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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-23
OLD LEVEE GIVING WAY
Situation Critical Along the River
in the Vicinity Of Green.
vile, Miss.

Vlcksburg. Miss, March 22.-Omcers Of
the steamer City of ST. Joseph, who
reached here today from Greenyllle, re-
port "a critical state OF affairs along the
lss1Queua county frontier. All along the
line the water Is almost level with the
crown Of the levees and at several points
10 is washing over. New work is slough
ing badly and az Filters "A great cave
has appeared I'm the old levee. Into this
cavity 200 sacks filled with sand nave
been dumped without pcrceuunle erect.
Inspector Dulaney, who IS in charge oil
the work there. has almost decided 90 cut
the old levee al half a dozen places. as
sudden break would be disastrous 10 the
new levee further hack. This cut is Wig
OrOuslv opposed by people living between
the levees and feeling is said TO be run
ming high.
At Duvals and from Brunswick TO GhoL-
ard there is imminent danger at several
points where large forces of labOrers are
working day and night The City of ST
Joseph brought in mbre than a hundred
refugees, men. women and children, from
the Davis and kiger places and VIII go
back soon as discharged for others who
are imperiled by bICkwater.
-Four hundred head Of stock have been
concentrated on the high places at Aus
traIla awaiting removal. but il is feared
that most Of these win be swept away be-
fore a boat can be secured for bringing
them out. On the Louisiana side similar
conditions exist and BE- is said it, will he
Impossible 20 hold the line much longer
The gauge here tonight registers so and
rising and the uuder-the-hill section OF
the city. embracing the wholesale dis
trlCt the railroad shops and compress,
is well covered with water.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-23
WILL ABIDE BY
THE DECISION
Mine Officials Have Little to Say
Upon the Subject.
FIGURING UP BONUS
TIDY LITTLE SUN COMING TO
THE MINERS.
JyyILKEsBARRE, Pa, March o.

VVJILEESBARRE, Pa, March o.
w Local mine officials I'm and about
WiIkesbarre were seen today i'm
reference 20 the mine commission
award. but nearly an declined 10 make
any comment The manner iu which
they express themselves, however
would indicate that they are satisfied,
or at least. willing TO abide by the
findings and carry out its provisions.
An official of the largest corporation
said the award was a practical vim
dicatiOn Of the coal companies, that the
10 Der cent increase and reduction OF
hours to the hreEien was practically
conceded He said that the report and
the review of the coal mining cOndi-
tions will be of great ultimate good:
that violence and bOyc0tts have been
denounced i'm no unmistakable language
and that peace and normal conditions
viii prevail in this region for the next
three years at least.
All the local company officials will
put their clerks at work tomorrow 20
figure up the bonus coming 90 each
employee under the award granting lO
per cent increase of wages earned since
Nov. l.
The Lehigh Valley company has i'm
its employ $4,000 men, and majority
of them viii receive from SO 10 800
each The miners have also made good
wages since the strike ended and will
profit By the award 20 the extent OF
from $40 to $50 each on percentage.
The Susquehauna Coal company was
the only corporation that was not rep
resented before the commission. but
they have agreed To abide by the re-
suit Of the award. They viii pay their
employees the same rate and in the same
manner as all the other companies.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-23
FRENCH ECONOMIST LECTURES ON
THE AMERICAN TRUST PROBLEM

Paris, March 22.-Pierre des Ares,
director Of economic studies at the
Bank of France, delivered "a lecture
last night ON the Americtn trusts. The
assemblage which gathered 90 hear him
included a number of fnanciers and
students Of economies, and was pre-
sided over by NJ. Hausser chief engi-
neer Of the Southwestern railway.
NJ des Arres lectured on an internal
organization of trusts rather than a
discussion Of their merits and dement's,
He based his remarks on the report
of the Industrial commission at Wash
ington and took as the nearest French
analogy TO the American combinations
the Compton de LOngey, which controls
the iron mines and furnaces In east
eru France, and pointed out that this
concern had not yet exercised amy
detrimental influence on the iron indus
try. He noted the fact that the Amer
lean trusts had grown up contempora-
neously with the protective system, and
said that the international Marine COM
pany was not a harmful organization.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-23
MRS. BURDICK WILL BE CALLED UPON
TO TESTIFY AT CORONER'S INQUEST

