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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-24

Amasa NJ Clayton, Former Deputy Treasurer of Cache
County Arrested Yesterday and Placed in Jail
in Default of Bail

hold it ordered an auditing Of the treas
urers books, and claimed to have found
discrepancy of 81. 400. For self-prO-
lection Mr.. Hendricks, the ex-treas-
urer, made a complete audit of his
books. and found the discrepancy dated
back beyond his time. To make abso-
mtely sure there was nothing wrong in
the auditing. he decided to check up
the tax rolls. which the auditing COM
nittee had not done. In doing so he
discovered false entries IN the rolls Of
1850 and 1901. The totals had ali been
footed up accurately and then had been
changed by erasing the figures and sub
shutting others representing a smaller
sum.
The result was that the treasurer was
charged UP with over S2O00 less than
was correct This amount was, of
course. collected. AS the clerks worked
in both Offices, the one who took the
money had no difficulty in, altering the
figures and then Withholding the money
when il came INTO the treasurer's Of
fee This. it is alleged, was done by
clayton Mr. Hendricks has begun OWL
suit to recover on $500 note Clayton
gave him TO settle. it is said for the
frst alleged embeZZlement- Additional
charges. il is expected Will be filed
next w2ek,
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Especial to The Herald)

Logan. Jan. 23.-Amasa NJ. Clayton
former deputy county treasurer, and
one Of the most skilfuI and best known
accountants of this section, was ar
rested this evening by Deputy Sheriff
Marshall on a charge of classifying the
county tax roll while he was in office
in 1900. He was taken before Justice
Smith and pleaded not guilty. The date
of the preliminary hearing was fixed
for Feb. and bail was placed at
$500 When arranging To give bail
second warrant was served charging
him with the same offense in 1901. To
this he entered the same plea, and the
same bond was fixed. He was unable
to furnish bail anu was therefore COM
mitted 90 Jail
Clayton, who is a nephew of Apostle
r. ". Lyman. was in former Treasurer
Hendricks Office during the latter part
of Hendricks second term. Near the
close of the term suspicion was directed
toward Clayton and he was discharged.
After Hendricks left office he discoV-
cred a shortage of about 81 ,2e0. and
accused Clayton of taking the money
The latter denied it. but made an ar
rsngemeut TO pay the amount rather
than have trouble.
When the new administration took
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-24
QUESTION OF RELIGION
DiSSensiOn in Panama in Which
the Church Plays a
Part.

Panama. Jan. Cheated debates on
religious questions marked -ias SlLliiis7
Of the constitutional convention held ldSt
night and this afternoon. Several OF Jht
members favored an arrangement Simlitil
20 the one existing between the toioih~
bian government and the church White
others desired the absolute separation -
church and state. At this afternoon :
sittfuE the discussion Of the natter W as
progressing with apparently no prospscL
of 4 conclusion being reached. when III.
Amador proposed the following;
THE profession Of al religions 2s ais
the exercise of the forms Of WORSHIP, sli al
be free without other limitation tn,.ti
respect for Christian morality ana pubic
order Nevertheless. it Is recognized tiat
the Catholic religion Is that 81 ma
iorjtv of the inhabitants of the reuuphc'
and the laws viii provide assistance to-
ward the foundation OF seminary ~ the
capital and missions Tor savage diDeS-
Article IA. which was also the subject
Of discussion, was approved. IL u @1
follows ...4,.-
from charges FOR ard employment I'M th-
public service. civil or military remQii-
Grafton for which Is made by the puohl
~ TO his article there are a few exceD-
Tie article on territorial division, which
was also approved. states that the repuo'
fi- is cornnueed OF what constituted tils
oid p.trarna state according to til.
Coiorlbian laws of 1865. and later on th'
Recruitment of Panama. with the isiano
and continental terTcoTy awarded by IN,
arbitral decision 81 the president o
I'r.oee with the limitations of jUriSolc
sirr stiu44Iafad iD the present ana future
conventions with the tiGted States for IN
construction and sanitation of any inter
oceanic route OF transit
Articles with relation 10 the IEeitE
The Dresg and the inviolability Of CORE
sD0udenee were also approved
The discussion Of the new constitution
win continue Monday.
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a.EW YORK, Jan. 2S.--Eight lives
N were lost in the wreck today of
Quegue. L. J.. of the four-masted
schooner Augustus. Hunt, bound for
Boston from Norfolk, Va, with coal OF
the crew Of ten, only two were saved,
Second Mate George Ebert Of Cleye-
land, and a Swede who was unconscious
when washed on the beach, and whose
Bame could not be ascertained, The
vessel was in command of First Mate
Conary, who took charge Of her in place
of Captain Robert Blair when she last
left Boston.
Heard Cries For Help.
soon after midnight, during a dense
fog, the. schooner stranded a few hun
dred feet from the beach and about a
mile west of the QuOgue life saving
station. A life saving patrol heard the
cries for help Of those on board and
summoned The station crew. For nouns
the life savers were able to hear the
cries Of the men on the vessel, which
was near at hand, but buried in the
fog. They were absolutely unable to
help the men. Time and again they
launched their boat. only to have it
hurled back TO the shore by the heavy
surf The life savers also had recourse
to life lines, but the shots carrying the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-24

