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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-05

iii all vacancies that may occur dur
ing the recess or the senate by grant
ing commissions. which shall expire al
the end of the next session
lt is argued by senators who have
given serious thought TO the questions
involved that, inasmUch as 1.-THE cone
gress shall assemble at least once JIM
every year, and such meeting shall be
on the first Monday in December. un-
less they shall by law appoint differ
ent day (Article /, last Paragraph Of
Section -, a recess must occur between
the termination Of the present extra
session and the beginning of the next
session in order to relieve the embar-
rassment resultant on failure TO con-
firm the army nominations referred toe
The merging Of the special session
would leave only an infnitesmal recess
and not sufficient. liz is feared. for re-
cess appointments 90 be made.
Outcome Uncertain.
Both the senate and the house win be
in session tomorrow. but from present
appearances neither body cares 90 take
the initiative, and the outcome IS UNI
certain
The senate committee on military af-
fairs VIII convene Monday at III o'clock
TO resume its hearing of the Wood case.
If the hearing should continue until
one minute after II o'clock the COM
mittee would be i'm the unique system
Of investigating a matter which was
not pending before the senate.
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offensive manner that the labor com
mittee had been packed"
He renewed his demand that Mr.. Liv-
ernash be assigned ~ this committee.
announcing that heASId defeated Mr.
Cannon for election 10 the FIfty-sec0ud
congress, and that unless his request
i'm this instance was accorded ne was
going into the speakers district IN the
next campaign Mr. Schulteis did NOT
have time to finish telling the speaker
what ne would do to him. as lIr. Can
non at this point gave his peremptOrv
order for the mans election from the
room. stating as he did so that there
was no chance of the committees che
ing packed by Mr.. Schulteis Just as
Mr.. Schulteis went out Sidney Bieoer.
the fire marshal for the District OF
Columbia, entered bearing. a miniature
brass cannon As ne placed the cannon
on the speakers desk, he remarked.
Mr.. Speaker, it sometimes takes a lit
tie cannon TO protect a big cannon
Representative Livernash tonight de-
MED that Mr.. Schulteis had orders
from him to make any request for
committee assignments. Mr. liver
nash said he had no knowledge what
ever Of the incident. nor Of Schulteis.
not being acquainted with the latter so
far as ne could recall
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-05
GOVERNOR OF COLORADO
PR0CLAIMS MARTIAL LAW
Limited in Extent, But will Serve to Put the Mi
Iitia in Possession of Cripple Greek.
Wholesale Arrests Expected to Follow and the BuIpsn Expert
snce Of the Occur d'Asnes Repeated

IN ENVER, Colo, Dec 4-Governor
Peabody at noon today issued a
proclamation declaring Cripple
creek under martial law and suspend
1ng the writ Of habeas. corpus. He Ge-
siafes that the gold camp is in state
or insurrecti0n and rebellion and that
the civil authorities are powerless.
Ia support Of his action the governor
CITES the blowing up Of the poreiou C
-ne NindicatOr mine and other acts OF
atWlessness and he declares that IL is
impossible to control the turbulence OF
lle camp by ordinary peaceabIe meth
Limited Martial Law.
The proclamation does not state in so
many words that martial law has been
declared and that the writ of .aboas
corpus has been suspended. but officials
at the state house say that both these
lhings are Intended The military viii
now deal with an alleged offenders AID
Try and punish them.
After mentioning acte or Ia,rlezs ,res
said 90 have been committed in q rig,le
efeek, the proclamation concludes as
followe:
Whereas, 7 have reason to believe
onat similar outrages may occur al auv
-LiHe' ana believing the civil authorities
on SAID county of Teller are utterlv m
able, unwilling ana are ,rine 70
pIactlcal attempt to preserve order and
a protect life and property:
NOW, therefore. l. James II. Pea
oouy, governor of the state of Colorado.
10y virtue of the authority IN me vested.
90 hereby proclaim and declare the
Fsaid county Of Teller. in .the state of
colorado to be I'm a state Of insurrac-
ZION and rebellion. CSigned)
JAMES H PEABODY. Go1-sr,,, %
Wholesale Arrests Expected.
Governor Peabody bases mis- decision
20 declare limited martial law ON the
decision Of the Idaho supreme court
which declared that the act Of ,he COW
ernor or Idaho in putting into force 10
q limited extent martial law i'm the
Occur q Aiene was I'm thorough barno-
ny with the constitution of that ate
Inc constitutional provision relating To
the writ Of habeas corpus in this state
rs similar to that Of the Idaho con stitu-
tion.
Colonel Edward Verdeckberg. com
mander or the military force in CripDle
creek, was with the governor when h6
-dlctated the proclamation He LETT for
Cripple Creek this afternoon with 4
coy or the proclamation
wholesale arrests Of strikers euDDosed
Io De implicated in the Vindicator ex-
piosion and other cases Of yiolan0a win
ne made tomorrow. The "buIlpen'' win
pe enlarged so az to accommodate sew
eraI hundred persons.
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GREAT CLOUD OF WITNESSES
AGAINST UPTON AND M'GREGOR

