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Show ANSAS CITY BANK. FORCED TO CLOSE ANNIE Ml. BRADLEY A FACE WOMAN GOLOFIELD MINE OWNERS ASK FOR HELP OF TROOPS triking iners — May GOLDFIELD MINE OWNERS ASK FOR HELP OF TROOPS Fear That Striking Miners May Com- mit Overt Acts as Result of De- Jury Brings in Verdict of Not Guilty Buspensnon Due to the Fact That Securities Could Not be Disposed of, But Depositors Will Not Lose a Cent by Failure. Kansas City. —-The National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City, Μο. one of the largest In the west, witb deposits of $16,000,000, closed 1“ doors Thursday morning and was taken in charge by a national bank examiner upon an erder of the comp treller of the currency. Later twe smal! outlying banks in which the Commerce was interested, the Stock yards Bank of Commerte and the Union Avenue Bank of Commerce also closed The failure of these banks has been predicted for several days and but little excitement followed the an pnouncement of the news, althoug} crowds of depositors gathered about the doors of these institutions. The officials of the Commerce, which i affiliated with many banks here anc in other parts of the southwest, ex press the opinion that none of then will be seriously affected. The fall ure is laid to the withdrawal of out side banks within the past tw months of $18,000,000 of deposits They expect to reopen soon and say depositors will be protected in full BANDITS HOLD UP TOWN. intimidate Citizens and Blow Open Safe in the Bank. Carney, Okla.—Five men, at an early hour Thursday morning, suc ceeded after firing five nitroglycer ine shots, in breaking into the coin safe of the Carney bank and secured $4,000. The buarglary was the most desperate on record in the new state While two men, time after time charged the safe cracks with nitro glycerine, and explosion after explo sion shattered and broke up banh Goldfield, Nev.--The executive com mittee of the Mine Owners’ association of Goldfield has received assurances from Governor Sparks that he had called upon Washington, requesting that government troops be heid in readiness for use in the Nevada mining mining camps and that a garrison of regulars be established at Goldfield There is nothing in the immediate situation to require the intervention of troops. But it is feared by the mine owners that trouble is brewing and that overt acts might be com mitted at any time, THe strike is at a deadlock, and the mine owners propose to keep the mines shut down until the violent element of the Miners’ Union and the lawless element gener ally in the camp are compelled το leave The Miners’ union is not prepared to make a long fight, as their treasury is depleted, and the mine owners express the belief that for this reason the miners will force the issue by violence, as has been threatened Negro Troops Will Go to Goldfield, San Francisco.— Negro soldiers were dispatched from San Francisco Thursday night by Brigadier General Frederick Funston, under orders from Presidént Roosevelt, who has thus responded to the request of Governor Sparks of Nevada for troops to control the industrial situation at Goldfle!d In the event sjationed that the troops now at Monterey and Angel sland and the Presidio at San Francisco, numbering about 1,200 men, are not sufficient for immediate needs, the Fifteenth United States infantry, bound from Nagasaki, and expected ‘o arrive at San Francisco December 12, and three companies of the Twenty-first infantry, stationed at Fort Douglas, will probably be dispatched to the seene of the trouble It is known that the mine owners purpose to resume operations with non-union miners. The union men have already made preparations for an armed resistance of this move. MAY CLOSE BUTTE MINES. Little Profit in Operations at the Present Price of Copper. furniture, the other robbers stood guard op the outside of the building and kept up a steady rifle fire in every direction, shooting at any citi ven of the town who made an appear | for Verdict of Mrs. Bradiey | | Nevada, of Mansiaughter— Will Live in Refusing Lecture Offers Washington.