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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-14
JUDGES DECIDE TO CALL
SPECIAL GRAND JURY
Action Is Precpitated by Recent Rumors Regard
ing Practice of POIygamy in the City,
Moral Conditions Will Also Be Considered by the Body Which Will
Meet Next Month

= HORTLY after noon yesterday the
three judges of che district court
decided TO call "a special grand
jury for the April term 10 investigate
"sundry public omenses alleged TO have
been committed, and various abuses
alleged TO exist within this jurisdie-
ton"
The public Offenses alleged TO have
been committed" refer 10 the charges
recently made Of the practice of polyg-
amy in this city and county. The ''va-
rious abuses alleged 10 exist within
this jurisdiction refer to moral condi-
lions, including the Victoria alley eX-
pose made some weeks ago by The
Herald. and the open violation Of the
ordinances regarding Sunday saloon
closing and the protection given 10
gambling houses.
Shortly after The Herald exposed the
deplora bic conditions existing In some
parts of the city, a number OF promi-
nent citizens signed a petition asking
the three judges of the district court 10
call a special grand jury to investigate
the matter and examine INTO the az
fairs Of the cOunty and city offices.
The petition could not be taken up
and passed upon at that time by the
Judges, and it was permitted 10 lie un-
I'll a few days ago. when Judge Morse
returned from his term Of court IN
Summit and ToOele counties. The IN
ability of the three judges to hold
joint conference at any one time dur
ing the past week or ten days, pre-
vented the action OF yesterday belnS
taken sooner than il was.
Grand Jury For April Term.
But yesterday morning Judge Stew
art made his appearance in court after
a few days indispositiOn. and imme-
diately after he left the bench, the
three Judges met. discussed the pet-
ton, and decided 20 call a special grand
jury for the April term.
just when the jury VIII be sum
moned TO appear in court be sworn
and take up their investigation, de-
nends upon District Attorney Dennis
G. Eichnor. The jury is TO be placed
i'm his charge. AS its deliberations Will
occupy all his time, the jury viii not,
probably. be called into court until
after that official has concluded ms
criminal cases. The last one has been
set for trial early I'm next month.
Under the statutes providing for the
calling OF a grand jury. the names must
be drawn before fifteen days of the
beginning of the next term. As the
grand jury is called for the April term.
the names must be drawn from the
Jury box within the next month
The same statutes provide that ihe
names must be drawn from the jury
box by the county clerk in the pres
ence of the county treasurer and the
county attorney. Where il is impos-
sibIe for one or more of the three TO be
present, they can be represented by one
Of their deputies.
The names Of the jurors VIII there
fore be drawn by County Clerk John
James. while County Attorney George
Westervelt and County Treasurer Car
bis win witness the legal act
The following communication which
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-14
JIM KEENE ATTACKS HARTMAN
Contest Begun Federal Court to Break Union Pacific Control of
Southern Pacic-Lsttar, Is Charged, Being 0p-
Grated Solely in Formers Interest