Baltimore. Nd, Dec. Am the trial
today Of Columbus Ellsworth Upton
and Thomas w. McGregor. on charges
OF conspiracy 10 defraud the govern
11ent on contracts. Louis A Goetz. an
accountant in the Office Of McGregor
in the free delivery bureau atsWashing-
ton. identified certain. bills sent to
Charles Z. Smith. the Baltimore leather
merchant. who furnished pouches on an
agreement to pay Upton and McGregOr
'rakeoff." On ross-examinatf ton
Goetz said that McGregor and Els
worth Upton were known IN the de-
partment as honest and upright men.
William F. Broenigg. secretary Of
Congressman Wachter. testified that he
wrote the letter which Mr. Wachter
signed recommending Smith to the de-
partment and that the letter was writ
ten at the request Of Upton.
William 3. Hazberg, receiving Clerk
IN McGregOr's Office testified that he
mad received the boxes of pouches
shipped by Smith. Miss Emma Con-
verse and Robert A. Pendletou, stenog-
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each. the sum at which bail was fixed
by Judge Seeds. The accused men say
that they court the fullest investiga-
ton Of their conduct during the strike
and that the charges against them have
been trum3ed up TO get them out Of the
way
An official statement issued by dis
trict union Is declares that Kennison
Parker. Davis. Steven Adams ami
Charles Mckinney are innocent of the
crimes Of murder. train-wrecking and
conspiracy to murder. charged against
them and that "the justice being dis
pensed in this district is a hollow
mockery, a disgrace to civilized COM
liberty"
a a result or Governor Peabody's proc
lama ton that a state Of rebellion exists
ln this tIeller) county. military details
We're today put in charge Of each town
I'D the district The sheriff and the may
ors OF the various towns promptly uoti-
RED the military authorities that they
would work I'm harmony with them in
maintaining order
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-05
SHORT COTTON CROP WILL CAUSE
NEW ENGLAND MILLS TO SHUT DOWN

Boston. Dec. 4-That a widespread cur
tailment Of production by Gotten mills in
The United States viii be found neces-
sary during the next few months on ac-
count OF the great cost OF raw material
is the opinion or leading mill men in this
city, from which the policy OF many cot
ton mills in the north is directed. The
market for finished material has been
unsatisfactory for months and prices have
not risen correspondinEly with those OF
Gotten. The mills in New England en-
ploy fully $4,000 hands, $3.50 Of whom
nave had their wages reduced 10 per cent
this fan, and 1900 additional VIII be cut
within the next two weeks.
A matter Of great interest IN New Eng
land IS ghc project now on foot in the
southern states TO bring about a gem
eral curtailmeut. A meeting Of southern
manufacturers has been called for next
thursday. and If q policy OF widespread
curtailmcnt is adopted 1t viii have much
influence on the future action IN large
mill eentcrs
Whether or not a general aereement in
the north to shut off the steam can be
reached Ia the present crisis is not
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-05
RESOLUTIONS As TO
UNCLE SANS PURPOSE

Washington, Dec. Representative
Livernash Of California introduced a
joint resolution today defining the in
tention OF the United States concern
ing the isthmus Of Panama" tt dis
claims on the part of the United states
any intention to impair Colon bian SOW
ereignty or TO support the republic Of
Fanama against Colombia or to inter
fere i'm the relations between Colombia
and Panama.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-05
BRYkN'S aPPEALlN
BENNETT WILL CASE

New Haven, Conn. Dec. 4.-Counsel
for William ]. Bryan. executor Of the
win Of the late Phno 3. Bennett flied
an appeal in the superior court TODAY
from the decision Of Probate Judge
cleveland by which the sealed letter
giving $4,000 70 Mr.. Bryan and his
family was excluded from probate. 1t
VIII come up for a hearing at the Jan
uary term OF the superior court. to-
Setner with the appeal already filed By
counsel Tor Mrs. Bennett. the widow
The latter appeal Is from the decision
ot Judge cleveland admitting to pro-
bate the sections OF the win naming
Mr. Bryan as executor and giving him
funds In trust for college scholarships.
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PROTECTING THEIR
CLAIMS WITH GUNS

