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The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
WAS SECOND BOMB
slLvERsTEiN, NEW YORK AN
ARcHiST MAKES STATEMENT.
TELLS HOW ACCIDENT HAPPENED
Was So Excited He Touched Lighted
Cigarette to the Wrong End OF
the Explosive.

New York-The bomb which Sc
lig Silverstein intended to throw
into Union Square park week
ago last Saturday upon the dispersal
by the police of meeting of New
York's unemployed, was made out of
a brass top from bedstead. This
statement was made Monday by Sill
verstein to an attendant at the hos
pital, where the bomb thrower lies
lowering between life and death from
the effects of the missiles premature
explosion.
"I made the bomb from the top Of
a bedstead,' Silverstein is reported to
have said. ut was round brass
ball and hollow. l bought quarter
of a pound of nails, broke them In
half and put them in the ball. / put
nitro-glycerin on top of them and on
top of the nitro.glycerin l put some
gunpowder When | got to the park
saw a policeman who had beaten
me. put a fuse in the bomb and
walked over to the fountain. l had
lighted cigarette, which l had in
my hand, and tried to touch off the
fuse, but in my excitement | put the
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
Courts Error Makes eioamist

Pittsburg, Pa.-Calvin s. Wright.
banker of jeanette, Pa, near here.
believing that the courts of South Da-.
kota had given the right to do so.
about a year ago married Miss Anna.
G. O'Donnell of this city, a sweet
heart of his younger days, but it de-
velops that an error was made by the
western court which divorced him
from the wrong woman, and now he
must stand trial in criminal court on
charges of bigamy and perjury. His
first wife, Sophia Wright, better
known as Mrs. Ida Wright, is back
of the prosecution.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
LABOR PLANS BIG PROTEST.
Mass Meetings viii Be Held to Oppose
Court Decisions.

New York-Samuel Gompers, pres
ident of tie American Fedora
ton of Labor. and other heads
of labor organizations who took part
recently in a conference at Washing
ton, have issued call for mass meet
ings to be held in every city and town
in the United States on the third Sun
day or Monday in April, to protest
against recent United States supreme
court decisions antagonistic to labor.
Every member of labor union is re-
quested to write the representative in
congress of his district and the two
senators from his state, urging them
to vote for the proposed amendments.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
Three Postoffices Robbed.

Austin, Textile postoffce in
spector's orffice of the depart
ment of Texas, Louisiana and Okla.
homa has report that the safe In
the postoffice at Sansaba, Tex, was
blown open Wednesday morning and
something less than $1,000 in currency
taken, together with stamps, money
orders, registered letters, etc. No
trace of the burglars have been found.
Postoffice Inspector Munroe is also in
receipt of information of the blowing
or two postoffce safes in Louisiana.
one at Howellton and the other at
Plaquemine.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
Duke Abruzzi Has Rival.

Washington, d. C.-The duke Of
the Abruzzi will soon have new en-
cry in his fight for the hand of Miss
Katherine Elkins, according to the re-
port now afloat among avail officers.
Lieut. Adolphus Andrews of the United
States navy. an old admirer of Miss
Elkins, having heard of the Dukes
suit is hurrying here from China, and
II the royal Italian is to be on the
ground, he will have to settle affairs
with his king and take fast steamer
back to America.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
BIG FIRE IN INDIANAPOLIS.
Damage to Colonial Building Is Placed
at 100000.

indianapolis, Ind.-Fre in the.
business section of the city Thurs
day did 100000 damage to the Colo.
mai building. The losers are:
w. u. Cunningham, paint and OH
company; Model Department store:
Sharkey millinery store: Knox's 3 and
lo cent store, and the Elks' club rooms.
Cunningham but recently came here,
from Charleston, W. Va.
Assistance from Dayton and Cam
oridge City helped to keep the flames
from spreading. Fire Chief Miller and
SIX OF MS men were overcome by
smoke, but all will recover.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
CHANDLER AND RUSSELL FLY.
Army Balloon Experiments Begin at
Washington.

