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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-30

St Petersburg. April 90. 800 r. M
Easter day. Russians greatest festival of
10Y and peace. was ushered i'm with none
of the disorder and riotiug that was
dreaded. A. for centuries througs of the
Russian faithful throughout the empire
gathered at midnight I'm and around the
cathedraIS churches and shriueS TO greet
the risen Lord and 10 mark tine END Of
the I.enteu gloom and sadness OF passion
week with Nominations, the pegliug OF
bells and shouts of "HalIeIujaH. Christ il
risen: he is risen indeed" Nothing could
better illustrate the deep pjcty and de
votion of the Russian folk than the mi
versaI participation in the midnight f-s-
tival.
Though for days the people had been
fed with rumorS that t-rroriStS and rev
OIutionists intended 20 sigualize the fes-
tiVal with a series of bomb Outrages
throughout the empire. no To o'clock
this morning no instance OF such an at
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-30
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS.
Swiss People Rushed PellMeII Into
the Streets.

quake shocks were felt here at 2:45
o'clock this morning The inhabitants
were somewhat alarmed and many of
them rushed into the streets, but the
damage done in this city was slight.
The shocks were felt throughout the
Canton DevaIOis and elsewhere. They
were accompanied by subterraneau
rUmbings- Some houses were dam
aged in the canton of NOIOiS- The
shocks apparently were more severe at
ChamOnix and in its neighbOrhOOd than
elsewhere. Houses were cracked and
some old monuments were badly dam
aged. The church at Argentineres was
so shaken that its condition is danger
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-30
BUNKERS CONVICTED
OF ACCEPTING BRIBE

= Sacramento, Cal, April 29--FOT- =
y mer State Senator Harry BunkerS
y Of San Francisco was today con- =
= viCted by a jury of accepting d 4
= bride while chairman of the COM =
y mittee on commerce and retrench- 4
= ment to grant immunity 10 GER
y tain corporations which We're to be !
p investigated. For this Offense he Z
y and three other members Of the 4
= same committee were expelled 4
y from the senate. He has now been I
y criminally convtSted of a peniten- 4
y tiary offense. The other three
senators. EmmOns. French and 4
y Wright. have yet to be tried on I
y similar charges.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-30
CONVICTED MURDERER
SUED FOR BIG DAMAGES

San Francisco, April ga remark
able suit was filed in the superior court
today. when a murderer. Joseph Smith.
was sued for $25. 900 damages for com
mission of the crime. Mathew Meow
an, whose son, Joseph Z. MCGOWAN,
was killed by Smith on Nov 20 1904,
brings the action.
Smith was found guilty a few days
ago of murder in the second degree
for the killing Of MCGOWAN. He is
now awaiting sentence. Smith is sup
posed to be worth ABOUT 100000.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-30

factory The grade of the ore has
been deteriOrating while the cost Of
mining has been increasing. For these
reasons the company has been adding
to its holdings in Utah county The
Taylor property and other holdings in
Iron county were bought up. until il
is estimated that the company has
now in its possession enough Utah
iron to supply the Pueblo plant run
ming at greatly Increased capacity. for
many years to come One great diff
hculty has been the great cost of trans
porting this iron from southern Utah
to the furnaces already eSta bliShed in
Colorado. This is now TO be overcome
by reducing the crude ore in Utah and
transporting the product TO Pueblo IN
the form OF pig iron and biIets and
at a great saving in freight
This Is the reason back of the move
to establish the blast furnaces at
Green River.
Millions to Build Railroads.
It is estimated that not less than 81
OG0. 900 viii be invested i'm these blast
furnaces, and this does not include the
amount to be expended in railroad eX-
tensions in the southern part of the
state. Several millions more viii he
expended here. The SaIiua cutoff is
part Of the general plan. This piece
of road has been relocated so that q
practical line has been surveyed run
ming through the rich coal fields east
of Salina and finally connecting with
the main line of the Rio Grande West
ern at Green River The preliminary
survey has been made. and the infOT-
nation comes that the line is practical
and much better than the old one To-
Gated years ago.
The erection and operation of these
blast furnaces, and the construction and
operation of these railroad extensions
the one south from Maryvale as well
as the Salina cutoff and the opera
ton of the iron mines. means the en-
plOyment of a large number of men,
it means the turning loose in Utah OF
vast sums of money, and it means also
the prosperity that always follows in
the wake of such far-reaching enter
uriSeS
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-30
COAL TRUST INDICTED.

