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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-04-03
JOHNSON
TIRES OF 1T ALL
COIOred Man to Quit Salt Lake
and Politics.
SELLS OUT HIS INTERESTS
WILL FoRSAKE COMMERCIAL
STREET AND GO EAST.

n OBERT BRUCE JOHNSON, the
n most picturesque figure in salt
Lake politics. has sold out all his
interests in this city Before the end
of this week he expects to bid fare
well TO the Fifty-second district. fare
well 10 Commercial street, 70 Repub-
lican politics, and TO all Utah. He viii
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DEAD GIRL HAD
OGDEN ADMIRER
%
Body of a Young Girl Found in
Small Lake.
SUICIDE IN A CEMETERY
POLICE INCLINED TO SUSPECT
FOUL PLAY.
SUICIDE IN A CEMETERY

NAN FRANCISCO. April 2.-The body
y of a young woman has been found
in the small lake in Cypress Lawn
cemetery, san Mateo county The re-
mains are supposed 10 be those Of
Katie Bessler. aged 10 years. who dis
appeared from her home in this city
on March %. II is not known whether
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KyRoPATKINs PLAN.

Attempting TO Lure the Japs on to
Destruction.
sParis. April 2.-The military attache
pf one Of the embassies says IL Is
clearly part OF General Kuropatkin' =
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Ceiina, o.. April 2.-The danger OF
Grand reservoirs breaking its bounds Al
the west bank is at end unless fur
Their rainfall and a stiff wind from the
east should again create menacing con-
ditiOns. Celna. situated on the north
hank az the reservoir. never was in dan
ger from an overflow The water would
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n IQUA. O.. April Warning has been
received here by telephone that the
west bank Of the Lewiston reser-
voir has broken. The residents Of East
Piqua have been ordered by the poitce
TO vacste their homes and go to places
Of safety.
About an of East Piqua is submerged.
People there are living in the top stories
of their houses. When the water from
the broken reservoir reaches Fast Piqua
the situation viii be dangerous.
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He entered politics, built up a follow
ing and became a factor. This gave
him influence with the police, and his
power grew. In every campaign for
years he has been active and conspic-
uOus. Behind him were the elements
that frequent the tenderloin. Last fall
he was prominent in the Republican
conventions and was leading figure
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Silver. 551sc per ounce.
copper. 12c; New York, 123sc 20 :
Lead. $50; New York. $3.50 to
-ss- 80,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-02-29

Filipino woman and then go home and
never be heard of again or like many
other cases, where women have been
deceived by a mock marriage.
'Of course, there are plenty OF low
class Filipinos who would be glad to
live with a white man, married or not
married, but Mrs. Burbank does not
at all appear to be of that class. Her
father was a Spaniard, and her mother
was Filipino, legally married to her
father. She is taller than the native
people, quite light in complexion, hav-
ing only the slightest hint of brown
1t is assured that there are hundreds
of the best people who will testify 10
the nature of the life led by the two
while living together after they were
married, and there is no question that
they did so live, and that they were
considered as man and wife"
The letter from the Filipino attorney
tells in detail of the taking of the teS-
timony, which seems to have been by
a Filipino Justice with an American as
interpreter and adviser, and then ends
with the following:
Mrs. Vasquez asserts that it is not
her intention to harass or prosecute the
plaintiff nor to extort money from him,
but this suit is only to save her honor.
Her relatives will provide for her, and
there is no need that she should be
supported by Mr.. Burbank, except as a
matter of justice. The child should be
supported by him, and there is no
doubt that it is the child of Mr.. Bur-
bank. The reputation of Mrs. Vasquez
before her marriage was not bad, as al
legged in the petition
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COLUMBIA DOWNS THE TIGERS
College Basketballists Play Fierce
Game at Princeton.

