and other data. Interviews Severe. The interviews were rather severe n regard to details. but nothing in dicated that the Polar travellers' memory was at fault even in the most minute particulars. Some times when a petty question indi -ated ignorance. he smiled with good humored sympathy at the lack of tecnical knowledge displayed. Not once did he refuse to reply. xrcept woen the name of Commander Peary was broached. Even then lie said that he bad always and did now consider rear as his friend. int controversial !rubiects in connec *ion with his rival be avoided en tirelv. saylng that they could watt. Wben requested to say what had necnrred at his meeting with Harry Waltney. the New Haven sports 'nan. he said be preferred to let Whitney tell his own story. as Whit ney was quite unbiased. His res ~ons in imposing secrecy on Whitney. on Pritchard. Commander Peary's cabIn boy. and the Eskimos. were nompted by his desire to be the rt to tell the world his discovery. 'He iaad done the work, he said, and was entitle to relate how It had ben carried out. Some of the Questions Asked. Some of the more Important ques tions put to Dr. Cook during the interview, and his replies thereto. follows: Q. Did anything ever occur in the life of yourself and Mr. Peary that would create an enmity or bit terness between you? A. Nothing that I know of. Q. Would you be willing to meet Pearv Ii a debate when he get" A. As far a- I am concerned the Peary incident is closed. Mr. Pesry Is rot the dictator of my affairs. and T do not care to say anything fur ther about him. Q. Did yoU know Mr. Whitney when ynu met him on your retn to Etah? A. No: he introduced himself. Q. What caused you to have such '-onfdence in Mr. Whitney that you entrusted your instruments to himi~ A. I knew him by name. and circustances5 that nrose whille I was with him justified my confi dence. I gave him the instruP1's 'o bring hytt beause I thoughtt they would be less liable to Injury on he.-.rd his vi-ssel than if I took then' -'eross glac'.sr and rough ice--corer Q. Whrat is your opinion '.! th'e ..toy to'd by the ner'o liH-o' cof i.e inform-'tionl he obtained fr -en xour two Eskimos?~ . W.C.. tne Eskimos were In-in-! ,,cy had beer. I should !ikn you to avc Henson ne:. and cross -1-e~"i'Jn is entirtely founded enx hearsay. Q. Knowing that a ship was ca'm ing North this summer for Widtrey. why did you not wait for that sh'p and come direct to New York in stead of going to South Greenland and sailing from there to Copen hagen? A. I knew that the Danish Gov einent ship would get me home be fore Whitney's ship. Murderers Executed. At Valence. France. three men were gullotined on Wednesday for a series of atrocious crimes In the department of Drome which create-1 a reign of terror. No less than twelve murders and 20" robberies are laid to the doors of these men. They often tortured their victims Iwith red hot Irons. A great crowd witnesed the executions and ap auded wildly every time the knift 2 Now in Jail,. h a Ytung Watson Burnette.thma charged with embezzling the bank4 at Graniteville and who was arrest ed. in Chattanooga, "'as bronght bac FAMUM BRIBE Dax &N r~fadrk hd de Ddaidat. EVIEN VERY STRONG The Prosecution in the State Die Pens27 CaO Had a Regular Field Day--The Links in the Chain of Evidence Carefully Fit ted Together by the Stae. The prosecution of the grafters In the State Dispensary matter Is be coming very interesting. Before a jury which is to pass upon J. S. Farnums' guilt or his right to liber ty. Joe B. Wylie swore unreservedly that he had accepted bribes from Farnum. While Farnum is being tried for a particular offense. that of giving a bribb for $1.125 to Joe B. Wylie. yet the testimony took wide latitude and Wylie testilied that this trans action was but an incident of a reg ular business connection with Far num.' He alleged that Farnum bad assisted in Wylies campaign for election; that after being elected Wylie was approached to use his In luence In behalf of whiskey and beer concerns represented by Farnum: that in pursuance of agreement Wylie exerted that Influence and therefore received the remuneration agreed up on. That Farnum bad paid him In money at time, and at other times had given him draft made payable to a third party. Henry Samuels. for there was an Investigation com mittee, trying to get hold of Infor mat$on and Wylie -didut wish his name to appear in writing. The defense