cleveland. April 29--The grand jury
t,.IsIy returned indictments against
eIeven members of the executive com
T1ittee of the Cleveland Retail -ostl
80, e-esociation. known as the local
- tr7rgr charged with restricting
10 Dreveuting competition and Tx
inc D,.icss i'm violation of the Valentine
stSte antitrust law.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-30
WILL MAKE PIG
IRON IN UTAH
Colorado Company Is Now Selling
Bonds for This Purpose.
AT GREEN RIVER
RIO GRANDE TO BUILD EXTEN-
sIONs I'M CONNECTION.

n EPORT comes from New York and
n Denver that Utah is to have a
great blast furnace. located at
Green River on the main line of the
Rio Grande Western. The plan as out
lined involves the expenditure Of 81
100000 or upward on a plant at Green
River, and the expenditure of millions
more in the construction of the SaIina
cutoff, that is planned to leave the
main line at Green River and strike
the MarysVale branch at Salina. The
general plan also includes the extern
sion of the Marysvale branch from the
present terminus down into the rich
iron deposits of Iron county.
This is part of the general plan of
the Colorado Fuel & Iron company to
control the iron and steel output of
the entire west. Not long ago the
Colorado Industrial company was or
gained to take over the properties of
the Colorado Fuel & Iron company
the Victor Fuel company, and other
concerns with holdings of reduction
plants and coal and iron lands in Colo
RADIO and New Mexico, a bond issue
of $50, 000,0 600 was authorized by the
Colorado Industrial company to refund
old bonds. to repay certain loans made
by John d. Rockefeller and George ]
Gould. and to afford additional caDi-
tai for extensions and improvements
II WAS eApeCleu lLdI THESE operations
would leave in the treasury a cash
balance of $4,000, 900. The principal item
of expenditure from the S. OOO. 900 cash
balance was the erection of d blast fur
mace in Utah
Plan Long Under Consideration.
1t has been known for some time
past that the company was figuring on
this Utah plant. and that Green River
WAS looked upon as the most eligible
site. Present information is to the eff
feet that the bonds have not yet all
been placed; that they are selling more
slowly than was anticipated, but as
Rockefeller and Gould hold the con-
troll in the parent coNpany no doubt
as TO the final outcome of the finan-
cial operations has been entertained.
AT the same time it is feared that the
slow sale of the bonds may retard for
some time the establishment of the
plant in Utah.
carefully guarded by the company, but
ip spite of all precautions the infor-
nation is out that the plan is TO es-
tablish extensive blast furnaces in
| Utah. at Green River. This plant will
be for the purpose of reducing the
crude iron ore to pig iron and steel
bilIets. The pig and billets are then
to be shipped to the main plant at
Pueblo and there reduced to the fin
ished product of iron and steel
Needs Utah Iron Ores.
I 1t is a fact generally known that
| the Colorado Fuel & Iron company has
had its eye on the iron fields of Utah
| for years. Lately the iron deposits
| owned by the company iH Wyoming
| and New Mexico have not been salts
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-30
CRASHED INTO
FREIGHT TRAIN
Pullman Special Wrecked at Green
vile, S. C.
FOUR KILLED OUTRIGHT
SCORE OF THE OTHERS WERE
INJURED.

