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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-04
AN INCREASE IN DEATHS.
Mortality During January Was
Greater Than IN December, 1908.

Mortality During January Was
Greater Than in December, 1908.
The report Of the board Of health foI
the month of January shows a mortal
ity in Salt Lake City of eighty-one per
sons, forty-three males and thirty-eight
females, equivalent to a death rate OF
1896 per LOCO, as compared with sixty
eight deaths for December and fifty
nine for the same month in 1903 All
Of the decedents were whites but one
Thirty-Seve were natives Of Utah
fOrty-four were single and tWenty-fOuI
were under years Of age.
There were fourteen deaths from
pneumonia during the month, seven
were due TO Brights disease and seven
resulted from various forms Of tubercu-
lOSis. There were four deaths each
from disea ses of the heart and digestive
organs, and five resulting from exter-
nal violence.
The births reported during the month
decreased sixteen as compared with
the preceding month, 13f having been
reported. fifty-eight males ndiseventy-
three females, all whites Six still
births were also reported during jan
uary, but were not Included in the birth
or death rate.
Seventy-three cases of contagious
and infectious disease were reported
during the month, as follows: Thirteen
cases Of diphtheria, with two deaths;
five cases of scarlet fever, three eases
OF typhoid fever with one death, eight
cases of smallpox, twenty nine cases
of chickenpox. fifteen cases of whoop-
ing cough with one fatality.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-04
STATE NEWS
TWO MAYNARD YOUTHS.
Get twenty-five Days Each j
County Jail For Larceny.

Get twenty-five Days Each in
County Jail For Larceny.
Manti, Feb. Saturday last constable
\. B. Pritchett of FairYiew brought Roy
and Frank Baker Of Fairview to this city
for confinement in the county Jail. Roy
is 1S years of age and Frank is u, and
the boys were charged with larceny. their
case being heard before Justice Daniel
victed OF the charge preferred against
them, upon which the justice sentenced
them each to serve twenty-five days in
the county bastile. From the proceedings
Il was learned that the boys had broken
into the store building Of John L. Bench,
IT., Of FairyieW.
The Mand building inspector, L. ?.
Miller, has been visiting all the houses
in the city and reported to the city cOun-
ell that there We're IN the city 135 de-
fective fiues found among the buildings
of our city.
Real spring weather has been expert
enced BY the citizens OF this city the
last two or three days. The nights are
as usual very cold The snow is fast dis
appearing.
Bishop Louis c. Kjar of the south.
ward Of this city met with q painful ac-
cident by falling from the lOIt IN his barn
to the ground which resulted in the
breaking of his arm just al Ove the wrist
on the left hand. he suffered consider
able pain Monday. the day of the acct
dent. but from later reports your CORE
spondent learns that he is rapidly inn
proving.
The programme TO be rendered at the
conjOint session OF the Mutual Improve
ment assoclatious of this CITY next sun
DAY evening is as follows: Lecture.
Christian Munk; song, George Bradley
and others, Instrumental music, n P
Westenskow and others; recitation, Mrs.
Nilate II. Parry
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-04
MICHIGAN Is
STORM BOUND
From Port Huron to Saainaw
Bay Result Is the Same.
COAL SHORTAGE REPORTED
TRAINS STUCK FAST IN ALL DI,
RECTIoNs.

Detroit, Mich. Feb. SIN the
Thumb district Of Michigan. that
part of the state north from Port Huron
TO Saginaw bay, comprising three coun-
ties-there are more than 100000 people
stormbound in the villages and hamlets.
Yesterdays northwestern blizzard APP
pears to have completely uudone the
previous work of the railroads in their
attempt to open the Thumb" to traffic
again. All the towns north from Port
Huron to Port Austen and Harbor
Beach, except Bad Axe. a junction
point, report alarming shortage of coal
with little or no WOOD supply available
Harb0r Beach has had only one train
since Jan. I6. Today the PeTe Mar
quette line between Saginaw and Port
Huron was also blocked, and the Mich
igan Central had to abandon two trains
on its Bay City division. No trains
have been run over the Crank Trunk
line today between Durand and Sag
NAV. No trains have moved today on
the Lake Shore road between Grand
Rapids and ElkhaTt, Ind, and trains
entering Grand Rapids from the north
have all been from two to four hours
late. Two passenger trains We're stalled
near Grand Junction all night, and a
third is snowbOund at Zealand. The
Pere Marquette has a train buried at
ScOttdale in ten feet Of snow. The
Three 1 line is unable to move a train.
The Big Four succeeded in cutting a
train out of a big drift near Hartman
today that had been tied up there for
twenty-fOur hours
At Niles, Mich, snow continues to fall
at intervals and the 1OTtherly blasts
have piled drifts higher than the fences
The farmers cannot reach the towns
except by crossing fields. They have
received no mail for four days.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-04
He WANTED A TELEPHONE
Effort to Procure Receiver Gets Law
renee Martin into Trouble.

