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Cañon City record., 1903-11-05

after nightfall Sheriff Griffeths finall y
landed Wetherell in she Canon City
Jail from which he was hanged the
next nigh to rhe electric light pole at
the sOui heasr corner OF Main and First
streets. Sheriff Griffeths made brave
defense Of his prisoner. but no man,
however resourreful and determined.
could keep wetherell from the mob.
and he was taken away by sheer phys
ical force
Tho sheriff was bound ard taken to
the tower at the southeast corner of
the p-nitentiary wall where he could
not avoid being spectator Of the ex-
ecution diagonally across the street
Wetherell fought like q tiger and he
was shot three times Before being tax
en- from his cell. one OF the bullets
fracturing his left shoulder. A rope
was tied around his neck aud he was
dragged to the place of execution fight
ing like q demon. An incident in con-
nection with the hanging of Wetherell
was the banishment of all eI-convicts
living here from Canon City. some of
whom have not yet returned.
A vigilance committee waited upon
each Of these ticket-of-lea,e men and
ordered them o vamose and il Is unnec-
essary TO state that none of them stood
upon the order of their going weth-
erell was left dangling from the elec-
tric light pole until about 10 o'cloc k
the next day when it was cut down by
down to witness the gruesome scene in
the meantime. No compunction has
ever been expressed by these who par
ticipated in the hanging of Weth rell,
nor has any sympathy been uttered
for his m-mory. or excuses offered in
extenuation of his crime. it being uni
versally c ,nc-ded that he was an enemy
to society and that he richly merited
the punishment he received
The most recent # the lynchings
that nave taken place in Canon City
was at of Thomas Reynolds, con-
Wet at the penitenriary, for participa-
tion in The murder OF Night Captain
William c. Rooney. Monday night,
January 2ist, 1900 That occurrence
was 50 dramatic and is so vivid in the
recollection of scores of people that it
would be a waste of time to dwell up
TN its details in this connection. suffice
it to state that Reynolds, in connec-
tion with Kid Wallace. c. E. Wagner.
and Anton Wood. in furtherance OF a
plan to escape from the peniteutiary
killed Rooney by stabbing him through
the heart with case knives which they
had sharpened to the keenness of raz-
ors.
The convicts in question were en-
ployrd that night in the boiler room
and were given their supper in the
guards dining room about 10 O'Clock.
In passing out after eating they grab
Cañon City record., 1903-11-05

bed Rooney, who WAS standing at the
door. and in the scuffie which followed
he was killed with knives. The NUT
ineers then scaled the prison walls by
means of rope ladders and escaped in
the darkness.
Pursuit was given and the following
Wednesday night Antoine Wood and
Kid Wallace were captured by Chas E.
Oapterbury and w. o. Higgins, keep
ers of the toll gates on the Canon City
4 Cripple Creek ro-d. few miles this
SIDE of Victor. They were brought
back here and reincarceraied in
the penitentiary, where they are
still doing time" for their crimes
Wagner made good his escape and has
never been heard of, the popular opin-
ion being that he was frozen to death
in the mountains, it being very cold at
that lime.
About IL o'clock Friday night, jan
uary 18th, Reynolds was brought into
town in two-ssated rig, guarded ny
three officers. As soon as it became
known that they were bringing in the
captured convict the fire alarm was
sounded and in an almost incredible
short time people by the hundreds be-
gan hIrrying towards the peniten-
t ary. many of them carry ing ropes to
hang the prisoner. As the officers
crossed the Ninth street bridge with
their quarry several shots rang out by
those on guard, and the streets in the
vicinity became alive with men IS
though they had sprung out of the
ground like Rboderic Dhu's soldiers
The carriage drove past them at a
galiop and pulled up at the prison gate.
where it was met by large crowd of
men who demanded the prisoner, who
was given up, as resistance would have
been worse than foolish and could
hardly have resulted otherwise than in
bloodshed, for it was determined
crowd that made the demand. Reyn-
olds was taken to the corner of First
and Main streets where he was hung
TO an electric light pole. under the full
glare of street lamp and in the pres
ence OF nve or six hundred people.
The body was left hanging until
O'Clock the next morning, when War
den Hoyt had it cut down and buried
in the prison cemetery.
Th- gathering that lynched Reynolds
was not ''frenzied" mob, bu, was
resoiute body of men that had decided
that no Judicial punishment wa- ad :
quate to meet the crime of which he
was guilty. and the same is true of
tho that messd on shment to
wetherell and the two Mexicans years
before.
Although an imperfect history. the
foreg ling is fairly accurate account
of the lynchings thar have taken place
in Canon City during The recollection
of men now living.
Cañon City record., 1903-11-05
A Good Name.