Washington, D. C.-The signal
corps of the army has begun its spring
series of experiments in balloon work.
An ascension was made by Major Ed
gar Russell and Capt. Charles de F.
Chandler, the army's aeronautic ex-
pert. The flight was made in a twelve
hour northwest wind, which carried
the balloon across the Potomac to
Alexandria.
Capt. Chandler piloted the craft and
Major Russell, who was making his
first fight, accompanied Capt. Chand-
Ter to experiment with the army's
new telephoto camera. A third man
was taken along to operate the cam
era. The balloon used was one of the
old type Of the signal corps.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
DUKES WIFE IN CELL
WEEPs WHEN ARRESTED FOR
PASSING WORTHLESS CHECK.
SERIOUSLY I'LL SINCE RECENT FIRE
Flames at Grand Pacific Hotel In
Chicago Beginning Of
Her Troubles.

Chicago, lll.--A bond giving free
dom to Mrs. Alice Webb Duke, di-
vorced wife of Brodie l.. Duke, one of
the heads of the tobacco trust, who
spent the night in cell at the Harri-
son street police station, it was ex-
pected. would be furnished Saturday.
Mrs. Duke was arrested on a warrant
which charged her with obtaining
money from the Great Northern hotel
by means of fraudulent check.
Mrs. Duke entered the postoffice to
mail a letter and a detective stepped
up to her and served the warrant. She
was takn to the station. Unable to
furnish bond, she was put in cell.
Weeps After Arrest.
Mrs. Duke broke down and wept.
Her plight she considers the result of
prosecutions of her former husbands
family. She declared that she had
done nothing wrong and did not de-
serve to be locked up.
Mrs. Duke was in a fire at the Grand
Pacific hotel recently and has been i'll
since that time. She is in a very
nervous condition. Her attorney, Ell
mer E. ogers, could not be found until
midnight, when it was too late to ar
range bond.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
Open shop on the Lakes.

Cleveland, Ohio-The open shop
policy will be adhered to by vessel
owners on the operation of boats on
the great lakes this season. A stand
of this character in dealing with or
ganized labor was unanimously agreed
to at the annual meeting of the Lake
Carriers association here Thursday
The rule will be put into operation
at once and will affect upward Of 40-
900 men. Whether the plan adopted
by the boat owners will be opposed
by the various unions is unknown.
None of their representatives twas
present at the meeting
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
Sing Sing Convict Captured.

New York-Having enjoyed q
taste of liberty, Joseph Lasam,
convict, is on his way back to Sing
Sing. Heavily manacled and in the
custody of two keepers, Lasala ac-
cepted the situation philosophically,
declaring that he went back to prison
with better grace now that the pur-
pose of his escape, to visit his wife
and infant son, had been accom-
plished
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
More Troops Out in Elnrida

Pensacola, Fla.-Additional troops
were ordered to the city Mon
day as a result of rioting in con-
nection with the strike of street rail.
way employees. The city was Monday
thoroughly patroled, but no attempt
was made during the early hours to
run cars, street railway officials de-
clining to operate until the additional
troops gave further guarantee of the
safety of the strikebreakers.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
Refused Bandits ProposaI.

Marion, Kas.-At the preliminary
hearing here Wednesday Of Will
liam T. Carr, charged with the
robbery of an express car on Santa.
Fe train near here on Sunday, March
29, and the murder of Oscar A. Bailey,
the express messenger, ]. G. Nehomey
OF Newton testified that in February
last Carr proposed to him that they
rob some express train ON the Santa
Fe. Nehomey said that he refused to
give Carr's proposition any consider
alton.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
fire DESTROYS
BOSTON SUBURB
LOSS PLACED AT 100000 IN
CHELSEA, HALF COVERED
BY INSURANCE.
3 BODIES FOUND; MANY HURT
Area Of 4s4 Acres Swept by Flames
Which Destroy Public Build
ings-Troops and
Police Out.

Boston, Mass.-Chelsea river Mon
day morning checked the 12-hour
march of the fire which laid in ruins
more than one.third of the city Of
Chelsea.
The property loss is estimated at
$9,000,000; 10000 persons are home
less; three dead bodies have been
found in the ruins; it is probable that
two others have perished; between 200
and 800 are injured, and nearly 100
missing.
The heart of Chelsea, a city of 10000
inhabitants, with large majority of
its churches and schools and public
buildings and its city hall, was black
ened, smoking mass of wreckage as
the sun rose.
Troops Guarding the Homeless.
The Sixth Massachusetts was Or
dered out to protect the property that
escaped fire and the homeless who are
encamped about the city and its sur
roundings. Relief work was put in
operation Monday.
Two negroes were shot and wound
ed by militiamen while trying to loot
Broadway jewelry store in Chelsea
Two other men are reported to have
been shot when detected in the act of
entering one of the Chelsea savings
banks about 8 o'clock Sunday night.
Insurance Covers $5,ooo,ooo of Loss
1t is estimated that about half of
the financial loss, or $5000,000, is COW
cred by insurance.
A feature of the disaster is the
promptness with which the big insur-
ance agencies came forward with
statements that they were ready to
pay losses in full While the insur-
ance companies are hard hit, it is be-
lieved that not one will default in the
payment of claims.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
Mormons Gain in Members.

