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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-17
Abandoned Workings of the Old
WaSatch Are Burning.
DIFFICULT TO CONTROL
HARD WORK REMOVES IMMEDI-
ATE DANGER OF DISASTER.
Trial of Edward Webb at Fillmore
for Cattle stealing-Pleasant Val
ley Thief Landed in Jail at Provo
-orson Smith Takes Possession
of the Logan Postohice.
1From The Herald consequently

[From The Herald Correspondents.
Coalviue, Dec. 16.-For some time past
it has been known that the coal. slack
and DUST in the old and abandoned
workings of the wasatch mine have
been on fire. and the company has been
in hopes that it would be smothered
out by closing up all openings leading
thereto, which has constantly been
done The fire fiend is hard to con-
quer, as was evidenced a few days
ago by the fact that ii broke out afresh
and very strong, almost filling the
mine with smoke and nearly approach
ing a disaster, which quite likely would
have resulted had it not been for the
prompt action OF Superintendent T. j.
Lewis, who Immediately, upon finding
the condition of affairs, put a force of
men to work and after desperate eff
forts finally succeeded in so far
quenching the fast spreading fire as
to prevent any sudden disaster, and
also place the workings in a safe con-
dition for the miners employed to work
in without endangering themselves.
It may take some time yet to COM
pletely extingush the fire, but present
appearances point to final success in
that direction, as it is being fought
earnestly and very closely watched day
and night.
Much credit is due to Mr.. Lewis for
the able and efficient manner in which
he conducted the fight against what, if
neglected but a few hours longer, might
have resulted in great loss of property,
and possibly of life.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-17
AP. v. TOUGH JAILED.
Charles Loggie Arrested for Stealing
a, Lot of Clothes.

Provo. Dec. 16.-Charles Loggie, who
is known about p Y Junction as
"Sharkey. was brought down from
that burg last evening, and placed be-
hind the bars of the county jail. he is
one of the toughs who are regarded as
terrors along the frontier, and has re-
Gently been making things lively at the
Junction.
Some time in November several suits
of clothes and some shirts were stolen
from the business house of j. N. Smith,
which We're the property of w. w.
WINNER, a drummer. Suspicious rest
ed upon "Sharkey,' and Justice -Craner
set about to procure evidence to war
rant his arrest. Subsequently he was
informed that the goods We're cached
In q loft at the Elmer hotel, where
"Sharkey'' had been laying UP. A
search was made and the goods found.
Yesterday he was arrested, and
Grant @. Bagley, an assistant to Coun-
" Attorney King, went up to prosecute
he prisoner The evidence became so
5ick that "Sharkey'' broke down and
confessed He win be taken before
Judge Dusenberry for sentence upon
the filing of the information.
The dissolution of partnership of
SHELTON, Maesar & Co. goes into effect
today, The Shelton Publishing COM
pany viii continue as the successors of
the above-named firm, at the Gales
building, opposite the court house.
A ball has been arranged to take
place Saturday evening, at the opera
house, in honor of the university foot
bail team. This will be attended by a
good showing of Provo society people.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-17
MooRLAND GOES FREE.
Principal Witness Against Him
Broke Jail and ESCAPED.

Moab, Dec. 14-Monte e. Moorland
who has been incarcerated in the coun-
ty Jail here for some considerable time.
obtained his freedom upon the opening
of the Seventh district court for Grand
county by Judge johnson this morn
ing 1t apparel that the main witness
relied upon by the state to prove its
case had, Until recently, been a fellow
prisoner with the defendant, but, tir-
ing of his enforced detention, had bro
ken iail and taken what is commonly
known as leg bail" The officers of the
law have not Yat been able TO secure
the attendance Of this witness, and have
no knowledge of his present where
abouts, and under these circumstances
his honor ordered that Moorland be
released without bail
The case of ]. Il. Johnson ct al. VS.. a.
T. Barbour ct al. was set for trial to-
morrow This case involves the right
TO the use of the water of Pack
creek. from which the upper end of
this valley is irrigated. Messrs White
cotton. Reed and Eddy represent the
plaintiffs. and L. r. Rhodes and j. n.
Corhiu the defendants. The trial of
tlat. case will occupy several days.
In the case of Moore VS. Eoy, the de-
nurrer of the defendant was sustained.
and the plaintiffs given till tomorrow
to amend. In this case the plaintiff
seeks to have set aside a judgment and
a new trial had.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-17
OUR NEXT WAR IS WITH JAPAN
so sAYETH THE VOLsUBLE GEN
LEW WALLACE.
And It VIII Be About Those Ha-
waiian Islands, That We Can Now
Get for Absolutely Nothing.

