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TT* ?BO.**, ?MAT uaw, um? og??o#ri>"*?i> nnwm uv? W*HT ?^IWIOH ST?WT OBOTTB MATH, '?LOMOM j? TB* 04??7 >tl'ili>? BESE BE?raTOBVl?iL?, 8. CORIDA Y .j?DECEMBER C4, 1906. NO. : v FOUND GUILTY And Deposed from Hie Minstry and the Church. NOTICE OF APPEAL To tho General Conference of the Church Qlvea by Creighton, Who Snys He Will Fight tho Case to the Bitter End. Some Plain Talk. *Tho Jury of thirteen from the South Carolina Conference appointed by Bishop Wilson to ?ry the Rev. O. W. Oreigton? of tho Christian Appeal, for libeling tho preBldiug oldors of tho oonforenoe in stating that thoy constituted a ring to control the oon ferouoo' and that for years thoy had been grafting on the pooplo and thc preachers by being .ablo to oontrol the appointments, reported Its verdlob to tho conference Wednesday morning. The verdiob "sustains tho ohargo" and linds that "he ls hereby deposed from tho ministry and is expelled from the membership of tho Metho dist Episcopal ohuroh, South." Three of the thirteen votiug mem bers of tho jury refused to sign thc report- They aro the Riva. J. B. Traywlok, W. B. Wharton and W. H.. Ariah. Soon as the report was read, and it iras rooelvcd in silence, there being no dlsoussion of it undor tho ohuroh law, Rsv. A. Coko Mann, a defense wlthees and a strong supporter of Mr. Creighton, ai oso to a question of per? sonal privilege. ?'All I want to say," be began trembling with emotion, "is that li that yordiot is true and oorreot, simi lar oh'arges should he. brought aRainst threetourths ot tho 'm> mber.'ihlp ol .the church in thin afc?uo, for tho same talk is hoing indulged in against tho ring Mr. Creighton has attacked throughout this-" "I riso to a point of ordor," SRld the Rsv. Dr. John O. Wilson, at one time a presiding older and for a num ber of years editor of tho Southern OhrlBtiau Advooato, lumping to hiB foot and Interrupting Mr. Mann. Tho point vf as at ot vo euatabicd, ?ndjv%A^?v?&^ov. Dr. J..W, Daniel, ?W^mm^^^ Creighton, had givon ' ""^^ .1 to tho general oom henoo, tho conforonoo formally ad | jonrn?d and tho annual appointments were read. About two-thirds of thc members of tho oonforonoe had loft the olty in spite of Bishop Wildon's request that members leave only on permission of the oonfemuca, and only a small crowd heard the verdict. Mr. Creighton did not appear on the floor of tho conference. Ho says he bas Just begun his Oght against what bc lei mn tho ring con trolling the oonforenoe and that he proposes to preach and lecture throughout tho state in addition to oarrying on a mest stinging cam palgn in his newspaper. He says the laity knows that ho is right." "Of course tho vordlot 1B a sovoic blow,"said Mr. Creighton, "bub 1 do not fool casb down or discouraged. Tho Jury was packed with reen pre judiced against my casu. The Hiv. Mr. Walkur, for instance, who beads the list, oonduota a negro Bohool In Augusta, and everybody knowe that I have attacked that sort of thing un sparingly as tho cause of friction ba tween the ?ces in the south. "There was ampin evidence from the Rev. Messrs. 0. B. Smith, A. li. Watson, P. A. Murray, A. Coko Mann, and others, to sustain tho iharges I preferred against tho pre siding elders and others controlling this conference through thc appoint ments, nine-tenths of which thoy diotatc, that they constitute a ring to run things, and graft on the prcaoh?rs and tho people They would not allow mi to have a stenog rapher, but we v/lll doraand a tr&UB ortpt of tho evldonco from their ato nogiapher, In order to parfeot tho ap peal." Following ls a copy of tho verdict: "The committee appointed to try the oase of C. W. Creighton, charged with groiia Immorality, report that they havo oarcfuily and prayerfully considered tho Kamo and lind as follows: "Charge 1: Specifications 3, 4, 6, 7, 0, 10 and 13 aro sustained. ~-%-^OJ.iargo 2i Speculations 4 and 6 are B?sten?]. "Aud thtt?^thcao specifications sus tain tho ohargo,. and ho ls boroo/ dis posed from tho ministry and ls ex pelled from tho membership of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. "(Signed) George Williams Waiker, D. M. MoI'j'JOd, A. N. Brimson, J. D Orout, C. C. Horbcrt, W. M- Duncan, R. L. Holroyd, D. Tiller, John G. lieokwlth, L, L. Bcdenbaugh, oouimlt toc. "L. E. Beaty, ohftirman; J. M. Steadman and S. B. Harper, Btoroba r?es." It should bo explained that ohargos 1 ano 2 are not dillorent oxoopt as to timo. Tho ci?mso under thc li rsl ohargo occurred prior to tho last con foronoo and others occurred nineo tho last oonforonoc. Tho prcBiding ciders Mr. Creighton abtackod wero H. W. Bays, J. S Bi as loy, John E. Cardillo, U.M. Brown, W. P. Meado wu, Marlon Dargan, lt H. Jones, IC: P, Taylor and J. W. Kllgo. Following Is a su m wary of the charges against Mr. Creighton, 00 whioh tho oommlttoo acted: Charge 1. "Wo ohargo C. W. Creigh ton with gross immorality." Charge 2. "Wo charge C. W. Creigh ton with gross Immorality, whjoh uah) gross immorality occurred bubsequont to tho last annual oonfor.moe, but be? fore the investigating oommlttoo bo gan Its work " This alleged gross immorality con Bistod of lying a*?d slander as specified In the detailed ohargos, The gpeoltioations under thess two oliVgoa on willoh Creighton was found gulley and tho roport of the oomnalt toe was based are, in brief, as follows: "HpcoitlcatiovA No. 3, uudor ohargo 1: The abortion r^ade by Mr. Creigh* con that tho presiding elder exorols?. the power of a se\t perpetuating body, in violation of the laws of theohuroh, this assertion boing denominated- on the specification aw follows: Speol?oatlon No. 4: The assertion that tho presiding elders sholve mon who. for any reason do not sympathize with them and approve their methods, promote those who stand by them and support eaoh otbor in doing it, this assertion belog deolared to bo malic iously fa'se. Spoollhntlon No. 5: The assertion that the presiding olders agroo upon a method of forolng up their salaries in violation of tho law of the ohuroh. Spcollloation No. 7: An editorial in the Christian APpoal of March "10, 1005, in whloh lt was charged that the presiding olders were guilty of heartless o ^nduot in grinding and ex aoting exorbitant piopurtlon of the preaohors' salaries. Specification NJ. 0: An editorial In whioh the following r.ocurs: "When wo talco*Into consideration the oom pstouoy and elllclonoy of the presid ing oidora and tho amouut of servioe whioh tho y render to tho ohuroh, wo dhe.jvor a clear ease of graft." The presiding olders mentioned in this connection aro Hov. W. J. Stoke*; (sinoo doooasod), Revs. W. P. Moa dows, J. S. Beasley, .1. W. Ktlgo, H. B. Browne and H. W. Bays. Spao.tioatlon No. 10 rofors to an ed itorial in tho Christian Appeal, at tacking tho PvDv. E. O. Watson, who was at that time acting as editor of tho Southern Christian Advooato, and who had lu that paper oallod on Mr, Orelghton to speolfy what ho mean?? by tho uso of tho term "graft." Mr. Watson ls referred to in this odltorlat In contemptuous terms. Speolllo:\tion No. 13 rolates to an at took on Hov. Dargan, who had as ?urned personal support of a mission ?ry at au expense of 0750. The article calla this contribution ljy Bev. Mr. Dargan "A oonsoionoe fund." Under charlo No;2, spoclflcitlon 4 relates to Creighton's charge that tho proBldlcg oidora of the Southern Caro lina conference brought oharges against him that they knew to bo false. Spcollloation No. 0 relates to an r.rtlolo by Mr, Creighton, referring to Mr. H. ll. Jonos and oa-oonsplra tors, oharging conspiracy of tho part of tho presiding olders. 'Thoother spool ?cations whloh are not referrod to In tho report of tho trial oommlttee, it ls prc urned, wore not sustained for look of su dictant ?v id?neo. They were oLthn sault, gen mal oh&niui}cr r.a r.iio.Vo whioh //oro sustain which aro outllner ?h|? b, 'P?. V! noon other KfM- . tlari Appeal. Tho character of G .. ~ J flrsb attacked lo conference U?J years ago and a oommlttee of investigation was appointed. This committee con sisted of Rev, M. L. Carlisle, I.lov. T. C. O'Dell and Hov. lt. W. Berber. Tho co - mlttoo reported in IOOG st Spar tan burg that they did nob hr.t s suf (ioiont evidence on whloh to ^o to trial of tho oharges and reecomendod that the case be !oft in tho bunds of the presiding eider, in whoso district Mr. Creighton was itationod. This prodding elder was W. T. Dunonn, of the Gukesbury district. Mr. Urelgh. bon appointed tho following commit tee to Investigate tho charges; Hov. T. C. Odell, W. A. Mtmabeau and Peter Stokes. Their report waa made at the present session and upon that report the c^mnitteo of trial was ap pointed whose report waa submitted Thursday. Blow t?ovon into M'rAKniOiitB. Ote white man, fl ve negroet and sn Inoiau were literally blo\v;i into frag merits by tho explosion of dynamite In f. tunnel on the right of wry of thc uaw South and Western IUI 1 road Friday night ab Charlotte. The white mah had hoon ordered to open a box of dj ru mito for blasting pur poses and started to comply. O ?ie blow from a hammer exploded the oontents and only a small fragment of thc white mao, who was blown through the tunnel, has hoon found. S'x others wcro dismembered aud sovon wore se riously injured. A mulo and oar were blown through the portal of the tun nel and down tho mounbuln side. Tho car was wrecked, but t ho mule esoiip I od unscratched and of bis own volition galloped elf to the stable. Nob a tdn gie person In tho tunnel escaped in jury. 'J.'ho construction foroa in tun ueliing through a mountain in a re mote corner of the State abd owing to its inaccessibility and Inability to secure telephone communication the names of tho dead arid I; jurod cannot iio learned. The Indian was a Cher okee from the reservation at Whittier, Swain Cjunty. < ?no Morn Mt?to. Thc dolegates elected to tho Con ..ul tutional Convention In oklahoma and Indian Territory assembled this week to begin the (raming of thc Constitution of tho state of Okla? boma. Of M2 delegates nearly 100 are democrats. After tho Constitu tion ls lluishod lt Will bo submitted to tba two i.'eriltorlos for rabltloablou. State Gillcers will be elected, and If tho Constitution Is ratillod Oklahoma will, by proclamation of the Presi dent, h-oorno tho forty sixth State of the Union. Tho Statu oulcors will all be, democrats. Jt will eleot two United States Senators who will also i bo demoorats. There will be live Con : gros-Jtuon, at lewiifchreo of them will bo demoorats. W?tor Odin 'o IIIK'I. Water seems to be a noaro arMclo In nomo parts of California. Tho Creon wator correspondent of tho Saorl monto Use says thero w>.s a water famine in Creon wator last weok, and for thrco days