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[010 Montgomery (00,000 M MMWÆ - MMÆ 1910 Montgomery’ 100,009 VOLUME LXXVII. MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1906—THIRTY-TWO PAGES NUMBER JMU. WOUNDED AN EX-SENATOR The Sensational Case in Washington. SHOT BY HIS PARAMOUR Woman Does Rot Hesitate to Ad mit Act. jfr*. Bradley Declare* IH< Former Utah Solon Hod Wronged Her and She Took Only Cenrae Lett Her. Washington, Dec. 8.—Eoimer United States Senator Arthur Brown of Utah, tonight lies in a critical condition in Emergency Hospital from a pistol shot wound in the abdomen, inflicted by Mrs. Anna M. Bradley of Salt Lake, who arrived here today from that city. The shooting occurred in Senator Brown’s • apartment in the Raleigh Hotel, where Mrs. Bradley also had registered under the name of "A. L, Brown.” She was arrested. Senator Brown was conveyed to the hospital, where he was immldlately put upon the operating table. Two shots were flred, one graxlng his left hand /and the other entering the abdomen / and lodging in the pelvlo cavity. Af ter working over hijn for nearly two hours, the surgeons decided that for the present at least they wouni make no further attempt to And the bullet. It was stated tonight that while Sen ator Brown's condition was crltloal, there was reason to believe that he may recover. t Mrs. Bradley arrived shortly ater noon. After being assigned a robm. she immediately went to Senator Brown’s apartments. There were no witnesses to the shooting, but a floor maid heard the shots and at once notified the management. In a statement tonight Mrs. Bradyey said she came to Woshington to demand that Senator Brown marry her- She said their relations were well-known in Salt Lake. "I asked him if he was going to do the right tking by me,” she.eald, main taining a remarkable composure. His reply was to put on his overcoat and etart to leave the room, and I shot him. I abhor acts of this character, but in this ease it was fully Justified. Expresses No Sorrow. While expressing no sorrow for her act. she declared that she was glad to ' know that Senator Brown might re cover- ”1 wa* practically penniless when 1 got here today," sho said, "hav ing only and after paying the cabmen lift the money t had In the world, was $1.” _ Sho said she urged Senator Brown to marry her. that he had been Instru mental In the divorce between her hus band and herself, and that as his wife was dead, he now could ”do the right thing" by her. This, she said, he posi tively refused to do. Mrs. JBradley is a brunette, about 38 years of age. Her first act after being taken to the police station was to send for Senator Sutherland of Utah, who called on her tonight and had a long talk with her. vsorall ad hhlncr brought into the cane, but said that Mr*. Bradley bad sent for him because he wan the only man here whom she knew. To him she unbosomed hersellf and told the story of her relations with Senator Brown. She alleged that two of her children owe their parentage to Senator Brown, and that she had » named one of them after him. Mrs. Bradley was reluctant to speak of her former husband, but questioning brought out the fact that he was living In Nevada with a second wife, by whom he has several children. • Further questioning disclosed the fact that Mrs. Bradley, for two years, 1900 to 1902, had served tn the ca pacity of secretary to the State Repub lican Committee, and also at one time was editor of the official organ of the State Federation of Women’s Clubs. She declared that she had a sister in Salt Bake, but that she would not communicate with members of her fa mily because she knew that they would come to her assistance. Up to a late hour tonight she had not obtained counsel. Hotel Manager Notified. Manager Talty, of the Rallegh, was notified of the shooting within two or three minutes after It occurred. He hurried to Ssnator Brown’s room to ascertain the facts. He found Senator Brown, fully dressed, lying on the floor. Mrs. Bradley was standing near * the dresser. She was attired in street costume. Senator Brown, as Mr. Talty stooped over him to Inquire what the matter was. feebly Indicated Mrs. Bradley and remarked calmly: “She shot me." A hurried examin ation of the wounded man waB made by Mr. Talty. On opening his coat and waistcoat, he discovered that a bullet had penetrated his abdomen. He sent for some brandy and poured It down Senator Brown’s throat The wounded man was growing rapidly weaker and Mr. Talty directed a ser vant to summon the* emergency hos pital ambulance. Senator Brown retained conscious ness and was perfectly calm and col lated. He made no statement to Mr. Talty beyond the one Indicated that he bad been shot by Mrs. Bradley. The •woman continued in the room while Mr. Tatty was attending to Senator Brown, but offered no assistance. Final ly Mr. Talty ordered her to leave the room. She declined. ’I will remain here,'1 she said. ‘T am the mother of his two children.” Mr. Talty was too busy administer ing to Senator Brown to attempt to enforce Ills order, but in glancing about the rom he discovered a revol ver lving on the bureau. He put It into tils pocket and later turned It over / to tlie police. It was a Smith and Wes / son. 32-calibre weapon. Mrs. Bradley Arrested. The hospital ambulance presently arrived and the wounded man was hur ried to the hospital. An officer then arrested Mrs. Bradley. She would not then admit having shot Senator Brown and referred all those who Inquired to Senator Sutherland of Utah. "Senator Brown had been a guest of the Raleigh since the fifth instant, sand Manager Talty, “having come here to argue a case before the Supreme Court of the United States. The case was expected to be called for hearing next Monday Mrs. Bradley arrived here todav Just before noon. She came to the hotel direct from tba train. rt®i*It«re,d M A B. BrdFWn an4 wm.