Denver. Dec A special to the News
from Rincou Il. NJ. says three men
badly wounded. were brought to Rincon
today from the new gold fields at
Apache canyon for treatment They had
been shCt in conflicts over claims. III is
reported several other men have been
shot. No names are given. A mining
expert who was sent to Apache canyon
20 investigate returned today He re-
ports that the field is very rich bus lin-
tied in extent. No development work has
Decn cone as yet. as every man who has
been fortunate enough to secure q claim
is protecting IL from late corners. There
are now 900 men on the ground and
more arriving daily.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-05
NEIDERMeiER TRIES TO
BRlBE PRISON GUARD

Chicago. Dec. 4.-One OF the car barn
baEdits, Peter Neidermeier, today at
tempted to bribe Patrick Donnelly. one
or the guards at the county jail TO al
low him 10 escape. promising him SOS. =
600. Donnelly asked him where he
WOULD get the money and received the
answer. I'll get it all right"
Chief Of Police O'NeiI today received
contribution of 5000 from the Chi
caeo City Railway company to aid the
widows Of the policemen who lost their.
lives in the pursuit of the bandits.
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company mines was $4,000 tons. the
average being 10000 OF this 10000
tons Was commercial coal going outside
the state In addition 1900 tons of coke
was sent outside the state. TIE South
eln Pacific took about 1900 tons Of
ceal on its contract The Rio Grande
Western used about $4,000 tons. While
aboGt 10000 toms MAS made int Is 600
tons OF coke The rest was commercial
coal used in Utah.
Iae total output yesterday vas 2Ge9
tons, or at the rate Of IS S34 tens FOR
twenty-siN working days a month.
The BIO GTaude Western is the rail-
road which feels most the falling off in
earnings frGi, coal traffic This loss
amounts 90 nearly $500 a dav. having
run between S60000 and $4,000 a month.
Other railroads outside the S,ate are
losing almost as much. ma wing lcneer
hauis on the business, although exact
hSures are at present lnobtaiaabla.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-05

raphers in the Office of McGregor. iden-
Tined certain letters that had been writ
ten 10 Smith James A. Dickery. file
clerk In McGregOr's Office. identified
carbon copies of letters sent to smith.
Herbert W. AnderstOn. a clerk in
charge Of the correspondence of Nc
Gregor's office, also identified certain
letters from McGregors office which
were written TO Smith
Filming confidence in their belief that
the prosecution has failed to make a
prima facie case against former Postal
clerks Thomas W. McGregor and CO.
lumbus Upton, counsel for the defense
IN the trial for alleged conspiracy to
defraud the government by SELLING
leather pouches at CXOrbitant prices
decided today TO close the case with
out putting single witness on the
stand to testify for their clients.
Papers will be prepared tomorrow and
exchanged by the counsel Argument
on the prayers viii be offered Monday
The court viii not sit on the case to-
morrow.
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DIED THAT He MIGHT
SAVE LIVES OF OTHERS

Ontario Ore, Dee. 4.-Peter Russell.
foreman of railroad bridSe crew,
lost his life last night while trying TO
save special train from wreck. Rus
sell with three Of his men were re-
turning from Washoe on handcar
when they heard the train approach
@Gg- Two of the men jUuued, while
Russell and another attempted to re-
move the haudcar from siie track. X
was almost Off tho track when the train
struck it. throwing Russell sixty feet
into the air and injuring him so that
Ee died shortly after. None of the
other men were hurt.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-05
WoOD,s - ACCOUNTs.
Senate Committee Likely to Stir Up
More Scandal

