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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-28

today, when the following notice was
posted on it's doors
This bank is in the hands of the
comptroller of the currency.
FOREST RAYNER,
National Bank Examiner"
At the same time William Crom-
well, the banks attorney, gave out
! the following statement:
"In justice to the depositors and
stockholders of the Seventh National
bank, William Norton Cromwell, the
banks attorney, has advised the
bank to suspend payment"
| The action was taken after pro
tracted conference in the banks
rooms, which was participated in by
President Thomas, ex-President Kim
ball, Edwin Gould, Lorenzo Sample,
who is one of the directors, and sew
eral other members of the bank.
A statement of liabilities and re-
sources was given out tonight at the
bank, showing the resources to be
$5,165, ,5SO.12, with liabilities of the
same amount.
William Nelson Cromwell, special
counsel for the bank, gave out the
following statement from President
Thomas and added that he was en-
gagged in preparing plan for a re-
4 organization of the affairs of the
bank and that it was believed sat
isfactory plan would be presented at
an early date:
"Mr. Edward r. Thomas, president
of the Seventh National bank, has
stated that the difficulties of the
bank were due solely to making by
previous executive officers OF large
advances to Messrs. Marquand & Co.,
and that the securities were of an
unmarketable character; that upon
the urgent application of the board
he and his associates, Mr.. Edwin H.
Gould, had furnished financial assist
ance upon adequate securities and
upon assurance that the obligations
Of MarQuand & Co., would be made
/ good by this morning. That firm
named had, however. failed to fulfill
Requirements, and while he. and Mr..
Gould and some of the directors were
willing to furnish further financial
aid, it was not deemed by them as
Just, either to the depositors, stock
holders or public, to invite deposits
and credit until the affairs Of the
bank were again placed upon an alb.
solutely safe basis.
"That for this purpose a reason
able time was necessary and to pre-
vent unfair preference or advantage
the board determined, with the ad
vice Of counsel, to suspend opera
tions for the present"
During the afternoon an informal
meeting Of the officers Of the impor
tant banks was held at the dowr
town club and the suspension OF tht
Seventh National and its relations
with other financial institutions wat
thoroughly discussed. A tacit under
: standing that all interests should bt
Q protected was arrived at mo one
Q else" said one OF the concourse, will
!. be allowed to fail. No institution.
may say Is in peril, but measures
have been discussed to give ample
protection"
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The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-28
Railroad Blocked.

Pittsburg, June 27-B Baltimore &
Ohio officials here state that another
heavy washout occurred at Fairhope
near Cumberland and that the line
is completely blocked for the time be-
ing.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-28
TERRoRIzED BY STORM.
Railroad Completely Washed Out
Many Cattle Killed.

Connelsville, Va, June 27-This
section was visited today by a most
terrific storm and for an hour citizens
were in terror.
The Baltimore & Ohio Short Line
between Leisenring and Ohara's 8
crossing was completely washed out
and coke traffic in Leisenring dis
trict will be delayed for several days.
Many cattle were killed in the farm.
ing district. Telephone communica.
tion was destroyed in all directions
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-28

The Celebrated Julia MarloWs Shoe
IN connection with the always reli-
able e. p. Reid shoes, ana other re-
sponsible manufacturers goods. make
our place the one place to purchase
the best fitting and stylish shoes
brains and money can produce.
We extend a cordial invitation to
all ladies Of Billings and vicinity to
call and examine the line OF shoes we
selling elsewhere for $500 and $3.50.
some dealers ask $500 for no better.
Thanking you for past favors. we
want to serve in the future.
Yours for shoes.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-28
POPE SERIOUSLY Ill.
Pontiff's Condition Causes Much Anx-
iety to Vatican Officials.

Paris, June PA dispatch to the
Petit Bleu from Rome announces the
pope to be seriously i'll and says that
DR.. Lapponi, his attending physician,
does not leave the pontiff's bedside.
Vatican officials are anxious con-
corning the pope's health.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-28
PRIZE SUITS DECIDED.

Santiago Claimants.
Washington, June 27- Justice
Bradley in the equity court today de
cided the Manila bay and Santiago
prize cases.
The Manila claimants get $238, 900,
divided among 1000 persons. The
Santiago case divides $5O0,0O0 among
5000. These amounts are in addi-
tion to the bounties already allowed
by the court of claims.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-28
Continues to Improve.

