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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-11-23
STATE NEWS
PRETTY MERCUR WEDDING.
Marriage Of Miss Anna Edwards and
Julian g. Hardie.


Mercur. Nov. I.-One or the prettiest
social events in the history of Mercur
took place on the evening of Wednesday
last at o'clock, when the wedding Of
Miss Anna L. Edwards and Mr.. Julian
g. HdTdle was SOlCmuiZed al the home
OF the brides parents. The interior of the
mousse was beautifully decorated for the
occasion. Yellow and white chrysauthc-
NUNS with pink roses being used i'm pro-
fusion.
The bride entered the parlor on The
arm Of her father. attended by the maid
Of honor Miss Nellie Wick. and was met
pE the groom and best mar. Mr.. Walter
Christensen of Fremont Neh. The bridal
party then proceeded to the centre Of the
room to MendelssOhn's wedding march.
played by Mrs. =. Stinlnau. and stood be-
meath bower Of pink roses, where the
ceremony was performed by the Rev.
Wanless of the NJ. r. church. The bride
was attired i'm a beautiful gown of white
SIX MULE and Nalenciennes lace and
carried brides roses. In her hair she
wore a sunbuTst OF diamonds and pearls,
a gift from the groom The maid Of hon
or was dressed M "A gown Of pink mule
ana carried pink carnations. The pres
ents were many and beautiful
The gift from the parents to the bride
was beautiful piano.
Inc bride mother WAS lastly gOWned
IN black silk lace over black taffeta. and
v as assisted in receiving the guests by
Mrs. G. w Evans. Miss Bessie Wick and
Mr. Con Evans presided at the punch
-At nv l,L,AilAt-t-tit T.. 'liLt III w w IT
were present. The out-Of- town guests
were Mr.. and Mrs. J. II. Hardio of salt
Lake City, parents of the groom. Mrs
Sam Robbins of Sacramento. Cal. Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. Moore. Mr.. and Mrs. Geo II.
Dern and Mr.. Frank HigUfubotham Of
salt Lake City, Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Wer-
den of Denver. Colo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hardie left for the east
thursday and Will be absent several
months visiting all points Of interest in
the United States. Mr.. Hardie. upon their
return. VIII resume his position with the
Consolidated Mcrcur Gold Mines Co.
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JOSEPH E. GAME MAKES STRONG PLEA
FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY

To The salt Lake Herald:
1T Is to De hoped that the execution
Of Peter Morensen is the last that win
I ever take place ia the state Of Utah.
it is 10 pc hoped that this common
wealth VIII never again stain its hands
with human blood for the abolishing
OF capital punishment ia the longest
stride we can take I'm the direction of
higher civilization and truer Christian
ity.
The horrifc stories OF Edgar Allen
Poe which have been attributed to
morphine, insanity or the lowest moral
oeplavity, are pleasant reading COM
pared with the accounts Of what took
place yesterday in the Utah state
prison.
We have been taking capital punish
ment as a matter OF course "Our faith
ers practised t. so it must be right"
We have thought. if we ever went so
far as to give form to cur ideas. Jus
tice has been satisfied" we say. as we
look pious and feel how good we are.
and the crime has been AVENGED 90
What a bio0d-thirsty wench is Justice.
that she is satisfied with nothing less
than the taking of human life how
lucky for her THAI she is blind and
cannot see the eWsOme outcome of
her mandates: luckier stiu that she is
deaf and could rot hear the pleadings
OF the condemned man. the cries of his
father and brother and children,
Think says Olc. 'Cf the sufferings
OF his victims wife and childrer and
aged father we DO think of them
and we pray for their comforting: but
did Fridays deed dispel a single pang
from their over-wrOught hearts? Did
the suffering of the condemned man S
aged father. his brothers and his in
nocent children bring solace to that
other stricken homer
IF capital punishment were abolished
the state prison would not be big
enough to hold the murderers, we hear,
but if this is any argument and the
state prison cannot be enlarged. then
the thieves and the aduIterers and the
other more or less petty offenders might
be killed off in a proper proportion to
help relieve the strain upon, the walls
The murderer deserves to die says
another. and. admitting this to be true.
1t does not follow that the state has the
right to open a human slaughter house
Let the state undertake the killing Of
every citizen who Gin the opinion Of
twelve or a hundred and twelve) IS
deserving of death, and its fingers will
drip with blood.
The ancients who sacrificed human
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LEHI NEWS NOTES.