attacked Wylie with out vigor, but the general opinion of those who heard the proceedings was that while Wylie was presented in a very poor light so far as his past conduct was concerned. yet his credibilty was not Impeached. The prosecution has pieced togeth er what Is considered -a very strong case. and the defense will under take to - tear it down. Beginning with an unnamed draft presented for odection traced that instrument through the Uanks of Chester. Co lumbia and Charlestdn to the very cash drawer of Farnum's place of business In Charlestozi The defend ant could not be forced to produce It. but the secondary evidence of its having existed Is almost unim peachable. WyHe swore than Farnum gave him a draft for $1.125 payable to Henry Samuels and Samuels later testifled that the draft was turned over to him and that he cashed It and gave the money to Wylie. The motive for such transactions was also presented with skill. The "purchasing clause" of the old dis pensary law was put in evidence. as were bo'oks. minute books, rec ords of purchases and of awards and Invoice books. The minutes of March. 1906. showed that the board of which Wylie was a member had~ set out to "order out"M whiskey only when two members of board signed a warrant authorizing the commis aloner to do ,so. But -In September of- the same year a new rule was pssed and the clerk of the board was authorized to- order bulk goods when the supply on han dahould run ow. The point was stressed that it was not making awards on bids that counted, but in "ordering out" the stuff already nominally pur chased. -. Theedlre It was worth while for a whiskey house to have as a friend In court a member or the board. -Wylie swore that It was In part settlement for just such serv ices that he was given the $1.125 on September 14. 190S. When court reassembled Thursday morning Wylie was on the stand He identified several book of recort and then got down to the sensational testimony published elsewhere. Samuels Takes the Stand. Mr. Henry Samuels was then call ed. He is now mayor of Chester Answering Mr. Abney he was 45 years or age and engaged in the mer cantile business. He usually signer his name "MH. Samuels."M He had known Jos. B. Wiley toT 15 or 20 years. In March. Jn and September. 1906, he was in Co lumbia representing whiskey houses Mr. Samuels named .a number 0' these firms. He was agent under W D. Roy for some of these concerns On one occasion he went up on the Chester train with Wylie and he was given a draft for $1,125 by thi dispensary director. The bank gavi him about $1.000 of this In blhl of $100 denomination. A few days later he turned over this money ti Wylie. The draft was signed by Farnun' and drawn on either a bank or 8 irm. he could not remember which t was given to him befor3 Wyli' went to his home In Richburg. Al terwards he called up. Wylie over the 'phone and told him the draft had been eashed. "Reep It until !onday." said Wylie. This was no' the first time drafts had been giv en him in his name to be cashed for Wylie. Wy!!e told him that Farnum had settled with him (Wylie). The wit ness had no interest in the matter He had traveled In Mar. 1906. for Farnum "woping up Long Horn gin.'' He was paid $250 a morib and expenses and Farnum had set ted up promptly at the end of three weeks. Farnum represented a number of houses. including the Richiand Dis tillery Company. Lanahan. the Big Four and others. When workinl for Farnuam he visited the dispensera Iduced them to order the stu! He sent a cpy of this arder to Far TURNED LOOSE Jury Says Jas.. Farua is Not Galy of Charge of Bribery in ALLEGED GRAF CASES "Beer King" Faces Another Charge of Bribery and is Implicated in Two Other Cases-John Black, Former Dispensary Director, to Be Tried This Week. James S. Farnum. on trial at Co lumbia for several days on the charge of bribery in connection with the alleged dispensary "Graft." walked from the Richland county court house Saturday afternoon a free man. the jury. after six hours deliberation having returned a verdict of "not guilty.' He is charged in several other indictments, but unless he is tried along with others on a charge of conspiracy his case will not come up at this term of court. Thus has ended one of the most brilliant legal combats in the his tory of jurisprudence in South Caro lina. Of special significance is the fact also that the State has not made good on the Arst of the alleged