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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-10-13
PROMINENT NEW YORK LAWYER
AND POLITICIAN ENDS LIFE ON
DAY OF HEARING.
ACCUSED Of Loorlns Al ESTATE
DEAD MAN CHARGED IN lNDicT.
MENT WITH CONSPIRACY AND
/, GRAND LARCENY.

New York, Oct. 13.-Rather than
face trial on the indictments charging
him with fraudulently taking money
from the Weissel estate Armitage
Matthews, lawyer and secretary OF the
county Republican committee, commit.
ted suicide by jumping from . window
In his apartment to stone paved
courtyard. He struck on his head.
facturing the skull. and died in q
short time.
Matthews. who was young man.
had advanced rapidly both In the prac-
tice OF his profession and In politics.
He was q friend OF former Governor
Black and OF Abraham Gruber and they
were loyal to him in his trouble. acting
rs legal advisers and doing all they
could to obtain the change Of venue
from this county. for which he applied.
The change OF venue was denied
Wednesday and trial Of the case was
to have begun during the morning be-
fore Justice Davy In the criminal
branch Of the supreme court. Early In
the morning Matthews received spe-
cial delivery letter. After reading 1t
his housekeeper heard him go to q
bathroom. A few seconds later he
Jumped to his death.
Matthews was indicted last May on
charges OF conspiracy and grand lar
ceny srowing out OF the loOting OF the
Weissel estate, OF which David ROths-
child, wrecker Of tho Federal bank,
was administrator.
others indicted With Matthews.
Rothschild, John w. Wooten and
Lawyer Samuel !. Ferguson were all
Indicted with Matthews on the same
charges. Rothschild was already serv-
ing long term In state prison for
Wrecking the Federal bank and WoOten
was convicted In june and sentenced
70 nine years and Ave months IN Sing
Sing.
Wooten was kept In the Tombs % Q
possible important witness against
Matthews. Ferguson was also expect
Cd to be Witness for the prosecution
of Matthews.
Matthews was the local representa-
tive OF the Bankers Surety company
Of Cleveland. which was on Roths-
child's bond for 100000 as admins
traitor Of the Weissel estate. II was
agreed by the four accused men. &C
coriinE to the indictment. that Roths-
child was to have sole possession Of
the estate and that whatever money
be borrowed ON It was TO be shared by
bis associates-
Matthews 1t one time was IN ~
sistant district attorney. He served
three terms as . member Of the board
q aldermen. Two years ago he was
made secretary Of the county Repub-
ican committee. After Rothschild was
convicted and sent to Sing Sing prison
be drew up on bits Of paper series Of
stsfomenfa ip which 10 accused Nat.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-10-13
Grand Jury Will Investigate.

Appleton. Wiz, Oct. 13.-Judge
Goodland has confirmed report that
. grand jury would be appointed next
week to investigate the death of Mrs.
Walsh, wife of the district attorney OF
Forest county. The grand jury Is to
be appointed at the request of w. G.
Elattery, brother Of the dead woman.
BEST SINCE JULY.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-10-13
KENTUCKY NEGRO LYNcHED.

Prisoner Accused Of Attempting to En-.
ter Girls Room.
Elkton, KY, Oct. 13.-Shortly after
midnight mob OF 1000, supposed to
be from Trenton, took Frank Leavell,
q one-legged negro. from the jail here
and lynched him In nearby wood.
Leavell was arrested on the charge
Of attempting to enter the room of a
young lady at Trenton last Saturday
night He confessed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-10-13
WAR ON LOAN SHARKS.
Departments at Washington to Be
Given Shaking Up.

