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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 29, 1907)
I 1 F,l I I I i; i il I' !l 1 1 She CHIEF Rod Cloud - - Nebraska. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. Sntcred In the PoatofDm t R1 Cloud, Neb., a Haconcl MM Matter. George Newuouse ManiiKor INDICTED PRE8IDENT OF BROOK LYN DANK COMMITS SUICIDE. CUTS HIS THROAT AND WRIST Deposed Head of Suspended Borough Institution Terminates His Troubles With Razor and Penknife Released From Jail on $30,000 Bail. New York, Nov. 27. Howard Max well, deposed president of the Ilor ough hank of Hrooklyn, who was un der indictment for grand luiccny and lorgery uno was released from Jail on ?;tl),000 hail, committed suicide. Ho cut Ills throat and left wrist with a inzor and penknife in the bathroom of Ills home In Brooklyn and died at Long Island college hospital. Max well, who was locked up last Thurs day, had felt his humiliation keenly and during his incarceration had appealed hopelessly despondent. Ho had, however, given his family no in timation so lar as known that lie con templated suicide. His wife was prostrated by the t raged) and is under the care of physicians. Maxwell was released Monday night from Raymond street jail, where ho had been In Id a prisoner since the three Indictments chargln him with misdoings in conncctloi, with tho man ugement of the suspended bank were returned. There was some dllllculty In obtaining ball, and ollicers of tho jail reported that Maxwell was greatly broken. Maxwell was forty-nine years old Mid leaves a wile, but no children. On Nov. 21 he was jointly Indicted for grand larceny with former Cashier Arthur Campbell ami Director William How of the Rorough bank. The:e weru other Indictments against him, In "volving torgery In a quarterly hank Mutoiucut. made to the state banking i.epartinent. When these three men were arraigned. Campbe.ll and (low se cured bondsmen, but to the surprise of many who ln w of Maxwell's popular ity In liuauelal circles and socially none offered to go upon his bond. Kor Mime time only ills lour sisters, who. offering Ihe home left I hem by their mother, who died three days alter the Uatik suspended, could secure only a $10,000 bond, came to his rescue. This desertion on the part or men to whom lie had looked for his fteedom, embit tered and depressed Maxwell, and the despondency Increased befoie his re lease was brought about. Ruling his arraignment, Maxwell's counsel stated that his client had put up every dollar in the world that lie possessed to se cure the bank and that he had abso lutely .stripped himself to protect tho institution. Later, on (he way to his cell, Maxwell is said to have bor lowed $3, with which to buy a meal or two from a nearby lehtaurant. At the time he had declared that he did not have a rent with which to provide himself any extras outside the prjson fare. His humiliation was aggiavated when, like a common felon, he was measured by the Rortlllon system and Ills pedigree placed In the jail records. Maxwell had hern regarded as one nf the rising financiers of Hiooklyn and was i camel to be worth $200.0110 when the crash In banking affairs came. Following so soon upon the suicide or Charles T. Harney, resigned presi dent or the Knickerbocker Trust com pany, the suicide caused a sensation. ADAMS .11' KY QHTS STOOD EIGHT FOR ACQUITTAL AND KOUI FOR CONVICTION. Five Ballots Are Taken, All With Same Result Darrow Hurries to Boise, for ;ettlbone Case Hawley Is Disappointed at Verdict. llathUrum Ida., Nov. 25. -The jury In the Sieve Adams murder ease was dtschaiged, being unable to agree on a verdict alter being out time 8: lib o'clock Saturday night. The juiy stood eight loi ucquittal and lour lor conviction Jut y men J P. House, Cliarles Dltteuioie, D. V. Garwood ml S. A. Vat num. were the lout men who believed Steve Adams guilty of the murder of Fred Tylei in the Mar ble tieek dlit rlct of Shoshone (ouuty, Idaho. In August, 1904. Five ballots were taken, all with the thiiH' result. Claifp.co Dariow, of counsel for Adams, tried io obtain concessions or bail for Adams and of immunity fiom srrei-t by Colorado authorities until the Tyler case is disposed of. No 1 11 1 I B I 1 promise was given lilrn. Sheriff Ralloy of Shoshone county Is hero with a Warrant for the arrest of Adams on the charge of murdering I2il Houlo near tho name place and nbout the same time the Tyler murder occurred. 