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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-01-09
MASKED RAIDERS
BURN BUILDINGS
Independent Tobacco Factorie, h
Western Kentucky Destroyed By
Dynamite and Fire.
Three Pee pie Shot by Members Of "A,
Mob, the Police and Teiephone
Girls Being Held Prisoners
While Property Was Being
Destroyed.

Russellville, Ky.--Night riders, IM
strong, swooped down on Russellyille
Logan county. early Friday morning
and after overpowering the three DO
Mcemen and providing against the giyl3
ing of an alarm, dynamited and burned
the two Independent tobacco concerns
in the city and several other estah
lishments, and rode away out the Hop
kinsville and Clarksville pike.
Three men were wounded and the
telephone girls and police were held
prisoners for nearly three hours Cap
tain w. Il. Bruce, the chief of police
as soon es he heard the noises, hast
ened to the fire, where he attempted
to sound the alarm, but was overpow
cred by four of the masked night rid
ers. Two merchants, ]. r. Mclean
proprietor of grocery store, and j.
Henry Mosely, proprietor of a dry
goods store, did not hurry into their
homes as fast as the night riders de-
sired, and were shot. The most serk
ously injured was DR.. Robert, who was
a guest 1T the Forest house. He was
wounded about the face and head by a
charge of buckshot fired as the night
riders were leaving town. He heard
the confusion and, thinking that the
riders had departed, ran out to see
what had happened. He came face to
face with a group of the departing
mob and, as he started to run, was
shot.
1t was said that the mob came to
RusseIlville from the direction of Cave
Springs, near where the members are
said to have had their rendezvous. The
mob seemed to be we'll organized, with
q head and lieutenant All the men
were mounted and wore white caps,
false boards and masks. Except for
the shots at those who appeared on
the streets, there was little shooting,
the chief business of the mob seeming
to be the destruction of the two to-.
bacco houses.
This Is the third raid which has
been made in western Kentucky, and
comes in the face of the announce
ment of the governor that disorder
must cease. The night riders are at
tempting to influence or intimidate
certain tobacco growers into holding
their crops for higher prices. The sit.
uation IS particularly acute at this
time, as many of the growers have
two years crop on hand
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-01-09
HEINzE UNDER ARREST.
Federal Grand Jury Charges False
Certifioation OF Check.

New York.-Indicted by the federal
grand jury for over-certitication OF
checks representing in the aggregate
over 100000, and. drawn by the firm
of Otto IIeinze & Co. on the Mercan-
tile National bank. F. Augustus
Heinze. the copper magnate and for
mer president of the Mercantile Ma
tional bank, surrendered himself to
United States Commissioner Shields
on Tuesday and later was released on
$4,000 bail.
The indictment by the federal
grand jury which has been in
vestigating the Mercantile and other
banks identified with the Heinze and
Charles w. Morse interests is the
aftermath of the collapse OF the
Heinze pool In United Copper and
which brought about the suspension
of Gross & Kleeberk, stock brokers,
and resulted In the resignation of F.
A. Heinze from the presidency and
the retirement of the directors of the
Mercantile National bank after an ex-
animation of the institution had been
made by the clearing house.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-01-09
Bank of England Shows Confidence In
United States.

London.-The directors of the Bank
of England on Thursday lowered the
minimum rate of discount to from
Z per cent, which latter rate was es.
tablished as result of the recent
American financial crisis. Improved
financial conditions In America
coupled with better monetary situa-
tion in Germany, assisted the direct
ors in their decision to remove the
stringent rate of discount, which has
been handicapping trade and specula.
tion for the past seven weeks.
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Keep Suicide Pact,

Chicago.-Charles G. Brockett, SO
years old, employed as a tioorwalker
IN state street store, and Mrs. Ruby
Pishzaks, wife of a state bank exam.
liner, were found unconscious from
pullet wounds in Grant park in front
OF the Auditorium annex, Friday night.
NOTES found in Brockett's clothing
showed that the shooting was In pur-
suance OF a suicide pact. Brockett
aied a few minutes after being taken
TO a hospital Mrs. Pishzaks was shot
above the heart and is in critical
condition.
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German Editor Sent to Prison.