Princeton, N J.. Feb. 29-Columba
defeated the Tiger basketball five Sat
urday afternoon by a score of % to IS
in a brilliantly played game. Not until
the last whistle blew was the victory
decided. IN the second half Princeton
showed marked improvement, but was
unable to overcome the consistent team
work of the Blue and White.
Won Sholly threw the first goal for
Columbia a minute after the game
started Vanderbilt did the same for
Princeton a moment later. In the fast
playing Bard and Fisher collided with
such force that both were stretched
on the floor a full minute before they
recovered and gamely resumed play.
At the end of the half Columbia led
easily, Is to 10. In the second half but
little scoring was done.
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for, another clinch. Sharkey missed
right and Munroe landed right on Shar-
key wind. Snarkey missed right to wind.
Sharkey landed right on Munroe's stom-
ach and the men clinched. Munroe land
ed light left on Sharkey'S face and right
to stomach. Sharkey's right went round
pushed his left to Sharkey's nose, getting
away without a return. Munroe landed
another left on Sharkey's face and the
latter slipped to the floor. Munroe landed
hard right on Sharkey's stomach and the
latter looked panied; There was sicken-
ing expression on his face. They were
Round 5-Sharkey missed right swing
and the men elinched. Munroe landed
broke away Sharkey tried left for the
head, but was short. They came together
and Munroe landed left on Sharkey s
wind. He missed right for the same point
a moment later. The men rushed togeth-
er, each landing a hard right on the
stomach. Munroe landed a vicious right
on Sharkey's eyes, drawing the blood. A
moment later Munroe landed hard left
on stomach, forcing Sharkey to clinch.
missed, and Munroe missed q left at the
same point. The men were sparring when
the gong sounded
Round 6-The men rushed to a clinch-
Munroe landed right to Sharkey's stom-
ach and Sharkey's left went round Mum
roes neck. Munroe drove hard right 70
Sharkey's wind and pushed his head back
with a left. Sharkey landed left on
Munroe's head, but missed right for the
same place moment later Munroe
landed hard left on Sharkey's jaw and
the latter looked worried. Sharkey land
ed a right on MunroeS wind and the lat
ter opspbed snarkey 5o gSe WIN ON Ne Was
groggy, and held on to save himself Mum
roe landed hard right on Sharkey's stom-
ach and the latter landed a light lett on
Munroe's head. The latter slipped to the
floor Sharkey led, but missed, and Mum
roe landed hard left on Sharkey'S wind
sounded
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sued to Kansas City. Mo, persons in
one day was six This was September
8. Labor day, last year, when eight
licenses were issued, and the bride of
only one couple lived in Leavenworth
county. The eight groons lived in
Missouri. Six of the Kansas City, Mo,
couples married here Septembere 8
were married in open court by Judge
HaWn.
OF GIG marriag e licenses granted here
in fourteen months 356 were to visiting
couples. Aside from the pleasure 1t
afforded the couples to come here-as
It is presumed that the wedding trip
with many was the ride on the electric
car between Leavenworth and Kansas
City-it swelled the salary of the pro-
bate judge more than a thousand dol
lars.
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MADE SURE OF SUICIDE.
An Emporia Conductors Offer of Mar
riage Has Been Refused.

Emporia, Kas., Feb. 29.-The body of
Henry Kreitmier was found in a Sc
cluded place in the Cottonwood river
a mile south of town Sunday. He had
shot himself. Kreitmier was an Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe engineer until
February z5, when he was discharged.
He was old and unmarried. His moth
er lives in Halstead. There is little
doubt that Kreitmier committed sui
eide.
Sunday a young woman, Miss Hale,
called at the house where Kreitmier
had roomed and said that Thursday
he asked her to marry him and upon
her refusal. he told her he would kill
himself. The body evidently had been
in the water two days. Apparently
Kreitmier waded out into the water
before shooting himself. In his trunk
was found $4,000 in Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe pay checks and United States
bonds and letter directing that his
property be sent to his brother, Fred
Kreitmier at Halstead.
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KANSAS NEWS.
Three Kaw River Bridges Go
Ont at Argentine.
Ice Wrecked Pile Structures in
Quick Succession.
SOME NARROW ESCAPES
Several Persons We're Compelled
to Flee to Safety.
Crowded Street Car Barely
Crossed When Crash Came.