1 It Is understood that Adams Is not to ho taken to Colorado at present and that the state will not oppose tho efforts to get hall for Adams. Har low will later make application for hall for his client, but will now hurry to Roiso for the I'ettihone case. Hawley, chief counsel for Ihe state, declared the disagreement of the Jury will have no effect on the prosecu lion of the Tyler case, again, nor will It lessen the efforts of the slate to prosecute in other cases wherein Western federation of Miners ofllclnla and prominent members are defend ants, y.t Hawley is disappointed at the verdict. Harrow sa)s the defence expected an acquittal. BRYAN VISITS WHITE HOUSE Nebraskan Made Call "Simply to Pay Respects to President." Washington, Nov. 25. President Roosevelt and William J. Rrynn were in conference lor half an hour In the president's ptivate office at tiie White House "I was not Invited to call," said Bryan on leaving, "but I called up on the telephone and asked when the president would icceive callers, and, being informed, went siniplj to pay my respects.-' Mr. Rryan said that ho had a "pleas ant chut" with tho piesidcnt, but was not willing to discuss the details of his Interview. He was glad, howevet, to add details to the liuauelal plan which lie proposed a few days ago. This, he said, was simply to have the government insure depositors in na tional banks against loss by reason of the failure of the banks. It was not intended, he said, to liavo the gov ernment keep a liiud for this purpose. Whenever a national bank should bo requited to pay its depositors it would be the duty of the government to make an assomin-iit on all national bunks to in cm the amount of loss by leason of the lailuie. This assess ment, Mr. Rryan said, would be In liultesimal Opposition to this plan, Mr. Rryan conceded, might be made by stat" banks, which would be b ft out. The answer to this! lie said, was thai the states should .Individual ly take up the same scheme and viand as a gu. it alitor atrnlnst loss io depo- nor in stale hanks. UNANIMOUS FOR GOMPERS President of Labor Federation Re Elected Without Dissenting Vote. Norfolk. Va.. Nov. 2.', - The Amer ican Federal 'on of Labor, indorsing I lie every act ot wind and pen ot its president, Samuel O-ompers, ami re buking with all the fonc at the com mand of (lie English language those who haw sought to malign his pel soual character or olllcial fomluct. unanimously re-elected Mr Compers to office for another term Othei of tlcers of lb fedciation weie elected as follows Mee presidents .lames Duncan, Quin.-y. Mass : John Mitch ell. Indianapolis: James o'Conuell, Washington; I). A. Hayes. I'liiladel phla; Pauiel .1 Keefe, Detroit. Will lam 1) Huher, Indianapolis; Joseph F Valentine, Cincinnati Trensuicr, John P. Leiinon. Rloomingtoii III Sec icinry. Fiank Morrison, Washington FARMERS ARE SELLING WHEAT Normal Conditions Return, with Slight Drop in Prices, and Grain Moves Minneapolis. Nov 23. Country ele vat ot managers aie reporting in the Minneapolis giain tlrnis that ihe movement of Hie rop is again ip-.u tioimal Fanneis are bringing in theii giain and the scare (uuu'd hy the recent lightening of the 'currency appeals io be wearing off Some of the fitimeii have also been Induced to sell dining the past few days by ib diop.in prices The result Is a n-inni to active hmiupss among ihe el"aton throuahout Minnesota and North 1)4 Kola Certificate Issue a Success, Washington Nov 21). The secre tary of Hie treasury slated that sub scriptions to the . per cent eerlitleaf" were being iccelved in large unmhen; ond that the issue was already a sue ccMCful one In addition to subset p lions from Individuals, many or tb national hank depositoiies in the crop moving sections ot the south and west art availiug themselves of the np-mi limit y to purchase th certifliaUs. ONE-HALF MILE OF MISFITS Long Procession of Divorce Seekers Marches on Court House at St. Louis. St. Louis, Nov. 27. Half a mile of dissatisfied wives, extending horn the com l house down Bioadway, was the spectacle offered hy St. Louis io an amazed public. TVicre were some men too, but they did not count. It was the weekly rush for divorces by women who thought they would be belter off without t lie marital yoke. In all, there were 2110 applicants for freedom, and In 110 casus thorn was no opposition put up by the other half or the mlsniated pair. P11E IS 1 11 WORK OF SECURING A JURY BE GINS AT BOISE. PRISONER STILL IN POOR HEALTH Alleged Member of Inner Circle of Western Federation of Miners Faces Murder IndictmentSpecial Venire of 100 Will Be Ordered. Hoise. Ida.. Nov. 