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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-08
WIN. {. CON[EY SLAIN
BY HELPER THUGS
Well Known Utahn Murdered
by Robbers.
KILLED FOR HIS MONEY
sANDBAGGED AND PLACED ON
RAILROAD TRACK.
lsnecial to NC Herald.l


Price, Utah, April Last night as
train Nc on the Rio Grande West
ern was pulling into Helper, the en-
about a mile west of the yard limits,
and before the engineer could slow up
the train struck him The train was
stopped and the man was placed on
board and taken into town, where he
was identified as William +. Cowley
of Cleveland. Utah. who had been work
ing al Sunnyside as a blacksmith.
It is said that Cowley. was on his
way to Salt Lake and got off at Helper
to wait for a train, and took on too
much LIQUOR 1t is though he was
sandbagged and placed on the track,
as he had displayed about $50 in money
and a ticket to Salt Lake. These, to-
gether with a vaiiSe, were missing a
coroner's jury was empaneled, but mad
reached no verdict at midnight and all
signs indicate that he was Sdndbagged
and placed on the track He was 6S
years old and leaves a, wife and several
children at Cleveland. The railway is
considered blameless.
Z. H. Callister received a, brief teie-
gram yesterday morning in which it
was stated that Mr. .Cowley had been
killed by a train at Helper. No par
ticulars were given. Mr.. Cowley was
an uncle of Mr.. CalliSter and also of
County Commissioner James H. An
derson He had a sister living in Oak
City, Willard county, while his own
home was i'll Cleveland, Emery coun-
", although he had been employed as
a blacksmith in Sunnyside for some
months
Mr.. Cowley was a we'll known citizen
He spent many years of his life in
Salt Lake City, where for years he
had charge of the church blacksmith
shop in the pioneer days. He came
to Utah in 1853, crossing the plains
with a small band of emigrants. Mr.
Cowley was 63 years old. He leaves
a wife and seven children. 1t is
thought he was on his way to Sal
/ Lake TO attend the conference wher
I he was killed
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-08
RLOWING Up FAMOUS
COLLIER MERRIMAC

Santiago de Cuba, April Fifteen
hundred pounds of dynamite were used
yesterday in blowing up the forward
superstructure of the sunken United
states collier Aerrimac which has hong
impeded the entrance TO the harBO-,-
The explosion was heard plainly in the
city. i've miles away Divers inIne-
diately descended and found forty feet
of clear water over the forward por-
ton of the wreck. Port Captain Irwin
will begin tomorrow TO place mines aft,
which he expects to explode in a week.
thus completely clearing the iarDor
entrance
Yesterdays incident was highly spec
tacular. Residents on Smith Key, ada
cent TO the wreck, left the island, fear
ing that their houses would be demoi-
ished. The overlooking hills we're lined
with people. and large numbers ct
pleasure seekers encircled the wreck at
a safe distance When the elec1ric but
ton was touched pyramid e ,,,zer
rose forty feet and the surface WAS inn
mediateiy covered vita =wreckage and
tons of dead fish
The launches and yaehts returned 30
the city laden With souvenirs OF the
wreck
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-08
CONFLICT.IS POSSIBLE.

When informed that the San Pedro Los Angeles & Salt
Lake company had force OF south TO resist the efforts
Short Line to take possession of the graG ond Uvada,
Bancroft said he anticipated interfere with the
Short Lines plans that He did expect there
would be collision between the forces He said the Short
officials the had proceed
delay and he knew nothing OF the intention of the other peo
pie
Mr. Bancroft asked there any understanding be-
his people and Senator Clark. He replied Not that
oil Ii that is the last thing which would
happen We have the grade and line already built good
portion of the distance Why should the Short Line desire
connection with the other company"
stO the the road Air. Bancroft said he doubted that
il had been considered.
There viii be the biggest kind OF rejoicing when
Mr. Bancroft read Lake this morning
safe prediction that will later be overshadowed by the
saona developments promised in the fight for the old grade
Upon the possession Of that grade the lite death of the project
OF each company depend As Herald readers viii
cali the Union Pacific started towards the
expended nearly 100000 IN grading the difficult part
between here and Los Angeles the work including
Uvada, the terminus of Utah Pacific
and Clover Valley junction. in Lincoln county Nevada Through
the threats OF the late Coils p Huntington the Union Pacific
compelled abandon project and the grade remained
nocceped 1t reverted to the state of Nevada and after
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-08
HORRIBLE TALE OF CANNIRALISM
BY SAILORS WHO WERE WRECKED

