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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-11
But No Criminal Prosecution of
Stout Contemplated.


Stout Contemplated.
a theory explaining why Mr.. Stout
had probably himself inflicted the pistol
shot wound. was advanced yesterday by
a. prominent bank official According
to this authority Mr.. Stout realized
that he was getting old and was in a
very bad way financially, and fearing
prosecution in the federal court on a
charge of having, while serving as pres
ident OF the Utah National Bank, vio-
lated the national banking laws in loan
ing himself funds of the bank, he
sought out q plan TO wound himself
under conditions that would strengthen
the belief that an attempt had been
made TO assassinate him
For the moment the bank official,
whose theory is here related, imper-
sonated Mr.. Stout, and said: "PIl
shoot myself, and taking care that the
wound viii not be Immediately fatal,
III accuse Cashier Jones of attempting
to Kill me, because he feared my tes-
tlnOny in the event of an inquiry by
federal officials into the banks past
management. would incriminate him.
Then, if am indicted. by the grand
jury and tried for misrepresentation of
the banks funds, my accusation
against the cashier Of an attempt on
nay life under circumstances that are
corroborat tive of my allegation, his evil
oence against me viii be discredited to
the extent Of a nullity, and the prose
cution Of me for my illegal acts with
the bank viii fail. Jones is the man
who refused to certify to my state
ments to the United States treasury
department of the banks condition, and
l must do something desperate to dis
credit his evidence if this matter comes
to an issue of criminality.''
But this theory was deprived of an
essential foundation by Bank Examiner
Wightman, who declared last evening
that Mr.. Stout could not have been in
the least apprehensive Of a criminal
prosecution for violation of the banking
laws, because he was deemed to have
known that no proceedings against him,
nor against Cashier Jones, either, for
that matter, had been in contempla-
ton, nor were any such proceedings in
prospect.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-11
WILLARD YOUNG
HOSTS THE FLAG
Continued From Page -

of 1852 whereby an existing railroad
might, by reimbursing money expended,
take over projects for extending or
branching existing lines.
1t was estimated that the Americans
had spent 100000, and. consequently,
they We're paid that sum.
All this and much more is set forth
in the official gazette by Senior Eduardo
Dolse, secretary of public works, who
has investigated the Ferre Carill works,
with the right the American syndicate
thought it had acquired. a legal con-
test will be begun, but the action of
Senior Dolse appears to be technically
correct.
An English syndicate representative
will bid for the Ferre Carrill next
Wednesday, probably Offering $50 a
share for the 10000 shares. The Wide
ner syndicate may also bid for them.
Percival Farquahar, representing an
other American syndicate, will also
make proposition on the railroal sub
ject. Mr.. Farquahar yesterday bought
the Regla ferry and the Guanabacoa
railroad.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-11
TO ENJ0IN A JUDGE.
Plan of Defense In the Botkin Poi
soning Case.

San Francisco, Dec. 1O.-W. L. Har-
per of this city today petitioned the
supreme court to enjoin Superior Judge
Carroll Cook from proceeding with the
trial of Mrs. Cordelia Botkin, the ac-
cused murderer of Mrs. John P. Dun
ming of Dover, Del.
The action of Harper was taken to
determine the rights of the superior
court to try the case, in view of the
fact that the superior court refused to
extradite Mrs. Botkin. 1t has been ru-
mored that the defense would take
some action in the case after all the
evidence had been introduced and step
in and declare that the court lacked
jurisdiction in the case. If the defense
waited until such step in the case,
it would be after the state had spent
more than $4,000 in the case and it is
to prevent this great expenditure that
Harper took the action that he did.
The case has already cost the state
many thousands of dollars 1t is not
known what action will be taken by
the supreme court.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-11
NO "RUN ON THE BANK"
Institution Prepared For Emergen-
cies, But Nothing Unusual Came.

