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Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
MINNEAPOLIS MAN MURDERS HIS
WIFE AND COMMITS SUICIDE
.. Va. .a WITH RAZOR.
FIERCE FIGHT WITH MANIAC
DAUGHTER GOES FOR HELP AND
ON RETURNING FINDS BOTH
DEAD.

Minneapolis, Dec. 15.-Crazed with
worry over financial losses, G. M. Col.
by, sixty-five years old, yesterday
morning murdered his wife and killed
himself with razor in their home in
this city.
The wife fought franticaily for her
life when attacked by the demented
man. and her daughter, Mrs. Ernest
Boyd, twenty-five years of age, ran
from the house in search Of help, but
returned with aid too late to prevent
the terrible tragedy. She found her
parents lying lifeless on the floor with
the blood-stained razor between them.
Caused by Financial Losses.
The insanity which caused the deed
had been noted in Mr.. Colby by his
wife and daughter for some time. Re-
peated financial losses had unbalanced
his mind and he had spoken often Of
killing himself, and had suggested to
them that they all take strychnine.
Only few hours before he made his
murderous assault upon his wife he
had turned on the gas in their rooms
in an effort to kill the entire family.
The mother and daughter discover
ed the leaking gas in the night and
turned it OF.
Says ave Won't Work Today"
The daughter rose about z o'clock
and prepared breakfast. Her father
and mother soon came into the kitch.
en-, and while Mrs. Boyd was in the
dining room she heard her father say,
I'VE won't have to work very hard to-
day, mother"
The fears Of the women were arous-
ed at the tone Of his voice, and as the
wife shrank from her husband he sud-
denly stepped to her side and crap.
pied With her. With one free arm he
pulled 2 razor from his pocket and at
tackled his wife with it.
The daughter jumped to the rescue
and a desperate fight ensued, the two
women battling for what they knew
meant their own and the mans life.
Find sickening Sight.
By superhuman strength they man.
aged to get him to the floor, and while
the mother sat upon his chest and at
tempted to hold him she sent her
daughter for aid.
Eugene Murray, an expressman, liv-
ing nearby, heard the girls cries for
help and rushed into the house with
her. The sight that met their eyes
was sickening. The bodies Of the
man and wife lay on the floor with
blood streaming from ugly wounds in
their necks. Both were dead when
reached.
Mrs. Boyd is on the verge of nerv.
GUS prostration as result of the ter
rible experience.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
THE MARKETS.
Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live Stce!. S:enters.

Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live stesS e:enters.
st. Paul, Dec. Is, = Wheat NO. 1
Northern, $1.o3a.: No. Northern.
$1.01 3-S. Corn-No. g yellow. SO 3-4c'
Oats-No. 2 white. 48 lac.
Minneapoli, sDec Is. Wheat-No
1 hard, $1.05 3-8; No. 1 Northern.
$1.03 3-s; No. 2 Northern, 81 OF "A.
durum, 81 1-2c. Corn--No. 2 yellow
5s 3-4c. Oats-No. white. 1-4c.
Duluth, Dec. Is. - Wheat - No. 1
hard, $1.04: No. Northern, $1.O21.2:
No. 2 Northern. 81. Oats-No >
white, 4Sc. .
Chicago, Dec. Is. - Wheat - No. 2
red, "a 3.4@95 1-4c; No. 2 hard. 97c@
$1.0S; No. 3 spring, $1@1.OS. Oats
No. white. SOC. Corn-No. 2. 50 1-2c
Milwaukee, Dec. 15.-Wheat- /
Northern, $1.os@1.os; No. 2 Northern.
$1.o5@1.07 IL. Rye-No. 1. 81@S2c.
Chicago, Dec. Is. - Cattle-Beeves.
$3.30@6.35: stockers and feeders
$2.25@4.25; calves, 1907. Hogs-Mix.
ed and butchers, $4.2O@455; bulk.
$4.35@4.46. Sheep-$2@4.S5; lambs.
$3.75@6.25.
Sioux City. Iowa, Dec. 15.-Cattle-
Beeves, $3.50@5.6O: cows and heifers.
1904; stockers and feeders, $2.75@
800; calves and yearlings. S2.256
$40. Hogs-$4.20@4.3O
South st. Paul, Dec. is. - Cattle -
Good to choice steers, $5@6; good
to choice cows and heifers, $4,000
$50. Hogs-Price range, $4@4.16:
bulk, $4@4.35. sheep-Wethers, $40
40; good to choice ewes, $3.75@4:
good to choice lambs, $5@5.25.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
MINES RfOP[NFD;;
QUIET PREVAILS
MEN WHO DESERT UNION AND
GO BACK TO WORK ARE NOT
MoLEsTED.
FUNSTON HELPS SITUATION
GENERAL INVESTIGATES NEED
FOR TROOPS AND REPORTS
TO WASHINGTON.

