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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1897-04-03
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He invites those DESTROYS of obtaining the
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Already this new scientific course Of medi-
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He considers il his religious duty-a duty
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There win be no mistake in sending-the mis-
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and combinations of Railway com,
panies for the purpose of controlling
rates for the carrying of passengers
and freight upon their lines. These
common carriers have evaded the
provisions of the Interstate Com
merce act, and the officers of the
government have been impotent to
carry out Its provisions to the ex-
tent that was originally intended IN
the act; and the supplemental bill
was passed for the purpose of pro-
hibiting the illegal combinations.
The railways have fought it at every
step; but the Supreme Court has
affirmed the legality of the act of
1890, which utterly destroys the
formations of all combinations for
the purpose of giving uniform rates
to all railroads between one another.
ALI the pool combines of the roads
west of Chicago have gone topieces,
and those east must follow likewise
This decision will be of great bene-
fit 10 all the people of the entire
country, and especially to the people
of the central and far West as it
will force all railroads to depend
upon the business it obtains for its
own lines, and no rebates, differen-
tials or other compensation for the
purpose of keeping up freight and
passenger rates viii be permitted.
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INTRODUCTORY Sale

In to place the lines of goods before the pub
lie concluded naugurate series of which will
sell the specified lines actual For this week offer
tire stock of hosiery as follows
Ladies' Black Cotton Hose, regular price lOc, will go 64c
Ladies. Black Dropped Stitch Double sOle. guaranteed
Hose, regular price 2Oc, will go at llc
Ladies' Tan Seamless Hose, 2Oc- will go at lie.
Ladies' Tan Double sO extra high spced Heel &c.
60 at lSc.
Ladies' Black Double Solo, Dye will go
Ladies' Black Extra Heavy Double Sole High spcd Heel
&c., viii 60 at 23c.
Ladies Black dropped stitch Double Heels and Toes worth &c.,
will go at 35c.
Ladies' Herm.dorf Black Silk plated and stainless
worth &c., will 60 at SOC.
Ladies' superior se Hose Hermsdo Black, guaranteed fast
stainless worth &c., will go at Gle
Ladies' Opera Hose guaranteed Hermsdorf stainless
superfne gauge, worth 75c, will go at Acc
Soc, viii 60 at Zoc
Ladies' Extra size Hrmsdorf black heavy, worth will
60 at &c.
cbdrens heavy ribbed Black Hose worth lOc viii go
Children. heavy ribbed Black Hose worth l2 will
Misses Double Knees, worth 2Oc, viii go l2ic.
Misses. Sapphire Black fine ribbed hose 81 81 worth
and 3Oc., will go at and lSc
Bows ndestruc Bicycle Hose full fashion, English heel worth
S5c., viii go at 81 cents
Cotton Hose ribbed double knee Maco foot worth
SOC and 4Oc., viii 60 at 2lc and 2sc.
Infants HermsdO Black Hose pced heel and worth
25e, viii at Ice
our other Lines, con ing Millinery. Mus Goods
Kid Cloves Mttens. Ladies' Shirt Waists
wrappers and Skirts Laoes veings Notions
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agThe Paris Millinery CO,0.
No. 1l8 S MAIN STREET.
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Leave SAlt Lake city.
No. 2-For Bingham, Provo, Grand
Junction and all points East 80 q m.
No. For Provo, GRIND Junction
and ali points East TAO p m.
No. 1-For Ogden and intermediate
:. points: -. - -. $50 p. m
hant, Salina, Richneld, Bel
KNAPP and intermediate points l2:30 D. N,
No. S-For Eureka, Payson, Proyo,An
all intermediate points. $40 p. m
No. 3For Ogden and the VEST. u45 p. m.
NO. l-For Ogden and the West 1873 p. m.
Arrive salt Lake City.
No Prom Bingham, Provo, Grand
junction and the East. ....... l2l5 D. N.
No. S-From Provo, Grand Junction
and the East lbs p. m
No. S-From Provo, bingham. Eureka,
Belknap, Rfchhelu, Sallna,
Manu and intermediate points SIS D. N
No eFrom Ogden aud Intermediate
No.i-From Eureka and Payson - 966 a m
No 2-From Ogden and The West. 7:t0 q. m.
No. 4-FuIm Ogden and the West go 100 D. m
Only line running through Pullman Palace
sleeping cars SAT- Lake City 10 San Francisco;
salt Lake City to Denver via Grant junction and
sait Lake CITY 70 Kansas City and Chicago via
Through tourist or family sleepeIs without
change, 10 Kansas City, Chicago and Boston
Free reclining chair cars Salt Lake City 10
Denver.
Ticket ONCE, Is w. End So.
D. G. DODGE, Gen. Manager.
b BABCOCK, Trafic Manager
+. A HADLEIGH, Gen Passenger Agent
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FROM OUR WASHINGTON
CORRESPONDENT.
D. c.,


