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r FOUNDCUILTY . And Deposed from the Mins^o and the Church. NOTICE OF APPEAL To the General Conference offthe Church Given by Creighton, Who Says He Will Fight the Case to the Bitter End. Some Plain Talk. The jury of thirteen from the So^fch Carolina Conferenco appointed Bishop Wilson to try the Rev. 0.^^ Oreigton, of the Ohrlstian Appeal, for libeling tho providing elders of the oonfcrenoe In stating that they constituted a ring to control the conference and that for j ears they hrd been grafting on the people and the nvetahavo Iwi VtAfvtnr a ll a t a f ? a! i \ n jpil?uuum vjj uvii'K iv uvmiui tut; appointments, reported its verdict to the conference Wednesday morning. The verdict "sustains the charge" and findd that "he is hereby deposed from the ministry and is rxpellsd from the membership of the Methodist Episcopal church, South." Three of the thirteen voting mem-1 bers of the jury refused to sign thtf report* Tbey are the U$vs. J. B. Traywick, W. B. Wbarton and W. H. Ariail. Soon as the report was read, and it was received iu sHodm, there being no dlsouRSion of it u^der the church law, Riv. A. (Joke Minn, a defeuae witness and a strong supporter of Mr. Oreighton, aroHe tu a question of personal privilege. "All I want to say," he began .trembling with emotion, "is that if |,t verdict Is true And correct, simi* charges should he brought against ecfourths of the 'membership of i ohurch in this state, for the same t is being; indulged in against the g Mr. Orelghton has attacked ougbout. this " 'I rise to a poiDt of order," said > Rsv. Dr. John O. Wilson, at one le a presiding elder and for a num of years editor of the Southern ristlan Advocate, tumping to his t and interrupting Mr. Mann. The point was at once sustained, d after the Rev. Dr. J. W, Daniel, orney for Mr. Orelghton, had given bloe of appeal to the general oonenoe whloh meets three years Qos, the conference formally ad irned and the annual appointments re read. About two-tbirds of the mbers of the conference had left b olty in spite of Bishop Wilson's ]u?st that members leave only on rmlsslon of the conference, and ly a small crowd heard the verdict. :. Orelghton did not appear on the or of the conference. Be says he has just begun his fight ainst what he terms the ring con* filing the conference and that he oposes to pre&oh and leoture roughout the state in addition to rrylng on a most stinging camicm fn hia rnvwumn*r Ifo a.?o ' *?? o?/o ty knows that ho is right." course the verdict is a severe said Mr. Creighton, "but I do el cast down or discouraged, ry was packed with men pre* 1 against my caBe. The R?v. alker, for instanoe, who head* it, conducts a negro sohool in ba, and everybody knows that I ttacked that sort of th ng unsly as the cause of friction bethe races in the south, ere was ample evidence from ev. Messrs. C. B. Smith, A. B. n, P. A. Murray, A. Ooke and others, to sustain btye is I preferred against the preelders and others controlling inference through theappoint, nine-tenths of whioh they e, that they constitute a ring 1 thiDgs, and graft on the lers and the people. They not allow m? to have a atenog', but we will demand a trans if the evidence from their ste?her, in order to perfect the apowing is a copy of the verdict: le committee appointed to try se of 0. W. Oreighton, charged gross immorality, report that have oarefuily and prayerfully ered ?the same and find targe 1: Specifications I, 4, 5, 0 and 13 are sustalnod. rge 2: Specifications 4 and 6 stained. id that these specifications suibe charge, and ho is hereby defrom the ministry and In h. Id from the membership of the rodlst Episcopal ohuMb, South. Signed) George Williams Walker, [. McLeod; A. N. Brunson, J. D. t, 0. 