WEATHER
Clearing and cooler to.
day; . Monday fair, fresh
northwest winds.
VOL. III. NO. 78
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AT KANSAS CITY
Magnificent Three-Story Marble
Building Is Badly Dam
aged. .
EIGHT PERSONS HURT,
NONE FATALLY, HOWEVER
Bank Was Crowded at the Time and
There Was a Wild Scramble for the
Doors and Other Means of Egress.
No Clue to Miscreant
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 4. A bomb
was exploded today in the basement of
the magnificent three-story marble
building of the First National Bank at
the corner of Tenth street and Baltimore
avenue, in the business .'center, a few
minutes after the noon hour. The force
of the explosion was terrific and caused
much damage. Eight persons were in
jured, none fatally.
Thrro is no clue to the person who
placed the bomb and set it off.
The injured: Elbert -Ward, negro
porter, condition serious; Logan Wilson,
bank clerk; J. Donaldson, bank rlerk;
Valjean lirightwcll, clerk; It. M. Klap
mcyer, clerk : Joseph Patch, carpenter;
It. W. Cole, Charles Grant.
None of the persons injured, except
Ward, was dangerously hurt. .'.'."'..'.
John F. Pclletier, .superintendent of
the tire insurance patrol,'. who was in
the banting rooms at the time of the
explosion, and E. lYiSwiimey, president
of the bank, are authority for the state
ment that the explosion was the result
of a bomb sot off by some person un-
(Continued on page Two.)
BANKING LAWS PARTLY
I
Ex.Employe Siys Comptroller's
Office Winks at Known
' Violations.
testifies in Walsh case
Chicago, 111., Jan. 4. That certain of
the national banking laws are dead let
tus, so far as banking practice is con
cerned, and that these violations meet
only with formal criticism from the
comptroller of the currency, was the tes
timony , today of George M. Collin, of
New York, former deputy comptroller of
the currency, in the trial of John It.
Walsh on charges of misapplying the
funds of the defunct Chicago National
Bunk. Collin still holds a commission
as bank examiner.
Coffin was asked by Attorney John S.
Miller, for the defense, if it was a pre
vailing practice for national blinks to
make accommodation and memorandum
notes and loans in excess of the limit
provided by the banking laws,
Coffin answered in the affirmative.
"Were there 9uch cases in which Mr.
Walsh is involved frequently reported
tp the comptroller by the bank exam
iners!" "Yes, sir." '
"Were they criticised by tho comp
troller!" .
"No; there was no special criticism."
"What took place in the comptroller's
office!
' "The reports were gone over and then
printed letters calling the attention of
the banks to the statutes were sent to
the banks."
(Continued on page Two.)
E
OF
FLEET HI
COLLIER BBUTTJS ARRIVED YES
TERDAY AND AJAZ IS EX
PECTED TODAY.
Rio Janeiro, Jan. 4. -The. American
collier , Brutus arrived here today and
the Ajax is expected tomorrow. They
precede the American battleship fleet.
. . The minister of marine has nmed a
commission of naval officers to wait
'upon the American visitors while - the
. fleet remains here. This commission is
composed of Lieutenant Trojano Car
, vafho, Lieutenant Castro Menezees, Lieu
tenant Martin Guimares, Lieutenant
Ioper (Couto and Marquis Lomba.
UffJl
BOMB
EXPLODED
BANK
Yes; Advertising Does Pay.
LAST EDITION.
JURY DISAGREES
IN FOURTH TRIAL
After Being Out More Than Forty.
Eight Hours Judge Dis
charges Them.
TEN FOR ACQUITTAL
TWO FOR CONVICTION
One of the Jurors Holds Out to the End,
Even After Companions Were All of
Anoter Mind Next Trial in Case Will
Be Held in July, 1908.
Georgetown, Ky., Jan. 4. After being
out more than forty-eight hours the jury
in the case of Caleb Powers, tried cm a
charge of complicity in the murder of
William Goebel, today reported for the
second time that they were unable to
agree upon a verdict, and were dis
charged by Judge Morris.
This was the fourth trial of Powers
In two of the former trials Powers was
convicted and sentenced to life imprison
ment; and in the third trial he was also
convicted and given a death sentence-.
The jury stood ten for acquittal and
two for conviction. Foreman J. L. Price
and J. W. Renaker, a juror from Har
rison county, held out for conviction.
Power was showered with congratu
lation. He said: ,-I am pleased."