March q, 1897.
Tie supreme Court Of the United
eEzsss has approved the anti-trust
Nv PISSED n 1880. This Law pro
hihit. .hs fornntion q associations
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ONE year ago Mr.. r. Bridge,
postmaster of Heber City, got hot
m the collar and stopped his three
months subscription to the Broad
Az. because we expressed our opin-
ION on the manifesto. But we have
been informed that whenever our
paper arrives at the postofice that
this gentleman viii slip one of our
subscribers papers out of the box
and stand behind the door until he
hiss read it.
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Dine smoke sleep LIVE

comfortable Is In your home-on the Burlington
"vesdbuled F1yer"-the train that runs on time"
Ar. Lincoln 100 pm Ar 81. Joseph $50 pm.
Ar Omaha 400 pm. Ar Kan City soopm.
Ar. Chicago $40 am. Ar. S. Louis 7.To am.
Tickets and timetables Az RIG W. ticket ofnces
w y. MCMILLAN, General AgenG
n. r NRsLRN, TFnv. Pas. 4 Rreaghs Ara.
n Walker Blook, Salt Lake CITY,
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On the 18th day of April, undel
the auspices of the National Asso'
citation of Democratic Clubs, there
will be a banquet in this city, il
honor of the anniversary OF
Thomas Jefferson's birth. Mr..
Bryan is to be the principal orator
on that occasion. There will be 9
banquet served and the leading
men of the Democratic party will
be present, from all parts of the
country.
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- - ts--A~r N-AsS 1A4CCS AuOW u
as the Salt Lake Herald has few
he track again. Last Saturday it
informed the world that Andrew
Jsckson's birthday came on the 18th
Of April, but every schoolboy
throughout our land, from six
years old and upwards, knows An.
drew Jackson's birthday always
Genes on the eighth day of Janu-
ayy, and on last Thursday morning
this same sheet stated that Albert
Hannibal Grice, ESQ.,, was the edi-
tor Of the PEais DoH6le Dealer. II
slso said that this gentleman was
the only true leader of our race in
Utah. We always entertained the
idea that the Hon. W. w. Taylor
Vas the editor of the Double
DeeI9, although Mr.. Gree may be
IL edit0r for Ell that we know.
But We do know that no man
Who i compelled 70 cuf q white
mans boots FOR . living can ever
become = true leader Of the negro
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1897-04-03

THE. passenger department Of
the Bio Grxnde Western railway
has recently issued a very useful
and . very valuable little book,
which il entitled ga Story of Tin.
Il" the great mining district of
Utah. This book is handsomely
illustrated with many familiar
scenes in and around Mammoth,
Silver city and South Swansea. 1t
also contains q birdseye view of
Eureka, which is considered to be
one Of the greatest mining camps
IN the world. ANY person can OBJ
tain this descriptive and illustrated
little book by enclosing q two cent
postage stamp to r. A. Wadleigh,
general passenger agent, Salt Lake
City.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-08