1T LOUIS. Jan. 23.-The federal
- grand jury today returned an in
dictmcnt against Joseph Ralph
Burton, United states senator from
Kansas. charging him on nine counts
with accepting five checks of $500 each
from the Rialto Grain & Securities
company, between Nov. %, 1902, and
March 26. 1903. while a United states
senator, for his alleged services in in
terceding with the postmaster general,
chief postodice inspector and other
high pOstohice officials to induce them
70 render a favorable decision in Tnat-
tors aRecting the permission of the
Rialto company 70 use the mails.
Major Hugh c. Dennis. president Of
the company, and ". 3. Mehaney as
sCciated with him, are named in the
indictment as the men who made the
check to Burton.
Work of Inspectors.
For several days past William E.
Cochran, chief pOstoffice inspector from
Washington: Major Hugh G. Dennis
and W. r. Mehsney, have been before
the grand jury and it is believed the
indictment was found on their testi-
mOny.
The purpose of Senator Buttons al
legged intercession was, it is stated, to
prevent the issuance of fraud order
against the RiaIto Grain & Securities
4 company.
/ As a result Of his connection with
J the company Dennis was indicted in
/ both the federal and the state courts
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New York, Jan. 23.-Negotiations
tending to q settlement of the United
States Ship-building litigation and
reorganization Of the company contin-
ued today upon the basis Of the plan
outlined yesterday. it is understood
with certain notifications regarding
control of the new company. designed
to render il acceptable to the bondhoid-
ers protective committee. 1t Was re-
ported authoritatively yesterday that
the arrangement for the division of the
new company S9000 eco preferred and
81. 600, zoe common 70 Charles N. Schwab
and $4,000 0G0 preferred and S9,00.000
common to the other interests vas fair
" acceptable TO all, and it was suggest
ed today that the naming of a direc-
rorate for five years, three members
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JUSTICES ARE ANGRY
Action of Major MCCawley at
the Presidents Reception
Resented.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 23.-AmOng the first
callers on the president today were
Chief Justice Fuller and Associate jus
tice Harlan of the supreme court of
the United states. While they de-
clined to discuss the object Of their
visit. it is known that they brought
to the presidents attention the matter
Of their treatment by Major McCawley
at the presidents reception to the Ju-
dietary 1t IS understood that they re-
sent Major McCawIey's action in 81
ing some members of the diplomatic
corps precedence over them in the line
passing before President and Mrs.
Roosevelt They hold the action 10
have been unprecedented and, IN tne
circumstances unwarranted. Suisse
uuent TO the conference with the pres
ident the two jurists stood in front Of
the executive offices chatting animal
ealv for a time. chief Justice Fuller
then went to the state department.
Major MeCawley defends the pos
ton ne assumed by urging that. -
guests of the nation. the diplomats
we're entitled 10 precedence in the me
Irrespective of the fact that the recep-
ton was primarily to the judiciary
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MARRIED IN SECRET
New York Society Man Had
Difficulty When He Called
For His Wife.