—The jury in the case of Anna M. Bradley, on trial for the murder of ex-Senator Arthur Brown of Utah, brougnt in a verdict of not faiilty at 1 o'clock Tuesday morning, December 3rd. On the first ballot pose to keep the mines shut down untaken by the jury, the vote stood nine til the violent element of the Miners’ for acquittal, and three for manslaughter. On the next ballet, taken after some argument, the vote was eleven for acquittal and one for manslaughter. The juror who stood out was Julius Bugg, the oldest man on the jury. There never was a time when any of the jurors stood for a verdict of at 5:49 Thursday afternoon, breaking the east-bound record. thus The arrival of the Mauretania off Daunt’s Rock (Queenstown) at that she has covered 6:49, means the distance from Sandy Hook lightship in four days, twenty-two hours and twenty nine minutes. The previous record, four days twenty-two hours and fifty minutes, was made by the Lusitania sister ship of the Mauretania. Conse quently the Mauretania has beaten the Lusitania by twenty-one minutes Senate Doorkeeper Dropped Dead. Washington —Major W. T. Seward, a doorkeeper of the senate, dropped dead on Thursday while entering a revolving door of the capitel. Major Seward was appointed to his position six years ago by the late Senator Hawley of Connecticut, his home be ing in Guilford, Conn. He had had an eventful career, being twice taken prisoner during the civil war. He went to the Hawaiian islands anc was attached to the staff of Queen Liluokalani and at one time was up der sentence to be shot there. Idaho.—A model tice marches. When the verdict was Washington —Nearly α on Wednesday, and all of them were referred to committees, where they vill be taken up for corisideration after the new senators shall be given committee assiznments Νο other business of importance was transacted. Almost all of these bills were eonsidered in the last congress, and most of them are private pension bills. The whole number introduced in the senate of the Fifty-ninth con51088 Was 8,627. Secretary Taft. juror wa St. Petersburg.—Secretary to the home of Arthur B. Hayes of Ogden, solicitor of internal revenue, who had provided the conveyance for her. was received trial, in George Perkins, a man who nesday by Emperor Nicholas at Tsarkoe-Selo and received from his majsty the frankest expression of Russia’s sentiment of sympathy and regard for the United States, The emnseror requested Mr. Taft to convey his greetings to President Roosevelt. Secretary Taft was the guest of honor Wednesday night at a banquet given by M. Iswolsky, toe foreign minister, which was attended by the leaders of the Russian state said that he had never read of the case in the newspapers and had never discussed it. He had talked t two men about it, one believing the defendant guilty and the other be lieving him innocent. Perkins is ο stock raiser and has no within fourteen miles. neighbor: Senator Borah telegraphed J. H. Hawley, chie’ counsel for the state, that he would leave Washington for Boise at one Non-Union Boilermakers Not Per mitted to Live in Butte. Butte, Mont.—A committee of fift; men, representing leading lecal unions, waited on five non-union boii ermakers at work in the Northern Pacific roundhouse here, shortly after midnight on Thursday, and ordered them to leave town. The men were escorted to the city limits shortly) afterwards. They constituted the en tire local force, as the Northern Pe cific boilermakers have been o strike some weeks. There was ni violence and no arrests were made. in audience on Woman Sentenced to tine. Mrs. Hayes accompanied her, has received many, have gone unanswered, Marie, were convitced on Wednesday of the murder of Emma Lavin here last. summer. The court found that Mrs. Goold was the chief instigator to leath by the guillotine, and that Goold was less responsible because under the influence of liquor at the ‘ime the murder was committed, and sentenced life, him to imprisonment for interference, but tirely cease operations in the Butte camp. It is understood that if such move is finally decided upon, even development work, which is now being earried on at the various properties and from which Butte Coalition, for instance, is obtaining all of its production at present, will also be aban- doned. Should a complete suspension of all operations at the Amalgamated properties be ordered, it is likely that both Butte Coalition and North Butte would also be included. offers of wealth; it was not the break- It would be necessary, however, to ing up of a family; it was the defense maintain a small force of men to conof her young and the seeking of a tinue pumping. There is little if any name for their children.” profit for the Butte mines as now no wanton,” he added. “She spurned AGAINST THE PARCELS POST. operated under a 13%-cent copper market. Praises Foresight of Roosevelt. Paris—The Temps dwells at length upon the naval section of the message Washington.