Given Shaking Up.
Washington. Oct. 13.--Pension Com
missioner Warner Is on the trail Of
another feature Of the pension bureau
affairs which demands and will receive
speedy reformation. He has shaken
up the bureau Ia many ways and his
latest move promises to oust from the
public service i've OF the leading en-
ployes In the bureau.
Mr.. Warner has discovered that the
system operated by so-called 10 pei
centers" is In full force In his Office, 9
company having been formed to loan
money to inpecunious clerks. An In
vestigatfon has proved to him that the
company IL composed Of leading OH
cials aud loans have been made e
clerks Ct rates ranging as high - 90
per cent year.
Another feature is the allegation
that the high ofhcials have used theiI
positions to coerce clerks into pay
ments by intimations that promotions
and other like favors depend upon
promptness In that direction. Mr.
Warner has had the system investi
gated by secret service men and he
now intends to have the Ave oniciali
removed.
Il Other executive oficials here arr
working to stop the 10 per cent l0aI
systems IN their departments.
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Baking powders made from alum, phosphates and other
harsh castc acids lower price, but they injurious

OF the Weissel estate. Eventually the
statements reached District Attorney
Jerome and Rothschild was brought to
New York to testify against Matthews.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-10-13
Father Seriously Wounds Son.

Chicago, Oct. 13.--ln the rotunda Of
The Continental hotel Charles Swan,
watchman employed by Sears, Roe
buck & Co., shot his son. Walter Swan.
twice, inflicting serious wounds The
iather was arrested and his SON was
taken to q hospital. The shooting
was the result Of quarrel over do
mestic affairs.
MAn an LOAN eAARKa
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-10-13

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Present yellow Fever Conditions a
New Orleans.

NOW OCbeaU1s
New Orleans, Oct. 13.-Still colder
weather. the mercury going to So at
New Orleans and under 40 In many
other parts of the state, with frost In
the middle section OF the state, In.
creased the probability of the early
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Louisiana and Mississippi, the two
states which have been infected since
August last.
In New Orleans the report for the
preceding twenty-four hours was con.
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Louisville, Oct. 13.-In response to
3 telegram from President Miller OF
the Natchez (Miss.) relief committee
the Louisville board Of trade has be.
gun q canvass Of the business district
ot this city for funds to aid the yellow
1nuAr anAfaenSs n NatAAAA-
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-10-13

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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1905-10-13
PACKERS MuytT STAND TRIAL
Judge Foreshadows Decision on De
murrers 70 indictments.

Chicago, Oct. 13.---At the close ol
the hearing on the demurrers to the
indictments of five prominent packers
on the charge of conspiracy in re
straint of trade and monopoly in the
federal court here Judge Humphrey
intimated that he would hold half OF
the counts in the indictment good and
Quash the remainder. Said the Judge.
'.At it now looks to the court the odd
numbered counts are sufficient and the
even numbered counts insufficient. The
argument has been SO clear that that
is my present impression, but there
may be change in my mind before
give my decision | will faithfully
read the authorities cited by the at
torneys on either side. When | am
ready to render my decision will no
tify the district attorney and the at
torneys for the defendants"
The odd numbered indictments
which may be considered sufficient
by the court charge conspiracy amone
the defendants in restraint of trade
The even numbered counts charge a
monopoly The first count in the in
dictment is not to be considered In the
decision of Judge Humphrey as to this
count the packers are to plead not
guilty and go to trial Immediately.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-23
4 PANAMA CRTSIS7

