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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-05

smelter-and while the enterprise has
received passing notice from time to
time, the growth of the plant has ad-
vanced from one stage to another. until
now it is completed whole, in active
operation.
At a point in the valley some eight
miles south of this city and about one
mile southwest of the Germania
smelter, the Utah Consolidated COM
pany purchased fifty acres of land, on
which to erect modern plant for the
reduction of the copper ores of the
great Highland Boy mine, at Bing-
ham, and commencing on the day mem
toned above, what was then unoccu-
pied and comparatively worthless farm
land has been peopled with a thriving
community of artisans, tradesmen and
workmen from all walks of life; stores
have been opened, pretty residences
built, and several hundreds of people
have been made happy by the knowl-
edge that a new source of employment
"a new means of bread-winning-
been established. Aside from the large
number of men who will find employ
ment at the smelter itself, it's operation
will be the means of indirectly benefit
ing hundreds of others 1t means more
employees on the railroads; it means
an increased revenue for the fruit
raiser, the truck gardener, the butcher
and small vendor of general wares and
in the near vicinity, and
contentment for all. 1t also means an
enhanced value for every particle of
land within wide radius of the new
plant, and the whole people in that
are to be congratulated on
their good fortune
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BIG RUSH FOR STOCK
Applications For Shares In New
Copper Company.
NOT ENOUGH FOR ALL
SUBSCRIBED FOR SEW
ERAL TIMES OVER.
Sends the Value Up to 40 Per Cent
Above the Issue Price-Strong
Opposition Has Developed to the
Newly Formed Combine In New
York-Clark In Paris.
lsnecial to The Herald.l


New York, May 4.-The subscription
books for the 10000 shares of stock of the
Amalgamated Copper Co.. which were
offered for public subscription closed at
the City National bank at noon today.
When the subscription lists were closed
there was line of would-be subscribers
which extended through the corridors OF
the bank out into Wall street.
This tremendous rush of applicants has
been growing the offices of the bank ever
since April 2S, when the stock was first
offered to the public. The capital stock
of The Amalgamated Copper company
amounts to $4,000 600, divided into 10000
shares at a par value of 500. which stock
was offered for public subscription at
par, and ii is understood that II has been
subscribed for several times over.
The officers of the company were un-
able TO say this afternoon what the real
subscriptions were. Such was the demand
for the stock, however, that in the curb
market the subscriptions were quoted at
li0. or 40 per cent above the issue price.
Until the total amount of the subscrip-
ton is known it is impossible to say how
much any subscriber will get, as the al
lotment will be made pro rata. The tre-
mendouS excess of the subscriptions, in
view of the rather meagre details OF the
company'S prospectus, was considered re-
markable in Wall street.
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which negotiations he could not discuss
the question of exchange of prisoners.
REPORT FROM OTIS.
Tells of the Renewal of Operations
In the Field.