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hat DeWitt's Little Early Ri-ers are
unequnlled as liver pill. They are
rightly named because they give
strength and energy and do their work
with ease.-W T. Easton, Boerne. Tex
Thousands of people are using these
tiny little pills in preference to all
others. because they are so pleasant
and effectual They cure biliousness.
torpid liver. iaund CO, sick headache.
constipation, etc. They do not purge
and weaken. but cleanse and strengthen.
Sold by Se,-ly Drug Co.
Two cars furniture received and
Cañon City record., 1903-11-05

Two cars furniture received and
more ., follow a. Avery & Robson 5.
32I-s23 Mnin street. If
Cañon City record., 1903-11-05

Denver's well known Eye Specialist,
Neurologis and Lens expert, who was
so well pauonized in Canon last Sep
tember, will be here again at the
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-28
The Howe & StetsOn Co
TRAVIS BEATEN BY CULVER.
Former Golf Champion Loses to Jersey
 city Player.

Deal Beach, N. J., May 27.--The defeat of the former champion, Walter J. Tra- wis, for the medal score prize by pr. D. L. Culver e Jersey City. and the
 high scoring of all the players, were the special features of the thirty-six hole qualifying round which opened the play
 to-day in the eMtropolitan golf chan-
 pionship at the Deal Golf club. After
 breaking the record Of the course yes- terday with a 76 during practice match it was confidently expected that Travis would head the list to-day but Dr. Culver beat him two strokes. scor- ing total of 166 to 16S for Travis. pr. D. F. Fredericks os the local club was
 a good third with ITO while there were
 seven others in the TO class. eight in
 the 1908 and fourteen in the 1908 so that the entire thirty-two who qualified for the match play to-morrow were just
 under 200. Among the nonresident players, other than Dr. Fredericks who were in the tournament by reason of
 membership in local clubs and who
 scored we'll, were c. B. Bory of Boston,
 with 1so and c. B. seely of Stamford.
 Conn, with 1S4.
 The course. which by the way is the
 longest in the country, being just under l 6.500 yards. was in fine condition. and although a southerly wind blew nearly all day. it proved hindrance only on l five of the eighteen holes. while the
 wind materially assisted the players on
 no less than eight of the others so that
 the high scoring was all the more sur- prising. The tournament will continue tomorrow with match play.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-28
U. S. SHIPBUILDING TRUS
The Securities Affected by the Plan of
 Reorganization

New York, May 27.-The plan for the reorganization of the United States Shipbuilding company, adopted to-day, was made public tonight. It has been prepared and will be carried out by a committee consisting of George R. Shell don, chairman; Charles s. Fairchild, president of the New York Security and Trust company; J. D. Borne, presi- dent of the Colonial Trust company; president of the North American com- pany. The counsel to the committee are Sullivan & Cromwell and Pam, Cal houn & Glennon. Walter W. Lee is secretary of the committee. The secur- ities effected by the reorganization are to be deposited with the City Trust company, of New York.
 The plan provides for the organiza- tion of company with the title of the Bthlehem Steel and Shipbuilding com pany. The properties to be taken over are: Union Iron Works, San Francisco; Bath Iron Works, Limited, Bath, Me. i; Hyde Windlass company, Bath, Me. i; Crescent Shipyard company, Elizabeth port, N. J.; Canada Manufacturing company, Carteret, N. J.; Samuel l.. Moore 6 Sons company, Elizabethport, N. J.; Eastern Shipbuilding company, New London, Conn; Harlan & Hol- lingsworth company, Wilmington, Del, also all of the capital stock (except di- rectors' qualification shares) of the Bethlehem Steel company, owning the Bethlehem Steel Works and property in the boroughs of South Bethlehem and Northampton Heights.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-28
PENNSYLVANIA FOR ROOSEVELT
The Republican State Convention De-
 cinres fnr Him.