0. Herbert, W. M- Duncan, i?, Holroyd, D. Tiller, John G. with, L. L. Bedenbaugh, oommltL. F. Beaty, chairman; J. f Mia and S. B. Harper, seorcfa* Ihould be explained that oharges sourl has returned to the solid I, the Democrats having elected Kate ticket and twelve out of I'Congressmen, . .in Be people are so agreeable that Be disagreeable. I i Kl 1 and 2 are not different exoept u to time. X?be cffenee under the tiret charge occurred prior to the leet oouferenoe and others occurred slnoe the last oonferenoe. The presiding elders Mr. Crelghton . attacked were H. W. Bays, J. S. Beas- " ley, John ?. Carlisle, H. B. Brown. W. p. Meadows, Marion Daman, K H. Jones, E: P. Taylor and J. W. Kilgo. Following is a summary of the charges against Mr. Orelghton, on J which the committee toted: Charge 1. 11 We charge C. W. Creighton with groM Immorality." Charge 2. "We charge C.W. Creigh- j ton with gross immorality, which said gross immorality ooourred% subsequent to the last annual oonferenoe, but before the Investigating committee began its work." This alleged gross immorality consisted of lying and slander asspeoifled in the detailed charges, The specifications under these two ohtrgeson which Creighton was found t guilty and the report of the commH tee was based are, in brief, as follows: c "Specification No. 3, under charge 1: The assertion made by Mr. Orcigh ten that the presiding elder exercise the power of a self perpetuating body, in violation of the Uwn of the church, 4hls assertion being denominated on the specification as follows: Specification No. 4: The assertion that, the presiding elders shelve m~n who for any reason do not sympathize with them and approve their methods, promote those who stand by them and support each other in doing it, thb as ertlon belDg declared to tie malic ' iously false^ Specification No. 6:' The assertion thai the presiding elders Kgroe upon r a method of foroing up their Fal*rler q in violation of the law cf the church v Specification No. 7: An editorial !r the Christian Appeal of March 19 t 1905, in which it was charged that the presiding elders were guilty of ; heartless onduot in grinding and ex j acting exorbitant pioportion of the < preachers' salaries. c Specification No. 9: An cditor^l in : which the following occurs: "When ? we take into consideration the oora c petenoy and efticienoy of the presiding elders and the amount of service \ which they render to the oburoh, we f dif-oover a clear ease of graft.'' The t presiding elders mentioned in this . connection are Rev. W. J. Stokes i (since dooeased), Revs. W. P. Mea c dows, J. S. Beasley, J. W. Kllgo, H. i B. Brcwne and H. W. Bays. 2 Specification No. 10 refers to an ed- ^ itorial in the Christian Appeal, at- ( tacking the Rsv. E. O. Watson, who ] was at that time aetlncr ia edltnr nf \ the Southern Christian Advocate, and i who had in that paper oalled on Mr. t Orelghton to specify what he meant 1 by the use of the term "graft." Mr. ] Watson is referred to in this editorial i in contemptuous terms. ( Specification No. 13 relates to an attack on Rev. Dargan, who had as sumed personal support of a mission ery at an expense of $750. 1 The aiticle oalls this contribution ( by Rev. Mr. Dargan "A oonsolenoe fund." { Under charge Nc$2, specification 4 1 relates to Crelghton's charge that the J presidicg elders of the SouthernCaro ! llna conference brought charges against him that they knew to be 1 false. Specification No. 6 relates to an article by Mr, Gre'ghton, referring to Mr. R. H. Jones and co-oonspirators, oharging conspiracy of the part 1 of the presiding elders. The other specifications which are not referred to in the report of the 1 trial ccmmltteo, it is pre-umed, were not sustained for lack of sufficient ev 1 idenoe. They were of the same general character as those which were sustained and which are outlined above, being based upon other articles of the same nature in the Christian Appeal. The character of Orelghton was 1 first attacked in conference two years 1 ago and a committee of investigation was appointed. This committee con- 1 slsted of Rev. M. L. Carlisle, Rev. T. 1 C. O'Dell and Rev. R. W.Barber. The oommlttee reported in 1005 at Spar- 1 tanburg that they did nob have suf I dolenb evldenoe on whioh to go to ' trial of the oharges and recoomonded