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The Washington herald., 1906-12-09

edged that be was the father Of two OF
her children.
Because Of this fact. Mrs. Brown, at
the time Of her death, willed all her prop
erty to her sons, in the fear that Mrs.
Bradley might have some claim on her
husband. 1t is said she did not get
the cordial support from her friends
that she would have received if she had
been less vindictlve
While Mrs. Bradley viii not admit her
identity. it is claimed by Salt Lake City
people in Washington that she was Dolly
Madison prior 10 her marriage, and that
she was well connected in Kansas City
and Denver
After the shooting here yesterday, the
rumor gained currency Il at Brown had
left Kalamazoo in 1877. after some trouble
with woman. who is said TO have fired
at him. Friends Of the family are in
clined to believe that he has divorced
wife living in Michigan now. His second
wife was 4 Utah woman. but neither she
nor NJ. Brown was a Mormon. both hay-
ing been leaders among the Utah people
Of Gentle faith.
Mrs Bradley, in addition Ia having
been publisher Of d w0man's rights maga-
zine was, during the time she was sec
retary of the Republican State central
committee Of Utah. delegated TO present
q floral tribute to President Roosevelt on
the occasion CT his visit to that State.
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WIFE a CHARMING WOMAN.
Mrs. Brown introduced Mrs. Bradley
TO Her Husband.

Washington people who know Brown,
and who are acquainted with his life in
Salt Lake City. say his last wife was
charming woman, and on her visit to
Washington. ten years ago. she made
many friends by her gracious manner
1t is said that it was she who had
brought Brown and Mrs. Bradley to-
gether. The latter was at the time of
the first meeting a woman with literary
inspirations and with entree into Salt
Lake Citys best society.
When Mrs. Brown discovered that rela
tions between her husband and Mrs Brad
ley were not what they should be, she
was furious and would not heed the ad-
vice of friends that her husband would
return to her. She employed detectives
to shadow him day and night, and. as
Brown and Mrs Bradley were not par
ticularly secretive about their actions.
she had no trouble in securing much evil
dence against him
About this time. 1t is said, Brown de
cided to have nothing more to do with
Mrs Bradley, who had again become
mother.
Her husband had left her because of
her relations with Brown. so il is said.
and had contributed but little to her sup
port.
At the time Brown decided to throw
her of, she sued him for support of her
When the case was called in
court. Mrs. Bradley appeared with one
child in her arms, and Brown acknowl-
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NOMINATION HELD UP.
Doubt rs to Legal Experience OF
COmmissiOner Cooley.

0OOAC-s
The nomination of Afford W. Cooley. of
Westchester, former Civil Service Com
missioner. to be Assistant Attorney Gen
eral may not be reported from the Senate
Committee on judiciary at this session
of Congress.
There is a conviction in the minds of
some Of the Senator's on the committee
that Mr.. Cooley, who is young man,
has not had the experience in the actual
practice Of law to equip him for the inn
portant office to which the President has
assigned him.
Mr.. Cooley IS one Of the cOterie of
young men in official life who has enjoy
ed the Presidents friendship and con-
hdence to marked degree. He is known
widely in the official world as member
Of the tennis cabinet" as he is often
telephoned for from the White House to
come and play with the President.
Senator Platt called on the President
yesterday to inquire about the nominal
tion of Mr.. Cooley, who comes from New
York The New York Senators were not
consulted in the appointment When he
came from the White House, the Senator
said: 'Mr Cooley will be confirmed.
There was a little difficulty about the
nomination. but it Is all right now"
Thomas l. Chatfield will be recommend
ed to the President for appointment as
United States district judge
Timothy /. Woodruff called at the
White House yesterday morning, but the
President was so busy that he had no
extended talk with him about New York
politics. Mr.. Woodruff said he expected
to see the President agaig.
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FISH CONFERS WITH KNAPP.
CIOseted for Hours with Chairman
of Interstate Commission.

Chairman Knapp Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission. had a two hours
conference yesterday afternoon with
Stuyvesant Fish, the deposed president Of
the Illinois Central Railroad. It is un-
derstood that he furnished the commits
sioner with all the information in his
possession regarding the merging of the
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific rail-
roads.
1t was announced at the conclusion
Of the conference that Mr. Fish might
not be summoned by the commission to
give testimony bearing on the consoli-
datiOn Of the two roads An investiga-
tion viii not be made into the facts in
connection with the deposition of Mr.
Fish as president of the Illinois Central.
that being recognized as a private COM
mercial transaction.
Mr.. Fish called upon the President
yesterday. He declined last evening TO
affirm or deny the report that he is to
furnish the Interstate Commerce Com
mission with evidence against the Harri-
man consolidation
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PLAN STRIKE AT HOMESTAKE
Miners in Black Hills District De-
mand Shorter Day.
Hearst's Property to Be Guarded by
Militia should Amy Trouble
Occur in Mines.