thc precious fluid sold at 020 a barrel and at $1 a gallon lu iimtvll quantities. The supply comes from Alien's woll, thirty miles eait of Creen water, and when the teams played out under thu heavy traillo tho prloo Jumped up. Finally nov/ horses and a bigger tunk wore seourod and tho prkio droppod to $7 a barrel Thore aro moro than a thousand pcoplo in Greenwater, and tho near est water is thirty milos away. A lilli ul"'uu UUVM waua auuuv f?u. H?NG?1?ST. Old Man Rawlins and Alf Moore Side by Side. PAY DEATH PENALTY For Ide Alurder of tin:- Carter Children a Pew Miles Prom Valdosta, Qa. On the Gallows Rawlins Declared His Boys Inno? cent. J. G. Rawlins and Alf Mooro were nuni? at Valdasto, Ga., on Tuesday of last week for tho murder of Willie and Garrie Garter, two ohlldron of lUv. W. L. Garter, who ?llvod on a farm adj lining IUwllns' a few miles from Valdosta. Both IUwllns ?nd Garter wore Baptist preaohers. Sov oral years ago a disputo aroso as to the line bobweon their rospootlvc farm?. Litigation and bad blood ro ulted. Gartor was wounded by a shot from ambush and had Rawlins arrest ed on the ohargo of attempted mar* dor. TI?K OltlME. On July 13, 1005 & night attack wac made on tho Gartor home. Two of the children, Willie and Garrie Garter, woro shot Just outside the house and shots wero ilrod without effeot at Gar ter and his wife and other daughter. Tho wounded boy managed to drap himself to tho houso and informed hit paroo ts that Milton and Jeaso Raw Uns had shot htm. Ho died tho nex' day. Af ter shooting tho ohlldron, th< attacking party attempted to set lire to tho house, but wore tired upon and driven iff without further casualties, Tho trial, whioh lastnd two wtuks. resulted in a verdict of death for the elder Rawlins, bis sons Milton and Jesso, and Alf Moore who was a ne gro. Tho third son, Leonard Raw lins, was given a Ufo sontenoo, as ao complioo. Every logal expedient wat resorted to, but the verdicts bavo beor; austalnod tn o nob instance. Tho con vlotlon of all the men was seoureri obie Hy through the ooufosslon of Alf Mooro, who claimed that he and the boys wore or*~ it at tho Garter housr v/h("- .en woro KUOti( |}Ut? thfct w dono by Milton Raw mod-.tibab old man instigator, o? th? THICIH Y.AST VISIT. Sids, by Bide thc whlbo man and the negro, principals in the bloodiest trag ody that has over shocked tho heart f south Georgia, paid tho penalty of crimes upon the ?allows lu Lowndef county Jill, before au approving party of probably tlfty witnesses. The noone leading to tho exeoutlon was at time.1 pathetic and then at timos almost sensational In their human Interest. At 0 o'clock, Mrs. Rawlins and hoi two grown.daughters, all dressed ic black and weeping, wt?re permitted to enter thc prison o in?dor. They re malnod with the oondomned husband and father until 9:60, whon they left after the lltial good-by bad boon said. As tho heavily veilod women passed out, tba great throng In tho Jail yard and streets made woy for them, th men lifting tholr bats cut of reupeoi to their gri' f. At 10 o'clock the nawspapor mon uni sev. ral friends of the oondomued mon wero admitted. Rawlins was iressod in a nvgllgeo shirt, without collar. Ile wore a blaok Baok ooat and plaid trouper4. Ho stood In tho narrow corridor into wbtob the door of bit oell load and at tun other end of the corridor wore bis sour-Milton, Jose.e aud Leonard Old man Rawllnu, stand ng tux foot and over, a perfect giant ?f strength and a plcturo of hoalth, tiold his right hand high above his bead on the bars of the cell and with Lils left made emphatic gestures. PLICADS FOU III? BOYS. "Gentlemen," bo Bald, "to ono and all I want to say that myiboys aro In nooent, I am standing in tho pres tmc? of God and the very shadow o! death. If what 1 tell you ls a lie, then J. G. Rawlins In responsible to his maker. If you bellevo the He of the negro, then you aro rosponslblo to ycur Gjd. Hear mo, mon, mv boys are Innooontj they ncvor had anything to do with tho killing of tho Gartor chil dren. "Mr. Davis," ho said to Oaptaln B H. Davis, a mombor of tho jury, whioh oouvloted him. "I bavo no ill will to ward you, you did what you thought was honest and right, but you arc wrong and tho truth will appear some day. 1 bavo forgiven you and I ask God to do tho same tiling." To others MIA old man made tho same statoraont, thanking Homo for their kindnoss and good wishes, now and then denounc ing hil attorney and the judge. "When you bang old man IUwllns today," he orlecl with fooling, "you will be lynohlng him; this ls mob law and not justice that I am getting; I've been mobbed In Georgia, lu tho name of the law." Then T/urnlng to tho threo boys, the old man would point his llngor at them and doolaro tholr lnnuoenoo. "I won der what's tho matter with tho sher Iff, I -*>lsb he would oome on." Raw lins dcc.larod, "I am tired of waiting, I vfondor what's tho matter, what time is lt." BP?A KK OF Ll IS WIKK. Turning to tho upturned faooa, IUwllns said: "Pienso bo kind to my boys, thoy are not guilty, but boforo God I would rablior you would bang thom nszt Friday and let thom follow mo than to send thom to tho penitentiary. Tho penitentiary will mako eduoated dovlls of them." Dr. McCird, IUwllns'spiritual ad visor, pullod a store tag from the now coat that the oondomnod man wore and Rawlins, half smiling, said: "If my wife had sion