More Scandal.
Washington. Dec. 1.-The first witness
20 be heard on Monday by the senate
military affairs committee. which is iu-
Xestiga ting the nomination of General
Le9haFd ~ ooq 10 ne MAJOR general.
viii be Colonel Charles S. DiehI. assist
ant general manager OF the Associated
Press. Major Runcie viii bc here Non
day He VIII be examined concerning
the contradiction or some Of his teeri-
mony by Ray Stannard Baker. the mas
The committee has under consideration
the question Of summoning Witnesses tu
testify as TO the condition of General
Wood Santiago accounts for 1SSS For
Iasker III. Bliss Of the general start of
the army viii be called, and that sub
W. D. Lancashire and Lieutenant Brooks,
an OF whom are said to have had "a hand
in auditing the accounts.
1T ls said the witnesses VIII declare
that when the accounts were first 7tl-
dited they were found to be I'm b con-
clifton which was aftcrward excused by
the war department as Justlable bee
cause LHey We're INSIDE az time DURING
war waen everything was in q state az
VIII contend tnat the reaudltlng OF Cen
eral Woods accounts furnished a. Drece-
dent rpr the reaudiUnE of Major Ralh-
bones accounts for the reason THAI the
latter was prepared under identical con-
ditiOns.
Another witness who probably win be
suopoenaed for early next week is H. o..
FOSnes. the pOstOftice Inspector who JIM
VesLlgateu the charges of postal frauds
IN Cuba. and who ls said To have written
20 j. T.. Brist0W. fourth assistant post
master general. making arrangements for
the translation of BrisuOW's report ON
Cuban postal conditions. Tt is declared
that the request for the translation came
from Carlos =. Ortiz. who presided in
the postal cases Tt is the purpose OF the
opponents of General Wood to show that
he had a hand in bringing about the
translation, and that he used his i1fu-
ence with Judge Ortiz.
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Utah Is Losing $4,000 Month That Has Been Coming in
From Outside States For the Purchase Of Coal
Falling Off in Railroad Traffic.

A 5OUT $4,000 a month that has been
n coming into Utah from outside 70
pay FOR coal has been shut of as
a result of the coal strike. While the
Rio Grande Western railroad alone is
q loser to the extent of $50. 900 to SIS 600
monthly from this cause
ms is one Of the effects Of the strike
that IS beginning to tell among the To-
cal business men.
The Utah Fuel company sent from Its
Carbon county mines in October coal
10 California, Washington. OrrS,.n.
Idaho Nevada and Montana. for which
1t received $4,000. This was an tfn-
Usually heavy month, however. u H.
lustrates the amount of money which
is coming into Utah as a direct result
of the coal business.
During the month of october the to-
tai output of coal from the Utah Fuel
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-05
ADDER SAFE IN PORT,
M0CCASlN ON BEACH

Norfolk, Va. Dec. A-The naval tug
Peoria, towing the submarine torpedo
boat Adder, has arrived az the navy
yard here. The Adder was saved hv
the herOism Of Boatswain Deery WHO
responded to a call for volunteers and
swan one hundred yards with a line
TO the Adder from the tug and pulled
a hawser after him. The Adder IS
leaking badly
The Peoria left tonight for Curritu-
cut to aid the Yankton and Vixen On
floating the Moccasin. which is now
high and dry upon the beach.
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known at this time but II IS expected
that n the southerners decide on a gem
era pCIcy II Will induce large number
or northern manufacturer. especiaIv I'm
Fal River and Rhode Island. 20 stop
thelr spindles. II no agreement is
reached in the south there IS little lflzelf-
hood OF an understanding being arrived
an by northern mill owners as a whole
Tor those who have cotton do not care
70 stop manufacturing while their com
peutors are turning their usual amount
Of goods into the market
Most manufacturers agree that the
cotton situation is the most critical for
twenty-five years Several mill treasur-
ers mere today predicted that an extern
slNe curtailment is Inevitable. Should no
general curtatlment in New England be
agreed upon during the winter il is
thought that only the mills that are
financially the strongest win be ablc to
keeJ an their machinery in operation In
Manchester. n. H.. Lowell and a num-
Der ot Maine points there Is said to be
iAIAe supply of cid cotton on hand but
IN ran RIVER and many Rhode Island
lied.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-05
MYSTERY SURROUNDS
DEATH OF RANCHMAN

