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WILL GET EVEN The Wounded Religions Fanatic Swear Vengeance on Officers H? PLANS REVENGE On Police of Kan him* City, Who Bhoi Mm in Street IU>w?A Pitable Story of Fanaticism anil Superstition Told by One of the Dupes of f! ^ Holly Hollers. Kansas City, Dec. 11.-^-"1 am not going to tile. I am going to get well and live to kill a few more policemen." That Is the assertion of I,ouis Pratt, self-styled "Adam Clod," the religious fanatic, who is lying in the J general hospital, seriously wounded in a battle between his followers an i the police Tuesday night. As a result of the fight Prate's 13-year-old daughter, Lula, and Policeman Alber (). Dalbow are dead and two other policemen are in a critical condition. James Sharp, knowrljfos "Elijah ii, illili ? iiu n <io iuu i ivuviui vn the little band of religious enthusiasts, is still at large. Shortly after the shooting Tuesday he walked into a saloon, laid down his revolver with the remark, "l am satisfied; I give tip." As there was no policeman present and no one seemed inclined to take him into custody, Sharp waited a moment, then picked up the weapon, reloaded it and walked out. He has not been seen since. Mrs. Pratt, with two of her young daughters, spent Tuesday night in the matron's room at police headquarters, but Mrs. Sharp, who flreu two of the shots that struck Policeman Michael Mullane, was confined in the c. y jail. "I've been in trouble before," said Mrs. Pratt, and if I can be killed for righteousness sake I shall be eternally happy." Mrs. Pratt beinonned the death of ber other daughter, Lula, aged 13, who was shot during the second stage of Tuesday's battlo when the woman and her children pulled off In a rowboat in the Mississippi river and attempted to escape At the hospital it was said that Patrolman Mullane had small chance of recovery, but that Sergeant Patrick Clark's condition was ' aRhtly improved. A. J. Selsor, the - ny-stander, who was hit by a stray bullet, also is expected to get well. Mary Pratt, the little 11-yenr-old sister of the dead girl, displayed the same remarkable coolness shown bv her leaders when questioned by the police. She did not cry when told of her sister's death. Mrs. Pratt, in a statement to the assistant prosecutor, told of the band's work. "Mr. and Mrs. Sharp, our leaders," said Mrs. Pratt, "were known to us as Adam and Eve and we believed their teachings. It was re ealed to Mr. Sharp last summer that our meetings were not to be interfered with again. We armed ourselves. 'If the police attempt to arrest you, shoot,' our leader said. rrtt Kill m/% 1*11 lion fnr. 1 Iiuy UUIIIIUI rv 11 l uiu. 1 11 1 1 > ?v/i over.' The first I heard of the trouble Tuesday was when Lulu and Mary came running down to the boat and told mo that the shooting was going on. "Then the oflleors came and wanted to take us away. I got my ride down off the wall, told Lulu to got a gun, and we all got into a skiff that was tied to the houseboat. I sat in the bow with my^gun in ni" hand. 1 was not going to shoot unless I had to, because I had no chance to ask either Adam or Eve what to do. I'm sorry I did not resist. I'm afraid I have lost my ternal life because I think Adam would have advised me to shoot. "Lulu got into the back of the skiff, which was covered, and Mary took the oars and we started across the river. The officers began shoot ing at the boat. We drifted up to the bank and when I saw blood on Lulu's ear I knew she was shot. Then Mary and I get out and hung on the side of the Upat until th?-v captured us." T Mrs. Melissa Sharp, a slender woman of middle age, whose statement was taken by another ofilcof', detailed v the occurrences leading up to Tues i day's fight and then told of the wanderings of the band. | "I was born in Mount Orove, Mo , # 37 vears aco. on a farm." said Mrs. ' Sharp. "I married Sharp, a farme.-, twenty years ago and we went to Later, we went to OklaV\6ma and took up a claim. We had no religion then. About six years ago my husband came home one night and said he did not think we were living right. "He had had a revelation of the faith of God. We began to read the Bible and a week later I got the rev*; SUBSl L , \ TEDDY FROTHS itooskvklt threatens to hue the nhwhpaprltfk lie hhjth "If They can be itauchcd For CrLmiiutl ldbek, i will Try va hj*vo i'brn Reached." Washington, Dec., 10.?"If they can bo reached for criminal libel. i nhall try to have thorn renclmd said PreBident Roosevelt in speaking this afternoon about "those AmerieauH who have boon guilty of infamoun falsehood concerning the acquisition of the property and th \ construction of tho Panama Canal itself." It was to the committee of one hundred of tho Lakes-to-the-C.o.f Deep Waterway Association, headed by Governor Denecn, of Illinois, who