There came near being an acquittal
today. Renaker made a proposition tc
Price to vote for acquittal. Price held
out, although a sick man. Kenaker there
upon said be would vote with Price' C
J. Marshall first voted for conviction,
but soon changed. The jurors were sreat
ly wrought up. 'i ,:ore was much ill-feeling
among them. After the verdict was
(Continued on page Two.)
HITCHCOCK WILL HELP
T
Wplir'IIICl
Secretary Has Requested Assist
ant Postmaster-General
to Aid Him.
WILL NOT CAUSE FRICTION
Washington, T). C, Jan. 4. From
present indications Prank L. Hitch
cock, first assistant postmastcr-gcne-al,
will very shortly assume a prominent
part in -the-, management, of the Taft
campaign for the presidential nomina
tion. -. .
At, the invitation of the secretary of
war Mr. Hitchcock met that gentleman
at his home, '-when an invitation was ex
tended to Mr. Hitchcock to become as
sociated in the management of the cam
paign. Since that time a number of
the friends of Mr. Taft have urged Mr.
Hitchcock to give an affirmative answer
to the invitation, and it is believed that
hb will do so. It is not as yet known
how the work could be divided between
Mr. Vorys and Mr. Hitchcock, but their
friends do not apprehend the least fric
tion between these gentlemen.
A political development of interest is
the action of Senator Foraker in declar
ing that he will not accept the primary
plan proposed by the Republican state
committee of Ohio, whose action was re
cently controlled by tho friends of Sec
retary Taft.
The senator has declined to indicate
what his course of action will be if the
Taft contingent enforce the rules against
(Continued on page Two.)
GOLDFIELD STRIKE
IS APPARENTLY LOST
MEN FORMING NEW UNION, INDE
PENDENT OF THE WESTERN
FEDERATION.
Goldfleld, Nev., Jan. 4. It is believed
in Goldfleld tonight that the strike is
almost over, the miners having lost, and
that within ten days or two weeks every
mine Will be in full operation. Several
mines started today with miners former
ly affiliated with the Western Federa
tion of Miners, who signed cards re
nouncing union allegiances.
The most hopeful sign of an early set
tlement is the formation of a new
union among the minor. This union is
to become a state affair, independent of
the Western Federation of Miners.
OF CALEB
POWERS
GREENSBOKO, K.
Persons Prominently Mentioned in
lmmM: mm
PETTI BONE I S NOT
GUILTY; MOYER CASE
DROPPED BY COURT
Famous Trial That Has Attracted the Attention of the
World to Idaho Ends in Exhoneration for Heads of
the Western Federation of Miners,
Boise, Idaho, Jan. 4. An end of the
prosecution of the man charged with the
murder of the former governor, Frank
SteuTienbc-rg, except the eases of Harry
Orchard and Jack Simpk'ms, camo today
with the acquittal of George A. Petti
bone and the discharge of Charles H.
Moycr, president of the Western Feder
ation of Miners, both charged with con
spiring with William 1). Haywood to
murder Kteunenberg. Mover will return
with Pettibono in a few days to Denver.
Haywood Was acquitted hist summer
and Moyer will not be tried. Only two
men on the Pettibono jury voted per
sistently for conviction and they final
ly ceded the verdict to the other ten
jurors.
The case of Orchard, confessed assas
sin of Steunenbcrg and chief witnep ;
against Moycr, Hey wood and PeUibone,
T
IN THE SOUTH DIES
MRS. MARY LOUISE MORGAN WHIT
NEY SUCCUMBS AFTER LONG
ILLNESS IN NEW ORLEANS.
JJew Orjeans, La., Jan. 4, Mrs. Mary
Louise Morgan -Whitney, reputed to be
the wealthiest woman in tho south, died
at her home here tonight, aged seventy
five years. She had been ill about two
months.
Mrs. , Whitney was the widow of
Charles A. Whitney, who, with her
father, was oneof the builders of Mor
gan's Louisiana and Texas railroad,- now
one of the principal links in the South
ern Paciflo railway.
Ask the Man
C., SUKDAY, JANUARY 5, 1903
is in the hand of Prosecuting Attorney
Vanduyn, of Canyon count, Idaho. No
statement- as to tlie future procedure in
tli:it case has'-.hecu made, but it will bo
called during the next term of court at
Caldwell, when it will' probnldy be final
ly disposed of. Simpkius is .still a fugi
tive. After fourteen hours' deliberation a
verdict of not gnilly wns reached today
by the jury trying George A. Pettibono.
The verdict was brought into court at
11.15 this morning. Xo demonstration
of any kind marked the reaching of the
verdict which made Pettibono n, free
man after two years awaiting trial.
