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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-13
DELEGATES FAVOR GAGE.

San Francisco. Cal. Aug. 12.-Primary
elections were held IN most of the coun-
ties % the state today TO elect delegates
70 the Republican and Democratic state
and congressional conventions
Owing To A fractional fight. there was
much interest in the Republican contest
md a heavy vote was polied. But little
interest was taken in the Democratic con-
test.
Returns at D. m. indicate that the
regular Republican organization tlckst
VS. generally Successful and d majority
Of the delegates elected favor the re-
Nomination OF Governor H T. Gaze
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-13

Grand Exalted Ruler, George P. cronk, Omaha
William Brock KENTUCKY
Grand snned Loyal a H Plcksnz, Denver
Grand Lectung Knight J E. Fzsnnings, Anderson
India
Grand Secretary, G.. Reynolds Saginaw, Michigan
nd Treasu S. Buffalo, New York
Trusts J.. Massachusetts
Grand TYLER, W. fman New Jersey
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s,45-BunaIo BilPs parade.
e:3O-Elks' great parade.
D m.-Session of Elks grand lodge
Bills Wild West exhlbltonEagntn south ana
Fourth
sip -3a scntest Al --f@
Bills Wild West exhibition. r ~
salt Lake Theatre@Corianton"
Grand Theatre and Peasant"
saltP aIace vaudeville
IdersP Park dancing.
Satar Lagoon.
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CRONK CHOSEN LEADER OF
ELkS WITHOUT OPPOSITION
OnIy One Fight Was Made in the Election of Grand
Officers Held Yesterday.
Saratoga Springs Unwilling to concede Claims of Baltimore
Putting Up interesting Contest For Next Convention.

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oFF1cERs OF THE GRAND LODGE
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-08-13
AUSPICIOUS OPENING OF
ELKS' GRAND CONVENTION
Interesting Ceremonies in Mammoth tabernacle
Were Witnessed by Thousands.
MAGNIFICENT Addresses by Judge Powers and Exalted Ruler Pickett
-Utsh's Governor Speaks CHEEKY Welcome.

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PROGRAMME FOR TODAY.
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e. Pickett,s Address.

charles T. Pickett grand eSaised
-,,ssr was then introduced By Judge
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TIE sETALS.

r,l-sr seEr. per ounce.
Conner 10 per pound. New York tii51l
,o ylle Per 100 hounds
cad. $50 per 100 pounds; New York. I
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The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08
CENTER OF AGNoSTIcIsM.
KANSAS CITY the Point aud rev. J..
E. Roberts 10 Assume Robert
Ingersolrs Mantle.

Kansas City, Mo, Feb. 3.-knnsas
City Is 20 be the center OF agnosti-
cism of the world aud Rev. J. T.. Rob
erts, pastor Of the Church Of This
World, Of this city. is 10 be its head
and assume the mantle of Col. Robert
G. IngersoIl, II the plans Of the trus-
tees Of the organization here are sue.
cessful. The trustees have decided to
expand the local church so that ag-
nostics all over the world will be in
Guided in It's membership, and Dr.
Roberts is 10 be sent 20 every part
Of the United States 10 deliver lee.
lures and to organize churches. Dr.
Roberts will. it is stated, have an I'M
limited amount Of money behind him
and have full power to organize
churches everywhere in this country
| DR.. Roberts, who was a close person.
al friend Of Col fngersoll, has been
ot the head of the Church Of This
World for the past five years.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08
A SECOND OPERATION.
Gen. Funston ARnin subjected Ia the
Surgeons Knife NJ scarrItt's
Hospital, kansas city.

Kansas City, Mo. Feb. 3.--Gen.
Frederick Funston. was, Monday,
subjected to the surgeons knife. The
operation was performed at Sear-
ritts hospital, under cidirection of
Dir. +. +. Robinson. of this city, with
whom the general had Been in corre-
spondcncc since his landing az San
Francisco from Manila, n month ago.
After Gen. Funston had arrived
here from the west. last week, and
had sought consultation with DR.
Robinson, il was stated that another
operation would not be necessary.
Within day or so, however, the
wound Of the original operation for
appendicitis had not healed as The
physicians believed IL should, and the
second operation was decided upon.
Before the operation was performed
DIR. Robinson said it would prove n
slight affair Later he stated that
the general had undergone the ordeal
in "A satisfactory manner, and that
he believed the outcome woulG he
what had been desired. II would be
necessary, however, for the patient
10 remain nj the hospital for proba
bly, two weeks.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08
FOREIGN.