dispensary graft cases that was awaited with so much. interest. The jury took only one ballot and stood at first 11 for acquittal and one for conviction, according to the statement of one of the jurors. The losing of the irst case will not deter the State from pushing the charges againct the others that are Indicted according to an intimation by Attorney General Lyon. Attorney General Lyon when ask ed converning the trial shortly after the verdict had been rendered by 1 the jury he said: "I have nothing to say, the testimony in the case speaks for Itself." He made no definite statement as 1 to the future action of the State other than to state that the case against John Black, charged with ac cepting a bribe would very prob- 1 ably be called on Wednesday. This statement was made in the court Saturday afternoon on the request i of Judge Memminger. who had pre- 1 viously asked that other cases be tried during next week other than the remaining one against Farnom. Not talking officially, the attorney general however, intimated that the first defeat would not deter the course of the State in reference to the other indictment in the alleged dispensary "graft. When pressed for an official state ment, the attorney general said. "I have heard it rumored that the jury declined to bring in a verdict against the defendant because they would not convict on the testimony of an accomplice. If this rule is to be fol lowed it will always be a practical impossibility to ever convict one for bribery, for testimony in such cas es must always come from an ac complice." The attorneys for the defense were naturally very much gratified at the result of the trial. THEY BUNCOED HIM. A Maryland Farmer Loses Big Sum in an Old Game. William A. Moffett a prosperousI Maryland farmer. is out $5.000, the victim of the Spanish hidden treasure swindle. which has been operatedI for many years. He is at his home. near Hanover. having just returned from Spain. bewai~ng his fate and seeking some plan whereby he may recover his lost mne-'ey. Mr. Maoffatt some seven weeks ago received a letter bearing the post mark of Madrid. Spain. The writer claimed to be a Russian nobleman. who had robbed the bank of which he was president and fled to Spain. The money was hidden in a satchel. While in Spain the Russian was ar rested for political reasons and thrown into prison at Madrid. Suspecting that he was in danger of being arrested. he had previously hidden the~ satchel. The letter pro nosed that Mr. Moffatt come to Spain with a- much money as he could raise to secure his release and the! recovery of the money, one half of which was promised him for his goodness. Gathering all the ready cash he could lay hands on and borrowing from a few friends, who were taken into the secret. Mr. Moffatt journ eyed to Boston and thence to Eu rope. This was six weeks ago. What happened after he arrived in Madrid is not known, as Mr. Mof-' fatt refuses to tell. He handed s2.804 over to the man daignated in the letter. and never saw him again. After waiting in vain for some days. he realized that hA had been swindled, and set out for home. ('rushed to Death. In the cotton oil mill at Lancas ter on Friday a small colored boy wash orushed to death by being caught in the seed conveyor, about which he and another boy were feed ing. The body was horribly man; led. Later in the afternoon Johnl Clark. a young negro. had his hand severely cut in the machinery and may lore the member.* C'ictimns of the storm. With the list of dead fromn the tropical hurricane well abhove l 'o every indication points to a much arge i.ncrease of the n~umber of 1:hoe who pe-shed. A DOUBLE CRM A feBvivi Man lds HIS Wife and Bic Out His Own kains MAN USED A SHOT GUN The Tragedy Took Place in th Woodside Mill Village Near Greer ville and There Were Only Smal Chfldren in the House When i Was Enacted. A dispatch from Greenville to Th State says one of the most horribl. domestic tragediez. that has eve taken place near that city in a num ber of years. occurred at Woodsid, village Friday morning when G. V Gallaway. a mill employe. shot an instantly killed his wife. and thei blew his brains out with the sam< weapon, a double-barreled breecl loading shotgun. The crime was committed about o'clock. and there were no witness es. save two small children, who cai not give a coherent account of th4 terrible happenings. It is supposed that Gallaway an. his wife