London, April S.-The Singapore cor
respondent of the Daily Express wires
a CHASTITY story of cannibaIism at sea,
brought to Singapore by two survivors
of the Nova Scotian bark Angola,
wrecked six days sail from Manila,
Oct. % last. The correspondent says:
THE survivors, Johnson, a Swede,
and Marticornu, a Spaniard, assert that
the Angola struck a reef. Two RATS
were built. The smaller. bearing seven
men. disappeared. The other, with
twelve men, drifted for forty days. The
sailors ate barnacles, seaweed and
finally their boots.
ION the twentyfifth day two became
INSANE and killed themselves. On the
twenty-sixth a Frenchman killed the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-08
GENERAL CLAY STILL
HOLDS THE FORT

Lexington. KY, April General
Cassius NJ. Clay is still holding the fort
alone, and no one was eadmitted to
White Hall today except James Bolin,
his bodyguard. Yesterday General
Clay intimated that ne would live On
a supply OF meat and <anned goods
which he had stores away but he
changed his mind this morning and or
dered Belin, who lives aboue 100 yards
from the mansion. to have his wife pre-
pare his meals.
ond volume of his autobiography,
which will contain the secrets of his
private life, and is to be published only
after his death. The first volume the
record of his private life, has already
appeared. but the circulation is limited
as only Clays intimate friends received
cOpieS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-08
WOMAN is FATALLY
HURT BY FOOTPADS

Kansas City, No, April Mrs. Isabel
Thompson, aged 81, was fatally
wounded last night by a footpad. who.
in attempting to rob the woman.
crushed her skull with a coupling pin.
She was returning home from church
when assaulted at Seventeenth and
Holmes street. an unfrequented part
of the city. She was found after mid
night, after having lain unconscious
for several hours. There is no clue to
the foot9ad.
During the winter eight people have
been more or less seriously injured by
footpads. One of the victims. an elderly
woman, has become insane, and an
other, a Kansas City, Kan, grocer, died
of his injuries.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-08
ATTEMPT MADE BY RICHWAYMEN
TO WRECK OREGON SHORT LINE TRAIN

were broken under one Of the cars.
A delay OF about an hour ensued- 1t
was a narrow escape from serious
disaster Il is believed that the ties
were placed on the track by highway
men, intending to rob the train. The
scene of the wreck is the point where
a very bad wreck occurred about lhree
years ago.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-08

Boise. Ida, April An attempt was
made to wreck No. west bound Short
Line passenger tonight at Malad bridge,
100 miles east of here. A large NUM-
Der Of ties were piled on the TRACK. The
engineer did not see the obstruction IN
time to stop the train. The pilot Of the
engine was damaged, and brake beams
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-08
100 MEN LAYING RAILS
FOR THE SHORT LINE
Tremendous Effort Being Made to Seize Disputed
Grade il Nevada
Attorney WhittemOre Seeks Injunction at PiOcheShOw o.
Force by San Pedro People Reported

4 received my instructions from MIR. Hartman.
H. told to come home and start the Short line to-
wards Los Angeles; to build it Just fast possible.
This have done. There are 100 men laying track in
the state o. Nevada tonight and the Short Line will be
running trains the city OF Los Angeles Just as
and muscle can lay the tracks that far"-Vice
President and General Manager Bancroft to The Herald
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-08

convey his appreciation 70 your presi-
dente- BY command Of Brigadier Cen
eral Funston.
(Signed) F y. SMITH,
a. a. @. Fourth District. ,,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-08
The Conference, as Viewed by Cartoonist Lovely.

filed by Utah California The Clark company
has become the guardian angel of the Utah California
Tor the purpose of securing the grade The Short Line
just badly the requirement of the Southern Pacific by Short
Line leaving the latter free their former
plans few weeks ago the Short Line and San Pedro Los
Angeles Salt Lake into litigation the grade The
registrar States land office
Carson City and the opinion favorable to the San Pedro
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-08
AN PEDRO,s FORcE UNDER PAUL.