27. Tho work ot fcl,f.Pillir t.irv for the trial of Geor.'u A p0ttilono, (;hargod with compile it.. in tho assassination ol ex-Got. : or , Frank A. Steunonborg, began in tne , district court lieie tins morning. The j regular venire consists of thirty-five I names and when these are disposed of u special venire of at least 100 will be ordered. Attorneys on both sides agree that it will require a longer time than In tho Haywood trial, when nearly u month was consumed in tins prelim- i inaty work. I'ettihone was indicted with Will- , i.ini Haywood, secretary; Cliarles II. Mover, president, and Jack Simpklns, member of the executive bonrd of the Western Federation of Miners, in Aiarch. laoiy for the murder of ex Governor Fiank Sleiuienberg at Citld- , well, Ida., Dec. ;I0. l!IO.-. lie was ar rested at Denver at the same time as Mover ami Haywood and brought to Idaho, following the confession of Harry Orchard, in which lie admitted Killing Stounenberg with a dynamite umb and charged that he had bceu lured to commit the crime by the fed feratlon ollicers. I'ettihone had no olllcial connection ' with tho federation, but has been an honorary .member since his arrest. It is charged by the state that he was the go-hot ween between the so-called inner circle" and their alleged hind assassins. After the acquittal of Hay wood, application for bond was made fur Mover and I'ettihone. The state t i -.fused to consent to I'ettihone's re- ' lease, but Moyer was allowed ball In tho sum of $2fi.ono. The trial of Ret llbone was set for Oct. 1. but contlri I ued several times because of tho de fendant's illness. Reliibnno U still In , ; oor health, bin insists thai he is able to stand tiial. GOMPERS OPPOSES GANNON President of Federation of Labor Is sues Proclamation to Union Men. ' Washington, Nov. 27. Copies of a proclamation, addressed "To all or ganized labor," and designed to defeat the election of Joseph G. Cannon as ' speaker of the house of representa tives in the Sixtieth congress, have been sent to trades unions in every section of the country. The proclma- , t Ion is signed by Samuel Gompers, I president of tiie American Federation ! ol Uibor. The shortcomings of ! Speaker Cannon during the three con- I grosses he bus served In that position, as charged in this proclamation, are ' set forth at length, and each In stance where by his vote or ruling ho lias acted in a way thai seemed Inim ical to the lutei ests of labor la given ill detail. POPULISTS TO MEET AT ST. LOUIS National Nominating Convention Will Be Held There April 2. St. luis, Nov. 27. After protracted balloting and i-oiisideinllon eil the merits eif scserai cities, the naiional committee of the People's paity se lected St. Louis as the- place for the national nominating convent ion and set April 2 as the date lor the gath ering. Kansas Cliy. Chicago, Cincin nati, Indianapolis ami Oklahoma City were discusseel. Reside disposing of the coueutiou nun tor, the committee met behind closed doors am) prepared an address to the voters e)f the country, in which tho "leading llgures of the older par ties" are complimented for taking up Populist ic teachings ami aie wel comed as convcits. Bryan Dinner at Washington. Washington. Nov. 27. William J. Rryan was tendered a banquet ami recttptlon by "The United Democracy or the District of Columbia." Five hundred Democrats partook of the $H dinner and more than double that unmoor participated In the reception and feasl of oratory which followed. .District Conunissionei West was In troduced by Willis J. Abbott as toast- master, and at once Inaugurated the speechmakiug feature of the program. Mr. Rryan's nomination was piecllcted hy each of the several speakers. Walsh's Books Not Used Against Him. Chicago, Nov. 27. An attempt on the part of the prosecution to lorcc. the presentation In court of the pri vate hooks of John It. Walsh, on trial for alleged misapplication of tho funds of the Chicago National hnuk, was lriltit rated by an adverse decision by Judge Anderson. Tlje court held that an order requiring that tho hooks be moduced would amount to forcing the defendant to testify ngnlnnt himself? "Short Money, Short Shovels." Redford, Ind., Nov. 27. On account of tho financial crisis 100 foreign la borers who used the pick nnd" shovel at the Hoosler quarries hnd their wages cut from J 5 to 12L. cents an nour. The angry men mnrched to the machine sliojm nnd hnd two nnd one half inches cut from their hliovols to meet the corresponding t eduction In wages. TJiuy say, "Short monoy, short