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 16.-"I firmly
believe" said General Lew Wallace,
that the next war we shall engage in
will be with Japan. There is a coun-
try with a fine naval equipment and
good army, flushed with recent vic
tories, and a country spelling for fight.
They need good thrashfng, and we
are able to give it. They have been
landing troops on the Hawaiian islands
for a long time under the guise of emf
grants, and there is now a Japanese
army of 10000 on the islands. Dole
discovered the scheme and has tried to
put a stop to the secret landing of this
army, but the japanese already landed
are there"
do you mean to say, general, that
Japan will declare war if we annex
Hawaii?''
I'VE won't annex it. L am in favor
of the annexation of the islands, but
you will see that this administration
will not annex them. What we should
do right away is to take these islands
when they are being offered to us for
nothing. In Is years we shall be en-
gagged in a war to get them if we don t
annex them now. You will live to see
that war. I may not, but you mark
my word when I say that you will see
get for nothing, will cost us untold
money for there is nothing so expen-
Sive as war. Z
Speaking about our engaging in
war;, continued General Wallace, IT
noticed in the papers the other day
that Congressman Hilborn of Califor-
MIA had, before some class in Chicago
the day before, lectured upon our mill
tary equipment, and, although he is a
member of the house committee on
naval affairs, he made the statement
that while we had some vessels, we did
not have in this country enough pow
der to fire the ordinary salutes. He
| made this statement to express the
absurdity, in his opinion, OF this coun-
try engaging in war.
THAT fellow should be disciplined
for that kind of talk He ought to
know that this country has concealed
some place in the Allegheny mountains
enough saltpeter to make all the
powder we would need in a long war
That statement was highly injudicious
and, 1 believe not true. Even though
true, however, it advertises our weak
ness to the world and invites trouble
Congress should appoint a committee
to have that utterance investigated,
and if proved TO be inaccurate, he
should be censuEed-yes, even expelled
from the house. He is not fit to rep
resent anyone.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-17
sHERIFFs SALE.

SHERIFFS SALE-NOTICE IS HERE
by given that pursuant to a decree of
foreclosure and order of sale to me di-
rected from the district court of the Third
Judicial district state of Utah, county of
Salt Lake. in a cause therein pending.
wherein Franklin w Young. LeGrand
Young and Perry LeGrand Young, as
executors of and trustees under the will
of Lorenzo D. Young. deceased are plain
tiffs and Daniel Z. Parsons, e. G. Straub
and Frederick w. Pitcher ara defendants,
to which decree and order of sale refer
ence is hereby made, [ shall expose for
sale at public auction to the highest bid
county court house, in the city of Salt
Lake, county of Salt Lake state of Utah,
on the 4th day of January, 1888, at II
o'clock, noon. all the right title, claim
and interest of the above named defend
ants. Daniel r. Parsons, p. G. Straub and
Frederick w. Pitcher. of, in and TO the
following described real estate to-wit:
Beginning one hundred and seventy C70)
feet north of the southwest corner of lot
two (2). block seventy QO), plat "A, Salt
Lake City survey, and running thence
sixty GOD feet. thence west fifty-ive and
one-half (551a) feet more or less, to the
east line of Commercial street. thence
southerly along said east line sixty (6Ol
feet more or less. to point due west of
the place of beginning, thence east one
ID rod mora or less to the place of be-
ginning, situated in Salt Lake City and
county state of Utah, subject to the right
of above named defendant, Frederick W.
Pitcher in and to the party wall situated
on the south eighteen QS) inches more or
less of said property, to be sold as the
property of Daniel r. Parsons. E. G.
Straub and Frederick W. Pitcher under
said decree and order of sale in the above
cause.
Dated at Salt Lake City, Utah, this 18th
day of December. 1897.
THOMAS P. LEWIS,
Sheriff of Salt Lake County. Utah.
| BY J. U. ELDREDGE Deputy Sheriff.
| Young & Moyle. Attorneys for Plaintiff.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-17
He had just returned to his ranch
from Moab.
oRsoN SMITH INSTALLED
Logan's New Postmaster Takes Pos
session. OF. the Office.