* assisnad a room in t.h$ usual way. So far as I am swart*, she made no In quiry about Senator Brown, and no one about the hotel Knew that they even wero acquainted with each other. Hoy^ she found hla room, which merely "hap pened to be on the same floor as her own. although the two apartments wero some distance removed from each other, I do not know. Only Senior Brown and Mrs. Bradley know any thing of their meeting did to me, t ^ least, neither one of them vouchsafes, the slightest explanation.” PURSUED THE SENATOR. Brans Had Purchased Ticket to Frisco For woman. Salt Lake. Utah., Dec. 8 — Arthur Brown, a prominent lawyer who was one of Utah1* first United States Sena tors. being elected when Utah was ad mitted to statehood, left her# for Wash ington several days ago to argue a case before the United States Supreme Court Anna M. Bradley, a widow who has figured, here vin a sensational criminal case in which she and Senator Brown were involved, loft the elty two days after Brown’s departure. Her friends announced that sha had gone to- San Francisco. About three years ago, a Charge in volving Immoral conduct was filed against Senator Brown and the Brad ley woman by Senator Brown’s wits. Before the case came to trial, Mrs. Brown withdrew her charge and Brown was released. Mrs. Bradley pleaded guilty. Before sentence was Imposed, however, she was permitted to with draw her plea and the charge against flier was dismissed. The wife of Senator Brown died about two years ago. Senator Brown came to Utah from Michigan, where ho was conspicuous tn politics and as a lawyer. When tbs cases of Senator Brown and Mrs. Bradley were tried In the dis trict court In Salt Lake City In the vear 1903, M's. Bradley. In entering her plea of guilty, charged that Senator Brown was the father of her child. D is stated that for several weeks before the departure of Mr. Brown for Wash ington. Mrs. Bradley had repeatedly called at hla office, but he had refused to talk with her. The woman also went to Brown’s residence and the annoyance became so persistent that he locked up his house and went to live at a hotel. While he was at the hotel, It Is stated, Mrs. Bradley got Into his house and remain ed there two days. Three days before Brown's departure for Washington, he talked with M-s. Bradley and she agreed to go to San Francisco. Her ticket was purchased by Senator Brown's stenographer and her baggage was checked to San Fran cisco. It was supposed she had gone there. Troops Start For aagler. Fez, Morocco, Tuesday, Dedhraber 4— (delayed)—The Moroccan War Minis ter and Kaid Sir Harry MacLean, tha Commander of the Sultan's bodyguard, with 2,000 Askarls and 3,00 other fol lowers, have been ordered to start for Tangier. Ambassador's Salary Raised, Berlin, Dec. 8—Tbo Imperial bud gets, presented today, add 34,000 to the salary of the German Ambassador at Waahiagton, owing to the Increased cost os living at the American capital. TRIED TO ROB BANK DARING ATTEMPT AT GREAT BEND, KANSAS. IiMr Vonnc Man Threw Gun on tail> ler But Wu Afterward* Cap tured and Narrowly Ka ra ped Belas Lyme bed. Great Bend, Kaa., Dec. 8.—Alter a daring attempt today to rob the J. V. Brinkman Company bank singlehanded, a man who gave his name as George A. Lewis of Kansas City, was sur rounded and surrendered. Bud Westfall, a driver for the Wells Cargo Express Company, was killed by a short tired by one of the pursuers. Lewie walked into the bank a few min utes after it opened this morning and. pointing a revolver at A. E. Taylor, the Cashier, ordered the latter to throw up his hands. In an Instant a clerk dodged Into the vault and set off the burglar alarm. Lewis fled and darted up an alley. A crowd of men and boys gave chase and, seeing himself being hemmed In, the robber darted up the stairs in the Wells-Fargo building, two blocks from the bank. One the second floor he locked himself in a room and for an hour defied arrest. Several shots were fired into the room in an attempt to dislodge the robber. One bullet struck and killed Driver Westfall, who was In the express ef flce on the street floor. Finally, after parleying for an hour with his pursu ers, Lewis surrendered and was taken to the County Jail. The room in which the robber barri caded himself was occupied by Mrs. Anna Tyler, as a millinery store. Lewis told Mrs. Tyler that he had robbed a bank, that a crowd was after him and begged her to hide him. Instead she fled in terror and the man locked and barred.the doors. After he had surrendered he was fol lowed to the Jail by an excited crowd. Cries of "lynch him" were frequently heard and B. W. Taylor, father of the banlt Cashier, attempted to reach the man and attack him. It was with dif ficulty that the robber was landed in Jail. The robber is 20 years old, weighs 160 pounds and is six feet tall. He said he had made contributions to Eastern magazines and papers but his matter had been rejected and lie had become despondent. Ho cried as lie told his story. FAREWELL TO WATTERSON. Distinguished Editor Lenves for Spall fur Winter. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 8.—About 300 citizens of Louisville gave a banquel to Hon. Henry Watterson tonight, thf event being in the nature of a "stirrup ■cup” for the distinguished editor who leaves for New York Sunday night, sailing a few days later for Spain where he will spend the winter. Young L. Allison was toastmastei and those who responded t0 toasts Ir addition to Mr. Watterson included James Whitcomb Riley. Mr. Watter son's remarks to his "fellow townsmen’ as he put it, were Informal and of a purely local character. Condition of Shah. Teheran, Persia, Dec. 8.—The health of the shah today shows that he has made a further slight improvement, comriared "Ph his condition at noon yesterday, but he Is still very weak. Fire nt Beur Riser. Digby. N. S„ Dec. 8.—Word was re ceived here today that a had tire was raging at Bear River. Five buildings had been destroyed when the telephone and telegraph lines failed. Students Doing Well. Ithaca. Dec. 8.—The students win were Injured in the Chi Psi Lodge fire yesterday are all doing well and nr* •xpected to recover. Two bodies. thos« of Nichols and Grclle. are still in th< ruins. £RJf4©N’S ftm DINNER Historic Club Makes Merry. BIG GUNS GALORE PRESENT Newspapor Hen Did Not forget De parted Members. At Or*imiint lon'a Moat Succeaalul Man que t, Booievrlt Rubbed Shoulder* With Dorkatnder and B B Comer With Senator Aldrich. Washington, Deo. 8—With the Pres ident of the United States. and the Vice President with the Ambassadors from Italy. Great Britain. Russia and Japan; with the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Senators and Rep resentatives in Congress, with many of the great captains of Industry presest, the twenty-third annual dinner of the Gridiron Club tonight at the New Wil lard. marked the high tide of the Club's prosperity and achievements. Throughout the gentle satire, bur lesque and straight comedy were the dominating notes In the most success ful dinner this famous club of Wash ington correspondents has ever given. There wgre sharp contrasts, mirth and seriousness chasing one another. The tribute to the dead members of the Club abutted closely upon a burles que Cuban revolution, and an exempli fication of what happens In the “Dawn Tennis Cabinet," which meets with the President here every day. Sundays ex cepted, and volleys with him over the In the Cuban situation, a member of the Club Impersonated Judge Magoon. now of Cuba, and sitting on a red hot stove, he held down the lid while the Gridiron Club proceeded to select a cabinet for the Acteig Governor tr. the Gem of the Antilles. It was a c iblnet composed of the "Tame Ducks," gentle men who failed of election In Novem ber and club members Impersonated •william Randolph Henvsf, who was nominated for Governor of the Island; Mr. Babcook. Mr. Moody, Mr. Cleary and General Groevenor, who were giv en positions along the lines with which they have been Identified in publlo life. Mr. Moody was selected for the place of "Trust Buster or Trust Mata dor.'’ The Cuban revolutionists, and they were not a few, added greatly to the picture In their burlesque cos tumes. Insisting that Mr. Moody was not a “Trust Matador " but a ''Picador.'' the difference being that a matador kills, while the picador only teases. Gridiron Simple Speller. Probably the strongest feature of the dinner was the Gridiron “Simple Spel ler,'' and "Dictionary,1 which was Is sued In the form of a booklet of some forty pages containing quaint spel lings and exceedingly funy cuts. Illus trating the definitions. And there were wise saws and modern maxims accom panying the volume which cannot fall to establish the Club as an organisa tion of gentle satirists of tho first wa ter Tho Initiation of two new members ,ave an opportunity for a quiet dig at the War Department growing out oi the discharge of the three colored :ompanles of the 25th Infantry at Brownsville, Tex. Mr. C. Arthur Wil liams of The Washington Herald, and Sir. Chafles Willis Thompson of The Sew York Times, were the two new members taken Into the Club, the for mer Impersonating an officer of the 25th Infantry, while the latter was jompelled to read from his book "Par ty Leaders of the Time.” wherein he speaks of the President, Vice Presi dent Fairbanks, Senator Spooner and 3enator Aldrich. ...... Of Senator Spooner kb said that he was the leading member of the Wla sonsln delegation In the Senate, with he exception of Senator LaFoUette. Speaking of 8enator Aldrich he said ;hat the Senator from Rhode Island Jid not care who wrote the messages, lust so he could make the laws. Throughout the dinner bulletins were ■ead from the White House by differ ent members of the club, outlining pos ilble cabinet changes at the end of vhlrh the club