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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-11-26

EXPERT TESTIF:l|IE:S
Answers Hypothetical Question and
Declares That Mrs. Brown Was an
Abnormal Woman and She Was
Undoubtedly Ineane-Minister Sum-
moned From Denver to Testify.

Washington, Nov. 25.-That Mrs.
Annie M. Bradley was insane at the
time she shot former Senator Brown
OF I1t@h in this city, december s last,
The opinion of DR.. William Bar
ton, OF the medical department of
Georgetown university and special.
ist in nervous diseases, expressed at
the trial Of Mrs. Bradley today.
DR.. Barton's testimony followed the
reading to him Of a hypothetical ques-
tion Of $4,000 words, covering the his
tory Of Mrs. Bradley's relations with
Senator Brown from the day she met
him to the day OF the tragedy.
DR.. Barton diagnosed Mrs. Bradley'B
ailment as being puerporal insanity,
caused by what he described as the
continued assaults upon her nervous
system due to abortions which she
had had performed upon her. In ex-
planning why he looked on her as an
abnormal woman, he said she was in
terested in things that do not usually
attract women, and instanced the fact
that she was secretary Of a political
club as an evidence of her abnor-
maliy.
Dr. Barton was on the stand prac-
tically the entire day, and was SUBJ
jected to severe cross-examination
by the district attorney, aided by the
governments insanity experts, DR..
Smith Ely Jelliffe OF New York and
DR.. Edward 8. Brush Of Baltimore. DR..
Barton proved to be a good witness
for the defense His testimony that
showed his conclusions as to Mrs.
Bradley's insanity was unshaken by
the cross-examination.
Mrs. Bradley Pale and Haggard.
The defendant came into court to-
day looking pale and haggard, evil
dently in anticipation that, after all,
the question of her sanity or insanity
at the time of the act was the para
mount issue in the case. While today
she shed no tears, she frequently
bowed her head and closed her eyes
for long periods, apparently oblivious
to all that was going on around her.
When the session of the day was over
her face had a distinct expression of
sadness.
DR.. Britton D. Evans OF the hospital
for the insane will go on the stand
tomorrow, and later Or. G. D. Hill Of
Baltimore will be called. They. will
both testify for the defense.
For the prosecution. DR.. Smith Ely
Jelliffe Of New York and DR.. Edward
S. Brush OF Baltimore will give testi-
mony later. DR.. Fvans and DR.. Jellife
were for the defense in the ThaW
trial, but they are on opposite sides in
the Bradley case.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-11-26
PROHIBITION
FOR NEW YORK
MOVEMENT LAUNCHED BY Tenn
PERANcE ADVOCATES.

New York, Nov. 25.-Cheered by
what they believe the beginning of the
greatest temperance revival the coun-
try has ever seen, the prohibitionists
of New York are planning a crusade
to move the state into the "dry" col
umn.
II Alabama and Georgia can be
turned to prohibition, why not New
York? they say. A state ticket will be
put In the field and the campaign to
elect a legislature which will pass a
prohibition law next year is being
planned and viii be actively carried
M .i-
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-11-26
TERM I'm REFORM
SCHOOL. beneficial
YOUNG MAN LEARNED TRADE
AND rs PARDoNED.
Especial to The Gazette.)

Helena, Nov. 25. Governor Toole
has extended pardon to Ulysses
Pleasant, a young man confined in
the reform school. He was committed
for incorrigibility from Havre when 10
years old and has been an inmate of
the institution for eight years. His
letter to the governor states that he
has learned several trades and is full
" competent to earn livelihood for
himself and mother.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-11-26
BAIL FOR MAXWELL.

New York, Nov. 25.-Former Presi-
dent Maxwell Of the Borough bank of
Brooklyn, under indictment for grand
larceny and forgery, and who has
been locked up several days in default
OF bail, was released tonight. bonds
Of $50, 900 having been furnished.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-11-26
WILL INVITE pRESlDETT
San francisco Wants Him to Assist
in Welcoming Fleet into the Golden
Gate.

San Francisco, Nov. 25.-It was de-
cided at today's meeting Of the board
of supervisors that President Roose-
welt should be invited by Mayor Tay-
lor to be the guest OF San Francisco
and take part in the festivities to
mark the arrival OF the big feet in
this city.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-11-26
JOSEPH c. HELM APPOINTED.