/. Washington, June 27-Mrs. McKin-
ley's Improvement. continues. She
went driving again today. as.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-28
Bubonic Plague.

Bubonic Plague.
Oporto, June 27-Twelve cases Of
plague, with four deaths exist here.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-28
is ORDERED
TO SUSPEND
SEVENTH NATIONAL IN RE
CEIvERs HANDS.
ASSETS EQUAL LIABILITIES
Large Advances on Poor Securities
Cause Of Failure May
Resume Business.
ASSETS EQUAL LIABILITIES

New York, June 27-The Seventh
National bank was closed at 10:45
today, when the following notice was
posted on it's doors:
'This bank is in the hands of the
m ~ r<ro1lar ~ tho ourroncv
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-01

their differences. Mansfield was shot
dead on the street corner by Tabor on
June %. 1854. Tabor was sentenced to be
hanged but in 1856 was pardoncd by Gov
ernor Bigler. He was defended in his
trial by David 8. Terry, who afterward
shot Senator Broderick in a duel, and
was afterward shot himself by David
Neagle, at Lathrop.
About two years after her fathers death
Josie and her mother came to San Fran
cisco. The young girl was lovely as a
dream then. and she was soon popular
among gallants and certain society set.
Then her mother left her with friends in
San Francisco, went to Stockton and mar.
ried Mr.. Warren.
Josie preferred life in San Francisco.
and soon drifted into theatrical ambitions
and the gay life that ended in the cpl
sode which resulted In her going East.
After becoming Mes Frank Lawler she
returned for a brief season to California,
her husband being engaged for Maguires
Opera-house company. Here black
mailing episode brought the names OF
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IN connection with his intimate rrlend,
Eben Jordan, merchant, who was a
pillar Of the church, cleared over MIL
l.on and half through unscrupulous
methods in handling Government con-
tracts. etc. BY sharp dealing Fisk pock-
eted 600 at the time of General Lees
surrender.
Fisk then removed from Boston to
New York, where his financial career was
as corrupt as his social one After some
original financial operations with line
of Sound steamers. which he started in
opposition to those running. and out Of
which he made money, he entered Wall
street one Monday morning with ST. 900
with which to buck the street. The fol-
lowing Saturday night found him penni-
less. His courage and resource did not
desert him. He pushed forward and be-
came the intimate friend of Jay Gould
and William NJ Tweed.
Fisk could swindle friend out of hun
dreds of thousands of dollars and call It
business. In railroad and cattle deal
he did Commodore Vanderbilt out of
100000. and said. laughingiy. ..The Com
modore got the cows. but I got the
cream He became largely interested In
Erie stocks. and in the early seventies
easily took away from many New York
men the prominence of being In the lead
The women idolized him and the men
feared him., for his corruption was
known.
He was made colonel of the Ninth
New York Regiment and his short stout
figure was always conspicuous one I'm
the public resorts of the city. With
favor and fortune the world called him
well On the high road to success. But
woman was leading him on the path that
leads to ether things. AT the heyday of
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lorg oerore an new York was agog over
the Mansfield. and the splendor of sner
establishment. Despite her character,
her name was used to christen every
thing, from bonnets to jewels.
A citizen of San Francisco. who as
lad worked as clerk in the auditors
office of the Erie Railway, remembers
well the magnificent palace OF brown
stone that Fisk built for her at 329 West
Twenty-third street, about six doors be-
low the Grand Opera-house corner. where
his Office was. This gentleman remembers
tho Mansfield at that time as an exceed
ingly handsome woman, above the aver
age In height. and fast yerging toward
Sthe stoutness that afterward marred her
figure. He remembers also that Fisk in
some way gained permission from prop
erty-owners Of the block to cut a small
door through each back yard fence in
tervening between the office and the
house of the woman who cost him his
life. He passed much Of his time in
those days in the mansion with her. and
the clerks in the office often watched him
go through the little green turfed yards
to meet the beautiful woman who some
times came out to greet him
Later, among Fisk's friends who en-
joyed the frequent revels In the Twenty
third street house was Edward S. Stokes,
a young man of good birth. whose father
was In the plate glass business.
Stokes was a clerk in Wall street when
Fisk took fancy to him and made him
his protege and also wen for the young
man the friendship OF Jay Gould. The
handsome figure and features Of Stokes
gave him an advantage over Fisk, who
was short and 50 stout as to make IL
6etriment TO his appearance. He was
pompous. and also intensely vain This
may have been a factor In the spell
which Josie" Mansfield cast over Stokes,
who came more and more frequently to
the Fisk mansion. He loved the woman
| met her alone often under the roof
for which his friend and partner had
paid,
Soon Fisk knew that the Mansfield only
cared for his wealth. She boasted Of her
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both herself and her husband into the
San Francisco newspapers. At this time
her preferred admirer above all others
was d. w Perey. the wealthy English
law partner cf Judge David S. Terry A
short time after he became entangled in
the wilcs of this wholesale fiirt, Perley
was calling at the house of Mrs. Warren,