shovels." ' THAW'S TRIAL AGAIN DELAYED Little Chance That It Will Be Called Until January. New York, Nov. 2f). The second trial f Harry KeiidalL Thaw, set for one week fiom today, will again be postponed, anil there is little chance ' that it will be called until some elate well along in January The decision to ask lor a postponement has been agteed to by both sides. It Is due partly to the fact that the task of so- i lectlng a jury would be made doubly burd by the appreinch er the holidays and the piospect before) the talesmen ' of spending both Christmas and New Year's day locked up under the care of court bailiffs, and also to the fact t lint Thaw's counsel lias applied to tho court for permission to Inspect ihe seen t evirlence presented before the lunacy eeunmlssion during the progiess eif the lirst trial. As an added i-ause for delay there is a rumor that til- attorneys now representing Thaw may apply for a change or venue, dee taring a fair trial for their client in New York county Is imixissi hie Such a move if made, would' bo based upon the alleged tinfiiendly at titude of many of the local papers r and the extent to which the evidence , was printed and read in this county, j District Attorney Jerome will seri-1 ously oppose the gi anting of a change in the scene of the trial. C. F. PERSONS PASSES AWAY Well Known Newspaper Man Dies at Stamford, Conn. New York, Nov. 21! -Charles F. Persons, until recently vice president and assistant general manager of the Anieiican Press Association. New York city, died at Sramford, Conn. Mr. Pei.-ons was horn in Rushl'ord. N. llltyihree years ago and educated at the nearby schools ar.d lcained tho j printer's trade on the Cattaraugus i Republican at Little Valley. N. Y. l-ater he ? turfed the Rrudford (Pa.) If i a at the time Hie Rradfoicl oil llelds wire opened. From Rrudford he i moved to Olean. N Y.. where for many j )eais he was editor ami pioprietor oft the Olean Daily Herald. I , About twenty )cars ago he became manager of the American Press Asso cit ion's New York ofllce, was promot ed to secretary and assistant gen ! oral manager and still later became i vice president and assistant general ' manager. He was taken ill a year I ago and went to California to lecup ' crate, hut Ihe change did not prove benoilciul - Three w-ocks ago Mrs. j Persons died. Mr. Persons Is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Frederick 12. t (iWinii, Jr., and Miss Marjorie Persons. HORNE'S VICTIMS RESTING WELL Two Men Shot by Kansas City Edi- torial Writer Will Recover. Kaunas City, Nov. 2.). No charge has '.vet been preferred against (Jen , oral R ('. Home, the stockholder and i ediloiial writei of the Kans-as City j Post, who Satiirda) shot and wounded ' O. D. Woodward, president of the Post company, and II. J. doves, man I aging editor of the paper. t (Joneral Home is being held at the l police mutton's ofhee at the city hall : awaiting the outcome of the Injuries J u fe red by his victims. Roth patients are resting well. The ', bullet which struck droves has not j been removed, nor has It been defl ! nitelv located, although It is believed 1 to lie in the muscles of the back. Uu- less unfavorable symptoms develop, no effort will be niaile to leniove the bullet for several das. The bone in Woodward's arm was shattered and the necessity of ampu tation may develop, hut his physician staled that It Is too early to deter- mine whether the member can be kaved. UTES REACH RAPID CITY, S. D. i Sixty-One Indians Will Work for the Crouch Railroad Line This Winter. 1 Rapid Cit). S. I)., Nov. 25. The re ' belltous t.le Indians, sixty-one bucks j nitli theii wives and children, arrived lime overland ft out the Cheyenue res- , rvat0 ,, stnK.k rnnui tlm,e IUM i west of he-ie. Tliev will be employed by Die- Ciouch railroad line here for , the wlntci and the government has leased j .(M)U ueies or land heie for ' ibeiit fiom f5 P. nennett. Hearing at Kansas City Ends. Kansas City, Nov JU The case of the Missouri river hippes against ' tho railroads before the interstate counneice commission bas been con cluded here The plaintiffs claim that they leave made u kirotig case bermo the commission. All available witnesses huvet been heard and they Kemps Msm Will slop any coufjh that can be stopped by amy medicine and cure coufjtos thnt cannot be cured by suay other medicine. It is always the bctvt cough cure. You cannot afford to take chances csr any other hind. KEMP'S BALSAM cures coughs, colds, bronchStf'm grip, asthma and consump tion in lirst stages. It docs not contain alco hol, opium, morphine, or any other narcotic, poisoa- ous or harmful drug. New and Liberal Homestead Regulations In WESTERN CANADA New Districts Now Opened for Settlement Sfltnn of tho eJio1eot Inn.ln In tho Rrnln-RTonlnt. lx-lto of Hnftktitchr'wnn unit Altwrtn luiwi riMi-ntly lMn oxntd for wttli-nu-nt tinlfr iho lUilw! Homcuttod Ib'KUlatlonn of Onnnrtii. 