and is interested in the Union Pacific
as against the Southern Pacific The
new directory, it is charged, united all
departments Of the two roads where
ever possible. ''subjec 10 a dominating
and controlling influence iu favor of
the Union Pacific company whereby
the interests Of the Southern Pacific
are endangered and prejudiced by dis
ordinations i'm favor of the Union Pa
cihc adopting policies. also that tend
ed and do tend to divert traffic from
the Southern Pacific company which
would. without the adoption of such
policies, have come to that road
Drove Business Away.
Among other things it is charged in
the bill that the Southern Pacific COM
pany was required TO charge so eX-
cessive a pro rata on through tariffs
that IL was virtually excluded from
large volumes Of business. 1t is de-
clared that large betteTment expenses
have been charged against the South
ern Pacific operating expense. whereas
the custom is to fund such expense in
bonds to distribute the cost over a
series of years, thus avoiding a burden
on the part Of the stockholders. The
bin declares also that the operating
expense accounts of the road either
show a true state Of excessive OpeTat-
ing expenses or an erroneous system
OF bookkeeping and that immense inn
prOvements have been undertaken for
the Central Pacific which affords the
Union Pacific an outlet from Ogden,
Utah. i'm California and enormously
charges against the Southern Pacific
operating expenses account with the
ultimate purpose of greatly improving
the Central Pacific at the expense Of
the parent system, buying it and then
purchasing the greatly impaired South
eTn Pacific system itself. Ii Is declared
that during the eighteen months end
ing December, 1902, the Union Pacific
had made improvements amounting TO
nearly SD 100000 ON the Central Pacific,
charging the amount against the Oper-
ating expense Of the Southern Pacific
system and creating "a deficit of So
0l3,g29. The bin asks for am order re-
straining and enjOining the Union Pa
ciic company from voting It's 10000
shares in the annual election 20 be held
April 8. and a decree requiring both
companies to come into court 10 make
answer to the particulars of the COM
plant.
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legged TO have been committed. and va
ri0rs abuses alleged 10 exist within ms
jurisdiction. AS your hOnors are well
aware, the facilities az thc disposal or
ms OIlee are. ln many instances, lu-
adequate Tor the purpose OF Thoroughly
and properly investigating the truth or
ialslty of such charges OF reports.
I'm view OF the above facts and COM
dilons, ! would respectfully submit 10
your hOnors that such % condition Of a1-
fairs exist in this county that the public
interest demands the summ0ulng and inn
paneling OF q grand jury az an early date.
GEORGE WESTERVELT.
County Attorney.
For several days past the three
judges have had under serious con-
sideratiOn the advisabihty Of calling
special grand jury in response 20
the citizens petition for the same and
10 investigate the pOlygamy charges
which have filed the air during the
past two or three months.
Will Investigate immortality.
The existence OF immortality in vari-
GUS parts of the city. I'M the vcry heart
of the business section, Mas first
brought 10 the attenueH of the ju-
dietary and the people by The Her
AID The incentive was the revolving
Ryan murder at A. Victoria alley.
when a cOlOred woman Mary Jane
Smith, il is alleged. administered a
fatal dose of poison to q man named
Ryan for the purpose of robbing him.
The police scOhed at the theory Of
murder until The Herald reporters pro-
duced such evidence as TO cause the
officers TO awaken and ferret out the
crime. Then came the stories of
shocking conditions, which We're fol-
lowed by an expose of the fagraut
violation of the anti-gambllng ordi-
nances.
RumOrs Of POlygamy.
Ever since County Attorney George
WesterveIt has been i'm Office he has
beeen apprised of p0lygamist rumors.
Hardly a day went by but some one
went TO him and told him what they
had heard upon the streets or I'm the
homes of their friends. lie was DOW
erless tO act i'm the matter. as he had
no direct evidence upon which to base
an information or charge against any
one associated with the stories ahOat.
The statutes do not make it a part
of the duties of the county attorney
or his office TO ferret out evidence IN
cases where he desires more than has
been furnished him t. make $50 Car-
tain a conviction
With his hands thus tied. County At
torney WesJeryelt was poWerless 10
act. He had rumors galore to ponder
over, but 40 one came 90 him with
facts sufficient upon which 20 base a
complaint. And under the statutes DE
could not so out and secure the miss
ing links.
During this time the same stories
came TO the ears of the three judges
of the district court. AS time passed
they became more persistent. Finally
the names of alleged guilty couples
We're connected with street rumors.
And then Samuel Russell made his
charge against City Judge II. S. Tan
ner.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-14

NIECINNATI, O., March 13.-In the
| contest between the Keene and the
Hartman interests in the Union,
the Central and the Southern Pacific
railroads, the former today secured
from the federal court a temporary re-
straining order. and notice was served
on the Hartman representative that at
Nashville. on April ]. there would be a
hearing Of cause why an injunction
shall not be issued as prayed for. AS
the date for the annual meeting of the
stockholders Of the Southern Pacific is
April 8. il was desired 10 have the petit
ton heard before The next election Of
directors.
The Southern Pacific company has
Kentucky charter. although il owns no
property in that state. Its legal head
quarters are at BeechmOnt. Ky. a sub
urb of Louisville. KY. where it's legal
representative resides. and for this rea-
son the bill of complaint was filed in
Louisville yesterday. but the attorneys
found no federal judge there and came
here, where Judge Horace L. Lurton of
the United states circuit court heard
the argument In chambers. The at
torneys on both sides held conferences
here this afternoon before they left for
their homes to meet again at Nashville
two weeks from next Wednesday.
What Keene Charges.
United States Senator Foraker and
Judsou Harmon Of counsel for the APP
pHcants were i'm conference after the
other attorneys left Mr.. Harmon as
general attorney during the second
Cleveland administration had much 20
do with the Pacific railway case for the
government. The bin filed by attor-
neys for the compliments, Talbot Tay-
lor and James b. Taylor. forming the
Wall street firm of Talbot Taylor &
Co, and one OF whom Is sOn-in-law OF
James r. Keene, relates the history of
the Southern Pacific company and dis
closes an alleged condition Of affairs
iu which the Union Pacific interests in
the Southern Paciics directorate have
Systematically managed the latter COM
pany i'm the interests of the former.
During the years 1900 and 1901. the
Union Pacific company acquired a hold
ing of Southern Pacific shares amount
ing to SIS, 600 000 or $50 600 shares.
These were used, It Is alleged. to elect a
directory each member of which was
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CARTO0NlST NAST'S FATE.
DROVE SAWTER HOME