Kansas City, Mo.-The annual re-
port of the condition OF the re-
organized church of Later Day Saints
was read at the worlds conference,
which is now in session at Independ-
ence, Mo-, Monday. The church has
57.GC5 members, a net gain since last
years conference of 1870. The larg-
est gains have been made in Canada
and the next largest In Missouri. Iowa
has the LARGEST number nf members
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
lndct Coal Firms for Peonaqe.

Huntington, w. Va.-Several in
dictments were found by the federal
grand jury in the peonage cases,
which followed the investigation
asked by the Italian government 1t
is announced that prominent cold com
panies and other large concerns are
accused. Assistant United States At
torney General Russell is here and
will assist District Attorney North
com in the prosecution.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
Farmer SIays Two,

Kennett, NOV. r. Bell. single,
Al years old, recently from Sha-
ron, Tenn. was brought here to Jail
Monday by Deputy Sheriff Darby
.Faughn of Campbell, he having shot
and killed two men, Marion Bridges
and Eph Bridgeman, IL miles south
west of Campbell.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
Postoffice Safe Rlnwn-

New Athens, Ill.-The safe in
the postoffice at Lenzburg, four
miles south of here, was blown open
with nitroglycerin Sunday night, and
81, all the money in the vault. taken
No one was aroused by the explosion
postmaster William Muser found the
safe wrecked when he opened the Of
fice Monday morning. There is no
clsw to the identity of the cracksmen
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
Mourned as Dead: Now Arrested.

Niagara Falls, n. Y.-Detective Cal
lahan arrived here from Cleveland
with Wilfred Gray, who was mourned
for dead and whose supposed body
was buried on July 10, 1907. Gray
left here mysteriously in April, 1906,
and was later charged with an al
legged shortage in his accounts as bank
er of Zeal lodge or Woodmen Of
the World.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
True Peonase sIlls Returned.

Greensboro, N. C.-The grand
jury of the federal court, now
in session here, returned true bills
charging peonage against. J. w. Prim
of Mecklenberg county, cotton mill
man, and against the following per-
sons in Mcdowell and Mitchell coun-
ties: d. S. Madden, M. P. Powers, J.
H. Harris, Joseph Tally and w. b..
Radcliffe; James Finley and John p
ElmOre.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
Opposing AIdrlch RilI.

New York-A circular letter to
all the members OF the clear
ing house section Of the American
Bankers association was sent out
from here Tuesday by August Blum
of Chicago. president of the clearing
house section of the association, urg-
ing opposition to the Aldrich bill.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
"Rookies" Sent to Cuba.

Columbus, O.-One hundred and
fifty recruits at the barracks here
were started to Cuba by. order of the
war department. No explanation is
given as to why the recruits are sent
to Cuba, but it is supposed that some
of the soldiers there will be trans
ferred to the United States.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17

cigarette in the wrong hole, causing
the explosion"
Silverstein said that he did not
know the man near him who was
killed, but declared that he knew AL
exander Berkman and Emma Gold
man. He also said the Union square
bomb was the second he had made,
but declined to tell when the first one
was manufactured or the use to which
1t was put.
Silverstein, who has shown remark
worse Monday night, and he was suf-
fering great pain.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
Pictures Show DusIlinq Bouts.

Paris-The popular curiosity about
thrilling incidents of duels is likely
soon to be satisfied, for a cinemato-
graphic record was made of the en-
counter between M. Thomegeux and
n Meyer at Grande Roue. when M.
Meyer was wounded in the hand at
the third bout.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
War Claim for SO Cents Settled,

Montgomery, Mo.-Payment of 33
cents due to John Vogt, veteran liv-
ing here because of mistake in the
settlement of war claim in 1861.
was made by check The check was
for S1.10, the balance being due be-
cause Of an error in payment when
he was discharged from service as a
soldier
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
Northwestern Wins Suit.