Berlin.-The notorious Harden-Vop
Moltke libel trial came to an end Fri
day' when the accused editor of Die
Zukunft was sentenced to four
months imprisonment and to pay the
entire costs of both the present and
the former trial. Count Won Molke,"
SAID president of the court, leaves this
court with his name and honor untar.
nished, and nothing whatever has been
proved against Prince Philip Zu Eul.
enberg. No fine would sufficiently
punish Harden for his offense, and /
must therefore sentence him to i'm.
2risonment."
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Teamsters Stand by Tenants.

New York.-There will be no team.
sters to move the goods of the strik.
ing tenants on the East Side If no
tees are served on them, according
to an announcement from the strik.
ers' headquarters. 1t was said that
one local branch of the United Team
sters' union had already passed a
resolution to refuse all dispossess
business and that others would soon
follow. The anti.high rent league
now claims to have organized the oc.
cupants Of over one thousand houses
and to have secured reductions SO far
for $50 tenants.
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Conductor Routed Robbers,

Kansas City.-Four men attempted
to rob the passengers on a Missouri,
Kansas & Texas passenger train
standing in the Union station here
Tuesday. They were frightened of
without securing any money or
valuables, but carrying away two
grips belonging to German immi.
grants Two of the robbers showed
revolvers, and pointing them at the
foreigners, commanded them 10 give
up their Ialuables. H. w. Drew, the
conductor, hit one OF the robbers in
the head with his lantern and they
fled
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sails Presiden. Talks too Much.

Washington.-Rep Will
son of New York. in the course of
some remarks on the financial ques-
tion, on Tuesday, charged the presi-
dent with not being sensible man,
and with having characterized the
heads of great industrial institutions
as dishonest, thereby bringing on a
condition of lack of confidence among
the people and ultimately panic.
The trouble with President Roosevelt,
he said, was he had not been turn
ing on the light, but turning on the
gas, and that we have had too much
talk from him.
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Women Now Permitted to Smoke In
New York Restaurants.

New York.-So successful was the
plan of allowing women TO smoke In
the public dining rooms, introduced at
one of the prominent Broadway res.
taurants for the first time in New
York, New Years eve, that another
OF the famous Broadway eating places
has followed suit 1t is expected that
several more of them will fall into
line Immediately. but the big hotels
and restaurants on Fifth avenue will
not, the managers say, follow suit, for
the present at least.
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Country Banks Turning Money Loose

Chicago.-That the movement of
currency back from the country has
reached fair proportions is shown by
the figures on the shipments and re-
ceipts Of the principal Chicago ship
ping banks in December. Their re-
ceipts in the month from country
points aggregated $5,593,320, the
largest for any month in the year
1907, excepting January This figure
compares with receipts OF a little
more than $1,00O,000 in November,
1907. and with receipts of SO, 963 900 in
December, 1906.
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Commissioner Ballinger of the Gen
eraI Land Office Resiuns,

Washington.-Richard A Ballinger,
commissioner Of the general land Of
fice, has rendered his resignation of
that office to President Roosevelt, and
1t has been accepted to take effect
March 4. Fred Dennet, assistant
commissioner, has been appointed
commissioner. On March Commits
sioner Ballinger will have completed
practically year Of service in the
office, It was Of Mr.. Ballinger that
the president said he had got $780,
600 man for a $4,000 salary
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neld, sutton, VT, farmer, was found
dead in bed, having shot himself.
The monthly statement or tne gov
ernment's receipts and disbursements
shows that for the month of Decem.
Der, 1907, the receipts were $47,2S3,-
S25, and the expenditures S55,912,Y93,
leaving deficit for the month of S.
$4,000.
The explosion of a lamp in the home
or Helmer Duwinski, at Collinsville
Ills, set fire to the house and three
children perished in the flames. The
children were in bed when the ex.
ploding lamp scattered coal oil all
over the room and saturated the bed
clothing.
Mrs. Von Schoenbeck, whose hus-
band, major in the Prussian army.
was killed by Captain Won Goeben on
Christmas night, after the major
'ound him in his wife's apartments.
'as e ne insane. 1t Is now declared
that she has been mentally deranged
for several years.
Garrett Hedden, who six years ago
murdered his brother in Polk county.
Tenn, was shot and killed last week
by Sherin Biggs. Heddens eighteen.
year-old son was also shot and killed
by members OF the Sherif's posse.
Hedden had become so defiant that
he openly defied arrest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17
FEWER CASUALTIES.
Due Probably to Lighter Passenger
Business