ciuFoS TNr Htni.
 Harrisburg, Pa., May 27.-The repub- lican state convention to-day indorsed Theodore Roosevelt for nomination to the presidency next year and declared against any change in the present tar if schedules. The state administration was strongly indorsed and no mention was made in the platform of the Grady Salus libel law, enacted by the recent legislature.
 United States Senator Quay declined to accept reelection as chairman of the state committee, and his colleague, Sen ator Boies Penrose, was chosen his suc- cessor.
 The plank in the platform endorsing President Roose cit for second term, is as follows:
 We commend and approve the ad- ministration of President Roosevelt who with great ability, fidelity and vigor, has enforced the policies of his Iamented predecessor, William Me- Kinley, and of the republican party. We favor his nomination and election to the presidency in 1904 and pledge thereunto the united support of the re- publicans of Pennsylvania" The platform also contains plank favoring nome rule for the early ad- mission to statehood of the territories of New Mexico, Arizona and Okla hnma."
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NUMBER OF PUBLIC REQUESTS
Made in Will of Late President of Chemical Bank. +52

Nluue Ah WILL OA Ldto FF0etuenE or
 Chemical Bank.
 New York. May 27.-The will of the late George G. Williams of the Chemical National bank, was filed for probate to- day. The widow, Mrs. Virginia F. Will Hams, her son-in-law, Frank B Keeth of Tuexdo. and John P. Lockwood are named as executrix and executors The will was dated December 12, 1895.
 No estimate oe the value of the real estate is made and it is said to be un- known. The value of the personal property is said to be over $10O,O0O but is believed to be nearer $5,0e0.00O The beGuests are S5,000 to Frank B. Keeth; $1.000 to the Mercantile library; $3.000 to the American Board of Commission CTS for Foreign Missions: $500 to the Bank Clerks Mutual Benefit associa- tion: $a.000 to the First Congregations church of East Haddam, Conn, and s2,000 to the Congregational church, Hillington society of East Haddam. The residue is left in trust for the wid- ow, hals the income to be paid to her, and half to the only child. Mrs. Clara J. Keeth, who is to receive the principal on the death of her mother.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-28
STATE ooUNo1L OF RED MEN.
Seventeenth Annual ssssion in Nauga.
 tuck-Omcers Elected.

Seventeenth Annual ssssion in Nauga.
 tuek-Omcers Elected.
 Naugatuck, May 27.-The seventeenth annual council of the Improved Order of Red Men of Connecticut was held here to-day. About 125 delegates from different tribes in the state were pres ent when the assembly was called to order by Great Sachem F. W. Stiles, of Meriden. The early session was occu- pied in hearing the reports of the vari- ous officers. which indicated that the tribes were in a very prosperous condi- tion.
 This afternoon the following officers were elected: Great sachem, w. H Pond, of Hartford; great senior saga more, w. H. Risley, of Hartford; great Junior sagamore, B. B. Plumley, oi Bridgeport; great prophet, F. W. Stiles of Meriden; great chief of records, Will liam Saunders, of Naugatuck; great keeper of wampum, Frederick l.. Trow- bridge, of New Haven; great represen- tatives, F. w. Stiles, of Meriden, and W. H. Pond, of Hartford.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-28
STRIKE THREATENED.
Empioyss of Eastern shipbuiidins
 Company May Go Out. n.

EmpIoyes of Eastern shipbutiding
 Company niny c" Out.
 New London, May 27.-Eight hundredI determined men, representing all the trades at the plant of the Eastern Shipbuilding company, met in a mass meeting tonight at Groton and dis cussed their plans for a vigorous cam paign against the company for a nine hour day at the same rate of pay which they have been receiving for ten hours. ~~E5.
 A committed of fifteen, men, two each of each craft in the yard, and a chairman, submitted a written request to President Charles R. Hansconn this morning for the change on the sched- ule, but was met with fiat refusal MT. Hanscoln even refused to treat with the men on the subject and the matter was discussed through the su- perintendent. It was this report of the committee the men gathered to- night to hold and to take some action which may result in obtaining the de- sired shorter day.
 The sentiment of majority of the men favors strike unless their de- mands are granted. and it is feared that there will be trouble unless Presi- dent Nixon send favorable reply to the letter of the committee. A strike would throw 1900 men out of work.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-28
REPUBLICAN CAUCUSES HELD
WARD COMMITTEES AND CHAIR MEN ELECTED LAST NIGHT,
Very. ListIe Competition Except Over. chairmen of Mestings-EIections Made Unanimons-- Attorney Halls Re- districiing Bin Endorsed by Tenth Ward Meeting.