'J IioumuiiIh of toiM1mt!H ol lfO ncrc ciicli nr now dwiIIhMo. Tho now Ib-Kuln tlann mnko it 1k-IIiIo for entry to !m tniult hy nroiy thii opportunity thnt nnmy In tho Unlti-d KtiitCR luue-l-rn wiiUIdb for. Any inoutier of n fnmll.v mii innko entry for nny othor uu-niWir of th fnmlly, nho may lx) oiitltk.l to mnlto -ntry for liltnwlf or lirru'lf. Kntry tuny now lvo mnrfo lfor tho Acrnt or Hul Am-nt of tho District liy proxy (on ( eirtiiln condltloim' hy tho fiithrr, mother, ton, rtmmlitcr, hroUmr or later of nn Intrmlin,: home Mewler. "Any tn-numbrd etlon ol Dominion Lndi In Mnllob or lha Northwest Province, aieapllng U n 20, not rdtrvtd, may b hmUdd by any prtr lh sol head ol family, e male over to yr at agt, Io Iho oilonl el ono-quartor taction, cl 100 aoroa, mora or l." Tho foo In rwh row rtlt N $10. Chnrrhf. rx-hoolt nml market convenient. Itenlthy rllmnt". Kpletidlrl rroiw iinil. c:ool nvr (imln.irrmeini; nml titttle rllnKirineluil liiilntri-. For further pnrtlailurn n to ItntM, Iliiutei, Ilea Tiiuo to tlo onii Whrrei to Locntfl. iipply to W. V. HI'.NNKTT S3 New Yurk Lite lll.l,:.. Omuhiu Neli. Cjiiindiiin lioverunient Avt-nt say they will Introduce more evidence at Chlcafio. ICvidenc was Inlroduceci to show that the $1.ir, Hca. of rate fo St. Paul is solely the maUinK of the western lines, and that ellsnlm Malory rates- nunln-t Kansas cit ate mado by we-t( r tiu' 0;.iAHA BANKS WILL WAIT Resume CrsH Payments Soor. as Other Cities Will Co-Operate. Omaha, Nov J". - We would re sume cash pnMiicnts 'o ail depunlti.s today If we were n-curcd thnt Chlcam would iciiinie Pec l, said Vice Presi dent t'aldwell of the I'nltcd States Naticnal haul;, when liis nttiiitlon was '-nlk'.l to the- action of the Ghl cat;o c lenrins house, which is witling to western banlts" to asceriain tht-It iontimcui. "I believe ihi i-i the Hist unltej.l action townrd putting an end to the pre.-ent coi.diiion jf things. We have jileiity of money and couM' pay off every depositor but of course, we could not presume to resume 'ash pavments l.eie while the rest of the country still paid in paper. Rut see largo is our supply of cash that we could go on liom now to Uec. l. as 1 have said, without help from Chicago if wo were as-iiiel that, on that date Chicar-.o would resume payments There K no part of the eootitry sv prosperous im! so l.eai'hy as we." SHUMWAY IS DECLARED SANE Nearly Half Hundred Witnesces Ex amined and Trial Continues. Beatrice, Neb., Nov. 23. The s'tnt believes it won a cood point in thr Shuniway murder trial when the com mission appointed by Jmlije Kelligar io e.samiiK' Shumway as to ht sanity pronounced him perfectly fane. Many witnesses were examined, tho proceedings lieini; practically a re hearsal of previous testimony as rr gards the .dentirlcatiun of the bloody butcher Knife, moult oy wrench anrt Bhuniway's clothing found at tho Martin home after the murder. A number testified to seeing Shumwa.r at work In the field tho day of tlur murder and also to having met him after he secured employim-nt at Mar tin's house. All told, about forlyllve. witnesses have been examined by the state The case will not go to the juij be fore Wednesday. Three Men Assassinated. Clio, Ark., Nov. 27. Three m. were assassinuted as they steppe5 from a train here. The assassin in unknown. The dead are: Thomaa R. Godfrey, a Pine niniT lumberman Clarence h. Hush, a telegraph ope, ator, fand A. R. McEwin, a sinin. teacher. ihn was a bystander. Commits Suicide at Acje of Nlnety-nirt Kail River, Mass., Nov. 27. At Uh age. or ninety-nine years, Charles M Chace. a Well-to-do farmer, decide.! that life was not worth llvins ami committed suicide. He took pari tren and was dead when found. U left a note saying that he was tired nZ life. Wston Computes Long Walk. Chicago, 'Nov. 27. Edward Payso.t Weston completed the finnl lap of hi.i record-hrenking walk from Pnrllnrm I Me., Io Chicago this morning, lower-. I In his record, established forty yeiwi j fo, hy on day. Nfcsw. f i V - - - 1 Out I jWtllfcla8tm'ir""'t1 -fnar wtuuf ."'- ' iwv aioani. mfmm' -'v?--4BwaaBBaaHMaBoaBBttH .iafIM''fW'iiilWWiilll,iilU'lll! ;., . J -m?7rr .: