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THE TRUTH OUT ? As to Who Did Really Shoot Up Brownsville, Tex. SHOOTER CONFESSES To a Negro Detective, who lla?l Keen Kniploycd to Work tlie Case l'p by tlio War Department?A DIschaged Negro Soldier Tells All About it. Washington, Doc. 15.?President Roosevelt sent to tho Senate Tuesday a special message in reference to tho shooting up of Hrownsvilie, Texas, by a bat all ion of negro soldiers in the summer of 190(5. In eluded in the message is tho general report of inspection by Herbert I. Brown, a colored detective, who was employ&l by the war department in conjunction with Capt. W. G. llaldwin to probe the occurrence at Hrownsvilie. llrown submitted the following to the detectives agency, which he says is the confession of lloyd ConyerS; one of the discharged negro soldiers, who now lives a; M .... ...... <<.. .....I Iw.ln.wl ulwwtl 1*H ?ll i VM-, <111*1 >"? II*/ II* 1|?' * 4 "liwwi lip the Texas town in August, I !MM? In his confession to lVrown Conyers says: The rumors of trouble over tin assignment of colored troops to Brownsville were circulated before the troops left Fort Niobrara, and preparations were made anions th> men to "get even with the crackers," so the whites were called. Some cartridges were held out at. range practice, but more en route to "Brownsville. Pretence was made that they were given away at stations along the road. Some were, but a large number were secreted. At inspection in Brownsville. Lieut. Lawrence, Company B, threatened punishment to the men who were short of ammunition, but nothing was done about it, and the deficiency was supplied. The friction with citizens of Brownsville began at once. In Boyd Conyers' language, "Whiskey made all the trouble. If we hadn't been drinking we wouldn't have had the nerve to shoot up the town." It was agreed, as a gathering of a few men in the saloon of Allison, the colored ex-soldier, on the afternoon of August 13, 190tl, that the raid should take place that night aL 13 o'clock. It seems to have ho-a delayed a few minutes to let Taniayo, the Mexican scavenger, git away from the B barracks. John Holloman, the money loader of Company B, was the chief con spirator .'iiul loader in the raid and custodian and distributor of tin* cartridges, but his plans could not have been carried out had not SergC Goorgo Jackson, of Company B, in charge of the keys to the gun racks in B barracks, and Sergt. Iteid, in command of the guards, co-operate 1 both before and after the raid. The four men who led the rale wore John llolloman, John Brown, Boyd Convers and Carolina do Saussuro, all of Company It (and probably It. B. Collier, of Company C.) llolloman was in barracks, Brown in the bake alio]), Convers and de Saussuro in tin; guard house. The two latter were in the sumo detail, and had been relieved at about 1 1 o'clock, do Saussuro on the post, at the guard house, and Conyors on No. 2, around the barracks and facing the town, llolloman got the party together. Convers and do Saussuro slept on the same hunk in the guard house, claiming that they wanted to get under the mosquPo net, and they had the trick of taking their guns into the bunk instead of placing them in tne open hick, on the excuse that they didn't, rust so badly under cover, but really ho the absence of the guns from tlie open guard house rack would not attract attention, and their own absence would be ascribed to a visit to the closet, which was back of the guard house. These two men slipped out the rear door of the guard house, passed through the sally port, and joined Holloman and Brown. Thp party crossed the wall of the fort dowi. near the end of A barracks, wont up the roadway t'. the entrance to the Cowen alley, where the signal shots were fired. These shote were immediately tallied onto by the alarm shots of Joseph B. Howard, guard on No. and formed the series testified to by Mrs. Katie E. Leahy, of Brownsville. nrr ifmiiimiiiy i hi i ip'i uuniu iiiii by the statement that not over thirty seconds elapsed before a number of men of Company B swarmed out on the upper gallery and opened a fusillade on the town. It Is an absolute certainty that it would have been impossible for Sergct. Jackson to have opened the gun racks, for the men to have assembled. secured their guns, loaded them, gone out to tho gallery, an:l started firing, all after the first shot was fired, all around, as they testified unanimously, from sound slumber, in less than two minutes, In the confusion of a dark barrack room. Beyond the possibility of a doubt, tho racks had been opened and tho inside conspirators wera rondv to pour out on the signal shots. Tho testimony is ample that there wore Bcarcely twenty second; between the last of the