that Bho would bavo taken it off, poor woman, poor woman." Rawline walked from tho stool cor ridor Into thc j?d ball and plaood his bands upon tho bars and pressod his face olo^e to tho window. ''Gentle men and ladies, and all," ho bogan, "listen to me; my boys are innocent." His plea for his three boys seamed to make his own peril pale into signi ficance. Frequently he would almost ! yoll at the orowds. "Now, do you uu dorstand me? Do I make mysolf plain?" MOOIUC DENOUNCES KAW LINS. Rawlins addressed the crowd for Ave minutes and at 10:25 Alf Moore, the negro, was led from his ooh tu the i front second story window of tho jail. Moore looked long and eagorly into the sea of faoos, in which tbore wore many black ones. Moore's denuncia tion of old man Rawlins showed groat bittornosslin.the negroo's heart, as he attributed his present oonditlon to his partner in orlme. "Listen one and all of you whlto folks, and bin ck. folks," orlod tho ne gro, gesticulating wildly, "Milton ttawllns killed tho Garter children. 1 more this on tho stand in the oourt bouBO and I swear lt again today. Theso will be my last wort's, poople; Milton Rawlins killed tho Garter oh 11 dren." As tho negro spoke old man Raw lins sat unmoved, not moro than throe foot away. "It's a Ho," almost hiesod Rawlins undor his broath. Finally Sheriff Passmore ordered all in thc itrcot bolow to stop questioning tho negro. At 10:35 a. m., af tor speaking ton minutes, Mooro oriod: * 'Good bye" at the top of his voloe and he and Raw HOB woro led toward tho execution ahaniber. Ea route, Rawlins stopped for a photographer to make a picture of him. "I do this just so my wife and dill dren oan have one," he repeated sov oral time over to the photographer, during tho prooeBs of taking tho plo ture, tho man uever flinched a muBole und his expression was stolid and al most inditloront. Into tho exooutlon room tho jailers ?'.nd guards and party were ushered. Rawlins leading tho way and Moore following closely behind. AT TEM GALLOWS. At tho foot of tho steps leading to the gallows, Rawlins sat down on the drat stop. Tho negro walked toward lira, holding out hts hand. Thon foliowod an almost heated colloquy in which both mon told tho other tho y rad sworn tho trutl\ oaoh referred to ?ho faot that ho stood iii tho shadow >f the gallows and on tho very brink if death, but Rawlings maintained (..hat his boys were innocent and the togro swore that the statsment was ?ot true, and that bo himself? had ;old tho truth, Tho boated interview was brought to a oloqeby tho sheriff, who aanouun --^vor v-o.nid bo r>ff? on tho stool door, while above all loomed tho grim death trap, decorat ed with weights and levers aud ropos. Pho prayer, a most fervent one, w?.s offered by Rov. W. W. MoCord, for morly of Atlanta. This was followed by albouodiobion \nd the party was in the act of mov big towards tho scaffold, when tho legro bogan a prayer, wonderful for ?ts wording and earnestness. Rut aven in lils Unal prayer to his Master, ;ho nogro's bitter heart showed thore was no forgiveness thoro for Rawlins, whom he declared had brought him o his doom. When Moore had llnlsh id tho two men took their positions on the scaffold, the trap was sprung ind In a few sscouds they wero land ed luto oternlty. SAID 1I1CL.I, AW A ITU n HIM. Tho night before he was hung Rawlins denounced the editors, the lawyers and tho proaohors, saying obey wore all oowards. He said thore 's no suoh thing as Juetico in all the world, and that his hanging would be tssasslnation. Ho said ho had aover nilled a man In hts Ufo, and that the ciegro did tho crlmo for which he was .0 bc lynched. Ile said that the .ihorlff was tho luckiest man that ovor lived bocauso he hoard that old Uartor was going to mako him move out of tho ojunty: "How luoky lt would have boen for mo if I had drop oed dead before I got in trouble with Garter," ho said. "The Ulolo tells of thc ovil spirits (.hat llvo to haunt mon; wc aro dis otnot'y told of tho ovil spirits that ] went from a man Into a drovo of hogs oauslng thom to drown themselves In tho sea. I want my spirit when I am dead and gono to haunt the oourt oillolal to the ond of their days." He also Jumpod on tho newspapers He said ho believed that niuo hun dred and nlnoty-nino In a thousand of tba editors would go to boll heoause thoy were too oowardly to light against publlo sentiment." Rawlins doolaros that ho will go to hell, hut that lt will only glvo him an oppor tunity of piling coals of lire upon his enomlos. I'ACED HIS CELL. Tho faot that it was the last night on oarth did not appear to bo a source of much worry on tho part of tho old man, who paood up and down his narrow stool oago talking, singing or praying as the opportunity presonted Itself. He was visited by his wlfo and daughtors and many friends call ed at the Jail during the evening, sorao being admlttod, wi.Me others were satisfied to stand on tho moo walk and talk to tho prisoner through the S? cond story window. Although Rawlins could not be soon through tho window, ho listonod attontivoly to all that was said and would shout back his answers in strong volco. Just beforo midnight a minister of tho gospel who had known the oondemnod man when tht latter was preaching, drovw up %o thc J .il, held a shouted conversation with tho prisoner, sang a hymn, repeated a brief but oarnest prayer and drovr