the mother of the fair but false Helen
Josephine. Josie and Perley were spend
in /. the afternoon in the parlor behind
locked doors. Suddenly loud knocking
was heard. the door was burst open and
Lawier and Mr.. Warren rushed into the
room, each with cooked revolver in his
hand. Perley in moment felt the cold
steel at his head, which was the signal
for Helen Josephine to fall In a pretend
ed dead faint
Lawler charged Perley with tampering
with the affections Of his wife. and
forced the frightened tEnglishman to
sign a check on local bank for $4,000.
Lawler then ordered Perley out Of the.
house at the point of his pistol. telling
him IL he ever spoke of the affair he
would shoot him on the spot. Perley
hurried to the bank after his escape and
stopped payment Of the check. AT his
instigation the San Francisco newspapers
published the whole particulars OF the
hold up describing 1t as conspiracy be-
tween Lawler and his wife ana the others
concerned.
Through friend he warned Lawler to
get out Of California within thirty days
on penalty of death. Josie and her has
band then sailed for New York. where
she found field altcgethe" to her taste.
She was divorced in New York and
shortly afterward went upon tho stage
in that city. She could not act, but she
he'd rich, dark. an.mal-likc beauty that
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FOR blackmail, seeking the indicrmenr or
both for that offense. This news came to
Stokes. loIling amid the luxury Of the
Mansfield home. 1t was probably then
that the devil entered him to kill Fisk,
and 1t has been alleged that Josie Mans
field melted the deed. All Of New York
was interested and agitated over the Diff
ferences between the two men. but none
surmised that it would end in red-handed
murder. The whole world was for a time
familiar with the details Of the tragedy
that followed.
Stokes left the Mansfield place on the
afternoon Of January 6. 1872, went In
hack to the Grand Central Hotel and sta
toned himself in the corridor Of the par
lor floor. The main staircase was IN front
Of him. He shot Fisk twice as he was
coming up that staircase from Broadway.
Stokes was arrested before he could leave
the hotel Jay Gould and William M.
Tweed came to the bedside Of Fisk, who
died the next day. His wife and brothers
were with him to the end. Josie Mans
qield was not there.
Colonel 'Jim'' Fisk was buried with all
the honors that New York could bestow.
Stokes, after three trials, was convicted OF
manslaughter in the third degree. After
serving four years in prison he was par
doued in 1877 by Grover Cleveland, who
was then Governor Of New York.
Since his crime there has been no peace
for him and his face has told the story
of his misery. He has been guarded by
detectives and lived the life Of a pariah
ever since on the remains OF his fortune
until death claimed him at the home OF
his sister.
After the murder Of Fisk the relations
between Stokes and the Mansfield woman
ceased. He il not known to have had any
interest again in any living woman. and
the beautiful woman, Rosamond Langdou
Barclay, who made claim while he was
i'll to being his wis, was not recognized
or acknowledged in his will.
While Stokes was lying In prison. play
was produced at Niblo's Gardens called
Black Friday in memory Of the great
gold panic engineered by Fisk, and having
for it's theme the killing Of Fisk. The
scene of the murder wa9 laid in Wall
street, with Fisk shot as he passed the
Office of Stokes. Charles Thorne took the
part Of Stokes, w. Price portrayed Fisk,
and Lizzie Fechter was the notorious
beauty, Mansfield. The play was soon
withdrawn on account Of public indigna-
ton.
On Stokes release from prison he spent
some time at the Hoffman House with his
tried friend, Cassius H. Read. Soon after
ward he came to San Francisco. and be-
came known as driver Of a number OF
fine thoroughbreds. John w. Mackay de-
sired TO possess a sleek little mare which
he noticed Stokes driving, and sent
friend to purchase 1t, but Stokes refused
10 sell. Mackay again sent to Stokes, Of
fering go GO for the mare. which was al.
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@HE recent death Of Ed Stokes ~
moves from a fesr-hsunted rnlse-.
able existence one of the principal
actors in q tragedy which thirty
years ago. gave New York 4 SEN
sztfor the like Of which it had not seen.
But the notorious woman IN the case is
stir living 81 years old. and the last ef
an infamous group of three. Somewhere
in TIE gay city Of Paris is she whose
trea cheToUs beauty wss the power that
caused two men to sacrifice honor and
business. eliminating in the coid-bIooded
murder Of James Fisk Jr. At the hands Of
Edward s. Stokes.
But few people proi'a bly, know that come
years of the gi.lhood Of the beautiful bat
iniquitoug Josie" Mansfield were spent in
san Francisco. Once tie commanding
star Of an infamous trio. she is now
brofen-dovn woman. yet to journey alone
through the great unknown into which
the others have preceded her.
lWho can tell ;he awful memories that
pass before her while she waits visions
made mere vivid by the passing away ot
her one-tIr1e lover. stolzes; a long vista
of passion. ireacbery, wantonness, lost
honor. brcEon regulations. the eternal
happiness Of three people forfeited.
Thirty years ago she was known az the
beautiful siren from California, who
plunged the affairs OF the Erie Railroad
and Jay Gould into maze Of litigation.
scandal and shame that ended in murder.
Jay Could TOO. is now at rest, but to her.
perhaps the most unworthy OF all. life
and a luxurious home is still left.
O,d-nmers among the theatrical people
OF San Francisco's earlier days remember