signal shots and the lirst general volley from It i barracks. The number firing from the barracks is unknown, but perhaps twenty men were involved. A smaller number went to the ground and followed the leaders up the alley. It will be remembered that one of the witnesses testified to hearing some one of the group of soldiers exclaim, "There they go!" Whereupon these men leaped over the wa'l and ran up the alley. Boyed Conyers is the man whose gun jammed at the exit of the alley by the Cowen house, testified to by Herbert Elkins, and it was taken from him by de Saussure and fixed in the street where the light from the street lamp at the corner of Elizabeth street shone on them. Bess than five minutes elapsed from the time the first shot was fired until these men were all back inside the fort. Conyers stated that Reid was told that they were going to shoot up the town, and he had laughed and said. lion l go oiii 111* i i ;i ii(i iol uie crackers got tho best of you." When Conyers and do Saussur? readied the guard house they ran in the hack way and got into their hunks. Sergt. Heid came in and swore at them, but Conyers was so excited and out of breath that lie could hardly stand, so Koid stationed him at the rear of the guard house in the dark, where lie could not be scrutinized so closely. Holloman came around with extra cartridges about daybreak and Koid passed them out. The guns were all cleaned before daylight. CUM IKS l\ TIIK riKD.MOXT. Homicides in the t'p-Country Stiv the I'eople. Spartanburg, Doc. 10.?Daw-abi 1ing citizens of this county and section are worked up over a perfect wave of crime that, has prevail.!, during the last few days. The record since Friday night is three homicides, one murderous assault and robbery and one stabbing that is likely to prove fatal. Ceorge Mint/, white, has been arrested on charge of knocking Mrs. Sallie C.rcen, who lives at Camp obello, in the head with an axe and robbing lur of The old lady is not expected to live. on Saturday nighr. Dump norroh, colored. shot ami Iti 1 loci .less Leak, also colored, at Switzer. Dorroh \v;o arrested. On Saturday night# Griff Parks and a colored mail named Kilgore became Involved in a quarrel ,n Laurens county, .iust. across the Spartanburg line. Parks shot ami killed Kilgore. Two white men, employed in construction work on the 'Carolina, Clinchflcld and Ohio, foil out about some work and one man drew hiknife and stabbed the other. The injured man is expected to die. On Saturday two white men employed a t Leonard & P.oekinan's camp en the O. C. and O.. engaged In a quarrel and one killed the older Mrs. Thomas, an aged lady of this city, while walking through Spring street, late on Saturday evening after a shopping tour, was struck down and robbed by a negro, who made his escape. One white man shot and killed 1 another over in Cherokee. KKXATOK TIIjLM.W. Senior Senator in His Scat for the First Time. Washington, Doc. 15.?Senator Tillman was for the first time during this session in his seat when the senate opened up yesterday morning, having reached here this morning. The senator is looking well, lie is just in time to get into the great Panama serap which threatens to materialize if the senate and the country does not let President Roosevelt bluff them out of doing anything. Whether the senator will take part depends, he says, upon whether lie can find any rocks t) t hrow. n The Tree of the Cross. The Golden Star looked down and smiled Upon the Virgin and her Child; It spread its splendor like a crown Upon the roofs of llethlehem town (Oh, little tree! Oil, little tree! Why semest thou in agony?) The shepherds, lidding with their sheep, Hearkened, as men in happy sleep. To strains celestial, while their eyes Saw choiring hosts of Paradise. (Oh, little tree! Oh, little tree! Dost tnou behold a Cross to 1)0?) Tho honored oxen, mute with awo, Peeped them from out their stalls and saw The wise men lay at .Testis feet Their unctuous oils and spices sweet, ((Th, little tree! Oh, little tree! Does some one whisper "Calvary?"? The world that night won its release , From death through Him, tho Prince of Peace, Who in the manger lay at rest Upon his happy mother's breast. (Oh, little tree! Oh, little tree! Seems if that One is nailed on thee.) ? Sue M. Host in Llppincott's, THE POPULAR VOTE DEMOCRATS MADE BIG GAIN'S OYER LAST ELECTION'. Hearst's Independence I'urty Polled | Thau One Hundred Thousand Yotes iii Whole Country. Now York, Dec. 15.?The total popular vote of tlio various presidential candidates at the last election was made known today in an ofllcial form by the filing of the last of the official vote, that of Michigan. The total shows the following votok cast: Taft, (Republican) 7,637,676 Bryan, (Democratic) .. ..6,393,182 Dobs. Socialist) 447,651 Chafin. (Prohibitionist) . 