Albuquerque, n. NJ, Dec. 4.-Mystery
surrounds the death of Martin Rael a
wealthy citizen Of Belen. y. NJ. who
was found dead yesterday rear his
ranch six miles south of that city. He
mad been shot in the breast. His wife
mas been arrested. One report saws
q at during a quarrel with his wife he
was shot by her alleged paramour. An
1ther report IS that after Attempting 10
XIII his wife Rael shot himself.
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physicians are unable to tell whether
or not she win recover.
There We're twelve children i'm the
family of George Wright all sleeping
upstairs Reuben, who lost his lie.
was sleeping in room directly al the
TOP of the subway up which the
flames rushed, cutting off all avenue
Of escape The mother. with the two
youngest in her arms. escaDed bv
jumping from the root Of the kitchen
az the back Of the house Maggie. who
was so terribly hurt tossed another
~ the younger children from the up-
stairs window and in trying 20 save har
brother Reuben, who was suffocated
and burned TO death came near losing
her own life. An the children were
compelled to jump from the upstairs
windows to save their lives. but none
sustained injuries of a serious nature.
though all had their faces blistered and
their hair burned by the flames.
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White House tonight between the
president and Senator Hanna. It oc-
"curred on the initiative of Mr. Hanna
sand TO both participants the conference
Was perfectly satisfactory. Senator
Hanna arrived at $3.50 and remained
with the president until II O'Clock. at
the conclusion Of which it can be said
there was marked evidence Of sincere
friendship on both sides Neither the
president nor Senator Hanna cared to
discuss for publication the details. Il
was stated that the meeting had no
difference In any personal resDect from
others that they have had i'm the past
and which they viii have in the fu-
Rure. II was announced that reports
recently circulated that there had been
or was likely 20 be unpleasant rela-
tions between the president and the
senator amounted to an absurditv. The
president himself wants IL 10 be under
stood that he viii not take occasion to
dignity any Of them with attention. II
may be said that the relations between
the two are cordial and appreciatfve
friendship.
Talked About Panama.
The conference tonight tool, a wide
Snge. It dealt principally with pend
Ing and prospective legislation before
congress, particularly with that relat-
Efg 10 the Isthmian canal and with
general present conditions. Before and
since he became chairman OF the Inter
eceanic committee Of the senate
Mr.. Hanna has manifested deep inter
est I'm all questions relating 10 that
waterway He took tonight TO discuss
the present situation, especially its dip
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Sister Terribly Injured While Trying TO HimDsas
trOus Fire in the Home OF George Wright
at WhatCOm Wash

lT1HATCOM. Wash. Dec 4--The de
w struction of the home of George
Wright by fire this morning
caused the death OF one child and the
perhaps fa-al injury of another. Early
morning fires were started in the lower
part of the house by one of the sons.
The heat generated in enc Of the stoves
became 80 intense as TO set fire to the
wall paper and in few minutes the
flames spread to the upper portion of
the house where the family was sleep
ing Reuben, aged G. was burned to
death. In trying to save his life. his
sister Maggie, aged l., nearly. lost her
own being compelled finally 10 jump
from au upstairs window after her hair
bad been burned from her scalp and her
lace and arms terribly scOrched. In
her back was injured and the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-05
R0BBER GRABBED THE
POUCH AND ESCAPED

Baltimore, Dec. when Stewart
hin. messenger for the Merchants Ma
tional bank. went into the registry di-
vision Of the pOstofice I'm this city
stoday he laid his pouch, containing So
90 IN bonds, coupons and stocks. on a
tPble. while ne registered "a letter.
sNfhile his back was turned two men
grabbed the pouch and escaped.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-05
BAIL FIXED AT $4,000.
Federation Officials Languish in Jail
at Cripple Creek.

Cripple Creek, Colo, Dec. &C. G.
lNennison, Sherman Parker and w. r.
Davis, the executive committee of the
western Federation of Miners for this
District against whom informations
were filed yesterday in the district
court charging them with murder and
conspiracy TO murder are now confined,
IN the county Jail. but can obtain their
freedom by furnishing bonds for s15. 600
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-05
ELEVEN MINERs KrILED.

Liege. Belgium. Dec. eleven coal
miners were killed today at the Gasson-
Laquassemene at Montegnee. through
the breaking Of the rope by which a
cage was being hauled up. The men
We're precipitated TO the bottom of the
pit and their bodies horribly mangled
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-12-05
pECLTNEs 10 sERVE.

Madrid. Dec. Premier Vnlaverda.
who yesterday rendered the resigna-
ton Of the cabinet TO King Alfonso
owing to the Republican opposition 10
the passage Of the budget biL has de-
clined TO form a new cabinet and has
advised the king TO entrust the task tC
Senior Maura, former minister of the
interior
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fspecial to 10 HeraldN

Especial
tra lasting and late
evening Charles Deo guilty disturbing the peace
Clear Creek consumed in select
Denolfs
that as Sheriff Wilcox had
DEFENDANT the
overruled Of
speech by the organizer They
dsordery
unanimous his
warrant which
had been prepared against the