Buffalo. March 22-The inquest into
the death of Edwin L. Burdick viii be
resumed i'm Judge Murphys court to-
morrow afternoon. The first witness
probably viii be George e.. Miller, who
was attorney for Burdick and i'm whose
office Burdick and Mrs. Pencil met for
conference several weeks before Bur
dicks murder. Following Miller. the
district attorney may call Miss Ro-
nance. the Pennel servant. on whom
Pencil relied iu part for his alibi on
the night BuTdick was murdered. The
third witness of the day is expected 10
be Mrs Burdick, widow of the muir
dered man.
Mr.. Miuer's testimony should be in
teresting, for he knew Burdick well
was familiar with what occurred be-
tween him and Pennell and had long
talks with Eurdick over the divorce
case in which Pencil was named as
correspondent.
Miss Romance win be questioned re-
garding Pencils movements on the
night of the BuTdick murder so far as
she observed them and his conduct
thereafter as it came to her notice.
Then win come Mrs. BurdiCk. Al
though Mrs. Burdick was not ian Buff
falO on the night her husband was
murdered. she may be called upon TO
testify to the details Of his domestic
life ~ to the time she left her home
last December
The authorities are in possession of
minute details regarding the where
abCuts Of Pencil AT the time of the
murder. It is probable that he saw
Mrs. Burdick in Atlantic City three
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-23
AWE INSPIRlNG SCENE
La SOufriere Again in Eruption,
the Crater BelChing Forth
Fire and Smoke.

KinEstown. ST. Vincent March %
The eruption of La S0ufriere, which
began yesterday. continued and in
creased In activity during the night
until il became most violent at Z
O'Clock this evening. AT $3.50 o'clock
this morning its violence was undated
and awe-inspiring The crater as
belching forth dense black clouds which
rise heavenward accompanied by loud
roaring and flashes which rend the
spreading pail Of smoke that now en-
velopes the entire island in darkness.
Electrical discharges occurred at in
tervals during the night while at day
break the sunlight playing upon the
stupendous volcanic clouds, produced
exceedingly beautiful effects.
Relying upon the scientific opinion
that KingstoWn, although covered with
heavy clouds which completely obscure
the SUM- is not In danger, the pOpula-
ton shows no alarm.
According TO advices from Chateau
Belair. dark sand IS falling there.
Point Pietre reports that strong de-
donations We're heard there through
out last night and this morning.
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days before the murder. He was IN
Buffalo again on Wednesday, Feb. p.
II was on the night Of Thursday Feb.
26. that Burdick was killed. ON Friday.
according TO the story told 90 the au-
thOrities by Pencil before his death,
be and his wife visited Niagara falls.
He first visited the automobile factory
at the city line. While al the factory
Pencil said ne called up Mrs. Pencil
on the phone He explained that Mrs.
Pencil for some DAYS had been urging
him to take her TO the falls to see the
Ice scenery and had spoken To- him
about it the day before. ON his return
from the east. He told her to- take a
Niagara falls car and he would join
her there.
He said this was about . O'Clock on
Friday afternoon, or a few minutes
earlier. He said he went ON down To
the falls and that his wife came and
brought the papers with her. and that
DE read i'm the papers of the murder of
Burdick. They stayed at the falls UNI
iii evening. He and his wife returned
from the falls and late that evening
the detectives called at his home and
questioned them and De gave them the
foregoing account of his movements.
No arrest. il is generally conceded
viii take place at the close of the in
quest The authorities may see tit TO
present the case 20 the grand jury, but
this is considered improbable in view
of the lack of material evidence in
hand
Thousands of people today visited the
stone quarry where Pencil was killed
and Mrs. Pencil fatally injured by
their automobile.
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and would perhaps prove a beneficial
one
The speaker declared his belief that
the American combinations would come
20 grief because of over capitalization,
so that what harm they did would be
Teadjusted Trusts. he continued. were
advantageous when they cheapened
products for the consumer. but were
dangerous when they formed corners
which brought about a rise Of prices.
The remedy for the trust menace" to
foreign markets was the raising Of
uahics in the countries affected, and
also the levying Of cOuntervaillng du-
ties.
NJ des Arres praised American work
men, who. he remarked, compensated
for the higher wages they received by
giving their employers a larger out
put He concluded by expressing his
opinion that the inability of the Ameri-
can national banks 10 control and avert
a financial crisis could be remedied by
the adoption of the procedure followed
by the Bank of France.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-23
SECRETARY WILSON
D0PED BY SOMEONE