Washington, May 4.-The war de-
partment has received the following
dispatches today:
Manila, May 4.-Adjutant General,
Washington: Summers, with six bat
talions of Oregon, Dakota. Third in
fantry and Utah light artillery of Law
tons division, proceeded north this
morning to Maasand, crossed the river.
charged enemy in strong entrench-
ments, driving them northward and in
ficting considerable loss. His casual
ties. two wounded. Both Wheaton and
Hale of MacArthur's division found the
enemy in force. strongly entrenched,
and commanded by Commander-in-
chief Luna, about four miles south of
San Fernando. Hale. on the right. dis
lodged the enemy, and Wheaton. on
the left, leading i'll person. made a bril-
liant charge. scattering his forces and
infiicting great punishment. Several
officers and enlisted men seriously
wounded.
Macarthur proceeds to San Fernan-
do in the morning. Delayed by partial
destruction of bridges across river. Not
believed enemy will make another de-
termined stand until he effects retreat
to Mount Arayat, a short distance from
San 1sidro. OTIS"
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why did you have feeling against
Stoutt?" asked Attorney whittemore.
But on the objection of Judge Dick
son the court ruled that the cause of
the animus was immaterial; that it did
not increase or lessen the feeling, which
was the important thing
Did you get the note out of the
pouch where others were kept?" asked
Judge Dickson
Yes; the ink was not yet dry"
Now, why did you add that? I said
nothing about ink. Was it not your
animus against Stoutt?"
Il am trying to do my duty" replied
the witness.
Now. come" said Judge Dickson,
don't throw any bouquets at your
SELF
Mr.. Ewing's Discovery.
When the contending attorneys had
finished with Wightman, Juror Ewing
arose.
Did you ever eXarNine that signature
with a glass?" he asked Wightman,
handing him the alleged forged note
and a small magnifying glass. rs there
"Yes, one between the H and the e.'
said Wightman.
Don't you notice several erasures %
The jurors looked in amazement, the
attorneys were startled and the spec
tators could not comprehend the situa-
ton. Here experts, who are supposed
TO know everything about handwriting,
including Expert Hay, who said he had
studied the signatures of Hedges for
two months. and who had come all the
way from Washington to testify, had
not seen the erasures. They had been
left to a juror to discover. The Situa-
ton was dramatic.
Tampered With.
pering with that signature since it was
written said Judge Dickson, coming
forward and examining the note with
the glass.
Yes. sir; it's evident" said Wight
man.
THE defense has not had possession
of the note since July 2S," added the
attorney.
no. had it till the middle of De-
cember,' said Wightman. Then I
turned it over to the United States at
tofney."
There was no doubt about the era
sures. The right stroke of the II in
Hedges had been erased and another
stroke made in its place. The first e
in Hedges had been erased entirely and
another one made. Whether or not the
signature was made to lool. more like
the first writing is a question that the
attorneys spent a large part of the af-
ternoon trying TO have experts on hand
writing settle. Attorney Whittemore
wants to show that the name is now
more like Hedges genuine signature in
order to prove that Stout, after forg-
ing the name, tried to improve on bis
work. The attorneys for the defense
1continned on pnra On
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-05
WILL BUILD IN new YORK
sAML. NEWHoUsE INVESTS IN
METROPOLITAN PROPERTY.
Salt Lake Capitalist and His Brother
Purchase a Lot For $75O,000-
Will Put Up a Sky-scraper.
(special to The Herald.l