members sang to the une of "He's a Jolly Good Fellow, “No more cabinet changes. No more cabinet changes. No more cabinet changes. Till Roosevelt changes his mind. There were songs without number, the President, Secretary Taft, Secre tary Shaw and Vice-President Fair banks being Introduced with character istic melody which put everybody In good humor and not excepting the speakers. Lew Dockstader Preseat. The whirlwind of fun which extend ed from S to midnight, was accentuated by the presence of Lew Dockstader, the famous minstrel, who appeared as a guest of the club, in his quaint costume of which everybody knows. Throughout the dinner there were telephone conversations held with un known .persona, in which opportunity was given to gently broil the guests in the delicate manner for which the club is famous. Was it a good dinner? Ask the fol lowing, who were among the guests present: Secretaries Hitchcock, Shaw, Taft and Wilson: United States Senators Aldrich, Blackburn, Foraker, Kitt redge, Scott, Spooner and Tillman; Representatives Babcock, Dawes, Esch. Gill, Grosvenor, Lowden, McCleary, Parsons, Sherman, Sullivan and Weeks; John Barrett, Minister to Colombia; B B. Comer, Governor-elect of Alabama, Lieutenant General Corbin, Charles G. Dawes, Chicago; Stuyvesant Fish, New York; David R. Francis, St. Louis; James R. Gartleld, John W. Gates, New York; Frank N. Barksdale. Penn sylvania Railroad; Perry Belmont, New York; Edward H. Harriman, President of the Union Pacific Railroad; William l.oob, Jr., Secretary to the President W. E. Lowes, Baltimore and Ohio Rail road; J. H. Maddy, Erie Railroad Paul Murton, New York; Albert Shaw Review of Reviews. New York; Waltei H. Page. World's Work. New York Theodore P. Shonts, Chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission; Jams: Speyer. New York; II. St. Georg* Tucker. President of the Jamestowr Exposition; Frank A. Vandcrllp, New York and Timothy L. Woodruff, New York. Want Vnunger Commanders. Washington. Dec. .V - We want younger men to command the ships of WEATHER FORECAST. WnklagtM. Dm. For 11 sham*— Partly rloatr Saadayl possibly »hori rrai Moaiiuy. rloady. Its hi aouth nlarta, krtomlna north. tho navy." said Admiral Dewey after an interview with thn President to day. "and the only way to accomplish It is to retire officers early. The re sult is sought to be attained by the enactment of tha naval personnel hill, which the Admiral discussed with the President. FIRST TO FLY. Claims af Wilbur and Orvli'e W rl«M Are Substantiated. New York. Dec. 8.—Wilbur and Orville Wright Of Dayton. Obi >. whose claims to baling been the first men to fly are supportd by Octave Chanuta. of Chicago, former president i f the Wes tern Association of Engineers and by witnesses In thelf home town, were the center of ottrsetion yesterday at tho Aero Club show. Both Wilbur and Orrville Wright de clined to make any comment on the recont dispatches from abroad regard ing their negotiations with the French government. John Brtsben Walker gave a dinner last night at the Cen tury Club. In their honor, at which Mr. Chanuto and others were present PROBING CHARUTS. Graft Believed To Exist In Sultana Monument Contract. Columbus, O., Dec. 8—Attorney Gen eral Ellis, Saturday morning started to probe the -charges and counter charges of bribery In connection with the preparations by a State Commis sion for the erection on the State House grounds, of a monument to the victims of the Sultana steamboat dis aster d'urng tho civil war. The chargee are made that certain contractors offered bribes of money, stock and positions. Governor Harris Is prosecuting tho Investigation. TELLS OF TRAGEDY MRS. BIRDSONG GIVES MOST STAR TLING TESTIMONY. Declares She Went to Dr. Butler’s Of fice With Peaceful Intentions, and He Attempted Assault Be fore She Fired. Haslehurst, Mias.. Dec. 8.—Some startling evidence wai given today by Mrs. Angie Birdsong when she went on the witness stand in her own de fense on the charge of murdering Dr. Thomas Butler. The young defendant said that site went to the office where the tragedy occurred with peaceful intentions, and that Dr. Butler attempted an assault upon hep while there. In tears, she swore that no Illicit relations had ever existed between her and Dr. Butler, Mrs. Blrdspng began her evidence without apparent nervousness. She said that Mrs. Nor* Garrett had told her that Dr. Butler had said he had been intimate with the defendant and that she had made appointments to meet him during their Int/maey. These stories, witn »a sail xUnqet broke her heart, and fr m ! ! Ogle she heard tb-uu she a •aroelr after* what she was doing. Sae said she was la this half-dated condition When she we»t to Dr. But ler's office. Her purpose was to ask him If It was true tnat ho hud told such stories about her, and how. as an old friend, he could have done such a thing. Dr. Butler seized her, the witness testified, when she had asked these questions. He atempted to drug her into a room adjoining the office. Mrs. Birdsong said she believed he inlendcd to assault her in this room and that she took her revolver and began firing. lje had hold of her when she began shooting. Sn« aald bob remeruDeren tnai sue kept on ahootlng, but that the