Logan, Dec. 16.-Orson Smith has
taken charge of the postof1ce, Mr. Blair
having decided not to make any objec-
ton, although he urged Mr.. Smith to
wait until Dec. 81, when the d,aSter
expires, so that the'Doolzs wauld be in
more perfect shape. Mr.. SEitfh re-
fused to listen TO the proposal, how
ever. He seemed TO be very anxious
to obtain possession of the office.
Hon. Joseph Kimball. in company
with Sheriff Turner, returned today
from five days visit to the Rich,
Cache and Humming Bird mines. The
Humming Bird is the mine recently
leased by r. s. Spence of Paris, Ida,
to Colonel Shaughnessy. Mr.. Kimbali
says that work is being actively push
ed on the claim, and that a large
amount of good ore has been taken out,
and is awaiting shipment.
No work is being done on the Rich
Cache at present, but If the present
mining boom continues until spring,
active operations viii doubtless be re-
sumed there.
The most encouraging reports still
continue to come from the Saddle creek
country. Some good finds are reported
from other parts of Blaclzsmith's Fork
canyon.
DR.. II. C. Tiff delivered a very later
esting lecture in the Methodist chapel
last evening, his subject being: rs the
World Growing Better or Worse?''
Mrs. Jacob West and daughter leave
this afternoon for San Francisco,
where they will spend the winter.
The A C. Dramatic company will
present, at the college, next Monday
evening, the comedy, "A Box of Mon
keys
The Republican city committee, held
a meeting last evening. It is under
stood they discussed the action they
desire their councilmen to take on the
temperance question, when it comes be-
fore the next council.
A goodly number of applicants are
out for the various aDpointive places
under the city administration OF
course none but Democrats will APP
DlV
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-17
sUMMoNS.

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
Third Judicial district of the state of
Utah, county of Salt Lake. John 3.
Rudy, plaintiff, VS.. Andrew Stevens and
H. Dodge, defendants. Summons.-The
state of Utah sends greeting to Andrew
Stevens and his wife. Letitia B. Stevens
and William H. Dodge, defendants. You
are hereby required to appear in an
action brought against you by the above
named plaintiff in the district court of the
Third Judicial district of the state of
Utah, and to answer the complaint filed
therein within ten days exclusive of the
day OF SerVice) after the service on you
of this suInmonS-if served within this
but in this district, within twenty days;
otherwise within forty days-or Judgment
by default will be taken against you, ac-
cording to the prayer of said complaint
ment against defendants, Stevens, for the
principal and unpaid interest on a certain
9ote, executed by said DEFENDANTS def d! lts
sum of s1,15o, bearing interest at 10 per
cent per annum no part of which is all
legged to have been paid, except the in
tereSt to April IA, 1896; said note being
secured by a mortgage to premises here
matter described, executed by said de-
PENDANTS, Stevens, to plaintiff. To have
Judgment for reasonable attorney fees
herein; for whatever taxes, interest and
costs the said plaintiff may pay or be
compelled to pay on said premises herein
after described, and for costs of suit
herein; that said premises may be sold in
the manner prescribed by law for the
sale of land on execution; that the in
terest and claim of defendant, Dodge.
may be declared to be subsequent and
subordinate to said mortgage lien of this
plaintiff, and for such other and further
relief as may be just and equitable in
the premises. Said premises being de-
scribed as follows, to-wit: Those GER
tain premises situate in Salt Lake county,
Utah, and described as commencing at
the northeast corner of lot u, block IS,
Five Acre plat "a" Big Field survey, and
running thence south 125 feet, thence west
157 feet, thence north 125 feet, thence east
ISL feet to the place of beginning. And
you are hereby notified that if you fail to
appear and answer the SAID complaint as
above required the said plaintiff will
apply to the court for the relief therein
demanded.
witness, the honorable judges.
and the seal of the district court of
the Third Judicial district in and
(Seal) for the state of Utah. this 9th
day of November, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight nun
dred and ninety-seVen.
DAVID G. DUNBAR, Clerk.
by NJ. NJ. LIGGAN. Deputy Clerk.
Williams, Van Colt & Sutherland. At
torneyS for Plaintiff.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-17
A GOOD PRACTICE.
If You Want a Good Appetite and
Perfect Digestion.