This decision is by final but that which
PEELED the Short Line become the early bird Folding his
like the Arab General Superintendent Calvin acting bigger
rush orders than bvouac, struck for the
south with For week rails have been hauled
the terminus available being pressed into service
carry them The Short Line, either Saturday early
terday started lay track and this take
of<the grade And possession points OF the
Meanwhile the San Pedro people have not had their
closed to the Short Lines It said that Satur
day force OF representing Senator Clark under
the oremansp OF Adam Paul started for Uvada either to lay
grade farther the OF Nevada At about the
time Local Attorney Whttemore started for Phoebe
hurry petition the there for injunction against the
Short Line He will up that the Carson decision gave his
company the grade and the Short Line espasser Men who
know the and the
opinion that trouble might result meeting OF the parties rep
resenting the rival companies.
4 y = = \ 2
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-08
Injuries Were Fatal.

Cincinnati. o., April 7.-Charles D.
Gildea. aged 2S years, a we'll known
telegraph operator, died at his home
here today from the effects of internal
injuries received in a fight early this
morning.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-08
Plague "a &c Increase.

cape Town. April during the last
forty-eight hours ten fresh cases or
bub0nic plague have been officially re-
ported. OF these four are Europeans
and the GtaerS coiCred persons. The
corpse of a coiored person who had
died Of the disease was found today.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-08

-S-HE OREGON SHORT Lines going to Los Angeles 1t
going there just as rapidly possible 1t is laying track
this very hour It has already penetrated the state of Ne
,.ada Its officials have their building
through without delay. And there isn't citizen of
but will think he has coming when he reads the
saigor positive emphatic declaration Of Vice Pres
General Manager Bancroft this morning Everybody
guessed The Herald stated asuredy last Friday
the day the for the old grade developed
and that several weeks But no one venured the opinion
that either company would have 100 men laying track along the
route Los Angeles early Sunday April That seemed
too good to be
Now comes Vice President Bancroft with
the throne itself that there will be pause uru Short Line
trains steamng City OF the Angels Meanwhile, {.
O. Whemore of the San Pedro. Los Angeles Salt Lake COM
any speeding towards Poche New injunction
against the opposing company prevent its This will
mark the ncepto-of hardest rsroad battle fought in
internounan region whatever of it. the all
Important remainSalt Lake is have rail connection
California, and the earliest date possible
MR.. BANCROFTrS EMPHATIC STATEMENT.
aIr Bancroft returned iron, New York at clock yesterday
afternoon having Thursday p. Thai ne lost
the road apparent He found at his home last
evening and in response 10 request tor some information re-
garding his trip made the cheerful announcements
My mission in New York to consult with the board on
purchase Utah & Pacific and the extension Of the line
Angeles rs you already heard the Oregon Short
purchased the Utah & Pacific and The Herald has here
- Ta ft 80 i f NJ I;os chairman Of the
He told home the Short Line
have done Gerai S,pentenden Calvin and Division Super
Young Uvada this mission There
laying track the of Nevada tonight and the Short
Line will be running trains into the city of Los Angeles just
and muscle can lay the tracks that far
You know Mr. Hartman usually accOmpishes what he sets
will build that line Los Angeles
With the least possible delay We claim the right the old
Pacific grade and taking OF and will
ay1track what interests attempt
Interfere with Our work all day today and
Sho-t extends the OF Nevada.
tell how long will take reach Los Angeles, but as stated
there will be delay whatever i'll the construction work
preliminary surveys the Union Pacific and
keyw will follow them all theway through There be
changes tell But main object now.is in
()uI andr o.
their work while the behind laying track That is
and the Short Line means business We will
laying single day until Clover Valley junction
reached That the terminus of the Union Pacific OF
ortvve miles beyond Uvada The rest of the distance
Angeles will be graded with much rapidty practicable
and track laying will right then Further than this
discuss future plans
CONFLICT is POSSIBLE
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-08

mate with an axe. drank his blood and
tried to eat his brains. but was pre-
vented by the others. Next day the
Frenchman was killed while attempting
to murder the captain. The survivors,
all of whom were now insane, ate the
Frenchman's body.
"Cannibalism continued until only
Johnson and Marticornu remained. On
the forty-second day the raft stranded
on Subj. or Flat island. in the Natuna
group northwest of BorneO). Johnson
and Marticornu were awfully enact
ated. Friendly Malays sent them by
junk to Singapore"
Strikers Will Resume Work.
Marseilles. April THE striking
lockers today decided to resume work
Tuesday next.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-08
THE MINING INDUSTRY

Is one OF Utah's greatest resources
The Herald publishes more min
ing news than any ,Stber Utah
newspaper.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-01-29
RAILROADS. TELEGRAPHS AND
EXPRESSES