expert examination, Figel frankly ad-
mltted that they would not. He stated
that he had made false entries in the
bank s account in the firms ledger on the
suggestion of Mr.. Hoffman, as the latter
apparently did not want the books to
show he had been drawing in excess
of his regular allowance. FigeI further
declared that he allowed himself to be
guided IN the matter by Mr.. Hoffman
until the last draft of his employer for
$500. FIgel states that this made an
aggregate of $95C0 that Hoffman had
drawn within two months in excess
OF his stipulated allowance, and
that as matter of self f-proiection to him
self he insisted On the banks account be-
ing recliied, on Hoffman being properly
charged on the firms books with the $500
and on Hoffman giving him a receipt as
voucher for the amount
When asked if the books would foot nm
all right in other respects he said that no
one but himself could make the books bal
ance, as many entries had to be made OF
which he alone knew.
de intimated that the data for these
entries were contained in certain memo
rama, but where these memoranda were
he failed to state.
1t was the intention of Rothchild e.
| Acn 10 compare the firms ledger account
OF the London, Paris and American Bank
WIN the hrm's handbook of the same
lhstltuu1n, but a search for the latter
| proved fruitiess
Inc only thing to be done under the
circumstances was to secure from the
oank a transcript of its account with the
| nrm OF HOFFMAN, Rothchild e. Co. This
| Iequest mas oeen made to the bank, and
the transcript is now being nrenared As
| soon as it is ready the crpciaI comnor;son
will be made. e"A 'soi
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brain or in the mouth for it is unques-
toned that he bled profusefy
AT II o'clock noon on June 9 mad e
my hrst appearance on the scene and
while examining the break in the wall
caused by a shot, In an endeaYor to find
from which direction the bullet came that
broke the plaster, the portion of the bullet
which split i'll Mr.. Hoffman's skull was
found beside the desk in the rear room.
'At that time l made a close inspection
OF the carpet stretching across the floor
from the ielephone-room to wnere the
body was found, in the presence of a num-
Der of people, and / could find no evil
dence of the deceased having dragged
himself over the carpet, and there were no
bloo stains on the door opening between
the two rooms
"When Mr.. Hoffman was found. at .45
O'Clock, he was in dying condition, face
down, in pool of his own blood, and so
lar as falling from exhaustion it was i'm
possible. 1t is impossible for any physi-
clan or other person conversant with the
effect OF gunsh0t wound to contend that
Mr.. Holman, afflicted with the shots that
caused his DEATH could have walked or
crawled from the back to the front room
ana reach the position in which he was
found. II these conditions be true many
persons would ike to understand how the
pistol came to be found in the back room.
Il further assert that when Mr.. Hoff-
man was in the back room and when he
was IN the front room alive but uncon.
scious and before. all the shots had
been fired the evidence is indisputaule
that his hands were bloody. And on the
checkered grip handle of the revolver
there is no sign of blood. As to the shot
through the hat DEFY any person to put
himself in the position that will enable
him 10 shoot that hole or a similar one
in his hat and have the bullet hit the wall
in the manner it is known to have done
at an angle toward the floor. / insist
from personal examination and from the
examination of others, that no trail of
blood disfgured the carpet from the rear
room to the front one. And it likew
appears Impossible for any one to retain
the power of reasoning and the power to
walk with piece OF bone driven into the
brain. which was found resting by the side
OF one of the bullets.
After the portion OF the bullet was
found on the floor on the afternoon of
June 2, the finding of which was oc-
cAsloned by my investigation, three or
Iour men, in the presence of policemen
ana one detective, took whisk- brooms
and swept up the carpet, tndine sew.
erat pieces OF bone that had been
torn from the skull of the mer-
chant by the bullet 1 desire here TO
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-08
MINING CLAIM DECISION.
An Interesting Opinion in the Waterloo
Company and Doe Case.

An Interesting Opinion in tho Waterloo
Company and Doe Case.
An opinion was handed down yesterday
by the Judges of the United States Circuit
Court of Appeals that is of some interest
to mining men. In the Calico mining
district in San Bernardino County the
late J. S. Doe owned two mining claims
on the side of a hill, known as the Orien-
tai No. 2 and the Red Cloud. The ad Join
in claim up he hill, the Silver King, is
owned by the Waterloo Mining Conn pany
The executors of the Doe estate began an
action in the Circuit Court of the southern
district to restrain the Waterloo Company
from trespassing by sinking a shaft
through its own ground into the Doe
claim.
Judge Ross held that if the defendants
could show that their shaft ran on one
continuous vein no injunction could be
granted. Considerable expert testimony
was given which showed that in the Silver
King and Oriental No. 2 there were three
distinct veins, two in the former and one
in the latter. Judge Ross held that the
Waterloo people could follow their two
veins, even into the Doe property, but
that they could not touch the third vein.
From this decision they appealed, but
Judge Ross judgment was sustained.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-08