—The energetic work of Postmaster General Meyer for the of President Roosevelt, and says: governextension of the parcels post and the “The ‘difficulties which the establishment of a postal savings ment at Washington and Tokio must bank ts destined to come to naught regulate antedate the dispatch of the in the approaching session of con- American fleet to the Pacific; their sress. The postmaster general thrown his whole heart has origin is economic and moral. The into the Japanese, as a result of the California movement, and it has been heartily incident, cannot fail to see in this endorsed by various postal organiza- movement of the American fleet a tions and by some other bodies throughout the country. But Speaker Cannon has broadly intimated to Mr. Meyer that he does not consider the measure of precaution directed against themselves. But in the pres- ent state of international relations military precautions never are usetime ripe fer either movement to be legs precautions. President Rooseenacted inte law. velt understands this well, and his Adams to b Taken to Colorado, Denver.—The Post says: With the be the largest in the history of the country, as it will be composed of ninetytwo members, the increase being made by the admission of Oklahoma, whose two senators will be Robert L. Owen and T. P. Gore. With the two senators from Oklahoma there will be seventeen new members of the senate, which include successors to Senators Morgan William The new men include Borah, who recently came out victorious in land fraud cases in Idaho, and Jonathan Bourne, Jr., of Oregon, whose advocacy of a “second term” for the president brought him into national prominence some time ago. Frank C. Briggs of New Jersey sueceeds Senator Dryden, and Norris Brown, formerly attorney general of Nebraska, comes with a record for anti-railroad proseeutions in his state. Jefferson Davis of Arkansas has a reputation as a fiery orator that may nection with the American Smelting & Refining company. Joseph E. Johnston, the suecessor of Senator Pet- Bliss, was refused. , Fire, started by the overturning of a lamp in the barber shop of William James, caused Granite, a the destruction small town twenty of miles east of Leadville, Colo. William Goodrich, who was caught in a cave-in in the Sandstorm mine at Goldfield, Nevada, was taken out life less a few hours later by companions who came to the rescue, He had been buried under twenty-five feet of rock, Representative Mondell of Wyoming will be appointed chairman of the public lands committee to succeed Mr. Lacey of lowa, who was defeated for re-election. He has been opposing the public land policy of the administration. John Thode, one of the oldest and wealthiest cattlemen in the state, died at Rawlins, Wyo., last week. 1874 Thode worked as section In fore- man for the Union Pacifie at Carbon, Afterward Le organized Cattle company. the Thode Two men were killed and one fatally injured in a premature explosion on the line of the Portland & Seattle railway, two miles west of Spokane, Joe Balick and Mike Matick, both Aus tus, is a confederate veteran. Harry A. Richardson of Delaware is a mil- trians, were instantly killed, Mike Opyr was fatally injured. lionaire, as also is Isaac Stephenson Frank Kuchers, aged 63 years, a prominent wholesale leather dealer of Wisconsin, the last named being the successor of Senator Spooner, and known a the pioneer lumberman of the northwest. Robert L. Taylor of Tennessee has and of Tacoma, fired a bullet into hig brain at his home while the family was at breakfast. He was despond a great reputation as a humorist, and during his recent campaign for the ent from illness, having suffered for a long time with kidney troubin senatorship carried a violin through Holding that the punishment {πὶ posed by the jury when it found his state and opened his meetings by fiddling for the amusement of his constituents. John H, Bankhead, successor to Senator Morgan and Joseph M. Dixon of Montana come to the senate direct from the house of rep- resentatives, and T. H. Paynter of Kentucky formerly served in the house, as also did Senator Stephen. son. Senator Owen, who oT p sent Oklahoma, is one-third Cherokee Indian, and Senator Gore has been blind since childhood. The senate will have a majority of more than two-thirds Republican. The house of representatives also has a large Republican majority, there being 222 Republicans and 268 Democrats. There will be many in- teresting and picturesque characters in the house, George Melville guilty of second de gree murder for the killing of Win field Guthrie, near Helena last July to be excessive, District Judge Cle ments reduced the penaity from fifty to twenty-five years in the state penitentiary. Word hag been received in Larami¢ that construction work on the Harri man system, which was discontinued when the present financial flurry be gan, will be resumed along the line on December 1, including the Lane cut-off, near Omaha, which was with in a few days of completion at the time of shut down. Upwards of twenty postmasters of but of that number the presidential class in Montana met in Helena last week at the. instiga tion of the postmasters of Butte, Hel- twelve have served in that body prior ena and