away. It was Just midnight whon Raw lins' last visitor disappeared aw everything bsoamo quiet about thc jail. The old man slopt a portion ol tho night, but very little, tor at S o'olock in tho morning a noter evangelist, Sam Griffin, with riront lungs and zealous prayers, took bli stand in tho middle of ?.ho stroot ill front ( f tho Jail and just opposlto th< ooll of tho oondemnod man. "Hello, Rawlins l" he shoutet through the window, "How are yoi tooling?" O'.?iv; '??.HOM could bo board for blooU awayMl "Then lot us tell th? Holy Ghost abouti ?b,*' tho prcaohor shouted back, right, tell Him," answered Bawl M. Twatroet preacher prayed and sane P the top of his voloe until the pollm\\foere appoalod to and he was made ib move on. Thud passed into eternity a man who a$ one time wac an honored KI h. t.. r n- of the gospel. Wbat a loloma lesson the sad olose of this t?fete'lifo teaohes us all. At somo Dimano Ur ay ed out of the path of non?r '-ind entered tho broad road of U isl \ u .Mon, and aooording bo his oon daloo foltowd it to hill. BHOl' B? WOMAN 'OH^KH HEN ITOIl PRO M. UTAH WOUNDED IN. WASHINGTON. Mty, Hrs Anu\ Br\dloy, of Palt lake Fires Three l.!hots Into His Body, i Foamer United St .tes Seaator iiov.y, of U .ah, was Bhot in WaBh ngton last Satnrday by M s. Anna irad?oy of Salt L\ko Olty. Tho shoo! . tooti yd in Senator Brown's apart nenf|?In the ililotgu IIJGJI, whore Vlrs. Bradley also liad registered un lor Kte name of "A. B, Brown," Sho vas t ikon luto custody a nd we.H lecked ip for tho nig'^t in tho matron's room >f th? firatprcolnob polios station. Two shots wero tlrod, ono grazing Bronx's lefthand and tiie other en tering the abdomen and lodging in .ho walvlo Oitvity. After working iver him for noarly two hours the ,urg<ons deolded that at present at easifthey would make no furthor at idmjjB to lind tho bulle*}, It was, 'taroo to-n.f/ht that whilo Senator koch's oondltlon wan crltioal his vounds aro not necessarily fatal. Itt?. Bracey arrlvod here shortly if ter noon. After being assigned a oom she Immediately went to Sena .or Brown's apartment. Thoro was no vltJ lasos to the snooting, but a floor nul : heard the Bhots and uotitlcd thc nir.^gomenb. Aooording to her state n1 J-, Mrs Bradloy oamo to Washing 0 to demand that Senator Brown t nj her, Sho said that thoir rela il s were well known in Salt Lalee J "I asked him if ho was going it So tho right thing by mo." she 1 mainlining a remarkable com )on:ife "Hlsroply was that ho put on iii vorooat and started to leave the ora and I shot him, I abhoraotsof th s aoter, bub in thiB case it was ful v ifitiUod," While expressing no u at'senator Brown mlgn? re o? ''I was practically penniless ti. L got hero Saturday," sho said, a\ g only 01.26, and, after paying be cabman, all tho mouoy I had in be world was 'M." Sho says shel' rged Senator Brown to marry hor, 11 hat he had been instrumental in the Ivoroo botweon hor husband and her I < blt, and that as his wife was dead he ow oould "do the right thing" by ter. This, she said, ho positively re usod to do Mrs. Bradley is a brunette, about 38 ears old nnd frail of stature, lier irst act, after being tajfon to tho po los station, was to soud for Senato luthorland, of Utah, who called on ier Saturday aud had a talk with 1er. Senator Sutherland regretted teing brought into theoaso, but said bat Mrs. Bradley had seut for him lecauso he was the only mau there vhom sho know, To him sho told he story of her relations with Sena or Brown. She alleged that two of ter ohlldren owe their parentage to Senator Brown and that sho han tamed ono of them after him. Mr iradley was reluctant to speak of hor )rmor husband, bub qiestioniiw ironght out the faot that ho njw ls lving In Nevada with a second wife. Further questioning disclosed tho act that Mrs. Bradley for two years, DOO to 1902, had served In thoeapao ty of seorotary to tho Utah State Ito mblloan committoo, and also ab one .imo was editor of tho olllolal organ of .he Sbate Federation of Women's Jlubi. Sho declared that she had a lister In tho newspaper business in Jalt Lake, but that sho would not loramuoloato with members! of her 'amlly booauso sho kue.v that they vould oomo to her aa data ooo. Manager Tatty, of tho Ka'clgh, was lOtlilod of the shooting within two or ihreo minutes aftor lt occurred, lld nirrled to Sonator Brown's rojm to isoortain the facts. Senator Brown, doaplte tho Rcrlous leos and shook of tho wouud retained 3onsoiousno8s and waa perfectly calm md oollcoted. Ho made no statement Lo Mr. Ta'.ty beyond BayJng that he dad boou shot by Mrs. Bradley. The woman continuer! In th", roora whilo Mr. TAlty was attending to Son a,tor Brown, bub otfored no assistance. Finally, Mr. Talby ordered bur to leavt the room. Sho doollned with absolute ooolness to oomply with the order. "I will remain hero," said sho. "1 am tho mother of iiistwo ohlldren." An olllcor from the fl rat preolnct p . lioo station placed M rs. Bradloy under arrest. She made nc resistance and of fered no furthor explanation of the snooting. She was asked for a state ment tho luoldonb, but referred all thoso who inquired to Sonator Suth erland of Utan AbHitiiicH onioo. Wm. W. Finley, recently ohosea as tho successor of tho lato President Samuol. Sponoor of tho Southorn rali way asan raes the act ive duties of his ellice Friday and will make lils head quarters in this olby. Tho pollolos of tho late preoldont will bo oarrtcd oui. and no material changes In the system or tho porsonnel of tho aotlve branch of tho road aro contemplated by Mr. Finley, Gonoral Shooting Hornpn, Two persons dead, two seriously wounded and . vo ?lightly Injured is tho result of a tight which ocourrod at Greenville, Miss., Friday Felix Hol man, a negro from Arkansas, shot and killed Galina Holman, a negress in a boarding house for negroes. One po liooman waa killed and another wound ed before tho murderer wasj arrested and put lu jail, HE TALKS OUT Summary of President Roose velt's Message to Congress. FLAYS THE TAUST. And SayslThey. Should Not Be Allowed to Make Campaign Contributions. I Picad? for Army and? Navy as Best Agency for Peace. Ollur Suggestions. The messago of President Roose velt read before the second session of the FJfty-nlnth*oongro88, consiste of nearly 25,000 words. J . Only twenty live words are devoted to tho Panama oaual. A special mes-1 sane will be sont oongre-JS later deah lr p with this moat absorbing quos-1 tlon. For the Drat time in many years bho message doals more with tho past j thau the future. A feature of the I message ls tbeslniplltled form of spell lng and ls one of Oho first olUslal doo I umontu given to tho public since this abbreviated method was adopted. ! His first reeommemdation ls that I In fururo inexorable laws be onectod prohibiting corporations from contrib uting to political oampaigns. The second paragraph of tho mes sago deals with the government's right of appeal in criminal oases and embod ies an earnest plea tor such laws as will give the government this privilege. The practice of setting aside judg ments and granting now titles is vig orously ooudemod by the president. The president contends that the j right of injunction in labor case? should bo ahollsed and lie dcolares it ?nd instrument which is savagely abused lu many instances. The duties, as well as the good importunities, of judgos aro dlijoussco In detail and tho president m%kes an (isieolal plea for a higher aud morel iffootivo judicary throughout tlu aouutry. Lynching is condom med in Ww most emphatic lauguage and tho raci riot in Atlanta ls pointed to as ono o' (?he evil results of race passion. As a remedy for race hatred and p. preventivo for lynching the presidenl points to earlysohool training and manual education of both raoes. I Oapital and labor are discussed al i?eat length, with rnmeflles suggest < id ana morai lewona poluiie? ouv I The message declares that muoh ot bhe friotion between tho employer ind the employe is tho result of the work of the demagogue and urge? j | that the two olassos get on better ? lerms ot aoquaintaneshlp. The oight hour law ls approved in < Dbe United States, but shown to be li Yory undeslrabe In Panama, wherr . /MO conditions and men aro totally I < iilTarent. . i The labor of women and ohildren J In sweatshoga and factories is scored and botbor and more strlngont lawp igainst it urged. j Tho liability of the employer if j ,;iven especial attention by tho presl-1 lent and pertinent suggestions made J In roforonco to who shall share the I responsibility for accident to tho ern- j ployo. I The presidont boliovos prompt and i jearohlng inquiries should always bt I made in disputes botweon capital ano I iabor, and arbitration employod wherever possible Tuc president insists that coal I lands, still owned by the government ihould be held and loaaod to minore on a royalty basis. Several pages of the message are devoted to a reviow of the term oor poration, the general eff ictu of trusts I an? the legislation already inaugur?t- I ed to permit the possibility of com petition. Tho messages endorso tho inheri tance tax and approves the tax on in oomoo. The president states that tho rloh man ls undor a peculiar obi) gatton to tho goverernmont for pro tection v/hioh tho poor man docs not owo. Teohnioal and industrial training aro urged as the best foundation toi the young man and tho young woman I to build for tho futuro. Tho tille? of the soil, the rneohanlo and al) other? who earn their broad by the s.veat of thoir brow aro gi von earnest advioo. Irrigation and forest preservation* Are briefly montioued. Tho president oordlally endorsos Ww I movement to build a memorial am phitheatre at Arlington for uso ol ?ho Grand Army of the Republic or memorial days. The president oalls ospoolal atton I lion to need of naticnal laws relating I f/o marriage and divoroe. Race sui I olde, from a Rooseveltian point ot I view ls given particular attontion iii I tho message. Tho president urges that more en- I oouragoment be given A mor loan ship I ping that bettor wator mall routes b? j established and fastor and largor ship* MC, put into sorvloo for tho oonntry'i commerce. (Jurronoy reform is urgod and th< j P ?iii fluctations in loan money revio v od, with ooveral suggestions for nat I Ional bank Issues. A lower tariff or oise froo trade in ! Phllliphino products ie strongly urg od, with the doolaratiou that all 1 I well in the oriental possoslons anc I peaoo alonoit reourod. Tho morago insists that Amorloar I citizenship shoulo bo conferred upot tho oltizens of Porte Rico and the tx I ponscs of the f?deral court of Porti I Rico should bo borne by the Uniter I ovo tes govornmont. lt is stated that the administra I tlon of the affairs of the Phllllpphlnes, ! i Hawaii, Porto Rtoo and othef insulai I I possessions should bo dlreoted by I Wu dopartment of state or department of war ot the United States, The Alaska Yukon Paolflo exposi tion moots the endorsement ot tlu I president who ask that proper en couragomont bo given the enterprlsi wh<oh hai been launohed bv Alaska. Fair treatment to ail nations and espeoial cordial hospitality for tho for efgoors withlaour gates are urgod by tho president. He leooomends that an cot be passed providing naturali zation for all JapanoBo who oorne to j Amerloa Intending to become oltl zens. From his message it is evident that the president was well pleased with conditions he found on his re* oent visit to Cuba, for ho states that | poaoe has boen restored and the pro visional government will give way to | soif-government within a few months. Tho Bio eon fore noe is reviewed and the xeoeptlon of 8eoretary Boot ID South Amerloa wastespeolally fortu uato In oemsnblng tho ties between tho United States and her neighbor lng tropios. With a tributo to Secretary Rcot the president declares thar no loaner ls the Monroo Doctrine misunder stood by tho Republios in tho South. Conditions in Central Amerloa, tho friendly relations existing between the United States and Mexloo. the Algcolras oonterenoe and other quos tiom of international import aro ro viewed and diaoussed in au optimlBtlo manner. The prcsldont calls especial attorn tion to the pelagic killing of seals and all Beal hunting violations, both In thin country and in forolgn waters. Vital Imp?rtanos is a taohed bvlthc president to the second Hague con ference in the interest of universal peace. Probably tho feature of the mes sage Hos in the earnest appeal of the president to congress that the pres ont high standard of the . army and navy bo maintained as the greatest igen cy of poaoe with our neighbors and tho world. TBS LAST FIVE DOLLARS Ol n IiM-f-o Fortuno That Elad Boon Squnndorod. Holding up a live-dollar bill, thr Rev. William P. Chase, paBtor of thc Park Baptist Cburoh of Tottenville S. I., Sunday night preached a Ber mon on temperanoo. The bank noto carno in tho minis r.er's mall Wednesday. Upon thc .vhlio edge were written these words "The last of an ill spent fortuno 0/ (850,000, dissipated by the sender vithin three years. When you gol ihlti tho suloido's grave will havo end :d my life of shame. Whiskey, morphine and opium have ended my lie. Tako warning. Hewar? 1" The message was not alined. When jhe pastor fat) 3d, af ;er there days, to iisoovor tho idoutity of the owner, ie detormlned to preach a Harmon Arith tbo bank note in his hand, and ill Tottenville orowdod tho oburoh to lear lt? j _ Mr. Cn,'so t?oo? hist?xCi?vm "First' Timothy vi:10: "For tho love of Ul kinds of ovil." During the whole if bis dlsoourse he held tho banknote n his hand and tho awed congrega ron sat spellbound. "This is a sermon from tho shadow )f tho tomb, "the minister said. "Thi? jank note i3 the last terrible warning lent, to brother men by a man whoso loul ls lost and who knows that lt it cannot bo regained. It boars a louble mc8Bago because its owner, [hst bound hellward through the pos lesBlon of too muon, wealth, oame at the last Into the portals of hades through his sinful dissipation of his r lobes." The miulstor says ho probably will .M vo the 95 bill to some temperance organization. H il Lid hy Hlovittor. Throe mon were killed, one was fa tally injured and tivo others were se verely hurt at Waynesboro, Pa., Thursday by the fall of an elevator n the Geiser Manufacturing com pany's shops. E to ven men were on -Au; lift, togotbor with a live-ton mill lng machine and heavy truok, when a oable parted. Tho men were drop ped 25 feet with the maohiueiy into * pit and George Freeman, John Tor ion and M arar Popian woro orushod co death. Nicholas Brimson was fa tally lnjurod. All of the irjured were brought to the hospital In this olty. Lout At SOM. The Assateague lifo saving station reported Friday that the threo-mast od aohooner Florenoo I Look ward, from Norfolk . "vr Now York with ?argo of lumbar, stranded on Williams ihoal off Aisasateague, Virginia, Fri day night and Ia a total lost. Capt. Taylor and his crew woro rescued by the lifo savers. Tho aohoonor went aground during a heavy galo and quickly pounded to pleoes In the heavy sea. Tho sohoonor was built \t Norwalk, Connecticut, and was iwnod by J. H. Smith of Boston. The vessel was 103 feot long, had a beam of 30 foot and a dopt of c4 feet. Want To lie-Hnliar. At tho instance of Secretary Taft Sorgt Mingo Sanders and Private VA mer Brown, of the 25th infantry, ooh ired, Saturday flied with the military tocretary applications for reenlist ment in the army. O ie of these has loon roforred to the Presidont in or dor that ho maydot/rmlno whether ir not any of tho men of the 25th In 'antry who were reoontly dlsoharged without honor abell bo ro-enllated and if BO on what conditions. Ml il ju: Imprisoned. Specials to tho Ddtrolt News from Sault Ste Marte says: "Twenty vessels aro caught fast In tho loo in St Mary's Hiver, tho oold snap of tho past few lays having canoed six to eight tnohes f io J. Tho Lako Girders' Aaaoola* ?lon has organized an los orushlng ox lodlllon to leave Sault Ste Mulo Sun lay morning, under tho loadornhlp of Am steamor Algomah, to attempt to releaso the imprisoned