were received by the President in the Last room of tho White House, that ho mado this declaration. Governor Drnocn had presented a copy of resolutions adopted by the Association. and made a few remarks to which the President replied as follows: "I have felt, as the Governor has well put it, that no more Important service could bo rendered to this country than the building of ^..e Panama Canal between the Atlantic and the Pacific, and one thing I am proud of in connection with the building of that canal is that there has not been legitimate cause for the breath of seandnl connected with any feature of the proceeding. We have cause to be ashamed of only one set of Americans who have been guilty of infamous falsehood concerning the acquisition of the property and th* construction of the canal Itself: If they can be reached for criminal libel, 1 shall try to have them reached. If not, at any rate all the facts we know or ever have known are at the disposal of each and every one of you here, and ot any one In Congress or of all Congress If they wish to pee them. "Next only in lmj>ortance from physical standpoint to building the Panama Canal cornea the question of developing the use of our own waterways. That must be done by the policy of irrigation at the headwaters up in the arid regions; and where you come from, gentlemen, P. is to he done by making our coa.-t take a big loop in from the Gulf ?. Mexico to the Great I,akes, and we will see that the work is done; and no work oonld have don*? from beginning to end more honesMy or moro efficiently." * republican prosperity. (iiguntie Lumber Trust Will S<k>ii Rc* a Realty. Duluth, Minn., Dec. 10.?Edward Mines, of Chicago; William O'Brine, of St. Paul, and W. 11. Cook, of Duluth, are engaged in a series of conferences, looking to a deal to bringing lumber interests and holdings of the Northwest and West under the gigantic combination. The fit. Paul and Duluth men are pine kings of the West and Northwest and Mines represents himself and the Weirhauser interests. The real struggle will come tomorrow. Cook is opposing the plan, but probably will be overruled. * elation. Then we both repented for two weeks, weeping and mourning, not because we wanted to, but because we could not help It. We sold our farm and gave the money away to people who needed it, and start e<i on tne marcn. Since then we have traveled through Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Illinois. Then we wont north to Minnesota, and last summer we spent in Canada, in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. We lived on gifts made by converts and by small sums offered us. One man who found tho light, sold all his property and put $7,000 in. We kept all the money in a common fund. 'About last August, when we came back from Canada, we built a houseboat and started down the Missouri from a place in Montana near White Earth. "We floated down tho river, stopping and preaching at towns and sometimes camping in the woods In many places we have been persecuted by the officers, who wanted to take our children away and make them go to school. "Wo have boon going armed for many months and have practiced shooting. None of tho children can road or write. We teach them, hut wo teach thorn righteousness. Paul says the wisdom of this world is foolishness. Christ chose his discipies from Ignorant people. Chris: did not go to school. My husha id and I can road and write. That is , enough to teach the Bible." in MAD WITH TEDDY i v Committee Will Consider Roosevelt's Criticism of' ACTION OF CONGRESS Hlat<Mu?aUi is the A??brI Mofwwgv ItoLuilug to the Mecret Berriec mill lleceivo Careful Attention and the Committee mill Recommend What Course to Pursue. Washington, Doc. 11.?Tho Indignation of the membors of the llou^e of Representatives ovor tho para| graph of tho President's annual message relating to tho secret service found expression todhy in a resolution offered by Mr. Perkins, Republican, of Now York, providing for tho appointment of a committee of five to consider the subject and report what action should he taken in connection with tho matter. The j resolution was as rollows: "Whereas, there was contained In the sundry civil appropriation bill which passed Congress at its last session and became a law, a provision in reference to the einploymetn of secret service in the treasury department; and, "Whereas, in the message of the President of the United States to the two houses of Congress is was h*at*m1 in reference to that provision, 'it is not too much to say that this [amendment has been of benefit only, and could be of benefit only to the criminal classes,' and it was further stated the 'chief argument in favor of the provision was that the Congressmen did not themselves wish to be investigated by secret service