the extraordinarily beautiful girl OF about
sixteen years who mixed among them and
haunted the stage doors I'm the days of the
early sixties. Coming from no one seems
10 remember exactly where, she called
herself Helen Josephine Mansfield, though
her real name was said 10 be Warren,
sad she was sometimes referred to as the
arren girl" On the site where the
pfeEent California Theater now stands.
there was in those dayg an L-shaped alley
II was filled with shabby houses. and in
one Of these Josie Mansfield lived. She
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Fisk's vogue, tnmgs were at the lowest
ebo with "Josie' Mansfield. The stage
would not yield her fame or a living, and
penniless. she sought an interview with
Jim Fisk.
The luminous light of her magnificent
gray eyes conquered him. Her skin was
OF a deadly fairness, that made moro Jet
black the masses of silky hair that clus-
tered closely around her broad white
brows. From her tiny pink ears hung a
pair of large gold hoops. gypsy fashion.
Small beautifully formed hands, and a
tall figure, whose curves were perfection
then, formed picture that caused Fisk
to fall down and worship. 1t was not
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was AROUND among the theatrical folk o
good deal. ard her ambition was 10 go
upon the stage. and she d:d appear once
or twice in insignificant paris. for she
could not act. and was also very ignorant.
Her beauty brought her iovers. but her
after life was foreshadoweJ in the scnza-
tiOraI episode caused by ono Of them. II
is told hy oId-tir1ers that one night the
inmates of the house where Helen jose
phinc Mansfield lived were awaked by the
sound of screams and falling glass. A
man mad jumped from her window and
escaped over the sheds OF the alley that
led TO little street beyoId, while in her
room newly arrived lover was wildly up
braiding her. The papers ot the day made
the most Of 1t, and thus was the wonderful
beauty OF the woman made the subject OF
public comment.
Not long after this the girl went East,
and with the Rockies as barrier be-
tween her and her past life, appeared I'm
Boston. where she lived for some years
in reputable society she always claimed,
and so say some who knew her there.
In the East she met Frank Lawler. the
handsome actor. returned from Cali
fornia and then playing leads with Emily
Jordan. Her tigress beauty infatuated
him, and In 1866 the two eloped after
ten days acquaintance, and were mar
ried. One year afterward they were di-
vorced, the GAUGE, IT IS said, being her
fondncss for other men. LawIer is long
since dead, and did not see all OF the de-
s.ruction which his one-time wife after
ward caused.
Josie Mansfield was born in Boston in
1SiO, and her parents removed to Stock
ton, Cal. In 1852. There in 1854 her father,
Joseph Mansfield, was the editor of the
Republican. He got into personal jour-
naIism TO such an extent with John Ia
Dor. who ran the opposition paper, the
Journal, that murder was the result Of
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won many admirers. She made no ap-
pearance Of eny prominence in New
York and her short theatrical career was
not success.
At that time "Jim" Fisk. the son of a
Vermont horse trader and peddler, was
perhaps the most conspicuous figure in
New York. He was the man whom fate
or some evil genius set apart to come
under the thrall of this Mana, whom he
afterward housed In palace flt for
queen.
Fisk came to New York from a cor
ruot business career In Boston, where
he had made his home since his coming
OF age. At the time Of the civil war he.
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love for Stokes. Fisk was wildly Jealous
and at once laid plans to ruin Stokes. The
latter was arrested one Saturday night for
embezzling funds OF the oil company in
which he and Fisk had become interested.
furnishing all the oil used by the Erie COM
pany. Stokes was in Jail couple of days.
and then had Fisk arrested for conspiracy
and false imprisonment. Fisk forced
down the stock of the oil company and
nearly ruined Stokes. Josie Mansfield at
once took the part of Stokes and gave
him letters she had received from Fisk.
exposing the secrets of Tammany and the
Erie ring. Fisk paid $4,000 to get them
back and then sued Stokes and Mansfield
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declined. Ten days later a messenger de-
livered to Mr.. Mackay at the Palace Hotel
a note from Stokes reading as follows:
Mr.. Stokes begs that Mr.. Mackay accept
the mare Eva. with his compliments and
best wishes" From this dated the we'll
known friendship between Mackay and
Stokes. In conjunction with Read, Stokes
later bought mine from Mackay. which
he placed In London and Paris at a profit
OF nearly 100000.
Josie Mansfield ned to Boston. imme-
diately after Fislxs tragic end. From there
she went to Paris. There she deposited
with the bankers Bowles Brothers the
bulk of her fortune, 1t was said. In about
year the banking firm failed, and the
New York papers once more published
columns concerning the Mansfield. under
such headings as Downfall of Notori-
Gus Woman" etc. She was pictured as
for a time in distressed circumstances but
Ii Is probable that most of the wealth
which she Is now known to have was
saved from her relations with Fisk and
Stokes In 1891. in London. she married
Robert L. Reade. formerly OF Minneapo-
lis and New York said to be wealthy. He
left her. and since then comparatively lit
tie has been heard of her. She returned
to Boston. but has since gone abroad
again to live.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-14
INVASION on CAPE COLONY
New York Tribune.