n REENVILLE, S. g., April %
u While rounding curve inside the
yard limits of the Southern rail
way, at GreenviIle. and running at tho
estimated speed of nifty miles an hour.
the special Pullman train bearing EoJ-
ert =. Ogden and one hundred mem
bers Of the Southern conference Of edu-
cation crashed into the rear end of
d freight train at 100 O'Clock this
morning. killing four persons and in
juring a score of others. None of Mr..
Ogden's guests were killed.
The Dead.
Charles NJ. Cope. white, brakeman
of the special. Columbia, 5. G.
John Little.
A l.. Cummings and
J. r. Haynes. negroes. employed on
the dining car St James.
The Injured.
Professor Henry w. Farnum, Yale
university, arm broken and cut on the
Mrs. henry w. Farnum. badly
bruised about head and arm.
DR.. Julius d. Dreher, former presi-
dent of Roanoke college, cut on head.
St Clair McKelway. editor of the
Brooklyn Eagle, bruised on back and
shoulder.
Robert NJ. ogden, secretary to Pres
ident ogden, cut on hand and head
and bruised.
Mrs. J. q. Thorpe, Cambridge Mass,
cut and bruised on head.
Bishop McVicar Of Providence, r. /,
bruised.
James Hunter. engineer of special,
leg and arm broken
Walter Kershaw, electrician on spe-
ciaI. ear and head cut
Conductor Ed Acker. bruised
John F. Mccoy, agent of Pennsyl-
Vania railroad, cash on head
r. Shull. negro cook on car st.
James, cut on arm.
George Williams, waiter on diner
Waldorf, bruised.
Wreck Caught Fire.
The combination baggage and club
car and two diners, together with the
locomotive and freight car were piled
into a heap, and in an instant fire
broke out in the cooking end OF the
diners DR.. MckelWay- Professor Far
mum Mrs Farnum. Mrs Thorpe. Dr.
Dreher and Robert Nj. Ogden were eat
ing breakfast in the second diner, which
was torn to pieces. The floor collapsed
and the passengers were picked up
from the track The seven sleeping
cars behind the diners were left in
tact. but the shock sprung many locks,
imprisOning the occupants Seth Low
and Mrs. Low, DR.. McVicar and others
were rescued when the doors were
smashed open with axes The pasSen-
gers i'm the St. James were quickly
removed. but the three negroes could
not be saved. They bTeathed the
flames and died. When he saw that
the crash could not be aVerted, En-
piDeer Hunter of the ogden train ap-
piled the emergency brakes and
1 jumped.
Cause of Accident.
Practically all of the baggage, said
to be valued at $4,000, was destroyed.
1t is claimed that a MISUNDERSTANDING
Of orders led to the accident As a
result of the wreck, President Ogden
a abandoned his trip to other points and
the special left tonight for the east,
/ Professor Farnum and his wife remain
ing here in a hospital
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-30
SHORT $1,000.

Columbus. o.. April 29.-According To
Prosecuting Attorney Foster of Athens
county today. the alleged shortage in
the county treasurer's office there has
goTvn from $4,000 TO S71 900 within the
past few days
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-30
Coal Drivers Out.

The men employed by the Hartwel Coal
company went out this afternoon. This
concern delivers all of the coal to the
Peoples Gas Light & Coke company,
which supplies the city with gas, and if
The coal supply of this concern is allowed
to run out serious consequences may fol-
low.
The express companies made some de-
HVerieS today, but their business. com
paratIVely speaking. was at complete
StandStill- Large quantities OF perlShab bic
articles are now stacked in the houses of
the express companies. and most of il IS
expected to spoil SO far the strike has
not in any aDpreCidble manner interfered
with the food supply of the city. save to
make the arrival of certain articles some
what slow
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-30

about, but will assert his independ-
enCG. Some Of his friends say no in
huenCe can make him betUay the prom
Use to which ne gave voice in an in
tervieW in The Herald. In this inter
view he declared ne would oppose any
franchise which did not protect the
public, especially in the matter Of
forfeiture clauses and in allowing the
city to string wires on the company's
poles.
Ordinance Gives Company All.
If the ordinance which the majority
of the joint committee on streets and
municipal laws plans to introduce Mon
day night is as supposed, Mr.. Barnes
cannot support any of it's essentials
without going directly contrary to his
announced stand.
Considerable mystery was main
tanned about the ordinance yesterday
FernstrOm had d number of copies
made I'm the city recorders Office, but
city Attorney &. c. Deg was not given
an opportunity to see one Of them As
sistant city Attorney W. II. BrameI
made a direct request for permission
to see a copy. but he was refused.
Efforts by reporter for The Her
aid to locate the new ordinance were
productive Of more equivocatiOn than
facts. city officials and company Of
fcials. including cOuncilmen known to
be allied with the company. prOfeSSed
ignorance of the document. But a
representative Of the cOmpany's inter
estS was found who admitted that a
new ordinance had been drawn He
also admitted that it was in every es-
sentiaI more favorable to the COM
pany than any one of the numerous
extension ordinances that preceded it.,
and that il was considered by the joint
committee.
Forfeiture Clause Omitted
Copies of the new ordinance Will be
sent to the members of the council
today, unless IL should be decided by
Judge LeGrand Young, counsel for the
company. to withhold them for fur
ther amending. It is said that the pro-
posed forfeiture clause has been omit
ted and that instead of making a gift
of a large tract of land along Big
Cottonwood creek along with the pro-
posed water right. the company now
practically proposes to make the city
tenant at viii at the mouth of the
canyon. The ordinance also. it is be
lieVed, contains provisions prohibiting
the city from making use of the COM
pany's poles or cross-arms or other
property for the purpose OF Installing
or operating an electric light or power
plant to be run by the municipality.
In fact. all the predecessors Of the new
ordinance seem TO have been carefully
studied with a view to ascertaiuiug TO
what extent the privileges Of the com
pauy could be enlarged and how much
the natural and acquired rights Of the
city could be circumScribed.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-30
MINER KILLED.