men,' and it was further stated, 'but if this is not considered desirable a special exception could be made in the law, prohibiting the use of the secret service force in investigating members of Congress, li would be far better to do t? s than to do what actually was done, ana strive to prevent or at least to hamper effective action ngainst criminal? by ttie executive branch of the gov eminent.' Now, therefore, be it 'Resolved, That a committee of the President, and report to tno House lie appointed by the Speaker to consider the statements contained in the message of the President and report to the House what action, if any should be taken in reference thereto." HAD MAN WITH A GUN. Saloon Keeper Shoots and Kills Throe Negroes. Memphis, Tenn., Dec. 11.?After a brief argument with a crowd of negroes engaged in a game of billiards at a saloon on Desota street near Reale, shortly after midnight this morning, William Latura, a white saloon keeper of this city, shot and killed three of the negroes and wounded four others, one mortally and the others seriously. One of those wounded is a woman. According to statements of bystanders tho negroes were grouped about tbe table when Latura entered the saloon. As he appeared a few heated words passed and in the next instant Latura had drawn his revolver and begun firing. Hach of bis bullets took effect with the j result as stated. Latura, who it is | said had boon drinking, was taken i into custody after the shooting. CllOli I'll TO UtMTII Man Falls Over Dash Hoard and Is Killed. Spartanburg, S. C., Dec. 10.?Luther Thompson, aged 3T> years, a well known young farmer of the Inman section of the county, was found dead in his buggy by members of his famly. He had fallen forward, his head hanging over the dash board and it is believed that he was strangled to death. From what can be learned it appears that Thompson went to a still in North Carolina on Monday, iveturning to his homo late Monday night he drove into his lot to put up his horse and buggy and being in an alleged intoxicated condition, he fell forward and his head caught over the dash board and before he could extricate himself, he strangeld to death. * % Holly Hollers Dlspursed. Sandusky, Ohio, Dec. 10.?The Holly Roller organization at Berltu Heights, almost 200 strong, was ordered disbanded by Irate townspeople today, and the organizers, Jacob Hoppinger and D. K. C. Deecken, of Buffalo, N. Y., were served \V?1 th notices to leave the community. I % )W TO r TEDDY USURP POWER HAD NO 1UUHT TO TKAK DOWN lHTIJHNCJ. (V>l. Ilrownwcll Claim* Ho Cited Fact of Uck of Authority, Itoowvolt Giving IHrwt Order, A ay how. Washington, Doc. 11.?Attention , was called today to tho fact that the utterances of tho President n regard to tho action of Congress In limiting tho use of tho secret service force 1h not the only action of the executive that Is considered by members as objectlonablo. It became known today that the , sub-committee of the committee on | appropriations, having In charge the , preparation of the leglnlutive. exocu- , tlve and judicial Appropriation bill, i has been investigating tho raising ] of the old Pennsylvania station that was located on tho Mall until the President had it torn down. That the committee failed to ex- . punge its Inquiries about this action | from tho printed hearings Is taken to Indicate tho temper of that com- , mlttee toward the executive. , When Col. Hromwell, military al l" to the President, and superintendent of 1111 1)1 ir* llllll/lituru .......... <imi Hi (Milium, UJI- , pen rod before tho committee Kepre- , sontuti olliirloson, of Texas, asked him if he had not requested an ap- i proprlation last year for a watchman for the old depot. "I think so," replied Cof Promwell, "but I have not had any oc- . cation to use It, because 1 havo torn down the railroad station." "What? Torn down tho railroad ( station!" exclaimed tho Texas mem- ( bor. , Col. Tlromwell explained that he | tore down the building on the writ- ( ten order from tho President of the , United States. , T)o you know of any law on tho statute books that author'zes any } executive ofllcpr to sell any of the , property of tho United States of | that character, real estate?" inquir- ( od Chairman Tnwney, of Minnesota i "No, sir," ropliml tho President\v j aide. "I called the attention of the j higher authorities to that fact, and t 1 received tho order to tear the j building down." , Replying further to the chairman Col. Broniwell said that ho knew of j no Immediate necessity for its re- , nioval. ( The committee also went Into an f examination of the government, of- t fieials to ascertain what right tho v commission on country llfo appoint- . cd by tho President, had to use the ( franking privilege, as It claimed was , being done. Members of the committee