Denver, Colo, NOV. 2b. Governor
Buchtelr today appointed Judge Joseph
G. Helm OF this city associate justice
OF the supreme court, to succeed
Chas. z. Maxwell, deceased.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-11-26
DE ORC WINS THlRTlETH GAME.

St. Louis, Nov. 225 Alfredo DE Gro
OF New York won the thirtieth game
OF the netional three-cuahion billiard
championship tournament here to-
night By defeating John &. Horgan cf
Elmira, N. r., 30 TO 30.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1907-11-26
FORECAST OF WEATHER.

Montana: Fair I'm east portion: 10
cal rains In west portion. Tuesday.
Wednesday, rain or snow.
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TO DEPoRT JAP WOMEN.
Brought to Montana FOR Immoral Pur-
poses.
Especial 70 The Gazette.)

Helena, Nov. 25.-Immigration in
spector J. G. Walker win tomorrow
take three Japanese women. alleged
to have been imported for immoral
purposes, from Butte to Seattle for de-
portation.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-04-05
How God Can Help.

God is never at a loss for means
to protect His people. Sometimes the
means are surprisingly simple.
With 800 men, armed with trum-
pets and lanterns, Gideon drove a
vast army of Midianites and Amale-
kites out of the land of the children
of Israel.
The youth David, armed with a
sling and a few pebbles, defeated and
killed the thoroughly armed giant
Goliath.
The prophet Elisha and his ser
want were alone at Dathan. when
they found themselves surrounded by
the army of the King of Syria. But
Elisha was not afraid. The Lord
smote the Syrians with blindness,
and they became harmless.
Felix of Nola on n occasion,
when being pursued by his enemies,
hid in a deep. dark cave. There he
rested until his pursuers had passed.
Coming to the cave, his enemies
looked in, but, seeing a cobweb spun
across the mouth of the cave, they
concluded he could not be there, or
it would be broken. Felix heard
them speak of the web. Then he
philosophical: with God, a spiders
web becomes a stone wall. and with
out God a stone wall becomes a
spiders web."-Reformed Church
Record. ~
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What is DYING?

1 am standing upon the seasrore.
A ship at my side spreads her white
sails to the morning breeze and starts
for the blue ocean. She is an object
of beauty and strength, and l stand
and watch her until, at length, she
hangs like a speck of white cloud just
where the sea and sky come down to
mingle with each other. Then some
one at my side says: There! she's
gonei" Gone where? Gone from
my sight-that is all. She is just as
large in mast and hull and spar as
she was when she left my side, and
just as able to bear her load of living
freight to the place of her destina-
ton. Her diminished size is in me
and not in her.
And just at the moment when some
one at my side says: There! She's
gonei" there are other eyes that are
watching her coming and other voices
ready to take up the glad shout,
There she comes!" And that is
dying.-Sunday-School Evangel. =
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-04-05
advertisements

First, we should preach the Gospel
Tell me the old, old story" is not
mere sentiment set to music, but the
outcry of breaking and bleeding
hearts and souls that are ready and
eager to know the truth in Jesus
Christ. And for my part, I, as a min
lister of the Gospel, believe the call of
men should be answered. Answered
not with theoretical and doctrinal dis
cussions, not with recitals of our
doubts and differences upon points
that are non-essentiaI. but with that
simple and eternal truth uDon which
our hearts are stayed and through
which the souls of men about US NAV
be saved. The mission of the church
is to bring the story of salvation IN
to humanity and I for my part am
very sorry for the Christian brother
whose soul is Jared into discord
rather than swung into harmony with
redemption's glorious song when
those whom Christ has commissioned
to preach His word call mel TO Jesus
and ask them to take a stand for
Christ. The Christian who objects
to the methods of Jesus Christ needs
to go to His knees and get a new
bantism from above.
Then, too. we must preach a ami
versal Gospel-a Gospel that shall re-
lieve poor men of restraint. And I.
for my part, will have neither part
nor communion with any congrega-
ton of Gods people who would make
clothes Or cash a requisite to open
handed and free-hearted admission
to the house of God. And I think 7
voice the opinion of this household of
faith when say that all men of what
ever race, character or condition who
wish to hear the good news of God
unto eternal life through Jesus Christ
are welcome to this church. And the
more the Church of God reaches out
toward men of low degree and men
in sin the faster will she grow in
grace and numbers, and the more
will she do the will of Him who hath
sealed her as His own.
And lastly l may say that we ought
to do definite, energetic, widespread
personal and collective work for
Jesus. 1t is our duty to go to men.
Our command is not to Oid them
come to us, but to go to bid them to
come to Jesus. And this church and
every congregation of the church mil
liant would do a far grander and
a more wonderfully blessed work il
we would but go out to the people
and tell them the glad tidings that
they so much need to hear.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-04-05
The Conversion of Waste.