A good many people expected that
the shooting of the ex-president of the
Utah National bank, followed by his
accusation that the present cashier did
the shooting, would cause a run on
the bank yesterday, and the officials
were fully prepared to meet it.
Visions Of long line of de0ositors
struggling to get in and withdraw their
balances fitted through the minds of
those liking sensations, and several of
them were at the bank corner Yester-
day morning when the bank opened.
But if they expected a run" they
were very much disappointed. Moth
ing of the kind took place. The ordi-
nary routine of business was carried
on, and Teller Groesbeck had no occa-
sion to bring I'D the long green and
the gold coin from the vaults. The de-
posts were made just as on other days,
and only about three people all told
withdrew their accounts.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-11
QleI1z11>7;i;H;5iEAE2 -
MONEY SAck -aRetlST%

because of an incident that took place
on the previous return day at Dover.
Harry Brockson, a bartender of New
castle, testified that Boggs had in his
presence cursed Kenney and had said:
HE won't speak to me, the -
-, but I'll get even with him and
show him the road"
This was alleged to have taken place
after Colonel Cooper's trial last spring.
Court adjourned until Monday.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-11
WHAT ACTUALLY OCCURRED
When the Chief Was at Mr.. stoutt's
Bedside.

VI 0EIl Lll6 OsllEl N GSo at L-l- OLOuLj =
Bedside.
Chief Pratt went TO the residence Of
Mr.. Stout about O'Clock Friday, as
stated in yesterdays Herald, and was
ushered into The presence of the
wounded man, Or. Pinkerton being the
only other person present Stout had
previously made the statement to De-
tective Gillespie that he knew who did
the shooting, but refused to divulge the
name The chief told him plainly that
in subscribing the cause Of justice, he
had a right 10 know the person who
committed the crime, and insisted on a
full explanation. Stout hesitated for
some time. expressing himself as not
caring to divulge the name unless the
Wound should be considered probably
q. fatal one. Chief Pratt grew intense
" in earnest, and asked DR.. Pinkerton
to state to Mr.. Stout his exact condi-
ton The doctor thereupon impaired
to Mr.. Stout the information that the
wound was a very serious one, and
might prove fatal; and, further, that if
he had any statement to make, he
should do so Immediately.
Mr.. Stout finally agreed to tell who
did L provided it should not be told
that he divulged the name. He also
insisted that the man should not be
arrested. It was then he declared that
A. B. Jones fired the bullet.
Chief Pratt reminded him that pos
sibly he was on his deathbed, and
that the statement might be the last
one he would ever make; that he raust
be positive; that the man whom he sac-
cused was young, favorably known, and
with a career in prospect which the ac-
cusaticn would blight forever.
Then Mr.. Stout declared, most SOL
EMMY, IT this is my dying breath, I
Will say it was A. B. Jones"
CARRIED reports Of what took place
have been told, but the above is an
accurate account Of the whole CONVEX
sati5n.
From the positive statement made by
Mr.. Stout, Chief Pratt yesterday said
he felt it his duty to place Mr. Jones
under arrest. In company with De-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-11
VAN coTTs THEORY.
Has Only One, That Cashier Jones Is
Innocent.

If County Attorney Van Colt has any
opinions concerning the matter, other
than the innocence of Cashier Jones of
any part in the transaction, then he is
carefully concealing them. If he has
any knowledge of the affair, he does
not SO state. He acts just like man
who hasn't heard of an event which is
current property in news circles.
Last evening he stated to a reporter
that he was not cognizant of the ply
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-11
POLITICS IN CUBA.
Havana Lawyers Divide the People
Into Two Parties.

Havana, Dec. 1O.-The Havana Bar
association holds its annual election
tomorrow. Two groups are seeking to
control the organizations, and the dis
cussions going on among the lawyers
is one which is dividing thoughtful Gu
bans in all parts of the island into two
political parties. One faction of the
bar. led by DR.. Don Miguel Gener, is
for immediate independence. The other
party, under the leadership of DIR. Don
Domingo Mendez Capote, advised that
the lawyers and Cubans wait until the
Americans have defined their purposes
in the entirety before Offering sugges-
lions or criticisms.
The controversy is earnest, almost
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-11
Return of New York Volunteers.

San Francisco, Dec. 1O.-The latest
instructions from the war department
are that the New York regiment shall
be transported to New York as whole,
and not in battalions, as heretofore
stated This will necessitate the post
ponement Of the departure of the first
battalion until the arrival of the bal
ance of the regiment from Honolulu
The steamer City of Pekin, which was
due here yesterday from Honolulu with
several hundred New Workers, has not
put in an appearance, but her delay is
accounted for by the officers of the
steamer Hupeh, which arrived from the
Orient via Honolulu last night, who
state that the embarkation of the New
Workers was progressing slowly.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-11
Shoe COMPANY Fails.