Washington, July 17.-That the
great reduction in the number of
casualties to passengers and employees
for the three months ending March
81 last when there were but 15.441
such casualties, of 728 killed and
14.713 injured was primarily due to
the decrease in the volume of business
on practically all of the railroads of
the country, is the conclusion drawn
from review of the statistics by the
interstate commerce commission in its
accident bulletins made public today.
This remarkable record shows that not
in any quarter since that ending
March, 1905, has there been a smaller
number of casualties to passengers
and employees than during the three
months ended with the close of last
March.
The total number of collisions and
derailments in the quarter mentioned
was 2,6S2, of which 1,190 were coll
| lisions and Lap derailments. OF this
number 1919 collisions and 220 derail-
ments involved passenger trains. There
was a total of s1,977,4 damage to
cars, engines and roadway as a result
| of these accidents.
The total number of passengers and
employees killed by all causes is smaller
| than in any quarter since that ending
June, 1904, and the total killed in
| train accidents-125-iss smaller than
| in any quarter since the monthly rec
ords were established, July, 1901.
| There was total of "A employees killed
| in coupling accidents, which is smaller
| than any quarter since June, 1902.
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SHOT HERSELF IN HEAD.
Wife of Standard Oil Official Attempts
Suicide.

Pasadena, Cal, July 17.-Mrs. Edith
NJ. Teagle. wife of Walter c. Teagle of
Cleveland, Ohio, an official of the
Standard Oil company, is today re-
ported dying in the Pasadena hos
pital from a bullet wound inflicted
presumably by herself last night.
Mrs. Teagle, who is about 80 years
of age, has resided in this city for
about two years. While her nurse was
in Los Angeles making arrangements
for a trip to Cleveland, Mrs. Teagle
shot herself through the head at her
home and was found several hours
afterward by the nurse when she re-
turned, a revolver clutched in her
hand.
Mrs. Teagle's action is attributed to
a fit of melancholia resulting from
continued i'll health. Her husband,
who has been in Europe for some
time. was expected to land in New
York today. Mrs. Teagle is the
daughter of w. T. Murray of Cleve-
land, head of a steel corporation and
prominent in financial circles.
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authorities in making another investi-
cation in connection with the case.
This being the case the automobile
theory is advanced.
The road between Troy and Averill
Park is popular with automobilists. A
reckless chauffeur speeding along at
night may have struck the girl with
his car. causing her death. Rather
than face the consequences, and know
ing the country well, it would have
been comparatively easy matter to
have taken the girl in the car up the
lonely road towards Taborton and to
have thrown her body into the mill
pond. To give color to a suicide the
Dry, the hat and gloves were left on
the bank Through a postal card re-
ceived at the Drew home from New
Carlisle, Ohio, on the day of HazeTs
funeral, addressed to the dead girl and
signed Carrie Weaver" it was learn
ed that Hazel and Carrie Weaver were
good friends and that they went to
New York together to spend Memorial
day.
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citizenship. and particularly to the adj
vantage and advancement of the pro-
ducing classes. I do not think the
path Of patriotism lies in supporting
a discredited and decadent old party,
which has neither conscientious con-
victions, nor honest intention, or in in
dorsing chameleon candidates who
change the color of their political opin-
ion with every varying hue of oppor-
tunism. I do not think the best benefit
of laboring men lies in supporting that
old party because of a sop of false
promise, when the performance of that
party while in power did more to inture
labor than all the injunctions ever is
sued before or since. I have lost faith
in the empty professions of an unre-
generate Democracy 1 have lost con-
fidence in the ability, in the sincerity,
and even in the integrity of its leaders.
I do not consider it patriotism to pre-
tend to support that. which as a citizen.
1 distrust and detest, and 1 earnestly
hope the Independence party will give
me an opportunity to vote for candi-
dates that are both able and honest,
and for a declaration of principles that
is both sound and sincere. (Signed)
WIN RANDOLPH HEARST"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17
BETTER RATES FOR WICHITA
Santa Fee Is First to Make Announce
mcnt.