After each meal dissolve one or two
of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets in the
mouth and, mingling with the food,
they constitute a perfect digestive,
absolutely safe for the most sensitive
stomach.
They digest the food before it has
time to ferment, thus preventing the
formation of gas and keeping the blood
pure and free from the poisonous pro-
duets of fermented, half-digested food.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets make the
complexion clear by keeping the blood
pure.
They increase flesh by digesting
fesh-forIning foods.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets is the
only remedy designed especially for the
cure of stomach trouble and nothing
else
One disease, one remedy. the success
full physician of today is the specialist,
the successful medicine is the medicine
prepared especially for one disease.
A whole package taken at one time
would not hurt you, but would simply
be a waste of good material.
Over six thousand men and women
in the state of Michigan alone have
been cured of indigestion and dyspepsia
by the use of Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets.
Sold by all druggists at so cents for
full sized package.
Send for free book on stomach
diseases to Stuart Co, Marshall, Mich
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-17
AssEssMENT NOTICE.

ASSESSMENT CE-SYNDICATE
Investment company. Principal place of
business, Salt Lake City Utah. Notice
is hereby given that at a meeting of the
board of directors held on Dec. 70. 1897,
an assessment of $3.50, being $500 per
share. was levied on the capital stock of
the corporation. payable Immediately to
the Utah Title Insurance and Trust com
pany. at its office. No. 100 Main street.
Salt Lake City. Utah. Any stock upon
paid on Jan. Is. 1898. will be delinquent
and advertised for sale at public auction.
and unless payment is made before, will
be sold on Feb. l, 1898, to pay the delin-
quent assessment. together with costs of
advertising and expense of sale.
r. E. HOAG. Secretary.
Office at Wells, Fargo & Cos. bank,
Sail Lake City.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-17
TRIAL OF EDWARD WEBB.
Explains How He Came Into Posses
sion of Other Peoples Cattle.

sion of Other Peoples Cattle.
Fillmore. Dec. 16.-The venire for
petit jurors was returned today in
Judge Higgins court, and the first
case, that of the state VS.. Walter Webb,
was called for trial. The prosecuting
attorney stated that he was not ready
iii TIE case of the state against Edward
NJ. Webb. The defendants counsel, Mr.
Houtz objected to taking up the cases
out Of their order, and so the state
asked to have the first named case dis
missed, which was done, and the case
of Edward NJ. Webb, being the next
on the docket, was proceeded with.
1t appeared from the evidence that
defendant and another man were part
nerS, keeping a butcher shop at Mill
ford last August, and that Webb
brought in about a dozen cattle with a
bill of sale from one Nelson. These
cattle proved to be stolen from divers
persons in Willard county, and this fact
becoming known to the officers, and
Webb having the cattle in his posses
sion he was arrested for stealing them.
The prosecution showed several sus-
picious circumstances tending to con-
meet the defendant with the theft, but
when they rested at noon had not the
strongest case in the world. The de-
tense asked for an instruction to bring
in verdict of not guilty. which was
oYerruled.
The defendant then took the stand in
his own behalf. and made an elaborate
and minute explanation of how he
bought the cattle from others, and YER
flied his statement by bills of sale for
the cattle. If the defendant does not
fall down tomorrow on cross-examin-
alton he will without doubt be acquit-
ted. The Mcintyre brothers, who are
the alleged owners of some Of the cat
tie, have c. Q. Whittemore here to help
prosecute the case. and much interest
is being taken, both by the parties di-
rectly interested, and by the public
generally.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-17
TEE wEBER's WATERS.
Interesting Case Still On Trial-A
Stubborn Legal Battle.