Butte. Mont, April 29.-Patrick Null
line, a miner, aged 81, Single, was killed
in the Mountain Cob here this morning
by fall of rock
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-30
REALTY DEALS
BREAK RECORDS
Gus Holmes and Frank Knox Secure
First Methodist Church.
DENVER CAPITAL INVESTED
QUARTER OF A MILLION is IN.
VOLVED IN DAYS BUSINESS.

= Real estate deals yesterday in =
= cIuded the purchase of the First =
y Methodist church property on Z
y Third South street by Gus Holmes I
y and Frank Knox. for S125. 600. the I
y purchase of the Aztec building. on (
y the corner of First South street :
y and Broadway. by William G.. (
y Johnson of Denver from Edward 1
y H Center. from ST., 600: the (
y purchaseSOf 1929 feet frontage on (
y State street, by @. 5 Holmes, for 4
= S32, 500 and an option on the cor (
y ner of Second East and Second I
y South streets. by the First Meth :
y odist church for S15, 900. The :
= sales Of the day went beyond =
y S250.O0O. =
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-30
Cause of Accident.

Practically all of the baggage, said
to be valued at $4,000, was destroyed
II is claimed that a misunderstanding
of orders led to the accident AS a
result of the wreck, President ogden
abandoned his trip to other points and
the s,pecfaI left tonight for the east,
Professor Farnum and his wife remain
ing here in a hospital
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-30
Needs Utah Iron Ores

1t is a fact generally known that
the Colorado Fuel & Iron company has
had its eye on the iron fields of Utah
for years. Lately the iron deposits
owned by the company in Wyoming
The independent., 1905-08-10

the people of Oregon have emancipat-
ed themselves from ring rule In the
state and in the municipalities and
the people are the sovereign power
and can initiate legislation; they can
also demand a referendum vote upon
any important bill tnat their repre-
sentatives have passed.
The independent., 1905-08-10

and graft has been eliminated in the
city government of Portland and is an
object lesson to the people OF other
cities which are still in the hands of
monopolists and corruptionists. BY
the adoption of an amendment to the
state constitution installing the Op-
tional referendum and direct initiative,
The independent., 1905-08-10

Immediately concern them is shown
by the following: At the national elec-
ton the proportional number of in
habitants of the city of Portland to
each vote cast were I'll, while at the
referendum election just held the pro-
portion was little over 6.5 reckoned
on the same population which would
indicate greater interest for the refer
endum votes than for president. II
the figures of the present population
of the city and the vote of 1904
were available the proportion of voters
exercising the franchise on the refer
endum votes just taken would be at
least as great as at the national cleo
ton in 1900, or I'll inhabitants. to
each voter. This shows that when the
voters are interested in any proposi-
ton, they will turn out and vote, for
there were nine propositions voted for
at Portland, the subjects and votes
being as follows:
When Voters Are Interested
To include within the city the ter
titory between Portland and ST.
Johns: Yes, 5,299; no, 4,602; majority
for, 637.
"To include within the city the ter
ritory between Portland and Mount
Tabor: Yes, 1854; no, 3,451; majority
for, 3,203.
Taxing the whole city for bridges:
Yes, 1901; no, 1886; majority for,
3,O15.
street railway franchises: Yes,
1890. no, 6,0O5; majority against,
1915.
Security for city funds: Yes, 1926;
no, 1880; majority for, 1850.
Appointment and salary of clerks
of municipal court: Yes, 1880; no,
4,35S; majority for, 522.
Penalty on delinquent assessments:
Yes, 4,O61; no, 4,970; majority against,
900.
Decreasing cost of advertising;
Yes, 1927; no, 1776; majority for,
1851.
Automatic telephone franchise: For
the ordinance, 1884; against the or
dinance, $685. majority for, 12,628."
All these propositions were OF great
local importance to people of Port
land and the newspapers had presented
both sides of the question involved
and thew oters seem to have decided
each referendum vote for their own
best interests.
Graft Has Vanished
BY this optional referendum and
direct initiative system, corruption
Please Mention THE lNDEPENDE
The independent., 1905-08-10