Lehi, Nov. 21.-One Of the popular fan
weddings was that OF barrow Lott and
Miss Della Jacobs. which was held i'm the
opera house Thursday evening. A we'd
ding supper was served. after which the
evening was spent I'm dancing
Twelve men and eight teams are en-
gaged in removing the bar in Jordan
river just below the big pumps The
bar which is several hundred feet in
length and averages about two feet .n
depth is the result of pumping the sand
that comes to the pumps bv reason OF
lowering the channel from the lake that
feeds the pumps. Bishop Scddcn OF Salt
Lake city has charge Of the work
The pumps lifted about 600 cubic fees
of water per second without interruption
for six months during the irrigation
season. When they commenced I'm the
spring the river would hardly flow a good
irrigation stream at the head, but the
big pumps furnished an the water that
salt Lake county needed. and when they
were shut down the lake level was less
than two inches lower than at the close OF
the season last year. The proposition
has passed the experimental stage. and
has been demonstrated TO be an absolute
Is reliable source from which salt Lake
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Notice Of Assessment.

ELEPHANT GOLD & SILVER MIN
ing company. Principal place of business.
salt Lake City, Utah. Location of mines.
Ohio mining district, Piute county Utah
Notice is hereby given that at "a meeting
of the board Of directors of the Elephant
Gold g. Silver Mining company, held at
Salt Lake City, Oct. 26, 1903 an assess
ment of one % cent per share was levied
upon the capital stock of the company
issued and outstanding, payable imme-
diately to NJ. T. Murray, secretary and
treasurer of said company. at rooms y39-
24O, Commercial club building, Salt Lake
City, Utah. Any stock upon which this
assessment may remain unpaid on the LIST
day of December 1903, Will be delinquent
and advertised for sale at public auction
and unless payment is made before. 50
many shares Of each parcel of such stock
as may be necessary viii be sold on the
list day Of December. 1903 at II o'clock
a. m. Of said day, to pay the delinquent
assessment thereon, together with the
costs Of advertising and expenses Of sale
Dated this 10Th day OF october, 1903.
NJ F. MURRAY.
Secretary Elephant Gold &, Silver Mining
company, rooms 239-240 Commercial club
building. Salt Lake CITY. Titan.
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life TO appease this sod or the bther
We're a far cry in advance of us Is this
matter Of killing. Their gods denhnded
human blood. our God does not But
we make our sacrifices to a wind 4nfat-
cd symbol without a heart or ioul or
mind. with sightless eyes. blind
folded; and when we have done her
peastly behest we snake our heais sor-
r0WfCuy and say, she iS satisfied
one SAYS; I'VE always eis-a tho ac-
cuSed the benefit Of TIE doubt We Go
not. The law says he shall Have The
benefit Of a reasonable doubt" but
there is no such thing. When doubt
becomes reasonable" II is a Conclusion.
and ceases to be a dou5t AfdOubt is
an intuition and, though Il be ten
times safer 10 follow than rea son. our
jurors are warned to stick close to the
latter.
This I know. opens up another ques-
ton. but I do it TO lead 20 the frightful
suggestion that even when p man has
had a fair trial" and been proved
guilty there may yet be a pOss bility
of his being Innocent. No matter how
remote this possibility may be. if it is
as far from our sense of probabilities as
the most distant star from the earth,
that tiny doubt alone furnishes q thor
ough, convincing and hN1i argument
against so-called legal murder"
When the evidence is only Circum-
stsniaI the possibilities are always
greater. for, lie as human Witnesses
sometimes do, they can be outstripped
by circumetantiaI proof. Circumstances
can lie like he'll. and no one is the
wiser. for there is I'd telltale face, no
confusion and no chance to cross ex-
anime.
Within the past ten years two limo
cent men have been sentenced to death
in this state. This alone is another
thorough. convincing and final proof
that capital punishment should be abOl
ished.
OF its degrading effect upon a COM
munity can venture no estimate. That
there were men and boys and oh God
women who went out to the prison and
stood about the walls to hear the fatal
shots. is enough. That men were found
to hold the guns and pull the triggers
7 cannot comprehend would have to
see them to be convinced I want more
than circumstantial evidence.
In the name Of humanity In the name
Of our commonwealth and it's hopes of
advancement, in the name of the great
Master who taught peace, brotherly love
and compassion, let it stop.
JOSEPH &. CAME.
salt Lake City. Utah, Nov. p, 1903.
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A STRENUOUS JOE.
Road Supervisor Has Hard Time Col
Letting Poll Tax From Foreigners.