The shortage in the Havana postal
account of Nicely is declared TO be $780,
COL.
Ten missing marines of a party ex-
ploring Samar, in the Philippines,
we're found in a starving condition
and delirious, and several OF them
were likely 10 die.
santos-Dumont made two success
fulexcursions over the Mediterranean
sea at Monte Carlo with his airship.
The emperor of Germany celebrated
his birthday by giving names to num-
Der of his regiments and holding a
public levee at the palace.
The Holland government has made
a friendly offer to Great Britain to
act as diplomatic agent for the Beers
in negotiating peace terms and Eng
land is disposed to consider the ten
der.
Hollands move 20 end the Boer war
is said to have been made on her OWE
responsibility and In the name Of hu'
msnity.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08
A BLAST FROM THE BENCH.
at nrihe GtNers aud Takers
~ - Louis.

ST Louis. Fch. a=rho February
grand iUr, was immucird. Monday
morning. bA Circuit 1adge RYAN and
was charged by him TO continue the
bribery investigation m The follow
ing strong language.
The work and report ~ the last
grand jury revealed appalling ean-
ditions touching bribery of public Of
tieials
Those revelations indicate that
men in high position n The social
life and commercial activities of this
community have, in their endea,or -
secure public franchises for private
gain. NOT hesItatcd IN bride members
Of The municipal assembly Ia hctray
the public interests aud welfare they
were elected to protect
.Ne graver danger exists in our
midst than this infamous method of
robhiug the people by corrupting
their trusted representatives. u i Il
menace To our civic and political
life 1t is anarchy. for 1t strikes an
iusiaious and deadly blow at govern
meut
The higher the position Of the per
SONS who hrihc, or are hribrd, the
greater their moral rssponsibilty,bcz
cause the more potent for evil il
their wicked example but ia all who
SO offend, be they high cor low, pow
crfal or humble, there should he
meted out certain. swift mud severe
punishment"
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08
IDENTITY OF A SUICIDE.
She Proves to Have Been the Widow
of Col. Hammond Moore, of
- sew York city.

San Francisco, Feb. 3.--f'he identi-
~ Of "A middle-aged, richly-dressed
woman who committed suicide in
Stockton, ON Friday night, has been
established by friends in this city
She was Mrs. Hammond Moore. oi
New York city, the widow Of Col
Hammond Moore, an officer of the
confederate army, who settled in New
York shortly after the civil war. She
came TO San Francisco from Guate-
Inala, last May. in the course of q
tour around the world, which she
began three years ago and which had
lust been concluded. The cause OF
her suicide Is unknown.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08
A WEEKS RECORD
All the News Of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
ssIONAL.

An animated and prolonged discussion
was precipitated In the senate on the 9th
over the right Of army officers to criticise
utterances made In the senate or else
where on the conduct of affairs in the
Philippines. Gen. Wheaton was taken
sharply to task Tor statements attributed
to him in dispatches from Manila. THE
house passed a bill to provide for the com
pulsory attendance Of witnesses before
registers and receivers OF the general land
Office. bill was introduced providing for
coinage of 2h-cent pieces to meet de-
mands for small change. A bill to appro-
pirate 100000 for establishing homes for
the teaching Of articulate speech to deaf
children WAS defeated. Adjourned until
Wednesday.
Senator Nelson's bill creating a depart
ment Of commerce was passed In the sen.
ate on the 2Sth and the Philippine meas
ure was debated. Senator Hoar reported
favorably his bill increasing the salaries
of federal judges and senators and repre-
sentatives. \ substitute for the Nicaragua
bill was introduced which authorizes the
president TO choose between the Panama
ard the Nicaragua routes. s...The house
committee on commerce reported in favor
Of government construction operation and
maintenance of Pacific cable
In the senate on the 29th discussion Of
Philippine affairs and that portion of the
tiations Of reciprocity treaties occupied
the time. In the house bills were re-
ported for permanent census bureau,
10 prevent the false branding or marking
Of food and dairy products by providing
heavy penalties, TO punish anarchy. and
granting a pension of S25 per month to the
last surviving soldier of the war Of 1872,
Hiram Crok, of Oneida county, n. Y,
aged 102 years. The republican members
Of the ways and means committee voted
unanimously for the repeal of all the war
taxes.
On the 30th bills were passed in the sem
ate approprlating Sl50.000 for improving
the public building at Springfield. H.. and
granting to the state of Wyoming 80. 600
acres of lard 70 aid the state soldiers and
sailors home. joint resolution was
adopted respecting the succession of the
presidency in case the president-elect
should die between the time of his cleo
ton and the date of his inauguration....In In
the house the bill for the creation Of per-
manent census bureau was passed and the
ways and means committee reported a bill
repeating all that remains of the Spanish
war tax.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08
Personal AND POLITICAL.