All night the balloting of tho jury
stood ten for acquittal and two for con
viction. There was no change until the
final ballot was reached, both of the
men who had been holding out giving
way at the samo time.
The defendant Pettibone. : pale and
emaciated because of his long illness,
merely smiled as he heard of his free
dom, and a moment later he was sur
rounded by his attorneys and friends.
His wife, who has been by his side at
every session of the court during the
trial, wept for joy. ..'; . .
When the Moycr case was called by
Judge Wood this afternoon James H.
Haw ley, representing Prosecuting At
torney Vanduyn, signified the desire Of
the stato to have an order of dismissal
entered.
"I am satisfied," said Judgo Wood,
"that the courso taken by the district
attorney is the proper course. I have,
watched the evidence carefully, so far
ns the connecting and corroborating evi
dence under the statute was concerned
in its application to this defendant, and
there has certainly nothing developed in
the two cases that would justify the
court in submitting the case against
Moyer to a jury, unless there was con
siderable additional connecting testi
mony . to that which has been shown in
the two- cases that have been tried, and,
for that reason, tho case will bo dis
missed and an order entered exonerating
(Continued on page Two.)
Who Advertises in the Daily
Idaho 's F amous Murder Trial
WS& iS1 REVIEWS
EDITOR J. P. CALDWELL
WIFE AT WASHINGTON
Pair Were Divorced In 1903 L!t.
tie Daughter Effected Re
conciliation. BY JOHN E. MONK. "
Washington,!). C, Jan. 4. Joseph
Pearson Caldwell and Mrs. Addic Wil
liams Caldwell, both of Charlotte, were
married at noon today in tho parlors
of the Metropolitan hotel, the. Rev.
Donald C. MacLeod, of the First Presby
terian church, performing the ceremony.
Mr. and . Mrs. Caldwell were first mar
ried in New York on September 9, 1!)00,
and were divorced in 1903. Their little
daughter, Adelaide Pearson Caldwell,
who was six years old today, wa pres
ent at the ceremony. . Her' influence is
credited with having wrought the re
union. A few intimate friends Of the
couple living in Washington were also
present.
Mr. Caldwell reached Washington last
night from Charlotte. He fore leaving
home he telegraphed to New York to
Mrs. Caldwell to meet him here. She
had gone north with her daughter to
spend the winter, but returned to Wash
ington, where the ceremony took place.
Mr. Caldwell is editor and part owner
of the Charlotte Observer. Mrs. Cald
well was Mis Adelaide Williams, only
daughter of Louis Williams, of Char
lotte. Owing to the opposition of the
children of Mr. Caldwell by his first
wife, their earlier marriage was kept
secret. After the ceremony the did not
live together, and later Mrs. Caldwell
went to Sioux Falls, S. D., and secured
a divorce.
She has spenf; most of her time since
in New York city, but paid a brief
visit to Charlotte last summer and stop
ped at the Central hotel, where Mr,
Caldwell boarded. .
After spending few days in the east,
Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell will return to
make thei home in Charlotte.
LAST EDITION.
i
9DVERM0R OF HEW YORK
REFUSES TO ACCEPT
NISPECIALTAaDCNDS
Governor Glenn Sends Letter ol
Thanks to Governor Hughes
For His Action.
STATUS OF BONDS
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 4. Governor
Glenn today sent to Governor Hughes,
of New York, a letter thanking him for
his action in refusing to accept a gift
of 'North Carolina special tax bonds of
the series that have been in the pnst
repudiated by tho North Carolina leg
islatures end the people, and reviewing
the status of the bonds in question.. The
letter follows:
'To His Excellency Charles E. Hughes,
"Executive Oflice,
"Albany, New York.
"My Dear Governor: In tho morning
papers I notice that the North Carolina
bondholders have offered you a certain
mmitier oi North Carolina bonds as a
donation, to the end that you might
bring suit against the State '.of -North
Carolina, which, under the constitution,
they cannot do. tins is but part ot a
scheme they have been trying to put
into effect for a good many years, hav-
( Continued on page Two.)
STEAMER WITH 500
PERSON S ON BOARD, LONG
OVERDUE; MAY BE LOST
Sailed From Antwerp to St. John, N. B., and Has Not Since Been
Heard From Owners Say She Is Safe, Though
Possibly Helpless.
St. John, N. B., Jan. 4. Although it
is four weeks tonight to a day since the
Canadian Pacific steamer Mount Royal
sailed from Antwerp for this port, with
304 immigrants and a crew of more
than 100, and nothing has been heard of
her in that time, the officials of the line
have not abandoned hope that she is still
afloat.