New York. Jan Ei.-Jules T. Nelson.
son of Mr.. Frederick Nelson. and prothei
or 1Irs Reginald e. Vanderbilt. whose
marriage to Miss Marguerite Wall on
Jan was announced only tpday, spent
the day in an endeaVor to gain access
10 hts bride. whose father Frank =. Wall,
wealthy rope manufacturer Nelson al
egea was keeping her from her husband
against her wlti- a resort 10 ie6ai pro-
cee1iugs was threatened by ts1e groom.
Mr. Nelson and his bride left tae resi-
deuce OF the iattsr.S father together this
evening AR Nelson said.
'Irs an right now; We have become
rcc0nciled-
He refused to say here they were go
ms but % was understood from other
sources that Tee couple intended 70 go 20
Philadelphia. No particulars of the recon-
Citation could bc obtained from the W all
family
The susa gement OF Mr.. Nelson and
Miss Wall was announccd last October.
but the Wall family objected so visor
ously. Is Is s9id because Mr. Nelson was
q Roman Catholic ana Miss Vail Prot
estant. that they were married secretly
Jan. :. Mrs Nelson continuing TO reside
an her fathers hOlsc-
jules Nelson Is wei known IN New
York sofiefy. His clGer sister was tho
vito ut arthur Kemp. ppt secured =
divorce from him in Rhode Island last
November marrying the same Day Hollis
H}nneV eH Of Boston
THc Wail family live at 1000 Madison
s-enur. and nave a large country place
at LenoX Mass
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EVIDENCE CONFLICTS
WITH PARIS TESTIMONY

san Francisco, Jan. 23.-The taking
of dispositions in the contest over tbs
estate of Charles L. Fair was resumed
this morning with the crOss-eXamina-
ton of Charles Holeu. embalmer for
Samuel l. White. the undertaken who
received the bodies of Mr. Fair and
his wife when they were shipped here
from France. He described in detail
tn process of embalming and said that
Up TO the time that the bodies were
placed in the Fair vault and the inches
sealed neither Of the bodies had been
decapitated.
Great stress has been laid on the
question as 20 whether the heads Of
MIR. and Mrs. Fair We're separated from
their bodies, but thus far no evidences
to support this assertion has been de-
yeIODed
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GETTING CLOSE TO ROOSEVELT
Resolution viii introduced in the Senate Asking That
the Missing Panama Papers Be Brought to
the Light of Day
LaIAsHINGToN. Jsn. -

Jan. 25.-The Dem
w ocratic senators were in confer
ence for almost three hours to-
day on the Panama question. and When
they adjourned it was announced by
Senator German, chairman OF the eau
Gus. that the conference had agreed
upon a resolution TO be presented TO
the senate ASKING for all the CORE
spOndence between the United states
and Colombia since the negotiation OF
the Hay-Herran treaty The fact was
brought out in the course OF the meet
ing that there are some documents
missing from the correspondence as
published. and the conclusion was
reached that a resolution calling for all
the missing papers would, if passed,
and complied with by the executive,
meet all requirements.
The correspondence TO be called for
also viii cover the period of the recent
Panama revolt, and all the official writ
iDgs on that episode. The resolution
will be presented Monday.
The conference also decided upon q
resolution directing the senate commit
tee on foreign relations to make an IN
duiry into the events connected with
the Panama revolution. Both propost-
tons were agreed 20 by all the sen
atOrs present The resolution of IN
guiry is so woi,ded as to call for a state
ment from the president as to whether
all the papers bearing on the situation
have been sent in, and if they have
not been communicated and the reason
for failure TO communicate them IS the
4 fact that the president believes to make
them public would be incompatible
with the public welfare. then the pres
/ ident is requested to send them 10 th'
! senate IL confidence to be used IN ex
| ecutive session only.
[ The resolution asking for an inquir1
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DETECTIVES co FREE
BY THE COURTS ORDER

Los Angeles, cal, Jan 23--Poliee De
tectives Hawley. Murphy and COwen.
held on a charge OF manslaughter for
the killing of Joseph and Louis Chois-
ser. father and son, AZ the Hotel RroS-
burn, this city. on the night Of Dec. r..
we're today ordered released by Justice
Chambers. who exouerated the men for
the killing
Joseph ChoisseF was wanted SO
Equality Ill, on a charge Of obtaining
money under false pretsnses, and The
local police were ordered by telegraph
70 make the arrest. The three detect
ives detailed on the case found the
men in their room at the hotel. where
they both resisted arrest and were
both shot and killed by the officers An
attempt was made TO hold the detect
3ves for the shooting, on the ground
of insufficient warrant FOR the arrest.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-24
FIELD OPENED UP
BY THE SM00T INQUIRY
Senate Committee viii Investigate the Mormon
Church and Its Relation to Politics.
Subcommittee May Come TO Utah to Gather Evdence-Stae-
ment by Mr.. Dubois.
So 70 - 80