referred to the q'ommision { as "one created without authority ] of law." * , BRYAN WAS A11RK8TED. , ' i His Hunting Party Had Kille<] Too I Many Ducks. Galveston, Texas, Dec. 10.?William Jennings Bryan fell into the I hands of a game warden yesterday, when he and three other hunters were arrested at Lake Surprise, the famouns game preserve of Banker Moody, of Galveston, in Chambers county. Bryan, Moody and two friends were charged with having violated the State game law by killing more than 25 fowls each. The law limits the number of ducks to be killed by one person 2 5 in 2 4 hours. More than 150 dead ducks testified to the work of the four men up to the time the game warden appeared. Then it was Hworn that Bryan had really killed but a few canvas backs. Moody and the other two Nimrodr pleaded guilty and accepted the penalty, the fine being $25 each. SUDDENLY STRICKEN. 1 Was Prominent in This State During Reconstruction. Washington, Dec. 10.?II. G. Worthlngton, a former representa- , tive from Nevada, was stricken with paralysis in tho house of representatives today. Mr. Worthlngton, who is a resident of Washington, was removed to his home, and physicians called. This is his second stroke. Mr. Worthlngton, It is said, is the only surviving pallbearer of Abraham Lincoln. Worthlngton was a prominent politician in South Carolina during tho days of Reconstruction. Among other offices he held the Collectorship at Charleston, ton. Deadly Hot Supper. Cartersvllle, Ga., Dec. 10.-?TIamp Harris was shot and instantly killed by Walt Boozer at a negro danco Wednesday night, near Htilesboro. | Both are negroes. I THE HO ELEVEN KILLED Big Explosions of Dynamite In Panama Canal Cut TERRIBLE ACCIDENT Ten laborers Are Killed and Fifty Are \VouikI<h1 by tlm Premature Explosion of h (Hunt IllnM of Dyuumito, Which Hot OIT Twenty Tons Stored Near by. Colon, Dec. 12.?A giant blast of lynamite, already prepared for firing, was prematurely exploded In the workings at Has Obispo toduy. Ton men were killed and fifty Injured. It may be that others have been killed, for debris is piled up in all 11 ructions. Has Oblsjfo cut Is about thirty miles from Colon, and the shock of the explosion was. distinctly felt here, as in addition to that in the blast twenty-two tons of dynamite was exploded. All the killed were Spaniards except two, who were Americans. Numerous reports are current a s to the cause of the accident, hilt the official version from Culobra. which gives an estimate' of ten killed and lifty wounded, states that luring the loading of the last hole [>f the blast the dynamite in this putting was discharged and the remaining twenty-two tones were exploded by concussion. The holes hnM .. ....v. in-cii LUli UflHI'd electrically uk the discharge of tho blunt wuH set for f> o'clock In the afternoon. The last holo was being loaded under the supervision )f one of the most efllclont powder men in the employe of tho coinmisdon. Relief trains were sent to the joene of tho disaster and one which returned here several hours later brought hack the report that 4 "> )f the injured had been sent to \ncon hospital. The officials on the rain stated that eleven dead had jee.n found, while many others In he gang of a hundred and twentywo who were employed In the cut vere missing. It was also reported by tho trninnen that the explosion was due to i passing steam shovel, which hook ?d the wire leading to the immense :harge of dynamite. Whether or not his was the cause of the accident, a iteam shovel and crew which ha*>K'ned to be on the scene were practically buried under the mass of ocks and earth thrown up. Gangs were soon searching for he dead and assisting the wounded. Klectric lights were sent up, and tonight steam shovels were at work removing the tons upon tons of debris. Many of the men have been seriously Injured, some of them probably fatally. Tradition has ic IV.., t #l,? T>.. ~ * ?1 linn uiu i <hi<hii<i jitiiiruau cost, one human life for every lie, nnd with accidents, insurrections and disease t he construction of tin* canal has not gone along without exacting its toll. There have been a number of accidents in the last two years, chief among which was the premature explosion of dynamite at Pedro Miguel in June, 1007, which resulted in the death of seven men and the injury of a hundred. * TWO MOKE VICTIMS. \ Fanatic and a ltrave Pollcemnn I>les From Wounds. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 11.?Two more names were Thursday added to the list of dead as< a result of Tuesday's battle between religious fanatics and the police here, the total number now being four. Shortly before noon today Tx>uls Pratt, 45 years old, the foremost disciple of James Sharp, died at the General hospital and an hour late' UUhanl ?. '' ki miiiianc, a |M?