Argentine, Kan. Feb. 29.-The sud
den breaking up of a great mass of ice
in the Kaw river above Argentine Sat
urday wrecked the Argentine foot
bridge about o'clock Saturday night
A few minutes later the ice and wreck
age, moving slowly down stream,
struck the temporary pile bridge, used
jointly for the street railway and pub
lie travel, and taking out four bents of
piles left the floor OF the bridge hang
ing and swaying to and fro.
Then the moving mass of ice and
wreckage struck the heavy pile bridge
of the Rock Island railway. The bridge
was bent some, but the resistance was
so stubborn that the body of ice hung
there, gradually breaking into smaller
pieces and passing between the rows of
piles.
The bridges at Kansas avenue and at
Argentine were thronged with people
during the early part of the evening.
but fortunately there was no loss of
life occasioned by the wrecking of the
bridges. There We're several narrow
escapes, however. A woman carrying
a baby in her arms was on the Argen-
tine bridge when the ice struck it. Had
the steel cables which held the floor
given way she would have been drown
ed, but she escaped on the wrecked
Officer Camp and Detective Clark were
on the Kansas avenue bridge when it
fell. They escaped by running.
A crowded Armourdale street car had
Just crossed the Kansas avenue bridge
when the ice carried out the piling and
it had hardly reached the ground when
the crash came.
The report of the wrecking of the
bridge spread throughout the city in q
few minutes and caused much excite
ment. Great crowds of people visited
the James street bridge and when the
river above the bridge began filing
with ice it began to look like that
bridge, too, was doomed.
superintendent John Martin of the
Fifth street division of the Metropoli-
tan Street railway. Mayor Gilbert and
a large force of policemen and hremen
were at the bridge. When it became
apparent that the James street bridge
was endangered passengers were re-
quired to walk across the wagon bridge
while the cars moved slowly over the
part of the structure used for street
railway purposes.
Superintendent Martin said that the
bridge would stand. as the ice that
had formed above 1t was broken into
small fragments
A dense fog settled over the river a
few minutes after the ice struck the
bridges and it was impossible to see
how far up stream the jam extended.
The Rock Island bridge was abandoned,
a guard being placed at each end to
prevent any one crossing. Against this
bridge is resting much ice and wreck
age.
The telephone wires which connect
Armourdale with other portions of the
city and the gas mains are carried on
the Rock Island bridge. The destruction
of that structure would mean the cut
ting off of Armourdale. The power for
street cars and lights in Armourdale
is furnished from the Riverview power
plan$ and these were not interfered
with by the destruction of the bridge.
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Racing at New Orleans .

New Orleans, Feb. pa. B. Lettel-
lier, compositor in a local newspaper
office here, scorched the ring Saturday
when the Schneider castoff. Pretorius,
which passed by gradual changes of
ownership into the printers hands, won
the first race. Opening at 100 to 1, he
was backed down to 80 to 1 or less,
and the old gelding won very cleverly.
New York's defeat in the speed handi-
cap, for which he was a hot favorite,
was a blow to the eastern contingent
Scorpio led into the stretch. Autumn
Leaves and Roue then went to the
front, the former winning a nose vic
tory. The stake was worth 81, AGO TO
the winner. Lady Radnor and Treacy
were the other beaten favorites.
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BIG PRICE FOR DOLLY DILLON
Relative to the Famous Lou Bought
by Wealthy Austrian.

Dolly Dillon, 2:o6sz, by Sidney Dillon.
sire of Lou Dillon, 1:5S1s, is the highest
United States Dolly Dillon has been
purchased by James Brown, a Vienna
millionaire, and was shipped Saturday
in the Hamburg American liner, Patri-
cha, to her new owner. She went in fine
style on a fast passenger steamer and
her berth cost more than a prima
donna's. The price is not mentioned,
but as $4,000 was refused for the ami
Vienna horse fancier paid we'll Last
spring Lou Dillon sold for $4,000. at
auction, but she has greatly improved
since that time. The mare is 9 years
old, and. as under Austrian laws horses
over 9 years old are forbidden to race.
her racing career abroad will be brief.
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LOW RATES.
The Santa Fe Will Make Low Rates
to the Southwest March l and Is.

Never before have such low rates been
made to Oklahoma, Texas and Peeos
Valley as will be made by the Santa
Fe March L and Is. When this series
CT excursions ends, rates will be ad-
Vanced
Rates to a few points are quoted to
show wide range of territory covered
Only $3.50 to Guthrie, Oklahoma City.
Shawnee and other points in the Terri
tory. To Fort Worth. Austin, San An
tonic, Houston. Galveston and otrer
points in Texas. $500 one way, si5.OO
round trip. FL Paso, Deming ETC.
$3.50 round trip. Corresponding reduc-
lions to Roswell, Carlsbad and other
points in Pecos Valley.
Splendid opportunity for the health.
fortune or pleasure seeker to visit the
healthiesI and wealthiest section of the
United States Descriptive pamphlets
for the asking. I'll be glad to talk or
correspond with you about your trip.
T. L. KING, c. p. & T. A,
Topeka. Kansas
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TO ARRANGE SCHEDULES.
Major League Magnates Meet to Fix
PLAYING Dates.