Boston, Dec. 1O-The New England
Shoe & Leather association today an
nounced the assignment of the Nudge
Shoe company, with headquarters in
this city and factories at Newburyport
and East Rochester. N. H. The capt.
tai of the company is $125OOO. It's last
annual report showed assets of $331, 29S
and liabilities, including capital of
s326 222
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-11
Pronounced a Fake

Washington, Dec 1O.-Senor Gonzales
Quesada, secretary of the Cuban junta,
when shown the above dispatch this
afternoon, characterized the story as a
fabrication. He said the man mention
ed as Carlos de QUesada. was no rela-
tive of his.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-11
ONE MORE STORY EXPLODED.
Olsen Didn't See a Man Running
Across the Lot.

Across the Lot.
A rumor was current yesterday that
a son of Peter Olsen, who conducts a
grocery business at the corner of Fifth
South and State, had seen q man run
ming across the vacant lot on Main
street about the time the shot was
fired. Investigation developed the fact
that Mr.. Olsen has no son, and he
himself had not heard of the shooting
before reading it in the morning pa
pers.
President Chapman Of the bank had
no statement to make yesterday. OF
course he is firm in the belief that
Cashier Jones is innocent, and will adj
vance no opinion as to what reason Mr..
Stout has for making such a state
Iaent
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-11
Lee Sails For Havana.

Savannah, Ca, Dec. 1O-General Fftz-
hugh Lee and staff viii sail for Ha-
vana tomorrow on the transport Pana-
ma, one of the first prizes captured in
the Americans war.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-11
MR.. JONES' STATEMENT.
He Accounts For Every Moment o:
His Time

His Time.
In his statement to Chief Pratt yes
terday morning, Mr.. Jones said that he
left the bank at 5:45 Friday evening to
go home, and stopped at the Walker
House for his wife. Together they
went to their residence at 668 South
left home at $40, and arrived at Fried
mans store about Z. After purchasing
some articles he proceeded to the bank,
where a short time afterwards he was
informed Of the shooting by Glen Mill
Ter.
Chief Pratt argues that his own
statement places him near the spot at
the time the crime was committed, al
lowing a few minutes variation from
the reported time of the shooting,
which was first announced as having
occurred about $50.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-11
THE UTAH NATIONAL SAFE.
Bank Examiner Wightman Says Its
Condition Is Excellent.

You can state for me-" said Bank
Examiner Wightman last evening,
that the affairs OF the Utah National
bank are in excellent condition. Since
the reduction of the banks capital last
October, from 100000 to 100000, its as
sets are as clean as can be, and every
thing is safe and secure"
1t is learned from an undoubted
source that ex-President Stoutts in
debtedness to the bank amounts to
So, 500, of which sum 1880 is amply
secured.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-11

Huntsville, Ala, Dec. 1O.-The Eighth
infantry departed tonight for Port
Tampa, where they will embark for
Havana, to join the Seventh corps.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-11
INSANE MOTHERS DEED.
Poisoned One Child and Intended to
Kill the Other.

Chicago, Dec. 1O.-A special to the
Post from Elgin, Ills, says: Mrs. Wal
lace Kenyon, wife of a we'll known
farmer administered large dose of
strychnine to one Of her twin sons, one
year old. The child died before medi-
cal aid could be secured. Mrs. Kenyon
said she intended to give the other
infant poison and then shoot herself
but the suffering of the first child de-
tered her. Mrs. Kenyon is believed to
be insane
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-11
Fighth infantry Starts

fierce, and the result of the election is
in dO11bt
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-11
Sylvester scovel FORGIVEN.

Washington, Dec. 1O.-SyIvester SEQ
vel, the newspaper correspondent who
was excluded from all naval ships and
yards and army reservations and posts
by formal order, has been restored to
favor. Secretary Long today issued the
following order:
1.-THE department order, No. Iii, 554, Of
May II, 1898, directing that command
ing officers should not permit Mr.. Syl-
vester ScOvel to come aboard naval
vessels. or to visit naval stations, or
reservations in their command, is re-
voked"
A similar order will issue from the
war department
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-11
Use, 95c and $1.15.