New York. March 13.-The steamer
Alliance from Colon arrived today and
among the passengers was George Saw
ter who recently was appointed Unit
ed States consul at Guayaquil, but inn
mediately returned to the United
States on arriving at his post. hav-
ing been alarmed by an epidemic Of
yellow fever. The consul was accom-
panied by his wife
Il was told it was sure death for
my wife and myself to stay there.
said Mr.. Sawter He said that when
he arrived at Guayaquil the death rate
due TO yellow fever had been very high
for a week Then rain set in and con-
ditions became still more alarming. Mr.
Sawter succeeded Thomas Mast. the
cartoonist who died Of the fever at
GuayaquiL
President Roosevelt yesterday sent 10
the senate the nomination OF Mr. Saw
ter 10 be an assistant appraiser at the
port Of New York.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-14
JOSE JAvlER BEING
TRIED FOR TREASON

Manila. March 13-As the result Of
his capture in Rial province Jose
Javier, an irreconcilable and alleged
head of the new Katipunan, is being
tried for treason and sedition. Do
mingo Sakay. the former head Of the
Katipunan. and others testified that
Javier acted as minister of foreign
affairs" I'm the alleged government
maintained by the irreconcilables.
The government forces have been en-
gagged In another ladrone drive in Rial
province and have arrested a number
of bandits after a couple Of skirmishes.
San Miguel, the irreconcilable leader
who is hiding in the mountains. has
sent a message 20 General Allen ask
ing for the terms on watch he may sur
render. but the general declined 10
make any terms.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-14
POSTAL CLERKS
GET INCREASE
Department Makes Announce
ment Affecting the West.
DETAILS OF PROMOTIONS
MORE MEN FOR THE SALT LAKE
OFFICE.
lspecial 10 The Heraldl


III AsHINGTON, March 13.-The
w postohice department announced
the following Increases in west
ern postonices:
Ogden is 10 have one additional clerk
at S600 OF those clerks now serving i'm
the office. two win be promoted from
$500 10 $500, one from $500 to $500. four
from $500 TO $500 and one from $500 TO
$1,000.
Provo has been given one additional
clerk at $500, and the salaries Of the
two assistants now serving therein win
be raised from $500 to $780,
Logan Is 10 be given one additional
clerk at $500. two clerks VIII be pro-
NOTED from $500 to 500. one from 5000
to $500 and one from $500 to $500.
Senator Kearns is advised that adj
ditional clerks viii be allowed in the
Salt Lake City pOstomce. and the sal
aries of those now employed viii be in
creased, bat as yet the department has
not completed the list for this Office.
Boise. Ida. Is To have two additional
clerks at $500, and there VIII be two
promotions from 5000 20 5000, one from
$500 to S7o0. one from 500 TO $500 and
one from $500 TO $1,000.
PccatellO will be given one additional
clerk at $500 one promotion from $500
to $500 and one promotion from 5000 to
$500
The salary OF the assistant In the Of
fee at Wallace, Ida, viii be raised
from $500 TO $500.
I'm rfrrsa rrrfl
be given additional clerks. but there
viii be three promotions In the Office at
Cheyenne. one from $500 to $780, one
from $500 10 $500 and one from $500 to
81 COO
The salary of the clerk I'm the sheri-
dan postoftice Will be raised from $500
t0 $500 and there viii be two promo
tons In the Rawlins Office from $500 to
5000
Other increases may occur as the
service requires
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-14
INQUEST OVER PENCILS.
viii Be Inquiry Into Buffalo Auto
mobile TRAGEDY.