Reports from Panama do not improve. On
the contrary, they are growing worse. a few
weeks ago there was weekly report Of two
or three new cases of yellow fever. Now there
is practically a daily report of three or four.
What few weeks more may bring is not to
be conjectured with equanimity. The stua-
ton is, of course not hopeless. 1t is not even
surprising to well informed and judicious per-
sons But 1t may be that the time has come
for frank and courageous consideration of the
question whether q radical change Of policy
might not be advantageous. Mr. wallace, the
chief engineer Of the canal and the engineer
ing head Of the commission, has just come
back TO this country on some errand of urgent
Importance the precise nature of which is not
disclosed There is no better authority on 18TH
mian affairs than he, and his report and advice
concerning the present sanitary situation are
awaited with much interest and will have much
weight.
There are those who think. and who have all
along thought, that it was mistake to en-
gage extensively in canal building operations
until the sanitary works We're completed and
yellow fever was eliminated. IF so, we should
not greatly blame the former Canal Commis-
sion for 1t. We all know what demand there
has been for expedition. Promptly and ener-
geticaIly as the President started the work,
he has been unreasonably criticised for delay.
People have been clamorlng for the opening of
q canal at the earliest possible moment even
demanding the quick construction of canal
of inferior type rather than better one at the
cost of a year or two more time. Such demands
have always seemed TO us most injudicious.
But they have been made, and they have had
their effect Had the Canal Commission an
nounced that It would not begin cutting the
canal for year, or until the complete santa
New-York tribune., 1905-06-23
DETILTRY OR INSANITY: WHICH,

More than q score of persons lost their lives
suddenly and in a shocking manner on Wednes-
day night by the wrecking of the Lake Shore
flyer as the result of a misplaced switch
mile or so west of Mentor, Ohio. Inasmuch as
an inspection of the switch is said to nave
shown that it was In perfect order, the natural
Inference is that it was opened Intentionally
short time before the accident. The only point
about which there seems to be any doubt is the
cause for its displacement. Had the switch
been opened for legitimate purposes and left
unclosed through carelessness or was it opened
with a definite expectation that the results
which were recorded by the press yester-
day morning would follow? Officials OF the
Lake Shore road incline to adopt the second
of these theories, and it is well supported by
circumstantial evidence. The passage OF an
other train less than an hour before the ar
rival of the limited would indicate that IL was
all right then According TO the telegraph OPP
orator at Mentor the light at the switchhead
was subsequently noticed to be burning and to
be indicating safety The conductor of the linz
tied declares that after the accident he found
the switch turned and locked open and the
light extinguished. These statements together
seem to preclude the possibility OF anything ike
neglect or oversight
If one accepts the theory that the SWITCH Ut
Mentor was opened with the intention OF wreck
ing train, it seems to be necessary to LOOK
for q motive, and 1t Is impossible for the rail-
way officials to suggest one. It is lamentaole
fact however, that crime is occasionally COM
mitted without any recognizable reason at ALL
insanity sometimes prompts such acts. Muir
der is not always to be attributed to malice.
The courts wisely held that the assasslns OF
Garfield and Mckinley were sane enough to be
morally responsible for what they dld, ouC no
bodv doubts that they were mentally unbal-
anced. If "crank" could take the life of the
head of the government in free country with
out rational motive, "cranks' would not hesi-
tate to kill a score Of people by mfsplacfng
railway switch. 1t is greatly to be hoped that
the Lake Shore company will make its tnVesu-
cation of the disaster searching as possible,
but until better explanation can De found IL
will be proper to regard the accident as the
work of maniac.
Isis announced that the new schedule adopted
for the Twentieth Century Limited Will De
changed from eighteen to twenty hours, thus re-
ducing the speed at points where, for any rea-
son, danger might be feared.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-23
4 FANCTFTL TSSUF