ships." MexiomiB KUlod. Nows has Just oame from Monterey, Mexico, of a mino accident, which oe oiirred last1 Tuesday at the Avino minos, and whloh resulted in the death of 12 Moxloan miners, who were it work in tho shaft. Tho acolden? NM duo, lt ls reported, to the care* 'oasnoas of some ouo in letting a big fljw of wat or into the lower level, whore tho men were fllaooverod. FATAL FIRE. Four Students and Three Fire men Loose Their Lives in i BURNING BUILDING. Three Students Burn Up la a Dormitory and Three Volunteer Wremen Are Crushed Under Failing Walls . at Ithaca. N. Y., on Friday. At Ithaca, TS. Y., aoven parson* met a tragto death Friday morning in tho worst disaster that ever befell Cornell university. Three ot the vic tims ware volunteer firemen, of the olty of Ithaca and four wer? students of Cornall university. The firemen all were prominent in the oity. They were: A. S. Robinson, attorney; John Rumsey, hardware merohant; Hat? Landon, a salesman. The students were: O. L. Sohmuok, Hanover, Pa.; F. W Grolle, South Orange, N. J.;W. H. Niohols, Chicago; J. M. Mccutch eon, Pittsburg. Sohmuok got ont of the building, hut went baok for his room?mate, Niohols, and in the at tempt to rescue his comrade he waa so seriously injured that he died In the hospital. Ono student, C. J. Pope, a fresh man of East Orange, N. J., was serl uusly injured, and three others were slightly ii jared. They are B. B. Powers, a senior of Atlanta, Qa.; W. W. Goetz, a sophomore of Milwaukee, Wis., and H. M. Curry, Jr., a sopho more of Pittsburg. Burney, Landon and Robinson, thu Ithaca voluuteer firemen, had managed to train a hose on the north lido of the house when the wall tottered, There was a ory of alarm And several men standing near .nanagod to get out ol the way, but tho three named were oaught ander elie mass of debris and killed-, A few miuutos after the iltmoa were discovered tho Chi Pal chapter acuse was all ablaze, the flamers, fanned by a strong northwest wind, md the students were trapped in the lor ml tory on the third floor. Many ot the bovs jumpsd to safety, while .hose who hesitated were carried to the ground by the falling walls. . .;>-ftl*,ri?.wa-<? turned: to nntH halt - tn hour after the Aro had been dis covered and it was an hour lator be fore the volunteer fire department aould got to work. Theie was a long all mb from tho lower patt of the city bo tho oolloge grounds and by the time the firemen arrived the interior of the building was almost bumed out. They could do nothing but pre vent the ac j ling buildings from tak lug dre. Tho mcnay loss ls nearly $200,000, 3lnoa the original cost of the building orooted by Mrs. Jennie MoGraw Fiske was about $150,000 and extensive in terior decorations had been made. The oause ot the fire is unknow, though it is supposed that it started tn tho kitchen. Cornell university ls immeasurably appalled by the terrible catastrophe and aoademio work ls al most suspended. The burned building waa built by Jennie MoGraw Fiske, the benefactor of Cornell, whose will was contested by her husband, Prof. Willard Fiske. She abroad, seeking h?ln-~far an In* ourabl? disease,-9ittt!rnever en?elt? ncr beautiful mansion alive. Her i body was taken there for the obse quies. . ._, Oat ofl* Git le flair, Mtohael Kurovlk, a foreigner of Homestead, PA., attacked Elna Sto ry, 17 years old, in her home Satur day night and out off her bair with a razor. He narrowly escaped lynching at the hands of an Infuriated mob. Miss Story met Kurovlk In a hallway and without a word ho seized her and with ono slash of the razor out th? greater part of herhair from her hoad, from Releasing theglrl, the man escap ed tho house The glrl'sorlea attracted a largo orowd of men, who oapturod Kurovlk an were preparing to hang him whou ho was rosoued by a squad of polioe. Surrounded by the mob, tho unicorn rushed Kurovlk to the po lioe statlan, with several hundred ex alted people in pursuit. For half an hour the mob lingered around the sta tion, but dispersed when addition of ficers arrived to guard the jail. Two Mon KU j 1. Two mon were killedoff* an explo sion of a magazlno of O cental pow der works near Unlontown, Pa., Fri day morning. The building was to tally wreoked. Tho body of an Ital ian was burned almost to ? crisp, but a mau named nickle lived a few min uted after bel?g resoued from the de bris. The explosion occurred at 8:46 o'oicok aud shook the earth for miles u om ul. Windows were rattled in F-iirohanee, two milos away, and in Unlontown, flvo miles away A large force of moa wore working in the mill ac j doing tbs magazine, but none were injured. ' Htioots Atiuseir. ID T. Willlamv assistant postmas* tor at Gr-flin, Ga., Friday morning wont to hi? father's home at Wood bury and willie thore walked out on ene rear porch, about 2 o'clock and using a shotgun fired one load of shot luto his loft breast and shoulder, in ti lobing a fatal wound and ls now dying. Ile was a very popular and prominent young men. Despondency is tho supposed cause ot the tragedy. Killed Ula Murcteror. A spaolal from Pine Bluff, Ark., says J. F. Gulpcpper, former ohlof of polioe and widely known throughout the Soutnwest, was shot and instantly killed in a pistol duel with a negro named Brook early Thursday. After reoslvlug mortal wounds, Gulpepper I tired at the negro, sending a bullet j through his heart).