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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-07-03
DUKES LIFE NOTORIOUS.
Commercial street Women and High
Rolling His Weakness for Years.

While friends OF Harry Duke will pro-
foundy regret the unfortunate condi-
tion In which he finds himself In the
bank scandal, they win not be greatly
surprised after all-that is they viii
say. and are saying that the life he has
been leading could only. have one end
ing, That sooner or later he would be
caught by his own habits and crushed
by the train OF consequences that In.
evitably follows In the wake OF dual
career.
For the past 10 years Harry Duke has
gone at a pace that has been entirely
too fast for most OF his friends made
before that time; and Harry had lots OF
friends He had them on every hand.
II Ia quite natural that he should have
them, for he was In very deed, good
fellow" In business circles he was well
known and trusted. In social affairs he
was popular and pleasing In the realm
Of sports he was ever at the head OF
the procession. In the old days OF the
Red Stockings and Deseret baseball
teams Harry Duke was not only an en-
thuslast but one OF the best players on
the diamond. He never lost his love for
the sport. Whenever and wherever
there was game that Harry could at.
tend he would be there In the midst OF
the fans enjoying himself as only
man OF his traits could. When Il came
TO horse racing he was still more en-
thusiastic lie was never afraid to back
his favorlte for substantial amounts
Sometimes he won, sometimes he lost
More frequently the latter. But he was
a dead game sport and rarely lost his
nerve. The fact that he came out win
a lighter purse al the end OF a race
meet than he went In no way deferred
him from trying again.
But II was not the races or baseball,
singly or In conjunction. that brought
Harry to where he is. He had other
habits that were much worse. His Fad.
mes for gambling has been long known,
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QUESTION or BOMBS.
Elks Raise Money for Robertson =
sureties VIII Qualify Monday.

1t was said on good authority this
Afternoon that Robertson had sureties
for his bond, but that there would be
no qualification Of bondsmen until
Monday, when the preliminary hearing
Will be had At that time II would be
necessary for the bondsmen to re-qual-
ify, and there would have to be d re-
newal Of the bond. so 1t is said that
Robertson will be allowed to remain 10
Jail until the hearing, when the bonds
will be presented.
At the Elks' meeting last night IN
their new club house on State street, Il
is said that $4,000 was raised for Rob-
ertson's bond, but that when IL became
known that each subscriber would be
responsible for the whole amount II
was decided TO let the matter go over
until today.
NJ. Il. Mulvey started the movement
for getting their erring brother out Of
confinement, He spoke a few words
pcturing the beauty OF the occasion OF
opening the new club house, and said
that Robertson should be there enjoy
Ing II with them He then suggested
that bond be started and said that
he would put his name down for $1,000.
There were plenty OF other subscribe
ers. NJ. j. Kennedy followed at Cnce
with an offer of 5000, Brick" Geary
said he would go down for 81 900, and
w. j. Barnett went on record for $500.
County Attorney Christensen, who was
present, was asked II 1t would be pos
sible to get Robertson out that same
evening and he replying In the aflirma-
tive, a list was started to which num-
Der OF signatures We're affixed. Juft.ci
Nelson was sent for. and the signing
went merrily on. Among those who
put their names down and the amounts
they stood good for were r. c. Wilson,
$4,000; Frank r. Wilson, $1,000: j. EN
sensperger, $1,000; NJ A. and d. d.
Ransohoff. 81 600 Il. w, Kelly, S50O.and
many others. There were about 70
names In all.
When Justice Nielsen arrived the
men were confronted with the startling
information that each slgner of the
bond would be responsible for the en-
tire $4,000 A perceptible chill struck
the bond movement, and II was decided
to let the matter go over.
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CLosETED WITH MEN.
Cashier Dooly Spends a Half Hour
With His Erstwhile Assistants.