J#ta||s of Dr. Butler's death were confused In her mind. Se said she could not after ward recall how she reached home af ter the shooting. The prosecution then examined the defendant. They did not alter her tes timony, but toward the close of the questioning she grew nervous. Once «Ue cried. She exclaimed to her ex aminers: “I swear before God that no intimacy had existed between us.” Dr. O. M. Turner, an Insanity expert, testified for the defense that he was satisfied Mrs. Birdsong was insane at the time of the killing. Her attempt at suicide a few days previous to the shooting, he said, was evidence of this insanity. The court refused the defense per mission to Introduce evidence which they claimed would show the character of Dr. Butler. The defense rested Its case today, having occupied a day and a half In presenting witnesses. Argu ments will begin Monday. The trial thus far has been remark ably short, but three days having been consumed by both prosecution and de fense In submltlng evidence. W. A. SUlman. the first witness for the defense, was asked about state ments alleged to have been made by Dr. Butler on the Tuesday night be fore the shooting. Witness said that Dr. Butler was drunk when he made these statements. The court ruled out most of the state ments made by this witness concerning Dr. Butler's alleged remarks. Senator McLaurln, speaking for the defense, argued strongly that It was unjust to exclude these portions of the testimony. Judge Miller, however, stood firm in his ruling that only those parts of the remarks which had been reported to Mrs. Birdsong before the shooting should be admitted. Hillman testified that on the Tues day night In question Mrs. Butler had asked him to prevent her husband from going out upon the street, she alleging that he was going for the purpose of meeting a woman. * Lutcher Grice, Mayor of Monticello. was not allowed while on the witness stand to tell of conversation with Dr. Butler on the Tuesday night In ques tion. The defense attempted by ques tions to show that the Mayor reported these remarks to a man. whose wife carried them directly to Mrs. Birdsong. Mrs. Mary Hoffman was called and testified that she had told Mrs. Bird song about the stories alleged to have been made by Dr. Butler. Ol'ST Dil)EPEI«DK!»TS. Cumberland Telephone Company- Al leged to Have Called In Mississippi. Laurel, Miss.. Dec. 8.--Quo warranto proceedings were today Instituted against the Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company operating In Jones County and In the State of Mlsssipp! to oust that corporation from the State. These proceedings were taken by District Atorney Beatuli of this city In the Circuit Court of Jones County, and wilt probably come up for trial In Jan uary. It Is alleged that the Cumber land Company lias failed to carry out the instruction of the State Railroad Commission regarding reduction of tolls and falling to contjly with other regu lations, and an effort I* now to be made to oust It from the Stste because of violation of Its franchise STORER VS. ROOSEVELT Sends Hot Letter to Executive. COMPLAINS OF TREATMENT Declares President Was Inconsis tent in Dismissing Him. The Former Halloo Vmha»»udor Who loalrueted by Inference «<• Work for Arrhblnbop Ire land nf the Vatican. Chicago, Den. S.—The Chicago Trib une In its Washington dispatches to day says that an extraordinary letter has been addressed by Bellamy Storer to President Roosevelt and' members of his cabinet in regard to his dismis sal from the post of Ambassador of the United States to Austria-Hungary. Mr. Storer was dismissed because of his wife's supposed Interference In af fairs of the Roman Catholic Church and her alleged misuse of letters from the President. It was also charged that Mrs btorer hod meddled with French politics by taking part In antt Republlcnn Intrigue to promote the marriage of Victor Bonaparte with a member of the Orleanlat family. Both of these charges Mr. 8torer denies and. on the other hand, declares that the President's interest in the se lection of Archbishop Ireland as a Cardinal was not due to Storer or to Storer's wife, but to the President alone. The text of Mr. Storer s letter was printed and transmitted not only to President and his cabinet, but to mem bers of the Foreign Relations Commit tee of the Senate. . Mr. Storer says that his removal In so summary a manner suddenly dis missed him from an office which ho had been given reason to believe he had filled to the satisfaction both of his own government and that to which he was accredited, and being accompanied by no public explanation exposed him to suspicions and Injurious conjectures such as must naturally arise when a man In public office Is abruptly Ils mlssed by his government with what Is obvlousl> Intended to be discredit. Families Were Intimate. The correspondence shows the famil iar relations of the President and the Storers from the time Mr. Roosevelt was Governor of New York until Just after the Spanish war. Some of the Roosevelt letters to Storer were ad dressed "My dear Bellamy’ and to his wife “My dear Marl*" and Mrs. Rtorer addressed the President as "dear Theo l0&. Storer assert* -UM. **•■*»•“ iltmeK while Governor c< New York irged the