At the Engineering Exhibition just
closed, considerable interest was
manifested in a product which has
proved to be of great commercial
value. AS exhibited before being
ground into its final form, it resem-
bles a collection of beautiful topaz
crystals, which shine brightly in the
light. 1t is another illustration of
the scientific conversion of what was
once known as waste" These
sparkling crystals are simply COM
pounded of sand, coke, salt and saw
dust, subjected to a heat of 1900 de-
grees Fahrenheit ian almost inered-
ible degree Of heat), with the result
named. The scientific world is sup
plying the church with numerous IL
Illustrations of the conversion" of
waste. Society, however, pays little
heed to the conversion of human
waste, which it treats as hopeless.
The Christian alone knows the secret
power which is capable of ~redeeming
the most abandoned portions of hui
mainly, and claiming them for God.
London Christian. Ms
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-04-05
House He Rnilded Falls.

II. W. Meyers, a carpenter, has
spent nearly a year of his leisure time
building a home for himself at Haw-
horne, a suburb of Paterson. 1t is a
two-story and attic building and it
was completed recently. After Mey-
ers had left to go to work the build
Ing collapsed and in an instant the
work that 1t had taken a year to com
plete was a heap of ruins. Mrs. Mary
Walls, who has been housekeeper for
Meyers since the death of his wife a
few weeks ago. had a narrow escape
from death. She was at work in the
kitchen when she felt the building
sagging and heard the timbers splin-
ter and crash. AS she ran toward the
door she was struck by the falling
plaster and some of the timbers. She
was severely bruised. The ruins
caught fire, and not even the lumber
with which tho house was built was
left to Meyers. When the building
came down there was a roar and a
crash that startled all in the village,
and for a time some believed that an
earthquake had struck Hawthorne.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-04-05
In All Parts of the State.

The Gloucester County Board of
Freeholders fixed the appropriation
for roads for the coming year at
$4,000.
Falling from a porch at her home
in Bordentown, Susie Donnelly, the
~ten-year-old daughter of Felix Don
nelly, dislocated her left shoulder.
Rev. Thomas s. Hammond and
Rev. John w. Lynch, new pastors, re-
spectively, of the Broad street and
Union Methodist churches, of Bur-
Iington, have already been rendered
receptions by the congregations.
Many new houses are being erect
ed in North Millville.
Rev. J. E. Shaw, the new pastor at
Pedricktown, was given a reception.
That South Jersey farmers are
planting an unusualquantity of white
potatoes is shown by the fact that a
dealer in Mullica Hill has sold 5000
barrels and one in Glassboro over
5000 barrels of seedlings.
Some time ago some pennies were
distributed among children of the
Westville M. P. Sunday-school as tai
ents. A report vas made recently
and $155 was turned in, one-third Of
which was collected by Walter Dun
can.
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Weep and Howl, We Rich.

go to, now, We rich men, weep and
howl for your miseries that shall
come upon you. Your riches are
corrupted and your garments are
moth-eaten. Your gold and silver is
cankered, and the rust of them shall
be a witness against you, and shall
eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye
have heaped treasure together far
the last days. Behold, the hire of the
laborers who have reaped down your
fields, which is of you kept back by
fraud, crieth, and the cries of them
which have reaped are entered into
the ears of the Lord of Sabbath. Ye
have lived in pleasure on the earth,
and been wanton; ye have nourished
your hearts, as in q day of slaughter.
Ye have condemned and killed the
Just, and he doth not resist YOU"
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-04-05
SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRAIN
WRECKED BY OPEN SWITCH
Many Passengers Killed and In
jured at Cotton, Cal.
EXPRESS NINE HOURS LATE
Westbound Train of Fourteen Coaches
Running at High Speed Left the
Track and Were Crushed To-
gether With FrightfuI Loss.

