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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-29
TALKS
ON BEET SUGAR
Says the Results in Utah Are
First Glass.
CENTRAL PLANT IDEA
FACTORIES HAVE SHOWN GOOD
PROFITS.
PLANT IDEA

Washington, April 2s.-c. T. Saylor
Of Iowa. the special agent in charge OF
the beet sugar Investigations of the de-
partment of agriculture. is in wash
ington. and has submitted his report
to Secretary Wilson. He says this
year shows a very active tendency to-
ward the Institution OF new beet sugar
enterprises. Next autumn, he says.
MichiganfwilI have three new factories,
and Ohio, Indiana, New. York, Colorado,
Utah, South and North Dakota and
Illinois, VIII install new factory en-.
terpriSes, making thirteen throughout
the United States now ia contenpIa-
ton. a conservative estimate, be says,
is that there will be forty-fN1> beet
sugar factories in operation throughout
the United States by thef endSof next
autumn. Everything indicates that the
industry is thoroughly established
throughout the country. Mr.. SayIor.
says.
The arid section has been enabled
TO cope witn other sections of the
country where the crops have been
produced by natural rainfall, not in the
amount of tonnage per acre, but In the
higher sugar contents and the purely
OF beet The results in Utah have
demonstrated the feasibility of the
central plant idea, with branches scat
tered at numerous points for PERFORM
ing some detailed parts of the work
Even in sthe incipiency of the in
dustry these factories have shown good
profits They have maintained them-
selves without any apparent reaIs con
test with the sugar trust TheA sec
tons of the country that seem most
adaptable TO the industry are Mherez
conditions call for new resources. as ins
Michigan, where there has been a phe-
nomenal increase in the last three
years. largely due TO the waning of the
numbering industry 4of that region
There will be fourteen factories there
next season
California is the Leading state in
productions. with eighteen factories. in
Guiding the largest iE the svor!d The
immense amount of pulp and refuse left
after the extraction of the sugar ar
pealss especially to farmers and indus
tries that grow out of farm products.
Mr.. Saylor says no other feed for stock
is so valuable and so tcheap as beet
pulp The beet sugar factories turn
out from 10 to 30 per cent of the origi-
nal weight OF the beets worked in the
form of refuse or by-prOducts. Sugar
beets seem to respond especially to
cultivation in the arid region, where
they have given better results than any
other crop, fE-fE r ~
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-29
ANNUAL CONVENTION HELD IN
INDIANAPOLIS.
Delegates Present From Twenty-Five
Branch Societies in the Various
States.


Indianapolis, Ind. April 2S.-The ff-
teenth annual convention of the Theo-
sophicai society in America was held
at the English hotel to-day. Delegates
were present from twenty-five branch
soeieties throughout the different
states. A new constitution was adopt
ed and the following officers Wee elect
ed for the ensuing year.
Secretary-T. r. Hyatt. New York.
Jreasurer--A- H. Spencer, New York
Executive CsIanittee-E)r. J. ID. Buck,
cincinnati; DR.. A. p. Ruckham. Fort
Wayne; J. y. Clark. Washington; DIR.
bunker, Brooklyn; Major General viii
liam Ludlow. L. s 4. now in the Phil
i2pineS; N. II. Phelps, New York. and
j. D. Bond Fort Wayne
Inc constitution adopted today diff
fers from the old one, in that it places
the administration OF the affairs Of the
society between conventions in an ex-
ecutiVe committee of seven members.
20 De elected at the annual. convention.
IL also declares that any person declar-
ing his sympathy with the objects Of
he society and agreeing to abide by
the constitution shall be granted a Ger
tihcate OF membership
The constitution provides that the ex-
penses of the society shall be met bv
voluntary contributions and that com
plete tolerance ana freedom of action
anu Deiief shall be granted to each
member or orar-sh, but that they shall
not nave power to involve the society
" any religious, political or social
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-29
ALL READY FOR
PRESIDENTS TRIP
Will Start Today in Worlds
Finest Train.
GooDBYES BEING SAID
DUE IN NEW ORLEANS ON WED
NESDAY.