New York, Feb. 2s.-Among the per-
sons most interested in the major
baseball leagues there promises to be
a very busy week. President Ban
johnson, of the American League. ar
rived here last night and today he will
convene the annual schedule meeting
of his organization. The annual sched-
ule meeting of the National League
will begin here twenty-four hours later
and from present indications there
seems to be little doubt that both or
CARNATIONS will adopt non-conf1icting
schedules or playing dates for the COM
ing season.
President Johnson was met by c. A.
Comiskey of the Chicago American
League club. c. w. Somers of Cleve-
land and T. ]. LOTUS of the Washing
ton club Together with these three
and ]. Hector Clemens of the Wash
ington club, President Johnson held
brief conference. after which it was an
nounced that a new committee on
schedule consisting of Frank j. Farrell
of this city, c. A. Comiskey of Chicago
and c. w. Somers of Cleveland had
been appointed. The same men were
named to act as a committee on rules.
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TO LEAvENwoRTH TO MARRY
Many Runaway Couples from Mis-
souri, Favor That Town.

Leavenworth. Kan, Feb. 29.-An ex-
animation of the last marriage book in
the office of the probate Judge which
was opened January 1, 1908, fourteen
months ago, shows that las pairs liv-
ing in Kansas City, Mo. were married
here. Kansas City, Kan, came next
sending Lightweight pairs here to be
married.
Within the last fourteen months SIG
marriage licenses were issued here, of
which 233 were to residents of one of
the two Kansas Citys. In January, 1908
fifteen licenses were issued to Kansas
City, Mo-. couples and twenty-one in
September. The greatest number is
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WANTS A MILE AUTO.
Hardness Already Preparing for Or
mond Meet of Next Year.

New York, Feb. 29.-H. S. Hardness
intends to construct for the Ormond
meet of next January a racing automo-
bile on the lines of the Ford machine,
without differential, and without all ex-
ira parts, with an idea of bringing the
mile record to 0:36.
Mr. Hardness says he has found
man who will build a machine for him
and guarantee it to make that speed.
His cup racer, built for last years in
ternational cup race and the Paris-Mad-
rid race will be taken to Ormond at the
time of the cup trials in April and given
a record. The machine is 120 horse
power, and has been tried but once,
when the gear case broke.
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Racing at Los Angeles.

Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. ga steady
rain, which started Saturday noon,
made the track muddy for the Ascot
Derby. the feature of the days racing.
Four starters faced the barrier in this
event H. T. Griffin's Bill Curtis was
the public choice, at to 6. Formaster
had a good following at 212 to l, while
IlIwood and sails were the outsiders at
and T. To a good start. Sais went to
the front. closely followed by Elwood
and Formaster, with Bill Curtis last.
They were in this position until enter
ing the stretch on the last turf, when
Curtis forged ahead and won easily
nv three lengths. The value to the
winner was 81 $40.
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LOST FEET UNDER A TRAIN.
Kansas City, Kas, Boy Was Knocked
Off Car Near Linwood.

Kansas City, Kan. Feb. 2s.-Robert
Britt, a 15-year-old boy, was knocked
from a westbound Union Pacific freight
train west of Linwood. Kan, Sunday.
He fell under the wheels and one leg
was cut off between the knee and ankle.
that it was amputated at st. Margaret's
hospital. Britt is a brother of Mrs.
John Childers of $50 South Mill street,
Kansas City, Kan. His father was for
merly employed in the Union Pacific
shops at Armstrong, but now lives at
Lamar. Ia.
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SULLIVAN IS IN FAVOR.
New Yorker Impresses Coast Critics
With His Training.