Two important conferences with the
two prisoners were held today at the
county Jail Shortly before noon, Mr.
Dooly and Detective Thacker went
down together. Mr.. Dooly went up
stairs to hold conference with the
men, and Mr.. Thacker remained down
stairs and waited for him. Mr.. Dooly
was gone about half an hour, and In
that time he talked with the two men
separately, not being permitted TO see
them together.
This afternoon Attorney Lippman
and Detective Tbacker were closeted
with Robertson for long time. They
were trying to get the facts Of the case,
Llppman for his defense OF the accused
teller and Thacker TO find out Just who
else is implicated In the affair. The
result Of the conference Is not known,
but II is practically certain that the
sensational features Of the case are
not yet all in.
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Monatt line had been decided upon,
numerous surveys have been made in
the territory that II proposes 10 occu-
py Omong these Is one by the Union
Pacific from Terminus it's spur through
the southwestern part OF Utah TO Cali
entes, Nevada. II Is said the plan is
to extend this branch into Los Angeles.
This could be done and give the Harri-
man system sharp competition with the
San, Pedro. Completion OF such a road
would give the Union Pacific diagonal
line almost free Of any detour. what
ever into the metropolis Of southern
California. II is declared that the whole
scheme behind the Union Pacific plans
comes from the determination Of the
Harrmans 10 make his road long link
In the transportation chain which Is
TO unite European points with those Of
Asia, II Is believed that this dream OF
commercial expansion and railroad SUI
premacy can be attained no other way
than by establishing a route from be-
tween the two great continents through
America.
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FIGHT OF IDAHO REPUBLICANS
Secretary Estate Basse Says is Caused Principally BY the
Younger Element in the Party Which Under Borahs Lead
ership Has Risen in Rebellion Against Shoup.

Secretary of State Jules Bassett. OF
Idaho is guest at the Kenyon today,
having come down TO escort home bis
daughter who has been visiting with
her sister In this city. The secretary
says that the Republican rumpus going
on In his state, In which the old sur
veyor general, L. s. marshal and other
federal stand-bys have been relegated
to the political shelf of late. Is really
fight against ex-senator shoup by
The younger element in the party led
by Borah and other active Republican
politicians. II is the secretary's opin-
ion that the fight is going heavily
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Especial to the News,

New York. July "A New York Com
merclal special from Omaha says 1T
is asserted that the Union Pacific with
its cutoff from Echo TO Salt Lake. Will
stlll be in a position superior to that
OF the Moffatt short line. The route Of
this cutoff has been surveyed and II Is
said to have received the approval Of
L. II. Hartman when he made HE So
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Alexander A. Robertson Is no longer
guest VI the Knutsford. He is pris-
oner At the county jail, ana with him
Is Harry T. Duke. assistant cashier OF
The Wells, Fargo bank The two men
wen arrested late yesterday afternoon.
III. charge is emhezzlement OF 100000,
covering period Of four years.
Last night and today have been dis
nal tr the two men. Both spent the
hatn the custody OF the law and are
all IN that custody. Late last night
Gd all OF today their friends have
kniei every energy to secure bonds
md get the accused men out of the
humiliation of jail incarceration,
But so far they have not succeeded,
Justice Nielsen before whom the two
men we're arralgned fixed the bond last
night at $4,000, This was at the ar
Rinment Of Robertson. This morning
when Duke came up 10 enter his plea,
The justice Of the peace reduced Rob
esOn's bond to $4,000, and placed
Dukes at the same figure.
Difficulty In securing bondsmen Is ex-
rrierced In the fact that when one
signs his name to the bond he is re-
POnsibe for the whole amount Of that
Nnt and not for the part Of 1t that he
tns toralone. This is the Interpretation
which the courts have given to the
statute on bonding prisoner.
We're It not for this, both men would
probably be out OF jail today, and one
q them would never have felt the lg-
lomlny OF a night In the tolls. This Is
Robertson, At the lodge meeting OF
NE Elks last night, his bond was prac-
ucally completed when II was discov-
tret that the man who signed his name
70 the bond for 81, 900 or any amount at
al, was responsible for the whole bond.
halt was called and the matter went
over until today. AMI Robertson slept
a cell al the county jail. IL was
quite change from his game of ping
pong al the Knutsford.
while the reduction In bond this
hoTning was not startlingly large. II is
enough to make difference, and before
hghlfall, II was stated that Robertson
y least would be out OF custody. Dukes
s.lorney, $, II. Lewis, said today to a
news reporter that his client would
70. 70, spend more than one night more in
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VERY QUIET AND COLD FOURTH
That is What Independence Day Promises to be in Salt Lake To-
morrow-Yuetde Weather for Midsummer Occasion