Storers to use their Influ •nce with the Vatican tor Ireland » Pr° notion, believing the prelate s well mown patriotism would aid to »»»▼*»* ho problems connected with the Catn >J|c church in the Philippines. The a ter letters of Mr. Roosevelt as P-es drnt are published, evidently to shaw he President’s alleged Inconsistency One lotter of the President to Mrs. Storer. dated December 11, 190S, after the efforts of the Storers, In behalf of Archbishop Ireland, began to attract attention, contains tho following pas sages: . , . - •Your direct or implied complaint or and reflections upon my own personal conduct |rivo me no concern, but 1 am very gravely concerned at tho mis* ehlovous effect your letters must have In misrepresenting the position of the United States Government and by tne far-reaching governmental scandal your Indiscretion may at any time cause. . ^ « ayv “Your letters not only convey a to tally wrong impression of my attl tude. but they >+. such as you have no business whatever to write, in view of the position of your husband In the diplomatic service. Merry del Val's Itehuke. "Tile letter of Cardinal Merry del Val to you, of November 23. is a re buke to you. expressing plainly his be lief that you have been ^.warrantably officious In matters with which you have properly no concern. It sbcmid of Itself bo enough to show you how exceedingly unwise and improper your action in writing to him was. “1 am indlgrant that ho wife of an Ambassador In the United States ser vice. should have written such a letter, should have given the impression un doubtedly conveyed in that letter, and should have incurred such a rebuke. “You do not seem to realise that it Is out of the question for me knowing ly to permit the wife of one of our diplomats to engage In ecclesiastic in trigues to influence tho Vatican. After referring to the report that Mrs. Storer was known In Europe as the American Ambassadress to Rome, Mr. Roosevelt closes thus: •1 must ask you to give me this posi tive promise In writing if Bellamy Is to continue in the service and If you even unintentionally violate it, I shall have to ask for Bellamy's resignation, for I can no longer afford to have tho chance of scandal being bought on the entire American diplomatic service and on the Government itself by such In discreet and ill-advised action as yours Storer’o Indignation. "I cannot trust myself to express fully the feeling of Indignation with which I read the letter to Mrs. Storer, says Mr. Storer. “Though * was in the public service, I felt, and still feel, that I had lost none of the rights which a man has to Judge of the propriety of letters ad dressed to his wife and to resent an improper communication. did not then know what I have since learned, that the letter was not even written for my wife’s eyes or mine alone, but had been shown to oth ers before it was sent, and. thus used to make a case against a lady, a trust ing friend, who could not be hoard in her own defense. ••jjy wife was deliberately accused of having quoted Isolated sentences from the President's letters to convince other persons that he was doing ex actly what, as he asserts, he had ex plicitly stated In writing that ho would “This charge of shameful conduct was based on no evidence which could even have misled the writer into a "hasty Judgment, hut vvus in answer to a letter, which, whether ai/proved or not, at least furnishes no sueh evidence either in itself or in Its closures. Omits Specific ’ftilng*. “The to:..- ,.f long uttering outrag ed patien>-r. the • artful omission of all mention of anything that the. write! had himself done and authorised to be done In the matters complained of. the quotation from the letters written al the time of my errand to the pope ( without any of the facie and olrcum atancee related above which would give those letters their true character or show that they were an angry com plaint because what he had directed to be done had beooine known—these things, with the abusive personal char acterization of my wife and tho assum ed indignation with what had been, in fact permitted bnd encouraged where I not expressly directed, seemed to m« J to put tl\e letter outside the limit of anything Justifiable even In a strang "What a sense of outraged friend ship It aroused in us can perhaps be understood by anyone who has read even tho small part of the prl\jjte cor respondence given above." Tn concluding his letter. which '* dated at Cincinnati. November 1308. the former ambassador aaya: ■I write this letter without the knowledge of Archbishop Ireland. Si 1 nrer Confirms letter. Clnclnati. Dec. 8—When Bellamy Storer was shown the despatch from Chicago detailing the substance of his sommunlcatlon to President Roosevelt "I have not one word to add to the news contained In the despatch. ' merely wish to state that ms* letter was given to the press without my knowledge or consent and against mv Inclination. I mas* that noples of the letter sent out ware clearly marked "Private’ and If the letter was given to the press from tbs White House my hands are cleaned or lha matter.” REGULATE MARRIAGES. Dr. Billings Wants Cupid «« Observe , the law. Chicago, Dec. S.