The New Jersey legislature has elect
ed John F. Dryden (rep), of Newark,
United States senator.
Rear Admiral Lewis a. Kimberly,
distinguished for bravery during war
and in a hurricane at Samoa, died at
West Newton, Mass.
Mrs. Elizabeth Shoemaker died in
Monmouth, H., aged 100 years and TWO
months.
Byron Terrill, the last of the famous
stage drivers of Kansas, died at Gueda
Springs.
Charles f. Pearce. who represented
St. Louis district in the Fifty-ffth
and Fifty-sixth congresses, died in st.
Louis.
Rev. DR.. A. B. Miller, for Al years
president of Waynesburg college
died of paralysis at Waynesburg, Pa
Ex-Congressman Charles +. Spragae
Of Massachusetts,. died a. sanitari-
um in Providence. r. I.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08

The Washington CORES pondent of a
London paper declares England went
further than mere diplomatic friend
ship in preventing European inter
vention in the Spanish war.
The Pioneer Limited, of the Chicago.
Milwaukee g. st. Paul road ran into two
street cars at the West Chicago avenue
grade crossing in Chicago Twelve
persons were injured, one of whom
may die
Three ex-members of the St. Louis
city council and house of delegates
have been arrested charged with
bribery in connection with street rail.
way legislation.
Six persons were killed. over hun
dred were injured and a property loss
Of over S1000.000 was caused by an ex-
plosion at the Park avenue shaft Of
the New York Rapid Transit tunnel.
The Murray Hill hotel is so badly
shaken that it has been abandoned as
unsafe.
At Branehville, s. c., robbers terri.
fed the passengers on train, stole
two safes, loaded them on wagons and
disappeared, the attack being made
at seven o'clock in the evening.
Joseph Calvin, lately from Carmi,
H., and a young son and daughter OF
Cleve Smith were drowned while skat-
ing near Alki, Wash.
dispatch from Washington to the
New York Herald says that President
Roosevelt will decide Rear Admiral
sehley's appeal adversely to Schley.
The United States supreme court
heard arguments in the case Of the
state of Minnesota against the North
ern Securities company on the mat
ter of jurisdiction. and took the pleas
under advisement.
The mine workers convention voted
to levy an assessment on all members
OF the organization ''to carry to a
speedy and successful termination" all
pending strikes.
Gov. Mclean. of Connecticut, may
succeed Secretary Long.
Ten lives were lost in a tenement
IRE in Boston and several persons were
Injured by jumping from windows.
Five hundred persons, many in scant
attire, fled from 4 Gre in the Lindell
hotel in st. Louis, with the thermom-
e'er near 10 zero. The building was
only Slightly damaged.
The Platte Valley state bank at
beliwood, Neb.. closed its doors.
The United Nine Workers in session
al Indianapolis adopted new scale
providing for q general advance OF ter
Per cent for bituminous mining.
Prison guards At South McAlester,
l l., prevented the escape % is2 con
nets by firing upon them and two we're
mot aud the restxurrendeTed.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08
GREAT EASTERN STORMS.
New York and Pennsylvania Swept
By the Worst Storms of
the Winter.
SEVERAL WRECKS ALONG The COAST.
Heavy snow BlockRdes the Roads
and Trnnc Considerably Imned-
ed-MniiS All Lnte-Thc Wind At
taincd Velocity OF aa Miles an
Hour.