Green River, Nov 2O.-The road super
visor is having q hard time collecting poll
tax, especially from the Italians. Upon
their refusal to work or pay. Prosecuting
Attorney Truman came down from Castle
Dale and commenced suit. The constable
when serving the summons or one Tony
ScaVat was attacked with knife and
threats were made to Kill Justice. con-
stable and all before he would pay. He
was put under arrest and Cisarmed and
is now awaiting trial on a criminal as
well as a civil charge
Fire started in the part of =. p. Full
mer house Yesterday occupied by Dick
Rodgers. A bucket brigade soon had the
fire under control and but little damage
was done Rodgers lost all his bedding
and other Valuables. This is the third
fire Rodgers has experienced. HE built
iu Green River and fire destroyed all ne
had lie then moved ten miles mp the
river and built another place and last
summer fire took AN nc had again He
then moved back TO town and had just
moved into the Fullner house the day be-
fore this last fire occurred.
Thomas l.. McCarty has Just completed
a fine large store building.
Thomas Farrcr. sr has sold out his
farm and viii spend his days i'm CalifOr-
MIA.
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Assessment No. 5.

WABASH MINING COMPANY
Principal place of business, Salt Lake
City. Utah. Notice is hereby given that
at a meeting of the board of directors,
held on the 18th day of November 1903,
an assessment Of five cents (5c) per share
was levied on the capital stock Of the
corporation, payable on or before De
cember Zst, 1903 to w. Mont Ferry.
secretary treasurer, at room 306 Auer-
bach building. South East Temple street
Salt Lake City. Utah. ANY stock upon
which this assessment may remain UNI
paid on the 2ISt day OF December. 1903.
will be delinquent and advertised for
sale at public auction, and unless pay
ment IS made before will be sold on the
18th day Of January, 1904 TO pay the de-
linqUent assessment, together with the
costs Of advertising and the expense of
sale. w. MONT. FERRY
Secretary.
Location of office: No. sos Auerbach
building, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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DEATH OF HRS. ROBERTS

RiChfield. Nov. 20.-AIrs. EuIda Obcrg
Roberts Of AnmabClla died very unex-
pectedly the fore part of the week. She
having given birth TO a child about a
week previous. some complications set i'm
and death was the result. She had very
high fever during her entire illness The
deceased was u years Of age and was a
native Of EichnCld. She was the daugh-
ter of Mrs Obcrg OF this city She was
married TO Wilburn Roberts OF Anna
bella n March of last YEAR Tho baby
and husband survive her. Mrs. Roberts
had host of friends and relatives I'm this
city 10 mourn her loss.
The j. N. Peterson g. Co. store has Just
installed its own acCtylepe gas plant
which gives the interior q much more at
tractivc appearance. They have also
placed a large street lamp just in front
This is one of tho largest business con-
Germs i'm southern Utah. Last year they
did S6o,e0 business and this year It will
easily reach $4,000.
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WANDERED FROM HOME.
Mentally Dazed Man Disappears and
Cannot Be Found.