Lawrence Nfarffn conceived an idea
that telephone system of his own, from
the house to the barn, would be an eX-
ceiIent thing. He worked for several
days to earn money enough 70 buy 100
feet Of wire and a dry battery The lad
IabOred indUsFi0usly setting up the line
and connecting the battery with the
wires He used two small cans for the
transmiJter and receiver, but they failed
to do their work. and Lawrence was dis
appointed.
work, so he came down town yesterday
afternoon. walked into the Independent
rooming house On Third South street be-
tween Main and West Temple, and cut
the receiver off the telephone. The pro-
prietor caught him IN the act and sent
for an officer Lawrence was taken 10
the police station and locked up He
was charged with petit larceny and will
be tried in police court today.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-04
GOES INTO HISTORY
Emperor Williams Voice De-
posted in the Archives
at Harvard.

Berlin, Feb. "A photographic rec
ord Of Emperor Williams voice on
metal matrices viii be the first de-
posts made N the phonetic archives
that are 10 be kept at Harvard uni
Versity and in the Congressional
library and the National museum at
Washington. The emperor, upon the
application Of DR.. Edward ". Scrip
ture, the psychologist Of Yale univers-
ity, through the United States ambas-
sador here, has given two examples Of
his voice for permanent preserva ton.
DR.. Scripture. describing the mean
ing Of his request. said:
The phonetic archives are to include
records from such persons as viii pre-
sumably have permanent historical in
terest for America The Importance Of
the undertaking can be estimated by
considering what would have been the
present value Of voice records OF
Den1osthenes, Shakespeare, or Emper-
or William the Great. An advisory
committee Of eminent Americans has
prepared a list of ten living Americans
Of the first historical interest. whose
voices win be preserved I wish to re-
cord his majesty's voice as the first
European record deposited in the
archives"
The emperor received DR. Scripture
after the morning church service on
sunday. During the making of the re-
cord the emperor was alone with the
phonograph. He spoke twice into the
apparatus. The first cylinder, made
especially for the Harvard university,
contained observations on Frederick
the Great. The other was a short dis
QUESTION on "Fortitude in Pain" The
emperOr's manner was kind, and he
showed interest in the matter.
These archives Of voices are said 70
be the first instituted for historical pur-
poses.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-04
CoALVTLLE NEWs NoTEs.

CoaIvilis Feb Mrs Emma Morbv
an elderly lady, died this morning. She
was well known throughout the county
ana leaves a large family.
The county commissioners held their
regular meeting today motion 10 con-
unue the bounty on squirrels and gophers
prevailed and The determination OF the
rodents seems to be determined upon.
Last year nearly ouCshalf million Squir-
Tels were killed 10 this county
The treasurers report showed q ball
county
Attorney ". 7 Snyder. Judge Shields,
], 81 Locknart. L. 3. Wight and Dan 3.
Shields are engaged ~ trying cases IN
the district court.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-04
PRoVo News NoTEs.