New York, May 4.-That conspicuous
and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. piece of real
estate, the triangle included by Broad
way and Fifth avenue, just south of
Twenty third street. has been sold to
Samuel and Mott I. Newhouse. Con-
tracts were closed today at the office OF
Samuel Untermeyer of Ne firm of Gug-
genheimer, Untermeyer & Marshall, Tor
the transfer of the property by William
2. Emo TO the MeSSrS. NewhOuse.
The purchase price is reported to be
about S750,00O The buyers intend to
erect on the plot a modern tail build
ing, the ground and basement floors of
which Will be used as stores, and the
upper floors for offices and bachelor
apartments.
Samuel Newhouse, although not a
resident of this city, is well known =,
financial circles through his extensive
copper mining interests. He lives in
Salt Lake City, and is the owner OF The
Utah & Boston Consolidated copper
mine. Mott /. Newhouse, his brother,
was formerly New Yorker, but has
recently lived in London, associated
with his brother, and attending to the
foreign end of their mining interests.
The sale of the northerly part of The
block known as the Flat Iron,' is, in
many ways, the most interesting real
estate transaction closed in many
day, but it's chief Importance lies in
the fact that the price represents
high record of value per square foot for
Manhattan real estate outside of lower
Broadway and Wall streets. Even in
those sections the square-foot rate paid
by the Messrs. Newhouse has been ex-
ceeded but few times.
The triangle covers 132 feet on Fifth
avenue, IA on Broadway and is about
fifty feet wide at the south side.
The peculiar shape of this piece and
its great frontage in proportion to its
area make the comparison of any re-
cent prices in the neighborhood almost
without significance, but it may be
said that no such price as 5000 per
square foot has ever been paid for
either Broadway or Fifth avenue lots
near Twenty-third street. In the ma
jority of cases the considerations show
rate little above one-half of that
figure.
The Emo. now the Newhouse plat,
was bought by the late Amos r. Emo
about 1855 for $32, 500. From time to
time many tempting offers were made
to him to part with it, and his predic-
tion that he would live to see it worth
$100, 900 was all but fulfilled. With
modern structures going up on every
hand, it's old one and two-story build
ings have remained, but it has been
stated by the executors of the Emo es-
tate for the last ten years, with the
property at no time fully occupied, the
yearly rents collected have averaged
S42. .OOO-more than the original purchase
price.
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past years He went into the Utah
National on the morning of July %, OF
last year and began his work. President
Stout called off the notes to him in the
directors room and he took down the
amounts and among them had called
off the Hedges note as if it were genu-
inc.
He came to the conclusion on exami-
nation of the note that it was a forgery
and he took possession of it that even
ing. It was placd by him in the vault
of another bank for safe keeping.
You preferred no charge on the note
until December?" asked Attorney
Dickson on cross-examination-
NO, everything was done with the
approval of the department at Wash
ington," said Wightman.
Feeling Towards Stout.
Haven't you expressed a feeling of
malice. iIl-will and hatred against
Stoutt?" asked the attorney.
mo" replied the examiner.
Haven't you expressed bitterness
against him?''
Yes
did you, in the presence of Chief of
Police Pratt, ON the evening of Jones
arrest on the charge of shooting Stout,
declare that Stout was a id old liar
and a id old thief"
well, / knew something of the af-
fairs connected with the shooting, and
1 believed he was lying when he said
that Jones had done it."
Did you tell Chief Pratt that if alone
for five minutes with Jones you would
tell him who shot Stoutt?" asked Attor-
ney Dickson.
Yes"
''And you did go into a room with him
and say that Hedges shot Stout, and
say so when you came out?"
Il said that 1 thought Hedges shot
Stout" corrected Wightman.
Didn't you say that Stout had
swindled Hedges out of s20,000?"
mo. it was $4,000
did you say at the examination of
Jones that Stout was a id old
- - -, an old thief, and that
you knew he was a thief the first time
you laid eyes on him?' asked Judge
Dickson.
II said he was an old thief"
"And you didn't commence this pros
ecution of Stout until after he had
Jones with shooting him?"
NO
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disclosure, plainly to be seen by every
one and admitted by each side upon eX-
animation of the note with magnifying
glasses. threw the attorneys for both
the government and the defense into
bewilderment for a time.
Each side vehemently claimed that
its case was bettered by the discovery.
But as they We're apparently ignorant
OF the fact, the suddennesS of the
statement, coming after the note had
been studied for days. caused conster-
nation. The whole case was disjointed
until the attorneys had time TO grasp
the full significance of this new devel-
opment. Until then each side made
wild statements and groped about in
The dark. Judges Dickson and Powers,
who are conducting Mr.. Stoutt'S case,
maintained that as the note had been
I'm the possession of the government Of
.lcials and attorneys for months, the
erasureS must have been made by
them. On the other hand United States
Attorney Whittemore insisted that 1t
was proof that Stout himself tam
pered with the note to make his for
gerry seem the more like Hedges sig
nature.
The discovery was made while Bank
Examiner Wightman was on the stand.
At the conclusion of his direct and
croSs-examination Juror Ewing arose
and asked him if he had ever made
an examination of the note with a
rnzsnifying glass.
Il have not" said he. whereupon
Mr. Ewing HANGED him the note and a
small glass.
Isn't there something the matter
with it," asked Ewing.
There certainly is" said Mr.. Wight
man. One part of the first II. shows
that it is written over an erasure. as
~ in, qaIr
The attorney. jurors and spectators
gazed with their mouths open in Won
derlnent-
eve don't know anything about it."
said Judge Dickson of the defense. THE
note has been in possession of the gov
eminent. We haven't had it..
he had grasped the point soon enough
&c get this to the jury as a first inn
nyession and his aleTtness viii un-
doubtedly count when the twelve men
adjourn TO consider their verdict.
W. 2. Lynn. eX-cOunty treasurer, was
called by Attorney Whittemore to tes-
tify that Hedges name on the note was
written differently from that on nu-
,nerous drafts. checks and exhibits OF
his handwriting. But he showed how
ridiculous expert testimony may be-
come by declaring that as bank tel
ie- he would not cash the check known
as exhibit 30. which had Hedges ad-
lnitted endorsement.
Bank Examiner Wightman.
Bank Examiner William 3. Wight
man, who had instituted the proceed
ings against Stout. came to the stand
After stating, in answer to questions
from United States Attorney White
more. that he was examiner for Cali
fornia, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming. he
said that he had examined the Utah
National bank once in each of the three
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SCHOOL FOR INDIANS.
Contracts Are Entered Into With
Various Institutions.
Especial to The Herald.) }