Wichita, Kan. July 17-August a
new ruling will go into effect on all
the railroads that bring live stock to
the Wichita stock yards. 1t will mean
thousands of dollars in the pockets
or the shippers to this point. At that
time rev rate for all Oklahoma live
stock to this market will take effect
The new rate will mean a saving OF
from four to six cents per hundred on
every hoof shipped from Oklahoma
INTO Wichita. In other words the
freight charges on every car of stock
from the new state will be cheapened
from $40 to $12 per car. For a
regular shipper who handles a car or
two OF hogs or cattle every week this
reduction of rates will mean con-
siderable.
The new rate will put the Wichita
live stock market back on the basis
where 1t was before March 10 of this
year At that time the railroads
boosted the rates to point where
they were discriminating against this
city. The matter was taken up by
Manager Hunter of the stock yards
and committee of commission men
with the traffic managers of the rail-
roads but it was not till the present
time that they could get a satisfac-
tory readjustment of the rates.
The Santa Fe road has already sen,
out its tariff sheets with the new
rates to take effect August A. 1t is
expected by Manager Hunter and the
other stock yards officials that the
other roads will have mailed out
their sheets within a few days.
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NEW KATY DEPOT.
VIII Be Erected at Mound Valley
Soon.

Parsons. Kan. July 17-General
Attorney John Madden and General
superintendent z. NJ. Alvord, of the
Katy. went to Mound Valley this
morning for the purpose of setting
the grade stakes and making other
arrangements for the building of the
new depot at that place. The Katy
depot at Mound Vaney was burned
about a year ago and since that time
the business of the company at that
place has been transacted in a box
car. The railroad company declared
that they would not rebuild until the
city had vacated certain streets and
the council refused to do this. The
company was equally as stubborn and
for over year this question has been
at issue, but the town finally passed
the ordinance desired and the depot
will be built. The railroad company
will erect a much better building than
burned and the town is entitled to it.
Mound Valley is one of the best
towns in the county and does a large
amount Of shipping as we'll as local
business and 1t should have a good
depot building.
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spent Monday night is unknown Mrs.
e. r. Cary. her last employer, said
that within the last six months Hazel
had taken four trips. She went to
New York twice, staying two DAYS on
each trip; once to Providence for two
days and to Boston for three DAYS
Who her companions were on those
visits the police are trying to ascer-
tain. Letters were found in the girls
grip from persons in the cities men
toned, but the district attorney re-
fuses to make them public. He SAYS
that none of them contains anything
to indicate that Hazel had a sweet
heart.
The county authorities have offered
a regard of $1,000 for the arrest and
conviction of the murderer
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Labor Riot in Cleveland.

Cleveland. O.. July IA riot in
which six men received injuries more
or less serious took place at the cor
ner of Lakeside avenue and West
Sixth street as the result of a fight
between union and non-union cabinet
workers. The union men who have
been on strike for several weeks at
tempted to prevent a body of nom
unionists from going to work. Bricks.
stones and clubs were used and the
squad of police who responded to the
riot call were obliged to club some of
the rioters. A number of arrests
were made,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17
Cuba Wants More PeoDIe.

Washington, July 17.-Genzalo de
Quesada, the Cuban minister, will sail
from New York for Europe on July
IS, to make a study of the immigra-
ton question with the view to increas-
ing immigration to Cuba. During his
absence Senior Padro Almeda. the
first secretary of legation, will act as
charge. Mr.. Quesada will visit Italy,
Germany and possibly Norway and
will be absent about three months.
Cuba, he says, Is greatly in need of
labor and his efforts abroad will be
directed to showing the opportunity
the island offers for capable men who
want home.
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TRAIL is BROKEN.
Where Hazel Drew Spent Monday
Night Is Not Known.

