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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-24
CREW BLOWN INTO THE WATER S
ST. LOUIS CONVENTION
Arrangements Practically Com
pIeted by The Sub Com-
mittee Yesterday.

81. Louis Mo, May 23.-The sub-com-
mittee Of the Democratic national com
mit,ee met here today. practically
completed arrangements for the Demo
cratic national convention which viii
meet in this city July 6. and adjourned
90 meet again June - at 10 "a. I'D. at the
Hotel JEFFERSON The disposition of the
tickets for the 10. $50 seats that win be
provided for I'm the convention hall for
delegates, alteTlates, the press and the
general public was taken care of and
other matters were arranged.
InOSe present were Chairman J. X
Jones of Arkansas, Senator William j.
stone Of Missouri, Daniel J. Campau
or Michigan, Norman +. Mack of New
York, j. vi, Head Of Tennessee. j. u.
Johnson Of Kansas and John y. Os-
borne of Wyoming The absentees were
j. III. Quincy OF Pennsylvania and John
r., Mclean of Ohio Congressman q.
NJ Hitchcock Of Omaha, who is at the
head or the press ticket disbursement
arrangements. and Edwin Seton of
Washington, ID. c. who viii have the
direct allotment of the senate, were
Also present.
A resolution was adopted providing
THAT an applications for press tickets
from newspapers FOR the Democratic
national convention shall be made I'm
--4t name Oh lllE G4DllE4lEte OF tildll-
aging editors OF the newspapers, and
must be flied with Charles II. Mann,
press gallery, house of representative.
Washington. ID. c.. ON or before June
S. Applications for press tickets from
persons other than those indicated
above viii not be recognized
A total of z02 seats viii be provided
for press workers. OF that number 352
seats are for correspondents and local
newspaper workers These viii have
ables. The remaining $50 seats viii
be reserved for representatives of the
weekly press and publishers who do not
send telegraph natter but write news
letters, Each member Of the national
committee has been allotted ten tickets
and each delegate three.
All dOOrkeepcrs for the national con-
ventiou viii be appointed by the sub
committee ON arrangements of the ma
uJuaI committee. through the sergeant
alarms of the convention.
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TWO THOUSAND POUNDS OF STRUGGLED
OPIUM SEIZED AND ARRESTS MADE

Washington May 23-Chief wHIde Of
the secret service today gave out the
following statement:
Secret service agents detailed at the
request Of Assistant Secretary Arm
strong have been Investigating the
suspected smuggling of opium between
Seattle and Portland After three
months work under the direction OF
Frank Burke. who was specially de-
tailed for this service from the New
York division. the investigation closed
at midnight Sunday last with the seiz-
ure Of $4,000 worth Of crude opium and
the arrest of s. p. Stevens, alias Tut
tie; w. s Cree and Alfred Larsen. all
Of Seattle. Stevens, who is said to be
wealthy, is charged with being the
principal I'm the enterprise which had
been conducted successfully it is said.
for several years. His methods. il lis
stated. are unique. I'm that he never
allowed himself to- be directly connect
ed with the handling of the c0ntraband
opium. Chinese merchants az Victoria
imported the opium from China deiiv-
cred TO agents Of Stevens, who. II IS
said placed it aboard a fast launch
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me act Of selling guup0Wder 10 Rus
sian Intermediates.
by similar means the r0bber bands
are Wen supplied with the most modern
IlHes and plenty of ammunition. Al
.hough the sale of arms 90 the Chinese
Is prohibited, DC is well known that
every native village possesses a regu-
Jar arsenal containing the best repeat
ing rifles. including many Of the Ger
man model of 1900
The robbcT bands have grown holder
ana more active than ever Within q
rev weeks Of the date of the letter to
the trankfurter Zeituug a band num-
peTing as many as 2,000 men attacked
Well-guarded railway station The
russians asserted that they positively
recognized japanese officers I'm com
mand of the assaiIants-
Continuing. the correspondent saws
that hatred hT the Chinese population
against the Russians is apparent He
lnen related the following incident.
After saying that the Russian settlers
regarded the natives as being far lower
IMAM dogs. the correspondent saws the
RUSSIAN officers assured him that the
peasant settlers tested their new rifles
by taking native as a target.
zone engineer with whom I tray
eled. he asserts, did not salute
well known officer because the latter
had shot down eight of the engineers
pest Ia b0rers in mere wantopness. His
complaint remained unanswered.
In consequence OF such conditions
the correspondent asserts. iu c0uClu-
sion, the entire laboring population are
longing for the moment when they
may dare TO fau upon their torment
GTE.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-24
POWER COMPANY PLANT
WASHED DOWN STREAM