They are extremely anxious, never
theless, and fear that the vessel is drift
ing about the Atlantic in practically a
helpless condition with her machinery
disabled. The company has caused in
quiry to be made at all ocean ports on
both sides of the Atlantic, but up to to
night no report from the big vessel
has been received. . ,
The arrival of the Allen line steamer
Hungarian at Portland, twenty -one
days from Greenock, today disposed of
the theory advanced that she had fallen
in with the Mount Royal.
Many steamers have been delayed
from a few days to more than a week
in crossing the Atlantic Blnce December
1. nn account of heavy weather, and for
this reason there has been no anxiety
Industrial News. He Knows
The News A paper for
all the people and for the
people all the time. Read
it and keep posted.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
HIS MURDERED
IFEMWELRY
Put It In Saloon-Keeper's Safe
Several Days After Her
Death.
SAID SHE WORE THEM '
WHEN SHE DISAPPEARED
Important Discovery Made in the Har
rison Mystery May Result in the Com
plete Clearing Up of Case That Was
Apparently Hopeless.
Newark, N. J., Jan. 4. An important
discovery, which the police state will en
able them to name the slayer of Mrs.
Lena Whitmore, the victim of the Lamp
black Swamp, near Harrison, N. J.,
who?e husband Theodore Whitmore, is
now held pending a further investiga
tion, was made today when all the jew
elry of the dead woman was found in
the safe of Harry' E. Radin, a saloon
keeper of Brooklyn.
After an examination by detectives,
Radin stated that Whitmore had given
him the box containing the jewelry on
either December 30 or 31, several days
after the nude body of the woman wus
found half submerged in the mud and
water of the Harrison pond. Whitmore
had previously told the police that his
wife had worn all her jewels when she
left home on Christmas afternoon. Tho
discovery made today is regarded as im
portant by the police.
Whitmore told the officers yesterday
that he often frequented Radin's place.
When the detectives 'heard that Whit
more had left a box at Radin's saloon,
which he wanted kept in the safe, they
began an investigation. Radin was . not
inclined' to give any information, but
finally stated that the box had been
given him by Whitmore about four
days after the body of the woman had
been found. The box was opened and
found to contain not only all Mrs. Whit
more's jewelry, but some silverware.
Radin informed tlie police that Whit
more told him that he wanted a.safe
place to keep the jewels '.until .his .wife
returned.
Whitmore was subjected to a search
ing examination today by Prosecutor
Yiekers and Magistrate Branegan. What
they learned was not divulged. Whit'
moro broke down and cried earlier in the
day when told that he would probably
be' arraigned later. He declined to dis
cuss the case or consult a lawyer.
Mathew and Charles Salter, of Sche
nectady, N. Y., brothers of the murdered
woman, viewed the body today and iden
tified it as that of their sister, Mr.
Lena Whitmore. The brothers turned
over to the detectives some letters
which they said might thwy further
light on the case.
CRYSTAL THEATER CHANGES
AND ADDS ATTRACTIONS
Beginning with tomorrow a complete
change of program will be made daily
at the Crystal Theater, on South Elm
street, near the railway station. H. T,
Hatch is now in charge of this popular
place of amusement and gives it his
best personal attention. Several changes
in the interior of the Crystal have been
made and add greatly to the conven
ience of the patrons, as well as to thn
efficiency of the picture performances.
A series of illustrated songs are now on
the program and afford no little addi
tional interest for the steady incr.s
ing attendance.
concerning the Mount Royal until this
week. The feeling of uneasiness has
increased dally, however, as the absence
of news continued.
Captain Murray, of the Canadian Pa
ciflo steamer Empress, of Britain, which
arrived here from Liverpool yesterday,
expressed the opinion that the missing
vessel is safe and will be heard from in
a short time. The Mount Royal is not
equipped with the wireless telegraph ap
paratus, so that if she is afloat nothing
will be heard from her until she ap
proaches land or is sighted by some ves
sel. '
The Mount Royal is a single screw
Bteamer of 4,590 tons, and nearly ten
years old. Shipping men express ths
opinion that in the event of her shaft
breaking, one of the reasons advanced
for her failure to reach port, she would -drift
out of the track of passing steam
ers, cither east or westbound, and an
aly find herself in the vicinity of Berr
muda, driven by the current.
The steamer is known as a slow speed
boat, but would Undoubtedly hava
been sighted before this had not an ac
cident happened. .
HUSBAND
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