Lead, 6. Oak. Dec. Son the decision
Of a meeting OF the members Of the West
ern Federation Of Miners. which will be
held here tomorrow. hangs the question
of a strike in the Homestake mine. If a
strike is declared it is considered certain
that practically every active company in
the Black Hills will also close down.
Some 200 men. whose wages range
from 3 to Sc day. are implicated in
the trouble between the miners and the
Homestake Company, in which the Hearst
millions predOminate.
It is said that the ultimatum has gone
forth from the headquarters Of the West
ern Federation that the Lead union
which comprises a membership of 100
men, shall make a demand for an eight
hour day. and that if this is not granted
they shall declare "a strike Should the
Lead union fail to declare a strike, in the
event that its demands are not granted
then il will be compelled 10 forfeit its
membership in the Western Federation
The advocates Of a strike declare that the
Black Hills country Is the only one in
the West where the eight-hOur day Is
not already in force.
In view of the possibility Of trouble, in
the event that a strike should be called,
the militia of the State has been ordered
in readiness. and will be rushed into Lead
from all directions at the first outbreak
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HEARD TWO SHOTS.
Chambermaid Contradicts Mrs. Brad
Iey's story Of Affair.


While Mrs Bradley denies that she fired
two shots. there are two cartridges in the
revolver discharged, and chambermaid
in the Raleigh Hotel. Josephine KidweU
working in the room next to that in
which the shooting occurred, saws there
were two shots fired
4 was working in the next room and
heard two reports from a pistol. I ran
out Of the room and went to the elevator
to call the attendant As I passed the
door of the room. I heard some one say.
Some one help me-some one do some
thing for me- I was afraid to open the
door, and asked the elevator boy to do so.
I was greatly excited and kept out of the
room until the manager asked me to give
my name as a witness"
Mrs Bradley's story was that Brown
had his hand across his abdomen at the
time OF the shooting. thus accounting for
the injury to his finger.
The police are much interested in Mrs.
Bradleys case, and admire her nerve
in the way she has withstOOd the ordeal
through which she has passed. no for
NAL charge has been placed against her.
and her trunk has not been removed from
the Raleigh Hotel. 1t viii probably be
taken away to-day and placed At her
disposal in Matron Thornburghs room.
To the matron Mrs. Bradley has talked
freely Of her case, but has told her lit
tie Of her motive, beyond what she has
made public
To Inspector BOardman and Detective
Grant Mrs Bradley said last night that
her difficulty with Mr. Brown was be-
cause he refused to grant her request
that he set her up in business. This was
but one of her stories. and because of
her condition they do not expect to get
much authentic information from her un-
I'll to-day.
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of Brown and Mrs. Bradley were nOtori-
Gus. and that Brown had rather lost cast
with the better class Of people on account
of this. They say that It became public
scandal, and that Brown was arrested
three years ago on a warrant sworn out
by his wife IL Is said that Mrs. Bradley
pleaded guilty to a serious charge, and
that sentence on Brown was suspended.
Il has long been known ...at she
claimed her two children were Brown s.
and they are known as Arthur Brown
and Montgomery Brown. aged seven ana
twelve. Those who know them both
surmise that Mrs. Bradley and Brown
had quarreled on Friday night before
his departure from Salt Lake on Sat
urday, and that It was her fear that
she would not become his wife that
led her to follow him to Washington.
Notwithstanding Mrs. Bradley's state
ment it is intimated that her husband
lett her, giving her grounds on which
10 get a divorce, because Of the talk
that connected her name with that OF
Mr.. Brown, and upon the death Of
Browns wife two years ago.
The horsewhipping is said 10 have taken
place about two years ago, because. it
is supposed. Brown wished TO break of
his relations with Mrs. Bradley. This
also created a scandal. but no arrests
We're made, and the people of Salt Lake
have left both severely alone socially
since that time
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as he was well-to-do. had much prestige.
About this time he met Mrs Bradley,
whose husband is said to have left her.
The two made little pretense Of hiding
their relationship. and when they were
finally arrested on a warrant sworn out
by Browns second wife. Salt Lake people
practically refused to have anything more
10 do with them Browns second wife
died A year ago last September. A first
wife is said to be living In Michigan, hav-
ing been divorced.
He has a son, Max Brown, attending the
University of Chicago, and daughter
who is society editor OF the Ohio State
Journal. at Columbus. Ohio. Yesterday.
after the shooting, he directed kilograms
to each Of them, telling them not TO come,
and another to Mrs. Annie Adams. Of
Philadelphia. mother of Maude Adams.
the actress, who is Of Mormon extrac-
ton and a friend Of the family. saying
he would recover.
People who knew Brown say that within
the last few years ne has been inclined to
dissipate heavily. and in that way has
sI,S2t a great part Of his means. He IS
heavy man, sOlidly built. with dark hair,
mixed with gray. and a heavily lined face.
During his stay in Congress, Senator
Brown was or the Committees on Mining,
Indian Depredations. and Forest Rcserva-
tions. Although since his retirement he
has been a prominent Republican, he has
paid but little attention 10 politics.
From Salt Lake City comes word that
Bartich & BagIey Of that city. have been
retained as Mrs. BTadiey's counsel. II Is
said there that when Mr.. Brown left Salt
Lake City he left money for Mrs. Brad
ley TO buy a ticket 20 Los Angeles, and
that when she left II was presumed she
had gone 10 California. The first intima
tion that she had come 10 Washington
was the news Of the shooting
Brown and Mrs. Bradley We're arrested
many times but each time. so the Salt
Lake City people say. Brown managed 10
elude prosecution because Of his prOmi-
nence It was believed there that when
Mrs. Abbie Cameron Brown died, Mrs.
Bradley and Brown would be married,
and Mrs. Bradley had intimated as much
10 her friends
A. T. l. Leckie. senior member Of the
law firm OF Leckie * Fulton. late last
night confirmed the report from Salt
Lake City to the effect that his firm had
beea retained as counsel
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BROWN IS COURAGEOUS.
Insists Wound Is Not Serious Enough
to Cause Death.