Republican caucuseS were held in all
 the wards last night for the purpose of electing ward committees for the next two years. While there was some little competition over the election of chair
 men for the meetings. the committees elected were for the most part unani- nous. The chairmen elected last night in the various wards constitute the re- publican town committee. A meeting of the republican town committee will be called early next month and at that time town officers will be elected. It was stated last evening that there was no doubt that the present chairman, Theodore H.. Macdonald, would be re- elected. as well as all the present
 members of that committee At the conclusion of the Tenth ward caucus last evening vote in favor of the bill in reference to the re-districting the city, which has been submitted to the
 state legislature by Attorney Hall was
 unanimously passed. The results of
 the primaries and those who were elect ed in the various wards are as follows: flFSC WdTu-IEldlEIllHH, F5Itillh9 U. JfSlCG5 treasurer, c. w. Ross: secretary, Frank
 H. Mason; Frank J. Rice, John McCar- l thy, John T. Sloan, F. H. Mason, H. A. Smith, Charles ". Ross and R. R. l Tyler About thirty present.
 | Second ward--Cha hartman. Richard H.
 Tyner: secretary. Edwin s. Pickett;
 Rollin S. Woodruff. Theodore Gruener,
 Edwin S. Pickett. Charles w. Birely. Arthur N. Beebe. Wolfe Levy, and Frederick l.. Mead.
 I Third ward-In the Third ward L. S. Clark was elected chairman and prac- tieally the same ward committee which served last year was reelected.
 | Fourth ward-Fred E. Whitaker,
 chairman: Fred E. Whitaker. John Whitaker. John F. Martin. Walter
 Comstock, George McKendrick, Quartus
 Lyman, Fred w. Lord. Robert More
 head. J. H. Lee Henry Snider. N. B.
 Hoyt, H. M. Perry. James Mckay, AL l bert Powell. D. J. Carmichael, Charles
 A. Lewis, Henry Hosley, George Nico-
 lari, P. Ferucio. George BeardsIey,
 Joseph Fufes. George T. Smith, A. D.
 steinbach. Morris Weiss, and Samuel Hoyt.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-28
NOTED BANK BURGLAR KILLED
James Brady, Struck by Flyer on New
 York Central.

New York. May 27-James Brady. noted bank burglar of thirty years ago, the pal of Johnny Hope, Big Frank Me- Coy, and the greatest criminals of the day. was killed to-day on the New York Central tracks near New Rochelle by a passing express. Seventy-eight years old, enfeebled by long illness and discharged but a few. hours before from the Westchester county poorhouse, in which he, had passed the winter, Brady was moodily pacing the track, his back toward the approaching train. His end was fitting climax to life which has few equals in desperate criminal ex- ploits. Struck by the train--the New York and Boston flyer, dashing along at a mile a minute gait-the old robber was hurled nearly g. hundred feet.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-28
SEVEN KILLED IN COLLISION.
Freight Trains Burn Up After Crashing
 Together.

Birmingham, Ala, May 2Z-A double header east-bound freight and a vest bound freight on the Southern railway collided to-day at Bryan, twenty-two miles west of here, with the result that both trains caught fire and were burn ed and seven men were killed and oth- CTS may die. The officials of the road have not yet explained, the cause of the accident, but it is alleged that an oper- ator went to sleep on duty and failed to deliver an order.
 The dead: H. Acton, engineer; L. G. Chester, engineer; Otto Woods, fire man; two firemen, names unknown; Robert Hancock, fireman.
 J. D. Hall, a brakeman, is missing and is thought to have been burned in the wreck.
 Engineer Samuel Johnson will die. A trainman, name unknown, will die. Several other trainmen were hurt.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-28
Lives with Bulle; im Brain.

Glens Falls. N. Y, May 27.-A case which is exciting the interest of the medical profession in northern New York is that of Joseph Bailey of Glens Falls, who since November has lived with p calibre bullet in his brain. Bailey, who is nineteen years old, was shot in a street fight. He was taken to the hospital and after a month had re- covered his health but his mind was a blank and he is an imbecile Dr. w.. c. Macdonald of the city hospital will take Bailey to Albany tomorrow, when an attempt will be made to locate the bullet by means of X-rays. If remov- ed it is predicted that Bailey will re- cover his reason.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-28
LIPTON'S ARMADA READY.
WILL SAIL TO-DAY FOR UNITED
 STATES.
Erin Equipped With Wireless Tele- graph Apparatus-NeSV Fact about the Challenger Which Shows She was Handicapped tn ,Her Recent Trials Carried Weight i'm Her Hull that WiII be Got Rid ofin Cup Races.
be Got Rid ofin Cup Races.