The committee on railroads. teleGraphs
and expresses VIII give public hearings
in its room at TIL. State House, Augusta.
as follows:
WEDNESDAY. JAN. 80. 1901, at r NJ.
An act to extend the time of the con-
struction of the Boothbay Railroad.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 81. 1891, at + NJ.
An act to authorize the Portland Rail
road Company to acquire certain street
railroads and make extensions of its
street railroad system.
WEDNESDAY. JAN so. 1901, at p NJ.
An act to incorporate the Pushaw Lake
Railway.
WEDNESDAY. FEB. G. 1901 at p. y.
An act to establish the Hancock County
Railway Company.
WEDNESDAY. FEB. 6. 1901. at > T. NJ.
An act to amend section Of chapter
one hundred three of the Public Laws in
regard to the incorporation and control
of Telegraph and Telephone Companies
WEDNESDAY. FEB. 6. 1901. at 7. NJ.
An act to incorporate the Lincoln Elec-
tric Railway Company.
WEDNESDAY. FEB. 13, 1901, a +. NJ.
Petition of the Portsmouth. kittery and
York Street Railway for authority.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. Is. 1901 at +. NJ
An act to amend the charter of the
Westbrook. Wndham and Naples Rail
way Company.
"Wednesday. FEB. 1a, 1901. at p, NJ,
Petition of John c. Scates and others
in favor of AN act to amend the char
ter OF the Westbrook. Windham and Ma
pies Railway Company
The hearing on the Act to extend the
charter of the kennebec and Franklin
Railway heretofore advertised to occur
at +. NJ
The hearing on the Act to extend the
rights. powers and privileges of the East
port Street Railway Company hereto
fore advertised to occur January o. Is
postponed till Feb. s, at +. NJ
JOHN i. DEERlNG, Sec.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-01-29
FINANCIAL AFFAIRS.

Tho committee on Financial Affairs will
give public hearing in its room AT the
State House in Augusta:
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JAN. 81
On Resolve in favor of an APPROPRIATION
for the ST. Elizabeth Roman Catholic Or
phan ASYLUM at Portland.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JAN 81
ON Resolve in favor of an appropriation
for the Childrens Aid Society of Maine,
at Belfast.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. JAN. 81
on Resolve in favor Of an appropriation
for the Maine Central Hospital
THURSDAY AFTERNOON. JAN. 81
On Resolve in favor of an appropriation
for the town of Somerville
THURSDAY. JAN. "a. 1871, at 80 i. NJ
On resolve in favor of an approPria ton
for the Central Maine General Hospital
at Lewiston.
THURSDAY, JAN. 81 l90l-On resolve
in favor of an appropriation Tor the Hos
ptal of the Society OF the Sisters OF Char
itv at Lewiston.
THURSDAY. JAN. 81. lsoi-on resolve
in favor of an appropriation for the
THURSDAY. JAN. 81, I9ll-on a resolve
u favor of an appropriation for the
Healy Asylum at Lewiston.
TUESDAY. FEB. 5. l9ol-On petition of
the Lincoln County Historical Society in
favor OF an appropriation to care for the
premises and ruins OF the colonial Fort
William Henry at Pemaquid
TUESDAY. FEB. 5. ieol-on resolve for
an EPIDEMIC and emerseney fund:
latng 70 the public health
TUESDAY. FEB. ). i9l1-On resolve in
favor Of an appropriation for the Maine
School for the Deaf.
in favor of an appropriation for the
Bangor Children's Home
THURSDAY. FEB. = l9ol-On an act
providing for the arrest and punishment
H. l. HIN, Secretary.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-01-29
COMMITTEE HEARINGS.
.JlDICUARY.

The Committee on Judiciary will give
public hearing in its room at the State
House in Augusta. as follows:
TUESDAY, JAN. ., 1901, at L. M.-No.
with the laws of other states relating to
negotiab bic instruments.
TUESDAY. JAN. 20, 1901, at =. NJ
No. 81. on a bill to repeal the law re-
quiring inn holders to give bond not to
sell Intoxicating liquors.
TUESDAY. JAN. 20. 1901 at =. NJ
No. Il. On the report of the commission
on Uniformity of legislation.
No. 80 On an act to amend Section s.
of Chapter II of the Revised Statutes re-
lating to the Jurisdiction of the superior
court for the county of Cumberland.
No. 76. On the petition of r. w. Shaw
and others in favor of full suffrage for
women.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 80. 1901 at p. NJ
No. 93. On an act to amend Chapter 296
of the Public Laws of 1885 relating to the
employment of stenographers at coro-
ners' inquests.
WEDNESDAY. JAN. 80. 1901, at P NJ.
of a meeting of School District No. Is. in
the town of StoningtOn.
WEDNESDAY. JAN. 80. 1901, at > T. NJ
No. 95. On an act to incorporate the
Friendship Water Co.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 80. 1901. at p. NJ.
No. "a. On an act to amend an act to
authorize the city of Portland to appoint
commissioners of cemeteries and public
grounds.
THURSDAY. JAN. 81, 1901. at p. NJ
No. y. On an act extending the jurisdic-
ton of the Rumford Falls municipal
THURSDAY. JAN. 81. 1891. at aP. NJ
No. 81 On an act relative to the issue OF
capital stock and bonds of quasi public
corporations
THURSDAY. JAN. Fl, 1871. at p. NJ
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-01-29
Americas Production Of Precious Metals.