Cotton, GAIA disastrous wreck
on the Southern Pacific occurred one
and a half miles east of here, when
a w~est-bound train from New Orleans
for San Francisco, known as the Sun
set Express, ran into an open switch
at forty miles an hour. Ten of the
fourteen coaches were derailed.
Twenty-six persons are known to
have been killed, and the final list
will probably total much higher. The
Injured number about one hundred,
many of whom may die.
Four of the wrecked coaches were
smashed to splinters. Most of the
dead were immigrants en- route from
New York and New Orleans for San
Francisco. They occupied the smoker
and day coach. The dead were ter
ribly MANNED and mangled.
The Florence Roberts Theatrical
Company occupied one coach, which
was hurled from the tracks and both
ends of it crushed in by impact
against the others. Two of the TWEEN
ty-two members of the company were
Injured. Miss Roberts was unhurt.
The escape from death of the occu-
pants of this car was remarkable,
considering the manner in which the
coaches yer splintered and torn.
The men and women were hurled
from one end of the coach to the
other.
Miss Roberts and her chorus we're
Arof 70 -o~l@r I'll - 1Lo -i4;-oo
Two cars of the troupe's scenery
were destroyed, and as a result the
company will be compelled to aban-
lon the remainder of it's circuit and
return East at once.
The train was more than nine
hours late, and making time.
The blame rested with a switch
crew. The switch engine had just
pushed a string of freight cars on to
4 side track. Fireman NJ. j. Morri-
son, the only man of the crew that
has been seen since the accident,
called attention to the open main
line switch.
Only two Americans are known to
have been killed, although several OF
them + among the injured.
Half Of the car were old-fashioned
day coaches. They were smashed in
to a shapeless mass by the seven
heavy Pullman sleepers which made
up the ear Of the train. In the Pull
nan coaches were eighty passengers.
| Not one of them was injured.
Engineer Warrington stuck to
his post and was seriously injured.
Among the injured passengers are
Milton Hill, of New York, and Fred
Alderman, of Utica, both slightly.
and E. V. Giroux, of New York, man
ager Of the Florence Roberts troupe.
cut on arms.
George L. Sharp, of Muncie, Ind.
was instantly killed.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-04-05
HUGHES MAKES HIS APPEAL.
Defends the Public Utilities Bill in a
Speech at Utica.

Utica, N. while his enemies at
Albany are planning his defeat, Gov
ernor Hughes took an active hand in
the fight by making a notable speech
at Utica. In it he appealed to the
people of the State to save the Public
Utilities bill from the amendments
suggested by the public service cor
porations.
The speech was made before the
Utica Chamber of Commerce at the
annual banquet of that organization.
The Governor replied to the critics CT
the Utilities bill with a warning that
the will of the people cannot be per-
manently disregarded. He demand
ed a free hand for the proposed State
Public Service Commission in regu-
lating the corporations Of this State.
Declaring that Federal regulation
is not State regulation, and that Fed
eral powers and State powers are ex-
ercised in different spheres, he OBJ
jected to a general court review of
the administrative acts of the pro-
posed Public Service Commission, on
the ground that it is not in accord
ance with the theory of u Govern
ment that an attempt should be made
to convert the Appellate Court into
an administrative board. , p
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-04-05

NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Woman and children Drowned.

Finding of the bodies of a woman
n two children in Shongum Lake,
two miles from Dover, revealed a sad
case of murder of the little ones by a
mother who, at the same time, killed
herself. The body of the woman,
Mrs. Matilda Drifting, was in a stoop-
ing posture, and one of the two little
children she still clasped in her right
arm, against her breast, while the
other child was held between her
knees. Both the children's garments
had been pinned to the woman's with
safety pins, so as to prevent them
from getting away from her. The
bodies were discovered by the hus-
band of the woman and the father of
the children. Mrs. Drifting was
twenty-eight years old, and the wife
of Otto Drifting, of Millbrook. The
two children were her nine-month's-
old babe George and her stepchild,
Grace, three years of age. The Wom-
an was the mans second wife, and it
is said she was jealous of the atten-
tons that he showered on his three
children by the first wife. This Is
thought to have caused her to end
her life and that of the two children.
Drifting was in Dover buying sup
plies for the week, and when he re-
turned to his home his hired man
told him that his wife and the two
children had gone to the home of
Mrs. Huss, q washerwoman. Drifting
waited and then, as his wife did not
return, he went to Mrs. Huss' house,
only to learn that his wife had not
stopped there, although she had
passed along the road, accompanied
by the two children. Instantly Brit
ting became alarmed, knowing his
wife had been acting queerly. He at
once thought of the lake as the place
she might have gone to. He met a
neighbor further on who told him
that he had seen Mrs. Briting and the
children near Shongum Lake several
hours before.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-04-05