Boise, Ida Nay 29.-The plant of the
Highland Power company ON the Boise
river twenty miles above this city. was
swept away yesterday al noon. The
loss is about S150,000. The river had
been damned with crib dam. and the
power house stood under the river bank
sixty feet below the dam. The apron
ON the dam was damaged soon after
nigh water began and q great hole was
secured out by the side of the plant
and running back to this dam This
hole had been partially filed with rock.
but the securing process finally carried
the hOls back under the dam until
connection was made with the upper
side Then the river GENE through
with a rush and washed the works
away. This plant was used for pump
ing water for placer mining and was
to be converted into au electric plant
when the placer ground had been eZ-
haUsJed. The home Office of The cru-
pany is ir New Hampshire.
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JAPANESE LOSE $1,000
MEN AT PORT ARTHUR
Three Thousand of the Cars Soldiers Killed or
Wounded.
Outcome the Battle Not Stated in Dispatch Said to Have
Been Received at ST. Petersburg

St Petersburg Nay % p mAccordng reports which have
reached the Russian headquarters Chinese
% Japanese have made Arthur but have
epd with heavy loss The report questioned here
St. Petersburg May 2s-O18Op is reported that FOREIGN
Lansdorh has received message the Russian consul at
oeoo saying that the land attack on Port Ar
% ana that IN doing they lost killed or wounded The
russian loss is placed 5000 ultimate outcome Of m font
ing is " ' ls"'
may Ihe St Petersburg correspondent Of SAYS
Is Peisenty rumored that the squadron has
'liea three cruisers bought by Japan from Chile
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P RESBYTERlAN ASSEMBLY REPORT
ON MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE MATTERS

Buffalo. \. ~ May 29-At the gem
eraI assembly of the Presbyterian
church of the United States today the
special committee on marriage and di-
Eorce made its report and submitted
the following recommendations:
The general assembly again enioius
an ministers under its care and au-
tnolity TO refuse % perform the mar
Tlage ceremony in the cases of divorced
persons. except as such persons have
Deen divorced upon grounds and for
causes recognized as scripturaI i'm the
standards of the church
Recognizing the comfy which
should exist between Christian
churches. and believing that il would
be desirable and tend to- the increase
of spirit of Christian unity. we earn-
estly advise AN the ministers under
the care and authority of this general
assembly 10 refuse 90 unite in mar
rage any person OF persons whose
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THREE WIDOWS WILL
DIVIDE The PROPERTY

Dcs Moiues. Iowa, May z3-Three
women. each claiming TO be legally
welded wives of Contractor Dubois.
who died last week me, today. talked
the situation over and mutually agreed
upon "a division OF the estate. A local
banker was agreed upon as admins
traitor of the estate which IS valued
at $1,000. Mrs. Dubois no. D. as she
is distinguished from the other two
Mo:nes and was living With Dubois at
The time of his death. Mrs Dubois No.
. comes from New Orleans and Mrs.
Dubois No. comes from Denver. They
met here 10 attend The funeral of their
husband"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-05-24
MAYO
FAVORED GAMBLERS

New York. May Subpoenas were
issued and served by the district at
tolney s office today upon Superinleud-
enJ Dealy of the racing department of
the Western Union telegraph rompa-
NY, and Assistant Superintendent
Mitchell TO appear i'm John Doe" pro-
ceediugs tomorrow The proceedings
are based on the raid at am alleged
pool room in East F'or-y-second street
last week
Because neither the police nor the
district attorneys office was ready
with evidence m the West Side court
today Magistrate Mayo. in spite of the
protests of Assistant District Attorney
Lord discharged from custody The ten
prisoners arrested I'm The raid of the
alleged pool room INFORMATION bureau
iu the New York theatre building last
Friday This was 20 have been the
first of the trials of those arrested i'm
more than twenty raids CT alleged pool
rooms last week
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FEDERATION OF MINERS MEET TN
ANNUAL CONVENTION AT DENVER