meeting the senate committee on PRIV
tuy
attended by an members except
Bailey Cfarkan
decision feache
o
al tne
of
competing the AiN
49, - 10 ,-,s ,,
committee tody meeting VINO W" tgI
he believed investigation should extended only to leo spe
iegalac of and possibly TO 1h esise INA tx
agedo Illegal OF Others
SENATOR FORAKER INSISTENT
the should
point that the
ga1eu
% thorough kno"eise OF
shaping future legislation
should any be- proposed
senator committee that the Mormon people
he
Investigation by
said be living ~ Ioygae
and law unchecked py n
encouraging Mormon people 10 loi'" E
at
might be considered IN INC mature
mon Of dsreeo
both local ana tol
the Mormon l'
, who in the mai
thousands Of Petlohs ana S'
the 1t must ne I'e
senator Soot comments TO make on me COM
tees \
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NO MOTIVE FOR THE MURDER
Mystery Surrounding the Killing of Sarah Schaefer at Bed
ford IHd,-A Few Red Hairs Found in the
Hand of the Dead Girl

fourd. Miss Schaefer was not robbed.
She was brutality beaten but not other
wise misjreated.
The accepted theory Of the police is
that tire murderer was known to bis
victim and approached her without
creating any suspicion in her mind, and
that he suddenly dealt a blow that rem
dered her unconscious before she could
call for helm. The police are working
on some slight clues which they saw
point TO the theory that the motive
was revenge.
The police have been told that Miss
Schaefer had jokirzly said 10 a friend
that her sweetheart was in town. aud
that she had fired" him, but he would
not stand for the fire.
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lines either fell wide or short Of the
invisible mark.
Rescue of the Mate.
Soon after daylight masses of wreck
age began to come ashore. indicating
that the vessel was rapidly breaking
up. About noon a spar with a man
clinging to # was seen tossing on tbs
outer line of breakers After a lire
had been shot across it and made fast
by the man he was pulled ashore and
proved to be Second Mate Ebert. A few
minutes later another sailor was seen
on a mass of wreck3ge. and half a
dozen lifesavers, forming a human
chain. dashed into the surf and drew
him ashore. He was unconscious and
continued in that condition at a late
hour tonight.
Cries Died Away.
The cries Of those remaining on the
wreck continued TO grow fainter ana
fainter during the afternoon and finally
ceased altogether One body driftat
ashore. but it was So dis6Eured a. To-
be unacceptable. III is believed that
only the bow of the vessel remains ca
the bar. and that from this the eN-
hausted seamen dropped one by one ur-
til all were swept away. The vessel
and cargo were valued at $4,000.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-24
TRAlRREN KILLED ON
CANADIAN PACIFIC

Vancouver. r. G.. Jan. 23.-Loeomo-
tive Engineer -Ladner and his fireman,
Eimsley. both of ReVelstOck. We're
killed last night toward the bottom of
what is known as the Big hill. on the
Canadian Pacific railroad. Just west
of Field IL was company coal train
bound west The weather was very
cold and the tracks slippery with frost.
III some way that viii probably never
be known. the locomotive got beyond
the control of the engineer and the
train ran away. Az the second safety
switch the locomotive jumped the track
and all the ears were derailed. The
track is now clear and no delay Ia
traffic has occurred.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-24
EIGHT BIG BUILDINGS
kBtAZE IN NEW YORK

= New york Jan. 23.-Four alarms 3
= have becn sounded FOR fire shat =
= is burning Isl eight buildings on ?
2 Broadway near spring street The >
, fire now appears 20 be under con- ,
= trof The loss IS estimated m >
Z about q quarter Of Q million the 3
= buildings arr occUnied by q iuul-
= ber 81 Hrms principally dealing ?
= in dry goods, from 80 &c 5iS Broad >
> way.
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NARROW ESCAPE OF
GUESTS IN HOTEL

Wagon Mound. n. NJ, Jan. z2.-Firf
of an unknown origin this morning de
siroyed the big Wagon Mound hotel
and for time threatened TO wipe oat
the entire town. The proprietor or me
hotel. his wife and ali the guests were
forced TO fee I'm their night clothes, ana
several had TO Jump from windows 90
save their lives J. ". jenkins WAS al
most suffoeated before he could be
aroused. He jumped from window
The flames spread TO the santa eiaFa
hotel ana damaged il considers bly,.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-24
BONDHOLDERS WILL NOT AGREE
IF SCHWAB REMAINS IN CONTROL