reciprocity with Canada is gettino IN he
something of a fetch in Massachusetts politics
olher ISSUES have their day and are forgotten
uul une pontclan OF either party looking for
hlle p!easurable excitement can always get IL
py feopening the question Of closer trade reIa-
uons with Canada. The present Governor of
massachusetts, owed his election last fall in
part to the zeal with which he demanded free
entry into the Canadian markets for the proa-
ucts or the New-England manufacturer, bland
assuming that any scheme of reciprocity
which suited New-Bngland must be equally well
come across the border In the Republican
party TOO, there have been leaders who seemed
70 think that political capital could be made
Dy insisting that Massachusetts was somehow
belng deprived Of natural trade advantages I'm
the dominion. The Hon. Eugene n. Foss has
lor several years led movement which aimed
at making Canadian reciprocity the paramount
state issue In Republican politics. Mr.. Foss's
idea was that the representatives of Massacbu-
setts at Washington had not been active enough
In urging the federal government to open nego-
uatons with Canada, and he proposed TO carry
the case for reciprocity into Congress and keep
1t u re until New-England's programme Of
closer commercial intercourse was triumphantly
realized.
Mr.. Foss suffered a decided setback In the
Republican State Convention last October, and
IN November he lost the fight he was making
for election TO the House Of Representatives
But that his ideas still live is evidenced BY the
fact that this year two Republican aspirants
for the nomination for Lieutenant Governor are
arrayed against each other on the reciprocity
Issue Eben S. Draper, one Of these aspirants,
recently made this pointed statement: "As far
"as Canadian reciprocity is concerned, I am
mot In favor of it. and never have been. be-
cause l do not consider 1t feasible" His op-
ponent the Hon. Frederick S. Hall, has an
nounced that he believes in so firmly stamping
this State in favor of reciprocity" that "Con-
gress will take notice OF IT."
The reciprocity war Is, therefore, ON again in
Massachusetts,. The curious thing about this
New-York tribune., 1905-06-23
THE NEWS THIS N0RNING.

EORFIcN-The Car appointed Grand Duke
Nicholas the new war head Of Russia. =
The Japanese ceased their operations IN Man
churia for the purpose OF clearing theia itoits
and are now regarded being all ready for pat
tie - The Russian zemstvos nave peeh
summoned for another meeting. - hiots COLi, ,
4inued at Iodz workn3en killing CossacKs ana
nolice Tartar insurgents were killed py
the hundred by CoSsacks in Transcaucasld'
DoNESTIC-President Roosevelt's efforts
20 efect an arnistice between Russia anu
Ia,en we're hindered by Japan's unwillngness
TO forego her present strategic advantages IN
Manchuria President Roosevelt, Ellhu
Root and joseph H. Choate received honorary
degrees at Williams College; the President spoke
On the Monroe Doctrine and various other sup-
iects - The foreign diplomats IN WASH
tngton called upon Secretary Hay TO congTatu-
Iefa him ON his return to his duties and his
recovery from his recent illness - ine
Jury in the Crawford case were unable TO reacn
a verdict on the evidence submitted at the trlal
in Washington and accordingly were as
charged by Justice Wright - lnVesugation
OF the wreck at Mentor, Ohio, of the Twentieth
Century Limited Wednesday night strengthens
the belief that the wreck was caused by some
malicious person An attempt to destnoy the
westbound flyer in the way reported
from La Porte, Ind The Pennsylvania
Supreme Court permanently enjoined the pro-
posed consolidation Of Pittsburg and Allegheny.
CITY.-Stocks were strong and active. -
Attorney General Mayer and District Attorney
Jerome said they would take action the re-
suit of the Hendricks Equitable report. -
Because of the wreck of the Twentieth Gen.
tury Limited at Mentor Ohio, in which twenty
one persons were killed, the New-York Central
decided to restore the running time of the train
to the old schedule of twenty hours. - The
State Civil Service Commission, at an ad-
1ourned session, finished an inquiry into the
business methods of the Municipal Civil Service
Commission. ~ Professor NJ NJ Ramsay of
Johns Hopkins University was arrested here
and held as vagrant. - Two more gifts
or SIOtooO each for the American Academy of
FINE Arts IN Rome were reported. 1t was
decided by the Rapid Transit Commission to
try refrigeraeng plants to cool the subway air.
the winners at Sheepshead Bay We're: l.
Big Ben; Pagan -Bey; 3, Inquisitor; 4, Wood
saw; ,, Sir Russell: 6, Ostrich
THE Observation-Disclosures for +odov.
fartEy cloudy, cooler. Light to fresh north
Hlnds The temperature yesterday: Highest
q degrees; lowest, 67 degrees
New-York tribune., 1905-06-23
FORECAST AND DESTINY.
reposed