Greenocl, May 27.-The final prepara-
 tions for the departure of the two
 Shamrocks for American waters to-
 morrow have been completed and all
 the stores are aboard and the com-
 passes adjusted. The interest in the
 coming Americas cup races is general throughout Scotland, where Sir Thomas
 Lipton's fleet is now called the "Lipton
 armada"
 A surprising fact, calculated to give
 even a better complexion to the chal-
 lenger's performance under canvas,
 came out during the fitting out of the
 yachts for the ocean passage. Sham rock I. has been elaborately strength ened inside with oak timbers, whereas
 the challenger goes almost as she was
 raced. Investigating the reason for this, it was discovered that the chal- lenger's extra tinbers are all of steel and were carried throughout the recent trial races. She was therefore handi-
 capped in the trials by carrying a cou- pie of tons dead weight in her hull, which will be removed before she races for the Americas cup. The installation of wireless telegraphy on board Sir Thomas steam yacht Erin is finished and has been tested with excellent re- suits. The first communication will
 probably be made with the signal sta- tion at Browhead.
 There is every indication that the challenger and her consorts will be giv- en most enthusiastic farewell on leav- ing British waters.
 Shamrock HIS mast and spars were shipped to-day on board the Anchor line steamer Ethiopia at Glasgow. The Ethiopia, which sails on Thursday, will
 join Sir Thomas Lipton's fleet in the 1 run down the Clyde.
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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-28
HANNA CONGRATULATED.
Decision Not to Oppose Roosevelt in
 Ohio Welcomed.

Cleveland, O., May 27.-Senator Han na received a large number of telegrams to-day concerning his decision not to further oppose an endorsement of Pres- ident Roosevelt's candidacy for sec ond term at the coming state conven- ton. These telegrams were said to be nearly all of a congratulatory nature. Many of them declared that in taking the step Senator Hanna had done much to preserve harmony in the ranks of the party. Senator Hanna steadfastly refused to discuss the subject to-day, insisting that it was closed incident.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-28
GREAT DAMAGE BY STORM
TOLEDO, O., DELUGED AND SUF-
 FERS LOSS OF SIO0, 900.
Whole Northwestern Part of the State Swept by the storm-One of the Worst i'm It's History -Hnndreds of Derricks Blown Down in the oil Fields.

Toledo, May 27.--Northwestern Ohio was visited by one of the worst storms in its history at about o'clock this af- ternoon. The damage done in Toledo is estimated at $1O0,000, while reports from all portions of northwestern Ohio indicate that great damage was done throughout the country, and especially in the1oil fields of Wood, Hancock and Sandusky counties. south of Toledo. Three men were seriously injured:
 R. G. Manning, superintendent draft ing department, American Bridge com pany, struck in back by plank which fell from bride he was inspecting.
 Lynn Mullen, sailor on the freighter Gechardl, and Lawtor Twenty, injured internally.
 They were caught under the tower of the Lake Erie Asphalt Block company, which was blown over.
 Many others are reported slightly in- jured. More than two hundred and fif- ty trees in various parts of the city were blown down. The most severe damage was done at the plant of the Ohio Brick company, which had just been completed at an expense of $1S,OO0. The plant was totally demolished. The dry kiln, which cost $14,000, is com- plete wreck. Among the other plants damaged to any extent were the Lake Erie Asphalt Block company, the Libby Glass company, Standard Steel Tube company, Toledo Salvage company and the Ford Plate Glass company.
 The storm was quite severe on the lake, but as yet no reports of damage have been received here.
 Reports from the oil fields are to the effect that hundreds of derrieks are down and the loss will reach thousands of dollars.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-28

Bridgeport, May 27.-Judge George W. Wheeler in the superior court to-day heard the cases of the men arrested last week for throwing stones at the trolley cars during the riot of Sunday, May IT. Michael Kelly pleaded guilty, but 'sen- tence was deferred pending trial of the other cases. Antonio Janendo entered a plea of not guilty, Janendo was found guilty. but as in the other cases, sen- tence was not passed to-day.
 There was no change in the strike sit- uation to-day. all the cars of the com pany running as usual with non-union men.