tSpeclal TO Inc Heraid.)
Washington, May 4.-Idaho post
offices have been established as follows:
Island, Cassia county, Albert H. Hale.
postmaster: Otis, Bingham county,
Sarah r. Pulsipher, postmaster.
In the appointment of the appropria-
tion for the fiscal year 1900, for the edu-
cation of the Indian pupils at sectarian
schools, the acting secretary of the in
terror todav authorized the commits
sioner of Indian affairs to enter into
contract with the Coeur d'Alene Uda.)
Catholic school for the accommodation
of twenty Indian pupils, at Sos per an
mum each. and with the Shoshone
Catholic school, Wyo., for seventeen,
at sos per annum each, and the Sho-
shone Mission Protestant school for
twenty pupils, at sos per annum each.
The latter is the only Protestant school
where contracts viii be in effect during
the next fiscal year.
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MONTANA MAN MISSING.
In New York to Meet His Wife and
Disappears.

New York, May Airs. Yetta Trim
born of Great Falls. Mont, today asked
the police here to send out a general
alarm. with a view to learning the
whereabouts of her husband, Joseph
Trimborn. manager of the Montana
Brewing company at Great Falls. who
mysteriously disappeared last Sunday
from the Grand hotel in this city. where
he had arrived on that day to meet his
wife, who was returning from Europe.
on his arrival at the hotel Trimborn
deposited a large amount of money in
the safe, where it now remains. His wife
arrived here on Tuesday and spent the
night after landing from an ocean liner
in a hotel in Hoboken. coming to this
city yesterday to Joint her husband at
born learned that her husband had not
been seen since Sunday. 1t is known that
apart from the money deposited he had
considerable money with him at the time
of his disappearance.
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Wardner, Ida, May 4.-Four hundred
United States troops are on guard to-,
night in the Couer d'Alene mining dis
trict, and martial law is in full force
in Shoshone county, Idaho. While the
governors proclamation issued yester-S
day has not been posted in public
places, citizens are aware that martial
law is in force by reason of the fact
that United States troops are on the
ground to see that it is carried out
Brigadier General II. c. Merriam, who
arrived today from Denver, by way OF
Boise. has determined TO. if possible.
arrest all those implicated in blowing
up the Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine.
While it is known that several of the,
mob, fearing arrest. have escaped from.
Shoshone county, a large majority OF
those wanted are still within the coun-
try.
Shut Off Means of Escape.
General Merriam has been busy all :
day sending dispatches throughout the
mining district, disposing of the troops
so as to protect property. and shut of
the escape of those suspected of as
siSting in lawless acts here last Satur-
day. Every avenue of escape from the
Couer d'Alene district is guarded by
one or more companies of troops, and
the federal authorities believe that the
arrest of all suspects will be made
without serious trouble as soon as iden-
tification is possible.
One hundred and twenty EIGHT men
accused of participating in Saturdays
riot, have been arrested. and are un-
der guard of United States troops near
the railroad station here.
General Merriam has. established a
strict censorship over the telegraph Of
flee here. and nothing Is allowed to go
out regarding plans for the arrest of the
remaining suspects.
Coroner's Inquest Begins.
The taking of testimony in the coro-
ner's inquest over the bodies of Smith
and Cheyne, who We're shot and killed
by the mob Saturday last, when the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine was
blown up. was commenced today by
Coroner France behind closed doors. At
torney General Hays of Idaho arrived
today and was present at the inquest
on behalf of the state. Important wit
nesses on the stand today were Sheriff
James d. Young of Shoshone county,
James r. Sovereign, ex-master work
man of the Knights of Labor, and AL
bert Hutton, a Northern Pacific engi-
neer.
The attorney general refused to dis
close the nature of the testimony un-
till all witnesses have been examined
The troops arriving today from the
west were sixty men from company b.
Twenty fourth United States infantry
(colored), from Vancouver Barracks.
under command of Lieutenant Murphy,
and troop F, Fourth United States cav
airy from Boise. under Lieutenant
Walsh. Six companies of the Twenty
fourth infantry arrived last night and
today from the east. and viii probably
be held at Burke. Wallace and Mullan.
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WILL FIGHT IN DENVER.
Jeffries and Fitzsirnmons Accept the
Proposition.