4. 4. Bennett a victim of eniiepsv.. has
heen missing from his home in this city
since Frijay afternoon last.
Bennett left his residence at e52 East
nird South street at 1880 D. M, intending
o. 90 TO a butcher shop. About ten min
utes past . he appeared at the Success
market and purchased "a chicken and
some other meat and started for home.
lie mas not been seen since. When he
lailed 20 return his wife became alarmed
and notified the police ana sheritfs Of
tice, The Officers took what steps were
possible 90 locate the missing man but
so tar they have been unsuccessful De
Ser'puCrs Of Bennett have been sent to
lnc shpr1tts of the surrounding counties.
ass WeI a~ a. All officers in Salt Lake
county. 1SeEuctl s. sUn-iu-law. John jump
So m. Jr, of Bingham. came 10 The civ
yesterday mourlEg and took charge OF
the search. Today he viii ride over the
nearby hills in an effort 10 get some
trace OF ms missing tathcr-iu-law
a. 4. Bennett has been a sufferer from
epilepsy for some time Ills relatives
think DC possible that ne may have wan
ctrcu away INFO the hills ANA perhaps
p-llsned there. while temporarily IRA
uonal. He Is IS years OF age weighs
loo pounds ana is tive feet SIX inches in
height. Ills hair and mustaChe arc iron
gray and his eyes Egh. blue. When he
leil home he was attired in dark blue
trousers, grcenlsn gray OVCrcOat heavy
Snots. ana sole back hat.
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Used KNIFE
UPON HUSBAND
}. W. CrigeT ViciousIy Attacked
by His Wife.
NAN WAS IN BED At TIME
FAMILY QUARREL SAID TO BE
CAUSE OF TROUBLE.
VAN WAS IN BED AT TIME

IN rate woman, armed with "A pen
KNIFE, made q vicious attack upon J
w Criger Of Butte yesterday morning
Nhlle tne latter was i'm bed I'm his room
al the Eagle block The woman gave
Rer name at police HEADQUARTERS as
BESSIE Flynn but she afterwards ad-
united that she was CriEer's wife The
cause of the trouble could not be
oohnitely learned. but is said to have
been the result Of a quarrel over a
woman. The Criger woman is a vaude-
Nlhe actress and has been doing a turn
al the Novelty theatre IN this city.
ABOUT 4:3O yesterday morning the
woman, accompanied by a messenger
boy, called at CriEer's room in the
Eagle block. The boy knocked al the
door and. II Is said. upon the pretense
that he had message to deliver. pre-
Walled upon a man who was sleeping
with Criger TO open the door. AS the
door swung open the woman strobe
boldly inside. while the messenger boy
made hasty exit from the building
Attacked Him With Knife.
Crlger meanwhile was peacefully
sleeping but was rudely awakened by
his wife. who seized him by the hair
and demanded some explanations Cri-
ser was willing TO explain. but re-
uuested his wife TO give him the pen
,nife. which she was lOUrishing i'm a
threatening manner i'm close proximity
his head. Instead of complying. the
conan began using # upon her hus-
sand, and before his companion had
ragged her away had inflicted several
'ainful though not serious wounds i'm
els arms and body.
The PROPRIETOR had been aroused by
ahc trouble and rang for the police.
Sergeant Roberts and officer williams
were soon on the scene and took the
woman 70 the station. She was charged
with assault with a deadly weapon.
hut was later released upon Criger fur
nishing her bail to the amount Of $3.50.
The woman refused to discuss the
affair. but it was learned that the
couple had separated some weeks ago
I'm Butte as result OF "a family
quarrel. They have one child which
IS being cared for by the woman.
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county may get All the water that may
be needed FOR irrigation purposes
Miss Emma Austin i'm charge OF the
public schools at Leni Junction, is pre-
pairing an elaborate Thanksgiving cels-
bratiOn. The girls i'm her manual training
department are making the necessary cos
tunes I'm which the pupils viii represent
the pilgrims OF olden times.
The pupils will conduct an old fashioned
Thanksgiving service. even including the
old "tithing man. who. with his long
stick with a rabbits foot on one end and
a hard knob on the other, kept the boys
from making a noise and the older ones
from going to sleep.
After service there win be the Thanks
giving dinner with plenty Of turkey
pumpkin pie, etc, and i'm the evening the
boys and girls parents will be invited
and a general programme rendered.
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sPRIVGVTT.IE pSWS NOTES.