J. S. Gum, Of Helena, Mont. who came
here with Mr.. Brown to conduct the case
before the Supreme Court on Monday.
that Of the Montana Limited VS.. the st.
Louis Mining Company, regarding the
title to mining properties in Montana. had
nothing 70 say Of the shooting
Il do not know Mr.. Brown intimately"
said Mr. Gum. Il am associated with
him in this case. and went TO his room,
when heard he had been shot. At that
time he said to me; John, if I die.
was killed for nothing
AT the hospital he stated that That
will never kin me; can stand more than
that "
Mr.. Gum said the case may be post
poned because of the condition of Mr.
Brown.
Browns remarkable nerve. and his in
sistence that he viii not die, was COM
mented on by both Mr. Gum and Mr.
Tally Although suffering greatly when
first found and greeted by Mr.. Gum, one
Of his first remarks was that he would
get we'll
Mr. Brown and MIR. Gum were asso-
ciated with Ralston * SiddOns, OF Wash
ington. in the case they are to take be-
fore the Supreme Court
The case involves the recovery Of 1886. 900
WORTH Of ore
Mr.. Siddons. Of the Washington Ia.r
firm. stated that he would not be sur
prised if the case is postponed, for the
reason that Il involves intricate points
in technical mining law, in which Mr..
Brown is very proficient. They were de-
pending upon him 20 lead the argument
in the case.
4 received "A telegram from Secretary Of
State Livingstone. Cf salt Lake City,
asking for particulars as 10 the shooting
From the tenor Of the message, l take il
The authorities there are greatly interest
ed in the case
So far as his law associates know. Mr.
Brown Gid not know MIS- Bradley was in
the city. and they believe sne may have
found her way 90 his room shortly after
she registered, or saw him in the hall.
They state he was at the Capitol IN the
morning. but his movements from II
O'Clock 10 the time OF the shooting have
not yet been accounted for.
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TALLY GOT DYING STATEMENT.
Manager of Raleigh Early on scene
of the Tragedy.