had been on unfriendi, terms for a long time, having hat sharp words about their son. Ben. There is also a rumor that th4 husband was suspicions of his wife When found by Deputy Justice o the village the two bodies were ly ng cuddled up on the bed, side b] Mde. The woman was shot thrmugh the back o. the head and the entire race of the man had been blown in to a mass of bloody flesh. In the rm of the man lay the weapon which ad been the instrument of the trag ?dy. a short double-barreled breecd oadlng shotniun: in which were twc lischarged shells. A lamp was burning in the kitch n. Tiny clots of blood and brains were scattered over the bed and over oth bodies. Neighbors heard two shots in the mrly morning. one within minute or .wo of the other. No notice was aken of them, however, until about 3 o'clock. when the older daughter )f the Gallaway's came frightened nd crying to Deputy Justice saying hat her father and mother were lead. The officer immediately went to he house. took in the situation. an-i sotified the coroner. FAR3ER HID HIS MONEY. Lfter Pifty Years Tells Where It Was Hidden Away. There was deposited in the First s'atonal bank of Logan, W. Va.. Fri lay the sum of $6.620. This specinc eposit has a histor yas strange and teresting as ever shadowed romance r figured in the tales '>ld of the ld-time misers. Milton Mullins, as gd man who lived, at Rolfe post. wnef of this shrdlushrdluuudluut ffce in Logan county. W. Va.. in he own of this small fortune and he sum deposited represents the sav ngs of 50 years. When quite a young man Mullins egan hoarding his savings. At every pportunity he would exchange silr nd greenbacks for gold and two or bree times a year he would go tc be- treasure crypt in the rear of his tiouse and make a deposit of gold roin. Year after year he watched he pile accumulate. Even before he War Between the State he was eported to have had a consider.ble um of money hidden on his premisei ud bands of marauders often tried o compel him~ to discloe its hidins place during the war. but those at empts were never successful and the secret remained his own until two days ago. A few days ago Mullins' wife died and he, feeling that he could nol long survive her. deltded that il ould be better to d~sclose at onet the hiding place of the treasur' which represented t!e elow but reg ular accumulation of 50 years Summoning 3. M1. Perry. a grandson and some other near relatives. he related the story of his hoarding: and gave them directions how to fin4 the money. They went and dug it the yard as directed and found ever $5.0'I0 in gold and $20 in silver Then they proceeded to the barn where in the exact spot indicate< by the aged man, they discoveret $.0.0 in $20 bills making $6.02 n all. AUTO ThltNS OVER. K~il Lady and Catches~ Fire, Roast ing a Man AlIve. One person was burned to death rnother instantly killed and a thir< hurned, when an automobile. drive: by John Mcbendon. ran off an eight foot embankment near Americu: Ga.. on last Friday. McLendon an Miss Viola Herman, one of his con panions. were pinioned beneath tt wrecked car, which caught ire Ethel Hilt, another n'mmbr of to party, although severely burned. ra reaminfg to Americus. two miles di tant to gIve the alarm. Miss Hel man's neck was broken by the fa and death was instantaneous, bt MLndon was ligerally roast' alive. Fired Into Car. L. R. Sires. express messenger the Central of G.-orgia. was fr upon in his car near McIntyre. G.: Fraday morning early by some Pn son on the top of the car. Ti shots were fired throug~h th' -ral om. robbery dotnhtless beiDg tI motive. Sires obtained help !ro COMMIT FOUL CRIME SIX PERSONS ARE MURDERED rs BAND OF ROBBERS At Hurley, W. Va., Who Burn House of Their VIctims W Fire of the Bodies. An entire family of six pers< e were murdered and the bodies al! but one of the victims were bu ed with their home at Hurley. I chanan county. Virginia. early Thu t day. The motive was evelden robbery, as the owner of the hou an aged woman, known as "Ai e Betty" Justis. was supposed to h2 e kept a large sum of money ab< r Lhe place. Mrs. Justice, her scn-in-la George Meadows, his wife and th three children were the victir Meadows' body, badly mutilat was found lying in the yard of destroyed home, the funeral pyre his loved ones. Two bullet ho .through the body and a ghas wound in the neck, which almo severed the head from the bot gave the discoverers their first e dence