Milwaukee, Wis.-Suits involving
more than 100000 against the Chica-
go & Northwestern, instituted more
than year ago in the federal court
by bandholders in the old Milwaukee,
Lake Shore G. Western company,
were decided by Judge Quarrels in
favor of the defendant company.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
Admiral passes Bad NIoht.

Paso Robles, Cal.-Physicians at
tending Admiral Evans stated Thurs
day morning that he was very
i'll. He passed the worst night since
his arrival Wednesday night and suf-
fered great deal OF pain.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
Stays Mother for Burglar.

Bald Mount, Pa.-Otis Wood, As
p.years DID, killed his aged mother, Mrs.
Lucretia Wood, here. Wood claims he
mistook his mother for a burglar as
she was entering the house.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
Ten-Year Term for Foruer,

Scranton, Pa.-George B. Schooley,
the chief conspirator in the attempt
to secure the S1,000,000 estate of the
late James l.. Crawford, his cousin,
was given the maximum penalty for
forgery--ten years in the penitentiary.
His accomplices, Albert N. Bahman
and Charles F. Beidel, were each
given five year terms.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
American Consul Beaten.

Shanghai-Far more serious than
first advices indicated. was the
attack on the American consulate
at Mukden. Not only was the resi-
dence invaded, but the consul himself
was beaten.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
Have Them on the Run.

Louisville, Ky.-"We've got them
on the rum" said Governor Wilson
Thursday about the nightrlders. Will.
son says they are sure to be brought
to justice and that some of the leaders
nave already left the state.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
What Congress is Doing

that the negligence of the injured one
contributed to the injury.
Campaign Contributions Referred To-.
During the discussion of the meas
ure there was extended references to
campaign contributions by railroad
men and especially to the Hartman
contribution to the Republican cam
paign fund of 1904.
Because the senate bill did not
specify the cause for the injury or
death of the employe, Mr.. Nelson of
Minnesota said he believed it would
be pronounced unconstitutional by
the supreme court of the United
States. The bill would make the COM
pany liable for injury or death, wheth-
it related to the service or not.
Two employees of railroad might,
by their negligence, wreck train and
kill 100 people, said Mr.. Ellsins and
yet the proposed law would pay for
the injuries received by those um-
employees. He did not believe that
was Just provision.
Senator William Alden Smith in
quired whether the bill would facili-
tate interstate commerce. Senator
Dolliver replied that it was intended
to promote the rights of employees of
common carriers" Mr.. Smith declared
that that was a very important ques-
tion. If, he said, there was no pur-
pose to facilitate commerce in this
bill, he thought the warrant for it's
copstitutionality would be doubtful.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
Never Reealned consciousness.

Santa Barbara. Cal.-Edward r.
Spalding, the Buffalo banker. who
who was thrown from his buggy near
this city on Saturday, died at 6
o'clock Wednesday night, without hav-
ing regained consciousness.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17

Increases Port Au Prince Garrison.
Port Au Prince-The Haytian
gunboat Vertieres arrived here
Tuesday from st. Marc with 25 poIiti.
cal prisoners aboard and many army
conscHpts. President Nord Alexis is
increasing the garrison in Port Au
Prince, detachments of troops daily
arriving from the interior.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
The Nardin Star Is Sold.

Nardin, Okla.-A. L. Linbeck, for
seevral years editor and proprietor of
the Nardin Star, has sold tie publica-
ton to G. w. Cross and Thomas o.
Munger.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
Has 5000 Destitute People.

Johannesburg-lt is estimated that
5000 people of johannesburg are des-
titute. The mayor has called a meet
ing to consider the situation as re-
CARDS the unemployed
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
Morton Not to Be Santa Fe Executiv,

Chicago, Ill.-"There is absolute.
iy nothing in the gossip that am
to become the head of the Santa Fe or
aay other railroad" declared Paul
Morton of New York at the Audito-
rum Annex hotel Sunday.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
Wisconsin Town Nearly Razed.

Marinette, visa third of the town
of Crivitz was destroyed by fire. The
Marinette fire department responded
to an appeal for help, and fire-fighting
apparatus was sent on special train.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
Temperance Leader Dies.