Provo, Feb. 5.-Artcles of Incorporation
of the Malben Glass & Paint company
have been tiled with the county clerk
Inc company IS organized TO do a whole
sale and retail business in paints. oil and
glass, etc. With the principal place Of
business IN Provo City. The capital stock
value 81 500 each. The officers and d.
rectors are: Henry J. Iaiben, president;
L n Taylor, vice president; John J.. Rus
sell. secretary and treasurer; Walter d
Dixon and John +. Bennett.
The Provo Building & Loan society met
last evening and adopted bylaws. prac~
ucally the same as those of the Zion g
BENEFIT Building society. The society has
fifty-tW0 charter members, and viii fife
articles Of Incorporation in few days.
The following orders have been MADE
in the Fourth district court.
J. r Brim VS.. Y. D. Cram; set for
hearing Saturday. Feb. s.
Estate Of Thomas Holen. deceased petit
ton for allowance of final account and
for decree Of distribution and a decree
authorizing the specific performance to
convey real property set for hearing
A marriage license has been issued TO
A. II. Hazel jr-. OF Salem. aged .. and
Eva Runolss0n Of Spanish Fork, aged ..
An interesting meeting of the Utah
County Medical society was held today
members lhs PRESENT. 8" Drs And S l0t Caider
Westwood, Taylor, Robson and Assadcr-
ian Of Provo. DR. Steele OF Lehi DR..
p sEldH OK tAEslsatll grove ana 1T NOTtss
Of American Fork. DR.. Steele presenter an
able paper on ''Nephritis." which was
discussed by the association
There was a large attendance az the
funeral service of Albert w Field, held
this afternoon at the Second ward meet
ing house The following speakers adj
dressed the c0ngrega ton. Bishop T. /.
Nelson. Elders john Richie and William
]. Taylor
County Fish and Game Warden Slade
has been authorized to investigate the
possibility of obtaining PowelPs siougns
in Lake View for black bass hatchery.
The Provo bowling team defeated the
SpTingville team yesterday afternoon by
- points. the Provo team scoring 8123
points and Springville 2el& a return
game viii be played IN Springville Tues
day evening
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-04
ASSESSMENT No. 9.

MELCHER MINING & MILLING
company. office and principal place Of
business. salt Lake City, Utah Notice
directors held on the 9th dsy Of Januar7,
1894. an assessment OF i cent per share
was levied on al the shares outstanding
Of the capital stock or the corporation.
Dsr7bie on or before Tie SIN cay Of FPh-
ruary, 1904, 10 the secretary, a. Hooper
block No. 8 East First South street.
room a. fourth floor. SAT- Lake Cif1-
Utah. ANY stock upon which she as
sessment NAV remain unpaid on the 6tb
dav Of FEBRUARY. 1894. win be Delinquent
and advertised Tor sale at public auction.
and unless payment - made osAote, 50
cessarv win be sold on the z5rd day ek
February. 1904 &c room - Hooper BLOCK
Salt Lake city. state Of tItah, at the hour
OF , C,i clock b. m. 10 pay the delinouens
assessraent together with the cost of ad+
vertisinE and expense Of sale.
r. u. WILKINSON. Secretary.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-04
TRAMPS BURNED TO DEATH AT SANDY
ESCAPED FROM SALT LAKE CITY JAIL

The one-aruaed tramp who set fire 70
The bedding in his cell at the Sandy Jail
on Tuesday night and who died a
few hours later from burns received. is
believed TO be Joseph Dougherty. who
ESCAPED from the Salt Lake CITY Jail
Sunday. The body WAS so badly dis
inquired that it was impossible 10 fden-
thy the man positively. but IL is aI-
most certain the remains are those OF
DOughcrty
The IRE occurred about \ O'Clock
tuesday night and Dougherty fingered
until about , o'clock yesterday morn
ing, although at no time did he recover
consciousness He was severely burned
about the face and body and choked
with smoke
Inc coroner's jury held an inquest
over the remains yesterday, and rem
dered the following verdict:
We, the undersigned jurors. sum
moned before Justice Burrows at san
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-04
MACHENS FIRST TRIAL DRAWING
TO CLOSE WITHOUT SENSATION

Washington. FED. Shorty before
adjournment today counsel for the de-
tense IN the postal trial produced a
note dated July /, 1888, for SOS, 600 drawn
by George z Lorenz, ia favor of Au-
gust ". Machen. In the opening state
ment Of the defense Mr.. Kuuller, in
behalf Of L0Tenz, said he would prove
the existence Of an Indebtedness of this
amount on the part Of LOTenz 10
Macheu, The note. he said today, was
offered for this purpose, and explained
various remittances forwarded by Mr..
LOreHz to Machen. A hundred or more
notes. aggregating over S53, 000 were
identified by President 5. u. Carr of
the National Bank Of Commerce Of To-
ledO. as having been discounted by his
bank on the Endorsement of LOrenz and
his brother and Machen, the loans hav-
ing been made TO enable them to de-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-04
BANQUET IN WASHINGTON OF
DEPARTMENT OF THE POTOMAC