of the extent of the trage< A search of the ruins of the hot disclosed a sickening spectacle. T blackened masses of half burn flesh and charred bones of two v men and three children were fou beneath the debris, each body bei Ing evidences of murder committ before the house was destroyed fre, evidently for the purpose hiding the crime. The elder womaz skull was upturned some distan from the remainder of her hi burned body amid the smoulderi ruins. Another daughter of Mrs. Jusi told the police that her mother h a large sum of money buried und the sill of the house, and ther sr ceeded in digging up $9>0 in go and silver. The murderers are su posed to have secured the $6 which "Aunt Betty" always carrii on her person. Bloodhounds were rushed to t scene and in a short time they tot the trail of the supposed murdere in a cornfleld which joined the Ji tis home. There the foot prints three men were found impressed the soft soil. A posse of citizer heavily 'armed, are following t] bloodhounds, bent on lynching t1 murderers if they are captured. YOUNG MAN GONE WRONG. Robs the GranitviUe Bank of Sen Thousand Dollars. The Augusta Chronicle says t] Bank of Granitrille is short $7,80 and the shortage is charged up E. C. Burnett. a son of Dr. H. Burnett, of that town. Mr. Burne was a bookkeeper In the bank, ha lng charge ot the personal ledge When confronted with the accus tion he admitted most of it and h people have promised to make tl amount good. It is stated that young Burne has been extracting money from tl bank for some time but it only b came known to the bank officia while the young man was away< a summer trip. On Friday a wt rant was issued for the young ma but he had left the community. Sunday Mr. W. A. Giles. preside of the bank, received informati< that ledi him to believe young Bta nett was In Chattanooga. He cot municated with the police of th city and Monday Mr. Giles was formied that Burnett was being he in Chattanooga awciting identiflc tion. Mr. Giles at once delegated offleer qualified to identify Burne and also to bring B3urnett back |Graniterille, If the prisoner prov to be he. Mr. Giles denied that the Baa of Graniteville felt any embarras ment from the shiortage of 87,81 charged to young Burnett . He sa that the statement that a State ba: examiner will try to prevent a r on he bank is absurd. Whato' loss the bank may sustain from B3t nett's alleged misconduct may readily absorbed by the bank's at plus. A dispatch from Chattanooga sa E. C. Burnett. formerly teller of t 1Bank of Graniteville. S. C.. was rested there on a telegram fr< |Graniteville stating that he s wanted there for embezzleme: Burnett Is in jal! awaiting the rival of officers who will take h bacq to South Ccrolina. DEATH OF GOI'. JOHNSON. -IHe Passed Away Clasping the Ha of His Wife. .|John A. Johnson. three tin dgovernor of Minnesota. candidate a the Democratic nomination for pr | Ment last year and looked upon - many throughout the country asi d probable candidate for 1912, at St. Mary's hospital at Rochest e Minn.. at 3:25 Tuesday morni -following an operation Wednesda SThe governor lapsed Into unc n sciousnes~s at 1 o'clock Tuesday mc lng. Toward the end he revlved hi self several times to pat his wife Iher cheeks. His. last words we IWell. Nora. I guess I'm going: dhave made a brave fight." Dr. W. J. Ma:'n stated that th were no traces of blood poison and that the inmmediate cause ndeath was exhaustion and he dfailure. Considerable encoura . mnt was felt Monday morning. r- When the governor had breat :his last. Mrs. Johnson. who had b~ 2in almost hourly a tendance at Shrnehand's sid'o and who had be m up bravely under the ordeal. to p. 7 collapsed and was taken to I FRAUD ALLED BY AGAINST THE DORCHESTER BOARD OF REGISTRATION. the Governor Ansel Makes Rigid In Ith vestigution and Issues an Order to Show Cause. ns Charged with malfesance in office. of general misconduct and n.