The case of John Manning ct al. VS..
Joseph Fife ct al. has been on trial all
the week in the Second district court,
and is proving most stubborn con-
test AS noted several times IN The
Herald, the action is most important
one, as it affects water rights which
are in a more or less unsettled state
here in Utah. The action is in erect
a contest between the farmers OF
Hooper and those of Riverdale, and the
matter in dispute is the ownership OF
some 121s feet of water out OF the We
Der river The Hooper people coneede
Riverdale seven and one-half feet,
while Riverdale claims 90. Hooper
claims that in 1877 Riverdale enlarged
their ditch, doubling its capacity
f2iverdale admits this, but claims that
at the same time they abandoned
bottom ditch through which they had
previously taken ten feet Of water.
Hoopers canal was built in lS69-IO, ana
if they can prove that Riverdale ADAM
doned the bottom ditch without in
creasing the flow III the bench ditch,
then, of course, Hooper would have the
right to the ten feet OF water formerly
running in the bottom ditch
The suit was started by reason OF the
Riverdale people endeavoring to divert
the waters from their ditch into the
central canal which is conceded to
have right secondary to that OF
Hooper. Hooper claims that this di-
version is proof that Riverdale had
more water than they needed. River
dale claims that some of the owners
of the water were also owners of the
lands Watered by the central canal,
and furthermore, that the owners of
water have a right to use it where
they please and as they please. In the
early stage of the trial this view was
favored by the judge.
After the prosecution had put in its
main case the defense also offered to
rest, but here the prosecution objected,
claiming thAS they had understood that
certain witnesses were to be put on,
and that they wanted to cross-eXamine
them.
THE CASE WAS REOPENED
and the plaintiff put on, among others,
! John Fife and Hyrum Goodale, trus-
tees in the Riverdale company. Then
the defendants put on rebutting testi-
mony. One contention is that a certain
pond near the Riverdale school house
was caused by the waste water from
the Riverdale ditch. The defendants
put on evidence to show that this was
due to by springs and seepage. Testi-
mony differed as to the size of the
culvert necessary to carry the waste
water off, the defense claiming that it
was but little over a foot in depth,
while the defense asserted that it was
several times that large. Thus from
the beginning to the end the case is
being stubbornly fought, and is being
watched with great interest, especially
by the farming communities.
L. r. Rogers and e. NJ. Allison rep
resent the plaintiffs; Kimball & Kim
| ball and T. D. Johnson the defendants.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-17
NOTICE

IN THE DISTRICT COURT. PROBATE
division. Third Judicial district, in and
for Salt Lake county, state of Utah. In
the matter of the estate of Forrest +.
Eccles, deceased. Notice.-Pursuant to an
order of said court, in said matter. notice
is hereby given that Wednesday. the end
day of December. A. D. 1897. at 9:30 o'clock
a. m. at the county court house in Salt
Lake City, Utah, in the court room Of
said court has been appointed the time
and place for the hearing of a petition of
Emma Walker Eccles, praying for the ad
mission to probate of a certain document
Herewith presented. purporting to be the
last will and testament of Forrest z.
Eccles. deceased. when and where all per-
sons interested may appear and oppose
the probate of said will, or the granting of
letters testamentary to her, as prayed for
in said petition
In witness whereof. I have here
unto set my hand and affixed the
(Seal.) seal of said court. this Sth day OF
December. A. d. 1897
DAVID G. DUNBAR, Clerk.
BY f. G. Reedan. Deputy Clerk.
E 3. CritchlOW. Attorney.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-17
FAMILY SICK AND HUNGRY.
One Of the Senate Saloon Robbers
Makes a Full Confession.


It is now reasonably certain, from re-
cent developments, that at least two of
the men arrested for being concerned in
the Senate saloon hold-up are guilty,
Mcmillan and Allen. Curtes will be able
to prove an alibi, but the third man
has been arrested. turned states evil
dence and given a complete account of
the affair." He is Thomas Samuelson of
Lincoln avenue. Deputy Sheriffs Bal
lentyne and Ambrose arrested him Sun
day night and have since succeeded in
getting his confession and strong cor
roborative evidence. Samuelson says
the two other men met him at his house
some three weeks ago and planned the
robbery. Mrs. Samuelson overheard the
plot and will be able to testify. The
man was in very destitute circum-
stances, his wife sick, his children hun
CRY, and it took the men three days to
persuade him to join them. The night
of the robbery only two of them had
guns, Samuelson and Mcmillan. They
went from Samuelson's house, entering
the saloon by the back door. Allen, who
had been the leader, insisted on the
others entering first. Samuelson guard
ed the front door while Mcmillan took
care of the colored porter. Allen broke
open the till and they secured $27.05.
Samuelson gives every detail of the
whole affair, and tells how they went
to his house by circuitous route. They
gave Samuelson S9.05, when the others
separated and went to the house Of
Madam Kirk, where they divided the
balance.
Samuelson says he spent his money
for medicine for his wife and food for
his children. The officers say they have
also evidence that Allen and Mcmillan
are the men who held up the Little
Queen saloon.
The whole is a neat piece-of work, to
the credit of Ballentyne and Chambers,
and the sheriff did effective work on
his return from Cache county.