During the year just closed the yield
Of precious metals on this continent
was greater than ever before in an
equal period Of time. The annual re-
port Of President John j. Valentine of
Wells. Fargo &, Co. which is second
in reliability and completeness only to
the governments official figures which
will come later, shows the following
aggregate of the metals produced
during 1900 in this country, west Of
the Missouri river, and in British
Columbia and the Yukon regions.
Cold, s99 100. 1873: silver. s42 .402. .5O2: cop
per 500 752 2S4, and lead, $3.50 .9cS:
total gross result. 1929 1915, ,427. The
"commerciaI' value at which the sew
eral metals named have been estimated
is: Silver, 81 cents per ounce: copper,
16 cents per pound and lead, si.37 per
hundrcdweight.
The following table shows the yield
Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-01-29
LEGAL AFFAIRS.

The Committee on Legal Affairs will
give public hearings in It's room at the
State House in Augusta. as follows:
WEDNESDAY. JAN. 20. IN THE
AFTERNOON-On an act to supply the
W WEDNEsDAY. JAN. 20, in THE
AFTERNOON-On an act to amend
Chapter 80, Revised Statutes, relating to
WEDNESDAY. JAN. 20. 1901. IN THE
AFTERNOON-On an act to authorize
Charles II. Mansfield to maintain a
wharf in the tide waters of Moosabec
WEDNESDAY. JAN. 80. 1so1-On an act
to establish the salaries of county Off
GERS.
WEDNESDAY. JAN. 80, IN THE
AFTERNOON-On an act to authorize
the laying out of way across the tide
waters of the PiscataGua river in Kit
WEDNESDAY. Jan. 80, 1871. at p. NJ.
On an act to repeal Section 6. Chapter
10. Public Laws of 1891. relating to the in
corporal ton of churches.
WEDNESDAY. JAN. 30. 19ll at P. Nj.
On an act to amend Section of Chap
ter 81 of the Revised Statutes, relating
to fees of town and city clerks for re-
crding mortgages.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. So 1901. at . p. NJ
On an order relative to cutting bushes
and shade trees
WEDNESDAY. JAN. 80 1901. at P NJ,
On an act amending charter of Rum
lpTu dllS ilullltlbdl touI l.
WEDNESDAY. JAN. 50. 1891. at p. NJ.
On an act to incorporate the Wilton
Electric Light and Power Co.
WEDNESDAY. FEB. 6. 1891. at > p NJ.
On an act to amend Section , OF Chap
ter 16 of the Revised Statutes, relative to
public drains and sewers.
WEDNESDAY, FEB 8. 1901. at . p NJ.
On an act to amend Section II of Chap
ter 12S. Revised Statutes, as amended by
Chapter 100. Public Laws OF 1899, relating
to tramps.
WEDNESDAY. FEB 6. 1891. at ?. NJ.
On an act to amend Chapter of the
Revised Statutes. relating to the sale OF
land for the non-pa yment of taxes.
WEDNESDAY. FEB. 6, 1901, at , T. NJ.
On an act relating to the sale of real
estate for taxes.
THURSDAY. FEB. :, 1901 at F. NJ
On an act to amend Section of Chapter
4o6 of Private and Special Laws OF 1850
relating to Norway Village Corporation.
THURSDAY. FEB. {, 1901 at T. Nj
on an act to amend Chapter 81 of the Re
viscd Statutes relating to liens on wharfs.
THURSDAY. FEB. :, 1901. at +. M
on an act additional to Chapter %. Re
vised Statutes, relating to bowling alleys
BEECHER PUTNAM, Sec.