-gligence. rn- the board of registration of Dorches 3u- ter county has been summoned by rs- Gov. Ansel to appear in Columbia tly to show cause why they should not se. be removed. A dispatch to The mnt State from St. George gives the fol we lowing about the matter: >ut The board of canvassers took cog- C nizance of the discrepancy and made f w. a report of their findings to the gov- s dr ernor. As the result of this report es. Solicitor Hildebrand. at the request of Gov. Ansel, came down to St George a couple of days later in P order to conduct an investigation in- e ae to the affair. He made a thorough ti and complete examination. gin5 i s through all of the records in the b matter and his report conftrmed that vi- of the board of canvassers. ly. One day this %eek Mr. W. H. : i Towsend of Columbia. former as he sistant attorney general, was here for b< ed the purpose of furth'tr looking into El the matter. He secured a number nd of affidavits an to the handling of u the books immediately prior and le ed after the election. Immediately after ol by Mr. Townsend returned to Columbia a the summons were sent to Sheriff d Owens for service and they were ser- A ed on Wednesday of last waek. U The board of registration is com- tc posed of Elias Doar of Summe-ilIe. Pink Limehouse of Beech Hill And 4 A. W. Rumph of Grover. the first . er named being chairman. Mr. Doar . e CI cashier of the Bank of Dorchester VC an3 Mr. Limehouse is a prosperon 3 farmer. Mr. Rumph. who Is about vi 70 years of age, is an ex-Confederate 1o soldier. An effort was made to secure an er interview from Mr. Doar over lona N distance phone but be could not ba :r r got on account of the fact that the a wires between St. George and Sum- 'h of merville are down. The alleged false & entries are supposed to have been )f made on the mrst Monday in August. ! ie this being the last regular meetinT i ie of the board before the prohibition election. . At this meeting Mr. Limehouse was not present and Mr. Rumph, accord- II ing to eome of the affidavits. author ized 0. B. Limehouse to act in his e nlace. Mr. Doar. it is claimed. wa e the only member of the board in a nosition to issue the certificates. It e is claimed that the majority of the ' additional names were negroes and 5 that they did not appear in person to get the certificates as is require$ ' by law, but that they were secured v- by other parties. r The precincts where the irregulari- h ties are alleged to have occurred~ iare all in the lower section of the county. The affair has e'.-ated no elittle interest In Dorchester concrty ttand the action of the governor. it is dunderstood. will employ attorneys in order to defend themselves against the charges preferred against them 13All three, members maintain thei' innocence. b KILLS HIMSELF .XD WIFE. an Chester Negro the Principal In a > Dual Trgedy. at Jack Davis. colored, shot and kill ed his wife. Blelle Kennedy Davis. ~ d early Mionday morning on the plan- a. tation of Mirs. E. B. Jamison, near a Blackstock. Chester county, and go- *a luig into the woods near the house. 0o where he killed the woman. endec'i ehis own life. The body of the Da- a via woman was found early alon- i day morning, when anupther hand -c went to summon her to work. -Word was sent to Sheriff Colvin ,l and Deputy Sheriff Dye, and others -c went down from C hester to pursue nthe fugitive. but later in the day ; rtelephoned back that Davis' dea" -n ebody had been found in the woods e lewhere It is supposed that he put -u ran end to his own existance shortly 2 after killing his wife. ' The two had lived apart since -, he June. and the dual tragedy is sup- w Sposed to have been the outgrowth of N domestic unhappiness.. nr. FRENCH AVIATOR KILLED. Capt. Ferber. of the Army. Crus"hed Under Aeroplane. At Boulogne. France. Capt. Fer nd er. an officer of the French army. was killed Wednesday morning. while testing an aeroplane. While in the air the machine turned comn for p lel~y ,over and then dashed to -i- the ground. Capt. Ferber was crush ly ed to death by the motor. the After making a short fight th.' ld captain attempted to alight. A wing er. of the aeroplane touched the ground. nhowever, and the aeroplane turned v. a somersault and crashed to the 'oearth. n- Four years ago Capt. Ferber was i- In the United States to examine the onWr!.ght aeroplane on behalf of the re IFrench government, Hie opened ne ,, gotiations for the purchase of the! American machine. but without suc-a ofTigers Pay Big Money. ar Thirty.one alleged violators of the e-dispens.ary ordinance have been --,ulled" by~ the Charleston polie bed since September 1. the failure of the en defendants to appear for trial in the hern Recorder-5 Court netting the c~ty n tr.'asury the suim of $1.7->0. each ta!