that the oaae be left in the hands of the presiding elder, in* whose distrlot Mr. Orolghton was stationed. This presiding elder was W. T. Duncan, of the Ookesbury distrlot. Mr. Oreigh- , ton appointed the following oommittee to investigate the oharges; Rev. T. 0. Odell, W. A. Matsabeau and ' Peter Stokes. Their report was made 1 at the present session and upon that ' report the oommittee of trial was appointed whose report was submitted 1 | Thursday. Water Comes High. < Water seams to be a soare article in < some parts ef California. The Greenwater correspondent of the Saorl- ' mento Bie says there was a water , famine in Groenwater last week, and i for three days the prnoiqus fluid sold 1 at $20 a barrel and at $1 a gallon in < small quantities. The supply oomos < from Allen's well, thirty miles east I of Green water, and when the teams 1 pltyed out under the heavy traffio the ( nrlno inrv\no^ im 1 r-w i?.rwi u|i< ji lunii/ now uuittOS 1 and a bigger tank were secured and the prioe dropped to $7 a barrel 1 There are more than a thousand i people In Greenwater, and the near- i est water is thirty miles away. 1 full sized bath oosts about 110. < New Jersey was carried by the Republicans, but the Legislature Is so < constituted that Senator Dryden may 1 fail of re-election, < In the Ohloago eleotlon a negro was eleoted municipal Judge and another a oounty commissioner, 1 HUNG AT LAST. )ld Man Rawlins-and A If Moore [| Side by Side. PAY DEATH PENALTY I :or the Murder of the Carter Children i a Pew Miles From Valdosta, Qa. On the Gallows Rawlins Declared tils Boys Innocent. J. G. Rxwllns and Alt Moore were mrisr at ValdaaLo, Gv. on Tuesday 1 if lfcay *vee> for the murder of Wllbe >nd Ganr'e Carter, two children of *ov. W. L. Carter, who lived on r irm kHJ dnlog Lt\w lies' a few miles rora Valdosta. B )th Uwvllns and I barter were Baptist preachers. Seviral years a^o a dispute arose as to , be line between their respective arm?. Litigation and bad blood reultecl. Carter was wounded by a shot , rom ambush and had Rawlto* arrestid on the charge of attempted murler. THK C KIM is. j On July 13 1905 a night attack was i nads? on the Carter honie. Two of the 1 ihlldren, Willie and Carrie Carter, vero shot just outside the house and ihots wen rlred without cfTot at Car anu ins whs anci oilier (laughter. L'he wounded boy managed to drug ilmself to tbo houso and Informed his )8.rents that Milton and Jesse Raw ins had shot hlcn. He died the next i lay. After shooting the children, the stacking party attempted to sat tiro io the house, but wore tired upon and Irlven < IT without further casualties, i The trial, which lab ted two weeks, esulted in a verdict of death for the tlder Ita^llns, his sons Milton and lease, and Alf Moore w.io was a ne(to. The third son, Leonard RiwIns, was given a life sentence, as ac}omplioe. Every legal expedient was esorted to, but the verdicts have been ;ustalned in oaob instincs. The conviction of all the men was scoured ihielly through the confession of Alf Moore, who ol&lmed that he and the DOys were present at the Garter house when the children were shot, but that ibe shooting was done by Milton Raw ire. Moore olaimed that old man LUwlins was the Instigator of the whole crime, and that he and the hoys carried It out. tiijcik last visit. Side by side the white man and the negro, principals in the bloodiest tragedy that has ever shocked the heart f south Georgia, paid the penalty of erimes upon the gallows in Lowndes eountoy jail, before an approving party 3f probably fifty witnesses. The scene leaning to tne execution was at times pathetic and then at times almost iensatlonal In their human Interest. At 9 o'clock, Mrs. Rawlins and her two grown daughters, all dressed in black and weeping, weie permitted to enter the prison corridor. They remained with the condemned husbaud i\r,d father until 9:60, when they left after the llnal good-by had beon said. As the heavily veiled women passed out, the great throng In the jail yard arid streets made way for them, the men