Denver, Colo. May 25.-Over go dele
gates 90 the twelfth annual convention
of the Wesern Federation of Miners
assembled here today 10 consider ques-
tions vitality affecting The welfare of
the organization. Vice President = O.
Williams Of Grass Valley, cal, pre-
sided i'm the absence of President Moy-
er- The convention IS expected to be
IN session for about ten DAYS Dele
gates are present from Colorado. Ari-
iona, British Columbia. Montana.
Idaho. Kansas. Minnesota. Michigan.
New Mexico California. Oregon. Utah.
South Dakota. Washington. wyoming
and Alabama.
At the forenoon session John S. SulH-
van, president of the State Federation
Of Labor, extended greetings on behalf
Of organized labor 10 the delegates.
After appointment OF a committee on
credentials recess was taken.
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ADAMS
WELCOMED HOME
WinsOme Actress Weaves Smell
on Great Audience.
LOVING CUP GIVEN HER
GOVERNOR WELLS MAKES PRE-
sENTATION SPEECH

q HE ran upon the STAGE. Che last r.. e.
y of song dying upon E.- iHs B.
sypsy eirl she was when she maze
her entrance. 81 pretty Wiusomr e..--
gypsy gin. But she was no. gypsy l
The little gin who went away lr.l
time ago. and who had come back .a a-r
own people.
entrance. Through many lines Cd l.a .Ha..a
tnat nobody noticed. that many never
heard. 30 had waited And trau came
Aauac- III the people had been assem- s.Iae
Ir the Theatre for weeks and r.Haar-ir.
they could not have done u So HEI. G.-
uluarliE applause begins with u Iill.. Ha..-
Ter Thar starts somewhere down lUH.r.
the front and riUples back until the waves
break ON tho rear WaIL Last uiEH. "A.
started with o crash
Miss Adams must have been prepare.
lu some measure Tor what was euwI.E
Dut she looked startled even afraid. TI.r
she smiled The light of her face SCENE.
"a zeal light The applause rumblsd OLD
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sCoUTINe sKIRMIsHEs-
Ten Russians Killed by japanese at
Takushau.

Iakushau.
Toxic. May % a p. m)-The JaDan-
csc landed al Takushan report having
peeH engaged I'm two scouting Skin
Alishes, during which ten Russians
were killed I'M the first affair two
russians were captured and i'm the
otnef General kuroki reports the can
Luie OF am officer and a man caught
making a reconnaissance i'm the rear Of
kurOkIs army
Three splendid horses captured at
tne talu battle by KurOki and pre-
llea TO the emperor reached Toxic
i-4as- They were taken 10 the palace.
where they were inspected. Two of
tnm are Russian bred and the other
IS am Arabian.
Ftuule Who have visited Matsuxama
report that the Japanese are exercising
Efeat care with the food and general
treatment of the Russian prisoners
mere The ratiOus include liberal all
i0Mances of meat. bread and tea dsifv.
u ne prisoners quarters are clean ana
sanitary, The majority of the wound
ed are making goCd progress.
ABOUT 800 sick and slightly wounded
men of General Kur0ki's army arrived
az the military hospital here today
WIN several guns, wagons and an1IJ-
Iahees captured at the YaIu river
"Alch VIII be presented to the en-
peror
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GREGORY WAS NEARLY
KILLED BY MISTAKE

? Denver May 23-Thst A. J. ,
, Gregory Of Salt Lake city the Rio =
? Grande railroad employe who was =
= beaten several weeks ago was =
? mistaken for Detective Lyle Greg =
> CRY, who was later murdered is a >
? theory on which the police are ,
2 working. A. j. Gregory was way =
= laid by three men, who beat him >
= savagely over the head and left >
2 him unconscious. The detectives y
= have descriptions eft this trio aad =
. hope TO run them down >
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PLEASURE SEEKERS
NARROWLY ESCAPED

san Francisco. May 23-Wth her
main mast snapped off AT the deck
her rudder gone. sails torn to threads
and foot Of water i'm her cabin. elev-
en- pleasure seekers aboard the sl00D
Olympic Eve Of whom We're young la
dies. have had narrow escapes from
death. AT 1880 yesterday morning the
yachting party left South San Francis
co and headed for Sausilito. expecting
To return by shutdown Strong winds
were encountered and the mast of tho
sloop was carried away. The little
vessel driftcd about the harbor en-
trance an dag and night until 70 was
seen by the government steamer Cen
orai Mcdowell. which lowed it 20 port.
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marriages such ministers have good
reason to believe is forbidden by the
laws of the church Ia which person or
persons seeking 10 be married may hold
membership.
The appeal and address to the inter
church conference Is hereby in5orsed
Dy this general assembly and conn
mended 10 the consideration of all our
ministers and congregations
The committee on marriage and di-
Force is continued and instructed 10
cooperate with the representatives OF
other churches i'm eudeavoring TO OBJ
tam SUCH ecclesiastical unity, and such
state or national legislation as may
shield both churches ana state from
existing and pending perils."
Ihe COMMITTEES is working with COM
mittees of thirteen ether den0mina-
uons, all of which form the inter
church conference ON marriage and di-
vorce which recently ISSUED an apneaf
TO the Christian public.
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Do Broken o.
FIXES THE PENALTY.
Massachusetts Trying to Stop omaaI
Corruption.