The Rev. G. L. Merrill, of st. Paul. Mimi, sees
IN automobiles the fulflment of the prophecy OF
Nahum. H. Il ''The chariots shall rage In the
streets, they shall jostle one against an
ootber in The broad ways: they shall seem like
.torches they shall run like the lightnings."
A reference to the chapter further discloses that
in verse s there is also a seeming allusion TO
these same chariots in the sentence: Stand,
"stand. shall they cry; but none shall look
"back." No better description could be given
of the conduct of the average chauffeur and his
companions.
By way of warning TO our modern charioteers
who rage In the streets" 1t may be well TO
ouote the concluding verse of the chapter as
foresbadowing the doom TO which, If the Mime
sofa Interpreter of prophecy is correct the
seorching chauffeurs may look forward: 'Be-
.hold T am against thee, saith the Lord of
"Hosts. and / will burn her chariots in the
"smoke. and the sword shall devour thy young
'Iions: and / will cut off thy prey from the
New-York tribune., 1905-06-23

war; however, is that the eombatants 90 not
seem to realize its purely Hypothetical charac-
ter 1t may be well enough to explolt the al
yantages which are to come to MASSACHUSETTS,
from freer access to the Canadian market Ii
may help the personal interests OF some local
politicians to assume that the states repre-
sentatives at Washington are responsible Tor
the non-negotiation Of commercial treaty
But the plain fact is that it takes two parties
to make contract Unless Canada wants to
enter into a reciprocal agreement, no agreement
can he effected And the Canadian government
has shown In an unmistakable manner Its pur-
nose TO develop commercial policy OF its own
"A policy which looks on freer intercourse with
the United States in no way deslfable OF
essential. The Dominion government only last
summer declined to sanction second meetlhs
of the Joint High Commission appointed some
wears ago to settle all outstanding d1Herences
betveen the United States and Canada, and TINS
refusal only emphasized the determination OF
the Ottawa Cabinet to avoid any commercial
agreement with us which might clash with us
programme of protection to home interests ana
preferential rates on British imports. the Mas
sachusetts advocates Of reciprocity are chasing
a will-o'-the-wisp The real opposition to theif
programme centres not in Washington, but ID
Ottawa They should shift their base Oh op-
erations from New England TO Canada.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-23
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
tBY TELEG.

lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRfBUNE.I
Newport. r, l., june 22--The summer visitors ara
now preparing for the first big affair Of the season
which is 70 be held on the grounds Of Gray Craig
the summer place OF Mr.. and Mrs. J. Mitchell
Clark In MiddletOwn. Il Is 10 be a fair for the
benefit Of ST. Mary's Orphanage. Of Providence
Those interested IN the affair are Mrs. Reginald C.
Vanderbilt Mrs, Harold Brown. Mrs Charles N
Oeirichs, Mrs. Walters. Miss Augusta Hunter Mrs
William r. Hunter and Mrs. A. Livingston Mason
There will be number OF special features, and It
is expected to raise large sum for this worthy
object.
Thomas f. Walsh Of Washington. Is trying to Sc
cure a lease Of Beaueu for the season from Cor
neus Vanderbilt. who. it is understood, VIII not
occupy the place this season
W. s. wetmore r. r. Wilson. ir,. ]. 3. De
Forest, Shafter Howard William Grosvenor and F.
Cunningham are registered at the Casino for the
season.
Tho only entertainment in Newport this evening
was a dinner party given by Mrs James B. Haggin
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. De Forest Danielson have arrived
at their cottage for the season.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. De Forest opened their villa
to-day for the season
Miss Sherman, Of New-York is the guest OF M-.
and Mrs w. Watts Sherman at their villa here
Friedheirn. the Havemeysr villa is being prepared
for the early coming of Colonel John Jacob AstO..
Mr. and Mrs. Henry A c. Taylor viii arrive at
their Newport cottage on Saturday.