lifting their hats out of respeot to their grief. At 10 o'clock the nawnpaper men and several friends of the condemn, d men were admitted. Rawlins was dressed in a negligee shirt, without, collar. lie wore a black saok coat and plaid trousers. lie stood In the narrow corridor into whlon the door of his cell lead and at tne other end of the corridor were his sons?Milton, Jesse and Leonard. Old man Rawllnu, standing six feet and ever, a perfect giant of strength and a picture of health, held his right hand high above his hAltri nn t.hn r?f _<?v% bli ljffc made omphalic gestures. PLEADS FOR HIS BOYS. "Gentlemen," be said, "to one and all I want to say that my boys are innooent, I am standing in the pres enoe of God and the very shadow of death. If what I toll you is a lie, then J. G. Rawlins is responsible to his maker, If you believe the lie of the negro, then you are responsible to your God. Hear me, men, my boys are Inncoent, they never had anything to do with the killing of the Garter children. "Mr. Davis," he eald to Captain E. H. Davis, a member of tho Jury, which jonvloted him. "I have no ill will toward you, you did what you thought was honest and right, but you are wrong and the truth will appear some day. I have forgiven you mi I ask Sod to do the same thing." To others uhe old man made the same statement, thanking some for their kindncsi and ?ood wishes, now and then denouncing his attorney and the judge. "When you hang old man Rawlins today," he orled with feeling, "you will be lynching him; this is mob law ind not justice that I am getting; I've 3Sen mobbed in Georgia, in the name 3f the law." n ofiloial of the Provisional Gov-1 trnment of Cuba declared it would J be Impossible for the Amer loans to! 3t awaj in nine months, I Heroism is generally a foolish act' nith a suooeasful termination* Then turning to the three boys, the old men would point bti finger at them and declare their Innocence. "1 wonder what's the matter with the eher Iff, I wish he would oome on," Rawlins declared, "I am tired of waiting, I worder what's the matter, what time 1* It." Sl'BAKS or HIS WIKK. Turning to the upturned faoes, Rawlins said: "Ploase be kind to my boys, they are uot guilty, but before G :d I would rather you would hang thorn next Friday and let then follow me than to send them to the penitentiary. The penitentiary will make educated devils of them " Dr. McCord, Rawllus' spiritual advisor, rulled a store tag from the Dew ooat that the oondemnod man wore and Rawlins, half smiling, said: "If my wife had scon that she would have takeu it off, poor woman, p ^or womnr." 1 Rawllne walked from the steel corridor Into the Jt il hall and placed his h&ndu upon the bars and pressed hi? f^oe dose to the window. "Gentlemen end ladles, and aU," he h:g#n, "ltr^en to rae; r:y boys arc Innocent." His pl?.a for his three boys seemed ro nonko ids own peril pale into signi- : licence. Frequently he would almost veil at tho crowds. "Novr, do you underated m ? Do 1 mako myself plah MOOUB DKNOUNCK8 ItAWLlNS. It '-wlins addressed the crowd for live minutes and at 10:25 Alf Mcoro, the negro, was led from his o?>ll to the front second story window of tho jail. Moore looked long and eagerly Into the sea "f faces, lu which there were many black ones. Moore's denunciation of old man Rawlins showed groat bitterness In the nogroe's heart, as he attributed his present condition to his partner la crime. "Llston one and all of you white folks, and black folks," cried the negro, gesticulating wildly, "Mi.ton lUwIIds killed tho Carter children. I sworo this on the stand In the courthouse and I swear It again today. Theae will he my la3t wor4s, people; Milton Rawlins killed tho Carter children." As the negro spoke old man Rawlins sat unmoved, not more than three feot away. "It's a lio," almost hissed Rawlins under his broath. Finally Suerlff PaAsmnve ordered a.11 In f-.h? street b3low to stop questioning tbe negro. At 10:85 &. m., after speaking ten minutes, Moore cried: "Good bye" at the top of his voice and he and