New York. Feb. J.-1he strong gale
from the west-northwest. which be
gan early sunday evening. continued
all through the night and Monday
morning. The maximum velocity of
the wind WAS 50 miles an hour, aud at
Q n. m, Monday, the local weather
bureau instrument showed that il
was blowing AT the rate Of 80 miles
an hour. All the nearby marine sta
tions reported the sea rough, and
from different points along the
coast there came news of wrecks and
of vessels ashore. The tugs John +.
Berwind and T. :. Atwood. which
were sent TO the stranded steamer
CaYour, at Long Beach, Sunday, We're
unable to return TO port, and both
sank about eleven miles east of the
Sandy Hook lightship. The crews
were rescued by the German steamer
Barcelona. The tugs left the CaYour
about four o'clock Sunday afternoon,
and within an hour both were in a
sinking condition. The seas broke
over the craft and washed away ev-
erything movable, the water gradual
~ filing the holds until = WAS above
the floor of the fireroom and began
to put out the fires. The Bcrwind's
pilot house was smashed and the wa
ter flooded her freroom.
About $50 o'clock the Barcelona
was seen approaching, and the tugs
steered toward her to ask assistance.
She stopped and made a good lee so
that the tugs were able to run
alongside. \ rope ladder was lowered
and the men from the tugs scrambled
on board. Fourteen men all told were
saved, seven from each tug. Fifteen
minutes after the rescue the Atwood
went down. and some time later the
Berwind disappeared.
Fire Island reported a ship ashore
at Point Lookout and barge in dis
tress near the Forge river life-saying
station The barge was anchored
about two miles off shore and was
rolling badly. Those on shore could
not tell whether there was anyone on
board the barge. The name of the
ship could not be seen from the Point
Lookout station.
Atlantic City reported that an un-
known four-masted schooner went
ashore during tie night on the Brig
antine shoals, near where the Glover
dale grounded Sunday. Fire island
also reported that the beach, five
miles east of the Bellport life-saying
station, was covered with wreckage,
and it was believed that a coal barge
had been lost.
The steamship Cayour, which
stranded, several days ago, off Long
Beach, Long Island, weathered the
gale well, and with the kedge and
lines which she has out, held her po-
sition well. No effort will be made
to pull her off till the weather has
settled.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08
1'ELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

William T. Wilkins, president of
the Sentcr Commission Co, st. Louis,
is dead
Charles a. Gilbert. aged SO, fell
down an elevator hatchway, at st.
Louis, and was seriously injured.
Father Coirey, the ST Louis re-
former priest, delivered a malcdic-
tory sermon. Sunday. ON political
bosses, their creed and practices.
An oil prospecting company, with
4 capital of Si.0oo,ooo, has been or
ganized at Joplin, Mo.
George 4. Baker, president of the
Continental national bank, ST. Louis,
is dangerously i'll from pneumonia.
Clarence, Mo, was visited by fire,
Sunday night, the opera house being
lost and several stores burned or
badly damaged.
Prince Henry left Berlin Sunday,
for Kiel, and probably will not re-
turn before starting 10 the United
States.
While in Boston Prince Henry of
Prussia will visit Mrs. John l.. Gard.
ner's Venetian palace on the Fen
way.
Ben Masterson, emuating Carrie
Nation, smashed two drug stores Mt
Cedar City, No, with a hatehet, aud
caused riot.
Gnatamala probably will sign the
treaty of peace entered into by the
presidents of the Central American
republics.
William X. Walther, secretary Of
the German Mutual Fire Co., st.
Louis, died suddenly at his home,
| Sunday.
Fire at Waterbury, Conn, wiped
out large section of the business
part Of the city. II is estimated that
the loss will reach 81 100000.
Holland will remodel her offer to
Great Britain to seek a termination
Of the Boer war. Rudyard Kipling
says no amnesty should be granted
rebels.
A mine horror occurred in one Of
the Huntington mines at Hondo, Mex
leo, 20 miles southwest Of Eagle Pass,
Tex. II is believed more than 100
lives were lost.
Cornelius NJ. Leek, one Of the best
known newspaper men Of Illinois.
died, Sunday. from consumption. He
was born in Brooklyn, y. y, in 1910.
The pastors of nearly all the
churches in Butler, Pa, In their ser
mons, Sunday, referred to the sen
sational capture of Mrs. Kate Soffel
and John and Edward Biddle. The
two latter died in the county Jail Sat
urday night.
Miss Helen Hays marriage TO Mr..
Payne Whitney next Thursday will
be the leading wedding event Of the
season at Washington.
Armourdale, a suburb Of Kansas
City, is terrorized by runaway wolf.
1t escaped from a cage in the gro.
cery store Of Charles Schreck.
A small son Of 7. y. Dobbs, Of
Hartyille, Mo. fell into the fireplace
and was burned to death before as
sistance could be rendered
The seYerest epidemic Of la grippe
that ever visited that section has pre-
vailed AT Texarkana. Ark, and yicini-
| Is, since December ]. The disease
has been most malignant. the fatal
itY averaging 20 per cent.
I
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08
namngc d, lIish WIND.