Correspondence Of Associated Press.)
Honolulu. March 13.-An agricultural
circular about Hawaii. sent out by the
bureau OF statistics at Washington as
of recent da5t and for publication last
month, has been found 20 be an eu-
tract from q memorial issued at the
FIRST meeting of the Old Royal Ha-
waiian Agricultural society. in June.
1850. IL contains many statements that
are now Incorrect.
An appropriation Of $50. 900 has been
passed ln both houses and signed by
Governor Dole f0r the expenses Of send
Ing the plague fire claims money from
Washington 20 Honolulu. Under in
strucuons from Secretary Shaw. Score
tary Of the Territory Carter has cabled
$1,000 OF this sum 90 Washington. plac-
Ing IL 20 the credit Of the treasury de-
partment Ii Is for the expenses OF "a
treasury agent who VIII come with the
money and superlntend its distribu-
ton
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-23

T Os ANGELES. Cal, March o.
Three masked robbers attempted
- 20 hold up car on the Los An
geIes- Pacific electric line running pc
tween Los Angeles and santa Monica
about a mile west of the city limits Ias1
night. and after "A pistol duel oeI"ee"
G. W. Henderson. one Of the pasae"-
gers. and one ut the robbers. The olheE
two highwaymeu began shooting HsA1
and Left through the crowded ear
one passenger was killed and loFee
The Dead.
II. A. Griswold of Manson. Ia
The wounded. j.. c.. Cunningham or
Los Angeles. a prominent trunk manu-
facurer shot through the left Lhign,
thigh bone broken, wound considered
very serious. Ellis Pearson of SaWJe-le,
the Soldiers home station on the cleo
trio line shot through left les, flesh
wound. Dr. g.. H. BOWles of Los An
geles. shot through left hand. several
bones iu his hand broken.
IL Is believed that one of the rob
beers was badly wounded, because ne
was heard To- cry out and was seen 10
half fall off the car Immediately after
Henderson began shooting at him.
Mr.. Griswold was a wealthy citizen OF
Manson. Ia He came here several
months ago for the benefit of his moth
er's health. and had been living at the
Hotel Corona. He also had q cottage
on the beach at Santa Monica and was
en- route thither when he met his death,
His body was brought 10 this city.
Scene Of the Hold-up.
The hold-up occurred at the head Of
m H.F Fnl
Ocean Park electric line. The robbers
had placed "a steel rail. a large bench
and a cement barrel ON the track at
a point near where lt runs through a
B large vineyard.
Charles Currin. the mOtorman, saw
the obstruction when the car was sew
eral hundred yards from It, because the
car was equipped with powerful
searchight He at once turned on the
current and ran slowly 90 the place.
The car struck the obstruction at great
ly reduced speed.
The moment the car struck, three
men wearing white masks or handker-
chiefs over their faces sprang from the
weeds alongside the track One OF
them boarded the front end of the car
and the other two the rear end. The
man who boarded the front end COM
manded the passengers who were oc-
cupyng the open seats al that end %
put up their hands, and when one Of
them did not comply he fired a shot
Henderson was seated within six feet
OF the point where the robher boarded
the car. and having seen the Obstruc-
tIOu be- drew his revolver. The instant
the r0bber fired at the other man. Hen
derson opened fire on him, shooting as
fast as he could pull the trigger. The
robber then turned his gun upon Hen
derson. but as DE did So he was seen 90
bend over and then cried out as if IN
pain. Then. Strengthening up, he began
shooting az the bunch of passengers
who were hudIled On the front seats.
one of his bullets struck Ellis Pearson
iu the left leg. Henderson continued
firing and the rObber was seen 90 fall
While this was going on on the out
side Of the car "a tragedy was being en-
acted iu the inside. that portion of d,
which is fully enclosed. The two rob-
beers who had entered the rear door
commanded the passengers 90 raise
their hands and most OF them did so.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-23
STRANGE FREAK Of
AUGMENTED WOMAN