| M t'lllit II, MllC cumbed to his wounds at. St. Joesph's hospital. Policeman Albert C). Da. bow nnd Lula Pratt died immediate'.y after being shot Tuesday. Mullane suffered himself to ht> mortally wounded because he woubl not shoot a woman. According to witnesses he dodged behind a wagon when Mrs. Sharp attacked him wim a revolver and, though she continued firing, he made no resistance though armed. "Hoys, I could have killed the woman, but I would not," he claim ed as he sank to the pavemenl piorced by four }>ti 1 lotB. * KxploHlon in Mii^axlno. Calcutta, Dec. 7.?An explosion at at military station, where men wer. engaged in converting ball cart ridges into blanks resulted in th* killing of eleven men and wounding of twenty-six others. The casual ties were all among natlvo soldier* on. RRY HEI FIEND PUT TO DEATH DllAGGKl) KICK YOUNG LADY FROM IIKK 11KI) After SUootluK Kevornl Time* ! Her Ilootu?Tr?ll?Kl by IKikh un<l (' aught aim! Whh I/wt. Valdoota, Gft., I)oc. 12.?Pnrtlo? who came hero lust night from Stntonvllle, In KcholH county, brought Romn rather meager detail of the exciting experience which tho family of Mr. Fisher lloloto had at the handa of a negro doRperudo who ran amuck during tho provloun night and bolted Into the houae where the memberB of tho family were sleeping. The negro whr evidently one who ha,d had some trouble with Mr. ltelobo and, after becoming drunk at a negro frolic, later went to tho white man's home for trouble. The negro first broko open tho door of his home and rushed into tho room where the wife and sick daughter were Bleeping, exclaiming: "I want old Fisher ltelote," and firing three shots from his revolver Into the roof. Mrs. Hclote, who kept her nerve remarkably well, told the negro that Mr. Heloto was not the room. The negro then stumbled to tho bed where tho sick daughter was lying, catching her by the foot and saying: "Here lie lu " ?>? >.? <> e.? .... ItUU 1U 111*1 ] 8nmo tlino firing two shots Into the head of tho bod. I Hy that time, Mrs. Helote had gotton out of tho bed and aocuro.l tho rIMo and was calling her busband from tho adjoining room t., I como and shoot tho negro. A youngI or son. Harper, in tho meantime, ran in with hia little single-barrel guo and fired once at the negro, but In ilia excitement tho shot wont wild, I craahlng through a bureau mirror. The negro then left the place and fled from tho scene. Messengers were sent to tho convict cnmpa at Tarvor for tho track dogs and they were put on hia track, following the negro for many miles. Ho was trailed along the Georgia Southern road townrd Valdoata, but I disappeared in Grand bay, where tho pursuers followed him. They wore close upon Ida heels when they entered the bay. After several hours In there, tho pursuers came out without the negro. They stated, however, that he would I not make any more midnight raids. I They did not aay so, but it is the general belief that the negro either I resisted arrest and was killed, or ho I was given a speedy courtmartial and received the verdict of death. The affair happened in a section fhat doea not believe much in burI denlng court dockets with such casI os when the right man can be caught. WOIIK Or WIIITIO FIKXDS. Cowardly and Hi atal Assault on tho Gibson Family. n -? A 1 ? v/ Hium'sv 11ip. (;a., Doc. 11.?On t'io charge of bring implicated with two other men in tiring on the (Jibson family near Cantersvilie, resulting in tin; wounding of Mrs. Clibson ami attempting an assault on her and pillaging the house, Tom Collier, a young man has been jailed hero. The o'flloers also havo warrants for Hud banham and Steve Heath, and are making efforts to locate them. Lanham, Heath and Collier left, after midnight after imbibing freely o.?Whiskey and near-beer anJ terrorizing the county wherever thev , went. They shot the house full of hoi ? after breaking down the doors and forcing an entrance. Tho husband was forced at the point of a pistil to sit aside while the house was being robbed and the women assaulted. Lanham, at the poinst of a pistol, dragged Lizzie Hardy, a sister of ; Mrs. Lizzie Cihson, 10 years of age, by the hair of her head from the house Into the bushes away from the house and criminally assaulted her. The other men attempted to assault Mrs. Gibson. * > _ 1 DEATH BY TRAIN. i ____________ Loses His Life Soon After Leaving th? Court Room. Cuthbert, Oa., Dec. 10.?Mr. James Chesire, a well known cltl' 7.en of this country residing near fountain Bridge, was run over by the Cenrtal of Georgia pasbnger ' train, No. o, yesterday afternoon, ? at the Bell's pond crossing, one-half - mile north of the depot, and died a * few hours later. Mr PhAaim >y..vwii u nail ; I been to Cuthbert, where he was -1 serving as a juror on the Randolph . I suporlor court and was on his wa/ I home when the accident occurred.* (ULD