Philadelphia. Feb. But little
snow has fallen in this section Of the
state during the last "a hours, but
high wind has done considerable
damage Il telegraph aud telephone
wires Reports frem the coal regions
state that the cold is intense. ia
many places the mercury having fall
en- 80 degrees in L. hours.
Only one serious disaster TO ship
ping had been reported 10 the mari
time exchange from the life-sa,ing
stations between the Delaware break
water and RarneFat mp To ten o'clock
Monday morning This was the
grounding ON Brigantine shoals near
Atlantic City. of an unknown four
masted schoonerwhich went aground
during the night near the big steam
ship Cloperdale. Barnegat reports
that an unknown fiNc-masted schoon-
er.with all sails torn away except the
iib. passed that station Monday
morning bound north. The wind AT
the Delaware breakwater. which
reached IA velocity of nearly fifty
miles an hour Sunday night, had fall
en- to 33 miles an hour at nine o'clock
Monday morning
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08

piusbure. Pa. Feb J-fhc r..
mains of Edward aud John Blddle.
the dead bandits. arrived at the Pitts.
burg q Western railroad station
shortly after eight o'clock Monday
morning. and were n once taken T.
The rittsbWg moreae I'm spite Of
the Intense cold and the comparative
IN eaflN hour of their arrival, hun
drcds of persons gathered IN the
waiting room boy 80. aud hy The
time thc train arrived the crowd Ind
increased 10 thousand or more.
IN Unsccmiy scramble.
When the train drew iu, there was
a rough scramble Ia get 10 Tho plat.
form of the depot during which seK.
crnl were bruised bY being crushed
against the side of the stairway The
rcmnins were in rough boxes ii
charge of Detectives Roach and
Swiuehart. who were accompanied BY
Deputy sheriff iloou. Constable
AARON Thompson aud j. Holiday, ot
Butler The morgue wagon was
Whiting aud the bodics were quickly
driven to the morgue for identified.
hon. An immense crowd soon gath
erred but a largc detail 81 police pre-
vented them from entering the build
ur
brother wiz Hurry Them.
The rcmains Of the murderers were
turned over at II O'Clock 10 THEN
brother Harry Iiddle. who will see
that they receive proper interment
n the south Side cemetery The
funeral viii lac conducted as private
ly aa possible. and Rev Father Swee.
ncy, the priest who rendered spiritn-
M advice to the Biddlcs while they
were ia the pitisburg jail, will con.
duct the services.
The woman In the caHe.
| Dispatches from the Butler hos
pital report Mrs. Soffel's condition as
unchanged While II is believed she
will gct well, the danger L. not
passed. and on nccount Of this un-
certainty in her condition, nothing Is
being done in the way Of prcpara-
tions for her removal TO Pittsburg.
If she lived. in addition 10 answering
TO the charge Of aiding prisoners 10
escape she will he confronted by
charges of furnishing the Biddles
with firearms and aiding the feloni-
GUS assault upon the Jail guards and
the officers who effected the capture
In Butler
Preparing for Defense.
Mrs. Sonel is already taking steps
to defend herself, and has written to
a prominent Pittsbtrg lawyer 10 en-
gage his services. Her father Is said
20 be quite well-to-do, and as her
parents are relenting, she hopes to
receive aid from them.
The prison board Is satisfied Mrs.
soTel had assistance within the pris-
on walls, and before the Biddle incl
dent Is finally closed, 1t is probable
there will be an almost entirely new
| force Of attaches at the jail
Tho county authorities do not be
licye the Biddles' dying statement i'm
plieating Jennie Seebers IN the Kasl-
ney murder, and 1t is rot likely any
action viii be taken by them.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08
BiddIe Brothers Dead.

Butter, Pa. Feb. ed and Jack
Fiddle, the condemned murderers
who escaped from the Pittsburg (ra.)
iail with the assistance OF the war
dep's wife. Mrs. Sofgel, died Saturday
night, az fofeshadowsd,
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08

London, Feb. 3.--Forty lives are re-
ported TO have been lost In ship
wrecks on the Italian coasts. Several
persons have been killed by ava
lapehes in Italy. Rivers there have
overhowed their banks, a score of
bridges have been broken and many
towns are blockaded by the snow.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08
The Worst of the Season.

Newark, y. Y, Feb. 3.-The worst
storm of the season is raging in
Wayne county. At a. N. it was
four degrees above zero. Trains on
the New York Central, West Shore
and Pennsylvania roads are delayed
and all country roads are blocked.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08
oI4Iahoma.s school Enumeration.

Guthrie, Okla, Feb. 3.-The new
school enumeration Of Oklahoma ter
ritory, just completed, shows the
number Of school children in the ter
ritory 10 be 1909, a gain Of 1925
for the year The receipts from
rental Of territorial school lands for
the past six months were s135,s25.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1902-02-08
p.e.en, for Allee Roosevelt.

Berlin. Feb. "a gold jewel case,
studded with diamonds and bearing
the portrait Of Emperor William, IS
10 be the kalser's launching gift 10
Miss Alice Roosevelt, daughter Of the
president of tine United States. The
emperor's portrait will cover the cen
ter Of the lid IN enamel