San Francisco, Feb. 29.-Dave Sullf-
van has done well to impress the blase
fight followers here that he has
chance with Young Corbett. That he
has done SO can be attributed solely
to the splendid showing he has made
in training, his perfect condition and
confidence. Odds against the Boston
ian have shortened from 10 to 4 to 10
to 6.
Corbett is still three pounds over
weight, but Trainer Tuthill says he will
dry out nicely and weigh in easily and
be strong. He still looks f1eshy, but
his wind is fine and he seems fast and
good.
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After Oil Near Hutchinson.

Hutchinson, Kan, Feb. 29.-L. A.
Bond, representing a Chanute oil COM
pany, leased 1000 acres of land in the
sandhills, four miles north of here, at
once and will begin to bore for oil and
gas. Senator Frank Vincent induced
the oil company to make a test in this
field. Many evidences of oil have been
found in the hills. Mr.. Vincent will
sink a well 200 feet deep If NECESSARY.
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Haskell Defeats z. o.

Lawrence, Kan, Feb. 29.-Haskell de-
feated K u. at basketball Saturday
night on the Haskell court by the score
of "a to 49, The game was a rather
listless one in the first half, as neither
team showed much team work. In the
last half the Indians played faster ball
and left the Kansans behind. At the
end of the first half the score stood
to IL to Is in favor of Kansas. There
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aJointists,, Quit Abilene.

Abilene, Kan, Feb. 29.-F'or the first
time in years Abilene has gone "dry,"
the ''jointists" having moved out their
goods and quit business. The action is
the result of an effort of the Law and
Order league of the county to close ev-
cry joint. A committee of eight from
that organization waited upon G. G.
Towner, the county attorney, and de-
manded that action be taken at once
and prosecutions begun.
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DIVORCED Couple Remarried.

Beloit, Kan, Feb. 29.-Peter Mersch
and Mrs. Mersch of Cawker City were
remarked by Probate Judge Vanatta
here Saturday, a month after they had
been divorced. Mrs. Mersch had been
given the greater portion of the prop
erty for the support of the twelve chill
dren. The reunion was brought about
nv friends
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Half.Mile Ice Record.

Minneapolis, MINI, Feb 2e.-With
weather conditions favorable and a per
feet track, Goshen Jim, AL Gluck's great
side-wheeler, bettered the Lake of isles
track record for a half mile in two diff
ferent heats and broke the worlds nae
ing record for half mile on a curved
ice track with the remarkable time of
1:O0N
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CALIFORNIA $500

Tickets on sale during March and
April. This rate also applies to inter
mediate points. Good in tourist Sleep
ers and free chair cars. Liberal stop
over privilege allowed.
For full information and free 1itera-
ture. address e I. KING.
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sILER TO BE REFEREE.
Managers of Melody and Ryan Agree
on the Veteran.

Chicago. Feb. 29-Both the managers
of Billy Melody and Buddy Ryan have
agreed on the referee question, and
George Siler will officiate at the bouts
before the Battery D club Friday night
Ryan has received an offer to box
Jack O'Keefe at the new Waverly clubs
first show The best weight that Ryan
will do for O'Keefe~i is 1875 pounds.
Eddie Hanlon has promised to box
someone a Battery D two weeks from
next Friday, and may meet Buddy
Ryan at 1870 pounds at o'clock.
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ton, and will no longer officiate at race
meets, owing to his business interests.
Mr. Picard is now associated with the
F. A. La Roche company. Mr.. La Roche
have in the field five racing cars during
the present year. For this reason Mr..
Picard believes that it would be best for
him to retire.
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Arkansas CITY After Oil.

Arkansas City, Kan, Feb. 29.-The
development of the field here for oil
or gas has commenced. 1t is expected
the company will drill 1000 feet deep,
unless oil is found at a lesser depth.
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was Advanced 10 the Priesthood.

salina. Kan. Feb. 29.-The Rev. Chas-
L. Adams of Goodland was advanced to
the priesthood of the Episcopal churcn
here Sunday. Bishop Griswold per-
formed the ordination services.
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New Oil Well Near Paola.

Paola, Kan. Feb. 29.-Oil was struck
on the D. w. Oyster farm, two miles
west of town, by the Pennsylvania Gas
and Oil company. It is said that the
we'll will average fifty barrels. Astream
of oil shot into the air more than forty
feet.
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were many fouls called on both sides,
but the Indians had much better luck
on free throws than did the KansanS.
For Kansas Michaelson did the best
work, while for the Indians the work
of E. Hauser, Falls and Archiquette
was very good.