Portland, Maine-Camuel l.. Carle-
ten, one time head of the World
Organization of Sons Of Temperance,
died here, S6 years old.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
Fire sweeps SNYDER. TEX.

Snyder, Tex.-Fire destroyed two
thirds of the houses on the west side
of the public square In Snyder, the
county seat nf Scnrry county.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17


name as A. Mccain is held at the
Wayne county Jail in connection with
the capture last Tuesday of three Chi
nese at Adrian, Mich.
The Cinnamon and McMann were
found in a Wabash box car bound for
Chicago There was dead horse in
the car and the four men were con-
cealed under the straw.
The plan was to engage a freight
car at Detroit for the shipment of a
horse, some worthless animal being
placed in the car for blind. The
Chinese, 1t is said, have been freely
brought across the Detroit river on
the railroad car ferries, being hidden
with the connivance of employees on
the boats until the immigration in
spectors had made their rounds and
then hurriedly directed to empty
freight cars. There they would be
transferred to freight cars especially
engaged and usually started west on
the Wabash freight No. 95, which
makes only one regular stop between
Detroit and Chicago.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17
osorae z. POLLOCK Rsslona.

Washington - George f. Pollock.
chief of lands In the forest serv-
ice, has resigned to enter private
hrainesa.
The Montgomery tribune., 1908-04-17

The bill relating to the liability of
common carriers by railroads passed
by the house of representatives on
April was Thursday passed by the
senate, without amendment and with
out a division.
The senate bill on the same subject
was not confined to railroads, but COW
cred all forms of common carriers
and Senator Dolliver, who had report
ed it from the committee on educa-
ton and labor, sought to substitute
it for the house BILL but his motion
was defeated. Numerous amendments
were offered to the bill, but all were
voted down. AS passed, the bill is
expected to meet the objection of the
United States supreme court to the
common carrier liability law of 1896,
decided to be unconstitutional by the
court. The bill abolishes the strict
common law liability, which bars re-
covery for personal injury or death
of an employe occasioned by the neg
ligence of fellow servant. 1t also
relaXes the common law rule, which
makes contributory negligence de-
fense to claims for such injuries. and
permits an employe to recover for an
injury caused by the negligence of a
coemploye. The bill does not bar re-
covery, even though the injured one
contributed by his own negligence to
the in iury The amount of the recOy-
cry is diminished in the same degree
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-08-15

like incident of the fotation of
mining stock under the same aus
pices.
Great excitement accompanied an
early squirt in Bay State Gas, after
which the price yielded before the
steady supply of stock Some spe-
cial weakness in the local traction
stocks was due to the announcement
by the president of the New Haven
railroad of the intention of that COM
pany to take subway route into New
York There was nothing alarming
in the days news from the crop re-
gions. Yesterday and today's sue
cessful auction sale of cotton goods
were favorably commented on as eff
fective relief of the congestion which
has grown up in that industry. The
sub-treasury continues to make large
contributions to the supply of bank
ing cash and the level of the interior
exchanges indicates that the custom
airy demand for currency there is
largely showing itself.
Bonds were irregular. Total sales.
par value, $3,364, 900. United States
bonds were unchanged on call.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-08-15
BULLION TAX
COLLECTOR FINDS
MUCH PROSPERITY
HALEY REPORTS MINING ACTIy-
ITY IN ELKO. CHURCHILL AND
HUMBOLDT COUNTIES FOL-
JOINING RETURN FROM VISIT.

RENO, Aug. al F. Haley
state bullion tax and license collector
returned last night from an official
trip through Churchill Elko and
Humboldt counties. He reports the
counties and different mining camps
which he visited to be in very
flourishing and prosperous condition
and speaks very optimistically of the
outlook in these counties.
Haley was particularly favorably
impressed with Elko county and de-
clares that it is one. of the most pros
porous in the state. The Gazette
quotes him as follows:
Considerable work is being done
at the once famous mining camp of
Tuscarora," said Haley this morning.
Many leasers are at work on diff
ferent properties in the camp and con-
siderable milling ore is being taken
out. The famous Edgemont mine is
also producing and still ranks as one
of the best mines in the state. The
same may he said of other mining
camps in Elko county This county
is one of the most productive and
prosperous counties In the state at
the present time.
THE Seven Troughs district is
forging rapidly to the front. and |
believe will be ranked with the larg-
est producing camps of the state be-