Haw llns were led toward the ex cution ohambor. Ida rou*e, Rawlins stopped for a photographer to make a picture of him. "1 do this just so my wife and ohlldren oan have one," he ropeated several time over to the photographer, during the process of taking the pic ture, the man never flinched a muscle and his expression was stolid and almost indifferent. Into the execution room the jailers and guards and party were ushered. Rawlins leading the way and Moore following closely behind. AT TIIJC GALLOWS. At the foot of the steps leading to the gallows, Rawlins sat down on the tirst step. The negro walked toward him, holding out his hand. Then followed an almost heated colloquy in whloti both men told the other they had sworn the truth, each referred to the fact that he stood in the shadow of the gallows and on the very brink of death, but Rawlings maintained that hid boys were innocent and the negro sv.oro that the statement was not tri e, and that he himself, had told the truth. The heated Interview wis brought to a olopeby the sheriff, whoannouno od that A prayer would be offered, all hats were taken t IT, many kneeling on the steel tloor, while above all looraeo the grim death trap, decorated vriLL weights and levers and ropes. The prayer, a most fervent one, was offered by Rev. W. W. McCord, formerly of Atlanta. This was followed by a?benedlction and the party was in the act of mov Ing towards the scaffold, when the negro began a prayer, wonderful for Its wording and earnestness But even in his final prayer to his Master, the negro's bitter heart showed there was no forgiveness there for Rawlins, whom no declared had brought him to his doom. Whan Moore had finish cd the two men took their positions on the scaffold, the trap was sprung and in & few seconds they were landed into eternity. SAID IIBLL AWAITED IIIM. The night before he was hung Rawlins denounced the editors, the lawyers and the preachers, saying they were all oowards. lie said there Is no suoh thing as justloe in all the world, and that his hanging would be assassination. Ho said he had never killed a man in his life, and that the negro did the crime for which he was to be lynohed. He said that the urionu was d/io luciciest mail tn&t ever lived because he heard that old Carter was going to make him move out of the eounty: "How lucky it would have been for mo if I had drop ped dead before I got In trouble with Carter," he eald. "The Bible tella of the evil spirits that live to haunt men; we are distinctly told of the evil spirits that went from a man into a drove of hogs oausing them to drown themselves in The President has announced the appointment Of Attorney General Moody as Justioe of the Supreme Court We Imagine a man in a dry goods store feel like.a woman would feel should she go Into a saloon ' i ' i ^ Uie im, 1 my aplnt wun, i am dead and gone to haunt the oourt official to the end of their days." He also jumped on the newspapers Ha said he believed that nine hun* dred and ninety-nine in a thousand of the editors would ?o to hell because they were too cowardly to flgh* agMi.it public sentiment." Rawlins declares that he will go to hell, but that it will only give him an opportunity of piling coals of tire upon his enemies. PACED HIS CELL. The fact that It was the last night on earth did not appear to be a source of ranch worry on the part of the old man, who paoed up and down his narrow steel otge talking, singing or praying ?s the opportunity presented itself. He was visited by his wife and daughters and many frlendB call ed at the jail during the evening, somo being admitted, while others were ratlsfled to stand on the sidewalk and talk to the prisoner through the woond story window. Although Rawlins cou'd not be seen through the window, be llstenod atten Ivoly to all that wvs said arid j would shout back his answers lo Strong voice. Just before midnight ! a minister of tbo gospel wto had | known tho condemned man vrhen the latter was preaching, drove up 10 the ! jail, h ild a shouted conversation with the