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Newspaper
Mitchell Capital
Location
Mitchell, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1907
Page
7
Schmitz breaks down under load of stress and implicates others in a bribery and extortion case. He may resign as charges are dropped or amended. deal includes potential freedom for the mayor and consequences for the city.
The note outlines conditions for George Schmitz to gain freedom including resignation as mayor, full grand jury confession on municipal graft, and joining reformers. The terms suggest a political shakeup and potential cleansing of city corruption.
May 2 report states former California political power Eugene Schmitz confessed to boodling bribery extortion and taking bribes. He admits partial roles in trolley and other graft schemes and faces ongoing prosecutors probes while Calhoun denies any wrongdoing. Rudolph Spreckels urges no leniency.
London readers learn that a group of a dozen physicians including Sir Frederick Treves Sir James Barr and William Ewart dispute a recent English medical manifesto on alcohol. They call alcohol a major source of poverty disease and crime and say it is now rarely used as a remedy by most doctors.
Jacob Frank was arrested in New York on charges linked to forged ballots for the New York Life Insurance company election. He allegedly forged signatures on ballots used to elect company directors.
Rescue party reports four men entered the Berwind Whittle mine at Foastwell to reach trapped workers. They carried water and liquid food, with one brother of foreman Michael Bolya among the crawlers. Recovery paused by danger and continuing water pumping.
From Saint Paul to Seattle a New York artist and his bride begin a 2000 mile horseback journey. They aim to complete the trip in 100 days at about 20 miles daily. Quincy Scott, a noted newspaper illustrator, married Ella L Allen of Seattle after meeting in the Art Students League.
Pittsburg May 2 The Carnegie institute trustees faced moral shock as replicas for a new institute hall of gratuary arrived. Figures appeared nude save for laurel wreaths prompting talk of bath robes. Local sculptors then removed objectionable parts leaving refuse in the hall.
New York May 2. Club women in New York foresee a future where women with means or ability to support husbands may propose to 40 young men without breaking propriety. Mrs Harriet Johnston Wood argues the custom is a long overdue reversal of male prerogatives.
President Roosevelt endorses commuting or pardoning John William January of Missouri after his nine years of apparent good conduct following a post office robbery conviction in Oklahoma. Senators and 37,200 Missourians support clemency. petitions from bankers doctors and judges add pressure.
A heated labor case draws attention as references to Moyer Taywood and Roosevelt figure as factors. Defendants labeled as desirable citizens heighten public interest in the prosecution.
St Louis May 1 The Central Trades and Labor union of St Louis refused to endorse a resolution by the patternmakers organization attacking President Roosevelt over his denunciation of Maes and Elwood, officers of the Western Federation of Miners.
Indianapolis May 2 An agreement for a decree was reached at a conference between government counsel and attorneys for defendants in the United States versus the national association of retail druggists and others The plan provides an injunction restraining the defendants from alleged acts of restraint of trade and commerce The deal marks a government victory as defendants avoid further litigation by settling the case
Sir George Cooper and Lady Cooper arrive for the funeral of James Henry Silent Smith who died in Japan. The London will leaves Mrs Rhinelander Stewart a five million dollar provision, while Lady George inherits twenty million and other blood relatives receive generous bequests. Some expect a later will may favor the widow.
William D Haywood secretary treasurer of the Western Federation of Miners and allies Charles N Moyer and George A Pettibone head for Boise to face life on trial for alleged role in the Caldwell Idaho assassination of former Governor Steunenberg The case hinges on Harry Orchard confession and federal prosectuors plan to try Haywood first amid public interest from President Roosevelt.
Chicago May 1 Professor Charles Zueblin of the University of Chicago proposes a pension system to motherhood. The plan would pay every mother an income graded by the number of children she bears rather than the husband’s salary.
William E. Corey was re-elected president of the United States Steel Corporation by the board of directors. All other officers were re-elected.
New York May 2. A bill of complaint names Benjamin Guggenheim brother of Senator Simon Guggenheim of Colorado as co respondent. Samuel Tuska obtained a divorce from Mrs Amy Goldsmith Tusa after testimony showed Guggenheim surprised in Mrs Tuska’s Madison Square apartment under embarrassing circumstances.
New York lawyer Mity J Mredortick Were may be punished for contempt over a disparaging remark made in court. He was in the courtroom when a jury convicted Cornie Saplenza for carrying a fixer. After the verdict he tossed toothpicks on the floor and warned juries might convict for such acts.
New York reports pugilist John L Sullivan seeks divorce from Anna Bates whom he wed in 1883 amid a water wagon saga. He plans to marry a wealthy New York woman who will share her fortune, with the engagement vouched for though the name is not given.
Des Moines May 2 Iowa searches for a sculptor to model a life likeness for Statuary Hall, offering a $5,000 prize. The selected artist must deliver a bronze statue eight feet high with the model gifted to the state. work overseen by state officials and art figures in Chicago.
In St Louis on May 2 Justice Werremeyer of Clayton ruled that a boy who tells a school principal he does not own the whole school yard or to go to hell may not be guilty of disturbing the peace. Clifford Nelson fifteen and small spoke the phrases to Professor William T. Bender of Rock Hill school. the judge held the professor provoked him beyond juvenile endurance.
Russell Newell of New York sued Charles H. Van Buren a Wilmington naval engineer for alienation of his wife Mrs. Newell now in Jersey City. Judge Cross awarded Newell 800 dollars in damages after Newell testified he found Van Buren with Mrs Newell in a locked room on November 20 1904. Van Buren denied the charges and Mrs Newell testified she had no affair. Van Buren had boarded at the Newell home for twelve years.
Des Moines May 1. The railroad commission opens a hearing on merchandise freight rates in carload lots and less. After the hearings the commission will begin classification of rates in Iowa.
Justice Fitzgerald refused to sign an order transferring Thaw defense exhibits to attorney A Russell Peabody. Peabody sought custody of all exhibits including the lot offered before the Lunney commission. The exhibits remain in the clerk’s custody of the court where Thaw was tried.
Ina J B Tensnow of Wyncote sues Henry Vensnow a Delanco real estate dealer and ex minister for divorce on cruelty charges. The case follows a Denver probe into vice crusades that led to his resignation from the Reformed church pulpit.
The U S court of appeals affirms penalties of 15000 dollars for Armour Packing Swift Morris and Cudahy in the rebate cases against meat packers. The ruling preserves the lower court verdict and sets the stage for further action until supreme court review.
New York May 1 a great contralto named Sheink traveled 1500 miles to surprise and kiss her children before a long Winnipeg trip. She reached Tincoln Neb then Saterson N J and finally her villa where the children slept. The reunion pleased her and she continued to Winnipeg.
Lindsay Hicks, the miner once buried for seventeen days in Bakerfield, attempted suicide by stepping before a switch engine. A bystander saved him first, then he tried again as the engine returned, knocked off the track but suffered no serious injuries. His despondency follows a recent life of luxury and a late elopement with a butcher’s wife.
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