returned to his store. That letter con-
tains statements made by Mr.. Hoffman
self-congratulatory of the firms business
success for the year ending May Is, 1897
From the postmark on the letter it is
| ascertained that it was penciled in the
postoffice at P. NJ. In the letter the dead
merchant spoke of the pride he felt in the
success of the current year and gave the
amount of the sales up to May Is at
$50 0O0
After Mr.. Hoffman mailed the letter it
is clearly evident that he returned to the
store, as a short time afterward he was
found mortally wounded and dying in his
private Office.
"On the same day, June /, he wired his
partner, E. S. Rothchild, congratulatory
telegram on the firms success In order
TO understand the circumstances, irrespec-
tive of motive, on which base my opion-
ion, as do also my partner, Mr.. Rothchild,
and Attorney Naphtaly, associate counsel,
that murder has been committed, 1t is
necessary to call attention to the prem
ises.
According to the statement of Officer
Colen the body in which but little lie
remained was removed from the store and
started for the Receiving Hospital at 6:55
P. NJ. TIE officer stated that lie was in
and about the premises eight minutes
prior 10 the removal of the wounded man.
When l asked COlen where he was stand
ing when summoned he said that he was
at California and Battery streets. lie
heard two whistles blown and walked one
block in the direction of the store, then
seeing the crowd gathering ran the re-
naming block and met Officer Ferren
bach in front OF the esta blishment in
which the tragedy occurred.
II DO not know what Officer Ferren bach
says at the present time, but if his state
ments be true he must have found suspi-
cious circumstances which led him TO en-
ter the building and discover the dying
man, and in that case he must have sent
in q call for the patro! wagon prior to 5 AS.
The interior of the offices discIoses many
peculiar facts and circumstances.
"Mr. Hoffman must have been in the
rear room when he was shot, as is appar-
ent from the blood stains OH the telephone
room door and the walls Immediately sur
rounding it. and the large blotch of clotted
blood on the carpet in that vicinity. 1t is
also evident that he made strenuous efforts
to rise from the floor after having been
shot, as is manifested by the smeared
blood on the glass and walls. At that
ime he must have either been shot in the
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-08
CORONER'S JURY.
Nearly All From Bush Street-Chief
Lees Got Angry.

Nearly All From Bush Street-Chief
Lees Got Angry.
Yesterday morning the scene of the
death was gone over by the Coroner's jury
and every detail carefully explained by
Chief Lees. 1t was $50 o'clock before the
roll was called by Coroner Hawkins, after
which, piloted by Deputy Tyrrell, the
jury, consisting of the following gentle
men, proceeded to the scene OF the trag-
edy: B. Fross, tailor, 336 Bush street; J.
Erb. boot ana shoe dealer, 176 Russ; f.
Schneider, restaurant.keeper, 334 Bush !;
w. L. B. Smith, 800 Bush; w. Geiman,
335 Bush; q. Hoffman, 42I Bush; f.
Braun, tailor, 44O Bush; ]. Perriano,
dealer in fruits aud cigars, 442 Bush; J.
Heller, 327 Grant avenue, and J. Cullegan,
317 Sutter street
Chief Lees met them in the store on
their arrival, and began his explans tions
in the back room adjoining the telephone
closet. 1t was in this room that the hole
was made in the west wall by q bullet
which was afterward found on the seat of
a chair near the desk standing immedi-
ately under the indentation. Here also
the pool of blood soaked the carpet and
stained the floor underneath, and
splotches of blood marked the partition
separating it from the telephone closet.
The position of the newspaper found on
the floor near the pool of blood, also the
place where the pistol and powder-stained
hat lay, were pointed out by the Chief.
He then called the jury into the front
room, which was used by Mr.. Hoffman as
his private Office. The position in which
the body was discovered, the blood stains
on the handsome mahogany desk, and
ciot of blood and hair clingiGg to the door
lamb, as well as blood stains all about the
apartment, were explained 10 and in
spected by the jury.
Just before the jury had finished their
inspection question from one OF the
Jurors elected an explanation from the
Chief that the dead man must have walked
or been carried from the back room to mis-
private Office. Attorney Ach of the firm
OF Rothchild & Ach. counselors for Hoff-
man 81 Rothchlld, who had been spec
tator of all the proceedings, at this point
said in loud and excited manner, "Why
don't you say shot in the room? If you re
going to say that III speak out. He was
shot in this room"
The Chief rose from the slightly recum-
bent position he had assumed In poin ting
out the position in which the body was
fonnd and CALCULATED with some heat,
~ ou cannot ram that down my throat
and do not propose 10 let you"
Attorney Ach then left the room and
Was af'erwaTd seen in consul tation with
Autopsy Physician Gallagher. Shortly
afterward the jury was dismissed by Coro-
ner Hawkins, who informed the mem bers
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-08