—Btate regulation of marriage was advocated laat night ny Dr. Frank Billings, President of the Illinois State Board of Charities, in an | address before the National Conference on Truancy. i His audience was largely made up of , experts in charity and reformatory lines, and hie declaration, while It , created surprise was greeted with ap- , plause. He was speaking on ’’Shnuld | Wards of the State Bo Separated from the Publlo School Childrenr’ and drew a picture of tho backward methods of Instruction which the State Board of | Charities had found In certain Instltu- ( tlons. “But we physicians believe In get- j ting to the root of a disease.' said Dr. , Billings, bringing his address to a , close. ] “There is no use in taking any other point of view. The root of this trouble , lies In the existing freedom of roar “I do not believe there should be i any such freedom of marriage. I am no lawyer, but I would like to see so ciety put on its statute books a law forbidding two people to Le married, not merely until they had secured a certificate of health from a reputable physician, but until they had obtained a certificate of Inheritance showing their antecedents. “This sounds drastic, but the Increase In the defective classes is so Impres sive as tb warrant such a conclusion. Two per cent of the population of Illi nois Is Insane. The number of defec tive Is Increasing 3 per cent annually.” R. Y. BANK DEFICIT i HEAVIEST BELOW BEtil fttEMENTS W THIRTEBN YE1RS. Speculator* Are CoiMeil I'hel Seere nry Skaw Will do Something lo Relieve) tte Strtifeaer lo Morey Merkel. New York. Dec. 8.—The heaviest deficit below legal requirements In the legal reserve of the Associated Banks of this city In thirteen years was dis closed by today's bank statement. The deficit amounts to 16,702,175 as against a surplus of 81,419,000 one week ago. 'While It is not unusual for the bank statement to show that the banks hold less than the law requires them to keep lu reserve, it s quite un usual for the deficit to assume such big proportions. The largest deficit ever shown In the history of the Asso ciated Banks was on August 12, 1392, when the reserves showed 816,500,000 short of tho legal requirement. That Wall Street is hopeful that some action soon will be taken by the Seoretary of tho Treasury to relieve the present conditions In *he money market was indicated by the move ment of tho stock market after tho publication of the bank statement. In stead of a slump in stocks there was only a slight drop which was checked In a few minutes. The scarcity In money Is attributed to several causes. There has been a steady drain to the west on account of crop movements, heavy dividends have been declared this month and unusual ly heavy speculation liv-mining stocks, tco. has helped to operate lo pump the local banks dry. CEBALLOS SCimon.K Lint o( ludebledcrss of mhuii t'lnn Filed In N«t lark. Now York, D«c. 8.—The schedules In the assignment of Juan M. Ceballos, lohn S. Flske and Anderson C. Wil son, who composed the Arm of J. M. Ceballos & Co., bankers and brokers of this city and Havana, were filed today in the Supreme Court, showed the lia bilities $2,990,395, nominal assets $5, 682,050 and actual assets $1,106,786. Among the principal secured credit ors are: Bunco Naclonal do Cuba, $357,955; Knickerbocker Trust Company, $208, 215; Alfred L. Marlelley, $74,771; James Ward & Co., $50,000; F. T. Adams, $28, 200; W. I* Solomon, $100,000. Among the principal unsecured cred itors are Irene Ceballos de Sans, $148. 318; N. Castano, $101,066; Amsinck & Co., $24,170; Sticreslre Central Coloso, $69,275; Western Trust Savings Bank, $25,031; Moron Realty Co.. $51,900; City of Juan, $76,401; City of Mayague*. $99,857; Jucaro Realty Co., $71,000. The firm of J. M. Ceball03 * Co. as signed to William V. Rowe on October 10. 1906. SHIPMENTS TO HCSSIA. International Harvester Company Has Chartered Nine Vessels. New York, Dec. 8.—Record-breaking exports of agricultural machinery. It Is stated, are about to he made to Rus sia by the International Harvester Company of America. Nine chartered stiamshlps will he dispatched to the Black and Baltic sea ports. British, Swedish and Norwegian vessels will be employed. The first ves sel Is scheduled to sail next week. In j addition to these complete ship loads. I part cargoes will be forwarded by reg ular lino boats which will bring up the total shipments to North and South Russia to eloso to 100,000 tons this I season. Thla will mean the loading of nearly 3.000 cars of material., representing a j value of fully $5,000,000. Six entire cargoes of reapers, hewers, j harvesters, rakes, etc. will be for- ! warded to Odessa and Ndvorosslsk on I the Black Sea. | ‘FORGERIES” SAYS BAILEY Replies to Attorney General. )OCUMENTS PROVE NOTHING {ever Denied That He Borrowed From Pierce. • ttrlarra (hat Olkmtlac Slatrmrat IVaa k'tiloe aad OfflHal U Simply Try IiijC to Fount Troiihld tor Senator. Dallas, Tex., Dee. 8.