Washington. April 28.--The train
when VIII carry the president and his
party for the next seven weeks on their
trip through the United States reached
here this morning. It is one OF the
finest trains ever rua over any Amer
lean railway system. The start viii
be made at 1920 o'clock tomorrow
morning with Frank Larmond as en-
gineer and W. w. Albright as con
ductor. Both are. trusted employees Of
the Southern railway. The Southern
Railway company VIII have charge of
the train from Washington TO New Or
leans end at this point the party and
train viii come under the supervision
Of the Southern Pacific railroad.
The train, which is practically rev,
is made up OF seven cars The presi-
dents own car, the Olympia is in the
rear OF the train Next 70 the engine
Is the com binatiOn baggage and smok-
car, with a capacity of forty people.
The next two are compartment cars
with seven state rooms and two draw
ing rooms each. The fifth and sixth cars
are handsome twelve-sectioE Drawing
room cars.
The president will retain the Olympia
as tar as San Francisco. and there viii
be transferred TIC the Lucania. one of
the finest private cars in existence, in
WHICH he viii make the return trip to
the east The Olympia is seventy feet
long. and has five private rooms and
one sofa section, and viii acccommo-
date nine persons. The Lucania has
aecon modation5 for thirteen people
Inc president and Mrs.. Mckinley viii
have their meals served in their own
car.
At tie White House tonight it was
announced that All was in readiness
for the trip There were a number of
callers during the afternoon and even
ing to say goodbye TO the chief ex-
ecutive and his vie before their de-
parture.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-29
FINANCE TROUBLE
AMONG EI[PINOS
General Otis Speaks of Money
Difficulties.
COLD HAS VANISHED
THREE MILLIONS DIsAPPEAR
LIKE A DREAM.

Shica go. April s2S.-Major General E..
= Otis. commander of the department
. OF the iakes, as, the guest Oh. honor at a
BANQUET given by the Chicago Bankers
club, Freely discussed the financial diff
hculties encountered by the American
administration in the Philippines.
Speaking Of the Spanish bank at Ma
Mia, he. said-
~ sometimes think. when deliberat-
ing upon the present condition of The
spanish bank and its claim upon the
: nited States government. that we
although other action on oIs- mart
might have caused innocent holders of
It's paper to suffer. Better to have de-
s'troyed II by promptly presenting for
payment the paper we held, thereby in.
eftlng q run upon IL which il z1-ol,IfIs
have been powerIess to meet. than 10
assist II up into good financial stand
ing. spain had placed 1t in jeopardy
and 1t was not our daty to rescue it.
On Silver Footing.
= This Spanish bank" he said. for
merry was on gold basis. but now
II Is fairly on a silver footing The
army OF the philippines has had novel
De PAID IN gold, and accounts. current
sent Tor all disbursements of United
states money must be rendered there
IN; In spite of expedienbs adopted for
relief, the troops still experience diff
cliiSy with United States currency. sent
60 HllF for use in AsiaItie silver markets q
they cannot obtain full equivalent for
the gold received as pay. The soldier,
"a barter never gets more than two
Mexican dollars for a gold dollar.
+ Within short period after reach
ing Manila the troops were paid SO 600
600 gold and this disappeared from
view as quickly. as a vision OF the night
such experiences in our a btempt to in
crease the Philippine volume of cur
repcy induced payments of troops at
first partly in paper money, and subse-
quently largely therein. IT resulted in
some Improvement, and still the paper
dollars would not be received anywhere
but in the cities where merchants knew
their value. With silver at As or a
cents, it. would have paid them to col
lect and snip hfe paper to the United
States, and IL may have been so dis
posed Of as it did not appear TO remain
in the islands,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-29
NOTES IRON ABROAD.

London, April 29.+The Daily Cfron-
icle says It learns that DR.. ludwig
Mond has discovered a He9 hod of pro-
dueing illuminating gas at 2 pence per
1000 feet which VIII effect a. revolution
by cheapenfng electric power and also
as bearing upon the production OF open
hearth steel.
Constantsnople, April 2S.-Three, cases
Of buboaic plague have occurred at
Bazra, Asiatic Turkey.
Barcelona, April 2S4Alf the em-
ployees of the omnibus and street car
lines in Barcelona went on strike to-
day
Vienna, April 2S.--It is reported from
Belgrade that the AFbanisns In old Ser
Via are, committing wholesale atroei-
ties
Rome, April 2s.-T3Ie Italia denies the
assertion made yesterday by the Patria
that Cardinal Rampolla has resigned.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-29
FATHER OF TELEGRAPH" DIES
.RT TIE ace OF NlNETY-TWO

New York, April 2s.-James Douglas
Reid, known to the teiegraphers as
The Father of Telegraph" died today
at MS hoTnetin this city. He 1vas born
IN Edinburgh, Scotland, March %. 1909,
and came 10 America in 1894 He en-.
tered telegTaphy in 1S45. when he as
sisted in the organization of the At
lantic & Ohio Telegraph company, for
the construction of a series of lines. con
meeting Philadelphia Pittsburg. Buff
falo, Detroit, Cincinnati. ST. Louis and
New Orleans. the most extensive service
projected at that time.
Becoming acquainted with Professor
, f. b. Morse, a mutual attachment
sprang up between them, which led TO
Mr. Reds appointment as superintend-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-29
GOVERNOR NAsH,s YISIT.
ohio's Executive Will Spend a Day
in Salt Lal1e.