Boston, May 23-The state Ieeisls-
ture has passed a bin which has gone
70 the governor. for his signature for
the purpose of stopping the corruption
or employees by the giving and receiving
or brides. The practice IS said TO be
quite general throughout New England
and the manufacturer particularly re-
gard the corruption as q curse" The
bill provides that whoever gives. offers
or promises To an agent. empIove or
servant any gift on gratuity whatever
with intent 10 influence his action in
relation 90 his principles. employers or
masters business or any agent. en-
ploye on servant VINO receives OF ac-
cepts gift or gratuity or promise. ur-
der an agreement 0T with am under
standing that be shall act iu any par
ucular manner i'm relation 10 his em-
ployerS' business. shall be punished by
fne of not less than $40 nor more
than $500, or Imprisonment for not more
than one year The act is designated
TO prevent the payment of commissions
on purchases Of supplies pr Tor the use
OF the employees influence. by bTibue
him. to secure contracts. appointments
to a position. OF any act by which the
employer is imposed upon.
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MENACE 10 RUSSIA.



Manchuria
Lao Yang. May 23.-GeneraI Ma.
commander Of the Chinese troops. is in
constant communication with Tou-
llsan, the chief Of the Chinese bandits
VINO are adopting military OTganiZatio
under Japanese instructors TOulisan's
district is the granary of Mauchurfa.
he Is a great organizer. and built seven
immense granaries which are strongly
garrisoued, Toulisau ordered the i'm
habitanls 90 bring Ia their surplus
prain- fOTbidding them 10 sell IL TO the
Russians and ordering them to receive
the grain for the Chinese armies which
are coming from the northwest Hun
dreds of disguised soldiers are coming
up the river, styling themselves work
ingmen. They remain idle and are well
fed. while the Russians are unable to
gCt food. The Chinese officials are OBJ
sequI0us 10 TOuiisan who collects the
taxes of the district
Swarms of disguised Chinese soldiers
are i'm the vicinity OF Liao Yang and
Chinese troops are guarding the Shan
Hal kWan-ShIn Min TuHg railway.
The Russians are having the greatest
dlfnculty in pacifyiuE the iuha bitants
VINO apparently are anxious to rise
against them. Toulisan. General Ma
and Ficeroy Yuan Shi Kai are parti-
sans of the Ming dynasty. and are
openly planning a revolution. with the
aid Of the japanese, Who cleverlv take
advantage of the quaTTels between the
partisans. Tai Sing and Ming dynas-
ties. The former IS Champi0ued Dy the
BaHuermen. or privileged class of Mon
goIs, who hate the Chinese, The latter
are headed by Yuan Shi kai and the
whole Chinese nation The provinces
and cities whore the Chinese element
predomiuates are invariably pro-Japau-
ese. The Russian sympathiZers are
only To be found among the Banner
men M0ugOls
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FATAL EXPLOSION TN
FIREWORKS FACTORY

Camden. n. J.. May eS-Oae man
and two BOYS we're killed ANA six men
and Two girls seriously injured hy am
explosion today IN the fireworks factory
OF Jose SCal0Ua. on the outskirts or
Camden. -Four small buildings were
wrecked
Joseph Scalona. the proprietor. was
subsequently arrested and held pend
ing an investigation as 90 the cause of
the explosion. which is said TO have
occurred iu the mixing room
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AN FRANCISCO. May

pAN FRANCISCO. May 23.-The
three-masted schooner Fanny
Adele, laden with coal oil, gasoline
and general merchandise, for Nome.
Alaska, was set on fire today by an
explosion which occurred iu the hold
and is d total loss The four men on
beard at the time narrowly escaped
with their lives, one of them being bad
Is burned. The Sixteenth street
wharf, at which the vessel was lying.
was partly burned. The total loss VIII
approximate 100000.
A few moments before the disaster
Captain Felsher left the schooner, with
four men on board, Seamen Joseph and
Claussen being on deck, and Joseph
Name and J. Kruntkrizer in the ca
bin Suddenly there was an explo-
sion, from some unknown cause. iH-
the hold. All Of the men were blown
into the water, those fin the cabin
being lifted into Che air through the
open companion way
Sailor Terribly Burned.
The Hen tried in vain 10 reach the
vessel, being driven back by the
fsu'es. which shot up into the air for
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EXPLOsION 81 - 49,
Arrest of Alleged japanese Spies al
Cronstadt.