—At a lata hout :onight United States Senator Joseph ft\ Bailey gave out an open later ad Iressed to Attorney-General Davidson nd answering the later of tbe Attor icy-General Issued last night setting >ut copies of papers of tiio Waters »ierco Oil Company, which the Attor ley-General says are In his possession. Senator Bailey at the outset says hat the Attorney-General. In his Int er of yesteruay, has eliminated "very • nuch from the discussion by conBrra ng what 1 had said In my open letter ;o you." Tbe documents, he says, do tot support the lnferepces which the Ittorncy-General previously made; tn leed, he says, the voucher for $2400 tnd the notations upon It show conclu ilvely that this sum was loaned to him •y H. C. Pierce and not by the Waters Plerce Oil Company, and tbe notation >f "bills receivable" upon It shows that >ierce boyrowed money upon It from he oil company, and that It was not rested as an Hem of expenditure. As to the alleged voucher purport ng to show that the oil company had mid |1,500 to Benry & Sstrlbbllng. ind the mmeorandum that It had been laid upon draft of Senator Bailey, he •ays, that If he had ever drawn such i draft It must have passed through at east two banks, leaving a record be ilnd. He suggests that the Atorney Jonoral could easily apply to the banks ind ascertain if there was such trgns ictlon. Throws Doss Uaastlet. "Now, sir. If you can prove by any ilngle bank that I ever drew a draft In lavor of Henry & Strlbbllng, or either if them, on the Watere-Plerce OH Com pany, or H. C. Pierce, of J. D. John son, or any other Individual, firm or lorporatlon for $1,500, or for any other lunr, I will resign my seat in the Ben ito and retire forever from public life," declares Senator Bailey, “I will go further than this: If you jail produce any order, receipt or mem orandum in favor of Henry A Strib b]ing».'li1 either of .them, bearing mv signature, -tidnrsefnent or approval. 1 f will resign my seat in the Senate ami' retire forever from public life." Ho declares that ha never heard of :* loan to Henry and Strlbbllng by ti.u oil copany. Pierce or Johnson, and' that the alleged telegram published by tt)*i Attorney General waa never men tloned to him remotely, at any time, or J by any man. Quoting the vouchor purporting to show a loan of $1,750 to 1.1m by H. C. Pierae, and the letter of Pierce re questing the secretary of the company to aeml Bailey exehango for the amount,, Senator Bailey draws atten tion to what he terms a curious feat ure of said letter, namely, the state ment that the writer. (Pierce), had ad vanced the amount to Halley, hut that Bailoy had repaid it, followed ly th*> request that exchange should ho sent to Railey for the amount, and (nut same should be charged upon the books of the company. Mr. Bailey says this statement 1* preposterous. He declares that ho only got the money once and that*tho pur ported letter would show that ho had received It twice. Has Proved Nothing. Senator Bailey declares that the At torney General has wholly failed to produce a shred of evidence that ho assisted In returning the Wnters-Plerce Company to the State, or that he had acted us attorney for or received com pensation from 1L He declares that ho had represented Plerco publicly In many matters. "Nothing In your much heralded doc- . uments, some of them stolen, some of them forged, and etUl others Irrele vant, confused and confusing, disproves anything I have said.” he continue*. "They only tend to show that I have had business relations with H. C. Pierce, a fact that T had frequently myself asserted, and that I had borrow ed money from him, which money I re paid to the last dollar.” Remarking that the attorney gener al has talked much about his “sense of duty,” Senator Bailev complains that he has not been treated fairly In be ing denied an opportunity to examine Ihe papers In the possession of the at torney general and concerning which ha mads public statements. "I believ ed that when I asked you for permis sion to ee amine the papers that they had been forged In whole or part in connection with the transaction of which X had no knowledge," he con tinued. "and since reading the docu ments, In print, I am certain that soma of them are forgeries." Ho says the attorney general must have known tgat the man rrofn whom he received the papers had Stolen them from the files of h s employer, and ha should have known that a thief would not hesitate to commit forger)1. "I willingly leave for the decent and fair minded m*-n of Texas to say how much weight they will attach to docu ments furnished by a man who either robbed the files of hi* employers office or forged the panera which you are us ing and the evidence of whose false swearing In order to deceive the officers of the state is a part or the case which you havo in charge." Senator Bailey ’ concluded. Mil. CLEVELAND SICK. Bi-l'nildiDt In Snlterlair From Atlmk Of lndlgeailon. Now York. Doc. 8.—Grover Cleveland Is 111 at his home In Princeton, of acute Indigestion. Ho has been sick a week unci still remains unimproved. His physician. Dr. J. M. Carnochen, said last night that Mr. Cleveland was not In a very serious condition, but wai In pain. Asked It Mr. Cleveland wa» suffering from nothing except indlges* Hon. ho replied. “I have no knowledge of anything olso." Ho also said Mr. Cleveland had been 111 for some time, and only by the most extraordinary effort, had he seen Mr. Carnegie, who called Wednesday. "We expect Mr. Cleveland out In a few days." continued Dr. Camochan, 'but I can't tell exactly when."