- owner of an ai!e;:ed blind tiger for the feiring hail to the amount of fifty SIXTY KIllD [ew Orans 21d Srrofidig Ccury Struck by Hurricane. OPERTY LOSS MILUONS wamage to Cropa Incacuable Dwellings. Cotton Gins and Sugar Mils Levelled-Miles of Territory Laid Waste-New Orleans Recov ering from the Blow. Gradually New Orleans and the .rritory surrounding the Crescent ity is recovering from the first ef !ct of the tropical hurricane, which. tarting Sunday. continued through ut Monday and Monday night. Sixty-three human lives are now rsitively known to have been claim d as victims of the storm, and for r others are reported to have been >st in lower Terre Bonne Parish. ut as yet this report has not yet een authenticated. The property loss will run into the tllions. Miles and miles of territory have en laid waste. Crops have prac cally been ruined. Dwellings. cotton gins and sugar ills hr.ve been leveied. New Or ans Is sadly crippled in the way ! railroad facilities and telegraph d telephone communication with Le outside world. It was not until ednesday night that the Western nion Telegraph Company was able get a working wire out of the ty. For two days the city's only mmunication with the outside orld was over an improvised long stance telephone circuit of the Am elated Press. Both the Illinois mntral and the Louisville and Nash le railroads have suffered heavy ss, miles of their tracks having een washed away. It will be sewv al weeks before the Louisville and shville will again be running ains over their own tracks. From .ly Wednesday morning, the death it in the lower portion of Terre :ne Parish increased as details the hurricane's destruction were mrly received until Wednesday ght it numbered twenty-nine. It reported that at'least ffty others e missing, they are said to have en drowned or crushed in the fy g debris of wrecked mtils. dwel igs and fishing camp. Thrilling les of narrow escapes and daring scues came from the storm swept ea. One of the victims of the storm Terre Bonne Parish was M. F. nith. of New Iberia, who ,with his other. A. F. Smith. and 'a dozen lends, made up a fishing party at abreeze. The brother of the owned man reached Houna, La.. 'ednetday, brInging the news of s brother's death. Pleasure craft and shipping of all ds In the bayou Inlets were total destroyed and the los' will be avy. Store houses, sugar -mills Ld other villages stifered heavily id scarcely a structure was un unched by the hurricane. The damage done by the storm at mnd Island. Chenlere. Caminda, as very heavy, but-at these places ere was no loss of life. The crops these islands were totally destroy and the orange grovee were strip d clean of fruit and follage. The first news from these islands as received Wednesday when the r~l steamer Grand Isle reached ew Orleans. It was feared before e arrival of the boat that hund~reds d lost their lives. In the tropical orm of 1S93 no less than fifteen indred were drowned on Chenlere aminds. One man lost his life Bay St. Louis, a fieherman, name known. who was drowned Monday. number of other places are yet be heard from. The long railroad 'Idge at Bay St. Louis Is a comn ete wreck, and will be -weeks be re it Is repaired. When the storm struc)r this bridge eo. Doherty. a Weetern Union line an, was attempting to repair the irs. He and three negroes were rried down. "The waves were run Lng at least fifty feet high." said obetry. "and If we had not lashed rselves to a raft with wire we ould have been drowned. The -dge went down Sunday and we .-re washed around in the bay until onday afternoon. when we were icked up by a fishing echooner." Refugees were arriving In New rleans all day Wednesday. List of the Dead. Terre Bonne Parish. La.. definite 9: reported 40. New Orleant., definite 5. Frenler. La.. definite 4. Desair. La.. fefnite 3. J'.kon. Miss., definite 2. Baton Rouge. La.. defnIte I. Mandeville. La.. defnIte 1. Bay Sr. Louis, Miss.. defnIte 1. Donaldson. La.. definite 1. Gramercy. La.. definite 1. Grand Point. La.. reported 4. Bartaria Bay. La., reported 1. Pass Mauchne. defnite 8. Total deninite 83. reported 45. Morgan City. La.. defnIte 10. Eatord. Miss.. definite 7. Burned to Death At Redding Cal.. Mrs. J. E. Hard ng nurse. was burned to dea'.h ud Miss Constant Rainsberry. the -tron, was seriously injured In 1 tre that destroyed the St. Carolini Iosptal Sunday. Seven patients .ssstat. Miss Bertha Lamphin. Doing Much Damage. It has b'een discovered that an nac- known as the Re~d spider is !oing r~uch damage to the cotton -rop i Lxinton and the Depart yr.et of Agriceture will send an ex