See our elegant display in our show
window of the Best Shoes and Slip
pers made.
Leather Leggins for Boys, a
PAIR 81. 90
Velvet Leggins for Children, a
pair .............. 1.35
Ladies' overgaiters, a pair. Is
Felt Slippers, Fur Trimmed, a
pair 90
Genuine Alligator and Real Seal
Leather Slippers for Gentle
men, a pair ...........-.. $50
Imitation Alligator, a pair. 100
Buy your Holiday Shoes and Slip
pers of us and get the best.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-11

To Cure Cold In One Day
take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. 25c. The genuine has L.
p. @. on each tablet.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-11

Three hundred different patterns of
chairs at the great chair sale at Din
woodey's on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday next week.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-11
wHY JONES WAS ACCUSED.

ton for security after its reorganiza
The Springfield herald., 1898-09-03
Halrs Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, 75c.

There are few people who have not at
some time other been victims of anNi-
ETY. as to whether or not the long line OF
ket-purchasers in front of them at the
window would not cause them to lose the
train they had intended to travel on. The
tediousness of the present methods of dis
tributing tickets is in great measure
responsible for the slowness with which
the large crowds that flock through the
railway stations usually are dealt with.
An attempt has been made to bring about
a reform in this branch of railway work
apparatus, which consists essentially of
drum. carrying tickets for all stations.
and turned by hand. When ticket is re-
qured the clerk turns the drum until the
ticket presents itself at window or slot.
He then stamps it by depressing one of
three handles. according to the class and
delivers 1t to the customer. A record of
tn, ticket sold is made automatically by
the machine. which is said to have proved
n complete success.
The Springfield herald., 1898-09-03
Teak Trees 1000 Years Old.

The teak wood of Hindoostan is al
most indestructible. The tree reaches
girth of from 10 to Is feet and has a
clear trunk of 70 to so feet to the first
limb. The timber retains its fragrance
to great age. 1t is wonderfully hard
wood, durable and strong, and once
seasoned does not split, crack, warp,
shrink, or alter in shape. In certain
portions of Burmah there is teak 1000
years old. 1t weighs 40 pounds per
cubic foot. Teak is used in India for
construction, bridge-making, sleepers
and furniture. 1t is exported to Europe
chiefly for building railway carriages.
shipbuilding or making decks and
lower mosts and for the backing of
armor-plates on ironclads. 1t is pc
culiarly useful for the latter purpose,
owing to the resinous matter which it
contains and which acts as preven-
tive of rust, the wood neither affecting
the iron nor being affected by it.
The Springfield herald., 1898-09-03
NO WOMAN is EXEMPT.

Regularity is n matter of importance
in every ~oman's life. Much pain is,
however, endured in the belief that it
is necessary and not alarming, when
in truth it is all wrong and indicates
arrangement that may cause serious
trouble.
Excessive monthly pain itself will
unsettle the nerves and make women
old before their time.
The Foundation of woman's health is
a perfectly normal and regular per-
formancc of natures function. The
statement we print from Miss GER
TRUDE Skis, of Eldrcd, Pa, is echoed
in every city, town and hamlet in this
country. Read what she says:
"DEAR Mrs. PISKHAM:-I feel like n
new person since following your ad-
vice, and think it is my duty to let the
public know the good your remedies
have done me. My troubles were pain
full mcnstruation and lcucorrhGa. l
was nervous and had spells of being
confused. Before using your remedies
| never had any faith in patent medi-
cincs. l now wish to say that never
had anything do me SO much good for
painful mcnstruation rs Lydia Il. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound; also would
say that your Sanativc Wash has cured
me of leucorrhna. l hope these few
words may help suffering women
Tho present Mrs. Pinkhams expert
cncc in treating female ills is unparal-
lelcd, for years she worked side by
side with Mrs. Lydia L. Pinkham, and
for sometime past has had sole charge
of the correspondence department of
her great business, treating by letter
as many as Il hundred Thousand ailing
women during single year.
All suffering women are invited to
write freely to Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn,
Mass, for advice about their health.
The Springfield herald., 1898-09-03