tion south of Merchants hall, where
it can be seen and enjoyed by thou
sands of people who daily pass the
grounds over the Burlington, North
western and Rock Island railroads; it
costs $4,000 which sum was provided
for by a special act of the last legis-
lature, the bill for same being intro
duced by Hon VIM. Ernest OF john
son county.
The independent., 1905-08-10

judging and sale Of live stock; on two
sides of the interior are elevated seats,
the seating capacity being about 1,200
beneath the elevated seats; with open
ings on the outer sides Of the building,
are booths for the sale of refresh
ments of various kinds.
This pavilion, the largest and most
expensive building on the fair grounds
is located in most commanding posi-
The independent., 1905-08-10
UNDER DIRECT RULE
REFERENDUM HAS WORKED WELL
WHEREVER TRIED
Object Lesson is Afforded by Portland,
Ore, Where Graft and Corruption
Have Been Eliminated From the
City Government


proval of rejection of franchises of
all kinds in cities, is becoming the
rule, rather than the exception. Mem
phis, Tenn, has just adopted this plat
form, for which the legislature of
that state has amended it's charter
and has included the optional referen-
dunn as one of the sections which
reads as follows:
Protects the People
"That no franchise shall be granted
or sold to any commercial railroad
street railroad, gas company, electric
light company, water company or
other quasi-public corporation, except
by ordinance fully guarding and pro-
tecting their rights of the public. Nor
shall such ordinance become effective
until it is first submitted to and ap-
proved by a majority of the citizens
voting either at some general or
special election upon the question,
provided, such submission be de-
manded by petition of at least 500
freeholders of the city and presented
to the legislative council before the
passage of said ordinance or within
thirty days thereafter; provided fur
ther, that no such ordinance shall be-
come effective until thirty days after
it has passed both boards and been
signed by the mayor"
Popular in Tennessee
AS the city Of Memphis at the 1900
census contained 102,320 inhabitants
and has largely increased during the
past five years the required 500 free
holders to the petition for a referen-
dunn vote should be easily obtained.
The legislature of Tennessee having
initiated the referendum for Memphis
will no doubt add the same require
ment to the charters of the other
cities of the state when proposed by
the members representing them and
will probably fellow with general
statute covering the whole state.
In several states the legislatures
have enacted statutes providing that
each ordinance of city council grant
ing franchise for city monopoly
may be vetoed by the people. Such
is the case in Iowa, Indiana, Wiscon-
sin, Montana and other states are in
cluding the optional referendum in
charters from time to time, besides
those cities, such as Detroit, Buffalo,
and others whose citizens have eman-
cipated themselves from ring rule
through the adoption of the advisory
system of the referendum and initia-
tive.
That the people of all cities will
before long insist on the referendum
system to protect them against
boodling and rascality of city officials
is certain.
People Turn Out
Those who think the people will
not turn out and vote at optional
referendum elections will have to re-
wise their ideas, for more votes were
cast at the late referendum election in
Portland, Ore, than at the national
election in 1900.
This claim that the people will not
vote when referendum vote is to
be taken has been based on the small
vote often cast at compulsory referen-
dun elections on amendments to con-
stitutions which the voters did not
fully understand or on votes on ques-
tions which were one sided
But how readily the voters avail
themselves of an opportunity to vote
on matters that they understand and
The independent., 1905-08-10

The dimensions of this building are
95 by 100 feet height; of sidewalks 10
feet; the foundation is of cement
blocks five feet in height, the remand
er of the outer wall, Is feet of brick
faced with pressed brick. In the CEN
ter of the interior is an arena so by
11O feet to be used for exhibition,