prisoner, sang a hymn, repeated a brief but earnest praj er and drove away. It was just midnight when Raw lins' last visitor disappeared and everything became quiet about the Jail. The old man slept, a portion of the night, but very little, for at 2 o'olook in the morning a noted evangelist, Sam GritYln, with strong lungs awl zealous prayers, took his stand in the middle of the street In front <f tho jail and just opposite the oell of the condemnod man. "Hello, Rawllnsl" ho shouted through the window. "How ere you fooling?" "ITine," replied R\wlln8 end the oonvor latlou could be hoard for blocks av/f.y. "Th m let U9 tell the Holy Ghost about t," the preacher shouted back "All right, tell Him," answered Rawlins. Tbe street preacher prayed and j sang h i tho top of his voice until the i police were appealed to and he was made to move on. Tnua passed Into eternity a man who at one time was an honored minister of the gospel. What a solemn lesson the Bad oloso of this man's life teaches us all. At some time he strayed out of the path of honor and entered the broad road of destruction, and aooordlng to his oon res11 o.i foliowd It to hell. One More Mute. The delegates elected to the Const! tutional Convention in Oklahoma aud Indian Territory assembled this week bo begin the framing of the Constitution of the state of Oklahoma. Of 112 delegates nearly 100 are democrats. After the Constitution is linisbed it will be submitted to the two Territories for ratification. State officers will be elected, and if the Constitution is ratified Oklahoma will, by proclamation of the President, baoome the forty sixth State of the U lion. The State officers will all bo demoorats. It will elect two United States Senators who will also be demoorats. There will be five Congrcairn81. at leastthree of them will be demoorats. Killed by Elevator. Three men were killed, one was fatally Injured and five others wcro severely hurt at Waynesboro, Pa., Thursday by the fall of an elevator in the Golser Manufacturing company's shops. Eleven men were on the lift, together with a five-ton mill ing machine and heavy truck, when a cable parted. The mon were dropped 25 feet with the machinery into a pit and George Freeman, John Torson and Marar Poplan were crushed to death. Nicholas Brunson was fatally injured. All of the iniured were brought to the hospital Id this olty. Lost. At He*. The Asaateague life saving station reported Friday that tho three mast ed schooner Florence I Look ward, from Norfolk for New York with a oargo cf lumber, stranded on William* shoal eft Aisasateague, Virginia, Friday night and is a total lost. Capt. Taylor and his crew were rescued by the life savers. The sohooner went aground during a heavy gale and qulokly pounded to pieces in the heavy sea. The sohooner was built at Norwalk, Connecticut, and was owned by J. H. Smith of Hoston. The vessel was 103 feet long, had a beam OA * A- J - a - - - * ui ov iot)b ana a uopi or 04 fees. Two Men Killed* Two men wore killed in an explosion of a magazine of O Mental powder works noar Unlontown, Pa., Friday morning. The building wai totally wrecked. The body of an Italian was burned almost to a orisp, but a man named Hiokle lived a few minutes after being resoued from the de brls. The explosion occurred at 8:45 o'oicck and shook the earth for miles Around Windows were rattled in Fairohanee, two miles away, and In Unlontown, five miles away large force of men were working In the mill adjoining the magazine, but 1 none were injured. Governor Hooh, of Kansas, is still In danger, but the Republicans confidently claim his re-eleotion. The Demoorats charge fraud. We have observed that the better the family the lees fuss there Is made over the announcement of a wedding In lt? FAI AL HHt. Pour Students and Three Fire* men Loose Their Lives in \ BURNING BUILDING. Three Stadentn Burn Up in a Dormitory and Three Volunteer Firemen Are Crushed Under Falling Walls at Ithaca. N. Y., on Friday. A t T H H i MI "\u?, ?. I., 86VCD person! not a tragic (loath Friday morning in tho