appointed thereto upon application.
This was the beginning of Major Stu
arts real career. He soon demon
strated to the government that he was
especially qualified for the peculiar
detective work required Of an inspec-
tor, and the department soon showed
It's appreciation by intrusting some of
its biggest and most important cases
to his handling. He invariably sue
ceeded in what he went about. His
splendid work in ferreting out the ia
nous star route frauds in the west
secured his appointment as inspector
in charge of the northwest division
in 1876, and this enlarged Major Stu
arts opportunities for fine achieve
ments. Through his efforts and by his
suggestions the postofiice department
succeeded in driving the Louisiana
lottery out of the United States, Major
Stuart advising changes in the law
which would enable prosecution of lot
terry companies at the point where their
mail was delivered. His most famous
achievement was his successful pros
ccution of the principals in the noted
Fund w" and the Guarantee Invest
ment Company, two fraudulent con-
Germs which robbed thousands of per-
sons by the use of the mails. In the
Fund w" case Major Stuart exceeded
his authority in his zeal to capture the
promoters. He held the mail of the
concern, and as it piled up, the con-
spirators were frantic to secure it.
Their business was being ruined. Stu
art refused to yield. They offered him
$4,000 IL he would simply keep his
hands off property he had no right to
hold, but Stuart smiled blandly and
told them to save the money for their
defense. After the iniquity had been
crushed the government thanked Stu
art and indorsed everything he had
done. 1t is one of Major Stuart's proud
boasts-he rarely boasts, however
that he never went after a thief ana
failed to get him. Although inspector
in charge, he takes immense satisfac-
tion at times in handling difhcult
case personally, and some OF his ex-
periences have been of thrilling sort.
The postal division in charge of Major
Stuart embraces within its limits llli-
nois, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and
Michigan. While not the largest in
area, one-sixth of all the money-order
Offices are located in this division, and
about that per cent of the general post
office business is transacted within the
division
The Springfield herald., 1898-09-03
UntangIInG Legislation on Patents

A measure of vast Importance to the
manufacturing and commercial inter
ests of the United States is the act OF
congress authorizing the president to
appoint a commission to revise and
amend the laws concerning patents
trade marks, and trade and CONNER
cial names. The laws. as they exist,
are inadequate to the conditions of the
day. They are too complex, contrs-
dictory, and susceptible of great fraud.
The United States courts. in deciding
causes on the laws concerning patents,
have unintentionally done much to rem
der Confusion worse confounded." 1t
is to be hoped that the commission will
stamp with its strongest disapproyal
the use of "Old Glory" and the Gen
eva Cross for purely business advan-
tages These symbols are almost sa-
cred
The Springfield herald., 1898-09-03
al -Y1

md honest, qualities which are de-
nlanded of any man who aspires to fill
he place of an inspector in the post
office department. He came to this
country in 1851, when he was 10 years
old, and as soon as he could compre-
hend the meaning of legal terms he be-
gan to study law He was a student
when the war of the rebellion broke
out, but he dropped his books for the
musket and went to the front as
sergeant in the Twenty Wisconsin
volunteers. The battle of Stone river
made him a second lieutenant, Chick
amauga added bar to his shoulder
straps, and Atlanta made him cap
tain. General Harrison C. Hobart
then made him one of his staff, and he
remained a staff officer until the close
If the war. Major Stuart entered the
lailway postal service in 1866. when
;hat branch of the postoffice depart
Inent was in its infancy. He gained
promotion rapidly, and in 1871 was
chief clerk in the railway mail service
Tor Iowa. He could have been super
intendent of the service, but declined
the place because it would necessitate
bis removal to another part OF the
country. The work Of the inspectors
department attracted him, and he was
The Springfield herald., 1898-09-03
Rus.ln orders Torpedo uoa...

In addition to its recent orders :or
war vessels given to the shipyards at
Kiel and Stettin, Russia has ordered
from the Elbng works four torpedo
boat destroyers and first-class pro-
tected cruiser of twenty-five knots
speed and $4,000 Indicated horse power.
Great Britain has no cruiser capable
of so great speed, the swiftest vessel
OF the class in her majesty's navy, the
Terrible, only obtaining 22.4 knots on
its trial. The British navy, however.
has four cruscrs-the Blake, the Blen-
helm, the Powerful and the Terrible
of greater indicated horsepower.