chosen by Mr.. Schwab, two by the
bOndhofders' protective committee. one
by the Commonwealth Trust company
and one by the Independent interests
might possibly meet the pronounced
objections Of the. protective COMMITTEES
90 the control of the new company re-
naming an the hands of Mr. Schwab.
It is generally understood that the
committee will decline TO accede TO any
compromise leaving the control in his
hands. no matter how acceptable a di-
vision Of securities may be proposed.
At the Office Of Samuel UutermEer i
was said that he would give out tOmOr-
row reply on behalf Of the bOndhOld-
ers' protective committee TO the plans
of the compromise proposed by NJ.
Schwsb and his associates
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EDFORD. Ind. Jan. 23.-Search for
x the murderer Of Miss Sarah
- Schaefer has as yet brought no
definite results. a few red hairs found
clutched in the hands Of the dead gre.
and believed to have been torn from
the mustache Of her murderer. and
bloody 6rebrick found near the BODY,
which was used 70 kill the girl, form tie
only clues
Three courts Of inquiry are being
held by Coroner PIummer. Justice
Fletcher and Mayor smith. All the sus-
picious characters of Bedford have been
sppreheuded and examined as 10 their
wherea bouts on the night of the mur-
der. No motive for the crime has been
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by the foreign Eelall0uo C0lllluitiee y
directed toward securing an investiga-
ton into the Panama affair, and It's
purpose is to show whether or BOT the
administration had foreknOwIedge OF
that affair and in any way encouraged
Condemned the Methods.
There were a number Of speeches,
but they related in the main to the
phraseOlOgy. of the resolutions. There
was, however. more or less reference
to the merits Of the canal treaty. and
in that connection several senators eX-
pressed themselves as very anxious TO
secure the canal some went so Tar
as to say they would vote for the
treaty. but all condemned the methods
OF the administration in connection
with the Panama uprising Senator
Money was among those who an
nouneed themselves for the treaty
Senator Clay and others expressed
themselves as very DESTROYS that an
amicabIe settlement could be reached
with Colombia, ana in this connection
hope was expressed that the govern
ment of the United States would see
its way clear TO accept the proposition
said to have been made by General
Reeves that the United States shOulo
pay Colombia $4,000 zoe.
Among those who spoke in oppOsi-
ton TO the treaty were Senators Bailey,
Morgan and Tiilman. Some of the
speakers who took the opposing side
criticised those who favored the tTea-
tv There was no EFFORT TO secure q
rule for united action on the treaty,
and the general opinion among sena-
tors is that there viii be 80 such et-
fort unless. positive information should
/ be secured showing the completely OF
/ this government in the Panama rebel
/ lion
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ICE PACKING IN THE BAY.

Hautimorc. Jan. z--Thc deuse fog
which prevailed All ~ Yesterday and last
night lifted 1T about o'clock TO-DAY. ana
a number Of vessels hat haat been an
chured a various points IN the river anu
hav were enabled - proceed. From
Chesapeake bay points reports indicate
tnst the menace To light vessels has not
been removed and the currents are pack
ing the ice at seFral points.
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> Cleveland. o.. Jan 15.-The
. grand jury today returned an in
= dictment against George a. Rose,
? cashier Of the Produce National
= bank. which closed its doors yes
. terday. Rose Is charged with
, having embezzled $4,000 Of the
= banks funds. A warrant for his
= arrest was Immediately issued.
= following the report ~ The grand
= jury. Rose was taken into Gus
= tody.
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> New York. JaB 2S.- The reor-
= gauizatior committee of the Colo
> r5do Fuel &. IRON company has ex-
= tended the time for depOsiting "
= debenfure bonds under its proposed
, plan "a Feb. 6. Up 20 this time out Z
> IF total of s1406S.00o. bonds TO Z
= The amount Of sI152T GOO have been Z
. deposited
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- ~ > , ,
= NOT GUILTY

! Allentown, Pa. Jan. 2S-The jury :
. in the case of Airs. Catherine ?
4 Bechtel charged with being an ac- ?
. eeesofv before the fact in the muf- ?
= der of her daughter. Mabel. saop :
> girl. today returned a verdict OF :
> not entity.
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80 60 sIGNED.

Pittsburg Jan. 23.-Ihe wage sesie en-
re tlasnfers was signed fodiay and foc
lockout so far as this craft is concerned
was declared off biz the RtiiiderS TX
obsnua league Nearly L61a painters VIII
return to work Monday.
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KOREA NEUTRAL.

seoul Jan. z3-Tne Korean govern
ment has made o formal declaration Of
neutrality in the event Of war between
Japan and Russia.