Buffalo. March 13-It was announced
by Justice Murphy today that an inquest
on the death of Arthur r. Pencil and
Mrs Penneu viii be held s0on after the
conclusion of the Burdlck inquest, which
will begin tomorrow. Everyone whose
name has been mentioned I'm connection
with the murder of Burdick viii be
brought % the witness stand II he can be
reached with a subpoena. The bodies OF
Mr. and Mrs. Pencil were taken 90 the
New York Central station this afternoon
after a brief funeral service and placed
on board a train. They will reach Bruins
wick Me- tomorrow afternoon The re-
mains will be placed ia Pine Grove Gem
etery, where Mr.. Pencils father Cap
tain j. ID. Pencil Is buried,
Judge Murphy said today regarding the
probable date OF the Pencil inquest.
I'VE shall nave TO await the outcome
of the Burdick inquest The interests of
Pencil aud Burdick We're so interviewer
that the final outcome of the Eurdick i'm
quest may or may not have an import
ant bearing on the inQuests into the
death of Mr. and Mrs. Penucl You may
say, however that t.e investigation into
the deaths of the Pencils viii be fully
as searching as that into the death of
Mr.. BuTdick. To IS my duty 90 determine
whether the Pencils deaths We're due TO
accident OF suicide.
II have issued subpoenas for every
one who has any knowledge OF the acci-
dent ] shall get al the facts IL they are
Obtainable. ] am not inclined 90 place 100
much dependence Ola the suicide theory
so far as il relates % the Pencils.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-14
KILLED BY BANDITS
Stage in Mexico Held Up and All
It's Passengers Murdered
by Robbers.

Los Angeles. Cal, March ia dispatch
from Tucson, AriZ., 10 the Herald says.
Mexican bandits held up the stage
which runs between Potam and TORN on
the YaQui river in Sonora last Tuesday
night, killing all of the six passengers.
Among them are FilibertO Alverado
wealthy MeXican, who owns number
of ranches along tile HaQut river The
authorities at Guaymas were al once mott
Alvarado and his wife had taken the
stage from Potam 10 Torin and the ban
dts no doubt thought that he carried q
large sum Of money with him. The stage
carried very little mail and rarely any
money or valuables. so that AlvaradO
must have been the mark for the bandits.
The hOld-up took place about halfway
between the two towns, bat just how the
stage was attacked VIII never be known
as all of the passengers and the driver
We're killed. They were picked up the
same afternoon Of the tragedy and the
put up a fight. else they would not have
an been killed. Their bodies were rifed
of everything Of value on them. The
traces had been cut and the horses had
heen allowed to run wild. The cover or
the stage and the body were both shot
fun of holes.
Il is thought by the Guaymas author
tiles that the perpetrators of the deed
We're some of the bandits who have taken
refuge i'm the mountains back of the
HaQui river and were laying for AlVaradO
Friends of the murdered ranch owner say
that he had little money with him az the
time. AlvaradO had been married only
two months. With him were SenOrita
Julia BerdO and SenOrieta G.. ii. De Con
Zales both Of prominent families I'm that
country and both Of whom were muir
dered.
Tucson. Ariz.. March 13.-Advlces from
HermosillO Mexico. tonight state that
one more body has been found near the
point of the hold-up and massacre of
passengers Of the stage running between
TOrreOn and POlam The body found Is
that Of q woman. Ii had been terribly
mutilatcd and afterward dragged "a dis
lance Of fifty yards into the bushes. A
piece of rope was found around the neck
Of the body. showing that the woman had
been chOkcd TO death. In all five pas
sengCrs were killed 1t has been defi-
nitely confirmed that the bandits We're
NaQui Indians numbering fifteen 90 TWEEN
az They were evidently well armed, as
the bodies of the dead were riddied Win
hullet-holes. Two companies of soldiers
besides the brother of AlvaradO are on the
trail
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-14

made several visits 10 the justice dur
ing the day and evening After bis last
call about IL o'clock tonight, he issued
the following bulletin:
Justice Day has had q very COM
Portable day and an symptoms continue
favorable
Mrs. Day and two of her sons are
WITH the justice. The Two other sons.
who are at college. are Kept advised Of
their fathers condition, but it is said
there has been no need Of summoning
them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-14
WAS AUDITOR OF IDAHO.