worst disaster that ever befell Cornell university. Three of the victims were vDlui oor liremon of the olty of IthaOi an 1 four wore students of Cornell university. Tio flromen all wore prominent In tho city. They *ore: A S. Robinson, attorney; J )hn Iturasoy, hard vare merchant; Eity Eaodnu, a sile mva. The HtudentB were: (). L. Sohmu-.k, Hsnover, Pa.; F. W Qrelle, Boat i Orange, N J ; IV, H. Nichols, Onloigo; J. M. MoUutoiieon, Ihotiburg. So imuok got. out of the building, but *nnt hack for his room-mate, Nlohols, and In t ie attempt to rescue his omrada ho was so sorlouhy injured that ho died In the hospital. Ono student, O. J. Popo, a froshmau of IC ist Orvigo, N J , wjh seriously Inj iced, a id three othors wore slightly ir-jirel. Taey are li It. Powers, a seulor of Atlanta, Gi.; W. W. GoeU, a sip'iom >ro of M11 wauoe, Wis., and II. M. Curry, Jr., a sopaomoro of Pittsburg. Ramsey, Landon and Hiblnson, the Ithaca volunteer tlremea, had mauagod to train a hose on tho north sldo of the house when tho wall tottered. Tnoro was a cry of alarm and several men Btindlug near managed to get out or the way, hub the threo named wore caught under tho mass of debris and killed /v lew iuiuuLC4 arter toe mmos were discovered the Ohl Pal chapter house was all ablaze, the llimers, fanned by a strong northwest wind, aud thtf students were trapped In the dormitory on the third tloor. Many of the bova Jumped to safety, while those who hesitated were carried to the ground by the falling walls. No alarm was turned in until half an hour after the tire had been dieeovered and It was an hour later before the volunteer tiro department oould get to work. The>e was a long oltmb from the lower part of the oltj to the college grounds and by the time the tlremen arrived the Interior of the building was almost burned out. They oould do nothing but prevent the adjolng buildings from taking fire. The money Ions Is nearly 1200,000, sinoe the original cost of the building erected by Mrs. Jennie McGraw Flake was about 1150,000 and extensive Interior dec orations had been made. The oauso of the tire Is uaknow, though It is supposed that it started in the kitchen. Gornell univorsity Is immeasurably appalled by the torrlble oatastropho and academic work is almost suspended. The burned building was built by Jennie McGraw Flsko, the benefactor of Cornell, whose will was oontestad by her husband, Prof. Wlllard Flake. She abroad, seeking help for au lu* curable disease, aud novor entered uer ncautirui mansion anve. Her body was taken there for the obsequies. Want To Uc-UnliHt, At the Instance of Ssoretary Taft Sergt Mingo Sanders and Private Elmer Brown, of the 25th Infantry, colored, Saturday tiled with the military secretary applications for re-enlistment in the army. ()io of these has been referred to tho President In order that he may defr rmlne whether or not any of the men of the 25th infantry who were recently discharged without honor shall be re-enllsted and If so on what conditions. Aasuuics Office. Wm. W, Flnley, recently ohosen as the successor of the late President Samuel Spencer of the Southern railuftu aaoinviae flf A st At na a# U!? iii*j Biiuiuvg vuu nviw> TO uuviOQ U1 L11B otlloo Friday and will make his headquarters In this olty. The policies of the late president will be carried out and no material changes in the system or the personnel of the aotlve branch of the road are oontem plated by Mr. Flnley, General bhoottiitc borape. Two persons dead, two seriously wounded and two slightly Injured Is the result of a tight which occurred at Greenville, Miss., Friday B'alix Hoi* man, a negro from Arkansas, Bhotand killed Cellna Holmao, a negress in a boarding house for negroes. Out policeman was killed and another wounded before the murdarer was arrested and put In Jail, Whan a married woman hears about women who are working on salaries she is liable to say: "Well, I earn all I get." President Roosevelt will raoalve the 1 Uta Indian ohlefsat Washington as soon as ha returns from the Panama Oaaal sons. % I V