Washington, Feb. president Roose-
welt, General John G. Black, the COM
mander-in-chief of the Grand Army. Sec
rotary Taft, General Nelson A. Miles and
other well known officials were guests Of
honor at the banquet tonight to the de-
partmeut of the Potomac of the Grand
Army of the Republic The president ar
rived at the banquet han shortly after 10
o'clock and was given a cordial reception
He hs-ened TO a patriotic speech by Gen
eral Black and was then introduced TO
the large assemblage- The president
spoke for about half an hour. He paid
tribute to the Grand Army and it's work
and i'm general way spoke of the duties
Of citizenship and lessons taught by the
civil war.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-04
r. WHITE,
y. c. TRIPTOW,
asVr RATERFaN- -

yelop their oil properties in Wood ooun-
Is, Ohio Mr.. Carr further testified
that Machen had sold cut his interest
to Lorenz, the bank thereafter accept
ing the single endorsement Of George
K. LoranZ.
Earlier in the day, Diller b. Groff
produced various checks in favor Of his
brother as evidence that he had paid
him all that was due as his share of
the profits. Mr.. Croft explained his
failure to send remittances to LOTenz
after November, 1902, by the fact that
the government still owed Croft Broth
ers $4,000, and that IL was necessary
to pay the manufacturers Of the fasten-
er. J. H McGill, a patent attorney,
testified that the Miller device, which
had been referred to in the course of
the trial. was an infringement Of the
Croft fastener.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-04

In the beginning of his speech the presi-
dent said he had made it a point, because
OF the pressure of official duties. not 70
accept social Invitations Uh.s winter but
he added that when IL comes 10 dinner
given by the Grand Army. with the COM
mander-in-chief as its guest, nice Gus
toms must courtesy to a great crisis.
General Miles paid a high compliment
to Secretary Taft and assured him he
could rely on the support of every Of
ucer on the active and retired list
Secretary Taft spoke OF and compli-
mented the work of the army in the Phil
ippines, Of the high quality Of the en-
listed man and OF his individuality citi-
zenship, which made him more valuable
as q soldier.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-04
INSURGENTS TRIUMPHANT.

Buenos Ayres. Feb, 3.-Advices from
Uruguay confirm the reports that in
surgent forces under General Saravia
have reached MarOnas. a few miles from
Montevide0. The Argentine cruiser
Nueve de Julio left last night for Monte~
video to protect Argentine families there.
1t is rumofed that friendly intervention IN
behalf Of Uruguay is contemplated BY
Argentina and Brazil.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-04
oRDER OF TIE POPE.

Rolne. Feb. 9.-The pope TODAY issued
an order by which the congregation OF
inauleeucas and sacred relics Is united
with the congregation OF rites Cardinal
eretoni the pEefect of the latter con-
ETegati0R VIII be project Of the united
CONGREGATION but as he IS seriously IN
Cardinal Iripepi now project of the con
sreg2tion of indulgence and sacred relies
has been appointed project 81 the unitea
congregations.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-04
CoRBETT FIGHTS SULLIVAN.

san Francisco. Feb. 3.-Young Cor
bett this evening signed articles to meet
Dave Sullivan the last day of this
month before the Yosemite club of this
city. sullivan is now on his way TO
san Francisco. COrbett is also matched
10 meet Jimmy Britt OF this city. March
-. before q local club. When Britt
heard Of Corbeft's action today he de-
clared that the Corbett-B Britt match
would not 90 through Britt. however.
has already posted $500 forfeit to meet
COrbetI ana the agreement does not
prohibit COTbett meeting any other op-
poneut before March t.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-04
WILL TAX BASEBALL

Rock Island, Ill. Feb, S.-AL. II. sex
t0n, chairman Of the national board OF
arbitration OF baseball leagues, issued
a call today for q special meeting at
Cleveland. Feb. ., 10 consider the terms
Of the peace agreement entered into
yesterday at San Francisco. Other i'm
portsnt matters win be dealt with, in
Guiding the legality Of the secondary
draft"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-04
DIED OF HFART DISEASE.

London, Feb. 3-Benjamin Pickard.
president of the Miners Federation of
Great Britain, and liberal member OF
parliament for NormantOn. died today Of
heart disease, aged g years. He began
work in the mines at y years.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-04
CROOKED CEsHTTR CAUGHT.