Great Falls, to discuss the There are ninety-nine new members in the house, to the last congress. Of the new men sixty-one are Democrats. Moorish Tribesmen Reckless In As saults Upon the French. Latla, Maghnia, Algeria—Marabout Bouthich has proclaimed a holy war, and his emissaries are busy stirring up the frontier tribes, telling them that the French are helpless, as all the soldiers have gone to Casa Blanca In a fresh attack on the French near Adjeroud Saturday night 4,000 tribesmen hurled with themselves reckless bravery against a French force of 400, but the well-posted guns of the French resulted in the mowing down of the ranks of the tribesmen, whofinally retired, leaving the ground strewn with corpses. general situation and especially the situation relative to increased sal aries to offset the advanced cost of living in recent years. Mayor Hickok, of Saratoga, Wyo, is suffering from a severe wound sus. tained while trying to replace a stove pipe which had fallen out of the chimney, and which was endangering the house. Mayor Hickok is a cousin of the late “Wild Bill” Hickok, one of the best known of the bad men of former days in Wyoming. The body of former Lieutenant Governor Beall, who in the early days was shot and killed by George W. Pinney, United States marshal and editor of the Post, has been found by Grand Army comrades after an inter mittent search, extending over a Secretary Taft Received With Honor ͵ by Russians. number of years, and buried in Forest Valley cemetery at Helena. hills were introduced in the Senate Steve Adams was secured late Monon Wednesday, and all of them were day afternoon, and it is believed that referred to committees, where they Bulkeley Wells, former adjutant gen- will be taken up for consideration eral of Colorado, is on his way to after the new senators shall be given Moscow.—After an interesting » journey over the Siberian railway, lasting from November 19, Secretary Taft arrived here Saturday afternoon, amie school district has begun the enforcement of the compulsory education law passed by the last state cominittee assignments. No other business of importance was transact- American Consul Samuel and Captain Slocum and Charles E. Curtis, military attache and diplomatic secretary, respectively, at St. Petersburg. There utmost secrecy, a requisition on the governor of Idaho for the person of Rathdrum, Ida., to get the prisoner. Adams is now trying to secure bail, pending his second trial for murder, It is thought that he will be suecess- ful in getting conditional freedom. In A Thousand Bills in the Senate. Washington —Nearly ed. a thousand Almost all of these bills were considered in the last congress, and most of them are private pension bills. The whole number introduced at once and brought to Telluride to in the senate of the Fifty-ninth constand trial for the murder of Arthur gress was 8,627. Collins, manager of the Smuggler mine, which occurred in 1903. Emperor Nicholas Cordially Receives that case, he will be arrested again Secretary Taft. Sensation in Powers Case. Georgetown, Ky.—A sensation was caused in fhe Powers case when jt became known that Frank Cecil, one of the chief witnesses for the prosecution, had disappeared during Tues. day night. The prosecution asserts that the defense has run Cecil away to keep him from testifying, while the defendant's attorneys assert that it is a trick on the part of the prose. cution to delay or stop the trial. as Cecil is known to be one strongest witnesses against of the Powers Failures for November. Vere St. Leger Goold and his wife, of the erime, and sentenced her body and brain by the hand of the man she loved.” Brown, continued Powers, kept her as his bondwoman,fulfilled none of his promises, and this must have affected her mentality. “She was Washington—The senate will and Pettus. Fire at Cody, Wyo. last week de Btroyed property worth $10,000. The motion to quash the new cases filed against Kemp V. Bigelow, who sent bombs to a number of prominent Denver men, argued before Judge First Time. immediate federal whether it would be advisable to en- in from Various Parts of Country Sport Togas for the business world through his con- the first stone,” said Judge Powers, woman was poisoned the House, While Seventeen Men militia. Governor Sparks does not deem the situation such as to justify as one likely at any time to get be- SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH NORTHWEST NOTES eause Senator Tillman to look to his lurels. Simon Guggenheim of Colorado has gained a great reputation in Boston.—John Gillie, who has been superintending the operations of the Amalgamated properties, is expected in New York this week to confer with the eastern management as to Monte Carlo.