Cheyenne, Wyo., March 22.-The wife
OF a weli-known business man recently
got up at the dead hour of the night
cleaned up the house, dressed the baby
In its finest clothes, washed the soiled
linen about the home. packed her trunk
and fled from the city, leaving her baby
behind. Her whereabouts are not
known. The child viii be placed i'm
charge of friends at Rawlins. il is
supposed the mother was demented.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-23

nOCATELLO, Ida, March 22.-Joe
Brown. a rancher, living at Rex
burg. Ida. was shot and killed
by two footpads at Idaho Falls Satur-
day night at 1870 O'Clock Brown, who
was on his way 10 ogden 90 bury
sister, had To wait for the midnight
train I'm Idaho Falls, and during the
evening drank at some of the saloons,
at which places he made a display Of
some money. This must have been
seen by the men who killed him. About
u:2J p. IN. he started for the train.
accompanied by eX-COnstable w. q. FL
lis. and ar the mud was deep they
went on the railroad track.
Before reaching the station two men
came up behind, and one passed them
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-23
foul MURDER AT IDAHO FALLS
Joe Brown of Rexbug Shot Down by oOads Who Demanded Hi
MOnsy-Excement Said to Be
Running High.

the other keeping i'm the rear. The man
i'm front turned. and drawing a gun.
demanded Browns money but he
showed fight and the robber fired. the
bullet entering below the ribs on the
left side, and lodging i'm the spine. See
ing the result Of the attack the men
He'd
Brown was taken To hotel and died
two hours and ten minutes later. The
sheriff at once started a posse after
the murderers. and ne now has three
men under arrest. The inquest was
he'd Sunday afternoon and a verdict
that Brown came to his death at the
hands of parties unknown was rem
dersd. The town is i'm a state of eN-
element and Sheriff Steers is using
every means TO hunt the murderers
down.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-23
HEAVY SNOWFALL IN
NORTHERN MISSOURI

st. Joseph. No. March 22.-The heav-
lest snowstorm Of the year set in at 8
o'clock this afternoon and an hour later
railway traffic was greatly impeded.
Telegraph and telephone wires are in
only partial operation. While much or
the initial fall melted rapidly, the tenn
peratur fell slowly and the snow soon
covered the northern part of the state
90 a depth of from six inches TO one
foot
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-23
BACK PAY PLANS.

Sham0An, Pa. March Coal oper-
ators of this vicinity al an Informal
meeting last night decided that the best
plan in reference 90 paying the mine
workers the back wages since Nov. /.
awarded by the strike commission, was
20 divide the amount into three parts
and add each amount 20 the three en-
suing regular pay days the first Of
which win fan due on March 80.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-23
WANTED FOR HORSESTEALlRG
Young Man Held at Casper, Wyo.,
For Utah Officers.

Cheyenne, Wyo March deputy
Sheriff Relknap of Ogden VIII go TO
Casper tomorrow morning 90 get a
young man who is wanted az Ogden on
charge of horse stealing. BelNap
secured requisition papers last night
lit is alleged that the young man hired
a team and sold il. Later he rented il
from the purchaser and drove 20 an
other town and sold it again.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-23
MURDEROUS BANDITS OPEN
FIRE IN CROWDED STREET CAR
One of the Passengers Killed and Three Others
Wounded, One of the Latter Fatally.
Los Angeles the Scene Of Another Desperate Attempt to Hold Up
an Electric Car.