those whose ideas run on the suicide
theory.
Attorney Ach made a remark which
Chief Lees considered mad tendency to
prejudice the minds Of the jury in favor
of murder, and in excited tones Lees told
him he had no right to make such COM
ments.
Late last night Mr.. Ach made state
ment relative to certain transactions of
Figel, which he declared indicated en-
bezzlement. forgery and murder, but he
expressly disclaimed any intention of
charging this triumvirate of heinous
crimes against any particular person.
From time to time, ever since the mys-
terious tragedy, vague intin:ations have
been thrown out by the attorneys of the
frm that the books had not been properly
or correctly kept, but nothing OF a definite
character was given out. The exporting
OF the books has therefore become an i'm
portant feature in the investigation OF the
tragedy, but no expert has yet been put
on the books, though Chief Lees insisted
on the day after the tragedy that they
should be at once exported. To this OBJ
lection was made by Rothchild & Ach,
the firms attorneys, and the statement is
now made by them that the actual eX-
porting of the books will not be
commenced until the arrival Uf E. S.
Rothchild, the New York member of the
firm, who is expected on Thursday or
Friday. Here and there, however, GER
tain entries in particular accounts have
been examined bv Rothchiid IL Ach, and
on the result of this investigation Mr..
Ach made long statement seriously re-
fecting on the integrity of Figel.
All these Investigations center about
the $500 which FigeI claims was drawn
out of the business by the late Isaac Hoff-
man and for which Figel has produced
receipt alleged to have been signed
by the dead merchant. While pursuing
these investiga lions it was found that GER
tain checks which Figel claimed he had
casbed for Hoffman were missing, and
that the handbook of the firm had also
disappeared.
When these matters,were called to the
attention of Figel he accounted for the
missing checks by saying that the de-
ceased merchant had taken possession OF
them when they came back from the bank
in cancelled condition, allowing it to be
presumed that Hoffman had destroyed
them.
When directly questioned as to whether
his books would come out all right under
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-08

terry is the positive knowledge that the
books of the firm of Hoffman, Roth
child & Co. contain false entries IN
connection with the cash account, with
the accounts Of Isaac Hoffman and Of
the Paris, London and American Bank.
1t is this that tho friends of Hoffman
po MT to as evidence that a motive
existed for putting the senior member
of the firm out of the way.
Fige's friends find their cause for con.
graduation in the discovery of new wit
ness whose testimony, they say, tends to
prove an alibi Tor FigeI, and of another
witness who confirms the assertion made
by Figel to Chief Lees that he intended to
sell his 32-caliber revolver and buy a
weapon OF greater power.
An exciting episode transpired while
the Coroner's jury was examining the
premises of Hoffman, Rolhchild & Co.
yesterday, which demonstrated the strong
feeling that is behind the opposing work.
ers on the case-those who are imbued
with decided leanings toward murder and
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-08

Officer Ferrenbach shortly before $50
o'clock on the night of the tragedy Mr..
Ferrenbach denies absolutely that NJ.
korn could have seen him at The place
mentioned.
1t is Ferrenbach's custom to 20 to the
California saloon every evening at 30
o'clock, leave his overcoat there and make
his first rounds, which occupy about one
hour. Then he returns by way of Front
street, has little lunch at the saloon,
dons his overcoat for the night and de-
parts, occasionally stopping to have chat
with Mr.. White, the proprietor of tie
cigar stand in front oi the saloon. His
statement as to his movements is fully
borne out by Mr.. White and Mr.. Golinsky,
proprietor of the California saloon, and if
Mr.. korn passed Ferrenbach it must have
been in front of Whites cigar stand, from
which point it would, from the nature of
the street, be impossible to see the stors
IN which Hoffman met his death.