Career Of Sinclair in West Was
Honorable.
Boise. Ida. March 13.-Bartlett Sin
clair Is a native of Maine. and is about
80 years old. He came TO Idaho twenty
years ago and entered upon the prac-
tice 81 law at Bonner's Ferry. I'm 1898
he was elected state auditor. After the
riot iu the Occur DAlenes In April.
1899, Governor Steunenberg appointed
him as his personal representative in
the administration of affairs in the
county under the rule of martial law.
He made d highly creditable record
there.
After going out of office In 1901 Mr..
Sinclair secured an appointment i'm the
Philippines through Governor TAFT
whom he had long known.
He is highly esteemed here and is
regarded as man of high sense Of
honor and unyielding integrity.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-14
BARTLETT SINCLAIR
TRIES TO KILL HIMSELF

Manila, March l3.-Bartlett Sinclair,
treasurer of Rial province, attempted
10 commit suicide today by taking
poison I'm the Office of the attorney gem
eral. when Informed that the govern
ment intended TO prosecute him for
neglecting his office and permitting the
peculauon of funds.
Sinclair's books were found 10 be in
a muddled state The authorities had
been Investigating for months a short
age of several thousand dollars, but IL
is not believed that Sinclair embezzled
the money. Four of his subOrdinates
have been arrested on the charge Of
emil eZZlemenL.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-14

calling a special grand jury to look
into the polygamy charges and the JIM
moraliGes of the city While 1t can
not be stated with authority, there
are reasons for believing that the
charges made against Judge H. s.
Tanner by Samuel Russell had much
to do with the judges deciding that
the publication tendencies of a grand
jury are more seriously required now
than they have been for some time
past.
Acting upon that assumption, Judge
Stewart, Judge Hail and Judge Morse
yesterday decided 10 grant the request
contained IN tie citizens petition, aud
viii cali a grand jury for the April
term.
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AN INCREASE GRANTED.
Rio Grande VIII Advance the Wages
Of Its Men.

Rio Grande VIII Advance the Wages
Of Its Men.
Denver. March 13.-It was unOfficially
stated today that the Denver & Rio
Grande railway has granted an adj
vance i'm wages 20 the engineers and
dremen, and that "a settlement of an
differences viii speedily follow.
Manager Edison and superintendent
Coughln of the road held long and
secret conference this morning with a
committee representing the engineers
and fremen. and an agreement was
reached. The men first asked for a Is
and 20 per coat increase but the terms
offered them today IL Is said, show
raise Of about 1919 and Is per cent.
Neither Manager Edison nor Super
iatendent COuEhlin would deny or af-
firm the report of a settlement and
the workmen said they were not at
liberty 90 talk for the present. The
agreement win be submitted 10 the
unions for ratification.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-14

= Butte. Mont. March lS-Rail- p
= way officials in Butte have been ,
. notified Of the passage of state >
? senate bill No 20, introduced I'm >
, the last legislature by Senator =
= Hopkinh. The law Is In effect inn =
= mediately and provides that an =
= railroads must correctly report .
? delayed passenger trains % the .
2 travelling public By posting notice 2
. In a conspicuous place IN the sta- ?
ton and notify telephone eX- =
? changes. =
44T4444&44TT44A%44&
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Westervelt's Letter to Judges.

salt Lake city, Utah, March l3 1899.
To the Honorable, the Judges OF the Dis
trict COmt Of salt Lake county, Ildh.
sirs-f bee respectfully TO suggest %
vour honors the advisabilty OF summon
ing "a grand jury for salt Lake county.
since / entered upon the duties Of TINS
office about two months ago. there nave
come 10 me directly and indirectly a Wa
rIetv of complaints, reports and rumots
bearing more or less the stamp OF truth,
concerning sundry public offenses, al
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GREY BULL RESERVOIR.
Especial 10 The Herald)

A1 liNNlNA I'D a lAN A4Nl anu
Washington, March l3.-In adj 3
ditiOu 20 the projects selected for =
immediate construction under the =
national irrigation act mentioned >
IN yesterdays dispatches. an addi- ,
tional project was selected in ,
wyoming at q conference held last =
night by President Roosevelt. Sec =
rotary Hitchcock and Land Com :
missioner Richards. This is Grey =
Bull river project in Big Horn >
county, where at very low cost ir- =
rigatiOn works can be constructed 2
20 irrigate a large area OF valu- =
able land. This project was Sc =
lected by President Roosevelt. who =
was convinced OF its feasibility =
and advantage it offers of low cost =
and carly construction.
? > = = 2 = - = = 2 Z