Troy, N Y. July 17.-That Hazel
Drew was in Troy on the afternoon of
Tuesday, July z, the day on which she
is supposed to have been murdered
and her body thrown into Teal pond,
has been established. She was seen
here carrying her suit case, which was
checked afterward at the union sta
ton, but the parcel clerk at the sta
ton can not identify the bearer as
Hazel Drew, nor remember whether
she was accompanied by a companion.
On Monday the girl called at the
Westcott Office at the station and ask
ed that her trunk be taken from the
home where she was last employed to
the home of her parents. Where she
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AFTER ENGLISH CAPITAL.
Oklahomans Seek Foreign Aid for
Proposed Lines

Oklahoma City. Okla. July 17.-G.
p. Stone, president of the Chamber
of Commerce of this city, and w. w.
Bierce, officials of the Oklahoma &
Texas Railroad. projected from here
to Wichita Falls, Tex, several years
ago. will sail for England. July Is.
and on August confer with a syndi-
cate of Australian and English capt.
talists relative to the financing of the
road. Surveys for the route have all
been completed and blue prints were
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saloon Is DESTROYED.

Coffeyville, Kan, July T.-Sheriff
Riley and three deputies from Nowata,
Okla, after confiscating ten barrels of
beer for evidence and arresting the
proprietors set fire and completely de-
stroyed road house and saloon which
was erected just over the Oklahoma
line, a few days ago. The action by
the sheriff was taken in response to
his instructions to carry out the appli-
of Oklahoma, which orders that all
saloons or places of the sort shall be
DESTROYED upon discovery.
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New Theory Regarding the Death OF
Hazel Drew.

Troy, N. Y, July 17.-That Hazel
Drew came to her death as a result
of an automobile accident instead of
being the victim of a foul and delib-
crate murder, is one of the theories
put forth as a possible solution of the
Teal Pond mystery. After five days of
careful investigation in which many
theories have been advanced a motive
for the murder is lacking. Nothing has
been learned that would warrant the
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Girls Assailants Whipped.

Salina, Kan, July 1.-Two un-
known men attacked Miss Alice Smith,
Is years old, at her home during the
night, and she was dragged from the
doorway to the street Her cries
brought three neighboring men. who
captured the assailants, and after Civ
ing them a sound whipping, allowed
them to escape The police now are
searching for them
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Hans Wagner to Quit?

Pittsburg, Pa, July 17.-Tom Need
ham, catcher of the Giants, is author
ity for the statement that Hans Wag-
ner will retire from the National
league for good after the game today
when he will be given a testimonial
by the Pittsburg fans. wagner told
me positively he would retire for
good" Needham said this afternoon.
"At first thought he was joking, but
he assured me that he was in earn
est
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REPLIES BY CABLE
Hearst Says He Has No Use for the
Democratic Party.

New York, July ia cablegram has
been received from William Randolph
Hearst in reply to a message transmit
ted to Mr.. Hearst from Samuel Comp
ers. stating that in view of the Demo-
cratic stand for labor. it would be an
act of greatest patriotism for the In
dependence party to indorse the Demo-
cratic platform. and urging him not to
run a third ticket, as it would elect Mr..
Taft.
Mr. Hearst's cablegram follows:
Paris, July 49, 1908.
Tell Mr.. Gompers that 1 am not au-
thorized to. speak for the membership
of the Independence league, but accord
ing to my personal standards, purer
patriotism consists in laboring to es-
tablish a new party which will be con-
sistently devoted to the interest of the
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Three Killed by Explosion.

Boston, July 17-Three men have been
killed and several injured in an explo-
sion on pier Al, Mystic wharf.
Among the killed was United States
Appraiser c. F. Atwood, who died
after being taken to hospital. The
two killed outright were laborers. The
explosion occurred in a locker, which,
1T is believed, contained fireworks.
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Bryan's Only Speech in Indiana.

Indianapolis: Ind, July 17.-It has
been announced here that the
Kern notification meeting will be held
here early in September and will be
attended by Mr.. Bryan who will on
that occasion make the only speech he
will make In this state during the cam
paign.