Goldfeld, New, Dec. IA. - The first
day OF the attempt to reopen the
mines If Goldfield without the aid of
the Western Federation Of Miners has
passed and there has seen at sin.
gle instance of attempted p.:,ie:ce or
disorder in the camp. Unarmed pick
cts of the Goldfield Miners union have
succeeded in inducing some of those
who had signed the agreement to re.
turn to work to leave the mines. Gen.
Frederick Funston's arrival seems to
have helped the situation Greatly.
To Prosecute Operators.
1t is believed that the leaders of the
strike have secured what evidence
they want to prosecute some Of the
mining operators under a statute Of
the state of Nevada, which makes it q
crime to require an employee to prom
Use or agree not to become member
or remain a member of any labor or.
ganization.
After conference with President
Charles A. Mackinson of the Goldfeld
Miners union, Gen. Funston sent a re-
port to Washington last night regard
ing the situation here.
: Gen. Funston Investigates.
While Gen. Funston refused to say
what is contained in his report to
Washington, he said that 1t contained
nothing in regard to the probable
length of the stay of the troops in
Goldfield, but wo::,;: Sc confined to the
need for them at the present time.
"The regulars will be here at least
until after the arrival Of the labor
commissioners from Washington"
said Gen. Funston. Il am hearing all
sides of the question as to the neces-
sity for the troops in Goldfield at this
time to preserve peace and order, and
it is too soon after my arrival for me
to have formed an opinion"
Deserters Not Molested.
President Mackinnon stated after
the interview with Gen. Funston that
he had told the general that he and
other officers of the Goldfiedl Miners
union would do all in their power to
prevent trouble of any kind, and he
pointed to the fact that no attempts
have been made to modest any of the
men who have deserted the union and
gone back to work in the mines.
No instance of violence or even Of
intimidations or threats.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
People Talked About.

N. P. Boyer. publisher of the Ameri-
can Stock Journal. died at Coatesville,
Fa., from typhoid fever, aged seventy
four years.
Morris Mihalovitch, president of the
Mihalovitch-Fletche Distilling COM
pany of Cincinnati. is dead of kidney
trouble. He was sixty-three years old.
John Busha, aged ia years. died at
Council Bluffs, Iowa. Busha took part
in the Black Hawk war in 1882. He
has been blind and practically helpless
for fifteen years.
The oldest Indian of the once power
full Chippewa tribe of Wisconsin, old
Whisky Jim, or Ay-on-je-ge-zik. is
dead. Whisky Jim is credited with
being more than 100 years old.
Capt. Louis D. Pell, aged sixty-two
years, noted river man and a men,
Der of the famous Pell family of pi-
lots and commanders, died suddenly
of heart disease at Paducah, Ky.
W. H. S. Wood, president of the
Bowery Savings bank of New York, an
institution with more than 100000,
900 in deposits, died at his residence
in New York from complication Of
diseases.
Rev. Michael Antonius Horrigan Of
the Benedictine order is dead at the
home of his mother at Orange, N. j.
Father Horrigan has been head of the
order at Kansas City and suffered a
stroke of paralysis there month ago.
Maj. Thomas w. Park, for many
years prominent in Democratic poll.
tics in Missouri, newspaper man and
Confederate veteran, is dead at his
home in Plat City, aged sixty-five.
He was chief of the press bureau OF
the Louisiana Purchase exposition.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
CHAPLAIN Is ACQUITTED.

