The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 13, 1906, Image 7
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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. %
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