Governor Nash OF Ohio and party viii
spend Tuesday, May n, in this city, on
their return trip from san Francisco.
They VIII make the journey to the coast
in a special train, consisting, of COM
posite ear, three special sleepers and
special car No. 201 of the Baltimore q
southwestern road- The governor and
his immediate parry VIII travel in the
car last named. and prominent citizens
of Ohio and their families will oncupY
other cars in the train. After the ceres
monies Of christening tie battIeshfb
Ohio are completed the special tfafn
viii leave san FF2nciseo- over the
southern Pacific. arriving IN Salt Lake
p nl. the train viii leave for Glenwoed
Springs. stsiS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-29
WORK ON MCCORMICK CASE
SIGNIFICANT FEATURES DE-
VELoP IN THE MYSTERY.
Pen and Writing of the Child is
Found by Detectives and Identi-
fed.

washington. April 2S.-The detectives
engaged in working on the Willie Nc
Cormick kidnapping ease continued their
Investigations today. Several features
have developed which are regarded as
possibly significant In addition to the
slip of paper bearing the name of Ger
trude, the detectives believe they have
another article which viii emphasizes
the chance original clue. 4 pen which
was given to photographer Kenthy on
friday, a week ago, by one of The
gypsy girls under arrest at that time
| ana which she says was wrapped in the
paper Wsnen she found it in the horse
bazaar, was turned over TO the police
tonight, who sent it with the sin of
paper containing the name to New
York.
For some reason Chief Detective Titus
autographed an order to send the slip
Of paper back.S IT is sugggested that he
may have done this to let the teacher
who instructed Gertrude Mccormick at
SCHOOL have a chance to identify the
writing which the little girl herself AL
ready has identified. A tracing was
made of the writing on the slip of paper.
IN New York v 1t wass sent there
first BY PhotogI 20 :. Kenthy, and it is
said that Gertrude teacher almost
positively identified the figures on the
reverse side as portion of an arith-
fnetical example which she gave the
child to work
1t was reported tonight that another
significant incident was said to have
been unSarthed by the detectives which
may have some relation to the case.
This was to the effect that late Friday
night, while the two gypsy girls We're
at the house OF detention. an uncle Of
theirs went to a telegraph Office and
sent a long dispatch to some point in
New Jersey. The gypsy waited two
hours for a reply. and boy who saw
the answer is said TO have told the de-
.tecIive that il read: Impossible. You
must wait a WHILE" What the ques-
ton asked in the dispatch was is now
Worrying the detect ives
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-29
WEARING DOWN THE BOERS
KITCHENER CONTINUES HIS
81 OLD TACTICS.
Lager of Forty-fve Men Captured
by Colonel Plumer-Includes
Noted Engineer.

London. April 29.-Lord Bd schener con-
tinues the process of wearing down the
Beers, who however, are very active ia
the Kreorstat7t district, who're they re-
Gently deraAed two trains and Also cap
tpred. after a. seVeFe fight. twenty-five
men of the Prince of Wales ii9int horse
whom they stripped Of thsfr horses and
ColoneF PTlzTner,s f,lree captured a small
iaager Of forty-five men Including the
notorious TraigSvaal state engineer
MuascE, who slammed the destruction Of
the JohannesbiIrg mines in the spring of
last year ard bis father s,--t-s-.f
Mr CbEnln3ags. who Is Visiting Durham
on behalf OF the Canadian government IS
fal,orabls Impressed with the trading pos
SlDilitles between .Canada and Nafal
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-29
BACK FROM ALASKA. :
Jacob Rush Brings News From the
North. ~

Port Townsend. wash, April 2s-Ja-
cob Rush, who has spent THREE years
in Alaska, returned from Valdes on the
steamship Senator today. Just before
sailing from Vaides for Juneau Mr.
Rush says a fourier arrived a Naldes
from Sunrise City. stating that a snow
slide mad occurred at that place on
Aptil -, and twenty or more lives were
lost and a number of houses buried be-
meath snow and ice. 5he corier left
Sunrise shortly after the slide oc-
CURED, and could not give fun par
dcuiars. He says Valdes is crowded
with idle mefs, who are anxiousIy await
ing the 1encenaent of work on the
government trail to the interior. He re-
ports that the hospital is full Of SICK
s-aeI1 ~ - e.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-29