Church Dismisses Charges Of Immo-
raIity Against Rev. Cole.
Hubbard, Iowa, Dec. ia commit
tee of the Northwestern Iowa Metho-
dist conference, which has been hold
ing a church trial here considering
charges of immortality preferred
against Chaplain Jesse Cole of the
Iowa soldiers home, returned a yer.
dict yesterday of acquittal. The YER
dict was unanimous.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
NEWS Of WEEK SUMMARIZED
DIGEST OF THE NEWS WORTH
TELLING CONDENSED FOR
BUSY READERS.
Al VTf:
Washington.

cenator Dick has introduced a bin
establishing naval militia and plac-
ing it uuon practically the same foot
ing with the government as the ma
tional guard.
Representative Perkins of New
York has introduced his Inheritance
tax bill so amended that under its
provisions one.half of the tax derived
will go to the state and one-half to
the federal government.
Representative Goulden of New
York has introduced a bill making
Oct. 12 national holiday in celebra-
t;on of the discovery of American by
Columbus Oct. 10. 1892. The new hol-
iday is called Discovery day"
A resolution calling upon the secre.
tary of the treasury for data concern
ing the god coin and bullion owned
by the United States and the present
gold currency redemption resources.
of the country has been presented In
the house by Mr. De Almond of Mis-.
scuri.
The acting secretary OF war has ap.
proved an opinion rendered by Col.
Porter. acting judge advocate Of the
army, that the provisions of the eight
hour law do not apply to employees of
the United States military prison at
Fort Leavenwcrth. Kan. who super
wise the work of prisoners, such as
forcmen, etc.
A ILL by Representative Humphrey
of Washington, designed to "equalize
ranks in the army" has been intro.
duced. 1t authorizes the retirement
with rank of brigadier general of any
officer below the rank Of colonel who
served in the War of the Rebellion
and who by inequalities of promotion
and through no fault of his own Incl
dent to bad conduct. has failed to OBJ.
tain the rank of colonel.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
LEAP DISCHARGES RIFLE.

Menmoinee Youth Kills Mate by Ac.
cident.
Menominee, Mich, Dec. 14.-While
crossing the Rat river Harry Belson
shot and killed George Hutchins. In
crossing the stream Hutchins jumped
first, Belson following. In some way
the trigger of his gun got caught in
his clothes and the gun was discharg-
ed, the bullet entering at Hutchins'
hip and coming out at the shoulder.
The coroner's jury exonerated Belson
from all blame.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
The Roarders.

The new boarder started nervously.
What is that sobbing, bowling,
shrieking and cursing that hear?" he
asked.
Heavens" muttered the old board
err. turning pale. 1.-The other boarders
have gotten down ahead of us"
But hist. that dreadful noise, what
Is its meaning?"
ut means" groaned the old boarder.
"near-turkey hash again."
So saying (hardened veteran though
he was) the old boarder attempted to
drown himself in the wash bowl.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
scoRNs MEDICAL HELP.

"Gift Of Tongues" Preacher Dies in
Sioux City.
Sioux City, Iowa, Dec. Is. = Harry
Booker, superintendent of the Open
Door mission, died of a complication
of Bright's disease and pneumonia.
He was one of the leaders in the
"Gift of Tongues" movement, and
there have been numerous frances"
and visions" and revelations" at his
meetings. He refused the assistance
Of doctors and depended on the pray
ers of himself and friends for recov-
cry.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
Casualty,

Fire in the York building, in South
Cove, near Boston, caused a loss of
100000.
Morris Mcknight. formerly leading
Jockey on Western tracks, died at
Kansas City of consumption,
]. S. Cleeland, physician and oil on.
orator of Pittsburg, was killed by a
freight train at Steubenville, Ohio.
A slight earthquake shock which
ratified the windows in the down town
section was felt at St. Louis last week.
The Central hotel, an extensive
three-story building at Colon, was en-.
tlrely destroyed by fire. Loss, 100000
The wooden mill of John S. Wheeler
4 Sons of North Salem, N. H., was
burned with its contents. Loss s1oO
600. TA'''
The Farmers Union warehouse at
Taylor, Tex, together with about 1000
bales of cotton, was destroyed nv fire
The loss is estimated at SIPS, 900.
A large barn on the Robert O.Don.
nell place, near Charles City, Iowa.
caught fire during the night and was
burned Twenty head of cattle and
i've horses We're lost
The wood alcohol distillery of the
chemical plant of the Cummer-D iggins
company at Cadillac, Mich, was en-
tirely destroyed by fire. The loss is
100000.
Fire destroyed seven-story factor,
building In New York occupied by sew
en- manufacturing firms. An adjoining
building was partly burned. Loss
100000.
The House of Providence, an orphan
asylum for boys at Syracuse, N. Y.
was burned to the ground, involving :
property loss of $125,OOO The 1872 in
mates escaped without injury.
Four Italians were killed on tn.
rock cut of the Canadian Norther,
Ontario railroad line near Key Har
Dor. Ont. Eighteen men were at wor]
when piece Of rock in rolling dow,
exploded some dynamite, killing thre
instantly and fatally wounding an
other.
Miss Frances Lansing, a prett
twenty-one-year-old society girl q
Carroll, Iowa, saturated paper wit
Kerosene to start a fire. The flame
caught her dress sleeve, and tn
agonized gil ran into the yard, rollin
In the grass to quench the fire, b.,
Iied short time later.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
MAKE UP; AND ENDS LIFE.