Before any attempt could be made by
the robbers 10 search the passengers
for their vaIuables the shooting began
on the outside of the car. Then the
other two robbers began shooting rIgaJ
and left into the crowd Of passengers.
Murder Of Griswold.
GrIswoId was seated about the mid
die Of the car with his back turned
toward the robbers. At the command
hands up" he tried to secTete his
watch under his legs, and one Of the
robbers, thinking he was about 20 draw
"a gun, fired point blank at him. The
bullet struck him in the back OF the
neck and he fell over into the lap Of his
aged mother who was seated al his
side
Dr.. c. III. BOWles was near the front
door, and at the command of the rob
[ bers he raised his hands. When he
had them I'M the air one Of the bullets
from a robbers revolver struck his left
hand and shattered the bones. After
emptying their revolvers the robbers
backed out of the door and spraug or
the car and disappeared. Which way
/ they went none of the passengers
know.
The car proceeded with all possible
I
where medical aid could be secured.
/ GHswoId expired before the car had
gone a mile. He never spoke after he
was shot. and when his body was
/ lifted from the car at Santa MOnicy
/ his watch was found under him on the
seat His mother was covered with
| his blood and was almost insane from
fright and grief. The bullet which
killed him grazed the cheek of Anna
/ Funk, who was travelling with him.
| AT Sawtelle Pearson was taken off the
/ car and conveyed 10 his home. The
I other wounded persons were taken TO
/ Santa Monica and given surgical at
{ tentiOn.
Made Their Escape
| AS soon as the shooting was over,
/ Henderson, who had fired at the rob
( bers, sprang from the car. He had
fred all this cartridges and feared they
/ would kin him If he remained. He ran
/ across the vineyard and struck a wire
| fence and was knocked down. While
. In that position he saw two Of the rob
| bers run 90 a roadway near by and
climb into a buggy and drive toward
/ this city
Every available officer was sent TO
/ the scene as soon as the news of the
.
( OF the robbers was found. Owing 20
/ the confusion incident 10 the shooting.
/ practically no DESCRIPTION OF the men
/ was secured. except that one was an
I unusually tall and the other two or
/ lower stature.
/ The general manager Of the company
. stated tonight that the company viii
/ offer a reward Of $1,000 for the capture
Of each of the robbers. The highway
men secured nothing whatever from
: the passengers.
/ That many more were not killed or
wounded is little short of miraculous.
Inside the car were thirty or more
passengers and there were more than
ten shots fired. Bullets were found
. iubedded in the woodwork in many
places when the car reached this city.
Mrs. Griswold's Story.
Mrs Grisw0ld is FRUSTRATED with grief
. and today required the attendance Of a
CONTINUED ON Page 2J
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-23
REGRET IN BERLIlT.
Matters VIII Be Complicated by the
Resignation.

Berlin. March 22.-Tho German gov
eminent had no warning of President
Castro's retirement. nor has the press
announcement of the fact been supple
mented yet by any explanation from
the German legation at Caracas. The
feeling in official quarters is rather one
OF regret than otherwise, because Pres
.dent Castr0's resignation creates un-
certainty regarding the unfinished ne
gotiatiOns AT Washington. A declara-
ZION from his successor that the terms
of settlement already reached will Dee
fulfilled is expected here. The official
mind refuses 10 consider the contin-
gency that the payments under the
protocols may be defaulted or the set
clement repudiated. on the contrary.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-23
TEMPTING TO OFFICIALS.
Chinese Fund a Source of Corruption
in Hawaii.

Chinese Fund a Source Of Corruption
in Hawaii.
Correspondence Of Associated Press.)
Honolulu. March 13.-The warrant for
the arrest Of Agricultural Commission
er Taylor which was taken to San
Francisco by Special Deputy Attorney
General Lindsay on the steamer Ala
media two days ago, charges the EN-
bezZlement Of the sum of $3.50 from the
Chinese fund. from which the en-
bczzlement Of $4,000 by eX-Treasurer
Wright is alleged.
The Chinese fund is q source of much
trouble 10 the local government. and
its final disposition is a puzzle to Of
dcials. II Is the remainder of S235. 900
collected by the republic of Hawaii
from Chinese contract labOrers. who
were required to deposit the sum o.
S36 each. with which the government
sent them home i'm the event Of their
violating contracts by leaving planta-
ton work. The organic act nullified
an the contracts and the territorial
government has since been using the
money when the treasury ran short.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-23
REGULATIONS RELAXED.

Laredo Tex. March 22.-Iu view os
the fact that the number Of plague
cases in Mexico have greatly d.mlu-
ished the authorities wiII hereafter per-
init people 90 leave and enter this port
after f0rty-eight hours observation
and careful disiufeCti0n.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-23
CHINA WILL EXHIBIT.

Picking, March 22.-The dowager EN-
press has ordered an appropriation of
half a million taels to be made for the
Chinese representation AT the ST. Louis
exposition.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-23
PROTEST By URUGUAY.

Montevideo. March 22.-The Uruguay
an government has sent complaint 10
Brazil against the invasion OF Uru-
guayan territory by Brazil forces ia
the Rio Grande province Who have
joined Uruguayan rebels