Springville Nov. 22-Osca-~ n Whiting
Of MapletOn, a resident Of Spra-l BElle ul-
az IN i@st few years. was buries, IN lne
Evergreen cemetery today. He dieS lasl
Thursday of pneumonia, from which ne
had been suffering the past few weeks.
Mr.. Whiting was born at Mt Pisgah'
Iowa. i'm lS4S He came 10 Utah when a
mere child. and had always lived IN
Ia lSUS he went back to North Platte
Neb.. with an OK team. and assisted in
brining Norman emigTants across the
plans to Utah. He always led an up
right and honorable life. He leaves a
widow and a family Of stepchildren to
mourn his loss. The speakers at the fun
eral were Bishop VIM Tew of Mapleton-
James r. Hell and F. G.. BayeE Of Spring
vile, who t0sU of his many excellent quar-
tiles and his well-spcnt life.
Glen, the 6-year-C-d son of Mr.. and Mrs.
NJ. +. Miner, was Operated on today.
He has been sick for the past eight weeks
with typhoid fever and pneumonia. At a
late hour tonight the little fellow was
very low.
Last evening the students of the eighth
grade at the Washington school held
very interesting debate. The question
was: Resolved, that circumstantial evil
dence is sufficient to convict an Illicit
liquor seller" NJ. O. Packard. jr., was
champion for the affirmative and Ralph
GrOesbeCk for the negative
The judges decided in favor Of the ar
firmative. Miss Alberta HOutZ read a
very interesting paper on the Greek gods,
and Miss Bessie Gudmundsen and NJ. l..
Craudall, jr., rendered vocal duet.
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60 California i'm the vain hope of regain
ing his shattered health. Following his
expressed wish. it is likely his remains
VIII be crcmated
Doc" King was for many years enc OF
INC Wcll-kuOWn characters of this CITY.
Most Of his life was spent i'm Salt Lake,
and during his residence of over thirty
years here he was active I'm a variety OF
occupations. AT the time of his death ne
was close to 55 years of age.
Was a Brigham Young Guard.
There are few Of the old residents Of
SAT- Lake but knew and liked Doc
i IN ne ives whole-S5oouled genial fel-
low generous TO a fault. who lived his
IKE without much regard for the NOR
row, 50 far as ne himself was concerned.
but who was always ready to give what
DE could I'm the cause OF another. He
made friends easily and held them al
ways. HIS loyalty 10 those he liked. and
that included nearly everyone he knew,
Kings father was a sea captain who
was wei known among the master mari
ncls sailing out OI San Francisco. Doc %
however. had no liking for the ocean
and when he was quite Young came to
SAT- Lake I'm the Old days when Brig
ham Young WAS at the height of his ca
ree. Doc King entered his services
and became guard at the famous Bee
hlNc house in this position he did eN-
ceilcut work and always retained the
gCod viii of his employer while inc latter
was alive. subsequently King joined the
po'cn loIce and wore q star for several
FROM lllS WOIk ne QrlIlcG INTO
politics
ergeant-at-Arms Of Senate.
When Andrew j. Burt was sheriff of
Sdit Lake county, King was one of his
deputies. Tn the legislature of 1899 ne
was sergeant alarms Of the senate.
incse were the only public offices that
L'ot King ever held. although ne was
several times offered CooI positions b,
successful candidates whose cause he
had CS1oused.
During the last three years Kings
health f5iled rapidly. CONSUMPTION had
N arked him for victim and ne knew ia.
nlt there was never COMPLAINT from
Ni"E. Tie was just as cheerful and lust
as happy apparently as i'm the davs
Nhtn ne was strong and athletic For
J"o wears or more before he became too
SICK 20 DO anything. he was employed by
d. r. Fecry. the stock broker
a few months ago. with a complication
OF ailments assailing him King went 20
his famil- home in Alameda. Cal His
rather had been dead for several wears.
nut his mother and two sisters were Iiv-
ing ana still survive him. The family is
Wen known and highly respected. and his
mother Is president of the California So
oely Of Lady Pioneers.
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SOME UTAH CETE.
ZENS IN NEW
YORK.