Wife Who Seeks Divorce Is Recon.
ciled and Sfo"se Kills Self.
Redwood Falls, Minn., Dec. 15.-Jo.
seph Mashek o; Sheridan township,
this county, blew off the upper part of
his head with his shotgun. Brooding
over domestic troubles is thought to
have been the cause. His wife had be.
gun divorce proceedings, alleging cruel
treatment, but reconciliation had
been effected, and the couple planned
to go to town to withdraw the divorce
petition.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
Sneak Thief in County Office.

Sneak Thief in County Office.
Litchfield, Mimi, Dec. Is. = c. G.
Larson, farmer who resides near
this city, drew $3.50 from a local bank,
put it in a wallet and went to the
court house to transact some business.
He laid the pocketbook on a shelf in
the inclosed part of the county treas
urers Office and went with the deputy
treasurer to transact some business.
When he returned the purse was on
the shelf, but its contents were gone.
No clue to the thief has been found.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
OFFICIAL WON'T RESIGN.

Michigan Governor to BE Forced to
Remove State Treasurer.
Chelsea, Mich, Dec. IA. - State
Treasurer Glazier, who failed a week
ago, refuses to resign, and Gov. War
ner Immediately will take steps to re-
move him from Office. Politicians say
the governors action will cause a split
in the Republican party. A large fol.
lowing is opposed to both the govern
or and Glazier, which may embarrass
the party at the next election.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
MAN SHOT IS RECOVERING.

osmund Jorgenscn Is Recuperatins
and Mills Gets Bail.
Caledonia, Mimi, Dec. Is. - Fred
Mills, who has been in Jail charged
with the shooting of Osmund Jorgen-
son on the streets of Houston about
two weeks ago, has been released on
bail until Jorgenson is able to attend
the preliminary hearing. Jorgenson
is still in the hospital at La Crosse.
but is recuperating and will be able
to be out in five weeks.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
Jack o'Rrien Wins Fiaht.

Philadelphia, Dec. is. = "Jack"
O'Brien of this city made his first ap.
pearance in the ring last night since
his recent fiasco with Tommy"
Burns in California, and knocked out
"Bill'' Heveron, the English heavy.
weight, IN the opening round before
the Industrial Athletic club.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
SLEEPING CAR LAW BAD.

Wisconsin Supreme Court Declares
Statute Unconstitutional.
Madison, Wis.,, Dec. 15.-The state
supreme court yesterday held that the
Wisconsin sleeping car law is uncon-
stitutional. The decision is based on
the ground that the law is not valid
exercise of the police powers; that it
leaves to the occupant of the lower
berth to decide whether or not the up
per berth be closed or open. instead
of absolutely requiring an unoccupied
berth to be closed by law.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
AUTO MEANS OF SUICIDE.
Partisan Hurls Himself Under Amer,.
cans Car,

Paris, Dec. Is. - An old man was
killed yesterday on the Champs Ely
see by an automobile owned by James
Watson of Calumet, Mich. Neither
Mr.. Watson, who was in the car, nor
his French chauffeur. who was driving
1t, was detained, as the policeman in
charge Of the regulation of traffic lat
the point where the man was killed
declared it was case of suicide. He
says he saw the man throw himself
under the machine.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
Takes Big Squad to Prison.

Takes Big Squad to Prison.
Watertown, s. D.. Dec. 14.-Henry
Wiersheck, sheriff of Codington coun-
ty, left for Sioux Falls yesterday with
the longest string Of prisoners ever
sent up from here. Two prisoners
will do time for grand larceny, two
for burglary, one for barley stealing
and one for assault, the terms varying
from six to eighteen months.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
Mauretania Goes Aground.

Liverpool, Dec. Is. = The Cunard
line steamer Mauritania, which is
scheduled to sail to-day for New York,
went aground last night in the Mersey,
but was floated early this morning.
The grounding was due to the anchors
dragging while the Mauritania was
swinging to the tide.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
BRAKEMAN IS CRUSHED.