Cronstadt.
London, May 23.-The ST. Petersburg
correspondent of the Central News
FaS mat there was am explosion today
on board the batti5shiD Orel an Cr0n-
sJadt ana that ten stokers were Killed
ne vessel the correspondent saws.
was damaged and IL VIII take weeks
10 eject repairs. The explosion. ar-
cording % the dispatch. was the result
ot an accumulation of gas in The bunk
ers
81 Petersburg. May 23.-t4.s5 %. u1.D
-i me admiralty reports that the bat
tleShip orei which suddenly sunk at
hef anchorage at CT0nstadt on Che
might of May 20 as the result. accord
ing 10 report OF her sea valves being
raised. has not sustained amy INJURIES
The Investigation into the cause of the
accident is not concluded
The general staff says the reOccuDa-
ttn of New Chuang by the Russians
- force is due 90 the change in the sit
ts1tion by the loss OF the japanese ships
East week. General KurOuatkiu orig
finally had decided 90 abandon the town.
because OF the japanese complete mas
terry over the sea- but the losses sus-
tanned by Admiral T0gO's fleet So
changes the relative strength of the
Two fleets that 10 is believed TO render
unsafe the dispatch of japanese trans
ports around the Liao Tuug peninsula
as they run the risk of attack by Rear
Admiral Wittsoeft.
An investiga ton made by the au-
thOrlties into the recent attempts 90
destroy some OF the vessels of the Ball
Tie feet at Croustadt has resulted in
The arrest Of four Japanese spies. who
seem 20 have escaped detection by
wearing the uniform Of naval cadets
thus obtaining admission 10 the navy
yard and access 10 the ships without
difficulty.
Tt is believed that they also are re- .
Fponsible for the fire started some time 4
back near the naval magazine and for .
the opening of the sea valves Of the I.
0rel The authorities here think the 4
japanese have been harb0red by aR-
Hrchists
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ono of the most active delegations
IH the convention is mat of Butte Min
ers Union No. I This is the largest
union In the organization. having q
membership of $500. The union IS
strongly I'M favor OF moving the head
quarters of the organization 20 Butte
TT was reported that John Long.
president of the Miners union. would
pc candidate for president of the
Federation if it were decided that MIR.
Moyef could not be reelected. Jonn
Shey, Of the same delegation. IS mem
toned as a possible successor to Secre-
tary Haywood.
The principal action to be taken by
the convention VIII be on the strike
situation in Colorado. lit is expected
that the policy Of The executive officers
VIII be Endorsed and provisions made
Tor continuing the strike indefinitely.
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RlOTOUS HEBREWS.

Anti-War Demonstration at Gomel,
Russia.
Gomel, Russia. May pa band If
fifty young Jews made an anti-war
demonstration IN The streets here last
night. They carried red banner bear
ing au inscription reading Down with
the War and scattered am mn8mma-
tory proclamation. The police inter
feFed iu the interest Of order where
upon the Jews dred upon then The
police answered with firing two rounds
in the air. The Jews then dispersed. No
one was wounded On either side. one
jew was arrested. Tile population is
considerably excited by The event.
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R0THSCHlLD SENT UP
FOR NINE LONG YEARS

New York May 23-David Rolhz-
child, former president of the. defuuet
Federal bank who last week Was cons
Victed Of grand larceny today Was sens
fenced 20 serve uiae years iu the state
prison. RofhsChiId was found EuItr
of the theft of note af $4,000 Ione-
ing To man named Aessler Willie tHe
former Was president o. the bank
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LYNCHING LIKELY

? Wichita Kan, May 23-Three =
2 miles north of Woodward. o. r.. .
= yesterday William Gardner shot =
? and killed Bud Craig and Virgil .
= Funkhauser. He was jealous of =
. their attentions 10 his wife The =
. three men were c0wbo1-s on =. ~ .
. Virgins ranch \ mob Of aftv ?
= IS pursuing Gardner Ike WI D. .
? lynched IF caught
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40 Yang. May e8-Accordin

{ lao YANG. May ss-Accordiug TO
the latest reports. the Japanese
camps are infected with cholera.
aAd there is an average of 100 deaths
daily
The military situation is comparative
is quiet Russian patrols are success
luiIy harvesting The left of the Japan
eSe advance.
Ainkowl May - tdeIaved i'm trans
msslon).-The Russians have conn
pieted the mining of the harbor and
The mouth of Lao river.
III IS now believed that there are
immense supplies at New Chuang and
mat the place is thoroughly protect>I
AGAINST any incuTsion of the Japan