Perhaps the only things that will
serve to distinguish tomorrow as the
Fourth Of July so far as Salt Lake City
is concerned, viii be the red letters on
the calendar and the Yuletide weather
No official program has been prepared,
and II is perhaps well that II was not,
and the likelihood is that II win be one
OF the auietest 4ths ever spent in this
city All signs, including the weather
mans finger points to cola and stormy
DAY tomorrow and under the circum-
stances, II they be such, the people VIA
nave little disposition to stir CT. Of their
houses or away from their comfortable
hresldas. Therefore the day will be
much Ike the last election: there viii
De a large stay-at-home vote. The
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around, and reloaded his rife fron ~.
| chamber. V'' '"e
II had been working for the Capltal
city oyster company, the launch helng
under charter 60 the company 10 earrv
oysters from one bed 10 another en-.
tered the company's house about half
past nine yesterday morning and found
man with gun there backed into line
door leading to the stairs. | suppose5
the boys were playing some prank and
paid no further attention 20 him or Ia
the other men but proceeded 10 eat
breakfast. noticed that the rest If ths
men seemed TO be unusua. y auisf IN
even that did not ca use me M Iorp
around, my mind being on other maj.
ters. AS the other men had been al.
ready apprised Of the conditions thew
We're somewhat uncommunicatlye.
when through breakfast | reached
my hand In my pocket, and then for the
nrst time since / had entered tha
stranger spoke saying Take yond
hands out Of your pockets, captain. YoI
nave a gun there. 1t Is no use for VOID
TO draw It,.
VINO are your I demended, turning
around. Tracy he replied. Then nj.
TER ordering the cook to put him up
lunch he ordered four Of us 10 Tie the
other two men in the party and then 10
proceed to the launch. Arriving al the
launch he helped Us 10 get her under
way, all the time keeping his hands on
his rifle.
We set sail about 10 o'clock and
was his first desire to land ON the beach
near Tacoma. He said that he wanted
TO go as near as he could to McNellrs
island In order TO take shot or two AT
the guards there"
The rest Of Clark's story does not
diner from the accounts sent ont last
night.
NO NEWS FROM sHERIFF's PossEl
Seattle, Wash, July s.-Nothing had
been heard from the posse under Depl
MY Williams since It started ont afteJ
Tracy The launch II and 5 has gonJ
back to Olympia. The posse is headInu
towards WoodenvIle, Washington, as
result of the report that Tracy has been
seen bound in that direction and acting
under the theory that he is bound for
Canada.
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DUKE Is ARRAIGNED.
assistant Cashier Pleads Not Guilty
Bonds at $4,000.

with eyes red and swollen from loss
q sleep, Harry Duke appeared before
susIlce Nielsen at lO.45 this morning,
sal entered a plea OF not guilty. He
,as Drought to the court room by
nspu'y Sheriff Joe Raleigh, and after
= lew nervous words with his counsel,
u. Lewis, announced that he was
'Vauy Tor the arralgnment.
az Lewis waived the reading Of the
synpalnt and entered plea for his
elsht OF not guilty. He then spoke
tTa'hesuy FOR bond lower than $50, 900.
ny argued that, since both Of the
s"us OF the two accused men were to
vac same, that Robertson's should
=, ~ reduced and that Dukes should be
ton's. e a'noui' 40 i'ooe''-
Ma ~ seems TO me that this bond Of $780,
~ u excessive" he said. These men
isn M, vsnarged with having embezzled
49,, ana their bonds combined equal
,rn 49, much. II man was charged with
,avelzIng 300 900, his bond would
49,, oe placed at that amount. II
tmattV. - Z. - 'uiA' way AilOuNu lut
' snouhl Is $4,000 and not $500 900. IL
IA rs, 70 me to be furnishing the men
b,e s,rAe 'neir bond so high. A man is
pro o,e,1's % 10 be innocent until you have
AZ, 49, si nun guilty, and the time to In
t,ooiP unlshment upon him Is after that
fa !, . 70. The object Of a bond is
ia,i puhlsh a man in advance OF his
M s, ou, 10 hold him for trial. and
Ss ', si,sl OF the bond should be made
bns' s ,ulenl to hold him. Il seems
nsi wa us' 10000 would be ample bond
n, Ssh mat II be made that
Ast n, i.'Voibourow. for the state, said
r s ne bond should be made the same
Zen ny, ~. N Rohertson's case II had
pssslE, aeed at $4,000 as half OF the
4opIs elnbezzled. and that Duke
NJ ~ bonded in the same amount.
Tia, holnourow brought out the fact
IN h. .loush the standing OF the men
ihip nv Immunity. II should be no hard
~ mem to secure $4,000 bonds,
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weather man will be held up to public
execration by every budding Washing
ton In the city, but he says he cannot
help II, he has done the best he car,
and that II Is barely possible that his
order for fine weather which he sent In
some time ago win arrive at the eley-
enth hour and then the small boys
tears VIM be turned into rejoicing.
Every one OF the resorts had pre-
pared special features to entertain their
guests and hoping from the light Of
past experience they very justly antlci-
paied heavy patronage, but II the cold
weather fingers over tomorrow the loss
the resorts will suffer is impossible to
compute, but II viii be something large.
A number Of canyon parties had been
planned but Jupiter Pluyius In his
downpourings has likely caused them
all TO be abandoned
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Money for vassar College.

Springfield. Mo. July 3,--Twelye thou
sand dollars, which the late Louise
Fr1sbie formerly a Wall street broker,
willet to Lumas II. Holmes of Spring
field, provided he change his name TO
Frisble, will go instead to Vassar col
lege. Louise Frisbie was Holmes aunt.
In her viii, filed In New York a year
ago, Holmes was given until today to
decide whether he would change his
name TO that Of the donor He an
swers that he viii retain the name of
Holmes.
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Rain Hurts Railways.

Marshalltown Ia, July s.--Railways
suffered much from heavy rains last
night Six hundred feet OF track and a
span OF the bridge at Hicks on the
Great Western were washed out. while
the latter's trains for st. Paul and Chi
cago are held here because Of the wash
outs on the Iowa Central near Abbott.
The Burlington, Cedar Rapids &
Northern lost two bridges, near Cloves
and suffered a bad washout Of tracks
there, The Illinois Central also reports
storm damage.
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against shoup, and his days of polItl-
cal usefulness are in the past tense. Il
Is the seeretary's understanding, how
ever, that Government Assayer Cum
bingham is not to be disturbed, and
the report Of his deoapitatIon was pre-
mature. Maj. Bassett believes the Re-
publican candidate for governor this
fall VIII be Charles l.. Hoffman Of Koo-
tenai county who remained a Repub-
loan stalwart through all the silver
disturbances As to whom the Demo-
Gratis would nominate the major de-
elined to intimate, but was not at all
backward about coming forward in as
sorting that the Democracy would make
a clean sweep OF the state this fall
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Americans Emperorwilliam's Guests

Klel. July 3.-Emperor Williams
guests on the Meteor during the return
race from Eckenfoorde to this port in
cluded r. A. Il. Widener Alison Ar
mour, Clement A. Griscom and c. +.
Robinson, rear commodore Of the New
York Yacht club, the Grand Duke OF
Saxony and Admiral Prince Henry OF
Prussia.
Though the Meteor finished first, the
empress yacht lduna won the first
prize on lime allowance. The Meteor
was second. The British scrooner Cice-
ly gave up the race.
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toi9 OF tne manner Of reading the bids
ana tapulating the same. On cross-ex
animation he said that he did not thlnl
me bids were there in the conyentionl
an the time, but that they were elthe,l
thefe or In Supt. Nelson's office. civ
supt Christensen was calea on behalf
OF defendant also He said - was
not a member of The convention but
that he had no trouble getting In. He
attended several sessions and saw
nothing that indicated secrecy in con.
neotion with the convention.
me defense rested its case and as
there was no rebuttal offered The time
Tor arguments was agreed pm as
given above.
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seawanhaka Trial Races.

Black Rock, Conn, July S.--In spite
OF a heavy rainfall and wind blow
ing about 20 knots an hour from the
southwest, the regatta committee Of the
Bridgeport Yacht club determined this
morning TO have the Seawanhaka trial
races continued today This decision
was endorsed by the shippers OF all
the boats and there Is a general desire
20 have the little craft given a chance
TO show what they can do under heavy
weather conditions.
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Heavy Rain in Michigan.