emf or the Magnetic Telegraph COM
penY. a line extending from New york
10 washington, at the same time retain-
ing his eeTlnectien with the Atlantic Il
Ohio company.
lie entered the service of the Western
y mon Telegraph company in 1850, where
be remained until 1889. when he was
appointed United States consul at Dun
ferInlle, Scotland. through the influence
OF Andrew Carnegie, who. as a boy, had
served as messenger and telegraph
operator under Mr.. Reid at Pittsburg.
lie relinduished this Office in 1897. The
statue of Professor Morse in Central
park. -tnls city, was erected by the tele-
graph fraternity through the efforts OF
Ny. Reid.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-29
KNIGHFs WoN,T sEeEDE.
General Canadian Says There's No
Pythian Dissension.

mander- in-Chief James H carnahan OF
the Uniform Rank Of knights cf Pythias
said tonight that a secession from the SUI
prenae lodge hy. the Uniformed Rank is
utterly smpossibIe. He SEATED that the
runrof had its origin IN a repor1 of i
dis trlct meeting held III Cleveland, @.
last February
Eayiy in MAY General Ca~aalsar win
go on a tour OF inspection of the various
Uniform Ranks of thu country. aud IA Is
IN the year Viii arrive in SaH + Francisco
TO ma ke dlFaIagemealts with a. number of
2tnsr slinrerne officers for tae national
et7nyentiofl, and Sencarnrrnent. OF the Uni-
form tank the7lattes- numbering nearly
60.C5o men.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-29
I FOUL PLAY FEARED.
Farmer Missing and Companion
50 Arrested

ny, a young Warmer of. JeweI county, has
been missing since last August. and It is
feared that he has beer. murdered IIeslsy.
f'resgnan, aged %. is in iail at Wichita
pelfutng an investigation OF the 'circu1n-
stances surroundfng Kenny-s disappear
ance Is efl11y was last seen alive near
belott, KAN. travelling with Freeman,
and the latter Is known TO have driven
and sold Kenny outfit. The case In a
Wy rrvals that OF Gilbert Csates5 who
stieifteify disappeared while travelling IN
Kansas more than twenty years ago and
lot Wnose murder Alexander ,gestSr4 an
octogene'T-aIsss Was tried and acquitted last
year
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-29

A. T. Watts was arrested yesrer1av
by Special Officer NJ AZ Fenrin FOR dis
charging firearms in The city limits.
According 10 Officsr Esekrifl, Watts has
been in the habit OF going up City
the brick tank of the waterworkss and
shooting at a target. The officer claims
to have warned Watts several times.
but the latter has paid no attention to
him. lFehrfn lay in wait for his annan
yesterday. and when the shooting COM
nenced arrested him and brought the
prisoner to the station. Watts gave
bail for his appearance before the police
justice today
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-29
BANK OFFICERS 1ABBE6
Charged With Fraudulently Receiv-
ing Deposits.

Seattle. Wash. AprT s2S,-Frank OLE
son, cashier. and j. S. Stangroom
'boot1keeper Of the defunct Scandinav4
taB-American bank of New Whatcona
We're today arrested on warrants
charging them with receiving deposits
after. the failure of that institution.
-Oleson was arrested here and Stan
groom at Whatcom Stangroona is
now exchange teller of q Seattle bank
ana lives here. Oleson was formerly
secretary of the board of public works
here and a prominent politician and
newspaper man. He says the arrests
are the result of az mistake and that
the receiver of the bank has acted
hastily. D
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-29
MORE OIL GUsHERs.
New Wells Shot in Beaumont Dis
.trist

Beaumont, Tex April 2S.--Two moro oil
sdshers We're brought in here today, The
first is on what IS known as the iiadys
City property. Il was permitted TO spout
ing itself the equal OF any of he others.
the valve, which had been Previously
arranged, was closed and the How
stopped. N
The runfor that parties acting for the
Standard OIL company have purchased the
pany is fully beli6yeg- here. There are
5000 acres in the tract and the price, ac-
cording TO reports, was IS tn acre. MAX
ing the transaction one of S759,009. THIS
sale does not include the wharf frOIrta sc
at Port Arthur haFbor. Thousands Of
Visitors are here TO-DAY to view the oil
wells While an immense crowd was at
the railroad station waiting FOR outgoing
trains. white man and a negro cot
into an alteration ana the negro was
shot four times. lie viii die.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-29
FAILING ar cINcrNNArI.
Ohio River Still Continues to Go
Down.