—After a speedy trial bfeore the superior court of France, Washington.—President Roosevelt has issued orders to have federal troops held in readiness to aid in restoring order in Goldfield, Nev. This action was taken upon representation from Governor Sparks of that state Judge O, W. Powers of Salt Lake City made a brilliant address in defense of Mrs. Bradley. “Let him that is without sin cast Wed- Die by Guillo- | buying @ diamond of us, and at the same time enjoy the wearing of a beautiful gem. Nearly One Hundred New Members of elective Roosevelt Wil! Send Soldiers. After a few days rest she will go yond his ability to control, The nearto Salt Lake and from there to Gold- est federal military base is at San field, Nevada, probably. Mrs. Brad- Francisco, ley's friends deny that she hag ever had any intention of visiting New MAY CLOSE BUTTE MINES. York as the guest of a “yellow” newspaper—all offers from lecture bureau Littie Profit in Operations at the managers and show people, and she Present Price of Copper. Taft found on Thursday in the Pettibone The Miners’ union is not prepared to make a long fight, as their treasury is depleted, and the mine owners express the belief that for this reason the miners will foree the issue by violence, as has been threatened. had been predicted. Later she took formal leave of the jurors and thankthat the miners at Goldfield are in ed each of them. After that she enrevolt and riot. Nevada is the one tered an automobile and was driven state in the Union which has no state thousand bills were introduced in the Senate leave. | returned Mrs. Bradley showed remarkable composure under all the circumstances, She thanked the jurors and her lawyers and everybody, weeping all the time, but there was no coilapse, as A Thousand Bills in the Senate. Emperor Nicholas Cordially Receives A Model Juror Found. Boise, Washington—The war department has published a general order issued by the president greatly extending its original order relative to riding tests of officers of the army. The president now requires every field officer to make a dally practice march of not less than thirty miles for three days in succession in each year. ΑἹ οἱ ficers are also required to accompany their commands on the monthly. prac- Union and the lawless element generally in the camp are compelled to murder in any degree. Speaker Cannon Says Present Congress Will Not Consider Question, President Believes in Army Officers Keeping in Marching Condition, Goldfield. There is nothing in the immediate situation to require the intervention of troops. But it is feared by the mine owners that trouble is brewing and that overt acts might be committed at any time. The strike is at a deadlock, and the mine owners pro- | so long for conviction Largest Representation in History of the County, Being Composed of Ninety-two Members. rison of regulars be established at Bureaus. asserted that he had paid Thompsor New Steahship Record. Queenstown, Ireland.—The Cunarc line steamer Mauretania arrived her: Goldfield, Nev The executive committee of the Mine Owners’ association of Goldfield has received assurances from Governor Sparks that he had called upon Washington, requesting that government troops be held in readiness for use in the Nevada mining mining camps and that a gar- One of the Twelve Jurors Held Out in a burst of eloquence, quoting the Scriptures. “I object to that,” said District Attorney Baker, “it is not a proper ment,” The objection was not sustained. Judge Powers said that Brown, the dominating tempter, made Mrs. Bradley his bondwoman. Said he: “This $500 in gold for his daughter. | good care of any surplus savings best by cision to Starve Men Out. and Woman Who Shot Senator Brownis Released. Boston.—John Gillie, who has been superintending the operations of the Amalgamated properties, is expected in New York this week to confer with ance. the eastern management as to whether it would be advisable to enAccused of Selling Giri to Gypsies. St. Louis—Marie Thompson, {πε tirely cease operations in the Butte camp. It is understood that if such 16-year-old girl who was taken from move is finally decided upon, even de4a gypsy camp on Wednesday gn a velopment work, which is now being writ of habeas corpus, secured at the earried on at the various properties Clayton circuit court by her parents, and from which Butte Coalition, for Antonio Thompson and wife of Log instance, is obtaining all of its proAngeles, Cal., was on Thursday given duction at present, will also be abaninto the custody of her parents. Im. doned. Should a complete suspenmediately afterward Antonio Thomp sion of all operations at.the Amalgason and his wife were arrested a) mated properties be ordered, it is the court house on the charge of hav likely that both Butte Coalition and ing sold their daughter into slavery North Butte would also be included. The charge was based on the declar It would be necessary, however, to ation of Peter Adams, a gypsy, whe maintain a small force of men to continue pumping. There is little if any profit for the Butte mines as now operated under a 13%-cent copper market. | That does nut depreciate in value or weer out with use is a diamond. You can take mit Overt Acts as Result of De cision to Starve Men Out. One of Largest Institutions in West. Unable to Stem the Tide of Adverse Circumstances. ANY NEW FACES IN THE SENATE ‘THEONLYTHING... St. Petersburg.