New York. Nov. 16.-Telegtams re-
ceived here state that Apostle Grant
and Parry were scheduled to reach this
city on the morning of the 18th.
Mrs. Geneva Jennings Baker is home
again For several months past she
has been i'm the west visiting her rela-
tives and friends. Mr. and Mrs Baker
are at present living at West Central
Iafk, one of the most beautiful and
desirable residence districts on the
lsland.
p esident and Mrs. McQuarrie are re-
Jolclng over the birth of another
daughter the second in a family Of six
All are doing well.
Miss Blanche Thomas. who as pre-
NtOusiy announced. has been assisting
Sir Henry Irving during his New York
engagement. did not accompany him
on hia tour west Miss Thomas states
that while her part was a minor one.
She received many valuable hirts from
the association. she has not Yet de-
tcrmined upon her future plans. Her
former manager. kirke LaShclIc. has
for some time past been iU thus put
ting stop 60 his work, which he has
not yet resumed. Meanwhile she has
been offered the leading role I'm the
melodrama "A B0y'of the Street" with
very tempting salary prominent ia
the foreground.
Elder A. J. Timpson and wife, after a
pleasant trip To Baltimore. Boston and
Philadelphia. are back with the colony
once more. After visiting Albany and
some other noints Of interest fboz- win
return to Utah. For the present tbav
are with Mrs. b. T.. Cumming.
Miss Mary Critchlow is s.iu 1in-er-
ing along or. her iouruev east She f,
lust now visiting i'm PbUadoIpbia and
has not yet decided when she VIII
very dear friend of Naude Adams Tho
two having mot while ATTENDING tl,,
Presbvterian school Ina calf III
The Mormon conference mss ond-,
was an occasion of much uleee,rro f,,
those ATTENDING. While considera5la
disappointment was felt because SONS
members of the ancstIes' quorum, ,rge
not present. the resident elders oc.,1-
pied the time toaddvautagc. The faa-
ture OF the gatherings was the musical
programme Miss Gates was heard for
the first time since her arrival from
Europe
Her brother. Cecil Gates accompa-
nicd her on the piano. Miss PHYLLIS
Thatcher rendered a violin solo "The
Angels Serenadc." with a piano ac-
compartment by Mrs NCttie sloan.
AIRS. John sham sang "rho Lord is
aIv Shenherd " while the uu9rtotte
gave two selections.
Miss LOttic Levy. SO well and favor
ably known as a member of the Home
opera company. is iu the city. She
begins work an once under Madame
Won Klenner.
Miss Mabel Clark. stu another Utah
actress. is performing in the farrical
comedy. THE Girl from Kav's." at the
Herald SQUARE theatre. She and Miss
Levy expect TO get a far and iofn i'm
a housekeeping venture for the winter.
Is decided to return To- Utah FOR. the
winter. She intends To- SPEND the
Christmas vacation with her husband
fin Portland and California.
Howard Kyle. so warmly romer7-
sbered by salt Lake theatre-goers. will
return to New York shortly. when he
lie is now uD country.
AIRS. Fitzgerald of ogden is visiting