When Lord Roberts turned the tide
Of war northward II was confidently
supposed that henceforth what little
fighting was still to be done would be
done on Boer soil or the soil that was
once Beers. But now. many months
lattr. the tide Of war is turned back
again 20 Cape Colony Itself. Far with
in the borders Of that colony British
railroads are cut and British troops are
captured by the Beers and IL Is thither
that achievements are 10 be hurried.
The struggle Is not 10 conquer ard Uaci-
~ The Boer states, but 10 repel the Boer
invasion OF the British colony and In
decd 10 prevent the Beers from effect
ing the conquest OF that colony. Moth
Ing could be more exasperatlng 90 the
British than such a carrying OF the
war into their own land. But exasper-
alton Is not the worst Of a. Beyond
doubt the Boe' invasion, or relnyasion,
of Cape Colony IL melting many Of the
inhabitants 90 rebel against British au-
thorlty and TO Join the Beers. The
Beers have shteWdly chosen the scene
OF their operations 20 that end
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-01-14

In the last number OF the Womans
Journal Alice stone Blackwell gives
some most interesting statistics, furn-
lshed by Commissioner ~ Education
Harris, concerning graduates from the
high schools OF the country. In every
state OF the Union more girls than boys
are graduating from the high schools
In the whole United states the public
high schools in 1899 graduated 2OSi4
boys ana 36.124 girls, In 1898 the whole
number Of boys in attendance at public
high schools was ls9 ls7; Of girls, 26O.4lS.
The reason OF this disparity Is not
that girls by nature have a greater
thirst than boys for education 1t Is
because Of the growing tendency to
take boys out of school early in order
TO put them into business. The vest
ern division Montana, Wyoming Colo
RADIO. New Mexico Arizona, Utah Ne
yada, Idaho Washington, Oregon and
California; graduated loss boys and
.gIg girls