—Secretary koe-Selo and received from his maj- 1,180 im number, and $17,637,011 in amount of defaulted indebtedness, This is a decrease of about $10,000,000 Habilities as compared with the failures in October, and slightiy smaller than the figures for Septem. ber, indicating that the situation is improving, although losses show a heavy increase as compared with the 885 failures in November, 1908. greeted by was an important demonstration by the military when the train drew into the station, and the American secretary of war received an exceedingly hearty welcome. Jamestown Exposition Closes. Norfolk, Va.—The lights Jamestown exposition were of the turned off by President Tucker after formal convey his greetings to President Roosevelt. in the evening in the auditorium, in gard for the United States. peror requested The em- Mr. Taft to Secretary Taft was the guest of honor which he set forth the hardships and Wednesday night at a banquet given . the successes of the exposition. The by M. Iswolsky, the foreign minister, exposition company is $2,000,000 in which was attended by the leaders of debt, but it is believed the sale of the the Russian state. property will cover this deficiency. Woman Sentenced to Die by Guillo- the United States during the month of November, according to Statistics compiled by R. G. Dun & Co., were He was exercises Saturday night, and the exposition which had been running since April 26, came to an end. President Tucker delivered an extended speech esty the frankest expression of Russia’s sentiment of sympathy and re- New York.—Commercial failures {n in Taft was received in audience on Wednesday by Emperor Nicholas at Tsar- November 30. tine. Bank Robbers Male Rich Haul. Sedalia, Mo.—A telephone message Monte Carlo—After a speedytrial bfeore the superior court of France, from New Franklin, Howard county, says that robbers Saturday night dy- namited the safe of the New Franklin bank, ransacked the vaults and esof the murder of Emma Lavin here eaped with $4,000 in coin and cur last summer. The court found that rency. The robbery was not discovMrs. Goold was the chief instigator ered until Sunday morning. Bales of the crime, and sentenced her to of hay and stacks of grain from a Vere St. Leger Goold and his wife, Marie, were convitced on Wednesday death by the guillotine, and that nearby mill had been brought into Gooid was iess responsible because the bank by the robbers and pulled under the influence of liquor at the up against the vault doors to deadtime the murder was committed, and en the sound of the explosion. There Sentenced him to imprisonment for life. NER NOE NR HEike g20 8a! Ee _— ‘is no clue to the robbers The board of education of the Lar. legislature, and which provides that all children between the ages of 7 and 14 years, inclusive, shall be re quired to attend some public, private or parochial school each school year, After a conference held in Butte, the committee appointed by the Butte Central Labor council and the Building Trades council, and D. S. Murray, general manager of the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company, failed to come to an agreement, and the strike between the telephone com- pany and the employes will continue. Eza Meeker, who has accomplished a 3,000-mile trip over the old Oregon trail behind a yoke of oxen, called on President Roosevelt last week and made a plea to have the Oregontrail made a national highway. The president listened with interest, but suggested that, if done, the project would have to be on a commercial rather than on a sentimental basis. John Pollard, charged with criminal assault on the 13-year-old niece of his wife, narrowly escaped lynching by an angry mob at Anaconda, Mont. While being taken to the county jail at Mount Vernon, Pollard broke away from the sheriff at Burlington June. tion and threw himself in front of an approaching train, being horribly mangled. Guided by the advice of an aged woman, wns claims to be a seeress, Leon Thomas and Tommy Freites, two small boys, dug up $4,900 in a va cant lot on the corner of Green and Powell streets, San Francisco, where once stood the Cheppelle iodging nouse, |