Denver. May Manager Otto c.
F'loto of the Colorado Athletic associa-
tion tonight received telegram from
Brady and Julian. representing JEFF
fries and Fitzsimmons, accepting his
offer and agreeing to fight in Denver.
Mr. F'loto was in telegraphic commun-
ication with the managers of the two
fighters all day and finally secured
their acceptance of his offer, which in
cludes a purse of $4,000. The other de-
tails of the agreement were not made
public, but it was announced that ar
ticles of agreement We're mailed to
Denver tonight.
Manager Floto stated tonight that
work will be begun at once on an am
pitheatre capable of seating $1,000 peo-
pie. The date of the meeting has not
yet been agreed upon.
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Shipments Of Elaterite.
(Sp-cial to The Herald.)

Price, Utah, May 4.-The Raven Min
ing company has 100 tons of elaterite
ore on the way to Price from its Indian
Canyon mine, on the Uncompahgre res
eryation, for shipment east. The COM
pany today let the contract for build
ing a wagon road to Pleasant Valley
Junction. which shortens its wagon
haul eighty-fve miles. and reduces the
cost of transportation from SIS to 81
a ton. This is the only mine of its kind
in the United States, shipping ore
which is hydro-carbon substitute for
rubber
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OTHER MINES CLOSE DOWN.
No Men Can Be Secured to Operate
the Properties.

Wallace. Ida, May 4--Hegira from
Canyon county still continues and men
are going out over mountains as we'll
as by train Snow on the mountains is
ten feet deep and very soft 1t will
probably take from two to four days
to go from Burke to the railroad in
Montana.
The Hecla mine closed down yester-
day. as there are no men to work it.
Other mines were running short of
men. though suffering less than the
Standard or the Frisco. No new men
are coming yet. but they are expected
daily from Butte, where the Coeur
d Alene men arc mostly going One
company of soldiers reached Mullan
last night and another today.
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TO MAKE GOOD INDIANS.
Agent Myton's Taking Scheme of
Farming On Shares.


Price, Utah, May 4.-Indian Agent
Myton has secured the consent of d
majority of the Indians TO a SCENE to
devote 100000 of money coming to
them as interest from the government
to build farms. They have at Wash
ington s1.750,O00. at 4 per cent. and the
plan would take only about So a year
from each Indian on the reservation.
The farms would be worked under his
supervision for a part of the crop. and
the money paid back to them with in
terest. In this way he hopes to ger all
on the reservation interested. and con-
siders ii the only way open to keep the
White River Utes from going back into
Colorado and on to their old reserva-
ton. perhaps by force. He has given
them free seeds this year, and many
Indians are now woroking farms on
the shares.
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ANOTHER WIDOW BOBS UP.
Indian Woman From Fort Douglas
Claimant To Estate.

San Francisco. May 4.-The Chronicle
says two suits will be filed against the
estate of the late julius l.. Franklin. a
lottery agent and former fur trader in
the northwest on behalf Of an alleged In
dian widow and her children. She is said
to have been the 15-year-olG daughter of
an Indian chief, dwelling in the vicinity
of Fort Douglas. when Franklin met and
married her. in 1850.
Pauline Franklin. Franklin's widow. in
this city, is made the chief defendant to
the suit along with her children The
property involved is valued at about $780,
M,
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win Sue Canadian Government.

Seattle. Wash. May 4-According 20
Alaska advices, u syndicate OF eighty-six
aliens. who were excluded from Atlin. has
been formed 10 bring suit against the
Canadian government for SIS. 900. DAM
ages are claimed for property lost by the
exclusion of the plaintiffs from the
famous mining district Each alien
claims $4,000 damages They considers
that a fair estimate of the profits they
would have gained by the development Oh
their mining properties
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Richard Harding Davis Married.

Marion. ass, May 4.-Richard Harding
Davis of New York and Miss Cecil Clark.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Marshall
Clark of Chicago. were married at st.
Gabriel's chapel here at noon today. Rev.
Percy Browne of Roxbury. Mass. off,
ciated. The number of guests was linn
tied to eighty-four. the seating capacity
of the chapel