Manager T. J. Tally. Of the Raleigh
Hotel, was notified of the shooting in ex-
Senator Browns room by z. A. Parker,
a colored bellbOy, and he went immedi-
ately to the room. where he found Mrs.
BradIeys victim lying on the floor, pill
low under his head; the woman. and Ed
ward Cruitt. the elevator boy.
When I came in, SD Mr.. Tally. Mr..
Brown was lying on the floor, and he
said: I am shot Can you help me?'
Both were fully dressed, and I thought
the woman had the revolver in her hand
bag. which she handed me. finally saw
it on the bureau and took it. I asked
the woman if she was Browns wife, and
she said: No. but I am the mother of
two of his children
That woman shot me- said Mr.
Brown to me- and then we helped get
him on the bed, where brandy was ad-
ministered. the police were sent for, and
an ambulance called for.
Mrs Bradley came TO the hotel about
noon She was unaccOmpanied, and her
trunk and hand baggage arrived about
the same time. She registered as Mrs.
A Brown and was assigned 10 room 221.
That il was on the same floor, and near
TO Mr.. Browns room, was the merest
accident. She appeared TO be a very re-
spectacle woman. and no one gave it a
second thought when she registered.
SO far as I know. this is the first
time Mr.. Brown has ever stopped in this
hotel. and, of course. we all regret the
occurrence very much.
Clerk Nelson was on the desk and
when Mrs. Bradley registered she asked
If MI Brown was stopping here Mel
son said he was. and asked if she was
his wife. She replied that she was not,
and wanted a separate room. giving no
intimation that she cared to be close to
his room. It happened that the room to
which she was assigned was one of the
few on the lower floors that was avail
a ahle "
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DANGER OF POISONING.
Hospital superintendent Says Victim
Has "A Bare Chance.

The bullet that seriously injured Mr.
Brown. entered the abdomen just below
the intestines, perforating the bladder
and lodging against the pelvic 0o..l ac-
cording to Supt c 5 White. OF the
Emergency Hospital who conducted the
operation.
The cutting Of the bladder together
with Mr. Browns advanced age. count
against him, he said.
At the same time, he has a wonderful
constitution, and should he rally from the
shock. he may recover There is grave
danger Of septic poisoning. also. His
pulse was low during the operation and
his temperature was a degree below nor.
mai During the operation he had an
internal hcmOrrhage. Mr.. Brown dis.
played remarkable nerve until he was
placed under the influence Of an anes-
thetic"
At midnight the physicians stated that
ex-senator Browns condition is very
grave. The bullet, which made a hole
perhaps an inch in diameter. was not re-
moved from its lodging place against the
pelvic bone
The Washington herald., 1906-12-09
TRIBUTE BY SUTHERLAND.
Brown Is Described by Senator as
"A Brilliant Man.

Senator George Sutherland. Of Utah,
who was sent for by Mrs Bradley after
she had shot ex-senator Brown, said
that he had known Brown ever since he
came 10 Utah in 1ST. and paid high
tribute TO his ability as "a lawyer
He was brilliant man." said Senator
Sutherland. and gave promise Of attain
ing great prominence. He was a sound
money Republican, while his colleague,
Frank Cannon, walked out of the Re
publican convention in St Louis, in 1886,
and Joined the ranks Of the free silver
people.
THE relations of Brown with this
woman We're notorious in Utah, and their
case at the time Of their arrest was fully
aired in the papers. I know no more
about il than any other resident Of Salt
Lake City
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WAS PROMINENT IN UTAH.
Brown "a Lawyer of Much Prestige in
Salt Lake City,

Arthur Brown was born in Prairie
Ronde, Kalamazoo County, Mich He at
tended school near his home. and after
attending Antioch College. at Yellow
Springs. Ohio, he took postgraduate
work in the law school of the University
of Michigan. He was admitted to the bar
in Kalamazoo in 1877, and went from
there to Salt Lake City.
He made his mark as a rising attorney,
and when the State was admitted to the
Union. he, with Frank J. Cannon, was
elected to the United States Senate. Be
fore the State legislature, the two men
drew lots for the short term, Brown get
ting the one year, from May, 1896. until
March T. 1897
Upon his return to Salt Lake City. he
again took Up the practice of law, and,
The Washington herald., 1906-12-09
CURRENCY COMMISSION
Will Meet Here Monday to Complete
Work on Bill.

The currency commission Of the
American Bankers Association will as
semble at the New Willard tomorrow
to confer upon several matters left
open at the close of its sessions last
month. At that time there was a gen
eral agreement upon the main features
of bill to be presented to Congress,
but few minor details were taken un-
der consideration by a subcommittee
which Will now submit its report, after
which the finishing touches will be Civ
en- 10 the bill.
The commission on Tuesday will go
in body before the House Committee
on Banking and Currency for a general
discussion of the bill and to urge its
passage in Congress.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-09
Progress in Shorthand Instruction,

IL is surprising that an art so valuable
as stenOgraphy should be learned in g
brief a time, and hence at so small a COST
as II Is at the Congressional School.
Ihls school. located at the corner Of
Twelfth and 9 streets, places students in
positions IN from three and One-half to
Tour months, fact evidenced it is said
by nearly all of its pupils. and therefore
al tuition Is suspended In the department
OF Sten0grdphy and typeWriting at or ba-
fore the expiration of four months. IT is
therefore. important that students and
parents. having in view economy of ont
lay and thorOughness in reporting
methods, should consult this school in Sc
lecting a place of study
The school also announces a reduction
In rates, in all departments, prior 10 re-
moval to its new rooms
The Washington herald., 1906-12-09
CHATFIELD TO BE JUDGE.
Chosen for Federal Bench in East
ern New York.