24 1,252 Hisgen, (Independent) .. 83,186 Watson, Populist) 33,871 (lilbaus, (Socialist Labor). 15,42 1 Total for all candidates. 1 4,852,239 This grand total exceeds by 1,341,53 1 the total number of votes cast In the presidential election of 1904, when the grand total was 13.510,708. Compared with that election the* candidates of the Republican, Rom oeratlo and Socialist parties inrreas-] od their vote this year. The reverse I is true of the candidates of tiie Pro-I hihitlon, Populist. and Socialist I Labor parties. The Independent, party did not figure in the presidential election of four years ago. The biggest difference in a party is shown in an increase for P.ryan i of 1,315,211, over the total vote cast iti 11)0 4 for Alton P. Parker, the! Democratic candidate. Taft recelv- J ed 11,100 votes more It ban were] pylled for President Rons* volt in I 1004, and Dehs ran 45,368 ahead of his predecessor on the Socialist tiel< et. 'Idio heavist loss is shown by the Populist, who, with the same candidate. registered 83,3 12 less this year than in 1 004, when their total was 117,183. The Prohibitionist candidate, Ohafln, ran 17.281 votes behind the 1004 mark of his party, and (lilhaus, the Socialist Labor candidate, received only about 50 per cent of the vote given to Corrigan, which was 31,219, in the previous presidential race. The following is the vote received bv P.ryan and Taft in each of the Southern States: State. Tnft. Prvau. Alabama 25,308 -74,37 1 Arkansas 56,067 87,0 13 Florida 10,654 3 1,1 04 < Jeorgia 4 1,602 72,350 Kentucky 235.711 24 4.002 Louisiana 0.5 SO 6 3,568 Maryland 1 1 1,253 1 1 1.117 Mississippi 4.4 63 6 4,260 Missouri 346.915 345,834 North Carolina . .114.887 130.92s| oiuanoma Iio.noo 123.90V South Carolina .. 3.8-17 02.289 Tennessee 11S.2S7 130,630 Texas 69.229 227,26; Virginia 0 2. a 7 2 8 2.916 Tho Socialist pc lied irt.;;9S vot's in North Carolina. 21,702 in Oklahoma, 8.021 in Toxas. In no uthot Southern State did tlmy poll over 0.000. In South Carolina they i polled 101 votes. I TO very case of backache, weals hack, bladder inflammation .and rheumatic pains is dangerous !f negV>fjf e?d. for such troubles ?re nearly always due to weak kidney?. Take DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder! lMlls. They are nntisceptic and soothe pain quickly. Insist upon DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills.! Regular size 00c. Sold by all | Druggists. j If you are not prepared to diet, don't attempt to live on love. MWWBI wrtfiin +m**wa??? H? ?? i&y a ier /Ftw P A.i?7",s I llUAf 1 1 @ I I I j FINE- WHISKEYS | J i | ^ ?, The al>ovo is our shipping bent and quickest shipping facilit'u HATKE'S VIRGINIA MOUN1 PRIVATE STOCK CO^N-'I HOLLAN D GIN-Beot Gin sol APPLE BRANDY-This yeari PEACH BRANDY ? Madj es "ADD 1 We prepay express Charges CASULTY RECORD THOUSANDS KILLED AND Mil.LIONS AHK LVJUKKD. At-oKlcnlH Are Excessive, Says Bureau of Ijabor, and llecord Con 11 In* Much Hotter. Washington, Dec. l(j.?IdetwecV 30,000 and 35,000 deaths and 2,000,000 injured is the accident ree ord in the United States during tlu past year among worklnginen, according to a bulletin on accidents I issued by the bureau of Ubor. Of those employed in the factories and workshops it Is stated that probably the most exposed class are t' e workers in iron and steel. Fatal accidents among electricians and electric linemen and cola miners are declared to be excessive, while railway trainmen were killed In tin proportion of 7.-1G deaths per 1,000 employees. The bulletin declares that much that could be done for the protection of the workingmen is neglected though many and far reaching mi i provements have been introducted in I factory practice during tho last decade. It is pointed out that the possibilities for snores. fu! accident pre'vention have been clearly demonstrated in the cxporienc of foreign count rios. "('.ranting," iho bulletin states "that the underlying conditions in Euro|?ean countries are often quit ,i;rr >., i ......... ,.r ...... :.. win' i ? iii Mini i mi t 111 cl 11 V ' ' i will ill dust rial accidents may be the result of Unoranec, reckless indifference, or carelessness, the fact remains that an immense amount of human lifj is wasted and a vast amount of injury is done to health and strength, with resulting physical impairment, which has a very considerable ecu noinic value to the nation as a w hole." It. is insi = ted that it should not he impossible to save at least onethird and perhaps one-half by in telligent and rational methods 'of factory inspection, legislation and control. Rat all the good food you like Quit dieting. 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