messages to Congress at the begin
ming of the first and second sessions
of the last Congress. The President
concludes his letter to Mr.. Smith as
follows.
You will see in the two speeches
n the two messages that l have
said about all that I would say il l
spoke now. AS l said to your body
the other day, l have already ex-
pressed again and again my carefully
thought out beliefs. ! am more firm
ly than ever convinced that these be-
liefs are wise and that the policy I
recommended in my messages at the
opening of each of the last regular
sessions Of Congress must be carried
out. Just at the moment | do not see
that / have much to add to what /
have already said, and l think that
what has occurred since | wrote the
two messages in question merely IL
illustrates in striking fashion the de-
STABILITY of the course therein out
lined"
To summarize the statement makes
clear the following four points:
First-That the President intends
to adhere rigidly to his original plans
for the reform of the management OF
railroads, regardless of the adverse
criticism which his course has pro-
voked in some quarters.
Seeond-That he is not hostile to
railroads, but, on the other hand,
wishes to do all in his power to safe
guard the stability of the securities
now in the hands of investors and
give a square deal to all. ~
Third&That he has no idea of en-
forcing a physical valuation OF the
railroads, believing that the corpora
tions themselves will compile the
figures.
Fourth-That he has not aban-
doned his purpose to deal with the
matter of DISQUALIFICATION of rail-
roads, and will take up that subject
again with the next session of Con-
greSS.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-04-05
NAMES ICE CROP.
Nearly 100000 Tons Harvested Dur
ing the Past Winter.

Gardiner, Me.-Although definite
figures of the Maine ice crop for the
past winter have not been compiled,
careful estimates place the amount of
the harvest at between 100000 and
SOC, 900 tons. OF this amount AGO.
600 was harvested on the Kennebec
River, nearly 100000 on the Penob-
scot and the balance housed or
shipped from smaller streams and
ponds.
Contrary to the expectations at the
opening of the season, the harvest Of
ice in Maine vas not a record break
er, as the steady cold weather per-
mitted the cutting of q bigger crop on
the Hudson River than had been
looked for, and it was found unneces-
sary to work the Maine ice fields to
the greatest capacity. The largest
crop ever taken in Maine was in
1890, when the total harvest by pri-
vate individuals and companies
amounted to 100000 tons.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-04-05
MAHoNINGToWN BANK FAILS.
Inconvertible Securities Explain Its
Inability to Withstand a Run.

Newcastle, Pa.-The Mahoning-
town Bank, Limited, failed to open
it's doors after trying in vain to Sc
cure funds to relieve the demands of
depositors which have extended over
the past two months. The Immediate
cause of the failure was inconvertible
paper and securities.
About $4,000 was withdrawn by de-
positors, and the directors of the
bank applied to the other Newcastle
banks for aid.
Inasmuch as some Of the directors
refuse to pledge their private for
tunes as security for money advanced,
the Newcastle banks felt unable to
assist them. The deposits amount
to $4,000, the assets less than
$4,000 There is no charge of de-
faleation or cr~ookedness.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-04-05
Prominent People.

John D. Rockefeller is the latest
convert to Federal regulation of rail-
roads.
Sir Edward Elgar, the most noted
of English musicians, is again in this
country.
President Eliot, OF Harvard, cele-
brated his seventy-third birthday on
shipboard, bound to Bermuda for a
holiday.
The. Prince of Monaco is again
afioat on science bent. This time he
has sailed to Spitzbergen, to prose
cute his Investigations as to the cur
rents of the upper air.
The Penn's Grove record., 1907-04-05
TRAMPs HOLD UP TRAIN.
Beat the Engineer and Are Captured
by New Jersey Sheriff.

Morristown, N. J. Five tramps
were arrested by Sheriff Judson A.
Gum, of Sussex County, for holding
up a train on the Lehigh and Hudson
Railroad near Huntsville and serious
ly injuring the engineer, Edward A.
Shaeffer, Of Phillipsburg.
As the train neared Huntsville the
five men jumped into the cab and Or
dered Shaefer to stop the engine.
When he refused to do so the tramps
pulled him from the cab and beat
him. 1t is believed he will die. At
tracted by his cries for help, the
train crew climbed into the cab, and
the tramps fled to the woods. They
were next heard of in Andover, where
they robbed q jewelry store of $35
and a grocery store of $50.
The men were caught in a barn on
the Cranberry Lake road.