Cincinnati, O., April 2S.-The Ohio
river has continued falling siowls. since
yesterday. The weather bureau says
it viii be below the danger line of fifty
feet TOMORROW. Siphon pumps were
clearing the cellars today. where water
has receded- Navigation, including
many. sightseeing excursions, was re-
sumed today. and the railways viii al
be using their regular stations toTnor-
roy Down the river, on the opposite
shore and on the Indiana side. the indi-
cations are reported as very bad There
is danger of the channel being changed,
owing to the water taking another
course IN the overflow.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-29
{ NEW LABOR BODY.
Chicago Building Trades League
Organized.

Chicago, April S.-Arbitration aof al
disputes and opposition, to sympathetic
strikes are the fotndatfon principles of a
new central labor body, TO be known as
the Chicago Building Trades league,
which was Organized here Tonight The
new organization is backed by fifteen OF
ing industry, representing 5000 working
men.
An effort BY officers Of the National
Building Trades Council to get control
OF the meeting and organize the new body
a. branch of the national, met defeat
referendum uote will however, be
new central body will affiliate with the
national Organization. As tonigsht's action
is in accordance with the agreements rel
Gently made with Contractors it spresages
peace in. local labor circles for some time
to conc. ~ go S go
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-29
BANK BREAKS.
Rhode Island Institution Goes to
the Wall.

TIC " an
Feestcrly. r. T.. Asrn 2S.-The NIechaa-
les savings bank Of this city viii nor
open for busipess tomorrow. Late this
AFTERNOON the notice was posted;
The trustees of The Mechanics Savings
Daiik- owing to the doubtful value Of the
pstnks assets, have decided that il is for
the best interests 81 the depositors that
mas aireadT been taken looking 20 this
resi IT, Peudlrg tae granting OF authority
az money viii be received. or paid out
ifhis action came as a great surprise 10
me town. stnd great EXCITEMENT prevails
among euab deuositoTs The estimates
mount Of deposits Is something less than
81 W0tVo. the securities on their face value
sfEnet1ipg less than S1O.1gO.000 and the.
I9irnoer OF gepositors ABOUT 200. Many OF
which are understood 20 have decreased
in WAC yer hv vear
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-29
GREAT DAMAGE BY FLOOD
INDIANA AND KENTUCKY
FARMERS LOSE HEAVILY.
Four Hundred Thousand Acres of
Wheat and Great Quantity of
Corn Destroyed.

Evansville. Ind, sApriI 2S.-The river
registers 42-4 feet tonight. and win be
failing before morning. The greatest
da mage IN tlais region is to farmers. 1t
is estimated that 100000 acres OF wheat
between this city and Padacah, KY,
ara destroyeds The loss to houses is
100000. Over 500, 900 bushels of corn
were destroyed in the crib. The luna-
bermen along Green river estimate their
loss at 100000 5-s
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-29
CROWD AT BUFFALO.
Big Attendance at Exposition Yes
terdav

Buffalo. y. Y. April 2S-roday's at
tendance at the Pan1Asaerscan EXPOSE
ton was very large Fully 90.O09 persons
passed through the gates, aboutf IS per
cent OF them paying tor admission AL
though the exposition Is still far from
complete. everyone seemed satisfied with
wbs- there was TO see.
The managers Of the Exposition had
been working for an unique distinctiOn-
that OF having all things in readiness for
the opening day, and had Il not been for4
the storm their HOPE would have. 20
doubt. been fulfllei. AS IL IS the sand
paper finish the ma IA geHlaEt has sstrfvsn
Tor cannot be accomplished by May J.
An event or the opening day. next Wesis
neSday. wTif ID the flight. Of 1e8 carrier
pigeons carrying the news Of the opening
OF the exposition
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-29
yellow Fever "a steamer. !

Victoria B. c., April 2S.H III s.
Condor. whose arrival naval suthori-
ties have been looking for for two
weeks past, reached quarantine to-
night It is reported that there is yell
low fever on board. but as she has not
yet communicated with the shore, the
report cannot be verified.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-29
HORSES NOT INooULATED.
Report That They Were Given
Chambers is Denied.

N*ashlngtoaS April 2S.-The department
of agriculture has received 40 infoqIna-
ton bearing on the reports that hav,
been circulIsed 10 England charging Boer
erfllSSar les. With inocuiating nerses
shipped 10 South Africa with Rganders ard
other nIalaoies.s Secretary Wilson places
no, creuence in The story, He says. how
ever. that It is possible il might have
been done, propably by holsters or Other
81 tesieaf.ts aboard chip if at allaafThere
mas been no examination Of the horse
shipments by the department. represent a
tNes, as. the English agents never have
requested such inspection.