Back Broken Between Cars When Sia-
mails Go Wrong.
Minneapolis, Dec. 15.-William Koe.
mig, a brakeman, was killed while
making a coupling yesterday. 1t is
said misunderstanding in switching
signals caused the engineer to start
the train while Koenig was between
two cars. He was hurled against the
rear car, and although the train was
stopped Immediately his back had
been broken and he died in a few min
utes.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
BRIDE IS MADE WIDOW.

Henry Latsehaw Of Hastings browns
in Montana.
Hastings, MINI, Dec. 14.-News has
been received Of death by drowning
of Henry Latschaw of this city at
Henry, Mont, on Dec. 10. Mr.. and
Mrs. Latschaw left about three weeks
ago for Montana, where Mr.. Latschaw
was employed with bridge crew.
Mr.. Laschaw married Miss Frances
A. Cove in Hastings on Feb. % Of
this year.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19

Mrs. Loneworth's Condition Good.
Washington, Dec. 15-The following
bulletin was issued at the White
House last night: MRS. I.ongworth
had very good day. She is progress
Ing rapidly and her condition is en-
:irely satisfactory"
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19

Warren Hotelkeeper Bankrupt.
Fergus Falls, MIMI, Dec. Is. - A
bankruptcy petition, No. 1000, was
filed yesterday by John keenan,, a
shotelkeeper at Warren, who places his
liabilities at $822.67 and his assets at
1926. all exempt.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
Four Injured In Fire.

Chicago, Dec. Is. - Four persons
were injured, a score Of families
driven from their homes and twenty.
nine horses were burned to death last
night when fire attacked the bottling
plant of the Cook Brewing company.
Loss, 100000.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
Girl Bride Kills self.

Glens Falls, N. Y, Dec. 16. = Mrs.
Josephine Daniels. sixteen years Of
age, committed suicida yesterday at
the home Of her par::.ts in the town
ship Of Luzerne. She was married on
Monday to John M. Daniels, a war
veteran, sixty years old.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
WARNS HANDS ON BACK.

Wife Tortures Husband, Latter A.
leges in Divorce Action.
Aberdeen, S. D., Dec. 15.-Charging
his wife with cruelty because she con.
tinually tortured him by putting her
cold hands down his back, George w.
Holmes of Mansfield has brought suit
for divorce against his wife, Bertha.
The case is now being tried in the cir.
cult court in this city.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
A Linaual Remedy.

"How the dickens is it no one got
drunk at your village festival?"
"Oh, the mayor is the slyest dog!
He ordered that the local beer should
be named 'Sankt Chrysostomusbier,'
and after the third glass no one can
call for more because he can't pro.
nounce it them"
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
SAYS IT'S a LIE.

corteIyou Terse'y charaeterIzes sto.
ries Of His Resignation.
Washington, Dec. 15.-In answer to
inquiries as to the report which has
gained some currency here that Secre.
tary Cortelyou is about to resign from
the cabinet, the secretary's sole com.
ment was: THAT is another lie."
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
St. Paul Man Acquitted

st. Paul Man Acquitted
Litchfeld, Mimi, Dec. IA. = Joe
LEVERS of st. Paul, tried for assault
with dangerous weapon, has been &C.
Quilted. LEVERS is colored cook on
dining car Of the Great Northern
railway.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
DOG DIES ON HER SWORD.
Chicago Woman Saves Husband From
Vicious Brute.

Chicago Woman Saves Husband From
Vicious Brute.
Chicago, Dec. 15.-Mrs. Roy Wilson,
the wife of an insurance broken, when
she saw her husband at the mercy of
an Infatuated bulldog in their home in
Austin yesterday, came to his rescue
with sword, running the animal
through the bop, and pinioned It
against the wall until dead. Wilson,
the owner of the dog, attempted to
discipline it with whip. The animal
sprang at him, Selling him by the
throat. Mrs. Wilson saw the attack,
seized a sword which was hanging on
the wall and dispatched the brute.
Both she and Wilson were found later
in a swoon on the floor.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1907-12-19
Different Now.

Different Now.
Ascum-You used to complain that
your wife was constantly asking you
for money.
Peckham-Oh. that was when We
were first married. All that's changed
now.
Ascum-Yes?
Peckham-Yes; now I ask her FIR
it when can sum up the courage.