Grand Rapids, Mich, July IA tre-
mendous downpour OF rain early today
wrought great damage throughout
southwestern Michigan. The fruit crop
suffered tremendous losses Wires are
down TO the northwest where the storm
was most severe and information is
meager All railroads running out Of
Grand Rapids, except the Pere Mar
quette East, are tied up by washouts. A
Grand Rapids and Indiana passenger
train that left here at II o'clock, was
wrecked by washout al Belmont and
the engine and several cars left the
track. The engineer was seriously In
lured
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PREDICTS CUBAN RECIPROCITY

washington,Ju July S.-Chairman Payne
OF the house committee on ways and
means, today conferred with President
Roosevelt in regard to Cuban reel
procity. Upon leaving the executive
quarters. Mr.. Payne, In response TO
questions on the subject, said he was
satisfied that reciprocity with Cuba
would be effected at the next session Of
Congress with the almost unanimous
vote in both houses. The method by
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which this viii be attained, he said
would be by treaty Under ordinary
conditions, he said, a treaty is ratified
by the senate only. but In matters Of
this kind, involving questions OF reve-
nue.. under the Dingley law, the house
under the Constitution has equal Juris-
diotion with the senate
The conference Of Mr. Payne with the
president and his subsequent utter
anees enectually puts an end TO an ex-
ira session talk
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P0STOFFICE FOR CE NTRAL, IDAHO
(speclal 10 The "News.')

WA Il V TTI| sF|W"7
Washington. u. c., July IA post
Office has been established at Central,
Bannock county. Ida, with Andrew
Rosdshl as postmaster.
Ephraim Barnett has been appointed
postmaster at Norton, oneida county,
Ida. vice {. A. Norton, resigned.
Idaho pensions. Original-Dayid c.
Lond, dead. Grangeville, 49,
Observation-Disclosures Roderick, James,
Vile, s.; Alex, Culbertson, Troy, N2.
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ECE1OCUT-OFF RUF1OR RENEWED
Union Pacific, is Said viii Build Through Salt Lake to Head
Off MoffaHs Scheme Of Short Route.

cent tour OF the system While the
Monat party have announced that
they do not enter the field for the pur.
pose Of inviting a conhicrwith any 9th.
er line, the fact remains that should
they hereafter find any occasion to
change their mind and adopt a contrary
policy that they will be able TO make
things Interesting for competing trans.
continental traffic. IL Is stated that
sirn~ n nrst became known that the
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his weakness for women has been
notorious, salt Lake City has not had
a chief Of police in ten years that has
not been aware OF that fact. The OFF,
GERS on the force have always known
It. Sometimes they have had occasion
TO step In, and often the matter has
been brought 10 the point Of being
made public, But the mans friends,
his prominence IN business and pblit-
cal life always combined TO save him
from exposure and disgrace And, then.
no always plead for his wife. the little
woman at home, saying that Il would
break her heart and cost him his posl-
ton. This plea was ever effacious' No
one wanted TO be the cause Of sorfoT
in a home over which too many shad-
ows already hung, no one wanted 10
see him lose his position at the bank,
and SO matters have continued untft
the elimination that has come with
such tremendous consequences.
With Harry, il IL a matter OF lnowl-
edge that women We're his weakness.
Women OF shady reputation ,9ere fire.
quently his associates, or rather he waa
often theirs 1t Is well knokn in police
circles that a member ~ the demi-
monde on Commercial street, who an
swers to the name Of ona Hilton, has
been for a long time as his mistress. II
is known, too, that she has caused him
endless trouble In various ways Before
his infatuation for her there were 9th.
ers. They have followed hlm-pursuet
him. placed him al their mercy, fact
that has doubtless had much to do with
his ultimate downfall.
Harry Duke Ii a Kentuckian by birth,
He has resided In Salt Lake nearly all
OF his life. He Is a cousin Of Judge
Thomas Marshall and Is understood 60
be related to men prominent in the af,
fairs OF Wels-Fargo & 10. For years
Duke was an active Liberal, and as
such was twice elected city treasurer.
After the division on party lines IS
aligned himself with the Democracy,
but subsequently became Republican,
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SECRE AIRY ROOT
TO GOVERNOR TAFT.

Rome, July 3.-Judge William II.
Taft, civil governor OF the Philippine
Islands, today received a long cable
message from Secy. Root. containing
the departments final instructions con-
corning the note relating 10 the dlspo-
sition OF the frlars lands In the Islands
which was drawn up here Tuesday and
this afternoon Major Porter delivered
the note to Cardinal Rampola, the pa
pal secretary of state,
Gov. Taft was gratlfied on learning
from the same message that the Philip
pine civil bill had become a law.