Ford. cashier OF the failed bank OF Alta
mont. No, accused Of embezzling SCI, 600
IF the banks funds, has been captured
mere and has been sent to the Galatiu
MOI jail
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-04

dy. find that the deceased came TO his
death from congestion Of the lungs
caused by the inhalation Of smoke
from Burning bedding. the cause Of the
fire being unknown. We hereby exon
crate any and all persons IT. regard TO
the cause OF the fire.
tSigneG6 "R. WHITE,
y. c. TRIPTOW,
''W. BATEMAN.'
Little Of Dougherty's history can be
learned. The police records show that
he mas been arrested here on minor
charges. and was recently committed
TO the city jail on the charge of drunk
enness and vagrancy He was serving
q fifty days sentence, but escaped last
Sunday by crawling through a soup
hole"
Dougherty. it is claimed, has also
served time in the Sandy jail. He was
formerly employed about the smeIters
at Murray. The body win be Inferred
this afternoon in the Sandy cemetery.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-04
REFUSED 10 WORK.

Pittsburg. Feb. 2.-The 1895 non-union
coal miners employed al the four mines
% the Ellsworth Coal company at ELS
worth. refused TO work today because Of
an announced cut in wages
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-02-04
To Cure a Cold in One Dav

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
All druggists refund the money If It
fails 20 cure. Z. ". Groves signature
is on each box. csc.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-25

Our stock is entirely new. Nothing
sold on time, nothing taken back,
nothing second handed. The entire
stock has been selected with an eye
to beauty, style and economy.
We nave three piece oak bedroom
suits. that regularly sell for $4,000,
our price s14.25. Our $500 three
piece suits has a dresser with a large
bevel plate mirror, ead of the bed
stead 72 inches high, handsomely
carved and the toilet stand is made
of oak and nicely made, our cash price
s16.S5.
Our regular $4,000 suits are beauti-
full suits, with swell fronts. quartered
oak tops. hand polished, large bevel
plate mirror in dresser and toilet with
full roll tops. all quartered oak, our
price $4,000.
The regular $4,000 SUITS, which we
consider very fine and know to be a
beautiful suit. I'll price is $4,000.
A beautiful mahogany C~hiffoniere,
18th large beveled plate mirror, WORTH
$4,000, our price S22.5O.
Our $500 C~hiffoniere, made of
quartered oak, with large beveled
plate mirror. our price S12.75.
Fine C~hiffonieres, either light or
dark oak. with large French plate
mirror. would be cheap at $3.50, our
price SS.25.
Fine oak ~Chifonieres. with five
drawers, oak panels. regular $500
value our price $500.
Ladies' fine Typewriter Desks, with
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-25

a Manila dispatch of the 18th in
slant gives an account of an encounter
between a body of constabulary and a
band of ''ladrones' in which the leader
and fifty men of the latter are killed.
And still we are told that the war in
the Philippines is over. The only diff
ference between war and peace over
there is in the designation the war de-
partment gives to those who resist and
attack our troops-insurgents and
rebels or bandits.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-25
Gift of $4,000 to the Charleston
Orphan Home.

Charleston, S. c., Oct. ia citizen
OF Charleston has made a gift of $780,
600 to the Charleston Orphan House.
one Of the oldest and best known or.
phan asylums in the country. The gift
was made as a memorial to the late
the donor prefers that his identity
should not be made known. 1t is ac-
cepted, however, that the gift was
made by. A. B. Murray. President O.
the Bennett Rice Mills who "a reared
at the orphan house and was adopted
into the family of Mr.. Bennett wheI
a youth. General John C. Fremont
h pathfinder. first candidate of The
Republican party for president, was
an innate of the orphan house for sew
eral years of his boyhood.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-10-25
ABOUT THAT COAT

You wear a coat. Whv?
To keep the cold out? No;
to keep the warmth in.
What of the body that has
no warmth-the thin, poor
body that lacks the healthy
flesh and fat it needs?
For such we say that SCOTS
Emulsion provides the right
kind of a coat. Why? Be
cause SCOTS Emulsion builds
firm, solid flesh and sup
plies just enough fat to fill
natures requirements 81 no
more. That means bodily
warmth.
Wen send you a sample free upon request.
SCOTT & BOVINE, 4oo Pearl Stree. New York