1t may be said on authority that Thorn
as r. Chatheld, now assistant United
States attorney, has been selected to be
Federal judge in the Eastern New York
district, to succeed Judge Thomas, who
is going TO the State supreme bench A
semi-Official announcement to this effect
was made last evening, following a con-
ference between the President and Tim
Othy Woodruff chairman Of the State
Republican committee.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-09
CANAL FULL OF BLUNDERS."
Engineer Linden w. Bates Picks
Flaws in Panama Project.

New YORK. Dec. Linden Wallace
Bates, the engineer and canal constructor,
in an interview in to-day's World, says
that blunders menace the canal project
Bates says the great Gatun dam cannot
be built as designed, and that estimates
on the flight of locks are only guess
work. Mr.. Bates says the contracting
system is unfair. and paves the way 70
wholesale stealing of the nations funds
The Washington herald., 1906-12-09
Delta Tau .Frat." Gives banquet.

Representatives L. P. Padgett of Ten
nessee. and James R. Mann. of Illinois.
and George n. Atkinson of the Court
of Claims, were among the prominent
members Of the Delta Tau fraternity
who sDoke at the fifth annual banquet
at the Shoreham Hotel last night. Nine
new members were initiated into the
George Washington chapter of that
fraternity previous to the banquet
Charles S. Smith, of the University Of
Iowa chapter. acted as toastmaster.
The Washington herald., 1906-12-09
SEVEN KILLED IN TUNNEL.
Fatal Dynamite Explosion on New
COaI-cnrryiRg Road.

Bristol. Tenn, Dec N.-Seveu men
We're killed and six injured as the re-
suit of dynamite explosion in tun-
mel being constructed on the South and
Western Railway. near Alta Pass, y. c.,
to-day. The names of the men cannot
be learned here tonight. Three of the
killed are negroes Their bodies were
brought to WGtauga, Tenn, tonight.
Heavy loss of life from explosions has
thus far attended the construction of
this new cOal-carrying road, which is
backed by the Ryan interests.
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AID BY ELEVATOR BOY.
Edward Cruitt Tells of Scene Imme-
diateIy After Shooting.

Edward Cruitt. the elevator boy, was
the first person TO enter the room in the
Raleigh Hotel after the shots had been
fired by Mrs Bradley
When I entered the room" said Cruitt,
saw the woman standing above the
man, who was lying on the hOor AT the
foot OF the bed. He seemed 10 be in great
agony. and said:
Can't you get some one 70 do some
thing for me2 This woman shot me-
The manager soon arrived and told
me TO get some brandy When 1 returned
with IL. heard her say: No, / am not
MS wife. but the mother Of two Of his
children
The woman was very cool There was
no indication of there having been any
struggle"
The Washington herald., 1906-12-09
Minister Dies of Exposure.

Somerset, Pa, Dee. S-Urlas BrOugh-
er. seventy-two years old, a German
Baptist minister here. died to-day as
result Of exposure. On Monday while
driving from here to Kingwood. he
suffered an attack of apOplexy and fell
out of the buggy. When discovered
some hours later his body was almost
buried in the snow. his face was COW
cred with a thin coat of ice. and his
hair frozen in a solid mass
The Washington herald., 1906-12-09
Bishop Seymour Passes Away.

Springfield, Ill, Dec. S.-George
Franklin Seymour. Bishop of SPRING
field, who died to-day, was seventy
seven years of age. and was born in
New York. He was consecrated bishop
in 1878. A graduate OF Columbia Col
lege, he entered the General TheoIogi-
cal Seminary, and in 1851 was ordained.
Bishop Seymour was prolific writer on
religious subjects
The Washington herald., 1906-12-09
Civil War Nurse Dies

Wilkesbarre, Dec. S-Miss Harriet
Reifsnyder Sharpless, who was one of
the most famous army nurses during the
civil war. died last night at the home OF
her brother, in Bloomsbury. She was
sixty-nine years Of age. At the outbreak
Of the war she responded to the first call
for nurses and went direct 10 the front