The Iola register., 1900-10-26
Story's Answer to the American
Politicians Denial.

the correspondent for the London
Mail who made the original charge
that Webster Davis received 1926, 600
from the Beers, in second article
which is cabled the Chicago Tribune.
answers Davis's denial. Mr.. Story
also,cables an independent statement,
which is as follows:
"My statement published in the
Daily Mail that Webster Davis receive
ed from the Transvaal government u
bride of Sl25, 600 to organize pro-
BOer agitation has drawn from that
politician denial. Witnesses can
be placedi inthe box to prove that Davis
received the sum state for the pur.
pose state
"Davis says it would have been i'm
possible for him to carry 400 pounds
weight out of the country. | have not
stated to the contrary. He did not
carry his makings in gold. At the be-
ginning of the war the Transvaal gov
ernmenthad AGO. 900 pounds 80, 300, ,OOO) J
at its credit in the Bank of Holland.
To that sum frequent deposits were
subsequently made. A check on the
bank, or on DR.. Leyds, or on the Meth
erlands Railway company, would not
have overtaxed Davis's transport
capacity.
"Those call the points contained in
Webster Davis's denial as retitdnd
here. Everyone of them is irrelevan
and all without foundation in fact.
AS TO THE BOER DENIAL.
ITO Davis's side comes Van Boes-
choten, secretary of the Transvaal le-
CATION at Brussels, who says my state
ment is an absolute calumny. Van
Boeschoten was not in the Transvaal
at any time during the period covered
by my charges.
"He says Kruger saw little of Davis.
| never said he saw him at all. My
statement was that daily Davis was
received in secret audience in the exec
utive chamber of the government build
ing. Webster Davis arrived in the
Transvaal on Wednesday, January "a.
He left for Natal with State Attorney
SHUTS the Monday following, Janu-
airy 20. He returned to Pretoria on
February and finally left the Trans
vaal two days later after fortnight's
sojourn.
WHERE MONEY WAS PAID.
Investigation brought out the fact
that 50, 900 was paid ito Hargrove, an
Englishman, to support pro-Boer agi-
Ia tion; $500 to Smit, railway com
missioner: an annuity to Reginald
Stathan, an Englishman, to write pro-
Boer articles for the British press:
and a loan of$3O, 900, to Messrs. Men
delssohn and Bruce, the latter an Eng
lishman, to publish pro- Boer articles
in the Standard and Digger News.
"lf Webster Davis can get A S.
Hay, United States consul at Pre-
toria: Mr.. stowe, consul general at
Cape Town, or the American attaches
with the forces in South Africa, or
Secretary oflState Hay to attest to
his bona lides, his refutation may de-
serve attention"
TRIED TO BRIBE CONSUL STOWE.
The London Mail this morning pub
fishes the following from Mr.. Story:
"Senator Hanna if he desires to look,
will find in the records of the state de-
partment at Washington conclusive
proof that Hollis, the American con-
sui at Laurence Marques, bought con-
traband stores for the Beers during
the war, that Macrum. late American
consul at Pretoria, was in the pay of
the Transvaal government; that Con-
sui General Stowe at Cape Town was
insulted with an offer to bribe, and
that Webster Davis received 1925, ,0O0
Macrum $75, 900 and Montague White
! million dollars to raise the pro-
Boer agitation in the United States.
"When Webster Davis left Pretoria
he gave expression to this pregnant
remark; Il; am prepared to forfeit
my place in the government if Presi-
dent Mckinley does not consent to do
justice to the Beers A fortnight be-
fore this needy and ambitious solici
tor had never seen Boer, was abso-
lutely ignorant of Boer hopes, Boer
aims and Boer policy, and did not
know what constituted justice to the
Beers. The recollection of his speech
at Cape Town brings blush to the
cheek of every American there
today"